Character, related characters , story and basically anything in this comic © Fabiano Cruz 2003, All Rights Reserved. "Champion" created by Fabiano Cruz.

"Teenage Angst"
written by Fabiano Cruz

SUNNY VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. MORGUE/NIGHT.

The Morgue is empty. No one there but the corpses. It’s really rainy outside. Out of the blue one of the corpses starts moving. A bit inexpert at first. It falls from the table. It’s a man, middle forties, skinny, kinda bald. He tries effortlessly to get up, after a few times the UNDEAD MAN manages to. He’s still a bit languid.

UNDEAD MAN (clears his throat): “God, I hate this place...”

SUNNY VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL/DAY.

ADAM TYLER, at the cafeteria, is staring at a piece of paper. HAROLD “HAL” POTTER is next to him.

ADAM: “My mom is gonna kill me, dude!”

HAL: “Oh, ‘please’ Adam! It’s just a ‘D+’...”

ADAM: “JUST a ‘D+’? I don’t think you fully understand the severity of the situation, my friend! THIS (showing the paper) is a disaster...”

HAL: “It could be worse, you know?”

ADAM: “How? How could it possible be worse?”

HAL: “Well, one can always get a ‘D-’...”

ADAM: “HA! HA! Sometimes I forget how funny you are, Hal!”

HAL: “Oh come on, man! Stop worrying. Chill”

ADAM: “‘Chill’? I can’t, man. You know my mom, she’s obsessed with good grades!”

HAL: “Adam, my friend. Let me give you a piece of advice. Don’t ever worry about anything in advance! That’s my motto! That’s how I live my life.”

ADAM: “You’re one weird little man, dude!”

SUNNY VALLEY MUSEUM/AZTEC WING/NIGHT.

The whole museum is empty because of the restoration. No is allowed in here but FREDERIC “FREDDIE” BANNER doesn’t care. He stands in front of display that shows a large bat. There’s a sign where is written “PALILLO DE LA MUERTE” (DEATH'S STICK, That is is about 6’ long). FREDDIE glances it muddled.

FREDDIE: “I can’t believe it. It’s true. The stick does exists! All my research has paid off!”

Freddie presses his hands on the windowpane.

FREDDIE: “Once I’ll have it they’ll all pay! I’ll have my revenge! Freddie... no not Freddie, (thinks) ‘The Pernicious Destroyer’, shall rule! Yeah! MUWHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

SECURITY GUARD: “Who’s there?!”

Says a security Guard entering the room.

FREDDIE: “Oh crap!”

Freddie breaks the windowpane and takes the Stick and runs away.

OUTSIDE ADAM’S HOUSE/NIGHT.

ADAM walks towards his house.

INSIDE ADAM’S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM/NIGHT.

ASHLEY TYLER is seated by a table studying. ADAM enters in the living room. He glares at his sister for a second.

ADAM: “crap, Ash. Your life must be so sad!”

ASHLEY smirks.

ASHLEY: “Not as sad as YOUR life will be when mom find out about your ‘D+’ plus in trigonometry...”

ADAM is astonished.

ADAM: “How in the hell do ya know that?”

ASHLEY: “‘HAL’ told me...”

ADAM (mad): “I’m gonna kill him...”

ASHLEY: “No, you won’t. Mom will kill you first!”

ADAM: “Well, only if she knows about it!”

ASHLEY: “She’ll eventually...”

ADAM: “I don’t think so. Mom won’t ever know about it!”

ANGELA: “Why won’t I know about it?”

Says ANGELA TYLER while she enters the living room.

ADAM (serious): “Your birthday party, mom!”

ANGELA TYLER is confused.

ANGELA: “Adam, my birthday is seven months from now...”

ADAM: “Yeah well I’m planning a big surprise...”

ANGELA smiles.

ANGELA (excited): “Really? I love surprises!”

ADAM: “Then you’ll love this birthday party, mom!”

ANGELA approaches ADAM and kisses him in the cheek.

ANGELA: “I love you, son!”

ANGELA walks out of the living room.

ADAM (to himself): “I’m so going to hell!”

DRIVE IN/NIGHT.

THE ‘IMAGE’ HERE IS IN BLACK AND WHITE AND IT’S REALLY BLURRY.

We’re in the middle of the seventies, (We can see that by the clothes, the cars and specially the hairstyle). FREDDIE, here really young, walks between the cars. Suddenly someone pushes him and FREDDIE falls onto the ground.

BULLY #1: “What the crap are you doing here, loser?!”

BULLY #1, BULLY #2, BULLY #3 and the three HOT CHEERLEADERS are standing next to FREDDIE, still on the ground.

BULLY #2: “Yeah, we warned you! This place is off limits for you!”

FREDDIE (almost crying): “Why? Why can’t I come here?”

HOT CHEELEADER #1: “Because you’re a geek and we don’t like you!”

BULLY #1: “You’ll better never come here again!”

FREDDIE stands up and runs away crying.

REALLY CRAPPY APARTMENT/NIGHT.

The Apartment is ugly, dirty, poorly lighted, the furniture’s
Seem like it’s from the past century (but not in a good way), there’re a lot of old books too. FREDDIE wakes up screaming and really sweaty.

FREDDIE (grumbling): “They’ll see! They’ll feel the anger of the Pernicious Destroyer! (loud) They’ll all feel my rage! MUWAHAHAHAHAHA!!”

SOMEONE IN OTHER APARTMENT: “Shut the crap up, ‘FREDDIE’!”

FREDDIE (loud): “Sorry!”

OUTSIDE SUNNY VALLEY HIGH/DAY.

We hear the BELL RING. All of a suddenly hundreds of teenagers rush out of SUNNY VALLEY high. ‘HAL’ and ADAM are walking between the other teenager.

ADAM: “So, what we’re going to do today?”

HAL: “I don’t know... We can go to your house and...”

ADAM: “Ashley won’t be there...”

HAL: “...or we can find something else to do.”

ADAM: “Let’s go to the mall.”
HAL: “Okay, then! There’s this new ‘All Juice Store’, dude! You have to check it out!”

ADAM: “All right, then!”

They leave. Further ahead. The UNDEAD MAN stares at ADAM and the lights a cigarette once the kid is gone.

MALL/DAY.

ADAM and HAL, each of them are holding a cup of juice, sit on a bench.

ADAM: “You’re delusional! ‘Picard’ is way cooler than ‘Kirk’!”

HAL: “In your dreams, bro! Kirk has balls! He’s not like ‘Uh, I can’t do this! I can’t do that! I have to worry about my freakin’ ship!’. Picard is a wuss!”

ADAM: “That only says that Picard is more fit to lead. ‘Cause he worries about his ship and crew...”

HAL: “Picard is bald, man!”

ADAM: “And a better actor...”

HAL: “crap you, unfaithful bastard!”

DAKOTA SUMMERS walks by next to KELLY PARKER and BRANDI ROGERS. ADAM stare at DAKOTA. HAL notices.

HAL: “Oh, come on?! Don’t tell you’re in love with Dakota Summers?”

ADAM (delighted): “Yeah, I’m with love her... (To himself) I’m in love with all of them...”

HAL: “What did you said?”

ADAM: “Nothing. So what do we do now?”

HAL: “I don’t know. Since we’ve been banned from the arcade we don’t have much options...”

ADAM: “Yeah. That sucks...”

HAL and ADAM think.

HAL: “Dude, the mall is the only option we have here in Sunny Vale... if we could at least go to LA, but we don’t have a car...”

Silence.

ADAM: “God, I’m bored...”

HAL: “Me too...”

ADAM: “I mean, it’s like every day is exactly like the last. I think I’m gonna dim myself to death... Everything is SOOO dull!”

HAL: “Yeah...”

Silence.

ADAM: “Being a teenager blows...”

STREET/DAWN.

ADAM is slowly walking through the sidewalk. The UNDEAD MAN, smoking a cigarette, follows him a few yards back. ADAM notices him. Concerned he just keeps walking. The UNDEAD MAN continues following. ADAM stops. He turns really brisk.

ADAM: “Dude, What the crap is your problem?”

UNDEAD MAN: “I’m sorry?”

ADAM: “You’ve been on my ass since I left the mall tonight. Are you a some kind of pervert or something? I know ‘Kung Fu’, All right?”

ADAM puts himself in a fight stance.

UNDEAD MAN (slowly walking towards ADAM): “No, you don’t. Adam.”

When Adam hears the strange say his name, he gasps.

ADAM: “How the crap do you know my name?”

UNDEAD MAN: “I know everything about you, Adam. From the day you were born to this very day...”

ADAM (confused): “Are you like producing my biography or something? Believe me my life isn’t that interesting...”

UNDEAD MAN: “I know. Your most exciting moments are still ahead of you, Adam.”

ADAM (confused): “What do you mean? Who are you?”

UNDEAD MAN: “I’m the Bringer.”

ADAM (chuckles): “Bringer. Right! You must really hate your mom, huh?”

UNDEAD MAN (THE BRINGER): “Listen to me Adam. There’s a ever-lasting battle going on between good and evil. Some new players decided to take part of it and they chose you as their instrument, their Champion...”

ADAM (interrupting, not buying it): “An ever lasting battle, between good and evil. Okay, That’ll buy it. (chuckles) Now me as their ‘Champion’, come on man! I’ll bet that your bosses could pick a lot better one...”

UNDEAD MAN (THE BRINGER): “Your time is upon you, Adam. Be worthy, be Wise...”

ADAM: “Yeah, right. You know what, bro. Tell your bosses that I’m not interested...”

UNDEAD MAN (THE BRINGER): “Not interested? I don’t think you get it do you, Adam? Being their Champion, fighting in the ever-lasting battle is what you were made to. To deny it, is denying your own life...”

THE BRINGER starts to concentrate.

ADAM (upset): “Wait a sec are you threat...”

A BLACK effulgence circumfuses THE BRINGER.

ADAM: “Oh crap...”

The effulgence hits ADAM, lifting him from the ground. ADAM gets torpid, unaware of everything around him.

SKY/NIGHT.

The sky is beautiful filled with stars. No clouds what so ever. Something flies in really fast. It’s ADAM, there’s a GREEN EFFULGENCE surrounding his body. He looks really excited. ADAM slows down. He flies in the black sky really smoothly, just feeling the wind against his face. ADAM smiles.

OUTSIDE ADAM’S HOUSE/NIGHT.

ADAM lands in front of his house.

ADAM: “Wow! This is SOOO cool!”

ADAM enters the house. He’s really thrilled.

UNKNOWN WHEREABOUTS/NIGHT

THE IMAGE HERE, AGAIN, IS BLURRY AND IN BLACK AND WHITE.

ADAM is concentrating a GLOW encircling his body. ADAM fires a blast of energy at a brick wall.

CUT TO:

A big rock is falling ADAM is underneath, after concentrating he turns the rock into cotton.

ADAM (bewildered): “Cool!”

CUT TO:

ADAM runs in superspeed.

CUT TO:

SOMEONE hits ADAM with a sword. The sword breaks.

CUT TO:

ADAM’S BEDROOM/NIGHT.

ADAM wakes up. He looks befuddled. In the wall in the back there’s large photo of KEIRA KNIGHTLEY.

ADAM: “Gee, he messed with my head too...”

ADAM massages his head and looks at the clock. It’s 2:38AM.

ADAM: “I got get some sleep...”

ANGELA: "A 'D+'?!"

ADAM’S BEDROOM/DAY.

ADAM opens his eyes and finds his mom standing in the middle of his messy room with a piece of paper in her hand.

ADAM (somnolent): “Oh no...”

ANGELA: “I can’t believe you Adam, what else you do in your life that you don’t have time to study a little trigonometry every once in a while! ”

ADAM: “Well, it’s cause now I’m a Champion in the ever lasting battle between good and evil, ma.”

ANGELA: “Be serious, Adam! We’re talking about your future here!”

Angela was obviously getting burned up.

ADAM: “Chill mom. It could be worse.”

ANGELA: “Worse? How?! You got a ‘D+’!”

ADAM: “Well, one can always get a ‘D-’...”

ANGELA: “Very Funny! Very, very soooo funny! Let me tell you something mister, if you fail trigonometry ... I’ll... I’ll... You’ll see what do!!”

ADAM: “Ok, mom. Don’t worry!”

ANGELA is about to leave when she sees the mess in ADAM’S room.

ANGELA: “...and clean up your room!”

Adam remains in silence for a sec. He, still laying on the bed, glances the ceiling, contemplative.

ADAM: “God, Being a teenager blows!”

MALL/FOOD COURT/DAY.

ADAM and HAL are seated by a table (there’re a bunch of fast food leftovers on it). HAL takes a bit at a hamburger. The Food Court is packed with teenagers.

ADAM: “You know, Hal. This mall is kind of my ‘rock’...”

HAL (mouth filled with Hamburger): “What the crap are you babbling about?”

ADAM: “Well, this is the only thing that resembles ‘fun’ in Sunny Valley. Well, this, 'The Hole' but since we’re not 21 we can get in and the arcade but we’re banned from it...”

HAL glares at ADAM.

HAL (mouth filled with Hamburger): “What the crap are you babbling about?”

ADAM: “Well, it’s like this. In all of Sunny Valley this is the only place I can come and just forget about my problems, release my tension and just (pause) hang out!”

HAL: “Well I have a place like that at my house. I call it bathroom!”

ADAM: “So, after you finished the burger, what do you wanna do?”

HAL: “Well, we can go to your house...”

ADAM (bored): “Ash is spending the weekend at my grandparents...”

HAL: “Or we can stay right here!”

ADAM: “We can get into a store and try every single pair of snickers and then leave...”

HAL: “Naw, they’ll all know us by now...”

ADAM: “crap...”

HAL: “The Movie Theater...”

ADAM: “No, I didn’t brought my fake poop...”

HAL: “crap... (HAL sees BRANDI & DAKOTA a few tables ahead) Or we can try to score with a girl for a change...”

ADAM: “There’s always that. Any possibilities?”

HAL: “Yeah.”

HAL points at the girls.

ADAM (intimidated): “Dakota Summers and Brandi Rogers? No way! We don’t stand a chance!”

HAL: “Maybe YOU don’t stand a chance, but I’m gonna ‘close’ this deal...”

ADAM: “Yeah right! Not even if you use a Jedi mental trick, my young padawan learner.”

HAL (standing up): “Come on, just follow my lead!”

ADAM looks dazed.

CAR/DAY.

The Car is stopped in a red light. FREDDIE, wearing an old brown overcoat, is behind the wheel. On the backseat is the DEATH’S STICK wrapped in paper and a dork-looking hat. FREDDIE seems excited.

FREDDIE: “Today is the day! Finally, The Pernicious Destroyer shall fight back! (screaming) Feel the pain! Feel the pain! Muwhahahaha!”

SOMEONE ON THE OTHER CAR: “Shut the crap up, freak!”

FREDDIE (embarrassed): “Sorry, sir!”

MALL/FOOD COURT/DAY.

ADAM and HAL are walking towards DAKOTA’S table. They arrive near the girl.

HAL: “Hello! (pointing to an empty chair) Can we seat there?”

BRANDI (emphatic): “No!”

HAL: “Good!”

HAL sits on the chair. Adam pushes a chair from another table.

HAL: “So, guys what are your plans today?”

BRANDI: “Well at the moment we’re AVOIDING YOU, LOSER...”

DAKOTA (serious): “Hey, we don’t wanna be seeing with you, all right? Go away!”

ADAM: “Yeah, Hal. Let’s go!”

HAL: “Nah! Shut up dude...”

ADAM: “Oh boy...”

HAL: “So, ‘Brenda’...”

BRANDI: “Brandi! My name is Brandi, not ‘Brenda’. If you’re going to keep this pitiful strive of flirting with me at least get my name right!”

HAL: “Uh, I like when they talk dirty!”

BRANDI is disgusted.

DAKOTA (covering her face with her hands): “Oh my God! This isn’t happening!”

ADAM: “Yeah, believe me I’m not having fun either!”

DAKOTA: “Then GO AWAY!”

LANCE: “What the crap is that?”

ADAM turns and sees LANCE WILSON and CASEY HAYDEN near the table.

CASEY (frantic): “Why are you two fucks are doin’ with our women?”

HAL (scared): “Nothing, sir, man, dude, I mean, We’re just keeping them company until your arrival that’s it...”

BRANDI: “Bullshit!”

DAKOTA (excited): “Yeah, He was hittin’ on us, babe!”

CASEY (to HAL, choleric): “Dude, what the crap?!”

ADAM stands up.

ADAM: “Take easy, man! It’s not like we knew they were taken!”

CASEY: “I don’t care! I’m still gonna kick your ass!”

ADAM: “We don’t want any trouble!”

CASEY pushes ADAM.

CASEY: “Yeah? Too late for that, dunce!”

CASEY punches ADAM and feels a excruciating pain in his hand. HAL and the girls are surprised. ADAM smirks.

ADAM: “I said that didn’t want trouble!”

ADAM grabs and lifts CASEY.

CASEY: “Dude, please don’t hurt me!”

ADAM, easily, throws CASEY on the other side of the food court. LANCE tries to punch ADAM, but he moves in superspeed and stops behind LANCE that doesn’t even know what just happened. ADAM just pushes LANCE that is thrown inside McDonald’s. All of a suddenly a bunch of ninjas invade the food court and jumps all over Adam (MATRIX RELOAD STYLE). There’s a blast of energy and all of the Ninjas are gone. KEIRA KNIGHTLEY appears in the mall.

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY (in love): “Oh Adam, you’re my hero! Let’s move to Bali, get married and have lots of babies or just have endless orgies, it’s your choice!”

ADAM (blissful): “Oh ok, Keira...”

CASEY: “I said it’s too late for that, dunce!”

CASEY is about to hit ADAM, when a security Guard stops near them.

CASEY (watching the security guard): “Let me give you a piece of advice, Loser! Get the hell out of here! I don’t wanna see again EVER in this mall or you going to get a ass whoop to remember... Got it?”

ADAM just glares at the CASEY.

ADAM: “Let’s go, Hal...”

HAL stands up. DAKOTA is clearly upset. CASEY and LANCE seats. LANCE puts his arms around DAKOTA. She’s seems uneasy. ADAM and HAL starts to walk away.

MALL/MAIN ENTRANCE/DAY.

FREDDIE walks into the mall, carrying the DEATH’S STICK in one hand and the DORK LOOKING HAT on the other.

MALL/FOOD COURT/DAY.

ADAM and HAL are seated on another table. They stare at DAKOTA, LANCE, CASEY and BRANDI.

HAL: “That dude is an asshole!”

ADAM (serious): “I know...”

HAL: “I wish that something truly bad happens to him!”

Suddenly the whole mall quivers. Everyone is tense.

HAL: “What the crap was that?!”

ADAM: “I don’t know!”

Again the whole mall quivers, there’s a explosion. CASEY HAYDEN is thrown in the air. A whole wall comes crashing down.

ADAM: “Wow!”

CASEY falls roughly on the floor.

HAL: “Cool! (stop for a sec and shuts his eyes) I wish that Jennifer Love Hewitt fall on my lap right now!”

There’s a lot of smoke from where the explosion happened. From it walks out Freddie, I mean the Pernicious Destroyer. He wearing no longer the overcoat but a really poor red, green and yellow house made costume and the DORK LOOKING HAT. Destroyer brings the Death’s Stick.

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER (authoritarian): “Tremble before THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER!”

Silence. The Kids stare at him. They all start laughing.

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “Don’t laugh at me! I’m powerful! I’m a super villain for crap’s sake!”

HAL: “Jesus, Adam we’ve got to call the cops!”

Adam doesn’t answer. When Hal turns Adam is no longer there.

HAL: “What? Where....”

MALL/OUT OF THE FOOD COURT/DAY.

Adam, away from the crowd, concentrates. The Green luminescence encircles Adam’s body and his clothes turn into a super hero costume. The costume is black with green details. The sleeves end in the middle of the forearm. There’s black and green cape, a mask that cover most of the face, leaving only the mouth and the chin discovered. Adam stares at the empty chest of the costume.

ADAM: “A ‘Champion’, huh?”

All of suddenly a green stylish ‘C’ appears on the chest.

LITTLE BOY: “Cool! How did you do that?”

CHAMPION: “What? You weren’t supposed to see that!” Adam.

LITTLE BOY: “Why not?!”

CHAMPION: “Because it’s a secret. Great, now I’m going to have to kill ya, kid.”

The Young Boy, scared, runs away screaming and crying.

CHAMPION: “I wonder if that ever happened to Superman...”

MALL/FOOD COURT/DAY.

The Pernicious Destroyer is still in the food court of the mall. There’s a big hole on the wall behind him. The DEATH’S STICK is radiant with a red energy.

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “Now you shall taste the Fury of the PERNICIOUS DESTROYER!”

CHAMPION (hovering above the crowd): “Dude, couldn’t you like choose an easier name and stuff?”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: (Mad) “No! Of Course not, my name inspires fear and evil!”

CHAMPION (Landing about five feet from DESTROYER): “Well, the way I see your name only spreads confusion... Why don’t you use something like ‘Evil Man’ or ‘Red Dragon’ or something...”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “Because those names are beneath me. I am the Pernicious Destroyer!”

CHAMPION: “Dude, cut it out. This name sucks!”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “It does not! I resent that”

The crowd try to protect themselves. HAL is still worried.

HAL: “Where the crap is Adam?”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “So who are you?”

CHAMPION: “Champion. (pointing at the 'C') My name is Champion.”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “Never heard of...”

CHAMPION: “Well, I’m new...”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “Really? Me too, I just started today. How about you?”

CHAMPION (excited): “Me too! How cool is that?!”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: (Interested) “I know! That’s so funny!!”

CHAMPION: “So I’m the first hero you fight, right?”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “Yeah.”

CHAMPION: “I guess that this makes us arch enemies. What do you think?”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “I don’t know. I guess. I can be your arch enemy if you want.”

The teenagers in the crowd start to get confused.

CHAMPION: “Cool! I’ve always wanted to have an arch enemy (pause) Well, since I started being a hero, I think that it gives us a little respect."

Silence. Adam scratches his hair.

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “Well, I guess this is part where we start to fight right?”

CHAMPION: “Are you sure?”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “What do you mean?”

CHAMPION: "Well, what can you do anyway? You're just an old dude with a chunk of wood..."

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: "I am not. I can do stuff... This is the Death’s Stick!"

CHMAPION: "Oh be serious, man. You're just an over the edge version of Bobby the Barbarian..."

The DESTROYER blasts Champion with the Stick. Champion is thrown against a wall and breaks through it.

OUTSIDE THE MALL/PARKING LOT.

Champions breaks through the wall and fall far away in the parking lot. He lands onto a REALLY EXPENSIVE CAR, smashing it.

CHAMPION(Shaking his head): “Note to self: ‘Never ever tease the super villain!”

CHAMPION flies back into the mall.

MALL/FOOD COURT/DAY.

The Pernicious Destroyer is, well, destroying everything in front of him.

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “Feel the wrath! Feel the Wrath!”

The Teenagers pretty much stare at the Destroyer as he goes along. One kid checks the hour in his clock.

DAKOTA to Lance.

DAKOTA: “You think this will last?”

LANCE: “I dunno. Wanna ask him?”

DAKOTA: “No freakin’ way.”

BRANDI turns to CASEY, that’s clearly in pain.

BRANDI: “Are you okay, hun?”

CASEY: “Can’t... talk...jaw...broken...”

DAKOTA: “I’ll call an ambulance...”

Out of the blue CHAMPION flies in hitting the DESTROYER. They break through a wall.

DAKOTA (excited): “Wow! Who is that ‘Champion-guy’?”

CASEY: “Don’t...know...”

DAKOTA and BRANDI forget about CASEY and run towards the fight. BRANDI bumps into CASEY as she passes.

CASEY: “Pain... pain...”

CHAMPION is thrown through the new hole they put on the wall. He falls in the middle of the food court. CHAMPION gets up. The teenagers stare at him dazzled. CHAMPION sees the crowd and is afraid that the struggle may hurt them.

CHAMPION: “Okay everybody OUT! This is gonna get dangerous!”

The teenagers just keep staring at him dazzled.

CHAMPION: “Oh boy...”

A red blast of energy hits CHAMPION tearing some of his clothes. The DESTROYER walks into the food court.

CHAMPION: “That’s it. Let’s see if your oversized straw works after I turn him into plastic...”

CHAMPION concentrates and the green glow surrounds his body. CHAMPION tries to change the chunk of wood into plastic. It doesn’t change. More than that, it hits CHAMPION again with a even bigger blast of energy.

CHAMPION: “AWW! Cut it out, dude!”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: (confused): “I can’t!”

CHAMPION: “Why not?”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “Well, because of the whole ‘arch enemy’ thing...”

CHAMPION: “Oh yeah...in this case”

CHAMPION throws a chair hitting Destroyer that falls on the ground.

ADAM’S GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM/DAY.

ASHLEY is watching TV. A Special Bulletin Report appears on TV telling about the fight in the mall.

ASHLEY: “Cool. I hope that whole thing come crashing down. Maybe they could build a library there. Naw! That would be TOO good...”

MALL/FOOD COURT/DAY.

HAL approaches DAKOTA, LANCE, BRANDI and CASEY. He sees CASEY’S condition. The mall is totally wrecked.

HAL (trying not to laugh): "Are you okay?"

CASEY: "Can't... feel...face..."

HAL: "Have you guys seen Adam?"

LANCE & DAKOTA (same time): "Who?"

HAL: “My friend. The one that (pointing to CASEY) he was about punch?”

CASEY: “Oh... yeah...”

CASEY blacks out.

DAKOTA: “Don’t know, Don’t care...”

HAL: “Gee, you’re just one walking talking cliché, aren’t ya?”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER hits CHAMPION with the stick in the head. CHAMPION falls down stunned.

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “This whole place is going down! I’m going to destroy this whole mall! Muwhahahaha!”

TEENAGE BOY: “Uh, sir?”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER (turning to the boy): “Yes?”

TEENAGE BOY: “Why do you want to destroy the mall?”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: (firm) “Because I’m the Pernicious Destroyer!”

TEENAGE BOY: “Uh, sir?”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER (incommoded): “Yes?!”

TEENAGE BOY: “That wasn’t a valid answer...”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER is confused.

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “Of course it was! (pause) Shut up!”

CHAMPION surprises DESTROYER and hits him with a “hook”. The Rascal thrown up and hits the ceiling then he falls on the floor.

CHAMPION: “So, had enough Percive... Pertis... Penny...”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “Pernicious! Pernicious! It’s not that hard, you dunce!”

CHAMPION (angry): “This is the second time today someone calls me a Dunce today...”

CAHMPION moves in superspeed towards the DESTROYER and punches him five times in a row. The DESTROYER falls on the ground.

CHAMPION: “...and I didn’t liked the first time! ‘I didn’t liked the first time’. That was a cool punch line (turning to a teenage girl) don’t you think? ”

TEENAGE GIRL: “Not really.”

CHAMPION: “Of course it was! (pause) Shut up”

OUTSIDE THE MALL/PARKING LOT.

THE POLICE is arriving at the mall. They pass by the SMASHED CAR.

MALL/FOOD COURT/DAY.

CHAMPION: “Why do you want to destroy this beautiful mall? (angry) Why? Tell me you sick bastard!”

DESTROYER remains quiet. CHAMPION builds, out of the thin air, a solid lead box around the stick.

CHAMPION: (serious) “You’re wave of horror ends here... petty... peter... peanuts...”

DESTROYER: “Oh, Gee. Can’t you just once get my name right?”

CHAMPION: (mad) “I told ya to change to ‘Red Dragon’ but noooo, you had to go with the weird name...”

DESTROYER: “It’s not weird! It’s distinct!”

THE POLICE arrives at the food court.

CHAMPION: “Yeah, whatever. You’re going to jail, Persil!”

THE POLICE OFFICER #1 approaches Champion and the DESTROYER.

THE POLICE OFFICER #1: “Weird-fat-guy-with-the-dork-looking-hat, you’re under arrest!”

THE POLICE OFFICER #2 (to CHAMPION) : “So, care to explain what the hell happened here?”

CHAMPION sees the condition of the food court. The whole place is in ruins, DEBRIS everywhere. All the WALL came crashing down.

CHAMPION (embarrassed): “It was all him! He destroyed the whole. Him! The Villain. Not me. Definitely not me... I just came here and (pause) stopped the madness....”

THE POLICE OFFICER #2: “Ok. Good job then...What’s your name kid?”

CHAMPION: (PROUD) “I’m Champion!”

THE POLICE OFFICER #2 (Starting to leave): “Nice to meet you Champion...”

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER: “We’ll meet again, Champion, and then You shall regret the day meet The Pernicious Destroyer!”

CHAMPION (picking up the box that’s guarding the Stick): “Dude, change the name!”

DAKOTA and BRANDI approach Champion. They’re dazzled.

DAKOTA & BRANDI: “Hi!”

CHAMPION turns.

CHAMPION: “Hi...(clears his throat, and changes his voice) hello!”

BRANDI: “You know, you’re awesome...”

CHAMPION (proud): “Yeah, I know...”

DAKOTA: “Look, next Friday my parents will be out of town so we’re (pointing to her and BRANDI) putting together this little... soiree...”

CHAMPION: “Yes?”

BRANDI: “Well, it would be really cool if you like... stop by or something...”

CHAMPION thinks.

CHAMPION: “All right.”

DAKOTA (excited): “Really?”

CHAMPION: “Sure. I mean, someone has to be there to make sure that no vampire, alien, zombie will attack the guests or something...”

DAKOTA: “Sure or you could come and have a really good time with me! Us, I mean, us!”

LANCE and ALEX are furious.

CASEY: “I’m... here... Brandi...”

BRANDI (without turning) : “Be quiet, Casey. (to CHAMPION) Let me give you the address...”

CHAMPION: “No need...”

DAKOTA: “Why?”

CHAMPION: “I’ll find the house.... Now I have to go, girls. So many people to save, so little time...”

Champion starts flying really fast. He hits the ceiling and opens a hole in it. Some debris are falling towards the crowd. They scream in fear. When the debris were about to touch the ground they vanished.

ADAM’S GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM.

ASHLEY is still watching TV. The Special Bulletin reports appears again.

REPORTER (TV): “And the mall was pretty much destroyed when...”

ASHLEY (excited): “Yes! Yes!”

FOUR MINUTES LATER ON THE FOOD COURT.

HAL is standing next to LANCE and DAKOTA and BRANDI while CASEY is being carried away by the paramedics, BRANDI follows them. ADAM arrives next to them.

ADAM: “Hey Hal, are you all right?”

HAL (upset): “Yeah. crap, Adam where were you?”

ADAM: “Well, I... Like.... I ran and I... call the police and stuff...”

HAL: “Oh ok.”

ADAM: “Did you guys saw what happened?”

DAKOTA: “Yeah, uncanny.”

ADAM: “So, like, what do you think about that Champion dude?”

HAL: “He’s kind of a dork...”

ADAM: “Hey! He’s the coolest! I mean I think he’s cool. (worried) Why don’t you think he’s cool?”

LANCE: “Well, for one had a really rough time fighting an old man with a stick!”

ADAM: “Hey, that stick thing is really messed up!”

DAKOTA: “How do you know?”

ADAM: “Well, I suppose...”

DAKOTA: “For one I agree with this loser here (pointing to ADAM). Champion is the a gift from God! He’s even hotter than Orlando Bloom and Jack White!”

ADAM smiles. Must be the tights, he thinks.

LANCE: “God, this place will be closed for a while...”

ADAM: “What do mean?”

LANCE: “Look around, Butt-head. The whole thing is destroyed. The restoration will last forever...”

ADAM fretful takes a look around. He realizes what LANCE means. The whole place is a mess. There isn’t one wall standing up.

ADAM: “Oh my gosh! What am I supposed to do now?”

LANCE: “I don’t know. We don’t have too many options around here...”

HAL (sarcastic): “We can always read a book, for a change...”

ADAM is downhearted.

ADAM: “Being a teenager blows....”

POLICE STATION.

THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER is on a empty cell. He’s seated on a bed staring at nowhere. He looks devastated. Outside the Cell two POLICE OFFICERS watch him.

THE POLICE OFFICERS #3: “What a freak, huh Mark?”

MARK: “Yeah, man! Why would anyone became a Super Villain to destroy a MALL?!”

The Cops laugh as they leave. DESTROYER, aloof, still stares at nowhere. It’s like he’s not even there.

DRIVE-IN/NIGHT

THE IMAGE HERE, AGAIN, IS BLURRY AND IN BLACK AND WHITE.

FREDDIE (almost crying): “Why? Why can’t I come here?”

HOT CHEELEADER #1: “Because you’re a geek and we don’t like you!”

BULLY #1: “You’ll better never come here again!”

FREDDIE stands up and runs away crying.

OUTSIDE THE DRIVE IN/NIGHT.

The young FREDDIE is outside the DRIVE IN looking in.

FREDDIE: “This isn’t the end, you know! You’ll pay! (loud) You all pay! One day I’ll have power enough and I’ll be kicking YOU out of the cool places! ONE DAY! ONE DAY! Muwhahahahaha!”

SOMONE IN THE DRIVE IN: “Shut the crap up, freak!”

FREDDIE: “Sorry, Principal Thompson!”

OUTSIDE THE MALL/PARKING LOT.

DAKOTA, BRANDI e LANCE are stand still. They all seem a bit bothered. They’re in front of the expensive car that got smashed by Champion.

LANCE: “Man, Casey will be so fucking mad...”