Int. Apartment - Night
Luke, the hero, is eating dinner at a coffee table while watching TV. From the apartment next door, the opening chords of “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath start up way too loud.
Luke (to himself)
Damnit!
Luke gets up, goes into the hallway, and knocks on his neighbor’s door.
Luke
Hey John. John!
John (V.O.)
Enter.
Luke carefully opens the door. The apartment is lit only by lots and lots of candles.
Luke
John? Hey, I was wondering if you could turn the music down a little bit. John? You there?
John, a disheveled wild man, appears behind him and slams the front door. The sounds startles Luke.
Luke (con’t)
Oh, hey John. Yea, the music is a little loud. Also, not sure candles are allowed in this building. I won’ tell on you, just be careful with them all.
John
The music. It is bothering you?
Luke
Uh, yea, just a little bit. You really like this song, eh? I hear it every morning and night.
John
This is more than a song. It is a message.
Luke
Excuse me?
John
This song is a message from either another world or another plane of existence. I haven’t fully triangulated the source location, but I am making tremendous breakthroughs.
Luke
Ummm, o.k. I thought Black Sabbath wrote this song.
John
That’s what they want you to think. They are just a vessel for the message. The message of doom that will soon come to fruition. Come, see my work.
John directs Luke into the living room. The walls are covered in scribble-scrabble writing, charts, and graphs. They look like the ravings of a madman.
Luke
Hoooooly shit.
John
Unholy shit is more like it. The song is an encoded map to an ancient iron giant that lays dormant under the crust of the Earth. As soon as I discover the location of the otherwordly plane, I will be able to find the giant and awaken him from his slumber.
Luke
I hardly think Ozzy Osbourne has any insight into a mysterious underground monster. The lyrics were probably just a result of some drug-fueled writing sessions.
John
You can be part of the chosen few to be saved. When I awaken the behemoth, I will be the one to choose who survives and who succumbs to his fiery vengeance. You will be a part of our new society with the Iron Man as our god-king!
Luke stares at John for several seconds.
Luke
Just keep it down John. I’m trying to watch Whisker Wars.
Luke exits.
John
You will regret this! You all will regret this! He is the Iron Man! He will destroy you all! DESTROY!
John laughs maniacally. Ozzy Osbourne’s song “Diary of a Madman” plays behind his laughter.
BLACKOUT.
