The Sydman’s TIME SPELL
PART 2
By Sydrick Salazar
INT. EXHIBIT CENTER – THE EGYPT ROOM. DAY.
ALL OF A SUDDEN A BLINDING LIGHT APPEARS FROM THE DOORJAMB AND A HAND-LIKE LIGHT LITERALLY PLUCKS DERRICK AND GRABS HIM TO THE DOORJAMB. THE LIGHT DISAPPEARS MOMENTARILY AND DERRICK VANISHED AS WELL.
ALL WERE SILENT.
DAN:
Stupid question pero, anong nangyare?
MAY:
I am not ashamed. naihi ako.
DAN:
(emotionless)
Ewwwwww…
CAITLIN:
Sino bang dapat nating sisihin dito?
ALL EYES GLARE AT CON. CON VEHEMENTLY REACTS.
CON:
ANO?!?
GABE:
Idea mo ang lahat ng 'to!
CON:
ANO!?!
GABE:
Ano ka ng ano e kasalanan mo!
CON:
Hoy kung may dapat sisihin dito, si Caitlin yon! Ayaw mo kasing sagutin si Derrick e! Tuloy, naulol.
MAY:
E gago pala ‘to e.
WHILE THEY ARGUE, GABE NOTICES CAITLIN GOING NEAR THE DOORJAMB. CAITLIN IS ABOUT TO TOUCH THE DOORJAMB WHEN GABE STOPS HER.
CAITLIN:
(furious)
Gabe ano ba!
GABE:
Hindi natin alam kung anong klaseng bagay talaga yan!
CAITLIN:
Kung ano man yan nasa loob niyan si Derrick!
DAN:
Teka, bat all of a sudden naging concern ka sa kanya?
ALL:
YIHHHHHIEEEEEE!!!
CAITLIN:
MGA GAGO!! Hindi ito ang tamang panahon para mang-asar!
CON:
Baka naman nandito lang si Derrick sa kwarto nato, pinagtataguan lang tayo. Hayop ka Derrick pag nagpakita ka, hati na tayo sa 1000 pesos!
Then in a dark PART of the area, a voice was heard.
ALCAZAR (VO):
You’re friend has passed into an inter-dimensional portal where he would find himself on the midsts of the future.
THE GROUP STARED AT THE DARK SPOT, REVEALING AN ARABIAN WEARING A SUIT AND IS SPORTING A LONG BEARD. THE MAN STANDS UP AND WALK TO THEM. THE GROUP RETREATED.
JACKY:
Derrick ikaw ba yan?
MAY:
Hindi si Derrick yan gago!
CON:
Gabe Daddy mo!
GABE:
(to Con)
Gago!
(to man)
Who are you?
ALCAZAR:
I am the keeper of the portal! I am also the curator of the museum. You’re friend has gone to the future. I have seen it. He was destined to go there.
CAITLIN:
(calm)
I see, destined to go there…
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!?!? YOU’RE HERE AND YOU SAW US GOOFING AROUND WITH THAT THING AND YOU DIDN’T STOP US? WHAT KIND OF SICK FUCK ARE YOU!?!?!
CAITLIN IS ABOUT TO SCRATCH ALCAZAR’S FACE BUT SHE WAS SECURED BY THE GROUP.
GABE:
Caitlin hinahon lang. Kailangan natin ng sagot e! Baka alam niya kung paano makakabalik si Derrick!
GABE IS ABOUT TO TALK TO ALCAZAR WHEN CON BUTTS IN.
CON:
Wag nga kayong magtabi –ang baho niyo pareho e…
Ako na ang magsa-salita dahil ako lang ang ma-appeal sa ating lahat. Remember, foreigner yan at kahit sing itim ng buhok mo ang leeg niya, ang strategy sa kanila ay mga flowery words.
THE GROUP STARES AT CON AS ALCAZAR ALSO STARES AT HIM ODDLY. CON IS CIRCLING ALCAZAR, CALMLY LOOKING AT HIM LIKE HE’S ON TRIAL.
CON:
I WANT THE TRUTH!?! What about our friend that walked into that picture frame? YOU’RE telling us he’s destined to go there? WHY? WHY? And why does GABE smell far better than you? Have you ever tried on shaving? A little bit more and you’ll look like a buffalo…
CAITLIN:
(mad)
Stop talking you idiot!
ALL OF A SUDDEN CAITLIN PUNCHES CON IN THE BACK, DROPPING QUICKLY. GABE CHECKS ON CON.
JACKY:
Ouch.
GABE:
Hehe, please excuse our friend…
He’s weak here…
ALCAZAR:
(he whispers as he starts combing his beard)
Ehem. This is the Doorjamb of Dimension. It has existed long before Greek civilization…
FLASHBACK. INT/EXT. ANCIENT EGYPT. DAY.
WE SEE DIFFERENT SCENES FROM ANCIENT EGYPT – FROM THE PHAROAHS, TO THE WORKERS BUILDING THE PYRAMID.
ALCAZAR (VO: MONOLOGUE):
This doorjamb was used by shamans to make prophecies on what would happen in their present. It was of great use for us since we can actually tell them one hundredth of what’s IN THE FUTURE. Unfortunately, they were misunderstood. People thought they were loony and insane; their words were treated as rubbish, and their temples, destroyed. But alas, fate tore them apart, when, the last great prophecy, the Roman invasion was ridiculed. They would be proven wrong.
INT. EXHIBIT CENTER – THE EGYPT ROOM. DAY.
ALCAZAR IS STILL TALKING AS THE GROUP LISTEN TO HIM.
ALCAZAR:
Their temples were looted and destroyed. The shamans either hid or were persecuted. And little by little, the doorjambs became vincible. Without the powers of the shamans, the power of the portal deteriorates, now useless. Once, you can command the portal to go to places you want, get back in your era in the same time you got in, and the portal could teleport you in the certain places you want so you can avoid traveling to distant places just to cross the portal. Now, the power of the portal is limited, now almost dead. Your friend must cross the time-space coordinates in one week, or his future and past will be considered unknown.
GABE:
So this means by crossing the doorjamb, he can go back to his own time?
ALCAZAR:
Yes. Unfortunately, exactly six days after he could come back, the doorjamb will be destroyed by a crazed man and it wouldn’t be available in the future he is in.
GABE:
Sino namang gago ang sisira nito?
CON JUST GOT CONSCIOUS. HE CHECKS HIS HEAD AND HE IS AMAZED AT ALL THE EYES THAT IS LOOKING AT HIM.
CON:
ANO?!?
CAITLIN:
(to Alcazar)
So how can Derrick go back to this time?
SUDDENLY GABE’S CELLPHONE RANG. HE ANSWERS IT.
GABE:
Hello?
TELEPHONE CONVERSATION. EXT. HIGHWAY. DAY/ INT. EXHIBIT CENTER – THE EGYPT ROOM. DAY.
DERRICK IS UNDER THE MMDA QUEZON AVENUE OVERPASS AND IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. AT HIS BACK THERE’S A HUGE PINK SIGN SAYING “BAWAL TUMAWID NAKAMAMATAY”.
DERRICK:
(super scared)
PUTANG INA NASAN AKO!!!!
GABE:
Derrick saan ka?
WHEN SHE HEARD THE WORD “DERRICK”, CAITLIN’S EYES LIT UP. THE GROUP GOES TOWARD GABE AND THEY ARE GENUINELY HAPPY.
DERRICK:
Putang Ina, putang ina…
GABE:
Okay ka lang ba? Nasan ka na?
DERRICK:
Tanga ka ba, paano ko kaya malalaman?!?! Tulungan niyo ako! Ibalik niyo ako diyan. Promise hindi na kita aasarin na mabaho ka at mukha kang isang malaking pawikan!
GABE:
Gago. Anong meron diyan? Bagong life forms?
DERRICK:
Ewan! Sana wala!
CON SWIPES GABE’S PHONE FROM HIS HANDS.
CON:
Hoy pag may nakita ka namang magandang bagay diyan, dalhan mo ako ng souvenir! Kahit bigyan na kita ng pera!
Con takes coins from his pocket and throws it to the doorjamb. All of a sudden Caitlin gets a hold of an old Egyptian burial jar AND She knockS IT at CON’S head, dropping him senseless.
CAITLIN:
Hindi pa nga niya alam kung pano bumalik dito e!
(on phone)
Hello Derrick, si Caitlin to. Okay ka lang ba diyan?
DERRICK:
CAITLIN!?!
CAITLIN:
DERRICK!
DERRICK:
Akala ko hindi ko na maririnig ang iyong magandang boses… kamusta ka na? Cute pa rin ang boses mo sa phone!
CAITLIN:
Anim na araw lang ang dapat ilagi mo dyan kung hindi patay ka!
DERRICK:
Huh? Great. My first intergalactic message from my one true love is a death threat.
CAITLIN:
Sorry ha pero kailangan mo malaman…
DERRICK:
Okay my cute Caitlin, I forgive you, pero pano ako makakaalis dito?
ALCAZAR TAKES THE PHONE OUT OF CAITLIN.
ALCAZAR:
Listen here, you only have a maximum of 6 days to get your older self and you to fuse as one. When this happens, a portal will appear and take you back to this year, 2001. By the way, what year are you in?
DERRICK:
(fazed)
Teka, sino to?
DERRICK LOOKS LEFT AND RIGHT THEN HE RUNS AS FAST AS HE CAN TO A SIDEWALK. WHILE THERE, HE FINDS AN OLD WOMEN SELLING CANDIES, CIGARETTES, AND NEWSPAPERS. FROM ON OF THE TABLOIDS, HE LOOKS AT THE DATE.
ALCAZAR:
Hello?
DERRICK:
Shit… April 7, 2006…
ALCAZAR:
April 7, 2006.
JACKY:
Holy shit! Tumalon si Derrick ng walong taon?!?
THE GROUP EXCEPT FOR ALCAZAR LOOKS AT JACKY IN VERY TICKED OFF MANNER.
GABE:
(to Jacky)
Tanga lima lang.
DERRICK:
(to Alcazar)
Sino ka? Pano ako makaalis dito?
ALCAZAR:
I can’t understand you. But what I know is that you must find your older looking friends and seek help. Provided that technology can pass through, your cellphone should be used as a device for communication, don’t waste it. I’ll be giving instructions to your friends and you must stand by for whatever happens to you there. Remember whatever happens to you could affect your whole existence so be careful!
Alcazar turns off the cellphone. Then Caitlin goes to ALCAZAR.
CAITLIN:
2006, right. If there’s anybody who can help us, it’s you. Make your older self help Derrick get out of the future.
ALCAZAR:
I’m afraid I can’t help you. My older self will not exist there… I died exactly in the year 2003… B.C.
CAITLIN:
You mean to tell us you actually rode that thing?
ALCAZAR:
Rode it? I made that thing.
THE GROUP IS MOMENTARILY SILENT.
GABE:
So, what if we went to that thing to save Derrick?
ALCAZAR:
To help him? You can’t. There are no certainties that you’ll go to the place your friend went into. However, a piece of advice: stick close to each other on those dates. He might need you there.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HEAR A MAN CURSING AND BANGING THE WALLS. WHEN THEY SAW THE MAN, IT WAS BOOGIE, MUCH MORE FURIOUS THAN NORMAL.
BOOGIE:
TANGINA TALAGA! Kanina pa namin kayo hinahanap nandito lang pala kayo! Pumunta na kayo sa bus at sisibat na tayo!
CAITLIN:
Sir, kararating lang natin a, ano nangyari?
BOOGIE:
May ugok kayong ka-schoolmate na bading na nakasage ng replica ng David ni Michaelangelo! Basta istatwa siya ng isang lalakeng tanga-tanga na nakatingin sa malayo na hindi niya alam na nakahubad siya! Tapos nabagsakan ang head curator ng museum! Alam niyo ba kung bakit siya nabagsakan?
GABE:
Hindi po.
BOOGIE:
GAGO KASI SIYA!
CAITLIN:
Pero sir, kausap lang namin dito yung curator…
THE GROUP TRIED TO LOOK FOR ALCAZAR BUT HE VANISHED.
BOOGIE:
Ano sabi niyo?
CAITLIN:
(dumbfounded)
Sige, alis na po kami.
BOOGIE:
Teka… asan pala yung kasama niyong mukhang retarded? Nasan si Punzalan?
THE GROUP WAS SPEECHLESS.
JACKY:
Ah sir, nakalimutan pala naming sabihin sa inyo na kanina sinundo siya ng uncle niya. Mabilisan yata na alis papuntang San Francisco. Tungkol yata sa Nanay niya don.
BOOGIE:
A ganon. Pag bumalik siya sabihin mo na titser ako at estudyante ka. Kung magpa-paalam siya, sabihin sa akin. Concern lang ako, baka BOBO NA KASI YUNG KAIBIGAN NIYO E!
BOOGIE FURIOUSLY STORMS OUT.
BOOGIE:
(shouts)
TAE KAYONG LAHAT!!!!
THEY ALL LOOK AT JACKY.
MAY:
(suddenly sweet)
Ang bilis mo palang magisip Jacky.
JACKY:
(cool effect)
Bakit, na-impress ka ba?
CAITLIN:
Basta tulungan tayo dito.
CON:
Kasama ba ako diyan?
GABE:
Oo naman! Kaibigan natin si Derrick. Anim na araw akong aalis-balik dito para bumalik siya at least may susundo.
DAN:
Pero e kung…
CAITLIN:
(interrupts)
Wag mo ng tuloy ang sasabihin mo.
GABE:
Sikreto to. Walang makakaalam nito. Basta tulungan natin si Derrick.
WE CUT TO:
EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD MINI-MART. 2006. DAY.
DERRICK GOES TO A NEARBY SARI-SARI STORE TO USE THEIR PHONE. HE LOOKS AROUND AND HE’S SHOCK TO SEE THE BILLBOARD OF MANNY PACQUIAO.
DERRICK:
(while looking at Pacquiao’s billboard)
Sino tong no-namer na to?
THEN TITA GRACE, GABE’S MOM PICKS UP THE PHONE.
DERRICK:
Hello Tita Grace!
GRACE:
Sino to?
DERRICK:
Si D…
Si Jacky po.
MOMMY:
Jacky? Akala ko ba kasama ka ni Gabe at ni Con papuntang Hawaii?
DERRICK’S EYES WIDEN. HE RUNS AWAY FROM THE MINI-MART AND FURIOUSLY KICKS ON THE PAVEMENT AND A NEARBY LAMP POST.
EXT. HIGHWAY. 2006. DAY
DERRICK STARES BLANK AS PEOPLE LOOK AT HIM. HE IS ABOUT TO CRY.
DERRICK:
(shouts)
TANGINA NIYO NAKUHA NIYO PANG MAGBAKASYON!?!?!
DERRICK TAKES HIS CELLPHONE FROM HIS POCKET, ABOUT TO CALL GABE WHEN SUDDENLY…
LYNN:
Derrick!
DERRICK’S FUMING ANGER VANISHES WHEN HE SEES A HOT, ATTRACTIVE WOMAN COMING TO HER.
CUT TO:
INT/EXT. BUS. 2001. DAY.
CAITLIN WAS STARING OUTSIDE THE BUS SHOCKED. THEN HER PHONE RINGS. GABE AND THE OTHERS LOOK AT HER AS SHE DESPERATELY ANSWERS.
CAITLIN:
Hello?
LYNN (off scene):
(losing voice)
O anong nangyari sa field trip?
CAITLIN:
Ano? Wala, umuwi kami agad. Pero masaya na din kasi wala ka! Musta na pala lagnat mo? Baka magdala ka pa ng sakit sa Tate!
CUT TO:
INT. LYNN’S ROOM. DAY.
WE SEE LYNN, ULTRA THIN, UNTIDY, AND UNATTRACTIVE WATCHING T.V. IN HER BED.
LYNN:
(losing voice)
Balang araw makaka-ganti din ako sayo.
CUT TO:
EXT. HIGHWAY. 2006. DAY
DERRICK STARES AT LYNN SPEECHLESS. LYNN IS WEARING LESS CLOTHING WHICH WAS UNLIKE HER IN HIGH SCHOOL. WHILE LYNN WAS MOVING HER BOOBS WAS MOVING INDEPENDENTLY. THEN SHE STOPS IN FRONT OF HIM.
LYNN:
Derrick wag mong sabihing ‘di mo na ako kilala?
DERRICK:
Lynn ang laki ng pinagbago mo!
DERRICK LOOKS AT HER SMILING FACE THEN TILTS DOWN TO HER BOOBS AND JUST BASICALLY STOPS THERE.
DERRICK:
ANLAKI!
LYNN THEN SLAPS DERRICK’S SHOULDERS.
LYNN:
Wala ka pa ring pinagbago, manyak ka pa rin! Teka, akala ko ba nasa Yokohama ka? Teka, ano bang ginagawa sayo ni Caitlin? You look so young!
DERRICK:
I am young!
LYNN:
Yeah right. Teka, dadaan muna ako sa talent manager ko and sobrang late na ako. Okay lang ba sayo kung iwan muna kita? Promise let’s meet afterwards.
DERRICK:
Uh okay…
LYNN:
Bye.
LYNN STOPS A CAB THEN GIVES DERRICK A BIG WET KISS IN THE CHICK. THEN THE TAXI DRIVES OFF WITH LYNN WAVING AT HIM. DERRICK IS HOLDING HIS CHEEK.
DERRICK:
Welcome to the future, Derrick.
DERRICK WALKS OFF SMILING.
DERRICK:
So parang Sexbomb si Lynn? Cool…
THEN HE SUDDENLY STOPS. LOOKING TERRIFIED.
DERRICK:
YOKOHAMA?!?
TO BE CONTINUED
