Short screenplay from the Done Deal "March Madness" contest, March 2009. "Heroes" FADE IN: EXT. DARK ALLEY - NIGHT The clip-clop of high heels. A woman wearing a leather coat, a wide-brimmed hat, and sunglasses, emerges from the shadows. She stops at a doorway. A sign overhead says: "Gatsby Theater - FOR SALE." She grabs the handle and tugs. It's locked. She looks up and down the alleyway. No one's around. She WRENCHES the door open with brutal strength, pieces of metal bounce and ping, the wooden frame is splintered. She enters. The door creaks shut behind her. ALLEY SECURITY CAMERA POV: watching the door slowly close. EXT. ROOFTOP - NIGHT Angled skylights glow, steam rises from vent pipes. Something blobbish lands on the roof with a loud SQUELCH. The blobbish something unfolds and stands up. It's a MAN, wearing a long coat, a hat, and sunglasses. He brushes himself down. He peers down through one of the skylight windows. Then walks to one of the vent pipes. He leans forward and POURS himself down the pipe until he's gone. ROOF SECURITY CAMERA POV: watching the vent pipe. EXT. EMPTY STREET - MANHOLE COVER - NIGHT The manhole cover unscrews clockwise and is pushed to one side. A grinning dinosaur head rises up out of the manhole. The head turns to look up and down the street. The head slowly sinks out of sight. STREET SECURITY CAMERA POV: watching the open manhole. INT. DARK EMPTY THEATER - NIGHT WOMAN Hello? A spotlight comes on, dazzling the woman with the wide-brimmed hat on center stage. WOMAN Hey! Cut it out! The spotlight shifts so it's slightly to her right. WOMAN Better. MAN'S AMPLIFIED VOICE I'm sorry, Miss Bellman. I couldn't see you. WOMAN That's okay. Where the hell are you? MAN'S AMPLIFIED VOICE Behind you. The woman turns round. A steel bin on wheels sits behind her. It has a glass window slit near the top. The woman, curious, bends down to peer through the slit. WOMAN Oh my God. MAN'S AMPLIFIED VOICE Yes. I was once a human being, like you. Now I must dwell inside this vessel, since my mutated form can no longer exist in your world. WOMAN What are you mutating into, a giant penis? MAN'S AMPLIFIED VOICE Possibly yes. Two other persons are about to join you. Do not be alarmed. The spotlight swings to illuminate a blobbish shape as it oozes onto the stage. The shape reforms into the man from the rooftop. WOMAN Neat trick. Who else? The spotlight swings to illuminate the disosaur, who emits a low growl. WOMAN The hell? MAN'S AMPLIFIED VOICE I have invited you three here to present a proposition. First I will introduce you, since it is unlikely that you are familiar with each other. The spotlight shines on the woman. MAN'S AMPLIFIED VOICE Kaitlyn Bellman, dentist's receptionist by day, fearless heroine by night. Better known as Miss Brutality. Your ability to wrench open doors with the sheer brute strength in your grossly overdeveloped right arm, and your super punch, has foiled the master plan of many a hardened criminal. NEWSPAPER FRONT PAGE: headline reads "MYSTERY GIRL WITH BIG ARM FOILS BANK ROBBERY" -- photo of COPS standing over a pair of ROBBERS who are both in agony, nursing their left shoulders. The spotlight shines on the man who was a blob. MAN'S AMPLIFIED VOICE Doctor Reggie Farquahar, experimental fashion designer, whose advanced research into atomic-powered jewelry and accessories resulted in his own body gaining fantastic molecular gooey-ness. Better known as Mister Ooze, who can sneak into secret criminal lairs through the smallest openings, and detain suspects until the police arrive. NEWSPAPER FRONT PAGE: headline reads "CRIMINAL GANG STUCK FAST" -- photo of several CRIMINALS stuck to a brick wall by gleaming ooze. The spotlight shines on the dinosaur, who ROARS and swings its paws around, enraged. MAN'S AMPLIFIED VOICE Frederick Meeker, paleontology professor, whose exposure to a strange virus contained in the thigh bone of a dinosaur, which he gnawed as a joke to impress a young female student, has resulted in a bizarre melding of human and sauron DNA. Better known as Me-Rex, terror of the sewers. NEWSPAPER FRONT PAGE: headline reads "DINOSAUR EATS GANGLAND BOSS" -- photo of sickened COPS peering into a banged-up sedan whose roof has been peeled open. The dinosaur calms down and nods. Raowrr. WOMAN Okay, so you know who we are. Who are you? MAN'S AMPLIFIED VOICE I am Doctor Victor Van Der Ook. WOMAN The famous missing scientist! They said you fell into a volcano. MAN'S AMPLIFIED VOICE Merely a subterfuge to mask my activities. It is my intention to create a team of super-heroes who will combat the tidal wave of crime that threatens to overwhelm this dark city. MISS BRUTALITY Sure, I'm in. MISTER OOZE Very well. ME-REX Raowrr. MAN'S AMPLIFIED VOICE Excellent. FADE OUT§