Deva: Living Outside The Ladder (Complete Story)

Act 5 Scene 6

(Deva carrying Beck, and Chucky, are walking when the night is dark and the sky is pitch black)

Deva: uhhh.....arrrggghh!!

Chucky: You look worn out, let's take a rest.

Deva: I can.....still.....carry her!

(They keep walking and walking until Deva's body gives up and drops him to the ground)

Chucky: Deva! (Chucky rushes over) Are you okay?

Deva: Yeah, I'm fine. But my back is killing me. Let's rest here.

(After a few minutes of resting, they decide to walk again. However, a car has been slowly following them from behind. Both Chucky and Deva stop and the car pulls over. It's revealed that the blonde girl and jock from the senior party were here.)

Deva: It's you.

Blonde girl: ...get in. We'll take you and your friends to our place to rest up.

Chucky: Hey there. I'm not sure if you remember me.

Blonde girl: I remember you. You're Betsy's nice friend. How are you?

Chucky: Well...I was doing good.

Deva: You know her?

Chucky: Yeah, we had a nice conversation. I see this is your boyfriend.

Blonde girl: Yeah, and I'd love to catch up with you. But first we gotta help you guys here. If you continue walking like that, one of those gang members might come back.

Deva: Let's do it then.

(At the back of the car, the jock asked them questions)

Jock: How did you guys end up in that fight?

Deva: Our sleeping friend here has been missing for a couple of days. We wanted to swing by and check up on her and found out she was trying to protect me from her old friends.

Jock: Why were they after you?

Deva: I had a jackass of an older brother. Let's just say he got into trouble that had him killed, and they think I did it.

Blonde girl: That's fucked!

Deva: Yeah. But anyway, thanks for taking us in.

Jock: No problem.

Chucky: I don't know what I'm going to tell my mom about my car. She'll freak out!

Jock: Don't worry. I'm driving your car right now. They stole it and they were parked against a spot we were close to, so I beat them up and took the car.

Chucky: I don't know what to say. Thank you. You guys are really nice people!

Jock: No problem.

Blonde girl: You know, for someone so short you were able to carry that huge girl this far. From one look at you, one would think you couldn't do that at all.

Deva: Believe it or not, this girl's my trainer. She's the reason I got this far. I've gotten stronger too. But I'm definitely not built up to be a fighter, at least not yet.

Blonde girl: You seem more of an academic type if you ask me.

Deva: Wow....that's a.....very accurate guess there.

(They arrive at a house. The Jock offers to carry Beck, and the blonde girl helped Deva walk after almost losing his balance. Beck wakes up and is under wraps with the bandages)