The curtains closed and EVERYONE is gathered around HUMPTY DUMPTY'S body.
VINCENT
Is he?
DAKOTA
Dead? (beat) yeah...
COLONEL SANDERS
(beat) Hallelujah! My prayers have been answered! Lord, you had me going for a second there. This is so great. (beat) I mean... I'm so sorry for your loss.
EUGENE
Dakota? Are you okay?
DAKOTA
I don't know. I think so, I-
THOMAS
Who cares! Who won the round?
EVERYONE ditches HUMPTY'S body and gathers around COLONEL SANDERS
DAKOTA VINCENT
Oh yeah.- I almost forgot.-
EUGENE
take your time, it's not like somebody's dying.-
MAX
Oh my.
EUGENE
What? Too soon?
COLONEL SANDERS
Well, given that Chicken Little is the only one still living and he didn't try to accuse me of murder, the point goes to Team Chicken.
DAKOTA
What?! No!
COLONEL SANDERS
Now excuse me while Max and I try to pick up this mess.
MAX and COLONEL SANDERS struggle to pick HUMPTY DUMPTY up and off stage
VINCENT
So much for sympathy votes, huh Dakota?
DAKOTA
You know what Vinny, I have a few words for you, starting with F and ending in-
JOSH enters with urgency.
DAKOTA (Cont.)
Holy hot body!
DAKOTAS' legs turn to Jelly and EUGENE catches her.
JOSH
Vincent, Thomas! I made it.
THOMAS
Oh my God!
VINCENT
Yeah, you had us worried there for a second.
EUGENE
(To Dakota) Are you okay?
DAKOTA
Yeah, I'm fine (coughs).
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Debatable The Series: The Middle School Debate
HumorIt's the debate to end all debates. Six middle schoolers take to the stage and participate in the not-so-serious debate of what came first, the chicken or the egg, all while being interviewed and going through a backstage rivalry. What could go wron...
