Miss Strange Script

Scene 5

Charlotte was walking around the streets of New York when she came across some food. She was really hungry as she hadn't eaten in a few days. She tried to be a little sneaky and steal some but the women noticed her. The women sent some guys after her and all Charlotte did was run for her life.

When she thought she was out of sight of the guys she stopped to take a breather. Once she saw the guys she started running again. She ended up coming across a big house that had a glass window on the roof, which looked to be in the shape of an eye. She ran there and kept knocking on the door and started to shout things, hoping they would open the door.

Charlotte:

"Please... let me in! They're... chasing me. I don't know what to do. I have nowhere else to go. Please... let me in!" She said, out of breath and panicking at the same time. All of a sudden the doors opened and revealed a tall guy with black hair that had grey streaks on either side of his head. He was wearing a blue toga and a red cape. He stepped to the side to let her in. "Thank you kind sir." She says, running into the house.

Stephen:

"So, what did you do?" He said, with a rather sweet tone as the doors closed.

Charlotte:

"I didn't do anything. Why would you think I did something? Also, cool cape." Charlotte said, trying to lie to him and change the subject but obviously he saw through it.

Stephen:

"It's not a cape, it's a cloak." He corrected her. "And come on, those guys wouldn't have been chasing you if you didn't do anything wrong. So, what did you do or steal?" He asked, walking over to the couch gesturing for her to sit down with him.

Charlotte:

"Fine, I sorta, maybe, possibly, kinda, stole some food." She says, looking down in shame.

Stephen:

"Now, why would someone as young as you have to steal food?" He said. Charlotte didn't answer. "I'm not going to tell anyone. I just want to know so that I can help you." He said, putting a hand on her shoulder, which made her flinch a little bit. Stephen removed his hand "I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to help you like I said." He said, still in his sweet tone. Charlotte just sighed and took a deep breath.

Charlotte:

"Well 2 days ago I had to go to the shop for my mother. It was only about a 10 minute walk from our house so I didn't take my phone, which I should have done. Anyway, as I came out of the shop some guys dragged me into an alley and started to beat me up. I tried using my martial arts skills to defend myself, but they were too powerful. The next thing I knew, I woke up and I'm strapped to a chair. They kept asking me questions and if I didn't give them the answer they wanted, they put a helmet on my head. The power was so strong that I passed out every time." She said, taking another deep breath and tried not to cry.

Stephen:

"Oh well I'm really sorry that happened to you. What's your name sweetie?"

Charlotte:

"Char-Charlotte. But my mother used to call me Char." She said, still a little shook up.

Stephen:

"Do you mind me asking what you meant by 'used to'?" He said softly. Charlotte took a deep breath.

Charlotte:

"Well, the guy that kidnapped me and told me that because I didn't tell him about my father that the only way to get me to talk was to send people to the house and..." I tried so hard not to cry but it was so hard to keep it in.