The Hunchback of Adventure Bay

Finding the Court of Miracles

(Chase emerges.)

Chase: We have to find the Court of Miracles, before
daybreak. If Humdinger gets there first...are you coming with me?

Tracker: I can't.

Chase: I thought you were Skye's friend.

Tracker: Humdinger's my master. I can't disobey him again.

Chase: She stood up for you. You've got a funny way of showing gratitude.

(He pauses, while Tracker turns away.)

Chase: Well, I'm not going to sit by and watch Humdinger 
massacre innocent people. You do what you think is right.

(He turns and leaves.)

Tracker: (To the 'goyles) Look. What am I supposed to do? Go out there and rescue the girl from the jaws of death, and the whole town will cheer like I'm some sort of hero? She already has her knight in shining armour, and it's not me. Humdinger was right. Humdinger was right about everything. I'm tired of trying to be something I'm not.

(Zuma hands him a coat.)

Tracker: I must be out of my mind!

(At ground level, Chase is exiting the cathedral. No sooner
has he stepped outside, than Tracker hops in front of him.)

Tracker: Chase!
(Chase shouts out in surprise)
I'm coming with you!

Chase: I'm glad you changed your mind.

Tracker: I'm not doing it for you. I'm doing it for her.

Chase: You know where she is?

Tracker: No, but she said this would help us find her.

(Tracker pulls out the talisman and hands it to Chase.)

Chase: Good, good, good! Ahhh. Great! (Examines it.) What is it?

Tracker: I'm not sure.

Chase: Hmm. Must be some sort of code. Maybe it's Arabic. No, no, it's not Arabic. Maybe it's ancient Greek...

Tracker: (whispering to himself)
When you wear this woven band, you hold the city in your hand.

Chase: What?

Tracker: It's the city!

Chase: What are you talking about?

Tracker: It's a map!
(Points to the centre)
See, here's the the lookout, and the bay, and this little...

Chase: I've never seen a map that looks like this and...

(They both talk at once, ending at the same time.)

Tracker: ...and this is it!

Chase: ...and this is not it!

(They both breathe deeply, then Chase gives in.)

Chase: All right, okay. You say it's a map, fine, it's a map. If we're going to find Skye, we have to work together. Truce?

(He slaps Tracker on the back.)

Tracker: Well...okay.

(Tracker slaps Case back. Chase winces from the pain. They start off.)

Tracker: Sorry.

Chase: No you're not.

(Dissolve to a single light entering a graveyard. They
approach a central grave, with a symbol on it.)

Chase: This looks like the symbol on the map.

Tracker: But what does it mean?

Chase: Hmm. I'm not sure. I can make out an inscription,
but it's going to take a few minutes to translate it.

(Tracker pushes the lid off the grave, revealing a staircase going down.)

Chase: Yes, well, or we could just go down those stairs.