Jack

SCENE 13-14

13. INT THE OFFICE 12:30AM DAY 3

JACK IS IN HIS DADS STUDY, WITH HIS TORCH. EVERYONE IS IN BED FAST ASLEEP. JACK TAKES ONE OF HIS DAD'S TEST TUBES AND PLACES IT ON THE WINDOW SILL FOR IT TO GET COOL. AN HOUR GOES BY, THEN ANOTHER HOUR AND THEN ANOTHER HOUR.....JACK BEGINS TO GET MORE AND MORE TIRED, BUT IS DESPERATE TO SEE HIS DAD'S EXPERIMENT WORK. JACK LOOKS AT THE TEST TUBE AND PLACES HIS FINGER ON IT, AND REALISES THAT IT IS NOW A LOT COOLER. HE CAREFULLY TAKES IT OFF THE WINDOW SILL AND TAKES IT OUT OF THE OFFICE. JACK MAKES HIS WAY TO PLACE THE TEST TUBE BACK IN ITS ORIGINAL POSITION BUT DOESN'T SEE HIS GOGGLES ON THE FLOOR AND ACCIDENTALLY TRIPS. HALF OF THE LIQUID IN THE TEST TUBE SPILLS ONTO JACK'S CLOTHES. JACK QUICKLY WIPES HIMSELF OFF AND CLEANS UP THE MESS ON THE FLOOR. JACK CAREFULLY PLACES THE TEST TUBE IN ITS POSITION AND HEADS BACK TO HIS ROOM.

JACK IS FINALLY IN HIS BED AND SHUTS HIS EYES NOT TO BE WOKEN UP UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING.

14. INT JACK'S ROOM 06:04 DAY DAY 3

JACK WAKES UP, BUT SOMETHING IS INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT. HIS VIEW IS A LOT DIFFERENT. JACK IS TEN TIMES SMALLER THAN HE WAS BEFORE. ALL HE CAN SEE IS HIS PILLOW.

JACK:

(Excited)

It worked!

JACK BEGINS TO JUMP UP AND DOWN ECSTATIC THAT HIS DADS FORMULA FINALLY WORKED. ALL BECAUSE HE CHANGED THE ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER JACK HAS A VERY SMALL PROBLEM, HE IS NOW ONLY THREE INCHES TALL.

JACK:

(Shouts)

Muuuuuum, daaaaaaad!

JACK TRIES HIS BEST TO MAKE A LOT OF NOISE, JUMP UP AND DOWN BUT NOTHING WORKS. HE TURNS TO SEE WHAT TIME IT IS. IT HAS JUST GONE SIX O' CLOCK IN THE MORNING. WHICH MEANS NO ONE WILL BE UP FOR ANOTHER HOUR.

JACK THINKS HARD ABOUT WHAT HE SHOULD DO NEXT IN ORDER TO ALERT HIS PARENTS. HE SEE'S A LOOSE THREAD FROM HIS SHEETS AND DECIDES TO USE IT TO PULL HIMSELF DOWN WITH.

JACK SLIDES DOWN THE THREAD AND OFF HIS BED AND MAKES THE LONG WALK TO HIS PARENTS BEDROOM, WHICH IS ONLY NEXT DOOR. A TWO SECOND WALK HAS TAKEN JACK TWENTY MINUTES BUT FINALLY MAKES IT TO HIS PARENTS ROOM. HOWEVER HE CAN ONLY SEE THE BOTTOM OF THEIR BED. JACK REALISES THAT HE NEEDS TO GET TO HIS DAD TO TELL HIM WHAT HAS HAPPENED. JACK DECIDES TO CLIMB ONTO A LOOSE THREAD IN THEIR SHEET AND BEGINS TO MAKE HIS WAY TO HIS DADS.

JACK:

(To himself)

If I were to take that PE test today, I know I would pass with flying colours. This has been hard enough.

JACK FINALLY MAKES IT TO WHERE HIS DAD IS SLEEPING. HIS DAD IS IN A DEEP SLEEP AND SNORING VERY LOUDLY. JACK TUGS ON HIS EAR, FOR HIM TO WAKE UP. BUT JACK'S DAD FLICKS JACK OFF HIS EAR AND HE LANDS RIGHT ON THE WINDOWSILL. JACK IS NOW A LOT FURTHER AWAY FROM REACHING HIS DAD AND TELLING HIM WHAT HAS HAPPENED. JUST THEN JACK'S MUM WAKES UP AND SLOWLY GETS OUT OF THE BED.

SHE STRETCHES.

MUM:

Wake up dear, its 7 0'clock, you need to get into work early today remember.

JACK'S MUM WALKS OVER TO THE WINDOW AND GENTLY OPENS IT, TO LET THE FRESH AIR ENTER THE ROOM BUT DOESN'T SEE JACK WAVING IN HER DIRECTION.

JACK:

Oh, oh no!

JACK SLIGHTLY LOOSES HIS BALANCE BUT DOESN'T FALL OUT OF THE WINDOW.

JACK TRIES AND TRIES TO GET HIS MUM'S ATTENTION, BUT ALL HE IS TO HER IS A SMALL DOT ON THE WINDOWSILL. JACK GIVES UP TRYING AS HIS MUM WALKS OUT OF THE BEDROOM AND INTO THE BATHROOM. JACK SLUMPS DOWN IN A HUFF, NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO. WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A STRONG GUST OF WIND ENTERS INTO THE ROOM AND SWOOPS JACK OUT OF THE ROOM.

JACK IS NO LONGER SITTING ON HIS PARENTS WINDOWSILL, BUT OUT IN THE OPEN AIR. JACK IS BEING CARRIED AWAY BY THE WIND. HE IS TAKEN OVER THE TREES, AND OVER THE FENCES, AND GATES. JACK TRIES TO GRAB HOLD OF SOMETHING BUT THE WIND IS TOO STRONG FOR HIM TO RESIST WHERE IT'S TAKING HIM. UNTIL FINALLY HE LANDS ABRUPTLY ON THE GRASS.