Where's Nessy? by Petra Michelle
EXT. DOCK. LOCH NESS - DAY
A MAN, dressed in full scuba gear, runs toward the end of the dock. As he watches the bathyscaphe submerge,
NESTOR Wait! Wait!
He considers his options, adjusts his mask, then jumps into the water.
INT. BATHYSCAPHE - SAME
While the CAPTAIN steers, his female CO-PILOT peers through the porthole.
JANE The water's murky.
CAPTAIN Jane, the luck I'm feeling today!
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Nestor swims down towards the porthole of the bathyscaphe. Jane blinks at the object swimming towards her. Disfigured by the murky water, his face with eyes bulging, peer back at Jane. She GASPS at the sight.
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JANE What is that?
The Captain joins her. Nestor, his head bobbing up and down, attempts to communicate they surface.
CAPTAIN I've never seen anything like it! (looks around, calls) Nestor?
No answer.
CAPTAIN Nestor, wake up, will you?
Frustrated, he disappears upstairs while Jane continues to observe the creature bobbing up and down. The Captain returns.
CAPTAIN He's nowhere to be found!
JANE Never mind. I think we should catch this thing.
CAPTAIN Right.
He revs the propeller and lowers the towing fair lead. Nestor panics at the sight of the hook and swims frantically away.
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The chase is on. Nestor weaves through the Loch like an eel, the bathyscaphe on his tail.
Some time later, exhaustion sets in. Nestor stops swimming, feeling faint. He observes his tank is low on oxygen. He has no choice but to wait for the bathyscaphe to lead him to the surface.
Suddenly, a bright light engulfs him. A beautiful MERMAID appears.
MERMAID (sensually) I'm Nessy.
Nestor faints in her arms.
EXT. LOCH NESS - DAY
The bathyscaphe surfaces. When Jane and the Captain appear on the bridge, they're shocked to see Nestor, unconscious, dangling on the hook.
CAPTAIN Quick! Lower the lead!
They carefully free Nestor, gently setting him onto the bridge, and immediately apply CPR. He stirs, then looks up at Jane and the Captain with huge, bulging eyes.
NESTOR Where's Nessy?
He hears SPLASHES in the water. In the distance a mermaid dives in and out of the loch.
FADE TO BLACK
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| Marty Feldman |
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