Full House: A Dramatization, Scene 2

Scene 2: Day Breaks (Click Here for Scene 1)

The sun rises over the city of San Francisco, its rays diffused by the heavy layer of toxic, green, bio-chemical smog. Thousands died instantly from a terrorist attack carried out by American military rebels, the rest must fight for their lives. The scene opens in the kitchen of the Tanner household following the deaths of Joey Gladstone and Rebecca Donaldson.

Danny: Groggily lifts his head off the kitchen table and awakens “Jesse, where are the girls?!”

Jesse: “They’re fine Danny, I sent them up to bed.”

Danny: “Was it all just…a dream?”

Jesse: “More like a nightmare.” Fights back tears

Danny and Jesse hear a blood curdling scream coming from Stephanie and DJ’s room and race upstairs to find the girls staring out the window, horrified.

Danny: “GIRLS! Are you ok?!”

Stephanie: sobbing uncontrollably “The Gibblers! They’re…they’re…LOOK!”

Danny and Jesse push the girls aside and look through a window in the Gibbler residence. The patriarch of the family, Walt Gibbler, has gathered his wife Vanessa, and Daughter Kimberly in a circle in the master bedroom. They hold each other in a tight embrace then, Walt reaches for a shotgun laid down on the bed.

DJ:“NOOOO!!!!!!” She races for her phone that looks like red lips and dials the Gibbler number as fast as her trembling finger can. Kimmy answers.

DJ: “What are you doing Kimmy? Why do you have a gun?

Kimmy: “Hey DJ. Sorry I didn’t call, I thought this would be easier.”

DJ: “You thought what would be easier Kimmy. Why do you have the gun?”

Kimmy: “My Dad says this will be better. I’ve seen what this gas does DJ, my pet ostrich looks like a pile of roast beef covered in gravy” (studio audience laughs) “We’ll always be together this way, my Daddy says so.”

Danny: Takes the phone from DJ “Kimmy, sweetheart, let me talk to your Dad ok? Everything is going to be fine, just let me talk to him.”

Kimmy gives the phone to her father. He holds it in his hand and looks through the window at Danny. He gives a nod, then without having spoken, hands up the phone and draws the blinds. They then see three flashes of light, each followed by a loud bang.

Jesse: While obsessively combing his hair and looking in the mirror “Have mercy!” (studio audience laughs)

End Scene 2.

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