Light of the Leo
by Sydney Toolson
by Sydney Toolson
CHARACTERS:
Jarom: 20 year old bartender chosen to be a leo
Dex: Co-worker of Jaroms
Panthera: Queen of the Leos
SCENE: 1 AM in a barely lit alley way
DEX: (off stage) Jarom!
JAROM: (turning around as I walked away.) Yeah?
DEX: Poker on Saturday, you in?
JAROM: To beat your sorry ass? Of course!
DEX: Ha! Ya right!
JAROM: (chuckling) Bye, Dex
(Jarom continues walking searching his pockets for his keys. Reaching the car still looking for his keys Jarom looks through the car window.)
JAROM: (Frustrated) goddamn it! You've got to be kidding me! (grabs phone and begins to dial)
[off stage a bright flash of light]
[Jarom looks up, see nothing and continues with his phone. Jarom puts the phone to his ear]
[Off stage another bright flash of light]
JAROM: [hanging up the phone] Hello?....is anyone there?
[Jarom walks back in the direction he came from and looks then turns around]
[A bright flash of light]
[Panthera appears]
PANTHERA: Hello, Jarom
JAROM: (stunned) Wh- who are you?
PANTHERA: I am Panthera the Lioness, queen of the Leos, and you my son, have been chosen.
[Panthera moves toward Jarom]
JAROM: [nervously] Chosen for what?
[Pantheras hand touches Jarom chest then up to his shoulder]
[Once Panthera lets go Jarom falls to the ground screaming in agony and scratching at his chest]
[Jarom looks up at Panthera]
PANTHERA: Use your gift wisely, for what is given can be taken away.
[a flash of light Panthera disappears and Jarom goes unconscious]
Jarom: 20 year old bartender chosen to be a leo
Dex: Co-worker of Jaroms
Panthera: Queen of the Leos
SCENE: 1 AM in a barely lit alley way
DEX: (off stage) Jarom!
JAROM: (turning around as I walked away.) Yeah?
DEX: Poker on Saturday, you in?
JAROM: To beat your sorry ass? Of course!
DEX: Ha! Ya right!
JAROM: (chuckling) Bye, Dex
(Jarom continues walking searching his pockets for his keys. Reaching the car still looking for his keys Jarom looks through the car window.)
JAROM: (Frustrated) goddamn it! You've got to be kidding me! (grabs phone and begins to dial)
[off stage a bright flash of light]
[Jarom looks up, see nothing and continues with his phone. Jarom puts the phone to his ear]
[Off stage another bright flash of light]
JAROM: [hanging up the phone] Hello?....is anyone there?
[Jarom walks back in the direction he came from and looks then turns around]
[A bright flash of light]
[Panthera appears]
PANTHERA: Hello, Jarom
JAROM: (stunned) Wh- who are you?
PANTHERA: I am Panthera the Lioness, queen of the Leos, and you my son, have been chosen.
[Panthera moves toward Jarom]
JAROM: [nervously] Chosen for what?
[Pantheras hand touches Jarom chest then up to his shoulder]
[Once Panthera lets go Jarom falls to the ground screaming in agony and scratching at his chest]
[Jarom looks up at Panthera]
PANTHERA: Use your gift wisely, for what is given can be taken away.
[a flash of light Panthera disappears and Jarom goes unconscious]