MYSTERY OF THE GANGSTER GHOST
PART 12
(They start to change back and then there’s another knock)
REMMY (CONT.)
I’m going to kill him.
(REMMY grabs her frying pan)
JAQUE
No, Remmy!
(REMMY opens the door and is about the swing her frying pan)
REMMY
I’ve had it with you!
(CAL enters with PETE and VERA. She clobbers PETE by accident)
CAL
That’s a fine how do you do.
REMMY
Pete! I’m so sorry.
VERA
Back about your business. It’s the Boss.
(They greet him warmly - but it’s fake)
ALL
Cal!
CAL
Hello, everyone. This kind greeting
is all very touching. But I’m
afraid I’m closing you down.
(They all turn angry and show their true feelings for him)
ALL
What?!
REMMY
You can’t mean it.
CAL
You just ain’t making enough money,
Ms. Remmington. And you have
cops hanging around outside your
door. This ain’t no way to run a business.
REMMY
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
VERA
He has ways of knowing what’s going
on around her.
(VERA goes and cuddles up to CAL. JAQUE is upset)
JAQUE
What are you doing, Vera?
VERA
You’re such a fool. You really
think I’m your loyal little
girlfriend? Sure, we had a few
laughs but need a man with a little
more... substance.
FLO
She means money.
VERA
And power.
JAQUE
So it’s true... you’re a two faced liar.
CAL
I’d call her a talented double agent.
REMMY
This isn’t fair. You can’t close the club.
FLO
Who needs you. We can make our own club.
(PETE starts to get up and CAL grabs REMMY’s frying pan)
CAL
If you don’t use my clubs... you
don’t use any club.
(CAL hits PETE with the frying pan and he passes out again.
VERA picks up some paper and he cuts out a paper person
during the following)
CAL (CONT.)
And you know what happens to people
who walk into someone else’s club.
They don’t walk anymore.
(VERA rips the legs off of the paper person. PEOPLE gasp in reply)
REMMY
Okay, Cal. We get the point.
FLO
You don’t need this guy, Remmy. You
can get along just fine without him.
(CAL takes out a document)
CAL
Actually she can’t.
FLO
What’s that?
CAL
Her contract.
REMMY
Contract with the devil.
CAL
She was thrown out in the street.
Desperate and penniless, she came
to me. I agreed to help on one
condition: she had to sign this.
FLO
You can’t hold her to that. It’s
just a piece of paper.
CAL
I certainly can... because Remmy is
a woman of honor.
REMMY
I gave my word.
CAL
And she signed in blood.
FLO
Ew... really?
CAL
But you’ve failed me, Remmy. You’ve
broken section 1 of our contract.
Now it’s on to section 2.
REMMY
Oh, no. Not section 2. Anything but
section 2.
FLO
What’s section 2?
REMMY
It’s too horrible. I can’t even
say it. It’s a fate worse than
death.
(CAL reads the document)
CAL
Section 2 reads: "Anyone who fails
to do business for Cal Capone will
be condemned to mixing whiskey at
his underground factory."
FLO
That can’t be legal.
CAL
Legal, smeegle. We left legal
outside the door.
REMMY
I know I’m not making the kind of
money you’re used to but the prices
you’re charging...
CAL
The prices are fine.
REMMY
Give me one more month...
CAL
I gave you one more month...
REMMY
I’ll do anything to keep this club open.
CAL
Anything?
REMMY
Well...
FLO
Think about that one carefully, Remmy.
CAL
Stay out of this.
REMMY
Anything.
CAL
Anything?
REMMY
Anything!
(CAL does an evil laugh)
CAL
Then we will marry at midnight.
REMMY
Marry?
ALL
Marry?!
CAL
Married. M-A-R-Y-D. Married.
REMMY
Oh, no.
CAL
Oh, yes.
REMMY
Oh, my.
CAL
Oh, boy. See you tonight. Wear
something white.
(VERA blows JAQUE a kiss)
VERA
See ya.
(CAL starts to exit with VERA. PETE is up again and blocking
the way)
CAL
Move it, creep.
(CAL tries to push past PETE but he blocks the way)
PETE
You’re going to be sorry,
Cal. You’re going to be real sorry
you’re doing this to Remmy.
CAL
Is that a threat?
PETE
Nope, just a prediction.
CAL
Oh, you a psychic?
PETE
Naw... this seems like a sure thing.
(VERA hits PETE with the frying pan and he passes out)
CAL
Did you see that one coming too?
(CAL and VERA laugh and exit. REMMY runs to PETE’s side to
see if he is okay)
JAQUE
I can’t believe this.
FLO
Yeah... Remmy married to
Cal. That’s is a fate worse than death.
JAQUE
I’m talking about, Vera. How could
she do this to me?
FLO
That seems like the least of our
worries right now. You’re better
off without her.
JAQUE
I feel terrible... not that she was
a prize but think of how I treated
Maya. Maya was such a good friend
and I treated her so badly when she
told me her suspicions about Vera.
I need to to talk to Maya... I need
to apologize. I feel like such a heel.
(JAQUE leaves and FLO goes to REMMY)
FLO
What are you thinking, Remmy?! You
can’t marry Cal.
(REMMY tries to wake up PETE)
REMMY
It’s all part of the plan. Now if
Pete would wake up, we could find
out what that plan is.
PETE
Remmy? Is that you, my love?
FLO
My love?
REMMY
Shh... Pete. Everyone’s listening.
PETE
Oh, no. I’m sorry... I didn’t mean to...
REMMY
It’s okay. We couldn’t keep it a
secret forever.
FLO
Wait... what? You two?
REMMY
We found love in the middle of my
worst nightmare.
(REMMY and PETE join hands)
PETE
I hope I can turn this nightmare in
to your most wonderful dream,
Remmy. At first, I was undercover,
trying to find dirt on the
Capones. But Remmy touched my
heart and I knew I had to help
her... help her get free of their
evil grip. She was an innocent
victim that I couldn’t see
destroyed by them. The stronger my
love grew for her, the more
determined I became to take down
the Capones.
REMMY
Oh, Pete. What can we do? Do you
think we can really get Cal now?
PETE
For starters, we now have this.
(PETE pulls out Cal’s contract)
REMMY
My contract!
FLO
How did you get that?
PETE
I lifted it from him when I ran in
to him as he was leaving.
FLO
Way to go!
REMMY
You’ve saved me.
PETE
But we still have to put him
away... so he never bothers you...
or anyone... again.
FLO
How are we going to do that?
PETE
We’re going to have a wedding...
with a surprise guest. Cal has
some skeletons in his closet. Now
we need to invite one of them to
his wedding. So here’s the plan...
(They huddle as the lights fade to black)
