Fight Fire With Glamour

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In Chapter 42 of FRANKENSTEIN IN LOVE, Vita sees on the news about the search for Frankie and Shayla and starts giving herself a makeover so she can try and win Frankie's heart. Meanwhile, Frankie chases Shayla through the woods, who's desperately trying to escape ...


INT. VITA’S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Vita stares at her laptop,
tears in her eyes.

ON THE LAPTOP
We see a picture of her
and Frankie at age ten
at the ‘marriage ceremony’
we saw in the opening flashback.

A CHAT WINDOW
Pops up.
The message reads OMG.

Turn on the news.
They’re talking about Frankie.

VITA
Looks at the TV.
Frankie’s face fills the screen.

She GASPS.
WHIPS off her headphones.
PUNCHES the remote.

KIP CARTWHEEL (O.C.)
-- at the Camelot Motel,
where police officers and
an angry mob have assembled.
We take you now to Del Dunn,
at the scene.

EXT. CAMELOT MOTEL - PARKING LOT - NIGHT
Del Dunn stands away
from the mob holding a microphone.

She looks into the camera.
Cocks her head with importance.

DEL
Thanks, Kip. I’m here in the
parking lot of the Camelot Motel,
where Frankie Stein is holed up
with his hostage, Shayla Petrie.
It’s become quite the scene,
what with both local law enforcement
and a mob of angry townspeople
vying for control of the situation --

INT. VITA’S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Vita PUNCHES off the TV.

VITA
Holy SHIT.

She RACES to her closet.
YANKS OUT the special dress.

GRABS the shoes.
Her makeup bag. RUNS into --

INT. VITA’S BATHROOM - NIGHT
She looks in the mirror.
Starts applying blood-red lipstick.

VITA
Okay, Frankie Stein -- it’s time
to fight fire with glamour.

INT. STATE PARK - WOODS - NIGHT
Shayla RUNS through the dense foliage
like a madwoman on fire, WHACKING
leaves and tree limbs in her way,
an easy-to-follow trail behind her.

FRANKIE
RUNS through the forest chasing her.
He's about a hundred feet behind,
following the trail she’s left,
but still getting SLAPPED on the face
by leaves and branches.

SHAYLA
Gets to a jogging trail.
Turns onto it.

Now runs FASTER without
any obstacles in her way.

She passes a JOGGER
going the other way.

He smiles at her, then sees
her smashed-in skull.

He realizes who she is. Freaks out.
STOPS. Pulls out his cell phone.
PUNCHES a number. Listens.

EXCITED JOGGER
Hello, nine-one-one? I just saw
Shayla Petrie on THE JOGGING TRAIL --

Frankie comes RUNNING PAST HIM.
He watches him go by.

EXCITED JOGGER
Yeah, he’s following her.
(listens)
Going north, toward the old mill --