So here’s part 2 of my movie idea, which presents the driving force behind most of the remining decisions and events of the story. So enjoy.

6

Black screen slowly fades back into Marco’s POV, which shows Jackie kneeling over him with Tom and Rich Pidgeon looking over her shoulders. As the view becomes clear the repeated word “Muscles” changes into Jackie saying “Marco”

Marco: “Uuuugh.”

Jackie (while Tom lets out an exaggerated breath and Rich wipes his brow with his robot arm): “Oh thank goodness.”

Jackie helps Marco sit up while Janna pushes her way through Tom and Rich. We see that Marco now has a black eye.

Janna: “I’ve got ice!”

Janna practically punches Marco with the ice as she pushes it against his black eye.

Rich: “I’m terribly sorry, Marco. I guess I don’t always know my own strength.”

Janna (scowling at Rich while Jackie helps Marco hold the ice to his eye and stand up): “Strength?! You’re in a robot suit! The only reason his head didn’t explode is probably because his skull’s so thick!”

Marco: “Uh…what?”

Jackie: “She’s kind of got a point, man. Do you even need limbs that powerful for everyday life?”

Rich: “Oh dear” (holds robot hand over his cockpit) “Do you all feel this way?”

Tom (takes deep breath and holds hands together at the fingertips in front of his face): “Rich, maybe you should get out of the robot for now.”

Rich (hanging head): “I see. I’ll return to my dwelling henceforth and not bother you again with any future mechanical misfortune.”

Rich walks off towards the horizon, the camera following him for a few seconds before returning to Marco and the others.

Marco: “I’m not sure what all just happened, but did someone say something while I was on the ground?”

Jackie: “I said your name a couple times while trying to wake you up.”

Marco: “Oh, I thought I heard…never mind. Let’s…get back to class.”

Jackie (after exchanging slightly worried glances with Tom and Janna): “Actually, why don’t you let Janna take you to the nurse’s office. Tom and I will make sure the rest of the day goes the way it’s supposed to.”

Marco: “But-”

Janna (slides behind Marco and starts pushing him back towards the school): “No buts mister. She might not have magic anymore, but Star would kill us if we let you just walk around after that.”

Marco (sighing): “Fine.” (looks back at Tom and Jackie while still being pushed) “Just make sure no one eats anyone else, or steps on anyone else, or, and this is important-”

Tom (shouting): “Alright, we got it bud. Feel better!” (then more quietly to Jackie) “So how’s this feet ball game work anyway?”

Jackie shrugs.

7

Cut to the city hall exterior. The sun is setting and it’s much darker now. Star hugs Moon and River goodbye before River carries Moon home on his eagle queen. Star still has bags under her eyes. It gets a little darker and the streetlights come on one by one, eventually revealing Marco and Nachos waiting by the street corner. Initially Marco would be turned just enough to not show his black left eye.

Star (starting towards them): “There’s the best boyfriend in the world. I almost thought you were going to make me wait.”

Marco (trying to act cool): “You know me, just trying to make an entrance.”

Star (giggling): “Oh for sure, that’s the thing I know you for most. So how was your day?”

Marco (rubbing back of head): “Well, it had a bump or two.” (turns to face Star)

Star (horrified, grabs Marco by the cheeks and pulling him closer to look at his black eye): “Oh my cob! What happened to your eye!?”

Marco: “Well we were outside for the activity session and I thought football would be a good idea and, well…it turns out Rich’s robot arms are even stronger than they look.”

Star: “Well here’s something to make you feel better.” (kisses cheek)

Marco (pulling away and holding a hand over the cheek she kissed): “That does feel better”

Star (smiling): “Good. Ready to go home?”

Marco (mounting Nachos): “Actually, I was thinking we might stop somewhere else first.”

Star (tilting head slightly): “Where?”

Marco (smiling): “It’s a surprise.”

Star” “Oooh.” (jumps behind Marco and wraps her arms around him) “Well then lead away mister mystery.”

Marco revs up Nachos and they take off.

8

Cut to Marco with something bundled under his arm leading Star up a slightly wooded path while she holds her hands over her eyes, Nachos at the base of the hill they’re ascending.

Marco: “Almost there.”

Star: “I can’t wait I can’t wait.”

The camera, positioned so that it’s pulling back as Marco leads Star towards it, stops as they approach what looks like a cliff edge, then pushes in towards Star as he steps to the side.

Marco: “Alright, you can look now.”

Star removes her hands and her eyes grow wide and sparkly before the camera swings in place around her to be behind the couple as they look on over Echo Creek, the combined skyline sparkling beneath the mish-mashed like a reflection of the stars above.

Star: “It’s so beautiful.”

Marco (unfurling the blanket that was under his arm so they’ll have some place to sit): “I thought you might like it.”

Marco sits and gestures to the spot beside him. Star smiles and drops into her place.

Star: “You’re the best, Marco.”

Marco: “Only because I have someone so amazing to be my best for.”

The camera starts to pan down as it looks like they’re going to kiss, revealing that directly below their lookout point is a giant (as in big enough to house several trees) enclosed cage with a sign the reads “Spider Habitat: No trespassing.” Three shadows approach the cage, two revealed to be monster kids and the leader being Jeremy.

Monster kid 1: “Are you sure we should be doing this?”

Jeremy (waving him off): “Don’t go chicken on me. We’re just going to get a look at them. If they were really that dangerous they wouldn’t have gotten caged so quickly.”

Monster kid 2: “If you say so.”

Jeremy: “I do say so. Now keep quiet or someone’s going to hear us.”

The three kids go right up to the main gate on the spider cage, with Jeremy climbing a bit onto the gate itself and using the rusty chain keeping the gate shut as foot hold.

Jeremy: “Can you see anything?”

Monster kid 1: “No.”

Monster kid 2: “Told you we should have brought flashlights.”

Jeremy: “Yeah, because making it easier to see us is exactly what you want when sneaking around.”

Jeremy starts to climb a little higher up the gate for a better view, putting all his weight on the foot using the rusty chain as a foothold. “They’ve got to be here somewha-”

The chain snaps, the new ends wrapping around Jeremy’s leg as he goes tumbling to the ground, pulling the gate open a bit with him.

Monster kids 1 and 2 scramble over to him.

Monster kid 2: “Are you alright, man?”

Jeremy (cringing): “Yeah, fine. Just help me up.”

The monster kids attempt to help get him to his feet, but can’t seem to pull or untangle his foot from the chain. As they continue to try and get him loose, several sets of eyes in the cage start to light up in groups of eight. A clicking follows, causing all three kids to slowly look up. A long, hairy spider leg reaches out of the shadows. Then another, and another, and another until the first of many giant spiders is revealed. All three kids start screaming as the monsters continue to try and free Jeremy from the chain, but all their struggling just pulls the gate open farther.

The camera pans back up as they continue to scream, returning to Star and Marco as they appear to have just pulled away from their kiss.

Star (eyes narrowing as she looks around): “Do you hear something?”

Marco (also now looking around): “Yeah, it’s like something shrill and annoying.”

Star inches towards the edge of the cliff and looks over, gasping and then pointing when she sees what’s going on below them: “Marco look. Something’s happening at the spider habitat.”

Marco (straining his eyes to see): “Are those kids? Is that gate open!?”

Star (standing up quickly): “We’ve got to do something!”

Marco (also standing) whistles for Nachos, but Star doesn’t wait. In an instant she’s jumped off the cliff edge.

9

The camera zooms back to the children just as the first giant spider slams the gate open the rest of the way. This throws the monster kids away and pins Jeremy between the gate and the side of the cage. The spider looks between the three kids and just before it seems to decide which to feast on first, Star comes down boot first into its head. Two more leap through the open gate, but are intercepted as Marco comes falling down on them. An exciting fight scene would follow where Marco and Star beat the spiders back into the cage, but just when they think they’re done the first one wakes back up and starts to strike. At the last moment Nachos zooms down and smacks it with her tail, sending it flying back into the cage. Marco grabs the gate and pulls it (and Jeremy) back closed while Star grabs a branch that broke off during the fight and jams into the slot the chain had been wrapped through.

Just as it seems like everything’s going to be alright. with Star checking on the monster kids and Marco reluctantly helping Jeremy finally get un-tangled, lights flood the scene. At first they’re too bright to tell where they’re coming from, but then a figure steps between the lights and it becomes clear they’re sets of headlights from several military vehicles. The initial figure that’s still approaching is joined by several soldiers that encircle Marco, Star, Jeremy, and the monster kids.

Marco: “Eh, this guy.”

The leader of the soldiers finally comes into view, showing him to be a high ranking military leader (I imagine him being played by James Woods for some reason, so I’m just going to call him Major Woods).

Major Woods: “Well, well, well. I’m honestly surprised that it took this long for one of you monsters to try something like this.” With a hand signal, Major Woods has the soldiers closest to Star grab the two monster kids by the collars and start to drag them away.

Marco (stepping towards the Major and leaving Jeremey still chained to the gate): “Major Woods, it’s pretty obvious this human (emphasized) kid-”

Jeremey (looking annoyed): “You know my name.”

Marco (ignoring him): “-was the one to open the gate, whether he meant to or not. And look at them, they’re just kids who wanted to see some giant spiders.”

Star: “Yeah, you can’t drag them away for being…what’s that thing cats are…”

Marco (eyeing her briefly): “Curious.”

Star: “Right, you can’t blame them for being curious.”

Major Woods (rolling his eyes): “Mr. Diaz, Ms. Butterfly, why is it that every time something happens you two try to get in the way of my job? That’s not actually a right your mis-assigned government positions actually affords you.”

Star: “Well we have to since every time something happens you act like it’s some monster conspiracy.”

Major Woods (looking increasingly terse as he turns his attention to Jeremey): “Kid, is what they say true?”

Jeremey: “Kind of.”

Marco gives him a death glare.

Jeremey: “Kind of certainly I mean. We just wanted to see the spiders and the chain broke when I was trying to get a better view.”

Major Woods makes sort of a growling/sighing noise then turns to the soldiers restraining the monster kids. “Find out their addresses and then take them home” (looks at Star and Marco as he says the next part) “And make sure their whole families are aware they might not get off so easily next time.”

The soldiers let go of the monster kids collars and start more genially escorting them to one of the military vehicles while another pair start working on Jeremy’s still chained foot.

Major Woods: “You two can go now, we’ll take it from here.”

Marco shakes his head as Star glares at the Major, then he whistles and Nachos, seemingly having been ready to pounce the whole time, rolls out of the shadows and up to Star and Marco. They mount her and take off.

10

Screen starts black, but a crashing sound (with a very subtle “Muscles” line beneath it) causes it to open and reveal that we’re in Marco’s point of view as his eye opens to see the clock next to his bed read some time between 2 and 3 in the morning. There’s another crash from downstairs and the camera switches to a view of him getting up and out of bed. Taking his sword-hand dance-stance, Marco quietly steps into the hallway as more rustling goes on downstairs. He makes his way down the hall, pausing when he comes to Star’s doorway and finds it open. He peers in, where a beam of moonlight reveals her bed to be empty. Looking confused and worried as another crashing sound comes from downstairs, Marco picks up the pace as he reaches the stairs and starts down them. At the base of the stairs there’s a glow from the kitchen and taking the corner its revealed to be the fridge faintly illuminating the kitchen, which is now a mess as half the fridge’s contents have been tossed all over the floor. Star, who is standing in front of the fridge and has obviously been the one making the noise and mess, grabs something else and squints as she looks at it. The bags under her eyes are even bigger than before.

Star: “Is this… (mouths the words on the milk jug label) “nope.” (tosses milk to the side with a sploosh sound effect)

Marco (dropping his arms and side-stepping tossed food as he approaches): “Star, is everything alright?”

Star (looks up and gives a kind of half smile, she’s obviously very tired): “Oh hey…you (emphasized). Do we have any of that brown goop?”

Marco (looking increasingly worried): “The pudding? No. You finished it all. Remember? We talked about it yesterday.”

Star (turning back to the fridge): “That doesn’t sound right…and I could really go for some brown goop. You…you know I like my goop.”

Marco (places hands gently on Star’s shoulders and turns her to fully face him): “Star, what’s my name?”

Star: “What (draws out word), that’s a silly question.”

Marco (places hands on either side of her head to keep her focused as her eyes start to wander): “What’s my name, Star?”

Star’s eyes close tight as it’s obvious she’s trying to think of Marco’s name really hard, but the more she tries to think of it the more the corners of her eyes start to water. When she finally opens them, she can’t stop the first tear from rolling down her cheek.

Star: “I…I can’t remember.”