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Spring Break Adventures with Maxx King, Vol. 1 Issue 1.

Scene: CHICAGO SHOULDER-LESS FREEWAY RAMP. JUST AROUND A CURVE. 9 PM.

Maxx: (thinking) Aah, I finally found 94 North. Now it should be a straight shot to- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot??

(Katie revs. Maxx re-tries 4th gear, to no avail. He tries 3rd. Same story. Maxx pulls over)

Maxx: Dude, what the crap? (still trying gears) Okay, not good.

(Maxx waits for passing traffic, gets out. Tries 911 on cancelled cell phone. Sees sign promoting *999, tries it. He gets back in the car. Cop drives by. Maxx waves. Maxx gets out, stands behind Katie as cars whiz by. Opens hood, looks, closes hood. A car pulls over)

Black Man: Y*$ *%& @)l#!

Maxx: What's that!?

Black Man: I said you need help!?

Maxx: Uh, kinda. You got a cell phone?

(Black Man tries his phone. It doesn't work)

Black Man: That's aight, someone'll be by in a minute. I don' know how they know, but they know.

Maxx: A cop drove by a while ago, but he just went by.

Black Man: Really!? Ah, man. Well, someone'll be by in a minute.

(Emergency Road Service truck approaches)

Black Man: There ya go!

Maxx: Oh! Wow, thanks!

Black Man: No problem! (exits)

(Maxx enters ERS Vehicle)

Maxx: Hi.

ERS Man: What the problem?

Maxx: I don't know, it won't go into gear, it's like a belt came off or somethin'.

ERS Man: Okay, what I'm gonna do is push ya off the road. Just start your engine and keep the wheels straight.

Maxx: Okay. (exits vehicle, enters Katie)

ERS Man: (over speaker) Ready!?

(Maxx rolls down his window, gives a thumbs-up. ERS truck pushes Katie about a half mile down the freeway.)

ERS Man: (over speaker) Pull off to the right! Pull off to the right!

(Maxx exits the freeway via exit ramp)

ERS Man: (over speaker) Okay that's good! That's good!

(Maxx locks Katie and returns to the ERS vehicle)

ERS Man: So whatcha wanna do?

Maxx: Uh, I don't know, I'm on my home to Wisconsin.

ERS Man: You don' know no one in Chicago?

Maxx: No. Where's the nearest phone?

(ERS Man point to a cell on the dash)

Maxx: Can I use it?

(ERS Man nods. Maxx dials home)

Marcia: Hello?

Maxx: Hi.

Marcia: Hi!

Maxx: How's it goin'?

Marcia: Good. What's up?

Maxx: Um, I'm coming home.

Marcia: Tonight? What about class tomorrow?

Maxx: I'm not going. I'm in Chicago, my car broke down.

Marcia: This is probably a stupid question, but is there gas in it?

Maxx: Yes.

Marcia: Where are you?

Maxx: Where am I?

ERS Man: Roosevelt.

Maxx: Roosevelt.

Marcia: Where's that?

Maxx: South of Chicago?

ERS Man: It is Chicago.

Maxx: In Chicago.

(Marcia gets directions from ERS Man, calls AAA, starts driving with Carl to pick Maxx up)

ERS Man: So I'm gonna push you up around that corner. Just make a hard right at the light.

Maxx: Okay.

(Maxx returns to Katie, ERS Man pushes them around the corner)

ERS Man: Keep goin', Keep goin'. That's it! That's it!

(Maxx stops, returns to ERS vehicle)

Maxx: Is that it then?

ERS Man: Yup. Now if ya want a soda, or a snack-

Maxx: Bathroom?

ERS Man: Well, then ya go around back that building there. But if you want a soda or a snack, down this way is some stores. If you want some coffee, you go up to this light, go left and there's a Dunkin' Donuts.

Maxx: Okay cool. Thanks a lot!

(ERS Man exits. Maxx ventures toward the Dunkin' Donuts. There isn't one. He stops at a gas station to use the bathroom, returns to Katie. As the car slowly gets colder and colder, he plays Snake on his phone. A good 30 minutes pass, then a Mexican approaches. Maxx gets out)

Mexican: This your car?

Maxx: Yeah.

Mexican: You call AAA?

Maxx: Yeah.

AAA Mexican: What's wrong?

Maxx: I don't know. It's a manual, and it won't go into gear. Like a belt came off or something. Can you fix it?

AAA Mexican: No.

Maxx: Can you tow it to Milwaukee?

AAA Mexican: Milwaukee Wisconsin!?

Maxx: Yeah.

AAA Mexican: (checks his watch) There's a shop a few miles away, I can take it there.

Maxx: Yeah, but they're not open until-

AAA Mexican: 24 hours.

Maxx: Really?? Okay, let's take it there.

(AAA Mexican loads up Katie and Maxx, drives to a hole in the wall with no name on Hooker Street. Many more Mexicans inside)

Mexican #1: What's wrong with it?

Maxx: I don't know, it's a manual, it won't go into gear, like a belt came off or something.

Mexican #1: I can look at it.

(AAA Mexican exits. After waiting around a while and calling Marcia with new directions, Maxx goes with Mexican #1 to see Katie. Mexican #1 tries to start her without putting his foot on the clutch. He tries a number of times)

Mexican #1: So it won't go?

Maxx: (after getting in and starting it) No, it goes, it just won't go into gear.

Mexican #1: It'll have to wait 'til morning when the guy comes in to hook it up to the computer.

(frustration builds. Maxx waits another 45 minutes.)

Mexican #2: (holding up $20 bill) Hey, guy. You have two ten?

Maxx: No, sorry man.

(more waiting. Marcia and Carl arrive)

Marcia: Hello!

Maxx: Hi.

(Maxx rants about the hole in the wall and the bad events to come)

Marcia: Who's in charge?

Maxx: Some guy. I don't know where he went.

(they go back inside)

Marcia: Are you in charge?

Mexican #3: Me? No. Yeah, now. Everyone gone for the night.

Marcia: So what's the story?

Mexican #3: They look at it in the morning.

(Maxx fills out a sheet and gives Mexican #3 a key. Maxx, Marcia, Carl, and Mexican #3 move Katie to the side of the road. Maxx, Marica, and Carl take everything Maxx owns [computer, monitor, XBOX, clothes, camera, etc.] and put it all in the Jeep. They leave Hooker Street)

THE END?????

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