SCENE 4
(Workers return to their work stations, taking turns turning the
various hand cranks and peddling the bicycles to provide power.
Tom enters from off stage, carrying a kite and a long loop of
string, with a large credit-card-sized item tied to the string. He is
dressed in a parka.)
BOB: Tom, what are you dressed for and what are you doing?
TOM: I'm going to get electricity for us. From the storm, using a kite
and a key, like Ben Franklin!
BELLE: Pretty sure that's not how it works.
CAROLE: And what's that on the string?
TOM: It's a key.
CAROLE: That's a key card. For a hotel. It's plastic. It's also … not
metal.
TOM: So?
SAM: (to Carole) Don't even try Carole, it's best to just let him do it.
I'm going back to my office and see if I can't solve this
problem.
TOM: I'll be right back.
(Tom exits the factory. As Sam enters her office, she sits and soon
hears an eerie, slow knocking on her door. She answers in a shaky
voice.)
SOUNDFX – "Knocking 2"
SAM: Wh-wh-who is it?
FUZZY: Samantha Ebenezer?
SAM: (terrified) Y-y-y-yes?
FUZZY: I'm here for you. I'm here to rescue you from darkness! But
you must open the door!
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