Act One: Scene Ten

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Songs: Escape

Characters: Sophie, Keefe, Fintan, Alvar, Brant

## Current Draft

*(Open on the Lake of Blood. SOPHIE blinks, letting her eyes focus. She and KEEFE are standing, seemingly alone.)*

**SOPHIE:** Why are we here? What are you doing, Keefe?

**KEEFE:** Foster, how did you— WHAT ARE YOU DOING—

**SOPHIE:** That's what I'm asking! You'd better not be doing something with the ogres...

**KEEFE:** I'm not. I swear. I need to get you out of here!

**SOPHIE:** You don't need to. I can tell I can't trust you anymore.

**KEEFE:** You can, Foster!

*(Sophie stares.)*

**KEEFE:** Foster.

**SOPHIE:** I don't care! I'm going back home, and I'm bringing you with me!

**KEEFE:** Do you even have a home crystal?

**SOPHIE:** Yes, I do. Come on! *(She grabs KEEFE's hand, pulling him. He bats at her hand, turning when he hears footsteps. FINTAN, ALVAR, and BRANT appear.)*

**FINTAN:** I'm afraid that's not going to happen.

**SOPHIE:** Fintan? Keefe! What is wrong with you? You're going to fight the Neverseen? All on your OWN?

**ALVAR:** Ha! Like he could manage that.

**FINTAN:** You brought the girl with you? Very good, boy. *(KEEFE hesitates.)* Alright, boy. You're betraying them, you know.

**SOPHIE:** *(She chokes.)* Why are you doing this?

**KEEFE:** It's not—

**FINTAN:** Shut up. Are you ready or not?

*(Escape begins)*

**KEEFE:** *Legacy, the Neverseen*

*Why do* *they gotta be so mean?*

*Mother Dearest has her way*

*So might as well, not plan to stay*

*Yeah, I might as well escape*

*I feel defined cause of my cape*

*Can I escape?*

*Can I escape?*

**SOPHIE:** *Keefe please, it's how you see yourself*

*Choice of escaping's off-the-shelf*

**KEEFE:** *No, face the truth, you're good I'm bad*

*So don't stop me, it's who I am*

*Can I escape?*

*Can I escape?*

*I really hate this cape*

*My heart continues to break*

*I'll just escape*

**KEEFE:** *(Spoken)* You have to let her go.

**FINTAN:** Why would we do that?

**KEEFE:** Because I won't join otherwise.

**ALVAR:** *(sighing)* This is why I told you not to recruit him.

**FINTAN:** Shut up, Alvar. I know he'll be useful.

**ALVAR:** But he's just a kid! And he'll probably try to betray us!

**FINTAN:** How? He's not a Telepath. And we'll keep him as secure as possible. We won't ever let him go, and we'll keep an eye on him.

**ALVAR:** He could escape. And he may not be a Telepath, but there's, like, a million of them. It doesn't make any sense, because I swear someone once said that it's the rarest ability, but, like—

**FINTAN:** SHUT UP, ALVAR! ONE MORE ANNOYING WORD OUT OF YOUR IDIOTIC MOUTH AND I'LL—

**ALVAR:** What? Kick me out of the Neverseen?

**FINTAN:** YES! NOW SHUT UP!

*(FINTAN looks over to KEEFE and smiles connivingly, thinking.)*

**FINTAN:** In order to join the Neverseen, you have to brand her a traitor.

**KEEFE:** *(whispering)* I can't...

**FINTAN:** Ah, but you must. There is no choice. You want to join, don't you?

**SOPHIE:** Keefe, don't do it.

**KEEFE:** *(Whispering to himself)* I have to stop Mom. But I can't hurt Foster.

*(BRANT rips off SOPHIE's Black Swan monocle and heats it up in a ball of Everblaze.)*

**KEEFE:** I will join the Neverseen, but I'll never do anything to hurt Foster, ever.

*(KEEFE digs around his pockets and shakes his head, looking up at SOPHIE.)*

**KEEFE:** The bead.

*(KEEFE grabs it and holds it to the sun.)*

**SOPHIE:** Why, Keefe? (*She shakes her head, crying. She turns around and walks into the beam of light.)*