"Awesome Aussie"

                                                               FADE IN:

               INT. MIDTOWN HIGH - CAFETERIA

               Students move through the room, lunch trays hand. That
               familiar scene of a couple hundred hungry teens making use of
               their time to do everything else they can while eating.

               We MOVE THROUGH the crowd, finally settling on a table with a
               few familiar faces. GWEN sits at a table with MARY JANE, her
               plate is piled high with broccoli and cheese, while Mary Jane
               has a burger and fries. Mary Jane looks down at Gwen's plate.

                                   MARY JANE
                         Are you part rabbit?

               Gwen grins, and wiggles her nose as she shoves broccoli into
               her mouth. Mary Jane rolls her eyes with a smile, but then
               notices EDDIE and PETER sitting together at a nearby table.

                                   GWEN
                         You guys can drop this awkward
                         routine anytime now. It's getting a
                         little old.

                                   MARY JANE
                         Ya think?
                             (beat, sighs)
                         I don't know, I mean I'm over it. I
                         am, but I just...

                                   GWEN
                         Don't want him to know?

               Mary Jane gives her a confirming look.

                                   GWEN
                         Been there. Just give him some
                         time, he'll come around.

               Eddie runs into frame, quickly taking a seat beside Gwen.

                                   EDDIE
                         Did you tell her?

                                   MARY JANE
                         Tell me what?

               Gwen rolls her eyes.

                                   GWEN
                         Nothing, Eddie being Eddie.

                                   EDDIE
                         Hey! Pete saw it too!

                                   MARY JANE
                         Saw what?

                                   EDDIE
                             (to Gwen)
                         You didn't tell her?!

                                   MARY JANE
                         Tell me what?

               Eddie grins, leaning in to tell his story.

                                   EDDIE
                         Okay, you have to promise to keep
                         this under wraps. It's big. Like,
                         top secret big. Area 51 big...

               Mary Jane nods.

                                   EDDIE
                         New X-Files movie big. I'm talking
                         big like...

                                   MARY JANE
                         Eddie. I get it.

               Eddie shifts and moves closer to her. 

                                   EDDIE
                         All right. The other day, Pete and
                         I were hanging out, talking
                         about...
                             (off Gwen's look)
                         Well, we were talking, and we took
                         the shortcut to Dante's...

                                                           DISSOLVE TO:

               EXT. RIVERSIDE - FLASHBACK

               Peter and Eddie are walking along the river, a nice view of
               New York City in the background.

                                   EDDIE
                         Come on, dude. I lived in a big
                         city for most of my life until two
                         years ago. Always heard the
                         stories, but I've never seen one.

                                   PETER
                         That's what they said about mutants
                         ten years ago.

                                   EDDIE
                         That's different.

               Peter looks at him with a wry smile.

                                   PETER
                         How?

                                   EDDIE
                         A mutant isn't a gator!

                                   PETER
                         I'm telling you, dude, they're
                         here! In the sewers. People have
                         reported them to the police.

                                   EDDIE
                         People report UFOs too, and I ain't
                         never seen a flying saucer!

                                   PETER
                         You're one to talk, believing all
                         those stories about Wally.

               Eddie reacts like a kid who's been told there's no Santa.

                                   EDDIE
                         Those aren't stories, they're
                         epics, dude! All true!

               Nearby, the river begins to bubble up. They stop, looking at
               it strangely. It stops briefly, then continues to bubble.

                                   EDDIE
                         What the hell is that?

               Peter looks at it closely.

                                   PETER
                         Probably an air pocket or
                         something. Vibrations from the
                         subway tunnel. Got to be.

               The bubbles cease, and are soon replaced by a NECKLACE
               floating to the surface. Peter looks on, slightly concerned.

                                   EDDIE
                             (awe)
                         Dude...

               Suddenly, a MAN bursts up from the water. Eddie and Peter
               scream and jump back. The man dives back down as quickly as
               he came up. Peter and Eddie watch for a second, freaked out.

                                   EDDIE
                         Should we help?

                                   PETER
                         How?!

               After another few moments, head of hair breaks the water and
               the man slowly rises up out of it. It's WALLY, with a long
               thick knife in his mouth. He slowly swims forward, eventually
               reaching the shore, and pulling something behind him.

               A GATOR!

                                   EDDIE
                         Told you it was all true!

               Wally drags the gator from the river, noticing Eddie and
               Peter, and giving them a friendly wave and a smile as he
               pulls the knife from his mouth.

                                   WALLY
                         Hello, boys! How we doing today?

               Peter and Eddie give slow, nervous, unsure waves back.

                                                           DISSOLVE TO:

               INT. MIDTOWN HIGH - CAFETERIA

               Mary Jane stares blankly at a smiling Eddie.

                                   EDDIE
                         True story.

                                   MARY JANE
                         Right...

                                   EDDIE
                         No, seriously. It's all true, I
                         swear!

               Mary Jane looks to Gwen, who shrugs.

                                   GWEN
                         Don't ask me.

               Eddie is about to speak, but stops as he notices something
               ahead in the distance. He grins to himself.

                                   EDDIE
                         Check it out!

               They turn and find Wally approaching the table, a pleasant
               smile on his face, and carrying a metal can in his hand.

                                   WALLY
                         You lads having a good one?

               They all nod.

                                   WALLY
                         Glad to hear it!

               He reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out two necklaces,
               similar to the one we saw in the water before.

               He tosses one to Eddie.

                                   WALLY
                         There you go, Ed. A little
                         souvenir.

               Eddie holds up the necklace. It's a string of thin, green
               ROPE. Strung along the rope is a row of GATOR TEETH.

                                   WALLY
                         Where's Pete? Got one for him, too.

                                   EDDIE
                         He's over there. It's a long story.

                                   WALLY
                             (smiles)
                         The best ones always are.

               Wally walks off, heading to give Peter his gift. Eddie smiles
               at Mary Jane, as if to say 'told you so.' In fact:

                                   EDDIE
                         Told you so!

               Off her incredulous expression:

                                                              FADE OUT.



                                       THE END

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