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.....so I know the movie's been moving a bit slow lately.
Now, this scene is sort of about nothing, but I tried to add in some thoughtful stuff here or there....I don't know if it ends well, but you know how they have those endings where the camera moves away and you can just hear the faint conversation and laughing of the people in the scene? I was thinking something like that....if we can make it work.
Anyways, here it is!

SCENE 10
Kids pushed into chamber by one of Anna’s men. Door slams behind them.
[silence]
Kate: You okay? [to Raven]
Raven: [touches his face] Yeah….yeah I’m fine. Some ice’d be nice, but it’s not like I’m gonna get that here, so….[trails off]
Lily: You got her really mad, Raven.
Raven: Yeah…well….[glances away]
[silence]
Kate: I don’t mean to lecture, but-
Raven: …but you do mean to lecture. [sighs] Fine, fine I was wrong. We shouldn’t have tried to get out, we shoulda just let things go! Is that what you want me to say? Fine.
Kate: [quietly] I was going to say you should try to stay on her good side a bit more. I mean….I know we’re in a tough situation, but she holds the power here. If she wants to- to slap you, then…well, she can do whatever she wants.
Raven: [reluctantly] Yeah. Yeah it sucks.
[silence]
Kate: So….
Raven: I’ll try.
Kate: Thanks. It’d just…probably be better for you, is all. You don’t always have to rebel, you know.
Raven: [thinking] I- I know….
[silence]
Lily: Why don’t you like Charles?
Raven: Huh?
Lily: Why don’t you-
Raven: I heard you, I heard you…I’m just wondering why you’re asking such a dumb question.
Lily: Hey!
Kate: C’mon, Roger, stop being rude-
Raven: [ignoring them] I don’t like him cause he’s a p***y!
Lily: Well I think he’s nice.
Kate: Why don’t you like- pussys?
Raven: I-well I- I don’t need a reason I just- well….he’s just- he’s so GAY-
Kate: So what?
Raven: [stares] So…so nothing. So everybody teases girly guys. So maybe I shouldn’t. [defensively, but he feels bad] So what?
Kate: You used to be just like that-
Raven: Don’t remind me, Kate. I got over it.
Kate: You mean you hid it.
Raven: I’m not like him! I’m not a wuss!
Kate: [sighs] sure, okay. Whatever you say, Roger.
Lily: [grinning] Remember that time I tackled you and you cried?
Raven: [embarrassed] Shut up, that was a long time ago!
Kate: [giggling] Oh yeah, and then he yelled for mom and she had to get him his teddy bear!
Raven: Hey-! [reluctant laugh] Well, I guess I WAS a little wimpy…[thinks] THEN. Not now.
Lily: Whatever you say, Raven…
Raven: [rolls his eyes]
[quiet where the kids are sitting and thinking]
Lily: So…do you think you will be nicer to him now?
Raven: [grunts]
Lily: Okay, thanks.
Raven: [glances over at her like she’s nuts but sighs and agrees silently]
Lily: Chrissy is thirsty…when’s Charlie coming with food?
Kate: Dunno, honey.
Lily: Okay.
[quiet]
Raven: M’bored. I wish I had some music.
Kate: I wish I had Charles…[sighs dreamily]
Raven: Oh my god get OVER it.
Kate: Are you asking me to get over my husband?
Raven: YOU’RE NOT MARRIED!
Kate: [mutters] Yet.
Lily: Then he can be my uncley! Chrisanthemum really really really wants an uncley!!
Raven: He’s more like an Auntie, really…
Kate: Oh, be quiet. [shoves his head lightly]

Charles bursts in with a plate of food, and Anna Lucia’s voice screaming in the background….
Anna Lucia’s voice: STOP fussing with your HAIR GEL and go feed ‘em!
Charles: Okay, okay! [mumbles to self] And it was cologne, actually….
[turns to kids tentatively] I, uh, brought you some turkey sandwiches….
[kids watching him judgmentally]
Charles: [sighs] Look I’m really sorry about earlier! I would have tried to stop her if I knew she was gonna do THAT…[flustered]
Raven: [staring incredulously] You are positively THE worst villain I have ever met!
Charles: [straightens] Why would you say that?!
Raven: You’re a British gentleman who makes turkey sandwiches and arranges them with COLORED TOOTHPICKS for Pete’s sake! You apologize for the evil things you do and you wear purple ruffly pirate shirts! That’s not villain-like!
Charles: Well, if you’re going to be a kidnapper, you ought to at least do it with flair…[shrugs]
Kate: So true…
Raven: Kate!
Kate: [shrugs] What…
Lily: Chrysanthemum says she’s scared of being eaten!
Charles: No one is going to eat her, my God! We’re not cannibals here!
Lily: Chrissy is a strawberry, stupid.
Kate: Don’t call people stupid.
Lily: I didn’t mean to. Chris told me to…
Kate: If someone told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?
Lily: If I knew how to fly I would.
Kate: But you don’t know how to fly.
Lily: But what I could learn.
Kate: Honey, you can’t just learn how to fly like you can learn how to juggle…
Lily: Sure I can. [completely sure of herself]
Kate: [cautiously] Lily…honey….promise me you won’t ever try to learn how to fly…
[camera switches to Raven and Charles who are talking]
Raven: I LOVE these sandwiches! Damn, Charles, I don’t know what you do to this stuff, but it is GOOD….
Charles: Magic. [grins and shrugs]
Raven: Hey, could I learn magic if I wanted to?
Charles: I don’t know if people from your world can learn…but I think so. I could try to teach you! All of you! It could be like a club…like the girl scouts!
Raven: Uh…
Charles: [straightens] Or, um, like the army…[puts on “manly” expression]
Raven: [snorts]
[scene ends as the two conversations get fainter as the camera moves back from them all chatting.]
END OF SCENE 10


There ya are! COMMENT, BITCHES!!! blaugh blaugh blaugh