Play 242: …On a Plane

INT. PLANE-NIGHT

A hand holds up a book.

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
(He speaks in the typical deep, slightly gravely, and intense voice that talks in the previews of movies.)
It was just another day.

ZOOM OUT from the hands, BEN ROSBROW, a 17 year old teenage boy, reading a book.

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
On a plane.

ZOOM OUT from BEN slightly, he is sitting on a plane in the aisle seat reading, there is a man in the window seat asleep with his head against the window, and there is a woman in the middle seat listening to music.

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
But no one could have seen what would come.

BEN yawns, and continues reading his book.

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
And when danger broke out…

PILOT
(From over the PA system.)
Ladies and gentleman, we’re going to be experiencing a little turbulence, but it’s nothing to worry about.

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
There was only one man who could save the day.

ZOOM IN on a hand tapping BEN’S SHOULDER.

VOICE
Excuse me?

PAN TO BEN’S FACE, looking up from his book to the person who tapped him on the shoulder.

BEN ROSBROW
What?

VOICE
Are you Ben Rosbrow?

BEN ROSBROW
(Confused.)
Yeah, why?

ZOOM OUT to SAMUEL L. JACKSON standing in the aisle next to BEN ROSBROW, looking intense. ZOOM IN on SAMUEL L. JACKSON'S FACE.

SAMUEL L. JACKSON
Because I’ve had it with these motherfucking Ben Rosbrows!

ZOOM OUT on BEN ROSBROW and SAMUEL L. JACKSON.

BEN ROSBROW
(Thoroughly confused.)
What?

SAMUEL L. JACKSON punches BEN in the face. BEN recoils in pain. The people in the seats next to BEN look over, and appear to be a mixture of shocked and horrified.

BEN ROSBROW
(Angrily.)
Oww! What the fuck was that for?!

SAMUEL L. JACKSON
That wasn’t enough, huh?

BEN ROSBROW
What the fuck is wrong with you?!

SAMUEL L. JACKSON
Take this!

ZOOM IN on a TAZER, SAMUEL L. JACKSON is taking it from his pocket. ZOOM OUT as he tazers BEN, in the face. BEN convulses and goes limp in his chair. The WOMAN next to BEN screams in horror.

SAMUEL L. JACKSON takes out a gun and cocks it.

SAMUEL L. JACKSON
Motherfucker!

ZOOM OUT on SAMUEL L. JACKSON running down aisle of the plane, gun in hand.

FADE TO BLACK