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The Second Act opens with Senator Pancho, wounded, lying face up on the floor, with his head in Senator Lety's lap. Senator Maria is kneeling beside him. Both are trying to stop the flow of blood, from his wounds. The men are at all windows, firing at the approaching, attacking Texas Rangers. Carlos, The Lobster Boy, is going from senator to senator supplying them with ammunition and whiskey.
The sound of gunfire now comes from all directions. Rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat... Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam...
Senator Lety (frightened): Can you hear me, Pancho?
Senator Pancho: Pinche bastards!
Senator Maria: Try not to use your strength, Pancho. (To Sen. Lety) We've got to get him out of here! We need a miracle to get us ALL out of here!
Suddenly, from out of a cloud (stage right), a figure appears. We recognize it to be Geronimo, the famed Chief of the Apaches.
Sen. Lety (looking up in amazement): !Ejole! Who are you? How-w-w did you get in here?
Some of the Senators look around briefly, amazed at the aberration.
Carlos: It's Geronimo! They say he appears sometimes in these mountains. This is near his old hideout.
Geronimo (stepping toward them): Me Geronimo. I great Apache Chief. Come to help people with red bandannas on necks.
Sen Maria: We all have red bandannas! They were given to us by our good friend, Willie Nelson. He said we should always wear them, for protection. But, why have you come to help us?
Geronimo: Geronimo take daily jog in desert. Geronimo meet big woman from sky. Woman have rays that come from behind her, like rays from sun. Hurt Geronimo's eyes. Geronimo put on shades. Big Lady stand on cloud with roses everywhere below cloud. She say she virgin. Look pretty old for virgin, to Geronimo. But Geronimo no look. Lady have only one big eyebrow! She say she artist, too. She say she good friend of Willie Nelson, too. She say he good man. Say man named Tom Delay, bad man. She say Geronimo must help people with red bandannas on necks. She say bandannas same color as roses. Geronimo ask Virgin Lady if people he need to help are Mexicans or Gringos. Lady say them both Mexicans and Gringos. Geronimo say: "NO HELP!". Geronimo NO LIKE Mexicans or Gringos! Mexicans kill family of Geronimo. Gringos try kill Geronimo. But, Geronimo too fast. Virgin Lady say if Geronimo no help, she turn Geronimo into frog! Then, she throw sun ray at Geronimo. Hit Geronimo's big toe! See (Geronimo holds up his left foot, which is covered with black soot)? Hurt Geronimo BAD! Geronimo ask: "Where people that Geronimo going to help?". Virgin Lady say Good People in old hunting lodge in Esperanza Mountains. Bad Men outside, shooting at Good People. Virgin Lady say: "Go now, quick, quick! Geronimo haul ass! Geronimo here to help good red bandanna folk.
Rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat... Bam, bam ,bam, bam, bam, bam, bam...
Senator Jones: Shit! They got me in the shoulder!
Sen. Maria runs over to help Sen. Jones Sen. Maria: I think it's alright, Thad. It's just a scratch.
Rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat...
Senator Stutzmann: They're comin' up the hill! They'll be bustin' in any minute!
Sen. Jones: Well, Geronimo, if you going to help us, you better get crackin', pronto!
Carlos: Geronimo, you got any magic arrows, or did you bring along any of your Apache Warriors? We could sure use a few of them, right now!
Geronimo: Geronimo come fast, alone. No have time to assemble war party. Old Virgin mean to Geronimo!
Sen. Pancho: Oh, oh, oh...
Sen Lety (with her ear down to Sen. Pancho's face): My God, I think he's dead!
Sen Maria and Carlos join Sen. Lety around Sen. Pancho's body. Sen. Lety slowly lays Sen Pancho's head on the floor and begins removing the red bandanna from his neck. She slowly gives the bandanna to Carlos.
Sen. Lety: Here, Carlos, I know he would want you to have it. You're one of us now. The last of the Democrats, I suppose...
Rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat... The gunfire from outside is much louder now. We can hear the Law Men's voices shouting at each other.
Suddenly, slowly descending from above, comes a mostly red '59 Cadillac covertible, painted up like an Indian blanket. There are steer horns on the hood, and dingle balls hanging around the windshield.
Sen Stutzmann: What in Sam Hill is that?
Geronimo: That Geronimo's Cadillac! Geronimo trade in old piece of shit Cadillac, that U.S.Army give Geronimo, for new luxury ride Cadillac! Pretty awesome, eh? Come on, everybody! We go for ride in Geronimo's Cadillac!
Everyone, in amazement begins to climb in and on top of the car. They help Sen, Jones climb in.
Sen. Lety: But-t-t, what about Pancho?
Geronimo: Must leave Pancho. He already go to big Democrat Donkeyland in sky, where Good Folk go. He very happy, now! He already get big kiss from Marilyn Monroe!
Geronimo climbs in the driver's seat and revs up the big engine (sound of engine). The Cadillac, with everyone aboard, ascends upward (into the top of stage, out of sight).
The Law Men break down the door, and poor into the lodge. They find Sen. Pancho's body. They begin to look around the room. The Texas Ranger Capitan (amazed) calls in his report on his hand held radio-phone: Governor, Sir, they're not here! They, somehow, escaped! There's nothing here except a bunch of riffles, lots of amo, and some old, dead Mexican.
Curtain Falls.
copyright 2003 Bill Bohannon. All Rights Reserved
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