reaches into frame and hangs a shirt over a bush. Meanwhile, we hear a body splash into an offscreen pond.
CAMERA PANS from the bush to the pond, where,
LOU’s head breaks the water. Closing her eyes, she shakes her head, luxuriating in the cool, clean water; heaven on earth after a long, hot ride. As she splashes and plays around, we sense more than see that she’s not wearing any clothes.
(booming)
Hey Lou! How’s the water?
LOU
(oh-my-Gosh!)
TEASPOON...?!!
ANGLE - Shoreline, where teaspoon comes marching out, wearing only his longjohns, boots and hat.
ANGLE - LOU, who draws back in terror:
Teaspoon, don’t come in here!
TEASPOON
(taking off boats)
Come one Lou. Ya can’t hog the swimming hole on a hot day like this. It ain’t democaratic.
LOU
I mean it Teaspoon. You really don’t wanna come in here....
TEASPOON
(thinks it’s a joke)
Why not? Don’t see no alley-gators.
Finishing with the boots, he tosses off his hat.
That’s ‘cause it’s freezing
(shivers)
Brrrrrr....!
TEASPOON
(rubs his hands together)
Just how I like it.
Lou keeps moving back - away from her clothes, which she eyes desperately. In a panic:
LOU
... when it’s not hot. Like it is now. In fact, I’m burning up!
TEASPOON
The hotter the better! Now watch out Lou.... ‘Cause here I come.
Teaspoon runs up and does and unceremonious cannon-ball. Lou screams.
EXT. CLEARING - FIFTY YARDS AWAY - THE MALE RIDERS
are sunning themselves, dozing off, when their tranquility is pierced by
Lou’s
scream. They sit up:
What the hell...?!
KID
(already going for his gunbelt)
Lou! The Kid grabs his gun and charges toward the pond. The others follow.
EXT POND- SAME TIME - ANGLE: LOU
circling around in terror, as Teaspoon splashes away:
Come on, Lou. Fight back.
LOU
I don’t want to, Teaspoon. Now stay
away!
TEASPOON
(stops splashing)
Alright... If that’s the way you
want it....
(Lou heaves a sigh of relief...too soon)
What you need is a good old
fashioned alley-oop!
LOU
Nooo-!! Too late. Teaspoon dives underwater and starts swimming towards Lou.
ANGLE - LOU, backing away in terror from....
ANGLE - TEASPOON’S AIR BUBBLES, which get closer and closer until,
suddenly they stop.
ANGLE - LOU confused.
ANGLE - SHORELINE, where
The Kid arrives, followed by Hickok, Noah, Cody, Buck and Ike.
(puzzled)
Lou, what’s ...? Before he can finish the sentence...
ANGLE- ECU- WATER. There is a tremendous release of air bubbles,
then...
Teaspoon erupts from out of water lie a Poseidon missile, the color
drained from his
face, as shocked as Teaspoon Hunter has ever been or will ever be.
LOU...??!!!
CODY
Uh-oh Off Teaspoon’s abject bewilderment...