Alice in Wonderland
ALICE We have never met.
JABBERWOCKY Not you, insignificant bearer.
My ancient enemy, the Vorpal one.
He strikes out suddenly with his long spiked tongue. Alice
lifts the Sword to defend herself and the Sword slices off the
Jabberwocky’s tongue. It falls to the ground wriggling in the
dirt. The Jabberwocky thrashes his head, but he can only make
a burbling sound.
ALICE That’s enough chatter.
The Jabberwocky whips its pronged tail, knocking her to the
ground. She lays there for a moment, catching her breath and
continuing her six impossible things.
ALICE (cont.) Three. Animals can talk.
The Jabberwock drives its spike tail down to stab her, she
barely manages to roll out of its way in time.
ALICE (cont.) (faltering)
Four. Four, Alice I
She pulls herself to her feet.
ALICE (cont.) Cats can disappear.
The Hatter shouts.
MAD HATTER (behind you)
Zounder!
She ducks in time to avoid the creature’s snapping jaws.
ALICE Five. There is a place called
Wonderland.
It swipes at her with his long curved claws.
MAD HATTER (to the right)
Stang!
She leans right to avoid the claws.
ALICE Six.
She stands still for a moment, then slowly lifts her head to
face her nemesis. All fear is gone. There is nothing but
relentless intent and bloodlust in her eye.
ALICE (cont.) And I can slav the Jabberwocky!
She swings the Sword and attacks with fury. The Jabberwocky is
surprised by her fierceness. They do battle. The Hatter gives
her the occasional warning in Outlandish.
MAD HATTER Ezel! Sloth now.
ALICE What?
She turns, distracted. CLAWS scrape down the back of her
armour.
MAD HATTER I said. . . sloth.
Alice backs up toward him, fending off the Jabberwocky.
ALICE I can manage. Thank you.
The Red Queen sees them talking.
RED QUEEN The Hatter’s interfering!
Of f with his head!
Stayn runs toward him, sword drawn. The Hatter is only too
eager to fight Stayn and the well-ordered duel erupts into a
full-scale battle with Alice and the Jabberwocky in the eye of
the storm. During the battle….
…Bayard fights with Stayn’s red panther…
…Mallymkun takes on a three-headed LEOPARD…
…Chessur disappears and reappears to confuse the Red Queen’s
Knights…
…the Bandersnatch and the JubJub Bird fight viciously…
…the Tweedles battle Red Knights back to back with perfect
precision and timing and not a single argument…
…even the Platypus and the Dodo do well against a SABER-
TOOTHED BADGER. …the March Hare laughs and sings as he throws projectiles at
the Red Knights until he gets slammed hard. Then he screams
and goes crazy, fighting like a wild man.
ON ALICE AND THE JABBERWOCKY Alice leaps up onto the Jabberwocky, pulling herself up his
scales as he twists and snaps trying to shake her off. The
Vorpal Sword practically pulls itself out of her hand in its
relentless pursuit of the creature’s head. Alice makes her way
to the Jabberwocky’s vest where she clings and tries to slash
its neck with the sword.
The vest buttons strain with Alice’s weight. They
snap…one…two…three…only one left holding the vest on by a
thread. She clings desperately as the Jabberwock’s thrashes
its head. Alice slashes with the Sword. And just as the last
button gives way, Alice propels herself into the air.
ALICE
OFF WITH YOUR HEAD! With one powerful thrust, she cuts off the Jabberwocky’s head.
Both Alice and the head fall at once, the Jabberwocky’s jaws
still snapping at her in its death throes.
Alice hits the ground hard. The Jabberwock’s head rolls a few
feet away. Silence descends in the clearing. Alice lays on
the ground, breathing heavily. Finally, she stands up and
picks up the Jabberwocky’s head. She carries it to the Red
Queen and drops it at her feet. The Queen stares it, then up
to Alice with a furious glare.
RED QUEEN Kill her!
The nearest Red Knight throws down his weapon.
RED KNIGHT We follow you no more…bloody
big head.
RED QUEEN How dare you! Of f with his head!
But no one is listening. The others throw their weapons down.
Suddenly, the crown lifts off the Red Queen’s head. She
