(Scene begins with a smartwatch screen and a finger as it taps the screen and the 1994 American Gladiators plays as the scene cuts to a hand as it taps an app on his phone as it opens a portal.)
(It cuts to James and the characters he’s played until it cut to his face and the credit of “James Faraci” is shown as it cuts to “The Last Of The Americans’” current iteration then slides away to different images of Paulo Fonseca, Brenda Fonseca, Rebecca Yaun, Nick Yaun and the characters they’ve played until it cut to their faces. The credits of “Paulo and Brenda Fonseca, Rebecca and Nick Yaun” are shown then slides away to different images of Doug Yaun, Kyra Lee and Crosslyn Castillo and the characters they’ve played, until it cuts to their faces.)
(After that, the credits “Doug Yaun, Kyra Lee, and Crosslyn Castillo” are shown, as it then slides away to different images of Andrew Beach, Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller, and Olivia Horvath. Following this, the credits of “Andrew Beach, Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller, Olivia Horvath” are shown as the 0:00-0:21 mark of the theme song plays.)
(Everything becomes a swirl of reds, whites, and blues, as the credits “Produced by First Choice Entertainment Productions in association with Manic-Expression.com”; “Executive Producers: James Faraci, Paulo Fonseca, Brenda Fonseca, Rebecca Yaun, Nick Yaun, Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller, Andrew Beach & Olivia Horvath”; “Editing by Eric Kurtzke and James Faraci”; “Written and Directed by James Faraci” are shown, as the 0:21-0:26 mark of the theme song plays.)
(We then see an image of James as he jumps through the portal and lands with half of his team on his right. The other half on his left is on a black background. Finally, the title “THE LAST OF THE AMERICANS” is shown Lazer etched into Titanium as the last six seconds of the American Gladiators 1994 theme song plays.)
(The Scene begins with James walking around in the darkness.)
TLOTA:
Oh great, alone again in a dark void where there is nothing out there and no one else to help! (The word “Help!” echoes for three seconds.) Hello? (The word “Hello?” echoes for three seconds.) (Singing): Hi on the hill, lives a lonely goatherd! (James listens for the echoes as it goes into the yodeling from the song “The Lonely Goatherd,” and James has a Moe Howard-esque groan of fear and a whisper of “You are here!” as James bumps into someone who is supposed to be dead!) Dante?! (Cut to the semi-demonized corpse of Dante Hicks as played by Brian O’Halloran.)
Dante:
What, you thought that my death would end with me in heaven?! HA! The human part of my soul went there, and you know, that little pussy part of me may be with Becky and the daughter that should’ve been mine, but that day when Hell erupts onto the earth or when Randal Graves dies! I will be there to grab him before any part of him reaches heaven, and I WILL torment Randall Graves for what he made happen to me! (Sounding less human as he continues) I WILL FORCE HIS SOUL TO BURN, AND HE WILL BE TORMENTED BY RELIVING LIFE THROUGH ALL THE HELL HE CAUSED TO ME AS ME! AND I WILL BE THERE AS RANDAL TRIES TO SCAM HIMSELF INTO HIS BELIEFS AND I WILL EAT ON HIM FOR EVERY LIE HE EVER SAID AND I WILL FINALLY DO WHAT “GOD” COULDN’T DO! MAKE RANDAL GRAVES FEEL EVERY SINGLE PAIN HE CAUSED THE WORLD! (Dante begins to laugh monstrously! Cut to James with a scared look on his face as he looks for something to use against the Semi-Demonic corpse of Dante Hicks, only to come up empty and swing away, to wind up taking a few steps as Dante disappears.)
TLOTA:
What the hell was that? (A motorized wheelchair is heard as it comes up to James.) Oh no not you! (Cut to James in the wheelchair, aged as old as his father but in worse shape.)
TLOTA (Older Self):
You don’t think that you could’ve avoided this! YOU NEARLY DID! BUT YOU WASTED YOUR LIFE AGAIN! That was always the problem: you wanted the goals you knew were impossible, but you went for it anyway, and look at where it got you! RIGHT HERE, WHERE WE WILL SPEND WHAT LITTLE TIME WE HAVE LEFT! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?! (The Older self begins to laugh, cough, and wheeze as he runs over James, and James begins to fall and lands right in his office. Cut to James at the door.)
TLOTA:
At least I can finally escape and…. (James’ hand swipes over the doorknob several times and he misses every time.) What the hell is going on?! (A voice echoes “This is where you belong!” as James cautiously returns to his chair and looks forward.) So, it appears I am stuck here, for now! (A voice echoes “forever!”) SHUT UP! So, until the others can get me out of here, let’s see what it is I can review! (James finds a physical copy of “Thunderbolts*: The New Avengers”) Let’s do it!
Trapped in a void, can James survive it and Thunderbolts: The New Avengers? Find out here
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