BLOOD SUSPECT

BLOOD SUSPECT

LIGHTS UP

DR. FILTH is sitting in a car. OFFICER approaches.

OFFICER

Good evening, how are you doing?

DR. FILTH

I’m doing fine, officer.

OFFICER

License and registration please.

DR. FILTH hands over the cards.

OFFICER
Thank you, do you know why I pulled you over?

DR. FILTH

You got me.

OFFICER

Got you?

DR. FILTH

Is this about the body?

OFFICER

Body?

DR. FILTH

The body in the trunk.

OFFICER

You have a body in the trunk?

DR. FILTH

To dump it with the others.

OFFICER

There are more?

DR. FILTH

A few.

OFFICER

A few?

DR. FILTH

Several.

OFFICER

How many is that?

DR. FILTH

No more than ten.

OFFICER

Ten?!

DR. FILTH

At this spot. I don't remember how many at the other places. I'm caught though, I'll show you all of them.

OFFICER

Step out of the car!

DR. FILTH exits car. OFFICER handcuffs him, takes him off-stage reading his rights.

Enter SERGEANT and DR. FILTH led by OFFICER.

SERGEANT

That will be all, officer.

OFFICER

Yes sir.

OFFICER exits.

SERGEANT

Todd Filth?

DR. FILTH

Dr. Filth, sir. The superhero.

SERGEANT

Never heard of you. This is your vehicle?

DR. FILTH

Yes sir.

SERGEANT

The officer told me some disturbing things.

DR. FILTH

Yes, I know, I'm guilty. I did it knowingly and without remorse. I throw myself on your mercy.

SERGEANT

I understand you confessed to the officer as well. However, we're going to need more evidence.

DR. FILTH

Isn't an officer's word enough? What more can we say? He caught me. Do with me what you will.

SERGEANT

I suppose I'll need you to take me to some of the other crime scenes.

DR. FILTH

Is that normal procedure? I don't think I do it more than anyone else.

SERGEANT

Where I come from, once is far too many times, my friend.

DR. FILTH

I suppose the law is the law. For starters, I must have done it on this road hundreds of times.

SERGEANT

Hundreds?!

DR. FILTH

Maybe thousands, I've been driving this road for years. You can't give me tickets for previous offenses, can you?

SERGEANT

Officer! Could you come in here please?

OFFICER

(enters)

Yes, Sir?

SERGEANT

(whispers) Did you see the body? Are we sure this person is dead?

OFFICER

No sir, I was waiting for you to arrive. The suspect says this is one of many.

SERGEANT

Well, the captain is on his way here, so let's make sure we're not leaving a living person suffering in that trunk. Open it up.

OFFICER

Yes sir.

OFFICER opens trunk.

SERGEANT

That looks more like a spare tire than a body.

OFFICER

Yes sir.

SERGEANT

The captain won't want to see a spare tire.

OFFICER

Maybe it's under the tire. (looks) I don't see anything.

SERGEANT

The captain will want to know why we are out here this late at night in the cold, looking at a spare tire.

OFFICER

The suspect told me he had a body, sir.

SERGEANT

I'm positive I can tell the difference between a spare tire and a body.

OFFICER

Yes sir.

SERGEANT

And what did you pull over the suspect for in the first place?

OFFICER

Speeding, Sir.

SERGEANT

Speeding?

OFFICER

Speeding.

SERGEANT

And the suspect claimed to be a murderer?

OFFICER

Yes, Sir, he said he had a body in the trunk.

SERGEANT

But there is only a spare tire in the trunk.

OFFICER

Yes, Sir. And nothing underneath the spare tire.

SERGEANT

And you called me down here in the middle of the night.

OFFICER

Yes, Sir.

SERGEANT

And I called the Captain.

OFFICER

That’s what you told me, Sir.

SERGEANT

Officer, we need a body.

OFFICER

Do you want me to shoot him, Sir?

SERGEANT

I don’t think we have any other choice.

LIGHTS DOWN