It�s a dark night. Agent looks at piece of paper then glances at watch. Agent looks around nervously. Clown Girl strolls up.
Clown Girl: You�re late
Agent: I got lost. It�s really dark out.
Clown Girl: Oh well. I have some additional information for you.
Agent: What is it?
Clown Girl: Dr. Cheapo knows that you�re on her case. She�s out for you, and preparing an attack.
Agent: When?
Clown Girl: Tonight. Now.
Agent: (incredulously) Now?
Clown Girl: Yes, now. Hear that helicopter?
Agent: (straining to hear) Yes�. I hear it.
Clown Girl: That�s Dr. Cheapo. If you want to survive I suggest we run. Do you have a vehicle?
Agent: Yes. Wait a minute, we?
Clown Girl: If Dr. Cheapo catches me she will kill me, and I can get you more information.
Agent: (pausing to consider) Alright.
Then comes a chase with a helicopter overhead dropping Snap-and-Pops.
Clown Girl: The bridge is opening! If we fall the car goes in the water, if the car goes in the water, we�ll be in the water. There�s a shark in the water!!!
Car makes jump over bridge and loses helicopter. Picture fades.
Scene 4
Dr. Cheapo is talking to Clown girl.
Dr. Cheapo: Are you sure he trusts you?
Clown Girl: Yes! I even bought him some mayonnaise, and he ate it, so he must trust me.
Dr. Cheapo: Good. Now did you get the other part of the assignment done?
Clown Girl: No, I didn�t have time. I was washing my brain to get off all the dust. It really builds up quickly.
Dr. Cheapo: Get the rest of your assignment done or you won�t have a brain to wash!
Clown Girl: If you really want my brain you could just ask for it nicely and I�d give it to you. It�s not like I�m using it.
Dr. Cheapo: (to herself) This is what I get for hiring the cheapest help I can find.
Clown Girl: By the way, why do you have an aluminum foil arm? Wouldn�t it look more intimidating to have a metal arm?
Dr. Cheapo: I lost my arm in a terrible accident that is the reason I turned evil. I couldn�t afford a metal arm, so they gave me one made of aluminum foil, and I was so mad that I vowed I�d someday destroy the earth.
Clown Girl: Wow. Pretty bad grudge to hold just because of a stupid arm. And wasn�t it your fault that you didn�t have the money?
Dr. Cheapo: (getting angry and reaches out to take a hold of Clown Girl�s throat) What are you saying? That I�m just some cheap idiot villain, holding a grudge that doesn�t even make sense?
Clown Girl: I can�t remember. Is that really what I was saying? I just started to think of how fun it would be to pull a lion out of a hat and I forgot.
*Fade*
walking down a hall towards the lab
Scientist: We�ve found a great new lead! I believe it will be a key part of solving this case.
Agent: (walking into the lab) Well, what is it?
Scientist: As you know, we have agents posted around Dr. Cheapo�s lab. One of them found this (points) in the lab.
Agent: (puzzled as he looks at a hamster) What is it?
Scientist: A hamster.
Agent: (looking skeptical) So you found a hamster in Dr. Cheapo�s lab, and you think it�s a grand lead?
Scientist: Precisely.
Agent: (in frustration) Remind me why I work for this place? I mean, I don�t have a number or anything, I�m just �Agent�, my �secret identity� is an airport security officer, I�m put on strange cases with no actual leads, my only �gadgets� are faulty junk (pulls out squeaky dog toy), and I�m beginning to think that I�m the only one here who�s not loony!
Scientist: I�m not loony, I�m a scientist.
Agent: Are you?
Scientist: (looking confused) What?
Agent: Never mind. Now tell me why you think this hamster is a lead.
Scientist: (proudly) I think that Dr. Cheapo is trying to turn the world�s population into hamsters!
Agent: (speaking slowly) Let�s review the facts. Number one, Dr. Cheapo is trying to destroy the world. Number two, she�s supposedly got a big laser and is going to charge a large ransom. Number three, you found a hamster in her lab. These things draw you to the conclusion that she�s trying to turn the world�s population into hamsters?
Scientist: Yes.
Agent: (giving up) Fine by me then.
*fade*