Post by Breezy on Mar 2, 2020 5:45:46 GMT -5
Your screen flickers to life. We find ourselves in a dimly lit room. The cameras are pointed at a large wall with a map of the U.S. taped hastily on it. The map is being lit up dramatically with a few lamps. The camera zooms out and over the shoulder of someone we recognize immediately as Eli Beazley. There is an unfamiliar man standing to Eli's right. They both gaze at the map for a few seconds before any words were spoken. Finally the unknown man speaks.
"So you have no idea where he could be? We can't narrow it down even just a little?"
Eli shakes his head slowly. "Afraid not. I know absolutely nothing about this guy. Honestly, he could be anywhere in the world. They just didn't have a world map at Walmart or I would have bought that."
Now it is the man's turn to shake his head. He turns away from the map to look at Eli. "So you want me to track down this guy, who could be anywhere in the world, and all you have for me is a name. Big E?"
"No, his name is Mr. E. And yes, I expect you to track him down. I Googled 'best private investigator' and your name came up."
The man laughs nervously. "That's because I pay a shit ton for Google Adwords."
Eli finally turns to look at him. "I don't know what that means. But I do know that if you are the best then you should have little trouble finding Mr. E. Plus I am paying you a truckload of money. C'mon man."
The man shakes his head and then moves across the room to sit down behind a large desk. The camera pans down to a shot of a nameplate on the desk. "Harold Neal."
"Eli, can you give me anything else. I googled Mr. E and got absolutely nothing."
Eli turns to face Harold. "I know he is a professional wrestler... You know what? He probably has a profile on APW's website!"
Eli rushes over and within a few seconds, he and Harold are looking at Mr. E's profile. We get a time lapse of the private investigator and Eli Beazley looking at the computer screen. We see a lot of pointing and chin-scratching. The time lapse breaks and we zoom in on Eli.
"Well, Harry, I know where we have to start..."
"Lunch?"
...
Part II: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS- Washington D.C. - 2/27/2020
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We find ourselves on the steps of the Library of Congress building. Eli and Harold are at the bottom of the step. Eli is anxious to get in there but Harold stops him.
"Why exactly are we at the Library of Congress? You know this overtime is going to be costly, right?"
"Money is nothing when it comes to discovering the truth about Mr. E. I need to know with whom I am teaming. Last time I teamed up with anyone it was Jason Ryan. We know how that went!"
"Jason Ryan? I love that guy!"
"Shut up, Harry. No one likes Jason Ryan."
Eli and Harold make their way into the Library of Congress. The scene fades briefly and when the screen comes back to life we are inside the library.
"If there is anyone in the world that will hold the answers we seek... it is here."
Harold nods his head. "Sure. But how exactly do we go about finding those answers? This place is huge."
"They have old newspapers right? Maybe we start there?"
Harry looks on flabbergasted. "Old newspapers... You think Mr. E is going to show up in some old newspapers? Where would we even start?"
"What year did the Titanic sink?"
"The Titanic?"
"Yeah... was it 1912? 1918?"
With that, we get another time-lapse. This time we see Harold and Eli huddling over newspapers, carrying large stacks of books and lots and lots of walking through the library. When the time lapse stops we are looking at Eli standing on top of a table. A small group of people have gathered around the table.
"Thank you all for your help! I sincerely appreciate it. Now, we are running out of time. If I want to find out who Mr. E is then I am going to need your help! So let's spread out and find search for clues. For inspiration please think of all the great detectives. You know like Jessica Fletcher, Matlock, Scooby-Doo, Sherlock and the guy from CSI: Miami. Any questions?"
No one in the crowd speaks up. We get a few brief shots of Eli's 'crew' doing research. The screen fades to black. When the screen comes back to life we are now inside a hotel room. Eli is sitting at the desk along the wall. Harold is lying on one of the two beds.
"That was pointless!" Harold mumbles. "We didn't get any closer. I'd argue that we're further away then when we started this morning."
"Oh pish posh." Cracks Eli. "We're closer. I can feel it. Sure, the library didn't pan out but Mr. E is getting closer and closer. There has to be something we missed."
The not-so-dynamic duo sit in silence in the hospital for what feels like forever. Then Eli lunges to life.
"BATMAN!"
"What?" A confused Harold responds groggily. "Batman?"
"YEAH! BATMAN! I can't believe I didn't see it sooner. I know who he is! C'mon."
Eli just out of the chair and starts gathering his things.
"But... can't we sleep first. It was a long day."
"No, this can't wait. Come on!"
The screen fades to black. After 4-5 seconds we see white letters appear on the screen.
Part III: Hollywood
"Can you please explain what we are doing here?"
"In his profile it had Batman sounds for his theme song. That has to be a clue!"
"You think he is Batman?"
"No, Batman isn't real. I think he is an actor that played Batman!"
"Oh yeah, cause that makes more sense."
"Look. I've narrowed it down to these five actors."
Eli unfolds a piece of paper from his pocket.
"Mr. E has to be one of these five. Let's just go to their houses and figure out which one."
"How are we possibly going to find their houses? And do you honestly think that Mr. E is George Clooney?"
Eli nods. "It could be. He's not my first choice. That would be Christian Bale. But George is second! And to answer your question... That is how we find them!"
Eli points off screen. The camera pans over and we see one of those celebrity house tour buses that you will find in Hollywood. The camera pans back to find a less than enthused Harold shaking his head.
"C'mon. Let's go."
Harold and Eli head off towards the bus as the screen once again fades to black.
Part IV: The Bale Residence
When the screen comes to life we have a shot of Harold, in handcuffs, being escorted by police to a nearby cruiser.
"Officer, I had no idea that he was going to pee on the lawn! I was just trying to find the identity of my mysterious partner for the tag team tourney."
"I TOLD YOU I HAD TO PEE!!!!!" Harold shouts.
"You didn't have to do it in front of the kids!"
"I didn't know they were there!"
"Save it for court!" barks the police officer. Harold is at the police cruiser. As the officer starts putting him in the backseat Harold calls out to Eli.
"Eli, if you want to find Mr. E go to the Monday Night Metal show and look for him there."
"By God..........you just might be the world's greatest private investigator after all.
Part V: Monday Night Metal (3/2/2020)
After all of that we end up back on APW stomping grounds. Monday Night Metal is just a few hours away. We get a shot of Eli Beazley walking through the backstage area. He goes into one of the lockerrooms. Women's screams can be heard and Eli comes out of the room quickly. He shakes his head and then continues down the hall.
"Mr. E wouldn't be using a normal locker room. A man of mystery like Mr. E would be somewhere... mysterious. Somewhere...dark. Somewhere.... secluded!"
You can almost see the light bulb go off above Eli's head. He begins to run through the hallway. He nearly knocks over a caterer but thankfully the man is able to dodge out of the way. We follow Eli as he searches around. He finally finds a set of stairs and heads down them. He goes down two flights before he stops. He finds himself in a poorly lit hallway.
"Mr. E!" Beazley calls out. "You down here?"
Eli continues down the hall and then stops dead in his tracks. He points and the camera follows the line his finger creates. We see a doorway. The nameplate next to the door reads "BOILER ROOM" and then under that is a piece of paper taped to the wall. "MR. E"
"Got him!"
Fade to black.
