Title: "A Potential Donor?? (1/1) By: Arletta Asbury g4akl@charm.net When one of my co-workers, active in the Music and Drama club at work, learned that I was writing FK fanfic, he asked me to write a skit for possible inclusion in their next Spring Show which is a drama workshop. This is the skit that I wrote, hoping to introduce more people to FK in the process. (Really it's more of a parody than anything else. Nick would just leave and try to square things later with the Captain, but then we wouldn't have a skit!) My friend also assured me that for workshops, TPTB's copyrights were not an issue. (They had done a Star Trek skit the previous year, for example.) As it turned out, the club decided *not* to use it because their show was going to be too long otherwise. However, it was written for an audience that would have contained some people familiar with FK but probably even more that were not. Therefore, I *was* trying to have it be funny no matter whether or not someone had ever seen FK before. DISCLAIMER: The concepts of vampires as used here, and some characters used in this work are from FOREVER KNIGHT which is the property of James D. Parriott, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Television, and the SciFi Channel, and are used without permission. This is an amateur publication intended solely for the entertainment of its readers. No copyright infringement is intended. ******************************************************************** Cast: Nicholas B Knight, homicide detective Natalie Lambert, coroner a volunteer named Beverly, picture a 50-ish matron. Opening: Beverly is sitting behind a desk/table in front of a closed door. Nick walks up to her. Nick: My boss sent me down here. Bev: Good! We need all the donations we can get. There's a real shortage right now and we're starting to get desperate. Nick: Who do I make the check out to? Bev: Oh, no, you misunderstand. That's not the kind of donation we need. Nick: It's not??? What is it you need? Bev: This is the municipal blood drive. We have a critical shortage of blood in the area right now. Nick: Blood drive? Bev: Yes, and you are Mister? Nick: Knight. Nicholas Knight. I can't donate....blood? Bev: Of course you can. You seem to be in good health. What is your occupation? Nick: I'm a police officer. A homicide detective in fact. Bev: Oh good! You're in excellent health then. A perfect choice for a donation. Nick: Ah .... no, actually, I'm not. Bev: Oh certainly, let's just get started on the paperwork. You said your name was? Nick: Nichols B Knight. Bev: And you're a police officer. Nick: You will forget about all this. I'm an unsuitable donor. Bev: No, of course you're perfect and we're desperate right now. Let's get back to the form. You're how old? Nick: Ummmmm. Actually I'm about eight hundred years old. Bev: Huh? Oh I seeeee. You look about 35. I'll just put that down. How tall are you? Nick: Six foot. Bev: And you weight is? Nick: I'm not sure. Bev: Well it's over the minimun 100 pounds, so I'll just put down 170. How about your medical history, any hepatitus, hypertension.... Nick: No, nothing like that. I'm in perfect health because I'm a vampire. Bev: You're a what? .......... Vampire did you say? ..... Oh yes. Of course you are. Many people want to avoid donating blood because there're squeemish. There's nothing to be ashamed of. Nick: I'm not squeemish about blood. Actually the sight of it makes me...hungry.... Normally I only drink cow's blood..... Bev: Yes, yes, of course you do. Any other medical problems? Surgery perhaps? Nick: No.... Well I was wounded once in battle and nearly died but I don't recall any surgery. Bev: You were in the military then? Nick: Well, of a sort. It was the Crusades actually. But that was before I was a vampire, of course. Bev: Of course... Hmmmm... I'll just put down that you're an army vet. Next of kin? Who should I list? Nick: Ahh, all my family is dead. I told you I'm 800 years old. I may be un-dead but I've out lasted them all. Bev: Yes, yes. But who should we notify in an emergency? Not that there's any real need......donating is a very safe procedure. Nick: I'm not sure, I'll have to think about it. Bev: We'll skip over that, for now. And who is your family doctor? Nick: Family doctor? No, I don't have a family doctor. Well Natalie maybe.... Actually she's been trying to cure me of the vampirism, so maybe you could call her my doctor. Bev: Natalie? Nick: Yes, Doctor Natalie Lambert. Bev: Dr Lambert. The coroner???? Nick: Yes, that's her. Bev: The coroner is your family doctor...... Well....you're in luck. She's actually due here any minute as a volunteer. She'll be the one supervising the donations. Nick: I told you I'm not suitable, I don't know what vampire blood would do to a human receiving it, but I'm sure it wouldn't be good. Bev: Ah, here she comes now. Nat: Hi Nick, Beverly. Nick what are you doing here? Nick: The Captain sent me down here with instructions not to come back for an hour. But she wants me to donate blood. I tried to tell her that I couldn't. Nat: Beverly, I happen to know Detective Knight is .......anemic...... and shouldn't donate. Bev: Oh sorry. That's too bad. You know you do look a little pale. I have just the thing for that. I was going to offer it to the donators but I think you need it more. Nick: What is it? Bev: It's my special homemade garlic bread. Nat: Nick, are you all right!!!!!!! Nick: Nat, just get me outa here!!!!!!! ******************************************************************** Arletta Asbury Light Cousin, N&NPacker, Urchin g4akl@charm.net http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/4523/