ANGEL
Characters:
Angel Diego, the doctor
James Emilio, the lawyer and the boyfriend of Kristine
Marian Bandas, the nurse
Kristine Palangdosan, the patient and the girlfriend of James
Driver
Nurses
Scene 1: At the sides of the wide
street grow tall coconut tree, paper tree and some bananas. At the wide street runs a red Mercedes Benz
slowly.
Angel:
(on the phone) Sir, can you move me to another place, I really cannot stay here
in Bangued for a long time. Sir, my morning here is always mourning, as in
M-O-U-R-N-I-N-G.
Phone:
Why? Don’t you love your job there? Look its every month that you transfer from
place to place. Isn’t it good that you will stay there for at least a year?
Angel:
Oh yeah! I do love my job at Valera Medical Hospital. But you know, I really
hate it when in every kilometer, there’s always a checkpoint and it makes me feel
nervous when they point their riffles on my car.
(off and drop the phone)
I understand, the militars are securing
the safeness of the place but I feel like it’s a threat for me. (phone rings again)
Oh! Nurse Marian, do you have something
to say?
Marian:
Yes, Doc, because we have a new patient, fresh from Tubo.
Angel:
Really? Can you give me some details of her, please?
Marian:
Doc, you are really in need here because she cannot breathe normally at this
time. According to her medical history, a tumor had grown near the uterus and she
had a history of ovarian cancer. She undergone chemotherapy at Baguio General
Hospital and discharged last month. Her name is Kristine Palangdosan, 25 years
old.
Angel:
Ok, did you already insert the Intravenous?
Marian:
Done Doc, we really need your supervision here.
Angel:
Am on my way.
(Angel exits)
Scene II. At the Junction, Center of
the city. Red Light going to the east and Green Light going south. James is in
his black BMW.
James:
Bro, can you just step on the gas, in fact there’s no car passing by. Look, we
are almost late with our meeting
with Mayor.
Driver:
Sir, It’s still red, we can still wait for seconds and we will be moving.
James:
Look! There’s no car passing, just do what I said.
(screeeechhhhh….)
Angel:
shit!
(moves out of the car
and tap hardly the front of the BMW)
Can’t you see that it is still green or
you are just so stupid driver? Heck!
(Driver moves out of the car)
Driver:
Ma’am, we’re so sorry, we are just in a hurry with my boss.
Angel:
if you are in hurry, I am in a hurry too. And look what just happened. It’s
almost…, gush, you almost hit my car. Can’t you read street signs, or you are
really stupid?
Driver:
I am so sorry Ma’am.
Angel:
It’s good… It’s good I step on the brake so fast or else we both are in
hospital right now. Tell your boss
that sometimes, she or he must know how to abide with street rules and
regulation.
(James moves out of the car)
James:
Miss, your name could be Summer?
Angel:
Are you the boss?
James:
Oh, yes, can you answer my question?
Angel:
crappp….. gush, spoiled hunk
James:
Miss, just answer my question with Why. Summer is your name right?
Angel:
Duhh! You still have the guts to ask me such question, I said NO
James:
Please, answer me with WHY.
Angel:
Ok! WHY? If only you have no stunning
face, I would have spanked you a while ago.
James:
because, you know what, you’re so hot.
Angel:
Gago, You know a lot of things like that. Hoy! You cannot get me with that
joke. If you don’t mind me saying that if the police station is near from here,
I would really like to demand you.
James:
Oppss, don’t panic, cool down. You will be like my grandmother if you would
always be shouting. Besides, I am a lawyer and I can defend myself. Look, am in
a hurry because my appointment with the mayor is very important than yours. So
if you don’t mind, let us go then because we are late.
Angel:
Who cares if you’re the Mayor’s lawyer or you’re working with the mayor. If you
are rushing because of your
appointment, me too, I have patients to attend and help. Besides, who did crash the rules? Isn’t it, that you. Driver,
move your car now because we caused so much traffic here.
(All characters exit)
Scene III: Hospital. The room is
private, flowers and fruits were at the table beside the bed. Kristine, the
patient is lying in her bed.
(enters Angel and Marian)
Angel:
So, how’s the patient?
Marian:
Ma’am, she did not yet wake up.
Angel:
Did you take a sample of her blood and her urine?
Marian:
Not yet Doc.
Angel:
(check the pulse, the heart beat and take some blood samples from Kristine’s
arm and urine sample from her urinary bag) Marian, please bring this samples in
the laboratory, thank you.
(Marian exits, James Enter)
James:
Doc, so how is she?
Angel:
familiar voice. (backing James) I just took the blood and urine samples and I hope
that results would always be fine. Are you her…
James and Angel: You?
Angel:
Yes and why are you here? Is she your sister? A cousin? A batchmate? Or?
James:
She’s my girlfriend.
Angel:
See, girlfriend…, so who then has more important appointment then? Me who is rushing
for the sake of your girlfriend or you for the sake of the Mayor?
James:
Am sorry, my mom called me when I am at the mayor’s office.
Angel:
You left the mayor?
James:
I have no choice; I love her so much more than my job.
Angel:
Well, I hope your mayor will understand you. She’s beautiful.
James:
Lovely and charming. She’s a fighter; she undergoes all the chemotherapy stages
in Baguio before the doctor said she can go home. I thought everything is fine,
all she need is just recovery but look she’s still there, fighting, trying but
I know she’s doing well.
Angel:
We will do our best Attorney…
James:
James.. James Emilio.
Angel:
oh, Angel Diego.
(everyone exits except Kristine still lying in the bed)
Scene IV: Cristine’s room.
Angel:
I will tell you frankly, there are no more choices for us other than
chemotherapy. The cancer cell was not yet removed by the last chemotherapy and
it spread so fast. One more thing is that, we cannot remove the tumor in your
uterus using the process of another chemotherapy since you just undergone it a
month ago. Your body will resist it, am telling you this. You don’t have enough
strength to hold on the chemotherapy’s side effects. So am suggesting, please
strengthen and gain more strength before we will pursue with the last
chemotherapy.
(Angel exits)
James: DOCTOR,
NURSE, WE NEED YOU HERE.
(Angel and four nurses enter)
Cristine: I…… ca…nnnn….tttt.t… do... it……. aaannnyyyymmmoooorrrrreeee…
James:
Please, oh Lord, please. Help us.
Angel:
nurse, hold her hands, fast.
James:
Do everything that you can, please.
Marian:
Sir, don’t panic. We’re doing everything that we can.
James:
Cristine… NOoooooOOooooo..
(Kristine’s hands slowly become so relax)
Angel:
(shake her head slowly) She’s gone.
James:
No, she’s alive. You’re a doctor and you can cure her. Tell me.
Angel:
No more… no more fighting.
James:
You’re so poor… a poor doctor Angel. You are the reason why she’s gone, if you
did not tell her that there’s no more chance, she should’ve been breathing
until now. You’re nothing but an
untrusted doctor, a doctor who cannot cure anyone, a doctor who kills her
patient.
Scene V: At Banao Quadrangle, Angel is
sitting in the bench while watching the kids playing basketball.
James:
Hai!
Angel:
How did you know I am here?
James:
Your mom told me that your fun playing with the children here at school
quadrangle.
Angel:
I mean, how did you know I am from here?
James:
oh! Marian told me you resigned and went home here at Banao, Bauko.
Angel:
How dare you show your face to me after you left me with such words?
James:
Am sorry, I just really cannot accept that she’s gone that time.
Angel:
And you blame me? That’s it?
James:
I am very sorry for such pain I left you, for such word I uttered to you.
Angel:
You know, you can utter every bad word to me, you can bullshit me, and you can
damn me, but please not to insult and blame me. Blaming me for an act of
unfortunate and unlucky day triggers my anger. Look, I had been to a lot of
places as a volunteer, from Bontoc, Banaue, Apayao, Tabuk to Bangued, and I heard most from
my patient’s relative no compliment and
no one had ever said to “thank you” to me rather, you know what I hear from
them? The same as what you had uttered before? They blame me for the loss of
their relative and none of them had ever said sorry to me.
James:
Angel, for me? What will I do just for you to forgive me? Hurt me if that’s the
way you will forgive me.
Angel:
James, three months ago, I met this hunky man in the crossroad, and his tamed
face was like craved in my head. Every day and night, I always think of him. I
had dreamt of him one night, he is proposing to me, smiling and willing but my
in my face is marked with anger; anger that seems cannot be erased anymore.
James:
Three months ago also, I had a girlfriend. She is beautiful, lovely and
charming. I loved her, I cared for her and I gave her everything she needs but
then she lied to me. One day, she told me that she is ok and she has no problem
with her sickness anymore. I went to the city to continue my work as a lawyer
when one day, I met this girl in the center with her red car. This girl is a
goddess, mysterious and so fascinating. Not knowing, she becomes a doctor of my
girlfriend. One day, my girlfriend breathes no more wherein I put a scar on the
heart of that doctor. I totally cannot forgive myself on saying the words that
I know hurt her so much. (kneels) And
now, I am kneeling down and asking for your forgiveness, please?
Angel:
Please, no kneeling. That’s so awkward. James, stand up or else.
James:
I won’t until you will forgive me.
Angel:
ok, if God forgives us, then I will forgive you too. Up now.
James:
Angel, I still have one request,
Angel:
What?
James:
Can you cure my heart?
Angel:
Sorry I am not a Cardiologist.
James:
If not, can you fill in the gaps in my heart?
Angel:
What do you mean?
James:
I cannot marry a soul.
Angel:
Funny
James:
Angel, I am serious.
Angel:
Well, ready yourself to take the challenge of my four big brothers.
James:
I’d already talked to them with your father.
Angel:
so what are we waiting for? Let’s go.
