Scene Five opens in The Bronx. Ebenezer is sitting on a bench, reflecting on what the previous two spirits were trying to tell him.
Ebenezer: I’m a five-time NBA MVP. I should know what they were talking about. What they were trying to warn me about?
{Just then, a Santa Claus walks up to him, his hat saying ‘Future.’}
Ebenezer: So you are my Christmas Future?
Future: Yes. I am here to show you what will happen if you keep focusing 100% on basketball.
Ebenezer: Well, here we go again.
{Future and Ebenezer fast forward in time to the future Christmas. They are in a comedy club.}
Ebenezer: Wow. Wine, food, and entertainment: this is my type of place.
{Notices Head Huncho taking the stage.}
Ebenezer: Oh. him again!
Future: Yes! He gets out of jail around this time. He always wanted to be a comedian, and this is his debut gig.
Head Huncho: Greetings, everyone. I’m sure you heard of the death of Ebenezer Scrooge. He died all alone today in a hotel room of a ketamine overdose. Well, that suits him well. I would have beaten him so hard that the ducks at the pond would throw bread at him!
{Everyone in the audience laughs at the joke.}
Head Huncho: But seriously, he was a scumbag and a brute! He was too focused on basketball to be nice to anyone. I would’ve slapped him so hard. He would’ve gone to KFC to lick other people’s fingers!
{The audience laughs at the second joke. Ebenezer looks in horror at the act.}
Ebenezer: So I would be dead in this timeline?
Future: Yes. But let’s see your friend, Cratchitt. He’s experiencing his own loss.
{Ebenezer and Future go to a graveyard. Cratchitt and his family are crying, mourning the loss of Tim.}
Future: They didn’t have enough money to save him. The pandemic took away their paycheck. He had to be put down.
Ebenezer: No. No. No! {He notices a grave.} Who’s grave is that?!?!?
Future: It’s yours!
{Future pushes Ebenezer into the open grave. Ebenezer looks at his corpse in horror and screams at the top of his lungs.
Past and Present walk up to the grave.}
Past and Present: Did we miss much?
Future: No, you didn’t, guys.
Ebenezer: Past! Present! Future! Please! I know I’m not perfect, but I deserve another chance! I don’t want this to be my future!!!! I’ll divide my time between basketball and family! I’ll honor all three of you guys all year long!!!! Don’t let this be my future!!!!
{Ebenezer starts crying into a cup. Future grabs the cup and drinks from it as ‘Creep’ by Radiohead plays in the background.}
Past: To change, you have to want to start now.
Present: We know you can do it.
Future: We wish you the best of luck, Ebenezer.
{Will Ebenezer change?
Find out in the final scene.}
