Rudess
by Adam Kennedy
Synopsis:
In an attempt to divide by zero, Danielle Rudess is ‘killed’ by God. The only way for Jordan Rudess to win her back is to defeat God in a keyboard battle. 

The excerpt:

GOD:  Silence! You have no authority here!
[quieter]
But... I can offer you a deal.

JR looks up, puzzled.

JORDAN: Anything! How can I bring Danielle back from the dead?

GOD:  I’ll bet you didn’t know it but I’m a skilled keyboardist too. And if you dearly miss your wife, I’ll make a bet with you.
You and I will battle it out and the world will applaud.
But how will your puny fingers match the infinite power of God?
We’ll have an epic battle bound by neither space or time. And if you win, rest assured, I’ll forgive her of her crime.

JORDON: You’re on, God. I’ll save my wife I’ll shatter you like glass!
I’ll beat you in a keyboard battle. I’m gonna kick your butt!

GOD: Your fate is sealed little boy, prepare to face defeat. We will fight right here and now and there’s no way you can cheat. I’ll start.

God begins with intro + ragtime

Jordan plays some dark Egyptiany stuff

God tops it with some more amazing ragtime

Jordan and God have quick back & forth riffs

Jordan plays a final part. Meanwhile God is taken aback

JORDAN: You’re pretty good but you have underestimated me! I know! I know your secret, God! The reason why you hid the answer behind division by zero is simple. The universe exists because you were lonely. Before time you couldn’t surf the dimensions or do anyhting fun. The universe was so infinitely blank that there was no way you could let the nothingness continue, and what better place to hide the answer than within the problem itself? Zero.

GOD: Good guess. I actually hid the answer within zero because I knew that your wife was the only one who could figure it out. All along I just wanted to have a keyboard battle with you. And the only way to motivate you into giving me a real challenge was to hit you where it hurt most.

JORDAN: What. That’s it? So you're saying, the reason you created the universe...was to have a keyboard battle.. with me?

GOD: Yeah kinda.