Coco2017

[After Miguel and Héctor get thrown in a cenote pit]

Miguel:
Héctor?

Héctor:
Kid?

Miguel:
Oh, Héctor! [They embrace each other.] You were right. I should have gone back to my family.

Héctor:
Hey -- hey, hey...

Miguel:
They told me not to be like De la Cruz… [cries, drying his eye] ...But I didn't listen.

Héctor:
Hey, it's okay...

Miguel:
I told them I didn't care if they remembered me. I didn't care if I was on their stupid ofrenda. [sobs]

Héctor:
[hugs Miguel] Hey, chamaco, it's okay. It's okay.

Miguel:
I told them I didn't care. [sobs, Hector suddenly spasms, surging with gold light and falls to the ground, weak.] Héctor, Héctor!?

Héctor:
She's... forgetting me.

Miguel:
Who?

Héctor:
My daughter.

Miguel:
She's the reason... you wanted to cross the bridge.

Héctor:
I just wanted to see her again. I never should have left Santa Cecilia. I wish I could apologize, I wish I could tell her that her papá was trying to come home… that he loved her so much. [long pause] My Coco...

Miguel:
[completely surprised] Coco? [shows him the photo of Imelda and young Coco]

Héctor:
Whe-where did you get this?

Miguel:
[points to Coco] That's my Mamá Coco... [points to Imelda] That's my Mamá Imelda... [points to the mystery father] Is that... you?

Héctor:
[with realization] We're...

Miguel and Héctor:
...Family? [smile at each other]

Héctor:
[looks at the photo sadly, memory recovered] I always hoped I'd see her again, that she'd miss me, maybe put up my photo… but it never happened. You know the worst part? Even if I never got to see Coco in the living world, I thought at least one day I'd see her here… give her the biggest hug… but she's the last person who remembers me. The moment she's gone from the living world...

Miguel:
...You disappear from this one. You'll never get to see her.

Héctor:
Ever again. [long pause] You know, I wrote her a song once. We used to sing it every night at the same time, no matter how far apart we were. What I wouldn't give to sing it to her... one... last... time. [Begins singing "Remember Me"]

Miguel:
[Realizing] He stole your guitar, he stole your songs. You should be the one the world remembers, not De La Cruz!

Héctor:
I didn't write 'Remember me' for the world, I wrote it for Coco. [looks at Miguel sadly] I'm a pretty sorry excuse for your great-great grandpa.

Miguel:
Are you kidding!? A minute ago I thought I was related to a murderer. Ha! You're a total upgrade. [excitedly] My whole life, there is something that made me different. I never knew where it came from. But now I know... it... it comes from you. I'm proud we're family! [runs up happily] I'M PROUD TO BE HIS FAMILY! [loud grito]

Héctor:
[happily jumps up with a loud grito] I'M PROUD TO BE HIS FAMILY! [loud grito]

Miguel:
[loud grito, then suddenly heard a howling sound coming from the hole of a cenote pit] Dante? [Dante appears and barks happily] Dante! [laughs] It's Dante! [Pepita appears with a loud mighty roar which shakes the stalactites, Miguel laughs with joy until Imelda appeared above Pepita]

Héctor [smiles nervously] Imelda!

Imelda:
[fiercely] Héctor.

Héctor:
You look good!