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[Elisha Cuthbert]

Here is a more complete order of the episodes for anyone who cares
For the record the episodes go in the following order:
Episode 1: Pilot - Written by JJ, Story by JJ and MC
Episode 2: Master - Written by JJ, Edited by Socrates
Episode 3: Reaction - Writen by JJ, Socrates and MC
Episode 4: Supersexy - Written by JJ & MC
Episode 5: The Adventures of Ball Buster and Robin - Written by JJ, Edited by MC
Episode 6: Love and Peace Part I - Written by JJ, Edited by MC
Episode 7: Love and Peace Part II - Written by JJ, Edited by Socrates, MC and Clerk
Episode 8: Training - Written by JJ, Edited by MC
Episode 9: The Return - Written by JJ, Edited by MC
Episode 10: Superferret - Written by JJ, Edited by Clerk and Socrates
Episode 11: The Last of the Meatbags - Written by JJ, Socrates and MC
Episode 12: Inmates - Written by JJ, Edited by M205
Episode 13: Oops, I Killed your ferret - Written by JJ, Edited by MC
Episode 14: The Tiger and the Lioness - Written by JJ, Edited by MC, story idea by Socrates
Episode 15: Chain Reaction - Written by JJ, edited by MC
Episode 16: Fear Me - Written by JJ, Edited by MC
Episode 17: More Human than Human - Written by Socrates and JJ, edited by MC
Episode 18: Teddy Island - Written by JJ, Edited by M205
Episode 19: A Touch of Hippie - Written by JJ & M205
Epidode 20: Tears of Blood - Written by M205, Edited by JJ and Socrates
Episode 22: EUTHYPHRO - Written by JJ, Edited by M205
Episode 21: Freudianism - Written by JJ, Edited by MC
Epidode 21.5: Repeat Offenders Written by M205, Edited by JJ
So as you can see, M205 hijacked this series. J/k. :huh::woot: Oh and sorry about the toovies thing, i just felt bored with putting "written by Movies205".

[Movies205]

Here is a more complete order of the episodes for anyone who cares
So as you can see, M205 hijacked this series. J/k. :huh::woot: Oh and sorry about the toovies thing, i just felt bored with putting "written by Movies205".

Oh no it's fine I just wanted to bump this thread :cmad: Damn right I hijack this the series, and you be happy about it...

Also you yuppies are getting another episode it seems...

[Socrates]

Oh no it's fine I just wanted to bump this thread :cmad: Damn right I hijack this the series, and you be happy about it...

Also you yuppies are getting another episode it seems...

Oh, sweet. I want to write or edit or anything JJ might need me for.

[SapphirePrima]

There that is the episode list since I began, I drew heavily on things I've set up in ep 18, which is when the ending started coming together. As for the actual order of events... Episode 21.5 points out one and only one thing which is however you'd like to interpret it... For things that happened in Episode 22, do indeed happen after Ep 21, however things that are reference in ep 18 and 19 may never have happened, and things that happen in Ep 21.5 happen after Ep 22, as well as before... The Timeline is completely screwed up and is up the viewer/reader...
This befuddles me :(

[Movies205]

This befuddles me :(

Prepair to be befuddled more by the next ep... Socrates... I hope you well-versed on Hype Series Continutity because the next ep we bang out is going be a doozy! Also expect more crazy time-line jumbling :cmad: Also what exactly befuddles you?:huh:

[Elisha Cuthbert]

Oh, sweet. I want to write or edit or anything JJ might need me for.I definitely want you to help with the "finale", but I don't know about other stuff. I'll see what I can do. :o

[Movies205]

Bumparoonie! Jolly you ever think of doing a sequal to this or are you done forever with this, I'll probably be done most likely....:csad:

[TEDDY]

Also this series needs more Teddy :cmad: :cmad:


Bear Claw! BEAR CLAW!!!


:ninja:

[SapphirePrima]

Prepair to be befuddled more by the next ep... Socrates... I hope you well-versed on Hype Series Continutity because the next ep we bang out is going be a doozy! Also expect more crazy time-line jumbling :cmad: Also what exactly befuddles you?:huh:

The whole things that may have never happened.

[Movies205]

The whole things that may have never happened.

Next episode will illuminate something and befuddle you as well, it'll make sense at the end of the series....

[Socrates]

I definitely want you to help with the "finale", but I don't know about other stuff. I'll see what I can do. :o

Awesome. :up:

I can't wait to see this thing finished after all these years. :o

[Lord Doom]

Name: Obi-John-Kenobi
Past History: Obi-John was raised on a farm in New York. His parents were shot, and he realized that with great power, there must also come great... I forgot the rest... Anyway, so he decided to use the magic ring he found in a box of Sugar Crisp (can't get enough of that Sugar Crisp!), to scour the cosmos for a planet that would sustain his master, Keith Richards. Then he was hit with gamma rays and became the Incredible Guy-Who-Appears-to-be-Moderately-Greater-in-Size-Than-He-Was-Previously. After that, he learned that he was the prince of Atlanta, Georgia, so he formed a group consisting of him and his three best friends. They called themselves, The Department of Motor Vehicles.
Super Powers (if any):Random superpowers which develp at various times.
Survival techniques: He can make a bong out of an apple.

[Movies205]

The whole things that may have never happened.

You still haven't told me what you thought of the episode...

Also don't expect the next episode for another week or so, it's a "collaboration" and is another .5 episode.

[SapphirePrima]

You still haven't told me what you thought of the episode...

Also don't expect the next episode for another week or so, it's a "collaboration" and is another .5 episode.


I liked it. The pacing was kind of fast though. The way that you guys keep bringing Matrix back is confusing. And the Matt/Pira kiss was out there.

You should see if you guys could find somebody to turn this into a webcomic.

[Movies205]

I liked it. The pacing was kind of fast though. The way that you guys keep bringing Matrix back is confusing. And the Matt/Pira kiss was out there.

You should see if you guys could find somebody to turn this into a webcomic.

The downside of writing off the top of my head... This series is my zen of just simply writing, it's the junk-food of a writer since it simply just writing without any sort of process, just what comes to mind... It's very relaxing and refreshing in that sense... As for the webcomic who knows... then again who'd want do the work:cwink:

[Elisha Cuthbert]

The downside of writing off the top of my head... This series is my zen of just simply writing, it's the junk-food of a writer since it simply just writing without any sort of process, just what comes to mind... It's very relaxing and refreshing in that sense... As for the webcomic who knows... then again who'd want do the work:cwink:I have talked to my friend who's an artist about doing something like that before but he wants me to write a story about a warrior mouse first. :huh:

[Movies205]

I have talked to my friend who's an artist about doing something like that before but he wants me to write a story about a warrior mouse first. :huh:

That seem somewhat old hat, you should make it a warrior ferret :cwink:

[Movies205]

Christ that reminds me we were going bring back Victor Von Doom back as the ferret... Whatever happen to that idea :huh:

[Elisha Cuthbert]

Christ that reminds me we were going bring back Victor Von Doom back as the ferret... Whatever happen to that idea :huh:It got lost in the cluster**** of ideas, but it doesnt matter i've always had a good idea for how to use the ferret in the finale.

[Movies205]

What exactly was his use again besides being HH's only friend? :confused:

[Elisha Cuthbert]

What exactly was his use again besides being HH's only friend? :confused:
I'm gonna try to explain it the finale, he was always just there as symbolism, but now i'm revealing too much and there's a thing called Private messaging movies :cmad:

[SapphirePrima]

I have talked to my friend who's an artist about doing something like that before but he wants me to write a story about a warrior mouse first. :huh:
LMAO

Anyone else find it funny how people keep on posting up bios and there's like a slim chance there going to be in it?

[The Last Meatbag]

I might sketch all of the characters one day if I'm bored...if I had flash, this would have been one of the first things I'd make an animation out of...but nay, I be poor and not a pirate....well..at least when it comes to software.

[The Kingpin]

I think I signed up for this back in the day, I dont remember..

[Elisha Cuthbert]

I think I signed up for this back in the day, I dont remember..
Could be. A lot of these posts have been deleted, for example Episodes 4 and 13, :huh: but I'll see what i can do for you and whoever else signed up.

Name: Obi-John-Kenobi
Past History: Obi-John was raised on a farm in New York. His parents were shot, and he realized that with great power, there must also come great... I forgot the rest... Anyway, so he decided to use the magic ring he found in a box of Sugar Crisp (can't get enough of that Sugar Crisp!), to scour the cosmos for a planet that would sustain his master, Keith Richards. Then he was hit with gamma rays and became the Incredible Guy-Who-Appears-to-be-Moderately-Greater-in-Size-Than-He-Was-Previously. After that, he learned that he was the prince of Atlanta, Georgia, so he formed a group consisting of him and his three best friends. They called themselves, The Department of Motor Vehicles.
Super Powers (if any):Random superpowers which develp at various times.
Survival techniques: He can make a bong out of an apple.That is so awesome, redunkulously awesome, but I have no idea how I'm gonna work it in.:csad:

[Movies205]

Could be. A lot of these posts have been deleted, for example Episodes 4 and 13, :huh: but I'll see what i can do for you and whoever else signed up.
That is so awesome, redunkulously awesome, but I have no idea how I'm gonna work it in.:csad:

I actually had a funny idea... To be honest, if you want me to work it in to the next episode.

Update... We have a special guest writer for the latest .5 episode, however do to my life as well as other commitments, I and this other guest writer won't have time to write anything till the weekend... However it'll be a three way collaboration... 3 Short stories, one written by each of us, then an underlying story that ties them together as well as moves the story forward, hence the .5 episode... Expect a crazier version of the last .5 episode next week.

After that there'll be the final episode, then the epilogue episode... And then who knows... perhaps it'll finally be over after 2 + years, perhaps...

[Movies205]

Elisha get online I did a slight rewrite on the script, I need to show you :cmad:

[LeChuck]

alright my part is done but it's not that long at all and it also was depressing as hell for me to write, and it feels really weird. :csad: Also Movies you need to clear your damn PM box because I just had an epiphany.

[Movies205]

alright my part is done but it's not that long at all and it also was depressing as hell for me to write, and it feels really weird. :csad: Also Movies you need to clear your damn PM box because I just had an epiphany.

I'm too lazy to clear out my PM box... Also do you realize how perfect the timing of the end of the series is turning out to be:huh:

[Movies205]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/Movies205/hypeseriescopy.jpg

[hippie_hunter]

Effing awesome!

[Movies205]

Effing awesome!

The question really is, is it real? If it is real then who is it about? And then where the hell is it going take place? When is it going take place? Or essentially what the **** is it about? Who the **** is the guy on the left? Who the **** is the guy on the right? Who are they playing... Etc... Discuss :cmad: And maybe we'll toss you some hints!

[Lord Doom]

I... I don't know how to react to this...

[Movies205]

bump

[Movies205]

Here is an update on the film and on the latest script:

The Script:

Yes we're working on it

No it's not a new episode, it's another .5 episode

Yes... It's under my supervision but it's a collaboration with Jolly

We had another writer who backed out thus delaying it, JJ taking the reins on that part

I have yet to write my part or the connecting parts

So it's being majorly delayed

Film:

I've been preparing/making this video for the last month, I wrote the script, filmed it, edited it, and tons of other little things, however JJ has had an active hand in the making of the film.

Yes all the filming is in the can

Yes a cut has been assembled that's leaning toward final but needs more tweaking

I need to record some of the actors line due to the fact that wind can **** up a shoot, so I need to redub some of the voices

We need to record the music we're making for this video

ETA: Not sure :(

[Movies205]

bumpppppp

[The Last Meatbag]

Awesome, I'll see if I can, like...Record myself talking and stuff...assuming I'm in it...Cool announcement though, it's nice getting such a surprise, thinking this was going to be over and all :csad:

[SapphirePrima]

how cool! I can't wait to see it. Should be epic!:woot:

[hippie_hunter]

This is going to be awesomeness.

[Matt Murdock]

I'll sign up.

I have no clue what it is, but im totally in.

[Movies205]

Awesome, I'll see if I can, like...Record myself talking and stuff...assuming I'm in it...Cool announcement though, it's nice getting such a surprise, thinking this was going to be over and all :csad:

No need... I have my own acting and plus it's almost finished... It's been in production for well over a month, we just didn't post anything till it was absolutely definite it would be released... Right now it's finished, we just need to record music and redub some audio and it's done...

However all good things must come to an end and my involvement should and probably will come to end one way or another by Sept. 22nd since I'll be leaving the country for some time and don't know what my internet access will be.

[Movies205]

how cool! I can't wait to see it. Should be epic!:woot:

Sadly it only involves two characters and runs about 10 minutes but hey if you think that's epic, all the power to you:wow:

[Movies205]

I'm driving to my best friend's house, 40-50 minutes away, he lives on the other side of the state(Yeah it's the smallest state in the union), I'm going sleep-over and tommorrow we're going start working on the score... So perhaps we'll have this out within the next 2 weeks, if not sooner...

[SapphirePrima]

Just two characters?! Is this gonna be one scene :confused:

A score too :eek:

[LeChuck]

I know this doesn't have anything to do with the mini-movie or anything, but I was thinking this morning and we should have made Sentinel_08 a gay character. That would have been badass, a badass gay. Oh well, that's sort of a random thought. :o
Anyway, the newest .5 script should be done soon i need to talk to movies.

[Movies205]

Just two characters?! Is this gonna be one scene :confused:

A score too :eek:

Yeah pretty much... It took a month just to plan one scene :( A full-fledge movie would take way too long and I just don't have the time or resources for that :(

[Movies205]

I know this doesn't have anything to do with the mini-movie or anything, but I was thinking this morning and we should have made Sentinel_08 a gay character. That would have been badass, a badass gay. Oh well, that's sort of a random thought. :o
Anyway, the newest .5 script should be done soon i need to talk to movies.

I hate sentinal... I also hated the fact that there were so many frickin characters... Yeah... if people haven't notice the amount of characters has been dwindling ever since I got here :(

[LeChuck]

I hate sentinal... I also hated the fact that there were so many frickin characters... Yeah... if people haven't notice the amount of characters has been dwindling ever since I got here :(What I didn't understand at all was as soon as you came on you wanted to bring in old dead characters who sucked, like Victor Von Doom and Max Shreck. :huh: Oh well, I liked Sentinel but they way he died made sense, but he was a total badass, I liked him because I got to write a stoic character for once. :ninja:

[SapphirePrima]

I like Sentiel, his realationship with Robin and Ballbuster was pretty nice.

[Movies205]

Notes from the Director on Music
0:00 - 0:11 - No Music
0:00 - 1:00 - Irish Music
1:00 - 1:34 - No Music
1:34 - 3:34 - Theme Song
3:34 - 3:57 - Creepy Guitar Riff
3:57 - 4:09 - No Music
4:09 - 4:40 - Creepy Guitar Segway to thoughtful Guitar Riff
4:40 - 4:55 - Tense Bass Line
4:55 - 5:01 - No Music/Time Stops
5:01 - 5:05 - Tense Bass Line
5:05 - 5:35 - No Music
5:35 - 6:30 - Theme Song - CLose on Door
6:30 - 6:51 - Slowly creep into foreboding riff
6:51 - 7:15 - No music
7:15 - 7:41 - Storybook Music
7:41 - 7:52 - No Music
--- Not Finished ---

So far 3 instruments have been utilized Bass, Guitar, and Violin, possible manolin will be added....

[AlteredEgo]

needs cowbell :o :(

[Movies205]

needs cowbell :o :(

No:cmad:

[Movies205]

I have a possible ETA on the film if all goes to plan... As I said before the filming is done (Aug. 18th was the finish of that), Editing took a week or so but that's done as well... We're now working on audio... My friend and I worked on the music yesterday we put down a rough draft so to speak of what hte music will be like, he's going to work on it through the week as well as find a bassist to accompany him... We've set satuday as the recording day for the music...

If my friend/actor is free tommorrow I'm going re-record some of his lines(hopefully not all)... Which then puts us on track for a possible Sunday Release.... Don't quote me on that... it could get pushed back to sometime next week :(

[SapphirePrima]

Is this a Youtube release or what?

[Movies205]

Youtube is where it's at... You peeps want DVD, you best be willing to pay for it:cmad:

[Movies205]

Edit!

[Movies205]

Update:

A major part of the audio work has been completed... I'll discuss this after it's release...

But given the nature of the film, you'll know what i'm talking about when it's release

I'm thinking of changing the tile from "Sweet Forget Me Nots" to "Duality"....

[Movies205]

Thoughts?

[SapphirePrima]

I don't have too much to say on that. When's the next. .5 gonna be done.

[LeChuck]

I don't have too much to say on that. When's the next. .5 gonna be done.Never. :csad:
Seriously though, since its Friday and I'm almost always busy today, I'm barely gonna have any time to get this short story done. I'm gonna try though. :csad: If not, I think it's time to light the MC signal.

[Movies205]

Never. :csad:
Seriously though, since its Friday and I'm almost always busy today, I'm barely gonna have any time to get this short story done. I'm gonna try though. :csad: If not, I think it's time to light the MC signal.

Seriously... All I'm doing is working on the video :( ... Till that's done everything gone on lock-down! :cmad:

[Prognosticator]

So Movies, give me the short on what this is?? Are you making, like, a Youtube show based on the Hype, or what?? (that was just a made up guess, I haven't read anything)

[Movies205]

So Movies, give me the short on what this is?? Are you making, like, a Youtube show based on the Hype, or what?? (that was just a made up guess, I haven't read anything)

YouTube is simply the means in which I'll be putting it on the internet... The video a.k.a. "Sweet Forget Me Nots" simply is going to be one short-story that fits into the rest of the show, however it can be viewed by itself and I have produced it as such, it even has a star wars rolling credits in the beginning explaining the whole she-bang! As far as that I can not say anymore... tomorrow I shall be recording the musical score with my friend, who's been working on that part for the last week or so. After tomorrow, it should be ready to go... For the record, I've been working on this for pretty much the entirety of the month of August....

[Prognosticator]

YouTube is simply the means in which I'll be putting it on the internet... The video a.k.a. "Sweet Forget Me Nots" simply is going to be one short-story that fits into the rest of the show, however it can be viewed by itself and I have produced it as such, it even has a star wars rolling credits in the beginning explaining the whole she-bang! As far as that I can not say anymore... tomorrow I shall be recording the musical score with my friend, who's been working on that part for the last week or so. After tomorrow, it should be ready to go... For the record, I've been working on this for pretty much the entirety of the month of August....

Wow, good guess by me! So there are other videos/stories that can be interwoven? Some are out? On Youtube? Links, please?

[Movies205]

Wow, good guess by me! So there are other videos/stories that can be interwoven? Some are out? On Youtube? Links, please?

There will only be one video for this series, I have other projects and things I'd like to move on to... I have two other videos on you tube however, this one in my opinion is way better so there no need to post those up since they have nothing to do with this series.

[Prognosticator]

okay :(

i'll be watching for ths new one, though.

[Movies205]

Like I said we're doing the music tommorrow... Then finally it'll be finished... After a month, if not more of work...

[Movies205]

Ladies and Gentlemen the video is finished, we started at noon went till 10 pm, now it's done... Now I'm going to party to get drunk, it'll be up tomorrow morning.

[Movies205]

Due to certain circumstances, you get to see teh video tonight!:wow:

[The Last Meatbag]

Huzzah!

[Movies205]

it'll be up within the hour

[LeChuck]

it'll be up within the hour
Which means if you're a true fan you'll stay up all night, and get special prizes. :ninja:

[Movies205]

We need more fans :(

[Movies205]

Uploading to Youtube now

[LeChuck]

We need more fans :(Well its only their fault if they don't get any prizes. :cmad:

[Movies205]

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[Master Chief]

Nice, I loved the gradient looking **** towards the end, lol. :up:

[SapphirePrima]

The first two minutes were pretty random. But other than that it was pretty good. Great backstory about what the Hype is too. :up:

Maybe you'll get a few random people from YouTube to like it.

[Movies205]

Trivia:

90% of the audio was recorded after filming

All the music is completely original and one


Everything has a double in the film:
-Both characters are wearing the same clothes except Mirko has a tie, HH has a jacket and no tie.

-Two Theme Songs

-Two different editing/cinematography styles

-Two Narrators

-Two Endings

-Two Stand-Off Sequences

[Movies205]

So uh did Jessie bring bullets or no?:huh:

[LeChuck]

ha ha I'm going to dial 1-800-THE-HYPE now, just to see what happens. :o

[Movies205]

The first two minutes were pretty random. But other than that it was pretty good. Great backstory about what the Hype is too. :up:

Maybe you'll get a few random people from YouTube to like it.

The first two minutes aren't random... It's a montage of my earlier flicks... Also the fact that I used a clip featuring Bryan Quick(the actor playing the narrator, his name is Bryan Quick) was essential since he's killed in that intro, yet shows up as the Narrator, it's what the entire film is about... Are you watching an actor playing a part, or are we a voyeur? What is the narrator? Is it the director, hence my voice in the intro, and the intersplicing of me in there... It fits it's purpose...

[Master Chief]

So uh did Jessie bring bullets or no?:huh:

If he did and the safety was on, mmmmph, so badass. If not. Whatevs. :huh:

[LeChuck]

I just noticed something cool about it that sort of relates to the overall theme of the story, something I probably should have noticed before when Movies and I were going over this...Mirko constantly seems content on giving Jesse a cigarette, and when he lights it he turns into this sort of major badass that he's scripted to be. So is Mirko trying to get Jesse to be more like how he scripted him and just ****ing with his mind, or does he really want Jesse to discover a completely new path? Good detail movies. :o

[hippie_hunter]

I just noticed something cool about it that sort of relates to the overall theme of the story, something I probably should have noticed before when Movies and I were going over this...Mirko constantly seems content on giving Jesse a cigarette, and when he lights it he turns into this sort of major badass that he's scripted to be. So is Mirko trying to get Jesse to be more like how he scripted him and just ****ing with his mind, or does he really want Jesse to discover a completely new path? Good detail movies. :o

I never thought of it that way. I just thought that he ended up getting f**ked up in the head because of all that he's been through and will no longer have his old life back.

[Movies205]

If he did and the safety was on, mmmmph, so badass. If not. Whatevs. :huh:

It has everything to do with everything...

If he had bullets it means he wasn't reformed...

If he didn't have bullets it means he was reformed...
---

As for hte cigarette thing, that's accidental sort of but not really since... When writing the script, the build-up is to that moment and the cigarette is used as a way of showing the calm before hte storm before Jesse simply goes off the handle... However the thing about the cigarette is the disconnect between the two different worlds... He asks the same question twice, "Cigarette"... It almost doesn't evne flow, but the fact is, there are two different worlds... And as you find out... It's almost two different stories... And outside is Mirko Story hence why Jessie is the antagonist and inside Mirko is the antagonist.

[Movies205]

I like to put it out there whateveR I say is irrevelevant, it's whatever you want it to be, the video is VERY open-ended on so many levels... Hell I've sometimes thought of it as simply the three sides of a person... The narrator as a person thoughts, Jessie as anger, and Mirko as a person soul... There's a lot of ways you can take it...

[LeChuck]

I never thought of it that way. I just thought that he ended up getting f**ked up in the head because of all that he's been through and will no longer have his old life back.Yeah that makes sense. This is sort of weird though, having all these different opinions about something that's based on your own writing. :huh: I love it though. :heart:

[Movies205]

Yeah that makes sense. This is sort of weird though, having all these different opinions about something that's based on your own writing. :huh: I love it though. :heart:

:heart: As do I... But that was the point when I was writing it, I blame it on my Cronenberg influence... I'd say Sergio Leone and David Cronenberg are the biggest influences on this video. Out of curiousity what did you guys think of the narrator? Is he one guy? Is it simply an artist point? Is it two guys...

[SapphirePrima]

The first two minutes aren't random... It's a montage of my earlier flicks... Also the fact that I used a clip featuring Bryan Quick(the actor playing the narrator, his name is Bryan Quick) was essential since he's killed in that intro, yet shows up as the Narrator, it's what the entire film is about... Are you watching an actor playing a part, or are we a voyeur? What is the narrator? Is it the director, hence my voice in the intro, and the intersplicing of me in there... It fits it's purpose...

I didn't know sorry :( Anyway good job :up:

[Movies205]

I didn't know sorry :( Anyway good job :up:

Sorry for sounding grumpy :csad:

[LeChuck]

Alright so, I'm not sure about this but september is here so I'm fairly certain that movies is in England for the month. :csad: That means the script that was gonna be a collaboration with him, me and another guy will probably end up just being me. Hype series must continue, so don't worry...

[Socrates]

Alright so, I'm not sure about this but september is here so I'm fairly certain that movies is in England for the month. :csad: That means the script that was gonna be a collaboration with him, me and another guy will probably end up just being me. Hype series must continue, so don't worry...

Don't count me out of this just yet. :o

[LeChuck]

I would just like you all to know that we are not participating in the writer's strike. We are participating in the laziness drive, however. :o

[SapphirePrima]

Didn't Movies go on vacation or something. :confused:Now Master Chief and Socrates and co are the lazy ones. :o

[Master Chief]

:o

:o

With the pace we're going you'd think we were in the middle of a writer's strike.

:o

:o

[LeChuck]

Heh, indeed. If you're really in the mood click my sig, I came up with the idea while writing this episode.

[SapphirePrima]

Heh, indeed. If you're really in the mood click my sig, I came up with the idea while writing this episode.
how old is that? It's kind of funny.

[LeChuck]

how old is that? It's kind of funny.
I actually made the website last week, but expect to see updates on the site throughout the week until the release of the next episode and then maybe afterwards as well.

[Socrates]

Didn't Movies go on vacation or something. :confused:Now Master Chief and Socrates and co are the lazy ones. :o

Okay I'll admit, I am lazy. And I tried to quit this place, but I'm bored enough that I actually want to post something, so, here. A teaser from something JJ had me edit not too long ago.

EXT. POLICE STATION – NIGHT
Several police cars are parked in a near-perfect manner outside the police station. Stepping out of one of the cars is JOLLY JOHNNY, tall, lanky, red-haired and extremely homophobic. He reaches inside of his brown trench-coat and pulls out a pack of matches. Tearing one off, he bends down and tries to light match on the underside of his shoe, but fails.

JOLLY JOHNNY
God dammit.

Instead Johnny turns around and sees the bushes that perfectly outline the border of the parking lot. He takes another match out of the small cardboard container, lights it using the coarse surface, sets the remainder of matches on fire and throws the packet off into the set of bushes, creating a small scene. He looks around to make sure nobody is looking, and then sees a hobo sitting on the side of the street. He takes a small glance at the fire, then back to the hobo, and then he flips the hobo off. He takes out a bag of marijuana, empties it into the surprisingly small fire, and immediately begins to take in large breaths of air. Waving the smoke in the direction of his face, and lasts just a moment before stumbling backwards on his ass, coughing.

JOLLY JOHNNY
****i—****in’ ****. ****ing asthma!

Footsteps are heard from the other direction. Johnny looks over his shoulder, coming face to face with an attractive Asian woman.

JOLLY JOHNNY (Impatient)
Oh hey.

ASIAN WOMAN
I know where you went last night! I saw you! You went to that gay strip joint!
Anger, growing ever more impatient, unleashes his anger on this poor Asian woman.

JOLLY JOHNNY
Hey you ****ing homo! Don't get me wrong, I'm down with the gays, I love the gays! But I don't love the ****! I might do animals...maybe a family member too, but another guy is just wrong!

Silence.

JOLLY JOHNNY (Con't.)
Unless I didn't know it was a guy. Then it's just trial by error.
Hope he doesn't mind me posting this. :o

[LeChuck]

Okay I'll admit, I am lazy. And I tried to quit this place, but I'm bored enough that I actually want to post something, so, here. A teaser from something JJ had me edit not too long ago.


Okay, I'll admit it. Even though I've written most of these episodes, I'm really the laziest one. It takes me like a day to finish one scene. :dry:

[Movies205]

Didn't Movies go on vacation or something. :confused:Now Master Chief and Socrates and co are the lazy ones. :o

At least someone acknowledges my presence :cmad: (Here's looking at you Johnny)

I'm currently studying abroad where I been busy traveling, school work, and my own writing projects. However by some sheer stroke of luck Johnny and I happen to be on AIM at the same time and he sent me the latest Hype Series script so I been sucked in once again... And as before will try to fasten Jolly to a managable schedule of getting episodes out... If I end up writing one, it usually takes a day or two to get it out and what not... So we'll see where this leads...

[Movies205]

Alright so, I'm not sure about this but september is here so I'm fairly certain that movies is in England for the month. :csad: That means the script that was gonna be a collaboration with him, me and another guy will probably end up just being me. Hype series must continue, so don't worry...

Try 3 months :trans:

[LeChuck]

INT. PRISON CELL
A sad, defeated man sits in the middle of the barren gray jail-cell, staring at the ground. The bar door swings open and a slimy, deceitful looking man walks into the room in a business suit. He smiles at the man in the jail, who looks up and spits at his face. The weasel takes his hand and wipes the spit off his face in disgust, flicking it to the floor.


BUSINESS MAN

Hello Eric. This is the last time I’m going to be speaking to you while you’re still coherent, I’m afraid.






The prisoner called Eric just goes back to staring at the ground.


ERIC

**** off, Hollow.






The weasel smiles—it is a fake smile, devoid of any real light.


HOLLOW

Oh, you wouldn’t want that Eric. Then you wouldn’t find out who your replacement was.

ERIC
I don’t give a **** about who my replacement is. I’m going to get revenge on you, I can promise you that.






The Hollow man laughs loudly.


HOLLOW

Leave all of those ideas behind. You’re here because you failed me, and you’re never getting out. That’s the end of the story.

ERIC
Your system is flawed, I know it is. I know how it works. I’ll get out and then I’ll come after you.

HOLLOW
Well, good luck with that. By tomorrow you won’t even remember your name.






Hollow goes to leave, obviously he is not getting anything accomplished, but Eric looks up from the floor for the first time and speaks.


ERIC

Hollow, I need to know…how many more of me were there?






The weasel’s hands start to twitch.


HOLLOW

Out of all the jobs I needed to do, Eric, you were my bottom string. There were no others like you.

ERIC
Then why are you hiring a replacement?






Hollow shakes his head and sighs.


HOLLOW

Goodbye, Eric.






And he leaves the prisoner named Eric cold, and all alone.


FADE TO BLACK.


EPISODE 22.5: “The Triad”




FADE IN.


INT. LABORATORY

The room is empty, quiet and sanitized. In the middle of the room are two tan-colored desks with large white sheets of paper covering their tops. There are no pictures on the wall save for a calendar that feels very depersonalized…it has pictures of landscapes representing each of the months. It currently shows a picture of a waterfall with a giant blue caption: “JANUARY 2000.” On the opposite side of this wall a man sits in a chair the color of snot quietly strumming his fingers. He looks like he tried to dress up but failed miserably. He wears a green colored shirt and wrinkled black denim jeans. His beard is neither trimmed nor properly grown out; it looks like he started to shave and then suddenly gave up. A nametag is on his green-colored shirt: it reads “MIRKO”.

There is a knock on the door and Mirko gets up to open it. On the other side of the door stand a stern looking woman and her male companion…the mysterious Hollow from before. Mirko holds the door open for the two of them and the woman wobbles in, followed by Hollow who has a sharp brisk in his step. He has gotten older, yet his facial structure remains the same…there is nothing there other than cold concentration. He stops and turns to Mirko, shaking the other man’s hand vigorously.


HOLLOW

Well I trust you’ve had an interesting day so far, Mirko.






Mirko runs his hands across his disgusting facial hair angrily, barely noticing the short pudgy woman behind him opening one of the desk drawers and withdrawing three manila envelopes, each marked with a different name. Instead, Mirko distractedly taps his foot on the floor.


MIRKO

Interesting? Oh it’s been a blast, waiting for you guys in your office all day; Hollow Wood if that’s even your real name, which I know for sure it isn’t. And I’m still not comfortable with the whole Mirko thing, by the way.






Hollow looks at Mirko with stern disapproval. Behind Mirko’s shoulder the woman is giving him an “I-told-you-so” look.


HOLLOW WOOD

We’ve talked about this before, Walsh. It’s your codename. You’ll get used to it eventually. In the mean time, I do believe Heather here has your first assignment ready for you.






Mirko turns around to see the three manila folders the stern woman had removed seconds ago lying about neatly on the white sheet counter. She stands over them with her arms folded. Mirko grabs the first folder from the top of the drawer and it reads “NICHOLAS STRAHLER”. He opens the folder to see several clean, typed white documents and a picture of a scary-looking redhead, a ****ed up psychopath worthy of Ronald McDonald.


MIRKO

Who the **** is this weirdo?

HEATHER
He’s one of what we call the Triad, a group of degenerates we have chosen to be the first participants of the Hype project. The other folders contain information about the rest of the Triad. They’ll be the first you write the histories for.






The two other files have names on them too. One reads “ANDREW MORGAN”, and when the writer opens that he sees a picture of a man with a handsome chin and dark hair. The final one is a bit more peculiar…it reads “ERIC H. EMMA” but when Mirko opens it he sees no files, nor does he see any pictures.


MIRKO

This one’s blank.

HOLLOW WOOD
Well, let’s just say with that one you have a bit more of a…creative license.






He sets the folders back down on the table. The other doctors watch him cautiously. He stares at his hands, and the several traces and lines that run through them. Every fragment on his hand tells a story.


MIRKO

I still don’t understand how you want me to do these. I mean, I know you want me to make these memories of theirs’ a little bad, so they feel good about being here. But if I do that, isn’t there a potential for them to be even more ****ed up than they are now?






A smile appears on Hollow’s face again, and it is so cold and sedated that it seems to blend in with the room.


HOLLOW WOOD

It’s always “how” with you, isn’t it Mirko? You know why? Because you’re an original, and I’m sure however you decide to write these histories, it will turn out perfect. Now you can go home now, and take those folders with you. Just write the drafts tonight and turn them into the secretary out front.






With that both doctors file out of the room. Just before she leaves, Heather gives Mirko a strong pat on the back.


HEATHER

Good luck.






Then they leave him again, alone in the room. Mirko stares down at the photo of the redhead, and for the first time he starts to feel for him. In fact, he’s starting to see some of himself in that strange washed-up face.


FADE TO BLACK.

[LeChuck]

Text: “3”

FADE IN.


EXT. POLICE STATION – NIGHT
Several police cars are parked in a near-perfect manner outside the police station. Stepping out of one of the cars is JOLLY JOHNNY, tall, lanky, red-haired and extremely homophobic. He reaches inside of his brown trench-coat and pulls out a pack of matches. Tearing one off, he bends down and tries to light the match on the underside of his shoe, but fails.


JOLLY JOHNNY

God dammit.






Instead Johnny turns around and sees the bushes that perfectly outline the border of the parking lot. He takes another match out of the small cardboard container, lights it using the coarse surface, sets the remainder of matches on fire and throws the packet off into the set of bushes, creating a small scene. He looks around to make sure nobody is looking, and then sees a hobo sitting on the side of the street. He takes a small glance at the fire, then back to the hobo, and then he flips the hobo off. He takes out a bag of marijuana, empties it into the surprisingly small fire, and immediately begins to take in large breaths of air. He waves the smoke in the direction of his face, and it lasts just a moment before Johnny stumbles backwards on his ass, coughing.


JOLLY JOHNNY

****i—****in’ ****. ****ing asthma!






Footsteps are heard from the other direction. Johnny looks over his shoulder, coming face to face with an attractive Asian woman.



JOLLY JOHNNY (Impatient)

Oh hey.

ASIAN WOMAN
I know where you went last night! I saw you! You went to that gay strip joint!






Jolly Johnny, growing ever more impatient, unleashes his anger on this poor Asian woman.


JOLLY JOHNNY

Hey you ****ing homo! Don’t get me wrong, I’m down with the gays, I love the gays! But I don’t love the ****! I might do animals...maybe a family member too, but another guy is just wrong!






Silence.


JOLLY JOHNNY (Con’t.)

Unless I didn’t know it was a guy. Then it’s just trial by error.

ASIAN WOMAN
Oh baby. I like your way of words.

JOLLY JOHNNY
Yeah baby, I bet you do. But we all have bad mouths: I use mine to spit swear words, it’s just some use their bad mouths for other things.






The Asian woman looks at him confused. He’s not responding correctly, and something is horribly wrong.



ASIAN WOMAN

What?






JOLLY JOHNNY

You. You’re a whore.






Johnny begins to dig for something in his coat pocket.


ASIAN WOMAN

Look, I have to tell you…I’m pregnant.

JOLLY JOHNNY
That’s great.






He pulls out a gun and shoots her in the forehead. Blood pours down her face, and her body hits the cold ground. She will not ever move again, and Johnny happily looks down at her.


JOLLY JOHNNY

Just like in Watchmen…Hell yeah, now where the **** am I going?






Johnny looks over and sees the hobo still staring at him. Not wasting a second, Johnny flips off the hobo for the second time, and walks away while rummaging inside his coat pockets.

EXT. PARK
Johnny stands in the middle of the park. He is wearing a pulp fiction t-shirt now, and he looks down at it confused. He hated that ****ing movie. On the teeter totter is a little kid wearing bling, and Johnny is sure just by looking at him that the kid is a little brat just begging for attention, just another white kid trying to be black. Johnny looks around and sees a black haired man that looks like he works for Dunkin Donuts. We know him as MOVIES205. He walks over to Johnny as if they are best of buds, but Johnny knows better and whips out his gun before the guy ever talks, blasting a whole in his spleen. Movies falls over onto the sandbox, and the little kid just watches completely flabbergasted. Johnny walks over to the kid and pats his head.


JOLLY JOHNNY

He was a bad man, and I had to do something. You’ll understand in ten odd years when you jerk it to porno, but probably less than that for you, you little ******.






Johnny walks past the kid, who just stares at him without saying a word. Johnny walks over to a tie-die van, and bangs on the door. Several hippies run out of the van, one a jamacian. JJ shakes his head and hops in the front seat, pulls out keys from his pocket and uses them on the van. They work, and somehow he knew they would. He backs the car up, and drives off into the street.

INT. STREET CORNER
Johnny stops at a street corner because the van has run out of gas. He hops out of the car and shakes his head; he figured something like that would happen. He walks towards a door; boxes are arranged outside the door as if making a way for something. Johnny grins and reaches for the door handle. He twists it open and walks inside.

INT. DANCE CLUB
There is a whole row of musicians in front of the club playing Jazz instruments. A woman in a sparkling dress is signing, and Johnny ignores all of it. He walks past everyone, making his way to an elevator type area. When he gets there he sees a big, fat man that looks like a sumo wrestler. Johnny looks at this man questioningly and then hops into the elevator, the fat man trailing behind him.

INT. ELEVATOR
The fat man chuckles when Johnny steps in with him. Johnny looks at him affronted.


JOLLY JOHNNY

What are you laughing at?

SUMO MAN
You. You look like a retarded version of carrot top if he was a psycho killer or something. You could go in stand-up you know.






Johnny shakes his head, and reaches for a cigarette, when he does he realizes that he is now wearing a leather jacket. He lights it and smiles through yellow teeth.


JOLLY JOHNNY

I don’t think people would appreciate my sense of humor. It’s not very popular these days.

SUMO MAN
Oh, it’s exceedingly popular. You watch the news? Whole buncha weirdoes.





The sumo man begins to laugh loudly and when he does, his belly jiggles. Johnny reaches for his handgun again and looks questioningly into the sumo man’s eyes.


JOLLY JOHNNY

What’s your name?

SUMO MAN
What does it matter? This is the past anyway, right?

JOLLY JOHNNY
It matters to me.

SUMO MAN
Of course it does. Well then, you can call me Johnny.

JOLLY JOHNNY
Johnny, huh? That’s what I figured.






INT. TOP FLOOR – NIGHT
The elevator swings open to reveal Johnny standing over the huge dead body of the sumo wrestler. He steps over him and looks around the abandoned waiting room. On the desk where the secretary would be is some unfinished food from Planet Hollywood. On the floor next to the desk are empty cages from the Klemp family store and it looks as if some sort of animal has escaped. Johnny walks forward, pacing his steps carefully and keeping his gun at his side.

At the end of the hallway Johnny sees a glass door that reads “KINGPIN’S OFFICE – ALWAYS OPEN”. He walks towards the door and knocks on it. There is a long period of silence, and then we can hear someone getting up and walking toward the door. The door swings open and Johnny stares forward at a giant man who has a wide smile upon his face. This is THE KINGPIN.


KINGPIN

Come on in, Johnny. I’ve been waiting all night for you.






INT. KINGPIN’S OFFICE
Johnny walks inside and sits on a spinning office chair. Kingpin takes a seat across the table from him and strums his fingers on the desk.


KINGPIN

Well I’m sure you have a lot of questions for me, Johnny. Your handgun is out of bullets by the way.






Johnny looks down at his handgun and nods.


JOLLY JOHNNY

Well that figures. I guess you can stop calling me that too, I know my name’s not really Johnny…its Nicholas, isn’t it?

KINGPIN
You are very persistent, Nicholas. I have some answers for you, if you want.






Johnny starts to laugh loudly.


JOLLY JOHNNY

You want me to kill you like the other ones, don’t you?

KINGPIN
I don’t…

JOLLY JOHNNY
What would that prove? To tell you the truth, I don’t care about any answers. I don’t care about my past, who I was or why I’m here. I’m having a blast.

KINGPIN
You are succumbing to a machine.

JOLLY JOHNNY
Oh like I haven’t heard THAT one before…

KINGPIN
Each minute you buy into the hype of your society. You kill, you eat, and you have intercourse just like they want you to.

JOLLY JOHNNY
Now you’re trying to appeal to my emotions. In case you haven’t realized, I like killing, eating and having intercourse, so you can bite my cracker ass.

KINGPIN
You’re going to wind up hurting someone you love just like you hurt Samantha.






Johnny slams his fist on the desk angrily.


JOLLY JOHNNY

Don’t talk to me about Samantha! That wasn’t my fault.

KINGPIN
Yes it was.






In the corner a little girl is singing.


LITTLE GIRL

Clean up, clean up, everybody clean up.






Johnny grabs his fiery red hair, clutching onto it.


JOLLY JOHNNY

Get out of my head.

KINGPIN
You’ve been in your head all day, Johnny. And you’re not going to get out anytime soon.

LITTLE GIRL
Everybody, everywhere!






The red-haired psycho killer stands up, rips one of the metallic legs of the chair off, and shoves it through his shoulder. He feels nothing, and he shoves it back out. Blood falls to the floor. The girl and the mob boss are staring at him, and a tear begins to fall off the side of his cheek. He turns around, his eyes wet, and he stares forward out into the city.


JOLLY JOHNNY

I’m sorry, Samantha.






And then he smiles, and the tears go away.


JOLLY JOHNNY

But this place just sucks.






And Johnny slides across the table, leaping past the kingpin and the little girl and crashing into millions of different pieces of glass, and he falls downward for what seems like forever. While he falls, he takes a puff of his cig and coughs loudly.


JOLLY JOHNNY

****ing asthma.






And he hits the cement hard, his neck snaps, and everything goes dark.


FADE TO BLACK.

[LeChuck]

FADE IN.

INT. DOCTOR’S LOUNGE
The lounge is just as thoroughly depressing as the laboratory. The only difference is that here, there is a snack machine that carries only health bars and chocolate candy. In the middle of the room are three light brown cylinder tables. A small T.V. broadcasting a football game is hanging from the ceiling. Hollow walks into the room followed by Mirko, who is badgering the other man consistently while carrying some papers in his hands. His beard is still uneven, though it looks a little better than it did before. Hollow, on the other hand, is starting to get a little angry, and hasn’t changed at all.


MIRKO

I just want to know what impact these stories have on the people I’m writing these for.






Hollow runs a hand down the back of his head, he is stressed out and trying to ignore the other man.


HOLLOW

How many times do we have to go over this? I mean, what does it even matter to you? You turn in the scripts and then you get paid.

MIRKO
Look, would it be too much if I maybe, tried it out on myself?






Hollow laughs loudly and looks at Mirko in a sarcastic manner.


HOLLOW

“Tried it out on yourself”?

MIRKO
Yeah, you know, like I write a fictional story about me and then you put it into whatever machine and I live through it.

HOLLOW
Are you serious?






Just as Hollow’s face was starting to warm up in a strange sense of curiosity, Heather walks into the room looking extremely grim, and the atmosphere goes straight back to depressing.


HEATHER

Tim—I mean Hollow, our boss is here.






Mirko looks at both of their pale faces confused. He had always assumed that Hollow was the one in charge here.


MIRKO

Your boss…?






There is a strange squeaking sound and everyone turns around to see a man dressed in a bright purple tux standing in the doorway, gigantic blue sunglasses engulfing his face. A deviant smile appears underneath these sunglasses, and next to him is a box wrapped up in a purple sheet. The box appears to be squeaking. The man walks into the room and looks around.


STRANGE MAN

What are you people all standing around mopey for? What do you think this is a prison?





They all stand where they are. Hollow opens his mouth for a response but is interrupted when the man in the suit grabs Mirko’s hand and gives it a firm death-grip shake.


STRANGE MAN (CONTINUED)

You must be the new writer. My name’s Phil, I’m your boss of bosses so to speak. The big honcho, or one of those honchos. I have a present for you. I think you’ll like it.






The man named Phil goes back to the doorway and grabs the mysterious-looking box. He puts it on one of the circular tables and then with one swift gesture of the hand he tears off the protective purple outer-covering and reveals it is not a box at all but a cage. Inside is a small, furry little animal.


MIRKO

It’s…a ferret.

PHIL
Exactly. I thought it would be a good present for you. Help you get your creative juices flowing. I mean, the little guy’s always been so nice to me, so I figured he’d be great with you as well.






Mirko looks into the cage, meeting eyes with the ferret as it ran around and nibbled at its cage. Behind him, Hollow scoffed. Phil looked over at him sharply.


PHIL (Continued)

What’s the matter, Timothy? Is someone jealous?






Hollow shakes his head angrily, his hands curled up into fists inside his pockets.


HOLLOW

No. I just want to know what it is you want with my writer.






Phil gets very close to Tim’s face, and he takes off his sunglasses so that Hollow can see his eyes.


PHIL

I am the chairman of this organization. I can check up on my employees whenever I want. I try to keep things organized. Maybe you should do the same.






Phil puts his sunglasses back on and smiles. He walks over to Heather, who has not said a word this whole time.


PHIL

You’re looking particularly precious today, Heather.

HEATHER
Well, I was having a good day.

PHIL
I wouldn’t want to see your bad ones, then.






He smiles to himself and walks out the door. Before he leaves he turns around and waves.


PHIL (CONTINUED)

Toodles!

HEATHER (Muttering)
Prick.






Hollow looks ashamedly at the ground, grabs his diet Dr. Pepper and heads for the door.


HOLLOW

I’ll…see you around Mirko. And I’d keep good track of that. You don’t want to know what happens when you get on his bad side.






He walks out into the hallway and Mirko continues to stare at the ferret, mesmerized. Heather walks over to Mirko, her face a mix of determination and shame.


HEATHER

Tim had a nickname for Phil too.






He looks back at her, still entranced.


MIRKO

What was it?

HEATHER
Malice.






She walks out of the room too, leaving Mirko alone once more. He grabs the cage, makes noises at the ferret with his lips, and then goes over to the vending machine to get a Snicker’s bar.


FADE TO BLACK.

[LeChuck]

Text: “2”

FADE IN.



INT. HOTEL SUITE – NIGHT
A young boy is lying in his satin bed, staring up at the ceiling. A voice is coming from out of nowhere, perhaps it is coming from the walls that are all around the child.


VOICE

You are a fool, Clerk. You think you can just ride the coat-tails of success, well you won’t with me. You are going to put some work into this life if it’s the last thing I do, you hear me you little bastard?






The young boy smiles, and puts the blanket over his head. Then he attempts to wrap himself in it, covering himself in sheets.


FADE TO BLACK.



INT. CASINO – CONTINUOUS
Clerk walks down the loosely built area of his casino in a drunken stupor. He waves at women as they past by him in their expensive, flashy dresses. One of Clerk’s beautiful assistants, Cindy, comes up to him.


CINDY

Clerk, they’re waiting for you at the table.

CLERK
Whose waiting for you?

CINDY
The bosses from the five other clans.

CLERK
There are five other clans?






Cindy ignores him and points back at the table. She hands him a bottle of wine, he pops the top off of it and gulps it down as fast as he can. He hands the bottle back to her and walks over to the table, which has a variety of interesting characters sitting at it. One is a pimped out Canadian; another, a heavy set man who looks quite menacing puffing his cigar. A Frenchman in a pink outfit sits next to somebody that looks like an Emo mixed with a reject from the 90s. Finally coming full circle a man in a business suit sits next to an empty chair with Clerk’s name on it. Clerk walks to the seat and almost trips and falls on his face trying to get there.


PIMPED OUT CANADIAN

Hell-****ing-lo Clerko. How the **** is things? Sit the **** next to me.





Clerk sits down next to the Canadian, and he smiles uncomfortably at the other gang leaders. He puts on a fake boast of confidence as if to make an impression.


CLERK

Thanks Matt, I appreciate it because you know, a man of my limitations am I right?






The rest of the mafia gives Clerk blank, unmasked stares. He turns around and looks for one of his attractive female helpers.


CLERK (CONTINUED)

Cindy, would you mind giving these people some beer? You know just a couple kegs, and then a bottle for everyone else.






They all laugh, the ominous mood lifted from the stratosphere, their smiles eclipsing their faces. Clerk keeps a straight face. He looks strangely at the big dude who is laughing loudly.


BIG GUY

You always were funny, Clerk. I like you.

CLERK
Thanks, Kingpin, I appreciate that.






Clerk turns to Cindy, who is still waiting on him.


CLERK (CONTINUED) (muttering)

Cancel that order.






As Cindy walks voluptuously away, Clerk looks over to the Goth-looking Mob boss, who begins to speak.


GOTH MOB BOSS

Ah, okay well I suppose we should get started. As you all know, I am Abaddon. On my left is Tukiluka, of the French mafia. Next to him is the Kingpin, the biggest crime mob boss here. On his left is the Master Chief, a meth drug lord who I’m sure you can all respect. Next to him is our generous host, Clerk. And on my right is the always versatile Timothy Dark. So does everyone know each other now?

TUKILUKA
Ze knew zechother all readie, you zit.


ABADDON
Alright, then, let’s get down to business then. Who wants to talk narcotics?






Clerk taps Timothy’s shoulder, looming over him.


CLERK

Why do we let this guy run these things again?

TIMOTHY
You don’t want to do it, do you?

CLERK
No…

TIMOTHY
Good. Neither do I.






The Clerky one thinks about this and shrugs. Cindy1 and Cindy2 come back with a bunch of beers. We zoom across the table past every one of the mafia bosses as time escapes us, and then we go back to Clerk, who is opening his beer and tasting it with every fiber in his being. He lets the taste burn down his throat, and lets the alcohol work wonders on his brain.



CLERK

Who wants to play Texas Hold Em?






Cindy1 hands Clerk a card deck and Clerk starts to shuffle it slowly. He receives cold stares from the other mafia bosses who do not appear to be amused by Clerk’s child games. He hands each of the mafia bosses their cards. Clerk appears confident and his game face obviously leaves something to be desired. The other mafia bosses stare down at their hands coldly.


CLERK (CONTINUED)

Whoa, looks like I have a terrible hand. You guys are gonna cream me. Go ahead and move, you big rascals.






He looks up and sees every mafia boss glaring at him. Timothy Dark smacks his cards on the table.


TIMOTHY DARK

Fold.

ABADDON
Goddamnit, Clerk. Fold.

TUKILUKA
Le fold.

KINGPIN
Fold.

MASTER CHIEF
****ing fold.

CLERK
Oh, I see your strategy guys. Playing hard to get eh? Well here’s the next hand.






Taking more than a sip of beer, Clerk begins to shuffle again. He starts to deal again, and then tries to look at the cards in his hand. His vision is completely blurred, and he can’t read the cards. He looks nervously at the other players.


CLERK (CONTINUED)

So…how ‘bout them Bucks?

KINGPIN
It’s football season, Clerk. Just move.

TUKILUKA
American futbol is for ze dogs.

CLERK
Yeah, exactly.






The Kingpin snorts angrily.


CLERK (CONTINUED)

Well you know, very masculine and humane dogs…even though they’re animals. Yeah.

TIMOTHY DARK
Just finish dealing already.






He gives the last two people their cards and then looks back nervously at his hand. He can still barely make out what it says when somebody speaks.


ABADDON

You know Clerk, I’ve been thinking. Maybe we should raise the stakes.






Clerk chugs down the rest of his bottle of beer and then pours himself some wine, which he then gulps down just as fast.


CLERK

How’s that? What do you want to bet?






He distractedly opens the wine bottle and chugs it down.



ABADDON

How about…






Abaddon reaches into his tuxedo and pulls out a gun and then points it across the table at Clerk.


ABADDON

...Your life?






Clerk laughs. He doesn’t believe it. The wine drips down his throat and Clerk stares up at the ceiling. Then he looks back across the table and realizes that all the other mafia bosses are gone. The person sitting across from him now is not Abaddon, but a strange figure of doom, someone Clerk had never seen before but recognizes immediately.


CLERK

You’re all one person?






The man fires the gun, and Clerk falls over in his chair.


FADE TO BLACK.

[LeChuck]

FADE IN.



INT. PET STORE – DAY
The young boy from before has a sombrero hat on, and he walks across the room looking at all the animals. His mother, a homely young woman with a pretty face, talks to the man behind the counter as she traces her hands across the registration desk. The boy walks up to his mother and pulls on her long white and black dress.


YOUNG BOY

Mom, mommy, can I get that one?






The mother looks down at her son questioningly.


MOTHER

Which one?

YOUNG BOY
The hamster!






The mom looks down at her son frustrated, but the man behind the check-out counter just smiles.


CHECK-OUT GUY

That’s our new ferret, young boy. His name’s Jack Cool. I named him myself. You can go ahead and touch him if you want to.

MOTHER
I wouldn’t know about that, boy. Clerk here isn’t very good around animals, you know he gets a little rough with them sometimes.

CHECK-OUT GUY
Then why’d you bring him to this pet store?

MOTHER
Clerk just has to realize that he has to play nice sometimes. He can be like a bull in a china shop, you know.






The mother and the clerk continue to talk. The boy walks over to the display where the ferret runs about in its cage. It is squeaking and it looks so cute that you can just reach out and touch it, which is exactly what the boy does. He starts petting its fur, and then he opens the cage. He grabs the ferret, pulling it towards him, and then he opens his mouth…


FADE TO BLACK.


FADE IN.





INT. CASINO - CONTINUOUS
Clerk awakes, a bullet-hole wound in his chest. He looks down at it sedately, and then sees that the Cindies are standing over him. He gets to his feet, slowly but surely.


CLERK

Cindy; go get me some whiskey for this wound.






One of the Cindies walks off to get what he asked for, and the rest of the Cindies help Clerk to his feet. The casino is completely abandoned, and the table that they were playing cards on has been completely destroyed. There is no trace of the mafia bosses that were just here other than the damage that they may have left. The girl comes back with the whiskey in their hands.


CINDY 1

What did you say that pissed them off so much?

CLERK
It doesn’t matter.






He takes the whiskey and chugs it down, then throws the bottle on the floor with the rest of the broken material.


CLERK

Did anyone get the number on MC’s license plate?

CINDY 2
Yes, sir. Here you go.






She walks very carefully over the glass in her stripper heels and hands him the piece of paper. He puts it in his breast pocket, and then rubs his eyes trying to get the sleep out of them.


CLERK

You know that gun I have?






The girls looked at each other wide-eyed.


CINDY 1

You mean the super powerful one you told us never to use under any circumstances?

CLERK
Yeah that one. I’m gonna need that now.






INT. BAR
Cindy2 hands Clerk a violin case with the word “EXTREME” engraved on its side. He opens the case up carefully and inside is a hand powered gun with blast action. Several golden bullets lined its casing. He grabs it out of the case, loads it with the gold bullets and drops some to the floor. Then he searches his breast pocket, finding the note again but nothing else. He searches his other pockets and then starts feeling himself up until Cindy1 finally hands him a dangling key.


CINDY 1

Here you go, sir.






He takes the key from her, and then hugs her and kisses her. She tries not to act disgusted. He winks at the other girl, who watches half-amused, half-disturbed.


CLERK

Thanks, Cindy. You’re a real life saver.






INT. PARKING GARAGE
Clerk walks past the rows and rows of boring looking convertibles over to his classic black 1967 GTO, unlocking it. He hops inside, throws the gun in the passenger seat, closes the door and buckles his seatbelt. He stares out the window-shield in silence. Then he puts the key in the ignition, turns it, slams his foot on the accelerator and puts the car in reverse. The radio starts to play.


DEEP VOICE

Over the limit, under arrest.






Clerk backs out and swerves around, steering the car violently with one hand. He puts the car into drive and skirts off across the pavement.

EXT. HIGHWAY – NIGHT
Neon lights float past the dark automobile as it weaves its way in and out of traffic. The black car swerves back and for on the high-way as rain begins to fall steadily from the sky. At no point does the car use its turn signal, and the other cars on the road begin to honk their horns. The GTO drives on into the purplish night sky.

INT. CAR
Clerk’s car is a mess. Both front seats are littered with the candy wrappers and random junk, the passenger seat in particular. Rain begins to pour down on his window-shield, so he turns his wipers on. We see the lights out of the street start to blur; we are in CLERK’S point of view. Behind the wheel he struggles to stay awake, sleep gaining on him. For a moment the car goes over on the grass but then swerves back onto the road, Clerk bolted back to consciousness for some unknown reason.


GEEKY VOICE

You’re listening to Fanboy radio! All Nine Inch Nails, all the time!






The road is still blurry, but in front of us is a car with the license plate 118 MEH. Clerk fishes into his breast pocket and the car makes a swerving sound, “Only” is playing on the radio. He takes out a sheet of paper, we look down at it and see it blurred, it is unreadable. Then it comes into focus, and matches that of the license plate. Shocked by this revelation, Clerk drives too close to the car next to him and there is a loud honking sound.

EXT. HIGHWAY – NIGHT
118-MEH speeds down the highway. Behind it, we zoom over to see Clerk zigzagging across the road and causing mass road rage. Other drivers roll their windows down and flip the bird.


ANGRY DRIVER

**** off douche bag!






INT. CAR
Clerk punches on the accelerator, coming up on the other car as fast as he can. He loses control, goes into another lane again and hits somebody’s bumper. The car in front of him swerves off the road and then sirens are heard. Clerk looks into his rear-view mirror and sees a POLICEMAN.


CLERK

**** the po-lice!






Clerk slams on the break.

EXT. HIGHWAY – NIGHT
The GTO abruptly stops in the middle of the high-way causing the police car to ram right into the back of it. Clerk’s car lurches forward at the impact of the crash, and then takes off into the night. The police car backs up and then rams into someone else. A huge car pile up ensues but we follow the GTO and hear only the sounds of the screeching and the screaming. In front of us, the 118-MEH car is speeding down the dark and moist road.

INT. CAR
Clerk’s prey is just in front of him, and he slowly accelerates.


CLERK

I have you now, Master Chief.






In the rear-view mirror a scooter appears, carrying on its edges what appears to be Samuel L. Jackson. Clerk looks over at the rider as he speeds up towards his side. Clerk grabs the gun out of the passenger seat, points it at the window and shoots. Glass shatters across the highway and Sammy L. falls over off his motorcycle, the scooter reducing his body to bits and pieces.

EXT. HIGHWAY
The 118-MEH car is rapidly approaching a fork in the road. It turns and goes left. Clerk’s car drives straight into the grass before turning and following the car in front of it. As they turn they approach a giant tunnel.

INT. CAR.
Clerk looks in his rear-view mirror. Only one other car is on the highway – a Toyota Celica.

EXT. HIGHWAY
The GTO swerves around in the middle of the highway, leaving the car in front of him to speed off. The Celica hits its brakes but cannot avoid t-boning him.

INT. CAR
The radio stops abruptly. The Celica rams into the back part of the GTO, missing Clerk but still sending shockwaves to his face. He has time, however to grab his gun and kill the fat guy driving the other car through his window and the man’s windshield. Just before his brains are reduced to dust we recognize the man as MOVIES205.

EXT. HIGHWAY
Clerk’s car is damaged, and it barely manages to screech away from the damage done on the other car. The GTO’s license plate is rammed, smoke puffers away behind it. It advances down towards the tunnel.

INT. TUNNEL
The 118-MEH car comes from out of nowhere, heading right towards the GTO. It blasts its horn. We zoom in on Clerk’s face full of surprise behind his car, right before he swerves out of the way.

There is a loud explosion as the car hits the side of the wall.

The GTO drives forward and then stops just outside the tunnel.

INT. CAR
Clerk laughs to himself giddily, and slams the wheel of the car hard in his excitement. Blood is sprinkled across his forehead, but he does not care. He takes a sip of whiskey beside him, and then grabs his gun.

INT. TUNNEL
Clerk limps over to the other car, the gun in his hand. Through his perspective we see a dark figure, unmoving inside the car in front of him.


CLERK

You’ve had this coming, you smug son of a *****!






He takes his gun and shoots through the glass. The door of the car swings open by itself and the body falls to the hard cement ground. There is something odd on the body’s head, a hat. We cannot make it out.

Clerk laughs in delight. His smile disappears, however, as he goes forward and starts to look at the body. His face grows cold, and then it turns to a look of horror.

There on the ground is the young boy: Clerk as a child in his darling sombrero. The child is smiling, and there is a bullet hole in his forehead.

The gun drops to the floor. Outside the sound of slow, steady raindrops are heard.

EXT. HIGHWAY
The GTO swerves back on the high-way, driving on as if to nowhere. We zoom into the passenger seat and see Clerk taking a sip of beer in desperation.


FADE TO BLACK.

[LeChuck]

FADE IN.


INT. FRONT DESK
Mirko walks into the building looking more somber than usual. Light rain-drops are on his jacket. There is something in his jacket pocket, and he keeps playing with it. He walks up to the receptionist desk where a savage looking man sits typing away. Mirko looks at this man strangely.


MIRKO

Where’s Cindy?






STRANGE MAN

She quit. I’m the new secretary. You can call me Morg, by the way.





The “secretary” points to his nametag, and raises one of his eyebrows. He is chewing gum.


MIRKO

But you’re a—






MORG


Guy? Grow up man, it’s the 21st century.


Beat.


MIRKO

Look I just want to talk to Hollow.






MORG

Well that’s gonna be hard to do, fancy pants. He’s tied up in a meeting right now.





Morg goes back to looking at his computer but Mirko places a hand on his keyboard so the man has to look up at him.


MIRKO

Where?





INT. CORNER OFFICE
Hollow is talking to a man in a leather jacket who looks a lot like Fonzie when Mirko comes barging in.


HOLLOW

Look, I just want you to understand how dangerous this is going to be. You have to understand these people are not…





Hollow looks up at Mirko and stops mid-sentence.


HOLLOW (CONTINUED)


What the hell are you doing here?



MIRKO

I want to talk to you about uh, the triad.





Hollow suppresses his fist. He holds up a finger to the Fonzie look-alike and walks over to Mirko, grabbing him by the shoulder and talking to him in the corner.


HOLLOW (Whispering)


How many times have I told you not to interrupt me in a meeting? The triad are ****ed up, Mirko, history. They almost ruined this place and the only reason I didn’t fire you for that **** is that ferret you still have. You should thank it every day for allowing you to keep your job.



MIRKO


That’s what I wanted to talk to you about. I’ve been more productive writing histories the past couple of months than ever, you know that. There’s no way you could handle the amount of people coming in if it weren’t for me.



HOLLOW

I suppose that’s true, but what does that have to do with anything?






MIRKO


The reason why I couldn’t write good enough histories for the triad was that I didn’t know them well enough. I don’t know any of these patients for that matter.



HOLLOW

So?






MIRKO

So, let me talk to one of them.





Hollow looks at Mirko like he’s crazy.


HOLLOW

You can’t be serious.






MIRKO

Just let me have like a five-minute conversation with one patient.





Mirko outstretches his hands like he’s trying to be sincere. Hollow shakes his head.


HOLLOW

I can’t believe I’m gonna do this.






MIRKO

How come you don’t like me? Philip likes me.






HOLLOW

Philip’s an *******, and you’re an ******* too. I’ll give you five minutes, that’s it.






MIRKO

Really? Thanks!





Hollow ignores Mirko’s response and starts walking out of the office, letting Mirko follow him.


HOLLOW

There’s a new guy that just came in today. His name is Jesse White; he’s just over in this cell here. And Hollow…






MIRKO

Yeah?






HOLLOW

Take good care of that ferret.





Mirko puts his hand in his pocket and leaves the Fonzie guy to stand in the office room.

INT. PRISON CELL
On the hard concrete floor sits a skinny man, his hands on his head. Mirko walks into his cell, and Hollow closes the door behind him. Mirko looks back pleadingly at Hollow, but Hollow leaves and walks back down the hallway.


MIRKO

Uh…hi.





The man on the ground doesn’t say anything. He just sits there motionless.


MIRKO

So, uh, you must be Jesse White then right? My name’s Mirko and uh, I’m a writer and I was just wondering—






JESSE

You’re a what?






MIRKO

I’m a writer.






JESSE

Why would they need a writer for a place like this?





There is a long period of silence and a strange kind of squeaking sound that Mirko pretends like he didn’t hear. Jesse stares at him sedately.


MIRKO

Look, Jesse, they’re gonna be placing you under some pretty hard…drugs and I just wanted to talk—





The squeaking sound happens again.


JESSE

What is that noise?






MIRKO

Well—that’s what I want to talk to you about.





Mirko reaches into his pocket and pulls out a tiny little ferret. Jesse backs away from it, a little frightened.


JESSE

What—why are you giving me this?






MIRKO

Well, I’m not.





Mirko scratches his head and shrugs.


MIRKO

Well, maybe I am. The thing is this ferret was given to me by the highest order that there is in this place. Now I want you to understand this: I don’t agree with any of the ethics or moral values of the stuff that goes on here. But I can deal with it because I get a hell of a salary.






JESSE

(Scoffing)
I’m sure that’s right.






MIRKO

I’m pretty sure that you’re not gonna like it here. In fact, this is probably going to be a living hell for you. I mean, working here is, so not getting paid has gotta be **** right?






JESSE

Right, well, I deserve to be here.






MIRKO

No you don’t. And that’s why I’m giving you this—uh, him.





He reaches out and gives the ferret to Jesse.


MIRKO (CONTINUED)

Now don’t let anything happen to him, okay? If he died, it could mean big trouble for both of us. I’d probably get fired, and you’d probably get beaten or worse. Hell, I don’t even know what they do for punishment around here.






JESSE

You’re not exactly making me feel optimistic. How do I know you’re even real?






MIRKO


Don’t; and you don’t. I want to give you something else as well.


Mirko reaches back into his rain-soaked Jacket and pulls out a list. He gives it to Jesse, who looks it over eyes glazed.


JESSE


What is this?



MIRKO

It’s a list of all the people that are patients here, including you. Don’t tell anyone you have it. Keep it safe. After today, you may not remember how this conversation went. But I need you to promise me that you’ll remember it, and that you’ll keep that ferret safe. Can you do that?






JESSE

Maybe.






MIRKO

Promise.






JESSE

Okay…okay, I will.





Mirko breathes a huge sigh of relief.


MIRKO

Good…now this is gonna sound weird, but is there anything in particular you hate?






JESSE

Yeah…washed-up hippie writers who give me non-answers and strange tales of doom.






MIRKO

I’ll remember that.





And Mirko closes the cell door behind him.

[LeChuck]

INT. HALLWAY
The writer walks back down the hall-way when he sees Heather walking towards Hollow’s office. He darts behind a wall and gets close to where they are so he can hear them talking.


HOLLOW

Son of a *****! I tell you, Dew, of all the writers, this is the worst one!






At the word “writers” Mirko’s face goes wide-eyed and he struggles to keep his breathing low.


HEATHER

Hollow, I know what you’re thinking and we can’t. If Phillip finds out, you’ll be fired or worse.

HOLLOW
I know that, believe me I know that. We can’t go the way of the triad on this one. Old Malice is playing a game with me again, a ****ing cat-and-mouse game. He’s taunting me Dew! You know what I just did? I just let that son of a ***** talk to one of my patients. Lord knows what funny ****ing ideas he’s putting in their heads.

HEATHER
Do you read the scripts?

HOLLOW
Of course I read the ****ing scripts, but how do we know he doesn’t change them when we’re not looking?

HEATHER
You’re being paranoid.

HOLLOW
Am I? I wouldn’t be surprised if this Walsh ******* is in on it with Malice. You know what he had in his pocket? Could you even believe what this **** had in his pocket?

HEATHER
What, Hollow?

HOLLOW
The ferret, Dew. He had the ferret that Phil had given him in his damn pocket! And you know what? I think he wanted me to see it. Just to show how much he and Phil are really getting along. If I could just put him with the Triad dew, if I could just, but I can’t!






Heather goes silent. Mirko is breathing heavily, and he tries to stop himself.


HEATHER

That’s actually what I wanted to talk to you about.

HOLLOW
What?

HEATHER
The triad. They’re getting worse.

HOLLOW
How?

HEATHER
I think they’re starting to realize that everything is a sham, that their past histories are real and that they can change them while they’re in them.

HOLLOW
Wait a minute, wait a minute. I thought those changes…I thought those were just mistakes, lapses in our judgment. How could they know?

HEATHER
I think they’ve had help from the inside.

HOLLOW
You mean from one of us? That Mirko *******!

HEATHER
No, Hollow, I mean from one of the patients.

HOLLOW
Which one?

HEATHER
You know which one.

HOLLOW
Don’t give me that bull****, Dew. That’s a bad rumor and you know it. We got enough surveillance on him, anyway.

HEATHER
Do you?






There is a long silence. Mirko twists his neck to hear if they’re saying anything. He kicks a rock on the floor and curses to himself.


HOLLOW

Did you hear that?






Mirko runs into a bathroom stall and hides there. Heather and Hollow emerge from his office and look around.


HOLLOW (CONTINUED)

Doesn’t look like anybody’s here. ****ing old building. I’ll see you around, Dew. I better be heading home about now anyway.

HEATHER
I’ll see you later, Hollow.






Hollow and Dew head off in different directions—“Dew” towards the front office, Hollow to where Mirko had just came from. After they leave, Mirko emerges from the bathroom, sweat dripping from his brow, and runs down the hallway.


FADE TO BLACK.

[LeChuck]

TEXT: “1”

FADE IN.

EXT. OUTDOOR COFFEE HOUSE
A man sits in an overpriced suit, alone and looking angry. As our perspective changes we see it is MOVIES205. He is drinking coffee from a small tiny tea cup, and his hair is gelled back. He looks over at the waitress, who is fashionably dressed in all blue, looking like a waitress from the 50s. Her dark hair accents the cold glare in her face, the “I’m not depressed” look of someone who obviously is depressed and tired of working at their job. As she walks past him, he calls her over.


MOVIES205


Excuse me, carhop.


The woman turns around and looks at Movies.


WAITRESS


What?



MOVIES205


This vocation of which you are currently employed, this java shop that pretentiously calls itself a coffee “house” has just given me the most abhorrent demitasse I have ever had in my life. It is a perturbation that I have even purchased this offal of yours. I would request my filthy lucre to come back into my possession, please.


The waitress stares at him.


WAITRESS

What?






MOVIES205

I want my money back, you harlot!





She looks at him offended, about to come up with a rebottle but she subdues herself.


WAITRESS

If you would like to speak to the manager I can bring him here, thank you very much.






MOVIES205


No, no, I do not wish to speak to your zookeeper my lady. I’ll tell you what: you muster those two surly gentlemen over there out from their daily inane adventures of being distraught super numerals of our society and bring them over to me. For this I will excuse the infringement that has befallen my day. Okay?


The waitress quickly turns around and looks at the other patrons. Movies205 distractedly plays with his fork on the side of his coffee cup. Snow is beginning to fall on the ground, and wind-chimes begin to wring brightly in the background.


THE WAITRESS

…Which two gentlemen?






MOVIES205


The ginger with his cord undone; and the rugged swarthy man over at the table with what appears to be his clientele.


She looks pale, and looks over at the people he is pointing out to her.


WAITRESS

Why those two men?






MOVIES205


I’d like to powwow with them babe, is that botheration?



WAITRESS

No…I’ll go get them now.





She walks forward and Movies calls out to her.


MOVIES205


Don’t let this operation destroy your livelihood, now ma’am.


He smiles at her and she walks off unsure of herself. He takes one last sip of coffee, grimaces and looks out into the snow at what seems like nothing but may be everything.


MOVIES205 (CONTINUED)

You’ve lead me this far, now let me take this one last step.





The waitress talks to the two men. The red-head follows her awkwardly, staring at her ass. The darkly built man is more reluctant, argues with her and looks over strangely at Movies205. As we observe these men carefully, we can tell that they are JOLLY JOHNNY and CLERK. They follow the waitress over to Movies’ table, Clerk looking rather angry.


CLERK

What do you want, crazy guy, I’m sort of busy?






JOLLY JOHNNY

Yeah, if it wasn’t for the fact that I’m always horny I would be kind of angry, ********. Don’t you think this is weird, having us walk over to your table like this?






MOVIES205


Tis it is, but alas it is quite necessary. Would you take a seat? Oh, and by the by, your barn-door seems to have latched itself open if I am not mistaken.


Johnny looks down at his pants and quickly zips up his fly, embarrassed. Clerk remains standing, on the edge.


CLERK

You think I’m just going to take your crap? What do you want with us? Is this about…my friends?






MOVIES205


Wow, Andrew, you are belligerent when you are sober, are you not? You should know, though, there are worse things in this godforsaken world than the mafia, so if you value your life you should sit down.



CLERK

Is that a threat?






MOVIES205


No, it is an appraisal. It’s not me you have to worry about. Now ensconce yourself at once and stop *****ing.


Clerk sits down and looks at Movies205 strangely.


MOVIES205 (CONTINEUD)


Now, attend to me. Nobody on the outside knows this conversation is taking place. You have come to this coffee house from what you think has been your own accord, but it has not. You are in a dream right now, and thus it is easier to control your actions.



JOLLY JOHNNY

A dream? What the ****--?






MOVIES205


Hush. Clear your mind. When you are out of this dream, you will remember it as if it actually happened. Like it’s a memory…but it’s not. It’s an implant--one, ironically, that you may have written yourself, but not necessarily.



CLERK

Christ, listening to you talk makes me want to be drunk.






MOVIES205


Good, succumb to your covetousness. This will give them the illusion that your drift into absurdity has not been compromised. Whatever you do next, it is most important that you do this.


Movies205 takes another sip of his coffee, coughs and throws the rest of it onto the floor beside him. Johnny and Clerk look at each other confused, and find no answers in each other’s eyes.


JOLLY JOHNNY

So, wait…you want us to what: get wasted, high, ****ed?






MOVIES205


Oh no, sensual pleasures are only the beginning of the equation. I need you to commit seppuku of the highest order.


Silence eclipses the chill hair.


JOLLY JOHNNY


You want us to kill ourselves?



CLERK

**** this.





He shoves his chair back with his hands, nearly making Johnny fall out of his seat. Movies raises up only one hand.


MOVIES205


Stop it, Clerk. You’re causing a commotion. They’ll find us quicker that way.



CLERK

Who will find us?






MOVIES205


You might not understand it now, but in your conscious you already know everything I’m telling you is true. Now here is the most important part of your mission, one that I can already tell you two will like. Somewhere along your journeys you two will run into me again. When that happens, I need you to lodge a bullet into my skull.


At this, a huge smile eclipses the face of Jolly Johnny.


CLERK

You’re mad.






MOVIES205


Am I? So be it. It has to be a flintlock, nothing else will work. So don’t try to get creative, Johnny. Now if you’ll excuse me, I see no reason for me to stay. When you awake, I’ll try and find you. We are in grave danger, from ourselves, from them, and from other people like us. Good day, lads.


Movies205 gets out of his chair, puts his gray stream-lined trench-coat on, and then his gray cap, which is puts down in greeting and then takes off into the cold night. Johnny and Clerk get out of their chairs, and stare at him as he walks off into what looks like nowhere.


JOLLY JOHNNY

Now that’s one cool dude.






CLERK

Yeah…in another life, maybe.





They look on, and he disappears in the snow. Then they walk apart and go their separate ways.

[LeChuck]

EXT. FARM HOUSE
His face half-covered, Movies205 looks down at the footprints and sees they lead to the front door. He knocks on it nervously, and inside he hears dogs barking loudly. The door swings open, and TIMOTHY DARK, a weasel-like business man stood in front of him.


TIMOTHY DARK

Can I help you?

MOVIES205
You can indeed. May I gait my way under cover?






Beat.


TIMOTHY DARK

Are you a solicitor?

MOVIES205
I am no beagle, sir. I am simply a yard bird.

TIMOTHY DARK
Well I don’t like any strangers in my house, especially not any ****ing intellectuals that just escaped from prison. What’s your name?






Movies205 thinks about this for a second, and then answers.


MOVIES205

My name is Clerk, sir.






Timothy Dark looks at him strangely.



TIMOTHY DARK

Is that supposed to be some sort of joke? Cause it isn’t funny.

MOVIES205
Oh, so you know him too.






The man draws a gun from his coat in a flash and points it at Movies’ face. M205 puts his hands in the air, not because he is frightened but as a sort of precautionary measure.


TIMOTHY DARK

Who sent you?

MOVIES205
If I told you that the results wouldn’t be pretty.

TIMOTHY DARK
…Why? Would you have to kill me?

MOVIES205
First of all, you don’t really exist except for in this realm if my hypothesis is correct, and thirdly, I mean you no harm.






Tim slowly lowers his gun.


TIMOTHY DARK

What do you mean?

MOVIES205
Well, I feel a great sense of vengeance towards you, something I can’t really explain. But I want to give you the benefit of the doubt. Hand me the gun.

TIMOTHY DARK
Oh, go **** yourself.






Timothy slams the door on Movies’ face. He looks down at the snow covered welcome rug, and breathes out smog.


MOVIES205

Why here? What am I supposed to do? Wait a minute…






Movies205 knocks on the door again. Timothy Dark opens the door, sees Movies there, curses under his breath and then goes to shut the door again. Before he can, Movies shoves the door open and pounces on Timothy.


TIMOTHY DARK

What the fu—






Movies205 begins chocking Timothy on the floor. Tim looks up at him, tears in his eyes. His attacker grabs his gun and points it at the other man.


MOVIES205

I can’t bring myself to kill you; you see the secret is I’m not that kind of person.

TIMOTHY DARK
What the hell are you doing?

MOVIES205
Test driving.






And Movies205 shoves the barrel into his own mouth and pulls the trigger. His brains splatter across the floor. For a second, Timothy Dark sits there with blood on his shirt.


FADE TO BLACK.

[LeChuck]

FADE IN.



EXT. CHURCH
Mirko walks out of church as old people and young men file past him. He gets his keys out of his pocket and opens his car door. As the bells ring, a woman walks into the back of Mirko’s car.

INT CAR
Black hair slides down the woman’s face as she sits down on top of Mirko’s brown leather interior. Mirko looks at her in the rear-view mirror and sees that she has a file in her hands. She hands it to him, and he doesn’t bother to look back at her, or to take the envelope.


MYSTERIOUS WOMAN

I didn’t think someone like you would go to church, John. Aren’t you a skeptic?






Mirko looks back at her and she raises an eyebrow questioningly. He looks back out his car at the autumn leaves on his hood.


MIRKO

I’ve been coming to Church for 4 years, ever since my girlfriend died. Do better research next time.






The woman looks ashamedly down at the floor.


MYSTERIOUS WOMAN

I’m not who you think I am—

MIRKO
Yes you are. You work for the Hype, don’t you? I can usually tell right away.

MYSTERIOUS WOMAN
Correction: I worked for the hype. They fired me.






Mirko looks back for the first time with interest.


MIRKO

Fired you…? You were—

MYSTERIOUS WOMAN
--A writer, like yourself. Hollow’s nickname for me was Daisy.






Mirko stares at his hands in sudden understanding.


DAISY (CONTINUED)

I want you to have this file. It might shed some light on a few subjects. I particularly like the part about Mr. Thing.

MIRKO
Mr. Thing? Who--?






She hands him the folder, and steps out of the car. She puts her head back in the door.


DAISY

…And that precious triad of Hollow’s? They were writers once too.






Daisy closes the door and walks away into the chill autumn air. Mirko starts the car.


MIRKO

I know.






INT. LABORATORY
The calendar now has a photo of fall leaves and reads “NOVEMBER 2002”. Hollow sits at one of the tables in the empty room, silently reading Mirko’s scripts, when Mirko himself bursts through the door and slams a folder in front of his face.


MIRKO

Explain this.






Hollow jumps almost 5 feet in the air and spills Mirko’s scripts to the floor.


HOLLOW

How did you get in here?

MIRKO
Who is Mr. Thing?






Now he looks down at Mirko’s folder, and then up at the man whose beard now almost completely covers his face.


HOLLOW

Who gave you this? Did Morg let you in here?

MIRKO
Daisy gave it to me, your old writer. And no, Morg doesn’t know, I came in through the window.






Hollow turns pale.


HOLLOW

Alright, so I lied to you…Daisy was our first writer. But she was inexperienced, a hardhead. She didn’t write as good of scripts as you do. Don’t listen to whatever she said, she’s just bitter.

MIRKO
What about the Triad? Did she write as good as scripts as them?






Mirko stares coldly at Hollow. Hollow stops being nervous, and starts getting angry.


HOLLOW

What do you think you’re going to do, Mirko? Are you going to tell Phil on me? He knows about most of this stuff already.

MIRKO
…Most of it? Who is Mr. Thing?

HOLLOW
**** off you bastard. You think I operate things here the way that I do to be cruel? These are bad people here. I rehabilitate them, give them new personalities. Good ones. If I didn’t do this, things would just be chaos.

MIRKO
You still didn’t answer my question.

HOLLOW
And why should I? You’re just like all the others. You think you’re somehow important. Do you know why I hired you? Because you were the ****tiest piece of pulp writer trash I could find.






Mirko curls his hand into a fist. Hollow grins a wide deceptive smile.


MIRKO

Shut up. That’s not true.

HOLLOW
I just got done reading some of your ****ty dialogue. You know what I want to do? Puke all over the floor.






Mirko is about to respond, when a loud metallic noise reverberates off the walls. Hollow gets on his hands and knees, and Mirko looks around.


MIRKO

What was that noise?

HOLLOW
…what noise?

MIRKO
Stop playing games with me. I know you heard it.






The sound happens again, only this time it’s louder. Mirko covers his ears, and Hollow starts to cry.


HOLLOW

My name isn’t Timothy! It’s Hollow damnit…

MIRKO
What are you talking about—






The sound again—it’s closer this time, like it’s coming from outside in the hallway.


HOLLOW

I just want to make the world a better place. Everything has to have a name.






Mirko walks away from Hollow, and walks out into the hallway.

INT. HALLWAY
In the middle of the hallway stands a young blonde-haired woman in a purple dress. She looks at Mirko through clear blue eyes. Mirko looks at her and walks forward, scared.


MIRKO

Julia…?






She pouts. Her hair accents her face perfectly.


JULIA

Why did you let me die, Mirko?

MIRKO
I…I didn’t. The doctor said that you only had days to live. I didn’t want you to suffer. I had to pull the plug.

JULIA
You killed me.






Mirko shakes his head, and his whole body starts to tremble.


MIRKO

I didn’t…I didn’t!






He lunges at her, but she disappears. He lurches down, a stub in the hallway. He starts to cry. Behind him, Hollow walks out of the laboratory. Mirko looks up, seeing Hollow is there. Tears are in his eyes.


MIRKO (CONTINUED)

Okay.

HOLLOW
Okay what?

MIRKO
I’ll write your scripts. Just as much as I always do. But I’m sending them in by mail. I don’t ever want to come to this place again.






Hollow watches him bolt down the hallway. He looks down at the ground, and sees the file Daisy had given Mirko left lying on the floor.


HOLLOW

****…






The file lies open. A few documents are there, and a single photo of a small teddy bear.


FADE TO BLACK.

[LeChuck]

TEXT: “FIVE YEARS LATER”

FADE IN.

INT. HOLLOW’S OFFICE
Heather sits at a chair staring at a singular gold-fish swimming around in a fishbowl. Hollow walks in, a cup of Slusho in his hands.


HEATHER

So how are you?






She looks over at him, and he puts the Slusho on his desk. He sits in his office chair and sighs.


HOLLOW

What is that supposed to be funny? In the past month we’ve let more psychos out of this place than ever before. We even got in the news because of that ****ing Sentinel guy. I just don’t see how this day can get any worse.






Hollow’s phone rings. Heather smiles at him, and he picks up the phone perturbed.


HOLLOW (CONTINUED)

Hello?






At the sound of the voice on the other end, Hollow’s face goes pale. Heather watches him frightened.


HOLLOW (CONT.)

What the **** do you mean one of them found you? No I’m not going to take you back. No, you’re not listening to me. No more are gonna come, Jesse’s the only guy that’s been released. Yes I know about Sentinel. Look, Mirko…






Heather looks at him, shocked.


HOLLOW (CONT.)

Yeah okay. Look, I think the best thing you can do is stay where you are. Can you do that for me? Uh-huh. Okay. I might see you in a couple of days. Goodbye.






Hollow slams the phone down, and puts his hands over his head.


HOLLOW (CONT.)

****…Jesse showed up at his apartment.

HEATHER
What? How could he remember?

HOLLOW
I don’t know. I so don’t want to deal with either of those ****s right now. When is Malice giving his speech to the press?

HEATHER
Tomorrow morning.

HOLLOW
Alright, good.






Hollow gets up out of his chair, Heather goes to follow him.


HEATHER

Where are you going? Don’t you want to get ready for the press meeting tomorrow?

HOLLOW
It’s always just bull****, Dew. You know that. I’m going for a walk.






Hollow grabs his Slusho and leaves the office. Heather watches him leave, worried.

INT. HALLWAY
Hollow walks out of his office and down the hallway. He finishes drinking his Slusho and then throws it in the garbage can. He shakes his head.


HOLLOW

What a long ****ing day.






He turns around the corner, and a golden haired warrior knocks him unconscious with the butt of her shotgun. She carries his body across the floor and starts tying his hands up with duct tape. On the ground, a small ferret watches intrigued.


FADE TO BLACK.




HYPE: THE SERIES

[SapphirePrima]

Great! I'll have my review up sometime tomorrow! :)

[LeChuck]

Great! I'll have my review up sometime tomorrow! :)
Heh, sweet. I apologize to anyone who goes blind trying to read this, btw. :csad:

[SapphirePrima]

ahahah the ferret. Nice expostion on the triad.

[LeChuck]

I hate to say this, but more than likely the next episode will be the last one EVA.
It's been a long time, and we are catching up to the bittersweet ending. Plus, it's the episode we've all wanted to write since this thing has started anyway.

[Abaddon]

haha, I finally show up and some gothy mob don. Almost as if this takes place in 04.

[LeChuck]

haha, I finally show up and some gothy mob don. Almost as if this takes place in 04.
Actually, you first showed up a WHILE ago, but whatever, you came back in this ep. And yeah the story is very oldschool hype which is why its gonna end soon. :o

[JOLLY JOHNNY]

I'm bumping this, the rough draft for the finale has been completed.

[SapphirePrima]

I'm bumping this, the rough draft for the finale has been completed.

I'm excited and sad at the same time. :(


What this been 3 years in the making?

[Master Chief]

Yea. It would have been like, finished like a normal miniseries with an "episode" every 2 weeks if I were listened to before it all really got started, coz I was like, "Hay let's write a show and like, release a script every 2 weeks. But let's have them all finished first." And the last part flew away. :(

[JOLLY JOHNNY]

Yea. It would have been like, finished like a normal miniseries with an "episode" every 2 weeks if I were listened to before it all really got started, coz I was like, "Hay let's write a show and like, release a script every 2 weeks. But let's have them all finished first." And the last part flew away. :(
At least it's over now. :o Or on it's way anyways. Are you editing? I don't remember who's editing anymore.

[Master Chief]

IT iS TheEnNd

this story's old but it GoesS ON ANd ON until wWE disApper :(

[Master Chief]

EXT. SUBURBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD - NIGHT
A tie-dyed van is parked outside a quaint suburban neighborhood at night. There is something sprayed on the side but we can’t make it out in the light. A man in a trench coat walks up to the van and knocks on the door. The door opens and the man in the trench coat walks inside and sits down, then shuts the door.

INT. VAN
The man in the trench coat smiles at the man who has let him into his car, a long-haired hippie type of about 35 years of age. He smiles at the trench coat through food-filled teeth; he is trying to consume his veggie burger.

LONGHAIRED HIPPIE
Hey, man, you look like you’ve had a rough day. Need a lift or something?

TRENCH-COAT MAN
I guess you could say my day’s been…interesting. Anyway I had nowhere to go and I needed somebody to give me a ride there, so thank you.

The hippie laughs.

LONGHAIRED HIPPIE
That’s heavy man, that’s heavy. So what’s your name, bro?

TRENCH-COAT MAN
Oh, I apologize, my name’s Jesse. Say, is this your business?

The man laughs and shakes his head, one hand on the steering wheel and one hand on his veggie burger.

LONGHAIRED HIPPIE
Yeah man, well you know, no. I mean, my brother and me, hi I’m Stephen and my brother you know he’s Clint, we came up with the idea and it works pretty good.

JESSE
How much do you get paid an hour?

LONGHAIRED HIPPIE
Ah man, we don’t get paid by the hour, our jobs, like the places that we clean man, pay us. Yeah, 500 a job.

JESSE
Dollars? That’s good money.

LONGHAIRED HIPPIE
Yeah, I mean I guess it pays pretty well. So what’s your story man? What’s with the trench coat and stuff?

Jesse shakes his head and looks out the window down a couple houses past. He seems to be staring at a house far off in the distance in particular, a run-down ****-hole apartment complex.

JESSE
Tell me, something, Stephen. Hypothetically speaking, if someone told you one day that who you are, who you thought you were your whole life was a lie, would you believe them? I mean, what would you do after that?

LONG-HAIRED HIPPIE
What’s the matter man, having problems with the IRS? Ha, man, I got you. But that’s a heavy question man, heavy.

He starts chewing down on his burger, contemplating it. Jesse looks over at him.

JESSE
So, what would you do?

LONG-HAIRED HIPPIE
Well, since I don’t know if he’s telling the truth, I guess I’d just go back to being the way I was before, only I wouldn’t really remember how I was before, so I’d be more me you know? Ignorance is bliss, man.

Jesse shakes his head and exhales heavily.

JESSE
I guess you’re right. That’s what I would do, too.

Jesse punches the hippie in the face and knocks him out cold. He starts searching through the guys pockets.

JESSE (CONTINUED)
Come on, keys, keys, keys…

He finds the keys in the man's pocket and puts them in the ignition. He opens the man’s door and throws him out onto the sidewalk in the cold night air. Then he shuts the man’s door and hops into the driver’s seat. He looks at the veggie burger disgusted.

JESSE (CONT.)
****ing liberals.

He rolls the window down and throws the veggie burger onto the knocked out hippie next to the van. Then he starts the van, puts his sunglasses on, and starts driving.

FADE TO BLACK.
FADE IN.
EPISODE 23: “Protecting Those in Need”

EXT. BLUE BUILDING - DAY
SPORK wakes up outside a tall building looking handsome as ever. He looks up at the tower that he fell from and cannot believe that he isn’t dead. High above in the sky a plane flies across the horizon and Spork watches it complacently. He gets up and sees that he is lying on the grass. In the horizon is a long turning sidewalk. A group of guards in white are approaching Spork, and he dusts himself off, waving to them.

SPORK
What’s up, crackers?

The guards do not seem to be amused and they pull out their tasers.

INT. AUDITORIUM
A large group of reporters and press sit in the aisles looking up at the stage, the same stage where Robin and Ball Buster had their first encounter with the trolls. PHILLIP approaches the podium, looking gaudier than ever, and he removes his rotund sunglasses and smiles out at the crowd.

PHILLIP
The mind is a beautiful place…

EXT. BLUE BUILDING
The two guards manhandle Spork and shove him to the ground. The chubby one picks him up, shoving his stick into his back. The other guard grabs his arm and they take him past the parking lot down the road that leads to a large abandoned parking lot save for a few staff cars and lots of vehicles for the press.

SPORK
My dimples man…you’re gonna **** up my whole complexion here.

FAT GUARD
Shut up and just walk…Jesus, I’m glad this guy didn’t get out. Which one is he?

OTHER GUARD
I don’t know, he looks kind of metro sexual. Must not be one of the dangerous ones. Be careful anyway.

SPORK
Yeah you best be careful, I’ll bust my nine in this *****. Hey I’m pretty sure I just died, so is this heaven or hell?

They approach a long sliding door under a signpost that says “HYPE”. The fat guard laughs.

FAT GUARD
Which do you think, dumbass?

INT. AUDITORIUM
Phil takes a drink from his cup of water and continues. The crowd is buying it.

PHIL
Here at this facility, a franchise if you will for Hype Enterprises, we are fascinated by the things one can do with the mind. By the places it can take us…places like the imagination, but most importantly for us, Redemption. And when one is dealing with something as weighty and much discussed as that, best to tread lightly is it not?

INT. MAIN HALL
The guards take Spork up to the front hall. The secretary, Morg, gets out of his seat. Everyone, even the janitors, stare at them. Spork beams, the center of attention.

MORG
What the **** is he doing here?

FAT GUARD
He got out somehow…do you think I know? What do I look like, a dictionary?

MORG
Get him the **** out of here…look at him, he’s going to slit my throat or something.

SPORK
Hey how does statutory rape sound?

Morg sits back down at his desk, scared. Footsteps approach the corner and other doctors show up, including Heather.

INT. AUDITORIUM
Phil walks away from the auditorium, addressing the whole crowd.

PHIL
The mind does not stop, it does not surrender. And we will not surrender until our job is done. That is why, of all our various endeavors, I am proudest of this building. The doctors here have created a beautiful society in which for their patients to live. Sadly Timothy, the head of operations here was not able to make it today, but I’m sure I’ll be able to answer any questions you have.

INT. MAIN HALL
The doctors look at Spork. Besides Heather, there is a short nerdy looking guy and another creepy looking doctor with a nine ‘o clock shadow.

NERDY GUY
Hey I know this one. This is that guy with the girlfriend…Prima or something, right?

HEATHER
It’s Patrick.

SPORK
Patrick? I’m sorry my name is Spork, Last of the Meatbags. So, I’m afraid you’ve got the wrong guy; so I’m just gonna go…bye bye!

Spork turns around to leave but the two guards try to stop him. He punches one of them in the face and the other one in the stomach. They fall down and he does a roll on the floor, but the creepy doctor and Heather pounce on him. The creepy doctor grabs one of the tasers and uses it on Spork. It only distracts him for a little bit, enough for them to hold him down.

HEATHER
I’m afraid you can’t leave Spork...

She gets up and looks around.

HEATHER (CONTINUED)
****, this is terrible…How did he get out?

CREEPY DOCTOR
Let me deal with him.

HEATHER
Not with your track record, Excelsior. I’m gonna give him to Matt.

Heather points to the nerdy doctor, who is near trembling on the ground next to the other guards.

CREEPY DOCTOR
And let him get slaughtered? You know that can’t happen, Heather. Matt doesn’t have enough experience.

HEATHER
What about Susan, and Don and Richard…

CREEPY DOCTOR
…They quit, remember? The benefits haven’t exactly been great, have they?

HEATHER
(Sighing)
Fine, you can take him. But pull anything stupid and it won’t just be me you’ll have to worry about, okay Excelsior?

The doctor smiles and he drags Spork up off his knees.

SPORK
Oh, you have such strong, manly hands.

CREEPY DOCTOR
Yeah, just keep making jokes. You and I are going to have a lot of fun together.

SPORK
Oh, like I haven’t heard THAT one before.

Heather leads Spork and Excelsior to an elevator, and they walk into it.

INT. AUDITORIUM
One of the members of the press has raised their hand. Phil picks him, and the guy stands up.

REPORTER
Is it true that you’ve implanted fake memories into some of your patients?

There is dead silence. Phil suppresses a frown and grins slightly.

PHIL
Who do you work for? The National Enquirer?

There is small laughter scattered throughout the audience.

REPORTER
Is it also true that you at one point hired writers, and that you have put former employees into the program here?

PHIL
I’m sorry, what is your name?

REPORTER
My name is Christopher Kringley, sir.

PHIL
Chris, either go back to watching the sci-fi channel or stop spreading slander, thanks.

The man sits down and there is murmuring throughout the audience. All of a sudden, several hands raise, and Phil backs away from the podium.

PHIL (CONTINUED)
I’m sorry, but I can answer no more questions at this time. Please come back again, and have some of our free toffee.

Phil walks behind the auditorium into the work area behind the curtain. Another doctor is there with a pad and paper in his hands. He clings to Phil like a lost puppy dog.

PUPPY DOG
Are you sure about bringing journalists to this area of the building? We used to put the people with cognitive disabilities over here, you know.

PHIL
It doesn’t even matter anymore, D.L. The whole meeting just went to **** because the head of operations is nowhere to be found.

PUPPY DOG
I’m afraid I don’t have any better news. Nobody’s been in contact with Timothy since last night, and one of the patients almost got out of the building.

PHIL
What? When?

PUPPY DOG
Just now, sir. It’s been contained.

PHIL
By whom?

PUPPY DOG
Uh…Excelsior, sir.

PHIL
Steven? That twisted ****? And with all the press here?

Phil takes off his sunglasses and runs the palm of his hand across his face.

PHIL
If you’ll excuse me, D.L., I’m going to go throw up in the bathroom. And when you do find Timothy, you can tell him from me that he’s on his way to getting fired.

[Master Chief]

INT. PIPEWAYS
BALL BUSTER, WEBMISTRESS and ROBIN walk down the pipe-ways together, the Golden Warrior leading the way. In front of them, Hollow has been tied up in a chair, passed out and with a paper bag over his head.
BALL BUSTER

Wow… you really weren’t kidding when you said you had a doctor, huh?

WEBMISTRESS
No I wasn’t. His nametag says Hollow Wood Director, whatever that means. He’s been passed out like this for a while now, and it doesn’t look like he’s going to wake up anytime soon…Which gives us just enough time to get ready.

Ball Buster looks confused, so he looks down at Robin. Robin apparently has no answers, so Ball Buster gives up.

BALL BUSTER
Get ready for what?

WEBMISTRESS
I’m leaving this place. You and your little friend here can come with me if you want.

BALL BUSTER
But how in the **** are we going to do that?

Webmistress points one finger at Hollow.

WEBMISTRESS
We have him…leverage. I’m guessing he’s important somehow, so that’s a start isn’t it?

BALL BUSTER
Wait…whoa, whoa, backtrack. How did you get this guy in the first place?

WEBMISTRESS
I walked to the other side of the hype.

Ball Buster looks at her dumbfounded.

BALL BUSTER
You…walked…there? What about the trolls?

WEBMISTRESS
Trolls? What trolls? I barely saw any people there, except for a few doctors and this guy, so I nagged him.

BALL BUSTER
But what about the creatures that walked on the ceiling?

WEBMISTRESS
What, you mean like a spider or something?

BALL BUSTER
No I mean trolls.

WEBMISTRESS
What, are you challenged or something?

ROBIN
Oh, I think he is!

Ball Buster puts his hand on Robin’s head and shoves him backward.

BALL BUSTER
Look, that’s not what I wanted to talk to you about anyway.

WEBMISTRESS
And what is it you wanted to talk about Michael?

BALL BUSTER
Uh…Pira saw you talking with…a guy.

WEBMISTRESS
What guy?

BALL BUSTER
Um…Ego.

Webmistress sighs, picks up her shotgun and turns around so her back is to Ball Buster.

WEBMISTRESS
She doesn’t know what she saw.

BALL BUSTER
But she told me she heard…

WEBMISTRESS
She doesn’t know what she heard, either.

BALL BUSTER
But…have you been talking to Ego?

WEBMISTRESS
That’s beside the point, Michael. But I’ll tell you this—yes; I have been talking to him, ever since he died. I even talked with him in front of you once.

Webmistress turns around to face Ball Buster and he looks at her slack-jawed.

BALL BUSTER
…You did?

WEBMISTRESS
Remember, just before Victor shoved that knife into you and you became “crippled”? I was talking to him, right in front of you, and you said something about me talking to myself if I remember correctly.

Ball Buster tries to think of something to say but cannot.

WEBMISTRESS (CONTINUED)
There’s something about this place…it impairs your judgment, messes with your mind. That’s why we have to get out of here. Think about it.

Webmistress walks away, and Ball Buster looks back down at Robin.

BALL BUSTER
Now see why don’t you ever try to defend me.

ROBIN
Cause I’m a kid, silly. Plus, Webby is right.

BALL BUSTER
Oh god; don’t say her name like that. Plus, she doesn’t even like kids.

ROBIN
So? Neither do you.

BALL BUSTER
Well I didn’t.

Robin looks up at him and beams. Ball Buster tries to cover up his emotions, like it’s not effecting him at all, but it’s obvious. He takes Robin’s hand.

BALL BUSTER (CONTINUED)
Come on; let’s go talk to Chain Reaction. Maybe we’ll make it out of this crazy place after all.

As the two of them walk out of the room, Hollow starts to move.

INT. HALLWAY
JOLLY JOHNNY is drawing pictures of stick figures on a pad of paper when CLERK walks by him, sipping down some Merlot. Clerk looks over at Johnny.

CLERK
Your fly’s unzipped again.

Johnny looks down angrily.

JOLLY JOHNNY
Oh! ****ing great! What a wonderful ****ing day. Why are you here, anyway?

CLERK
You know the Exalted is out looking for us. We can’t be wondering out alone.

JOLLY JOHNNY
He doesn’t even know what we look like. Where is Movies anyway, that cocky bastard…Exalted has already seen him.

CLERK
…You know Movies is more powerful than us.

JOLLY JOHNNY
Yeah, whatever. Where the **** is he anyway? Out beating his meat like it owes him money or something?

VOICE
I’m right here, you ignoramus.

The two of them turn around and see their leader standing in front of them. Movies205 is a commanding slightly chubby individual. His eyes pierce the hearts of his two followers.

JOLLY JOHNNY
Oh…hi, Movies.

MOVIES205

Yes, yes, hi to you as well. You see, while you two were trifling around, I was concocting a stratagem. Our good friend the Exalted has been alerted of our existence because of my misapprehension, but I can assure that he will get nowhere in his scrutiny. Now is not the time for use to worry about some miscreant, now is the time for our most important endeavor yet.

CLERK
And what exactly would that be?

MOVIES205

Do not ask such foolish questions, especially ones you already know the answer to. We are the Triad, and we will live forever…but this building is dying, and now is the time to take our vengeance. But first, we do have to deal with this inconvenience of the Exalted. He must know not to mess with us. And he must never, ever find us. So I would advise that you be more careful from here on out, Johnny.


INT. MONITOR ROOM
On the screen Jolly Johnny gulps nervously, and Clerk chugs down the rest of his beer. Watching the trio on Hippie Hunter’s old office chair is THE EXALTED. His robe is off and his scarred face watches the screen intently as he straps a gravity knife to his wrist using duct tape. On his right hand a Ballistic knife has already been taped on. He finishes wrapping the tape around and looks over to see a pretty red-haired woman looking at him, though he knows she can’t really be there.

THE EXALTED

You shouldn’t be here, Honey Vibe. You don’t want to see me like this.

She touches his arm, just above the blade. He shivers.

HONEY VIBE
I thought you said you wouldn’t do this to yourself anymore, Jose…that you would devote yourself to peace.

THE EXALTED
I’m not a soldier anymore, nor some assassin of the night. I’m a leader. I am a God.

HONEY VIBE
Prove it.

The Exalted stands up, and puts his robe back on. Honey Vibe disappears. He looks back at the screen. Movies205 is looking up at the camera like he knows Exalted is watching him. With a flick of the wrist, Exalted hurls the Ballistic knife at the screen, causing electricity to shoot out of it and all the other television screens to go dark. Then Exalted puts his hood back on and walks out into the hallway.

INT. ELEVATOR
Spork stands in front of Excelsior, dancing and singing to himself.

SPORK
I’m a model if you know what I mean, and I do my little dance on the catwalk…

EXCELSIOR
How does it feel?

Spork looks back at the doctor as if acknowledging him for the first time.

SPORK
Excuse me, how does what feel?

EXCELSIOR
How does it feel now that you’re a killer?

He turns back around, ignoring the question.

SPORK
I’m sorry you must have me confused with someone else.

EXCELSIOR
(Laughing)
No, I’m afraid you have yourself mixed up with someone else. You killed my mole, and your friend Matt.

SPORK
Don’t talk to me about my friends, you don’t even know who I am and you’re not cool enough to get in my exclusive company, okay there hotshot?

EXCELSIOR
I know more about you than you know about yourself, Spork.

SPORK
Yeah, well you can know all you want because I’m not a killer, and I know you’re just looking for an excuse.

EXCELSIOR
…An excuse?

SPORK
Yeah, an excuse to fight me or something. I know your type of people…that’s probably why all those people quit, right? Cause they didn’t want to work with you.

Excelsior sighs and grabs something from his belt-buckle.

EXCELSIOR
Unfortunately for us both, you’re very wrong Spork…and I was lying back there when I was talking to Dew. You see, Richard didn’t quit. In fact, he made me this.

The doctor pulls out a needle from his pocket, some kind of medicine. He holds it up in the air and smiles.

SPORK
…What the **** is that?

EXCELSIOR
It’s the same concoction we gave Danger Mouse. You see, it alters your memories to our specifications, allowing you to be a bit more willing.

SPORK
Wait a minute…you want to make me your lackey? Look I’m flattered but I’ve already got a date with a teddy bear so I really must go!

Spork grabs Excelsior’s hand and the needle drops to the floor. Excelsior takes his other hand and puts pressure on Spork’s neck but Spork just steps on his foot hard and then punches him in the face. The Last Meatbag turns around and goes to open the elevator door but it does not budge. He starts hitting random buttons but none of them respond.

EXCELSIOR
Why do you think we never got to a floor?

SPORK
Oh, right…fu—

Excelsior shoves the needle into Spork’s neck, and the other man goes into shock and passes out on the floor.

[Master Chief]

INT. PUBLIC BATHROOM
The bathroom is a mess. Every stall door looks like it’s going to fall off the hinges. At the sink by the broken mirror stands PIRA, who is trying to wash her hands. Her pipe rests on the dirty ground beside her. She wipes off her face, looking at her face reflected in the glass. She picks up her pipe and heads towards the door when a very angry woman shoves her onto the floor. Pira looks up and sees JAYNA, holding a hello kitty Katana sword.

JAYNA
Do you know where I found this?

PIRA
Uh…no, actually.

JAYNA
It was sitting next to the dead body of my boyfriend…that’s right, Danger Mouse, is dead…and if I remember correctly, this is Spork’s sword right?

PIRA
No….

Jayna shoves the sword down but Pira rolls out of the way and the sword goes right into the ground. Pira grabs her pipe and backs away.

PIRA (CONTINUED)
I don’t want to fight you, but you’re acting irrational. You don’t know what you saw.

JAYNA
No, I saw him clear as day, and I know who killed him. It’s not hard to put two and two together is it?

PIRA
Spork wouldn’t harm a fly. He’s…confused.

JAYNA
He killed my lover! I loved Danger Mouse and you took him from me!

Jayna raises the sword, looking down at Pira in rage. Pira, realizing there is no way out of this, punches Jayna in the face before she can make a move. Then she rolls around on the floor and grabs her pipe. Jayna swings her sword around and Pira takes a step back, and then blocks the sword with the pipe. Webmistress walks into the bathroom, shotgun in her hand, and looks at both of them.

WEBMISTRESS
(Sigh)
I guess I’ll go use the other one.

Pira turns over to her confused.

PIRA
Other what?

WEBMISTRESS
You know the other bathroom, the one that’s all pretty. I thought you guys knew about—never mind.

Webmistress turns to leave, but Jayna looks over at her.

JAYNA
Webmistress…

WEBMISTRESS
Yeah?

Jayna backs away from Pira, and Pira falls to the floor from lack of body support. The pipe and the sword fall to the ground in a clash of metal. Pira looks down at it in a shock, and Jayna walks up to Webmistress, getting very close to her.

JAYNA
Sometimes you think you know everything about someone, and then you wind up horribly wrong. Nothing in this world is certain. Remember that.

Jayna walks out of the bathroom, and Webmistress turns back to look at her confused.

WEBMISTRESS
What the ****? What was that about?

PIRA
…Danger Mouse died.

Webmistress’s face turns contorted.

WEBMISTRESS
What? How? Did the doctors get to him? Did Exalted kill him? …Did Matt kill him?

PIRA
I actually think my boyfriend did it.

Webmistress looks relieved.

WEBMISTRESS
What are you gonna do then?

PIRA
I don’t know. I’m gonna try to find him. Whatever he did, I know it’s not his fault.

WEBMISTRESS
But you just said you thought he killed him.

PIRA
Shut the **** up, I know what I said.

WEBMISTRESS
Whoa, girl, I didn’t know you could swear.

PIRA
Don’t play the race card on me, I really don’t have the time. Look, I’m all alone in this place. We all are. And I need Spork. He’s my ticket out.

Pira shakes her head and picks up her pipe. She goes to leave but Webmistress puts her hand over Pira, blocking her.

WEBMISTRESS
You want out of this place? I can get you out, but only if you help me.

PIRA
What are you talking about? Help you how, exactly?

WEBMISTRESS
Are you good with interrogations?

VOICE
No, she’s not. But I am.

The two women look over and see Ball Buster standing there, looking pissed off. Blood is splattered across his shirt.

WEBMISTRESS
Ball Buster, what’s going on? Where’s Robin?

BALL BUSTER
Let me talk to the doctor. I think I have some things I’d like to say to him.

WEBMISTRESS
I don’t know if that’s such a great…

BALL BUSTER
Now.

Webmistress can tell that Ball Buster is serious. She nods her head, and points the other two to the door.

WEBMISTRESS
Alright fine, but can I at least take a pee?

INT. LIBRARY
The room is dark, pitch black. MATT MURDOCK wakes up, grasping for air. He is not wearing sunglasses. He touches the bottom part of his throat and sees that there is some blood on it. Lying on the ground next to him is the dead body of an older man, crushed by a chandelier. His mouth lays horrifically open, and a centipede crawls out of his eyeball and down his pants.

VOICE
NICHOLAS…

Matt gets up, looks around the place. He cannot see where the voice is coming from. Instead, he sees a dead woman on the ground, her brains splattered across the floor. Another body lies not far from hers, and then another. All of them are wearing white coats. He wonders who could have done something this terrible.

VOICE (CONTINUED)
NICHOLAS…

Matt Murdock scans the top floor and sees a man draped in a hood above him. It is The Exalted. Matt reaches into his pocket for his gun but sees that his holster is bare. Above him, The Exalted is holding his gun. Matt looks up at the Exalted and his whole body starts to shake, for almost no reason, and he finds that he cannot control it.

MATT MURDOCK
I warned people about you, Exalted! I told them you were evil, that you had no soul, but they didn’t listen to me. Now look what you’ve done, you sick bastard, and you’ve killed all these people!

THE EXALTED
I DIDN’T KILL THESE PEOPLE, NICHOLAS. YOU DID.

Matt looks around the room, at the bodies, at the chandelier, at the books sprawled across the floor. It’s all starting to look familiar.

MATT MURDOCK
Stop lying, all you do is lie to people. And my name’s not Nicholas, its Matt Murdock.

THE EXALTED
MATT MURDOCK IS THE NAME OF A FAMOUS MARVEL COMICBOOK HERO. YOU ARE NOT MATT MURDOCK. YOU ARE NICHOLAS ECHESCRATES AND YOU…

We see a flash of dead bodies sprawled across a room filled with green water.

THE EXALTED (CONTINUED)
ARE…

Matt Murdock is standing on a platform, looking at all the bodies. He is shooting Victor Von Doom for merely looking at the girl he has a crush on.

THE EXALTED (CONTINUED)
A KILLER.

Matt is shooting an innocent girl in the face as his friends watch on the sidelines.

MATT MURDOCK
No…

He puts his hands to his head and he crouches down.

MATT MURDOCK
I couldn’t have killed all these people.

THE EXALTED
COULDN”Y YOU HAVE THOUGH? YOU’VE KILLED BEFORE. YOU’VE DONE IT PLENTY OF TIMES NICHOLAS.

MATT MURDOCK
My name’s not Nicholas. It’s Matthew…Matthew Murdock.

Matt is standing in the doorway watching Webmistress come into the room. He’s been at this doorway before.

THE EXALTED
MATT MURDOCK IS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER. A FAUX.

The Exalted reaches for his hood. The camera spins around Matt as he watches him. He is in a complete daze.

THE EXALTED
YOU ARE NICHOLAS ECHESCRATES…AND SO AM I.

The Exalted removes the hood to show that he is also Matt Murdock, the glasses his still on. Before the other Matt has time to react, he takes his guns and shoots him in the head. The bullet falls on the floor with the other books. Matt Murdock falls backwards onto the chandelier, breaking it and losing all control.

INT. MONITOR ROOM
Spork wakes up in the chair. He is breathing rapidly so he takes a whiff of his inhaler. In front of him, Hippie Hunter is reviewing the footage of Spork killing Matt and Danger Mouse. He is laughing to himself.

HIPPIE HUNTER
I love this part.

Spork looks around, perplexed.

SPORK
Where am I? Jesse?

Hippie Hunter ignores him, and instead turns around, taking a sip of his coffee before setting the collector’s mug down.

HIPPIE HUNTER
There’s just one thing I have to know, Last of the Meatbags, and that’s this…how did my girlfriend taste? Her lips I mean.

SPORK
I don’t feel that’s a legitimate question at this time really, and I sort of have to go, so while it’s been great talking to you there’s these doctors that have to brainwash me so…

Spork tries to get out of the chair but then Chain Reaction enters the room wearing a silky red dress.

CHAIN REACTION
I think it’s a very relevant question, don’t you darling?

HIPPIE HUNTER
Sure it is. Hey Spork, are you interested in a threesome?

SPORK
Oh Jesus, I got to get the **** out of here…

Spork darts of the chair and runs into…

INT. HALLWAY
Spork tries to make a dash for it but Sentinel_08 drags him over to the wall.

SENTINEL_08

Somebody wants to talk to you.

Spork looks over and sees Danger Mouse standing in the middle of the hallway, angry.

DANGER MOUSE
Why did you kill me?

Danger Mouse picks Spork up and shoves him into the middle of the hallway.

SPORK
It was an accident really, Freudian slip of the gun so to speak. I didn’t mean to kill you…

DANGER MOUSE
You didn’t mean to?


Danger Mouse kicks Spork in the nose. Spork grabs onto his face in pain. Danger Mouse goes to punch him again.

DANGER MOUSE (CONTINUED)
You…

Spork looks over and sees a ferret running down the hall. Danger Mouse punches him in the stomach.

DANGER MOUSE (CONT.)
Didn’t…

Spork looks over and sees that there are people standing in the hallway watching them. Among those people are Dante, Lumberjack, Die Valuectic and Max Shreck. Then Spork looks back over at Danger Mouse and sees that he has turned into VICTOR VON DOOM.

VICTOR VON DOOM
…MEAN TO?

And Victor kicks Spork very hard in the ear.

INT. ELEVATOR
Excelsior is standing over Spork, whose unconscious body is twitching around like he’s having a seizure. Excelsior is talking on the phone to somebody.

EXCELSIOR
No, Richard, I don’t find the dose I gave him to be extreme at all. No, Richard, I feel pretty confidant that I’m not going to get fired. Malice can’t run the show forever. And don’t worry…

Excelsior looks down at Spork and smiles.

EXCELSIOR
He’s sleeping as sound as a baby.


INT. PIPE WAYS
Webmistress takes the hood off of Hollow Wood Director, revealing a very agitated man with tape over his mouth. Ball Buster rips the tape off, and Hollow’s head is jerked forward.

HOLLOW WOOD
GET ME OUT OF HERE! I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE, WHAT THE ****, HOLY **** GET ME OUT OF—

Webmistress punches him in the face, and he stops screaming. Ball Buster gets close to him.

BALL BUSTER
I want to ask him questions first.

WEBMISTRESS
Fine, whatever. Just make sure he can understand what you’re asking him.

BALL BUSTER
He’ll understand enough.

Ball Buster taps Hollow’s shoulder. He looks over at him, convulsing.

HOLLOW WOOD
You’re…you’re Ball Buster, right? Don’t you just, insult people or something?

BALL BUSTER
What did you do to Hippie Hunter and Chain Reaction?

Webmistress looks at Ball Buster questioningly, who is continuing to stare at Hollow coldly.
HOLLOW WOOD
I don’t…I don’t know who those people are.

BALL BUSTER
Uh-huh, but you know my name, right?

HOLLOW WOOD
It’s pretty hard to forget Ball Buster, isn’t it?

Ball Buster takes a step away and laughs. Webmistress looks over at Pira, and motions to her. Pira looks extremely nervous. Hollow notices the two of them looking at each other, and looks from one to the other.

BALL BUSTER
I guess it is. Earlier you asked if I was the guy who insults people. Well, I do insult people, maggot face, but there’s something else I do to. Are you ever going to get married?

HOLLOW WOOD
What the **** does that have to do with anything?

BALL BUSTER
Just answer the question.

Webmistress is staring nervously at Ball Buster and she goes for her shotgun for the first time.

HOLLOW WOOD
Yes, I’ve thought about it several times. Not while I’m still working here, anyway.

BALL BUSTER
And what is it you do here?

HOLLOW WOOD
…I work night shift. I’m a janitor.

Webmistress ***** her shotgun and gets extremely agitated, walking around in a circle. Ball Buster laughs loudly. Pira is getting scared now.

BALL BUSTER
You know, Hollow, I’m the king of ********, so don’t try it on me. Are you ever going to have kids Hollow?

Now Webmistress looks back at Ball Buster, and she sees his face has turned severely serious.

HOLLOW WOOD
I’ve thought about it before, but you know, never that regularly.

BALL BUSTER
Interesting. You know, I never really wanted to get settled down or married, not my style. I’m a porn star.

Hollow laughs. Ball Buster isn’t amused.

BALL BUSTER (CONTINUED)
Something, funny?

HOLLOW WOOD
No, not really, I mean, an actor of great esteem is interrogating me, you know. I’m sure you got a lot of charisma.

BALL BUSTER
I’m going to ask you again. Where are Hippie Hunter, Matt Murdock, Spork, Danger Mouse, Chain Reaction, and Sentinel_08?

HOLLOW WOOD
I don’t know who those people are—

[Master Chief]

BALL BUSTER
********! What happens to people when they die here? Why do none of us have complete memories? Answer the ****ing questions!

WEBMISTRESS
Michael…

Hollow shakes his head and smiles a devilish grin.

HOLLOW WOOD

I don’t know any of that information, sorry.

BALL BUSTER
Oh, well…that’s okay!

Ball Buster goes to walk away, and Hollow breathes a sigh of relief, until Ball Buster comes back and grabs Hollow in the private region. He yanks him in the crotch and twists his hand in a sharp turning motion. Hollow screams loudly, and then Webmistress grabs Ball Buster and pulls him off him.

HOLLOW WOOD
AGH GOD! HOLY ****, THIS WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! This was never supposed to ****ing happen!

Webmistress pulls Ball Buster back and points her shotgun at him. He looks back at her disgusted.

BALL BUSTER
What? Are you going to shoot me?

HOLLOW WOOD
This wasn’t supposed to happen!

BALL BUSTER
What do you mean? What are you talking about? What wasn’t supposed to happen?

WEBMISTRESS
Just leave, Michael.

BALL BUSTER
**** this.

Ball Buster shoves past Pira and walks down the pipe-way. He stops, the light reflecting on the side of his face, and he shakes his hands, getting the blood off of them. He shakes his head and walks on down the pipe-way.

Webmistress turns back to Hollow.

HOLLOW WOOD

How did he find me?

WEBMISTRESS
I found you.

HOLLOW WOOD
How? You were supposed to be on watch, you were supposed to be supervised.

WEBMISTRESS
Supervised? By who?

PIRA
You know whom.

WEBMISTRESS
Shut up, Pira!

HOLLOW WOOD
Why the **** should I even tell you who it is?

Webmistress picks up the shotgun and points it at his head.

WEBMISTRESS
Because if you don’t I’ll pull this trigger.

HOLLOW WOOD

At this point, I honestly don’t care. Do it.

She sighs and puts the shotgun down.

WEBMISTRESS
You know who you remind me of?

HOLLOW WOOD
Who?

WEBMISTRESS
My father.

HOLLOW WOOD
Ha! I wouldn’t be surprised.


She puts the shotgun down and punches him in the face. He groans loudly. She looks back at Pira.

WEBMISTRESS
Pira, go find Spork if he’s even still alive. If you can find him, tell him we’re getting out of this place, now.

Pira runs out. Webmistress turns back to Hollow, who is laughing and choking up blood.
HOLLOW
Is that what this is about? You can leave at any time you know.

WEBMISTRESS
What?

HOLLOW
You’re volunteers.

Hollow starts laughing loudly, as if he’s the only one that gets the joke. Webmistress turns around and walks down the pipe-ways, leaving Hollow beaten and alone.

INT. HALLWAY
Clerk is walking down the hallway, taking sips of a cheap bottle of whiskey. He doesn’t hear or notice the hooded figure of the Exalted until he comes up from behind him, pointing a knife at his neck. The whiskey falls to the floor, crashing in a loud bang.

THE EXALTED
HELLO, CLERK. I SEE YOU’RE BY YOURSELF, OSTRACIZED FROM YOUR GROUP. NOT A VERY WISE IDEA, DO YOU THINK?

CLERK
How did you know…?

THE EXALTED
THE SAME WAY I KNOW YOU SHOULD START LISTENING TO YOUR OWN ADVICE. THE WALLS HAVE EARS. OR ARE YOU TRIAD NOT AS SMART AS YOU APPEAR TO BE?

Clerk twitches about nervously, but the Exalted retains his grip.

CLERK
What do you want with me?

THE EXALTED
SIMPLE, I WANT TO KILL YOU. YET NOT JUST YOU, YOUR CO-WORKERS AS WELL -- THAT”S WHY I’M GOING TO USE YOU AS BAIT.

CLERK
You think they’ll go for that? Then you must not be as smart as you appear to be, Mr. Exalted.

The Exalted thinks about this.

THE EXALTED
INTERESTING. I THOUGHT YOU ONLY A THREAT WHEN YOU WERE SOBER. IT APPEARS I HAVE UNDERESTIMATED YOU, CLERK. YOU CAN LEAD ME TO WHERE YOU THINK THE TRIAD WILL GO NEXT. IF NOT, YOU DIE RIGHT HERE AND NOW. IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME.

CLERK
Well, I suppose I have no choice.

Clerk steps on Exalted’s foot hard so the grip on his shoulder and neck is lessened. Then he elbows Exalted in the face, and twirls around. Before he can fight back, Exalted swishes the knife across Clerk’s throat, letting blood squirt across the floor. He falls dumbly down until his dead body slumps against the wall. Exalted grabs a bottle of whiskey and pours it down Clerk’s mouth.

THE EXALTED
HAVE ONE LAST DRINK, CLERK OF THE TRIAD.

The Exalted takes his fingers and shuts Clerk’s mouth. The body falls over on it’s side. Exalted stands up, and walks back down the hallway.

EXT. STREET CORNER
A blue van decorated in tie-die colors pulls up to the corner of East and Main and parks there. The printing on the side reads “PSYCHADELIC PLUMBING”. From out of the driver’s seat steps JESSE WHITE wearing darks shades over his eyes and a long black trench coat that seems to be concealing some sort of weapon. He takes the shades off and walks into an Ammo Shop, a particularly ghetto looking brown used warehouse turned lucrative business.

INT. AMMO SHOP
Jesse walks up to the manager of the store, a middle-aged black man with bags under his eyes. He is on the phone with somebody. He looks over at Jesse, a little irritated. We see that what Jesse is concealing isn’t a weapon at all, but a plunger.

MANAGER
Yeah. Yeah, okay, I’ll call you back later.

He puts the phone down and looks over at Jesse.

JESSE WHITE
Hey, I’m here to work on your bathroom.

MANAGER
I didn’t ask for any custodial service.

JESSE WHITE
Well, I’m pretty sure you did. My boss told me to go to specifically this store, and I don’t appreciate your insinuation that he is a liar.

MANAGER
Look, I don’t mean you any disrespect, it’s just we really don’t need any maintenance on our bathroom. Our employees take care of that.

JESSE WHITE
That’s not what your last customer seems to think.

MANAGER
Excuse me?

JESSE WHITE
When I was coming into this place the guy coming past me said something like “that was the worst bathroom I’ve ever been in”. Now I don’t know about you sir, but I’ve peed in some really nasty places, so this guy must really hate your lavatory.

The Manager sighs, and opens up his drawer, searching his things.

MANAGER
Okay, you’ve convinced me. How much do you cost?

JESSE WHITE
500.

The Manager looks at him flabbergasted.

MANAGER
500 dollars?

JESSE WHITE
I’m worth every penny, sir.

MANAGER
You better be.

The Manager searches through his desk drawer. He takes out a wad of cash and starts to count it. Jesse looks behind him, at a picture of the man’s family. His daughter is smiling, and he is holding her up proudly in front of the camera. Jesse puts his hand over the manager’s hand.

JESSE WHITE
I don’t like to get paid up front. Otherwise, it feels like I’ve already got my work done. I’m sure you understand.

Jesse walks away from the counter, walking through the store. The manager shouts after him.

MANAGER
It’s fine with me. I might decide you’re not worth all this money anyway!

Jesse walks down the store past a girl with nose piercing and towards the sale on semi-automatics. He looks at the price tag that reads “$1,500”. He looks around to make sure nobody is watching, and he grabs the gun. He puts it in his pocket, takes out his plunger and sets it on the floor. He looks over and sees a bald-headed man in a business suit, staring at him. He nods at the man and heads for the bathroom.

A slightly overweight man walks out of the bathroom wearing a red t-shirt that clings to his man-boobs. Jesse nods to this man too and enter the bathroom. It is a mess. The ceiling is polluted with some kind of deep, dark, black mold. Jesse opens the window and looks out at the back alleyway of the building. There is nobody there. He starts to crawl out of the window when he hears gunshots and falls off the window and hits the cold bathroom floor with a wet thud. He gets up and tries to hear where the noise is coming from.

ANGRY VOICE
GET DOWN ON THE ****ING FLOOR RIGHT NOW!

Jesse edges toward the edge of the bathroom and sees the bald-headed businessman and the woman with the piercings in a panic on the floor. The voice belongs to the fat man who is pointing a gun at the manager.

MANAGER
Look, I don’t know what you think this is but I have nothing for you.

FAT MAN
I think this is a ****ing robbery. And I look around, and I see nothing but expensive guns—expensive guns that I want for free. If you don’t do this for me, I’ll blow your ****ing head off, got it, old man?

Jesse lurches forward and grabs the plunger. The woman sees him and Jesse puts one finger to his lips for her to be quiet. He slouches down behind the stack of Doritos. The robber has all of his attention focused on the cashier. Jesse runs behind the man and grabs the hand that has the SMG in it and forces it down. The he starts beating on the man with the plunger, over and over, until the plunger part falls off. He begins attacking the man with the just the stick, until his face is just a bloody mess. Finally, Jesse stops and throws the plunger on the floor. The manager looks at him in shock.

MANAGER
I…I guess that’s going to cost extra.

JESSE WHITE
No, I think I’ll do this bathroom free of charge.

MANAGER
Well, I…I have to give you something.

JESSE WHITE
I guess I could use a phone call. Oh and…

Jesse reaches into his coat and pulls out the semi-automatic.

JESSE WHITE
Can I have this too?

INT. FRONT DESK
Jesse is standing at the front desk, and using the phone. The police are here, and the manager is talking to them, as well as the bald-headed guy and the Goth. Nobody is paying attention to Jesse, who is pushing the phone into his ear, and making sure he is out of range from the cops.

JESSE WHITE
Hello, Mirko. This is Jesse. Just want you to know, I’ve changed my mind. At about 6:00 in the evening today, I’m walking up to the front doors of that fine establishment you put me in, and I’m killing everyone—all the doctors, the janitors, I don’t know, maybe even the other patients. Then I’m going to kill you, Mirko. You shouldn’t have ****ed with me.

Jesse slams the phone down, nods to the officers, and walks out the door.

[Master Chief]

INT. HALLWAY
Pira is walking down by herself when she sees Robin sobbing on the side of the wall, playing with his yo-yo. She stops to talk to him.

PIRA
Robin? Are you okay?

Robin says nothing. He just continues to play with his yo-yo. Pira looks into his young eyes, and she recognizes something. She’s seen it already twice today, and yesterday with Spork.

PIRA
Did you see something? What did you see?

Robin ignores her, but then looks up at her, tears in his eyes.

ROBIN
Where’s Ball Buster?

PIRA
I don’t know…he just left, I thought you…

ROBIN
We have to find him…we have to find him before he dies.

Pira takes two steps back, mouth agape.

PIRA
Ball Buster isn’t going to die…

ROBIN
Yes he is! Everyone is! I’ve seen what happens to people when they’re here too long. I saw it on the other side of the hype!

ROBIN
We took the pipe-ways. But I think there’s a door here somewhere…it leads to the way out.

PIRA
A door…I thought I saw something like that…

ROBIN
He loves you, you know.

PIRA
What?

ROBIN
I know he might act like a pompous ass, and he might runaway, but people like that are just trying to hide their feelings. Trust me, pretty lady.

PIRA
Thanks, kid.

Pira walks down the hallway. Robin goes back to playing his yo-yo.

INT. PIPE-WAYS
Webmistress is slouching over, putting her shotgun down and resting. When she stands up, ALTERED EGO is standing behind her, his hair gelled back and looking particularly fetching in his leather jacket.

ALTERED EGO
Hello, Webby. I guess we have a lot to talk about, eh?

WEBMISTRESS
Not really.

Webmistress picks her gun up, sighs, and shoves it down the back of her shirt.

ALTERED EGO
You seem rather pissed. What has you down? It must be old Matty, isn’t it? You don’t know whether he’s dead or not. Could that be actual compassion on your face?

Webmistress turns around, looking at him in a dead stare with her silver eyes.

WEBMISTRESS
Tell me the truth. Do you know who Hollow is?

ALTERED EGO
Sorry, sweetheart. I’ve never met him before in my life.

WEBMISTRESS
That’s what I thought.

Webmistress kicks Ego in the face. He tumbles down, and then jets back up and punches her hard right between the eyes. She goes down fast, and then he tries to kick her stomach. She grabs his leg and pulls him down, and then she grabs her gun and points it at Ego’s head. He smiles.

WEBMISTRESS (CONTINUED)
Looks like you didn’t disappear this time.

ALTERED EGO
Guess not.

WEBMISTRESS
Let’s go talk to your boss.

INT. EXALTED’S THRONE ROOM
Jolly Johnny is beating himself up, putting the gun to his face. Movies205 is watching him complacently from afar.

JOLLY JOHNNY
Why the **** didn’t we do anything? We just stood there and watched!

MOVIES205
No need to get discomposed, young Johnny. Clerk had to be extirpated. It was for his contentment.

JOLLY JOHNNY
Contentment? His ****ing neck got slit.

MOVIES205
You need to tranquilize otherwise you’re going to do something you’ll regret.

JOLLY JOHNNY
No.

Johnny gets up and points the gun at Movies.

JOLLY JOHNNY (CONTINUED)
No, I’m sick of your ********! You set us up!

MOVIES205
So I did. I only needed you guys for my contingency plan.

JOLLY JOHNNY
So, what? I’m just as expendable as Clerk?

MOVIES205
No, you’re powerful Johnny. Clerk was too, just not in the abundance of Exalted. I miscalculated his tactics, I’m afraid.

JOLLY JOHNNY
Why aren’t you scared of him?

MOVIES205
I just said I was. Keep up, Johnny.

JOLLY JOHNNY
**** off. I know you’re taking orders from somebody, and I want to meet him.

MOVIES205
You know that can’t happen. For right now, you are, what is it you say? Ah yes. **** out of luck. I’m sorry, Jolly, but it just didn’t work out that way.

JOLLY JOHNNY
So we’re just supposed to wait here? …Until he kills us?

MOVIES205
You work over things way too much. This debriefing is over. Now if you’ll excuse me, for the last brief minutes of my life, I might actually get to meditate.

Movies walks away, and Johnny angrily stomps the ground. He lies down, puts the gun back to his head, and curls up into a ball.

INT. HALLWAY
Ball Buster is against the wall, twiddling his thumbs distractedly. He hugs the wall and around the corner he sees Robin, still sitting there sedately staring into nothingness. When Ball Buster keeps walking towards him, Robin looks up and runs after Ball Buster, hugging his legs.

ROBIN
Ball Buster! You’re alive!

BALL BUSTER
Of course I am, why wouldn’t I be?

ROBIN
I just thought…Chain Reaction, and then you said everyone was dead, and then you went away, and I didn’t know what to do, and…

Ball Buster takes Robin off of him and bends down so that he’s holding Robin’s shoulder.

BALL BUSTER
Oh, ****ing Christ. Did I really say that?

ROBIN
Yeah. Yeah, you did, poopy-head!

BALL BUSTER
Well don’t worry, Robin. I’m not going to die.

Ball Buster gives Robin a giant man-bear hug and then looks over at the yo-yo on the floor. Ball Buster picks it up and laughs.

BALL BUSTER
You know, Robin, I always wondered why you carried this around.

Robin takes it and sadly starts playing with it around his finger.

ROBIN
My mom gave it to me, before she put me in this place.

BALL BUSTER
Wait a ****ing minute. Your mother put you here?

ROBIN
Yeah. My dad too. They said I was a freak and that I didn’t belong with the rest of the family. She let me keep this yo-yo because she said that she didn’t want to be reminded of me at all. Anyway, every time I play with this yo-yo I remember how much the outside world sucks. But now I’m starting to think things suck just as much in here. Without you, Ball Buster, I don’t know what I would do.

BALL BUSTER
Holy ****, Robin. That’s some heavy stuff.

ROBIN
My name’s not Robin, by the way. It’s Billy. The guy with the hair told me to come up with a name that represented something close to me, so I jumped at the chance to dress up as Robin, because you know, Batman was always my favorite superhero.

BALL BUSTER
Guy with the hair?

ROBIN
Yeah. He looked kind of like that dude from that old show. You know, with the disco music? My mom liked that show. I ****ing hated it.

BALL BUSTER
Happy Days?

ROBIN
Yeah, that’s the one.

BALL BUSTER
You know Robin, I used to think you were a major dumbass. Now I realize, you were only slightly a dumbass. And I can really relate to you.

ROBIN
I bet that’s right, dickhole.

Ball Buster laughs, and tears start to build up in his eyes.

BALL BUSTER
Come on, Robin. Let’s go talk to Webmistress.

They get up and walk down the hallway.

[Master Chief]

INT. ELEVATOR
Spork is convulsing on the floor, and his eyes suddenly pop open. He looks up and sees Excelsior standing over him, grinning stupidly.

SPORK
What…?

EXCELSIOR
Oh, you’re up early Spork. I know you feel like you’re entirely awake but I assure you that the anesthetic has not entirely yet worn off. I’m afraid you’re going to be a little out of it for the rest of the day.

SPORK
Doesn’t sound too different from every other day. Why do you call me Spork, by the way? The other doctors were calling me Patrick.

EXCELSIOR
Because Spork is your real name.

SPORK
Well that’s depressing.

Steven smiles, and starts twirling his cell phone around in his hand like it’s some kind of pistol. He makes shooting noises at points it at Spork, and then smiles a giant fake grin.

EXCELSIOR
You know there’s a doctor in this place that illuminated something to me. I think he’s one of the smartest people I’ve ever met.

SPORK
Well that sounds like an exciting story, really, but you’re kind of a major prick so I think I’m just going to tune it all out.

Excelsior laughs and then gets up, and kicks Spork very hard. Spork looks over at him confused.

EXCELSIOR
Do you see that? You might not be able to feel it now but you certainly will later. Keep up the smartass ******** and once you do become sober you’re gonna have the worst hang-over of all time.

SPORK
I think you’re using the wrong word. A hangover is—

Excelsior kicks him again and Spork quiets down.

EXCELSIOR
Anyway, this guy, Hollow, was born with the name Timothy. Yet everyone in here that works for him and respects him calls him Hollow Wood Director. And I asked Hollow, why? Why the fake names?

SPORK
What did he tell you?

EXCELSIOR
He said, “What fake names?” That was all the answer he got, but overtime, I understood it. The names carry power. They symbolize a part of your personality that you may not even know exists until that name is given to you. That’s why your name is Spork, not Patrick. No matter what anyone says. Now, I have a question for you, tough guy.

SPORK
What’s that? I didn’t quite hear that one, could you speak louder, I don’t speak dill hole?

Excelsior ignores this latest insult and walks forward.

EXCELSIOR
You were mumbling words in your sleep. I heard Pira and I know who that is, your whore of a girlfriend. But I have to ask because it’s been bugging me…who the **** is Teddy?

Spork looks up at Excelsior confused and then the elevator dings. Excelsior looks up in front of him confused until a pipe collides with his face causing blood to spurt out on the wall and him to fall backwards unconscious. Spork looks up and sees Pira, who grabs him by the shoulders and pulls him out of the elevator.

INT. EERIE HALLWAYS
Pira pulls him out of the elevator just before it swings shut again. Then she rests him down and looks over at him.

SPORK
Pira…you saved me again. You’ve always been saving me. I don’t even know why you waste time on me.

Pira smiles and shakes her head.

PIRA
No, Spork. You saved me. Before I met you, I was a complete nervous wreck. You showed me the truth. You made me sane.

SPORK
I wonder what that feels like.

PIRA
What?

SPORK
I wonder what it feels like to be sane.

PIRA
Well, I suppose it’s not much different than being insane, you just have more confidence in yourself.

SPORK
I see.

PIRA
Spork…what if I told you I had a way out of this place.

SPORK
No.

PIRA
No? No why?

SPORK
I’ve already tried to escape several times before. It doesn’t usually work out for me.

PIRA
This time it’s different. We have a doctor captive…we can use him to get us out of here.

SPORK
Wait…which doctor?

PIRA
His nametag said Hollow Wood Director.

Spork tries to get up.

SPORK
Pira…it sounds to me like you have a very good chance of getting out. Except it’s a trap.

PIRA
How do you know…

SPORK
Trust me. I’ve been down there. It’d be nothing short of a miracle, an escape from this place.

PIRA
Then come with us. You’ve been down there, you can help us.

SPORK
No, Pira. Look, who’s going with you?

PIRA
Webmistress, Ball Buster, and that Robin kid.

SPORK
Good. Stay with Webmistress, if you’re going to leave, she’ll protect you.

Pira looks at Spork shocked.

PIRA
Why aren’t you coming with me?

SPORK
Because I don’t deserve to leave, Pira! I’m a murderer, and a thief, and a liar. All I have is you, okay?

PIRA
Come with me then. I think what you deserve is a way out. A way to get away from Teddy.

SPORK
You think I care about Teddy?

PIRA
Obviously you do, otherwise you wouldn’t be staying.

They stare silently at each other, standing rigidly. Then Pira starts to cry.

PIRA
Don’t do this to me Spork. I love you.

SPORK
I know you do, Pira. I’m sorry.

He hugs her, and she cries hopelessly into his shoulder. He pats her back.

SPORK (CONTINUED)
There’s a whole world out there for you, Pira. You can shine brightly as the sun out there. You don’t have to be contained in here like me. Look, you have to be strong for yourself from now on, okay? You can’t rely on somebody to protect you anymore.

PIRA
But I want to…

SPORK
I know you do. But you’re stronger than that. I’ll see you later.

Spork helps Pira wipe the tears off her face, and he smiles at her. She smiles back at him, wiping the tears away, but you can tell it is a fake smile. Spork turns around and starts walking down the hallway. Pira watches him until he turns around.

SPORK
You were the most beautiful person I’ve ever met, Pira.

She smiles at him sadly, then turns around and goes into the elevator. The door swings shut, and she starts to cry hard.

EXT. DESERT PLAIN
The Exalted walks across the plain, his robe blowing in the wind. The scars on Jose Mulando’s face appear fresh under the beating sun. In the distance, protestors march and sing songs. In front of the Exalted, the dead bodies of resistance fighters lie discarded, the sun beating down on them. Behind him, military vehicles are fast approaching. The Exalted looks back at them and walks forward, gradually picking up pace. He looks over at the protestors, and then at the bodies. One of the lifeless resistance fighters has an SMG in their hands. It is coated in blood. The protestors are not far away, and the military vehicles are getting closer. He could join them and participate in non-violent protests. Instead, the Exalted picks up the gun. It sticks to his hands, and he shakes it around angrily. A bullet from a sniper pierces through his chest, and he falls down…

INT. HALLWAY
The Exalted falls down on the floor with a thud. Jayna stands above him angrily, and then picks him up by his robe and goes to punch his face but Exalted blocks it with his hand.

THE EXALTED
What seems to be the problem?

She kicks his legs from under him and he falls down again, but then he kicks her legs from under her and she falls down on the ground with him. She jumps on top of him and starts punching and kicking him, but he shoves her off of him and she falls down the hallway. He gets up and looks at her.

THE EXALTED (Continued)
I’m really kind of busy.

She gets up, breathing heavily.

JAYNA
Just tell me…did you kill him?

THE EXALTED
It depends. Who are you referring to?

JAYNA
Danger Mouse, you *******. Your apprentice?

THE EXALTED
Wait a minute…he died?

The Exalted looks at her confused. She keeps her cold stare on him. He sighs and runs his hand over his face.

THE EXALTED
It doesn’t make a difference anyway. I mean, he was a good kid, but you mess with forces beyond your control…

JAYNA
You think the doctors did it?

THE EXALTED
Could have been them. Could be the people I’m going to kill.

JAYNA
Who are you going to kill?

THE EXALTED
The Triad…well I guess there a duet now that I’ve gotten rid of one of them.

JAYNA
You’ve killed one of them already?

THE EXALTED
That’s actually where I just came from…look I don’t know much about them but I can tell you that they’re not good people, I would not be surprised if they did kill your boyfriend.

JAYNA
And you’re going after them now?

THE EXALTED
Well yes, before you started beating the crap out of me.

JAYNA
Then let me go with you.

THE EXALTED
Now look, Jayna…vengeance is a slippery rope…

JAYNA
You think I don’t know that? I’ve been around this place. I’ve seen what’s happened to people when they were clouded by their emotions as you might say. But like you, I happen not to care. You say you’re going to kill these Triad people anyway, then let me come with you.

The Exalted thinks about this and nods his head.

THE EXALTED
Alright, you can come. It’s that way.

He points behind Jayna. She turns around and starts walking that way, and then Exalted sneaks up behind her and hits her in the back of the head. She passes out on the floor cold. He puts his hood back on.

THE EXALTED
I’M SORRY, JAYNA, BUT I’M NOT GOING TO LET MY TASK GET OFF HAND BY SOMETHING AS FOOLISH AS REVENGE. NOW IF YOU’LL EXCUSE ME, I’VE GOT A TRIAD TO KILL.

He walks down the hallway, his knives poking out of his long sleeves.

[Master Chief]

INT. PIPE-WAYS
Hollow, his face a convoluted mess, hangs in-between consciousness and sleepiness. He is darted awake when Altered Ego walks into the room with his hands behind his back. Webmistress is pointing her shotgun at him, and she pushes him down on the ground in front of Hollow.

HOLLOW WOOD
Donnie, you ****ing moron.

ALTERED EGO
How did you get down here?

HOLLOW WOOD
Because you failed your duties you ****. You were supposed to be watching her. What the **** were you doing when she knocked me unconscious and dragged me into this hellhole?

ALTERED EGO
Hollow, it’s not my fault. She’s gotten too delusional. You shouldn’t have kept that last writer for so long.

WEBMISTRESS
Writer? What is he talking about, Hollow?

HOLLOW WOOD
Ah, goddamnit. Will you shut your ****ing mouth, Donnie?

ALTERED EGO
Your memories aren’t real.

Hollow yanks himself forward and almost tips his chair over. Instead the chair just slams down on the ground with a thud.

HOLLOW WOOD
You really have gone native, haven’t you, Ego? I didn’t want to believe it because I had so much faith in you.

Ego ignores Hollow and looks up at Webmistress.

ALTERED EGO
That man you have tied up hired writers to change your memories. Implant false images in your head enough and you think they actually happened to you. Of course, once the writers got of control he had to—

HOLLOW WOOD
THAT’S ENOUGH, Damnit! I’m tied up here and I’m going to die because of your incompetence you son-of-a-*****. I don’t know what you think you’re doing, but she won’t have sex with you. Now forget your morals, you can take her and then get me out of here!

Webmistress looks at Hollow in shock and awe.

WEBMISTRESS
Wow, Hollow. It appears you’re even more of an ******* than I had originally assumed. Maybe I should have let Ball Buster finish you, huh?

HOLLOW
Maybe you should finish yourself, skank.

Hollow flinches expecting to be hit but Webmistress does not move. She hears laughter and turns around and sees Ball Buster and Robin standing there. Hollow freaks out and his chair tips over and he falls over, the back of the chair hitting the ground and then his own back.

BALL BUSTER
Oh, I hope I’m not interrupting anything. Hi Ego.

ALTERED EGO
Uh…hi.

WEBMISTRESS
Ego, you said that our memories weren’t real. Do you mean everything…?

She grabs at the necklace hanging around her neck. The pearl shines in what little light surrounds them.

ALTERED EGO
We could only add on to the memories that you already have and make you think things happen that didn’t. There would still be parts that were real, you just wouldn’t know which parts. Now since I wasn’t part of that project, I can’t tell you for sure, but something like that necklace would help you believe in your fake memories rather than your real ones.

Ball Buster looks at Ego disillusioned.

BALL BUSTER
Wait a minute…does that mean…?

He looks over at Webmistress.

ALTERED EGO
Ha! No, I heard about that one. You two were never dating.

WEBMISTRESS
Thank god.

BALL BUSTER
So, wait…Am I still a porn star?

ALTERED EGO
I can’t say for sure. But no, I would guess not.

Ball Buster runs both his hands over his face. He looks like he’s going to throw up.

WEBMISTRESS
I was never dating any of them, was I?

ALTERED EGO
No, you weren’t.

WEBMISTRESS
Why would you do that? Did you think it was funny, watching me have to pine over all of these guys?

ALTERED EGO
We were trying to cure you.

WEBMISTRESS
Cure us of what? What was the point of any of this?

Ego says nothing, he just stares down at the ground.

WEBMISTRESS
So you changed our past…I figured as much in the first place anyway. But what’s wrong with our present? Why do we see things that aren’t there?

Behind her, Hollow laughs.

HOLLOW WOOD DIRECTOR
You still don’t get it, do you? Why do you think you’re here?

Webmistress turns around and looks at him.

WEBMISTRESS
What the **** do you mean…

Altered Ego gets up and punches Webmistress in the face. She doesn’t have time to react and she falls over. Before he can make a getaway, Ball Buster runs towards him and grabs him by the hair. Robin runs up and punches Ego in the balls, and he groans deeply. Webmistress stands up, and walks over to Ego, wiping the blood off her face. Behind her, Hollow mumbles to himself.

HOLLOW WOOD
Well that failed miserably, but thanks for trying.

WEBMISTRESS
Hold him back, Ball Buster. I’m going to beat the **** out of him.

BALL BUSTER
Gladly…

Webmistress pulls back her fist, but Ego puts both his hands up and pleads.

ALTERED EGO
Wait, wait…I can explain! You just have to listen to me, and you have to look inside yourself.

She raises her eyebrows.

WEBMISTRESS
“Look inside myself”?

ALTERED EGO
There’s two parts to every person, Webby, but for you it’s a little more extreme.

WEBMISTRESS
Let him go, Ball Buster. I want to hear this.

Ball Buster looks at her questioningly.

BALL BUSTER
Are you serious?

WEBMISTRES
Yes, I am. Keep your hands where I can see them, Ego.

He lets Ego go and Ego does as promised, keeping his hands in the air.

ALTERED EGO
You’re two different people, Alexia.

WEBMISTRESS
Really?

ALTERED EGO
One is a murderous *****, a killer, a warrior…you might as well be a lesbian.

WEBMISTRESS
Are you getting somewhere with this?

ALTERED EGO
And the other…

He gets closer and grabs her hand. For some reason, she lets him. He kisses it.

ALTERED EGO
…Is beautiful, feminine. A real woman.

WEBMISTRESS
What’s your point.

ALTERED EGO
You have an option. You can continue on this crusade, this farce, or you can admit to yourself that this is not who you are. You aren’t a killer, Webby. You’re a beautiful flower.

WEBMISTRESS
Now, see, that’s where you’re wrong.

Webmistress picks up her shotgun and shoots him in the head. The blood and the brains spill out the back of his head and onto Ball Buster’s shirt and the wall behind them. Smoke comes out of her shotgun, and Ego falls to the ground dead. Robin watches, his mouth agape.

[Master Chief]

HOLLOW WOOD
AH JEEZUS, WHAT THE ****? WHAT THE **** IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

BALL BUSTER
Ah, man. I like this shirt too.

WEBMISTRESS
Alright…

Webmistress gets out a switch-blade and walks over to Hollow. He is still muttering to himself, crying out and screaming profanities. She cuts the rope keeping him on the chair off but leaves the ones that tie his hands to his back on. She picks Hollow up and he looks at her in fear. She looks over at Ball Buster.

WEBMISTRESS (CONTINUED)
Ball Buster, take Hollow.

She gives Hollow to Ball Buster. Ball Buster smiles at Hollow and Hollow looks like he’s going to need to change his pants.

WEBMISTRESS
We’re going now.

BALL BUSTER
What about Pira?

ROBIN
I saw her before. She said she was going to the other side of the Hype. I told her to be careful.

WEBMISTRESS
Good, we’ll meet her there. We’d better be careful too, I have a feeling that now they’re going to be looking for us.

Ball Buster caries Hollow forward and Robin follows him. Webmistress picks up her shotgun and looks down at the dead body of Altered Ego.

WEBMISTRESS
I can’t wait to get out of here.

INT. EXALTED’S THRONE ROOM
Johnny gets up from his sitting position and turns around to see that Movies205 is still meditating.

JOLLY JOHNNY
You know what, I’m really sick and tired of you, man.

MOVIES205
That’s glorious, Johnny. Just be careful, don’t let your frustration take a hold of you.

JOLLY JOHNNY
**** you, Movies. I’m not going to ride the coattails of you or anyone from now on. This is the first day of the rest of my life. From here on out, I’m my own man!

Johnny walks towards the door but is greeted by a knife in the chest. The Exalted takes the knife out and slashes through Johnny’s eyes. The red-haired warrior falls over. Movies205 darts for the gun Johnny previously had in his possession, and he points it at The Exalted. The Exalted moves forward, one last knife left in his sleeve…the knife meant for the leader of the Triad.

THE EXALTED
SO WE MEET AGAIN, MOVIES205.

MOVIES205
I suppose we’ve hit a crossroads.

THE EXALTED
I SUPPOSE WE HAVE.

Movies raises up his gun to fire but The Exalted throws his knife and it latches into the top of Movies205’s skull. He starts to bleed from his ears.

MOVIES205
...You…lied…to me.

He falls over, dead. The Exalted walks around the room, silent. He takes his hood off, and looks over at what he has just done.

THE EXALTED
…That’s it?

He walks around and looks at them lying motionless.

THE EXALTED (CONTINUED)
That was the all-powerful triad?

The Exalted’s question is answered by a loud metallic noise that reverberates off the walls. He turns around to see where it was coming from but sees nothing. Then the noise is heard again, and all the lights turn off.

Silence. There is only darkness now, a black darkness that does not waver. Then the lights come back on, only now they are blue and fluorescent. Exalted’s face looks strange in this light. He looks around and sees nothing, and the sound comes back. Honey Vibe appears in front of him, a piece of shrapnel lodged through her stomach.

HONEY VIBE
Jose…you did it.

THE EXALTED
Honey…!

He runs to her. He tries to take the shrapnel out but she stops him. She takes her hand and runs it through his face.

HONEY VIBE
It’s too late Jose…you did everything you could.

The Exalted shakes his head.

THE EXALTED
No…No it’s not. I’m going to help you get out of this. I won’t let anything happen to you.

The noise is louder than it’s ever been, and the room goes dark again. There is silence, except for heavy breathing.

THE EXALTED (CONTINUED)
Are you okay Honey? …Honey?

There is the sound like a generator coming back on and the lights come back on as normal. The Exalted looks around, Honey Vibe is gone. So are the bodies from before. Everything is gone except the blood drenched knife lying on the floor. The Exalted looks around, eyes in shock. He runs his hand through his hair, through his scars. Then he turns around and sees who is standing behind him.

He is a strange-looking fellow. He wears a brown overcoat that he sticks his old, wrinkled hands in, trying to look laid-back but not looking it one bit. There are cold, calculating eyes behind his glasses and a smile that clings to his face like rubber.

CREEPY GUY
Hello, Exalted.

THE EXALTED
What…who are you?

CREEPY GUY
It depends on what you mean. My birth name is Edward Jonathan Gamble. Over the years, however, I’ve accumulated several aliases. One of them is Matrix. Another one is Mr. Thing. But who I am I think you know, oh Exalted One.

The Exalted goes pale, and then nods.

THE EXALTED
Teddy.

He claps, smiling approvingly.

CREEPY GUY
You always were one of my favorites, Jose. Too bad, because now I have to kill you.

The Exalted tries to fight back but Teddy raises one arm back and the hooded one goes flying back against the wall. He is locked there, both hands pressed against the wall against his wall by something outside of his own will. Teddy picks up the knife on the floor.

CREEPY GUY (CONTINUED)
Don’t get me wrong. I’m glad you got rid of the Triad. They were a bunch of sorry saps in the first place. They thought they were special, that they were the people behind the curtain. They really had no idea. Well, Eric knew, kind of, but not really.

THE EXALTED
What didn’t they know?

CREEPY GUY
They made two mistakes. You see, control wasn’t really in their hands, or any doctor’s. The truth is, the patient does it for themselves. They’re not really going to progress at all unless they have a push in the right direction. A push from somebody like me.

Teddy moves the knife around in his hands, playing with it.

CREEPY GUY
It’s not like you guys weren’t crazy as **** before I started to mess with you. But you really weren’t any crazier than the average guy on the street. So I made you what you all secretly wanted to be. Pedophiles, murderers, rock stars, porn stars.

THE EXALTED
Jesus…Chain Reaction…

CREEPY GUY
I should thank you for that by the way, I don’t think she would have ever really considered suicide until your little pep talk. Anyway, where was I? Ah yes, the doctor’s second mistake.

He bends down and gets close to Exalted’s face. You can tell he’s been waiting a long time to tell this to someone.

CREEPY GUY (CONTINUED)
Their second mistake was that they stopped at the memories. They thought this **** hole of a place would be enough to crack you. And they were probably right, but I wanted to play it safe. So I ****ed with you, I ****ed with all of you. I suppose I can feel a little sad about it now, now that my work is all falling apart, but really, why should I? I mean, this is so much fun right?

The Exalted looks at him, completely out-of it.

CREEPY GUY (CONT.)
Oh, I’m sorry. I should back-track, shouldn’t I? You see, I was one of the first patients here. First real one anyway. Before Hollow came here, this was almost a regular type of place. Phillip didn’t necessarily to a bad job, but he didn’t do a great one either. Then Timothy came in with his machine idea. Said it was a good way with dealing with patients, as shock therapy isn’t really acceptable anymore is it? So they decided to test it out. On me. They figured out right away that it wasn’t working. I was adapting to it, changing it to make my perfect past. So instead of dropping the idea entirely, they hired writers. Johnny was their first, and he wasn’t very bright, so they brought in Clerk, who in turn turned out to be a drunkard. And this whole time they were bringing more people into the program: you, Alexia, Nicholas. But they weren’t paying attention. They didn’t even notice me.

He drops the knife on the ground with a shutter. Exalted tries to move but he can’t. Teddy reaches into his coat and pulls out a gun now, and he looks eerily similar to the one Movies205 had before.

CREEPY GUY (CONT.)
And that’s the thing, really. They made it so easy. It was almost like, they wanted me to do it. And that’s the last thing I want, you know. To be Hollow’s puppet. Anyway, so when they do notice me, they tell their writer at the time, Movies205, to put someone in to try to stop me. Like that will even work. And when I found out about this, I found out from Movies himself, and he had the nerve to tell me this person was a female. I knew of course that that wasn’t true, which brings me to you, Exalted.

Teddy ***** the handgun and the points it at Exalted.

CREEPY GUY
We’ve killed each other’s pawns. You the triad, and I sent my henchmen to kill Danger Mouse, which is a shame. You could have really used him, you know. Now, it’s just you and me. I wish I didn’t have to do this. If there was one person in this place I considered my better half, it would be you. You were just so content to live the fantasy. Sorry, Exalted. You really were my favorite. Except for Spork, of course. That guy really loves his looks.

He stands up. The Exalted looks at Teddy as he smiles. The gunshot is loud and noisy. But Teddy’s gun has not fired. He look at it confused, and then he looks down at his shirt and sees that he has been shot through the stomach.

[Master Chief]

CREEPY GUY
What…?

He falls over, staring at the Exalted. Behind him, Jayna holds her gun, barely able to stand. There is a large bump on her forehead. Exalted looks at her shocked, feeling terrible about himself, until Jayna smiles at him. Then she collapses on the floor, keeping her gun pointed at Teddy.

INT. EERIE HALLWAYS
We begin a long tracking shot, focusing on our heroes. Webmistress runs through the hallways, keeping her shotgun pointed in front of her. Ball Buster caries Hollow and Robin runs beside him, all of them following the golden-haired warrior. She turns around and looks at Hollow.

WEBMISTRESS
Ball Buster, ask him if we’re going the right way.

BALL BUSTER
Why the hell would I do that? He’s just going to lie to us.

HOLLOW WOOD
Or maybe I’ll tell the truth, just to **** with you.

BALL BUSTER
Exactly.

Webmistress walks back to Ball Buster, giving him a cold stare through her icy golden eyes.

WEBMISTRESS
Listen dumbass, we don’t have much time. Now ask him if we’re going the right way, unless you have some better ****ing plan?

BALL BUSTER
Not really.

WEBMISTRESS
That’s what I thought. Now ask him.

BALL BUSTER
(Sigh)
Are we going the right way, Hollow?

HOLLOW WOOD
No.

WEBMISTRESS
Good, I feel better now.

She continues down the same path they were going before. They all follow her down the hallway, and Robin tugs at Ball Buster’s shirt.

ROBIN
Hey, Michael…?

BALL BUSTER
Yeah, what’s up?

ROBIN
I really don’t like this place.

BALL BUSTER
None of us do, that’s why we’re escaping.

ROBIN
No, I mean, this place specifically. Look.

Robin points behind them at a camera. Ball Buster stops, and Mirko smiles.

BALL BUSTER
Webmistress…

WEBMISTRESS
Yeah?

BALL BUSTER
Don’t move.

She stops, and turns around and looks at him.

WEBMISTRESS
Are you worried about the cameras? I saw those already.

BALL BUSTER
Oh, my bad. Never mind then.

WEBMISTRESS
(Muttering)
****ing idiot.

BALL BUSTER
I heard that. You know, you and Mattie don’t have to be so hurtful.

Webmistress looks back at him with angry golden eyes.

BALL BUSTER (CONTINUED)
Oops, my bad. I’m sorry I said his name.

She keeps walking until they get to an elevator. She motions for them to stop, and then she has them all line up against the wall. On the floor there are fresh footprints and a white note with two stick figures and a teddy bear lying on the floor. Webmistress bends down and picks it up.

WEBMISTRESS
Pira was here.

BALL BUSTER
Should we take the elevator?

WEBMISTRESS
No, let’s take the stairs.

HOLLOW
Are you sure? I think you should take the elevator. I think it would be a good idea.

BALL BUSTER
Shut up, Hollow.

Webmistress kicks open the door to the stairway with her feet. She points her shotgun forward, making sure nobody is coming, and they dart their way down the stairs.

INT. STAIRWAY
Ball Buster carries Hollow down the stairs and he’s having sort of a rough time doing so, Robin runs in front of them behind Webmistress.

HOLLOW WOOD
You know, I really don’t get it Ball Buster.

BALL BUSTER
What?

HOLLOW WOOD
Why do you waste your time with that child? What do you think you’re going to do with him when you get out? Make yourself his legal guardian?

BALL BUSTER
Who said anything about making it legal?

HOLLOW WOOD
You really shouldn’t delude yourself into thinking that you’re some kind of martyr.

Ball Buster pushes Hollow down the stairs until he hits the wall of one walk way. Webmistress and Robin look back at them. Ball Buster grabs Hollow by the neck and shoves him into the wall.

BALL BUSTER
Do you want me to bust your balls again?

WEBMISTRESS
Ball Buster…contain yourself and be quiet for a second, will you?

She walks down the stairs towards the door that says “main floor”. Ball Buster lets go of Hollow and smiles at Robin, who looks at him strangely. Webmistress holds up a sign for them to stay above her, and she opens the door and then darts behind it. Two security guards, one fat and one skinny, come through the door and see Ball Buster, Hollow and Robin above them.

FAT GUARD
Dr. Wood?

They both raise their guns at Ball Buster but before they can do anything Webmistress grabs the gun out of the skinny one’s hand, shoots him and then shoots the fat one who topples over on top of the skinny one. Ball Buster carries Hollow down the stairs lopsidedly and puts his hand over Hollow’s mouth to prevent him from screaming profanities. They step over the bodies of the two security guards and walk down to the main hallways.

INT. MAIN HALLWAYS
We are in the same tracking shot as the gang walks out of the stair way looking restless. Webmistress leads them, looking at either corner making sure nobody’s coming. All across the walls in the main hallways are pictures with various names on them. In all the pictures people are smiling. Webmistress leads them forward, and then she puts her hand over Ball Buster and clings him to wall. Robin gets to idea and clings to the wall too. Doctor Matt walks by them, oblivious, and messing with his glasses. Once he is gone, Webmistress takes her arm off Ball Buster and puts one finger to her mouth to motion for him to be silent, then runs her hand across her throat to illustrate what will happen if he does not be quiet. Ball Buster rolls his eyes around and shakes his head to illustrate his maturity level. They keep walking forward and suddenly a familiar voice cuts through the hallways not too far off.

FAMILIAR VOICE
Look, goddamnit, I’m telling you what I know! He called my phone, and he said he was going to come here and kill everyone! It’s 5:49 right now, which means we got about ten minutes before he storms through that door with an AK-47 or something. Now I don’t care how you do it, but let me talk to Hollow!

They keep walking tell they get just outside the Main Hall. The familiar voice had belonged to Mirko, and he’s arguing with Morg, who does not appear to be pleased.

INT. MAIN HALL
Morg has his hand on the phone, annoyed.

MORG
Look, I don’t like this either, but Hollow is busy right now, okay?

Webmistress runs forward and points her shotgun at Mirko and then at Morg. Behind her, Ball Buster carries Hollow forward. Hollow looks at Mirko angrily, and Mirko looks like he’s going to crap himself.

WEBMISTRESS
Put your hands where I can see them.

Morg edges nervously in his desk. He looks nervously at his phone. Webmistress directs her gun at him.

WEBMISTRESS (CONTINUED)
Don’t even think about using that.

Ball Buster watches what Webmistress is doing, but Hollow is staring at Mirko more coldly than ever.

HOLLOW WOOD
I hear you were waiting for me. What is it you wanted you sick twisted ****?

MIRKO
Hollow, I just thought that they’re might be some trouble so I came over…

HOLLOW WOOD
Yeah, there’s some ****ing trouble. You want to know how I’ve been spending my day? It’s not been very pleasant. I had my balls busted, Mirko. Now who’s clever idea was it to make Michael here behind me a ball buster?

Mirko looks extremely nervous.

MIRKO
You…you think this is my fault?

BALL BUSTER
Wait a minute, whoa…this is the guy that wrote our memories?

Mirko and Hollow ignore Ball Buster’s question and stare at one another. Webmistress walks away from Morg, keeping her gun pointed at him. She walks toward the doors, checking to see if they are open. When she turns away from him, Morg starts pressing numbers on his phone.

HOLLOW WOOD
Don’t play coy with me. You’ve probably been waiting for this moment for a long time, haven’t you, Mirko? I bet you think this is some kind of grand revenge, getting these patients to tie me up.

MIRKO
I don’t know anything about this, okay? Look, if you’ll just listen to me, I think these guys are the least of our problems right now.

HOLLOW WOOD
Listen to you? Why would I listen to you? You’re the worst thing that’s ever happened to me.

[Master Chief]

Hollow Wood is drowned out by the high-pitched, steady beat of an alarm. Morg has set it off. Webmistress turns around, sees what he has done and shoots him. The impact of the gunshot sends him flying backward and the phone goes off the hook. There is a ding and the elevator has hit the ground floor. Mirko looks around at what is going on, looks at Hollow, and then darts out the doors. He runs off while Hollow screams at him.

HOLLOW WOOD (CONTINUED)
MIRKO! You ****ing coward!

Pira steps out of the elevator and walks over to Ball Buster. There are fresh tears on her face. Robin also runs up to Ball Buster, though lord knows where he just was. Webmistress looks over at them, slinging her shotgun over her shoulder.

PIRA
Hi guys.

ROBIN
You made it! Pimpin’!

BALL BUSTER
Hey Pira. What’s with the tears? Where’s Spork at?

PIRA
Never mind. Can we just please go?

WEBMISTRESS
Of course.


Webmistress opens the door but then hears footsteps. She turns around and fires her shotgun. Doctor Matt falls to the ground dead; the gunshot had hit him right in the skull. Behind him, D.L. and Heather stand shocked. Webmistress takes her gun and shoots D.L., sending him flying backwards. She goes to shoot Heather but is thrown to the ground. She looks up and sees Mirko standing there, looking at her angrily. Mirko looks over at Heather sadly, and Hollow, who is standing with Ball Buster next to the doorway, looks at him confused. Webmistress gets up, grabs her shotgun and points it at Mirko. He raises his hands in the air, he is prepared to die. Webmistress stares at him through her golden eyes, and then shakes her head. She walks out the front door, and Ball Buster, Robin, Hollow and Pira follow her out. Mirko looks over at Heather, who is breathing heavily.

HEATHER
Why did you save me?

MIRKO
…It’s my fault.

EXT. BLUE BUILDING
Webmistress walks outside, the sun shining at her. As she looks around herself, her eyes go from yellow to an abstract brown. She stands there for awhile, getting used to the feeling.

Ball Buster shoves past her, leading the angry Hollow forward until they get to a bicycle rack. Robin walks up from behind them and Ball Buster motions for him to come closer. Michael and Robin tie Hollow to the bicycle rack.

Pira walks up to Webmistress. She looks around the parking lot and sees nothing there.

PIRA
Hey, how exactly are we getting out of here?

WEBMISTRESS
Don’t worry. I have a plan.

Webmistress walks out into the wide parking lot and Pira follows her. Ball Buster and Robin finish tying Hollow up then walk away.

BALL BUSTER
Stay here.

They meet up with Pira, Webmistress still walking forward.

PIRA
So what was your plan?

WEBMISTRESS
I was lying…I never had one.

PIRA
Well, this is slowly turning into a huge ****ing nightmare.

BALL BUSTER
Whoa, did you just swear?

WEBMISTRESS
I know, right?

ROBIN
*****, I swear all the cock-****ing-cum-guzzling-anal-raping time, folkmoots.

BALL BUSTER
Very eloquent, Billy. You’re catching on fast…

Webmistress looks forward because she hears something. She walks away from the rest of the crew, and they look at her strangely.

Mirko and Heather come out of the building. Mirko looks over at Hollow tied to the bicycle rack who is giving him a cold stare. Then he looks over at the four escapees and then freezes when he hears the loud squeaking noise of tires hitting rubber.

MIRKO
Oh **** me.

A psychedelic looking van drives up to meet our escapee friends. On the side is written “PSYCHADELIC PLUMBING”. The van comes to dead holt when it sees the four of them standing there. Jesse gets out of the van and looks at them in a trance. Ball Buster looks at him confused.

BALL BUSTER
Hippie Hunter…?

JESSE WHITE
What the hell…what the hell are you guys doing?

WEBMISTRESS
What does it look like? We’re escaping. What are you doing?

JESSE WHITE
Oh ****...

Jesse reaches behind his shirt and pulls out a semi-automatic.

JESSE WHITE (CONTINUED)
…I was gonna storm the place.

WEBMISTRESS
Too late. We’re gonna need to use your van.

Webmistress runs up to the van and hops in the side door. Ball Buster, Pira and Robin climb in the back. Jesse looks around frantically, and then sees Mirko standing there with Dew just outside the front door. He looks at Mirko, and Mirko stares back at him. Jesse shakes his head and ***** his semi-automatic.

JESSE WHITE
What the hell am I doing?

Jesse climbs in the front seat of the van.

[Master Chief]

INT. VAN
Webmistress clicks her belt on. Jesse frantically searches his pocket for keys. There are no seats in the back of the van and Ball Buster and Pira stand exhausted.

WEBMISTRESS
Could you hurry up…?

JESSE WHITE
I’m trying to go as fast as I can.

Webmistress looks out the window. Cops are coming out the front door, as well as other doctors. Jesse finds his keys and fumbles around.

WEBMISTRESS
You need to go faster.

Jesse puts the keys in the ignition and starts the van. Ball Buster suddenly comes to his senses and looks around.

BALL BUSTER
STOP!

JESSE WHITE
What is it?

BALL BUSTER
Where’s Robin?

They look around frantically. Ball Buster is freaking out, his hands run through his hair. Pira looks frightened.

PIRA
I thought I saw him get in?

BALL BUSTER
You thought?

PIRA
I don’t know, it’s your job to watch him.

Ball Buster shakes his head and kicks open the back of the van.

BALL BUSTER
****! You’re useless without your boyfriend.

He jumps out of the van and Pira looks forward, scared for her life.

EXT. PARKING LOT
Ball Buster jumps out of the van, looking around everywhere. He runs at a frantic pace. Behind him, Jesse and Webmistress get out of the van, both with guns in their hands. Ball Buster runs towards the cops and the doctors out front, frantic.

BALL BUSTER
Rob—Billy! Billy, where are you?

Jesse and Webmistress are running towards Ball Buster, but he ignores them. Pira gets out of the van, all the light shading out of her face.

BALL BUSTER
BILLY!

The doctors look at Ball Buster. Some get out their guns and point them at him. Ball Buster walks towards them, every gun, and every eye on him. He looks through the doctors and sees that Heather is escorting young Robin by pulling his hair. Billy turns around, sees Michael coming towards him, and punches Heather in her private region.

ROBIN
YOUR BALLS HAVE BEEN BUSTED!

Robin runs forward, past all the cops and the doctors, and jumps into Ball Buster’s arms. Behind him, Jesse and Webmistress keep their guns on the cops.

BALL BUSTER
I was so worried I lost you. Don’t ever do that to me again.

ROBIN
Third time’s the charm.

BALL BUSTER
Don’t even…don’t even joke about that. You’re my reason for living. Now come on, we’re getting out of here.

Ball Buster puts Robin down, and the kid runs towards the van. Pira helps him in the van, and looks back at the other three escapees. Jesse and Webmistress keep their guns pointed at the other people, and Ball Buster looks around skeptically. Jesse turns to Webmistress.

JESSE WHITE
Hey, I just have one question.

WEBMISTRESS
What’s that?

Jesse puts his gun down and turns to face. For a split second, she puts her shotgun down to.

JESSE WHITE
What happened to Chain Reaction?

BLAM.

Ball Buster looks around, confused. Then he looks down at his chest, and sees that he is bleeding. A bullet has pierced through his skin. He looks forward at Billy, who has gotten out of the car and is running towards him, screaming. Jesse and Alexia rush to help him, but there is no help. He falls to the ground and lies there, motionless. Behind him, Phillip holds a handgun and looks forward, his giant rotund sunglasses hiding whatever feeling he may have.

Pira grabs Robin and shoves him, kicking and screaming, in to the van. Webmistress looks angrily at Phillip and the other doctors, and then rushes towards the van. Jesse runs his hands through the door and runs towards the van, and gets in the front seat.

All the doctors, all the cops just stand there. Then the other doctors and cops disappear, and the only ones standing there are Phillip, Mirko and Heather who is untying Hollow from the bike rack.

INT. VAN
Everyone sits in the van silently. Jesse tries to start the van but only the low guttural purr of the engine is heard, choppy and sullen like a bad cough. The van won’t start. He slams on the pedal.

JESSE WHITE (CONTINUED)
What the hell…?

He slams at the breaks and then the van turns on. Led Zeppelin is blasted and Webmistress quickly turns it off. For the first time ever it looks like there are tears in her eyes.

In the back of the van Pira stares at the ground, not because she is scared but because she has no other route now. She is sullen, and she looks up to see Robin gazing into nothingness. He is not crying, he is only staring forward, his eyes seeming to focus on everything but at nothing at the same time.

The van starts, and they hit bumps in the road, and they all rock back and forth, not saying a word.

EXT. BLUE BUILDING
Hollow grabs at Phillip and shoves him to the ground in a mad fit of rage. Phil tries to get him off of him, and then finally shoves him off. Behind them, Mirko is trying to soothe Heather’s pain.

HOLLOW WOOD
You idiot! Do you know what you’ve done?

PHILLIP
Yes, I do. I just saved lives by getting rid of a reckless individual. An individual that you and your team of doctors corrupted!

Hollow gets up and laughs.

HOLLOW WOOD
Are you really that arrogant? You funded my research, you knew what it was that I was doing.

PHILLIP
Oh, if I knew how far you had taken this, this’d never of happened in the first place.

HOLLOW WOOD
********! It was about the money with you, Malice. It always has been.

PHILLIP
No, don’t you even try to lecture me. You’re the most crooked person I’ve ever met in my life.

HOLLOW WOOD
Yeah, well who pays me?

Phil shakes his head, and grabs his gun.

PHILLIP
You want to get angry at me because I shot a ****ed-up individual that you helped create? You know who I should of shot Timothy? I should have shot you.

HOLLOW WOOD
Well, you have your gun out, don’t you? Shoot me now!

Phil takes his gun and points it at Hollow.

HOLLOW WOOD
You can’t even do it, can you?
(Beat.)
I SAVED THESE PEOPLE! They lived exciting lives thanks to me. You know how many people hate their bland existence?

PHIL
Yeah, and those bland people are dead now thanks to you.

HOLLOW WOOD
Oh, that’s really fair.

Phil gets closer to Hollow, this time getting angry. He grabs Hollow by the collar and starts punching him in the face, over and over. Mirko and Heather watch entranced.

PHILLIP
You want to know what’s fair? You want to know what’s fair!

Phil gets up. Hollow’s face has been beaten in, and he laughs loudly as blood drips down his chin. He tries to get up, but has trouble. His whole body has been beaten.

HOLLOW WOOD
Always the philanthropist, eh Malice? I hope you burn in—

A gunshot. Hollow is shot though the head. The blood spills over Phillip, and then the van drives away in a rush.

[Master Chief]

INT. VAN
Webmistress roles her window up. Driving, Jesse looks over at her and smiles.

JESSE WHITE
Nice shot.

WEBMISTRESS
I missed.

The van keeps driving, until eventually they crash through a wide gate. There are big words written on the gate, though we can’t make them out now because they’re covered in vine.

EXT. HIGHWAY
The van makes its way out, and then they drive into nowhere.

EXT. BLUE BUILDING
Heather and Mirko walk over to Phillip. Phillip stands there and a slight wind catches his face and draws out a piece of snot that floats out over the horizon.

HEATHER
Where do you think they’ll go? Do you think they’ll come back after us?

PHILLIP
You’re assuming they’ll even remember why they’re in a van, or even what just happened. ****, we got to send everyone home…I might have no choice but to shut this place down. And I had such high hopes for it. That means you have to go home first, Mirko.

Mirko shakes his head.

MIRKO
No, I’m not leaving. This is my fault, I’m going to try to fix it. I’m the reason that these people reacted the way they did. I’m the reason people died. It’s my fault.

PHILLIP
Mirko…

MIRKO
No, Phillip, it’s my fault, I was the one who changed their memories, made them viol—

PHILLIP
I KNOW, MIRKO! Just go home.

Mirko stands there silently, defeated. He looks over at Heather, but she just gives him a cold stare. He starts walking towards his car, and then he stops and turns to face Phillip.

MIRKO
You know, Hollow might have been a huge ****ing bastard, but he was right about you.

PHILLIP
And how’s that, Mirko?

MIRKO
You only care about the money.

Mirko keeps laughing, and Philip laughs to himself. He turns to Heather.

PHILLIP
Can you believe that guy, Dew?

HEATHER
I quit.

PHILLIP
What?

HEATHER
I quit, Malice.

Heather walks away from Phil and walks to her car. Phil stands there, angry and afraid.

PHILLIP
You think this means anything? There are other doctors that will work for me. I’m the one who’s gonna have the last laugh. This will be a great place, a refined place from now on without you people here to ruin it. This place was here before we got here and it will stay here. It doesn’t matter who’s in charge. This is a minor indiscretion. YOU CAN’T TAKE THIS PLACE AWAY FROM ME! THIS IS MY MONEY!

INT. EXALTED’S THRONE ROOM
Jayna gets up, barely able to stand. She looks over at Exalted, who is sitting there in a daze. She smiles at him.

JAYNA
You know, I’ve been thinking over the events of these past few days.

THE EXALTED
Please don’t.

JAYNA
No. I’m glad I chose for me and Danger Mouse to be with you, and not someone else here.

THE EXALTED
Thank—

He stops because he sees two doctors enter the throne room. He looks at them confused. Jayna turns around and sees them and tries to say something but they grab her. Exalted tries to get up and go after them but another doctor grabs him by the mouth. On the ground, half-alive, Teddy grins. Next to him, a ferret runs around happily.

FADE TO BLACK.
FADE IN.

INT. HALLWAY
The hallway is long and monotonous. Spork sits there next to the wall. He looks around, and bangs his head on the wall.

SPORK
What am I doing? I should have gone with Pira. I don’t know why I always take the bad ending instead of the happy one. Who’s to say one is more real than the other? But no, I just had to listen to my ****ing penis again. Well **** that, I’m gonna go with Pira, I still have time, I can be the hero, I can…

Spork stops because he sees something on the floor. It’s a piece of glass, and in the glass is his reflection. Except in the glass, Spork doesn’t look so sexy anymore. In fact, there are scratches all over his face. He looks old, tired. It looks like he has been beaten several times. Spork touches his perfect face, and in the reflection he is touching the deep red scar. He looks at it confused, and then a bat hits him on the head.

Spork falls over and then looks up and sees Excelsior standing over him. Excelsior smiles at him, and then he handcuffs Spork’s hands behind his back. He makes Spork stand up, and they start walking.

EXCELSIOR
Thought you could get away from me, didn’t you?

SPORK
Not really…I guess I had my hopes.

Spork looks down at the glass perplexed.

EXCELSIOR
Get walking. It’s time for you to go to your own very special room.

Excelsior leads Spork down the hallway. As he walks, he sees other doctors walking down the hallways. Some doctors walk past carrying Exalted. Spork looks at him, perplexed. Exalted has his hood off and it looks like he has been severely beaten. The doctors brush past them and carry him down the hallways. Behind him is Jayna, also being carried by two doctors. Her hair hides her face, and she has a much darker disposition to her than Spork is used to.

The doctor keeps walking and Spork starts to look in the other rooms. In one room he sees a gay guy playing with stuffed animals. He is being watched by other doctors. In another room he sees a man in a Jason Voorhees mask, who is also being put in heavy surveillance. In yet another room Spork sees a man hunched over in a white coat, his facial hair just starting to grow in. He looks extremely depressed, and when he looks up it is hard to recognize Matt Murdock without glasses. For some reason, Matt smiles at Spork, and Spork looks at him confused, but keeps walking.

As they continue walking, they are lead past a creepy looking guy with glasses on. Spork recognizes him, but he can’t put his finger on it. The guy grins at him, a huge, wide grin. Spork would like to stay with this guy for longer, but Excelsior shoves him forward.

EXCELSIOR
Come on, Spork, we’re almost to your room. Someone special is in there waiting for you.

Excelsior drags Spork into a dark room with no lights on, and then shoves him in.

INT. DARK BLUE ROOM
Spork looks around the dark blue room. It is bare except for two metal sheets. On one metal sheet a bald-headed man is tied to the sheet, it is Victor Von Doom. Victor looks at Spork as if he has never seen him before. The doctors grab Spork and help him onto the sheet. They tie his wrists to the sheet, and then his legs. Then they walk away.

VICTOR VON DOOM
Hey…do I know you?

SPORK
I don’t know. Maybe.

VICTOR VON DOOM
You seem pretty cool.

Spork laughs to himself.

SPORK
How do you know that? You just met me.

VICTOR VON DOOM
I guess that’s true.

There is a long silence as the two of them just sit there. Then Victor turns to Spork with an inquiry.

VICTOR VON DOOM
Hey – can I be your side-kick?

[Master Chief]

INT. HALLWAY
The hallway is vast and eerie. We go past rooms and rooms, secret alleyways, doctors with hidden agendas, ferrets that should not exist, people with blank stairs. We go down an elevator, and then we get to a main hall.

INT. MAIN HALL
The main hall is flooded with cops and doctors examining the bodies on the floor. We go past them, past Phillip standing there, talking on his phone, and we go outside.

EXT. BLUE BUILDING
Ambulance and police cars pull up to the front of the building. Police sanction off the crime scene. Sitting there unattended by anyone, Ball Buster’s dead body lies as if completely discarded. On the road, tracks by a van can be seen. We continue to track out until we get to a gate, crushed and destroyed. Vines no longer cover the gate’s front, and we can read it now. Printed there on the front in bold letters are simple, ominous and observational words: “HYPE MENTAL INSTITUTION: SINCE 1999 PROTECTING THOSE IN NEED”

FADE TO BLACK.

[The Last Meatbag]

*slow clap*

[Master Chief]

yea all cred gose to jj coz I haven't done s**t since the like, 13th episode :o

[JOLLY JOHNNY]

*slow clap*
Haha, I just wasted 3 years of my life. Now for some real writing. Maybe.

[SapphirePrima]

This is my favorite Hype Story. It was good how you guys took over a dozen random characters and created a story and fit them all in.

Good job!

[Master Chief]

It's the only one that real friKin sweat was put into, thx for being a faithful readEr. :( :word: :)

[Matthew Murdock]

Ah, I remember signing up for this.

What a great ending, JJ and co. did good by putting this thing to rest after 3 very long years though.