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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:
 
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...
 
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:
 
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.
 
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 ****e.





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 ******ed 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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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 *****e 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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
haha, I finally show up and some gothy mob don. Almost as if this takes place in 04.
 
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
 
I'm bumping this, the rough draft for the finale has been completed.
 
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. :(
 
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.
 
IT iS TheEnNd

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

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