So, If you've read the first few acts, you may wanting to know what happens next. So here is Act 3, but when I post the last act, it may be a while before I post anything on the second episode. I hardly have the first act done. So Yeah. :) Don't forget to leave comments when you are done reading.
ACT III
35. EXT. DEVOLA LABS BACK
ALLEY – DAY
DARIUS is in his lab coat
to take a break in the back alley. A young guy strolls through dressed in
mostly black, his t-shirt in bold letters ‘NO ANIMAL TESTING’. DARIUS see’s the
knife in his hand.
DARIUS
Great. You must be here to save the animals.
GUY
You have no right keeping them in there like that.
What your doing is torture!
DARIUS
What
we’re doing is helping you idiots to live longer.
The Young Guy runs to
attack Darius. Darius stretches out his arm and stops the guy with one hand on
the guy’s shoulder.
DARIUS
You
really don’t want to do this.
The guy pushes Darius’ arm
away and stabs him with the knife. Realizing what he’d just done he backs up
slowly.
DARIUS, with pain on his
face, stands up straight keeping eye contact with the guy and pulls out the
knife. He then looks down to see blood on the lab coat.
DARIUS
I
just got this coat dry-cleaned. Now the blood is never going to come out.
The guy bolts in the other
direction, freaked out. Darius suddenly appears around the corner startling the
guy.
DARIUS
You
come here to save animals but suddenly human life is not important? You need to
get your priorities straight.
DARIUS begins to fight the
guy with very precise movements as though he’s been doing this a long time. He
manages to maneuver the guys arm behind him and slams him into the alley wall
the camera going black.
CUT TO:
36. INT. BACK ALLEY
ENTRANCE TO HALLWAY - DAY
DARIUS walks in holding
the lab coat. He rubs the blood stain on the coat and looks down at his ripped
shirt where the knife had entered his skin. No scar, no wounds, his stomach is
perfectly fine.
DARIUS
We’ve
got to upgrade security.
FLACH CUT TO:
37. EXT. ECHO CITY STREETS
– DAY
ANDREW walks among the
people but a MYSTERIOUS WOMAN in a green dress catches his eye as she passes
by. ANDREW begins to follow her into an alley where MUGGERS attack her.
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN screams.
ANDREW
Hey!
ANDREW runs to go and save
her.
ANDREW
Get
your hands off of her.
SUPERSONIC flies in from
above and then lands facing ANDREW. There is a slight struggle as ANDREW tries
to get past SUPERSONIC.
SUPERSONIC
You can’t save her.
ANDREW stops struggling.
ANDREW
Get
out of my way.
ANDREW pushes SUPERSONIC
aside. He see’s the MYSTERIOUS WOMAN dead on the ground and the muggers gone.
ANDREW
What did you do? (Turns to Supersonic) We were
supposed to save her!
SMASH CUT TO:
38. EXT. FOOTBALL STADUIM
– NIGHT
SUPERSONIC and ANDREW are
in the center of the field with a spot light shining on them.
SUPERSONIC
There
is no we anymore, don’t you understand?! It’s
just You!, and ME!
ANDREW looks around
surprised at his sudden surroundings.
ANDREW
I
started this so I could help people. So I could save them from the horrible
things that happen to them everyday.
SUPERSONIC
And
you can, but you need to concentrate on the science. I can’t do this forever.
And from the looks of it, The Core isn’t coming anytime soon.
ANDREW
The
science isn’t right yet.
SUPERSONIC
(Beat)
You’re right; the science will probably never work,
but what choice do you have?
ANDREW
If I don’t fix these people, and protect them from
the damage my family has caused -
SUPERSONIC
You
really think taking over your father’s company was going to change all of that?
You need to wake up! Not even my help is going to save this city from what your
father did. These people are ruined. Scarred forever. Wake up! Wake up Andrew!
39. INT. ANDREW’S BEDROOM
– NIGHT
ANDREW bursts from his
sleep covered in sweat nearly gasping for air. He stands up and walks across
the room to a glass of water on a table. After drinking the full glass of water
he reaches for the pitcher next to the glass to re-fill it. While he re-fills
the glass he turns to his clock to see the time. 8:00. ANDREW set the pitcher down and rushes to leave.
40. INT. DEVOLA LABS –
NIGHT
PUAL looks up as JON walks
in the back of the lab rushing in. DARIUS is off assembling equipment with
tools.
PAUL
You’re
late!
JON
Sorry
Dad.
DARIUS
Jon,
good to see you. How’s Jord….
PAUL looks at DARIUS
motioning his hand to shut up.
DARIUS
….
Your mom?
JON
She’s
been okay.
(turns
to Paul)
Dad,
did you want me to get started on the paperwork?
PAUL
Actually
son, Mr. DeVola is coming in tonight-
DARIUS
At
least he’s supposed to.
PAUL
-I
was hoping you would want to watch the experiment we are doing. You can always
clean beakers and file next week.
JON
Oh.
I guess. I was kind of hoping I could just do some busywork.
PAUL
Believe
me, this will be far more interesting than busy work.
ANDREW DEVOLA enters in a
suit and tie holding a briefcase.
ANDREW
I
apologize for not being prompt. I took a detour that lasted a little longer
than I expected.
DARIUS
Great,
we can get started.
DARIUS’s phone rings. He
pulls it out to read ‘Michael’ was calling.
DARIUS
There
is something that requires my immediate attention. Dr. Scott, why don’t you
start without me?
PAUL
Of
coarse Dr. Brooks.
(Turns
to ANDREW)
Right
this way Mr. DeVola.
41. INT. DEVOLA LABS –
HALLWAY – NIGHT
DARIUS clicks ‘answer’.
DARIUS
Michael
I’m glad you called. Does this mean you’ve changed your mind?
42. EXT. ECHOS CITY
AIRPORT – NIGHT
MICHAEL is seen out in the
rain, an airport behind him.
MICHAEL
I
did. My situation in Oregon has gotten bad. I came by bus. Do you know of a
place I can stay?
DARIUS
I’ll
send you an address to meet.
MICHAEL
Is
there room for two? I know it’s not conventional but I had to bring Cody. I’m
the closest thing he has to family now.
DARIUS
Of
coarse. It’s no inconvenience.
CUT TO:
43. INT. DEVOLA LABS –
NIGHT
PAUL flicks a few
switches, machines go vroom, lights dim.
PAUL
Is
everything clear?
ERICKA
Crystal.
PAUL pulls a lever, flicks
more switches and a window opens revealing a monkey.
PAUL
Meet
Exhibit A. Now does everyone have their safety goggles on?
JON, ANDREW, ERICKA, and a
few other LAB TECHS put their goggles on. PAUL presses more buttons and the
monkey is shown being zapped by a kind of electricity beam.
Off to the side, escaping
everyone’s attention a crack forms in window of a room labeled ‘RADIATION:
DANGER’.
ANDREW, ERICKA, PAUL, and
JON lean in to see the monkey has disappeared, no where to be seen in the
experiment area.
ANDREW
Was
that the purpose of this demonstration? A disappearing monkey? My magician of a
cousin can simply do that.
ERICKA
Did
we get the calculations wrong?
JON
I
don’t get it, what was supposed to happen?
The GLASS WINDOW cracks
further and a whistling of air can be heard.
PAUL
Certainly
not this.
ERICKA
The
object was to give the monkey an addition to its DNA molecule ultimately giving
him what we would perceive as a special ability. According to the science
though it would really be like making it so he’s able to tap into the
dimensions that surround us.
JON
What
kind of abilities are we talking about?
PAUL
Just
your average flying, walking through walls, and creating storms just by
thinking about the weather. Taping into the realms that are not tied down by
our laws of physics.
JON
Average?
ANDREW
The
science behind this is truly unreal. The benefits will not only help those who
feel inferior to our modern-day superheroes, but this technology could help us
create vaccines that can cure people. Imagine a world free of illness and cancer.
It’s what we’ve always want-
JON
I’m
not sure I understand how that works.
ANDREW
It’s
like this. Imagine our world as a bubble. There are other worlds, other
dimensions that exist at the exact same time. So you have two bubbles that are
meshed together.
JON
Like
alternate realities.
ANDREW
Sort
of. Basically what are plan is- we will try and use the technology of
pinpointing the virus, cancer or what have you and place it elsewhere. Killing
those things is very hard to do with out killing the host. So if we can manage
to just place it elsewhere using the technology of moving through these other
worlds that around us, we ultimately save a human life.
JON
But
what does that do to the other dimension, the other world you are placing it
in?
ANDREW
I haven’t
a clue.
JON
You’re
doing all this to save people? Why not take advantage of the science your
learning for this and explore these other dimension.
ANDREW
We
don’t even know they are capable of living in. It’s hard to determine if it’s
even a whole physical world like ours. It could just be black emptiness. Other
parts of space without proper living conditions that we just want to stay away
from.
PAUL
looks up with a raised eyebrow the rolls his eyes at Andrew.
ANDREW
Though
there are some who believe it’s much like here. Dirt-Air-Water: All your basic
essentials just in a whole new light.
CAMERA zooms in on the
cracked glass, which shatters and alarms begins to go off. DARIUS enters the
lab to see the flashing lights. PAUL, DARIUS, ERICKA and other lab techs reach
for a near by breathing mask. PAUL hands one to JON.
PAUL
Here,
cover your mouth!
JON holds his breath but
takes the mask and runs it to ANDREW.
JON
Breathe
with this!
ANDREW
You
must get out of here. Don’t worry about me!
Just as ANDREW takes the
mask, the room labeled ‘DANGER’ explodes
throwing JON on to ANDREW. The two proceed to fall through the floor into a
maintenance closet beneath them, leaving the floor/ceiling unharmed. The impact
of hitting the ground leaves them unconscious.
UP IN THE LAB ERICKA fell
unconscious under a desk, and DARIUS pulls himself off the ground looking
around. He helps PAUL up.
PAUL
Is
everyone okay?
DARIUS rushes in to see
what happened.
DARIUS
Holy
Juledora. (Beat) Dr. Scott, where is your son?
PAUL looks around the
chaos of the lab; parts of it on fire. He moves through the debris looking for
JON but he only finds ERICKA unconscious and the other lab techs wandering
around have dazed.
PAUL
Jon!
DARIUS
Mr. DeVola!
PAUL
Jonny!
FADE TO:
44. INT. MAINTENANCE
CLOSET – NIGHT
Jon is in the closet with
Andrew and the two of them haven’t a clue as to how they got there...
JON
How
in the world?
ANDREW
How’d
we get here?
JON
I
don’t know.
JON stands up and helps
ANDREW up off the ground. JON tries the door handle but it’s locked from the
outside.
JON
Do
you know how we can get out of here?
ANDREW
Not
a clue.
ANDREW tries ramming
himself into the door hoping it will knock down but the only result is an
injury to his arm. JON tried jiggling the handle again.
JON
Come
on, COME ON, COME ON!!
In frustration JON rests
his head on the door and his hand falls through the doorknob, unlocking it on
it’s way through. The door slowly creeks open.
ANDREW
How
did you do that?
JON pulls his hand towards
his face to analyze it. His face filled with shock and he fails to answer the
question even in his own mind. JON turns to ANDREW for a beat.
JON
Come
on, let’s go.
JON and ANDREW run down
the hallway, lights flashing, alarms going off, and firemen running the
opposite direction of them as they exit the building.
45. EXT. DEVOLA LABS –
NIGHT
ANDREW
I
owe you my life Jonathan.
JON is flatter in
expression but looks down to see ANDREW’s leg is bleeding.
JON
Mr.
DeVola,
ANDREW
You
don’t have to be so formal, call me Andrew.
JON
Okay,
but I think your hurt, you’re leg is bleeding.
ANDREW looked down at his
leg. The sight of the blood causes him to faint.
JON
Can
I Get A Paramedic Over Here!
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT III