Fight fire with gas!

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BETA FLIGHT
Episode 6—“Struck Twice, Conclusion”
Written by C. Alexandra Schwarz and Alan White

SCENE ONE

ANNOUNCER
Previously, on Beta Flight…

[Recap clips.]

Play BUMPER with ARC, EMERALD KNIGHT, PURE V & CORSAIR.

SCENE TWO—Empty road, night.

SFX—Van doors slam open, four sets of boots hit pavement. It’s raining, and something nearby is burning.

ARC
All right, let’s get to it! Doesn’t look like we have much time!

CORSAIR
(bored, not going anywhere)
This is it? I thought Beta Flight was a team of superheroes—surely we’ve got something more interesting to take care of than car crashes. Isn’t there a fire department for that?

PURE V
We go where we’re needed, and we’re needed here. Now if you’re going to be part of this team, then act like it and follow orders. Go!

CORSAIR
Or what, you’re gonna punch me again? That worked out great last time, didn’t it?

EMERALD KNIGHT
(a little further away)
Hey, there’s someone trapped inside the truck! I need a hand over here!

CORSAIR
Oh, all right.

SFX—He makes his way over to Emerald Knight. Whatever’s burning is much, much closer.

EMERALD KNIGHT
Rrgh… the door’s jammed—I can’t get to him!

ARC
I got it, Emerald Knight!

SFX—Arc’s powers activate, the door falls away.

ARC
Corsair, get him out.

CORSAIR
If you insist.

SFX—He reaches in and pulls a body from the truck, giving slight effort.

CORSAIR
Think he’s dead.

SFX--He lets the body fall to the ground.

EMERALD KNIGHT
Not quite. Pure V!

SFX—Quick approaching footsteps; Pure V joins them.

PURE V
Let’s see… unconscious, but alive. He’s got some pretty nasty cuts and third-degrees I think I can take care of, but somebody needs to get him to a hospital in case there’s any alcohol poisoning. Guy smells like he took a bath in vodka.

ARC
Do what you can, V. I’ll see about getting him out of here. Router? Is Mach5 on-site?

ROUTER
(over radio)
Let me check.
(a beat)
I’ll wake him and he’ll be out to you in a couple minutes. While you guys are out there, we just got another hit on the BetaScope—there’s a proto practically on top of you guys. Might have been someone involved in the crash, so just keep an eye out and bring them back here if you can.

ARC
Of course.

ROUTER
(over radio)
Router out.

CORSAIR
—what did that one hit, then?

EMERALD KNIGHT
Huh?

CORSAIR
Over there. His car didn’t explode—look at it, all smashed up. What’d he hit?

ARC
It’s so dark, I can barely see anything away from this fire…
(beat)
Ah, you mean the ditch at the side of the road! That makes a third vehicle in this accident. Let's hope it doesn't get any worse!

SFX—he takes off running, boots sliding down the side of the ditch.

ARC
(to himself, quickly, assessing the situation)
Hmm, car's flipped over… and ... there’s someone there--someone’s pulling another person out…!
Wait, are they… sparking?

SFX—As he gets closer, we can hear electricity crackling.

ARC
Dragonryder, what do you think you’re doing?


DRAGONRYDER
(over radio)
(a surprised yelp)
Arc?! Are you trying to give me a heart attack? What’re you yelling about?!

ARC
Guess. You weren’t assigned to this mission; I don’t even know what you’re doing out here, but get away before one of your sparks catches spilt gas and lights that car up!

DRAGONRYDER
(over radio)
What the hell, Arc?! What mission? What car? I’m at headquarters!

ARC
(didn’t see that coming)
You… you are? Then who…?

DRAGONRYDER
(over radio)
Are you going to start making sense any time soon, or can I get back to playing Ratchet and Clank?

ARC
Yeah… yeah, go ahead. Arc out.

(a beat)

All right, so who in the world is…

(louder, shouting to be heard)
You! Step away from the car and let go of that woman! You’re going to electrocute her!

SURGE
…hunh? Uh-oh…!

SFX—The person he’s supporting hits the ground, and he runs off. Each footstep sparks slightly as it connects with the ground. He jumps, and is gone.

SFX—Footsteps come running. It’s Emerald Knight.

EMERALD KNIGHT
Sir! Was that… that was Dragonryder?

ARC
No. I thought so too, but it was someone else. A kid; his face was covered so I couldn’t really see him. Router said there was a proto in the area…

EMERALD KNIGHT
…and you think he just got away from us.

ARC
If he did, we can find him again. This accident is our first priority.
(voice raised)
Pure V! Get down here!

SFX—A set of boots skids down the side of the ditch and comes to a stop.

PURE V
Right here, Arc.

ARC
More injuries to take care of. Get to it.

PURE V
I… I don’t know if I can. I didn’t know there’d be someone else—I used up just about everything I had on ol’ Drunky McDrunkerson back there.

ARC
Don’t apologize. You did what you could.
(beat)
Router, where’s Mach5?

SFX—A flyer zooms in and touches down nearby.

MACH 5
Right here, Arc. What do you need?

ARC
We’ve got two people out here who need medical attention, fast. Pure V’s worked on one of them, so take the woman here first. Watch her left arm, it looks broken.

MACH 5
Got it… It’s all right, ma’am. Soon you’re going to be just fine.

SFX—The woman groans in pain as Mach5 lifts her up; he takes off and is gone soon after.

ARC
That’s one problem taken care of. Now… what happened to that proto?

SCENE THREE—Forthright Industries Building, night.
SFX—a cell phone rings.

BLUE STREAK
Vincentson here.
(beat)
Elizabeth! Hey, honey, I’m still at work. Can I call you back later?
(beat)
Love you too. Bye.

SFX—phone hangs up.

(yawning, stretching)
Come on, Teddy, fifteen minutes till your shift’s over… keep it together. Bradley doesn’t need to see ya passed out at the guard station when he comes in to take over.
(beat)
Maybe if I’ve got something to listen to…

SFX—he turns on a small radio.

REPORTER
—body was identified this evening as seventeen-year-old Robert Harrison. Samuel Raynolds [pronounced the same as ‘Reynolds'], the sole survivor of the explosion, was unavailable for comment. Authorities are still on the lookout for those behind the kidnapping and murders—

SFX—Blue Streak shuts the radio off.

BLUE STREAK
That doesn’t help. It’s been almost a week and they’re still talking about that 24/7.
(sighs)
But ... well of course they are… not often something that horrible happens around here. But I was there… I don’t want to hear any more.

SFX—Fade up on a car approaching as Blue talks to himself; as he finishes, tires screech on pavement.

BLUE STREAK
What the…?!

SFX—he runs outside.

BLUE STREAK
(yelling)
Hey. Hey! Are you crazy?! You almost drove your car through the damn building!

SFX—car door opens, someone stumbles out and runs to Blue.

THOMAS
(panicked)
Ted! You’re still here, thank God! You have to –you have to help me!

BLUE STREAK
Thomas? All right, calm down. Breathe. What’s going on?

THOMAS
(deep breath, slightly slower)
I-it’s my brother, Sam. After I left here I went home and found him passed out in his bedroom, and… Ted, I think something’s wrong with him!


BLUE STREAK
Then why didn’t you take him to the emergency room?

THOMAS
This was closer. And I thought you might still be in. Please, I know you can help—

BLUE STREAK
Thomas, I’m a security guard, not a doctor.

THOMAS
(starting to panic a bit again)
Please!

BLUE STREAK
(a beat)
Fine. Where is he?

THOMAS
My car. Look, in the back seat.

SFX—he hurries over to the car and opens a door. We hear electricity crackling.

THOMAS
He’s been sparking on and off like that since I found him.

BLUE STREAK
(playing dumb)
Whoa. So... did he get electrocuted?

THOMAS
No. You know how people with superpowers started popping up all over the place? I think it happened to him. And I don’t know that any emergency room would be able to do anything for him…

BLUE STREAK
But you think I can?

THOMAS
I know you can. This is the kind of thing Tech Support does, isn’t it?

BLUE STREAK
(shocked)
What?!

(quickly, trying to keep playing dumb)
I mean... what are you talking about?

THOMAS
(angry now. His brother's life is on the line)
Stop playing stupid Blue Streak!

BLUE STREAK
(a beat
Staying calm)

How much do you know?

THOMAS
(Still angry and fighting for self control)

Not a lot. I know Mr. Forthright has millions in the bank, but he didn’t put a load of cash into rebuilding this place after it blew up, so I figure he’s putting it toward something else.

I know that he, you, and Mr. Atherton always seem to drive off toward the edge of town at the end of the day even though you all come in from the other direction.

And I know that when I saw that drug bust on the news last week, I recognized you, even if you were wearing the costume.

(beat)
You really ought to think about getting yourself a mask, mate.

BLUE STREAK
(sighs)
Right. Just… come on, let’s get him over to my truck. It’s right there.

THOMAS
Okay. Thank you. Here, watch his hands or you’re in for a nasty jolt.

SFX—The two men lift Sam out of one vehicle and carry him to the other. Electricity should continue to crackle beneath the dialogue for the rest of the scene.

THOMAS
Right, he’s in. Quick, we need to hurry to—!

BLUE STREAK
We aren’t going anywhere. Sam and I are.

THOMAS
What?! Why can’t I come? I’m his brother and I’m his legal guardian!


BLUE STREAK
(laying down the facts without being overly harsh about it)
Look, Thomas. I’m sure you’re proud of yourself for figuring everything out, but by doing that you’ve put yourself and your brother in danger. There are people who will literally stop at nothing to get at Tech Support. People who wouldn’t think twice about kidnapping, torture, or murder. The less you know about us, the less of a target you are.

THOMAS
(a beat)
Just promise me you’ll let me know the second he wakes up. You have my number.

BLUE STREAK
As soon as I know anything, I’ll give you a call.



THOMAS
Thank you, Ted. You don’t know how much this means to me… Sam’s the only family I’ve got left.

BLUE STREAK
Thomas… just go home. Get some rest—we’ll take care of him. And think about what I said. You really need to keep all this to yourself.

SFX—Thomas walks away. Blue gets into his car, shuts the door, starts the engine, and activates his comm.

BLUE STREAK
Blue Streak to Tech Support. I’m en route with a proto, and I’m gonna need Medical on standby.


SCENE FOUR--Ethereal background quality. Someone is dreaming.
SFX--There are fires burning on all sides.
SFX--Something heavy is dragging itself across the debris on the floor.

LIGHTNING-STRIKE
(rasping, in pain)
Y…you’re alive.

SAM
(hoarse, also in pain)
Yeh. But... Robert...


LIGHTNING-STRIKE
(rasping, in pain)
I’m so…so sorry, kid. I tried to--!

SAM
(hoarse, also in pain)
Why are you apologizing? It’s not your fault.
You didn’t do this…they did. That stupid woman.
Someone’s got to find them…s-stop them.

LIGHTNING-STRIKE
(rasping, in a lot of pain)
Here. My gloves…take them. My boots too.

SAM
(a beat)
Wha--! What?!

LIGHTNING-STRIKE
(rasping, voice grows weaker and weaker, but the words are still forceful.)
I don’t have much time left. On the street they call her "Daytrader". I won’t live to be the one to bring them to justice. Take my gloves and boots and get them to…someone who can. Please.

SAM
(hoarse, still in pain)
No. No, don’t say that, you’re going to be all right!

LIGHTNING-STRIKE.
(rasping, dies)
Take! Them!

SAM
(responding defensively to Lightning Strike's force of will)
Alright!

(grunting from exertion. The boots are snug on Lightning Strike's feet)

AOWW! My hands! These things... the electricity is in them?

(a beat)
(No answer comes.)
Oh.
Oh no.
Oh God.
Robert? Robert this guy just died, Robert. He's ... he was a superhero.
Superheroes aren't supposed to die are they, Robert...?

Robert? Robert I'm scared. Please ... wake up.

This isn't fair.

Why am I alive? You two were braver than I have ever been...!


SCENE FIVE--Tech Support's MedLab
SFX--Someone is rustling fitfully in his bed. Electricity should continue to crackle beneath the dialogue for the rest of the scene.

SAM
(drowsy, in his sleep, crying)
It ... isn't fair. It just isn't fair ...!

PURE V
(a beat)
Well, I guess that's going to go on for some time...!

K2
(over video-conference)
Why do you say that, Pure V?

PURE V
Something's keeping him from going completely under, Dr. Karroux. I've given his metabolism all it needs to heal, so ... normally the body goes unconscious at this point. That's when healing starts.

K2
(over video-conference)
I understand, Brent. You're saying that something is circumventing his body's ability to heal itself.

PURE V
It has to be! Whatever he's mumbling about--whatever's making him cry. You think that might be it?

K2
(over video-conference)
Maybe. Some type of trauma ... but ... look at the diagnostics. Surely you'd agree that whatever happening to him goes way beyond mental trauma--?

PURE V
I'm ... sorry, Dr. Karroux. I don't really know what all these machines are saying. It's way above my level of expertise...


K2
(over video-conference)
Sorry, Brent. You know I'd be there if not for my students here at Johns Hopkins.

REBOOT
It's okay, K2, I can explain this one.

Sam's body seems to be running on empty, for lack of a better term. His heart rate is sluggish, his muscles are weak—he’s only been out for a day, but you’d think by looking at this information that he’s been in a coma for at least a couple of months.

K2
(over video-conference)
Correct, Reboot. Thank you.

REBOOT
Hey, no prob, Doc. You know I'm always on deck to fill in when you can't be here. But I gotta tell ya, trying to walk in your heels are torture.

K2
(over video-conference)
Yes, Reboot, very funny.
Pure V, the best we can do at this point is keep looking after him. I’ll have to give these new findings some serious consideration before we proceed with anything—we don’t know whether something we do would be a help or a hindrance.

PURE V
Okay, Dr. Karroux, thanks. I'll let the others know.

SFX--Exit PURE V

K2
(over video-conference)
So it looks bad from where your standing, eh Ken?

REBOOT
Damn. That Forthright money bought us some good video equipment!



K2
(over video-conference)
It's not what I see. It's what I hear. You only pull out the "wearing K2's shoes" humor when it's bad.

REBOOT
(sighs)
Doctor Karroux … this kid is dying and there's not a damn thing we can do about it.

SAM
(moaning in his sleep)
Daytrader ... someone had to ...!

SCENE SIX--Back in that Ethereal dreamscape

SAM
(aloud to self)
...bring her to justice?

Completely mad.

I'm only thinking this way because I'm not sleeping. And why should I want to sleep--so I can keep seeing the explosion? Keep seeing Robert's body crushed under that concrete and watch the life drain out of a superhero's face?

No. It's only because I'm not getting a wink that I'm even contemplating...

SFX--Sam shifts around and finds the pair of gloves. He puts them on.

SAM
(aloud to self)
…putting these on.
Funny. The gloves are black, just like the suit I'm supposed to wear for Robert's funeral tomorrow.

Crossed lighting bolts in metal on the back of the glove hands and ... nnf!!

SFX--Sam pulls on the boots


SAM
(aloud to self)
...and on the sides of the boots. Which are too big for me, even though the gloves are pretty snug.
Nothing more than a coincidence.

LIGHTNING STRIKE
(repeat from Scene Four. Ethereal)
I can’t be the one to bring these men to justice. Take my gloves and boots and get them to…someone who can.

SAM
(aloud to self)
What if I’m to use them?
Someone has to find Daytrader. Why shouldn’t it be me?

SCENE SEVEN—Beta Flight briefing room

MAINFRAME
Nothing’s ever easy…

BLUE STREAK
Please tell me that isn’t just occurring to you now.

ARC
So even though K2 and Reboot can’t figure out what’s going on with Sam right now, we did pick up a clue from what he was mumbling in his sleep.

EMERALD KNIGHT
Okay…what’d you guys get?

ARC
The name "Daytrader."

MAINFRAME
Never heard of it before, so it took a few seconds diving through the greater LA crime database, and I think you'll be surprised at what I found.



SCENE EIGHT--Another Warehouse, Interior, Office
SFX--Hints of the ethereal. Again, we are entering into a dream sequence

TRIXIE
C'mon boss, sit down somewhere! Your pacing is about to drive me out of my mind.

DAYTRADER
Shut up, Trixie. I really cut off my nose to spite my face back there when I blew up the warehouse.

TRIXIE
But you finally got rid of Lightning Strike! That had to be worth the couple of kilos you blew up with him--!

SFX--Something slips and falls a few feet, landing into something noisy.

TRIXIE
What in the worl--?

DAYTRADER
Shh! It's over there...!

SFX--Two sets of shoes walk quietly but quickly until they come upon a young figure trying to recover from his fall.

TRIXIE
(derisive laughter)
Well I'll be damned! If it ain't Little Man! Have you lost all your mind?

DAYTRADER
From the warehouse?! What kind of screwed up world is it where Lightning Strike dies and you live?

SAM
(painfully trying to right himself from a fall)
... Ow ...
Don't think ... I didn't ask myself ... that same question.

SFX--Trixie steps on Sam and tries to crush his hand under her boot.

TRIXIE
(vicious, trying to grind Sam's hand under her heel)
But we're asking the questions kid--!

SAM
Ahh-hh! My hand--!

SFX--the zap and sizzle of electric current

TRIXIE
AHHH! My leg!!!

(vicious again)
What did you do?!

SFX--Kicks Sam in the stomach.

SAM
Owghk--!!

TRIXIE
What the hell did you do to my leg?!

DAYTRADER
Trix, look at what he's wearing--what you stepped on. His gloves and boots. They belonged to Lightning Strike.

SFX--A gun hammer clicks

DAYTRADER
So I'm guessing it's no accident that you're here falling through our skylight?

SAM
(still smarting from the gutkick)
That's ... that's right. I'm ... looking ... for you, Daytrader.

DAYTRADER
Well good job, kiddo. You found me. But since you decided to play Taser like your hero buddy, it is going to be the last thing you do.

SFX--Gun fires and strikes the pavement.

TRIXIE
You missed, boss...!

DAYTRADER
I know that, you idiot--

TRIXIE
Boss look out, he's going for your gun--!

SFX-- SAM has leapt to his feet and begun to wrestle Daytrader for her gun.

DAYTRADER
Trixie ... don't just stand there...get this brat off ...

SFX--The sizzling sound of electric current begins again and Daytrader's command turns into a bellow of pain and surprise.

DAYTRADER
...mm--eeEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAA---!!

SFX--Daytrader falls to the ground.

SAM
Now you know a little bit of the pain you’ve caused.

TRIXIE
But not as much as you're gonna know--

SAM
I don't think so!

SFX--Another scuffle, another sizzle of electricity, another female bellow of pain, and another body hits the ground.

SAM
(collecting his breath and his thoughts)
(To unconscious Trixie)
Next time shoot first, make clever repartee later.

I can't believe people like you are allowed to live. People like you who've made my life just one big hellish nightmare for years and years and years. My mother ... my father ... now Robert ... innocent people doing no harm to anyone. Killed by the likes of you.

And now?

Now I can do something about it.

Not only do I have your gun. I have Lightning Strike's power.

SFX--A sphere of electricity charges and forms in Sam's gloved hand.

SAM
(voice trembling with fury)
Now innocent people get to have their revenge.

(fade out)

SCENE NINE--Beta Flight briefing room.
(fade in)

MAINFRAME
...Or at least, that's as much as the crime scene investigators pieced together. Now that we know Daytrader owned the warehouse where Lightning Strike and Robert Harrison were killed, it's not hard to deduce who the missing hostage was, and what happened to Lightning Strike's gloves and boots.

ARC
So Sam Raynolds is moonlighting as a wannabe superhero, and his brother knows about Tech Support. This complicates things. Feedback and Blue Streak are the only two here with day jobs at Forthright Industries, so you know what that means.

BLUE STREAK
Yep. I need to keep an eye on Raynolds at work from now on. But that'll only be for so much--he’s been working part-time for months now, ever since he pulled his brother out of school and started homeschooling him.



ARC
Still, do what you can. We don’t need Deathmatch or anyone else trying to get information out of him.

DRAGONRYDER
(laughs to herself sardonically)

ARC
Anything you care to share, Dragonryder?

DRAGONRYDER
No.
(a beat)
Yeah.
(a beat)

ARC
Well...?

DRAGONRYDER
I just thought I was safe when you guys offered Lightning Strike a place on the team and he refused. I should have known it'd come back to bite me on the butt.

MAINFRAME
What? Dragonryder what are you talking about?

DRAGONRYDER
Well, you're going to offer Sam Raynolds a spot in Beta Flight, aren't you?

MAINFRAME
If he lives...! We can't be sure if something Daytrader did isn't killing him right now.

DRAGONRYDER
I know! I know...

EMERALD KNIGHT
Then what is the matter, Robin?



BLUE STREAK
Oh, she's got her knickers in a twist just because Lightning Strike ... and now Sam...has got the same powers as she does.

MAINFRAME
(a beat)
Seriously?

DRAGONRYDER
Well ...
Look, I know I can be difficult sometimes, and I just thought that if you had the opportunity to get rid of me...

MAINFRAME
(hurt)
Robin.
Do you really feel that we think so little of you?

DRAGONRYDER
(touched)
Well ... but I ...

ARC
Robin, come with me. Follow me. Right now.

DRAGONRYDER
Oh--okay--?

SFX--Exit Arc, with Dragonryder following

MAINFRAME
Anyone else have such objections? I'd really like to know.

WOLF-GIRL
(distracted for some reason)
No, Mainframe. Um ... no objections.

MAINFRAME
Noted.

WOLF-GIRL
May I be excused?

MAINFRAME
Of course.
And you Mach 5?

SFX--Wolf-Girl exits

MACH 5
(distracted as well)
N-no Mainframe. No objections.

MAINFRAME
Okay then.

CORSAIR
Don't I get a vote?

MAINFRAME
You're still on a probationary period, Corsair.

CORSAIR
For how long?

MAINFRAME
Until I say so--

MACH 5
May I be excused?

MAINFRAME
Stop asking me that!

SFX--Mach 5 exits

MAINFRAME
Shadow Sword?


SHADOWSWORD
What? I'm a big girl. If I have to use the bathroom, I'll just go.

CORSAIR
What? Right here?

SHADOWSWORD
(a beat)
This is why no one likes you.

MAINFRAME
(losing patience)
I'm talking about Sam joining Beta Flight, Shadow Sword!

SHADOWSWORD
Why would I not endorse a child in need of our help? I recommended Corsair to the team, didn't I?

BLUE STREAK
(raucous laughter)

CORSAIR
Oh, that hurts.

MAINFRAME
Some days it just doesn't pay to leave cyberspace...

SCENE TEN--Tech Support MedLab
SFX--Enter Arc and Dragonryder

REBOOT
Heya, guys.

ARC
(greeting)
Reboot ... Pure V. Any change?

PURE V
Yeah. For the worse. I gave his body another healing surge but ... I made him worse.

REBOOT
Yeah, K2 ordered Pure V to just stop doing that anymore.

ARC
How is it possible?

REBOOT
Well, if a faster metabolism causes worse health ... it's gotta mean that this kid is eating himself up from the inside.

SFX--Arc and Dragonryder step closer to Sam in the bed.

ARC
See, Robin? Look at him. What do you think?

DRAGONRYDER
I ... I think ... I'm sorry, Arc. Of course we have to help him. No matter what powers he has.

ARC
And what made you say that? Now that you're here, looking at him?

DRAGONRYDER
Well ... I mean ... how could I not feel compassion for someone in such need. Plus, you heard Mainframe ... Sam Raynolds has been through hell. Records indicate that first his mother and then his father were killed in two separate crime incidents.

(change of thought)
He went looking for Daytrader. That's the only reason why he would have kept Lightning Strike's equipment. And then when he found her and had the chance ... he still let her live. He called the cops and let her be taken into custody.

If anybody deserves to be a hero, it's that kid.

ARC
Now you understand.

DRAGONRYDER
Alright, already. Is the sermon over?


ARC
But Robin ... how you feel about Sam ... that's what we feel about you. Robin, I don't care what Sam Raynolds can do. You're not going anywhere. You deserve to be a hero no less than he does.

DRAGONRYDER
(choked up)
Oh ... okay.
Well ... damn.
Arc. Thanks.

SFX--Arc and Dragonryder hug.

SFX--A sizzling of electricity is heard then increases.

DRAGONRYDER
(inhales in shock then gives a surprised shriek)

ARC
What? What is it--?

DRAGONRYDER
It's Sam--! He's ... he's doing something to me--!

SFX--The sizzling of electricity increases

DRAGONRYDER
No---!! He's ... he's taking my power from me! He's draining it from me--!

REBOOT
The monitors--they're reflecting an increase in his electrolytic levels!
Of course! This is what he needs!!

DRAGONRYDER
The hell you say--! He's feeding offa me!!

PURE V
No, Robin it's okay! He just needs this to survive--


DRAGONRYDER
It's not okay! It hurts--!

PURE V
Then here, let me help you! I'll strengthen your body while you provide energy for him!

SFX--Pure V seizes Dragonryder and floods her with his power while Sam siphons electricity from her.

REBOOT
Arc, let's get back before all that juice flying around fries us to a crisp!

DRAGONRYDER
aaaAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

SFX--and the power escalation ends with a mighty *flump* of Dragonryder and Pure V falling to the ground in a heap.

(seconds pass)

REBOOT
Everybody alright?

PURE V
I'm ... yeah, I'm good.

DRAGONRYDER
Man ... that hurt like a bitch, but ... I'm okay.

ARC
What about --?

SAM
Hello--? Where am I?
(a beat)
Who are you people?

SCENE ELEVEN--BetaFlight HQ Private quarters
SFX--doorbell rings. Someone pads to answer it and opens the door.

WOLF-GIRL
(as if expecting)
Mach 5.

MACH 5
(not surprised)
Wolf-Girl. Can I come in?

WOLF-GIRL
(a beat)
But why?

MACH 5
Come on, you know why.

SFX--Mach 5 enters and closes the door behind him.

MACH 5
Wolf-Girl, you and I both know what's going on here. There's a British kid laying in our MedLab right now with electric powers about to become the newest member of Beta Flight!

WOLF-GIRL
Mach 5, stop it ...

MACH 5
(emotions rising)
Come on, Wolf-Girl--come on! You know what this means! You know what codename he's going to give himself! We've seen it already! The future! It's going to happen!

WOLF-GIRL
(trying to calm her teammate down, but afraid that what he's saying is true)
Kyle, no ... stop! This doesn't have to mean our vision is going to come true--

MACH 5
(emotions rising, growing hyper)
It is true Alwynne! It's all true and there's nothing we can do to prevent it!

WOLF-GIRL
(again, afraid of what he's saying is true, and growing frightened)
Kyle you're starting to sound like a crazy man...

MACH 5
(emotions now taking him all the way. Think Mel Gibson in first Lethal Weapon when crisis was going down)
Well maybe that's why! Maybe this is how it was supposed to begin, because -- I do feel crazy right now, Alwynne! Really crazy! I mean how would you feel if you knew that one day you would be guilty of ...Alwynne...

WOLF-GIRL
Don't say it--

MACH 5
(a beat)
...I am going to destroy the world--!!!

CAST

ARC—Adam Ledzion
CORSAIR—Paul Mannering
PURE V—Brent Terrien
EMERALD KNIGHT—Phill Moxley
BLUE STREAK—Keith Cunningham
SURGE/SAM—Matt Burden
DRAGONRYDER—Robin Carlisle
MACH 5—Mike Winters
WOLF-GIRL--MJ Cogburn
THOMAS Raynolds—
REBOOT--Craig L. Dye
ROUTER--Mike Sims
K2--Kim Gianopoulos
DAYTRADER--Krystle Eve
TRIXIE-- Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard
LIGHTNING-STRIKE--Eric Peterson

[OutSource]

Okay, Tech Support and Beta Flight, you know how this goes!

Give it a read through, maybe two, and post your responses, reactions, and suggestions to correct things in the thread.

Next week this time, (1/9/10), I will be e-mailing the script to begin production, so if there is anything you guys need me to fix, tell me by then.

Thank you, and lets rock this!

[Lechara]

OutSource wrote:

BLUE STREAK Thomas, I’m a security guard, not a doctor. SAM (collecting his breath and his thoughts) (To unconscious Trixie) Next time shoot first, make clever repartee later. MAINFRAME Some days it just doesn't pay to leave cyberspace...

I'll comment on these lines after I get done rolling around on the floor laughing hysterically.

Alan, will you be putting out a casting call for the reporter? I didn't see that on your list.
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[AaronUnicorn]

I'm going to offer the utterly useless critique that I really dig the script, and otherwise have nothing to add.
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[Dragonryder]

[Mnemonic]

[Dragonryder]

[Mike Winters]

Damn......Nice.......


MW
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[OutSource]

[OutSource]

[OutSource]

[Lechara]

[Sparrow]

[OutSource]

[DngrWoman98]

I feel as if someone is breakdancing on my pretty skull!
I feel as if I may be the only one who can help Pre-Fetch come to terms.

Danny Boy: Ruff! Ruff! Ruffy Ruff! (Mr. Outsource, what about us?)

Bart The Kitten: MEW! (Are we cute enough for Feedback, A Hero's Calling and Beta Flight?)

Purrecious: Mew! Purr! (I know that some people would think that we are not important, Mr. Outsource, but we are cute and lovable!)

Banjo: Ruff! Ruff! Ruffy Ruff! ( I may be a Dalmation Puppy, but I do provide some cutes and comic relief.)

Barkley: Bark! Bark! Barky Bark! (Mr. Outsource, I would like to apologize for digging holes in your garden!)

Cassie: Ruff! Ruff! Rrreeff! (And I want to apologize for chewing your high top sneakers!)

Baby Jewel: Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! (And for making a mess on the carpet again!)

Little Max: Ruff! Ruff! Ruffy Ruff! (I want to apologize for chewing up your paychecks!)

What the Tech Support Pets are trying to say, Outsource, is that they are willing to do their part for the audio shows, as long as they are good model citizens and DO NOT do NO-NOS that would make the others upset.
And that they all have profusely apologized for whatever no-nos they comitted in the past 12 months!

So, please make sure that the pets get to be a part of the story, being that they are very cute and lovable, even though everyone knows that they only talk when there are NO HUMANS are around or if I was around them.

In closing, I want to say thank you for reading this and I hope that you are NOT mad at the pets.

DANGER WOMAN
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[supernova]

DW its not that your not wanted in the drama its that theres not always a place for everyone its hard to rewrite a script to add someone. that could through off the plot.

ive been a member here for a few years and and have only had walk on roles like a passenger or an intern.

you on the other hand have appeared in the show as your character something i might not see for some time. you gotta take what you can get sometimes and be happy with a role here and there.

if you wanna do some more work why not send some lines to freakopedia for tech files. thats how i got supernovas debut ..i kinda ended up looking like a villain but hey its something
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[Lechara]

[DngrWoman98]

[DeFrag]

Hi Alan & Mnemonic!

First and foremost WOOOOOOOOOT!!!

and as a minor note, could you please credit me as Krystle Eve this time? I'm trying to not use my last name in association with Tech Support.
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[OutSource]

[OutSource]

Okay, scripts sent off! Let me know if you're in this one and didn't get yours! Thanks! Deadline Jan 16th!

[DeFrag]

[DeFrag]

[Sparrow]

Just finished the listen. Liked what I heard.

Defrag, nice on the villain!

Sparrow
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[Lechara]

Nice job everyone. Well done!
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[Dragonryder]

.......remind me never to get Adam that pissed at me IRL. That was slightly frightening.

Also. Warm fuzzy feeling. ^___^

Great job everyone. Can't wait for more audio goodness. ^_^
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~Robin/~Dragonryder/~Ryuami/~Opus

[DeFrag]

Seriously sad to admit but...

I finally got a chance to listen to the episode straight through without severe interruptions or other problems cropping up. Yay for that!

Adam: Holy WOW. *takes a step back and looks a tad bit afraid*

Everyone else: Awesome, but I miss the old voice actor for Blue... Where'd he go anyway? *pokes Ted*
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