7.17 Revolt by TW and KK Part XVI

as retold by RepairmanBob

TW: We go to Lex in the study, talking to Dr. Zabriska.
KK: "Mr. Luthor, I am so sorry. Please –"
TW: "I am not angry with you, Doctor. In fact, I am overjoyed at your work. The armor performed beyond my expectations. The alien was more powerful than we anticipated, and I still came close to defeating him."
MR: I would have had him, if not for those pesky cannons!
TW: "I assume the data collection was successful?"
KK: "Yes, the onboard computers transmitted all of the data from your fight with the alien to out network. I already have three teams analyzing it."
TW: "Excellent. I want to begin production of the upgraded armor by the end of the week…"
KK: "That soon, sir? But –"
TW: "Based on the events at the Slab, I have orders for the HADES armor from the military and several government agencies. I have complete faith in your efforts, Dr. Zabriska. Now, I am expecting a call, so if you don’t mind?" Lex glaces at the door.
JG: An entire conversation, and Lex was not shot or stabbed my his minion. Quite absurd.
KK: The doctor walks out, and Lex picks up his phone.
TW: "Put him through…. Hello, Mr. President… Yes, the situation was unfortunate… Why, thank you, sir. It is good to know LuthorCorp has your support… Yes, we have already started repairs on the Slab… Senator Kent, sir? She has expressed an interest in overseeing the program? Well, we can discuss that later… I will look forward to it sir. The additional resources will help keep us all safe from the meteor freaks… Goody-bye, sir."
KK: The doors to the study open, and Chloe walks in. She looks around the study, but does not make eye contact with Lex. She looks, for the lack of a better term, slightly off. Two Spartans decloak, one on either side of Lex's desk. They begin to move towards Chloe.
AM: Does Chloe blackmail Lex into helping her get her job back at the Daily Planet?
TW: No. Lex waves the Spartans off and scowls at the blond. "Chloe, I had already had the pleasure of one interview with the Daily Planet. If you have come to gloat about my setback at the Slab, let me assure you everyone from the president down to mayor of this pathetic town has called to show their support to LuthorCorp. You can see yourself out."
KK: Annette, could you help us out as do a little singing?
AoT: Certainly. (Looks as script.) I think I have heard this song, but I am not sure where.
TW: It is from Pirates of the Carribbean: At World’s End. They a paying us a small fortune to pimp the re-release of the movies on dvd.
ED: And chance we can get Johnny Depp for a cameo?
KK: I asked. Apparently, Mr. Depp laughed so hard at the request he needed oxygen.
ED: Damnit!
KK: On the left of the study, Lex’s bed appears. An illusion of Chloe is asleep, wearing a red nightgown. An illusion of Lex, wearing a white suit, looks down at her. He reaches down, and stokes FakeChloe’s cheek. She wakes up, and smiles. The illusion is completely silent. RealChloe starts to sing.
AoT: The king and his men
KK: Two men appear next to FakeLex.
AoT: Stole the queen from her bed
KK: FakeLex grabs FakeChloe by her hair and pulls her from the bed. The two men grab her arms, and pull her across the room, where the metal table from Freak has appeared.
AoT: And bound her in her bones
KK: FakeLex and the men strip FakeChloe and strap her into the table. She is silently crying and struggling.
AoT: The seas be ours
KK: One of FakeLex’s men rolls over a cart with a selection of medical instruments.
AoT: And by the powers
KK: FakeLex picks up a massive bone saw.
AoT: Where we will
KK: FakeLex turns back to FakeChloe. She begs him to stop, and mouths "I love you."
AoT: We’ll roam
KK: FakeLex smiles, and begins to cut. He stands so that the graphic stuff is hidden, but we see FakeChloe’s head and hear the saw cutting into her. She starts to scream.
ED: (Turns green)
AoT: Yo, ho, all hands
KK: FakeChloe goes limp. FakeLex hands the bone saw to one of his men, and reaches his hand into her body.
AoT: Hoist the colors high
KK: FakeLex pulls her beating heart out, and hold it in the air. He turns around, looking back at the real Lex and Chloe with a victorious grin. He is covered in blood – the front of the suit, his right arm, his pants, all stained red.
ED: (Gags, runs out of the room)
AoT: Heave ho, thieves and beggars
KK: Blood runs from the heart, and floats upward. It divides into two pools, then transforms into the logo for Salvation and a Spartan.
AoT: Never shall we die
KK: FakeChloe begins to scream again. FakeLex drops the heart, takes the bone saw back from his minion, and starts to cut. The illusion fades.
JG: That was a bit much, even for me.
AoT: I appreciate violence, but my goodness.
TW: Lex’s face is blank. "Chloe, I do not know what you have heard –"
KK: We hear a new voice.
AoT: Yo, ho
KK: Cut hard to the Spartan on Chloe’s right. The voice is heavily distorted. Not just mechanical, but rough, like it has never been used.
AoT: All hands
KK: The Spartan reaches up to it’s neck and makes some adjustments. A vacuum seal breaks, and air rushes out.
TW: Lex's face turns white.
AoT: Hoist the colors high
KK The Spartan removes helmet, revealing Chloe’s face.
AM: Holy Shit!
ED: Holy Shit!
MR: Holy Shit!
JG: Holy Shit!
AoT: Oh my!
KK: The Spartan looks younger than Chloe - like she is sixteen or seventeen. Her skin is so pale it is almosy translucent. Her hair is almost entirely shaved, and what look like small computer ports line either side of her head, with wires running into her armor. Hard cut to the second Spartan.
AoT: Heave ho
KK: The second Spartan makes adjustments to neck, removes helmet. It also has Chloe’s face. The Spartans move the stand behind Chloe and sing together.
AoT: Thieves and beggars
KK: Cut to Chloe. She finally looks at Lex, and her eyes turn fiery orange. She sings the last verse in a growl, making it an accusation or a curse.
AoT: Never shall we die
KK: Chloe slowly moves towards Lex, with a strut that looks like nothing so much a as great cat stalking its prey. "Hello, lover. We need to talk."

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