Post by kidsgrove on Feb 18, 2018 20:18:50 GMT
ADVENTURES IN SPACE
We’re gonna need a bigger ship.
Story by: M.T. Head.
Written by: T. Bag.
FADE IN:
EXT - AN ABANDONED PLANET SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF BETELGEUSE - NIGHT
Ravines and dust litter the surface, there is nothing that can live or grow here. Rain lashes down on SAM KIDSGROVE, standing in front of a ruined building, a pyramid. His face is hidden by a hi tech breathing mask. The sound of someone speaking can be heard through an earpiece as ANDRE JENSON talks.
ANDRE JENSON:
You should be right on top of it now Sam.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
There’s so much interference down here. Magnetic waves are playing havoc with the instruments.
ANDRE JENSON:
Yep, L said this would happen.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
How is she?
ANDRE JENSON:
Too early to say really. They beat her real good.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Do we know who it was yet?
ANDRE JENSON:
Nope.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
There sounds like there’s more to this story.
ANDRE JENSON:
Blue is missing.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
What?
ANDRE JENSON:
She hasn’t checked in since. Word on the wire is she did a deal with the Harbingers. Gave up L for immunity.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Think she’s dirty?
ANDRE JENSON:
Who knows?
A beeping from Kidsgrove’s handset interrupts them.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Got it. Just a few metres away. In the temple.
Sam Kidsgrove starts to cautiously make his way into the temple, climbing the steps gradually.
ANDRE JENSON:
Remember this drop point might be swarming with Harbingers. Keep your eyes open.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Remind me again, why the hell are those clowns involved?
ANDRE JENSON:
They’re trying to corner the drugs market. Flooding the whole Galaxy with Mediocrity so they can get a stranglehold on the supply line.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Sounds like something the NBW corporation would sanction.
ANDRE JENSON:
Yup, suspiciously like that.
Sam Kidsgrove presses a button as he enters the temple, his mask lights up, flooding the area with light. The temple is an ancient structure that used to be grand, but is now crumbled and decrepit. A small, but important cube lies within the structure on an altar not 20 ft away. Kidsgrove makes a move toward it, with some caution.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Eyes on the target
ANDRE JENSON:
You know those times in movies, where your wingman gets in trouble after being ambushed and the hero has to fend for himself, usually running through the place and getting a daring rescue?
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Yeah?
ANDRE JENSON:
Well son, you need to get your running shoes on.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
What? No.
ANDRE JENSON:
I’m holding them off as much as possible but you need to get here, now.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
On my way!
Sam leaps into action, grabbing the cube and stuffing it into his satchel. He activates his mask and begins to sprint out of the temple. In the sky outside there is a commotion as as many as 10 ships attempt to take down 1 ship, his ship. Jenson is doing a great job at defensive maneuvers. Sam makes a beeline for the meeting spot, signalled by a flare.
ANDRE JENSON:
It’s getting hot up here lad! Might wanna step on it a little.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
I’m almost there!
ANDRE JENSON:
Don’t look behind you though.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
I wanna look behind me now, what’s there.
ANDRE JENSON:
You don’t wanna know.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
I DO NOW!
ANDRE JENSON:
No, really, you don’t want to know that a couple of thousand armed up aliens are chasing you. You just keep runnin’ I’m almost th……
Static.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Jenson? Fuck.
Sam glances up as he realises Jenson is no longer in the sky, where he was is just a pulsing ball of energy.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Shit.
He carries on running to the Meeting point, trying to work out a plan on his AI computer situated on his arm. He’s running out of options though, and running out of ground due to the massive cliff edge coming up to him.
Kidsgrove stops near the edge and gets himself a secure position behind some rocks. He takes pot shots at the army that are quickly coming up on him. When they’re less than 100m away a car horn blares and BONNIE BLUE in a green Ford Ranchero mows through a swathe of the army, making her own road to Jenson. She pulls up next to Kidsgrove.
BONNIE BLUE: Come with me, if you want to live.
KIDSGROVE: Now is not the time for movie quotes!
BONNIE BLUE: Aww c’mon it’s always the time for movie quotes! Hang tight!
The Ford Ranchero takes off just a second before the area is blasted with thousands of laser blasts, leaving a crater of destruction. The dust flies in the air as the car shoots out of it and up into the sky. Bonnie punches some controls and they disappear from view.
TITLE SEQUENCE - TALES OF INSURGENCY.
INT - FORD RANCHERO - SPACE
Silence as Bonnie and Kidsgrove sit, absorbing what has happened. Kidsgrove is looking angry.
SAM KIDSGROVE: What happened?
BONNIE BLUE: So what’ve ya’ll been told?
SAM KIDSGROVE: Just that you disappeared, made a deal with the harbingers.
BONNIE BLUE: And what do you think?
SAM KIDSGROVE: I think that you never disappear, I think if you’re on a mission with someone and they end up in hospital but you go missing then it’s suspicious. Tell me now that you didn’t do a deal.
Bonnie ignores him, there is silence.
SAM KIDSGROVE: You did! You fucking did! I knew it!
BONNIE BLUE: It’s not what you think.
SAM KIDSGROVE: I’ll fucking tell you what I think you…
There is a bang, coming from behind the ship. Bonnie and Kidsgrove look at each other urgently.
SAM KIDSGROVE: Argh! This isn’t over. I’ll get on the cannon.
Sam jumps out of his seat and makes his way to the cannon, looking through the sights he can see a ship following them, trying to hit them with laser fire.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
They just don’t give up!
BONNIE BLUE: We’ll be fine, I’m gonna head toward the Omega Quadrant.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
The Omega quadrant? What? Why? We gotta get back to L!
BONNIE BLUE: I have a contact there, it’s important OK?
SAM KIDSGROVE: What? More important than L!?
BONNIE BLUE: Right now? Yeah. Got a problem with that?
Kidsgrove keeps shooting back at the ship behind them, letting his rage loose on that.
SAM KIDSGROVE: OF COURSE I HAVE A FUCKING PROBLEM WITH THAT!
BONNIE BLUE: Well, you could get out and walk I guess.
This shuts Sam up for a while, begrudgingly he realises he needs Bonnie to survive this and concentrates on taking out the other ship.
BONNIE BLUE: By the way, you’re making an awful job of shooting that ship down.
This spurs Kidsgrove on, finding a last bit of concentration he finally hits the other ship.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Fine. Done. Happy now?
BONNIE BLUE: Next stop, Richards Port.
TRANSITION
EXT - RICHARDS PORT - OMEGA QUADRANT
Richards Port is a grungy, seedy place. All the criminals run their drugs and weapons through this place. It’s not a reputable establishment.
Kidsgrove and Bonnie walk through the crowd, keeping themselves as incognito as possible.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
So what’s so important we come here?
BONNIE BLUE:
Trust me.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
How? When you are keeping things from.
BONNIE BLUE:
Shh. We’re here. Don’t say anything. I’ll do the talking.
Bonnie ducks into a small building. Kidsgrove following her.
INT - GUNHOUSE ON OMEGA
The gunhouse is stark, metal walls, QUARK a shify looking alien at the counter, oozing black market.
QUARK:
Blue! It’s been a while. How’s my favourite Harbinger doing? Still on the mediocrity?
BONNIE BLUE:
Quark! How is my favourite illegal arms dealer?
QUARK:
Business is good! Your people keep me supplied with so much money, apparently you’re setting up for some sort of war by the rate that my weapons are being sold.
BONNIE BLUE:
Yeah I wanted to talk to you about that actually. We had a couple of shipments go awry and I was wondering if you knew what happened to them.
QUARK:
Of course, of course!
Quark sends his screen from his wrist AI as a projection. A spreadsheet shows up, with a list of locations and points.
QUARK:
Which ones were they? If you are going to say Betagammazoid then don’t worry about it, I know the bandits there have been active, so we’re throwing them off the scent and, I must say in a stroke of genius, we’re luring them into a place where the BugBlatter beast of Thrall is. So delivery will be soon and no other issues from here on in!
Bonnie and Kidsgrove study the spreadsheets, Bonnie taking it all in.
BONNIE BLUE:
I wanna know more about this one.
She points at a particularly big order, going to Madison Square Garden.
QUARK:
Oh that? That’s a special request from Kevin Bishop himself. He wants us to deliver an army there. I don’t know why. He said he’d meet us personally.
BONNIE BLUE:
Really? Interesting, he never does anything personally.
QUARK:
Oh yes, Bishop, the Bull and Shadow - all three of them in fact. It’s my biggest order in history. We got everything going there. It’s cleaned me out.
BONNIE BLUE (To Kidsgrove):
I think that’s our spot.
QUARK:
Your spot? I don’t understand.
BONNIE BLUE:
You don’t need to. You’ve been great.
Bonnie blows a kiss at him as they leave the gun shop. She starts marching back toward the Ranchero.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
What was that about?
BONNIE BLUE:
We need to get to L right now.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Are you going to tell me what we’re doing yet?
BONNIE BLUE:
I..Shit.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
You shit?
BONNIE BLUE:
Fuck, look at how many Harbingers are around the Ranchero.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
How’d that happen?
BONNIE BLUE:
Must have been tipped off. I thought Quark was acting just a little too friendly.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Well what are we supposed to do now?
BONNIE BLUE:
We either need a distraction or another ship.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
How about both?
A ship booms into existence nearby - followed by pulses of energy. Immediately it starts to fire on the Harbingers.
BONNIE BLUE:
That’ll do!
They both sprint to the Ranchero as the new ship pelts the Harbingers with fire. They have little resistance as they climb into the Ranchero and fly off. They are quickly followed by the other ship.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Incoming comms.
Andre Jenson appears on the HUD, smiling sheepishly. He waves.
ANDRE JENSON:
Hi guys! Oh what a day. I feel a little bit foolish! I accidentally leant on the warp drive while in the middle of combat, and, well, long story short. I ended up in the wrong RP. Apparently you guys are cops in the other one, it’s all very exciting. Either way, other Bonnie sorted me out and I’m back! What did I miss?
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Well, not a lot, we still don’t know why Bonnie has sold us out to the Harbingers!
BONNIE BLUE:
Are you still going on about that?
ANDRE JENSON:
Oh! What’s that about?
BONNIE BLUE:
Let’s just get back to L and we’ll explain everything!
ANDRE JENSON:
Who will?
BONNIE BLUE:
L and I
ANDRE JENSON:
L is also a Harbinger? I don’t think we should go there if.
BONNIE BLUE:
No!
SAM KIDSGROVE:
You’re in cahoots though?
BONNIE BLUE:
Well, yeah but.
ANDRE JENSON:
Wait so she isn’t?
BONNIE BLUE:
No.
ANDRE JENSON:
So if you’re in cahoots that means you aren’t.
BONNIE BLUE:
Well we’ll
ANDRE JENSON:
Does that mean I am? I don’t remember being one.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Is he?
BONNIE BLUE:
What?
SAM KIDSGROVE:
A Harbinger!
BONNIE BLUE:
Who?
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Jenson!
ANDRE JENSON:
Hello! I can’t think I am one, I’m not addicted to mediocrity. I don’t suck and I really don’t think that the NBW corporation is a good thing.
BONNIE BLUE:
Well as I’ve been trying to say, we’ll get to L and everything will be explained!
ANDRE JENSON:
Good! I don’t like being on mediocrity. I also don’t like Vampires.
BONNIE BLUE:
You guys kill me at times, I tell you.
ANDRE JENSON: I probably could, if I was a harbinger….
INT - THE ROYAL HOSPITAL OF MARS - THE MOON
The hospital is super hi tech, L Verez has her own room and she’s sitting up, looking rather beaten. Our trio are surrounding the bed, Jenson and Kidsgrove on one side, Bonnie on the other.
BONNIE BLUE:
How you feelin’?
L VEREZ:
Oh, could be better, broke a few bones, got some bruises. Mostly it’s my pride that is hurt though.
BONNIE BLUE:
Why?
L VEREZ:
I was ambushed, by people on mediocrity. It’s not the best feeling in the world, getting beat up by losers that don’t quite know what they’re doing.
BONNIE BLUE:
I hear you there.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
We’ll deal with the harbingers later. Right now Jenson and I need answers though. If you’re harbingers we need to know.
BONNIE BLUE:
Fine. You’re just not going to let this go.
She looks imploringly at L Verez.
L VEREZ:
OK, well, it’s my fault. Bonnie isn’t a Harbinger - not really. She’s been undercover.
ANDRE JENSON:
Undercover? Why?
L VEREZ:
Well, you know how Vincent Pryde is a total and utter horror?
SAM KIDSGROVE & ANDRE JENSON IN UNISON: Yes! The worst!
L VEREZ:
And you know how Kevin Bishop has now suddenly turned up to help form the Harbingers and do whatever NBW say?
ANDRE JENSON:
Well, technically they attacked Pryde, but yeah, go on.
L VEREZ:
Attacking Pryde was clearly a diversionary tactic.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
To divert our attention? From what?
L VEREZ:
From the fact that Pryde and Bishop are the same person.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
What?
ANDRE JENSON:
The same person?
L VEREZ: Have you ever noticed how they communicate? It’s almost as if they share the same brain. It’s almost as if they know what the other person is thinking, it’s like they are a hive mind or something. Not just now, but when they were in the UCI.
ANDRE JENSON:
Hah! Yeah, it’s almost as if they are both completely controlled by the same person.
L VEREZ:
Something like that, it’s all a bit far fetched but I.
ANDRE JENSON:
Imma call him Matt. Matt the puppetmaster.
L VEREZ: But anyway, I don’t think it’s that. But I have a feeling that Kevin Bishop and Vincent Pryde are the same person. I think one has been cloned from the other. So I asked Bon to go undercover and figure it all out.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Why the secret? Why didn’t you ask me or Jenson?
L VEREZ:
No offence, but you’re prone to anger attacks and jump to conclusions, Andre. Well, you know?
Sam nods, knowingly.
ANDRE JENSON:
Know what?
L VEREZ:
Well, you now think that a guy called Matt controls two people. You wouldn’t be great at this assignment.
ANDRE JENSON:
Good point, well made
L VEREZ:
So we kept it a secret, because we didn’t need you two going in there and messing it up.
BONNIE BLUE:
I went missing, I was just about to get to the place where I could find Pryde or Bishop, they are both very secretive with their movements right now. Once I had that location I was going to bring you guys in to help. The idea was to grab him and then question him. Human cloning is banned in so many places, and if we can get to Pryde through Bishop then we can take down the Harbingers and NBW at the same time.
ANDRE JENSON:
Good plan.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Yeah, we could do with getting rid of both.
BONNIE BLUE:
It’s going to be a little more complicated though.
L VEREZ:
Why?
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Because all of the Harbinger leaders will be there.
Jenson and L take a deep intake of breath.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Yeah, Bull, Shadow and Bishop are all going to be there. At the same time.
L VEREZ:
Don’t worry about Shadow, I got him. I’ll heal in a while and I’ll take him out.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
So, Bull and Bishop are ours?
BONNIE BLUE:
Yup.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Awesome, I’ve been waiting to get my hands on those two jackasses ever since they put the boots on L. You know what annoys me most about them?
BONNIE BLUE:
Other than their obsession with the mediocrity drug?
SAM KIDSGROVE:
Other than that, yes. My main issue with them is their flagrant hypocrisy. I mean you have two guys here, both decorated, both who have had talent and awards, both dangerous and what do they do with that? They try to distract us with “attacking” the guy we’re so wanting to destroy, to put us off our game. But making it seriously obvious that they’re in cahoots. I mean why would you get in with our business and attack us when you have the same end game? You wouldn’t the only reason you’d attack us is if you’re NBW. And as we all know, if you’re NBW - you’re a target.
ANDRE JENSON:
It just doesn’t make sense!
SAM KIDSGROVE:
No, it really doesn’t. You don’t attack us, then attack Pryde when you’re supposedly against him. All that’s doing is throwing up a big ol’ beacon saying “We’re going to side with him at one point.” Plus, if you attack us, you are going to face the consequences.
BONNIE BLUE:
I can’t think of any reason we would have cared about these guys until they put L Verez in here.
SAM KIDSGROVE:
No! They could have spent their time chilling out, beating on the NBW shitsticks that they’re a part of and stayed out of our way. It would have been a better result for all of us. Now we’re going to have to take time out of our busy schedule of destroying Vincent Pryde’s little shitty empire to deal with these clowns. Hell, I’m having to star in my own RP again! And it’s space based! This has particularly pissed me off, I don’t act in Sci-Fi. That’s career suicide.
BONNIE BLUE: HEY!
SAM KIDSGROVE: No offence. We’re cool now.
BONNIE BLUE: It’s OK, It’s kinds fun to see you do this.
SAM KIDSGROVE: Point I’m making is this. Those Harbinger lap dogs that the NBW have brought in to try and stop us are simply in our way now. If they want to throw down with us, then we have no problem fighting them. We have no problem with going to war with them, we have no problem in destroying them. They can have their little sneak attacks and fake attacks on Pryde. They can spend all their time trying to set themselves up as the change at NBW. They can say all they want, but when the dust settles, everything clears and the fighting is over. The Insurgency will still be standing, and we’ll still resist every part of the disgusting stench that is the NBW machine.
ANDRE JENSON: YEAH! So was any of that a plan? I lost track after a while.
BONNIE BLUE: I think the plan is let’s go to MSG and fuck some shit up.
ANDRE JENSON: Why didn’t he say that?
FADE OUT