Episode 3

Episode 3 - pending final

  by  EmeraldEyes14, Sep 10, 2012, 7:19:06 PM 

Written by mikarin27, EmeraldEyes14   Scene 1  An unknown facility lab. The laboratory is dirty and dimly lit. There is a large, cluttered table near the side of the room, and a capsule on the other side. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[VIPER presses a button causing the capsule to open.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">: Akita Neru. Are all systems online? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">NERU: [comes out of the capsule.] Uh... yeah. But what is this place? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: A simple “yes” or “no” will do, please. What is your status? [She picks up a clipboard on the lab table.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">NERU: Confused… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: All right. [She frowns and writes in her clipboard. She holds up a picture of an apple.] What is this? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">NERU: An apple... <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: Good. [She raises her eyebrows and writes more notes.] Now, solve this. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[She holds out a Rubik's cube to NERU. NERU stares at it.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: Well? Take it. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[NERU hesitantly takes it, then tries pulling the cube apart in an attempt to solve it.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">NERU: Ah-… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[The cube slips and drops on the floor. VIPER writes more notes and sighs, checking watch.]  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: Try again. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">NERU: [kicks cube into wall.] Goal! <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: (scowls) …Great. [She scribbles on the clipboard.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">Scene 2 <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">The front of MASTER's house. It is the middle of the day. MEIKO and KAITO are waiting for MIKU outside MASTER’s house. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MIKU: [runs to the both of them, yelling] Sorry~! <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[MIKU stops in front of them and pants.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MIKU: Master kept asking me all these questions… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">KAITO: I’m not surprised. (sheepishly) The guy’s been on edge since we totaled his lab. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MEIKO: Just c’mon… Jeez, I’m sick of standing here. [She  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">starts<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> walking, the others following.] Do either of you even have the slightest idea on where we’re going? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MIKU: We could go to the police... <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MEIKO: Idiot, we can't do that! <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MIKU: (voice gets quiet) It was just a thought... <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">KAITO: It's not safe for us. We can't get discovered, becuase if someone found out we were androids... <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MIKU: What? What would happen? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MEIKO: (ignores her) We need information now. Who the hell was that woman? Why was she on Master’s computer? What is Master hiding from us? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[MEIKO continues ranting as KAITO talks quietly to MIKU.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">KAITO: Well, we don't know for sure, I guess. But let's just say, they might not react well. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MIKU: Oh... <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MEIKO: (continued rant) What were those bugs? How were you able to fight them? If we're in danger, we should know about it. What reason could he have for keeping it a  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">secret<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">? You know what? I could have spent my day sitting in a bar, relaxing, having a  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">nice time<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">, without any-… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">KAITO: [interrupts] Guys… Look… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[KAITO  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">points<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> at a mess of  <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">cars<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> clogging the intersection.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MEIKO: Excuse me I do believe was talking-… [notices the chaos] Whoa… What happened here? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">Scene 3 <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">An unknown facility lab. The laboratory is dirty and dimly lit. There is a large table near the side of the room, with the clutter rearranged from the last time the lab was shown. There is a second capsule next to the already opened one. An open laptop rests on the table. VIPER is writing in her clipboard. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: [without looking up.] Second test subject, please step forward. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> HAKU: [steps out of capsule.] Good morning, my lady. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> VIPER: (smiles slightly) How do you feel? Any problems? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> HAKU: The system is working properly. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: Good, good. (smirks, writing a few notes) Much better. [Holds up the apple picture.] What’s this? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">HAKU: An apple. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[VIPER writes something down, then tosses a Rubik’s cube at HAKU’s feet.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: Excellent. Now, solve that. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">   <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">Scene 4 <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">It's the middle of the day, in the street, a few blocks from MASTER's house. Cars clog up the intersection; some have been dented by collisions. The stoplights have gone out entirely, with broken glass littering the ground underneath them. MEIKO, KAITO, and MIKU interrogate one of the policemen trying to direct the traffic around the crash. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">TRAFFIC OFFICER 1: We’re not sure. The stoplights started going crazy, showing different signals at the wrong times, randomly turning off… We eventually decided to shut the whole system down. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MIKU: Weird…  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MEIKO: That’s it? Some sort of random glitch? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">TRAFFIC OFFICER 1: Well that’s what I was told at least. I wasn’t here when the whole incident happened. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">KAITO: So you wouldn’t know if there were any buggy-looking things crawling around? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[TRAFFIC OFFICER 1 lets out a hearty laugh and walks away to return to his job.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">KAITO:  (somewhat embarrassed) I’ll take that as a no... <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MIKU: I bet it was that woman… (sudden certainty) This is too much of a coincidence for-  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[TRAFFIC OFFICER 2 stands on the other side of the street when another officer runs up to tell him something.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">TRAFFIC OFFICER 2: (in response) What?! You’re kidding! [He begins running in another direction.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MEIKO: (calls out to him) What happened? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">TRAFFIC OFFICER 2: (calls back) Apparently there’s been an accident a few blocks away! Another intersection had to be shut down! (more quietly) I don't know, but something weird’s going on. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MEIKO: Guys, come on! [She dashes after the officer.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MIKU: Wait up~! [She strugles to catch up.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[MIKU follows Meiko with Kaito trailing close behind.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">KAITO: (pants) I can’t…run anymore… Aren't we there yet? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MEIKO: [pulls him by his shirt collar.]  (exasperated) Come on. You’re an embarrassment to have in public. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MIKU: (stutters) U-um… M-Meiko…Kaito…? Wh-what’s that? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">(raises a shaky hand up and points to a mob of viruses in the distance) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MEIKO: Oh. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">KAITO: Uh oh. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">MEIKO: Yeah, I have no idea. Only one way to find out! <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">Scene 5 <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';"> <span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">An unknown facility lab. The laboratory is dirty and dimly lit. There is a large table with clutter and a laptop on it. Two capsules, side by side, are open on the other side of the room. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[HAKU slowly picks up Rubik’s cube and immediately begins flipping through different colors.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: Yes… You almost have it… Keep going… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[HAKU begins viciously turning cube over and flipping through colors faster.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">HAKU: I can’t… I can’t… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[She starts glitching-up, her hands moving unnaturaly.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">HAKU: I don’t want it! [She throws the cube.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: [smile fades.] No… I was so close too. Still inferior…[She crunches her face up in frustration and despair, then throws the clipboard down.] This is impossible! So close to making a perfect replica… Where did I go wrong? It’s pointless. I might as well just dispose of these worthless things… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">[She reaches her hand towards switch on the lab table, then freezes, considering.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">HAKU: (oblivious) I’m sorry, my lady… I’ve failed… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: [faces HAKU] (faking guilt and sickeningly sweet) No, it’s not your fault—it’s mine. If I hadn’t have been so careless as to mess up your programming, this wouldn’t have happened. I shouldn’t have been so rushed… And now that you’re alive, I could never hurt you. If only I could fix you… Maybe that would make up for my mistake… But I don’t even have the tools or the material to do that… <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">HAKU: Is there some way I could help you, my lady? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';">VIPER: Please… Call me Viper. [She grins menacingly.] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">

<p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;">