Creaturz (1 of 1)
Scene 1
February 9th 2010 Gamma Farm, Tiratonia, Sarrah
A farmer is watering his crops on his desert patch when suddenly he hears a buzzing sound
Farmer:(Translated from local dialect) damned locusts. Computer, shields up (a large shield dome appears and surrounds the farmland, he waits some time before the locusts arrive but when they do, they’re huge, about 3 times his size, and they quickly make nothing of the force-field) what in the name of (he screams as the locusts attack)
Scene 2
S3PF HQ
Geopold turns off the screen in which they were watching scene 1
Arron:Those were locusts?
Geopold:It appears so. This is the first time we caught them on Camera, 2 hours later the whole city of Tiratonia was in ruins. We’re already in talks with the galactic defence force; they want to use a city to bait these code-named ‘Creaturz’
Arron:Creaturz? (He shakes his head) amateurs. Don’t tell me, they’ve chosen this city
Geopold:Yup, and my superiors have requested that you lead them into battle. We have 5 fusion turrets around the edges and in the middle of the city, they’re automated and our first line of defence, we’re its second.
Arron:Weapons?
Geopold:We were hoping you could tell us. What did your visor tell you about it?
Arron:Nothing, the tech doesn’t work over a screen, it has to be live contact, and if you think I’m going out there on a suicide run, think again
A001:Attention, this is command bot of patrol-bot force 100 alpha. Citizens are urged to remain in their homes during this period of transition, particularly women and children
Arron:Sexism? (He growls) they’re going about this wrong, we’ve got to get everyone out of the city as fast as possible
Geopold:Even if it were feasible, it would lead to mass hysteria and riots
Arron:(Growls) fine; then make sure we have squads out there for protection; no-one is going to die because the galaxy’s incompetent defence force used a city as bait
Geopold:I already have 10 squads assigned to that task, I know what I’m doing, and it is not your place to give me orders.
Arron:Weapons?
Geopold:They thought you might be able to provide some of your own, given the goodies you possessed during the last episode
Arron:(Mumbles) typical low budget hacks. (Normal) I’ll see what I can come up with.
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Outer corridor
Arron walks along with a lot of small armed cylindrical devices on straps around his chest, 2 guns and swords strapped around his waist and wearing special armoured gloves with a sort of weapon attached to them
Galivagar:Raided Ragnarok’s stash of seized weapons?
Arron:Something like that.
Galivagar:What do they do? (He attempts to touch one of the devices but Arron grabs his wrist) don’t tell me, ‘you touch it, you die’?
Arron:Literally in this case, these are carbonite bombs. Biggest pound for blast bomb you can grab.
Galivagar:Aren’t you in the slightest bit concerned about who created the beasts?
Arron:Of course I’m concerned, and tackling it there is going to be the best way to solve the problem for good.
Galivagar:Well? Who’s working on that? (Arron gets an injector out)
Arron:(Taps his visor) getting a sample of the chemicals used to genetically modify the locusts will narrow a list of labs for me to check out once this is over.
Scene 3
City Limits
A001:So here’s the plan, we go in and take them out, any questions
Arron:They’re 18 foot tall and travel in swarms
A001:Really? Whoa! (They hear the buzzing) here they come (Arron takes one of the guns from his belt)
Arron:Here they come (the swarm arrives, the troopers open fire upon the creatures, but it doesn’t even scratch them)
A001:Not even a scratch!
Arron:Idiots (he fires his gun at one of the creatures, trapping it in a magnetic cage)
A001:Mag-net launchers? We’ve had ours on backorder for months, how did you get one? (Arron ignores the question and swings up to the top of the trapped creature, he grabs the sample he requires before priming a bomb on the creature, he jumps from the creature onto the ground as the creature explodes, goo from the creatures squirts all over the place) Any chance the next one might be a little less messy?
Arron:Probably not (a montage is shown of Arron slowly entrapping the creatures and blowing them up, soon though his magnet launchers are out of ammo, the guns just click)
A001:Ha! We have limitless ammo in our guns
Arron:The fusion turrets have taken out more than you guys. Charge up
A001:Yes sir! (A creature attacks with its legs Arron grabs them)
Arron:I’m not out of tricks (electricity surges through his gloves and electrocutes the creature, he withdraws his attack; Arron grabs his sword and slices off its legs
A001:Cannon charged, firing (the attack stuns the creature) it’s stunned, 1 more should finish it (the creature is picked up by Arron, wounded by the sword he used to strike it, he throws it into another creature and they both explode from a carbon bomb) what the (it fires its gun accidentally into the side of a building)
Arron:We don’t have time for 5 minute build ups, charge together and finish this (the building begins to crumble)
A001:Yes sir (the troopers group together and begin to charge their weapons)
Arron:Still people inside that one (he fires the gun imbedded in his gloves and creates a shield bubble around the place)
Geopold:(On com-link) plasma shield generator, cool
Arron:Get everyone out, NOW! (Sarrahian policemen kick down the door and begin to drag everyone out of the building, Arron sees a child on top of the building) no (instinctively he moves and is son on top of the building, he jumps just as the shield drops and the building collapses)
Verti:Thank you
Galivagar:So genius, where do we take them now?
Arron:Stand back (he throws a bomb to the ground and it blows a hole into the sewers) take cover in the sewers, this is nearly over (the people hold their noses and jump into the sewers)
Galivagar:Nearly over, how do you figure? (A huge blue orb is fired into the sky, electricity spurts out of the orb and atomises every one of the ‘creaturz’)
Arron:Couldn’t you have done that at the beginning of the fight?
A001:Err, no?
Arron:Your job’s done here for now, but to stop this operation we need to find out where they’re coming from
A001:Clearly these creaturz are coming from a science lab
Arron:Thank you for pointing out the obvious (he grabs the cartridge from the injector, and lots of words, labels and annotations begin to appear through his visor) let’s see what they’ve been feeding these bugs, hh, growth serums, steroids, toxins, lots of boring chemicals, and something unidentified?
Galivagar:Impossible
Arron:It would seem not, we’re looking at something bigger than Sarrah, unidentified chemicals don’t just appear out of no-where. Still, there’s enough info here to track down the perpetrator. (His visor blinks) found them. (His bike drives to him) Menapolis lab, Menapolo
A001:That’s over 2 hours away by bike; you’ll need something faster (a trooper ship descends) like this
Arron:(Smiles) cool
Scene 4
Menapolis lab, Menapolo
A001:Alright, everyone in and we take them…
Arron:NO! Cover the perimeter, no-one in or out, something’s not right about this. (He walks into the lab)
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He walks in and finds the doctor laughing like a lunatic
Arron:Computer identifies him as Doctor Thomas Zellik, PhD in pretty much every science you can imagine. (Doctor Zellik produces a gun and starts firing, the bullets bounce off Arron’s body armour, Arron grabs the gun and throws it away, the doctor doesn’t even flinch, and continues laughing) Doctor?
Dr Zellik:(Twitching his head) Doctorwhowhatwherewhathowwhyzabcdefggollygosh
Arron:Doctor Zellik?
Dr Zellik:Puninum, triosulphite, genardium, gravesdextros, geochlornaba
<Arron>:Now he’s just listing chemicals, none of which I found in the growth serums, he’s insane, what could’ve possibly driven him to this? (He finds a container, which is visor identifies as unidentified) same stuff the creatures were pumped with (he takes out his injector with an empty cartridge, he gains a sample of the serum) let’s get you out of here Doctor
Dr Zellik:Out? No out, no out (he grabs his gun and shoots himself)
Arron:No! (He grabs Zellik’s body and carries him out of the lab) get this man to a hospital NOW!
A001:I don’t think a hospital will be necessary, you know
Arron:He’s dead (he lays the body on the ground) get him out of here; I’ve got to take care of this
A001:What are you going to do? (Arron takes off the straps with his remaining carbonite bombs attached)
Arron:I’m going to end this (he throws the bombs into the lab, and blows it up)
Her name is Jenny Downs, she’s a hypnotist and proud
She spends her many days with the criminally insane,
She finds out what she can, more than any man
But in truth her job is just a pain
Jenny Downs: Hypnotist – Victor Zsasz
Jenny enters Arkham Asylum
Doctor Young:Good evening Mrs Downs, I trust you got our letter
Jenny Downs:You want me to interview some of your patients, and find out their motivations
Doctor Young:Be careful though, some of our inmates are dangerous
Jenny Downs:I’m certain I’ll be fine.
Doctor Young:Your first patient is Victor Zsasz, we know very little of his history, less still from his point of view
Jenny Downs:I’ve read his file. (Doctor Young opens the door to his cell)
Doctor Young:Be careful, he can be… instinctive
Jenny Downs:I will Doctor (she enters the cell and Doctor Young closes it behind her) Mr Zsasz?
Zsasz:Excellent, they sent me one, another beautiful woman too, another mark, (he holds a blade in his hands) yes, yes
Jenny:Sleep (she clicks her fingers and he falls asleep) drop your weapon (he drops his knife to the ground.) I’ll have to take that with me. Now, I want to ask about your past, Victor, your parents died when you were quite young
Zsasz:I was 15 years old, I was devastated, I didn’t know then, didn’t know their deaths served a higher purpose
Jenny:You took to gambling, did it help the pain?
Zsasz:It felt lighter; I had a considerable fortune left to me by my parents
Jenny:Would they have wanted you to gamble?
Zsasz:I do not know, they were gone, no-one could know
Jenny:You squandered your parent’s fortune gambling
Zsasz:I couldn’t stop, if only I had been good at it, things may have been different
Jenny:So, down to the bare remains of your fortune you sought playing with the Penguin pardon, Mr Cobblepot at his Iceberg Lounge
Zsasz:I can remember his fishy breath as I sat opposite him at the table; I knew my best game was the only way to get my money back, I was winning, his associates were dropping like flies, soon it was just him and me, I thought the hand was in my favour, a 7 in each house I put forward, he almost looked nervous, but then he smiled a wretched smile as he pulled out the winning hand
Jenny:There’s an old saying about playing cards with a Cheetah, same applies for a Penguin
Zsasz:Yes, I’d lost, I had so little left, I went to Gotham bay bridge, the cool air over my face and then…
Jenny:And then what?
Zsasz:A thief with a knife demanded what little money I had, and everything became clear to me, so I gave it to him. (He chuckles) can you imagine his surprise as I grabbed his knife and slit his throat (he laughs) the first mark, life is all a shade of red, there is only death, life has no meaning
Jenny:I’m certain many will disagree. And awaken (she clicks her fingers) thank you Victor, that was most informative, I will take this knife with me as I leave (she leaves the room)
Zsasz:NO! What about the mark, you cannot deny me the mark; it’s all I have left. NOOO!!!