104R 1: IMAX Premiere
Ontario, Canada
February 1'st, (2022)
On the night of February 1'st, (2022), the people of Ontario stood in line outside the IMAX Theater, getting tickets and going in to see the premiere of the newest Disney movie, THE TEXAS 104 DALMATIANS...and the first Disney film to ever be based off of a true story. Yes, believe it or not, the movie, 104 DALMATIANS, was once real...all too real for the state of Texas in the U.S. The story became very popular in the American media during and after the incident. In fact, it had become so popular, that Disney had decided to do a movie about it. They started filming last year, in (2021), and now that the film was completed, Disney had released it in theaters this year for it's world wide premiere.
Among this crowd of people were a man, a woman, an 11 year old boy and a little seven week old Dalmatian puppy. The man had brown hair and blue eyes while the woman had pale orange hair and pale icy blue eyes. The boy had blue eyes and long brown hair that went down to his neck and the seven week old Dalmatian puppy had brown spots all over it's body and brown eyes. It wore a green collar around it's neck and a golden bone-shapped name tag. These were the Lewises, a family who lived here in Ontario, Canada.
"I hate dog movies. I should be at the office, you know i'm the mayor of this town. I have a job to do and a city to run." Said the woman with pale orange hair in a british accent.
"Linda, come on, loosen up. Did i mention that these tickets are free? 'FREE.'" Said the man in an American tone.
"Jerry, the film ENCHANTED is playing right down the street." Said the orange haired woman known as Linda
"Don't nobody wanna pay no 5.50 to see some girly princess film that came out back in (2007)...it's corny." Said the boy. "Right, Copper?" He said, looking down at the brown spotted Dalmatian puppy.
Copper barked, agreeing with his 11 year old human friend.
"See? Even Copper thinks so." Said the boy.
"Of course he does, he's a dog. And ENCHANTED is not corny, it's a great movie. Right, Jerry." Said Linda.
"Actually, i kind of agree with them. ENCHANTED is a bit corny." Said Jerry.
"See? Even Dad agrees with me. That's three votes against one, you lose." Said the boy.
"Whatever." Said Linda.
"Like i said, nobody wants to see some girly princess film." Said the boy.
"Oh, but you will sit through a movie called 104 DALMATIANS. Get real, Keegan, you need to start watching stuff that's educational. Speaking of which, don't you have an S.A. to write?" Said Linda.
"Yes, i do. Miss Ellison wants me to write about the Texas 104 Dalmatians incident that happened over a year ago. That's why i'm here, to do my research." Said the boy known as Keegan.
"Dude, i'm not trying to sound old school, but aren't you suppose to read about what happened?" Jerry said.
"Read? Hahahaha. Oh, Dad, you're so old school. It's the (2020's) not the (2000's). Nobody reads anymore, they wait for the movie." Said Keegan.
"And if you don't read, you'll be old and still going to school." Linda said.
"We'll see about that...Linda." Said Keegan.
"Hey!" Jerry said.
"Excuse me? Did you just call me by my name? I am your mother, Keegan!" Said Linda.
"STEP-Mother. 'STEP'. My mother's dead." Said Keegan. It was true. Keegan's real mother had died in a car wreck in (2015). Even though it had been five years since it happened, it seemed like it was only yesterday. On January 4'th, (2016), the year after his mother's death, Keegan's father, Jerry, met Linda Tremaine, a british woman who had transfered over from UK London, England to Ontario, Canada. They got married on June 5'th, (2016). The two had been married to each other for over five years, but it felt like forever in Keegan's mind. It's not that he wasn't happy that his Dad had found someone else, he just wished that he had taken some more time for both of them to heal from the loss of his mother, Karen Lewis.
"Okay, that's enough, you two. You promised you would be nice to each other." Said Jerry.
"Well, she started it." Said Keegan.
"No i didn't, you did." Said Linda.
"I don't care who started it. It's over. Now make-up." Said Jerry.
"But..."
"No buts, make-up." Said Jerry, cutting Linda and Keegan off.
"Fine." Said Linda and Keegan before looking at each other. "I'm sorry."
"There, that's better." Said Jerry.
Keegan picked up Copper and he and the couple walked up to the ticket booth, ready to recieve their tickets.
"Three tickets, please." Said Jerry to the lady in the ticket booth.
"I'm sorry, sir, no pet's allowed." Said the lady.
"Pet's? What pet's?" Jerry asked before he realized what the lady was talking about. "Oh! Oh, you mean Copper. No, no, see, you've got it all wrong."
"Oh, do i?" Said the lady.
"Yeah, yeah, you see, i'm a firefighter and Copper here is my firehouse dog. He goes with me and my family everywhere we go in case of emergancies." Said Jerry.
"Oh, i see. Well, if that's the case, go right in." Said the lady before handing Jerry the three tickets.
"Thank you." Said Jerry. He, Linda and Keegan then went inside the theater, where they were greeted by a woman holding something in a clear package.
"Hi, here you go." Said the woman as she handed the package to Linda.
"What's this?" Linda asked.
"104 Dalmatians souvenirs. The Disney studio sent them. It's a Cruella De ViL costume." Said the lady.
"Thanks." Said Linda before walking on ahead.
The lady then got two more clear packages, both containing a Dalmatian costume, and offered them to Jerry and Keegan.
"Uh, no thank you." Said Jerry.
"I think i'll pass." Said Keegan.
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Jerry, Linda and Keegan entered into the dark theater room that was filled with all kinds of people, who were wearing Cruella De ViL costumes and Dalmatian costumes.
"Very romantic." Said Linda sarcasticly.
The family entered into the theater room just as the title The Texas 104 DALMATIANS appeared on the big screen. Follow by a puppet of Cruella De ViL on strings flying over the audience's heads to the back of the dark room, where a guy was turnning a wheel that was operating the puppet.
Some words in blue then appeared on the giant screen, reading: 'Based on the Book "The Texas 104 DALMATIANS" By GIGI MILLER.'
Jerry, Linda and Keegan, holding Copper, walked over to some empty seats and sat down in them.
On screen, the scene opened up to the snowy city of London, England, then cut to a purple (1937) car driving onto the property of an Insane Asylum, with it's headlights on, with the word DE VIL written on the license plate. The headlights turnned off, the door opened, and out stepped a beautiful black and white haired woman, smoking a ciggarette through a long, purple ciggarette holder. She then closed the door to her car and headed towards the big building ahead of her.
"Why does there have to be another De ViL woman? What does that have to do with the plot of the story?" Linda asked.
"I don't know about the plot, but the actress who's playing her is hot." Said Jerry.
"You better put those eyes back in your sockets." Said Linda.
The audience watched as the black and white haired woman, now inside the asylum, walked up to a black woman, who was sitting at a desk.
"Excuse me, ma'am." Said the black and white haired woman in a Hungarian accent.
The black woman looked up at the Hungarian woman. "Yes, can i help you?" She asked in a british accent.
"Yeah, hi, uh, i'm here to see a reletive of mine." Said the Hungarian woman.
"What's your name?" Asked the nurse.
"Diane De ViL." Said the Hungarian woman.
"De ViL?" The nurse asked.
"Yes. D-E-V-I-L. De ViL." Said the Hungarian woman known as Diane.
"So that means you're here to see patient 104 then, right?" Said the nurse.
"Yes. Yes it does." Said Diane.
"(Laughs)!" The nurse laughed. "I thought you said you were here to see patient 104? No one's been here to see patient 104 in over two years. Now then...what was that you were saying?"
"I'm here to see patient 104." Said Diane.
The nurse's smile faded. "That's a first. Especially since no one has been here to see patient 104 since (2017). Alright then, follow me." The nurse picked a pair of keys up off her desk and lead Diane over to one of the doors. She used one of the keys to unlock the door and then opened it. "Stay close to me." The nurse lead Diane through the door and down the hallway that had several numbered doors on both sides of the wall.
"Lady, get yourself out of that place and back into your car!" Linda shouted.
"SHHHHHH!" Said the audience, along with Jerry and Keegan.
"Are all of these doors to patients' rooms?" Diane asked.
"Yes. Yes, they are." Said the nurse.
"This place sure is quiet. Too quiet. Where is everybody?" Diane asked.
"All of the patients are locked away in their rooms to ensure the safety of the of the staff members." Said the nurse.
"And where are the staff members." Diane asked.
Keegan looked at his Jerry. "Dad, can i have some money? I wanna get some popcorn."
"You have money." Said Jerry.
"I know, but it's not enough. Please?" Said Keegan.
Jerry reached into his pocket and got out some money and handed it to his son.
"Thank you." Said Keegan. The 11 year old, holding his dog, got up from his seat and left out of the dark theater room as Jerry and Linda resumed watching the film.
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Outside the room, Keegan placed Copper on the floor and the two headed off for the snack bar, unaware that they were being watched by a black coat hooded figure, who had the symble 'D13' written on the left side of his coat.
Keegan then stopped in his tracks and gasped as he looked back after hearing someone scream. The boy, and the brown spotted Dalmatian puppy, saw that there were many people in the building, but there was no one in sight who appeared to be in any kind of distress. Keegan and Copper then resumed heading for the snack bar. The boy and the dog walked up to the snack bar and a man was standing behind it.
"Hi. Um, can we have medium popcorn, no butter, and a small Moutain Dew, please?" Said Keegan.
"We? Who is we?" The man asked. As if on cue, a bark was heard, and the guy looked over and counter and saw a cute little seven week old brown spotted Dalmatian looking up at him. "You got it." Said the man before walking over to where the popcorn was.
"Thanks." Said Keegan.
"I am not going back in there." Said a 22 year old girl as she and another girl walked up behind Keegan.
"Come on, girl, it's just a movie." Said the 21 year old girl.
"No, it's not just a movie, it's a true story. All of those Dalmatian puppies and that little boy got stolen from the state of Texas a year ago in America." Said the 22 year old girl.
"Didn't you say that there were three other previous films before this one? 101 Dalmatians, 102 Dalmatians and 103 Dalmatians." Said the 21 year old girl.
"Yeah, but none of them were made by Disney in the U.S. The first three movies were made over in UK London, England, where the incident originated, back in (1996). The first three movies are based on true stories as well, just like this one is." Said the 22 year old girl.
"And you've seen all three of them?" Said the 21 year old girl.
"Yes, i have." Said the 22 year old girl.
"So then, what's the problem? Why are you having trouble watching this fourth installment?" Asked the 21 year old girl.
"I don't know, i guess it's just because this one hit closer to home. I mean think about it, we use to live in the state of Texas. Doesn't that freak you out?" Said the 22 year old girl.
"Doesn't bother me one little bit." Said the 21 year old girl.
While waiting for his popcorn, Keegan was listening in on the two girl's conversation.
"Here you go." Said the man as he came back to the counter and handed Keegan his bucket of popcorn and his Mountain Dew drink.
"Thanks." Said Keegan. "Come on, Copper." The 11 year old boy and his dog walked away from the snack bar and headed back towards the theater room. They walked up to the door leading to the room and the kid proceeded to open it. But as he was opening it...
"RAH!" Jerry screamed, jumping out of nowhere.
"AH!" Keegan screamed high-pitched.
Jerry then started laughing at his son.
"Dad!" Said Keegan.
"Sorry, Keegan, i had to." Said Jerry.
"Why are you playing?" Keegan asked.
"Would you relax? Man, what's wrong with you?" Said Jerry.
"I don't like being scared. I don't like that." Said Keegan.
"Son, it's just a movie. Besides, dog movies are good for a laugh." Said Jerry.
"If you say so." Said Keegan. "Listen, could you take this stuff inside with you? I have to go wash my hands."
"Sure, no problem." Said Jerry.
"Thanks." Said Keegan before handing his father the popcorn and drink. "See you inside." The 11 year old and the puppy then walked off, heading for the bathroom.
Jerry then went back inside the theater room and sat back down next to Linda.
"What'd i miss?" Asked Jerry.
"Not much. Cruella's having her hearing with the judge and the hospital board. They're trying to decide on weather she should be released or not." Said Linda.
"A movie that takes off right at the beginning. My kind of film." Said Jerry.
"Where's Keegan?" Linda asked.
"He went to the bathroom to wash his hands. He'll be back in a minute." Said Jerry.
The couple resumed watching the film while they waited for Keegan and Copper to return.
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Keegan and Copper entered into the men's restroom and went over to one of the sinks. The boy then turned on the faucet and stuck his hand under the soap machine. The machine released some white soap into the boy's hand and he rubbed his hands together and stuck them under the water that was coming from the faucet. He rubbed his soapy hands together as the water washed the soap off of them. Once he was finished, he turnned off the faucet, got some paper towels from the machine, and dried his hands with them.
While he was drying his hands, the black coat hooded figure from earlier appeared behind Keegan from out of nowhere. "Wh-Who's there?" He asked as he and Copper turnned to face the figure.
"I've come to see how next phase of our project is doing." Said the figure.
"Huh?" Keegan asked. Who was this guy? And what was he talking about?
"This project has been connected...to our (2020) project." Said the figure.
"Wh-What are you talking about?" Keegan asked.
"Tied to the darkness...soon to be completely eclipsed." Said the figure.
"Well, whoever you are, stop freaking me out like this. Huh? Wh-Where did you come from?" Said Keegan.
"You do not know what lies beyond this new era." Said the figure.
"So you're one of those future predictors." Said Keegan.
"There is so very much to learn. You understand so little." Said the figure.
"Oh yeah? Well, you'll see. I'm gonna get out and learn what's out there." Said Keegan.
"A meaningless effort. One who know nothing can understand nothing." Said the figure.
Keegan was then started by a loud noise and he and Copper looked to the their right and saw a man drying his hands under the drier machine. The boy and the Dalmatian turnned their attention back to the mysterious figure, only to see that he was now gone.
"What was that all about?" Keegan asked. "Oh, well." He said, shrugging his shoulders. "Come on, Copper, let's go."
The boy and the puppy then left out of the bathroom to rejoin his parents in the theater, unaware that the figure was still inside the bathroom, lurking behind a cornner, as he watched them leave.
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Back inside the dark theater, Jerry, Linda and the rest of the audience were now watching the scene of 104 Dalmatians where Cruella was about to be discharged from the hospital and released into the custody of her cousin, Diane.
"You have had one offer of gaurdienship, miss An GeL. And i suggest that the interested party makes application. Therefore, miss An GeL, i am discharging you from the asylum and releasing you into the care of your cousin, Hugarian movie and T.V. actress, Diane De ViL." Said the judge on screen.
"No, no, no, no, no. Don't do that." Said Linda as she and Jerry watched the film.
"On the condition you never contact any of the other people who were involved in the incident in Mexico." Said the judge.
"No! No! No! Don't!" Said Linda in a low voice.
Keegan, holding Copper, came over to where Jerry and Linda were and sat down next to them.
"Well, it's about time you two showed up. Where have you guys been?" Jerry said.
"Washing my hands." Said Keegan. And that wasn't a lie, he was washing his hands.
"For that long? Just how dirty were they?" Jerry asked.
"Dirty enough. So...what'd we miss?" Keegan asked.
"You came back just in time, i think she's about to be released. Although, if i were that judge, i wouldn't even consider releasing her." Said Linda.
"You want your popcorn, Keegan?" Jerry asked, offering the bucket of popcorn.
"Thanks." Said Keegan, taking the bucket of popcorn from his Dad. The 11 year old boy reached inside the bucket, got out a handful of popcorn, and began eating it, as well as sharing some with Copper.
The Lewis family continued watching the film with the rest of the audience, unaware that the hood figure from earlier was up in the camera room, sitting at a small table in front of a black laptop, watching surveillance footage of the Lewis family, and the whole theater, through hidden web cameras he had installed in the entire building.
(Scene fades to black)
104
DALMATIANS
RETURNS
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So what did you think of this first chapter? Was it good? Was it great? Please review.
What do you think of the idea of this story being about a brown spotted Dalmatian puppy? That's deffinitly something different, right? Not only that, Copper is a firehouse dog. But that's no suprise since Dalmatians have always been that. Before they had become famous on screen in the films 101/102 Dalmatians, the Dalmatians were very well known for being the animal maskott of the firefighters. I figured, you know, maybe i'd revisit that with this story, since that's never been done before in the fanchise, as well as a reminder to the fans of where the Dalmatians' fame originated from.
Anyway, please review, and i'll see you in the next chapter.