1 Operation: Mindcrime
Characters:
Nikki
Debbie
News Broadcaster
Dr. X
Man #1
Man #2
Tim
Mary
Father William
Cop #1
Cop #2
Sgt. Peters
Lt. Keal
Lawyer
Stranger
Political Leaders
Religious Leaders
Crowd
SCENE 1: HOSPITAL- ROOM
First the word 6:00 PM flashes on the screen then fades out to a first person view of a nurse (DEBBIE) with a syringe.
NURSE (off)- Dr. David telephone please, Dr. David Telephone please. Dr. Blair, Dr. Blair, Dr. J Hamilton.
NEWS BROADCAST (off)- ...the Soviets...In other news the bizarre murders of political and religious leaders that have shocked this city over the last month seemed to have ended as suddenly as they began. No terrorist groups... responsibility for the slayings, but police have a suspect in custody under observation in a state hospital. His identity is being withheld pending further investigation. Sports and weather next...
DEBBIE- It's ten minutes past your curfew. Why are you still up? Hello? Hello? Perhaps you need another shot.
She jabs the syringe into the persons arm.
DEBBIE- Ah, that should do it. Sweet dreams…you bastard.
We fade to black and here only a voice.
NIKKI- I remember now, I remember how it started. I can't remember yesterday, I can only remember doing what they told me…told me…told me…
SCENE 2: PARK
SONG- Anarchy X
Before we fade in the words "A few weeks earlier appear on the screen". We fade in to see hundreds of people surrounding a man who is standing at a podium. NIKKI is in the crowd. The man is DR. X.
DR. X- Do we have freedom?
CROWD- No!
DR. X- Do we have equality?
CROWD- No!
DR. X- This country is changing! It's no longer for all people, it's for some people.
CROWD: Yeah!
DR. X- It is time for us to put an end to this and I will be your leader.
MAN #1- Who are you?
DR. X- You can call me Dr. X
SONG- REVOLUTION CALLING
MAN #1- For a price I'd do about anything
Except pull the trigger
For that I'd need a pretty good cause
Then I heard of Dr. X
The man with the cure
Just watch the television
Yeah, you'll see there's something going on
MAN #2- Got no love for politicians
Or that crazy scene in D.C.
It's just a power mad town
But the time is ripe for changes
There's a growing feeling
That taking a chance on a new kind of vision is due
DR. X- I used to trust the media
To tell me the truth, tell us the truth
But now I've seen the payoffs
Everywhere I look
Who do you trust when everyone's a crook?
CROWD- Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Revolution calling you
[There's a] Revolution calling
Revolution calling
DR. X- Gotta make a change
Gotta push, gotta push it on through
MAN #1- I'm tired of all this bullshit
They keep selling me on T.V.
About the communist plan
And all the shady preachers
Begging for my cash
Swiss bank accounts while giving their
Secretaries the slam
MAN #2- They're all in Penthouse now
Or Playboy magazine, million dollar stories to tell
I guess Warhol wasn't wrong
Fame fifteen minutes long
Everyone's using everybody, making the sale
DR. X- I used to think
That only America's way, way was right
But now the holy dollar rules everybody's lives
Gotta make a million doesn't matter who dies
CROWD- Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Revolution calling you
[There's a] Revolution calling
Revolution calling
DR. X- Gotta make a change
Gotta push, gotta push it on through
By now the protest is a riot.
DR. X- I used to trust the media
To tell me the truth, tell us the truth
But now I've seen the payoffs
Everywhere I look
Who do you trust when everyone's a crook?
CROWD- Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Revolution calling you
[There's a] Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Gotta make a change
Gotta push, gotta push it on through
SCENE 3- REVOLUTION WAREHOUSE
TIM and DR. X sit across from each other at a table.
TIM- So you want to change this country?
DR. X- Exactly.
TIM- And how exactly do you plan on doing this, by giving speech's and ensnaring young people into your trap.
DR. X- Speeches, speeches! Ha! Only the common people would think that what I do is give speeches. I'm not a politician.
TIM- Then what exactly is it that you do?
DR. X- I have access to government files, I find out everything I can about each person that I plan on destroying and then find the perfect assassin. Then through the use of a hypnotic device that is a government prototype, I lure that assassin to my speech and implant thoughts into his head.
TIM- What about the others, they can't all be assassins.
DR. X- The others are purely used as slaves for my own personal enjoyment. I'm building an army you know.
TIM- Yeah, I know. How does this machine work?
DR. X- Every person has a password that allows me to enter their mind, I simply call them on the telephone and say the password.
TIM- Who have you chosen to do the job?
DR. X- A man by the name of Nikki.
TIM- And what's his password?
DR. X- Mindcrime.
TIM- So I guess we should begin Operation: Mindcrime.
DR. X- Yes, we should.
SCENE 4- NIKKI'S HOUSE- BEDROOM
NIKKI is lying in bed. Suddenly, the phone rings, and he shoots up and answers it.
NIKKI- Hello?
DR. X- Mindcrime.
SCENE 5- WAREHOUSE- MAIN ROOM
NIKKI is sitting in a chair, DR. X is standing in front of him, and hundreds of people are surrounding them.
SONG- OPERATION: MINDCRIME
Dr. X: It just takes a minute
And you'll feel no pain
Gotta make something of your life boy
Give me one more vein
You've come to see the doctor
Cause I'll show you the cure
I'm gonna take away the questions
Yeah I'm gonna make you sure
A hit man for the order
When you couldn't go to school
Had a skin job for a hair-do
Yeah you looked pretty cool
Had a habit doing mainline
Watch the dragon burn
No regrets, you've got no goals
Nothing more to learn
CROWD:Now I know you won't refuse
Because we've got so much to do
And you've got nothing more to lose
DR. X:So take this number and welcome to
Operation : Mindcrime
We're an underground revolution
Working overtime
Operation : Mindcrime
There's a job for you in
The system boy, with nothing to sign
Hey Nikki you know everything
That there is to do
Here's a gun take it home
Wait by the phone
We'll send someone over
To bring you what you need
You're a one man death machine
Make this city bleed
CROWD: Now I know you won't refuse
Because we've got so much to do
And you've got nothing more to lose
DR.X: So take this number and welcome to
Operation : Mindcrime
We're an underground revolution
Working overtime
Operation : Mindcrime
There's a job for you in
The system boy, with nothing to sign
Operation : Mindcrime
We're an underground revolution
Working overtime
Operation : Mindcrime
If you come to see the doctor
Yeah he'll give you the cure
Operation : Mindcrime
Make something of your life boy
Let me into your mind
Operation : Mindcrime
There's a job for you in the system boy
With nothing to sign
DR. X- Nikki, you were a loser, left to fend for yourself at a young age. You were independent, unpredictable, but harmless. Now though, you have philosophy. That makes you dangerous.
NIKKI walks outside and is followed by the members of the Revolution.
SCENE 5: STREET
NIKKI stands in the middle of the street.
NIKKI- Revolution!!!
The crowd surrounds him again. They are very loud.
NIKKI- Hey, hey, listen to me!
They've given me a mission
I don't really know the game yet
I'm bent on submission
Religion is to blame
I'm the new messiah
Death Angel with a gun
Dangerous in my silence
Deadly to my cause
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak the word
The word is all of us
I've given my life to become what I am
To preach the new beginning
To make you understand
To reach some point of order
Utopia in mind, you've got to learn
To sacrifice, to leave what's now behind
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak the word
The word is all of us
Speak the word
The word is all of us
Seven years of power
The corporation claw
The rich control the government, the media the law
To make some kind of difference
Then everyone must know
Eradicate the fascists, revolution will grow
The system we learn says we're equal under law
But the streets are reality, the weak and poor will fall
Let's tip the power balance and tear down their crown
Educate the masses, We'll burn the White House down
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak the word [Revolution]
The word is all of us
Speak the word [Revolution]
The word is all of us
Speak the word
[The word is all of us
Speak the Word
The word is all of us
Speak]
SCENE 6: A CHURCH
FATHER WILLIAM and MARY stand by the altar.
MARY- Forgive me father for I have sinned.
FATHER-When are you going to give up this life Mary?
MARY- I'm sorry Father William, but I need the money.
FATHER- But performing S&M shows is not the proper way. If you would stop you would no longer have to humiliate yourself in front of the lord.
MARY- I know-
FATHER- No you don't, and because you don't I would like you to meet a friend of mine. His name is Dr. X.
DR. X enters the church.
DR. X- So Father, this is the girl you say would do good to work for me.
FATHER- An Assassin has less of a chance of getting caught.
MARY- An assassin.
DR. X- What exactly does the young lady do?
FATHER- She is a stripper.
DR. X- Ah…and why does she come to you?
FATHER- I assure her that the lord forgives her and then she gives me her body.
SONG- SPREADING THE DISEASE
FATHER - She always brings me what I need
Without I beg and sweat and bleed
When we're alone at night
Waiting for the call
She feeds my skin
DR. X- Sixteen and on the run from home
Found a job in Times Square
Working Live S&M shows
Twenty-five bucks a fuck
And John's a happy man
She wipes the filth away
And it's back on the streets again
BOTH- Spreading the disease
Everybody needs
But no one wants to see
DR. X- Father William saved her from the streets
She drank the lifeblood from the savior's feet
She's Sister Mary now, eyes as cold as ice
He takes her once a week
On the alter like a sacrifice
BOTH- Spreading the disease
Everybody needs
But no one wants to see
FATHER- Religion and sex are power plays
Manipulate the people for the money they pay
Selling skin, selling God
The numbers look the same on their credit cards
Politicians say no to drugs
While we pay for wars in South America
Fighting fire with empty words
While the banks get fat
And the poor stay poor
And the rich get rich
And the cops get paid
To look away
As the one percent rules America
DR. X- Spreading the disease
Everybody needs
But no one wants to see
The way society
Keeps spreading the disease
DR. X- I think that Mary would be perfect for the revolution. However, not as an assassin.
MARY- Then what will I do?
DR. X- Since you have religious status, I can employ you to help one of my assassin's. You see, Nikki has doubt's about whether or not god likes what he is doing, Mary can reconcile him.
FATHER- I see.
DR. X- In fact Mary, I'll take you to see Nikki, right now.
SCENE 7: NIKKI'S BEDROOM
NIKKI is sitting in front of the TV. Suddenly, DR.X and MARY enter.
DR. X- Hello Nikki. Allow me to introduce you to Sister Mary. She will be here to reassure you that you are doing the right thing.
NIKKI takes one look at MARY and is obviously in love.
NIKKI- Thank you.
DR. X- Well, I'll leave you two alone.
DR. X leaves.
MARY- You know, I'm kinda new at this.
NIKKI- I remember that feeling, you didn't know what was going on. Well you know what, that man is killing people through me. I try to tell myself it's not my fault, but it doesn't work.
MARY- Why don't you just give up?
NIKKI- I can't, it's like…he's got the key to my mind or something, like he knows everything about me.
MARY- I get that same feeling when I'm around him.
NIKKI- So what did you do before this?
MARY- I was a stripper.
NIKKI- A what? So that's the reason your in here. X finds all the lost souls he can mange and controls their minds, I don't know how, but he does, but I'll promise you something, you're safe with me.
SCENE 8-IMAGES OF NIKKI
SONG- SCREAMING IN DIGITAL
Images of NIKKI killing POLITICAL and RELIGIOUS LEADERS, excepting drugs from DR. X, and going on dates with MARY mix together.
SCENE 9-NIKKI'S BEDROOM
NIKKI is watching TV. He is surrounded by candles, one for each person he has killed. He lights one more and sits it on top of the TV.
NEWS BROADCAST- …informing Washington, a technical violation of the 1972 ABM treaty…
NIKKI changes the channel.
PREACHER (on TV)- I'm asking for hands to be uplifted in a moment. God, the Holy Ghost is calling out to embrace you. I want you to reach deep into your hearts and pocketbooks and take his hand.
NIKKI- Bless me Father for I have sinned.
PREACHER (on TV)- Some of you are in a state of rebellion right now…
NIKKI turns the TV off.
SONG- THE MISSION
NIKKI-In the wooden chair
Beside my window
I wear a face born in the falling rain
I talk to shadows from a lonely candle
Recite the phrases from the wall
I can't explain this Holy pain
Six days ago my life had taken a tumble
The orders came from high above they say
A need to use me once again they've got my number
Further the cause boy yes you know the game
I'll wait here for days longer
Till the sister comes to wash my sins away
She is the lady that can ease my sorrow
She brings the only friend
That helps me find my way
I search the past back to a time
When I was younger
A target for the new society
Picked to displace the leaders
Countering objectives
Of this new underground reality
Waiting for days longer
Till sister comes to wash my sins away
She is the lady who can ease my sorrow
My love for her
Will help me find my way
They'll say my mission saved the world
And I stood proud
My mission changed the world
It turned my life around
I look around my room is filled with candles
Each one a story but they end the same
I'll hide away in here the law will never find me
The walls will tell the story of my pain
Waiting for days longer
Till sister comes to wash my sins away
She is the lady who can ease my sorrow
She sets the pace for my delivery of pain
They'll say my mission saved the world
And I stood proud
My mission changed the world
The underground will rise and
Save this world we'll all stand proud
Our mission changed the world, we'll change the world
We'll all stand proud
Suddenly, a horn beeps and NIKKI walks out of his house.
SCENE 10- OUTSIDE NIKKI'S HOUSE
A car is sitting in the street. NIKKI goes up to see it. The window opens and DR. X is inside.
DR. X- Mindcrime, kill her. That's all you have to do.
NIKKI- Kill Mary?
DR. X- She's a risk. Get the priest as well.
NIKKI- But-
The window closes and the car drives away.
SCENE 11- IN THE CHURCH
NIKKI enters and sees MARY praying by the altar.
SONG-SUITE SISTER MARY
10 P.M., I feel the rain coming down
My face feels the wet, my mind the storm
Flashing lights as people race to find shelter from the pour
Moving silent, through the streets, they're mine, they're mine
Midnight, she sings praises in the Hall
To saintly faces hallowed be their names she can't recall
Sister Mary, virgin Mary, silent with her sin
Mary: "What are you doing out in the rain?"
She feels me, I can taste her breath when she speaks
Mary: "I've been waiting for you. Come in."
Mary, Mary just a whore for the underground
They made you pay in guilt for your salvation
Thought you had them fooled? Now they've sent me for you
You know too much for your own good
Don't offer me faith, I've got all I need here
My faith is growing, growing tight against the seam
What we need is trust, to keep us both alive
Help us make it through the night
Mary:
I've no more want of any faith
Binds my arm and feed my mind
The only peace I've ever known
I'll close my eyes and you shoot
No Mary, listen, you've got to pull your strength from my lips
I pray I feed you well
Your precious cross is gone, it made me wait so long
For what you gave to everyone
The priest is cold and dead on his knees he fed
From my barrel of death, he turned the Holy water red
As he died he said thank you
I just watched him bleed
Mary:
I feel the flow, the blessed stain
Sweating hands like fire, and flames
Burn my thighs, spread in sacrificial rite
The hallowed altar burns my flesh once more tonight
Mary, sweet lady of pain
Always alone
Blind you search for the truth
I see myself in you, parallel lives
Winding at light-speed through time
No time to rest yet
We've got to stop his game
Before madness has the final laugh
Too much bloodshed
We're being used and fed
Like rats in experiments
No final outcome here
Only pain and fear
It's followed us both all our lives
There's one thing left to see
Will it be him or me?
There's one more candle left to light
Mary:
Don't turn your back on my disgrace
The blood of Christ can't heal my wounds...so deep
The sins of man are all I taste
Can't spit the memory from my mind
I can't cry anymore
Mary, my lady of pain, always alone
Blind you search for the truth
I see myself in you, parallel lives
Winding at light-speed through time, you're mine
Suddenly, as FATHER WILLIAM enters the room, NIKKI pulls out his gun and shoot him. MARY watches in disgust as FATHER WILLIAM falls to the ground.
FATHER- Sacrifice…altar…
Suddenly, we go into the head of MARY and see that she can't tell the difference between FATHER WILLIAM and NIKKI. NIKKI is just as upset, he looks to MARY and realizes what he's done.
NIKKI- I'm going to put a stop to this, now.
SCENE 12: THE WAREHOUSE
NIKKI is standing in front of DR. X and is obviously mad.
NIKKI- I've had enough and I want out!
DR. X- You can't walk away now.
DR. X shows NIKKI the needles that he has in his palm. NIKKI bursts out of the warehouse.
SCENE 13: IN THE STREETS
NIKKI runs through the streets. He is pursued by DR. X.
SONG: THE NEEDLE LIES
I looked back once
And all I saw was his face
Smiling, the needle crying
Walking out of his room
With mirrors, afraid I heard him scream
You'll never get away
Cold and shaking
I crawled down alleys to try
And scrape away the tracks that marked me
Slammed my face into walls of concrete
I stared, amazed at the words written on the wall
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle, it lies
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle when it cries, cries your name
Wet and raving
The needle keeps calling me back
To bloody my hands forever
Carved my cure with the blade
That left me in scars
Now every time I'm weak
Words scream from my arm
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle, it lies
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle when it cries, cries your name
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle, it lies
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle when it cries, cries your name
SCENE 14: MARY'S HOUSE
MARY sits on her bed, pondering the past. She looks into the mirror and remembers the vision of NIKKI changing into FATHER WILLIAM.
MARY: For years, men have used me, degraded me, beaten me…I thought Nikki was my only hope, now I know that I was wrong. I hate him…I hate men…I hate life…
SCENE 15: IN THE STREETS
NIKKI finally makes it to Mary's house. He opens the door.
SCENE 16: MARY'S HOUSE
As NIKKI opens the door, the house is very dark.
NIKKI- Is anyone home?
NIKKI slams the door shut and begins searching the house. In the bedroom he finds the body of MARY who is now dead.
NIKKI- Mary?
SONG: ELECTRIC REQUEIM
Even in death
You still look sad
Don't leave me
Don't leave me...here
I want what you feel, believe me
Turn the current on
Unable to accept MARY'S death, NIKKI runs out of the house.
SCENE 17: IN THE STREETS
NIKKI runs through the streets, shouting MARY'S name, everywhere he looks, she sees her.
SONG: BREAKING THE SILENCE
They told me to run
But just how far
Can I go wearing the black mask of fear?
The hate in my eyes always gives me away
The tension building slowly
Now I lost everything I had in you
Nothing we shared means a thing
Without you close to me
I can't live without you
Breaking the silence of the night
Can't you hear me screaming?
I look for your face in the neon light
You never answer me
There's no direction to my stare
No more flame burning in my heart anymore
Quiet, I keep it to myself
Until the sun sets slowly
I hear your voice in the evening rain calling
Nothing will keep us apart
No more lies and fear
There's no end to our story
Breaking the silence of the night
Can't you hear me screaming?
I look for your face in the neon light
You never answer
I could make all the wrong seem right
If you were by my side
I'd gather all the tears you cried
And hide them deep underground
Can't look back, it's just a waste of time
Can't erase this hate from my eyes
Breaking the silence of the night
Through the streets I'm screaming
Looking for you in the neon light
Why don't you answer me?
Breaking the silence with my cries
Can't you hear me screaming?
We could make all this wrong seem right
But you never answer me
Suddenly, the two POLICEMEN run around the corner, grab NIKKI and slam him against the hood of a car.
COP #1: You're under arrest for disorderly conduct, carrying a concealed weapon with out a license, and resisting arrest.
NIKKI: Mary? Mary?
COP #2: What the hell is this guy talking about?
SCENE 18: THE POLICE STATION-MAIN OFFICES
SGT. PETERS and the two COPS stand talking.
COP #1: The weapon he was carrying matches the one that has been used in a streak of murders.
SGT. PETERS: So, what have you been getting out of him.
COP #2: Nothing at all, just keeps babbling things like, I Don't Believe in Love.
SCENE 19: THE POLICE STATION-INTEROGATION ROOM
NIKKI sits at one side of a table as LT. KEAL interrogates him.
KEAL: We know you did it Nikki, why don't you just admit it and make it easier in the long run.
NIKKI: Father William…Mary…Sex…
KEAL: Come on Nikki, say something.
NIKKI: Dr. X…Mindcrime…I Don't Believe in Love…
SONG: I DON'T BELIEVE IN LOVE
I awoke on impact
Under surveillance from the camera eye
Searching high and low
The criminal mind found at the scene of the crime
Handcuffed and blind, I didn't do it
She said she loved me
I guess I never knew
But do we ever, ever really know?
She said she'd meet me on the other side
But I knew right then, I'd never find her
I don't believe in love
I never have, I never will
I don't believe in love
It's never worth the pain that you feel
No more nightmares, I've seen them all
From the day I was born, they've haunted my every move
Every open hand's there to push and shove
No time for love it doesn't matter
She made a difference
I guess she had a way
Of making every night seem bright as day
Now I walk in shadows, never see the light
She must have lied 'cause she never said goodbye
I don't believe in love
I never have, I never will
I don't believe in love
I'll just pretend she never was real
I don't believe in love
I need to forget her face, I see it still
I don't believe in love
It's never worth the pain that you feel
No chance for contact
There's no raison d'etre
My only hope is one day I'll forget
The pain of knowing what can never be
With or without love it's all the same to me
I don't believe in love
I never have, I never will
I don't believe in love
I'll just pretend she never was real
I don't believe in love
I need to forget her face, I see it still
I don't believe in love
It's never worth the pain that you feel
SCENE 20: MENTAL HOSPITAL- NIKKI'S ROOM
SONG: WAITING FOR 22
Alone in his hospital room, NIKKI thinks about MARY, the night she died, and the mistakes he made.
SONG: MY EMPTY ROOM
Empty room today
And here I sit
Chalk outline upon the wall
I remember tracing it
A thousand times, the night she died. Why? [Why?]
There's no sleep today, I can't pretend
When all my dreams are crimes
I can't stand facing them
Now who will come
To wash away my sins
Clean my room, fix my meals
Be my friend?
Suddenly, a LAWYER enters the room.
NIKKI: Who the hell are you?
LAWYER: I'm a representative of Dr. X.
NIKKI: Dr. X…
LAWYER: I'm here to inform you that you've been charged with several murders, they have agreed however, to allow you to return home, your trial will be in three weeks.
SCENE 21: NIKKI'S ROOM
NIKKI stares into a mirror and sees images of a stranged cloaked man, who looks a lot like him. During the song, the image of the STRANGER changes from FATHER WILLIAM to MARY to DR. X and back to NIKKI.
SONG: EYES OF A STRANGER
page:
"Dr. David, telephone please. Dr. David
Dr. Blair, Dr. Blair, Dr. J. Hamilton, Dr. J Hamilton"
All alone now
Except for the memories
Of what we had and what we knew
Every time I try to leave it behind me
I see something that reminds me of you
Every night the dreams return to haunt me
Your rosary wrapped around your throat
I lie awake and sweat, afraid to fall asleep
I see your face looking back at me
And I raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare
Is this all that's left
Of my life before me
Straight jacket memories, sedative highs
No happy ending like they've always promised
There's got to be something left for me
And I raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare [Lies behind my stare]
How many times must I live this tragedy
How many more lies will they tell me
All I want is the same as everyone
Why am I here, and for how long
And I raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare
The scene fades out and only the words "I Remember Now" can be heard.
THE END?
Characters:
Nikki
Debbie
News Broadcaster
Dr. X
Man #1
Man #2
Tim
Mary
Father William
Cop #1
Cop #2
Sgt. Peters
Lt. Keal
Lawyer
Stranger
Political Leaders
Religious Leaders
Crowd
SCENE 1: HOSPITAL- ROOM
First the word 6:00 PM flashes on the screen then fades out to a first person view of a nurse (DEBBIE) with a syringe.
NURSE (off)- Dr. David telephone please, Dr. David Telephone please. Dr. Blair, Dr. Blair, Dr. J Hamilton.
NEWS BROADCAST (off)- ...the Soviets...In other news the bizarre murders of political and religious leaders that have shocked this city over the last month seemed to have ended as suddenly as they began. No terrorist groups... responsibility for the slayings, but police have a suspect in custody under observation in a state hospital. His identity is being withheld pending further investigation. Sports and weather next...
DEBBIE- It's ten minutes past your curfew. Why are you still up? Hello? Hello? Perhaps you need another shot.
She jabs the syringe into the persons arm.
DEBBIE- Ah, that should do it. Sweet dreams…you bastard.
We fade to black and here only a voice.
NIKKI- I remember now, I remember how it started. I can't remember yesterday, I can only remember doing what they told me…told me…told me…
SCENE 2: PARK
SONG- Anarchy X
Before we fade in the words "A few weeks earlier appear on the screen". We fade in to see hundreds of people surrounding a man who is standing at a podium. NIKKI is in the crowd. The man is DR. X.
DR. X- Do we have freedom?
CROWD- No!
DR. X- Do we have equality?
CROWD- No!
DR. X- This country is changing! It's no longer for all people, it's for some people.
CROWD: Yeah!
DR. X- It is time for us to put an end to this and I will be your leader.
MAN #1- Who are you?
DR. X- You can call me Dr. X
SONG- REVOLUTION CALLING
MAN #1- For a price I'd do about anything
Except pull the trigger
For that I'd need a pretty good cause
Then I heard of Dr. X
The man with the cure
Just watch the television
Yeah, you'll see there's something going on
MAN #2- Got no love for politicians
Or that crazy scene in D.C.
It's just a power mad town
But the time is ripe for changes
There's a growing feeling
That taking a chance on a new kind of vision is due
DR. X- I used to trust the media
To tell me the truth, tell us the truth
But now I've seen the payoffs
Everywhere I look
Who do you trust when everyone's a crook?
CROWD- Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Revolution calling you
[There's a] Revolution calling
Revolution calling
DR. X- Gotta make a change
Gotta push, gotta push it on through
MAN #1- I'm tired of all this bullshit
They keep selling me on T.V.
About the communist plan
And all the shady preachers
Begging for my cash
Swiss bank accounts while giving their
Secretaries the slam
MAN #2- They're all in Penthouse now
Or Playboy magazine, million dollar stories to tell
I guess Warhol wasn't wrong
Fame fifteen minutes long
Everyone's using everybody, making the sale
DR. X- I used to think
That only America's way, way was right
But now the holy dollar rules everybody's lives
Gotta make a million doesn't matter who dies
CROWD- Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Revolution calling you
[There's a] Revolution calling
Revolution calling
DR. X- Gotta make a change
Gotta push, gotta push it on through
By now the protest is a riot.
DR. X- I used to trust the media
To tell me the truth, tell us the truth
But now I've seen the payoffs
Everywhere I look
Who do you trust when everyone's a crook?
CROWD- Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Revolution calling you
[There's a] Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Gotta make a change
Gotta push, gotta push it on through
SCENE 3- REVOLUTION WAREHOUSE
TIM and DR. X sit across from each other at a table.
TIM- So you want to change this country?
DR. X- Exactly.
TIM- And how exactly do you plan on doing this, by giving speech's and ensnaring young people into your trap.
DR. X- Speeches, speeches! Ha! Only the common people would think that what I do is give speeches. I'm not a politician.
TIM- Then what exactly is it that you do?
DR. X- I have access to government files, I find out everything I can about each person that I plan on destroying and then find the perfect assassin. Then through the use of a hypnotic device that is a government prototype, I lure that assassin to my speech and implant thoughts into his head.
TIM- What about the others, they can't all be assassins.
DR. X- The others are purely used as slaves for my own personal enjoyment. I'm building an army you know.
TIM- Yeah, I know. How does this machine work?
DR. X- Every person has a password that allows me to enter their mind, I simply call them on the telephone and say the password.
TIM- Who have you chosen to do the job?
DR. X- A man by the name of Nikki.
TIM- And what's his password?
DR. X- Mindcrime.
TIM- So I guess we should begin Operation: Mindcrime.
DR. X- Yes, we should.
SCENE 4- NIKKI'S HOUSE- BEDROOM
NIKKI is lying in bed. Suddenly, the phone rings, and he shoots up and answers it.
NIKKI- Hello?
DR. X- Mindcrime.
SCENE 5- WAREHOUSE- MAIN ROOM
NIKKI is sitting in a chair, DR. X is standing in front of him, and hundreds of people are surrounding them.
SONG- OPERATION: MINDCRIME
Dr. X: It just takes a minute
And you'll feel no pain
Gotta make something of your life boy
Give me one more vein
You've come to see the doctor
Cause I'll show you the cure
I'm gonna take away the questions
Yeah I'm gonna make you sure
A hit man for the order
When you couldn't go to school
Had a skin job for a hair-do
Yeah you looked pretty cool
Had a habit doing mainline
Watch the dragon burn
No regrets, you've got no goals
Nothing more to learn
CROWD:Now I know you won't refuse
Because we've got so much to do
And you've got nothing more to lose
DR. X:So take this number and welcome to
Operation : Mindcrime
We're an underground revolution
Working overtime
Operation : Mindcrime
There's a job for you in
The system boy, with nothing to sign
Hey Nikki you know everything
That there is to do
Here's a gun take it home
Wait by the phone
We'll send someone over
To bring you what you need
You're a one man death machine
Make this city bleed
CROWD: Now I know you won't refuse
Because we've got so much to do
And you've got nothing more to lose
DR.X: So take this number and welcome to
Operation : Mindcrime
We're an underground revolution
Working overtime
Operation : Mindcrime
There's a job for you in
The system boy, with nothing to sign
Operation : Mindcrime
We're an underground revolution
Working overtime
Operation : Mindcrime
If you come to see the doctor
Yeah he'll give you the cure
Operation : Mindcrime
Make something of your life boy
Let me into your mind
Operation : Mindcrime
There's a job for you in the system boy
With nothing to sign
DR. X- Nikki, you were a loser, left to fend for yourself at a young age. You were independent, unpredictable, but harmless. Now though, you have philosophy. That makes you dangerous.
NIKKI walks outside and is followed by the members of the Revolution.
SCENE 5: STREET
NIKKI stands in the middle of the street.
NIKKI- Revolution!!!
The crowd surrounds him again. They are very loud.
NIKKI- Hey, hey, listen to me!
They've given me a mission
I don't really know the game yet
I'm bent on submission
Religion is to blame
I'm the new messiah
Death Angel with a gun
Dangerous in my silence
Deadly to my cause
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak the word
The word is all of us
I've given my life to become what I am
To preach the new beginning
To make you understand
To reach some point of order
Utopia in mind, you've got to learn
To sacrifice, to leave what's now behind
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak the word
The word is all of us
Speak the word
The word is all of us
Seven years of power
The corporation claw
The rich control the government, the media the law
To make some kind of difference
Then everyone must know
Eradicate the fascists, revolution will grow
The system we learn says we're equal under law
But the streets are reality, the weak and poor will fall
Let's tip the power balance and tear down their crown
Educate the masses, We'll burn the White House down
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak the word [Revolution]
The word is all of us
Speak the word [Revolution]
The word is all of us
Speak the word
[The word is all of us
Speak the Word
The word is all of us
Speak]
SCENE 6: A CHURCH
FATHER WILLIAM and MARY stand by the altar.
MARY- Forgive me father for I have sinned.
FATHER-When are you going to give up this life Mary?
MARY- I'm sorry Father William, but I need the money.
FATHER- But performing S&M shows is not the proper way. If you would stop you would no longer have to humiliate yourself in front of the lord.
MARY- I know-
FATHER- No you don't, and because you don't I would like you to meet a friend of mine. His name is Dr. X.
DR. X enters the church.
DR. X- So Father, this is the girl you say would do good to work for me.
FATHER- An Assassin has less of a chance of getting caught.
MARY- An assassin.
DR. X- What exactly does the young lady do?
FATHER- She is a stripper.
DR. X- Ah…and why does she come to you?
FATHER- I assure her that the lord forgives her and then she gives me her body.
SONG- SPREADING THE DISEASE
FATHER - She always brings me what I need
Without I beg and sweat and bleed
When we're alone at night
Waiting for the call
She feeds my skin
DR. X- Sixteen and on the run from home
Found a job in Times Square
Working Live S&M shows
Twenty-five bucks a fuck
And John's a happy man
She wipes the filth away
And it's back on the streets again
BOTH- Spreading the disease
Everybody needs
But no one wants to see
DR. X- Father William saved her from the streets
She drank the lifeblood from the savior's feet
She's Sister Mary now, eyes as cold as ice
He takes her once a week
On the alter like a sacrifice
BOTH- Spreading the disease
Everybody needs
But no one wants to see
FATHER- Religion and sex are power plays
Manipulate the people for the money they pay
Selling skin, selling God
The numbers look the same on their credit cards
Politicians say no to drugs
While we pay for wars in South America
Fighting fire with empty words
While the banks get fat
And the poor stay poor
And the rich get rich
And the cops get paid
To look away
As the one percent rules America
DR. X- Spreading the disease
Everybody needs
But no one wants to see
The way society
Keeps spreading the disease
DR. X- I think that Mary would be perfect for the revolution. However, not as an assassin.
MARY- Then what will I do?
DR. X- Since you have religious status, I can employ you to help one of my assassin's. You see, Nikki has doubt's about whether or not god likes what he is doing, Mary can reconcile him.
FATHER- I see.
DR. X- In fact Mary, I'll take you to see Nikki, right now.
SCENE 7: NIKKI'S BEDROOM
NIKKI is sitting in front of the TV. Suddenly, DR.X and MARY enter.
DR. X- Hello Nikki. Allow me to introduce you to Sister Mary. She will be here to reassure you that you are doing the right thing.
NIKKI takes one look at MARY and is obviously in love.
NIKKI- Thank you.
DR. X- Well, I'll leave you two alone.
DR. X leaves.
MARY- You know, I'm kinda new at this.
NIKKI- I remember that feeling, you didn't know what was going on. Well you know what, that man is killing people through me. I try to tell myself it's not my fault, but it doesn't work.
MARY- Why don't you just give up?
NIKKI- I can't, it's like…he's got the key to my mind or something, like he knows everything about me.
MARY- I get that same feeling when I'm around him.
NIKKI- So what did you do before this?
MARY- I was a stripper.
NIKKI- A what? So that's the reason your in here. X finds all the lost souls he can mange and controls their minds, I don't know how, but he does, but I'll promise you something, you're safe with me.
SCENE 8-IMAGES OF NIKKI
SONG- SCREAMING IN DIGITAL
Images of NIKKI killing POLITICAL and RELIGIOUS LEADERS, excepting drugs from DR. X, and going on dates with MARY mix together.
SCENE 9-NIKKI'S BEDROOM
NIKKI is watching TV. He is surrounded by candles, one for each person he has killed. He lights one more and sits it on top of the TV.
NEWS BROADCAST- …informing Washington, a technical violation of the 1972 ABM treaty…
NIKKI changes the channel.
PREACHER (on TV)- I'm asking for hands to be uplifted in a moment. God, the Holy Ghost is calling out to embrace you. I want you to reach deep into your hearts and pocketbooks and take his hand.
NIKKI- Bless me Father for I have sinned.
PREACHER (on TV)- Some of you are in a state of rebellion right now…
NIKKI turns the TV off.
SONG- THE MISSION
NIKKI-In the wooden chair
Beside my window
I wear a face born in the falling rain
I talk to shadows from a lonely candle
Recite the phrases from the wall
I can't explain this Holy pain
Six days ago my life had taken a tumble
The orders came from high above they say
A need to use me once again they've got my number
Further the cause boy yes you know the game
I'll wait here for days longer
Till the sister comes to wash my sins away
She is the lady that can ease my sorrow
She brings the only friend
That helps me find my way
I search the past back to a time
When I was younger
A target for the new society
Picked to displace the leaders
Countering objectives
Of this new underground reality
Waiting for days longer
Till sister comes to wash my sins away
She is the lady who can ease my sorrow
My love for her
Will help me find my way
They'll say my mission saved the world
And I stood proud
My mission changed the world
It turned my life around
I look around my room is filled with candles
Each one a story but they end the same
I'll hide away in here the law will never find me
The walls will tell the story of my pain
Waiting for days longer
Till sister comes to wash my sins away
She is the lady who can ease my sorrow
She sets the pace for my delivery of pain
They'll say my mission saved the world
And I stood proud
My mission changed the world
The underground will rise and
Save this world we'll all stand proud
Our mission changed the world, we'll change the world
We'll all stand proud
Suddenly, a horn beeps and NIKKI walks out of his house.
SCENE 10- OUTSIDE NIKKI'S HOUSE
A car is sitting in the street. NIKKI goes up to see it. The window opens and DR. X is inside.
DR. X- Mindcrime, kill her. That's all you have to do.
NIKKI- Kill Mary?
DR. X- She's a risk. Get the priest as well.
NIKKI- But-
The window closes and the car drives away.
SCENE 11- IN THE CHURCH
NIKKI enters and sees MARY praying by the altar.
SONG-SUITE SISTER MARY
10 P.M., I feel the rain coming down
My face feels the wet, my mind the storm
Flashing lights as people race to find shelter from the pour
Moving silent, through the streets, they're mine, they're mine
Midnight, she sings praises in the Hall
To saintly faces hallowed be their names she can't recall
Sister Mary, virgin Mary, silent with her sin
Mary: "What are you doing out in the rain?"
She feels me, I can taste her breath when she speaks
Mary: "I've been waiting for you. Come in."
Mary, Mary just a whore for the underground
They made you pay in guilt for your salvation
Thought you had them fooled? Now they've sent me for you
You know too much for your own good
Don't offer me faith, I've got all I need here
My faith is growing, growing tight against the seam
What we need is trust, to keep us both alive
Help us make it through the night
Mary:
I've no more want of any faith
Binds my arm and feed my mind
The only peace I've ever known
I'll close my eyes and you shoot
No Mary, listen, you've got to pull your strength from my lips
I pray I feed you well
Your precious cross is gone, it made me wait so long
For what you gave to everyone
The priest is cold and dead on his knees he fed
From my barrel of death, he turned the Holy water red
As he died he said thank you
I just watched him bleed
Mary:
I feel the flow, the blessed stain
Sweating hands like fire, and flames
Burn my thighs, spread in sacrificial rite
The hallowed altar burns my flesh once more tonight
Mary, sweet lady of pain
Always alone
Blind you search for the truth
I see myself in you, parallel lives
Winding at light-speed through time
No time to rest yet
We've got to stop his game
Before madness has the final laugh
Too much bloodshed
We're being used and fed
Like rats in experiments
No final outcome here
Only pain and fear
It's followed us both all our lives
There's one thing left to see
Will it be him or me?
There's one more candle left to light
Mary:
Don't turn your back on my disgrace
The blood of Christ can't heal my wounds...so deep
The sins of man are all I taste
Can't spit the memory from my mind
I can't cry anymore
Mary, my lady of pain, always alone
Blind you search for the truth
I see myself in you, parallel lives
Winding at light-speed through time, you're mine
Suddenly, as FATHER WILLIAM enters the room, NIKKI pulls out his gun and shoot him. MARY watches in disgust as FATHER WILLIAM falls to the ground.
FATHER- Sacrifice…altar…
Suddenly, we go into the head of MARY and see that she can't tell the difference between FATHER WILLIAM and NIKKI. NIKKI is just as upset, he looks to MARY and realizes what he's done.
NIKKI- I'm going to put a stop to this, now.
SCENE 12: THE WAREHOUSE
NIKKI is standing in front of DR. X and is obviously mad.
NIKKI- I've had enough and I want out!
DR. X- You can't walk away now.
DR. X shows NIKKI the needles that he has in his palm. NIKKI bursts out of the warehouse.
SCENE 13: IN THE STREETS
NIKKI runs through the streets. He is pursued by DR. X.
SONG: THE NEEDLE LIES
I looked back once
And all I saw was his face
Smiling, the needle crying
Walking out of his room
With mirrors, afraid I heard him scream
You'll never get away
Cold and shaking
I crawled down alleys to try
And scrape away the tracks that marked me
Slammed my face into walls of concrete
I stared, amazed at the words written on the wall
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle, it lies
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle when it cries, cries your name
Wet and raving
The needle keeps calling me back
To bloody my hands forever
Carved my cure with the blade
That left me in scars
Now every time I'm weak
Words scream from my arm
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle, it lies
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle when it cries, cries your name
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle, it lies
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle when it cries, cries your name
SCENE 14: MARY'S HOUSE
MARY sits on her bed, pondering the past. She looks into the mirror and remembers the vision of NIKKI changing into FATHER WILLIAM.
MARY: For years, men have used me, degraded me, beaten me…I thought Nikki was my only hope, now I know that I was wrong. I hate him…I hate men…I hate life…
SCENE 15: IN THE STREETS
NIKKI finally makes it to Mary's house. He opens the door.
SCENE 16: MARY'S HOUSE
As NIKKI opens the door, the house is very dark.
NIKKI- Is anyone home?
NIKKI slams the door shut and begins searching the house. In the bedroom he finds the body of MARY who is now dead.
NIKKI- Mary?
SONG: ELECTRIC REQUEIM
Even in death
You still look sad
Don't leave me
Don't leave me...here
I want what you feel, believe me
Turn the current on
Unable to accept MARY'S death, NIKKI runs out of the house.
SCENE 17: IN THE STREETS
NIKKI runs through the streets, shouting MARY'S name, everywhere he looks, she sees her.
SONG: BREAKING THE SILENCE
They told me to run
But just how far
Can I go wearing the black mask of fear?
The hate in my eyes always gives me away
The tension building slowly
Now I lost everything I had in you
Nothing we shared means a thing
Without you close to me
I can't live without you
Breaking the silence of the night
Can't you hear me screaming?
I look for your face in the neon light
You never answer me
There's no direction to my stare
No more flame burning in my heart anymore
Quiet, I keep it to myself
Until the sun sets slowly
I hear your voice in the evening rain calling
Nothing will keep us apart
No more lies and fear
There's no end to our story
Breaking the silence of the night
Can't you hear me screaming?
I look for your face in the neon light
You never answer
I could make all the wrong seem right
If you were by my side
I'd gather all the tears you cried
And hide them deep underground
Can't look back, it's just a waste of time
Can't erase this hate from my eyes
Breaking the silence of the night
Through the streets I'm screaming
Looking for you in the neon light
Why don't you answer me?
Breaking the silence with my cries
Can't you hear me screaming?
We could make all this wrong seem right
But you never answer me
Suddenly, the two POLICEMEN run around the corner, grab NIKKI and slam him against the hood of a car.
COP #1: You're under arrest for disorderly conduct, carrying a concealed weapon with out a license, and resisting arrest.
NIKKI: Mary? Mary?
COP #2: What the hell is this guy talking about?
SCENE 18: THE POLICE STATION-MAIN OFFICES
SGT. PETERS and the two COPS stand talking.
COP #1: The weapon he was carrying matches the one that has been used in a streak of murders.
SGT. PETERS: So, what have you been getting out of him.
COP #2: Nothing at all, just keeps babbling things like, I Don't Believe in Love.
SCENE 19: THE POLICE STATION-INTEROGATION ROOM
NIKKI sits at one side of a table as LT. KEAL interrogates him.
KEAL: We know you did it Nikki, why don't you just admit it and make it easier in the long run.
NIKKI: Father William…Mary…Sex…
KEAL: Come on Nikki, say something.
NIKKI: Dr. X…Mindcrime…I Don't Believe in Love…
SONG: I DON'T BELIEVE IN LOVE
I awoke on impact
Under surveillance from the camera eye
Searching high and low
The criminal mind found at the scene of the crime
Handcuffed and blind, I didn't do it
She said she loved me
I guess I never knew
But do we ever, ever really know?
She said she'd meet me on the other side
But I knew right then, I'd never find her
I don't believe in love
I never have, I never will
I don't believe in love
It's never worth the pain that you feel
No more nightmares, I've seen them all
From the day I was born, they've haunted my every move
Every open hand's there to push and shove
No time for love it doesn't matter
She made a difference
I guess she had a way
Of making every night seem bright as day
Now I walk in shadows, never see the light
She must have lied 'cause she never said goodbye
I don't believe in love
I never have, I never will
I don't believe in love
I'll just pretend she never was real
I don't believe in love
I need to forget her face, I see it still
I don't believe in love
It's never worth the pain that you feel
No chance for contact
There's no raison d'etre
My only hope is one day I'll forget
The pain of knowing what can never be
With or without love it's all the same to me
I don't believe in love
I never have, I never will
I don't believe in love
I'll just pretend she never was real
I don't believe in love
I need to forget her face, I see it still
I don't believe in love
It's never worth the pain that you feel
SCENE 20: MENTAL HOSPITAL- NIKKI'S ROOM
SONG: WAITING FOR 22
Alone in his hospital room, NIKKI thinks about MARY, the night she died, and the mistakes he made.
SONG: MY EMPTY ROOM
Empty room today
And here I sit
Chalk outline upon the wall
I remember tracing it
A thousand times, the night she died. Why? [Why?]
There's no sleep today, I can't pretend
When all my dreams are crimes
I can't stand facing them
Now who will come
To wash away my sins
Clean my room, fix my meals
Be my friend?
Suddenly, a LAWYER enters the room.
NIKKI: Who the hell are you?
LAWYER: I'm a representative of Dr. X.
NIKKI: Dr. X…
LAWYER: I'm here to inform you that you've been charged with several murders, they have agreed however, to allow you to return home, your trial will be in three weeks.
SCENE 21: NIKKI'S ROOM
NIKKI stares into a mirror and sees images of a stranged cloaked man, who looks a lot like him. During the song, the image of the STRANGER changes from FATHER WILLIAM to MARY to DR. X and back to NIKKI.
SONG: EYES OF A STRANGER
page:
"Dr. David, telephone please. Dr. David
Dr. Blair, Dr. Blair, Dr. J. Hamilton, Dr. J Hamilton"
All alone now
Except for the memories
Of what we had and what we knew
Every time I try to leave it behind me
I see something that reminds me of you
Every night the dreams return to haunt me
Your rosary wrapped around your throat
I lie awake and sweat, afraid to fall asleep
I see your face looking back at me
And I raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare
Is this all that's left
Of my life before me
Straight jacket memories, sedative highs
No happy ending like they've always promised
There's got to be something left for me
And I raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare [Lies behind my stare]
How many times must I live this tragedy
How many more lies will they tell me
All I want is the same as everyone
Why am I here, and for how long
And I raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare
The scene fades out and only the words "I Remember Now" can be heard.
THE END?