The Great Escape?
Scene: The young girl in violet looks on at the random skirmishes, trying to line up a good shot with her HyperBlaster. The Trinity goons see her first.
Trinity 1: There she is! StunShot!
Princess Rei: Veni, Mors, Veni Reaper!
Grim: Materializing Guten Tag! swings scythe
Trinity 1: GAAH! Faint/Death
Grim: Auf Wiedersehen! vanishes
Trinity 2: $#!^! No more of that! unloads his gun in repeated StunShots
Trinity 3: Hey, don't damage the merchandise!
Trinity 2: Just cool itShe'll be all right. Leonard should be pleased with this.
Scene: The two Mecs stand outside of an escape pod. Around them Gradius members hustle about in confusion.
PzkwV: Hey! I've got great bargains on MissilePods! Only 1000 credits!
Gradius 4: I'll take 6!
T260G: Shameless scrappile! Enter pod! kicks PzkwV
PzkwV: You just don't appreciate the irony of using Trinity's own weapons to kick its own butt!
T260G: A SINGLE WORD MORE EARNS YOU VAPORIZATION! ENTER POD!
PzkwV: snarls Oh, all right! enters
T260G: Much regret will follow. enters
Scene: CG of pod jettisoning from the ship. Jump to an exact duplicate of CG on a large viewscreen, being watched by Trinity guards.
Trinity 4: There's another one! Open fire!
Trinity 5: Wait! There's no life forms aboard.
Trinity 4: Has that ever stopped us?
Scene: Outside view of Trinity ship, unloading several Laser batteries at the escape pod. Jump to pod interior.
T260G: $#!^! Pod is unshielded!
PzkwV: I've got it covered! Just trust your friendly neighborhood weapons smuggler!
T260G: kicks PzkwV again
PzkwV: Not to worry. We're on a mission from God!
T260G: Incorrect film!
Scene: Pod exterior. The pod takes several direct hits without accruing any damage. It continues its descent to a lush green world.
Cut to ship interior again. Princess Rei, hands bound behind her, is brusquely led back to Leonard.
Princess Rei: Leonard! I should have guessed your mechanical hands were involved. The Magi Council will never stand for this!
Leonard: We've already checked your stores, Highness, and there's not a single token on board this ship. In fact, your manifestoes fail to record you ever having any at any time! The games end, my little fugitive! Where are my plans?
Princess Rei: I don't know what you're talking about. If you want a token, all anyone has to do is ask nicely!
Leonard: If I still had a head, it'd be hurting! You're always sold out! You are a part of Gradius, and a traitor to the Trinity! Throw her in the brig!
Rei is led away.
Trinity Commander: I don't like this, milord. If word leaks out, the Magi council may push for an alliance with Gradius.
Leonard: Rei is a Gradius sympathizer, without a doubt, and a high-level member of their organization. We need her to find their hide-out, and crush them once and for all!
Trinity Commander: She'll die before she tells you anything!
Leonard: That's what MaxCures are for.
A small detachment of Trinity goons enter. They stop and salute.
Trinity 6: Sir, we've made a thorough search, and the plans are not aboard.
Leonard: Then we search again! They must be here!
Trinity 6: We have reports that an escape pod jettisoned in the confusion. There was no one aboard, though.
Leonard: She must have stashed the plans within the pod. Send down a force to retrieve them.
Trinity 6: Yes, milord!
Leonard: And if you find any tokens, bring them back too!
Trinity 6: Yes, milord!
Leonard: I refuse to be defeated this time!
Sariel V Humor, LTD. - Good for what ails ya!
Copyright January 2001