CHAPTER 4: SCARS

INT. ROOM

There are four scientist looking at a formula on an agenda board. One of them is in a wheelchair. Gordon takes out his 357 magnum and enters the room. The scientists are startled.

GORDON: Hello losers.

SCIENTIST 1: What is the meaning of this?

GORDON: It' s payback time. I' m going to make you suffer for treating me like shit.

WHEELCHAIR SCIENTIST: You don' t have to do this. There are more civilized ways to solve this matter. Please do not resort to violence.

Gordon sees a hot coffee pot on the table. He takes the hot coffee and pours it on the scientists. The steam rises from the hot coffee. The scientist has no reaction.

WHEELCHAIR SCIENTIST: I' m paralyzed from the waist down.

Gordon punches the scientist in the face and everyone screams. The scientist' s nose in bleeding.

Gordon: (laughs) Did you feel that one?

SCIENTIST 2: What did you do that for?

Gordon punches himagain. A scientist trie s to hit Gordon but he knocks him down.

GORDON: Get up.

The scientist stands up.

GORDON: Slap him.

SCIENTIST 1: I' m not doing that.

Gordon: I' ll kill all of you, including wheelchair boy.

The scientistwalks over to the man in the wheelchair.

GORDON: Do it now. Slap him until I say stop.

The scientist slaps the man in the wheelchair again and again.

SCIENTIST 3: I can' t believe you' re doing this. You' re a sick man.

SCIENTIST 1: He'smakingme.

SCIENTIST 2: You' re an imbecile.

GORDON: All right, funs over.

Gordon shoots all the scientists except for the one in a wheelchair. He looks at Gordon with anger. He pushes the wheelchair into a wall and then into another one. Then, he kicks the scientist in the face, knocking him out of the wheelchair. He grabs the scientist by the hair and drags him across the floor. He takes out the knife and stabs him in the stomach. He runs the knife up to his chest and then throws the dead scientist down. He exits the room.

INT. ROOM

Three scientists are in a room sitting down. Two are working at a computer and the other is repairing the hard drive of another computer.

SCIENTIST 1: I' m so glad we got Ron counseling. Who knows what action he may have taken.

SCIENTIST 2: I' m just glad we were there for him. Hopefully, he will remain happy.

SCIENTIST 3: And now he' s got a date with Laura Fuller.

Ron comes out dressed in a very nice Italian suit. Everyone is amazed at how he looks.

SCIENTIST 1: You look great!

RON: Thank you. Do you think Laura will like it?

SCIENTIST 2: She will be impressed.

RON: I can' t wait until tonight.

Gordon kicks the door open and points the shotgun at the scientists. Everyone is startled.

GORDON: Hey Ronnie,you stupid fucking piece of shit.

SCIENTIST 3: Gordon Freeman what the hell are you doing here? You can't come in here wielding a gun.

RON: Please Gordon, there are other ways to handle this .

GORDON: Shut your damn mouth. You look like an idiot.

RON: I' m having dinner with Laura Fuller.

GORDON: Laura Fuller? You? How in the blue hell did you get a date with her?

RON: She chose me over you. Maybe it' s because I' m not some raging psycho who threatens people when they don' t get their way.

GORDON: (laughs) I guess you win asshole. All I really wanted to do was fuck her.

RON: Don' t you dare talk about her that way!

GORDON: Shut up! I really hate you. Every damn jackass around here always gives you sympathy. You would be nothing if these damn idiots didn't help you.(pause) Look at you. How could you ever think she really likes you, huh? You' re old, bald, and ugly.

Ron starts to cry a n d Gordon laughs. Ron sits on a chair and puts his hands on his face. One scientist kneels beside him.

SCIENTIST 1: How dare you day something like that to him. Do you know how much counseling he's hadand how much we' ve tried to console him?

GORDON: H e' s never liked me from day one.

RON: I' m so ugly.

SCIENTIST 1: No, you' re not. Don' t listen to him.

Gordon walks over to the scientist and shoves him away. Gordon sees a piece of paper sticking out of Ron' s coat and takes it.

GORDON: What do we have here?

He unfolds it and sees that it is a poem .

RON: It' s for Laura.

Gordon shoves the paper into Ron' s face, knocking him down .

SCIENTIST 2: Stop this at once!

Gordon punched him in the face and then punched a scientist. The other scientist backs into a corner. Ron gets up to his knees and Gordon kicks him in the stomach, knocking him back down. He takes out his knife and put s Ron against a table.

GORDON: (holding the knife to Ron' s face) I' m going to make you even uglier. Anyone who stops me will be shot.

Gordon makes a light cut across Ron' s forehead and then under the nose. Next, he makes a cut over the skin of botheyesand then another cut down the middle of his face. He throws Ron to the ground and he touches his face. He sees the blood on his hands.

RON: The pain. It hurts so bad.

GORDON: Want to see how you look?

Gordon grabs him by the hair and holds him by a mirror. Ron sees the bloody scars.

RON: Look at me. Boldly scars upon the surface of my face. Why did this have to happen? Scared physically and emotionally.

GORDON: Enough you crybaby. It' s time to get out of here. I' m gonna show you to Laura.

SCIENTIST 3: You' re sick. How can you live with yourself?

Gordon slaps him.

GORDON: Come on pussy, hit me.

SCIENTIST 3: I don' t believe in violence.

GORDON: Every damn idiot in this facility doesn' t believe in violence. Now let' s go.

They allleavetheroom.

INT. HALLWAY

One scientisthas his arm around Ron as they move down the hallway. Gordon is walking behind the scientists with his shotgun pointing at them. Ron is still crying.

GORDON: Quit your crying.

Suddenly, a security guard comes behind them and shoots Gordon in the back. He goes down and the scientists turn around to see the guard.

SCIENTIST 1: Oh thank you, thank you so much.

The guard looked at Ron.

GUARD: What did he do to you?

RON: He'sa sicktwisted man. Now he's in Hell were he belongs.

GUARD: I have to call the authorities.

SCIENTIST 1: You can't, they will find out what we've been doing down here.

GUARD: How do we get rid of him?

SCIENTIST 2: We have to put his body in residue processing.

Suddenly, Gordon awakens and stabs the guard in his leg. The guard goes down and Gordon shoots him in the chest with the 357 magnum. The scientists run as fast as they can. Gordon shoots one in the back and then another one, killing them both. He is able to shoot the other scientist in the leg. He quickly reloads and fires shots at Ron. H e falls to the ground and quickly makes it around the corner with out being hit. Gordon goes over to the scientist on the ground. He points the gun at the scientist's head and then looks over at the nearby rail. He picks the scientist up and pushes him towards the rail.

GORDON: Enjoy the ride asshole.

The scientist looks over the rail in horror as Gordon throws him over. He screams on the way down and crashes on to the concrete floor. Gordon runs over to were Ron was. He searches thearea and finds nothing.

INT. DARK ROOM

Ron turns on the light but only one bulb is working. He sits in a chair and starts crying. He gets up and searches through a big cabinet and finds a large black outfit with a hood attached. He puts it on and pulls the hood on his head. Now looking like the Grim Reaper, he leaves the room.