Hey! I just wanted to thank everybody for their reviews. For now, we've decided to keep it in script format. Some of you will like that, others not so much. We like it, and we hope you come to as well. Sincere thanks to my co-writer and fellow squirrelly girly, Gremblin. This is scifilemon, saying "Enjoy!"


SCENE ONE: ACT ONE: MCKAY'S LAB

FADE IN:

MCKAY is still studying the Ancient device, cradling a datapad in one arm. He looks haunted and disheveled.

SOUND FX: CONNECTION

McKay bows his head, face twisted in ire.

MCKAY:

(Distorted)(Angrily)

What?! What could possibly be so important?

ESCORT:

(Distorted)

Expert.

VISUAL FX: PROGRAMMING/VOICES

Scarlet lines of code scampers across the edges of the screen. McKay gasps in pain as indistinct voices whisper to him. He clutches his head, screwing his eyes shut. Only leaning on the Ancient device keeps him standing.

MCKAY:

(Whispering)

No.

The scientist crumples to the floor. He's in agony. More programming appears, its speed increasing. They are one red haze. The whispers become screams, slowly transforming into a single sound.

VISUAL/SOUND FX OFF

One voice breaks the silence.

VOICE:

Warning: SHEPHERD implants detected. Cover lost. Initiating program 'Red Alert'. Activating program 'Personality1'. Program 'Blend' is overruled. Program 'Personality2' is overruled. Rebooting Sabotage unit.

McKay—now Expert—doesn't move. All is still. Tension builds.

CAMERA FOCUSES on McKay's eyes. They flash open. Where blue irises once were, cold black now dwells.

CAMERA PULLS AWAY as Expert sits up. His movements are chopped and stiff, unnaturally so. All signs of weariness are gone.

SOUND FX: CONNECTION

ESCORT:

(Distorted)

Expert.

Expert SCANS the room.

EXPERT:

(Distorted)

What is the situation?

ESCORT:

(Distorted)

They have discovered this unit's SHEPHERD implants. We must leave immediately.

VISUAL FX: PROGRAMMING

Expert strides to the device and picks up the datapad. He begins tapping away, brow furrowed in concentration.

EXPERT:

(Distorted)

There are too many of them in the Gateroom.

(Frowning)

The leader has increased Jumper Bay guards by 50 percent.

ESCORT:

What should we do?

Expert studies the readouts on the laptop.

VISUAL FX: PROGRAMMING

EXPERT:

(Distorted)

This unit sending you the coordinates of an Ancient lab, located in one of the remote levels. Sensors in that area do not function. It will not be scouted until next week. Find weapons and meet this unit there.

ESCORT:

(Distorted)

They will try to stop this unit. Even armed, it can only hold them off for so long.

EXPERT:

(Assuredly)

This unit will do all it can to stop them.

ESCORT:

(Distorted)

Very well.

SOUND FX OFF

Expert unplugs the datapad and EXITS RIGHT