Elite Force: Season 2

by r4spb3rry

It's 2024 - f*ck it. Elite Force Season 2. After rewatching the franchise, this is - in my semi-expert opinion - where I believe the showrunners were going with Elite Force following 'The Attack'. 1 Chapter is 1 episode, 20-minute sitcom style, just as the style of the show; written in screenplay format. Ch1 is a recap (skip to Ch2 for Ep1!). Ep 13 up now! Please read & review!

14. Episode 13: All's War in Love & Fairs

ELITE FORCE: Season 2 Episode 13

"All's War in Love & Fairs"

In an attempt to cheer Chase up, Skylar, Bree, Kaz, and Oliver drag him to a fairground in Centium City Park! The team see a fortune teller, who gives a few predictions that shake the team... including: whether Chase is still a hero without his powers; and a certain something about feelings between a fire-powered superhero, and a super-speeding bionic. But that could mean anything... right?

FADE IN.

SCENE ONE.
INT. MISSION COMMAND - DAY.
(CHASE is standing in his capsule, looking agitated. BREE, SKYLAR, OLIVER and KAZ stand watching. BREE and SKYLAR look apprehensive, OLIVER looks grave, and KAZ's mind is elsewhere, looking at BREE and looking away. DONALD DAVENPORT and DOUGLAS are working at the control desk. A diagnostic light flashes its way up CHASE's body, and then his capsule goes red. A harsh error noise sounds).

CHASE
(Throws his hands up)
Again? No!

DAVENPORT
Chase, it's not even Christmas yet. You've only been without your bionics for -

CHASE
Six weeks, four days, seventeen hours, twelve minutes and twenty-six, twenty-five, twenty-four -

OLIVER
I thought you didn't have your bionic intelligence.

BREE
He doesn't, he's just a crazy person.

CHASE
(Mopily)
A crazy person who chose his dumb sister over my awesome bionics. (He slumps on a stool) My awesome, cool, brilliant, cool bionics… I miss being cool.

KAZ
Don't you have to be cool in the first place to miss it?

(CHASE looks up, comedically hurt).

CHASE
Why would you attack me when I'm clearly down?

KAZ
(Shrugs)
S'funny.

SKYLAR
Chase, I'm sure you'll get your bionics back soon enough. (She turns to DAVENPORT and DOUGLAS) Does his diagnostic give us an estimation when he might be back?

DOUGLAS
Well, your recalibration is actually at 95%.

CHASE
(Hopeful)
Seriously?

DOUGLAS
Yeah… but it's been at 95% since Thanksgiving and shows no sign of changing.

CHASE
(Slumps onto the desk, groaning into his hands)
I'm going to die normal.

(BREE puts a hand on his shoulder).

BREE
Aw, Chase, you're not normal.

CHASE
(Miserable)
Thanks, Bree.

BREE
Yeah! You're still the completely insufferable, introverted tech nerd we all know and tolerate.

DAVENPORT
Bree, be nice to your brother.

BREE
I am!

CHASE
(Having taken it as a compliment)
You really mean that?

(BREE smirks at her father).

DAVENPORT
(Blinking)
I… stand corrected.

(A Mission Alert suddenly screams through Mission Command. The lights flash rad as an alarm blares from the cyberdesk. Everyone straightens. OLIVER taps the cyberdesk, the alert quietens, but he looks to the team).

OLIVER
There's a boat sinking just off of East Centium Docks! It's a shipping container with 2 million barrels of oil! If we don't get to it soon, it'll all dump into the Ocean.

BREE
(Nodding firmly)
Let's go.

(CHASE looks pathetically dejected, eyes wide as he slumps on his stool. The others rush towards the tunnels, but see CHASE and exchange looks).

SKYLAR
Chase? Are you coming?

CHASE
Really?

BREE
Yeah, come on! We could use your… um…

KAZ
(Clicks his fingers with an idea)
Playlist on the ride over.

BREE
Exactly! (Realises what she just agreed to) Wait what? Look, anyway, Chase, come on. You're still a huge part of the Elite Force.

(CHASE leaps to his feet).

CHASE
Yes! Let's go! (He leaps, bridal style, into OLIVER's arms). I'm still a superhero! Woo-hoo!

CUT TO:
SCENE TWO.
INT. MISSION COMMAND - DAY.
(KAZ, BREE, SKYLAR, and OLIVER, in mission suits, enter back into Mission Command, they look awkwardly grave).

DAVENPORT
How'd it go? Did you stop the oil spill?

SKYLAR
(Awkwardly)
We did…

(CHASE, downcast, and drenched head to toe, squelches - in his mission suit - through the tunnel entrance and into the room. He looks completely down-trodden, and is dripping water onto the floor).

DAVENPORT
(Sighs)
You fell into the ocean, didn't you?

(BREE nods, as CHASE spits out a mouthful of water onto the floor).

KAZ
(Sighing, resigned)
Yep, he's going to die normal.

ROLL TITLES.

SCENE THREE.
INT. PENTHOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY.
(CHASE, now in normal clothes, is wrapped in a towel, sitting on the couch and warming up from his ocean dunk. BREE hands him a hot tea, and OLIVER sits on the couch doing the mission report on a tablet. KAZ attempts to move past BREE, but they both sidestep in the same direction, avoiding eye contact. KAZ awkwardly hovers his hands as BREE steps back so he can get through. He gives BREE a fleeting smile, and plops down next to OLIVER).

CHASE
(Miserable)
You guys all think I'm useless, don't you?

(An awkward pause).

BREE / KAZ / OLIVER
(Simultaneously)
No! / Of course not. / Not always.

CHASE
I'm going to waste away on this sofa forever. I'm never moving again.

(SKYLAR enters from the stairs, crossing her arms and taking one look at CHASE).

SKYLAR
Chase, you've got to stop moping around.

CHASE
I'm not moping! I'm wallowing. There's a difference.

SKYLAR
Listen, I know what it's like to be without your powers, trust me. To have the very thing that made you unique be taken away, and not knowing when or if you'll get them back, it's hard.

CHASE
(Deadpan)
Is there a point to this, or are you trying to make me cry into my tea?

SKYLAR
I'm saying, maybe you just need a distraction. There's a Fair in Centium City Park this weekend, maybe we could all go?

BREE
Ooh, a Fair! Sounds fun! I've got mad ring toss skills.

OLIVER
So does Kaz! You guys could -

KAZ
(Quickly)
No, probably not.

SKYLAR
Anyway. Come on. What do you say, Chase?

CHASE
(Resolutely)
No way. Absolutely not. There is no way you guys are going to drag me to go to a stupid -

CUT TO:
SCENE FOUR.
EXT. PARK - FAIR - DAY.
(CHASE sighs, surrounded by the others in the middle of a bustling fairground).

CHASE
(Continuing)
- Fair. (He sighs). That's ironic, since this is not fair.

(A candy-floss worker walks past the team. BREE quickly buys two).

BREE
Come on, don't be such a fun-killer. Here.

(CHASE folds his arms and looks at the candy-floss like it's rigged to explode).

CHASE
That is literally pure sugar.

SKYLAR
It'll do you good.

CHASE
It's unnaturally blue.

BREE
Yeah. So are you.

OLIVER
Chase, being normal isn't so bad.

(KAZ starts eating candy floss).

KAZ
Speak for yourself. I hated being normal, and that was when I didn't even know any better. Now I've had a taste, if I didn't have superpowers I'd be a wreck.

CHASE
(Biting)
Extremely comforting, Kaz, thank you.

KAZ
(Shrugging, his mouth full)
Really? I wasn't trying to be. It's not like you know when you'll even get them back. If ever.

BREE
Stop talking!

KAZ
I'm just saying, it sucks. Let the guy feel his feelings.

CHASE
(Sadly)
I don't know, guys. If I knew when I was getting my abilities back, then maybe it would be okay.

OLIVER
(Having seen something)
What if you could know?

CHASE
Between the five of us, we have like thirty powers -

SKYLAR
(Correcting)
Well, between the four of us…

CHASE
(Glaring)
But seeing the future isn't one of them. And clearly, neither is tact.

OLIVER
I'm not talking about our powers, I'm talking about her!

(OLIVER points, and the group follow his gesture to a poster on a wall: a fortune teller, a woman in colourful, draped clothing, in front of a crystal ball, clearly an attraction of the fairground. It's labelled "Sybil Sage: Of Sage Visionaries").

CHASE
(Rolling his eyes)
Sibyl Sage of Sage Visionaries? Please. You can see the sticker on the crystal ball that says it was made in China.

SKYLAR
Maybe she's legit! You never know who has powers and who doesn't.

CHASE
Yeah, no. Absolutely not happening.

BREE
Well, I'm definitely going in. The moon is in Sagittarius rising right now, and I want to know what that means for me.

CHASE
(Deadpan)
It means nothing.

BREE
Come on, Chase!

OLIVER
(Shrugging)
It might be fun.

CHASE
Seriously, Oliver? You're a man of science!

OLIVER
Yeah, a man of science who wants to know his future.

SKYLAR
Alright, come on, I've decided for the group, we're all going in.

CHASE
You can't just decide for us, we have free will.

BREE
Yeah, but we have superspeed. Grab an arm, Skylar!

SCENE FIVE.
EXT. FAIRGROUND - CLAIRVOYANT TENT - DAY.
(SKYLAR, CHASE, OLIVER, BREE and KAZ enter the tent. SKYLAR and BREE let go of CHASE's arm. The clairvoyant tent has colourful, draped fabric everywhere. Tables of various trinkets and strings of fairylights line the walls. In the centre of the room, is a table, with a crystal ball in the middle and a stool either side).

CHASE
(Grumpily)
Where's my forcefield when you need it?

BREE
Chase, just try and have fun.

CHASE
Yeah, well, your stupid superspeed made my drop my phone.

KAZ
Oh, I got it.

BREE
(Rolls her eyes at CHASE)
Drama queen.

(Simultaneously, KAZ and BREE both bend down to get CHASE's phone from the ground, not realising the other has also done the same thing. Their hands touch when they reach for the phone. They flicker their gaze up to each other, snapping their hands back to themselves. They awkwardly hover their hands, both thinking the other might reach for it, then not).

KAZ
(Quickly)
You -

BREE
Here -

(BREE, with deft speed, swoops CHASE's phone into her hand and then rises to her feet, shoving it at her brother. Both BREE and KAZ are bright red, avoiding each other's gaze. However, before anyone can say anything more, the curtain rustles in the opposite wall of the tent, and SYBIL SAGE herself, a middle-aged woman, in eccentric, floaty clothing, enters. She smiles).

SYBIL
Good afternoon. It's so wonderful to see fresh faces… this must be your first time at our Fairground.

SKYLAR
(Impressed)
She's good!

CHASE
Or she heard us talking about it outside.

SYBIL
You're here for a reading?

OLIVER
(Astounded)
Right again!

CHASE
(Muttering)
Give me strength.

(SYBIL sinks gracefully onto the stool).

SYBIL
(To CHASE, knowingly)
A non-believer?

BREE
(Friendly, stepping in front of CHASE)
You'll have to excuse my brother. He -

SYBIL
I know a scientist when I see one. (Tilts her head) You recently lost something important to you, didn't you? I can see it in your eyes.

CHASE
(Scoffs)
Well… that's relatively common.

SYBIL
Choosing family over material objects is a sacrifice, but I can see you will be rewarded for your selflessness.

(A beat of silence as CHASE stands, stunned. He takes a breath, and, intrigued, sits on the chair opposite SYBIL).

CHASE
Rewarded how exactly? (Hopefully) I like money?

(SYBIL places her hand on the crystal ball. She closes her eyes, and thinks, looking concerned).

SYBIL
I'm seeing flames.

CHASE
(Confused)
The museum?

SYBIL
No. No, it's not connected to your aura, it's connected to someone else. The flames are strong, burning with a deep emotion. And numbers… I see five. (SKYLAR, KAZ, BREE, OLIVER and CHASE wait quietly, despite themselves, listening). Definitely five.

SKYLAR
Five people?

SYBIL
(Opening her eyes
Five truths. The flames are very intense here, they're… fast. Yes, fast is definitely the word. The fire is focused deeply on speed. But I can see five things that are true.

BREE
What are they?

SYBIL
(Takes a deep breath)
The first, a red pin will strike a heart, and the second, blue is the water's three.

CHASE
(Skeptical again)
What's that supposed to mean.

SYBIL
I do not interpret, I only see. The third truth: stripes are loud. The fourth truth: bread is art. (She pauses).

BREE
What about number five?

SYBIL
When the first four truths come to pass, the fifth shall manifest. And the fifth is strong, powerful, almost supernatural: Fire and Speed are meant to be.

(SKYLAR and OLIVER, knowingly, highly amused, look at KAZ and BREE).

OLIVER
Fire… and speed?

SKYLAR
(Smirking)
And when you say "supernatural power"...

OLIVER
(Growing amusement)
And when you say "meant to be"...

KAZ
(Embarrassed)
Shut up.

BREE
It's just one of those coincidences.

CHASE
(Completely lost)
I don't get it.

SYBIL
Well, not everyone can be a genius.

(CHASE's mouth slowly sinks open, deeply offended at her audacity).

CUT TO:
SCENE SIX.
EXT. FAIRGROUND - OUTSIDE CLAIRVOYANT TENT - DAY.
(CHASE, offended, and BREE and KAZ, deeply embarrassed and avoiding each other's gazes, spill out quickly into the sunshine, followed by a very smug OLIVER and SKYLAR. SKYLAR is waving a piece of paper in her hand).

CHASE
(Deeply offended)
Okay, that's enough future!

SKYLAR
(Sighing amused contentedness)
I'm so glad I got her to write this down.

BREE
It's just fairground nonsense.

KAZ
Yeah. I mean… (He takes the paper) "Red is the pin that strikes the heart, Blue is the water's three. When stripes are loud and bread is art, Fire and Speed are meant to be." It's the ravings of a mad lunatic.

CHASE
(Furious)
Not a genius? I'll show her who's not a genius!

OLIVER
Well, Chase, she is right. You don't have your super-smarts right now.

CHASE
She's a fairground quack.

SKYLAR
Wow… touchy.

CHASE
Whatever. I'm still a superhero!

(A loud dinging from further on in the fairground starts. CHASE turns and sees a high-striker game. A few people are trying to hit it with a hammer to be strong enough to ding the bell. CHASE's face hardens with determination).

CHASE
And I am going to go prove it! Ha!

(CHASE stubbornly storms off. SKYLAR sighs).

SKYLAR
Chase, you weren't even super-strong to begin with, you're going to hurt yourself! Oliver, you're a doctor, come on, stand by in case he breaks a bone.

OLIVER
I'm a superhero doctor. He's a -

CHASE (O/S)
Finish that sentence and I'll use you as the hammer!

(OLIVER sighs defeat).

OLIVER
Coming.

(OLIVER and SKYLAR shake their heads in disbelief and follow CHASE into the fairground).

BREE
(Frantic)
No, wait, guys! Don't leave us… (sighs, defeated) alone.

(Awkward silence).

KAZ
So... that fortune teller was complete nonsense, right?

BREE
(Fake enthusiasm)
Right!

(More silence).

KAZ
(Going slowly red)
I mean, Chase is…

BREE
(Avoiding eye-contact)
Very clever. So… definitely nonsense.

KAZ
Nonsense.

BREE
Yup. Nonsense.

KAZ
(Nodding)
I think we covered that.

BREE
Right.

(They stand, awkwardly, six feet apart).

KAZ
(Desperate for an escape)
So should we go find the others?

BREE
Yes please.

(BREE and KAZ turn and quickly rush in the direction that OLIVER and SKYLAR disappeared in).

SCENE SEVEN.
EXT. FAIRGROUND - HIGH-STRIKER GAME - DAY.
(CHASE, SKYLAR and OLIVER stand by a tall high-striker game, with old fashioned insults written on every section, climbing up to the bell at the top. SKYLAR and OLIVER look sceptical, and CHASE cracks his knuckles, determined. A BORED WORKER stands next to the machine).

OLIVER
Not to be a party-pooper, but the last time you did something like this, the museum burned down.

CHASE
Relax! This is a kid's game.

SKYLAR
So was Explorer of the Week. You still lost that.

CHASE
(Narrowing eyes)
Okay, it costs you nothing to be supportive.

(SKYLAR and OLIVER sigh).

SKYLAR / OLIVER
(Simultaneously, with no effort)
Hooray. / Go Chase.

CHASE
We'll work on the enthusiasm, but I'll take it. Now... (CHASE steps confidently forwards, cracking his knuckles in determination). I got this.

(He takes the hammer from the BORED WORKER, and confidently swings. The pin shoots up, but only gets about half way. The section it rises too says "WEAKLING").

CHASE
(Awkwardly clearing his throat)
Okay. That was a warm up. Round two…

(CHASE swings again, getting a little higher to read: "ARE YOU EVEN TRYING").

CHASE
One more time…

(He swings a final time, and this time it only rises to below "WEAKLING". It reads "ARE YOU USING ONE ARM?").

CHASE
(Grumbling)
Stupid machine is broken.

SKYLAR
Are you sure about that?

(SKYLAR takes the hammer from CHASE, and slams it onto the weight. The pin shoots quickly up to the bell, and when it dings, SKYLAR stands smugly).

CHASE
(Jealously)
Oh, whatever! You have superstrength!

SKYLAR
Exactly. Just pick a game that aligns to your own strengths.

OLIVER
Plus, you don't have to prove anything to us.

CHASE
(Scoffs)
Yeah, right. You two are going down. It's officially on. (He looks around) What are the chances they have a crossword or a sudoku attraction at this place?

(He pulls SKYLAR and OLIVER off into the crowd in search of a different game).

SCENE EIGHT.
EXT. FAIRGROUND - HIGH-STRIKER - DAY.
(KAZ and BREE enter, looking around for CHASE, SKYLAR and OLIVER, but since they have moved on, they obviously cannot find them. Next to the high-striker is a bowling pin game. It's a colourful, pinky-red attraction with a heart-shaped goal behind the scarlet-coloured pins).

BREE
I swear I saw them come this way.

KAZ
They must have already gone somewhere else.

(From the bowling game, a SMILING WORKER in a stripy uniform, enticing people to play, sees BREE and KAZ. He swiftly approaches KAZ).

SMILING WORKER
Roll up, roll up! What about you, young man? Care to win a bear for your lovely lady?

(He gestures to a shelf of teddy bears as prizes next to the bowling game. BREE and KAZ awkwardly laugh).

BREE
Oh, I am not his -

KAZ
We are definitely not -

SMILING WORKER
Bowl a strike to win a bear!

KAZ
I'm not going to bowl a strike, dude. Move along.

SMILING WORKER
(Loudly, smiling, for others to hear)
Uh-oh, this young man is too nervous to go up against the game!

KAZ
Nervous? I'll show you nervous.

(KAZ, completely enticed by the bait, takes a bowling ball from the worker, and BREE facepalms).

BREE
Seriously, Kaz?

KAZ
(Focused)
Hang on, I'm just proving I can do it.

BREE
(Rolling her eyes, muttering)
Men.

(KAZ effortlessly bowls the ball, and strikes down the red pins in one. The pins scatter through the heart-shaped hole in the back, and KAZ smugly fist-pumps).

KAZ
I've never met a single ball I couldn't bowl.

SMILING WORKER
Congratulations! And here is your prize.

(The worker hands KAZ a small teddy bear. He smugly turns back to BREE, who is looking at him with a death-glare).

KAZ
(Oblivious)
What?

BREE
Those bowling pins are red.

KAZ
(Grinning)
Yeah, did you see me absolutely annihilate?

BREE
Oh, I saw you do something alright. (BREE unfolds the paper and shows it to him). Read the first line.

KAZ
Red is the pin that strikes the heart… (He looks at the red bowling pins, and the heart-shaped hole they disappeared into. Realisation hits him). Ohh… yeah, I see what happened.

(He and BREE briefly catch each other's gaze, then KAZ spots a passing KID, grabs him by the backpack, and shoves the bear into his hands, getting rid of the evidence).

KAZ
Here.

(He shoves the KID on his merry way. Then KAZ turns back to BREE).

KAZ
Coincidence.

BREE
Total coincidence.

(Awkward silence).

KAZ
(His voice stiff)
You know I think I saw Skylar over that way!

(KAZ, followed by BREE, both grateful for the subject change, continue on into the crowd to look for the others).

SCENE NINE.
EXT. FAIRGROUND - PETTING ZOO - DAY.
(SKYLAR, OLIVER and CHASE enter the petting zoo portion of the fairground. SKYLAR is holding an identical bear to the one KAZ had won at the bowling game).

SKYLAR
Chase, we've gone through every single game at this fairground.

OLIVER
Please, you love the bear I won you.

SKYLAR
(Smiling down at it)
I really do.

CHASE
There must be something I can do to prove I'm still powerful.

OLIVER
For the last time, you don't have to -

SKYLAR
(Interrupting him)
Okay, Chase. Let's see what you got.

OLIVER
Seriously?

SKYLAR
I get feeling like you need to prove yourself. You need some competition? I'm all yours.

CHASE
(Smiling)
Thank you, Skylar.

OLIVER
Okay, but what "competition" are you going to find in a petting zoo?

(A ZOOKEEPER stands in front of a large cage that is covered in a huge sheet. He pulls the sheet off the cage, revealing a large, docile tiger. It is kept in inhumanely small proximity. SKYLAR and CHASE's faces light up with the idea. OLIVER sees this).

OLIVER
I never thought I'd have to say this, but do not fight that tiger!

SKYLAR
Fight the tiger? No! We're going to free it.

CHASE
Poor thing. I mean, I'm not the biggest animal person, but that's just cruel. (Turns to SKYLAR) I bet I can free it faster than you can.

SKYLAR
You're on, Davenport.

(SKYLAR and CHASE shake hands, forming their bet).

OLIVER
Woah, woah, woah. Chase, how much intelligence did you lose? We can't just free a tiger into the middle of Centium City!

CHASE
Obviously not! We're going to free the tiger -

SKYLAR
- And then fly it to the nearest wildlife rehab centre.

CHASE
Yeah. You've both got superstrength and you can both fly.

SKYLAR
Easy-peasy.

(SKYLAR and CHASE high five).

OLIVER
I feel like there are other routes we can take to do the right thing here.

CHASE
Yes, but how else would we have a little -

SKYLAR
- Fun -

CHASE
Not fun, a necessary-reminder-of-my-superhero-status.

(CHASE starts forwards. SKYLAR hands the bear she is holding to OLIVER).

SKYLAR
Hold my bear.

(SKYLAR swiftly follows CHASE. OLIVER turns to the teddy bear in his hand).

OLIVER
You think this is going to end badly too, right?

MIDWAY BREAK.

SCENE TEN.
EXT. FAIRGROUND - DUNK TANK - DAY.
(KAZ and BREE, increasingly annoyed, stumble into another part of the fairground, looking around for the others. They stop in front of a crowded dunk tank).

BREE
Ugh, where are Chase, Skylar and Oliver? This is insufferable!

KAZ
Yeah, that's the third person who's assumed we were a couple.

BREE
(Glaring)
I meant that looking for the others is insufferable. Not the hypothetical idea of dating me, but thanks for the confidence boost.

(Someone manages to dunk the worker in the dunk tank in the background).

KAZ
Look, whatever. Just block it out. It's only 'cause we're hanging out without the others. We should just… keep our heads down, stay separate. Find the others.

BREE
Fine by me. As long as no more of these stupid little prophecies start happening, we're fine.

(The crowd begins to disperse from the dunk tank).

KAZ
Yeah, so what if I bowled a strike and hit a red pin into a heart? That could happen to anyone. The next one is "blue is the water's three", and that just -

BREE
Doesn't make any sense. (A little hurt, but hiding it) Just like the idea of us dating, right?

KAZ
(Nodding, trying to confirm it to himself)
Exactly.

BREE
"Blue is the water's three". (Scoffs). Let's just forget it and go find the others.

(The crowd is gone now, revealing the dunk tank clear as day behind them. Under the drenched worker, in the water, is five feet of depth. It's colourfully labelled with 1ft, 2ft, 3ft, 4ft, 5ft. The number "3" is written in bright blue. KAZ and BREE stare at it, unamused, and even more annoyed).

BREE
(Awkwardly)
Huh… (Dismissively) Coincidence.

KAZ
(Firmly)
Total coincidence. Again.

SCENE ELEVEN.
EXT. FAIRGROUND - PETTING ZOO - DAY.
(CHASE, SKYLAR, OLIVER, and the teddy bear poke their heads above a bush, watching the ZOOKEEPER and the tiger).

SKYLAR
I totally got this.

CHASE
Please. I may not be super-smart, but I still know how to pick locks.

SKYLAR
And I can still superspeed to a butcher's. (She smugly holds up two entire flank steaks, one in each hand). Like I said, I totally got this.

(SKYLAR speeds off towards to ZOOKEEPER, and CHASE narrows his eyes, chasing her).

CHASE
Oh no you don't!

OLIVER
(Calling after them)
The important thing is the rescue!

(They do not listen).

CUT TO:
SCENE TWELVE.
EXT. FAIRGROUND - PETTING ZOO - DAY.
(SKYLAR and CHASE are in a full on competition. The crowd has dispersed, and SKYLAR is attempting to creep towards the cage with the meat in hand. CHASE, on the other side, has a lock-pick in hand. They are making intimidating faces at each other, trying to psych each other out, the cage and the tiger between them, whilst the ZOOKEEPER's back is turned. SKYLAR dangles the meat through the cage, whilst CHASE picks the lock, working fast.

ZOOKEEPER
Hey!

(SKYLAR and CHASE whirl around simultaneously, hands behind their backs in front of the cage door).

ZOOKEEPER
What do you think you're doing?

SKYLAR
Winning.

CHASE
Zookeepers! We are zookeepers. (Resolutely) We are authorised to be here.

ZOOKEEPER
Is that a lie?

CHASE
Nope.

(A beat).

ZOOKEEPER
(Nodding)
Well, okay. You both seem like trustworthy people.

(CHASE looks at SKYLAR, then back at the ZOOKEEPER, an idea forming).

CHASE
(Quickly)
Actually, I misspoke. I'm a zookeeper. Not her. She's a criminal.

SKYLAR
Chase!

CHASE
I've never seen her before in my life.

SKYLAR
(Hissing)
Traitor!

ZOOKEEPER
Miss, you better get lost in the next five seconds, or I'll be calling the police.

CHASE
(Grinning)
Yeah, Miss.

SKYLAR
But - you - it's - there - ugh!

(SKYLAR, defeated, takes her meat and storms back to the bush. CHASE shrugs at the ZOOKEEPER).

CHASE
Some people, right? Anyway, if you want to go on break, I totally got this.

ZOOKEEPER
Thanks, buddy. A break would be nice!

(ZOOKEEPER turns away, and CHASE cheerily waves).

CHASE
Bye-bye now! (Astounded, to himself) Man, he is not a good zookeeper. Well, anyway!

(CHASE turns to the cage, and clicks the lock, finally swinging it open. The tiger, inside, looks docile, but wary, growling a little at CHASE as he recoils).

CHASE
(Nervously)
Nice tiger, I'm a friend, not food. Come on out, we're here to help you.

(He swings open the door and steps back. The tiger cautiously steps out. CHASE, on seeing this, turns around and yells triumphantly).

CHASE
See that, Skylar? I won! I can still save the day!

(SKYLAR jumps up from behind the bush, with OLIVER and the teddy bear in tow).

SKYLAR
Yeah, well you cheated! Besides you… (she sees something behind CHASE). Uh… Chase?

CHASE
(Oblivious)
Yeah?

SKYLAR
Where's the tiger?

(A wide shot reveals the tiger to be completely gone. CHASE turns around, and there is absolutely no sign of it whatsoever. CHASE's eyes widen, he looks around again, to find nothing).

CHASE
Well... it seems that I, also, am not a good zookeeper…

SCENE THIRTEEN.
EXT. FAIRGROUND - DAY.
(In the centre of the fairground, KAZ and BREE are, even more frazzled than before, attempting to find the others).

KAZ
We're fine. This is fine. I'm fine. You're fine. Just because of two consecutive, coincidental coincidences, that doesn't mean anything is - you know.

BREE
Complete coincidence. Everything is totally fine.

(SKYLAR, CHASE and OLIVER come jogging up to them).

SKYLAR
Hey, guys! How was your day?

BREE
There you are! (To SKYLAR, hissing) I told you not to leave us alone!

SKYLAR
Why? (Teasing) Your little "five truths" didn't come to pass, did they?

KAZ
(Defensively)
Only two of them!

BREE
Yeah, and they were the easy ones. The next one would be "stripes are loud" and stripes are stripes. Stripes don't have -

(From behind BREE and KAZ, a loud roar sounds).

OLIVER
(Relieved)
Oh there's that tiger!

BREE & KAZ
(Quietly)
What?

(BREE and KAZ, in complete and utter disbelief, turn around to see a tiger stood in the centre of the Fairground. Everyone else screams and scatters, apart from a CARICATURE ARTIST that is busy working. The tiger lets out another loud roar).

BREE
Why is there a freaking tiger at this Fair?

SKYLAR
(Pointing at CHASE)
Chase lost it!

CHASE
In my defence… I have learned that zookeeping is a lot harder than it looks.

BREE
Okay, so then that's not prophetic, that's just my brother being an idiot. That happens all the time!

CHASE
Hey -

KAZ
Okay, so we're golden! We're back to "complete nonsense". (KAZ, relieved, unfolds his piece of paper). Because that just leaves "bread is art", and I haven't seen one baked good's stand at this whole Fair, so we'll be fine.

BREE
Totally. There's no bread around here. And how can bread be art?

(Suddenly, the CARICATURE ARTIST turns the easel around and shows the canvass of what he has been working on).

CARICATURE ARTIST
Look! I've drawn a picture of Toast the Tiger.

(BREE and KAZ's faces, furious, fall in embarrassment).

BREE
Toast?

KAZ
Drawn? You have got to be kidding me.

SKYLAR
(Leaning forwards, smirking)
That's four pretty consistent coincidences. You know what the fifth one was…

KAZ
(Glaring)
That we left you three alone for half an hour and you stole a wild animal?

SKYLAR
Wrong, but fair.

CARICATURE ARTIST
Toast, do you like your picture?

(TOAST the Tiger roars. The CARICATURE ARTIST promptly screams and drops the easel, running off. KAZ and SKYLAR, and OLIVER and CHASE, begin to have cross-firing arguments).

CHASE
Okay, I'm starting to think that everyone who works at this Fair is terrible at their jobs.

SKYLAR
(Hinting)
I mean... I'm just saying...

OLIVER
Really, Chase? Are you sure you're not thinking that every time you start some ridiculous competition, a disaster happens?~

KAZ
Skylar, seriously, quit it!

CHASE
I won, didn't I?

SKYLAR
Technically you cheated.

CHASE
I was using the only power I had!

SKYLAR
Backstabbing?

CHASE
Yeah!

BREE
(Yelling)
Guys! Regardless of who won what, or which fortunes are coming true, can we all stop fighting for fifteen seconds to stop this tiger from running off into Centium City and hurting itself or someone else! (BREE takes a breath. She turns to KAZ) You, stop worrying about a stupid piece of paper that a fake fortune teller gave you. We all know you find the idea of dating me repulsive, you don't have to keep rubbing it in.

KAZ
Wait. Hang on a -

BREE
(On a role, to SKYLAR)
You, stop stealing meat from the butcher's. I can't have this conversation with you a fourth time, Skylar.

SKYLAR
(Like a child)
Sorry.

BREE
(To CHASE)
You, enough with the "woe is me" thing! I'm sorry you don't have your powers, I'm sorry you're in a funk, but you probably haven't finished recalibrating that last 5 percent because you're moping. Get back on the horse!

(CHASE gapes).

BREE
(To OLIVER)
And you… (thinks) I don't actually know why I'm mad at you, but I'm mad at everyone else, so… (she uses an invisible remote to mute OLIVER) Take that, I guess.

OLIVER
(Nodding, defeated)
Yeah, that's probably fair.

(BREE sighs, taking a deep, calming breath).

BREE
Now. Skylar, Oliver, and Kaz, fly that poor creature to the nearest wildlife rehab centre. Chase…

CHASE
I know, get behind you in case the tiger attacks because I don't have my forcefield.

BREE
No. Come with me. I want ice-cream, and I need an extra pair of hands.

KAZ
(Concerned, a little guilty)
Bree, can we -

BREE
(Harshly)
No. You, tiger. Me, ice-cream. Come on, Chase.

(BREE grabs her brother by the wrist, and superspeeds away in a blur. KAZ, SKYLAR, and OLIVER are left alone. OLIVER and SKYLAR are staring, folded arms and raised eyebrows at KAZ, a little judgmentally).

KAZ
Shut up! You two released a tiger.

OLIVER
And you made Bree want to hang out with Chase. Yours is worse.

KAZ
(Defeated)
Yeah, I'm toast.

(From behind them, TOAST roars).

SKYLAR
No… that's Toast.

SCENE FOURTEEN.
EXT. PENTHOUSE - TERRACE - EVENING.
(BREE is standing on the terrace, a blanket wrapped around her and a mug of steaming tea in her hand. She is leaning against the railing, looking thoughtfully at nothing in particular, facing the rest of the terrace. Suddenly, KAZ flies down from the sky, landing with a gentle thud on the terrace. BREE watches him, her expression forced into neutral as her eyes pan over him. She is silent as he rises to his feet and dusts his jacket down).

KAZ
Hey.

BREE
Hey.

(There is a silence as BREE drinks her tea. KAZ walks a little closer, leaning casually against the railing beside her).

KAZ
Well, Toast the Tiger has officially been rescued. The Wildlife Rehab Centre says they're going to eventually release him back into the wild.

BREE
(Neutrally)
That's good.

KAZ
Yeah, they put a little microchip in him so they can track his progress. They even do that thing where they give you little updates like you've "adopted" him… (he reaches into his pocket, and produces a keychain with a tiny stuffed tiger dangling on the end). I got you this… as a peace offering, I guess.

(BREE turns it over in her hands, chuckling a little).

BREE
Thanks. (She turns and leans forwards on the railing, looking at him briefly before sheepishly looking back down again, facing the streets below. KAZ mirrors her position). I guess we both lost our minds a little today.

KAZ
A little?

(They both laugh softly, and there is a pause. Then all at once, they both speak).

BREE / KAZ
I need to tell you - / What did you mean by -

BREE & KAZ
You go… (They both quieten, then awkwardly speak).

BREE
You -

KAZ
Me?

BREE
Fire away.

KAZ
That thing you said, about me "rubbing it in". I didn't mean to imply that dating you would be like some prison sentence, I'm sorry if I offended you or anything.

BREE
It's not that, Kaz, it's just… (She sighs, her gaze flicks to him for a moment as she contemplates telling him, and she turns the tiger over in her hands once more before speaking). A couple of weeks ago, when we made the alliance with Roman and Riker. You know how you went to get cheesecake after? And you called Oliver?

KAZ
(Not quite sure where this is going)
Yeah...

BREE
(Guiltily)
It was me. I mean, Oliver wasn't in the room, so I answered his phone, and I used my vocal manipulation for a stupid prank. (She sighs, running her hands through her hair as KAZ's eyes widen). I did tell you it was me at first, or at least I tried to, but the connection cut out and you didn't hear me. And then before I could tell you it wasn't Oliver, you started talking about how horrible it would be to ever date me. And it just… it got to me, I guess. I'm sorry I answered the phone, it was wrong of me.

(A pause, KAZ contemplates).

KAZ
I'm sorry you had to hear that.

BREE
I'm sorry that I've been so mean to you since, too. You are entitled to your opinions, whatever they may be, and it's not like you meant to tell me. I just... it hurt when you started freaking out at the fair, like it would be the worst possible thing in the world.

(Another pause; KAZ sighs with guilt this time).

KAZ
I really am sorry, Bree.

BREE
I'm sorry, too. (Beat). Friends?

KAZ
(Nodding)
Yeah, friends.

(They shake hands firmly, smiling as they try to start over).

KAZ
And just for the record, I wasn't freaking out about - you know - you. I was mainly freaking out because I couldn't believe some fairground psychic was right!

BREE
(Smiling)
I know right, I can't believe we ever entertained that. Chase is right, fortune telling is such a scam.

KAZ
Oh, I totally believe in fortune telling, I just didn't believe she had the gift.

BREE
(Amused, raising an eyebrow)
The gift?

KAZ
Yeah! A couple people in my family have it, you know. My Grandma taught me how to read palms.

BREE
No way.

KAZ
Yes, way! C'mon, give me your hand.

BREE
(Grinning)
There's no way…

(BREE presents her palm to KAZ, and he turns fully to her. He supports her hand with his left hand, and focuses his attention on it, carefully beginning to trace the lines of her palm with the fingers of his right hand. Both are giggling now, the atmosphere much lighter).

KAZ
Okay… (BREE laughs) Stay still! I can't read your palm if you're shaking it.

BREE
(Grinning)
I'm just keeping you on your toes.

KAZ
Alright, alright… (he clears his throat). So the first thing I'm seeing is your fire hands.

BREE
Fire hands? You sure you're not confusing them with yours?

KAZ
(Laughing)
No, no! I'm serious. It's in the shaping; of your hands, your fingers. It means you're passionate, that you have this… incredible energy.

BREE
(Rolling her eyes)
I bet you say that to all the girls, huh?

KAZ
(Smirking)
Yeah, yeah… So, this one here. (He traces his finger lightly up her palm, from her wrist straight up to the third finger) It's the Fate Line. It's a little broken, so it shows that something's about to change for you.

BREE
(Playing along)
Ooh.

KAZ
And this one… (he traces the middle of her palm) the Head Line, shows you're spontaneous.

BREE
What's this one?

KAZ
The Heart Line? That's… (his finger slowly traces the line, tickling the top of her palm. She looks up at him, watching his face as he concentrates, his finger lingering on her hand as he reads it). It's strong, and curved, meaning you're open to love, and to new beginnings.

BREE
(Quietly)
Yeah?

KAZ
(Softly)
And then this one… (he traces the base of her palm) that's the Life Line. It means you're… you're strong, and you're going to… (his fingers rest on her palm as he stammers a little) you're going to fight for what you want, no matter what someone else might say. Even if… (he looks her in the eye) even if that person didn't mean what he said, at all.

(KAZ and BREE stare at each other; BREE's breath quickens as their hands hover contentedly intertwined in the space between them. The city lights twinkle below them).

BREE
Does it say anything about consequences?

KAZ
No…

BREE
(Breathlessly)
Good.

(BREE leans in and kisses him. KAZ stiffens for a moment, but relaxes into the moment almost immediately. He pulls BREE close, kissing her back. His arms sit around her waist as she kisses him again, the passion and frustration of the day spilling out heavily into the moment. Then, they just stand there, their chests heaving as they both pull away. BREE and KAZ stare into each other's eyes, but their hands don't leave each other. BREE bites her lip, and KAZ swallows).

BREE
Just to be clear. Those truths were all still complete coincidences, right?

KAZ
(Nodding)
Totally. We're fine.

(KAZ pulls BREE in firmly for another kiss, both holding onto each other in their embrace. Once they've started, neither want to stop... and they realise there's absolutely no going back).

FADE OUT.

END OF EPISODE