~ part four ~
News
human - With the sound of distant explosions, action out of view,
everyone around starting to look bored, "We're here with Deputy Backup,
to describe today's carnage. It's devastating. What plans ?"
Deputy Backup - "Well, we're going to arrest them."
News Human - Stares a moment then bursts out laughing. "No really. What plans ?"
He looks at her. The fifth star goes to the corner of the screen.
('When Will They Shoot' by Ice Cube)
The military base moves to action, alarms sounding.
~ The tanks are fueled and loaded.
Nocturne walks ...
Doe hits a bump, laughs and takes a drink from the bottle. He stuffs a rag, lights a blunt and throws the bottle (unlit) from the sunroof, then peers into the monitor ...
Doe - Glancing down at the blunt in his mouth, "! Fuck !"
~ The carrier trucks load up, the soldiers check gear.
Nocturne pauses to smell the air ... smiles. Continues.
~ The assault helicopters prep and load, rockets carried to the launch.
Doe - Squinting into the fore monitor, through the bumps, "Who the fuck is this guy ... ?"
Deputy Backup stands in the middle of the road, one hand up and the other on his revolver, alone with a couple of wooden a-frame barriers. His thumb unsnaps the gun.
The car screeches to a sideways stop, the side window opens in front of him (music on the radio).
Doe - "Afternoon officer ! What seems to be the trouble today ?"
~ The tanks pour through the city streets over all in their path, helicopters flying over.
Nocturne looks past the stalled wave to the rows still coming throws down two acquired pistols and draws her sword running forward.
~ The helicopters launch rockets to clear the barriers in the path of the tanks as they enter the loop.
Doe - "Oh ! Well I can definitely see that point of view." The passenger door slides up open. "Wanna hear mine ?"
Backup - Thumb tapping the snap on the holster, "You sayin' you wanna ... 'negotiate' with me ?"
Doe - "Sure ! Come on in."
~ The tanks are fueled and loaded.
Nocturne walks ...
Doe hits a bump, laughs and takes a drink from the bottle. He stuffs a rag, lights a blunt and throws the bottle (unlit) from the sunroof, then peers into the monitor ...
Doe - Glancing down at the blunt in his mouth, "! Fuck !"
~ The carrier trucks load up, the soldiers check gear.
Nocturne pauses to smell the air ... smiles. Continues.
~ The assault helicopters prep and load, rockets carried to the launch.
Doe - Squinting into the fore monitor, through the bumps, "Who the fuck is this guy ... ?"
Deputy Backup stands in the middle of the road, one hand up and the other on his revolver, alone with a couple of wooden a-frame barriers. His thumb unsnaps the gun.
The car screeches to a sideways stop, the side window opens in front of him (music on the radio).
Doe - "Afternoon officer ! What seems to be the trouble today ?"
~ The tanks pour through the city streets over all in their path, helicopters flying over.
Nocturne looks past the stalled wave to the rows still coming throws down two acquired pistols and draws her sword running forward.
~ The helicopters launch rockets to clear the barriers in the path of the tanks as they enter the loop.
Doe - "Oh ! Well I can definitely see that point of view." The passenger door slides up open. "Wanna hear mine ?"
Backup - Thumb tapping the snap on the holster, "You sayin' you wanna ... 'negotiate' with me ?"
Doe - "Sure ! Come on in."
('Buck Whylin' by Terminator X, PE and Sista Soulja)
The door slams shut, they tear off down the road.
Note in this scene that they're in an entirely enclosed environment, with only digital display and monitors of the outside world, music on the radio.
Backup - Inside the car as it passes through the mayhem, as it fletchets the treads of an overtaken tank, "So what you're saying is ... this is like an analogy."
Doe - "Sort of. More like an effigy." A sharp turn from the incoming heavy rounds. "We burn these men today to alleviate pain. We laugh."
Backup - "Well not everyone thinks it's funny."
Doe - "And not everyone wishes to discuss the realities of the white power organizations infiltrating the police forces, military, and federal agencies but it is still true."
Backup - "We're not all like that."
Doe - "These men are. And that's what they represent. So we burn their effigy. And we laugh."
____
Nocturne stands before the arriving tanks, assault helicopters looming over, carriers swinging in. She grabs six spent pistols from the ground and pulls the rope from her shoulder.
____
Backup - "What about kids seeing all this ..."
Doe - "There should be no kids seeing this."
Backup - "But they do."
Doe - "Then they see the acknowledgement of the injustice which threatens their lives every day, and rejoice in the burning of the effigy."
Backup - "Jesus Christ ..."
Doe - "Shhh ... it the day of His mass."
____
She ties three lengths with a gun at each end. Three throws, tangling the rotors, she charges the tanks, the troops unloading from the carriers.
Shoving twisted metal and wreckage into the treads of the nearest, ducking the cannons turn and hoisting herself up, she pries the rear ventilation panel and pops a grenade, leaping off behind a crashed pile.
____
Backup - "You'll never stop."
Doe - "I will when the terrorists within your organization have been excised but that is not today, Officer. You're infested."
____
She works one tank to the next, shielding against the soldiers in the run then wedging the treads, using it for cover.
Smoke grenades and screams, wisps of smoke respond to a sword's dance within.
____
Backup - "Deputy. I'm sheriff’s department. These boys here ..." A thump and a wince, "... they're city police. That's different."
Doe - "All the same, Officer." He looks at him, "To me."
The car screeches to a stop next to Nocturne, sword drawn, a head in her hand. The door opens.
Doe - "Now get the fuck out of my car before you symbolically die today."
Nocturne - Watches the sheriff exiting the car, seeing the head horrified, "Well that's the most disturbing thing I've seen all day ..."
She shoves the head into Backup's arms.
They spin off from the loop. Backup looks at the face and beneath the broken aviators, one lens missing. He sees ...
Backup - Falling to his knees, and up to the skies, "! Nooo ... !"
The view pulls to the smoking war-zone, news helicopters, news-human interviewing witnesses gesturing in description of explosions ...
____
They drive into the sunset, the lights beginning to blur and streak into night, while the song goes to the final solos.
Santa - "Prepare the time sled, Rudolph. Another busy night. For you and me."
View across the peaceful city, a blue flash across homes, a minor crackle in the sky as an after effect, a delicate snow begins to fall ...
Young Doe wakes, comic book on his face.
Father - "Doe ! Get the fuck up ! Christmas is comin'. You just got the day off. I don't give a fuck about that so we are going to the mall. I don't need Santa comin' by again, so get the hell out of bed and tell me what you need !"
Muttering off to himself, getting dressed, "... even my child ... those damn 'praline cookies' she made ..."
Note in this scene that they're in an entirely enclosed environment, with only digital display and monitors of the outside world, music on the radio.
Backup - Inside the car as it passes through the mayhem, as it fletchets the treads of an overtaken tank, "So what you're saying is ... this is like an analogy."
Doe - "Sort of. More like an effigy." A sharp turn from the incoming heavy rounds. "We burn these men today to alleviate pain. We laugh."
Backup - "Well not everyone thinks it's funny."
Doe - "And not everyone wishes to discuss the realities of the white power organizations infiltrating the police forces, military, and federal agencies but it is still true."
Backup - "We're not all like that."
Doe - "These men are. And that's what they represent. So we burn their effigy. And we laugh."
____
Nocturne stands before the arriving tanks, assault helicopters looming over, carriers swinging in. She grabs six spent pistols from the ground and pulls the rope from her shoulder.
____
Backup - "What about kids seeing all this ..."
Doe - "There should be no kids seeing this."
Backup - "But they do."
Doe - "Then they see the acknowledgement of the injustice which threatens their lives every day, and rejoice in the burning of the effigy."
Backup - "Jesus Christ ..."
Doe - "Shhh ... it the day of His mass."
____
She ties three lengths with a gun at each end. Three throws, tangling the rotors, she charges the tanks, the troops unloading from the carriers.
Shoving twisted metal and wreckage into the treads of the nearest, ducking the cannons turn and hoisting herself up, she pries the rear ventilation panel and pops a grenade, leaping off behind a crashed pile.
____
Backup - "You'll never stop."
Doe - "I will when the terrorists within your organization have been excised but that is not today, Officer. You're infested."
____
She works one tank to the next, shielding against the soldiers in the run then wedging the treads, using it for cover.
Smoke grenades and screams, wisps of smoke respond to a sword's dance within.
____
Backup - "Deputy. I'm sheriff’s department. These boys here ..." A thump and a wince, "... they're city police. That's different."
Doe - "All the same, Officer." He looks at him, "To me."
The car screeches to a stop next to Nocturne, sword drawn, a head in her hand. The door opens.
Doe - "Now get the fuck out of my car before you symbolically die today."
Nocturne - Watches the sheriff exiting the car, seeing the head horrified, "Well that's the most disturbing thing I've seen all day ..."
She shoves the head into Backup's arms.
They spin off from the loop. Backup looks at the face and beneath the broken aviators, one lens missing. He sees ...
! It is his own !
Backup - Falling to his knees, and up to the skies, "! Nooo ... !"
(a giggle sound)
The view pulls to the smoking war-zone, news helicopters, news-human interviewing witnesses gesturing in description of explosions ...
____
They drive into the sunset, the lights beginning to blur and streak into night, while the song goes to the final solos.
~ a voice in the dark ~
Santa - "Prepare the time sled, Rudolph. Another busy night. For you and me."
~ a blue flash and the sound ~
View across the peaceful city, a blue flash across homes, a minor crackle in the sky as an after effect, a delicate snow begins to fall ...
Young Doe wakes, comic book on his face.
Father - "Doe ! Get the fuck up ! Christmas is comin'. You just got the day off. I don't give a fuck about that so we are going to the mall. I don't need Santa comin' by again, so get the hell out of bed and tell me what you need !"
Muttering off to himself, getting dressed, "... even my child ... those damn 'praline cookies' she made ..."