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MURDER DRONES: INTERMISSION
Written by
Bee Rodriguez
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Ambigous - Dream sequence
We open on pitch black. The sound of UZI DOORMAN’s maniacal
giggles breaks the silence. She breathes heavy. The screen
glitches out to reveal a grotesque scene of drone corpses on
oil puddled hardwood floors.
Back to black. Glitches again to a POV shot through Uzi’s
eyes. Her vision’s malfunctioning while she looks down at her
shaking hands. Her eyes whip over to a nearby mirror fallen
on its side where she her reflection in shattered glass.
She’s obscured in dark, crouched in an animalistic manner.
A bright “X” glitches onto her visor and wings open from her
back as she laughs more. The image distorts, washed over by a
wall of binary. The Absolute Solver symbol can vaguely be
seen as the screen starts to freak out.
It stops.
CYN
Get hacked, idiot.
Feral Uzi jumpscare. She lunges at the screen and bangs on
the glass, shattering it. It glitches out
TRANSITION TO: INT. Uzi’s Bedroom
Uzi’s eyes snap wide open. She sits up, shouting in horror.
She her breathing is uneven as she’s gripping at her hat.
Silence. Uzi pauses, confused. She inspects her palms which
are now clean.
Her eyes turn to her peaceful room. The low hum of a fan is
all that accompanies the still silence. V and N and hung
upside down like bats from a beam installed over her room.
Sleep Mode reads across their visors.
Frustration rises in Uzi.
UZI
OH COME ON! AGAIN?! HNNNNGH...
Uzi plops back onto her pillow. Virus Removal In Progress
reads across her visor with a loading bar below it.
UZI (CONT'D)
(disgruntled)
Well now that I’ve had my daily
dose of nightmare fuel, bye-bye
Robo-Satan.
The progress fails. Virus Removal In Progress Failed, Lmao
reads on her visor.
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UZI (CONT'D)
I’m going to blow a friggin fuse- Are you kidding me?!
Uzi lets out a long melodramatic UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH.... Which
wakes up N. He peeks over at her from where he hangs,
worried. Uzi sandwiches her head in her pillow and turns onto
her side.
UZI (CONT'D)
(grumbles)
Screw this, I’ll install a stupid
firewall tomorrow... Hnnngh... It’s too
late for this...
N contemplates to himself with a quiet Hmmmmmm... Then he
smiles and giggles a bit as if to say “Aha!”
EXT. COPPER NINE - SNOWY OUTDOORS- NIGHT
N stands beside a whiteboard and flips it rapidly to reveal a
crappy drawing of Uzi flying with “Flying Lessons with N and
V! YIPPEE!” written.
N
(Enthusiastically)
BAH BADDA BAAAH!
Uzi and V sit side by side in a couple of classroom chairs. V
has her “feet” propped up on the frozen decapitated head of a
drone while licking a severed hand like a popsicle. Uzi’s
sitting irregularly.
UZI
(stoked)
Flying lessons?
V
“With N and V”? Yeah, I don’t
remember signing up for this.
N
Well, I thought we could maybe help
Uzi with her nightmare inducing
emotional baggage?
UZI
Wait, what? Are you trying to,
like... therapize me??
V
(Mutters)
Lord knows you need The counselling
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UZI
(defensive)
Bite me! I’m... fine! I don’t-! Well,
like... I-! Oh, just shut up!
N
I just think maybe we should get
you acquainted with your...insatiably
bloodthirsty side.
The more control you have the less
likely you’ll up your body count
against your will, y’know?
UZI
(considering)
I mean...
V glares at Uzi. “Threat detected” flashes in her visor along
with a sniper target. Uzi contemplates while V steps to her
side with her hands on Uzi’s shoulders.
V
Y’know...if we want to take care of
our little feral emo girl problem,
what we could simply do instead—
V points a rifle at Uzi’s head.
V (CONT'D)
(sinisterly)
—is blow her brains out!
N (O.S)
V!
N grabs V by the collar and pulls her away. He takes her
behind the whiteboard.
N (CONT'D)
(whispers)
We’re not hurting Uzi!
V
Why not?
N
SHHHHHh!
Uzi watches from her seat as the two argue behind the
whiteboard.
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N (O.S.) (CONT'D)
(whispers)
Have some compassion, she’s clearly
scared of herself. She’s been
having night terrors ever since the
field trip incident.
Uzi bashfully hugs her legs to her chest.
V
I know. Her nightly screams are
like white noise.
V unsheathes her talons.
V (CONT'D)
(Devilishly)
They help me sleep like a baby.
N
I refuse to believe you actually
feel that way.
V’s menacing look drops and she averted her eyes, irritated
N (CONT'D)
We’re the only people who can help
her! Come on!
V
You seriously have screw loose if
you think I’m helping a lost cause.
N
Fine, if not for Uzi, then do it
for me. Please?
V’s hard gaze softens.
UZI (O.S.)
Are the grownups done talking yet?
V and N look up to see Uzi peeking own at them from the top
of the whiteboard.
UZI (CONT'D)
I want to give it a shot. Plus The
sooner I learn to fly
(mischievous)
the sooner I can snipe people from
an unsuspecting height, hehehe.
(awkwardly)
(MORE)
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UZI (CONT'D)
And y’know, fix my brain and...
stuff.
N grins. V’s still apprehensive, to which N gives her a
puppydog pleading look.
V
ugh, okay fine.
V rolls her eyes an hits the bottom of the board, causing Uzi
to FLIP RAPIDLY and SMACK onto the snowy ground. N has a hand
over his mouth while V folds her arms over her chest.
V (CONT'D)
Let’s get this over with.
TOP OF CORPSE SPIRE
Uzi looks over the edge. The dropoff is dizzyingly high.
UZI
(Nervously)
Uhh...
N suddenly picks her up bridal style.
UZI (CONT'D)
(startled)
HOH MY ROBO-GOD- N
First we’ll try the baby bird
method. Toss ya off and let your
instincts do the rest.
UZI
Wait, N-!
N tosses her off
N
And UP YOU GO!
Uzi SCREAMS as she FALLS FROM THE SPIRE’S SUMMIT. N and V
look over the edge. V cracks into laughter.
V
(laughs)
If she goes splat I call dibs on
her corpse.
N
She’ll be fiiiine.