Fade Out - Part 3

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

* Fade into Mizzle hanging his head against the blast door. The countdown continued. *

We can’t get in… there’s no way past this blast door. That’s the only way into that control room.

I don’t know… is he still in there?
* B-Rush went and peered through the window looking for G.g.B. *
I can’t see him anymore…

He must have left.

Man, we gotta go.

Where? Why does where we go matter if we can’t stop this countdown…

We don’t know why Katastrophe lost contact! And G.g.B’s Air Force One is still up there! If we find that, there might be something we could use to stop the nukes! It said “remote” detonation, right? We CAN’T do it from here!!! It has to be done from somewhere else, probably up there!

… but what about the fact that now there may be more than one G.g.B?

We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it, man. We need to go SOMEWHERE to try to stop this remote detonation. Can you think of a better place than G.g.B’s ship?

* Mizzle stared ahead into the room. He reminded himself of something B.@.D had told him once. That as long as there was time, there was still hope. *
… you’re right. Let’s go.

* Fade out. *



THE B.@.DSHIP

* Fade in to Katastrophe, Ozi-Style, and Tate, all on their knees while handcuffed. O.s.H is standing over them. *

My friends… my dear, dear friends. How good to see you again!

Be still, my beating, beating heart.

What do you have to do with all this?

I have everything to do with this.

Meaning…?

* O.s.H looked directly at Katastrophe. *
You ask a lot of questions, my dear.

I tend to get like that when someone takes over my ship, dear.

* O.s.H smiled. *
Oh, we both know that this isn’t YOUR ship, Katastrophe…

* Katastrophe, Ozi-Style and Tate looked at each other, then back up at O.s.H. *

It’s his.
* O.s.H moved to the side. The sliding door to the command center opened…

… and the guards threw the beaten body of B.@.D on the floor.

The eyes of Katastrophe, Ozi-Style, and Tate went wide. *

… does it feel like coming home, B.@.D...?

* Fade out. *



THE PHOENIX

* Fade into the control room of the ship. Ekobruzzi is in the centre in the command chair, with Mizzle and B-Rush manning some stations along with Ekobruzzi’s crew. *

EKOBRUZZI: … anything?

Nothing. No sign of The B.@.Dship. Nothing besides us but G.g.B’s Air Force Zero.

They said they would be using cloud cover to get closer to G.g.B. Maybe they’re hiding.

They would have intercepted him by now. And if they could see us, wouldn’t they contact us?

We’re using the cloud cover to get closer to him too. So maybe they can’t see us anymore than we can see them.

* Shaking his head. *
EKOBRUZZI: If they’re still alive, we can’t wait for them. He’s getting closer to the void which probably mean that those bombs are close to going off. How much farther?

HENCHMAN: We are ready to launch our assault now. We can drop out of the cloud cover and open fire when you are ready.

* Ekobruzzi stared over at Mizzle and B-Rush… *

… let’s do it.

* Ekobruzzi nodded. *
EKOBRUZZI: Battlestations!

* Fade out. *



THE B.@.DSHIP

* Fade into the bridge. B.@.D is regaining his senses off the ground. Katastrophe, Ozi-Style, and Tate looked at him in disbelief. *

B.@.D!!!
B.@.D!!!
TATE: B.@.D!!!

Hey, guys.

“Hey, guys?” We thought you we’re fucking dead!!!

Ekobruzzi told us you’d been killed!

* Looking up at O.s.H. *
… that’s what O.s.H wanted everyone to think. Ekobruzzi thought I HAD been killed.


* O.s.H smiled. His eyes glowed orange. B.@.D just glared at him. *

What have they done to you??? What does he want?

I don’t know any more than you guys do. He’s had me in solitary with…

* As if to drive the point home, one of O.s.H’s guards escorted Yochanan in the room. Yochanan’s stare was constant, even as he looked down at Katastrophe, Ozi-Style, Tate and B.@.D, completely placated and tranquilized. They did not even have him in handcuffs now. *

Yochanan?!?!?! You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.

Yeah.

THAT’S the Yochanan you guys talked about? What happened to him? What have they done to him?

I don’t know. The same thing G.g.B did to him to make him go insane, before we sent him to the mental hospital, I think.

How did they get Yoch…

Enough, my friends. All your questions will be answered when the end comes.

* Katastrophe looked at B.@.D. *
… so he’s trying to end the world too? Is he with G.g.B or…

* O.s.H slapped Katastrophe across the face. Tate struggled against his handcuffs but was unable to get free. A guard struck him in the head with the base of his gun and Tate went down, dazed. *

Enough, I said. There’s something I want you all to see.

* O.s.H nodded to a henchman who activated the viewscreen.

They we’re still under cloud cover, but could see two ships having a firefight in the distance. *

Take us in closer.

* They all watched, except for Yochanan who still stared into the distance, as the ships grew closer. B.@.D thought he recognized one of the ships… *

… is that Ekobruzzi’s Phoenix ship???

Yeah. Hopefully Mizzle and B-Rush are with him. They we’re on the ground in the middle of asking us something when we we’re attacked. We lost contact.

They must not have stopped the nukes… the other one is G.g.B’s ship. His new Air Force Zero.

* O.s.H simply smiled. B.@.D watched as the two ships continued to have a firefight. The Phoenix struck a solid shot against the underbelly of G.g.B’s Air Force One ship, and then circled underneath to dock at the immobile Air Force One… *

… is he boarding it???

Yeah. They must be going after the nukes…!

* B.@.D looked at Ozi-Style. *

… nukes?

* Fade out. *



G.G.B’s AIR FORCE ZERO

* Mizzle, B-Rush, and Ekobruzzi raced through the halls of the ship. Many soldiers fired at them. The trio either cut them down with gunfire or eluded their shots.

They raced towards the top of the ship where the command center was located and rushed through the door.

Numerous soldiers wheeled around in shock that they had made it this far. They we’re all cut down by the gunfire of Mizzle, B-Rush, and Ekobruzzi.

G.g.B saw them and drew back… Mizzle jumped over a railing and pointed his gun at him. G.g.B quickly put his hands onto a control switch at the panel he leaned again. *

… Mizzle… it’s good to see you again.

Yeah, well, this 20 minutes we’ve spent apart has been agonizing for me, too.

* G.g.B quizzically looked at Mizzle. *
… I beg your pardon?

I guess you’ve added being in 2 places at once to your fancy parlor tricks.

… I don’t follow.

Sure you don’t.

EKOBRUZZI: How do we shut off the bombs?

* G.g.B laughed. *
… you don’t.

* Mizzle did not take his eyes off of G.g.B. *
… why are you doing this?

* Staring straight back at Mizzle. *
… unfortunately, that is not for you to find out. But I’m glad you could be here to see the end since your other friends cannot.


* He pushed a button on the panel behind him…

… and the 3 of them felt the floor of the deck shake as the deafening roar of an explosion rocked the planet underneath them.

They stared at the floor in shock as the explosive mushroom cloud that erupted beneath them grew from Los Angeles across the United States, up to Canada, below to South America, then across the oceans until it blanketed the whole world.

Mizzle stared at the screen, shocked. A feeling erupted in the pit of his stomach as he looked at B-Rush and Ekobruzzi, both staring at the screen as well… both overcome with rage and emotion, B-Rush at having lost his wife and his unborn child, Ekobruzzi having lost his family as well…

G.g.B was smiling at the screen. B-Rush turned and jumped at him and G.g.B did not even turn to meet him, he simply raised his hand and B-Rush went flying across the command center and slammed hard against a wall.

Ekobruzzi grabbed a gun out of his jacket and raised it toward G.g.B, who simply raised his other hand and Ekobruzzi went flying across the command center just as B-Rush had.

Mizzle simply stared at G.g.B, knowing that it would do no good to go after him. Already having lost the battle, lost the Earth, Mizzle barely recognized when G.g.B turned to face him, eyes glowing green, and Mizzle felt his body go flying across the command center.

He heard G.g.B’s voice as he struggled to regain his senses… *

... now the time has finally come to finish you. You cannot be allowed to enter into The Void with me.

* He looked up and saw G.g.B walking towards them with his arms outstretched, green energy dancing across the palm of his hand…

… and if the world hadn’t just ended, even if he thought he had a chance against this demon who had just ended the world, Mizzle decided that it would be a lot easier to get up and fight.

Fade out. *



THE B.@.DSHIP

* B.@.D looked around at the bodies of his friends who had just been thrown across the bridge after charging at O.s.H after watching the Earth explode beneath them. O.s.H had just smiled at the screen with his eyes closed when Katastrophe, Ozi-Style, and Tate had charged at him, only to be thrown across the bridge.

He looked over at Yochanan, who simply stood there.

He decided that their mission had failed. The Earth had been destroyed, there was nothing left to lose. He walked toward O.s.H, who turned to stare at him and smiled as his eyes glowed orange… *

… I can’t afford for you and your friends to do anything stupid before we can make it into the Void, B.@.D... I need you there when we find out what is supposed to happen next…

* And as B.@.D felt his body fly across the bridge and hit a wall. As he slipped into unconsciousness, he came to a realization.

Not only had the world just ended, but at least one of the two demons responsible didn’t even know why.

His eyes closed, as did his last glimmer of hope.

They had lost.

The world had ended.

Fade out. *



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