A past that never is, Outtakes
A past that never is, Outtakes (I think that’s the word) I’m doing this mainly cos I’m warped, but also cos last night I couldn’t go to sleep and my weird imagintion wouldn’t leave me alone. Some of them probably suck…but who the hell cares anyway?! to really understand this u need to write the fic that im currently writing. the link is in that whatever the hell that thing is called down there at the bottom...
Chapter 1
(On the way out of Rolands office)
Shifter walks to the door and pulls on the handle to open door, nothing happens. She pulls harder, handle comes off the door and Shifter goes sliding across the floor, over Rolands desk and into his lap.
Roland: Good start, but you’re not meant to end up here for another five chapters yet.
Shifter: I couldn’t wait.
(Medical exam)
Maggie taps Shifter left knee which jerked upward, kicking a tray of medical implements, scattering them all over the place.
Maggie: Isn’t that knee meant to be so damaged it won’t move?
Writer (aka me): Yes, but I need to make some cutbacks. Shifter has to control herself.
Shifter: …
Chapter 2
(Start of chapter, just after Shifter calls AK up to the main deck when she realises somehing’s wrong with the matrix feed.)
Shifters fingers move rapiedly across the keys.
AK: What is it?
Shifter points to the monitors, which for some reason have the symbols on them, but the symbols aren’t moving.
Shifter: What the…? *slaps hand against side of monitor, symbols stay exactly where they are.*
Me: We had to make some cutbacks. We had to replace the real Matrix feed with stickers that look like the feed.
AK & Shifter: Oh, For **** sake!
(After Roland and rest of crew come out of the Matrix)
Shifter: I can only do this for so long. You’d better find us a good hiding place, because there’s only one way to stop this thing.”
Roland: How?
Shifter: Shut it down, flush the whole system and reload everything. *Looks up from frozen sticker monitors, as AK runs from the main deck* Where is he going?
Roland: Probably to flush the toilets and get his copy of Matrix: Reloaded dvd.
(Part where Roland brings Shifter some food and coffee)
Roland: I brought you some food and coffee.
Shifter: Thank you, sir. Didn’t mean to sound rude, sorry. *Takes a swig of coffee and gags* WTF This is ice cold, dammit!
Roland: It was hot…before we had to do fifteen takes.
(Rolands second visit)
Roland: I’ve never seen that shade of red on anyone before.
Shifter: *Blank stare*
Roland: Your eyes look terrible.
Shifter: *under breath*I can give you matching ones if you like them that much.
Chapter 3
(in the Hammers mess hall)
Roland: I have another confession to make…I felt it the first time you walked into my office-
Shifter: You don’t suppose that has something to do with the fact that I did my acrobatic routine? You’re lap wasn’t very soft either by the way. *Grins*
Roland: Uhh…well that was because of the biro I had and umm…*Does his impression of a tomato*
Chapter 4
(Mess hall beginning of chappie)
Mauser: Captain, there’s a problem in the Matrix, you’re needed.
Roland stands up and rushes for the door, but miscalulates slightly and slams into doorframe forehead first. He stumbles back clutching his head and cursing loudly.
Shifter: I told you the truth could hurt.
(After Maggie and Colt make it out and the proximity alert goes off)
AK: He’s got a lot of agents on his back. He may not make it. Mauser, what’s going on up there?
Mauser: *Silence*
AK turns to look at Shifter.
AK: Mauser? Answer me, what the hell’s going on?
Mauser: Ummm…I don’t know what these things are, unless they’re a new type of sentinel. We better be careful, they look more lethel than your coffee, AK.
AK: Hey!
Cut to cockpit view, where both Mauser and Colt are staring outside where hands hold a number of sentinel thingys in front of their faces. These sentinels have more of a resemblence to pipe cleaner spiders (remember those things that you made in school when you were four?) than they do to metal sentinels.
Colt: WTF?!
Me: Do you think I’m made of money?! Like those Wachoski bros?! Goddammit you’re all ****ing actors, pretend they’re damn sentinels.
Mauser: I don’t have to put up with this shit! I quit! *Storms off, but returns a few moments later when he realises that he’s on a ship and he can’t leave until they dock.*
(After Shifter goes into the Matrix to help Roland)
Shifter: Five minutes, AK. That’s all I need.
Shifter starts to change into a peregrine falcon, wearing a black denim jacket and cool shades.
Shifter: WTF?! *Hears laughter coming from miniturised phone* AK! This is not ****ing funny.
(After they come back out and go into Rolands office)
Roland: What the hell do you think you were doing?!
Shifter: I was-
Roland: I don’t want to hear it. What the hell would have happened it we’d both died in there? This ship would have lost two crew. Not just one.
Shifter: I was-
Roland: Be quiet! What were you thinking?
Shifter: *Silence*
Roland: Well? Answer me!
Shifter: I was trying to-
Roland: Shut up! If I have to die…