Crossroads: Part 3.

14. INT. FOOD FACTORY. EARLY MORNING.
The FIRST LIGHT of DAWN is JUST BEGINNING to FILTER THROUGH THE SKYLIGHTS and into the FACTORY.
MEDICS tend to the CAPTIVES. SOLDIERS keep a PERIMETER around them.
TINKERBELL and JACKSON are talking to CASPAR while A MEDIC puts A SLING ON HIS ARM.
　

CASPAR

Ow! If you could possibly yank my arm any harder that would be just great!

I said I didn’t want to be here.

　

When I saw the death and dying and guys with gloves that torture people, I said I wanted out.

But no! They wouldn’t let me.

　

　

And now my arms broken, probably permanently!

　

　

　

MEDIC

Okay, I don’t think there’s much damage. Its probably not broken, we’ll no more after an X-Ray but for now I want you to keep in the sling.

　

　

CASPAR

Not broken! Not broken!

Trust me, it’s broken.

All my gaming prowess gone.

I’ll never play Stalker again.

And I bet they’ll come back with out a scratch.

　

　
JACKSON and TINKERBELL are SMILING and STIFLING LAUGHTER.
　
　

TINKERBELL

Who will come back with out a scratch?

CASPAR

Your friends.

The huge, lumbering, possibly psychotic, no definitely psychotic, barbarian who sits there constantly flexing his muscles while showing off how big his weapon his!

　

JACKSON SMIRKS.
　
CASPAR looks at him oddly, missing the INNUENDO in the MIDDLE of HIS DIATRIBE.
　

CASPAR

And the egomaniac mad scientist, who is never wrong and is always making putting yourself in life threatening situations some sort of duty we owe to the rest of humanity.

　

TINKERBELL LOOKS at JACKSON
　

TINKERBELL

You think he means Cal and Dave?

　

CASPAR

Of course I mean them.

How many certified lunatics do you know.

　

MURRAY

(from behind CASPAR)

He’s got a point.

　

　

CASPAR nearly JUMPS OUT of his skin.
　
HE TURNS around and GLARES at MURRAY and DAVE.

　

CASPAR

See, what did I tell you, not a scratch!

　

　

DAVE

Why didn't they get your mouth and not your arm?

　

　

CASPAR

I’m still not sure it wasn’t you who did this. Yanking me around and slamming me up against lockers.

　

JACKSON

You slammed him up against a locker?

　

DAVE

(glaring at CASPAR)

I obviously didn’t do it hard enough.

　

　

CASPAR

What that’s supposed to mean?

　

DAVE

Don’t push me.

　

He STORMS OFF.

CASPAR

That’s right, go on, go and hide.

　

　

MURRAY

Caspar, really, really not helping now!

　

　
CASPAR LOOKS as if he’s about to say SOMETHING. THINKS better of it.
　
MURRAY and TINKERBELL WALK AWAY in the DIRECTION OF DAVE.
　

　

TINKERBELL

What happened?

　

　

MURRAY

Demorte, what else?

It was all I could do to stop him charging through the portal and right into a whole regiment of Obsidian Guard.

　

　

TINKERBELL

Can you blame him?

　

　

MURRAY

Not really. But he’s going to need to get those feelings under control soon. Otherwise he’s never even going to get close to seeing her again.

　

　
DAVE stands a LITTLE WAY away from them. HOLDING a GIRL’S RIBBON.
　

MURRAY

I can’t imagine what it must feel like to experience the destruction of everything you’ve known.

But he needs to get it under control otherwise Demorte will just push his buttons. And there goes any hope of rescue, any hope of restoration.

　

TINKERBELL

I’m going to go talk to him.

　

　

MURRAY

Be my guest. I can’t talk to him when he’s like this.

　

　

　
TINKERBELL walks towards DAVE.
　
　
SUDDENLY A DOOR BLOWS OPEN.
SOLDIERS IN COMBAT GEAR MARCH IN.
　

MURRAY

Awww, that’s just what we need.

　

　

CASPAR

What now? Who are these guys?

　

The LEAD SOLDIER walks up to MURRAY. His name is LIEUTENANT WAYSELL.
　

WAYSELL

Colonel Caleb Murray, Arturus “Bloodhelm” Agricola also known as DAVE, Major Nadia Simonova and Captain Byron Jackson, you are hereby taken into military custody and relieved of duty.

You thought we’d never find you didn’t you, Murray.

　

MURRAY

I was hoping for just such an outcome but I realised I was only fooling myself when I detected to telltale smell of body odour in the atmosphere which told me you were here, Lieutenant Weasel.

　

WAYSELL punches him.
　

MURRAY

What can I say, you Star Chamber guys have no sense of humour, no wonder all the other Mps hate you. That and your really bad taste in, well everything, really.

　

WAYSELL looks like he’s about to hit MURRAY again. He TURNS SHARPLY and MARCHES OFF towards the door.

　

　

WAYSELL

Bring them! And bring that snivelling wretch as well.

　

CASPAR

Snivelling wretch?

　

JACKSON

I think he means you.

　

They are MANHANDLED towards THE DOOR.
　

CASPAR

Getting arrested. Also something I didn’t attend to be a part of. This just keeps on getting better and better. I was right. The leaving idea was better.

　

JACKSON

 Probably, but then you’d miss out on all this fun.