VERSUS: PART 7
FADE IN:
EXT. CITY STREET - DAY
An internet cafe's door opens, and out walks SOME GUY. He
wears a denim jacket and khaki pants, has messy long blonde
hair tied back, and appears to be in his early twenties. He
seems to be in a hurry, or nervous.
He runs behind a trash can and crouches, pulling a small pair
of binoculars from his jacket pocket. He peers through them,
and sees a large man, actually a Robot, wearing a leather
jacket and Aviator sunglasses.
GUY
Awww, crap. It's here.
The Guy sneaks out toward the street, ducking so as to use
the pedestrians between himself and the robot as a cover. He
grabs the door handle of the nearest car. It's locked. He
tries several others, glancing from time to time at the robot
approaching closer.
A gap in the crowd opens between them, and the Robot suddenly
notices the guy, immediately pulling out a large rifle that
had been hidden in his jacket.
The Guy tries another door handle, this one is unlocked, and
the silver door opens upward and he jumps in and slams on the
gas, pulling the door down as he drives away.
INT. CAR - CONTINUOUS
The entire dashboard area of the car is covered in blinking
lights and LED panel displays. A TEENAGER, wearing a
sleeveless red jacket over a light blue plaid shirt, has been
sitting in the passenger seat the entire time.
TEENAGER
Hey! Who the hell are you!?
GUY
(just noticing him)
Ohhh crap. There's no time to
explain, we have to get out of
here, right now.
TEENAGER
(looking backward out of
the rear windshield)
But wait, we can't just leave Doc
back there if something's
dangerous!
GUY
He'll be fine. The robot's not
after him.
TEENAGER
Robot?!
EXT. CITY STREET - CONTINUOUS
The car, now quite clearly a modified DeLorean, is swerving
haphazardly through traffic. The robot is starting to gain on
them, but the car is able to break through the traffic to
speed up onto the highway, just as two cars crash into one
another, blocking the robot's path.
INT. CAR - CONTINUOUS
The teenager is freaking out, but the Guy has started to calm
down, focusing on driving as fast as he can down the highway.
TEENAGER
Are you going to explain to me
what's going on?
GUY
All right, kid. Tell me somethin'.
What's your name.
TEENAGER
Marty.
GUY
Of course. All right, Marty. I'm
Jack. That guy, that robot, is
trying to kill me. The government
sent it after me because I know
something they don't want anybody
to know.
MARTY
What?
The Guy glares at Marty, as if he had asked the dumbest
question in the history of dumb questions.
GUY
Do you really want to know that?
MARTY
Oh... I guess not.
(beat)
Are we safe yet?
GUY
That depends on if he found a --
EXT. HIGHWAY - CONTINUOUS
Seemingly from nowhere, a huge red semi-trailer truck, driven
by the robot, flies onto the highway from the side, landing
several yards in front of the DeLorean and skidding sideways
for several feet.
INT. CAR - CONTINUOUS
Jack slams on the brakes and turns the steering wheel madly
until the car has turned around 180 degrees.
JACK
Oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap...
(pulling a gun out of his
jacket pocket)
(to Marty)
Drive!
MARTY
What?
JACK
Just move away from that thing!
Marty struggles to step on the gas pedal and operate the
steering wheel from the passenger side, while Jack even more
awkwardly opens the driver's-side door, hangs out of it and
begins to carefully shoot at the tires of the truck, now
speeding toward them.
EXT. HIGHWAY - CONTINUOUS
One by one, the tires on the truck pop as they are hit by
bullets. The truck is forced to skid to a stop, allowing the
silver car to gain a significant lead.
INT. TRUCK - CONTINUOUS
The robot is stone-faced and unaffected by this setback. He
presses a large red button on the dashboard.
EXT. HIGHWAY - CONTINUOUS
The trailer on the truck detaches and rolls backwards. The
truck begins to move itself into a vertical orientation, and
the back (now bottom) half splits into legs, arms break out
of the sides, and the robot's seat moves upwards as a helmet
unfolds from the roof of the cab, so that the robot is
effectively wearing the truck as a giant mechanical suit,
looking more or less like a less polished version of a
Transformer. The DeLorean is no longer anywhere in sight.
CUT TO:
INT. CAR - MOMENTS LATER
MARTY
(looking backwards out the
rear windshield)
Do you think we lost him?
JACK
(driving)
I wouldn't count on that. It's
smart, always prepared for
anything. It's not going to stop
looking for me unless I destroy it,
or it destroys me.
Suddenly, the road begins to rumble, as if a giant is running
toward them. Jack looks into the rear-view mirror, and sees
the giant robot approaching.
JACK
Ohhhh crap.
Jack slams on the gas.
MARTY
Wait a minute, I think I have an
idea. Let me drive.
JACK
What?
MARTY
There's no time to explain, just
trust me.
Marty and Jack awkwardly switch seats, and Marty slams on
several buttons and switches. On the dashboard, several dates
and a speedometer light up.
EXT. HIGHWAY - CONTINUOUS
The silver car begins to turn around, and simultaneously
begins to hover above the ground, as the wheels shift from a
vertical to a horizontal orientation.
JACK (O.S.)
Hey, here's a question: Why did you
not tell me this thing could fly?!
MARTY (O.S.)
You said there was no time.
JACK (O.S.)
(annoyed)
Fair enough. Here's another
question: Why are we going toward
the bad guy?
INT. CAR - CONTINUOUS
The lights in the dashboard are all blinking, and the
speedometer is rapidly rising, past 60, past 70. Through the
windshield the giant robot is getting closer and closer; the
flying car is aiming for the center of the cab.
MARTY
You'll see.
The speedometer hits 88 m.p.h. just as the car is about to
collide with the grill of the truck.
EXT. HIGHWAY - CONTINUOUS
The car vanishes in a flash of light and electrical sparks.
Two fire trails, where the tires were, extend along the path
it was taking, piercing the engine of the truck-robot.
Moments later, the gas tank ignites, causing the entire cab
to burst into flames, and after a few moments more, the
entire thing crumbles to the ground and explodes into pieces.
FADE TO BLACK.
THE END...?