The Mad Buttons ...

I thought of a lot of screen names for the nerdbags, but since the real life ones like to talk about people's appearances so much I decided to call them what they look like. There's ~

The Four Eyed Dick-Pic (alleyway)

Alec Baldwin's Fat Cousin (burgers)

The Looksmaxxing Egg (sausage)

Guy Who Wears a Mask For Reasons (you'll see)

And The Girl Who Never Tox (she literally just sits there playing with her phone and drinking soda through their streams) (lives)

Anyway first I need to fix the end of Fab Five, and then on to all that.

Organica - Evil smile ... "No-Bone McDoy ... hey Eddie. We all chipped in. Gonna need it Mr 'secret identity' ... " She pulls out a black leather supervillain hood with goggles and gas mask set in.

Eddie - "Holy Shit. This is cool !" Puts it on, "Wow." Hears his altered voice, "wow ... woooowooow ... (now just listening to the sound), "Thanks guys ... this ... is really special." Takes it off and looks at it with a smile, "But No-Bone. How ? Nothing can pierce him, he only keeps stretching."

Alien Agenda - "Space blasters."

They all look at him.

...

Eddie - "Okay so I 'accept your existence' ... you know. 'Aliens are real' and what not but ... do you really call them that ?"

Alien Agenda - "Well. The toys we do."
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Ambrose at home, "Mom can I have five X-23 space blasters for Human Greed Day ?"

Alien Mom - "You'll shoot your eye out."

Ambrose - "No ... they're for my human friends so they shoot their eyes out."

Alien Mom - "That's my clever boy ... "
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Alien Agenda - Drops the crate on the table, "Useless against Total Flamer and Crisis Existential, but McDoy on the other hand ... "

Eddie - Picks up a 50's looking sci-fi blaster ... "They'll burn right through him."

Alien Agenda - "Indeed. But first you have to check the barrel."

Eddie - "What do you mean ?" Looks down the barrel then catches himself ... "Ah !" A laugh ...

Alien Agenda - "One day I will kill you all, insufferable humans." Smiles across the emotional table, "But not today."

They cheers to the next scene ~

('Looking Down The Barrel of a Gun' by Beastie Boys)

Walking to the hit while spinning and trying out their shiny new space blasters in the alleys ...

Eddie - "Okay. We know his body will react intuitively, automatically dodging every shot and threat without him even thinking about it. These space guns are great ... "

Alien Agenda - "Blasters."

Eddie - "Yeah the space blasters are great but it doesn't matter until we hit him."

Colonel Calibrate - "Cross fire ... "

Eddie - "Exactly. And we aim for where previous shot makes him go."

Organica - "And that shot makes him go where we want."

Eddie - "Into the next shot."

Organica - "Bring them to the bullet. You're really very good at this you know. You need a name."

Eddie - "Like a villain name ? What are they gonna call me, I'm powerless."

Number Nine - "That's it ! You're Powerless !"

Alien Agenda - "Strangely intimidating ... and very ironic."

Colonel Calibrate - "Screams of madness."

Alien Agenda - "Human madness."

The Minister - "Like a cornered animal."

Organica - "Like if he's there at all he's got something up his sleeve just for you, but you don't know what it is ... got something for me."

Powerless - "My heart on a sleeve."

Number Nine - "He's in love."

Organica - "And I'm an evil temptress."

Powerless - "I really do like this one. I don't want to fuck it up."

Organica - "One of Nine's victims I think." Smiles, "Your never do know ... you know. Just bear it in mind if it all goes awry, and we just might conquer the world together."

Powerless - "Still can."

Number Nine - "He'll hold."

Organica - "Huh. You were saying ?"

Powerless - Smiles, "I was. I know about you and Nine ... " Looks to Calibrate and Agenda, then to The Minister, "While I guess he just makes the mayhem."

The Minister - "The mayhem almighty."

Powerless - "Looking forward to that." Back to Alien Agenda and Colonel Calibrate, "But what about you two."

Colonel Calibrate - "Infinite ammo."

Alien Agenda - "General superiority."

Powerless - "No shit ?"

Colonel Calibrate - "No shit."

Alien Agenda - "Indeed."

Colonel Calibrate - "One bullet is all I need."

Alien Agenda - "And I in fact do not shit."

Powerless - "Whoa. That's cool. Both. Alright. Nine, make the call."

Number Nine - "Another hod date in the dirty alleyway ... " Starts tapping. "He's a very naughty boy, he likes it like that." Ringing ... "Plus he's mourning, that always makes him horny."

Organica - "Last time we killed his mother."

Powerless - "Ah."

Number Nine - Into the phone, "Well hellooo you ... I heard about the tragedy and just couldn't stop thinking about how you must be feeling right now.

"I'm concerned."

Makes a eye-rolling grotesque face of annoyance while listening to him talk ... Oh yeah. I'm in your favorite place and mine right now." Pretends vomit. "Mm. Toodles." Hangs up, "Places."
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Number nine waits until he hears the whistle echo down the alleyway, a dramatic intonation of 'When Irish eyes are smiling ... '

No-Bone McDoy - Tan trench over his dumb ass costume, seeing only Number Nine. "I can't believe I'm here again but I think the team really need this right now."

Number Nine - "Me too." Pulls a space blaster from under his coat, "Now dance."

No-Bone McDoy "What ?"

Number Nine pulls the gun and fires, No-Bone stretches automatically to avoid it, and the alley fills with blasts.

(cut from '2 the 9's' by Prince)

As No-Bone gets more desperate in his involuntary gyrations. They do as planned. Shots move him into other shots, they converge as his boogie gets desperate until they start connecting and loading him with holes.

Then down on the ground and exhausted, already dying, he looks around and they're gone. The grenade bounces to.

No-Bone McDoy - "Oh fuck me." And to the after party ...

('Vomit ~ 1926 Edit' by MF Doom)

(the after party)
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('Boogie Dracula' by Rob Zombie v Earth Wind and Fire)

Song directly in at 6 minutes (after the intermish), voiced over the open, still dark ~

Number Nine - "Bullets melt, metals melt, plastics ... "

Colonel Calibrate - "Shrapnel ... "

Organica - "I'm literally a plant."

The Minister - "I rain Hell from the Heavens and he walks through it like it's home."

Number Nine - "Nothing. Total Flamer has only one weakness."

(main music)

All bundled up in the back of an ice cream truck with a tied up driver, Powerless driving while Total Flamer waits at the corner tapping his phone. They turn the temp down to the lowest.

Total Flamer - Drops into a suburb playing Crossout on his phone, he taps a direct message ~ "you suck at life like this game you should kill yourself." Evil snicker as he sends it, plays on.

~ They swerve at high speed through the traffic, Ice Cream music jingling while the driver rolls around shivering.

He does a little dance waiting. Gets mad at what he sees, taps away and says to himself, "SWAT you ... "

~ The truck accelerates down the neighborhood strip, sighted ahead, camera lowers to the kevlar mounted across its front end. Powerless blasts the jingle music and leans in.

Total Flamer looks up at the ice cream sound, "Ooo ! Ice cream ... " Looks at his phone, "Bitch !" Hears the engine roaring high, "Coming in a bit hot ... heh. Hope the see me ... " Steps closer to the curb.

The truck hops the curb and splat into an explosion of flame engulfing them, the truck driver nodding with a scared smile (next song immediately on impact).

('By the Time I Get to Arizona' by Public Enemy)

Driving the fireball out of the neighborhood, to the after party with the driver getting showered with money in the warehouse the, truck still smoking behind while they eat ice cream.
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The Rock tears the warehouse door off the hinges, now empty. He takes a deep whiff of the air ... readouts showing all the people who were there, their records ... all but one. Eddie has no record, has never been sampled.

Question mark flashing.

Eddie - Standing behind him at the door, "It's you ! I am such a fan."

The Rock - "Mr Schlock. A pleasure to see you. Turned back to scan the room ... "And what brings you here ?"

Eddie - "Same nose as you I think, got a tip." Smiles looking down at his phone, "Looks like it payed off."

The Rock - "The priest."

Eddie - "Yeah ! He was a priest ! How did you ... "

The Rock - "He's dead." His tac-view shows the question mark flashing over Eddie. "And so are you."

Eddie - "Wait what Me !?" I'm fucking Powerless !"

The Rock - "Organica. Number Nine. Colonel Calibrate." Eye glowing red as the enter, "Let's get it on."

Number Nine - "I have a confession." Pulls off his mask and looks to Eddie. "I don't have superpowers."
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Maria - To a woman dressed like Cupid drinking tea behind bars, "What !?"
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Eddie - "But how did you ... all those women ... "

Number Nine - "And men. I'm just that charming !"
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Cupid - "Hot."

Maria - "Oh my God ... "
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The Rock - "Seeing Number Nine without a mask ... "O my God."

The Minster - "Owwwwww !" Limping in with one arm ... "That hurt."

The Rock - "But you ... "

The Minister - "God's own motherfucker." Spits blood. "Won't let me die til I'm done."

Number Nine - " 'Finishing' is a problem with this one."

Organica - "Seems the type."

The Rock - "All those things you said to me ... " Eye growing dim with sadness " ... I believed you."

Number Nine - "Hm." A smile as he puts the mask back on. "Let's go."

They all turn for the door, The Rock left there in the dark, "But ... " The grenades roll in and the warehouse explodes behind them.

Colonel Calibrate - "Wait !" Rolls a die ... it lands on twenty. "Well God damn."

Number Nine - "Just a big softy."

Eddie - "So."

Number Nine - "She loves you Eddie. And you love her." He smiles ... the blast through him as The Rock roars in the rubble, Crisis Existential approaching in her usual laden state with shopping bags.

The sky grows dark with the Minister's wrath while the buildings all flicker in forms with Crisis Existential's fluctuating emotional state. She pulls a pill bottle and pops, the world shudders into a chromatic rendition.

Crisis Existential - As The Rock walks to her side, "Sorry about your friend." Unwraps a piece of chewing gum and tastes it, "Not."

The Rock raises his brow to a blast across their number, sending them all for cover.

Eddie - "Well that's me off guys, I've got a wedding to go to."

Organica - "Yeah you should definitely leave now."

All agree.

The Rock - "Oh no. No one gets out alive."

Crisis Existential - "Except us of course."

The Rock - "Well." ... Turns to her, "I really wish you'd stop stepping on my action lines."

Crisis Existential - "Yeah and I wish this was actually happening but here we're not !"

The Rock - "You're fucking insane."

Crisis Existential - "And you're fucking free. Kill them all. And I mean Everyone."

The Rock - Raises a brow with a blast as Edie tries sneaking away amid their drama, sending him back behind a pile of rubble. "Just you and me, on top of the world."

Crisis Existential - "You're a rock. It means just me."

The Rock - "I'm The Rock."

Crisis Existential - "Sure. Go get 'em tiger." Turns shuffling her bags.

Organica - "Paper covers rock." A tree from nowhere falls on The Rock. She looks at the team ... "You know. Like paper comes from trees."

"Ah."

The Rock - Lifting the tree off, "Sister. Your action lines suck ass."

Organica - "Do not."

The Rock - "Do too." Struck by lightning. Smouldering ... "Owww ... "

Crisis Existential - "Ah. I ... have a wedding to go to ! Yep !"

Powerless - "Nope. Colonel ?"

The Colonel looks to him.

Powerless - "Calibrate."

The Colonel - "Heh." Pulls the RPG.

Crisis Existential hides behind The Rock while he takes the blasts, he responds with a beam from the eye and it's on. The vines grow, the sky darkens and fire rains above in mass just waiting for the ground, the rockets flare.

Crisis Existential turns to run, The Minister runs after as the burning stones strike all around.

Crisis Existential - A distance down the way, she stops and turns and the world shifts a shade. "Your God has no power over me."

The Minister - "That's absolutely the worst thing to say to him." She's struck by lightning, the world shuttering to normal then back again.

Crisis Existential - "You ... I will eat your fucking liver for pate ... I will ... "

The Minister - "Yea Though I Walk."

The stones rain all around with gust of wind, hail mingles with fire as she pulls the umbrella from her bags ...

The Minister - "Everyone's tried to take you out, from Galaga to Deuce. Everyone." Grins ...

Crisis Existential - Shifting her shopping bags, "Yeah ?" Pops another pill, the world shifts green. "So what have you got ?"

The Minister - "The end of the world, just to take you out with it. I'm gonna smack you upside the head with the apocalypse."

('Temptation' by Prince)

And so it begins ... Hell rains from above, vines grow from below. The Rock fires his blasts as Calibrate sends it all, the destruction of the city grows.

Eddie tries sneaking away ...

Maria watches the news with Cupid, wide eyes before the helicopter filming is struck by fire and sent spinning down. Punched aside in The Rocks path into a nearby laundromat.

The Rock - To himself, "Oh right. Saving people." Eye-roll. "Whatever." Stomps forth.

Inside Crisis's created bubble world, the bunnies dance and play ... it's Easter !

Crisis Existential - As The Minister walks into the bubble, "Oo Daddy. I Have Sinned."

The Minister - "You never should have left me. The world we could have made."

Crisis Existential - "Pf. What world. None of it's real."

Minister - "I am."

A dirty look ...
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While Eddie runs fleeing The Rock's blasts, Maria watches him on the news.

Cupid - "He Loves you."

She looks to the Cupid, then back to the news and back again.

Maria - "Eddie ?"

Cupid - Looks from her to the TV with a smile, "Powerless."
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The song wails with the destruction, Galaga watches on a tiny TV ... "heh."

Doctor Deuce watches from his cell ... "It's time." ... The prison riots ... "It's TIME !" The prisoners cheer, shaking their bars.
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The Minister - "End times."

Crisis Existential - A laugh looking beyond her bubble, "You always promised me. You promised me. The end of the world."

The Minister - "The beginning of ours."

...

She smiles.
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Eddie - Bursts through Maria's door exhausted. "I love you." Sees Cupid. "Um. Hi. I love her."

Cupid - "I know. And she loves you." Maria punches her.

Maria - "It's true. I can't actually say the words without retching but ... what she said. And yes."

Eddie - "You will !?"

Maria - "I ... " Retches a bit. "I do."
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Weeding bells gong loud as Galaga powers into the atmosphere over the city, continuing orchestral through the battle. The prison gates crash open in their escape.

Crisis Existential - "The ... " A hopeful smile, "Apocalypse ?"

The Minister - Grins back "As you wish."

The bubble pops, The Rock pops back to a rock. Looks to the side as the grenade rolls up.

The city turns back into itself as all the powers fade, the urban traffic surrounding and burying them all among them, just going to work. The swelling orchestra into the church as Eddie and Maria are married by the Minister (with two arms), Crisis playing the organ.

The kiss ...

Minister - To Crisis, "You took the pills right ?"

Crisis - Smiles up from the keys with pills for teeth.

~ the end ~

('The Letter' by PJ Harvey)

The screen crackles out and in like an old TV.

Switchblade leans in watching with a grin, the Team in costume ~

Powerless - Voice modulated, "Do not panic. We have taken control. Our Demands are simple. An end to all social media. An end to all cellphones."

"And we want to be Villainaires."

Static out to the sound of launch sirens, The Minister voiced over, "Honey ... "

...

Crisis Existential - "What ?"

('Love Potion Number Nine' by The Clovers)

Number Nine and Cupid still with living wings hold hands on the beach at sunset ... it could be Heaven.

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popcorn ~ volume ii

In a dark alley while he pisses ~

Woman (the same actor as Miserella in Switchblade) - "So ! Hear you didn't like the flick-a-doo ... "

Pisser - Zips fast, "Oh my God, it's ... you."

Woman - "No it's not. But you called me some very bad things. Do you know what I'm going to do to you ?"

Pisser - " ... "

Woman - "That wasn't rhetorical. Do, you know what I'm going to do to you, right now ?"

Pisser - " ... No."

Woman - "Huh. Guess you don't know so much after all."

Screams from the alleyway behind the theater as the people pass with the traffic noise, the marquis ~

(''Gett Off' by Prince)

~ Nerdbag Little Bitches ~

all in a row

(credits while she does all that with a bread knife)

In the rain after the credits to the crappy motel, Eddie from 'Why I hate the Fabulous Five' coming down the stairs, her going up.

"Eddie."

"Charlotte."

Up into her room, she drops the coat and tosses the knife into the sink with the dirty dishes. Looks in the mirror.

Charlotte - "Oh my God. It's me." ... Bursts out laughing. "Bitch-ass fucking nerdbag."
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A tuber rages about the movie (this one), screaming how it's a personal attack on all tubers and that Charlotte's just a mean spirited cow. She clicks the pause. Lights a cigarette.

Smokes ...

Charlotte - "You're a mean spirited cow." Looks out the window, it rains. Smokes. "Now I wanna hamburger. Fuck this guy."

Closes the computer. Looks away ... then back to it, opens it and then a series of command prompts into a network now running signals ... she smiles ...

Down the stairs where the press now waits ...

Newshuman - "They say ... "

Charlotte - "Lick a clit skeaze, I'm on a mission."

Pushes through the snapping shots. An airplane flies overhead, she's smoking on other streets, notably bright as the motel neighborhood always seems darker. Clutching a rolled up newspaper like she's about to swat something, she pulls out a picture of the tuber.

Charlotte - "Ham ... bur ... gerrrr ... " Shoves it in her pocket and pulls out another cigarette, forgetting there's one already in her mouth. Looks up at the comic-con ahead ... a sigh ... "Beef."

Pauses and laughs a bit and laughs before running head down in with her hands in her coat pockets, the paper sticking out.

The tubers are gathered around the target''s booth, they all stop and stare as she approaches. A glare to the side at the Mary Sue Vector booth ... Marie Sue (same actor as Bets) glares back ... then back to laughing with her admirers.

The tuber (Jean Luc Pa-Damn) - Surrounded by the rest frozen in a stare, "Oh my God. It's ... you."

Charlotte - "No it's not. But I do look a lot like her and do you know what that's like ? With you shitbags always on about what a wreck she is ? How fucked her career is, because of fuck-faced little maggots like you ? Mary Sue's an absolute whore and even She doesn't give you the time of day. Do you have Any Idea what It's LIKE !?"

...

Pa-Damn - "Are you sure it isn't you ?"

Charlotte - "I am absolutely certain that I am not me." Slams the rolled over and crinkled paper on the table, news of the murder."

They stare ...

Rando - "Oh my God. It's him."

...

Charlotte - "What is Wrong with you people." To Pa-Damn, "So guess what shit bag. You're next. I'm gonna grind you up and I'm gonna eat you. Like a cow. Call the police and see what they've got to say about it. None of your phones recorded. They're hacked. I own you. And I just farmed All of your everything Into to fucking Bitcoin."

They all look at their phones ... "Fuck ... " they look up and she's gone.

Cop on the phone - Laughing ... he can't stop laughing, while Charlotte laughs maniacally in her motel room, until a pounding on the wall.

Eddie - Through the wall, "Jesus Christ we're All maniacal here, we Get it."

Charlotte - Looks at the mirror, to herself. "Yeah. We're all maniacal here." Shouts, "Sorry !"

('Can You Get to That' by Funkadelic)

Her monitors runs the sub-windows hacking street-cams as some of them walk, traffic cams checking plates, minimizes them and hears a knock on the door.

Eddie - At the door. "Coffee.."

Charlotte - Suspicious, then "Coffee good." Heads for the kitchen.

Eddie - Entering, "Whatcha workin' on."

Charlotte - "Murdering hate-tubers. You ?"

Eddie - "Eh. There's like this bible salesman in Hell ... it's ... convoluted. I'd stay out of it. I didn't want to make the portal at home. How ya gonna do 'em ?"

Charlotte - "Well the next one I want to eat like a cow."

Eddie - "Careful of the brain or anything coming off the cord, kuru gonna get-cha."

Charlotte - "Yeah. I know."

...

Grinds.

Eddie - Leaning into the monitor, "Yeah ... I've seen this one ... "

Charlotte - Comes out to see. "Yeah. That's the one. I took all their money so they can't hire security, they're liquidating the last on some lawyers. But they got no case 'til it happens and when it does it'll be too late."

Eddie - "I haven't seen anything hard on the last guy, said it was a mugging."

Charlotte - "It was. Three hundred dollars. Guess what I bought." Hands him his cup.

Eddie - Smiles, "Coffee."

Charlotte - "Coffee good. So ya this next one though ... I mean I told him that's what I was gonna do so now I feel obligated and That's Really complicated actually. I mean do I beat him with the antique grinder in the alley !? Do I break into the butcher's and use theirs !? Do I ... do I ... "

Eddie - "Hey ... hey. Don't worry about it. Just cut off his arm !"

Charlotte - "O my god I think I'm hyperventilating."
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Tubers - "What are we going to do man ? I mean ... she's taken it all ! I had to sell my Pokemon collection.

A collective - "Oooo ... "
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Charlotte - "So what happened to Crisis Existential ?"

Eddie - "Once it was all pieced together, our friend from 'Interpol' swept her away. Then her husband went on a rampage after and ... that was it."

Charlotte - "Yeah. That was it. So you're going to Hell ?"

Eddie - "Yeah. I think maybe this crazy guy can help."

Charlotte - "The bible salesman."

Eddie - "Yeah."

They laugh.

Eddie - He drinks the last and hands her the cup. "And off I go."

Charlotte - As he leaves, "Good luck !"

Eddie - Stops before the door. ... "You know. One day I hope you get what you want."

Charlotte - A slow smile, "Me too. Tell the devil Charlotte says hello."

He smiles and leaves.
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Pa-Damn - "She's gonna fucking eat me."

Another - "That would take a really long time."

Yet another - "Complicated. Lots of evidence."

Another still - "Which could be good for the rest of us."

Another - "Mm-hm. It'll establish the pattern and then maybe the cops will believe us."

Pa-Damn - "Seriously. Fuck you guys."

Yet another - "We honor your sacrifice."

All others - "K-Plah !"

~ two

('I Wanna Know if it's Good to You' by Funkadelic)

As she stalks Pa-Damn ...

She watches him exit the theater and into a cab. Exit the cab left waiting and into the store, back to the cab and out into the apartment rushed and looking around. She opens her travel laptop (tiny) and waits ...

On the screen she waits ... and there he is onscreen for a live stream with the rest. Runs a ffew command prompt windows on the side ... closes the lid with a smile.

Charlotte - To herself, "Gonna pay ya Tuesday ... " Looks at her watch, "Fuck." Looks up the building, then at the doorman. Opens her bag, "Grappling hook ... hacksaw ... and ... " Pulls out the heavy hand crank meat grinder, "And ... you. God I love you." Turns the crank ... "Hm !" A smile, she shoves it back into the bag.

Heads for the alley, tosses up the grappling hook to pull the fire escape down with the rope.
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Pa-Damn - "I don't know guys ... I'm pretty freaked. I mean ... how long will it take her to know about this place ?"

Another - Looking into the screen, "Livin' on the run ... " Sees her stomp up behind Pa-Damn with the meat grinder raised over her head. "Oh my God it's h ... "

Crack ! in the head. The four window vid-chat stare ... she walks to the camera squinting like she's trying to see them ...

Charlotte - As if trying to comprehend, "You're so ... tiny ... " The feed goes out.

...

Another - "We're not live."

Another still - Typing mad, "Nope ! No backup. Fuck !"

Yet another - "He was a good man."

Another - "Not really."

Another still - "Yeah couldn't stand him really."

Yet another - "Kinda went to his head. But you know. I kinda feel like we should say good things."

Another - "Oh yeah. Good man. I think he was a Christian."

Yet another - "Yeah he definitely talked about God once."

Another still - "I think he's like a saint now then ?"

Another - "The patron saint of all tubers ... "
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She flips the burger in the motel kitchenette ... looks at the hamburger bun ... then the bread knife ...

Charlotte - A laugh, "Hey !"
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The pope - "I'm afraid three miracles must be performed in his name for him to be beautified. But there are three of you so ... dope it out. It'll be a miracle if you to survive the week."

The tubers stare ... "Fuck !"

Pope - "Not helping. Now if you'll excuse me, there's a real matter in Hell I must attend to." Slams his staff to the ground, "! Dominus NOCTIS !" A portal tears through space and time, taking him away with a gust of wind and gone.

...

"Fuck !"
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Cop at the Station - "I am so very glad you're here." Hands them a page with a shit eating grin.

Another - Reading ... "She ... filed a restraining order. Against us."

Cop - "Yeah apparently you've gone on the internet and accused her of being a serial killer. And ... "Hands another page, "There's this !"

Another still - "A cease and desist ! From her fucking lawyer !?"

Cop - "No ... the would be from the studio's lawyer."

Yet another - "She is killing us."

Cop - "Sure she is. Famous actor. Got beef." Finger shoots one after the next. "Because you shitbags talked the mad shit on the internet, thinking that shit would never come back to you but here we are. You know what I think ?"

Another still - "I think this is some bullshit."

Cop - "That's what you think. What I think is you all got so up on your hate-spread and fear mongering that now you feel bad. Deep inside. So now you got the noids. Now you're thinking all the people you fucked over, are coming back for revenge."

Another still - "No ! Just. Her."

Cop - "You sure about that ?" Puts the newspaper on the desk.

Yet another - "But that's ... "

Cop - "Yeah. That guy always on about Xenofix."

Another still - "Xenofix sucked ass."

Yet another - "Yeah it did."

Another - "Except the porno part."

Another still - "Hell yeah." High five.

Cop - Stares ... "Yeah so he's dead. He one of yours ?"

Another - "Um. No ?"

Cop - Nods ... "So these are your competitors."

Another - "What ? No ! Well yes but No ! We didn't ... "

Cop - Staring ... "Yeah. So you leave that girl alone, and don't leave town."

Yet another - "But she'll ... she's gonna know exactly where we are !"

Cop - "She'll know exactly where you are, and so will we. Welcome to your first good news of the day. We've got men posted outside each of your locations so if your insane theory is right, we will find out. Second piece, she's got police protection, against you."

They look shocked before a smile ...

Cop - Leans back in the chair ... "Yep ! New York's finest. So here's the thing. I been doin' this a while. I know you're not lying to me. You truly believe this bullshit you're telling me so here's what I think. It's not her. May look like her, may even think she's her but she's not.

"And if I'm wrong ... she's under watch, you're under watch, everybody's under watch. We get to it. Now get the fuck out of here, I've got whores to interrogate." Turns his chair to the window.

Another - "That's ... really fucked up."

Cop - Pulls out his phone. "Cancel watch on Shitbag 3000"

Another still - "You're totally gonna die tonight."

Yet another - "We will honor your sacrifice."
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They scream on the conference stream watching her pull out shitbag's intestines, smiling and nodding to his camera as he pulls out more and more ... the sound of a knock on the door.

In her motel room, she answers the door, Eddie smoking, and literally smoking.

Charlotte - "Back from Hell then."

Eddie - "Coffee."

Charlotte - "Hungry ?"

Eddie - "Famished." ... "What's your name again ?"

Charlotte - Looks at him ... "I'm Charlotte."

Eddie - "Eddie. I was in hell for five fucking years. Time dilation. Lots of names. So many names and they all had a story, and it was always bullshit."

Charlotte - "Find your Bible salesman ?"

Eddie - "Who ?"

Charlotte - "Your quarry."

Eddie - "Yeah. I think I'm gonna have to torture him."

Charlotte - "Wasn't he just in Hell ?"