CHAPTER 14
INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, LOBBY - DAY
Two men in suits, one holding a clipboard and the other with his hands on his hips, clearly worried. The one with his hands on his hips looks at the receptionist behind the front desk.
MAN #1
Could you please excuse yourself for a moment?
She nods and walks away. The man turns to the other.
MAN #1
So, is anybody missing?
MAN #2
An inmate, named David Artaud. And Kemal.
MAN #1
Kemal's missing?
MAN #2
Yes, sir. We've looked for him but to no avail.
MAN #1
Are you sure that's all that's missing? You called every employee and checked all of our residents, right?
MAN #2
Everywhere except you know where.
MAN #1
Why didn't you look there? That's where everything happened!
MAN #2
If you want to go down there and get a vine shoved down your throat or cooked alive and eaten, be my guest. I don't get paid nearly enough to go down there.
MAN #1
Fine.
Man #1 reaches for a cell phone on his head and beeps a guard who soon arrives. The two walk down to the cells.
INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, HALLWAY - DAY
The Man and The Guard stand in front of one the doors in the hallway.
MAN #1
I mean, I took over this place with good intentions. Look what it gets me!
GUARD
Which one is this?
MAN #1
Oh, Baren. "The stealer of superpowers". Responsible for the deaths of Senator David. He also has a reputation as a hero killer. Took the lives of The Green Gardener and The Aquatic Allies
GUARD
I've never heard of them, of course I've head of Senator David. But the other two I mean.
MAN #1
The Green Gardener, Bradley Green, could use plants to his advantage. He was a botanist and some sort of reactions. Typical hero shit. He got strangled after Baren took his powers and strangled him with his own vine. The Aquatic Allies, Gary and Allen West, two kids, 12 at most. They were in a shipwreck and miraculously they could breathe underwater and swim at breakneck speed. Baren took their superpowers and drowned them where the ship went down a couple years before.
GUARD
How did he end up here if he's such a badass?
MAN #1
Gore The Red got a help call from The Aquatic Allies. He punched him in the back of the head and got Blur to bring him in before he could wake up.
The guard slides the key into the lock, he's missing.
MAN #1
...Fuck. Check the other two! Check the other two!
The guard opens the door to discover that Zombie Man is also gone.
MAN #1
Let's get this over with, let's confirm the Red Dynamo is gone.
The guard puts the key into James Macky's door, when BOOM the metal door is thrown forward and pins the guard to the wall. James is leaning against it sending a current through it that fries the guard alive. Man #1 tries to run.
RED DYNAMO
Don't you run, Warden!
Red Dynamo leans off of the door it falls over, the guard's charred corpse is stuck to the wall.
INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, LOBBY - DAY
The Warden runs toward the front door when suddenly the casing for the fluorescent lighting bursts and Red Dynamo emerges from the light tubs. He grabs the Warden by the throat from behind and forces his sword through his spine and into out of his chest. He pulls it out and lets the Warden drop. He turns to the Receptionist and smiles.
RED DYNAMO
Don't worry, I don't have a problem with you. Just the ones trying to keep me in here. You, Kemal, the inmates, you're all safe. Could you do me a favor?
The Receptionist stares at him, paralyzed by the fear.
RECEPTIONIST
W... What?
RED DYNAMO
Hit the alarm under your desk. I know it's right there. Just hit it, so all of the guards will come out here and i don't have to look for them? And tell him to get out from under your desk.
The man who was holding the clipboard crawls out from underneath the desk, Red Dynamo tosses his sword through his face, he walks over and pulls his sword free. The alarm begins to go off. Red Dynamo looks at the Receptionist.
RED DYNAMO
Thanks, Dollface. Your blouse is cute.
Three guards suddenly tackle Red Dynamo to the ground. He sends a jolt of electricity straight to their hearts. Red Dynamo stands up
RED DYNAMO
One more...
A guard rushes out and James punches him in the stomach with enough shock to burn a hole into it. organs and stomach acids drip out and he hits the ground.
RED DYNAMO
They still only keep five guards on staff, right?
The Receptionist nods.
RECEPTIONIST
Yeah.
RED DYNAMO
Great, thanks. If you weren't so frightened by the death think I think you'd have made a great "Pink Dynamo" you're helpful and gorgeous.
The Receptionist nods, Red Dynamo jumps over the front desk. The Receptionist backs away, Red Dynamo grabs her and kisses her, the static makes her hair start to stand up a bit. He pulls back.
RED DYNAMO
Might still work. Tell the cops Red Dynamo did this.
James zips out the door. The Receptionist goes to wipe her lip but shocks her hand at first. She pushes her hair back down and sits in her chair, completely horrified and disoriented.