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| "The Fugitive: Part 9 - Finale" | |||
by: Officer 1BDI Here's the final chapter in the series. Yay! You don't have to put up with this anymore! Well, not for awhile, anyway. Now, here's the finale; SCENE 52 INT- NNY-THE NEXT MORNING Out in the distance, a large bronze ship towing that of Planet Express lands carefully in the shattered remains of a New New York street. The hatch of the Cerca opens and Yianna climbs out. She looks around, bewildered, and even adjusts her glasses to make sure she's not seeing things. YIANNA: Zombie Jesus. They destroyed _everything_! BENDER: (following her) Yeah, but we're home sweet home, so would you mind giving us the reward already? YIANNA: What reward? HERMES: (also following) Yeah, mon. We killed deir party, now it's pay back time! He hold out his hand expectantly. Yianna rolls her eyes and slaps it away. YIANNA: None of you did anything! Except for Miss Sheecera, but that's besides the point... LEELA: (OS) Did you find anyone? Leela (cradling Aaron), Fry, Groxn and the rest of the PE crew join the small group already on the ground. Leela looks around frantically. LEELA: Someone's _still_ here, right? YIANNA: Well... no... _Finally_, it dawns of Farnsworth... FARNSWORTH: Oh dear God! We forgot Cubert! PAUSE A tumbleweed blows it's way across the nearly-deserted street. Farnsworth looks them over one by one. FARNSWORTH: Doesn't anyone care that my clone's been annihilated?! AMY: No. HERMES: No. LEELA: No way. FRY: Uh-uh. BENDER: Course not! LaBARBARA: Nope. Dwight shakes his head "no. ZOIDBERG: What was the question? YIANNA: Well don't look at me, Professor. I didn't even know you _had_ a clone! Fry faces the group, turning his back to the camera. FRY: Yeah, well, good riddance. The last thing we needed was Cubert screwing things up... OMPH! Fry falls to the ground, clutching his, er, "tender area". Cubert is in front of him, in torn clothing and looking ticked. Real ticked. AMY: (shocked) Cubert! You're alive! BENDER: Damnit... CUBERT: (flaming) You... you... you abandoned me! BENDER: Yeah, we _wish_! FARNSWORTH: Dear Lord, you're alive! But how did you survive? CUBERT: It was elementary, dear father. When those aliens came down, they _thought_ that they had me trapped. But I insisted that there was a much better source for their Fugitive in another state, say, New New Jersey. I took the opportunity of their absence to escape into the nearby sewers, where I hid until I was forced out just a few minutes ago... FRY: (OS, from ground) Wait! The mutants! Maybe everyone's with the mutants! YIANNA: (scoffing) Mutants? Ha! There's no such thing as mu... An arm taps Yianna on the shoulder and she turns around. Her smirk fades away and she gaps in horror at a pale man dressed in scraggly clothes with *gasp* an extra arm where one of his ears should be. RAOUL grins smugly at her. RAOUL: Oh really? FRY: (getting up) See, told you! CUBERT: I heard your ship land, and the other humans chose me to come up to check. BENDER: (to Yianna) That means they kicked his ass outta there. RAOUL: At least it's you and not those octo-legged demons. YIANNA: (still in shock) Wait... there are others down with you? RAOUL: Of course. HERMES: Hold on, if they sent Cubert up, then why did _you_ come? RAOUL: Do you know how bad the sewers reek with another 2 million people crowding in them? CUT TO- NNY SEWERS Raoul is leading the crew through the forbidding sewers of NNY. Amy is making disgusted faces the whole time, and the rest of the crew who wasn't down here before gap at this underground universe. RAOUL: The survivors of the battle were left shaken and homeless, and we as fellow citizens couldn't just stand beneath and watch them crumble. A few of us came up and agreed to take them down into our fair city. FRY: (looking around) Uh huh. Say, how many mutants live down here an... Oooh! Fry looks up at what he's bumped into and gulps. A giant, well-rounded figure towers over him, shadows concealing his face, and dressed in the usual untidied mutant fashion. He looks down at Fry and smiles. ZRAMBO: (dumb) Uh... hi. FRY: (scared) AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Fry attempts to bolt for it, but turns around and rams straight into Leela. LEELA: Hey, watch it! (To ZRAMBO) I'm sorry, sir, he's not used to... (gaps) oh my God! Leela and ZRAMBO stare eye to eye. Literally. Zrambo only has one eye. (This is one of the suspected cyclops mutants that was seen in I Second That Emotion) LEELA: (CONT) Oh my God! This can't... well, it could, but it can't... Zrambo looks Leela up and down, then sees Aaron. ZRAMBO: (pointing) Duh... baby. LEELA: (looks at Aaron) Oh, right. Baby. This is Aaron, and I am Leela, and you... (realizing) you're from Owen's group, aren't you? Who are you? ZRAMBO: Uh... (points at Aaron) baby. LEELA: (confused) Okay... (points at self) Me Leela. (Points at Aaron) This Aaron. (Hinting, points at Zrambo) You... ZRAMBO: Oh! (Points at self) Me Zrambo! RAOUL: Zrambo moved in with us a few years ago, before the war ever started. Apparently, he came from another planet and crashed here on earth. For some reason, he turned to us. (To Leela) He's a little dull in the head... LEELA: Were there others? RAOUL: Yes, about ten or so, but since the war, we've only seen Zrambo and his friend... As if on cue, another voice, KILYNA's, cuts through the crowd. KILYNA: (OS) Zrambo! Did you loose yourself again? (Entering) I told you not to wander off without... (sees Leela and Aaron) Toronga? Leela gazes at this new cyclops; she's just as tall as Leela, with the same color hair, except she looks at least 15 years older and her noticeably shorter hair is pulled up into a bun. She continues gapping at Leela and the baby for a few more moments, then runs up and embraces them. LEELA: (surprised) Who are you? KILYNA: (tearful) Oh... Kilyna, a friend of Owen's (bless his soul), but oh my God! It's been so long... I'd thought you'd have died! LEELA: No, I'm fine... so's Aaron... KILYNA: (pulling herself together) Oh... yes... of course, Aaron... I though they got him, too. The poor dear... *sniff* right before his parents died... Leela hands Aaron over to Kilyna, who cradles him lovingly and starts crying. She looks back up at Leela and hugs her again, which triggers a chain reaction that has Leela weeping as well. Fry watches the whole scene with disgust and makes a face. FRY: Ech! I hate mushy stuff like this, don't you, Amy? Amy's the wrong person to ask, because when Fry turns to her to get a reply, he finds her blowing her nose and watching the scene teary-eyed. Yianna, LaBarbara and Zoidberg are all in the same state. TIMMY: (to Fry) Don't mind them, sir, it's a feminine reaction. HERMES: What about de crab freak? BENDER: (looks at Zoidberg) Don't mind him. It's a hideous monster reaction A few of the other mutants/humans/aliens of NNY gather around the returned crew. A few of them groan upon seeing Cubert. FARNSWORTH: Alright, if you ladies are all done making spectacles of yourselves... LEELA: No. *SOB* FARNSWORTH: Well, anyway, shouldn't we tell these people about the Cycuses? YIANNA: (blows her nose) Oh, of course. *Ahem* Attention, everyone. (Everyone listens in) I have returned from the ship of Captain Joah Sheecera himself, and I've come bearing good news. Thanks to this crew of marvelous people, we have defeated the evil presence of Kang and his band of aliens once and for all! SFX: CHEERING YIANNA: (CONT) I wish I could say that Captain Sheecera himself was here to celebrate with us, but as it was, he was killed in the heat of battle a few days ago. Leela and Kilyna calm down long enough to hear this, and Kilyna gawks at Leela, shocked. KILYNA: (horrified) Joah _died_? LEELA: (weepy) Uh huh. So did Jeanne. They're all... *SOB* dead! We're the last ones... KILYNA: Oh Toronga... *sniff* so is Owen and the others... Zrambo and I are the only... *SOB* At the thought of their friends/relatives' deaths, the two hug and start bawling again. Bender rolls his eyes while bumming a few cigarettes out of a distracted New New Yorker's pocket. YIANNA: (CONT) Thus, in memory of his bravery and contribution to this dreadful war, I will be holding a celebration in his honor tomorrow night, in the City Hall of New New York. But this celebration is being held not only for his benefit, but so that we can also honor those who gave and risked their lives to fight and win back our freedom! SFX: CHEERING YIANNA: Also, in thanks to our friends underneath the suburbs of this fair city, I invite the mut... er, misshaped people of the sewers to be allowed to dwell with the norm... uh, within the regions of the upper levels of the city. A few of the mutants, including VYOLET and DWAYNE push their way to the front of the crowd. VYOLET: You mean we get to live up with you folks now? YIANNA: I don't see why not. Unless the mayor has a problem with it... CUBERT: (OS, calling) The mayor's dead! YIANNA: Um, uh, then it's settled. I think. SFX: (MUTANTS ESPECIALLY) CHEERING SCENE 53 INT PE BUILDING (REMAINS)- NEXT EVENING Lucky for the crew, the PE building's still in somewhat good shape. Only the hanger was destroyed in the carnage. CUT TO- PE BUILDING- OBSERVATORY/LABORATORY (with the Smell-O-Scope) Leela and her apparently new found friend Kilyna are in the room (Amy and LaBarbara are in the background), preparing themselves for the party. Leela's looking into a half-shattered mirror, observing herself in a long white sleeveless gown that sweeps at the floor. Kilyna comes out from behind her wearing the dress Leela had on in the Titanic episode. KILYNA: Remind me again why you keep all of these on the ship? LEELA: I dunno. You never know when you're going to need them. KILYNA: I can't thank you enough for letting me stay with you until I can get settled in on the surface. LEELA: Oh, no problem... (Changing the subject) You know, you never told me what was wrong with Zrambo. KILYNA: Oh, that. He wasn't always like that, Toronga. He used to be a very intelligent man. But when we crashed on earth, he got injured really bad. He recovered alright, but he was never the same again. I think he likes being away from people now, he was never like that before. Which is probably why he's living in the sewers with the others who are staying. LEELA: Oh. (PAUSE) Hey, Kily? KILYNA: Yeah? LEELA: Did you, um, ever know my mom? I mean, as a friend? KILYNA: (hesitates) As a matter of fact, we were extremely close. (Looks up at her) You look a lot like her, your mom. Have your dad's eye, though. Leela blushes. CUT TO- PE BUILDING- CONFERENCE ROOM The men are standing around impatiently in tuxes, for the women. Fry rolls up the sleeve of his tux (thankfully the black one) and glares at his watch. FRY: Where are they? They're like half an hour late... AMY: (OS) Okay, ready! The girls come strolling majestically into the room. Fry gawks at the two, but mainly Leela, who's hair is down and sweeping at her waist. A silver tiara decorates her hair, as do a pair of small diamond earrings. FRY: (makes a weird gasping noise) Leela... you look... great! FRY'S MIND: Smooth one, idiot. Now she thinks she looks average. LEELA: Why, thank you, Fry. LEELA'S MIND: What was that weird noise he made? FRY: (suave) Would the lady care to be escorted to the party? LEELA: Sorry, but I'm letting Zoidberg escort' me tonight. (To Fry) I would have picked you, but no one would take him. And he was _desperate_! See, he even bribed the kids to watch Aaron tonight! As if on cue, Timmy, Cubert and Dwight walk by, four hundred dollars in the robot's hands, which they are all starring at bewilderedly. Fry watches with disappointed as Leela and the doctor exit the room. His eyes fall on LaBarbara. FRY: Hello, beautiful... HERMES: (fierce) Don' even think about it, mon! Hermes takes his wife by the arm and leads her quickly out of the building. Fry eyes Kily warily. FRY: Well well well. Looks like I'm not the only one left out... KILYNA: Look again, kiddo. The robot's taking me. FRY: Bender?! (To Bender) When did this happen? BENDER: Hey, I can be a gentlemen too! Sometimes. (To Fry) But between you and me, I'm really using her to get to this fembot back in the sewers that she knows really well... whooo, you should check out the circuit board on _that_ fine piece of machinery. Bender whistles happily as he escorts Kilyna out of the building. Fry looks around frantically and sees Amy. FRY: Amy, can I be your date tonight? AMY: Well... I _was_ going to go out with this really nice guy from the sewers, but whatever. CUT TO- (PJ) MANHOLE Dwight is there at the manhole, decked out in an obviously old and worn tux. He looks at his watch impatiently, sighs, and retreats back to the sewer. SCENE 54 INT CITY HALL- LATER Like PE, the building still stands, and besides the fact that it lacks a roof, it's in pretty good condition. CUT TO- BANQUET HALL The room is full of tables, people, and a large dance floor in the center of the room. In the back of the room is a podium between two long tables. Among those sitting at the tables are the REPRESENTATIVES OF DOOP, Yianna, Zapp, Kif, PRESIDENT NIXON'S HEAD (without his robot body), MOM and her THREE SONS (slapping the hell out of each other for no particular reason), PROFESSOR WERNSTRUM (in the middle of a Glaring Contest with Farnsworth) and of course, the mysterious NUMBER 9 MAN. The PE crew is sitting at a large round table near the podium, unfortunately near Zapp (Kif is to his left, Wernstrum is to his right, and Yianna is at the head of the table on Kif's other side). Zapp spots his violet-haired cyclops and leans over to strike up a conversation.. ZAPP: Sooo, we meet again. Ooh, you cut your hair. How... sexy. (Seductively) Let's say you and me go back to my place after this party and get to know each other all over again? KILYNA: (turning around) Who the hell are you? ZAPP: Ah! You're not Leela! You're a discriminating duplicate of her! (Whispers to Kif) Kif, make sure that those aliens didn't blast us into some parallel universe where everything is not as it seems. KIF: (to Yianna) Why did you invite him again? Back at the table, Kily is looking at Leela strangely. KILYNA: Do you know that pervert? LEELA: Um, sort of. BENDER: Yeah, she should know him after they "did it. LEELA: Bender! KILYNA: (disapproving) Oh Toronga, you didn't. LEELA: It was an accident! I swear... ZAPP: (Amorous) Anyway, Leela, I got the Nimbus parked a few blocks away... LEELA:(snide) Sorry Zapp, but I've already got someone waiting at home for me. ZOIDBERG: (baffled) You do? LEELA: (acting) Oh yeah. His name's Aaron, and he's cute and respectful and he loves everything about me... ZOIDBERG: (furious) You! You cheated on me! Oooooh! This is the last time I pay you to take me out on a date! Now where's that shrimp buffet? Zoidberg storms off, still flustered at Leela. A few moments later, the lights dim slightly and a spotlight illuminates the podium. Yianna steps up to it. YIANNA: As you know, we are gathered here today to acknowledge the defeat of the Cycuses, their merge with DOOP, and the heros who made this all possible. It will take may months before our planet is back in the fine shape it was once in, but the heros of the day have proven that once and for all, we will be knocked down, only to rise again and not become the defeated. Wait, that didn't come out right... SFX: CLAPPING YIANNA: (CONT) I am sure you all know that none of this would be possible in the long run without help from the famous universal hero, Captain Joah Sheecera. Unfortunately, Joah was unable to attend tonight; (PAUSE) he was killed by the enemy he'd tried so hard to defeat, just four days ago. SFX: AUDIENCE MURMURS YIANNA: (CONT) But still we were able to succeed, and it was only with the help of one person, and only one, that we were able to beat the odds and win. That one person is the daughter of the captain himself; Miss Toronga Leela Sheecera. Zapp spits out his wine at this. The spotlight shifts over to Leela, who's sitting in her seat, shocked. With encouragement from her fellow crew members, she stands up and absorbs the enormous amount of applause that she's being given. CUT TO- ZAPP ZAPP: Well, whadaya know. My lover's a galactic hero. Kif, be sure to note that in my Captain's Log tonight. (PAUSE) Well, what are you waiting for, write it already! KIF: Ugh! (Takes out book) Captain's Log of Important Dates and Occasions. Page two... CUT TO- PE TABLE Leela's still standing, and Fry's calling out various forms of verbal praise. FRY: Woo Hoo! You rock Leela! You da bomb! (Etc.) Yianna steps down from the podium, carrying a medal down with her. She comes up to Leela and presents it to her. YIANNA: Toronga Sheecera, for your acts of bravery and courage, and on the behalf of your father, I present you with the Congressional Medal of Honor. The clapping becomes explosive as Yianna placed the metal around Leela's neck. Somewhere in the whole mess of things, Leela finds herself looking in Fry's direction. He's beaming proudly at her, and for a moment, something passes between them. But, that moment passes as well, and Leela turns red and looks away. SCENE 55 CUT TO- BANQUET HALL- LATER A few hours later, the majority of the couples are on the dance floor. Currently, a DJ is set up in the back of the room, playing some 31st Century hip-hop hit. Fry and Amy are among the couples out there, but find that it's had to dance when one partner keeps staring at Leela (Zoidberg's abandoned her for some cocktail shrimp at the Buffet). AMY: Fry, stop it. FRY: Stop what? AMY: That! You keep looking at Leela. FRY: Oh. Um, sorry. Fry turns his attention back to Amy, but after only a few more steps he finds it on Leela again. AMY: *Sigh* Just go over there and ask. FRY: For what? AMY: You know what! You want her, so go and get her! FRY: (stunned) You mean, you don't care... AMY: Just go. I'll be fine. FRY: Uh, okay. Fry heads off towards Leela, and Amy watches him leave. AMY: Finally! (Wanders over to Groxn). Hey there, handsome. Wanna dance? CUT TO- SHOT OF PE CREW TABLE Leela's sitting at the table, chatting with Kilyna, when Fry comes up behind her (unbeknown to Leela herself). He watches her for a few moments. CUT TO- SHOT OF LEELA Leela's sitting forlornly at the table with Kily, as Zapp tries to engulf her in some conversation. ZAPP:(serious) I'm serious, Leela. It's been a long time. LEELA: Not long enough. ZAPP: (ignoring her) Please, Leela? I mean, what does this guy Aaron have that I don't? LEELA: A pacifier. (Kily laughs) Excuse me. Leela quickly slips away from the table, leaving a disappointed and confused Zapp. Fry backs away to avoid her chair, and much to his surprise, she comes straight up to him. LEELA: Hey, wanna go outside? FRY: Um, okay. CUT TO- CITY HALL- OUTSIDE As soon as they exit's the building, Leela finds herself eyeing the sky, now scattered with shimmering stars and a crescent moon. Absentmindedly, she clutches the medal around her neck and looks it over in awe; it says plenty on it, but what grabs her attention is the name: Toronga Leela Sheecera. She fingers the letters in Sheecera' for a few moments, then finds herself gazing at the stars for quite some time. Fry shifts uncomfortably. FRY: You okay? LEELA: (dull) Yeah. For awhile, the two don't say anything; they just star gaze. This is incredibly boring on Fry's part. FRY: Um... congratulations. LEELA: Thanks. PAUSE FRY: Leela? LEELA: Fry? ^--------- (in unison) LEELA: You go first. FRY: No, you. LEELA: Um, I just wanted to say thanks. For being there for me and all that. (Wirily) And for trying to save my life. Even if I _am_ a murderer... FRY: Are you gonna keep blaming yourself for his death for the rest of your life? Because if you think about it, it wasn't your fault... LEELA: *Sigh* No, I know I had to do it... but I can't believe I let him just slip through my fingers like that. FRY: What? LEELA: (frustrated) It's an endless cycle, Fry! All my life, I've been looking for someone who loves me the way I am. Every time I thought I'd found him, he either disappeared or turned out to be a pig. Somehow, I _did_ find him. (soft) But then I had to let him go. Now I don't have anyone. And I'll just keep on looking until I find someone else who comes even close to that. (Muttering) And that could take forever. FRY: Well, maybe not. There's gotta be _someone_ out there for you, and I know you'll find him soon enough. (PAUSE) Who knows, maybe you've already found him... Leela looks up at Fry and stares at him. LEELA: (sincere) Are you trying to tell me something? FRY: (nervous) Uh, no, not really. I mean, well, yeah... no, wait... LEELA: (interrupting) Good, because I sort of wanted to tell you something. FRY: You do? LEELA: Yeah. Um, I was think about what you said on the ship. You know, what you think about me? FRY: And...? LEELA: Well... I guess we... maybe we could... um, look. You and I have known each other ever since you came here. And even though you're dumb, helpless, immature and really annoying sometimes... FRY: *Moan* LEELA: ...you're also the sweetest guy I know. Even after all we've been through together, you still honest, and nice, and... FRY: Impulsive?
Timidly, they take each other's hands. With a
romantic hesitation passing them by, they both lean
in, close their eye(s), and kiss. Mind you, this is
not the sleazy "kiss-him/her-while-he/she's-not-
expecting-it stunt pulled back on the Cerca. And
this isn't one of those "kiss-n-miss kisses,
either. This is the real thing, folks. With lips
still locked, Fry wraps his arms around Leela and
she in turn secures her arms around his neck. Only
one comment can be made about such an
amoristic moment as this;
CUT TO- SHOT OF CUBERT Cubert stares at the new couple for a long time, then turns to the camera (the following scene is dedicated to all the skeptics who believe Fry and Leela are totally wrong for each other). CUBERT: I can't believe this! This romance thing has been blown totally out of proportion! Since when can two people hook up as friends for four years, and then on the spur of the moment become lovers?! There's no such thing as love at first sight! (Takes out 20 pages of paper) I know, because _I_ have the statistics! Besides, everyone knows that Leela's too smart for an idiot like Fry, there's no denying it! This isn't The Simpsons, people, this is _real life_! How can an moron like him be her lover... BENDER: (OS) Hey, shaddup! A beer bottle comes flying from OS, konks Cubert in the head, and he falls out of the picture, unconscious, leaving us with a final glimpse of Fry and Leela kissing in the background. ZOOM OUT to reveal Kilyna watching them across the street for a few more moments, before sighing and wandering off. SCENE 56 CUT TO- THE STREETS OUTSIDE Kilyna is standing on the sidewalk, opposite the building, star gazing. Vyolet joins her. VYOLET: Hey! Whachu doing out here? KILYNA: Musing. I still can't believe she saved us. VYOLET: You must be really proud of her. KILYNA: Yes, but I'm sure she knows that. VYOLET: You almost lost it back there in the sewers when you saw her. *Ahem* I know you told me not to mention it again, but why didn't you tell her that you were... you know. KILYNA: Remember a few years ago, when I came down with Owen's group to check the planet out, but I came back, because I knew it wasn't safe for me to stay? VYOLET: Yeah. So? KILYNA: When Joah took me back here, I told him that I'd look for Toronga and explain this whole mess to her. That's what triggered this whole thing, and I thank God each day that I never found her before the war. If I had found her and told her everything, then Kang would have found out. Somehow. And he would have found her and killed her, too. And then there would be nothing left of our kind. VYOLET: There's still Zrambo. KILYNA: Like I said; nothing left. VYOLET: But you heard what she said. She thinks you're dead! KILYNA: I know. I was lucky Kang mistakened Owen's friend for me, I was even luckier to get her son out of his grasp when I could. And even _luckier_ that someone found him before Kang did. The Cycuses aren't gone; they have their followers. They can still turn their backs on DOOP and come back looking for me. They know they missed someone from the group. And if they find me, they'll find Toronga and Aaron. VYOLET: (Snorts) You and your paranoia. C'mon, you know that's pretty rare. KILYNA: Not rare enough for me. VYOLET: So... you're not gonna tell her? KILYNA: Maybe one day, but not now. Not until I know it's safe. Vyolet gives her friend a hard stare and shakes her head. VYOLET: You're a strange one, Jeanne. A good one, but strange. Vyolet walks off, leaving "Kilyna with her thoughts. ~FIN Well, I hope that this ending was enough of a twist for you. Let it be known that I never give a story a true closing, because in the end, I always have something else to say. Such as everything written out below; Thus, it finally ends. 9 excruciating chapters later, and The Fugitive's finally done. But my Thank-Yous are not. First, I want to thank you guys in the forum who support us fan-script writers, and of course, my Beta Readers. You know who you are. A round of Virtual M&Ms to my fellow authors here at TFO. I can't name all of you, because obviously there's too many writers to mention. You guys started this fanscript craze here at TFO in the first place, which for some of us fans is the only reason we come to this site anyway. With that in mind, thanks to The Futurama Outlet for posting it (and putting up with my insignificant requests) in the first place. Robert, Darrell, Cherrn, and all the others who worked so hard to keep this place going have been with the fans since Day 1, and it's because of your support to your fellow fans and screenplay writers that we are what we are today. (Gawd, could I get any cornier? Nah.) It's been kewl writing for you. Thanks again. You guys are the greatest! ~Officer_1BDI |
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