Operation Revival
By Alba & Kay
The scene is in San Francisco.Quinn and Maggie are running from
a group of cops with guns.
QUINN: What's happening here?
MAGGIE: I hate running away, but my double had to be a murderer.
I would love to have a gun right now.
QUINN: Well, we slide in 14 seconds, so you can stop running now.
MAGGIE: That's cutting it a bit close isn't it.
(QUINN stops and activeates wormhole.
Gunshots are heard and MAGGIE falls)
QUINN: Are you O.K?
MAGGIE: Yeah! Just great! Now GO !!!!!
QUINN: I'm not leaving you
(QUINN runs over to MAGGIE and tries to lift her. She trips him up
and he flies into the wormhole.MAGGIE gets up)
COP 1: What on earth is that?
COP 2: Dunno,just shoot it!
COP 3: Cool! Fire at will!
(Bullet hits MAGGIE in the head.She stumbles into the wormhole)
Scene changes to a town centre where the wormhole opens.Most of
the people continue shopping as if a wormhole is a regular
occurance.
SOME LITTLE OLD BIDDY:Oh no! Not another one of those blasted
wormholes.
CUTE LITTLE GIRL: Mum......Mum........MUM!
MUM: Yes, darling
CUTE LITTLE GIRL: Can I go on one of those?
MUM: Maybe lets ask that man
(MUM walks over to QUINN)
MUM: Excuse me,but my daughter would like to slide with you
QUINN: You know about sliding?
MUM: 'course I do, this world has known about it for 25 years
(The dead MAGGIE comes from the
wormhole)
QUINN: Oh no, I shouldn't have left without her
MUM: It's OK. If she's only just died then our medical service
can bring her back.
QUINN: Wow! A world with a decent health care system.Which way
to the hospital?
CUTE LITTLE GIRL: Everyone knows that,100 Googoplasms that way!
QUINN: Googoplasms?!
MUM: Sorry.She means just down the road there
QUINN: Thanks.Oh, by the way, I'm sorry, but I can't control the
slide, so you would probably never see your daughter again
CUTE LITTLE GIRL: Never mind. I'll go when I understand it
properly, which is what you should've done in the first place.
QUINN: Why does everyone remind me of that?
(QUINN picks up MAGGIE and runs to
the hospital)
DOCTER A: Hmmmmmmm.............yes I thought so. Shot wounds in
the head and right leg, and her heart's stopped beating, but
that shouldn't be a problem
QUINN: Will she be OK?
DOCTERS A & B: What are you doing in here?
QUINN: Just answer the question.
DOCTER B: Yes, she'll be fine in a few hours.
QUINN: Phew! Wow! Sliding ,a decent health care system, what
else have you got?
DOCTER A: Oh, just the basics,space travel, genetic
engineering.....did you know that we have the best centre of
genetic engineering in the entire multi-universe.....where was
I?....time travel,anti-gravi......
QUINN: Did you say time travel?
DOCTER A: Yeah.....so?
QUINN: If I had the sliding control and the time travel then I
could go back and get Professor before he died!
DOCTER B: Say what?
(QUINN explains the entire
Sliders plot up to that point)
QUINN: ......so you see, if I had the right technology then I
could go back and get 'im!
(DOCTERS A & B look stunned)
A short while later......
MAGGIE: So you're saying that you want to get your dead
Professor and those dim-witted docters are going to get the
equipment you need to do it.
QUINN: Yeah!
MAGGIE: Incredible! They're even crazier than you and then only
just!
QUINN: Hey!
(DOCTER A bursts through the
door of the hospital ward, sending an old man on
crutches flying)
DOCTER A: We have all the stuff you need in the science lab
across the road
MAGGIE: That's a bit of a coincidence isn't it?
Would you rather I made you walk to the other side of San
Francisco?
MAGGIE: Point taken
In the science lab in question,8 and 1/2 hours later.......
QUINN: There! Finished! In 1 minute this here will take us back
to just after Professor died, but before the place blew
up.(points at a rather complicated timer-much more complicated
than a normal timer if you're wondering)
MAGGIE: How do you know it blew up?
QUINN: Just guessing!
(A green [yes "green"]
wormhole opens. QUINN and MAGGIE leap in)
On pulsar world,Quinn,Wade,Remmy and Malcolm have gone
underground to escape the radiation.The green wormhole opens and
dumps Quinn and Maggie by Professor's corpse.The wormhole stays
open.
QUINN: Quick! Grab 'im before the vortex closes
(QUINN and MAGGIE lift
Professor with a great deal of difficulty)
MAGGIE: He weighs a ton doesn't he?
(QUINN and MAGGIE drag
Professor into the closing wormhole)
On high-tec world.......
DOCTER A: They should be arriving right about now....
(They all fall out of the
florescent green vortex)
DOCTER B: Let's see...... shot wound in the heart, which has
presently stopped working..........
QUINN & MAGGIE: Get on with it!
DOCTER B: Oh, yes
QUINN: (to DOCTER A) He will be alright now won't he?
DOCTER A: Yes, I should think so.
QUINN: At last something has gone right
MAGGIE: I know this may sound like a stupid question, but,
doesn't Docter B have to be in a hospital to save Professor?
DOCTER B: Normally yes, but, since I'm the best docter in the
world I don't need a hospital.
MAGGIE: (to DOCTER A) Is he really that good?
DOCTER A: Well, he doesn't need a hospital to save a life, but,
he's exaggerating when he says he's the best..
DOCTER B: Finished! Now we'll transfer him to the hospital ward
for a few hours rest, and he'll be up on his feet in no time.
QUINN: Since we can go home soon, do you think you can alter
Maggie's lungs so she can breathe on my world?
DOCTER B: A cinch!
DOCTER A: Show off!
MAGGIE: Can you do that? This means I'll be able to live on your
world, Quinn, and we can settle down and get married and have
kids and make loads of money from sliding and grow old together
and die together and.......
QUINN: Don't you think I might have plans of my own? I'll still
come and visit every now and then........
(MAGGIE punches QUINN playfully)
QUINN: OK....I won't visit at all if that's the way you feel!
(QUINN and MAGGIE start laughing)
2 hours later in the hospital ward.......
PROFESSOR: Where am I? Where are Wade and Remmy?
QUINN: Well, I see I have alot of explaining to do.
PROFESSOR: You do, Mr Mallory
QUINN: OK. After Rickman killed you.......
PROFESSOR: You mean I'm a ghost?
QUINN: No,no,no,no....as I was saying after Rickman.......
(QUINN explains everything that
happened after PROFESSOR'S death)
PROFESSOR: So you're telling me that I died and you've just
brought me back and we now have the technology to go home?
QUINN: Yeah!
PROFESSOR: I don't know whether I told you this, but you are a
truly remarkable boy
(QUINN is speechless at
PROFESSOR's compliment)
MAGGIE: Enough with all this soppy, weepy eyed, conversation.
LETS GO HOME!!!!!!!
PROFESSOR: But....but she can't breathe on our world
QUINN: She can now 'coz we had her lungs altered so that she can
stay on Earth Prime.
PROFESSOR: So what are we waiting for?
QUINN: For the timer to hit 0
PROFESSOR: Oh. How long will that be?
QUINN: (looking at timer) 5 hours, 3 minutes, and 42 seconds
PROFESSOR: So, what shall we do then?
MAGGIE: Go clothes shopping?
(QUINN and PROFESSOR stare at
MAGGIE in horror.MAGGIE shrugs)
MAGGIE: Just a suggestion!
PROFESSOR: Why don't we have a look at this science lab of
yours, Mr Mallory and........
QUINN & PROFESSOR: ....... find some more new, interesting
technologies!
MAGGIE: (sarcasticly) Wow! Interesting!
QUINN: Well, it's 2 against 1, so we go to the science lab
In the science lab........
QUINN: Hey Professor! Did you notice where Maggie went to?
PROFESSOR: No, I didn't. (sarcasticly) Probably gone clothes
shopping.
In a shopping mall.......
MAGGIE: I bet Quinn and Professor are doing something really
scientifically boring
SHOP ASSISTANT: How about this dress ma'am?
MAGGIE: Ooooooh! That's nice. Is there a mirror around here?
SHOP ASSISTANT: It makes you look like a proper lady, so much
better than those fithy trousers.
MAGGIE: (unenthusiastically) Yeah
(MAGGIE punches SHOP ASSISTANT.
She pays for the dress and leaves the shop)
Back at the science lab.......
MAGGIE: (very loudly) Hey guys! What do think of my new outfit?
(The sudden noise causes Professor
to stick a screwdriver straight through the timer)
PROFESSOR: YOU BLISTERING IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!
QUINN: Calm down Professor, we have just over 10 minutes to fix
it.
PROFESSOR: WHAT!!!!!
QUINN: Just kidding. Nah, we got about 2 hours, 12 minutes and
22 and 1/2 seconds.
PROFESSOR: The timers broken and you can get it as exact as that?
QUINN: Well.....give or take a few seconds....
MAGGIE: Amazing. How does he do that?
PROFESSOR: HOW DARE YOU UTTER A SINGLE WORD? AFTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE.....WE SHOULD WELD YOUR LIPS TOGETHER!!!!!!!
(MAGGIE stands fiddling with her
hair and looking at her reflection in a glowing piece of
machinery.PROFFESSOR continues shouting while QUINN
starts work on the timer)
5 minutes later.......
MAGGIE: (whispering) Quinn, I'm going down to the take-away to
get some grub. Lend me a fiver?
QUINN: Yeah sure.(pulls a fiver from his pocket and hands it to
MAGGIE). Here.
(As MAGGIE leaves QUINN begins
humming to himself. PROFESSOR, who is still
shouting at the absent MAGGIE,
realizes that no one is actually listening and stares
blankly at the door)
PROFESSOR: Where's Maggie?
QUINN: (stops humming) Oh, sorry Professor, she's gone to the
take-away. Nearly finished here.
(PROFESSOR'S jaw drops)
PROFESSOR: But....but.....but....
QUINN: Quite simple really.....few new wires here......reconnect
a circuit or 2 there. Only took about 5 minutes, could of done
it in half the time if you hadn't been shouting, quarter of the
time if you'd actually helped.....then again.....maybe not.
(PROFESSOR'S face turns red, he looks
like he's about to explode when
MAGGIE reappears with 3 portions of
chips and a couple of sodas)
MAGGIE: What's been happening here?
(PROFESSOR'S face returns to it's
regular colour. A look of cannibalism
clouds over his face.It was a
"gimme those chips or I'll eat you" kind of look)
MAGGIE:
Her....here....are.......y...your.....chi....chips....Pro..Profes
sor.
(PROFESSOR snatches the chips and
ruthlessly devoirs them.QUINN
and MAGGIE hastily move back a few
paces and gingerly eat their
chips.PROFESSOR finishes his
chips, gulps down his soda, burps
[very loudly] and looks at QUINN and
MAGGIE)
PROFESSOR: Are you going to eat those? (In a "gimme those chips
or I'll eat you" tone of voice)
QUINN & MAGGIE: No...no,here you go.
(QUINN and MAGGIE give PROFESSOR
the chips, he gobbles them up, sits down and goes to
sleep)
MAGGIE: That is disgusting, is he usually like that?
QUINN: Only when he's hungry
MAGGIE: Well, we'll keep him well fed from now on. How long 'til
we slide?
QUINN: 2 hours, 3 minutes and 4 seconds.
MAGGIE: What are the odds of that?
QUINN: Who cares.
MAGGIE: Shall we go and get some more C..H..I..P..S
QUINN: Yeah, I'm starving.
(QUINN and MAGGIE walk to the
take-away)
In the cafe......
QUINN: I can't believe I'm really going home this time. Every
chance I've had it's always fouled up.
MAGGIE: Yeah. I can believe that.
QUINN: How come?
MAGGIE: Well, if it hadn't always fouled up then would you be
here now?
QUINN: Probably not.
WAITRESS: OK, what'll it be?
QUINN: Er......2 portions of chips and 2 sodas.
WAITRESS: Coming right up.
MAGGIE: This will be our last meal on a parallel earth.
2 hours later in the scince lab......
PROFESSOR: 45 seconds until we're home.
QUINN: Wrong, actually.
PROFESSOR: You mean we're not going home?
QUINN: No, 16 seconds 'til we go home.
PROFESSOR: (under his breath) Smart alec.
QUINN: I heard that. Anyways, we slide now.
(QUINN opens the wormhole.
PROFESSOR jumps in followed by MAGGIE.
QUINN looks behind him and bounds
in after them)
On Earth Prime......
REMMY: Wade, it's really cool being home, but I miss Quinn.I
mean, he was a completely mad scientist, but for a mad scientist
he was alright.
WADE: I miss him too, but he's probably having a blast on some
earth somewhere.
(The florescent green wormhole
opens in front of them. PROFESSOR is hurled at their feet.
They stare at him.)
REMMY: You know, Wade, that face is familiar, but I can't place
it.
WADE: I know what you mean.
PROFESSOR: It's me,you blistering idiots.
WADE & REMMY: Professor!
(MAGGIE flies from the wormhole
and lands on PROFESSOR)
WADE: Maggie, I never thought I'd have the misfortune to see you
again.
MAGGIE: Feeling's mutual
WADE: What are you doing here?
(QUINN falls from the wormhole
and lands on MAGGIE and PROFESSOR)
WADE & REMMY: Quinn!
QUINN: Hi, Wade. Hi, Remmy.This is Earth Prime right?
WADE: Yep!
QUINN: At last, I'm home for good.
(The group catch a cab to QUINN'S house. QUINN meets
his mum as she comes out of the door)
MRS MALLORY: QUINN!!!!!!!!
(MRS MALLORY runs up to QUINN
and hugs him)
THE END-for the moment anyway!