Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 18:24:46 -0700 From: Al To: seaQuest-SQFF Subject: (SQFF) Battle of the Queens: Part 1 Message-ID: <33F8F5DC.4C884577@lausd.k12.ca.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Finally, my first fanfic is done! My first and ever one! ::dances around:: It's a non-serious type one but in a way, it's also serious. I split it up in 3 parts for the mailing list to make it easier but you can view the script-bases story in one piece at lausd.k12.ca.us/~klee4/seapoc/BoQ.txt . Now, enjoy: BEGIN PART ONE: seaQuest Fan-Fiction "Battle of the Queens" Written by Alex Lee August 18, 1997 Special thanks to Kathy Brown and Erin for their wonderful feedback in helping me write this first ever fan-fiction of mine. Thanks especially to Kathy who also inspired me to write as a stress reliever :) Thanks to the Lonnie Victim Hall of Shame (http://www2.cybernex.net/~hrprobe/seaquest/victim.html) which provided me with some inspiration and resource on Lonnie's victims. And thanks to the people of the seaQuest mailing list who provided me with some info and ideas about the "Katie meets Lonnie" scenario. If I insulted you in anyway for using your ideas that you publicly mentioned on the mailing list, my apologies. DISCLAIMER: This work is of my disgusting and sick mind, so all apologies to anyone who might get sick from reading this. All characters are fictional and are based on their characters of seaQuest DSV and 2032 AND some of my beliefs and views. Some characters maybe "slightly" exaggerated or altered in some form but most will still keep their basic characterization. seaQuest DSV and 2032 are all properties of NBC, MCA/Universal, Amblin, and the Sci-Fi Channel. Any copyright infringement is unintentional. Also note that Lonnie Henderson does not mean the actress Kathy Evison. Dedicated to all of Lonnie's victims...too many for me to mention them. BTW, there are certain references, sub-themes, etc. within my fan- fiction, can you find them and know what they mean? FADE IN TO EXTERIOR OF SEAQUEST DSV seaQuest is moving slowly through the water with various WSKRS. CAPTION READS: Off the East Coast of Florida Date: February 25, 2033 CUT TO SEAQUEST BRIDGE Everyone in the Bridge is at their duties. Ensign Lucas Wolenczak, Lieutenant JG Timothy O'Neill are there and at their proper stations. Lt. JG Lonnie Henderson is also there, the highest ranking officer currently at the Bridge, is seated at the Captain's seat looking at her display. She stops for a moment, looks around the Bridge staring at several male crew members. After eyeing almost every male on the Bridge including O'Neill, her eyes focus her attention on young Lucas Wolenczak, who's typing furiously at his station. Henderson makes a delightful smile, gets off her seat and walks slowly to Wolenczak's station and stands behind him. Wolenczak doesn't notice Henderson looking over his shoulder until she suddenly gets out her right hand and gently places it on his shoulder. Wolenczak reacts suddenly to his unexpected company and starts leaning away from Henderson on his chair. Sweat runs down his head as Henderson continues to smile. WOLENCZAK (very nervous) Ah... HENDERSON (softly with her smile) Hello Lucas. WOLENCZAK (still nervous) Um... hi Lonnie. (beat) I'm sorry, I'm a little busy right now. HENDERSON (still smiling) I thought you looked a little stressed, Lucas. Maybe we could take break together. WOLENCZAK (to himself) Oh no! What does she wants from me? (to Lonnie) It's okay, I can handle stress. (beat, very quickly) Could you excuse me because I have a lot of work to do. HENDERSON Well, a five minute break won't do any harm... She is cut off by a beating noise, and O'Neill reporting. O'NEILL Lt. Henderson, um, I'm picking up an emergency distress call. (starts typing) Henderson looses her smile and walks away from Lucas over to O'Neill's station. Lucas wipes the sweat off his forehead with his hand, then giving a sigh of relief. HENDERSON (seriously) What's the source? O'NEILL (finishes typing) The signal is acoustic. It's coming from the ocean floor approximately 5 kilometers off the stern. I don't know much about it other than that the signal is a bit weak. HENDERSON Open a Sat-Link connection and put it on screen. O'Neill presses a few buttons and types a bit. O'NEILL Got it, but the connection is too weak for a vid-link. Audio only. HENDERSON This is Lt. Henderson of seaQuest, please identify yourself and your situation. HITCHCOCK (V.O.) This is Katherine Hitchcock, Captain of the UEO's Galapagos. We had some engine trouble which got us stuck on the rim of a sinkhole. Requesting assistance to get us out of this situation. O'Neill and Wolenczak are both surprised at the announcement. They stare at each other for a moment, then turning their heads back to listen some more. Henderson notice's O'Neill's and Wolenczak's surprised looks and is puzzled by it. She leans over to O'Neill. HENDERSON (softly into O'Neill's ears) Tim, what's wrong? O'NEILL Katie used to be the Lt. Commander of the seaQuest more than 15 years ago. I served with her, so did Lucas and Ford. Henderson then realizes who Hitchcock is and looses her smile. She suddenly flashes back in her memory months before she broke up with Commander Jonathan Ford when Ford started to talk about Hitchcock in her quarters. HENDERSON So, am I your only friend? FORD No... (smiles) There's Lucas, Tim, you, Katie... HENDERSON Who's Katie? FORD Katie? She was my Lt. Commander when seaQuest was on its first tour of duty under the UEO. She's was an excellent officer, and a good friend. But I haven't seen her in so many years. I remember once... Lonnie pretends to listen as Ford babble on about Katie. She starts to feel a little jealously. HENDERSON (to herself) Good thing he hasn't seen her in such a long time. I could be even more jealous. FORD ...said that women would make better captains. Of course I was jealous at her but she was being offered the same job I was and she got much more money... HENDERSON (to herself) C'mon. Shut up already about this woman. Henderson then flashes back into reality. She starts thinking. HENDERSON (to herself) If Ford meets Hitchcock again after all these years... all my future plans could be ruined! (talks) Tim, is there any other ship in the area that could help them? O'NEILL (looks at the screen) None, we're the closest. HENDERSON Captain Hitchcock. I'm _sorry_ but because of other important activities we have in the area, we are unable to... She stops when Ford enters the Bridge and walks over to Henderson. FORD Lt. Henderson, what's going on here? HENDERSON We got a distress call from the Galapagos which is stuck on the rim of a sinkhole. Captain Hitchcock of the Galapagos ask for assistance and I was about to tell her... FORD Katie? Ford immediately ignores Henderson at the sound of the name "Hitchcock" and goes over to O'Neill. FORD Katie, this is Commander Ford of the seaQuest. HITCHCOCK (V.O.) Jonathan? Is that you? FORD Yes Katie, we'll be there to help as soon as possible. Ford out. Pushes a button on O'Neill's console. O'Neill, Lucas, and Ford all show excitement. FORD O'Neill, feed their coordinates to helm. O'NEILL Aye sir. (starts typing) FORD Helm, set course to the their position and get us there on the double. (beat) Lucas, ready cables and everything we need to reel them out of the sinkhole. Wolenczak acknowledges, gets up and leaves the Bridge. Meanwhile, Henderson shows a stubborn, unhappy face as she listens. CUT TO EXTERIOR OF SEAQUEST AND THE GALAPAGOS The Galapagos is being reeled in by cables extending from the seaQuest. The sleek, flat 100 meter long Galapagos is too big to fit into the sinkhole but was not big enough to escape it. CUT TO LAUNCH BAY 3 Some people are running around the Launch Bay. Ford and Captain Oliver Hudson are there next to the Launch Bay doors. Hudson shows an unhappy face while Ford shows the opposite. HUDSON (mad) Commander Ford, why did you set course to rescue a UEO ship without consulting me first? FORD (a little under pressure and looses his joy) I was only responding to distress call from a UEO ship. My action were appropriate. Lucas enters and notices Hudson and Ford arguing, he's a little hesitant but walks up to them. HUDSON Appropriate? I'll tell you what's appropriate... Interrupted by Lucas WOLENCZAK Captain, the Galapagos has been reeled in and docked. HUDSON (calms down) Thank you Mr. Wolenczak. (beat) Now open those doors. Lucas nods, walks over to the door panel and pulls a lever. The Launch Bay doors open up while some nitrogen gas squirt out. Out of the cloud of the nitrogen gas comes out the face of Katherine Hitchcock, 42 years old, she enters out with two of her officers besides her. To her right is Commander Luis Martinez, a strong-accent hispanic in his 30s. To her left is a Engineer Lt. Brown, a young blond and pretty engineer. They walk out and face Hudson and Ford. HUDSON (brings out his hand for a shake) Captain Hitchcock. I'm Captain Oliver Hudson of seaQuest. (beat) HITCHCOCK (shakes Hudson's hand) Hello Captain Hudson. HUDSON (points to Ford) This is Commander... HITCHCOCK Ford. Yes, I know him. (smiles at Ford and turns her head to look at Lucas) And that's Lucas. Hitchcock smiles at Lucas while Lucas smiles back. HITCHCOCK (points to the man to her right) This is Commander Martinez... (points to the women to her left) and this is my Engineer, Lt. Brown. MARTINEZ AND BROWN Hello. They all shake each others hands. Hudson stares at Ford for a moment. Then Henderson enters the Launch Bay with a faked smile. She notices the crowd and walks over to them. Hudson notices Henderson. HUDSON Lt. Henderson, Captain Hitchcock. HENDERSON (still smiling) Hi, nice to meet you _Captain_. (shakes Hitchcock's hand) HITCHCOCK Nice to meet you too Lieutenant. Henderson feels a insulted that she didn't use her name. HUDSON (to Hitchcock) Would you like a tour of the seaQuest? HITCHCOCK Yes, I would. HUDSON Commander Ford, would you please give the Captain a tour. FORD Yes sir. Ford escorts Hitchcock out of the Launch Bay. HENDERSON Um, sir, requesting permission to assist Commander Ford on his tour. HUDSON Why? Is it because you want to restart your relationship with him? Not on my... HENDERSON (smiling hypnotically) I'm only requesting permission to assist the commander, no personal reasons are involved. Hudson is suspicious of Henderson and gives her a serious look. HUDSON All right. Go. Henderson quickly leaves to catch up with Ford and Hitchcock. HUDSON Mr. Wolenczak. WOLENCZAK Yes sir. HUDSON Please discuss the Galapagos' damage with these officers. (points to Hitchcock's officers) Hitchcock's officers turn around to meet Lucas and they start chattering. After listening for a few seconds, Hudson leaves the Launch Bay. CUT TO CORRIDOR Ford, Hitchcock, and Henderson are all walk down the corridors together. Ford and Hitchcock are happy talking to each other while Henderson listens in. FORD (excited) So, _Captain Hitchcock_, how do you feel? HITCHCOCK _Very well_ Commander Ford. It's great to see you again. FORD It's great to see you too Katie. HITCHCOCK When I hear that seaQuest disappeared more than 10 years ago, I was _so_ worried about you. (beat) Commander after all these years. (thinks) What happened to you during those 10 years? You don't look any older. FORD Well, um... HENDERSON (to herself) Oh no, they're getting too personal. Henderson quickly gets between the two. Ford and Hitchcock are pushed apart by her. Henderson smiles at Hitchcock. FORD Lieutenant, what's the meaning of this? HITCHCOCK Show some respect to your superior. HENDERSON (changing the subject) Would you like anything to drink? A snack? HITCHCOCK Why sure Lieutenant. HENDERSON (looses her smile) Right this way. Henderson leads Katie and Ford to an adjoining corridor and into the Galley. CUT TO GALLEY The Galley is packed with off duty crew members. Every table is taken while Henderson looks for empty seats anyway. O'Neill seated with Seaman Tony Piccolo notices Hitchcock entering. He gets up and goes over to Hitchcock while Piccolo follows. O'NEILL Captain Hitchcock? Hitchcock stares at O'Neill, then realizing who he is. HITCHCOCK O'Neill? Is that really you? (a surprised smile) O'Neill smiles and nods. HITCHCOCK Wow, looked like you and the Commander haven't changed all these years. Piccolo butts in, takes Hitchcock's hand and shakes its. PICCOLO Hello, I'm Tony Piccolo. (beat) O'Neill has told me so much about you. FORD No Piccolo, she's not going to marry you. PICCOLO (casually) What did I say? A lot of people start getting up and greeting Hitchcock. MAN #1 Hi, you must be Captain Hitchcock, I've heard so much about you. HITCHCOCK Really? Soon, there is a crowd around Hitchcock. She is overwhelmed and surprised by her new found popularity. Henderson looks on and isn't happy of what she sees. She walks over to a table with four guys in it and sits down with them. HENDERSON (seductive) Someone, hold me! The men at the table all ignore her, and they all get up to where the crowd around Hitchcock is. One of the men stops and turns around to Henderson. MAN #2 Did you say something Lonnie? Henderson is too frighten to say anything, the man looks at her then leaves to join the crowd. Henderson starts to shiver as if she's cold. She quickly gets up, and leaves the Galley ignoring everyone who she passes. Then Hudson enters, notices the crowd. HUDSON (demanding) What's going on in here?! Everyone sees Hudson, and the crowd disperse just as quickly as it formed. Hitchcock is relieved and walks over to Hudson with Ford. HITCHCOCK Thank you. HUDSON Don't mention it. (beat) Captain Hitchcock, Commander Ford, may I see you both in my Ward Room. Both Ford and Hitchcock nod. Hudson, Ford, and Hitchcock all leave together. CUT TO CORRIDOR Dagwood is cleaning a section in the corridor. Lonnie enters, walking nervously, still shivering. Dagwood sees Lonnie and stands up to greet her. DAGWOOD Lonnie, who's our guest? Henderson pushes Dagwood out of her way and continues walking. HENDERSON (mad) Outta my way! Dagwood is confused by Henderson's behavior. After she's out of view, Dagwood goes back to work. CUT TO HENDERSON'S QUARTERS Henderson enters her quarters and slams the door behind her. She sits on her desk and activates her computer. She is sweating and still shivering but gains control over her body in a matter of minutes. She starts typing for a few minutes, then a picture and profile of Katherine Hitchcock show up on the screen. She scrolls down the screen reading every word. She then turns her head slightly to the picture frame next to her computer. It's a fairly large frame, with a picture of Miguel Ortiz, James Brody, Jason Pardee, Dr. Wendy Smith, 4 other seaQuest crew members, and 11 aliens from Hyperion. There is a lot of empty space in the frame. Henderson looks at each person in the frame, then into the empty area in it. HENDERSON (smiling evilly) Katherine Hitchcock, you're next! END PART ONE -Al /| -Al's NODE: http://lausd.k12.ca.us/~klee4/ / | -SEAPOC: http://lausd.k12.ca.us/~klee4/seapoc/ / | -The Contact: http://lausd.k12.ca.us/~klee4/The_Contact/ / | -Node3@USA.NET / | / --------- / "It would be an awful waste of space." / -- Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, and David Morse / (Contact) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 18:24:57 -0700 From: Al To: seaQuest-SQFF Subject: (SQFF) Battle of the Queens: Part 2 Message-ID: <33F8F5E8.40DF0F75@lausd.k12.ca.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Battle of the Queens (Part 2) Written by Alex Lee August 18, 1997 BEGIN PART TWO: CUT INTO WARD ROOM Lucas, Ford, Hitchcock, Hudson, Martinez are all there seated around the table. UEO Secretary General McGath is on the vid-link. HITCHCOCK We unexpectedly had engine trouble. Aqua-jet 3 started to fail and aqua-jet 2 was starting to overheat. We shut down both engines and suddenly, we got caught in a freshwater sinkhole, sank and to stuck on its rim. It wasn't big enough to swallow us but it was enough to prevent us from breaking free. After evaluating our situation, we called for help and got a reply from seaQuest a few minutes later. McGATH Mr. Wolenczak, have you evaluated their damage? WOLENCZAK Yes sir, they crashed into the rim of the sinkhole created more damage. All their thrusters went off-line, communications was damaged which explains why their signal was so weak. Some of electrical systems gave out, some backups failed to start, and it appears from the WSKRS data that their outer hull is slightly warped. MARTINEZ Our hull isn't that exactly strong when compared to seaQuest, crush depth is only 3,000 meters. Plus, our hull can't regenerate. McGATH >From the looks of it, seaQuest is not just carrying the Galapagos back to port but is going to carry it's crew because I don't think that it's going to be that comfortable for Hitchcock's crew to stay aboard the Galapagos while seaQuest carries it to port. Hudson stands up from his seat. HUDSON McGath, there are close to 100 people in Hitchcock's crew, don't expect me to go that far over seaQuest' design accommodations... WOLENCZAK Actually, they are the recommended accommodations. seaQuest can carry much more if we stretch our life support a little and start sharing rooms. Hudson looks at Wolenczak and gives him a rough look. McGATH Hudson, you have your orders. Now do it. (McGath presses a button on his console and his image if off the screen) Everyone stands up. Hudson is a little frustrated, then turns of Commander Ford. HUDSON Commander, help the Captain get her crew aboard the seaQuest. FORD Aye sir. Ford, Hitchcock and Martinez leave. Hudson turns to Wolenczak. HUDSON Better start stretching our life-support Mr. Wolenczak. WOLENCZAK Yes sir. Lucas leaves the Ward Room. Later, Hudson leaves too. CUT TO GALLEY It's mostly empty. Hitchcock and Martinez are seated at a table with breakfast. Commander Martinez is looking over some papers while Hitchcock is looking at her SEAPOC. HITCHCOCK So, who do you think deserves the next promotion? MARTINEZ Well, I was thinking of Ensign Lala. She's been quite impressive, efficient, and hasn't disobeyed an order. HITCHCOCK I agree. She was also on my mine, her record is prefect. Henderson enters with her breakfast in her hands, notices Hitchcock and Martinez and sits with them. HENDERSON (smiling) Hi. HITCHCOCK Hello. You're Henderson, right? HENDERSON (frustrated but hiding it) Just call me Lonnie. HITCHCOCK Okay, Lonnie. HENDERSON Commander Ford has told me so much about you. HITCHCOCK (not surprised) He has? That's what everyone been telling me. Feels like very one aboard the seaQuest already knew me before I came aboard. Henderson notices the coffee cup next to Hitchcock's breakfast. Slowly grabs a small vile containing a clear fluid out of her pocket. HENDERSON Well we all have heard of you as Lt. Commander some years ago. (beat) Jonathan tells me that you're also very good in command. MARTINEZ Yes, she's not just better than me in command but she's also more popular already here. I'm jealous. HITCHCOCK (nudges Martinez in the abdomen) Will you shut up already. (laughs) Well all this attention on me is so strange. It's as if there's someone torturing the crew that they see me as relief to get away from that person. Henderson deliberately she knocks Hitchcock's SEAPOC off the table as if by accident. HENDERSON Oops! Did I do that? I'm really sorry. HITCHCOCK It's okay. Hitchcock gets off her seat to pick up her SEAPOC. She looks for it and is confused when she doesn't find it. HITCHCOCK Where did it go? MARTINEZ Some Captain you are, it's underneath your chair. Martinez gets off his seat to get the SEAPOC for her. While both are on the floor, Henderson quickly opens the small vile she had in her hand, and pours it's clear liquid into the coffee next to Hitchcock's breakfast. Henderson quickly stashes her vile back into her pocket before Hitchcock and Martinez gets up. Both are seated now and the SEAPOC is back on the table. HITCHCOCK Thank you. MARTINEZ Ever thought of rewarding me? HITCHCOCK When you're a captain, I'll reward you. (beat) Now I know why they put you as commander of my boat. Lucas enters the Galley with his breakfast and seats himself with Henderson, Hitchcock, and Martinez. WOLENCZAK Hi. HITCHCOCK Hello Lucas. MARTINEZ Hi. HENDERSON Hello... Lucas cuts off Henderson causing everyone else to ignore her. WOLENCZAK So Katie, how was... the past 10 years? I thought that you were on the that super-tanker. What was the name of it again? HITCHCOCK The HR Clinton. It was a boring job. Easy, with a lot of money involved but it wasn't my kind of job. (beat) I mean we spend days on end and nothing happens. Just adjust course a little and that's it. Then sometime later, it happens all over again. Martinez grabs the coffee cup sitting next to Hitchcock's breakfast and drinks it. HENDERSON (to herself) Damn, that coffee isn't hers. WOLENCZAK So, how long did you work that job. HITCHCOCK Little more than two years. WOLENCZAK Then you could have returned just in time for the new seaQuest. You could have been part of our team again. Henderson doesn't like what she hears. She decides to keep a low profile. HITCHCOCK But I didn't felt like going back to the UEO. Or at least not yet. (beat) The UEO did send me several letters asking me to return to the new seaQuest but I didn't accept any of them. WOLENCZAK Then what did you do? HITCHCOCK I became captain of another civilian ship, this time a research ship. (beat) That one was more interesting but still, I felt that there could be more. But I kept that job for 5 years. (beat) It was then that I decided to rejoin the UEO. Because I hadn't seen combat for such a long time, it was consider safer that I be commander of a small military ship which we did mostly supply and weapons delivery work and sometimes recon for about 2 years. (beat) Then I was opted to captain of my own military submarine. The UEO wanted me to be captain of the Fresno but I turned down that position. Lucas pauses for a moment in surprise WOLENCZAK The Fresno? (beat) That's one of the UEO's biggest and most powerful ships, only second to the seaQuest. Why did you turn down an opportunity like that? HITCHCOCK Because I didn't felt that it would suit me. I wanted to captain a smaller vehicle that wasn't so military all the time. (beat) So I accepted this job as captain of the Galapagos, it's a military and science submarine, you know. And it's not that big. Only 100 meters long and with a crew of 50 military and 48 scientist. (beat) I'm getting into more science now other than just hunting for Ben's sea monster. We were in the area studying karstification and locations of underwater aquifers so that the UEO can update their database on freshwater sinkholes to understand the geology of the area better and for the safety of submersibles traveling in the area. WOLENCZAK What did Ben thought about your career changes? HITCHCOCK Krieg? I haven't seen him in years. I don't even know what he did after he quit that restaurant job. WOLENCZAK A couple months ago, we found Ben leading a band of refugees. He's changed so much. HITCHCOCK Really? I miss him. (looks down for a moment and starts to think) He's not the only one that change, you also changed so much. Why did you join the UEO Navy? WOLENCZAK I wanted to continue to serve aboard the seaQuest, it's my home. And the only way that Captain Hudson would allow me to do that is if I joined the military so I did. Besides, I was looking for a way to put my life forward. HITCHCOCK (she pauses to stare into Wolenczak's face) But I've always seen you as a scientist, you were hardly military the last time I knew you. WOLENCZAK Like you said, I've changed. HITCHCOCK A lot more than I ever expected. WOLENCZAK But I still hack into databases in my spare time and still work on refining the vocorder. And if I get the time, I plan to work on some new modifications I plan on the Stinger. Both Lucas and Katie smile at each other. HITCHCOCK And it’s the Gazelle. (beat) Hope Darwin hasn't changed too much. WOLENCZAK Darwin's pretty much the same. Still learning new words and concepts. Hitchcock notices something when he looks at Lucas' face in more detail. HITCHCOCK You've been gone 10 years and you didn't look like you've aged that much. How come? I noticed the same thing with Ford and O'Neill. Lucas feels a little pressured. HITCHCOCK And why did seaQuest disappear for so long? And where's Miguel? He told me that he was going to continue to serve aboard the seaQuest. (beat) Tell me Lucas, I want to know. Lucas stares into Hitchcock's eyes, seeing a friend and not just another UEO officer. HENDERSON Lucas, aren't you on duty in a couple minutes? WOLENCZAK Henderson, it's okay. I don't get back on duty for at least 2 hours. (beat) Katie, can we talk in my quarters? (takes quick glances at Henderson and Martinez) Privately. Hitchcock stares at Wolenczak for a moment. HITCHCOCK Yes, of course. Both Wolenczak and Hitchcock gets up, pick up their things, and leave the Galley together. Henderson watches them leave then looks at her watch. HENDERSON Well look at the time, I'm back on duty. (beat) Bye. Henderson gets up and leaves. MARTINEZ (feeling a stomach cramp) Bye. Martinez also gets up, but walks slowly. His back is bent, clearly showing that he's in pain. He leaves the Galley. CUT TO WOLENCZAK'S QUARTERS Ever since he became an officer, Wolenczak has his own Quarters. A view into the aqua tunnels is at one wall, with bed below that view. Shelves of books, equipment, etc, line the other walls. The door opens and Hitchcock and Lucas enter. Henderson is spying on the couple from the corridor as they enter, then the door closes and Henderson is no longer visible. Then Wolenczak and Hitchcock sit down facing each other. Hitchcock starts to look around noticing how Wolenczak still leaves his equipment all over the place. HITCHCOCK I see that you still leave everything around. Hitchcock grabs a small metal box next to her with wires dangling from it. WOLENCZAK That's an old 1990s power supply. Hitchcock puts it back down. HITCHCOCK What did you wanted to talk about? WOLENCZAK About why seaQuest disappeared for 10 years and why none of us seemed to age, at least not biologically. CUT TO CORRIDOR OUTSIDE WOLENCZAK'S QUARTERS Henderson is leaning on the door trying to eavesdrop. She has trouble listening through the door but knows what they are talking about. After a few minutes, she gets an idea. She starts staring at parts of the corridor, smiles, then leaves running. CUT TO WOLENCZAK'S QUARTERS All as before as Wolenczak and Hitchcock are still talking. WOLENCZAK ...and Bridger told us that it was essential that we keep it a secret, since the freedom movement on Hyperion relies on secrecy. HITCHCOCK When you started telling me that alien story, I thought you were joking. We've been through aliens before but the ones you talked about sounded almost ridiculous. (she smiles, but know it's a little rude so she suppresses it) You went through so much. (a single tear sheds down one of her eyes) I'm sorry Lucas. Hitchcock gets up and gives Lucas a warm hug. She lets go a sits back down. WOLENCZAK (in a better mood) It's okay. (beat) Thanks. Both Hitchcock and Wolenczak get up, Hitchcock opens the door as they prepare to leave. CUT TO CORRIDOR There is a rope running along the corridor, tied on one end, the other end is being held in Henderson's hand at an adjoining corridor to avoid being seen. Henderson peeks to see if Hitchcock coming out. She hears the door open, grips the rope tightly with all her weak strength. Henderson sees single foot come out, she quickly pulls on the rope. Lucas unknowingly walking out trips over the rope, then falls and hits his head on the other side of the corridor, knocking him out conscious. Hitchcock who was following Lucas sees the rope, jumps over it and attends to Lucas. She then gets up, and follows the direction of the rope. Henderson seeing that she tripped the wrong person, lets go of the rope and runs. Hitchcock then shows up at the end of the rope but is too late; Lonnie escaped and she doesn't know who was responsible. She quickly goes back to Lucas' care, gets out her PAL and presses a few buttons on it. HITCHCOCK (into PAL) Captain Hitchcock to Med-Bay, I have a medical emergency on Deck B outside of Lucas' Quarters. DR. PERRY (V.O. from PAL) I'll have a medical team right over. Perry out. HITCHCOCK (putting her hand over Lucas' head) Don't worry Lucas, you're going to be fine. CUT TO MED-BAY Lucas has a bandage rapped around his head and is asleep on the bed at Med-Bay. Right next to Lucas is Commander Martinez, also unconscious in a bed also. Hudson, Hitchcock, Dr. Perry, and Dr. Martin (Captain Hitchcock's medical officer) are all there. PERRY Lucas suffered a concussion, but he's going to be all right. His other injuries are minor. HITCHCOCK And why is my commander here? MARTIN I bumped into him in the corridor, he was complaining about stomach cramps and a headache. Later, he fell unconsciously to the floor. (looking at the portable screen he has in her hand) Dr. Perry and I think that he's suffering from some form of bacterial food poisoning but we can't identify what's causing it so we're using standard treatments to cure him. Until we could identify the specific culprit, we can't give a specific treatment but his health is showing signs of improvement. He should be healthy in a few days. HUDSON Thank you Dr. Perry and Dr. Martin. Dr. Perry and Dr. Martin nod, and goes about doing their work. Hudson faces Hitchcock and shows yet another unhappy face. HUDSON (seriously) Captain, I demand an explanation. HITCHCOCK Of what sir? (seriously) Someone set that rope on the corridor and Lucas tripped over it. I heard someone running while I was tracing the rope to it's source. I don't know who's responsible. (beat) Plus my commander's sick of food poisoning, don't expect me to give a detailed explanation for that too. HUDSON Fine then, but I'm going to have an investigation. Under these circumstances, you are not to leave until the investigation shows that you're not directly responsible for anything. Am I understood? HITCHCOCK (frustrated) Yes sir. CUT TO CORRIDOR OUTSIDE MED-BAY Henderson listens closely Hudson and Hitchcock talk. Suddenly, she hears Hudson and Hitchcock heading in her direction. She quickly runs to avoid being seen. When Henderson is out of sight, Hudson and Hitchcock both step out of Med-Bay and leave together. CUT TO HENDERSON'S QUARTERS Henderson enters her quarters, slams the door behind her and sits on her computer typing. She brings the file on Hitchcock back up and reads. Several hours pass, she is still reading her screen. HITCHCOCK (frustrated and stares into the picture she has next to her computer) There's no weakness to this son of a... She stops when she hears Hitchcock walks pass her quarters in shorts, tank-top, and a towel. Henderson gets up, and follows Hitchcock without her knowing it. CUT TO GYM Hitchcock enters the gym, puts her towel aside, sits on a treadmill, presses a few buttons on the control panel of the treadmill and starts pedaling. Henderson spying from outside sees her do this. She gets another idea and leaves quickly. CUT TO CORRIDOR Caption reads: Following afternoon. Ford and Hitchcock are walking together, both are dressed in exercising attire. They chat and walk towards the gym. CUT TO GYM Henderson is there screwing a panel on the treadmill back on. She picks up some wires and some tools off the ground. She suddenly she hears people coming, she quickly puts her things in her pocket and leaves out one of the doors. Hitchcock and Ford then enter through the other door, never noticing that Henderson was there. Hitchcock sits on a bench, grabs some weights and starts lifting them. FORD A little old to lift heavy weights? HITCHCOCK I'm only forty-two. I'm not _that_ old. FORD Forty-three in June. Hitchcock stares at Ford. FORD (amused) Sorry. Ford sits down on the treadmill, pushes some buttons and starts pedaling. CUT TO CORRIDOR OUTSIDE GYM Henderson sees that Ford on the treadmill. HENDERSON (to herself) Damn! No! Henderson gets out the things she had in her pocket and stares, wires mainly. She stares back at Ford. She grips the side of the corridor hard, then runs. CUT TO GYM Hitchcock and Ford are still doing their exercises. After several seconds, electric arch spring up from the bottom of the treadmill shocking Ford. Hitchcock falls off her bench from the arching bolts and lights. The electricity stops, and Ford falls off his seat unconsciously as his body twitches a little. Hitchcock gets up and sees Ford on the floor. HITCHCOCK (shocked) Oh my God! She goes to Ford and checks his vitals. He's breathing and his heart is beating well. She quickly grabs her PAL and presses a few buttons on it. HITCHCOCK Med-Bay, there's a medical emergency in the Gym. Commander Ford has been electrocuted. END PART TWO -Al /| -Al's NODE: http://lausd.k12.ca.us/~klee4/ / | -SEAPOC: http://lausd.k12.ca.us/~klee4/seapoc/ / | -The Contact: http://lausd.k12.ca.us/~klee4/The_Contact/ / | -Node3@USA.NET / | / --------- / "It would be an awful waste of space." / -- Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, and David Morse / (Contact) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 18:25:10 -0700 From: Al To: seaQuest-SQFF Subject: (SQFF) Battle of the Queens: Part 3 Message-ID: <33F8F5F5.8B9B36A@lausd.k12.ca.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Battle of the Queens (Part 3; the final part) Written by Alex Lee August 18, 1997 BEGIN PART THREE: CUT TO MED-BAY Ford is still unconscious on a bed next to Lucas and Martinez who are both conscious but resting. Dr. Perry, Hudson, and Hitchcock are there along with four medical assistants. PERRY Commander Ford's heart beat is irregular but he's doing fine. I injected a mild tranquilizer so slow down his high metabolism from the shock. Hudson, as usual, isn't amused and turns to Hitchcock. HUDSON So far, the officers that haven't been injured in these mysterious incidents are all _your_ friends and you have been with them just before or during their _accidents._ (demanding) You have a lot of explaining to do. HITCHCOCK (frustrated) Of... (gets a hold of herself) I was not responsible for any of the incidents. (beat) It may be in fact that someone is trying to target me for some unknown reason, but his or her plans have missed me but affect the people whom I was with. HUDSON Why would anyone target you? (beat) And how _stupid_ would that person have to be to target you 3 times and miss all 3 times _if_ there was someone after you. CUT TO CORRIDOR OUTSIDE MED-BAY Henderson is spying again. She gets really mad that Hudson called her stupid but continues to listen. CUT TO MED-BAY HUDSON The investigations has showed up that all cases have been sabotaged. (beat) As for further notice, you're confined to quarters to prevent you from harming anyone else while the investigation proceeds. HITCHCOCK (puzzled) You're putting me in confined quarters? (beat) I'm the UEO Captain of the Galapagos... HUDSON You are a guest aboard seaQuest and I'm Captain of the seaQuest. You will do as I say. Am I understood? HITCHCOCK Yes sir. Henderson enters Med-Bay with a plain face. HUDSON (to Henderson) Oh, Henderson. Escort Captain Hitchcock to confined quarters. HENDERSON Yes sir. Hitchcock gives Hudson a stare giving the message of "this isn't over yet". Henderson and Hitchcock leave Med-Bay together. CUT TO CORRIDOR Hitchcock marches plainly forward while Henderson is more casual but also serious. After a minute, they reach Hitchcock's Quarters. Henderson opens the door, Hitchcock marches into her quarters. Henderson then slams the door and locks it. Henderson puts her face against the window on the door and laughs hysterically at Hitchcock. CUT TO HITCHCOCK'S QUARTERS Hitchcock realizes Henderson laughing evilly. She goes up to the door, tries to open it but it's locked. Henderson continues to laugh from the outside. HITCHCOCK You! You're the one responsible. Hitchcock struggles with the door but knows it's hopeless. Henderson laughs starts to annoy Hitchcock. Five minutes later, Henderson stops laughing and wraps on arms on her stomach. It’s obvious that Henderson has a stomach cramp. She quickly leaves. Hitchcock starts walking around her quarters, she notices that her computer and the comlink are both gone. When she checks for her PAL, it's gone too. She walks around for several minutes trying to figure out what to do. She sits down on her bed. She see in front of her the ventilation tunnel. She runs over to it, breaks the mess protecting the ventilation entrance with her hands and slow crawls in. She closes the ventilation system mess behinds her. CUT TO BRIDGE O'Neill seated at his station and is in command of the Bridge while everyone is doing their job. Dagwood is there cleaning the Command Console. Then everyone hears Hudson scream, followed by crashing sounds of metal. Moments later, Henderson enters the Bridge with her smile. She goes over to the Command Chair. HENDERSON (firmly) Attention everyone, Captain Hudson has suffered a _terrible accident_ and since Ford was also injured earlier today, I'm assuming command of seaQuest. Everyone is showing a troubled look. HENDERSON (to O'Neill) Tim, the Bridge is yours. Henderson slams her hand on O'Neill's back hard as a pat on the back. O'Neill thrust forward and slams his face into his console screen, breaking it. He slowly gets his face out with his eyes closed, removes his glasses and wipes off the glass on his face. He opens his eyes and notices some blood on it. He's been cut by the glass. In the background behind O'Neill, Henderson walks over to Dagwood. HENDERSON Dagwood, come with me. DAGWOOD Okay. Dagwood puts his cleaning material down and follows Henderson outside the Bridge. Several people come down to O'Neill's care. CUT TO CORRIDOR OUTSIDE HITCHCOCK'S QUARTERS Henderson and Dagwood enter the corridor and stop at Hitchcock's Quarters. Henderson unlocks and opens the door. She and Dagwood enters. CUT TO HITCHCOCK'S QUARTERS To Henderson's surprise, Hitchcock isn't there. She runs around the room checking to see if she was hiding but she isn't. She's gone. DAGWOOD (puzzled) Who are you looking for? HENDERSON Captain Hitchcock. DAGWOOD Why? HENDERSON Because she's a criminal who I want disposed of. DAGWOOD Why is she a criminal? Lucas told me that she was a good person. HENDERSON Well Lucas is wrong. You know what happened to Lucas? DAGWOOD Yes, he got hurt. HENDERSON (frustrated) He got hurt because he was wrong about Hitchcock. DAGWOOD Is that why Ford and Hudson got hurt too? HENDERSON (looking around) Yes. DAGWOOD So Hitchcock is bad. HENDERSON Yes. Henderson notices the ventilation system and how part of it is warped as if pressured by force. Henderson reaches up to it and touches it. The panel on it fell down instantly. HENDERSON So, you're crawling in there, huh? (beat) Henderson gets out her PAL, switches it on and presses a few buttons. HENDERSON (into PAL) Security, we have a prisoner on the loose. Her name is Katherine Hitchcock, she is armed and dangerous. (beat) Have a security meet me at Sea Deck. SECURITY PERSONAL #1 (V.O. through PAL) Yes ma'am. Red lights turn on along with an alarm. VOICE (V.O.) Attention, security breach. Attention, security breach. HENDERSON Dagwood, come with me. DAGWOOD Okay. Both Dagwood and Henderson exits. CUT TO SEA DECK No body is at Sea Deck. Then Darwin surfaces in the Moon Pool with Hitchcock. Hitchcock has one of her arms around Darwin. Hitchcock breaths heavy and coughing since she didn't have any breathing equipment with her. She swims to the side of the Moon Pool and gets out. She walks around checking to see if anyone is around, no one isn't so she's safe. She goes back to the Moon Pool to pet and turns on the vocorder. HITCHCOCK Thank you Darwin. DARWIN Darwin help. Hitchcock walks over to a computer terminal nearby. She turns it on and starts typing. Then a computer record of Henderson shows up. Hitchcock reads through it for a few minutes. Then Hitchcock hears some footsteps coming. She sees a rebreather unit on the table, grabs it, puts it in her mouth and jumps back in with Darwin. Darwin and Hitchcock disappear from the Moon Pool. Seconds later, Henderson, Dagwood and a security team of 5 enter. They search the area but they don't find anything. Henderson notices that the computer terminal is on with her record on it. HENDERSON (to herself) So, you're plotting against me. Darwin suddenly surfaces and swims to the edge. Henderson walks over to Darwin. HENDERSON Darwin, have you seen Hitchcock recently? DARWIN No. HENDERSON Can you find her for me? DARWIN Why? HENDERSON Because she's been a bad person. DARWIN What will happen to Hitchcock? HENDERSON Something really bad. Henderson becomes suspicious of Darwin. She stares into the Moon Pool for a moment. Then a thought strikes here. HENDERSON Darwin, stay in the Moon Pool. Henderson walks over to a comlink terminal, she presses several buttons on it. HENDERSON (to comlink) Bridge, seal-off every section of the Aqual-Tunnels and turn off all lights in them. BRIDGE PERSONNEL (V.O. through comlink) Yes sir. HENDERSON (turning off comlink and facing the security team) Come with me! Everyone including Dagwood follows her out of Sea Deck. CUT TO AQUA-TUNNELS Piccolo is swimming with his gills through the tunnels. He sees section-by-section that the Aqua-Tunnels are being sealed off. He suddenly finds himself trapped in a very small section of the tunnels. He struggles to break the seals that isolated him but it's no use. Then the lights in the tunnel go out. He alone and trapped in the dark. CUT TO SEA DECK Still empty, then Darwin and Hitchcock surface from the Moon Pool. They swim together to the edge. Hitchcock gets out and takes the rebreather out of her mouth. HITCHCOCK Remember Darwin, don't tell anyone. DARWIN Yes. Hitchcock checks back to the computer terminal and types again. Then a schematic shows up showing the location of Henderson's Quarters. She then looks around and sees the ventilation system. She opens it and enters it. CUT TO CORRIDOR Henderson and the security team enters and stops in the middle. Everyone is facing Henderson. HENDERSON (furious) Continue with the search, get all available security team members on the search. I want her found! SECURITY TEAM PERSONNEL Yes sir. The security team leaves except for the youngest security personnel. Henderson stares at him. HENDERSON As for you-- (changes from a serious to a frighten mood) Hold me, I’m scared! Henderson grasp the young man. Then we . . . CUT TO HENDERSON'S QUARTERS Five minutes later, Henderson enters her Quarters with messy hair and her uniform is ruffled up. To Henderson's surprise, she finds Hitchcock there going through her computer files. Hitchcock notices her and stops what she is doing. Hitchcock slips a computer disc into her pocket without Henderson noticing it. The two women face each other each while keeping their distance. HITCHCOCK You have an interesting record, _Henderson_. HENDERSON _What_ do you mean? HITCHCOCK Miguel, Jason, Brody, you set them all up to get killed. (beat) Plus, you got Ford, O'Neill, Dagwood, and Piccolo injured long before I got here. Plus the countless names in here. (points to the computer) HENDERSON Well it's all in my plans. I need the men for my survival. It's _my_ biological need. (starts sweating, shivering, and struggling with her words) When Dr. Smith discovered back on Hyperion that I... I had a biological need for m-men, there was no way that I would let her live and tell about it. And there's no way that I'm going to let you live! HITCHCOCK Why is it that you have a biological need for men? Can't you control yourself? Save your lust for men when your not on duty, and not affect the lives of so many people. They are officers and need to act like officers. You're an officer also, and you need to act like one. Just don't think about men. HENDERSON (becomes angry by Hitchcock's last comment) And loss all my men?! My need?! Never! Henderson charges at Hitchcock and tries to throw a weak punch at her. Hitchcock quickly blocks her and pushes Henderson across the room. Henderson gets up, grabs the picture of Ortiz, Brody, Wendy, Jason, the aliens, and throws it at Hitchcock. Hitchcock ducks, the picture hits the wall shattering to pieces. Henderson then charges at Hitchcock again, but Hitchcock grabs her, lifts her body up and throws her body outside into the corridor. CUT TO CORRIDOR Henderson is down for a moment, then Hitchcock comes out and jumps on Henderson. They struggle for a moment wrestling on the floor. People start noticing the fight and crowd around Hitchcock and Henderson and start shouting. THE CROWD Go Katie! Go Katie... GUY Go Henderslut...I mean Henderson! The crowd stops, looks that the one guy who shouted in support for Henderson and surrounds him. GUY What did I say? THE CROWD Henderslut supporter! Everyone jumps the guy who supported Henderson. There are now two fights on the corridor. The Henderson and Hitchcock are still wrestling on the floor, but they constantly move and roll over many times. HENDERSON I'm younger and fresher than you! HITCHCOCK I'm more mature and stronger. CUT TO CORRIDOR OUTSIDE MED-BAY The corridor is quiet, then Henderson's flies across the corridor and lands on the floor hard. Henderson gets up, she has bruises and cuts on her face. Hitchcock enters the corridor and also has some injuries but hers are much more minor. Henderson then turns the lever on pipe on the corridor. Water from one pipe splashes on Hitchcock, momentarily distracting her. Henderson charges at the distracted Hitchcock. Henderson is about to punch her when Hitchcock's foot comes through the water kicking Henderson in the stomach. Henderson flies a few feet before landing. Ford, Lucas, Hudson, and Martinez come out of Med-Bay to see what's happening. Hudson is walking with a cane, a metallic support for his right leg, and a bandage wrapped around his head. Both women notice and stop. HUDSON (anger) I demand to know what's going on here! HENDERSON It's Hitchcock sir. She escaped from her confined quarters. I later found her in my quarters and she attacked me. HITCHCOCK (respectfully) Sir, that isn't true. (beat) I escaped from confined quarters only because I knew that Henderson was plotting against me and was responsible for the various injures. I was in her quarters to find more evidence when she entered, told me that she was plotting against me and attacked me. I'm only fighting in self-defense. HUDSON (to Hitchcock) _Your_ story doesn't sound plausible. Besides, I known Henderson long enough to know that she's a _fine, fine_ officer. Hitchcock gets out the computer disc she got from Henderson Quarters and shows it to Hudson. HITCHCOCK This disc contains the evidence showing that Lt. JG Lonnie Henderson was plotting against me and others including... Henderson then punches Hitchcock and jumps on her. The disc flies out of Hitchcock's hands. Hitchcock struggles with Henderson a little and punches her in the face a couple times. Henderson gets off Hitchcock and runs down the corridor and pass the spiral stair case. Hitchcock runs after her and everyone else follows them but their injuries prevent them from going fast. CUT TO GALLEY Hitchcock enters the empty Galley. She walks around slowly turning her head constantly in suspicion. She hears a foot step so she turns around, then a chair hits her in the body and falls. Henderson then puts the chair down and jumps on Hitchcock. Hitchcock then does a kicking maneuver throwing Henderson's body into the Galley Kitchen. Hitchcock gets up and enters the Kitchen. CUT TO GALLEY KITCHEN Henderson is grabbing cooking utensils and hardware, throwing weakly them at Hitchcock. Hitchcock ducks some of them, then grabs a frying pan and uses it as a shield. Henderson is clearly crying and still shivering. After a few minutes, Henderson runs out of things to throw at Hitchcock. HENDERSON You just won't die, would you? Henderson charges at Hitchcock but Hitchcock uses her frying pan and smacks Henderson hard in the stomach. Henderson flies and enters the large garbage chute. Henderson struggles for a moment to get out of the chute but she is too weak. Her falls into the chute. HENDERSON (rapidly diminishing voice) Noooooooo!!! Hitchcock quickly looks into the garbage chute. It's dark and silent, no sign of Henderson. Suddenly, she hears the cry of an elk. Hitchcock looks around to see where it was coming from but see sees nothing. She stares into the chute for a moment, then gets up and leaves. CUT TO MED-BAY It's the next day, a lot of injured people are in Med-Bay. Hudson is has a metallic support for his right leg, and a bandage around his head. Ford, Lucas, and Martinez are sitting on their beds. O'Neill is on a chair with bandages on his face. Hitchcock has some bandages for her minor cuts. Various other crew members are their with their injures being attended to. Most of the people's attention are focused on Hitchcock. FORD (smiling) It's been 2 days and a lot has happened already Katie. HITCHCOCK I was just doing my job since I have a career to manage and I'm glad that all this about being a target of some slut is all over. (she looks at the computer disc she has in her hands, gives it to Hudson. Then glances on the calendar on the wall) Oh look what day it is. It's Lucas' birthday! (looks at Lucas and smiles at him) Happy Birthday Lucas! Ford looks at the calendar on the wall and notices that it's February 28, 2033. He stares back at Hitchcock with a confused look. HUDSON Wait a minute, I thought that Lucas' birthday was December 23rd? Everyone (including Lucas) is confused and starts babbling about which day is Lucas's birthday. MAN #1 All I know, it was on 2002. HUDSON 2002? I thought it was on 2004? O'NEILL What's going on here? (beat) Lucas, how many birthdays do you have? WOLENCZAK Well I'm now confused too. As all I care it could be April 13th. Hitchcock's PAL suddenly rings. Hitchcock gets it out and turns it on. ENSIGN LALA (V.O.) Captain Hitchcock, the UEO tug has attached to the Galapagos and it's tugging her away to port as scheduled. Plus the Launches are ready to take the crew home. HITCHCOCK (into PAL) Very good ensign, call up our crew and tell them that we'll leave in 15 minutes. (turns off her PAL and sighs) Well guys, looks like I'm leaving now. (beat) C'mon Martinez Hitchcock and Command Martinez both get up and is about to leave Med- Bay when Dr. Perry enters with an assistant and Piccolo. Everyone has their attention on Piccolo now. HUDSON What happened? PERRY We found Piccolo trapped in a section of the Aqua-Tunnels. I'm not sure how long he's been in there but it appears that he's suffered from claustrophobia from being there so long. Dr. Perry and her assistant puts Piccolo on a bed and prepare to check his health. Hitchcock and Martinez resumes going out and everyone (except for the doctors and Piccolo) follows Hitchcock out. CUT TO LAUNCH BAY 3 Hitchcock's crew of the Galapagos are packed in Launch Bay 3, most of them have luggage but are light. One-by-one, the people enter the doors to the Launch. Hitchcock enters with her light load with the people who followed her from Med-Bay close behind. Ensign Lala notices Hitchcock and walks up to her. LALA The first shuttle has already departed, we have this last one. HITCHCOCK Very good, proceed. Ensign Lala nods and assist people in the departure. Hitchcock turns around. HITCHCOCK Good bye everyone. Everyone says good bye to Hitchcock, gives her hugs, shakes her hand, etc. Hitchcock kisses Ford and Lucas in the cheeks. HUDSON (getting the crew out of the way and getting Hitchcock's attention) Captain Hitchcock. (beat) I apologize for wrongly accusing you of plotting against the crew. (sighs) I guess that my mind was also tainted Henderson. HITCHCOCK It's okay Captain. I understand. HUDSON And I thank you for getting rid of Henderson for us. (beat) No one aboard this ship has been so bold and strong to realize her evil plots and go against her. In fact, Secretary General McGath would like to personally congratulate you. Hudson shakes Hitchcock's hand. Everyone cheers. HITCHCOCK Thank you sir. Hitchcock approaches the door and before entering, gives one final wave to the crew of seaQuest. Everyone waves back. She enters and the door starts to close. She give a big smile just before the door closes completely CUT TO EXTERIOR OF SEAQUEST DSV The Launch doors open and a Launch comes out, following the other shuttle and a tug ship tugging the Galapagos on their way home. Shortly, a canister is injected out of the lower portion of seaQuest. MAN (V.O.) Garbage has been released, this is a big load. The canister sinks fast, then rest at the bottom of the sea floor. FADE OUT THE END END PART THREE Now complaints, critizism, slandering, you name it! SEND! I want to know who was my first attempt as a fanfic writer! And I don't plan to spend my time writting only "Kill Henderson" type fics (although I enjoy doing it!). And yes, if you have read Ann's "Lost World: Something Survived", Henderson gets to die twice today! ::cheers:: -Al /| -Al's NODE: http://lausd.k12.ca.us/~klee4/ / | -SEAPOC: http://lausd.k12.ca.us/~klee4/seapoc/ / | -The Contact: http://lausd.k12.ca.us/~klee4/The_Contact/ / | -Node3@USA.NET / | / --------- / "It would be an awful waste of space." / -- Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, and David Morse / (Contact) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-