Post day 20 Assignment Here

[Lee Tidball]

Lee’s Completed Act 3

What I learned doing this assignment is…that things are okay for a 20% draft here. I just added one scene to make Milly’s dilemma about who she really is a bit more real. I also tightened a few areas up, clarified things, etc.

Outline

BEGINNING – Milly refuses to go forth with Granny Sue’s plan until she gets some answers.

MIDDLE – Granny Sue clarifies how she knows that there’s a base under the Lava Craters, and that her father’s probably a prisoner there.

END – Granny Sue says she has no time to explain anything else. Milly agrees to go with her, as Granny Sue stresses that she MUST have Milly’s help. She can’t save Marcus without her.

THE SCRIPT

EXT. NEAR LAVA CRATERS – DAY

Granny Sue leads Milly and Justin around to the other side of her utility truck.

She busies herself gathering tools as she talks.

GRANNY SUE

(to Milly)

What did you bring him for anyway? All he did was slow you down.

She pulls out an electric screwdriver, stuffs it into a big duffel bag that she carries on her shoulder.

GRANNY SUE

He can’t do superhuman stuff like you or magical stuff like me. What’s he gonna do besides get himself killed?

Justin perks up immediately.

JUSTIN

Whoa-whoa-whoa. Who said anything about getting killed? We just followed those damn instructions–

GRANNY SUE

And those “damn instructions” didn’t say anything about bringing a plain old human to this showdown.

Milly looks confused.

MILLY

He’s my best friend, and he can drive. How else could I have gotten here?

Granny Sue gives her a snide look.

GRANNY SUE

You could have done it yourself, and you know it.

Milly suddenly gasps, as if remembering something.

GRANNY SUE

Would have taken you about six or seven hundred jumps, from what I’ve seen. You’d have had plenty of time to rest too.

MILLY

You’ve been watching me run and–

Granny Sue gives her a knowing look, grabs a nail gun and a big bag of long nails, stuffs them in her bag.

Justin gawks.

JUSTIN

What the hell are you talking about?

(to Milly)

What the hell’s she talking about?

Milly bows her head, embarrassed.

MILLY

You know those weird things that I told you about. Well…I can sorta jump…you know, really high, or really far, or both.

JUSTIN

And we’re talking how high? How far? This is insane. You can’t even make a layup in the gym.

MILLY

That’s because–

Justin stands back from her, arms folded.

JUSTIN

No, now I’ve got to see this. You’re so amazingly bouncy. Let’s see how high you can jump–this amazing skill or power or whatever that she says you have that us “plain old humans” can’t do.

JUSTIN

And if you can slam dunk, I’m gonna kill you for not showing me sooner so I could have shown you off to those loser jocks that always make fun of me.

Milly does a feeble jump up in the air. She barely gets into the air. Granny Sue rolls her eyes.

JUSTIN

Ha! There’s one of those, what did she say, six or seven hundred jumps that were going to take you here. Those wouldn’t even get you from your house–former house, I mean–to my house. What kind of crazy rabbit hole are we going down here, huh?

He looks to Granny Sue.

JUSTIN

You should stop messing with my friend’s head, Granny that she’s never heard of. Because it’s making me pretty pissed, and–

GRANNY SUE

(nasty angry)

Shut your trap, not-so-wise guy. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

(to Milly)

If this blabber-mouth really is your best friend, don’t you think you owe him the truth? I mean, obviously he’s not just any old person to you, even though he is “just any old person”, if you know what I mean.

Milly bristles at Granny Sue and at Justin.

MILLY

You wanna see how I can jump?

(to Granny Sue)

You think I should show him? Okay. Here goes.

In one lightning motion, Milly launches herself like a rocket, ZIPS high into the sky–and completely out of sight.

Justin stares up in awe.

JUSTIN

Where’d she go? Is she in, like, Space?

GRANNY SUE

Not hardly, but it will be a minute or two before she comes down.

Justin just stares at Granny Sue, hopelessly bewildered.

GRANNY SUE

She’s an alien, as in one who comes from another world–physical world, I mean. She barely knows it though. Marcus was waiting for the right time to tell her, but…

She fishes some more around in her truck’s equipment bins, pulls out a big shop vac on wheels and sets it down.

JUSTIN

And you?

Suddenly, there’s a soft THUMP nearby. Milly’s back. She walks back to them, an angry look on her face.

Granny Sue shuts up the truck, grabs what looks like a fancy sniper rifle off the top of the vehicle.

GRANNY SUE

Now that we’ve got that little exhibition over with, let’s get down to business. Come on. Follow me.

She trudges down the road as it heads up the dry mountains.

GRANNY SUE

(to Milly)

I told him you were an alien.

Milly stops, gapes in astonishment. Granny Sue continues.

GRANNY SUE

(to Justin)

And no, I’m not an alien, but I feel like one. I’m a witch–I prefer sorceress–and I don’t get any more credibility than she would if she made an announcement about herself to everyone at your school.

Justin and Milly share meaningful, confused looks as they trudge along.

GRANNY SUE

And Milly’s dad is my son. A wizard–sorcerer. We’re part of a worldwide organization called the WWAA: Witches, Wizards, and Aliens Association, formed for the mutual benefit of us all, given our mutual difficulties living in this rather backward world.

She stops at a curve in the road. Below is a vast moonscape of craters, cinder cones, fissures, and old lava floes.

GRANNY SUE

And down there, somewhere under all that, is where he’s at, most likely slaving away for a rogue wizard named General Janus. He values Marcus for his unique magical talents, which he hopes to abuse to become master of this whole damn planet someday. And right now, we’re the only ones who can stop him.

She chuckles at Milly and Justin’s blank stares.

GRANNY SUE

Well, not just us. You got that bag of toys you were supposed to bring?

Milly pulls it out of her jacket pocket.

GRANNY SUE

Now pull one out. Set it on the ground, and say “the magic word.”

Milly pulls out a WWII-style Jeep with a driver and a man firing a .50 caliber machine gun. She looks sheepishly up at Granny Sue.

MILLY

I’m sorry. I don’t know any magic words.

GRANNY SUE

(exasperated)

Oh come on! Didn’t he even teach you about the magic word?

Granny Sue takes the toy, moves it farther away from them, onto the road.

GRANNY SUE

Want it to be on the road at least to start–and not visible from down there.

She turns back towards the kids.

GRANNY SUE

Okay. Now you both pay attention. Even plain old humans can do this because the magic’s in the words.

Granny Sue points at the Jeep.

GRANNY SUE

Be big! The magic word!

Suddenly, in an instant, the toy Jeep turns into the real thing, life-size, with two men inside.

DRIVER

What are our orders, Ma’am?

GRANNY SUE

(to the Driver)

At ease, gentlemen.

(to the kids)

How many more of those toys you got?

MILLY

Maybe thirty or forty?

Granny Sue gives them a big grin.

GRANNY SUE

See what I mean. It’s not gonna be just us three.

She grabs the bag, takes it with her off the road out of sight of the Lava Craters. She starts putting toys out on the ground: Army men, futuristic weapons, military vehicles…

Justin’s face brightens.

JUSTIN

So there really isn’t a magic word because–

MILLY

The magic word is when you say “the magic word!” That’s so–cool!

GRANNY SUE

An old family tradition. Very cool indeed–and the best part is that no one ever guesses it.

LATER…

The area off the road now has Marcus’s miniature toys spread all over the area.

She comes back to where Milly and Justin watch.

GRANNY SUE

Well, that’s all that.

She gives Justin the empty plastic bag.

GRANNY SUE

Hang on to that. We’ll need it later.

She goes back down to her utility truck. The kids follow.

JUSTIN

So what are we going to do: make all those big and then go down there and kick some ass.

Granny Sue snorts. Milly gives Justin a “seriously” look.

JUSTIN

Well, we got the cavalry now!

GRANNY SUE

Cavalry? Cavalry ain’t gonna do nothing to anybody in the face of General Janus and his little army.

She grabs an air duster can and a laser pointer and they hike back toward their overlook of the Lava Craters.

GRANNY SUE

That area down there looks deserted, like I said, but underneath, it’s a whole different story, and that’s where Marcus will be. There two entrances that I know of and there’ll be perimeter guards and maybe even a spell or two protecting them from intruders. What we’ve got to do is outsmart him so that he thinks one thing’s gonna happen, but what’s really going on is something else.

JUSTIN

Classic diversion. Gotcha!

Granny Sue smirks at Justin, looks to Milly.

GRANNY SUE

You sure about this one?

MILLY

What’s that supposed to mean? He’s just new to all like this, and so am I. Stop being so condescending. He’s the only real friend I have!

Granny sighs, stares out at the Lava Craters. Finally…

GRANNY SUE

Okay here’s the deal. This is a for real situation that can and probably will have some deadly consequences for some. Our job is to make sure it isn’t any of us or Marcus. To do that, we’ve got to be sharp as tacks and follow a very well-thought-out plan as close to flawlessly as we can.

GRANNY SUE

And everyone’s going to have to do their part. We’ll need all our smarts and all our talents to accomplish our goal. If you’re not in with that, you’d best get on that motorbike and leave. If you are, we have better than a fighting chance to be successful.

She looks both kids directly in the eye. Neither of them flinches.

GRANNY SUE

Okay.

(to Justin)

Now you, I’m going to give you something that I’ve never given another “just human” person before. You’re going to be able to use “the magic word.” Just like I did. It will work until one of us tells you it won’t. You will not abuse it. That means use it for a purpose other than what will help our plan. If you do, you’ll change into a wild turkey for five minutes. Got it, Mister Gotcha?

JUSTIN

Uh, yeah. Gotcha.

She points at him and mumbles some unintelligible words.

GRANNY SUE

Point at that bazooka down there and say the magic word.

He does.

JUSTIN

The magic word.

It instantly becomes a full-sized weapon.

JUSTIN

Whoa!

He looks at his finger.

JUSTIN

That’s awesome…and very, very scary.

GRANNY SUE

Great attitude. Now slowly, like, say, two in every minute, make each one of these life-sized. Tell any soldiers to be “at ease.”

GRANNY SUE

You can ask one at a time if you yourself want to learn how to operate a weapon, like this bazooka here. The person will show you. Make sure you tell them not to fire it. Then tell them to be “at ease” again. When you’re finished, wait for further instructions.

JUSTIN

Gotcha! Where will you guys be?

GRANNY SUE

Somewhere way over there.

She points to the far side of the Lava Craters: several miles away.

JUSTIN

You taking the truck?

GRANNY SUE

Nope. We’re going the alien way.

She looks over at Milly, whose eyes widen.

GRANNY SUE

I’ll hang onto your shoulders with my gear. Get us over there in a couple jumps, and make sure to stay clear of the Lava Craters if you have to come down halfway.

Milly looks uncertain. Granny Sue smiles.

GRANNY SUE

You’re going to do just fine.

Justin catches her eye, gives her a thumbs-up.

MILLY

Okay.

(stooping)

Climb on.

Granny Sue does, with the gear she collected from the truck.

MILLY

Alright. Here we go. Halfway over there.

She points, then launches herself, disappears into the sky. Justin tries to follow her with his eye, but can’t.

He turns back to his task, checks his watch. Then points at a Jedi Knight toy.

JUSTIN

The magic word!

EXT. LAVA CRATERS – FAR SIDE

Milly and Granny Sue land with a THUMP behind a hill. Granny Sue climbs off Milly, starts up the hill. Milly just stands there.

GRANNY SUE

Come on, kid!

Milly hesitates. She seems to have frozen.

GRANNY SUE

Don’t be so shocked, honey. You’re going to be doing stuff like that as if you were walking to your friend’s house before this day’s out.

EXT. NEAR LAVA CRATERS – DAY

Justin walks among several dozen soldiers from various eras, planets, etc. He pinches a Viking, and the guy takes a swing that nearly takes his head off.

JUSTIN

Hey, watch it. I’m your commander, you know.

VIKING

(subtitled-said in Norse tongue)

Oh. Sorry.

Justin tries to fist-bump him. He doesn’t get it. They shake hands instead.

EXT. LAVA CRATERS – DAY

Granny Sue goes to Milly, who turns away when Granny Sue gets there.

GRANNY SUE

Come on, kid. Time’s important here, especially for your father.

MILLY

I’m sorry, but I’m afraid I’m going to need some answers before I go anywhere else. Who are you, really? Are you really my grandmother, or just someone called Granny? Is Marcus really my father, and how do you know–

Granny Sue tries to put an arm around Milly, but Milly shrugs her off.

MILLY

And how in the world–

GRANNY SUE

Stop.

Milly tries to go on, but Granny Sue stops her.

GRANNY SUE

Listen. I’d love to sit down here and have a nice long fireside chat with you, Milly, but there’s no time for that. Seriously. I mean it. Your father’s life is at stake.

MILLY

How do you know that, and how do you know there’s some big base under this place? You at least owe us that much truth, since Justin and I are supposedly risking our lives!

Granny Sue sighs. She motions Milly to sit on a nearby rock. Granny Sue joins her.

GRANNY SUE

You’re right, so here’s a very much abbreviated version of that information. Then, we’ve got to get busy. Some years ago, the WWAA got concerned about disappearing aliens from the group. They’d disappear for a while, then be found dead somewhere. Then, one disappeared from my settlement, and I was able to track whoever took them. The trail ended here. I was given orders by the Association to investigate. I found the bunker, and I found who was running it too. I surveilled the place, and then got myself captured so I could see inside. I know it inside and out, and I saw the alien from my settlement. He was doing slave labor of some kind. I couldn’t do anything for him, and near got myself killed escaping myself. But when we came back with a rescue team two weeks later, she was dead. I saw the body. They cremated her as I watched.

She gets up off the rock.

GRANNY SUE

As they say here, that’s the honest-to-God truth. Every since then, we’ve had spies watching the place.

GRANNY SUE

When the report came that a crew had gone out toward your place, I came as fast as I could, but, as you can tell, I was too late. Now, we’ve got work to do. I don’t want to be too late again. And Milly, I don’t like to be harsh, but I need you to be totally in on this. I can’t do it without you.

Milly nods solemnly.

EXT. NEAR LAVA CRATERS – DAY

Justin shakes hands with several more Vikings.

JUSTIN

Damn! That feels real.

(suddenly, in his head)

GRANNY SUE

Don’t worry. They are all real, but Marcus’s magic is such that if they are hit in any way that would cause death or great pain, they just turn back into toys.

JUSTIN

Gee, thanks–really. Hey, are you in my head all the time?

GRANNY SUE

Only when needed. Be ready. I’ll give the command soon. You’ll tell the men to charge the large fissures below you. As you get closer, you’ll see that there’s actually a long ramp there that leads down to a huge garage door opening. That’s your target.

JUSTIN

Gotcha!

EXT. LAVA CRATERS – DAY

Milly and Granny Sue peer from behind the lip of a low cinder cone over to another, large cinder cone next to it.

A few people who look like tourists hang out, eat lunch from the tailgate of a pick-up truck.

GRANNY SUE

Those would be guards down there. The main entrance is most likely magically hidden. I’ll find it soon enough.

She waves her arms high over her head several times.

GRANNY SUE

A standard early-warning spell stretches out to fifty yards or so in front of those men, probably surrounds the compound area. I’m surprised it’s not a stronger barrier, but then again, you don’t want real tourists electrocuted or turned into dust, now do you.

Milly shakes her head warily. Granny Sue hunkers down with Milly.

GRANNY SUE

Okay. A couple things before we talk about the plan. Your power is significant over just that of an ordinary human. For instance, your skin is incredibly dense, even though it doesn’t appear so. It’s virtually impenetrable.

Milly checks out her arm, then looks to Granny Sue questionably.

GRANNY SUE

Every wonder why you’ve never had so much as a scratch in your life?

MILLY

How did you know–

GRANNY SUE

No time to explain. Just believe it. Here. Let me show you.

Before Milly can figure what’s happened, Granny Sue’s grabbed a carpenter’s hammer from her bag and slammed it down with all her might on Milly’s hand.

Milly doesn’t flinch. She checks herself out. No mark on her hand at all.

GRANNY SUE

Now that only works for areas covered with skin. Eyes, nostrils, open mouth, ears, etcetera, your as human as anyone. Be especially careful of that.

Milly looks curiously at her hand, then brings it down on a rock. The rock bounces away–and her hand’s not bruised.

GRANNY SUE

Someday your arms will be strong enough to smash that to dust. But your legs are already strong enough for what we’re up to today.

They climb up the cinder cone again, study other cinder cone.

GRANNY SUE

So here’s the plan. Justin’s distraction will be launched, and within a minute or two, most of those guards will leave. I’ll go in and clear out those other dudes and reveal the actual doorway. As soon as I do, you’ll run and then hurl yourself like a big ole wrecking ball right at it. Once you crash through it, we’ll assess where we’re at, then, as quietly as we can, find Marcus. You got it.

Milly nods, a determined look on her face.

EXT. NEAR LAVA CRATERS – DAY

Justin chats with some Gulf War soldiers, then suddenly…

GRANNY SUE

Are you ready?

JUSTIN

As we’ll ever be.

GRANNY SUE

Okay! Go for it! The big fissure below you. And make lots of noise!

Justin steps up onto a big boulder.

JUSTIN

Okay, everyone! Our target is that big fissure straight down this hillside. As we get closer, we’ll see a big long ramp! We head down that, and attack the big doors at the end. Blow’em open! You got it!

ARMY GENERAL

What’s our opposition?

JUSTIN

Honestly, sir, I have no idea. We’ll just head in and shoot at whatever we run into. Okay! Everyone, follow after me and my little friend here.

He and the army guys leap up onto a giant US Army Abrams tank. The soldiers pile into it.

Justin rides on top behind the turret.

JUSTIN

This is insane, of course, but I think we’ve already gone around the bend way too far, so what the hell.

(to the tank commander)

Shove off, captain.

(to all the others)

Move out!! Charge!! Or whatever you say!

Several dozen soldiers, ancient warriors, futuristic soldiers, and a number of vehicles and even some flying craft, head off behind Justin’s tank or take off into the air, yelling battle cries, etc.

They’re soon at the bottom of the hill. Machine gun fire erupts from hidden bunkers near the fissure. A helicopter gunship’s Gatling guns wipe them all out.

The tank slams into an invisible wall. So do soldiers.

JUSTIN

Let’s see if this is what I think it is.

He points to the space in front of them.

JUSTIN

Crumble! The magic word!

Suddenly, the tank surges forward. Soldiers dash forward again.

JUSTIN

Ha-ha!! I’m the Sorcerer’s Apprentice!!

More gunfire, more machine guns, some big guns in gun emplacements fire away at the charging horde.

Justin’s tank speeds up, its turret swirls, its gun fires, takes out gun emplacements, even a couple armored vehicles that come out of the fissure.

The helicopter buzzes the fissure with gunfire. Justin can now see the long ramp.

JUSTIN

There it is! Go-go-go! Damn, I feel like I’m in a movie!!

EXT. LAVA CRATERS – DAY

Milly and Granny Sue watch as the guards of the door dash around the cinder cone toward the other side. Only two remain.

GRANNY SUE

I’m moving out.

She walks out, then does a little jog as she gets closer. The two guys look curiously, then pull weapons.

Granny Sue pulls out an electric screwdriver, points it at the men, flips it on.

As the tool whirs and spins, both men are lifted off the ground and spin as if caught in a horizontal vortex. They spin high over the smaller cinder cone before Granny Sue turns off the screwdriver, at which time they plunge back to Earth, unconscious.

Granny Sue waves her hand over the face of the big cinder cone. It exposes a large double door.

GRANNY SUE

Now!

Milly hesitates for a minute, then, with anger and fury in her eyes, she takes off running then sends herself straight as an arrow at the door.

IMPACT! The doors shatter into slivers and busted iron. Milly continues through before she skids on a floor, takes out several chairs and tables as she does.

Granny Sue is there immediately. No one’s in the room. They head down a hallway quickly, silently.

GRANNY SUE

How are you?

MILLY

Great! That was awesome.

GRANNY SUE

You did wonderful, but now, we gotta be hecka careful.

Granny Sue waves her hand over them.

GRANNY SUE

An invisible shield. It should help.

EXT. THE RAMP – DAY

Justin and his “army” fight intensely along the ramp as soldiers in odd, futuristic uniforms use both traditional and futuristic weapons like particle beam guns and laser ray weapons.

Some of Justin’s people have the same kinds of weapons and engage them. Others fight with whatever they have.

Justin’s tank blasts away at the doors down at the ramp’s end. Justin waves his hand again.

JUSTIN

Begone! The magic word!

The next tank shot blasts part of the door, though it doesn’t collapse.

JUSTIN

Ha-ha! Fire again. Head for that breach guys!

They all do, when suddenly, everything goes haywire.

The battered garage door opens, and what looks like a hundred or more perimeter guards stand ready to counter-attack.

JUSTIN

Holy cow! Where did they come from?

(to his army)

Fall back! Retreat!

INT. JANUS’S UNDERGROUND COMPOUND – MORNING

Milly and Granny Sue sneak through several empty offices as they creep down a wide hallway.

Marcus isn’t in any of them.

Presently, they come to the end of the hall. Granny Sue pulls a thin nail from her bag of tools.

GRANNY SUE

Just like the old days.

The nail magically heads for the door’s lock. After a moment of Granny Sue directing it by moving her fingers around, the lock clicks.

Carefully, the two peer through the door. There’s a huge, cavernous control room on the other side. Lots of control panels, flatscreens, stuff that looks like banks of servers, set inside a cave whose ceiling looks to be endlessly high.

Technicians word diligently. They note General Janus bent over a monitor with several technicians.

Carefully, the two creep into the shadows around the control area. They look around, see no one, though it’s pitch dark everywhere but in and around the control area.

GRANNY SUE

(in Milly’s mind)

I have a tiny light. We’ll search the dark areas, look for your father. We’ll stay together. Follow me.

EXT. THE RAMP – DAY

Justin and his tank bring up the rear, try to cover his men’s retreat by firing into the horde of perimeter guards.

They all seem to turn into toys once they’re hit!

JUSTIN

Oh my god! They’re a toy army too. What the hell?

Suddenly, he hears cries from those behind him. He turns. His men run into an invisible barrier at the top of the ramp.

JUSTIN

Oh no!

(to his tank commander)

Get me back there.

THE INVISIBLE WALL…

Justin arrives in the midst of his anxious army. He waves at the wall.

JUSTIN

Begone! The magic word!

The men dash through it. Justin heaves a sigh of relief…

And then, everyone crashes into another barrier! Justin plows through them to the wall’s edge, once again waves his hand.

JUSTIN

Begone! The magic word!

Once again, it disappears–and the horde of perimeter guards get closer.

No sooner have they run another twenty feet, and SMASH! Another wall!

Justin waves again.

JUSTIN

Begone! The magic word!

The wall…doesn’t budge.

JUSTIN

Oh shit…

He and his soldiers turn. The perimeter guards are upon them.

INT. JANUS’S UNDERGROUND COMPOUND

Milly and Granny Sue continue with her small light to search the dark areas around the central control center.

They find nothing. Both become more tense.

GRANNY SUE

This doesn’t seem right. There ain’t even any supplies or things here. I wonder–

Her light suddenly illuminates two eyes and a face. A perimeter guard, though her skin glares a bit unnaturally.

Behind her, Granny Sue sees at least a dozen more pairs of eyes.

GRANNY SUE

Run!

The two dash off. Suddenly, lights come on around them. Perimeter guards dash after them–by the dozen.

They head back to the door that they came in by, but another light comes on across the cave, and more perimeter guards charge towards them.

The din now in the cavern is deafening as perimeter guards race to cut them off.

GRANNY SUE

Get to the door!

Milly turns on her super-speed. She’s there in an instant. She fiercely battles perimeter guards, knocks them every which-way, but there’s so many of them!

Granny Sue stands and “spins away” a bunch of her pursuers with her enchanted electric screwdriver, and then again with an air duster.

But all at once, they all stop working. She runs on to Milly. The try to go through the door, but it won’t open.

They’re trapped. And then, their magic Shield magically disappears.

EXT. THE RAMP

Justin sits, battered and bruised, on top of a tiny toy tank. The last of his soldiers is hit, leaps high, and falls to the ground as a plastic soldier.

Justin’s surrounded by perimeter guards. A few come out of the crowds toward him. Justin can see that they’re not life-sized toy soldiers.

SOLDIER 1

Don’t worry…to much. Our General wants to see you.

He grabs Justin. Another soldier handcuffs him.

JUSTIN

Okay. I guess that’s better than getting killed, right?

SOLDIER 1

Maybe. And don’t try any of that magic stuff. That would be very bad–for both you and your friends.

Justin’s face shows surprise, but no one’s talking as he’s led in. Behind him, perimeter guards fall in. They leave toys scattered everywhere.

INT. JANUS’S UNDERGROUND COMPOUND

Granny Sue’s knocked out but not before “nailing” a bunch of perimeter guards with a nail gun.

But Milly fights on. The perimeter guards can’t do much with one so strong and armored.

She wades through them, knocks them to and fro, her eyes always on Janus, who smiles wickedly at the scene.

Just as she gets to him, he raises his arm. A small mini-missile points at her. He launches it from his arm.

It tears into Milly’s arm. Another explodes on her leg. She falls, writhes in pain.

Janus strolls to her as the perimeter guards back away.

JANUS

Milly, Marcus’s adopted daughter, I assume.

(to a nearby officer)

Throw that net on her. It should hold her. Take her to the cells.