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EXT. DESERT WITHIN SIGHT OF THE LOOKOUT STATION
SUPER: 1204.75 hours Less than five minutes later. Julie is
pedaling away at a stationary bicycle with the big flask
balanced, unopened on the handlebars. Needle on a voltage
meter swings back and forth. Mikeale checks to see if the
equipment works. When the radarscope starts to PING, he looks
at Julie.
MIKEALE
You drink now.
Julie grabs the flask one handed, twists the lid with her
teeth and takes a long swig. She closes her eyes and PURRS.
MIKEALE (CONT'D)
Keep pedaling!
The Voltage meter dips and then goes further up then before
as Julie gets her second win
INT. LOOKOUT STATION - NIGHT
Mikeale is sprawled out on the cot. Julie is sitting cross
legged on the floor, next to the bed, trying to play a
recorder (plastic flute), swaying back and forth like a snake
charmer. Julie hits a SOUR NOTE. Mikeale sits up.
MIKEALE
No. Not like that. Listen! He hums
some "Bolero". Julie tries again
and hits another
SOUR NOTE.
MIKEALE (CONT'D)
I'm supposed to put the last
touches on your training--
JULIE (V.O.)
So that's it...
MIKEALE
Give me instrument. I play you
dance. Mikeale plays an intricate
Middle eastern melody as Julie
gracefully swings her hips, waves
her arms and moves her head
sideways on her shoulders.
MIKEALE (CONT'D)
Stop! Julie stops. He hands her the
flute.
MIKEALE (CONT'D)
Play and dance at the same time.
JULIE
O....kay... Sir. Julie dances and
plays beautifully. Mikeale starts
to sing
(Middle eastern style like
Nusrat Fat Ali Khan)
INT. GRAND ADMIRAL MULLER'S CABIN ON BOARD HIS BATTLECRUISER -
DAY
Tara, wrapped in a towel sits on
the edge of the bed brushing her
hair. GUS a grison (galictus
vittata, grey and white husky
weasel) in business suit stands
near the door.
TARA
Was Milord pleased?
GUS
La muchacha bonita, ayer por la
noche era asombrosa y el baņo esta
maņana pura lagniappe.
(SUBTITLE)
Pretty girl, last night was amazing
and the bath this morning pure
lagniappe.
TARA
Tell the Admiral, please?
GUS
(Hispanic accent)
Hokay. Anyone ever say you look
like Commander Nova the secondo on
Sumer TM. Tara looks up at him and
her tail curls up behind her.
TARA
You go to Sumer? She's my twin
sister, Villa. Send her my regards.
Tara tries to relax till Gus
leaves.
TARA (V.O.) (CONT'D)
If only he mentions where I am...
MULLER (O.C.)
You found her adequate?
GUS (O.C.)
EL SORPRENDER! Gracias.
FADE TO:
EXT. DESERT BEYOND SIGHT OF THE LOOKOUT STATION - DAY
Late in the day, Mikeale and Julie reach the top of a dune
and stop. They drop their packs and take out some camping
gear. He hands her a furn-ration bar. After she eats it, he
says something and she slowly removes all her clothes. Then
she kneels down, unties his boot laces and helps him remove
all his clothes. She neatly folds his uniform and stows it
shoes and all in one pack, half buries it in the sand and
ties her top and bottom on the uprights as markers. She
stands with arms out as Mikeale piles the tent and single
sleeping bag on. He picks up the remaining stuff and starts
down the dune.
MIKEALE
You get a furnrat every three weeks
to keep up your conditioning. We
don't need an audience for this
exercise. Damn Voyeurs.
EXT. FAR SIDE OF DUNE - MOMENTS LATER
Mikeale stands over Julie as she pitches the tent in a valley
between dunes.
MIKEALE
(loudly)
Lenny is retard and Muller
worthless pussy fart! Julie stops
what she's doing and pricks up her
ears. Mikeale looks up. A quiet
minute passes, then another.
JULIE
What did you say? Why?
MIKEALE
A test. Finish tent and get inside.
INT. TENT - MOMENTS LATER
The setting sun lights the walls of a desert camouflage
shelter. Julie sits between Mikeale outstretched legs. Both
face the front flap.
MIKEALE
...say I not want audience. Collar--
He pulls gently on her collar and
holds up his wrist band
MIKEALE (CONT'D)
And cuff register night of wild
lovemaking just from furnrat
effects. Listen...
JULIE
What's this all about?
MIKEALE
Not everyone in spacefleet likes
Muller and Citizen Lenny. A friend
of your sister sent me.
JULIE
Roger Wilmont?
MIKEALE
Close. Doc Long. Julie who's been
absentmindedly massaging Mikeale's
leg digs her claws in for a second.
JULIE
You know him? Mikeale removes her
hand from his leg and rubs the spot
she scratched.
MIKEALE
You can not do things like that.
Now focus. You have some computer
knowledge. Lisa says you had hacker
friends... Julie rubs Mikeale's
legs more urgently, leans back
against him a swishes her tail in
his face. Her eyes are closed and
she PURRS loudly.
MIKEALE (CONT'D)
No. Listen now sex later!
JULIE
Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
INT. TENT - NIGHT
Julie has her hands tied behind her to the pole nearest the
flap and Mikeale is massaging her foot pads.
MIKEALE
...So you get plan now. This help
you concentrate.
JULIE
Ya,ya we fuck up the computer and
this asswipe Dachshund cums to fix
it and leaves me with a wide open
rear entrance. Can we...
MIKEALE
You kiss your mother with such a
mouth.
JULIE
If she were still alive and here
now...
EXT. LOOKOUT STATION - DAY
Mikeale walks briskly back to the shack as Julie trudges
dragging her pack behind her.
INT. LOOKOUT STATION - AFTERNOON
Mikeale sits at the monitor equipment as Julie pours beer
into a frosty mug.
MIKEALE
Get over here quickly. Furn. Julie
hands him the brew and turns to
return to the kitchen. He grabs her
tail and pulls her into his lap. As
they swivel back to the data banks
the beer flies out of his hand and
spills all over the computer.
MIKEALE (CONT'D)
A broch! A chorbn! He pushes the
chair back with both of them as the
machines explode in sparks and a
great cloud of smoke. Julie who's
closer gets a spark burn on her
nose, but Mikeale is unscathed.
MIKEALE (CONT'D)
Damn it to Dusa. I'm a spaceman not
a techy. This will need an expert.
Clean up smoke damage. Get me new
beer and pack my bag. Rule is one
furn, one lookout. No more. Julie
licks her paw rubs her nose and
gets to work.
JULIE (V.O.)
Ya, so it starts.
EXT. KELIOS - LANDING PAD - MORNING
Mikeale tosses a duffel bag on to a cargo transport as FELIX,
a Dachshund checks a list against numbers stenciled on
crates. Julie experiments with the controls of a floating
pallet.
MIKEALE
Furn2342. Remember what you've
learned and you'll do all right.
Julie presses a wrong button and
the pallet lands on her foot.
JULIE
Yes, Sir. Ouch! Mikeale marches
into the ship and disappears. Felix
yells in to the cargo hold of ship.
FELIX
Where's part 56J480Wx -S.P.M.M.M.?
(to Julie)
Take this and leave the pallet
alone. He hands her the padd with
the parts list. A crate falls out
of the ship between them barely
missing their feet.
FELIX (CONT'D)
Part 56J480Wx -S.P.M.M.M.. Julie
ticks off the line on the padd.
JULIE
Check.
INT. LOOKOUT STATION - AFTERNOON
Felix is wiring the new equipment. Julie is making a
chocolate shake while she waits for french fries to finish
draining.
JULIE
Can't you do any of those
connections wireless. One less
thing to go wrong.
FELIX
No! Everything has to be hard wired
for security. The data is broadcast
to Spacefleet on a wavelength that
changes at random intervals. Julie
brings the junk food over and
starts to poke around.
JULIE
What's this wire for? Where does it
connect? Is this BHS cable for the
radarscope? Can I do anything to
help. That's what I'm here for you
know... Ya. Sir? Boss? Master?
Felix takes Julie by the paw and
leads her over to the cot. Julie's
ears flatten and her claws show for
an instant, but then she puts her
paws in her lap and sits demurely
showing Felix a big eyed sad face.
FELIX
Sit Here and SHUT UP! If I need you
for anything, you'll be informed.
INT. UNDER THE CONSOLE
Felix is lying on his back, holding two cables in either hand
and three in his mouth.
FELIX
Cat girl? I need a medium sonic
screwdriver. Julie appears next to
him with a medium sonic
screwdriver.
JULIE
Here, boss. Can I hold some of
these while you hook up the others.
This one-- She removes one cable
from his mouth. Then another.
JULIE (CONT'D)
Goes here. Right? And this one over
here? Julie holds the cables as
Felix attaches them with the medium
sonic screwdriver.
FELIX
Go make more fries. We're going to
have a busy night.
INT. COT - NIGHT
Julie and Felix are curled up on the bed fast asleep.
EXT. LOOKOUT STATION - DAY
At sun up, Felix holds one side of the power relay plug and
Julie holds the other.
FELIX
When I say pull, we unplug the
power to the shack. PULL! They pull
in opposite directions and the roof
antennas stop rotating, the lights
inside go out and silence reigns.
INT. LOOKOUT STATION - MOMENTS LATER
In the dark shack Felix hands Julie a slip of paper.
FELIX
Read this. Memorize it. Then eat it
quickly. Julie reads, looks away,
reads again, rolls up the note and
pops it in her mouth, chews and
swallows.
JULIE
Got it.
EXT. KELIOS - LANDING PAD - MORNING
Felix boards a cargo ship as Julie watches from the edge of
the pad.
FELIX
Is all My stuff loaded? I'm needed
on Fenrus station today. Lets get a
move on.
JULIE (V.O.)
Well I have a 'backdoor' to the
whole system. Time to start a new
revolution!
INT. LOOKOUT STATION - NIGHT
Julie alone for the first time in almost a year sits with a
cold beer in front of the terminal and types away.
JULIE
Tara, so good to hear from you.
Hope Gus sees your sister soon. I'm
not sure if it's the conditioning
or just me but I feel lonely...
INT. GRAND ADMIRAL MULLER'S CABIN ON BOARD BATTLECRUISER -
SIMULTANEOUS.
Tara sits at a computer screen. Julie's message appears at
the top. Tara is typing her reply.
(WORDS BEING TYPED) COMPUTER SCREEN
TARA (V.O.) (CONT'D)
(words appear as they are
typed)
...That would be those damn candy
bars. I hope the effects wear off
over time. Your Friends are safe.
Well, safer than you anyway. Azreal
is on Hogarth, an icy outpost with
an OK furr named Sven. They seem to
be hitting it off. Bilail Is on a
tropical space rock with a mongoose
who spends his time chasing snakes
and leaves her alone mostly.
EXT. LOOKOUT STATION - DAY
Empty desert and blowing sand everywhere. Several weeks
worth of bug bodies are piled in a shallow hole.
INT. LOOKOUT STATION - DAY
Dishes are piled in the sink. Garbage spills out of a box.
Sand is an inch thick on the floor. Her now longer hair in
pigtails, a bored Julie reads a message on the computer.
JULIE
(reading)
Be at landing pad 1600 hours report
to sergeant BARNARD VAN LOOYNA.
Equip with 12" chain, furn issue
wrist cuffs and spring retainer
gag. Julie digs in a locker near
the shower and finds a box with the
label SPRING RETAINER GAG, a shiny
set of green plastic cuffs and a
foot long chain she brings over to
the table. She reads the box.
JULIE
"Prevents biting and chewing wearer
must be fed liquids only! Prolonged
use causes jaw muscles to cramp
open and eventually atrophy."--
Lovely! What does this Barney guy
have in mind? I better clean up!
EXT. KELIOS - LANDING PAD - LATER
Neatly dressed and hair brushed, Julie anxiously crouches on
the balls of her feet knees wide apart; head down arms
crossed at the wrist behind her back. Out of the cloud of
dust left by the rocket's take off walks a nervous looking
whip thin meerkat. Julie hears METAL ON LEATHER and knows
he's drawn his blaster even before he speaks in a high
pitched whine.
BARNEY
Yyyou're not wearing the retainer!
Put it in now or I'll blow your
frigging head off!
JULIE (V.O.)
But the message only said... Furn
manual page 27: "Never argue with
your C.O." Julie fits the soft
plastic bridgework with springs
into her mouth and clips the strap
behind her neck. She is gagged with
her mouth wide open.
BARNEY
Better now give me your paws one at
a time. Behind your back. Right
hand - one end of 12" chain. Then
left hand and she can only move her
hands in a small arch behind her.
He makes sure her gag strap is
tight. Even though he's rough she
sort of digs the contact.
JULIE (V.O.)
I've been conditioned to need
somebody touching me anybody,
anywhere. When he stops she leans
towards his retreating hand.
BARNEY
Get my bag and follow... You won't
need these any time soon He removes
her glasses, pockets them, drops
his duffel bag in front of her,
jumps on a floating pallet
containing a large crate and steers
it quickly towards the station.
Julie looks at the bag.
JULIE
(grumbles)
The only way to do this is to sit
on it and grab the handles behind
my back and...
EXT. LOOKOUT STATION - DAY
The red sun has moved towards the horizon. The bathtub has
been dragged outside and the HUM of power tools emanates from
inside. Julie pulls herself the last few feet onto the porch.
JULIE
(mumbles around gag)
Why's the tub out here? She drops
the bag outside the door and worms
her way up the wall then turns the
door handle. It's locked.
She slides over to the window and
looks in.
JULIE (CONT'D)
Looks like he's building a tank.
One for a really big fish.
INT. LOOKOUT STATION - SIMULTANEOUS
Barney is intent on his work building a steel-supported glass
sided tank. When he sees Julie in the window. He grabs a
towel and throws it over the computer screen and storms
outside.
EXT. LOOKOUT STATION - MOMENTS LATER
The porchlight comes on as the door SLAMS open. Julie is
startled by the light and noise and falls against a post.
Barney stalks towards her.
BARNEY
YYYYou spying on me furn bitch? I
changed all your passwords on the
computer and--- Why I'm I... Come
here! Face the desert. Julie
complies quickly.
JULIE (V.O.)
I was just letting him know I was
here. The desert's every direction
I could... No chances with this one
he's the kind those restraint
classes were about. Barney finds a
hook screwed into a roof pole and
rearranges Julie's chain so her
arms are above her head and she's
on her toes facing away from the
house. He then pulls her top over
her head.
BARNEY
All comfy now? I'll get back to
your little surprise as soon as I
taste... He runs his tongue along
Julie's spine and she shivers.
JULIE (V.O.)
What a perv. Ich! How far will this
go?
BARNEY
You're too acidic. We'll need to
sweeten you up. Barney takes his
bag inside.
Julie tries different positions to
get a better foothold. Barney comes
outside, gabs Julie's hair, pulls
her head back and pops a pill down
her throat followed by some water.
BARNEY
...Your ankles around the pole.
(beat)
Do not move a muscle. Here. Barney
loosens and removes her gag. He
caresses her bellybutton and licks
his finger.
BARNEY (CONT'D)
If you do everything I tell you
that will stay out. See you're
sweeter already. He holds his
finger near her muzzle and she
gently licks it.
JULIE
Yes, master. What was in...
BARNEY
Shut it! He goes back inside. When
he's out of sight Julie spits.
JULIE
What was that all about? RRrowllll!
EXT. SUMER TM SPACE STATION
Above a gas giant orbits an immense space station in the
shape of a simple fertility goddess (Venus of Wallendorf)
INT. SUMER TM - PACKY'S BAR
Garish neon and chrome saloon. Raised platforms for
strippers. PACKY, an elephant bartends. Gus (the grison from
the last Tara scene) talks to VILLA NOVA, Tara's twin sister.
Villa wears a Babylon 5 style uniform.
GUS
Can I buy you?
(beat)
A drink, chiquita. Villa looks
around the bar with distaste.
VILLA
No, I'm on duty and that's
Commander Nova not chick eater.
What's this all about? I need to
get back on traffic control.
PACKY
Says He's seen Tara. Villa's ears
perk up and she gives Gus her whole
attention.
VILLA
Where?
GUS
I was on Geode, en negocio, busy
ness and This almirante offer me
his furn...
VILLA
Furn? Packy serves Gus a banana
daiquiri and Villa a glass of milk.
PACKY
Sex slaves with military rank.
VILLA
(to Gus)
Go on.
GUS
...she look just like you, but muy
friendlier. She say to send her
love and give you a big kiss. Gus
lean over to Villa, who jumps out
of her seat and scurries off.
GUS
...Other Sister more fun.
PACKY
...better tipper too.
EXT. LOOKOUT STATION ON KELIOS - DAY
As the sun rises a sweaty Julie is still chained to the roof
support pole. Her top has fallen away from her face. From
inside are SOUNDS OF TYPING.
JULIE
I stink. It's like rotting fruit. I
read a news item about feeding
chickens something to flavor...
Julie shivers and manages to lick
her shoulder.
JULIE
Mango. I taste like a fricking
mango. Taste? He's not going to...
The typing stops and Barney comes
outside.
BARNEY
Have a pleasant night? Lets see if
you're... He rubs the sweat off her
belly and licks his palm. Then
licks her left underarm as she
squirms. He attaches green ankle
cuffs to her that match her collar
and wrist bands.
BARNEY (CONT'D)
Now you're ready to come inside.
We'll just move this chain from up
here... He releases her from the
hook with one hand while holding
her mouth closed with the other. He
hands her the chain, steps back and
points at her feet. When she
straightens up he ties a bandana
around her muzzle and points to the
door. Julie shuffles ahead of him
through it.
BARNEY
Now the fun begins.
INT. LATER
A tall, wide, glass and steel tank stands where the tub was
and a curtain hides the computer from the rest of the room.
Julie stands inside the tank chained to the floor. Barney
raises a ladder out of the tank.
BARNEY
Ttthat's going to be your home for
a while...
JULIE
...Speak, Master? Barney looks up
from a bunch of tubes he's sorting.
BARNEY
Make it quick and interesting.
JULIE
Did a furn attack you? I can't.
Drugged and programed. I can cook.
Dance. Bouncy...
BARNEY
Catch and cook my own food. But the
other stuff...
He turns a knob and water sprouts
from one tube. He throws it over
the top of the tank. Julie grabs it
and rinses the sand and sweat off.
The tank slowly starts to fill up.
She looks at her feet chained to
the floor and the top edge well out
of reach and looks scared.
JULIE
Master? I think the drain's
clogged.
BARNEY
Drain? What drain. The tank fills
till it's up to her neck. Barney
tosses another hose into the tank.
BARNEY
I noticed a lot of your e-mail
comes from Grand Admiral Muller's
comm link. Tell me why and then put
that hose in your mouth. If I
believe your answer it will have
air in it. If not...
JULIE
From his furn Tara, we met in
training. Just hen chatter. Julie
almost swallows the second tube and
sucks desperately as the water
covers the top of her upturned
nose. With a HISS air starts to
flow into her lungs as the tank
fills to the top. Barney plays with
clamping the air hose to watch
Julie panic and then releasing at
the last moment.
BARNEY
I think Muller's going to like this
one.
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