Infirmary Scene in script form from RP "Badgers Betrayal" by CapnRahn

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Infirmary Scene in script form from RP "Badgers Betrayal"

POSTED BY: CAPNRAHN
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 4, 2005 10:38
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Sunday, January 18, 2004 2:14 AM

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I founda way to xfer the docs to my Clie peg-nz90 and BOY is it eaiser to edit it and format ...

BUT !!!! Oh well ...

... till I can FIX this ... enjoy it as much as you can!

LOCATION : INFIRMARY

NISKA re-awakens a bit more lucid this time

NISKA
TO ANYONE IN THE ROOM
"If you want to survive, I suggest you release me. I have a fully armed gunship nearby, and I know exactly how EARLY sabotaged your engine. This is your final opportunity... before the REAVERS arrive."

MAL LISTENS TO NISKA TALK. GETS IMPATIENT AND WHILE STILL HOLDING THE SCALPEL, MOVES ON NISKA AND HOLDS SCALPEL TO HIS THROAT.

MAL
TO NISKA:
"Chur ni-duh! Think yer forgettin' where you are, ta ma duh!"
HEARS ALARM CLAXON GO OFF.
TO ZOE
:"I'll be down here in the Infirmary. Give me a holler on the 'com if ya need me!"
LOOKS AT KAYLEE
"Xiao mei-mei, how're repairs going? Do we have our engines back yet?"

WHILE MAL IS TALKING TO KAYLEE, HE TAKES OFF HIS LONG-SLEEVED SHIRT AND GIVES IT TO INARA. HE STILL HAS ON A WHITE TANK-TOP UNDERSHIRT ON.

NISKA
"Very well, Captain Reynolds. I shall enjoy hearing your screems as the REAVERS tear at your flesh."
LAUGHS MANIACALLY

scene missing

AFTER ALL OF THE MINOR REPAIRS AND DISPENSING OF MEDS, SIMON SITS ON THE COUNTER AS A SPATE OF DIZZINESS CREEPS UP AND BEGINS TO OVERCOME HIM. HE SHAKES HIS HEAD IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLEAR IT THEN AND REACHES FOR THE INTERCOM.

SIMON
"Captain, I think it would be best if I got a blood and other samples from Niska so I can prepare an effective anaesthetic. I have a feeling that fay-fay duh pee-yen has built up resistances to normal methods."

WAITING FOR MAL'S REPLY, RIVER STROLLS IN AS JAYNE COMMS THE CAPTAIN.

SIMON
"Mei mei, where have you ..."

SIMON TRIES TO LISTEN TO BOTH RIVER AND JAYNE, BUT FAILS MISERBLY

"Jayne, just bring Niska down here so I can 'examine' him and get some samples."

LOOKS TO DOOR TO SEE THAT RIVER HAS FLED

"River!"

CUT TO JAYNE'S BUNK
JAYNE GRABS NISKA BY THE LEGS AND HAULS HIM UP THE LADDER, MAKING SURE TO BUMP NISKA'S HEAD AGAINST EVERY RUNG, THEN PROCEEDS TO AGAIN DRAG HIM ACROSS THE DECK PLATING BUMPING AND BANGING UNTIL HE TOSSES HIM INTO THE INFIRMARY. JAYNE THEN PULLS OUT A RATHER LARGE AND WICKED LOOKING KNIFE

JAYNE
"Hey Doc, 'afore you go an' get that there blood sample, you want me ta' fetch ya' a skin sample?"

A LARGE GRIN SPLAYS ACROSS JAYNE'S FACE...

BOOK ARRIVES UNSEEN AT THE INFIRMARY, NOTICING THE GLINT FROM A KNIFE AND THE HUNCH TO JAYNE'S SHOULDERS THAT INDICATES HE'S READY TO DO SOME HARM, BOOK SPEAKS QUIETLY FROM THE DOOR.

BOOK
"I can't think of a single person who deserves it more than Niska, but if we torture him, we'll be sitting on the same level of Hell with him for all eternity. ...and I don't much like his company."

BOOK LOOKS GRIM.

SCENE MISSING

SIMON STANDS BETWEEN JAYNE AND NISKA BUT STILL LOOKS TOWARDS WHERE RIVER HAS DISAPPEARED

SIMON
"If my ideas do not work out ... you can have him ... but only if the Captain agrees."

BEGINS TO TIE NISKA DOWN AND INSURE THAT THERE ARE NO SHARP IMPLIMENTS WITHIN REACH OF THE TABLE. GOING SO FAR AS TO EMPTY ANY DRAWERS OR POCKETS

"As for the rest of you, it would be best if I did this alone."

SIMON'S EYES HAVE A HARD GLINT IN THEM

"So get out of my infirmary. Captain, as soon as he is ready, I'll let you know."

HE COMMS INARA, HIS HARD EXPRESSION SOFTENING

"Inara, could you please look after River for me?"

NODS AT INARA'S RESPONSE AND TURNS BACK TO NISKA,TIGHTENS STRAPS AND ROPES AND BEGINS TO DRAW SAMPLES

to niska
"Did you know Core Doctors are required to read Shan Yu? It was one of my best scored courses."
LOOKS AT FRESHLY UNPACKED SCAPEL
"... To know how to cause complete pain is also the knowledge of how to completely remove pain. A truly compentent interrogator will leave no scars."
PAUSES A BEAT
" At least physically"

MAL IS SO TAKEN ABACK BY SIMON'S SHOW OF BACKBONE A SURPRISED LOOK FLASHES ON HIS FACE.

MAL
"Hell, Doc. You're a nan ren zhong de nan ren! Didn't think you had much gumption for unethical practices. Might be hope for you yet! Give me a heads up if you get results. If not, well, he's still got other body parts he can stand to lose."

SIMON GLANCES OVER TO MAL, HIS FACE LOOKING TOO MUCH LIKE GRAVEN STONE.

SIMON
"Nothing unethical, Captain. It's just... I begin to see a thread unraveling. I believe Niska here may be a nexus in our troubles and needs to be explored."

TURNS WORKS FOR A SECOND, THEN TURNS BACK TO MAL
"I think I am beginning to understand your point of view. This is about protecting family ...
GRINS SLIGHTLY
... here on Serenity."

JAYNE
"Well Mal if your wantin' to stop this from happenin' again, I can just put ole Wang here away in Niska's throat. But since Doc's pansifin' ways seem ta' be rubbin' off on ya, I'll go see what I can do with that there pile o' weapons these gorram idiots came in with."

JAYNE HEADS DOWN TO THE CARGO BAY AND BEGINS TO SIFT THROUGH THE LOOT FROM THE BODIES.

BOOK SEES THE IMMENSE RESPONSE TO JAYNE'S RACKET, EVERYONE POURING IN, AND ALSO SIMON'S DEFENSE AND MAL'S NOTION OF MIND-ALTERING DRUGS AS OPPOSED TO LEG-BREAKING. WALKING AWAY BEFORE THE TALK IS AT AN END, BOOK CONTINUES UP THE AFT STAIRWAY THINKING ABOUT EARLY. HE ABSENTMINDEDLY PICKS UP KAYLEE'S TOOLBOX IN THE ENGINE ROOM AND DOESN'T EVEN REMEMBER LEAVING IT IN INARA'S SHUTTLE BEFORE COMING BACK TO HIS NORMAL THINKING SOMEWHERE IN THE GALLEY.

AS JAYNE LEAVES, MAL TURNS TO ZOE AND OTHERS WITHIN EARSHOT
MAL
"Think I'll ruminate over some vittles. What.say we head to the Galley for some chow friends. Might want to grab River,Kaylee, and Wash as well."

STARTS WALKING TO GALLEY. LOOKS BACK OVER HIS SHOULDER AT NISKA. THINKING THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR PAYBACK. THIS'LL BE A LONG TRIP. WHO'S TO SAY WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE BLACK? PATS POCKET WITH NISKA'S EAR IN IT AND SMILES.

scene missing

BOOK
"There seems to be a time for all things, Doctor."

BOOK HANDS THE CONTAINER TO SIMON, WHO OPENS IT. BOOK SEES SIMON'S EYE'S WIDEN SLIGHTLY IN RECOGNITION.

SIMON
"I ..."

BOOK
"I don't think you've got anything like this in your arsenal of drugs. We need some answers from this man."

BOOK'S EYES LOSE A LITTLE OF THEIR SHINE, AND HE LOWERS HIS HEAD TO STARE AT THE BIBLE IN HIS LIMP HANDS.

SIMON
SIGHS HEAVLY
"I agree, but where would a Shepard ..."

DURING THIS EXCHANGE, NISKA BITES DOWN HARD ONTO HIS FAKE TOOTH, USED ONLY AS A LAST RESORT, AND BECOMES COMOTOSE... AS IF HE WERE DEAD

BOOK LOOKS UP STARTLED AS HE HEARS NISKA'S HEAD GO LIMP ONTO THE CHAIR. BOOK RUSHES FORWARD TO NISKA, BUT SIMON IS CLOSER AND REACHES HIM FIRST.

BOOK
DEEPLY IRONIC
"Wasn't that convenient?"

AS SIMON LOOKS INTO NISKA'S GLAZING EYES AND SLIPS HIS STETHOSCOPE ONTO HIS EARS, BOOK GRABS NISKA'S WRIST AND FEELS FOR A PULSE.

BOOK
"Nothing."

SIMON FINDS NO SINUS RHYTHM THROUGH HIS STETHOSCOPE, FROWNS AND LOOKS OVER TO HIS MONITORS ... AFTER A FEW TENSE SECONDS, HE BARKS AN UNCHARACTISTIC LAUGH

SIMON
"Not to worry Shepard. I have seen this type of reaction before."
OPENS DRAWERS AND GATHERS EQUIPMENT.

"The Captain and Zoe's old platoon-mate used the same drug, Bicadin. Too bad for Niska - that I have a good memory. I'll still need your contribution to make a stimulant in order to wake him much faster than in two weeks."

LOOKS AT BOOK IN ASKANCE

SIMON
TRYING TO NOT BE ILL AT EASE AT FARBICATING A 'WHITE LIE'
"I believe ... this 'item' -indicating Books bottle- was part of the, ahem ... haul at Ariel. Was it not?"

BOOK EYES HARDEN ONCE MORE, AND HE GLANCES UP TO SEE SIMON'S ASKANCE VIEW AND HIS RAISED EYEBROW.

BOOK
"I wish it were, son. But I've had this a little too long..."

BOOK LOOKS DOWN AGAIN, STARING THROUGH THE HULL OF THE SHIP TO A POINT IN SPACE FAR AWAY.

"... Too long."

JAYNE BARGES INTO THE INFIRMARY AND SEES SIMON AND BOOK LEANING OVER NIKSA.

JAYNE
"Doc, get away from that bastard and git me somethin fer my hand. My arm started spasming when i was loadin a belt feeder inta' on of them guns I took. you got a pill or somethin' ta stop the shakin?"

SIMON COMES TO EXAMINE JAYNES HAND AND JAYNE VIOLENTLY PULLS IT BACK.

JAYNE
"I didn't say I needed no fixin' just a pill for the shakes Doc. I've had em before and the pill fixes 'em up just fine."

SIMON SHAKES HIS HEAD AT JAYNE THEN HEADS TO A CABINET.

SIMON
"I'm sure your simian brain can't remember the medical term for the 'pill' you took before so I assume Dipanabromaline is what you need."

HE PULLS A BOTTLE AND REMOVES 2 PILLS, SETTING THEM DOWN ON THE COUNTER AND TURNS BACK TO NISKA. HE WAVES HIS HAND VAUGLEY TOWARDS THE DOOR.

SIMON
"You can go now..."

JAYNE EXITS

BOOK LOOKING UP FROM NOWHERE AT THE SOUND OF WASH'S VOICE COMING OVER THE COMM, HE IS DRAWN BACK TO THE PRESENT. BOOK WALKS SILENTLY TO THE DOOR OF THE INFIRMARY, LEANS HIMSELF FORWARD AND PEERS QUICKLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE, ASSURING THAT HE AND SIMON ARE ALONE WITH NISKA. HE CLOSES THE DOOR AND GOES BACK TO THE MED TABLE.

BOOK
"I thought you'd realize my deception sooner, doctor... I'm sorry I had to do it."

SIMON
Shepard, you should know that I don't pry into anothers affairs. smiles ironically And I know how to keep a secret or dozen. It was a long process getting River from those maniacs using only my private resources. If you need or want to talk ...

BOOK TAKES THE VIAL FROM SIMON AND PEELS OFF THE FALSE LABEL HE HAD ATTACHED.

BOOK
"I didn't want anyone to know I had this... better, if ever it got found, that they thought it was a stimulant... and it can be used as one... a very powerful one. Better to think that they are using it for that... better than to know... the truth"

SIMON
Your business is none of mine, unless you want it to be. Between only us.
HOLDS HAND OUT FOR VIAL AND ACCEPTS IT.

"Well, it looks like we need to get our noses to the grindstone then. I'll need 23cc' of clorozopram, 3cc' of zoloftvecid and ... about 2 tablespoons of sugar."

SIMON
"Ok, the reanimating serum is ready, Professor West warned me that it may have 'side effects'. Can you help me hold him down, Shepard? The straps may not be enough."
BEGINS TO INJECT NISKA IN HIS CAROTID ARTRIES WITH A CARDO BALANCER AS SERENITY LANDS

BOOK
"My past is long and colorful and we've got no time now for a lengthy rendition. Perhaps after our present troubles are sorted out..."

SIMON NODS

SIMON
Of course, anytime.

BOOK, COLLECTS THE UNCOMMONLY BRUTAL COMBINATION OF DRUGS SIMON HAS ASKED FOR, AND THEY WORK TOGETHER TO PREPARE AN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE STIMULANT. BOOK HANDS THE SYRINGE TO SIMON'S NOW SOMEWHAT RELUCTANT HANDS.

BOOK
"When he comes out of it, he might just buck like a horse right outta those bonds. I've seen men gain the strength of five. Maybe an extra set of straps?"

SIMON
Over in the upper left cabinet. CURT LAUGH Enough to make a mummy out of Jayne.

SIMON TURNS AND BEGINS TO PLACE EEG TRANSCIVER NODES ON THE VARIED NEURAL PLEXI ARRAYED ACROSS NISKA'S BODY AS BOOK GOES TO A WALL CABINET AND REMOVES SOME STRAPS. BOOK RETURNS AND DOUBLY BINDS NISKA TO THE TABLE. SIMON AND BOOK SHARE A FINAL LOOK OF PAINED RESIGNIATION.

SIMON INJECTS THE NEARLY LEATHAL BREW DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE ATLAS AND FIRST CERVICAL VERTRABRE OF NISKA'S SKULL. SIMON SWIFTLY WITHDRAWS THE NEEDLE AS BOOK PRESSES DOWN ON NISKA'S SHOULDERS IN PREPERATION OF THE COMING CONVULSIONS.

AMAZINGLY, NONE APPEAR. ONLY A SLIGHT TREMBLOR WORKS IT'S WAY DOWN NISKA'S LIMBS. ADRUPTLY NISKA'S EYES SHOOT OPEN.

BOTH IN SHOCK & NEARLY IN UNISON

SIMON
Ai ya, wo mun wan leh. Nee ta ma duh. Tyen-shia suo-yo duh run doh gai si.

BOOK
Huh choo-shung huh tza-jiao duh tzang-huo!!!

SIMON, TEARS HIS GAZE AWAY FROM NISKA'S PINPOINT PUPILS AND STILL FORM TO READ THE MONITORS. BOOK QUICKLY DOES A CHECK OF NISKA'S VITALS BY HAND.

SIMON
AMAZED EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE
He is ... normal. Much like deep REM sleep. Impossable...

BOOK
FINISHES HIS CRUSORY, YET THROUGH EXAM
I think you were correct Doctor. He may be more than he seems.

BOOK KEEPS HIS GAZE FIXED ON NISKA. THE IMAGINED ACCUSING STARE OF THE DOCTOR MAKING HIM INCREASINGLY SELF-CONSCIOUS. HIS HAND GRIPS AND RELAXES ON HIS LEG AS HIS MIND RANGES THROUGH HIS DILEMMA.

BOOK
WITHOUT LOOKING AWAY FROM NISKA'S FACE
"He should be extremely pliable right now. He should tell us anything we want to know, and not even know he's talking..."

FINALLY MASTERING HIS EMOTIONS, BOOK TURNS TO LOOK AT HIS FORGOTTEN BIBLE, LYING ON THE FLOOR WHERE HE DROPPED IT IN HIS HASTE TO REACH NISKA. GUILT WELLS UP IN HIM, AND HE SWALLOWS IT BACK DOWN.

"Let's get this over with. This kind of work leaves a bad taste in my mouth."

BOOK STANDS AND STOOPS TO PICK UP HIS BIBLE, GOES TO THE DOOR, UNLOCKS AND OPENS IT AND GOES SADLY, BUT RESOLUTELY TO HIS ROOM - RETURNING MOMENTARILY WITHOUT HIS BIBLE. BOOK TAKES ONE LAST LOOK AROUND THE COMMON ROOM, STEPS THROUGH THE DOORWAY OF THE INFIRMARY AND AGAIN SHUTS AND LOCKS IT.

AFTER BOOK LEAVES, SIMON MOVES TO HIS MED KIT AND REMOVES A SMALL OVAL CASE AND REMOVES A DELICATE LOOKING HEADSET/GLASSES DEVICE. HE STARES AT IT FOR WHAT SEEMS AN ETERNITY.

HE TOOK IT FROM THE ENCEPHALO LAB ON ARIEL TO AID IN HEALING THE LEISONS IN RIVER'S BRAIN.

BUT TO USE IT IN THIS MANNER ...

SIMON
SOFTLY AND WITH MUCH REGRET
Do no harm ...

HE LOOKS UP AND SEES THE DECEPTIVELY FRAIL COMOTOSE FORM OF NISKA. CLOSING HIS EYES AND SUMMONING HIS RESOLVE, HE TAKES THE CASE AND ATTACHES THE LEADS OF THE TRANSCEVIERS TO IT. AFTER RESTING THE CASE ON NISKA'S CHEST, HE CLOSES HIS EYES AND PLACES THE GLASSES OVER HIS EYES AND THE SPEAKER-GELS IN HIS EARS. AFTER MAKING SURE THEY ARE FIRMLY IN PLACE AND THE SENSOR FOAM IS PRESSED TO HIS BROW, HE TOUCHES A CONTROL ON BOTH THE CASE AND GLASSES.

~DISCONTINUITY~

IMAGES AND SOUNDS RAVAGE SIMON. HE FALLS TO THE FLOOR, STILL AS DEATH. THE GLASSES FALLING UNHEEDED UNDERNEATH THE EXAM BED.

SECONDS LATER, SIMON MOANS AND ROLLS OVER, GETS TO HIS KNEES AND DRY RETCHES SEVERAL TIMES.

BOOK RE-ENTERS THE INFIRMARY AND SEES SIMON ON HIS KNEES ALMOST IN A FETAL POSTION, HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR. BOOK RUSHES OVER TO SIMON

BOOK
Son! What have you done!

SIMON ATTEMPTS TO STAND. HE ONLY MAKES IT BECAUSE OF BOOK'S STRENGTH IN HOLDING HIM UP.

SIMON
Tried ... something ... radical ... COUGHS SPASMODICALLY ... should have waited for you ...

BOOK
AS BOOK MANEUVERS SIMON OVER TO THE BENCH
"Yes, you absolutely should have waited"

SIMON
SITTING BUT STILL DRY COUGHING
"Didn't ... want to ... uhhh ... further ...

BOOK
Simon Tam...
GRASPS SIMON'S CHIN, LIFTS HIS HEAD AND LOOKS DEEP INTO SIMON'S EYES AND SAYS WITH TIGHT AUTHORITY

... I've made my choices and will receive my due for them in my time.
BOOK ALLOWS HIS VISAGE AND VOICE TO SOFTEN

"And after all, I am the one who is supposed to be the Shepard here on Serenity."

SIMON NODS HIS HEAD BLEARILY AND STANDS WAVERING OVER TO THE COMATOSE NISKA AND UNSTEADILY UNDOES THE STRAPS. BOOK STEPS OVER AND WHILE FINISHING THE UNSTRAPPING OF NISKA, HE NOTES THE OVAL CASE STILL ATTACHED TO THE TRANSCIVER LEADS. HE CAREFULLY MOVES NISKA'S SMALL FRAME OVER AND INTO RIVER'S CYRO UNIT, REMOVING THE OVAL CASE AS HE DOES SO.

AS BOOK ARRANGES NISKA INSIDE, SIMON UNSTEADLY SETS THE AIR FLOW REGULATOR AND DISCONNECTS THE FULL CYRO, BUT STILL KEEPS THE AIR 'FRESHER GOING.

SIMON SITS STARING INTO SPACE FOR SEVERAL MOMENTS, THEN SEEMS TO GATHER THE ENERGY TO PLACE THE LID ON THE CU BUT NOT TO LATCH IT DOWN

SIMON
"Meebe ... we should strap it too."
SIMON'S HEAD DROOPS TO HIS CHEST IN EXUASTION.

BOOK NODS IN AGREEMENT, LOCKS THE LATCHES AND WRAPS THE STRAPS AROUND THE CASE THEN SECURES THEM

WASH
OVER INTERCOM
"Attention all hands. Seein' as how we've had a bit of a scrape recently, we figured it'd be a good idea to get all of us together to check damage control. Please report to the cargo bay immediately. And Doc? Please be ready in case we still got some cuts and bruises, and uh, check on your sister to make sure she's okay. Thanks everybody!"

BOOK
FLIPS INTERCOM ON
The Doc is right here in the infirmary, but I don't recollect where his sister is. We'll meet you in the bay in a few minutes.

FLIPS INTERCOM OFF
If you did what I think you did ... did you learn anything?

SIMON
VOICE VERY WEARY
Maybe ... hard to sort out now. Too many ...

BOOK NODS IN UNDERSTANDING AND HELPS SIMON OUT OF THE INFIRMARY AND OUT TO THE CARGO BAY.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

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Monday, January 3, 2005 1:25 PM

CAPNRAHN

A gratioutous BUMP!

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

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Tuesday, January 4, 2005 4:23 AM

MERCEDESTROY

Well, that was interesting and easier to read. Perhaps we need to work on in from the beginning sometime.

Of course, that is gonna be a LOT of work ...

Debs

If Justice is the dish, then I am your waitress

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Tuesday, January 4, 2005 10:38 AM

MANIACNUMBERONE

That was an absolutely fantabulous rendition, Capn! I very much enjoyed reading it. You put the whole infirmary scene into great detail. That must have taken you some time.
Much appreciation is flowing from the font of maniac. Step right up and take a long drink, you are most deserving.

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