Blast To The Past, Part 2
By Officer 1BDI
OPENING
SEQUENCE TEASER: TEXT: November 16th, 2000 FADE
IN: INT STREETS OF OLD NEW YORK-- ABOUT 12:30 AM We
pick up where we last left off; FRY's carrying his nephew MATTHEW
through the nearly empty streets of Old New York. He glances around
the place, a look of nostalgia screening his face. As he walks on, we
get a bit of inner monologue/recapping. FRY'S MIND: Wow. I'm
really back. This is just like one of those weird dreams where you're
walking down the street that you grew up on, and right before you get
to the house, BAM, that three-legged alien babe is chasing you down
the streets in a 4-wheel drive Toyota convertible. (PAUSE) Do they
even make those things? (Glances down at Matt) Awww, he's so cute
when he's asleep. But that stupid gremlin doll of his is butt-ugly. I
better burn it and look up some anti-voo-doo curses before he gets
too attached to it. Where the hell did Anthony get that thing,
anyway? I gotta remember to tell Tony and Sandy; only one day.
That's all. Or else Leela's gonna send Amy back here to kick my ass.
(frowns) Ohhhh, but there's so much I need to catch up on, so many
people I need to see... (angry) This isn't fair! Just because she
never had a family, she makes me spend less time with my
own. (Glances down at Matt and sighs) Maybe it wouldn't hurt
if I spent one more day here than I told her. Just enough time to
figure out why Matt was kidnaped. Just one more day... END OF
TEASER THEME STARTS CAPTION: Ray guns not
included. TV SCREEN: <Undecided> ACT 1 INT
APARTMENT 2123003-- LIVING ROOM-- ABOUT 1:00 AM The camera
pans around what looks like a rather classy-looking apartment. We're
talking about one of those places with the Picasso pictures on the
walls and all those worthless nick-nacks that come from all over the
world, one of those living rooms where the bookshelf is twice the
size of the TV (it's sort of like Fraiser's living room, without the
ratty chair). This is definitely not a place of Fry's standards. Or
anyone else on the crew, for that matter (well, maybe... no, not even
Leela). But then again, this isn't Fry's place to begin with. The
camera finally stops at the back of a couch. Someone's sprawled
across it, but all's you can see is his hair and his feet. He sighs
deeply, there's a few seconds' pause, and then... SFX: PHONE
RING The frantic man's up in a flash. Now the audience can see
him clearly. For starters, he looks a lot like Philip Fry. Well, no,
that's not totally true. He's built much better than our carrot-top
(leaner, slightly stronger), and he looks a few years older.
Actually, he's not even a carrot top; his hair is more or less a
reddish-brown, and his bangs fall into his face, as opposed to Fry's
(and yeah, Yancy's) bizarre hair style. But aside from all that, he
could pass as Fry. Back to the phone call. Now, there's a
reason he's wearing a frantic look. This is ANTHONY, Fry's brother
(no, not Yancy...). And if you remember correctly, he's currently
missing a son... ANTHONY: (unnerved) Hello? FRY: (VO)
Tony? That you? ANTHONY: (puzzled) Phil? Wha... where are you?
Were have you _been_? FRY: (VO) I'll explain later. Look, I
called, 'cause I think I have something of yours. PAUSE MATT:
(VO) Hi daddy! Anthony sits there, stunned for a few moments.
Then, the shock dissolves and he sinks down into the couch, relieved
beyond belief. ANTHONY: Oh my God. Matthew, are you okay?
Listen; Don't. Go. _Anywhere_! You hear me? I'll be right over...
wait, put your uncle back on. FRY: (VO) Yeah? ANTHONY:
Bro, where are you? FRY: (VO) I'm just at a phone booth. Don't
worry, I'm bringing him over. I'll meet you in the lobby of your
building, okay? ANTHONY: Okay, okay, fine. And Phil? FRY:
(VO) What? ANTHONY: (hesitates) Just be careful, okay? FRY:
(VO) Alright, alright. Jeeze, I disappear for a year and you still
haven't changed! CUT TO- APARTMENT LOBBY- NOT MUCH
LATER Tony's pacing the room frantically, glancing up at the
clock, oh, every five seconds or so. Outside, the snow's still coming
down. After what seems like forever, Fry and Matt enter, the latter
curled up in Fry's arms, fast asleep. FRY: Hey, bro. ANTHONY:
(totally ignoring him) MATTHEW! God, don't you _ever_ do that to me
again! (Snatches the now awake Matt out of Fry's arms) We were so
worried... we thought we'd lost you forever. FRY: (sarcastic)
'You're welcome' said the ignored hero. ANTHONY: (finally
noticing him) And _you_. Where the hell have you been? How did you
find him? Do you know how worried we were? FRY: Uh... worried
sick? ANTHONY: *sigh* Come up to the apartment with us. I'll
wake up Sandra, and then you can explain. They head over
towards the elevators and get in. ANTHONY: Phil. (Fry looks up
at him) You have no idea what you've just done for us. The
doors close. CUT TO- APARTMENT 2123003- LIVING ROOM All's
quiet in the dark room. A door opens and the two guys (and a toddler)
walk in, Tony carrying Matt. ANTHONY: I'm going to wake up
Sandra. Brace yourself. Anthony takes his son and walks out of
the room (and OS). There's a brief pause as Fry just stands there,
idly. SANDRA: (OS, hysterical) OH, MY BABY! Oh Matthew! You
came back! My precious angel... what? Someone brought him... who?
(Walking into the room) Let me see who... *GASP* PHILIP! SANDRA
runs up to him and throws herself on him in a hug attempt, but knocks
him to the floor instead, which is pretty funny, because she's
actually a short and petite young woman, with shoulder-length blonde
hair. Now might be a good time to mention that she's from England, so
she speaks with an accent (and yes, there's a reason she's from
England, which I'll get into in a different story). FRY: *Ack*
Sandy, geroff! SANDRA: (blushing) Sorry, Philip. (Gets off
him; he stumbles to his feet and doubles over, gasping) It's just you
have no idea what we've been through. FRY: (still wheezing) I
can imagine. SANDRA: Where have you been? FRY: Uh...
you know, around. SANDRA: Right... do you have a place to stay
tonight? ANTHONY: (OS, panicked) Hey, wait a minute... FRY:
Not really. SANDRA: Then I insist you stay with us
tonight. ANTHONY: (OS) But Sandy... SANDRA: Oh come
now, Anthony. He's your brother. FRY: Yeah! ANTHONY:
(OS) Fine. But only for tonight. Sandra shoots a Look off in
the direction of her husband. ANTHONY: (OS) Okay, three
nights. (PAUSE) A week? Oh come on, Sandra! CUT TO- MATT'S
BEDROOM Anthony's been in here the whole time, trying to get
Matt ready for bed (but he continuously falls asleep on him
throughout the scene) SANDRA: (to Fry, OS) You can stay here
as long as you like. ANTHONY: *Sigh* MATT: (groggy)
Wat's a mattah? ANTHONY: Nothing, Matt. MATT: Can I
sleep wit you and mommy? ANTHONY: Yeah, sure. MATT: Is
Unkie Phil sleeping ovah? ANTHONY: (resentful) Yes. MATT:
Okay... ...and he promptly falls asleep. Tony eyes him
adoringly for a while, then carefully lifts him up and carries him
off. CUT TO- LIVING ROOM- LATER It's a few hours later,
but still dark. Fry's sprawled out on the couch, trying to get some
sleep, but he just keeps staring out the window. FRY: My God.
I never realized how different the future was. No aliens, no flying
cars, no cool jobs, no robots... ANTHONY: (coming On-S) Hey,
there's robots. I should know, I make them. FRY: (startled)
What are you doing up? ANTHONY: I couldn't sleep. You? FRY:
Me neither. (Afterthought) It's hard to sleep in a place where you're
not wanted. ANTHONY: Hey, you try being a guy who has to give
up his home to a ne'er-do-well brother who once almost ate his kin
out of house and home for two months. FRY: Really? You tired
that? Man, that must've been hell. ANTHONY: *Annoyed Sigh*
Sandra has a point, though. You did save our son. FRY: *Pff*
It was nothing. I just happened to see him around, so took him
back. ANTHONY: (shakes his head) No, you did a lot more than
that... (see's Fry's puzzled look) never mind. You wouldn't
understand. FRY: So who's the weirdo after Matt? ANTHONY:
Hmm? Oh, right, David. FRY: David? ANTHONY: Yeah. He
and I haven't exactly been buddy-buddy for the last few years.
According to Rosa, he's the one who broke in the other day. FRY:
How is she? Matt said she got... you know... shot. Is she
dead? ANTHONY: *Sigh* She got lucky. It caught her in the arm.
She won't be able to write for awhile, but she'll survive. (SOTTO)
For awhile, anyway. (To Fry) But I'm curious to find out; where the
hell have you been for the last eleven months? And how'd you find
Matt? FRY: Uh... if I told you, you wouldn't believe
me. ANTHONY: Try me. FRY: Okay... START
MONTAGE The montage is basically several second-length scenes
of Fry explaining how he ended up in the future. Every scene shows
Tony reacting to the story in obvious ways (denial, disbelief,
curiosity, etc.) END MONTAGE FRY: (CONT) And I have to
be back by midnight tonight, or Leela's be really PO'ed at
me. ANTHONY: Philip, do you realize that you have fed me the
biggest load of crap I have ever heard? FRY: You don't believe
me, do you? ANTHONY: Well, I didn't say that. FRY:
(surprised) You believe me? ANTHONY: Well, I didn't say that,
either. FRY: Augh! Make up your mind already! ANTHONY:
I'm sorry, Phil, but I just need more proof than that. FRY:
(thinking) Wait a minute. I think I have a picture... Fry
begins rummaging through his pockets, pulling out various scraps of
paper, money, gum wrappers, a bottle cap, his watch, part of that
Men's Room sandwich... FRY: C'mon, c'mon, I know it's here
somewhere! Anthony sighs and his eyes travel to one of the
dollar bills lying on the table. He picks it up and gaps. The date on
the bill is 3001. As Fry continues rummaging, Anthony holds the
dollar up to one of the lamps in the room (you know, to check for
that watermark), and after doing so, continues to stare at the dollar
in awe. ANTHONY: (amazed) Wow. You really were in the future.
Or some really accurate counterfeit money scam. FRY: (equally
amazed) Wow! That dollar bill tells time? ANTHONY: (ignoring
him) But if you were in the future, then how did you find Matt? FRY:
I _told_ you. Matt fell into a time warp or something and my friend
found him. We used the same thing to get back here. ANTHONY:
(absentmindedly) Time warp, eh? In the cryogenics lab? FRY:
Yeah, the one I was frozen in. ANTHONY: Hmm. Interesting...
(Intrigued) You didn't happen to meet up with any of our distant
relatives or something, did you? FRY: 'Course I did. I found
your great-great-great-great-great... CUT TO- SAME SHOT- MUCH
LATER FRY: ...great-great-grandson. I think he's your
grandson. ANTHONY: (whistles) That's a lot of 'greats'.
What's he like? FRY: Well... (puzzled) if his clone has
anything to do with him, he looks like me, but he's smart like you.
Or is that Yancy? I dunno, I never figured that part out. ANTHONY:
He has a clone? FRY: Oh yeah. Invented him himself. He's a
professor. ANTHONY: Of what? FRY: I don't know. What do
I look like, some sort of rocket-scientist genius-person? ANTHONY:
*Sigh* So, what's it like in the future? Did you do anything
exciting? FRY: Well... START MONTAGE As the
clips play, some corny song like Blink 182's ALL THE SMALL THINGS
plays in the background. Fry and Bender sitting in the bar in
Space Pilot 3000 The whole gang watching ALL MY CIRCUITS from
I, Roomate Fry, Bender and Amy high-fiving each other from The
Series Has Landed The whole gang out at Madison Cubed Garden
just as Bender catches a fly player in Fear of a Bot Planet The
crew dancing on the floats from Mars University Fry and Bender
recording the Popplers theme from The Problem with Popplers Fry
and Leela comforting (the head of) Bender on the stairs of a
presidential monument from A Head in the Polls Fry winning
the Video Game in A Bicyclops Built for Two Fry, Bender and
Leela running into Farnsworth's Lab after his latest invention has
been created from A Big Pile of Garbage Bender strangling Fry
from The Honking Bender feeding Cubert to Nibbler and the rest
of the crew laughing. Leela reaching for Fry's hand from X-Mas
Story The crew receiving their paychecks and stuffing them in
their pockets, and Bender pickpocketing every one. Fry, Leela
and Farnsworth sitting on the couch in the PE Bridge as Bender counts
a large amount of jewels and gems from A Bicyclops Built for
Two Leela, fighting her way through the crowd of Trisolians as
Fry and the gang watch, horrified from My Three Suns Fry
trying to explain how he saved the world by writing a book to the
professor (and failing miserably) from The Day the Earth Stood
Stupid Fry and Bender having a water fight while washing the
ship in Brannigan Begin Again Fry, Bender and Leela marching
out to the ship, holding their helmet/head in A Big Pile of
Garbage Fry and Leela (and eventually Bender) holding hands in
Space Pilot 3000 Leela and Fry wrapped in each other's arms
(in her room) from the shipper's episode Parasites Lost And
lastly, but not least, Fry staring misty-eyed at his namesake
nephew's grave from Luck of the Fryish END MONTAGE ANTHONY:
(impressed) You really did all that? FRY: (shrugging it off)
Meh. It's not like I did anything important, like discover Mars or
create a rock band or save a TV Network or anything. (PAUSE) Hey
Tony? ANTHONY: Yeah? FRY: (awkward) Um... while I was,
you know, gone... did you guys... miss me? ANTHONY: Of course
we missed you, Phil. It hasn't been the same without you. FRY:
Really? ANTHONY: No, not really. I was just trying to make you
feel better. They looked for you for about a week, then decided you'd
drowned in some puddle on 5th Avenue and tried their best to go on
with life. FRY: (disappointed) Aww... can I at least call
them? ANTHONY: Well, you can try, but you won't get anywhere.
Mom and dad are gone on vacation. Yancy's on a Hawaiian cruise with
his girlfriend. FRY: Damn it. The one day I come back,
everyone avoids me. ANTHONY: Don't sweat if, Phil. Even if
they were here, I probably wouldn't let you see them anyway. FRY:
What? Why? ANTHONY: Think about it. The future as you know it
revolves around the fact that you disappeared without a trace. If you
suddenly appeared out of nowhere, then obviously some of the actions
that would have taken place had you _not_ been here will be changed,
causing the future, in the long run, to change as well. Fry
stares at him, puzzled. ANTHONY: It's a chain reaction of
cause-and-effect. If you change the cause, you change the
effect. More puzzlement from Fry. ANTHONY: It's like
that Simpsons episode where Homer went back in time and he kept
stepping on that bug, and every time he came back to the present, the
world had changed. FRY: Oooohhhh! Now I get it! (Thinks) Wait,
so because I talked to you, I might have changed my future? Anthony
shrugs. FRY: (disappointed) Ohh... I liked the future I had!
(Glances out the window) Wonder how the others are doing without
me. CUT TO- PE CONFERENCE ROOM- AFTERNOON (Feb. 13th) Ah
yes, back to the other stars. Oddly enough, nothing has changed.
HERMES is in the room, looking over some bills, when the VideoPhone
rings. SFX: VIDEO PHONE RING Hermes turns it on, and
the screen shows an humanoid KOMODO DRAGON, with an annoyed look on
his face. DRAGON: I was calling about my package. When's it
going to come through? HERMES: Er, it _should_ have been there
over an hour ago. DRAGON: Well, it hasn't shown up yet.
HERMES: I don' understand. Leela's hardly ever late wit a
delivery. I wonder what happened. CUT TO- PE SHIP- BRIDGE THE
CREW sits inside, arguing about the situation at hand. AMY:
...Well I'm not going to deliver it! BENDER: Neither am
I! They both look at LEELA. LEELA: Well, don't look at
me. I've already done my part. AMY: Lets face it. If anyone
delivers it, it'll be like taking over Fry's job. And obviously, none
of us are up to doing that. BENDER: Exactly! LEELA: But
we can't just _not_ deliver the package, either! The three
ponder over this. LEELA: *Sigh* I miss him. Even if he was a
cowering idiot, I still miss him. I hope he found out who that
bastard was who tried to shoot his nephew. CUT TO- 21th
CENTURY- MISC. OFFICE BUILDING Gathered inside a darkened room
is a group of furious-looking men. One of them is the blonde guy who
tried to do away with Matt. He looks twice as angry as any of
them. MAN: I just don't get it. (To a guy next to him) Josh,
tell me how I could possibly loose a three-year-old in a cryogenic
laboratory! How?! JOSH: Don't ask me. I told you to kill him
off at Tony's house, David. But noooo, you had to go to the _lab_.
You had to go to the largest and most distinguished building in New
York City! DAVID: Don't you insult my mistakes, Joshua! If
I'd killed him at Tony's house it would have been too easy to trace
me. I took him to the closest building with the least security that I
could think of. The lab came to my mind first, okay?! JOSH:
Then why didn't you just take the girl there, too? DAVID: I
wasn't expecting _her_ there. Shooting her was a mistake, a reflex.
But she knows who I am now. We'll have to watch out for her. They
all murmur and nod in agreement. DAVID: (CONT) We have two
kids to bring down now. Josh, I want you to keep an eye on Rosa, make
sure that if she breathes a word on us, it'll be her last. (Josh
nods) I want you to keep an eye on Tony's place, too. If you hear any
word on the youngster and his whereabouts, I want you to contact me
as soon as possible. We've still got some unfinished business to take
care of. (Grins evilly) END OF ACT 1 ACT
2 INT APARTMENT 2123003- FRY'S VIEW- THAT MORNING Well,
assuming Fry's asleep, all's the audience sees is black. SFX:
FRY'S SNORES MATTHEW: (VO) (Unintelligible mumbling) FRY:
Wha...? Fry slowly opens his eyes. The first and only thing he
sees is this enormous purple head with long thin ears, big green
eyes, and a pink button nose. FRY: WHAAAAGGG!! CUT TO-
SHOT OF COUCH Fry, who _was_ lying on the couch, scrambles
into a sitting position, throwing Matthew and his stupid doll to the
other side of the couch. Matt looks at him and laughs. MATT:
You'we funny, Unkie Phil. FRY: What the hell was that?! MATT:
Bwueberry. He wanted to say 'good morning'. FRY: Uh, right.
What are you doing up so early? MATT: It's not early. Da sun
already made the shadows go away. Fry stares in confusion,
then checks a nearby clock. It's already noon. FRY: Where's
your mom and dad? MATT: Mommy left for wurk. Daddy's getting
ready. FRY: For what? MATT: (excited as only a three
year old can be) We're gonna see Wosa today, and I get to show her da
picture I made, and she's gonna pway wit me, and, and, and you'we
coming too, wite? FRY: What? ANTHONY: (coming out of
the hall) Yeah, I forgot to mention that. I want to drop by Rosa's
place today, you know, see if she's doing alright. FRY: Why
do you need me? ANTHONY: Uh... Matt, go get your picture out
of the kitchen, okay? (Matt scrambles out of the room) I need to talk
with her, and if things get rough, I want you to take Matt out or
something. FRY: Rough? ANTHONY: After what happened the
other night... I don't want to risk it again. I'm going to tell her
that we'll have to look for another sitter. She's gonna be PO'ed, but
what can I say? FRY: Oh come on, bro. It wasn't her fault. She
couldn't help it if someone put a gun up to her head... ANTHONY:
(interrupting) No, not because of Matt. I don't want her risking her
life just to babysit my son. FRY: You think this whole thing
has to do with her working for you? ANTHONY: (distant) Yeah...
working for me... Silence. Matt comes bounding into the room,
picture in hand, and looks curiously from his uncle to his father. He
tugs at Tony's pant leg impatiently. MATT: C'mon daddy. I
wanna go now! ANTHONY: Okay, kiddo. (To Fry) You coming? FRY:
*sigh* yeah. There's nothing else to do around here. The three
exit the room. CUT TO- ROSA'S APARTMENT- LIVING ROOM Unlike
Anthony's place, this home looks really cheap. A young Hispanic girl
of about 12 years of age is sprawled across a couch, watching TV,
with a bored look on her face. This is ROSA. It has to be; her arm's
in a sling. SFX: DOORBELL ROSA: Bryan, go get it!
(PAUSE) Bry? Aw man. She gets up and heads for the door. Upon
opening it, a three year old fireball latches onto her legs, tripping
her. Anthony pokes his head in moments later. ROSA: Whag!
(*THUMP*) What the... Matthew! Oh my God! You're alive! MATT:
Hi Wosa! I got you a picture! Matt proudly displays the
picture he drew; three undistinguishable blobs. Rosa looks at it,
puzzled. ROSA: (fake) Oh, it's adorable, Matty! Uh, what is
it? MATT: Silly! It's a picture of you beating up the guy who
shot you! ROSA: Oh, how sweet. C'mon, let's go hang it up in
my room. (to Tony) I'll be right back, Antoni. ANTHONY: No
prob. ROSA: (walking off with Matt) And you drew this all by
yourself? MATT: Yah! But Bwueberry helped a little (follows
her OS). FRY: (walking in) Woah. Cheap place they got here. Is
her mom on welfare or something? Anthony elbows Fry hard in
the ribs ("Ow!") ANTHONY: (whispers) She lives with
her brother. She's never met her dad and her mom's a crack addict
who's living God knows where right now. This girl's really sweet so
keep your mouth shut! Before Fry can say anything, Rosa comes
back into the room. ROSA: I am SO glad you got him back,
Antoni. Your son is a gem. I (sees Fry)... aaaaaaahhhhh! What are
_you_ doing here?! FRY: I'm Matt's uncle. I brought him back.
ROSA: _He's_ your brother, Antoni?! Why didn't you tell me? I
would have let you known... FRY: Know what? ROSA: (deep
breath) Oh God, you haven't heard. I thought your boss might have
traced the address or something, especially after you disappeared. I
swear, thought, it was all Bryan's idea! ANTHONY: What was
Bryan's idea? ROSA: The prank phone call! Fry get's a
stunned look on his face as he thinks back to some fateful
day... CUT TO- FLASHBACK- NEW YEARS EVE 1999 (taken from
FRCR's episode capsule) Fry, carrying a pizza, enters a room
labeled "Applied Cryogenics." The room is full of ominous
blinking lights with cryogenic tanks lined along one wall. FRY:
Hello? Pizza delivery for (looks at the card) I. C. Wiener! Oh, crud.
I always thought by this point in life, I'd be the one making the
crank calls. He sits down in a nearby chair and pulls out a
beer. FRY: (toasts) Here's to another lousy millennium. As
he toasts, a building outside the window lights up with the number
10. We see all the civilizations around the world counting down, and
as they reach 1, Fry blows a noisemaker, which hits him in the face
and sends him backwards into an open tank. The tank sets itself to
"1000 YEARS." A few seconds later, he's frozen... END
FLASHBACK Fry, now with a furious look on his face, turns at
Rosa. FRY: You!! ROSA: *shriek* (dives behind Tony) I'm
sorry! I'm sorry! I tried to stop him! I swear to God I
did! ANTHONY: Your brother was the prank caller? And you never
told us?! ROSA: I thought if I told you, you'd fire me or
something! Please, Antoni, I didn't mean anything against
you... FRY: (PO'ed) Because of your brother I was frozen for
1000 years and ended up in a future that I reasonably enjoyed! ROSA:
(perplexed) You were in the future? (Fry nods) Cool. How'd you get
back? ANTHONY: Um, I'll explain. Let's go in your room. I need
to talk with you. Tony takes Rosa gently by the arm and leads
her off to another room. Fry starts to follow them. ANTHONY:
..._alone_, Philip. FRY: Aw... ANTHONY: Why don't you
take Matt to the park or something? *Ahem* Just in case... The
two walk OS, about the same time Matthew walks back On-S. He stops in
front of Fry and stares expectantly at him. FRY: You want me
to take you there, right? MATT: Uh-huh! FRY: *Sigh*
Fine. MATT: Yay! (Rushes off for the door) CUT TO-
BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF OLD NY STREETS FROM AN APARTMENT ACROSS THE STREET
(man, that's the longest CUT TO shot I think anyone's ever
written...) As Fry and Matt exit the building, a shadowy
figure watches them from the window. A few seconds later, there's a
flash from one of the windows in the apartment they've just exited.
The shadowy figure grins, and the walkie-talkie in his hand
crackles. DAVID: (to walkie-talkie) Josh, are you there? Josh!
I see the kid. He's with a new man, I can't tell who. It's not
Anthony, though. Rosa's nowhere in sight. JOSH: Da... *static*
...ony and the girl *static* gone, then? Request permission to follow
and att... *static* kid. Did you read m... *static* DAVID:
Permission granted. CUT TO- PE CONFERENCE ROOM-
EVENING (Hermes has rounded up Amy, Leela and Bender, wearing
a Ticked-Off look on his face) HERMES: I cannot believe dis!
You three actually thought you could get away wit it? AMY: So
we dropped the package! HERMES: Oh, you dropped da package
alright. From da ship, while it was flying over da palace! BENDER:
(defensively) But it only fell through the roof! HERMES: Yeah,
right into da king's throne room! BENDER: Well, no one was
killed! Right? HERMES: (dryly) Da roof caved in and killed
three palace guards! BENDER: Well, er, it's not like the
_package_ killed anyone! HERMES: Da package flattened da
king! CUT TO- KOMODO DRAGON'S PALACE- AT THAT MOMENT (Several
cops interview witnesses in the background. In the foreground, a
JANITOR sweeps past the giant crate from earlier, the KINGS's arms
and legs sticking out from underneath. He "Tsk's" a few
times before moving on) CUT TO- PREVIOUS SHOT LEELA:
Look, we made a mistake and we're sorry. But none of us could
personally deliver the package. HERMES: You better have a good
reason for not delivering it personally. Or else I'm going to have to
deduct this from your paychecks. LEELA: But Hermes... HERMES:
I don't care if you just moved out of that cramped apartment and into
that new house, Leela. It's still coming out of _your_ check! Now;
any good explanation for this whole incident? AMY: Well...
(pause) no, not a _good_ one. HERMES: Dis wouldn't have
anytin' to do wit Fry, would it? BENDER: Of course not!
Impossible! Not in a million years! (Pause) Yes. HERMES:
Listen, I know you three miss Fry, but life goes on, mon. Okay? Now,
no more of dis nonsense. (Starts to leave the room, stops and turns
around) Oh, and you'll be deliverin' a package to Fragilana, the
glass planet. (Leaves) BENDER/LEELA/AMY: Yes
sir. PAUSE BENDER: So... you wanna drop it from the
ship again? AMY: Okay. END OF ACT 2 ACT
3 INT CENTRAL PARK- LATER Well, Fry took Matt to the
park as promised. He's sitting on a bench, musing to himself, as Matt
plays with his Blueberry doll in the sand box. FRY'S MIND: I
don't like the looks of this. I know I have to stay now. Why the hell
would a guy try to kill the kid and the babysitter. C'mon, brain,
think! Why would he go after the kid and Rosa? What do they have to
do with anything? As he continues to think, Josh strolls
nonchalantly onto the playground. He glances around casually, spots
Matthew, and grins evilly. JOSH: (into a walkie-talkie) I see
him David. What should I do? DAVID: (VO) *static* him off. He
knows about us and the attempted murder of the gir... *static* we can
send Tony a little message. When *static* join us for a little f...
*static* on Tony's turf. JOSH: Got it. Over and out. He
continues to watch the Small Fry until he looks up at him. That's
when he motions for him to come over. Fry glances over at his
nephew, only to find that's he's coming up to a total stranger at the
edge of the park. He raises an eyebrow and starts to get up off the
bench... CUT TO- BUSHY AREA As the name suggests,
there's a clump of bushes at the edge of the park. Josh ducks down
into them, and Matthew follows suit. JOSH: Here we go. All
nice and alone. MATT: So when do I get da candy? JOSH:
Oh, soon, soon. MATT: (realizing) Uh oh. I fowgot. I'm not
awoud to talk to stwangers. Dat's wat my daddy told me. I gotta go
back to my unkie now. JOSH: Oh, don't worry. I'm not a
stranger. In fact, you're dad and I are old buddies. MATT:
Weally? JOSH: Oh yeah... At this time he pulls out a
long thin dagger from his coat pocket. Matt watches with
interest. MATT: You gotta be careful with dose things. Mommy
says knives are weally sharp. JOSH: (darkly) Oh, don't worry,
Matt. I'll be _very_ careful. He grins not-so-nicely at him,
and only then does Matt start to think that he made a mistake. His
eyes go wide. The man sneers an in one swift movement swipe the knife
at... thin air? He looks up and snarls at Matt, who's been jerked
away by Fry at just the right moment. FRY: (really pissed off)
What the hell... Josh says nothing, just dives at Fry, who
yelps and bolts from the brush, his nephew clutching him tightly
around the neck. The man ditches the knife and follows him closely as
Fry dodges various visitors of the park (including, *gasp* the
mysterious Number 9 Man!) and finally gets to a sidewalk
corner. FRY: Taxi! Almost immediately, a taxi zips up
to him (as only a taxi in a cartoon can...) and he jumps in. Joshua
reaches the corner just as the car begins to pull away. He swears
colorfully (too colorfully for a PG 13/ PG LV rating) and storms
off. CUT TO- CAB INTERIOR Fry watches the stranger
warily, then turns his attention to a sobbing Matthew. FRY: Oh
my God, Matt I am so sorry. He didn't hurt you, did he? MATT:
*SOB* No... but he wipped my shirt... Fry takes a peek at his
shirt and gulps. There's a tear right in the middle, where the knife
cut through. He hugs Matt tightly and continues to glance out the
window nervously. The man's still there, watching him. CUT
TO- APARTMENT 2123003- EVENING Fry's pacing the room
nervously. Sandra is sitting on the couch, rocking Matthew, who looks
ready to doze off any second. SANDRA: Oh, my poor baby. You've
had to go through so much in so little time. MATT: (mumbling)
I wasn't scawed. Bwueberry was, but I wasn't. I knew Unkie Phil would
save us. FRY: Where the hell is Tony?! Speak of the
devil; Anthony enters just as Fry finishes that line, Rosa in tow. He
has a black eye, and her face is cut badly. SANDRA: Oh Lord,
Anthony, not you too! ANTHONY: David paid us a special
"visit". FRY: At Rosa's place? ANTHONY:
(angry) No. (To Sandra) Not at _Rosa's_ place. Sandra bites
her lip. ANTHONY: (CONT) He got all of us! Ali, Miff, Toby,
Rich, Bryan, Lis, Lune, Ben, Lisa, Mark, Steve, Jay D., Ashley,
Rosa... she's staying here with us tonight, by the way. SANDRA:
Oh, of course. ANTHONY: I don't know what to do anymore. This
is getting way out of hand. We have got to get a better security
system than this... MATT: (sleepy) Someone tried to hurt me
wit a knife. Anthony stops his ranting long enough to let that
sink in. ANTHONY: (to Fry) Did I just my own son say he was
almost stabbed today? FRY: Uh, maybe? Anthony looks
ready to kill. He storms off down the hall and slams a door shut,
before going into a loud, raging clamor that is hardly muffled by the
door. Fry, Rosa and Sandra all exchange looks. He finally comes out
of the room, looking somewhat calmer. ANTHONY: Alright, first
thing's first; Phil, we've got to get you out of here. FRY:
Hell no! I don't even know what's going on. You can't kick me back
into the future without telling me why some group of killer... er...
killers are after _my_ favorite nephew! (Rosa coughs impatiently) And
his babysitter. ANTHONY: Look, bro. Under any other
circumstances, I'd be flattered. But as soon as they find out your
related to me, they're gonna add you to that hit list faster than
Lightspeed. I'm not gonna risk another family member's neck because
of this. FRY: (indignant) What about Yancy? You gonna shove
him off with me, too? ANTHONY: I would, but he's lucky he's
smart enough to keep his nose in his own business. Philip, you can
always come back later. It's just that now is not the best time in
the world. FRY: (troubled) What about you guys? What if they
do something to you, and I never find out? What if for some bizarre
reason, that Blue Streak doesn't work anymore, and I can never see
you again? ROSA: Nothing will happen to us. Your brother will
be alright. Go back to the future, like in that Michael J. Fox movie.
We can take care of ourselves. Hell, we got out alright today. FRY:
But out of what? You guys won't even tell me what's going
on. SANDRA: The less you know, the safer it is for you,
Philip. You're no use to them if you don't know what we're
doing... ANTHONY: Let me explain, Sandy. This whole thing...
somewhat revolves around my work. FRY: This is all about
robots? ANTHONY: (winces) Sort of... ROSA: Just don't
think about it too much. It'll drive you insane if you do. FRY:
I guess. So, I gotta leave? Anthony nods. Fry glances at
Sandra and Matt. FRY: Well, until we meet again... (hugs
Sandra) SANDRA: I still can't thank you enough for saving our
son. You'd better come back to us in one piece, alright? FRY:
Yeah... bye Matthew. (Rustles his hair) Keep out of trouble, and stay
away from those guys handing out candy. MATT: Even those guys
at the mall who sell it? FRY: Especially those guys. (To Tony)
Well, I'm ready. MATT: Wait! Unkie Phil? FRY:
Yeah? MATT: Bwueberry wants to go with you. Rosa starts
snickering at Fry's horrified Look. Tony glances at Matt's doll
uneasily. ANTHONY: Uh, Matt, are you sure... MATT:
(CONT) He thinks he's safer wit you. You'll take care of him,
wite? FRY: (phony) Uh, yeah. Sure, kiddo. He gingerly
takes the doll and quickly stuffs it in his jacket pocket. He takes
one last look around the apartment, and his stare falls on a picture
his whole family. Parents, brothers, kids; they're all there. FRY:
Tony, do you mind if I take that picture on the table? You know, just
for back home? ANTHONY: Sure. Fry quickly slips the
photo out of the frame and pockets it. He waves a feeble goodbye to
the girls before he and Tony exit. There's a few seconds pause, and
Rosa also heads for the door. SANDRA: Rosa, where are you
going? ROSA: I have to go apologize to Philip again. SANDRA:
But I thought you already... SFX: DOOR SLAM Rosa has
left the building. CUT TO- BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF OLD NY STREETS
FROM AN APARTMENT ACROSS THE STREET The two brothers are
already outside. Rosa's figure bolts after them. ROSA:
Antoni, Phil, wait! ANTHONY: Rosa! I told you as soon as we
got home you were to stay with Sandra... ROSA: I want to see
that wormhole that Phil used. Please, Tony? ANTHONY: I
dunno... FRY: Oh come on, bro. Just let her come. What could
happen. The three silently agree and continue on. David
watches this all from the shadows of his hiding place, and smiles
wickedly. CUT TO- CRYOGENICS LABS- NEAR MIDNIGHT Tony,
Fry and Rosa are standing in the room impatiently. Rosa's marveling
at the Freezing Capsules (Stephen Hawking likes to refer to them as
Hawking Chambers, mind you Z8-P ) she wipes the steam that's already
gathered on capsule 40 and gaps. Fry's... er also in there. ROSA:
Philip?! There's two of you! FRY: (stares at the capsule) Wow.
Cool! ANTHONY: This must be the you that first went to the
future in the first place. (Rosa reaches out to touch it) No, don't
touch it! Any slight change could destroy whatever future Phil left
behind. Rosa jerks her hand away quickly. FRY: Hey, how
do you know all this stuff about time travel, anyway? ANTHONY:
Well, I'm a lot older than you. FRY: Oh that's your excuse for
everything. SFX: CLOCK STRIKING MIDNIGHT With every
*dong*, the three tense up. After an eternity of hour tolls...
nothing. FRY: Maybe it's la... There's a great blast of
CGI-enhanced light, and the sapphire vortex appears once again.
Anthony's jaw hits the floor, Rosa stares at the worm hole in awe,
and Fry just stares. He glances at his brother awkwardly. FRY:
Uh, well, I guess I have to go. ANTHONY: (regaining composure)
Yeah. I guess. PAUSE FRY: Tony, if anything happens and
I can't get back, I just want you to know... uh... ANTHONY:
I'll miss you too, bro. Another hesitation between the two.
Rosa clears her throat impatiently. They turn to stare at her. ROSA:
Oh, don't mind me. I'll just look the other way while you two "men"
decide how to express yourselves without looking fruity. ANTHONY:
(Sarcastic) Ha ha. (To Fry) Well, bro, you'd better get going. FRY:
Yeah. See you around. He starts to step into the vortex, but
Anthony suddenly blurts out... ANTHONY: Philip, wait! There's
something I have to tell you. ROSA: (SOTTO) Oh sweet Jesus, he
wouldn't... ANTHONY: It's about David. He's not after me
because I work on robots. ROSA: (groans and buries her face in
her hands) He would... FRY: What? ANTHONY: Rosa, Sandy
and I are a part of a secret organization that Dave's trying to bring
down. FRY: Organization? You mean engineering? ANTHONY:
Forget about the robots for a second, 'K?! It's a top secret
government project. It's code-named PROJECT AL... SFX:
BAM The once closed door crashes to the floor, and David
storms in, fully loaded. Rosa shrieks and without hesitation, Tony
shoves Fry into the vortex. David's eyes bulge at this new... thing
(sorry, ran out of synonyms for wormhole), but then narrow. DAVID:
Another one of your games, eh Tony? Well, I've got one for you and
Rosa to play. (Raises his gun) It's called "tag". He
fires, but not at any person. The bullet goes straight through the
vortex. CUT TO- BLUE STREAK- INSIDE Here we are, back
in the blue swirling mist. Fry glances around, straining to hear any
bit of noise coming from the date he's just left. FRY:
(frantic) Anthony?! Rosa? You guys okay? (Meekly) Anyone? This
is about when the bullet enters the scene, coming straight at Fry. He
screams. FRY: Valentine's Day, 3003! Valentine's Day,
3003!!! In another flash of white, the date 2/14/3003 comes
up. Fry grabs it. CUT TO- CRYOGENICS LABS- 3003 Leela's
waiting impatiently at the vortex, when Fry comes flying out, landing
on top of her and sending them both crashing into the wall. The two
scramble to their feet. LEELA: Fry, get off! I hope you didn't
crush your nephew doing that... FRY: (staring at the vortex)
Leela, something really weird's going on back there... Just as
he finishes that last word, the bullet comes flying out. Now, picture
this. Fry and Leela are pressed against the wall, staring straight at
the charging bullet. But time seems to slow (or is it really slowing
down?) And the bullet comes to a nice, hoovering halt about an inch
away from Fry's skull. The room, once glowing that eerie blue, is
engulfed in an acid green color, as is the vortex. The bullet begins
to dissolve rapidly into thin air, like it's made of sand. There's a
moment's pause, and then, the vortex explodes into a fine green
powder that lingers in the air for only a few seconds more. Then,
everything goes dark, as if there was never any vortex there to begin
with. LEELA: What the hell was that? FRY: No... no,
it's gone! It can't be gone! It wasn't gone yesterday! It didn't just
explode like that yesterday! LEELA: (consoling) Don't worry,
Fry. Maybe it'll be back tomorrow night. FRY: (hopeful) You
think? Really? LEELA: (helpless) I don't know for _sure_,
Fry. I'm just saying... you know... PAUSE, as Fry stares
distantly at the space where the Blue Streak once was. Leela reaches
out to take his hand and lead him away, but stops. LEELA: Fry,
what's that? FRY: Huh? (Glances down at the Blueberry doll
sticking out of his jacket pocket). Oh. A present from Matt. LEELA:
It's, uh, cute. FRY: Yeah... The two just stand there
for a few more moments in pondering silence. CUT TO- PE
BUILDING- CONFERENCE ROOM- LATER THAT DAY (AFTERNOON) Fry is
slumped over the computer, mumbling its contents out loud to himself.
Leela comes in, shoots him a Look, and glances over his
shoulder. LEELA: (reading) Major Projects of the 21st Century.
Fry, what are you doing? FRY: Tony said something about
Project AL. I'm trying to figure out what the hell it was.
(frustrated) And there's no frigging record! LEELA: (gently)
But that's in the past now. There's hardly any record on your old
life nowadays. I've never even heard of Project AL before. (PAUSE)
Fry, please. You haven't stopped thinking about the past since you
came back. FRY: (stubborn) Not until I figured out why those
guys were making my brother's life a living hell! He continues
browsing the computer. Leela watches him worriedly for a few moments,
sighs, and exits the room. TEXT: November 18h, 2000 CUT
TO- OLD NY GENERAL HOSPITAL- WARD 299- AFTERNOON The door
slowly squeaks open and Anthony steps in. His eyes wander the room
curiously, finally falling on poor Rosa, who's stranded in the
hospital bed, staring out the window. Anthony clears his
throat. ROSA: (noticing) Antoni! You came! ANTHONY: Of
course I came. Why wouldn't I? ROSA: I thought you'd be like
everyone else and leave me out in the cold. ANTHONY: Well, I'm
not everyone else, now am I? Rosa's silent. Anthony pulls out
a small package. ANTHONY: I, uh, got you something, you know,
for being shot again and all. One, I've decided you can still babysit
Matt. (Rose looks extremely pleased) And two, I got you this. (Hands
the package to Rosa. She looks perplexed at Tony) Go ahead, open
it! Rosa glances cautiously at he box, then rips it apart.
Something small and soft falls into her lap, and when she picks it up
to get a good look at it, she squeals in delight. It's a stuffed
animal, identical to Matt's "mutated rabbit", except it's
green with brown eyes. ROSA: Oh Antoni, he's _adorable_!
ANTHONY: I gave Matt mine. He keeps calling his Blueberry...
he wants you to call yours Lime. ROSA: Ohhh, he's so
cute! ANTHONY: Um, I went back there last night. The Blue
Streak never showed up. (Furious) David shot it on purpose! He knew
that bullet would screw it up. ROSA: So you'll never see
Philip again? ANTHONY: (downcast) Yeah, I guess not. ROSA:
Antoni, why the hell did you try to tell him about PA? ANTHONY:
Uh, you know Tyania, right? (Rosa nods) Remember what she told me
that one day? ROSA: Uh, no... ANTHONY: She said I'd
have to pass it onto someone else, and that they would help us save
the damn project. I don't know why, but I got this... implication...
that Philip might be that person. ROSA: (scoffing) Philip? Not
Yancy? Or Matt? Or any other person in your family? Anthony
shrugs helplessly, and the two fall silent. Uncomfortable with the
awkwardness of the situation, Rosa begins fiddling with her little
mutated rabbit doll. ROSA: How long do you think this is going
last? I mean, the project. How long can you guys at CL keep it under
wraps? ANTHONY: (glances out window) God only knows... FADE
OUT TEXT: February 15h, 3003 FADE IN- LEELA'S ROOM-
LATE EVENING/EARLY MORNING Leela's sleeping peacefully, until
her VideoPhone wakes her up. She grumbles as she turns it on.
Bender's on the other line. BENDER: Hey eyeball, is skintube
over there sleeping with you? LEELA: (disgusted) No.
Why? BENDER: Well he sure as hell ain't over here. I haven't
seen him since we got off of work. LEELA: Really? BENDER:
Nu-uh. You _sure_ he isn't over there? LEELA: Yes! Stop
asking! BENDER: Then where is he? LEELA: (musing) I
think I might have an idea. CUT TO- CRYOGENICS LABS-
LATER Leela and Bender sneak into the room cautiously. It's
dark in the room, despite the wide window on one side. Fry's nowhere
to be found. LEELA: Oh no, he went back. BENDER: Aw
crap. Now I have no one to shove around! Unless... Leela, I order you
to binge drink until you puke and pass out. LEELA: Shhh! Do
you hear something? SFX: SNIFFLING Leela reaches over
and flips on the lights. The room is illuminated in the bright glow,
but still no Fry. Of course, that's before she turns around. She
motions silently to Bender, who also whirls around. BENDER:
(awed) Damn... Fry's huddled in the corner closest to the
entrance, his jacket thrown over his head as he sniffs quietly. Leela
bites her lip as Bender continues to stare. BENDER: What's
wrong with him? Did he snap? LEELA: Bender, shut up. The
two kneel down next to their friend, Leela placing a comforting hand
on his shoulder. LEELA: (gently) Fry, are you okay? FRY:
(muffled; monotone) It never came. BENDER: What? The
wormhole? FRY: (CONT) *sniff* I thought if I came back it
would be here, but it never came. BENDER: Yeah, good riddance.
That big-ass hole was doing damage to the decor. LEELA:
(comforting) Well... at least you got to see _some_ of your family.
And at least you got to say goodbye, right? FRY: Right.
*sniff* LEELA: And I'm sure they'll figure out what happened
to the Blue Streak sooner or later. BENDER: Yeah! So what's
the big deal. (PAUSE) Buddy? Fry starts sniffling harder into
his jacket, and Leela gently pulls it off his head, revealing his
tear-streaked face and his misty red eyes. He lets out a dry sob in
protest, but nevertheless, he explains. FRY: They're dead.
They're dead, and I miss them, and there's nothing I can do about it!
(Starts bawling) As he wails on into the night, Leela and
Bender sit there helplessly. Leela tries to fit some words of comfort
into the silent dialogue, but she fails to come up with any. Even the
selfish Bender seems perplexed by the situation and how he can't
improve it. Because truth be told, the past is dead; and there's
nothing they can do about it. ~FIN
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