Big Night
Chapter 1
By Derrick
The room was quiet, after all, the only person inside was resting, But she
was not relaxed. The events of the past few days were weighing heavily on
her shoulders. The bus, the apartment, and the alley, it had all happened so
fast.
There was a knock on the door. "Who is it" she asked irritably. The response
was slow in coming. "This is Sickler. I need you to come with me " She knew
where he would be taking her and she didn't want to go there. She pi- "Cut"
Jimmy Wang, the director, interrupted the scene. He was clearly upset. "Jase
!" he called to the production manager, Jason Little. "Have Rollie And Angie
shown up yet?" " No sign of 'em. And we can't keep going without them. If
they're not here in the next 15 minutes there's going to be hell to pay
around here".
"Angie, C'mon! We've got a deadline here! Plus we still have to pick up
Francis.
He wants to see the set today" Rollie yelled up the stairs of Angie's
apartment building. "I'm coming! is it okay is Chiops(pronounced KEY-ops)
comes with us today?" "I don't care! Just get down here!" It wasn't like
Angie to be this late.
She came down a moment later, Chiops on her head and a coffee mug in her hand.
"What's with him?" asked Rollie. " I don't know, I woke up this morning and
he was pacing about on the bed when he usually sleeps for a while longer.
And he's still a little hurt from the encounter with the bicycle. It's not
a problem having him here is it"? " No no, it's fine. " Rollie settled down
in the driver seat of the van while Angie sat in front of the computer
setup. She started working on the Blaster effect for Lucinda's gun while
Chiops settled down on the floor beside her. "Francis said he'd be ready
right Ange?" Rollie sounded impatient "He'd better be." replied Angie.
Francis was right on time but Rollie still had to speed to get to set
before it was too late. While Rollie fretted in the front, Angie and Francis
talked in the back. "What's this movie called? asked Francis. "It's called
Deviant. It's set 10 years in the future and it's about a woman who can
cause cataclysmic events by thinking about them. The world is run by a
despotic police state that tries to kill her because she is a deviant. She
tries to escape and in the end she manages to depose the leader but dies in
the process, becoming a martyr. The rest of the opressed citizens
revolt and the result is total anarchy" Angie actually had some qualms about
doing such a dark film, but it had the potential to become a hit so she
finally agreed to do it. "Sounds pretty grim. What kind of FX are there in
it?" This wasn't the first time Francis had been to a set but it was the
first time without Leo. " We've got a great scene where an apartment
building goes up in flames and another where she uses a blaster to evaporate
a snowbank. This is Lucinda's first starring role you know." "Angie" yelled
Rollie from the front, interrupting their conversation." We're almost there,
is every thing ready?" "Just a minute, Rollie" replied Angie. "Francis?" "Yeah"
"Can you get that box behind you" asked Angie. "This one" "Yup"
When they got to set Rollie started setting up while Angie looked around
for a newspaper. Lucinda had one and when Angie saw the entertainment
section she almost burst. . .
Chapter Two
Derrick
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