Brain Harvest (2) Through These Gates
Kirk Carter@ Chew Bear Productions@ Copyright 2014
BRAIN HARVEST (2)
Through These Gates
Next Day-Int: Tyrone's Apartment-8 p.m.
Brian And Sydney show up at Apartment G and ring buzzer.
Small video camera and intercom recessed into wall.
Tyrone on Intercom
"That you Brian?"
Brian
"Your future medical students, ready for class!"
Sydney
"This is...making...me...nervous..."
Brian
"Shh...shut up or leave..."
Tyrone buzzes them in. As they walk in they see a regular sized studio apartment, with a small kitchen and bathroom. As you look over to your right you see a connecting hallway leading to the next apartment.
Brian
"Wow, so Apartment F is a blank huh?"
Tyrone walking out of hallway
"Yea man...Apartment F stands for fake, it looks good on the outside, just doesn't have any tenants, that we know of...come on, I'll show you around."
Walking back they see a girl on a cot, lucid and moving a bit, talking to herself, I.V. drip in her arm, pulse and blood pressure monitor vitals, small needle coming out the side of her neck, electric pads on each temple.
Tyrone
"Her name is Mary, English major, got her over in Fat City, out clubbing, she seemed to wants some brother Love."
Brian
"My idea of brother Love never required bio monitoring, how'd you seize her?"
Tyrone
"Got her into the Kool Aid right away, got her to my car, made sure credentials got left behind...you don't need that, you don't want that, remember that...30 minutes later, bitch was in my world, you hear me...had her for a couple of days now, got some great production, 'bout see, ah 50 milliliters of Serotonin, about 70 milliliters of Dopemen...was going to extract some TCH from the thyroid, but I might just cut her loose?"
Sydney
"Cut her loose...what does that involve?
Tyrone laughing
Take her to Denny's, feed her a good meal, pay for the check, and let the authorities find her."
Brian
"At the table?
Tyrone
"Gran Slammed my man, right into her breakfast, just like that...hey she bounces back in a day or two, no damage done!"
Sydney
"At first I thought you were harvesting these guys, but this is like an involuntary donor program, huh?"
Tyrone
"Right on...good man, you just have to look for the healthy people...the health freaks, people that look active, systems chocked full of endorphin's...take a walk through the vitamin store, like Whole Foods, they all over the place!"
Sydney
"What about missing persons reports, people bound to be out looking for them?"
Tyrone
"72 hours my man, that's all the time I need!"
Brian
"That's brilliant...but it must kind of screw up their credibility a bit...like just a sack of shit...kind of clueless?"
Sydney
"No, I think it would be like they treat victims in general...they probably gain some compassion, even from strangers, from going through something like that..."
Tyrone
"You got it Mister Sydney, it's just a blip on the grand scale, they just don't remember nothing, no one, and hence...all the common people can do is feel is sorry for them...whatcha gonna do?"
Brian
"How many victims...I mean subjects can you keep in here?
Tyrone
"The most, about eight, but I usually only do about 2 at a time...I mean don't get me wrong, I'm a greedy fucker, but not "that" greedy!"
Sydney
"Anything ever go wrong, ever lose anybody?"
Tyrone looking at the floor
"Yea man...two so far...one was coming off Meth, didn't even see that shit coming down, and another where Joey and me...Joey my old boss man...we decided to take this guy for a spin on one of those giant plasma centrifuges, one's that will hold like 500 bags, bout 6 foot circle at 5000 rotations a minute...we were going to spin the chemicals right out of his body...keep in mind, those were the early days man!"
Sydney
"So, you spun him to death?"
Tyrone
"No man, it wasn't the spinning that got him, it was that minus five degree centrifuge temperature, fucker just froze to death!"
Brian
"What did you do with the body?"
Tyrone
"Took him to the river, said a few parting words, put him on a log, and launched him off!"
Brian
"So, I guess you want me to solicit someone, get them tripping, and bring them back here?"
"Got to get your feet wet eventually...now look...no, let's go to the kitchen, my man needs supplies you hear me, Tyrone get my new man his supplies."
Walking back down the hallway to the other apartment, opens refrigerator and takes opaque plastic bottle, almost frozen with red ice formations in it.
Brian
"Let me guess...the catatonic Love position?"
Tyrone
"That indeed, some of best shrooms coming out of the cow field's of Louisiana...yep, we just like Popeyes, we do shrooms right...now you want to make sure you don't be sippin on this stuff, cause I might end up extracting chemicals outta your ass, understand?"
Sydney
"Yea, that would be kind of fucked up!"
Brian
"Does kind of mess up the purpose of the mission?"
Tyrone
"Yea, after I cut my zoned out English Major loose, I'm heading down to the mall and doing me a little shopping myself...look, here's my number...we can meet back here at around 10:30...make sure that whoever you get stays in the zone...and if they don't seem to be dealing well on the buzz, just pull out and go for another one, shit take a bout 30 minutes for the stuff to kick in."
Brian
"So, I'll know?"
Tyrone
"Hell yea, the eyes be glazed, dilated, speech all slurry, sometimes you get a little drool going, now they ain't gonna knock out, but they do get real detached."
Brian
"I got the whole picture, we'll see you at 10:30, later"
(Scene Switch)
Walking out and getting into Brian's Jeep Rubicon, they take off!"
Sydney
"So, what's the first stop?"
Brian
"The whole Foods concept sounds kind of interesting...maybe go hit the juice bar where they hand out all the samples?"
Sydney
"So, let me see if I have this right...your going to just walk in there with your bottle of swill and fill up a sampler, and try to convince someone to drink it...how in the hell is that gonna work?"
Brian
Yea, don't worry about it, oh I almost forgot...thank you for have some gonads to stick around, and no...your right, I have no clue what I'm doing!"
Sydney
Good...that makes two of us, I'm just going to feel my way through this...hopefully we don't get arrested for tampering with the treats..."
Brian
"Your amazingly brilliant for someone that comes across as being so damn chickenshit, your like irritating, but just the right amount without me without resorting to kicking you to the curb...just yet anyway!
Entering into Whole Foods, they grab a buggy and start putting tomatoes, celery, a bag of apples, some canned goods in the cart, slowly making their way toward the juice bar. Brian sees attractive girl in a spandex leotard outfit.
Sydney
"Wow, that looks like a keeper, look at her!"
Brian
"Well, here's our first attempt, let's do this thing..."
Walking up Brian studies the way she keeps squeezing the lemons and the limes.
Brian
"Evening, you juice here often?"
Girl
"Oh yea, get's me in the mood."
Brian
"In the mood?"
Girl
"To run, work out a little, all this stuff gives me just the right buzz!"
Brian
"Of course it does..."
Girl
"What about you?"
Brian
"Oh ah, I've been trying all kinda formulas, think I've finally got it down to just the right balance of what the body needs...I don't know, would you mind giving me a second opinion?"
Girl
"Sure, what is it?"
Brian
"Kind of a wild cherry strawberry thing here...here let me pour some of this into a sampler."
Brian puts about three fingers worth into a plastic six ounce cup. She tongue taste it first, smiles...then slams down the rest.
Girl
"My goodness, kind of earthy, felt like electricity going down my throat...very cosmic!"
Brian
"Yey, that's why they call them "Wild Cherries", hey are you busy right now?"
Girl
"Not really, but I do need to go home and hit the books...lots of studying!"
Brian
"Where are you going to school?"
Girl
"Touro Infirmary, I'm in their nursing program...so what's your name?"
Brian
"Ah, Toby...Toby Brown...that's it!"
Girl
"My name is Ginger, nice to meet you."
Ginger starts to react to the schrooms.
Ginger
"Well, I guess I should...oh my goodness, whew!"
Brian
"What's wrong, you okay?"
Ginger
"I don't know, maybe you should stay a second, don't leave me...I might need some help?"
Brian
"No problem, I'm right here if you need me...tell you what (giving Sydney keys, signalling him to go ahead), why don't you come with me...we could go outside and get some air.
Walking outside, Brian sees Sydney with back door to Brian's Jeep already opened and ready to go.
Ginger
"I don't know, maybe I'm going outside my body, just feel this happy time thing, hey...you guys are so sweet, what was that you said you juiced?"
Brian
"Wild cherries and stuff, come on...you'll be fine!"
Putting her in the back of the Jeep.
Ginger
"Thanks Toby, never had a reaction like this before...but you know...I just don't care, I'm a big girl now, everything is just so beautiful...no really!"
Brian
"Yes Ginger, juicing is great!"
(Scene Switch)
Pulling into Tyrone's parking lot, it's almost 10:30 p.m. Ginger has become quite chatty now that the mushroom elixir has overcome her body...she's hallucinating in full state now.
Ginger
"And as a little girl, I would collect butterflies, bring them to my room, and man..they always died...all of 'em...I could never make them my friends, they didn't want to live..at least around me...I Loved them, but they didn't want me...that's my whole life, just kill things or chase them away...I'm such a waste man...but yet I am so totally happy...you see?"
Brian and Sydney just staring at each other.
Brian
"What can of worms have we opened up here?"
Sydney
"I don't know, I can't seem to find her lid!"
Brian
"Where in the hell is Tyrone at, isn't this lovely!"
(Scene Close)
Sydney
"So, let me see if I have this right...your going to just walk in there with your bottle of swill and fill up a sampler, and try to convince someone to drink it...how in the hell is that gonna work?"
Brian
Yea, don't worry about it, oh I almost forgot...thank you for have some gonads to stick around, and no...your right, I have no clue what I'm doing!"
Sydney
Good...that makes two of us, I'm just going to feel my way through this...hopefully we don't get arrested for tampering with the treats..."
Brian
"Your amazingly brilliant for someone that comes across as being so damn chickenshit, your like irritating, but just the right amount without me without resorting to kicking you to the curb...just yet anyway!
Entering into Whole Foods, they grab a buggy and start putting tomatoes, celery, a bag of apples, some canned goods in the cart, slowly making their way toward the juice bar. Brian sees attractive girl in a spandex leotard outfit.
Sydney
"Wow, that looks like a keeper, look at her!"
Brian
"Well, here's our first attempt, let's do this thing..."
Walking up Brian studies the way she keeps squeezing the lemons and the limes.
Brian
"Evening, you juice here often?"
Girl
"Oh yea, get's me in the mood."
Brian
"In the mood?"
Girl
"To run, work out a little, all this stuff gives me just the right buzz!"
Brian
"Of course it does..."
Girl
"What about you?"
Brian
"Oh ah, I've been trying all kinda formulas, think I've finally got it down to just the right balance of what the body needs...I don't know, would you mind giving me a second opinion?"
Girl
"Sure, what is it?"
Brian
"Kind of a wild cherry strawberry thing here...here let me pour some of this into a sampler."
Brian puts about three fingers worth into a plastic six ounce cup. She tongue taste it first, smiles...then slams down the rest.
Girl
"My goodness, kind of earthy, felt like electricity going down my throat...very cosmic!"
Brian
"Yey, that's why they call them "Wild Cherries", hey are you busy right now?"
Girl
"Not really, but I do need to go home and hit the books...lots of studying!"
Brian
"Where are you going to school?"
Girl
"Touro Infirmary, I'm in their nursing program...so what's your name?"
Brian
"Ah, Toby...Toby Brown...that's it!"
Girl
"My name is Ginger, nice to meet you."
Ginger starts to react to the schrooms.
Ginger
"Well, I guess I should...oh my goodness, whew!"
Brian
"What's wrong, you okay?"
Ginger
"I don't know, maybe you should stay a second, don't leave me...I might need some help?"
Brian
"No problem, I'm right here if you need me...tell you what (giving Sydney keys, signalling him to go ahead), why don't you come with me...we could go outside and get some air.
Walking outside, Brian sees Sydney with back door to Brian's Jeep already opened and ready to go.
Ginger
"I don't know, maybe I'm going outside my body, just feel this happy time thing, hey...you guys are so sweet, what was that you said you juiced?"
Brian
"Wild cherries and stuff, come on...you'll be fine!"
Putting her in the back of the Jeep.
Ginger
"Thanks Toby, never had a reaction like this before...but you know...I just don't care, I'm a big girl now, everything is just so beautiful...no really!"
Brian
"Yes Ginger, juicing is great!"
(Scene Switch)
Pulling into Tyrone's parking lot, it's almost 10:30 p.m. Ginger has become quite chatty now that the mushroom elixir has overcome her body...she's hallucinating in full state now.
Ginger
"And as a little girl, I would collect butterflies, bring them to my room, and man..they always died...all of 'em...I could never make them my friends, they didn't want to live..at least around me...I Loved them, but they didn't want me...that's my whole life, just kill things or chase them away...I'm such a waste man...but yet I am so totally happy...you see?"
Brian and Sydney just staring at each other.
Brian
"What can of worms have we opened up here?"
Sydney
"I don't know, I can't seem to find her lid!"
Brian
"Where in the hell is Tyrone at, isn't this lovely!"
(Scene Close)
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