From: johnsd2@jec326.its.rpi.edu (Dan Johnson)
Subject: Storming the Pearly Gates, Ch 2
Date: 4 Mar 1994 03:34:10 GMT


Here is the just completed, hot off the presses, Chapter 2,
"Living in a Material World", wherein part of the tale
of the Jesus Detachment is told.

            Chapter 2    Living in a Material World

[Fade in to exterior "Guido's Wine and Bread Emporium]
[We see McCullough, Keppel-Jones and Geist charge the establishment.]

All: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

[then they reach the door, and stop]

Keppel-Jones: "After you!"
Geist: "No, after you!"
Keppel-Jones: "No, I insist!"
McCullough: "Pardon me, comin' through" [he barges into the
Emporium, and we follow him]

[Interior View, Emporium. We see Guido, passed out on the counter.
Nobody else is visible.]

McCullough: "Alright! Let's turn this dump upside down! Jones,
take the Kitchen, Geist, check out the freezer. I'll check
the Mens Room!"

[They split up and go to the kitchen, freezer, and mens room]

Keppel-Jones: [from kitchen]:
"Mmmmm... Cherubim..." <gurgle>

McCullough: [from Mens Room]
"I don't want do know, do you"

Geist: [from freezer]
"Not really. You don't want to come in here either, by the
way."

McCullough: [comes out from Mens Room]
"Alright, anyone find anything?"

[Geist and Keppel-Jones come out into the dining area]
Both: "Nope."

LOUD VOICE FROM OUTSIDE:
"ALRIGHT! WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED! COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP!"

[Geist leaps for the window and looks out]
Geist: "Damn! There's a squad of immaterial spirits out there,
maybe even two. We're trapped in here!"

Keppel-Jones: "Oh, yeah? We'll just have to see how immaterial
they are." [Produces machete. Walks out the door.]

[From outside we here sound of mayhem]
<CRUNCH> <slice> <THUD> <bludgeon>

[Hard Cut to a road; the Main Force is marching down it]

Dan Johnson:
"Does anybody know where the Hell Prowell got off to?"

Geoff Arnold: [Has a notepad, writes on it]
"I didn't see him. And it would be heaven, I think."

Dan Johnson:
"I'm not so sure. I didn't see him on the bus, either.
Did he duck out?"

Geoff Arnold: [scribble, scribble]
"Maybe. He never did like this plan. Maybe he ducked out."

Dan Johnson:
"Possibly. We outght to talk to him about it. Make a note
of it, will ya?"

Geoff Arnold:
"Of course." [scribble, scribble]

[Suddenly, a group of 10 humanoid machines lurches into view
around a corner.]

Lead Machine:
"Halt. We wish to.. help.. you!"

[The march stops]

Dan Johnson:
"What do you want?"

Machine:
"We want you to read this." [Produces copy of
'The Virtue of Selfishness']

Terence Rokop: "I object!"

mathew:
"Randroids! Scatter! Differing opinions confuses them!"

[mathew hits the deck and opens up with his Uzi. Everyone
else runs around aimlessly, but excitingly. But to no end,
the Randroids just fall apart under mathew's fire]

mathew:
"Whew! That was close!"

Terence Rokop:
"Close to what?"

[But, before anyone can think of an even lamer joke, we fade
out. Cut back to interior of Bread and Wine Emporium.
Geist and McCullough are staring out the windows.]

LOUD VOICE FROM OUTSIDE:
"NO! Mercy! MERCY!" <ker-CHUNK>

[Keppel-Jones walks back in]
Keppel-Jones: "Oh I dunno. They don't seem so immaterial to me."
[Grins] "Oh, and we don't have to mention that Cherubim remark to
the others, now do we, hmmm?"

Geist+McCullough: [staring at Keppel-Jones]
"Uh.."

[Keppel-Jones puts the machete away.]
McCullough:
"No, I think we can overlook that."

Alan Geist:
"C'mon, lets move out. And let's be carefull out there; no way
they found us this quickly on their own. Somebody put them onto
us."

[They leave. Fade out.]