What In The World! Season 3 Episode 3: Battle Island


EXT. SKY - DAY

Daniel plummets through the sky towards an island. He yells frantically as he free falls.

Bailey appears behind him and grabs onto him. They lock eyes.

DANIEL

Bailey!

BAILEY

I’ll see you on the ground!

Bailey pulls Daniel’s parachute and he shoots upward. Bailey pulls her chute. The two glide down towards the island.

EXT. ISLAND - DAY

Bailey lands on the ground. Daniel’s parachute gets caught in the trees and he dangles in the air. Bailey pulls out a knife and throws it. The knife cuts the parachute and Daniel falls to the ground. Bailey walks over to him and helps him up. They stare at each other and smile. They hug.

DANIEL

I thought I’d lost you.

BAILEY

I know. Did you talk to the Programmer?

DANIEL

Yeah, he explained everything.

BAILEY

Crazy isn’t it? I mean, this whole time we were living in a simulation.

DANIEL

Yeah. Except, this doesn't look like... a real world.

BAILEY

I don’t know what happened. When I was put back in, it was already like this.

DANIEL

And what is this?

BAILEY

Some kind of arena. People killing each other for points and supplies.

DANIEL

We need to find the others.

Bailey taps on her wrist. A pop up screen appears in the air in front of her. She taps on the screen and a map appears with multiple dots on it. She points to a small cluster of dots.

BAILEY

They’re by Rock Ridge. Looks like they’re pinned by another squad.

DANIEL

Squad?

BAILEY

Teams. Gives you a better chance of surviving.

DANIEL

We need to go help them.

Bailey taps on the screen and a dirt bike materializes in front of them. Bailey gets on it.

BAILEY

Get on.

DANIEL

Can you drive this thing?

Bailey pinches Daniel’s cheek.

BAILEY

Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing.

Daniel gets behind Bailey on the dirt bike. Bailey revs the bike and takes off. The bike rides through the forest. Around them, they pass by people engaged in firefights, knife fights, hand to hand, and other forms of combat. Some people are hit with a weapon and they dissolve

Joel, Tyler, and Greg duck behind a giant boulder in a rocky landscape. Another squad shoots at them.

TYLER

What do we do!

JOEL

We stay here and... well, wait for our slow impending death. NIce knowing y’all.

The dirt bike zooms across the rocky landscape towards the boulder.

BAILEY

I need you to jump off! Take cover with the others!

DANIEL

What!

BAILEY

Now!

Daniel jumps off and tumbles onto the ground. He gets up and runs towards the boulder and takes cover with the others.

JOEL

Dude, you made it.

DANIEL

Yeah.

JOEL

Any ideas?

DANIEL

No, but I think Bailey has one.

JOEL

Bailey?

The guys peak over the boulder. Bailey’s dirt bike disappears and she jumps through the air. She pulls out two pistols and starts shooting at the opposing squad in midair. She lands on the ground and continues shooting while dodging enemy gunfire. She somersaults and flips as she shoots. Wherever she hits squad members they vaporize and leave behind supplies. She shoots all the squad members.

The guys emerge from behind the boulder and stare at Bailey in shock.

BAILEY

What?

Bailey collects the leftover supplies and ammo.

TYLER

Ok, what in the world is going on? I thought we were going back to our “world”.

BAILEY

I thought so too but something happened. I don’t know what.

DANIEL

Programmer, can you hear me?

A static voice is heard.

THE PROGRAMMER

Yes-can’t-need to-hold on- Can you hear me now?

DANIEL

Yes. What the hell is going on? This doesn't look like the real world.

THE PROGRAMMER

Boss changed the layout of the Refugium. He... IT is becoming stronger. More self aware.

TYLER

Why would it change the layout?

THE PROGRAMMER

From what I can tell about this new layout, each player has a total of 1,000 health.

GREG

What happens when you run out of health?

BAILEY

You respawn in the sky and continue playing. Of course, you lose a bunch of your supplies.

THE PROGRAMMER

She’s correct.

JOEL

Holy shit. This... this is Fortnite. Well, not exactly but it’s definitely a battle royale.

BAILEY

I’m already down to 700 health.

GREG

Ok, but why did Boss choose this layout? No one dies. What’s the point?

THE PROGRAMMER

My guess is that Boss is trying to buy time. Maybe he’s trying to infiltrate one of the many firewalls. This will give me time to create an anti-virus. I need to get to work.

The Programmer cuts out

TYLER

So what now? Do we actually participate in this?

DANIEL

Yes, we do. We’re here to stop Boss. This may not look like the world we’ve lived in for the past 30 years but it’s the world we’re in now.

JOEL

If we want to stop Boss, we need to understand this world. And also get weapons. Probably should do that first. Definitely that first.

BAILEY

Here.

Bailey taps on her wrist and the pop up screen appears. She taps on a weapons icon and swipes the weapons and ammo towards each of them.

BAILEY

There. You each have a rifle and some ammo. That should last you for a while.

DANIEL

Thanks. So, how does this world work?

BAILEY

It’s called Battle Island. You can either play solo or with squads. Squads are more likely to win. Now, there are four outer regions. Rock Ridge, The Jungle, Winter Carnage, and Death Desert. In the middle of the island, is the Focal. It’s basically a neutral hangout spot where you can upgrade your weapons, costume, or if you want a bite to eat.

GREG

So, I guess we’re a squad then?

DANIEL

Yeah.

BAILEY

We’ll need a name.

Daniel contemplates a name.

DANIEL

How about Phoenix Squad?

The group nods in agreement.

DANIEL

Ok then, Phoenix Squad it is.

A pop up icon bearing the name Phoenix Squad appears over the group.

BAILEY

We’re officially a squad now.

INT. THE FOCAL - DAY

Adrian Slater looks at a digital screen. The name Phoenix Squad appears next to other team names. He taps on the name and sees the members' names. He walks over to a table surrounded by other squad members. At the table is Boss. He is draped in weapons and armor.

ADRIAN

We have a problem.

Adrian shows Boss the screen.

BOSS

Hmmmm. It’ll be interesting to see how they’ll do.

ADRIAN

Want me to send some of our people out. Take them out.

BOSS

No. Let them collect some weapons and XP. Do keep our allies on them though.

ADRIAN

Of course. But are you not worried? They defeated us once.

BOSS

Yes, once. But this my dear friend... is our island.

END.

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