What In The World! Series Finale: An Ending Of Some Sort (Series Finale Part 2)

EXT. WHITE DESERT WASTELAND

The two armies collide.

 

Joel and Jacqueline slice through bots with their katanas. Joel shoots some with his Glock. Tyler shoots a blast of blue energy from the tip of his staff vaporizing Bots. Bailey twirls her spear stabbing and slicing Bots. Sugar Mama shoots golden energy from her hands. Hudson swings his double-sided battle-ax. Ultimus stomps on several Bots while simultaneously shooting with his tank gun.

 

In the midst, Bailey and Claire make eye contact.

 

CLAIRE

Hey girl. Sorry, it has to end this way.

 

BAILEY

Me too.

 

Bailey throws her spear but Claire dodges. She fires an arrow and Bailey ducks. Claire rushes to notch another arrow. Bailey charges towards Claire and lands a punch on Claire’s jaw. Claire knees Bailey in the stomach knocking her down. Claire materializes a knife and prepares to stab Bailey. A katana blade pierces through her chest, and she begins pixelating. She screams and vaporizes. Jacqueline lowers her blade and helps Bailey up.

 

JACQUELINE

Hope you don’t mind. She and I had unfinished business too.

 

BAILEY

Not at all, thanks for saving me. Besides, I’ve got unfinished business with someone else. 

 

Gary makes his way through through the fighting and stops in front of Bailey.

 

GARY

Hey babe. Last chance for us to be together. 

 

Bailey extends her hand, and her spear returns to her hand.

 

JACQUELINE

I’ll let you two talk.

 

Jacqueline continues killing bots.

 

BAILEY

Gary, it’s over.

 

GARY

Fine. 

 

Gary charges at Bailey and swings his scythe. Bailey deflects it and kicks Gary in the groin. Gary yelps and falls to his knees. Bailey raises her spear and pierces Gary’s groin. Gary pixilates and vaporizes. 

 

EXT. LEVEL - DAY

 

Adrian, Diana, and some Luddites begin planting explosives around the building. 

 

INT. LEVEL - DAY

 

Freddy Dobson and the soldiers watch the screens.

 

SOLDIER

Not detecting any survivors.

 

The Programmer wheels in followed by Greg.

 

FREDDY DOBSON

How are they doing?

 

THE PROGRAMMER

They’ve been busy. Looks like Boss has an army of his own.

 

FREDDY DOBSON

Let’s give them a hand. 

 

 

Adrian, Diana, and the Luddites stand back, and Adrian presses a button on a remote pad.

 

There are multiple explosions around the building. Most of it is obliterated.

 

INT. LEVEL COMMAND CENTER - DAY

 

Dobson, The Programmer, and Greg are thrown to the ground. 

 

 

INT. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY - DAY

 

The Other Daniel sits casually at a study table. Daniel paces around him.

 

DANIEL

Look, we hate each other. 

 

THE OTHER DANIEL

Something we can both agree on.

 

DANIEL

You know what else we agree on. Bailey. We both care for her and right now she needs us. If we don’t merge, then she dies. Are you willing to let that happen?

 

THE OTHER DANIEL

Of course not! I would never let anything happen to her!

 

Daniel extends his hand.

 

DANIEL

Then prove it! Help me save her! Because right now, she’s going to die without OUR help.

 

The Other Daniel contemplates. He stands up and takes Daniel’s hand. Both begin glowing blue. They begin melding into each other.

 

THE OTHER DANIEL

Take care of her.

 

DANIEL

WE will.

 

Both Daniels grasp each other’s forearms. 

 

INT. WHITE DESERT WASTELAND

 

The battle rages on. Boss fights his way through the chaos towards the core building. Joel sees him and tries making his way towards him. More Bots rush in between him and Boss, stopping him in his tracks.

 

JOEL

Damn it! 

 

Joel raises his katana and prepares to fight. Ultimus appears behind him. 

 

ULTIMUS ELITE

Need a hand.

 

Ultimus begins mechanically decompressing and turns into a tank.

 

ULTIMUS ELITE

Get in!

 

Joel jumps on top of Ultimus and he rolls forward crushing and destroying Bots. Joel slices and stabs any Bots that climb onto Ultimus. The Bots begin tearing pieces of Ultimus apart. The rest of the group climb onto Ultimus and use their weapons to help Ultimus clear a way through.

 

Boss escapes the chaos of the battle and runs towards the Core building. 

 

The Bot army begins overwhelming Ultimus. The group jumps off into a clearing. Ultimus transforms into his humanoid self. He’s missing multiple parts and he can’t stand.

 

ULTIMUS ELITE

I- I can’t go on.

 

JOEL

Thank you. For everything.

 

TYLER

Guys, there’s still a lot of them!

 

ULTIMUS ELITE

May I lighten the load.

 

Ultimus transforms into a broken tank and rolls straight into the Bot army. 

 

ULTIMUS ELITE

Initiate self-destruction.

 

The Bots begin swarming Ultimus and there is a large explosion. 

Half of the Bot army is vaporized. The remaining Bot army charges at the group. They raise their weapons. 

 

JOEL 

There’s still more…

 

BAILEY 

We’re running out of time. One last pu- 

 

Thunder. 

 

It rings across the landscape.

 

Clouds swirl in the sky. Blue flashes in the clouds. 

 

Then…

 

Blue bolts of lightning strike from the sky and hit the Bots. They vaporize one after the other.

 

There is a flash of intense blue light and Daniel appears hovering in the sky. His eyes and body glow blue.  

 

He extends his hand and blue energy emits towards the remaining Bot army. 

 

The blue energy hits the last of the Bots and vaporizes them. 

 

Daniel lowers to the ground and the group approaches him.

 

JOEL

Nice timing.

 

DANIEL

Sorry, it took so long. We just needed some convincing. Now we’re ready to end this. 

 

Bailey hugs Daniel

 

JOEL

Is no one going to address Daniel talking in a We/Us style? 

 

Tyler

Not now Joel. 

 

DANIEL

Where’s Boss?

 

TYLER

He’s at the Core building.

 

DANIEL

Then we don’t have much time. Let’s finish this.

 

INT. LEVEL BUILDING - DAY

 

The building is in partial ruin. Lights flicker and wires dangle from the ceilings and walls. Chunks of concrete litter the wall along with the bodies of dead LEVEL Personnel.

 

Greg’s eyes open and he sits up. Dobson stirs awake and so does The Programmer.

 

GREG

What happened?

 

FREDDY DOBSON

Damn Luddites!

 

THE PROGRAMMER

The pod room?

 

GREG

That’s where they're heading.

 

Dobson looks over one of the last remaining computers. 

 

FREDDY DOBSON

Other than them, it’s just us. We need to move.

Dobson helps The Programmer in his chair and pulls out a pistol. He picks up Greg’s Chainsaw minigun and hands it to him. 

 

FREDDY DOBSON

I’ll push him, you watch our 12.

 

Greg nods and the three make their way through the slowly collapsing buildings.

 

INT. THE CORE OF THE REFUGIUM

 

In the vast metallic building, there is a giant white digital sphere. Boss enters the structure and looks around at the vastness. He sees the sphere and approaches it. He examines the sphere and raises his hands towards it.

 

DANIEL

Hey!

 

Boss turns around. Daniel stands at the entrance.

 

BOSS

I was wondering where you were. 

 

DANIEL

Had some stuff to deal with.

 

BOSS

Well, I’m glad you made it. The end wouldn’t be the same without us two. One last clash. Before it all crumbles into oblivion.

 

DANIEL

We’ll see.

 

Daniel’s hands glow blue.

 

BOSS

That’s new.

 

DANIEL

I thought I’d even the odds. 

 

BOSS

Won’t do you much good.

 

Boss glows green and Daniel glows blue. They soar towards each other and collide. They both fall to the ground. Boss punches Daniel, sending him into a wall. He flies towards Daniel but Daniel steps to the side and Boss runs into the wall. Daniel grabs Boss and lifts him into the air. He punches Boss to the ground.

 

Daniel lands on the ground. He materializes a digital rod in his hand. The Antivirus. He runs to the core. Boss gets up and shoots a strand of green energy. It wraps around Daniel and pulls him towards Boss.

 

BOSS

I have one purpose. ONE! I won’t fail. I can’t fail. You think just because you have some fancy new powers, means you can stop me.

 

DANIEL

No. I think I can stop you because I have THEM.

 

A spear soars through the air and hits Boss in the shoulder. The green energy strand disappears, and Daniel falls to the ground. The spear dislodges itself and flies back into Bailey’s hand. Standing next to her are Joel, Jacqueline Tyler, Susan, and Hudson. 

 

BOSS

Now it’s a party.

 

Boss glows a bright green. He shoots bursts of energy at the group. Tyler raises his staff and creates a shield along with Susan while Bailey, Joel, Jacqueline, and Hudson attack Boss with their weapons.

 

INT. LEVEL - DAY

 

Greg, Dobson, and The Programmer make their way through the crumbling building. They reach the Pod Room and peek in. Diana and Adrian look over a computer screen while four Luddite guards look over the pods.

 

Dobson enters and shoots all four of the Luddites; he points his gun at Adrian and Diana. Greg and The Programmer enter.

 

FREDDY DOBSON

It’s over Adrian. As we speak Daniel is implanting the antivirus which will reboot the entire system and allow everyone to stay in the sim.

 

ADRIAN

Without ever knowing huh. That there’s a real-world out here waiting to be saved.

 

 

 

THE PROGRAMMER

Diana, please… stop this.

 

DIANA

I’m sorry.

 

Adrian raises his gun. Dobson shoots him but Adrian is able to get three shots off. One of the bullets hits Dobson in the heart and he falls to the ground dead and the other two bullets hit Greg in the chest. Adrian falls to his knees and raises his gun towards The Programmer. Greg revs his chainsaw with difficulty and decapitates Adrian. Greg falls and collapses to the ground. A pool of blood begins forming. 

 

THE PROGRAMMER

Greg!

 

The Programmer wheels over to Greg. Diana kneels next to Greg and checks his pulse.

 

DIANA

He’s barely hanging on. 

 

THE PROGRAMMER

We need to get him into the sim.

 

Diana stares at The Programmer.

 

THE PROGRAMMER

Diana please, it's over.

 

The two stare at each other. Diana begins tearing up and nods. 

 

DIANA

I’ll get him in the pod, you initiate the programming. 

 

The Programmer wheels to a computer monitor and begins typing.

 

Diana drags Greg to a nearby Pod and lifts him. She places a helmet on his head.

 

DIANA

He’s ready.

 

The Programmer taps a button.

 

THE PROGRAMMER

He’s in. We should go.

 

Diana begins walking towards The Programmer. An explosion from above knocks The Programmer out of his wheelchair. 

 

INT. THE CORE OF THE REFUGIUM 

 

Boss deflects the attacks of the group. Daniel shoots blue energy at him. Boss punches the ground and knocks everyone down. Joel lands next to Daniel.

 

JOEL

Whatever you need to do, do it now.

 

DANIEL

Cover me?

 

JOEL

Always man.

 

The two friends nod at each other and get up. Daniel begins running towards the digital sphere. 

 

Greg materializes next to Joel.

 

JOEL

Hey, what happened?

 

GREG

Dobson and Adrian are dead. I… I don’t know about The Programmer or Diana. What’s going on here? 

 

Boss begins running towards Daniel. 

 

JOEL 

No time to explain!

 

Greg materializes his chainsaw and Joel raises his Katana.

 

Boss materializes his mace and swings it. Joel and Greg both deflect with their weapon. Tyler taps Hudson’s battle ax with his staff, and it glows blue. Hudson throws it and it hits Boss in the shoulder. Boss lets out a battle cry and emits a green light pulse that sends everyone back. He turns to Daniel and throws his mace. It flies through the air and hits Daniel in the back knocking him down. Bailey runs to Daniel and helps him up.

 

Susan shoots her golden energy at Boss but he blocks it. Jacqueline throws her katana and hits him in the leg. 

 

Boss begins limping towards Daniel and Bailey while deflecting the group’s attacks.

 

Daniel and Bailey reach the digital sphere. 

 

DANIEL

I don’t know what will happen once I inject the antivirus. If we don’t see each other again.

 

BAILEY

Don’t. We WILL see each other again.

 

Daniel nods. The couple kisses. Boss inches closer to them. Bailey raises her spear towards him. Daniel turns around and raises the antivirus rod. He brings it down and injects the antivirus into the digital sphere. It glows blue. Everything reaches a standstill. Boss stops in his tracks. Slowly, he began pixelating and vaporizing. 

 

BOSS

No…no..NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

There is a flash of green light and Boss vaporizes. Dead.

 

The group smiles at each other. The digital spear glows bluer. A blinding blue. There is an immense flash of light.

 

INT. POD ROOM - DAY

 

The Programmer looks up from the ground and sees a large metal beam that landed on Diana. 

 

THE PROGRAMMER

Diana!

 

The Programmer crawls over to her. She’s on her back, the metal beam crushing her. She spurts blood from her mouth.

 

The Programmer attempts to lift the beam but can’t.

 

THE PROGRAMMER

Hang on.

 

DIANA

G-Gideon, stop.

 

Diana places her hand on Gideon’s face.

 

DIANA

I’m sorry. I… I just wanted to save the world.

 

Gideon holds her hand.

 

GIDEON

I know. So did I.

 

DIANA

Go. 

 

GIDEON

No. I’m staying here.

 

DIANA

Y-you’ll d-die.

 

GIDEON

I know.

 

The building is in flames as it continues collapsing around the pair.

 

Gideon and Diana embrace each other as the LEVEL building collapses around them. 

 

INT. THE REFUGIUM

 

Nothing. Just bright pure whiteness. Daniel stands in the middle of it. He looks around.

 

DANIEL

Hello?

 

SUSAN

You did it.

 

Daniel turns to his side and sees Susan.

 

DANIEL

What happened? Where is everyone? I thought the antivirus worked.

 

SUSAN

It did. You rebooted the Refugium.

 

DANIEL

The Programmer?

 

SUSAN

I’m sorry.

 

Daniel bows his head. 

 

DANIEL

So. So what now. Do we just wait?

 

SUSAN

That’s for you to decide.

 

DANIEL

Huh?

 

SUSAN

You rebooted the simulation. You are its Programmer.

 

DANIEL

Are you saying I can control it?

 

SUSAN

You can make whatever reality you wish to make. Medieval, sci-fi, or… something normal.

 

DANIEL

When I… rebuild the sim, will everyone return?

 

SUSAN

Yes.

 

DANIEL

How. How do I-

 

Susan takes Daniel’s hand, and they kneel. She places it on what seems to be a solid floor.

 

SUSAN

Think. Just think.

 

Daniel closes his eyes and concentrates. Where his hand is, plants begin growing. Flowers, moss, and grass. A small creek begins forming. 

 

SUSAN

It’s up to you now.

 

DANIEL 

What about you?

 

Susan begins dissolving.

 

SUSAN

I’ll be around. This is your world now. 

 

Susan dissolves in a golden light.

 

Daniel stands up. He extends his hands outward. He closes his eyes.

 

Around him, a sky appears. Clouds begin forming. The grass expands and the trees grow. Daniel begins glowing a bright blue. There is a flash of blue light.

 

INT. COLLEGE LIBRARY - DAY

 

Daniel sits with his friends Joel, Jaqueline, Tyler, Hudson, Greg, and Susan in the university library. Joel, Tyler, and Greg are having a conversation. Daniel is staring at Bailey. Bailey is a sorority girl and is sitting, talking with her sorority sisters at another table in the library.

 

Daniel is looking at Bailey longingly. Bailey sees Daniel and smiles at him.

 

JOEL

Dan... Dan... Dan!

 

Daniel focuses back on his friends sitting in front of him.

 

DANIEL

What?

 

JOEL

What do you think?

 

DANIEL

Think about what?

 

JOEL

Who’s stronger, Hulk or Thor?

 

DANIEL

Huh?

 

TYLER

Thor is obviously the strongest.

 

JOEL

No, Hulk is. His name says it all.

 

TYLER

Thor is a literal god ,and he has a hammer that only he can lift up.

 

GREG

Guys, Captain Marvel is the strongest. Right babe?

 

SUSAN

Of course.

 

JACQUELINE

I don’t know, Hulk has those… muscles.

 

JOEL

So do I.

 

JACQUELINE

Oh yeah? Maybe I can see them later tonight?

 

HUDSON

Get a room for you two.

 

TYLER

Yes, please.

 

JOEL

Dan. Settle this.

 

Daniel is still looking at Bailey. He gets up and begins walking over to Bailey.

 

JOEL

My goodness, he’s doing it.

 

Daniel reaches Bailey.

 

DANIEL

Hi.

 

BAILEY

Hi.

 

DANIEL

My name is-

 

BAILEY

Daniel, right?

 

DANIEL

(Smiling)

Yeah. Listen, I was wondering… if maybe… you’d wanna hang out sometime.

 

The two stare at each other. Bailey’s eyes light up almost as if she’s having Deja Vu.

 

BAILEY

Yeah, I would. How about tonight?

 

DANIEL

Sounds great.

 

They smile at each other with a familiarity that this… is the beginning of the rest of their lives.

 

End.

 

 

 

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