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| WHAT IN THE WORLD??? complete (2008); SMDM meets the Twilght Zone | |
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| Rudywells1274 | Mar 31 2008, 10:13 PM Post #1 |
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Based on Twilight Zone episode…A World of Difference. edited and 'cleaned' up hopefully for a smoother read WHAT IN THE WORLD??? “Good morning.” Col. Austin.” Callahan greeted when Steve stepped into Oscar’s outer office. “Hi Callahan” Steve responded back. “How’s Steven doing?” Callahan continued. “I’ll bet he’s looking forward to his birthday party next week.” “That’s all he talks about” Steve smiled. “Of course it’s not everyday you turn three.” “I guess that’s true,” Callahan laughed. “Oh by the way…” Steve reached into his jacket pocket “Jaime wanted me to hand this to you personally.” “What is it?” Callahan took it from him. “It’s an invitation to the birthday, after the ‘tragedy’ on his first birthday…” “It’s not your fault the invitation got lost in the mail…I got it three days later” Callahan reminded. “Well just to be on the safe side…Jaime still feels terrible about that” Steve concluded. “How is Jaime feeling by the way? I heard number two is on the way.” Steve chuckled “I’m hoping for a girl this time, I think Jaime could use the break too.” “I’m sure she’ll be just fine with which ever it is” Callahan reached for the ringing phone, before she picked it up she turned to Steve “Mr. Goldman is expecting you.” “Thanks” Steve stepped toward the door and opened it. “You wanted to see me boss? “Come on in Steve” Oscar motioned him to a chair. “So Oscar,” Steve settled into a chair “what does this assignment involve?” Steve wondered. “Oscar sighed and leaned back in his chair “it could get tricky…I have someone coming in to give you some additional training…” “Additional training…what do you mean by tricky?” Steve wondered. Oscar sat forward and looked Steve in the eye. “I’ll be very honest with you Steve" he removed his glasses "It’s very dangerous.” “Dangerous?” Steve repeated. Oscar nodded “it could be very dangerous that’s why I have someone coming in to prepare you for it” Oscar opened the file and opened the file. “Should I tell Jaime?” Steve wondered. Oscar shook his head. “I already discussed it with Rudy, he doesn’t think it’s a good idea especially in her condition.” “That bad huh?” Again Oscar nodded then he glanced at his watch. “Phil should be getting here soon, in the meantime Rudy said he wanted to make a couple of adjustments you go take care of that and I'll let you know when Phil gets her." Steve stood and headed for the door “I’ll be right back” he said as he opened the door. As he crossed Oscar’s outer office he stopped at Callahan’s desk. He picked up the phone and started to dial. “Cut!” Steve spun around to see who had said that. “What the” Steve spoke when he saw he was surrounded by people he had never seen before. “Lee, what are you doing?” the man you had called 'cut' asked. “What did you call me?” Steve seemed stunned. “I called you Lee, that’s your name” the man continued. “What did you pick up the phone for?” “I wanted to call my wife” Steve explained. The man gave him a puzzled look “You mean Lindsay? She’s not in this episode till the end, when you return from your assignment. Haven’t you read the script?” “What are you talking about?” Steve sounded very confused, he headed back to Oscar’s office and opened the door. Oscar stood talking to another man Steve didn’t recognize and where had he come from? The only way into Oscar’s office was through the outer office. “Is there a problem” Oscar wondered. “Oscar what is going on here…who are all of these people?” Steve indicated all the people surrounding them. Oscar looked passed Steve to the man he had been talking to “Harve what’s the problem here?" The man shrugged and turned to the man who had called cut. “Bill, what’s going on?” “I don’t know. Lee was supposed to cross the outer office area and head down to Rudy’s office, but he stopped and picked up the phone and started dialing it. I called a cut and Lee got all…well I don’t know how to explain it, he acts like he doesn’t know what’s going on.” “Oscar who are these people?” Steve again demanded. ‘Oscar’ stared at him blankly. “Lee, it's Richard…Richard Anderson. I play Oscar Goldman on the series…” Richard stated. Series? what series.” Steve again demanded. Harve and 'Oscar' looked at each other once again, then Harve handed him a thick packet of papers. Steve looked down at the cover THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN… PROCUCTION # 3432…THE LIGHTENING MISSION. “You see?” Harve began, it's a TV show. You’re Lee Majors. You play Col. Steve Austin on the series. Dick is Oscar and Martin E Brooks is Dr. Rudy Wells.” “I’ve never seen any of you before” Steve muttered. "And I don’t know anyone named Richard or Martin, I know Oscar and Rudy….” They were interrupted when the door burst open. “Rudy!” Steve called out. “You got to help me out here I think I’m loosing my mind or something.” ‘Rudy’ looked passed Steve to Harve “are we going to do this scene or not?” he asked. “Not for a while” Harve sighed. “Why don’t we all take a break? let Lee get back to reality here and we’ll start again this afternoon.” “Then I’m going to go get something to eat” ‘Rudy’ stated. “That’s fine Martin, I'll have you paged when we’re ready to shoot the scene.” He turned to Steve “look Lee, why don’t you go home, get some rest. We’ll shoot around you today. I’ll have your driver give you a ride.” He was so stunned all he could do was nod “yea, sure, ok” he responded. ////////////////////////////////// On the ride to his house Steve noticed they weren’t in Washington. “Where are we?” he asked the driver. "This isn’t Washington.” The driver shook his head. “No sir, We're in Hollywood.” “But I left Oscar’s office, that’s in Washington” Steve argued. “They film the exteriors in Washington Lee, you Know that" the driver tried to explain “the indoor shots are done in the studio” the driver continued. “I don’t get any of this” Steve muttered. “This isn’t my house” he told the driver when he pulled into the drive. “Yes it is sir” the driver jumped out and opened the door for him. “I believe the studio called your wife," the driver said as he got back in the car and then drove off.” “Jaime!” Steve cried. “He bounded up the steps and in the front door “Jaime, Jaime!” he called. “Lee what is wrong?” a strange woman asked him. “Who the heck are you?” Steve asked. “I’m your wife…Farah” Farah expained. “You’re not my wife! my wife is Jaime…Jaime Austin” Steve turned away from her. “Boy Harve was right” she muttered Just then the phone rang. “….Yes Harve….No he’s not any better. I’m really worried, he really thinks he’s Steve Austin.” “We’re coming over, Dick and Martin are very concerned about him. Lindsay is coming too.” Good maybe we can get this settled….” “If we can’t we’re going to have to close down production on the series. We can’t get a new Steve Austin…not this late in the game anyway.” “I understand, I’ll try to keep him here” Farah whispered into the phone. “Tell him everyone is on their way, make sure you use their stage names. He doesn’t seem to know who Dick and Martin are.” “I’ll do that” Farah agreed. She entered the front hall just as Steve was getting ready to go out the door. “Where are you going?" she asked "Oscar, Rudy and Jaime are on their way here to pick you up” Farah lied. “Are you sure about that?” Steve asked. Farah nodded “that was them on the phone." “It’s about time” Steve muttered. ///////////////////////////////////// Steve was sitting in the living room when Harve and the rest of them knocked on the door “is he any better?” Harve whispered to Farah. Farah shook her head “I’m really worried about him." When the entered the living room, Steve jumped to his feet “Jaime!” he cried as he ran over to her and kissed her. “Where’s Steven, I was hoping you’d bring him.” Although Harve had prepared her, Lindsay was still shocked. Harve though, had told her what to say if Lee asked about their son. “He’s in school” She told him. “Oh yes. Of course he’d be in school I’m just glad that you’re here, let’s get out of here and go home.” “I thought we’d stick around here for a while” Lindsay tried to comfort him. “I really want to go home” Steve insisted. “Ok in a minute just wait here for a second” Lindsay walked over to where Harve, Richard and Martin stood. “This is really scary” she whispered. The three men nodded “I’m afraid Lee needs some serious help." Harve stated "till then I’m afraid the show will have to be shut down production of the show." "Do you mean you’re going to cancel the series?” Lindsay gasped //////////////////////////////// You can’t cancel the series” Lindsay balked. Isn’t there another way, maybe have Steve sick or something…” “Most of the scripts have been written” Harve sighed “they would all have to be rewritten.” “What if we just put the show on hiatis?” Richard suggested. “For how long?” Harve questioned. “Lee could be better in a matter of days…or it could take months.” “What if we’d introduce a new Six Million Dollar Man…” Jaime chimed in. Harve stared at her blankly. “Steve’s brother or cousin or something...has an accident and Rudy makes him bionic…in the mean time Steve is sick or away or something” Lindsay suggested. Harve shook his head “you’re still talking major rewrites." “We could just suspend the series and when Lee is better just take up from where we left off” Richard added. Again Harve shook his head "we don’t know how long that could be. However we could suspend it for a couple of months, we have a couple of new shows all ready to go…the season is just about over, during the summer we could do reruns.” “Then you won’t cancel it for now” Farah asked. This time Harve nodded “no I won’t cancel it for now, but Lee needs to be ready on August first to start the new season…in the mean time we’ll shoot the final episode of the season without Lee. I’ll take Lindsay’s advice and Steve will be away on a mission, we’ll close the season with her.” “In the mean time…what do we do about Lee?” Harve wondered. “We could find him a doctor that could bring him back to reality” Farah said. “We’ll look into it” Harve began “I’ll get started on it right away.” They all looked over at Lee who was sitting across the room not listening to anything they had to say. “I’ll make sure I get the best” Harve finished. “In the mean time I’ll try to keep him here” Farah whispered “it won’t be easy…but I’ll try.” “I’ll start making phone calls as soon as I get back to the studio.” Harve gave her a sympathetic pat on the shoulder. Then he turned to Richard and Martin “I guess you two can call it a day.” Richard turned to Farah. “Let us know if there is anything we can do you have my number, call me anytime…day or night” Richard gave one last look at Lee. “I will thanks Dick” Farah gave the two men a slight smile. ///////////////////////////////////// After everyone had left Farah walked over to Lee “Lee I’m going to fix lunch, is there anything special you’d like?” He shook his head. “Ok then I’ll be back in just a jiff, you wait right here.” He gave a slight nod, then he watched as she disappeared into the kitchen. As soon as she was out of sight ‘Steve’ headed for the front door. “I need to find my house. I don’t know what’s going on” he muttered to himself. Something has happened to everyone I know I don’t know…maybe the Soviets are involved somehow…maybe it has something to do with that mission I was supposed to go on.” He opened the door and stepped out on to the porch, then he was gone.” When Farah finished fixing lunch she came back into the living room she was shocked to see Lee was gone she ran to the front door but there was no sign of him. She quickly dialed Harve’s number, he picked it up on the first ring. “Harve? it's Farah Lee is gone.” “Gone, what do you mean gone?” Harve asked. “I went to fix lunch and when I got back he was gone” Farah explained. “I’ll call the police and be right there” Harve assured. “The police?” Farah wondered. “In his state of mind…I don’t know what he’s capable of” Harve stated. “I see” Farah hung up and waited for Harve to show up. ///////////////////////////// Lee was on his way to the airport to catch a flight to Washington “I have to find my family.” Steve spoke to himself as he drove. “I don’t know who those people are but they are not Oscar, Rudy and Jaime…any way not the Oscar, Rudy and Jaime I know.” All the sudden he screeched the car to a halt “this is odd” he thought. “That’s my house” he got out of the car and bounded up the steps. He reached for the door knob and turned it. It was locked. Steve began beating on the door “Jaime!” he hollered.“Jaime, let me in!” Slowly the door opened. A gray haired woman answered the door he looked at Steve, "Mr. Majors I didn’t know you were shooting a scene here today.” Steve stared at her blankly “I’m sorry.” he finally spoke. He turned and slowly walked down the steps. He was about to get into the car when the police approached him. “Mr. Majors?” the officer put his arm around Steve “Mr. Bennett is waiting at your house.” Steve nodded slightly and followed them to their car. ///////////////////////////////////// When they got back to the house Harve was waiting, “Lee, come here.” He held up a tape “I have something I need to show you.” Without a word he followed Harve and Farah into the living room. Harve had a machine set up hooked up to the TV. “You need to watch this” he pushed the tape into the machine, pushed a few buttons and soon the images appeared on the screen. Steve watched as the show played out. “No, no!” He cried out. Harve and Farah looked at each other “I’m afraid we’re going to have to do it.” “It seems so harsh, I don’t want you to hurt him” Farah cautioned “I’m not going to use a knife like I said earlier, a pin will do just as well.” Farah stood and walked into the sewing room, she reappeared a moment later with a straight pin and handed it to Harve. Harve grabbed Steve’s right hand and slowly poked the pin into the tip of the index finger. Steve stared in astonishment as droplets of blood dripped from the finger. Lee pushed Harve off to the side “I have to get out of here” He cried. “Don’t worry Lee, we’ll get you all the help you need” Harve assured. Farah excused herself when the doorbell rang “Mrs. Majors. I’m Dr. Vahn, the Studio sent me.” “Yes Harve said you’d be coming” she stepped aside and allowed the doctor to come in. Lee was sitting in a chair when they entered the living room “Mr. Majors, I’m Dr. Vahn. I’m here to help you.” “I don’t need your help.” Steve whispered “I need Dr. Wells.” Dr. Vahn thought a moment, “he sent me.” Steve shook his head “no he didn’t.” Dr. Vahn handed him a pill “here take this, it will help you relax.” Steve palmed the pill and pretended to take it, “I’m going to get some rest now.” “We’ll talk in the morning” Dr. Vahn smiled at him. ////////////////////////////////// Steve sat on the edge of the bed and listened to the conversations coming from the other side. “I have no choice Farah, I’ve already discussed this with Martin and Dick, they agree, we have to shut down production. They’re taking down the sets as we speak.” “It is just so extreme” Farah sighed. “We have no choice. Harve whispered. //////////////////////////////// Steve slipped out of the bedroom window and headed for the studio “this is my only hope” he thought as he drove toward the studio. “If they take the sets down…” He drove into the studio and headed for the set, several people were there removing the sets. “This can’t happen” he spoke as he sat in ‘Rudy’s office’ he covered his eyes and suddenly the sounds that were around him stopped. When he uncovered his eyes Rudy was sitting across from him. "You ok Steve?" looked concerned "if something is wrong maybe I won't be able to clear you for the mission." Steve looked at him "huh?" he asked. “I said do you think you're ready for the mission?” Rudy asked as he opened Steve's arm to make the necessary adjustments. Steve looked at him he looked around the office, there were four solid walls, no one was standing around with cameras. "Doc I just had the strangest dream.” Steve began to tell him everything that had been going on.” Rudy laughed. “That’s some dream. Come on I’ll walk you down to Oscar’s office we’ll see if you can’t say good-bye to Jaime and Steven before you go.” ‘They stepped into the hall everything seemed to be in place 'whew’ he thought it was just a dream.’ He walked down the hall with Rudy…. Faintly in the background the sounds of the set continued to be heard. “Is Lee here?” Harve asked. One of the construction men nodded “I think I saw him he was headed into ‘Dr. Well’s’ office We haven’t started taking it down yet, I’ve been watching the door, he hasn’t come back out.” Harve poked his head into ‘Rudy’s office' but there was no sign of him…. Oscar got a laugh out of Steve’s dream. “I suppose after that…you can say good bye to your family. “Thanks Oscar.” Steve smiled. He walked out of Oscar’s inner office and gave a slight nod to Callahan, he headed out of the building toward his car in the OSI parking lot... Harve and the rest of the crew searched high and low but they never found Lee Majors again. THE END |
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| Rudywells1274 | Mar 31 2008, 10:20 PM Post #2 |
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STRANGE ENDING i KNOW...BUT THAT'S HOW THE TZ EPISODE ENDED TOO. |
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| bionic4ever | Mar 31 2008, 10:26 PM Post #3 |
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I TALK TOO MUCH! LOL!
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I love it - start to finish! Thank you for a very enjoyable, unpredictable story!
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| messyhead | Mar 31 2008, 10:45 PM Post #4 |
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Great idea. I really enjoyed it. |
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| Tigerlily | Mar 31 2008, 11:24 PM Post #5 |
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Wow! This was really different and very interesting. |
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| 1#bionicfan | Apr 1 2008, 08:37 PM Post #6 |
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Bionic Ultra-Agent
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I like this story it was different.s |
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| Rudywells1274 | May 18 2016, 02:14 PM Post #7 |
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| Bionika | May 18 2016, 02:59 PM Post #8 |
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I second. It's frightening. Bionika |
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I like this story it was different.
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