Arcade Page #19

GREG:

So how did you do it, Alex?

ALEX:

Well, it's a long story...

Alex catches Nick's eye briefly, and he smiles. Whatever happened between

them is over now. Friends again.

Suddenly Alex stops in her tracks, a look of concern washing over her

face.

NICK:

What is it?

ALEX:

I just thought of something. If we came

back from the game...

(turning to Nick)

...what if ARCADE did too?

A beat as the group mulls it over. Then Greg shakes his head.

GREG:

Nah. You won, right? You played by the

rules.

Greg's right. Alex grins and dismisses the thought.

ALEX:

Okay. Forget I ever said it.

The group moves away from us once more.

STILTS:

So start at the beginning...

LAURIE:

Give her a chance, will you?

STILTS:

I am giving her a chance. Why don't you

get off my back?

GREG:

(annoyed)

Guys...

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. DANTE'S INFERNO -- DAY

We are moving slowly through the empty arcade, ducking around and between

video machines until we reach the silent ARCADE prototype.

SUDDENLY,

SPARKS appear on the ground nearby, chasing each other around and

coalescing into a ball. ENERGY crackling. SOMETHING is flickering in and

out at an incredible rate. BUZZING. STATIC. And...

WHAM!!! A FLASH OF LIGHT EXPLODES OUTWARD.

A FORM:

rises up from the floor, still trailing tendrils of smoke. It lifts its

head.

THE BOY:

stares directly at us, eyes glowing like nuclear reactors. And inside

those eyes we see the swirling fractals. He grins, flashing a mouthful of

perfectly white teeth.

ARCADE/BOY

KISS REALITY GOODBYE, SUCKERS.

And we...

CUT TO:

Darkness.

THE END:

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