Heavy Metal Page #10

CUT TO:

THE GALLERY:

The hostile humanoid and alien faces all stare at STERNN with

hateful, accusing eyes.

PROSECUTOR:

(V.O.)

... twenty-two counts of piracy

in high space ... eighteen counts of

fraud ...

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STERNN'S LAWYER

Mopping his brow, he looks nervously over to STERNN.

PROSECUTOR:

(V.O.)

... thirty-seven counts of rape, and

one moving violation. How do you plead?

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CAPTAIN STERNN:

Smiling to himself, he nods, then gets serious.

STERNN:

Not guilty!

LAWYER:

(whispers to Sternn)

Not guilty?!? Are you nuts?!?

STERNN:

(whispers to lawyer)

It's okay, Charlie. I got an

angle.

JUDGE:

(to Prosecutor)

Call the first witness!

STERNN and his lawyer move to their seats.

LAWYER:

(to Sternn)

But the Prosecutor's gotcha cold!

Yer as guilty as a cat in a goldfish

bowl.

CUT TO:

THE COURTROOM DOORS

ZEKE and EDSEL enter with FISTE, and push their way to the

front.

PROSECUTOR:

The Prosecution calls Hanover Fiste.

GUARD #1

Calling Hanover Fiste!

GUARD #2

Calling Hanover Fiste!

GUARD #3

Calling Hanover Fiste!

GUARD #4

Hanover Fiste!

ZEKE and EDSEL sit down, while HANOVER FISTE, small and

shabby, walks up to the witness stand, nervously clutching

the small green ball in his hand. As he passes, STERNN and

his lawyer continue to argue.

LAWYER:

(pleading)

Lissen Sternn ... change the plea

to guilty. Throw yerself on the

mercy of the court.

STERNN:

I told you, Charlie. I got an

angle.

HANOVER FISTE is sworn in, as Sternn's lawyer begs.

LAWYER:

But the most we can hope for is to

get ya buried in secrecy so yer grave

don't get violated! Plead guilty!

STERNN:

Shut up, Charlie. I got an angle.

LAWYER:

What angle?

STERNN:

(pointing to Fiste)

Him!

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WITNESS STAND:

PROSECUTOR:

State your name for the record.

FISTE:

(fidgeting nervously with

the green ball)

I am Hanover Fiste.

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STERNN:

STERNN:

(winking to lawyer)

I promised him thirty-five thousand

zuleks to testify on my behalf.

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WITNESS STAND:

PROSECUTOR:

You know the defendant,

(pointing)

Captain Sternn?

FISTE:

Yes, I know Captain Sternn. And

never did there live a kinder, more

generous man. He is an overflowing

cup, filled with the very cream of

human goodness ...

CUT TO:

STERNN AND HIS LAWYER

STERNN:

(to lawyer)

See?

CUT BACK TO:

WITNESS STAND:

FISTE:

... in all the time I've known him,

he's never done anything immoral ...

(thinking)

unless maybe the Pre-Schooler's

Prostitute ring ...

CUT TO:

STERNN AND HIS LAWYER

They look at each other, shocked.

STERNN & LAWYER

Huh?!?

CUT BACK TO:

WITNESS STAND:

FISTE:

(speaking gently)

... and he's ah, never done anything

illegal ...

(turning sharply)

... unless you count all the times

he sold dope disguised as a nun!!

(reverting to meekness)

He's always been a good, law-abiding

citizen ...

(shouting at himself)

Awww, gimme a break!!

(gentle again)

... of the Federation, and, and ...

(going schizo)

Shut Up! Shut Up! Shut Up!

(gentle, but starting to sweat)

... a community-concious individual, ah, ah ...

(rising in crazed anger)

STERNN!!!

(pointing as he screams)

He's nothin' but a low-down, double-dealin',

back-stabbin', larcenous, perverted worm!!

STERNN and his lawyer look on, horrified, as FISTE'S body

starts to grow.

FISTE:

Hangin's too good for him!!

New muscles tear through FISTE'S shabby clothes.

FISTE:

Burnin's too good for him!!

Growing larger, he starts foaming at the mouth.

STERNN:

Hanover ...

FISTE:

He should be torn into little bitsy

pieces and buried alive!!!

FISTE rams his hands down onto the Witness Stand, shattering

it completely.

STERNN:

Hanover ...

FISTE:

I'll kill him!

He hurls the Prosecutor aside, and moves towards STERNN with

thundering footsteps.

FISTE:

KII - ILLL!!!

Still growing, he rips apart the Judge's bench as he passes

it. Finally he stands towering in rage over the terrified

STERNN.

STERNN:

(to Fiste)

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