THX 1138 Page #13

The numbers on the bottom of the screen read 0000. The

sound changes pitch, and THX immediately huddles up in a

ball.

1ST VOICE

HUMMMM.....

2ND VOICE

What happened?

1ST VOICE

See if you can get a reading on

tactal retention. Try to estimate

it without a meter reading.

The numbers disappear from the screen, and we switch to a

closer shot of THX. There is a pause.

1ST VOICE

Be careful, now.....

THX immediately slams to the floor, paralyzed. His face

turns bright red, and he appears to be in extreme pain.

2ND VOICE

UMMM..Let me see.....

THX opens his mouth to scream, but makes no sound.

1ST VOICE

Hurry up.

2ND VOICE

4732...?

1ST VOICE

Too low.

The number 6949 appears on the screen.

2ND VOICE

Control ON.

1ST VOICE

No, evidently you reversed the

polarity on his lobal travel.

Secure another sinex drop.

THX collapses into a heap, and starts to quiver. The word

psynix appears, but the degree rating is rapidly climbing

upward, approaching 4000.

1ST VOICE

4000 degrees is usually the point

of....?

2ND VOICE

Vocasity

1ST VOICE

No, Tetanty.

THX begins to scream soon after the numbers pass 4000.

The numbers keep moving steadily until they stop;

oscillating between 7980 and 8040.

1ST VOICE

It's very rare to see a nurl bond

dissolve like that.

The numbers stabilize at 8020. THX is contorted into a

very odd position on the floor. He is released, and he

crumples into a heap..(trembling, and screaming.)

1ST VOICE

He's back to normal now.

ORGANALYSIS THEATRE

THX is strapped and clamped to an analysis table, mounted

on gimbles, similar to an operating table. He looks dazed,

but fearful, and is extremely clean and well scrubbed;

almost raw. His head has been freshly shaved.

What we can see of the room around him is full of mechanical

and medical apparatus - chrome and white enamel. We are

in the midst of an examination, although no other people

are seen.

MED ANGLE:

A mechanical arm tipped with a cotton pad is rubbed in

THX's armpit. It retracts, and another arm descends,

injecting a needle into his armpit. Simultaneously, blood

samples are being obtained from the finger tips, and

forearm. The armpit needle has obtained a sample of clear

limph fluid, and is retracted into the ceiling.

All these movements are accompanied by the small, whirring,

mosquito-like sound of tiny torque motors.

CLOSE ANGLE:

The arms descend again and fasten two strips of cellophane

to THX's biceps. Then a clear plastic tube is inserted

into one of his nostrils, and his mouth is sealed shut

with a large black plastic clamp. THX's breathing becomes

very difficult and he tries to resist, but is powerless.

We hear the sound of a pump and a pink fluid is pumped

through the tube and into THX.

CLOSER ANGLE:

Tiny clamps are placed around THXÓs eyes and his eyelids

are retracted. Two cups on long stems of colored wires

are lowered and placed on his eyeballs. There is a slight

pause and then the cups begin to vibrate. They stop then

vibrate again.

STILL CLOSER ANGLE

The pump stops, and THX's other nostril is sealed. We

hear the pump again, only this time air is sent through

the tube. THXÓs chest begins to distend, and keeps

distending until it seems his lungs can hold no more.

The pump stops, and THX exhales with one huge sigh. The

cups on his eyes also stop vibrating, and retract into the

ceiling. The pump starts up again filling his lungs with

air. This time the pump passes the where it stopped before,

and begins to strain.

Finally it stops and lets THX exhale. The tube is retracted

and his mouth is unclamped. His lips are quivering.

EXTREMELY CLOSE SHOT

Two wires are placed deep into THX's chest, and his heart

begins to beat very fast. An arm with an extremely sharp

stylus starts to scrape a strange pattern on the inside of

THX's forearm. Little beads of blood appear where the

line was traced. A long flat needle descends and penetrates

THX's solar plexus. When fully in, it rotates in eccentric

circles for a few moments, and then retracts, leaving only

a small drop of blood where it has been.

CLOSE SHOT:

Another arm with a razor-sharp scalpel moves to THX's

forearm and delicately incises an almond shaped pattern on

the skin. His heart, which has been beating rapidly,

suddenly slows to almost nothing.

The scalpel moves beneath the skin and frees the almond

shaped section, lifting it into a small vile, and lifting

it away. The two wires in THXÓs chest retract and his

heartbeat returns to normal.

MED ANGLE:

The entire process has been continually typed into a

computer.

At this point, a read out activates; which reads: 1138thx

Diognosis-compatable. Rate: Excellent. Exceptions:

Left kidney. (See detailed index 24-921)

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