Fade in to bus. A group of goths sit on the upper deck quietly talking to each other. Black Leader stares out the window as Tottenham Court Road passes. She adjusts her hat and turns around, looking to each side at her group.

Black Leader: Ok group, check your phones.
All the goths take out their mobiles. Each of them speaks into their phone in turn.
Black Six: Black Six standing by.
Dishmop: Black Three standing by.
Lee: Black Two standing by.
Black Four: Black Four standing by.
Cleggy: Black Five standing by.
Black Leader: We're just about at our stop.
All the goths stand up and start walking toward the stairs.
Black Leader: Hold tight!
The bus comes to a stop and the goths pile out onto the pavement
Black Leader: Switch your laptops on.
The goths move in unison toward the towering radio station..
Lee is amazed and slightly frightened once he sees it.
Lee: Look at the size of that thing!
Black Leader: Cut the chatter, Black Two.
Black Leader: Get ready to go inside. This is it, boys!
The group of goths separates, one group heading for the front and the other heading towards the back of the building.
Grey Leader's voice: (over phone) Black Leader, this is Grey Leader.
Black Leader: (into phone) I copy, Grey Leader.
Grey Leader's voice: We're starting for the back door now.
Black Leader looks around at her group. As she leads them toward the building, she turns to them and speaks.
Black Leader: We're in position. I'm going to cut through the lobby and try to attract their attention.
The Black Group walk into the building, straight past the receptionist, heading towards the stairwell. The receptionist's warnings are ignored as the groups piles through the door.

Cut to ULU. Matt moves by a whiteboard plotting the positions of the goths on a huge map of the building. Shawnee listens to over a speaker phone in the middle of the room. Kara stands at her side.

Lee: (over speaker) Security cameras, boss! Upstairs.
Black Leader: (over speaker) I see them. Stay low.

Cut to front lobby of Capital Radio. Staff and security are running around madly, people are confused and pointing at the monitors at the security desk. A lift door opens in the middle of the chaos, and a vision of calm and foreboding, Simon Price, enters the room. A security guard rushes up to him.

Guard: We count twelve goths, Mr. Price. But they're so quick they're evading our security cameras!
Price: We'll have to find them ourselves. Get the security guards ready.

Cut to a stairwell. The Black group quickly heads up the stairs. Black leader stands in front of a door. She turns and looks down the stairs.

Black Leader: Cleggy, let me know when you're going in.
Black Leader opens the door and starts running down the hall.
Cleggy: I'm on my way in now...
Black Leader: Watch yourself! There's a camera on the the right side of that hallway.
Cleggy: I'm on it.
Cleggy runs up to the camera as it faces away from him. As it slowly turns towards him, he takes out a post-it note, jumps and slams in it front of the lens.
Matt's voice: Squad leaders, they're alerted to your presence by now. There should be some security guards coming your way.
Cleggy looks around to see if he can spot the approaching guards.
Cleggy: That's a negative. I don't see anything.
Black Leader: Keep looking. With all this clutter here, they'll be on top of you before you know it.
Behind the group, at the end of the hall, four large men enter from the lift. Two head off down the other hallway, as the other two head off towards the goths.
Dishmop panics when he discovers the guard behind him. He runs off down an intersecting corridor in hopes of losing the man.
Black Leader: Dishmop! You've picked one up...watch it!
Dishmop: I can't see him! Where is he?!
Dishmop runs down the hallway, closely followed by an security guard. The bulky man tries to grab Dishmop, but misses.
Dishmop finally sees the security man behind him and dodges left, trying to avoid him.
Dishmop: He's on me tight, I can't shake him...I can't shake him.
Dishmop, runs toward the stairwell, but he is unable to lose the guard who sticks close to him.
Cleggy: Hang on, Dave, I'm coming in.
Dishmop and the tailing guard dive into the stairwell, followed by a fast-gaining Cleggy. Dishmop hides behind the door as the guard enters and ducks out just after Cleggy arrives on the landing.
The guard stands by the railing, looking up and down to see where the goth went.
Cleggy removes the decorative handcuffs from his belt and slams them on the guard's wrist, locking him to the rail.
Cleggy: Got him!

Cut to ULU A concerned Shawnee, Kara, Matt, and other goths stand around the huge whiteboard, listening to the phone communication on the speaker.

Dishmop's voice: (over speaker) Get Back! Cleggy...Get back!
Lee's voice: (over speaker) Watch your back, Cleggy!

Cut back to stairwell Cleggy is heading back into the hall, away from the hand-cuffed security guard.

Lee's voice: (over phone) Watch your back! Security on the stairs above you, coming in!
A security guard sees Cleggy just as he heads out into the hallway. Cleggy runs down the hall, looking nervously behind him at the gaining guard.
Black Leader's voice: (over phone) Black Six... Can you see Black Five?
Black Six's voice: (over phone) I can't see him. Black Five, where are you?
Cleggy rushes down the hall, just out of reach of the guard. He grabs his phone and shouts into it.
Cleggy: I can't shake him!

Cut to stairwell Lee is stomping down the stairs, two at a time, he reaches the door to the corridor and yanks it open. He sees Cleggy and the guard just down the hall.

Lee: (into phone) I'm on him, Cleggy! Hold on!
Lee runs into the hall heading toward Cleggy and the guard.
Cleggy: (into phone) Damnit! Lee where are you?
Lee runs up behind the guard and pushes him into a nearby office. He slams the door behind the guard and braces it, locking him in.
Cleggy looks about in relief.
Cleggy: Thanks, Lee.

Cut to ULU

Dishmop's voice: (over speaker) Good going, Lee!
Grey Leader's voice: (over speaker) Black Leader... This is Grey Leader. We're starting our final run.
Shawnee and the others are grouped around the speaker, listening attentively to the action in the radio station.
Black Leader's voice: (over speaker) I copy, Grey Leader. Move into position.
Matt takes out a marker and updates Grey Leader's position on the big map.
Grey Leader's voice: (over speaker) The auxiliary booth is just down the hall!

Cut to hallway

Grey Five is a tall goth with crimped blond hair and sunglasses. His t-shirt is ripped in many places and faded to nearly green, and it is obvious he is the veteran of many tours. He races down the long hallway behind Grey Leader. Security guards run toward them in increasing numbers.
Grey Leader: How many guards do you think, Grey Five.

Cut to ULU. Shawnee, Kara stand amid a crowd centred around Matt as he marks positions on the whiteboard.

Grey Five: (over speaker) I'd say about eight guards. Some on the stairwell, some in the hallway.
Goth: (looking at watch) The radio show will begin in ten minutes.

Cut to hallway. Grey Leader and Grey Five heading down the long corridor.

Grey Leader pulls out her computer.
Grey Leader: I'm checking our position on the computer.
Grey Five looks behind him.
Grey Five: Nevermind the computer. Watch for security guards.
Grey Leader: They're coming in! Three blokes near the water cooler.
Three men, Simon Price in the centre flanked by two security guards, start off after the goths.
Price: I'll get them myself! Come with me!
First guard: Yes, sir.
The three men run after the goths. Grey Leader starts to panic.
Grey Leader: I can't make it!
Grey Five tries to calm Grey Leader.
Grey Five: Stay on target.
Grey Leader passes door after door as she scans the room numbers for the right one. She looks behind her at the men chasing her.
Grey Leader: We're too close.
The other goth remains calm.
Grey Five: Stay on target!
Now she's really panicked.
Grey Leader: Loosen up!
Price grabs hold of Grey Leader and forces her to stop.
Grey Five keeps running toward the booth.
Grey Five: Grey Five to Black Leader...

Cut to stairwell. Black Leader is talking on her mobile as she walks up the stairs.

Grey Five's voice: (over phone) I lost Laurissa.
Black Leader: I hear you, Grey Five.

Cut back to the hallway. Grey Five is followed closely by the guards.

Grey Five: They came from behind....
The security guard knocks Grey Five, spinning him out of control. He dives to the floor where he a security guard grabs him and drags him away.

Cut to the stairwell. Cleggy is obviously distressed at hearing his friends get caught. He looks nervously about himself as he climbs the stairs.

Pan to Black Leader who is a few flights above Cleggy. She looks down the stairs at her group.

Black Leader: Black Group, this is Black Leader.

Cut to ULU. A visibly shaken Matt turns away from the board and heads towards the phone.

Black Leader's voice: (over phone) Rendezvous on the sixth floor by the back stairs.
Lee's voice: (over phone) This is Black Two. I'm right by you.
Dishmop's voice: (over phone) Black Three. I'll be right there.
Matt: (into phone) Black Leader, this is Base. Keep half your group out of sight for the next run.

Cut to stairwell. Lee and Black Leader are standing on the stairs, somewhat out of breath. Dishmop can be heard from below running up the stairs.

Black Leader: (into phone) I copy, Base. (to Cleggy) Cleggy, take Black Two and Three. Hold up here and wait for my signal...to start your run.
Cleggy nods his head as Dishmop and Lee catch up. They all stand there panting as they catch their breath.
After a moment, Black Leader heads up a few flights of stairs, followed closely by Black Six, a slightly balding goth in a frilly shirt and leather trousers and jacket.
Black Leader looks around watching for the guards.
Black Leader: This is it!
Black Leader opens the door from the stairway and starts to head down the hall as security cameras turn towards her. Both goths dodge the cameras, as Black Six checks the map on his computer.
Black Six: We should be able to see it by now.
Black Leader: Keep your eyes open for those guards!
The two goths quickly continue down the hallway.

Cut to stairwell where Cleggy, Lee and Dishmop are waiting.

Black Six's voice: Cleggy, can you see them from where you are?
Cleggy looks up the stairs.
Cleggy: No sign of any...wait!

Cut back to hallway.

Black Six looks back and sees the security guards entering the hallway from the stairwell.
Cleggy's voice: (over phone) Coming in right behind you.
Black Six: I see them.
Simon Price and two security guards enter from the stairwell. They spy the goths and start off after them.
The two goths speed up, heading toward the DJ booth, Black Six keeping back to slow down the guards.
Black Leader: I'm nearly at the room.
Black Leader takes her laptop out of her bag as she breaks into a run down the hallway.
Black Leader: The booth's coming up!
Black Leader opens the CD-ROM drive on her laptop and takes out the Rosetta Stone CD.
Black Leader: Just hold them off for a few seconds.

Pan down hallway to Black Six.

Price and his men run down the hall, just behind Black Six. Black Six is throwing anything he can find into their path, hoping to slow them down.
Black Leader's voice: (over phone) Almost there!
Black Six panics.
Black Six: I can't hold them!
Price grabs the young goth by the collar, pulling him back. Black Six screams in anguish and pain.
Grimly, Black Leader lunges for the door up ahead, throws the door open and jumps inside.
Black Leader: I'm in!

Cut to ULU. Shawnee and the others stare at the phone speaker.

Black Four's voice: (over phone) She did it!
Black Leader's voice: (over phone) Negative.

Cut to a small office in the radio station.

Black Leader looks around at the desk and chair in the room with her.
Black Leader: Negative! I didn't get in. I'm just in someone's office.
Cleggy's voice: (over phone) Black Leader, you're on the map. Turn to the right and head down ...

Cut back to stairwell where Cleggy and the others are waiting.

Cleggy: ...Five doors; we'll help you.
Black Leader: (over phone) Stay there...

Cut to hallway. Black Leader is dashing down the hallway with the guards right behind her.

Cut back to stairs.

Black Leader's voice: (over phone) Get set to make your run.

Cut to hallway. Price reaches out and grabs Black Leader's coat. Black Leader struggles a bit before stumbling to a stop and swearing at him in French.

Cut back to stairs.

Cleggy listens to the activity over the phone, until he hears the "click" of the mobile being turned off. For the first time, he feels the helplessness of his situation.
Cleggy: Dishmop, Lee, let's finish this. We're going in. We're going in full speed to keep security off our backs.
Lee: Right with you, boss.
The three goths open the door and rush down the hallway, Cleggy running ahead of the other two.
Dishmop: We'll stay back far enough to cover you.
Lee: My map shows the hallway, but can't see the lift! Are you sure we can find it?
A security camera slowly rotates toward them.
Cleggy: Watch yourself! Come this way, quickly!
Lee looks warily at the camera swinging toward him.
Lee: What about the camera?
Cleggy: You worry about security! I'll worry about the camera!
Cleggy runs down the hallway slapping a post-it note on the camera as he passes it. Lee follows behind him, looking around nervously. He sees Price and his men enter the hallway right behind him.
Lee speeds up to avoid them, but one of the guards catches up too quickly. The guard reaches out to grab Lee and misses, but he manages to knock Lee's leg into a fire extinguisher mounted on the wall. Lee stumbles off and tries to continue, but he finds that he can't.
Lee: Ow! That hurt! I can't keep up.
Cleggy: Get clear, Lee. You can't do any more good over here!
Lee: Sorry!
Lee limps off toward the stairs, away from Cleggy and the security guards.
Price watches the escape but shouts to the security guards
Price: Let him go! Stay on the leader!
Cleggy and Dishmop race down the hall followed closely by Price and his men. Dishmop looks around at the guards. He is worried.
Dishmop: Hurry, Cleggy, they're coming in much faster this time. I can't hold them!
The three men move ever closer, closing in on Cleggy and Dishmop.
Dishmop: Hurry up, Cleggy!
Price and his men race after the goths. Dishmop moves back to gain time for Cleggy, but Price gains on him. Dishmop sees Price reaching out for him.
Dishmop: Wait!
Price tackles Dishmop, wrestling him to the floor.
Cleggy is stunned by Dishmop's capture. As he runs on his eyes are watering, but his anger is also growing, and his eyeliner doesn't blur.
Price hands Dishmop over to one of his men. He looks up at Cleggy, running down the hall and turns to his guards.
Price: I'm on the leader.
Cleggy runs to the lift and presses the "Up" button. The "Call waiting" beep sounds on his phone. He switches the line over.
Guy's voice: Use the stairs, Cleggy.
Cleggy looks at the door to the staircase and the back to the lift.
Guy's voice: Just go, Cleggy.
A grim determination sweeps across Cleggy's face as starts to mumble Guy's training to himself. Price heads down the hallway after Cleggy. He looks up at the boy's mohawk, which is still perfectly vertical, even after all the running.
Price: The hairspray is strong on this one!
Cleggy stands at the lift watching the lights counting down the floors. Then he looks back at the stairs as he hears Guy's voice.
Guy's Voice: Cleggy, trust me.
Cleggy turns and heads toward the stairs. He opens the door and starts running up.

Cut to ULU. Shawnee and the others stand watching the whiteboard.

Matt: He's on the stairs. (into phone) Cleggy, you're not using the lift. What's wrong?
Cleggy: (over speaker) Nothing. I'm all right.

Cut to stairwell.

Cleggy rushes up the stairs two at a time. Price and his men are half a flight below, and slowly closing. Cleggy takes out the laptop and checks his position on the monitor. As he does this, Price reaches a hand out from below and grabs at Cleggy's ankle. Cleggy trips and stumbles, and drops the laptop onto the stairs. He quickly scoops it up and continues up the stairs. As he looks back at the laptop the screen winks out.
Cleggy: I've lost the laptop!

Outside the DJ booth The publisher stares through the glass at the last DJ, who is getting his stuff together. A new DJ enters the room and sits at the desk.

Intercom voice: The next show is in five minutes.
Publisher: You can start the adverts.
Intercom voice: Commence primary trailers.
The new DJ reaches out and pushes a button on the control panel, as green lighted buttons turn to red, and a overly cheery voice from the speaker starts to talk about Britpop.

Cut to the main stairwell

The three men run up the stairs in pursuit of Cleggy, never breaking a sweat. Cleggy nervously looks back, they seem to be outrunning him.
Cleggy runs up the stairs, two at a time, just one flight to go. He reaches the door to the hallway and finds it locked. He kicks the doorknob and tries it again and again in the vain hope it will open.
Price and the others walk up the last few steps toward Cleggy who is cornered against the locked door.
Price: I have you now.
Without warning the door behind Cleggy pops open. A water balloon flies out from the space behind him, hitting a security guard, making him trip and fall down a flight of stairs.
Cleggy looks about, wondering who threw the balloon, while Price is taken by surprise.
Price: What?
Nic, grinning wildly, yanks Cleggy through the doorway, slamming it shut behind him.
Nic: (yelling) Yahoo!

Cut to stairwell.

Price tries to open the locked door without success. He futilely bangs at the door.

Cut back to hallway.

Nic: (to Cleggy) You're all clear, kid. Now let's play this thing and go home!
Cleggy looks up and smiles. He runs into the auxiliary DJ booth, and opens the CD player. He takes out his CD and places it on the tray. He presses the "Close" button and a faint whirring is heard as the disk disappears inside the deck.
He presses "Play" and starts to queue up the single.

Cut to DJ booth. Melody Maker's publisher is sitting behind the microphone waiting for the signal to begin.

The audio technician turns to the control panel board and pulls a lever as the board behind him lights up.
Intercom voice: Stand by to begin broadcast.

Cut back to secondary DJ booth. Cleggy presses the controls to switch over the power and fades in the single. As it starts up he runs out of the room, locking and blockading the door behind him.

Cut to DJ booth. The publisher waits patiently as people busily prepare for the show.

Intercom voice: Standing by.
The rumble of an electric guitar starts from the speakers

Cut to outside the building.

The few remaining goths run from the building and pile into a bus waiting across the street, leaving the towering radio station alone against a blanket of stars. The Rosetta Stone single can be heard playing in the background.
Nic: (to Cleggy) Great job, kid. That was one in a million.
Cleggy flops down into a seat, perfectly at ease. His eyes start to close as his phone rings. He pulls it out and answers it
Guy's voice: Remember, the dark will be with you...always.

Cut to stairwell in the radio station.
Price stops banging at the door as he listens to the music playing in the hallway. He knows all is lost and sits down on the stairs and lights up a cigarette in dejection.

Fade to black.


Fade in to ULU. A bunch of goths are walking victoriously into the bar on the first floor.

Cleggy bursts through the doors and is cheered by a throng of waiting goths. Cleggy grabs a pint from someone and takes a huge swig as they all welcome him with laughter, cheers, and shouting.
Shawnee rushes toward him.
Shawnee: Cleggy! Cleggy!
She throws her arms around Cleggy and hugs him. Nic runs in toward Cleggy and they embrace one another, slapping each other on the back.
Nic: (laughing) Hey! Hey!
Cleggy: (laughing) I knew you'd come back! I just knew it!
Nic: Well, I wasn't gonna let you get all the credit and take all the reward.
Cleggy looks toward Kara who has picked up his bag.
Cleggy: Oh, no!
Kara lifts the broken little laptop out of Cleggy's bag. She opens it and tries to get it to start up.
Kara: Oh, my! Can you hear me? (tapping at keys franticly) Do something! (to Pete) You can repair it, can't you?
Pete: I'll get to work on it right away.
Kara: You must repair it! If there's any chips or parts you need I'll gladly buy them.
Cleggy: It'll be all right.

Fade out


Fade in to Indian Veg, an Indian buffet restaurant. Cleggy, Nic, and Pete enter the building and wind their way through the tables to the back room. The long table spanning the room is packed with goths, who stop talking and turn as the three enter. In the middle is Shawnee, a vision in a flowing black velvet dress. Cleggy and the others solemnly march up to the table and stand before Shawnee. Pete looks about shyly, seemingly overwhelmed by the situation. On Shawnee's right is a gothed-up and elegant Kara carrying her fully repaired laptop. Matt sits on the left of Shawnee.

Shawnee rises and places a silver medallion with the Darkhours logo around Nic's neck. He winks at her. She then repeats the ceremony with Cleggy, who is moved by the event. The assembled goths applaud the three, with much cheer. As they sit down, a waiter comes to take their order.

The End



Part 9

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Writ by Bob
<Bob@darkwave.org.uk>