\n24 \u2013 Two Days Later \u2013 Hour 23<\/p>\n
\n24 \u2013 Two Days Later \u2013 Hour 23<\/p>\n
The following takes place between 5 pm and 6 pm<\/p>\n
5:00 pm \u2013 Jack, Bill, Chloe and Morris find themselves standing on the sidewalk of an urban street. It\u2019s dark. They walk down the street trying to get their bearings, and figure out where they are.<\/p>\n
Jack asks, \u201cWhat did you think he meant, \u2018Send us some place where we can do no harm\u2019? Does he really think after all we\u2019ve done today to stop their plans they can \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
5:02 pm – Bill interrupts, \u201cWhat was that?!\u201d He points towards an alley. \u201cDid you see that? It was huge!\u201d <\/p>\n
They all look, but don\u2019t see anything.<\/p>\n
Chloe says, \u201cI think we have bigger problems\u2026 look back there!\u201d<\/p>\n
They turn around. The street and building abruptly end in a dark void. Jack steps up to it, and puts his hand out to touch it.<\/p>\n
Bill says, \u201cJack! What are you doing? How can you touch something like that?\u201d<\/p>\n
Morris says, \u201cRelax! He dated Audrey. How much worse could this be?\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack wheels around at Morris, \u201cOne more crack about Audrey, and you might not make it back!\u201d<\/p>\n
5:05 pm – Chloe steps between them. \u201cLook, we\u2019ve had a hard day. Both of you need to settle down. We have to find a way to contact Fenster. What we really need is someone to ask where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n
5:06 pm – Music starts playing around them, and Jack inexplicably breaks out into song:<\/p>\n
Sunny day,
\nChasin\u2019 these clowns away,
\nOn my way to where perimeters are sweet,<\/p>\n
Can you tell me how to get,
\nHow to get to Counter Terrorism Street?<\/p>\n
Made them pay,
\nEverything will be A-okay,
\nFriendly analysts there
\nThat\u2019s where we\u2019ll meet,<\/p>\n
Can you tell me how to get,
\nHow to get to Counter Terrorism Street?<\/p>\n
5:08 pm – Bill, Chloe and Morris all stop and look at Jack. Jack doesn\u2019t understand why they\u2019re staring at him. He asks, \u201cWhat? What\u2019s the matter?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe asks, \u201cUh\u2026 Why did you just break out into song like that?\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack says, \u201cWhat? What are you talking about? I didn\u2019t break out into song!\u201d<\/p>\n
Bill says, \u201cYeah\u2026. Yeah you did, Jack. The lyrics weren\u2019t even that good. Maybe you better sit down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Commercial<\/p>\n
5:14 pm – Jack sits down on a curb near an apartment stoop and some trash cans as they talk about what to do next. Chloe says, \u201cWe need to find a telephone. Any time we\u2019re near a telephone, Fenster has figured out a way to call us.\u201d<\/p>\n
None of the lights in upper part of the apartment building are lit, but they can see some lights and movement in a basement apartment. Morris volunteers to go ask if they can use a telephone, and leaves.<\/p>\n
5:16 pm – Bill suddenly points down the street. \u201cThere it is again! Did you see that?\u201d Chloe and Jack look up, but don\u2019t see anything. Chloe tells Bill that he better sit down too.<\/p>\n
5:17 pm – Morris comes back up the stairs, and tells everyone to follow him. At the top of the stairs he says, \u201cOkay, I found some people. These guys are a little odd, but they were the only ones down there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bill says, \u201cOdd? Odd how?\u201d<\/p>\n
Morris says, \u201cOne of them looks jaundiced and has a single large eyebrow. Kind of like that intern we hired a couple of months ago. The other guy looks like he\u2019s been doing full body applications of that sun tan lotion that turns your skin orange. Other than that, they seem okay\u2026 and they\u2019ll let us use their telephone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack says, \u201cConsidering everything else we\u2019ve seen today, that almost seems normal.\u201d<\/p>\n
5:19 pm – They go downstairs to the apartment, and Morris introduces everyone to the jaundiced man, \u201cBert\u201d, and his orange roommate \u201cErnie\u201d. He tells Bert and Ernie that their friend Jack isn\u2019t feeling very well, and they need a place to stay while they wait for a phone call. <\/p>\n
Chloe whispers to Bill, \u201cI\u2019m not sure what\u2019s stranger\u2026 Us waiting for a phone call from Fenster, or them not realizing how we could be getting a phone call to their telephone when they haven\u2019t even given us their number\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Ernie says, \u201cBert and I were just going over our numbers! Care to join us?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe says, \u201cYou\u2019re accountants? Uh\u2026 sorry we wouldn\u2019t be able to help you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ernie laughs, \u201cNo silly! Come on Bert!\u201d<\/p>\n
5:21 pm – They both recite numbers in a sing-song way, \u201cOne, two, three\u2026 four, five, six\u2026 seven, eight, nine\u2026 TEN!\u201d <\/p>\n
5:22 pm – Bert says, \u201cPhew! I\u2019m worn out! I\u2019m going to go read my book.\u201d He picks up a book on pigeons and sits down in a chair.<\/p>\n
Ernie says, \u201cIt\u2019s time for my bath! I have to get my rubber duckie!\u201d<\/p>\n
5:23 pm – Jack suddenly stands up and sings:<\/p>\n
Rubber Bullets, you\u2019re the one!
\nYou make interrogations lots of fun!
\nRubber Bullets, I\u2019m awfully fond of you!<\/p>\n
(woah, woah, be doh!)<\/p>\n
Rubber Bullets, joy of joys!
\nWhen I shoot you, you make noise!
\nRubber Bullets, you\u2019re my very best friends, it\u2019s true!<\/p>\n
(Do do do doooo, do do)<\/p>\n
Every day when I
\nInterrogate a guy who\u2019s grubby,
\nI find a little bullet that\u2019s
\nCute and rubber and stubby!<\/p>\n
(Rub-a-dub-a-dubby!)<\/p>\n
Rubber Bullets, you\u2019re so fine!
\nAnd I\u2019m lucky that you\u2019re mine!
\nRubber Bullets, I\u2019m awfully fond of you!<\/p>\n
Jack sits back down.<\/p>\n
5:25 pm – Chloe points at Jack and says, \u201cThere! Right there! You sang again! That\u2019s what I\u2019m talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack looks at Chloe like she\u2019s crazy.<\/p>\n
Ernie says, \u201cI recognize the tune, but not the words!\u201d He laughs. \u201cOh well, off to my bath!\u201d<\/p>\n
Commercial<\/p>\n
5:31 pm \u2013 Everyone waits in the apartment while Ernie takes his bath. Morris tries to pick out a magazine, but the only magazines he can find either have to do with the alphabet, counting, pigeons or rubber ducks. The phone rings, and Jack answers it. It\u2019s Nadia.<\/p>\n
5:32 pm – Nadia says, \u201cIt worked! Jack, I can\u2019t believe I got you! Fenster just pressed a button on the console here, and told me you\u2019d be on the other end! I can see you on the television monitor above that door over there. Where are you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bill says, \u201cWe\u2019ve been chasing after some terrorists that caused that explosion near the restaurant. We chased them into the warehouse you\u2019re standing in, and followed them through that door below the television monitor you\u2019re looking at. Whatever you do, don\u2019t go into that doorway!\u201d<\/p>\n
Nadia says, \u201cWe\u2019re way ahead of you there. One of my men went through there, and came back ten seconds later. He came back babbling about seeing cavemen trying to adjust to today\u2019s society. He said he was the most horrific thing he\u2019d ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack says, \u201cTen seconds! How did he get back so quickly?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nadia says, \u201cHe said he just walked right back through the portal. Can\u2019t you do that?\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack says, \u201cYou don\u2019t understand. We haven\u2019t been walking through other portals. We keep changing places every hour. Right now we\u2019re in someone\u2019s basement. You have to find us a way out of here!\u2019<\/p>\n
Nadia says, \u201cI have people working on that right now. We\u2019ve been able to detect one other person that shouldn\u2019t been there. That\u2019s probably who you\u2019re after. You have to get out there and find them, and see if you can get any information out of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack says, \u201cWe\u2019ve been TRYING to do that. These people don\u2019t know anything! There\u2019s somebody controlling this whole operation. THAT\u2019S the person we\u2019re after. Find him, and we\u2019ll finish this once and for all. I\u2019m going out there to find that other person you say is here, if it\u2019s him, we can finish this! Call me back at this number if you find anything out. Just do it before the top of the hour!\u201d<\/p>\n
5:36 pm – Jack hangs up the phone, and explains to everyone what Nadia said. He asks Bert to find them if the phone rings again. Jack, Chloe, Bill and Morris walk out of the basement apartment and back upstairs to the curb. The street is still very quiet.<\/p>\n
Jack tells Bill, \u201cStay right here in case the phone call comes in. We\u2019re just going down the street a little way to see if we can find that guy Nadia was talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bill hesitates, \u201cLook, Jack\u2026 There\u2019s something weird about this place. I keep seeing things no one else does.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack says, \u201cThat\u2019s why you\u2019re staying here. If you see something that bothers you, just run back downstairs to Bert and Ernie\u2019s apartment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bill says, \u201cWell, what do you want me to do in the meantime?\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack says, \u201cI don\u2019t know\u2026 hum something to yourself. If you see anything weird, just yell. Look, I know I can count on you.\u201d<\/p>\n
5:37 pm \u2013 Jack, Chloe and Morris head down the street. A voice in the distance says, \u201cCount on you! Ha! Ha! One! Two! Ha! Ha! Three! Four! Ha! ha!\u201d<\/p>\n
Commercial<\/p>\n
5:43 pm – Jack, Morris and Chloe peer into shop windows as they move down the street, but don\u2019t see anything. Chloe says, \u201cBill\u2019s right. This place does give me the creeps. Where is everyone?\u201d<\/p>\n
At this end of the street, there\u2019s an old theatre. There\u2019s a poster for a sold out performance of \u201cDr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem \u2013 Final Engagement\u201d. Jack tries the door, and it opens. They go inside.<\/p>\n
5:44 pm – They step into the lobby, and see posters on the wall of a frog, a pig, and other animals. They hear a noise in the theater. Jack motions for Chloe and Morris to keep quiet, and they make their way back to the theater.<\/p>\n
Jack carefully opens the door, and enters. The theater is very large, complete with balconies, many plush velvet seats, and a large stage. Jack whispers, \u201cI bet he\u2019s in here. Spread out, we have to find this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n
5:45 pm – Jack, Morris and Chloe walk past row after row of seats, but don\u2019t see anyone. Jack tells everyone he\u2019s going to check the balconies, and suggests that Chloe and Morris check backstage.<\/p>\n
Morris and Chloe make their way backstage. Row after row of costumes are on racks, but there\u2019s no sign of anyone. They walk back towards the dressing rooms, and hear something. They stop outside a door marked \u201cMiss Piggy\u201d.<\/p>\n
Chloe tells Morris, \u201cGo check what it is!\u201d<\/p>\n
Morris says, \u201cMe? You\u2019re the one with the taser! You go check! Besides\u2026 My shoulder still hurts!\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe raises her voice and says, \u201cYou\u2019re going to milk that for all its worth, aren\u2019t you? I bet the drill bit wasn\u2019t even that big.\u201d<\/p>\n
Morris says, \u201cKeep your voice down!\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe raises her voice higher and says, \u201cI\u2019ll talk however loud I want to talk!\u201d<\/p>\n
5:47 pm – The dressing room doors flies open. A female pig with long hair and make up comes out of the room and screams when she sees Chloe and Morris. Miss Piggy yells, \u201cHI-YA!\u201d and hits Chloe right in the stomach. She yells, \u201cHI-YA!\u201d again, and hits Morris. They both double over, the wind knocked out of them. \u201cDON\u2019T YOU MORONS KNOW MOI WANTS IT QUIET?!\u201d She realizes they\u2019re not who she expected, \u201cHey! You\u2019re not on the staff! Who are you people??\u201d Her voice suddenly changes to a sickly sweet tone, \u201cYou\u2019re not here with the pizzas moi ordered, are you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Morris breathes, \u201cNo\u2026 Just\u2026 checking\u2026 for intruders\u2026\u201d He gets a better look at her. \u201cYou\u2019re a\u2026 you\u2019re a\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Miss Piggy\u2019s voice gets deeper as she says, \u201cWatch it buster.\u201d<\/p>\n
5:48 pm – Meanwhile, Jack walks up the stairs, and hears a noise coming from a balcony compartment.<\/p>\n
Jack enters the compartment and sees two chairs with back plates labeled, Statler and Waldorf. Someone hits him from behind, knocking him to the floor. It\u2019s the dark-hooded man they\u2019ve been chasing! The man leaps from the balcony on to the stage below, rolling as he lands. Jack yells, \u201cHe\u2019s on the stage! I see him!<\/p>\n
The man almost involuntarily stands up and in his metallic voice sings:<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not easy bein\u2019 seen!
\nHave to spend each day hoping not to be shot up in the thighs,
\nWhen I think\u2026<\/p>\n
Jack yells, \u201cChloe! Morris! Get him!\u201d<\/p>\n
5:49 pm – This snaps the figure out of his trance. He screams in frustration. Chloe, Morris and Miss Piggy come running from backstage, surprising the man. Chloe yells, \u201cHi-Ya!\u201d and chops him right in the stomach, causing him to double over. The man falls to the ground. He rolls away and pulls something out of his pocket. <\/p>\n
Jack leaps from the balcony to the stage. The man points a device at Jack, laughs and says, \u201cThe device is nearly complete. I just had to retrieve this spare hearing aide from the balcony. You\u2019ll never live to see it though, Jack.\u201d The man presses a button on the device he\u2019s holding. <\/p>\n
Nothing happens. <\/p>\n
For a split second, everyone stands there as they realize nothing dramatic happened. The man screams in frustration. Jack tries to grab him, but the man touches something on his wrist and in a flash of light disappears.<\/p>\n
Everyone\u2019s quiet while they contemplate what just happened. Miss Piggy tells Chloe, \u201cThat\u2019s a pretty good karate chop. If you ever need a job, look moi up.\u201d She goes backstage.<\/p>\n
Jack sits down in one of the chairs, puts his face in his hands and says, \u201cWe\u2019re never going to get these guys\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
5:51 pm – Meanwhile, Bill looks around nervously as he stands at the top of the staircase to Bert and Ernie\u2019s apartment. He starts humming to himself, and then starts to sing:<\/p>\n
This is the song\u2026
\nLa la la la
\nBill\u2019s song.
\nLa la la la
\nLa la la la
\nBill\u2019s song\u2026<\/p>\n
La la la
\nLa la la la la,
\nLa la la
\nLa la la la la,<\/p>\n
I love to sing,
\nLa la la la
\nBill\u2019s song,
\nLa la la la,
\nLa la la la,
\nBill\u2019s song!<\/p>\n
I wrote the music
\nI wrote the words,
\nThat\u2019s Bill\u2019s Song!<\/p>\n
5:52 pm – The lid to a trash can goes flying off. A hairy green creature with large eyes pops its head out of the trashcan and yells, \u201cElmo! Do you have any idea what time it is? Some of us are trying to get our ugly sleep!\u201d<\/p>\n
Bill yells, \u201cJack!!\u201d He runs downstairs and nearly falls on his way down. <\/p>\n
5:53 pm – Chloe, Morris and Jack all come running back, and find Bill banging on the door to Bert and Ernie\u2019s apartment. Bert opens the door, and Bill throws himself into the room. The only thing he says is, \u201cTrash can! Trash can! Monster in the trash can!\u201d<\/p>\n
Bert says, \u201cWhere else would you expect him to be? That\u2019s his home!\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack ignores this and says, \u201cCalm down, Bill. We\u2019ll take a look.\u201d<\/p>\n
5:54 pm – Everything looks as it did before. Jack looks around the trash cans, but doesn\u2019t see anything. Bill points at the trash can we was talking about. Jack puts his hand on the can which the monster popped out of and starts to sing:<\/p>\n
Oh, I love guns!
\nGive me a revolver or shotgun or Uzi,
\nGive me a flintlock, I\u2019m not really choosey,
\nYes, I love guns!<\/p>\n
I have here two pistols that are battered and worn,
\nThey\u2019re a little bit rusty and the cases are torn,
\nA gift from my father the day I was born,
\nI love them because they\u2019re guns!<\/p>\n
Oh, I love guns!
\nGive me a rifle or Luger or Uzi,
\nGive me a machine gun and I\u2019ll get all woozie,
\nYes, I love guns!<\/p>\n
I found an old shotgun at thirteen years old,
\nA black powder musket, it\u2019s blue and it\u2019s cold,
\nBut I won\u2019t trade it for a big pot o\u2019 gold!
\nI love them because they\u2019re guns!<\/p>\n
5:56 pm – Chloe yells at Jack, and slaps him in the face. The slap snaps him out of his trance, and he stops singing. The trash can lid goes flying up, and the green monster pops out again, \u201cWill you people be quiet! Some of us are trying to get some sleep around here!\u201d The lid slams shut. Everyone looks startled.<\/p>\n
Ernie comes out of the apartment holding a rubber duck, and drying an ear out with a towel. He says, \u201cDon\u2019t mind Oscar! He\u2019s just a grouch!\u201d<\/p>\n
Morris whisper to Chloe, \u201cMaybe you two are related?\u201d<\/p>\n
She tries to punch him in the arm, but he dodges, so she slaps him on the back of the head.<\/p>\n
5:57 pm – Ernie continues, \u201cHey, your friend is on the phone!\u2019 Ernie hands him a cordless phone.<\/p>\n
Nadia says, \u201cJack! We\u2019ve got an idea of how to get you back to us. From what we can tell, one of the computers here is automatically switching locations on the screens. We had some of our other analysts look at the equipment, and they saw that it\u2019s missing a television remote control. If they\u2019re using that, we might be able to use it to get you back here!\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack turns to Morris, Bill and Chloe and tells them, \u201cNadia says that one of them might have a television remote? We have to look for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe look startled. \u201cJack! When we were in the warehouse, I grabbed a television remote! I put it in my purse!\u201d<\/p>\n
Morris bursts out into song:<\/p>\n
C is for Chloe, that\u2019s good enough for me!
\nC is for Chloe, that\u2019s good enough for me!
\nC is for Chloe, that\u2019s good enough for me!
\nOh, Chloe, Chloe, Chloe starts with C!<\/p>\n
They all stare at Morris. He says, \u201cI just sang something, didn\u2019t I\u2026.?\u201d<\/p>\n
5:58 pm – Chloe says, \u201cOh forget that.\u201d She looks in her purse. Bill says, \u201cIf you\u2019re telling me that we could have gone home this whole time just by using the remote control in your purse\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe turns white as a sheet and says, \u201cOh, no\u2026\u201d She turns the purse over and out come broken pieces of a television remote. She says, \u201cIt must have broken while we were traveling around! How are we going to get back?\u201d<\/p>\n
Morris reaches towards the broken pieces on the ground and says, \u201cMaybe we can fix\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Bill points down the street and yells, \u201cGiant brown elephant! It\u2019s coming! There\u2019s a big bird with it! Can\u2019t you all see them?\u201d<\/p>\n
5:59 pm – There\u2019s a bright flash.<\/p>\n
Chloe, Bill and Jack watch as Morris reaches towards the ground\u2026 but the pieces of the remote aren\u2019t there. They look up, and see that they\u2019re standing at the bottom of a hill on a road which leads up to a spooky looking mansion.<\/p>\n
6:00 pm – Time\u2019s up!<\/p>\n
TUNE IN NEXT WEEK FOR THE FINAL EPISODE OF \u201c24 \u2013 TWO DAYS LATER!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"