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258. Wired - Leslie
- FADE IN:
- Sirens reverberate down the street as an ambulance comes to a stop in front of a split-level home.
- Two medics, ERIC and HANK, jump from the vehicle and rush towards the door.
- THEO sits in a beautiful wooden beach chair under the shade of a palm tree that curves out over the beach.
- A small table next to him is stacked with exotic fruits.
- He picks up a mangostein, twists it open, and begins to eat the sweet, white flesh of the fruit.
- ALISON lets the medics into the house.
- ALISON
- I just got back from a business trip and he was still in the network, I don't think he ever disconnected, he smells terrible. He's not moving - I couldn't get him to respond.
- The men look at each other.
- ALISON
- He's in the room at the end of the hall.
- The medics move quickly down the hall.
- Beautiful women pass Theo and he nods at them, smiling contentedly.
- Triple suns hang above the beach, their light sparkling off the rich blue of the ocean.
- He yawns.
- The medics push open the study door.
- Theo is slumped in his net-chair.
- Hank wrinkles his nose at the smell.
- HANK
- I've heard about this happening. People staying online and forgetting they need to take care of themselves...virtual food, perfect little worlds...
- Eric reaches over and feels for a pulse.
- He pauses, then shakes his head.
- ERIC
- I thought they put in controls to boot you off?
- HANK
- Probably overrode them.
- Alison comes to the door.
- HANK
- I'm sorry ma'am.
- She turns away, her face tight.
- The medics carry Theo's covered body out on a stretcher, their bodies washed in blue and red light.
- Theo stands from his chair and walks toward the edge of the water
- He yawns again.
- THEO
- Mmm, nap time.
- He curls up on the sand.
- Waves lap at his toes as he goes still.
- FADE TO BLACK.
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