Mega Mission

February 2, 2013

Written by:  James W. Bates

Directed by:  Jonathan Tzachor

Troy is dreaming of an epic battle of good vs. evil.  Bus Driver:  "Hey new kid!  Wake up!"  The sound of his voice echoes into Troy's dream and he slowly wakes up.  Bus Driver:  "Are you getting off the bus or what?"  Troy speaks to himself.  Troy:  "Weird dream."  Bus Driver:  "You're going to be late on the first day in school."  Troy:  "Don't want that."  Troy slides off the bus seat and slings his backpack on as he walks down the aisle of the bus.  Troy:  "Thanks."  Troy gets off the bus and heads towards the school building. 

Mr. Burley places his book bag on his desk and walks to the front of the class.  Mr. Burley:  "Okay class, let's start the year with a science brain teaser.  What species will outlast all others on Earth?"  Emma's hand quickly shot up into the air.  Mr. Burley:  "Emma?"  Emma:  "Insects.  They'll survive all the bad stuff we're doing to the environment.  Some of them have lots of legs.  They'll be the last ones standing."  Noah's hand shot into the air.  Jake sat behind his friend, Noah, and leaned forward in the seat.  Jake:  "Dude, calm down.  You're going to hurt yourself."  Noah:  "She's wrong.  Wrong, wrong, wrong."  Mr. Burley:  "Yes Noah.  You have a different answer."  Noah:  "Robots.  Robots powered by perpetual motion engines."  Gia:  "Robots are machines, so technically they're not a species."  Jake is smitten with Gia.  Jake:  "Beautiful and smart."  Noah added, and wrong.  Troy entered the classroom.  Mr. Burley gave him a hard time, nice of you to join us.  He then asked Troy the brain teaser.  Troy reached his desk and answered us, humans.   

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