Chapter 5. "A white ceiling". or, "The revenge of the screenplay" King opened her eyes. A white ceiling. She could hear a piano in the distance. Thc voice seemed to be teaching music. She raised her bed, painfully, and looked around. It was a white room. Apart from the bed she lay on, a bedside cabinet was all that the room contained. On the cabinet, lay some assorted fruit. Grapes etc. She looked up at the ceiling again. She reached acrossed with her right with her left. "Hmmm, she thought "feels kinda heavy..." She looked down at her hand in horror to find it was encased in a plaster cast! "Oh shit" she said. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Kusumi Todo looked at her father. He lay among the carnage with potato salad over his face. What used to be King's bar, lay wasted like a battlefield. There was food everywhere. It was a major catastrophy. Many fighters had been injured severely, one being rushed to hostpital with an orange stuffed down his throat. Innocent bystanders had been pulled in. Kasumi remembered the ranting and raving clearly. *Screen ripples to flashback scene* Heayy D: "Duck!" Duck King: "What?" Heavy D: "No! I mean..." Large portion of Spaghetti Bolognese hit Duck King in the face. *Rippling screen* Yuri sitting with with Robert in the candlelit section, in front of a large window, overlooking the gardens. Yuri : "Look, there's fighting!" Robert: "Yeah, just ignore them... Let's continue our meal, and I only have eyes for you..." *Sound of helicopter nearby* Yuri: "Oh Robert, you're so sweet..." Yuri leans forward slowly and closes her eyes. Robert does the same... their lips touch.... CRASH! Ralf, Clark, Leona and Heidern smash through the window, over Yuri and Robert's heads and land in front of their table. Clark: "Heyyyy, it's a party!" Robert: "What the..." Ralf: "OOOWAHH!!!LETS ROCK!!!" Heidern: "Terminate the opposition." Clark/Ralf/Leona: "YES SIR!!!" *Yuri looks at Robert* Yuri: "On seconds thoughts...Let's get outta here!" *Rippling screen* Kasumi rubbed her eyes. She picked up a piece of mango fruit and took a nibble. "I should visit King's Bar more often," she said to herself as she smiled. "I get much more training this way!". To her left, a giant panda got up, took a banana skin off of it's head, and walked away in the direction of the hot baths. -------------------------------------------------------- *scene: Hotel desk* A teary woman comes to the desk and rings the bell frantically. When the concierge appears, she cries for help. Woman: "You've got to help me!" Concierge: "What ever is the matter, madam?" Woman: "There's a pervert on the loose! Not only that, but a perverted thief!" *woman cries loudly* Concierge: "There there madam, here" Conc hands her a hankerchief. Concierge: "Now what happened?" Woman: "Well I was walking to my room after those awful men started fighting with food at the bar and I walked through the garden. That was when, when..." *woman starts crying again* Concierge: "Just calm down and I'll deal with it, madam, just tell me what happened." Woman: "A man jumped out from behind the bushes and started smiling at me!" *She wiped her eyes* Woman: "Oh it was horrible, he wore these nasty little glasses and a large hat and a stripy jumper. A nasty, horrible little man!!!" Concierge: "What exactly did he do?" *Woman goes into hysterics* Concierge: "Calm down, oh madam," *the concierge comforts the woman* Woman: "He... he took all my jewelry and money! Then he took some underwear from his pocket and put it on his head, hopped from one toe to the other and stuck his tongue out! IT WAS DISGUSTING!!!! Then he ran away!" Concierge: "I'll tell you what madam, I won't call the police..." Woman: "WHAT???" Concierge: "We have a special rule here at the Grand Peace hotel, which has proved to maintain our position as number one in the charts for low criminal activity. Basically, if anyone gets taught, they are forced to spend time in the gym." Woman: "Is this some kind of joke? Do you call that justice?..." *The concierge interrupts her* Concierge: "No, you don't understand! They must spend time in the gym as Big Bear's sparring partner. Big Bear likes to try out new wrestling moves, more often than not involving the floor..and your head..." *The woman smiles and sighs with relief* Woman: "Oh thank you kind sir!" Concierge: "No problem, I'll have your jewelry returned to you before you know it!... Ms,...um...." Woman: "Mrs....Kaphwan.... please give it to my husband, if I'm not in." *The concierge bows* The woman walked around the corner, wiping her eyes. Sure that she was out of sight and mind, Kim took off the wig and rubbed the lipstick off his face. He took the grapefruit out from under his blouse and took a bite, smiling. "That'll teach that little Choi delinquet to skip out on training!" -------------------------------------------------------------- King looked at the time on the wall. It was 12.30 pm. A knock sounded and a doctor entered the room. An orange interrupted what he was going to say. King got up, groaned, and hobbled over to her wardrobe. The doctor took the orange out of his mouth. King turned around and looked at him. "As if I would listen to you! I'm gonna fight! I got an hour to get ready, so get out of my way!" The doctor smiled. "Well, Ms. King, contrary to your belief, I was actually going to encourage you to fight. I'm a big fan of yours!" "Oh really?" King was really suprised, and happily popped on her trousers. The doctor opened the door for her, and she shook his hand goodbye, cheerfully. She failed to notice a bead of sweat fall down his cheek, as he thought: "That cheque from Geese better not bounce..." -------------------------------------------------------------