'Rama Trilogy Part 2: The Fugitive

By: Officer 1BDI

Before you start getting into the script, I'd like you to keep a few things in mind. One, this script takes place about three years after Fry, Leela and Bender have all met. Two, this script is written so that Leela still knows nothing about her family by this time. Third, this script is all scenes, no acts. Fourth, I combined all the chapters, which makes the script longer, but it should flow a little better (or so one hopes...)

Enjoy!

"The Fugitive: Part 1"

OPENING SEQUENCE

CAPTION: Futurama: Bigger, Longer, and Uncensored by Rupert Murdoch

TV SCREEN: Couch Gag from The Simpsons

SCENE 1

TEXT: May 8 3003

FADE IN:

INT NEW NEW YORK-- PLANET EXPRESS BUILDING-- MORNING

ZOOMS between the buildings of NNY until it sees the Planet Express Building, which FRY and BENDER are walking towards. They're talking to each other.

ZOOM to Fry and Bender

FRY: Man, why's everything red around here?

BENDER: The building's always been red, you moron.

FRY: No, not that. I mean back there!

Fry points behind him, where the whole town is decorated in red banners and sales on candy, flowers and jewelry are being announced.

BENDER: Where have you _been_? Mother's Day is in a week.

FRY: Mother's Day? Oh God! I forgot again!

BENDER: What are you talking about? Your mom's been dead for centuries.

PAUSE

FRY: Oh yeah. Wait, what about Leela? What's she gonna do this year?

BENDER: Probably what she does every year. Run out of the building in tears and come back the next day like nothing happened.

Fry pushes the door open and pauses.

FRY: Must be tough being an orphan your whole life. Maybe I should do something with her this year.

BENDER: Like what?

FRY: (annoyed) I dunno. What am I, the 411?

Bender and Fry walk in.

SCENE 2

CUT TO- PE CONFERENCE ROOM

HERMES is holding a meeting with the crew when Bender and Fry come in.

HERMES: (annoyed) Where have you two been, mon? It's almost noon!

FRY: Um . . . The bus broke down.

There happens to be a window behind Fry that looks out towards the streets. A bus suddenly drives up and pulls over to let a few people off.

FARNSWORTH: Oh, well then. In any case, you must know that this year, we've gotten so many Mother's Day orders, that I'm afraid that I'm going to have to double you're delivery hours. (Groans from the crew) Now, starting today , you'll be making deliveries to Hafern 23, Wendig 5, Lerrum, Vardon . . .

As the Professor continues talking, Fry slips into a daze and dully looks around, until he sees Leela, growing uneasy with every planet being named. He starts feeling sorry for her.

FARNSWORTH: Desser 45, Bennyon 6 . . .

FRY: (interrupting) Um . . . professor?

FARNSWORTH: Wha . . . yes?

FRY: Shouldn't I start loading those things on the ship?

FARNSWORTH: Well . . . I suppose . . .

FRY: And could Leela help me?

Leela perks up, surprised.

LEELA: What?

HERMES: I don' think you need Leela's help.

FRY: Yes I do.

FARNSWORTH: Well, if you actually saw all of the gifts, I do believe that . . .

FRY: (dragging Leela out with him) Thanksbye!

SCENE 3

CUT TO- PE HANGER

Fry continues to drag Leela into the hanger until she yanks her arm away.

LEELA: What were you doing?

FRY: Getting you out of there before we both went nuts.

LEELA: (angry) Why?

FRY: Oh come on. You were getting so depressed in there, _I_ couldn't stand you.

LEELA: Oh. You noticed?

FRY: Noticed? You looked like you were ready to kill yourself, Leela.

LEELA: No I . . . (realizing) *sigh* thanks, Fry.

FRY: No problem. (PAUSE) Look, if you need anything . . .

LEELA: Fry, every year, I get so worked up over this, and this year, I just wanted to forget about everything. So if you want to help, just don't bring it up. For once, I'd like to forget that next week is Mother's Day.

Bender walks in, carrying a box of "candy" in one hand and half a dozen metallic roses in the other.

BENDER: Hey Leela! Do you think I should send my mom the Liquor-Covered Lug Nuts or the Iron Roses?

Leela looks from one gift to the other, getting teary-eyed.

LEELA: Excuse me.

Leela runs out of the room. Fry watches her leave, then turns and glares at Bender.

BENDER: Um . . . so, whadda you think, the nuts or roses?

SCENE 4

CUT TO- PE HANGER- THE DAY BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY

The hanger is now full of last-minute Mother's Day gifts to ship around the universe. Leela looks over the gifts in a bit of a slum, and then looks over the calendar on the wall, where all the days up to the day before Mother's Day are crossed out, and Mother's Day is circled. Leela sighs depressingly.

Fry is in the background, loading the gifts into the ship.

FRY: Man, we're gonna be busy today.

BENDER: I know. Better put an extra six-pack on ice.

AMY walks in and comes up to Leela.

AMY: Hey, Leela?

LEELA: Yeah.

AMY: Um, I was wondering . . . if it wasn't too much trouble . . . could you drop me off at Mars? (Leela turns around and stares at her) I wouldn't ask, but my car broke down and I promised mom that I'd come over this weekend to spend tomorrow with her.

LEELA: (sarcastic) Oh, and I suppose next you'll want me to send your boyfriend to _his_ mother's since you're not going to be here to chauffeur him around.

AMY: Yeah! Would you?

Leela glares at her and storms out of the room.

AMY: Well, are you going to or not?

SCENE 5

CUT TO- PE SHIP- MONTAGE

As the day proceeds on, Leela's forced to drive the ship around to send gifts to other mothers other than her's, and with every trip she gets more aggravated and upset. Finally, when she thinks that it's all over . . .

CUT TO- PE CONFERENCE ROOM- EVENING

Leela, Fry and Bender come out of the ship, looking exhausted.

LEELA'S MIND: Thank God that's over with. Now I won't have to endure any more stupid Mother's Day reminders . . .

They all enter the conference room, only to find the rest of the crew wrapping their own gifts for Mother's Day. Leela sighs, annoyed, and takes a seat with Fry and Bender. Hermes pulls out a pre-wrapped package.

HERMES: Oh, Amy. Your mom sent this over.

AMY: Really? Cool.

She grabs the package and rips it open. Out falls a pile of baby clothes.

AMY: Oh God, not again!

ZOIDBERG: What's wrong?

AMY: Mom does this every Mother's Day! Every year, she sends some stupid clothes, or a crib, or a bunch of diapers and bottles, 'cause she thinks it'll make me want to have a baby or something.

FRY: Why don't you just tell her to stop?

AMY: Why would I? I'm gonna trade them in and get the cash for a new car.

BENDER: But why would you need to trade in stuff for cash? You're a billionaire.

Before Amy can speak, Farnsworth interrupts.

FARNSWORTH: Now, I know you're all going to hate me terribly for this, but I have decided to risk mutiny this week; because of our enormous quantities of shipping, and what with the differences in time around the universe, you'll all have to work tomorrow.

The crew's reaction is not pleasant.

HERMES: Work tomorrow? But I was gonna visit my parents!

BENDER: Aw, c'mon Professor! My mom blows a fuse when I don't show up. And then I spend hours trying to reconnect her again!

The crew continues to object loudly to this, all totally ignoring Leela, who throughout this time has grown more angry.

ZOOM TO- LEELA

LEELA: (SOTTO, tense) Don't say anything . . . It's not their fault . . . they don't know any better . . .

But the objections become louder and more direct, and finally, Leela, erm, snaps.

LEELA: SHUT UP!

The room falls silent and everyone turns towards Leela.

LEELA: I can't stand this! (mocking) Oh, my plans are ruined. I'm going to miss one day with my mother because of work. Oh, this is so terrible. (upset) All week, all you've been talking about is "Mom's Day" this, and "Mom's Day" that. And I can't take it anymore! Am I oblivious to you guys? Do you even care?

BENDER: Obviously not.

LEELA: I thought that for once, I wouldn't be left out . . . now I know better . . .

Leela runs out of the room sobbing. The rest of the crew glance at each other with guilty faces, all except for Bender.

BENDER: There she goes again, always thinking about herself.

Fry heads out of the room after Leela.

SCENE 6

CUT TO- OUTSIDE PE

Leela's sitting in front of the office, crying her heart out. Fry comes out and watches her sadly for a few seconds.

FRY: Leela . . . you okay?

Leela shoots him the mother of all glares.

FRY: Okay . . . wrong question . . .

LEELA: (monotone) Fry, sit down. (He does) I'm really sorry about what happened in there. I wasn't talking about you.

FRY: Are you sure you're gonna be OK tomorrow?

LEELA: (annoyed) I'm not a little kid, Fry. I can take care of myself.

FRY: You just seem more paranoid this year that usual.

LEELA: (sarcastic) Well, it would be nice to have a family to share tomorrow with.

PAUSE

LEELA: I know you're trying to help, and I appreciate that. But, there's really nothing you can do.

Leela and Fry look at each other, and once again, something passes between them. They lean in a little closer, eyes full of love, almost about to kiss when . . .

BENDER: (opens door) Are you done buttering her up or . . . Woah! Am I interrupting something here?

LEELA: (embarrassed) No.

Both of them stand, and she pushes past Bender and goes back inside. Fry looks at Bender for as second. Then he slaps the back of Bender's head.

FRY: What did you do that for? I almost got her that time!

SCENE 7

EXT ROBOT ARMS APARTMENT-- FRY AND BENDER'S APT.-- LATER THAT EVENING

Bender and Fry are talking about Leela. Fry's locked himself in the bathroom while Bender's standing around, drinking a beer.

FRY: (OS) She said something about wanting a family.

BENDER: A _family_? Aw . . . that can't be good.

FRY: (pokes his head out) Why?

BENDER: Fry, when a woman says she want's a family, that means she wants to _start_ a family. Just like when they say they're not your type, that means you're a jerk. Or when they ask you if they look fat, they mean you'd better say no or I'll kick you outta my house so fast . . .

FRY: Since when do you know so much about women, anyway?

BENDER: Since never. I'm just guessing.

FRY: (comes out) You're not helping! Seriously, what should I do?

BENDER: Well, she told you there was nothing you could do. So why worry?

FRY: Because I want to do something. She just seems so lonely all the time . . . hey, maybe I should ask her out to dinner.

BENDER: (spits out his beer) You wanna take out Ms. Emotional on a date?

FRY: It's not a _date_. It's a . . . um . . . er . . . yeah, I guess it is a date.

BENDER: You're not trying to go for her, are you?

FRY: Well . . . yeah.

BENDER: Fry, there are two people who go looking for chances like that, and I'll be damned if I ever become one of them. The first are desperate fools looking for any love that walks their path. The second . . . (shudders)

FRY: What?

BENDER: The second type really love the person. And believe me, you'd have to be pretty stupid to fall in love.

FRY: Oh. Which one do I wanna be?

BENDER: (insistent) The first one.

SCENE 8

EXT LEELA'S HOME-- LEELA'S BEDROOM-- MOTHER'S DAY MORNING

Leela wakes up, smiles at the sight of Nibbler curled up at her feet, and then takes a look towards her calendar. She sighs depressingly and lies back in bed, wide-eyed and wondering.

FARNSWORTH: (VO) Now, I know you're all going to hate me terribly for this . . . you'll all have to work tomorrow.

Leela throws her covers over her face.

FARNSWORTH: (VO) Don't try to hide your face when I'm talking to you!

Leela slowly lifts the covers from her face, confused.

SCENE 9

CUT TO PE CONFERENCE ROOM- LATER

Half the crew is awake and grumbling over their latest day of work. Fry and Bender walk in.

FRY: Hey, whaddup?

HERMES: Nothin', unless you note dat Leela's missin'.

FRY: Leela's _missing_? Didn't anyone try to call her or anything?

ZOIDBERG: Not yet.

FRY: Why?

AMY: Guh! We know why she's gone. She's so angry with us, no wonder she didn't come in today.

FARNSWORTH: Well, I hope you're all happy. After the way you all acted yesterday, it'll be a wonder if she comes in this week at all.

BENDER: Hey! It was your fault that we started arguing.

FARNSWORTH: Be as it may, (SOTTO) which it isn't, (to crew) I think we should still give her a couple of hours to cool down. Maybe she'll come in later.

SCENE 10

INT LITTLE NEPTUNE-- THAT AFTERNOON

A melancholy Leela is walking down the street, passing by every indication of Mother's Day that's possible. Nibbler's at her heels, desperately trying to keep up.

As they walk past the various alleys in the town, Nibbler sniffs something strange in the air. He suddenly bolts down the hall of an alley, heading straight to one of the few trash cans scattered around NNY. Leela looks down and suddenly notices that Nibbler's missing, and heads down the same alley.

CUT TO- CLOSE UP OF NIBBLER

Nibbler, who's perched himself up on the rim of the can, looks curiously into it, then looks back at Leela, confused. Back into the can, back at Leela, and so forth. Finally, out of puzzlement, he falls straight into the can.

LEELA: Nibbler. Get out of there, now! (No response) God, Nibbler. Sometimes you . . .

As Leela bends over to dig Nibbler out, she reels back in surprise. Nibbler pokes his head above the rim and looks into the can, back at Leela, back at the can . . .

SCENE 11

INT PE HANGER-- NOON

Fry, Bender and Amy are all in the hanger. Amy's filing her nails, Bender's reading porn, and Fry's pacing wildly.

AMY: Well you stop it, Fry? I can't hear myself file.

FRY: Where is she? She should have been here by now.

BENDER: Don't worry. Leela's a tough one. She'll come around. And if she doesn't, more booze for me!

FRY: Maybe I should call her. (Leaves)

CUT TO- PE STAFF ROOM

Fry tries to use the Video Phone to call Leela, but he gets no results. Finally, he gets a recording.

MESSAGE: Hi, this is Leela. I'm not home right now, but if you could leave a name and number, I'll call you as soon a I can.

SFX: BEEP

FRY: Leela? Are you there? (PAUSE) Leela? C'mon, pick up! *Sigh* Look, call me, okay?

Fry hangs up and drags himself out of the room.

CUT TO- PE HANGER

Fry walks in looking disturbed.

BENDER: Well, what's wrong? She still ticked?

FRY: (worried) She wasn't even home. Maybe I should go over there.

AMY: Fry, stop freaking out already! She's fine. I'm sure if anything came up, she would have called us.

FRY: Yeah, I guess you're right.

SCENE 12

INT FRY AND BENDER'S APT.-- THAT EVENING

Fry's lying in bed, trying to get to sleep, but not succeeding. Suddenly, his VideoPhone rings. He tosses on a robe and hurries to pick it up. Leela's on the other end of the line, standing in a sterile white hallway, looking exhausted and concerned at the same time.

LEELA: Hi Fry.

FRY: Leela! Oh my God! Where were you? I've been trying to call you all day! Why didn't you come to work?

LEELA: Look, I'm sorry I didn't come in . . . wait, you were trying to call me?

FRY: What happened?

LEELA: Look . . . I would have come in, but something came up. In fact, I need to tell you . . .

SPEAKER: (background, on Leela's side) Code Blue on Level 5. Stat.

FRY: Wait . . . Code Blue . . . Leela, are you in a hospital?

LEELA: Yeah.

FRY: Is anything wrong? Do you want me to come over or something?

LEELA: Fry, stop it. Nothing's wrong. But I need you to tell Hermes that I might not be in tomorrow, okay?

FRY: Yeah, sure. But Leela . . .

LEELA: (rushed) I gotta go. Bye, Fry.

FRY: Leela, wait! Why . . . (she hangs up) are you over there?

Fry stares at the screen for a second, then sighs and climbs back into bed.

SCENE 13

INT PE ENTRANCE-- THE NEXT MORNING

All is still in the entrance hall, until the door is suddenly opened and Leela enters, Nibbler at her heels and a small clump of blankets in her free arm. She looks around cautiously and walks through the building towards the conference room. She attempts to sneak past a working Hermes, but fails.

HERMES: Hey Leela.

LEELA: Oh, hi.

HERMES: Fry said you wouldn't be comin' in today, mon.

LEELA: Well, I had a change of plans . . .

HERMES: I wouldn' have blamed you, after we all acted like jackasses de other day. Sorry 'bout dat.

LEELA: Oh. Well, thank you. (PAUSE) Can I leave now?

HERMES: (confused) Um, yeah.

Leela rushes out and heads for the hanger. Hermes watches her, scratching his head.

CUT TO- PE HANGER

Fry and Bender are hanging around, talking, when Leela comes in.

FRY: Hey, Leela!

LEELA: Hi Fry. (Rushes past)

FRY: Um . . . okay.

BENDER: (whispering) She's still angry at us.

FRY: But she was fine when I talked with her last night.

BENDER: Didn't you hear a word I was saying? Woman say what they _don't_ feel, moron, they show it by educing physical pain. I bet she was carrying her laser under all those blankets!

FRY: Blankets?

Fry watches as she heads into the ship. Finally, he follows her in.

CUT TO- PE SHIP- LEELA'S QUARTERS

Leela's in her quarters, sitting on her bed, fiddling with the blankets and mumbling something.

LEELA: I can't believe I'm going to do this. If I get caught, who knows what they'll do to me . . .

FRY: (in doorway) Leela?

Leela jumps at his voice and jerks her head around.

LEELA: Fry, what are you doing here?

FRY: I dunno. I wanted to see what was up. You've been acting weird all week. (Raising his voice) And why were you at the hospital last night?

LEELA: (shushing) Fry, be quiet. Okay, I was at the hospital because . . . well, I got sidetracked. Something unexpected happened.

FRY: Like . . .

LEELA: Well . . .

Leela trails off, unsure of what to say. She looks down towards the blankets, avoiding Fry's gaze.

FRY: C'mon Leela, I won't tell anyone else. You can trust me.

LEELA: (quick) No I can't. (Fry gives her a hurt look) I'm sorry Fry, but I can't trust you to keep this a secret.

FRY: If it's so secret, then why'd you come back to work?

PAUSE

LEELA: I needed to get something from Bender.

FRY: Like . . .

LEELA: I told you, I can't tell you.

FRY: What if I swore to you that I'd keep this a secret?

LEELA: What would that do?

FRY: I'm just trying to help.

LEELA: You can start by staying out of this. It's none of your business.

FRY: Oh yeah? Let's just see how it's "none of my business".

Fry reaches out to rip one of the blankets off.

LEELA: Fry, stop!

FRY: (shouting) MAKE ME!

The shouting seems to have an effect on the blankets.

"BLANKETS": WAAAAAAAAHHHH!

Fry jumps away, shocked. Leela starts cradling the blankets, crooning at them. The "blankets" stop wailing.

FRY: (studdering) Da . . . da.. dat's . . . that's a . . .

Leela looks at him expectantly.

FRY: (CONT) That's a _baby_!

LEELA: _Now_ do you know why I didn't come in yesterday?

FRY: (babbling) You . . . he . . . da . . . that's a baby! But how'd you . . . when did you . . . could I look at it?

Leela thinks for a second before giving a meek nod. Fry cautiously lifts one of the blankets up and drops it on the floor in shock. We finally see what the big deal was all about. The child (who BTW, isn't more than a week old), is another cyclops, with a small fuzz of blue-grey hair on his head.

FRY: (SOTTO) That's a baby _cyclops_! (To Leela in disbelief) Is he yours?!

LEELA: No! Of course not! (SOTTO) That's the problem . . .

FRY: But I thought you were the only one of your species.

LEELA: Not anymore.

FRY: Where did you find him?

LEELA: Actually, Nibbler sort of found him. I was walking through Little Neptune with him yesterday, to clear my head, you know? And we came to this alleyway, and we found the poor thing. (Angry) Dumped in a trash can.

FRY: A trash can?

LEELA: Uh huh. He looked sort of sick, so I took him over to the hospital, and they had to do all these stupid tests, but he's fine now.

FRY: (CONT) Who the hell puts a baby in a trash can?

LEELA: (dryly) I don't know. The same type of people who dump their kids on a pile of "Abandoned Property."

Fry realizes he's hit a hard choir with Leela. He tries to change the subject.

FRY: Can I hold him?

LEELA: Actually, I . . .

Fry's already taken the baby by this point. He hold him up close, examining him.

FRY: (smiling) Hey, he's kinda cute. In a weird sort of way.

LEELA: Fry, be careful with him. He might do something.

FRY: Aw, c'mon. What can he do, except cry and sleep . . .

The kid suddenly spits up on Fry's jacket. Fry holds him away at arm's length.

LEELA: . . .and throw up.

FRY: Eeeewww! Get it off me!

Leela takes the baby from Fry and throws him a blanket. He starts wiping himself off with it.

LEELA: Oh stop whining. I warned you.

FRY: You didn't tell me that he just ate.

Fry takes off his jacket and tosses it and the blanket on the floor, frustrated. He glares at the baby.

FRY: So what're you gonna do with him? Put him up for adoption?

LEELA: (quiet) Actually, I'm going to adopt him.

PAUSE

FRY: You're gonna _what_?!

LEELA: Please, would you just keep this under your hat until I figure out how I'm going to do this without getting busted?

FRY: Wait, how could you get busted for . . .

Bender unexpectedly struts in.

BENDER: Yo Fry, are you coming out or whAAAHHH! (Points at the infant and starts freaking out) WHAT THE HECK IS THAT THING?

SCENE 14

CUT TO- PE CONFERENCE ROOM- LATER

The whole crew is sitting around the table, staring at Leela and this new addition. Their back is to the entrance of the kitchen.

BENDER: You're _adopting_ him!? Why'd you go ahead and adopt a kid? Wasn't the garbage disposal enough?

LEELA: First of all, Nibbler isn't a garbage disposal, he's just sensibly challenged when it comes to food.

In the background, Nibbler sniffs around the kitchen, and starts eating various appliances as Leela talks.

LEELA: (CONT.) And second, I couldn't just leave the poor thing where I found him. (Snuggling him) He needs me.

AMY: But couldn't you have just put him in an orphanage or something?

LEELA: Uh-uh. I _refuse_ to put him through that. Besides, no one's going to adopt him, he's too . . .

AMY: Weird?

FRY: Freaky?

BENDER: Just plain butt-ugly?

LEELA: Not exactly.

ZOIDBERG: But how can you take care of this kid by yourself? I hear it's hard enough for a young human to be cared for by _two_ parents.

SFX: DULL SCREECH

Nibbler has pulled the refrigerator from it's place, into the camera's view, and starts eating it. No one notices.

LEELA: (defensive) Hey! I practically raised myself as a kid. I can handle this, okay? (PAUSE) Um . . . Amy, about all the stuff your mom sent you . . .

AMY: They're yours.

LEELA: Thanks.

FRY: So he's yours now? That's it?

LEELA: (shakes her head) That's the problem. The only way he's legally mine is if I adopt him, but it's against the law to let a single person adopt anything that's not a pet. I don't know how I'm going to pull it off. (Glaring at Fry) Which was why I didn't want to tell you in the first place until I settled this with Bender . . .

AMY: Why don't you just have Fry pose as your husband or something?

Fry slyly drapes his arm around Leela's waist.

FRY: (half-joking) Yeah. We never got to the honeymoon part of our little Titanic trip, "fiancee".

LEELA: Are you _that_ eager to loose another limb?

Fry gets the point and quickly yanks his arm away.

LEELA: It wouldn't work anyway. They'd probably ask for proof of marriage or something. Which is why I wanted to see you, Bender. (SOTTO) Oh Gawd, I'm never going to live this down . . . do you have an adoption certificate lying around that we could possibly forge?

BENDER: Say no more, my cyclops friend. You see, while we were paying a visit to the Center of Buerocracy, I managed to grab a few blank papers off some guy. I figured I could make a few bucks off of them. The guy almost didn't let them go, but I got 'em anyway.

LEELA: (hopeful) Really? Which papers?

BENDER: Let's see . . .

Bender reaches into his chest compartment and pulls out 'the guy's' arm clutching a stack full of papers. He flips through the papers, reading off their various names.

BENDER: (CONT) Death, Marraige, Career Chip, Birth . . . Wait a minute. Why don't you just use the Birth Certifiacte?

LEELA: How would that help?

BENDER: Well . . . you're not gonna like this . . . but you could pretend you're his mom . . .

LEELA: (dryly) That's the whole point of this, Bender.

BENDER: Wait, hear me out. You pretend your his _real_ mom, and you just sign yourself up as the mother. Then they can't take him away from you.

LEELA: Bender, that's breaking about five hundred inferior laws right there. What if his real mom ever comes looking for him? Then what?

BENDER: That won't happen.

AMY: Bender's right. I mean, look at you; 28 years later, and you're still an orphan.

Leela attempts to glares down Amy, who doesn't notice. She looks from the baby, to Bender waving the papers, back to the baby . . .

LEELA: Bender, give me that Birth Certificate.

Bender hands it over to her, and she looks it over.

LEELA: This is going to take me forever to fill out. I don't know when he was born, who his father it . . . I don't even know what I want to name him!

FRY: Oh, I know! How about Mark?

Before Leela can comment . . .

BENDER: (rolls his eyes) Bor-ing!

AMY: Or Steven. I had a boyfriend named Steven. Actually, I had two, but they spelled their names different. See, one spelled it S-T-E-P-H . . .

BENDER: (interrupting) Hon, all of your boyfriends' names could fill up a Phone Book, so if you'd mind, please spare us the comparison.

ZOIDBERG: What about Zeggre. Very popular name back home.

BENDER: (raising an eyebrow at Zoidberg) Your planet sure has a weird definition of "popular".

LEELA: This is even harder with you guys around.

BENDER: Aw, forget this. I'm gonna get a beer.

Bender leaves, and the rest of the crew starts talking at once. Leela throws her hands over her ears.

BENDER: (OS) Hey! Where's the fridge?

SCENE 15

INT SHOT- PE CONFERENCE ROOM- EVEN LATER

The table is abandoned, all except for Leela, cradling the baby in one arm and studying the forms with her free hand. Farnsworth walks in.

FARNSWORTH: Are you still stuck on that name thingy?

LEELA: Yeah. I have everything else filled out, but I can't think of any name that sounds good.

FARNSWORTH: You know, there was a rather famous professor before my time, Professor Aaron Isaac Newt, who was one of the discoverers of our current system of traveling. It was he who discovered that faster-than-light-speed travel was possible by the average man. Of course, everyone thought he was mad for his theory of space travel, but he got the last laugh, after he invented Soylent Cola, oh yes.

The Professor suddenly blanks out. Leela stares at him.

LEELA: Um, Professor . . .

FARNSWORTH: (snapping out of it) Wha . . . oh dear. Sorry about that. (Leaves, mumbling)

LEELA: (sighing) Aaron Isaac Newt. (Brightening) Yeah!

Leela turns back to the form, and under NAME, she puts Aaron.

LEELA: Well, I guess that's that. (Smiling) You're mine now, Aaron.

"The Fugitive: Part 2"

by: Officer 1BDI

Just a few reminders; there are no more introductions (the scene number will not start over at 1), and even though Simpson characters appear from here on in, this is NOT a Simpsons Vs. Futurama Spin-Off!

And now, here''s Part 2.

SCENE 16

EXT SHOT- TEXT

Text: One Month Later

EXT MILKY WAY GALAXY-- PE SHIP

On the bridge of the ship, everything seems back to normal. Bender''s drinking a beer and reading porn at the same time, Fry''s asleep on the couch, Amy''s calling up one of her latest boyfriends on the VideoPhone, and Leela''s driving the ship, looking tired. It seems like nothing''s drastically changed, until Nibbler scrambles onto the bridge and into Leela''s lap, holding his ears.

LEELA: (mumbling) Hi Nibbler. What''s wrong...

AARON: (OS) WAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

LEELA: Not again... (calling) Okay, I''m coming! (To Amy) Amy, could you cut that short and take over for a second?

AMY: (annoyed) Yeah. (To VideoPhone) We''ll talk tonight, ''K Ramon?

Leela grumbles as she follows Nibbler out of the bridge.

CUT TO- LEELA''S QUARTERS

Back into her room, where her quarters have gained quite a few items, including a crib. Aaron is lying in the crib, still crying.

LEELA: (entering, grumbling more to herself than anyone) woke me up at two in the morning... ...had me scrambling to the store to get another batch of formula... spend half an hour mixing it……then he falls asleep before he drinks the damn bottle... I swear, if he wakes up screaming one more time, I''m...

Leela looks over at Aaron, who stops crying when he sees her and whimpers, reaching up for her. She softens up.

LEELA: (baby-talk tone) Oh, don''t cry, sweetie. (Picks him up and starts cradling him) It''s okay. Mommy''s here...

Bender comes into the doorway, rolling his eyes.

BENDER: (sarcastic) You know, ""mommy"" there''s an easier way to get him to shut up.

LEELA: Get out, Bender.

BENDER: (CONT) Yeah, all you have to do is cover him in dog food...

LEELA: Bender...

BENDER: (CONT) ...dump him in Nib''s food dish, and viola, no more tears. Of course, then there''s no more Aaron, but...

Leela slams the door in Bender''s face.

BENDER: (OS) _What_?

SCENE 17

INT PE STAFF ROOM

The crew has gathered in the Staff Lounge to relax and kick back with some TV. Or, to be more precise, to kick back and fight over what to watch on TV. Bender and Fry are standing behind the couch (which Leela (holding Aaron) and Amy are sitting on), Fry trying to grab the remote out of Bender''s hands.

FRY: Simpsons!

BENDER: South Park!

FRY: Simpsons!

BENDER: South Park!

AMY: What''s the difference? They''re both just cartoons.

FRY: Yeah, but these cartoons have class. (To Bender) Give me the remote!

BENDER: Make me!

He holds it high over his head. Fry pounces for it and topples over the couch, nearly landing on Leela and Aaron.

LEELA: Will you guys knock it off? I''m trying to get Aaron back to sleep.

BENDER: Why? He''ll just wake up again in an hour.

Fry sees his chance and grabs the remote from Bender. He flips it to FOX but his high hopes for his Simpson show are soon dashed. The program has been interrupted by the latest news report, via Morbo and his Co-Worker.

FRY: Aw man.

BENDER: He he he. My turn! (Snatches remote back)

LEELA: Wait, I want to hear this.

CUT TO- TV

ANCHORWOMAN: DOOP was left devastated this morning after reports of hostile activities of Pluto were reported earlier this week. It seems that the race of... um... erm... (to Morbo) can you read this?

MORBO: You puny humans will soon regret handing over your decisions to us.

ANCHORWOMAN: (Laughs) Anyway, a hostile race of octopus-like aliens had taken control of Pluto earlier, leaving the icy planet in flames and killing millions. Grant?

They cut to a camera view of Pluto in it''s current condition. The towns are now piles of ashes, and the majority of the people around the area are just the frozen remains of burnt bodies. GRANT comes up to the camera.

GRANT: Well, as you can see here, there''s nothing left of Pluto''s capitol, Mihkee, but DOOP had sworn that these menaces known as... (looking over a paper) um... how do you say this? Anyway, these aliens will be stopped. And that...

ANCHORWOMAN: Grant, there''s something behind you.

GRANT: Huh?

Grant turns around in time to see a long green tentacle reach out and grabs him around the waist. He starts beating at it wildly.

CUT TO- PE STAFF ROOM

The crew watches the report in shock. You can still hear Grant scream off-camera. Leela looks down at Aaron (who''s watching this, wide-eyed) and covers his eye.

FRY: Um…… nice graphics.

VOICE: (OS) Greetings, humans and humanoids.

CUT TO- TV

The shot is now showing two rather familiar one-eyed aliens on-camera. The source of the voice speaks.

KANG: I am Kang, ruler of my species, the wrath of the destruction that you have witnessed.

KODOS: And I am his sister, Kodos.

CUT TO- PE STAFF ROOM

Something occurs to Fry.

FRY: Wait! I know them! They were characters on The Simpsons. (Realizing) But... I thought they weren''t real.

LEELA: Well, apparently, they are.

FRY: Did you know about these guys?

LEELA: Never heard of them.

CUT TO- TV

KANG: We mean no harm to the rest of you...

Kodos whispers something to Kang.

KANG: Oh. Right. (To camera) We mean hostile harm to you all if our demands are not met. We want the Fugitive. Until you turn him in to us, we will continue destroying all of your planets in this galaxy. That is all.

Kang sits there, waiting for something. Kodos taps him on the shoulder.

KODOS: Um, I think you have to turn it off yourself, sir.

KANG: Oh, for the love of...

The TV goes blank. Then it flickers to the Newsroom.

ANCHORWOMAN: Um... Thank you, Grant.

CUT TO- PE STAFF ROOM

The crew remains silent for a few seconds.

FRY: If they want ''The Fugitive'', maybe we could transform PE into a set again, and this time I could play...

LEELA: You moron. They weren''t looking for a movie. They''re really looking for some criminal.

AMY: (sarcastic) Yeah. Real nice description they gave us, though.

LEELA: Well, if he were here, we''d have known about it by now. But I think we should stay prepared. These guys seem a little dull in the head.

BENDER: Eh, I wouldn''t worry about it. Things''ll probably blow over soon.

SCENE 18

MONTAGE

As the days and weeks go on, reports of further attacks on Saturn, Neptune, Mars and Venus are flooding in. With every attack, the aliens become more frustrated, and the PE crew becomes more concerned. Until finally...

INT PE STAFF ROOM

Fry''s lounging on the couch, flipping channels, when he comes across another News Report.

CUT TO- TV

MORBO: In more joyous news, the race of hostile aliens has targeted their next victims, the pathetic race of humans on our own planet earth. They will start in the lesser-known capitals like Paris and London, and eventually work their way to cities like New New York and Washington, the District of Chaos.

ANCHORWOMAN: Makes me feel even better about living in LA, right Morbo?

Someone off-screen hands Morbo a sheet of paper.

MORBO: This just in, LA is also a prime target.

ANCHORWOMAN: (Laughs)

SCENE 19

INT PE CONFERENCE ROOM

Everyone is at the conference table, minus Aaron.

LEELA: Are you sure that''s what they said?

FRY: Positive.

BENDER: We''re boned.

ZOIDBERG: Wait! I heard they''re planning to launch a counter-attack on the aliens.

LEELA: That''s a relief. Who''s leading it?

ZOIDBERG: Zapp Brannigan.

PAUSE

BENDER: We are _so_ boned.

AMY: Gawd, why can''t we ever get a decent captain to lead these missions? Like Joah Sheecera or something?

FRY: Yeah! I know! And who''s Goan Ceeshera?

Everyone looks over at Fry, shocked.

BENDER: Where have you been?

FRY: Hey, I can''t help it if I don''t know my own cultural icons!

LEELA: Fry, Joah Sheecera is an extremely famous rebel captain. He''s always fought in the biggest battles in the known universe, and so far, he''s never lost. He''s probably the bravest, most courageous captain ever known.

FRY: Yeah, well if he''s so famous, how come he isn''t fighting in this war now?

LEELA: Because no one knows where to find him. He apparently doesn''t have any home, and he''s usually wandering any random part of the universe. Unless he finds out about it from other sources, Captain Sheecera has no idea about what''s going on now. The truth is, no one except for his own crew has ever actually seen him. No one knows anything about him.

FRY: So, you''re saying our fate lies in the hands of some guy who has no clue what''s going on? We''re doomed!

LEELA: First of all, our fate has nothing to do with Captain Sheecera. And we''re not totally doomed yet.

HERMES: Leela''s right. We can just take the ship and fly outta here, right?

FARNSWORTH: Unfortunately, they thought of that. The bastards have their ships planted everywhere in the galaxy. There''s no way we could escape alive! We can''t even make our deliveries.

CUT TO- CLOSE UP OF LEELA

As the professor continues talking, Leela starts thinking...

FARNSWORTH: (CONT) It would take an ace pilot to dodge their artillery.

LEELA: Hey, _I''m_ an ace pilot! What if we try to dodge them?

FRY: _Try_ to? Are you like really fond of death or something?

LEELA: No. But what else are we going to do? Just sit here and wait to die? The most we can do is try. Right?

PAUSE

LEELA: So…… if anything happens, just come to the office, and we''ll try to escape.

FRY: What if we don''t make it?

LEELA: Well, then... we don''t make it.

BENDER: Yeah. I guess I''m ready to die if you are.

FRY: What is it with you and ''going with the crowd'', anyway?

BENDER: If you don''t like it then you can just... hey, where''s Leela?

Fry looks over towards the hanger and watches Leela board the ship.

SCENE 20

INT PE SHIP- LEELA''S QUARTERS

Leela is leaning over the crib, watching over a sleeping Aaron. She leans over to play with his hair and sighs loudly.

LEELA: What was I thinking? I can''t get them off earth. (To Aaron) If I screw up, then we''ll both die, and there''s no more Cyclops race...

Leela suddenly yanks herself out of such a thought.

LEELA: (SOTTO, scolding) No. I can''t think like that.

FRY: (OS) Think like what?

Leela turns and sees Fry in the doorway.

LEELA: Why do you keep following me?

FRY: I''m bored. But don''t get all freaked out over this. You''re the best captain I know.

LEELA: But you only know a few other captains. (Dryly) And one of them is Zapp.

FRY: Your point?

LEELA: Fry, I don''t want to let everyone down. If I make one mistake, just one, then we''re all dead!

FRY: But you''re not gonna make a mistake. I know you won''t. And maybe we won''t even have to escape.

LEELA: (hopeful) Really? Why?

FRY: Because Zapp''s launching an attack on them tomorrow.

Leela''s face crumbles.

SCENE 21

EXT NIMBUS-- BRIDGE-- NEXT DAY

Waiting on the bridge is the DOOP crew, listening to one of ZAPP''s lectures. As soon as he''s done lecturing, Zapp joins KIF over at a nearby VideoPhone.

ZAPP: Did you recruit everyone on... (looks around cautiously, then leans into Kif) The List?

KIF: Yes Sir. (reading off a list, crossing off names) That''s the last of them. Except for... (shudders) Oh God, you can''t be serious.

ZAPP: (looks at list ) Ah yes, my lover Leela. As soon as she''s recruited, she''ll be mine faster than you can say... um... easy street.

KIF: Easy street, sir?

ZAPP: No! You''re supposed to say that _after_ she comes!

Kif sighs.

KIF: Sir, did it ever occur to you that maybe that night _was_ a mistake, and she wants nothing to do with you?

ZAPP: Of course I haven''t. Now give me that number so I can call her and personally request for her services.

Zapp grabs the number from Kif and turns to the phone, looking it over, trying to figure it out.

ZAPP: Um... ah... yes that looks right... no wait... Kif, you dial.

Kif (reluctantly) dials in the number. Hermes picks up.

HERMES: Hello?

ZAPP: Yes, is Captain Leela there?

HERMES: Yeah. I''ll get her.

Hermes leaves and Leela comes back a couple of seconds later.

LEELA: Yes... (disappointed) Oh. Hi Zapp.

ZAPP: I have requested that you join my force.

LEELA: Why should I?

ZAPP: Um... it''s for the good of the galaxy.

LEELA: Among other things.

ZAPP: (amorous) Does it matter? You can''t hide it Leela. You know you want me.

LEELA: No I don''t.

KIF: It''ll have to be a better reason than that, sir.

ZAPP: You stay out of this. (To Leela) So, why don''t you come and get me?

LEELA: You want to know why? Fine.

Leela walks off camera for a second, and comes back holding Aaron.

LEELA: How''s this for ''Why?''

ZAPP: (flustered) Well... um, yes... I guess that could... wait a minute, when did you have a ba...

LEELA: Bye Zapp. (Hangs up)

CUT TO- PE STAFF ROOM

Leela sits in a chair, grinning over her success.

FRY: (walking in) What happened?

LEELA: Oh, nothing. Let''s just say I avoided yet another disaster.

AMY: (OS) Leela, help! Bender''s caught in the engine, and it keeps switching it on and off! It''s stuck on automatic!

You can hear Bender scream, then sigh with relief, and scream again as the engine keeps turning on and off.

Leela sighs.

SCENE 22

INT STAFF ROOM

The crew is eagerly watching the latest report on the war between them and their alien foes.

CUT TO- TV

ANCHORWOMAN: It seems that DOOP was terribly defeated earlier this afternoon. Over 60 thousand ships went down, and the death toll has reached over 67 million. A new record, I believe.

LEELA: (VO) Oh no...

ANCHORWOMAN: (CONT) Surprisingly enough, it seems that Captain Zapp Brannigan and his ship the Nimbus retreated halfway through the fight, unharmed. Captain Brannigan has declined all interviews.

CUT TO- PE STAFF ROOM

BENDER: Baby.

AMY: Coward!

LEELA: (fretting) Oh... this is all my fault! None of them knew what they were doing. If I''d actually joined that crew and fought with them...

FARNSWORTH: (interrupting) Then you would have died as well. Leela, I''m glad you didn''t join that crew. You''re the best pilot I''ve had, and I''d hate to loose you to a captain like theirs.

LEELA: (embarrassed) Um... thanks, Professor.

FARNSWORTH: Besides, my insurance doesn''t cover death by alien invasion.

FRY: Hey, what about us? When do we get attacked?

ANCHORWOMAN: (VO) New New York and Washington DC can expect their attacks within the next few days.

FRY: Should we stay here tonight?

LEELA: (calming down) No. We don''t even know when they''ll attack. (Reassuring) They wouldn''t attack us tonight. Who knows, maybe Joah Sheecera will come through for us.

FRY: Leela, give it up. He''s not gonna just come out of the sky and save our sorry butts.

BENDER: Exactly. Although, Leela''s got a point. The aliens are too dumb to see that we''re weak and vulnerable in this pitiful stage to fight back. (To Leela) By the way, can I borrow your laser tonight?

"The Fugitive: Part 3"

by: Officer 1BDI

SCENE 23

INT FRY AND BENDER''S APARTMENT- FRY''S ROOM- THAT EVENING

Fry''s concerns over the war have finally gotten to his subconsciousness. As he tosses and turns, trying to fall into a deeper sleep, he fades into an unpleasant dream...

FADE TO- FRY''S DREAM SEQUENCE

In his dream, Fry''s running down the street, racing to keep ahead of Kang, who''s chasing after him with laser gun. He shoots at Fry, but misses and pulls out a larger gun. Fry sees this and runs faster. Kang shoots, misses, and pulls out a harpoon gun. Once again, he shoots, misses (do you see a pattern here?), and after a few more instances like this, Fry finally comes across an alleyway. He dives into it, hiding behind a set of trash cans.

FRY: He he he... he''s out of guns.

Suddenly, Kang pulls out a giant missile launcher (hey, it''s a dream) and aims it towards the cans.

FRY: Eeep.

Kang fires, and Fry''s about to become headless, when someone grabs him and pulls him out of the way. It''s Leela.

LEELA: Come on!

Leela starts dragging Fry through the alley, which has suddenly become endless. They come to a T in the path, and Leela motions for Fry to stay there. She walks into the right road in the T, out of Fry''s view. There''s a sudden flash of light, and Leela lets out a blood curling scream.

FRY: Leela!

The scene freezes.

ANNOUNCER: This hellish nightmare is brought to you by Robofresh! Made by Robots, for Robots!

END DREAM SEQUENCE

CUT TO- PREVIOUS SHOT

Fry bolts up in bed, gasping, half asleep.

FRY: Leela! Lee... (wakes up)

Fry looks around, puzzled, when he suddenly hears a scream outside. He jumps at the voice and throws his covers over him. There''s a few seconds of silence (Fry pokes his head out), and there''s another scream (Fry hides again). Finally, Fry throws the blankets off and throws open the curtains of a near-by window. Below, the buildings across the street are in flames. The aliens (including Kang and Kodos) are breaking hell loose all over town, torching buildings, dragging people out of their homes and shooting them out in the streets with flame throwers (or some futuristic weapon similar to them). Fry reels back.

FRY: Oh. My. God.

Suddenly, Bender comes in the room.

BENDER: Hey, what''s the deal?!

FRY: They''re here! Those alien guys are here and they''re torching New New York! Look!

Fry drags Bender over to the window just in time to witness Kodos take a flame thrower, aim it at a passer-by, and... let''s just say he''d really like some water at that point. The two watch with open mouths. Bender finds the strength to say one thing and only one thing.

BENDER: Well, I''m going back to bed. G''night.

FRY: (shaking Bender) Don''t you get it? We''re next!

BENDER: Yeah, whatever... (realizing) aw crap.

CUT TO- FRY''S ROOM- TWO MINUTES LATER

A fully dressed Fry is currently shoving anything he can get his hands on into a suitcase; a few Slurm cans, a Playboy Magazine, his wallet. Bender, in the meantime, is in the kitchen, frantically emptying the fridge of anything alcoholic.

FRY: (to Bender) You finish packing. I''m gonna call Leela.

BENDER: (OS) _Leela_? Why her? She''s a jerk! And she doesn''t owe me money!

Fry ignores him and dials her number.

SCENE 24

INT LEELA''S HOME - LEELA''S BEDROOM

Leela''s sleeping peacefully, when suddenly the phone rings. She rolls over, groans, and hits a button on the dresser next to her bed. A VideoPhone screen pops up, showing a frantic Fry.

LEELA: (mumbling) Fry... what is it? It''s almost two in the morning.

FRY: Leela, you have to get out of there. Now!

LEELA: What? But...

FRY: They''re here! They''re here right now! I can''t talk long, but you''ve got to call the others and get out of there. They''re totaling the city!

LEELA: Okay, don''t panic. I''ll come over to the office in... (looks at clock) twenty minutes.

FRY: But you don''t have twenty minutes! They''re all over here! You''ve got to get out...

Suddenly, the screen goes dead.

LEELA: Fry? (Pounding the screen) FRY? Dammit!

CUT TO- FRY''S ROOM

Fry stares shocked at his blank screen, which suddenly erupts into flames. Within seconds, the whole wall is on fire.

FRY: AAAHHHH!

He runs towards the window and looks out to see that the aliens have started destroying the apartments, the building already in flames. He grabs his suitcase, runs into the kitchen (OS), back through his room (back on-screen), dragging Bender (who''s drinking a beer), and hurries out the door.

CUT TO- HALLWAY

The hall is filled with robots and the occasional human racing to get out of the smoke-filled building.

FRY: Jeeze, there''s no way out of here!

BENDER: Wait! There''s the elevator!

Everyone starts running over to the only elevator on the floor, but an extremely large and fat robot pushes his way to the front and into the elevator, leaving no room for anyone else.

ROBOT: Ha! (Sing-song) I got the elevator, and you didn''t! See you in hell, loosers!

What he doesn''t notice is that because of his weight, the elevator wire is starting to break.

FRY: Uh, sir?

ROBOT: Shove it, meat bag! I''m only saving one bot here, and it''s m...AAAAAAHHHHHHhhhhhhhh..

SFX: CRASH/THUMP

Needless to say, that was the sound of him falling to his ultimate doom.

BENDER: Um, maybe we should try the stairs.

CUT TO- STAIRWELL

The residents, Fry, and Bender, have finally reached the door to the roof of the building. Bender pushes it open, and everyone gathers outside. Unfortunately...

FRY: We''re trapped! There''s no way off here!

BENDER: Aw, quit your whining, mammal.

Bender walks over to the edge of the roof and looks it over. Fry follows him.

FRY: Oh yeah? How''re we gonna get down?

Bender looks over at Fry, grabs him, and holds him over the ledge.

FRY: (frantic) What the hell are you doing?

BENDER: Don''t worry. I saw this in a movie once. The guy lowered his friend down from the building and placed him down safe and sound. Of course, a swarm of killer mutant Pikachus killed him seconds later... oh wait, that was Pokemon 3000. Never mind.

FRY: Just don''t drop me or anything.

BENDER: What do you think I am, an idiot?

Bender starts lowering Fry down with his arms, when a fellow robot comes up to him.

ROBOT2: Hey Bender! Some guy brought a beer keg up here!

Bender''s eyes light up. He lets go of Fry and follows the robot OS, dragging his stretched arms behind him, not paying any mind to Fry''s scream.

FRY: AAAAHHHHhhhh... (faded, hurt) Thank you...

SCENE 25

EXT PE BUILDING

CUT TO- PE CONFERENCE ROOM

The rest of the crew (minus Fry, Leela and Bender) are either pacing the floor, or sitting worriedly at the table. Hermes is obviously with his wife and son, LaBARBARA and DWIGHT.

FARNSWORTH Oh dear. Where could they be?

Bender and Fry walk in, Fry wearing a neck brace. Everyone stops what they''re doing and stares at them.

FRY: (to Bender, tugging at the neck brace) Is this thing really necessary

BENDER: If you want your lawyer to win your case it is... (Dr. Nick-like) Hi everybody!

AMY: Oh shut up.

HERMES: Thank God. Now almost all of us are here.

FRY: What do you mean _almost_?

LaBARBARA: Leela hasn''t shown up yet.

FRY: WHAT? But I told her to leave.

BENDER: Oh boo hoo. C''mon, we''ve only got ten minutes to raid the place and leave before those alien guys come.

FARNSWORTH Oh, but we can''t leave. They''ll gun us down in the streets in seconds, and there''s no one here who can drive the ship!

The crew starts mumbling worriedly. Amy grumbles over being an ignored pilot.

FRY: Well, someone has to go get her!

He gets no reply.

FRY: Someone? Anyone? (PAUSE) Fine! I''ll go find her myself.

Fry tears the brace off and starts for Leela. As Fry heads for the door, Bender runs after him.

BENDER: Wait! I need to tell you something.

FRY: (turning to him) Yeah?

BENDER: As your best friend, and seeing how you''re risking your life to save Leela and keeping in mind that I may never see you again, I just wanted to let you know that your wallet''s always safe with me.

FRY: (genuine) Gee. Thanks Bender.

He hands Bender his wallet and leaves. Bender starts pulling out the money, laughing.

SCENE 26

EXT- LEELA''S HOME

Meanwhile, outside of Leela''s place, one of Kang''s race is chasing after a crowd of humans.

CUT TO- LEELA''S HOME- DINING ROOM

Leela, who hasn''t had time to notice, is running back and forth through her home with Aaron in her arms, making sure she hasn''t forgotten anything. She looks over at the clock and realizes...

LEELA: Oh God, I''m late!

Leela gathers her things, calls for Nibbler (who comes running into the room) and is just about to open the door, when suddenly, someone starts pounding on it from the other side. She pulls back her closed curtain to see that it''s Kang. She backs away quickly, searching quickly for a place to hide. In the center of the room, there''s a table with a large tablecloth draping over the sides. She dives under it, just as Kang breaks open the door and enters, along with two others.

KANG: Hmmm... are you _sure_ you saw him in here?

ALIEN1: Positive, sir. I saw him with my own eye.

ALIEN2: That''s what you said at the last house we raided!

ALIEN1: Oh, and what about you, Mr. ""He''s in the Stripper''s Lounge""?

KANG: Shut up you two! I want you to search the house. If you find him here, bring him to me, _alive_ this time! I don''t want another bloody corps on my hands, unless _I_ killed him! And if you don''t find him, burn the evidence.

ALIENS: Yes sir.

Kang leaves the house, and the two others sigh in relief.

ALIEN1: (mocking) And if you don''t find him, burn the evidence. God, if I have to take one more order from him again...

ALIEN2: Quiet, you! It was your fault you brought that girl in dead.

ALIEN1: Which one?

ALIEN2: Oh, you know, the pushy one... um... Jeanne!

ALIEN1: But she was annoying!

ALIEN2: I don''t blame you. But you heard the boss. You can''t kill him!

CUT TO- CLOSE-UP OF LEELA

LEELA: Jeanne... who the...

SFX: (PLATE) CRASH

Leela lifts up a corner of the tablecloth to catch a gimps of the aliens totaling her kitchen. She sighs annoyingly and gives a longing gimps towards the door.

CUT TO- TEXT

Text: Time Passes...

CUT TO- CLOSE-UP OF LEELA

Leela''s totally bored at this point; you could even say that she''s a bit out of it...

SFX: DOOR SLAM

LEELA: *Sigh* Finally! (Sniffing) Hey, is something burning?

She quickly rises from under the table, carrying her company, and gaps as she realizes that, yes, the whole house is burning. She heads for a back door, but that whole side of the house is on fire as well. With little other options left, she races upstairs, to her room. There''s a closed window next to her bed, and she places Nibbler down to try to open it...

LEELA: Ow! (Starts shaking her burnt hand) Dammit! It''s too hot!

She heads back for the stairs, but right before she steps on the top step, the whole staircase collapses. She runs back into her room, panicked, realizing that there might not be a way out...

SCENE 27

INT STREETS OF NNY-- LATER ON

Fry is racing through the streets, past the few buildings still intact and into a part of the city under ruins and smoke, calling out desperately for Leela. He comes across a road traveling up a small hill (obviously on the way to her home) and starts up it, a little short of air.

CUT TO- CLOSE UP OF FRY

FRY: As soon as I get up there, I''ll be able to see her whole street...

Fry stops talking and gasps in shock ...

ZOOM OUT

...Because the whole street is nothing but ashes.

PAUSE as Fry (eventually) puts 2 and 2 together.

FRY: (frantic) LEELA!!!

He bolts down the street, straight to where her house, um, was. He searches frantically through the remains, desperate to find any sign of her (well, any sign of her left).

FRY: C''mon Leela! Don''t do this to me! (To the Man Upstairs) God, just give me a sign. Where is she?

A strong wind picks up, blowing away some of the ashes. A remaining bottle is blown into view, a poison/death label clearly printed onto it...

FRY: That''s not what I was looking for!

The wind continues to blow, finally pushing the ashes off of a book lying several feet away. It''s Leela''s Precious Memories photo album. Fry leans over, picks it up, and flips to a picture of him, Leela and Bender from the Fear of a Bot Planet episode.

CUT TO- SHOT OF FRY

Fry looks over the picture, and looks up over the book at the ruins. Realization suddenly hits, and his eyes get misty

CUT TO- PREVIOUS SHOT

Fry falls to his knees and starts sobbing, clutching the album close to him.

FRY: (beyond devastated) Oh God, I''m sorry Leela...

He breaks off, stands, lays the book back down on the ashes and wipes his eyes. He stares at it for a few seconds, before turning away... ...and running straight into one of the aliens. He grabs Fry, whips out his gun, and fires at the album. It flashes for a second before it dissolves.

FRY: (soft moan) Nooo...

ALIEN3: (holds gun to Fry''s head) Don''t make me use this!

FRY: (sarcastic) Are you gonna shoot me now?

ALIEN3: I''d like to save you for questioning by our leader. You may even be lucky enough to be salvaged.

FRY: You mean how you ""salvaged"" all those other people you killed?

The alien growls and whacks Fry with the gun.

ALIEN3: If you know what''s good for you, you''ll stay quiet! Now march!

The alien starts walking off, but Fry stays put, partly out of stubbornness, partly because he''s furious over Leela''s shortened fate. The alien tugs on him, and finally yanks him forward, pushing him down the road.

CUT TO- ANOTHER NNY STREET- LATER

The alien is still marching Fry down the road, trying to get any information that he can on ""the fugitive"". Fry is being anything but co-operative.

ALIEN3: For the last time; Where is the Fugitive? (Fry doesn''t respond.) What do you know about the Fugitive? (No response.) What is his name? (Starts shaking Fry) ANSWER ME!

FRY: Look, I don''t know anything, okay? I''m totally useless to you.

Frustrated, the alien throws Fry to the ground and pulls out his laser gun. He aims it at Fry''s head.

ALIEN3: I''m getting tired of playing Mr. Nice Guy, but my patience is not worn out yet. You have three seconds to get the hell out of here.

Fry doesn''t do anything more that glare up at him.

ALIEN3: Very well.

CUT TO- CLOSE UP OF GUN NOZZLE

The gun goes off.

CUT TO- CLOSE UP OF FRY

Fry winces, but nothing happens. He''s not even hit.

ALIEN3: AAAHHHHHH!!

The camera zooms out to show the alien glowing a bright yellow, before disintegrating into a pile of burnt, green ashes. Fry stares in shock, and looks over towards an alleyway parallel to him.

SFX: FOOTSTEPS

He hears the footsteps breaking into a run and immediately races after the figure.

The alley''s dark and gloomy. Fry pulls out his lighter and looks around. He starts walking forward, and a little ways in, trips over something. The light goes out (because Fry drops it) and the alley''s nearly pitch black. He turns over to see what he tripped over. It has three beady eyes.

FRY: (surprised) Nibbler?

Nibbler whimpers a little and looks up at Fry. Fry reaches over to pick him up, and hears a gun click. He soon finds himself looking into the nozzle of another laser. He quickly reaches over for his lighter and holds it up to the person. It''s Leela, aiming the gun with one arm and cradling Aaron in her other. Leela drops the gun in surprise.

LEELA: Fry? What are you doing here?

FRY: (standing) Leela? Oh my God, you''re... (annoyed) What am I doing here? What am _I_ doing here? I came over here looking for you, worried sick, saw your destroyed home, thought you all were _dead_, almost got myself killed by that alien mutant because I felt so guilty about not saving you, and all you can ask me is ""what am I doing here""?!

LEELA: (touched) You risked getting caught just to try to save me?

FRY: Yeah, and I almost got myself killed...

LEELA: Ohhh... that''s so sweet, Fry.

FRY: But I almost got killed and...

LEELA: Shhhh! Be quiet! Do you want to _really_ get us killed?

Leela picks up her own gun before she pokes her head out of the ally, and reaches out to grab the gun the alien had. She checks its ammo as Fry keeps talking.

FRY: Why''d he dissolve when you shot him? Those gun never did that to anyone else.

Leela just shrugs and continues loading the gun, occasionally looking up to check the street for more aliens.

FRY: How''d you get out?

LEELA: Well, there''s a window in my house by my neighbor''s roof. Luckily, their house wasn''t totaled yet, and I just climbed out and escaped when the aliens weren''t looking.

PAUSE

FRY: So ,you know that there''s nothing left, right?

Leela looks up, upset. She turns to Fry.

LEELA: Did anyone else get off the street?

FRY: Didn''t look like it. I couldn''t tell. The whole place just dust.

Leela looks down sadly for a few seconds, then suddenly snaps out of it.

LEELA: (waving one of the guns) Can you shoot one of these?

FRY: Not very well.

LEELA: Then you''ll have to take Aaron. I can''t shoot while I''m holding him.

FRY: (whining) But Leela... what if he barfs on me again?

LEELA: Stop complaining and just take him!

Leela holds him out to Fry, who unwillingly takes him.

LEELA: Now... how do we get to Planet Express from here without being seen?

Leela looks around the corner and quickly ducks back. Two of the other aliens are coming up the street.

LEELA: Now what?

VOICE: (from the shadows) I know the way.

FRY: (looking around) Who said that?

VOICE: Over here.

Fry and Leela (Nibbler following Leela) head off towards the shadows, and look around cautiously.

VOICE: I''m down here!

Fry and Leela look down towards the floor, over at the tiny ''cripple'' robot with the British accent, who looks rather familiar.

FRY: Hey, I know you. You''re Tinny Tim.

TIMMY: Yes sir. I know how we can get to your building. There''s this secret passage...

Timmy limps over and tugs on a loose brick in the wall. A part of the wall suddenly slides open. He motions for them to follow him in, down a short flight of stairs, and as soon as they do, the wall slides in behind them.

SCENE 28

INT PASSAGEWAY

The passageway is even darker than the alley (in this case, you can only see their eyes). Fry flicks on his lighter again.

FRY: Where are we? The sewer?

TIMMY: We''re in what we call the nooks of New New York. There''s all this space between the city and the sewer that''s just left for... well, empty space. But we''ve found a use for them.

LEELA: Who''s ""we""?

TIMMY: The rest of the bums in New New York.

FRY: Bums? I thought you were supposed to have a career chip installed in you or something.

LEELA: Not everyone does. Some people get so sick of their jobs that they take the chip out. And without any other chip, they can''t get any other job.

FRY: What about the robots?

TIMMY: Sometimes they''ll build a robot that just keeps falling apart on them, and they''ll unprogram him. That''s what happened to me, anyway. Others... the humans disable them. Forever.

There''s a long silence as Fry and Leela look over at Tim.

LEELA: Sorry.

TIMMY: Don''t worry, I''ll manage. Always have

Tim suddenly erupts into a hacking fit, and coughs up a few nuts and bolts.

ZOOM TO- FRY AND LEELA

FRY: (to Leela) See, he''s fine. You don''t need to worry.

As Tim keeps coughing in the background, you hear a sudden clang.

TIMMY: Um, could one of you help me, please? I seemed to have coughed up part of my engine.

SCENE 29

INT PE CONFERENCE ROOM

The whole crew is sitting around the table, looking melancholy. Bender suddenly perks up.

BENDER: Okay people! I''m taking my bets now! 11-3 that Leela comes back without Fry!

HERMES: I bet $20.

FARNSWORTH (shocked) Hermes!

ZOIDBERG: 50 for me!

FARNSWORTH Dr. Zoidberg!

Amy is browsing through her wallet.

AMY: Um... shoot... I only have a thousand. Is that okay?

BENDER: (sweetly) Amy, any money of yours is welcome here.

Bender takes her money looks over his collection, and his pupils are instantly replaced with dollar signs..

FARNSWORTH My God, have you all gone mad? This isn''t some charity or Vegas. We''re talking about our own crew members still being out there! And all you can go on about is betting on their lives? You should all be ashamed of yourselves! (PAUSE) And lastly, I''ll bet $75 on Leela.

SFX: DOOR SLAM

Fry (with Aaron), Leela (with Nibbler), and Timmy run into the room, gasping. Everyone else groans.

BENDER: Well, you all lost. Sorry.

LEELA: We''ve got to get out of here, now! I just saw them heading this way.

BENDER: (points at Timmy) Wait, what''s _he_ doing here?

LEELA: Tim helped us get back here.

Leela kneels down to Tim''s level.

LEELA: Thanks for all your help, Tim. I guess you can go back to your family now.

TIMMY: Oh. Yes. I suppose so.

Tim starts limping out the door, and Bender comes up to Leela.

BENDER: What the hell were you trying to do?

LEELA: What are you talking about?

BENDER: Didn''t you know Tim was _human_ made? He doesn''t have parents! That''s why he''s such a lousy robot.

Leela gasps at her mistake.

LEELA: Tim, wait!

TIMMY: (turning) Yes, ma''am?

LEELA: Tim... if you want to, you can leave with us.

Bender slaps his forehead in disgust.

BENDER: Aw crud! Now she''s adopting _him_!

LEELA: (to Bender) No I''m not.

TIMMY: Really? I''d love to.

BENDER: Wait, you don''t know what you''re saying kid! (points to Leela) This moron here thinks she can fly us past a swarm of those laser-armed ships waiting to blow us to silicones!

TIMMY: Well... I suppose it''s still better than staying here.

BENDER: That proves it. I''m surrounded by idiots!

SCENE 30

INT PE SHIP- BRIDGE

The crew is rushing around the ship, preparing for takeoff. Leela is settling down at the helm of the ship, when Fry comes up to her, _still_ holding Aaron.

FRY: Um... what did you want me to do with Aaron?

Leela takes him from Fry and cuddles him as she talks.

LEELA: Well, I can''t hold him and drive at the same time...

FRY: (getting the picture) Jeeze, can''t you ever get Amy to hold him or something?

LEELA: Look, this is really important. I can''t mess anything up. One wrong move, and I kill us all. Plus, if you have Aaron, it''ll at least keep _you_ from screwing up anything major.

FRY: Leela, for once, stop worrying about ""screw ups"". You''re a good captain and you''re not going to kill us. I trust you.

Fry puts a reassuring hand on her shoulder, and Leela puts hers over his. They look up/down at each other, start leaning towards each other, looking ready to kiss each other...

Bender comes running in, causing Leela and Fry to pull away, both looking annoyed.

BENDER: Guys, I''ve got the beer packed...

SFX: DOOR CRASHING OPEN

Amy comes running in.

AMY: The aliens broke in!

LEELA: That''s it! We''re leaving, now!

CUT TO- PE SHIP HANGER

Meanwhile, Kang and his army take notice that the engines on the ship have come on.

KANG: Fire! NOW!

All of the aliens start firing at the ship, with little effect.

CUT TO- PE SHIP BRIDGE

LEELA: Hang on!

The ship suddenly shoots off into space, zooming straight out of earth''s atmosphere. The coast apparently appears clear, and the crew starts cheering.

FRY: Way to go, Leela!

BENDER: (disappointed) Aw man. I''m still alive. I owe you ten bucks, Fry.

Leela turns to face them.

LEELA: I don''t know, something''s not right. I have the strangest feeling that we forgot something...

CUT TO- PE CONFERENCE ROOM

(NOTE: The following may be taken as offensive by a few Cubert fans. You have been warned.) The totally empty room becomes not so empty when CUBERT walks in, dragging a suitcase behind him.

CUBERT: Alright guys. I''m ready... guys? Guys?!

As he looks around frantically, Kang''s shadow falls over him. He gulps.

CUT TO- PREVIOUS SHOT

In the background, a mushroom cloud appears on earth, right about where Planet Express is. Leela shakes her head.

LEELA: Nah. We''ve got everyone.

As she speaks, several of the ""stars"" in view zoom up closer to show that they''re actually small white ships (ala When Aliens Attack). Leela turns around sharply and gasps.

TIMMY: This isn''t a good thing, is it?

Indeed it isn''t, because the ships open fire. Leela thrusts the wheel down and sends the ship soaring forward.

BENDER: Oh dear God! (To Leela) Are you getting us a kiss from death or what?

LEELA: I know what I''m doing!

CUT TO- SHOT OF THE SHIP

The ship sprints forward, straight for one of the opposing ships, while several other enemy ships have started trailing the PE ship. The enemy ship in front of the PE ship fires several times, and as the PE Ship suddenly spirals downwards, all of the ships behind it are blown away. The ship continues to dodge lasers until finally the enemy is totally behind them. Or so they think.

CUT TO- PE SHIP BRIDGE

LEELA: We''ve only got a few more ships to pass... oh no!

Suddenly, another fleet of ships appears in front of them. With the enemy also behind them, the ship''s surrounded.

FRY: We''re dead! There''s no way out.

Leela thinks hard for a second.

LEELA: Yes there is. Hold on!

CUT TO- PREVIOUS SHOT

The enemy line of fire in front of the ship fires at the same time the enemy behind does. But at the last second, the PE ship shoots straight up, just barley dodging the lasers.

CUT TO- PE SHIP BRIDGE

Meanwhile, inside the ship, everyone except for Leela is getting tossed around in the ship.

BENDER: (flying past) What the hell are you doing?

LEELA: I told you to hold on! (SOTTO) C''mon baby, only a few more miles...

CUT TO- PREVIOUS SHOT

The enemy ships are racing after the PE ship, when suddenly, they stop and turn back. They''ve reached their boundaries. The PE ship continues soaring up for a few seconds before Leela finally levels it out.

CUT TO- CLOSE UP OF LEELA

LEELA: (shocked) I did it. We''re still alive. (To crew) I did it! Can you believe it!? I actually pulled it off!

ZOOM OUT

We see that the rest of the crew and furniture have been tossed around and thrown to the back, all looking ready to kill an unnoticing Leela, except for Farnsworth (who''s sleeping) and Aaron (who''s bawling).

BENDER: (sarcastic) Oh yeah, _real_ impressive.

LEELA: (turns around) Whoops, sorry! But... I got us out.

FRY: Who cares that you... wait, you did get us out! That''s amazing!

AMY: Yeah... but now what?

PAUSE

LEELA: I don''t know. (Hinting) I guess we should find another planet that''ll help us...

PAUSE

No one can think of anyone who''d want to help them. Leela begins to look anxious.

LEELA: Anyone? *Sigh* (SOTTO) I guess that leaves one choice. (to crew) Could you excuse me for a second?

Leela hurries past the crew, into her quarters. Everyone goes on with their business, all except for Fry, who''s still holding Aaron, who''s still crying. Fry sighs annoyingly.

CUT TO- LEELA''S QUARTERS

Leela''s in her room, looking through some papers on her desk, her back to the door.

FRY: (coming in) Leela, I need your help...

Leela drops her papers in surprise and turns around.

FRY: ...the kid won''t shut up and Bender won''t stop hoarding credit card numbers in our room and... hey, whachya doing?

LEELA: Well, I was thinking...

Leela trails off and looks down.

FRY: What?

Leela gathers the papers again and hands them to Fry.

LEELA: Here, give these to Amy. Their coordinates for a planet that might be useful.

Leela takes back Aaron and starts pushing Fry out the door.

FRY: Wait! Leela, is something wrong?

LEELA: (stops pushing Fry) I''m just not sure this is a foolproof plan.

FRY: Are you giving us a plan that''s not going to work?

LEELA: Maybe... Oh! I don''t know!

FRY: Well ,what''s the plan?

Leela takes a deep breath.

LEELA: You see, this place I found...

SCENE 31

INT PE SHIP- BRIDGE- LATER

Bender, Amy and Timmy are out on the bridge (Amy''s driving, and Timmy''s trying to catch a glimpse of the magazine fold-out that Bender is looking at). Fry walks in, grasping a few papers, looking a little concerned.

FRY: (to Amy) Leela wanted me to give you these.

AMY: Cool. (Looks papers, and then Fry over) Hey, where''d she get these, anyway?

FRY: Um... She doesn''t know...

AMY: But how could she get them if she doesn''t know where they came from... and where is Leela, anyway?

FRY: Erm... you know... there''s a very good answer for both of those questions... (hesitates) What''s that over there?!

Amy turns to look where Fry''s pointing, but there''s nothing there. Fry takes this opportunity to run off the bridge. Amy turns to find he''s gone.

AMY: (SOTTO) Fuh, moron.

SCENE 32

EXT PE SHIP- LATER

As the ship enters a galaxy far, far away from home...

INTO PE SHIP- BRIDGE

...everyone has crowded into the bridge, awaiting their approach to the new planet, what maybe their new home. Leela''s standing at the window, looking excited.

AMY: So, why are we coming _here_?

LEELA: (turns around, back facing the window) Well, I heard this place was really beautiful and the atmosphere was good, and most importantly, I heard it was full of...

BENDER: (interrupting) Empty space!

LEELA: Huh?

Leela whips around and stares into... well... space. There''s no planet, just a few passing asteroids.

LEELA: (desperate, SOTTO) No... no this isn''t happening. (To Amy) Check the map. Are you sure this is it?

AMY: Yep, pretty sure.

LEELA: No...

AMY: Oh wait. We''re facing the wrong way. Sorry.

Leela sighs with relief as Amy turns the ship, but lets out a gasp when a half-shattered planet comes into view. Everyone else is just as shocked.

BENDER: You dragged us across the universe to visit a nuclear testing site?

Leela runs out of the room, horrified.

FRY: Leela, wait!

Fry''s about to follow her, when he overhears Amy and the professor talking.

ZOIDBERG: I know Leela''s disappointed, but what''s the big deal? There are other planets around.

FARNSWORTH I don''t know. I think the stress of helping me sort my many lengths of wire may have finally gotten to her.

FRY: That''s not the only thing. See, she was really hoping that... (hesitates)

AMY: (encouraging) That...

FRY: (nervous) ...That these guys would help us. (Looks down at his wrist, which happens to lack a watch) Oh boy, it''s getting late. Better go dish up some bachelor chow...

FARNSWORTH You''ll do no such thing! I''m saving that chow for later. Are you hiding something from us?

FRY: No, of course not. I''m just keeping Leela''s promise by not telling you that she thought she might find her species on this planet.

The room falls dead silent.

LaBARBARA: What did you say?

FRY: Um...

AMY: Was that supposed to be the planet Leela''s from?

FRY: Um... yeah.

PAUSE as the whole crew gaps at him more.

FRY: She told me that she''s been looking everywhere for this place for years! And she finally found it. But I guess their Census was a bit overdue, because she wasn''t expecting this.

Fry gestures to the ruined planet. Farnsworth shakes his head.

FARNSWORTH Oh, poor Leela. But how did she track them here?

FRY: She said she was looking up her species on anything she could find, finally found something over at DOOP or something, and she located them here. But she was to scared to come over to find out if it was true or not.

TIMMY: Poor dear. Maybe we should try to talk with her or something.

BEN