Story:Starship Archer/No Rest for the Wicked/Act Four

ACT FOUR

FADE IN

INT-SICKBAY

Kyle wakes up on the bio-bed.

CARLSON

(Chief Medical Officer)

Welcome back Chief.

He slowly sits up.

CLARKSON

(Groans)

What the hell happened?

Martin chimes in.

MARTIN

When you didn't respond I went to see you and found you on the floor and called for a medical emergency.

Doctor Carlson closes his tricorder.

CARLSON

(Chief Medical Officer)

You were hit with a hand phaser on heavy stun.

Kyle thinks.

CLARKSON

I think I saw Commander Tyson before I blacked out.

MARTIN

(Surprised)

Are you sure?

Clarkson nods.

CUT TO:

INT-CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

Tyson sits in the chair in front of the desk.

TYSON

(Scoffs)

That's impossible I was in my office working on schematics on the next step for the Intrepid-Class ships.

Taylor leans forward and interlaces her fingers.

TAYLOR

Commander we've never doubted our crewmen's word,

(beat)

So you already admitted it was under your order.

TYSON

(Nods)

Yes it was faulty.

Martin paces about.

MARTIN

Kyle ran a sim on it and it says the relay is in the green.

Tyson hits the table.

TYSON

I WILL HEAR NO MORE OF THESE LIES I'M LEAVING!

Tyson storms out of the ready room.

TAYLOR

(Sighs)

Well that could of gone better.

Martin shrugs his shoulders.

TAYLOR

Oh any luck on getting Kyle to talk to his father?

Martin sits down.

MARTIN

(Sighs)

I think I made progress but,

(beat)

I don't know Marcia he says he'll think about it so we'll see.

She leans back in the chair.

TAYLOR

(Sighs)

Keep me posted John.

Martin leaves the ready room.

EXT-STARFLEET MEDICAL AFTERNOON

Camera pans to the Medical building.

INT-WILLIAM'S ROOM

Will is watching the FNS on the monitor, when the doors open and its his son Kyle with some flowers.

KYLE

Father?

William turns and sees his son and isn't happy.

WILLIAM

(Groans)

Well if it's not my son.

Kyle walks over to the bed.

KYLE

I heard that you were dying from Denobulan Brain Fever.

Will sits up.

WILLIAM

(Coughs)

Yeah I have about a few months to live,

(Beat)

but I called you here to say that I am sorry for yelling at you back home.

Kyle sits down in the chair.

KYLE

(Sighs)

Dad I wanted you to be proud of me and know that I didn't want to be a farmer, I wanted to be an Engineer and work on technology.

William drinks some water.

WILL

(Confused)

Son I wanted you to run the farm,

(beat)

and if you didn't leave we would of had the farm still.

Kyle rolls his eyes.

KYLE

(Scoff)

That's all you care about father was grooming me to run your farm!

Kyle leaves his father's room.

(End of Act Four, Fade out)