Jet Set Radio: Episode 5

JET SET RADIO "Fates, Skates and Unbreakable Flaws"
(#5)
Final Draft
January 29, 2012

COPYRIGHT 2012 SEGA

FADE IN:
EXT.  THE GARAGE-DAY

PAN of THE GARAGE. The camera stops and ZOOMS IN on CORN'S WORKSHOP.

ROBOY
Here you go, Corn.

ROBOY sets a case filled with various tools on the floor.

CORN
Thanks!

ROBOY
You're welcome. Could you hurry up?

Enter GUM.

GUM
This is the smallest pair of tweezers I could find, Corn.

GUM sets down a tiny pair of tweezers into the case she dropped off.

CORN
Y'know, if I can fix and modify this part, I can double the sound output from this speaker.

GUM
I bet you're right.

ROBOY
Okay, move over. I can help.

ROBOY goes over to the speaker and nudges CORN out of the way. Suddenly, he has a spasm and then stops moving.

CORN
Roboy, what's wrong?

ROBOY doesn't respond.

CORN starts to shake ROBOY gently.

CORN
Roboy! Roboy! Snap outta it!

CORN
(to GUM)
I've never seen him like this before.

Enter BEAT.

BEAT
What's goin' on over here?

GUM
Somethin's wrong with Roboy.
(in a whisper, to BEAT)
Not that I care.

CORN
I'll run a diagnostic on Roboy.

CORN opens up ROBOY and looks inside of him.

CORN
This doesn't look good. One of his data chips is fried.

BEAT
That sounds bad.

GUM
(sarcastically)
No, you think?

CORN
Get Combo and Rhyth. We've got a little "shopping" to do.

GUM
Combo and I were gonna get supplies. I think Rhyth is-

BEAT
I remarked the Dogenzaka Hill borders with her earlier. I think she's here.

CUT TO:
EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE FACTORY-UNKNOWN TIME

PAN of FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE. The camera PANS downward as a ROKKAKU POLICE CAR drives over a manhole.

BEAT lifts up the cover and peeks out. He throws off the cover, peeks out and looks around.

BEAT
The coast is clear.

He, CORN, and RHYTH climb out and skate off. Soon after, THE GGS hide behind a pile of scrap metal.

A ROKKAKU POLICE CAR drives up to a closed door guarded by a ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD. The SQUAD opens the door for the CAR, and the CAR goes through.

BEAT
Ready?

CORN
Ready!

RHYTH
I'm ready!

BEAT skates into vision of the ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD.

BEAT
Hey, wanna play tag? You're it!

BEAT quickly taps one of the SQUAD MEMBERS on the shoulder and takes off. The SQUAD pursues him.

CORN
(to RHYTH)
It's now or never.

RHYTH and CORN skate into the door moments before it closes.

INT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE FACTORY-UNKNOWN TIME

PAN of the inside of the factory. The camera PANS downward, showing ROBOTS assembling parts.

CORN and RHYTH peek out from behind a corner, skate over to another corner and hide as a ROBOT passes by.

Once it's gone, RHYTH and CORN skate over to the conveyor belt. While RHYTH keeps watch, CORN grabs a handful of data chips.

RHYTH
Corn, watch out!

CORN is looking down at the data chips. He quickly looks up, revealing a ROBOT is standing right in front of him.

CORN sprays it with his spray can and skates OFF-SCREEN with RHYTH as an ALARM BLARES.

CUT TO:
INT. ROKKAKU'S HEADQUARTERS -UNKNOWN TIME

ROKKAKU
Not again! Not this time! One factory might be disabled, but I'm not letting it happen again!

ROKKAKU looks at the screen showing BEAT skating away from the ROKKAKU POLICE.

ROKKAKU
Wait, I recognize that Rudie! He's caused trouble for me many times before!

ZOOM IN on ROKKAKU'S face as he sneers.

ROKKAKU
I know exactly what to do.

ROKKAKU hits a button on his control panel. HAYASHI appears on the screen.

ROKKAKU
Hayashi! You remember that boy who a robot duplicate was made of? Release him.

HAYASHI
What?! Why?

ROKKAKU
I had the guards put a tracking device on him while he was asleep. If he finds his gang, we can find his gang-and eliminate them!

HAYASHI
I'll do that right away, Rokkaku-sama!

CUT TO:
EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE-UNKNOWN TIME

BEAT skates away from the ROKKAKU POLICE and encounters a wall in his path. He stops and looks at his radio watch.

BEAT
C'mon guys, where are you?!

Behind BEAT, we see two ROKKAKU POLICE CARS closing in on him.

BEAT
Don't they ever get tired?

He skates off as a second later, the ROKKAKU POLICE fire.

A few seconds later, BEAT encounters a second ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD coming from the opposite direction.

CUT TO:
INT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE FACTORY-UNKNOWN TIME

CORN and RHYTH flee the factory with the data chips they took. The ROKKAKU POLICE are only seconds behind. Both skate through the door.

EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE FACTORY-UNKNOWN TIME

RHYTH and CORN flee down an alley that opens up into the main part of the FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE. As the ROKKAKU POLICE close in on them, they skate into another alley. CORN and RHYTH stop briefly to look around at their surroundings.

PAN of the FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE. The camera PANS to the right, revealing open space and many large buildings. There's no place to hide.

CORN looks back at the approaching ROKKAKU POLICE and he and RHYTH continue skating.

CUT TO:
INT. ROKKAKU'S HEADQUARTERS -UNKNOWN TIME

ROKKAKU
Send another squad!

HAYASHI
Yes, Rokkaku-sama.
(to himself)
I was already planning on doing that.

He hits a few buttons on ROKKAKU'S control panel.

On one of the screens, we see RHYTH and CORN skating away from the ROKKAKU POLICE.

ROKKAKU
I want those Rudies stopped and buried!

CUT TO:
EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE-UNKNOWN TIME

CORN and RHYTH round a corner and bump into THE LOVE SHOCKERS. RHYTH stumbles over in shock.

One of the LOVE SHOCKERS throws a spray can against the corner. The spray can breaks open, releasing a haze of paint into the air. THE LOVE SHOCKERS and THE GGS use this opportunity to take off.

CUT TO:
INT. ROKKAKU'S HEADQUARTERS -UNKNOWN TIME

ROKKAKU
What happened?!

HAYASHI
I don't know, but I'm going to find out!

He hits some buttons on ROKKAKU'S control panel.

CUT TO:
EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE-UNKNOWN TIME

BIRD'S EYE VIEW of RHYTH and CORN skating. The VIEW returns to normal as they stop behind a pile of junk to catch their breath. A hand is set on CORN'S shoulder. CORN almost jumps up in surprise.

BEAT
Cool it; it's just me.

CORN
That was too close! Let's get outta here!

CUT TO:
EXT. THE GARAGE-DAY

PAN of THE GARAGE. The camera ZOOMS IN on CORN'S WORKSHOP.

INT. CORN'S WORKSHOP

GUM
You said the Love Shockers were there? What were they doin'?

CORN
I dunno. I think they were havin' some kinda raid, like what we were doin'.

COMBO
I still wonder why they saved you. Don't be surprised if they expect a favor from us in return.

Enter RHYTH.

RHYTH
Guess what! We found Yoyo!

CORN
For real?

COMBO
Where'd you find him?

RHYTH
Beat and I encountered him in Dogenzaka Hill. He said he was able to escape his cell and got out of the Fortified Residential Zone.

GUM
(incredulously)
He escaped on his own? How?

RHYTH
Yoyo managed to swipe the keys off one of the guards, and used them to set himself free. I guess they weren't very good guards. Also, there were a lot less of them around than usual, since they had to deal with another problem.

GUM, CORN and COMBO don't look completely convinced, but they drop the topic.

Enter YOYO.

YOYO
Guys, I heard about the robot. This time it's really me, yo!

CORN
(to GUM)
I don't think Rokkaku would try the same trick twice, especially so soon after Robo-Yoyo failed.

GUM
(to CORN)
Good point. Maybe this really is him. Let's test him just to be safe. I'll come up with a question to ask, somethin' that only the real Yoyo would know.

CORN
(to GUM)
But how d'you know that Robo-Yoyo wouldn't know?

GUM
(to CORN)
It'd have to be about somethin' that happened when Robo-Yoyo wasn't there, and somethin' that the other GGs might not know.

GUM (CONT.)
Okay, so if you're really Yoyo, you can answer this. How did you first meet us?

YOYO
That's easy, yo. You and Corn saved me from the Rokkaku Police, but I was lost, so you took me back to the Garage with you. The day after, I joined the GGs.

CORN
(to GUM)
Good question. Robo-Yoyo was made after Yoyo joined the GGs, so there's no way he'd know that. This must be the real Yoyo.
(to YOYO)
Welcome back! We'll make sure the other GGs know you're here!


CUT TO:
INT. ROKKAKU'S HEADQUARTERS -UNKNOWN TIME

Enter HAYASHI.

HAYASHI
Rokkaku-sama! Those Rudies in the black and magenta clothes that we saw earlier on the screen are called the Love Shockers.

ROKKAKU
So that's what they're called. We've been seeing them far too often around here since we caught their leader.

CUT TO:
EXT. THE GARAGE-DAY

CORN
Forget it, Beat! It's too risky.

BEAT
C'mon, Corn! Those new parts you need for Roboy could really give us an advantage!

CORN
There are more Rokkaku Police about than usual, and they're already on guard from last time.

BEAT
Yeah, like I'm going to get caught. I'm the fastest Rudie in the city! I'll be back before you even notice I'm gone!

CORN
Will you be serious for a minute?

BEAT
Nah, a minute's beyond my limits. Thirty seconds tops.

CORN
When are you going to learn you can't substitute speed for common sense?

BEAT turns on his headphones while CORN talks. We can faintly hear the BASS of the music.

BEAT
(loudly)
What? I didn't hear you!

CORN rolls his eyes.

BEAT
Whatever. I'm sure it was nothin' important.

BEAT skates OFF-SCREEN.

CORN
(shakes his head)
He's so stubborn sometimes.


CUT TO:
EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE-UNKNOWN TIME

BEAT skates through the FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL AREA to the factory where he, CORN, and RHYTH stole the data chips.

BEAT looks at the factory from a distance.

BEAT
Wow, that is an ugly building!

BEAT glances behind him. A ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD is approaching, but they haven't noticed BEAT yet.

BEAT
Let's do this!

BEAT skates into a series of alleys, navigating the ROKKAKU POLICE without being seen. BEAT races into the factory as the door closes behind a ROKKAKU POLICE CAR.

INT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE FACTORY-UNKNOWN TIME

BEAT skates through the factory until a spotlight narrowly misses him.

BEAT
Whoa!

BEAT finds himself at a three-way fork in the building's hallway. A ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD is heading down one way, one way is guarded by two ROBOTS and one way is laced with security lights.

BEAT
So, do I want to flee from the Rokkaku Police now, set off a bunch of alarms and flee from even more Rokkaku Police later, or flee from robots?

A ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD approaches BEAT from behind.

BEAT hears them approaching and turns around. The ROKKAKU POLICE begin to fire at him.

BEAT
Hey, watch it!

BEAT zigzags around the hallway and takes off down the security light hallway, trying to avoid setting off as many other alarms as he can while avoiding the ROKKAKU POLICE.

BEAT
Oh, man! They actually got somewhat close to me! I hope those extra alarms I set off don't bring too many more over.

BEAT grinds up a stair railing and grinds onto the rafters. There's a gap in the rafters, and he nearly falls off. He jumps back just in time.

BEAT
Whoa, that was close!

He looks behind him. The ROKKAKU POLICE are closing in. He looks around at the rafters.

BEAT
I know what to do!

BEAT leaps onto the rafter in front of him, then jumps onto another rafter. He grinds from rafter to rafter, going higher and higher, until one of the rafters gives way. BEAT plummets, but he manages to grab onto the edge of a window sill.

BEAT
You guys go tell Rokkaku to get some new rafters!

BEAT pulls himself up and goes through the window.

CUT TO:
EXT. THE GARAGE-DAY

CORN
Cool! All I need to do is tighten this screw.

CORN screws it into the speaker.

CORN
Gum, could you pass me a screwdriver?

GUM
Here you go, Corn.

GUM passes him the screwdriver, but CORN doesn't grab it.

GUM
Corn, where's your mind at?

CORN
Sorry, I'm worried about Beat. We had an argument earlier, and he went off to the Fortified Residential Zone on his own.

GUM
(sighs)
Don't worry about him. He's faster than the Rokkaku Police, though he can be really obnoxious sometimes. Sometimes as in "most of the time."

CORN
I hope you're right. Gum, can you finish this bit of work for me?

GUM
Sure. Why?

CORN
I'm gonna go look for him. I'll take Rhyth with me like last time.

CUT TO:
INT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE FACTORY-UNKNOWN TIME

PAN of another, larger room laced with security lights. BEAT stops at the edge of them.

BEAT
This isn't the kind of security I expected. It might not be directly dangerous, but infrared light can detect the heat signals of things. If I accidentally touch any of these lights, they'll pick up my heat signal, which probably sounds an alarm.

BEAT looks around the room. ZOOM IN on a set of guns mounted into the wall.

BEAT
Great. So if I get too close to the lights, I'll set off an alarm and get shot at! The guns must use infrared technology to target me based on my heat signal. Nothin's easy anymore. I've already had a close call-I don't need to set off any more alarms!

BEAT looks around at the walls.



BEAT
The walls' surfaces look pretty rough. I can do this, no problem!

BEAT skates and jumps onto one of the walls, wallrides along it, jumps to another wall and wallrides along it. He jumps and wallrides from wall to wall until he's across the room. BEAT exits through a door.

BEAT
I seriously hope I don't see any more security lights for a long time!

BEAT enters a long hallway and goes into the first doorway. He finds himself in a somewhat small storage room.

BEAT
Where do I go from here?

BEAT looks cautiously as he skates, expecting another trap.

There's a cloud of paint. The cloud clears, revealing that THE LOVE SHOCKERS have surrounded him. Unlike THE LOVE SHOCKERS of the games, the members don't look identical, though they all wear magenta and black outfits, clearly showing that they are part of the same gang.

BEAT
What d'you want?!

LOVE SHOCKER 1
Two words: your help.

BEAT
Why should I help you? I'm outta here!

BEAT tries to skate to the door, but the LOVE SHOCKERS pin him down and take off his skates.

BEAT
Ow! Hey, what was that about?!

THE LOVE SHOCKERS smirk.

LOVE SHOCKER 2
Now you have a reason to help us.

LOVE SHOCKER 3
Let's get to the point. On one of our raids, Rokkaku captured our leader, Blaze. We've been tryin' to rescue her, but we need more help.

LOVE SHOCKER 4
We've seen you before. We've seen how you skate, and we think you'd be a real help to us.

LOVE SHOCKER 2
If we rescue her, we'll give you your skates back.

CUT TO:
INT. ROKKAKU'S PRISON-UNKNOWN TIME

HAYASHI
Good news, Rokkaku-sama! In addition the Rudie we captured earlier, we've captured two others.

A small ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD pushes forward CORN and RHYTH and brings them over to the wall where Blaze is. All three are handcuffed.

ROKKAKU
Good.

HAYASHI
I also have reason to believe that two of them are leaders of gangs, which is why I brought them to you.

ROKKAKU
Even better. We'll hold them for interrogation.

BLAZE
You'll get the same answers today that you did yesterday, Rokkaku-none!

ROKKAKU
We'll see about that.

CUT TO:
INT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE FACTORY-UNKNOWN TIME

BEAT
Okay ladies, I'm goin' on alone! It was nice talkin' to you, but I got things to do and places to see!

BEAT tries to skate off, but trips.

LOVE SHOCKER 1
That was an epic fail.

BEAT
How the heck am I supposed to do anything without my skates?

LOVE SHOCKER 3
You have a brain, right? Use it. Come to think of it, you probably have paint, too.

BEAT
(to himself)
Why does this have to be so difficult?

BEAT and THE LOVE SHOCKERS exit OFF-SCREEN.

CUT TO:
INT. ROKKAKU'S PRISON-UNKNOWN TIME

BLAZE, CORN and RHYTH struggle to no avail.

ROKKAKU
So many questions to ask, so little time.

CORN
It doesn't matter what you're gonna do to us; we won't tell you a thing!

BLAZE
Ditto!

RHYTH
Me three!

ROKKAKU
You say that with so much confidence, Rudies, but I have ways of making you talk.

CUT TO:
EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE-UNKNOWN TIME

BEAT and THE LOVE SHOCKERS sneak around the FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE. BEAT is unusually cautious, due to his lack of skates. They sneak from alley to alley, and duck behind a pile of junk. A TRUCK carrying supplies stops nearby as a ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD gets out.

BEAT
I have an idea! You follow behind the truck!

BEAT sneaks over to the TRUCK and climbs into the back. BEAT hides behind a pile of boxes as the ROKKAKU POLICE continue to fill up the TRUCK. Eventually, the TRUCK door closes.

The TRUCK drives away. THE LOVE SHOCKERS follow it until it goes into a storage building. The TRUCK stops, and the ROKKAKU POLICE open the door.

INT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE FACTORY-UNKNOWN TIME

BEAT climbs into a large box as the ROKKAKU POLICE empty out the TRUCK.

The ROKKAKU POLICE leave, carrying some of the boxes. BEAT takes this opportunity to escape into the hallway.

BEAT continues down the hallway, until a ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD fires at him.

BEAT
Not now!

BEAT runs off down the hall with the ROKKAKU POLICE pursuing him. BEAT rounds a corner and runs down some stairs.

BEAT takes out his spray can and throws it at the railing corner. It explodes, releasing a cloud of paint.

BEAT
Good thing I encountered the Love Shockers!

BEAT runs down the stairs and stops to take a breath.

BEAT
Heh, I don't need my skates to be awesome!

A SECOND ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD emerges from the doorway at the bottom of the stairs.

ROKKAKU POLICE 1
Freeze, you are under arrest!

CUT TO:
INT. ROKKAKU'S PRISON-UNKNOWN TIME

ROKKAKU
It's you! I have you at last!

BEAT
What have you done with Corn and Rhyth…and Blaze?!

ROKKAKU
I would say they were "under the gun", but I'm not one for punning.

RHYTH
Beat, I'm right here! They're going to interrogate me next!

The GUARDS are holding RHYTH, who is handcuffed, at gunpoint.

ROKKAKU
I hate all Rudies, but I have a personal grudge against you.
(to the GUARDS)
Take him away!

Three GUARDS take BEAT out of the room. BEAT puts up quite a fight, but can't escape.

The LOVE SHOCKERS ambush the three GUARDS. Before they even have a chance to fire, all three GUARDS are unconscious on the floor.

LOVE SHOCKER 1
Good thing we followed you.

BEAT
Then why didn't you rescue me earlier?!

LOVE SHOCKER 3
'Cause we knew the Rokkaku Police would lead us straight to Blaze. We'll break your handcuffs soon!

LOVE SHOCKER 4
The rest of us'll go rescue Blaze!

Three of the LOVE SHOCKERS skate off.

LOVE SHOCKER 2
Here are your skates.

She hands BEAT his skates, and he puts them back on. LOVE SHOCKER 2 looks down the hallway. The others are out of sight.

LOVE SHOCKER 2
Now to take care of those handcuffs!

LOVE SHOCKER 2 picks up one of the guns and shoots BEAT'S handcuffs. They break and fall off.

ROKKAKU (OFF-SCREEN, from inside the room)
What was that?! Guards, go investigate!

BEAT and LOVE SHOCKER 2 duck behind the corners of the doorway as the GUARDS run out. They sneak into the room and hide under the control panel.

ROKKAKU goes over to a control panel and starts hitting some buttons.

ROKKAKU
Intruder alert! We have a security breach in the Rokkaku Prison near the Control Room!

While ROKKAKU briefly has his back turned, BEAT crawls under the desk until he's behind the two GUARDS, who are holding RHYTH. BEAT and LOVE SHOCKER 2 tackle them to the floor and grab the keys to RHYTH'S handcuffs.

BEAT unlocks RHYTH'S handcuffs.

BEAT
Rhyth, go!

RHYTH gets up as quickly as she can and skates off. BEAT and LOVE SHOCKER 2 follow.

ROKKAKU, who watched the entire scene unfold before him, can't believe his eyes.

ROKKAKU
I despise that Rudie. Despise him with every ounce of my being.

CUT TO:
EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE-UNKNOWN TIME

BLAZE
Good job! Thanks to you-and my gang of course-you freed us all!

CORN
I wish I could've seen more of what happened. The Love Shockers freed us, but I didn't see how you and Rhyth escaped.

BEAT
We'll tell you the story as we head back to Shibuya-Cho.

RHYTH
We might as well head back together. We're all going to the same place, and once we get to Shibuya-Cho, we can split off.

CORN
(to BLAZE)
You should ally with us! We make a good team!

BLAZE
Yeah, no. We do things our way, and we won't take orders from anyone else. Still, it was nice workin' with you.

CORN shrugs.

CORN
If you say so. Good luck takin' down Rokkaku!

BLAZE
Good luck to you, too!

The two LEADERS shake hands. BLAZE gives CORN a brief wave, and THE LOVE SHOCKERS skate OFF-SCREEN.

CORN
Let's get back to The Garage.

BEAT
That's music to my ears.

FADE IN:
EXT. THE GARAGE-DAY

GUM
Hey, where were you guys? It took you forever to get back.

YOYO
I'm glad you're back, yo! What happened?

BEAT
It's a looong story.

CORN
I'm tired, but I need to keep workin' on Roboy.

GUM
Corn, I got bad news for you.

CORN
Huh? About what?

She smiles a small, caring smile-an unusual expression for her.

GUM
I'll leave it for tomorrow, though. You're so tired, you can hardly stand up, let alone work.

FADE OUT
THE END