*There has been talk of disasters that may occur due to the Y2K computer
problem. Here is a possible situation others have not reported.
Welcome to the millenium and
CBC Toronto's new Live Satellite Eye on the Megacity. This is reporter
Greg Manson. For those viewers whose power has just been restored, the
scene we are featuring at the moment is the city Y2K Command Centre on
Dundas Street.
The crowd we're zooming in on is
in the snow out front and as you see it is composed of reporters, city
officials and concerned citizens. There's Chief of Police Boothby and Sandra
Weatherton of Citizens Concerned about Y2K at the fringe near the steps.
Though they seem to be frowning into the flurries, a tip that just came
in here at Live Satellite Eye might be cause for them to smile. Our sources
say that Y2K Command Team Leader Jenson Sing is going to emerge any moment
and announce that the power outages are ending and we are on track for
a bug-free millenium.
. . . and now the big doors are opening.
Jenson Sing is poking his head out. Wait a second. He's being forced out.
Someone has hold of his shoulder and he's struggling . . . slipping . .
. somebody has thrown him out on the frosty steps . . . he's going down,
and he appears to have hurt his back in the fall.
Police Chief Boothby is rushing to
him . . . terrorists . . . Live Satellite Eye is now reporting that
terrorists may have seized the Y2K Command Centre in Toronto.
Hold it - the doors have been thrown
open wide. I can't see anything there in the dark. Damn, look at that expression
of terror on Jenson Sing's face. Boothby has drawn a Glock automatic from
under his suit jacket, and we can see something stepping out of the building.
My God! What is that thing! It looks
like some kind of half human and half amphibian monster. And it appears
to be roaring like one, too. Is that smoke or steam shooting from its nose
membranes?
It's getting violent down there .
. . Boothby's firing shots at him or it . . . and the bullets aren't even
scratching the thing.
Our man on the ground is now reporting
that this thing is a terrorist wearing some sort of protective suit. In
spite of that it sure looks like a real monster -- and it's crouching now.
Perhaps Boothby wounded it. No, it's leaping. Unbelievable - it just used
its skin flaps like wings of some type and soared twelve metres.
It's got Boothby and it's throwing
him down. People are running, panicked, in all directions. That horrible
slimy thing is tearing at Boothby with some kind of knotted claws. It's
ripping his suit open . . . blood is seeping out. Man, was that a vicious
blow to the breadbasket. Damn, I think I'm going to be sick. Nate, can't
you patch out this segment with a floating lens smear? --- What?
You can't . . . some sort of Y2K bug in the satellite feed. Oh no,
why does the only real Y2K problem have to be with our equipment?
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This is Greg Manson and CBC Toronto's
new Live Satellite Eye reporting from high above the Y2K Command Centre,
where the Y2K bug has now become the Y2K monster that murdered the police
chief.
A hail of police bullets has failed
to stop the creature and it has taken Y2K Command Team Leader Jenson Sing
hostage . . . holding him in a bus shelter less than a block from the scene.
We are focussing on medical personnel as they reach Police Chief Boothby's
body. Looks like they are preparing to move his remains.
Just down the road we see a fleet
of police cruisers blocking the monster's path to the north.
Our man on the ground reports that
there are questions as to what this thing really is . . . police experts
are saying it is a terrorist wearing a special suit, while those who have
seen it close up swear it is a monster and probably an alien. For those
who can't see it clearly it appears to be part amphibian, humanoid in form
and seven feet tall, with deadly claws on its webbed hands and feet and
fangs in its broad facial orifice. This thing is said to stink like the
living dead. Judging from what it did to the police chief our guess at
Live Satellite Eye is that it is a monster of some type. Not necessarily
an alien, perhaps something genetically engineered. One report that came
in over the phone is that a Y2K malfunction at a University of Toronto
genetics laboratory may have created it. Those in the alien camp say a
Y2K malfunction at SETI led to contact with hostile aliens and they have
beamed directly to Earth.
Holy cow, it's smashed out the side
of the bus shelter with one blow, and it's dragging a terrified Sing with
it as it heads for an alley. The police can't fire on it due to the hostage
so they're letting it move ahead.
We've got a shot of the far end of
the alley now and there appear to be a few members of the emergency task
force already in place -- waiting for it to emerge. Nothing but shadow
is showing in the alley mouth. They're hitting the area with spotlights.
There it is - it's dropping Sing
and roaring - spitting out green-tinted steam. Guess it doesn't like being
in the spotlight. It's moving, running, charging . . . the task force men
are backing up. The lead cop is lobbing something. Looks like a grenade
or stun bomb.
A direct hit and the flash explosion
has knocked the thing ten metres in the air. Sheer force has thrown it
against a brick wall. It's going down, down . . . and damn, it's getting
up.
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This is Greg Manson and CBC Toronto's
new Live Satellite Eye reporting from City Hall where the Y2K monster
is now running berserk. The police chief and seven members of the emergency
task force are dead, and Y2K Command Team Leader Jenson Sing appears to
be almost dead as the thing continues to drag him across the city.
We now know the creature is not a
human wearing a special suit. The question is whether it is an alien being
or some kind of genetic monster. It does not appear to be of high intelligence,
but its path across town to city hall could indicate that it is heading
for the centre of government, perhaps to make demands of some sort.
Below we see the convoy of police
cars following it . . . and citizens fleeing as it makes its way into the
adjacent square. An advance team of police officers has already cleared
children from the ice rink and the creature now appears to be ignoring
the government offices and heading over to the ice.
Police are moving into the area to
surround it now and it is dragging Sing to the centre of the rink. Now
it has halted . . . we can see it looking around at approaching police
. . . some kind of yellow light brightening in its bulbous eyes.
It's dropped Sing, and the glow is
now enveloping its entire body. The force appears to be weakening it .
. . the thing is slipping to its knees. Yuck, it's vomiting and the repulsive
green liquid is spilling right onto Sing.
Wait, the glow is expanding . . .
a sphere of transparent light is now surrounding the creature and Sing
. . . and the liquid isn't vomit, but some kind of acid. Sing is screaming.
That stuff is melting the flesh right off his legs, turning them into nothing
but mush and blood.
They've opened fire now, but the
bullets aren't getting through. One task force member is moving up to the
force field. He's touching it . . . and an explosion has thrown him back.
Gross . . . unholy, that thing is
eating Sing alive. Geeze, why can't we filter out these scenes?
So I guess that puts an end to the
hostage theory. We now know that the creature was dragging Sing with it
in order to use him as food.
Here's something just in -- we have
a report from our geographical information system. It has traced the creature's
path across the city and is projecting its target destination. That destination
appears to be . . . my God! It's coming here! That monster is headed for
us at the Live Satellite Eye building!
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This is Greg Manson and CBC Toronto's
new Live Satellite Eye reporting. The Y2K monster has now arrived out
front of the building, and against all advice reporter Jack Livingston
and a camera crew are going out to try and communicate with it. Their belief,
and I think it is a mistaken belief, is that the creature is an alien being
and wants to make some sort of statement.
Geeze, I can't believe it. The thing
is waiting there under the theatre marquee across the road and Livingston
is walking up to it like he was going to interview the mayor.
Damn. Nate. Can't you fix that sound
feed? We can't hear what Livingston is saying. Wait, here it is.
". . . can you tell us why your kind
has come here to Earth?"
"Y2K-ill you. 2 kill all of you.
2000 K-ill you . . . . kritvetch -ict . . . . "
Oh no! It's got Livingston! and it's
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This is Greg Manson and CBC Toronto's
new Live Satellite Eye reporting on behalf of the revolting aliens
now invading our planet -- People of Earth, surrender now, Y2K-ill you.
2 kill all of you. 2000 K-ill you . . . . kritvetch -ict . . . .
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