Jack in the box

The 30 Deaths of Jack Dempsie...


Starts out a nice brisk day in the fall...
JAck is on his way to work.. and he takes a right turn and doesnt even see the kid in the tri-cycle...
He innadventaly runs over the child and doesnt seem to notice...
As he gets onto the free way he cuts someone off, which send the driver behind him on a stint of road rage, which ends up to the misfortune of rage ragers death...

Jack keeps driving on seemingly oblvious to the world around him...
Now jacks speeding a trite, about 85 in a 55...
So a state trooper locks onto him as he passes with his radar gun, lets out a whoo hoo .. and starts to pull out peeling wheels.. Only to be struck down by an 18 wheeler changing lanes fast to avoid hitting a car.....

fade in to Jack pulling into work...

Jack works at a research firm... doing cosmetic testing on animals...after a full days work.. he comes out to his car missing...

So he takes a taxi...
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Makes it home.. and drifts off to sleep..

Dream One.. Making love to a Spanish model..

Dream too..
He's chained to a table.. and a hooded man speaks to him from his left side...

Hello Jack.. Nice to see you back...

Jack : Who are you?

Hooded figure laughs...
"You don't remember me?”

Jack: No, I don’t...

Figure.. well you'll remember me..sooner or later...

Jack Wakes up...with the laughter still in his ears..

Goes to fridge, and grabs cookies and milk, throws them in a blender and pours to bowl..
Consumes said bowl and goes back to bed...

Final dream...

Wakes up.. Darkness... and not that fake darkness in a bedroom, that deep darkness where you can even see in front of your face... Jack tries to sit up, but it slammed in the head by a wooden plank about a foot from his head, he can barely squeeze his hands to his face... a shot of panic shoots though him as he realizes his situation...
He starts to feel around in his environment..
He's in a box...much like a coffin...
Tries to get out, but sealed shut..
he bangs on the sides to see how strong, but they hold tight..
he hears footsteps.. but they sound to be muffled, and far away...
the footsteps get closer and closer till they sound to be right over his head... tapping..
he all of a sunder can make out a humming.. the song he really can't place, but it sounds like a rock song.. and for some reason, the footsteps seem muffled, but he can make out the voice clear as a bell..
the humming briefly stops, he hears the voice ask...

Comfortable Jack?

Jack: Help me!

Sorry, that’s not how it goes...

Jack screaming: Who are YOU?

voice: You're going to figure it out sooner or later..

Jack: what have I done to deserve this?

Voice: It's karma jack.. and this will make you a better person...maybe...

Jack: What do you mean?

voice: Well it seems you have no value for life, Jack... and we here think that you should see the light in that direction, before you end yourself up in this situation again...

Jack: I love life.. it's all I have...

Voice: Yes, but some other people will disagree with you there..

Jack: Well what can I do?

Voice: You must die... 30 times over...

Jack: what do you mean?

Voice: I will explain later...but this is your first death...enjoy it...it'll be the easiest of the rest...

Jack: What do you mean?



Jack screaming: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!?

Jack wakes up.. and tries to lean up, but his head hits the top of the box...
there's no light, and barely enough air to get a breath..
Jack tries to scream for help.. but starts choking with the lack of air in the box...
Fade out to coughing and gasping sounds..

he wakes up in his bed next morning...
He wakes up gasping for air and reaching into the air....
he looks around, and rubs the side of his head, and says, "Fuck, that was a weird dream..."
he falls back into his bed with a sigh, and closed eyes...
saying, "whew... just a dream..."

he slowly opens his eyes and a look of disbelief overcomes his face as he stares up into the distance..
he jumps out of bed, running into the shower to puke...
the camera pans up to the ceiling to
the words "Jack in the box" painted on his ceiling in red...
the faint echo of laughter in the background...


Fade into Jack's life...
Out to the Sunrise.. cloudy morning.. puddles line the streets in the foggy morning..

Jack gets in his car and starts the engine... a back pan of the car shows a black cat sitting behind the back tire...
Pan into the car, jack clicks his seatbelt, starts the car, turns the radio onto an offspring song, and backs up...
the car makes a considerable bump as he backs over... through the music a slight noise can be made out, but jack shrugs and backs into traffic..

Driving along, tapping his hands on his steering wheel he drives into his parking lot late for work..


(to be completed after feedback)

03/14/2004

Author's Note: this came from a dream I had..

Posted on 03/14/2004
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