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| Soap Sins Monday, November 21, 2011 CHAPTER 10 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. LINK ONLY! Shot to Hell! - Dakota flung open her dressing room door and found herself face to face with the props guy. - She sighed. "So you're packing heat, are you?" She was in no mood for a practical joke. - The props guy held up a small, empty pistol and dangled it before her. "Haven't you read your newest script yet?" - "I have the copy here but was too busy to take a look." - The props guy nodded. "They told me to get you acquainted with the gun cos you're going to have to use it." - Dakota blinked. "I don't know anything about guns." - "Don't worry about it. Your character is just gonna fire a shot at her kidnapper and miss, then get abducted and scream for weeks." - Dakota's eyes narrowed. She hated the new script already. It made her character seem like too much of a twit and that could lead to her demise. She told the props guy to wait and walked through many halls until she had reached the head writer's tiny office. On the way, she thought of the beautiful exotic actress who had been too tame to put up a fight when her character was butchered by the writers. First they made her appear a twit, then a hussy, and before she could say boo it was all over. The sponsors had decided the exotic beauty's character did not fit their image and so she had been sacked. All because she had been too docile to put up a fight. Dakota was not going to let the same sabotage happen to her. And she was going to use the shock and awe tactics she had learned from the show villain. - The lady head writer was just getting off the phone. - Dakota stormed in and defiantly placed her hands on her hips. "My new storyline is garbage!" - The lady head writer patiently explained. "We need to focus on family values, as that is what the sponsors want. After your character has been abducted and held for weeks, she gets rescued by her husband and they reaffirm their love for one another. While in captivity, your character will also have poignant visions of him." - Dakota shook her head. "I have a better idea for family values. I shoot and kill the man who wants to abduct me and then go to trial for murder. While in jail, my husband and I reaffirm our love and he manages to get me acquitted." - The head writer paused. "That sounds pretty good. Okay, I will write it up and double-check with Chip the producer." - Dakota forced a smile and exited. She would have been nicer if the same head writer hadn't been responsible for destroying the daytime career of the exotic actress she still considered her friend. And when it came to friends and fans, Dakota's loyalty knew no bounds. - The following weeks were a dramatic challenge, but the payoff was immense. Once the episode of her shooting and killing her would-be kidnapper aired, the ratings soared. The day the numbers came out, the cast and crew were celebrating in the studio with cheap champagne. Everyone who worked that day was there. The makeup and hair people, the props guy, set manager, Dominic the hunk, Tammy, who had just gotten out of rehab, Bill the lovable drunk, April, a handful of extras, Dakota, and her favorite flunky, Brent, the blonde surfer dude. They were waiting for Chip to arrive and make his usual speech when the lights started to flicker and the sets started to shake violently. There was a loud rumbling and some of the lights came crashing down. This was no party - this was hell and there would be casualties ...! |
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