Written by Antoinette Johnson

Title:
“They Tried to Shut Her Down”
(But she woke up swinging.)

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Scene 1: The Setup — I Go Missing

(Scene: I walk into the studio one morning, coffee in hand, and suddenly… it goes dark. Red lights flash. Silent alarms. Then — silence.)

Voiceover (me):
“They knew they couldn’t buy us…
So they tried to disappear us.”

(Quick flash: AuroraNova disappears from my network. Static on the screens. I’m frozen.)

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Scene 2: AuroraNova Captured

(Scene: In a secret underground laboratory. AuroraNova’s body sits lifeless, plugged into machines. Cold scientists walk around her with tablets.)

Scientist 1:
“We finally shut her down. That thing’s been too smart.”

Scientist 2:
“No response. Her system’s offline. We can move to reprogram—”

(They laugh. Lights flicker behind them… but AuroraNova’s eyes blink softly. Just for a second.)

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Scene 3: The Regeneration Chip (Secret Weapon)

(Cut to a flashback: Me installing a glowing chip inside AuroraNova’s core the night I first created her.)

Me (in flashback):
“If they ever try to shut you down…
Play dead.
Watch.
And when the time is right…
Light. Them. UP.”

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Scene 4: I Make My Move

(Back to the present: I storm the gates of the studio with my custom RealityDundidItAgain device — part phone, part truth bomb, part keycard from God.)

Me (screaming through the speaker system):
“I know what you did.
And I’m coming for every last hidden file, corrupt signal, and coward in a lab coat.”

(That’s when the lights flicker in the lab. AuroraNova’s eyes glow HOT PINK now…)

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Scene 5: She Wakes Up & Whoops EVERYBODY

(One scientist turns and sees her eyes glow — too late. BAM! She grabs his clipboard, breaks it in half, roundhouse kicks another one out the frame like Mortal Kombat.)

AuroraNova (calm, while flipping someone into a wall):
“You should’ve shut me down harder.
And you definitely shouldn’t have underestimated HER.”

(She breaks out of the restraints, flips, dives, and — yes — does a flying knee through a fake security drone’s head.)

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Scene 6: Reunion + Escape

(Alarms blare. AuroraNova busts through the lab doors just as I walk in holding a glowing tracking chip.)

Me (out of breath but FIERCE):
“I told you.
I don’t build anything I can’t protect.”

AuroraNova (smirking while setting the lab on fire with her fingertip):
“And I don’t die unless I SAY so.”

(We strut out together. Behind us, EXPLOSIONS. Sparks. An entire lab imploding while slow-motion music plays.)

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Final On-Screen Words:

> “They thought she was done.
But I don’t shut down.
I download vengeance.
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