6. Batting Cage

3.6 – Batting Cage

*Easter Egg Alert! (http://www.eeggs.com) In the e-mail Fi gets at the end, it is from "Cara." Yeah, that's in reference to Cara DeLizia, the actress who plays Fi. And the quote in the e-mail was said by Rick, and will be repeated in an upcoming episode in a flashback with Rick. And why is that quote there, at the end of the e-mail, anyway? It's a digital signature...you set up your e-mail to add that to every e-mail you send. You can have smiley faces, quotes, really almost anything!*

Teaser:

Fi: Déjà vu. Re-living past experiences. The link to reincarnation? Whatever you call it, it's the word used to explain when you do something,

But you've feel like you've done it before. These "flashes" are unknown. Are they just snapshots of what you're seeing your brain takes?

<FLASH! Someone walking around the hall in Jack's castle, taking pictures>

Or are they scenes from a past life? Usually, you can't see the surroundings in the "vision," so you don't know if the setting is the same.

<FLASH! Fi and Clu in the time warp in "Singularity">

So how do you know how it works then?

"Here we are!" Ned says, pulling the bus into a tight parking lot. "It's gonna be nice to have a gig not in a club," Irene says. "Get bored of clubs, Irene?" Molly jokes. "Yeah...after 20 years!..." Irene says, and Molly laughs. The gang walks off the bus into the parking lot, and see that it is a parking lot for an amusement park! "Woah! Score Mrs. P!" Clu says. "Like it, guys?" Molly asks. "Yeah!" Jack says. "It was murder keeping it secret from you guys!" Ned says. "For some of us anyway," Irene says quietly to Molly, secretly pointing at Ned. "Hey!" he says. Irene gets out of her fanny pack money and pays for everyone, and they all walk in. "This is gonna be fun!" Ned says. "And small!" Fi says. "Hey, can we tag alone?" Carey asks. "Uh...sure, Carey! But be sure to be back in 2 hours, Molly starts then, OK?" Irene says. "Sure!" Carey says, and he, Clu, Jack, and Fi run off. "Well, let's go get setup!" Molly says, and the 3 adults walk over to a huge stage.

The four are in line for a ride. "I love amusement parks," Clu says. "Really Clu?" Fi says. "Yeah! Once I remember...uh, that we went to one, and...uh, never mind," he says. Everyone laughs, then a park employee says, "Next!" "Let's go!" Jack says, and they run into the ride, the "Whoa Belly!" The ride takes them to the top of a tall tower, waits a few seconds, then drops back down at a fast speed. "This is gonna be so cool!" Clu says, sitting next to Jack. They reach the top. "Here we goooooooooooooooooo...!" Jack screams, as they fall. Faster, faster! FOOMPH! It stops and slowly glides to the bottom, where everyone gets off. "I'm...suddenly...not...very...hungry," Fi says, walking out the exit. "Me neither," Carey says. "Let's go on a gentle ride, alright?" Jack asks. "OK," they say, and get in line for the merry-go-round.

"Testing, 1-2, testing, 1-2," Molly says into the microphone. "How's this Moll?" Judy asks, walking over to Molly with a piece of sheet music. Everyone is busy setting up or getting it to work. Suddenly, a rollercoaster zooms overhead. Everyone looks up and see that the stage is right under a rollercoaster loop. "Hey...check out out," everyone is saying.

"That was dumb...who's idea was that?" Carey says, getting off the merry-go-round. Everyone looks at Jack. "Come on, guys, it wasn't that bad!" he says. "Yeah, I guess your right," Clu says, "Hey, look over there!" Clu points to across the pathway to a series of batting cages. "Cool, let's go," Jack says, and they all run over, except Fi. She shrugs, and also runs over. While running, someone brushes against a sign on two of the cages, making it fall off. As it falls, we see it says "<-- Out of Order. Please Do Not Use. -->" It lands face down. "Wait a minute guys. Fi...is this OK?" Jack asks. "Yeah, you guys go ahead," Fi smiles. "Thanks Fi!" Carey says, as the 3 guys runs over to get gear and bats. They come back, and see Fi sitting on the bench. Carey sees her and says, "You know what guys? I'll stay out here with Fi." "Carey, you really don't have to," Fi says. "No, I will. Let me go take my gear off," he says and runs back. Jack and Clu just shrug. Jack gets into the one cage where the sign fell off, Clu gets in the other. The first ball comes. They both hit it far. "Yeah, go guys!" Fi cheers. The second ball comes for Jack. He swings, and misses, and disappears in a blue swirl. "Jack!" Fi screams, as Clu looks over, and not seeing the next ball coming. He jumps back to miss it, and also disappears in a blue swirl. "Clu!" Fi yells. Then, Carey walks back over. "Hey, where'd they go?" Carey asks. Fi just stares at him.

In the blue time warp from "Singularity," Jack appears. "Woah!" he says, looking all aorund at the people and baseballs. He walks around, trying to figure out where he is.

Sitting on the bench, Fi is telling Carey what happened. "Wait...so they disappeared when they missed the ball?" "Yeah!" Fi says. "Wait...h...how?" Carey asks. "I don't know," Fi says, staring at the cages.

Jack spins around to see Clu appearing in a blue swirl too. Clu looks around, and realizes where he is. "No way..." he says. "Clu, where are we?" Jack asks. "We...we...we're in a time warp," he says. "How do you know?" Jack asks. "Me...and Fi...were in here before," Clu says, looking around. They both look around, confused. "Well, what is all of this...and why won't it..." Jack begins, and goes to touch a baseball. "Jack, no!" Clu yells. Jack touches it, as Clu touches him, freezing both of them. Then the warp begins to meltdown again.

"Oh no...it's been almost two hours!" Carey says. "Well, you better get back," Fi says. "Are you sure?" Carey asks. "Yeah, I'll be fine," Fi says. "OK then," Carey says, walking off, but keeps looking back. Fi sees that Jack's and Clu's balls are still coming. She takes a stone from the ground and throws it into one as the ball comes. It hits the ball, and falls to the ground. She throws another stone in, and it misses the ball. It disappears in a blue swirl. She opens the door and grabs one of those balls, and gets out before the next one comes. She hits it, throws it, drops it...nothing happens. She waits until the balls stop coming and walks into the cage. She walks around, and finds nothing out-of-the-ordinary. She brings the ball in and throws it, hits it, and drops it...and disappears.

"Carey, where's everyone else?" Molly asks, while Carey straps on his guitar. "Uh...they'll be coming. They got in a little mess," he says. "OK," Molly says, "You ready?" "Yeah," the band replies. "All right," she says and turns to the crowd, "Hey everybody!" The crowd cheers. "How you doing today?" "GREAT!" they yell. "Well, we got a great show lined up for you today, so here we go, the Molly Phillips band!" Molly yells into the mic, and everyone screams. The band starts playing "New Life."(From the PKB album "Double Edge")

I saw you coming at night

It didn't help you had might

You sold me to be true

It turned blue

And then I saw your true face

And I saw that it wasn't a race

Couldn't of it been a nice

Life?

You tried to use a guide

Either way you would slide

You wrote me like a bug

But it was snug

Yeah then I read a big book

And then I gave you a look

Couldn't of it been a nice

Life?

Giving birth to new life

It helps when you strive

Pulling you through

Wasn't really what I

Wanted to do

You seemed to be in a warp

Making noises like "orp"

You said that you loved me

But I still didn't see

I looked and looked at a poster

It didn't give me a booster

Couldn't of it been a nice

Life?

Giving birth to new life

It helps when you strive

Pulling you through

Wasn't really what I

Wanted to do

Screamin'

Yellin'

Eatin' melon

Can't you see

What we are selling...

(Molly is still singing in the background) Fi goes to hit a third ball, but in front of her, a huge ball of something forms. She backs up, and sees that it is a huge head of Rick. "Daddy?" Fi asks. "Yes, baby, don't hit the ball!" the head says. "Why?" Fi asks. "Remember that you destroyed this time warp! It you go to destroy it again, and there's nothing there to destroy, it will be come a black hole, turning you and everyone and everything in here into nothing," it says. "Then how do I get out?" Fi asks. "That's up to you," the head says and disappears. "No...that wasn't daddy," Fi mumbles. She picks up the bat, and wonders where it DID come from. She pulls back, but stops. "What if it WAS daddy? No..." she says, and hits the last ball.

FLASH! Fi, Jack, and Clu are standing in the audience, beside Ned and Irene. They turn and smile at them. They smile back.

...And then I saw your fake face

And realized it was a race

Couldn't of it been a nice

Life?

New life, new life

Giving new life really wasn't what I

Wanted to do

"So you don't remember anything?" Fi asks on the bus, that night. "No, just being at mom's gig," Jack says. "Clu?" Fi asks. "Same, Fi," he says. "Why am I the only one?" Fi mumbles. "Only one what Fi?" Jack asks. "Oh, nothing," Fi says, "Good night." "Night," Jack says. "See ya," Clu says, both walking out her of room. She turns to her laptop and types in her daily journal.

The next morning, Fi is online her on laptop in the community room. "Hey Fi," Carey says, walking in. "Hey Carey," Fi says, looking up from her computer. "So...what happened yesterday?" he asks. "I don't know...but it had something to do with missing the ball," Fi says. "So, what? You think the cage didn't like...bad atheletes or something?" Carey laughs. Fi laughs too, "I don't know." "Oh well, gotta go," Carey says, and walks out. "You have new e-mail." Fi opens it and reads it, as Molly walks in. "Hey baby," she says. "Hey mom," Fi says, closing the lid. "So...how you doing?" Molly asks, sitting down next to Fi. "What do you mean?" Fi asks. "Oh, you know, the tour...being on the road," Molly suggests. "Oh, I see. Yeah...everything's fine," Fi says with a smile. "Like...I sense something happened at that park...but...it turned out OK?" Molly asks. "Yeah," Fi says, still smiling. "OK," Molly says and stands up. She walks to the hallway, but turns around to look at Fi one more time. She smiles and shakes her head, and walks out. Once she does that, Fi opens the laptop again, and we can see the e-mail.

From: Guest.User

To: Rockerbaby@earthsend.net

Subject: Batting Cages

Dear Fi,

Read your post on the cages. Sorry, don't have any advice, but I just thought you'd like to

know that if everything seems OK, it usually is.

Cara

DIGI-SIGN:

"We can make the world a better place."

-Unknown

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