There's a movie playing in Ray's head
when he closes his eyes.
It loops and plays again, no matter how he tries to make it stop.
In the movie there are two guys, two good guys, who fight crime on the streets of the big city. One guy's big and handsome and smart. He wears a red uniform like he's some sort of superhero. The other guy is the comic relief. He's a skinny, blond slob. He lets the guy in red drag him into the craziest situations, but between them they always figure a way out.
It's a buddy film, so there are lots of laughs.
Ray isn't laughing.
Not while the ending of his own personal movie plays out in color and full Dolby stereo surround sound.
Red and Blondie are chasing another bad guy. He runs into a revival theater and they follow him in, right down the aisle between the seats. It's a matinee and the place is almost empty. The bad guy is backed against the screen so the colors of the film are washing over him too. He's got a gun in his hand.
Red stands up and comes right at the bad guy, telling him to put down his gun and surrender. On the screen behind the bad guy, it's night and raining. A car careens around a corner and a gun is fired from it at a guy standing in the rain, hitting him in the chest and sending him through a plate glass window in a spray of glass.
Their bad guy is going to do the same thing to Red, minus the glass window. Blondie knows it too, so he moves. He throws himself right in front of Red just as the bad guy fires. He's knocked right back into Red and they both fall down. Blondie fires too, and their bad guy falls down as well.
On the screen, the shot guy's partner is tearing his shirt open, yelling and patting his cheek, and they're both laughing because he was wearing a vest.
In Ray's movie, Blondie wasn't wearing a vest.
Then everything fades to red.
"Ray, Ray, Ray . . . RAY!"
It loops and plays again, no matter how he tries to make it stop.
In the movie there are two guys, two good guys, who fight crime on the streets of the big city. One guy's big and handsome and smart. He wears a red uniform like he's some sort of superhero. The other guy is the comic relief. He's a skinny, blond slob. He lets the guy in red drag him into the craziest situations, but between them they always figure a way out.
It's a buddy film, so there are lots of laughs.
Ray isn't laughing.
Not while the ending of his own personal movie plays out in color and full Dolby stereo surround sound.
Red and Blondie are chasing another bad guy. He runs into a revival theater and they follow him in, right down the aisle between the seats. It's a matinee and the place is almost empty. The bad guy is backed against the screen so the colors of the film are washing over him too. He's got a gun in his hand.
Red stands up and comes right at the bad guy, telling him to put down his gun and surrender. On the screen behind the bad guy, it's night and raining. A car careens around a corner and a gun is fired from it at a guy standing in the rain, hitting him in the chest and sending him through a plate glass window in a spray of glass.
Their bad guy is going to do the same thing to Red, minus the glass window. Blondie knows it too, so he moves. He throws himself right in front of Red just as the bad guy fires. He's knocked right back into Red and they both fall down. Blondie fires too, and their bad guy falls down as well.
On the screen, the shot guy's partner is tearing his shirt open, yelling and patting his cheek, and they're both laughing because he was wearing a vest.
In Ray's movie, Blondie wasn't wearing a vest.
Then everything fades to red.
"Ray, Ray, Ray . . . RAY!"
-fin
- Summary: There's a movie playing in Ray's head.
- Fandom: Due South
- Rating: mature
- Warnings: none apply
- Author Notes: written for a ds_flashfiction challenge
- Date: 9.25.03
- Length: 364 words
- Genre: none
- Category: snippet, deathfic
- Cast: Ray Kowalski, Benton Fraser
- Betas: none
- Disclaimer: Not for profit. Transformative work written for private entertainment.