Frankenstein M.I. High

It is Monday, January 6th 1941,

and I'm about to test the machine.

Agent Walker, are you still willing?

Honoured to serve KORPS when ready, sir.

HE CHUCKLES

Good.

Then we shall begin.

The 21st century faces a new kind of threat,

and MI9 must create a new breed of skilled undercover agent.

Hidden in a place no villain will think to look,

welcome to MI High.

OK, boys, over to the right.

No...

-No sign of Keri?

-Do you really see Keri as a spy?

Maybe she's nervous.

You know how scary it was when we started here.

Guys! This place is so awesome, and everybody's so cool!

Well, apart from that new deputy head.

Everyone says she is a total nightmare.

Mrs King, she's my auntie.

Oh, ouch!

Tom, it's not funny.

I looked it up on the internet, it's the funniest thing since time began.

Oh! A party? So what's everybody celebrating?

Other than me coming here, obviously.

Ah, Keri!

Would you believe that today we are 100 years old?

Really, Miss? You don't look a day over 65.

It's the school's centenary, thank you, Donaldson.

And someone's meant to be helping.

Sorry, but Mr Flatley wants his geography class in the playground.

Outside, come on!

-No!

-Come on, leave it, yeah? Hurry up!

Meh... I think it's a big wonky.

-It's going to be marvellous!

-HE CHUCKLES

Sir, you're not trying to contact aliens again?

Oh, no, no, no.

I found a project done by the very first pupils at St Heart's,

where they tried to measure

how much electricity there was in a lightning bolt.

So for the school centenary,

I thought we could re-create the same experiment 100 years on.

No way, a lightning conductor.

Ah, yes Tom, I haven't exactly told Mrs King yet.

Mr Flatley, what on earth?!

Ah! Ah, Mrs King, yes, it's simply part of our new...weather project.

The weather where? On the moon?

Ah, yes, come on, everyone, let's go and put up some, um...wind gauges.

Quickly! Quickly, quickly!

Ah, a wind gauge for you, Roland.

HE INHALES DEEPLY

You can smell it on the air.

Sorry, sir, I had porridge for breakfast

No... No, it's a storm brewing, Roland.

They forecast one for tonight.

MR FLATLEY CHUCKLES

METALLIC CLANG

Uh...

KOR...

KORPS? What is this thing?

It's massive.

Uh, Roly, why don't you go and give Preston a hand?

It could be like a hidden treasure or something.

-He's got doughnuts.

-Oh, yummy! Preston, Preston!

KORPS...

It looks like some kind of hatch.

It's sealed.

This is not good.

Laser cutters.

Torches.

I know it's like really hi tech and everything,

but, seriously, how can a lift do my hair better than I can?

You're an MI9 agent now, Keri, so if we could focus on KORPS

and what they're doing in our playground.

PHONE RINGS

Guess who - again.

No offence, but your auntie can be very demanding.

Frank, what about the hatch?

Get started, but if you do open it, don't go in without me.

Wait for me.

Mind, it might still be hot.

Ready?

Whoa!

I can't see the bottom.

It's miles down.

-So who's going in first?

-Frank told us to wait.

-Tom, you'll go in, won't you?

-What, me? Uh, but...

Nice one, and don't tell me you're scared.

No, I'm not scared, I'm just...

Just give me the torch.

Is anyone else totally freaked out by this?

January 6th 1941!

My dad's going to love this - he's mega into history and stuff.

Keri, what have I said?

I know, I can't tell anyone - such a stupid rule, by the way.

Look, STERNUM.

The same people who want to turn Keri into the Mastermind.

I told you to wait for me.

Sorry, only...look what we found.

STERNUM.

Look around, I'll call Stella.

But don't touch anything, that hatch was sealed for a reason.

Frank, if I knew anything about the lab, I would tell you.

A KORPS laboratory under the school, it can't just be coincidence.

Agreed. I'll find out what I can.

Oh, and, Stella, I know now's hardly the time,

but maybe we could talk sometime

about us.

You're right. It's not the time.

So...you and Stella, huh?

-HE LAUGHS

-No.

Apparently not.

Anyway, ahem...what is this thing?

No idea - it's World War II technology.

The chances of syncing it with my spypod are remote.

These people really need to get air conditioning.

Yeah, I don't think they had climate control in 1941, Keri.

What's with the photos?

It looks like it's all just bombs and war - you know, boy stuff.

Frank, check this out, it's stuff about the cage.

Frank, we have class to get to.

Yeah, let's take this for now. We'll come back ASAP.

They were up to something in 1941.

The question is what?

AIR-RAID SIREN AND GUNFIRE

BOMB WHISTLES THEN EXPLOSION

Frank? Frank!

Frank, are you all right? What happened?

I'm not sure.

I came back in for this, I... I must have tripped over.

You know how...how clumsy I am.

Come on, let's go.

Oh! How wonderful of you to join us.

You've still got the chairs to move, the disco lights to fix,

the food to bring in, there is so much...

Hello, are you even listening to me?

Yo, yo, yo, Lady J's in the house!

VINYL SCRATCHES

Oh, Frank, I...

Ha-ha! Well, boys, we're all ready.

Now all we need is that storm they forecast.

Don't worry, sir, I'll take this off.

It always rains when I haven't got me coat on.

Frank, we're done for the day, we could go back down the hatch.

You know, big evil lair under the school thing?

Frank, are you OK?

I-I-I'm fine.

-Are you sure? You look kind of ill...

-I said I'm fine!

What's up with Frank? I don't know.

Stella's been avoiding him - maybe he's more upset than we thought.

Yeah, well, right now you need to hear this.

I've got the tape recorder working, it's well freaky, come on.

'It is Monday January 6th 1941,

'and I'm about to test the machine.'

Who is that?

Don't know, a STERNUM agent, I guess.

'Agent Walker, are you still willing?

'Honoured to serve KORPS when ready, sir.

-HE CHUCKLES

-'Good.

'Then we shall begin.'

Tape must be damaged, wait a sec.

'It is now two hours since activation and something...

'II don't know, something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.'

GROWLING ON TAPE

'Agent Walker, no! Agent Walker...'

CRASHING ON TAPE

Whoa!

We should tell Frank, wherever he is.

Ah! I thought I could hear voices.

Now the party is starting soon, and I expect everyone to be there.

Whatever they did to Agent Walker, I'm glad they didn't do it to us.

MOBILE RINGS

HE GROWLS

Oh! Sorry! Sorry, everyone.

Hello, hello, settle down, please.

Good evening, everyone, and welcome

to this, the 100th anniversary of St Heart's!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

All right, all right, now the bad news for our lightning...

ahem, for our weather experiment

is that the storm doesn't seem to be coming, I'm afraid.

GROANS

Yes, yes, I know, I know, but the good news

is that means I get to boogie on down with you crazy cats, yeah!

Right, well, good, have fun, everyone,

and take it away, Felicity!

DRAMATIC ORGAN PLAYS

DANCE MUSIC PLAYS

Gather round, my children, ah-ah-ah!

Oh, I'm so getting a cape.

Anyway, from what I can tell,

the machine affects motor neurons in the brain.

Duh! We did hear that total psycho on the tape.

That was Stella, she wants us to meet her at the hatch in five.

-No sign of Frank?

-I'm more worried about KORPS.

If they figure out we've discovered the lab...

Come on, we'll have to sneak out.

Oh, it's exciting!

HE GROWLS

'Something...

'II don't know, something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.

'Agent Walker, no! Agent Walker...'

CRASHING ON TAPE

It was rumoured that during World War II,

KORPS were trying to develop some kind of super soldier.

-Super soldiers?

-Like a zombie, they stop at nothing

until they've completely destroyed the enemy.

But surely it was just a rumour.

All we know is that the cage uses electricity

-to stimulate parts of the brain.

-Those that deal with emotions?

That must be what the photos are for.

When you get zapped, your head gets filled

with all these pictures of war and destruction and stuff.

Great! All this is going on and Frank decides to pull a sickie.

Uh, Stella, all of you, look...

Those scorch marks weren't there before.

-It smells like burning.

-We never touched it.

Keri, when you left your blazer on the machine,

where did you put it?

I don't know.

On this...levery type thing?

You mean, what if Frank didn't trip but actually activated the machine?

What if Frank's turned into a super soldier?

Oh, what man! Can't you look where you're going, bro...?

Oh, it's you!

Oh man, what are you meant to be like a zombie, or something?

I get it Frankenstein, innit?

Like Frankenstein cos that's your name, innit?

Seriously though, you look boss, them freaky eyes.

They are so banging, man, they are cool, man.

Look, we still don't know for sure that Frank is a...

A what? Hmm, a raving killing machine?

Keri, trust me, the way Frank's been acting he's not like that.

Here, about super soldiers.

A super soldier will attack anything

or anyone until given orders.

Fantastic, and there's Frank on the loose in a school.

-Oh, I'm going back for him.

-Keri, go with Dan.

You two stay with me we need to be ready if Frank or KORPS come back.

Go!

Oh, so much choice. Sausage roll, no.

Cheesecake? Yummy.

Frank!

You can forget about punch, Mr, I have been texting you all day.

Oh, come, come Mrs King it's a party.

I'm sure Frank's dying to tear up the dance floor,

-isn't that right, Frank?

-Oh.

Tear, smash.

Exactly.

Now you go and have some fun

whilst I go and destroy this cheesecake.

HE LAUGHS

Destroy...

No, I'm MI Nine. I'm MI Nine.

Come on, Frank, that's an order!

Orders - destroy MI Nine.

Destroy MI Nine.

He's not at the party. What if he's left the school?

Uh oh. I'm guessing he went downstairs.

Tom, we've found Frank I think.

Frank! Frank, it's me Dan.

Destroy MI Nine.

Frank, you've got to stop that's an order!

He's not listening just like that woman in the recording.

-Frank. Frank!

-FRANK GROWLS

Let's get out of here.

-ON RADIO:

-Dan, Keri a SWAT team are on their way.

You need to keep Frank in HQ. Do you hear me?

-ELEVATOR DINGS

-But, he's already on his way up.

We can't just wait for the SWAT team?

-We have to neutralise the threat.

-This is Frank we're talking about.

OK, maybe we can get him back here,

figure out how to reverse the process somehow.

-How?

-I don't know, but while we stand here talking

Frank is capable of anything.

OK. New plan we need Frank back at the lab.

I don't care how you do it but you have to get him back here.

What's she going to do talk him down over tea and cake?

FRANK GROWLS

I'm just saying it better be a big cake.

Destroy MI Nine.

Yeah, we're MI Nine. What you going to do about it?

This way.

So, how do we restore Frank's humanity?

It's the photos.

Maybe we need to load Frank's brain with happy things instead.

Like what?

Think, what makes Frank happy?

Animals - Frank loves animals.

Thankfully I've got an Alsatian in my pocket.

Try Flopsy.

Yeah, that might work.

And us, Frank knows we love him, right?

Get your security passes.

You know, as a first day at school goes, it's been pretty dull.

Come on.

What if it's not enough?

What if it's not enough to bring Frank back?

I don't know why I keep this.

Thank you.

Guys we've got a problem.

Dan, the power unit's blown I need...

half a million volts to power this thing.

It's a thunderstorm.

Way to go, Sherlock.

I've got an idea.

But, this idea would mean you getting Frank

back to the hatch on your own.

FRANK GROWLS

What am I thinking? Forget it, you're not ready.

I am.

It's my fault Frank's like this, so I should be the one to fix it.

Dan, I can do this.

OK. Don't let Frank see me.

Hey, Frank. Yeah, you with the attitude problem.

Destroy.

SHE GASPS

FRANK GROWLS

HE LAUGHS

A chance to study an actual lightning bolt.

Preston, Roland, prepare the machines.

HE LAUGHS

Tom, I'm sending down the cable.

Got it, hooking it up to the cage.

SHE SCREAMS

FRANK GROWLS

Uh-oh.

-Keri, are you all right?

-I'm fine. But, Frank's coming.

-Machine's ready.

-Everybody hide.

FRANK GROWLS

Keri, Keri quick! Frank mustn't know it's a trap.

Someone needs to lead him into the machine.

Sir, what if the lightning doesn't hit the mast?

Then all our work will have been for nothing.

It has to work Preston, do you hear me? It has to!

Sorry.

Look, maybe Dan was right...

maybe I'm not ready to be a spy.

But, if you want to destroy MI Nine...

..you'll have to come and get me.

Yes! Yes!

Take cover!

Keri, pull the lever!

Frank?

Frank? Frank!

It's his brain, it was...

it was too far gone.

Stella?

Where am I? And, why am I thinking about Flopsy?

Call off the SWAT team.

Frank London is no longer a danger to society.

Are you going to tell him or shall I?

Mr Flatley, what on Earth?!

HE LAUGHS

Mrs King! Mrs King! We did it!

Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein,

and now Kenneth Armstrong Flatley!

HE LAUGHS

Well, this is embarrassing.

Well, thank goodness I didn't hurt Flopsy.

So, I'm guessing you're going to sack me.

This was kind of all my fault.

Hey, we all make mistakes.

But, it's how we deal with them that matters.

From what I hear you passed with flying colours.

Yeah, right Dan?

She was maybe a little bit awesome.

Yes!

But man, you can be annoying.

The question remains though...

what was an old STERNUM base doing under St Hearts?

I found this at MI Nine.

It's a file about the hatch.

And, what does it say?

It's classified.

I don't have clearance to open it.

So, MI Nine did know about it?

I'll keep looking into it.

In the meantime the hatch will be sealed,

and you're to stay away from that lab.

Oh, and that's an order.

Mrs King, Mrs King look, it's all the data we got from the storm.

Now the pupils can study

how electricity builds up in the atmosphere.

And you can study how all this mess ends up in your dustpan.

Don't you worry about that Mr F.

I'll have this place cleaned up faster...

Well, faster than lightning.

All right, Mrs K?

He's an odd fellow,

but I wouldn't have him any other way.