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MUSIC: "A SHOT AT REDEMPTION" – HEAT
INT. SOUNDSTAGE – SURREAL, COLOR-SPLASHED VOID
Spotlight bursts on the SQUAD.
- America (front and center): Steps forward in exaggerated marching stomps, arms snapping upward with mock-military precision.
- Vigilante slides in beside him, stone-faced, swaying his hips in slow exaggerated arcs.
- Yondu and Apex flank the sides, stomping in sync, fists pumping like pistons.
- Plo Koon floats in from behind them, spinning into a stiff disco pose, ring glowing faint green.
- GI Robot executes mechanical jerks and locks, every movement clanging in rhythm.
The camera WIDENS — the BABY-SITTER’S CLUB march in.
- Mary-Anne and Kristy: Robotic sidesteps, clapping once on each beat.
- Claudia and Stacey: Mirror movements, stiff cartwheel motions ending in sharp freeze poses.
- Parents file in behind, clapping and stomping expressionlessly, like a deadpan Greek chorus.
Suddenly — SMOKE BLASTS.
- SNOWFLAME bursts through, spinning in wild circles before striking a heroic pose, chest out, face completely blank.
- JUDOMASTER cartwheels across the line, lands in a crane-kick stance, then snaps into jerky arm chops in rhythm.
- ST RED WILD stomps in, dragging a massive chain behind him, whipping it into the air with each downbeat.
CHORUS HITS — EVERYONE LOCKS IN TO SYNCHRONY.
- All dancers extend one arm out, point dramatically at the “audience,” then swing both arms overhead in a ritual-like wave.
- The Squad forms the front line, the Baby-Sitters flank them, and the villains stand tall in the back row.
- Movements are stiff, joyless, absurdly serious — exaggerated kicks, sharp claps, robotic spins.
CAMERA CRANE UP as the entire cast executes the FINAL MOVE:
They leap into a synchronized stomp, arms crossed over chests, heads snapping upward.
The screen goes WHITE with the impact —
TITLE CARD SLAMS IN:
A SHOT AT REDEMPTION
MUSIC continues into the episode.