FADE IN: - SimplyScripts
FADE IN:
EXT. JUNKYARD – NIGHT
In the SOUTHSIDE where no civilians would ever go out at night because of crimes, a GANG, led by BIG GEORGE (GEORGE GOMEZ, JR.: Bulky Latin American male in his early 40s), is secretly dealing COCAINE with their BUYERS…
Big George, of course, does not need to show up for this deal, or any other deals. He tells one of his LIEUTENANTS, JUAN DOZIER (early 30s, American male, funny but vulgar), to finish all deals…
Juan seems upset as one of the buyers uses a TUBE to sniff the cocaine. Juan is holding his BLUETOOTH HEADSET with his hands as he is taking off his gloves…
JUAN
(angrily)
Would you just finish the shit already?… It’s fresh and pure, alrite (slang)!?
The buyers do not listen to Juan and continue checking until they are finished. Juan keeps talking…
JUAN (continuing)
Good, eh?…
The buyers have finished checking, so a BRIEFCASE of money is prepared. Juan is looking at a different direction.
JUAN (continuing)
Oh shit!… Take that away!… Ain’t the time, ain’t the time!
Just as Juan finishes saying that, one of the buyers grasps the briefcase under his armpit.
All of a sudden, POLICE show up and crash the party… (INSPECTOR JEFF JENKINS: mid 30s, wise but impulsive)
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Stop whatever you guys are doing!
They do not desperately pour cocaine into the nearby SEWER. Inspector Jenkins, as well as his COLLEAGUES, thinks they do not have time to do so…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
Got caught by surprise, Juan?… Told you would never get away from us.
Juan pretends not to understand what Inspector Jenkins is saying…
JUAN
What the hell are you talking ‘bout!?… I was on the phone with my wife… I’ve got no involvement with these guys!
Inspector Jenkins certainly does not think so…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(wearing a smile)
Whether you do or do not… We hope you can cooperate.
Inspector Jenkins turns around to wave at one of his colleagues to get Juan into the POLICE VEHICLE. Juan keeps yapping at the inspector…
JUAN
What if I don’t, inspecta (slang)?… Are you going to force me in, like those police caught on tape?
Inspector Jenkins turns back facing Juan…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
You’ve got no choice…
Inspector Jenkins is then being sarcastic…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
(sarcastic)
It’s just a way of being polite to… eh… you guys… How ironic is this!?… Anyway,…
Inspector Jenkins can finally tell his colleague, JAYSON, to escort Juan into the vehicle…
It is in the rulebook that all police officers must tell their suspects their rights, or the MIRANDA WARNING. Jayson is professionally enough to tell Juan…
JAYSON
You have the right to remain silent…
MATCH CUT:
INT. BIG GEORGE’S HOME OFFICE – NIGHT
Big George has acknowledged the news about the arrests. He is currently on the phone with his ATTORNEY…
BIG GEORGE
(skeptical / back facing the screen / in a little Latino accent)
You sure (slang)?… You sure that thing interferes everything?
ATTORNEY
(V.O.)
Don’t worry Mr. Gomez, the police won’t even know until it’s too late.
INT. INTERROGATION ROOM – NIGHT
Juan and the buyers have been arrested for drug dealing. Inspector Jenkins is questioning Juan in this room while his colleagues are questioning the others…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(angrily)
Admit it!… I don’t want to waste time here… The environmental evidence shows it you are involved!
Juan, who has always been in and out of the police station, knows the procedure…
JUAN
For the very last time Inspecta… Alrite I call you Jef-fery, OK?… I just happened to be on the scene… Wrong place at the wrong time… And,… I was on the phone with my wife…
Juan reminds Inspector Jenkins…
JUAN (continuing)
Jef-fery, if you think you have enough evidence, then go ahead… CHARGE ME!… My attorney is coming to get me out of this hell!
Inspector Jenkins’ trick of convincing Juan to admit has been blown. He slaps the table and starts staring at Juan…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
OK…
Inspector Jenkins suddenly gets up from the chair to grab hold of Juan. Juan gets, literally, pulled up. Inspector Jenkins warns him the last time…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
(WHISPERING)
Listen up, CRACKHEAD!… I am going to beat you up if you don’t tell me the truth!
Juan does not feel intimidated at all. He is pointing at the CAMERA…
JUAN
(WHISPERING)
Go ahead Jef-fery, beat me up then…
Inspector Jenkins is at the boiling point. While grabbing Juan, he uses his free hand to start punching. Juan is making a “come-and-get-me” motion.
The door suddenly opens. Jayson and Juan’s attorney, STEVEN THEMIS (mid 30s, clean shaven and wearing a pair of glasses), come in. Jayson YELLS…
JAYSON
(YELLING)
Jeff, don’t!
The YELL apparently wakes Inspector Jenkins up. As a result, he transfers all his power on to the table. The table almost gets splitted into two halves. He then lets go of Juan…
After cooling down a bit, Inspector Jenkins thanks Jayson for saving him…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Thanks, Jays!
Inspector Jenkins then turns back the attention to Juan as Jayson is relieved…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
(WHISPERING)
I am not going to mess up my career and my hands because of you… I’m going to let the judicial system to punish you.
Jayson has not told Inspector Jenkins that Juan’s attorney wants to see him…
JAYSON
Eh,… Jeff…
Without the head turning back to Jayson, Inspector Jenkins puts up stop motion on Jayson. He wants to remind Juan the proper pronunciation of his name…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
My name is Jef-frey, not Jef-fery… But I prefer you to call me Inspec-tor Jenkins… Only my friends can call me by my first name… And you… will probably never be my friend.
Juan makes a look as if he does not care about this “tutoring session”. Inspector Jenkins asks Jayson…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
So what’s up, Jays?
After asking, Inspector Jenkins sees a familiar face next to Jayson. He looks disappointed…
JAYSON
Jeff, this is Mr. Themis, Juan’s attorney… Um… he has something for you…
Steven takes a seat and puts his BRIEFCASE on to the half-broken table…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
What do you have for me?… A bail request?… I can’t tell you anything right now…
Inspector Jenkins does not want to say this…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
Mr. Themis.
But Steven surprises Inspector Jenkins…
STEVEN
I have no intent to make bail… since there’s not going to have any charges against my client…
Inspector Jenkins and Juan are surprised…
JUAN
(surprised)
Wow!… You serious (slang), Stevie?
Steven only smiles as he opens his briefcase. There is a LAPTOP inside.
STEVEN
I want you to take a listen first…
Steven plays the RECORDING FILE from his laptop. The file starts with Juan (DONNA: early 30s Latino woman)…
JUAN
(V.O. / angrily)
Would you just finish the shit already?… It’s fresh and pure, alrite (slang)!?
DONNA
(V.O.)
OK,… OK! It’s almost finished baking… It’s under a minute now…
The people inside the room then hear a “TING” sound…
DONNA (continuing)
(V.O.)
There… Hmm Hmm… The roasted chicken is ready.
JUAN
(V.O.)
Good, eh?…
DONNA
(V.O.)
Oh, fuck!… The chicken’s still fucking raw inside!
JUAN
(V.O.)
Oh shit!… Take that away!… Ain’t the time, ain’t the time!
Juan is wearing a smile on his face as Steven stops the recording file. Inspector Jenkins looks more disappointed…
STEVEN
As you guys can hear, my client is innocent in this incident. May my client leave now, Inspector Jenkins?
Juan adds fuel…
JUAN
Like I said, man… Wrong place at the wrong time… Inspecta Jef-fery Jenkins!
Steven COUGHS, like a warning to Juan for not to add fuel to the fire. Inspector Jenkins, even though he is holding his fist, has no other choice…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(looks disappointed)
Go ahead, you may leave now…
Before they leave, Steven tells Inspector Jenkins something about the onboard video tape during the arrest…
STEVEN
Be sure to watch the onboard video tape shot from the police car during the arrest… I am sure you guys made a procedure mistake.
Steven and Juan, who is curious about the mistake, leave, as DEPUTY CHIEF, AARON FULLER (mid 50s, wearing a mustache), comes in. Steven and Deputy Chief Fuller look at each other as they pass by. The Deputy Chief informs Inspector Jenkins about the mistake after his staredown with Steven…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(SOFT-VOICED)
I’ve just finished watching the tape…
Deputy Chief Fuller looks at Jayson…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
(devastated)
There seemed to have a video interference when you provided the Miranda warning. Did you ever provide one?
Jayson is sure he did…
JAYSON
I swear to God I did!
Inspector Jenkins thinks he knows Big George’s gang has something to do with it. He splits the already half-broken table in half. That shocks Jayson but not his boss.
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(angrily)
I’ll give you the full explanation… I promise!
Inspector Jenkins rushes outside in disgust. He is heading to Steven’s direction…
INT. HALLWAY – NIGHT
Steven must make a phone call to Big George, but Juan is already on the phone with him…
JUAN
(confidently)
Told you I am a cat… I’ve got nine lives.
Big George GIGGLES…
BIG GEORGE
(V.O.)
If it wasn’t Steven, you woulda been charged…
Big George adds…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(V.O.)
That dude would never know…
Juan comforts Big George…
JUAN
We are gettin’ close… We are gettin’ close…
These two “brothers” keep talking while Juan and Steven are walking towards the exit. Steven, however, has to go to the bathroom.
JUAN
(covering the speaker)
Can’t hold any longa (slang), huh?… I am waiting you outside… But don’t take too long though… Don’t make me think you are jerkin’ your dick inside. Haha…
Steven has got used to Juan’s uncanny nature of humor. He can only grin.
MATCH CUT:
INT. BATHROOM – NIGHT
Juan’s wait is about to be over as Steven is finishing up his “pit stop”. But a surprise visit by Inspector Jenkins prolongs his stop…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Steven…
Inspector Jenkins locks the bathroom door and makes sure there is no one in this BATHROOM besides Steven and him.
Steven looks at Inspector Jenkins in the MIRROR while washing his hands…
STEVEN
(jokingly)
I was expecting you, Jeff… but not here, I suppose.
Jeff questions Steven right away…
JEFF
Steven, how did you guys interfere with the onboard camera?
Steven lies as he shuts off water…
STEVEN
We didn’t do anything… the camera happened to get interfered…
Steven points to the ceiling. Water is dripping all over the place…
STEVEN (continuing)
God is watching… That is all I can say.
Jeff is getting devastated, so he begs Steven…
JEFF
(begging)
Why are you still working for such a bad guy?… Does money really matter to you?… As your friend, would you ever not get involved with Big George and his business?
Steven finally has time to blow dry his hands and starts walking near the door…
STEVEN
You hadn’t seen me for five years… No one trusted me the first two years as a licensed attorney… If Big George didn’t hire me for his murder case, I wouldn’t be this Steven you are now… begging.
With Steven’s back is completely facing the door, he unlocks the door. After he unlocks the door, he walks back to the SINK, where he can see the door.
Meanwhile, Jeff is holding up his fist again, just like he did when he was in the interrogation room…
JEFF
Have you forgotten my Dad already, Steven?… Your financial supporter… If you ever didn’t get supported when you’re at the younger age, you would never… NEVER… be an attorney.
Steven somehow keeps looking at the DOOR KNOB…
STEVEN
Jeff, I visited Eric just last week… Even though he didn’t recognize me, I will never forget how he picked me up when I was with the gangsters…
Jeff grabs on Steven’s SUIT…
JEFF
(angrily)
But you are back into the hole again!…
Steven, while being grabbed at, stays calm. He keeps looking at the knob…
STEVEN
Big George gave me the hand to get out of my career free fall… I won his case… I won his case when… other attorneys told Big George there was no chance of winning…
Jeff is furious. His fist is getting closer to Steven. Steven gets scared a little. He almost forgets to keep looking at the knob. The knob is turned. Steven figures it must be Juan…
STEVEN
(angrily / YELLING)
I don’t have any knowledge about the group, would you just let me go, Inspector?
The door is now completely opened. Juan is shocked when he sees Steven being grabbed at…
JUAN
(YELLING)
Hey Inspecta, let go of my friend!… I’m gonna complain if you don’t let go!
Inspector Jenkins just will not let go, so Juan YELLS out to the HALLWAY…
JUAN
(YELLING)
Inspecta Jef-fery Jenkins beating innocent up!… Inspecta Jef-fery Jenkins beating innocent up! (slang)
Inspector Jenkins must let Steven go. Steven brings Juan out of the bathroom…
Inspector Jenkins, again, transfers all his power to the mirror, making it shattered into pieces…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Ah!…
INT. HALLWAY – DAY
For the next day, Inspector Jenkins, with his hand heavily wrapped, is thinking about all the words – both good and bad – from Steven’s mouth that night. He keeps thinking about what Steven said about God…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(wondering / MUMBLING)
God is watching… God is watching…
Other OFFICERS are looking at Inspector Jenkins like he is possessed…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
(YELLING)
Right!…
The officers are now scared. Inspector Jenkins looks ashamed…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
God is indeed watching…
MATCH CUT:
EXT. ROOFTOP NEAR JUNKYARD – DAY
The police have finally arrived the suspected ROOFTOP that might have some interfering DEVICES installed.
When Inspector Jenkins makes his first step outwards from the stairs, he can see there are four words painted on the rooftop SURFACE – “BIG GEORGIE WAS HERE.” The people at the rooftop are shocked…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(angrily / YELLING)
FUCK!…
His YELL scares off a FLOCK of PIGEONS…
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. BIG GEORGE’S HOME OFFICE – DAY
Juan, after getting off the hook, has some bad news for Big George regarding his RIVAL JIHAD SHAKUR (late 30s, Muslim)…
JUAN
(angrily)
Big Georgie, that asshole Jihad is going to open a factory…
Big George seems to be expecting this as he lights up a CIGAR. He then asks…
BIG GEORGE
Location?
JUAN
I don’t know yet… But we’re gonna bust the place once we know…
Big George is leisurely putting his legs up on his desk with his hands on the back of his head…
BIG GEORGE
That’s fine… Juan, we are going to have a meeting three days later at the office… Spread the words out…
JUAN
OK, Georgie… I must go…
Big George does not let Juan go yet…
BIG GEORGE
Wait, Juan… Do me something during the meeting…
Big George takes a puff on the cigar and takes out of a RAW FISH from his MINI FRIDGE…
BIG GEORGE
And one more thing… next time think of something neater… They complain stuffing the ‘number four’ (heroin) into a fish as a sample is nasty…
It seems as if Big George and Juan can no longer stand the smell of the fish. They both cover their nose with their hands…
JUAN
(complaining)
Fuck, Big Georgie!… I’ll take care of this… But now can you take that fish away?… It reminds me of Donna’s…
Big George and Juan’s chemistry is relatively high since Big George knows what he wants to say. Hence, they both LAUGH…
After taking the fish away, Big George is back to the serious matter regarding money laundering…
BIG GEORGE
Anyway, it’s about time to transfer the dough to the new accounts…
Juan is grasping for fresh air…
JUAN
Pwww… No worries, Georgie… I’ve taken care of it already…
There is a CALCULATOR on Big George’s desk. Juan shows Big George the amount that they have earned by investing…
JUAN (continuing)
Look at this figa’ (slang)… Over four hundred K investin’ overseas…
Big George reminds Juan, but Juan knows what he is trying to remind him…
JUAN (continuing)
I know, Georgie… Always gain some and then lose some, right?… You’ve said a million times already…
Big George is satisfied as Juan apparently cannot stand the smell…
JUAN (continuing)
It sure does smell like Donna’s cunt and ass… I must go to a better place…
Big George knows where Juan is going…
BIG GEORGE
Going to fool around again?… Don’t go to those places that often… You’ve got a wife…
Juan thanks Big George for giving him a friendly reminder. He looks rather serious…
JUAN
Thanks, Big George…
Juan leaves…
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. STREET – NIGHT
Deputy Chief Fuller has also acknowledged that there will be a meeting held by Big George with his GANG MEMBERS tonight.
Furthermore, Deputy Chief Fuller understands Jihad’s personality that he will crash the meeting. Therefore, he has been following Jihad since this morning…
Jihad has been in his office for the last hour. Deputy Chief Fuller must wait for him inside of his TOYOTA CAMRY nearby. At last, Jihad shows up with his GANG MEMBERS. He gets into his MERCEDES 500 SE. The Deputy Chief knows he must “balance” the groups out; therefore, he makes a phone call while driving…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Hello, Jayson… Listen… I want you to go to Big George’s office right now… I’ll meet you outside…
JAYSON
(V.O.)
OK…
Deputy Chief Fuller tells Jayson the most important thing…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Oh, Jayson… Don’t tell Jenkins anything…
Jayson certainly understand why…
JAYSON
(V.O.)
O… K…, Sir…
Deputy Chief Fuller hears Inspector Jenkins asking Jayson in the background…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(V.O.)
Who are you talking to, Jays?
Even though Jayson apparently covers the speaker, Deputy Chief Fuller can still hear…
JAYSON
(V.O.)
It’s… it’s… my wife… So what are you looking for here?
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(V.O.)
Looking for Fuller… Where the fuck is he?
JAYSON
(V.O.)
I… I don’t know… haven’t seen him today.
Inspector Jenkins suddenly YELLS at the receiver…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(V.O. / YELLING)
Hello, Amanda… He would love to go back home but our boss doesn’t let us go early… Oh well,… our boss himself can leave hecka early…
Deputy Chief Fuller looks bitter as Jayson finishes the conversation with his “wife”…
JAYSON
(V.O.)
I’ll be th… home,…
Jayson clears his throat as the curious Inspector looks on…
JAYSON (continuing)
(V.O.)
Um… Honey…
Jayson must say the word “honey” just to fool the curious Inspector. Meanwhile, the upset Deputy Chief continues following Jihad and his crew…
MATCH CUT:
INT. CONFERENCE ROOM – BIG GEORGE’S “TRADING” COMPANY – NIGHT
Big George is holding a meeting with his “EMPLOYEES” for what happened that night. His employees are sitting around the OVAL-SHAPED CONFERENCE TABLE. The seats of Big George, Steven and Juan are still not taken…
Big George’s employees are anxiously waiting for their boss as the door opens…
This DOUBLE DOOR is a little over two meters wide. There is no way that Big George and Steven go through at the same time. Hence, Steven lets the bulky Big George come into the CONFERENCE ROOM first. But where is Juan?
Even though the deal was blown that night, Big George does not lose any of his swaggers as he comes in with a big smile on his face…
BIG GEORGE
It’s been a bad week for our group… Two pounds of coke’s got confiscated… Fourteen hundred thousand bucks worth of coke…
Big George does not look upset however. That surprises those who do not know the plan…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
That’s OK… That’s only a third of what we usually deal… So no worries, fellas,… that was a part of a plan reeling in the undercover…
Big George, with both hands pushed hard on the table while standing, surveys the entire room. Everyone seems to be nervous. He then lights up a cigar…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(SIGHING after a puff)
Since the first day you guys followed me, you must know I don’t trust nobody (slang)… So if you think I trust you, I don’t… And if you think you can find any criminal evidence, you better not or I’ll KILL you!
Big George now calls Juan to come in through the INTERCOM…
The door opens; Juan seems like he is dragging something behind. It is a person. Everyone in the room wonders…
JUAN
(grinning)
Hey Big Georgie, Billy’s here.
Juan then literally throws the already beaten up BILLY to the conference table near Big George, making him in more pain. Steven turns away in disgust as Lieutenant DIRK VAN PELT (mid 30s), Billy’s supervisor, scolds him…
DIRK
(angrily)
Why you?… I treated you like my son… Why!?
Billy is too severely injured; he cannot speak and cannot even move…
Big George gets off from his chair. He is on one knee grabbing Billy’s busted cheek…
BIG GEORGE
I would never kneel down for no one (slang)… except you… Don’t you feel honored?
Big George just cannot kneel down for long because of his enormous physical appearance. Therefore, he gets back up on his feet and takes another puff on his cigar…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(SIGHING)
Fellas, let me introduce you the undercover – Mr. Billy whoever… He somehow tipped the police the info.… But I had known in advance so that’s why Juan and those dealers were out of harm’s way…
Big George turns his head back to Billy…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(holding his cigar)
If we didn’t plan this, we wouldn’t know it’s you…
From his INNER POCKETS of his SUIT, Big George shows him the TRANSCRIPTS of the TEXT MESSAGES.
Some of the ASH, meanwhile, has already fallen on Billy’s BODY. Billy does not respond; he seems to be unconscious…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
Look at this passage… “To-Ninja, four lbs French fries dog.” He’s not making an order…
Big George takes another puff. Then he intentionally knocks off some ash on Billy’s motionless body.
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
…“To-Ninja” means “tonight”… “four lbs French fries dog” means “Junkyard”… How obscure is this message?
Big George throws the transcripts at Billy. He then orders Juan…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
Juan,… You know what to do, ain’t you (slang)?
JUAN
Sure do, Big Georgie…
Just as Juan is trying to drag Billy out, Dirk tells Juan…
DIRK
Juan, let me finish him… It was my fault of bringing him to the group.
Big George stops Dirk…
BIG GEORGE
Dirk, Juan’s gonna do it clean… You gotta stay… I’ll give you details for the next job…
Big George tells Juan…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
Take him away… He’s messing up my place.
Just as Juan opens the door, Jihad crashes the meeting. Juan does not welcome him while dragging Billy.
JUAN
(angrily)
What are you doing here?… You ain’t welcome here!
There have already been seven GUNS pointing at Jihad. Jihad raises his arms…
JIHAD
Hey, Big George… Is this how you treat your old friend?… Put down the guns… The police are coming.
Jihad already knew that Deputy Chief Fuller and his colleagues had followed him since the morning. Timely SIRENS are roaring through everyone’s ears…
JIHAD (continuing)
See… I never lie…
Everyone puts down their guns as Big George calmly signals Juan to take Billy away through the REAR EXIT…
Jihad watches Juan and Billy go. While watching, he does not know that his SUIT BUTTON gets cut and dropped to the floor under a COUCH. He is more curious about the person whom Juan carries away…
JIHAD
What’s up with that guy, George?… A police undercover?… Why don’t you give him back to the police?… He seems useless now.
The SIRENS have stopped, meaning the police will come here shortly. Big George finally speaks…
BIG GEORGE
You’re right… He’s an undercover… But I am not sure if he’s a police undercover or YOUR undercover.
Everyone, except Steven and Jihad, LAUGHS. Steven is just playing his briefcase…
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Fuller, Jayson and the rest of the police officers also join the party…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(sarcastic)
Wow Big George, you don’t even have to lock the place… Oh right, of course no one’s gonna break in to any of your places.
The sarcasm is cold. No one in the conference room LAUGHS this time…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
Continue doing whatever you guys are doing… I’ll help myself.
Big George soothes the dead air…
BIG GEORGE
Jihad and I were just talking about not crossing each other’s line… I am going to keep trading minerals and he’s going to keep trading his tree trunks… (NOTE: Mass weapons)
Jihad knows Big George is referring to his soon-to-be-opened FACTORY. He neither nods nor shakes his head. Deputy Chief Fuller is satisfied…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(satisfied)
That’s good… That’s good news… That’s what I’d like to hear… Balancing the area out makes great sense. Hope you don’t eat your words, Big George…
Deputy Chief Fuller reminds Big George…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
And don’t let us see and know what you are doing… You could get away of murder last time… You are not getting away if you do anything stupid.
Big George takes a puff on his cigar as Deputy Chief Fuller looks at his WATCH…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
Oh, crap… It’s almost one thirty…
Deputy Chief Fuller then gets up and YAWNS…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
Ah… I gotta go… Don’t stay up too late guys… My colleagues will be waiting outside until all of you leave… Yeah, you know… not locking this place would invite burglars… so it’s our responsibility to look after you… I meant your office… Later, guys…
Deputy Chief Fuller leaves. Big George’s face has not looked good since Jihad’s visit. It is time, by the way, for Jihad to leave as well.
JIHAD
Guys… I must go as well…
Jihad “thanks” Big George…
JIHAD (continuing)
Thank you, George, for the statement… But no one would ever earn enough money… So I guess it’s time to touch on the mineral trading business… Anyways, bye guys.
After Jihad leaves, people inside start discussing to one another. Big George promises…
BIG GEORGE
Don’t worry… I’ll never let him cross the line until the day I die…
EXT. ALLEY – NIGHT
It is a little over 1:30 after midnight. Juan has dragged Billy to an ALLEY near the office. Juan takes out a WHIP hidden in the alley to finish the job…
JUAN
Good night… and good bye, Billy boy.
Juan starts whipping; he keeps whipping for two minutes…
INT. BIG GEORGE’S OFFICE – NIGHT
Big George has finished giving out the details to Dirk…
BIG GEORGE
Do it routinely… The place is secret enough.
DIRK
Yeah, OK…
BIG GEORGE
Oh, tell Steven to come in on your way out.
Big George pads Dirk on the shoulder – a sign of trust…
DIRK
OK, George… See you after the deal.
Big George grins and lights up another cigar, his third of the night…
Steven KNOCKS on the door. He comes in…
STEVEN
Hey George, you are smoking again… A cigar a night is enough for the… for the muscular men like you.
Big George puts his cigar in the ASH TRAY…
BIG GEORGE
Steven, what makes you a doctor now?… Visiting doctors often?
Juan suddenly rushes in. He is grasping for air…
JUAN
(jokingly)
Hell yeah,… This Stevie boy is impotent… He’s been jerkin’ too much… Hey, ain’t you got a wife, Stevie? (slang)
Again, both Big George and Steven have really got used to Juan’s uncanny nature of humor. They do not laugh…
Steven changes the subject back to Billy…
STEVEN
You’ve finally finished, Juan…
JUAN
Yeah… Nobody saw me… not even the police outside.
BIG GEORGE
Is that why it took you this long?… I need Steven’s legal advice…
Big George looks at the clock on the wall…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
It’s almost two forty… Brenda must be waiting.
STEVEN
Don’t worry George… I’ve sent her a text message telling her to go to bed.
Juan then explains what he has done to Billy…
MATCH CUT:
EXT. OUTSIDE OF THE POLICE STATION – NIGHT
There is a MINIVAN speeding to the police station. Just as the minivan passes by, the body of Billy is thrown out, literally a few feet away from the entrance. The minivan then speeds up again…
INT. BIG GEORGE’S OFFICE – NIGHT
Juan’s cell phone RINGS…
JUAN
Yo… You’re done?… You sure nobody saw you?… Good… Remember to rid the fucking van… I don’t care, asshole!… You burn it or dump it over the sea cliff, alrite!… Gotta go. (slang)
Juan hangs up…
JUAN (continuing)
Stupid asshole!…
Juan informs Big George…
JUAN (continuing)
Job done… wel-ll done…
Big George looks satisfied as he picks the cigar back up. Juan asks where Dirk is…
JUAN
(disappointed)
Dirk’s gone already… I missed seeing him the very last time…
Steven does not understand what Juan has just said…
STEVEN
(confused)
What last time?… He’s going to be back after the deal’s done, isn’t he?
Juan is really interested in this subject as Big George takes a puff…
JUAN
You didn’t let me finish the sentence… I said the very last time… alii-vve!
Steven still does not seem to get it. Juan is begging Big George…
JUAN (continuing)
Do you want me to tell him everything, Big Georgie?
Big George flicks the cigar – like a “go ahead” signal…
JUAN (continuing)
OK… Dirk is the real undercover… That Billy boy was just his decoy… And he’s just a part of our plan…
Big George stops Juan from telling Steven what the plan is. Steven is shocked; he tries to stay calm by putting both of his sweaty hands into the respective sides of the pockets of his pants…
JUAN (continuing)
So Dirk ain’t coming back (slang)… He’s going to get killed by… I don’t know… a hit-and-run car I supposed.
Steven really needs some time to cool down now…
STEVEN
Excuse me, guys… must go to the restroom…
Juan jokes again…
JUAN
(jokingly)
Jerk less, Stevie… Then you’d hold a little longa (slang)… E.D. man.
Steven neither laughs nor grins…
STEVEN
(SIGHING)
Excuse me!…
Steven gets up and heads to the RESTROOM. Big George, after taking another puff on his cigar, knows why he needs a restroom break…
BIG GEORGE
(KNOCKING off some ash)
Give him some time…
INT. RESTROOM – NIGHT
It has been a long night for everyone, especially Steven. He has seen and heard how a decoy got beaten up to death for no reason. He also sees the horror, brutal side of Big George.
Although Steven has high E.Q. (Emotional Intelligence Quotient), he is still horrified for what happened earlier. Therefore, he needs to sober up in the restroom.
Steven fills up the sink with water. He then submerges his face into the water. He does not even take off his pair of glasses…
After thirty seconds or so, Steven emerges back from the water. He looks at himself in the MIRROR. Out of frustration, he pounds the water, making some splashes to the mirror. He does not know what he can do, or maybe he can…
INT. STEVEN’S HOME OFFICE – NIGHT
BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NUMBER FIVE, “FATE”, is playing in the background. Steven has just finished looking at one of his many CHINESE CALLIGRAPHIES – read “伴君如伴虎” in Chinese and read, literally, “You are with your leader like you are with a tiger” in English. It is how Steven feels right now…
“Fate” has now stopped; Steven throws his head back. He cannot sleep, possibly thinking about what happened exactly tonight…
As Steven keeps looking up, BRENDA CARLSON (early 30s, smart looking blonde) steps inside the room…
BRENDA
Steven… Steven…
After a few calls, Steven turns his attention to Brenda…
STEVEN
(looking tired)
Yes, honey.
BRENDA
It’s fifteen ‘til five… Why don’t you go to bed?
Steven does not tell Brenda everything…
STEVEN
I… I just can’t sleep,… but I am tired… Once my eyes are closed,… I… Never mind…
Steven wipes his face with his hands…
STEVEN (continuing)
I don’t know what I can do… I am lost.
Brenda knows she cannot help his husband…
BRENDA
(concerned)
Stop thinking about it then… Maybe you should take tomorrow off…
Steven refuses since he is a workaholic…
STEVEN
(YAWNING)
I’ll be fine, honey…
Brenda has no other choice but to mentally support Steven…
BRENDA
(supportive)
Anyway,… there’s some coffee left in the pot… Drink some before going to work… And get some rest…
Steven wants to get up from his chair to kiss Brenda, but he is mentally fatigued…
STEVEN
Thanks, honey!… Good night…
MATCH CUT:
INT. BIG GEORGE’S HOME OFFICE – NIGHT
Another fifteen minutes have passed. Big George is on the phone with someone…
BIG GEORGE
(angrily)
Listening to what?… I don’t care… Keep looking after him… It’s your job, remember that!…
Big George VIOLENTLY hangs up. It seems like he is going to smoke cigars for the rest of the night…
BIG GEORGE
(talking to himself)
She is hiding something… She is…
Big George opens the drawer to take out a TYPED LETTER…
INT. DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER’S OFFICE – DAY
No one involved in the incidents the night before slept well, if at all. Deputy Chief Fuller is one of those who did not sleep at all as he is reading the reports for Billy’s case. He is holding Billy’s IDENTIFICATION CARD…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(puzzled)
William Boland Fredrick?… Who’s this guy?…
Someone KNOCKS on the door; it is Inspector Jenkins…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Aaron, this guy turns out to be Big George’s man… Is he one of your…
Deputy Chief Fuller knows what Inspector Jenkins is trying to ask…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
No, he’s not one of our men… That guy hasn’t given me much this year…
Deputy Chief Fuller is upset…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
What’s this psycho thinking?… Trying to challenge us… We’ve just had an agreement of not doing anything dumb… and… he’s doing this?
Inspector Jenkins is puzzled…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(confused)
What!?… You’ve met him… That fucking George!…
Inspector Jenkins is so furious; he goes crazy by SLAMMING the chair…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
(furious)
Why, Aaron?… Why would you still meet him?…
Inspector Jenkins then asks rather a dumb question as Deputy Chief Fuller is checking the chair…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
Are you one of Big George’s guys?…
Deputy Chief Fuller gets touchy; he denies…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(angrily)
Are you nuts, Jeff?… I am more eager to get him in jail than you all are… I almost got him executed… I am not letting him to get away the next time… So don’t… DON’T… EVER SAY THAT AGAIN!
The atmosphere gets cooled down by the phone RING…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Yes, this is Aaron Fuller… Hm… OK, got it. Thanks…
Deputy Chief Fuller has some news for Inspector Jenkins…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Jeff, I’ve just received a report that we’ve found the vehicle believed to have carried William Fredrick’s body…
Inspector Jenkins is stoked…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(anxious)
Then what are we waiting for, Aaron?… Let’s go!
Deputy Chief Fuller apparently has not finished…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(SIGHING)
But the vehicle is completely burned… So the investigators cannot get much except some blood samples… It’s Fredrick’s, apparently.
Even though the Deputy Chief and the Inspector know who is behind all these, they cannot do anything about it. Inspector Jenkins YELLS…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(angrily / YELLING)
Ah!…
INT. LAW FIRM – DAY
Steven should have stayed at home because of those incidents. However, he chooses to go to work since he is such a workaholic…
Steven really needs some laughter, so he stops by at the open office to listen to a daily joke from one of his EMPLOYEES, LAMAR…
LAMAR
(LAUGHING)
I found this on the net… Anyways, there’s a woman trying to sue the broadband company for not exchanging her the defective modem… You know… red lights blinking on and off… and…
Lamar LAUGHS again…
LAMAR (continuing)
Turns out to be she poked through the circuit boards so that the modem would be hung on the wall… Haha!… How dumb is that?… Everyone knows when a circuit board is poked through, the device would no longer work…
Everyone, including Steven, LAUGHS as Lamar turns to one of his COLLEAGUES, CINDY…
LAMAR (continuing)
Hey Cindy,… don’t tell me you’ve never put any metal into the microwave oven… You’re the dumbest woman I’ve ever known of… Common sense, people…
All of a sudden, Steven speaks out from the back of the pack…
STEVEN
(V.O. / GIGGLING)
Stop the fun here already… It’s almost nine…
Lamar turns around as Steven GIGGLES…
LAMAR
Oh good morning, Steven…
STEVEN
Good morning…
Steven somehow wants to get away from just being Big George’s LEGAL CONSULTANT. Therefore, he asks Lamar…
STEVEN
So Lamar, do you have any opened case for me?…
Lamar is surprised…
LAMAR
(surprised)
Are you… are you kidding me?… But you haven’t taken any case that’s not Big George’s in about a year.
Steven confesses…
STEVEN
Ah… I don’t know… I… I am too tired handling his cases… Give me something that is more… more rightful…
Lamar is more shocked. Obviously, everyone in the LAW FIRM thinks Steven mindlessly helping a crook is wrong. But yet, he makes the most money for the firm, ironically…
LAMAR
O… K…, I’ve just received a case that will suit your appetite…
Steven is thankful…
STEVEN
(thankful)
Thanks, Lamar… Bring the files to my desk in five minutes.
LAMAR
Alright!…
Steven walks to his room. The employees gather around discussing why Steven wants to have a change now…
INT. STEVEN’S OFFICE – DAY
STEVEN
Thanks, Lamar…
LAMAR
No problem…
Lamar leaves the room after bringing Steven all the necessary FILES about the case. Just as Steven is about to read the files, his phone RINGS…
STEVEN
Hello…
Steven’s face turns sour…
STEVEN (continuing)
OK… transfer the line, please…
Big George wants to talk to him…
BIG GEORGE
(V.O.)
Steven,… it’s George… I’d like you to go to meet Aaron Fuller with me… I want to report something…
Just as Steven thinks he would not get involved with Big George’s business for a while, he is involved…
Of course Steven could refuse. But since Steven still remembers it was Big George who hired him for his murder case, he just cannot refuse. So after a long thinking process,…
STEVEN
OK George,… I’ll be there…
MATCH CUT:
INT. DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER’S OFFICE – DAY
Deputy Chief Fuller is still clueless about Billy’s case. However, there is one man who may shed some light. The man, ironically, is Big George…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(SIGHING)
Get him in…
A while later, Big George and Steven come in. Big George, right away, sees Deputy Chief Fuller is having problems figuring out Billy’s case…
BIG GEORGE
(grinning)
Hey buddy, I can see you are still scratching your head ‘bout Billy’s case, right?
Deputy Chief Fuller feels annoyed…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(annoyed)
Yes… what do you have for me?… I seriously don’t have time for you.
Big George takes out a typed letter…
BIG GEORGE
So what if I do have some clues that might help you solve the case… Here, take a look…
Big George gives Deputy Chief Fuller the letter. He starts reading…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(skeptical)
So you are threatened?…
Deputy Chief Fuller looks skeptical to this so-called “death threat”. Steven looks shocked and skeptical as well…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
(sarcastic)
But who would ever threaten a person like you – such a powerful, important person?…
Big George throws sarcasm right back at Deputy Chief Fuller…
BIG GEORGE
(sarcastic)
I don’t know… it could have been anyone,… including the ones who want me to get into jail…
Deputy Chief Fuller keeps reading the letter to the end…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Hm… It even says ‘one of your lieutenants gotta be careful – you will be next’… I wonder whom this person is referring to… Tell me how and when you got this letter.
Deputy Chief Fuller then looks closely to the surface of the letter…
BIG GEORGE
It was snuffed underneath my home door… around a few hours ago…
Big George looks scared…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
What… What did you find?
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Nothing,… even if we’d find any fingerprints, it might have been contaminated already… Anyway Mr. Gomez,… thanks for the letter… You guys may go now…
Big George somehow has a clue before leaving…
BIG GEORGE
Wait up, Fuller… I’ve just come up with some suspects out from my head… It’s Jihad… It must be Jihad Shakur… He wants to ‘conquer’ my business… Why don’t you get him here to have a conversation?…
Deputy Chief Fuller is not thrilled…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(bad taste in his mouth)
We know what we’ll do… you don’t need to order us what to do next… Would you guys just leave, please?… I’ve got things to do…
Steven has already started heading towards the exit. However, Big George still has not finished…
BIG GEORGE
Fine… I am not going to order you… But I am requesting to get protected until an arrest is made…
Big George must be out of his mind. He is requesting the police to protect him. Both the Deputy Chief and Steven are speechless. Big George asks Steven…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
I can request a protection, right Steven?…
Steven just stands still. He cannot believe that his boss would ever make this request.
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
Steven!?…
Steven finally wakes up…
STEVEN
(shocked)
Oh… Yes, anyone who feels threatened may make such a request… So you guys cannot refuse… Evidence shows the point.
Deputy Chief Fuller cannot refuse…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(SIGHING)
Since you put it this way… OK, we accept the request… Give us a couple of days to make arrangements… then we’ll send officers to protect all of that on the hit list…
Deputy Chief Fuller gets up from his chair to shake hands with Big George…
INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER’S OFFICE – DAY
Steven still feels skeptical about Big George getting threatened… He wants to ask. However, a smart person does not ask; they only do…
Big George can figuratively see Steven’s question marks flying all over the police station…
BIG GEORGE
Steven, I know you have so much to ask… OK, go to my office tonight.
STEVEN
OK, George.
Big George is heading to his office. Steven still has not recovered…
INT. BIG GEORGE’S OFFICE – NIGHT
Big George is enjoying his cigar, probably not feeling threatened. He has been waiting for Steven to stop by ever since leaving the police station…
Steven KNOCKS on the door…
BIG GEORGE
Door’s opened, Steven…
Steven opens the door…
STEVEN
George,…
BIG GEORGE
(while lighting up a cigar)
Hey, Steven…
Steven comforts Big George…
STEVEN
Don’t worry, George… Jihad’s just trying to scare you.
Big George seems relaxed…
BIG GEORGE
No, Steven… You know me… I am never worried… But worry about your wife, she is staying at home all by herself…
STEVEN
It won’t be long though… I am planning a trip to Florence with her… Anyway,… you still have to be careful…
BIG GEORGE
Hm… A trip? Give me heads up when you are leaving…
Steven nods. He somehow senses how quiet the room is. Juan is nowhere to be found. He takes a seat on the couch and puts his briefcase on the TEA TABLE…
STEVEN
By the way,… where’s Juan?… He should be protecting you.
Big George takes a puff on the cigar…
BIG GEORGE
(clearing his throat)
He’s not slacking… He should be coming in a few moments…
Then Juan literally comes crashing in with beaten up Dirk, one of Big George’s lieutenants. Juan must thank Big George…
JUAN
(jokingly)
Thanks, Georgie, for keeping Dirkie alive…
Big George takes another puff on the cigar…
BIG GEORGE
If my memory serves me right Juan, you said you’d want to see him alive before he gets killed… I am just doing you a favor.
Steven was expecting Dirk would get killed, so he does not feel as scared as when he found out that Billy was a decoy that night.
JUAN
So what ya’ (slang) wanna to deal with this turkey… I meant Dirkie, Georgie?
BIG GEORGE
Whatever you want… But after finishing him, be sure to bury him… And Juan, don’t leave any trails behind.
Juan promises…
JUAN
I sure won’t, Georgie…
Juan is now fumbling his pocket. He takes out a PLASTIC BAG, which contains a suit button that Jihad left during the meeting…
JUAN
Here… Jihad’s button… I am goin’ (slang) to stick this into Dirkie’s hands…
Big George is satisfied. Steven, meanwhile, now feels more frightened. He feels that Big George is now beyond horrid; he is getting crazy by framing Jihad like this. His sweaty hands force Steven to stick them into his pockets again.
BIG GEORGE
Finish the job… and don’t let anyone see you… You clear?
Juan walks next to Big George. He is looking around…
JUAN
Trust me… Ain’t (slang) Steven and I your most trusted people?
Big George agrees…
BIG GEORGE
You, Juan, are my left hand and Steven is my right hand… Would my left hand man go now?
But before Juan leaves with Dirk, he sees something interesting across the street…
JUAN
Hey guys, look at the neon sign across the street… ‘Custom Framing’… That’s one more service I offer.
Only Big George LAUGHS…
JUAN
Hey Stevie, you tired?… You ain’t smiling. (slang)
Steven intentionally COUGHS, pretending not to feel well…
STEVEN
(COUGHING)
I am not feeling well… handling an outside case.
JUAN
(confused)
An outside case?… Ain’t we paying you much (slang)?
Big George has seen enough…
BIG GEORGE
Juan, would you just leave now!?… Dirk is waiting.
Juan apologizes. He gets ready to leave by picking up Dirk and throwing him to the tea table. That KNOCKS Steven’s briefcase opened on the floor…
Big George sees a BLACK BOX inside the MESH POCKET. Steven quickly picks up the briefcase…
BIG GEORGE
(feeling suspicious)
What’s that inside the pocket?
Steven must act fast…
STEVEN
(calmly)
Nothing… It’s a… a little present I bought for Brenda… I am not going to see her much the next two weeks… so I gotta buy her something as compensation.
Juan humorously adds…
JUAN
What?… Gettin’ (slang) her a fuck buddy?
Big George’s attention is on much more serious thing. Therefore, he lets Steven off the hook for now.
BIG GEORGE
(serious)
Juan!…
Juan is feeling some heat…
JUAN
My bad… Gotta go, Georgie and Stevie.
After Juan finally leaves with Dirk, Steven makes an excuse to leave…
STEVEN
George, if you don’t have anything else for me, I am leaving… I’ve got a lot of preparation for the case…
Steven gets up and leaves. Big George has finished the cigar and started another one. He is feeling somewhat suspicious towards Steven…
INT. DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER’S OFFICE – NIGHT
Inspector Jenkins has learned that they are going to protect Big George and his people. So he crashes in and starts bashing Deputy Chief Fuller while the Deputy Chief is going over the procedure…
Inspector Jenkins slams the files on to the table…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(angrily)
Jenkins!… Don’t you have any respect to your seniors!?… Coming in without knocking!… Are you out of your mind?
Inspector Jenkins shakes his head…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(angrily / YELLING)
I say you are out of your mind… Protecting Big George?
Deputy Chief Fuller explains…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(SIGHING)
Jeff, let me explain… Anyone who feels threatened and has a reason of needing protection, we cannot refuse their request.
Inspector Jenkins certainly understands as he gets cooled down a bit…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
I know, Fuller… But he’s just… he’s just manipulating us to rid Jihad…
Deputy Chief Fuller explains further as Inspector Jenkins grabs a seat in disbelief…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Let’s put it this way, Jeff… Maybe, I say, maybe we can take this opportunity to look after Big George and what he’s been doing…
Deputy Chief Fuller pads Inspector Jenkins’ shoulder…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
We are not going to only listen to what he says… If he’s manipulating us, then he’s playing with fire… He’ll get burned.
Deputy Chief Fuller stacks the files which are slammed by Inspector Jenkins back to him.
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
Here… Don’t think too much… Start preparing.
Even though Inspector Jenkins is still mad, he has to follow Deputy Chief Fuller’s order. Protecting citizens is a part of his job after all…
INT. STEVEN’S HOME OFFICE – NIGHT
Steven has been in his home office ever since he gets back home…
As usual, Steven sits on his chair listening to “Fate” while looking at the “tiger” calligraphy…
The opening notes of “Fate” probably suit how he feels right now. When Beethoven wrote “Fate”, he used the first four notes for “fate knocking on the door”. Beethoven was lost of why he was born deaf. The same goes to Steven as fate is knocking on the same door. He is lost…
INT. LIVING ROOM - STEVEN’S HOME – NIGHT
With Steven still inside of his home office, Brenda is on the phone…
BRENDA
I can’t… But he keeps listening to “Fate” over and over… He seems to have a big problem bothering him.
Brenda then gets up from the couch to take a peek. Steven’s recent incidents make him not closing the door completely…
BRENDA (continuing)
(WHISPERING)
He’s still sitting… looking at calligraphy.
MATCH CUT:
INT. BIG GEORGE’S HOME OFFICE – NIGHT
It turns out the man whom Brenda is talking to is Big George…
BIG GEORGE
OK…
Big George remembers about Steven’s presumably present…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
Oh… Has Steven given you the present yet?… My bad if I spoil your fun.
BRENDA
(V.O.)
No… He walked straight to his room when he got home.
BIG GEORGE
Hm… Maybe I messed up… Anyway, money’s ready… Keep looking after him for me.
Big George hangs up. He has confirmed that something is going on with Steven…
INT. LIVING ROOM – STEVEN’S HOME – NIGHT
Brenda puts her cell phone back to her pocket. She then walks next to the door. When she is about to knock, she sees, from the gap of the opened door, Steven is stuffing something into the “tiger” calligraphy.
Since Brenda is Big George’s “spy”, she fumbles for her cell phone. She looks at the phone; she somehow does not want to report to Big George about this secret. The love has taken her over.
The MUSIC has stopped; Steven starts heading to the door. He sees Brenda sweating heavily after putting on his pair of glasses…
STEVEN
Are you OK, honey?… You are sweating.
Brenda’s mind is someplace else. She wakes up after a long pause…
BRENDA
(emotionless)
I am fine… Steven.
STEVEN
(concerned)
If you are not feeling well… visit a doctor… I’ll be always late back home for the next two weeks… So don’t stay up late waiting.
Steven feels much better as he remembers to lock the door. He then whines…
STEVEN (continuing)
It’s already been a long year for me…
Steven SIGHS…
STEVEN (continuing)
(SIGHING)
Guess I must take a vacation with you after all the work gets done… You’ve always wanted to go to Florence, right?…
Brenda feels happy as she nods. She knows she will never sell Steven out. Steven can feel Brenda has something on her mind, so he jokes…
STEVEN (continuing)
Not the one near L.A., of course…
Brenda grins; she does not want Steven to see her thinking something else. Steven, meanwhile, notices the T.V. is still on…
STEVEN (continuing)
Honey,… don’t watch T.V. too late… I am going to bed now.
Steven kisses Brenda goodnight. At first, Brenda got married to Steven because it was Big George’s idea. But now, love has taken everything over – from Big George’s words to Big George’s money…
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. BIG GEORGE’S HOME – DAY
The protection begins. The officers have set their equipments up since early morning. The usual suspects, Big George, Steven and Juan, are sitting on the couch watching the officers set those devices up…
JUAN
Yo (slang)… Be careful of the vase… It’s worth more than your annual salary.
The officer does not even turn his head to Juan’s direction. Big George takes a puff on his first cigar of the day…
BIG GEORGE
(SIGHING)
Juan, let them do their stuff… And we are doing ours…
Big George KNOCKS off some ash to the ash tray…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
So Juan,… what are you using as samples next time?… You come up with anything yet?
Both Juan and Steven are absolutely shocked that Big George would ask this here – with these many officers…
STEVEN
(WHISPERING)
Wo… George… They are here…
Some of the officers are looking at them while they are still setting the equipments up…
BIG GEORGE
(relaxed)
What are you guys scared of?… They don’t know what we are talking about…
From the door, Inspector Jenkins joins the conversation…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
What are you three talking about?… I am pretty sure it’s not about the recall of those baby strollers.
The three turn around and greet Inspector Jenkins. Steven cannot make any emotions towards Inspector Jenkins since no one knows their relationship.
BIG GEORGE
Hey, Inspector Jenkins… Welcome… we are, of course, not talking about the strollers. We are talking about how police officers would never… never… buy a house like this.
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Yeah, George… But you used dirty…
Big George stops Inspector Jenkins…
BIG GEORGE
Hey… Let me finish… I said you guys would never buy a house like this and how devastating it must be for you to protect such people like us.
Inspector Jenkins wants to reply, but one of the officers derails his reply…
OFFICER THOMAS
Inspector… The equipments are set up properly and they have been tested.
Big George finishes his cigar. He then gets up from the couch…
BIG GEORGE
Excuse us, Inspector Jenkins… We are going inside… We are having a meeting.
The three are heading to the home office. Inspector Jenkins can only show his displeasure to them, especially to Steven…
INT. BIG GEORGE’S HOME OFFICE – DAY
Without saying a single word inside, Big George takes out his old PDA to write something down for Juan and Steven. It reads “look for cameras.”
Juan and Steven are looking for any cameras, but to no avail. Juan does not get used to silence however…
JUAN
Nothing, Georgie…
Big George and Steven put up a “no talking” motion in unison right away. Big George writes, “They may be recording us, so look out.”
Big George keeps writing, “So Juan, you come up with what you’ll use as a sample for our number four’s yet?”
Steven just cannot believe that Big George is crazy enough to ask such question. Meanwhile, Juan almost makes another noise; he nods…
Big George writes, “Good… And for Dirk, you got a guy yet?” Juan nods and needs to write the answer. Therefore, Big George gives him the PDA…
Juan writes, “There’s one guy in needs of dough. So he’s going to turn himself in.” Big George looks worried. Juan adds, “Don’t worry Georgie, that guy is willing to do anything for his family.”
As for Jihad, Juan writes, “Jihad will not know what’s going to happen to him after getting bothered by the police… Talk about perfect timing” Although Steven does not make any wrinkles, he is wondering what Juan actually means regarding Jihad and the police…
Big George is satisfied, even with a few feet and a door separating between the police and Big George. He wraps both Juan and Steven as a gesture of trust. Steven feels numb; he does not know what Big George is going to do next.
Big George shows Steven what he is thinking. He writes, “They think we are giving them a chance to watch over us, but they aren’t going to find a shit.”
They only SOUND that Big George makes in this room is LAUGHTER. Juan follows suit by LAUGHING as well. Steven, however, has not laughed from his heart ever since Billy got beaten up to death. He can only fake a smile…
It is time for the three to leave. Before leaving, Big George writes something for Inspector Jenkins on a piece of paper…
INT. BIG GEORGE’S HOME – DAY
Inspector Jenkins’s eyes are locked on Big George’s home office ever since the three went in there. His eyes are getting tired as they come out…
BIG GEORGE
Hey Inspector, do you need a cup of coffee?… You look tired.
Juan adds…
JUAN
(jokingly)
Of course he needs some coffee… He musta been locking on that room like a closed circuit (T.V.)… Hey Inspecta, we are going to have a massage, you goin’? (slang)
Big George and Juan LAUGH. Again, Steven only fakes a smile since he cannot laugh at his childhood friend.
Before the three leave, Inspector Jenkins orders a group of officers to protect them. Big George returns the favor by allowing Inspector Jenkins to survey the entire house.
BIG GEORGE
Do whatever things you want here… Legal that is, Inspector…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
I sure will…
Inspector Jenkins’ first stop is, obviously, the home office.
INT. BIG GEORGE’S HOME OFFICE – DAY
Once inside, Inspector Jenkins sees a NOTE left on the desk. It reads, “Big Georgie was here.” It reminds him that day at the rooftop.
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(angrily)
FUCK!
Inspector Jenkins VIOLENTLY crumbles the note and throws it on the floor…
Big George is indeed insane. No one actually knows for sure what his next move will be…
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. CLOSED RECREATION PARK – DAY
A few days have passed. During the construction work, a CONSTRUCTION WORKER has dug up a BODY. This worker is too scared, so he runs away. His fellow workers come by to check and see the body. As a result, they report to the police…
INT. DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER’S OFFICE – DAY
That is Inspector Jenkins – an impulsive and a no nonsense guy. He is complaining to Deputy Chief Fuller about the overall effectiveness, in terms of searching for Big George wrongdoings, of protecting Big George…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(angrily)
Told you, Aaron… We would find nothing useful there… Big George is too smart… They wouldn’t say anything about their business.
Deputy Chief Fuller must agree…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
So putting those recorders is not going to help… Take them away.
INSPECTOR JENKINS
I’ll take care of it… What a waste of time.
Deputy Chief Fuller does not blame Inspector Jenkins’ rant. He, however, looks concerned toward a person…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(concerned)
I am not feeling well today, Jeff… Something bad is going to happen… I hope it’s not him.
Inspector Jenkins is wondering whom Deputy Chief Fuller is referring to as the Deputy Chief’s phone RINGS…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Hi, this is Aaron Fuller…
Deputy Chief Fuller’s VOICE suddenly gets SOFT. He is holding his tears…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
(SOFT-VOICED / SIGHING)
We’ll be there…
Deputy Chief Fuller uses his left hand to cover his face whereas he uses his right hand to put down the receiver on to his desk. Inspector Jenkins senses something bad has just happened…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(concerned)
Aaron… Sir…
Deputy Chief Fuller tells Inspector Jenkins the news. He must first clear his throat…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
A construction worker has found a body of a male… Identity confirmed… He’s Dirk Van Pelt…
It would not matter for Deputy Chief Fuller to tell Inspector Jenkins everything…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
(angrily)
He’s one of us… He had worked for me for seven years… Busting up Big George’s places a few times… Why does he deserve this!?
Inspector Jenkins holds up his fist, and then he relaxes. They know who murdered Dirk. But anyhow, he has to comfort Deputy Chief Fuller…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Aaron,… Big George will pay for everything he has done… I know how… Anyway, we should go to that scene now.
Inspector Jenkins thinks he can get Steven to sell Big George out. Deputy Chief Fuller, however, is too sad and is not listening to what Inspector Jenkins said.
A while later, Deputy Chief Fuller’s head is back to a normal position. He has picked himself up. It is time for them to go…
INT. DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER’S OFFICE – DAY
Deputy Chief Fuller and Inspector Jenkins have returned from the scene. Even though they know who actually did it, they do not have any evidence backing them up…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
It gotta be Big George…
Inspector Jenkins suddenly YELLS…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
(YELLING)
FUCK!… We haven’t got much evidence except the button…
Inspector Jenkins holds up the button, which is sealed inside a PLASTIC BAG. After looking carefully, Deputy Chief Fuller knows whom this button belongs to…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
It’s Jihad’s… It’s from his suit on the night when Big George, Jihad and I met…
Inspector Jenkins is confused. Deputy Chief Fuller thinks further…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
The death threat… this button… Big George wants to frame Jihad!
Deputy Chief Fuller gets mad and slams his desk. His action surprises Inspector Jenkins because he always thinks that the Deputy Chief is so laidback…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(angrily)
Fucking Big George!… Is he insane?… Plotting the death threat!?
Inspector Jenkins also thinks further…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
But the button alone is not going to get Jihad though.
But Deputy Chief Fuller is sure of one thing…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
This is just a smokescreen… He’s manipulating us to do something… FUCK!… Jeff, get Big George here.
INSPECTOR JENKINS
But we can’t charge him anything.
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
It’s his guy who is found dead… He has to give us information.
Inspector Jenkins understands…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
OK, Aaron…
Inspector Jenkins leaves for Big George. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Fuller makes a promise…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
I will do anything to get Big George… I swear to God!
INT. INTERROGATION ROOM – DAY
Inspector Jenkins has “invited” Big George to give the police some information. Steven comes with him as well…
Before Big George is taking his seat, he blasts the police…
BIG GEORGE
(angrily)
Look at what you guys have done… One of my trusted men gets killed, just like the death threat stated!
Inspector Jenkins does not get rattled by Big George’s sudden rampage…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
You know he’s been missing… Why didn’t you tell us about it?
Steven, as a professional attorney, must warn Inspector Jenkins…
STEVEN
Inspector, Mr. Gomez is here to give you information about Mr. Van Pelt… He is, by no means, a suspect.
Big George thanks Steven by patting Steven on his back. He is now holding his CASE of cigars in his hands…
BIG GEORGE
Inspector, Dirk liked traveling… And I don’t know if he was traveling or taking care of my business… That’s all I am going to say.
As Big George tries to open the case of cigars, Inspector Jenkins reminds him…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
This is not your place… This place has rules… So please don’t smoke here.
Big George takes his case of cigars away as a sign of following their house rules.
As expected, Big George’s focus is back to Jihad…
BIG GEORGE
(angrily)
Inspector, I… I gotta say one more thing… I have already suggested Jihad since he always wants to get rid of me… but you guys would never listen!
Big George reminds Inspector Jenkins the evidence…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
Don’t you have some sort of evidence that proves my point?
It is confirmed; Big George is the one who killed Dirk. Steven looks at Big George of why he would ask about the evidence here.
INSPECTOR JENKINS
How do you know we have evidence?… Did you put it…
Steven quickly warns his friend…
STEVEN
You gotta be careful about what you are going to say… We can sue you for defamation.
Inspector Jenkins does not know if he should thank Steven, or beat him up. Steven explains…
STEVEN (continuing)
Mr. Gomez is trying to suggest that if you have any evidence, do whatever necessary… like inviting more people.
Inspector Jenkins wants to slap Steven in his face more than thanking him now. Steven, meanwhile, wraps their visit up…
STEVEN (continuing)
I think Mr. Gomez has given enough information for you guys to solve the case… So may we leave now?
Inspector Jenkins knows they do not have any evidence, if at all, against Big George…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Go ahead… But should we have any more evidence, we will invite you again, Mr. Gomez.
Big George is holding that case of cigars again and leaves the room…
INT. HALLWAY – DAY
Steven looks too tired for handling Big George’s troubles and the outside case. He has not gone back home for two days already…
BIG GEORGE
Money means everything, but don’t leave your wife alone for too long…
Big George then implies…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
It must be hard for women to love a money-making workaholic… Hey, that’s why I’d never get girls, not even one, to bother me… Look at me, I am free and I am rich… I can do whatever I want.
Steven certainly does not understand the implication behind the word “love” from Big George. He can, again, only fake a smile. Big George now really thinks that Brenda has already betrayed him for the man next to him…
INT. INTERROGATION ROOM – NIGHT
It is necessary that the police must bring Jihad for a talk. Jihad knows he is, of course, innocent, so he is compliant. He is coming into the room with his ATTORNEY…
JIHAD
It must have been a misunderstanding… I did not do anything wrong.
Inspector Jenkins, who also knows Jihad is innocent, shows him his suit button. It is, allegedly, from his suit after the Inspector’s trip to Jihad’s house…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Mr. Shakur, we have a reason to believe that this is indeed from your suit… and your suit is missing a button…
Jihad’s attorney tells Inspector Jenkins his professional point of view…
ATTORNEY
My client is still innocent until proven guilty… So if you even do have evidence that the button belongs to my client, we have a proof that he was out of town for a couple of days during the time frame of this murder… as reported by your coroner.
No wonder Jihad is compliant; he has a proof. He would not be able to kill Dirk himself since he was out of town, even with his suit button was found inside Dirk’s hand…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(SIGHING)
Whether or not you were out of town… we’ll check…
Inspector Jenkins thinks this is a waste of time since they all know Big George frames Jihad. Rules are rules however; he has to do what a police officer must do – to follow rules and boss’ orders…
While the atmosphere gets lifeless, Jayson comes in to give Inspector Jenkins a shot of jolt…
JAYSON
Jeff,… there’s a guy who turns himself in…
Inspector Jenkins and Jihad are surprised…
JAYSON (continuing)
He even has the weapon,… believed to be the lethal weapon that killed Dirk Van Pelt.
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Which room is he in?
JAYSON
Room five.
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Take this place for me… I am going there.
Inspector Jenkins rushes to ROOM FIVE as Jayson must finish for him…
MATCH CUT:
INT. FACTORY – NIGHT
It is getting close to midnight. The workers are busy making cocaine and heroin for a deal in three days. Someone is outside KNOCKING on the door…
One of the workers goes to the door and sees a familiar face through the CLOSED-CIRCUIT T.V. But the outside guy still has to make a secret code by knocking. He correctly answers the knock, so the guy inside opens the door…
The guy inside is surprised. There is one other guy, who then kicks the outside guy. This guy throws a couple of grenades with one hitting the CHEMICAL TANK, causing a huge fire…
INT. HALLWAY – NIGHT
It is finally time for the police to release Jihad. He is so happy…
JIHAD
(happily)
That fucking Big George tries to frame me… Use a better plan next time.
It must be the winning messing up with Jihad’s mind as his attorney ruins his fun.
ATTORNEY
(confused)
Don’t you think, Mr. Shakur, that something is going on behind all these?… A scapegoat at this time?… this perfect timing?
Jihad stops walking and starts thinking…
JIHAD
Nah,… must have been one of my guys… Yeah, musta been!
Jihad then starts picking up his pace again…
JIHAD (continuing)
Gotta go check my business now… You may leave… And thanks for your time anyway.
Jihad’s cell phone RINGS…
JIHAD
What’s up, Marty?… What?
Without hanging up, Jihad throws his cell phone to the ground.
INT. JIHAD’S OFFICE – NIGHT
It is ten minutes ‘til one o’clock. The upset Jihad and his lieutenants are going over how much they have lost. It is not looking good…
MARTY
Mr. Shakur,… the factory alone, we’ve… lost over… a million bucks… The deaths of four men inside, that will cost us another forty hundred thousand…
Jihad is so upset; he sweeps everything from his desk to the floor…
JIHAD
(angrily)
And we gotta give an extra five hundred thousand to the dealers…
Jihad pounds the arm of his arm chair…
JIHAD (continuing)
FUCK!… Who would ever mess with Jihad?… Who!?
Before his lieutenants can answer, Jihad’s office phone RINGS. It is Big George calling…
BIG GEORGE
(V.O.)
Hey, how’s it going, old pal?… Just heard your factory got burnt down… Oh, that’s fucking too bad… You are supposed to have a deal with the Blanco’s in a few days…
Jihad is speechless as his left hand is holding tight on the arm of the chair…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(V.O.)
Come to think of it, Jihad, we can take that order for you… Haha!… Gotta go…
While Jihad is still holding tight,…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(V.O.)
Oh, I forgot one thing… Don’t be mad now… Turn all your energy to your cell phone or something… Well, I’d figure you have already done something to your phone… It transferred to your voicemail… Adios!
Jihad has some thoughts as he “unchokes” the arm chair…
JIHAD
(calmly)
Marty,… are the weapons ready to test drive?…
Marty is concerned…
MARTY
(concerned)
Yes, but…
JIHAD
Don’t worry… I am just doing things according to George’s death threat…
Marty and the rest of the gang must obey to what Jihad is going to do…
INT. BIG GEORGE’S HOME OFFICE – NIGHT
Big George and his left hand man, Juan, are celebrating the bombing of Jihad’s factory. They both seem to be drunk.
BIG GEORGE
(happily)
See, Juan… It’s great being alone without the appearance of the wife, slash, girlfriend once every five minutes… Hey, guess you gotta ‘report’ to Donna.
JUAN
Fuck that bitch!… Even if I am leaving now,…
Juan pours in another glass of wine…
JUAN (continuing)
I am not going back home… I’ve got hella (slang) girlfriends.
Juan must praise Big George for what he set up…
JUAN
OK, don’t be such a wet blanket… I gotta praise you though… You are my idol… Hitting two birds with one stone. (NOTE: Bombing Jihad’s factory and stranding him in police station)
Big George LAUGHS, and then he gets serious…
BIG GEORGE
(looking serious)
I had told him not to cross the line… But he didn’t listen… I gotta do something to protect my investments…
The drunken Juan warns Big George…
JUAN
But I must ‘Juan’…
Juan must be so drunk…
JUAN (continuing)
(LAUGHING)
My bad… warn you though… Jihad’s going to retaliate…
Big George does not care…
BIG GEORGE
(jokingly)
Can he?… That girly man?
Big George and Juan both LAUGH. This is probably their last laughter for a while…
INT. DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER’S OFFICE – DAY
After watching the news on T.V., Deputy Chief Fuller finally knows why Big George frames Jihad. He also hopes that Jihad would not retaliate.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. STEVEN’S HOME – DAY
After days of struggles, Brenda finally goes checking what the secret hidden behind the calligraphy is. However, she needs the door KEY, which is obtained by Steven, to open the home office door.
Brenda thinks and thinks. She remembers she has learned a trick, form Big George, that using a credit card would unlock these kinds of locks. There, Brenda has unlocked the door…
INT. STEVEN’S HOME OFFICE – DAY
Brenda knows that Steven will not be home until late at night. She has a lot of time to think over – either telling Big George about this secret or keeping the secret as it is…
Brenda is now next to the calligraphy. She tries to feel where the opening is. She can feel there is a hole between the calligraphy and the back. Her hand slowly creeps in until there is something stopping her hand. She can feel there is some type of sheet hidden inside, so she takes it out. It is a SHEET filled with sets of numbers on it. On the first look, she thinks one set of these numbers represents the safe combination. However, there are too many possible combinations and she does not know where the safe is…
Brenda figures the safe must be either within the house or this room, so she searches this room first. After a lengthy search, there is a safe hidden behind the COMPUTER…
Even though Brenda knows where the safe is, she does not know the correct combination. She starts staring at the sheet; hoping God or some extra force would help her. But God and miracles do not show up…
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. HEALTHCARE CLINIC – DAY
Steven has not visited Uncle ERIC, Jeff’s Dad, for a long time. Today he is taking a day off from his cases and, mainly, Big George to visit Eric.
Steven has brought a BOWL of porridge for Eric, who is in a moderately severe stage of Alzheimer’s disease. Eric does not recognize anyone anymore.
Steven takes Eric to a GARDEN and has him look at the trees and birds. Steven sometimes thinks he would be happier if he forgets everything.
Steven then keeps moving Eric’s arms and legs as exercise. He also tells Eric how Jeff is doing at Eric’s old position…
STEVEN
Don’t worry, Eric… Jeff is doing fine… He has been able to control himself lately.
Jeff sees his Dad is with Steven after a NURSE tells him where his Dad is at. Jeff, too, brings his Dad a bowl of porridge. Jeff knows he must thank Steven, and that is about it between these two…
JEFF
Thanks, Steven…
Steven turns around…
STEVEN
Oh hey, Jeff…
Steven jokes…
STEVEN (continuing)
(jokingly)
Finally we don’t meet at your place.
Jeff grins for a moment, and then SIGHS…
JEFF
(SIGHING)
If you don’t help Big George, we wouldn’t meet there…
Steven does not agree…
STEVEN
Why don’t you say if I weren’t an attorney, we wouldn’t meet there?
Jeff reminds Steven of why he wants to change his last name to “Themis”.
JEFF
Steven, do you still remember why you changed your last name to ‘Themis’?… ‘Law of nature God’… It used to be in you… Steven, help the ones we are supposed to…
And that is why Steven has taken a case that is not related to Big George. Steven looks away; he does not even tell Jeff anything about the case. Jeff is disappointed as a result…
JEFF (continuing)
(disappointed)
I hope you still remember who sent you to college… who supported you.
STEVEN
And that’s why we are meeting here, Jeff… Jeff, I would never forget how Eric helped me.
JEFF
Then you must get away from Big George as a return favor… Big George is going to get you in trouble.
STEVEN
George jump started my career…
The debate gets heated as people around the area are looking at them. Eric, meanwhile, does not know how to make emotions anymore. If he could, he would not want these childhood friends going at it like this…
Both Jeff and Steven have calmed down…
JEFF
Steven, I really hope you could give us something about Big George’s business…
Steven is not thrilled…
STEVEN
(angrily)
I thought you would understand that we are on different sides… I don’t know anything about his business… even if I have anything, I am not going to sell my savior out.
Jeff knows even if he keeps asking Steven, he would not reveal anything. He ends the conversation by taking his Dad back to his room. Before going back, Jeff warns Steven…
JEFF
I have already warned you… Don’t regret when things go bad… Be mindful of that.
Steven obviously knows if he keeps hanging out with Big George, things would go bad. However, no one would ever think of things would go this bad…
INT. ROOM OF A MOTEL – NIGHT
Indeed, Juan has “hella” girlfriends. He is having a “battle” with, not against, one of his girlfriends, LEILA.
LEILA
Damn,… look at your cucumber… It’s thicker than…
Leila then searches for something…
LEILA (continuing)
(excited)
Than this coke bottle… Fuck!… I can’t handle it no more… Fuck!
JUAN
(excited)
Bitch!… Hang in there!… Hang in there!…
Leila’s hands are against the wall. After all the “excitement”, she takes a MORNING AFTER PILLS and then goes for a shower…
While Leila is in the bathroom, Juan takes a “victory cigar” that he stole from Big George’s office. He is still thinking about the battle with Leila…
The victory cigar will not be finished as a GROUP of gang members blasts in. Juan is not even ready to react. He is at gun point…
Leila, with her BATHROBE wrapped around her body, goes out to check. However, she gets brutally raped right away by two of those men in front of Juan, who cannot move.
All of Juan’s manhood is bullshit; he just cannot move. He can only grab the MATTRESS SHEET in anger…
Not only does Leila get raped, but also does she get beaten up. After taking out on a harmless girl, it is time for the group to take out on Juan. For the first time, Juan actually looks scared…
JUAN
(scared)
What do you want?… Who are you guys?
The group does not answer. They then take out a HATCHET from a BAG…
A GANG MEMBER
Proud of your dick, huh?… Say goodbye to your wiener…
Talk about wet blanket, Juan wets himself as he tries to get away. There are, however, three guys holding him as the hatchet is ready to chop his penis into two pieces…
A GANG MEMBER (continuing)
Here we go!…
JUAN
(scared)
No!…
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. LAW FIRM – DAY
It is one day later. Even though Steven helps his client to settle the case, he celebrates this settlement by opening a BOTTLE of champagne…
Steven’s colleagues are surprised of why he would celebrate like this, but today is Steven’s happiest day since he got married to Brenda…
Steven’s fun is about to end as Big George calls him. He wants to see him right away…
BIG GEORGE
(V.O.)
I know you have settled your outside case… It’s time for you to work with me again… Come over to my office…
Steven must go since he has always thought Big George jump started his career…
STEVEN
OK, I am coming…
MATCH CUT:
INT. BIG GEORGE’S OFFICE – DAY
STEVEN
OK, I’ll look at it…
Steven stacks the files after giving out some legal advice to Big George. Big George makes a rant towards Juan…
BIG GEORGE
(angrily / holding his cell phone)
When I need him, I don’t often see him… When I don’t need him, he pops up out of nowhere…
Steven kind of takes a stab at Juan…
STEVEN
He might be courting girls again… Anyway, give him a call.
BIG GEORGE
Called him numerous times already… If he receives those voicemails, he woulda already called back.
Steven can see Big George is in hurry as he is pacing back and forth in front of Steven…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(angrily)
Fuck!… I am going myself.
Suddenly, Big George’s office phone RINGS. Big George thinks it is Juan, but it is not…
BIG GEORGE
(angrily)
Fuck!… Where’ve you been?…
It is Big George’s office RECEPTIONIST. There is a PACKAGE for him…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
Bring the package here…
Big George looks for time; he cannot wait any longer. Meanwhile, the package is brought into the office…
Big George must go, so he gives Steven the package. He starts heading out…
BIG GEORGE
Open the package… I really gotta go… Tell me what it is when I come back…
Big George does not even look at who sent him the package and leaves the office…
The package is sent from Juan’s home. Steven wonders why Juan does not give Big George the package himself. Hence, he carefully opens this suspicious package. There is a BOX of PUZZLE inside. On the side, there is a TYPED LETTER…
Steven picks up the letter and reads it. It says, “Juan’s dick is inside. George Gomez, you’ll be next.” That scares Steven; he drops that box of puzzle on to the floor…
Steven knows he must tell Big George about this threat, but the force opening up the box stops Steven from going right away. Inside the box, he sees there are pieces of puzzles and a long, thick…
STEVEN
(surprised)
A geoduck!?…
Whether if this is a real threat or not, Steven must chase down Big George before it is too late…
MATCH CUT:
EXT. PARKING LOT – DAY
Fortunately for Steven, Big George’s huge size really makes him slower than normal people. However, Steven is a tad too late as he can only see his back inside his CAR…
Steven does not know where Big George is going, so he must get into his CAR to follow Big George…
MATCH CUT:
EXT. OUTSIDE OF FACTORY – DAY
Steven keeps following Big George until he stops in front of a FACTORY BUILDING. Steven tries to YELL at Big George, hoping he would hear him…
MATCH CUT:
INT. MAIN LOBBY – DAY
Big George has already gone into the ELEVATOR. Steven, again, just misses him by literally seconds. He must now look at the ELEVATOR INDICATOR to find out which floor Big George goes to…
STEVEN
(anxious)
Fifth floor…
Without even waiting for the elevator to come back down, Steven takes the stairs…
MATCH CUT:
INT. FIFTH FLOOR – DAY
There is a “CLOSE DOOR” SOUND from his left. The exhausted Steven follows the sound…
Steven is desperate; he pounds the IRON DOOR, YELLING…
STEVEN
(YELLING)
George!… It’s… me,… Steven!
MATCH CUT:
INT. ILLEGAL DRUG FACTORY - DAY
The workers inside are about to pull their guns out, but Big George stops them…
BIG GEORGE
(V.O.)
Let him in…
The door opens for Steven, and then it shuts quickly. Big George is furious…
BIG GEORGE
(furious)
What are you doing here?… You are not supposed to be here!…
Steven is too exhausted; he cannot speak right away…
BIG GEORGE
(angrily)
Collect your breath…
Before Steven can collect his breath, he suddenly sees there is a gun-shaped object at the ROOFTOP across the street. Steven YELLS,…
STEVEN
(YELLING)
Look out!…
Steven uses his remaining tank of gas to push Big George to the side as a ROCKET is shot from a ROCKET LAUNCHER across the street. The shot causes a huge fire and some casualties. Big George, meanwhile, is slow to get up.
As the shooter needs time to reload, the injured Steven and the survivors escort their boss to the exit. There is another shot fired, seconds after they have fled…
MATCH CUT:
INT. FIFTH FLOOR – DAY
The ALARM has SOUND; the group of survivors is trying to get out of the building as soon as possible. However, smoke has blinded their vision…
BIG GEORGE
(YELLING)
Those people might be coming… Feel your way to the stairs quick… It’s on the right…
Steven, with blood dripping from his injured left arm, forgets the pain. All he cares right now is the stairs that are nearby since he took the stairs here. Blindness, however, does affect all the senses.
It is so fortunate that there are not many people inside the building when the rocket struck. If there were more people, things would go ugly…
Steven and others keep feeling for the stairs, until Steven finds the stairs…
STEVEN
(YELLING)
Guys, here it is…
Steven, who is obviously more merciful than these men, helps them to get to the stairs one by one. He is the last one to leave as the FIRE TRUCKS arrive…
EXT. STREET – DAY
The survivors are desperately grasping for air through the MASK. Big George must truly thank Steven…
BIG GEORGE
(thankful)
Thanks, Steven…
Big George pads Steven by the side of his arm. He then takes a deep breath…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
I don’t know what to say… you’ve saved my life again…
STEVEN
This time it’s pure luck…
After collecting themselves, Big George and Steven see Inspector Jenkins coming over…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Mr. Gomez,… I think you know why I am coming to this scene… We believe that unit is your illegal drug factory…
Big George seems to have recovered as he is LAUGHING…
BIG GEORGE
Inspector, what are you talking about?… I, as well as my people, only visited someone next door… I had no idea that unit is doing illegal stuff…
Big George is back to old self…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
If you have any evidence, Inspector,… charge me!
Inspector Jenkins has controlled himself a lot better recently. He does not get mad at Big George…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Either way,… we’d like to have you and the rest of your people to the station for interviews.
For Inspector Jenkins, Steven is no longer his friend after their conversation at the CLINIC…
BIG GEORGE
OK… Fine, I am going…
INT. POLICE VEHICLE - DAY
Just as they get on the police vehicle, Big George’s phone RINGS…
BIG GEORGE
Hey…
It is Jihad…
JIHAD
(V.O.)
Hey, old pal… How’s your feeling right now?… You probably would get a guy as your goat again, huh?… Please find a goat, I can’t play with you in jail or if you’re dead… I don’t want you die yet.
Big George, in front of Inspector Jenkins and other officers, cannot react violently…
BIG GEORGE
What are you talking about?…
JIHAD
(V.O.)
I am talking about how much you will lose… and how you can finish the deal without the powder… Talk to you later, pal… Oh by the way, call me if you’ve bought a new cell… Haha!
Just like what Jihad says, Big George really wants to throw his cell phone in anger. He just cannot show how furious he is now. On the other hand, he has not even learned that Juan is missing…
INT. BIG GEORGE’S OFFICE – NIGHT
After another routine trip to the police station, Big George goes to his office calculating the losses from the fire…
Big George has now acknowledged that Juan has been missing since yesterday morning. One thing he is sure of is who has abducted Juan…
BIG GEORGE
That fucking bastard… You wanna play with me… Be careful of what you wish for…
Big George’s cell phone RINGS. The CALLER ID indicates it is one of his gang members searching for Juan…
BIG GEORGE
You got Juan yet?… Then why are you calling?… You either bring him here or leave your arm here!
Big George is really concerned about his long time buddy. He understands that there is a “golden hour” of thirty hours. In other words, if a person cannot be found within thirty hours, that person would never be found alive again. It has already passed that time frame…
INT. STEVEN’S HOME – NIGHT
Even though Brenda has already received Steven’s call saying he is safe, she keeps pacing back and forth. She has to “see him to believe him”.
Brenda’s wait is over as Steven opens the door. She rushes towards him for a huge hug…
BRENDA
(concerned and glad)
I thought I would never see you again…
Steven is touched…
STEVEN
(while hugging Brenda)
Honey, I am here… safe and sound… I promise you; I would never leave you worried… Remember the trip to Florence… I am going to buy the tickets tomorrow.
Apparently, Brenda remembers not only the trip, but also Big George.
BRENDA
Steven… doesn’t George need your legal advice?…
STEVEN
I’ve been thinking of leaving George… I… I guess it’s time to cut tides with him.
Brenda is, from her heart, happy for Steven. However, what Steven is saying is naïve. Big George is a crook – a crazy crook. Brenda thinks Big George would never let Steven go that easily. Brenda herself is an example.
BRENDA
(giving Steven advice)
Um… Steven, you can’t just quit on Big George that easily… You’ve known him too much…
STEVEN
I know… but I am just his attorney… I don’t have anything valuable for him…
Brenda knows Steven is lying to her as he has something in the safe, but she just does not know what it is. She also understands Big George’s personality…
BRENDA
Big George is not what you think… He’s going to get rid of you when there’s a conflict of interest…
Steven is so naïve to say…
STEVEN
Let alone I saved him twice… I am his friend… He wouldn’t want to kill me…
But Brenda is still concerned. Steven promises her…
STEVEN (continuing)
OK, honey… I am not telling him I am quitting for now… But the vacation will have to be postponed then.
Although Brenda has known about the sheet hidden behind the calligraphy, she just does not care about what Big George has told her anymore. All she cares about is the man in front of her, who can give up his future just for her. She really loves Steven.
INT. BIG GEORGE’S OFFICE – DAY
Things are coming all at once for Big George, and he can only do so much. He feels he is being squeezed by Jihad’s pressure. The most important thing for him right now is to find his left hand man, Juan.
While Big George is feeling being squeezed, Juan’s wife, DONNA, calls Big George…
DONNA
(V.O. / angrily)
George, why’s Juan all naked and scared when he came back home?… You told me he’s on a trip…
Big George is more relieved after hearing this partially good news…
BIG GEORGE
(concerned)
How’s he now?… I am coming over.
DONNA
(V.O.)
He just looks scared… and… he wouldn’t talk to me… Where the hell did you send him?
Big George keeps lying to Donna since he lied to her that Juan was on a trip.
BIG GEORGE
Donna, let me come over first… and I’ll tell you everything…
INT. JUAN’S BEDROOM – DAY
After a DOCTOR takes a look at Juan, he diagnoses that Juan has been irritated too much that he could not handle…
DOCTOR
I am going to prescribe some medication for Mr. Dozier… And he also needs to see a psychiatrist. That’s all I can do for him… You guys may help him by talking to him as well.
Big George thanks the doctor as he escorts him out. Donna, meanwhile, wants to know what has happened to his big-ego husband.
DONNA
(waking Juan up)
Juan,… it’s me, Donna…
Juan wakes up and feels scared…
JUAN
(scared)
No,… stop… the axe… the axe coming right down… I… I couldn’t get away… I got held…
Donna is concerned as well as curious about what actually makes this once big-mouthed guy turned into this paranoia guy.
Big George rushes back after noticing Juan has wakened up. He sees the scared Juan puts his whole body inside the BLANKET. He must keep lying to Donna…
BIG GEOGRE
(consoling Donna)
He might have been… robbed or something…
DONNA
I am reporting this to police…
BIG GEORGE
Don’t, Donna… You know your husband… He never likes police… Trust me, I’ll find out what happened…
Big George consoles Juan as he keeps MUMBLING inside the blanket…
BIG GEORGE
(consoling)
It’s OK, Juan… This is your home… I am leaving now, take care…
Big George tells Donna…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
Donna, call me if something goes wrong… Gotta go.
In fact, Big George knows all along that it was Jihad to be blamed for all these – Juan’s abduction and the attack. His eyes are wide open while he is holding his fist.
BIG GEORGE
(V.O.)
Jihad, I’ll make you pay…
As a result, the gang members from their respective groups are fighting against each other for the next two weeks…
INT. DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER’S OFFICE – DAY
After being criticized and scolded by the media at the press conference, Deputy Chief Fuller is really upset. He is not upset because he is being scolded; he is upset because it is getting out of hand between the two groups…
Deputy Chief Fuller is reading a NEWSPAPER ARTICLE criticizing the lack of effort from the police to stop the groups from the violence…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(while reading)
I’d want to have them cease fire… but we can only make many arrests… It’s never enough in their eyes…
Deputy Chief Fuller is getting squeezed in between the media’s criticism and the gangs’ violence. He must do something to get everything back in their control.
Deputy Chief Fuller is thinking about the groups too much. He does not know Inspector Jenkins suddenly comes in without knocking again. He too cannot hold his anger anymore…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(angrily)
Another death… that’s thirteenth already… Even with the extra police force doesn’t do much…
Deputy Chief Fuller has made up his mind…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(SIGHING)
I’ll be going for a meeting tomorrow night… Watch the situation for me… Things should be back under control in a couple of days…
Inspector Jenkins wonders why he is so sure…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(wondering)
Why are you so sure, Aaron?… Don’t tell me you are going to meet with Big George and Jihad again… It’s not the best way.
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
But it’s the only way.
Inspector Jenkins must admit that it is the only way…
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. JIHAD’S OFFICE – DAY
Jihad is currently on the phone with Deputy Chief Fuller, in regards of the meeting…
JIHAD
May I suggest a place?… Sun Wah in Chinatown is a good place… They’ve got great seafood.
Deputy Chief Fuller reminds Jihad the purpose of the meeting…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(V.O.)
We’re not going there to eat… If you want to eat with better appetite, then you and Big George must stop the violence.
JIHAD
(apologetic)
My bad, Deputy Chief… See you tomorrow night at eight… Remember, Sun Wah.
Deputy Chief Fuller quickly hangs up because he is working on a double shift – dealing with both Jihad and Big George at the same time…
Jihad’s lieutenant, Marty, thinks it is time to get rid of Big George, but Jihad scolds him…
JIHAD
(scolding Marty)
You nuts (slang)!?… Cops will be everywhere around Chinatown… You want me to get into trouble…
With his arms resting on his arm chair, Jihad tells Marty…
JIHAD (continuing)
Don’t worry, Marty… I’ve got a plan in mind… Stay tuned.
INT. BIG GEORGE’S HOME OFFICE – DAY
With Juan is still resting, Big George is concerned more on Juan rather than on the war against Jihad. He throws his head back with a cigar in his mouth, not knowing there is some ash already fallen on his belly.
His cell phone’s RING wakes Big George up. He has to clean up the mess before answering.
BIG GEORGE
(SIGHING)
Hello, who’s this?…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(V.O.)
This is Aaron Fuller… I’d like you to attend the meeting between us, the police, you and Jihad… regarding recent violence between the two groups…
Deputy Chief Fuller does not expect Big George will agree to attend the meeting. But to his surprise,…
BIG GEORGE
Count me in… Where’ll we meet?
Deputy Chief Fuller is really surprised. Even if Big George is not going, he would force him to go…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(V.O. / surprised)
Oh… OK… Sun Wah Restaurant in Chinatown… tomorrow night at eight… Bye.
Big George hangs up and quickly calls another person…
BIG GEORGE
Hey, it’s Big George… Sun Wah in Chinatown… tomorrow night at eight… Get ready nearby… and don’t let them see you.
Big George hangs up rather quickly. He looks at a PHOTO of himself and Juan.
BIG GEORGE
(talking to the photo)
This is a gift for you, Juan… This is for you.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. VIP ROOM - SUN WAH RESTAURANT – NIGHT
It is fifteen minutes after eight. Deputy Chief Fuller has been there waiting for two of the most troublesome figures - either political or non-political - in the city for about half an hour.
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(talking to himself)
Don’t tell me they are not coming… I’ll handcuff them here if they don’t show up in fifteen more minutes…
There is someone saying something into Deputy Chief Fuller’s direction. It is Jihad…
JIHAD
(V.O.)
Don’t handcuff me… Handcuff Big George… He’s too scared like a chicken…
Jihad is then doing a chicken dance…
JIHAD (continuing)
(making CHICKEN SOUND)
Deputy Chief Fuller looks serious; he is serious…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Just have a seat, Jihad… and don’t do anything unnecessary in front of me… I am not in a good mood.
When cops say they are not in a good mood, they are not in a good mood. Jihad, therefore, obeys. He is not even sure if there are snipers pointing at his head right now…
JIHAD
Chill, alright!… I’ll sit… I’ll keep my mouth shut…
Jihad then makes a “stitching-the-lip” motion. Deputy Chief Fuller is really ticked off…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(angrily)
This is what I mean unnecessary…
Jihad does not want to get shot, so he puts his hands on the table…
Another five minutes have gone. Big George still has not showed up. Deputy Chief Fuller is mad…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(angrily)
Jihad,… stay here!… I am going to get Big George myself.
Deputy Chief Fuller gets up and heads to the exit. Jihad jokes again, probably forgetting the snipers…
JIHAD
(jokingly)
Don’t forget your handcuffs, Deputy Chief…
Deputy Chief Fuller turns around staring at Jihad. Big George, whom the Deputy Chief wants to “eat” him alive because of Dirk’s death, comes in without being noticed…
BIG GEORGE
(V.O. / jokingly)
Hey Deputy Chief Fuller,… Your back doesn’t look as good as your face… Why don’t you have a seat, then we’ll talk?…
Deputy Chief Fuller sits; he is wondering…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(wondering)
Why don’t they tell me you are entering?…
BIG GEORGE
Ah,… I am too ordinary… Maybe they don’t recognize me – the most powerful man in the city.
Jihad is not thrilled. Big George goes back to the objective of this meeting as he takes a sip of the tea…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(SIGHING)
Anyway,… don’t we have something to talk about regarding the recent shit?
Big George then takes a piece of GUM. Jihad says something interesting…
JIHAD
George, this is a restaurant… I’ve already ordered something interesting for you.
Jihad then tells the WAITER to get ready. Deputy Chief Fuller has had enough of this nonsense. He slaps at the table, surprising the two leaders…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(angrily)
Concentrate on our subject… Thirteen deaths and twenty five wounded in the past two weeks… What is this?… You guys wanna break the Guinness World Records?…
Deputy Chief Fuller’s mouth seems to be a little bit dry. He takes a sip of the tea…
Deputy Chief Fuller, who can get really mad over everything, complains about the tea…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(complaining)
Yuk!… Is this green tea?… I hate green tea.
Jihad orders the waiter to give them red tea. Deputy Chief Fuller’s mood gets a little better…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
That’s why we are having this meeting… I am not ordering you guys to sign any treaty… I can’t do that… But I’m begging you guys to cease fire before the Federal Government takes action… Would you guys agree?
The red tea is served; Deputy Chief Fuller drinks some. While the Deputy Chief is still drinking, the leaders, meanwhile, are scared of the possible government involvement…
BIG GEORGE
OK… since you throw the Fed at us… I’ll tell my men to hold their fire…
Jihad agrees as well…
JIHAD
(nodding his head)
Fine, Deputy Chief… I only cease fire just because of your begging and the Fed…
Deputy Chief Fuller has much better appetite now as some of the dishes are served. One dish, however, is ordered just for Big George…
JIHAD
(jokingly)
Geoduck… It’s Juan and your favorite…
Surprisingly for Jihad, Big George is not upset. He even tries some…
BIG GEORGE
(grinning)
Tastes good…
MATCH CUT:
EXT. STREET – NIGHT
After the treat and the “peace talk”, Jihad is waiting for his car to arrive. He gets upset after a lengthy wait…
JIHAD
(telling his members)
We are walking there to see why it’s taking him so long…
While Big George and Deputy Chief Fuller are long gone, he starts walking to the PARKING LOT with his men. There is a CONSTRUCTION SITE with SCAFFOLDING surrounding the site up front. When he is underneath the scaffolding, a huge TANK tumbles down, breaking the pieces of wood. Jihad cannot react at all. As a result, he and his men get killed…
MATCH CUT:
INT. BIG GEORGE’S CAR – NIGHT
While going back home, Big George has learned that Jihad has been killed…
BIG GEORGE
(praising)
Great… Accident comes timely…
Big George wears a smile on his face…
INT. DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER’S OFFICE – DAY
It is the next day. Deputy Chief Fuller has also learned that Jihad has been killed in an “accident”. He figures that Jihad’s group would do something to Big George. As a result, he calls Inspector Jenkins to discuss the situation…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(after reading the report / angrily)
Damn it!… A tank tumbling down by wind… What… what kind of report is this?…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
I know what you’re thinking… There’s no evidence that this is man-made… That’s why we must stop Jihad’s group before they retaliate…
Inspector Jenkins is skeptical…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
How can we stop them?… By protecting Big George again?… They’ve got the weapons that we don’t have.
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
No, we are not protecting him… Let’s hope they can’t do anything without a true leader… Jeff, spread the report out… Tell everyone that Jihad’s death is an accident.
Since Inspector Jenkins’ phone is RINGING, he can only nod…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(V.O.)
From the clinic?…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
Hello Susan,…
Inspector Jenkins is holding his tears…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
OK… I am coming over…
Deputy Chief Fuller notices something is wrong with Inspector Jenkins…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(concerned)
What is it, Jeff?…
Inspector Jenkins starts crying…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(crying)
Dad has just passed away… I… I really have to leave now.
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
I am going with you… Eric is my mentor.
Deputy Chief Fuller orders Jayson to spread Jihad’s report out to the press before they leave…
INT. JUAN’S HOME – DAY
Minutes after Jihad’s report being spread out, Juan is concerned.
JUAN
(concerned)
Jihad’s men… They will retaliate…
Big George comforts Juan…
BIG GEORGE
They won’t… Toothless tigers couldn’t kill no one (slang)… Don’t get paranoid, Juan… Have some rest,… I gotta go.
Big George shows Juan an example by walking out alone…
INT. ERIC’S ROOM – HEALTHCARE CLINIC – DAY
Inspector Jenkins and Deputy Chief Fuller rush to Eric’s room. SUSAN, a Nurse and a friend of Inspector Jenkins’, has been there waiting.
SUSAN
Jeff, your Dad dies naturally…
Inspector Jenkins and Deputy Chief Fuller, with redness in their eyes, get closer to Eric’s body…
SUSAN (continuing)
You may claim Eric’s body at anytime…
Inspector Jenkins, after wiping his tears away, sees a NOTE on the cabinet next to the bed. He recognizes his Dad’s handwriting…
Inspector Jenkins believes that there is “momentary lapses of consciousness before death”. He, therefore, takes a look of what his Dad wrote for him…
It shocks him; both of his arms are dropped. So Deputy Chief Fuller takes a look of that note…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(shocked)
What!?… Henry McLain is Steven’s bio Dad?…
The note reads: “Steven, Henry McLain is your Dad. Stop helping Big George anymore.” It turns out that HENRY MCLAIN, a former RIVAL of Big George and the victim of Big George’s murder case, is Steven’s biological Dad.
Inspector Jenkins, after waking up, must now tell Steven about the irony. He takes the note back from Deputy Chief Fuller.
INSPECTOR JENKINS
Susan, Aaron… Claim my Dad’s body… I have an important thing to do…
Inspector Jenkins quickly leaves for Steven. On the other hand, Deputy Chief Fuller suddenly has a thought…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(V.O.)
What if I give this news to the press… and if Steven does have evidence… Big George would kill Steven, forcing him to be on my side… This way I can get revenge…
Deputy Chief Fuller then scolds himself…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER (continuing)
(V.O.)
Why the hell would I ever think of this selfish shit?…
Deputy Chief Fuller is actually thinking about putting Steven’s life to gamble. He has changed so much since he swore to God after Dirk’s death…
INT. STEVEN’S OFFICE – LAW FIRM – DAY
It has been a sad day for Steven. First, he believes that Big George has killed Jihad. Also, he has heard that his Uncle and a great friend of his, has passed away…
STEVEN
(sadden)
Thanks for letting me know… I’ll be going there soon. Bye.
Tears in Steven’s eyes cause a stuffy nose. Uncle Eric had been his most respectable person other than Big George…
Steven takes out a PHOTO with Eric from his WALLET. Jeff rushes in while Steven is thinking back. Jeff gives Steven the note written by Eric…
JEFF
Read it!… It’s about you and your biological Dad!…
Steven reads the note. He, too, is shocked; he cannot believe what Eric has written for him…
JEFF (continuing)
That McLain guy is your Dad… And you are still helping your Dad’s rival time after time… No, I am not blaming you, Steven… I am just blaming God…
Steven does not look clear-headed…
JEFF (continuing)
Steven, give us Big George’s stuff if you do have it…
Steven suddenly wakes up and looks skeptical about the note…
STEVEN
(skeptical)
Wait… Eric wouldn’t have written anything at all… He couldn’t move… Jeff, I am not giving you anything.
JEFF
(angrily)
You know me… I am not this kind of a person… I’ll never manipulate anything for anything… Steven, trust me… It was really written by Dad…
Jeff turns around looking disappointed. The office door has not been closed all along. The employees have been outside watching their confrontation. Jeff finally closes the door…
JEFF (continuing)
Just by what you’ve said… You DO have some evidence…
The clear-headedness, or lack thereof, sells Steven out…
STEVEN
How can I trust you people?… You guys are just a bunch of permitted gangsters… You would get whatever you want by lying…
Jeff, as impulsive as he still is, wants to punch Steven…
JEFF
(angrily)
If we are gangsters, we would storm your place without begging you here…
Jeff points at the note…
JEFF (continuing)
Look at the handwriting… You know Dad’s handwriting, don’t you?
Steven just does not trust Jeff; he throws the note away. Jeff punches him…
JEFF (continuing)
(furious / crying)
Dad was still thinking of you before he died… Don’t you still have humanity left in you?
Jeff picks up the crumbled note and leaves…
MATCH CUT:
INT. DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER’S OFFICE – DAY
Deputy Chief Fuller is searching for a REPORTER’S NAME CARD. He has decided to spread the news out about Steven and his biological father, Henry…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Hello… May I speak with Dave Atkins?… This is Aaron Fuller from the police department… Thanks!
The MUSIC playing on the phone while Deputy Chief Fuller is waiting makes him anxious. Finally, there is someone at the other end saying “Hello”.
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Hey, Dave… It’s Aaron Fuller… I’ve got huge news for you… Seriously, it’s huge enough to be put on the front page…
Deputy Chief Fuller tells DAVE not to give him credit…
MATCH CUT:
INT. DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER’S OFFICE – DAY
The next day, Deputy Chief Fuller is reading the NEWS that he provided. Inspector Jenkins, as expected, rushes in and punches him right away…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(furious / holding his fist)
You fucking bastard!… You are spreading the news out?… Don’t you know that could get Steven killed…
Punching twice in many days really hurts, both physically and mentally. Deputy Chief Fuller, meanwhile, is cleaning up some blood on his lips…
INSPECTOR JENKINS (continuing)
Big George is not taking any chance no matter what… on his rival’s son…
Deputy Chief Fuller apologizes…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Sorry, but I must do this… Desperate times need desperate measures… I promise you, Jeff… We will secretly protect Steven twenty four seven from now on… I promise you.
Inspector Jenkins thinks it is too late to blame Deputy Chief Fuller…
INSPECTOR JENKINS
(disappointed)
Fuck! Everything is too late now, Aaron… I know you want to get revenge on Big George, but I can’t agree with you… You have changed.
With his head down, Inspector Jenkins leaves. He has lost both friends – Steven and Deputy Chief Fuller…
INT. JUAN’S HOME – DAY
It has been almost three weeks since Juan was found alive. Almost everyday, Big George comes to visit his comrade.
Big George is now reading the article that Deputy Chief Fuller provided while Juan is sleeping…
BIG GEORGE
(surprised)
Henry’s son… What a coincidence?… And how ironic is it that he works for me?…
Although it seems like Big George does not believe the article, he is not taking any chances. Therefore, he calls to the new factory…
BIG GEORGE
Is the packaging done?… Good, give me three packets of those…
Big George has a plan in mind. He then calls Steven…
BIG GEORGE
Steven, it’s George… I’ve read the article… It’s all bullcrap… I never trusted the press and I never will…
Steven is glad that Big George is giving him a vote of confidence…
STEVEN
(V.O.)
By the way, George, how’s Juan?…
BIG GEORGE
He is doing fine… He is recovering… Hey, why don’t we take some swings tomorrow… I’ve had a long, long three weeks…
STEVEN
(V.O.)
Why not?… Same old time and place tomorrow… I’ll see you there, bye.
It is to the point where Brenda said – conflict of interest. Speaking of Brenda, Big George calls her before going to the factory…
BIG GEORGE
Brenda, you’ve read the news… ask Steven if it’s true or not…
Even though Big George does not trust Brenda anymore, he is just buying an extra insurance, hoping Brenda does give him something…
INT. STEVEN’S OFFICE – DAY
While Steven is glad that Big George still trusts him, he somehow feels concerned. As a result, he takes out a PACKAGE from the DRAWER and calls Lamar to come in…
LAMAR
Yes, Steven…
Steven shows and gives him the package…
STEVEN
Send the package if I don’t show up here for the entire day… Use express…
Lamar thinks this is rather odd…
LAMAR
Alright!
Steven is a bit relieved…
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. STEVEN’S HOME – NIGHT
It is night time. Whenever Steven has unsolvable problems on his mind, he goes inside to his home office to think over while listening to “Fate”.
Brenda does not want to bother Steven, but she wants the answer. She KNOCKS on the door…
STEVEN
(V.O.)
Come in, honey…
INT. STEVEN’S HOME OFFICE – NIGHT
Steven probably knows why Brenda comes in…
BRENDA
Steven, is the news true?
STEVEN
No… Um… Honey, I don’t know…
With his legs are already resting on the REST, Steven goes back enjoying the music…
Steven might be stuck; he invites Brenda to dance.
BRENDA
Right now,… with this music?
Steven gets up to change the CD that is filled with LOVE SONGS…
STEVEN
(walking towards Brenda)
I know you love dancing Blues… May I?
Brenda gives Steven her hands as the CD is playing WILLIE NELSON’S “ALWAYS ON MY MIND”.
Even though Steven feels sad, he does not show his sadness in front of Brenda…
STEVEN (continuing)
Thank you, honey… You are always by my side when I have tough times…
As Steven and Brenda keep dancing, Brenda somehow thinks there a correlation between BLUES and the secret of the sheet…
BRENDA
(V.O.)
That’s it… If I follow the trace of the steps, I might get the code.
The song is finished; Steven kisses Brenda…
STEVEN
(thankful)
Thanks… I am feeling better…
MATCH CUT:
INT. STEVEN’S HOME OFFICE – NIGHT
Steven must be so tired; he does not know that Brenda gets up during midnight. She gets inside of Steven’s home office again by using the credit card trick…
Once inside, Brenda goes straight to the “tiger” calligraphy. She takes the sheet out and starts using her fingers as her legs to dance Blues…
BRENDA
(V.O.)
Twenty four… Thirteen… Thirty eight… Five…
Brenda writes the numbers down as if she is going to buy lottery with these numbers. Anyway, she goes to the safe right away and starts turning the dial of it. She has cracked the safe.
Inside the safe, there is just a CD which might be the evidence. Brenda has never thought of selling Steven out; she just wants to check what that thing is inside…
INT. GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE – DAY
After eighteen holes of golf with Steven, Big George takes him to a CLUBHOUSE…
BIG GEORGE
(jokingly)
Shot a one twenty plus… told you I am “tigga Wuss”(slang)… Have a seat, Steven…
Big George and Steven both sit down…
STEVEN
(grinning)
No, George… I shot around a one-o-five range… We are all “Tigger Woods”.
Big George LAUGHS as he pads Steven…
After coffee is served, Big George and Steven both put three PACTKETS of SUGAR into coffee…
BIG GEORGE
(grinning)
This is the best coffee I’ve ever had…
EXT. STREET – NIGHT
After a brief check of his law firm and a trip to the TRAVEL AGENCY, Steven goes to get his car…
Steven has not been feeling well after playing golf with Big George. He thinks the recent events have taken his toll. He YAWNS once every couple of minutes. He has no idea why…
INT. STEVEN’S HOME – NIGHT
Brenda is sitting on the couch, but the T.V. is not on. She is just thinking about what she can do with that CD, which she has already checked what it contains. It contains some AUDIO RECORDINGS that could end up being evidence against Big George and his gang.
Brenda does not know what to do. Big George, however, helps her to decide as he and his men bash in. Brenda is surprised…
BIG GEORGE
Hello, Brenda… How long have we not met?… Let’s see… Ah, your wedding party…
BRENDA
What do you want, George?
BIG GEORGE
I want that black box… It must be an audio recorder.
BRENDA
What are you talking about?… I don’t know a shit!
Big George is referring to the black box that Steven claimed it was a gift for Brenda. He then orders his men…
BIG GEORGE
Guys, go check for anything fishy…
Big George turns the attention back to Brenda…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(confessing)
I don’t have a choice… I thought he was loyal to me… And now, he is Henry’s son,… my enemy’s son… I could rid Henry, why can’t I rid Steven now?…
Big George points at Brenda…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(angrily)
And you, Brenda… I know you aren’t loyal to me anymore… That’s why I don’t trust nobody (slang)… NOBODY!
Meanwhile, one of Big George’s men shows him a CD. It is the one inside the safe…
BIG GEORGE
A CD inside a safe?… A sheet and a note?… Hm… what’s so secret about this CD?
Brenda forgets to shred that code note that she wrote. Big George then grabs hold of her on her chin…
BIG GEORGE
(angrily)
Bitch!… Told you aren’t loyal to me no more (slang)… You had known the secret for fucking long!
Big George then throws her down to the floor…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(skeptical)
This shouldn’t be the only CD… He might have copied a lot of them…
But after another thorough search, nothing more is found. Big George orders to kidnap Brenda…
INT. STEVEN’S HOME – NIGHT
The struggling Steven is finally home. All the things in his eyes have been woozy ever since the afternoon. He does not know if his home has been either searched or it is just his eyes being woozy…
STEVEN
Honey!… Honey!… Brenda!…
Steven cannot walk anymore. He sits on the floor struggling to breathe like he is having an asthma attack. He seriously does not know why until the phone call solves his mystery…
Steven is searching for his cell phone. He has lost most of his consciousness…
STEVEN
(with stuffy nose)
Hello…
After a long pause,…
BIG GEORGE
(V.O.)
How are you feeling, my right hand man?
Steven is still struggling to breathe…
STEVEN
I don’t know… I… It’s like I am having an asthma attack… I don’t have asthma…
Big George informs Steven…
BIG GEORGE
(V.O.)
Let me tell you what you got… You got addicted…
Steven looks skeptical…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(V.O.)
Remember the sugar packets this morning… It got some goodies inside…
Steven has hit rock bottom…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(V.O.)
Steven Themis… Oh, McLain… I just can’t have my enemy’s son as my buddy… And oh addict,… have you seen your wife, Brenda?…
Steven remembers he was looking for Brenda before the phone call…
STEVEN
Where… the fuck you put her?…
Steven is pounding on the floor…
BIG GEORGE
(V.O.)
Go to read email… Those fucking police are wiretapping…
Big George hangs up. Steven, meanwhile, has about twenty steps to his home office door. He then has another ten steps to the computer. How can a drug addict walk this far?
For Brenda, Steven must use all his energy to go there. It normally would take him about ten to fifteen seconds to get into the room. But now, it takes him about five minutes to crawl into the computer…
INT. STEVEN’S HOME OFFICE – NIGHT
After another four minutes or so, Steven finally starts reading the email…
STEVEN
Junkyard… Which junkyard?…
Steven’s mind is messy; he finally knows which junkyard…
Before going there, Steven sees a bag of possibly cocaine and a note: “Get filled up. Brenda needs you to save her.”
Steven certainly understands if he takes more cocaine, he would be addicted for the rest of his life. However, if he does not take it, he would never see Brenda alive again. His wife is more important than him, so he gambles by taking the “medication”…
EXT. JUNKYARD – NIGHT
The Southside is still like a ghost town. No one is on the streets except the homeless people and the criminals…
Steven is feeling much better, even though he did not want to get better by taking cocaine. Meanwhile coming out from the dark, Big George and his men meet Steven…
BIG GEORGE
Wow… That stuff really works… You look so much better now, I suppose…
STEVEN
(warning Big George)
Enough of the bullshit… Where is Brenda?… I am calling the police if you don’t bring her out now…
BIG GEORGE
Relax… Advantage is not on your side…
Big George tells his men to turn on the T.V. Brenda, while being blindfolded, is inside the abandoned WAREHOUSE. Steven tries to run through Big George’s men, but they take out their GUNS to point at him.
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
Told you to relax… I’ve got a walkie-talkie for you two.
After receiving the WALKIE-TALKIE, Steven tells the blindfolded Brenda to stay calm…
STEVEN
(talking to Brenda)
Honey,… It’s me, Steven…
Brenda looks glad…
STEVEN (continuing)
Stay calm… I am getting you out of there…
Big George tells Steven…
BIG GEORGE
Getting her out?… Sure you can… if you give me all the necessary things I want…
BRENDA
(V.O.)
He’s got your CD… Forget me… Leave this place… Go to Florence yourself…
Steven cannot; he loves Brenda so much. Big George, meanwhile, tells him why he knows everything…
BIG GEORGE
I must thank Brenda… If not her, I would never know you were hiding something… Let me tell you what, Steven, she is my spy.
Steven does not care anymore, except for Brenda’s life…
STEVEN
I don’t care anymore… That CD is everything… the recordings from all these years… It’s true; that’s all I have.
BIG GEORGE
OK… I trust you the very last time…
Big George then breaks the CD into pieces…
BIG GEORGE
Steven, here’s the key of the warehouse… We are leaving.
Big George and his men leave. Steven quickly sprints to the warehouse. Someone, too, is rushing to that warehouse…
MATCH CUT:
INT. WAREHOUSE – NIGHT
Steven is inside. All he can see is a blindfolded woman at the back of this empty warehouse…
STEVEN
(glad)
Brenda!…
Steven sprints to that blindfolded woman. He unties and unfolds her. To his surprise, this is not Brenda. This is a hitman, who quickly kicks Steven to the ground and pulls out a GUN.
A shot is fired; a man is down. The man is not Steven however. It was Jeff who fired the shot…
It is not the time to thank Jeff, who needs to protect Steven since the news has broken out. Brenda is still missing…
STEVEN
(desperate)
Brenda… That’s not Brenda… Where is she!?
Steven and Jeff start searching around the warehouse. Jeff has finally found Brenda inside a room…
JEFF
(looking sad)
Steven… Brenda is inside the room…
Jeff’s emotion tells Steven everything. He slowly walks to the room…
INT. WAREHOUSE ROOM – NIGHT
It is almost dawn. Steven knows he has no more tomorrow with Brenda. He keeps walking slowly towards the body of Brenda as Jeff calls for help…
STEVEN
(hugging Brenda’s body)
Brenda!… Brenda!…
INT. MORTUARY – DAY
After the necessary procedures, Steven is sitting on a long BENCH with his face down. He remembers the proposed trip to Florence and all the great times with Brenda. Meanwhile, Jeff buys him a cup of coffee. Steven overreacts…
STEVEN
(overreacting)
Get it out… Get the coffee out… I am not drinking coffee anymore.
The excitement causes Steven’s addiction to come back. He falls on the floor rolling around. Jeff throws the coffee away and runs towards him…
JEFF
(concerned)
What’s going on, Steven?…
With his experience, Jeff recognizes the similarity of Steven’s struggles to drug addicts’ struggles when in needs of drugs…
JEFF (continuing)
(concerned)
Are you addicted to some kind of drugs, Steven?…
Steven is in pain; he can only nod as a reply. Jeff holds his fist in anger…
JEFF (continuing)
(angrily / YELLING)
BIG GEORGE!…
Jeff takes Steven to the bathroom…
MATCH CUT:
INT. BATHROOM – DAY
Jeff keeps comforting Steven while hugging him…
JEFF
It’s OK… You will survive… This will make you tougher… This will make you know who your friends and your foes are…
Jeff helps Steven to get sobered up. After a few times, Steven looks much better. As for Jeff, he finally understands what Deputy Chief Fuller meant about his “desperate times need desperate measures” statement. He has a plan in his mind. It is not, however, what a police officer should do…
JEFF (continuing)
Steven, you are right… We are just a bunch of permitted gangsters… I am going to do what a REAL gangster should do…
INT. BIG GEORGE’S OFFICE – DAY
Big George is in his office reading the news about his hitman being killed by a police officer. He is so upset; he sweeps everything on to the floor…
BIG GEORGE
(angrily)
Useless bunch!…
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. JUAN’S HOME – DAY
Juan is still recovering from the scare a few weeks back. He has looked much better as he is doing some gardening work with Donna buying lunch for him…
All of a sudden, a MASKED MAN comes in unnoticed and abducts Juan rather easily from the GARDEN, leaving a BOTTLE of SPRAY CAN at the garden…
MATCH CUT:
INT. UNKNOWN PLACE – DAY
MASKED MAN
(YELLING)
Sit down!…
That YELL scares Juan again…
JUAN
(scared)
No, don’t chop my dick off…
MASKED MAN
I will not chop your dick off… nor will I kill you…
There is another MAN at the other end YELLING at the masked man…
MASKED MAN
Coming!… You better not move an inch… or I will do anything necessary… You know what I mean.
The tied-up Juan is just too scared; he must obey. The masked man walks to the other end…
MASKED MAN
(WHISPERING)
Steven, think it over if you can… This plan will get you in jail…
The masked man unmasks; it is Jeff Jenkins…
STEVEN
(WHISPERING)
Kidnapping alone will also get you in jail… Why can’t I do this?… You’ve done too much for me…
JEFF
(SIGHING)
OK… But don’t you have to call your assistant?…
STEVEN
I have already called… He is on his way to Fuller’s office…
JEFF
I am calling Aaron… He has to help us to get the plan executed…
Jeff calls Deputy Chief Fuller…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(V.O.)
Hello, Jeff… Where’ve you been?… I’ve just received a package from your friend Steven… And you are supposed to protect him.
JEFF
I know… It contains the evidence that should get Big George in jail…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(V.O. / happily)
Really… I am going to arrest Big George right now.
JEFF
Hold the evidence, Aaron… We are doing something that WILL get Big George killed…
Deputy Chief Fuller cannot believe what Jeff said…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(V.O. / angrily / WHISPERING)
What!?… Are you crazy?… Big George will kill Steven before you can even get him…
JEFF
(WHISPERING)
Steven is right next to me… He is in safety… Seriously, I really need your help of not arresting Big George yet… The plan goes like this…
After Deputy Chief Fuller listens to this crazy plan,…
JEFF
(V.O. / scolding Jeff / WHISPERING)
You’ve taught me to do desperate things when in desperate times… Sure you can report to the Chief, but let me be selfish for Steven this time… No one saw me there.
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(V.O. / WHISPERING)
But what about Steven?… Holding hostage is a felony.
JEFF
(WHISPERING)
Steven agrees to do this… This is his only chance to get revenge for Brenda’s death…
Steven is determined, determined enough to take the phone from Jeff…
STEVEN
(determined)
Deputy Chief Fuller, I am determined… I’ll do anything in order to get Big George KILLED…
Since the two men are this determined, Deputy Chief Fuller gambles once more – this time his job is on the line…
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. BIG GEORGE’S OFFICE – DAY
Juan has been already missing for two days. Big George is desperate…
BIG GEORGE
(angrily / on the phone)
Again, either get Juan to safety or leave your arms here!…
Juan is missing for the second time in many months. Unlike the first time, Big George does not feel confident that he will see Juan alive again.
BIG GEORGE
(talking to himself)
Who would do this?… Jihad’s orphans?…
Big George thinks of another candidate…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
Steven?… He is just an addict…
Big George’s phone RINGS. Steven surprises him…
STEVEN
(V.O.)
Surprised I am this clear-headed?…
BIG GEORGE
You can never surprise me…
STEVEN
(V.O.)
Juan’s in my possession… Surprised?
BIG GEORGE
Yeah, Steven… Brenda’s death does make you to be one of us at last – evils…
Big George just wants Steven to get mad…
STEVEN
(V.O. / staying calm)
You will pay for Brenda’s death… If you still want to see Juan alive and well, come to my office in an hour… only by yourself… I am throwing you a party.
BIG GEORGE
You think I am coming for him… I am not doing any shit for no one…
STEVEN
(V.O.)
No one except Juan… Your only true friend. Am I correct?
Steven has hit on Big George’s only weakness – his friendship with Juan…
BIG GEORGE
What exactly do you want!?
STEVEN
(V.O.)
I want you to come over… That’s it!…
BIG GEORGE
Let me hear Juan’s voice first… I don’t trust you…
STEVEN
(angrily)
Whether you’re coming or not!… Juan’s life is totally in your hands… If I don’t see you in an hour, bring a casket in!…
Steven hangs up. Big George has no other choice but to go quickly…
MATCH CUT:
INT. STEVEN’S LAW FIRM – DAY
Steven’s law firm has been turned into a hostage camp. Steven’s colleagues are all being held by their boss…
LAMAR
Steven, we know you’ve lost your wife, but… we are… we are innocent… Let us go now!
Steven points his GUN at Lamar. He then fires a shot to the ceiling. That scares everyone…
STEVEN
(angrily / sad)
My wife’s not coming back anymore… The killer is coming… So I am not going to kill you guys… I swear.
There is a person coming into the firm. Steven “greets” him by pointing the gun at him…
STEVEN
Big George, welcome to your party… Please raise your hands…
BIG GEORGE
I didn’t bring no guns or men (slang)… Tell me where Juan is…
STEVEN
Don’t be too anxious, George… Now I am tying you up…
Steven goes tying Big George up. He then tells his colleagues as the police have arrived…
STEVEN
And now I am untying you guys… On your way out, tell the police that Big George and Juan are in my hands…
Steven must be crazy; he unties his colleagues and lets them leave. This leaves with only Steven and Big George in the open office.
BIG GEORGE
Police and soon the SWAT team are going to bomb the place out and kill you… I am not worth your risk… let us go.
Steven fires another shot near Big George…
STEVEN
(angrily)
What!?… You scared (slang)?
BIG GEORGE
No, but your mental status is unstable… You are getting insane.
A timely YELL through an AMPLIFIER from outside of the office…
JACK
(V.O.)
Mr. Themis… This is Jack from the police department… I am a negotiator… I am here to help you…
STEVEN
(YELLING)
What!?… We’ve got nothing to talk about… Get out… NOW!
Steven fires yet another shot. JACK and other officers have to back off as a SWAT team has been ordered to clear the place. Steven points the gun at Big George’s head…
MATCH CUT:
INT. DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER – DAY
Deputy Chief Fuller has learned that the SWAT team is going to the law firm. It is time for him to call the person in charge of the SWAT team…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
(desperate)
Albert… This is Aaron Fuller… This is important… George Gomez, Jr.… One of the guys being held at the law firm right now… He is on my most wanted list… So the bottom line… if one of these two wanted guys threatens a life on your team, do what is necessary…
ALBERT
(V.O.)
We will do our best to get them into custody…
DEPUTY CHIEF FULLER
Thanks, appreciate it!
Deputy Chief Fuller’s job is done. It is now up to Steven…
MATCH CUT:
INT. LAW FIRM – DAY
Big George is still at gun point. Steven still has not fired at him; he is in the thinking process. Big George warns him…
BIG GEORGE
Steven, you will regret if you kill me… You should know better… You will be executed like I almost got.
STEVEN
(angrily)
I shouldn’t have helped you…
Steven suddenly cannot breathe. He cannot even hang on to his gun as it is dropped to the floor. Big George thinks he knows why while eyeing at the gun…
BIG GEORGE
You need to get filled up again, Steven… Untie me and I’ll give you coke… I’ve got some in my inner pockets…
Steven has no choice again but to listen to Big George. He starts crawling about an inch per second. Meanwhile, there is a guy inside a room pounding the door for help…
BIG GEORGE
(V.O.)
Juan?…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
Steven, you are getting close…
There are just a few inches between Steven and Big George. After using most of his energy, Steven finally gets there…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
Come untie me… I am giving you coke, Steven.
Steven uses the remaining energy to untie Big George. Big George goes for the gun and points at Steven. The pounding from the room, meanwhile, gets harder…
BIG GEORGE
That’s why dealers don’t do drugs… The ones who do… are useless… Say goodbye, Steven… I am sending you to see Brenda…
Steven closes his eyes as Big George is about to pull the trigger. All of a sudden, the SWAT team comes to the firm…
SWAT MEMBER
Drop your gun!…
Big George turns around trying to shoot, but the trained SWAT MEMBER reacts so much faster than Big George. As a result, the SWAT member fires a shot.
Coming out of nowhere, a man dives for the bullet to save Big George. It is, obviously, Big George’s only friend, Juan. Big George immediately drops the gun to see Juan…
BIG GEORGE
(concerned)
Why, Juan?… I am not worth it!
Big George has surrendered to the SWAT team. He starts crying in front of the dying Juan…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(YELLING)
Juan!…
Big George begs the SWAT team while hugging Juan…
BIG GEORGE (continuing)
(YELLING)
Help us, guys!… He is dying!…
Being already handcuffed, Steven suddenly gets up…
STEVEN
I was just faking it… I am drug free… The police have already got the evidence… And only this way you would get shot… But Juan… He is truly your friend…
Big George does not care anymore. Steven then jokes…
STEVEN (continuing)
(jokingly)
Guess we will see each other in the prison…
Steven can see Big George really cares about his only friend, Juan…
This “stand off” is officially over as Steven, Jeff and Deputy Chief Fuller have got their man…
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. VISITING ROOM – DAY
Steven is sentenced for five years for holding hostage. Jeff is his first VISITOR during his first week in PRISON…
STEVEN
(confessing)
I could have killed him… But his hug reminds me of my hug with Brenda… I don’t know… Maybe I was touched… Doesn’t he get what he deserves now?…
JEFF
(SIGHING)
Yeah… forty years without parole… That’s what I call ‘justice is served’.
Jeff looks at Steven’s physical appearance…
JEFF (continuing)
(jokingly)
Look at your body… Talk about anti-Big George…
Steven and Jeff LAUGH. It is so ironic to see how Steven is much happier in prison than outside…
STEVEN
(jokingly)
Wanna come living with me?
Jeff knows Steven is just kidding. He grins…
STEVEN (continuing)
(thankful)
Jeff, thanks for making Brenda’s funeral possible…
As strong as Jeff is, he cries…
JEFF
(crying)
Five years will be like the blink of an eye… We are all waiting for you…
At last, Jeff asks from his heart…
JEFF (continuing)
Do you regret making that decision?
Steven thinks for a moment…
STEVEN
No, but I regret not killing George… I guess he is thinking the same thing…
INT. PRISON CELL – DAY
Big George is sitting in his own CELL, regretting why he did not kill Steven…
BIG GEORGE
(YELLING)
Ah!… Steven!…
FADE OUT:
................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.
Related searches
- men fall in love in your absence
- in another word or in other words
- citing in mla in text
- what happened in 2006 in america
- careers in demand in 2020
- today in history in america
- creating a sign in sheet in word
- live in relationship in india
- best selling vehicles in usa in 2018
- history of women in education in america
- what to do in anchorage in october
- news in dentistry in 2019