A really big fat black BODYGUARD comes to the door and opens up:
BODYGUARD
Hello. Come on in.
The BodyGuard leads them down a hall and into a tacky and spacious,
sunken LIVING ROOM.
“They're greeted by a man in a silk robe, slightly open to show some
bikini briefs and a thin sheen of sweat covering his body:
RAHAD JACKSON (late 40s)
Off in a corner of the room, a YOUNG ASIAN KID is casually throwing
some FIRECRACKERS around.
Rahad is DANCING around by himself to NIGHT RANGER, "SISTER
CHRISTIAN." He spots the men;
RAHAD
Hello, friends. Which one is Todd? TODD That's me. We met before at the club -- RAHAD Oh, yeah. Come on in here. TODD These are my friends Dirk and Reed. RAHAD Great to meet you. You guys want something to drink -- or a pill -~- or some coke --
or some dope?
DIRK/REED/TODD
No thank you, thanks, no.
RAHAD
So what do we have, we have, something, yeah?
TODD :
Here it is...half a key...it’s really good,
if you wanna test it out --
RAHAD
Oh, wait a minute, I love this part:
(sings along)
“SISTER CHRISTIAN, THERE'S SO MUCH IN LIFE, DON'T YOU GIVE IT UP BEFORE YOUR TIME IS DUE....IT'S TRUE!" ms
(to Dirk)
This song is so amazing. ‘Anyway; What's the price?
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TODD
We were thinking five thousand.
RAHAD
That's good. No problem, cool, cool.
The Bodyguard brings over a PAPER BAG FULL OF CASH and hands the
bag to Todd in exchange for the PAPER BAG FULL OF BAKING SODA.
. Reed watches the Bodyguard take the bag and notices something.
REED'S POV: a SHOULDER HOLSTER holds a .45 Automatic Pistol.
Rahad does an air guitar solo to the the Night Ranger song....he walks
across the room, picks up a COKE PIPE and looks to the guys;
RAHAD
You wanna play baseball?
DIRK/REED/TODD
No thank you.
Rahad smokes the pipe while dancing. Dirk looks across to an open
bedroom door.
DIRK'S POV: Through the crack in the door, we can see a bloody,
battered YOUNG BLACK WOMAN in a silk robe....she's followed by
another YOUNG WHITE GIRL in nothing.
RAHAD (OC)
Check this out --
He takes out a nickel plated REVOLVER and loads a single bullet,
spins the chamber and puts it to his head and sings;
RAHAD
SISTER CHRISTIAN - OH THE TIME HAS COME...-AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE TO SAY...OK....
Be pulls the trigger....Click...he smiles and casually speaks;
RAHAD
I put a mix tape together of all
my favorite songs....This is song number
‘three...I love putting mix tapes together,
you know...if you buy an album or tape or
something, those guys put the songs in their
order and they try and say how you should listen
to the songs, but I don't like that.
I don't like to be told what to listen
to, when to listen to or anything...
The Night Ranger song FADES OUT....BEAT.....Rahad smiles at
the Asian Kid who's casually throwing some firecrackers around.
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(to Dirk/Reed/Todd)
He's Chinese...he loves to set off
-_ firecrackers.....
RAHAD
I CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING ANY LONGER
AND YET I'M STILL AFRAID TO LET IT FLOW.
WHAT STARTED OUT AS FRIENDSHIP HAS GROWN
STRONGER -- I ONLY WISH I HAD THE STRENGTH
TO LET IT SHOW --
DIRK
Well...I think maybe....we better get going --
RAHAD
No, stay. Hang out. We'll party.
DIRK
No, we really gotta split. We have to be somewhere and we --
Dirk and Rahad continue to haggle about leaving/not leaving.
CAMERA BEGINS A SLOW DOLLY INTO A CU ON TODD.
; TODD
We're Not Leaving Yet.
Cc Dirk and Reed look at Todd. He stands up.
See
TODD
We're here now and we want something else. Hey -- Hey. We Want Something Else From You.
RAHAD
What?
DIRK
Todd -- what the hell are you doing?
TODD
In the master bedroom, under the bed, in a floor safe....You understand?
The Bodyguard turns his head. Dirk and Reed are confused;
DIRK
Todd...what the fuck, man, c'mon --
TODD
Shut-up, Dirk. I told you I got a plan. I got a good pian.
RAHAD
Are you kiddn' me kittie?
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TODD
No I'm not. I'm not kidding. We want what's in the safe. We want what's in the safe in the floor under the bed in the master bedroom.
DIRK
Todd -- don't be crazy.
(to Rahad)
Sir -- we don't know anything about this. This is not the thing that we wanted.
TODD
SHUT THE FUCK UP, DIRK.
The BODYGUARD reaches into his coat...
-.-Todd pulls his REVOLVER quickly and AIMS at the BodyGuard.
TODD
Don't reach for your gun.
»».Rahad reacts by AIMING HIS GUN AT TODD...
RABAD
You don't wanna do this, friendly.
TODD
You've only got one bullet.
Rahad PULLS THE TRIGGER...a bullett FIRES from the gun and
strikes Todd in the SHOULDER...the gun in his hand falls to
the floor and he stumbles back...
--.The Bodyguard takes this moment to GRAB HIS OWN GUN from the
holster and FIRE off shots at DIRK and REED....
.--Bullets graze past them and they DUCK FOR COVER...
-.-The GIRLS in the bedroom SCREAM and SHOUT at the gunfire...
«..a STRAY BULLETT HITS the ASIAN KID in the heart, but he
doesn't fall...
.»..TODD reaches hold of his gun, crouches for cover and FIRES
@ bullet STRAIGHT INTO the Bodygquard...who falls back DEAD....Todd
looks right and sees:
RAHAD scuttles into the bedroom with the women....Todd looks
over his shoulder to Dirk and Reed;
DIRK
‘WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING, TODD?
TODD
He went in the bedroom.
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DIRK
ARE YOU CRAZY? WHEN DID YOU GO CRAZY?
TODD
He's got cash and coke in the safe under the bed -- if we leave here without it we're fools.
REED
Let's just split, let's just split right now, Todd. Don't be stupid. This wasn't part of the deal.
TODD
I'm goin' in that bedroom and get what's in that safe. Are you coming?
DIRK .
Fuck no. Todd. Don't. Don't do it.
Todd gets up and heads for the bedroom with his revolver at the
ready....he inches closer to the door and twists the door knob,
then KICKS THE DOOR OPEN;
..-Rahad is standing right there, holding a SAWED OFF SHOTGUN.
He pulls the trigger....Todd blinks....
..-Rahad's SHOTGUN BLAST blows Todd BACK and UP in the air
about fifteen feet....he FALLS to the ground with a HOLE in his
STOMACH the size of a basketball...Rahad calls out to Dirk and Reed;
RAHAD
C'mon out little puppies. You want to
come and see, come and see, to get what
is coming down. Coming down.
Rahad peers out from his bedroom, sees a sliver of Dirk behind
the wall. Rahad FIRES HIS SHOTGUN...which cuts right past
Dirk's head and SHREDS the wall near him....
Reed and Dirk make a DASH for the front door....
.»eRahad FIRES another shot...
...a BLAST BREEZES PAST THEIR HEADS....
Dirk and Reed make it OUTSIDE....Rahad chases after them.....
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