13 Sins Page #5

is the other player.

If he completes challenge 13

before you, he gets the prize

and you get 20 years for the remarkable

stunt you're pulling right now.

- Keep humming!

- Mr. Brindle, talk to us.

You should know your opponent is on

challenge 11, too. Right there with you.

What? I'm on 12 right now!

This is not a challenge. This

does not count as challenge 12.

But you rigged the

thing on the chair!

We assure you we had

nothing to do with that.

You're doing this on your own.

You don't have a lot

of time, Brindle.

OK, I'm doing this on my own.

I've been on my own all day.

I've been on my own my whole life!

- Mr. Brindle.

- The other guy,

he bust out of a police

station, too? No, he didn't.

He did not. But I'm gonna do it.

No matter what you throw at me,

I chew it up and I

spit it the f*** out!

Sh*t!

- It's just his foot!

- Go, go!

- Move, move!

- Get it open!

- I've got a clear shot!

- I said stand down!

Back alley!

- Go. Go get him.

- Go, go, go!

Brindle...

you gonna make me say "freeze"?

What are you doing?

You think this is a game?

You get shot, that's gonna

end the fun pretty quick.

Freeze!

No, I don't know.

Yeah, there's something going

on like right down the street.

No, I'm gonna check it out.

It's like... Hey!

- Are you there? Are you watching?

- What the f***?

- Why don't you give me my phone!

- Just walk away, man.

Walk away.

I know you're watching!

I got a phone! You can

call me on this phone!

I know you didn't just happen by.

They sent you, didn't they?

I know you're my next challenge!

Tell me, what am I supposed to do?

Oh, you just wanna go home.

OK, where's your home?

OK, come on, come on!

If you don't want to be found, you

can't just switch off your phone.

You gotta take the battery out.

Give us a minute.

So if I were a part

of this conspiracy,

why would I be even

asking you questions?

Even if you worked for them, they'd

probably keep you in the dark.

You probably know a

tenth of what I know.

Fair enough, but, um...

in that scenario,

you're dead already.

So, why not talk?

But if, on the other hand,

there is a, uh, a one in a hundred

chance that I'm a real cop

and you're holding back information

while there's a maniac

out there running wild,

well, that would make you

an accessory to, uh...

I don't know. Shall we start

tallying the charges?

I came home from work one day, and

found that my wife had left me...

and killed our dog.

And partially eaten him.

Now, you'll just have

to take my word for it,

that was completely

out of character.

You see, that's the true

objective of the game,

the spectacle of transformation.

To show that anyone can

be turned into a monster.

You don't know anything

about the game, do you?

You're just an old

woman, aren't you?

It's over. I'm so sorry.

You need help? You

want me to hang that?

OK.

That's it?

No.

F***.

Stop!

Stop!

Wait! Stop!

Whoo!

That was the easiest hundred bucks ever.

Anything else we can do for you?

No...

Wait! Stop! Stop!

Wait! Stop! Stop!

Stop! Stop!

Don't!

We're back! And we have a

very special announcement!

Elliot Brindle, as of four minutes

ago, you are a millionaire!

Congratulations.

We've now reached a point in the game

where we like to give our audience

the opportunity to ask our contestants

a few questions. Are you ready?

Saint Inna 57 says

he's very impressed

with how you have grown in

these last several hours...

I'm not playing anymore!

It was a game just for

someone's amusement, right?

Whose? I don't know.

But sometimes...

Sometimes I think about how

few people on this planet

really decide everything.

One percent of one percent.

They are the functional

equivalent of gods.

They must get... bored.

How does it end? This game?

Thirteen is the end.

Thirteen never changes.

Some contestants think they can

walk away, but it's a snuff shell.

There's only one way those end.

Please be advised to expect delays

for the 342 train to New Orleans...

- Excuse me.

- Get your hands off me.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Did you hear that?

Do you have a phone?

Watch it.

- Who has a phone?

- Cell phone?

Sh*t. You crazy?

Hey!

What's your hurry, buddy?

You don't have to do this.

They're killing people.

Listen to me. I quit.

You could quit, too.

What are you?

You know, thwarting your

opponent's progress

could be interpreted as

interfering with the game.

Yeah? What's he gonna do, huh?

What's he gonna do that's gonna top

what happened back on that road?

Is he going to crash a plane?

Blow up a f***ing school?

Thirteen is a bit more

intimate than that.

And it's the same for all

players, including you.

I told you I'm not playing anymore.

The final challenge is

worth four point...

Dad. Dad! You OK?

What happened to you?

I had an eventful day.

You look like you're

about to sh*t yourself.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

You're here?

You're here, too.

My stomach's upset. I think I

ate something that was bad.

- How are you doing?

- Michael, what are you doing here?

I thought you said you were gonna

go home and take your pill.

Yeah, well, I had to do some stuff.

- What stuff?

- Well, I was with Marisol.

- Marisol from the Hot Dog Castle?

- Yeah.

What's it mean you were

"with" her? Like a date?

Yeah, like a date.

Like people go on to the

movies, OK? We... OK?

- What movie did you see?

- I don't remember.

- You don't remember?

- It's not like science fiction, Elliot,

that I could go on a date

with somebody, ever. OK?

What's in the bag, Michael?

Michael, what's challenge 13?

You gotta tell me.

What's challenge 13?

You have to... to

kill a family member.

That's what they said,

to kill a family member.

- Go home, Michael.

- Why? Why? So you can win?

No, no, I wanna win. I wanna

win something one time!

I wanna win one t...

Michael, I know you've been able

to do everything they've asked you

'cause you don't think about stuff.

But you're thinking now, right?

Remember when Dad used

a studded belt on me?

Yeah. I remember other things, too.

I remember how he used to dote

on you when you were little.

No, I don't remember

when I was little!

I remember when I was eight and

he hit me with a tennis racket.

So you're gonna shoot him?

Michael. Michael, he hit me, too.

Remember when I scratched the car?

It warms my heart a little to see the

two of you showing some initiative.

- Did you tell him?

- Of course not.

The game's not what it was in

my day, I'll tell you that.

Drafting idiots like you.

They turned it into a freak show.

- Jesus.

- You played the game?

- I won.

- You did all 13?

Thirteen is the tough one.

- Bit of a leap there.

- Who did you kill?

She was the only softness in me.

- Jesus!

- What is he saying, Elliot?

I'm saying your mother

never wore a seat belt.

Michael, wait in the other room.

- Elliot?

- Just wait in the other room.

For real?

OK.

That game ruined me.

I had everything before

and nothing after.

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