24 Hours to Live Page #3

---

At least not to us.

And then, yeah,

we started noticing

that each one had scars

on their chests

and on their wrists.

Turns out they'd been medically

f***ing experimented on.

And how many bodies

would you say?

I'd say at least 70.

By that night, we'd dug a pit

half the size

of a football field,

and we burned and buried them.

Each one. All 70.

All into a single mass grave?

Yeah.

Which was when they reminded us

about our confidentiality

agreements,

and told us

that we'd each be getting

a $50,000 danger pay bonus.

You know, I took two tours

of Iraq,

so, yeah, I've seen some sh*t.

But I...

I never signed up to burn a dump

truck full of dead civilians.

And that is something

I will never,

ever get out of my head

as long as I live.

How long have you worked

for red mountain?

Get down!

Move! Move! Move!

Sh*t!

Stay down!

- Go! Now!

- Move!

All right, move in.

Take them out.

Roger that.

- This way. Hug the walls.

- Move, move move!

Get to that door!

Get down!

Let's go.

Come on.

Get up.

Get in the car.

I should have killed you

when I had the chance.

Drive!

Well, look who it is.

The $2 million man.

Do not ever point

a gun at me again.

Drive.

All right, all right.

Hold your horses. Here we go.

You seem to be

a pretty popular man.

What do you have

on red mountain?

That's classified.

I don't give a sh*t.

What do you have on them?

I got enough to bring

the whole f***ing thing down.

Who the f*** are you?

I'm your assassin. If you don't

stop pointing that gun at me...

I'll point the f***ing gun...

Hey, calm down!

Sh*t.

Sh*t!

Goddamn, what the hell

do you have on these guys?

Get down!

Sh*t.

Wake the f*** up!

Sh*t!

Sh*t.

You're going to kill us all.

You'd be dead already

if it wasn't for me.

You just said you were here

to kill the man I'm protecting.

So forgive me

if I don't trust you.

Trust you?

You just shot me.

Would you two just get

your f***ing sh*t together?

Are you okay?

Am I okay? Yeah, a shot

of morphine, a couple stitches,

I'm f***ing golden.

Well, don't go to

the same doctor I did.

Sh*t.

Roll out.

Let me see, all right?

I don't want to go like this.

I'm sorry.

See you in 16 hours.

I'm good. I'm good.

Where's the card?

The card? Sure.

F***ing memory card,

where is it?

I have no idea.

"I have no idea,."

You didn't look,

you didn't check.

No.

Our orders were very clear, sir.

Neutralize the target,

recover the cam...

Get the f*** out of here.

Go.

Sir?

Status?

Incomplete.

This is your third

major f***-up.

I don't care what you have to do

or who you have to kill,

finish it.

I've spent over

a billion dollars

on this procedure

to change the face of warfare.

I get it.

Do you?

Do you realize

what's on the line here...

For me, for you,

for your family?

Sir.

Give me a secure line.

Identification?

Red Sox suck.

What can I do for you,

Mr. morrow?

Green-light Hong Kong.

Now.

When they find out you have

that deposition,

they're going to come at you

with everything they've got.

He tried to do the right thing.

Yeah, well they should

chisel that on his grave.

- Now what?

- Take this car.

Go home.

Go back to your life.

Send somebody back

for the bodies.

What do you mean, bodies?

I've only got 16 hours

and 4 minutes left to live.

That's my personal

"on and off" switch,

compliments of red mountain.

This is as far as I go.

It's a f***ed-up outfit, lin.

Somebody's got to do

something about it.

Just not me.

Hello?

Can I speak to Travis, please?

It's someone for you.

Hello?

There he is.

My friend, the dead guy.

You have no idea.

And zera?

He's even deader.

Congratulations, pal.

You're wet again.

We've got her kid, Travis.

If she wants to see him again...

You'll bring me the card.

That's all I want.

Come on, you know

how this works.

You know what's on

that deposition?

Just tell her to bring it in.

You're a real charmer, pal.

You got any more secrets

for me, old friend?

Red mountain...

They've taken Christopher...

In exchange for the deposition.

Lin.

Christopher.

Listen to me.

I'm going to help you

get your son back.

I promise.

I promise.

You know, he's already

on their jet flying here.

They're going to bring him

to their corporate headquarters.

Okay, I know the route

their escort vehicle takes,

so we'll hit them before

they ever get downtown.

How do you know so much?

I know all their

abduction protocols.

How?

Because I've used them.

Adam?

Come with me, dad.

Come with me, dad.

I miss you, daddy.

I miss you too, buddy.

Are you going to stay this time?

Roscoe, Mike, let's go.

- Jones! Conrad!

- I promise.

I'll be back to stay this time,

I promise.

All right?

Listen, I got to go.

Do you think you can put

mommy on the phone?

You can't keep

doing that, Travis.

Making promises you don't keep.

I'm making more money this

week...

We don't need the money.

We need you.

Now you're not home

because of this company.

Kate, please, I can't keep

having this conversation.

- All right? Please?

- Travis, let's go!

Travis!

F***.

Let's go.

What's happening?

I'm fine. I'm sorry.

Where are you going?

You don't want

to open that door.

You know, I know the team

that's bringing in your son.

They're very good.

We're going to have

to get creative.

Your wife and son?

Yes.

All right, I've got somebody

we need to go see.

Travis Conrad.

At 4:
00 in the morning.

What can I say?

I missed you, pal.

Yeah, I wish I could

say the same.

Who's your friend?

Amahle, lin.

Lin, amahle.

We met in '94,

back in happier times.

Yes, when we were both

real soldiers.

You know, we call him

Travis the cat,

because he has nine lives,

he always lands on his feet,

and licks his balls.

And now this stray

has wandered into my home

at this time.

For what?

What do you know

about red mountain?

They provide a lot

of assistance here.

Money for sanitation,

training, youth programming.

Over the past two years,

hundreds of refugees

have gone missing.

My sister, please.

Tell me something I don't know.

They were abducted and murdered

by red mountain.

Used for experiment

on medical procedures.

Real Mengele-type sh*t,

you know?

Human beings used as lab rats.

You know there are a lot

of people in this township,

people that work for me,

whose families

have gone missing.

Come, let's go for a drive.

You're late. Call it in.

All right, the rest of you,

let's hustle.

Base, this is retrieval

team leader.

We're en route on November two,

approaching mews way.

We've got what looks like

a car fire on the main road.

Requesting permission

to reroute.

Permission granted.

Just get your passenger to base

asap.

Units 2 and 3, we're taking

a detour around this mess.

Is that Travis Conrad?

F***, man.

Units 2 and 3, dismount,

but let me handle this.

Hey, man,

what's your name again?

You can call me z.

That's right, z.

How are you?

Can't complain, Travis.

Rate this script:5.0 / 1 vote