A Gnome Named Gnorm Page #4

You spit?

Spit. Spit.

You've totally lost it.

Who do you think you are?

Listen, I almost

had him, Stan.

What is it with you, Casey?

I told you loud and clear to

stay away from this thing.

What's this Sam

was telling me

about a witness?

Oh, I thought

I had a witness,

it was a dead-end.

You're on suspension.

Oh, Stan, come on,

I am close on this.

You're not close.

You're on suspension.

Stan. Please.

Don't make this any harder

than it already is, huh?

Hey, Gnorm, you there?

GNORM:
No.

I thought you ditched me.

Listen, come on out.

They're gone.

No.

No?

All right, suit yourself.

Listen, I'm clean

out of ideas.

Zadar's long gone

with your stone, my job.

Forget about it,

we blew it.

You blew.

I blew it? What do

you mean I blew it?

I did not blow it.

You're no major asset

in this crisis yourself,

okay, pal?

(SNIFFLING)

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Come on. Come on.

Come on. Come on.

What happened to the

warrior here? Come on now.

Not warrior, scared.

Stomach like fireflies.

Look, that's

not surprising, buddy.

Look, the up-world's

a mean place,

even for a warrior.

Gnorm not warrior.

Just tunneler.

Hey, that's fine.

No, that's cool.

Be a tunneler.

Besides, I am the one

that lost the stone.

I'm the one

who lost the lumen.

Lumen not lost.

Not lost?

Gnorm follow giant.

I can't believe

I'm doing this.

Thanks.

I'm sorry, Stan.

I'm sorry, Stan.

I'm sorry, Stan.

Well, after I lose this job,

there's always law school.

Let's be real,

I'd be doing sanitation.

Let's be really real,

I'll be shaking fries

at Wendy's.

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

GNORM:
Wow.

Come on.

We just came up

a few floors, come on.

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

(DOORS CLOSING)

Magic box.

Right, step aside.

Hi.

(GROWLING)

How nice

to see you again.

Yeah, charmed.

You want me to

freeze, I suppose.

That would be nice.

Now I want to hear

you scream.

Loud blade you got there.

Drop the knife or

the little guy's going

to chew your face off, okay?

(GROWLS)

Get the runt freak

away from me.

Scream!

Scream.

(SCREAMS FEEBLY)

Again, louder.

Louder.

(SCREAMING LOUDLY)

Gnorm, that's it. Is that

the scream you heard

in the park last night?

Give me lumen.

What does it want?

He wants his stone back.

I want my

stones back, too.

Listen. Listen...

If this is some kind

of trade you're talking,

you know, I told you,

I can be very reasonable.

Look, I don't have your

stones, who do you think

you're kidding?

He saw you blow

Ferril up last night.

You're insane.

If I had the stuff,

why the hell was I

searching your place?

Look, that's easy, you were

searching for...

You obviously tried to...

Uh-huh.

Gnorm, you said this was the

guy in the park last night.

What's going on?

I lied.

You what?

Don't even think about it!

I am trying to get

what he wants.

GNORM:
Lumen...

(GASPS)

Now, one more step

and I toss it.

(GROWLING)

Gnorm!

(CHOKING)

Put him down

or I'll shoot.

Wrong.

Lose the gun or the runt gets

intimate with the pavement.

(WHISTLING)

CASEY:
Look,

let's talk this over.

Drop it.

I don't know where

your cash is or where

the jewels are either.

If you don't know,

then someone else

out there does.

Drop it.

Big joke.

Bye now.

(GNORM YELLING)

(GUN FIRES)

Damn.

Take lumen.

Shut up, I can get you.

Lumen.

DISPATCHER:
All units, 415,

man with a gun.

Broadway and Lincoln.

Shots fired...

That's a couple of blocks

from where we just

left Gallagher.

Lumen dying, need sun.

Gnorm listen, the sun's

still up. Take the lumen

and get out of here.

(POLICE SIREN WAILING)

Up-world crazy.

Need friend.

No, listen to me, Gnorm.

You still got a chance

if you go by yourself.

You're small,

you can slip by.

I can't help you anymore.

I'm too big

and I'm a jinx.

Up-worlders are mean,

cold-blooded people, Gnorm.

They can justify anything.

If they catch you,

they'll put you in

a cage like a lab rat.

They'll peel back

your skin just to see

what makes you tick.

Skin tough, like root.

Doesn't matter, if they have

even an inkling that there's

more of you to be found,

some underground race that's

minding their own business,

they won't quit until

they find them all.

You don't understand,

they'll ruin it,

they'll build condos.

That's just

the way we are.

We can't leave

things alone, Gnorm.

Listen, go.

I'll stall them, go.

Hmm.

(GROWLS ANGRILY)

OFFICER ON BULLHORN:

This is the police,

the building is surrounded.

Come out, hands up.

Don't shoot.

I'm a police officer,

don't shoot.

Uh-oh!

(THUDDING)

(GNORM GROANING)

Gallagher's gun, sir.

I suppose I should be

thankful you didn't

get yourself killed.

What do you want

to do with him, Captain?

Book him for murder.

What?

Ah, thank you, sir!

What?

Let's go, buddy. Come on.

Stan, what are you doing?

You know Casey.

We have a witness who swears

he saw Casey aim his gun

at Zadar just

before he got killed.

It doesn't make sense.

I mean, Casey wouldn't

just shoot somebody.

Half the time

he doesn't even

load his gun.

Fine, fine, Sam.

Here's Gallagher's gun.

Take it down to Ballistics

and check it out yourself.

I'm really starting

to enjoy this, Gallagher.

What are you

going to do next?

Take hostages at the airport?

Blow up Beverly Hills?

What the hell's

happened to you?

Take the gun to Ballistics,

you'll believe it when it's

in black and white.

Keep fighting, Gallagher.

Make me break your arm.

Please?

For Christ's sake,

Kaminsky, take it easy.

Friend safe.

What do we do with

the freak, sir?

It's an accessory,

book it.

Book it, sir?

I want to keep it around.

Book it.

Do I get it a lawyer, sir?

What the hell for?

It's a freak.

Your pooka help?

What's a pooka?

Pooka with popos.

Pooka Sam, nice roundie...

Look, she's no pooka,

she's just my partner.

She was my partner.

Hot ticket.

She does have

nice popos.

Hmm!

Like Rena.

Like Rena? Who's Rena?

Pretty, big eyes,

spit good.

Spits good, huh?

Rena why Gnorm

steal lumen.

Steal... Steal lumen.

Oops!

What happened to,

"If the lumen dies,

my people dies"?

What happened to all that?

Warriors take lumen

to up-world.

Gnorm not warrior.

Just tunneler.

Pookas like warriors.

So let me get this straight.

Whoever takes the lumen to

the up-world

becomes a big

gnome hero, right?

Now, you're just some grubby

pissant tunneler, right?

So you stole the stone

to become a hotshot.

Am I getting this right?

Rena like warrior.

Rena likes warriors.

I am sitting here handcuffed

in a paddy wagon

about to be charged with

first degree murder, Gnorm,

because you had to go

doom an entire race for

an elf chick named Rena?

Not elf! Gnome!

Gnome, elf. What's

the difference if they're

all going to be dead?

This is basic stuff, Gnorm.

I'm a cop. (LAUGHS)

What am I doing

in a paddy wagon?

What is that guy?

Come on, write it up.

(LAUGHING)

(DOOR BUZZING)

I said hey

What you lookin' at

Well?

I can't seem

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