Assassins Page #10

PAYPHONE BANK:

Answers it.

REMY:

Hello.

ELECTRA (V.O.)

Pick up the Yellow Pages.

He does as he's told.

ELECTRA (V.O.)

Lonely? In town on business.

Who'll ever know if you check out

the escorts?

As Remy flips to the "Es"...

INT. HOTEL ENTRANCE - DAY

Rath steps in, heads for the front desk, but watches.

INT. HOTEL - PAYPHONES - DAY

Remy's found it. In the escort ads, a room key card.

ELECTRA (V.O.)

It's room 942. I want all four of

you in there. No deal otherwise.

And if there's more of you, I'll

know it. I smell a rat, I go.

Are we simpatico?

REMY:

Yes. Simpatico.

Checking about, the Dutch get in an elevator. Rath

doesn't have a chance without raising a red flag.

The doors close. He thinks a beat. As a maintenance

worker passes, something occurs to him. Spurred to

action, Rath moves.

INT. HYATT - ELEVATOR - DAY

Two passengers get off on three. The ride continues.

It's just the anxious Dutch and a man in the corner.

He looks up. It's Bain!

The elevator stops at nine. As the Dutch step off, Bain

slyly slips "something" into Remy's jacket pocket. We

see, but we're not quite sure what.

They don't say a word, just exit as the elevator stops at

nine. As the doors close behind them, Bain looks grim.

INT. HYATT HOTEL - MAINTENANCE OFFICE - DAY

Where a JANITOR answers a RINGING PHONE. Beyond him,

we see a hotel computer terminal.

JANITOR:

Maintenance... What?! Sounds like

we got a short. I'll be right

there.

The Janitor rushes out. The office is empty. A beat and

Rath enters. Tucking his cell phone (he made the call)

into his pocket, he takes a seat at the terminal. He

must have used this trick before as he scrolls computer

info. Room bills. Reservations. Guest names. He elim-

inates the Chicago Bulls, a doctors' convention, and a

wedding party. All 10 plus rooms. As he continues his

process of elimination...

INT. HYATT HOTEL - ROOM 942 - DAY

On a table are a screwdriver, a laptop hooked to a cel-

lular modem and a remote intercom matching Electra's.

The Dutch enter, guns drawn.

INT. HYATT HOTEL - ROOM 718 - DAY

Over the INTERCOM, Electra can hear them entering the

room, moving about.

ELECTRA:

Close the door.

INT. HYATT HOTEL - ROOM 942 - DAY

As one of them pulls the door shut...

INT. HYATT HOTEL - ROOM 718 - DAY

Electra can hear it bang shut.

ELECTRA:

First, I need a ten thousand

dollar deposit.

REMY (V.O.)

(TV)

That wasn't the agreement.

INT. HYATT HOTEL - ROOM 942 - DAY

The computer screen goes blank.

ELECTRA (V.O.)

We have nothing more to discuss.

Good-bye.

REMY:

Wait, wait. Okay.

A beat, the screen turns back on.

ELECTRA (V.O.)

Here's today's menu.

The screen fills with file names. Number 2 reads, nods

his approval. Remy inserts a blank disc.

Guns are drawn, aimed as a BEEPING sounds from the wall.

From the A/C vent.

ELECTRA (V.O.)

I believe you'll find a screwdriver

on the table.

Cautiously, Number 3 picks up the screwdriver, undoes the

screen which is now backlit. Electra's remote dump truck,

a flashlight and pen-sized camera taped on the

cab roof. As the Dutch exchange a look...

INT. HYATT HOTEL - MAINTENANCE OFFICE - DAY

Rath has narrowed his search to three individuals who

each hold two rooms apiece. Clark, Rogers and Katz.

Rath selects K. Katz. Rooms 718 and 942. He switches to

room service charges. In two days nothing on 942 -- not

even a phone call, but...

RATH:

(reading)

Room 718. Coffee. Coffee.

Coffee. Coffee. Tuna fish.

Reaching into a pocket, he pulls out and unfolds a print-

out of the green cat eyes. MEOW@comsat.next.

RATH:

Meow.

INT. HYATT HOTEL - ROOM 718 - DAY

Manipulating a joystick, Electra watches an air duct

view pass by on a Sony Watchman.

INT. AIR DUCT - DAY

The dump truck rolls carrying a $10,000 payload. It

turns at one branch, turns left at another. Ahead, a

square hole opens up where a third branch goes vertical.

Just when we think a catastrophe will occur, the truck

stops, executes a DMV 3-point turn. It backs to the edge

of the hole. The truck bed angles back as it dumps.

INT. ROOM 718

Electra smiles as ten thousand dollars drop out of the

vent and onto the carpet.

ELECTRA:

I'm going to format your disc,

orient it to receive the data.

Electra begins typing.

INT. HYATT HOTEL - ROOM 942 - DAY

The Dutch watch a little clock tick away on the laptop

screen as this is done.

EXT. 9TH FLOOR HALLWAY - DAY

Not far from 942, an attractive couple pause to begin

kissing in a corner. Overwhelmed, they can't keep their

hands off each other.

INT. HYATT HOTEL - ELEVATOR - DAY

Rath gets in, his fingers deciding between the ninth and

seventh floors. He presses one, but we don't see which.

As he starts up.

INT. HYATT HOTEL - ROOM 942 - DAY

Remy watches as file names start to appear on the

computer screen.

INT. HYATT HOTEL - ROOM 718 - DAY

Electra continues to send information.

9TH FLOOR HALLWAY - DAY

Here comes Bain. Resolute, but excited at what's about

to happen. He passes the couple. They don't see him or

they don't care. But as Bain gets a few steps past...

He wheels, raises the SILENCED .22 and FIRES. The

couple crumple, both head shots. He drags them into a

stairwell.

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