Assassins Page #12

As Electra speeds up...

INT. ROOM 718 - DAY

Bain tears the room apart. Pulls open drawers, overturns

the mattress. He wants that disc. But the room has been

cleaned out. Then he spots it. Electra's computer

carrying case -- in haste forgotten -- on a chair.

Electra's jacket -- in haste forgotten -- draped over a

chair.

Rifling through it, he finds the photos Electra had of

Pearl. Bain flips through them. Nothing, but Pearl.

Inside, outside. But Bain flips back one.

Pearl outside. Bain's finger jabs down on something in

the background. Three TV transmit towers. Bain strides

to the window, looks out...

BAIN'S POV - CITY

Scanning, spots it. In the distance, three radio towers.

BACK TO BAIN:

Smiling. He shoves the picture in a pocket, hurries out.

INT. MUSTANG - ROLLING - DAY

ELECTRA:

Who the hell are you?!

RATH:

I work for the government.

ELECTRA:

Bullshit.

(turning)

Where are we going?

RATH:

Just drive.

Electra hits the gas. The MUSTANG ZOOMS. 40, 50...

Rath takes her laptop from the backseat. He plugs it

into his cellular, punches a number in. Rath types in

the access code sequence. The system comes on line.

Contractor:
This is not a scheduled call, Robert.

60 mph... Electra begins to slalom between cars. Rath

looks up as he types.

RATH:

Watch your speed.

Rath:
He was there again.

Contractor:
Shut down. We'll talk at the scheduled time.

The system shuts down. 70 mph...

RATH:

Slow down!

ELECTRA:

I can't.

Rath reaches over with his foot, starts to brake them.

ELECTRA:

What about the other guy? Does

he work for the government, too?

Rath just gives her a look, takes his foot off the brake.

They've slowed considerably.

ELECTRA:

It's between you and him, right?

Just leave me out of it.

RATH:

We can't. You're the mark.

A chilling thought. Across a wide median, she sees a

bus pulling up to a bus stop. Ahead, the light turns

red.

EXT. STREET - DAY

Electra moves to slow down, but at the last second she

accelerates, rear ends the car ahead. Electra is braced,

but Rath slams the dash.

Electra takes the keys, leaps out of the car. Grabbing

the porta-pet, she dashes across the median. Rath is

quickly after her.

Electra nears the bus which is taking on the last of its

passengers. As she looks back over her shoulder, she

slams into a man, drops the porta-pet.

Rath is closing. There's no time. Acting on survival

instincts, Electra leaps onto the bus. It's away just

as Rath arrives.

INT. BUS - ROLLING - DAY

Electra hurries to the back, stares out the window.

In the receding distance we see Rath and the porta-pet in

the street. She's escaped, but at what cost?

ELECTRA:

Oh, Pearl... Sorry.

EXT. BUS STOP - DAY

As an IRATE MOTORIST shouts "car insurance," Rath ignores

him, carries Pearl back to the Mustang. He gets inside,

checks the glove box -- nothing. But reaching under the

seat, he pulls out a paper bag with cat food inside. The

bag is printed:
Prize Pets. With an address.

EXT. PRIZE PETS - DAY

A local mom & pop operation. As the Mustang pulls up...

INT. PRIZE PETS - DAY

An OLDER WOMAN looks up as Rath approaches the counter.

But she's not looking at Rath.

OLDER WOMAN:

Pearl! How are you, dearie?

Where's Mama?

Holding the cat in his arms, Rath smiles.

EXT. ELECTRA'S BUILDING - DAY

Three towers in the background. A car pulls into an

assigned spot. Bob gets out, heads into the building.

INT. ELECTRA'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

Electra packs. No rhyme or reason. She just tosses

stuff into her bag. As she moves into the bedroom, we

STAY here. The monitors are on. Bob enters Jennifer's

apartment.

EXT. ELECTRA'S BUILDING - DAY

Bain steps up, smiles at the towers. There are three

cars in the lot. He walks along, placing a palm on the

hood. Seeing which engine is warm. Bob's. Noting the

apartment number on the space, Bain heads inside.

INT. JENNIFER'S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - DAY

Bain enters, begins looking through the room, after the

disc.

INT. JENNIFER'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - DAY

Bob hears the sound, thinks the wrong thought.

BOB:

Jenn?

Bob hears FOOTSTEPS coming down the hall. As they near

the door...

BOB:

I love you.

Bain is there, filling the doorway.

BAIN:

That's sweet.

INT. ELECTRA'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

Bag packed, Electra steps out from the bedroom. She

stops short at the sight of the monitor.

Bain raises the .22, Bob's eyes widen. As he steps back,

Bain steps forward.

BOB (V.O.)

(on TV)

Who are you?

BAIN (V.O.)

(on TV, advancing)

You'll never know... Romeo.

Bob backs right into the walk-in closet. Bain follows.

The SILENCER WHISPERS and BOB THUMPS to the floor.

JENNIFER'S BEDROOM

Bain takes in the room. Breathes it in. Something

catches his eye. A smoke detector on the ceiling. He

stands on the bed.

ELECTRA'S LIVING ROOM

Electra's mouth open, but no sound comes out as Bain's

face suddenly looms right into the monitor. Distorted,

his face right in the camera.

INT. JENNIFER'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - DAY

Standing on the bed, Bain pulls the detector housing

should be. He pokes at it. A warped smile as he

realizes what it is.

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