Assassins Page #13

INT. ELECTRA'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

BAIN (V.O.)

(on TV)

You sick little b*tch.

Electra turns to get out, stops short at MEOW. PEARL

trots into the room. Electra scoops her and Rath is

there. He spots Bain on the monitor, draws his .22. She

flinches.

RATH:

Where is he?

Electra points to the floor. The screen goes to snow as

Bain reaches, yanks the smoke detector from the ceiling.

Rath grabs Electra and they're out of there.

EXT. MUSTANG (PARKED) - DAY

Up the street, the front end smashed. Rath gets Electra

and Pearl inside.

RATH:

Wait for me at the pet shop.

She nods.

Without another word, Rath heads back. Electra STARTS

the car. Smoke pinwheels off the tires as she roars off.

INT. JENNIFER'S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - DAY

Leading with the .22, Rath enters. Every nerve is

tingling as he steps into...

JENNIFER'S BEDROOM

Rath steps in. No Bain. Rath spots the plaster torn

from the ceiling, Bob's legs visible through the closet

door. Rath steps over. As he kneels to take a pulse, he

hears FOOTSTEPS OVERHEAD. In Electra's apartment.

INT. ELECTRA'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

Two discs on the coffee table. Bain scoops them, runs

them through his scanner. Red lights flash. Not the

ones he wants. He tosses them aside.

EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD STREET - MUSTANG (ROLLING) - DAY

Electra slows for a stop sign. Continuing, she passes

Jennifer going the other way. Headed home. Oh no!

Electra looks back over her shoulder. She makes a

decision.

A HORN BLARES. Electra brakes, looks ahead where she's

come inches from a head-on collision.

She throws it in reverse, nearly hits a car coming up

from behind. More HORNS.

Back to drive, Electra hops the curb, driving over a

circular median and knocking down a "Slow" sign as she

turns around.

INT. ELECTRA'S BUILDING - 2ND FLOOR HALLWAY - DAY

Gun drawn, Rath makes his way, enters.

INT. ELECTRA'S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - DAY

No Bain. Rath moves silently toward...

ELECTRA'S BEDROOM

Bain searching the place. Holding his .22, he picks up

a bottle of perfume, takes a whiff, smiles.

BAIN:

Jasmine...

In the dresser mirror, Bain spots Rath enter behind him.

Dropping the perfume, Bain wheels, FIRES!

A MIRROR on the back of the door SHATTERS and Rath is

gone. Or at least his image.

Guessing. Bain starts FIRING in a moving pass across

the wall. The SILENCER makes it almost surreal.

LIVING ROOM:

Rath runs, just a step ahead of the BULLETS which BURST

from the wall behind him. Diving, he rolls into the...

KITCHEN:

Coming out of the tuck and roll, Rath slams into the

stove, rocking it two feet across the floor.

He looks up at the gas line inches over his head.

LIVING ROOM:

Slapping in a new clip, Bain leaps out, sees that Rath

must be in the kitchen. Bain aims, but stays where he

is.

BAIN:

You're getting slow, Abuelo.

RATH (O.S.)

I'm not the one shooting at mirrors.

INT. JENNIFER'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - DAY

Home, Jennifer stops short when she sees plaster every-

where. Looking up, she sees the cable snake up to the

hole in Electra's floor. Unfortunately, she doesn't see

Bob. Furious about the mess, she hurries out of the

room.

INT. ELECTRA'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

Where Bain is edging his way toward the kitchen.

That's when Jennifer storms in.

JENNIFER:

Who the hell are you?

She stops short at the sight of Bain's .22.

BAIN:

(whispers; wants)

The disc.

A frozen moment before she bolts for the door. Bain

FIRES. As Jennifer falls, Bain makes a critical error.

BAIN:

(at kitchen)

I beat you to the buyers and now I

beat you to the mark. I'm starting

to think I picked the wrong guy to

be my hero.

INT. KITCHEN

Rath wonders who Bain shot. Out the window, he sees

Electra pull up in the Mustang, run for the building.

LIVING ROOM:

Bain waits for an answer, doesn't get one.

BAIN:

You know it's my birthday today,

Rath? It's true. Today I become

number one.

Picking up a big shard of mirror, Bain inches his way to

the kitchen door. It's blind; no view at all.

STAIRWELL:

Electra makes her way up.

LIVING ROOM:

Bain tosses the MIRROR SHARD against the open kitchen

door.

BREAKS into pieces, one of them a leaner. They give

Bain a full view of the kitchen. Rath isn't there.

BAIN:

You got a present for me, Rath?

KITCHEN:

Tense as a steel spring, Bain steps inside. There's

another doorway in the far corner. Bain moves for it,

then stops short at a HISSING in the air. Framed by the

window behind him, Bain sniffs, whips a look over to the

stove where the GAS LINE is wide open.

A trail of liquid leads from the kitchen to a back hall.

Bain whips a look that way where we hear the distinctive

sound of a MATCH BEING STRUCK.

HALLWAY:

RATH:

Make a wish.

Rath discards a bottle of brandy, sets the burning match

into the trail of liquid. As it ignites, he rushes back,

comes face to face with Electra. He dives for the floor,

takes her with him.

KITCHEN:

The flame trail zips in. Bain flips the kitchen table on

its side, ducks behind it as the AIR BURSTS INTO FLAMES.

The table is driven back by the force.

EXT. ELECTRA'S APARTMENT - SECOND FLOOR - DAY

Bain hurtles back through the kitchen window, followed by

a huge fireball and lots of debris.

INT. APARTMENT BUILDING - HALLWAY - DAY

Rath rises, motions Electra to wait. Smoke is

everywhere.

INT. KITCHEN - DAY

A few flames, but there's not much left to burn. Rath

peeks around the corner. Bain isn't here. We can see

the ground below as well. There is debris everywhere

but Bain is gone. Rath sees Jennifer's body in the door-

way. He checks to see if she is alive.

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