Call Me King Page #5

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Li, Li, I can't... I don't

have time for this right now.

I can't do it.

I don't have room for anybody else.

I can't do this right now, Li.

- You gotta take her.

- I'm sorry!

I can't do a goddamn thing with her.

(crying):
You're the only

one she ever listens to

and you know it.

(sobs)

I'm trusting you,

so don't let me down.

Li, look, I-I can't right now.

Li! Li, Li!

Stop playing!

Li!

All right, get up, Soo.

I told you to stop messing with that stuff.

SIMONE:

I trust you're settled in.

LEENA:

I am.

Not that I had... much choice.

There's always a choice.

The difficulty lies in

knowing which one to make

without knowing what the

consequences will be.

Did Vincent explain to

you what a "fixer" is?

A person who fixes things

by eliminating them.

I was 16

when I completed my first assignment.

They were mostly political,

paid for by the Haitian government.

But now, they're of a more personal nature.

This weapon belonged to me.

I expect for you to handle it

- with care.

- I will.

I will.

I have a job for you.

It pays $250,000,

half up front

and half when the assignment is complete.

Wow, that... sounds great,

but I'm not ready.

I-I don't even know how to hold a gun.

Don't worry.

If you're a quick study,

that's more than enough time.

Have the rifle assembled

and ready within an hour.

We'll begin immediately.

VINCENT:

Best get to work.

MAN:

"...your head." He says, "Head?

I couldn't find the head."

(men laughing)

NICK:

Gentlemen.

Hate to interrupt

such a festive occasion,

but some of you might have heard

that my father's dead.

Now, he told me, effective immediately,

he planned on shutting down

the dealings of all

munitions in our district.

Planned on taking the

organization in a new direction.

Now, I can only assume

that those who killed him

had the most to lose.

I don't got to spell it out for you, do I?

Now, he's dead.

So whatever hedge of protection

my father placed over Rhyis and his crew

is null and void.

I'm asking you, humbly,

for your blessing

and manpower to take him out.

If Angelo's boys really did kill him,

he brought it on himself.

He got sloppy.

Put his trust in the wrong people.

Forgot where his loyalties lay.

You should've stepped in a long time ago

and sat your old man down.

Maybe he'd still be alive.

Maybe not.

NICK:
I can understand your

feelings on this matter, Feris.

But whatever misunderstanding

you may or may not have had

with my old man...

(wipes hands together)

it's done.

I'm offering you a chance to help me

make this thing right for both of us.

I don't like it.

We can't make drastic decisions

based on facts that we don't know.

That's not the way things are done.

Besides, these Haitians,

they're f***ing savages.

I mean, they wiped out Feris's

men, sombreros and all,

in less than ten minutes flat.

War? War?

They f***ing love war.

And war is bad for business, gentlemen.

Now, look, it's a shame

what happened to Angelo.

A real shame.

But the truth of the matter is--

we cannot do anything about that now.

He's right.

The kid's right.

We owe it to him.

We owe it to ourselves.

I know there's some of you who...

didn't agree

on how Angelo ran his district,

but that's beside the point.

This is about principle,

about respect.

It's about preserving

everything we've built...

...everything we stand for.

Order must be restored.

Otherwise, we lose face with our associates

in the international market.

You do what you got to

do to make things right.

Take whatever you need.

A salute.

- To Angelo.

- To Angelo.

- To Angelo.

- Angelo.

Pour me some.

Salute.

Thank you.

(door closes)

SOO:

Do you know why she brought me here?

Yeah, out of mutual respect.

She thought it'd be cool

for you to come here,

think things through, clear your head.

You know I'm the only one

she trusts around you.

That's not it.

It's because she doesn't care.

She won't answer my phone,

she won't return my calls.

She hates me now.

Ah, she don't hate you. She's just pissed.

But, you know, I can't blame her,

because you have been doing some

f***ed up sh*t lately, Soo.

I didn't mean for things

to turn out this way.

I was only trying to forget

about what happened to our parents.

It's too painful to think about it.

Yeah, well...

somebody you love get killed,

it's hard to forget that.

It just goes away for a little while.

Look, if you going through

something, anything,

know you can talk to me.

I'm here for you.

Soo, Soo, Soo, what are you doing?

SOO:

You said whatever I needed.

GRIMM:

Hey, girl, not that.

No, no, Soo, stop.

Soo, wait.

Soo, stop.

- Please.

- No, Soo, Soo.

- No.

- Stop, stop.

Stop, stop, Soo.

What, you won't even touch me now?

The... the reason I don't touch you is

because I do respect you, Soo.

You deserve better than this.

I'm sorry.

I... I-I can't.

I'm sorry, I...

I just wish someone would tell me

how to make things right with my sister.

Soo, listen to me...

(bullets ricocheting)

(gunfire continues)

Okay, you're gripping it way too tight.

So take a breather...

(inhales, exhales)

...and just relax and let

it come back to you.

LEENA:

Ugh.

It's too far.

I can't... I can't keep it steady.

All right, lean on your elbows.

Take aim, focus.

SIMONE:

Shoot the target in the heart,

and he still has three seconds to react.

Shoot him in the head,

and you'll penetrate the nerve center,

neutralizing him on contact.

The kill point is right behind the eyes.

Remember that.

There's more to consider

than controlling the weapon.

If you breathe or your heart beats,

then your body is subject

to the slightest of motion,

causing you to miss.

Try again.

Inhale and exhale slowly.

You must match your breathing

to your heartbeat.

And when you have complete

control of them both,

at your most stable moment,

shoot.

(Leena gasps, chuckles)

LEENA:

Okay.

VINCENT:

Okay, let's try it again.

- Let's go.

- LEENA:
All right.

I'm-a let y'all go ahead and talk.

Papa's back.

So what happened?

Don't worry about that.

Whether he told me, you told

me, gave me the information,

you know the outcome's

still the same, right?

I don't expect you to feel

about it the way that I do.

- That's good.

- No, that's great.

That's my cross to bear.

But I am telling you...

to stay away from him.

'Cause I have never seen

that man do anything

that didn't serve him.

Well, you know me.

I don't sweat the petty stuff.

I pet the sweaty stuff.

I'm-a go get some air.

I'll be back.

(grunting)

(grunts)

You f***ed up this time,

you f***ing Haitian.

- Rhyis!

- You good?

Yeah, I'm cool.

Hey, you bleeding all over my floors, man?!

Or is that pasta sauce

leaking out your ass?

F*** you!

Who you work for, huh?

Feris?

The Koreans?

(chuckles) No.

Angelo Costa, the man you killed.

What'd you say?

He brought you into this organization,

made you who you are.

And this is how you repay him?

Yeah, but that doesn't matter now,

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