Code of Silence Page #15

EXT. LAKE - DAY

Pines reflect in the dappled lake as Tony Luna rows slowly

for shore. He ties up at the dock. He's taking his tackle

out of the boat when one of his boys comes running down to

the dock.

We cannot hear the conversation but we can see Tony drop the

tackle box and we can hear his SCREAM echo across the water.

EXT. EDDIE'S STREET - DAY

Eddie runs down the rear stairs to Kosalas' unmarked car. He

opens the driver's door, pushes Kosalas across the seat, and

gets behind the wheel. He PEELS OUT.

INT. UNMARKED CAR - DAY

KOSALAS:

Music's at the scene.

Eddie picks up the mike.

EDDIE:

(to mike)

Was there a girl? Late teens. Reddish

hair.

MUSIC (V.O.)

(on radio)

Two male caucasians, two female. One

mid-to-late forties. The other a

grandmother.

With the SIREN full out, LEANING ON the HORN, he simply puts

his foot on the floor and sends the car into a four wheel

drift that slides into a neat U-turn.

EXT. LIBRARY - DAY

Eddie leaves the car running, and burst through the main

entrance flashing his badge at the stunned security guards.

INT. LIBRARY - DAY

Eddie races through the corridors and reading rooms searching,

Kosalas arriving at his heels.

INT. LIBRARY - DAY

Gamiani tells Diana about her mother and grandmother.

INT. LIBRARY - DAY

Three Comachos; Pompas, Efren, and ANGEL, search for Diana.

EXT. LIBRARY - DAY

Lou Gamiani emerges from the building with Diana. She is

terrified.

He checks out the scene, then descends the crowded steps and

crosses the street, keeping a sharp lookout.

EXT. FLOWER SHOP - DAY

Luis and Victor Comacho loiter by the outdoor flower stand

next to the library. They watch the activity on the library

steps.

EXT. LIBRARY - DAY

Distracted for an instant by a cluster of conventioneers,

Lou fails to notice the two Comachos who have fallen in step

behind them. He goes down with a gasp, almost silently, a

knife sticking from his back. A Comacho grabs Diana's arm.

She jabs him in the eyes, and runs.

Diana disappears into the crowd.

Hysterical citizens scatter in all directions. A woman stands

in horror unable to keep from looking at Gamiani's body lying

on the sidewalk. She SCREAMS.

Eddie and Kosalas come crashing out of the entrance of the

museum.

The girl isn't here.

Eddie spots a commotion at the end of the block, under the

el station.

He dashes down the steps and across the street with traffic

screeching to a halt.

Kosalas flags down a blue and white, and barks for backup,

then tears out after Eddie.

EXT. WABASH AVENUE - DAY

In the shadow of the el tracks, Diana runs for her life,

racing north on Wabash through crowds of shoppers with the

Comachos moving relentlessly a half block behind.

Opposite Marshall Field's, she abruptly cuts across traffic

and runs into an alley between the giant men's and women's

stores.

With terror in her eyes, Diana runs, searching frantically

for a guard, a policeman, somebody with a gun. But the

Comachos are closing in on her.

She dives through a revolving door into the building.

INT. DEPARTMENT STORE - DAY

Diana runs past the perfume displays, notions, and lingerie,

and out the Randolph Street exit.

EXT. RANDOLPH STREET - DAY

Two Camachos, who stayed on the street, spot her as she

leaves.

Racing through the alley, Eddie spots them running in the

next block.

EXT. LAKE STREET - DAY

Running east on Lake Street, she glances over her shoulder.

She doesn't see them. She ducks into the alley. But the

Comachos round the corner just in time to catch a glimpse of

her.

EXT. ALLEY - DAY

This alley leads to the lower level of Michigan Avenue. She

turns back to find the exit blocked by the Comachos. She

flees downward.

INT. LOWER MICHIGAN - DAY

The green flourescents of the "Emerald City" give a deathly

cast to the underground street as Diana rounds the corner,

and collapses against the wall. Her heart pounding like a

frightened deer, she has run as far as she can.

Pompas Comacho and two of his colleagues come racing around

the corner. They spot her crouched against the wall.

She starts to SCREAM but Angel grabs her by the collar and

pulls her up to his face and she stops, wide-eyed with terror

as he touches her throat with his knife.

POMPAS:

Come on, Chika. We gonna have some

fun. You gonna take us to your father.

We hear a loud metallic CLICK. We see the barrel of a huge

revolver. They wheel to see Eddie crouched, gun drawn, in

the alley entrance.

EDDIE:

Pompas, you're getting to be a f***ing

pain in the ass.

The boys put their hands up, but Eddie doesn't see the third,

SAMO, coming up behind him.

Angel grabs Diana by the hair, shielding himself, and starts

backing up the stairs that lead to the street.

EDDIE:

Let her go, pooch.

Samo jumps Eddie, and the gun goes flying. It hits the

pavement and bounces off the high curb into the street.

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