Code of Silence Page #22

DONATO:

I would have been here, Sarge. They

kept it from me.

EDDIE:

You're Ok, Hopalong.

Donato holsters his gun, and helps Eddie to his feet.

DONATO:

Listen, I'm havin' a drink with this

friend of mine, name of Mickie. She

works on a computer over in the

Federal Building, FBI. I got here as

soon as I heard.

EDDIE:

They got Diana Luna.

DONATO:

That's what I'm tryin' to tell ya.

Mickie told me she read on the wire

Tony Luna's comin' into Union Station

at ten tonight.

Eddie runs down the alley toward his car.

EXT. TRAIN STATION - NIGHT

Eddie's car pulls up. He gets out and runs inside.

INT. TRAIN STATION - NIGHT

A train sits at the platform. Tony Luna is walking down the

platform.

INT. TRAIN STATION - NIGHT

Eddie runs through the cavernous lobby.

EXT. TRAIN STATION - NIGHT

Eddie arrives in time to see Tony step into a waiting Cadillac

that immediately takes off.

Eddie races up the ramp to his car.

EXT. UNION STATION - NIGHT

Eddie jumps into his car, and roars away in pursuit of the

Cadillac.

EXT. CADILLAC - NIGHT

Tony settles in, and then sees Scalese sitting calmly in the

back seat.

TONY LUNA:

(surprised)

Hello, Felix.

SCALESE:

Hello, Tony.

Tony moves for his gun. The hood next to Tony relieves him

of his gun, using his own for persuasion.

SCALESE:

(sighs)

You see, Tony. You make no sense.

You start a war... Waste people...

Money... You're like a kid, Tony.

You're a bad boy.

Tony is scared. The driver spots something in the rearview

mirror.

EXT. LOOP - NIGHT

The Cadillac rockets through the empty orange-lighted canyons

of the financial district, with Eddie in hot pursuit.

EXT. UPPER WACKER - NIGHT

Roaring north on Wacker past an astonished group in front of

the Civic Opera House, the Cadillac drops out of sight on

the down-ramp to Lower Wacker.

EXT. LOWER WACKER - NIGHT

This bi-level street is as different as night and day. The

lower level's eerie green lights make us feel like we're

under water. Iron girders and concrete pillars support the

street above.

LOW WIDE ANGLE:

The Cadillac races through this vast man-made cavern, past

the sub-level loading docks and service entrances of

skyscrapers above. City work crews and all night commercial

deliveries dot both the upper and lower levels of the chase.

INT. EDDIE'S CAR - NIGHT

Eddie is gaining in the battered Chevy. The Cadillac rockets

up the next ramp to the street level.

EXT. UPPER WACKER - NIGHT

The Cadillac zooms up from below, crosses the intersection,

and immediately takes the next down-ramp. Eddie flies up

from below, briefly airborne, barreling after them into the

tunnel.

EXT. LOWER WACKER - NIGHT

A block later the Cadillac heads topside again. Eddie takes

a gamble and goes straight ahead.

At the next down-ramp, the Cadillac descends and Tony's boys

find themselves doing 70 knots side by side with Eddie in

the other lane.

In the narrow concrete tunnel, the two cars battle each other

like bulls in a chute, each one trying to cut the other off,

bouncing from each other into the walls and back again.

INT. CADILLAC - NIGHT

The goon next to Luna is trying to get a shot off at Eddie.

SCALESE:

This sonovabitch is crazy!

Tony sees his chance and he lunges for the gun. In the

struggle, the gun goes off and drills Rocco, the driver,

through the side of the head.

EXT. LOWER WACKER - NIGHT

The Cadillac ROARS out of control, its dead driver's foot

pressing the accelerator to the floor. Scalese, in the front

seat, tries to grab the wheel.

Eddie is all over the road trying to avoid them. The river

and the curve are ahead.

Scalese's car hits the median at high speed, rolls, and slides

SCREAMING into a concrete pillar and EXPLODES.

Eddie stands on the brakes as his car slides alongside the

flaming wreckage.

INT. EDDIE'S CAR - NIGHT

Eddie's car is on fire now, and the doors have been rammed

shut. He kicks the window out on the passenger side.

EXT. LOWER WACKER - NIGHT

Eddie runs for his life. The explosion knocks him to his

knees.

He gets up and moves away, looking back at Luna's and

Scalese's spectacular funeral pyre.

EXT. LOWER WACKER - NIGHT

The fire engines and police cars are arriving from every

direction.

With the flames still lighting his face, Eddie is making a

call.

EDDIE:

You tell Luis I got Tony Luna for

him. Get me a time and place.

INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Diana is in bad shape. She is tied up. Numb with terror she

listens, not comprehending, as the Comachos discuss their

plans for her in Spanish.

Luis comes over to her, and with his knife begins cutting

off part of her clothes.

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