Code of Silence Page #24

He lays down his duffle and pulls out a Halliburton case. He

opens it.

EXT. GRAIN ELEVATOR - DAY

From inside the garbage truck WE HEAR an ENGINE STARTING. It

REVS a couple of times. And from within the container

compartment of the truck emerges the Prowler. It clatters

down the ramp.

EXT. GRAIN ELEVATOR - DAY

The lookout spots the Prowler moving down the dock. He can't

believe his eyes.

He sights on the machine and FIRES.

And in the distance, the Prowler senses the insult and

immediately turns its camera eye up to him.

The lookout FIRES again. Immediately, the turret swivels and

the twin MACHINEGUNS ROAR.

It's a long way down.

INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

The SOUND of MACHINEGUN FIRE from outside galvanizes the

Comachos. Luis runs through the long building toward the

front with half a dozen of his men, all SHOUTING.

EXT. DOCK - DAY

Eddies eyes watch the miniature monitor of the Prowler's

hand controller. On the monitor WE CAN SEE the Comachos

running out in the front of the factory from the camera on

top of the Prowler.

Eddie gets up and moves toward the factory. He looks up at

several high broken windows.

EXT. DOCK - DAY

The Prowler is having a field day. It's electronic sensors

trace the source of every hostile shot and immediately return

a withering stream of hot lead that chews the surrounding

scenery -- and several Comachos -- to pieces.

But Eddie has not figured out how to control the Prowler's

BULLHORN VOICE command system. It continues to BARK ORDERS

to the dead hoodlums in three languages.

INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

Luis runs through the empty plant toward the office screaming

to Diana's guards.

LUIS:

(subtitles)

Now! Do it now! Kill her!

INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

Diana, tied to the chair, is momentarily alone as the guards

rush out to the floor of the factory to see what's happening.

The two guards, their guns flying from their hands, are

hammered back into the room by Eddie who blasts through the

door after them.

Diana is petrified.

INT. SQUAD CAR - DAY

Kosalas and Kates are in the same car. Kosalas is driving.

DISPATCHER (V.O.)

(from radio)

...Harbor Patrol reports gunfire and

explosions in the vicinity of Calumet

Harbor...

KATES:

That's Cusack.

Kosalas spins the wheel into a U-turn.

INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

The "Prowler" rolls around the corner, its brutal turret

bristling with firepower. It is driving Luis and the other

stupefied Comachos further back into the building.

Eddie guides his deadly partner with the hand controller.

The Comachos dive for cover and spray the miniature tank

with AUTOMATIC FIRE. But they are no match. Two continuous

streams of hot lead chew up the place, splintering the loading

dock and the catwalk hiding places and disintegrating the

structure, churning the Comachos to hamburger.

COMACHO SHOT RINGS OUT

Eddie goes down and the Prowler hand controller falls to the

ground, shattered.

The Prowler goes berserk, SPRAYING DEATH in a 360 degree

circle until all the ammo is gone.

Then SILENCE.

Eddie touches the blood on the side of his leg. It's not

serious.

It appears everyone is out of ammunition. But a few Comachos

are still hidden in the factory.

Eddie is after them like a tiger. Victor, shoulder still

bandaged, never has a chance. He goes down, battered and

broken.

But Luis has crept up behind Eddie. He jumps over a steel

plate. He's going for Diana, a long knife in his hand.

Eddie reaches for a reload. Puts it in his magnum. Aims, and

blows Luis away just as he reaches for Diana.

INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

Across the littered battlefield, Eddie escorts Diana toward

the light streaming through the factory entrance. He takes

off his jacket and wraps it around Diana's shoulders.

EXT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

The pier is crawling with cops with more arriving every

second.

A fire boat is extinguishing the blaze set by the Prowler's

incendiary ammunition.

The bodies of the Comachos lying everywhere astound the

arriving "Home Team."

Officer Kosalas screeches to a halt and jumps from his car.

Brennan and Music are running down the dock. Donato, a cast

on his leg, hobbles after them.

EXT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

Emergency vehicles are arriving, and more squad cars, paddy

wagons, and fire engines.

Eddie walks by the cops toward an ambulance, now carrying

Diana. Kates calls out after him.

KATES:

Hey, Cusack!

Eddie stops, slowly turns around.

There is a long pause.

KATES:

I'm glad you don't follow orders.

Eddie hands Diana over to the waiting medics, who put her in

the ambulance.

We pull back further and further until we see the rest of

the Home Team. The ambulance, carrying Diana, pulls away

with it's lights flashing.

Eddie walks down the pier alone.

THE END:

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