Coffin 2 Page #2

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Look, just try to

stay calm, okay?

[Olivia] Oh, God.

(crying)

Glad that's over.

Debriefing's always a b*tch.

How's the girl?

She's good, considering.

Typical runaway.

The father's flying

in from Minneapolis.

Hasn't heard from her

in over two months,

so you can imagine.

That piece of sh*t

Victor is in surgery.

Took two in the chest when

we moved in, if you care.

I don't.

You did good, agent.

I'm gonna send you away

for a few days of R & R.

You can shave whatever

you have going on there.

Get drunk, laid, you know?

Normal human being stuff.

Yeah, I'm good.

See your kid, agent.

Don't drown in this sh*t.

I said I was good.

It's what I told

them you'd say.

They had an assignment

for Roberts.

I asked them to give it to you

till we can get your next UC.

You know how these things go.

Gotta get you out of

here for a few days,

protect your identity.

Then, we'll talk about

you going back under.

Until then, call this

a working vacation.

Should be an easy one.

Missing Persons is down an

agent and backlogged up the ass.

Go over there.

Take a few days, look into this.

It's a missing cop

minus a finger.

His digit turned

up in a dumpster

when some homeless dude

was looking for lunch.

His other piece will

probably turn up any day now.

You know how it is.

Lieutenant says he

has a spotless record,

but has been a bit obsessed

with nabbing the Deathstalker.

Even after the bureau took over

and closed the books on it.

He was all over it

until a day or so ago.

Anyway, brass thinks we

should have an interest in it.

File an official report.

Give them the details.

His phone records and

transcripts are in there.

Nothing jumps out.

And they think this is

related to the Deathstalker?

Who knows.

But, we're the ones

that closed it,

so we gotta look under

the skirt of this thing.

Ghost it up when

you go in there.

Do some poking around,

write the report,

but don't break

your back on this.

You up for it?

(sighs)

[Clown Mask] Glad to be

out of that box, huh guys?

Yeah, he brought

me in a box, too.

I don't know how

long I was in there.

I was unconscious

for part of the time.

I don't remember how long.

Wasn't long.

He brought me here last night

and locked me in

one of those rooms.

You haven't been here long.

[Clown Mask] Took

me out of the box

and brought me here last night

in the trunk of his car.

You?

[Face Mask] He's

had me about two days.

I woke up in a

shed of some sort.

This morning he drove us here,

locked me up in one

of those back offices,

and then he brought me out here.

I just went out for a jog

and I think he took Haley.

Who's Haley?

Is she here, too?

No, I don't know.

I don't know.

The school called me and

she was missing, and...

She's my niece.

My fiancee's niece.

She's my responsibility.

[Clown Mask] Keep

your voice down.

He's gonna hear you.

So what?

He knows we're here.

Oh, God.

Do you think he has Haley?

Do you think he has Haley here?

He's right.

You gotta keep it

together, okay?

Whether she's here, or not,

losing control isn't

gonna help her.

There's a good chance that

this guy's just using her

as part of his threat.

As part of whatever demands

that he's trying to make,

so just stay calm.

We're gonna work together, okay?

We're gonna be smart about this.

Yeah, says the guy who

couldn't escape a shed.

(phone keypad beeping)

(sighs)

[Woman On Phone] Hello?

Hey.

[Woman On Phone] Bobby?

You okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm fine.

[Woman On Phone] This means

your assignment is over.

How's the monster?

[Woman On Phone]

He's good, Bobby.

Scored twice in

one game last week.

Marcus and I took him

for ice cream after.

You know, that place he likes.

He misses his daddy.

He asks a lot of questions,

but he knows what

you do is important.

That's good.

[Woman On Phone] You

want to talk to him?

No, no.

No, no, no, no.

I gotta go.

Listen, I have

another assignment.

[Woman On Phone] Oh, Bobby.

[Bobby] This one's

not undercover.

Tell the monster

I'll see him soon.

[Woman On Phone] That's

what you said last time.

[Bobby] Tell him

I'll see him soon.

Tell him that.

I gotta go.

(metal scraping)

[Clown Mask] Who's

the empty chair for?

I've got an idea about that.

Who?

You see these masks

that we're all wearing?

Each one of them is a

replica of ones used

during a major crime

spree that was exacted

by a very cunning criminal.

[Clown Mask] This dude?

This big dude?

No, not him.

It's another guy.

I suspect that's

whose chair that is.

[Olivia] How do you know?

'Cause I worked the case.

He was also there the

night I got taken.

Are you a cop?

Detective, yeah.

Now, how the hell

did you end up here?

For the last couple

years I've been

investigating a closed case.

One that I've been

trying to get reopened.

It was the Deathstalker killer.

Had a major breakthrough

a while back

and I got a message a

couple of nights ago

from a source that claimed

they had information

that would prove my

suspicions were correct

that the Deathstalker

killer is at large.

I was to meet them

at a train station.

I'm out of the car.

Alone as requested.

No guns.

No guns, no wire.

I walked right into a trap.

Where do I meet you?

Hello?

(train horn blowing)

(train wheels rattling)

(tense music)

(train horn blowing)

[Man In Mask] Come here.

Good God.

Epperson.

What are you doing here?

[Man In Mask] Help me.

Stupid mistake.

Start talking.

He shouldn't have been there.

[Man In Mask] I'm trying.

[Epperson] Start talking.

What is it?

Listen, listen.

It didn't make any sense.

Listen to me, Epperson.

He gave me something.

I can't move.

We've got to get out of here.

We've got to get out of here.

He's watching us.

I knew something was wrong.

He gave me something

and I can't move.

Stand up, stand up right now.

He gave me something.

I can't, Epperson.

Epperson, look out!

Look out!

By the time I felt

the injection in my neck

it was too late.

What happened to your hand?

I don't know.

I woke up like this.

I imagine when

these drugs wear off

it's gonna hurt like hell.

Oh, my god.

He cut off your finger.

Too bad it wasn't your tongue.

(slurping)

You're an a**hole.

(doorbell rings)

Oh, what's up, man?

Hey, man.

You got a minute?

Yeah, yeah.

Come on in.

Sweetness, look

who came to visit.

Is Olivia with you?

Uh, no, no.

I, um.

Babe, I think Paul

and I are just gonna

have a couple brews.

We'll stay out of your way.

Is that cool with you, baby?

Sure.

Thank you.

Oh, unless you drank them all.

At three a.m.

That's cute.

Very cute.

I'm a night owl, you know that.

What can I say?

[Olivia] And the guy who

took you is this guy, right?

[Epperson] Yeah.

[Clown Mask] You're saying

this guy's the Deathstalker?

The Deathstalker

got his name from

the Deathstalker scorpion

because of the way he hunts

and paralyzes his

prey before he...

But, it goes beyond that.

He makes a game out of

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