Cradle 2 the Grave Page #2

- ls there a timetable on this?

- Yesterday.

- That's what I figured.

- I'll be back.

Gonna return a favor to a friend.

[BEEPING]

[WATER SPLASHES]

SU:

Looks dead to me.

- Guess you got to him first.

- Not me, not my style.

You're the one that called me.

The same one that bumped into Miles.

Who the f*** are you?

- My name is Su.

- All right, Su, l'm Sally.

- I want the black stones.

- Make me an offer.

- You can walk out of here alive.

- No deal.

[PHONE RINGING]

CHRISTOPHE:

Leave a message.

LING:
Mr. Fait, I know you're there.

Pick up the phone.

We need to talk, now.

Who the f*** is this?

The man for whom Christophe arranged

to have the black stones...

...brought into the country

and deposited at the Jewelry Exchange.

The man who wants them back.

- Now.

- All right, well, how much?

Maybe you didn't understand me.

The stones are already mine.

Yo, check this out?

I got them, I'm selling them,

put the money on the wood!

I don't have time for this.

That's your last offer?

I can be a very dangerous man, Mr. Fait.

I don't get it. Do I look like

the Salvation Army?

I bust my ass all night and got nothing

to show for it. You know what, dog?

It don't even matter

who the f*** you are.

I ain't got nothing for you.

Sh*t!

[HONKING]

Give us the stones.

How many times l got to tell you people?

I'm a businessman.

Make me a f***ing offer!

Here's your offer.

That sh*t ain't gonna work, homes,

because l don't have the stones!

Tell us where they are.

Come on!

[BARKING]

[HOWLS]

The car!

What is it with these f***ing stones?

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

- Yeah.

- lt's Archie.

Bad news. We got a problem.

I put word out on the street

to get some info on the stones.

Next thing I know,

the Wu-Tang Clan shows up here.

Three important elements here.

One, I'm outmanned...

...two, they're heavily armed,

and three, they're about to pound me.

- I can't watch anymore. L got a few-

- Let's see the rest.

Did you see my new DVD players?

ARCHIE:

All right! Okay!

THUG:
Give me that!

ARCHIE:
I forgot I had them!

I could've resisted more. They could've

beat me into a coma or killed me.

How could I tell you where the stones

are if l'm dead or on life support?

So I threw in the towel,

reluctantly, for your sake.

- So you saved yourself to tell me.

- Right.

- So tell me.

- What?

- Who was it?

- I don't know.

- What did they say?

- Well, they said:

"Give me the stones,

you fat cracker motherf***er."

- That sort of thing.

- That's it?

That's pretty bad.

Cracker is kind of racist.

Thanks for keeping yourself alive

long enough to tell me nothing!

- Did you call the police?

- Did l call the police?

Look around here, are you crazy?

Only question now is,

who's behind this jack move?

I don't know, but they got great guns

I can't get. U.S. Special Forces only.

- Chambers.

ARCHIE:
Jump Chambers?

I hope not.

Hey, who's Jump Chambers?

This guy's in on everything

that goes down in town.

The only one I know that can get those

weapons. And he has a f***ing army.

You're on your own,

I don't need the headache.

And since l'm totally f***ed,

who are you?

Yeah, you got an lD?

Buddy? Picture, preferably?

Yeah, all right.

- This means nothing to me.

ARCHIE:
Let me see it.

It's Taiwan, Central Security Bureau.

- Taiwanese Intelligence.

- Read Chinese?

No, but l know "cop"

in every language.

What are you?

Some kind of kung fu James Bond?

- The stones belong to Taiwan.

- They belong to Chambers now.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

- I'm starting to hate this f***ing phone.

- I'll get you a new one.

- Yeah.

LING:
I hope you've reconsidered.

Oh, it's bad-ass! What's up, homes?

You've made this difficult, Mr. Fait.

Let me make it easy.

I can't wait to hear this.

Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!

[VANESSA MUMBLING]

She's very pretty in her pink pajamas,

aren't you, Vanessa?

- Son of a-

- I want my stones, Mr. Fait.

Let me talk to the Chinese gentleman.

Don't you f***ing touch her!

The Chinese gentleman, please.

He has my daughter.

He wants to talk to you.

Jesus, Tony.

[SPEAKING IN CHINESE]

What happened? What did you just do?

I said l have the stones,

and I won't negotiate for your daughter.

- What?

- That's stupid.

It will confuse him,

buy us time, keep her alive.

What the hell are you talking about?

This motherf***er has my baby!

Look, l know him.

I want the stones, you want your

daughter. We can help each other.

So I'm stuck with you.

Get in.

We gotta see Chambers.

Find a place to put her.

My daddy's gonna come

and kick your butts!

Su says he has the stones.

But why cut me off?

Why not negotiate for the girl?

Doesn't make any sense.

Buyers fly in tomorrow.

Should we stop them?

We'll never regain their confidence.

We need information. Find

the right people, pay whatever it costs.

Something's not right.

Something's happening with the stones.

What about the girl?

We'll need her. She stays alive...

...for now.

FAIT:
I'm on my way to see Chambers

now. No, l don't have a choice.

Get in touch with his people,

let him know l need to see him.

I'll call you back.

I'm sorry about your daughter.

- How old is she?

- Mind your business.

She's 8. She'll be 9 in September.

Mine is 15.

- Boyfriends?

- Never. I'd kill them.

You wish.

- About time you PMD.

- PMD?

Yeah, put me down.

What's this all about?

- The stones are not what you think.

- No sh*t.

- What about this guy who has Vanessa?

- He's exactly what you think he is.

A thief and a killer.

Great.

F***ing great.

I want my daddy!

Keys.

Where'd you get this piece of sh*t?

Let's just say Grandma and Grandpa

have a long walk from the campground.

- You sure you cleaned it out?

THUG:
lt's clean, all right.

VANESSA:

I want my daddy! L want my daddy!

- Shut up!

- You shut up!

Go to sleep!

FAIT:

Angels east, angels west...

...north and south, just do your best...

...to guard her and watch her

while she rests.

Amen.

[MEN HOLLERING]

[BELL RINGS]

INMATE:

Who rang that bell?

Here are your visitors, Mr. Chambers.

And the morning mail.

Hey, yo, Vogel.

My DVD's broke.

Get you a new one straight away,

Mr. Chambers.

Well, well, well. Tony Fait.

Come all this way to visit his

old pal Jump. Who's the gook?

- Chinese guy.

- Hmm.

Hey.

No shoes in my crib, man.

FAIT:
How you doing, Jump?

- Don't waste my f***ing time, nigga.

- Look, l got a problem.

- How's Daria?

- Good.

- Yeah, she always was good.

From the moment l saw her to the

moment you took her away from me.

- Problem?

- The black stones.

That b*tch brought in too.

I made a lot of money with her, but

that's all stopped. You stopped that.

You decided it was okay

to put an end to that.

- Black stones, what?

- I need them back.

The only smart thing you did

was not pimping her yourself.

See, because then I'd have been real

heated and you'd have been real dead.

But you don't pimp, right?

You're just a thief in the night,

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