Cradle 2 the Grave Page #3

stealing sh*t that don't belong to you.

Hey.

[SPEAKS lN KOREAN]

- What? He don't talk?

- I don't speak Korean.

Yeah, well, l do.

Bought me a little Korean

spot downtown.

Bringing in the soul brothers

24-7, 365.

Black man gouging Koreans.

Ain't that a switch, Chick?

[CHICK AND JUMP CHUCKLING]

Them motherfuckers got faces like walls,

but love to drink and look at naked girls.

Place ain't no shitbox.

You should see my office.

Got that sh*t decked out

like a kabuki love palace.

You know what that is, right?

Why don't you roll by sometime?

Check out the poon.

My little girl is mixed up in this.

If I don't get those stones back,

she's dead.

What do you want, man? mean...

- I'm begging.

- You know, I was thinking.

That was a big heist. Risky heist.

What would make a man go through that

kind of trouble, take that kind of heat?

Gotta be something good.

Something valuable.

Jump...

...it's my little girl.

Make another one.

You mother...

Drama.

I see the slope's no dope.

Got a lot of offspring running

around, brother.

Big score is once in a lifetime.

- Yo, let me at him.

- Go ahead. Sh*t.

[GROANS]

Say hey to Daria for me.

Don't forget your f***ing shoes.

P*ssy.

I used to really look up to that guy.

Used to want to be just like him.

- ln Taiwan, l can make him talk.

- Yeah, well, this ain't Taiwan.

Only thing we can do now is try to find

out where the stones are and get them.

- You make it sound easy.

- lt won't be.

- What?

- They're at his club.

How do you know?

I know. I can just feel it.

It's never happened to you?

No.

- Thought you Chinese were all mystical.

- We like to gamble. Not guess.

It's no guess, but I could be wrong.

I'll hit the club, you go see Archie.

Why?

- He has to remember something.

- What if he can't?

Pretend it's Taiwan.

Make him remember.

Hey. Get away from here.

What are you doing?

Relax. L'm just seeing if I can

help with something.

Well, you can't. It's very delicate

equipment, so just stay away.

All right? Stay away from the truck.

- What?

- Stay away from my f***ing truck!

Okay, stop it.

[VANESSA YELLING]

Backing away.

Someone give the geek his Ritalin.

At least he's doing his job...

...which is more than l can say for

some people. Tape her up and gag her.

VANESSA:

I want my daddy! L want my daddy!

I want my daddy! L want my daddy!

- I want my daddy!

- Let go of me!

- Shut up!

- I want my daddy!

- I want my daddy!

- Waste of time.

I can think of a way of shutting you up.

Yes!

Sh*t! She's got the key!

[MUSIC PLAYS]

MAN:

Hey, how are you doing?

ODION:
Precious Daria.

- What's up?

Long time, no see.

- So, what brings you around here?

- Sometimes you need to see old friends.

- What? You got trouble?

- With a capital T.

Tony Fait? Thought you two

were tight. Bonnie and Clyde.

Yeah, it used to be that way.

Not taking care of me these days.

Kid's all he cares about.

It's a shame, huh?

- So, what you want me to do?

- I don't know.

Probably nothing you can do.

I just thought...

...you know.

This is crazy. I don't even know what l

was thinking. L shouldn't be in here.

No, hold up, hold up. Girls.

- Give us a minute. Champagne?

- Yes.

I got it.

- So you looking for a job?

- I need something.

How about you work here?

How would Jump feel about me

coming back and all?

You let me worry about Jump Chambers.

In the meantime...

...how about we go to my office

and we talk about this a little bit more?

ARCHIE:
It's not exactly boxing matches,

it's a lot more dangerous.

No gloves or nothing, no rules, period.

It's huge money. It's very illegal.

They hold it during the day to fool cops.

The man you remember,

how do you know he'll be here?

I don't, but this is Chambers' operation,

so it's a damn good place to start.

Here we are.

GUARD:
This is a private club.

- lt's me, Archie.

- Everybody likes me here.

GUARD:
It's that a**hole Archie again.

SU:

How can you recognize him?

Well, I didn't see his face,

but they all kind of look the same.

Of course so do you guys.

No offense. But l will remember

that pinky ring because it was awesome.

He's got, like, a 10-carat, round cut,

square setting, good color and clarity.

I remember thinking about the damage

it'd do to my face if he hit me.

I gotta make sure Mr. Pinky Ring doesn't

recognize me, so I got a disguise.

- How do we get in?

- Leave it to me. L'll take care of it.

Hey, buddy. How you doing? How's

that armor-plated Lincoln I sold you?

- Cops stopped me.

- They do that sometimes.

- Car was f***ing hot, Archie.

- Hey.

I didn't steal it, but stop by the shop

tomorrow. L'll make it right.

- You know the rules. No guests.

- He's not.

He's a fighter. An unofficial entry.

- Him? Ls he any good?

- ls he-?

He'll kick all those chumps' asses!

He'll go Chinese on them!

Teeth will fly.

Blood will splatter!

It'll be awesome! Step aside.

No way, Archie. No more favors.

What? You've got to be shitting me.

Somebody's getting a letter from

the Better Business Bureau.

Excuse us.

GUARD:
You're number 12.

Go get your ass kicked.

I didn't come here to fight.

You don't have to fight,

I just said that to get us in.

[BELL RINGS]

[CROWD HOLLERING]

- Come on.

- Come on!

Get up! Oh, yeah.

Get up!

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

ARCHIE:

Yeah! Yeah!

Tear his eye out!

- On a good day, over a million bucks-

- Just find the ring.

- All right. Okay.

- Knock him out.

- You know...

- Bullshit.

...this could take a little while.

All right, come on. Let's go.

Sit down.

Why don't you put on some music?

[FAST MUSIC PLAYS]

Uh-uh. Slower.

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYS]

Just relax.

And watch.

This looks good.

Set it up, tie it at the bottom.

- Tommy, go.

- Here come the bug man.

Excuse me.

Hey, what's going on, player?

Get the bugs out

Gonna get the bugs out

Gonna get the bugs out

DOORMAN:
What the hell are you doing?

- Oh, pest control, player.

- Don't tell me you didn't get the notice.

- What notice?

That's what burn my ass to the bone,

a brother just trying to make a living...

You know what?

That's beside the point.

If you had gotten your notice, you'd

realize the city has a new ordinance...

...saying l gotta spray businesses

catering to foreigners.

How come?

The foreigners are bringing over

them scary-ass foreign bugs, man.

They coming here in their luggage. Lt's

my job to prevent possible infestation...

- ...and contamination. That's my job.

- We doing business inside.

I can't let you come and hose

the place with bug spray.

Maybe you need to talk to your manager

about that plan because that's my job.

- Manager's busy.

- Okay, that's your call.

That is your call, player.

But just remember this.

First thing tomorrow morning...

...the city...

- ...they'll send their quarantine people.

- Quarantine people?

They gonna shut you down.

Non-compliance.

Wait, wait, wait. Hold on.

Hold, man, come here.

Let me talk to you for a minute.

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