El Camino Christmas Page #4

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- Everyone all right?

- It's okay.

I got you. Just hold me.

Quite a police force you got.

Yeah. They're shooting at each other.

Returning fire!

Sheriff return...

Wait... wait a minute.

Stop firing.

Yes, returning fire!

Stand down.

Man down?

No, not "man down"!

Stand down! Stand down!

- Stop firing. You a f***ing idiot?

- Oh, okay. Stand down.

Whatever your name is,

please just...

His name is Eric Norris.

Been running drugs out of Missouri.

Picked him up last night. He's a fugitive.

Now he can add kidnapping,

hit-and-run, and attempted murder!

That's bullshit.

Him and his partner arrested me

for no reason.

That ain't true. He had weed

and crystal meth paraphernalia.

I had Drano. And the weed was his.

They beat the sh*t out of me

for trying to unclog a toilet.

- You think I did this to myself?

- You're such a dick, Carl.

What? You're gonna listen to him?

Look at him.

Then look at me.

Sheriff, Sheriff!

Sheriff!

What are we gonna do?

We're gonna get a time machine, Billy.

And I'm gonna go back in time

to when my cousin was dating your mother.

And then I'm gonna yank his pecker off,

right before he has the chance

to create an idiot.

My guess is, that's for you.

Hello?

Well, looks like we got a situation here.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'd say we do.

You're shooting up the place,

and there's innocent people here.

Who am I talking to here?

- This the suspect?

- No.

The suspect's your guy

in here on the floor.

Hey.

You talking about Carl Hooker?

Yeah, that's him.

- Why the hell are you shooting at us?

- I'll tell you what.

Why don't you come out,

and we'll talk about it?

I promise you that you'll be safe.

Yeah, I trust you.

Every cop in this f***ing town's insane.

Now, when Jesus was born

in Bethlehem of Judea,

wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,

saying, "Where is he that is born

king of the Jews?"

For we have seen a star in the east,

and have come to worship him."

Elias, say your line.

Fear not, baby God.

Lo, the star, which they saw

in the east, went before them.

Until it came and stood over

where the young child was.

When they saw the star, they rejoiced

with exceeding great joy.

When they came into the house,

they saw a young child

with Mary, his mother.

...law enforcement officers yesterday.

Damn it, we have a situation.

...inside Vicente's Liquor Mart.

- Come on!

- Let's go.

This is the situation.

Now, Carl, he radioed in

before he entered the place.

But he never said who he was chasing,

or for what reason.

We have no idea

where all these hostages are located.

They could be

back by the liquor cabinet.

They could be

there by the ice machine,

they could be back there

in the crapper, or in Vicente's office.

Hell, we don't even know who are

the hostages and who's the hostage-taker.

Now, you said that you thought maybe

that this kid you arrested,

- that he could be the gunman?

- Yes. Yes.

I mean, I'm fairly certain.

Although, I...

I do believe I saw two white males,

twenties, duck behind the counter.

And... I mean, this one's...

This is crazy,

but I... I thought I saw a little kid.

Jesus, Billy.

Are you sure?

I can't be positively positive for sure.

But I... I'll tell you this.

There's definitely four or five folks

in there, maybe.

Well, this is a clusterfuck.

All right, Billy...

you're the second-in-command.

I want you to find out all you can.

And make sure

that you secure this entire area.

You got that?

Absolutely, boss.

Second-in-command, let's do this.

Is he okay?

You got yourself in a real mess here.

What's your game plan?

I'm just trying not to get anybody killed.

Then put your gun down, your hands up,

and walk outside.

No, no, that would be a bad idea.

Whoever walks out that door

becomes a target.

I've seen this before.

Doesn't end well.

You think you're right.

He thinks you're wrong.

You lose.

Then let me state the obvious.

You, sir, have shot

a law enforcement officer.

And you, you think you're not a criminal?

I've never heard of good people

that hold hostages.

And you shooting at my car,

trying to kill me. What's that?

That is my word against yours.

You see how this works now?

Okay.

Okay!

Here's what we know for certain.

Vicente Santos is the owner

of Vicente's Liquor Mart,

and as such,he's probably on the scene.

I think maybe Kate Daniels

is working the counter today.

I called her house

and didn't get an answer, so...

I'd deduce she's inside as well.

Which led me to further deduce...

that the little boy inside,

if in fact there is a little boy,

probably her son, Seth.

Okay.

Run the plateson all these vehicles here.

Already did that.

First, we got Vicente's pickup truck,

the blue Dodge.

You got that little shitbox import,

that's Kate Daniels' car.

Carl's patrol vehicle's down the road,

and it appears to have been

in some kind of altercation.

And then we have the Chevelle.

That's Eric Norris'.

Now that's the suspect

that Carl and I tangled with last night.

He may or may not be the hostage-taker.

- Did you hit your head or something?

- No.

You're starting to act

like a damn police officer.

Thank you, sir. Thank you.

You want me to re-establish contact

with the inside?

No. I just want to sit here

and think for a minute.

All right, 'cause I could function

as a negotiator,

establish a rapport maybe.

It's not a damn movie, Billy.

You're not Samuel f***ing Jackson.

Wow. Look at that.

This is cool.

Man, looks bad.

Yeah.

It's a security camera.

Yeah, everything's on tape.

You with my gun, and you shooting at me.

- You're on it too, a**hole.

- Hey, where are the controls?

My office in the back.

- I'll show you where they are.

- I'll show him.

Fine.

Holy sh*t, they're everywhere.

Yeah, is that a surprise?

Oh, God.

Look, you want my advice?

If you didn't do anything,

just turn yourself in.

Turn myself in? To the same cops

that are shooting at us for no reason?

Yeah. You're holding two old men

and my child hostage.

At least let them go.

I will. I'm gonna let you all go. I swear.

What are you doing here anyway?

What'd you come here for?

To find someone.

- Yeah? Who?

- A man.

- What man?

- Does it really matter?

Yeah, it does matter.

My father used to live here.

Or he still does.

I don't know, so I came here

to try and find him.

What, and you've never met him?

No, I've never met him.

Thought it might be a good time,

being Christmas and all, but,

in hindsight,

that wasn't such a good idea.

Oh, goody, goody, TV.

We can watch Die Hard.

That's a great Christmas movie.

Vicente's Hostage Mart. Merry Christmas!

- I'm not talking to them.

- Mm...

Hey, what are you doing?

Talk to me.

You got 30 minutes

to release all hostages.

If you don't release them,

we are gonna gas this place.

I advise that you surrender any women

and children forthwith.

You done yakking? Now listen up!

Okay, and who is this?

- The guy you're talking to.

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