Forced to Fight Page #3

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S0, finally got my first fight.

That's great. Here, I'll get you a plate.

Oh. Okay.

- Beer?

- Yeah.

(BOTTLES CLINKING)

Congratulations.

You know one of Danny G's fighters

by the name of Dracul?

Oh, yeah. You wanna stay away from that guy.

SHANE:
Why is that?

Guy's undefeated in 45 fights, Shane.

Plus let's just say

a few people never made it out of the ring.

But don't worry,

Danny never puts his fighters up against him.

He just looked big and slow to me.

Yeah, maybe.

Connie tells me you've been helping out

James with his project lately.

Just want you to know I appreciate it.

That's cool. You know, I do what I can.

You know, I'm not you, but I do what I can.

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

SCOTTYI What?

SHANE:
You're not me?

Of course you're not me.

You never have been and you never will be.

Yeah, no, l... lguess not.

You know,

you don't need to be such a jerk about it.

Yeah, you're right.

(DOOR CLOSES)

It's okay, Connie, he's...

Just getting in the head space, you know?

What's happening with you?

It's nothing.

Shane, I've never seen you like this.

Jesus Christ, Connie, I said it's nothing.

No. No.

(SIGHS)

Look,

I think I made the wrong decision.

These guys I'm fighting,

they're younger, stronger.

The whole fight game is completely different

than when I was fighting.

Before, I was hungry.

Nothing could stop me.

I had nothing to lose.

My life's different now.

I've got you and James,

the business.

I'm scared, Connie.

It's plain and simple.

Even if you lose all these fights,

you'll never ever lose us.

(CLUB MUSIC PLAYING)

REFEREE:
Ladies, looking good! Yeah!

Been working out, huh, Frankie?

Who's this? A girl? Joey!

You fat bastard, how are you?

Ah, looking good, ladies. Looking good.

l would like to welcome you all

to an evening of fights brought to you

by the one and only Danny G!

(CROWD CHEERING)

Find Screwy Louie to make your bet

or you can check us out at home

on dannygfights. com.

You can't even imagine

the fighters we got tonight.

You are gonna be blown away.

Look at me, look at me, 'cause

I'm who you should be listening to right now.

Make your bets, ladies and gentlemen,

make those bets.

Frankie, look at that hot girl you got,

that is one smoking piece of ass, man.

Oh!

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen!

Tonight we bring you the very best fighting

the world has ever seen!

with no quarter,

no mercy,

and no equal!

(INAUDIBLE)

For the first fight this evening

we have Shane Slavin

versus Big Blue Danson!

Come on, guys, let's fight!

(SHANE GRUNTS)

Come on, get UP!

(CROWD BOOING)

And the winner is Big Blue Danson!

I'm sorry.

It's okay, I didn't expect you to win.

What?

You bet against me?

If I was you, I wouldn't bet against me again.

(CROWD CHANTING) Fight! Fight! Fight!

And the winner is Shane Slavin!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Ah!

Bring it!

FRANK:
Shane.

Wow.

You Okay?

Yeah, man, I'm fine.

Almost finished here?

I told you,

I'm running into all types of problems.

Yeah, well, I need you to get finished here

and move onto that Saab.

That guy's been waiting a week.

Okay, sure.

I'm doing my best here, boss.

And it shows.

You keep this up

and I might never come back.

All right.

(SIGHS) What the...

Well, I guess we should start.

(GRUNTS)

(CROWD CHANTING) Fight! Fight! Fight!

(CHEERING)

Hey, kid, Shane, that was just stupendous.

That was fantastic.

Just living up to my side of the bargain.

That's three wins now, so 21 grand.

What are you talking about?

What I'm talking about is, the crowd

is getting used to you winning now.

Sojust... I'm not saying... Just draw it out.

Yeah, sure, I can do that.

Great. Here.

Take that.

What's that?

It's just a little cream in your coffee,

a little gravy.

It's a tvvo-way street. Take it.

Hey, the debt is fine. Two or three weeks max,

you're gonna be free.

This? This is a gift from me to you

because you impressed me.

I take care of you,

you take care of me, tvvo-way street.

All right.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

The man said thank you.

Did you hear that, Arnold? Can I get

a thank you out of you once in a while?

You're welcome. Enjoy.

CONNIE:
Shane, we can't afford this.

SHANE:
Yeah, sure we can.

Dad, can I get the macaroni and cheese?

Go for it.

Look, you deserve it,

and I know I do.

So just enjoy yourself.

Uh, you forgot the kid, bud.

Oh, I don't think so, thank you.

What, my son

can't celebrate his father's success?

What's with that? Go on.

SHANE:
Try that, James, you're gonna like it.

Chin-chin, or whatever it is they say.

- Cheers.

- JAMES:
Cheers.

(LAUGHS)

Slow down, son.

Try again. You gotta sip it, like a gentleman.

SHANE:
There you go. That's my boy.

So I guess Danny's paying you now?

Oh, yeah. You know,

a little bit on the side here and there.

It all helps.

Does that mean

you're any closer to paying him back?

You keeping tabs on me now?

It's down to 41 grand, all right?

CONNIE:
Shane, are you okay?

'Cause it seems like, I don't know,

like maybe you're getting in too deep here.

(SHANE CHUCKLES)

SHANE:
What in the hell

is that supposed to mean, in too deep?

Scotty, why don't you go show James

those big fish they have around the corner?

Yeah, yeah, good idea.

Let's go see the fish.

I think they're all from Africa or something.

Come on, I'll race you.

Come on.

What's your problem?

My problem? What's eating you?

This was supposed to be a temporary thing,

something you were doing for Scotty,

not for you.

Yeah. I think you like it.

I think you like the money,

getting the crap kicked out of you

and kicking the crap out of someone else.

SHANE:
You wanna know what I like?

The respect.

You have always had our respect.

Is that not enough for you anymore?

Daddy, listen, ljust had a great idea

to make the water mill work.

Great. Why don't you tell your Uncle Scotty

all about it?

I know what I'm doing,

and I don't know why you can't see that.

(TALKS INDISTINCTLY)

This guy's a mook and he leaves his body

open, so go kick his ass!

(CROWD CHEERING)

Yeah!

(CROWD CHANTING) Fight! Fight! Fight!

(CHEERS WILDLY)

l-ley-

l-ley-

You wanted to see me?

Yeah. We got a little dilemma,

but it's solvable.

So it's a perfect opportunity

for you to take a few dives.

Excuse me?

Dives.

Dives, you ever heard of them?

You want me to lose?

Hey, this is a team sport.

I gotta make some cash.

(SCOFFS)

No.

No way.

- I don't lose.

- Really?

Not when I can win.

Everybody loses once in a while.

You lose a few, then you win again.

Come on.

Where do I stand on Scotty's debt?

Thirty grand, give or take,

but you don't win any loot on these fights.

What the hell are you talking about?

You only make cash if you win.

Now, come on.

You lose a few and then you win again.

But you're forcing me to lose!

Hey, I'm not in this

just to square your brother's debt,

And if I'm not making any cash,

why in the hell should you?

Don't be stupid like your brother.

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