From Dusk till Dawn Page #2

Everybody speaks low and fast.

PETE:

What do you want from me? I did what

you said.

SETH:

Letting him use your toilet? No store

does that.

PETE:

He comes in here every day and we

bullshit. He's used my toilet a

thousand times. If I told him no,

he'd know something was up.

SETH:

I want that son-of-a-b*tch out outta

here, in his car, and down the road

or you can change the name of this

place to "Benny's World of Blood."

Richard, holding tightly the hand of the terrified girl,

leans next to Seth's ear and whispers something. Seth looks

at Pete.

SETH:

Were you giving that pig signals?

PETE:

What? Are you kidding? I didn't do

anything!

Richard whispers something else in Seth's ear.

SETH:

He says you were scratching.

PETE:

I wasn't scratching!

SETH:

You callin' him a liar?

Pete controls himself.

PETE:

I'm not calling him a liar, okay?

I'm simply saying that if I was

scratching, and if I did scratch,

it's not because I was signaling the

cop, it's because I'm f***in' scared

shitless.

Richard speaks for the first time in a low calm voice to

Seth.

RICHARD:

The Ranger's taking a piss. Why don't

I just go in there, blow his head

off and get outta here.

PETE:

Don't do that! Look, you asked me to

act natural, and I'm acting as natural --

in fact, under the circumstances, I

think I ought get a f***in' Academy

Award for how natural I'm acting.

You asked me to get rid of him, I'm

doing my best.

SETH:

Yeah, well, your best better get a

helluva lot f***in' better, or you're

gonna feel a helluva f***in' lot

worse.

The toilet FLUSHES.

SETH:

Everybody be cool.

Everybody goes back to what they were doing.

McGraw steps back out of the back. He appears to be unaware

of the situation.

MCGRAW:

Yeah, and I'm gonna be right back at

it tomorrow. So tonight I'm gonna

sit in front of the box and just

drink booze. How much is the bottle?

PETE:

Six-fifty.

Out of nowhere Richard WHIPS out his forty-five automatic

and SHOOTS McGraw in the head.

McGraw goes down screaming.

Richard stands over him and SHOOTS him twice more.

Seth charges forward.

SETH:

(to Richard)

What the f*** was that about?

RICHARD:

(in a low monotone)

He signaled the Ranger.

PETE:

(hysterical)

I didn't.

(to Seth)

You gotta believe me, I didn't.

RICHARD:

(to Seth)

When they were talkin', he mouthed

the words "Help Us."

PETE:

You f***in' liar, I didn't say sh*t!

Richard SHOOTS Pete and Pete falls down behind the counter.

Seth grabs Richard and throws him up against the wall.

SETH:

What the f*** is wrong with you --

RICHARD:

Seth, he did it. You were by the

beer cooler with your back turned. I

was by the magazines, I could see

his face. And I saw him mouth:

Richard mouths the words, "Help Us."

While Pete lies on the floor behind the counter bleeding

from his bullet wound, he opens his floor safe and pulls out

a gun from it.

Seth releases his brother.

SETH:

Start the car.

RICHARD:

You believe me don't cha?

SETH:

Shut up and start the car.

Richard walks away from Seth and crosses the counter...

...when Pete SPRINGS up, gun in hand, and SHOOTS Richard in

the hand.

Richard FALLS to his knees, howling.

Both Pete and Seth SPRAY the store with gunfire.

Seth DIVES down an aisle. He reloads.

Pete DUCKS behind the counter. He reloads.

Richard has crawled to safety behind an aisle.

The two girls have run out screaming.

SETH:

(yelling)

Richie? You okay?

RICHARD:

(yelling)

I'm not dead, but I'm definitely

shot! I told you that bastard said,

"Help us!"

PETE:

(yelling)

I never said help us!

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