Game of Aces Page #3

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one mile!

[WIND WHISTLING]

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Josef!

[GROANS]

[SCREAMS]

I wonder who's looking into her eyes

Breathing sighs telling lies

[SIGHS]

There you go. Sleep now.

I wonder if she ever tells him of me

I wonder who's kissing her now

[SPITTING]

[GASPING FOR AIR]

[GROANS]

[BIRD CHIRPING]

Helluva storm, eh, little man?

[BIRD CHIRPS]

Well, make yourself comfortable.

I think we're going to be here a while.

[SCREAMS]

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

[GASPS]

[YELLING]

Don't get thirsty!

We're not doing too well here,

are we little man?

[BIRD CHIRPING]

Me and you, we're going to be lucky

to make it to tomorrow.

Nine crashes.

[CHUCKLES]

This ain't really the heroic end

I had in mind.

I always imagined

I'd be shot out of the sky...

Splattered all over the ground.

[SNICKER] It may have been

on your list, little man,

but killing a Sunday roast

certainly wasn't on my list

of good ways to die.

[FLICKING LIGHTER]

(GENERAL GRAVES) You will never

get used to the heat and sand.

There really is no escaping it at all.

Ghastly stuff as you can see,

although around 5 p.m.

it does start to cool this time of year.

You wouldn't know

a good way out of here,

would you, little man?

[BIRD CHIRPS]

You're a genius, little man.

Batter up.

[LAUGHTER]

Who said we needed

wings to fly, huh, little man?

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

[STRIKING A MATCH]

Wherever we've been,

it won't be long to return.

We're not dying

in this dust-bowl, little man.

No way.

[BEATING ON METAL]

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[GRUNTS]

[LAUGHTER]

I don't know about you,

little man, but I feel better.

[CRANKING ENGINE]

[CRANKING ENGINE]

[CRANKING ENGINE]

All right.

Throttle.

Stick.

Good.

Fuel.

Oil pressure.

Guns.

And a broken compass.

Perfect.

[ENGINE STARTS/STALLS]

All right. I've checked everything.

What have I missed?

What have I missed in here, huh?

German engineering, huh, little man?

Who knows?

All right. Throttle, and here we go.

All right.

[GRUNTS] There.

Come on now!

Here we go!

[GRUNTS]

Here we go. Come on!

[GRUNTS]

[ENGINE STALLS]

Come on!

Come on!

[ENGINE STARTS]

Yeah!

Yeah! Whoa!

We got it, little man!

Yeah!

Whoa, whoa!

[GRUNTS]

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[ENGINE STALLS]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[GRUNTS]

Yeah!

Yeah!

Faint-hearted never

f***ed a fair maiden!

Woo!

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[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

[CHUCKLES]

[GUNSHOTS]

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

Eleanor!

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

Oh sh*t!

[EXPLOSION]

[GUNSHOT]

Damn it!

[GROANS] [YELLING] Eleanor!

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

Cove?

You have nothing also.

[YELLING] Eleanor, stay down.

He's got a clean shot at you.

[YELLING] I'm all right!

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

[COVE YELLING] Oxford!

[YELLING] I'm all right!

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

[GROANS]

[SIGHS]

You have this.

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

Just stay right where you are.

[SIGHS]

Two birds, one stone.

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

Oh, don't worry, I feel right at home.

We'll see about that.

[YELLING] Nor!

What are you shooting at?

[YELLING] Can you free yourself?

[YELLING] I need time.

[YELLING] You don't have any!

[YELLING]

Eleanor, stay down. Stay down!

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

[YELLING] Eleanor!

[YELLING] Oxford!

- Oxford...

- [LAUGHTER]

[YELLING] Eleanor!

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

Boom!

Oh, I'm going to kill him!

I'm going to kill him!

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

So much for switching sides.

Oh, come on!

[HEAVY BREATHING]

Good-bye, Captain.

[SNICKER]

[SCREAM]

[GROANS]

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[COUGHING]

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[GROANS]

[SCREAMS]

[GROANS]

[SPITS]

[GROANS]

For an ace, you should know better.

That's twice now you didn't

check on your kill.

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

[COUGHING]

[CHOKING]

You stay with me, Eleanor.

Stay with me now.

Who did you signal for?

Nor, who was the flare for?

[COUGHING]

He wants your clothes.

Do as he says.

It's over!

They're coming.

Who?

The Germans.

Tell him it's not too late.

Tell him we could still

get him to Cairo.

I thought we were on

the same team, for God's sake.

- Tell him!

- I have!

Tell him again!

It's not too late.

Come on!

[SNICKER] He says

he'll never betray his country.

Which one?

This is nuts!

[FLICKING LIGHTER]

[BIPLANE FLIES OVERHEAD]

A DR-1 single-seater.

[COUGHING]

Looks like he's not planning

on taking back any passengers.

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[GUNSHOTS]

[COUGHING]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

I can get us out of here.

Come on.

Oh, come on, Eleanor.

You've got to help me.

Get up. Get up!

Eleanor!

[SOBS] It's over.

No, no. Come on.

We're getting you back to Cairo.

Come on.

Come on now.

No! No!

No!

No!

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

Big cannon, my ass!

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

[GROANS] That worked!

There are three kinds

of people in this world.

Those that make it happen,

[GRUNTS]

Those that watch it happen...

And those that go,

"What happened?"

(GENERAL GRAVES) Captain.

Sir.

Well, don't get up.

I wasn't planning on it.

I gather...

You're recovering well.

Yeah, I'm doing okay.

That bunker you destroyed

was a strategic installation

being prepared for

aerial assaults on Cairo.

The fueling station they constructed,

put German aircraft within

easy reach of our forces here.

More importantly,

the information you discovered

was of extreme value.

Was it now?

In fact it was.

It was a detailed list

identifying all German operatives

working across Europe.

I understand you may have

actually known one of them.

Eleanor Morgan.

Oxford?

Born Margrit Almajaeger,

in Germany, in 1889.

She had been sent to Cairo

specifically to intercept and

substitute the information

that Captain von Zimmermann

was carrying.

Most likely when he came in

for medical treatment.

Quite a clever plan,

when you think about it.

Of course, it all changed

when we sent you out there.

Your efforts have been

noted in my reports.

I have made commendations for you.

Excuse me, sir.

Yes, yes, of course.

Carry on.

Is that more comfortable, Captain?

Yeah, thanks.

I trust our fine medical staff

are looking after you well.

We need you in tip-top condition

as soon as possible.

Headquarters have reinstated

you to active flying duty.

Recover well, Captain.

Yes, sir.

Very good.

I know, I know, little man.

[BIRD CHIRPS]

Batter up.

You don't speak any German, do you?

[SIGHS] No, sir.

Perfect.

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[MUSIC FADES OUT]

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