Half Past Dead Page #4

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- What if they kill her anyway?

I'll be pushing pencils

for the rest of my career.

- Sounds like I'm all you've got.

- This is heavy, Sascha.

I'll be in touch.

This some tasty stuff, dog.

Come peep it out.

Look at this.

Put that down before

you hurt somebody.

I got no beef with you.

Put it down before you

blow your dick off.

How's he gonna do that, Joe?

Targets too small.

Mine's bigger than yours,

little big-city boy.

- You know you got problems?

- Whats the problem?

- Twitch wants to blow something up.

- He wanna blow some sh*t up.

- You wanna blow something up?

- Hell, yeah.

Put this on your shoulder.

Put your index finger here.

Line that up nice.

Right about like that.

- Sayonara, you little busters.

- Let her rip.

Get him out of here, man.

You all right?

- Told you about pushing buttons.

- What a rush.

All right, boys. Pick your poison.

- So we giving these wackos guns?

- We need all the help we can get.

- What happened up in the chopper?

- Radioed for backup.

- Hey, Sasch.

- Yeah?

You like that?

Think I can do some damage

with this one?

- This mine?

- Take it.

Oh, you the man, Sasch.

- Twitch is in the house.

- This weapon was made for you.

- Small and compact.

- Little and mean.

This some crazy sh*t, Sasch.

- Cuckoo crazy.

- Way beyond that.

Why are you doing this?

Little late in the game

for that, isn't it?

Haven't you been paying attention?

Well, we know you want the gold.

But you're more than greedy.

There must be some reason for that.

What happened to you?

Feel like I should be laying on

a couch with a box of Kleenex.

Talking about how my father beat me.

- Or about how my mother raped me.

- Did they?

I'll show you mine

if you show me yours.

Tell me, how many candles did they

put on your birthday cake this year?

I know its not polite to ask

a woman her age...

...but you're not hung up on

superficial things like that, right?

Youngest supreme court justice ever.

One of only three women

ever appointed.

You're gonna be in the

history books one day.

I'm 53.

Fifty-three.

You sure are an attractive 53 too.

Little long in the tooth for my taste,

but let me see.

Yes.

You have kept your bait fresh.

You're probably pretty smart too.

So tell me...

...why have you

never been married?

No one ever asked me.

Too busy burning bras?

Getting your panties in a twist over

women's rights, equal pay, pro-choice.

Fighting the cause, right?

And all that time...

...you forgot about love,

didn't you?

And your biological clock

stopped ticking.

Your fields went fallow.

And now, in the autumn

of your historic life...

...you ain't got nothing.

Do you, Miss Jane?

Not even a dog.

I have my work.

Thats my story. Whats yours?

Sorry to disappoint you after your

candour and all the tears falling down.

There is no deep psychological

reason for my behaviour.

I just saw a once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity and I took it.

I just saw a once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity and I took it.

We've got her!

Come on. Come on. Come on down!

Get these doors open!

- Take Lester and get out!

- I'm not leaving without you.

Please help me. Get me out of here.

Get them open now!

I'll be back!

Give me that rifle!

Come on.

Bring her up.

- Something wrong out there?

- Nope. Everything's peachy.

Then why am I talking to you?

Who are you?

I'm second in command.

Where's our helicopter?

We've still got 36 minutes.

You're a woman, which means

you know we don't like to wait.

So get the chopper airborne now.

Or I will fry this lily-white b*tch.

Send the chopper.

- Don't even think about it!

- Your clip's dry, 1137. You know it.

Do you think so?

Yeah. You'd have used it

by now if it wasn't.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure.

Thats right. Magazine's dry.

Question is, do I still have

one in the tube?

I say you're dry.

Make your move.

- Thats a nice bluff.

- Wasn't a bluff. It was a misfire.

Where's Lester?

Find him yourself.

Sweet dreams, partner.

Damn!

Yo, Sasch. You need to holler at me.

- Later.

- No, now.

- I need to know whats going on.

- Watch my back like usual.

I got your back. Thats a given.

I need to know the game plan.

I'm on a tight clock, man.

I don't got time.

Are you hiding something from me?

I get the feeling like you are.

Nothing. I'm trying to save the life

of a supreme court justice.

- There's more.

- Now's not the time, brother.

Yes, it is.

I'm undercover.

FBI.

- But you passed the lie detector test.

- Anybody can do that.

All this time, you've been

setting up on me.

I believed in you.

I trusted you.

I've let you into my family.

I vouched for you.

And you betrayed me?

Its not that simple.

Don't do it.

Well, I'm sorry.

I thought we were friends, Sasch.

We are. You can bet

your life on that.

- Is the helicopter here?

- Yeah. Where's Lester?

I've got him.

You've got something of mine, 1137.

I want It back.

I'll swap you.

Lester for the judge.

- What do you want the judge for?

- She's my tick et out of here.

You give me Lester, and we'll

let you thumb a ride with us.

Hitchhiking's dangerous. Didn't

your mama ever tell you that?

- When and where?

- Main cell house, 15 minutes.

Fifteen minutes.

Unstrap the judge.

Get fired up, boys. He took the bait.

Hey, how do I look?

Like a big-ass prom queen.

You sure you want to do this?

My destiny is in Gos hands.

I'm cool with that.

Now, I want to tell you

about a place I used to go.

Its an alpine lake called Trinity,

west of Shasta.

There's a little cove on the

north bank, tucked away.

You should take a trip there

when this is over.

Trinity Lake, west of Shasta.

Take the trip.

- Its him.

- What the hell's going on out there?

- I got everything under control.

- Any good news?

I'm trading the condemned man

for McPherson. You happy?

Thrilled.

Give them their chopper.

I already did all that. I'm sorry

I'm yelling. I'm a little edgy.

Don't worry. I got it handled.

Hey. You got room for two in there?

There is now.

You know, you gotta break

a few things down to me, man.

What am I doing here? Earning

your trust, maintaining my cover.

You already screwed that up.

The Bureau thought

if we did time together...

...you'd trust me with more

information back out on the streets.

You want Sonny that bad?

My wife's dead because of him.

She died after one of his men jacked my

car and put four bullets in her chest.

You bet your life I want him that bad.

I'm sorry, man. I didn't know.

I don't know.

She was the best part of me.

- All right. Put this helmet on.

- Whats this do?

- Whatever you look at, you can shoot.

- Yeah?

Targeting eyepiece activated.

This is just like a video game.

I'm gonna make this real simple.

You send us the judge,

we'll send you Lester.

Start walking.

- Go with God, my brother.

- Always.

- Get him out of here.

- Got her, boss.

- Lets move.

- Go. Go, go, go.

Lets go, boys.

All right, homeys, you did good.

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