Killing Zoe Page #11

Eric comes running in like a kid on Christmas morning.

ERIC:

It worked!

He and Zed hug.

ERIC:

Oh my God it worked!

Zed looks into the Poseidon vault at the passage connecting

it to the main vault. It is covered by a small locked cage.

ZED:

I can get through that lock in a minute.

ERIC:

Then do it. We don't have all day.

Zed enters the Poseidon vault.

INT. BANK - POSEIDON VAULT - DAY

Zed goes to the gated passage which isn't much more than a

window in one upper side of the vault, but it's enough to get

him into the main vault.

Eric is right behind him.

Zed takes a twirl at the combination lock.

ZED:

Dime store brand. Three minutes max.

ERIC:

Good.

Then, there's a gunshot. The bullet comes from the Calibre

vault through the window and almost hits Zed.

Zed falls backwards onto the floor.

ZED:

F***!

ERIC:

Merde!

Then there's another gunshot.

The bullet ricochets through the vault.

ZED:

Jesus Christ!

Scrambling on their hands and knees Zed and Eric crawl out of

the Poseidon vault.

INT. BANK - VAULT ANTECHAMBER - DAY

They take cover.

Another shot is fired into the vault.

Zed and Eric look into the vault.

ZED:

Another security guard?

ERIC:

Must be.

ZED:

I think I stained my pants.

ERIC:

Me too.

Oliver comes running in with his gun ready for action.

OLIVER:

What is it?! I came down to see how

things were going and heard shots!

ERIC:

Some a**hole in the vault.

Oliver takes cover and c*cks his gun.

OLIVER:

We've got guns. Why don't we just storm

in and blast his f***ing ass! It's three

against one! Let's give it the old--

ERIC:

Quiet!

OLIVER:

I'm just trying to be helpful.

ERIC:

Just let me think.

OLIVER:

You don't have to snap at me.

Eric peeks into the vault.

ERIC:

(calling into the vault)

[Hey you. Nice shooting. Play time's

over. Why don't you throw out your gun?]

VAULT GUARD #1(O.S.)

(calling from main vault)

No!

Oliver and Eric look at each other and smile.

ERIC:

[Come on. We don't want to kill you.]

VAULT GUARD #1(O.S.)

[You'll have to!]

ERIC:

(quietly to Zed)

What is this guys problem?

(then to the guard)

[Come on! You're making me impatient. I

don't have all day.]

VAULT GUARD #1(O.S.)

[Look, don't take it personally. This is

my job.]

Oliver and Eric look at each other and shrug. Then Eric sees

something in Zed's briefcase. It looks like grey clay.

ERIC:

[Then take a paid vacation. We won't

tell if you won't.]

There is a pause. During this time Eric takes the clay and

pushes a detonator into it.

ZED:

(quietly)

What the Hell are you doing? Have you

gone mad?

VAULT GUARD #1(O.S.)

[Sorry. I can't.]

ERIC:

[Well, look, we're going to give you

fifteen minutes to change your mind.

Okay?]

VAULT GUARD #1(O.S.)

[Okay.]

Zed starts to grab the plastique away from Eric. Eric

resists.

ZED:

(holding his voice down)

That's too much. It's dangerous.

ERIC:

I like danger.

(then to the guard)

[Changed your mind yet?]

Eric creeps into the room and activates the detonator.

Zed and Oliver run for cover.

VAULT GUARD #1(O.S.)

[No. And I'm not going to. Why don't

you just take the money from the other

vaults?--]

Eric tosses the bar of plastique through the caged window and

makes a break for it.

There is a huge explosion in the adjoining main vault. The

walls quake and a fireball bellows out of the caged window,

blowing it open.

The vault guard #1 screams and then goes silent.

CUT TO:

INT. BANK - LOBBY - DAY

Francois, Claude, and Jean are forcing customers to drag dead

bodies into a cube. The room shakes and everyone looks

toward the hall that leads to the stairs.

The hostages, whose nerves are already shot, start crying.

FRANCOIS:

[Should we see if they're okay?]

JEAN:

[No. They're just blasting the vault

open.]

CLAUDE:

[What does it matter now? We're f***ing

surrounded by police.]

CUT TO:

INT. BANK - VAULT ANTECHAMBER - DAY

Dust has blown out of the vault and is settling on Oliver,

Zed, and Eric, who is laughing like a madman.

Zed is looking at him like he's crazy.

ZED:

You a**hole! You could have killed us

all.

ERIC:

But I didn't! Let's go check out the

damage.

Eric gets up and walks into the Poseidon vault.

Before Zed follows him he looks at Oliver who doesn't know

what to think.

INT. BANK - POSEIDON VAULT - DAY

Eric laughs.

ERIC:

Zed look!

He points to the caged window. It's been blown off it's

hinges.

ERIC:

I beat you! I opened it in under three

minutes.

He starts laughing and then crawls through the connecting

passage into the Caliber vault.

Zed, with his briefcase, follows.

ZED:

(to Oliver)

Go around and wait at the main vault

door. When I tell you, open it up.

OLIVER:

Right. When you tell me, I'll open it

up.

ZED:

Right.

OLIVER:

Right.

Zed crawls through the opening.

OLIVER:

I'll be at the other vault waiting for

you to call to me.

INT. CALIBER VAULT - DAY

The main vault looks like what a vault would look like if it

were blown up from the inside. On the floor is the still

smoldering body of the security guard. The room is

incredibly smokey.

Zed squeezes through the opening.

Then, Eric, grinning like a schoolboy, emerges from the smoke

with a brick sized bar of pure gold.

ERIC:

Look at it! We're all rich!

The smoke clears and we see that on the far side of the vault

there is a huge platen on wheels with bricks of gold stacked

onto it.

Eric starts laughing.

ERIC:

We're rich!

Zed looks at him like he's crazy.

ERIC:

We're rich!

ZED:

We're not out of here yet.

ERIC:

Yes but we're rich!

Zed takes a seat at the vault door. The backside of a vault

door looks like an incredibly intricate clock. Zed removes

the Plexiglass shielding.

ERIC:

I'm going to show the others.

He squirms out of the entry with the brick of gold.

Zed shakes his head and goes to work setting dials and using

his voltmeter to test electrical points.

CUT TO:

INT. BANK - LOBBY - DAY

Claude is talking to Jean.

CLAUDE:

[What? You think we may actually get out

of this? You're fooling yourself.]

JEAN:

[Why are you such a pessimist?]

CLAUDE:

[Are you kidding me? Look at this mess.]

Jean surveys the mess, the crying people.

CLAUDE:

[This is nothing. Imagine the police

outside. We're dead men.]

Eric walks in from the rear stairs. In his hand is a brick

of gold.

ERIC:

[Jean, Francois, Claude...look at this.]

They see the gold.

JEAN:

[You did it! You got in!]

ERIC:

[Zed is opening the vault now. This is a

taste.]

Eric holds the bar of gold up for all the people to see.

ERIC:

[Look at this and tell me I'm not

brilliant.]

WOMAN CUSTOMER:

(crying)

[You're a monster! And you'll never

leave this place alive!]

Eric shoots her with his Uzi.

ERIC:

(to the hostages)

[None of you are worth half of this

single bar. Remember that.]

Francois, Jean, and Claude look at each other.

CLAUDE:

[Eric...can I speak with you?]

ERIC:

[Of course.]

CLAUDE:

[In private.]

ERIC:

[There's no need. I have nothing to

hide. What is it Claude?]

CLAUDE:

[Well...we're surrounded by the police

and we have no way out. What are we

going to do?]

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