King and Maxwell: Summer Adventures Page #7

MICHELLE:

Funny, I was just thinking about you -

isn’t that crazy?

SEAN’S VOICE

Try insane.

TAYLOR:

Really?

SEAN’S VOICE

No.

MICHELLE:

Yes. Really.

(beat)

You working?

TAYLOR:

Yeah...

MICHELLE:

Still with State?

TAYLOR:

Homeland Security.

SEAN’S VOICE

No one else would have me.

MICHELLE:

Who’s your protectee?

TAYLOR:

You know I can’t tell you that.

MICHELLE:

Professional curiosity. Sorry.

(turning on the charm)

Anyone I know?

TAYLOR:

Er...maybe...

The faint garbled distortion of a voice from Taylor’s earwig.

He glances quickly towards the entrance.

SEAN’S VOICE

Looks like we’re about to find out.

TAYLOR:

You should call me...

SEAN’S VOICE

Dick.

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MICHELLE:

Tom

SEAN’S VOICE

Or Harry.

MICHELLE:

- that would be very

SEAN’S VOICE

Unlikely.

MICHELLE:

- very

SEAN’S VOICE

Stupid of me.

MICHELLE:

-cool.

SEAN’S VOICE

Not.

Taylor smiles, pleased with himself, then he’s on the move.

Sean begins taking photos as a WOMAN, late 40s, exits thebuilding with PETER BUNTING and two other Agents.

Michelle discreetly pulls out her phone, times her approachso she’ll pass as the Woman and Bunting get in the limo.

Bunting suddenly stops as he sees someone inside.

MAN’S VOICE

Peter, so good to see you.

The Woman puts a firm hand on his back and Buntingreluctantly gets into the limo. The Woman follows.

MICHELLE:

Recognize the protectee?

SEAN’S VOICE

Ellen Foster. Assistant Director of

Homeland Security.

Michelle slides in behind the wheel of the Landcruiser.

MICHELLE:

There was someone in the limo. Buntingwas definitely not happy to see him.

She starts the Landcruiser, pulls into the traffic.

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EXT. WASHINGTON STREETS - LANDCRUISER (DRIVING) - DAY

Sean and Michelle follow the limo, which is escorted by asecond SUV containing Taylor and the security detail.

MICHELLE:

Ever been this side of the river?

SEAN:

Not without back-up.

EXT. WASHINGTON BACK STREET - LANDCRUISER - DAY

The limo swings into the curb and Bunting gets out. The limo

and escort car speed off. Sean and Michelle pull over, getout as Bunting takes out his cellphone.

SEAN:

Your friends mustn’t like you to dropyou off in this part of town. Need aride?

BUNTING:

I’m good. Thanks.

(into his phone)

Third Street. GPS is activated.

MICHELLE:

Cavalry on their way, Mister Bunting?

BUNTING:

Do I know you?

MICHELLE:

Michelle Maxwell.

SEAN:

Sean King. Our client’s Edgar Roy.

BUNTING:

I’ve got nothing to say to you.

He turns, walks away. Sean and Michelle go after him.

SEAN:

Funny. Neither does he. That’s whywe’d like you to fill in the gaps.

(beat)

Starting with what kind of work EdgarRoy did...

BUNTING:

I’ll have my attorney call you. Makesure you’ve got your own when he does.

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MICHELLE:

Edgar Roy has a thing with numbers.

What exactly did he do? Development?

Research? Analyst?

Bunting reacts.

SEAN:

And I think we have a winner.

Suddenly two SUVs swing into the curb. FOUR BIG GUYS get out.

LEAD BODYGUARD:

You okay Mister Bunting?

BUNTING:

I’m fine.

He glares from Sean to Michelle, heads for the nearest SUV asthe Bodyguards quickly move forward to protect him.

SEAN:

You know he’s escaped from prison?

Bunting doesn’t look back.

MICHELLE:

Who was the guy in the limo?

Bunting shoots her a look, clearly rattled. One of theBodyguards grabs Michelle by the arm, blocks her fromfollowing. She stops, looks from his hand to his face.

SEAN:

Bad manners to grab a lady like that,

pal. You might wanna reconsider.

BODYGUARD:

You going to make me?

SEAN:

No. She’s a big girl.

The Bodyguard looks back at Michelle.

With blurring speed, Michelle pounds her foot into his knee.

The Bodyguard goes down. The other Bodyguards react. So doesSean.

In a fast-actioned fight sequence, Michelle puts down thesecond and third Bodyguards while Sean dispatches the fourth.

But not before Bunting has sped off in one of the SUVs.

SEAN (CONT’D)

Well, that was fun.

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MICHELLE:

Hard way to get answers.

They head back to the Landcruiser. Michelle pulls out herphone, plays back the video she shot at the limo.

For a brief moment we glimpse the face of a man in the backof the limo as Foster firmly shoves Bunting in to join him.

SEAN:

Don’t recognize him.

MICHELLE:

Me neither.

(beat)

But I know someone who might.

INT. ILLEGAL GAMING HOUSE - DAY

LARRY NEEDHAM, mild-mannered, 40s, is playing poker, andlosing badly. As he throws in his hand in disgust, hiscellphone chirps: “FBI about to raid your location. Get outnow! MM.” Larry looks around, panic taking hold.

EXT. GAMING HOUSE - DAY

Larry quickly exits the building, walks down the street.

Michelle steps out in front of him, blocking his way.

MICHELLE:

Hi Larry. Same old habit, same oldhaunt.

(beat)

Hope I didn’t scare you.

LARRY:

No FBI?

MICHELLE:

Not that I’m aware of.

LARRY:

What do you want, Michelle?

MICHELLE:

Cup of coffee.

And off Larry’s resigned look...

INT. DINER - DAY

Old style. A counter, stools, booths. Great coffee, so-sobagels, bad service. Michelle and Larry in a booth. Larryadding sugar to his java.

Michelle slides her cellphone across the table, displaying afreeze frame of the guy in the limo.

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LARRY:

Kinda familiar...but I can’t put a

name to him.

MICHELLE:

How about I put some names to you?

(beat)

Peter Bunting.

LARRY:

Bunting Industries. Specializes in

real time intelligence analysis.

MICHELLE:

Edgar Roy.

LARRY:

(falters)

Can’t talk to you about him. It’s

classified.

MICHELLE:

You still in love with me, Larry?

LARRY:

Yeah. You?

MICHELLE:

No.

(beat)

Sorry I have to do this...

She holds up her phone, displaying a phone number.

LARRY:

You wouldn’t.

MICHELLE:

Having a gambling problem makes you

vulnerable to blackmail. NSA doesn’t

like their people being vulnerable to

blackmail, does it, Larry.

Larry sighs, resigned to the moment.

LARRY:

Edgar Roy’s a freak. Bunting built a

data center... dozens of satellite

feeds, internet, military net, cable

news, Al Jazeera, social networks,

twitter... and Edgar Roy would calmly

sit there in front of this - god-damn

wall - absorbing and analyzing

everything in real time. Satellite

coordinates, tracking information,

dates, times...you had to see it to

believe it.

(MORE)

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LARRY (CONT'D)

(beat)

So overnight, Bunting’s a hero. AndEdgar Roy’s a national freakin’treasure.

(beat)

Then bam! - he gets caught buryingbodies in his barn. Bunting had spenthundreds of millions of dollars of

public money and all he had to showfor it was a high tech data centerthat no one can access.

MICHELLE:

Why?

LARRY:

Every time he logged off, Edgar Roychanged the start-up sequence. Theycan power the system up, but theycan’t stream the data, let alonefigure out how to interpret it.

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