Logan Page #6

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CALIBAN:

I'll close your trunk. --I'm making

borscht for Charles if you want

some. He got dressed for lunch

This is when Logan pauses and comes back down the steps

looking out to his limo, TRUNK OPEN, Caliban approaching it.

EXT. SMELTING PLANT -- A MOMENT LATER

Caliban reaches, ABOUT TO SHUT THE TRUNK-- WHEN LOGAN'S HAND

STOPS HIM. Logan peers inside.

A CHILD’S BACKPACK. He grabs it. Unzips it. MEDICAL FILES.

COMIC BOOKS. A PLASTIC HORSE. Other trinkets. Then he notices

something in the trunk bed. A RUBBER BALL. The girl’s ball.

CALIBAN:

...Who does that belong to?

That’s when Logan hears a sound and looks to-- A JEEP

APPROACHING ON THE HORIZON. Pierce’s Jeep.

CALIBAN (CONT'D)

Who's that?

LOGAN:

Aren't you supposed to see sh*t

coming?

CALIBAN:

I'm a glorified truffle pig, not a

clairvoyant.

LOGAN:

Go inside. Keep Charles quiet.

(dead serious)

Go. Inside.

Caliban shuffles away as-

Logan watches the JEEP TURN ONTO THE GROUNDS and come to a

stop in a dust cloud. Donald Pierce climbs out in a

windbreaker. He approaches, taking in the property.

LOGAN (CONT'D)

You need to turn around, a**hole.

This is private property.

PIERCE:

(laughs, comes closer)

Yes, it is. In fact, I believe it

belongs to a multinational smelting

company based in Shanghai.

(MORE)

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PIERCE (CONT'D)

(smiles)

Where you keeping the old man? In

there? Or there. I’d like to meet

him. I’m told HSA classifies his

brain as a weapon of mass

destruction now. ‘Damned shame,

what happened back east.

LOGAN:

He’s been dead for a year.

Pierce doesn’t look convinced. Or all that interested.

PIERCE:

I need the girl.

LOGAN:

What girl.

PIERCE:

One that goes with that ball you’re

holding. That’s special rubber, you

know. Coated with something called

J-Tek. Gets in through the skin.

(faux serious)

Very calming. Like Magnesium but

without the side effects.

(smiles)

You feel calmer?

LOGAN:

There's no girl here.

Another laugh, then-

PIERCE:

I know you went to the motel.

LOGAN:

I was called there. There was no

girl. Just the woman.

PIERCE:

“The woman”.

(sighs)

Such as she was.

(looks up)

So you saw Gabriela but you didn’t

call me?

(sticks out lower lip)

That hurts. Say, you didn’t shoot

the poor thing, did you?

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LOGAN:

No. Did you?

PIERCE:

I asked you first.

LOGAN:

I don’t like guns.

PIERCE:

Of course.

(laughs; then dead serious)

I wish you had called me, Logan.

Like I asked.

The man takes a step closer and Logan grabs him by the arm.

Feels something there and looks at the man who smiles...

PIERCE HAS A CYBORG ARM. Ending in a gleaming, metal hand. A

cyborg hand missing a finger.

PIERCE (CONT’D)

(smiles)

See. You’re not the only one who's

been enhanced-

Out of nowhere A SOUND A LOT LIKE A BOOMERANG as A LEAD PIPE --

THWAP -- HITS PIERCE IN THE HEAD-- AND DOWN HE GOES.

Logan turns, stunned to see--

THE GIRL standing by an out-building.

LOGAN:

Hey!

She looks at Logan, THEN SUDDENLY WINGS ANOTHER PIPE AT HIM.

Logan watches it come and CATCHES IT, about to wing it back

when-

CHARLES:

Logan.

Logan turns to see Charles in his chair at the door of the

main building. Looks better than usual. Caliban behind him.

CHARLES (CONT’D)

Logan. Caliban. This is Laura.

He then smiles at the girl...

CHARLES (CONT’D)

(in Spanish)

We’ve been waiting for you.

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He motions for her to come inside. Caliban looks to Logan.

CHARLES (CONT'D)

This way, child. Come here, Laura.

The girl (LAURA) crosses, snatches her backpack from Logan,

then steps over Pierce and crosses to Charles.

Bewildered, Logan kneels pulls a GUN from Pierce’s waistband.

He hands it to Caliban who lands beside him, taking in the

cyborg hand and the tattoo on Pierce’s neck.

CALIBAN:

Looks like Ex-military. Maybe a

bounty hunter?

He hands Caliban Don Pierce’s business card.

LOGAN:

Worse.

Caliban reads Alkali on the card.

CALIBAN:

He’s by himself?

LOGAN:

Not for long.

(thinking)

Get him back in his ride. Drive him

to the wash and dump him. Then take

the car into Juarez, leave it for

the vultures.

CALIBAN:

What if he wakes up before I get

there?

He hands Caliban the gun.

LOGAN:

Text me where you are and we’ll

pick you up.

INT. SMELTING PLANT KITCHEN - LATER - DAY

Logan enters with a duffle, shoving supplies in it. He

watches as--

Charles sits beside “Laura” as she ravenously eats a bowl of

cereal. Charles speaks to her gently.

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CHARLES:

You did what you could, Laura.

(she looks at him)

Well. Yes. Of course, it’s painful.

Logan eyes LAURA’S BACKPACK which she keeps close. He grabs

it but Laura stands, holding the strap. Logan shoves her

down. She grabs his arm.

LOGAN:

You’ll get it back-- after I figure

out what you and your mother have

got us into.

CHARLES:

Logan.

LOGAN:

What.

Logan peers in her bag, notices files, a toy horse and comic

book. He winces, looks up as Charles wheels over.

CHARLES:

That wasn’t her mother you met.

LOGAN:

So she talks.

CHARLES:

We’re communicating.

LOGAN:

(hands him pills)

Take them-- Now.

(goes back to packing)

We have to go. Leave. It isn’t safe

here anymore. And you can’t have an

attack out there. Understand?

CHARLES:

(swallows the pills)

She’s the mutant I told you about.

The one we have to help.

LOGAN:

She’s not a mutant.

CHARLES:

Yes, she is.

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LOGAN:

(crossing to a duffel)

What’s her gift, eating? Pipe

throwing?

Logan is interrupted by A LOUD RUMBLE AS THE NIGHTLY FREIGHT

TRAIN APPROACHES. Laura bolts up from the table. Charles

reaches out for her...

CHARLES:

It’s alright, Laura. It’s only a

train. A choo choo.

He nods to the monitor. We see the FREIGHT TRAIN passing in

the distance. She stares at it. Like she’s never seen one.

LOGAN:

(exiting)

We gotta go.

INT. CALIBAN’S CAR - DAY

Caliban at the wheel, in gloves and sun hat. The gun Logan

gave him on the dash. He pulls to a stop.

INT./EXT. CALIBAN’S CAR - MEXICAN ROAD - DAY

Caliban drags an unconscious Pierce out of the car. He moves

to exit, crosses to close the jeep's rear hatch when he HEARS

A SOFT RUMBLE. He looks off and sees...

ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES IN THE DISTANCE. Lots of them.

Caliban turns back to see Pierce standing by the driver door.

Grinning... He reaches for the gun on the dash and c*cks it.

PIERCE:

You’re f***ed now, mutey.

EXT. ABANDONED SMELTING PLANT - DAY

As Logan shoves the last of the packed bags, and whatever

else he’s grabbed, into the trunk. THE SAME RUMBLE. He looks

up at -- a cloud of silt rising on the horizon.

INT. SMELTING PLANT KITCHEN - DAY

As Laura hears the rumble and stands.

CHARLES:

It’s alright. It’s just another-

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