Mad Max Page #3

Doing so is an offense.

-What's this?

-I'm through.

-Again?

-No, not again.

I'm through. I'm quitting.

Sit down.

No, I didn't come here to discuss it,

I came to say it. I'm through.

Now, just a minute!

All right, so the Goose bought it.

But that's the way

he always came at the world.

You're wrong.

Max, you'd be the first to admit

it was long overdue.

All right, I'll tell you how it is.

You're a winner, Max.

You're the top shelf...

...and I'm not gonna lose you because

of some crazy notion about quitting!

They say people don't believe

in heroes anymore.

Well, damn them!

You and me, Max...

...we're gonna give them back their heroes.

Do you really expect me

to go for that crap?

You gotta admit,

I sounded good there for a minute, eh?

'Bye, Fifi.

Come on, do you want me to beg?

Do you want me on my knees, crying?

Now just a minute....

Give me a reason.

I'm scared, Fif.

Do you know why?

It's that rat circus out there.

I'm beginning to enjoy it.

What is this, funny week?

Any longer out on that road,

and I'm one of them, you know?

A terminal crazy.

Only, I've got a bronze badge

to say I'm one of the good guys.

You know what I'm trying to say?

I'll tell you what I'll do.

Take off a few weeks, huh?

Grow yourself a beard.

Draw flies. Just think about it for a while.

If you still feel the same way

when you come back, that's okay by me.

Go on.

I'm not gonna change my mind.

Get out of here

before I decide to come with you.

'Bye, Fif. Thanks.

You'll be back, Rockatansky!

You're hooked, Max...

...and you know it!

I've never been able to say things to you,

Jess, about how I feel.

Guess I always

counted on you understanding.

When I was a kid...

...me and my father

used to go for long walks.

I remember staring down at his shoes.

They were special shoes, brown.

And he always kept them real shiny.

He was tall,

and he used to take long strides.

And there I'd be right alongside him...

...just trying to keep up with him.

I don't think he ever knew

how proud I felt of him.

Or how good it felt

just to be there alongside him.

Even now, when I think back on it,

I still feel....

The thing is, Jess...

...l couldn't tell him about it then,

but I can tell you about it now.

I don't wanna wait ten years to tell you

how I'm feeling about you right now.

Get a load of that!

We had a blowout a while back.

Raunchy, very raunchy.

Is the motor okay?

Yeah, the motor's fine.

Look, about this tire....

Don't do much work on these myself,

except to scrape 'em off the road.

Yeah. Hey, how about this tire?

Have it fixed in no time.

I can sell you a set of Dunlops

for next to nothing.

I can't remember where I got 'em,

but I got 'em, know what I mean?

No, we'll be all right

just as soon as we get this fixed.

Listen...

...Sproggo's talked me

into buying him an ice cream, so...

...l think I'll see you later.

Sure, there's a shop just down the beach.

They'll appreciate the business.

Sure, thanks.

You just trucking around?

Good time for just trucking.

Wish I could do a bit myself.

Which way you heading? North?

Maybe.

Look what's turned up for Sunday dinner.

Main course and dessert.

My favorite kind:

Female.

Watch the tongue, sweetheart.

I've seen him lick his eyebrow clean.

You must've spent some loot.

Like the sign says,

speed's just a question of money.

How fast do you wanna go?

-Max, quick, get in.

-What's wrong?

Just take my word for it, get in!

-What about the tire?

-Please, Max!

Hey, fella, your tire!

Crazy people!

The world's full of crazy people.

That wagon, was it here?

Sure, a couple with a kid.

I was just fixing their tire.

They left their goddamn spare.

Not a bad one either.

-Who are they?

-A couple...

...passing through.

Said they were heading north. Maybe.

You want to drive the car? No?

You'd rather play with the ball?

lnto the back.

I can still see his face now.

Looked as if he'd just swallowed a brick.

What a mean old lady you are.

Huh, Sproggy?

-That's enough from you, mate!

-The dog.

What's the matter with you?

What you got there, pal?

Yeah, that's the way I see it, too.

Sure. It's been nice talking to you. 'Bye.

Take it you agreed with him.

They don't worry, I'm not worried.

What about that?

I figure it's lost property.

If no one makes a claim to it,

I say we can forget it.

Sounds okay to me, Jess.

Don't know.

If Ziggy says so, believe me, it's okay.

Now, May's expecting you up at the farm.

You'll have no more trouble up there.

Just green grass and fat cows.

How are you doing?

I'm getting there.

I reckon you ought to connect

the doohickey to the gizmo.

Come here, you.

You touch me with those hands

and I'll rip you apart. No!

May told me about the little beach

down by the trees. Do you want to come?

Love to...

...except that I've gotta fix the fan belt,

or we're never gonna get outta here.

Okay, Tarzan,

I'll bring you back some bananas.

If you meet Benno down there,

don't let him bother you.

He's only a baby.

Sure, May.

Calm down, now,

and tell me what's the matter.

Very, very naughty.

Now, you tell May what you--

May, you go and call Ziggy. Call Ziggy...

...and tell him to get here as fast as he can.

Why? What's going on?

I think we've got some biker trouble.

It's gonna be all right.

Come on, darling. Come on, Jessie.

Well, let's go into the house.

It's gonna be all right.

You've had an awful time, darling...

...but it's all over now.

Everything's going to be all right.

I've just got to go and make a phone call...

...and then we'll have a nice hot cup of tea.

Get me Ziggy, and hurry it up, will you?

It's May Swaisey.

Sprog? Oh, no!

It's our little mother.

That there is Cundalini...

...and Cundalini wants his hand back.

I want my baby.

Tell you what...

...l'll swap you.

Please, give me my baby.

You've not got a sense of humor.

You've got a pretty face, though.

Awful pretty.

I suppose...

...you don't need a sense of humor

with a pretty face.

The only trouble is though, missy...

...if you should...

...lose the face...

Please, don't hurt my baby.

...you've got nothing!

What do you want from me?

-Don't change the subject.

-Hold it!

Right there!

-I hate guns.

-Old lady.

Stand back!

-Stay back!

-Woman!

Anyone so much as breathes...

...l'll cream 'em!

Open that door.

You get over there.

Put the baby on the ground.

Get the van.

Don't stop. Just go right through.

Now what?

-The motor!

-What are you trying to say?

I don't know, it just died on me.

Lord, have mercy!

What do you think?

I'm a doctor, not a fortuneteller.

This your subdural?

-Yes, that's her.

-Lot of problems?

Multiple traumas, spleen,

liver, lung, flail chest...

...left neck of femur, renal shutdown.

Reads like a grocery list. She salvageable?

Yeah, sure,

we got all her signs back last night.

-Relatives?

-The husband.

They lost the kid. DOA.

Listen, tell him she's going to be all right.

Tell him not to worry.

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