Men in Black Page #27

TONY:

Sh*t!

He ducks under the counter --

-- and comes up with a can of Raid. Edgar's eyes bug out.

CUT TO:

EXT. MORGUE - DAY

Kay's LTD pulls to a stop in front of the morgue and JAY and

KAY jump out.

JAY:

I'll handle this one, you wait

outside.

KAY:

What the hell for?

JAY:

Because all we have to do is walk in

and get a cat, it's not that hard.

But if you go in, you're gonna lay

your Jack Webb on her and flash your

brain ray in her face and she's gonna

end up with leukemia or some sh*t.

The woman's a doctor, she doesn't

need you erasing half her med school

classes. Take me five minutes.

And he continues into the morgue, leaving Kay waiting outside.

KAY:

Two minutes!

INT. MORGUE - DAY

LAUREL SLAMS into a wall on one side of the morgue, thrown

there by EDGAR.

He leans in, close, furious.

EDGAR:

Where is the animal?!

LAUREL:

I told you, I don't know, it ran

under some equipment! Over there.

EDGAR:

Get it!

He grabs her roughly and drags her across the morgue, toward

the equipment she pointed to. As they draw close, ORION the

cat bolts from underneath it, races between their legs, and

leapfrogs over several small cabinets, landing on top of a

very tall one with only six inches clearance between it and

the ceiling. A very tough hiding place.

Edgar just starts to turn when they hear the BELL and a VOICE

from the corridor outside.

JAY (O.S.)

Hello? Anybody here?

Edgar looks up at the cat's hiding place. No time to get it.

The bell DINGS again.

JAY (O.S.)

Hello?

Roughly, Edgar pulls Laurel close and puts a finger to his

lips --

"Shhhhhhh."

INT. MORGUE - CORRIDOR - DAY

In the corridor, JAY looks around. No Tony, no answer to the

bell. He DINGS once more, then heads into the back.

INT. MORGUE - DAY

JAY comes into the morgue. LAUREL is in there, standing right

up next to an examination table, but there is no corpse on

the table, just a sheet draped over it. She just stands there,

in the middle of the room, staring at Jay.

JAY:

Uh, hi.

LAUREL:

(oddly)

Hello.

JAY:

(flashes a badge)

I'm Sergeant Friday, from the Twenty-

Sixth precinct. They brought a cat

in here with a corpse the other day,

might have said "Orion" on the cat's

name tag?

LAUREL:

Yes. That's right.

JAY:

Right, well, the cat is, uh -- the

cat's a witness in a murder case and

I'm going to need to take it with

me.

LAUREL:

I don't know where the cat is at the

moment.

JAY:

You don't?

LAUREL:

No.

(lowers her voice to

a whisper)

Maybe you could take me with you

instead.

Jay looks at her.

JAY:

Excuse me?

LAUREL:

I said, maybe you could take me with

you instead.

JAY:

Damn, you do start fast, don't you?

LAUREL:

I'd really like to go with you. Now.

Jay just looks at her, amazed at the power he seems to have

over this woman. He looks over his shoulder, to make sure he

has a few more seconds alone.

JAY:

And, uh, why exactly is that?

Laurel rolls her eyes. She seems irritated with him, but it

doesn't go with what she's saying.

LAUREL:

I just do.

INT. MORGUE - CORRIDOR - DAY

KAY comes down the stairs and into the morgue corridor. He

checks his watch, then leans against the counter and pulls

out a pack of cigarettes.

Waiting.

INT. MORGUE - DAY

Jay is thoroughly enjoying himself, but Laurel seems to be

going crazy.

LAUREL:

I have something I need to show you.

She looks down, pointedly, in the direction of her waist.

JAY:

Now slow down, you don't have to hit

the gas like that.

She leans in and lowers her voice.

LAUREL:

You don't understand. You really

need to see this.

JAY:

And I will. But we gotta get something

straight here -- I'm gonna drive.

It's not some kind of macho trip,

it's just the way I'm used to doing

things, okay?

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