Mission: Impossible II Page #14

WIDE ANGLE - BLEACHER (DAY)

Ambrose arriving with a pair of drinks. Nyah rises.

AMBROSE:

See anything you like?

NYAH:

Yeah. Naturally vain -- but they're about

to close the betting table and I haven't a

sou..

While Ambrose is still juggling the drinks, Nyah reaches into his

trouser pockets, and rummages around.

AMBROSE:

(laughing)

Nyah!

ETHAN:

Billy, make sure Nyah's not followed.

BILLY:

No worries, mate.

She pulls out a fifty-dollar note.

NYAH:

Would you mind terribly?

AMBROSE (cont'd)

(amused and turned on)

- not at all. But you'll pay for that

and with interest..

NYAH:

I've no doubt..

She heads up the stairs.

AMBROSE:

(reaching into his pocket for

money)

Hold on.

Ambrose grabs her arm, and she almost drops the envelope she's

just lifted. (NOTE: It is important not to see her actually lift

it). She's holding it, pinned between her right arm and side. As

it's slipping, she notes Stamp above her, looking down and has to

conceal what she's holding from him as well:

AMBROSE (cont'd)

Put down a couple of hundred for.

NYAH:

To win?

AMBROSE:

What else?

She takes it and as she does the envelope falls, but she manages

to catch it with her left hand, blocking the move with her body

as she does.

WIDER ANGLE - NYAH

moves along the aisle.

ETHAN'S VOICE

Luther, smallest digital you got. Ready

to transmit. Betting table twelve.

EXT - VAN (DAY)

designated as NEW SOUTH WALES DELIVERIES, 'anytime, anywhere.'

Luther bursts out of the van, carrying the tiny camera and begins

to thread his way thru cars and foot traffic.

BILLY:

in dramatic contrast ambles at a conspicuously leisurely pace.

NYAH:

passes Stamp, not seeing him standing just a row above, blocked

from her by one of the pillars. Stamp idly regards her and then

decides:
he follows.

LUTHER:

perspiring, approaches the betting table thru the last of the

parked cars.

STAMP:

approaches the door thru which Nyah had gone and starts to open

it - only to have the door slammed in his face and on his

bandaged finger by Billy, in a track usher's uniforms.

BILLY:

(very solicitous)

Sorry about that, mate, that must've

really - aggrhh!..

Even as Stamp winces in pain his arm has shot out and Billy finds

himself pinned to the wall gasping for air. If he'd been welded

there by a band of steal he'd have more room to maneuver.

STAMP:

Say again?

BILLY:

Aggrhh-aggrhh-aggrhh...

STAMP:

Whatever you're about in future, watch

your step. Never know who you might run

into...

Stamp looks around, Nyah's nowhere in sight. He's lost her. Sees

his hand's bleeding and lets Billy go, who nearly drops to the

floor.

STAMP:

Where's the loo then?

BILLY:

(pointing up)

- aggrhh-aggrhh-aggrhh...

Stamp heads up the men's room.

BILLY:

(croaking it out)

...

Shakes his head, feeling lucky to escape with his life.

EXT - PADDOCK - BETTING TABLE TWELVE

Nyah into shot. Stands in line. She looks around.

ETHAN'S VOICE

How'd you do? Don't turn around.

Nyah turns and looks Ethan dead in the eye.

NYAH:

I managed.

ETHAN:

You noticed. What're you going to do?

Spank me?

She slips Ethan the envelope. Ethan himself returns the look,

holding it in spite of:

BILLY'S VOICE

Stamp's out of the loo.

Luther arrives, with the camera, opening for Ethan. Nyah turns

away. Ethan pulls out the tiny memory card, slips it in the

camera.

ETHAN (CONT'D)

(looking into camera)

This is going to take a couple of

minutes..

LUTHER:

is racing back to the van.

LUTHER:

There in twenty, Ethan..

NYAH AND ETHAN (IN LINE)

edge toward the window.

BILLY'S VOICE

Stamp's a little shaky, but headed your

way, mate.

ETHAN:

Copy that.

(to Nyah)

Who do you like? In the race?

NYAH:

(nervous, she's heard Billy

too)

What race are we talking about?

INT - VAN (DAY)

A sweaty Luther:

LUTHER:

I'm booted up. Go, Ethan.

BILLY'S VOICE

He's heading down the stairs, now..

Ethan places the digital camera on play and begins to go thru the

stills. As they cliff off, Ethan is visibly affected.

LUTHER IN THE VAN

watches the stills as well. He's no less affected.

ETHAN WITH NYAH:

He mutters some expletive under his breath, then, evenly:

ETHAN:

I want you out of Ambrose's place.

BILLY'S VOICE

He's one tier from the bottom.

Ethan glances over to the bottom of the stairs.

NYAH:

What are you talking about?

As he lowers camera and removes the memory card.

ETHAN:

I want you out of there.

NYAH:

Why? What's happened. What did you see?

BILLY:

Thirty steps..

Slipping card back into envelope.

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