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77.

ALL AROUND THE CABIN

Doors lock and bars slide into place almost inaudibly.

StakEOUT SITE

Ferris shines a flashlight toward Liz, on off. She heads in

the general direction of the light, but stops BEHIND A THICKTRUNKED

OAK TREE, which blocks her from their view.

BEHIND THE OAK tree

Cris backs out from under Liz’s robe.

StakEOUT SITE

Ferris, Cavanaugh, Baines, and Rick shine their flashlights

on the oak tree, waiting for Liz to reappear.

FERRIS:

What’s she waiting for?

Liz steps into view from behind the oak tree. Ferris shines

the light towards her again. She heads straight toward them.

ON LIZ:

As predicted, the hem of her robe gets caught in the thorns.

She tries to pull free, but she’s stuck.

StakEOUT SITE

Ferris and Baines wade into the thicket to extricate her.

Among the thorns

Ferris and Baines reach Liz.

Ferris

You’ve done your country a great

service.

The predicted words hit her hard.

LIZ:

Then why do I feel like a traitor?

Ferris and Baines free her and lead her up the hill.

BEHIND THE OAK TREE

78.

Cris scurries away, using the sound of their rustling to

cover his escape.

ext. Forest - night

Cris scurries near a trio of STATE TROOPERS. He steps on a

twig which SNAPS loudly. PAN BACK to find a SECOND CRIS

approaching down the same path. Cris 1 dissolves as Cris 2

steps around the twig and continues undetected.

A few steps on, Cris 2 slips on mud and slides noisily down a

slope. PAN BACK to find CRIS 3, who detours onto stepping

stones then rejoins the original path, undetected.

STAKEOUT SITE:

Baines and Ferris help Liz back to their camp.

Ferris

Rick, get her some coffee.

Liz pulls the note from her robe pocket and reads Cris’

handwriting:
“Then why do I feel like a traitor?”

CAVANAUGH:

(relays a message)

We’ve got movement in the canyon.

(to radio)

Where are you?

A flashlight shines up at Cavanaugh from the canyon.

Ferris and Baines scan their infra-red scopes at the area.

FERRIS’ INFRARED POV:

A hot human shape hurries over rough terrain with stealthy

urgency.

BACK TO SCENE:

Ferris and Baines looking through their scopes.

bAINES

She told him.

CAVANAUGH:

We tried it your way.

Ferris

Go for it. But I want him alive.

79.

Cavanaugh picks up the radio with evident satisfaction.

CAVANAUGH:

Boys, now it’s our turn.

FIFTY SEARCHLIGHTS BLAZE ON and stab through the forest.

FERRIS:

I want him alive. Tell them.

CaVANAUGH

(afterthought, to radio)

And the Feds want him alive.

Ferris urgently takes Baines aside.

Ferris

We need to get to him first.

TROOPERS:

Spread out through the steep terrain. SEARCHLIGHT BEAMS sweep

over the landscape.

CRIS:

moves erratically, presciently, in bursts, dodging the

streaking spots of glare.

StakEOUT SITE

Liz is drinking coffee next to Rick’s police car. Ferris

approaches, coldly knowing.

FERRIS:

You’ve made a very stupid mistake.

LIZ:

I trust him more than I trust you.

Ferris

I wouldn’t swallow the “I love you”

part.

LIZ:

You’ve never even met him.

FERRIS:

But I’ve profiled him for months.

And I can tell you this: he doesn’t

love anybody. How could he? To him,

we’re not even human.

(MORE)

80.

FERRIS (cont'd)

We’re the characters in a

videogame, and he’s the player with

the joystick. We say our lines, and

he practices his moves until we do

what he wants.

IN THE FOREST:

Cris on foot, running over rough terrain. State Troopers

converging. Searchlight beams crisscrossing.

A cone of light passes over Cris. Comes back. Finds him.

Trooper

There! I got him!

He finds himself face to face with two Troopers, guns aimed

straight at him.

TrooPER 1

Stop!

Cris tumbles, draws fire, serpentines through the woods,

feinting, freezing, unhittable - moving closer.

troOPER 2

Take better aim!

TROOPER 1

I’m trying!

Cris is within fighting distance. Chop to an arm. Punch to

diaphragm. Cris is now holding Trooper 1’s SIX-SHOT REVOLVER.

Trooper 1 runs. Cris does not fire after him. Instead, he

takes aim at a searchlight at a great distance. Squints. Then

fires and scores a direct hit with the first shot.

Turns to a second search light. Squints. Squeezes off a

second shot. The lamp shatters.

ext. Stakeout site - night

Baines and Ferris watch as, around the mountain, gunshots

sound and searchlights go dark.

baines

You might be right about this guy.

FERRIS:

(shakes her head)

I underestimated him.

81.

The searchlight next to her shatters.

FERRIS:

By a lot.

THE HUNT:

Cris gets pinned down behind a tree. A Trooper keeps firing,

trying to drive him from hiding. Cris boldly comes out from

cover and runs, giving the Trooper a clear shot. But the

Trooper runs out of ammo at just that moment.

Trooper

Sh*t!

StakEOUT SITE

Watching through binoculars, speaking into radio.

ferriS

Be thorough, gentlemen. If you

leave a way out, he’ll find it.

ELSEWHERE IN FOREST

Baines’ well-trained MP's have set up a triangulated trap.

They operate like skilled Special Forces commandos. One of

them signals, fingers to eyes, that he has spotted Cris. Cris

enters a clearing and continues straight into the trap! The

TEAM LEADER prepares to give the signal to shoot.

Cris’ movement flushes a STAG from the hiding. It knocks over

one MP and causes another to miss his shot. The Leader sees

the stag and scans around for Cris. CAMERA repositions to

reveal that the stag now stands between Cris and the Leader.

The Leader shoots the stag, killing him, but not before Cris

dashes to cover in another stand of trees.

Two MP’s fire at Cris. But shoot each other.

TEAM leader

(to radio)

I’ve got two men down. Friendly

fire.

Stakeout site

Ferris, discouraged, comes to a tough decision.

FERRIS:

(to radio and Baines)

Change of plans, everybody.

(MORE)

82.

FERRIS (cont'd)

Try to kill him. Use everything

you’ve got.

CAVANAUGH (o.c.)

Is this a joke?

FERRIS:

No, it’s an order.

BaiNES

Don’t get emotional here.

She wants Baines to understand.

FERRIS:

There’s only one way to beat this

man. He’s got to see his own death,

and not just maybe. He’s got to see

himself die again and again and

know it’s inescapable. And then,

maybe, he’ll surrender.

bAINES

And if he doesn’t?

FERRIS:

That’ll be his choice. And he was

no use to us anyway.

IN THE FOREST:

Cris is suddenly the target of a turkey shoot. He hops around

like a mountain goat while bullets CHING off rocks and

SPLINTER trees. He stays alive, but only by a hair’s breadth.

Cris finds himself pinned down by Four Troopers. He rushes

Trooper One, who fires, and hits Cris solidly in the chest.

Snapback TO:

Cris rushes the position of Trooper Two. Before he gets

there, Cris gets shot in the gut.

SNAPBACK TO:

Cris rushes the Third Trooper, who hesitates, frightened,

then shoots -- and misses. Cris charges up to him, knocks his

shooting arm away, takes his weapon, uses him a shield, then

fires at a Fourth Trooper as he charges out from the trees.

It’s Cavanaugh, now covered in blood.

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