Officer Downe Page #3

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righteous punishment.

Mother supreme.

You better be praying.

Freeze! LAPD!

You seem troubled, young man.

We can help you here.

Sorry, lady, I'm an atheist.

Now drop your weapons.

With all due respect,

I cannot take seriously

one who has abandoned his

beliefs in a higher power.

I'm LAPD!

That is my higher power!

Shall I put one

between his eyes, mother?

Patience, sister,

perhaps this

one will come to his senses.

Drop your weapons.

Do not make me shoot!

Holy sh*t.

Hey, whoa, whoa,

hey, hey, hey, hold up.

Look, she's in custody.

Let's do things by the book!

The book? What?

You will all be judged.

Shut the f*** up!

Oh, f***.

Ah, sh*t.

Are you f***ing kidding me,

rook? This is gonna be your ass.

We're inside,

requesting immediate back-up!

Is he dead?

Rook, is he f***ing dead

or what?

Looks like I had you pegged

all wrong.

You couldn't keep your dick

in your pants, son.

Chief...

When I talk, that means you

don't talk.

I gave you explicit instructions

on how to comport yourself

on this detail,

and that's because I made

a judgment call on you,

looks like I might have

made the wrong one.

I had a long talk with Carter

and Fritch and even Hanso.

Those three never seem to agree

on anything,

except where you're concerned.

What did they say?

They said you were a chatty,

little f***.

They said you tried

to be a hero.

You asked me to be back-up.

I'm a cop. I backed him up.

We should have been in there

sooner.

That little stunt at the convent

could have been your ass!

He almost went for you,

didn't he? Huh.

You should have listened,

but you pissed yourself.

Well, in any case,

I have a problem.

You're on the inside now.

I can either put you back on the

outside which would put this

whole program at risk, or I can

give you one last chance

to get your head out of your ass

and help us make a difference

in this city!

That's him.

So you know what I need

from you?

I guess so.

Do your job, be a shadow.

You might not understand what

we're doing, but right now

that's not my problem,

and you know what?

It's not yours, either.

Can I help you?

I'm officer gable, I'm on

downe's field detail.

Yeah, whatever,

as long as you got clearance.

Welcome to the bullpen.

So, um, what are they? I mean...

Well, each of them suffers

from some sort of

motor neuron disease,

Lou Gehrig's disease,

spinal muscular atrophy

and some stuff they don't even

have names for yet.

It's actually pretty amazing.

I don't get it.

Look, for whatever reason, and I

sure as hell couldn't tell you

why and I spend

most of my time with them,

they all have

telekinetic abilities,

on a level that we can't

even measure.

Telekinetic?

Yeah, telekinetic, the amount

of energy that this group

produces you wouldn't imagine.

It's enough to...

To bring someone back

from the dead?

Exactly. We call it the

resurrection equation.

We harness the energy,

we channel it up

into the recovery bay,

where it regenerates and

resuscitates him.

You know, that whole thing,

every single time.

That's unbelievable.

Yeah, it's pretty cool, right?

How did they pick Downe?

Oh, this is a great story.

Uh, Terrance Downe,

full-on Metro division,

from back in the days,

an intense guy, fanatical.

Fanatical about what?

About being a cop. His freeway

pursuits were legendary.

He never let anyone get away.

Of course, his enthusiasm, uh,

ended up costing him.

Well, what do you mean?

Well, he had, how shall we say,

a little accident.

The circumstances under which he

passed away left his body

in a state that

happened to be perfect

for this particular experiment.

How long ago was it?

- What? What do you...

- That accident.

Oh, I think it was about

25 years.

Twenty five years?

Most stuff doesn't happen

overnight, son.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine. I...

It's just amazing what

science can do, I guess.

Goddamn right,

this is the cutting edge

of technology right here.

There's gotta be

a down side to this, right?

I'm not sure I get what

you're driving at.

Well, have we ever lost one

of them to this process?

Uh, yeah, a few from

before my time,

but it's the nature

of the beast, I guess.

Nature of the beast?

These poor souls sit down here

and are forced to...

Whoa, whoa, whoa, what

are you talking about, forced?

Nobody's forcing anyone.

These people are volunteers,

each and every one of them.

- So they know?

- Yes, of course, they know.

This gives them a sense

of purpose,

you can see it in their eyes.

See what?

Pride,

pride in what they're doing,

pride in what they're

contributing to.

Does Downe even know about...

You gonna keep staring at me?

Hey, Downe, listen,

no hard feelings, you know,

about what happened earlier.

I just wanted you

to know that, um...

That I...

I was just trying to help,

that's all.

What the f*** you talking about?

What am I...

I was in the convent, um,

I made the arrest.

Intense guy.

No sh*t.

I don't have

a lot of time, baby.

Let's just do what I came

here to do.

Oh, my god! Oh, my god!

Just like that!

Just like that! Oh, f***!

Oh, f***!

Oh, my god!

Oh, sh*t.

This is starting to feel

like the good old days, eh?

Goddamn it!

We need to talk about

mother supreme.

She got busted.

Her entire operation is godless.

Good for us, less competition.

Except you got

the same intel I do.

It was that cock-munching

super cop that took her down.

So he's still out there.

What the f*** is up

with zen master flash?

He is taking his

sweet time, and on our dime.

And worth every one

of those dimes.

You know his reputation.

If he hasn't moved yet,

that just means that what

he's got planned

is gonna be rather nasty.

- Excuse me.

- Yeah.

Whiskey coke.

Are you LAPD?

Because that's who

we like to serve here.

Okay.

Do the thing, man, do the thing.

Well, well, well,

lookie what we have here.

Officer integrity,

officer ethics, officer dipshit!

Yeah, everybody...

listen up,

we got a hero in our midst.

"Cause this kid right here,

he's angling to be

super cop's new partner.

You know, you really got

some balls...

Think that you can walk

up in here like you one of us.

- Okay, look, I'm a cop.

- Yeah?

I'm a cop, yeah, just like you,

just like Downe.

Bullshit.

No, you're not a cop

like any of us.

Hell no.

And if you think anybody

in here is anything like

that f***ing freak,

you're wrong.

He's drunk.

I don't think I'm too

drunk to kick your f***ing...

- Come on!

- Hey!

All you f***ers stand down!

You're all cops here,

the a**holes are out there.

You save this sh*t for them.

The next one who gets in

somebody's face

is gonna get this horse cock

up the side of his head.

My mom gave this to me, and she

taught me how to use it.

So who wants it, you? Anyone?

F***.

Come on, buy the rook a drink.

Shot!

To that, to that, to that.

Whatever, f*** off.

Shut the f*** up!

So, Downe been in here?

Are you kidding me?

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