Pulp Fiction Page #18

Lance spins toward her.

LANCE:

I don't know! Stop bothering me!

JODY:

While you're lookin' for it, that

girl's gonna die on our carpet. You're

never gonna find it in all this sh*t.

For six months now, I've been telling

you to clean this room –

VINCENT (O.S.)

– get your ass in here, f*** the

book!

Lance angrily knocks over a pile of sh*t and leaves the SHOT

heading for the living room.

LIVING ROOM:

Vincent is bent over Mia, talking softly to her, when Lance

reenters the room.

VINCENT:

Quit f***in' around man and give her

the shot!

Lance bends down by the black case brought in by Jody. He

opens it and begins preparing the needle for injection.

LANCE:

While I'm doing this, take her shirt

off and find her heart.

Vince rips her blouse open.

Jody stumbles back in the room, hanging back from the action.

VINCENT:

Does it have to be exact?

LANCE:

Yeah, it has to be exact! I'm giving

her an injection in the heart, so I

gotta exactly hit her in the heart.

VINCENT:

Well, I don't know exactly where her

heart is, I think it's here.

Vince points to Mia's right breast. Lance glances over and

nods.

LANCE:

That's it.

As Lance readies the injection, Vincent looks up at Jody.

VINCENT:

I need a big fat magic marker, got

one?

JODY:

What?

VINCENT:

I need a big fat magic marker, any

felt pen'll do, but a magic marker

would be great.

JODY:

Hold on.

Jody runs to the desk, opens the top drawer and, in her

enthusiasm, she pulls the drawer out of the desk, the contents

of which (bills, papers, pens) spill to the floor.

The injection is ready. Lance hands Vincent the needle.

LANCE:

It's ready, I'll tell you what to

do.

VINCENT:

You're gonna give her the shot.

LANCE:

No, you're gonna give her the shot.

VINCENT:

I've never does this before.

LANCE:

I've never done this before either,

and I ain't starting now. You brought

'er here, that means you give her

the shot. The day I bring an ODing

b*tch to your place, then I gotta

give her the shot.

Jody hurriedly joins them in the huddle, a big fat red magic

marker in her hand.

JODY:

Got it.

Vincent grabs the magic marker out of Jody's hand and makes

a big red dot on Mia's body where her heart is.

VINCENT:

Okay, what do I do?

LANCE:

Well, you're giving her an injection

of adrenaline straight to her heart.

But she's got a breast plate in front

of her heart, so you gotta pierce

through that. So what you gotta do

is bring the needle down in a stabbing

motion.

Lance demonstrates a stabbing motion, which looks like "The

Shape" killing its victims in "HALLOWEEN".

VINCENT:

I gotta stab her?

LANCE:

If you want the needle to pierce

through to her heart, you gotta stab

her hard.

Then once you do, push down on the plunger.

VINCENT:

What happens after that?

LANCE:

I'm curious about that myself.

VINCENT:

This ain't a f***in' joke man!

LANCE:

She's supposed to come out of it

like –

(snaps his fingers)

– that.

Vincent lifts the needle up above his head in a stabbing

motion.

He looks down on Mia.

Mia is fading fast. Soon nothing will help her.

Vincent's eyes narrow, ready to do this.

VINCENT:

Count to three.

Lance, on this knees right beside Vincent, does not know

what to expect.

LANCE:

One...

RED DOT on Mia's body.

Needle raised ready to strike.

LANCE (O.S.)

...two...

Jody's face is alive with anticipation.

NEEDLE in that air, poised like a rattler ready to strike.

LANCE (O.S.)

...three!

The needle leaves frame, THRUSTING down hard.

Vincent brings the needle down hard, STABBING Mia in the

chest.

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