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Then with his little finger, Zed does a silent "Eenie, meany,

miney, moe... " just his mouth mouthing the words and his

finger going back and forth between the two.

Butch are Marsellus are terrified.

Maynard looks back and forth at the victims.

The Gimps's eyes go from one to the other inside the mask.

Zed continues his silent sing-song with his finger moving

left to right, then it stops.

TWO SHOT – BUTCH AND MARSELLUS

After a beat, THE CAMERA MOVES to the right, zeroing in on

Marsellus.

Zed stands up.

ZED:

Wanna do it here?

MAYNARD:

Naw, drag big boy to Russell's old

room.

Zed grabs Marsellus' chair and DRAGS him into Russell's old

room.

Russell, no doubt, was some other poor bastard that has the

misfortune of stumbling into the Mason-Dixie pawnshop.

Whatever happened to Russell is known only to Maynard and

Zed because his old room, a back room in the back of the

back room, is empty.

As Marsellus is dragged away, he locks eyes with Butch before

he disappears behind the door of Russell's old room.

MAYNARD:

(to The Gimp)

Up!

The Gimp rises. Maynard ties The Gimp's leash to a hook on

the ceiling.

MAYNARD:

Keep an eye on this one.

The Gimp bows its head: "yes." Maynard disappears into

Russell's old room. There must be a stereo in there because

suddenly The Judds, singing in harmony, fills the air.

Butch looks at The Gimp. The Gimp giggles from underneath

the mask as if this were the funniest moment in the history

of comedy.

From behind the door we hear country MUSIC, struggling, and:

MAYNARD (O.S.)

Whoa, this boy's got a bit of fight

in 'em!

We the HEAR Maynard and Zed beat on Marsellus.

ZED (O.S.)

You wanna fight? You wanna fight?

Good, I like to fight!

Butch pauses, listens to the voices. Then, in a panic,

hurriedly struggles to get free.

The Gimp is laughing wildly.

The ropes are on too tight and Butch can't break free.

The Gimp slaps his knee laughing In the back room, we hear:

MAYNARD (O.S.)

That's it... that's it boy, you're

goin' fine. Oooooooh, just like

that... that's good.

(grunting faster)

Stay still... stay still goddamn ya!

Zed goddammit, git over here and

hold 'em!

Butch stops struggling and lifts up on his arms. Then, quite

easily, the padded chair back slides up and off as if it

were never connected by a bolt.

The Gimp sees this and its eyes widen.

THE GIMP:

Huhng?

The Gimp FLAILS WILDLY, trying to get the leash off the hook.

He tries to yell, but all that comes out are excited gurgles

and grunts.

Butch is out of his chair, quickly dispensing three BOXER'S

PUNCHES to its face. The punches knock The Gimp out, making

him fall to his knees, this HANGING HIMSELF by the leash

attached to the hook, Butch removes the ball gag, then

silently makes his way through the red curtains.

INT. PAWNSHOP – DAY

Butch sneaks to the door.

On the counter is a big set of keys with a large Z connected

to the ring. Grabbing them, he's about to go out when he

stops and listens to the hillbilly psychopaths having their

way with Marsellus.

Butch decides for the life of him, he can't leave anybody in

a situation like that. Se he begins rooting around the

pawnshop for a weapon to bash those hillbillies' heads in

with.

He picks up a big destructive-looking hammer, then discards

it:
Not destructive enough. He picks up a chainsaw, thinks

about it for a moment, then puts it back. Next, a large

Louisville slugger he tries on for size. But then he spots

what he's been looking for:

A Samurai sword.

It hands in its hand-carved wood sheath from a nail on the

wall, next to a neon "DAD'S OLD-FASHIONED ROOT BEER" sign.

Butch takes the sword off the wall, removing it from its

sheath. It's a magnificent piece of steel. It seems to glisten

in the low-wattage light of the pawnshop. Butch touches his

thumb to the blade to see if the sword is just for show. Not

on your life. It's as sharp as it gets. This weapon seems

made to order for the Brothers Grimm downstairs. Holding the

sword pointed downward, Takakura Kenstyle, he disappears

through the red curtains to take care of business.

INT. PAWNSHOP BACK ROOM – DAY

Butch quietly sneaks down the stairs leading to the dungeon.

Sodomy and the Judds can still be heard going string behind

the closed door that leads to Russell's old room.

INT. RUSSELL'S OLD ROOM – DAY

Butch's hand comes into frame, pushing the door open. It

swings open silently, revealing the rapists, who have switched

positions.

Zed is now bent over Marsellus, who is bent over a wooden

horse.

Maynard watches. Both have their backs to Butch.

Maynard faces the CAMERA, grinning, while Butch comes up

behind him with the sword.

Miserable, violated, and looking like a rag doll, Marsellus,

red ball gag still in mouth, opens his watery eyes to see

Butch coming up behind Maynard. His eyes widen.

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