Reindeer Games Page #25

PUG:

My guy would walk into a room, set

off the goddamn sprinklers.

MERLIN:

His lips went next. You ever see

some silicon-f***ing-lips?

The Happy Family flees their booth. Pug and Merlin glance

over. And grab their leftovers. Rifling the grub:

MERLIN:

(with disgust)

Vegetarians...

Behind them, Gabriel and Jumpy file into the biergarten,

leading Rudy and Ashley to the booth. Meeting commenced.

Rudy, battered and freezer-burnt, gets shoved in first.

Gabriel throws down the casino map:

GABRIEL:

Start singing.

RUDY:

I have no gifts to bring, pa-rumpum-

pum-pum

GABRIEL:

Sing it in pictures, Nick.

Rudy takes the map, glances at Ashley, and then takes charge.

For the first time, he's giving the orders:

RUDY:

What you gotta worry about first is

the guards. Place doesn't look much

richer than when I worked there, so

let's figure you're gonna have to

deal with ten of 'em. There'll be

two on the floor, walking the room,

that leaves eight up above. Eyes in

the sky. They see something up,

they're the ones who'll hit the silent

alarm and you're f***ed.

MERLIN:

How do we take them out?

RUDY:

You gotta get someone upstairs.

MERLIN:

How do we do that?

Rudy takes the map, points to the gaming tables area:

RUDY:

Across from blackjack, there's a

security doorway. Keypad access.

GABRIEL:

What's the code?

RUDY:

Uh... they change it every month. I

wouldn't know.

(beat)

If there's trouble on the floor,

you'll get security coming through.

what you gotta do, is get inside

that doorway once they do. You gotta

draw 'em out.

PUG:

Without having them hit the alarms.

RUDY:

I got an idea on that one. Once you're

up there, you gotta hold those guards

down till some backup can get there.

There's a security camera room that

videotapes everything. You've gotta

destroy every last one of those tapes.

MERLIN:

What about the money?

RUDY:

You lock down security, you move

behind the cage. You hit the Count

Room. There'll be a guy in there but

he's got no guns; room's accessed by

another code. Cashiers'll know it.

They'll have alarms.

JUMPY:

What about the Powwow Safe?

RUDY:

What?

JUMPY:

The Powwow Safe. The secret safe.

You said the manager's got a safe in

his office where he hides skim money.

RUDY:

Oh. Right. Yeah. That's, uh upstairs.

Uh. Here. Powwow Safe.

His confident manner wavers. Gabriel notices, narrows his

eyes. Rudy quickly grabs the map again:

RUDY:

So. You're gonna need a man through

here, two men at the cage, one to

cover the count. You're gonna need a

lookout outside, a sweeper through

the back, and a gun guarding the

front.

(beat)

You need six.

GABRIEL:

We got five. Putting Ashley outside.

RUDY:

You need six.

Gabriel eyes him darkly.

GABRIEL:

NO.

RUDY:

You go in with five, you're either

leaving an alarm free or an exit

free. Someone hits an alarm, you're

f***ed. Someone gets to a phone,

gets outside, 'cross the street,

whatever, you're f***ed. You need

six.

(nods)

Six is me.

GABRIEL:

No.

RUDY:

You guys get caught, I go away for

good. I got an interest in making

sure you don't. You need a sixth man

covering an exit. What're you gonna

do about it.

ASHLEY:

Yeah. What're you gonna do about it.

She puts an arm around Rudy, smiles. That's her man.

GABRIEL:

I want a map of that security level.

Every room, every guard, every thing.

RUDY:

Six men means six guns.

GABRIEL:

No way.

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