Reindeer Games Page #28

GABRIEL:

I've been doing good, though.

ASHLEY:

Didn't have to hit me so f***ing

hard. Didn't have to throw me outta

the goddamn truck.

GABRIEL:

Didn't have to send me down a f***ing

mountain.

ASHLEY:

What, he should see me help you catch

him?

ON RUDY:

still in the shadows, welling with betrayal.

ASHLEY (O.S.)

He's shown us the setup, he's drawn

us the map, he's helped us do the

plan. He wants a gun, give him a

gun. Take the bullets out, whatever,

but give him the gun. The more

manpower we've got in there, the

better. He won't try and make his

move till the money's in hand.

GABRIEL (O.S.)

He'll be dead when he does.

BACK IN THE POOL

Gabriel and Ashley rock slowly, coupled, in the water.

GABRIEL:

Y'know something, baby? If you were

my sister? I'd still want to wake up

Christmas morning with you...

ASHLEY:

Mmm, baby. And I'd still want to be

the tinsel round your tree...

And as their words turn to moans and murmurs...

IN THE SHADOWS:

Rudy is gone.

INT. FIRST FLOOR HALLWAY - NIGHT

Rudy strides a corridor, eyes dead ahead, passing a stairwell

on his way toward the "Exit" sign posted above a door. He's

almost there, marching fast --

RUDY:

Here's my present to you, truck

drivers --

AS THE EXIT DOOR OPENS

MERLIN (O.S.)

Where the hell's Gabriel?

-- and Rudy dives to the stairwell, out of sight just as

Merlin and Jumpy stride back inside.

JUMPY:

With his girlfriend. Making up for

"Nick" time. I'm going down to the

bar, you want something?

MERLIN:

Get me a brew. I'm gonna check on

our convict.

They separate, Jumpy down the hall, Merlin to the stairs --

INT. STAIRWELL

Merlin trudges upward, while Rudy steps from hiding one flight

down.

Checks the hall for Jumpy, then races out --

EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT

Rudy slams out the side door, scrambling straight for the

same Blazer. He jimmies the lock again, leaps in, tears free

the engine panel and searches for ignition wires like a pro.

Stripping the plastic, trying to spark contact --

RUDY:

Catch, dammit, catch! Like riding a

bike, it's like riding a bike!

But there's nothing. The engine won't start.

INT. STAIRWELL

Merlin reaches the second floor, steps into the hall.

EXT. PARKING LOT

Rudy jumps from the Blazer, looks at the lot, the highway,

the woods. His own footprints in the dusting snow.

RUDY:

How far you gonna get, Rudy...

Realizing the answer, Rudy looks to his room's window. Forced

to race back. He tries clambering the wall, standing an

shrubbery, but he can't reach. He whirls, desperate.

And his eyes find the Blazer.

INT. SECOND FLOOR HALL

Merlin ambles the corridor. Approaching Rudy's room.

EXT. PARKING LOT

Rudy flings open the Blazer door, slams the emergency brake

down. Forces the gearshift into "Reverse."

INT. SECOND FLOOR HALL

Merlin reaches Rudy's door. Searches his pockets for the

key.

EXT. PARKING LOT

Rudy darts to the front of the Blazer, slipping and sliding

on asphalt ice. He drops to his knees, pushing on the front

bumper.

The wheels start to move.

INT. SECOND FLOOR HALL

Merlin finds a room key. Puts it in the lock. Turns the handle

but the door won't open. Merlin checks the key.

MERLIN:

My room.

EXT. PARKING LOT

The Blazer starts to roll backwards, toward the snowy shrubs

ringing the building. Headed for the empty parking space

below Rudy's window. Rudy keeps pushing. The Blazer picks up

speed, rolling on its own.

INT. SECOND FLOOR HALL

Merlin searches his pockets again, finds the right key.

EXT. PARKING LOT

The Blazer rolls toward the building. Rudy scrambles to his

feet, runs after it, leaps his left foot onto the bumper,

the right foot onto the hood, then onto the roof --

-- getting two roof-steps worth of running start --

-- as the Blazer slows to a rest against the snowy shrubs --

-- and Rudy dives into the air, torpedoing himself right

through the window to his room --

INT. RUDY'S ROOM

-- where he crashes headlong to the floor, turning a

somersault and landing sprawled across the carpet.

INT. SECOND FLOOR HALL

The key in the lock, Merlin hears the crash --

INT. RUDY'S ROOM

-- and as Merlin opens the door, he finds Rudy sitting calmly

on the floor, ankle-cuff locked once again to the bedframe.

Spreading a deck of cards out before him.

Starting a game of solitaire. He looks up.

RUDY:

Hey.

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