Reindeer Games Page #34

JUMPY (O.S.)

What the hell is with this place?

Thought the video room was back there --

Merlin and Jumpy lead Rudy in. Ashley follows. They carry

bulging money sacks. Gabriel stares Rudy down.

GABRIEL:

I told you not to f*** us with that

map, Nick. I told you not to, and

you did. How am I s'posed to keep my

promises now?

(Ashley joins him)

How's she s'posed to keep hers?

He kisses her hard. Sloppy. Grins.

Then points to Jack Bangs:

GABRIEL:

He won't tell us where it is. The

Powwow Safe.

JACK BANGS:

I don't know... what you're...

Gabriel hammers him with the butt of his rifle. CRACK.

GABRIEL:

THE POWWOW SAFE! WHERE IS THE POWWOW

SAFE!

JACK BANGS:

What... Powwow...

GABRIEL:

The Powwow Safe where you steal your

money! Where you cheat your Indians!

JACK BANGS:

I don't steal any --

Gabriel CRACKS him again. And again. Rudy winces. Gabriel

grabs Rudy, pulls him over.

GABRIEL:

We KNOW about the Powwow Safe! We

KNOW it's in here! We KNOW how you

work! Because WE know who's worked

for you!

(smiles)

Remember a guy named Nick Mason!? A

security guard named Nick Mason!?

Gabriel pushes Rudy's head toward the desk. Jack Bangs,

drooling blood, eyes swollen, turns his face to see.

JACK BANGS:

Nick... Mason... ?

Jack Bangs stares at Rudy. Rudy stares back.

JACK BANGS:

...so where is he?

GABRIEL:

(laughs, mocking)

Where is he?! Where is he?!

JACK BANGS:

He's not Nick Mason...

The smile fades from Gabriel's face.

JACK BANGS:

Nick Mason... worked for me two years

ago. This man...

(a spark of recognition)

...he's some cowboy...

Gabriel grabs Rudy, slams him against a wall. He glares at

Ashley for answers. She stares in disbelief.

Rudy meets her eyes.

RUDY:

F***ed the wrong guy, Ashley.

(shrugs)

Story of your life.

BACK TO GABRIEL:

RUDY:

I did time with Nick Mason, Monster.

Told you that from the start.

Ashley's putting it all together...

ASHLEY:

You... you... YOU --

RUDY:

We still gonna spend Christmas

together?

Ashley CHARGES him. Gabriel stops her; Merlin and Jumpy help

hold her back. Gabriel spins on Rudy with his rifle:

GABRIEL:

You are lucky, convict. You're

spending Christmas with the birthday

boy himself --

RUDY:

Hey! HEY! THERE IS A POWWOW SAFE!

Gabriel hesitates. Doesn't fire.

RUDY:

I did time with Nick Mason, remember?

I knew he worked here, didn't I!?

Well, some sh*t he told me!

Rudy steels himself for the shot. It still doesn't come.

RUDY:

Nick told me his manager kept a safe

in his office, his stealing safe.

His Powwow Safe. I swear, please...

Nick told me.

(looks to Jack Bangs)

Behind the liquor cabinet.

Jack Bangs dully meets Rudy's eyes.

Gabriel steps to the liquor cabinet, feels at the shelves.

They split in the middle. And there is a combination safe

mounted in the back. Gabriel turns to Jack Bangs:

GABRIEL:

Open it.

He pulls him off the desk. Jack Bangs wavers, struggling. He

looks at Gabriel. Then at Rudy.

JACK BANGS:

I can't go back to Vegas...

GABRIEL:

OPEN IT!!!

Jack Bangs steps to the safe. Spins the lock. Spins back.

Spins forward. Click. Jack Bangs looks at Rudy.

RUDY:

(nods)

Pow. Wow.

And Jack Bangs opens it --

-- reaching inside in the same swift motion, so that as the

safe swings open to reveal it's a rack of WEAPONS that lies

inside, Jack Bangs already has an Uzi in hand --

JACK BANGS:

VEEEEGGGGAAAASSSS!!!

BULLETS as he turns back to the room --

-- sending Gabriel, Ashley, and Merlin diving for the floor!

Jumpy can't get down, as BULLETS riddle him dead --

-- and BLOW OUT the smoked windows overlooking the casino --

Jack Bangs keeps turning in a madman's circle --

-- BLOWING OUT the windows to the parking lot, shattering

the liquor, sending Rudy scrambling under his desk --

JACK BANGS:

I CAN'T! GO BACK! I CAN'T! GO BACK!

I CAN'T! GO BACK!

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