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Where they find nothing but the bloody remains of Mikhi the

Gangster. Sam and Vincent are surveying the room when a

VOICE comes from BEHIND them -

SEAMUS (O.S.)

Turn around real slow, and try hard not

to breathe when you do it.

ANOTHER ANGLE - Seamus Reilly has come in behind them, and

he's got his gun pointed straight at Sam's heart. If Seamus

is enraged at discovering Gregor's absence, he's overjoyed to

find Sam in his place.

SEAMUS:

It's you...

(touches his face)

You're the one did this to my face, are

you?

SAM:

That's me.

SEAMUS:

Have a nice afterlife.

Seamus pulls the trigger and his BULLET spins out towards

Sam, ready to blow a hole through him except that - Vincent

leaps forward and takes the bullet -- it rips into his side,

a huge splash of red against his white shirt. He falls to

the ground, horribly wounded, but he's given Sam enough time,

and now - Sam and Seamus open fire on one another - BULLETS

RIPPING into the table, chewing up the china and crystal,

taking glass shattering bites out of the CHANDELIER above the

table, turning the Dining Room from a primo Louis XIV

showpiece into sh*t as the two men move about and then

suddenly - They're face to face, each with a gun to the other

- Mexican Standoff. Suddenly, from Off Screen -

DEIRDRE (O.S.)

Seamus!

ANOTHER ANGLE - Deirdre has appeared, her gun leveled at the

two men.

SEAMUS:

Deirdre, do for him, woman, put a f***ing

bullet in his head!

Deirdre hesitates, uncertain.

SEAMUS:

Do it, for Christ's sake, do it so we can

find that stinking Gregor, he's got the

bloody package! For God's sake, you're a

soldier...

These last words sink into Deirdre: she is a soldier. Her

gun swivels towards Sam.

SEAMUS:

(sensing he's getting to

her)

You're one of us...You been born and bred

with your own people, you can't go

against your nature. C'mon, girl, I'm

you're people.

Deirdre makes up her mind.

DEIRDRE:

I'm no girl, Seamus...

She fires a shot - Blowing Seamus off his feet and through a

huge PLATE GLASS WINDOW.

DEIRDRE:

And you ain't nobody's people.

She moves with Sam to Vincent, who is seriously wounded --

perhaps life-threateningly so.

SAM:

(to Deirdre)

Let's get him out of here...

VINCENT:

Finish the job...

SAM:

And now...

VINCENT:

(a commanding whisper)

Finish it!

Sam considers, but before he can make up his mind, Deirdre

sees something through the wreck of the Dining Room Window -

OUT ON THE BACK LAWN - We've already seen that it's bordered

on one side by the woods, for the first time we notice - A

LAKE, which laps against a PRIVATE DOCK, where a row boat is

tethered. Now - BENEATH A VERY FULL MOON, the stark figure

of Gregor makes its way toward the Dock.

DEIRDRE:

(calling out)

Sam...

Sam turns at the sound of her voice and sees Gregor making

his escape. Sam looks back at Vincent, who is almost passed

out from blood loss.

VINCENT:

I'm really sick of you saving my life. Go

out and get the bastard.

Same makes up his mind, and as Vincent passes out, Sam runs

out after Deirdre and towards -

THE PRIVATE DOCK -

And as the two of them run we MOVE WITH THEM.

DEIRDRE:

He's got the briefcase rigged to explode

five seconds after anybody other than

himself tries to open it.

And now they reach the Dock and they find - Nothing -- no

Gregor. And the Boat is still there. Before Sam can

restrain her - Deirdre stps out towards the Boat.

SAM:

Deirdre, wait up --

But it's too late: Gregor steps out from behind -

A BOATHOUSE, and before Deirdre can even figure out what

happened, Gregor has her in an arm lock, a gun to her head.

His free hand sticks out and we see the Briefcase, which is

still handcuffed to his wrist.

GREGOR:

You might have made a good field agent

you arrogant American prick, but you're

not smart enough to go up against me.

Gregor and Deirdre are poised at the edge of the lake. This

Private Dock is made completely of stone, and the drop to the

water is nearly five feet. Sam has reached a position where

there is no right answer. Still, he points his gun at

Gregor, who in turn shields himself with Deirdre's body.

GREGOR:

Go ahead, shoot... Shoot and kill the

b*tch, I don't care.

(beat)

And yet you don't shoot. Interesting.

Put down your weapon and walk away.

DEIRDRE:

Don't do it, Sam!

GREGOR:

Shut up!

DEIRDRE:

He'll kill me anway, Sam, shoot though

me and kill this f***er.

SEAMUS (O.S.)

(a horrible croak)

If you don't, I will...

ANOTHER ANGLE - Seamus is somehow still barely alive -- he's

not long for this world, but the will for revenge has driven

him this far.

SEAMUS:

(to Sam, in a cold pale rage)

Shoot that traitorous b*tch and I'll let

you live.

THE TOP OF SEAMUS'S HEAD explodes, finishing him off once and

for all, killed by -

Vincent, who has staggered out to make this one necessary

shot. But he can go no further, and he collapses in his own

blood, near death, just as - Gregor takes a step towards the

boat and - Sam makes up his mind and shoots - THE BULLET

FLIES ACROSS THE SCREEN -

IMPACT - The Briefcase bursts, shot open by Sam and now we're

in SLOW MOTION as -

Gregor relaxes his grip on Deirdre as he struggles to close

the case and - Deirdre takes the opportunity to dive the

other, into the lake, while -

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