Rough Diamonds Page #12

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Chad spots an Air Boat not more than a few hundred yards from him.

He does a double take just as the road disappears back into the

trees. That wasn't...it couldn't be, could it?

The winding dirt road crosses back to swampside and Chad's worst

fears come true...Elena's racing along side of him in the AIRBOAT,

fighting to keep up...

ELENA:

Pull over!

INT. CHAD'S CAR - DAY

The road runs parallel to the swamp again and Chad's eyes nearly

burst from their sockets as he sees the airboat now alongside him,

matching his speed.

ELENA:

Give us back the diamonds!

Chad's heart stops.

CHAD:

Us?

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He spins round, looks straight ahead at the BMW RACING RIGHT AT

HIM!

CHAD:

F***ING HELL!

He yanks the steering wheel hard left, swerves his car clean off

the dirt road and into the thick swathe of Melaluca trees, Marie's

BMW shoots past, missing his car by inches...

INT. MARIE'S BMW - CONTINUOUS

Marie slams on her brakes, brings her BMW to a skidding halt on

the dirt road. She looks back over her shoulder, at the swaying

Melaluca trees. No sign of Chad's car...

EXT. SWAMPSIDE - CONTINUOUS

Elena brings the airboat to rest at swamp side, leaps into the

reeds and clambers up to the dirt road. There's no sign of Chad's

car, just a hole in the dense undergrowth where it ploughed

through...

Marie comes running up to join Elena, a tire iron in hand...

ELENA:

(sternly)

We're not hurting him, Marie, got it? We

just get the diamonds back...

MARIE:

I'm not gonna hurt him. No way...

Marie stalks down the path Chad's car took off the dirt road...

MARIE:

I'm gonna kill him.

Elena's breath catches in her throat. Marie disappears into the

trees and she's alone, out on the deserted swamp road...

ELENA:

Marie! Don't do this...

She hears a scream, a girl's scream...

ELENA:

Marie!

Elena sprints into the thick of the trees...

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INT. BLUE BAY PD OFFICES - DAY

Kristen is sitting at Detective Morrison's cluttered desk, her

brow furrowed as she shuffles through the stack of newspaper

articles she pulled from Elena's wall.

Morrison stands in the doorway, watching her.

MORRISON:

You look like you could use a drink.

Kristen looks up from the articles, into Morrison's smiling face.

She smiles back.

KRISTEN:

When this is all over, I'd like that.

Morrison turns and walks right into a suit with an FBI badge

identifying him as AGENT MILTON DAMMERS. The buzzcut agent drops

BOXES at Morrison's feet.

DAMMERS:

More Black Widow leads. I need you to put

them in the evidence locker, Morrison.

MORRISON:

That's not my job, Agent Dammers.

DAMMERS:

It is now.

EXT. SWAMP CLEARING - DAY

Marie is standing in a clearing, staring at Chad's wrecked car, at

the top of a small slope, wrapped around a Melaluca tree like a

Christmas present.

Her piercing screams force Elena to come running...

ELENA:

You okay?

Marie stops screaming, her face contorting in anger...

MARIE:

No, I'm pretty damn far from okay...

She points to the front seat of the crashed car...

Elena can barely bring herself to look inside. Marie shoves her in

the back, pushing her towards the open driver's side door. Elena

gasps when she looks inside the car. Chad's not there.

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MARIE:

He bolted...

Marie clambers up the wreckage of the car, stands on the roof. She

surveys the swamp all around her like the lioness she is...

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MARIE:

With the diamonds.

INT. BLUE BAY PD EVIDENCE LOCKER - DAY

Morrison grumbles as he scans his key card, opening the wire mesh

door to the evidence locker. He picks up a box and enters,

Kristen, also carrying a box, a step behind.

MORRISON:

I appreciate the help...

KRISTEN:

Right back at ya.

Morrison blushes as he absently adds the boxes to the groaning

shelves stuffed with Black Widow evidence. Kristen notices the

bundles of cash stored in and amongst the Black Widow evidence...

KRISTEN:

You could have a helluva holiday on that

money.

MORRISON:

Recovered from the Black Widow's last

score. If I'd gotten to the scene just

five minutes earlier, I woulda gotten her

as well...

Morrison shakes his head, ruefully, when a sudden sharp beeping

has Kristen reaching into her pocket, fishing out a handheld GPS.

KRISTEN:

What the hell...

A red flashing dot moves quickly in the middle of the map...

KRISTEN:

Elena...

EXT. EVERGLADES - DAY

Elena runs full pelt after Marie, through dense swampland, the

plastic ankle bracelet around her leg silently flashing red...

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MARIE:

Chad! There's nowhere to run to, you

little weasel!

She swings around, finally spotting a bloody hand print on one of

the ashen tree trunks...

MARIE:

Gotcha...

She races off in hot pursuit. Elena's about to follow when she

notices the red light flashing on her ankle bracelet...

ELENA:

This can't be happening...

Marie slows, looks back to Elena.

MARIE:

What now?

ELENA:

I'm more than five miles away from the

Police station. I go beyond five miles

and the alarm goes off...

Marie snarls...

MARIE:

You telling me your Parole Officer knows

you're out here?

Elena can barely speak...

ELENA:

She knows...

EXT. SWAMP - DAY

Chad's face is drained of color as he runs through the dense

swampland, hugging the priceless diamonds. Sweat cascades from his

brow, and thick plumes of blood from wounds all over his body

swirl in the stagnant waters...

Most gruesome of all is a broken TURN SIGNAL embedded in his right

leg. As the water gets knee-deep, the last of Chad's reserve

energy goes. He collapses in the stagnant marsh.

Not far off, GATORS circle. It's only a matter of time before they

notice the blood in the water.

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EXT. EVERGLADES - DAY

The small bit of solid ground gives way to swampland. Elena steps

into the water, her Ankle Bracelet FLASHING RED.

ELENA:

Call it off, Marie. We gotta go or

she'll find us here...

A splashing sound from up ahead silences both girls...

MARIE:

You hear that?

The sound echoes off the dense trees. Marie points left.

MARIE:

You go that way...

Marie heads off in the opposite direction. Elena hesitates, wants

to follow, but does as she's told, and goes left, soon enveloped

by canopy of trees...

INT. KRISTEN'S CAR - DAY

Kristen blasts down the Blue Bay streets, a siren in the

windshield blaring...

The handheld GPS continues to monitor Elena's exact position in

the midst of the swamp...

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EXT. EVERGLADES - DAY

Elena stumbles through the thick, stagnant water, scouring the

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