Sand Castle Page #4

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Lovely.

Who wants the bunk by the window?

Ocre.

You're up top.

[Sighs]

Mission is water distro.

Order of movement, three vehicles,

two mil, one tanker.

Vehicle number one, tanker.

Number two.

Your route is as follows.

We are here.

Pumping station is here.

Distro points here, here, and here.

Hit as many as you can.

Wheels up in five Mikes.

Any questions?

No, sir.

All right.

Let's go to work.

Roger that.

Come on, mount up.

Hey. "A" positive. Me too.

How you doing? You good?

Yeah.

[Harper] Okay.

Enzo, we're pulling out.

Chutsky, we're moving.

[Harper] How you doing?

Civil affairs said to fill this up.

Roger that.

[Metal clanging]

[Harper sighs] What the f***, sergeant?

Command said it's gonna take

a couple of days.

[Robinson scoffs]

Command says lots of things,

but I'm standing here telling you

two weeks for electrical

and four for the pipes.

[Harper] Jesus.

I got 12 guys working in shifts.

Half on guard duty, half on the pump.

We have to clear the debris

before we can assess

the extent of the damage to the pipes.

You wanna go faster, roll up your sleeves.

Yeah, well, we're only here

to distribute the water, so...

But, hey, I got good news.

We're gonna get you some workers,

and we're gonna speed this up.

You got more guys on the way?

Yeah, we'll get some Iraqis.

We got cash to spend.

-That's the plan?

-That's the plan.

-Pay Iraqis to work?

-Yeah.

You got a better plan, sergeant?

You get me a couple dozen,

it might cut your time in half.

-Good. Done.

-[Chutsky] Turn it up!

No, all the way up!

It's taking forever.

That's as good as it gets.

Well, can't you engineer,

brain something up to make it go faster?

No.

All right, so hour each way.

How long does it take to fill this thing?

[Robinson] I'd say 45, give or take.

Three hours a trip.

Plus distribution time.

But the Iraqis line up fast.

Should get their water fast.

Okay, so four hours and three trips a day.

I mean, we're still gonna be

pushing sunset to be safe.

We got a pickup truck, six o'clock!

Okay, Enzo, Burton, I don't want

this guy getting in my convoy.

You understand?

Enzo, this guy's gonna try to pass!

Motherf***er!

Get the f*** back!

Chutsky! This thing breaks,

i want you descending on this guy.

Hold tight.

I'm gonna f***ing shoot!

I'm gonna take a f***ing shot, man!

-Get the f*** outta here!

-[Gunshot]

[Harper] God damn it. Coming in.

Let's go!

[Chutsky] Show me your hands!

Show me your hands!

Get out of the car!

Get out of the car!

Machmoud, where the f*** are you?

Machmoud!

Get out of the car!

[Harper] Ocre,

what the f*** are you doing?

[Machmoud speaking arabic]

Ocre, when I say

get out the f***in' vehicle,

-it means get out the f***in' vehicle.

-I got stuck, sergeant.

[Chutsky] That's a smart move.

That's... that's way safer, ocre.

[Speaking arabic]

Ocre, search him.

-Let's go, ocre!

-[Chutsky] What is he saying?

[Man continues speaking arabic]

[Chutsky] Machmoud,

what the f*** is he saying?

-He says his daughter is with him.

-His daughter?

[Continues speaking indistinctly]

Hey. Hey, there's a little girl back here.

-[Chutsky] She armed?

-No. No, I don't think so.

[Speaking arabic]

[Speaking arabic]

[Harper] All right, Enzo, check the back.

[In english] He's saying his girl is sick

and he's taking her to a relative

who has an apothecary.

-A what?

-An apothecary.

A pharmacy.

-Hi, honey.

-[Man speaking arabic]

[Harper] Can you step out of the vehicle

for me?

[Matt] Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey.

Hi. I want you...

I want you to stand right there

-for me, okay?

-It's okay. She's okay.

[Man speaking arabic]

[Chutsky] Check his legs.

[Machmoud] He say he has nothing.

[Harper] Enzo?

-[Enzo] Nothing back here, sergeant.

-The truck's clear.

-Clear, sergeant.

-[Harper] Yeah, we're good. Enzo?

[Enzo] Clear, sergeant.

Okay, you can step back in your car now.

Chutsky, come here.

Look, these... these people,

they use kids as cover all the time.

[Stammers] I think we arrest him,

we let the sf guys handle him.

[Breathing heavily]

I got a bad feeling about this guy.

Okay. Ocre, cut him loose.

Let's go, cut him loose.

Look, this is, uh...

This is for your trouble

and your little girl there, okay?

We're sorry for the trouble.

[Machmoud speaking arabic]

Okay, but hey, hey, hey.

You can't drive this road anymore, okay?

I don't wanna see you on this road.

Machmoud, tell him.

[Speaking arabic]

[Speaking arabic]

-What'd he say?

-He doesn't want the money.

Enzo, get the door.

[Chutsky] Who the f*** doesn't want money?

[Harper] All right, let's go.

Come on. Let's go.

Ocre. Ocre.

You need an invitation? Come on.

Move your f***in' ass. Let's go.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Machmoud speaking arabic]

We will be distributing water

at this location every day at 10:00 A.M.

[Continues speaking arabic]

Now, our engineers are working very hard

to get your pump station fixed,

and we're very sorry about it.

We're gonna get your water flowing again.

[Speaking arabic]

But we need help.

We need workers.

[Speaking arabic]

And we are going to be paying each man.

We're willing to pay him in cash

for a ten-hour work day.

Okay, move it along.

This guy is next. Come through.

[Speaking arabic]

And we're gonna be here

tomorrow at sunrise.

We're gonna transfer every willing worker

to the pump station.

-[Speaking arabic]

-Get the f*** back. All right.

Help us help you.

[Speaking arabic]

Thank you.

[Enzo] Gimme a straight line!

All right. Men over here,

women over here.

That's how we do it in America.

That's how we're gonna do it here.

Gimme more children.

All the children up here.

[Clamoring]

Get the f*** back.

I'm not gonna tell you again.

Hey.

Hey, no, you weren't next!

You weren't next. This guy's next.

Join the line. Okay, you're good.

Move on out.

All of you guys...

All right, fine.

Okay, you're next.

Thank you, sir.

Calm down. Keep it back.

Keep it back.

-Enzo, help out, will you?

-Back it up. Back it up.

-Next in line, here we go.

-[Clamoring continues]

Hey, easy. Get back.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Matt] Here you go, sir.

Please, keep back, sir.

Back in the line.

[Indistinct chatter continues]

Okay.

Okay. Let's go. Back them up.

Okay, let this guy through.

He's good.

You guys go around and join the line.

Go around and join the line.

I'm serving people

who've been waiting first, okay?

[Enzo sighs]

Oh, yeah, that's good.

[Sighs]

[Man] Let's get some sleep.

[Continues indistinctly]

[Man 1] Rodriguez, I got you a movie!

[Man 2] Keep your hands off of me.

[Man 1] I'll be thinking of you!

Well, so much for our local labor.

-Where the f*** is everybody at, sergeant?

-[Chutsky] F***in' lazy is what they are.

I got a bull's-eye on me

the longer we stay here.

Request we move this sh*t along.

All right,

we're not gonna wait any longer.

Let's go. Mount up.

Machmoud, come on.

[Dog barking in the distance]

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