Sand Castle Page #6

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I need a mag!

Sh*t.

-[Matt] See anything?

-[Chutsky] Nah. He's up there.

I'm waiting for a f***in' head.

Go, go, go!

F***!

-Get moving!

-You got him?

-Not yet. There's at least two up there.

-Okay.

-Ready to rock? Let's light 'em up.

-Yeah.

-Keep his head down!

-Yeah.

F***! Chutsky, wait!

Chutsky!

Chutsky!

Hey! Hey, chutsky, you okay?

Guys, chutsky...

Chutsky's down, guys!

You think, um...

You think his family knows yet?

I ain't running that dirt road again.

That thing is death on a f***ing stick.

Tell me I'm wrong.

We're making progress.

[Enzo] At a goddamn snail's pace,

sergeant.

Tell him, Burton.

Tell him what you said to me.

Forget it.

Speak the f*** up

and tell him what you said to me.

-Please, man. Come on!

-[Harper] Go on, sergeant.

It's okay. Speak freely.

That we have a job to do and we'll do it.

But if we stay on this course,

we'll get picked off one by one.

[Enzo] So I say we about face

the f*** up out of here

before I'm folding your sh*t in a box.

Why don't we just go out and shoot 'em?

I wouldn't mind putting some bullets

in those motherfuckers.

Nope, guys. That's not our job,

okay? That's not...

We are here to help these people.

Those a**holes don't want our help.

-Why the hell should we give it to 'em?

-Yeah. The mission's a loser.

Even machmoud knows it.

He said they were fighting over

the water before we got here.

If we put it back to normal,

that's just what normal is.

Okay, guys, you got tonight.

Okay? You get a whole f***in' night

to be sad or angry

or whatever the f*** you need

to secure your sh*t.

And tomorrow we're punching back in.

We're going back to work.

[Guard] Ocre! Someone here for you.

Mr. Matt!

Mr. Matt, I'm sorry

for what happened to your friend.

Uh, why are you here?

-You say you bring water to the school.

-I said I'd try.

That got f***ed up

yesterday though, didn't it?

Mr. Matt, with no water,

the school will close.

There are people there.

It's a community center,

not only for children.

That's great.

Just stop shooting at us.

We... we don't shoot.

Not the people at the school.

We want the same thing as you do.

Really? What?

We want clean water.

And for you to go home.

[Matt scoffs]

We've been trying.

No one will help us.

Maybe you are asking the wrong people.

Mr. Matt! Mr. Matt!

[Sighs]

I don't get it.

You're gonna have to talk me through this.

[Harper] We've been given money

and told to use it to get local labor.

I've done this before. You talk to the guy

in charge, and that's the sheikh.

And he's been very clear

that the locals will not work with us.

Well, that's exactly why we need somebody

who's gonna do what the sheikh won't.

And you think a schoolteacher

is the answer?

All due respect, sir, we're down

a tanker and we lost a man yesterday.

I gotta activate these guys.

Okay? And we can't do this on our own.

I'm just...

I'm requesting you hear the private out.

Fine.

Private?

Sir, I'm... I'm gonna be honest. I...

I haven't really formulated a plan, but...

You know, nothing we've tried is working.

This man...

Seems to have a legitimate reason

to wanna work with us.

So maybe we could use that

as an opportunity

to reach out to the community.

What makes you think

we can trust this guy?

I think if sergeant Harper

and I go to the school,

perhaps we can figure something out, sir.

Just don't f*** this up.

Roger that, sir.

[Children clamoring]

Is that all?

Uh, yeah, yeah.

Unfortunately, without the tanker,

that's the best we can do.

I understand.

Thank you.

Very grateful.

Thank you.

Kadeer, um, you said

we were talking to the wrong people.

Could you explain to the people here

what we're doing, why we're here?

-They know.

-Yeah, but they won't help.

Working with the Americans

is very dangerous.

How can you guarantee their safety?

[Matt] Well, they won't be seen

collaborating with us.

Everything goes through you.

You talk to them.

You bring them to the pumping station.

Nobody has to know.

Look, it's your terms, okay?

You bring us the workers,

we give the water at the pumping station.

And look, we're gonna

pay them in cash. And you.

Uh, I don't need the money.

The money is for the school.

I will try. I will speak with them.

[Both speaking arabic]

Hey, machmoud.

[Both speaking arabic]

[Soldier on radio]

Sergeant Harper, main gate.

Looks like your hajjis are here.

Could you come down

and verify, please? Over.

Yeah, we'll be right down.

You wanted workers?

You got workers.

-[Men shouting indistinctly]

-[Soldier] What's in the bag?

Hey, hey. Step away from the bag.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, calm down.

-Step away from the bag.

-[Matt] Kadeer.

-[Kadeer] Mr. Matt! Mr. Matt.

-My name is sergeant Harper.

[Harper] Guys, guys. [Shushes]

I need everybody to calm...

I need everybody quiet.

[Soldier] He's got this bag.

I... it's suspicious.

There's precision tools in there.

I don't like the looks of it.

Kadeer. Kadeer, please tell...

This is your brother?

Yes, Mr. Harper.

My brother is an engineer.

Here... here he...

He is here to help you.

Okay. Uh, we're gonna need your brother

to show my private the contents

of that bag.

[Both speaking arabic]

-I'm sorry. It's procedure.

-Please.

-There's no disrespect.

-Please.

[Machmoud and arif speaking arabic]

[Soldier] Nice and slow.

Okay. Okay. Perfect.

Perfect.

Yeah. Can you move this?

Move this.

-[Harper] Okay.

-Okay, that's great. It's clean.

All right, everybody...

Everybody, calm down.

-Thank you.

-Please put the bag on the ground.

Machmoud, tell him

to get to the back of the line.

-You're still gonna be patted down.

-[Speaking arabic]

Corporal, I want you

to start patting guys down.

-Ocre, help corporal.

-Yep.

Private, I want you to search that car

right now. Thoroughly. Thank you.

Please step up right here.

Machmoud, come on.

-Come on, machmoud.

-[Speaking arabic]

[Both speaking arabic]

[In english] He said they stopped

manufacturing this piece.

I know that. Can he fix it?

[Both speaking arabic]

[In english] He can't.

[Both speaking arabic]

[In english] He can make a new one.

-How long does he need?

-[In english] Uh, two or three days.

Great. Have at it.

So you, um...

You speak English too?

Yes.

How... how'd you learn all that stuff?

Here, in university of mosul.

-Ah.

-Mechanical engineering.

You go to university?

No. No, no, no, it was too expensive.

You have to pay to study?

It's not free?

Yeah.

-What, it's free here?

-Of course.

Sh*t. Well, in America nothing's free.

[Sniffles]

[Sighs]

[Dog panting]

Aika. Hey. [Kisses air]

Hey, baby.

Here, man.

Spray her for me.

Huh. Okay.

Hey, why do you paint her green?

Strays around here, wild and pissed off.

People shoot 'em on sight.

Green dog, that's a good dog.

Anyone shoots a green dog,

they answer to me.

Any tips?

Yeah, just don't get it in her eyes.

-Hey, you said her name's aika?

-Aika.

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