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TESS:

That... might actually be my fault.

60.

JENNA:

Bobby Fischer?

TESS:

No, the brakes. I took my car in

last week and the guy gave me the

whole “you’re a risk to yourself

and society if you keep driving

this car” bit. I thought he was

just trying to swindle me!

JENNA:

I have to stop.

DOUG:

We can’t let the f***in’ statie

look inside the car, there’s a kilo

of Gary Busey in here!

JENNA:

Does this piece of sh*t look like a

getaway car to you? Who knows what

else has been ruined by her

carelessness.

TESS:

I’m not careless, I’m intentionally

negligent. It’s different.

A MEGAPHONE from the COP CAR booms from behind them --

COP CAR (O.S.)

Pull over the vehicle!

JENNA:

I’m trying!

Slowly but surely, the car starts to decelerate on its own,

coasting down the black top. Slower... slower... too long...

until they hit gravel on the shoulder and rumble to a stop.

Doug picks the drugs up and shoves them into Tess’ hands.

DOUG:

Put this under your shirt. If he

asks, you’re pregnant with my kid.

TESS:

This is moving pretty fast for me.

DOUG:

You’re the one who named it.

Tess takes the brick and shoves it under her shirt.

61.

TESS:

If this doesn’t work, I’m aborting

this coke baby in a hot second.

JENNA:

I think he’ll be more interested to

know why the car looks like a

f***ing snow globe.

They look down to see a sprinkled layer of drugs on the seat.

DOUG:

Sh*t.

They furiously start wiping down the seats. Tess catches the

brick’s band-aid face in the corner of her eye --

TESS:

Don’t give me that look, Busey.

INT. COP CAR - SAME

OFFICER KENNY, 40s and unlucky, is talking into his radio.

KENNY:

License plate MAG022. Over.

A brief silence. Then the radio crackles again.

RADIO:

Kenny, there’s an APB out on that

plate’s registered address. We

pulled a body out of the place ten

minutes ago after some kid came in

tracking his girlfriend’s phone.

Says she was kidnapped.

Kenny gulps, looking back toward Tess’ car.

KENNY:

Are you still tracking the phone?

BACK IN TESS’ CAR:

Doug and Tess are frantically trying to brush loose drugs off

of the car seats. Tess much less effectively.

DOUG:

You’re just moving it around!

62.

TESS:

I’m sorry! It’s like trying to get

sand out of your underwear, it’s

just a part of the car now.

Jenna looks into a mirror and spots Kenny exiting his car.

JENNA:

He’s coming. What the f*** are we-

Suddenly, BRIGHT WHITE LIGHTS flood the car’s interior. All

three of them turn and look towards Kenny, squinting to make

something out in the blinding light.

TESS:

Is that...

DOUG:

Oh, sh*t.

BACK WITH KENNY:

Kenny draws his gun, pointing it blindly into the white out.

KENNY:

Step out of the vehicle!

A pair of LANKY LEGS exit the culprit’s car, walking out.

HOOONK! HOOONK! Kenny turns around to see Tess’ car honking.

He regards it oddly, not understanding the warning...

FROM TESS’ POV:

A TALL FIGURE steps in next to Kenny. The figure RAISES A

SILENCED GUN and --BANG -- sends Kenny slumping to the

ground. A mist of brain matter silhouetted in the lights.

TESS:

WAS THAT BRAIN? BRAIN DOES THAT IN

REAL LIFE?

Jenna SCREAMS but Doug reaches up and covers her mouth. As if

the screaming weren’t enough, Jenna VOMITS INTO DOUG’S HAND.

DOUG:

F***ing gross, man! Out of the car!

The girls oblige, exiting and running around the side of the

car. Jenna continues to DRY HEAVE as they duck for cover.

TESS:

Pull your sh*t together, woman.

63.

JENNA:

(f*** you)

Sorry I’m reacting poorly to seeing

a guy’s head blown off.

DOUG:

Follow me.

The trio scurries to the COP CAR. Meanwhile, Blair approaches

Tess’ car and finds the doors open. Empty seats.

BLAIR:

Marco!

(beat, silence)

This is where you say “polo.” I’ll

try again. Ready? Marco!

Doug tries the cop car’s passenger door -- locked. They

scurry even further, all the way to the back of BLAIR’S CAR.

BLAIR (CONT’D)

Marco! Don’t leave me hanging!

Doug opens the TRUNK and finds a breakfast buffet of murder

supplies -- guns, knives, chloroform -- you name it.

Tess lunges for a HANDGUN, but Doug stops her.

DOUG:

No way.

TESS:

What happened to working together?

Seeing the trunk pop, Blair SHOOTS THROUGH THE STEEL. Doug

lunges for the CHLOROFORM and then slams the trunk, hiding.

Doug returns fire as they slip all the way back to Tess’ car.

BLAIR:

(calling out)

What is this, musical cars?

He fires off a few rounds for good measure.

DOUG:

Get around the other side.

Tess does. Jenna stays put, paralyzed with fear.

TESS:

Jenna. Come on.

64.

But Jenna sees Blair tracking toward the other end of Tess’

car, giving her a potential window to make a break for it.

JENNA:

I’m gonna go get help.

Tess is pinned on the other side of the car with Doug --

TESS:

Like f*** you are!

JENNA:

Don’t be an a**hole. This is our

chance, I need to go!

TESS:

You can’t just leave me!

JENNA:

I’m not leaving you, I’m helping

you. You just don’t know it yet.

With that, Jenna half-runs, half-crawls to the cop car.

TESS:

JENNA!

DOUG:

You let her go?!

TESS:

I don’t let her do anything. She

just does it.

Tess is fuming, a thousand emotions boiling to the surface.

Doug pulls the CHLOROFORM and a RAG out of his pocket -

DOUG:

When she starts the car, he’s gonna

start firing at her. I’m gonna

shoot him, then you pop up and hit

him with the chloroform. Cool?

TESS:

Not even a little bit.

DOUG:

Perfect.

Jenna picks KEYS off of dead Kenny and starts the car up.

65.

FROM JENNA’S POV, Blair immediately fires two shots into the

windshield. Direct hits, if not for the bullet-proof glass.

She clumsily speeds away, off to supposed safety...

Meanwhile, Doug snaps into action and shoots Blair in the

shoulder. Surprised, Blair doesn’t notice Tess pop up and

SMASH THE CHLOROFORM BOTTLE OVER HIS HEAD.

Blair tumbles to the ground like a sack of potatoes.

DOUG (CONT’D)

What the f*** did you do that for?

TESS:

What was I supposed to do?

DOUG:

Put the chloroform on the rag and

hold it over his mouth!

TESS:

You said “hit him” with it!

DOUG:

That’s just a figure of speech!

TESS:

Then maybe next time say

“figuratively hit him with the

chloroform.”

Now safe from imminent danger, the two can’t help but laugh.

TESS (CONT’D)

What now?

Doug reaches into Blair’s pocket and pulls out: CAR KEYS.

INT./EXT. BLAIR’S CAR - SERIES OF SHOTS - NIGHT

“Paw Due Respect” by Meow the Jewels plays.

TESS FINDS WEED IN HER WINDBREAKER POCKET, THEY SMOKE IT -

TESS AND DOUG REENACT THE PREVIOUS SCENE, MIMICKING BLAIR

GETTING SMACKED IN THE HEAD. HEARTY LAUGHS ALL AROUND --

THEY PLAY WITH GARY BUSEY LIKE ITS AN ACTUAL BABY. TESS

TOSSES IT INTO THE AIR AND CATCHES IT --

DOUG HANDS TESS A GUN, WHICH SHE HOLDS REVERENTIALLY. MOMENTS

LATER, THEY CRUISE DOWN THE STREET, SHOOTING AT MAIL BOXES -

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