Shoot to Kill Page #3

in the rain.

My last trip,

I latched onto a river...

that was full ofthe biggest steelhead

you've ever seen in your life.

-You know how spooky steelhead are, huh?

-Oh, yeah, yeah.

The slightest little sound

and they're gone. Now, is this

gonna be another wild fish story, Ben?

- That's right, my friend.

And on this particular day,

it was coming down in buckets.

- You okay, Norm?

- Uh, where-- where was this?

- What?

Where was it?

What-What-What river?

It was the-- the Fraser.

Up in BC--

British Columbia.

- Anyway--

- So, uh, you've never been

on one ofthese trips, huh?

No. No, I always figured

the wilderness...

was the botanical gardens

in the Bronx.

What brings you

on this trip now?

I just finished going through

a really ugly divorce...

and I was looking for

a vacation spot...

where I was sure

I wouldn't run into my ex.

And since she's never been

away from room service

for more than a minute in her life--

You picked a great spot.

The sound ofthe water

is kind of lulling the steelhead...

and the action on the river...

is kind of bringing them up

close to the surface.

How big do these, uh,

Fraser River steelhead get, huh?

What's up with you

and the questions?

They're this big, okay? Does that make

you happy? Can I go on with the story?

You can turn back any time.

You worry about your own ass, hmm?

Easy. There, there.

Don't get excited.

Don't get excited.

No. No, the other way.

Wrong way.

Whoa. Hey, hey, U-U-turn!

Hey, hey, hey, you stop this sh*t now.

Wait. Wait.

What have you got?

Hello?

Earth to Knox, do you read me?

What's happening?

End ofthe trail foryou, partner.

She's taken the route to Ryan's Gorge.

- The horses can't make it there.

- Good.

If I never see another horse...

if I never ride another horse,

if I never smell another horse--

no offence, horse--

it would be too soon.

Hey, I ain't taking

no tenderfoot trails. So you

might as well turn back right now.

Maybe you're forgetting

what I said back there.

This man is mine. You understand?

Now, what do we do with the horses?

Okay, horsey--

Home! Home!

Whoa! Whoa!

- Better walk in the stream a bit.

- What'd you say?

Helps to break 'em in.

Walk 'em out wet.

You're bullshitting me, right?

Weird sh*t in the country.

- Son ofa b*tch.

- What'd you say?

I said,

"I hate the damn woods!"

You're looking at that moss like

it's gonna sing to you. Or are you

saying your prayers? Come on, will you.

Look, mister, you might be

some hot sh*t on your turf,

but this is my territory.

So why don't you just

sit back and enjoy the ride.

See the moose?

- So the doctor hears

this terrible screaming.

- Another doctor story.

-He runs back into the examining room.

-Do you believe this guy?

-He takes one look and he says, "No, no,

nurse. I told you to prick his boil."

- Come on!

- Oh, I heard that when I was 1 2.

- I heard that when I was two.

All right, I got another one here.

Now, the old man--

- No, no, no, Ralphie. No more. No more.

- Let's talk about fishing

or anything, please!

- Hey, Sarah,

Normie's slowing down again.

- Norm, you all right?

Yeah, I'm actually starting

to like it up here, you know.

- Hey, did you guys see the view?

- Come on!

So what do you think?

Fifty bucks for the biggest fish?

You make it a C-note,

and you got yourselfa deal, big guy.

- Yeah, but I wanna

see the lure first.

- I'll give you a lure right here.

I can't believe

I'm out ofshape.

Is this thing

safe enough to step on?

- I like this.

- God! How awesome!

- Did somebody make this,

or was this already here?

- Quite a sight, huh?

- This is great!

- Holy sh*t! What in the wide

world ofsports is that thing?

That thing, gentlemen,

is gonna take us across this gorge.

- That's it?

- That's it.

- We'll die.

- Hey, relax, okay? I've been on

one ofthese things before.

- Oh, yeah. Here we go.

- No, no, I tell you something--

- Yeah, tell me. Tell me.

- It's worse than it looks.

- Yeah, t-tell me, Big Ben.

- What is it that you haven't done?

A trip to Mars, maybe?

- Come on, Mac, please.

- Hey, I'm a fisherman.

- Gentlemen, gentlemen. Please,

gentlemen, let's apply logic here.

- Let us simply ask ourselves

ifthis trip is genuinely necessary.

- Come on. Stop whining.

- What's the big deal? Let'sjust do it.

- There you go.

- Now you're talking my language, boy.

- You guys, wait a minute.

You don't have to do this.

This is supposed to be a fun trip,

not hell night.

We can trek down the gorge

and go down river a couple miles.

Probably only set us back a day.

No. I'd rather die right now

than miss a day.

- He's right, I guess.

- Hold onto that real tight, will you?

I'm gonna go across with one ofyou

and show you how to do it.

Then the others

come across in twos.

- So who's gonna take

the big plunge with me?

- Well, when you put it that way, l--

- I'll go.

Oh, real macho!

- Yeah, I guess, uh--

I guess he goes, huh?

- Is that okay?

- Oh, yeah.

- Yeah, it's 'cause if

I don't go right away--

- Hey, fine.

- Okay, great. Thanks.

- Yeah.

- Okay, what do we do now?

- Now we let gravity take over.

- Right.

- Let her rip!

My stomach!

- Oh, I don't want to do this!

I wanna go--

-Just look at the boys.

You're all right.

Norm, look at the tree tops.

- Isn't it pretty?

- I wanna go back. I wanna--

I don't wanna be here.

You're fine, see?

You're doing real good.

- Can you stop it?

- Sure, ifyou want.

- It would mean a lot.

- No, this is worse. This is worse!

- Pretty exciting, huh?

- Yeah, so's a plane crash.

- Hey, Norman, I want you to do

something for me.

- What? What?

- I want you to turn around and take

a hold ofthis rope with both hands.

- What?

- I want you to start

pulling hand-over-hand.

- Uh-huh.

- And I want you to focus on that side.

- Okay.

- Okay?

- Okay.

- That's good.

- Like this? Like this?

- Norman, you don't

have to push yourself.

- There's a rhythm to things out here.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It'sjust, uh--

- I'm just a little nervous.

- You're fine. You're doing fine.

Well, we're almost there.

A little more. A little more.

Oh, God. We're over land.

Thank God.

- There we go.

- Okay.

All right. Pull her in.

And then I want you to take hold

ofthe log there at the end.

- Okay.

- Good.

- Yeah?

- I'm gonna over to help the others.

- When they come back, I want you

to give them a hand down, okay?

- Yeah. Sarah?

- Yeah?

- Your boyfriend.

How does he feel about you being out

here alone with the five of us

like this, huh?

-Well, it's not really up to him, is it?

-Uh-huh.

I've always been pretty good

at taking care of myself.

- What's the matter?

- What do you think's the matter? Look!

That basket's supposed to be

in the middle and the rope's cut.

Take it easy. Anybody could have

doubled back and done that.

- That doesn't mean anything's

happened to Sarah.

- Yeah.

- What are you doing?

- I'm going over to get the basket.

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