Taps Page #4

to discuss alternatives

to the closing of this academy.

That's it. That's all we want.

- What's the problem?

- Green light, Pierce. Come on. Let's go.

- Oh, sh*t.

- Want me to check under the hood?

- For what?

- I'll know when I get there, won't I?

- Hey, what's it look like?

- Try it now.

Why's Dwyer checking the hood?

Are you seeing what I'm seeing?

JC?

JC!

Wake up, Pierce. Are you reading me?

Dwyer, this is starting to be a real emergency.

JC, are you catching that action?

- You guys having some problems?

- Yeah, I see 'em.

- I'm talking to you!

- Dwyer, for Christ's sake hurry up!

Let's go. You guys having a problem?

- Dwyer!

- Yeah, yeah.

- Dammit, Pierce, come on!

- Dwyer, get back in the truck.

Sh*t.

- You cretins lose something?

- Just a mechanical...

You're the bastard who killed Don.

Move over here, quick!

Move, move, move, move!

Come on! Move out!

Come on! Let's go!

Watch those rifles and stay to the right!

Keep it moving! Keep it moving!

Come on! Keep it moving!

- Heads up! Look alive!

- Put that ammunition down right there.

Let's go!

- Move it!

- Move it!

Hustle up!

Soldier, bring that around over there!

Come on, soldier! Hurry!

- You hear from them yet in town?

- They're coming home.

Here they come!

We got it!

What the hell were you doing back there?

Pulling your lame ass

outta the grinder, shithead.

- I could kick your ass from here to Albany.

- You try!

- What's going on?

- He rammed a sheriffs car.

- What's the problem?

- This a**hole just shot up the town.

- I didn't buy into this to blow people away.

- We're here!

- We're not sitting in jail, we're here!

- Did you get the food?

- Half of it.

- Half is better than nothing.

The guy's a maniac. He rammed a sheriff.

Damn right. Saw my duty and I did it!

Everybody, quiet down!

- Hulk! Escort the bus beyond the gate.

- You're gonna let them go?

We're supposed to be soldiers.

We're not taking hostages.

I want the officers

in the administration building.

Let's move out and move the food!

Attention!

I don't ever want to see what I just saw.

We didn't train

to go spastic at the first sign of trouble.

Goddamn! I'm glad the general didn't see that.

These cadets will follow you

only if they respect you.

All right. Sit down. At ease.

- How did we lose the truck?

- It stalled. We were in a hard place.

Shawn grabbed the chance

to use his weapon.

We were in an explosive situation

which jeopardised the mission. I defused it.

- Beautiful. You really have a way with words.

- He did get us out of it, Alex.

You'd still be getting thrown around by those

townies if he hadn't cut loose a few rounds.

I don't like the idea of gunplay,

but the mission was successful.

That's my whole point! I don't call

what happened a successful mission.

- Naturally.

- We have to show we're serious.

- And we don't want to hurt anyone.

- What are we asking?

That the school be kept open. That's all.

Other kids are vandalising their school.

We want ours to stay open.

If we behave like soldiers

and not kids in a riot, we can win this.

- It's gotta be done by the book.

- That's all I ask.

It'll be done by the book. We stick together,

we go the whole nine yards.

- Agreed?

- Agreed.

Sound the general alarm.

Boys, this is Lieutenant Hanson

of the state police.

Before things get out of hand, put down your

weapons and open the gates. You hear me?

We have conditions first.

Let's have an answer on those.

You have illegally seized private property.

Under the state penal code

you have committed grand larceny.

You have threatened the life

of a federal officer.

Nobody's life was threatened.

You fired upon citizens and a deputy sheriff.

You boys are in very serious trouble.

- Put down your weapons or we'll use force.

- What about the demands?

You have one minute to comply.

Get down!

- 35 seconds.

- Can we speak to General Bache?

- Prepare to assault!

- Prepare to repel!

- Don't shoot me!

- Hold your fire!

- Hold your fire!

- Hold your fire!

Don't shoot me!

Pull it back!

Would you describe the situation

at Bunker Hill as stalemate?

I would not call it a stalemate.

We're trying to ascertain how many cadets

are rebellious and how many are hostages.

- We hadn't heard there were hostages.

- We have reason to believe there are.

Are the police prepared to use force

to end the situation?

We will protect the lives and the property of

the people of the state. If it means resorting...

Even if that means...

They won't interview us.

The police won't let 'em.

Why do I get the feeling that that guy

would get pleasure blowing our brains out?

- Do you see any way out of this?

- Depends on Bache.

I'm wondering about that heart attack.

What if General Bache

never even had a heart attack?

- What if they're just keeping him from us?

- Why would they do that?

I don't know. To rattle us, make more

of the whole thing than we ever wanted.

We never wanted any goddamn war.

- Order!

- Order!

Arms!

Company commanders, take your posts.

Prepare for inspection.

Major! Hey! Hey!

Something's going on! The head cop's

on the box and he wants to talk to you.

All right! We got it!

Shawn, take over!

Battalion dismissed!

Yaw!

This is Major Moreland. Over.

- This is Sergeant Briggs.

- Yes, sir.

I have a delegation here

that wants to meet with you.

Tell the board

we'll be honoured to meet with them.

It's a delegation of parents.

- Parents?

- Six of them.

The man in charge

is Master Sergeant Kevin Moreland.

Will you talk to them?

Yes, sir. Send them in at 0930 hours.

Affiirmative.

So it's your father. So what?

Damn near everybody here has got

a mother or father hanging around outside.

- You don't.

- Yeah, well, I'm a hard case.

- Sorry.

- Forget it.

Look, at least your old man has got

a nodding acquaintance with the real world.

Hell, I like him.

Everybody likes my old man.

You do too, Brian. Admit it.

That's why you're so scared.

No, I ain't scared.

I don't know if I like him.

I'm still thinking about it.

Yeah, well, don't rush into anything.

When my mother died I was sitting

in the hallway in the army hospital.

I was worried as hell. I knew she was

real sick. She had this bad kidney thing.

So I'm sitting there

and my father comes out of the room

and tells me that she's dead.

He led me to this little chapel they had there

and he sat me down

and he told me I could cry for 15 minutes.

He gave me 15 minutes to cry

and after that I wasn't supposed to cry again.

So he left me alone in the chapel

and came back...

he came back 15 minutes later.

- Jesus. What did you do?

- Well, I did what I was told.

I cried for 15 minutes.

She was a beautiful woman...

my mother.

She was crazy about the old man.

I don't know, I guess he loved her too.

You never told me that story.

Yeah, I was 12. That's when I came here.

Brian.

Hey, Brian, they're down at the gate.

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