Terminal Velocity Page #5

It'd mean lives,

Ditch. Please.

You keep talkin' about all these lives

we're supposed to be saving.

What about my life, huh?

It's been circling the drain

for a few days now.

I'm out of business. I lost my car.

The F.A.A. still thinks I let you die.

For somebody I never slept with,

you sure f***ed me pretty good.

Look. That gold was earmarked

to buy basic necessities.

Do you even know what's happening

in Russia? How close it is to collapse?

If the gold deal goes through, Pinkwater

and his comrades use the money...

to finance a coup

to take control!

And they're killers!

Just like Stalin was!

And thousands of people will die!

People like my family!

Yeah, people like your family.

I'm startin' to believe that maybe this

whole family thing is a bunch of bullshit!

Maybe you're workin' for yourself, tryin'

to scam your partners out of the gold.

I can't believe

you're saying that.

As for that little dog with three legs...

Wh-What was his name? Tripod?

I didn't say anything at the time because,

basically, I thought I was gonna get laid.

But couldn't you have come up with something

a little stronger than a three-legged dog?

Oh, I see. You wanna believe

it's a lie, don't you,

because then you don't

have to do anything, right?

Pack the bags.

We're goin' on a guilt trip.

Those men are gangsters.

In Russia, they're into arms,

counterfeiting, contract kills!

That is Russia!

Not here!

But once they're in power,

it'll be the cold war all over again!

More missiles aimed at your country!

Is that what you want, Ditch?

Don't wave that flag at me,

because it's not gonna work.

Well, what does

work on you, Ditch?

I haven't been able

to figure that out.

What are you willing to

stick your neck out for, huh?

I'd really like to know!

You're using me. Just like

you used your roommate.

That's not fair.

But it's true, isn't it?

You never wanted to help me

'cause you didn't give a sh*t about me!

- Admit it!

- Maybe not at first.

No. Not then.

Not now. Not ever.

Give me my wallet back.

So I'm the bad guy, right?

What do you got

for Desert City?

11:
40 Phoenix bus

stops there. $5.50.

Hey! What do you have,

a death wish, buddy?

- Nice work, pal.

- Hey. Cool, dude. Thanks.

You're welcome.

Hey.

Got one just like it.

Two more.

Keep it goin'.

You got it.

Yo!

- What's your name?

- Me? Chuck.

Brodie. F.A.A. I need you

to call the county sheriff.

Tell him there's a cargo jet out there that

just loaded up 1,000 keys of black tar heroin.

They're gettin' ready to take off,

so tell him to roll now!

Hey, you got

any proof that, uh...

- What, you wanna see my I.D.?

- Yeah!

- I'll show it to you at the hearing.

- What hearing?

The one where we jerk your license for lettin'

this happen right under your nose, Chuck!

- You spoke to Cartegena?

- Of course. Just now.

- Everything's confirmed?

- Yes. He said the sooner the better.

- What's with the car?

- This is a Cadillac Allante. Northstar edition.

Double the horsepower.

They don't make 'em anymore.

It's an American

collectible classic.

Okay. Just put the ridiculous car

on the plane and then leave me alone.

It gets noticed.

- What are you doing, Chuck?

- I'm enterin' my calling card PIN.

No. No!

- I'm on hold.

- No time for that.

- Raise your right hand.

- Wh-What for?

Federal emergency.

Now repeat after me.

- I do hereby solemnly swear.

- I do hereby solemnly swear.

I will honor,

observe and obey...

all the applicable rules

and regulations of the F.A.A.

all applicable rules and

regulations of the F.A.A.

- E pluribus unum.

- E pluribus unum.

Great. Okay, Deputy, you got

a spare chute somewhere?

- Deputy?

- Welcome aboard.

That lake, the one over the Indian

reservation. What is it? San Carlos?

- How long 'til we're there?

- Another ten minutes. Why?

- I have to throw out some garbage.

- All right.

Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!

I can't stop!

Lower! Slower!

Lower! Lower!

What the hell you doin'?

All right!

I'm gonna crawl out

onto the wing!

When I get stable, I'm gonna

give you a signal!

I want you to flip

this plane over!

Then I'm gonna

hang by my legs!

So when you flip back over,

I'm sittin' on the other wing!

That way, when you maneuver

up to the other plane,

I'm in a better position

to grab on! You got it?

Are you outta your mind?

Yes. Yes, I am!

Steady! Steady, okay?

I'm ready! Go!

Whoa!

All right,

Chuck! Now!

- Hey! Watch the paint job!

- Shut up!

I made you. I found you

and I trained you,

and you turn around

and you use it against me!

Krista. Krista.

There's no need for you

to die here today.

Look at me.

You are one of us.

All you have to do is tell me

the names of the people you told.

And tell me about

this Ditch Brodie.

Ah!

You can have this money.

Some of it is yours.

Hey! Hey! We got company!

Get up here!

Put her in

the trunk! Oh!

- In the trunk! Come on. Come on!

- Get... Get in there!

Ah!

- What is it?

- It's a biplane.

It's Ditch.

It's Ditch.

Sh*t!

Get outta my car!

Give me your parachute!

Oh, sh*t!

Oh! Keys!

Don't worry! Come on!

Ditch!

We finally

got that tandem jump in!

We're losin' hydraulic power!

I'm goin' backup.

Where ya goin'?

Woman, are you

outta your mind?

- Let it go. Let it go!

- What?

I'm gonna take a nap.

Wake me when you're done

savin' the world, will ya?

You'd make a great K.G.B. agent.

You're really courageous.

And you're really cute.

You are.

Krista, you've done very well.

But then again,

you always were

my favorite.

Hey, Ditch, look.

It's for you.

Krista was more of a man

than you could ever be.

Krista was more of a man

than you could ever be.

Ditch.

Ditch.

I'm gonna... I'm gonna

get you outta here.

Hey, Jo. Robocam.

Guess what I got.

Check it out.

Postcard from Ditch.

- No! Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme.

- Really.

Come on, Jolleen,

read it.

- Ha-ha! He made it!

- Hey, you guys, a postcard from Ditch.

- Postcard from Ditch.

- He made it, guys.

Mr. Richard Brodie.

Mr. Richard Brodie.

Come.

It's the first time we have

presented this medal to a foreigner.

I do so with great pleasure.

My, my, my, my, my.

Buses here don't work.

I am an a**hole.

I think he made one jump too many.

Thank you. Very cool.

You look good

in Russian gold.

Hello. How are ya?

Hi, Mama. How are ya?

Uh, hey! Papa! Get that hand.

Good to see ya. Yes.

Hey-hey! I don't believe it!

Yes! Tripod?

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