The Assignment Page #6

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she could come back

to her place

and I'll be long gone.

Poncho.

Gracias, huh?

Mucho.

When I put Johnnie

on the bus, I told her

to make a phone call

for me from Reno.

She promised

she wouldn't let me down.

I believed her.

Hello, sweetie.

Well, they said

you were a hottie.

Just my type.

Whoa, whoa, whoa,

take it easy, take it easy,

nobody's gotta get hurt.

Did you really think we

were gonna f***in' fall

for that phone call

from Johnnie?

Bring her over here.

Hold her still.

Nighty night.

Wow.

It looks like the new model

frank kitchen.

Well, frank, I hope

you got some rest.

Hey, frank.

If you get thirsty

you can crawl over here.

Thank you, Albert.

That will be all.

It might interest

you to know, frank,

that this old hotel

was the site

of many, many

a sinful party

back around the time

of the big earthquake.

All the rich people

used to dance

and romance there.

If these walls

could talk...

Much better.

You need

a more natural look

to bring out

your best features.

I did a good job

on you, didn't I?

You're really

quite beautiful

in a waitress/

shopgirl kind of way.

But I don't want

to be picky.

You certainly qualify

as an attractive woman.

But inside your head,

I can see you really haven't

made any progress.

Still a killer.

Still a street animal.

Still a macho man.

I gave you a new

chance in life

and you wasted

that opportunity.

I realize you don't understand

what this is all about.

Such a complicated series

of events and misfortunes.

I'm just wasting

words with you.

Surgery at 10:
00 tonight.

hello, frank.

Get him undressed

while I get set up.

I got three injections

to give him.

I don't wanna check his

blood pressure until he's out.

You're lucky to have such

a good surgeon, frank.

I'm sure she'll do

an excellent job on your arm.

Oh, I spoiled

the surprise.

She's gonna take your right arm

off at the shoulder

and give you a nice

little flipper.

Just like a seal.

F***, I can do it!

Won't be holding a gun

with that hand anymore.

The doctor seems to think

that's a good thing.

Makes the world

a safer place.

I'm a cold guy.

You make a living

the way I do,

you learn to keep

a hold of yourself.

You panic, you make mistakes,

you're dead.

Nice tits, huh?

She did a good job.

Why don't you take

a look at this?

Bet you haven't

seen one of these

that you didn't have

to pay for in a long time.

Aah!

I think you're

out of bullets.

So, what do we do now?

I think I'm actually

a bit of a coward

when it comes to life

and death situations.

I assume the men

who work for me are...

Dead.

I have an idea.

I think we should

call it quits.

You walk away

into the night,

I'll pull

a disappearing act of my own,

and, sad to say, we'll never

see each other again.

Over.

Quits.

I don't think so.

You see, you never know

when you're gonna need

one of these.

I can't believe it.

Everything's coming apart.

All my work.

Falling to pieces.

Do you like

my little humidifier?

It's uh... 150 years old.

Made in Edinburgh.

Still runs

like a charm.

Don't shoot me, frank.

I never beg,

but so much of what I do

is for the good.

After I wiped my prints,

there was just one more thing

i had to do.

I called the cops

from a phone

in the back of the bar

about a block away.

I told them to send

an ambulance over

to take care

of the doctor.

There wasn't any trial.

It wasn't even too big

a story in the paper

or on the news.

They just sent the doctor

off to the nut house.

Hello, Ralph.

Doctor.

You've come

to say goodbye.

Yes, yes, I have.

Before we say sweet

sentimental things

to each other,

I have to ask

what you thought of

yesterday's hearing.

I thought it was

cheap theatrics

by someone desperate

for attention.

And finally I thought it was

a performance of no consequence.

What I see is simply

a doctor who broke her oath,

a doctor who was found

in a building

with four dead bodies--

I killed none

of the four.

No, your surrogate

Albert Becker did,

but you built

the theater

where the tragedy

could play out.

Bullshit.

Albert was no angel,

but he never killed anyone.

You invented

frank kitchen

to protect the memory

of Albert Becker.

I tried to help

frank kitchen,

but the fact remains

he killed all four,

then he shot me,

and proceeded to do

other vile things.

You're

completely wrong.

It makes me

so angry and sad.

Goodbye, Ralph.

I see. I see.

You show me once again

how very clever you are,

and then-- then it's

adios muchacho.

Mm. No, not that easy.

I wanna know what you've

been trying to pull off

from the get-go.

What's your agenda?

I'm just gonna

stand here...

Until I get an answer.

All right.

It took me a long time

to recover from my wounds,

but after two years

in this hell hole

I decided to put up

a fight.

If you could be

manipulated properly,

maybe I'd get out of

this miserable facility

and rightly end up

in front of a judge and jury.

I'd hire myself some

hotshot lawyers

and hope for 12 men

and women, good and true,

who would appreciate my vision

of a a better world.

I buy the plan.

But you blew it

in the hearing.

After I lost my temper

and attacked you,

I knew it was game over.

A trial would be

one long misery

with a predictable end,

resulting in an even

greater humiliation.

So I decided

to accept my fate,

but I wanted there to be

a statement of the truth.

I wanted it to be

on the record

in case anyone ever cares

to look for the facts.

Now I'll return to my books

and my private thoughts.

Goodbye to out there

and all that.

Goodnight, room.

Goodnight, moon.

Go f*** yourself, Ralph.

Adios muchacho,

and be on your way.

I still feel bad

about Johnnie.

Although she screwed me over,

i really liked her.

She stayed working

in Reno.

I think it was

the best thing for her.

A new city, new place to live,

a fresh start.

Yeah, I think it worked out

for the best.

One more thing.

The doctor.

I used to be a guy.

A real bad guy.

Then things changed.

Now I look at the cards

I got dealt in a different way.

One thing's for sure.

Change is gonna come.

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