The Contract Page #4

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Lousy?

Lousy.

Donuts.

No.

Thanks, chief.

Pardon me.

Come on.

MILES:
You know the worst

thing about all this?

What?

You leave the East Coast,

coffee's no good, food's all sugar.

So why is Carden here?

The president of the United States

is coming to Woodburn tomorrow.

You think the president's the target?

Maybe.

Why not?

Okay, so who wants

to take out the president?

You're kidding.

RAy:

Keep going, Chris. Keep going.

He'll come back, don't worry.

I wouldn't count on that too much.

Why's that?

Well, my men would have figured

out their mistake by now.

They won't be far behind us.

One of them's

a professional tracker.

Trained in Australia

by aboriginals.

Frank. Frank.

You know those aboriginals- Huh?

Shut up.

Time like this,

you're playing chess.

I'm gonna get this guy.

DAVIS:
P*ssy game.

Sh*t.

You and I finally agree

on something, Davis.

Let's move.

Take it easy.

We'll get them.

I'm sure of one thing.

Frank will find ways

of slowing them up.

How long have you been a teacher?

Just a few years.

Must be good at it.

I'm all right, I guess.

Is he, Chris?

He seems to think so.

He's kind of strict.

Hold up.

Wait a sec.

Water.

Want some?

Please.

You lose your wife to cancer?

Yeah, I did.

Two years ago, actually.

Sorry.

Are you really?

I find that kind of hard to

believe. I don't know why.

Why?

Because of my profession?

Maybe.

Chris.

They used to give me

medals for it.

Do you believe that?

RAy:
And now?

Well, now with political correctness

and all, it's best to keep a low profile.

Heroes are out of fashion.

You telling me

you're a spook?

Military? You work for the

government? CIA guy, is that it?

Used to.

No more.

No?

Who do you work for?

I really don't know, Ray.

Pressure groups.

People with an agenda.

People who can afford it.

And you just don't

question the agenda, huh?

Well, as time goes on,

you know,

you realize that the issues

are just too complicated.

Sure.

Who's right, who's wrong.

So you just...

Just wind up doing your job.

And you do it the best way you can.

Like everybody else.

Okay. We should move on.

I mean,

it's kind of late for me

to be thinking about changing.

I mean, hell, what would I do?

I don't know, Frank. Let's go.

Come on, move.

Come on, man.

Sell insurance?

RAy:

I don't care, Frank.

Maybe go back to school.

Get a law degree.

Hey! What do you think

you're doing?

I grew up in Cedar Pine-

Can't you get some more choppers?

I put in a request.

It's not that easy up here,

Mr. Jennings.

This isn't D.C.

It's Washington state.

Ain't that the truth, chief?

I don't believe any of this.

And anyway,

it's got nothing to do with us.

It had nothing to do with us

24 hours ago.

Told you we should have

gone to San Francisco.

Oh, and be pestered

by your mother?

What's he done, anyway?

I don't know, but it's screwed up.

I'm telling you, his men are coming.

You go your way.

You move this way. Now.

We'll go ours.

We see the police, we'll tell them.

I don't want to get involved with this.

Come on, Sandra.

I think it's a mistake.

Didn't he say those men

are coming this way?

How do we know that's true?

Well, how do we know it isn't?

They're headed here. There's

a ravine or something.

When they get there,

they'll be trapped.

Maybe there's a bridge.

It's not on the map.

Yeah, but whoever's got Carden,

he knows this terrain pretty good.

Otherwise, we'd have caught him by now.

We better think of something

quick or else we'll lose him.

Well, what do you suggest?

Whose idea was it

to go camping?

You think-?

You think that I planned

for us to meet these lunatics?

Or just to make the hike

more exciting?

San Francisco would have

been breakfast in bed,

tennis in the afternoon,

a few cocktails...

Yeah? And lots and lots of-

Hey.

Lots and lots of great seafood.

Yeah.

And wine.

COP 1

Chief?

Yeah, go ahead.

We got something up here.

Yeah, what is it?

Sorry, false alarm.

Just a couple of hikers.

Looks like one of them's hurt.

Yeah, well, check it out

and get back to me, all right?

Copy that.

We'd spend weeks

searching this-

It's okay, buddy, just stay calm.

I'm gonna help you ou- Ugh!

ED:

Aerial 4, come in, please.

Marty, can you hear me?

Marty, come in.

Aerial 4. Come in, Marty.

Marty, can you hear me?

Now, don't tell me

you don't know how to fly this thing.

No, I don't.

Get in the freaking chopper, man.

Less-traveled path, eh?

RAy:

"The Road Not Taken. "

You like Frost, do you, Ray?

Yeah. I'm surprised you do.

Doesn't seem your speed.

Yes, one of my favorites.

I took the road less traveled by,

and it made all the difference.

A lot of forks in the road. You seem

to have taken all the wrong ones.

Is this a good time

to discuss poetry?

The hell is this?

CHRIS:

It's from an old glacier.

That's what they told us last time.

It's called a moraine.

Great.

Rocks brought down in the Ice Age.

CHRIS:
He's right.

Moraine, that was the word.

If I don't do this,

they're gonna kill me, right?

RAy:

There's a good chance.

I think so.

Look,

I'm not gonna be able to do this

with cuffs on.

I need the balance.

Okay.

But you can cuff them in front.

Whoa!

Ah!

CHRIS:
Hey, Dad?

Yeah.

I just wanted to say that I'm really

sorry that I got you into all this-

I was the one who said

we should go camping.

Yeah, but only because

I was being so stupid and-

Well, look,

the situation could be worse.

CHRIS:

You think?

Actually, no.

Okay. Carden, stop.

Chris.

If he moves, I want you to point

that at his legs and shoot him.

Now, hold on.

I don't wanna kill the bastard,

I just wanna slow him down.

Hey, this thing

is kind of flimsy.

I could...

Wanna help?

No.

I won't destroy government property.

Oh, for God's sakes.

I'm a stockbroker. I'd lose my license.

Don't be such an ass, go help him.

Come on, man. Come on.

Okay, what?

You push from up here.

I'm gonna go

down here.

All right.

All right.

Yeah, it's pretty loose. Ready?

Fine. Yes.

Chris, you all right?

Yeah.

One.

Two.

Coming out.

I don't have to help.

RAy:
One.

I'm the bad guy.

RAy:
Two.

Two.

Three.

Watch it.

All right.

RAy:

Hey!

Got them.

Hey!

Over here!

CHRIS:
Right here!

RAy:
We're right here!

Hey!

Here, take this. Just watch him.

What?

Hey!

- Hey.

- Over here, come here.

RAy:
All right!

Hey!

Here!

CHRIS:
Come here. We're right here!

Hey!

CHRIS:
Come on. Come on, hurry!

Hey, here we are!

Over here!

Get the guy with the gun.

Don't miss.

Hey! We're right here! Come here!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

CHRIS:
Over here! Right here!

Bye, old man.

Think you can hold this thing steady?

I'm trying, man. There's an updraft.

Chris, go to the trees.

Get down.

We gotta get out of here

now. Come on. We gotta go.

You okay?

I can't get a clear shot.

I'll fix him. Find somewhere to drop me.

Got him.

Good man.

I hate amateurs.

Jesus.

I thought Johnson took him out.

DAVIS:

Where is he?

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