The Corruptor Page #22

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CHEN:

NO!!!!!

Just as Wallace steps up to the woman, CHEN

pushes Wallace aside and takes the automatic

fire that Bobby Vu shoots from behind an

innocent skirt. Wallace immediately raises his

gun and fires two in the chest and one in the

head. Just like Chen taught him. Bobby Vu's body

hits the floor with a thud. Dead.

Wallace looks down at Chen as the blood begins

spreading out around him. Quickly, he kneels

beside his partner, gathers him in his arm and

tries to control the bleeding, but the wound is

deep. He turns toward a commotion at the

entrance to the tunnel and sees a bunch of Feds

and uniforms heading towards him.

WALLACE:

Bring a stretcher!! (to Chen) Come on, hang on.

CHEN:

Sh*t.

Chen tries to catch his breath, but he can't seem to.

WALLACE:

You're alright. You're OK.

Chen's body spasms from the pain.

WALLACE:

I'm sorry.

Chen grabs hold of Wallace's hand.

CHEN:

Who sends a white cop undercover in Chinatown?

Wallace looks into Chen's eyes. He's fading in and out.

WALLACE:

(leaning close)

Nick...can ya hear me?

CHEN:

(barely conscious)

Mmmm...

WALLACE:

Nick...it's just you and me...I'm your partner.

A tiny smile escapes from Chen just before he loses

consciousness and is surrounded by an EMS team.

22. FINAL HONOR

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INT:
HOSPITAL CORRIDOR-DAY

Kirpatrick, a manila envelope in his hand, rushes down the hallway

with Schabacker.

They hurry to the Intensive Care ward stopping outside a room where

a uniformed OFFICER stands guard. Through the window in the door

they can see Wallace leaning close to Chen who lies motionless in the

bed.

SCHABACKER:

(to the OFFICER)

Get Wallace out here.

The Officer doesn't move so Schabacker pulls out his FBI badge and

shoves it close to the cops face.

SCHABACKER:

Now.

The Officer gets up slowly from his chair as the door swings open and

Wallace exits from the room. He looks at the two men then starts

down the hall when Kirpatrick slaps him across the chest with the

manila envelope.

KIRPATRICK:

What's this bullshit?

WALLACE:

Exactly what it says. That after a month

long investigation, there's no evidence to

support any charges against Lt. Nicholas

Chen.

SCHABACKER:

You think you can get away with this

forget it. He's responsible for the death of

a Federal Agent.

An ICU team races down the hall and charges into Chen's room.

WALLACE:

Chen's dead.

Schabacker and Kirpatrick don't say a word.

WALLACE:

And no matter what you believe, the

officer in that room died a good cop.

Wallace looks them in the eye, then pushes past them and continues

down the hall.

INT:
AMY SAN'S APARTMENT, BROOKLYN-DAY

Jack opens the door and sees Wallace standing in the doorway.

WALLACE:

Time to take care of Henry Lee.

INT:
BLUE EMPRESS CAFE-DAY

Lee sits at a table with a white, middle aged MAN in a pin striped suit.

Wallace, Ung and Deng enter the restaurant.

WALLACE:

Henry Lee, you're under arrest.

LEE:

I'd like to introduce you to my attorney, Mr. Cotten.

UNG:

I'd like to introduce you to the inmates at Riker's

Island, but that'll take a few weeks.

LEE:

Your optimism is refreshing.

Lee gets up, along with his attorney. He turns to Wallace.

LEE:

I was very saddened to hear about your friend, Lt.

Chen...Oh, I'm sorry, he wasn't your friend after all,

was he? Lee puts on his coat and leans close to

Wallace.

LEE:

And I'd like to thank you for killing all the witnesses

against me.

He smiles.

WALLACE:

Not all. Not the one who recorded this tape.

Wallace plays a short sample of Jack's tape and the smile fades from

Lee's face...which makes Wallace smile as Deng and Ung lead Lee out

in cuffs.

INT:
CHEN'S APARTMENT, LIVING ROOM - DAY

Wallace sits across from May. He slides an envelope in front of her.

WALLACE:

(Cantonese)

He wanted you to have this.

She opens the envelope. Inside is a "green card" clearly indicating

"OFFICIAL U.S. RESIDENCY STATUS."

WALLACE:

(Cantonese)

And this.

Wallace takes out the envelope of money his father tossed on the

floor and gives it to May who's eyes well with tears.

WALLACE:

(Cantonese)

You gonna be alright?

MAY:

Yes...thank you.

She gets up and gives Wallace an appreciative kiss on the cheek.

EXT:
ELIZABETH STREET-DAY

End credits roll as the NYPD honor and bury their own. In a funeral

procession that draws on traditional Chinese culture as well as

present day police decorum, the men and women who serve and

protect parade down the small Chinatown street in full dress blues.

Banners depicting the face of Nick Chen wave out front as his coffin,

draped in the American flag draws cheers from the people of

Chinatown. And no one louder than Detective Daniel Wallace.

THE END:

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