The Firing Line Page #2

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Look, I don't know,

I just met the guy.

I don't know what you want from me.

Puta!

(gun clicking)

It gives me great pleasure

to get rid of you mettle some fools.

Please.

I don't know anything.

(Weeping)

No! (Weeping)

- Lookin' for me, amigos?

(gunshots booming)

Come on, get up, get

up, come on, get up!

Move, come on, go, move, get up!

(dramatic music)

You got me into this goddamn

mess, dammit, get me out!

Hey, I just saved your butt!

And if you listen to me, I can

get you outta here alive.

Great, this is

just friggin' great.

(telephone ringing)

Hello.

What?

Mark has escaped

with Sandra Spencer?

Well, you see that they don't!

I don't care what it

takes to get them back.

Put up road blocks everywhere.

Checkpoints.

Shoot them if you have to.

Halt!

Get down and stay down.

(soldiers shouting)

(gunshots booming)

(dramatic music)

(engine groaning)

Sh*t!

What?

We're out of gas.

Oh, great!

Am I gonna walk home

from this date?

There's nothin' I

can do about it.

We're just gonna have

to do the best we can.

Oh, the hell we will.

Look... How dare you

get me mixed up in... Look!

I can take you with me

or I can leave you here.

Where are you going?

I can't very well tell you

if you're not comin'

with me, can I?

If you think I'm going

to fink on you,

you're probably right.

Wait a minute!

Wait!

(Sandra cries out)

Can I please stop now?

My feet are killing me.

We can slow down a while.

Oh, we can slow down,

that's wonderful!

- Hey!

Don't you know I

killed Colonel Nunez?

And they're after both our asses?

They wanna kill us both.

Well can you at least tell me

where we're going?

- No!

The less you know the

better, now let's go.

(suspenseful music)

[Sandra] Wait for me!

(Sandra whimpers)

(snake hisses)

(gunshots booming)

(yelling)

(groaning)

(gunshots booming)

Hold it!

Wait, no no.

Wait.

Wait, wait, here's

the man you want,

right there... Move!

That's the one... Move!

Their main force is concentrated

on the northern slopes of

these hills over here.

At 05:
00, we'll launch

a surprise attack.

Catch them off guard.

Helicopter attack

will swoop down.

And commence firing at exact

zero point 5:
10 ten hours.

Good, well that oughta do it.

The usual mopping up

operations will follow.

Are there any questions?

That's it gentlemen, thank you.

He is an enemy of the people.

Why don't we just kill him now?

[Laura] No, he's also a

fugitive of the government.

We don't know that,

he could be a spy.

Wait a minute.

There's another thing

to be considered here.

For instance, he's

not directly known

to have been involved

in any atrocities.

I am a fugitive

of the government.

I killed Colonel Nunez.

I'm wanted as much as you are.

Seein' as how we're

fightin' the same enemy,

I could be a great help to you.

Can you believe he can

change sides automatically?

Just like that?

That kind of mercenary

we don't need.

Don't you think I'm as

skeptical as you are?

But this must be democratically

decided in the morning.

(somber music)

(martial music)

(helicopter whirring)

Chopper!

(muffled speaking)

Get outta here!

(gunshots booming)

(explosions booming)

Sh*t!

You gonna stand there, or

you gonna use that thing?

Quick!

- Thanks!

(Sandra screams)

Come on, move!

Come on.

(yelling)

(explosions booming)

(gunshots booming)

Number one, number one, come in.

Change your coordinate,

from 030, at four o'clock.

They are now on the southern slope.

(explosion booming)

(bones crunching)

(gunshots booming)

(groaning)

(explosion booming)

(explosion booming)

(yelling)

Red Leader to Bravo One, Red

Leader to Bravo One, over.

Redirect fire, to northern valley.

Range of target 200 meters, over?

That's a negative.

Convoy has been captured by enemy.

Over?

Open fire.

Repeat, open fire,

fire at will, over.

(explosions booming)

(yelling)

(gunshots booming)

(explosions booming)

(yelling)

(gunshots booming)

(explosion booming)

(jangling music)

(groaning)

(somber music)

(gunshots booming)

(explosions booming)

Red Leader to Bravo One,

Red Leader to Bravo One.

Cease fire.

Repeat, cease fire!

Over and out.

Capitan.

Why do you suppose they

hit their own convoy?

Maybe they switch side, huh?

I don't know, Carlos.

If I was the leader, I'd say

it was divine providence.

I don't think we

incurred much loss.

Let's get back to

camp and find out.

Where's the Americano?

We still have to figure

out what to do with him.

You don't have to

worry about that.

Look behind you.

(scoffing)

I'm turning myself in.

How did you get...

I went back to cut him loose.

Took the high ground,

basic instinct, tactics.

Got a couple guys with a squawker.

[Carlos] And you

redirected the fire?

Yeah.

Looks like you do have a few

useful talents, Mr. Hardin.

I told you I could be helpful.

We shall see, Mr. Hardin.

- Okay.

(insects and frogs chirping)

[Newscaster] There

has been a round

of known sympathizers

with the rebels.

Along with the closing

down of the universities,

Dr. Julio Montiero, known to

preach armed insurrection,

has, among others, been arrested,

and is now being questioned

by the Ministry of

Defense authorities.

There are no new developments

regarding American fugitives

Mark Hardin and Sandra Spencer,

but a government source

has labeled them

as possible communist agents.

An early arrest, they

say, can be expected.

Dammit!

They've arrested Montiero.

We should have never

sent him to the capital.

He's too valuable here.

They've probably

tortured him by now.

Isn't there anything

that we can do?

You can bust him out.

You've got more firepower now.

Good.

Then we must move at once.

We can't stay here any longer.

It's too dangerous now.

We must draw up a plan.

You know the details of the town?

Very well.

- Good, good.

(dramatic music)

Who is this?- Senor!

I'm bringing in Mark Hardin.

(blows thudding)

(exclaiming)

Laura!

Yes!

(muffled speaking)

Stand back.

Let's go!

Got him, let's go!

(muffled speaking)

(suspenseful music)

(upbeat music)

What happened?

[Soldier] Hardin escaped.

You.

(speaking foreign language)

[Soldier] Sir, American

leader took us by surprise!

Dammit, Mark Hardin!

I knew it, he's gone and

joined those bandits.

[Mark] All right, take

a break, take five.

(panting)

I'm trying to figure out

what he's doing with us.

I don't know why

you should be so suspicious

about his presence here.

This is an international struggle.

Besides, Mark here led

that jail raid, Montiero.

You owe him that one.

I just think that too recently

he was working with the other side.

Precisely.

Where do you think he go

this consciousness from?

Hold on a minute.

The reason I'm here,

because I've done a few

things I'm not very proud of.

And last night I started

makin' up for 'em.

So?

You do not intend to

stay for the fight?

I didn't say that either.

The government used me.

Now I'm gonna pay the f***ers back.

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