The Gauntlet Page #5

Hit him!

Where's your gun?

Get this b*tch away!

Get away from here!

Give it to him!

Come on, hit him!

What are you?

A bunch of goddamn fairies?

You want to play with boys...

...or show me if you got

anything between your legs?

Get her pants off.

Hold still!

Get her pants.

You get her pants, man!

Get off her.

You wouldn't hit a lady.

Mally?

When's the next bus to Phoenix?

Next express pulls in at 3 o'clock.

Thanks.

You want a ticket?

I don't think that'll be necessary.

I heard it's 3 o'clock.

This whole idea's insane.

You first.

Care for something to eat?

What'll you have?

Surprise me.

- Josephson here.

- Josephson?

Ben!

Hold on, guy.

You okay?

I'm coming in.

Coming in where?

Phoenix. Right to City Hall.

For chrissakes, that's nuts!

Will you write this down?

You can't!

Please.

Will you write this down?

All right, all right.

Go ahead.

I'm taking the 7th Street off-ramp...

...going down Central over Mesa...

...straight down Adams to City Hall.

You got that?

Seventh, Central, Adams, Mesa.

I got it. But, Ben...

Five minutes after I leave here...

...Blakelock's going to hear I'm coming.

He's going to try and stop me.

I want you to give him my route.

Tell him to clear the streets.

That way no innocent people get killed.

This is crazy.

And give him this message:

Tell him I know why

he picked me for the job.

Tell him he was wrong.

Tell him I'm coming

and I'll nail his ass to the wall.

You hear me?

For chrissakes!

He'll have every cop on the force there.

You can't get in there!

Thanks, partner.

My best to the family.

Jesus Christ!

- Front desk.

- This is 14-A.

You have anything like room service

around this joint?

I can probably get you something.

Maybe you could send your kid out

and pick up some steaks...

...fried chicken. Something like that.

Maybe a bottle of wine.

Yes, sir. Anything else?

Is there anything like a florist

around this neighborhood?

When I was a kid growing up,

I used to hate cops.

Me and the other kids

in the neighborhood...

...we'd always get in trouble, fights.

Gang fights.

Always getting rousted by the cops.

I suppose if we had guns

like gangs do nowadays...

...I'd have shot every cop on sight.

Parents never seemed to care.

Teachers, they forgot how to care.

As you grow older, you begin

to realize what cops are all about.

They're just doing a job,

enforcing the law. Raising families.

If you break the law you get busted.

That's about all there is to it.

I learned to respect that.

I even began to realize...

...that the only people I knew

that stood for something were cops.

So when I got old enough,

I joined up.

I had this dream, boy.

I had this dream

of meeting the right woman...

...having kids.

Most of all...

...breaking that big case.

I could just see them pinning

captain bars on me and...

Well, the years went by, and

never did meet that right woman.

Seemed like other guys

were always breaking the big case.

After a while you get to the point

where you just...

...put in your 20

and wait for retirement.

Now I got the big case

and I'm picked to go down with it.

You don't have to.

Neither of us does.

Nobody's forcing us

to go back to Phoenix.

We could go to Canada or Mexico.

Anyplace!

Sure. And live like kings.

I've got some money.

I've got my checkbook.

$5000 back in Vegas.

And when that runs out?

Then let's take the money

and buy a pickup truck.

An old sedan,

or something unobtrusive.

We'll take back roads, turn ourselves

in to some precinct station.

Anything but City Hall!

We'll ask for protective custody.

Talk to the D.A.

That's exactly what I want you to do.

What about you?

Me? I'm going in.

Why?

We know why Blakelock picked me

for this job. I'll prove he's wrong.

Then I'm going with you.

You're not my prisoner.

You can go.

You get your money.

It's between me and Blakelock.

You said yourself you didn't

think the whole thing would work.

At least someone'll know I tried.

- Who, Blakelock?

- No, me.

- Operator.

- Area 2-1-2, please.

684-6114.

Just a moment.

- Hello.

- Hi. Mom?

- It's me.

- Are you all right?

I'm okay. How are you?

I'm in...

...Wickenberg.

Wickenberg.

It's a small town halfway

between Vegas and Phoenix.

I thought you had

a nice job you liked.

I quit that job.

Who wants to be

a secretary all her life?

That's what I've always said.

Things always happen for the best.

Anyway, the big news is...

...I met this man.

He's really special.

You'd really like him.

If you like him,

that's what counts.

Shockley.

Ben Shockley.

Jesus! What difference does

it make what church he goes to?

We love each other

and we're going to be married.

We're going to...

...settle down in Arizona

and have kids.

Where are you going to live?

I don't know.

We hadn't really decided.

Probably...

...Northern Arizona somewhere.

Maybe up near the canyon.

It's supposed to be

really beautiful there...

...and you can still get land.

When are you getting married?

We've got business we have to

take care of in Phoenix first.

Then we're going to do it.

What business is he in?

I just wanted you to know.

Look, would you tell Dad?

What was the young man's name again?

Shockley. Just like it sounds.

- I love you.

- I love you too, dear.

What number, please?

Give me Las Vegas. 283-8779.

Up near the canyon, huh?

Bernie's Book.

Bernie? Gus Mally.

Listen, what's the line on

that horse, Mally No Show?

100-to-1? Perfect.

I want $5000 worth, on the nose.

You know I'm good for it.

She's going to be a winner.

Let's go.

Move on out.

What the hell

you think you're doing?

What the hell's it look like?

What's wrong with you?

This is the bus.

I don't give a damn.

Get away from that lever.

Get out of here.

Let's get the luggage

out of this thing.

Sorry for this inconvenience...

...but I'll have to ask you

to leave the bus.

Please be sure to take your belongings.

Arrangements will be made...

...for your continued journey

as quickly as possible.

Haul ass!

You, shorty!

And you, give me a hand

with this luggage.

My, this is so exciting!

Just like on the news!

Court stands to recess.

Ralph, ten minutes.

I don't know if you

remember me or not.

My name is Josephson, I'm Metro squad...

I'm busy now.

Can you see me later?

Yes, sir. But you see,

this is about Shockley.

He and I talked together

just a little while ago.

You spoke with him?

Yes, sir. He's coming in.

He gave me his entire route.

He said some very strange things

about Commissioner Blakelock...

...and I didn't know who to approach.

You've done absolutely the right thing

coming to me about this.

Why don't we go into my office

and talk there?

There's some quarter-inch steel here.

Get this over by the bus.

Here's what I'm looking for.

What's this Josephson know?

Nothing that can hurt us yet.

Why would Shockley give us his route?

I don't know.

I haven't had time to melt it down.

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