The Pacifier Page #17

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Shane and the Kids are holding up a home-made sign:

WELCOME HOME, MOM! Todd pushes STOP on a CD player: The

Sound of Music stops.

Zoe is in a conservative dress, Todd a button down and

khakis:
barely recognizable. Lulu has bows in her hair.

Peter is fresh faced, smiling, Tyler is asleep: a picture-

perfect family.

ZOE:

Welcome home, mom.

Julie starts bawling. The Kids rush forward and hug her.

Across the room, Shane sees Bill enter. Shane stiffens

and salutes proudly.

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SHANE:

Captain.

BILL:

(he smiles wryly, then

salutes back)

Good job, Lieutenant.

INT. GARAGE - DAY

Shane leads Bill inside. Bill holds the pronged key.

BILL:

I’m really proud of you, Shane. I’m

giving you your choice of assignment,

anywhere you want. You just name it.

SHANE:

That’s kind of you, Sir...

(pause)

But I’ll have to think about it.

Bill stops, surprised. Shane continues, a bit reluctant.

SHANE (CONT’D)

Sir, all I’ve never known is the

military. At nine years old my father

put me in cadet school and from there I

never looked back. Don’t get me wrong, I

wouldn’t trade it for anything and I have

no regrets...

87.

BILL:

I should hope not.

SHANE:

But being with these kids has made me

feel like there’s more to life than

taking out your enemy. And I think I

want to explore that some more.

Suddenly, an ANGRY VOICE.

MAN’S VOICE

PUT YOUR HANDS UP!!

WIDE:

Shane and Bill spin, startled. The CHUNS strides up,

GUNS DRAWN.

MRS. CHUN

Give US THE KEY!

SHANE:

Mr. and Mrs. Chun? They checked out

KOREAN MAN:

Hands up!

Compliant, Shane puts his hands behind his head. He

takes a submissive position... Mrs. Chun comes closer,

reaching for Bill’s key... Shane shoots Bill a glance...

SHANE:

NOW!

Shane SPINS and grabs both guns! He WHACKS the Koreans’

forearms, while SLAMMING their heads together.

Shane takes control! He smiles, relishing a second of

glory -- when suddenly, CRACK! A third gun BUTTS him in

the head.

CLOSE-UP - SHANE

Lights out. He turns, startled, and starts to fall.

Disoriented, confused, he looks up as he drops...

SHANE’S POV

He is losing consciousness. Things are spinning... woozy.

88.

KOREAN MAN:

(arguing with Bill)

You promised us GHOST months ago!

BILL:

I’m sorry, Mr. Chun. There were delays...

Shane peers in confusion, then passes out.

FADE TO BLACK.

FADE IN:

INT. NURSERY - MOMENTS LATER

Julie and the Kids are on the floor, tied up. Peter and

Tyler are caged in the play pen. Peter has a JUICE BOX.

The Korean Man (Mr. Chun) secures the room, closing the

window shades. Bill checks the knots binding the

children. They whimper, scared.

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LULU:

SHANE!!

BILL:

He won’t be baby-sitting you anymore.

He GAGS the kids. Julie glares, livid.

JULIE:

I trusted you. Charles trusted you. So

did the Department of Defense.

BILL:

North Korea pays better.

(to Mr. Chun)

Keep an eye on them. You -- with me.

Bill GAGS Julie. The Kids are furious. Bill and Mrs. Chun

exit.

INT. GARAGE - DAY

Shane lies unconscious. Bill and Mrs. Chun approach the

steel door. Bill inserts the two-pronged key... and it

CLICKS. The door HUMS, then slides OPEN!

Inside is a dark corridor. Bill grins. They enter...

INT. SECRET VAULT

Light is at the end. They anxiously tiptoe, reaching...

89.

THE VAULT! Spare, bright and white. The floor is

covered with square tiles. At the far end is a LARGE

ELEVATED SAFE. Beside the safe is a red switch, with two

settings:
ARMED and DISARMED. It’s set on ARMED. The air

is filled with an ominous, low-pitched HUM, like a

monstrous computer. Bill eyes the safe.

BILL:

You bring your stethoscope?

MRS. CHUN

No. But I’ve got some C4.

She confidently strides toward the safe -- which sets off

hidden flame-throwers in the walls. A jet blast of FLAME

shoots out! She leaps back just in time, but the shoulder

of her jacket is on fire. Bill pats out the flames with

his own jacket. Chun is okay, just missing BOTH eyebrows.

.

BILL:

Charles never made things easy.

Mrs. Chun’s eyebrows are neatly, completely SINGED OFF.

MRS. CHUN

Just... had eyebrows... done.

INT. HOUSE - SAME TIME

Mr. Chun guards the kids, eyeballing them icily.

Lulu “looks” scared. But behind her back, we reveal her

HANDS untying her ropes! Freed, she hits her panic

button! O.S., BEEPING. Lulu grins hopefully: Shane’s

coming! A beat... then Mr. Chun pulls the Tracker from

his pocket. He sneers.

MR. CHUN

Think I’m stupid? Now stop bothering me.

Lulu frowns, then leans back against Zoe. With a rapid

blur of finger-work, she unties Zoe! Then -- needing a

distraction, she signals Tyler and crosses her eyes.

Tyler GASPS, horrified -- and SCREAMS HIS LUNGS OUT.

Chun spins, startled -- and Lulu quickly ROLLS across the

room! She lands against Todd, quickly assuming a fake

bound position, as if she hadn’t moved.

Mr. Chun whirls -- the Kids look innocent. Mr. Chun is

confused for a second: “wasn’t he tied to the other one?”

90.

BEHIND TODD - Lulu frantically unties Todd’s ropes --

it’s gonna be close...

Chun scowls. Skeptical, he steps closer... He leans down

to look at Todd’s ropes -

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ZOE:

Now Peter!

Peter SQUIRTS JUICE into Mr. Chun’s face. The Kids use

the distraction:
Todd POPS to his feet, then LEAPS into

his SPIN KICK:
it connects with Mr. Chun’s head.

ZOE (CONT’D)

Let’s GO!

All the kids bounce up. They untie Julie, then scoop up

Peter and Tyler. Mr. Chun growls and starts to stagger

up. Lulu lands in Karate stance and calls out:

LULU:

Hi ya!

The other Kids take off, Mr. Chun looks at Lulu. Mr.

Chun laughs:

MR. CHUN

That’s cute.

WHAM without warning, Lulu SWEEPS Mr. Chun’s leg, he

drops to his knees in pain, then, when he’s at her level,

she KICKS him right in the nuts. It HURTS.

Mr. Chun tries to grab her by the wrist, but Lulu EVADES

with her cool, snake-like move. Lulu runs, slamming the

door behind her. Mr. Chun gets up and turns the

doorknob, but the door won’t budge...

INT. OUTSIDE THE NURSERY - CONTINUOUS

Zoe shoves a chair between the door and the opposite

wall, they’re trapped inside.

INT. NURSERY - CONTINUOUS

Mr. Chun punches the door, making a small hole. He

reaches out to knock the chair away but he can’t quite

reach. He puts his face up to the hole he’s made...

.

INT. OUTSIDE THE NURSERY - CONTINUOUS

Todd’s outside with a FIRE EXTINGUISHER: he blasts Mrs.

Chun’s face.

91.

INT. NURSERY - CONTINUOUS

Mr. Chun falls back from the door, his face COATED in

white. He yells out furious!

MR. CHUN

That stuff doesn’t hurt.

He sticks his face out the hole... DONNGGG -- Todd hits

him square in the face with the fire extinguisher ITSELF.

EXT. FRONT DOOR - SAME TIME

The family comes scrambling out -- but as Julie exits, a

HAND suddenly GRABS her.

JULIE:

AGGGH!

She SCREAMS. Bill lurches into view, clutching her! The

kids are horrified. They start to run back, but she

urgently gestures -JULIE

(CONT’D)

Keep going! RUN! Go GET HELP!!!

The kids fret, unsure, then nod and run to the side

garage. Zoe and Todd load the kids into the minivan.

ZOE/TODD

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