The Rendezvous Page #6

- [SIGHING]

You ever hear the joke

about the beautiful Jewish woman

and the Muslim man who went

out into the desert?

There isn't one.

Not so sure anymore.

[LAUGHING]

Jake, if we don't make it

out of here,

who would identify your body?

I don't know.

Some State Department bureaucrat

probably.

Makes you feel pretty alone,

doesn't it?

We're not alone.

[WIND HOWLING]

[CAMELS GRUNTING]

Jake?

- [CAMELS GRUNTING]

- RACHEL:
Jake?

- JAKE:
What?

- RACHEL:
Wake up!

[CAMELS GRUNTING]

JAKE:
Really?

RACHEL:
Where do you think

the owners are?

JAKE:
I don't know,

I don't see anyone.

- Come on.

- RACHEL:
Oh, my god.

[CHEERING]

RACHEL:
Jake!

Yeah, that's right.

- [CAMEL GRUNTING]

- I know.

Oh my god!

- Wow.

- What?

I'm coming, Rachel.

I gotta get my shoes.

Hey, hut!

Well, mine's not going anywhere.

Yallah, yallah!

Hut!

[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

Is the Wi-Fi on?

JAKE:
Fawaz Azzam,

no got nothing.

- I don't know. I think...

- JAKE:
Mm.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

- I gotta call the office.

- Wait, where are you going?

Outside. Better reception.

Um... stay in here,

out of the heat.

Wow.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

Hello?

Rachel, I've been worried

about you.

Where are you?

I... I don't know, we're in a...

- village in the desert, I guess.

- In the desert?

We were supposed to meet

at the church.

Beltran, did my brother

ever tell you

about a man named Fawaz Azzam?

He was a Jordanian professor,

he taught in the US.

BELTRAN:
Fawaz Azzam?

Yes, he was our professor.

She's right.

Goddamn kitties.

- MOTHERS:
How's she holding up?

- She's great.

Why wouldn't she be?

She's been lied to, interrogated

chased by lunatics.

Still, at least she got

a free camel ride.

BELTRAN:

Listen carefully, Rachel.

Is Agent Alshadi with you?

RACHEL:

Yeah, he's on the phone.

BELTRAN:
What do you think

the US government

wanted from David?

They're, uh, texting me

the address and phone number.

You know, you might think

about switching carriers.

I got great reception in here.

Oh yeah, who'd you call?

Beltran, he called me.

What did he want?

Just to make sure

we're still alive.

Well, that's rich,

coming from him.

What else did he say?

Nothing. I told him to meet

us at Fawaz Azzam's.

Nice.

What do you have against

him anyway?

I don't like his beard.

Well, he was

my brother's friend, so,

I trust him.

You know,

if it wasn't for Beltran

we wouldn't be here right now.

Jake, if you knew your way

around Amman

we wouldn't have ended up

getting in the wrong car.

Wait, I only got in that car

because of you.

And I was trying to save

our asses,

which I swear is your job.

If it wasn't for me

we'd still be wandering

around the desert!

And if it wasn't for me

you'd still be tied up

- to a pole in the bunker!

- Yeah.

Getting punched by some

guy, trying to protect you!

- What about the car chase?

- What about the car chase?

Fine, you know what?

You don't want Beltran around.

I'll go see Fawaz Azzam,

on my own.

I don't need you!

SHOPKEEPER:
Welcome to Jordan.

Something for your wife?

[CAR HORN HONKING]

There he is.

CONRAD:
Mothers thinks you might

be losing it.

So he sent you to babysit?

CONRAD:
He sent me to remind you

to do your job.

You're letting it get personal.

[SCOFFS]

You need to see

the bigger picture.

Be careful.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

This place is like a time warp.

I think it's here?

- Greetings!

- Greetings.

- Greetings.

- State your business.

Rozman, Rachel Rozman.

We're here to see Fawaz Azzam.

AZZAM:
It's you.

It is!

I apologize

for my grandson's behavior.

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

Dear, Rachel.

I take it since you are here

that David...

- has disappeared.

- Yes. Found, but gone.

My deepest sympathies.

But I'm not surprised,

the last time I saw him,

I was very worried about him.

- Who have you brought here?

- Uh... Jake, sir, Jake Alshadi.

Come, Beltran is already here.

Okay.

There we go.

- Thank you.

- [SPEAKING ARABIC]

- Hello, Rachel.

- Hey.

I am very sorry to see you here,

dear Rachel.

- Why?

- David asked me for a favor.

If you ever come to my door,

I should give you something

he left with me.

The scroll?

Extremely dangerous.

David knew that.

Just a piece of paper.

Anything can be a weapon

for the right kind

of imagination.

Imagination of fanatics.

Well, isn't it true

that the US government

has many men who believe

in the end of days?

Even some of your presidents.

And he wanted me to have it?

Yes, you alone.

It's here?

RACHEL:
It's all right.

Hm.

Have you opened it yet?

It's too fragile.

Even to touch by hand.

It should be examined

in a proper lab.

We think that my brother

was killed for it,

- by a religious group.

- Yes, the Armageddon-ites.

The apocalypse has always

had great appeal.

God created the world.

Man pollutes and profanes it.

God will destroy it.

That's the message

they are meant to deliver.

The world as it is,

and the world as it should be.

But it always ends

in a massacre.

Tell me, Rachel,

what did David want you

to do with it?

He wanted it to go to a museum.

Good.

[GUN SHOTS]

[SCREAMING]

You've brought snakes

to my garden, dear Rachel.

Duck!

- Come on, there will be others.

- Okay. Jake, he's not breathing!

Rachel, Rachel, we need to move,

come on!

He's not breathing!

- Come on.

- No.

Come on, let's go!

- BELTRAN:
Come on, come on.

- JAKE:
Rachel, let's go.

Oh, sh*t.

- All right, my car.

- Okay.

How did they know that we were

gonna be at Fawaz Azzam's?

Maybe they followed Beltran.

What? Are you kidding me?

Maybe they followed

Agent Hanley.

Why don't you cut

the crap, Jake?

The US government has

an interest in the scroll

which differs from

Charles Du Plessis'.

Yeah, they want to destroy it.

Keep it out of the hands

of the lunatics.

They've been using you

to find it, Rachel.

Is that true?

Your brother dug up a problem

the world didn't need.

We had to try and fix it.

BELTRAN:
Was her brother also

a problem to fix?

Come on, who has the resources,

the connections

with the Jordanian police to

hide the fact they killed him?

What are you implying?

Well, it wouldn't be difficult

for you guys to stage

that tragic death scene

in the desert, would it?

If the US government went

to the trouble

of killing David Rozman

and covering up his death

we would have had the scroll

long ago.

- So, then what happened?

- I don't know.

But you don't care either,

do you?

This was never about my brother.

Rachel, we had to find out

what you knew.

We had to find out what was

in the scroll.

Stop the car, please,

Beltran, now.

What are you doing? Rachel,

we have the scroll, it's over!

- I can't trust you!

- You can't trust him!

Give me your phone.

Give her the phone.

The phone!

And... and... uh, your wallet!

Really?

Rachel, I've been trying

to protect you.

Yeah, because it's your job,

right?

Choose to!

- Think about what you're doing.

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