The Rock Page #16

The door bursts open. MASON stands in the doorway. GAMBLE

dives away. STARLING whirls, raising his M-16.

MASON'S HAND flashes. THE SAW-TOOTHED KNIFE flies the

length of the room and buries in Starling's neck.

MASON:

Never hesitate.

Gamble fires from his position around the corner. Mason and Goodspeed dive=

for cover behind a cabinet. Goodspeed fires from cover without looking,=

his gun raised over the cabinet. Mason, underneath the cabinet, fires at=

GAMBLE'S FOOT. Gamble, shot, hits the deck.

GAMBLE unclips a GRENADE. Before he can pull the pin....

Mason FIRES HIS CLIP EMPTY at the AIR CONDITIONER MOUNT on the ceiling above=

Gamble. The mount gives; the ENORMOUS AIR CONDITIONER falls, crushing=

Gamble. Gamble's GRENADE, still secured with the pin, rolls=

away.

GOODSPEED rises. Looks at Gamble under the air conditioner. Just HIS LEGS=

stick out. (Note: the rest of the scene's action plays out around Gamble's=

legs.

GOODSPEED:

You didn't learn that in prison.

MASON:

No, and I used to be a lot quicker.

GOODSPEED:

I've got some questions for you but

they can wait.

Goodspeed opens the CORPSE DRAWERS revealing the V.X-. CHEM

ROUNDS (shaped like big tennis ball cans).

Goodspeed carefully lifts out a chem round. Mason grabs

one, accidentally knocking it against the drawer.

GOODSPEED Careful. The second you don't respect this, it kills=

you.

Goodspeed and mason set the V.X. chem rounds on the mortician's table. =

Goodspeed pulls out his EQUIPMENT KIT. Begins detaching the tops of the=

chem rounds.

Goodspeed reaches inside a chem round and carefully pulls out..... a STRAND=

OF V.X. POISON PEARLS: ping-pong ball sized glass bubbles filled with=

poison.

GOODSPEED:

I need a hand here.

(MASON looks anxiously at the poison pearls.) Mason. Now.

Goodspeed hands the poison pearl strand to Mason. Mason

holds it like a string of wind chimes.

MASON:

What... exactly does this do to you?

GOODSPEED:

Any epidermal exposure or inhalation and you'll know: A twinge at the small=

of your back as the poison seizes the nervous system.

(hands over another

poison pearl strand)

Then loss of muscular function. Then you spit your guts out, it looks like=

a tub of spaghettils spilled on the floor, then your skin turns=

black...

Mason stares uneasily at the pearl strands.

MASON:

Sounds like my first marriage.

Goodspeed has the chem round's GUIDANCE SYSTEMS exposed. Inside are tiny=

GUIDANCE SYSTEM MICRO-CHIPS. Goodspeed plucks the chip from each chem=

round and pockets it.

GOODSPEED:

(into tac radio)

Pier 39 co me in.

SANCHEZ (V.O.)

(tac radio)

Goodspeed? Where the hell have you

been. Talk to me.

GOODSPEED:

We're in the morgue. I'm removing the rocket's guidance system=

chips.

(MORE)

GOODSPEED (cont'd)

(to Mason).

Without em the rocketslll fly about 500 feet and splash down like a wounded=

duck.

Goodspeed moves on to the third and fourth chem rounds.

Suddenly there's a BEEP. Goodspeed and Mason whirl. Pvt.

Gamble's WALKIE TALKIE is talking to them:

HUMMEL (O.S.)

Gamble, Starling. Come in.

Mason and Goodspeed exchange a nervous look.

HUMMEL (O.S.)

Privates Gamble and Starling, come in.

EXT. ALCATRAZ - INFIRMARY COMMAND CENTER - NIGHT

Hummel clicks off his walkie-talkie. Stands there a=

second,

thinking.

HUMMEL:

The morgue.

Hummel and Baxter exit quickly.

INT. ALCATRAZ - MORGUE - NIGHT

Goodspeed goes faster; his hands are sweating, trembling. It's like he's=

lost his spine. (And thinking about Carla, perhaps he has.)

MASON:

Clmon c'mon.... faster ....

Goodspeed nearly drops a chem round. Mason recoils.

MASON:

I thought you were cool under pressure.

GOODSPEED:

Shut up; you're making me nervous.

EXT. ALCATRAZ - BETWEEN CELL HOUSE AND MORGUE - NIGHT

Hummel and his men race toward the morgue.

INT. ALCATRAZ - MORGUE - NIGHT

Goodspeed has dealt with eight chem rounds. There should be

seven more, but there's not. Goodspeed counts them ....

MASON:

They'll be on us in twenty seconds.

GOODSPEED:

Wait a minute. F***. Hummel stole fifteen chem rounds. There's only=

twelve here. Here. Quickly. Do these last four.

Mason raises the poison pearl strands from each of the remaining four chem=

rounds. Goodspeed quickly plucks the chips from the guidance=

systems.

EXT. ALCATRAZ - MORGUE - NIGHT

Hummel and the marines converge on the morgue. Surround the

door. They burst inside, guns trained.

INT. ALCATRAZ - MORGUE - NIGHT

COX, MCCOY, and DARROW fire machine gun bursts at --

-- MASON AND GOODSPEED sprinting across floor, BULLETS chewing the floor. =

They dive into the MORGUE INCINERATOR CHUTE, Goodspeed leaving the tac=

radio behind ....

INT. TUNNEL UNDER MORGUE - NIGHT

Goodspeed and Mason tumble out of the chute. Two MONO-RAIL CARTS are=

hanging there. They exchange a look and climb into the first cart. Mason=

throws the cart's RELEASE LEVER. The cart glides down the=

mono-rail.

INT. ALCATRAZ - MORGUE - NIGHT

HUMMEL goes to the mortician's table. Sees the theft of the

guidance chips.

HUMMEL:

Hendrix! Take Royce and Scarpetti!

CAPTAIN HENDRIX and PVTS. ROYCE and SCARPETTI dive into the

incinerator chute after Mason and Goodspeed.

BAXTER:

Gamble and Starling are dead.

CUT TO:

INT. TUNNEL UNDER MORGUE - MONO-RAIL TRACK - NIGHT

Hendrix, Scarpetti, and Royce tumble from the incinerator

chute. Mason and Goodspeed are down the Mono-rail track.

Hendrix gets in THE SECOND MONO-RAIL CART. Scarpetti gets in THE THIRD=

MONO-RAIL CART. Hendrix and Scarpetti pull the release levers. The=

Mono-rail carts rumble after Goodspeed and Mason. Hendrix shouts back to=

Royce:

CAPTAIN HENDRIX:

FOLLOW ON FOOT!

INT. ALCATRAZ - MONO-RAIL TUNNEL - NIGHT

The three carts fly down the mono-rail: Goodspeed and Mason

(in CART 1) 50 feet ahead of Scarpetti (in CART 2), who is

50 feet ahead of Hendrix (in CART 3)

IN CARTS 2 AND 3 - SCARPETTI and HENDRIX fire M-16s.

IN CART 1 - MASON and GOODSPEED duck as BULLETS RICOCHET

around the tunnel walls. They pop up and return fire.

IN CART 2 - SCARPETTI arms hi over/under M-16 grenade

launcher with a grenade and... FIRES.

THE GRENADE PROJECTILE shoots down the monorail tunnel.

IN CART 1 - MASON AND GOODSPEED duck as the GRENADE PROJECTILE wings over=

their heads, continues down the tunnel

and DETONATES against the tunnel wall.

CART 1 roars through smoke and debris left by grenade explosion. As it=

rounds a corner, Mason grabs A SPLINTERED TIMBER and releases from the=

cart. CART 1, with Goodspeed alone continues down the mono-rail.

MASON yanks down a 5 ft. long BROKEN SECTION OF SEWAGE PIPE

and presses himself against the tunnel wall.

AS CART 2 rounds the corner...

WHAM!! Mason swings, hitting Scarpetti flush in the forehead, killing him=

and blowing him off the cart. Cart 2, without Scarpetti, continues down=

the mono-rail.

Mason waits. As CART 3 rounds the corner

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