The Salton Sea Page #11

A stark hospital hallway. A placard on one of the doors - MEDICAL LAB.

A TITLE APPEARS - "KUJO'S BIG HEIST"

INT. CINDER BLOCK BAR - NIGHT

Creeper points at the glass.

CREEPER:

What is that?

KUJO:

It's the lab.

CREEPER:

I mean what kind of drink?

KUJO:

Cuba Libre

JIMMY:

What is that? Rum and coke?

KUJO:

Don't worry about it.

JIMMY:

I just want to be straight on the

details. Can I taste it?

KUJO:

No, you can't taste it. It's the f***ing

lab! Now shut up.

Danny amused by the conversation. He sees something out of the corner

of his eye ...

The boyfriend kissing Colette roughly. She obviously isn't enjoying

it.

Danny watching intently.

KUJO (cont'd)

Danny, come on. If I'm gonna let you

in on the opportunity of a lifetime,

the least you can do is pay

attention.

Danny turns back to the table. Kujo slides another glass over.

KUJO (cont'd)

This is the courier

CREEPER:

You should use something smaller.

He's the same size as the office. It

doesn't ring true.

Kujo rolls his eyes. He uses a peanut instead.

OLD MAN (O.S.)

And the colored girls sing doot-de-doot ....

INT. HALLWAY - DAY (FLASH FORWARD)

A courier exits from the elevator carrying a medical sample case.

KUJO (O.S.)

He delivers at four o'clock on the

nose every Friday. Alpha team will

be in the elevator with the courier.

That'll be Danny and Creeper.

MOVE INTO THE ELEVATOR - Creeper standing in the corner alone, asleep

on his feet, drool trickling down his mouth.

KUJO (cont'd)

Every member of the team will be

equipped with night vision goggles, a

police scanner and two-way radios.

The elevator door closes on the dosing Creeper.

INT. CINDER BLOCK BAR - NIGHT

He slides over two peanuts behind the courier peanut.

KUJO (cont'd)

... number two team, which will be

me and Jimmy, will be positioned in

the stairwell at the other end of the hall.

Kujo slides over two more peanuts.

The trashy dude heads into the bathroom. Danny sneaks another look at

Colette. This time, she gives him a big smile.

INT. HALLWAY - DAY (FLASH FORWARD)

Kujo emerges from the stairwell, also alone, approaching the courier.

He is wearing shorts, a tank top and after-ski boots. He has a big

powdery crank donut around his nostrils.

KUJO (cont'd)

With alpha team following from the

elevator, number two team will

approach from the stairwell, cutting

the courier off before he reaches the lab.

Creeper still fast asleep inside the elevator. He wakes with a start,

breaking down into a karate stance.

INT. CINDER BLOCK BAR - NIGHT

The courier peanut is now surrounded by the other peanuts and the

cashew.

KUJO (cont'd)

Facing superior numbers and an array of high-tech weapons,

the courier will have no choice but to comply with our demands.

INT. HALLWAY - DAY (FLASH FORWARD)

Kujo and the courier playing tug-of-war with the case. Kujo points a

dustbuster vacuum at the courier like it was a gun.

INT. CINDER BLOCK BAR - NIGHT

Jimmy listening intently, takes some of the peanuts.

KUJO:

Jesus Jimmy, you at the alpha team.

JIMMY:

I thought you were done.

Jimmy pulls peanut paste from his mouth and mounds them up on the

table.

OLD MAN:

I said hey sugar, take a walk on the wild side ...

KUJO (cont'd)

Now here's the beautiful part. The

getaway. Both teams will rappel

right down the center of the

stairwell, change clothes and walk

right out the front door like nothing

happened.

INT. HOSPITAL - DAY (FLASH FORWARD)

Kujo tumbling head-over-heals down the metal steps. He gets to his

feet, a bloody mess.

The kit has sprung open, sending sh*t samples everywhere.

Kujo quickly scrapes as much as he can back into a container and runs

off.

EXT. CEDARS SINAI - DAY (FLASH FORWARD)

Kujo bolts out the front door, into the street and directly into the

path of ...

... an ONCOMING AMBULANCE, which drags him underneath for a good fifty

feet.

INT. CINDER BLOCK BAR - NIGHT

Danny watches as the trashy dude exits the bathroom.

KUJO:

So what's it gonna be, Danny boy?

You in or out?

Trashy dude goes to Colette. It looks like he wants to leave and she

doesn't.

KUJO (cont'd)

Danny!

Trashy dude grabs her by the back of the neck, lifts her off the stool

and pushes her out the front door.

DANNY:

(watching Colette)

I'm afraid I'm gonna have to pass on

this one, boys.

Danny watches her exit.

INT. RESIDENTIAL HOTEL - NIGHT (LATER)

Danny approaches his door. Stops.

Colette is sitting in the hall, head in hands, sobbing.

Danny starts to say something. Stops. Goes to this door. Stops again.

DANNY:

You okay?

She nods.

DANNY (cont'd)

Well...good night then.

Danny starts to enter again. Stops again.

DANNY (cont'd)

Why are you out here?

COLETTE:

Quincey, my boyfriend... he kicked me out.

Danny isn't quite sure what to do. He takes a half-step towards her.

DANNY:

Look...I'd like to help you out ... but I

really don't want to get involved.

COLETTE:

I understand. Thanks anyway.

She looks up. That face. Those eyes. Everything about her says "Get

involved."

INT. COFFEE SHOP - NIGHT

Danny and Colette in a near-deserted retro coffee shop.

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