Three Kings Page #14

Vig nervously sits for a moment, then jumps to his feet and

mans the mounted machine gun in the rear of the Hummer.

ARCHIE GATES:

No unnecessary shots, Conrad, is

that clear?

VIG:

Yes, sir.

ARCHIE GATES:

Because we know what bullets do to

vital organs, don't we?

VIG:

Make infected pockets filled with

bile, sir.

ARCHIE GATES:

That's right, that's what they do.

Troy, Doc, Vig watch with trepidation as Archie walks toward

the soldier slashing the Man In Glasses, who carries the Girl.

Archie reaches over and grabs the slasher's wrist, pulling

the blade away from the man's body. He holds the soldier's

wrist up. The soldier grabs for Archie's throat with his free

hand, but Archie grabs this hand and twists it away, putting

the Iraqi into a choke hold. The soldier drops the knife in

the dirt.

The bloodied Man In Glasses collapses to the ground,

clutching the Little Girl in arm casts.

Troy, Doc, Vig point their guns. The Iraqi Major is pissed.

Archie sweeps the soldier's feet out, pins the soldier face

down on the ground, and throws the soldier's gun away. Archie

helps the Shiite Man In Glasses to his feet, takes the Girl,

and walks them over to the Humvee.

Two Shiite prisoners try to stand up, the Iraqi guards kick

them back down.

IRAQI MAJOR:

(pissed)

U.S.A. is out of Shiite war.

The Iraqi Major raises his machine gun as he stands next to

the Humvee, but Archie grabs the barrel and holds it down.

ARCHIE GATES:

No shooting.

Troy looks scared as he points his pistol at the Iraqi

soldiers, who point their rifles back at Troy and Doc.

CUT BACK TO the Major pauses, then smashes the barrel of his

machine gun, with Archie's hand, against the Humvee.

Archie winces, but doesn't let go. The Major does it again,

smashing Archie's hand. Archie winces, doesn't let go. The

Major tries to jerk the barrel up, but Archie pushes it down,

and it fires by accident, into the Major's leg. The Major

howls with pain. Blood dribbles out the bottom of his pants

leg like piss.

Troy covers Iraqi 6 with his rifle.

TROY:

What's happening?

ARCHIE GATES:

Accident. Stay cool.

Vig nervously swings the mounted machine gun from one Iraqi

in the rear to another, but doesn't shoot. Iraqi soldiers

point their rifles at the Americans.

ANGLE ON TROY:

TROY:

No.

WHIP PAN TO Iraqi 6 jerks his rifle toward Archie and fires.

The sound cuts out.

SLIGHTLY SLOW MOTION: WHIP PAN from Iraqi rifle to Archie.

The only SOUND is the BULLET PIERCING THE FLESH of Archie's

lower left arm and tearing his muscle as it passes through.

Archie grimaces violently in pain.

SLIGHTLY SLOW MOTION: Troy fires his pistol. NO SOUND except

for the SLOW MOTION SOUND of the BULLET EXPLODING.

SLOW MOTION:
The bullet tears through Iraqi 6's chest.

THE ONLY SOUND is the IRAQI'S HEARTBEAT, the bullet tearing

flesh and crushing bone, and the heartbeat stopping with a

VIOLENT SPLASH. Iraqi 6 falls to the ground with only a dull

thud and the slow clank of his gear.

REGULAR SPEED:
Vig swings the mounted machine gun from one

Iraqi to another, but still doesn't shoot. He looks terrified

as his thumbs twitch on the triggers.

Iraqi 7 FIRES twice.

SLIGHTLY SLOW MOTION: a bullet tears into Troy's chest with

a DULL SNAP. He winces in pain.

PAN TO the windshield of the Humvee shatters behind Doc; he

turns and fires his pistol.

PAN TO -- slightly slow motion: NO SOUND EXCEPT THE BULLET

TEARING INTO IRAQI 7'S KNEE, smashing through bone. He falls

to the ground clutching his leg.

SLIGHTLY SLOW MOTION: Vig swings the mounted machine gun and

FIRES. NO SOUND BUT THE SLOW CRACKS OF THE RED TRACER BULLETS

EXPLODING from the gun.

SLOW MOTION:
tracer bullets slice across the face of Iraqi 5

and Iraqi 2 in the rear, NO SOUND BUT THE BULLETS BREAKING

THROUGH BONE AND FLESH.

SLOW MOTION:
Archie jams his pistol under the Major's chin

and FIRES -- the ONLY SOUND IS THE. SLOW EXPLOSION OF THE GUN,

and the slow tearing of tissue, ending with a sharp SNAP as

the tissue, bone, and the bullet CRACK out the top of the

Iraqi Major's head.

HIGH ANGLE LOOKING DOWN -- replay of entire shoot out at

REGULAR SPEED. Ending on the wide-eyed Little Girl with her

hand in her mouth, staring.

ANOTHER ANGLE -- replay of entire shoot out at REGULAR SPEED.

Ending on Troy wincing as he holds his chest.

The dead Iraqi Major lies face down in sand with eyes open;

the Interrogator holds his hand and WEEPS.

Archie's lightly blood-flecked face stares down at the dead

Major, clouds pass overhead.

Dead Iraqi 6 lies with legs twisted under his body.

A rivulet of blood trickles through the sand. A spider runs

across it and gets stuck.

LOW ANGLE up at Doc, stone still, staring straight ahead as

clouds pass slowly above him in the sky.

Vig nervously swings the mounted machine gun back and forth.

Troy, drenched in sweat, looks pained as he unbuttons his

shirt:
there's a gunshot in his kevlar vest. The slug drops

out of the dent, into his hand -- he exhales.

Iraqis 2, 3, 4, and the Sargeant, throw their hands up in

surrender and drop their weapons. Big Iraqi 2 walks toward

the Humvee in surrender, and bows down.

Archie points.

ARCHIE GATES:

Cover these three.

Vig swings the mounted machine gun toward the three remaining

Iraqi soldiers who stand over eight terrified Shiites.

ARCHIE GATES:

Doc.

Doc follows Archie over to the three Iraqi soldiers.

DOC:

Down.

The soldiers get on their knees, pleading for mercy.

IRAQI SOLDIER:

Kazal stan hamir in fatar.

Doc takes the Iraqi soldiers' guns and pushes them down.

ARCHIE GATES:

Put the Shiites in the Humvee.

TROY:

There's no room.

ARCHIE GATES:

Make room.

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