Three Kings Page #16

TROY:

Hey. Stop.

Troy stands watching as the children run farther away, crying.

TROY:

Goddamn it.

He runs, hard, after the children, who are now 70 yards away,

the Vuitton hat cases banging against his legs.

Doc pulls a syringe from a sterile packet, is about to stick

it into his leg when Archie grabs his hand.

ARCHIE GATES:

Don't do it, this isn't sarin.

We'd be dead by now.

DOC:

Is it mustard?

ARCHIE GATES:

It's C.S.

DOC:

What's that?

ARCHIE GATES:

Tear gas times ten, but it's not

lethal. Where's Barlow?

DOC:

I don't know.

EXT. DESERT - MINEFIELD

Troy chases the children through the brown fog, he drops one

of the suitcases, catches up to the Girl and scoops her up in

his left arm and covers her face with her coat.

TROY'S POV

as he runs between land mines after the Boy, who is way ahead.

BACK TO THE SCENE

Troy drops the other Vuitton bag, catches the Boy and has

both children under his arms like footballs -- when suddenly

Troy is grabbed from behind with a cord around his neck -- he

lands on his back with the two children in his arms.

TROY'S POV LOOKING UP

the Iraqi Interrogator, wearing a gas mask, kicks Troy in the

head. The screaming Children are torn from Troy's arms by

Iraqi soldiers. Troy reaches for his pistol and it is ripped

from his hand as he is dragged to an Iraqi jeep.

EXT. DESERT - NEAR ARCHIE AND DOC

ARCHIE GATES:

Does anybody see Barlow?

Archie and Doc circle through the thick haze carrying a

Vuitton hat case and cover their mouths and noses.

DOC:

I can't even see the truck.

About five Shiites wander around, confused.

VIG:

Look out.

Archie spins around, drops the bag and points his pistol.

TWO BLACK ROBED FIGURES pick up Vuitton hat cases.

ARCHIE GATES:

Don't move.

A Black Robed Figure walks right past Archie, takes a scared

Shiite man by the arm and leads him to the side.

More black cloaked figures appear. There are THIRTY IN ALL.

Archie, Doc, and Vig look disoriented, point their pistols

around as black robes appear and lead the Shiites away.

VIG:

What's going on?

The robes lead the Shiites to a 4 FOOT HIGH TUNNEL ENTRANCE

in a mound of desert earth and disappear into it.

Vig stands and rubs his one good eye. Doc grabs Vig by the

arm and pulls him back toward the tunnel.

DOC:

Get in the tunnel.

Vig jerks his arm away.

VIG:

Troy.

Doc grabs Vig.

DOC:

You're gonna die.

Vig punches Doc in the side of the head. Doc punches Vig in

the stomach. They fall to the ground, fighting.

Archie searches for Troy in the brown haze.

ARCHIE GATES:

Barlow.

Two black-robed figures pull Vig off Doc and drag him to the

tunnel. Another robed figure pulls Doc to the tunnel.

Archie walks, looks for Troy, chokes, vomits into the sand.

A black robed figure takes him by the arm and pulls him back

to the tunnel, where they disappear inside.

INT. TUNNEL - DAY

Chaos. People choking and vomiting. GAS LANTERNS SWING. The

tunnel is 6 feet tall. Buckets are passed, filled with oiled

rags that people use to wipe their faces. Archie takes a

dripping rag and wipes his eyes, nose, mouth.

VIG:

We have to go back. We can't leave

him there.

Vig's mutilated right eye is bleeding.

ARCHIE GATES:

We have to wait until it clears.

VIG:

You made the choice and we lost

Troy --

ARCHIE GATES:

I had no choice.

VIG:

You had a choice.

ARCHIE GATES:

I had no f***ing choice.

He screams at Vig, who looks scared.

ARCHIE GATES:

I can't walk away from a crime

like that and take the gold and

live my life like nothing

happened, and if you can, then I

hope you die right now.

Vig starts crying. Doc hands a bandage to Archie, who puts it

over Vig's wounded eye socket.

VIG:

What about Troy? What choice does

he have now?

PAN ACROSS the Man In Glasses wipes his daughter's face.

EXT. OASIS BUNKER - DAY

Iraqi soldiers strip Troy's clothes as he stands in front of

Oasis Bunker surrounded only by fortress ruins in the desert.

The Iraqi Interrogator pulls off his gas mask.

Two Iraqi tanks are parked to the side. Small numbers of

soldiers and civilians mill about.

IRAQI SOLDIER (SUBTITLES)

Can we shoot him?

IRAQI SOLDIER #2 (SUBTITLES)

We're not even supposed to have

American prisoners.

INTERROGATOR (SUBTITLES)

He's proof they broke the cease-

fire.

A GUN SHOT RINGS OUT. The Iraqis turn to look.

INTERROGATOR:

They're taking the tank.

PAN TO 7 Shiites with rifles climb the unmanned Iraqi tank.

4 Iraqi soldiers FIRE back at the Shiites.

Troy, naked, tries to break away in the chaos. He runs a few

feet, is tackled and dragged toward the bunker.

EXT. FAR SIDE OF THE TANK

Bill Smithson drives the motorcycle up and stops.

BILL SMITHSON:

Start shooting, Paco.

WALTER:

I don't like this, we gotta go--

Iraqi soldiers pull them off the motorcycle.

WALTER:

Hey.

BILL SMITHSON:

Let me handle this.

INT. NARROW CORRIDOR OF OASIS BUNKER

Troy is led, naked, down the corridor by two soldiers.

EXT. OASIS BUNKER - DAY

Shiites rebels sit on top of the captured tank with rifles as

it drives toward the bunker. Iraqi soldiers FIRE on them, but

the turret aims at the bunker and FIRES -- blasting a hole.

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