Three Kings Page #25

Troy and Archie look at each other for an intense moment.

ARCHIE GATES:

Let's go.

INT. ANOTHER BUNKER ROOM

Doc shoots the lock on the inner door and it finally opens.

He looks inside and sees, in a sunken room, 50 more Shiite

civilians huddled together. Archie rushes by with Troy.

ARCHIE GATES:

Come on.

INT. FRONT DOOR OF BUNKER - DAY

Archie and Troy run out of the bunker --

EXT. FRONT DOOR OF BUNKER - DAY

The chopper hovers right there. It FIRES A GRENADE which

EXPLODES next to Archie and Troy. They scramble back into the

bunker.

INT. FRONT DOOR OF BUNKER - DAY

Archie and Troy run into Doc at the door, knocking him over.

They crouch inside the door; the chopper hovers low outside.

EXT. DESERT - DAY

Vig gropes the sand for his glasses, crawling on his hands

and knees with the dead Shiite on his back.

VIG:

You gotta be my disguise, Mr.

Shiite, cuz they need my help over

there --

EXT. DESERT - DAY

The six Iraqis who took oft from the bunker are still

running. Their CONVERSATION is in ARABIC and SUBTITLED in

ENGLISH.

TOUGH IRAQI:

Let's go back and get them.

IRAQI #2

F*** a donkey, no way.

TOUGH IRAQI:

There's a chopper, we can do it.

He and another Iraqi stop while the other two keep running.

TOUGH IRAQI:

They killed your families, you

f***ing cowards.

The Tough Iraqi and his partner, sweating profusely, out of

breath, split up and head back toward the bunker.

INT. FRONT DOOR OF BUNKER - DAY

Archie's in great pain. He grimaces as he tightens the

bandage around his forearm. Troy is shaking uncontrollably.

Doc grabs Troy's shoulders firmly.

ARCHIE GATES:

We're gonna get out of here alive,

just do what I say, do you hear me?

Troy nods. Archie pulls one of the football bombs wrapped in

C-4 from his small pack, and hands it to Doc.

Archie pretends to throw with nothing in his hand.

ARCHIE GATES:

Step, throw, one-two -- I'm gonna

give it a five second fuse. That

gives you two steps out the door.

PAN ACROSS Troy and Doc listen intently.

Archie cuts the fuse on the ball with his knife.

The three of them stand at the door, ready. Archie holds his

pistol ready. Doc holds the football, Troy holds the lighter.

ARCHIE GATES:

Wait --

EXT. BUNKER

Imam, lying in a ditch, is concealed on the side of the

bunker, and aims an old rifle at the chopper.

GUNSHOTS ring off the side of the chopper, chipping plastic.

The chopper banks toward Vig in response.

Vig watches the chopper turn toward him.

VIG:

God help me.

INT. BUNKER

Troy flicks the lighter and with a shaking hand tries to

light the fuse. Archie steadies Troy's hand. The fuse is lit.

ARCHIE GATES:

Go.

EXT. FRONT DOOR OF BUNKER - DAY

Archie FIRES his pistol as he goes out the door with Troy,

also FIRING a pistol. Doc follows with the ball, fuse burning.

Doc throws the ball hard at the chopper, hovering 40 feet up.

INT. CHOPPER

The chopper turns to face the ball just as it hits the

plexiglas window and bounces off, not exploding. The pilots

look perplexed. The ball hits the ground and EXPLODES.

EXT. BUNKER

Archie, Troy, Doc, stunned -- turn back to the bunker.

INT. BUNKER DOORWAY - DAY

They run inside and take cover, catch their breath. Troy and

Doc look terrified.

ARCHIE GATES:

OK. Shorter fuse this time.

He pulls out the second ball, cuts another fuse, affixes it.

They wait at the door again, watching the chopper.

EXT. BUNKER

Imam, from the side of the bunker, FIRES again, the chopper

swivels toward him to RETURN FIRE --

INT. BUNKER

Troy lights the second fuse. They bolt out the door, Troy and

Archie FIRING pistols, Doc in the middle with the ball.

EXT. BUNKER

SLOW TO FREEZE FRAME MID-STRIDE -- with just THE SOUND OF THE

CHOPPER:
Archie, Doc, Troy, three abreast, mid-stride.

RESUME REGULAR SPEED -- Doc unleashes the football.

PAN TO - SLIGHTLY SLOW MOTION -- the ball hits the chopper

broadside and THE CHOPPER EXPLODES INTO A BALL OF FIRE.

SLIGHTLY SLOW MOTION: The chopper comes crashing to the

ground in a heap of metal. The rotary spins off, whips over

Archie, Troy, and Doc's heads and smashes into the bunker.

Silence.

Troy and Doc look at each other, and punch their fists

together. Troy notices that he's wet his pants.

ARCHIE GATES:

We're not done. Check every Iraqi

here.

Archie rolls over bodies lying on the ground, pulls out their

weapons. Troy and Doc take rifles from wounded Iraqis.

TROY:

(agitated)

Where's Conrad?

ARCHIE GATES:

Don't let your guard down.

Doc nervously scans the area with his pistol pointed.

50 Shiite prisoners start streaming out of the bunker.

ARCHIE GATES:

Stay there, don't move.

Imam directs the Shiites to stay clustered near the bunker.

IMAM:

Jakar yizam ut naral --

TROY:

How are we getting back?

DOC:

We got the Rolls.

An IRAQI SOLDIER jumps up just as Archie knocks him to the

ground from behind and twists the gun away. Doc binds the

soldier's hands with a plastic cuff.

TROY:

You got a Rolls?

ARCHIE GATES:

It's been a busy day.

Archie pulls pistols from the bloody bodies of the two Iraqis

in the chopper.

TROY:

Hey. That's a convertible.

He points to the flaming wrecked Infiniti.

ARCHIE GATES:

Keep your f***ing guard up.

TROY:

Is that leather interior?

DOC:

I think he's in shock.

TROY:

It's a f***ing Infiniti

convertible, isn't it?

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