Three Kings Page #26

DOC:

Yes.

TROY:

OK. So I owe you a car. I'm not in

shock.

ARCHIE GATES:

We can talk about cars later, OK?

TROY:

Freeze --

He points his pistol at Imam.

IMAM:

Take it easy.

TROY:

Who is this guy?

ARCHIE GATES:

He's with us.

Troy and Imam look at each other a moment, Troy still points

his pistol at Imam.

TROY:

You're the guy with the little

girl.

IMAM:

That's right.

TROY:

What are you doing here?

ARCHIE GATES:

He helped us find you.

TROY:

All right. You're all right.

He hugs Imam.

TROY:

How's your girl?

IMAM:

She's safe. For the moment.

TROY:

All right. Excellent. How can we

help?

DOC:

Calm down, man.

TROY:

I'm calm. Don't I look calm?

IMAM:

We had a deal to get us to the

border, but we need more vehicles

for these people.

Troy moves nervously.

TROY:

We're gonna work it out. We can do

it. We have to work it out.

DOC:

I'm not sure how. This is a lot of

people.

TROY:

OK, you choose who we take. You

tell the others it's not

convenient, they'll have to die.

DOC:

Take it easy, man.

TROY:

You think I don't know what I'm

saying. I know what I'm saying.

We're gonna do more than steal,

that's what I'm saying. We're

gonna help these people out.

IMAM:

This guy was worth saving.

ARCHIE GATES:

He's a soldier.

Troy and Archie look at each other, smile slightly.

VIG (O.S.)

Yes. Yes. All right.

They all turn to look.

WIDE SHOT -- Vig pops up in the desert, 150 yards away.

VIG:

You made it.

Vig comes running.

VIG:

I thought that was you. Yeah.

Troy smiles as he steps in the direction of Vig. Suddenly a

RIFLE SHOT RINGS OUT, Troy jumps.

SLIGHTLY SLOW MOTION -- Vig is hit in the collar bone, ONLY

THE SOUND OF THE BULLET SMASHING HIS FLESH AND BONE. He is

jerked, falls to his knees, but gets up, keeps staggering

toward Troy, 125 yards away.

Troy looks stunned.

Archie turns sharply to his right and FIRES a rifle.

An IRAQI SOLDIER, 150 yards to the side, drops to the ground

as Archie and Doc continue to hit him with gunfire.

Troy runs as hard as he can toward Vig.

ARCHIE GATES:

Cover him.

Doc looks around frantically with his pistol pointed. Archie

scans the area and directs 3 SHIITE RIFLEMEN to spread out.

ARCHIE GATES:

Lock it down. Shoot anything that

moves.

IMAM:

(translates)

Haza janav yasat.

Troy runs, catches the staggering Vig in his arms and

embraces him. Blood runs from Vig's mouth, onto Troy's

shoulder, as Vig tries to talk.

VIG:

You made it, man --

Troy cries as he runs with Vig in his arms.

TROY:

Help him.

Doc takes Vig from Troy's arms and carefully lays him on the

ground, cradling his head in his lap. Vig spits blood.

VIG:

What happened to the Jesus fire,

Doc?

DOC:

It's around you right now, man, it

works on this side or the other

side.

VIG:

You never told me that part. I

guess I could go to one of them

shrines that erase the bad you

did --

TROY:

We made the right choice today,

Conrad.

VIG:

We did good, right?

TROY:

We made the right choice.

The hole in Vig's collar bone is pumping out blood. Troy puts

his hands over it. Doc looks sad and scared as he tries to

turns Vig's head to help him breathe.

DOC:

Dear Lord watch over this man,

help him if you can. Our father

who art in heaven --

50 Shiites -- children and adults -- sit on the ground near

the bunker watch from afar.

Troy stands up looking around helplessly.

TROY:

Help.

DOC:

-- hallowed be thy name, thy

kingdom come, thy will be done --

A gunshot rings out and -- slightly slow motion -- hits Troy

in the lower right chest -- and comes out again three inches

over, piercing a thin piece of his side -- with only the

sound of tearing tissue. Troy looks stunned as he is spun

around by the shot.

Archie spins around in the desert and looks at Troy.

ARCHIE GATES:

Goddamn it.

He runs hard across the desert toward Troy.

Troy falls next to Vig and they look at each other.

Troy's eyes are wide with pain as he breathes with great

difficulty -- RASPING.

INT. TROY'S RIB CAGE

His breathing creates an air pocket, crushing his organs to

the left side.

TROY'S POV

looking up at Doc, who is saying something to Troy, but

there's NO SOUND EXCEPT TROY'S LABORED BREATHING

The POV turns to the side -- Vig is no longer breathing.

FLASHBACK TO THE OPENING SCENE, but with weird, MUFFLED

SOUND:

SOLDIER #5

Take my picture.

VIG:

Do you still want to sell pictures?

TROY:

(distracted monotone)

For twenty.

SOLDIER #5

Twenty bucks?

VIG:

War's been over five days, ain't

gonna be any more of this, Jim.

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