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Neck and neck they head for the brink. At the last jump,

Xander pulls up behind Anders.

They hit the last roof in a crunch of gravel. Anders clamps

on the brakes and comes skidding to a stop, Xander right

behind him.

They skid to a stop at the very edge, with Anders balanced

on his front wheel. He looks down, sees street five stories

below.

He glances back at Xander, sweat beading, struggling to keep

his balance. Xander observes him coolly, totally in control.

Anders reaches for his machine gun. Xander pops a wheelie

and RAMS Anders over the edge.

The bike tumbles and PANCAKES into the pavement. Anders tears

through several AWNINGS before slamming into the ground.

Xander turns and rides to the next apartment building.

He hops down a steep series of roofs that will eventually

take him to street level.

As he makes his way down, Anders stirs. The guy is a bloody,

broken mess but he gets to his feet. He sees where Xander is

headed and he scurries off to intercept him.

EXT. ALLEY - MORNING

Xander is heading to the far end of a dead end alley. The

only way out is fenced in. But there's a RAMP leading up to

a LOADING DOCK. Xander will have to use that ramp to jump

the fence.

Anders climbs to the second floor of the building. There is

a small crane arm loaded with metal. If he pushes it at the

right time, it will swing out and knock Xander from his bike.

He giggles maniacally, blood dripping.

Xander drops down into the alley and heads towards the jump.

Anders times it perfectly and swings the crane arm out.

IN SLOW MOTION:
The bike leaves the ramp and soars up over

the fence.

The crane arm swings out, on a collision course with Xander.

Xander sees it and THROWS HIMSELF OFF THE BIKE, grabbing

onto the back in a SUPERMAN SEAT-GRAB. He passes RIGHT

UNDERNEATH the swinging crane arm.

Anders's face falls when he sees Xander go by, hanging on

with ONE HAND. In his OTHER HAND Xander's got his PISTOL.

BLAP!

Xander pulls himself back onto the bike and lands. He stops,

sees Anders' BLOODY HELMET come bouncing into the alley. He

tucks his pistol away and roars off.

INT. DIRTY APARTMENT - DAY

Xander comes up the stairs and sees LIGHTS ON in his

apartment. He draws his gun and pushes the door open.

XANDER:

Slovo?

Slovo is sitting in the armchair.

XANDER:

Dude, what are you doing here?

SLOVO:

You killed me, remember? Now I have

to hide out here with you. Where

have you been?

Xander holsters his gun, searches around for his communicator.

XANDER:

I found something big enough for us

to take these guys down with. They've

got a of nerve agent they're gonna

unleash.

SLOVO:

Is this what you're looking for?

Xander turns to see Slovo waving the communicator.

XANDER:

Yeah, give it here.

Slovo raises his pistol.

SLOVO:

Sorry, "dude".

XANDER:

(stunned beat)

What's the deal?

SLOVO:

Oh come on, don't feel bad. You got

played, so what? You're new at this.

Did you think you could just stroll

into this business one day and have

all the angles figured out?

XANDER:

Why you dogging me up?

SLOVO:

(shrugs)

They came and found me. They said

they'd kill me unless I help them.

Plus they offer me a lot of money.

No big deal. These things happen.

Dump your gun on the floor.

Xander does so.

SLOVO:

Where do you want it? The head to be

quick? Or the chest for an open

casket?

Suddenly GUNFIRE blasts through the closed door.

Bullets shatter a LAMP, a PICTURE, and finally tag Slovo in

a wild salvo.

Slovo crumples, never knowing what hit him.

The door creaks open. It's Petra, her gun still smoking.

She's with the Ivans.

PETRA:

Are you alright?

XANDER:

What the hell are you doing? You

could've killed me!

PETRA:

(shrugs)

I heard you talking. I could tell

where you were in the room.

XANDER:

I don't know what's going on anymore.

I thought I was square with that

dude. Now everybody's switching sides

like it's the WWF.

The Ivans go to Slovo's body, kicking the gun from his hands.

One of them SPITS on his corpse in disgust.

XANDER:

What are you doing with the Ivans?

PETRA:

I know which cops are good and which

are bad. Come with me. Come on, right

now.

She drags him to the door.

EXT. ST. CHARLES BRIDGE - DAY

The beautiful and historic St. Charles bridge spans the river.

There are BANNERS hanging in celebration of the coming PRAGUE

PEACE CONFERENCE. Petra leads Xander across it.

XANDER:

Where are we going?

PETRA:

We're getting out of this place.

We've done enough.

XANDER:

Wait a minute, whoa. We can't go

now. What's Yorgi got planned with

that nerve agent?

PETRA:

It doesn't matter anymore, forget

it.

XANDER:

Of course it matters. Hey, hold on!

PETRA:

What do we owe our governments? Yours

kidnapped you, mine abandoned me.

XANDER:

Petra, this ain't about the people

that sent us here, you know that.

PETRA:

No, now it's about us. Let's do

something for us before we both get

killed. Don't you want to get to

Bora Bora, Xander?

XANDER:

We can't leave now. We have to do

something.

PETRA:

Why? You're the one who believes in

nothing. Screw the world, or whatever

you said.

Xander grabs her by shoulders.

XANDER:

Alright, so I was full of sh*t. I

thought believing in things was wrong.

Turns out believing in nothing is

worse. You might as well be dead.

I'm not thrilled with the world, but

I'm not gonna let those idiots start

killing people. Come on, you're a

cop, we've got to get these guys.

He's gotten through to her. She nods in agreement.

PETRA:

They left. To a fortress in the

mountains.

XANDER:

We'll have to go after them.

PETRA:

Aren't you afraid?

XANDER:

A long time ago I learned how to put

fear away in a little place in my

head. Maybe that's my problem. If

you don't feel fear you can do some

amazing things, but you can also

screw your life up in ways you can't

imagine.

PETRA:

I must be healthy, then, because I'm

scared to death. I guess I'd better

get back to Yorgi.

XANDER:

You don't have to do that.

PETRA:

Yes, I do. You're right. I can't

just let him go free. Besides, I can

help you from the inside.

XANDER:

Aren't they gonna wonder were you've

been?

PETRA:

(shrugs)

I was supposed to wait for the cop

to kill you and then kill the cop.

They'll believe me.

(beat)

I've been lying for so long, one

more time won't hurt.

XANDER:

When this is over, we're just gonna

take off, the two of us. Take a

vacation.

PETRA:

What the hell are we doing? We're

doing all this together, trusting

each other, making plans, and we

haven't even slept together yet.

Xander kisses her.

XANDER:

That gives us something to live for.

Together they walk back across the bridge. We crane up,

revealing the PRAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE banners all over a big

BUILDING on the river.

EXT. MOUNTAIN - DAY

We see a craggy, gnarly mountain. The front side is a rock

strewn, near vertical drop.

Then we see Xander come scaling up from the back side. He's

got GEAR strapped to his back and it looks like it's been a

helluva climb.

Xander sits at the very peak and catches his breath. It's

beautiful up here.

He pulls a COLLAPSIBLE SNOWBOARD off his back, hits a switch

and the thing SWITCHBLADES OUT to full size. He clamps it on

his feet.

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