The Delivery (3)
R Perez

 

him.

POP-SWEET
(into phone)
Get this straight, you jive-ass
cocksucker. Do a number on me and
you are between a rock and a hard
place. You dig?

Pop-Sweet hangs up, grumbling as he crosses the room.

POP-SWEET
Sucker thinks he can play me for a
fool. I'm a entrepreneur.

HOOKER
You sure are, sugar.

POP-SWEET
Shut up, bitch

Pop-Sweet sits at his desk. TWO PROSTITUTES wait there.
One buffs his nails. The other gives a backrub.

The door flies open. It's Merrill, moving forward...

POP-SWEET
Ah, shit...

Pop-Sweet reaches in a desk drawer...
Merrill comes to SLAM the drawer on Pop-Sweet's hand.

POP-SWEET
Fuck!... alright, man, ease off...

Merrill lets Pop-Sweet's hand free, removes the drawer and
retrieves a pearl-handled gun, which he admires.

MERRILL
You always did have style.

POP-SWEET
(rubbing his wrist)
It's one of a kind.

MERRILL
So are you, Pop-Sweet. That's why...

A SCREAM of RAGE is HEARD. Merrill wheels...

The Hooker's charging, swinging a straight razor... Merrill
lifts the drawer to block, then PUNCHES...

The Hooker hits shelves of vases, which crash down on her,

POP-SWEET
Fuck, Merrill... why you got to go
doin' that?!

Pop-Sweet goes to the unconscious Hooker, rolls her away in
favor of broken pottery, which he fingers forlornly.

POP-SWEET
(of the vase)
This shit was Ming.

MERRILL
That's the problem with expensive
tastes... the more you got, the more
you got to lose.

Merrill sits. Pop-Sweet rises, studies Merrill.

POP-SWEET
Where's your pet gorilla and the
female Uncle Tom?

MERRILL
(slightly off guard)
They're... around.

POP-SWEET
Yeah? So, what do you want to ask
today that I can't answer? I'm a
busy man.

MERRILL
The way Ted takes such good
care of you and this drug-peddling
"escort service" of yours, I figure
you got the scoop on the
pharmaceuticals arriving tonight.

POP-SWEET
(deep sigh, nods)
Well, let me tell you how it is...

Pop-Sweet bolts, out the door, Merrill stands, in no hurry.

INT. DISCO CABARET, STAIRWELL -- AFTERNOON

Pop-Sweet runs down the hall, heading for stairs. He hits
the newspaper and baby powder, slipping, flying...

TUMBLES painfully down the stairwell...
Hits bottom and lies there, screaming.

POP-SWEET
... son of a bitch... broke my
fucking arm...

Merrill strolls to catch up, starts downstairs.

POP-SWEET
I'm gonna cut off your fuckin' head
and use it for a candy dish...

Merrill steps on Pop-sweet's chest, leans in close.

MERRILL
Talk like that, I might forget to
call an ambulance. Now, tell me
again, how's the dope arriving?

A CREAK is HEARD behind.

MERRILL
(realizes)
Fuck...

Just as Merrill turns, he's grabbed from behind and thrown...
He hits a wall and lands in a heap, stunned.

PINK-EYE
You're the one gonna be needing an
ambulance, white boy...

Pink-eye's upon Merrill, stripping him of his gun. Another
brute, in an open-to-the-belly silk shirt and
with jeweled rings on every finger, helps Pop-Sweet up.

Merrill tries to get up. Pink-eye PUNCHES him down.

POP-SWEET
(to Pink-eye)
Outside.

CUT TO:

INT. DISCO CABARET

Red Go-Go Dancer shakes her bootie to the DISCO BEAT.

EXT. ALLEYWAY

A metal door swings open as Merrill's thrown out into a pile
of garbage. Pink-eye, Mr. P and Pop-Sweet follow...

SLO-MO: Pink-eye punches Merrill again.
SLO-MO: Mr. P comes to pistol whip Merrill's head.

INT. DISCO CABARET -- .

White Go-Go Dancer moves her hands across her body, sexy.

EXT. ALLEYWAY -- .

SLO-MO: Merrill's bleeding bad, tries to rise, gets KICKED.

SLO-MO: Pop-Sweet, clutching his arm, watches with glee.

INT. DISCO CABARET -- .

Blue Go-Go Dancer's breasts sway as she dances. She smiles.

EXT. ALLEYWAY -- .

Merrill's thrown, clattering thru trash cans.
Mr. P kicks Merrill's ribs.

Merrill lifts his head, bloody, looking...

DOWN THE ALLEY: Jules and Augustus running this way!

For a moment, Merrill smiles crooked. He's saved.

MERRILL
(weakly)
... Jules... Gus...

Pop-Sweet looks down the same alley...
It's empty, Jules and Augustus were Merrill's delusion.

POP-SWEET
Who you talkin' too, Merrill?

Pop-Sweet whacks Merrill with a backhanded SLAP.

POP-SWEET
They ain't there, turkey. You're all
by your lonesome!



CUT TO:

INT. PRECINCT, VICE BULLPEN -- AFTERNOON

Jules's miserable, wearing big headphones plugged into a
"portable" cassette recorder, pulling files, tossing them...

Into the box on Augustus's lap. He smokes, staring off,
deeply depressed. Captain Albert arrives to slap his head.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
Stop day-dreaming, lard ass. Where's
Merrill?

Jules takes off her headset.

JULES
He went to pick up lunch.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
Well, shake a leg. Get these files
downstairs...
(to Jules)
And, quit listening to your fucking
voodoo music.

JULES
(sarcastic, salutes)
Yes, sir.

As the captain moves on, Jules makes her salute into the
finger. She and Augustus share a long look of mutual
frustration, then Augustus shuffles away.

Jules puts headphones back on, ejects a tape from her
recorder and replaces it with another.

INT. PRECINCT, CAPTAIN'S OFFICE -- ....

Captain Albert sits. PHONE RINGS.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
(into phone)
Yeah, what is it?

TED
(from phone)
Is your telephone etiquette always so
sloppy?

Captain Albert tenses, goes to shut his door.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
(nervous, into phone)
Why the hell are you calling me here?

EXT. TED'S MANSION --.

TED
Calmly, captain. If it weren't
important, I wouldn't disturb the
fine work you do...

INT. TED'S MANSION, GREAT ROOM -- .

Party preparations. Men chisel a bald eagle ice sculpture.
Thugs lounge on Ethan Allen furnishings. Ted stands
with the phone held to his ear by his ENGLISH BUTLER.

TED
(into phone)
Your children played with their guns
in front of me again today. This
upsets me.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
(from phone)
They've been suspended. Hell, the
do-gooder district attorney came and
did it himself. Thinks he's being a
patriot.

TED
Suspending those three is about as
useful as giving a speeding ticket to
Evil Knievel.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
I'm keeping an eye on them.

TED
No. I've had my fill. I want them
taken out of the game.
(waiting)
Hello?! Still on the line?

CAPTAIN ALBERT
Yeah... I hear...

INT. PRECINCT, CAPTAIN'S OFFICE -- .

Captain Albert wipes his sweaty brow.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
(into phone)
What you're asking... goes against
every code of honor...

TED
(from phone)
Isn't it a bit late to regret lost
innocence? We don't want any
indiscreet photographs ending up in
the hands of your wife, do we?

Captain Albert agonizes, reddening, trapped.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
(pause, into phone)
I can... make certain arrangements.
But, it'll cost extra.

INT. TED'S MANSION, GREAT ROOM -- .

TED
(into phone)
Name your price.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
(from phone)
I want those pictures. The
negatives... everything.

TED
Pluck this thorn from my paw, and
you'll have them, with my gratitude.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
(bitterly)
Just the pictures'll be fine, you
dirty bastard.

Ted exits, motioning for the butler to hang up.
Behind, workmen on ladders unfurl a gigantic American flag
from ceiling to floor.

INT, TED'S MANSION, FOYER -- AFTERNOON

A meek music instructor, LUDWIG VAN STUPINHIMER, waits with sheet music
under his arm, studying a painting. Ted strides in,
his mood brightening,

TED
Ludwig van Stupinhimer... forgive me for letting
business trifles distract my
attention. On to more important
pursuits, eh? Come, come... I have a
surprise...

Ted ushers the always nervous Ludwig van Stupinhimer forward.

CUT TO:

INT. TED'S MANSION, MUSIC ROOM -- AFTERNOON

Ted's hands open a medium-sized wooden packing crate.

TED
It arrived today. You won't believe
it, even when you see...

They're in a room that's like a bad family-theme-restaurant
version of a 18th century European music parlor. Gaudy.
Big harp in a corner. Ted digs thru shredded paper
in the crate, removing an old violin case.

Ludwig van Stupinhimer is taken aback as Ted opens the case, and
gently takes out a beautiful VIOLIN.

TED
(with reverence)
Stradivarius. Antonius Stradivarius,
post seventeen hundred.
One of perhaps five hundred and
forty. Absolutely priceless.
(studies it)
I was born in Newark, New Jersey,
Ludwig van Stupinhimer, as far away from this
moment as I think you could ever get.
My family lived each day in poverty.
I wasn't expected to make anything of
myself. Failure was a given.

LUDWIG VAN STUPINHIMER
May I...

Ted lets Ludwig van Stupinhimer hold the violin,

TED
These hands...
(holds his hands up)
These are the hands of a grocery
clerk... of a janitor, and then a
numbers runner who fought and clawed
and battled, by hook or by crook, to
get his piece of the American dream.
These hands were not destined to
caress a Stradivarius, And yet...
(takes violin back)
The impossible.

Ted picks up his bow off a music stand. Ludwig van Stupinhimer
takes this as his cue, moving obediently to place music on
the stand in front of Ted.

With a flourish, Ted puts the Stradivarius under his
chin, tilts his head, and puts the how to the violin strings. A
pause, and then...

Ted proceeds to play horribly. Screechy and
uneven. He tries to follow the sheet music, but a child
could do better.

Ludwig van Stupinhimer attempts to guide by motioning with his hands and
body language, cringing a bit, trying to encourage.

Ted's frustrated

, but keeps playing, extremely bad,
biting his tongue in concentration.

CUT TO:

INT. PRECINCT, CAPTAIN'S BATHROOM -- AFTERNOON

In his small, office bathroom, Captain Albert splashes his
face with water. He stares in the mirror, pale and fearful.

INT. PRECINCT, CAPTAIN'S OFFICE -- .

Captain Albert returns to his office from the adjoining
bathroom. He goes to a cabinet. He unlocks a drawer and
takes out a paper bag hidden far back.

CUT TO:

INT. PRECINCT, FILE STOREROOM -- AFTERNOON

Augustus topples boxes of files. He bends to pick up the
mess. Jules enters, eyeing Augustus's ass. She kicks it.

AUGUSTUS
What the... ?! What was that for?

JULES
(walking out)
Follow me.

AUGUSTUS
(follows, rubbing ass)
How come everyone thinks hitting me's
the best way to get my attention?

EXT. PRECINCT, UNDERGROUND GARAGE -- AFTERNOON

Jules moves thru, looking around. Augustus trails.

AUGUSTUS
Where we going?

JULES
We have to find Merrill.

Jules ducks behind a squad car. She gets in and yanks wires
under the dash, hot wiring.

AUGUSTUS
Okay. But, what changed our mind?

JULES
(sparking wires)
Just keep an eye out till I get this
rig up and running.

Augustus rises to keep watch. His eyes narrow...

AUGUSTUS
Wait a minute... he's back...

Across the garage, Merrill's Mustang is moving thru.

Augustus and Jules move to follow.

The Mustang parks... the door opens...

Merrill gets out, beaten bloody, barely supporting himself.

JULES
Merrill... !

Merrill collapses to the ground.

Augustus and Jules run to him.

INT. PRECINCT, STAIRWELL -- AFTERNOON

The stairwell door slams open and Augustus charges upstairs
with Merrill semi-conscious in his arms. Jules follows.
ABOVE, Captain Albert comes to watch, keeping hidden till
they're gone, then he starts downstairs.

INT. PRECINCT, BATHROOM -- AFTERNOON

Merrill's lying on the floor in Jules's lap, swollen-faced and
bruised. Jules uses a needle to sew inside his mouth.

MERRILL
It's nobody�s fault but mine. I got
blindsided.

Augustus's pacing, frustrated, sad, infuriated.

AUGUSTUS
We shoulda been there to back you up.
We shoulda!

MERRILL
Stop blaming yourself.

Jules makes a stitch. Merrill's lip is pulled by the thread.

JULES
You need a doctor.

MERRILL
Nothing's broke. Keep sewing.
(drinks from flask)
And quit pacing, you big ox. You're
making me skittish.

Augustus SMASHES a mirror with his fist.

AUGUSTUS
I'll kill 'em...

Looking to vent, he grips a sink, jerking it furiously,
starting to pull it from the wall, water spurting...

AUGUSTUS
Let's go! Fuck everything! God damn
sons of bitching mother fuckers...
I'm gonna rip'em all brand new
assholes... !

JULES
Hey... HEY! Cool down, Jumbo!

Augustus snaps out of it, looks to Jules.

JULES
We're going out. But, here's the
situation, and here's how it's gonna
go down...

CUT TO:

INT. PRECINCT, EVIDENCE LOCK-UP -- AFTERNOON

A cop at the evidence cage window signs papers for the GUARD
inside. The cop finishes, says goodbye. Merrill arrives.

LOCK-UP GUARD
Merrill, what the hell? You look like
shit...

Merrill points his gun at the guard.

LOCK-UP GUARD
Fuck, man... I was only kidding... !

MERRILL
Unlock the door.

LOCK-UP GUARD
I... I can't do that...

MERRILL
Now! Unless you want your head to
make a whistling sound on windy days.

The guard nods, moving back. He opens a door, Augustus
and Jules enter with duffel bags, guns up.

CUT TO:

INT. PRECINCT, UNDERGROUND GARAGE -- AFTERNOON

Uniformed cops pass. Captain Albert rises from behind a
patrol car, sneaking...

At the Mustang, he takes out the paper bag, unwraps a small,
plastic-explosive CAR BOMB and hand-held DETONATOR.

UNDER THE MUSTANG, Captain Albert crawls to the gas tank. He
attaches the car bomb with a magnetic THUNK.

He unfolds the detonator antenna, flicks a switch. A GREEN
light LIGHTS UP. A GREEN light also LIGHTS UP on the bomb.

CUT TO:

INT. PRECINCT, EVIDENCE LOCK-UP -- AFTERNOON

Augustus's just finishing wrapping the guard in duct tape.

AUGUSTUS
Sorry about this.

Merrill and Jules, at tall shelves full of confiscated
WEAPONS, load guns and ammo into duffel bags.

JULES
Any preferences?

MERRILL
Whatever goes bang.

They keep stuffing bags. Augustus arrives to help,
nervous, filling a suitcase with shotguns and shells.

AUGUSTUS
I can't believe we're stealing.

JULES
We're not stealing. We're borrowing.

AUGUSTUS
No, we're stealing.

JULES
This is the police lock-up. We're
police. How can we steal from
ourselves?

AUGUSTUS
Then, why'd we tie him up?

MERRILL
We're stealing, okay! Quit fucking yackin'
and do it faster.

Merrill flips open a box. His eyes brighten with excitement.

MERRILL
Holy shit...

It's a box of DYNAMITE. Merrill caresses it.


CUT TO:

INT. PRECINCT, UNDERGROUND GARAGE -- AFTERNOON

Weapons are piled into the Mustang's trunk. The trunk is
slammed shut. Merrill, Jules and Augustus look to make sure
no one's taken undue notice.

MERRILL
So far so good. We're past the point
of no return.

Merrill looks for support, holds out his hand. Jules grips
his hand... Augustus joins in; like teammates clasping
hands in a football huddle, gathering courage.

MERRILL
Let's get this thing done.

JULES
All for one...

AUGUSTUS
... and fuck 'em all.

CUT TO:

INT. PRECINCT, CAPTAIN'S OFFICE -- AFTERNOON

Captain Albert stands looking out the window, nervous.

MERRILL
Must be your lucky day, cap'n...

The captain turns. Merrill enters with a shoebox.

MERRILL
I'm gonna put a great big,
ear-to-fucking-ear smile on your
face. How 'bout that?

CAPTAIN ALBERT
Where have you been?

MERRILL
I'm here. That's all that counts.
Watch... you'll enjoy this... it's
like magic...

Merrill puts the box on the desk, takes the lid off, takes
three badges from his pocket... puts them in. Takes out
his revolver, drops it in, followed by two more guns.

MERRILL
It's our gift to you. Something
you've always wanted...

Merrill puts the lid on, adorns it with a tattered gift bow.

MERRILL
Our resignations.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
You going rogue on me?

MERRILL
Maybe.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
What happened, Merrill? We used to be
friends. You used to know how the
game was played.

MERRILL
You mean taking bribes, and skimming
busts and letting hoods walk? You
mean not being able to sleep at night
after shaking down some honest Joe?

CAPTAIN ALBERT
There was a time when you did things
the right way, till you hooked up
with that fat-ass and
the soul-sister.

Merrill just shrugs... walks. But, he stops in the doorway.

MERRILL
Oh, there's one more thing...
(walks back)
Now, where did I put that... ?
(searching pockets)
Uh... oh, here it is...

Merrill takes his fist from his pocket and holds it up,
admiring it a moment, smiling, then SUCKER PUNCHING...

The captain's knocked to the floor, nose bloodied.

MERRILL
Screw you.

INT. PRECINCT, VICE BULLPEN -- AFTERNOON

Merrill crosses to leave. Captain Albert comes to shout.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
You're washed up, Merrill! You're all
done!

Cops stare. Captain Albert tries to control his temper.

INT. PRECINCT, CAPTAIN'S OFFICE -- AFTERNOON

Captain Albert closes and locks the door. He goes to the
window, takes out the detonator.

He flicks the switch. GREEN BULB on the detonator LIGHTS.

INT. PRECINCT, UNDERGROUND GARAGE -- AFTERNOON

Merrill joins Jules and Augustus in the Mustang. Peel out...

EXT. PRECINCT HOUSE -- AFTERNOON

The Mustang bursts into sunlight, hits pavement...

INT. PRECINCT, CAPTAIN'S OFFICE -- AFTERNOON

Captain Albert looks to the street three stories below,
gripping the detonator, angry breath fogging the window.

THRU THE WINDOW: the Mustang's moving away.

Captain Albert holds up the detonator.
His thumb caresses the button.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
Good riddance.

His thumb tenses.

THRU THE WINDOW: the Mustang spins, turning...

EXT. PRECINCT HOUSE -- AFTERNOON

The Mustang u-turns, coming to a halt facing the precinct.

INT. PRECINCT, CAPTAIN'S OFFICE -- AFTERNOON

Captain Albert lowers the detonator, watching, curious.

THRU THE WINDOW: Jules can be seen getting out, carrying
something to a phone booth close by. She dials the phone.

PHONE RINGS Captain Albert looks to the phone on his
desk, He answers it, brings it to the window.

CAPTAIN ALBERT
(into phone)
What... ?

JULES
(from phone)
How you doing up there in your ivory
tower, Captain?

EXT. PRECINCT HOUSE -- AFTERNOON

In the phone booth, Jules waves up to the captain's window,
Merrill and Augustus are looking up from in the car.

JULES
(into phone)
I'm gonna let you in on a secret.
See, that wasn't my "voodoo music" I
was listening to before.

Jules lifts her tape recorder, HITS PLAY.

CAPTAIN'S VOICE
(from recorder)
... are you calling me here?

TED
(from recorder)
Calmly Captain. If it weren't
important..

INT. PRECINCT, CAPTAIN'S OFFICE -- AFTERNOON

Captain Albert's face goes slack.

TED'S VOICE
(from over phone)
... I wouldn't disturb the fine work
you do. Your children played with
their guns in front of me...

Captain Albert unscrews his mouthpiece... something falls...

Rolls on the floor, stops: a micro-transmitter.

Captain Albert trembles, holds up the detonator...

CAPTAIN ALBERT
(into phone)
Burn in hell, whore!

He pushes the button...

THRU THE WINDOW: nothing happens to the Mustang. A quiet
BEEPING is HEARD 0.S.... BEEP... BEEP...

A moment of confusion for Captain Albert, then he turns...

The BEEPING comes from the SHOEBOX Merrill left on the desk.
Stark terror. Captain Albert leaps to grab the box...

He tears off the lid. The bomb is there, under guns and
badges. He grabs it, throws it...

The bomb spins, heading for the window...

A brief look of relief on Captain Albert's face...

As the bomb hits the window... but, bounces off...
Falls to the floor.

Captain Albert's expression returns to terror.

EXT. PRECINCT HOUSE -- AFTERNOON

From Jules, Merrill and Augustus's vantage point: the
EXPLOSION BLOWS OUT the captain's window!

Cops look up, alarmed, shouting and pointing.
They run as shards of glass fall to the sidewalk.

Jules returns to the Mustang. Merrill revs and speeds
away.

CUT TO:

INT. DISCO CABARET -- AFTERNOON

DISCO MUSIC. Mock sex on stage. Pop-Sweet, arm in a cast,
is behind the bar with Pinkeye, counting cash.

Pop-Sweet enters cash figures in a large, bound ACCOUNTANT'S
LEDGER book full of columns of handwritten numbers.

At the club entrance, Mr. P.'s playing bouncer.
Merrill enters, breezing past with a shotgun. Mr. P.
does a double take, can't believe it, follows...

Behind, Augustus and Jules enter, following Mr. P....

Mr. P. reaches in his jacket for his gun, closing in on
Merrill. Augustus SWINGS a golf club -- THWACKS Mr. P.
in the back of the head.

Mr. P. falls face first to the floor. Merrill doesn't
even look back, cocks his shotgun, aims... -

In the BOOTH, the D.J. jumps for cover as buckshot SHATTERS
glass and record albums.

Behind the bar, Pop-Sweet and Pinkeye react.

Augustus and Jules head for the bar, passing Merrill as
Merrill retargets his shotgun upwards and FIRES...

The disco GLITTER BALL EXPLODES!

Customers, waitresses and strippers scatter. Pop-Sweet and
Pinkeye take out weapons...

Augustus holds his golf club by its shaft between his
teeth, leveling two handguns, and Jules's already FIRING...

Bullets hit the bar, BUSTING BOTTLES and MIRRORS. Pop-Sweet
and Pinkeye are forced to duck down.

Augustus and Jules keep BLASTING, still moving forward.

Merrill drops his shotgun, produces two revolvers and moves
to the bar, adding to the gunfire barrage
between Jules and Augustus, who stop to reload,

Behind the bar, Pop-Sweet and Pinkeye go fetal, covered in
broken glass and debris.

Merrill stops firing. Jules and Augustus come to flank him,
pointing reloaded weapons.

JULES
Alright, flesh-peddler, let's see
empty hands!

MERRILL
Out here. On your knees.

Hands rise, then Pop-Sweet and Pinkeye show their faces.
They move from behind the bar, seething.

POP-SWEET
You can't do this to me! Who the
fuck do you think you are!?

Merrill takes the driver from Augustus's teeth, swings it.

MERRILL
Who am I, you say?
(hefting club,
moving forward)
I am one pissed off motherfucker...

MR. P.
Freeze, piggies!

Behind, Mr. P. points a gun, clutching his bloody head.

AUGUSTUS
I knew I shoulda used a 9-iron.

MR. P.
Lose the guns or I'll smoke you!

Our heroes drop their many weapons, raising their hands.

POP-SWEET
Looks like you got it all
backasswards again, Merrill...

Pinkeye moves towards the cops. Mr. P. edges in from
the other side. No way out for our heroes.

Jules moves her fingertips along her coat sleeve seam...
readies a six-pointed sherikan .

Jules glances to Augustus... Augustus glances to Merrill...
Merrill glances to Jules...

At the bar, Pop-Sweet lifts a broken, jagged bottle...

POP-SWEET
You thought you got hurt last time...
you ain't seen nothing yet.

Pinkeye bends to retrieve a gun off the floor. Merrill
spins, SMASHES his foot down on Pinkeye's hand!

Jules spins, throwing the sharp-edged star at Mr. P....

The throwing star SLICES Mr. P.'s face. He recoils,
crying out and misfiring his gum.

Merrill kicks Pinkeye in the head, then turns...

MERRILL
Gus... !

Merrill kicks the golf club off the floor...

The golf club spins in the air...

Augustus catches the club, SWINGS without missing a beat,..

Mr. P.'s recovered and aiming his gun just as Augustus
SWINGS the club -- KNOCKS the gun across the room.

POP-SWEET
No!!

Pop-Sweet moves forward with the bottle, but Jules steps up,
poised kung-fu ready. Pop-Sweet hesitates, circling.

Across the room, Mr. P. rushes forwards and tackles
Augustus, toppling tables. They battle.

Pinkeye's rising, but Merrill PUNCHES.

Pop-Sweet stabs the jagged bottle at Jules. Jules high-kicks,
disarming Pop-Sweet, then spins flawlessly... KICKS
Pop-Sweet's chin, sending him backwards.

Augustus kicks Mr. P. off...
Mr. P. gets up, charges headlong at Augustus.
Augustus raises his club, side-stepping...

AUGUSTUS
Fore!

Gus swings -- CLUNK -- sends Mr. P. onward...
Mr. P. CRASHES head-first into a cigarette machine.

Pop-Sweet scrambles up, throwing a chair at Jules, which she
dodges. Pop-Sweet flees...

Merrill KNEES Pinkeye's head... sees Pop-Sweet running.

JULES
Go! I'll finish this.

Merrill runs after Pop-Sweet.

EXT. DISCO CABARET, ALLEYWAY -- AFTERNOON

Pop-Sweet bursts out a side door, heading for daylight.
Merrill pursues, sprinting. Gus follows.

INT. DISCO CABARET -- AFTERNOON

Jules watches Pinkeye and Mr. P. get up. She preps,
feet apart, doing martial arts warm-ups as they approach.

MR. P.
Are you that good, sister? Think you
can handle us both?

Mr. P. grins, moves in. Pinkeye attacks...

Jules blocks, PUNCHES, CHOPS, SPINS and SLAPS, then finishes
with a GROIN KICK. Pinkeye hits the dirt.

Mr. P. strikes. Jules FLIPS HIM...
-- Mr. P. lands flat, lays there gasping.

JULES
They don't call it a black belt for
nothing.

At the bar, Jules comes to claim the money ledger, tilting it
to clear off the shattered glass it's buried under.

CUT TO:

EXT. DOWNTOWN HOLLYWOOD -- AFTERNOON

Busy sidewalks. Pop-Sweet runs, fearful. Merrill chases.
Augustus brings up the rear.

Pop-Sweet PUSHES pedestrians...

POP-SWEET
Outta the way! Move!

AROUND A CORNER

Pop-Sweet arrives, full speed, looking back... SLAMS a "MAPS

 

 

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