The Siege Page #2

BACK TO -- HUB AND FRANK, EXITING THE FEDERAL BUILDING

HUB:

How soon can we get there --?

FRANK:

In this traffic, maybe tomorrow.

BACK TO -- THE 99 BUS

As a police TECHIE inserts a dentist's mirror through a

drilled hole in the bus's door, the L.E.D. begins to BLINK

and the passengers SCREAM and dive for cover. An EXPLOSION.

BACK TO -- HUB AND FRANK, IN THE CAR

Frank is listening to a cell phone.

FRANK:

Oh, f***. It just blew.

BACK TO -- THE 99 BUS

The doors hang off their hinges. As the PASSENGERS tumble

off, we SEE they are covered in BLUE PAINT.

BACK TO -- HUB AND FRANK, IN THE CAR

HUB:

-- What?!

FRANK:

-- That's what they're telling me.

HUB:

-- And nobody's hurt?

Frank nods. Hubs closes his eyes in gratitude.

HUB:

Thank God.

CUT TO:

THE JOINT FBI/NYPD TERRORISM TASK FORCE - FEDERAL BLDG

They're listening to a tape-recording, altered by a VO-CORDER:

TAPED VOICE:

-- our first and last warning.

As the MESSAGE continues, we PAN the faces: MIKE JOHANNSON,

squad supervisor, and DANNY SUSSMAN, representing NYPD.

TAPED VOICE:

We expect our demand to be met. There

will be no negotiation. That is all.

TINA:

Demand for what? You hear any demand?

MIKE:

You sure this is all they got?

SUSSMAN:

That's it.

FRANK:

Maybe it's performance art.

Sussman shoots him a look. Clearly Haddad enjoys pushing his

buttons. Finally, Hub stands up.

HUB:

-- Okay. Blue paint. Voice-altering

technology --

FRANK:

-- available from The Sharper Image

catalogue.

SUSSMAN:

Last I looked they weren't offering

exploding paint bombs.

HUB:

Still, the rhetoric sounds political.

Militia?

TINA:

Not their style.

HUB:

Frank --?

FRANK:

Jihad isn't known for their sense of

humor, and Hamas is raising so much

money here, why queer their deal?

TINA:

Anyway, isn't Green the color of

Islam, not blue?

FRANK:

-- And, excuse me, but why do we

immediately assume they're Arabs?

HUB:

I want a composite of the suspects

in circulation by the end of business

today. Tina, you cross-check it

against the mainframe. Mike, have

you got the lab analysis on the paint?

MIKE:

Not yet...

HUB:

-- See if any was sold in quantity

the last month. Danny --

Tina's phone buzzes. She picks it up as Hub keeps going:

HUB:

-- find out what stop these guys got

on the bus, maybe there's a witness.

FRANK:

Hub... I think we're all eager to

give up our weekends on this. It

just occurs to me, has anybody even

committed a crime here? I mean,

assault with a deadly color?

Hub deals with Haddad's irreverence by ignoring it.

HUB:

Here's what I don't like. They know

explosives. They know our response

time. They put in a call and walk.

A young agent, FRED DARIUS, hands Hub a piece of paper:

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