Bare Knuckle Page #5

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KIERAN (CONT’D)

I tried hard to rid myself of ya,

but you won’t go away.

Kieran finally stops tickling, and holds Destine.

KIERAN (CONT’D)

You will never starve again.

DESTINE:

Promise me our children wont. I do

not want to raise them in squalor.

KIERAN:

Nor do I. I will build us a house

with a big lot of land. We’ll have

an orchard with more fruit than you

could ever eat.

DESTINE:

On a lumberman’s wage?

KIERAN:

I’ll find a way. There’s nothing I

wouldn’t do for you.

DESTINE:

Do for me what you did last night.

She kisses Kieran when suddenly, BAM, the door is kicked in.

12.

KIERAN:

Who goes there?

Kieran quickly throws on trousers as men stomp down the

stairs. Destine wraps her naked body with a blanket.

LESTER:

Kieran Connolly?

The copper Lester arrives with a band of goons behind him.

KIERAN:

Aye, that’s me.

LESTER:

Can’t evade your duty any longer.

Lester holds up a piece of paper.

LESTER (CONT’D)

This document states you are an

official volunteer in the Union

Army. Signed by your own hand.

KIERAN:

You’re mistaken. I never signed-

LESTER:

Maybe you were drunk like every

other Irishman in New York when you

signed it.

Lester motions, and one of his minions steps out and bashes

Kieran’s temple with an iron hammer. Destine screams in

horror.

They drag Kieran up the stairs, his head hitting every step.

DESTINE:

You can’t do this!

Lester rushes to Destine with a balled fist.

LESTER:

You don’t want to be interfering

with the law, I assure you.

Destine cowers. Lester backs off and searches around.

LESTER (CONT’D)

What a sh*t sty.

He pulls open a drawer and finds the purse. Destine leaps to

her feet.

13.

DESTINE:

NO!

She tries to grab the purse, but Lester pushes her back and

grabs the blanket. She falls naked.

LESTER:

Mmmm, you are one curvy delight.

He savors the sight, then drops the blanket and exits with

the money.

EXT. WATERFRONT - MORNING

Through hazy eyes we see Kieran’s POV go in and out of

consciousness, being carried through the crowded docks.

MINION 1

This bloke is still awake.

MINION 2

After that bash to the head?

MINION 1

Thick skull, small brain.

MINION 2

I’ll put him out. Bad Jack sends

his regards.

The minion viciously smashes his hammer down on Kieran.

EXT. STEAMBOAT - DAY

The sun is at its peak, beating down on Kieran, as his eyes

slowly open. His vision clears and he inspects his clothes.

He is dressed in a formfitting dark blue wool jacket with

“Excelsior” stamped on the buttons. His blue wool trousers

are held up by fabric suspenders.

From a higher deck an Irish soldier, CILLIAN, spies down on

Kieran while polishing the barrel of his Breechloader rifle.

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