Human Target Page #5

STEPHANIE:

It was about a week ago. I get in the car

to go to work, and it won’t start. Two

hours later, I’m at the dealership, and

the mechanic comes out with this look on

his face... He says the good news is my

battery’s dead. The bad news is he found 8

ounces of Primasheet 2000 under the hood-

WINSTON:

Plastic explosive.

STEPHANIE:

Had the car started...

WINSTON:

Lucky battery.

STEPHANIE:

Yeah. Listen, Mister...

She waits. Winston looks to Peale plaintively-

LT. PEALE

No names, Stephanie. Easier that way.

STEPHANIE:

Look, I don’t know why somebody would

want me dead. I’ve never gotten threats.

Don’t have enemies. I don’t know what

this is. That’s why I need your help.

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WINSTON:

I’m sorry, but why exactly is this

something the police couldn’t handle?

LT. PEALE

Tell him what you do.

STEPHANIE:

I work for McNamara Engineering, I run

the design team for the Monterey Line.

WINSTON:

(beat; duly impressed--)

Is that a fact...

LT. PEALE

You’re looking at the lady responsible

for the most expensive public works

project in US history. Bullet train from

LA to San Francisco.

STEPHANIE:

With the train’s maiden voyage coming up,

you can understand why we’d like to keep

this information private.

JAMES:

The last thing McNamara needs is more

controversy surrounding the project. But

I’m not here speaking for the company.

And I’m not here because I’m her

supervisor and I can’t do my job without

her, though I am and I can’t. I’m here

because she’s my wife. And if you can

help to end this thing faster and safer

than the police can, then you’re the men

we want.

WINSTON:

(considers all this, before--)

Alright, what I’m going to do is refer

you to a private security firm that I

think quite highly of. They’ll work with

you to develop a security plan-

STEPHANIE:

I’m sorry, I thought your associate

provided the security.

WINSTON:

We aren’t taking new clients at the moment-

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STEPHANIE:

No, I was told you provide a unique

service. That you’re the people I need-

WINSTON:

I’m sorry. This is the best I can do.

STEPHANIE:

That’s not good enough-

CHANCE (O.S.)

Why me?

Everyone stops, sees Chance standing in a shadowed doorframe.

STEPHANIE:

Excuse me?

CHANCE:

Why not conventional private security?

STEPHANIE:

You can flush this person out, yes? Get

him to reveal himself, and take him out.

CHANCE:

That’s the idea.

STEPHANIE:

I don’t want to live my life in fear.

Whoever’s behind this, they shouldn’t

have that kind of power over me. I want

to end this. On my terms. Soon.

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