Excess Baggage Page #6

Barnaby, being a calm soul, doesn't jump when Sims slamsin.

SIMS:

Mr. Hope just fired us.

Shocked silence from the cops -- sounds perfectly reasonableto Hope's assistant, though.

HOPE'S ASSISTANT

You'll be leaving, then.

Dan stares at the assistant, incredulous.

SIMS:

No we won't be leaving!

COP:

Can he do that?

SIMS:

No he can't do that!

BARNABY:

(aside to the cop)

We're the police, Corey.

COP:

Oh, right.

SIMS:

Let's get this straight. We are the police. Andwe are in control here.

ASSISTANT:

Not on this planet.

INT. WILL'S WAREHOUSE - EVENING

The Porsche is gone. The Mercedes sits in the gloom.

INT. MERCEDES/TRUNK - EVENING

Emily is in a minor fix -- and judging from the sweat anddiscontent factor, has been for some time. It's not easy to pass arms, handcuffedbehind you, under your legs to in front of you -- especially when you'relying on your side in a trunk -- and Emily's stuck mid-way.

She struggles again to get her hands past her feet. Strugglessome more. They come free.

Next job is to wrench the gag away -- she tied a good gag,so it's tough going, but she gets it off. She yanks stuffing from her mouth,takes a big breath -- spits, tries to wet her mouth.

EMILY:

Thank God.

Smiling grimly at success, she extracts the handcuff keyfrom her front jeans pocket and releases the cuffs.

EMILY (CONT'D)

Can you breathe. What an a**hole.

EXT. WAREHOUSE DISTRICT - NIGHT

Will's old Porsche glides down a dimly illuminated street.

INT. WILL'S PORSCHE (WAREHOUSE DISTRICT) - NIGHT

Will's checking the neighborhood for signs of stress, andwhat he sees isn't good. On the corner, a cruiser.

WILL:

Cop.

Across the street, another cruiser.

WILL (CONT'D)

Cop.

Overhead, a helicopter.

WILL (CONT'D)

Cop.

On the sidewalk, a German Shepherd --

WILL (CONT'D)

Cop -- dog?

He shakes his head.

WILL (CONT'D)

Don't be paranoid. That is not a cop dog.

He cranes his neck to stare up through the windshield.

WILL (CONT'D)

But that is definitely a cop helicopter.

He eyes the passing cruiser.

WILL (CONT'D)

And that is definitely a cop car.

Another cruiser sits quietly on the corner, lights out,but there's a guy in uniform in the car all right.

WILL (CONT'D)

Cop cop cop.

Will jerks the steering wheel hard, swerving down a darkstreet and away --

INT. MERCEDES/TRUNK - EVENING

Emily searches around the trunk lid's key slot -- frustrated,not finding what she wants, then finding it -- a small hole in the metal--

There's a piece of metal blocking the mechanism that wouldusually allow someone to open the trunk from the inside.

EMILY:

Why does it always have to be the hard way?

She squirms around to face the back of the trunk --

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