"ELENA’S STORY"

    FADE IN:

    EXT. CENTRAL AMERICAN JUNGLE - DAY                (1985)

	A large clearing hosts a BATTLE between Sandinista and Contra rebels. The Sandinistas LOSE. A supply convoy of vehicles, destined for the Contras, was destroyed.

	An American, FRANK BOORMAN, seriously wounded, is on the ground next to the lead vehicle. He stuffs burnt and bloodied documents into his shirt.

	A Sandinista Government HELICOPTER crash-lands near a Miskito Indian village. Vivacious ELENA SANTOS, drops a spent rocket launcher. She has a nasty cut on her arm.

	On a knoll, with his very nervous standard-bearers, JULIAN DARAGON, an Ex-British army officer commands the battlefield. He sports a Caesarean RED SHIRT. The Nicaraguan flag and Union Jack flutter in the breeze. He beckons the bearers closer.

	                           JULIAN
	              Get closer you'll be safe with
	              me. I do love a good battle
	              especially when I win.

	JULIAN'S POV

	The leader of the Contras, IGNACIO SANTOS, and some men are coming at him. B.G. the Miskito Indian village is BURNING. Contra rebels shoot the wounded Sandinistas.

	                           JULIAN
	              General Ignacio, let me know
	              what's going on in the village.
	              I wish they wouldn't do that.

	                           IGNACIO
	              Julian, no Geneva rules here.
	                     (To Elena)
	              Cabezuda... Listen to him hard head.

	                           ELENA
	              Si, Papa.

	Elena opens a ragged pink cosmetic hold all revealing medical supplies and cosmetics. A grenade falls out.

	                           JULIAN
	              Elena, get your arm fixed up.
	              I'm busy. Ignacio, your men
	              train well, my compliments.
	              This is a good victory.

	                           IGNACIO
	              They trust your words, you
	              teach well. Bonitos is my
	              only problem.

	EXT. MISKITO INDIAN VILLAGE - DAY.

	GUSTAVO BONITOS, An English Lord wannabe, enters the village. RAMOS his sidekick drags a pregnant blond, OLGA from the arms of a BLACK DOCTOR.

	BONITOS

	Directs with a machete, the torching of the village and the distribution of dead Sandinista soldiers. The terrified villagers are herded together.  A bewildered wounded Sandinista soldier is dumped at Bonitos' feet. He is beheaded.

	                           BONITOS
	              Doctor I hear you're a
	              Harvard man. Yale myself.
	              Pity, good-bye.

	The doctor and the villagers are massacred.

	                           BONITOS
	              More government atrocities
	              will it ever end?

	B.G. IGNACIO

	and his men stumble onto the scene.

	                           IGNACIO
	              Bonitos, murderer, traitor.

	                           BONITOS
	              Get them, don't let them live.

	Ignacio is shielded by his men.  They are shot dead and he is wounded escaping into the jungle.

	RETURN TO SCENE

	JULIAN

	approaches the destroyed convoy. EXPLODING munitions from a burning vehicle drown out the massacre. Elena heads for the lead jeep.

	B.G. Bonitos and his group appear from the direction of the village. They catch up with Julian who ignores their presence. Ramos searches the tree line for Ignacio.
	Julian directs some Contras. Bonitos takes hold of Julian by his arm. Julian pulls away aggressively. B.G. the PILOT is dragged from the chopper.

	                           JULIAN
	              You men. Collect all loose ammo
	  	        and weapons, medical supplies.
	              Hurry. We've lost this convoy.

	                           BONITOS
	              I should be giving orders--

	                           JULIAN
	              Really? Who died and made you
	              Goddamn boss? Where's Ignacio?
	              Why weren't you in this firefight?

	                           BONITOS
	              We were delayed. The Indians
	              wanted me to meet the new doctor.
	              Please don't cuss.

	Julian sets off at a FAST pace towards Elena. Bonitos tries to keep up with him. Julian stops.

	                           JULIAN
	              Don't follow me. Looks like
	              the pilot is alive. Go interrogate him.
                  Be a number two leader it's a charm.

	An EXPLOSION. Bonitos and his group drop to the ground. Julian stands arrogantly over them. He brushes off a piece
	of smoldering shrapnel from his ripped shirtsleeve.

	                           JULIAN
	              How's the mud? Pilots waiting.
	              By the way, drop that phony,
	              fucking accent. It really pisses
	              me off. Have a nice day.

	Julian continues his march. Ramos tugs on his knife. Bonitos restrains him.

	                           BONITOS
	              No, my dear chap, leave him. Let
	              Caesar fight our war. We will
	              take care of the “render unto's”
	              later. Find Ignacio, NOW.

	EXT. LEAD JEEP - DAY.

	Elena, Julian and the standard-bearers attend the wounded Frank. Frank refuses medical help.  

	                           JULIAN
	              Frank, someone must have
	              tipped these bastards off.

	                           FRANK
	              What's done has happened.
	              Probably Bonitos. He plays
	              God. Wants to be President.
	              I love your style.

	                           JULIAN
	              He's a little peculiar. Never
	              amount to anything. My style?
	              Should have been here earlier I
	              led a banzai charge down the--

	Frank GRABS Julian to make the point and pulls on the documents protruding from his shirt.

	                           FRANK
	              Get out, Julian you've had
	              enough fun. Read this stuff. You
	              can retire from the shit. More
	              money than you can think about.
	              You've got about a week.

	                           JULIAN
	              Quiet, Frank, let me help you.

	                           FRANK
	              Save it, I'm dead. Listen to
	              me. Get out of this now. You
	              and Elena, you're OK. Best
	              thing out here. Find Haus in
	              Texas to help you. Stop hiding.

	                           JULIAN
	              You're a sentimental old bastard.
	              I thought Haus was wounded.
                         
                               FRANK
	              He recovered. Forget the Falklands.
	              You did a noble thing--

	                           JULIAN
	              Letting an enemy officer have a
	              loaded weapon. A noble thing?

	                           FRANK
	              To put his men out their misery
	              yes, a noble thing. Get on with
	              your life, the clock’s ticking.
	              They want to use poison gas--

	                           JULIAN
	              Gas? No way, I'm just an old
	              fashioned mercenary--

	                           ELENA
	              You were in the Malvenas war?

	                           JULIAN
	              Falklands to you madam. Those
	              cigars will kill you. I don't
	              want you in the fighting again.
	              Do as I tell you.

	                           ELENA
	              Mi amour.

	Frank expires. Julian stuffs the DOCUMENTS and Franks WALLET, into his shirt. Julian tightens up Elena’s bandage. She puffs on a cigar and blows smoke in his face.

	EXT. WRECKED CHOPPER - DAY.

	The pilot is on his knees. Arms held out by two Contras.
	Bonito’s cuts the pilots tongue out and throws it to some
	cats. Then chops his arms off.

	                           BONITOS
	              I see you got my invitation.
	              Nothing to say? Oh deary me.

	EXT. FRANKS JEEP - DAY.

	Julian places a gasoline can next to Franks body. Here comes Bonitos and his crew. Bonitos is bloody.

	                           ELENA
	              Why?

                               JULIAN
	              U.S. is not supposed to be here
	              helping you. Are you wounded?

	                           BONITOS
	              You are sadistic Julian I like
	              that in a man.

	                           JULIAN
	              He's dead arsehole. Pilot talk?
	              Someone betrayed us.

                               BONITOS
	              Cat got his tongue.

	                           JULIAN
	              You have a lot to learn about
	              leadership Bonitos.

	                           BONITOS
	              You have a lot to learn about
	              love or what you think is love.

	Bonitos strokes Elena’s hair. She pulls away in disgust.
	Bonitos follows his crew into the jungle.

	                           ELENA
	              Forget him. He's a peasant, as
	              you keep reminding me. I want
	              to go to America. Now.

	The mass of the Contras form up and follow suit. The standard-bearers lead them in triumphant celebration. Julian studies a burnt out poison gas cylinder. A Contra rebel approaches Julian.

	                           REBEL
	              Senor, do we booby trap the bodies?

	                           JULIAN
	              No, absolutely not, those grenades
	              cost nine dollars each.

	The rebel, with an arm full of grenades is disappointed. Julian looks around to see if anyone can hear him.

	                           JULIAN (CONT.)
	              At your discretion, damn the
	              expense. You'll get the bill in
	              the end

	                           REBEL
	              Gracias. Fucking Sandinistas.

	EXT. BRIDGE - WRECKED CHOPPER - DAY.

	JULIAN'S POV

	through binoculars, he sees the dead villagers and Sandinistas. He debates whether to go into the village.

	THE PILOT

	gets Julian’s attention. The pilot gestures for Julian to shoot him. GERDES the co-pilot lays wounded in the bushes.

	                           JULIAN
	              My God, the bastards. I'm sorry.
	              I had no idea. That man is an animal.

	                           V.O.
	              For God's sake. I beg you to
	              kill my brother....

	Julian rushes the brush.

	                           GERDES
	              Kill her-- him. Nothing can save him.

	                           JULIAN
	              And you?

	                           
                               GERDES
	              I will live. Kill my brother.
	              Stop his agony. Kill him.
	              Please I beg you.

	An approaching helicopter momentarily distracts Julian.  

	                           JULIAN
	              If you live, remember this day
	              well. A life for a life.
     	        Adios camarada... flying is
	              dangerous work. Turn your head.

	Julian shoots the pilot.

 	EXT. TREE LINE - DAY.

	IGNACIO

	wounded, raises his bloody arm to attract Julian. Then
    collapses. 
	
    EXT. CONVOY - DAY.

	JULIAN

	grabs Elena by her bloodied arm and walks her rapidly towards the jungle. He returns to Frank. She follows and re-coils as Frank’s body goes up in flames. The chopper is closer.

	                           ELENA
	              You're hurting me.

	                           JULIAN
	              Stay here.

	                           JULIAN
	              Will you ever do as I tell you?

	                           ELENA
	              What was the shooting?

	                           JULIAN
	              Don't change the bloody subject.
	              We have to leave this place.

	                           ELENA
	              America?

	                           JULIAN
	              Texas, then England as long
	              as it not snowing.

    Julian strides off with her in tow. Elena shakes loose from his grip and stops. The chopper appears from the farthest point on the battlefield.

	                           ELENA
	              I will follow you anywhere
	              mi amour. What's snow?

	Julian yanks her into the trees. A flowering bush showers them with clouds of white pollen.

	EXT. ELENA’S' FAMILY HACIENDA - NIGHT

	B.G. Bonitos and his crew sit around a fire eating, drinking, and doing cocaine. Olga, bruised and disheveled attends them. Bonitos taps her stomach with a machete. Elena hangs up a telephone. ROSA her mother and ARTURO her brother are nearby.

	                           ROSA
	              When do you leave?

	                           ELENA
	              I'll send for you mama. Where
	              is papa?

	JULIAN

	sits on the steps, alternating his attention to Bonitos and Franks documents. He catches his breath at the contents. He watches Elena pour Black Label whiskey into a crystal tumbler.

	Elena sits next to him with her legs apart and places the glass at her crotch. The whiskey and the flame of an oil lamp mix. Julian reaches through the golden glow.

	INT. KELLY A.F.B. - AIRCRAFT HANGER - NIGHT

	A HAND

	on a gold bar.

	WIDER VIEW

	A civilian worker stacks gold bars into an air cargo container. Red labels adorn the surrounding containers.
	B.G. A C-5 aircraft is being loaded by a forklift.

	INT. PRINTING SHOP - MANAGUA - DAY

	CARLOS MUNOZ, a forger, wipes ink from a large gold ring on his finger. Julian grabs Carlos' arm. Julian holds a passport to Carlos' face

	                           JULIAN
	              These will work? This all she
	              needs to get into the States? You
	              guarantee it? The inks still wet.
	              Nice ring.

	                           CARLOS
	              I am the passport capital of the
	              world I never fail. Pay me.

	Julian tosses a bundle of money to him. Carlos smells it, and then bites it grinning broadly.

	INT. KELLY A.F.B. - AIRCRAFT HANGER - DAY.

	Frenzied hands stuff bank notes into a lunch box. The container from which they belong has a blue label on it.

	                           V.O.
	              Load only the blue labeled
	              containers. I repeat....

	INT. MANAGUA AIRPORT - DAY.

	A HAND

	covering a bundle of twenty-dollar bills.

	WIDER VIEW

	JULIAN

	removes his hand. Nicaraguan immigration officer stamps departure approved on Elena’s' passport.

	INT. COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT - IN FLIGHT - DAY

	Elena daydreams of her new future. She clutches her passport firmly. The ink stains her fingers.

	Julian studies Frank’s documents. Checks date on his watch -the 15th. Pours whiskey into his Waterford crystal tumbler.

	“the money is drug cartel and is to be delivered to Bonitos. We will finance his presidency and future government with... money shipment from Kelly... 19th Jan... twenty five million in cash and gold."

	                           JULIAN
	              Everything will be OK. Texas is
	              warm and the natives friendly.

	                           ELENA
	              I want to buy a pink Cadillac.
	
                               JULIAN
	              Everything's free in America.
                        
                               ELENA
	              Why that glass?

	                           JULIAN
	              Good luck gift were thirteen.
	              This is the last one. We don't
	              need Haus, just you and me.

	EXT. SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - SNOWING - DAY.

	INT. AIRPORT - IMMIGRATION CONTROL

	Julian and Elena lose the argument with officials. She is taken away screaming and kicking.

	                           JULIAN
	              She's my wife, God damn it.

	                           RASHID
	                     (East Indian accent)
	              The paper work is all wrong, she
	              has to go back no green card.

	                           JULIAN
	              What about that?

	Rashid picks up a wad of bank notes. Rashid looks at the time. Julian is escorted to the door by security guards.

	                           JULIAN 
                  Fucking Nazis.

	                           RASHID
	              Oh no, I am Hindu not Nazi.
	              Welcome to America. Arsehole.
	              Time to go home.

	Julian swings at the security guard and is restrained at his wrist.

	A NIGHT STICK

	swings down - it changes to a machete.

	INT. PRINTING SHOP - MANAGUA - DAY.

	CARLOS' HAND

	is severed. Bonitos picks up the hand. Kisses it and places it into a bag held by Ramos.  Bonitos stuffs the wad of notes into Carlos' screaming mouth. Bonitos picks up a passport.

	                           BONITOS
	              Please, next time, call me first.
	              Have to hand it to you pretty
	              good work. Nice ring.

	INT. KELLY A.F.B. - AIRCRAFT HANGER - DAY.

	A BLOODIED MOUTH

	stuffed with paper money.

	WIDER VIEW

	CIVILIAN WORKER

	with bank notes, bulging from his pockets is surrounded by military type men. He is shot by BRUCE SCHILLER. A flock of startled PIGEONS FLY into the C-5 aircraft. Schiller picks up some loose RED LABELS and drops them into the trash.

	                           SCHILLER
	              Rich appetite. Fucking Kelly belly.
	              Throw him in the street, near his
	              house. It'll look like a drive by.

	EXT. HERTZ CAR RENTAL - AIRPORT - DAY.

	JULIAN'S POV

	Rashid enters a van. The SIGN on the van reads “PATEL’S TAKE AWAY CURRY SHOP."

	EXT. WAREHOUSE - WATER FRONT - DAY.

	The building is being renovated. A pile of CONCRETE BLOCKS is being fork lifted into the warehouse.  

	EXT. KELLY A.F.B. - SNOW - DAY

	JULIAN

	outside the security fence. A C-5 aircraft takes off.

	SECURITY GUARD

	chases some kids into a brushy area. They emerge on the other side of the fence through a drainage culvert. One boy falls throwing up a CLOUD OF SNOW.

	CLOUD OF COCAINE POWDER

	A teenager, Elena’ brother, ARTURO, is pushed face down onto a table covered in loose cocaine. He is sodomized.

	INT. HACIENDA - BEDROOM - DAY.

	ELENA

	her hands bound behind her, kneels at Bonitos' feet. He smokes a cigar. He caresses her hair with the forgers
	severed hand. Bonitos wears the ring.

	EXT. JUNGLE - DAY.

	RIFLE'S POV

	Bonitos is visible through an open window.

	WIDER VIEW

	IGNACIO

	hiding in the trees struggles to aim. A KNIFE appears at his throat. Ramos helps him up.

	RETURN TO SCENE

	                           BONITOS
	              You tried to leave me, Elena.
	              Very naughty. Why should I
	              not kill all your family?

	                           ELENA
	              Gustavo, por favor. Mi familia.

	                           BONITOS
	              Open wide.

	He slaps her head and pulls her face into his crotch. BLOWS
	SMOKE at her.

	BONITOS' POV

	Ignacio is dragged from the jungle.

	                           BONITOS 
	              They can live. Except your father.
	              so sorry--
	                     (shooting)
	              Hurry I have a plane to catch.

	Ignacio is shot. Rosa is molested by Bonitos' men.

	INT/EXT. MOTEL ROOM ENTRANCE - NIGHT

	JULIAN'S POV

	Rashid hands the take away cartons to Julian. Rashid is wide eyed. A swift right bloodies his nose and knocks him on his arse.

	                           JULIAN
	              Keep the change arsehole.

	EXT. HACIENDA PORCH/MOTEL ROOM - INTERCUTTING - DAY.

	ELENA

	battered and bruised, is on the phone. Ramos stands within earshot, toying with his knife. Rosa sits in shock, holding a photograph of Ignacio.

	ELENA'S POV

	Bonitos helps pregnant Olga out of a taxi. She hands him an airline ticket. His men load luggage into the taxi. B.G. Arturo, half-naked, escapes from a rebel. Rosa attempts to get up. Ramos stops her.

	MOTEL ROOM

	                           JULIAN
	              Pregnant! Why didn't you tell me?

	BONITOS

	rubs Olga’s' belly. She shows him two fingers. He shows Elena
	a V sign. Rosa mouths an obscenity. Ramos threatens her. Bonitos produces a machete.

	MOTEL ROOM

	                           JULIAN
	              Twin's you should have told me
	              sooner... I feel so useless.
	              Have you seen Bonitos?

	ELENA bravely hides her pain.

	                           ELENA
	              He has been very pleasant,
	              and generous. Don't worry.
	              Send for me soon I can't stand
	              being away from you.

	BONITOS

	runs the machete across Olga’s' stomach. Rosa cries. Elena holds her stomach. Bonitos raises the machete. Olga cowers.

	MOTEL ROOM

	Julian cuts a Somoza in half. Two raisins roll out into the ketchup.

	                           JULIAN
	              A daddy. Twins no less. I
	              have been a very naughty boy.

	EXT. SAME MOTEL - SNOW - DAY.

	A man, JUAN SANCHEZ, raps on the door. From a car, another man, HAUS JONES, struggles with his leg and a walking cane. Bumper sticker reads, “I’D RATHER BE FLYING."

	                           HAUS
	              Fucking snow.

	INT. / EXT. THRESHOLD - MOTEL ROOM - DAY

	                           JULIAN
	              Cry havoc, let slip the dogs
	              of war and all that good shit.

	Julian reaches for Haus' hand and pulls him in for a hug.
	The walking stick is leaning against the outside wall. Juan, hesitating, shakes Julian's hand.

	                           HAUS
	              Ruff, ruff. You got to watch
	              these Brits Juan, they're all
	              flaming fags.

	                           HAUS
	              Did he tickle your palm?

	                           JULIAN
	              Good to see you. Don't listen
	              to a word this son of a bitch
	              says. How's your leg?

	                           HAUS
	              Great. No more pain the bullet
	              went right through.

	He pats his leg, and then feigns weakness. Juan, puzzled, looks for the walking cane. Julian pours whiskey.

	                           JULIAN
	              Should have gone through your
	              head, knocked some sense into
	              you. I have a job, and you both
	              need to be fit.

	                           HAUS
	              Where? Africa? South America?
	              What about Frank?

	Haus sits down and fashions a paper plane from a menu.

	                           JULIAN
	              Didn't make it. None of the above.
	              Much more exotic than that...
	              San Antonio. Isn't that sweet?

	                           JUAN
	              You're kidding? Who are we going
	              to fight for, some local fucking
	              tax protesters? The Alamo?

	Juan flicks through a bible.

	                           JULIAN
	              If it goes right, no fighting,
	              just common thievery. Robin
	              Hood that sort of thing.
	              Don't you want a pension?

	                           HAUS
	              I'm in. Bows and arrows?
	              You Brits always had a sense
	              of occasion.

	Haus finishes the paper plane.

	                           JULIAN
	              It's simple. First, we break into
	              Kelly air force base. Hijack a
	              C-5 Galaxy. In flight. Then
	              retire. Simple. Haus, you
	              still drive big planes?

	B.G. Television shows a plane taking off.

	Haus launches the paper plane.

	Juan drops the bible in a trashcan.

	They raise their glasses.

	The paper plane glides to the restroom and lands into the commode.

	The glasses crash together. Julian's tumbler loses a
	chunk of crystal.

	                           HAUS
	              Seven years bad luck.

	EXT. KELLY A.F.B. - FOG - NIGHT.

	A drunken forklift driver is loading C-5 aircraft.
	He hides a WHISKEY bottle from his supervisor.
	INT. AIRCRAFT CARGO HOLD

	Workers secure red-labeled containers. A worker shrugs his shoulders and tosses a red label into a jeep. The radio blasts rock and roll.

	The forklift driver CRASHES the forks into a container. They retract covered in BLOOD.

	                           PUBLIC ADDRESS (V.O.)
	              Blue labels only. I repeat only
	              containers with blue labels.

	INT. CONTAINER

	Two dead men. A POISON gas cylinder leaks.

	INT. KELLY A.F.B. - HANGER OFFICE - NIGHT

	BOORMAN, Schiller, and Bonitos stand around a table that has
	a map of Central America on it. Nicaragua is circled in red.

	A newspaper with headlines reads. CIA AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN NICARAGUA, ARMS FOR CONTRAS. Secondary line HOOKER MUTILATED.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Senor Bonitos, on that plane is
	              your future, and your country's
	              future. Remember there are strong
	              determined people backing you. So
	              please... don't fuck this up.

                               BONITOS
	              What about the gringo Julian?
	              Have you found him...? Senor Boorman?

	                           BOORMAN
	              What about him? He's no trouble
	              to us. He's nothing. We must
	              hurry. Congress is starting to
	              ask questions. This is the last
	              flight out. Isn't that so Schiller?

	EXT. KELLY A.F.B. - OUT BUILDINGS - FOG - NIGHT

	GROUP OF GUARDS

	are shot with a silenced gun.

	INT. C5 - COCKPIT - NIGHT

	The pilot, ED MASTERS, and co-pilot PETE RATCLIFF ready
	the aircraft for take off.

	Ratcliff sniffs the air and looks at Masters in disgust. Masters stares at a PHOTO of a woman and a young boy and (EMMA & MATT)
	takes a swig from a hip flask. Ratcliff reaches to turn
	on the radio.

	                           MASTERS
	              Last trip, honey. Radio off,
	              don't touch it. One in every
	              port. God bless America.

	He pins the photo amongst dozens of others. These are his trophies.

	EXT. KELLY A.F.B. - BUSHES - NIGHT

	Julian runs into the bushes carrying a pistol with a SILENCER. 
	INT. KELLY A.F.B. - HANGER OFFICE - NIGHT

	                           BONITOS
	              Do you think he knows all the
	              details of this operation?

	                           BOORMAN
	              There are no details. We
	              improvise. Colonel North has
	              this operation tight. Shift
	              changes every thirty minutes.
	              The only thing I can be sure
	              of is blue labels only tonight.

	                           BONITOS
	              Have any of you ever met him?

                               SCHILLER
	              Blue labels? Is that his code
	              name? We haven't met him, but
	              I understand he's an English
	              pussy. We know how to fuck pussy.

	                           BOORMAN
	              At least some of us do.

	                           BONITOS
	              What is the blue labels for.?

	                           BOORMAN
	              Blue labels are your shipment,
	              red labels are for Honduras.

	                           BONITOS
	              You must find and dispose of him
	              He is a dangerous man, he killed
	              Frank. Committed many atrocities.

	                           BOORMAN
	              I don't think he killed Frank.

	                           SCHILLER
	                     (perturbed)
	              My people are the best. We'll
	              find him. Two of my men have
	              joined up with him. We will let
	              him get close enough to test our
	              security. Then he's dead.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Something wrong, Schiller?

	Bonitos struggles with the big words.

	                           BONITOS
	              Boorman, the next time we meet
	              do not use profan... prof... not
	              swear in my presence... again.

	INT. C-5 CARGO HOLD – CONTAINER - SAME

	Gas leaks from the cylinder. Pigeons die.

	EXT. KELLY A.F.B. - RUNWAY - FOG - NIGHT

	C-5 aircraft readies for take off. Engines throttle up.

	THREE FIGURES appear from the bushes and sprint past the dead guards. One figure opens the door and jumps in. Second figure is pulled in. The third figure falls and sprints after the accelerating aircraft.

	INT. /EXT. DOOR TO AIRCRAFT / COCKPIT - INTERCUTTING

	Julian is hauled through the door.

	                           HAUS
	              I thought you changed your mind.

	                           JULIAN
	              Dropped my boarding pass.

	Julian waves a pistol with a silencer.

	COCKPIT

	An alarm sounds. The instrument panel flashes door open. Masters shuts the engines down and stands on the brakes.

	                           MASTERS.
	              Those drunk bastards left the
	              door open again, go get it.
	    
                               RATCLIFF.
	              Son of a bitch.

	Ratcliff struggles to undo his safety belts. He has the cockpit door ajar. The warning light and buzzer go off.

	HAUS

	closes the door and hides amongst the containers. Julian slips on BLOOD leaking from a container and strikes his head on an oxygen tank on the fuselage. He spies a DEAD PIGEON.

	EXT. HANGER - NIGHT

	Boorman concerned, watches the aircraft stop then resumes take          off again.

	                           BOORMAN
	              What the fucks going on?

	INT. C-5 - COCKPIT

	Masters throttles up.

	                           MASTERS
	              Sit down it's Ok.

	                           RATCLIFF
	              Shouldn't I check it anyway?

	                           MASTERS
	              Fuck it, have a drink. Turn the
	              flight recorders off.

	                           RATCLIFF
	              What no pre-flight checklist?
	              Why turn them off?

	                           MASTERS
	              Are you a fucking boy scout?
	              These missions have complete
	              radio silence. We do not exist.
	              There is no cargo and no fucking
	              flight plan logged. Got it?

	Masters gives him the bird. Takes a swig from his flask.

	EXT. CAR - NIGHT

	Schiller cannot find the keys. Boorman is pissed off.

	EXT. KELLY A.F.B. - NIGHT

	A LUXURY CAR

	with Ramos driving and Bonitos in the rear seat drinking champagne. They glance at the C-5 as it becomes airborne.

	                           BONITOS
	              Manana, President Gustavo Bonitos.
	              Watch it.

	Ramos swerves to miss a forklift. Champagne spills.

	                           RAMOS
	              Si, patron, El Presidente de
	              cocaina y Nicaragua.

	                           BONITOS
	              Did you help Julian's reputation?
	              My champagne has turned to foam.

	                           RAMOS
	              Si, mi Presidente. Sorry.

	Ramos fondles a sub-machine gun equipped with a SILENCER.

	EXT. HANGER - NIGHT

	Boorman and Schiller watch Bonitos drive away.

	B.G. the supervisor is flaying his arms in the air and yelling at the drunken forklift driver. His words are DROWNED out by the
	C-5. He looks apprehensively towards Boorman.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Adios, senor... fu... fu
	              fucking president.

	                           SCHILLER
	              What an arsehole. I'm glad we
	              don't work for him.

	A man, BURNS, runs over and points to the dead guards. They all turn to the C-5 disappearing into the clouds.

	                           BURNS
	              They're all dead... shot.

	                           BOORMAN
	              My men are the best. We need to
	              test our security. You fucked
	              up Schiller. Julian’s on the plane.

	                           SCHILLER
	              We don't know for sure he got
	              on the plane. He could be
	              amongst the dead.

	                           BOORMAN
	              He's on it, and I don't think
	              he killed your men either.

	                           SCHILLER
	              I still have a trump card. Two
	              of our guys are hidden aboard--

	                           BOORMAN
	              You have people on the aircraft?
	              There's hope for you yet... who
	              are they?

	                           SCHILLER
	              Those CIA poison gas experts.
	              They wanted some excitement.

	B.G. here comes the perplexed supervisor.

	Schiller walks to the warehouse. Slaps the supervisor on
	the back in passing.

	SCHILLER'S POV

	Boorman and the supervisor confer. He hands Boorman a red label. Boorman assures him everything is OK.

	INT. C-5 CARGO HOLD/COCKPIT - INTERCUTTING

	PLUMES

	of white gas envelope Haus and Juan. Julian fights with a gas mask.

	RATCLIFF, alarmed at the noise from the cargo area, gets up to investigate. He sees Julian, and then collapses into the cargo area without calling out. Masters engages the autopilot, and then passes out.

	Julian struggles towards the front of the aircraft. He reaches the cockpit as the MOONLIT OCEAN becomes visible. He glances at a parachute pack.

	The altimeter reads two hundred feet and all kinds of lights are flashing, and alarms sounding.

	INT. KELLY A.F.B. - HANGER OFFICE - NIGHT

	Boorman hangs up a phone. He pours himself a very large whiskey. Schiller and Burns stuff documents into their attaché cases.

	                           SCHILLER
	              Boorman, you don't drink. Shit.
	              What's gone wrong?

	                           BOORMAN
	              The aircraft has disappeared.
	              It's down in the Gulf. I have
	              the last position.

	                           SCHILLER
	              Does this mean that Bonitos will
	              have to get a regular job.

	BOORMAN'S POV

	through the window, he watches the supervisor walk back to the warehouse. The forklift driver attempts to run him down.

	                           BOORMAN
	              I think were all out of work
	              unless we find that fucking air-
	              craft. Get Moutard on the phone.
	              We're going fishing.

	                           SCHILLER
	              Fishing?

	                           BURNS
	              Back to the coast guard for me.
	INT. C-5 - COCKPIT - NIGHT

	Julian stuffs an oxygen mask onto Haus' face.

	                           JULIAN
	              Haus, wake up man.

	Haus pulls the mask aside and coughs up blood.

	                           HAUS
	              Autopilot on?... good... OK.

	                           JULIAN
	              What do I do? Look at the sea.

	                            HAUS
	              I think I'm dead... how long at
	              this altitude?

	                           JULIAN
	              Maybe ten... fifteen minutes.

	                           HAUS
	              I can take it up... you jump.

	                           JULIAN
	              What about you?

	                           HAUS
	              History man... I'm history.
	              Need to tell you something.

	JULIAN'S POV

	he looks down at the money containers.

	                           JULIAN
	              So bloody close. Put it down.
	              I can get you out.

	Haus takes control of the aircraft. Throws a switch and the air pressure changes.

	                           JULIAN
	              What was that?

	                           HAUS
	              Got rid of the gas... vented
	              the aircraft... sure you don't
	              want to jump?

	                           JULIAN
	              I prefer swimming.

	EXT. OCEAN - NIGHT.

	The C-5 lands on the water and sinks.
	INT. C-5 - COCKPIT

	Haus is dead. Julian scrambles up and struggles to the door. It bursts open spewing packages of money. Falling containers threaten to trap him in the cockpit.

	INT. CARGO AREA                          (10 HOURS LATER)

	Containers of money, sealed in plastic, gold, weapons, ammo, medical supplies, Russian poison gas containers, food, beer, missiles and military equipment are exposed.

	JULIAN

	drunk, sits in a jeep drinking whiskey from a bottle and contemplates the incredible fortune. Juan, dead, wearing a seat belt sits next to him. Static music plays from the radio. He splits open a package of money and stuffs some into his pockets.

	A pigeon settles on a container. Julian throws it a saltine cracker. He cranks the jeep up. Guns it - turns it off.

	                           JULIAN
	              Got any idea how deep we are?
	              Can you guys swim? Get in
	              we'll go for a spin.

	                           JULIAN
	              “We all live in a green submarine."

	                           JULIAN
	              Interesting dilemma... everything
	              a man could want... I wish Tim
	              Allen were here. Feel like Jonah.

	INT. /EXT. C-5 - INTERCUTTING

	A large dark object rapidly approaches the cockpit.

	Julian cocks his ear to hear and feel the aircraft move.

	A large NET has caught on the nose. It breaks free and drags noisily down the entire length of the aircraft. Catching on the tail section. The aircraft moves.

	Containers and equipment fall about. The pigeons panic. Julian is thrown to the floor. A loud crack and the aircraft stops moving. SILENCE. Then HISSING as a cloud of white vapor emerges from a container.

	INT. JAPANESE TRAWLER - BRIDGE - NIGHT

	The captain is on the phone.

	                           CAPTAIN
	                     (in Japanese)
	              Cable snapped, fucking Greenpeace.

	INT. C-5 - CARGO AREA

	JULIAN

	gingerly approaches the vapor holding a gas mask to his face.

	He throws the container door open. An AEROSOL CAN of spray paint has ruptured. He takes another can and writes "DON'T MESS WITH
	MY STASH" on the fuselage.

	WATER LEAKS at all the doors. Julian grabs an oxygen tank
	and life jacket from the fuselage wall. He goes to the side door to inspect the water leaks.

	The door handle indicates that it is not closed. Julian attempts to push it into position with one hand. It's stuck.

	Julian puts down the oxygen bottle and uses two hands. The handle latches into position. The water stops. He stands back and congratulates himself.

	A manufacturers label gets his attention. Leaning closer it reads, "MADE IN ENGLAND.” He bends down for a closer look.
	He places his hand on a LARGE BUNDLE of bank notes to steady himself.

	Proudly he taps the label with the back of his fingers. BANG, the door implodes. The sea rushes in.

	EXT. OCEAN SURFACE - NIGHT.

	JULIAN

	half dead, breaks the surface holding a plastic wrapped
	bundle of bank notes. An eerie hissing, gurgling, flapping sound emits from the darkness.

	The Loch Ness Monster terrifies him. It's a large drifting tree. He climbs upon it and secures the money package.

	A large explosion creates a wave that propels the tree.
	He starts to paddle frantically with his hands. Then
	faints from exhaustion.

	EXT. OCEAN - DAY

	SMALL SHARKS and triggerfish nibble at the tree and at
	his FOOT. He awakens slowly, and then panicking falls in the water. Now awake he struggles back to safety. A LARGE SNAKE eats one of the surviving pigeons. Julian's hung-over.

	                           JULIAN
	              Great. Bite your tongue. Let
	              me see if you're poisonous.

	EXT. HACIENDA COMPOUND - DAY

	Bonitos beats Elena with a whip. His men stand around.

	                           BONITOS
	              Today I should have been President.
	              Your Viejo has ruined everything.
	              Have her she's yours.

	EXT. OCEAN - DAY TWO - DAY

	The sun bakes Julian’s lifeless body. HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS scatter in the wind. The SNAKE, half-eaten, is pinned to the tree trunk with a knife. A PIGEON pecks at its flesh.

	                           JULIAN
	              Row, row, row your boat....

	EXT. FISHING PARTY BOAT - TOP DECK - DAY.

	SCHILLER'S POV

	He stares through binoculars at Julian's tree. Julian is obscured by debris and the swell of the sea.

	MOUTARD, Boorman, and Burns stand with him. Boorman teases
	a yellow kitten, MUSTARD with a red label. The cat CHEWS the label.

	                           SCHILLER
	              How did Bonitos take it? Or is
	              that a stupid question?

	                           BOORMAN
	              He doesn't believe we can just
	              lose an aircraft that big. I
	              explained that this is now a
	              private operation, and he needs
	              to help fund a search.

	Burns sticks a cigarette in his mouth and searches for a lighter.

	Boorman throws the label into the air and checks his wristwatch.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Five, four, three....

	Burns finds his lighter.

	                           BOORMAN (CONT)
	              ... two... one....

	Burns LIGHTS his cigarette.

                               BURNS
	              What's that all about?
	                          
                              BOORMAN
	              Early July the fourth.

	EXT. KELLY A.F.B. - HANGER - DAY

	A FIRE STORM rips through the warehouse killing the supervisor and the forklift driver. Containers of money burn. MOLTEN GOLD pours into the drains.

	EXT. BEACH/PAY PHONE/HACIENDA - INTERCUTTING - DAY

	JULIAN

	face down in the sand opens his eyes to see a TURTLE waddle into the sea with the BUNDLE of the money. He raises up and lunges at the turtle. He falls beneath the surf.

	ELENA

	bleeding, surfaces in a river.

	WIDER VIEW

	Bonitos' men descend upon her and drag her out.

	JULIAN

	bleeding, fights the turtle for the money.

	BONITOS

	swaggers into a large group of rebels. Elena, wet and bedraggled is thrown at his feet.

	                           BONITOS
	              I should have been President.
	              This woman and her gringo lover
	              stopped me. This is what happens
	              to anyone who betrays me, or
	              interferes with me.

	PAY PHONE

	Julian, dripping wet, searches his pockets for a quarter. All he has is HUNDRED DOLLAR bills.

	HACIENDA

	                           ELENA
	              Por favor Bonitos--

	                           BONITOS
	              Your lover is dead... join him.

	PAY PHONE

	Julian feeds quarters into the machine.

	                           JULIAN
	         I'm hurrying operator.

	YELLOW SCHOOL BUS

	An elderly woman herds unruly children onto the bus. She examines a hundred dollar bill.

	                           BOY
	              Hell of a deal, one hundred
	              dollars for some quarters.

	                           DRIVER
	              I wish he had a gun moron.
	              Sit down and shut up.

	Billboard over the pay phone reads "MAKE SOMEONE’S DAY CALL 
    THEM”

	HACIENDA

	Ramos holds a phone up.

	                           RAMOS
	              Presidente.

	BONITOS

	holding the machete high, glares at Ramos.

	                           BONITOS
	              Did you not here what I just said?

	                           RAMOS
	              It’s Julian. I'll tell him you're
	              busy?

	EXT. FISHING PARTY BOAT RETURNING TO PORT - DAY

	Burns, Schiller, and Moutard sit seasick and dejected. Boorman in the b.g shakes the hand of CAPTAIN NEPT. They have made a deal.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Fish kills, anything that's
	              unusual. Call me first.

	EXT. HACIENDA - PORCH - DAY.

	Elena sits at a table. Bonitos hands her the phone. He pours whiskey over her head. Then takes a swig.

	                           ELENA
	              Julian, where are you? Are you
	              OK? Bonitos? He's here,
	              We are having a drink together.

	Ramos flicks a Bic in her face. Bonitos gestures with his hand that she can join him in the U.S. A PASSPORT is on the table.

	EXT. SAN ANTONIO - PRESENT DAY                       

	MODEST SUBURBAN HOME. A Beat up truck is parked in the street. 
    A PINK CADILLAC, with a bumper sticker”, I HAVE IT ALL” is parked in the one car driveway.

	The BACK YARD has an above ground swimming pool.

	JULIAN

	sporting a BEARD and LONG HAIR, breaks through the surface of the water and swims after his two BLOND daughters. AIMEE and MARIE

	ELENA

	her ACCENT MATURED, sits at a patio table giving herself a manicure. A pink tote bag lays near her feet. A cigar is in 
    an ashtray. A cell phone, resting on a real estate magazine, rings. (COSTIVE RING)

	                           ELENA
	              Hello Irish... It's Sean...
	              hang on.

	                           JULIAN
	              Where have you been for the last
	              two days? Whose wife are you
	              shacked up with now?

	                           SEAN (V.O.)
	              You're only jealous.

	                           JULIAN
	              About tomorrow. You know how
	              important the deal is, this is
	              the big one. Lots of profit.
	              Time to buy that boat. Don't
	              be late...  see you.

	                           ELENA
	              Boat... what boat? You're not
	              going to start searching again.

	                           JULIAN
	              Keep your knickers on. It's
	              a bass boat. The ultimate bass
	              boat. Hardly suitable for
	              treasure hunting on the high seas.

	                            ELENA
	              I have enough problems without
	              worrying about you and Sean
	              being irresponsible. Forget the
	              gold and the money.

	                           JULIAN
	              You forget it too. Sean doesn't
	              know about that part of my life,
	              or that damn plane... he's a
	              good man and my friend. Your
	              phone sounds... constipated.

	Julian resumes swimming after his kids.

	EXT. GULF OF MEXICO - DECK OF THE AVENGER - DAY

	Boorman, Schiller, Burns, and Moutard help some scuba divers aboard. FLETCHER removes his mask.

	                           FLETCHER
	              Absolutely nothing. How many
	              more years are we going to search?
	              That fucking Brit knows where the
	              plane is...  you can bet on it.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Bonitos says he doesn't... not
	              been out here for years... he's
	              broke. If he makes a move...
	              I doubt he ever will, his faithful
	              wife will let Bonitos know.

	                           SCHILLER
	              Why doesn't he tell us where
	              the fucking Brit lives? I'll
	              get the location out of him.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Schiller... shut the fuck up.
	              Let’s search farther west. Nelson,
	              move the boat. We keep searching.

	Other scuba divers reveal themselves. NELSON, the captain
	of the Avenger, and Gerdes.

	                           NELSON
	              You OK.... Not seasick?
	            
                               GERDES
	              I'm fine... I'd rather be flying.

	                           BURNS
	              How sweet.

	INT. BEDROOM - DAY

	A man, SEAN COULTER and a woman are asleep.
	SEAN

	wakes suddenly and stirs the woman next to him, he grabs
	the clock.

	                           SEAN
	              Shit... the fucking time.
	              Julian will kill me.

	He leaps out of bed, and looks around the room.

	                           SEAN
	              Where am I? Who are you?

	                           WOMAN
	              Thanks a lot stud.

	Sean gets dressed in a hurry stopping mid pant leg to stare at a framed photo of a man.

	                           SEAN
	              This your husband? Does he
	              know that you're very good.

	                           WOMAN
	              You bastard.

	INT. SEAN'S TRUCK - FREEWAY - DAY.

	Sean drums his fingers impatiently on the steering wheel. Construction blueprints, cell phone and hard hat on the
	seat. He glances at the newspaper and an article on a
	DEAD PROSTITUTE. The traffic is backed up.

	                           SEAN
	              “Still haven't found what I'm
	              looking for...." Come on....

	EXT. LARGE HOME - DAY

    A CONTRACTORS TRUCK is parked in the driveway. The contractor                    
    and the homeowner react as Sean’s truck screeches to a halt.
    HURRIEDLY shaking the HOMEOWNERS HAND the contractor grabs a yellow envelope and hightails it towards his truck.
 
	                           CONTRACTOR
	              Too fucking late again, Sean.
	              Julian's going to kill you. I
	              can't believe he saved your
	              life in the Falklands. You're
	              pathetic.

	He WAVES the signed contract in Sean's face, and is about to get decked by Sean when the homeowner reappears. Sean smiles and waves. Sean returns to his truck dejected. The contractor drives off shooting the bird to Sean.

	                           SEAN
	              There goes the fucking boat.
	              He'll have my balls.

	INT. KITCHEN - JULIAN'S HOME - SAME DAY

	Julian meticulously adds pink roses at two breakfast place settings. He is a mental and physical shadow of his former self.

	He writes a message on the chalkboard. "SELL THE KIDS TO THE PIRATES.” Fingers at a pile of due now bills. Empties some change from the broken Waterford tumbler and places it in his pocket. Picks up a brown bag lunch. Heads for the door. Times are tight.

	Elena enters wearing her robe.

	                           ELENA
	              No kiss good-bye? Is the honey-
	              moon over? What's wrong? You
	              seem listless... is it me?

	She reveals her body to him.

	                           JULIAN
	              Cover up... the children are
	              coming.

	                           ELENA
	              I wish you would.

	                           JULIAN
	              What?

	                           ELENA
	              Come.

	                           JULIAN
	              Don't talk like that, it's
	              trashy and vulgar. It'll get
	              you in trouble one day. I
	              have to go.

	                           ELENA
	              Forget the money on the plane,
	              I make enough to support us all.

	                           JULIAN
	              I'm supposed to be your hero.

	                           ELENA
	              You are my hero... always will
	              be... mi amour, para siempre.

	                           JULIAN
	              You were late last night.

	                           ELENA
	              Meeting went into overtime.

	Elena's COSTIVE cell phone rings.

	                           JULIAN
	              It's for you... better answer it.

	She answers apprehensively. Julian retreats through the door.

	                           ELENA
	                     (In Spanish)
	              Yes-- OK-- Tonight?

	Aimee and Marie stare condemningly at her from across the kitchen. Elena rubs her stomach.

	                           ELENA
	              I went through hell to have you.
	              Eat your breakfast, you'll be
	              Late for school.

	Elena turns on the kitchen sink faucet SOAKING herself.

	INT. KITCHEN/JULIAN’S OFFICE - INTERCUTTING - DAY

	WATER

	spurts from a broken pipe. Sean stands in a puddle of muddy water.

	OFFICE

	Julian slams the phone down in disgust. Coast Guard manual on Captains license and navigation procedures is on his desk. He toys with a sextant. A chart of the Gulf of Mexico on the wall. A scuba diving certification hangs next to it.

	                           JULIAN
	              Why can't anything be simple
	              in this life?

	KITCHEN

	SEAN'S POV

	dump truck backs onto lawn and sinks in mud hole. Bumper sticker reads, “HOW’S MY DRIVING? CALL 1-800 EAT-SHIT. "

	OFFICE

	Julian sits at his desk staring at a picture of a large ocean going cruiser. Written on the picture is "THE ULTIMATE BASS BOAT.” The computer monitor screen flashes then goes blank. He scrunches the picture up in anger.

	SEAN'S TRUCK

	He talks on his cell phone. A pretty woman EMMA passes him in a beat up Volvo DL. He waves, she sticks her tongue out, gives him the bird. Bumper sticker reads "KISS A NURSE."

	OFFICE

	Julian listens to Sean bitch on the phone, whilst placing a pin on the sea chart. Next to the chart is a chalkboard. The note reads "CHASE BID FOR BURNT WAREHOUSE AT KELLY A.F.B.”

	                           JULIAN
	              I'll see you there... the contract?
	              Did we get it?

	SEAN

	hangs up gritting his teeth.

	                           SEAN
	              Lord, he's going to kill me.

	EXT. SAN ANTONIO - RIVER CENTRE MALL - DAY

	SEAN'S POV

	a dejected Julian watches a crowded tourist boat from a bridge over the river.
	                           SEAN
	              That's the same spot five years
	              ago remember? I thought you were
	              going to jump then.

	                           JULIAN
	              I'd just like to sail away with
	              not a care in the world... drink?

	Julian points to a pub.

	                           SEAN
	              I still can't believe it... I
	              tried to find you... let you
	              know some of us would follow
	              you to hell and back--

	                           JULIAN
	              Then a vacation at the Alamo...
	              and there I am... makes you
	              wonder... your round....

	INT. PUB - DAY.

	Sean and Julian sit at a table drinking Guinness.

	                           JULIAN
	              Cheers fuck them all and feed
	              them fish heads.

	                           SEAN
	              You can say that again, if you
	              Can. Fancy some fishing?

	                           JULIAN
	              I get seasick in the shower.

	                           SEAN
	              Elena told me you used to fish.
	              Do you ever miss the army days?
	              Blood and guts... glory....

	                           JULIAN
	              I had a bad experience as Jonah.
	              That cured me... I miss the guts.

	INT. PUB - MEN'S ROOM

	Sean reads a poster advertising a fishing party boat.

	EXT. JULIAN'S HOME - NIGHT

	Julian, drunk, gets out of Sean's truck.

	                           JULIAN
	              See you tomorrow.

	                           SEAN
	              You were a good C.O. I was proud
	              to serve. You were just unlucky.

	Julian waves him off and shuts the door and walks to his
	front door. Sean drives off.

	                           JULIAN
	              Unlucky... story of my life.
	              The contract...? Shit.

	INT. JULIAN'S HOME - KITCHEN - NIGHT

	His twin daughters and a foul smell greet Julian.

	                           JULIAN
	              Where's your mother?

	                           MARIE
	              She went to deliver cosmetics,
	              but forgot her pink bags again.

	                           T.V. (V.O.)
	              “Large fish kill in gulf, author-
	              ities are baffled, sixth kill in
	              ten years, and in an unrelated
	              story. Fishermen have netted one
	              hundred dollar bills found floating
	              in the gulf. Law enforcement of-
	              ficials suspect drug money...."

	                           JULIAN
	              What was that?

	                           AIMEE
	              We cooked for you. Are you
	              hungry? It's fish.

	                           JULIAN
	              No, the TV... what the hell.
	              What have you cooked up for
	              dear old dad? What happened?

	Julian picks up the pieces of his shattered tumbler.

	                           AIMEE
	              Sorry, daddy... accident.
	              We cremated the fish too.

	                           JULIAN
	              At least you tried... Pizza?
	
    INT. GIRLS BEDROOM - NIGHT

	Julian kisses them goodnight and turns the light off. Collage of photos on the wall shows their birth.

	                           JULIAN
	              I love you both... sleep tight.

	INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT

	Julian stops at a DOOR with a large Mary Kay poster pinned to it.

	He opens the door to a MAN and a WOMAN making violent love. She protests. Their faces obscured by shadows.

	Julian turns the LIGHT ON.

	He surveys the room with its shelves stocked with cosmetics. The pink hold alls are on a table. AWARDS galore adorn the walls.

	INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

	Telephone rings. Julian awakes. Picks up phone. He looks at the clock 4:30 AM. Then at Elena. She still wears her make-up: it's a mess.

	                           SEAN (V.O.)
	              Did I wake you?

	                           JULIAN
	              God damn it. Of course you woke
	              me. Why are you up so early?
	              Did you piss the bed?

	                           SEAN (V.O.)
	              I only piss in other people's
	              beds. I've got a cure for
	              your melancholy. Let's go fishing,
	              been a lousy week. Let me cheer
	              you up.

	                           JULIAN
	              It’s been a lousy life. Are you
	              out of your mind? We've too much
	              to do. Anyway, I hate fishing.

	                            SEAN (V.O.)
	              That's just the point. What do
	              you mean you hate fishing? Come
	              on don't be a fish, I mean chicken.
	              Why are you whispering?

	                           JULIAN
	              Hang on, I'm going to the kitchen.

	INT. JULIAN'S KITCHEN

	Julian fixes Alka Seltzer. Picks up the phone and turns on the small television.

	                           JULIAN
	             Now what are you up to? Hold on--

	                            SEAN (V.O.)
	             Great, you're coming.

	Julian puts Sean on hold and turns up the T.V. The news repeats the story on the fish kill and floating money.

	                           JULIAN
	                     (Assertive)
	              Pick me up in thirty minutes,
	              before I change my mind.

	                           SEAN (V.O.)
	              Are you coming then?

	                           JULIAN
	              Sergeant... twenty-nine minutes
	              and counting... move your arse.

	Julian looks at picture of him and Sean in an old army photo. He stares at the T.V. showing the dead fish and bank notes in a fishing net. He picks up a pair of scissors.

	INT. JULIAN'S KITCHEN - NIGHT

	JULIAN

	CLEAN SHAVEN, short hair, wearing blue jeans and CAESAR'S RED SHIRT. An aura of transformation. He is reborn. Julian examines the old shrapnel rip on his shirtsleeve.

	A SHOE BOX

	WIDER VIEW

	Julian reverently uncovers a GOLD BAR and Franks wallet.

	                           JULIAN
	              Are you playing with me Lord?
	              If you are, I'm game.

	Julian writes a note on the chalkboard. “GONE FISHING
	SEE YOU TONIGHT“. Then rubs through GONE FISHING.

	                           T.V. (V.O.)
	              ... police have found another
	              dead and slashed prostitute....

	Julian places the broken tumbler in a plastic baggie.

	EXT. CORPUS CHRISTI - DAY

	Sean's truck crosses the causeway bridge. SHRIMP BOATS are sailing into the bay.

	INT. SEAN'S TRUCK - DAY

	Sean's truck is at a STOP LIGHT. He pulls off and stops abruptly as a 4x4 Yellow Blazer jumps the red light. Boorman is driving.
	 
                               SEAN
	              Bloody idiot, what's he trying
	              to do? Catch a train ?

	                           JULIAN
	              Catch a fish ... a boat. Are we
	              going to get there on time?

	                           SEAN
	              Catch my fist with his fucking
	              teeth. Start you bitch. By the
	              way... who cut your bloody hair?

	Sean's truck reluctantly starts.

	EXT. DOCKSIDE - DAY.

	The fishing party boat EXCALIBUR, moored to the dock, and proudly flying a GREENPEACE FLAG.

	Moutard gets out of the Blazer clutching a hold all.
	A group of men emerges from a Chevy Suburban. STRATTON their boss fusses over them.

	INT. SEAN'S TRUCK - PARKING LOT - DAY

	Julian holds Sean back. Sean produces a bottle of Irish whiskey. Julian stuffs it into a large hold all.

	                           JULIAN
	              Forget him, it's your day off.
	              I don't want any aggravation.

	                           SEAN
	              Then if I can't hit him daddy,
	              can I throw him overboard.

	                           JULIAN
	              Only if you promise to eat all
	              your vegetables.

	                           SEAN
	              Medicinal purposes, seasickness,
	              shark bites, bullet wounds and
	              crabs ... for all the things that
	              never happen to you in one day.

	                           JULIAN
	              That's the spirit.

	                           SEAN
	              Very funny... Christ what's with
	              the bag? Do we need this shit?

	Sean holds up his cell phone and pager.

	                           JULIAN
	              They don't work on the ocean.

	                           SEAN
	              I'll get the tickets, you relax.
	              Today's your lucky day, I can
	              feel it...  you're going to catch
	              the big one. You look good today.
	              Except for your hair.

	                           JULIAN
	              I hope you're right. I feel good.
	              I cut it myself.

	Julian double checks the zipper and pats the hold all.

	EXT. PARKING LOT - DAY

	The yellow Blazer drives off. Emma unloads a hold all from her car and hands it to her teenage son MATT.

	EXT. DOCKSIDE - DAY.

	Julian faces the sea. The baggie with the tumbler is raised above his head. He turns and three pointers it at a trash can. Sean distracts him. The glass crashes into the dirt.

	                           JULIAN
	              Seven years bad luck... go
	              where you should have gone
	              along time ago.

	                           SEAN (O.S.)
	              The boats not sailing?

	                           JULIAN
	              What's the matter? Won't they
	              take the Irish? Tell them you’re
	              take steerage... you're serious?

	                           SEAN
	              There are not enough people to
	              make it worth their while to go
	              out. They've canceled the trip.
	              The sons of bitches could have
	              said so earlier.

	                           JULIAN
	              You're kidding me....

STRATTON,

overhears Sean and Julian.

	                           STRATTON
	              What's that you say? We'll
	              see about that now won't we
	              son! No need to cuss.

	EXT. TICKET OFFICE - DAY

	Moutard places a "BONITOS INDUSTRIES" credit card on the counter.

	                           MOUTARD
	              Here, put it on this.

	                           CLERK
	              Second time this month you've
	              paid the slack up Mr. Moutard.
	              Must really like fishing. We
	              should give you a medal after
	              all these years.

	                           MOUTARD
	              Fucking love it... give me a
	              receipt.

	                           STRATTON
	              No, put it on mine.

	He thrusts a credit card into the clerk’s hand.

	                           MOUTARD
	              If you insist.

	                           STRATTON
	              I do. Please, be my guests,
	              all of you, and anybody else
	              who arrives before we sail.

	                           CLERK
	              Mr. Moutard... Captain Nept wants
	              a word....

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - TOP DECK - SAME.

	Sean and Julian watch as everyone boards the boat. Sean looks quizzically at Emma. Stratton welcomes his men and the latecomers aboard as if he was the captain of a cruise ship.

	Captain Nept of the Excalibur, holding a cell phone, walks over to our heroes. Moutard is in the b.g on his cell phone.

	                           MOUTARD
	              Burns, it's me... yeah fuck you
	              too... nothing unusual... same
	              old shit different day... tell
	              Boorman I checked in... I'll
	              bring you some fish God damn it.
	              Nept wants his monthly check.

	                           CAPTAIN NEPT
	              Good day for fishing. We're head-
	              ing for a new spot today. You
	              should get real lucky. Is this
	              your first time out?

                               JULIAN
	              Yes, is it yours?

	                           CAPTAIN NEPT
	              Only got my license yesterday.

	                           SEAN
	              Are you kidding me? How are you
	              going to find the fish? Julian
	              take note.

	                           CAPTAIN NEPT
	              Yesterday's crew painted a cross
	              on the water. Will you help me
	              look for it?

	                           SEAN
	              You must be Irish or an Aggie.
        
                               CAPTAIN NEPT
	              Both... now you're really in fuck-
	              ing trouble. By the way that's
	              the bosons mate, Mustard. If he
	              gets off the boat follow him,
	              It’ll be serious... later...

	He points to large yellow cat, MUSTARD, sitting on the roof of the bridge. Nept leaves them. Mustard chews on some paper. Julian reacts to a smell coming from a vent.

	                           SEAN
	              I'm glad to see some pussy on
	              the boat.

	                           JULIAN
	              God almighty, what's that awful
	              smell.

	                           SEAN
	              Breakfast on the high seas, I
	              need something greasy and slimy.

	                           JULIAN
	              Don't talk about grease I'm queasy.

	Sean retreats from Julian singing and doing a Michael Jackson moon walk. Mimicking Barry Manilows “Lola”.

	                           SEAN
	              “Mazola, I need Mazola,
	              I drink a quart a day...."

	                           JULIAN
	              Arsehole, I hate fishing.

	Julian steadies himself. Looks at Sean's truck. He debates
	the wisdom of this trip.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY

	Emma and Matt settle in at a table. She checks a hold all that contains an oxygen bottle and face mask. She places a book entitled, “ETHICS AND WOMEN FOR THE 21ST CENTURY", on the table. Sean studies her.

	                           MATT
	              Cover it up, I don't want
	              people to know I'm sick.

	                           EMMA
	              The only reason I agreed to
	              take you on this trip was if
	              all this medical stuff came
	              too. What if you have a relapse?
	                           MATT
	              Then throw me to the fish. No,
	              why give them cancer, over
	              the side, re-cycle me, the
	              hell with the fish.

	                           EMMA
	              Burial at sea? How will I dance
	              on your grave? You're very selfish
	              you know. I can't afford to bury
	              you.

	                           MATT
	              You're never going to re-marry with
	              me hanging around. Anyway, when
	              was the last time you got laid?
	              How about him? He likes you.

	                           EMMA
	              Matt, I'm your mother. Watch your
	              language.

	                           MATT
	              Mother dearest, if I wasn't
	              around you could get on with
	              your life... a rich husband.

	                           EMMA
	              Don't talk like that it upsets
	              me. I don't need a husband.

	                           MATT
	              No... just a sick teenager.

	                           EMMA
	              All teenagers are sick.

	                           MATT
	              You want to meet him?

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - DOCKSIDE - SAME.

	The boats horn blasts. Ropes are cast off. DANNY organizes the crew. A crewmember, NOLAN, pulls in a rope from the stern.

	                           DANNY
	              Nolan... watch the anchor
	              winch...  electrical short...
	              Captains too tight to fix it.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY

	The chef, ARTURO prepares his kitchen area as if he owned it. Moutard places an order and exposes his handgun as he pulls out his wallet. Mustard the cat eats a cash register receipt.

	                           SEAN
	              Did you see that?

	                           JULIAN
	              Relax... I came out here to fish,
	              not repel boarders every five
	              minutes. I feel like shit.

	                           SEAN
	              The cat... not that wanker...
	              give me the fucking whiskey.

	                           JULIAN
	              It's a little early to start.

	                           SEAN
	              What are you my father? You're
	              right it's only eight o'clock.
	              I'll start at eight thirty.

	Sean gives Emma a little smile. She sticks out her tongue. Matt is amused. Emma shoots a discreet bird at Sean. She has seen him before.

	                           SEAN
	              Haven't we met before? Formal
	              introduction... she's mine.

	                           JULIAN
	              You'll never change... always
	              a philanderer.

	                           SEAN
	              In addition, proud of it too. Commitments
	              are for insecure suckers...
	              besides... too many women.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY

	Captain Nept brings the boat to a stop. Picks up the microphone. Switches dial on radio to Public address.

	                           CAPTAIN NEPT
	              Ladies and gentlemen, you may
	              begin fishing. Good luck.

	Nept changes the dial back to radio. Mustard paws at his hand and meows.

	                           CAPTAIN NEPT
	              What do you want? Shall I check
	              in? Coast Guard rules... need
	              to let them know where we are.
	              You win... if there's trouble
	              I'll blame you... hungry?

	Nept pulls a PRINTOUT from the navigational device. Reads the LED and re-sets it to zero. Mustard CHEWS on the PRINTOUT.

	Nept marks another X on a large chart already covered in X's. He rolls it up and attaches a rubber band.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - BOW - DAY.

	Nolan receives an ELECTRIC SHOCK as he operates the winch for the anchor. He angrily gestures to the captain on the bridge as he releases the anchor with a kick.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY.

	The passengers go through the doors and commence fishing.

	SEA BED - C5 AIRCRAFT

	The ANCHOR descends, followed by fishing lines, hooks, and sinkers. A HOOK settles on an open box of GRENADES. One grenade rolls off and hits a device and a RED LIGHT blinks.

	The anchor hits the fuselage and sticks for a moment, then continues downward colliding with, and rupturing the gas cylinders. The gas turns YELLOW upon mixing with the seawater. Dead sea life spiral towards the surface. A RED LIGHT
	starts blinking.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - GANGWAY - DAY

	Julian and Sean are fishing. Julian feels seasick.

	                           SEAN
	              I said you didn't need any pills.

	                           JULIAN
	              Piss off, I feel awful.

	                           SEAN
	              Can I have the lumpy bits?

	                           JULIAN
	              Bollocks.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY

	Julian comes through the door and staggers for the restroom. A passenger gets out of the way.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - INTERCUTTING - DAY

	A DRUNKEN PASSENGER

	Proudly shows off the GRENADE on his line. He steps back
	and brushes against the WINCH. SPARKS FLY - It SHOCKS him. The       	rusted pin breaks and the grenade EXPLODES. The white smoke from
	the explosion is replaced with a YELLOW poison gas cloud.

	RESTROOM

	Julian kneels at the commode, kicks the door as someone tries to enter. O.S. Julian hears YELLING AND SCREAMING. There are LOUD, hurried, footsteps on the stairs from the bridge.

	GANGWAY

	Sean falls backwards through the starboard door into the cabin and is knocked out.

	CAPTAIN NEPT

	rolled up chart in his hand. Steps outside and succumbs to the gas. He falls into the sea with the chart.

	MOUTARD

	pulls a GAS MASK from his bag and tries to put it on. A passenger fights him for it and the mask and bag fall overboard. They both succumb to the gas.

	EMMA

	pulls Matt back through a door and he falls on his butt.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - STERN - WALK-IN COOLER - DAY

	Stratton pushes Danny, Nolan and his workers into the COOLER. Slamming the door as he succumbs to the gas.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY

	Emma and Matt stand watching the DEADLY CHAOS. Arturo comes out of the ladies room. Julian wiping his face comes out of the men's room. Sean is mending. Mustard licks Sean's face. Sean reaches his hand out to Julian. Julian picks the cat up. 

	                           SEAN
	              What the hell is going on?

	                           JULIAN
	              Gas attack... you OK?

	                           SEAN
	              I'll live....

	                           WOMAN PASSENGER
	              My husband... he's outside.

	She gets up, pushes past Emma, and heads for the door. Emma attempts to grab her but misses. Julian places Mustard hurriedly but gently on a table.

	                           JULIAN
	              Don't open the doors.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - GANGWAY - DAY

	The woman, ENGULFED in gas, falls into the water.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY

	Julian reaches Emma as she is about to follow the woman outside. Jerking her back from the door and onto her butt.

	                           EMMA
	              God damn it!

	JULIAN'S POV

	a SHARK attacks the woman. Her intestines are exposed.

	SEAN

	staggers to the window stepping over Emma.

	                           SEAN
	              Jesus, what a mess. I know you
	              missed the guts, but this is
	              ridiculous.

	Sean goes to Emma’s aid.

	                           EMMA
	              Leave me alone.

	                           SEAN
	              Just trying to help.

	                           EMMA
	              Your friend throws me down and
	              you step over me, now you want
	              to help? Get out of my way.
	       
                               MATT
	              Getting saved can hurt. She
	              doesn't need anyone, just a
	              sicko like me.

	Sean helps Matt to a chair. Emma gets up and composes herself.

	                           EMMA
	              Shut up Matt. Is there a first
	              aid kit on this boat? You, I'm
	              talking to you.

	                           ARTURO
	              Yes, Sir. I mean ma'am. It's on
	              the bridge.

	                           EMMA
	              Then get the Goddamn thing.
	              Matt stay away from the door.
	                           SEAN
	              Sick? Did you breathe the gas?

	                           MATT
	              No, I have cancer.

	                           SEAN
	              It's nothing serious then.

	Matt steals a smile. Arturo hurries up the stairs to the bridge. Julian recovers from his trance.

	                           JULIAN
	              How's your head?

	                           SEAN
	              I'll live, my thick scull
	              finally came in use.

	                           JULIAN
	              I'm going to have a look around.

	                           SEAN
	              You can't go outside. That stuff
	              will kill you.

	Arturo returns handing the first aid kit to Emma. Julian, back in command, ignores Sean's outburst.

	                           JULIAN
	              You an expert? The captain...
	              where's the captain? What's your
	              name? Do you know how to drive
	              the boat?

	                           ARTURO
	              He's not up there on the bridge
	              Juli--

	                           JULIAN
	              Outside? Shit, right, I heard
	              him come down the stairs when I
	              was in the men's room.

	                           SEAN
	              An expert... we're up to our
	              ears in shit... I don't need
	              your sarcasm.

	                           ARTURO
	              That was you in there?

	                           JULIAN
	              Thank God for seasickness.
	              Can you drive the boat?

	                           ARTURO
	              No, I only started work last week.
	                           SEAN
	              Call me if you need anything.

	                           MATT
	              Thanks, I will. What's your number?

	Sean gets up slowly, making eye contact with Emma. She hands him some aspirin.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY

	Julian studies the controls and dials - talking to himself. Frantically trying to rationalize. Mustard resumes chewing the now indecipherable printout.

	                           JULIAN
	              Have I found it? Please God,
	              don't screw with me. Position.
	              What's our position?

	                           JULIAN
	              Why the hell can't anything be
	              simple in this life?

	                           SEAN
	              Who are you talking to?

	Julian turns around banging his knee on the captain’s chair. The pain is therapeutic. Sean gets in his face and demands explanations.

	                           JULIAN
	              My bloody self. Damn that hurt.

	                           SEAN
	              Little jumpy aren't we. We need
	              to call in a Mayday.

	                           JULIAN
	              No... no Mayday. Get my bag.
	              Don't touch the radio.

	                           SEAN
	              What are you talking about?
	              We need to call for help.

	                           JULIAN
	              I said, God damn it, no fucking
	              Mayday. We... we...? You got
	              a mouse in your pocket.

	                           SEAN
	              What's going on?

	                           JULIAN
	              Shut up I'm trying to think.
	              Why the hell didn't I study
	              navigation?

	                           SEAN
	              Hell of a commander... I need to
	              think.

	                           JULIAN
	              You have to trust me. Survivors.
	              Let’s check for survivors.

	                           SEAN
	              An explanation now. Don't take
	              advantage... I'll follow you
	              to hell and back. Don't fuck
	              with me.

	                           JULIAN
	              Don't be selfish... people are
	              hurt... we need to help them.

	Julian stalls, and finally retreats from the bridge. Sean is frustrated.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY

	Julian enters from stairwell followed by Sean.

	                           JULIAN
	              I'm going outside. Maybe some of
	              the others are still alive. Are
	              you coming?

	                           SEAN
	              Do I have a bloody choice?

	                           JULIAN
	              Get my bag.

	Julian takes out the whiskey and hands it to Emma - hesitating he turns to the occupants.

	                           JULIAN
	              Please trust me. Don't ask
	              questions.

	                           MATT
	              Why not?

	The occupants look at Julian in trepidation as he pulls three gas masks and an electronic gas detector out. He tosses a mask to an astonished Sean.

	                           JULIAN
	              Remember how to use it?

	                           EMMA
	              Be careful Sean...

	EXT. /INT. EXCALIBUR - DOOR TO GANGWAY - DAY

	Julian and Sean wearing GAS MASK'S cautiously expose themselves to the air. The yellow fog has dissipated.

	                           SEAN
	              Seems all right.

	                           JULIAN
	              You can tell through the mask?
	              Maybe it's leaking, I think
	              That’s the faulty one...

	Sean grabs the mask in panic as Julian holds the detector to his face.

	                           JULIAN (CONT)
	              Just kidding. Air's clean.

	                           SEAN
	              Arsehole.

	They make their way to the bow checking the bodies as they go. Cautiously watching the water for gas.

	MOUTARD moans. Julian removes his handgun and places it in his belt. Sean eyes him suspiciously.

	                           JULIAN
	              You want it? Here take it.
	              Happy? Let's get him inside.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - STERN AT WALK-IN COOLER - DAY

	Bodies litter the rear deck.

	                           JULIAN
	              Christ, what a mess.

	                           SEAN
	              I want to know about these
	              masks. What's going on? How
	              did you know there was going
	              to be a gas attack?

	KNOCKING comes from the inside of cooler door. Sean tosses some fishing poles into the sea in temper. They pull Stratton's body clear of the door.

	                           JULIAN
	              You guys OK? Come on out.

	                           DANNY
	              Were fine, I guess. What happened?
	The others stagger out and one throws up over the side at the sight of the bodies.

	                           JULIAN
	              I think it was gas, but its
	              gone now. Sure you're all right?
	              Is that a cooler? If it is, put
	              the bodies in it. Sean organize it.

	                           SEAN
	              I want an--

	                           JULIAN
	              You'll get it, carry on.

	Julian heads for the cabin.

	                           DANNY
	              Bodies... Are there more?

	                           SEAN
	              You heard the man, put them in
	              the cooler.

	                           DANNY
	              Yes sir. Have you called the
	              Coast Guard for help.

	                           SEAN
	              Yes... get on with it.

	One of the workers, BUBBA, kneels next to his boss.

	                           BUBBA
	              He saved us all.

	                           SEAN
	              And now he's dead, get him
	              in the cooler... let me help.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY

	Emma finishes putting Matt's oxygen mask on Moutard. She stares in astonishment as Julian enters and throws the two gas masks on a table. Emma tries to speak--

	                           JULIAN
	              Later.

	                           MATT
	              Man stuff, no place for women.

	                           EMMA
	              Shut your mouth.

	                           MATT
	              Yes mommy dearest.

	Moutard removes the oxygen mask from his face and weakly
	dials his CELL PHONE.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY

	Julian removes the FUSE from the radio transmitter. Dials Nept's cell phone - removes a sextant from the draw. Julian cautiously examines the "MADE IN ENGLAND" plaque.

	                           JULIAN
	              It's me... found it... are you
	              sure this is what you want to do?
	              Stick to the plan... got to go....
	              Do as I tell you.

	Sean enters the bridge. He closes the door behind him. He
	has the whiskey. He pours out two shots in some coffee mugs. Julian is agitated and paces the floor.

	                           SEAN
	              Tell me a story daddy and make
	              me feel better, before I put
	              you to sleep... here.

	Julian sinks his whiskey then composes himself.

	                           JULIAN
	              I told you to trust me--

	                           SEAN
	              That's right you told me.
	              How about asking? Get to 
	              the point, don't bullshit me.

	Julian fidgets with the knob on a cabinet door.

	EXT. SCHOOL - DAY

	ELENA

	dialing her cell phone, shepherds Aimee, with a bandaged hand, and Marie to her pink Cadillac. A school official follows at a gallop.

	                           TEACHER
	              You cannot just take your children
	              without signing the correct forms.

	                           ELENA
	              Stick your forms I have a
	              plane to catch. This is a
	              family emergency... Alicia...
	              it's time... I'm coming over.

   INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY

	                           JULIAN
	              After I was court-martialed,
	              I worked as a mercenary in
	              Nicaragua. Things got messy
	              and I found a way out.

	                           SEAN
	              Jesus Christ I should have
	              bought a case of this shit.

	Sean holds the whiskey bottle aloft. Sean collapses into the captain’s chair. Julian holds out his cup for more whiskey.

	                           JULIAN
	              Bit of luck I can help you out
	              with some very old whiskey,
	              money and gold... it's below
	              us. I hope--

	Julian continues fiddling with the KNOB on a closet door. It opens. Revealing wet suits, air tanks, reams of rope, spear guns, chemical warfare equipment and some assault rifles. He grabs one, and then releases it. Mustard checks it also.

	                           SEAN
	              Money and gold? Below us?

	                           JULIAN
	              Holy shit.

	                           SEAN
	              The Captain and that darn cat
	              were in on it too then?

	Sean gets up for a closer look.

	                           JULIAN
	               I don't know--

	                           SEAN
	               Like boy scouts, you were prepared.
	               Who else knows of this deal?

	                           JULIAN
	               As far as I can tell most
	               are dead, but you never know.
	               Where's the bloody chart?

	SERIES OF SHOTS

    A) ELENA withdraws a large sum of money from her bank account. The money is stuffed into an envelope.

    B) Elena mails the envelope to Julian.

    C) Elena, at a funeral home, selects a pink casket. B.G. Two small caskets get her attention.

    D) Elena, in her Cadillac, glances at the airport from the freeway.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY

	                        SEAN
	            What about the hard arse who
	            tried to pay today? And many
	            other days. Is he in on it?

Julian opens the cabinet for another look at the weapons and gear.

	                        JULIAN
	            No, absolutely not. Anyway if
	            he was he's no danger to us.
	            Nice toys.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY

	                        MOUTARD
  	            Boorman... listen carefully...
	            I've found it... I'm hurt.

	INT. WAREHOUSE - OFFICE - DAY

    Boorman slams the phone down. Schiller spills his coffee.

	                        BOORMAN
	            Find Bonitos now.

	EXT. MOTEL - DAY

	Elena’s pink Cadillac pulls into the parking lot of the BAY SIDE MOTEL. She parks up and stares at a motel room door.
	A RAP on the window snaps her out of her trance. She opens the window to a BLONDE WIGGED prostitute.

	                           BLONDE
	               Honey you saved my life. You
	               couldn't sell me a fragranced
	               body powder? It's an emergency.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY

	                           SEAN
	               Just like that, we'll salvage
	               it ourselves. You're forgetting
	               something. We are not alone.

	Sean points to the stairs.

	                           JULIAN
	              No problem, we'll put them
	              on the payroll. Profit
	              sharing. It's an emergency.

	EXT. MOTEL PARKING LOT - DAY

	The Cadillac’s trunk is open. The prostitute has her own pink, battered COSMETIC CASE. She adjusts her blond wig revealing dark hair. Elena DROPS her keys. The prostitute reaches into the trunk. Elena stops her from fully opening one of the two pink beauty cases. A handgun is partially revealed.

	                           ELENA
	              Don't open it. It's on me.
	              Free gift... I use it myself.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY

	Julian paces as Sean becomes exasperated.

	                           SEAN
	              This is not a fucking construction
	              contract you idiot. We have the
	              position... come back later--

	                           JULIAN
	              We can't come back later. Talking
	              of contracts, did we get? Shit.

	THE BOAT MOVES. Sean is saved. Julian looks out the window.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - BOW - SAME.

	Nolan winches in the anchor. Sparks fly from the winch motor.

	BACK TO SCENE

	                           SEAN
	              What's going on?

	                           JULIAN
	              Pulling up the anchor, someone
	              thinks they're in charge. The
	              reason we have to do it now is
	              simple. The cat ate the printout.
	              I don't know where we are.

	Sean picks up the sextant.

	                           SEAN
	              And this? This sex object?

	                           JULIAN
	              Never had the patience to finish
	              the lessons. Believe me, I really
	              regret it... sextant.

	                           SEAN
	              We could paint a cross on the water.
	              What about the rest of them?

	                           JULIAN
	              I'll enquire OK! I'm a pretty
	              good salesman. Find some paint
	              to be on the safe side... oil base.

	Danny enters the bridge. Sean hands him the whiskey bottle.

	                           DANNY
	              All the bodies are stowed, I
	              feel sick. Paint? There's some
	              paint in the hold. Why?

	                           SEAN
	              Irish... English ingenuity...
	              What color?

	Danny takes a swig whilst reaching for the radio microphone. 
	             
                               DANNY
	              Mayday, Mayday can anybody
	              hear me?

	Danny cranks the sluggish boat motors, and looks out at Nolan on the bow.

	                           SEAN
	              We've called for help... on
	              its way.

	                           DANNY
	              Great that's a relief.

	Julian gives him a thumbs up. Sean gives him the bird.

	EXT. WAREHOUSE - DOCKSIDE - DAY

	The Avenger, pulls away from the Bonitos Industries dock.
	Boorman, Schiller, and Fletcher board a chopper. MARTELL
	helps Fletcher into the cargo area. Fletcher rubs his jaw
	and checks the mini guns.

	                           FLETCHER
	              Fucking toothache.

	                           MARTELL
	              You need some gold in your
	              mouth.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Where's Bonitos?

	INT. BAY SIDE MOTEL - MOTEL ROOM - DAY.

	A bonito, holding a phone, sits naked propped up by pillows on a bed. A woman, face down, is between his legs. Her identity obscured.

	                           BURNS (V.O.)
	              Presidente Bonitos, it's game
	              time. I'm heading over to the
	              coast guard station. I'm on
	Duty till we hit pay dirt.

	                           BONITOS
	              I already am aware... Elena.

	Ramos watches from the sofa. Picking at a PINK COSMETIC BAG with his knife.

	                           BONITOS
	              Hurry I have a plane to catch.

	He hangs the phone up. Slaps the woman. Picks up a lit CIGAR from the ashtray. Takes a drag. Blows a cloud of smoke onto her head.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY

	JULIAN'S P.O.V.

	Gas emerges from the sea.

	                           JULIAN
	              Oh, shit here we go again.

	                           SEAN
	              God damn it, more gas, get us
	              out of here now, reverse the
	              fucking boat.

	Sean beats on the WINDOW at Nolan. Danny changes the dial on the radio to public address.

	                           DANNY
	                     (Screaming)
	              Nolan get inside.

	Danny sees Julian glance at the radio.

	                           JULIAN
	              Shit.

	Julian rushes down the stairs.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - GANGWAY - SAME.

	Julian holding TWO GAS MASKS hurries outside colliding with Bubba and his buddies. He pushes a mask into his face. Bubba resists. They all fall to the deck as the boat lurches. They recover helping each other up as the boat slows

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - SAME.

	Danny, as senior crewmember, asserts his authority.

	                           DANNY
	              Shit, we need the Coast Guard man,
	              I don't know where we are.

	Sean asserts his authority.

	                           SEAN
	              Move the boat... NOW.

	Danny slams the throttles down and spins the wheel.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - BOW - DAY

	They all collapse again as the boat accelerates away.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - SAME.

	Moutard groans in pain, as he painfully hides his cell phone. Emma hears him and replaces his oxygen mask.

	BUBBA

	enters with his co-workers studying the gas mask.

	                           BUBBA
	              Son of a bitch was trying to save
	              me, hell of a guy, I thought he
	              wanted to root me at first.

	                           WORKER
	              Yeah, I heard that about Limey's.
	              Want a beer?

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY.

	                           JULIAN
	              Stop the boat.

	He grabs the binoculars and searches for the FLOATING FISHING
	POLES.

	                           DANNY
	              Stop the boat?
	              
                               SEAN
	              Stop the fucking boat now.

	Sean pulls Danny away from the wheel.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - SAME.

	Sean escorts Danny to the cabin

	                           DANNY
	              I can walk on my own, damn it.

	Julian makes a commanding entrance.

	                           EMMA
	              What's happening, Sean, why
	              have we stopped?

	                           SEAN
	              Sit down, woman.

	                           EMMA
	              Don't tell me what to do, you
	              son of a bitch.

	Sean grabs her and forces her down.

	                           SEAN
	              Calm yourself and listen. A
	              man wants to tell you a story.
	                     (Then louder)
	              So listen up me hearties.

	He invites Julian to speak with a sweeping hand gesture.

	                           JULIAN
	              We haven't much time so I'll
	              be brief.

	INT. AVENGER - CABIN - DAY.

	Men prepare wet suits and weapons.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - SAME.

	Julian addresses the occupants.

	                           JULIAN
	              With regard to the gas. This is
	              the second time it has prevented
	              me from becoming a millionaire.
	              Excuse me a second.

	Julian dials a cell phone.
	
    INT. BONITOS' MOTEL ROOM - SAME.

	Bonitos is dressed. He admires his reflection in the mirror.
	He swipes the pink cosmetic bag off the dresser. Ramos places 
    a sheet over a blood soaked woman's body. Elena’s' COSTIVE
	CELL PHONE RINGS.

	                           BONITOS
	              Hola, Senor Presidente.
	              At last, the wait is over.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - SAME.

	                           SEAN
	              Who did you call?

	                           JULIAN
	              Dominoes pizza.

	                           EMMA
	              No way.

	                           MATT
	              No... no anchovies.

	                           DANNY
	              I could get into serious trouble.
	              We have to call for help.

	                           EMMA
	              That man is hurt--

	                           JULIAN
	              He'll live. Won't he Emma?
	              Sean. What about you?

	                           EMMA
	              I suppose so, but it's not right.
	              How dare you involve us--

	                           SEAN
	              I'm not sure. I've never seen
	              you like this. Desperate--

	                           JULIAN
	              God damn it. Ya'll have fucking
	              dreams... hopes... desires... ten
	              years of my life pissed away...
	              just to get this close... thirty
	              minutes... that's all I need--

	                           EMMA
	              You're a selfish bastard.

	                           MATT
	              You could do a lot with a couple
	              of million, mom.

	                           DANNY
	              Twenty-five? Nobody knows
	              about it?

	                           EMMA
	              How can you be so sure? This
	              has to belong to someone.

	                           MATT
	              Yes, us. Right Sean?

	                           BUBBA
	              Damn right. We've gone through
	              hell, that money belongs to us.

	                           EMMA
	              Shut up, moron.

	                           BUBBA
	              I'm no moron. I'm Southern
	              Baptist.

	                           ARTURO
	              My own restaurant.

	                           NOLAN
	              My own boat.

	                           SEAN
	              Life is short darling...

	                           EMMA
	              Somehow, Sean I didn't expect
	              you to be quick for this. It
	              has to be returned. I want no
	              part of it. You can go to hell.

	Julian picks up Emma's BOOK. Mustard demands attention.

	                           JULIAN
	              Returned to whom? What gold?
	              It's still under the sea.
	              Maybe this is all academic.
	              Maybe I'm lying... lets
	              get some up, and then you can really
	              agonize with your personal moral
	              dilemma. Alone.

	Julian tosses the BOOK onto Emma's table.

	                           SEAN
	              Life is short, I'm going to roll
	              with the flow.

	                           MOUTARD
	              Damn right, roll straight to
	              hell.

	Moutard waves the cell phone at them. Julian leaps and wrestles the phone from him.

	                           JULIAN
	              Who did you call. You son of a
	              bitch?

	                           MOUTARD
	              You're all dead, all of you. Did
	              you think you won the lottery?

	                           JULIAN
	              Shoot him full of something
	              keep him knocked out.

	                           BUBBA
	              Let me kick his arse.

	Moutard passes out from his exertions.

	                           EMMA
	              I will not. He could die. I'm
	              a nurse, not a killer like you.

	                           MATT
	              Chill out mom. Think of all the
	              medical bills you can pay. New car?

	                           EMMA
	              Jesus do you know what you're
	              saying? This is dishonest.
	              What's wrong with my Volvo?

	                           MATT
	              I'm with you Julian. Life is far
	              shorter than you can imagine, for
	              some of us aboard this boat. Sean,
	              what do you want me to do?

	                           SEAN
	              Are you sure he's a stranger to you?

	                           BUBBA
	              Yeah, Julian. It is Julian?
	              I'm with you so is my crew.
	              Let’s do it.

	Danny heads for the stairs and the bridge brushing past
	Julian very officiously. Then turning back.

	                           DANNY
	              Well, which fucking way do you
	              want me to go?

	                           JULIAN
	              That's the spirit, Danny. Put us
	              to the side of the fishing poles.

	                           SEAN
	              Who did he call? How much time
	              do we have?

	                           JULIAN
	              Probably not enough. But what's
	              life without a little excitement?
	              We? You're with me then?

	                           EMMA
	              You're all insane, you won't get
	              away with it. Why can't you leave
	              us out of it. You know where it
	              is... come back another day.

	                           JULIAN
	              I'd like to, but... blame the
	              cat... it's now or never. Bad
	              pussy... naughty kitty.

	Julian shakes his finger at the cat. Mustard bites it.

	EXT. AVENGER - OCEAN BOUND - DAY.

	Boorman's chopper flies overhead shadowing the Avenger. 

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - GANGWAY - DAY.

	Julian is dressed in a wet suit and in the water. A rope hangs over the side. Fishing poles bob in the water. Matt offers a spear gun to Julian.

	                           JULIAN
	              Ya'll know your instructions.
	              Work fast, get the stuff inside.
	              Don't stop to look at it. Don't
	              need it, Matt, just play Cupid
	              with your mom and Sean.

	                           BUBBA
	              Ya'll? You sound like a Texan.

	                           SEAN
	              Thirty minutes? Get a move
	              on, you English pirate... go
	              play with Jaws.

	Julian slips below the water. Sean checks the clock on the
	wall of the cabin - 11:30.

	INT. BOORMAN’S CHOPPER - DAY.

	The occupants prepare weapons and assault gear.

	                           SCHILLER
	              How long? I can't see anything.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Soon, they're not going anywhere.
	              Check in with the Avenger.

	Schiller points to the lightning and the gathering storm.

	                           BOORMAN
	              This mission will be over.
	              We'll be rich before that storm
	              breaks. No worries.

	SEA BED AT C-5 AIRCRAFT

	The tail section is missing. A large trench in the ocean floor indicates that it has been pulled away. Julian follows the trench for a short distance and the fishing net draped tail section looms out of the dark. He returns to the main section.

	Julian struggles for breath upon exposing the gold and money. Recovering, he attaches a box of gold and package of money to the rope. A shark gets Julian's attention. He pulls out his knife. Whiskey bottles drift and hover above the sand.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - GANGWAY - DAY.

	Nolan and Bubba pull the box aboard. Sean saves the whiskey.

	INT. CABIN - DAY

	Sean carries the box into the cabin. The occupants wait in anticipation. Sean peruses their faces - makes them wait.

	                           DANNY
	              For Christ's sake, open it...
	              I'm going to piss my pants.

	Sean lets go of the box. It hits the floor and splits open. Gold bars spill out. SILENCE. Bundles of paper money fall onto the gold. Each of the occupants is alone with their thoughts.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - DAY

	Julian struggles to get aboard.

	                           JULIAN
	              Hello,... anyone home...?

	INT. CABIN - DAY

	Sean, transfixed by the gold, gestures to Nolan. No response.

	                           SEAN
	              See what he wants... I'm busy.

	The cabin door opens. Julian, exhausted, staggers in.

	                           JULIAN
	              I'm all right... I made it back...
	              thanks for your help.

	Sean nonchalantly acknowledges him.
	                           SEAN
	              I see that... good.

	Returns to gazing at the gold.

	                           BUBBA
	              You're wet?

	                           JULIAN
	              Would it be possible to get an
	              extension on the thirty minutes.

	Sean looks at the clock. 12.00 noon.

	                           SEAN
	              What do you think?

	                           EMMA
	              I think... I think I'm going
	              to throw up.

	Emma hightails it to the ladies room. The occupants gaze at Emma following her around to Julian. He stands hands on hips.

	                           JULIAN
	              I wonder if I could create a sense
	              of urgency. Set some priorities?

	The group of zombies takes a step towards him. They crave  direction. Julian is back in command.

	                            JULIAN
	               Great. Now this is what we're
	               going to do. Let’s play pirates.

	EXT. /INT. CABIN/GANGWAY/SEABED - INTERCUTTING

	SEABED

	Julian loads boxes and bundles into nets. He dusts off the fuselage to reveal his graffiti - "DON'T MESS WITH MY STASH"

	CABIN

	The excitement mounts as the gold bullion boxes stack up.

	                            SEAN
	               Ok, that's enough. There's a man
	               in the water risking his life
	               for this, get back to work.

	Matt opens a bundle of money and Sean has a near riot on his hands. Reluctant Emma is affected. Sean remains aloof. He places his whiskey in a safe place. Briefly studies the label.

	                           SEAN
	              Jesus Christ, more is coming,
	              now let’s go... nice year.

	Sean helps Emma up from the floor and takes the notes from her hands.

	                           SEAN
	              Come on love, get a grip.

	B.g. Matt makes separate piles of bank notes on a table.

	                           MATT
	              A new oxygen tent, a new coffin,
	              a new headstone... here lies Matt
	              the richest son of a bitch buried
	              in the cemetery... no at sea.

	                           BUBBA
	              How come you need a headstone if
	              you want to be buried at sea?

	                           MATT
	              A plastic one... it floats.
	              I'm hungry.

	Moutard drags himself up and watches the madness.

	                           MOUTARD
	              What a touching site. Love in a
	              moment of crisis. Enjoy it while
	              you can. You're about to be fucked.

	Emma, grabs a hypodermic and sticks it in him.

	                           SEAN
	              What did you give him?

	                           EMMA
	              He'll sleep like a baby. Are
	              we going to get away with this?

	Bubba stuffs notes into his pockets.

	                           BUBBA
	              Get the fuck outside. NOW. Pull
	              on those ropes. Do as Sean tells
	              you.

	Sean glances angrily at Bubba as he heads for the bridge.

	                           BUBBA (CONT.)
	              Come on you heard the man, get
	              back to work. I'll kill anyone
	              who tries to take this from me.

	He pats his bulging pocket.
	                           WORKER
	              Who died and made you boss?

	                           BUBBA
	              Eat shit.

	Bubba throws his buddy out the door.

	                           MATT
	              Nice going, Mom, the first man
	              who's worth a damn, and you
	              fuck it up.

	Emma THROWS the empty syringe at Matt. It STICKS into a bundle of notes he's holding.

	                           MATT
	              Nice shot, that's the spirit.

	SEA BED AT AIRCRAFT

	Moment of horror at the skeleton in the jeep. Julian swims to the cockpit. He grabs some hold alls and ties them to a rope. Notices an old broken net across the nose. His air tanks get entangled with the wreckage as a shark approaches.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - GANGWAY - DAY.

	Sean climbs over the side of the boat in a wet suit.

	                           SEAN
	              He's taking too long. I'm going
	              down, keep it coming. Matt you're
	              the boss.

	                           SEAN
	              Bubba feed Matt.

	                           BUBBA
	              What did he mean feed Matt?

	                           MATT
	              You've never heard about the
	              Polish astronaut, and the monkey
	              going to the moon?

	                           BUBBA
	              No... I don't get it--

	                           MATT
	              The monkey did all the technical
	              stuff and the Polack fed the monkey.

	                           BUBBA
	              Still don't get it.

	SEA BED AT AIRCRAFT

	Sean swims past the tail section. Julian struggles as
	the shark gets closer. He tries for his knife, and sees
	a skeleton holding a gold bar in the silt.

	The shark bites into his arm, blood spurts out. Sean
	enters the plane and swims towards Julian. He picks up
	a machete and beats the shark off. Julian finishes
	the shark with his knife. Sean frees Julian.

	Sean points to the flashing red light on the charge.
	Julian gives him an, I don't know gesture.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - GANGWAY - DAY.

	Danny, Nolan, and Arturo help Julian and Sean aboard.

	                           SEAN
	              Get him inside he's wounded. You
	              two cut the fishing poles free.
	              Danny move this fucking boat,
	              the planes going to blow up.

	                           ARTURO
	              Why?

	                           SEAN
	              Because my hero planted a bomb--

	                           JULIAN
	              I didn't plant a bomb--

	                           ARTURO
	              No the fishing poles--

	                           SEAN
	              They mark the spot? Danny
	              move this fucking boat.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY.

	Danny at the helm. Attempts to start the reluctant motors.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - BOW - DAY.

	Nolan operates the anchor winch with his foot.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY.

	Julian and Sean are out of their wet suits and dressed.
	Emma finishes dressing Julian's wound. Julian takes in the magnificent stash that surrounds him.

	                           JULIAN
	              Ten bloody years.

	Julian glances at Sean as the motors struggle to start.
	Sean hands him a bottle of seaweed-covered whiskey.

	                           SEAN
	              To shark bites. Why set that
	              charge?

	                           JULIAN
	              I didn't... did you see a pink
	              rabbit with a drum?

	INT. BOORMAN’S CHOPPER - DAY.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Phone him.

	Hands a cell phone to Schiller who fumbles with it.

	                           BOORMAN 
	              Shit. Give it to me. Why
	              can't you get anything right?

	Boorman dials the phone.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY.

	Sean has Moutard's cell phone to his ear. He turns it off and looks to the horizon.

	EXT. BOORMAN’S CHOPPER - DAY.

	Multiple lines of bullets SPLASH through the water towards
	the Excalibur.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY.

	                           SEAN
	              Prepare to repel some very
	              serious boarders. GET DOWN.

	Julian rushes for the bridge. Windows SHATTER. Bubba and the construction workers rush outside and try to SURRENDER.

	Sean protects Emma and Matt behind some gold boxes. Emma GRABS frantically at the money

	INT. BOORMAN’S CHOPPER - DAY.

	FLETCHER'S P.O.V.

	Firing an M60 machine gun. He targets the antennas and the bridge.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY.

	Bullets shatter the radio and all the electronic equipment. Julian and Danny cower on the floor.

	EXT. BOORMAN’S CHOPPER - DAY.

	It circles the boat and Fletcher fires at the workers as they get to the top deck. He kills them all.

	                           BUBBA
	              Here you can have it...
	              ... take it all... I don't
	              want to die.

	INT. BOORMAN’S CHOPPER - DAY.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Not all of them, we need to know
	              where the aircraft is. Call in
	              our position to the Avenger.

	                           SCHILLER
	              I thought you knew where it was.

	                           BOORMAN
Fuck you. Do your job... get it right. Crap, we need gas.

	He tosses the cell phone at him.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - DAY

	The boat drifts away from the FISHING POLES.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY.

	Some equipment blocks the closet with the assault rifles. Julian claws at it in vain.

	                           DANNY
	              What the fuck are you doing?

	                           JULIAN
	              Help me move it, damn it.

	The sound of the chopper becomes faint and Julian gets up, pushing over some equipment, which knocks Danny out.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY.

	Emma, Matt, Nolan, and Arturo are pushed by Sean into the bulkhead storage. Mustard joins them.

	                           EMMA
	              What about you?

	                           SEAN
	              It's time for war darling. You'll
	              be safe in here. Watch them for
	              me Arturo. How do you know Julian?

	                           ARTURO
	              Who? I'll watch them for
	              you... just like my own family

	Emma reaches out for Sean's HAND. He holds it briefly then closes the steel door. Glances at the gold boxes.

	INT. AVENGER - CABIN - DAY.

	The Avenger is motionless in the water her crew pull at a fishing net ENTANGLED in the props. Out of view to the crew are some entangled gas cylinders and bundles of money. Nelson is on the phone.

	                           NELSON
	              Maybe an hour who knows?
	              I have your position can
	              you handle things till then?
	              How many are? Did you find
	              it? Damn. Phone's dead.

	Nelson searches for a pen. He WRITES the position on a wall next to the STEREO with a magic marker.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY.

	                           SEAN
	              Is he hit?

	                           JULIAN
	              He'll be OK... Repel boarders!

	                           SEAN
	              Best I could think of at the
	              time. Just like your pirate
	              speech, spontaneous but effective
	              You nearly convinced me.

	                           JULIAN
	              Nearly? We have a few minutes,
	              they're planning. You can always
	              give up if you're unsure like
	              Bubba and his mates.

	                           SEAN
	              You seem to know a great deal
	              about all this. Who are they?
	              I'm standing my ground. For
	              the first time in my life. I
	              have something to fight for.

	Julian tests Sean's loyalty and motivation.

	                           JULIAN
	              The pussy downstairs? Or the
	              gold to buy all the pussy you
	              want?

	                           SEAN
	              You shut your fucking mouth.

	Julian resumes clearing the closet door of debris.

	                           SEAN
	              About Emma--

	EXT. BOORMAN’S CHOPPER - DAY.

	The chopper approaches the boat with Fletcher and Martell HANGING from ropes. They are armed with sub-machine guns and grenades.

	SEA BED AT EXPLOSIVE

	A shark nibbles at the FLASHING LIGHT.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - TOP DECK - DAY

	The chopper HOVERS high over the top deck. The down draft pushes the Excalibur away from the fishing poles.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY.

	Our heroes lock and load.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - TOP DECK - DAY.

	Martell approaches the broken window on the bridge. He pulls the PIN from a grenade. Julian shoots him; the grenade explodes and damages the chopper.

	INT. BOORMAN'S CHOPPER - DAY.

	Alarms are sounding.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Fletcher can finish those geeks
	              then we can go down.

	                           SCHILLER
	              I hope you're right. What do you
	              mean we go down?

	                           BOORMAN
	              If you hadn't noticed shit for
	              brains, we're leaking hydraulic
	              fluid. We need to land on that
	              damn boat. Get back to the big
	              gun and cover Fletcher. Did you
	              talk to the Avenger?

	                           SCHILLER
	              No contact. Put me in closer.
	              I don't feel like swimming with
	              the fishes today.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - STARBOARD GANGWAY - DAY.

	Sean makes his way out of the cabin and onto the lower deck. He crouches down as the chopper takes a wide pass around the boat SPEWING SMOKE AND FLUID FROM THE ENGINE.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - PORT DOOR TO CABIN - DAY.

	FLETCHER

	is AWE STRUCK at the site of the stash of gold and money. He sprays the cabin with his machine gun. He picks up a gold bar.

	A SOUND from the storage gets his attention, and he opens the door, revealing Emma. He pulls a GRENADE off his combat vest. Attempts to pull the pin with his teeth.

	                           FLETCHER
	              Shit, that hurts.

	                           SEAN
	              Cavities? Let me help.

	Fletcher turns and gets the butt of Sean's assault rifle in his face. Fletcher reaches for his side arm. Sean beats Fletcher's face with a gold bar.

	The grenade falls into the STORAGE and the door SLAMS shut. Fletcher holds on to a gold bar in death.

	Sean reaches for the door waiting for the explosion, re-coiling in horror at a loud BANG.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - STERN - DAY.

	Julian SLAMS the cooler door shut.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY.

	The storage door RAPIDLY opens hitting Sean in the head.

	                           EMMA
	              Don't just kneel there throw
	              this away.

	She places the GRENADE in his hand and shuts the door. He tosses the grenade, pin still in, out the window and faints.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - BROKEN WINDOW - DAY.

	Julian catches the GRENADE. Examines it without emotion.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY.

	Julian pries the gold bar from Fletchers hand.

	                           JULIAN
	              Mine, I think.

	Julian checks Sean's pulse who is coming around. Then heads back outside to the gangway.

	SEAN'S POV

	Through bleary eyes, he sees Julian wave the chopper in.

	INT. BOORMAN’S CHOPPER - DAY.

	                           SCHILLER
	              What do you think?

	                           BOORMAN
	              I think we go boating.

	                           SCHILLER
	              That's not Fletcher.

	                           BOORMAN
	              I'll introduce you when we land.

	                           SCHILLER
	              If we land? Fuck this.

	Schiller jumps into the sea.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Arsehole.

	EXPLOSIVE CHARGE SEA FLOOR

	as timer reaches zero. The Shark hightails it away.

	EXT. CHOPPER AND EXCALIBUR - DAY

	The explosion lifts the chopper up and it flips 360
	degrees landing on the top deck of the Excalibur.

	Gas cylinders and fishing poles shoot skyward like bottle rockets. Machetes embed themselves in the hull of the Excalibur.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - UPPER DECK - DAY.

	BOORMAN’S CHOPPER

	Julian pulls open the door to the cockpit. Boorman is seriously injured. Mustard jumps onto Boorman's lap.

	                           JULIAN
	              You--

	                           BOORMAN
	              I knew I should have stayed at
	              home today--

	                           JULIAN
	              And learned to drive, pretty
	              fancy flying, though.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Suckered me in didn't you? Clever
	              son of a bitch... boy you got big.
	              You are Julian? How did you know
	              it was here?

	                           JULIAN
	              Coincidence really just a
	              fishing trip.

	Julian reads BONITOS INDUSTRIES on the side of the chopper.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Your old buddy Gustavo.

	                           JULIAN
	              For twenty five million all
	              this anarchy?

	                           BOORMAN
	              Twenty-five! Of course you
	              didn't know.

	                           JULIAN
	              Know what?

	                           BOORMAN
	              That day. Loaded wrong con-
	              tainers... two hundred million.

	                           JULIAN
	              What are you saying?

	                           BOORMAN
	              Did you get it up?

	                           JULIAN
	              Yes. Let me help you. Your
	              wounds are bad. Two hundred?
	              Here we go again.
                  
                               BOORMAN
	              If you want to keep it, get
	              out of here. There's a boat
	              coming. Frank was my brother
	              he liked you.

	                           JULIAN
	              He was a good man. Let me
	              help you. What's our position?

	Julian leans inside the cockpit and cuts Boorman's seat belt away. Mustard jumps out. A SHOT rings out. Julian drops
	the knife. BLOOD trickles over his arm.

	A wet, shell-shocked Schiller pulls Julian away from the chopper. Julian clutches his wounded arm and stares down the barrel of Schillers handgun.

	                           SCHILLER
	              You're not hit, it's him. I never
	              miss. I got it right this time,
	              you fucker.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - REAR STAIR WELL - DAY.

	Sean stands at the stern stairs with an assault rifle pointed at Schiller. Schiller sticks his handgun to Julian’s head.

	                           SEAN
	              Drop your gun.

	                           SCHILLER
	              Well that is original. Drop your
	              gun? NO. Now what are you going to do?

	                           SEAN
	              Drop the fucking gun NOW.

	                           SCHILLER
	              God Damn what is this the
	              United Nations? A Brit a Paddy.
	              You're a long way from home to
	              die on this shitty day.

	                           SEAN
	              I said, drop the gun.

	                           SCHILLER
	              Or what, cowboy? You fucking
	              amateur.

	Schiller has his back to the cockpit and Boorman stabs him with Julian’s knife.

	                           BOORMAN
	              Get it right arsehole.

	Schiller turns and shoots Boorman again. Julian drops and Sean opens fire. Schiller spins over the railings into the sea.

	                           JULIAN
	                     (Enraged)
	              Don't ever pull a stunt like
	              that again.

	                           SEAN
	              I just saved your fucking life.
	              Why? I'll never know.

	                           JULIAN
	              Not that, you idiot. The fishing
	              trip. I will never ever let you
	              talk me into anything again. I
	              hate fishing.

	                           SEAN
	              Well, I love you too. I talked
	              you into it? Talk you into it?
	              You've had this planned for ten
	              fucking years.

	                           JULIAN
	              A dream. When I got out of the
	              plane it exploded. I thought
	              it was all gone. Nothing's been
	              planned by me.

	                           SEAN
	              Go look in the cabin. Tell me
	              that's a dream.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY.

	Sean helps Emma, Matt, Danny, Nolan, and Arturo out of the storage compartment. Julian checks on Moutard then throws Fletcher into the sea. A storm brews on the horizon.

	                           SEAN
	              You son of a bitch. Why did you
	              do that?

	                           JULIAN
	              Dead weight, unnecessary
	              passengers. I'm a little pissed.
	              I thought all this was finished.
	              No more wars... no more killing.
	              If they want me to play again.
	              Then I'm going to win this time.

	Emma, scared, ignores Julian's bleeding arm and seeks comfort from Sean.

	                           EMMA
	              Let me check your head, Sean.
	              Is that what's going to happen
	              to us?

	Emma holds Sean's hand. Matt looks on disapprovingly.
	                           SEAN
	              Well, any plans for us?

	                           JULIAN
	              Get your head checked lover.
	              Stop your hysterics. Were in
	              this together... partners. Danny
	              get this boat moving.

	Arturo fixes Julian's arm.

	                           ARTURO
	              Keep still carnal.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY

	Danny hot-wires the boat's ignition. Mustard wants to help. THUNDER rumbles in the distance. The boat lurches violently as he starts the motors.

	                           DANNY
	              It's going to be a bitch explaining
	              this shit to the insurance company.
	              The compass is shot to hell. What
	              are we going to do.

	                           JULIAN
	              Follow the sun. What's left of
	              it. That's the best I can think of.

	Danny rubs his head.

	                           DANNY
	              Whose side are you on Julian?
	              You took the fuse from the radio.
	              Are you going to kill us too?

	Julian SMASHES an assault rifle into Danny's chest.

	                           JULIAN
	              Christmas present. If at any
	              time you feel mistrust. Shoot
	              me. However, until that time, follow
	              my instructions. You will survive.
	 
    Julian hands the fuse to Danny. Danny tosses it at the destroyed radio.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - STORM - DAY.

	Wind and rain invade the boat. Sean hands out life jackets. Arturo spreads the gold boxes out on the floor. Matt and Nolan strap the bundles of money down with rope.

	INT. AVENGER - BRIDGE - NIGHT

	                           HARDY
	              No contact with Boorman sir.

	                           NELSON
	              The storm is probably interfering.
	              We'll keep going on his last
	              heading when the nets are clear.
	              How long? Better update Bonitos.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - TOP DECK - RAINING - NIGHT

	Julian finishes wrapping Boorman in a tarpaulin shroud. Sean hands him some gold bars. Julian inserts them into the shroud. 
	
                               SEAN
	              Who was he? Why are you doing
	              that?

	                           JULIAN
	              I knew his brother long time
	              ago. My sanity is being tested. I
	              thought common decency would be
	              therapeutic. How do you feel?

	They drop Boorman over the side.

	                           SEAN
	              How am I to feel? My emotions
	              are bounced around like a
	              million bloody ping-pong
	              balls. I don't know what to
	              think.

	                           JULIAN
	              You might not trust my motives.
	              That's fine... understandable.
	              I have more at risk than the money.

	Julian pulls the M60 and ammo boxes from the chopper. Sean takes them to the cabin. Julian puts Boorman's cellphone in his pocket. Julian picks up a sub-machine gun. The strap catches a SWITCH and sets off a homing beacon.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - NIGHT

	Sean drives the boat. Rain blows through the broken windows.

	                           DANNY
	              Storms pushing us back, were
	              just burning diesel.

	                           SEAN
	              Then get out and push.

	                           JULIAN
	              That's helpful, turn the boat.
	              The storm won't last forever.

	                           SEAN
	              Push us further out, are you
	              crazy?
	                           DANNY
	              Makes sense, save fuel. Don't
	              want get caught drifting with
	              all this treasure.

	                           JULIAN
	              Absolutely... do it.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - NIGHT

	Waves BURST the doors open and flood the cabin. Gold boxes and money float about. The occupants scramble to save the booty.

	                           JULIAN
	              Did we turn?

	                           SEAN
	              Hell if I know.

	EXT. OCEAN - NIGHT

	Trawler and Excalibur on collision course.

	INT. JAPANESE TRAWLER - BRIDGE - NIGHT

	Both boats IMPACT. Sparks fly as the trawler grinds past the Excalibur. Fire breaks out on the top deck. The Greenpeace FLAG is visible to the trawler Captain.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE -NIGHT

	Sean fights to pull the boats apart. Flames enter the bridge. Arturo and Nolan struggle with fire extinguishers. Emma and Matt fight off boxes and debris. Chaos reigns.

	INT. JAPANESE TRAWLER - BRIDGE - NIGHT

	The captain watches the Excalibur burn in the distance.

	                           CAPTAIN
	                     (In Japanese)
	              Revenge. Fucking Greenpeace.
	              Call the Coast Guard.

	INT. AVENGER - BRIDGE - NIGHT

	                           NELSON
	              Over there is that a fire?

	                           HARDY
	              No sir, I mean yes. It's an oil
	              rig burning off gas. Sir, this
	              shit is getting worse, I think
	              we need to head back.
	                           NELSON
	              No, we'll take it wide around
	              the storm. This area is dotted
	              with sandbars. I don't want to
	              run aground.

	                           HARDY
	              Sir radar a large object
	              dead ahead. Going to hit it.

	Nelson peers through his binoculars as a rusted hulk of freighter looms out of the dark. The Avenger runs aground
	on a sandbar. Stopping short of the freighter.

	THE CREW

	cut the net free. It drifts away with gas LEAKING from the cylinder. A bundle of money SPLITS open.

	                           NELSON
	              We'll park here for the night.
	              Post a guard. Waters shallow
	              make it easier to get the net off.

	                           HARDY
	              It's off, sir. Shall I check in?

	                           NELSON
	              Sure, this phone seems to be
	              acting up. Check it out.

	                           HARDY
	              Battery's dead, sir.

	                           NELSON
	              I knew that.

	INT. COAST GUARD STATION - NIGHT

	Burns is on the phone to Bonitos.

	                           BURNS
	              Report said the Excalibur burnt
	              and sank.

	                           BONITOS (V.O.)
	              What about Boorman’s chopper? I'm
	              still getting a homing signal.

	                           BURNS
	              Maybe it works under water.
	              Any word from the Avenger?

	INT. AVENGER - BRIDGE - NIGHT

	                           HARDY
	              Busy sir, I'll try later.

	                           NELSON
	              Wait till we're off this sandbar.
	              In the morning. It's embarrassing.
	              Tomorrow will be a good day.

	EXT. OCEAN/SANDBAR - NIGHT

	The Excalibur approaches the SAME SANDBAR from the opposite end as the Avenger.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - NIGHT

	                           JULIAN
	              The fires are out, the rain
	              took care of the upper deck
	              fire. Christ, that was close.

	                           SEAN
	              Get the whiskey... I'm parched...
	              The old stuff.

	                           JULIAN
	              Then I'll drive you for a while.

	                           SEAN
	              What the fuck is that?

	SEAN'S POV

	A large DRIFTWOOD TREE looms up out of the dark.
	          
                               SEAN
	             It's a monster, the fucking Loch
	             Ness monster.

	EXT. AVENGER - DECK - NIGHT

	A crewmember disregards the NOISE.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - NIGHT

	Sean sits on the floor. Mustard sharpens his claws on the tree limb that protrudes through the broken windows.

	                           SEAN
	              Land Ho. The Shamrock has
	              landed Dublin. Where's the
	              whiskey?

	EXT. SANDBAR - NIGHT

	Julian, Sean, Danny, and Nolan examine the boat. Arturo stands on the deck shining a flashlight about the sandbar. The storm has gone. FOG is closing in.

	                           JULIAN
	              Seems safe enough. The fog will
	              give us some cover. I'm getting
	              some shut eye, good night.

	                           SEAN
	              Just like that... goodnight?

	                           JULIAN
	              Sorry,... want a kiss? What
	              would you like me to do? Pick
	              up the bloody boat and re-float
	              it? Go explore the island Long
	              John. You discovered it... you
	              name it. Something befitting
	              the occasion... good night.

	                           SEAN
	              Bollocks--

	                           JULIAN
	              Isle of bollocks... original.

	EXT. SANDBAR - PILE OF DRIFTWOOD - NIGHT

	Sean and Emma sit on a log next to a fire.

	                           EMMA
	              Lovely and warm, is it safe.

	                           SEAN
	              Yes, what the hell, drink?

	He holds out the whiskey bottle.

	                           EMMA
	              Glasses?

	                           SEAN
	              Sorry luv... I'll get some.

	                           EMMA
	              No, give me the bottle before
	              I change my mind.

	                           SEAN
	              I thought... I lost you back
	              there... the grenade and all.

	                           EMMA
	              What's that?

	She points to his arm.

	                           SEAN
	              What?

	                           EMMA
	              Your heart is on your sleeve
	              Sean, be careful not to lose it.

	                           SEAN
	              It's already lost, can't help
	              myself.

	                           EMMA
	              I don't like you, you're a
	              philanderer.
	                           SEAN
	              Insincerely. I'll grow on you.
	              Give me a chance.

	                           EMMA
	              You're crazy... is this a war
	              time romance? Are you for real?

	                           SEAN
	              You tell me.

	He pulls her to him and they kiss.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - NIGHT

	Matt goes to the door. The others are stretched out sleeping. Moutard has his hand tied to a bench. Matt scowls at Julian. 
	
                               JULIAN
	              Get some sleep Matt, there's
	              nothing outside for you.

	EXT. SANDBAR - FOG - DAY

	SEAN

	and Emma lay on a blanket. Matt stands over them with a spear gun. Sean opens his eyes slowly. Emma sits up. 
	                        
                               SEAN
	              Morning. Have any coffee with you?

	                           MATT
	              No coffee, just this.

	Matt shoots the spear gun. The spear sticks in the tree.

	                           SEAN
	              Whoa, hold on there pardoner.
	              That's fighting talk.

	Matt grabs an assault rifle next to Sean.

	                           MATT
	              You fucking whore, you betrayed me.

	Sean snatches the rifle away and pushes Matt into the sand.

	                           SEAN
	              Hell of a way to talk to your
	              mother. She's a big girl. Doesn't
	              Need a chaperone, you little turd.

	Sean is on his feet; his angry voice reaches the Excalibur. Emma gets up and looks for her panties.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY.

	Julian, Nolan, and Danny take coffee from Arturo.

	                           JULIAN
	              Trouble in paradise boys?

	                           DANNY
	              Sneaky son of a bitch, your Sean,
	              when it comes to pussy.

	                           JULIAN
	              Very sneaky indeed. Where's
	              the cat?

	Mustard walks over and licks his butt.

	BACK TO SCENE

	                           SEAN
	              I thought you wanted her to
	              get married.

	                           EMMA
	              Married. Slow down Sean just
	              because we. Let me catch my
	              breath. Where the hell do you?

	She surveys the sand for her panties.

	                           MATT
	              I did... I don't... don't know.

	                           SEAN
	              Tell me sunshine how did you
	              think these things happen?

	                           EMMA
	              Matt, it's time to grow up.
	              Sean, can it. We need to move
	              on with our lives. Marriage?

	                           MATT
	              Do you love him?

	                           SEAN
	              What are you looking for?

	Emma and Sean's eyes meet, she struggles for words.

	                           EMMA
	                     (Mouthing her words)
	              My panties.

	She uses body language in frustration.

	                           MATT
	              Not you, her.

	                           EMMA
	              Well... I suppose I do.

	She sinks down into the sand and hugs Matt. Emma waves Sean away. He stomps off to the boat with her PANTIES entangled
	on his shoe.
	                           SEAN
	              Marriage? Why can't you just
	              say you love them and leave it
	              like that. I implied marriage
	              this is not contractual. Why
	              can't I keep my fucking mouth
	              shut?

	He scratches his butt.

	                           SEAN 
	              Bloody sand.

	EXT. SANDBAR - AVENGER - FOG - DAY

	The dawn reveals the rusted freighter with a large high sand dune behind it. A great swirl of WHITE SMOKE blasts from the exhausts of the Avenger.

	                           NELSON
	              Goddamn, I love that sound.

	                           HARDY
	              We're free Captain, no damage
	              to the props.

	                           NELSON
	              Well done, call Bonitos. Tell
	              him the Avenger is rolling.
	              Hardy... no mention about our
	              little mishap.

	                           HARDY
	              Not a problem sir... Already
	              spoke to him. He said a plane
	              is on its way. Something wrong?

	EXT. SANDBAR - EXCALIBUR - DAY

	Machetes protrude from the hull like porcupine quills. Sean pulls on one but it stays put. A gas cylinder is lodged in the keel. Sean pulls it out.

	                           JULIAN
	              Jesus now what?

	                           NOLAN
	              You’d better look at this

	                           SEAN
	              Not leaking. I guess that's
	              good news.

                               DANNY
	              Now what do we do?

	                           SEAN
	              Arthur this is a job for you.

	                           ARTURO
	              Arturo to you senor. Why is
	              it a job for me?

	                           SEAN
	              If you can pull the sword from
	              the stone--

	                           JULIAN
	              Hull--

	                           SEAN
	              Hull... you will be king.

	Arturo pulls the MACHETE out with ease to everyone's astonishment, and strikes a regal pose. Sean and Julian
	fall to their knees and place their hands over their hearts.

	                           JULIAN
	              Your majesty.

	                           SEAN
	              Can I eat Guinevere?

	                           JULIAN
	              You can screw my horse if
	              you like.

	                           ARTURO
	              Gringos locos.

	INT. LARGE AIRCRAFT - COCKPIT - DAY

	                           SPOTTER
	              Southwest, sir, four o'clock.

	                           PILOT
	              Roger that, it's the Excalibur.
	              Now we have them... stand by...
	              get ready to hit them.

	                           SPOTTER
	              Roger.

	                           PILOT
	              Let them have it. Bombs away.

	INT. AVENGER - BRIDGE - DAY

	The aircraft FLIES over the Avenger on a line with the rusted hulk.

	                           NELSON
	              Christ that was quick.
	              No, it couldn't be... could it?

	                           HARDY
	              Turn the boat around, sir?

	                           NELSON
	              At the double tell me they
	              weren't on that sandbar?
	              Underneath our noses?

	                           HARDY
	              Another mishap, sir it's Ok,
	              just another family secret.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - SANDBAR - DAY

	Sean prepares the M-60 machine gun on the top deck. Julian with hands on his hips stares the aircraft down. The rest hide amongst the sand dunes and driftwood.

	Containers attached to parachutes crash onto the sand. An inflatable RAFT with US Coast Guard on the side splits and flies off like a ruptured duck.

	                           DANNY
	              We're saved I think?

	                           ARTURO
	              Fucking gringos.

	Sean fires a burst into the plane.

	                           JULIAN
	              Shit. Kill the messenger
	              why don't you?

	                           SEAN
	              What's wrong with that?

	                           JULIAN
	              If they found us, the whole
	              bloody world knows we're here.
	              Come on down, we need to talk.

	EXT. PRIVATE AIRPORT - DAY.

	An aircraft, MOTORS RUNNING, is being boarded by a group of heavily armed parachutists led by Gerdes. Bonitos dials his CELLPHONE.

	INT. AVENGER - BRIDGE - DAY

	                           NELSON
	              Yes, Senor Bonitos ... Senor
	              President, were on our way
	              see you soon. This is going
	              to be a turkey shoot.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR/DRIFTWOOD PILE - INTERCUTTING - DAY

	Emma SHOOTS at Julian and Sean. Nolan is nonchalantly
	cutting the tree in the bridge.

	                           EMMA
	              You bastard, you liar.

	She continues shooting and missing. Sean and Julian dive behind some driftwood.

	                           JULIAN
	              Is she mad?

	                           SEAN
	              How the hell do I know?
	              What's wrong sweetheart?

	A long burst shatters the driftwood.

	                           JULIAN
	                     (Shouting)
	              Is it P.M.S.?

	                           EMMA
	                     (Screaming)
	              There's no such thing as P.M.S.

	Firing at them again, the gun empties. She grabs the M-60. 
	                           SEAN
	              Could you stay out of it?

	She fires, and then the gun jams.

	                           EMMA
	              You killed my husband, you son
	              of a bitch.

	                           JULIAN
	              You look all right to me. When
	              did you get married?

	                           SEAN
	              Not me you twot.

	INT. EXCALIBUR - CABIN - DAY

	Matt sits at a table STARING at a PHOTO. The hold alls from
	the sunken aircraft are on the table they're contents spread out. Mustard examines them. Emma thrusts a photo into
	Julian's face.

	                           SEAN
	              You killed her husband?

	                           JULIAN
	              How the fuck do I know, I've
	              killed many men. None ever
	              showed me a snapshot of their
	              loved ones.

	                           SEAN
	              Are you sure? Maybe one?

	                           JULIAN
	              Piss off. We have to get away
	              from this sandbar Sean, I expect
	              visitors real soon.

	                           EMMA
	              Tell me you didn't kill him.

	                           JULIAN
	              Never saw this man in my life.

	                           EMMA
	              This stuff came off the plane,
	              right?

	                           JULIAN
	              Right, from the cockpit

	                           EMMA
	              My husband was the pilot.

	                           JULIAN
	              Fortunes of war. The gas got
	              him. Not me.

	                           EMMA
	              How do I know you're not lying?

	                           JULIAN
	              Go ask him. What's left of him.

	                           SEAN
	              That's enough. Well, what
	              about it?

	                           JULIAN
	              Sean's not involved. This happened
	              before--

	                           DANNY
	              Before what?

	                           JULIAN
	              Nothing, the gas killed your
	              husband not me.

	                           SEAN
	              Nevertheless, you were going to hijack
	              The plane mid-flight. What
	              About her husband and the
	              Co-pilot? What were you going
	              to do with them?

	                           JULIAN
	              Can it. Let me tell you all
	              something, anyone connected to
	              that operation was low life
	              including me. We took our chances
	              for money and no glory.

	                           EMMA
	              He was a good man... a family
	              man... republican... he loved us.

	Emma sits with Matt and puts her arm around him.

	                           JULIAN
	              I'm sure he did. However, that was
	              then and this is now. You all
	              stand in the same spot as I did
	              ten years ago. This is blood
	              money anyway you look at it.

	Julian holds up a gold bar covered in Fletchers blood. He tosses it contemptuously.

	                           SEAN
	              Don't turn this back on us. You
	              can't talk it away so easy.

	                           JULIAN
	              Like I said, blood money. When
	              you're spending it. Reflect. I'm
	              sorry about your husband.

	Here comes Nolan RUNNING into the cabin.

	                           NOLAN
	              Heads up, boat approaching.

	                           SEAN
	              It's not over, Julian.

	                           JULIAN
	              Christ, that was quick. Damn
	              you're astute. Arm yourself.
	              Danny... M-60... move.

	Julian picks up a FISHING POLE.

	EXT. SANDBAR - DAY

	The Avenger circles the sandbar at a distance.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - DAY

	The tide is coming in and moves the boat.

	                           NOLAN
	              Great. We can get out of here.

	                           SEAN
	              Can't out run that monster.
	              She'll eat us for lunch. We
	              have too many holes.

	EXT. AVENGER - REAR DECK - DAY

	Through binoculars, Nelson observes the top deck of the Excalibur. The rest of the boat is OBSCURED by sand dunes.

	                           NELSON
	              Just like a beached whale. I'll
	              be God damned, Boorman's chopper.

	                           HARDY
	              Shall I open fire?

	                           NELSON
	              Don't be so quick to tempt death.
	              We'll let the experts do the
	              dirty work first.

	Nelson points skyward. His men are disappointed.

	INT. AIRCRAFT - DAY

	Parachutists check their equipment and weapons.

	EXT. AVENGER - REAR DECK - DAY

	                           HARDY
                 Please sir. Just a few rounds.
                 We’ve got cabin fever.                     
                   
                               NELSON
	              No. Absolutely not.

	                           HARDY
	              We could pretend it’s Bonitos.

	                           NELSON
	              All right not too long.

	EXT. SANDBAR - DAY

	Julian, a fishing pole in hand, stands on the shore gazing at the Avenger. He glances back to the Excalibur and only sees the chopper on the top deck.

	                           JULIAN
	              Come and get it you bastards.
	              What are you waiting for?

	                           SEAN
	              Don't be so quick for death my
	              friend.

	                           JULIAN
	              Death? I'm indestructible.
	              Friend? Am I your friend?
	              You surprise me.

	                           SEAN
	              What do you mean there's more
	              than this money involved?

	                           JULIAN
	              A man called Bonitos is behind
	              all this. Now's not the time.
	              Prepare to repel invaders. We
	              must protect the Isle of Bollocks.

	The sandbar is raked with machine gun fire.

	EMMA

	runs to Matt at the DRIFTWOOD pile. Sean follows her carrying two assault rifles.

	DANNY

	opens up with the M-60. He kills some of Nelsons men.

	JULIAN

	stands arrogantly watching the Avenger.

	                           SEAN
	              He has a fucking death wish.

	MATT

	GRABS an assault rifle. Sean FALLS trying to stop him. Matt runs towards Julian firing. Matt is shot.

	                           MATT
	              Death wish. Why didn't I
	              think of that. I'll help--

	EXT. AVENGER - DAY

	                           NELSON
	              Cease-fire. Let's go talk to them.

	EXT. SANDBAR - DAY

	Emma runs to Matt. Arturo takes off his WHITE APRON.

	                           SEAN
	              Jesus Christ.

	                           JULIAN
	              Danny show them a white flag.
	              We surrender.

	                           DANNY
	              Surrender... What's his problem?

	                           ARTURO
	              Here wave this. Do it.

	                           DANNY
	              You're real cocky all of a sudden.

	Julian gets to Matt as Sean and Emma arrive.

	                           EMMA
	              Sean why? You did this Julian.
	              You did this to him.

	Danny and Arturo run over to them.

	                           DANNY
	              Tell us what to do.

	                           JULIAN
	              Take the gold and money off
	              the boat.

	Julian directs his orders with the fishing pole.

	                           SEAN
	              What are you, fucking loco?

	                           DANNY
	              Give it to them? No way.

	                           JULIAN
	              You too Sean leave him. Arturo
	              get the medical pack for Emma.
	              Sean MOVE IT.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - DAY

	Danny, Arturo, and Nolan off load the loot.

	                           DANNY
	              I can't believe he's giving
	              in. I trusted him.

	                           ARTURO
	              Better a poor coward than a
	              dead rich man. Don't be so
	              quick to condemn him. Some men
	              have a reason for all their actions.

	                           NOLAN
	              Ya'll going to work or talk?

	EXT. BEACH - DAY

	Julian and Nelson stand in the surf. A GRENADE instead of a hook, hangs from Julian’s fishing pole.

	                           NELSON
	              I have what I want Julian, you
	              can go. You talk a good deal.
	              That boat at the bottom of the
	              ocean... no way... not good.

	                           JULIAN
	              This gold has been nothing but
	              bad luck, ten years of it. I
	              have an injured boy. We’ll be
	              a minute then you can come ashore.

	                           NELSON
	              You can trust me. Take all the
	              time you want. I have to do a
	              little chore anyway.

	Julian walks back to the Excalibur. Nelson wades out to the Avenger.

	                           JULIAN
	              Chore?

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - BRIDGE - DAY

	                           JULIAN
	              Danny get the Excalibur out of here.

	                           DANNY
	              Are you sure this is the right
	              thing to do?

	Julian toys with a SPOOL of FISHING LINE and a grenade.

	                           JULIAN
	              Go... let's go.

	EXT. SANDBAR #2 - DAY

	Hardy throws a blue-smoke grenade into the sand. Nelson is on a cellphone. An aircraft is overhead.

	INT. AIRCRAFT - DAY

	                           PILOT
	              Blue smoke, Roger, blue smoke
	              it is.

	EXT. AIRCRAFT - DAY

	Gerdes and his parachutists pour out from the aircraft.

	EXT. SANDBAR - DAY

	                           NELSON
	              Suckers. Fire.

	WIDER VIEW

	The Excalibur has GONE. They spray the island with machine gun fire and approach the pile of loot cautiously.

	                           NELSON
	              Careful it might be rigged.
	              He had a grenade.

	                           HARDY
	              I take it we're in business for
	              ourselves sir. Free enterprise
	              system and all that?

	                           NELSON
	              God bless America. Damn it
	              feels exciting to be deceitful.

	THE SAND

	sprays up in a straight line behind them. A FISHING LINE is exposed. It stops at the Coast Guard supplies and a LIFE RAFT inflates noisily. The group turns and one fires a brief burst missing the raft.

	Another FISHING LINE is pulled taut and extends to the loot. It passes between Hardy's legs. A gas cylinder erupts engulfing Nelson and his crew, they succumb.

	THREE FIGURES

	wearing gas masks, emerge from the driftwood.

	EXT. EXCALIBUR - BURNING - DAY

	The parachutist’s plane, smoke trailing from an engine, sprays the boat with machine gun fire.

	EXT. SANDBAR - DAY

	                           EMMA
	              Oh, God, no.

	Matt is covered in blood.

	                           SEAN
	              Christ.

	He sinks to Matt's side and examines the wound.

	                           JULIAN
	              I'll bring the boat around.
	              Get ready to load up. Sean check
	              those bodies, make sure they're
	              dead. Sean. Are you listening?

	                           EMMA
	              You callous bastard.

	Julian walks away holding the gas masks. Nolan retrieves the life raft.

	EXT. PARACHUTISTS AIRCRAFT - DAY

	crashes into the ocean.

	EXT. AVENGER - REAR DECK - DAY

	Nolan ties down a tarpaulin over the loot.
	
	                           NOLAN
	              Do we look for Danny and Arturo?

	                           JULIAN
	              No, they're dead for sure.

	                           SEAN
	              I don't know you anymore, you're
	              a stranger to me. How do you
	              know they're dead? Is it part of
	              your plan.

	                           JULIAN
	              I have no plan. Get back to
	              your wife... shit... I gave you
	              an order.

	NELSON

	holds a gun on Emma.

	                           SEAN
	              Sue me. Oh God, don't shoot
	              man, let me help you.

	SEAN

	jumps ashore. Nelson sways and tries to remain conscious.

	NOLAN

	an ASSAULT RIFLE at his feet.

	                           NELSON
	              Off the boat... get them off
	              the boat.

	                           SEAN
	              Get off the boat he wants
	              you here.
	                           JULIAN
	              Does he now.

	Julian slips into the cabin.

	NOLAN

	REACHES for the rifle. Nelson shoots him into the sea.

	JULIAN

	enters the bridge and is HIT by a stray bullet. He slips on the gas masks and falls against the throttles.

	EXT. SANDBAR - DAY

	The Avenger accelerates out to sea in REVERSE.

	                           EMMA
	              The bastard is leaving us
	              I said you couldn't trust him.

	NELSON

	collapses onto the tree and drops the weapon. Sean grabs it and shoots him and the other crewmembers. Sean angrily shoots towards the Avenger.

	INT. AVENGER - BRIDGE - DAY

	Julian, his shoulder bleeding. Is unconscious on the floor.

	EXT. AVENGER - DAY

	The Avenger approaches in REVERSE the sandbar with the parachutists. They gather like PENGUINS in anticipation.
	The surf laps at their feet. The Avenger passes them by.

	                           GERDES
	              Anybody have any Vaseline?
	              We're about to get fucked.

	EXT. SANDBAR - LARGE TREE - NIGHT

	The tide is rising as Sean and Emma pull the life raft holding Matt to the tree. Sean TIES the raft to the tree. Emma tends to the unconscious Matt. The Coast Guard supplies drift in the surf.

	Sean turns on a flashlight and illuminates the life raft. Emma and Matt huddle inside. Sean climbs higher into the branches shining the light out to sea.

	The M-60 hangs from a branch with only a few rounds left in the belt. He strokes them with his finger and thumb. A cellphone hangs next to the gun. He turns it on. The RED LIGHT flashes. He turns it off.

	INT. BONITOS OFFICE - NIGHT

	BONITOS' POV

	through the window, he idly watches a RAT jump from pallet to pallet. He shoots the rat with a pointed finger.

	                           BONITOS
	              ... cuatro... cinco... bang.

	The COMPUTER beeps once.

	EXT. HACIENDA - NIGHT

	A RED LASER beam illuminates some armed men. A pistol with a silencer kills them. A SHADOWY FIGURE enters the hacienda. Rosa appears. Carlos, the forger, raises his handless arm.

	EXT. DRIFTWOOD TREE - NIGHT

	                           EMMA
	              Is it over?

	                           SEAN
	              How is he?

	                           EMMA
	              I don't really know, the bleeding
	              has stopped. We need help.

	                           SEAN
	              I know the tide's getting higher.

	Nolan's BODY floats by with a SHARK nibbling at it. Sean grabs the M-60. The shark and the body disappear.

	                           EMMA
	              SEAN.

	She beats at another shark nosing the life raft. Sean almost falls trying to get down to her.

	                           SEAN
	              Use the knife.

	She stabs the shark and it disappears. Staring wide-eyed at the water she gently stabs the tree with the knife.
     
                               EMMA
	              You will really marry me, you're
	              not lying to me.

	                           SEAN
	              No. I love you and want to get
	              married...  
                        (under his breath)
	              after I find and kill Julian.

	Sean climbs down to her side, and holds her.

	                           SEAN
	              They'll find us. We have to hang
	              on, you must stay strong.

	Sean takes the knife and STABS it firmly into the tree.

	                           SEAN
	              Try to rest I'm going back up
	              there with the flash light.

	Sean turns the CELLPHONE back on. The red light flashes.

	INT. BONITOS OFFICE - NIGHT

	A cursor BLINKS on the monitor screen. Burns is asleep in a chair.

	                           BONITOS
	              There they are, right there.
	              Let’s go fishing. Burns wake up.
	              Time to go fishing.

	Bonitos dials a cellphone.

	EXT. SANDBAR - DAY

	SEAN

	wakes up and FALLS from the tree onto the sand. The tide has gone out. He panics when he cannot find Emma and the life raft. The ROPE hangs cut around the knife. A shark ravaged LIFE RAFT floats in the surf.

	                           SEAN
	              Jesus, no... oh God... no.

	EXT. AVENGER - BOW - DAY

	JULIAN

	peers through binoculars at the still smoking half-sunken Excalibur. The chopper is still on the top deck. He focuses on the ADDRESS.

	EXCALIBUR

	Julian enters the water logged Excalibur. Danny and Arturo's bodies are stretched out on a table. Moutard, DEAD is face down in the water still tied to the seat. Mustard jumps aboard the Avenger. A FIRE FLARES up startling Julian.

	EXT. HACIENDA - DAY

	FIRE races through the hacienda.

	EXT. SANDBAR #3 - DAY

	EMMA

	sits next to a mound of sand. The empty life raft is next to her. A DRIFTWOOD CROSS is in her hand. She stands and places the cross at the head of the grave. From a pocket in her dress, she removes the PHOTO of her dead husband.

	                           EMMA
	              Matt he wasn't a good man.
	              Sean where are you?

	Emma tears the photo up and tosses it into the breeze.

	EXT. SANDBAR - DAY

	SEAN

	asleep, jumps up with a start. The BOW of the El Presidente, with Bonitos leaning over the rail, rests ten feet from his head. Sean takes a quick glance around the sandbar. Ramos and a couple of heavies jump down and assist Sean aboard.

	                           BONITOS (O.S.)
	              Senor are you enjoying being
	              Robinson Crusoe or can I give
	              you a lift back to civilization.

	                           SEAN
	              Jesus man you almost ran me over.
	                           BONITOS
	              Almost is good for hand grenades
	              and horseshoes so I am told.                      
	              I can assure you, Senor, there is
	              no future on this island.

	                           SEAN
	              You're not drug smugglers are you?
			        Christ. Have you got drink?
		
                               BONITOS
	              Are you particular about who
	              rescues you? Your options are
	              slim to none. Quick man get
	              aboard before I change my mind.
	              We have to find Julian.

	                           SEAN
	             Julian? Are you Bonitos?

	                           BONITOS
	             You are most astute.

	INT. EL PRESIDENTI - STATEROOM - DAY

	Bonitos thrusts a large WHISKEY into a Sean's grateful hand.

	                           SEAN
	              Did you see anyone else? A
	              life raft with a woman and
	              a boy. A yellow life raft?

	                           EMMA
	              Sean.

	Emma EMERGES from a cabin with a bed in it. She clears her THROAT and gives Bonitos the EVIL EYE. Sean and Emma embrace. 
	            
                               BONITOS
	              This is so beautiful. Life
	              is full of wonderful coincidences.
	              Tell me... Excalibur... Avenger.
	              Julian... where are they?

	Bonitos picks up a wall phone.

	                           SEAN
	              You want the short or the long
	              story?

	                           BONITOS
	              Head home and stop for no one.
	              Contact the freighter. We have
	              a happy and entertaining day
	              before us. The short one Sean.

	Ramos removes the WIRE from a bottle of champagne.
	EXT. AVENGER - DOCKSIDE - DAY

	Julian secures the Avenger. A pile of CONCRETE BLOCKS gets his attention.

	EXT. SANDBAR - DAY

	The parachutists stand in a group like penguins and turn their heads in unison as the El Presidente sails by.

	                           PARA #1
	              Second times a charm.

	He hands a small jar of VASELINE to Gerdes. A SHRIMP BOAT is on the HORIZON.

	INT/EXT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

	Julian flings open the door. A RAT jumps onto a tarp covered pile of boxes.

	INT. EL PRESIDENTI - CABIN - DAY

	Bonitos has his back to the window and fixes drinks from
	the bar. Sean and Emma are too full of each other to notice the penguins. Ramos pops the champagne open splashing Bonitos.
	The cork bounces off the STEREO.

	EXT. SANDBAR - DAY

	Gerdes fires a compressed air cylinder with a line attached out to the shrimp boat.

	EXT. EL PRESIDENTI - DAY

	The boat approaches Bonitos Industries warehouse. Sean and Emma stand at the bow. A henchman stands guard.

	                           EMMA
	              Is Julian here?

	                           SEAN
	              I don't see the Avenger. But I'll
	              be glad to stand on terra firma
	              again. About Matt.

	                           EMMA
	              Stand on it. I guess we'll be
	              under it soon enough. I'm happy
	              for him. He's in a better place.

	INT. EL PRESIDENTI - BRIDGE - DAY

	Bonitos is on a CELLPHONE. Gets a nod of approval from his men.

	                           BONITOS
	              No delivered... everything
	              on it? ... no anchovies.

	EXT. JULIAN'S HOME - BACKYARD - NIGHT

	Julian ENTANGLED in a clothes line falls into his kids sand box. His silenced pistol fires hitting and rupturing the above ground pool.

	INT. JULIAN'S HOME - NIGHT

	Back door opens slowly revealing Julian - wet. He searches the house. The girl’s room has BLOODY fingerprints on the wall.

	Julian opens the envelope stuffed with CASH from Elena.
	An official government LETTER reveals he has been awarded
	the contract to re-build the burnt WAREHOUSE at Kelly A.F.B.

	INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

	Sean and Emma are escorted to a table. The El Presidente is tied up at the indoor dock.

	                           BONITOS
	              Welcome to my home away from
	              home. Help your self to the
	              drinks. I'm sure you could use
	              one. I have sent for pizzas.
	              All Americans love pizza.

	                           SEAN
	              I'm an Irishman, you can stick
	              the pizza up your arse.

	A henchman menaces Sean but Bonitos stops him.

	                           BONITOS
	              You are my guests not my
	              prisoners. Please do not feel
	              threatened. And please, your
	              language, this is a party.

	                           EMMA
	              What about all these thugs with
	              guns. I've had enough of guns,
	              and lies.

	                           BONITOS
	              I understand Senora--

	                           EMMA
	              Senorita--

	                           BONITOS
	              My apologies, Senorita. I also
	              do not wish to see any more guns
	              tonight. Please... a drink?
	
Bonitos waves his men away.

	                           SEAN
	              What's this all about? Gold?

	                           BONITOS
	              Straight to the point. Yes, the
	              gold and the money. Lets not
	              forget the money, which your
	              friend Julian has. We must
	              pray he has it.

	                           SEAN
	              He's no fucking friend of mine.
	              He deserted us, left us for
	              dead. How do you know he's my
	              friend?

	                           BONITOS
	              Elena told me. There is no need
	              for profanity. After all, we have
	              ladies present. It is quite simple. 
                  You are my guests until I receive 
                  my gold. A simple arrangement, no?

	                           SEAN
	              It could be fuck-- Sorry...
	              worse, I guess. You said ladies?

	A henchman appears with the pizza.

	                           BONITOS
	              Yes, I nearly forgot. Elena
	              come and join the party.

	Armed guards escort Elena. She rushes to Sean.

	                           ELENA
	              Sean what's going on? Who
	              are these people? Where's Julian?

	Elena embraces Sean as her CELLPHONE rings. She pushes him aside and answers the phone. Bonitos walks over to her and grabs her arm.

	                           JULIAN (V.O.)
	              Elena are you there?
	                           
	Bonitos wrestles the phone away from her and throws her to the floor. Sean reacts. Burns helps Elena up.

	                           BONITOS
	              Julian how nice of you to call.
	              Come and join the party, we have
	              pizza. Everyone's here. Including
	              your daughters.

	                           SEAN
	              The bastards kidnapped them.

	                           BONITOS
	              Yes, it's Sean. Would you like
	              a word?

	He hands the phone to Sean. Bonitos sees a RAT on a pallet. 

	                           BONITOS 
	              Encourage him to visit us.

	Bonitos mentally counts the pallets--

	                           SEAN
	              You son of a bitch traitor
	              give this fucking bastard
	              his gold--

	                           BONITOS
	              Sean, I asked nicely. No
	              profanity, but you insist.

	Bonito’s steps aside and Burns buries a rifle butt in Sean's stomach. Burns picks up the phone and hands it to Bonitos.

	                           BONITOS
	              Julian, you know how to play
	              the game. You have manners
	              as I recall. Sean, well we
	              must wash his mouth out
	              with soap. I want you here
	              NOW. Bring me my property.

	EXT. PAY PHONE - DOCKSIDE - NIGHT

	Julian at the same pay phone under the large billboard. "IT'S TEN PM; DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE?” A kid walks away with a HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL.

	                           KID
	              Cool, dude. For three quarters?
	              What a geek.

	INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

	Emma attends to Sean. The ROAR of boat engines stirs the group. Henchmen position themselves around the dock.

	                           BONITOS
	              Open the sea gates. Get ready.

	EXT. FISHING PORT - NIGHT

	Gerdes and his men DISEMBARK from a shrimp boat. B.g. A yellow school bus is parked in the street.

	                           GERDES
	              Thanks for the ride. Why the
	              grenades as payment?

	                           CAPTAIN
	              Fucking Greenpeace and Japanese
	              fishing trawlers.

	EXT. WAREHOUSE - SEAWALL - NIGHT

	The Avenger slowly approaches the open gates. Bonitos stands waiting in anticipation. Elena looks nervously towards Sean. 

	                           EMMA
	              Something's wrong Sean.

	                           SEAN
	              You ain't kidding. I don't
	              believe Julian's giving in
	              so easily to this bastard.

	                           EMMA
	              His wife and children?

	                           SEAN
	              I thought he'd sacrifice
	              everyone for that fucking gold.

	                           EMMA
	              Watch your mouth. Where are his
	              kids?

	ELENA

	PACES about trying to light a cigar. The Avenger slides into a berth and some henchmen secure her and stand guard.

	INT. AVENGER - BRIDGE - NIGHT

	JULIAN

	shuts the motors down. He slides a HANDGUN into his pants. He taps the HATCH with back of his hand. He steps down into the cabin and wipes the WRITING away next to the stereo. He CLOSES the head door.
	INT. WAREHOUSE - DOCKSIDE - NIGHT

	Julian disembarks. Mustard jumps onto dry land. Mustard chases the RAT.

	                           BONITOS
	              You look good, amigo, after all
	              these years. I knew you would
	              not let me down. Let me see my
	              gold. Go to your wife.

	SEAN AND EMMA

	                           SEAN
	              The cat got off the fucking
	              boat that's not a good sign.

	Julian ignores Sean and walks rapidly to Elena. They embrace. Elena FEELS the handgun. Bonitos leaves his gold and watches in amusement.

	                           JULIAN
	              He didn't hurt you? You're OK?
	              I found blood... the girls?

	                           ELENA
	              Pendejo.

	Elena kicks him in the balls. Julian collapses in pain and confusion. Elena removes the handgun and tosses it into the water. She boards the Avenger and gives Bonitos a kiss.

	                           JULIAN
	              Elena, why? What did I do?
	              What's going on?

	He turns to Bonitos for answers.

	                           BONITOS
	              My dear Julian, your whole life
	              these last ten years have been
	              a lie. Is it not obvious?
	              This gives me so much pleasure.
	              She has chosen me. A patriot.

	Sean comes to Julian's side.

	                           SEAN
	              The cat got off the fucking
	              boat Julian. That's not good.

	                           JULIAN
	              The cat's the least of our
	              fucking worries. God that hurts.

	Julian is oblivious to reality.

	                           BONITOS
	              I was to be the next President,
	              however, your greed got in my way.
	              You're a pirate, Julian, nothing
	              more.

	Julian sinks beside a pile of boxes covered with a tarpaulin and throws up.

	                           SEAN
	              You fucking bastards. Cruel
	              fucking bastards.

	A henchman approaches Sean with his rifle raised. Sean throws the man to the ground and kicks him. Others run to his aid. Julian reaches out to stop him.

	                           BONITOS
	              No, leave him. Let him get
	              some gratification from this
	              day. Julian, you are a brave
	              man but no patriot. So sad.
	              This is all of it?

	Bonitos gestures to the pile of boxes.

	                           JULIAN
	              That's it arsehole. If there's
	              more it's scattered over the
	              gulf of Mexico. The plane blew up
	              twice. Only the front half survived.

	                           ELENA
	              Liar, I will cut your balls off.

	Bonitos SMACKS her mouth. Julian watches Mustard chase the rat under a pallet.

	                           SEAN
	                     (whispering)
	              I saw the tail section tell
	              him the truth. Then he won't
	              kill us.

	                           BONITOS
	              Well I have no choice but to
	              trust...  believe you.
	                     (to his men)
	              Load this onto the Presidente.

	Julian takes a step towards the Avenger. The injured henchman grabs his rifle and menaces Julian.

	                           JULIAN
	              Bonitos--

	                           ELENA
	              NO. Please, Gustavo. Let’s get 
                  out here, too much time has 
                  been lost. We must go. The
	              freighter will not wait.

	                           BONITOS
	              Yes, the freighter. Can't miss
	              that. Well I am a magnam...
	              great, President Julian. I leave
	              you my boat. Ramos get the
	              champagne from the stateroom.

	                           BURNS
	              Do I kill them?

	                           BONITOS
	              No, Mr. Burns the butcher. Killing
	              they would be doing them a favor.
	              I enjoy people suffering.

	                           BURNS
	              Just one? The woman?
	              The children...?

	                           BONITOS
	              No. Control yourself. You
	              offend the remains of Elena's
	              maternal instincts.

	                           ELENA
	              Kill them see if I care.

	                           BONITOS
	              Where are your children? I
	              thought you would bring them.
	          
                               ELENA
	              He can have them. They'll make
	              his life miserable.

	INT. EL PRESIDENTI - STATEROOM

	Ramos puts the case of bubbly on a table. Takes a swig from a rum bottle, and then places it in his pocket.

	                           BONITOS (O.S)
	              Hurry... bring the champagne.

	Ramos hurriedly grabs the champagne and heads for the door. He glances at a WIRE that protrudes from the switch at the bar near the stereo.

	EXT. AVENGER - DAY

	                           BONITOS
	              Cast off. Good-bye Julian. Have
	              a good life. You must feel very
	              cheated. Two times, is not a charm?

	Ramos jumps aboard the Avenger dropping the champagne.

	                           ELENA
	              Wait, wait don't leave yet.

	Elena hops off the boat and scurries outside.

	                           BONITOS
	              I don't believe this. She's the
	              one who wants to hurry. Why did
	              you drop the champagne?

	Ramos lowers his head in shame. The trunk to a car SLAMS shut. Elena reappears carrying a PINK COSMETIC CASE.

	                           ELENA
	              This stuff is gold south of
	              the border.

	                           BONITOS
	              Incredible. Cast off let's
	              get out of here.

	EXT. SEAWALL - DAY

	Julian, Sean, Emma watch the Avenger ease away past the dock. Bonitos throws the cosmetic case to Julian. Ramos hands Bonitos a glass of foam.

	                           BONITOS
	              Thanks but no thanks... a
	              little crude don't you think?

   The Avenger accelerates away.

	                           JULIAN
	              Shit Elena you bloody fool.
	              She never does as she's told.

	                           SEAN
	              Why didn't they kill us?
	              I would have.

	                           JULIAN
	              Bonitos gets his jollies knowing
	              that people are suffering. He gets
	              off on it.

	He opens the cosmetic case to Sean revealing an explosive device. He reaches in and turns off the timer at five seconds.

	                           EMMA
	              You really are Irish aren't you?

	                           SEAN
	              It makes me feel uncomfortable,
	              unfulfilled.

	                           JULIAN
	              I'll shoot you myself if it
	              will make you feel any better.

	                           SEAN
	              You would I know you would.

	                           JULIAN
	              After all, what are friends for?

	                           EMMA
	              Sean.

	                           SEAN
	              What?

	                           EMMA
	              Can it.

	EXT. AVENGER - REAR DECK - DAY

	Bonitos kills Ramos with a broken bottle of rum, then pushes him into the sea.

	                           BONITOS
	              Pour me champagne not foam.
	              Elena your cosmetics are mega
	              exfoliation agents. Let’s talk.
	              What's the location of the aircraft?

	Burns carefully obliges him. Elena sits nursing a cut lip.

	                           BURNS
	              I knew it. I could have got it
	              out of him.

	INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

	Julian places the bag with the bomb on the tarp covered stack of boxes. He adjusts the tarp. Mustard jumps up to check his work. Emma examines Julian's bandages.

	                           EMMA
	              Let me fix you up.

	                           JULIAN
	              No time, I have to get Elena.

	                           SEAN
	              Elena? Are you kidding me?
	              She just flattened your nuts
	              not drained them.

	INT. EL PRESIDENTE - STATEROOM - DAY

	                           SEAN
	              What are you looking for?

	                           JULIAN
	              He didn't just leave it. Sneaky
	              bastards done something.

	                           EMMA
	              You mean a bomb.

	                           SEAN
	              Jesus Emma leave.

	                           JULIAN
	              Take the Cadi, the keys are in it.

	Julian dials a cellphone.

	                           SEAN
	              I thought I'd leave too. How
	              do you know the keys are in
	              the car?

	                           JULIAN
	              Alicia las ninjas? Bueno-- si
	              Rosa? Thank God.

	                           SEAN
	              Who was that? I'm paranoid
	              about everything, you do or say.

	                           EMMA
	              I'm staying.

	                           SEAN
	              Be reasonable. It could be
	              dangerous.

	                           EMMA
	              I've paid my God damned danger dues.
	              I'm staying and that's that.

	                           JULIAN
	              It has to be something quick,
	              Bonitos didn't have any time
	              for something sophisticated.

	Julian looks inside a closet.

	                           SEAN
	              Are you serious? A bomb?
	                           JULIAN
	              Who knows? Maybe a rat trap.

	                           SEAN
	              Did Bonitos and you ever exchange
	              Christmas gifts? Is there more
	              gold... money?

	                           JULIAN
	              Keep looking... maybe.

	Sean opens a drinks cabinet.

	                           SEAN
	              That's funny the light's not
	              working.

	                           JULIAN
	              Don't touch it.

	Sean throws the switch. Julian throws himself and Emma to the floor. Sean stands over them.

	                           SEAN
	              A bit jumpy it's just the
	              light.

	Sean helps Emma up. Julian, embarrassed gets up and checks the switch. He follows a WIRE to the cabinet under the bar. He reveals a large EXPLOSIVE device, not connected.

	                           JULIAN
	              This is it. Not armed.

	                           SEAN
	              Good... Yes... well... wanna
	              drink? I do...  fuck.

	Sean attempts composure. Whiskey is splashed around.
	Julian opens another closet revealing assault rifles.

	                           EMMA
	              Christmas presents. May I?
	              You know I'm really getting off
	              to this stuff.

	She takes one and displays it to Sean.

	                           SEAN
	              You've paid your dues. Put it down.
	              Why did you give him the money?

	                           JULIAN
	              Well, if you're coming, let’s go.
	              I didn't.

	                           SEAN
	              What are you talking about?
	              Let's go? Where is it?

	                           JULIAN
	              Elena. I have to save her.

	EXT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

	A yellow school bus pulls up. A wet and bedraggled Gerdes steps onto the sidewalk. He pulls seaweed from his shirt. The bus driver, a woman of ninety, motions the others off.

	                           GERDES
	              Thanks for the lift. Remember
	              not a word to anyone OK.

	                           BUS DRIVER
	              Not a word. Thanks for this.

	She proudly brandishes a SUB-MACHINE GUN.
	           
                               BUS DRIVER
	              Now the little bastards will sit
	              when I say sit. Hey, pick that
	              crab up.

	                           PARA #1
	              Yes, maam.

	He kicks the crab into the street.

	                           PARA #2
	              Gerdes do you think the gun
	              is a good idea?

	                           GERDES
	              Yes I, too, was once a school
	              bus driver.

	INT. EL PRESIDENTE - BRIDGE - DAY

	Julian struggles with the controls of El Presidente.

	                           JULIAN
	              Why can't anything in this life--

	                           SEAN
	              Be simple? Why are you going
	              after Elena and where's the money?

	INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

	The paras disperse around the warehouse. One sets up an M-60 on the tarp covered boxes. Mustard jumps up and introduces himself. He gently brushes Mustard aside.

	                           PARA #3
	              Hi. Get out of here before
	              you get hurt, the furs about
	              to fly.

	PARA #2

	slips on wet seaweed and his weapon discharges. Gerdes' men open fire on the boat. All hell breaks loose.

	BRIDGE - EL PRESIDENTE/WAREHOUSE - INTERCUTTING

	The windows shatter. Julian and Sean crawl to the stateroom. Emma slides down onto the floor.

	STATEROOM

	They grab assault rifles and return fire.

	                           SEAN
	              Who is it? Or is that a stupid
	              question?

	                           JULIAN
	              Stupid question.

	WAREHOUSE

	                           GERDES
	              Cease fire, cease-fire.

	THE STATEROOM

	Julian struggles up covered in debris.

	                           JULIAN
	               There's only about ten of them.
	               We can take them.

	He opens fire again. They return the fire. Para #1 makes his way to the opposite side of the boat and gets aboard.

	DOCKSIDE

	                           GERDES
	              Cease fire, God damn it.

	The shooting stops. Gerdes stands up.

	STATEROOM

	                           JULIAN
	              I'll take this fucker out--

	                           PARA #1
	              That's not very nice.

	Para #1 has the drop on them.

	INT. AVENGER - CABIN - DAY

	Bonitos shoves champagne into Elena’s face. Gold bars and money are on the table.

	                           BONITOS
	              Do you think Ramos connected
	              the bomb to the stereo.

	                           BURNS
	              I hope so. Can't let that bastard
	              live.

	                           BONITOS
	              Your language, sir.

	                           ELENA
	              There's a bomb on the Presidente?

	                           BONITOS
	              The bomb on the El Presedente is
	              the least of your worries Elena.

	He toys with Ramos' KNIFE on the TABLE.

	INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

	Julian, Sean, and Emma are escorted from the El Presidente.

	                           GERDES
	              Where is Bonitos?

	Julian tries to recognize Gerdes.

	                           SEAN
	              The fucker's gone. Let her go.
	              She's nothing to do with all this.
	              You have us.

	                           EMMA
	              I'm staying no matter what.

	                           GERDES
	              Admirable. Give me the information
	              I require, and all will be--

	                           JULIAN
	              He's on the Avenger. Left thirty
	              minutes ago.

	                           SEAN
	              Don't hold back. Tell him every-
	              thing why don't you.

	Julian steps into the light. Gerdes recognizes him.

	                           GERDES
	              My God you. All these years.

	                           JULIAN
	              You work for the man who killed
	              your brother?

	                           GERDES
	              Bonitos? No... you lie.

	                           JULIAN
	              I thought you would have known.
	              That day at the village. He did it.

	Gerdes supports himself on some boxes.

	                           SEAN
	              You two know each other?

	                           JULIAN
	              Best long-term investment I
	              ever made. A life for a life.

	Julian reaches for Gerdes and helps him up.

	EXT. DOCKSIDE - DAY

	The El Presidente moves away from the dock. Julian standing at the stern waves to Sean and Emma.

	                           SEAN
	              I'm sure he knows what he's doing.

	                           EMMA
	              Should have talked him out of it.
	              She's a treacherous bitch.

	EXT. EL PRESIDENTE - REAR DECK - DAY

	The boat is some distance from the dock.

	                           GERDES
	              I understand about your wife.
	              But my brother... wife died
	              first. I'm very sorry.

	                           JULIAN
	              What do you mean?

	                           GERDES
	              A life for a life.

	Gerdes kisses Julian on the cheek. The para's grab Julian
	and tie a rope around his waist. Gerdes aims a compressed
	air canister towards the dock and fires.

	Julian sails through the air. The projectile and rope pass over Sean's head. Sean flips his HEAD BACK.

	INT. AVENGER - CABIN - DAY

	Elena’s HEAD flips back against the wall. She stares at Bonitos' machete. Bonitos sees faint WRITING on the wall.

	EXT. DOCKSIDE - DAY

	Sean helps Julian out of the sea.

	                           SEAN
	              Who's your friend?

	                           JULIAN
	              Just can't trust anybody today.
	              I need a boat fast.

	INT. EL PRESIDENTE - STATEROOM - DAY

	                           GERDES
	              Help yourselves to the bar boys.

	                           PARA
	              Yeah, why not? Where's the
	              stereo on this tub?

	                           GERDES
	              Yes, some music... loud.

	INT. AVENGER - CABIN - DAY

	Burns reaches for the stereo.

	                           BONITOS
	              No, leave it. The only music I
	              want to hear, is Elena screaming.

	                           BURNS
	              What about the rest of the gold?
	              I'm going to the head. Some
	              writing here.

	Burns fiddles with the stereo.

	                           BONITOS
	              Leave the stereo alone. We
	              will make arrangements to watch
	              Julian when we get home. We
	              have a lady aboard lift the seat.

	Bonitos motions the machete slowly past Elena’s face.

    INT. EL PRESIDENTE - STATEROOM - DAY

	A PAIR OF HANDS

	twist some wires together.

	                           PARA #1 (V.O.)
	              Try it now.
	
    Para #2 turns the stereo on. Very loud music.

	INT. EL PRESIDENTE - BRIDGE - DAY

	Gerdes smiles at the loud music.

	                           GERDES
	              I always get a blast when my men
	              are happy.

	INT. AVENGER - CABIN - DAY

	The El Presidente EXPLODES on the horizon.

	                           BURNS
	              Son of a bitch, you got them
	              Bonitos. That finished the
	              fuckers. Good old Ramos the
	              little rat knocked them
	              for six.

	Bonitos slaps Burns around the head.

	                           BONITOS
	              Your mouth, senor your mouth.
	              You outside traitor whore.

	Bonitos grabs Elena. The knife has gone from the table.

	EXT. DOCKSIDE - DAY

	Julian, Sean, and Emma watch as the flames from the El Presidente subside.

	                           JULIAN
	              I hope that's not the Avenger.

	EXT. AVENGER - REAR DECK - DAY

	Elena is shoved through the door by Bonitos.

	                           BONITOS
	              All of you, into the cabin... now.

	His men comply.

	                           ELENA
	              Gustavo, no, let me explain.
	Bonitos grabs her hair and forces her to her knees.

	                           BONITOS
	              Now, I want your mouth. Your foul
	              lying, whore mouth... open.

	He holds the machete at her throat. The WIND blows the TARPAULIN off the boxes and reveals the concrete blocks.

	INT. AVENGER - RESTROOM

	Burns, mouth open, checks his teeth. He farts.

	                           BURNS
	              Damn gas attack.
	              Don't touch the stereo. Writing?
	              Numbers? That's the location of the
	              gold.

	He FLUSHES the toilet and white gas fills the room, choking he collapses.

	CABIN AND BRIDGE

	fill with gas. Pandemonium. People die. The Avenger slows to a stop.

	EXT. AVENGER - REAR DECK - DAY

	Bonitos watches as his henchmen die, their faces squash against the windows.

	                           BONITOS
	              Julian you fucking bastard.
	              He has the gold.

	                           ELENA
	              He is the least of your worries.

	Elena produces the KNIFE and jams it into Bonitos' crotch. He drops the machete and grabs his balls.

	                           BONITOS
	              Elena please remember your family.

	                           ELENA
	              Eat shit and die you fucker
	              they're safe.

	She chops into his arms with the machete. They fall uselessly to his sides. He kicks at her and his legs suffer the same fate as his arms. He collapses onto the pile of concrete blocks.

	                           BONITOS
	              Elena you were the best fuck--

	The machete slices into his balls. She hacks at them like a possessed demon. His screams are drowned out as she exorcises the past. His head is separated from his body.  She removes the forgers ring. A WINDOW SHATTERS and a man crashes to the deck.

	GAS threatens to envelopes Elena. The HATCH on the bridge cracks open slowly. The Avenger accelerates away.

	                           ELENA
	              Julian.

	INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

	Julian sits with Sean. Emma brings a bottle of whiskey from the office.
	                           SEAN
	              I wish I could say... do
	              something. I would gladly
	              share your pain if I could.

	Julian stares at the glass of whiskey. The setting sun and whiskey mix creating an eerie GOLDEN GLOW. Julian gets up and looks out to sea. A BOAT approaches.

	EXT. WAREHOUSE - PARKING LOT - NIGHT

	A car pulls up and parks next to the Cadillac.

	                           AIMEE (V.O.)
	              Mummy’s here.

	INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

	The Avenger docks and the motors go quite. Two figures
	emerge from the bridge. They remove gas masks slowly.

	                           SEAN
	              Son of a bitch.

	                           DANNY
	              No, Danny and Arturo the
	              sneakiest guys in the world.

	                           SEAN
	              Bloody luckiest. We thought you
	              were dead. What's going on?

	Julian looks for Elena.

	                           ARTURO
	              We were dead until Julian saved
	              us. We searched for you guys.

	                           EMMA
	              You searched for us? Where is
	              everybody? What happened to
	              Bonitos and Elena?

	                           ARTURO
	              Bonitos sings falsetto with the
	              fishes.
	                 
                               EMMA
	              And Elena is she?

	                           ELENA
	              Almost, but that doesn't count
	              does it? Thank God these guys
	              were on the boat.

	Julian goes to her and lifts her off the boat. Sean and Emma are in shock.

	                           SEAN
	              What the hell is going on?
	              Will someone kindly inform me
	              as to what I am looking at.

	Julian and Elena kiss long and hard. She caresses his balls.

	                           EMMA
	              I think it's called kissing.

	                           SEAN
	              I know it's called kissing for
	              Christ’s’ sake. Elena, I thought--

	                           EMMA
	              So did I. Talk to us, Danny,
	              Arturo.

	Here comes Alicia, Rosa and the girls

	                           MARIE - AIMEE
	              Mommy, daddy we missed you.

	                           SEAN
	              You sent your wife out on that
	              boat with a bomb on it.

	Elena and Julian embrace the girls.

	                           JULIAN
	              You saw Bonitos give it back
	              to me.

	                           ELENA
	              My idea. Bonitos had to die.
	              If he had become President
	              thousands of people would suffer.

	                           EMMA
	              You were prepared to die for
	              all this, give up your family?

	Julian examines Aimee’s bandaged hand.
	                           JULIAN
	              How did you do this?

	                           MARIE
	              Your broken glass. We tried to
	              make some jewelry for you--

	                           AIMEE
	              Mommy got real mad at me I put
	              blood on the wall.

	                           ARTURO
	              Shall we unload the gold from
	              the boat?

	                           JULIAN
	              What gold? This is nothing.
	              On the plane is two hundred
	              million.

	Julian RIPS the tarpaulin off the stack of boxes revealing the gold and money. All are flabbergasted. The children play with Mustard who brings them a gift - the RAT.

	                           EMMA
	              Let's go get it.

	                           SEAN
	              Two hundred mil-- Emma forget it.
	              Were getting married. Having kids
	              no more adventure for me. Two
	              hundred-- I hate the sea. I hate
	              you too Julian.

	                           EMMA
	              Pregnant? Me? Never.
	              I feel adventurous.

	                           JULIAN
	              Being a pirate has risks. We'll
	              look for it. First things first.
	              Don't worry this time I have the
	              location. Nobody will find it.
	          
                               DANNY
	              Well which way do you want me to go?

	SEA BED C-5 TAIL SECTION/TRAWLER/SHRIMPER - INTERCUTTING.

	A trawler net attaches to the tail section and pulls the assembly away. Containers spew from the opening. Gas erupts and paper money floats to the surface.

	BRIDGE ON TRAWLER

	The ship reacts to the sudden weight.

	                           CAPTAIN
	                     (in Japanese)
	              A big one. No fucking Greenpeace
	              this time.

	SHRIMPER

	The shrimp boat captain attaches some GRENADES to a cable.

	                           SHRIMPER
	              Eat sushi you son of a bitch.

	TRAWLER

	The ship lurches as the net breaks free.

	                           CAPTAIN
	              Fucking Greenpeace.

	EXT. MISKITO INDIAN VILLAGE - RE-BUILT - DAY

	A small convoy of jeeps filled with armed men escorts a Chevy Suburban across the bridge. The convoy stops outside the clinic.

	Carlos the forger stops momentarily from dusting his "QUICK COPY" sign, and takes a look. He adjusts the ring with his teeth.

	JULIAN

	emerges from the clinic and opens the door to the Suburban. Julian reaches in and pulls Sean out by his hand. They embrace. Sean waves his arm in a sweeping gesture at the jungle.

	                           JULIAN
	              It's safe. What are you looking
	              for?

	                           SEAN
	              Dinosaurs. Place looks like
	              Jurassic park.

	                           JULIAN
	              I see you've been a very naughty boy.

	ELENA

	talking on a cellphone.

	ELENA'S POV

	BONITOS

	helps a very pregnant OLGA from the Suburban. She hands him an envelope. Helpers unload luggage from the truck. Bonitos rubs Olga’s belly and gives the V sign.

	ELENA

	steps back in horror. Olga, now a nurse, catches her from behind. Aimee and Marie embrace Elena.

	                           OLGA
	              Look again. It's OK it's over.
	              Bonitos is dead you're free.

	JULIAN

	gives a V sign. Sean and a very pregnant Emma wave hello.

	OLGA

	walks off holding hands with two black twin boys. Her black hair betrays what's left of her peroxide past.

	FADE OUT.

	                         THE END