The soldier takes off his belt and wraps it around Goh who is
struggling to breath from the shock. Goh moans in pain and we
hear a shriek in the distance.
Sumi runs out from the bush and Bach tries to follow her to
bring her back. The soldiers surround and capture them,
bringing them to the commander and Goh.
Franklin watches all this in horror and hurriedly pulls out a
bag of weed, frantically spreading it all around the crate he
is in.
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Ahhh we find all these useless
stragglers. Where is my boy? Where
is Franklin! Tell me, little one.
Sumi is crying. Bach shakes his head. The commander cocks the
gun and aims it at Sumi's head.
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Alright old man. Tell me where he
is and I won't do what I did to
your leg to her face.
Goh fights the pain and looks helplessly at his daughter. He
crawls over to the commander and holds onto his leg.
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Please sir, don't do this... I
really don't know where he is!
The commander aims the gun slightly to the right of Sumi and
blasts it right beside her ears.
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Yes but you do, don't you? Weren't
you with him just earlier? Tell us
father.
Bach looks to the box of crates and shouts.
BACH
Franklin! You can come out now!
There's no use to fighting back!
You're putting us all in danger!
Franklin gets up from his crate and holds up the lighter and
the make shift Molotov bottle.
FRANKLIN
Run!
57.
Franklin throws the bottle into the weapons crate and it
lights into flames.
The commander's face turns to horror as he notices the
briefcase near the soon to be exploding crates.
Franklin lunges away from the crates as it explodes when the
flames catch onto the grenades.
SOLDIER
Secure the brief case!
All the soldiers leave their post and flock to the burning
pile of crates, stomping about in a desperate attempt to
extinguish the flames.
We see close up shots of the smoke blowing up into their
face. They soldiers cough as they breath in the weed smoke.
Their eyes grow more and more red as they struggle to fight
the flames.
Goh is helped up by Bach and makes his escape with Sumi.
Franklin is seen in the distance running away. The commander
notices this and looks around in fury at his soldiers who
ignore the escapees.
COMMANDER
No, you slosh buckets! They're
getting away!
SOLDIER
(words slurring/half
baked)
Sir, respectfully, none of us are
concerned with that right now. You
know that if we don't retrieve that
briefcase all of us will be hanged.
The soldiers ignore the commander and continue to fight the
fire; coughing and getting high in the process. The commander
is furious and stomps up to the fire himself to reach through
the flames to grab the briefcase.
COMMANDER
Fine, I'll do it myself.
The commander furiously stomps out the flames at a faster
pace than the other soldiers and successfully finds the
briefcase.
He fights through the smoke, breathing it in more openly than
the others, and eventually grabs the briefcase out of the
burning crate.
58.
After tossing it to a nearby soldier, he looks for Goh in the
distance. He sees him far away and waves at his troops to
follow him, but is met with all them laying around being
stoned.
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Snap out of it soldiers! Come on!
Most of them are snoring. The rest groan and roll around in
the grass. The commander rolls his reddened eyes and stumbles
up the hill on his own towards Goh's direction.
Goh makes it to the woods with Bach's help but just as he
rests himself up against a tree, the commander catches up.
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
You thought I was just going to
leave you?
The commander points his gun at Sumi. His aim drifts as he
stumbles and fights to keep his eyes from squinting from the
redness. Sumi hides behind Goh who looks at the commander
with distain.
GOH
Don't. You. Dare.
COMMANDER
(laughing)
Or what?
Goh shakes his head.
GOH
I wasn't talking to you.
Franklin slams Goh's teapot onto the back of the commander's
head. He topples over unconscious, with the contents of the
tea pot split all over him.
GOH (CONT'D)
My wife! Oh you vile demon. Why are
you so set on ruing me?
FRANKLIN
We don't have time for this. I just
saved you and your daughters life.
Let's get out of here.
Goh turns to swing at him but loses balance, falling on the
ground. Franklin leans over to check on him. Goh is
unconscious from pain and loss of blood.
59.
Franklin lifts him over his shoulder and beacons for Bach and
Sumi to follow.
FRANKLIN (CONT'D)
So where is this plane?
CUT TO:
INT. PLANE - DAY
Franklin is piloting the old plane over the church and
burning city. Sumi is tending to Goh's wound and Bach is
sitting in the co pilot seat of the plane.
The captain is still unconscious and remains tied up in the
back.
BACH
Are you sure you're making the
right decision?
FRANKLIN
About what?
BACH
Won't the commander continue to try
and kill us?
FRANKLIN
Were you expecting me to kill him
father?
Bach looks away. Well, he's always looking away, he's blind,
but this time he deliberately turns away.
FRANKLIN (CONT'D)
(laughing)
Are you embarrassed by your own
desire for preservation? Feeling
the need to kill someone is natural
when wanting to survive.
Bach coughs uncomfortably.
FRANKLIN (CONT'D)
I've been pushed to do it far too
many times. We're going a long ways
away.
I doubt he can catch us off guard
and he's not valuable enough for
them to send a plane after us.
60.
Franklin looks over to Sumi.
FRANKLIN (CONT'D)
Is he going to make it?
Sumi looks grim. Franklin puts the plane on auto pilot and
moves back to where Goh is still unconscious.
Bach panics and feels around to the empty chair where
Franklin just left.
BACH
Franklin?! Where are you going? The
plane!
Bach does the catholic cross ritual over his chest and
mutters a prayer.
FRANKLIN
Alright let's take a look.
Franklin examines the wound and pours alcohol over it before
wrapping it up again.
Sumi is anxious and tears brim her eyes each time she sees
her father's missing leg.
Franklin notices her unease and puts a comforting hand on her
shoulder.
FRANKLIN (CONT'D)
He's going to make it.
Sumi holds up her pinkie. Franklin reaches up to promise
again but Sumi pulls her hand back.
SUMI
You promised last time. Lier.
Franklin shakes his head in disbelief and lets out a chuckle.
FRANKLIN
I got him back. He may not be all
in one piece but we're going to
that witch doctor aren't we?
Goh groans as he awakes. He looks around and notices his leg.
His memory comes flooding back and a reaction of recognition
is shown on his face.
He looks to his left and notices the unconscious commander,
jolting away in shock.