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EXT. PARKILL BUILDING - STREET - NIGHT Looking up, Cho jumps out of the van. CHO (calling back to van) Come on! Rollins and Cho run across the mall, still looking up in amazement. CHO (into radio) We're headed for the lobby. INT. JACK'S OFFICE - NIGHT Jack stumbles around in the dark, searching for Diane and Jody. He finds and turns on the light on his desk. The light reveals Jody and Diane. They dart out the door before Jack can aim. BANG! INT. ELEVATOR LOBBY - NIGHT Diane watches as Jody presses the elevator call button frantically. CLOSE ON BUTTON It's busted. JODY (O.S.) Damn! INT. ELEVATOR LOBBY - FIRST FLOOR - NIGHT CONTINUOUS A crowd stands around the elevator button: Cho, Rollins, the Security Guard, and another agent. CHO (into radio) The elevators aren't working. INT. JANITOR'S CLOSET - NIGHT Ellis stands in a dark closet, among mops. ELLIS Take the stairs. Ellis slowly opens the closet door; the coast is clear. INT. ELEVATOR LOBBY - NIGHT With gun raised, Jack closes in on Jody and Diane. They slowly back away to the hallway beyond the elevator lobby. JACK Any more tricks, ladies? Just then, Agent Ellis sneaks around the corner with gun raised. Spotting him, Jack takes Diane and sticks the gun into her back. DING! A elevator compartment finally arrives; the doors roll open. ELLIS Don't do it, Jack. With a gun to her back, Jack pulls Diane into the elevator with him. The doors close behind them. Shit. (into radio) He's taken a hostage into the elevator. INT. STAIRWELL Cho and the others pause at the 30th floor--panting. ELLIS (V.O.) They're heading down. The agents start back down. INT. ELEVATOR LOBBY - NEAR STAIRWELL With his gun, Ellis waves Jody to follow him into the stairwell. ELLIS Let's go! JODY No, this way! She runs off in another direction; Ellis follows-- grudgingly. INT. ELEVATOR - NIGHT Diane and Jack watch the numbers above the door. Jack lectures Diane, holding the gun to her stomach. Had you been a more competent secretary, I might be willing to overlook this lapse in judgment. The floors crawl by: 25...24...23... (beat) Maybe in your next job--if you live to see it--you'll understand the importance of loyalty. The elevator jolts to a stop. SURVEILLANCE CAMERA P.O.V. Jack holds the gun to Diane. JODY (O.S.) It stopped. INT. CLAY'S OFFICE - NIGHT CONTINUOUS - PULL OUT OF SURVEILLANCE MONITOR Jody has called up the elevator controls and surveillance camera on Clay's old computer. Ellis stands behind her. She types a command, but nothing happens. JODY (confused) Someone's controlling the elevators remotely. ON SCREEN The computer reports that the "REMOTE USER" is "ROMULUS." JODY'S FACE flashes with recognition. ELLIS reads the screen; does not know the handle. ELLIS Romulus?! INT. OFFICE - NIGHT A silhouetted figure stands in the foreground, illuminated by the light of a handheld computer. ON SCREEN are elevator controls and the surveillance monitor. His finger touches a control on the screen. INT. ELEVATOR - FLOOR - NIGHT The compartment lurches down a few more feet. The doors open. The compartment has stopped halfway between two floors; a three-foot opening at waist level leads to the upper floor. For a while, Jack is dumbfounded. He waves the gun, indicating for Diane to move to the back of the compartment. She does. He starts climbing up onto the next floor with difficulty. Suddenly, the compartment lurches down two feet. Jack, nearly sliced in half, tumbles back into the elevator. Now the larger opening is on the bottom, leading to the floor below. JACK (pointing gun at Diane) You go. Diane eyes the opening warily, couches down, and slips through the opening feet first, while Jack levels the gun at her head. Diane drops to the floor below. Suddenly, the elevator starts to descend. Jack automatically tracks Diane with the gun, but misses his chance to jump out. The compartment descends to a floor with closed doors. SURVEILLANCE CAMERA P.O.V. Jack is trapped, and he lost his hostage. BANG! He shoots the control panel. INT. CLAY'S OFFICE - NIGHT Jody types at Clay's old computer. Ellis watches. JODY (to self; intrigued) He's cut the emergency brakes. INT. OFFICE - FLOOR - NIGHT In the shadows, the figure controls the elevator with his handheld computer. In the background, elevator doors open. Again, the elevator has stopped between floors. We see Jack from the waist up. JACK looks around the floor and sees nothing. He lifts his briefcase and rests it on the floor above him. As he lifts himself out of the elevator, he pushes it forward, out of his reach. The gun, tucked under his belt, catches on the ledge. He pulls it out and places it up next to the briefcase. Suddenly, the elevator jumps up. Jack jumps back into the compartment and the opening closes. INT. ELEVATOR - NIGHT JACK Shit! Now, Jack has lost his hostage, the briefcase, and the gun. A VOICE comes from above. VOICE (computer altered) This is the captain speaking. INT. FLOOR - NIGHT The Figure picks up the briefcase outside the elevator. He speaks into a thin headset. INT. ELEVATOR - NIGHT Jack paces in the cage, presses buttons, etc. VOICE Now that your luggage is safely stowed in my hand, sit back and enjoy the ride. We'll be cruising at 20 floors for the remainder of your plight. JACK Go to hell! VOICE Hell it is. CLICK. THE COMPARTMENT GOES INTO FREE FALL. Jack floats up in the compartment, SCREAMING in horror and reaching to steady himself. THE FLOOR INDICATOR shakes; accelerates through the numbers: 15... 14... 12... 10... 7... INT. ELEVATOR - NIGHT METAL SCREECHES AND GRINDS The compartment slows. Jack is thrown into the floor. His body lands with a dull thud. THE FLOOR INDICATOR stops at "B." INT. FLOOR - NIGHT FIGURE Shit. INT. CLAY'S OFFICE - NIGHT ON SCREEN "EMERGENCY OVERRIDE." AT THE TERMINAL ELLIS (excited) You saved him! JODY (disappointed) Yeah. INT. ELEVATOR LOBBY - GARAGE - NIGHT DING! The elevator doors open and Jack tumbles out. Jack stirs, straightens himself, stumbles out of the elevator and across the garage. INT. CLAY'S OFFICE - NIGHT ELLIS Where's this "Romulus?" JODY 15th floor. INT. FLOOR - NIGHT Diane steps out of a stairwell past a "15TH FLOOR" sign and searches through the cubicles. Hidden from her, the Figure backs away from her approach. He knocks over a paper clip holder. Jody zeroes in on the noise. DIANE Hello? (uncertain) Clay? THE FIGURE'S HAND holds Jack's gun; turning, it flashes a reflected light. DIANE continues uncertainly, but toward the armed man. Nice trick with the elevator. (BEAT) Reminds me of an old friend. The Figure has eluded her. Diane picks up an office extension and dials a number. She hits a couple more digits then the pound sign. ACROSS THE ROOM a pager BEEPS! A head CRASHES into a drawer. VOICE Ow! Diane turns to look in that direction and runs to where the man crawls out from under a desk. She pounces at him and pulls him into the light. It's Clay. DIANE Clay! She hugs him. (laughing/crying) You fool, dead men don't wear beepers! (still in a hug) What happened?! CLAY I had to hide. They killed John. DIANE (shocked) It was John in your car. Clay holds her tighter. INT. STAIRWELL - NIGHT Cho, Rollins and the other agent barrel down the stairs-- passing the 18th floor. INT. FLOOR - NIGHT The approach of the agents can be heard from the nearby stairwell. DIANE We've got to get out of here. INT. ELEVATOR LOBBY - 14TH FLOOR - NIGHT Clay and Diane duck into the elevator. Cho, Rollins and another agent burst through the stairwell door, across the floor toward the elevator. BANG! A warning gunshot through the closing elevator doors halts their approach. ROLLINS Damn! They run back to the stairs. INT. CLAY'S OFFICE - NIGHT Ellis concentrates on the screen, watching the elevator indicators. ELLIS (into radio; watching screen) Alright...They're still heading down. While he talks into the radio, Jody grabs Ellis's gun resting on the desk and sneaks out. Meet me in the lobby. I'll take the last elevator with... (looks around) ...Jody? CUT TO: INT. ELEVATOR LOBBY - NIGHT ELLIS rushes to the elevator, just in time to catch a glimpse of Jody before the doors of the last elevator close. He runs to the stairs. INT. PARKILL GARAGE - NIGHT Clay and Diane run into the parking garage. Diane looks around and spots a familiar black car. DIANE Jack left his car. CLAY Smart move. They trot up to Clay's car, a Turbo Z just like Jody's, but white. DIANE Don't tell me: You won it. Clay smiles broadly and throws the briefcase onto the roof of the car. He fishes through his pocket for the keys. Twenty feet behind, a Figure slowly rises above the steering wheel of Jack's car. Clay finds the key and opens his door. He reaches for the briefcase when... THE BLACK CAR STARTS AND TAKES OFF WITH A SQUEAL. CLAY turns into the headlights and panics for a second as the car races at him. Just before being smashed against the open door of his car, Clay jumps clear, holding the briefcase but losing the gun. The black car rips through the door, sets the sportscar spinning, and stops. On the passenger side, Diane is knocked to the ground--hard. JACK jumps out of the black car, grabs the gun and finds Clay, face down on the cement. Jack taps the gun against his neck. JACK Flip it geek. Clay wakes and flips over on his back, still under the gun of the much-abused, torn-clothed executive. Clay! Surprised and exhausted, Jack staggers. Similarly impaired, Clay wipes blood from his lip. CLAY Hello, Jack. JACK It's a fucking ghost. (laughs, jovial) Those cronies can't get anything right! (rips briefcase from Clay) CLAY I guess I'm hard to kill. Jack's shaky hand aims the gun at Clay's head. JACK (deadly) I don't think so. Clay stares into the barrel--terrified. CU FINGER ON TRIGGER Jack begins to pull. DIANE jumps the executive from behind and knocks the gun away. BANG! The bullet drives a hole into the asphalt, a inch from Clay's ear. The gun flies under Jack's car. Jack and Diane rise to their feet together but she gets off the first blow. THWACK! DIANE Maybe in your next job-- (POW!) if you live to see it-- (CRUNCH!) you'll understand the importance of respect. (KER-PLOP!) Jack falls. Diane kicks the briefcase away. Jack spots his gun, in the shadow of his car. JODY rushes in with gun raised at Jack. JODY I got him covered. Twenty feet lies between Jack and his three tormentors. He slowly crawls toward his car, and gun. Diane returns to check Clay. She picks him off the ground, a line of blood flows from his left ear. For the first time, Jody sees Clay. JODY Oh, my God. JACK limps toward the gun. Only a few more feet, just under the front wheel. JODY drops her guard, staring at Clay, back from the dead. JACK reaches...almost... DIANE spots Jack. DIANE Jody! JODY turns, sees Jack, and fires a warning shot. BANG! The bullet blasts a hole in the car's side. JACK recoils. JODY Stay boy! For a moment, there is a stand-off, then, WE HEAR A CAR TURN INTO THE GARAGE. All eyes turn to watch the CEO's long limousine approach and pull into the no-mans-land between Jack and the others. JACK, now shielded, grabs his gun, and rises. He fires a shot over the limo at Jody--missing. JODY, CLAY, AND DIANE shuffle into a huddle next to the limo for protection. Jody shoots haphazardly over the car. JACK ducks. The window on Jack's side rolls down a crack. SHARON (to Jack) Jack! (ducks) Jack shoots over the limo. You're fired! JACK (aims at the partially open window) Really! BAM! Jack shoots out the rest of the window. Get me my briefcase, old maid. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LIMO The window glides down. The CEO pops out her head and looks down at the threesome. SHARON He wants the briefcase. Jody fires another shot. BAM! SHARON (to Jody) Who're you? JODY The temp. Diane kicks the briefcase under the limo. JACK grabs the briefcase, backs away, shoots out the other limo window, slinks into his car, starts it and slowly drives out. JODY trots after the car, shooting. CLAY Jody! CLAY, with difficulty, raises to his feet and chases Jody. JACK'S CAR disappears out of the garage, turns right down the alley. JODY runs after the car shooting. She's out of bullets. (chasing behind) Let him go! EXT. ALLEY BY PARKILL - NIGHT Clay chases Jody. Down the alley, Jack's car turns right onto the street. A few seconds later, GUNFIRE CRACKLES AND FLASHES FROM AROUND THE CORNER. Jody and Clay run down the last stretch of the alley where a fiery red glow flickers on the wall. EXT. STREET BY PARKILL - NIGHT Just as they round the corner, Clay tackles Jody and covers her. THE CAR EXPLODES INTO A FIREBALL. They recover and stand. Jody holds her forearm in front of her eyes, the heavy gun droops in her raised hand. She sees... JACK'S CAR burning on the street. In the distance, a black Skylark, the same as in the first shooting, squeals away, around a corner. JODY Oh, my God. Their eyes fix on the fire and dry from it's heat. They face the fire for a few moments. Clay steps forward and touches her shoulder. She recoils. JODY (pissed) Why didn't you contact me?! CLAY I was afraid. JODY Afraid! I was fucking grieving! CLAY (watching the fire) So was I. BAM! A second, smaller explosion goes off. JODY You'd better get out of here. CLAY No. I can't keep hiding. (beat) I need to be with you. JODY How can that be! They'll take you away! Just go! CLAY No. I'll be fine. Just turn me in JODY What?! CLAY Trust me. I'm due for another job offer. JODY Clay, I don't want to lose you again. Ellis, Cho, and entourage of other agents run onto the scene, behind Clay's back. ELLIS Don't move! Hidden from the agents, Clay grabs Jody's hand and makes her aim the gun at him. She reluctantly acquiesces. Turn around slowly. Clay turns with arms raised--in the gunsights of Jody and a half dozen agents. ELLIS (surprised to see Clay) I'll be damned--back from the dead. Rollins steps up and handcuffs Clay. Good work, Jody. CLAY (angrily) I guess she goes free. ELLIS Sure. (beat) Once we wrap up an investigation of Jack's clients. An agency car pulls up. Jody sadly watches Rollins lead Clay to the back door. (to Jody) Did you get the license plate number on the assailant's car? Jody shakes her head. CLAY I got it! All eyes turn to Clay. I've got that... (pulls some disks out of waist pack) ...and more--stats on Jack's clients: addresses, accounts, personal files. ELLIS Do you have that information? Jody shakes her head. Shit. Ellis and Cho confer in a huddle. Across the distance, Clay gives Jody a confident, "I-told- you-so" look. Meanwhile, Diane runs up to Jody. DIANE You okay? JODY (distracted) Yeah. DIANE Sharon's giving me a shot at Jack's job! JODY (watching the huddle) Great. He's dead. The group breaks up and Ellis approaches Jody. ELLIS Do you think you two could work together again... JUMP CUT TO AGENT'S CAR where Cho asks Clay the same question. CHO ...in our investigation? CLAY smiles deviously. CLAY You must be kidding. SLOW PULL OUT OF SCENE Jody and Clay race together and hug--Clay still in cuffs. The car continues to smolder on the empty, night street. Diane joins Clay and Jody. Ellis talks with Cho. Rollins uncuffs Clay. THE END