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  1. Us Lucky Few
  2. by
  3. Eli
  4.  
  5.  
  6.  
  7. FADE IN:
  8.  
  9.  
  10. EXT. CONVENIENCE STORE - NIGHT
  11.  
  12. An empty stretch of highway.
  13.  
  14. A lone police cruiser sits in front of a convenience store,
  15. its lights flash.
  16.  
  17. A truck with a smoking engine and Texas plates sits next to
  18. it.
  19.  
  20. OFFICER DAVID PARKS, (25) steps out of his cruiser then
  21. presses the mic to his radio.
  22.  
  23. Three people argue inside of a convenience store.
  24.  
  25. PARKS
  26. (into radio)
  27. 1532, dispatch we're 97, code two.
  28.  
  29. DISPATCH (O.S.)
  30. 10-4, 1532.
  31.  
  32. OFFICER LANCE HAWKINS, (21) is next to him.
  33.  
  34. HAWKINS
  35. Should we call for backup, sir?
  36.  
  37. Parks turns to Hawkins and points at him.
  38.  
  39. Parks's radio goes off.
  40.  
  41. PARKS
  42. Watch. Let me do the talking.
  43. Anything looks weird, call
  44. it. No need to call backup
  45. for this.
  46.  
  47. DISPATCH (O.S.)
  48. (radio)
  49. All units, be on the lookout
  50. for a white cargo van used in
  51. a robbery...
  52.  
  53. The radio goes off behind them.
  54.  
  55. Parks lowers his radio.
  56.  
  57. PARKS
  58. Damn thing.
  59.  
  60. HAWKINS
  61. 10-4 sir.
  62.  
  63.  
  64. INT. CONVENIENCE STORE - NIGHT
  65.  
  66. The two walk in and immediately see two people. The older
  67. one, JOHN STEVENS, (late-40s) wears a confederate flag hat
  68. with a jacket and jeans.
  69.  
  70. JOHN
  71. Look pal, see-
  72.  
  73. Stevens pulls out a Triple-A card.
  74. Panel 3
  75.  
  76. JOHN
  77. I just gotta get me a tow truck so
  78. I can bring my truck to the shop.
  79. Please, I gotta just borrow your
  80. phone.
  81.  
  82. The STOREKEEPER, (late-50s) points toward the door.
  83.  
  84. STOREKEEPER
  85. No, you leave!
  86.  
  87. The younger one, JACK STEVENS, (early-20s) wears a jacket and
  88. jeans and has long hair.
  89.  
  90. JOHN
  91. God damn brown motherfucker...
  92.  
  93. John's fists clench up.
  94.  
  95. JACK
  96. Dad, let's just go outside, we'll-
  97.  
  98. The two officers watch this for a moment.
  99.  
  100. The door closes behind them and a "DING" can be heard as the
  101. door's sensor goes off.
  102.  
  103. Hawkins points at the door.
  104.  
  105. HAWKINS
  106. That sensor's a little late.
  107.  
  108. Hawkins chuckles and grins.
  109.  
  110. Parks glares at Hawkins, then looks at the two.
  111.  
  112. The storekeeper looks at Hawkins and points at the other two.
  113.  
  114. STOREKEEPER
  115. These men, right here sir! I do not
  116. allow racists in my store!
  117.  
  118. JOHN
  119. Look pal, we were just looking to
  120. borrow a phone. No trouble here.
  121. Hey, slant eyes.
  122.  
  123. Parks shoots him a grin.
  124.  
  125. John's hands are in his pockets.
  126.  
  127. PARKS
  128. Step back from the counter sir,
  129. hands out your pockets.
  130.  
  131. Parks looks over at John and motions toward him.
  132.  
  133. John takes his hand out of his pockets then cocks his head in
  134. confusion at Parks.
  135.  
  136. PARKS
  137. John, was it?
  138.  
  139. JOHN
  140. Yeah.
  141.  
  142. PARKS
  143. How about you and your son step
  144. outside and talk with me? Hawkins,
  145. check the security footage.
  146.  
  147. Hawkins nods.
  148.  
  149.  
  150. EXT. CONVENIENCE STORE - NIGHT
  151.  
  152. John takes a sigh.
  153.  
  154. PARKS
  155. You alright?
  156.  
  157. John massages his eyes.
  158.  
  159. JOHN
  160. Just needed to borrow a phone man,
  161. phone's dead and the battery in my
  162. truck died. He just went on
  163. spouting about how I was racist.
  164. Christ, people these days gettin'
  165. butthurt over lil' symbols like
  166. these. They were just words, too. I
  167. wasn't trying to cause any trouble.
  168.  
  169. John takes off his hat.
  170.  
  171. JOHN
  172. Long night. We were trying to make
  173. it to New Mexico when the truck
  174. broke down.
  175.  
  176. PARKS
  177. I see. Sorry to even ask, but you
  178. guys got weapons on you?
  179.  
  180. John motions over to the shotgun mounted on the truck.
  181.  
  182. JOHN
  183. And then mine and my son's carry
  184. pieces.
  185.  
  186. PARKS
  187. Alright, thanks. Let's just get you
  188. guys outta here as soon as we can.
  189.  
  190. JOHN
  191. Hey officer?
  192.  
  193. Parks looks back.
  194.  
  195. JOHN
  196. You ain't too bad for a slant.
  197.  
  198. Hawkins steps back out.
  199.  
  200. Parks chuckles.
  201.  
  202. PARKS
  203. Thanks.
  204.  
  205. The two walk back to the cruiser.
  206.  
  207. HAWKINS
  208. Yeah, he apparently called the cops
  209. and freaked out seeing the hat, he
  210. said a few other things too, called
  211. him a few names.
  212.  
  213. PARKS
  214. They get violent?
  215.  
  216. HAWKINS
  217. Not that I saw, sir.
  218.  
  219. With a sigh, he massages his eyes, then thumbs his radio.
  220.  
  221. PARKS
  222. (into radio)
  223. 1532, dispatch.
  224.  
  225. DISPATCH
  226. (from radio)
  227. Go ahead 1532.
  228.  
  229. PARKS
  230. (into radio)
  231. Requesting a tow truck at the
  232. Chevron our location. We're gonna
  233. be code four here.
  234.  
  235. He glances at Hawkins and motions for him to follow him.
  236.  
  237. PARKS
  238. Alright sir, we're gonna be across
  239. the street doing traffic if you
  240. need us, just wait out here for the
  241. truck. Anything happens, just give
  242. us a holler or call.
  243.  
  244. JACK
  245. Thanks, officer.
  246.  
  247. Parks and Hawkins get back into their cruiser.
  248.  
  249.  
  250. INT. POLICE CRUISER - NIGHT
  251.  
  252. The two wait across the street from the gas station. Hawkins
  253. clocks traffic with a radar gun.
  254.  
  255. HAWKINS
  256. So, how'd I do?
  257.  
  258. Parks jots something down on a paper and stares at the
  259. passing vehicles.
  260.  
  261. PARKS
  262. That's a three.
  263.  
  264. HAWKINS
  265. Come on, just a three?
  266.  
  267. PARKS
  268. You should've handled that faster.
  269.  
  270. HAWKINS
  271. Why didn't you?
  272.  
  273. Parks shoots him a grin.
  274.  
  275. PARKS
  276. Was waiting for you to figure it
  277. out. The guy's truck engine was
  278. smoking, he had no reason to be
  279. robbing the place or causing any
  280. kind of trouble for us. Pay
  281. attention, rook.
  282.  
  283. HAWKINS
  284. Right. Well it's not another two
  285. which is good.
  286.  
  287. Hawkins clocks traffic with a radar gun.
  288.  
  289. HAWKINS
  290. You were military though? A few of
  291. the guys at the station said you
  292. were in Afghanistan for a few
  293. years.
  294.  
  295. Parks glances over at the radar gun and takes a deep breath.
  296.  
  297. PARKS
  298. I don't want to talk about it.
  299.  
  300. HAWKINS
  301. That's really cool! You know I was
  302. gonna join, but then they wouldn't
  303. take me because-
  304.  
  305. Parks takes a sigh of annoynace, then massages his eyes.
  306.  
  307. PARKS
  308. You gave 'em a reason not to.
  309.  
  310. Parks takes out his phone and checks it.
  311.  
  312. He goes into his messages.
  313.  
  314. PARKS (TEXT)
  315. Will be home soon, shift ends
  316. in two hours. Love you
  317. sweetheart!
  318.  
  319. HAWKINS
  320. (voice trails off)
  321. ...Of a surgery when I was
  322. nine.
  323.  
  324.  
  325. Parks puts the phone in his pocket, and continues to watch
  326. cars pass.
  327.  
  328. HAWKINS
  329. Pretty quiet today, huh?
  330.  
  331. Parks moves his head and glares at Hawkins.
  332.  
  333. PARKS
  334. I'm gonna make you eat those
  335. fucking words.
  336.  
  337. A van screams past the two-
  338.  
  339. HAWKINS
  340. Holy shit! Did you see that?!
  341.  
  342. Parks picks up the car's radio.
  343.  
  344. PARKS
  345. You called it, not me. Light 'em
  346. up.
  347.  
  348. Hawkins floors the accelerator and speeds up behind the other
  349. car.
  350.  
  351. Hawkins turns on the siren and Parks grabs the radio.
  352.  
  353. The siren blares as the car begins to pull over.
  354.  
  355. PARKS
  356. (talks into radio)
  357. 1532, dispatch, be advised
  358. performing TC on reckless driver-
  359. Interstate 10, past Marker 13.
  360. Vehicle is a white Ford Transit,
  361. license plate Charles, Boy, One,
  362. Frank, Yellow, Frank, Paul.
  363.  
  364. DISPATCH
  365. (over radio)
  366. 10-4, 1532, standby.
  367.  
  368. The two prepare to exit the vehicle.
  369.  
  370. HAWKINS
  371. Cover.
  372.  
  373. PARKS
  374. Contact.
  375.  
  376.  
  377. EXT. DESERT HIGHWAY - NIGHT
  378.  
  379. The two get out and approach.
  380.  
  381. Hawkins crosses toward the passenger's side.
  382.  
  383. Parks crosses toward the driver's.
  384.  
  385. Parks looks at the bullet holes on the side of the van.
  386.  
  387. Parks pulls his handgun out.
  388.  
  389. PARKS
  390. Hawkins!
  391.  
  392. The passenger's side door opens before they can even reach
  393. the car.
  394.  
  395. A rifle barrel peeks out the van's door.
  396.  
  397. Two gunshots ring out.
  398.  
  399. The rounds pass Parks's head. He makes his way back to his
  400. cruiser. Parks fires his
  401.  
  402. Hawkins fumbles with his gun as he takes it out and shoots
  403. back.
  404.  
  405. PARKS
  406. Hawkins, behind the cruiser!
  407.  
  408. Parks gets behind his cruiser. Multiple muzzle flashes come
  409. from the driver's side of the car.
  410.  
  411. Hawkins takes fire on his side. He goes to reload a magazine
  412. and drops it on the ground in his fear.
  413.  
  414. Parks continues to fire and with his free hand keys his
  415. radio.
  416.  
  417. Hawkins picks the magazine back up and loads it in. He fires
  418. back and gets back into the fight.
  419.  
  420. PARKS
  421. (into radio)
  422. 1532, DISPATCH! SHOTS FIRED AT OUR
  423. LOCATION!
  424.  
  425. Hawkins continues to fire back.
  426.  
  427. Parks looks over.
  428.  
  429. PARKS
  430. GET THE RIFLE!
  431.  
  432. Hawkins doesn't hear him.
  433.  
  434. PARKS
  435. Hawkins! Rifle!
  436.  
  437. Hawkins shakes as he reaches into the car and pulls out the
  438. patrol rifle.
  439.  
  440. Hawkins now crouches next against the door of the cruiser. He
  441. fires at the muzzle flashes in the car.
  442.  
  443. DISPATCH
  444. (from radio)
  445. 10-4, 1532, any available units
  446. 1532 is requesting assistance on
  447. Highway 10 past marker 13.
  448.  
  449. Parks watches a figure run out and fires two rounds before
  450. his handgun goes dry.
  451.  
  452. PARKS
  453. Hawkins, cover fire!
  454.  
  455. Hawkins continues to fire at the car in front of him.
  456.  
  457. Parks takes a knee behind the door of his cruiser and reloads
  458. his handgun.
  459.  
  460. A concussion grenade from the other car lands on the
  461. cruiser's windshield, in between both of their firing
  462. positions behind the squad car doors.
  463.  
  464. PARKS
  465. Hawkins get back!
  466.  
  467. Parks tries to reach for it, then-
  468.  
  469. Silence.
  470.  
  471. Parks is in a daze, but opens his eyes.
  472.  
  473. Hawkins's rifle sits on the ground. With his eyes open, he
  474. fumbles to reach for it.
  475.  
  476. A silhouette pops up.
  477.  
  478. Parks sees it, then looks back at Hawkins.
  479.  
  480. Hawkins drops to the ground next to the cruiser, a spatter of
  481. blood exiting the other side of his skull.
  482.  
  483. Parks reaches into the car and takes his Mossberg 590A1 out.
  484.  
  485. Rounds fly through the windshield. Parks ducks under the
  486. dashboard as he fumbles with his 12 gauge.
  487.  
  488. Parks thumbs his radio again.
  489.  
  490. PARKS
  491. (into radio)
  492. OFFICER DOWN, WE HAVE AN OFFICER
  493. DOWN! SUSPECT JUST THREW A FUCKING
  494. GRENADE!
  495.  
  496. IND VOICE 1 (O.S.)
  497. FUCK YOU WEY!
  498.  
  499. The fire continues as Parks watches one charge him with a
  500. knife.
  501.  
  502. Parks fires a round into his chest and just watches him come
  503. at him.
  504.  
  505. He places his hand on the forend of the shotgun as the man
  506. starts to swing his knife at him.
  507.  
  508. Parks kicks him back, chambers a round, and fires as the
  509. man's intestines hang out.
  510.  
  511. PARKS
  512. What the fuck?!
  513.  
  514. IND VOICE 1 (O.S.)
  515. You just fucked up homie.
  516.  
  517. He trains his weapon once more and tries to chamber the next
  518. round.
  519.  
  520. Click.
  521.  
  522. The man stabs Parks in the shoulder.
  523.  
  524. IND VOICE 1
  525. FUCK...!
  526.  
  527. Parks cries out in pain as the man pulls the knife out and
  528. takes another swing.
  529.  
  530. Parks shoves him with his shotgun and backs up and in a
  531. frantic rush tries to pull another shell of of his sling,
  532. only to drop it.
  533.  
  534. Parks only falls as another bullet flies out the back of his
  535. shoulder.
  536.  
  537. His shoulder bleeds. Another bullet flies out the back of the
  538. same shoulder.
  539.  
  540. Parks falls down, stiff.
  541.  
  542. IND VOICE 1
  543. Oh shit!
  544.  
  545. The man looks up. Gunshots ring out as the rounds land in the
  546. back of their car.
  547.  
  548. IND VOICE 2
  549. Let's go, let's go man!
  550.  
  551. Parks looks looks over his side.
  552.  
  553. John is with his son and holds a shotgun. His son grabs
  554. Parks's shotgun, loads it and fires into the back of the
  555. assailants' car.
  556.  
  557. Parks holds his shoulder as he feels himself fade in and out
  558. of consciousness. He grabs the tourniquet off his belt and
  559. tries to wrap the wounds on Parks's shoulders.
  560.  
  561. John has a still look of fear in his eyes as he applies the
  562. tourniquet.
  563.  
  564. JOHN
  565. Shit, shit shit!
  566.  
  567. PARKS
  568. ...I'm gonna die...
  569.  
  570. John reaches into Parks's pocket and pulls out his phone.
  571.  
  572. JOHN
  573. Hey, Parks stay with me now man!
  574. Don't you go dying on me! You're
  575. gonna be fine! Come on you yellow
  576. bastard, stay awake!
  577.  
  578. The police lights begin to show themselves on John's face.
  579.  
  580. JOHN
  581. They're just right here, they're
  582. right here officer! HEY!
  583.  
  584. The lights flash across his face as John waves first
  585. responders over.
  586.  
  587. Parks blacks out.
  588.  
  589.  
  590. INT. EMERGENCY ROOM - NIGHT
  591.  
  592. Parks is wakes up as he's taken into the emergency room.
  593.  
  594. IND NURSE 1
  595. Subject is David Parks, 28-years
  596. old, male, blood pressure...
  597.  
  598. Parks blacks out again..
  599.  
  600.  
  601. INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY
  602.  
  603. Parks sits on a hospital bed and clutches his arm. His face
  604. carries a pained expression.
  605.  
  606. ELENA SAINTCLAIRE, (26) places her hand on Parks's shoulder.
  607.  
  608. PARKS
  609. I need to find Lance.
  610.  
  611. ELENA
  612. Dave, I know this is a lot to take
  613. in-
  614.  
  615. Parks chuckles.
  616.  
  617. PARKS
  618. You're a lot to take in.
  619.  
  620. The room goes silent.
  621.  
  622. JACK NELSON (mid-40s) holds a briefcase and walks through the
  623. door.
  624.  
  625. PARKS
  626. You know, sweetheart. I'm not
  627. really in the mood for pranks, you
  628. get that right?
  629.  
  630. Nelson reaches for the TV remote next to Parks and turns it
  631. on.
  632.  
  633. JONATHAN STANTON, (mid-50s) approaches a podium.
  634.  
  635. LIEUTENANT STANTON
  636. Thank you all for coming out this
  637. morning. I am Lieutenant Jonathan
  638. Stanton with the Phoenix Police
  639. Department.
  640.  
  641. IND REPORTER 1 (O.S.)
  642. Is this an act of terrorism?
  643.  
  644. IND REPORTER 2 (O.S.)
  645. Were these two officers
  646. specifically targeted?
  647.  
  648. IND REPORTER 3 (O.S.)
  649. Do we have any idea at this
  650. time who did this?
  651.  
  652. LIEUTENANT STANTON
  653. (on TV)
  654. At this time I will not be taking
  655. questions.
  656.  
  657. The reporters hush.
  658.  
  659. Stanton takes out a paper and glances down at it with an
  660. anxious sigh.
  661.  
  662. LIEUTENANT STANTON
  663. It is with a heavy heart that I
  664. announce that we lost one of our
  665. own tonight. Officer Lance Hawkins
  666. was pronounced dead on scene... His
  667. field training officer, Officer
  668. Parks had been struck by four
  669. rounds, two hitting his vest.
  670.  
  671. Parks buries his head in his hands. Tears run down his eyes.
  672.  
  673. LIEUTENANT STANTON
  674. (on tv)
  675. ...It is thanks to two armed
  676. bystanders that Officer Parks can
  677. live to fight another day-
  678.  
  679. PARKS
  680. He- He's joking. That's bullshit.
  681. He's gotta be joking, this is a
  682. sick god damn joke and everyone's
  683. laughing at me!
  684.  
  685. A moment of silence between all three.
  686.  
  687. NELSON
  688. Officer Parks, I'm sorry to tell
  689. you.
  690.  
  691. Elena has a look of concern as she places her hand on Parks's
  692. back.
  693.  
  694. PARKS
  695. Did he... Feel any of it?
  696.  
  697. Nelson shakes his head.
  698.  
  699. PARKS
  700. What about his wife? Who- Who's
  701. gonna take care of her? His kid...
  702. They don't have that anymore...
  703.  
  704. NELSON
  705. His daughter will receive a
  706. pension, however it will be up to
  707. you whether you'd like to speak to
  708. his wife.
  709.  
  710. He wipes off another tear and tries to mouth something,
  711. thKimen stops and takes a deep breath.
  712.  
  713. PARKS
  714. He's dead because of me, I
  715. should've been the contact-
  716.  
  717. He knocks over the table next to him and begins to sob.
  718.  
  719. PARKS
  720. FUCK!
  721.  
  722. NELSON
  723. There's nothing you could've done
  724. about it, the reason you're alive
  725. is because two people happened to
  726. see what was going on and stopped
  727. it.
  728.  
  729. Parks reaches for the trash can next to him and vomits into
  730. it.
  731.  
  732. PARKS
  733. God damn it. I could've done more.
  734. I could've done more. I should've
  735. done more.
  736.  
  737. He stops for a moment as a group of shadows form behind the
  738. covered observation room.
  739.  
  740. The door opens as SERGEANT STEELE, (mid-30s) comes in. He
  741. wears an "Internal Affairs" badge.
  742.  
  743. Parks spits into the trash can.
  744.  
  745. STEELE
  746. Run me through it, Parks. Piece by
  747. piece.
  748.  
  749. Steele throws a file folder at his feet.
  750.  
  751. Parks stands up.
  752.  
  753. PARKS
  754. Fu-
  755.  
  756. Nelson stands up and almost blocks Steele. He looks back at
  757. Parks.
  758.  
  759. NELSON
  760. Not a word. Get it together.
  761.  
  762. He glares at Steele.
  763.  
  764. NELSON
  765. Sergeant, you make another move
  766. like that again, I will make your
  767. life hell.
  768.  
  769. Parks nods.
  770.  
  771. PARKS
  772. I want to go home.
  773.  
  774. He reaches for the change of clothes with his badge and gun
  775. still on them.
  776.  
  777. FADE OUT.
  778.  
  779.  
  780. INT. WAITING ROOM - DAY
  781.  
  782. JAMES O'REILLY, (28) argues with two police officers.
  783.  
  784. JAMES
  785. He knows me. Look, I served with
  786. him. Can I have a reason for being
  787. kicked out?
  788.  
  789. IND POLICE OFFICER 1
  790. Security reasons, never said
  791. anything about you.
  792.  
  793. JAMES
  794. Look, ask him yoursel-
  795.  
  796. Parks bursts out the door, a cast in his left arm.
  797.  
  798. Next to him is Elena.
  799.  
  800. ELENA
  801. David, you've just been shot, let's
  802. just go home first...
  803.  
  804. Parks just looks at the scene in front of him.
  805.  
  806. PARKS
  807. James?
  808.  
  809. Both of the officers take a step back and look at James.
  810.  
  811. JAMES
  812. Dave?
  813.  
  814. PARKS
  815. Should've probably told them you
  816. were coming. Sorry 'bout that.
  817.  
  818. Dave just looks at the officers and waves them off. They nod.
  819.  
  820. JAMES
  821. Grab a drink then? Do some catching
  822. up?
  823.  
  824. Dave nods.
  825.  
  826. PARKS
  827. Haven't seen you since...
  828.  
  829. JAMES
  830. ...Convoy.
  831.  
  832. PARKS
  833. Time flies, fuck.
  834.  
  835. James's eyes widen as he takes a sigh.
  836.  
  837. JAMES
  838. Yeah, it does. You okay man?
  839.  
  840. Parks takes a sigh and looks at James. He opens his mouth to
  841. something, but nothing manages to come out.
  842.  
  843. His phone vibrates.
  844.  
  845. A text appears. The contact reads, "Interested Party".
  846.  
  847. A photo of him with James and Elena coming through the doors
  848. with James talking to the police.
  849.  
  850. INTERESTED PARTY (TEXT)
  851. Officer Parks, we have a
  852. proposition for you. Please meet us
  853. on the third floor of the parking
  854. garage. Come alone.
  855.  
  856. Parks glances at Elena.
  857.  
  858. PARKS
  859. Hey sweetheart, this is James. You
  860. guys get to know each other, I'm
  861. gonna go for a walk-
  862.  
  863. ELENA
  864. Didn't you say you wanted to go
  865. home?
  866.  
  867. PARKS
  868. Lemme get some air first.
  869.  
  870. James cocks an eyebrow at this.
  871.  
  872. Parks walks off to
  873.  
  874.  
  875. INT. ELEVATOR - DAY
  876.  
  877. Parks checks takes his Glock 19 out of his right hand inner
  878. waistband holster and does a one handed press check using his
  879. belt to check for a round.
  880.  
  881. A round is chambered.
  882.  
  883. He takes a deep breath as he looks at the floors.
  884.  
  885. "1"
  886.  
  887. "2"
  888.  
  889. He takes a breath.
  890.  
  891. "3"
  892.  
  893. The doors open as Parks inches out, gun in his hand.
  894.  
  895.  
  896. EXT. GARAGE - DAY
  897.  
  898. He checks the outside.
  899.  
  900. Nothing.
  901.  
  902. The ramp going to the third floor materializes as he peers
  903. over.
  904.  
  905. He makes his way over. A group of black suburbans are parked
  906. there.
  907.  
  908. In the middle of it, a group of men in suits.
  909.  
  910. The one in the middle JASON WHITE, (43) rolls his eyes.
  911.  
  912. WHITE
  913. Come on now Officer, there were
  914. other ways we could've dealt with
  915. you. At least listen to us before
  916. you start shooting.
  917.  
  918. Those around him reach for their weapons.
  919.  
  920. WHITE
  921. Gentlemen, he has one arm and
  922. there's six of you. It wouldn't be
  923. a fair fight now would it?
  924.  
  925. Parks lowers his weapon.
  926.  
  927. PARKS
  928. What? The fuck you want? You feds?
  929.  
  930. He's clearly nervous.
  931.  
  932. WHITE
  933. Officer- Or do you want it to be
  934. Detective, Parks?
  935.  
  936. PARKS
  937. Cut the shit.
  938.  
  939. He looks behind him at another individual in a suit. He
  940. beckons over ANTHONY, (mid-20s)
  941.  
  942. WHITE
  943. Anthony, get my case please.
  944.  
  945. ANTHONY
  946. Yes sir.
  947.  
  948. Anthony walks to the back of a suburban and comes back. He
  949. carries a briefcase.
  950.  
  951. WHITE
  952. Price of admission is ignorance.
  953. That man was on bath salts and some
  954. modified form of PCP.
  955.  
  956. White opens the briefcase.
  957.  
  958. WHITE
  959. He's being healed up in a known
  960. Sinaloa Cartel safehouse. Do we
  961. have a deal?
  962.  
  963. Parks just slowly nods.
  964.  
  965. He closes the briefcase and passes it to Parks.
  966.  
  967. PARKS
  968. Deal.
  969.  
  970. White's side packs up and leaves Parks alone with a metallic
  971. briefcase.
  972.  
  973. Parks stands there, briefcase in hand.
  974.  
  975. FADE TO BLACK.
  976.  
  977.  
  978. EXT. PARKING LOT - DAY
  979.  
  980. Parks walks back with a briefcase.
  981.  
  982. James cocks an eyebrow.
  983.  
  984. JAMES
  985. The fuck is that?
  986.  
  987. Parks shrugs.
  988.  
  989. JAMES
  990. The feds give you that?
  991.  
  992. Parks shrugs.
  993.  
  994. PARKS
  995. It's information for a case. That's
  996. all I know.
  997.  
  998. JAMES
  999. If it's on me, I don't have any god
  1000. damn dogs.
  1001.  
  1002. Parks rolls his eyes.
  1003.  
  1004. PARKS
  1005. If it was on you, I'd have thrown
  1006. you in cuffs.
  1007.  
  1008. JAMES
  1009. Not if there was already an IED
  1010. planted on your car.
  1011.  
  1012. PARKS
  1013. James...
  1014.  
  1015. James smiles, though it looks nervous.
  1016.  
  1017. JAMES
  1018. I'm just joking. I swear.
  1019.  
  1020. Parks nods.
  1021.  
  1022. PARKS
  1023. Right... Follow us, we're headed
  1024. home. I got a small cabinet there.
  1025.  
  1026.  
  1027. INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
  1028.  
  1029. The briefcase sits on Parks's wooden kitchen table.
  1030.  
  1031. James pokes the case with a screwdriver.
  1032.  
  1033. Elena crouches behind a couch.
  1034.  
  1035. ELENA
  1036. Why did you want me back here
  1037. again? And why didn't you call the
  1038. bomb squad?
  1039.  
  1040. PARKS
  1041. So if it goes off, there's not
  1042. pieces of me inside of you. Plus,
  1043. they're not gonna come out here
  1044. because someone gave me a
  1045. briefcase.
  1046.  
  1047. ELENA
  1048. But I already get pieces of you
  1049. inside me.
  1050.  
  1051. PARKS
  1052. Fuck, walked int-
  1053.  
  1054. James slams his hand against the top of the case.
  1055.  
  1056. PARKS
  1057. ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US ALL?!
  1058.  
  1059. JAMES
  1060. Well we know it's not pressure
  1061. activated if it is a bomb.
  1062.  
  1063. PARKS
  1064. YOU FUCKING IDIOT!
  1065.  
  1066. ELENA
  1067. You just gave me a fucking
  1068. heart attack!
  1069.  
  1070. James just shrugs.
  1071.  
  1072. Parks and Elena takes a deep breath.
  1073.  
  1074. PARKS
  1075. You were EOD right?
  1076.  
  1077. JAMES
  1078. I was half the reason EOD came to
  1079. talk to us back then, yeah.
  1080.  
  1081. Parks unlatches the case and takes out a flashlight.
  1082.  
  1083. PARKS
  1084. How'd they set these things up?
  1085.  
  1086. JAMES
  1087. Damn things were rigged for a few
  1088. inches, you pulled up and boom.
  1089. Just look under it for wires.
  1090.  
  1091. Parks glances under it, opening the case just a crack. He
  1092. shines the light around inside of it.
  1093.  
  1094. JAMES
  1095. Anything?
  1096.  
  1097. PARKS
  1098. Negative, any clear string would've
  1099. made a shadow too. Fuck it, I'm
  1100. going for it.
  1101.  
  1102. He opens the case all the way. The files are stacked neatly.
  1103.  
  1104. Elena emerges from behind Parks's couch.
  1105.  
  1106. ELENA
  1107. What is it? Anything solid on
  1108. Lance?
  1109.  
  1110. Parks takes the case, turns it upside down, and dumps its
  1111. contents on the table.
  1112.  
  1113. He starts to spread its contents, across the table.
  1114.  
  1115. PARKS
  1116. Help me out with this you two.
  1117.  
  1118. Elena makes her way over and the three start placing folders
  1119. right side up.
  1120.  
  1121. David opens a file, on its cover reads, "DEPARTMENT OF
  1122. HOMELAND SECURITY".
  1123.  
  1124. PARKS
  1125. Holy fuck.
  1126.  
  1127. He flips through it. A few clusters of mugshots here and
  1128. there, a few assorted file-
  1129.  
  1130. PARKS
  1131. I found him. The fucker who stabbed
  1132. me.
  1133.  
  1134. He pulls a file out.
  1135.  
  1136. The top of the dossier reads "Enrique Torrez".
  1137.  
  1138. Gang Affiliation: "The Sentinel Cartel".
  1139.  
  1140. Parks's expression changes to that of anger.
  1141.  
  1142. PARKS
  1143. I have to make some phone calls.
  1144.  
  1145.  
  1146. EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
  1147.  
  1148. Four police cruisers and a SWAT van pull up to a warehouse.
  1149.  
  1150. The streetlights illuminate the grungy graffiti covered area.
  1151.  
  1152. Gang logos cover some houses, a few dumpsters are knocked
  1153. over, some of the trash flying around.
  1154.  
  1155. Outside, the small amount passerbys, whisper to each other as
  1156. the cruisers pull up with the team.
  1157.  
  1158. Two cruisers peel off and start cordoning off the area from
  1159. the front of the warehouse.
  1160.  
  1161. A perimeter is set up, the area is cleared of any passerbys.
  1162.  
  1163.  
  1164. INT. POLICE CRUISER - NIGHT
  1165.  
  1166. Parks sits there and watches all of this.
  1167.  
  1168. Stanton drives.
  1169.  
  1170. LIEUTENANT STANTON
  1171. Four days. Someone tipped us off
  1172. too when you put the pieces
  1173. together.
  1174.  
  1175. Parks just looks out the window. He's got a leather jacket
  1176. on.
  1177.  
  1178. Stanton looks over at Parks.
  1179.  
  1180. LIEUTENANT STANTON
  1181. Should feel good though if you are
  1182. right. Even if you're not it's a
  1183. dent in the fuck up that was the
  1184. ATF's schtick.
  1185.  
  1186. Parks continues to watch as police MRAP stops.
  1187.  
  1188. PARKS
  1189. Won't do anything for Lance.
  1190.  
  1191. LIEUTENANT STANTON
  1192. We're gonna get these guys, kid.
  1193.  
  1194. He steps out of the cruiser.
  1195.  
  1196. Parks opens the door and watches as SWAT stacks on the door.
  1197.  
  1198.  
  1199. EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
  1200.  
  1201. One of the cruisers pulls behind the building, two others set
  1202. up a perimeter and block the street.
  1203.  
  1204. From inside the cruiser, Parks turns the police radio up.
  1205.  
  1206. Stanton lights up a cigarette.
  1207.  
  1208. The radio comes to life.
  1209.  
  1210. IND SWAT OFFICER 1 (O.S.)
  1211. Team one, team two, prepare to
  1212. breach.
  1213.  
  1214. IND SWAT OFFICER 2 (O.S.)
  1215. Team one, ready.
  1216.  
  1217. IND SWAT OFFICER 1 (O.S.)
  1218. Team two, ready. On my mark.
  1219.  
  1220. Parks watches this.
  1221.  
  1222. IND SWAT OFFICER 1 (O.S.)
  1223. Mark.
  1224.  
  1225. The SWAT team busts the door down. An officer throws in a
  1226. flashbang.
  1227.  
  1228. Parks places his hand on his holster. More gunfire rings out
  1229. from the inside of the warehouse.
  1230.  
  1231. PARKS
  1232. That doesn't sound good.
  1233.  
  1234. IND SWAT OFFICER 2 (O.S.)
  1235. Team two, one suspect down.
  1236.  
  1237. IND OFFICER 2 (O.S.)
  1238. Team two has an officer down!
  1239. Fucker used a table leg!
  1240.  
  1241. The radio goes silent for a moment.
  1242.  
  1243. IND SWAT OFFICER 2
  1244. Stay the fuck down!
  1245.  
  1246. Stanton takes a sigh, throws his cigarette on the ground, and
  1247. gets on his radio.
  1248.  
  1249. STANTON
  1250. 1015, requesting additional units
  1251. and a bus to the warehouse on 19th
  1252. and McDowell, code three, one
  1253. officer down.
  1254.  
  1255. DISPATCHER (O.S.)
  1256. 10-4, 1015. Any available units,
  1257. 1015 requesting assistance at 19th
  1258. and McDowell, multiple officers
  1259. down.
  1260.  
  1261. The sound of sirens in the distance.
  1262.  
  1263. More gunfire breaks out.
  1264.  
  1265. IND SWAT OFFICER 2
  1266. Multiple assailants with ARs,
  1267. requesting additional! Fuck!
  1268.  
  1269. IND SWAT OFFICER 1
  1270. Hey we got a suspect-
  1271.  
  1272.  
  1273. EXT. STREET - NIGHT
  1274.  
  1275. ENRIQUE TORRES, (30) jumps out of a window, rolls, and runs
  1276. toward Stanton and Parks. He's covered in gang tattoos.
  1277.  
  1278. Torres just keeps moving, his arms are covered in tempered
  1279. glass.
  1280.  
  1281. He charges forward toward Stanton.
  1282.  
  1283. PARKS
  1284. Holy fuck.
  1285.  
  1286. Stanton draws his tazer and fires into Torres.
  1287.  
  1288. The barbs connect and Torres is unfazed as he charges forward
  1289. and pushes Stanton aside.
  1290.  
  1291. Parks tries to draw down, only get pushed aside by a
  1292. sprinting Torres.
  1293.  
  1294. STANTON
  1295. Parks!
  1296.  
  1297. Parks keeps his weapon pointed downward as he runs after
  1298. Torres. He struggles to keep up.
  1299.  
  1300. Torres glances back, sees Parks, and makes a turn.
  1301.  
  1302. Parks runs forward and tries to turn the corner.
  1303.  
  1304. Two bullets pass his face.
  1305.  
  1306. PARKS
  1307. Fucker!
  1308.  
  1309. Parks peers out of cover and takes two shots into Torres's
  1310. back.
  1311.  
  1312. He just keeps running.
  1313.  
  1314. PARKS
  1315. WHAT THE FUCK?!
  1316.  
  1317. Parks continues to run forward, chasing him into an
  1318. intersection.
  1319.  
  1320. Torres stops to assess the area and glances back seeing
  1321. Parks.
  1322.  
  1323. Before anything else, a hatchback runs over Torres, knocking
  1324. him to the ground.
  1325.  
  1326. Parks sees this and clutches his arm. He keeps his gun out
  1327. and sprints to the scene.
  1328.  
  1329. James gets out of the car.
  1330.  
  1331. PARKS
  1332. What the fuck...
  1333.  
  1334. Torres isn't getting back up, but he's still breathing. James
  1335. is pointing wildly at Torres.
  1336.  
  1337. TORRES
  1338. Fuck...
  1339.  
  1340. JAMES
  1341. He knows where they are!
  1342.  
  1343. Parks holsters his weapon and takes out his hand cuffs. He
  1344. presses his knee against his ass.
  1345.  
  1346. PARKS
  1347. Grab his other arm.
  1348.  
  1349. James helps him out and he manages to get them on him.
  1350.  
  1351. TORRES
  1352. You...
  1353.  
  1354. JAMES
  1355. WHERE ARE THEY?!
  1356.  
  1357. He flips Torres on his back.
  1358.  
  1359. PARKS
  1360. You fucking recognize me?
  1361.  
  1362. TORRES
  1363. Yeah, you should be dead.
  1364.  
  1365. JAMES
  1366. You'll be fucking dead if you don't
  1367. tell me where they keep the cat
  1368. girls!
  1369.  
  1370. Parks watches a cruiser a few blocks away close in.
  1371.  
  1372. PARKS
  1373. Back off, James!
  1374.  
  1375. Parks glares at him.
  1376.  
  1377. PARKS
  1378. I want answers. Where's your
  1379. partner?
  1380.  
  1381. He takes out his badge and keeps it in the direction of the
  1382. approaching cruiser.
  1383.  
  1384. TORRES
  1385. Fuck you cabron, I don't need to
  1386. tell you shit. Besides, my ride's
  1387. on its way here.
  1388.  
  1389. A cruiser pulls up with two officers. They get out of their
  1390. cruiser. One runs over to James.
  1391.  
  1392. IND OFFICER 3
  1393. Sir, step back.
  1394.  
  1395. James goes to his car and watches this.
  1396.  
  1397. JAMES
  1398. He knows where the cat girls are,
  1399. don't let him get away with that
  1400. knowledge!
  1401.  
  1402. IND OFFICER 1
  1403. We won't sir, just stand back.
  1404.  
  1405. A small army of cruisers shows up behind them.
  1406.  
  1407. TORRES
  1408. Don't leave me down here, I can
  1409. fucking stand, if I didn't have
  1410. these cuffs I could probably beat
  1411. the shit out of you, wey!
  1412.  
  1413. Parks just watches this.
  1414.  
  1415. PARKS
  1416. You never answered my question.
  1417.  
  1418. TORRES
  1419. My answer is, "Fuck you."
  1420.  
  1421. Parks rolls his eyes.
  1422.  
  1423. His hands shake in anger.
  1424.  
  1425. Another cruiser rolls up with Stanton in it.
  1426.  
  1427. STANTON
  1428. You good, Parks?
  1429.  
  1430. He gives an "okay" hand symbol.
  1431.  
  1432. STANTON
  1433. The hell happened?
  1434.  
  1435. Parks points at James.
  1436.  
  1437. JAMES
  1438. Army buddy happened to be driving
  1439. through- Retard ran into traffic,
  1440. got hit.
  1441.  
  1442. Stanton nods.
  1443.  
  1444. STANTON
  1445. Better hope he doesn't sue.
  1446.  
  1447. James just stands there with the officer.
  1448.  
  1449. Stanton thumbs his radio.
  1450.  
  1451. STANTON
  1452. (into radio)
  1453. Dispatch, requesting an additional
  1454. ambulance to 23rd and McDowell.
  1455.  
  1456. Parks watches as three suburbans with lights and sirens start
  1457. advancing on their location.
  1458.  
  1459. PARKS
  1460. Who the hell are these guys?
  1461.  
  1462. Stanton steps in front of Parks and watches all of this.
  1463.  
  1464. The three suburbans stop and surround the officers.
  1465.  
  1466. One man in particular, SMITH, (late-30s) steps out holding
  1467. out a badge.
  1468.  
  1469. Their uniforms read, "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY".
  1470.  
  1471. STANTON
  1472. Who might you folks be? You weren't
  1473. on our channels.
  1474.  
  1475. SMITH
  1476. Just call me Smith. This individual
  1477. is of importance to national
  1478. security, you see.
  1479.  
  1480. Stanton adjusts his glasses.
  1481.  
  1482. STANTON
  1483. He shot one of my men.
  1484.  
  1485. SMITH
  1486. I'm sorry to hear that-
  1487.  
  1488. STANTON
  1489. I'm sorry ain't exactly going to
  1490. cut it.
  1491.  
  1492. Smith glances at Parks.
  1493.  
  1494. SMITH
  1495. How's the arm doing? My associate
  1496. White was asking earlier.
  1497.  
  1498. Two of the agents walk over to where Torres is detained.
  1499.  
  1500. Stanton takes out his phone. Smith just patiently waits for
  1501. him.
  1502.  
  1503. STANTON
  1504. (into phone)
  1505. Colin? Yeah, waiting out here with
  1506. one of your guys- Agent Smith?
  1507.  
  1508. Stanton eyes's widen.
  1509.  
  1510. He motions toward the officer to move away from Torres.
  1511.  
  1512. SMITH
  1513. Thank you for your cooperation,
  1514. Lieutenant. We'll take it from
  1515. here.
  1516.  
  1517. Two agents pick up Torres. He spits in the direction of Parks
  1518. and glares at Stanton.
  1519.  
  1520. PARKS
  1521. I'LL FUCK YOU UP!
  1522.  
  1523. Stanton grabs Parks.
  1524.  
  1525. STANTON
  1526. Don't do this, not here.
  1527.  
  1528. Smith looks back at him.
  1529.  
  1530. SMITH
  1531. These feelings are normal, officer.
  1532. Anger is a normal emotion in the
  1533. grieving process.
  1534.  
  1535. Parks watches as the agents get into their vehicles and drive
  1536. off.
  1537.  
  1538. A few tears roll down his eyes.
  1539.  
  1540. PARKS
  1541. I was so close, I was this close
  1542. and the feds fucked it up, like
  1543. they do everything fucking else!
  1544. Fuck!
  1545.  
  1546. Parks kicks a can next to him in anger.
  1547.  
  1548. STANTON
  1549. PARKS!
  1550.  
  1551. He pulls Parks aside.
  1552.  
  1553. STANTON
  1554. Look, I get it. This ain't easy by
  1555. any stretch, but you gotta keep
  1556. your shit together. At least until
  1557. that arm of yours heals. I'm
  1558. recommending you for a promotion.
  1559.  
  1560. Parks puts his head down.
  1561.  
  1562. STANTON
  1563. Just keep it together until you get
  1564. put on desk duty for that.
  1565.  
  1566. A tear rolls down his eye.
  1567.  
  1568. James sees this and looks down.
  1569.  
  1570. Another car pulls up.
  1571.  
  1572. Someone jumps out of the driver's seat.
  1573.  
  1574. NELSON
  1575. WHAT THE FUCK, PARKS?!
  1576.  
  1577. PARKS
  1578. My arm's feeling better!
  1579.  
  1580. His eyes widened.
  1581.  
  1582. NELSON
  1583. Are you looking for IA to fire you?
  1584. Hell, worse they get you for faking
  1585. your injuries.
  1586.  
  1587. PARKS
  1588. But-
  1589.  
  1590. Nelson massages his eyes.
  1591.  
  1592. NELSON
  1593. Please get better Parks. Go home.
  1594.  
  1595. PARKS
  1596. Fine.
  1597.  
  1598.  
  1599. INT. CAR - NIGHT
  1600.  
  1601. The two sit in James's car.
  1602.  
  1603. PARKS
  1604. James.
  1605.  
  1606. James watches the road in silence.
  1607.  
  1608. PARKS
  1609. What the fuck is wrong with you?
  1610.  
  1611. Parks looks at the police scanner in the backseat of his car.
  1612.  
  1613. JAMES
  1614. I need to know, Dave.
  1615.  
  1616. PARKS
  1617. About shit that exists in Japanese
  1618. cartoons? If it's fucking real?
  1619.  
  1620. JAMES
  1621. You don't get it, but these guys,
  1622. they're fucking connected!
  1623.  
  1624. Parks glares at James.
  1625.  
  1626. PARKS
  1627. You stupid fuck! My partner's dead
  1628. and you're looking for fantasy
  1629. characters?! Tell me when you find
  1630. elves with thick fookin' oirish
  1631. accents, boyo.
  1632.  
  1633. JAMES
  1634. I have some proof that they're
  1635. real, Dave! You just have to
  1636. believe-
  1637.  
  1638. PARKS
  1639. (mockingly)
  1640. Believe me Dave, they're real!
  1641.  
  1642. Parks rolls his eyes.
  1643.  
  1644. James slicks his hair back.
  1645.  
  1646. JAMES
  1647. It sounds fucking nuts, okay? Just
  1648. stick with it. I'll tell you if I'm
  1649. wrong.
  1650.  
  1651. PARKS
  1652. IT DOES.
  1653.  
  1654. Parks pats his shoulder and his face grows to that of
  1655. discomfort.
  1656.  
  1657. PARKS
  1658. Shit. Hey James...
  1659.  
  1660. He starts to feel light headed.
  1661.  
  1662. His vision goes in and out.
  1663.  
  1664. JAMES
  1665. Dave?!
  1666.  
  1667. Parks's eyes widen as a massive pain enters his shoulder.
  1668.  
  1669. PARKS
  1670. TAKE THE FUCKING CAST OFF ME!
  1671.  
  1672. JAMES
  1673. Oh shit.
  1674.  
  1675. James pulls over and turns on his hazard lights. He takes off
  1676. his seatbelt and takes out his knife.
  1677.  
  1678. Parks begins to scream in agony as he tries to take his cast
  1679. off with one hand.
  1680.  
  1681. James is hesitant as he stares at Parks, completely unsure of
  1682. what to do.
  1683.  
  1684. JAMES
  1685. I don't need you bleeding to death
  1686. in my-
  1687.  
  1688. PARKS
  1689. GET IT OFF!
  1690.  
  1691. JAMES
  1692. Shit! You coked up-
  1693.  
  1694. He cuts Parks's cast.
  1695.  
  1696. PARKS
  1697. DAMN IT!
  1698.  
  1699. James freezes up out of sheer confusion.
  1700.  
  1701. PARKS
  1702. KEEP GOING!
  1703.  
  1704. Parks starts to try and get the cast off of himself by prying
  1705. at it with his hand.
  1706.  
  1707. James takes his knife and starts to cut his cast out.
  1708.  
  1709. Parks takes his jacket off. The cast comes free. Parks's
  1710. takes off his shirt.
  1711.  
  1712. PARKS
  1713. So fucking hot in here, jesus
  1714. christ.
  1715.  
  1716. Bandages are wrapped around where he was shot.
  1717.  
  1718. JAMES
  1719. You think I should call Doc?
  1720.  
  1721. Parks shakes his head and starts to take the bandages off of
  1722. his shoulder, finding it...
  1723.  
  1724. ...As if it were unscathed by the round that had struck him.
  1725. All that's left is a scar.
  1726.  
  1727. Parks takes a deep breath.
  1728.  
  1729. PARKS
  1730. What the fuck was that man?
  1731.  
  1732. James just shrugs, his eyes widened.
  1733.  
  1734. Parks puts his shirt back on.
  1735.  
  1736. PARKS
  1737. Get me home.
  1738.  
  1739.  
  1740. EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - NIGHT
  1741.  
  1742. Parks holds his kevlar vest and jacket in his arms as he
  1743. steps out of James's car.
  1744.  
  1745. JAMES
  1746. You gonna be good man?
  1747.  
  1748. Parks stretches out his left arm. A loud "pop" comes out of
  1749. it as he straightens it out.
  1750.  
  1751. PARKS
  1752. Your guess is as good as mine.
  1753.  
  1754. James just looks at this, completely astounded.
  1755.  
  1756. JAMES
  1757. You are one lucky son of a bitch,
  1758. Davey. If only the guys back then
  1759. had the luck you do.
  1760.  
  1761. PARKS
  1762. It doesn't change anything.
  1763.  
  1764.  
  1765. INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - NIGHT
  1766.  
  1767. The lights are still on when Parks comes back inside.
  1768.  
  1769. PARKS
  1770. Elena?
  1771.  
  1772. ELENA
  1773. I'm in the kitchen!
  1774.  
  1775. PARKS
  1776. ...I need to show you something.
  1777.  
  1778. Elena walks through the kitchen.
  1779.  
  1780. Parks turns on the light.
  1781.  
  1782. Elena's jaw drops as she looks at his arm.
  1783.  
  1784. ELENA
  1785. Your arm...
  1786.  
  1787. Parks stretches out his formerly damaged left arm.
  1788.  
  1789. PARKS
  1790. I don't know.
  1791.  
  1792. She walks over to Parks and holds him.
  1793.  
  1794. ELENA
  1795. They said you weren't going to make
  1796. it, Dave.
  1797.  
  1798. Parks closes his eyes and holds her.
  1799.  
  1800. He kisses her on the forehead and holds her tight.
  1801.  
  1802. ELENA
  1803. Lance's funeral's tomorrow. I got
  1804. your dress uniform dry cleaned.
  1805.  
  1806. With a sigh, Parks's hands hold her tighter as he leans into
  1807. her neck.
  1808.  
  1809. He sits there in silence as he holds her.
  1810.  
  1811. PARKS
  1812. You know I gotta talk to his
  1813. wife... It should have been me,
  1814. Elena.
  1815.  
  1816. ELENA
  1817. Dave. You made it.
  1818.  
  1819. Parks sobs as he holds her.
  1820.  
  1821. FADE TO BLACK.
  1822.  
  1823.  
  1824. INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - DAY
  1825.  
  1826. Parks puts on his dress uniform.
  1827.  
  1828. His face looks weary as the world around him seems to move at
  1829. a different pace than he is.
  1830.  
  1831. He sits and eats his breakfast. His eyes look haggard.
  1832.  
  1833. Elena appears behind him and kisses him on the cheek.
  1834.  
  1835. ELENA
  1836. I'll drive.
  1837.  
  1838. Parks swallows his food.
  1839.  
  1840. PARKS
  1841. Sure, I guess.
  1842.  
  1843.  
  1844. INT. CHURCH - DAY
  1845.  
  1846. PASTOR HILL, (mid-50s) stands behind a podium.
  1847.  
  1848. HILL
  1849. On behalf of the family, I would
  1850. like to thank you...
  1851.  
  1852. Parks sits there in his dress uniform.
  1853.  
  1854. He's spaced out. The words from the pastor drift away.
  1855.  
  1856. The world seems to go away as he looks out a window next to
  1857. him.
  1858.  
  1859. ELENA
  1860. Dave?
  1861.  
  1862. Parks takes a deep breath and snaps out of his trance.
  1863.  
  1864. ELENA
  1865. They want you to say a few words.
  1866.  
  1867. Parks nods.
  1868.  
  1869. PARKS
  1870. Yeah, uh... Yeah, I'll do that.
  1871. Sorry.
  1872.  
  1873. The eyes of the congregation fix themselves onto Parks.
  1874.  
  1875. Parks makes his way up to the podium. He takes out a set of
  1876. notecards. His hands shake as he looks up at the crowd.
  1877.  
  1878. PARKS
  1879. (into mic)
  1880. You guys can hear me alright?
  1881.  
  1882. He looks at the front row of pews which give him a thumbs up
  1883. and a smile.
  1884.  
  1885. PARKS
  1886. Roger that...
  1887.  
  1888. He starts to rearrange his notecards.
  1889.  
  1890. PARKS
  1891. Lance Hawkins was 21 when he taken
  1892. away from us. To me, he seemed a
  1893. lot older than that.
  1894.  
  1895. He tries to force a smile as he looks back down at his cards,
  1896. then back at the audience.
  1897.  
  1898. Parks sighs.
  1899.  
  1900. PARKS
  1901. He was however, young,
  1902. inexperienced, and struggled. He
  1903. was stupid.
  1904.  
  1905. A gasp from the audience as they begin to murmur amongst
  1906. themselves.
  1907.  
  1908. Sergeant Steele and Nelson are in the audience. Nelson's eyes
  1909. widen and he massages his eyes. Steele jots down some more
  1910. notes.
  1911.  
  1912. PARKS
  1913. He'd made mistakes. I was hard on
  1914. him and so were all the others who
  1915. worked with him during his field
  1916. training period.
  1917.  
  1918. Parks takes another breath. His hands almost freeze up and he
  1919. has to move the cards that he just spoke aside.
  1920.  
  1921. PARKS
  1922. However, and Mrs. Hawkins please
  1923. correct me if I'm wrong- He was
  1924. often times trying to correct
  1925. himself in his mistakes. He'd go
  1926. through notepads, and I noticed
  1927. that at the end of them he'd have a
  1928. set of goals.
  1929.  
  1930. The audience goes silent.
  1931.  
  1932. PARKS
  1933. He'd ask me what he missed out on.
  1934. How he could do his job better, how
  1935. he could keep both of us safe.
  1936.  
  1937. Parks chuckles.
  1938.  
  1939. PARKS
  1940. He was obsessive with his notes and
  1941. trying to better himself as an
  1942. officer. Even in his final moments,
  1943. he was listening to me, using
  1944. everything he learned...
  1945.  
  1946. Parks looks down and sets his notecards aside.
  1947.  
  1948. PARKS
  1949. In all, we lost him. He was good.
  1950.  
  1951. He steps off the podium and walks back to his seat. He spots
  1952. MARK DIAZ, (late-20s) sitting in the back of the room.
  1953.  
  1954. PARKS
  1955. Reporter?
  1956.  
  1957. Parks sits back down.
  1958.  
  1959. HILL
  1960. At this time, I will be speaking
  1961. with Mrs. Hawkins. Refreshments
  1962. will be served in the room to my
  1963. right.
  1964.  
  1965. People around Parks begin to stand up and converse amongst
  1966. themselves. Parks makes his way over to Mark.
  1967.  
  1968. He continues to move over to where Mark is. Mark jots
  1969. something down "unaware" in his phone next to Parks's name.
  1970.  
  1971. PARKS
  1972. You better have a good reason to be
  1973. here.
  1974.  
  1975. Mark stands up and smiles at Parks.
  1976.  
  1977. MARK
  1978. Step outside with me, I need a few
  1979. words with you.
  1980.  
  1981. PARKS
  1982. Like hell you do!
  1983.  
  1984. People glance over at him.
  1985.  
  1986. PARKS
  1987. (hushed)
  1988. Like hell you do.
  1989.  
  1990. MARK
  1991. See what I mean?
  1992.  
  1993. Mark puts his phone in his pocket. He stands up and walks
  1994. with Parks.
  1995.  
  1996. Mark looks forward.
  1997.  
  1998. MARK
  1999. (whispering)
  2000. Look, more people who have no idea
  2001. what you've actually just
  2002. uncovered.
  2003.  
  2004. LAYLA HAWKINS, (22) suddenly holds Parks, sobbing.
  2005.  
  2006. LAYLA
  2007. He's never coming back! He's never
  2008. coming back.
  2009.  
  2010. Parks's eyes widen as he holds her.
  2011.  
  2012. A look of shock in Parks's eyes. Mark walks up behind her and
  2013. taps her on the shoulder.
  2014.  
  2015. She turns around.
  2016.  
  2017. He pulls out a handkerchief and passes it to her.
  2018.  
  2019. MARK
  2020. Mrs. Hawkins, your husband was a
  2021. hero who handled the situation as
  2022. best he could.
  2023.  
  2024. Layla takes the handkerchief and sobs into it.
  2025.  
  2026. LAYLA
  2027. He was going to be a dad, Officer
  2028. Parks.
  2029.  
  2030. PARKS
  2031. Dave. Just, Dave.
  2032.  
  2033. She sits in the pews and struggles to regain her composure.
  2034.  
  2035. Layla struggles to say anything.
  2036.  
  2037. Her phone rings.
  2038.  
  2039. LAYLA
  2040. Hold on, I have to take this.
  2041.  
  2042. She sniffles.
  2043.  
  2044. PARKS
  2045. If you need anything, just ask.
  2046.  
  2047. LAYLA
  2048. Thank you, Dave.
  2049.  
  2050.  
  2051. EXT. CHURCH - DAY
  2052.  
  2053. The rain comes down. Mark leans against the wall with a
  2054. cigarette in his mouth.
  2055.  
  2056. MARK
  2057. I'm surprised, newly promoted
  2058. detective. You don't realize the
  2059. shit you've just stepped in, do
  2060. you?
  2061.  
  2062. PARKS
  2063. Cut the shit, what do you know?
  2064.  
  2065. MARK
  2066. Well Torres is dead. Someone did
  2067. you a favor, my man. Seems like the
  2068. responding officers can't seem to
  2069. get their radios working, so they
  2070. had to use their personal phones to
  2071. call up the coroner. Better meet
  2072. 'em there.
  2073.  
  2074. Parks's eyes widen.
  2075.  
  2076. PARKS
  2077. The feds got him last night.
  2078.  
  2079. MARK
  2080. (mocking)
  2081. But the feds!
  2082.  
  2083. He laughs at this.
  2084.  
  2085. MARK
  2086. Oh, the guys in suits! Right!
  2087.  
  2088. Parks's eyes widen in anger as he walks over to Mark.
  2089.  
  2090. PARKS
  2091. What the fuck are you not telling
  2092. me or anyone on this investigation?
  2093. There's a dead cop and you want to
  2094. play Frank fucking West?
  2095.  
  2096. MARK
  2097. I actually look up to the guy
  2098. myself, but-
  2099.  
  2100. Parks gives him a death glare and gets ready to raise his arm
  2101. as if to strangle him.
  2102.  
  2103. MARK
  2104. Okay, okay, look. I'm just on the
  2105. side looking to tell the truth, the
  2106. facts of the matter, you don't see
  2107. that shit anymore.
  2108.  
  2109. Parks motions for him to go on.
  2110.  
  2111. MARK
  2112. The truth is, there's some kind of
  2113. war breaking out. You happened to
  2114. be a roadblock in the middle of it.
  2115. The dead guy? Guy who got his
  2116. brains blown out and caused you
  2117. guys to go light up that car? Step
  2118. away while you can, Dave.
  2119.  
  2120. He shows a scar on his neck.
  2121.  
  2122. MARK
  2123. Because you and I, we ain't built
  2124. for this.
  2125.  
  2126. Parks nods.
  2127.  
  2128. PARKS
  2129. That's all I need.
  2130.  
  2131.  
  2132. INT. CHURCH - DAY
  2133.  
  2134. Parks walks over to Elena.
  2135.  
  2136. PARKS
  2137. I need to go.
  2138.  
  2139. ELENA
  2140. Dave, his wife...
  2141.  
  2142. Layla is in line to look into Lance's grave.
  2143.  
  2144. Parks takes a moment to glance at her, then glances at his
  2145. phone.
  2146.  
  2147. He turns away and walks out of the church.
  2148.  
  2149.  
  2150. EXT. CHURCH - DAY
  2151.  
  2152. Nelson walks up next to Parks as he steps out.
  2153.  
  2154. NELSON
  2155. Parks, I advise you be careful when
  2156. you do things like that. IA's been
  2157. up and down your case all day,
  2158. there's a chance they found
  2159. something.
  2160.  
  2161. PARKS
  2162. There's always a chance.
  2163.  
  2164. Parks stretches out his arm and walks over to his car.
  2165.  
  2166. NELSON
  2167. What happened to your cast?
  2168.  
  2169. PARKS
  2170. I was just lucky, I guess.
  2171.  
  2172. Nelson just shrugs.
  2173.  
  2174. NELSON
  2175. Alright then.
  2176.  
  2177. He walks out and gets into his car.
  2178.  
  2179.  
  2180. INT. MORGUE - DAY
  2181.  
  2182. Stanton waits for him in there.
  2183.  
  2184. Parks reads off the case file then looks down at the body.
  2185.  
  2186. Two gunshots to the chest and one to the head.
  2187.  
  2188. STANTON
  2189. You weren't wrong.
  2190.  
  2191. PARKS
  2192. About what?
  2193.  
  2194. STANTON
  2195. Whatever these guys are, they got
  2196. something going with 'em.
  2197. Professional killing by the looks
  2198. of it.
  2199.  
  2200. Parks looks down at the body.
  2201.  
  2202. PARKS
  2203. What do we got here, Vincent from
  2204. Collateral coming to take what's
  2205. his?
  2206.  
  2207. STANTON
  2208. Something like that.
  2209.  
  2210. He points to the glass.
  2211.  
  2212. Three rounds sit in the clear sample glass.
  2213.  
  2214. Parks takes a pair of forceps and looks at them.
  2215.  
  2216. PARKS
  2217. That's not a handgun round.
  2218.  
  2219. STANTON
  2220. Not at all, we're gonna send it up
  2221. to the ME, but from the looks of
  2222. it, it's probably .308.
  2223.  
  2224. THOMAS SCOTT, (mid-50s) runs his scalpel down the man's
  2225. chest. The three watch as the incision sows itself back up
  2226. slowly.
  2227.  
  2228. SCOTT
  2229. As you can see here, Mr. Torres has
  2230. some kind of regenerative healing
  2231. ability.
  2232.  
  2233. STANTON
  2234. The hell kind of freaks are we
  2235. dealing with?
  2236.  
  2237. Parks watches as the incision closes itself.
  2238.  
  2239. SCOTT
  2240. It's nothing I've ever seen
  2241. before.
  2242.  
  2243. PARKS
  2244. Christ.
  2245.  
  2246. SCOTT
  2247. The skull is interesting however.
  2248.  
  2249. He takes out an autopsy saw.
  2250.  
  2251. Stanton taps him on the shoulder and makes a motion for him
  2252. to put on his glasses.
  2253.  
  2254. He turns on his saw and sparks begin to fly out.
  2255.  
  2256. PARKS
  2257. (over saw)
  2258. IS THAT NORMAL?!
  2259.  
  2260. Scott turns off the saw and sets it down next to his other
  2261. tools.
  2262.  
  2263. SCOTT
  2264. That's some kind of metal. I sent a
  2265. sample up to forensics for
  2266. examination, but other than tha-
  2267.  
  2268. The door opens and slams shut behind them.
  2269.  
  2270. A man Matthews, (late-20s) and a woman, DAWN PAULSEN (early-
  2271. 30s) walk into the room.
  2272.  
  2273. PARKS
  2274. Who the hell are you?
  2275.  
  2276. Matthews has a grin on his face.
  2277.  
  2278. MATTHEWS
  2279. Agents Matthews Matthews and Dawn
  2280. Paulsen, Department of Homeland
  2281. Security, about to secure this
  2282. body.
  2283.  
  2284. PARKS
  2285. This body's in our custody
  2286. actually.
  2287.  
  2288. He bites his lip and looks over at Dawn.
  2289.  
  2290. MATTHEWS
  2291. Oooohhh, well-
  2292.  
  2293. Stanton watches this in confusion.
  2294.  
  2295. Dawn passes a paper to Stanton.
  2296.  
  2297. Stanton watches this puzzled.
  2298.  
  2299. He takes a look at her for a moment and just continues to
  2300. watch her as he takes the paper.
  2301.  
  2302. STANTON
  2303. (reading)
  2304. By order of the Department of
  2305. Homeland security, you are to give
  2306. any details of the murder of
  2307. Officer Lance Hawkins...
  2308.  
  2309. His expression changes to that of anger. Stanton looks up and
  2310. passes the paper back to Dawn.
  2311.  
  2312. Parks's eyes widen.
  2313.  
  2314. STANTON
  2315. All yours then.
  2316.  
  2317. PARKS
  2318. Wait, what?
  2319.  
  2320. Parks stands in front of the body.
  2321.  
  2322. PARKS
  2323. Abso fucking lutely not.
  2324.  
  2325. MATTHEWS
  2326. You're really going to impede a
  2327. federal investigation, Officer?
  2328.  
  2329. STANTON
  2330. It's detective now, actually.
  2331.  
  2332. MATTHEWS
  2333. Well, detective!
  2334.  
  2335. Matthews glances at Parks.
  2336.  
  2337. MATTHEWS
  2338. I'm ordered to secure any and all
  2339. evidence by any means necessary.
  2340. Even if it means Miss Dawn here
  2341. knocking you out and dumping you in
  2342. the desert.
  2343.  
  2344. PARKS
  2345. Fuck you.
  2346.  
  2347. MATTHEWS
  2348. That's no way to speak to a federal
  2349. officer, detective.
  2350.  
  2351. Parks glares at Matthews, then walks out of the door in
  2352. anger.
  2353.  
  2354.  
  2355. EXT. MORGUE - DAY
  2356.  
  2357. Parks bursts out of the morgue with a pack of cigarettes.
  2358.  
  2359. PARKS
  2360. FUCK!
  2361.  
  2362. He lights one and puffs on it in anger.
  2363.  
  2364. Diaz appears behind him.
  2365.  
  2366. He steps on a leaf. The sound causes Parks to reach for his
  2367. weapon.
  2368.  
  2369. With a glare, he looks at Diaz.
  2370.  
  2371. PARKS
  2372. I take you had something to do with
  2373. evidence being removed from our
  2374. jurisdiction?
  2375.  
  2376. Diaz goes wide eyed.
  2377.  
  2378. DIAZ
  2379. Wait. Who?
  2380.  
  2381. PARKS
  2382. Homeland came in with some familiar
  2383. name...
  2384.  
  2385. He drops his cigarette.
  2386.  
  2387. PARKS
  2388. Dawn... Don... Paulsen.
  2389.  
  2390. DIAZ
  2391. Doc had something to do with this?
  2392.  
  2393. PARKS
  2394. That's where I've heard that
  2395. fucking name.
  2396.  
  2397. Parks takes out his phone and thumbs through the contacts.
  2398.  
  2399. DIAZ
  2400. Hey, whatever you're doing, I want
  2401. in on too.
  2402.  
  2403. PARKS
  2404. No, you don't.
  2405.  
  2406. DIAZ
  2407. Even if I have information relating
  2408. to his death that you may very well
  2409. need?
  2410.  
  2411. Parks stops his thumb on James's contact.
  2412.  
  2413. DIAZ
  2414. This goes both ways you know.
  2415.  
  2416. Parks just looks at Diaz dead in the eyes.
  2417.  
  2418. DIAZ
  2419. Give me your contact card.
  2420.  
  2421. Parks puts his phone in his pocket. He takes out his wallet
  2422. and passes him his contact card.
  2423.  
  2424. PARKS
  2425. Email me everything you have. Until
  2426. then, I have to make a phone call
  2427. to a friend.
  2428.  
  2429. Diaz nods.
  2430.  
  2431. A van pulls out of a gate at the morgue.
  2432.  
  2433. Matthews sits in the driver's seat, Dawn right next to him.
  2434.  
  2435. Parks goes back inside
  2436.  
  2437.  
  2438. INT. MORGUE - DAY
  2439.  
  2440. Stanton stands there and massages his eyes.
  2441.  
  2442. STANTON
  2443. Go home Parks, we'll figure this
  2444. out next week. Rest up, get someone
  2445. to take a look at you, because
  2446. you're not looking too good.
  2447.  
  2448. Parks just nods.
  2449.  
  2450. PARKS
  2451. Yes, sir.
  2452.  
  2453. Parks takes another sigh as he takes out his phone. He thumbs
  2454. James's contact and calls him.
  2455.  
  2456. PARKS
  2457. (into phone)
  2458. Yo James.
  2459.  
  2460. JAMES (O.S.)
  2461. What's up?
  2462.  
  2463.  
  2464. EXT. MORGUE PARKING LOT - DAY
  2465.  
  2466. He walks out the doors of the morgue.
  2467.  
  2468. PARKS
  2469. (into phone)
  2470. You still talking to Doc these
  2471. days?
  2472.  
  2473. He unlocks his car.
  2474.  
  2475. JAMES (O.S.)
  2476. Yeah, kind of broke contact after
  2477. the whole convoy incident though.
  2478. We talk here and there.
  2479.  
  2480. PARKS
  2481. (into phone)
  2482. Did he ever talk about having a
  2483. sister?
  2484.  
  2485. JAMES (O.S.)
  2486. Nah, he was a closed box when it
  2487. came to family shit. Never even
  2488. talked about LA.
  2489.  
  2490. Parks gets into his car.
  2491.  
  2492.  
  2493. INT. PARKS'S CAR - DAY
  2494.  
  2495. Parks starts his car, his phone still up to his ear.
  2496.  
  2497. PARKS
  2498. (into phone)
  2499. Just call him for me, please. I
  2500. really need this info in
  2501. particular.
  2502.  
  2503. JAMES (O.S.)
  2504. Look, I know I barely stand you
  2505. when it comes to cops, but doc is a
  2506. different animal entirely. Worked
  2507. with him or not, he's not going to
  2508. be thrilled you're calling him in
  2509. that capacity.
  2510.  
  2511. PARKS
  2512. (into phone)
  2513. Are you okay?
  2514.  
  2515. JAMES (O.S.)
  2516. What?
  2517.  
  2518. PARKS
  2519. (into phone)
  2520. You actually said something sane,
  2521. you're right. Fuck.
  2522.  
  2523. JAMES (O.S.)
  2524. I'm still looking for cat girls.
  2525.  
  2526. PARKS
  2527. (into phone)
  2528. Alright then, talk to you later.
  2529.  
  2530. JAMES (O.S.)
  2531. Wait, Dave-
  2532.  
  2533. Parks hangs up the phone, puts his car in gear and goes to
  2534.  
  2535.  
  2536. INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - DAY
  2537.  
  2538. Layla and Elena sit in there.
  2539.  
  2540. Layla sips some tea. Elena is in the kitchen.
  2541.  
  2542. Elena looks back.
  2543.  
  2544. ELENA
  2545. Hey, Dave- What happened?
  2546.  
  2547. PARKS
  2548. I'm gonna rest.
  2549.  
  2550. Parks walks to the couch and sits down. His eyes are ragged
  2551. as he takes a throw pillow next to him and holds it tight.
  2552.  
  2553. Elena scoots over and watches Parks.
  2554.  
  2555. LAYLA
  2556. It wasn't your fault, Dave. You're
  2557. still looking for who got Lance,
  2558. right?
  2559.  
  2560. Parks nods. He opens his mouth to say something, but stops.
  2561.  
  2562. PARKS
  2563. I can't say anything about the
  2564. investigation, sorry.
  2565.  
  2566. Parks carries a troubled look.
  2567.  
  2568. The events of the shootout play out in his mind.
  2569.  
  2570.  
  2571. EXT. DESERT HIGHWAY - NIGHT
  2572.  
  2573. The world is silent.
  2574.  
  2575. He sees the concussion grenade roll in front of him and go
  2576. off.
  2577.  
  2578. Silence.
  2579.  
  2580. The chaos of the world around him stops.
  2581.  
  2582. Parks looks over at Hawkins. Hawkins turns his head with
  2583. black, darkened eyes.
  2584.  
  2585. HAWKINS
  2586. You could've done something, why
  2587. didn't you do anything Dave? THIS
  2588. IS YOUR FAUL-
  2589.  
  2590. ELENA (O.S.)
  2591. Dave!
  2592.  
  2593.  
  2594. INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - DAY
  2595.  
  2596. Parks sits there and shakes. Elena holds him.
  2597.  
  2598. Layla puts her hand on his shoulder.
  2599.  
  2600. LAYLA
  2601. Dave-
  2602.  
  2603. PARKS
  2604. Don't worry about it. I'm sorry.
  2605.  
  2606. LAYLA
  2607. For what?
  2608.  
  2609. PARKS
  2610. It's... I can't talk about it.
  2611.  
  2612. His voice trails off.
  2613.  
  2614. PARKS
  2615. I'm sorry, I don't know how to
  2616. explain it. It's my fault Hawkins
  2617. is dead, I should've been cover
  2618. officer, maybe then-
  2619.  
  2620. ELENA
  2621. Nothing would've done anything,
  2622. Dave.
  2623.  
  2624. PARKS
  2625. It doesn't feel that way.
  2626.  
  2627. His phone vibrates.
  2628.  
  2629. ELENA
  2630. Work again?
  2631.  
  2632. Parks nods.
  2633. An e-mail appears:
  2634. Mark.Diaz@gmail.com - Subject: You should be dead.
  2635.  
  2636. Parks opens the e-mail, stands up, and walks away from the
  2637. two.
  2638.  
  2639. He goes into the hallway and sits down.
  2640.  
  2641. LAYLA (O.S.)
  2642. He doesn't seem like he wants to
  2643. talk much.
  2644.  
  2645. ELENA (O.S.)
  2646. He's just processing it, give him
  2647. some time.
  2648.  
  2649. Parks goes into his bedroom where a desktop sits alongside a
  2650. small home office.
  2651.  
  2652. He boots up his high-end desktop and logs in.
  2653.  
  2654. Parks then opens up his department e-mail and looks at Diaz's
  2655. e-mail.
  2656.  
  2657. A report attached to it, the file reads, "Medical report
  2658. David Parks .pdf".
  2659.  
  2660. Parks opens up the document and begins to read it.
  2661. CC multistystems trauma/GSW. 27 y/o male, no prior hx. NKA.
  2662. pt is police officer who was shot/stabbed in shootout @ 0115
  2663. with EMS arrival on scene @ 0127, sts EMS.
  2664. -12 WHOLE MINUTES?!
  2665. Squad arrives @ 0142.
  2666. U/A pt presents as unconscious, responds to pain. GCS 8.
  2667. Squad has x2 14 gauge in right AC and forearm; NS wide open,
  2668. tourniquet on left arm superior to the elbow timed @ 0129.
  2669. the PT is diaphoretic, radial pulses absent but present at
  2670. the carotid.
  2671. Head is unremarkable, PERRL
  2672. -literally nothing
  2673. Neck/cpsine unremarkable, Neg tracheal deviation/distention
  2674. chest is negative for crepitus. significant ecchymosis to
  2675. left anterior breast centered around the third and fourth
  2676. intercostal space. Chest rise is equal without paradoxical
  2677. motion
  2678. abdomen is soft, unremarkable
  2679. pelvise is intact, unremarkable
  2680. --Nothing again, don't worry about this.
  2681. genitals and perineum are intact, unremarkable. rectal tone
  2682. present.
  2683. -At least you can still have kids, right?
  2684. right Shoulder has presence of two anterior and two
  2685. corresponding posterior gunshot wounds.
  2686. -Just keep following, you'll know why this is important in a
  2687. moment.
  2688. Significant laceration to anterior side of left arm, just
  2689. superior to the AC, appearing five inches across
  2690. -Your stab wound cut upward.
  2691. legs intact bilaterally
  2692. Back appears intact, neg for DCAPBTLS or sign of trauma to
  2693. spine
  2694. All bleeding is controlled
  2695. 0145  80/30 144 40
  2696. 0145 1 gram TXA infusion initiate
  2697. 0147 3x units of blood via rapid infuser
  2698. 0150 70/palp 156 50
  2699. 0155 66/palp 150 50
  2700. 0157 Fem art line established
  2701. 0158 3 more units of blood administered. Dr Stublett confirms
  2702. muffle heart tones, suspects cardiac tamponade, prepares for
  2703. cardiocentesis. orders chest decompression after as
  2704. precautionary measure.
  2705. 0159 pt enters PEA. Stublett immediately performs
  2706. cardiocentesis and trauma team begins resuscitation efforts.
  2707. 0203, 0205, and 0207, 1mg 1:10,000 epinephrine administered.
  2708. 3 additional units of blood started at 0204. no response
  2709. during CPR to treatments.
  2710. our hospital does not have the resources to perform
  2711. thoracotomy cardiac massage. Termination of resuscitative
  2712. efforts @ 0211.
  2713. -You're dead! At least, should be now.
  2714. By this time a large crowd of law enforcement officers and
  2715. other police staff have gathered outside the trauma room and
  2716. Dr Wilson and I attempt to find out who is in charge and who
  2717. should be talked to regarding pt's death.
  2718. -I would know, I was one of the reporters there! Well,
  2719. outside at least.
  2720. @ 0227 nurse Addison hears BP alarm from Fem art line and
  2721. goes to shut off both art monitoring and the blood infuser
  2722. which had been left on. The nurse discovers that the pt's BP
  2723. is now 92/60 with a pulse of 137 and checks radial pulses
  2724. confirming ROSC. Team is immediately called back to room and
  2725. begins post-arrest. care.
  2726. -Someone left your equipment on. I wonder why.
  2727. post arrest labs reveal troponin of only 0.07. PaCO2 is
  2728. elevated to 101 mmHG prior to ventilation, but blood pH
  2729. remains at 7.36. I cannot explain these findings.
  2730. -But I can.
  2731.  
  2732. Right below, a video file is attached below the report.
  2733. "Security footage .mp4".
  2734.  
  2735. Parks opens the file and a video plays.
  2736.  
  2737. It's Dawn in a set of scrubs.
  2738.  
  2739. PARKS
  2740. What the fuck...
  2741.  
  2742. She looks to her left and right. Dawn approaches Parks's
  2743. body.
  2744.  
  2745. She takes a blue syringe out of her jacket and looks on at
  2746. the IV line hooked up to him.
  2747.  
  2748. Dawn injects it into Parks's IV line, then looks up at the
  2749. camera, wide eyed.
  2750.  
  2751. The footage ends.
  2752.  
  2753. PARKS
  2754. She's the one... Why? The
  2755. investigation... Is she cartel?
  2756.  
  2757. Parks looks down and shakes his head in confusion.
  2758.  
  2759. Parks gets back to work after this and opens up a word
  2760. document, and begins to take screenshots of the IV.
  2761.  
  2762. Parks does all this and puts it in a draft.
  2763.  
  2764. A moment later, Elena opens the door behind him.
  2765.  
  2766. PARKS
  2767. What's up?
  2768.  
  2769. ELENA
  2770. Was wondering if you wanted to join
  2771. us for dinner.
  2772.  
  2773. Parks cracks a smile.
  2774.  
  2775. PARKS
  2776. Shit, already?
  2777.  
  2778. He checks the time.
  2779.  
  2780. It's 7PM.
  2781.  
  2782. PARKS
  2783. Oh. Shit. Already.
  2784.  
  2785. Elena carries a look of annoyance.
  2786.  
  2787. ELENA
  2788. Yeah. Already.
  2789.  
  2790. PARKS
  2791. Sure, I'll eat.
  2792.  
  2793. He grabs his phone off the table and follows her.
  2794.  
  2795.  
  2796. PARKS'S DINING ROOM
  2797.  
  2798. Parks continues to look at his phone.
  2799.  
  2800. A "sent" message appears to Jon.Stanton1983@PPD.gov
  2801.  
  2802. LAYLA
  2803. ...He took me to New York with the
  2804. money he saved up. We walked
  2805. through Central Park and it was the
  2806. happiest I'd been.
  2807.  
  2808. Parks continues to look at his phone for updates from
  2809. Stanton.
  2810.  
  2811. LAYLA
  2812. He wanted to be a cop after some
  2813. guy tried to mug us. He stepped in
  2814. after a guy walked up to me with a
  2815. revolver...
  2816.  
  2817. ELENA
  2818. What did he do?
  2819.  
  2820. Elena taps Parks on the leg.
  2821.  
  2822. Parks looks up from his phone.
  2823.  
  2824. Layla notices this.
  2825.  
  2826. LAYLA
  2827. He almost got shot trying to keep
  2828. the gun away from me. Next thing I
  2829. knew, two cops were breaking up a
  2830. fight and I had to explain to them
  2831. Lance wasn't the one who started
  2832. anything. They let us go and enjoy
  2833. the rest of our time in New York,
  2834. but after he said he loved it.
  2835.  
  2836. ELENA
  2837. Loved it?
  2838.  
  2839. LAYLA
  2840. The danger. We've been together
  2841. since freshman year of high school.
  2842. Had the worst look on his face when
  2843. the Army turned him down. Said he
  2844. wanted to get shot at and save
  2845. people kinda like your husband
  2846. here.
  2847.  
  2848. PARKS
  2849. Didn't do much of that.
  2850.  
  2851. LAYLA
  2852. He said you were a dick, but that
  2853. he respected you.
  2854.  
  2855. PARKS
  2856. I couldn't save him...
  2857.  
  2858. LAYLA
  2859. You were so good to him! One day,
  2860. he came home and told me about when
  2861. they filled his locker full of
  2862. shaving cream before his shift
  2863. ended.
  2864.  
  2865. Parks chuckles at this.
  2866.  
  2867. PARKS
  2868. I'm aware. I helped with it.
  2869.  
  2870. Layla gives a chuckle at that.
  2871.  
  2872. He just shrugs at this as his phone vibrates.
  2873.  
  2874. The contact reads, "Stanton".
  2875.  
  2876. PARKS
  2877. Hang on, I gotta take this. Sorry.
  2878.  
  2879. He steps outside.
  2880.  
  2881.  
  2882. EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - NIGHT
  2883.  
  2884. Parks picks takes the call.
  2885.  
  2886. PARKS
  2887. Yeah?
  2888.  
  2889. A different voice enters the speaker.
  2890.  
  2891. STEELE (O.S.)
  2892. Parks, we want you down at the
  2893. station, your union rep is already
  2894. waiting for you.
  2895.  
  2896. PARKS
  2897. (mouthing)
  2898. Fuck...
  2899.  
  2900. Parks rolls his eyes.
  2901.  
  2902. PARKS
  2903. Yeah, I'll be on my way.
  2904.  
  2905. He goes back inside.
  2906.  
  2907.  
  2908. PARKS'S DINING ROOM
  2909.  
  2910. Parks comes in with a sigh as he shuts the door behind him.
  2911. He walks over to Elena and gives her a kiss on the cheek.
  2912.  
  2913. PARKS
  2914. They need me back at the station,
  2915. probably nothing.
  2916.  
  2917. Elena cocks an eyebrow at this.
  2918.  
  2919. ELENA
  2920. Alright love, just tell me what's
  2921. going on when you get back.
  2922.  
  2923. PARKS
  2924. I will.
  2925.  
  2926. Parks leaves as the door closes behind him.
  2927.  
  2928.  
  2929. INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT
  2930.  
  2931. Parks walks inside. Steele waits for him alongside Stanton.
  2932.  
  2933. Steele gives a grin to Parks.
  2934.  
  2935. STEELE
  2936. How you doing Dave? Your wound heal
  2937. already?
  2938.  
  2939. Parks gives a look of disgust.
  2940.  
  2941. PARKS
  2942. I'm great. The wound did heal.
  2943.  
  2944. STEELE
  2945. Pretty good looking for someone who
  2946. got shot only days ago.
  2947.  
  2948. Parks gives Stanton a look. Stanton nods at him.
  2949.  
  2950. STEELE
  2951. And I was really moved by what you
  2952. said about your partner.
  2953.  
  2954. PARKS
  2955. Th-Thanks...
  2956.  
  2957. Parks carries a look of suspicion.
  2958.  
  2959. STEELE
  2960. Relax, Dave-
  2961.  
  2962. PARKS
  2963. Cut the shit, why am I here?
  2964.  
  2965. STEELE
  2966. Let's take a walk.
  2967.  
  2968. The three walk together into the
  2969.  
  2970.  
  2971. FORENSICS LAB
  2972.  
  2973. Security footage of the video Parks sent to Stanton.
  2974.  
  2975. STEELE
  2976. You know that lady? You can be
  2977. honest with me, relax.
  2978.  
  2979. Parks shakes his head.
  2980.  
  2981. PARKS
  2982. Never seen her before.
  2983.  
  2984. STEELE
  2985. Me neither, but I had someone run
  2986. some facial recognition.
  2987.  
  2988. Steele gets on the computer and pulls up a facebook profile
  2989. that reads, "Dawn Michelle Paulsen".
  2990.  
  2991. PARKS
  2992. That's...
  2993.  
  2994. STEELE
  2995. As it turns out, she was at the
  2996. hospital-
  2997.  
  2998. STANTON
  2999. -And posing as a federal agent.
  3000.  
  3001. STEELE
  3002. So you got anything to say about
  3003. that? You were one of the what?
  3004. Lucky 28?
  3005.  
  3006. Parks takes a deep breath and then gives a glare to Steele.
  3007.  
  3008. PARKS
  3009. I don't like talking about what
  3010. happened over there.
  3011.  
  3012. STEELE
  3013. Funnily, she's related to a combat
  3014. medic with the same name with the
  3015. same name. Different spellings
  3016. though.
  3017.  
  3018. PARKS
  3019. What are you saying?
  3020.  
  3021. STEELE
  3022. If you're on someone's payroll, you
  3023. can always come clean. Nothing bad
  3024. will happe-
  3025.  
  3026. PARKS
  3027. I'm not.
  3028.  
  3029. Then tell me about this.
  3030.  
  3031. He pulls up another security tape.
  3032.  
  3033. Parks stands in an elevator, his gun out.
  3034.  
  3035. PARKS
  3036. I had a credible lead!
  3037.  
  3038. STEELE
  3039. And you didn't tell us. We get it,
  3040. man.
  3041.  
  3042. PARKS
  3043. I had to make sure!
  3044.  
  3045. Parks carries a look of realization.
  3046.  
  3047. STEELE
  3048. We also have a sworn statement that
  3049. says you took a bribe-
  3050.  
  3051. PARKS
  3052. That's outlandish, the hell?!
  3053.  
  3054. STEELE
  3055. Yup. Come on Parks, we're on your
  3056. side here.
  3057.  
  3058. PARKS
  3059. Where the hell is my union rep? I
  3060. ain't saying shit now.
  3061.  
  3062. STEELE
  3063. Well you're already too far in now.
  3064. Let's get this figured out.
  3065.  
  3066.  
  3067. INTERROGATION ROOM
  3068.  
  3069. Parks sits there.
  3070.  
  3071. The door in front of him opens.
  3072.  
  3073. Nelson walks through.
  3074.  
  3075. NELSON
  3076. You're lucky to still have a job.
  3077. You're free to go, all their
  3078. evidence was circumstantial.
  3079.  
  3080. Nelson moves his mouth next to Parks's ear.
  3081.  
  3082. NELSON
  3083. (whispering)
  3084. Whatever you're chasing, it better
  3085. be good. These guys are fixing to
  3086. bury you now.
  3087.  
  3088. Parks gives a stunned look.
  3089.  
  3090. PARKS
  3091. Thanks...
  3092.  
  3093. NELSON
  3094. Best of luck. Your friend's outside
  3095. waiting.
  3096.  
  3097. Parks nods at this.
  3098.  
  3099. He walks outside to
  3100.  
  3101.  
  3102. EXT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT
  3103.  
  3104. James sits in Parks's car and smokes a cigarette.
  3105.  
  3106. He looks at Parks and motions for him.
  3107.  
  3108. JAMES
  3109. Come on, I'm taking you home.
  3110.  
  3111. PARKS
  3112. I'm driving, my car.
  3113.  
  3114. JAMES
  3115. That wasn't part of the deal.
  3116.  
  3117. PARKS
  3118. Deal?
  3119.  
  3120. James rolls his eyes.
  3121.  
  3122. JAMES
  3123. Don't fucking worry 'bout it.
  3124.  
  3125. Parks opens his car door and gets in.
  3126.  
  3127.  
  3128. INT. PARKS'S CAR - NIGHT
  3129.  
  3130. PARKS
  3131. Can you not fucking smoke in my
  3132. car? Jesus, you haven't changed.
  3133.  
  3134. He looks at the box of Lucky Strikes in the cupholder.
  3135.  
  3136. JAMES
  3137. You have.
  3138.  
  3139. Parks shakes his head.
  3140.  
  3141. PARKS
  3142. Whatever, that doesn't fucking
  3143. matter dude. What deal? What did
  3144. they pay you for?
  3145.  
  3146. JAMES
  3147. I'm just supposed to drive you
  3148. home.
  3149.  
  3150. Parks cocks an eyebrow.
  3151.  
  3152. PARKS
  3153. What? That's it? Nelson pai-
  3154.  
  3155. JAMES
  3156. Money got wired into my account.
  3157. They said they'd pay for an Uber
  3158. once I got you to your place.
  3159.  
  3160. James merges onto a highway that reads "I-17 North, Black
  3161. Canyon/Flagstaff".
  3162.  
  3163. His eyes constantly scan the road in front and around him.
  3164.  
  3165. JAMES
  3166. What I don't know is why this group
  3167. has a vested interest in you, a
  3168. cop.
  3169.  
  3170. PARKS
  3171. Mind if I take a look?
  3172.  
  3173. James takes his phone out of his pocket and holds his free
  3174. hand out for Parks.
  3175.  
  3176. JAMES
  3177. Knock yourself out.
  3178.  
  3179. Parks takes his phone. The glow illuminates James's face as
  3180. Parks looks at the text.
  3181.  
  3182. TEXT
  3183. 5,000 dollars to get your friend
  3184. home. Sincerely, an interested
  3185. party.
  3186.  
  3187. Parks screenshots the text and tabs out to James's home
  3188. screen that shows a harem of cat girls.
  3189.  
  3190. His phone vibrates as he sends the screenshot to himself.
  3191.  
  3192. PARKS
  3193. What made you want to help me?
  3194.  
  3195. JAMES
  3196. Well, disregarding the 5k
  3197. supposedly being transferred into
  3198. my account, and disregarding the
  3199. fact that your position as a cop
  3200. violates the non aggression
  3201. principle- I really want to find
  3202. out whether cat girls are rea-
  3203.  
  3204. PARKS
  3205. Oh my fucking god.
  3206.  
  3207. JAMES
  3208. You'll know. One day, you'll see
  3209. them and question everything you
  3210. know. I would know, I did.
  3211.  
  3212. PARKS
  3213. Look, the day cat girls are real is
  3214. the day I eat my 9mm.
  3215.  
  3216. Police lights flash behind them.
  3217.  
  3218. JAMES
  3219. God fucking damn it.
  3220.  
  3221. PARKS
  3222. ...Eat my gun... Damn it.
  3223.  
  3224. James pulls the car onto the right shoulder of the freeway.
  3225.  
  3226. Parks looks at the mirror.
  3227.  
  3228. The cars are unmarked Crown Vics.
  3229.  
  3230. PARKS
  3231. Wait a fucking second...
  3232.  
  3233. JAMES
  3234. Problem?
  3235.  
  3236. Parks reaches for his Glock.
  3237.  
  3238. The officer on Parks's side steps closer and reveals himself
  3239. full of face tattoos.
  3240.  
  3241. James looks at Parks with wide eyes as he looks to his side.
  3242. The officer's arm is covered with tats.
  3243.  
  3244. PARKS
  3245. DRIVE!
  3246.  
  3247. James puts the car in gear and slams his foot on the gas.
  3248.  
  3249. PARKS
  3250. GO GO GO!
  3251.  
  3252. The one approaching runs back to his car as the other two
  3253. cars pursue.
  3254.  
  3255. James watches the rear view mirror and pulls out his phone,
  3256. then turns the volume knob all the way up.
  3257.  
  3258. A grin materializes on James's face.
  3259.  
  3260. Running in the 90s by Dave Rodgers plays on the radio.
  3261.  
  3262. JAMES
  3263. Let's do this...
  3264.  
  3265. The highway in front of them stands empty as two of the
  3266. cruisers try to catch up.
  3267.  
  3268. James turns the car to the right and takes an exit.
  3269.  
  3270. Parks watches behind him as the cruisers follow the two.
  3271.  
  3272. James looks down at the transmission.
  3273.  
  3274. JAMES
  3275. Fuckin' automatic... PIECE OF SHIT!
  3276.  
  3277. The cruisers behind follow even closer.
  3278.  
  3279. James slows the car down and hangs a right turn right before
  3280. traffic starts.
  3281.  
  3282. The cruisers behind the two screech to halt.
  3283.  
  3284. One makes it through and continues to tail the two.
  3285.  
  3286. Parks gets his phone out and dials 911.
  3287.  
  3288. He puts the phone to his ear. He looks at his phone.
  3289.  
  3290. PARKS
  3291. I got no reception!
  3292.  
  3293. JAMES
  3294. Got it!
  3295.  
  3296. The cruiser continues to follow.
  3297.  
  3298. James looks at the road around him as it tails them.
  3299.  
  3300. Parks raises his handgun and raises it toward the cruiser.
  3301.  
  3302. PARKS
  3303. I don't think I can do this James!
  3304.  
  3305. JAMES
  3306. I DON'T THINK THEY AGREE, DAVE!
  3307.  
  3308. The cruiser pulls further away from the two and then comes
  3309. back to ram them.
  3310.  
  3311. Parks takes a breath as he watches the other guy pull out his
  3312. gun.
  3313.  
  3314. Parks's eyes widen.
  3315.  
  3316. James slams the brakes and watches the other car crash into a
  3317. wall.
  3318.  
  3319. The two watch as both of them get out of the car dressed in
  3320. Phoenix Police uniforms.
  3321.  
  3322. PARKS
  3323. Christ...
  3324.  
  3325. James guns the engine and continues to drive forward.
  3326.  
  3327. JAMES
  3328. Who did you piss off Dave?
  3329.  
  3330. Parks looks behind him and holsters his handgun.
  3331.  
  3332. PARKS
  3333. I don't know. I don't.
  3334.  
  3335. JAMES
  3336. Christ. I might be fucking nuts for
  3337. chasing cat girls, but at least
  3338. people have the common decency not
  3339. to shoot me over them! Then again,
  3340. if they do, they probably are real
  3341. and someone's covering it up.
  3342.  
  3343. Parks sits back in his seat and takes a deep breath. James
  3344. turns off the music.
  3345.  
  3346. PARKS
  3347. Do you hear yourself right now? Are
  3348. you this self-aware?
  3349.  
  3350. James just shrugs and makes a right turn into Parks's
  3351. neighborhood.
  3352.  
  3353. JAMES
  3354. Whoever is chasing you, you and I
  3355. both need them dead.
  3356.  
  3357. PARKS
  3358. Wait, wait, wait. You're gonna
  3359. fucking kill them?
  3360.  
  3361. JAMES
  3362. I mean, yeah, why not?
  3363.  
  3364. PARKS
  3365. We need them alive-
  3366.  
  3367. JAMES
  3368. You saw what happens when you
  3369. spring them in jail, some fucking
  3370. fed bails them out. This is how I'm
  3371. doing this. If it weren't for me,
  3372. those guys would've blown your
  3373. fuckin' brains out!
  3374.  
  3375. Parks sits there and sighs.
  3376.  
  3377. PARKS
  3378. If those were real cops...
  3379.  
  3380. JAMES
  3381. They weren't. You made the right
  3382. call Dave.
  3383.  
  3384. James makes another turn.
  3385.  
  3386. PARKS
  3387. I don't think I'm very good at
  3388. that.
  3389.  
  3390. JAMES
  3391. You were better than any MP
  3392. stateside or in country. I mean,
  3393. choice wise. You were shit at your
  3394. job.
  3395.  
  3396. PARKS
  3397. I didn't care. Those guys were
  3398. fucking retards.
  3399.  
  3400. JAMES
  3401. Thanks for giving me my pressure
  3402. cooker back. We're even now and I
  3403. get five grand.
  3404.  
  3405. PARKS
  3406. Whatever works for you dude.
  3407.  
  3408. The car makes another turn into
  3409.  
  3410.  
  3411. EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - NIGHT
  3412.  
  3413. James's hatchback sits outside the house. The lights are on
  3414. inside.
  3415.  
  3416.  
  3417. INT. PARKS'S GARAGE - NIGHT
  3418.  
  3419. The car pulls into the garage.
  3420.  
  3421. James sighs.
  3422.  
  3423. JAMES
  3424. Dave. Rest. Just do that. I get
  3425. paid, you solve your case. I go
  3426. find my cat girls.
  3427.  
  3428. Parks just chuckles.
  3429.  
  3430. PARKS
  3431. Fuck, dude.
  3432.  
  3433. The two get out.
  3434.  
  3435. James tosses Parks his keys.
  3436.  
  3437. JAMES
  3438. Fucking rest dude. They'll still be
  3439. out there trust me. The bad guys
  3440. always are.
  3441.  
  3442. PARKS
  3443. You are something else, you know
  3444. that?
  3445.  
  3446. James shrugs.
  3447.  
  3448. JAMES
  3449. We're all the main characters in
  3450. our own stories, Dave.
  3451.  
  3452. Parks just shoots a confused look.
  3453.  
  3454. PARKS
  3455. What?!
  3456.  
  3457. James lights up a cigarette and gets into his car.
  3458.  
  3459.  
  3460. INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - NIGHT
  3461.  
  3462. Parks comes home.
  3463.  
  3464. PARKS
  3465. Hey, sweetheart.
  3466.  
  3467. He passes out on the couch.
  3468.  
  3469. Elena walks over with a blanket. She holds Parks and pulls
  3470. the blanket up.
  3471.  
  3472. PARKS
  3473. (exhausted)
  3474. I need to fucking rest.
  3475.  
  3476.  
  3477. INT. POLICE STATION - DAY
  3478.  
  3479.  
  3480. SUPERIMPOSE: THREE DAYS LATER
  3481.  
  3482. Parks has the metal briefcase on his desk and scans different
  3483. documents onto it. He looks refreshed, his eyes look rested.
  3484.  
  3485. Parks has a lollipop in his mouth.
  3486.  
  3487. Nelson walks over to Parks's desk and watches him.
  3488.  
  3489. NELSON
  3490. How was your break Parks?
  3491.  
  3492. PARKS
  3493. Can't complain. It was good, yeah.
  3494.  
  3495. NELSON
  3496. No trouble?
  3497.  
  3498. PARKS
  3499. None at all.
  3500.  
  3501. Parks gives Nelson a grin.
  3502.  
  3503. NELSON
  3504. Any leads?
  3505.  
  3506. PARKS
  3507. I got one. Looks like someone I
  3508. think I might know. I have to make
  3509. sure though.
  3510.  
  3511. Nelson gives him a nod.
  3512.  
  3513. NELSON
  3514. Keep at it then.
  3515.  
  3516. Parks looks at a file folder.
  3517.  
  3518. "Dawn Michelle Paulsen", Knight Pharmaceuticals Employee
  3519. #4382
  3520.  
  3521. PARKS
  3522. Doc?
  3523.  
  3524. Parks opens up the file.
  3525.  
  3526. A mugshot of Dawn falls out of the file.
  3527.  
  3528. PARKS
  3529. Arrested for selling and possession
  3530. in 2010 by the Santa Barbara PD.
  3531.  
  3532. Parks goes back to his computer.
  3533.  
  3534. With one hand, he pulls the security footage up on his
  3535. computer.
  3536.  
  3537. He sets the file down next to the keyboard and picks the
  3538. photo of Dawn up.
  3539.  
  3540. Parks shakes his head.
  3541.  
  3542. PARKS
  3543. Got nothing to fucking link them
  3544. with...
  3545.  
  3546. His eyes widen.
  3547.  
  3548. Parks takes out his phone. He looks through his contacts.
  3549.  
  3550. "Doc, contact in case of emergency" sits as one of the
  3551. contacts there.
  3552.  
  3553. PARKS
  3554. Fuck, man... Worst I can be is
  3555. wrong, right?
  3556.  
  3557. He looks at the contact for a moment.
  3558.  
  3559. Parks looks down in discomfort as he looks at the phone. He
  3560. puts it down and gets on his computer.
  3561.  
  3562. PARKS
  3563. Maybe I can just...
  3564.  
  3565. He gets on his computer and searches up her name on Facebook.
  3566.  
  3567. "Dawn Michelle Paulsen" appears in the search bar.
  3568.  
  3569. He sifts through the results.
  3570.  
  3571. "Dawn Paulsen, Doctor at Knight Pharmaceuticals - Corporate"
  3572. shows up as one of the results.
  3573.  
  3574. He clicks it and finds her profile is public.
  3575.  
  3576. Parks scrolls through it and stops on a post.
  3577.  
  3578. Dawn stands among a group of other doctors in a corporate
  3579. photo. Parks saves this photo and prints it out, then places
  3580. it on top of a scanner.
  3581.  
  3582. With a deep breath, he looks up the address.
  3583.  
  3584. He gets it, stands up, puts his gun on, and makes his way
  3585. out.
  3586.  
  3587. He gets in his car and drives across a highway to
  3588.  
  3589.  
  3590. EXT. CORPORATE BUILDING - DAY
  3591.  
  3592. The building bustles with activity. Delivery trucks enter as
  3593. people head home.
  3594.  
  3595. Others head inside to start their day, as others sit outside
  3596. as they smoke cigarettes.
  3597.  
  3598. One sits with his lunch out and watches the cars pass.
  3599.  
  3600. Parks pulls up in an unmarked Crown Victoria.
  3601.  
  3602. He lowers the window and flashes his badge at the security
  3603. guard at the door.
  3604.  
  3605. PARKS
  3606. Howdy there, Detective Parks,
  3607. Phoenix Police Department. I need
  3608. to speak with a Dawn Paulsen.
  3609.  
  3610. The security guard looks up this name.
  3611.  
  3612. SECURITY GUARD 1
  3613. Paulsen, Paulsen...
  3614.  
  3615. PARKS
  3616. You're looking for Doctor Paulsen,
  3617. right?
  3618.  
  3619. Parks nods.
  3620.  
  3621. SECURITY GUARD
  3622. Got it. See the receptionist when
  3623. you get inside.
  3624.  
  3625. The guard lifts the gate.
  3626.  
  3627. IND SECURITY GUARD 1
  3628. Go on in.
  3629.  
  3630. Parks pulls inside
  3631.  
  3632. CUT TO:
  3633.  
  3634.  
  3635. INT. KNIGHT PHARMACEUTICALS ENTRANCE - DAY
  3636.  
  3637. Parks flashes his badge at two security guards.
  3638.  
  3639. PARKS
  3640. Detective Parks, Phoenix Police.
  3641.  
  3642. They let him through.
  3643.  
  3644. Parks walks over to the receptionist.
  3645.  
  3646. PARKS
  3647. Looking for a Dawn-
  3648.  
  3649. DAWN
  3650. Detective!
  3651.  
  3652. DAWN PAULSEN, (32) walks over, a clipboard in hand.
  3653.  
  3654. She sets it down.
  3655.  
  3656. PARKS
  3657. Miss Paulsen? Let's just cut to the
  3658. chase here.
  3659.  
  3660. She stands there, attentive.
  3661.  
  3662. PARKS
  3663. Where were you four nights ago?
  3664.  
  3665. Dawn looks down. Her eyes widen.
  3666.  
  3667. DAWN
  3668. Look, I had no other choice, I was
  3669. roped in with him.
  3670.  
  3671. PARKS
  3672. That's good to hear. Turn around,
  3673. hands on the back of your head.
  3674.  
  3675. She does what Parks says.
  3676.  
  3677. PARKS
  3678. Interlace your fingers. Anything on
  3679. you I should worry about?
  3680.  
  3681. DAWN
  3682. No, but they're gonna kill me.
  3683. Don't you realize that?
  3684.  
  3685. Parks searches her.
  3686.  
  3687. PARKS
  3688. Maybe you should think about these
  3689. things before you get into 'em,
  3690. huh?
  3691.  
  3692. He places the cuffs on her.
  3693.  
  3694. DAWN
  3695. This is the safest place for me to
  3696. be, Parks. You're making a mistake.
  3697.  
  3698. The two move towards the exit.
  3699.  
  3700. PARKS
  3701. You know what was a mistake? Not
  3702. bothering to let me or anyone know
  3703. what the hell is going on. I don't
  3704. know what's going on.
  3705.  
  3706. DAWN
  3707. And that's for the best!
  3708.  
  3709. PARKS
  3710. Who killed Officer Hawkins? Where's
  3711. Torres's body? Work with me here.
  3712.  
  3713. She goes quiet. Dawn opens her mouth.
  3714.  
  3715. The two move outside.
  3716.  
  3717.  
  3718. EXT. CORPORATE BUILDING - DAY
  3719.  
  3720. Parks puts her in the backseat of the cruiser.
  3721.  
  3722. DAWN
  3723. You're going to get me killed,
  3724. Parks. You don't know what you're
  3725. up against here. This is bigger
  3726. than you and my brother.
  3727.  
  3728. Parks gets into the driver's seat.
  3729.  
  3730.  
  3731. INT. UNMARKED POLICE CRUISER - DAY
  3732.  
  3733. Parks chuckles.
  3734.  
  3735. PARKS
  3736. Really? And who is this brother of
  3737. yours?
  3738.  
  3739. He turns the ignition.
  3740.  
  3741. DAWN
  3742. Donovan Paulsen? "The Hero of
  3743. Houston". If you ask me, he's more
  3744. of a war criminal for supporting
  3745. the American imperialist regime-
  3746.  
  3747. Parks closes his eyes and takes a deep breath.
  3748.  
  3749. PARKS
  3750. Shut up.
  3751.  
  3752. He goes silent. His hands clutch the steering wheel.
  3753.  
  3754. PARKS
  3755. Fuck.
  3756.  
  3757. Parks massages his eyes.
  3758.  
  3759. DAWN
  3760. Surprised you couldn't have put two
  3761. and two together there, detective.
  3762.  
  3763. PARKS
  3764. Son of a bitch...
  3765.  
  3766. He looks back at her and takes a deep breath.
  3767.  
  3768. PARKS
  3769. Miss Paulsen, at this time you have
  3770. the right to remain silent,
  3771. anything you say can and will be
  3772. used against you in a court of law,
  3773. you have the right to an attorney,
  3774. if you cannot afford one, one will
  3775. be appointed to you, do you
  3776. understand these rights as they've
  3777. been read?
  3778.  
  3779. DAWN
  3780. Yeah. Fine. You'll be talking to my
  3781. lawyers soon.
  3782.  
  3783. She sits back in silence.
  3784.  
  3785. Parks drives forward.
  3786.  
  3787. PARKS
  3788. 1532, dispatch, show us en route to
  3789. station, one suspect in custody.
  3790.  
  3791. DAWN
  3792. You're gonna get me killed!
  3793.  
  3794. Parks rolls his eyes and continues to drive forward.
  3795.  
  3796.  
  3797. EXT. CITY - DAY
  3798.  
  3799. The cruiser drives through the city streets. The city around
  3800. them moves around, the car stops in traffic, and people go on
  3801. about their lives.
  3802.  
  3803. The car stops at an intersection.
  3804.  
  3805.  
  3806. INT. POLICE CRUISER - DAY
  3807.  
  3808. The car pulls forward. Dawn sits in the back. She looks out
  3809. the side of the cruiser.
  3810.  
  3811. Her eyes widen.
  3812.  
  3813. DAWN
  3814. DETECTIVE PARKS-
  3815.  
  3816. The car gets rammed on the driver's side. Parks's airbag
  3817. deploys as his head slams into the steering wheel. The
  3818. windshield is busted.
  3819.  
  3820. The cruiser goes into a spin.
  3821.  
  3822. It stops in the middle of the intersection.
  3823.  
  3824. Parks's head is in the airbag. Blood drips down from his
  3825. head.
  3826.  
  3827. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1 (O.S.)
  3828. Be advised, securing the package.
  3829.  
  3830. An arm reaches over and the car unlocks.
  3831.  
  3832. Parks tries to take off his seatbelt.
  3833.  
  3834. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 2
  3835. HE'S MOVING!
  3836.  
  3837. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  3838. Cease fi-
  3839.  
  3840. Parks opens his eyes, looks forward, and watches the muzzle
  3841. blast of a shotgun go through the broken in windshield.
  3842.  
  3843. Parks gets slammed against the seat and slumps over the
  3844. center console.
  3845.  
  3846. A scream comes from the back.
  3847.  
  3848. DAWN (O.S.)
  3849. PARKS!
  3850.  
  3851. Dawn gets dragged out and a cloth sack gets put over her
  3852. head.
  3853.  
  3854. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  3855. Jesus fuck I just shot a cop...
  3856.  
  3857. Behind the cruiser, Dawn gets thrown into the back of a
  3858. minivan.
  3859.  
  3860. The door closes and the minivan drives off.
  3861.  
  3862.  
  3863. EXT. CITY - DAY
  3864.  
  3865. Parks opens the door and falls out of the cruiser. He groans
  3866. in pain as he takes his gun out. A cut sits on his head.
  3867.  
  3868. The minivan is long gone, what remains is Parks's smashed
  3869. cruiser which sits in ruin next to the pickup truck. Glass
  3870. and metal from both cars line the street.
  3871.  
  3872. Parks tries to stand up and looks around that cityscape
  3873. around him.
  3874.  
  3875. He coughs up once again and falls over.
  3876.  
  3877. Parks unbuttons his shirt and opens it. He looks at the hole
  3878. made by the 12 gauge shell.
  3879.  
  3880. Sirens in the distance.
  3881.  
  3882. Parks crawls back into his cruiser and takes out his radio's
  3883. handset.
  3884.  
  3885. PARKS
  3886. 1532,
  3887. (cough)
  3888. shots fired, officer down at
  3889. Central and third... Multiple armed
  3890. assailants travelling north in a
  3891. Ford Windstar minivan.
  3892.  
  3893. He coughs into the handset. He lets go of the microphone.
  3894.  
  3895. DISPATCH
  3896. (radio)
  3897. 10-4 1532, all units be advised
  3898. officer down at Central and third.
  3899. Suspects last seen fleeing north in
  3900. a Ford Windstar.
  3901.  
  3902. Parks lays back as the lights and sirens approach.
  3903.  
  3904. CUT TO:
  3905.  
  3906. Parks is wheeled into an ambulance on a stretcher.
  3907.  
  3908.  
  3909. INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY
  3910.  
  3911. Parks lays down in bed and looks at the ceiling.
  3912.  
  3913. The fan above him spins. Parks looks to his side. A cane sits
  3914. there.
  3915.  
  3916. The door opens, Steele walks in, a file in hand.
  3917.  
  3918. STEELE
  3919. Parks...
  3920.  
  3921. He sighs and massages his eyes.
  3922.  
  3923. STEELE
  3924. We talked to that reporter.
  3925.  
  3926. Steele shakes his head.
  3927.  
  3928. STEELE
  3929. The investigation against you has
  3930. been dropped. The search for Dawn
  3931. Paulsen has for all intents and
  3932. purposes gone cold.
  3933.  
  3934. Parks cocks an eyebrow.
  3935.  
  3936. PARKS
  3937. Weren't you fixing to bury me?
  3938.  
  3939. Steele shakes his head.
  3940.  
  3941. STEELE
  3942. I needed to scratch out all the
  3943. possibilities.
  3944.  
  3945. PARKS
  3946. Yeah?
  3947.  
  3948. Steele reaches into the file then passes him two stapled
  3949. pieces of paper.
  3950.  
  3951. STEELE
  3952. Keep your friend James out of
  3953. trouble.
  3954.  
  3955. Steele steps out.
  3956.  
  3957. Parks lays in bed and watches the ceiling fan. He looks over
  3958. at the bottle of painkillers next to him. Parks takes two
  3959. then gets out of bed and takes his IV off.
  3960.  
  3961. CUT TO:
  3962.  
  3963.  
  3964. INT. POLICE STATION - DAY
  3965.  
  3966. Parks massages his eyes.
  3967.  
  3968. He gets on his work computer and looks up "Dawn Paulsen" in a
  3969. Google search.
  3970.  
  3971. "Renowned Doctor Speaks out Against her Brother's Military
  3972. Service"
  3973.  
  3974. "People also searched for: "MSR Houston Incident"
  3975.  
  3976. PARKS
  3977. The hell's this gotta do with
  3978. anything?
  3979.  
  3980. Parks shakes his head and scratches his chin.
  3981.  
  3982. He jots a note down in his notepad:
  3983.  
  3984. "MSR Houston incident, Doctor Dawn Paulsen related?"
  3985.  
  3986. He opens up another tab, her Facebook page.
  3987.  
  3988. "Researcher at Knight Pharmaceuticals"
  3989.  
  3990. He puts another search in.
  3991.  
  3992. "Doctor Dawn Paulsen research"
  3993.  
  3994. No results.
  3995.  
  3996. OFFICER BAYLEY TURNER, (28) comes up behind him.
  3997.  
  3998. TURNER
  3999. Detective Parks?
  4000.  
  4001. Parks turns around.
  4002.  
  4003. PARKS
  4004. Yeah?
  4005.  
  4006. TURNER
  4007. I'm being assigned with you,
  4008. Detective.
  4009.  
  4010. It takes Parks a second to process this. Parks turns around
  4011. in his chair.
  4012.  
  4013. PARKS
  4014. You're kidding me right? You're
  4015. patrol.
  4016.  
  4017. Turner nods.
  4018.  
  4019. TURNER
  4020. They made a new task force, and
  4021. they wanted us on it as partners.
  4022.  
  4023. Parks motions for him to continue.
  4024.  
  4025. PARKS
  4026. Go on.
  4027.  
  4028. TURNER
  4029. They're going to be meeting in a
  4030. few minutes, they told me to come
  4031. get you.
  4032.  
  4033. Parks looks at his notes, then his Google search.
  4034.  
  4035. PARKS
  4036. Yeah, let's do it.
  4037.  
  4038. Parks brings his notepad with him.
  4039.  
  4040. He flips through the pages. He stops on one page.
  4041.  
  4042. "Who kidnapped Dawn Paulsen?"
  4043.  
  4044. A set of leads sits in there.
  4045.  
  4046. -"Matthews"?
  4047.  
  4048. -"Disgruntled Pharma employee"?
  4049.  
  4050. TURNER
  4051. What you looking at there?
  4052.  
  4053. PARKS
  4054. Case on that chick that was in the
  4055. back of my cruiser.
  4056.  
  4057. Turner nods.
  4058.  
  4059. TURNER
  4060. I think you'll like the task force,
  4061. Detective.
  4062.  
  4063. Parks stops and raises his hand. He looks burnt out.
  4064.  
  4065. Turner turns around.
  4066.  
  4067. PARKS
  4068. Just Dave.
  4069.  
  4070. TURNER
  4071. Huh?
  4072.  
  4073. PARKS
  4074. It's either Dave, or Parks- Not
  4075. Detective.
  4076.  
  4077. TURNER
  4078. Oh- Okay.
  4079.  
  4080. The two walk down the hallway to
  4081.  
  4082.  
  4083. INT. MEETING ROOM - DAY
  4084.  
  4085. A group stands around a meeting room table.
  4086.  
  4087. JACQUELINE "Jackie" Jackie, (29) stands there. She's 6"0,
  4088. average build, and has a decent sized rack.
  4089.  
  4090. She wears an open brown leather jacket with a blue shirt
  4091. inside with a pair of jeans. On her left she wears a Hartford
  4092. Police badge, on her right she wears a Glock 17.
  4093.  
  4094. She has her notes spread across the meeting table. Behind
  4095. her, a map of the United States with red pins in it. She
  4096. reads from a manila file folder.
  4097.  
  4098. TRAVIS RODGERS, (30) looks at this map. He's 6"1 with medium
  4099. length hair and brown eyes. He has a beard and wears a
  4100. beanie. He keeps a P320 on his right hip and an LAPD badge on
  4101. his left.
  4102.  
  4103. Parks puts up his hand.
  4104.  
  4105. PARKS
  4106. Howdy.
  4107.  
  4108. The two look up.
  4109.  
  4110. JACKIE
  4111. You must be the Phoenix detective.
  4112.  
  4113. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  4114. That he very much is.
  4115.  
  4116. The door closes behind Parks and Turner.
  4117.  
  4118. Matthews materializes behind Turner.
  4119.  
  4120. The door closes behind him.
  4121.  
  4122. Parks drops his notepad, then turns around.
  4123.  
  4124. Matthews stands behind him. He wears a Homeland Security
  4125. badge on a lanyard with a blue shirt, jeans, and a clip on
  4126. tie. A messenger bag sits next to him,
  4127.  
  4128. JACKIE
  4129. Looks like he's decently put
  4130. together.
  4131.  
  4132. Parks just looks at Jackie and winces.
  4133.  
  4134. MATTHEWS
  4135. He is, wouldn't have him here
  4136. otherwise.
  4137.  
  4138. Jackie looks up at Parks.
  4139.  
  4140. JACKIE
  4141. Been awhile, hasn't it Dave? Last
  4142. time we spoke, me and Elena were
  4143. sitting at your dinner table and
  4144. Donny and I were contemplating the
  4145. future.
  4146.  
  4147. Parks glances behind him at Matthews.
  4148.  
  4149. PARKS
  4150. And what do you got going on here
  4151. Matthews?
  4152.  
  4153. Matthews shoots him a grin.
  4154.  
  4155. MATTHEWS
  4156. Inter-agency cooperation. Welcome
  4157. to Task Force Liberty, Detective
  4158. Parks. You'll be helping the
  4159. federal government arrest a
  4160. trafficking ring that spans over
  4161. two states.
  4162.  
  4163. Parks nods.
  4164.  
  4165. PARKS
  4166. Right.
  4167.  
  4168. He goes to pick his notepad up and watches Matthews.
  4169.  
  4170. MATTHEWS
  4171. And, guess what?
  4172.  
  4173. Parks grabs his notepad and looks up at him.
  4174.  
  4175. MATTHEWS
  4176. You get to ride in the same car as
  4177. the wonderful, Miss Miller.
  4178.  
  4179. He motions to Jackie.
  4180.  
  4181. MATTHEWS
  4182. Detective Miller, could you clue
  4183. the Phoenix Police Department into
  4184. the operation we've got running
  4185. here?
  4186.  
  4187. Jackie nods and picks a remote up from the table.
  4188.  
  4189. She turns on the projector.
  4190.  
  4191. A map layout sits on screen. Two arrows lead through downtown
  4192. Phoenix.
  4193.  
  4194. Arrows block off the surrounding street, as a red arrow goes
  4195. through a main road.
  4196.  
  4197. It's a perimeter.
  4198.  
  4199. MILLER
  4200. We've received a tip from an inside
  4201. man, a driver of a truck carrying
  4202. over 40 children in it. It comes
  4203. through at 1800 hours.
  4204.  
  4205. Parks opens up a new page in his notepad and sketches the
  4206. map. He flips to another page and continues to jot down
  4207. notes.
  4208.  
  4209. Jackie takes a laser pointer and points at the screen.
  4210.  
  4211. MILLER
  4212. The truck should be coming through
  4213. here.
  4214.  
  4215. She makes circles the red arrow going up the street.
  4216.  
  4217. MILLER
  4218. We have two Phoenix Police
  4219. Department teams that Agent
  4220. Matthews and Detective Rodgers will
  4221. be coordinating. Park, you and I
  4222. are going to be trailing behind the
  4223. truck, we're gonna see if we can
  4224. get them to pull over in a marked
  4225. SUV. Any questions?
  4226.  
  4227. Parks raises his hand.
  4228.  
  4229. PARKS
  4230. You know I just got shot, right?
  4231.  
  4232. MILLER
  4233. Don't worry about it, it'll be a
  4234. quick one. We get the kids, you
  4235. become a hero, what's the worst
  4236. that could happen?
  4237.  
  4238. Parks's eyes widen.
  4239.  
  4240. PARKS
  4241. A lot, actually Detective. I'm sure
  4242. you know that in this line of work.
  4243.  
  4244. MILLER
  4245. We have all our bases covered here,
  4246. Parks.
  4247.  
  4248. PARKS
  4249. Sure we do.
  4250.  
  4251. Parks stands up.
  4252.  
  4253. PARKS
  4254. If that's everything, I'm gonna get
  4255. ready.
  4256.  
  4257.  
  4258. EXT. POLICE STATION - DAY
  4259.  
  4260. Parks steps out. He wears a pair of jeans with black boots, a
  4261. long sleeved flannel shirt, and a black plate carrier that
  4262. reads "POLICE" on the front of it.
  4263.  
  4264. Jackie pulls up in a marked Phoenix Police SUV.
  4265.  
  4266. Parks walks over to an unmarked cruiser and takes an AR with
  4267. a red dot out of it.
  4268.  
  4269. Jackie rolls down the window to the SUV.
  4270.  
  4271. MILLER
  4272. You're not gonna need that!
  4273.  
  4274. Parks starts putting magazines in his plate carrier pouches.
  4275.  
  4276. PARKS
  4277. You ever watch Black Hawk Down?
  4278.  
  4279. Parks holds his AR in one hand. The same rifle Hawkins held.
  4280. He holds it tighter and walks to the front of the SUV.
  4281.  
  4282.  
  4283. EXT. POLICE SUV - NIGHT
  4284.  
  4285. A police SUV sits in a dark alley. The tinted windows darken
  4286. the inside
  4287.  
  4288.  
  4289. INT. POLICE SUV - NIGHT
  4290.  
  4291. The rifle sits between his legs. The two are positioned at
  4292. the end of an alley.
  4293.  
  4294. Parks takes a deep breath.
  4295.  
  4296. PARKS
  4297. I feel alright.
  4298.  
  4299. JACKIE
  4300. If you want to stay at the end of
  4301. the street and take the perimeter,
  4302. that's fine you know.
  4303.  
  4304. Parks shakes his head.
  4305.  
  4306. PARKS
  4307. I got this shit.
  4308.  
  4309. He takes his rifle then checks his watch.
  4310.  
  4311. The truck drives by.
  4312.  
  4313. TURNER (O.S.)
  4314. (radio)
  4315. Eyes on the truck. Moving at a
  4316. slower rate of speed.
  4317.  
  4318. Jackie grabs the handset.
  4319.  
  4320. JACKIE
  4321. (radio)
  4322. Copy, keep eyes on him, we're
  4323. pulling out of the alley now.
  4324.  
  4325. Parks keeps his rifle tucked between his legs.
  4326.  
  4327. The SUV pulls out of the alley.
  4328.  
  4329.  
  4330. EXT. STREET - NIGHT
  4331.  
  4332. From up above, the SUV tails the truck.
  4333.  
  4334.  
  4335. INT. POLICE SUV - NIGHT
  4336.  
  4337. JACKIE
  4338. Light 'em up.
  4339.  
  4340. Parks hits the sound and light bar.
  4341.  
  4342. The truck pulls to the side and stops.
  4343.  
  4344.  
  4345. EXT. STREET - NIGHT
  4346.  
  4347. Parks gets out of the SUV, rifle pointed at the truck.
  4348.  
  4349. Jackie gets on the loudspeaker and holds it with her left
  4350. hand. In her right, she holds a Glock.
  4351.  
  4352. JACKIE
  4353. Occupants of the big rig truck,
  4354. this is the police! Come out of the
  4355. truck with your hands u-
  4356.  
  4357. A gunshot rings out.
  4358.  
  4359. Turner looks up from the front of his cruiser. He takes a
  4360. pump action shotgun out of the back of his cruiser.
  4361.  
  4362. TURNER
  4363. They're in the offices!
  4364.  
  4365. Parks takes his AR and starts scanning the rooftops. A rifle
  4366. sticks out of an open window. Parks lines his red dot up with
  4367. it and pulls the trigger. Muzzle flashes line the rooftops as
  4368. more rounds land on the cruiser.
  4369.  
  4370. PARKS
  4371. Get down!
  4372.  
  4373. The two take cover.
  4374.  
  4375. Jackie drops the handset. More gun shots ring out.
  4376.  
  4377. The light to the car goes out as rounds ping off the door,
  4378. then stop.
  4379.  
  4380. JACKIE
  4381. Motherfucker, it's an ambush!
  4382.  
  4383. Parks peaks over as smoke clouds appear in front of him.
  4384. Rounds begin to bounce off the metal of the cruiser as Parks
  4385. tries to peek out.
  4386.  
  4387. The driver's side of the truck opens. Two figures in fatigues
  4388. disappear through the smoke.
  4389.  
  4390. PARKS
  4391. What the hell?
  4392.  
  4393. The rounds pass Parks's head.
  4394.  
  4395. JACKIE
  4396. Parks, they're moving!
  4397.  
  4398. PARKS
  4399. I got it!
  4400.  
  4401. Parks runs forward into the smoke. He fires back at the
  4402. flashes through the smoke as he does so.
  4403.  
  4404. JACKIE
  4405. PARKS YOU FUCKING IDIOT!
  4406.  
  4407. Parks charges through the smoke. His rifle points forward. He
  4408. turns the light on it and spots two as they run into a
  4409. building. His light flashes in the darkness.
  4410.  
  4411. PARKS
  4412. Motherfucker!
  4413.  
  4414. He continues his charge.
  4415.  
  4416. Bullets fire past him, then stop.
  4417.  
  4418. JACKIE (O.S.)
  4419. (earpiece)
  4420. Parks, give me your 20!
  4421.  
  4422. PARKS
  4423. (radio)
  4424. Parking garage in pursuit of
  4425. suspects!
  4426.  
  4427. Parks runs inside and follows the two.
  4428.  
  4429.  
  4430. INT. PARKING GARAGE - NIGHT
  4431.  
  4432. The garage is almost empty. A few cars line the garage, but
  4433. other than that there's nothing to note. The two run up the
  4434. ramp as Parks continues to tail them. A militia soldier lays
  4435. dead.
  4436.  
  4437. Parks makes it up the ramp as a white van starts and screams
  4438. past him. Parks takes cover behind a parking lot pillar.
  4439.  
  4440. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  4441. We need the two Army guys dead!
  4442.  
  4443. Parks watches three of them get out of the van. The van
  4444. drives away and down the ramp.
  4445.  
  4446. PARKS
  4447. (radio)
  4448. You got a van on its way down
  4449. there, stop it! White Ford van!
  4450.  
  4451. Parks crouches down and peers out with his rifle. He moves to
  4452. cover while he does so. The militia soldiers wear all black
  4453. with black pants, balaclavas, and boots.
  4454.  
  4455. One goes down as Parks takes aim and a round goes through his
  4456. skull. The other two begin to fire at Parks. One charges at
  4457. him while the other keeps him pinned behind the car.
  4458.  
  4459. Parks waits for an opening.
  4460.  
  4461. He peers out as the guy who was charging him starts to change
  4462. his magazine. Parks peeks out, fires two into his chest and
  4463. one in his skull.
  4464.  
  4465. He falls down, dead.
  4466.  
  4467. Parks listens for a moment.
  4468.  
  4469. The sound of boots echoes through the garage. Parks peeks out
  4470. and watches the man's back turn.
  4471.  
  4472. He pulls the trigger as blood spatter exits his neck. Parks
  4473. pushes up and watches his right side. He checks his left and
  4474. enters
  4475.  
  4476. Parks goes into the office.
  4477.  
  4478. INT. OFFICE - NIGHT
  4479.  
  4480. More gunfire rings out
  4481.  
  4482. PARKS
  4483. Shit, shit, shit-
  4484.  
  4485. Parks follows the sound and continues to push.
  4486.  
  4487. The office is lit. The two in fatigues look around as one
  4488. tries a door. Parks trains his rifle on the two.
  4489.  
  4490. PARKS
  4491. POLICE, STOP!
  4492.  
  4493. The two make a run toward the other end of the office and cut
  4494. through cubicles in the process.
  4495.  
  4496. Parks moves towards the other side. He keeps his rifle
  4497. forward as he does so.
  4498.  
  4499. More gunshots ring out nearby.
  4500.  
  4501. The sound of a door opening.
  4502.  
  4503. A voice lets out a groan of pain.
  4504.  
  4505. A thud echoes through the office. Parks stops and makes his
  4506. way over.
  4507.  
  4508. Parks looks into an open door with a stairwell.
  4509.  
  4510. NICHOLAS "NICK" FLETCHER, (mid-30s) has someone pinned to the
  4511. ground.
  4512.  
  4513. NICK
  4514. Stupid cunt! Imagine the pain she's
  4515. going through!
  4516.  
  4517. One of the other fatigues appears behind him with a fire
  4518. extinguisher and hits him in the back of with it.
  4519.  
  4520. CONRAD
  4521. COME ON, LET'S GO DOC!
  4522.  
  4523. The voice makes Parks's eye widen in disbelief.
  4524.  
  4525. PARKS
  4526. No fucking way...
  4527.  
  4528. The two begin to run down the stairs. Parks sees the one
  4529. knocked out next to him. He gets on his earpiece.
  4530.  
  4531. PARKS
  4532. Be advised, two suspects wearing
  4533. military fatigues running down the
  4534. east stairwell of the Lifeline
  4535. Insurance Agency.
  4536.  
  4537. JACKIE
  4538. 10-4, on our way.
  4539.  
  4540. The radio squawks once again.
  4541.  
  4542. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  4543. (radio)
  4544. Detective Parks and Miller, I will
  4545. be taking control of this situation
  4546. with Homeland Security, I am
  4547. requesting you two follow the
  4548. suspects, DHS will intercept.
  4549.  
  4550. Parks takes the unconscious Nick's hands and cuffs them.
  4551.  
  4552. Parks continues to drag Nick behind cover.
  4553.  
  4554. PARKS
  4555. (radio)
  4556. NOT NOW, Matthews!
  4557.  
  4558. Parks reloads his rifle and keeps it trained at the door.
  4559.  
  4560. More gunshots ring out. Sirens sound in the distance.
  4561.  
  4562. TURNER
  4563. (radio)
  4564. Parks I got eyes on the second
  4565. suspect coming down the insurance
  4566. staircase, OH SHIT!
  4567.  
  4568. The radio goes silent as a thud echoes through the stairwell.
  4569.  
  4570. PARKS
  4571. Oh, fuck.
  4572.  
  4573. Parks looks at Nick and carries him on his shoulder.
  4574.  
  4575. PARKS
  4576. Come on, big guy.
  4577.  
  4578. Parks's rifle is slung in front of him. His handgun raised
  4579. forward, he makes his way down the staircase and makes his
  4580. way down.
  4581.  
  4582. An open window sits at the bottom of the stairwell. Next to
  4583. it, a lone shotgun with the shells scattered around it.
  4584.  
  4585. Parks looks out the window and keys his radio.
  4586.  
  4587. PARKS
  4588. Turner, copy?
  4589.  
  4590. A groan comes from the other end.
  4591.  
  4592. TURNER (O.S.)
  4593. (radio)
  4594. Bastard shoved me out of a window
  4595. and grabbed my gun.
  4596.  
  4597. JACKIE (O.S.)
  4598. (radio)
  4599. Stay there then, we'll come down
  4600. and get you.
  4601.  
  4602. More shots ring out.
  4603.  
  4604. JACKIE (O.S.)
  4605. (radio)
  4606. Backup and SWAT arriving on scene,
  4607. watch your fire gentlemen.
  4608.  
  4609. Parks continues to carry Nick down the staircase as the
  4610. gunfire continues.
  4611.  
  4612.  
  4613. INT. RECEPTION ROOM - NIGHT
  4614.  
  4615. A SWAT team stands and exchanges fire with a building across
  4616. the street.
  4617.  
  4618. Their rifles aim toward the second floor of another building.
  4619.  
  4620. PARKS
  4621. Phoenix PD coming through!
  4622.  
  4623. Parks comes down the staircase and holsters his handgun. He
  4624. sets Nick down behind the reception counter. Parks goes over
  4625. to JAMESON, (mid-30s).
  4626.  
  4627. Jameson talks into a radio.
  4628.  
  4629. JAMESON
  4630. Negative, send units behind the
  4631. building across from us and have
  4632. them go around!
  4633.  
  4634. He looks over at Parks.
  4635.  
  4636. PARKS
  4637. You see a guy in camo running away?
  4638. !
  4639.  
  4640. He nods.
  4641.  
  4642. JAMESON
  4643. Yeah, went down the alleyway!
  4644.  
  4645. Parks peeks his head out for a moment, only to have rounds
  4646. nearly strike him in the face.
  4647.  
  4648. He goes back to Jameson.
  4649.  
  4650. PARKS
  4651. Christ. I think I'm gonna try and
  4652. head him off.
  4653.  
  4654. JAMESON
  4655. You going to be good?
  4656.  
  4657. Parks nods.
  4658.  
  4659. PARKS
  4660. I can take care of myself.
  4661.  
  4662. Parks makes a run toward the back of the reception office,
  4663. the sound of gunfire goes off behind him.
  4664.  
  4665. He goes to
  4666.  
  4667.  
  4668. EXT. ALLEYWAY - DAY
  4669.  
  4670. One of the guys in fatigues peeks inside the dumpster.
  4671.  
  4672. PARKS
  4673. STOP, POLICE!
  4674.  
  4675. The man in fatigues gets spooked and breaks out into a
  4676. sprint.
  4677.  
  4678. PARKS
  4679. STOP!
  4680.  
  4681. Parks chases after him and looks up at the window along the
  4682. way.
  4683.  
  4684. It's open.
  4685.  
  4686. He looks back at the dumpster.
  4687.  
  4688. PARKS
  4689. Turner-
  4690.  
  4691. Parks looks back at the man at the end of the alley. A car
  4692. pulls up. The man in fatigues gets in it.
  4693.  
  4694. The driver looks over. Parks raises his sidearm-
  4695.  
  4696. -Then lowers it.
  4697.  
  4698. The gunfire behind him stops.
  4699.  
  4700. PARKS
  4701. James?
  4702.  
  4703. James looks over as the other man gets in and floors it.
  4704.  
  4705. JACKIE (O.S.)
  4706. (radio)
  4707. We're code four here. Switch to
  4708. dispatch frequency.
  4709.  
  4710. Behind him, Turner jumps out of the dumpster.
  4711.  
  4712. TURNER
  4713. Owww... Fuck.
  4714.  
  4715. Parks makes his way over to him.
  4716.  
  4717. PARKS
  4718. You okay bud, what happened?
  4719.  
  4720. TURNER
  4721. Guy spooked me, tried to grab my
  4722. shotgun, and then pushed me out the
  4723. window.
  4724.  
  4725. Parks nods.
  4726.  
  4727. PARKS
  4728. Alright- Alright, you see him?
  4729.  
  4730. Turner shakes his head.
  4731.  
  4732. TURNER
  4733. Yeah, he was wearing a green mask-
  4734. Had brown eyes, black hair,
  4735. Caucasian.
  4736.  
  4737. Parks nods.
  4738.  
  4739. PARKS
  4740. Bodycam rolling?
  4741.  
  4742. Turner nods.
  4743.  
  4744. PARKS
  4745. Come on then, let's go get that
  4746. truck open. See if the tip was
  4747. legit.
  4748.  
  4749. The two walk to
  4750.  
  4751.  
  4752. EXT. STREET - NIGHT
  4753.  
  4754. The two step out of the alley. A prisoner transport sits
  4755. there as multiple ambulances take wounded away. The street is
  4756. blocked off as Homeland Security agents and uniformed Phoenix
  4757. officers take photos of the crime scene.
  4758.  
  4759. Uniformed police officers herd
  4760.  
  4761. Down the street, cameras flash as officers keep the media at
  4762. a distance.
  4763.  
  4764. Two agents in suits, a man and a woman stand there and guard
  4765. the cargo of the truck.
  4766.  
  4767. Parks looks over at Turner.
  4768.  
  4769. PARKS
  4770. Feeling okay?
  4771.  
  4772. TURNER
  4773. Yeah, I'm good man.
  4774.  
  4775. The Phoenix SWAT team stands there
  4776.  
  4777. PARKS
  4778. You keep a set of bolt cutters in
  4779. the back of your cruiser?
  4780.  
  4781. Turner nods.
  4782.  
  4783. PARKS
  4784. Get 'em for me.
  4785.  
  4786. TURNER
  4787. You got it, detective.
  4788.  
  4789. Turner runs back to his cruiser.
  4790.  
  4791. Jackie walks over.
  4792.  
  4793. JACKIE
  4794. Feds are taking over Parks, we've
  4795. done our job.
  4796.  
  4797. Turner takes the bolt cutters out of his car. He makes his
  4798. way back.
  4799.  
  4800. PARKS
  4801. That's bullshit and we both know
  4802. it, Detective Miller. The feds from
  4803. what I've been fucking seeing
  4804. always fucking take over. Our
  4805. fucking turn.
  4806.  
  4807. Turner comes back with the bolt cutters. Parks takes the bolt
  4808. cutters from him. The two agents continue to guard the
  4809. truck's cargo hold and watch Parks.
  4810.  
  4811. Parks watches them.
  4812.  
  4813. JACKIE
  4814. We're here to do a job-
  4815.  
  4816. PARKS
  4817. AND THAT'S TO SEE IF THIS TIP WAS
  4818. BULLSHIT, IS IT FUCKING NOT?! Isn't
  4819. it our job to have some level of
  4820. accountability with these-
  4821.  
  4822. Parks points to the two agents that guard the truck.
  4823.  
  4824. PARKS
  4825. ...Pretentious...
  4826.  
  4827. Parks walks forward and readies the bolt cutters.
  4828.  
  4829. PARKS
  4830. ...Lying....
  4831.  
  4832. He walks closer to the truck.
  4833.  
  4834. PARKS
  4835. ...Shrewd...
  4836.  
  4837. The two agents protect the back of the truck and stand backed
  4838. up against it.
  4839.  
  4840. PARKS
  4841. FUCKS!
  4842.  
  4843. Parks reaches between the two agents with the bolt cutters
  4844. and cut the lock off.
  4845.  
  4846. The female punches him in the face and causes him to stagger
  4847. back. The male agent tackles him to the ground.
  4848.  
  4849. PARKS
  4850. OPEN THE TRUCK, OPEN THE FUCKING
  4851. TRUCK GOD DAMN IT!
  4852.  
  4853. Jameson looks over at Parks on the ground.
  4854.  
  4855. JAMESON
  4856. Get your fucking hands off him!
  4857.  
  4858. Turner pulls the female back, only to take an elbow to the
  4859. shoulder. The woman breaks free, only for Turner to tackle
  4860. her down.
  4861.  
  4862. Jackie pulls the male agent off of Parks, knocking him off
  4863. balance. She locks his arms in a hold and throws him to the
  4864. ground.
  4865.  
  4866. Parks gets back on his feet, takes out his sidearm, then
  4867. takes the lock off with his free hand.
  4868.  
  4869. He gets the container open.
  4870.  
  4871. Darkness.
  4872.  
  4873. Parks takes a light out from his pocket and turns it on.
  4874.  
  4875. His jaw drops.
  4876.  
  4877. Kids line the shipping container. Parks takes his light and
  4878. shines it up and down the crate.
  4879.  
  4880. The children all carry terrified faces.
  4881.  
  4882. Parks climbs up the crate and stands up.
  4883.  
  4884.  
  4885. INT. SHIPPING CONTAINER - NIGHT
  4886.  
  4887. PARKS
  4888. You guys okay?
  4889.  
  4890. Parks keeps the light on.
  4891.  
  4892. PARKS
  4893. I'm a police officer.
  4894.  
  4895. A small group has formed behind him. SWAT officers crowd
  4896. around, some shine lights inside the container.
  4897.  
  4898. A few give terrified looks from where they are.
  4899.  
  4900. IND CHILD 1
  4901. Police... Officer...?
  4902.  
  4903. Parks reaches into his pocket for a wallet.
  4904.  
  4905. He pulls out his badge and points to it.
  4906.  
  4907. The kids recoil back in fear.
  4908.  
  4909. Parks backs away and makes his way down. He looks over at
  4910. Jameson.
  4911.  
  4912.  
  4913. EXT. STREET - NIGHT
  4914.  
  4915. PARKS
  4916. Get the fucking Red Cross out here.
  4917.  
  4918. The two agents that attacked Parks are pinned to the ground.
  4919.  
  4920. Matthews walks over.
  4921.  
  4922. MATTHEWS
  4923. Officers, release my men.
  4924.  
  4925. TURNER
  4926. Screw you, they attacked one of
  4927. ours, I got it on video!
  4928.  
  4929. MATTHEWS
  4930. You're right. You know what else is
  4931. on video? Losing your firearm to a
  4932. dangerous suspect, that's worthy of
  4933. you losing your badge Officer
  4934. Turner.
  4935.  
  4936. TURNER
  4937. Yeah, and you're a fed the hell you
  4938. gotta do with that?
  4939.  
  4940. MATTHEWS
  4941. Consider yourself fired then,
  4942. Officer Turner.
  4943.  
  4944. Matthews turns over to Parks.
  4945.  
  4946. MATTHEWS
  4947. As for you, Detective Parks.
  4948.  
  4949. Matthews looks at him.
  4950.  
  4951. MATTHEWS
  4952. Expect a suspension for striking
  4953. one of my agents.
  4954.  
  4955. PARKS
  4956. Fuck you, Matthews. Anytime I find
  4957. something, Homeland always seems to
  4958. suddenly be interested in it.
  4959. What's so interesting about these
  4960. kids?
  4961.  
  4962. MATTHEWS
  4963. That's a bit above your paygrade,
  4964. detective.
  4965.  
  4966. PARKS
  4967. Always fucking is.
  4968.  
  4969. Parks walks off in anger but stops as he watches two Homeland
  4970. security agents load Nick into a van.
  4971.  
  4972. PARKS
  4973. Homeland...
  4974.  
  4975. FLASHBACK
  4976.  
  4977.  
  4978. EXT. STREET - NIGHT
  4979.  
  4980. The black suburbans.
  4981.  
  4982. "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY" jackets flash through
  4983. Parks's mind.
  4984.  
  4985.  
  4986.  
  4987. MARK (O.S.)
  4988. Well Torres is dead. Someone did
  4989. you a favor, my man. Seems like the
  4990. responding officers can't seem to
  4991. get their radios working, so they
  4992. had to use their personal phones to
  4993. call up the coroner. Better meet
  4994. 'em there.
  4995.  
  4996. END FLASHBACK.
  4997.  
  4998. PARKS
  4999. Oh, no, no, no, no...
  5000.  
  5001. He runs back into
  5002.  
  5003.  
  5004. INT. RECEPTION ROOM - NIGHT
  5005.  
  5006. He checks behind the reception desk.
  5007.  
  5008. Nick isn't there.
  5009.  
  5010. PARKS
  5011. Oh, fuck.
  5012.  
  5013. Parks runs out to
  5014.  
  5015.  
  5016. EXT. STREET - NIGHT
  5017.  
  5018. Jackie loads Conrad into the back of the police SUV.
  5019.  
  5020. JACKIE
  5021. Got anything else to say?
  5022.  
  5023. CONRAD
  5024. Lawyer.
  5025.  
  5026. Parks's eyes widen.
  5027.  
  5028. Nick gets loaded into the back of a black van.
  5029.  
  5030. PARKS
  5031. Oh, christ.
  5032.  
  5033. Parks runs over to Jackie.
  5034.  
  5035. PARKS
  5036. I need to talk to your suspect.
  5037.  
  5038. Conrad's eyes widen in shock.
  5039.  
  5040. JACKIE
  5041. Sure, but-
  5042.  
  5043. PARKS
  5044. Fucking, nothing!
  5045.  
  5046. Parks pushes her out of the way and looks at the black van
  5047. with government plates. He closes the door
  5048.  
  5049. JACKIE
  5050. Hey, what the fuck Parks?
  5051.  
  5052. Parks goes into
  5053.  
  5054.  
  5055. INT. POLICE SUV - NIGHT
  5056.  
  5057. Parks buckles Conrad's seatbelt. He throws his rifle into the
  5058. seat next to him.
  5059.  
  5060. Parks starts the SUV and drives forward.
  5061.  
  5062. He watches the black van drive off and follows behind it.
  5063.  
  5064. CONRAD
  5065. The fucking Chink, bailing my ass
  5066. out. What did I do to deserve this?
  5067.  
  5068. PARKS
  5069. I'm keeping you from getting your
  5070. brains blown out. You still float
  5071. with that reporter?
  5072.  
  5073. Parks reaches over and takes the dashcam off the mount.
  5074.  
  5075. PARKS
  5076. Hold that. Burn it when you get the
  5077. chance.
  5078.  
  5079. He continues to trail the black van.
  5080.  
  5081. Parks passes the handcuff keys to Conrad.
  5082.  
  5083. PARKS
  5084. There's a guy in that black van.
  5085. Can you get him out?
  5086.  
  5087. CONRAD
  5088. That fucking limey?
  5089.  
  5090. Parks moves the rear passenger's side mirror.
  5091.  
  5092. PARKS
  5093. Yes, that fucking limey.
  5094.  
  5095. CONRAD
  5096. I don't fucking know him.
  5097.  
  5098. PARKS
  5099. Can you cut the bullshit for once?
  5100. It doesn't take a genius to figure
  5101. out if you and him are there, that
  5102. someone who got all of us out of
  5103. hell got themselves into more
  5104. trouble. As to be expected.
  5105.  
  5106. Conrad looks down and sighs.
  5107.  
  5108. CONRAD
  5109. Fuck, fine.
  5110.  
  5111. PARKS
  5112. One more thing.
  5113.  
  5114. CONRAD
  5115. Yeah?
  5116.  
  5117. PARKS
  5118. The female Paulsen.
  5119.  
  5120. Conrad shakes his head.
  5121.  
  5122. CONRAD
  5123. Fuck if I know.
  5124.  
  5125. PARKS
  5126. Damn it.
  5127.  
  5128. Parks continues to follow the van.
  5129.  
  5130. PARKS
  5131. Act handcuffed for a sec.
  5132.  
  5133. He turns on the lights and sirens.
  5134.  
  5135. The van makes a turn, then stops.
  5136.  
  5137. PARKS
  5138. Act like you're handcuffed. Once I
  5139. get them out of their car, grab
  5140. him, grab the cruiser and go.
  5141.  
  5142. CONRAD
  5143. 10-4, copper.
  5144.  
  5145. Parks unlocks the car doors.
  5146.  
  5147.  
  5148. EXT. STREET - NIGHT
  5149.  
  5150. Parks steps out of his cruiser. He makes his way over, his
  5151. hand on his gun.
  5152.  
  5153. He puts his fingers on the back of the tail light.
  5154.  
  5155. The window to the van rolls down.
  5156.  
  5157. PARKS
  5158. Howdy there sir, how you doing
  5159. tonight?
  5160.  
  5161. The driver flashes his Homeland Security badge.
  5162.  
  5163. IND AGENT 1
  5164. Not too good now that you've pulled
  5165. us over.
  5166.  
  5167. Parks clicks his tongue.
  5168.  
  5169. PARKS
  5170. Well damn, sorry to hear that. I'm
  5171. gonna need you two to step out of
  5172. the vehicle in either case. Your
  5173. plates match the vehicle of a
  5174. murder suspect my division's been
  5175. tracking.
  5176.  
  5177. IND AGENT 1
  5178. Excuse me?
  5179.  
  5180. Parks sighs and gives a tired chuckle.
  5181.  
  5182. PARKS
  5183. Yeah, it's been a long night for me
  5184. too man.
  5185.  
  5186. The agent in the passenger's seat gives a look of confusion.
  5187.  
  5188. PARKS
  5189. Please exit the vehicle.
  5190.  
  5191. IND AGENT 1
  5192. What the hell are you talking about
  5193. I just-
  5194.  
  5195. Parks's expression changes to that of sheer annoyance.
  5196.  
  5197. PARKS
  5198. GET OUT OR I DRAG YOU OUT.
  5199.  
  5200. The door next to him opens as the agent steps out of the van.
  5201.  
  5202. IND AGENT 1
  5203. What's your name, detective? You've
  5204. got no acceptable basis for this
  5205. stop and we both know it! Now give
  5206. me your badge number!
  5207.  
  5208. PARKS
  5209. Detective Parks, Human Trafficking
  5210. Division, badge 91859, 24th Street
  5211. Precinct.
  5212.  
  5213. IND AGENT 1
  5214. You lousy brat-
  5215.  
  5216. PARKS
  5217. I'm just doing what I'm told sir.
  5218.  
  5219. IND AGENT 1
  5220. What? You know what I can do to
  5221. you- To your career son?
  5222.  
  5223. The group are positioned in front of the van.
  5224.  
  5225. Parks moves so they face away from it.
  5226.  
  5227. The two begin to stand above Parks.
  5228.  
  5229. Parks watches the back of the van open up as Conrad carries
  5230. Nick outside the van.
  5231.  
  5232. Conrad picks him up and carries him to the cruiser.
  5233.  
  5234. PARKS
  5235. Fucking take your best shot, bitch.
  5236.  
  5237. The agent gets ready to swing-
  5238.  
  5239. Only for the tires to the cruiser to screech as the SUV
  5240. screams past the three.
  5241.  
  5242. PARKS
  5243. Oh, fuck!
  5244.  
  5245. He watches the SUV drive off.
  5246.  
  5247. PARKS
  5248. Well-
  5249.  
  5250. The two agents give him opposing glares.
  5251.  
  5252.  
  5253. INT. OFFICE - DAY
  5254.  
  5255. PARKS
  5256. That was that.
  5257.  
  5258. Stanton looks at Parks, jaw dropped.
  5259.  
  5260. STANTON
  5261. Did you eat paint as a child Parks?
  5262. He put a gun to your head so
  5263. instead of crashing the car you did
  5264. what he said?
  5265.  
  5266. PARKS
  5267. I was scared, sir.
  5268.  
  5269. STANTON
  5270. Your badge and gun, Parks.
  5271.  
  5272. Parks takes them out and passes them to him.
  5273.  
  5274. STANTON
  5275. A month's suspension, you're lucky
  5276. to still be getting paid while we
  5277. investigate this. Starting a fight
  5278. with two federal agents, leaving a
  5279. scene before investigators can
  5280. arrive, and then proceeding to pick
  5281. another fight with Homeland?
  5282.  
  5283. Stanton shakes his head.
  5284.  
  5285. STANTON
  5286. You are a lucky man to still be
  5287. allowed to have a job here.
  5288.  
  5289. Parks nods.
  5290.  
  5291. PARKS
  5292. I'm sorry sir. Thank you, sir.
  5293.  
  5294. STANTON
  5295. Get the hell outta my office.
  5296.  
  5297. Parks nods as he walks out to
  5298.  
  5299.  
  5300. INT. POLICE STATION - DAY
  5301.  
  5302. Jackie stands there and waits.
  5303.  
  5304. Parks closes the door behind him.
  5305.  
  5306. PARKS
  5307. The hell do you want?
  5308.  
  5309. JACKIE
  5310. Interesting how two unknown
  5311. suspects disappear on your watch.
  5312. Nick Fletcher and Conrad Miller?
  5313.  
  5314. Parks just shrugs.
  5315.  
  5316. PARKS
  5317. Never actually caught their names,
  5318. actually.
  5319.  
  5320. Jackie scratches her chin.
  5321.  
  5322. JACKIE
  5323. Mmhmm. Interesting. Strange how
  5324. those names have come up after all
  5325. these years, isn't it? It's like we
  5326. were just having dinner as couples
  5327. again.
  5328.  
  5329. Parks walks over to his desk. He takes some of his notes with
  5330. him.
  5331.  
  5332. PARKS
  5333. Turner gone?
  5334.  
  5335. Jackie nods.
  5336.  
  5337. JACKIE
  5338. Poor guy.
  5339.  
  5340. PARKS
  5341. Real fuckin' shame.
  5342.  
  5343. Parks starts to take notes out of his desk. He walks by
  5344. Turner's desk.
  5345.  
  5346. It sits empty.
  5347.  
  5348. Parks takes a moment to look at it, the notes in his hand.
  5349.  
  5350. He walks over to the exit.
  5351.  
  5352. CUT TO:
  5353.  
  5354.  
  5355. INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - DAY
  5356.  
  5357. Elena sleeps on the couch as Parks comes in.
  5358.  
  5359. PARKS
  5360. Hi, Elena.
  5361.  
  5362. Parks drops to the floor, passes out, and falls asleep.
  5363.  
  5364. He wakes up at
  5365.  
  5366.  
  5367. PARKS'S BEDROOM
  5368.  
  5369. Elena holds him tight.
  5370.  
  5371. Parks blinks and wakes up, Elena next to him.
  5372.  
  5373. PARKS
  5374. Hey, baby.
  5375.  
  5376. ELENA
  5377. Why didn't you tell me Dave? And
  5378. what the hell is gash on your face?
  5379.  
  5380. PARKS
  5381. It's part of the job and I didn't
  5382. want you to worry about me. Got
  5383. into another fight while working,
  5384. they got me suspended for the next
  5385. month.
  5386.  
  5387. ELENA
  5388. Worry? Worry is all I've been doing
  5389. since Lance died! Is part of the
  5390. job also being a lone wolf thinking
  5391. that no one has your back?
  5392.  
  5393. PARKS
  5394. How was I supposed to know that
  5395. Doc's sister had people after her?
  5396. Besides, PD got into a little fight
  5397. with the feds after what I found.
  5398.  
  5399. Parks gets up and massages his face.
  5400.  
  5401. ELENA
  5402. And what would that have been?
  5403.  
  5404. PARKS
  5405. Truck full of kids being shipped to
  5406. god knows where.
  5407.  
  5408. Parks yawns.
  5409.  
  5410. PARKS
  5411. Been fuckin' awake for four days.
  5412. Jesus.
  5413.  
  5414. ELENA
  5415. Yeah, I can tell. When was the last
  5416. time you showered?
  5417.  
  5418. Parks just shakes his head.
  5419.  
  5420. PARKS
  5421. Four days ago.
  5422.  
  5423. She points to the shower.
  5424.  
  5425. ELENA
  5426. Go.
  5427.  
  5428. Parks gets up and goes into the bathroom.
  5429.  
  5430. He closes the door behind him, only for Elena to follow
  5431. behind.
  5432.  
  5433. CUT TO:
  5434.  
  5435.  
  5436. PARKS'S KITCHEN
  5437.  
  5438. Parks brews himself a cup of coffee.
  5439.  
  5440. He wears a pair of shorts and a "101st Airborne" T-shirt.
  5441.  
  5442. Elena wears a bathrobe and kisses him on the cheek.
  5443.  
  5444. She wraps her arms around his stomach.
  5445.  
  5446. ELENA
  5447. Dave?
  5448.  
  5449. Parks looks at her.
  5450.  
  5451. PARKS
  5452. Yeah?
  5453.  
  5454. ELENA
  5455. It feels like...
  5456.  
  5457. She looks down.
  5458.  
  5459. ELENA
  5460. ...Feels like you're going back
  5461. overseas again.
  5462.  
  5463. Parks sighs.
  5464.  
  5465. PARKS
  5466. I gotta do this. Elena I haven't
  5467. been completely upfront with you.
  5468.  
  5469. Parks turns around.
  5470.  
  5471. PARKS
  5472. I'm working a case and it's Don.
  5473.  
  5474. Elena looks into Parks's eyes.
  5475.  
  5476. ELENA
  5477. Sweetheart, what did he do this
  5478. time?
  5479.  
  5480. Parks shakes his head.
  5481.  
  5482. PARKS
  5483. That's the problem, I don't think
  5484. he did anything. That's what
  5485. worries me. Whoever-
  5486.  
  5487. Parks shakes his head again.
  5488.  
  5489. PARKS
  5490. Someone's fixing to bury him and
  5491. they were gonna kill two of Don's
  5492. friends for it to happen. I don't
  5493. even know the why of it all,
  5494. normally Don pisses someone off or
  5495. he...
  5496.  
  5497. Parks looks up.
  5498.  
  5499. PARKS
  5500. ...comes across something he
  5501. shouldn't have...
  5502.  
  5503. Parks's eyes widen.
  5504.  
  5505. PARKS
  5506. Oh my god.
  5507.  
  5508. ELENA
  5509. Dave?
  5510.  
  5511. PARKS
  5512. I've seen Matthews before. I've
  5513. seen that rat bastard before!
  5514.  
  5515. ELENA
  5516. Matthews?
  5517.  
  5518. Parks lets off a nervous chuckle.
  5519.  
  5520. PARKS
  5521. I've seen that fucking face before.
  5522. He's not a Homeland...
  5523.  
  5524. Parks goes into his bedroom.
  5525.  
  5526. A file cabinet sits next to his computer.
  5527.  
  5528. Right next to it, a brown office box labelled "Army".
  5529.  
  5530. Parks begins to dig through it. He looks through old Army
  5531. photos.
  5532.  
  5533. He stops on one.
  5534.  
  5535. Parks gets pinned a "Staff Sergeant" rank pinned to his
  5536. uniform.
  5537.  
  5538. Matthews stands next to him and wears a blue polo T-shirt, a
  5539. pair of tan cargo pants, and a pair of tan boots with a Rolex
  5540. watch.
  5541.  
  5542. COLONEL MICHAEL WALLACE, (mid-50s) pins the rank on Parks.
  5543.  
  5544. Parks takes out his notepad.
  5545.  
  5546. "Colonel Wallace" and "Marcus Matthews".
  5547.  
  5548. He jots one more note into it.
  5549.  
  5550. "Who is Marcus Matthews?"
  5551.  
  5552. ELENA
  5553. Back to work, are we?
  5554.  
  5555. Parks nods.
  5556.  
  5557. PARKS
  5558. Fuck yeah, we are.
  5559.  
  5560. ELENA
  5561. Don't you have anyone you can call,
  5562. Dave? People care about you, yet
  5563. you insist on constantly trying to
  5564. do things alone and your way! What
  5565. if you're wrong?
  5566.  
  5567. Parks cocks an eyebrow.
  5568.  
  5569. PARKS
  5570. Since when have I been wrong?
  5571.  
  5572. ELENA
  5573. Transporting Don's sister would be
  5574. a good start.
  5575.  
  5576. PARKS
  5577. That was... Yeah, that was a bad
  5578. idea. How was I supposed to know
  5579. that people were after her?
  5580.  
  5581. Elena just shrugs.
  5582.  
  5583. ELENA
  5584. Didn't they tell you to call for
  5585. backup before you did stupid shit
  5586. like that?
  5587.  
  5588. PARKS
  5589. It's different, Elena.
  5590.  
  5591. ELENA
  5592. What's different, Dave?!
  5593.  
  5594. Parks looks away, then back at her.
  5595.  
  5596. PARKS
  5597. I don't want the same shit that
  5598. happened to Hawkins, to happen to
  5599. someone else!
  5600.  
  5601. ELENA
  5602. I fucking knew it!
  5603.  
  5604. PARKS
  5605. Elena-
  5606.  
  5607. ELENA
  5608. This is what's wrong, Dave!
  5609.  
  5610. Parks stands up.
  5611.  
  5612. PARKS
  5613. What's wrong, Elena? The fact I'd
  5614. rather be dead rather than some
  5615. poor guy with a family?!
  5616.  
  5617. ELENA
  5618. Those guys signed up for a job, and
  5619. they know the risks! This hero
  5620. bullshit that you think is out to
  5621. help those closest to you only
  5622. serves to fuck you in the end! What
  5623. if one day someone shoots you and
  5624. leaves you out in the desert?! What
  5625. then Dave?! End up like Hank from
  5626. Breaking Bad, and maybe I get that
  5627. phone call that no one knows where
  5628. you are. You're missing while your
  5629. buddy buries you under 20 feet of
  5630. sand! Tell me what I'm supposed to
  5631. do then!
  5632.  
  5633. Parks goes quiet.
  5634.  
  5635. PARKS
  5636. Elena, who am I supposed to call?
  5637.  
  5638. ELENA
  5639. Baby, you know more than I do that
  5640. those guys would do anything for
  5641. you and that you'd do anything for
  5642. them.
  5643.  
  5644. PARKS
  5645. They're the reason I'm suspended,
  5646. Elena.
  5647.  
  5648. ELENA
  5649. Then even more reason for you to
  5650. find them. Dave, I love you so god
  5651. damn much but there's a point in
  5652. time where it's okay to ask for
  5653. help. People care about you, Dave.
  5654.  
  5655. Parks nods at this.
  5656.  
  5657. PARKS
  5658. Get me my shotgun.
  5659.  
  5660. ELENA
  5661. What?
  5662.  
  5663. PARKS
  5664. Fine, we'll do it your way, Elena.
  5665.  
  5666. Elena goes into the walk in closet and comes out with a 12
  5667. gauge in her hand.
  5668.  
  5669. ELENA
  5670. What are you doing?
  5671.  
  5672. PARKS
  5673. Calling some friends.
  5674.  
  5675. Parks stands up and walks over to his phone. Parks picks it
  5676. up and scrolls through his contacts, then scrolls past
  5677. "Conrad" and stops on "Don".
  5678.  
  5679. PARKS
  5680. Sweetheart, are you sure this is a
  5681. good idea?
  5682.  
  5683. Elena nods at him.
  5684.  
  5685. ELENA
  5686. Only one way to know for sure,
  5687. right?
  5688.  
  5689. Parks stops on Don's contact name.
  5690.  
  5691. He takes a deep breath and dials the number.
  5692.  
  5693. The line rings for a moment as he steps out into the living
  5694. room.
  5695.  
  5696. Elena turns on the TV.
  5697.  
  5698.  
  5699. TV POV
  5700.  
  5701. IND REPORTER 1
  5702. Police are looking for what they
  5703. are dubbing "The Gentleman Car
  5704. thief", the victim, 43-year old
  5705. Brenda Johnson describes what she
  5706. saw.
  5707.  
  5708. BRENDA
  5709. He came up and pointed the gun at
  5710. me and asked, "Ma'am may I take
  5711. your car?" so I said to him, "Boy,
  5712. you got a gun in my face, am I
  5713. supposed to say no?"
  5714.  
  5715. The camera cuts back to the reporter on TV.
  5716.  
  5717. IND REPORTER 1
  5718. Police are looking for a white male
  5719. with brown eyes wearing military
  5720. camo. Police say he's related to
  5721. the ambush earlier tonight and
  5722. remind the public that if they see
  5723. him to call police immediately.
  5724.  
  5725. BACK TO:
  5726.  
  5727. PARKS
  5728. Mother of fuck.
  5729.  
  5730. Parks scrolls through his phone contacts and stops on Don.
  5731.  
  5732. He takes a deep breath and dials the number.
  5733.  
  5734. Parks waits for a moment.
  5735.  
  5736. The line connects. DON, (30) picks up the phone.
  5737.  
  5738. DON (O.S.)
  5739. Dave?
  5740.  
  5741. PARKS
  5742. If that was you running away from
  5743. me, why'd you need to steal a car?
  5744.  
  5745. DON
  5746. Checkpoint got in the way.
  5747.  
  5748. PARKS
  5749. They wouldn't have gotten you.
  5750.  
  5751. DON
  5752. Didn't want James going to jail.
  5753.  
  5754. PARKS
  5755. Not his first time in though, is
  5756. it?
  5757.  
  5758. Don chuckles over the mic.
  5759.  
  5760. DON (O.S.)
  5761. This your way of coaxing me to come
  5762. back and turn myself in?
  5763.  
  5764. PARKS
  5765. If that was the case, how'd Nick
  5766. and Conrad go free?
  5767.  
  5768. DON (O.S.)
  5769. (mockingly)
  5770. I'm gettin' too old for this shit.
  5771. That fucker still hasn't changed.
  5772.  
  5773. CONRAD (O.S.)
  5774. (distant)
  5775. Hey, fuck you arthritis is a
  5776. serious thing!
  5777.  
  5778. The three chuckle at that.
  5779.  
  5780. Parks grins and sits against his couch. A sigh comes from the
  5781. other end of the phone.
  5782.  
  5783. DON (O.S.)
  5784. How've you been man? Sorry about
  5785. never having kept up with shit.
  5786.  
  5787. PARKS (O.S.)
  5788. (into phone)
  5789. Shit's going. Only, it's been
  5790. crazy.
  5791.  
  5792. DON (O.S.)
  5793. (into phone)
  5794. Yeah, heard about your partner.
  5795. Sorry man.
  5796.  
  5797. Parks sighs and massages his head.
  5798.  
  5799. PARKS
  5800. (into phone)
  5801. Part of the job, man. There was a
  5802. lot more to his case than I thought
  5803. there was.
  5804.  
  5805. Don chuckles at that.
  5806.  
  5807. DON
  5808. There was a lot more to this job
  5809. than I thought there was. Jackie
  5810. and I ain't together.
  5811.  
  5812. PARKS (O.S.)
  5813. (into phone)
  5814. I could tell, she wasn't wearing
  5815. her ring.
  5816.  
  5817. DON
  5818. Bitch got me, that's why.
  5819.  
  5820. Parks stands up and looks out his window.
  5821.  
  5822. Parks gives a smile. Two men sit across the street from his
  5823. house in an unmarked Dodge Charger.
  5824.  
  5825. One snaps a picture on his phone.
  5826.  
  5827. PARKS
  5828. Hey Doc.
  5829.  
  5830. DON
  5831. Yeah Dave?
  5832.  
  5833. He watches two agents snap photos of his house.
  5834.  
  5835. PARKS
  5836. James there?
  5837.  
  5838. DON
  5839. They watching your place now?
  5840.  
  5841. PARKS
  5842. Took the words outta my mouth.
  5843.  
  5844. DON
  5845. He's a little busy right now. Can
  5846. it wait?
  5847.  
  5848. PARKS
  5849. I can take care of it.
  5850.  
  5851. DON
  5852. You sure buddy?
  5853.  
  5854. Parks takes a second and looks at the two.
  5855.  
  5856. PARKS
  5857. You know, on second thought- You
  5858. able to come by?
  5859.  
  5860. DON
  5861. Yeah, I can do that. Give me an
  5862. hour. James should be done too.
  5863.  
  5864. A metallic thud comes from the other end of the mic.
  5865.  
  5866. PARKS
  5867. The hell was that?
  5868.  
  5869. DON (O.S.)
  5870. (into phone)
  5871. Don't worry about it.
  5872.  
  5873. PARKS
  5874. Sure, man.
  5875.  
  5876. DON (O.S.)
  5877. (phone)
  5878. See you on the flip side,
  5879. Specialist Parks.
  5880.  
  5881. PARKS
  5882. You too, Don.
  5883.  
  5884. The line goes out.
  5885.  
  5886. Parks sighs and massages his eyes, then buries his head in
  5887. his hands.
  5888.  
  5889. He looks back out at the car parked near his house.
  5890.  
  5891. Parks grabs his phone again. He looks outside once more.
  5892.  
  5893. He scrolls over a contact that reads, "IA".
  5894.  
  5895. PARKS
  5896. Fuck, here we go.
  5897.  
  5898. He opens up the contact, his finger hovers over the call
  5899. button.
  5900.  
  5901. He presses it, then puts the phone up to his ear.
  5902.  
  5903. STEELE (O.S.)
  5904. Sergeant Steele, Internal Affairs.
  5905.  
  5906. PARKS
  5907. This is Detective Parks.
  5908.  
  5909. STEELE (O.S.)
  5910. You got a lot of nerve calling this
  5911. number, Detective. Aren't you on
  5912. suspension?
  5913.  
  5914. Parks takes a deep breath.
  5915.  
  5916. PARKS
  5917. I-I am. But I need your help.
  5918.  
  5919. STEELE
  5920. What could I possibly do for you
  5921. detective?
  5922.  
  5923. PARKS
  5924. I have a two man team posted
  5925. outside my house and I'm trying to
  5926. figure out whether it's one of
  5927. ours.
  5928.  
  5929. STEELE
  5930. Why would there be a...
  5931.  
  5932. Papers shuffle around a desk. Some typing from a keyboard can
  5933. be heard.
  5934.  
  5935. STEELE
  5936. I'm gonna send a unit to check it
  5937. out. You stay there, Parks.
  5938.  
  5939. PARKS
  5940. Yes, sergeant.
  5941.  
  5942. Parks sighs and looks down.
  5943.  
  5944. Parks reaches into his pocket and takes a couple pain
  5945. killers.
  5946.  
  5947. His phone vibrates.
  5948.  
  5949. The contact reads, "Reporter".
  5950.  
  5951. He takes a deep breath and winces.
  5952.  
  5953. REPORTER (TEXT)
  5954. I got a new lead for you, come by
  5955. my place and take a look.
  5956.  
  5957. An address sits attached to the e-mail:
  5958.  
  5959.  
  5960. "4645 Cactus Way
  5961. Glendale, AZ 85306"
  5962.  
  5963. Parks stands up and takes a breath.
  5964.  
  5965. PARKS (TEXT)
  5966. Omw.
  5967.  
  5968. Parks gets up and glances out the window. A cruiser pulls up
  5969. behind the Charger.
  5970.  
  5971. The cruiser's lights come on as he goes into
  5972.  
  5973.  
  5974. PARKS'S BEDROOM
  5975.  
  5976. Elena does her hair.
  5977.  
  5978. PARKS
  5979. Elena, sweetheart, hey-
  5980.  
  5981. She turns around.
  5982.  
  5983. PARKS
  5984. Don and a few others are gonna be
  5985. here soon, let 'em in when they
  5986. come by. I gotta go meet up with a
  5987. friend to see what's going on.
  5988.  
  5989. She nods at him. Parks gives her a kiss on the cheek.
  5990.  
  5991. PARKS
  5992. I'm doing it your way now, baby.
  5993.  
  5994. Elena smiles at this and kisses him on the lips back.
  5995.  
  5996. ELENA
  5997. Go get 'em, Dave.
  5998.  
  5999. Parks nods and opens the safe to his Glock 17. He reaches for
  6000. his shotgun, checks it, then loads it.
  6001.  
  6002. Parks steps away.
  6003.  
  6004. ELENA
  6005. Don't forget this!
  6006.  
  6007. She passes him his glass breaker knife.
  6008.  
  6009. PARKS
  6010. Thanks sweetheart.
  6011.  
  6012. He takes it and steps out.
  6013.  
  6014.  
  6015. EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - DAY
  6016.  
  6017. A car pulls out of the garage.
  6018.  
  6019.  
  6020. INT. PARKS'S CAR - DAY
  6021.  
  6022. Parks pulls out of the drive and watches two guys in khaki
  6023. long slacks and polo shirts argue with a patrol officer. They
  6024. glance over at Parks's car and give a concerned glance.
  6025.  
  6026. Parks shoots a grin and drives over to
  6027.  
  6028.  
  6029. EXT. DIAZ'S HOUSE - DAY
  6030.  
  6031. Parks pulls outside a one story home. The door is ajar.
  6032.  
  6033. PARKS
  6034. Oh, christ.
  6035.  
  6036. Parks takes his gun out and then his phone. He calls 911.
  6037.  
  6038. DISPATCHER (O.S.)
  6039. (phone)
  6040. 911, what is your emergency?
  6041.  
  6042. PARKS
  6043. (phone)
  6044. My name is Detective David Parks,
  6045. I've been suspended recently- I got
  6046. a gun on me and I think my friend's
  6047. in danger at 4645 Cactus Way in
  6048. Glendale. Please send help. I'm
  6049. going inside, I got a gun on me.
  6050.  
  6051. DISPATCHER (O.S.)
  6052. (phone)
  6053. Alright Detective, we got units on
  6054. the way.
  6055.  
  6056. Parks trains his weapon forward and heads inside, gun out.
  6057.  
  6058. DIAZ (O.S.)
  6059. Fuck, I'm going to fuck your
  6060. fucking ass Davey boy!
  6061.  
  6062. Parks's eyes widen.
  6063.  
  6064. PARKS
  6065. Dave, it's me!
  6066.  
  6067. DIAZ
  6068. ...Fuck your faggot ass... GONNA
  6069. STICK IT IN!
  6070.  
  6071. Parks raises his handgun.
  6072.  
  6073. PARKS
  6074. Mark, it's me!
  6075.  
  6076. Parks opens the door and gets tackled by Diaz. His gun gets
  6077. knocked away.
  6078.  
  6079. Diaz holds a knife in his hand.
  6080.  
  6081. DIAZ
  6082. PIECE OF SHIT!
  6083.  
  6084. Diaz tackles Parks down and knocks his handgun away. Diaz
  6085. stays on top of him and tries to plunge the knife into his
  6086. chest.
  6087.  
  6088. Parks pushes the knife up and away from him. He angles the
  6089. knife to the side, then rolls over.
  6090.  
  6091. DIAZ
  6092. (whispering)
  6093. Gonna slice your fucking throat,
  6094. chink...
  6095.  
  6096. Parks rides his knee into Diaz's groin. Diaz rolls over in
  6097. pain as Parks gets back on his feet and grabs his gun.
  6098.  
  6099. Diaz reaches for his kitchen knife again.
  6100.  
  6101. A police cruiser rolls up behind Parks.
  6102.  
  6103. Turner steps out, shotgun in hand. Jackie is in the car next
  6104. to him.
  6105.  
  6106. The two step out, guns drawn.
  6107.  
  6108. Parks runs behind the cruiser.
  6109.  
  6110. DIAZ
  6111. GOING TO FUCK YOU HARD JACKIE! YOU
  6112. AND HIM BOTH!
  6113.  
  6114. Jackie trains her gun on Diaz.
  6115.  
  6116. JACKIE
  6117. Mark, don't do this!
  6118.  
  6119. Turner fires his shotgun into Diaz's chest.
  6120.  
  6121. Diaz falls down.
  6122.  
  6123. TURNER
  6124. You okay, Parks?!
  6125.  
  6126. Parks nods at this as he stays behind the cruiser.
  6127.  
  6128. The two train their guns on the body.
  6129.  
  6130. Parks stands back up.
  6131.  
  6132. Parks gets his gun out again.
  6133.  
  6134. JACKIE
  6135. Parks, what are you doing?
  6136.  
  6137. PARKS
  6138. There was something wrong with his
  6139. wrists.
  6140.  
  6141. Parks walks forward, his gun stays on the body.
  6142.  
  6143. Parks looks at Diaz's wrists, then feels them.
  6144.  
  6145. JACKIE
  6146. What the hell are you doing, Parks?
  6147. !
  6148.  
  6149. PARKS
  6150. Rope burn. He was tied up.
  6151.  
  6152. Parks keeps his weapon up.
  6153.  
  6154. PARKS
  6155. Help me clear the house!
  6156.  
  6157. The three move in on the house.
  6158.  
  6159.  
  6160. INT. DIAZ'S HOUSE - DAY
  6161.  
  6162. The three move in and search the house.
  6163.  
  6164. Parks checks the kitchen and living room.
  6165.  
  6166. PARKS
  6167. Clear!
  6168.  
  6169. Turner and Jackie check the inside of the house as well.
  6170.  
  6171. TURNER
  6172. Rooms are clear!
  6173.  
  6174. JACKIE
  6175. Clear here!
  6176.  
  6177. Parks turns on the light in the kitchen.
  6178.  
  6179. Some cut rope sits on the floor in front of Parks.
  6180.  
  6181. Parks takes a knee and looks at the pieces of rope. A wooden
  6182. chair is in the middle of the room.
  6183.  
  6184. PARKS
  6185. Someone tied him down.
  6186.  
  6187. Parks looks around.
  6188.  
  6189. PARKS
  6190. Where's his phone?
  6191.  
  6192. Parks looks at the counter. It sits on the kitchen table.
  6193.  
  6194. Parks checks the kitchen.
  6195.  
  6196. Jackie comes back.
  6197.  
  6198. JACKIE
  6199. What have you got?
  6200.  
  6201. Parks points to the door.
  6202.  
  6203. PARKS
  6204. Door was ajar when I got here.
  6205. Either guy was in a hurry or...
  6206.  
  6207. He makes his way over to the door. A blood stain sits on the
  6208. front of it.
  6209.  
  6210. Parks looks down at the glasses on floor, then at the blood
  6211. stained dent on the door.
  6212.  
  6213. PARKS
  6214. He forced his way in. Bashed the
  6215. guy's face with the door, then-
  6216.  
  6217. He goes back to the front of the house.
  6218.  
  6219. PARKS
  6220. Tied him to the chair.
  6221.  
  6222. JACKIE
  6223. Doesn't explain why he attacked us.
  6224.  
  6225. Parks shakes his head and looks around the house.
  6226.  
  6227. PARKS
  6228. I don't know either. Check the
  6229. house.
  6230.  
  6231. Parks looks around the house and stops at Diaz's computer.
  6232.  
  6233. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  6234. We'll be taking over from here,
  6235. gentlemen.
  6236.  
  6237. Foot steps enter Diaz's home. Parks looks at the download
  6238. time on the flash drive.
  6239.  
  6240. A flash drive sits plugged into the computer. Parks looks
  6241. around for a moment, then plugs the flash drive into the
  6242. computer.
  6243.  
  6244. He starts to move folders marked "cases" into the drive.
  6245. Another folder sits in it marked "Knight Pharmaceuticals"
  6246. along with "government".
  6247.  
  6248. Parks takes a nervous breath and looks out at the patio
  6249. behind him.
  6250.  
  6251. IND AGENT 1 (O.S.)
  6252. Check this room here!
  6253.  
  6254. Parks looks at the download time. He looks back at the
  6255. bedroom door.
  6256.  
  6257. PARKS
  6258. (muttering)
  6259. Shit, shit, shit...
  6260.  
  6261. Parks watches the download. "90 percent downloaded".
  6262.  
  6263. The footsteps come closer to the door.
  6264.  
  6265. The download finishes. Parks pulls the flash drive out, puts
  6266. it in its case, and puts it back in his pocket.
  6267.  
  6268. An agent, (mid-40s) looks at him.
  6269.  
  6270. IND AGENT 1
  6271. Lemme see your hands. Who the hell
  6272. are you supposed to be?
  6273.  
  6274. PARKS
  6275. Detective David Parks.
  6276.  
  6277. IND AGENT 1
  6278. Where's your badge?
  6279.  
  6280. PARKS
  6281. I'm suspended.
  6282.  
  6283. Matthews appears behind Parks.
  6284.  
  6285. MATTHEWS
  6286. Davey boy, why the hell are you
  6287. chasing leads without us?
  6288.  
  6289. Parks shrugs and gets his hand out of his pocket.
  6290.  
  6291. PARKS
  6292. Reporter's a friend of mine from-
  6293.  
  6294. MATTHEWS
  6295. Helluva a nickname you got for him.
  6296.  
  6297. Parks raises his arms.
  6298.  
  6299. PARKS
  6300. Motherfucker tried to kill me.
  6301.  
  6302. Matthews shakes his head.
  6303.  
  6304. MATTHEWS
  6305. Real shame, ain't it?
  6306.  
  6307. Parks nods.
  6308.  
  6309. PARKS
  6310. He probably lost it working these
  6311. cases I guess.
  6312.  
  6313. MATTHEWS
  6314. Guy like him? Probably.
  6315.  
  6316. Matthews come up and puts his hand on Parks's shoulder.
  6317.  
  6318. MATTHEWS
  6319. Sorry about your friend, Dave.
  6320.  
  6321. Parks nods as the two walk out to
  6322.  
  6323.  
  6324. EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY
  6325.  
  6326. MATTHEWS
  6327. You okay?
  6328.  
  6329. Parks nods.
  6330.  
  6331. PARKS
  6332. Yeah, I'll be good- I'm gonna go
  6333. home.
  6334.  
  6335. Steele arrives on scene and speaks to Turner and Jackie.
  6336.  
  6337. He looks at Parks and makes his way over. Steele passes Parks
  6338. his badge and holstered gun back.
  6339.  
  6340. He gives a look of sympathy.
  6341.  
  6342. STEELE
  6343. I'm sorry about your friend,
  6344. Detective.
  6345.  
  6346. Parks just shakes his head at this.
  6347.  
  6348. Diaz's body is put on a stretcher.
  6349.  
  6350. PARKS
  6351. Nothing I could've done about it.
  6352.  
  6353. Steele looks at Matthews.
  6354.  
  6355. STEELE
  6356. Mind if I speak to Parks?
  6357.  
  6358. Matthews nods and walks away.
  6359.  
  6360. Steele pulls Parks in close.
  6361.  
  6362. STEELE
  6363. (whispering)
  6364. I'm glad you called me, Parks.
  6365.  
  6366. Parks nods.
  6367.  
  6368. STEELE
  6369. (whispering)
  6370. At this time we're not aware of any
  6371. federal investigations being held
  6372. against you. We don't know what
  6373. those two agents were up to. When
  6374. we tried to question them, they
  6375. told us to talk to their
  6376. supervisor.
  6377.  
  6378. PARKS
  6379. And who would that be?
  6380.  
  6381. Steele motions to Matthews.
  6382.  
  6383. Parks takes out a notepad jots down something.
  6384.  
  6385. STEELE
  6386. (whispering)
  6387. What are you writing?
  6388.  
  6389. PARKS
  6390. There's a few things I'm missing
  6391. here, but I think I have an idea on
  6392. what I'm going after.
  6393.  
  6394. Steele nods.
  6395.  
  6396. STEELE
  6397. Well, given you never fired a shot,
  6398. you don't have to deal with
  6399. paperwork, but just have a report
  6400. done. We clear?
  6401.  
  6402. Parks nods at this.
  6403.  
  6404. PARKS
  6405. Yes, sergeant.
  6406.  
  6407. Steele gives Parks a pat on the back. Parks gets into his car
  6408. and drives off to
  6409.  
  6410.  
  6411. INT. POLICE STATION - AFTERNOON
  6412.  
  6413. Parks goes into his cubicle and looks at it.
  6414.  
  6415. The briefcase with all the files still sits in it. Parks
  6416. opens it and begins to sift through it.
  6417.  
  6418. He plugs the flash drive into the computer.
  6419.  
  6420. One folder reads, "The Emancipation Project".
  6421.  
  6422. A video plays. Dawn is tied up.
  6423.  
  6424. She looks below a camera.
  6425.  
  6426. DAWN
  6427. My name is Dawn Paulsen and I am
  6428. responsible for the trafficking of
  6429. children from eastern Ukraine.
  6430.  
  6431. She stops for a moment. A look of fear registers in her eyes.
  6432.  
  6433. DAWN
  6434. I alongside Marcus Matthews have
  6435. willfully trafficked children into
  6436. the ports of Boston, New York, and
  6437. Los Angeles.
  6438.  
  6439. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1 (O.S.)
  6440. And under whose orders were you
  6441. working under?
  6442.  
  6443. DAWN
  6444. Matthews.
  6445.  
  6446. A masked man passes her a smartphone.
  6447.  
  6448. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  6449. Can you show us a picture of this
  6450. man?
  6451.  
  6452. Dawn unlocks her phone.
  6453.  
  6454. A picture of Matthews shows on screen.
  6455.  
  6456. Matthews stands behind Parks.
  6457.  
  6458. MATTHEWS
  6459. What you looking at, there
  6460. Detective?
  6461.  
  6462. Parks tabs out and clears his throat.
  6463.  
  6464. PARKS
  6465. J-Just a case I'm following up on
  6466. related to the Hawkins murder.
  6467.  
  6468. Parks takes the flash drive out and puts it in his pocket.
  6469.  
  6470. MATTHEWS
  6471. You think we could compare notes?
  6472.  
  6473. Parks shakes his head.
  6474.  
  6475. PARKS
  6476. No, I think I'll be fine.
  6477.  
  6478. MATTHEWS
  6479. Keep at it, Detective.
  6480.  
  6481. Matthews turns around, then stops.
  6482.  
  6483. MATTHEWS
  6484. There's something that's been
  6485. bothering me though. We lost three
  6486. suspects last night actually during
  6487. a prisoner, would you know anything
  6488. about them?
  6489.  
  6490. Parks shakes his head.
  6491.  
  6492. PARKS
  6493. Wouldn't know. Who would they be?
  6494.  
  6495. Matthews reaches into his messenger bag and pulls out a
  6496. picture of Nick, Conrad, and Don.
  6497.  
  6498. Parks's eyes widen. Parks shakes his head.
  6499.  
  6500. PARKS
  6501. Wouldn't have a clue who you're
  6502. talking about.
  6503.  
  6504. MATTHEWS
  6505. Damn shame. I think- I think
  6506. there's a connection between the
  6507. "Gentleman carjacker" and Donovan
  6508. Paulsen. You knew the guy, paint me
  6509. a picture.
  6510.  
  6511. Parks shrugs.
  6512.  
  6513. PARKS
  6514. Alcoholic, couldn't really hold
  6515. down a job- Real deadbeat.
  6516.  
  6517. Matthews nods.
  6518.  
  6519. MATTHEWS
  6520. Shame that's what a guy like him
  6521. has turned into after only four
  6522. years. I'll look into the other
  6523. two, but one of them has their
  6524. records sealed. So either we got a
  6525. guy with a really boring job or a
  6526. guy with an insane one. Either way,
  6527. British M.O.D. has him on lockdown.
  6528.  
  6529. PARKS
  6530. Yeah- Yeah they do.
  6531.  
  6532. MATTHEWS
  6533. Well, if you do find anything, let
  6534. me know.
  6535.  
  6536. Matthews walks off.
  6537.  
  6538. Parks gets his phone out and calls Elena.
  6539.  
  6540. PARKS
  6541. Elena, baby?
  6542.  
  6543. ELENA (O.S.)
  6544. (phone)
  6545. Dave- Dave? There's men in the
  6546. house. I got a gun on me but
  6547. there's four of them.
  6548.  
  6549. PARKS
  6550. Oh, shit.
  6551.  
  6552. Parks's eye widen.
  6553.  
  6554. PARKS
  6555. Baby, I'm on my way, call 911.
  6556.  
  6557. ELENA
  6558. Alright, Dave.
  6559.  
  6560. Parks gets walks through the police station hallway. He looks
  6561. off to his side and watches Matthews text someone.
  6562.  
  6563. He bumps shoulders with Jackie and Turner. He looks at both.
  6564.  
  6565. PARKS
  6566. I need your help, please.
  6567.  
  6568. JACKIE
  6569. Yeah?
  6570.  
  6571. PARKS
  6572. I got guys breaking into my fucking
  6573. house right now.
  6574.  
  6575. TURNER
  6576. Say no more.
  6577.  
  6578.  
  6579. EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
  6580.  
  6581. A group of officers keep their guns trained on five guys on
  6582. Parks's lawn.
  6583.  
  6584. Elena sits inside an ambulance and breathes into an oxygen
  6585. mask. A puppy sits in her arms.
  6586.  
  6587. A paramedic motions for her to calm down.
  6588.  
  6589. The three approach the scene.
  6590.  
  6591. Jackie takes her badge off her belt and flashes it at the
  6592. officers.
  6593.  
  6594. Parks takes his badge out.
  6595.  
  6596. PARKS
  6597. Coming through.
  6598.  
  6599. CARLOS HERNANDEZ, (27) looks up at Dave, wide eyed. Hernandez
  6600. looks away.
  6601.  
  6602. Parks looks at the other four IGNACIO, (24), ERNESTO, (26),
  6603. MARTIN, (27), and ADAM, (35).
  6604.  
  6605. A patrol officer stands behind Hernandez.
  6606.  
  6607. PARKS
  6608. Miller, you're with me. Turner, see
  6609. what you can find out.
  6610.  
  6611. TURNER
  6612. Yes, sir.
  6613.  
  6614. Parks and Jackie make their way over to the ambulance.
  6615.  
  6616. Elena bursts out in tears.
  6617.  
  6618. ELENA
  6619. I'm sorry, Dave!
  6620.  
  6621. Elena sets the puppy down behind her. She holds Parks.
  6622.  
  6623. PARKS
  6624. Wait, what? Elena, are you hurt?
  6625.  
  6626. Elena cries into his shirt.
  6627.  
  6628. ELENA
  6629. I'm fine, but I was scared Dave- I
  6630. got you a gift and those guys
  6631. almost killed Samantha.
  6632.  
  6633. Parks looks at the puppy.
  6634.  
  6635. PARKS
  6636. I'm not worried about the puppy,
  6637. Elena! What happened though?
  6638.  
  6639. Parks holds her tight.
  6640.  
  6641. ELENA
  6642. They broke in while I was playing
  6643. on your computer- I grabbed my .38
  6644. and ran into the closet, closed the
  6645. door...
  6646.  
  6647. PARKS
  6648. Yeah? What did you hear?
  6649.  
  6650. ELENA
  6651. They were arguing about whether
  6652. they should shoot Samantha.
  6653.  
  6654. PARKS
  6655. Samantha?
  6656.  
  6657. Elena picks up the puppy and shows her to Parks.
  6658.  
  6659. ELENA
  6660. Samantha.
  6661.  
  6662. Elena sets the puppy back down.
  6663.  
  6664. ELENA
  6665. One of them started freaking out
  6666. when he saw something and said, "We
  6667. need to leave, we need to leave!"
  6668.  
  6669. JACKIE
  6670. Would you be able to figure out who
  6671. that might be?
  6672.  
  6673. Parks looks at the five.
  6674.  
  6675. ELENA
  6676. That's not it, though.
  6677.  
  6678. Parks cocks an eyebrow.
  6679.  
  6680. ELENA
  6681. I came out with the gun in my hand
  6682. and there was a guy fighting them
  6683. all-
  6684.  
  6685. Elena shakes her head.
  6686.  
  6687. ELENA
  6688. I don't know how he did it but he
  6689. managed to get them all outside and
  6690. even closed the door behind him.
  6691.  
  6692. PARKS
  6693. Which one?
  6694.  
  6695. She points at Adam.
  6696.  
  6697. ELENA
  6698. He fought them all and then when I
  6699. pointed a gun at him all he did was
  6700. run outside- I locked the door,
  6701. grabbed Samantha and sat there with
  6702. my gun.
  6703.  
  6704. Parks nods.
  6705.  
  6706. PARKS
  6707. You gonna be alright, sweetheart?
  6708.  
  6709. ELENA
  6710. Yeah, I'll be okay.
  6711.  
  6712. PARKS
  6713. I'm gonna do my job. We'll be
  6714. alright.
  6715.  
  6716. Parks and Jackie go to
  6717.  
  6718.  
  6719. INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
  6720.  
  6721. Parks goes inside his house and looks on the ground. A
  6722. lockpick kit sits on the ground.
  6723.  
  6724. PARKS
  6725. Looks like they were in a hurry to
  6726. get inside.
  6727.  
  6728. Parks looks around his house. Some dishes on the ground are
  6729. strewn about the kitchen floor. Some dirty footprints on the
  6730. ground next to that.
  6731.  
  6732. A few picture frames are knocked over.
  6733.  
  6734. Parks looks around. The house looks- fine, with the exception
  6735. of the kitchen. Elena's revolver sits on the table.
  6736.  
  6737. Parks looks around his house again.
  6738.  
  6739. He goes into
  6740.  
  6741.  
  6742. PARKS'S BEDROOM
  6743.  
  6744. It's in good condition, with the only thing out of place
  6745. being the open closet.
  6746.  
  6747. He walks back out to
  6748.  
  6749.  
  6750. EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
  6751.  
  6752. Parks out of his house. Hernandez gets put in the back of a
  6753. cruiser.
  6754.  
  6755. Parks rolls his eyes and looks at him as he's put into the
  6756. back of a cruiser by Turner. Parks jogs over to him.
  6757.  
  6758. PARKS
  6759. Turner!
  6760.  
  6761. Turner puts him into the back of his cruiser.
  6762.  
  6763. PARKS
  6764. I'll take him.
  6765.  
  6766. Carlos's eyes widen.
  6767.  
  6768. CARLOS
  6769. Hey wait, let me explain.
  6770.  
  6771. Parks faces Carlos.
  6772.  
  6773. PARKS
  6774. SHUT UP!
  6775.  
  6776. Turner looks at Parks with a confused look.
  6777.  
  6778. TURNER
  6779. You-You got it, Parks.
  6780.  
  6781. Parks springs the door open and takes Carlos out of the car.
  6782.  
  6783. Parks moves him into the back of an undercover cruiser.
  6784.  
  6785. Jackie cocks an eyebrow and watches Parks.
  6786.  
  6787. JACKIE
  6788. Parks, what the fuck are you-
  6789.  
  6790. PARKS
  6791. Shut up, Jackie.
  6792.  
  6793. JACKIE
  6794. Parks, we gotta do this by the
  6795. book-
  6796.  
  6797. Parks points at her.
  6798.  
  6799. PARKS
  6800. Yeah, we fucking are gonna do it by
  6801. the book, don't you worry about it.
  6802.  
  6803. Parks drives off, suspect in tow.
  6804.  
  6805.  
  6806. INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT
  6807.  
  6808. Parks and Jackie pull Hernandez in. Steele stops Parks.
  6809.  
  6810. STEELE
  6811. Go home.
  6812.  
  6813. PARKS
  6814. The hell you mean?
  6815.  
  6816. STEELE
  6817. You are too attached to this case,
  6818. Parks.
  6819.  
  6820. Steele pulls him aside. Parks looks at Jackie and waves her
  6821. on.
  6822.  
  6823. PARKS
  6824. Go on without me.
  6825.  
  6826. The two stand in a hallway. Officers walk by with paperwork
  6827. in their hands.
  6828.  
  6829. STEELE
  6830. Go home to your wife Parks, I'm
  6831. gonna put you on admin leave this
  6832. time with pay.
  6833.  
  6834. PARKS
  6835. What the hell? I just got my badge
  6836. back, Steele.
  6837.  
  6838. STEELE
  6839. Look, any half rate lawyer is a
  6840. lawsuit waiting to happen. You're
  6841. unfairly biased in this whole
  6842. ordeal.
  6843.  
  6844. PARKS
  6845. Unfairly biased? Hell yeah, I got a
  6846. reason to be unfairly biased. That
  6847. fuck broke into my house with my
  6848. wife and almost killed her.
  6849.  
  6850. STEELE
  6851. Please go home Parks, I ain't gonna
  6852. ask you again. You can keep your
  6853. badge and gun.
  6854.  
  6855. PARKS
  6856. Can I at least sit through the
  6857. interrogation?
  6858.  
  6859. Steele nods.
  6860.  
  6861. STEELE
  6862. Sure you can. Besides, you should
  6863. see how to actual do an
  6864. interrogation and not a smoking.
  6865.  
  6866. PARKS
  6867. Yes, sergeant.
  6868.  
  6869. Steele goes into his office and comes back out with a box of
  6870. doughnuts. A cup of coffee sits on top of it.
  6871.  
  6872. STEELE
  6873. Watch.
  6874.  
  6875. Parks watches him go into the interrogation room. He goes
  6876. into an observation room.
  6877.  
  6878.  
  6879. INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT
  6880.  
  6881. Steele sets the box down. His tone is calm, casual.
  6882.  
  6883. STEELE
  6884. Hey man, how are you today?
  6885.  
  6886. HERNANDEZ
  6887. I don't know, we screwed up- You
  6888. got us, y'know?
  6889.  
  6890. STEELE
  6891. Well, all good things must come to
  6892. an end eventually, right?
  6893.  
  6894.  
  6895. INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
  6896.  
  6897. Jackie sits next to Parks. They watch the interrogation
  6898. through the double sided mirror.
  6899.  
  6900. HERNANDEZ
  6901. Look, I'll keep it simple. I don't
  6902. say anything until I talk to a
  6903. lawyer.
  6904.  
  6905. STEELE
  6906. Suit yourself.
  6907.  
  6908. JACKIE
  6909. What you working on?
  6910.  
  6911. PARKS
  6912. Wouldn't believe me if I told you.
  6913.  
  6914. JACKIE
  6915. I was married to Donovan Paulsen,
  6916. trust me, nothing fazes me anymore.
  6917.  
  6918. PARKS
  6919. You say that. But here's the thing.
  6920. I know this guy. I busted him a few
  6921. times when I was still a Guardsman.
  6922.  
  6923. Parks looks through his notes.
  6924.  
  6925. PARKS
  6926. Suddenly, he comes back into my
  6927. life and he's breaking into my
  6928. fucking house? I'm supposed to take
  6929. that at face value?
  6930.  
  6931. Parks jots another note down.
  6932.  
  6933. Steele comes in.
  6934.  
  6935. STEELE
  6936. Well, that was woefully
  6937. unproductive.
  6938.  
  6939. Parks continues to sit there. He flips through his notes.
  6940.  
  6941. Parks looks at the two officers.
  6942.  
  6943. STEELE
  6944. You got something?
  6945.  
  6946. Parks shakes his head.
  6947.  
  6948. PARKS
  6949. Nothing that'll help us- Maybe
  6950. it'll help the Paulsen kidnapping
  6951. case, but past that it's nothing.
  6952.  
  6953. STEELE
  6954. What do you got?
  6955.  
  6956. Parks sighs.
  6957.  
  6958. PARKS
  6959. Something called The Emancipation
  6960. Project.
  6961.  
  6962. Parks takes his phone out and looks it up.
  6963.  
  6964. PARKS
  6965. They're some kind of non-profit
  6966. against human trafficking. I don't
  6967. really have anything to go off of,
  6968. or any suspects to follow.
  6969.  
  6970. STEELE
  6971. Well, let's try shaking the tree
  6972. then and see what comes out.
  6973.  
  6974. A knock at the door.
  6975.  
  6976. Steele opens it up.
  6977.  
  6978. He looks back-
  6979.  
  6980. STEELE
  6981. It's the attorney.
  6982.  
  6983. MICHAEL RAMSEY, (early-50s) looks in.
  6984.  
  6985. RAMSEY
  6986. A moment of privacy gentlemen?
  6987.  
  6988. The three step out of the interrogation room into
  6989.  
  6990.  
  6991. POLICE STATION HALLWAY
  6992.  
  6993. Parks keeps his hands in his pockets. Ramsey comes out.
  6994.  
  6995. RAMSEY
  6996. My client would like to assist with
  6997. the investigation in exchange for
  6998. immunity.
  6999.  
  7000. Parks and Jackie look at each other and nod.
  7001.  
  7002. STEELE
  7003. We'll take it.
  7004.  
  7005. Steele goes back into the interrogation room.
  7006.  
  7007. Parks and Jackie go into the observation room.
  7008.  
  7009.  
  7010. INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT
  7011.  
  7012. Hernandez sips a cup of coffee. Hernandez takes out his
  7013. phone.
  7014.  
  7015. HERNANDEZ
  7016. So, my buddy Ernesto called me up,
  7017. right? Said he had a job for me.
  7018. And I was like- Nah man, I'm on
  7019. parole.
  7020.  
  7021.  
  7022. INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
  7023.  
  7024. Parks opens Hernandez's file. He starts to put the burglary
  7025. into his mind.
  7026.  
  7027.  
  7028. INT. HERNANDEZ'S APARTMENT - DAY
  7029.  
  7030. Hernandez talks to someone on a phone.
  7031.  
  7032. HERNANDEZ (O.S.)
  7033. And I was like, "I don't want to
  7034. spend another six months for stupid
  7035. shit like that." And then he was
  7036. like, "Man, you being a bitch, so
  7037. then I was like, nah man you try
  7038. spending time in prison with dudes
  7039. bigger than you trying to rape you
  7040. and shit."
  7041.  
  7042.  
  7043. INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT
  7044.  
  7045. Steele shrugs at this.
  7046.  
  7047. STEELE
  7048. Let's get back on topic here,
  7049. Carlos- Can I call you Carlos So,
  7050. you're telling me that Ernesto put
  7051. you up to this?
  7052.  
  7053. Hernandez sips some coffee.
  7054.  
  7055. HERNANDEZ
  7056. Nah, nah- What happened was he said
  7057. there was some crazy, creepy cat
  7058. that was gonna give us some cash if
  7059. we scared a guy. And I was like,
  7060. "Sure."
  7061.  
  7062. STEELE
  7063. There wasn't much damage at the
  7064. Parks apartment. What happened?
  7065.  
  7066. Hernandez smiles at this.
  7067.  
  7068.  
  7069.  
  7070. HERNANDEZ
  7071. Well, that's funny, you know? You
  7072. know that movie about that guy
  7073. whose wife dies and the dog his
  7074. wife gets him gets killed and he
  7075. straight ganks all them other
  7076. motherfuckers? Well, I was watching
  7077. that with mi chica and I got really
  7078. scared of being an actual criminal
  7079. because of that. She had an amazing
  7080. rack, y'know and it was the set of-
  7081.  
  7082. STEELE
  7083. Alright, look. I like a good story
  7084. as much as the next guy, but can we
  7085. cut to the chase here?
  7086.  
  7087. HERNANDEZ
  7088. Sorry, sorry.
  7089.  
  7090.  
  7091. INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
  7092.  
  7093. The four of them go into Parks's house.
  7094.  
  7095. They all hold baseball bats and wear hoodies. Carlos is at
  7096. the front of the group and walks into the kitchen.
  7097.  
  7098. CARLOS (O.S.)
  7099. We decided to start fucking shit
  7100. up, one room at a time, y'know?
  7101.  
  7102. They start to destroy dishes in the kitchen.
  7103.  
  7104. CARLOS (O.S.)
  7105. Then I saw the fridge.
  7106.  
  7107. Carlos stops at the fridge and looks at the picture of Parks
  7108. in an Army uniform and Elena with her arms around him.
  7109.  
  7110. CARLOS (O.S.)
  7111. "Oh shit," right?
  7112.  
  7113. STEELE (O.S.)
  7114. You know Detective Parks?
  7115.  
  7116. CARLOS (O.S.)
  7117. Met him a few times. But he had an
  7118. old unit picture on the fridge.
  7119.  
  7120. Behind him, a puppy walks runs out to the hallway.
  7121.  
  7122. Carlos looks behind him.
  7123.  
  7124. CARLOS (O.S.)
  7125. Ignacio grabbed the dog and there
  7126. was a whole argument. I didn't want
  7127. Parks going John Wick on all of us
  7128. if we did kill his dog. Ignacio and
  7129. Ernesto kept yelling at me that I
  7130. was being a bitch about the whole
  7131. thing. Before we could do anything
  7132. else, some guy busted down the
  7133. front door.
  7134.  
  7135. The group looks back at a man in a motorcycle helmet, jeans,
  7136. and combat boots.
  7137.  
  7138. The man stands there.
  7139.  
  7140. In one hand, he holds a handgun and in the other holds a
  7141. collapsible baton.
  7142.  
  7143. He raises the gun and pulls the trigger.
  7144.  
  7145. The gun goes click.
  7146.  
  7147. CARLOS (O.S.)
  7148. We thought he didn't load his gun
  7149. so we started rushing him. Ignacio
  7150. pulled out a revolver and started
  7151. to shoot into him.
  7152.  
  7153. The group charges him and goes out to
  7154.  
  7155.  
  7156. EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
  7157.  
  7158. The group ends up outside on Parks's driveway.
  7159.  
  7160. Ernesto charges the man with a knife. The man grabs the knife
  7161. and bashes him in the head with his helmet.
  7162.  
  7163. CARLOS (O.S.)
  7164. That's when I realized I needed to
  7165. split before someone called the
  7166. cops.
  7167.  
  7168. Carlos tries to put the man in a head lock only to get
  7169. elbowed in the face.
  7170.  
  7171. Carlos heads to his car and gets inside of it.
  7172.  
  7173. CARLOS (O.S.)
  7174. I tried to start it- Thing wasn't
  7175. working.
  7176.  
  7177. STEELE (O.S.)
  7178. Yeah, dead battery.
  7179.  
  7180. CARLOS (O.S.)
  7181. Fuck is that what it was? Anyway.
  7182. He was fighting us until the cops
  7183. showed up.
  7184.  
  7185.  
  7186. INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
  7187.  
  7188. PARKS
  7189. I'm gonna go check on one more
  7190. thing and follow up on this in the
  7191. morning.
  7192.  
  7193. Parks gets his files, gets up, and heads off.
  7194.  
  7195.  
  7196. INT. JAIL INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT
  7197.  
  7198. Adam sits in the room. He looks down at the table in front of
  7199. him.
  7200.  
  7201. The jail door slides open.
  7202.  
  7203. Steele and Parks come in. Parks carries a clear shoebox.
  7204.  
  7205. The two seat themselves across from Adam.
  7206.  
  7207. STEELE
  7208. I need you to draw me a picture. We
  7209. tried your prints, nothing. Looked
  7210. you up in every database we have.
  7211. Nada. So, what I want to ask is.
  7212. You got a name?
  7213.  
  7214. Adam looks up.
  7215.  
  7216. ADAM
  7217. Depends which one you're looking
  7218. for.
  7219.  
  7220. STEELE
  7221. What exactly do you mean by that?
  7222.  
  7223. Parks looks up at Adam, then opens the shoebox. He takes out
  7224. a set of dog tags that read "4/15/2015" and above it reads
  7225. "Numquam Obliviscar".
  7226.  
  7227. PARKS
  7228. These tags. MSR Houston. You were
  7229. there?
  7230.  
  7231. Adam nods.
  7232.  
  7233. ADAM
  7234. 42nd Artillery. You?
  7235.  
  7236. Parks looks at the tags.
  7237.  
  7238. PARKS
  7239. 16th MP.
  7240.  
  7241. ADAM
  7242. Snitch.
  7243.  
  7244. Parks grins at that.
  7245.  
  7246. PARKS
  7247. Yeah, you guys were trouble.
  7248.  
  7249. A knock at the jail door.
  7250.  
  7251. Matthews stands there. Adam looks over at Matthews with fear
  7252. in his eyes. Parks looks at Adam and nods at him.
  7253.  
  7254. PARKS
  7255. There something you need here,
  7256. agent?
  7257.  
  7258. Matthews points at Adam.
  7259.  
  7260. MATTHEWS
  7261. Need to speak to your suspect.
  7262.  
  7263. PARKS
  7264. Sorry, his lawyer said he wanted to
  7265. speak to me specifically.
  7266.  
  7267. Matthews scoffs at this.
  7268.  
  7269. MATTHEWS
  7270. Real shame. So much for inter-
  7271. agency cooperation, right?
  7272.  
  7273. Matthews steps out.
  7274.  
  7275. Adam sits watches Matthews leave and takes a sigh.
  7276.  
  7277. PARKS
  7278. You know that guy?
  7279.  
  7280. ADAM
  7281. I don't trust him, man. He was CID
  7282. out at Leatherneck.
  7283.  
  7284. Parks looks down. His eyes widen.
  7285.  
  7286. PARKS
  7287. We're done here, thank you for your
  7288. time.
  7289.  
  7290. Parks steps out to
  7291.  
  7292.  
  7293. INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT
  7294.  
  7295. MATTHEWS
  7296. Hey Parks, where you-
  7297.  
  7298. Matthews's eyes widen.
  7299.  
  7300. Parks shoves past him and walks over to his desk. He reaches
  7301. into it and takes out a disorganized group of files.
  7302.  
  7303. He grabs them and walks into
  7304.  
  7305.  
  7306. INT. STEELE'S OFFICE - NIGHT
  7307.  
  7308. Steele is about to make his way out the door. Parks comes in
  7309. and closes the door behind him.
  7310.  
  7311. PARKS
  7312. We can't trust Matthews.
  7313.  
  7314. Matthews gives him a tired look.
  7315.  
  7316. STEELE
  7317. Parks?
  7318.  
  7319. PARKS
  7320. We cannot fucking trust Matthews.
  7321.  
  7322. STEELE
  7323. Parks, you're-
  7324.  
  7325. Parks starts to flip through his notepad.
  7326.  
  7327. PARKS
  7328. You saw what happened at the truck,
  7329. Steele. He's impeding our
  7330. investigations, constantly
  7331. obstructing what we do. Steele, one
  7332. of our guys was killed and all
  7333. we've been able to do is pick
  7334. pieces up thanks to that prick.
  7335.  
  7336. Steele looks at Parks and sighs.
  7337.  
  7338. Parks walks over to a corkboard and turns it over.
  7339.  
  7340. Behind him, Steele watches him.
  7341.  
  7342. STEELE
  7343. Let's talk outside, alright?
  7344.  
  7345. Parks puts notes up on the corkboard.
  7346.  
  7347. PARKS
  7348. Fine, fine-
  7349.  
  7350. Parks steps back and starts to connect the dots.
  7351.  
  7352. PARKS
  7353. It's all connected- the cartel, the
  7354. Emancipation Project.
  7355.  
  7356. Steele nods at this and sets his coat on the chair next to
  7357. him. He watches Parks put his notes up.
  7358.  
  7359. PARKS
  7360. Sir, we gotta keep eyes on
  7361. Matthews. Whatever he does, I want
  7362. to be on it like white on rice.
  7363.  
  7364. Parks finishes putting his notes up.
  7365.  
  7366. STEELE
  7367. Whatever you need, Parks. You tell
  7368. anyone else?
  7369.  
  7370. PARKS
  7371. I'll tell Miller, but I don't know
  7372. who else on that team I can trust.
  7373.  
  7374. STEELE
  7375. I'll keep you in the know. They got
  7376. something planned for tomorrow.
  7377. Some kind of raid on a suspected
  7378. terrorist at Phoenix Community
  7379. college. That's all I know.
  7380.  
  7381. Parks nods.
  7382.  
  7383. PARKS
  7384. Thanks.
  7385.  
  7386. Parks steps out.
  7387.  
  7388. STEELE
  7389. No problem.
  7390.  
  7391. As Parks steps out of Steele's office, Steele gets his phone
  7392. out.
  7393.  
  7394. STEELE
  7395. Hey, it's me. We may have a
  7396. problem.
  7397.  
  7398.  
  7399. EXT. COMMUNITY COLLEGE - DAY
  7400.  
  7401. Parks sits in his Toyota across the street from two agents.
  7402. The college bustles with activity as college students go from
  7403. class to class or back to their cars.
  7404.  
  7405. PARKS
  7406. What on earth are they looking
  7407. for...?
  7408.  
  7409. The two agents get on their radio.
  7410.  
  7411. Parks watches them. The two step out of their cars.
  7412.  
  7413. PARKS
  7414. Alright then...
  7415.  
  7416. Parks reaches into his glove box and takes out a pack of
  7417. Lucky Strikes. He passes the two agents and looks off to the
  7418. side. One agent stands alone behind a blue Toyota further
  7419. down the road. He looks off to the side as Parks takes cover
  7420. behind a sedan next to him.
  7421.  
  7422. IND AGENT 1 (O.S.)
  7423. Stay the fuck outta the way kid,
  7424. police business!
  7425.  
  7426. Eli puts his hands up and gets behind a car. Parks looks left
  7427. and right. The area looks clear.
  7428.  
  7429. Parks comes up behind the agent. The agent reaches for his
  7430. gun-
  7431.  
  7432. Parks puts the agent in a chokehold. The agent struggles.
  7433. Parks pulls him behind a van and continues to choke him out.
  7434.  
  7435. PARKS
  7436. Gotosleep, gosleepgotosleep...
  7437.  
  7438. Parks looks off to his side.
  7439.  
  7440. Eli takes out a 1911. The man goes unconscious as Parks takes
  7441. out his badge and flashes it. He puts one finger between his
  7442. lips and motions for Eli to be quiet.
  7443.  
  7444. Eli nods.
  7445.  
  7446. ELI
  7447. No, I didn't see shit.
  7448.  
  7449. Eli moves over and sits behind the wheelwell of his car.
  7450.  
  7451. Parks takes the agent's radio and puts it on, then takes his
  7452. wallet.
  7453.  
  7454. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  7455. (radio)
  7456. Anyone got eyes on the Paulsen
  7457. girl?
  7458.  
  7459. Parks takes cover behind the van and peers behind him.
  7460.  
  7461. A gunshot rings out.
  7462.  
  7463. WALSH (O.S.)
  7464. (radio)
  7465. The bitch just shot me!
  7466.  
  7467. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  7468. (radio)
  7469. Get her! We're about to have local
  7470. PD on us in a second!
  7471.  
  7472. Parks walks back and forth and watches the agents' movements.
  7473. They're organized and communicate among one another. He
  7474. watches two of them talk amongst themselves, then move.
  7475.  
  7476. Parks sees Ash get out. The two continue to walk as she
  7477. starts to skirt behind the cars. Parks gets behind the van
  7478. and waits.
  7479.  
  7480. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  7481. (radio)
  7482. Anyone got eyes on?
  7483.  
  7484. IND AGENT 1
  7485. Negative. We got one, we'll be
  7486. taking her to site one. No eyes on
  7487. Paulsen.
  7488.  
  7489. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  7490. (radio)
  7491. Copy, keep looking, lemme know if
  7492. you find something. You got three
  7493. minutes, first shots fired call
  7494. just went out.
  7495.  
  7496. IND AGENT 1 (O.S.)
  7497. Copy, we'll look.
  7498.  
  7499. Parks looks over where Eli is.
  7500.  
  7501. Sirens ring out in the distance.
  7502.  
  7503. Ash and Eli argue for a moment, then get in the car. The car
  7504. speeds off as Parks watches for a moment,
  7505.  
  7506. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  7507. (radio)
  7508. Be advised, got eyes on a moving
  7509. vehicle, moving to intercept.
  7510.  
  7511. The two drive off and make it halfway across the parking lot.
  7512. Parks makes a run forward towards the two and takes his gun
  7513. out.
  7514.  
  7515. The scream of tires fills the air.
  7516.  
  7517. Then a crash.
  7518.  
  7519. Parks puts his gun in its holster. Three agents drag Ash out
  7520. of a cruiser as Eli falls out of the car in his daze.
  7521.  
  7522. Matthews stands over him. Parks wraps the radio around
  7523.  
  7524. Eli backs up and reaches behind him for his 1911 on the
  7525. floor. Eli grabs it, only to get dragged back. An agent steps
  7526. on his wrist which causes him to cry out in pain.
  7527.  
  7528. An agent flips him on his back and launches a punch into his
  7529. face.
  7530.  
  7531. The agent starts to beat him down. Two others kick into his
  7532. back and side
  7533.  
  7534. Parks runs over. He flashes his badge as the two agents turn
  7535. Eli over and handcuff him.
  7536.  
  7537. PARKS
  7538. What the fuck are you doing?!
  7539.  
  7540. The agents stop beating Eli.
  7541.  
  7542. IND AGENT 1
  7543. He was resisting, he pulled a
  7544. fucking gun on us!
  7545.  
  7546. Parks walks over and looks at Eli.
  7547.  
  7548. PARKS
  7549. Then call an ambulance, you prick!
  7550. He's subdued!
  7551.  
  7552. Eli lets out a groan of pain as he rolls over. A black bag
  7553. sits over Ash's head. Her hands are ziptied as she's thrown
  7554. into a van.
  7555.  
  7556. PARKS
  7557. WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS, MATTHEWS?!
  7558.  
  7559. MATTHEWS
  7560. A matter of national security,
  7561. detective! Now stand back!
  7562.  
  7563. Matthews gets into the van as the other agents pack up and
  7564. move out. The knocked out agent is carried away by Walsh.
  7565.  
  7566. PARKS
  7567. What the fuck...
  7568.  
  7569. Other cruisers arrive on scene as the others leaves.
  7570.  
  7571. Turner runs over to Parks.
  7572.  
  7573. TURNER
  7574. You okay?!
  7575.  
  7576. Parks nods.
  7577.  
  7578. PARKS
  7579. I'll ride with you.
  7580.  
  7581.  
  7582. INT. POLICE SUV - AFTERNOON
  7583.  
  7584. Parks takes out the agent's wallet and looks at his
  7585. credentials. Jackie sits in the back.
  7586.  
  7587. Parks looks at Jackie. He takes out his notepad and looks
  7588. over at the Emancipation Project page related to it.
  7589.  
  7590. Parks takes out his phone. He dials a number.
  7591.  
  7592. The line rings.
  7593.  
  7594. MICHAEL SHAW, (early-50s) picks up the phone.
  7595.  
  7596. SHAW (O.S.)
  7597. (phone)
  7598. Shaw speaking.
  7599.  
  7600. PARKS (O.S.)
  7601. (phone)
  7602. Hi there, Mr. Shaw? I'm Detective
  7603. David Parks-
  7604.  
  7605. Shaw chuckles.
  7606.  
  7607. SHAW (O.S.)
  7608. (phone)
  7609. Heard your name before. Sorry about
  7610. your partner.
  7611.  
  7612. PARKS (O.S.)
  7613. (phone)
  7614. Thanks. I got some questions I
  7615. wanted to ask you in person, you
  7616. wouldn't mind meeting up would you?
  7617.  
  7618. SHAW (O.S.)
  7619. (phone)
  7620. That's just fine, I'm more than
  7621. happy to support law enforcement in
  7622. their fight against crime! Meet me
  7623. at my office, I'll text you in
  7624. address.
  7625.  
  7626.  
  7627. INT. OFFICE - AFTERNOON
  7628.  
  7629. Two cartel members stand in the office. The phone is on
  7630. speaker. They both stand with guns out.
  7631.  
  7632. PARKS (O.S.)
  7633. (phone)
  7634. Yeah, I'll be there in the next
  7635. hour.
  7636.  
  7637. Shaw smiles at this.
  7638.  
  7639. SHAW
  7640. You got it detective! Have a good
  7641. one!
  7642.  
  7643. Shaw hangs up the call.
  7644.  
  7645. He nods at the two in front of him.
  7646.  
  7647. CUT TO:
  7648.  
  7649. Parks walks into the room and takes out his notepad.
  7650.  
  7651. PARKS
  7652. Mr. Shaw-
  7653.  
  7654. Both gang bangers put guns to his head.
  7655.  
  7656. PARKS
  7657. Are you fucking with me?
  7658.  
  7659. Shaw shakes his head.
  7660.  
  7661. SHAW
  7662. 'fraid not, son. Have a seat.
  7663.  
  7664. Parks takes a seat and sighs.
  7665.  
  7666. SHAW
  7667. Now, I don't want to hurt you son.
  7668. But you've gone down this rabbit
  7669. hole and I think you deserve the
  7670. truth.
  7671.  
  7672. Parks cocks an eyebrow at him.
  7673.  
  7674. PARKS
  7675. That's all I've been looking for.
  7676.  
  7677. SHAW
  7678. You were an MP in Afghanistan.
  7679.  
  7680. Parks nods.
  7681.  
  7682. PARKS
  7683. That's correct.
  7684.  
  7685. SHAW
  7686. And you were in the MSR Houston
  7687. incident, correct?
  7688.  
  7689. Parks nods but looks around even more confused.
  7690.  
  7691. PARKS
  7692. Yeah, but what the hell's that
  7693. gotta do with all this?
  7694.  
  7695. SHAW
  7696. You work under acting special
  7697. agent, Matthews too, correct?
  7698.  
  7699. PARKS
  7700. How do you know all this?
  7701.  
  7702. Shaw sighs.
  7703.  
  7704. SHAW
  7705. Son, I don't know how to break this
  7706. to you, but at MSR Houston you were
  7707. attacked by government agents.
  7708.  
  7709. PARKS
  7710. Did they attack us with the girls
  7711. from Sailor Moon too?
  7712.  
  7713. Shaw chuckles at that.
  7714.  
  7715. SHAW
  7716. Good sense of humor you got on you.
  7717.  
  7718. Shaw reaches into his desk. Parks watches.
  7719.  
  7720. He takes out a flash drive and plugs it into his computer in
  7721. front of him. Shaw angles the monitor to face Parks.
  7722.  
  7723. PARKS
  7724. Holy fuck.
  7725.  
  7726.  
  7727. EXT. MOUNTAIN - DAY
  7728.  
  7729. On screen, "insurgents" fire at a convoy below the mountain.
  7730.  
  7731. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  7732. Like fish in a fuckin' barrel!
  7733.  
  7734. The group fire on the convoy below. A figure darts back and
  7735. forth between stopped vehicles.
  7736.  
  7737. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  7738. Can someone fucking kill that dude
  7739. down there?!
  7740.  
  7741. Two pickup trucks roll speed behind the convoy and fire DSHK
  7742. machine guns at the group. Don can be seen between moving
  7743. between vehicles. At times, he stops to fire at a nearby
  7744. mountain.
  7745.  
  7746. The crack of gunfire as the group get down and shoot back.
  7747.  
  7748. Parks sees himself on an M240 SAW as he fires at targets
  7749. below. Another agent dressed in insurgent garb has an RPG
  7750. out.
  7751.  
  7752. IND AGENT 1
  7753. CLEAR BACKBLAST, 400! ROCKET!
  7754.  
  7755. The rocket flies into two soldiers. One has a cloth over his
  7756. face and carries another.
  7757.  
  7758. MATTHEWS
  7759. We gotta move let's go!
  7760.  
  7761. BACK TO:
  7762.  
  7763.  
  7764. INT. OFFICE - AFTERNOON
  7765.  
  7766. Shaw reaches his hand out. His eyes show genuine concern.
  7767.  
  7768. SHAW
  7769. Now, son...
  7770.  
  7771. Parks stands up and screams in terror.
  7772.  
  7773. PARKS
  7774. That's doctored footage! You
  7775. fucking liar!
  7776.  
  7777. The two gang members walk over to try and do something-
  7778.  
  7779. Shaw waves them away and shakes his head.
  7780.  
  7781. Parks at Shaw, his face red with anger.
  7782.  
  7783. PARKS
  7784. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO
  7785. GET THOSE MEMORIES AWAY FROM ME?!
  7786. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE HAD TO DO
  7787. OVER THE YEARS TO KEEP MYSELF FROM
  7788. EXPERIENCING THAT SHIT AGAIN?! And
  7789. you show me that!
  7790.  
  7791. Shaw stands up. He looks at Parks and walks to him.
  7792.  
  7793. SHAW
  7794. It's real, it's real... But son.
  7795.  
  7796. Parks walks to the back of the room and grabs a trash can. He
  7797. vomits into it. The two gang members look clearly disgusted
  7798. at this.
  7799.  
  7800. PARKS
  7801. Do you know what that incident did
  7802. to us?! To all of us?! Some of the
  7803. guys still wear fucking diapers
  7804. from the shit! Some of us are stuck
  7805. trying to forget the past while
  7806. fucks like you keep trying to
  7807. resurrect it! Then you shoot at
  7808. fucking cops thinking you're all
  7809. that!
  7810.  
  7811. SHAW
  7812. All I ever wanted was justice for
  7813. all this.
  7814.  
  7815. PARKS
  7816. Where'd you get it? Who's your
  7817. source?
  7818.  
  7819. Parks's hands shake.
  7820.  
  7821. SHAW
  7822. Reporter. Mark Diaz.
  7823.  
  7824. PARKS
  7825. He went crazy and tried to kill me.
  7826.  
  7827. Shaw shakes his head.
  7828.  
  7829. SHAW
  7830. Experimental psychoactive drug.
  7831.  
  7832. Parks sits back down and buries his head in his hands.
  7833.  
  7834. PARKS
  7835. What?
  7836.  
  7837. Shaw takes out a manila folder.
  7838.  
  7839. Parks reads through it.
  7840.  
  7841. SHAW
  7842. Go to the toxicology report.
  7843.  
  7844. PARKS
  7845. Methamphetamines.
  7846.  
  7847. Shaw shakes his head.
  7848.  
  7849. SHAW
  7850. Matthews has been fucking around
  7851. with psychoactive drugs, Parks.
  7852. Experimental shit. The only guys
  7853. who know about it being...
  7854.  
  7855. PARKS
  7856. Dawn Paulsen of Knight
  7857. Pharmaceuticals.
  7858.  
  7859. Shaw nods at Parks.
  7860.  
  7861. SHAW
  7862. Now you're getting it.
  7863.  
  7864. PARKS
  7865. Then you're the assholes who took
  7866. kidnapped them.
  7867.  
  7868. Shaw nods at this.
  7869.  
  7870. PARKS
  7871. She still alive?
  7872.  
  7873. SHAW
  7874. Non-compliant, but alive, yes.
  7875.  
  7876. Parks looks down.
  7877.  
  7878. PARKS
  7879. What's your stake in all this?
  7880.  
  7881. He motions to the guys behind him.
  7882.  
  7883. PARKS
  7884. And theirs too. They're cartel.
  7885.  
  7886. SHAW
  7887. I lost my kid after I got back from
  7888. the sandbox in '91. It was the
  7889. worst feeling in the world. They
  7890. found her a few years later. Dead
  7891. in the forest. Some hikers came
  7892. across the body. They told me to
  7893. come in and ID the thing. She had
  7894. scars everywhere like you wouldn't
  7895. believe.
  7896.  
  7897. Shaw looks down.
  7898.  
  7899. SHAW
  7900. It ate at me. I left my wife,
  7901. reenlisted. I needed to distract
  7902. myself from Christina's death. I
  7903. was working in Bosnia when I came
  7904. across something similar. A group
  7905. of militia guys showed me some of
  7906. the guys they had captured. They
  7907. told me they were mobsters. I asked
  7908. 'em, "Why the hell should I be
  7909. worried about some damn criminals?"
  7910. Then this one lady walks out of a
  7911. room, and she has this look like
  7912. she's just walked into the gates of
  7913. hell itself. She points me to it. I
  7914. go in there. There's girls that
  7915. were my daughter's age. We let the
  7916. girls go. Killed the criminals. I
  7917. saved the leader for myself. Kept
  7918. him alive for a week. By the time
  7919. some proper investigator got to
  7920. him, he'd died of a sucking chest
  7921. wound. I promised myself... I
  7922. promised myself that when I got out
  7923. I wouldn't let that shit ever
  7924. happen again. Worked a few
  7925. construction jobs to get my fix.
  7926.  
  7927. PARKS
  7928. So you made the Emancipation
  7929. Project.
  7930.  
  7931. SHAW
  7932. Worked a few jobs to support myself
  7933. to do so, but yeah. They were
  7934. people, good, normal, and sensible
  7935. people who wanted things done the
  7936. right way.
  7937.  
  7938. PARKS
  7939. Why didn't you want it done the
  7940. right way through guys like me?
  7941.  
  7942. Shaw scoffs at this.
  7943.  
  7944. SHAW
  7945. Guys like you? Who send them to
  7946. jail where they get a lengthy
  7947. trial, get the power of the
  7948. completely infallible appeals
  7949. process and if they're lucky get a
  7950. lighter sentence for flipping on
  7951. their own boys? Oh, I've tried that
  7952. Detective. Believe me, it was the
  7953. first thing I did. The system is
  7954. too crooked for that. What would
  7955. you do? What if it was that Elena
  7956. girl of yours?
  7957.  
  7958. Parks sighs.
  7959.  
  7960. PARKS
  7961. You're right.
  7962.  
  7963. SHAW
  7964. The cartel, they want some of their
  7965. boys freed. You killed one of their
  7966. lieutenants and as much as they
  7967. want revenge they've agreed that
  7968. you're off limits. Blood for blood
  7969. in their eyes.
  7970.  
  7971. PARKS
  7972. And what do you need me to do?
  7973.  
  7974. SHAW
  7975. Join us, detective. We'll take you
  7976. to our base of operations and you
  7977. can be the man on the inside that
  7978. we need.
  7979.  
  7980. Parks shakes his head.
  7981.  
  7982. PARKS
  7983. I can't. I'm sorry. If I walk out
  7984. with you, right now, my guys are
  7985. gonna think something's up. Let me
  7986. meet you on my terms. Tonight.
  7987.  
  7988. Parks stands up. Parks reaches out for a handshake.
  7989.  
  7990. SHAW
  7991. You got it.
  7992.  
  7993. The two shake hands. Parks steps out.
  7994.  
  7995.  
  7996. INT. POLICE SUV - AFTERNOON
  7997.  
  7998. Parks gets into the car.
  7999.  
  8000. JACKIE
  8001. How'd it go?
  8002.  
  8003. Parks shakes his head.
  8004.  
  8005. PARKS
  8006. You're not gonna believe what I've
  8007. found. How much do you trust
  8008. Matthews?
  8009.  
  8010. JACKIE
  8011. Go on.
  8012.  
  8013. CUT TO:
  8014.  
  8015. The group sit in the SUV outside the station.
  8016.  
  8017. PARKS
  8018. Jackie, you stay with Matthews. See
  8019. if you can shadow him. Turner,
  8020. you're with me while I go meet up
  8021. with the Emancipation Project. If
  8022. this works, we can take Matthews
  8023. down the right way.
  8024.  
  8025. Parks's phone rings.
  8026.  
  8027. Steele's name comes up in the contact.
  8028.  
  8029. Parks pick it up.
  8030.  
  8031. STEELE (O.S.)
  8032. We got a Donovan Paulsen who says
  8033. he got stuck in a storage unit and
  8034. that his daughter's been kidnapped
  8035. by a Marcus Matthews.
  8036.  
  8037. Parks sighs.
  8038.  
  8039. PARKS
  8040. Give us a location, we're on our
  8041. way.
  8042.  
  8043.  
  8044. EXT. POLICE SUV - AFTERNOON
  8045.  
  8046. The SUV speeds off.
  8047.  
  8048.  
  8049. EXT. SELF-STORAGE BUILDING - AFTERNOON
  8050.  
  8051. The SUV drives past two officers.
  8052.  
  8053. Parks walks over to Don. Don sits next to James
  8054.  
  8055. PARKS
  8056. Whatever it is you're chasing. You
  8057. need to leave it to us, Doc.
  8058.  
  8059. DON
  8060. My daughter is missing, and you
  8061. people have done nothing but sit on
  8062. your asses and twiddle your thumbs.
  8063.  
  8064. PARKS
  8065. Who kidnapped your daughter Don?
  8066.  
  8067. Don sighs.
  8068.  
  8069. DON
  8070. My boss, Marcus Matthews.
  8071.  
  8072. Parks massages his eyes.
  8073.  
  8074. PARKS
  8075. Ohhh, shit.
  8076.  
  8077. DON
  8078. You know him?
  8079.  
  8080. Parks scratches his head.
  8081.  
  8082. PARKS
  8083. Go home. Stay outta this.
  8084.  
  8085. DON
  8086. It's my daugh-
  8087.  
  8088. PARKS
  8089. I KNOW!
  8090.  
  8091. Jackie stands there.
  8092.  
  8093. JACKIE
  8094. Donny, please.
  8095.  
  8096. DON
  8097. DON'T FUCKING CALL ME THAT! You
  8098. don't got a god damn right!
  8099.  
  8100. James pulls Don back as the three get back in the SUV.
  8101.  
  8102. Parks closes his eyes and sighs.
  8103.  
  8104. CUT TO:
  8105.  
  8106.  
  8107. EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT
  8108.  
  8109. An SUV sits parked by an empty highway in the woods.
  8110.  
  8111. Parks looks at Turner.
  8112.  
  8113. PARKS
  8114. If I'm not back in 12 hours, call
  8115. everyone. You get the National
  8116. Guard out here and you wipe whoever
  8117. it is working here off the face of
  8118. the fucking Earth. Are we clear?
  8119.  
  8120. Turner nods.
  8121.  
  8122. PARKS
  8123. Good.
  8124.  
  8125. Parks makes his way into
  8126.  
  8127.  
  8128. EXT. FOREST - NIGHT
  8129.  
  8130. Parks holds out a flashlight and his phone. He copies a set
  8131. of coordinates in a text message from a contact that reads
  8132. "unknown" and puts into Google maps.
  8133.  
  8134. Parks looks down at his phone. It reads "Distance: 10 miles
  8135. away".
  8136.  
  8137. He cocks an eyebrow. Parks starts to walk and shines the
  8138. light forward.
  8139.  
  8140. Parks continues to walk.
  8141.  
  8142. Parks raises an eyebrow as he looks up. Two lights shine on
  8143. him.
  8144.  
  8145. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  8146. HALT! WHO GOES THERE?!
  8147.  
  8148. PARKS
  8149. Santa fucking Claus!
  8150.  
  8151. One of the lights shines brighter as a militia soldier walks
  8152. closer to Parks.
  8153.  
  8154. Parks puts his hand out in front of his face.
  8155.  
  8156. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  8157. Post, we got one outside the
  8158. perimeter.
  8159.  
  8160. The soldier walks toward Parks. He wears jeans and a flannel
  8161. shirt with a tan plate carrier.
  8162.  
  8163. PARKS
  8164. I'm looking for Shaw.
  8165.  
  8166. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  8167. Phoenix PD?
  8168.  
  8169. PARKS
  8170. Yeah, of course.
  8171.  
  8172. The soldier walks up to Parks.
  8173.  
  8174. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  8175. Keep your hands up. You carrying?
  8176.  
  8177. PARKS
  8178. That's kind of my job there,
  8179. detective.
  8180.  
  8181. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  8182. It's always a fucking smartass.
  8183.  
  8184. He walks over and searches Parks. He grabs Parks's wallet. A
  8185. picture of Elena falls out.
  8186.  
  8187. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  8188. Badge is good- What do we got here?
  8189.  
  8190. He looks at the picture on the ground. Parks tries to reach
  8191. for it.
  8192.  
  8193. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  8194. Ah, ah, ahh. Nope.
  8195.  
  8196. He grabs the picture off the ground and looks at the back of
  8197. it.
  8198.  
  8199. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  8200. Taken in 2016, huh? Fuck that was a
  8201. time ago. I'll be keeping this.
  8202.  
  8203. He puts the picture in the pocket of his jeans.
  8204.  
  8205. PARKS
  8206. Fuck no you won't.
  8207.  
  8208. The soldier motions to his rifle.
  8209.  
  8210. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  8211. How about you drew down on me and I
  8212. had to put two in you?
  8213.  
  8214. PARKS
  8215. Fuck, fine it's just a picture.
  8216.  
  8217. Parks sighs.
  8218.  
  8219. IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
  8220. Shaw's gonna see you inside.
  8221.  
  8222. PARKS
  8223. There's an inside.
  8224.  
  8225. The soldier points toward the interior perimeter.
  8226.  
  8227. Parks sighs and looks around. The other militia soldiers are
  8228. dressed the similar. Some wear assorted camouflage while
  8229. others wear plain T-shirts and plate carriers. The look is
  8230. the same.
  8231.  
  8232. Paramilitary.
  8233.  
  8234. PARKS
  8235. They got better fucking gear than
  8236. the local SWAT team. I wonder how
  8237. well they train.
  8238.  
  8239. He walks up to a concrete building in the side of a mountain.
  8240.  
  8241. PARKS
  8242. A fucking bunker, jesus fuck.
  8243.  
  8244. A camera at the end of it looks at Parks. He walks forward
  8245. towards it. A light shines and causes him to put his hand up
  8246. once more.
  8247.  
  8248. SHAW (O.S.)
  8249. (loudspeaker)
  8250. Parks?
  8251.  
  8252. PARKS
  8253. Yeah, it's me.
  8254.  
  8255. The doors open. Parks walks forward.
  8256.  
  8257.  
  8258. INT. MISSILE SILO - NIGHT
  8259.  
  8260. The silo is well lit.
  8261.  
  8262. PARKS
  8263. What the hell...
  8264.  
  8265. Shaw stands in the middle to greet Parks.
  8266.  
  8267. SHAW
  8268. Detective!
  8269.  
  8270. PARKS
  8271. You got all this? How the hell did
  8272. you manage to stay under the radar?
  8273.  
  8274. SHAW
  8275. We only show this place to people
  8276. who prove themselves to us.
  8277. Normally, that applies to members
  8278. and the absolutely loyal.
  8279.  
  8280. PARKS
  8281. And no three letter agency has
  8282. happened catch you in the process-
  8283. (chuckles)
  8284. You know militias stop being cool
  8285. in the nineties right?
  8286.  
  8287. SHAW
  8288. We have people actually as members
  8289. of said three letters. Come on.
  8290.  
  8291. PARKS
  8292. That's... concerning.
  8293.  
  8294. The two walk together.
  8295.  
  8296. SHAW
  8297. It's what happens when you got
  8298. three decades worth of help.
  8299. Internet connection's good too. We
  8300. got a few guys who work with fiber
  8301. optics.
  8302.  
  8303. They pass by more soldiers. Parks passes by a sign that reads
  8304. "Cafeteria". Other militia members sit inside, laugh, and eat
  8305. together.
  8306.  
  8307. PARKS
  8308. And these are all volunteers?
  8309.  
  8310. SHAW
  8311. Good majority of them are, yeah.
  8312. We're all together today- Well,
  8313. most of us at least. We all work
  8314. odd jobs when we're not taking care
  8315. of this place, but there's always
  8316. someone here.
  8317.  
  8318. PARKS
  8319. Then what do you need me for?
  8320.  
  8321. SHAW
  8322. The Paulsen girl. She's yours.
  8323.  
  8324. PARKS
  8325. What?
  8326.  
  8327. SHAW
  8328. We got what we needed. We just need
  8329. you to take her.
  8330.  
  8331. PARKS
  8332. You just showed me your entire base
  8333. of operations. For one person.
  8334.  
  8335. SHAW
  8336. Yeah.
  8337.  
  8338. Parks just looks at this dumbfounded.
  8339.  
  8340. SHAW
  8341. Well you've come this far.
  8342.  
  8343. PARKS
  8344. You're quick to trust. That's...
  8345. dangerous. Take me to her.
  8346.  
  8347. The two go into
  8348.  
  8349.  
  8350. INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT
  8351.  
  8352. Dawn sits there and eats a meal.
  8353.  
  8354. SHAW
  8355. All the questions you got for her,
  8356. she'll answer.
  8357.  
  8358. PARKS
  8359. You know she's fucking worthless
  8360. now, right?
  8361.  
  8362. Shaw cocks an eyebrow.
  8363.  
  8364. PARKS
  8365. They'll throw everything about my
  8366. case out because you guys coerced a
  8367. confession out of her!
  8368.  
  8369. Shaw shakes his head and places his hand on Parks's shoulder.
  8370.  
  8371. DAWN
  8372. I can show you where we kept the
  8373. samples.
  8374.  
  8375. PARKS
  8376. What's your stake in all this? The
  8377. kids?
  8378.  
  8379. DAWN
  8380. Get me out of here and I'll answer
  8381. everything.
  8382.  
  8383. She finishes her food. She looks fine, as if she wasn't
  8384. harmed.
  8385.  
  8386. PARKS
  8387. What happened anyway?
  8388.  
  8389. SHAW
  8390. After we nabbed her, we roughed her
  8391. up a little bit, but we got the
  8392. flash drive off her.
  8393.  
  8394. Shaw passes Parks the flashdrive.
  8395.  
  8396. SHAW
  8397. It's the video I showed you
  8398. earlier.
  8399.  
  8400. PARKS
  8401. Why don't you just tip off the
  8402. right people?
  8403.  
  8404. SHAW
  8405. We have. They always end up dead,
  8406. reassigned, or replaced.
  8407.  
  8408. PARKS
  8409. Oh, and you expect me not to end up
  8410. the same way. You're fuckin'
  8411. stupid.
  8412.  
  8413. SHAW
  8414. Be that as it may, you are the last
  8415. hope we have Parks. Even if we go
  8416. down, you're the one who needs to
  8417. expose all of this.
  8418.  
  8419. PARKS
  8420. The FBI? Some senator- Could've
  8421. leaked it online-
  8422.  
  8423. SHAW
  8424. Easily debunked as conspiracy
  8425. drivel, Detective.
  8426.  
  8427. Parks looks off at Dawn.
  8428.  
  8429. PARKS
  8430. Miss Paulsen. Let's go.
  8431.  
  8432. Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" plays over loudspeakers.
  8433.  
  8434. SHAW
  8435. What the hell?
  8436.  
  8437. Shaw gets on a walkie talkie. Gunfire rings out in the halls.
  8438.  
  8439. SHAW
  8440. (into radio)
  8441. Power team, report.
  8442.  
  8443. Silence.
  8444.  
  8445. SHAW
  8446. Fuck.
  8447. (points to Dawn)
  8448. You need to get her out.
  8449.  
  8450. Parks takes out his Glock.
  8451.  
  8452. Shaw reaches into a cabinet and takes out a shotgun. He racks
  8453. it.
  8454.  
  8455. PARKS
  8456. Way ahead of you!
  8457.  
  8458. A militia soldier comes in. A hole is in his chest.
  8459.  
  8460. SHAW
  8461. Mr. Shaw?
  8462.  
  8463. Gunfire rings out in the halls. The power goes out. The room
  8464. goes black. The backup power kicks back on as an alarm rings
  8465. out through the bunker.
  8466.  
  8467. PARKS
  8468. Paulsen, get behind me!
  8469.  
  8470. Dawn gets behind him as Shaw opens the door.
  8471.  
  8472. Gunfire continues to echo down the hallway.
  8473.  
  8474. The three stack up on the door.
  8475.  
  8476. Parks looks behind him.
  8477.  
  8478. PARKS
  8479. No matter what happens, you find
  8480. your way outta here. We clear?
  8481.  
  8482. Dawn nods at him.
  8483.  
  8484. Shaw peers out with a shotgun.
  8485.  
  8486. SHAW
  8487. We're good, come on.
  8488.  
  8489.  
  8490. INT. MISSILE SILO - NIGHT
  8491.  
  8492. The other soldiers shoot it out with an unknown enemy. They
  8493. fall, one by one as the three continue to move toward the
  8494. exit of the bunker.
  8495.  
  8496. The group pass by another group of dead militiamen.
  8497.  
  8498. DAWN
  8499. Oh, shit...
  8500.  
  8501. Parks stops for a moment and unslings one of the rifles off a
  8502. dead guy. He reaches into the militiaman's chest carrier and
  8503. takes the magazines out of it.
  8504.  
  8505. SHAW
  8506. Come on, Parks!
  8507.  
  8508. Parks nods as he continues to move with Shaw.
  8509.  
  8510. PARKS
  8511. Keeping up there, Paulsen?
  8512.  
  8513. DAWN
  8514. Yeah, trying.
  8515.  
  8516. The group continues to move through the silo.
  8517.  
  8518. Shaw stops.
  8519.  
  8520. A group of dark silhouettes stands there. They look to speak
  8521. amongst themselves.
  8522.  
  8523. Shaw pops out, shotgun in hand.
  8524.  
  8525. SHAW
  8526. Who's there?! identify yourselves!
  8527.  
  8528. IND GANG MEMBER 1
  8529. Cartel, homie, who are you?
  8530.  
  8531. Parks gets on his stomach and trains his rifle on one of
  8532. them.
  8533.  
  8534. One of the gang members starts to reach for his handgun.
  8535.  
  8536. PARKS
  8537. Gun left!
  8538.  
  8539. Parks takes aim with his rifle and pulls the trigger.
  8540.  
  8541. The other gang members start to shoot back as one drops.
  8542. Parks continues to fire his rifle at the second one.
  8543.  
  8544. The third gang member takes cover behind a wooden crate.
  8545.  
  8546. Shaw fires his shotgun into it, the crate starts to show
  8547. damage.
  8548.  
  8549. The gang member pops out of cover with an AK. Parks and Shaw
  8550. light him up as he's riddled with shotgun shells and bullets.
  8551.  
  8552. Parks stands up and cuts around Shaw.
  8553.  
  8554. SHAW
  8555. We gotta move, Parks!
  8556.  
  8557. The three continue to run as Parks looks at a body on the
  8558. ground. It's Walsh.
  8559.  
  8560. PARKS
  8561. Oh fuck, I know who these guys are.
  8562.  
  8563. Parks reaches into his pocket and reaches for a radio with an
  8564. earpiece.
  8565.  
  8566. MATTHEWS
  8567. -Give me a status, do we have an
  8568. eyes on Parks, the kid, or the
  8569. doctor?
  8570.  
  8571. IND AGENT (O.S.)
  8572. (radio)
  8573. Negative, no eyes on here, just
  8574. bodies.
  8575.  
  8576. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  8577. (radio)
  8578. Make sure you get them, it was hard
  8579. enough to flip the cartel to us.
  8580.  
  8581. PARKS
  8582. Oh, fuck.
  8583.  
  8584. Parks looks at Shaw.
  8585.  
  8586. PARKS
  8587. New plan, everyone is hostile. He's
  8588. turned your bullshit alliance
  8589. around.
  8590.  
  8591. SHAW
  8592. SHIT!
  8593.  
  8594. IND AGENT (O.S.)
  8595. (radio)
  8596. Be advised, I got gunfire near the
  8597. exit of the bunker!
  8598.  
  8599. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  8600. (radio)
  8601. I'll be there to intercept!
  8602.  
  8603. PARKS
  8604. We got a fight coming to us, Shaw!
  8605.  
  8606. Shaw reloads his shotgun while the group continues to move
  8607. toward the front of the silo.
  8608.  
  8609. Gunfire rings out behind them.
  8610.  
  8611. Parks takes cover behind a forklift, stops, and fires behind
  8612. him.
  8613.  
  8614. PARKS
  8615. Contact, six o'clock!
  8616.  
  8617. Parks begins to fire at the direction of the muzzle flashes.
  8618. Shaw gets behind a concrete wall.
  8619.  
  8620. SHAW
  8621. Parks, move!
  8622.  
  8623. Parks moves back as Shaw covers him with a shotgun. Dawn gets
  8624. low to the ground.
  8625.  
  8626. PARKS
  8627. We gotta run!
  8628.  
  8629. IND AGENT (O.S.)
  8630. (radio)
  8631. Got eyes on three assailants,
  8632. moving to engage!
  8633.  
  8634. Parks grabs Dawn's arm and the two start to run. Rounds fly
  8635. past the two as Parks takes cover behind a wall across from
  8636. Shaw.
  8637.  
  8638. SHAW
  8639. Loading!
  8640.  
  8641. Shaw reloads his shotgun as Parks peers out. Matthews's
  8642. agents run out. Parks starts to light them up. Behind him,
  8643. Dawn covers her ears.
  8644.  
  8645. PARKS
  8646. Shaw, loading!
  8647.  
  8648. Parks changes his rifle's magazine out for a fresh one.
  8649.  
  8650. PARKS
  8651. Loaded, move!
  8652.  
  8653. Parks fires his rifle at more advancing silhouettes of
  8654. agents.
  8655.  
  8656. SHAW
  8657. Parks, move!
  8658.  
  8659. Parks grabs Dawn and they move to the silo's exit.
  8660.  
  8661. PARKS
  8662. Set!
  8663.  
  8664. Parks peers out again.
  8665.  
  8666. DAWN
  8667. Parks behind you!
  8668.  
  8669. Parks looks behind him. Agents pop out from the outside of
  8670. the site.
  8671.  
  8672. PARKS
  8673. Shit! Shaw, we have to move
  8674. together!
  8675.  
  8676. Shaw looks behind him as rounds continue to ping off the
  8677. concrete wall next to him.
  8678.  
  8679. Shaw looks behind him-
  8680.  
  8681. A spatter of blood and brain matter comes out of his head.
  8682.  
  8683. Parks looks over at this. His eyes widen.
  8684.  
  8685. He takes a deep breath.
  8686.  
  8687. PARKS
  8688. Once more unto the breach, dear
  8689. friends, once more...
  8690.  
  8691. Parks pulls his magazine out and stays low.
  8692.  
  8693. PARKS
  8694. ...Or close the wall up with our
  8695. English dead.
  8696.  
  8697. Dawn's eyes widen.
  8698.  
  8699. DAWN
  8700. Mikee used to say that before
  8701. deployment...
  8702.  
  8703. PARKS
  8704. Whatever happens, Dawn. Get outta
  8705. here. Do whatever you want. But I'm
  8706. getting you out.
  8707.  
  8708. Parks lets out a scream as he charges out with his AR. A
  8709. round flies into his back as he continues to charge forward.
  8710.  
  8711. AGENT (O.S.)
  8712. (radio)
  8713. Two contacts outside, take 'em
  8714. down!
  8715.  
  8716. Parks screams with all his might as he runs out to
  8717.  
  8718.  
  8719. EXT. FOREST - NIGHT
  8720.  
  8721. Parks fires his rifle where he saw the agents firing at him.
  8722. Another pops out and tries to take a shot at him.
  8723.  
  8724. Parks crouches down, takes a round in the abdomen, and fires
  8725. into the man's body. He falls backwards as Dawn runs into the
  8726. forest to the side of Parks.
  8727.  
  8728. Parks gets back up, his face red, with anger in his eyes.
  8729.  
  8730. DAWN
  8731. Detective, come on!
  8732.  
  8733. Parks follows her and provides covering fire, with rounds
  8734. continuing to hit him.
  8735.  
  8736. He becomes riddled with holes, front and back.
  8737.  
  8738. Dawn continues to run. Flashlights follow behind them.
  8739.  
  8740. Parks makes his way forward. His vision to start to go in and
  8741. out. Blood comes out of his mouth as he uses the trees around
  8742. him as a way to keep balanced.
  8743.  
  8744. Parks takes off the rifle and throws it to the ground.
  8745.  
  8746. Dawn runs back to him.
  8747.  
  8748. DAWN
  8749. How far is it?!
  8750.  
  8751. Parks points forward.
  8752.  
  8753. PARKS
  8754. ...Close...
  8755.  
  8756. Dawn carries him.
  8757.  
  8758. DAWN
  8759. Come on, come on...
  8760.  
  8761. Parks continues to black out as the SUV can be seen.
  8762.  
  8763. DAWN
  8764. HEY! HEYYY!
  8765.  
  8766. She stops and looks in the SUV. Turner sits in the SUV with a
  8767. bullet in the side of his head.
  8768.  
  8769. DAWN
  8770. Oh shit, he's dead!
  8771.  
  8772. She drags him out of the SUV and throws him to the side.
  8773.  
  8774. Parks struggles to stay conscious.
  8775.  
  8776. Parks fades in and out as she sets him down in the
  8777. passenger's seat.
  8778.  
  8779. DAWN
  8780. I'll get you out of here, Parks.
  8781.  
  8782. The sound of tires revving.
  8783.  
  8784. PARKS
  8785. Elena...
  8786.  
  8787. DAWN
  8788. You'll get to see Elena, it's okay,
  8789. come on, come on come on...
  8790.  
  8791. Parks looks at Dawn again.
  8792.  
  8793. DAWN (O.S.)
  8794. I need to treat you, fuck.
  8795.  
  8796. Parks lets out a pained groan.
  8797.  
  8798. PARKS
  8799. Elena!
  8800.  
  8801. DAWN (O.S.)
  8802. Fuck!
  8803.  
  8804. Dawn pulls off to the side of the road.
  8805.  
  8806. FADE TO WHITE.
  8807.  
  8808.  
  8809. INT. KNIGHT PHARMACEUTICALS LAB - DAY
  8810.  
  8811. A light appears above Parks. He lays on an operating table.
  8812.  
  8813. Dawn appears above him. She wears scrubs and injects Parks
  8814. with a larger, blue syringe.
  8815.  
  8816. Parks takes a breath of air and looks down. He screams in
  8817. pain as he watches the holes in him close themselves. The
  8818. skin and muscle reconstruct as Parks takes another gasp for
  8819. air.
  8820.  
  8821. The pain subsides. Parks takes another deep breath.
  8822.  
  8823. DAWN
  8824. You feeling better?
  8825.  
  8826. PARKS
  8827. Where's Turner?
  8828.  
  8829. Dawn shakes her head.
  8830.  
  8831. DAWN
  8832. I'm sorry.
  8833.  
  8834. Parks buries his head in his hands.
  8835.  
  8836. He tries to stand up, only to fall down.
  8837.  
  8838. PARKS
  8839. FUCK! Where am I?
  8840.  
  8841. DAWN
  8842. Considered missing, no one knows
  8843. where you are. My brother
  8844. apparently killed his wife then got
  8845. out of jail.
  8846.  
  8847. PARKS
  8848. Wonderful.
  8849.  
  8850. Parks struggles to stand up.
  8851.  
  8852. DAWN
  8853. Give it a moment, the nanites are
  8854. still trying to reconstruct your
  8855. muscles and ribs.
  8856.  
  8857. Parks puts up one finger and takes a breath.
  8858.  
  8859. PARKS
  8860. Feels fine to me. Nanites?
  8861.  
  8862. Dawn shrugs.
  8863.  
  8864. Parks puts a shirt on and stands up.
  8865.  
  8866. DAWN
  8867. We've been working on nanites that
  8868. can reconstruct parts of a person.
  8869.  
  8870. Parks manages to stand up now.
  8871.  
  8872. PARKS
  8873. That aside. Seriously. Where am I?
  8874.  
  8875. DAWN
  8876. Knight Pharma, Scottsdale.
  8877.  
  8878. PARKS
  8879. Fuck, we shouldn't be here!
  8880.  
  8881. DAWN
  8882. Relax, it's Sunday. Medical wing's
  8883. off today.
  8884.  
  8885. PARKS
  8886. And you know this-
  8887.  
  8888. DAWN
  8889. I've worked here for a near decade
  8890. I should know this, Parks.
  8891.  
  8892. Dawn throws him a pair of jeans. AMBER, (mid-20s) with red
  8893. hair, fox ears, and a tail stands there and holds a tray of
  8894. food.
  8895.  
  8896. DAWN
  8897. You're gonna need these.
  8898.  
  8899. PARKS
  8900. What the fuck?
  8901.  
  8902. Amber stands there in confusion. She looks down.
  8903.  
  8904. PARKS
  8905. I've lost it. Miss Paulsen, if you
  8906. could kindly give me my nine
  8907. milimeter, I will gladly make my
  8908. exit from this world.
  8909.  
  8910. DAWN
  8911. It's been hard keeping your friend
  8912. from the truth.
  8913.  
  8914. PARKS
  8915. Maybe you should tell him. I'm sure
  8916. he could use some more new hobbies.
  8917.  
  8918. Parks continues to stare at Amber with confusion in his eyes.
  8919.  
  8920. Amber looks down. Parks looks at Dawn.
  8921.  
  8922. PARKS
  8923. What else do you have cooked up in
  8924. this house of horrors, Paulsen?
  8925.  
  8926. DAWN
  8927. The guys who killed your partner.
  8928.  
  8929. Amber sets the tray down.
  8930.  
  8931. AMBER
  8932. It's for you!
  8933.  
  8934. Parks reaches his hand out and pats her ears.
  8935.  
  8936. PARKS
  8937. My god, I've gone and lost my mind.
  8938.  
  8939. AMBER
  8940. Is he okay Miss Paulsen?
  8941.  
  8942. DAWN
  8943. He just needs some getting used to
  8944. all of this.
  8945.  
  8946. Parks sighs and looks at the plate of food. It's some chicken
  8947. alfredo pasta.
  8948.  
  8949. PARKS
  8950. Thanks.
  8951.  
  8952. He takes the tray from her.
  8953.  
  8954. She smiles at him and walks off. Parks takes a plastic fork
  8955.  
  8956. PARKS
  8957. Autistic?
  8958.  
  8959. Dawn cocks an eyebrow at Parks.
  8960.  
  8961. DAWN
  8962. You can tell?
  8963.  
  8964. PARKS
  8965. Yeah, I used to volunteer at a
  8966. children's hospital.
  8967.  
  8968. DAWN
  8969. You must have had an interesting
  8970. childhood, Parks. Now that's
  8971. something I would've paid to see.
  8972. The big badass detective helping
  8973. kids in a hospital.
  8974.  
  8975. PARKS
  8976. I was doing it for the college
  8977. credit. Anyway.
  8978.  
  8979. Parks moves over to a counter and eats his food. Dawn slides
  8980. him a keycard, his badge, and his gun across the counter.
  8981.  
  8982. DAWN
  8983. End this Parks. All of it.
  8984.  
  8985. Parks chuckles.
  8986.  
  8987. PARKS
  8988. You want me to kill you after all
  8989. this, Dawn? Starting to sound like
  8990. your brother.
  8991.  
  8992. DAWN
  8993. That keycard goes to sublevel one.
  8994. There's a vault down there. All the
  8995. evidence you need to take Matthews
  8996. down with it.
  8997.  
  8998. Parks finishes his food and looks at the two cards.
  8999.  
  9000. DAWN
  9001. You're gonna want to call for
  9002. backup, you know.
  9003.  
  9004. Parks shakes his head.
  9005.  
  9006. PARKS
  9007. I'm gonna solve this case myself.
  9008. I've gone this far.
  9009.  
  9010. DAWN
  9011. You what?
  9012.  
  9013. Parks pushes the tray forward.
  9014.  
  9015. PARKS
  9016. I'm gonna take 'em in alone.
  9017.  
  9018. DAWN
  9019. Oh, no. You've lost it.
  9020.  
  9021. PARKS
  9022. This was my goal from the start!
  9023.  
  9024. DAWN
  9025. What? Screw over everyone else's
  9026. plans?
  9027.  
  9028. PARKS
  9029. What do you mean?
  9030.  
  9031. DAWN
  9032. Oh, I don't know. Everything that I
  9033. did and your department did to keep
  9034. you from losing your job, dying,
  9035. y'know all of the important stuff.
  9036. And you're gonna throw it away.
  9037.  
  9038. PARKS
  9039. Sorry to have disappointed you
  9040. then.
  9041.  
  9042. Parks grabs his things and steps out of the room. He steps
  9043. into an elevator.
  9044.  
  9045.  
  9046. INT. UNDERGROUND HALLWAY - DAY
  9047.  
  9048. Parks turns on a light switch to an empty lab. Nothing truly
  9049. stands out as he walks through it.
  9050.  
  9051. The hallway itself sits empty. Parks walks through it. It's
  9052. well lit, well-maintained, and clean.
  9053.  
  9054. Parks walks through it. He hears a thud.
  9055.  
  9056. PARKS
  9057. (echoing)
  9058. Hello?
  9059.  
  9060. He looks behind him.
  9061.  
  9062. Nothing.
  9063.  
  9064. PARKS
  9065. Losing my fucking mind here.
  9066.  
  9067. Parks walks through the halls.
  9068.  
  9069. He puts his hands in his pockets. A decontamination section
  9070. sits in front of him. A card reader sits next to some
  9071. automatic doors.
  9072.  
  9073. Parks scans the badge.
  9074.  
  9075. FEMALE ANNOUNCER (O.S.)
  9076. Welcome Doctor Paulsen.
  9077.  
  9078. Parks walks into
  9079.  
  9080.  
  9081. INT. LABORATORY - DAY
  9082.  
  9083. The lights around come on. Against the wall list the faces of
  9084. doctors. Dawn is on one of them.
  9085.  
  9086. Parks looks at it and sighs.
  9087.  
  9088. He looks down at the keycard. Dawn's face is on it and she
  9089. looks younger.
  9090.  
  9091. In black sharpie reads, "My office: Office 12".
  9092.  
  9093. Parks walks through the lab.
  9094.  
  9095. He passes through windowed offices attatched to the inside
  9096. and follows the numbers.
  9097.  
  9098. He walks through other labs and stops at an office with a
  9099. "12" above its windowed sliding door. Another card reader
  9100. sits in front of it.
  9101.  
  9102. PARKS
  9103. Would ye kindly?
  9104.  
  9105. Parks puts the card up to the door. It slides open.
  9106.  
  9107.  
  9108. DAWN'S OFFICE
  9109.  
  9110. PARKS
  9111. Fucking Umbrella Corporation guys,
  9112. I swear to god...
  9113.  
  9114. Parks looks around a small office. It's surrounded by stuffed
  9115. animals and almost looks like an office meant for children.
  9116.  
  9117. Parks looks around it. On a desk sits a picture of Don and
  9118. Dawn, the two are kids in the picture. Don wears a birthday
  9119. hat, the date below it reads March 23rd, 1997. Behind them
  9120. are their parents. Don wears a birthday hat and gives an
  9121. eccstatic smile to a camera.
  9122.  
  9123. He holds a Pikachu plush. His sister hugs him.
  9124.  
  9125. PARKS
  9126. He never talked about his
  9127. childhood...
  9128.  
  9129. Parks looks at the desk. On the desk a sticky note that
  9130. reads: "Password: oct181998".
  9131.  
  9132. Parks turns on the desktop. He puts the password in and opens
  9133. up Dawn's e-mails. He creates a new message.
  9134.  
  9135. Parks sifts through Dawn's emails and opens up a video
  9136. message that reads "Test subject: #94".
  9137.  
  9138. The tab opens to
  9139.  
  9140.  
  9141. INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
  9142.  
  9143. A little girl's screams break out and echo. A camera pans on
  9144. Sarah. She sits in a chair with an IV in her arm.
  9145.  
  9146. IND RESEARCHER 1
  9147. What's your name little girl?
  9148.  
  9149. SARAH
  9150. My name's Sarah Flynn.
  9151.  
  9152. IND RESEARCHER 1
  9153. And where's your family from?
  9154.  
  9155. SARAH
  9156. Ireland...
  9157.  
  9158. IND RESEARCHER 1
  9159. Run it again.
  9160.  
  9161. More screams break out.
  9162.  
  9163.  
  9164. DAWN'S OFFICE
  9165.  
  9166. PARKS
  9167. Oh, fuck...
  9168.  
  9169. Scream after scream breaks out as Parks goes through each of
  9170. the emails. He sends one after another.
  9171.  
  9172. Parks stops at another e-mail that reads simply, "intent to
  9173. resign".
  9174.  
  9175. The message reads:
  9176. "Marcus,
  9177. This is the last straw. If I see another incident like the
  9178. one on April 15th, I am leaving this post. That's my
  9179. brother!"
  9180.  
  9181. Parks takes out his wallet. He takes out the dog tags that he
  9182. showed Adam.
  9183.  
  9184. PARKS
  9185. April 15th, 2015... He really did
  9186. it.
  9187.  
  9188. Another reply to it:
  9189. "My goal is to increase the security apparatus of the United
  9190. States Armed Forces through any means necessary or required.
  9191. The people of this country are more divided than ever before.
  9192. As it was in 1941, the United States needs to find a reason
  9193. to come together."
  9194.  
  9195. Dawn replies.
  9196. "My *brother* was in that convoy! The Hero of Houston? That
  9197. was *MY* brother, Marc. We're done! Anymore favors I gotta do
  9198. for you better have a good god damn reason behind them!"
  9199.  
  9200. Parks looks down.
  9201.  
  9202. He continues to send more emails over to another recipient.
  9203.  
  9204. Parks looks at the drawers around the desk.
  9205.  
  9206. One opens up.
  9207.  
  9208. A red Gameboy sits in it.
  9209.  
  9210. Parks takes it out and turns it over.
  9211.  
  9212. It reads, "To the best sister in the world. 10/22/2004"
  9213.  
  9214. Parks looks down and sighs.
  9215.  
  9216. PARKS
  9217. Better than what I had.
  9218.  
  9219. Parks gets back on the computer. He looks through more
  9220. emails.
  9221.  
  9222. He stops at another. The office phone on the table rings.
  9223.  
  9224. Parks picks up the receiver.
  9225.  
  9226. DAWN(O.S.)
  9227. (phone)
  9228. What do you think?
  9229.  
  9230. PARKS
  9231. I'm trying to figure out
  9232. specifically what I'm supposed to
  9233. be looking at here. It doesn't
  9234. answer why you pretended to be a
  9235. fed or even why you've been helping
  9236. the militia.
  9237.  
  9238. DAWN
  9239. Marcus was gonna promote me if I
  9240. helped him... We were a thing for a
  9241. bit but after I found out what he
  9242. did to my brother and the people
  9243. around him-
  9244.  
  9245. PARKS
  9246. You cut him off.
  9247.  
  9248. DAWN
  9249. He dragged me into things. Told me
  9250. that if I didn't play ball with him
  9251. that he'd hurt my brother.
  9252.  
  9253. Parks laughs.
  9254.  
  9255. PARKS
  9256. Are you fucking crazy? We-
  9257.  
  9258. DAWN
  9259. Before you go any further and if
  9260. you haven't seen already, we've
  9261. been working on a project.
  9262.  
  9263. Parks searches for "projects" in her search bar.
  9264.  
  9265. PARKS
  9266. I'm looking through your email,
  9267. what do you want me looking at
  9268. specifically?
  9269.  
  9270. DAWN
  9271. Phoenix Weapons Program, related to
  9272. the PMC my brother's in.
  9273.  
  9274. Parks searches that up.
  9275.  
  9276. A string of emails shows up.
  9277.  
  9278. Parks opens up one.
  9279.  
  9280.  
  9281. INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - DAY
  9282.  
  9283. A subject strapped to a chair sits in it.
  9284.  
  9285. IND DOCTOR
  9286. Test subject 22, Jonathan Willis,
  9287. early-30s, no prior history of
  9288. violence.
  9289.  
  9290. WILLIS
  9291. Hey man, I just want to go
  9292. home!
  9293.  
  9294. IND DOCTOR
  9295. As we've found with previous
  9296. subjects, the Darkheart serum
  9297. causes those with no
  9298. aggressive tendencies for
  9299. five minutes.
  9300.  
  9301. A doctor comes up behind him and injects Willis with a
  9302. syringe.
  9303.  
  9304. Willis starts to fight in his restraints.
  9305.  
  9306. WILLIS
  9307. I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL ALL OF YOU!
  9308.  
  9309. A clock behind him counts down the minutes. The video speeds
  9310. up to three minutes. He still fights in his restraints.
  9311.  
  9312. The video goes back to normal speed.
  9313.  
  9314. Willis continues to fight in his restraints.
  9315.  
  9316. WILLIS
  9317. GONNA KILL ALL OF YOU! I AM GOING
  9318. TO FIND A WAY!
  9319.  
  9320. Another subject is pushed into the room. He wears an orange
  9321. jumpsuit. He look around in confusion.
  9322.  
  9323. Willis's restraints come off. A scalpel sits on the table.
  9324.  
  9325. Willis falls forward, then stands back up. The other test
  9326. subject looks behind him.
  9327.  
  9328. IND TEST SUBJECT
  9329. Willis, it's me man! It's me!
  9330.  
  9331. Willis tackles him to the ground and slices his throat open,
  9332. then continues to stab into him.
  9333.  
  9334. The video speeds up and stops.
  9335.  
  9336. Willis stands up.
  9337.  
  9338. WILLIS
  9339. Oh god, what have I done?
  9340.  
  9341. The doors open. Two Sentinel Securities PMCs shoot him dead.
  9342.  
  9343. BACK TO:
  9344.  
  9345.  
  9346. DAWN'S OFFICE
  9347.  
  9348. PARKS
  9349. Diaz... I shot reporter. Matthews
  9350. was in there with him.
  9351.  
  9352. Parks puts the phone on speaker.
  9353.  
  9354. DAWN (O.S.)
  9355. (phone)
  9356. Who?
  9357.  
  9358. He look at different emails.
  9359.  
  9360. PARKS
  9361. He was with us at Houston. I shot
  9362. him after he bum rushed me with a
  9363. knife, but he was tied down.
  9364. Someone cut the rope.
  9365.  
  9366. Parks scrolls through different pictures and stops at one. He
  9367. taps a pen on the desk and puts on his lip.
  9368.  
  9369. DAWN (O.S.)
  9370. (phone)
  9371. Yeah... Darkheart. I'm sorry,
  9372. Parks.
  9373.  
  9374. It's a picture of him. He shakes hands with a military
  9375. Colonel. Matthews stands behind the Colonel.
  9376.  
  9377. PARKS
  9378. That's Colonel Tyler Wallace. How's
  9379. he connected to all this?
  9380.  
  9381. Parks takes out his notepad. He jots down, "Tyler a part of
  9382. the Phoenix Weapons Program".
  9383.  
  9384. DAWN (O.S.)
  9385. (phone)
  9386. I've never heard that name before.
  9387.  
  9388. PARKS
  9389. I'll figure it out later.
  9390.  
  9391. Parks looks at the first email. A set of coordinates. Parks
  9392. jots them down and sends them to another address.
  9393.  
  9394. PARKS
  9395. What's Matthews's endgame?
  9396.  
  9397. DAWN (O.S.)
  9398. (phone)
  9399. He never said anything about it. He
  9400. keeps the people he knows in the
  9401. dark.
  9402.  
  9403. Parks shakes his head and massages his eyes.
  9404.  
  9405. He tabs out.
  9406.  
  9407. The doors that lead to the hallway open. Elena walks forward,
  9408. two armed guards behind her.
  9409.  
  9410. DAWN (O.S.)
  9411. Parks, you have company. Matthews
  9412. has a woman, red hair, blue eyes,
  9413. freckles. He's got a few security
  9414. guys with him.
  9415.  
  9416. Parks's eyes widen. Matthews holds a .22 Ruger to the back of
  9417. his skull.
  9418.  
  9419. PARKS
  9420. Oh, no... Elena.
  9421.  
  9422. DAWN (O.S.)
  9423. (phone)
  9424. Parks?
  9425.  
  9426. PARKS
  9427. I gotta go. Which way out?
  9428.  
  9429. DAWN
  9430. Only one and that's through four
  9431. guys. I'll help you out where I
  9432. can, I'll get to engineering and
  9433. try to get you out that way.
  9434.  
  9435. A flash drive sits plugged into a computer. Parks takes it
  9436. out and ducks under a table. He grabs his keycard and starts
  9437. to move.
  9438.  
  9439. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  9440. PARKS! I know you're in here! Come
  9441. out and your wife doesn't take a
  9442. bullet!
  9443.  
  9444. He steps out to
  9445.  
  9446.  
  9447. INT. LABORATORY - DAY
  9448.  
  9449. Parks crouches down behind a desk. He gets his gun out and
  9450. checks his ammo.
  9451.  
  9452. PARKS
  9453. Fuck.
  9454.  
  9455. Parks stays down.
  9456.  
  9457. MATTHEWS
  9458. Search the area! Find him!
  9459.  
  9460. Parks puts his gun away and stays behind a desk. He moves to
  9461. another one as they enter his room. Elena still has a gun to
  9462. her head as she walks forward. Tears roll down her eyes.
  9463.  
  9464. Parks stays down and gets his gun back out as the group moves
  9465. through.
  9466.  
  9467. PARKS
  9468. (whispering)
  9469. Stick to the shadows...
  9470.  
  9471. The room goes black.
  9472.  
  9473. Gunshots ring out as the power begins to flicker.
  9474.  
  9475. IND AGENT
  9476. The hell was that?!
  9477.  
  9478. An agent lays dead on the floor as Parks makes a break for
  9479. the hallway. The three agents open fire on Parks.
  9480.  
  9481. MATTHEWS (O.S.)
  9482. STOP FUCKING SHOOTING YOU PRICKS!
  9483. GET HIM! BRING HIM BACK TO ME!
  9484.  
  9485. Parks continues to run. He holds a keycard as he does.
  9486.  
  9487. The agents give chase behind him. Parks scans the card and
  9488. goes to
  9489.  
  9490.  
  9491. INT. UNDERGROUND HALLWAY - DAY
  9492.  
  9493. Parks sprints through the hallway and holds his gun out
  9494. behind him.
  9495.  
  9496. The elevator opens up. Parks dives into it.
  9497.  
  9498.  
  9499. ELEVATOR
  9500.  
  9501. He slams his hand into the ground floor button.
  9502.  
  9503. He keeps his weapon outside the elevator doors. They close as
  9504. the three agents open fire on Parks.
  9505.  
  9506. Parks sits there for a moment and catches his breath.
  9507.  
  9508. The elevator doors open. He takes a deep breath.
  9509.  
  9510. Parks steps out of the elevator.
  9511.  
  9512. He gets out his phone and calls an uber.
  9513.  
  9514. CUT TO:
  9515.  
  9516.  
  9517. INT. POLICE STATION - DAY
  9518.  
  9519. Parks bursts into Steele's office sits on the door.
  9520.  
  9521. A wanted poster of Don
  9522.  
  9523. He holds a flash drive. Parks holds a fearful look.
  9524.  
  9525. PARKS
  9526. Tell me you got my email, TELL ME
  9527. YOU GOT WHAT I SENT YOU!
  9528.  
  9529. Steele cocks an eyebrow.
  9530.  
  9531. STEELE
  9532. You've been blowing up my email all
  9533. day Parks, why don't you just wait
  9534. and-
  9535.  
  9536. PARKS
  9537. MATTHEWS HAS MY WIFE! I sent you
  9538. all the evidence I have, now tell
  9539. me we can put a stop to this
  9540. insanity! Hawkins is dead and so is
  9541. anyone able to testify against all
  9542. of this! I got nothing left! This
  9543. case took everything that I have. I
  9544. can't do anything anymore.
  9545.  
  9546. STEELE
  9547. See Stanton.
  9548.  
  9549. Parks looks exhausted.
  9550.  
  9551. PARKS
  9552. Fine.
  9553.  
  9554. He steps out to
  9555.  
  9556.  
  9557. STANTON'S OFFICE
  9558.  
  9559. Parks takes a seat.
  9560.  
  9561. STANTON
  9562. What's the problem now Parks?
  9563.  
  9564. PARKS
  9565. You fuckin' crazy? What's the
  9566. problem now? The problem is that
  9567. the guy that's supposed to be
  9568. Homeland Security is a Special
  9569. Activities, spook, Stanton. The
  9570. problem is he's holding my wife
  9571. hostage. The problem is that
  9572. Officer Turner is dead and I
  9573. haven't heard from Detective
  9574. Paulsen.
  9575.  
  9576. STANTON
  9577. Son... She's dead. Her husband shot
  9578. her in the heat of the moment. And
  9579. he was broken out of county. We're
  9580. still looking for him.
  9581.  
  9582. Parks cocks his head at that.
  9583.  
  9584. PARKS
  9585. Why would he do that?
  9586.  
  9587. STANTON
  9588. Years in the sandbox finally got to
  9589. him. We think some of his
  9590. connections in the military helped
  9591. him out, but we don't have any
  9592. names for sure.
  9593.  
  9594. PARKS
  9595. That makes literally no sense at
  9596. all.
  9597.  
  9598. STANTON
  9599. I'll put it to you straight. You're
  9600. officially on suspension with pay,
  9601. pending an investigation regarding
  9602. the group.
  9603.  
  9604. PARKS
  9605. That's nonsensical. You and I both
  9606. know that.
  9607.  
  9608. STANTON
  9609. You know the drill, Parks. I'm
  9610. disappointed in what you've shown
  9611. me. Two weeks.
  9612.  
  9613. Parks passes him his badge and service weapon.
  9614.  
  9615. STANTON
  9616. We'll be looking for Elena.
  9617.  
  9618. PARKS
  9619. MATTHEWS HAS HER!
  9620.  
  9621. STANTON
  9622. GET OUT OF MY OFFICE, PARKS. We.
  9623. Will. Find her.
  9624.  
  9625. Parks gets out.
  9626.  
  9627.  
  9628. INT. MICK'S BAR - DAY
  9629.  
  9630. Parks walks inside with a defeated look.
  9631.  
  9632. Don sits in there. Conrad and Kobel look at him, both with
  9633. confused and shocked looks.
  9634.  
  9635. Parks looks at the bartender.
  9636.  
  9637. PARKS
  9638. Irish coffee.
  9639.  
  9640. He sits down between Don and Conrad. Conrad starts to reach
  9641. for a handgun.
  9642.  
  9643. Don looks down in fear.
  9644.  
  9645. Parks looks at the two of them and sighs.
  9646.  
  9647. PARKS
  9648. Please fuck off. I've had a long
  9649. day and managed to get myself
  9650. suspended again.
  9651.  
  9652. Conrad cocks an eyebrow.
  9653.  
  9654. DON
  9655. Dave?
  9656.  
  9657. PARKS
  9658. You got my e-mail, right?
  9659.  
  9660. DON
  9661. Yeah, and I gotta get my daughter.
  9662.  
  9663. PARKS
  9664. I gotta get my wife. You get those
  9665. coordinates?
  9666.  
  9667. DON
  9668. Had 'em already.
  9669.  
  9670. PARKS
  9671. Good, because I'm solving this case
  9672. alone.
  9673.  
  9674. Kobel, Don, and Conrad look at Parks with a stunned look in
  9675. their eyes.
  9676.  
  9677. DON
  9678. You're gonna end up dead, wife
  9679. ain't going to have anyone to come
  9680. home to.
  9681.  
  9682. PARKS
  9683. The only person that can save her
  9684. is me, Paulsen.
  9685.  
  9686. DON
  9687. Let us help you!
  9688.  
  9689. Parks downs a shot of whiskey.
  9690.  
  9691. PARKS
  9692. I know what I'm doing. If I don't
  9693. come back, leak everything I sent
  9694. you online. The coordinates are
  9695. where they're most likely keeping
  9696. your daughter. Experiments,
  9697. Matthews, your daughter-
  9698.  
  9699. DON
  9700. Slow the fuck down, Parks.
  9701.  
  9702. Don takes out his phone and scrolls through his emails.
  9703.  
  9704. PARKS
  9705. If you don't hear from me tomorrow,
  9706. leak everything.
  9707.  
  9708. Parks takes another shot and steps out of the bar.
  9709.  
  9710. DON
  9711. Parks, wait!
  9712.  
  9713. The door closes behind Parks.
  9714.  
  9715.  
  9716. EXT. GUN STORE - DAY
  9717.  
  9718. Parks goes inside of a gun store.
  9719.  
  9720.  
  9721. INT. GUN STORE - DAY
  9722.  
  9723. Parks sights in an AR, a look of solid determination in his
  9724. eyes.
  9725.  
  9726. He loads a magazine, puts it in a bag and looks at all the
  9727. others.
  9728.  
  9729. He steps out to
  9730.  
  9731.  
  9732. INT. PARKS'S CAR - DAY
  9733.  
  9734. Parks looks exhausted all the same.
  9735.  
  9736. Parks looks at the AR in the rear passenger seat of his
  9737. Toyota.
  9738.  
  9739. He pulls into a parking lot and falls asleep. The car idles.
  9740.  
  9741. GO TO:
  9742.  
  9743.  
  9744. EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT
  9745.  
  9746. Parks's Toyota sits outside an office. The front of it reads,
  9747. "Department of Homeland Security - Phoenix".
  9748.  
  9749. The door swings wide open as Parks watches the last agent
  9750. step out.
  9751.  
  9752. He stands against the wall. Parks holds his shoes while he
  9753. walks into
  9754.  
  9755.  
  9756. INT. HOMELAND SECURITY BUILDING - NIGHT
  9757.  
  9758. Parks takes out a flashlight and makes his way through the
  9759. building.
  9760.  
  9761. Parks walks by different individual offices and stops at an
  9762. office that reads "ASAC Matthews".
  9763.  
  9764. Parks takes a sigh and checks his pockets.
  9765.  
  9766. PARKS
  9767. Now would be a great time to know
  9768. how to pick a lock.
  9769.  
  9770. Parks kicks the door open and makes his way into
  9771.  
  9772.  
  9773. MATTHEWS'S OFFICE
  9774.  
  9775. Parks looks around. Nothing stands out with the exception of
  9776. some files on the table.
  9777.  
  9778. Parks shines a light around the room.
  9779.  
  9780. Nothing really stands out. Some awards on a wall. Parks looks
  9781. at some picture frames.
  9782.  
  9783. Matthews sits there with a wife, a dog, and a child. They
  9784. look happy.
  9785.  
  9786. PARKS
  9787. ...Even evil has family, doesn't
  9788. it, Dave?
  9789.  
  9790. He sets the picture frame back down.
  9791.  
  9792. Parks continues to walk through the office and stops at a
  9793. desk. Its nice wood glistens as Parks shines his light on it.
  9794.  
  9795. PARKS
  9796. Fancy wood.
  9797.  
  9798. Parks looks at the drawers below it.
  9799.  
  9800. He opens a bottom one.
  9801.  
  9802. PARKS
  9803. What the hell...
  9804.  
  9805. Parks takes out his light. Different identities sit in his
  9806. drawer. He puts the flashlight in his mouth as he sorts
  9807. through a small group of passports and different law
  9808. enforcement IDs.
  9809.  
  9810. PARKS
  9811. Okay then.
  9812.  
  9813. Stacks of money sit below the IDs.
  9814.  
  9815. PARKS
  9816. Who the fuck is this guy...?
  9817.  
  9818. The door opens.
  9819.  
  9820. A JANITOR, (late-50s) walks in.
  9821.  
  9822. The janitor lugs a vacuum cleaner behind him.
  9823.  
  9824. PARKS
  9825. Oh, fuck.
  9826.  
  9827. The janitor flicks a light switch.
  9828.  
  9829. JANITOR
  9830. Getting some extra work done there?
  9831.  
  9832. Parks nods.
  9833.  
  9834. JANITOR
  9835. Well leave a light on then so I
  9836. know which room to clean next! You
  9837. need me to do a work order on the
  9838. door?
  9839.  
  9840. Parks nods again.
  9841.  
  9842. JANITOR
  9843. You're the boss!
  9844.  
  9845. He walks out. Parks closes his eyes and sighs. He continues
  9846. to look through Matthews's things.
  9847.  
  9848. Parks looks at the door.
  9849.  
  9850. PARKS
  9851. Hey buddy hold up!
  9852.  
  9853. The janitor comes back in.
  9854.  
  9855. PARKS
  9856. Can I borrow a screwdriver? I'm the
  9857. IT guy.
  9858.  
  9859. JANITOR
  9860. Asian dude- IT guy. Of course.
  9861.  
  9862. The janitor fishes around his pockets.
  9863.  
  9864. PARKS
  9865. I'll give it back, don't worry.
  9866.  
  9867. JANITOR
  9868. Alright, man.
  9869.  
  9870. Parks takes a flathead screwdriver from him. The janitor
  9871. steps back out.
  9872.  
  9873. Parks goes back to the lock on the desk. He checks the door,
  9874. then behind him.
  9875.  
  9876. He jams the screwdriver into the lock and slams it in with
  9877. his hand. The screwdriver pushes itself into the lock.
  9878.  
  9879. Parks turns it.
  9880.  
  9881. Parks pulls against the drawer. It doesn't open at first, but
  9882. with some effort he pulls the drawer open. On top sits the
  9883. cover for a badge wallet. Parks opens it.
  9884.  
  9885. PARKS
  9886. Oh, boy. I've done it now.
  9887.  
  9888. Parks opens it. A CIA badge reveals itself next to CIA
  9889. credentials "Michael Mayberry". Matthews's photo sits in it.
  9890.  
  9891. PARKS
  9892. Oh fuck me, this is bad.
  9893.  
  9894. Parks looks at a sealed envelope inside the desk. He sets the
  9895. badge down on the desk.
  9896.  
  9897. Parks opens up the envelope.
  9898.  
  9899. A dossier.
  9900.  
  9901. PARKS
  9902. What the hell is this...
  9903.  
  9904. Parks opens it up.
  9905.  
  9906. PARKS
  9907. Following the failed actions at MSR
  9908. Houston, the agency looks to use
  9909. enhanced humans in order to secure
  9910. an American future in Afghanistan.
  9911. The Phoenix Weapons Program will
  9912. allow the-
  9913.  
  9914. Parks's eyes widen.
  9915.  
  9916. PARKS
  9917. The nanites make them stronger.
  9918. They're a force that can take
  9919. bullets and explosions better than
  9920. the average person.
  9921.  
  9922. Parks looks through the documents in the envelope.
  9923.  
  9924. PARKS
  9925. Matthews sent soldiers to take guys
  9926. out.
  9927.  
  9928. He looks at one part of the text.
  9929.  
  9930. "in order to secure an American future in Afghanistan"
  9931.  
  9932. Parks shuffles through the envelope.
  9933.  
  9934. A map sits between the papers.
  9935.  
  9936. Parks looks at it and opens it up.
  9937.  
  9938. Highways are highlit along with red circles.
  9939.  
  9940. Above the police stations are times with assorted numbers.
  9941.  
  9942. A date sits on top of the map. December 29th, 2020.
  9943.  
  9944. Parks checks his phone. It's December 19th.
  9945.  
  9946. PARKS
  9947. What the fuck?
  9948.  
  9949. Parks starts to put it together in his mind.
  9950.  
  9951. PARKS
  9952. The Phoenix Weapons program...
  9953.  
  9954. His mind turns to that of the desert.
  9955.  
  9956.  
  9957. EXT. DESERT MOUNTAINSIDE - DAY
  9958.  
  9959. The insurgents fire down into the convoy below.
  9960.  
  9961. His mind goes back to the
  9962.  
  9963.  
  9964. EXT. DESERT HIGHWAY - NIGHT
  9965.  
  9966. Parks fires his 12 gauge into the gang member.
  9967.  
  9968. He continues to charge Parks.
  9969.  
  9970. BACK TO:
  9971.  
  9972.  
  9973. MATTHEWS'S OFFICE
  9974.  
  9975. PARKS
  9976. Fuck this is bad.
  9977.  
  9978. Parks grabs the documents off the table and makes a run for
  9979. it.
  9980.  
  9981.  
  9982. EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT
  9983.  
  9984. Parks runs outside. Black suburbans pull into the lot.
  9985.  
  9986. Parks makes a break for his sedan and gets to the rear
  9987. passenger door.
  9988.  
  9989. He throws the documents into the back of it. He goes to the
  9990. driver's seat of his car and pops the trunk.
  9991.  
  9992. Parks puts on his AR. The suburbans stop. Agents step outside
  9993. and raise weapons at him.
  9994.  
  9995. Matthews steps around.
  9996.  
  9997. MATTHEWS
  9998. Detective!
  9999.  
  10000. Parks raises his rifle at him.
  10001.  
  10002. PARKS
  10003. You gonna appeal to my sense of
  10004. reason, Matthews? Huh? Do you
  10005. prefer Mayberry?
  10006.  
  10007. Matthews's expression changes to that of sheer horror.
  10008.  
  10009. Parks gives a grin.
  10010.  
  10011. PARKS
  10012. How long have you been turning kids
  10013. into weapons? Injecting them with
  10014. nanites and god knows what.
  10015. Stopping anyone that gets in your
  10016. way.
  10017.  
  10018. Parks carries a crazed look in his eyes.
  10019.  
  10020. MATTHEWS
  10021. Parks, think of Ele-
  10022.  
  10023. Parks fires two rounds into Matthews's chest. He raises his
  10024. rifle, only to have something hit him in the neck.
  10025.  
  10026. Parks falls down.
  10027.  
  10028. MATTHEWS
  10029. Get him to Warehouse Sierra, we're
  10030. out of here before the locals start
  10031. asking questions.
  10032.  
  10033. Steele stands next to him.
  10034.  
  10035. STEELE
  10036. We out of the woods yet?
  10037.  
  10038. MATTHEWS
  10039. Get the car and shell casings out
  10040. of here, then meet me at the
  10041. warehouse.
  10042.  
  10043.  
  10044. INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY
  10045.  
  10046. Parks sits in a cold freezer. A dim light shines above him.
  10047.  
  10048. Another light across the room shines over a tied up Elena.
  10049. Parks's hair is wet, his face covered in scratches. He has a
  10050. black eye.
  10051.  
  10052. Blood runs down her legs.
  10053.  
  10054. ELENA
  10055. Dave... Make them stop, please...
  10056.  
  10057. PARKS
  10058. I've told them everything, baby. I
  10059. told 'em all about the case.
  10060.  
  10061. Matthews appears out of the shadows and hits slams a pipe
  10062. wrench into Parks's leg.
  10063.  
  10064. MATTHEWS
  10065. Evidently, not fucking enough
  10066. Davey!
  10067.  
  10068. Matthews takes out his Ruger .22 and walks over to Elena.
  10069.  
  10070. He sticks the barrel of the gun to her leg.
  10071.  
  10072. PARKS
  10073. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE,
  10074. MATTHEWS!
  10075.  
  10076. MATTHEWS
  10077. Lies and excuses, Davey.
  10078.  
  10079. Matthews fires the Ruger into Elena's leg. Elena lets off a
  10080. scream of pain.
  10081.  
  10082. ELENA
  10083. DAVEY, WHY?!
  10084.  
  10085. Elena cries out in pain as two more men step out of the
  10086. shadows.
  10087.  
  10088. MATTHEWS
  10089. Now while I wait for you to make up
  10090. your mind, my partners are going to
  10091. have some fun with your wife.
  10092.  
  10093. Parks's eyes widen as he struggles in his binds.
  10094.  
  10095. ELENA
  10096. Dave?
  10097.  
  10098. Parks's eyes widen as Matthews pulls up a chair with a grin.
  10099.  
  10100. Three men appear behind Parks and drag Elena in her chair
  10101. into another room.
  10102.  
  10103. PARKS
  10104. No, no! I told you everything god
  10105. damn it!
  10106.  
  10107. Elena's screams echo through the warehouse.
  10108.  
  10109. Parks sits there. Tears roll down Parks's eyes as more
  10110. screams ring out.
  10111.  
  10112. Matthews sits there and checks his watch.
  10113.  
  10114. Time passes as more bags build in Parks's eyes. The screams
  10115. are loud at first and sound more hoarse-
  10116.  
  10117. -Then they stop.
  10118.  
  10119. Elena crawls out of the room. Parks's eyes carry a thousand
  10120. yard stare.
  10121.  
  10122. MATTHEWS
  10123. Ready to talk yet, Dave?
  10124.  
  10125. PARKS
  10126. Just let me die.
  10127.  
  10128. Matthews comes closer to Parks.
  10129.  
  10130. MATTHEWS
  10131. Her first.
  10132.  
  10133. Matthews turns his Ruger to face Elena and pulls the trigger.
  10134.  
  10135. Elena falls down, dead.
  10136.  
  10137. The room goes silent.
  10138.  
  10139. Parks lets off a slow and quiet laugh.
  10140.  
  10141. It increases. Parks starts to get louder and faster with it.
  10142.  
  10143. Parks lets off a weak smile.
  10144.  
  10145. PARKS
  10146. You're a stupid fuck, you know
  10147. that?
  10148.  
  10149. Matthews looks at Elena, then at Parks.
  10150.  
  10151. MATTHEWS
  10152. Yeah?
  10153.  
  10154. PARKS
  10155. Well, you planned out the whole
  10156. whack everyone that gets in your
  10157. way part down. Good job.
  10158.  
  10159. Parks gives a smile.
  10160.  
  10161. PARKS
  10162. But you. Fucked. Up, Matthews,
  10163. Mayberry- Whatever the hell your
  10164. name is.
  10165.  
  10166. Matthews watches him.
  10167.  
  10168. PARKS
  10169. If you're really trying to play the
  10170. federal agent, a law enforcement
  10171. guy, you of all people should know
  10172. that killing one tends to the bring
  10173. some ungodly heat. This ain't
  10174. Mexico, Marcus.
  10175.  
  10176. MATTHEWS
  10177. I can take it.
  10178.  
  10179. PARKS
  10180. So did the Guadalajara Cartel back
  10181. in the 1980's.
  10182.  
  10183. MATTHEWS
  10184. You seem to know your history.
  10185.  
  10186. PARKS
  10187. I spent a lot of time reading on
  10188. deployment. Crime novels- The shit
  10189. that made me want to get back on
  10190. the road. But partner, I don't
  10191. think you know, get, or even have
  10192. the faintest idea of what's coming.
  10193.  
  10194. Parks spits some blood out on the floor next to him.
  10195.  
  10196. PARKS
  10197. Double homicide? Suspended cop gets
  10198. too close to a case and then
  10199. murdered? People are gonna ask
  10200. questions.
  10201.  
  10202. MATTHEWS
  10203. I got people handling that-
  10204.  
  10205. PARKS
  10206. Yeah, on the law enforcement end of
  10207. the stick.
  10208.  
  10209. Matthews's eyes widen.
  10210.  
  10211. MATTHEWS
  10212. What the hell are you talking
  10213. about?
  10214.  
  10215. PARKS
  10216. Diaz, he left a flash drive on the
  10217. table- Had everything on it.
  10218. Everything he'd been watching and
  10219. waiting for. All on that drive.
  10220.  
  10221. CUT TO:
  10222.  
  10223.  
  10224. EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
  10225.  
  10226. A SWAT team stacks on the warehouse.
  10227.  
  10228. They breach and push into the warehouse. Patrol officers
  10229. stand behind them.
  10230.  
  10231. Explosives blow open the doors as the police units push in.
  10232.  
  10233. PARKS (O.S.)
  10234. Locations.
  10235.  
  10236. Matthews's agents turn around and start to shoot back at the
  10237. SWAT officers.
  10238.  
  10239. They fall, one by one as the teams push in.
  10240.  
  10241. PARKS (O.S.)
  10242. Names.
  10243.  
  10244. Both sides take losses from the firefight.
  10245.  
  10246. CUT TO:
  10247.  
  10248.  
  10249. INT. OFFICE BUILDING - AFTERNOON
  10250.  
  10251. A small army of FBI and local police units move into the
  10252. building. An FBI agent raises a search warrant in another
  10253. agent's face.
  10254.  
  10255. PARKS (O.S.)
  10256. Addresses.
  10257.  
  10258. The army of local and federal officers start to move in on
  10259. the building.
  10260.  
  10261. They walk through and stop at an office that reads, "SAC
  10262. Marcus Matthews - Human Trafficking".
  10263.  
  10264. An agent tries to throw a punch at Stanton.
  10265.  
  10266. Two FBI agents tackle them to the ground.
  10267.  
  10268. PARKS (O.S.)
  10269. Even your airtight covers.
  10270.  
  10271. CUT TO:
  10272.  
  10273. A drawer opens with multiple IDs and stacks of cash.
  10274.  
  10275. A gloved hand picks up a bundle of passports.
  10276.  
  10277.  
  10278. INT. KNIGHT PHARMACEUTICALS UNDERGROUND - AFTERNOON
  10279.  
  10280. PARKS (O.S.)
  10281. The game's already over, Matthews.
  10282.  
  10283. A security team stacks up on a vault door. Eli stands in the
  10284. stack.
  10285.  
  10286. Kobel walks in the middle of the group, James next to him.
  10287.  
  10288. A guard opens up the vault. The security team makes their way
  10289. down the staircase. Flashlights shine down a staircase as the
  10290. lights inside turn on.
  10291.  
  10292. An MP turns around in surprise. He sees the security unit
  10293. push toward him and puts his hands up.
  10294.  
  10295.  
  10296. LABORATORY
  10297.  
  10298. Scientists keep their hands up as the security team pushes
  10299. through the lab.
  10300.  
  10301. Some of the former subjects pick up guns and begin to shoot
  10302. back at the advancing security team, only to get rounds
  10303. through the skull cavity.
  10304.  
  10305.  
  10306. EXT. BAR - DAY
  10307.  
  10308. Don walks in. He says something.
  10309.  
  10310. PARKS (O.S.)
  10311. Even the associates you tried to
  10312. keep on lockdown.
  10313.  
  10314. A man breaks a beer bottle and tries to shank him with it.
  10315.  
  10316. Don steps out of the way and trips him. The man falls on his
  10317. face.
  10318.  
  10319. Don steps on his neck and takes his gun out. He points it
  10320. behind him and looks on at the group who keep their hands up.
  10321.  
  10322. DON
  10323. Colonel Wallace?!
  10324.  
  10325.  
  10326. INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
  10327.  
  10328. PARKS
  10329. Whatever happens next. I can only
  10330. hope you brought lube.
  10331.  
  10332. Parks smiles.
  10333.  
  10334. Matthews raises the gun to Parks's head.
  10335.  
  10336. PARKS
  10337. It was all worth it in the end. Do
  10338. what you have to.
  10339.  
  10340. FADE TO BLACK.
  10341.  
  10342. A lone, suppressed gunshot.
  10343.  
  10344. Parks smiles and closes his eyes.
  10345.  
  10346.  
  10347. INT. MILITARY OFFICE - DAY
  10348.  
  10349. SUPERIMPOSE: "One month before the MSR Houston incident"
  10350.  
  10351. Parks shuffles some paperwork and types on a computer.
  10352.  
  10353. A desk drawer sits open with different doujins.
  10354.  
  10355. A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LARSON, (19) comes into Parks's office.
  10356.  
  10357. PARKS
  10358. What can I help you with?
  10359.  
  10360. Larson looks around, his eyes show that of paranoia.
  10361.  
  10362. LARSON
  10363. Can I trust you Staff Sergeant?
  10364.  
  10365. Parks cocks an eyebrow at Larson.
  10366.  
  10367. PARKS
  10368. Yeah, I don't see why not.
  10369.  
  10370. Larson adjusts his glasses and leans in.
  10371.  
  10372. LARSON
  10373. You know that base wide ban on
  10374. porn?
  10375.  
  10376. PARKS
  10377. Of course, of course.
  10378.  
  10379. LARSON
  10380. Well I got information on a
  10381. smuggling ring on post. It's a bomb
  10382. shell.
  10383.  
  10384. Parks closes the drawer with the various doujin covers.
  10385.  
  10386. PARKS
  10387. Really now? That's really
  10388. something.
  10389.  
  10390. Parks's hand shifts to a red panic button under the table.
  10391.  
  10392. LARSON
  10393. It's absolutely something, Staff
  10394. Sergeant. You wouldn't believe it.
  10395. I've got names, faces, and even the
  10396. dates and times of meetings.
  10397.  
  10398. PARKS
  10399. Really, now? Alright, go on.
  10400.  
  10401.  
  10402. EXT. AIRCRAFT HANGAR - DAY
  10403.  
  10404. LARSON (O.S.)
  10405. It comes off Hangar Alpha Three.
  10406.  
  10407. An Air Force loadmaster, KEANE, (mid-20s) watches a mail
  10408. pallet come off a C-130.
  10409.  
  10410. James stands there, a cigar in his mouth.
  10411.  
  10412. LARSON (O.S.)
  10413. There's a guy that watches the
  10414. thing, always smokes a cigar. Red
  10415. hair. Hair's all types out of regs.
  10416. He never wears a nametape, but he's
  10417. constantly watching it.
  10418.  
  10419. PARKS (O.S.)
  10420. How do you know he's a part of it?
  10421.  
  10422.  
  10423. EXT. MILITARY FIELD HOSPITAL - DAY
  10424.  
  10425. LARSON (O.S.)
  10426. I've been trailing him of course,
  10427. but he meets with this combat
  10428. medic.
  10429.  
  10430. Don and James high five each other.
  10431.  
  10432. James passes Don a box, while Don passes James some money.
  10433.  
  10434. DON
  10435. Hey, buddy. Here's your cut.
  10436.  
  10437. Larson takes cover behind a wall and listens to this.
  10438.  
  10439. JAMES
  10440. How've you been, man?
  10441.  
  10442. DON
  10443. Ah, usual shit dude. The guys in
  10444. the hospital love this stuff. Been
  10445. selling it to 'em half off if
  10446. they're fucked up enough. You want
  10447. me to cover the other half?
  10448.  
  10449. JAMES
  10450. Nah, if they're fucked up and
  10451. getting medical, that's fine. Any
  10452. special orders?
  10453.  
  10454. DON
  10455. They're getting crazy with what
  10456. they want. Here's the list.
  10457.  
  10458. Don passes James a piece of note paper.
  10459.  
  10460. JAMES
  10461. This is fine. You didn't discount
  10462. them for the special orders, did
  10463. you?
  10464.  
  10465. DON
  10466. 10 percent.
  10467.  
  10468. JAMES
  10469. That's reasonable. So far, we're
  10470. doing good on making sure Johnny
  10471. Law isn't on our ass. Our man on
  10472. the inside knows his shit.
  10473.  
  10474. DON
  10475. Praise the lord for that. Most of
  10476. the MPs couldn't find their head
  10477. from their ass if their life
  10478. depended on it.
  10479.  
  10480. JAMES
  10481. You need anything, doc?
  10482.  
  10483. DON
  10484. Nah, I'll be alright. More Lucky
  10485. Strikes would be nice.
  10486.  
  10487. JAMES
  10488. You got it.
  10489.  
  10490. Don walks off with the box and pockets his share of the
  10491. money.
  10492.  
  10493. LARSON (O.S.)
  10494. They trade the money and this
  10495. Paulsen goes into the hospital and
  10496. sells the magazines.
  10497.  
  10498.  
  10499. INT. MILITARY OFFICE - DAY
  10500.  
  10501. Soldiers give Don money as they hold doujins in their hands.
  10502.  
  10503. They carry smiles and pat Don on the back.
  10504.  
  10505.  
  10506. INT. MILITARY OFFICE - DAY
  10507.  
  10508. Parks jots this down.
  10509.  
  10510. A closer look reveals him to be scribbling dicks.
  10511.  
  10512. PARKS
  10513. What else you got?
  10514.  
  10515. LARSON
  10516. Well that's just the tip of it.
  10517.  
  10518.  
  10519. EXT. MILITARY BARRACKS - DAY
  10520.  
  10521. Two Marines stand outside a barracks.
  10522.  
  10523. They eye Don with suspicion.
  10524.  
  10525. IND MARINE 1
  10526. Go back to your hole you over
  10527. equipped wigger shit licker.
  10528.  
  10529. Don holds a box in his hand.
  10530.  
  10531. DON
  10532. Not until you hear about what I got
  10533. for you. Besides, I got a medical
  10534. call out here.
  10535.  
  10536. IND MARINE 1
  10537. And what would you have that we
  10538. would be interested in?
  10539.  
  10540. Don reaches into the box and takes out a hentai doujin.
  10541.  
  10542. The two look at each other.
  10543.  
  10544. IND MARINE 1
  10545. How do we know you're not an
  10546. undercover? We had one guy-
  10547.  
  10548. DON
  10549. Your one guy was fucking stupid and
  10550. didn't have a man on the inside and
  10551. with the sufficient rank to get
  10552. away with it. Do business with me
  10553. and my associates will continue
  10554. their supply. Don't and you can
  10555. keep doing No Fap for the rest of
  10556. your deployment. Tell your guys if
  10557. they get seriously wounded they get
  10558. half off whatever I might have in
  10559. stock and 10 percent off special
  10560. orders.
  10561.  
  10562. They ponder this for a moment.
  10563.  
  10564. IND MARINE 2
  10565. Spread your arms out.
  10566.  
  10567. Don sets the box down and spreads his arms out.
  10568.  
  10569. The second Marine searches him.
  10570.  
  10571. The first Marine opens the box and looks through it.
  10572.  
  10573. IND MARINE 1
  10574. You said you did special orders
  10575. right?
  10576.  
  10577. DON
  10578. We have that ability, yes.
  10579.  
  10580. IND MARINE 1
  10581. So not just anime porn.
  10582.  
  10583. The Marine takes a picture of Don, Jackie, and Ash out of
  10584. Don's jacket pocket. He looks at it.
  10585.  
  10586. IND MARINE 1
  10587. Wife?
  10588.  
  10589. DON
  10590. Yup.
  10591.  
  10592. IND MARINE 1
  10593. She single?
  10594.  
  10595. DON
  10596. Not yet.
  10597.  
  10598. He puts the picture back.
  10599.  
  10600. IND MARINE 1
  10601. You're good.
  10602.  
  10603. The three walk into
  10604.  
  10605.  
  10606. INT. BARRACKS - DAY
  10607.  
  10608. Don holds the box in his hand.
  10609.  
  10610. Marines fight each other, some wrestle on the ground.
  10611.  
  10612. Don walks past all this, then dodges a can of beer.
  10613.  
  10614. IND MARINE 3
  10615. POG!
  10616.  
  10617. He continues to walk, then stops.
  10618.  
  10619. Both Marines stop at a door marked, "CAPTAIN FOSTER".
  10620.  
  10621. One knocks on the door.
  10622.  
  10623. FOSTER (O.S.)
  10624. Get the fuck in here.
  10625.  
  10626. The group enters
  10627.  
  10628.  
  10629. FOSTER'S OFFICE
  10630.  
  10631. FOSTER
  10632. What the fuck's he here for? What,
  10633. the Army wasn't gay enough for you?
  10634.  
  10635. Don takes out a doujin.
  10636.  
  10637. DON
  10638. I have a business proposition for
  10639. you, one that might help increase
  10640. morale around here.
  10641.  
  10642. FOSTER
  10643. I'm listening.
  10644.  
  10645.  
  10646. EXT. BARRACKS - DAY
  10647.  
  10648. Don smiles as he walks out of the Marine barracks. He holds a
  10649. stack of money.
  10650.  
  10651.  
  10652. INT. ARMY BARRACKS - DAY
  10653.  
  10654. Parks, James, and Don count their money.
  10655.  
  10656.  
  10657. INT. MILITARY OFFICE - DAY
  10658.  
  10659. PARKS
  10660. That's crazy, man.
  10661.  
  10662. LARSON
  10663. I know, right?
  10664.  
  10665. James stands outside the door.
  10666.  
  10667. PARKS
  10668. Stay here, alright? I'll go get
  10669. someone.
  10670.  
  10671. Larson sits there as Parks steps out to
  10672.  
  10673.  
  10674. INT. HALLWAY - DAY
  10675.  
  10676. James stands there with a wiffle ball bat covered in ice.
  10677.  
  10678. Parks steps out with a grin and smokes a cigarette as James
  10679. enters the room, bat behind him.
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