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  1. Recruitment
  2. by
  3. Eli
  4.  
  5.  
  6. EXT. DESERT MILITARY BASE - DAY
  7.  
  8. An SAS officer, RYAN, (mid-40s) walks alongside a bearded
  9. American in civilian clothing, DARREN, (mid-30s).
  10.  
  11. DARREN
  12. Look, Ryan. You have to work with
  13. me here. The boys up top can get
  14. you hard, pipe hitting medic. But
  15. you have to-
  16.  
  17. RYAN
  18. We have medics here, why not one of
  19. them?
  20.  
  21. DARREN
  22. Because they don't have the same
  23. level of training as your guys do.
  24.  
  25. RYAN
  26. I don't want to have to teach
  27. someone that hasn't been in country
  28. our playbook here, I want someone
  29. who understands and has been
  30. through this enough to know what to
  31. do. You got any names or you want
  32. me to start asking the M.O.D. For
  33. help?
  34.  
  35. DARREN
  36. I had a feeling you planned to ask
  37. that.
  38.  
  39. Darren sighs.
  40.  
  41. DARREN
  42. You Brits never make it easy for
  43. us, do you?
  44.  
  45. Ryan grins.
  46.  
  47. RYAN
  48. How do you think we felt about you
  49. in 1776?
  50.  
  51. DARREN
  52. Based on your criteria, we found
  53. three people. One has never been
  54. outside the wire, the other one has
  55. a drinking problem the size of
  56. mars, and the other recently got
  57. himself killed.
  58.  
  59. RYAN
  60. Let's go meet him.
  61.  
  62. Darren points at a single barracks.
  63.  
  64. DARREN
  65. After you, Ryan.
  66.  
  67. Darren gives a forced grin to Ryan.
  68.  
  69. The two go into a barracks. Muffled death metal blares inside
  70. it.
  71.  
  72. A fighting ring is set up inside the barracks.
  73.  
  74. A knocked out private is pulled out past the group. Another
  75. younger soldier holds another ones arm's up.
  76.  
  77. IND SOLDIER
  78. We have a winner!
  79.  
  80. The other soldiers cheer. The announcer gives the winning
  81. soldier a pat on the back.
  82.  
  83. The winning soldier leaves.
  84.  
  85. IND SOLDIER
  86. Up next! We have a new comer!
  87.  
  88. The crowd boos at this. A disheveled and beat up Don comes
  89. in.
  90.  
  91. RYAN
  92. What happened to him?
  93.  
  94. DARREN
  95. They rigged the fight, beat him up
  96. the night before, but he thinks he
  97. can win.
  98.  
  99. RYAN
  100. I like his optimism.
  101.  
  102. IND SOLDIER
  103. Specialist Paulsen VERSUS! Our
  104. Curbstomper Specialist WILSON!
  105.  
  106. Cheering rings out among the other soldiers. Don flips off
  107. the soldiers around him.
  108.  
  109. IND SOLDIER
  110. Now, LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!
  111.  
  112. Cheering breaks out among the soldiers.
  113.  
  114. Darren massages his eyes.
  115.  
  116. Ryan's face carries a neutral expression.
  117.  
  118. DARREN
  119. You want me to stop this?
  120.  
  121. RYAN
  122. Go ahead, by the time the MPs get
  123. here they'll have already finished.
  124.  
  125. DARREN
  126. Okay.
  127.  
  128. Darren watches Wilson take a swing at Don. Don backs away and
  129. takes a swing of his own, hitting Wilson in the face.
  130.  
  131. Wilson backs off. Ryan steps out of the room.
  132.  
  133.  
  134. EXT. DESERT MILITARY BASE - DAY
  135.  
  136. Ryan steps out.
  137.  
  138. DARREN
  139. Too much?
  140.  
  141. RYAN
  142. Too crowded.
  143.  
  144. Ryan takes out a pack of cigarettes and smokes one.
  145.  
  146. A squad of MPs runs into the barracks. Don is dragged out, he
  147. looks beat up and bloody.
  148.  
  149. Darren walks over to the MP.
  150.  
  151. DARREN
  152. Staff Sergeant. This one.
  153.  
  154. He points to Don. Parks nods.
  155.  
  156. DARREN
  157. Come on, let's go talk to him.
  158.  
  159.  
  160. INT. INTERROGATION OBSERVATION ROOM - DAY
  161.  
  162. A knocked out lays slumped against a chair.
  163.  
  164. PARKS
  165. Should we send a medic for Paulsen?
  166.  
  167. DARREN
  168. We'll be fine, Staff Sergeant.
  169.  
  170. PARKS
  171. Yes, sir.
  172.  
  173. An IFAK sits in front of him.
  174.  
  175. Don wakes up.
  176.  
  177. He carries a pained look. Don looks at the IFAK in front of
  178. him and opens it. He takes out a set of alcohol wipes and
  179. begins to clean his wounds. He walks over to the mirror and
  180. begins tending to his wounds.
  181.  
  182. DARREN
  183. What do you think so far?
  184.  
  185. Ryan reads through Don's file.
  186.  
  187. RYAN
  188. You never mentioned his original
  189. intention of becoming a Green
  190. Beret.
  191.  
  192. DARREN
  193. His drinking problem took more
  194. precedence in my mind.
  195.  
  196. RYAN
  197. I'll take him. He's been around
  198. these parts before.
  199.  
  200. DARREN
  201. That's his choice, you know that,
  202. right?
  203.  
  204. RYAN
  205. He'll agree to it. Someone like
  206. him? He wants this.
  207.  
  208. Ryan steps out.
  209.  
  210. DARREN
  211. So be it.
  212.  
  213. CUT TO:
  214.  
  215.  
  216. INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
  217.  
  218. Don continues to patch his face up.
  219.  
  220. Darren comes in.
  221.  
  222. DON
  223. Agency.
  224.  
  225. DARREN
  226. Not at liberty to make any comments
  227. on any assumptions you or I have,
  228. Specialist.
  229.  
  230. DON
  231. Yeah, whatever. What do you want?
  232.  
  233. DARREN
  234. I know a thing or two about you,
  235. Specialist. You're a fighter.
  236.  
  237. DON
  238. You might have the wrong person,
  239. Specialist Curbstomp is more your
  240. style then.
  241.  
  242. Don goes back to the interrogation room and sits down.
  243.  
  244. DON
  245. Kobel send you?
  246.  
  247. DARREN
  248. Who?
  249.  
  250. DON
  251. Don't worry about it. What are you
  252. proposing?
  253.  
  254. DARREN
  255. A bump in pay, classified
  256. assignment. You still have your
  257. clearance from your operations in
  258. '09, so we won't have any problems
  259. with you.
  260.  
  261. DON
  262. What unit? Delta? Rangers?
  263.  
  264. DARREN
  265. SAS.
  266.  
  267. Don laughs.
  268.  
  269. DON
  270. Ah, you're desperate. Who died?
  271.  
  272. DARREN
  273. That's none of your concern.
  274.  
  275. DON
  276. Well with that being the case, I
  277. have one condition for all of this.
  278.  
  279. DARREN
  280. Yeah?
  281.  
  282. DON
  283. Get me a can of fucking coke from
  284. the officer's lounge.
  285.  
  286. DARREN
  287. Deal.
  288.  
  289. FADE TO:
  290.  
  291. Don sips on a can of coca cola, his eyes closed as he enjoys
  292. it.
  293.  
  294. FADE OUT.
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