Geraldo Rivera, Eat Your Heart Out

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In Chapter 16 of LITTLE GIRL BLUE, gunshots fly around the house as Seth, Blue, Eva and Layla defend themselves against the home invaders. Meanwhile, Carrie and Bernie kill one of them and grab his gun, and then Carrie's mother reveals that there's a secret underground tunnel in the basement they can use to escape ...


INT. MARGO’S MANSION - STUDY - AT THAT MOMENT
Seth grabs his gun.
Aims it at the door.

SETH
There’s someone out there.

BLUE
Shit.

EVA
(aims hers, whispers)
Let’s get ‘em.

MARGO
We have company?

LAYLA
Shh.

Layla adjusts the drip.
Margo goes out like a light.

EVA
We know you’re OUT THERE,
and we’ve ALL GOT GUNS.
So why don’t you
GET THE HELL OUT OF THIS HOUSE.

SETH
(looks at her)
Eva --

OUTSIDE THE DOOR
Tolly steps away from the door.
Pulls out his gun.

TOLLY
What the fuck?

He puts his hand on the doorknob.
Slowly turns it. Pushes --

INSIDE THE STUDY
Eva sees the doorknob turning.
The door opening --

EVA
The DOOR.

She SHOOTS. BANG.
Blue SHOOTS. BANG.

The rifle KNOCKS her shoulder. She JERKS.
Seth FIRES OFF a BLAST OF ROUNDS -
BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG.

OUTSIDE THE DOOR
Tolly reaches around,
AND FIRES into the room.
BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG.

INSIDE THE STUDY
Everybody DUCKS.

HITS the floor.
Eva and Blue reload.

Seth FIRES again.
BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG.
Eyes on fire.

INT. CARRIE’S BEDROOM - AT THAT MOMENT
Gunshots RING OUT from downstairs.
No one moves.

Porkpie holds his gun on Carrie.
Listening. Concentrating.

Carrie looks at Bernie.
Her eyes flicker.
He slightly nods.

Confused, Porkpie moves his gun
from Carrie to Bernie.

Carrie SHOOTS him in the head. BANG.
He goes down. THWUMP.

CARRIE
(picks up the walkie)
Haven’t used that one in a long time.

BERNIE
Like old home week.
Grab his gun.

CARRIE
(takes it)
Let’s go downstairs.
Join the party.

BERNIE
Better take the service stairs.

CARRIE
Service with a smile.

BERNIE
Don’t get carried away.
I’m still mad at you.

INT. LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS
Tolly stands next to the door.
Looks at the holes in it.

TOLLY
Gotta go get Mick.

He turns, and RACES up the stairs
to the second floor.

INT. SECOND FLOOR HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS
Tolly races into Carrie’s room.
Sees Aldo’s dead body.

And Mick.
All tied up.

MICK
Took you long enough.

TOLLY
(starts untying him)
Shut the fuck up.
(beat)
They’ve all got guns.
Goddamit.

He finishes.
Mick’s free.
Tolly takes his Uzi.

MICK
What now?

TOLLY
(raises the Uzi)
We go the fuck downstairs
and get the bitches.

MICK
Where’s Porkpie?

TOLLY
I thought he was -- here, upstairs.

MICK
Don’t look at me.
I’ve been a little tied up.

INT. STUDY - CONTINUOUS
Bernie and Carrie dash into the room.
Close the door.

SETH
Carrie.
What happened?

CARRIE
We killed another one of them.
Got his Uzi.
Have more firepower.

BERNIE
They’re now down to two.
And one of ‘em is tied up.

BLUE
Wow.

SETH
One of them was out there,
but we shot at them,
and now he’s gone.

CARRIE
Where?

Seth shrugs.

BERNIE
(looks at Carrie)
Okay, so what now?

Margo opens her eyes. Blinks.
Looks around the room.

MARGO
We could go down to the basement.
It’s probably a lot safer.

LAYLA
Mrs. Love?

MARGO
I told you, call me Margo.

LAYLA
I gave you enough Dilaudid
to knock out A-Rod.

MARGO
Honey, please.
You should see my medicine cabinet.

CARRIE
What do you mean downstairs?
The door to the basement
is at the other end of the house.

MARGO
Your father never wanted you kids to know,
but there’s a secret door in this room
that leads down there --
left over from Prohibition.
There’s all kinds of tunnels down there.

CARRIE
And you’re just telling us this NOW?

MARGO
I would have before --
(points at Layla)
But this one keeps
pumping me full of drugs.

LAYLA
Excuse me for doing my job.

BERNIE
So how do we get down there?

MARGO
Go to the bookcase.
Pull out Moby Dick.

Carrie walks over to the bookcase.
Scans the titles. Finds it.

Pulls it out by the spine --
and the bookcase SLIDES open,
revealing a staircase going down.

CARRIE
Geraldo Rivera eat your heart out.
(to Blue)
Why don’t you help Layla
get mom into the wheelchair.
(to Bernie and Seth)
And you guys help me move the desk
in front of the door.
It should buy us some time.

EVA
What can I do?

CARRIE
Why don’t you go down first,
look around. Be our scout.

EVA
(nods)
You know, if I wasn’t scared shitless,
I’d say this is the most fun
I’ve had in years.

INT. UPSTAIRS BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS
Tolly and Mick stand in front of
Porkpie’s dead body.

MICK
The fucking bitch.

TOLLY
And they got his gun. SHIT.

MICK
So what now?

TOLLY
Let’s go down the chimney --
(KA-CHINKS the gun magazine)
And deliver the presents.