Reach Out And Kill Someone

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In today's chapter from our spy thriller NOWHERE GIRLS, just as Homeland Security agents April Street and Cherry Nation are about to escape from the safe house, they're suddenly attacked by FBI agents, and barely escape with their lives ...


INT. BIBI’S SAFE HOUSE - NIGHT
Serge hands the girls Uzi submachine guns and extra clips.

SERGE
Here. You’re going to need these --

APRIL
But I’ve got my trusty SIG-Sauer --

CHERRY
And I’ve got my Glock --

BIBI
(examines it)
Oooh. This is the new model --

Serge goes to a spot in the floor.
Pulls aside a rug, revealing a trap door.
He gets down, opens it. Looks at them.

SERGE
Good to have, just in case --

The back door EXPLODES in a massive FIREBALL -- BANG!
Two FBI AGENTS IN BLACK
stand in the doorway. Weapons aimed.

IRATE FBI AGENT
FBI, NOBODY MOVE -- YOU’RE UNDER ARREST!

Bibi WHIPS her weapon at them and start FIRING.
RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!

Their bodies get SPRAYED with bullets.
HIT the ground. THWUMP, THWUMP.

CHERRY
Oh, SHIT --

APRIL
She just shot --

Serge YELLS at them,
half-way down into the tunnel.

SERGE
C’mon, LET’S GO.

The front door EXPLODES.
Three more AGENTS storm in.

Start FIRING at them in a SPRAY OF MACHINE GUN FIRE.
RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT.

Cherry and April LEAP behind the couch. Return fire.
RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT.

Bibi RACES for the open trap door,
but gets SHREDDED into a million pieces.
RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT.

Her I-phone SKITTERS across the floor.
Serge GRABS it. Ducks.

A tear gas SMOKE BOMB flies across the room.
Lands at the girls’ feet.
Starts BILLOWING poisonous gas.

APRIL
SHIT!

The room starts filling with SMOKE.
The girls continue FIRING.
RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT.

April sees the bag on the couch where Serge got the Uzis.
She leans over, opens it. Pulls out a GRENADE.

APRIL
YES. Come to MOMMA.

Cherry sees it. Eyes grow wide. April pulls out another.

CHERRY
Thank you baby JESUS.

APRIL
(hands one to Cherry)
You hit the back, I’ll get the front.

She raises her Uzi, fires at the front door,
keeping the agents at bay.

Two more AGENTS rush in the back door, step over the bodies.
Red high-beams on their weapons searching through the smoke.

The girls NOD. Pull the pins. THROW them. DUCK.

CHERRY’S GRENADE
Lands at the feet of the agents in the back. BOOM.
A massive FIREBALL engulfs them.
Wood and metal goes FLYING.

A pipe BURSTS.
Starts SPRAYING a fountain of water.

APRIL’S GRENADE
HITS the agents at the front door. BOOM.
Their bodies EXPLODE in a red mist.
SPRAYING the wood and metal that goes FLYING.

APRIL AND CHERRY
Look at each other. Nod.
Race toward the open trap door,
and FLY down the ladder.

IN THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE
Standing on the ladder, PELTED with debris,
April GRABS the trap door, and YANKS it shut. BANG.

They both exhale. Climb down into --

INT. TUNNEL CHAMBER - CONTINUOUS
Serge stands there, waiting, cradling his Uzi. Smiles grimly.

SERGE
Good work, ladies.
(beat)
Where’s Bibi?

CHERRY
Sorry. Bibi bit the bullet.

APRIL
GODDAMMIT.
She could have led us to Honey Almond’s location.

SERGE
(holds up the I-phone)
Not to worry. I have her phone.
(swipes it with his finger)
Have all the information you need, on demand.

APRIL
Nice. Reach out and kill someone --