Are You Fucking Kidding Me?

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In Chapter 24 of EXIT, fugitive gunman Danny Peel and the hostages get officer Luther James to go along with their escape plan for a cut of the money ... but just as they get ready to split, another cop starts pounding on the door ...


INT. THE EXIT ROOM - EARLY MORNING
POUNDING on the door.

ANGRY COP (O.C.)
POLICE, OPEN UP.
WE KNOW YOU’RE IN THERE.

CASEY
Shit.

SKY
Fuck.

BETTIE
Motherfucker.

DANNY
Okay, everybody.
Calm down.
Let me think.

LUTHER
Think?
They’ve got the place surrounded.

DANNY
But I have hostages.

LUTHER
You got co-conspirators.

DANNY
But they don’t know that.
(smiles)
And I’ve got you.
Gimme your weapon.

LUTHER
Are you fucking kidding me?

DANNY
If I’ve got your weapon,
they’ll think you’re a hostage,
not a co-conspirator.

ANGRY COP (O.C.)
Open the door RIGHT NOW,
OR WE’LL BREAK IT DOWN.

Danny races over to the door.
SHOUTS.

DANNY
You might not want to do that.
I’ve got seven hostages.
Three celebrities, three cops
and a bartender.

ANGRY COP (O.C.)
Three celebrities and three COPS?

DANNY
That’s right.
So I certainly hope you’ve got
one hell of a hostage negotiator.

ANGRY COP (O.C.)
He’s on his way.
Who are the celebs?

DANNY
Sky Masters, Bettie Black
and Casey Montana.

ANGRY COP (O.C.)
Who’s Casey Montana?
(to someone else)
Already?
(to Danny)
Negotiator’s here.
Get away from the door.
He’s coming in.

Danny unlocks the door.
Moves away from it.
The door OPENS.

In walks MARKO MAISEL (50’s),
medium-height, buff,
balding and fierce-looking.

Wearing a skin-tight
black jumpsuit.
Red-tinted shades.

He smiles brightly,
eyes burning with menace.

MARKO
Did somebody order
a hostage negotiator?