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JIMMY
Come on, Bud, hurry up. (BUDDY sticks his head through the window)
The other way.
What?
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JIMMY
Put your legs through first.
Oh.
Jimmy, it's dark in here.
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TEABAG
There ought to be a light in here.
We gonna stay here?
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JIMMY
Gimme a boost, Teabag. We got to shut this window.
Don't you think they'll find us here? We're awful close.
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TEABAG
Chill, dude, I'm comin'.
Why can't we go home? Nobody could have recognized us.
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TEABAG
Did you see the look on his face, man?
Don't talk about it.
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TEABAG
But the look on his face! I always wondered what it would look like. I just wish it'd been me, man. I wish I'd been the one to...
Stop it, Teabag! Jimmy, they can't know it was us. I mean, we wore ski masks. Who's gonna know/ O, geez, we're in trouble. If they find out it was us...especially since...since...
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JIMMY
Cool it, Teabag.
Jimmy, why'd ya' hafta shoot him? Oh, shit, we're in for it now. We're done for!
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JIMMY
Shh! Listen.
I don't hear nothin'.
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JIMMY
Shut up.
Okay. Guess it was nothin'
Hey, Jimmy, you still got the gun?
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TEABAG
Let me see it. It's still warm. God, feel that! It's still warm! Blam! There he went, flying back into the nasal spray and toothpaste. It was beautiful. Fucking beautiful.
Do you think he's dead?
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JIMMY
No, you're wrong. I just hit him in the shoulder. A guy can't die from that.
He could bleed to death.
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JIMMY
Not if they took him to the hospital right away. You saw that cop when we ducked in here. You know they found him.
Jimmy, you don't look so good. You okay?
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JIMMY
No.
You sure you only hit him in the shoulder?
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TEABAG
No, man, I'm tellin' you, you hit him lower, like in the chest. Probably hit a lung at least.
If you hit him in the shoulder then he's only wounded and it ain't that bad, but if you hit him where Teabag says then he's prob'ly dead. So which is it, Jimmy, is he dead or not?
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TEABAG
Dead.
JIMMY
Not.
We weren't supposed to shoot anybody.
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TEABAG
You're awful pale, Hicks. Been hangin' around your little wimp friend here too much.
I'm not a wimp. Why don't you just shut up and leave him alone?
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TEABAG
Who asked you? You don't look like that 'cause you're scared, do you Hicks?
Leave him alone, Teabag. Jesus, he just shot somebody. I'm scared, too.
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TEABAG
Yeah, but you're a little shit and you're supposed to be scared.
Oh, just shut up.
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TEABAG
It pissed me off.
Hey, guys, there's a little room in here!
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TEABAG
We didn't get any money, asshole, that's what I'm talking about.
Look at this, guys.
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JIMMY
Don't you think we ought to worry about gettin' outa this mess first? How did you know about---
AGHHHHHH!
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JIMMY
Who's there?
It was a rat!
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JIMMY
A what?
A rat! It ran right over my foot.
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TEABAG
Jesus Christ, you little shit, give us a heart attack.
But you didn't see it.
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JIMMY
Calm down, Buddy, a little rat isn't gonna hurt you.
It was a big rat.
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TEABAG
You're not gonna wimp out over a stupid little rat, are you? I think we oughta put him back in there, Hicks, just for makin' us jump like that.
No!
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TEABAG
It's only a pantry, kid, no need to wet your pants.
Teabag! Stop it!
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TEABAG
Hey, it's cool.
Geez..., you think it got him?
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JIMMY
I think we were talking about how we were gonna get out of here. Pay attention, Buddy.
But the rat, do you think...
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JIMMY
To hell with the goddamned rat. We've got to figure out what we're gonna do... and if you screwed anything else up. Where's your ski mask, Buddy?
I ditched it.
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JIMMY
You what? Buddy, no. Where'd you ditch it?
I don't know. Somewhere between here and the store. I was just runnin' and I figured I ought to ditch it.
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JIMMY
Where, Buddy, where?
I don't know!
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JIMMY
Jesus, Buddy, now somebody's gonna' have to go find it.
Why?
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JIMMY
Because as soon as the cops find that mask, they're gonna' know what direction we went in. Right now they're probably searching all over town, but as soon as they find that ski mask, they're gonna be right here in this neighborhood.
I'm sorry. I just thought you were supposed to ditch stuff like that.
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JIMMY
I didn't want you wearin' it in the first place.
But somebody would have recognized me!
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JIMMY
Yeah, well, don't do anything stupid. Right now let's figure out what we're gonna do.
You got a plan?
But we got to o somethin'. I don't like stayin' in this basement.
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JIMMY
True. But we got to figure out what to do if they know. Or even if they just think it was us. I'm not gonna sit around home waitin' for them to come get me.
I don't like this place.
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JIMMY
Yeah, me either, but I told you, it's safe. Unless you start screamin' about rats again. We got to think about this. We need some cash. Enough to get us out of town, anyway. I'll worry about Dozier later. Your old man have any money stashed?
Who's Dozier?
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JIMMY
What about you, Buddy? Your mom keep any money around the house?
She keeps a little in her drawer. But I don't dare touch it. She'd kill me.
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JIMMY
How much she keep in there?
I don't know. About a hundred bucks by now, maybe. She's savin' up for a trip. Some church thing.
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JIMMY
You think we can get into the house tomorrow without her knowing?
She'd kill me, Jimmy. I can't take that money.
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TEABAG
He was an old fart, anyway. Prob'ly had arthritis and couldn't poop or pee by himself anymore. I'll bet we did him a favor and put him out of his misery.
Don't say that, Teabag. He's only wounded.
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JIMMY
Shut up, man.
Hey, come on guys, it's okay. We can get the money from my mom.
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TEABAG
You going' into withdrawals, man? Huh? Take after your old man, don't ya.
STOP IT! STOP IT!
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JIMMY
Buddy. Put the gun down.
We can take my mom's money. Now you guys quit fighting.
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JIMMY
We quit.
Promise? I mean, you can't fight. Somebody'll hear you.
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JIMMY
We promise, now put the gun down.
Teabag?
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TEABAG
Yeah, okay.
Call a truce?
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TEABAG
Truce? Jesus kid, grow up.
Well, just say you ain't gonna fight anymore.
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TEABAG
Okay!
Okay.
See you guy's do need me. Keep ya' from killin' each other.
I thought you guys were friends.
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TEABAG
We fight all the time. It don't mean shit.
Sure looked like it to mean.
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JIMMY
In there?
But the rats!
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MARGARET
Come on out. I know you're down here.
Damn rats.
What are we gonna do now, Jimmy?
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JIMMY
Shhh.
But what are we gonna do?
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JIMMY
Jesus Christ, Buddy, you left your jacket layin' on the floor. What if she saw it?
I'm sorry, Jimmy. But look, it's an old jacket anyway. She prob'ly just thought it was already here, like the rest of this stuff.
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TEABAG
Wish for the opposite.
Wow, this is neat. Look, guys. I'm gonna wear this one, it's warmer than mine. Kinda stinks, though.
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TEABAG
Most army shit does.
There's all kinds of stuff in here.
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TEABAG
Nothin' in there my old man hadn't got in our basement.
Look, a canteen. I'll bet we can use this. Geez, what's this?
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TEABAG
Well, hey, maybe I oughta just leave then. It's gettin' pretty dark.
I'm hungry. Maybe you could get us somethin' to eat.
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JIMMY
What about the pantry. Was there anything in there?
Just a bunch of dusty old jars. And a dead rat.
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TEABAG
Yeah, shrivel up into some skinny Ethiopian, nothin' but bones and a big pot-belly.
Hey, what do you call an Ethiopian with a quarter on his head?
A nail!
Well I thought it was funny.
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TEABAG
How else are we gonna know?
I'll bet we could find him a disguise in all this stuff.
That's cool.
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JIMMY
Not the ski mask, asshole. You need another hat.
How 'bout this one?
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TEABAG
There anything in these boxes but Army shit?
What's wrong with this one?
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TEABAG
What?
It just makes you look....like a retard.
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JIMMY
Teabag!
What happened?
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JIMMY
I don't know. Something's different...
That light went out. Outside the door.
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JIMMY
You hit somehtin' electrical. Maybe you blew a breaker.
The breaker box is in the basement at my house. Bet we could find it.
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JIMMY
Here it is!
Hurry, Jimmy!
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JIMMY
Got it! Did it work?
Man, that was close.
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TEABAG
Whatsa' matter, kid, pee your pants?
Shut up, Teabag.
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JIMMY
Randy Moreno used to live here.
That hat sure does look funny on you.
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TEABAG
Fuck you, man.
Wait, I saw some glasses in here somewhere. Here Teabag, try these.
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TEABAG
Army issue. Uh-uh.
BUDDY
Geez, guy musta' been blind, anyway. I can't see squat.
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TEABAG
Look, if somebody comes down here you can hide in the pantry again.
With the rats?
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JIMMY
Not your jacket, asshole. Buddy, give him that one.
This one?
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TEABAG
Yeah, I'm comin' back. Just kiddin', Hicks.
Hurry, Teabag, I'm hungry.
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TEABAG
You know, Hicks, you can be a real prick sometimes. Just give me a boost.
He's comin' back, ain't he Jimmy?
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JIMMY
I think so.
Yeah, he better. I'm starved. How come you hang around him anyway?
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