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INT. ZIGLER'S OFFICE - DAY Zigler is going over figures in a ledger. Adrian arrives, stands in the doorway and watches Zigler. After a moment, Zigler notices Adrian and looks at him with a puzzled expression. Adrian walks in, showing he is unharmed.Who are you?ZIGLERYou predicted my death.ADRIANAre you one of Caliano's men?ZIGLERI'm the one they were supposed to kill.ADRIAN Zigler drops his pen on the desk, looks sour, and gets up.The guy on the motorcycle. My God,ZIGLER Lora enters.Who is playing games?ZIGLERYou are. You want out of Caliano'sADRIAN Zigler laughs.Did you bring him here?ZIGLERNo. No way. What are you doing here?LORAI'm giving Zigler an option.ADRIANYou're playing with fire.ZIGLERHow would you say your business isADRIAN Adrian picks up the telephone receiver and holds it out to Zigler. Zigler looks at it, but makes no move toward it.You're insane. Caliano will have meZIGLER Zigler goes back and forth emotionally for a moment, first reaching for the phone, then hesitating, and finally taking it. He begins to shake, sits down and wipes his brow. He dials the phone, then hangs up, getting nauseated. He looks up at Adrian and Lora, who are looking at him expectantly. He picks the up receiver and dials.What kind of man are you, Zigler?ADRIAN Adrian shakes his head no.JULIO (V.O.)Hello.This is Zigler. I have a message forZIGLER Beat.Er... No. I need to talk to him directly.ZIGLEROne moment.JULIO Zigler turns angry.CALIANO (V.O.)What do you want, Zigler? And it had Zigler slams down the phone.Now you listen to me, you slimy littleZIGLER Zigler pauses just a moment, gaze fixed on Adrian. He smiles broadly and extends his hand, and they shake hands.Come on, let's get the doors closed andZIGLER INT. CALIANO BEDROOM - NIGHTThanks.ZIGLER Adrian is tickling Caliano's feet, trying to wake him up. Caliano puts his feet under the cover and turns on his side. Adrian gets behind him and tickles his nose, but keeps out of view. Finally Caliano turns over and is staring straight at Adrian. He sits bolt upright in bed. Caliano reaches for the gun in his night-stand. He aims and pulls the trigger, but it isn't loaded. Adrian pulls the bed blanket over Caliano, who begins to yell for help. Adrian puts a pillow over his head and holds it there with his knee, then picks Caliano's socks from the floor, removes the pillow, and when Caliano opens his mouth to yell, he stuffs the socks into his mouth. He then wraps the blanket firmly around Caliano, takes some ties he has previously laid out and ties the blanket around him in several locations. He pulls Caliano's feet from the blanket, ties a sheet around them, pulls Caliano to the balcony, ties the sheet to the balcony rail, and lowers Caliano over the side, leaving him hanging there upside down like a moth cocoon. He takes a plastic bag from his pocket. It is full of FIRE ANTS. He opens it and dumps it into the blanket.What do you want?CALIANOThe man you smashed with a semi. IADRIAN INT. CALIANO'S DRAWING ROOM - DAYSweet dreams.ADRIAN Caliano is swollen all over. He pours himself a drink. Julio and Joey are watching. He downs the first shot, then calmly pours a drink for each of them. He smiles and hands each a drink. EXT. CALIANO ESTATE - DAYThis.... is.... it. This is war. I'm going toCALIANO ADRIAN watches through binoculars as cars and motorcycles enter the estate. Through the gate are visible several cars, a large number of men, seventeen motorcycles and Caliano. As three more motorcycles enter, Adrian smiles. He starts the turbine engine and moves quietly down the street, riding close to the estate wall to avoid being seen. At the gate he pauses long enough to throw in some smoke bombs and wave. The gate area has filled with smoke. Five motorcycles start toward the gate, and four men jump into two cars and go toward the gate. As the motorcycles go through the gate and exit the smoke, they see the front end of a truck coming straight at them. The motorcycles turn sharply away, lose control and wreck with each other. The first car exits the smoke, sees the truck, and slams on it's brakes while cutting to one side. The second car rear ends the first, blocking the gate. The men from the car and motorcycles leave their vehicles and find the truck is only a stand-up poster with a picture of a truck. Caliano rushes out and sees the poster. He kicks it over.That's him! Get that guy!CALIANO INT. LORA'S APARTMENT IN HIDING - DAYIdiots! A whole army of idiots! If youCALIANO Lora is sitting at a table playing cards. PHONE RINGS. Lora hangs up the phone looking very distressed.Hello.LORAJULIO (V.O.)We have your mother. You want her INT. NELSON'S LIVING ROOM - DAY Adrian and Dino are seated. INT. NELSON'S GARAGE - DAYIt's kidnapping. They went across stateDINO Adrian and Dino are looking at items on the bench. EXT. CORNER NEAR CALIANO ESTATE - DAYHow long will this keep me unconscious?ADRIANIt won't! If you are unconscious, it has aDINO A car pulls off the road onto the shoulder, carrying Adrian, Dino, and Lora. Caliano's limo drives out of the estate and pulls off at the same location. Caliano gets out, then Julio exits with LORA'S MOTHER at his side. Adrian and Lora get out. Lora kisses him. SHOT: BORDEN WATCHING FROM THE WOODS Adrian walks toward Caliano. When he reaches the front of the limo, Julio points a gun at him and releases Lora's Mother. As she walks to Lora, Julio puts Adrian in the car and sits beside him, keeping the gun on him. Caliano gets in the limo and it pulls away.LORA(Softly)Bye.... for now. Good luck. INT. CALIANO'S LIMO - DAY Caliano turns around to face Adrian and opens the security window. INT. CALIANO'S HOUSE - DAYI win.CALIANOSorry, I wasn't entered in the mostADRIAN Julio enters the house, holding a gun to Adrian's head. Caliano follows. Julio ushers Adrian into the basement. Caliano follows. Julio puts Adrian in a small room with a cot, no windows and no exits. He closes the door and locks it, then sits on a chair beside the door. Caliano checks the door. Satisfied, he leaves.Put him in cold storage and guard theCALIANO Julio is reading a magazine. He hears a sound from inside the small room and listens.DISSOLVE WATER RUNNING ONTO A FLOOR. Caliano noisily comes down the stairs into the room. Julio stands back and points a gun at the door. Caliano stands to the side of the door then quickly swings it open. Adrian has hanged himself with his belt.JULIO(Yells)Boss! Mr. Caliano! Get down here Caliano looks at the floor where urine has pooled. He sniffs and makes a face.It's probably a trick.CALIANO Caliano checks for a pulse at Adrian's wrist. He shakes his head. He steps back and takes the gun from Julio.He really did hang himself.CALIANOMust have been all that talk about aJULIO EXT. RIVER - NIGHTYou son of a bitch!CALIANO Julio and Joey are in a boat. They shove Adrian's body over the side. EXT. RIVER, UNDERWATER - NIGHTGlad to see that pest go.JULIOHe didn't know how close he came toJOEY Adrian reaches into his waste band for a lock pick. He undoes the lock on his wrists then undoes the lock on his feet and propels himself toward the surface. When he reaches the surface he turns on his back and breathes fresh air with the sound of Julio's retreating boat in the background. INT. CALIANO'S DRAWING ROOM - DAY Caliano is sitting and reading a newspaper. Julio enters. PHONE RINGS.You wanted to see me, Mr. Caliano?JULIOYes, you handled things very well lastCALIANO Caliano comes to the phone.Julio answers the phone.Hello.JULIOADRIAN (V.O.)Is Caliano in?I'm an associate. Can I help you?JULIOADRIAN (V.O.)Just tell him it's a man about a EXT. CALIANO ESTATE - DAYI don't want to hear anything aboutCALIANO Adrian speeds past the gate, going by quickly on the grass near the wall so they can't shoot at him. On the next pass, he tosses tear-gas in the gate. They follow in order, twelve motorcycles then two cars, then a limo with Caliano. Adrian drops several tear-gas bombs in the street for them to drive through. The drivers can hardly see for their tears. At an intersection, one car pulls in front of an intersecting car and collides. The driver gets out, tears streaming down his face. The driver of the other car gets out, looks and him: The road leads up through a less populated area, onto a blacktop road that goes into a canyon. Four of the cyclists, with fast bikes, try to catch Adrian, but he stays ahead of them, using the turbine as a booster. He swings off the road and up a hillside. He zooms over the top, and the four follow. When Adrian lands, he turns sharply. The other three aren't prepared for a sharp turn and go straight ahead, over a thirty foot drop, landing in a mangled heap. The fourth has lagged far enough behind to see the other's fate and turns in time. Adrian rides across a culvert on a twelve inch sewer pipe that goes across. The fourth cycle falls off and the guy doesn't get up.Don't take it so hard. It was just aDRIVER 2 From his lofty perch, Adrian surveys the group on the road below and waves. One of the group fires a rifle at him. He follows the path forward and returns to the highway about an eighth of a mile ahead of them. They see him and pursue. One motorcyclist pulls a sawed off shotgun into position. He aims and Adrian moves just as he fires. Adrian brakes sharply and gets behind the guy, then rams him with his cycle. The guy slows; Adrian slows; the guy tries to aim behind himself, but Adrian swerves from side to side, coming near enough to hit the guy's cycle. The guy finally moves too sharply, moves the handlebars, and loses control, sliding along a cement retaining wall that rips his clothes off. The blacktop ends at a highway. Adrian rides straight down the center of the highway, obstructing the view. Ahead is a cement road divider curb. One of the motorcycles is getting close to Adrian and is intent on catching him. At the last moment, Adrian swerves to avoid the curb. The other cycle hasn't seen it, hits the curb, loses control and wrecks. A metal barrier comes up, dividing the highway. At a break in the barrier, Adrian crosses over like in a slalom, but the next cycle can't change that quickly and hits the end of the barrier. Three cycles continue to pursue on Adrian's side, and four on the other. They chase Adrian at high speed, gaining on him. Speedometer says 115 MPH, then 120. Adrian is about to kick in the turbine when they all see two semis coming up the hill, side by side, taking both lanes. Adrian sees an overpass coming, with cement supports in the middle, and followed by a ditch running downhill. But as they approach, the ditch is invisible. Adrian rides toward the center supports, kicks on the turbine for boost, and at the far end of the cement support platform he jumps off the end and over the ditch. Two of the cycles try and fail, wrecking in the ditch. The other is slowed to a stop, comes back, and crosses. Adrian takes a side road that says closed. The five cycles, car and limo follow. He crosses a bridge over a dry creek bed with barricades at each end saying closed, cautiously selecting a path across broken cement. One cycle's wheel drops through and he is thrown over his handlebars. After crossing, Adrian turns into the dry creek bed and the four cycles, car and limo follow, but the autos fall behind looking for a place to enter, then go slowly to negotiate the obstacles. Adrian races ahead and one cycle tries to keep up. Around a curve, Adrian suddenly stops and reverses direction, the other cycle swerves to avoid a head on. Adrian rounds the curve again just before the other two cycles hit it from the other direction. The cycle following him hits the curve at the same moment as the other two from the opposite direction, wrecking all three cycles. A fourth cycle has lagged behind, and three more previously wrecked cycles catch up. Adrian disappears again around the curve and signals Dino on the hillside above. As the four pursue, the Shadow Hawk swoops down and gases them in the stream bed. Adrian exits the creek bed, out onto the valley floor. The four motorcycles don't pursue, but continue down the creek bed and finally slow to a stop. The drivers get off and begin retching. Adrian waits a distance away while car 1 and the limo find places to get out of the creek bed. Car 1 spots him and moves slowly toward him, then turns a side toward him. Two rifles, long range with scopes, come out the window and fire at him. The poster falls over. Julio, Car 1 driver, looks around and sees three more motorcycles with Adrian riding. Adrian races out of a blind from Julio's rear and passes him. Shots are fired and miss. Car 1 follows. A man leans out the window with the rifle and scope, but Adrian is riding zig- zag and the ride on the open terrain is very bumpy. The man falls out, but Julio continues. The limo stays put, watching for an opportunity.JULIO(Tense)Which one is he? The creek bed has disappeared as Adrian travels away from it. Adrian is heading for a small rise a quarter of a mile away. He allows car 1 to get within several feet of him, letting them try to ram him. As he nears the rise, he teases them closer, then gives a sudden burst of speed. Car 1 gives the same burst to catch him. The men inside the car see the lines of a hidden creek bank and begin to yell at Julio to look out, but it is too late. Julio swerves the car and brakes hard. Adrian bursts over the rise and jumps the creek. The car fails to turn and rolls sideways into the creek bed, smashing against the opposite creek bank. The Shadow Hawk swoops down and gases it. The limo begins to move cautiously forward, looking to see what has happened. Adrian's motorcycle appears ahead of them from out of the creek bed. INT. LIMO - DAYCUT TO: Caliano is sitting rear passenger side, holding a rifle. Another man with a rifle is sitting in the rear driver side and another with a rifle is in the front passenger. Joey is driving. Another dozen motorcycles begin coming toward the bridge. Dino pushes a remote control button and brush melts away from six police cars located near the entrance, visible to the riders.Damn fools.CALIANO The motorcycle riders immediately turn tale and race back down the road. A volley of shots - remote control guns - fire as they leave. Caliano pushes the intercom button.POLICE BULL HORN (V.O.) The limo moves slowly toward Adrian. When it gets within firing range, Adrian disappears behind a blind. The limo stops. After a moment, Adrian is seen several hundred feet to the right of the limo. Shots are fired from two passenger windows. The prop falls over.Good! I'm going to rip his heart out withCALIANO Another motorcycle appears to the left of the limo. They disregard it, then it begins moving. It moves forward at an intersecting angle and the limo moves forward. After a moment, the limo is following along behind Adrian. Both vehicles are moving slowly. The man in the front passenger side leans out the window and aims the rifle at Adrian. About the time he gets the crosshairs lined up, the limo disappears into the ground. The limo has crossed a camouflage net stretched over a pit.Why doesn't he stop playing games.CALIANO Before the men can crawl out of the car windows, Adrian has returned and pulls a canopy over the pit. He lays several sheets of plywood over that, then lays several four by fours over that for tracks, then Dino drives a pickup truck on top of it to hold it in place. Adrian returns. He walks to the truck and opens the door. As he climbs into the seat, he sees Borden pointing a gun at him through the passenger window.EXT. VALLEY - DAY Borden nods and smiles.I've been watching you. Tricky. VeryBORDEN Borden shakes his head, still smiling.Can we talk about this? Apologize?ADRIAN Borden points to the hole in the ground.I told you, I never fail a mission.BORDENAdmirable trait.ADRIAN Borden holds his handgun in his left hand. He moves forward so that he is inches from Adrian, holding the gun against his temple while looking him steady in the eyes.BORDEN He punches him in the gut and Adrian doubles over. Then he walks away to a motorcycle lying in the grass. Borden salutes with his gun.But you drug me through the water.BORDEN Borden rides off. Adrian removes the canopy, leaving an opening big enough for a man to squeeze through. Several sets of clothes and guns are thrown out. Adrian kicks them out of the way.Take off your clothes and push yourADRIAN As their arms appear above ground, he chains them together, has them lay on the ground, wearing briefs, and puts chains on their legs.Now get on the limo hood and climb outADRIAN When the men are out of sight, Adrian lets Caliano out.Head for town.ADRIAN Caliano climbs out, in briefs, but as his foot nears the top of the opening, he reaches for a gun from a holster he has suspended from his foot. As he bends to get it, Adrian kicks him back down into the hole. Caliano fires several times through the hole and through the plywood, hitting nothing. Adrian drops a tear-gas bomb into the hole and Caliano comes out, gun first, trying to see Adrian and fire at him. Adrian kicks the gun out of his hand, grabs him by the hair and assists him out. Caliano is limping on one leg. He swings at Adrian, but doesn't connect. Adrian just laughs. Caliano sees the rifles and clothes and tries to maneuver toward them. Adrian smiles.Caliano, come out of there.ADRIAN Caliano can see he is no match for Adrian.Go for it.ADRIAN So you have me. Now what? Are youCALIANO SHOT FOLLOWS Anthony as he walks back toward town, throwing fits as he walks, hurting himself.Think about this on the way back to FADE OUT If you enjoyed reading this story, or didn't, please tell the author Primary Contact. First magic act trick: After Marlin pulls the scarlet curtain around Heckler, Heckler steps out the back of it and erects a curtain the same color (black) as the curtains behind them using pieces from the frame and curtain. The new curtain forms a semicircle, hiding Heckler from the audience. He moves it back toward the curtain at the rear. The curtain has a slit at the front with overlapping edges, and the rear side of the curtain edges are coated with silver luminescent paint with wavy lines through it. Fluorescent lights strobe the act, reflecting off fluorescent spots and lines in the stage and triangular curtains, disrupting clear vision. As Marlin reaches inside the curtain, the luminescent surface shows and gives the seam an ethereal appearance. As Heckler is pulled through the slit, he appears to come through a shimmering opening from nowhere. Second magic trick: Marlin actually removes few of his clothes. He removes his shoes and socks, rolls up a sleeve and pant leg, and pulls his shirt off his arm and shoulder. After showing a portion of himself from around the barrier, he immediately reclothes himself. The clothes that are thrown out are in the a hidden compartment in the bottom of the partition, whose thickness is disguised by the thick supporting legs. The bra is put on prior to the act.
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