ANNIE BODYGUARD BUD CLERK CROWD GENERAL HAMMOND JACK LEO LITTLE_GIRL MOKOSH MORGAN NAZI_GENERAL NAZI_SOLDIER REPORTER ROGER RYDER SANBORN SENATOR SHELLY SOACH SOLDIER TIMMONS JACK Bring him here! SOACH They don�t seem intimidated. JACK Anyone hiding a member of the resistance will pay the price. NAZI GENERAL That�s enough. SANBORN Enough. Get them into the truck. SOACH What happened, General? SANBORN Do you hear that, Colonel? SOACH Yes. SANBORN The fighting is getting closer. We need to regroup. Unless you could expedite things. SOACH I find that a good threat motivates people. SOACH The family, monsieur. Mother, father, and the child. JACK Take them. Bring them down. SOLDIER Move! On your knees! MORGAN Please, General! I promise you that there are no resistance among any of us here. SOACH They think you�re a fool. JACK We grow tired of your obstinance! Reveal the location of the resistance or we will butcher this family in the street! SHELLY There is no one hiding in this town. These are just simple, good people. SOACH I know. JACK Over there! Quickly now, quickly! NAZI SOLDIER Colonel, hold on. SOACH Goodbye, Ryder! CLERK Yeah? CLERK Can I help you? RYDER When did I check in? CLERK I don�t know. I just got on at 12. What�s your room number? CLERK Yeah, I don�t know, Mr. Ryder. Doesn�t say. SOACH Goodbye, Ryder! RYDER Ryder? CLERK You okay? SANBORN You know, I look out over this city, and I realize I still feel the same way I did when I was a child. JACK How�s that, boss? SANBORN I always wanted to tear things down. But of course, there's no point in tearing anything down, unless you can build something better in its place. And so, I worked hard, made quite a nice living, doing just that, didn�t I, Jack? JACK Yes. And made a shitload of money. SANBORN I have. But something�s wrong, Jack. I�m questioning myself. Do I really need to spend the last years of my life turning this into this? A lot of people are gonna get hurt, Jack. Especially in the poor section. How often do I have to do the same thing over and over again? JACK Like reincarnation. SANBORN Huh? JACK You know, coming back, doing the same thing over and over again. SOACH May I say, you�re doing them all a magnificent favor. It�s progress. It can hurt. Sometimes the few have to suffer to benefit the many. When all is said and done, your soul will be judged by the things that you�ve accomplished. SANBORN My soul? What are you talking about? There is no soul. SOACH Well then, if there's no soul, you�re doing exactly what you�re supposed to be doing, Paul. JACK That�s Mr. Sanborn to you. SANBORN Relax, Jack. Mr. Soach is an artist. We make exceptions for artists. SOACH SANBORN Nevertheless, something is bothering me about this now. SOACH I could have chosen a dozen other projects. I chose yours because it matters. For the people. You�ve been building towards this your whole life. SANBORN I have. SOACH Yes. You�ve done other things before, but this is� Wow. This is something else. SANBORN Well, this was the big one. SOACH This is huge. This is your Mount Everest. SANBORN It is, isn�t it? SOACH Yes! You said you had a vision. I came here to do one thing. Make that vision a reality. But let me ask you. Do you still have the energy to get this done? SANBORN I do. Of course I do. SOACH There will always be doubt. SANBORN I know that. Of course. Of course, you�re right. This is my work. SOACH Be assured that what we�re doing is a great thing. SANBORN It is, isn�t it? SOACH Now, if you�ll excuse me, I have a few little things I need to accomplish. JACK That is one weird dude. SANBORN Well, he�s a character. I�ll grant you that. But Jack, that man is a genius. JACK Yeah. Still weird. Look, if you wanna get this thing built, you�re still gonna have to get it approved by city council. SANBORN Roger Hammond�s the only one that matters. The rest are in my pocket. JACK Maybe it�s time I gave Mr. Hammond a visit, showed him the error of his ways. SANBORN Jack, that�s a little heavy-handed. Just call his office. Set a meeting. LITTLE GIRL I�m scared! SHELLY What can I get you? RYDER Coffee. Kitchen open? SHELLY You can have whatever you want as long as it�s a well done cheeseburger. That�s all we got right now. Sorry. RYDER Sounds good. SHELLY Leo, get me a cheeseburger. RYDER Thanks. SHELLY Cream and sugar? SHELLY You okay, hon? RYDER You�re the second person today who�s asked me that. SHELLY Well, what�s the answer? RYDER I�m not sure. Empty this time of day, huh? MORGAN Oh, it�s just about happy hour. It�ll get busy pretty soon. RYDER Little early. MORGAN Not in this town. MORGAN You need to be more careful with your receipts, Shelly. I do my grandmother�s books. SHELLY Morgan is afraid I�ll screw up my taxes and the IRS will take all this away. JACK Hello, Shelly. SHELLY Jack. JACK Whiskey. BUD It look good. JACK Bud. Don�t be rude. Pay the lady. BUD Get yourself something nice. JACK Who�s this? RYDER My name is Ryder. BUD Booger. JACK Let�s go. BUD See you next time, Shelly. JACK Come on, Tink. RYDER Who�s your friends? MORGAN The big one�s called Tink. Short for Tinkerbell. The skinny one�s Bud, short for, nobody cares what his real name is. They both work for the other guy. Jack. JACK You pay them protection? SHELLY Not exactly. LEO Ready. SHELLY Hope you�re hungry. RYDER Starving. SHELLY You better be if you�re gonna eat that. RYDER Good burger. SHELLY No it�s not. RYDER I must be hungry. It tastes okay to me. SHELLY When was the last time you ate? RYDER I don�t know. Can I ask you a question? Do you know anything about a little girl? RYDER Hurt or killed around here? SHELLY Well, that�s a strange question. RYDER What�s the answer? SHELLY The answer would be no. Why do you ask? RYDER Happy hour, huh? MORGAN Happy hour. SENATOR Citizens, lend me your attention here. Lend me your attention. This woman and this child stand accused. MORGAN Senator, these are lies. We�re wrongfully accused. SOACH We have evidence enough, Senator. SANBORN Is there anyone willing to fight for these two? If not, they will be dealt with, according to the law. MORGAN Don�t be frightened. It�ll be all right. Someone will fight for us. SHELLY Must you do this? I thought better of you. I will not watch. SOACH We must maintain the law, Senator. The people will love you. SANBORN Will anyone fight for this woman and this child? Anyone? RYDER I will! SANBORN Well, well, step forward. Show yourself to the people. SANBORN Citizens, we have a game. We have a game. JACK Hey. Hey! How do I know you? RYDER Now that�s funny. BUD What is? RYDER I was gonna ask you the same thing. JACK Detective Timmons. Good to see you. TIMMONS What seems to be the problem? BUD Problem? There's no problem. JACK There's no problem. We were just leaving. TIMMONS Let me see some ID. RYDER Didn�t ask those guys for their ID. TIMMONS I know who they are. RYDER And they know you, too. What are you? On the take? SHELLY Ben Timmons is the one honest cop in this town, Ryder. Ryder�s okay, Ben. TIMMONS Okay then. SHELLY You got a place to stay? RYDER Seems as though last night I stayed at the Paradise Hotel. SHELLY We can do better than that. Show him the room. MORGAN Follow me. MORGAN I was a bartender here �til I finished law school, so I used this room when I worked nights. Sheets are clean. RYDER How much? MORGAN Fifty bucks a night. And maybe if it gets busy in the bar you could help out a bit? RYDER Okay. Those guys, Jack, Bud and Tink, what�s their deal? You paid them off. MORGAN Those clowns work for a guy named Paul Sanborn. You know that name? RYDER Should I? SANBORN Citizens, we have a game. RYDER �Paul Sanborn has a vision.� Does he really have a vision? MORGAN Yeah. Making shit tons of money. RYDER So what were those guys doing collecting that envelope? MORGAN Every year, there's this charity thing Sanborn runs and his minions collect donations. RYDER Donations. MORGAN If you don�t contribute, the health inspector starts to show up on a daily basis and your garbage doesn�t get picked up. It�s easier this way. Plus, I write it off on Shelly�s taxes. RYDER Okay, sounds kind of shady. MORGAN Truly, it�s small potatoes to Sanborn. But it�s his charity and I think he likes to control people. He asks and everyone gives. I have to get back to work. RYDER Who are you? RYDER You don�t have to do this! SOACH Who is this boy to question you? Maintain the law. An example has to be made. SANBORN Do you hold with your decision, stranger? RYDER I�ve made my choice. SANBORN Then may the gods be with you. RYDER Who the fuck are you? ROGER Paul. SANBORN Roger. ROGER Gonna make me start, aren�t you? SANBORN You know why I�m here. ROGER I do, I do. SANBORN And? ROGER And you�re not gonna like what I have to say. SANBORN Oh. Try me. ROGER I can�t let you do this to the people of this city. SANBORN The people of this city. Can you believe it? Cocksucker�s born with a silver spoon up his ass and he thinks he understands the people of the city. This from a man who won�t eat in any restaurant that doesn�t have a Michelin star. Roger Hammond wouldn�t know the people of this city if they kicked him in the balls. JACK How do you want to play it? SANBORN I don�t know, Jack. But we�ll have to think of something really good, won�t we? SANBORN You know, I took good time out of my day to see this SOB. What a waste. SENATOR Bring forth the accused. CROWD Live! Live! Live! RYDER How do I know you? SOACH Mr. Hammond wasn�t very receptive, I take it. SANBORN No. SOACH There's always confusion around a good idea. You surely won�t let this deter you. SANBORN No, I will not. SOACH Perhaps there's something this Hammond man wants, something only you could give him. SANBORN The son of a bitch could pretty much have anything he wants. Jack, read what we have on Hammond. JACK Roger Hammond is rich. Filthy rich. Born into money. He�s faithful to his wife. He pays his taxes. He volunteers at a soup kitchen. SANBORN Nobody�s that clean. There must be some dirt on him. JACK His daughter does ballet. Last month he took a 24 hour flight from Seoul. He went directly from the airport to her recital. SANBORN He owns his own plane. I�m sure he was quite comfortable. But that leads us to the question, gentlemen. With what do you bribe a man who already has everything? SOACH There's nothing you can give him. How about something you can threaten to take away? Every man needs to worry about the safety of his family. SOACH The people want more. Give them what they want! JACK I will fight him! TIMMONS You certainly get around, Mr. Ryder. RYDER Hey. MORGAN Hey yourself. RYDER You know, I was just wondering. Are you cool with me being here? MORGAN Dude. You think my grandmother asks my permission, for anything? RYDER So you said you�re a lawyer. MORGAN I�m a legal aid attorney. This place is sort of my unofficial office. I kind of grew up here. RYDER You guys are tight, aren�t you? MORGAN My folks were killed by a drunk driver when I was 18. Shelly made sure I got through college on what they left me, then she paid for law school. Kept me from losing my mind during all of it. And she left me alone to make all my own decisions. Never tried to tell me what to do. RYDER Morgan V. Stram. What�s the V stand for? MORGAN Virgil. RYDER Virgil? MORGAN It�s Shelly�s last name and it�s like this family tradition or something. SHELLY Don�t blame me. That was your mom�s idea. RYDER Let me get that. SHELLY I got it, I got it. I got it. RYDER Hey, now that�s cool. Like Virgil the Roman poet. SHELLY The Roman poet. Never heard of him. MORGAN He, uh, he wrote the Aeneid. And in Dante�s Inferno, he serves as the guide into hell. SHELLY I know who he is. The guide into hell, though. That sounds cool. MORGAN Oh. That�s Roger Hammond. He needs to talk. SHELLY See you later, sweetie. MORGAN See you. MORGAN See you around. RYDER Who�s Roger Hammond? SHELLY He�s a councilman. He�s opposing Paul Sanborn�s big development and Morgan is one of the attorneys leading a coalition of townspeople. Here we go. RYDER Lunchtime rush? SHELLY Leo�s gonna be thrilled. Hey. How are you doing today? What can I get you? SHELLY Terrible story, huh? SHELLY What�s up? RYDER Nothing. SHELLY Didn�t you ask me about a little girl? RYDER Yeah. Yeah. Terrible. SHELLY Hold your horses, Leo, I�m coming! SOACH At the risk of repeating myself, it�s pointless to leave any of the old city intact. You�re gonna do something, why aren�t you gonna do it properly? SANBORN Do you know how many people live in this part of the city? Of course you do. I used to, I used to walk these streets to get to my school. So how can I kick these people out of their homes? Maybe we can keep the housing, and the culture and the community, and put some money into infrastructure. SOACH You�ll have all of that, and they�ll have new housing. It�s simply a matter of efficiency, that�s all. SANBORN It�s beyond price and you know it. This is their home. SOACH Whatever it is you decide, you�ll still have your nasty little friend Councilman Hammond standing in your way. JACK Sometimes you have to push a person to make the right decision. SOACH Yes. Your young associate has a plan that he wants to share with you. SANBORN Oh? SOACH Isn�t that so, Jack? If you don�t mind. SANBORN Of course. Of course, Jack. I�d love to hear it. JACK I�ve given it some thought. What can we hold against Hammond that he really cares about? His daughter. I have a plan to obtain her and hold her until he signs what we need. It�s difficult but doable. SANBORN We�re kidnapping a child? SOACH You�ll see to it that no one gets hurt, won�t you, Jack? Especially the child. You know what you�re doing, Jack? JACK He�s right. No one will get hurt. And Hammond will do whatever we ask of him. SOACH Sometimes you have to have the stomach to persuade people not to make the wrong choice. SANBORN Of course. SOACH Wonderful. That�s wonderful, Paul. SHELLY We�re closed. TIMMONS Even for me? SHELLY Never for you, Ben. What are you having? TIMMONS Beer. Whatever you got�s cold, Shelly. Evening, Mr. Ryder. RYDER Evening, Detective. I�m gonna go take the garbage out. SHELLY Where are you going? You didn�t even touch your beer. TIMMONS I guess I�m not so thirsty after all. See you later, Shelly. SOACH So. Tell me, Ryder. RYDER Who is this? SOACH No, not yet. Soon, but not yet. RYDER How did you get this number? SOACH You�ve been having bad dreams. You could try pharmaceuticals, religion, therapy, but I can tell you now they won�t work. RYDER Who are you? SOACH We�ve a game to play, Ryder. RYDER What game? SOACH I�ll be in touch. SOACH They haven�t paid the taxes on the property. SANBORN And you don�t wish to sell. MORGAN My lord, the property has been in my family for two generations. Please give me the time to pay the taxes. SANBORN My offer was fair. MORGAN Please, my lord. SOACH My lord. This is no place for a lady. SANBORN My dear, what are you doing here? SHELLY This is wrong, what you�re doing. SANBORN Really? SOACH With respect, my lord, precedent must be set. Otherwise, they�ll all be trying to take advantage of you. SHELLY You mustn�t do this. I fear for your soul. It�s never too late to do the right thing. RYDER Good morning. SHELLY Hey. Why don�t you pour us both coffee? SHELLY You know, when I was a little girl, I looked out our kitchen window and I saw a man standing outside. My mom was next to me, only she couldn't see him. But I could. He had a kind of outline. An aura. And I just knew he was a ghost. All my life, I�ve seen things, things that other people don�t see. RYDER So I�m a ghost? SHELLY Not quite. Your aura is different. RYDER What am I? SHELLY I have no idea. But I can tell you one thing. You ain�t from around here. TIMMONS Yeah? You run those fingerprints on the bottle for me? That was quick. Two sets? Yeah, she�s the bar owner. What about the other set? You ran through all the databases, state and federal? Do me a favor. Yeah, get back to me once you do. Thanks. TIMMONS What? Mr. Ryder. What can I do for you? TIMMONS What of it? You come to confess to kidnapping her? Relax, Mr. Ryder. She was found. Turns out she was sleeping at a friend�s house, forgot to call her mom. What�s it to you? RYDER Tell me about Paul Sanborn. TIMMONS A cop could get into a lot of trouble talking about Paul Sanborn in this city. RYDER Why do you got his picture on your wall? TIMMONS I�ve been a cop for almost 20 years. Paul Sanborn has owned this city that entire time. RYDER And? TIMMONS And� and that�s all. He�s rich, and he�s powerful. And he doesn�t always have the city�s best interest in mind. RYDER But a cop can get in trouble for talking about him. TIMMONS Exactly. Have a nice day, Mr. Ryder. RYDER It�s just Ryder. RYDER Here you go. SOACH Allow me to introduce myself. Mr. Soach. RYDER Interesting name. SOACH Once upon a time, I believe it was pronounced So-ach. Could you get me your oldest Scotch? Or at least the most expensive. I�m sure it will be dreadful. I�ll manage. SOACH Keep the change. RYDER I�m sure Shelly will appreciate it. SOACH Delicious. I�m an architect. RYDER I know. You�re designing Paul Sanborn�s city of the future. I read a great magazine piece. You were mentioned in passing, but there weren�t any pictures of you. SOACH I like to think of myself as underground. Underground famous. People like Paul Sanborn have their picture in the papers and magazines, they talk on TV. I prefer to stay in the background. RYDER You�re the one who called me last night. SOACH Yes I did. RYDER How�d you find me? SOACH Little bird told me. Paul Sanborn�s name opens doors in this city. RYDER Who are you? SOACH Have you not been listening? Aside from being an architect, I suppose I�m a, I�m a sort of motivational speaker. SOACH Precedent must be set. Otherwise they�ll all try and take advantage of you. I find that a good threat motivates people. Maintain the law. An example has to be made. RYDER It�s not possible. SOACH I think there are infinite possibilities beyond what we know. If only you could see. Good evening. MORGAN Thanks. Where�s Shelly? RYDER Storage room. MORGAN Who was that guy? RYDER He�s the architect working with Paul Sanborn on his big development. You don�t like Sanborn, do you? MORGAN What�s not to like? He owns this city. RYDER You know, I keep hearing that. What about Roger Hammond? MORGAN Roger Hammond? He�s opposing Sanborn�s bid to make the city over and I�m helping out. SHELLY Son of a bitch! MORGAN I got it. JACK Wait a minute. Since you won�t have a home, you�re gonna need a place to stay. A warm bed. RYDER Unhand the lady. SOACH Do you take orders from him? JACK This is none of your concern. JACK Just leave. SHELLY Hey! Hey! You okay, hon? RYDER It�s closing time? SHELLY We�re closed. Where were you? RYDER I�m not sure. Where you going? SHELLY Come on. RYDER Okay, where are we going? SHELLY Here. RYDER You want me to go to church? SHELLY There's someone inside you should talk to. Mrs. Mokosh. Go on. Just you. RYDER Mrs. Mokosh? MOKOSH I like to sit. My knees. So, what are you looking for? RYDER I think I�m looking for you. MOKOSH Nobody who comes here is looking for me. Have you ever heard of Chernobog and Belobog? You know these names? RYDER They seem familiar. MOKOSH Chernobog and Belabog are Slavic deities. The black god and the white one. The people who built this church wouldn�t have admitted it, but in private, they still said their prayers to both of them. Many cultures have these figures. Opposing forces doomed forever to confront one another. RYDER Good and evil? MOKOSH Some call it that. Others see it as a dance between order and chaos. Whatever it is, you are here for a reason. RYDER And that is? MOKOSH That�s for you to figure out. Fine, I�ll tell you this much. Sometimes you can�t fight the current. Sometimes you have to go with it. RYDER So what you�re saying is� RYDER How do you know her? SHELLY Dude, I see dead people. And so do you, apparently. SHELLY What the hell was that? Never mind. I don�t want to know. Come on. RYDER Where you going? SHELLY There's a diner around the corner. RYDER I�m not hungry. SHELLY I am, and you�re buying. I think my granddaughter likes you. RYDER Yeah. JACK It�s Jack. We met the other night at Shelly�s. RYDER Yeah, I know who you are. JACK I was wondering if you might be interested in some work. RYDER Why would you offer me work? JACK I have my reasons. I�ll make it worth your while. RYDER I�ll think about it. JACK You sure about this? SOACH I�m absolutely sure. SANBORN Sure about what? JACK Mr. Soach has recommended someone for the upcoming job. SANBORN Oh really? SOACH You know how it is, Paul. You meet people over the years. SANBORN Gentlemen, we should be very careful about inviting new people in on this one. SOACH I leave these decisions to you. It�s outside my field of expertise. SANBORN You met this guy? JACK I did. I think you�ll like him. There's something about him. SANBORN All right. You can hire him. If we go forward on this thing. SOACH What do you mean? SANBORN I mean I�m having reservations, that�s what I mean. SOACH About what, exactly? SANBORN Everything. SOACH We�ve been over it all before. You�re doing this for the benefit of the people, and you can�t let one man stand in the way of that. A certain action has to be taken to ensure the greater good. SANBORN Stop trying to manipulate me, Soach. Stop it! I make my own decisions, I make my own choices. Anything I do, I do because I see fit. SOACH Yes. I�m not suggesting otherwise. Here we are. Roger Hammond talking to the press. REPORTER What are you going to do about Paul Sanborn�s development? HAMMOND Paul Sanborn will be treated like any other resident in this city. The days of war room politics and backroom deals are over. Paul Sanborn owns a great deal of things, but he does not own me. And he does not own this city. We will not be intimidated by him or anyone else intending to bully us. Thank you. SANBORN All right! Do what has to be done! JACK Say that you�re in. JACK Five K upfront. The rest when the job is over. BUD I put a little extra for you, for what you did last time. JACK Industrial park. Used to be factories. Now it�s a warehouse district. Mr. Sanborn owns everything five blocks in all directions so the streets will be empty. We will block off one side of the street. We�ll then cut them off, forcing them onto the side streets. Once they are off the main road, we will continue to cut off the access streets, driving them here, where we will be waiting. The target�s name is Annie Hammond. Annie is 10. Does anyone have a problem kidnapping a 10-year-old child? Annie has a bodyguard and a driver. They are professionals. They will be armed. RYDER What if they don't see it? JACK Then we will neutralize them quickly and efficiently. We will reconvene here tomorrow at 3 p.m. Annie has ballet in the early evening. We will pick her up on the way home. Gentlemen. JACK Move! On your knees! SANBORN There's no need for this. SOACH There has been a verified sighting of the resistance. They lie. They need to be executed. SOACH General? General, they await your command. SANBORN Get the men in the transports. This is over. SOACH I implore you, General, if you retreat, they will say you lost your nerve. SANBORN This is over! SOACH The Fuhrer will receive word that you�re weak. Are you weak? SANBORN Is this what you want? Is this what you want? Good. All right, fine, here it is! SANBORN What have I done? What have I done? What have you made me do? SOACH I didn�t make you do anything, General. I simply pointed out what you had to do. And you, honorably did the rest. SOACH Good afternoon, Ryder. What�s going on? Do you sometimes feel that life is just inevitable? No matter how many times you show up, no matter how many times you try to do something, it just turns out, well, wrong. RYDER I don�t believe that. SOACH No? History proves you wrong. Mankind manages to skew towards the bad and history repeats itself over and over again. And still manage to get it wrong, time and time again, no matter what you do. You feel helpless. Just swimming against the current. MOKOSH Sometimes you can�t fight the current. Sometimes you have to go with it. RYDER Sometimes you have to go with the current. SOACH Yes. You need to look into the darkness of yourself, into the person you don�t want to be, to know who you really are. Things will change when you join me. You might even like what happens next. RYDER What�s that supposed to mean? SOACH All this trying to save the world, come on, man. What about you? You�ve never really known pleasure. The joy of what it is to be alive. You�ve never known love. RYDER You covering for Shelly? MORGAN It�s her poker night. RYDER Why didn�t she ask me? MORGAN �Cause I�m a legal aid attorney and I can use the tips. RYDER Shelly plays poker? I bet she�s good. MORGAN She is. Says she can see the auras of the other players? She knows when they�re bluffing. RYDER But you don�t believe her. MORGAN She�s a bartender who knows a bullshit artist when she sees one. MORGAN Good night. RYDER Does he ever pay? MORGAN When he can. Shelly lets him slide when he can�t. She puts up a tough front, but she�s a softie when it counts. Don�t tell her I said that. RYDER My lips are sealed. RYDER I guess I will go upstairs. MORGAN Shelly�s. TIMMONS Hey Morgan, how you doing? It�s Detective Timmons. Is he there? Put him on, please. MORGAN It�s for you. TIMMONS We need to talk. I�m out front. TIMMONS I had your fingerprints checked. Had them run them through every possible database. And nothing. Can�t find a thing on you. You�re a ghost. I don�t like ghosts. Hell, I don�t believe in ghosts. Who are you, Mr. Ryder? What are you doing in my town? Listen, I dislike Sanborn as much as the next guy. But I can�t just stand by and let you do what I think you�re planning to do. RYDER Stay out of my way. MORGAN How�d you get that? RYDER I don�t know. MORGAN There must be a story. RYDER I�m sure there is. MORGAN So tell it. At some other time. MORGAN What are you looking at? RYDER You. MORGAN You don�t like talking about yourself, do you? RYDER Not much to tell. MORGAN Please. Everybody�s got a story to tell. RYDER What, even Leo? MORGAN Even Leo. But we�re not talking about him. We�re talking about you. RYDER What about me? MORGAN I don�t know. That�s what I�m trying to figure out. SHELLY Something came up. Morgan had to go. RYDER You saw Morgan? SHELLY Yeah. She was glowing. What, you think I don�t notice stuff? RYDER Poker night last night, huh? SHELLY Yeah. RYDER Did you win? SHELLY I broke even. I can�t win all the time. They�d notice. RYDER Morgan doesn�t believe that you can see the auras of the other players. SHELLY She�s too practical for all that. I stopped telling her about it years ago. She�s more like her mom that way. RYDER You�re not practical? SHELLY It�s different. Morgan sees the world that is, and she tries to save her little part of it. I gave that up a long time ago. Somehow I get the feeling that�s what you�re up to. Saving the world, one little piece at a time. SHELLY Mr. Soach. Interesting name. There's an anagram you can make out of it. Turn it over. MORGAN Roger, did you see this? HAMMOND Morgan. MORGAN Sanborn�s attorneys submitted yesterday at the close of business. Tried to sneak it past us. Sanborn promised to leave the old city intact, but now he intends to tear everything down. HAMMOND He can try, Morgan, but without my vote, he can�t get away with any of this. MORGAN I hope so. HAMMOND There is nothing he can do that will make me change my mind. ANNIE Hi, Daddy! HAMMOND Sweetheart. ANNIE / MORGAN Hi, Morgan! / Hey, sweetie! SANBORN Where did this come from? SHELLY Must you do this? I thought better of you. I will not watch. SHELLY There is no one hiding in this town. These are just good, simple people. You mustn�t do this. I fear for your soul. SHELLY It�s never too late to do the right thing. It�s never too late to do the right thing. It�s never too late to do the right thing. It�s never too late to do the right thing. SANBORN What am I doing? What am I doing? What have I done? MORGAN Bye, sweetie. See you, Roger. What�s up, Shelly? SHELLY Have you heard from Ryder? MORGAN No. Why do you ask? SHELLY Because he�s gone. BUD He said to give you this. Eh, but I�m, I�m gonna give you this. SOACH I�m so glad you could join us. RYDER What makes you so sure that I am? SOACH I�m not. The only certainty with chaos is that there is no certainty. But you�re willing to play the game. SANBORN I�m calling it off, gentlemen. SOACH Why, pray tell? SANBORN I�m not kidnapping a child. SOACH God knows you�ve done worse. SANBORN Maybe I have. But not this time. SOACH What exactly are you saying? SANBORN It�s never too late to do the right thing. SOACH JACK Let�s go. SANBORN Jack, I�ve called it off. It�s over, gentlemen. Go home. Go home. Jack. Jack. Jack! RYDER At least you tried. SOACH Jack works for me now. You pay him well, I pay him better. His talents are wasted in your service. He could never reach his full potential with you. Ciao ciao, Paul. LITTLE GIRL See you later. ANNIE Bye-bye! RYDER What if I just sit back and watch, and don�t take part? SOACH That works. But if you pull the trigger it�s even better. That which you most need, you�ll find in the things you don't want to do. Pull the trigger, you will be loved. RYDER Love? How? SOACH Oh, my dear boy, I thought you knew. Love is chaos. BODYGUARD Go, go, go, go! JACK Nobody needs to get hurt. SANBORN It�s over! It�s over! Put your guns down. Get out of here. Go, go! Get her out of here! Let them go! Let them go! RYDER Fuck it! JACK Where do I know you from? We�ve done this before. RYDER Many times. SOACH Yes. Go on. Pull the fucking trigger. SOACH Such a surprise. TIMMONS Stay in the car. RYDER I�m okay, check on him. TIMMONS Are you hit? You hang in there. Medics are on the way. You hear me? You hang in there. And thanks for the call. The little girl is safe. MORGAN Ryder! Oh my God! RYDER I thought I�d never see you again. MORGAN Thank you! What�s your name? MORGAN Why did you risk your life for us? RYDER It was the right thing to do. MORGAN Hey! SOACH See you next time, Ryder. LITTLE GIRL Bye! MOKOSH How did things resolve? RYDER They resolved. MOKOSH People can surprise you, like Paul Sanborn. RYDER You know about that? MOKOSH I don�t miss much. And the other man. Did you learn anything? RYDER Yeah. Yeah, he told me that I�d never get to know love, but that�s not true. I do know love. I just don�t get to keep it for very long, but nobody ever does. MOKOSH I like that. I think I�ll steal it, when anyone asks me about love. If that�s okay. RYDER By all means. MOKOSH How are things with you and Morgan? RYDER They�re good. MOKOSH Are you sure? RYDER I get it. MOKOSH Good. I hate trying to explain to people that they�re dead. They never want to believe me. SANBORN Thank you. MOKOSH Ah� Young love. RYDER I have to go. MOKOSH For now.