MY FIRST BANK ROBBERY

Screenplay by

Edrick Joel Magambo

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INT. MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON/CELL HALLWAY. CHICAGO - DAY

A PRISON GUARD walks the long hallway, past cells of

aggressive and badass prisoners. He stops at DON'S...

A black guy in his early thirties. Prison has nothing to do

with his good looks and tough-muscles. He's working out.
Push-ups. His scar-faced CELLMATE doing the counting.

The guard opens the door but the duo never minds him.

CELLMATE
Fifty six. Fifty seven. Fifty
eight...

PRISON GUARD
(re: Don)
You're free.

CELLMATE(CONT'D)
Fifty nine...
(to the guard)
Me?

PRISON GUARD
To hell. Him.

Don grins broadly.

PRISON GUARD
Yes you... You are going home.

DON
Home?

PRISON GUARD
Yeah. Come on. Get up.

Don gets up, grabs a few stuff on his bed, hugs his buddy.
DON
Be safe.

Don trudges out. HEAR his v.o as the guard follows him
through back to the clearance window.

DON(V.O)
As you can all see. We don't have
beauty parlors in this place --

A tattooed RUSSIAN PRISONER bangs the bars, pointing at Don

as he passes his cell. He detests him.

RUSSIAN PRISONER
Black asshole!
Don erects the middle finger into his face.

RUSSIAN PRISONER
Fuck you, too!
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DON(CONT'D)
(vo)
That's why I work out. To protect
my expensive looks from such goons.
Wait. Did I introduce myself? My
mother often said that a good
impression comes with an
introduction first. I granted her a
pig's ass most times... I guess
it's part of the reasons I'm in
this place right now. Anyway. My
name is Schleidon Kitimbo but my
friends call me Don. Not you. My
friends. And when I talk of
friends, to me, only two count. You
could ask me why but the reason is
simple. In the world I live trust
kills. So friends are limited.

AT THE WINDOW: Don signs the papers. Gets dressed out of the
prison jumpsuit. Into a clean suit. He strains his collar.

DON(V.O)
God bless America. The only country
that does laundry for its
prisoners.

He picks a handkerchief from his pocket, wonders with a

grin.

DON(CONT'D)
(vo)
Oh. And also keep well all their
property for this long.

EXT. MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON - DAY

Two Rangerovers skid to a halt outside the prison gate. The
back window of the second vehicle lowers: two African men in
suits are seated inside -- High ranking material.

The Prison gate opens. Two prison guards holding well

maintained rifles and the PRISON WARDEN escort Don out,
toward the cars. He looks curious.

DON
(re: Warden)
Am I really free?

PRISON WARDEN
From my prison? Yeah. But from
United States of America, I doubt.

DON
Who are those guys?

PRISON WARDEN
Your government.
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They recede toward the cars as we hear Don's v.o.

DON(CONT'D)
(vo)
Yes. My government. I'm not from
around here you know. I believe it
explains why you failed to
pronounce my last name now. I am
one of a million miserable Ugandans
who come looking for greener
pastures everyday. I don't complain
for spending most of my time here
though. I mean this prison. Not
like I bought the food or anything
else. It was all free.

PRISON WARDEN(CONT'D)
They're here to make sure you reach
home safely.

The second car's door opens and comes out the two men to the
warden.

BLACK MAN
My government is very grateful for
this cooperation, Sir.

PRISON WARDEN
Of course. You must as well know
that your prisoner is a very big
threat to your country's security.

BLACK MAN
We shall keep that at the back of
our minds.

DON(V.O)
Back of your minds? Seriously?
Fellow Ugandans... The Don I come.

Prison Warden and the men shake hands. The Guards lead Don
into the first car.

PRISON WARDEN
It was nice having you in my home,
Don.

DON(V.O)
Fuck You.

EXT. AIRPORT - DAY

A 300-hundreder passenger airbus takes off.

DON(V.O)
I was deported after four years in
prison. I tried robbing a bank.
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INT. BLUE BANK. CHICAGO - DAY(-FOUR YEARS EARLIER-)

Don is holding at gun point a FEMALE TELLER terrifyingly

while she packs stakes of cash into bag.

DON
Hurry the fuck up, bitch!

Don's three partners are seen in the b.g. pacing around,

their weapons trained at the hostages lying on the floor.

FADE TO BLACK

DON(CONT'D)
(vo)
The security was tight-ass there.
They helped me though. Considering
a free air ticket on the Embassy
budget because if all goes well...
I'm yet to realize my dream.

"GRAPHIC"

STAMP TITTLE: "MY FIRST BANK ROBBERY"

FADE IN:

EXT. ROADSIDE. KAMPALA, UGANDA - DAY(-FOUR YEARS LATER-)

TIGHT ON A stationery black caldina.

REVEAL: DON, inside the caldina, looking even better. His

look is critical. Both hands are firm on the steering wheel.
He's definitely holding onto someone... or something.

Hold a beat, then: BOB, dressed in shorts and a sleeveless

t-shirt, approaches the car from its rear.
He's holding a brown envelope in one hand and a still-camera
hangs from his neck. Don sees him thru the rear-view mirror.

DON(V.O)
His name is Bob. We went through
High School together. Bob is a
perfect photographer and finds out
what I want when I want. Just like
me, Bob is not married.

Bob enters the car.

BOB
Let's go.

Don starts the car's engine and drives.

EXT. RYAN'S HOME - DAY

Don's Caldina cruises past the house and stops thirty metres
ahead....
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RYAN, unshaven, is right outside the front door dressed in a

bad suit while talking to his five-year-old son standing in
front of the mother.

DON(V.O)
I hate kids.

ON RYAN: Walking towards us.

DON(V.O)
His name is Ryan. That guy loves
his family. But he makes terrible
financial decisions that's why he's
always in red. He is the computer
geek and the last of my two
friends.

INT. CAR - CONTINUOUS

Ryan bumps into the back!

RYAN
How many times should I remind you
guys to stop picking me at home?
You can't let my wife --

BOB
She didn't, see us if that's what
you meant.

RYAN
(to Bob)
Bad attitude.

BOB
Glad you noticed.
Don takes a picture out of the brown envelope on the
dashboard and hands it to Ryan. It's the "STATE TRUST BANK".

RYAN
State Trust Bank?

DON
What can you tell us about it?

RYAN
The only one thing I can tell you
is you're two very dead men.

BOB
Three... You, too.

RYAN
This bank has the safest systems
ever designed.

DON
Figure a way to get us inside.
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RYAN
It's impossible.

DON
What's impossible, Ryan? You
getting us into the bank or robbing
it?

RYAN
We can't step an inch close to this
bank before getting noticed.

DON
Is that all?

RYAN
Yeah.

DON
Work the solution not the problem.
One of the many lessons I learnt
the hard way. You may live now.

RYAN
Um.

DON
What?

RYAN
Do you mind dropping me off to my
new place of work?

DON/BOB
(in unison)
What place of work?!
RYAN
I lied.(eyes to the wife) My wife
thinks I found an office job.

INT. DON'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Messy. It's not been cleaned for days. Bob is sitting on top
of a table fleeting through photos and papers on the same
table.

Ryan enters -- Hands full. He's eating a burger with tined

yoghurt in another hand. His laptop bag hanging over the
shoulder.

RYAN
Ugh! Can someone have this place
cleaned - at least for once?
Don walks in from the shower. In shorts. Towel in hands.
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RYAN(CONT'D)
(re: Don)
Why even bathe if you're to sleep
in the stables?

DON
Lend me your wife to take care of
this night, Genius.

RYAN
Back off.

Ryan notices, out of many, a picture of a "MAN" on the

table. He picks it.

RYAN
Who's this guy?

BOB
State Trust Bank manager. You know
him?

RYAN
I think... I might have seen him
somewhere.

He pokes his head slowly, as if to help his mind remember.

RYAN(CONT'D)
Remember, Ryan, remember...

Don directs a blow to his head but Ryan grabs the hand.

RYAN(CONT'D)
Wo, giant! Save your energy for the
bank's security... Yes! I get it.
BOB
Remembered something?

RYAN
In a picture... They were shaking
hands with Live spy Networks C.E.O

DON
What's Live Spy Network?

RYAN
It's a PSP company...

DON
PSP?

RYAN
Private security provider company
that supplies cameras and motion
detectors to banks and offices.
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BOB
Okay. So. Do you think Live Spy
Network provides Trust bank with
its security?

RYAN
That makes the situation even
worse.

DON
What do you mean?

RYAN
It's practically impossible to hack
into Live Spy's servers.

DON
I have witnessed you hack into
interpol servers, Ryan...

Don starts for the kitchen. Ryan and Bob follow.

DON(CONT'D)
You can't tell me this is
impossible.

INT. KITCHEN - CONTINUES

They enter, Ryan still arguing.

RYAN(CONT'D)
What I mean is -- This whole State
Trust Bank thing can't happen. Find
some other bank... Maybe TROUT.

DON(V.O)
A micro finance? Hell No! I can't
have my first bank robbery recorded
on a few pennies stolen from
fucking Micro finance.

BOB
(to Ryan)
Dude. Do you know how much effort
and time it took me to gather this
whole chunk of information?

RYAN
Start again. This time on a more
realistic bank.

Don picks a table knife and a plate.

DON(CONT'D)
No.

RYAN
No?
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DON
No!

He punches the knife deep into the table. Ryan freaks a bit.

DON
Impossible is never a solution to a
stumbling block, Ryan. We are going
for State Trust.

RYAN
Did you even hear what I just said?

DON
Yeah. And I think you'll find away,
right?

RYAN
(quietly; to himself)
Wrong.

DON
Continue with your search, Bob. I
have a few calls to make tonight
and as for you, Mister Genius.

Don holds Ryan's chin in his hand, eyes trained at the

knife. He smiles.

DON(CONT'D)
Do what you do best.

Don heads out with the plate. Bob grins for Ryan while
swinging the blade.

RYAN
I said no.
INT. DON'S APARTMENT - DAY

Don pins on the board the various pictures of State Trust

Bank taking at different angles from different vantage
points.

He studies the pictures: "the bank is all surrounded by

buildings."

Don gazes a particular BED ROOFED building, about one

thousand meters from the bank's main entrance, for a moment.
He circles it with a red marker.

EXT. RYAN'S HOUSE - DAY

Ryan makes his way out to the balcony pleading into the
cellphone. His wife, ADRIANA, watches him through the glass
window as she sets a plate of food in front of the boy on
the dinning table.
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RYAN
You just have to keep a little leap
of faith in me Derrick like you've
always done. I know...

Adriana stands at the front door worried.

RYAN(CONT'D)
I'm working to deliver the whole
package I promise. Alright.

He fumbles the phone off the ear and sighs.

ADRIANA
Is everything okay?

RYAN
It's Derrick. He needs his money at
month end.

ADRIANA
Will you have it?

RYAN
I don't know.

ADRIANA
What about your new job?

RYAN
What about it?

ADRIANA
You could ask for an advance.

RYAN
Seriously?
ADRIANA
I'm just saying. You said you're
the company's favorite...

RYAN
("you don't understand")
Yeah. I'll figure out something.
You don't have to worry, Ad.

ADRIANA
Okay.

EXT. KATHLYN'S APARTMENT - DAY

The apartment next door to Don's. Bob knocks on the door

with red Roses in his hand. KATHLYN, late 20s, stunning,
opens the door. Bob hands her the flowers.

KATHLYN
Are these mine?
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BOB
You're Miss Kathlyn, right?

KATHLYN
Sure. Who sent them?

BOB
Actually. It's your next door
neighbor. That's what he said.

KATHLYN
Wow. I haven't even met him. Please
send my gratitude to him.

BOB
Of course.

As Bob starts away:

KATHLYN
What's his name?

BOB
(turns)
Do... Um, David. Yeah, that's the
name I guess. David.

KATHLYN
David. Okay. Thanks.

Bob skitters away. Kathlyn dazes over the flowers for a

second, looks over at Don's apartment, shrugs and grins
before she enters.

INT. DON'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Bob displays another lot of pictures to Don.

BOB
(re: picture)
He is the Live Spy Network's C.E.O.
Oh, and about the bank Manager. The
only family he has in the country
is his eighty year old mother.
Leverage?

DON
Not outstanding.
(re: Kathlyn's photo)
Who's she?

BOB
Her. She's Kathlyn. The assistant
Bank manager, also a daughter to
the owner and... Never mind.

DON
Is that calling me to mind?
 12.

BOB
Absolutely nothing to mind about...

DON
Bob.

BOB
She's renting the apartment next
door.

DON
What? When did you learn this?

BOB
Before I suggested this apartment.

DON
Were you fucking out of your crazy
mind?!

BOB
Don --

DON
We need to find our way out of this
place right now.

BOB
This place is the best.

DON
I decide what's best, Bob not you!
We can not continue this shit with
her in the next apartment.

BOB
Keep your enemies closer,
remember?!

Don deflates. Bob's face is silently saying a hell No: "we

are not going anywhere."

DON
You better be right this time, Bob
or I'll kill you myself when this
whole shit blows on us.

BOB
Sure.

As Don proceeds to the bedroom Bob mumbles.

BOB
And that's just the beginning.
DON
Did you say something?
 13.

BOB
No. Nothing.

INT. RYAN'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Dimly lit by the laptop. Ryan sits on the couch. He's on

Google Search. He types into the search box "LIVE SPY
NETWORK CLIENTÈLE."

A full page of notes displays on the screen - exclusive

database of the company's clients. Ryan peruses through the
long list to spot "STATE TRUST BANK."

EXT. DON'S APARTMENT - DAY

Don comes out of the front door holding a trash bag and
barges into Kathlyn, hands in gloves, also carrying a
similar bag from her apartment.

Their eyes meet. Awkwardly. Kathlyn smiles and Don grins for
her. Don takes the bold first move.

DON
Hey.

KATHLYN
Hi. You must be David.

DON
David...? Oh. Yeah. David... And
you are -- Kathlyn.

KATHLYN
Uh huh.(a beat)Um. I really loved
the flowers.

DON
Flowers?

KATHLYN
The roses... you gave to the tall,
a bit slender guy? He told your
name.

DON
("whatta hell are you
talking about?")
Oh. Yeah... Roses, to the tall
slender guy.

KATHLYN
You don't remember, do you?

DON
Of course. I do... The red roses.
I'm glad you liked them.

KATHLYN
How did you know I loved red roses?
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DON
("honestly")
I didn't.

KATHLYN
Okay.

DON
You know... It's actually kind of a
tradition in my family to donate
red roses to neighbors as a sign of
peace.

KATHLYN
I see. So. What do you do, David?

DON
(looks at the trash bag)
Um. I'm a taker.

KATHLYN
A taker? What do you take?

DON
Everything. Anything I can I take.

She looks perplexed.

DON(CONT'D)
And on that note I guess, I should
be the one taking this for you.

Don takes the trash bag in her.

KATHLYN
(grins)
Oh. Thanks.
DON
You're welcome.

He proceeds away, both confused.

KATHLYN
(quietly: eyes on Don)
Taker? Whatever.

INT. DON'S APARTMENT - DAY

Don slums the door behind him. He's headed for blood. His
face a halloween mask.

DON
Bob!
DON(V.O)
I am killing the son-of-a bitch
this instant.
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INT. BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS

Don barges in and pulls the blanket where Bob is napping.

Bob topples his ass to the floor and stirs.

BOB
What?

DON
Flowers? What the big hell were you
thinking?

BOB
Is that a good indication the
neighbors have officially met?

DON
This is not funny! You risked
everything!

BOB
We need eyes on the inside, Don. My
camera can't. Ryan has failed to
hack the systems and you -- are
complaining my friend.

DON
Lemme get this right. You are
plotting on using Kathlyn to rob
her father's bank?

BOB
Uh huh.

DON
And you actually think she'd let
you steal her own money?
BOB
No. And because she won't give me
all the information I need -
directly, that's why I introduced
you... David I mean.

DON
Wait. You want me to --

BOB
Exactly.

DON
That's not the way I play my game.
Plus you could do that, too.
BOB
Of course. But you're her neighbor
and as far as she's concerned, I'm
not more than a delivery guy.
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Don is not pleased.

INT. DON'S APARTMENT - DAY

Ryan enters very excited that he barely notices the other

two members inside not in better terms.

RYAN
I was right he supplies equipment
to the --

He notices. Don is listening to his music through earpieces

while Bob pretends to be studying the pictures.

RYAN(CONT'D)
Are we all right in here?

DON
Do you believe Bob sent her flowers
in my name?

BOB
I didn't use your actual name.

DON
Whatever... And he wants me to go
on a date with her.

RYAN
(to Bob)
What is he talking about?

DON(CONT'D)
I have never in my life sent
flowers to a woman.

BOB
(to Ryan)
I initiated plan Mystic. He's mad
at me.

DON
(to Ryan)
You knew about this, too?

RYAN
That's what I do. I know before you
do...
(to Bob)
You actually said Don told you to
do this.

DON
He did? Son of a bitch.
RYAN
She's cute though, isn't she?
 17.

DON
Don't you have a wife?

RYAN
True. And I also have eyes to see
beauty and a mouth to complement
it, making me a totally different
species from some kinds in here.

DON
You guys think am afraid of her?

RYAN
Are you?

DON
Hell NO!

BOB
Then play your game with all the
cards you've got on the table - If
you can.

DON
Fine.

BOB
Done. So. Ryan. What were you
saying again?

RYAN
The bank makes a general security
upgrade every after three months
and according to my very reliable
source, the previous was done two
months three weeks ago meaning --
DON
We have only one week to go.

RYAN
You still are forgetting one
important thing though. I have
totally failed to hack into Live
Spy network computers.

DON
Right. Are you sure there isn't
anything else you can do?

RYAN
All I can. I have done.

BOB
This is one of the many times I
hate technology.
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DON
(thinking)
There's another way we can get in.

RYAN
What's that?

DON
Live Spy Network.

RYAN
Dude...

DON(CONT'D)
Find all the information you can
about its employees. If you can't
hack their computers, I will hack
into their brains.

INT. CAFE - NIGHT

Don and Kathlyn are having coffee. Other diners seem to mind
their own businesses.

DON
Out of curiosity. How did you
ascend the cooperate ladder so
first? I mean, I usually don't see
Bank Managers this young?

KATHLYN
What do you think?

DON
Um. Maybe --

KATHLYN
I fucked my boss for the big
promotion?

DON
I didn't say that.

KATHLYN
It's in your eyes.

She bursts into a laughter. Don laughs, too.

KATHLYN
Anyway. You're not the first man to
ask me this question -- but I
usually prefer not to answer it.

DON
Was the experience too bad?

KATHLYN
No... Fine.
(MORE)
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KATHLYN (cont'd)
(lips closer to his ear)
State Trust Bank belongs to my Dad.

DON
Wo! So, technically I am speaking
to a billionaire right now?

KATHLYN
Exactly why I don't answer the
question. It scares the crap out of
my possible suitors.

DON
So you instead go with the first
version?

KATHLYN
I don't use it either. Oh. By the
way, I'm dieing to ask you about
that "taker" thing... What exactly
does it mean?

DON
(laughs)
Uh. I worked in consignment back in
the States and my Clients referred
to me by that.

KATHLYN
What still refer to yourself by
that?

DON
It makes people curious, so, yeah I
do.
Both giggle.

KATHLYN
What do you do now?

DON
I am a stockbroker.

The Waiter approaches and drops the bill on the table. Don
reaches his wallet and pays. Then quietly gazes her.

DON(V.O)
Get to business Don. Quit the
stupid talk and do something.

KATHLYN
We better get going.
DON
Now?
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KATHLYN
I have a very early morning
tomorrow. Thanks for the coffee.

DON
My pleasure.

INT. DON'S APARTMENT - SAME NIGHT

Don enters. Bob is lying on the couch reading a magazine.

BOB
How was your date?

DON
Interesting, less productive. She
hesitated on all bank related
questions.

BOB
Maybe your approach was so vague?

DON
I tried sugar-coating but, I
remember my one-night stands every
time I'm talking to a woman.

Bob shakes his head in disbelief, hands over to Don a photo

of a man with a ten-year-old GIRL from the magazine. It's
the Live spy network C.E.O. with his daughter in a school
uniform.

DON
Who's the girl?

BOB
His child. He drops her to school
every morning, picks her up in the
evening and heads with her to his
office where they both come from at
night every week day.

DON
Her mother?

BOB
She's dead. Two years ago.

DON
In simple terms you're telling me
there's no time the girl is home
alone?

BOB
No.

DON
What did you say her school was
again?
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BOB
I didn't. But it's on the back.

Don turns the photo and reads "LITTLE TUBBIES" on the back.

DON
Good.

INT. DON'S APARTMENT - DAY

Ryan displays to Don and Bob bank vaults pictures on the

laptop.

RYAN(CONT'D)
They're over forty vaults that have
been sold to Uganda since 1921.
There's no way I can guess which
unless I get a clue.

DON
And how is that supposed to be
done?

RYAN
By getting into the bank and take
the vault's picture.

BOB
Are you kidding me?

RYAN
It's the only way this can be done.

DON
That won't work.

RYAN
I thought impossible never existed
in your vocabulary.

DON
But risk does. Anyone of us enters
down there and will be the first
suspect when all this is done. We
can't risk our identities.

RYAN
Do you have a better idea?

INT. KATHLYN'S APARTMENT - DAY

It has a clean decor with fancy furniture. Kathlyn is

watching a movie when a knock hits the door. She pauses the
movie and heads for the door -- It's Don.
KATHLYN
You?
 22.

DON
Yup.

They gaze each other for a moment. Then:

DON
May I--?

KATHLYN
Oh. Sure, Come in please.

DON
Thanks.

Don enters. He looks around the room mesmerized...

DON
Nice place you have in here.

KATHLYN
I'm sure familiar with the format.

DON
Yeah, but not the setting.

DON(V.O)
My apartment is the hell you don't
want to come to.

DON
Um. I, thought maybe, you might be
bored in here and, needed my
company?

She laughs

DON
What?
(checks his zip)
Did I forget to zip-up?

KATHLYN
You thought I needed your company
or you actually needed my company?

DON(V.O)
Busted.

DON
Truthfully. I was bored and thought
coming here wouldn't be such a bad
idea?

KATHLYN
No, it's not. Can I offer you
anything?

DON
No, thanks.
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She continues to talk as they settle down.

KATHLYN
In fact I wanted to ask you
something from our last
conversation, too.

DON
Takers?

Laughter.

KATHLYN
No. About your current job. What's
your bank?

DON
What's my... None.

KATHLYN
None? Where do you keep your money?

DON
In a very safe place.

KATHLYN
Safer than banks?

DON
Maybe. I don't trust any of the
banks we have here.

KATHLYN
Then it's obvious you haven't been
to State Trust Bank.

DON
Really?

KATHLYN
Okay. This might look like a king
hailing himself but State Trust is
ranked the top most secure bank in
the country.

DON(V.O)
It sounds really good to a person
who loves statistics. Not like I
don't but the guys who make it.
They can be paid to write whatever
nonsense the person with cash says.

KATHLYN(CONT'D)
What about you come on monday and
prove it yourself?
 24.

DON
What about you tell me a few things
about that security to motivate my
inner man?

KATHLYN
Okay. For your sake I guess you
would want a bank that can keep
your securities safely.

DON
Right.

KATHLYN
We have one of the strongest bank
vaults that has ever been designed
in the whole world.

DON
Anything computerised can be
hacked.

KATHLYN
That's where you're wrong. We have
a nineteenth century vault --

DON
What Model?

KATHLYN
I didn't go into a better crammer
system while studying so, you'll
excuse the small details.

DON
Fair enough. How about this?
Suppose someone starts fire on the
main entrance -- Tell me how you
would save the people inside your
bank and all their property?

KATHLYN
Every bank has an emergency exit.

DON
I don't see one on State Trust.

KATHLYN
Simply because it's emergency.
Anyway. It all ends in the vault.

DON
What do you mean?
KATHLYN
That you come to the bank on monday
and see what we can offer.
 25.

DON
You win. I'll come but only on one
condition.

KATHLYN
Name your price.

DON
A cup of coffee.

KATHLYN
Done.

She stands.

INT. DON'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Don enters. Bob and Ryan are watching porn. Ryan slums the
laptop shut.

DON
Are you guys watching porn?

RYAN
No. Okay a little. It's Bob's idea.

DON
Oh Yeah. It's always Bob's idea.

BOB
Did you get anything?

DON
(re: Ryan)
Search for all nineteenth century
vaults ever sold to Uganda. One of
them is what we're looking for.
And, Bob, prepare your identity
card.

BOB
What for?

DON
You're opening up an account with
State Trust Bank on monday.

BOB
Are you going nuts? What about the
risking our identities talk?

DON
You were right. We need some eyes
inside the bank.
BOB
We have Kathlyn.
 26.

DON
Kathlyn can't tell us all the
camera positions in the bank. The
only person who can do that is an
experienced photographer who will
use his cellphone to take pictures
without being noticed and that
person --

BOB
Is me?

Bob scurries away to the bedroom in disagreement. Don stays,

Ryan gazing him - wanting to say something.

DON
What?

RYAN
I suggest you put your house in
order, father.

DON
Dammit.

Don follows Bob.

INT. BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS

Don enters to find Bob lying, face-up, on the bed.

DON
Risking our lives is the last thing
I'll ever do.

BOB
Yet you're already doing it.
DON
I have a plan.

BOB
With you there is always a
classified "well-laid-plan", Don!

DON
Do you trust me?

BOB
No. It's the first rule you taught
me -- To never trust a thief.

DON
Good. But would you trust me for
this one time if I ask you to?

BOB
Give me one reason why?
 27.

DON
Lots of millions inside State Trust
Bank waiting for us the takers. Is
that reason enough?

BOB
One time, right?

DON
One time.

BOB
If you screw me up, Don I swear
even when I'm dead my ghost will
come back to haunt you down.

DON
Deal. Now put your fake documents
in order for monday.

INT. DON'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Don and Bob walk back into the living room laughing. Ryan is
busy on the laptop.

DON
(to Bob)
Did you actually mean that ghost
thing?

BOB
Try me.

RYAN
Uh, guys? I think I found out
something.
They proceed next to Ryan.

RYAN(CONT'D)
There are seven gold vaults made in
nineteenth century sold to Africa.

DON
Can you low down the list to
Uganda?

RYAN
That's just a single click away
and...

He presses some buttons on the keyboard.

RYAN(CONT'D)
Oho!

DON
What?
 28.

RYAN
None was sold to the pearl of
Africa.

DON
No.

RYAN
See for yourself.

He lifts the laptop closer to Don.

BOB
(to Don)
Do you think she lied?

DON
I think one of the vaults sold to
these African countries was later
resold to Uganda. Find out which.

RYAN
Does it a bit occur to your mind
that I have a wife and a son to go
back to?

DON(V.O)
Dammit! That's why I will never
have children while still doing
this job.

DON
Fine. You can attend to your mama
baby. We shall proceed tomorrow.

INT. DON'S APARTMENT - DAY

Don is collecting trash from the floor when Ryan enters.

RYAN
You gonna like to... Are you
actually cleaning this place?

DON
What do your eyes perceive?

RYAN
I pray my retina isn't still
holding the street janitor's image
up to now. Where's Bob?

DON
Church.
RYAN
Okay. Enough of the jokes.

Don drops the trash in his hands back on the floor.

 29.

RYAN
(re: trash)
That was a good joke though.

DON
Bob went out to do shopping. What's
your good news?

RYAN
One vault sold to a bank in Liberia
was in 1954 bought by a business
man in Uganda and guess who?

DON
Simon Kamagu?

RYAN
Tick. And my God feeling tells me
it's what we're looking for.

DON
No doubt. How long does it take to
encrypt its lock?

RYAN
Not necessary. All the vaults sold
to Africa had no code technology.
They open manually.

DON
With a real key?

RYAN
Uh huh!

DON
I guess we have to find someone
best to duplicate the key.

RYAN
Wrong, again. The keys can not be
duplicated. They're made out of
pure gold and only the originals
can open it. Loose the key, forget
the contents. But the good news
is...

He slides the Bank Manager's picture to the laptop screen.

RYAN(CONT'D)
This guy keeps one of the keys.

DON
And the second?
RYAN
I have no idea.
 30.

INT. DON'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Don, Ryan and Bob are arguing. Ryan's laptop is on table

with the BANK VAULT'S PICTURE ON SCREEN.

DON
Guys... Guys. Listen! We have less
than sixteen hours to figure how to
open this vault.

BOB
Let's blast it if everything else
won't work...

RYAN
We are talking a gold vault with a
giant steel reinforced concrete of
1.55 feet thick wall and a 3.5 feet
door. Not even a nuclear bomb can
blast it.

DON
Go to sleep.

RYAN
What?

DON
I said go to sleep.

RYAN
Do you realize we still have one
biggest problem unsolved?

DON(V.O)
Can I just slap the negative out of
this family nerd?
DON
Problems can't be solved, Ryan.
Challenges on the other hand can.

RYAN
Right. Our - challenge is the exit.
We can't come out the same way we
entered.

BOB
Why not, if we work the plan right?

EXT. BLUE BANK. CHICAGO - DAY

FLASHBACK!! Don and his three partners barge out of the

front door with black bags of cash to find a well-armed SWAT
BATTALION: Don and his burglars the targets.

SWAT COMMANDER
Freeze!
 31.

Don drops the bag.

INT. DON'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Back to Present. Don recovers from the loss, shakes his head
in denial.

DON
The entrance will be swarmed with
cops by the time we're done. There
must be another way to lead us out.

RYAN
Why don't I see it if there is?

DON
Because it's for emergency...
That's what Kathlyn said when I
asked her. She said it ends in the
vault.

RYAN
What ends in the vault?

BOB
Money.

Bob laughs.

INT. DON'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Don holds out of the bedroom a black bag and puts it down on
the floor in the living room. He looks at it thoughtfully
and sighs, then, opens it.

He lifts out a clean automatic machine gun with a chain of

bullets running down from its magazine.
EXT. BED ROOFED BUILDING - NIGHT

It's 500-meters to the front lot of STATE TRUST BANK.

TIGHT ON DON. Critical and very clear eyed. He's standing on

the flat roof studying the bank's surrounding, holding the
automatic rifle.

He places the rifle over the building edge carefully. Lowers

his eye on the scope.

SCOPE'S P.O.V: The State Trust Bank's main entrance peers.

Distance stamp reads: 502.02 meters.

Don lifts his eye off the scope.

CUT TO:
 32.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK/BANKING HALL - DAY(-12:15 P.M.-)

Resonant silence. Terror. Tension is filling the room.

Eighteen hostages. Trembling. All lying straight with heads
touching the floor. Everyone is scared.

Eleven women and seven men -- including a seventy-year-old

man, a single-legged crippled man, and two guards in
uniforms. Camera sweeps over each seeing their tensed bodies
and faces.

A GUNMAN. Strong. Fierce. He's dressed in black, hands in

tough gloves, and his face, masked. We can tell it's Don by
the body structure. He's holding a fully loaded HK416.
Well-maintained rifle.

Kathlyn watches on, studying the gunman's

"seemingly-familiar" eyes. She's freaked to death.

Bob is lying on the same floor. He's a hostage, too. Dressed

in a hooded jacket.

Don moves to the front of the hostages. He begins to pace

around the banking hall.

DON(V.O)
I'm not scared. I want these guys
to think I am unstable. My prison
cellmate said it freaks the hell
out of Hostages.

He finally stops. Holds the gun in his hands.

DON
This is a gun. I know most of you
just see it on T.V but it's the
real deal now. It kills. Therefore
I won't expect any acts of valor in
this room today. I'm the boss and
the rule is clear. Do as I say, and
we shall remain true friends. Now
get up. Everybody. Get up! Stand!

They all stand.

DON
Very good.

He walks to Kathlyn.

DON
Collect the gadgets. Phones.
Laptops, Ipad, Ipens and
whatever... Every thing! In this.
He hands out a polythene bag to her. She collects everything
from everyone hastily. Gives back the bag.
 33.

DON
I assume all is here. Remember.
Today is not a hero's day. Okay.
Back to the ground.

All lie. Don pulls a chair and places it in front: where he

can see everybody. He studies the hostage's characters. Most
are freaking out except the crippled man with a defiant,
veteran look. But this is everyone's first time as a
hostage.

Don crosses his legged. Rests the rifle on his laps pointing
to the hostages. He keeps checking on his watch.

DON'S POV: Counting the hostages with his eyes and when
done, he stands.

DON
Okay. Get up. Fast! faster!

All stand.

DON
This way. Move. Move. Let's go.
Move!

He pushes them towards the offices hallway.

INT. OFFICES HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

They move past the copier room and on the office ROOM ONE.

DON
Stop! Eight of you enter.

The seven enter, Bob amongst them. Don holds the BANK
MANAGER's hand as he enters.
DON(CONT'D)
Not you.
(re: Kathlyn)
You instead.

Kathlyn enters.

DON
(to the hostages)
Try something stupid inside there
and your brains will betray you.

He locks the room. Leads the remaining hostages to ROOM TWO.

They enter. He stops the Bank Manager still.

DON
(to the hostages)
Like I just said. Don't be smart.
You don't want your families to
collect your corpses here instead.
 34.

He locks the door and pockets the keys.

DON
(re: Manager)
You and I need to talk.

Don follows the Bank Manager head back through the banking
hall to the manager's office.

INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

Don and the manager enter.

DON
Make yourself comfortable.

Don sets his rifle free on the table. Both go silent,

staring at one another for a while. Until:

BANK MANAGER
What's your plan?

DON
Lets see. Why don't we play a mind
game instead? I love playing games
you know. Tell me what you think
and I'll tell you what I think.

BANK MANAGER
I think you made a terrible mistake
choosing to rob this bank.

DON
Oh.

BANK MANAGER
And I also think that in about five
minutes or less the security guards
outside will notice the dead
silence inside here and the entire
place will be flooded with the
police in no time.

DON
Okay. I know. And because I thought
that would happen -- I kicked the
security asses inside with me. What
do you think?

BANK MANAGER
Can I ask you a question?

DON
Questions. Questions aren't so
friendly to me but, sure. Go ahead.

BANK MANAGER
Is your father alive?
 35.

DON
Very much alive. Why?

BANK MANAGER
He must be very disappointed in you
right now.

DON
On contrary. When all this is done
my father will be so proud of me.
Do you know why?

EXT. SUPERMARKET - DAY(-TWENTY YEARS AGO-)

Don's father is mobbed by a huge crowd of angry civilians

right outside the front stairs as a 12-year-old Don watches.
Stolen groceries are spread all over the ground.

A bag of breads is hang around his neck by a wiry man in a

supermarket uniform who then slaps him.

MAN IN UNIFORM
Thief!

A police truck races to the scene and a police officer jumps

down from its bed shooting into space.

The rowdy crowd disperses and Don's beaten father is carried

to the truck's bed. Young Don gazes the truck as it
disappears in a distance.

INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY

Back to Present. Don grins for the manager, not affected.

DON(CONT'D)
He's still rotting somewhere in a
prison for robbing a grocery store.
Poor Dad. Tell me he wouldn't be
proud of his son pulling the first
ever bank robbery on the most
secure bank in the country?

BANK MANAGER
So. It's in all your genes?

DON
You could say.

Don looks on his watch.

DON
How about we cut the crap and go
straight to business now?
POLICE SIRENS begin to grow loud outside the bank.
 36.

BANK MANAGER
(defiantly)
I told you.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK - DAY

Police trucks skid to a halt. A police ambulance and the

fire brigade close behind.

A big truck of well-equipped military police stops. They

jump down and rush to taking positions immediately:
surrounding the bank.

A TENT is erected in a PARKING SPACE right opposite the

bank's main entrance. A yellow police band is run around the
bank while the police prevent people and journalists from
coming closer.

TV REPORTER
(into camera)
We are live right outside State
Trust Bank headquarters where the
the first ever successful break
into the country's top most secure
bank is happening this instant...

We spot RYAN in the crowd behind the reporter.

TV REPORTER(CONT'D)
And security operatives deploying
heavily to try and contain this
horrible attack to the bank...

INT. RESORT. BOARDROOM - DAY

SIMON KAMAGU, 60s, is chairing a board meeting of six

members. His secretary walks in and whispers into his ear.
Simon scurries out with her grimacing.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK - DAY

Another car pulls in and two officers step out. One is a

40-year-old LIEUTENANT PATRICK and the other a 20-year-old
JERRY, the sergeant in a police uniform. Jerry holds out a
big backpack.

We PULL BACK AND HIGH: to see a clear view outside the bank.
A LIVE SPY NETWORK SERVICE VAN IS PARKED A METER CLOSE TO
THE BANK'S MAIN ENTRANCE...

EXT. BED ROOFED BUILDING - CONTINUOUS

A SNIPPER sets his rifle on the exact spot where Don stood
the previous night. Random movements are seen down. Officers
on duty.

We DROP to find Lieutenant Patrick approaching the MILITARY

COMMANDER. They shake hands as two OFFICERS in uniform
proceed to them.
 37.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Lieutenant Patrick. Negotiator from
the Criminal Investigations
Department. What's the current
situation?

OFFICER #1
We have hostages in the bank. Their
number is not known yet.

Lieut. Patrick notices the Live Spy Network van.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK(CONT'D)
And the van?

OFFICER #1
The bank had a security upgrade
today.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(to Jerry)
Get me Live Spy Network's
Management on phone.

MILITARY COMMANDER
The thieves used the truck. The
network's C.E.O. is inside.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
As a hostage?

MILITARY COMMANDER
It's still too early to establish
his stand.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Has he made any attempts to come
out?

OFFICER #2
No, Sir.

Patrick looks at the van thoughtfully.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(for mil. Commander)
Let's keep a close eye on him
first. How many thieves are we
dealing with?

MILITARY COMMANDER
No idea yet. But an eye witness
claimed to have seen one masked man
entering with a big gun. I however
think it's a risky job to be
handled by a single man. More
muggers might have entered earlier.
 38.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(to Jerry)
Connect into the bank, Sergeant.

JERRY
Yes, Sir.

Jerry gets the telephone wired up. Connects it to his laptop

and turns on the computer.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. ROOM ONE - DAY

Kathlyn spots Bob in the same room.

KATHLYN
Flower man? What are you doing
here?

BOB
I bank here. And you?

KATHLYN
I work here.

BOB
Oh. Yeah. I saw you collecting the
gadgets.

TELLER 07
(to Kathlyn)
Do you two know each other...?

The sound of stuff falling interrupts the talk.

CUT TO:

INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY

A money detector and books dropped to the floor lead us on a
raging Don. He comes to the Manager.

DON
You think the situation is under
control?! That's your worst mistake
so far.

Don scurries out. Slams the office door and locks it.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. ROOM TWO - DAY

Don pushes in angrily. He grabs a woman and drags her out by

the hair.

INT. OFFICES HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

The woman yowls as Don pulls her back to the manager's
office.
 39.

INT. BANK MANAGERS OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

Don drops her to the floor and holds the HK416 on her head.
Right to the manager's front.

DON
(re: Manager)
You have three seconds or I'll blow
her goddamned brains out. Three.
Two --

RINGG!! The office phone interrupts his count. Don heads to

the desk, picks the phone angrily.

DON
(into phone)
I'm busy.

Drops it back into the cradle.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK - DAY

Lieutenant Patrick is holding a phone to his ear.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(to Jerry)
Try again.

Jerry dials.

INT. BANK MANAGERS OFFICE - DAY

Don is walking back to the woman when the phone rings again.
He turns and grabs it. All business.

DON
What's your name?
INTERCUT: Lieut. Patrick picks a pen and a notepad.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Lieutenant Patrick.

DON
What do you want?

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
I intended to ask you the same
question, Mr--?

DON
My friends call me Don.

Patrick jots down "DON"

LIEUTENANT PATRICK(CONT'D)
Yes, Don...
 40.

DON
I'll tell you this once and for all
Lieutenant Patrick. I'm inside this
bank right now because what I want
is in here. And since I have very
limited time before you meddle with
my business let's just skip to the
gist. What do you want?

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Hostages. Give all of them to me
and I'll help you come out alive.

DON
(laughs; scornfully)
With due respect, Lieutenant. I
planned to walk out of this
building - with everything I came
for very much alive. With or
without your support.

BANK MANAGER
(to Don)
And how have you planned to do
that, Don?

DON
(re: Manager)
Shut up.
(into phone)
Sorry. That was meant for the
hostage I'm about to kill.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Mister --

DON
I was in the middle of something
very important.

Don hangs up. He pushes back to the woman and rests the gun
right at her nose. His eyes for the Manager.

DON
Where were we?

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK. TENT - DAY

Jerry hastily types "DON" into the search engine.

"1,200,016" profiles are displayed on the laptop.

JERRY
I have one million two hundred
thousand and sixteen Dons, sir.
Patrick crouches over to the table. The displayed profiles
are facebook. And of whites mostly.
 41.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
It's a dead end. A great percentage
of these faces use false names.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. ROOM TWO - DAY

The OLD MAN gets an attack. He crouches. Loosing his breath.

His eyes glazing over. Women begin to scream while the man
fights for his life. Drying... JOY holds his hand.

JOY
Sir. Hey. Sir?

OLD MAN
(under his breath)
I... a breather.

MAN #1
What's wrong with him?

JOY
He's dying!

The old man collapses to the floor. Man1 runs to the door
and POUNDS IT.

GUARD
(to man1)
Do you want to get us killed?

MAN #1
The old man man is dying!

He continues to pound the door. Repeatedly. Yelling!

INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY

DON strikes the Bank Manager across his already black-eyed
and bruised face. The woman sobs quietly.

DON
Where the hell is the fucking key?

The manager laughs ridiculously. Don then HEARS the

pounding.

DON
Bastards!

He grabs the gun off the table and walks out. Locks the
door.

INT. OFFICES HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Don fast tracks the continuous pounding into:
 42.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. ROOM TWO - CONTINUOUS

Opens the door and punches the man behind it to the floor.
Places the gun's barrel on his head.

DON
I warned you...!

JOY
He's going to die!

BAMM!! Don knocks man1 with the back of the rifle. Turns
over to the old man gasping. The woman is holding him on her
laps weeping.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. ROOM ONE - DAY

Hostages freak out. Heard the commotion in the other room.

KATHLYN
He killed them.

BOB
We should have heard gun shoots if
he did.

MAN #2
We have to do something people.
This man is going to butcher us
like pigs.

TEENAGE GIRL
(re: man #2)
What's on your mind?

MAN #2
I don't know... Maybe we call him
into the room and one of us grabs
the gun from him.

BOB
Has anyone here used a gun before?

TEENAGE GIRL
I've watched a couple of first
timers do it right in movies.

BOB
Right. Um. Do you need my opinion
folks?

TEENAGE GIRL
Yeah.
BOB
We should keep our brilliant ideas
to ourselves.

The teenager rolls her eyes.

 43.

BOB(CONT'D)
(for the teenager)
Or they will make our years fewer.

TEENAGE GIRL
So we just sit here and wait? Watch
the goon kill one of us at a time?

KATHLYN
Yeah. It sounds pretty a plan too.
We sit and watch ourselves die,
right?

She trains are question to Bob. He holds her hand firmly.

BOB
No one is going to die, okay?

MAN #2
Are you partners with him?!

BOB
What?

CRIPPLED MAN
You sound damn knowledgeable,
son...

TEENAGE GIRL
And pretty confident, too.

BOB
Look. We're all freaking out here.
I'm trying to keep us think
positive that's all am doing. And
if that man was to kill anybody
he'd have done it already, Okay?
KATHLYN
Sure. Nobody is going to die,
right?

She leans back on Bob. TELLER 07 watches on, lost of words.

EXT. BED ROOFED BUILDING - DAY

The SNIPPER grin jubilation. Three shapes come into

existence inside the banking hall. He lowers down on the
rifle's scope. Training it to the bank's entrance.

SCOPE'S P.O.V: The all in black Don is peering in the scope,

receding to the door, close behind Joy and the old man.

The snipper holds out his radio.

SNIPPER
(into radio)
Target in range...
 44.

We DROP TO:

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK. TENT - DAY

The Military commander receives the sniper's message.

SNIPPER(CONT'D)
(vo)
I repeat. The target is in range.

He looks at Patrick and the Lieutenant nods a go. Just as

the commander opens his mouth to respond to the radio call:
RINGGG!! The phone rings.

JERRY
(to Lieut.)
It's from the bank.

MILITARY COMMANDER
(into radio)
Hold fire. I repeat. Hold your
fire.

SNIPPER(V.O)
(vo)
Copy that.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. BANKING HALL - DAY

Don is holding the customer service desk phone.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK. TENT - DAY

Lieutenant Patrick turns to Jerry.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Put it on loud.
INTERCUT: Don leads the old man and woman to the front door
holding the phone.

DON
(into phone)
Watch the entrance.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
What is it?

DON
(into phone)
A present.

On the outside -- The police stand on high alert. Patrick

watches the Old man lean on the woman's shoulder inside the
bank while Don opens the front door gun-pointing at them.

DON(CONT'D)
The old man is in a poor shape. He
needs immediate medical attention.
 45.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
In exchange for what, a plane?
Because I don't have one myself.

DON
Food. It's already past lunch hour
and the people I have inside need
to eat.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
And the young lady?

DON
She will bring the food.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
What makes you think I'll let her
come back to you?

DON
I believe you ain't stupid to risk
the lives I still hold in my hands,
lieutenant.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Alright.

DON
And don't waste time bugging the
food. My plan is already laid. Use
the money to buy drinks.

Don hangs up.

DON
(to the woman)
Get out.
The two trudge out. Don grabs the door and locks it just as
they step out.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK - CONTINUOUS

A team of medics immediately bring help the old man. Rush

him into the ambulance while the police comfort away the
frightened woman.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. BANKING HALL - DAY

Don sits behind the customer service desk and takes off the
mask - legs up on the table and sighs. He stays there for a
moment. Thinking. Looks on his watch, picks the mask and
stands.
EXT. STATE TRUST BANK. TENT - DAY

Joy is barely eating some food, terrified. Lieutenant

Patrick approaches and sits in front of her.
 46.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Are you done?

JOY
Please don't send me back, please.
I have a child, officer. I'm the
only one she's got.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Calm down. Okay?

She nods but in fright.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
What's your name?

JOY
Joy. Joy Mugabi. I don't want to go
in the bank, sir.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Nothing bad will happen to you,
Joy.
(re: armed cops)
Do you see all those men there?
They are here to make sure no harm
happens, okay?

JOY
Okay.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
But I need your help first. I need
you to tell me how many thieves are
in the bank.

JOY
One.

JERRY
(shouts; by reflex)
Let's vacuum the bastard's ass out!

Notices he's the only one excited.

JERRY(CONT'D)
Sorry.

Patrick looks at the commander like Joy just proved the

point.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(to Joy)
Are you sure there's no one else?
Or any person in particular that
seemed suspicious to you?
 47.

JOY
No. He came in alone. But with a
gun, he's going to kill all of us
if you take me back. Please, sir. I
don't want to die.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
No one is going to die.

JOY
Okay.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
How many hostages are still inside?

JOY
About fifteen... or more... God, I
didn't even count them.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Dammit.

JOY
Do you think he's going kill them?

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
He won't. We won't let him.

Patrick stands up, walks out of the tent with the commander.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Do you think it's a one man job?

MILITARY COMMANDER
I doubt.

They drop their gazes to the bank. Baffled.

INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY

Don is sitting in the manager's chair. Bites his jaws then

stands at once raging to the Bank Manager. He punches the
hell out of him rapidly until his face is swollen.

The woman watches on. Tears rolling down her cheeks in

silence.

Don then grabs the rifle from the table and back to the
woman's head he puts it.

WOMAN #1
(sobs; for the manager)
Please. Please.
A tear drops on floor as she looks at the Manager. He laughs
dazedly. Broken.
 48.

BANK MANAGER
(re: Don)
You're a monster.

DON
Wait until I blast her head and
know better.

He opens the safety. His finger closer to the trigger.

BANK MANAGER
Under the red book in the second
cabin.

DON
Good. It wasn't that hard, was it?

Don lifts the gun off the woman's head. She sobs loudly. He
to the second cabin and picks out a RED BOOK. Fleets through
its pages to find the GOLDEN KEY. He grins.

DON(V.O)
Oh yeah.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK - DAY

A food truck arrives as man in a suite is approaches

lieutenant Patrick in the tent. It's the construction
ENGINEER, 40s.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Thank you for coming on such a
short notice, Engineer.

ENGINEER
I couldn't hesitate, Lieutenant.
Let's get the terrorists out.
JERRY
It's a bank robbery, sir.

ENGINEER
Oh.

The engineer drops his old briefcase on the table, pulls out
the bank's blueprints.

ENGINEER
We designed the bank as instructed
by the owner with just one exit.

MILITARY COMMANDER
There's no emergency exit?
ENGINEER
No.
 49.

MILITARY COMMANDER
Is that acceptable by building
standards?

ENGINEER
Not all we do is acceptable by the
law, commander. Take those thugs
robbing the bank right now for
example. Is that legal? That's how
he wanted it.

A police officer approaches.

OFFICER #4
We're ready.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(to Jerry)
Get him on line.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. BANKING HALL - DAY

Four hostages bring food from the entrance. Don is aiming

right at them inside the bank. Until Joy carries in the last
package.

DON
(to Joy)
Lock the door.

She locks door. Hands over to Don the key.

DON
(re: Lieut. Patrick)
He told you they are working on a
plan to get you out of here?
JOY
Yes. You know they're too many of
them out there.

DON
I know.

JOY
Are you going to kill us?

DON
Only if you give me a reason to.

INT. OFFICES HALLWAY - DAY

Food and drinks are distributed into the rooms. Don watches
every step of the process meticulously.
DON(V.O)
It's what they do. Convince you
they are working on a plan to get
(MORE)
 50.

DON(V.O) (cont'd)
you out of trouble even when they
are not certain how the trouble is
working the plan.

Bob picks the last pack and a bottle of water.

DON
(to the hostages)
That's all your government has
provided off your taxes. Enjoy.

Hostages enter their respective rooms. Don locks the doors.

He picks two packs and two bottles, too.

INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY

Don hands over one pack to the woman. Puts the other in
front the Bank Manager.

DON
Eat. Before we get down to
business.

He sits. Pulls out of his pocket the second GOLDEN KEY and
the manager looks at him shockingly. Don notices.

DON
(re: Manager)
Troubled?

EXT. SIMON'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Simon's Audi pulls out of the gates. Past Don's Caldina

parked on the roadside nearby. Don steps out of his car.

INT. SIMON'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

FLASHBACK!! Don, hands in gloves, tediously shuts the door
behind him. He scrutinizes the room. Opens the jewelry box
on a table. Holds out some of it's contents admiringly, puts
all back.

He lies on the good bed for a moment. Thinking. Then pulls

out on its sides a small drawer. Searches into a pile of
documents and finds on the bottom the GOLDEN KEY.

INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY

Back to Present. Don grins, planting the earpiece into

position. He rolls the two keys on the table playfully.
Satisfactorily.

BANK MANAGER
(to Don)
How many people have you murdered
this week?
 51.

DON
(grins)
Not as many as I would like to
since I came back home. You know
it's kinda boring, uh? What is it
that happened to your family again?
Oh yeah, I get it. They were
murdered by a burglar, right?

BANK MANAGER
I see. You made your homework quite
well, Don. What I haven't figured
is how you plan to walk out of this
bank alive? And don't tell me your
hopes are to use the main and only
entrance for exit.

DON
You're beginning to sound a little
like lieutenant Patrick you know.
How about you tell me?
(beat)
I know that defiant look. You won't
tell me unless I put a gun on
someone else's head right? Anyway.
I'll handle the tax when the goods
are received. For now, let's enjoy
the food.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK - DAY

Patrick, the commander and the engineer plan their way into
the bank. Jerry is on the computer.

ENGINEER
(re: blueprints)
Here. The chimney was built wide
enough to allow a person go through
it.

MILITARY COMMANDER
You don't expect me to drop my men
down into the furnace, engineer do
you?

Engineer has no alternative.

MILITARY COMMANDER
Is that the only alternative way to
get in?

ON THE LAPTOP SCREEN: The "ACCESS DENIED" red stamp appears.

JERRY
Dammit!

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
What is it?
 52.

JERRY
I'm blocked again.

Lieut. Patrick points at Live Spy Network's van.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK(CONT'D)
(to Jerry)
Do you think he has something to do
it?

JERRY
Whoever is stopping me must be a
freaking genius, sir. And also
aware of the bank's passwords.

MILITARY COMMANDER
Didn't you say his company supplied
the bank with it's security
cameras?

JERRY
Yes, sir.

MILITARY COMMANDER
(into radio)
Apha. Tango. Secure your positions.
We are taking the C.E.O out of the
van. I repeat...

The C.E.O notices the police movements. All eyes on him.

They begin to slowly move toward the van. He thinks for a
minute. Communicates to Don via the earpiece.

C.E.O
(into earpiece)
They're onto me.
INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY

Don hurries to look out the window.

DON
(into earpiece)
Stay calm.

C.E.O
(vo)
There coming to get me!

DON
I said stay calm. I'll handle it.

BANK MANAGER
Who're talking to?
Back to the phone. Don presses the redial button immediately
and listens.
 53.

Through the window: the police are crossing the road: Don
panics a little.

BANK MANAGER(CONT'D)
Are they coming for you already?

DON
Quiet!

BANK MANAGER
I didn't expect them to last this
long anyway.

DON
I said shut the fuck up!

BANK MANAGER
(grins)
Are you panicking?

Don rages to the Manager and punches him off the chair. Then
looks at the woman, no longer eating.

DON
(re: woman)
He wouldn't shut up.

Goes back to phone.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK. TENT - DAY

The police recede to the bank's side of the road:

progressing toward the van. The phone rings just as Patrick
steps out of the tent.

JERRY
In coming!
Lieut. Patrick hurries back.

INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY

Don looks out through the window: the police is surrounding

the van from all directions - at a distance.

DON
Tell your men to back off,
Lieutenant.

INTERCUT: Patrick defies.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
You rule the inside, Don. I rule
the outside. You loose.
DON
No, you have lost this game,
Lieutenant by delivering your men
(MORE)
 54.

DON (cont'd)
right under my automatic rifle that
I only can trigger!

PATRICK'S P.O.V: A fully loaded machine gun fixed on a phone

cable in front of the bank is trained down at the van.

DON(CONT'D)
One step forward from any of your
idiots and I'll splatter their
cock-sucking brains out without
another thought.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(to the police)
Move back! Withdraw! Everyone move
back now!

The police withdraw immediately.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(into phone)
Bastard.

DON
See. That's a win, Lieutenant.
Checkmate.

Don hangs up.

C.E.O
(into earpiece)
Be fast! I need to get out of this
place in whole.

DON
(into earpiece)
That will buy us some time.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK. TENT - DAY

A confused commander hurries back to the Lieutenant.

MILITARY COMMANDER
What was that, Lieutenant? My men
were almost there!

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(points at the gun)
He stationed a rifle on top of our
heads!

MILITARY COMMANDER
We are moving in.
LIEUTENANT PATRICK
He will trigger the gun, Benedict
and all your men will be dead! Is
that what you want?
 55.

MILITARY COMMANDER
What I need is to flash the psycho
out of the bank before he
slaughters all the hostages!

INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY

Don drags the Manager up from the floor angrily.

DON
Let's go.

We follow them through the hallway. Down the staircase to

the vault basement.

INT. VAULT BASEMENT - CONTINUOUS

A giant gold vault with two KEYHOLES covers three quarters

of the entire room.

Don inserts the golden key in one hole and hands over the
second key to the bank manager.

DON
Let's not waste a lot of time on
this. You do it almost everyday.

The bank Manager gazes the second key thoughtfully.

DON
I don't have the entire day here!

Manager inserts the key into the hole.

BANK MANAGER
This vault has no history of
robbery recorded to it.
DON
I'm here to add new chapters to the
recordings.

BANK MANAGER
Do you honestly think you'll escape
all the cops outside?

DON
We shall see about that when the
damn thing is opened!

They turn the keys in unison. The vault door opens.

DON
WooHoo!
His smile fades when the thick door opens to reveal a second
door with double combination keypad.
 56.

DON
You're kidding me.

BANK MANAGER
(grins)
You didn't see that coming did you?
That's a double combination lock I
have absolutely no idea about.

DON
You're supposed to know everything.

BANK MANAGER
Afraid not. Situations like this
are predicted therefore some
security details are handled by
people outside the bank.

DON
Who are those people?

BANK MANAGER
The moment you set your foot inside
this bank I was comprised. No one
will speak or offer you the
information you need.

DON(V.O)
Don't bet on that.

DON
Let's go.

BANK MANAGER
I told you. This vault has never
been robbed before.
DON
Thanks for the history lessons
grandpa.

INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY

Don and the Manager sit across from each other. Don gazes
the manager angrily for a moment. Thinking. The Manager
grins back. Woman1 marvels about the two confusedly.

Don stands at once and steps out of the office. Locks.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. ROOM ONE - DAY

Relaxed. Bob and Teller7 are conversing.

TELLER 07
Ahundred thousand in coins? What
were you going to use them for?

KATHLYN
He wanted coins that much?
 57.

BOB
(to Kathyln)
You know my job. I keep as much
change as I can on me.

TELLER 07
But that was way beyond much to
even carry. Did you have a giant
bag somewhere waiting?

BOB
(laughs)
I actually have this jacket with
giant pockets on it.

Don opens the door and all grow silent.

DON
Had enough of the chachacha?
(to Bob)
You. Come.

Bob hesitates.

DON
Don't waste my fucking minutes!

He drags him out and slams the door!

INT. OFFICES HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Don locks the door. And their back to friends.

BOB
Was that necessary?

DON
It had to look real.

BOB
I thought you would handle the
inside job alone.

DON
We have a situation.

INT. VAULT BASEMENT - CONTINUOUS

Bob is unbelievably looking at the double-combination keypad

on the vault beside Don.

BOB
No. Ryan said the damn thing had no
code technology.
DON
And we're both staring not only at
a single but double combination
keypad right now.
 58.

BOB
I knew it. A plan that usually
seems so perfect never works out.
What do you want me to do?

DON
Gimme your coat.

BOB
And how is my coat going to open
the vault?

DON
You will tell them it's what I
wanted from you if they ask.

Don pulls out of his pockets two phones. He uses one phone
to call the other. Answers it. And inserts one into Bob's
pocket.

DON
Keep the phone close.

BOB
Do you think she knows?

DON
It's your assignment to figure out.

BOB
Alright. Hit me.

DON
What?

BOB
Just do it before I change my mind
and whip your ass instead.

DON
(grins)
Nothing would give me more
pleasure, baibe. You asked for it.

Don punches Bob on the belly.

BOB
Come on, girl! Show me what's in
your panties!

Don blows Bob's face bruised

DON
You like it?
BOB
I don't have a mirror but yeah, the
pain is good.
 59.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. ROOM ONE - DAY

Don slams Bob inside. He topples to the floor and Don locks
the door. Kathyln and other hostages converge on Bob.

TELLER 07
Oh my God. Are you okay?

KATHLYN
What happened?

BOB
He killed him.

KATHLYN
He killed who?

TELLER 07
Omigod. No, no, no, no, the Bank
manager?

BOB
I think...

Kathlyn freaks out. Terrorized.

KATHLYN
He killed him? Why?

BOB
I don't know... I over heard them
mumbling, asking him about the
codes. Then he hit him with the gun
on the head.

INT. OFFICES HALLWAY - DAY

Don is holding out the cell. Listening.

KATHLYN
(vo)
The code?

BOB
(vo)
Yeah. They were down in the vault.

INTERCUT: Man1 looses it again.

MAN #1
I knew it. This bastard is going to
kill us all until he gets the
stupid codes.
KATHLYN
(vo)
He won't.

Don grimaces.
 60.

BOB(CONT'D)
He won't? Why?

KATHLYN
Because... Only two people have
access to the codes and one of them
you said is dead.

BOB
What about the other?

KATHLYN
(vo)
He's not in the bank.

DON
Fuck. You didn't help.

Don hangs up. Leans back to the wall. His head in hands.
Lost of plans.

INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY

The Manager peeps out the door. Rushes back to the table and
picks out of the polythene bag his cellphone. Punches on
some numbers.

WOMAN #1
You'll get yourself killed.

BANK MANAGER
He's not there.

BANK MANAGER
(into phone)
Yes it's me. No, no, no, no one is
dead yet. He's stuck on the door.
No. I won't give up the codes no
matter what...

Don barges in. Heard the conversation. The manager hangs up

startled.

DON(CONT'D)
Well, well, well. Nice motivational
speech old man. You know? I keep
wondering why the more books people
read the more foolish they become.
I didn't go to college but I can't
say "no matter what." Especially
when it comes to money matters.

BANK MANAGER
You're a thief. You have never
worked any day of your life.
 61.

DON
Really? I spent close to one
hundred sleepless nights planning
for this job.
(re: woman)
Isn't that work deserving of all
the millions in his vault,
sweetheart?

The woman nods.

DON
Thank you.

He turns to the manager.

DON
You just made my work easier.

Don grabs the cell and the manager and drags him out.

INT. VAULT BASEMENT - DAY

Don redials the phone and holds it to his ear. The Manager
staring at him. And the vault.

DON
(into phone)
I don't care who you are but in
this bank I have something very
important to the owner than the
money in his vault. I don't expect
you to waste more of my time
therefore.

VOICE ON PHONE
What do you want?
DON
Your code.

VOICE ON PHONE
I'm not authorized to do so, sir.

DON
Then you leave me no choice but to
kill HER.

VOICE ON PHONE
Wait! 0792.

DON
Good choice.
Don casts the phone. Moves closer to the vault and gestures
the manager to insert his part while he punches in the code.
 62.

DON(V.O)
Leverage. Plays the greatest role
to success in my world but it's one
hell of a thing to find.

INT. CAR(MOVING) - DAY

10-year-old NICKY, the C.E.O's daughter, lying on the

backseat unconscious moves her fingers. Her eyes open.

DON(CONT'D)
(vo)
The only trouble comes when the
secured leverage is no longer
subject to your terms. At this
moment, the rules of the game must
change.

INT. VAULT BASEMENT - DAY

The second door opens. Don enters. Bonds, Certificates and

title deeds are what his eyes see. NO CASH. He's confused
and the manager is enjoying it.

DON
Where's the money?

BANK MANAGER
All that you're looking at is
money.

DON
I mean cash. Where's the cash?

BANK MANAGER
The cash we collect is transferred
to the central bank every single
day and those certificates are its
equivalent. This is what makes us
the most secure bank in the
country. You're staring at around
six million dollars right now.

DON
I am going to ask you one last time
old man. Where is the cash?

BANK MANAGER
You should have considered a
college diploma for a real job,
son.

Don holds the Manager's throat tightly. He grimaces and Don

drops him to the floor.
DON
Where's the fucking cash?!
 63.

Manager hesitates defiantly. Don hits the crap out of his

face. Then elsewhere on his body. Until the manager passes
out. Bruised. In his own blood.

DON
Dammit!

Don shakes him. Nothing. He wrenches some certificates to

the floor screaming. Sits down exhausted. For a moment. Then
plants the earpiece into place.

DON
(into earpiece)
What's on your end?

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK - DAY

Ryan pushes through the rowdy crowd elbow-to-elbow to the

front. He has an earpiece, too. Ryan analyzes the
surrounding.

DON(CONT'D)
(vo)
Are still there?

RYAN
(into earpiece)
Hold on.

His P.O.O:

Lieutenant Patrick, commander and the engineer are

critically discussing; eyes referring to the blueprints and
the actual site itself.

A second sniper sets his rifle to a different vantage point

up the bed-roofed building. Ryan camouflages into the crowd.
RYAN(CONT'D)
A second sniper is on the sun side
of the bed building. He's
strategic. Be more careful.

DON
(vo)
Always.

INT. VAULT BASEMENT - DAY

Don stands. Pulls himself together.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. BANKING HALL - DAY

Don opens a big Live-Spy-Network equipment bag. Pulls out

two folded company STICKERS.
 64.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK. TENT - DAY

Lieutenant Patrick is on phone when Jerry notices Don's

shape receding toward the door inside the bank.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(into phone)
It's all going well, honey. We're
about to apprehend the --

JERRY
Um. Sir!

Patrick turns.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(into phone)
I'll call you later.

Hangs the phone and scurries back to the tent.

EXT. BED ROOFED BUILDING - DAY

The NEW SNIPER has Don peering on his scope.

NEW SNIPER
(into radio)
Confirmed visual on the target.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK. TENT - DAY

Commander, Lieut. Patrick and everyone watches the door

curiously. "Is Don coming out?". He continues toward the
door holding the stickers.

JERRY
Is he coming out?
SNIPER(CONT'D)
(vo)
Target is on close range.

MILITARY COMMANDER
(into radio)
Hold for command.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
What is he doing?

Don begins to seal the entire door with Live Spy Network
STICKERS.

JERRY
He's sealing the door.
NEW SNIPER
(vo)
I repeat. The target is on range.
 65.

MILITARY COMMANDER
(to Patrick)
I'm instructing my men to shot.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
You can't.

MILITARY COMMANDER
Can't you see! He's covering the
door!

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
That could be a hostage!

EXT. BED ROOFED BUILDING - CONTINUOUS

Done. Nothing inside the bank is seen from the outside.

NEW SNIPER
Dammit!

He lifts his eye off the scope none-too-pleased. He trains

his gaze toward the fellow sniper - also less amused.

SNIPER(CONT'D)
(into radio)
The target is lost.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK. TENT - CONTINUOUS

The commander is too-pissed. Hard to tell whether at Don or

Patrick.

MILITARY COMMANDER(CONT'D)
That's it! We can't even see a
little inside. Whatever the
son-of-a bitch is planning God
knows.

He turns to his officers irrationally.

MILITARY COMMANDER
Shoot whatever comes out of that
door!

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
You can not just shoot at anyone.
We need --

MILITARY COMMANDER
I give the orders here, Lieutenant!
We should have done this along time
ago.
INT. STATE TRUST BANK. ROOM ONE - DAY

Don enters. Glares at the frighted hostages for a moment. He

grabs up Kathlyn and Bob tries stopping him. Don pushes him
back.
 66.

KATHLYN
Where are you taking me?

DON
To a place you know best.

INT. OFFICES HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Don locks the door and continues to pull Kathyln forcefully

toward the basement.

INT. VAULT BASEMENT - CONTINUOUS

Kathyln trembles at the sight of the manager lying

unconscious on the floor. Covered in blood.

KATHLYN
Jesus! What have you done to him?

DON
The same thing I'm about to do to
you if become as stubborn as him. I
want you to be a good girl. I
really don't want to bruise your
darling face, okay?

KATHLYN
(nods)
Okay.

He lets go of her hand.

DON
Now. Tell me where the money is.

KATHLYN
It's all that.
DON
I mean the cash. Where do you
people keep it in this bank?

KATHLYN
I don't know.

DON
You don't know?

Don holds the gun firmly. She freaks.

KATHLYN(CONT'D)
I swear... I have never even been
in this vault before... All I see
is its outside...
DON
Relax!

She gasps for a breath.

 67.

KATHLYN(CONT'D)
Okay... I'm relaxed.

She's not. Don looks in her eyes. She's doesn't want to look
in his terrifying face hid under the mask.

DON
You are going to think very hard
than you have never before. Okay?

KATHLYN
Okay.

DON
Where do you think your cash is
kept?

KATHLYN
I don't know.

DON
Think! I said think, bitch!

KATHLYN
(sobs)
I don't know... I swear to God I
don't know.

Kathyln doesn't know. If she does then she's a very good

actor. He believes her.

DON
Fuck. Stay right here. Don't move!

KATHLYN
Okay.
Don walks out. Kathlyn gazes the bank manager on the floor.
Not moving.

INT. BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY

Don startles the already frighten woman when he opens the

door.

DON
Are you okay?

WOMAN #1
Yeah. What's going on? Where's the
manager?

DON
Relaxed. You should, too.
He picks the bag of cell phones off the table and steps out.
The woman gets up, sits in chair.
 68.

INT. VAULT BASEMENT - DAY

Don brings the polythene bag to Kathlyn.

DON
Get your phone.

She picks out her cell.

DON
Call him.

KATHLYN
("she already knows who")
Okay.

Kathlyn dials quickly.

KATHLYN
Are you going to kill me?

DON
When your father tells me what I
don't want to hear.

Kathlyn gazes Don for so long while listening to the call.

EXT. SIMON'S HOUSE - DAY

The Audi skids into the gate. Just as Simon hurries out of
the car RINGG!! His cell rings. "Kathyln calling." He sighs
in disdain. Afraid to pick. Then:

SIMON KAMAGU
(into phone)
Kathyln?
INT. VAULT BASEMENT - DAY

INTERCUT: Don is holding the "big" gun on Kathlyn's head.

KATHLYN
Dad?

SIMON KAMAGU
Honey, are you okay--?

Don grabs the phone to his ear. Cocks the gun.

DON(CONT'D)
I have a fully loaded gun on her
head.

SIMON KAMAGU
What do you want?

DON
The question is simple and I need
it answered in just three seconds.
 69.

SIMON KAMAGU
Whatever amount you need please
take it but don't hurt my daughter.

DON
Good dad. Where do "we" keep cash
in this vault? Three. Two. o --

SIMON KAMAGU
On your head.

Don's P.O.V: Huge stakes of cash are seen up through a

complex mesh. He grins. A dream come true.

DON
(into phone)
You're late.

SMASH CUT TO:

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK - DAY

A gunshot is heard. And another. Ryan starts away from the

crowd as people shout incoherently.

Cops go nuts. Tension grows. Random movements. Military

officers stand on high alert. Shielded and checking their
armory.

MILITARY COMMANDER
(into radio)
Tac one, tac three, tac four move
now over.

ON PATRICK: He looks up at the automatic rifle worriedly.

Don's rifle is not triggering. "Why?"
JERRY(O.S)
It's a toy.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(turns)
What?

Jerry is on his laptop. Has completed a search on the

machine gun's model software.

JERRY
I have searched for any weapons,
especially of its kind, on line in
our vicinity and there's none.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Shit.
A tactical team engulfs the Live Spy network van from three
angles. All guns trained at the C.E.O. His hands already on
the head.
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COP #1
Open the vehicle!

C.E.O opens. A cop drags him out to the ground and cuff his
hands immediately. He scrutinizes the truck.

COP #1
Clear!

ON THE BANK: The door-kicker smashes the glass. Three

canisters are thrown into the Bank.

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. BANKING HALL - CONTINUOUS

The canisters hit the floor and release a gas. The armed
police enters!

COP #2
This is the police! Everyone stay
where you are!

They move throughout the entire bank. Rescue all the

hostages in rooms ONE and TWO including Bob. Rescue the
woman in the manager's office.

INT. VAULT BASEMENT - CONTINUOUS

Three cops come down to find the Manager lying on the floor.
Don is long way gone. The cop feels the Manager's pulse.

COP #3
(into radio)
We have one seriously injured
hostage in the basement.

Kathlyn is in the vault - alive. The gunshots we heard were

fired to break the locks on the mesh and the OPENED DOOR
inside the vault.

Kathyln's hands and mouth are taped. She's trying to tell

the cops something. Cop3 unwraps her lips. That hurt!

KATHLYN
Awch!

COP #3
Sorry.

KATHLYN
He's out through the tunnel.

COP #3
What about the rest?
KATHLYN
It's one man.

COP #4
Did you see his face?
 71.

Kathlyn hesitates.

COP #4
Miss? Is there anything you
remember about the thief that can
help us identify the him?

KATHLYN
No. He... He had a mask on his
face.

COP #4
It's alright. You're safe now.

Four paramedics whisk the Manager out on a stretcher as cop4

proceeds into the dark emergency exit.

INT. SIMON'S BEDROOM - DAY

Simon sits on the floor shocked. Quietly. For a moment. Then

pulls out the drawer on his bed.

A white note is inside written on "I HOPE YOU ARE INSURED."

He dials some numbers on his cell.

INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNEL - DAY

Don struggles with four heavy bags. Toward the dimly lit
end.

DON
(into earpiece)
Are you in position?

RYAN
(vo)
Yeah.
EXT. STATE TRUST BANK - DAY

Hostages are brought out. Some welcomed by family. The crowd

grows even bigger. Applauding the police. A few cold gazes
of condemnation for the delayed rescue. Various reporters
are spreading the news.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK. TENT - DAY

Lieutenant Patrick is transfixed on the rescued hostages

when the phone rings. He answers!

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(into phone)
This is him. What? On what street?
Okay.
Hangs up.
 72.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(to the Engineer)
Why haven't you told us about the
tunnel?!

ENGINEER
What tunnel? I know nothing about
the tunnel. See. I don't have any
tunnels on the blueprints yet I
designed the building myself.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
This is insane.

A cop approaches.

COP #2
Sir. No hostage is dead.

Kathlyn is helped out by Bob. The ambulance and fire brigade

take off.

EXT. STREET - DAY(-04:02 P.M.-)

Ryan lifts a cover off the manhole. Don sends forth the bags
as Ryan hurries them into the car's trunk.

RYAN
Where's Bob?

DON
With the police.

RYAN
Are we going for him?

DON
He's good at talking himself out of
trouble.

RYAN
Are you sure?

DON
Trust me. He'll be at the precinct
in time. Let's get the hell out of
here.

They enter the car. Ryan races away DISSOLVING INTO:

EXT. STREET(SAME) - DAY

Police sirens grow toward the opened manhole. Police trucks

swarm the place when Cop4's rifle peers out.
MILITARY COMMANDER
Freeze!
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COP #4
It's me, sir.

MILITARY COMMANDER
Show yourself slowly.

COP #4
Okay.

He lurches out. Hands on the head. He's part of them.

COP #4
We're late.

Patrick holds his chin in disbelief. Then bursts into a

laughter. Praises Don's genius quietly.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Son of a bitch.

EXT. CAR(MOVING) - DAY

Ryan is driving. Don's legs are up on the dashboard. Very

relaxed. He grins into the Camera.

DON(V.O)
All you need is to surround
yourself with few but very
professional personnel. Plans are
made but I have seen them fail men.
Or rather men failing the plans. I
know you are wondering the hell I
entered the bank. I call it emotion
imbalance... A combination of love
and fear of the unknown. Lemme say.
I choose my acquaintances quite
perfectly.
"GRAPHIC"

SOME HOURS EARLIER TODAY

EXT. LIVE SPY C.E.O'S HOME - DAY(-5:46 A.M.-)

Don's caldina is parked right across the street. He is

waiting.

EXT. LIVE SPY C.E.O'S HOME - DAY(-6:58 A.M.-)

The C.E.O emerges out of the front door holding Nicky's

hand. She's ready for school, armed with a school bag. They
enter his waiting sport ride in the front-yard.

The car takes off. Don trails them in his Caldina

tactically.
 74.

EXT. SCHOOL GATE - DAY (-7:26 A.M.-)

Rush hour. Parents/Guardians are dropping their kids for

school. Some in cars. Most on foot. "LITTLE TUBBIES" is
written on the school gate.

The C.E.O's car starts off revealing 10.y.o.NICKY right in

front of the gate: waves for her father. Before she enters:

MELISSA(O.S)
Nicky!

Nicky turns to see MELISSA, her chubby girlfriend, with her

mother at a distance. Both smile as Nicky starts a few steps
back while Melissa runs toward Nicky.

MELISSA'S MOTHER
Melissa!

Mel turns. Had forgotten the bag. Runs back to collect it

from her mother when a BENZ pulls in front the gate,
obstructing the girls from each other.

Don appears from the crowd and grabs Nicky into the car. No
one seems to notice as every parent minds their own kid. He
drives away.

The BENZ takes off revealing a confused Melissa. She can't

spot Nicky anywhere.

MELISSA
Nicky. Nicky?!

The boy from the benz offers Melissa a stern look.

MELISSA
Never mind.
Mel enters the gate. Not satisfied.

INT. LIVE SPY NETWORK. C.E.O'S OFFICE - DAY(-7:45 A.M.-)

A female SECRETARY, 20s, puts a hot cup of coffee on the

desk. She holds out to the C.E.O. a folder file.

C.E.O
Thank you.

His cell rings!

INT. CAR(MOVING) - DAY

Don is holding his cell while driving. Nicky is lying on the

backseat. A white handkerchief is next to her nose and a
small bother tagged "CHLOROFORM."

INTERCUT: the C.E.O. picks the phone.

 75.

C.E.O
Hello?

DON
I need you to walk out of your
office right now and drive back
home.

C.E.O
Who's this?

DON
You'll figure soon.

C.E.O
What's wrong with my home?

DON
Like I said. You'll find out soon.
Nicky and I are waiting.

C.E.O
Nicky? What are you talking about?
I just dropped her off to school.

DON
And I fetched her. Her life depends
on how fast you can get home mister
C.E.O. So. Better grab the wheels.
Oh and no police or she dies.

Don hangs up.

INT. LIVE SPY NETWORK. C.E.O'S OFFICE - DAY

Mister C.E.O. panics.

C.E.O
(re: Secretary)
Cancel my morning appointments.

SECRETARY
Is everything okay?

He grabs his jacket off the hunger.

C.E.O(CONT'D)
Sure. Just a little trouble my
girl.
(dashes out)
I will be back soon.

SECRETARY
O-kay.
(baffled; to herself)
That was weird.
 76.

EXT. C.E.O'S CAR(MOVING) - DAY

The C.E.O is driving. Frightened and confused. He picks his

cell on the front-seat and dials. The call goes straight to
voice mail.

OPERATOR
(vo)
The subscriber you are calling does
not answer. Please try again later.

C.E.O
Jesus.

He drops the phone and presses the accelerator.

INT. C.E.O'S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM - DAY(-8:02 A.M.-)

TIGHT ON: a syringe and a small empty bottle written on

"LETHAL TOXIN." Placed on the table by Don.

NICKY is lying on the Sofa in a school uniform. Her bag on

the back. Don is all masked in black now and calm. He is in
a small chair across from the Sofa. He Keeps on looking at
his watch.

DON(V.O)
You will never know how things
might turn out in this job. That's
why you can never be careful
enough. One sudden twist of events
can either cost you actual life or
life time in a maximum security
jail. It's never over until it's
over --

The C.E.O barges in. His eyes on Nicky first.

DON
Decent timing.

C.E.O
(rushes to her)
Oh my God. Nicky. Nicky!
(to Don)
What have you done to my daughter?

DON
Good question.

C.E.O
Who are you? What do you want?

DON
Who am I is not cool but what I
want is you... Or rather your help.
I'm making an early withdraw with a
mutual bank which I believe is on
your to-do list today.
 77.

C.E.O
Are you out of your mind? Why would
I help you rob my client?

DON
In your daughter's blood runs one
of the most effective Chinese
poisons.
(picks the bottle off the
plate)
It would take you approximately
twenty eight hours, if not more to
fly to China and back for a cure.
And by that time -- This beautiful
girl will be lying in a stunning
casket.

Don pulls a similar bottle written on "ANTIDOTE" from his

pocket.

DON(CONT'D)
But if you get me inside the bank
this will be yours in about three
hours.

DON(V.O)
Between you and I. This is fine
water from my tap. You know what I
did to her right?

C.E.O
You can't rob State trust Bank!
They'll kill you before you even
take out a penny.

DON
Don't bet on that.
C.E.O
What do you want me to do?

DON(V.O)
He's now in.

DON
I have everything figured out
except one thing. Your security
system. I want you to shut it down
for three hours today.

C.E.O
I can't -- I mean even if I'm to
shut it down the Bank was designed
with a back-up system which
automatically turns itself on the
moment the main system is out.

DON
What do you suggest then?
 78.

C.E.O
You could hack into the master
server but that only works if the
system doesn't recognise you as an
intruder.

DON
And how exactly can I do that?

C.E.O
By turning off all the connection
sharing protocols from our super
server and then do the hacking
while changing the access password
every after forty five seconds.

DON(V.O)
What the hell is that?

DON
You know what -- You're coming with
me.

C.E.O
No, no, no. I can't. I can't go to
prison.

DON
Not even to save your daughter?

DON(V.O)
Now that was saved for a punchline.
Let's hear what he has to say.

C.E.O. picks his cell from the pocket.

C.E.O(CONT'D)
I could call the police and have
you arrested before the robbery.

DON(V.O)
Vague. Let me try this.

DON
I wouldn't do that if I were you. I
have a gun right now that can kill
you and the girl before you can
even punch a single number on that
phone. Help me to help your girl.

C.E.O
Why should I trust you?

DON
Don't. Trust kills.

CUT TO:
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INT. STATE TRUST BANK. VARIOUS - DAY(-12:05 P.M.-)

Normal working day. Fourteen tills are numbered(TELLER 01 to

TELLER 14) Some people standing in the queue.

The BANK MANAGER walks from Teller 03 toward his office --

greeting the people lining up in a low tone. Four tills have
no tellers.

Kathlyn is inside the BANK MANAGER'S OFFICE -- concluding

her conversation with a white man in a suit. They trade
hands and the man walks out.

A Man and woman are waiting for an attendant on the ACCOUNT

OPENING desk. It's disgusting for the woman.

Three people are being served behind the tills. BOB one of
them. He's standing behind TILL 07. A gorgeous-young TELLER
07 is yet to attend to him.

She's still working on some paper work on her desk. Bob

licks his lips lustfully. Dressed in tight-jeans and a brown
HOODED JACKET.

ON A BENCH next to where a female security-guard, armed with

a baton, is standing; A 70-YEAR-OLD MAN is sitting. On his
left is a chubby woman JOY and on the right is a one-legged
man with a veteran look.

EXT. STATE TRUST BANK - DAY(-12:11 P.M.-)

Live-Spy-Network van pulls in. The C.E.O driving. He stops

two-feet right outside the main entrance. The van's rear
part almost seals the way. A SECURITY GUARD approaches the
driver's window.

SECURITY GUARD
Sir. Good afternoon?

INSIDE THE TRUCK: DON is lying down. All masked in black. He

slides the RIFLE'S BARREL to the C.E.O's belly. The guard
can't see.

SECURITY GUARD(CONT'D)
Would you please move the van a
bit? It's blocking the entrance.

C.E.O
We have a delicate equipment
entering the bank. I'll be away as
soon as it's inside.

SECURITY GUARD
Alright.
The guard backs off. Stands aside the entrance.
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INT. THE VAN - CONTINUOUS

Don sits.

DON(CONT'D)
You did well. I'll be out in no
time.

He forces a huge Live-Spy-Network's branded equipment bag on

his back.

C.E.O
And if you don't... What will
happen to my girl?

DON
She'll be fine.

C.E.O
Just like that?

DON
Do what you're supposed to do and
the rest will take care of itself,
okay?

INT. STATE TRUST BANK. BANKING HALL - DAY

BOB'S P.O.V: Rakes throughout the occupied tills. All with

attractive ladies.

BOB
(to teller07)
Is it a standard requirement for
all female employees to look
stunning?
TELLER 07
(grins; reservedly)
Maybe the HR can serve you on that.
What do you think?

BOB
You tell me. Um. Do you have a
boyfriend?

She clears her throat.

BOB
What?

TELLER 07
Do you want all one hundred
thousand in coins?
BOB
I asked the question first.

She trains her stare toward the manager's office.

 81.

TELLER 07(CONT'D)
I'm not authorized to take personal
questions during working hours.

BOB
Okay. What time do you off then?

Suddenly --

Don slams two security guards inside the hall. A commotion

burst inside. People move randomly in terror but the all
masked gunman(DON)is blocking the exit.

BOB(CONT'D)
Oho. I guess today isn't my lucky
one as expected.

Don locks the door and pockets the keys. Holds the HK-416
rifle looking up the ceiling.

DON
Everyone to the hall! Now! Now!
Move! I want to see everybody
moving! Move! To the banking hall
everyone!

Random movements begin as people move to the banking hall

from different directions. All working stations. Mumbling
terror.

DON
Attention everybody! This is
definitely not a christmas
festival. It's a bank robbery. I'm
here for a quicky and jerk-off,
assuming you won't waste much of my
time. The bank is insured so no
worries. And don't try to make
yourselves smart.

The old man and the lame guy stay seated on the bench. Don
notices.

DON
You! I want you all on this side.

The old man obeys but the lame man declines. Don moves
toward him.

DON
Was I not clear enough?

He's not moving an inch. Scared but defiant. Don wallops him
off the bench. And casts his stick into a till, smashing its
glass.

DON(CONT'D)
I said move your fucking crippled
limb to the other side.
 82.

On the floor. The lame guy still wants to raise up. But he
can't. He gives up.

DON
Everyone to the floor! I want to
see all faces kiss the floor! Down!

Everyone drops. Quickly to the floor DISSOLVING TO:

INT. CAR(MOVING) - DAY

Back to Present. Ryan is driving.

DON(V.O)
Now you know.

Radio news are heard in the car.

RADIO REPORTER
(vo)
Live Spy Network's Chief has been
apprehended today following
allegations that he masterminded
State Trust Bank robbery early this
afternoon. Details of this story
are still coming in --

Ryan turns off the radio.

RYAN
Did you hear that?

DON
Yup.

DON(V.O)
I call that a perfect backup plan.
It buys you some time to smile over
your success before the actual
truth is figured out.

RYAN
You're sure Kathlyn didn't
recognise you?

DON
Does it matter? I'll be athousand
miles gone by the time she adds all
the pieces.

INT. POLICE STATION. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT(-7:19 P.M.-)

Lieutenant Patrick and the commander are questioning Bob.

Two other officers are standing at the entrance.
BOB
Like I said. I was making a
withdraw when the guy entered.
 83.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Did you see his face?

BOB
Are you kidding me? He gave me a
black eye just because I overheard
him speaking to someone else.

MILITARY COMMANDER
Thanks for your cooperation.

BOB
Anytime. I just pray the bastard
gets busted.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
We will find him...

BOB
I hope your efforts pay-off,
officers. You did a really great
job saving all of us.

DON(V.O)
Get out talker! Get the fuck out!

MILITARY COMMANDER
Thank you.

Bob heads out.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Well. That was the last of them --
And all of them match.

Patrick sighs.
MILITARY COMMANDER
(to the officers)
Bring him in.

INT. SIMON'S HOME. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Kathlyn enters to find a worried Simon on the couch.

KATHLYN
Dad?

SIMON KAMAGU
Kate?

He cradles his child.

KATHLYN
I'm okay.

SIMON KAMAGU
Thank God.
 84.

INT. POLICE STATION. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT

The C.E.O sits across from Lieut. Patrick and the commander.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Are you sure everything went down
the way you explained it before?

C.E.O
Why would I lie? He had my daughter
poisoned. He even threatened to
kill us both if I informed the
police.

MILITARY COMMANDER
Poisoned?

C.E.O
That's what he said.

MILITARY COMMANDER
Did you see it?

C.E.O
All I saw was my daughter lying
half-dead in a chair. Then he
showed to me a small bottle with
some yellow liquid and told me it
was the antidote.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Did he give it to you?

C.E.O
No.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
You're telling us, mister, that you
collaborated with a man who drugged
your daughter and also threatened
your life to rob a bank without
even securing the antidote first?!

C.E.O
He said everything would be taken
care of if I helped. You have to
believe me lieutenant.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
I'm trying.

C.E.O
What stupid person stages a robbery
on their client?
MILITARY COMMANDER
Unfortunately only you can answer
that question right now.
 85.

A female officer appears at the entrance with a file.

DON(V.O)
I bet that nails him hard into the
coffin.

Hands over the file to Patrick. Whispers in his ear. Patrick

nods and she part as he reads through the file.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Huh?
(re: C.E.O)
You said a chinese poison?

C.E.O
Yes.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Well the file to my front right now
is the just concluded medical
report of your daughter. And here
it says -- "The patient had no
traces of poison found in her
body." How do you explain that?

C.E.O
You have to believe me.

MILITARY COMMANDER
(re: officer)
Take him back.

C.E.O
I didn't rob the bank!

Officers hold him out as he struggles.

C.E.O(CONT'D)
This is a misunderstanding,
lieutenant! I'm just being
framed...

The door clangs shut.

INT. SIMON'S HOME. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Kathyln drains a glass of water. She lies on the couch with

a cushion on her head. For a moment. Then puts the cushion
on her belly. Sighs.

He eyes navigate from her trembling hand to a flower jug on

the table.

EXT. KATHLYN'S APARTMENT - DAY

FLASHBACK! Bob hands over red roses to Kathlyn.

BOB
... Your neighbor.
 86.

EXT. DON'S APARTMENT - DAY

FLASHBACK!! Don bumps into Kathlyn holding a similar bag of

trash.

...

KATHLYN
What do you do, David?

DON
I'm a taker.

INT. KATHLYN'S APARTMENT - DAY

FLASHBACK!!! Kathlyn is talking to Don.

...

DON
... Motivate my inner man?

KATHLYN
We have one of the strongest bank
vaults that has ever been designed
in the whole world.

SIMON KAMAGU(O.S)
Kathyln?

INT. SIMON'S HOME. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Back to Present. Simon sits next to Kathlyn. She looks

bewildered.

SIMON KAMAGU
Are you all right?
KATHLYN
I know who did it.

INT. POLICE STATION. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT(-8:12 P.M.-)

Nicky enters with TEACHER ALLISON. They sit facing

Lieutenant Patrick and the commander.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(to Nicky)
Are you okay?

NICKY
I need my daddy.

TEACHER ALLISON
You'll see him, honey. Just answer
the officer's questions first,
okay?

She nods.
 87.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Okay. Nicky. Who took you to school
today?

NICKY
Dad.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Have you been there the whole day?

NICKY
Yes.

Commander looks at Allison, as requiring her confirmation.

TEACHER ALLISON
She's telling the truth.

NICKY
I want to see daddy!

Commander nods for Patrick, sighs.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Okay. Let's go see daddy.

They stand and walk out.

INT. POLICE STATION. CELLS - NIGHT

Lieutenant Patrick leads Nicky to the C.E.O's cell. A guard

opens the bars and he comes out to her.

NICKY
Daddy?

C.E.O
Nicky? Baby, are you fine?

He examines her body.

NICKY(CONT'D)
Yes.

C.E.O
Are you sure? I'm glad you're fine.

NICKY
You robbed the bank?

C.E.O
Honey, no. You know I can't do such
a thing, don't you?
NICKY
But why are you in prison?
 88.

C.E.O
It's... Do you remember any person
taking you away from school today?

NICKY
Teacher Allison.

C.E.O
No, sweetie, some other person. A
big man during morning hours?

NICKY
No.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(to the guard)
Lock him up.

C.E.O
No, wait! They set me up I swear!
Listen to me!

Patrick drags Nicky away while the guard locks the C.E.O.
back behind the bars. Nicky screams wanting her father!

NICKY
Dadddy!

DON(V.O)
A clean mind needs no
rehabilitation. And little is
required to child's brain. How in
the hell did his daughter testify
against him? Honestly. That's one
part I didn't have planned.

EXT. C.E.O'S HOUSE. BACKYARD - DAY(-8:14 A.M.-)

EARLIER! Don comes out of the house to meet Ryan and Bob.

BOB
Did he buy it?

DON
He's in.

RYAN
The girl will be awake in fifteen
minutes. We have no time.

DON
Make sure the school doesn't
realise she's been missing.
RYAN
Okay.
 89.

DON
(to Bob)
See you on playing ground.

BOB
Copy that.

INT. CAR(MOVING) - DAY

Ryan is racing the car. Bob in the front-seat and Nicky

lying in the back unconscious.

EXT. SCHOOL GATE - DAY (-8:24 A.M-)

The caldina stops across the road. Parents are still

delivering kids.

INT. CAR - CONTINUOUS

NICKY moves her fingers. Her eyelids tremble and the eyes
eventually open.

BOB
(in a low tone)
She's awake. What do we do now? She
can't see our faces.

Ryan grins. Then pulls out a lollipop from his pocket and
confidently turns to the girl in the back.

RYAN
Nicky? Do you remember me?

NICKY
Yes. Imran's dad.

RYAN
Good.

He hands her the sweet.

RYAN(CONT'D)
You fainted out and I picked you.

Nicky looks at herself lying in the car. "Maybe I fall."

NICKY
Thanks.

RYAN
Do you feel alright now?

NICKY
Yes.
RYAN
Good. You can go to school now.

Nicky opens the door. Happily. And just as she heads out:
 90.

RYAN(CONT'D)
Don't tell anybody about our
secret.

NICKY
Okay.

She runs straight into the crowd of pupils still on the

gate.

BOB
You knew her?

DON(V.O)
Son-of-a bitch! His boy goes to
school with her but he has never
mentioned that.

INT. POLICE STATION. RECEPTION - NIGHT(-9:20 P.M.-)

Kathyln enters with her father. Lieutenant Patrick is

flirting with the female sergeant at the receptionist.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Miss Kathlyn?

KATHLYN
I know who did it.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Um. We already have him in our
custody, Miss.

KATHLYN
You do? How did you figure it out?

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
His daughter helped actually.

KATHLYN
His daughter? What do you mean his
daughter?

FEMALE SERGEANT
The C.E.O's daughter wasn't drugged
like he claimed earlier.

KATHLYN
You have the wrong guy, lieutenant.

EXT. DON'S APARTMENT - NIGHT(-10:01 P.M.-)

Police cars swam the place. Military cops jump down the
trucks and surround the entire building.
Patrick, the Commander and four officers dash outside Don's
apartment. The commander knocks!
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MILITARY COMMANDER
This is the police! Open the door!

The door opens. A 50-year-old MAN steps out and two officers
drop him to the ground immediately and cuff his hands.

MILITARY COMMANDER(CONT'D)
You are under arrest for State
Trust Bank robbery this afternoon.
You have a right to remain silent
or every --

DON(V.O)
Yeah, yeah. We all know that stupid
police creed but is this tired guy
really me?

Kathyln steps out of another police car, confused.

KATHLYN(CONT'D)
It's not him.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
What?

KATHLYN
That's not David.

MAN
Young woman -- are you okay? My
name is David and I have stayed in
this apartment for the last two
years.

MILITARY COMMANDER
Miss Kathyln --
KATHLYN
Trust me, officer. Some guy was
living in that apartment for the
past five months and it's not that
man.

MAN
(confusedly)
What are you talking about?

MILITARY COMMANDER
(re: Man)
Is the lady speaking the truth?!

MAN
The only reason I wasn't here is
because I had visited a friend in
switzerland...
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DON(V.O)
Actually. This guy is the real
David, Kathlyn not me. He is Bob's
ex-girlfriend's uncle and the first
person to ever board a plane in
their family. So Bob's
ex-girlfriend couldn't shut-up
about it. That's how we landed this
apartment. And his key.

MAN(CONT'D)
I just came back in the country
today. My passport records can even
conform that.

They let the man stand, take the cuffs off.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
We're very sorry for the
inconvenience, Sir. It was just a
misunderstanding.

MAN
Okay. No problem.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
You need to come back with us to
the station, miss Kathyln. We have
to record your statement again.

KATHLYN
Of course.

They enter cars and take off.

INT. UNDISCLOSED HOUSE - NIGHT(-10:16 P.M.-)

Don, Bob, Ryan are gazing a hell-lot of stakes of cash laid
over the table after counting it. Unbelievably.

DON(V.O)
Fourteen fucking billion dollars in
a single day. I love this job.

RYAN
This is all ours?

DON
Yeah.

RYAN
I'm stinking rich!

Ryan jumps and falls into the cash. Bangs his head down to
the floor but it doesn't even hurt!

RYAN
WooHoo!
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The three jubilate.

INT. POLICE STATION. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT(-11:23 P.M-)

Lieutenant Patrick and the commander talk to Kathyln. Simon

is right by her side listening.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
What was this man's name?

KATHLYN
David.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
Is that his real name?

KATHLYN
I don't know. That's what his
friend told me.

MILITARY COMMANDER
Bob?

KATHLYN
Yeah.

MILITARY COMMANDER
Do you know where he lives?

KATHLYN
No. But we can find the information
on the documents he provided when
opening his bank account.

EXT. ZOO - DAWN

Police sirens rise and the cars approach the premises.

Kathyln, Lieutenant Patrick, Simon, the Commander and other
officers step out. Patrick is holding a file in his hands.

MILITARY COMMANDER
This is the address he provided to
your bank?

KATHLYN
Yes.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
A zoo?

Everyone looks baffled. Patrick laughs out loud at the top

of his lungs.

LIEUTENANT PATRICK
(into camera)
Do you, banks, take time to find
whether the addresses your clients
provide exist or not?
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INT. SALON - DAY

Don's haircut is done. He looks at his image in the mirror.

HAIRDRESSER
What do you think?

DON
Perfect.

EXT. AIRSTRIP - DAY

Don and Bob board a small jet. The plane takes off.

INT. DERRICK'S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM - DAY

Ryan pays cash to Derrick. Happily and Proudly.

INT. COURT HOUSE - DAY

The JUDGE delivers his verdict to the C.E.O in the dock amid
a full house. Nicky sobs with her aunties on a chair.

JUDGE
You will serve fourteen years on
accounts of robbery, destruction of
business property and breaching of
the private security providers act.
You will not be hired or consulted
on matters of security. You shall
not deal or in any way associate
with any government organisation
even after completion of your time.

EXT. JUDICIAL COURT HOUSE - DAY

The C.E.O is lead down the staircase by armed cops to a

waiting police van in cuffs as journalists crowd on him.

EXT. RYAN'S HOME - DAY

Ryan plays with his family. Everything is going perfectly.

DON(V.O)
Don't curse. It's the world. Not a
perfect place you'd want it to be.
To starve isn't a good deal so men
grapple to live their dreams. As an
infant is born a grandfather dies.
A deer wakes to feed yet a lion to
prey on it. It keeps us in balance.

EXT. OCEAN. SOMEWHERE TO MADAGASCAR ISLANDS - DAY

A YACHT sails toward us. Aboard is Don and Bob accompanied
by four stunning ladies in bikinis.

Don serves champagne into six glasses while Bob is capturing

the sea with his camera. Everyone picks a glass.
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DON
Allow me to propose a toast to our
dear friends the C.E.O. and the
bank manager.

LADY #1
What's the C.E.O's name anyway?

DON
Um. No idea.

LADY #1
And the bank manager?

Bob and Don trade a glance.

DON
What's his name again?

BOB
Ryan never mentioned it.

LADY #2
Well. To dear friends.

She hits the glasses and drink. A laughter.

ALL
To dear friends.

BOB
How do you feel?

DON
Like a champ.

LADY #3
Any plans for the future, Don?

DON
I'm preparing myself for
international market.

As the yacht approaches the harbor...

DON(V.O)
Sacrifice. Many hate how it sounds.
Horrible we describe it but without
it this great world would never
have existed. It doesn't matter how
many times you try or the hell you
sacrifice. All that counts to me is
the ultimate happiness when a dream
is achieved. This was my dream.
ZIP: DEDICATED TO MY BELOVED SISTER LYDIA DAMALIE NANTEGE.