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FADE IN:
slung low along the horizon parting Pacific ocean from sky
to wash the heavens in roiling phantasmagoria. MUSIC UP:
The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter over and under --
A BULLET-PROOF VEST
AN AMMO CLIP
swings open and someone steps out clad in denim and new
leather sneakers.
A LARGE ROCK
sinks lower.
A WIDE-BRIMMED HAT
HELICOPTER ROTOR
whines to life as --
CAN OF BEER
AN AMERICAN MAN
WHITE MAN
AMERICA FIRST!!!
HELICOPTER'S POV
MOTHER (V.O.)
(in Spanish)
Chopi, they'll see you!
COYOTE
Now! We must hurry.
Everyone moves and Chopi goes to lead the pack. Mother nabs
his sleeve, halting --
MOTHER
Chopi...
BACK TO SCENE
GATE KEEPER
The North is where demons feed.
Hide and they will find you. There
are demons in the North!
COYOTE
This is what you must do for me to
guide you and your boy North.
ON CHOPI
COYOTE (CONT'D)
(over protest)
-- It is the only way! Do you
understand?
5.
MOTHER
...Si.
COYOTE
Leave it!
She obeys and follows after him to join Chopi and the others
as the Gate Keeper's CACKLE chills the night.
GATE KEEPER
Hide and they will find you!
PILOT (V.O.)
-- Moving east along the lake.
COMMAND (V.O.)
Roger that, Foxtrot. Scope's got
movement off Goat Canyon.
RADIO (V.O.)
140 here, I'll take a look.
COYOTE
La migra...
Many are drenched with oily fluid. TWO AGENTS, guised head
to toe in pale green rubber suits right out of "B" movie sci-
fi, are the only ones who touch them physically. Nobody
notices the fallen rocks.
ON CHOPI
A SCORPION
CHOPI
THE SCORPION
THE COYOTE
CHOPI
MOTHER
(in Spanish)
Quit playing!
flashes an alert.
7.
COMMAND (V.O.)
We got movement off --
COMMAND (V.O.)
-- the channel east, in route to the
Promised Land.
PILOT (V.O.)
Roger 827.
Coyote emerges from the gully, his band in tow. From this
vantage can be seen the whole of San Diego's South Bay
sprinkled with lights.
COYOTE
A Santa Ana. The Devil Wind. Is
good for us.
HELICOPTER'S POV
BEDLAM
CHOPI
Mama!
MOTHER'S TEJIDO