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Cry Havoc
Written by
Captain Homicide
SUPERIMPOSE:
”Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war."
- William Shakespeare
FADE IN:
SABLE (CONT'D)
Seriously? What kind of terrorist
brings chapstick to a hostage
crisis?
TECH (O.S.)
A prepared one.
SABLE
Remind me how many more of these
clowns there are.
TECH (O.S.)
In the building you’re on excluding
the ones you just dispatched there
are thirteen gunmen and five from
the costumed crowd.
SABLE
And they are?
TECH (O.S.)
We have confirmation of Wild Child,
Coldblood, Jackal, Captain Razor
and Spinecutter.
Sable makes her way down a ladder into the top floor of the
building.
SABLE
Spinecutter? The same one that-
TECH (O.S.)
The Chuck E. Cheese massacre.
SABLE
With the-
TECH (O.S.)
Chainsaw, yes. Sick guy I know. The
rest are your typical supervillain
scum. I’m uploading their trading
card stats to you as we speak.
Electronic profiles of the villains appear in front of
Sable’s face.
“WANTED BY INTERPOL FOR ASSASSINATING LONDON MAYOR”,
“CHRISTMAS PARADE BOMBING”, “28 MURDERS CONFIRMED, 35 MORE
SUSPECTED”, “KNOWN CANNIBAL AND RAPIST”, “CLASS TWO
STRENGTH”, “SHOCK GAUNTLETS” and so on.
4.
SABLE
Christ, this is a regular who’s who
of scumbags. Where did they get
hired, Assholes “R” Us?
TECH (O.S.)
It’s no big deal. None of them are
bulletproof. Or death proof.
Sable drops into an old dilapidated office.
SPINECUTTER
(Rami Malek)
... Then the waitress brought the
check and Cosby asked who was
paying, right? So I pointed at the
duck and said “It’s his, Bill!”
(Laughs)
Get it?
WILD CHILD
(Alexandra Daddario)
(Laughs)
Fuck me, that’s good!
COLDBLOOD
(Dan Stevens)
You’re five for five on the corny
joke front. I hope you’re proud.
SPINECUTTER
Anything that keeps me from
grabbing some of these brats,
carving bad words into their skin
and making their insides outside.
CAPTAIN RAZOR
(Jimmi Simpson)
Swell idea, Cutter. Let’s see the
snobs buy their way out of that
one. At least the caskets will be
nice. Probably made of something
pretentious like Brazilian
mahogany.
COLDBLOOD
Not while I am in charge. We’re
here to do a simple job, y’all.
Orders from the top were no one
dies unless it’s necessary.
WILD CHILD
Can’t they just Venmo the last
thirty mil? I need to catch up on
Euphoria.
CAPTAIN RAZOR
They name shows after emotions now?
What’s next? Rage and sexual
frustration?
SPINECUTTER
Way to self report, bro.
6.
WILD CHILD
You know, I had my eye on that cute
blue eyed kid since we got these
trust fund brats in here.
(snorts cocaine from vial)
We can’t kill them but they never
said anything about having a little
fun before the money shows up. It’s
your girl’s time of the month but a
little blood on the dick never hurt
a strapping young lad.
COLDBLOOD
I’m glad I got to work with you
again, Vera, and I mean that, I
really do. My ears are once again
bombarded with such wonderful
things coming from that sperm
dumpster you call a mouth.
WILD CHILD
(wiggles tongue)
Oh, you love it. What can I say?
This bitch been a thot since day
dot.
COLDBLOOD
Cutter?
SPINECUTTER
Yeah, Coldblood?
COLDBLOOD
Remind me what we never do?
SPINECUTTER
We don’t stick our dick in crazy
pussy. Won’t catch me doing that,
no siree Bob. I love to stick
butcher knives in ‘em and violate
the wounds instead.
WILD CHILD
I think I read that in a Hallmark
card. Or was it Pixar?
A terrorist checks his watch.
TERRORIST
Coldblood, there’s a problem.
7.
COLDBLOOD
As if I didn’t have enough problems
with this Barnum & Bailey Circus
from Hell. What could it be now?
TERRORIST
York hasn’t radioed in yet.
COLDBLOOD
He’s probably taking a piss or
something.
TERRORIST
Yeah, that’s what I thought too but
it’s been a while.
Coldblood closes his eyes and pinches the bridge of his nose
in frustration.
COLDBLOOD
They’re not paying me enough for
this nonsense.
WILD CHILD
Boo, you whore.
COLDBLOOD
Razor, go upstairs and make sure
Jackal hasn’t eaten the poor
bastard.
SPINECUTTER
If he did ask him what kind of
sauce he likes with his human.
CAPTAIN RAZOR
Shouldn’t we draw straws or-
COLDBLOOD
Just do it!
WILD CHILD
Jeez. Someone needs a blowjob and a
cookie.
SPINECUTTER
Oh, man. If I had a swear jar you
guys would make me richer than God.
CAPTAIN RAZOR
For the record I’m Captain Razor,
not Captain Babysitter.
Captain Razor heads out of the gym.
8.
He pushes her to the ground and wraps his claw tipped hands
around her neck.
JACKAL (CONT'D)
I’ll suck the marrow from your
bones!
TECH (O.S.)
Sable! Talk to me!
Sable blasts pepper spray in Jackal’s face.
He lets go of her neck and desperately tries to clean it off.
SABLE
You bit off more than you can chew
this time, Hannibal.
Jackal swipes at the air in blind rage.
JACKAL
Bastard!
He rips the sink out of the wall and prepares to throw it.
Sable shoots him in the eye.
Jackal collapses and the sink cracks on the floor. She stands
over his twitching body.
SABLE
Let me help you with that.
Sable fires several more shots into Jackal’s face. He stops
twitching.
TECH (O.S.)
Are you injured, Sable?
SABLE
A little roughed up but none worse
for wear. Can’t say the same for
this human slaughterhouse.
Sable spits on Jackal’s corpse as Captain Razor enters the
bathroom.
CAPTAIN RAZOR
Jackal? Is that your crazy ass
making all that racket?
Razor looks at Jackal’s corpse and makes eye contact with
Sable.
11.
CAPTAIN RAZOR (CONT'D)
(sighs)
Just what I needed.
Foot long blades pop out of the gauntlets on Razor’s
forearms.
He attacks Sable and she fires her pistol. The bullets deform
harmlessly against his chest armor.
Sable attempts to knock him off balance. His blade goes
through her shoulder and retracts.
He slams her head through the other sink, cracking it to
pieces and spraying water everywhere.
CAPTAIN RAZOR (CONT'D)
This isn’t my first rodeo,
Princess.
As she lays on her stomach bleeding Razor slashes her back.
CAPTAIN RAZOR (CONT'D)
Your last moment on Earth will be
face down on a pissy floor in a
filthy bathroom. Hell of a way to
go, huh?
Razor turns Sable over, grabs her by the body armor and
prepares to kill her.
CAPTAIN RAZOR (CONT'D)
One of the toughest men I ever knew
and he got nailed over some
jailbait slut.
Sable’s hand searches the watery floor for any kind of
weapon. She grabs a white porcelain sink shard.
SABLE
Slut this, dickhead!
She rams the shard into his throat and keeps stabbing until
he finally lets go.
Blood pours from his neck. The puddle on the floor turns
crimson.
CAPTAIN RAZOR
Get you for that... bitch.
Sable grabs a large chunk of the broken sink and slams it
into his head.
12.
SABLE
How’s it feel?!
Sable hits him in the face over and over until the sink piece
is bloody and shattered.
She stops her assault and Razor’s face is left an
unrecognizable pulp.
Sable kicks his corpse in between deep breaths.
SABLE (CONT'D)
Come on, get up. Get up so I can
kill you again.
TECH (O.S.)
Everyone okay?
SABLE
I’m good. Two scumbags down, a
dozen more to go. Easy as pie.
Sable turns to the frightened girl.
SABLE (CONT'D)
You’re safe, sweetie. I’m one of
the good guys. I want you to go to
the nearest classroom and hide,
okay? Lock the door and block it so
no one can get in. This should all
be over soon.
Sable reloads her pistol and looks at Razor’s gauntlets and
their retracted blades.
She tilts her head in curiosity.
CUT TO:
WILD CHILD (CONT'D)
Whatever she has I got and then
some. I can do more with your dick
than a monkey at a playground,
right hand to God. I swear you
won’t know if you’re blowing your
load or stepping foot through the
Pearly goddamn Gates. How does that
sound?
COLDBLOOD
Vera, knock it off already. Need I
remind you we’re professionals here
to do a job. You know what
professionals do that keep them in
business?
WILD CHILD
No, William. But you’re gonna tell
me anyway.
COLDBLOOD
Professionals stay in this business
by listening to the boss. In our
case the boss strictly said no
touching the hostages.
WILD CHILD
Correctamundo. He said no hurting
them to be exact.
Wild Child French kisses the boy.
WILD CHILD (CONT'D)
Never said anything about a little
tonsil hockey. Give me twenty
minutes and I‘ll show you Wild
Child ain’t just a bullshit stage
name. I was dropping college boys
to their knees in high school. Want
me to show you how?
Coldblood’s phone buzzes. He looks at it and a picture has
been received.
COLDBLOOD
What is it now? Bunch of brain dead
children I swear.
WILD CHILD
What are you yapping about now?
COLDBLOOD
Just some dumb message from Razor.
14.
WILD CHILD
Is it a dick pic? I hope it’s a big
one. Preferably with some girth to
it but Mama ain’t picky when it
comes to dicky.
COLDBLOOD
Vera, I don’t know whether you
should be in a nut ward or a
whorehou-
Coldblood is speechless with horror. Close up of the picture.
The corpses of Razor and Jackal sit posed against the hallway
lockers with their severed heads resting in their lap.
Wild Child notices Coldblood’s silence. She walks over to him
to see what’s wrong.
WILD CHILD
What is it? Was it his dick?
Coldblood shows the photo to her.
WILD CHILD (CONT'D)
I’m waiting for the punchline.
A text message is received.
WILD CHILD (CONT'D)
“I’m coming for you.”
COLDBLOOD
Someone’s here.
SPINECUTTER
Hey, guys. I’m on the team too.
Care to tell me what you’re jaw
jacking about?
COLDBLOOD
Someone killed Jackal and Razor.
WILD CHILD
Shame, I actually liked those two.
Another photo is received.
It’s a selfie of Sable giving the middle finger.
WILD CHILD (CONT'D)
I don’t recognize this bitch.
15.
COLDBLOOD
She’s CIA. Some kind of new and
improved genetically engineered
super spy I keep hearing about.
WILD CHILD
Doesn’t seem so hot shit to me.
COLDBLOOD
Don’t be so arrogant. That cartel
compound that got blown up in
Sinaloa? That was her. Took out
some of the best private guns I
know while she was at it.
WILD CHILD
Best? She hasn’t met me yet.
COLDBLOOD
Take half the men with you and
handle this. I’m not losing out on
this much coin.
WILD CHILD
Wait, you’re getting paid?
SPINECUTTER
Don’t you think I should go?
COLDBLOOD
Cutter, stay here. You and me will
keep an eye on the hostages to make
sure no one gets any bright ideas.
Wild Child can handle it. Those
lockers are upstairs. I don’t care
if you see Bob Ross blowing bubbles
with Strawberry Shortcake, if you
see anything move blow holes in it
until it stops moving, then shoot
it some more just to be safe.
WILD CHILD
It’s about time I get some action.
(points at terrorists)
You, you and you four, come with
me. Someone wants to stop your
crusade to rid the world of
Capitalism. Are you going to stand
by and let it happen?
TERRORISTS
(in unison)
No!
16.
WILD CHILD
I can’t hear you!
TERRORISTS
(louder)
No!
WILD CHILD
Whoo! Now that gets my pussy
tingling! Don’t you worry one bit,
Coldblood. I’ll be back faster than
a virgin’s first fuck.
Wild Child heads out of the gym with the terrorists.
She smacks one of them on the butt.
WILD CHILD (CONT'D)
Hurry up! We got some murdering to
do!
They head into the hallway.
TERRORIST
(frightened)
What? No!
WILD CHILD
What are you, queer?
(laughs)
The missing terrorist from earlier named YORK joins them from
the hallway.
YORK
What did I miss?
TERRORIST
Where‘ve you been?
YORK
The bathroom.
TERRORIST
For a whole half hour?
YORK
You know I have IBS.
TERRORIST
Unfortunately.
The terrorists enter the second floor hallway.
WILD CHILD (CONT'D)
God damn it!
One of the dying men reaches out to her for help and she
takes his FN FAL battle rifle.
WILD CHILD (CONT'D)
Thanks, pal.
Wild Child takes cover.
WILD CHILD (CONT'D)
Where‘d you learn to shoot?! The
Stevie Wonder School of
Marksmanship?!
The second team of terrorists heads into the hallway from the
other stairwell. Sable reloads.
WILD CHILD (CONT'D)
You’re good and fucked now!
(thumbs nose)
Neener, neener, neener!
A terrorist‘s boot hits a tripwire.
An explosive device goes off sending hundreds of metal ball
bearings into the terrorists.
Wild Child fires a burst and the bullets render Sable’s
weapon inoperable.
She fires again and it jams. She throws the rifle down in
anger.
WILD CHILD (CONT'D)
Never send a man to do a bitch’s
job.
Each weaponless Sable and Wild Child run toward each other
screaming.
They exchange a rapid succession of punches, kicks and
blocks.
Wild Child kicks Sable into an open locker and spits blood on
the floor.
WILD CHILD (CONT'D)
Think you’re slicker than a
honeymoon prick wasting those two
retards, am I right?
19.
SABLE (O.S.)
Sure about that?
COLDBLOOD
Sure as the sun rises.
The radio goes silent.
COLDBLOOD (CONT'D)
Listen up! Shoot anything that
comes through those doors!
SPINECUTTER
I don’t know about this.
COLDBLOOD
There’s only two ways she can get
to us. Now all we do is wait. It’s
just you and me now, Cutter. You
know what that means?
SPINECUTTER
What?
COLDBLOOD
We only have to split the money two
ways. That’s over a million dollars
each. You’re not crazy enough to
turn that down, right?
SPINECUTTER
Nope. I’d take on ten methed out
tigers and breach the gates of Hell
for that kind of scratch.
The terrorists split into two groups with three men guarding
each entrance door.
The hostages get frantic.
Sable comes through the doors firing her rifle using Wild
Child’s corpse as a human shield. Her body is riddled with
bullets.
The first group incapacitated, Sable shoots the disoriented
terrorists by the other entrance.
COLDBLOOD (CONT'D)
My turn.
Coldblood fires and Sable pushes Wild Child’s body into the
blast. Her corpse convulses and burns with electricity.
COLDBLOOD (CONT'D)
Don’t just stand there! Kill her!
SPINECUTTER
With pleasure.
Spinecutter teleports to Sable’s right and slashes her side
with his machete.
She swings the empty rifle at him and he teleports out of her
reach.
SPINECUTTER (CONT'D)
Whoop! Whoop! Score one for the
Cuttmeister!
Sable drops the rifle and retracts the blade from her
gauntlet.
Spinecutter attacks. Sable cuts his machete in half and kicks
him in the chest.
He teleports and Sable swings her blade. Spinecutter
reappears only to have his throat slashed open.
She kicks him to the floor and blood sprays from his gaping
wound.
Coldblood grabs a goth girl from the floor.
COLDBLOOD
Drop your weapons or Wednesday
Addams’ brain fries like Chinese
takeout!
Sable thinks carefully about her next move.
SABLE
Coward.
22.
TECH (O.S.)
No. We got a leak from an informant
in exchange for leniency that
they’re plotting to take out the
Capitol Building during the State
of the Union Address.
SABLE
State of the Union? That gives us a
month.
TECH (O.S.)
Correct. There’s one small detail
though.
SABLE
Do they have demons on the payroll
now?
TECH (O.S.)
Worse. Molly Mayhem is supposed to
spearhead the attack.
Sable’s eye twitches.
CUT TO:
Molly sits down at Willard’s desk and rubs the arms of the
chair.
MOLLY (CONT'D)
Sweet new furniture. This place was
really a dump last time. Is this
real leather?
WILLARD
Before we begin I’d like to ask you
one question.
MOLLY
Sure, Wormy.
WILLARD
Why did you assault my men?
MOLLY
The first one grabbed my ass when
he was strip searching me. It’s a
shame because I would have let him
do it if he asked nicely. The
second guy was because I felt like
it. Is there a problem?
WILLARD
(sighs)
I assume you’re here about the
offer?
MOLLY
Yeah. Big job, extreme violence,
five million dollar payout.
WILLARD
As I’m sure you’re aware our
organization‘s war has intensified
at breakneck speed in the past few
months.
MOLLY
I’ll say. A Manhattan courthouse
blown to smithereens, a corporate
board meeting flooded with nerve
gas, a dozen white supremacists
beheaded on live television and
Bezos’ private jet shot out the
sky. Fun stuff all around.
WILLARD
Certainly. That being said we have
something planned that’ll put all
of our previous endeavors to shame.
26.
MOLLY
Bitchin’.
WILLARD
Something of this importance
requires absolute commitment. No
errors, no slip ups and absolutely
no loose ends.
MOLLY
So you called little ol’ me?
WILLARD
Your record is impeccable. My
second in command Eleazar wanted to
use Centigrade and Major Damage but
they simply wouldn’t do. Too
unreliable. No subtlety.
MOLLY
Good call on that one. All
Centigrade does is set stuff on
fire. That’s his whole gimmick.
Anything besides making s’mores and
lighting cigarettes and he’s SOL.
And Major Damage? Total steroid
case. He smashes things like a bull
in a china shop on a PCP and Red
Bull cocktail. Good for demolition
and mass casualties but stealth?
Espionage? Ocean’s Eleven double oh
seven type jobs? No bueno. But me?
I’m the jack of all trades of
crime.
WILLARD
I am in total agreement. All of
what you’ve mentioned – the
bombings, the assassinations,
they’re meant to both damage the
system and gain public support.
Every act of retribution means the
Collective’s message is broadcasted
on every network and posted on
every website. Our strength grows
daily and the decaying West has
been an especially fertile
recruiting ground.
(MORE)
27.
WILLARD (CONT'D)
After decades of corporate tyranny,
political corruption and cultural
degeneracy millions desire nothing
more than the complete overthrow of
the capitalist status quo and the
rise of a just system from the
ashes of the old.
MOLLY
Uh huh, spare me the political
theory lecture. You didn’t bring me
here to convert me.
WILLARD
Correct. We need you to strike a
blow at the system’s black heart.
MOLLY
I got it. You want me to hit Wall
Street. Hey, if a group of
octopuses protested in the
Financial District would it be
called Octopi Wall Street?
WILLARD
Cute but not quite. The State of
the Union Address is coming up in a
month. The President, Vice
President, Speaker of the House,
every Senator and Congressman and
half the Supreme Court, all ripe
for the slaughter. It will be like
a Christmas present waiting to be
unwrapped.
MOLLY
I’ve always been more of a
Halloween kind of girl. You want me
to pull off the greatest terrorist
attack in history? Sweet. Very
sweet. Sure thing. I would do it
for free if you asked. What’ll it
be? Guns, explosives, expired gas
station sushi?
WILLARD
In addition to a few surprises our
finest scientists have been cooking
up.
MOLLY
Surprises of the killing kind I
hope.
28.
WILLARD
Correct. We’ve been meticulously
planning for this operation under
the utmost secrecy. No expense has
been spared and everything triple
checked. However there’s a small
issue. One of our members of
insufficient commitment was
arrested on unrelated charges and
is now facing twenty years in a
federal penitentiary. Word has
gotten out that he plans on making
a deal in exchange for leniency.
Fortunately all he can give them is
the day and the target.
MOLLY
You want me to break into jail and
shuffle him off this mortal coil?
WILLARD
That’s not the issue. A mole on the
inside of the intelligence
community has informed us they’re
putting the CIA’s best on the job
of stopping us.
MOLLY
OMG! Not the CIA! I’m shaking in my
wittle boots! I’ve killed a few of
theirs in my time. A bunch of candy
asses that couldn’t stop a
quadriplegic jaywalker high on
sleeping pills. Nothing but
breathing target practice to me.
They should call them the PIA.
WILLARD
PIA?
MOLLY
Yeah, Pussies In Action.
WILLARD
They’re assigning their best
operative.
MOLLY
And you told me this because?
WILLARD
You have a… history of sorts with
them.
29.
MOLLY
In plain English.
WILLARD
They’re assigning Agent Sable.
Rage comes over Molly’s face and her eye twitches.
MOLLY
My history with that bitch could
fill volumes.
CUT TO:
MOLLY
Tiny titty gang until I die,
motherfucker!
She slashes at Sable but her attacks are blocked by the
board.
A blade retracts from Molly’s boot. She kicks it into Sable’s
thigh.
MOLLY (CONT'D)
You like my new kicks?
Molly slashes Sable’s cheek open with her shoe blade. Sable
hits her in the face with a meat mallet.
Molly pulls a Glock 26 pistol from the back of her khaki
pants.
She fires and the bullet tears through Sable’s shoulder.
Sable runs past the grill and Molly continues shooting.
MOLLY (CONT'D)
Run, rabbit!
A bullet strikes a hanging frying pan and ricochets into her
chest.
Sable uses the distraction to punch Molly and slam her face
into the hot grill.
Her face sizzles and burns. She desperately fires at the
ground and manages to shoot Sable in the foot.
Molly elbows her in the stomach and presses the pistol
against her head. It jams and Molly tosses it to the ground.
Sable punches her in the mouth. Molly catches her next blow
and the two superhumans are caught in a battle of strength.
They groan with pain and exertion.
SABLE
Had... enough?
MOLLY
I’ll break you in two... and shit
down your spinal cord.
Sable draws a taser gun from an ankle holster and
electrocutes Molly.
SABLE
If you want to live stay down
31.
MOLLY
Eat my twat!
Molly tosses an open container of pepper on the bottom table
shelf blinding Sable. More spice containers fly through the
air.
SABLE
Spices?! You’re throwing spices at
me?!
They struggle for the taser. Molly head butts Sable, gains
hold of the taser and electrocutes her.
MOLLY
Is that the meat or you that’s
cooking? What’s it matter to you if
some podunk grocery store gets
turned into Baghdad?
Molly unrolls the set of knives on the prep table and runs
her fingers across them with delight.
MOLLY (CONT'D)
There is a God after all.
Molly grabs a meat cleaver, wraps both hands around it and
prepares to stab Sable.
She recovers and kicks Molly in the stomach. It’s followed by
several strikes to the chest and a frying pan to the face.
Molly’s face recoils from the blow. Blood and teeth fly out
of her mouth.
CUT TO:
Abbott pulls his chair close to Molly. She moves her feet
from the desk to his lap.
He begins dispassionately rubbing them.
MOLLY (CONT'D)
Oooh, right there, that’s the spot.
That’s what exactly what a bitch
needed.
ABBOTT
Tell me if this is too much
pressure.
MOLLY
After the week I had you could take
a jackhammer to them for all I
care. Just make sure you get in
between my tootsies or I’ll slide
my knife between your vertebrae,
Poindexter. Willard Wormser, I
think this is the beginning of a
beautiful
friendship.
WILLARD
I didn’t know you were even capable
of making friends.
MOLLY
Of course. I might be a psychopath
but I’m not antisocial. Now, while
Private Angel Hands works his magic
I’m going to do some serious
thinking.
WILLARD
About Sable I presume?
MOLLY
Please, worm shit like her isn’t
fit to change my tampon. Just you
wait and see. The things I’m going
to do to that twat you wouldn’t
believe.
FADE OUT.
THE END.