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ROSE FINALE
FINAL SEGMENT: “NOW IT ENDS”
PT. 1
ROSE LEE SITS IN A LARGE OVERSIZED CHAIR CHECKING AND CLEANING HER GUNS AND KNIFE. AFTER CHECKING THE BLADES SHARPNESS BY SLICING HER FINGER BY LIGHTLY MOVING IT DOWN THE LENGTH AND MAKING SURE SHE HAS A FULL CLIP IN EACH GUN SHE HOLSTERS THE GUN, PLACES THE KNIFE IN A LEATHER LINED POCKET ON HER HIP AND LOOKS AROUND. TO HER LEFT SHE SEES A LARGE BAR SPANNING MOST OF THE WALL. JOHN AND A FEW OTHERS SEEM TO BE HAVING A DRINKING CONTEST. ONE MAN LIES PASSED OUT ON THE FLOOR AND AN OTHER IS THROWING UP IN A NEARBY PLANTER. TO HER RIGHT ARE SEVERAL SMALL CARD TABLES. ALL AROUND THE ROOM PEOPLE ARE SMOKING AND DRINKING AMONGST THEMSELVES. SHE SITS IN THE BACK CORNER SO SHE CAN SEE EVERYTHING, SHE ALWAYS HAS. SHE LOOKS AT THE DOOR ENTERING THE ROOM AND AT THE CLOCK ABOVE IT, 1213 HOURS.
HER CELL PHONE RINGS AND SHE COVERS HER LEFT EAR SO SHE CAN HEAR THE PHONE BETTER AS SHE TALKS. AFTER A BRIEF CONVERSATION SHE GULPS HER GLASS OF “BLACK NIGHT”(HER OWN CONCOCTION WITH A TASTE BETWEEN SAKE AND STOUT, ALMOST 85% ALCOHOL CONTENT, AND A VERY DARK APPEARANCE) AND, BLOWING HER LONG DARK BROWN HAIR OUT OF HER FACE, LEAVES THE ROOM.
SHE WALKS DOWN THE ALL TOO FAMILIAR HALLS AND RECALLS ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST THIRTEEN YEARS. THE BARE CEMENT WALLS ARE RIDDLED WITH BULLET HOLES AND SIGNS OF THE EXPLOSIONS OF GRENADES AND ROCKETS. PIECES OF CEMENT ON THE FLOOR AND BLOODSTAINS ON THE WALLS DO LITTLE TO EASE HER TENSIONS. THE GLASS HAS BEEN BLOWN OUT OF THE WINDOWS HIGH ON THE RIGHT WALL AND THE STEEL DOORS TO HER LEFT SEEM TO SCREAM OF THE HORRORS THAT OCCURRED BEHIND THEM. ROSE LEE KNOWS MUCH OF THOSE HORRORS; SHE COMMITTED MANY OF THEM. THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BOARDED UP AND SEVERAL OF THE METAL BARS ACROSS THEM HAD BEEN CUT. SHE STOPS OUTSIDE ONE OF THE DOORS AND POPS HER NECK BEFORE REMOVING AN OLD PIECE OF WHITE CLOTH STAINED WITH BLOOD BEFORE ENTERING.
SHE WALKS INTO A SMALL ROOM WITH BARE CEMENT WALLS AND A SINGLE LIGHT HANGING FROM THE CEILING. A MAN SITS HANDCUFFED TO A CHAIR AT A SMALL TABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM BENEATH THE LIGHT. THE OTHER MAN AND THE GUARDS BESIDE THE DOOR LEAVE AND ROSE LEE SMILES SADISTICALLY BEFORE REMOVING HER GUN AND TOSSING IT ON THE TABLE. SHE PUNCHES THE MAN IN THE STOMACH AND BEGINS THE INQUIRY.
“SO, I HEARD YOU’VE AN IRON WILL. WELL, WE’LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT”. SHE HEATS UP HER KNIFE WITH A SMALL GAS TORCH ON THE TABLE AND CUTS THE MANS LEFT CHEEK WITH IT SLOWLY. “OW, DOES THAT HURT?” SHE ASKS JOKINGLY.
THE MANS SCREAMS ECHO THROUGH THE HALLS AS THE SOUNDS OF SHATTERING BONES AND SEVERAL GUNSHOTS FILL THE AIR AS SHE RELENTLESSLY POUNDS THE MAN. THIS WAS THE WAY SHE QUESTIONED PRISONERS WHO WOULDN’T TALK. ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES AFTER IT BEGINS SHE LEAVES THE ROOM WIPING BLOOD OFF HER KNUCKLES AND SMILING IN A WAY THAT MADE THE MEN OUTSIDE SHIVER IN FEAR.
“HE SHOULD TALK NOW, WHEN HE COMES TO”, SHE PUTS THE CLOTH BACK IN HER POCKET AND LEAVES DOWN THE HALL.
THE THREE MEN LOOK INSIDE AND SOON WISH THEY HADN’T. THE MANS RIGHT ARM IS BROKEN AND SHE HAS SHOT HIM IN BOTH KNEES. HIS NOSE IS BROKEN AND HE IS BLEEDING ALL OVER. THEY PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM TO HIS CELL.
MEANWHILE
JOHN PUTS DOWN HIS DRINK AND HEADS TO HIS QUARTERS. HE ENTERS THE SMALL ROOM AND PLOPS ONTO HIS BED. HE PUTS HIS “DISTURBED” CD IN THE PLAYER AND QUICKLY DRIFTS OFF TO SLEEP. SHORTLY AFTER HE HEARS SOMEONE AT THE DOOR.
“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?” THERE ARE THREE MEN IN COMBAT GEAR OUT SIDE THE DOOR.
“WE JUST GOT WORD THE BANKS GOT A SHIPMENT COMIN’ IN A FEW HOURS AND THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ATTEND.” ANSWERS ONE MAN
“YEAH, JUST A MOMENT WHILE I GET READY. HEY, WHY DON’T YOU SEE IF ROSE LEE WANTS TO GO?”
“SURE WILL.” REPLIES AN OTHER MAN.
THE MEN ARRIVE AT ROSE LEES DOOR AND BEGIN BANGING ON THE DOOR. SHE WAS KNOWN FOR SLEEPING THROUGH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING AT TIMES.
“WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?” SHE ANSWERS HALF ASLEEP AND NUDE. WHEN ONE OF THE MEN CONTINUES TO STARE SHE KICKS HIM IN THE GROIN AND KNEES HIM N THE FACE. “SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT?”
ONE OF THE MEN FINALLY ANSWERS “WE’RE HITTING A BANK VAN AND WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU WANT IN. JOHN’S ALREADY WAITING FOR US IN THE HANGER.”
“YEAH, SURE I’LL BE THERE IN A MINUTE OF THIRTY.”
LATER, IN THE HANGER
ROSE LEE ARRIVES WEARING HER CLASS II ARMOR AND CARRYING A DUFFLE BAG FULL OF GUNS AND AMMO. SHE AND JOHN EACH TAKE A BLACK MOTORCYCLE AND THE OTHER THREE MEN TAKE A VAN. THE ONE SHE HAD KNEED IN THE FACE WEARS A BANDAGE ON HIS BROKEN NOSE.
HALFWAY TO THE TARGET ROSE LEE TAKES A SIDE ROUTE AND SEES A COP CHASING HER. SHE JUMPS OFF A FEW STEEP ROADS BUT THE POLICE CRUISER CATCHES UP AGAIN AND AGAIN. SOON A FEW MORE OFFICERS JOIN IN AND ROSE LEE DECIDES SHE’LL HAVE TO TAKE THEM OUT. SHE STOPS HER BIKE AND THROWS A FEW FOUR PRONGED CALTROPS BEFORE TAKING OFF AGAIN. TWO SQUAD CARS GO OVER THE CALTROPS AND CRASH AS THEIR TIRES BURST OPEN. ONE OFFICER PUTS AN AK-M OUT THE WINDOW AND FIRES. ROSE LEE PULLS BEHIND A BUILDING AFTER ONE OF THE BULLETS HITS HER BODY ARMOR. SHE OPENS HER DUFFLE BAG AND QUICKLY ASSEMBLES A SMALL ROCKET LAUNCHER. AS THE FIRST CAR TURNS THE CORNER, SHE FIRES AND TAKES OFF IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. THE CAR EXPLODES AND ONE OTHER STOPS TO HELP THE TRAPPED OFFICER.
THE REMAINING THREE CARS CONTINUE THE CHASE AS THE OFFICERS EMPTY CLIP AFTER CLIP ATTEMPTING THE STOP ROSE LEE. ONE OF THE BULLETS HITS HER REAR TIRE AND SHE BAILS OUT AS THE BIKE CRASHES THRU A SHOP WINDOW. SHE EMPTIES HER AK-M AS SHE RUNS TOWARDS SHELTER. A ROUND HITS HER RIGHT THIGH AND SHE DUCKS BEHIND THE CORNER INTO AN ALLEY. TRYING TO AVOID TAKING FIRE, SHE TOSSES SEVERAL GRENADES, DESTROYING ANOTHER CAR. SHE RUNS THRU THE ALLEY TO THE OTHER STREET AND SHOOTS A MAN OFF HIS SUPER BIKE AND TAKES IT. AS SHE NEARS AN INTERSECTION THE REMAINING TWO POLICE CARS PULL IN FRONT OF HER. SHE MANAGES TO SHOOT ONE DRIVER IN THE CHEST BEFORE SLAMMING INTO THE OTHER CAR AND FLYING OVER THE HOOD. JUST THEN JOHN PULLS AROUND THE CORNER AND SHOOTS THE OTHER OFFICER WITH AN ISRAELI UZI. ROSE LEE CLIMBS ON THE BACK OF HIS BIKE AND THEY DRIVE OFF. BEFORE LEAVING THEY CIRCLE BACK AND ROSE LEE THROWS AN INCENDIARY BOMB ON THE CAR WITH THE REMAINING OFFICER INSIDE.
“SO, HOW’D YOU END UP HERE?” SHE ASKS.
“SAW YOU ABOUT A MILE BACK AND DECIDED I’D HELP.”
“HOW’D THE BANK VAN GO?”
“HAD TO ABORT. THE DRAGONS BEAT US THEIR”,
“DAMNED” WITH LITTLE MORE CONVERSATION THEY HEAD BACK TO BASE.
FINAL SEGMENT: “NOW IT ENDS”
PT. 1
ROSE LEE SITS IN A LARGE OVERSIZED CHAIR CHECKING AND CLEANING HER GUNS AND KNIFE. AFTER CHECKING THE BLADES SHARPNESS BY SLICING HER FINGER BY LIGHTLY MOVING IT DOWN THE LENGTH AND MAKING SURE SHE HAS A FULL CLIP IN EACH GUN SHE HOLSTERS THE GUN, PLACES THE KNIFE IN A LEATHER LINED POCKET ON HER HIP AND LOOKS AROUND. TO HER LEFT SHE SEES A LARGE BAR SPANNING MOST OF THE WALL. JOHN AND A FEW OTHERS SEEM TO BE HAVING A DRINKING CONTEST. ONE MAN LIES PASSED OUT ON THE FLOOR AND AN OTHER IS THROWING UP IN A NEARBY PLANTER. TO HER RIGHT ARE SEVERAL SMALL CARD TABLES. ALL AROUND THE ROOM PEOPLE ARE SMOKING AND DRINKING AMONGST THEMSELVES. SHE SITS IN THE BACK CORNER SO SHE CAN SEE EVERYTHING, SHE ALWAYS HAS. SHE LOOKS AT THE DOOR ENTERING THE ROOM AND AT THE CLOCK ABOVE IT, 1213 HOURS.
HER CELL PHONE RINGS AND SHE COVERS HER LEFT EAR SO SHE CAN HEAR THE PHONE BETTER AS SHE TALKS. AFTER A BRIEF CONVERSATION SHE GULPS HER GLASS OF “BLACK NIGHT”(HER OWN CONCOCTION WITH A TASTE BETWEEN SAKE AND STOUT, ALMOST 85% ALCOHOL CONTENT, AND A VERY DARK APPEARANCE) AND, BLOWING HER LONG DARK BROWN HAIR OUT OF HER FACE, LEAVES THE ROOM.
SHE WALKS DOWN THE ALL TOO FAMILIAR HALLS AND RECALLS ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST THIRTEEN YEARS. THE BARE CEMENT WALLS ARE RIDDLED WITH BULLET HOLES AND SIGNS OF THE EXPLOSIONS OF GRENADES AND ROCKETS. PIECES OF CEMENT ON THE FLOOR AND BLOODSTAINS ON THE WALLS DO LITTLE TO EASE HER TENSIONS. THE GLASS HAS BEEN BLOWN OUT OF THE WINDOWS HIGH ON THE RIGHT WALL AND THE STEEL DOORS TO HER LEFT SEEM TO SCREAM OF THE HORRORS THAT OCCURRED BEHIND THEM. ROSE LEE KNOWS MUCH OF THOSE HORRORS; SHE COMMITTED MANY OF THEM. THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BOARDED UP AND SEVERAL OF THE METAL BARS ACROSS THEM HAD BEEN CUT. SHE STOPS OUTSIDE ONE OF THE DOORS AND POPS HER NECK BEFORE REMOVING AN OLD PIECE OF WHITE CLOTH STAINED WITH BLOOD BEFORE ENTERING.
SHE WALKS INTO A SMALL ROOM WITH BARE CEMENT WALLS AND A SINGLE LIGHT HANGING FROM THE CEILING. A MAN SITS HANDCUFFED TO A CHAIR AT A SMALL TABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM BENEATH THE LIGHT. THE OTHER MAN AND THE GUARDS BESIDE THE DOOR LEAVE AND ROSE LEE SMILES SADISTICALLY BEFORE REMOVING HER GUN AND TOSSING IT ON THE TABLE. SHE PUNCHES THE MAN IN THE STOMACH AND BEGINS THE INQUIRY.
“SO, I HEARD YOU’VE AN IRON WILL. WELL, WE’LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT”. SHE HEATS UP HER KNIFE WITH A SMALL GAS TORCH ON THE TABLE AND CUTS THE MANS LEFT CHEEK WITH IT SLOWLY. “OW, DOES THAT HURT?” SHE ASKS JOKINGLY.
THE MANS SCREAMS ECHO THROUGH THE HALLS AS THE SOUNDS OF SHATTERING BONES AND SEVERAL GUNSHOTS FILL THE AIR AS SHE RELENTLESSLY POUNDS THE MAN. THIS WAS THE WAY SHE QUESTIONED PRISONERS WHO WOULDN’T TALK. ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES AFTER IT BEGINS SHE LEAVES THE ROOM WIPING BLOOD OFF HER KNUCKLES AND SMILING IN A WAY THAT MADE THE MEN OUTSIDE SHIVER IN FEAR.
“HE SHOULD TALK NOW, WHEN HE COMES TO”, SHE PUTS THE CLOTH BACK IN HER POCKET AND LEAVES DOWN THE HALL.
THE THREE MEN LOOK INSIDE AND SOON WISH THEY HADN’T. THE MANS RIGHT ARM IS BROKEN AND SHE HAS SHOT HIM IN BOTH KNEES. HIS NOSE IS BROKEN AND HE IS BLEEDING ALL OVER. THEY PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM TO HIS CELL.
MEANWHILE
JOHN PUTS DOWN HIS DRINK AND HEADS TO HIS QUARTERS. HE ENTERS THE SMALL ROOM AND PLOPS ONTO HIS BED. HE PUTS HIS “DISTURBED” CD IN THE PLAYER AND QUICKLY DRIFTS OFF TO SLEEP. SHORTLY AFTER HE HEARS SOMEONE AT THE DOOR.
“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?” THERE ARE THREE MEN IN COMBAT GEAR OUT SIDE THE DOOR.
“WE JUST GOT WORD THE BANKS GOT A SHIPMENT COMIN’ IN A FEW HOURS AND THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ATTEND.” ANSWERS ONE MAN
“YEAH, JUST A MOMENT WHILE I GET READY. HEY, WHY DON’T YOU SEE IF ROSE LEE WANTS TO GO?”
“SURE WILL.” REPLIES AN OTHER MAN.
THE MEN ARRIVE AT ROSE LEES DOOR AND BEGIN BANGING ON THE DOOR. SHE WAS KNOWN FOR SLEEPING THROUGH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING AT TIMES.
“WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?” SHE ANSWERS HALF ASLEEP AND NUDE. WHEN ONE OF THE MEN CONTINUES TO STARE SHE KICKS HIM IN THE GROIN AND KNEES HIM N THE FACE. “SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT?”
ONE OF THE MEN FINALLY ANSWERS “WE’RE HITTING A BANK VAN AND WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU WANT IN. JOHN’S ALREADY WAITING FOR US IN THE HANGER.”
“YEAH, SURE I’LL BE THERE IN A MINUTE OF THIRTY.”
LATER, IN THE HANGER
ROSE LEE ARRIVES WEARING HER CLASS II ARMOR AND CARRYING A DUFFLE BAG FULL OF GUNS AND AMMO. SHE AND JOHN EACH TAKE A BLACK MOTORCYCLE AND THE OTHER THREE MEN TAKE A VAN. THE ONE SHE HAD KNEED IN THE FACE WEARS A BANDAGE ON HIS BROKEN NOSE.
HALFWAY TO THE TARGET ROSE LEE TAKES A SIDE ROUTE AND SEES A COP CHASING HER. SHE JUMPS OFF A FEW STEEP ROADS BUT THE POLICE CRUISER CATCHES UP AGAIN AND AGAIN. SOON A FEW MORE OFFICERS JOIN IN AND ROSE LEE DECIDES SHE’LL HAVE TO TAKE THEM OUT. SHE STOPS HER BIKE AND THROWS A FEW FOUR PRONGED CALTROPS BEFORE TAKING OFF AGAIN. TWO SQUAD CARS GO OVER THE CALTROPS AND CRASH AS THEIR TIRES BURST OPEN. ONE OFFICER PUTS AN AK-M OUT THE WINDOW AND FIRES. ROSE LEE PULLS BEHIND A BUILDING AFTER ONE OF THE BULLETS HITS HER BODY ARMOR. SHE OPENS HER DUFFLE BAG AND QUICKLY ASSEMBLES A SMALL ROCKET LAUNCHER. AS THE FIRST CAR TURNS THE CORNER, SHE FIRES AND TAKES OFF IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. THE CAR EXPLODES AND ONE OTHER STOPS TO HELP THE TRAPPED OFFICER.
THE REMAINING THREE CARS CONTINUE THE CHASE AS THE OFFICERS EMPTY CLIP AFTER CLIP ATTEMPTING THE STOP ROSE LEE. ONE OF THE BULLETS HITS HER REAR TIRE AND SHE BAILS OUT AS THE BIKE CRASHES THRU A SHOP WINDOW. SHE EMPTIES HER AK-M AS SHE RUNS TOWARDS SHELTER. A ROUND HITS HER RIGHT THIGH AND SHE DUCKS BEHIND THE CORNER INTO AN ALLEY. TRYING TO AVOID TAKING FIRE, SHE TOSSES SEVERAL GRENADES, DESTROYING ANOTHER CAR. SHE RUNS THRU THE ALLEY TO THE OTHER STREET AND SHOOTS A MAN OFF HIS SUPER BIKE AND TAKES IT. AS SHE NEARS AN INTERSECTION THE REMAINING TWO POLICE CARS PULL IN FRONT OF HER. SHE MANAGES TO SHOOT ONE DRIVER IN THE CHEST BEFORE SLAMMING INTO THE OTHER CAR AND FLYING OVER THE HOOD. JUST THEN JOHN PULLS AROUND THE CORNER AND SHOOTS THE OTHER OFFICER WITH AN ISRAELI UZI. ROSE LEE CLIMBS ON THE BACK OF HIS BIKE AND THEY DRIVE OFF. BEFORE LEAVING THEY CIRCLE BACK AND ROSE LEE THROWS AN INCENDIARY BOMB ON THE CAR WITH THE REMAINING OFFICER INSIDE.
“SO, HOW’D YOU END UP HERE?” SHE ASKS.
“SAW YOU ABOUT A MILE BACK AND DECIDED I’D HELP.”
“HOW’D THE BANK VAN GO?”
“HAD TO ABORT. THE DRAGONS BEAT US THEIR”,
“DAMNED” WITH LITTLE MORE CONVERSATION THEY HEAD BACK TO BASE.
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