FADE IN:
1. EXT. CARNIVAL STREET - NIGHT
It's busy and noisy, flashy lights from stands, people walking and lining up. LAUGHTER AND CHATTER.
4 figures, dressed in black are walking in the middle of the street and we focus on them. A girl, KEY(21), a very tall bulky guy, TANK(23) and behind them, two thin guys, SPIDER(23) and BOT (24).
1. EXT. CARNIVAL STREET - NIGHT
It's busy and noisy, flashy lights from stands, people walking and lining up. LAUGHTER AND CHATTER.
4 figures, dressed in black are walking in the middle of the street and we focus on them. A girl, KEY(21), a very tall bulky guy, TANK(23) and behind them, two thin guys, SPIDER(23) and BOT (24).
BOT
I can't believe you idiots brought me here. It's fucking hot, it's fucking full of people...
KEY
Oh shut up! We need to spend some of all that money. And I want ice cream.
TANK
I'm hungry.
SPIDER
I can't believe this prick had so much money in his vault. Imagine his face...
The all laugh. Key darts off.I can't believe you idiots brought me here. It's fucking hot, it's fucking full of people...
KEY
Oh shut up! We need to spend some of all that money. And I want ice cream.
TANK
I'm hungry.
SPIDER
I can't believe this prick had so much money in his vault. Imagine his face...
SPIDER (cont'd)
Whoa, Key!
2. EXT. DUCK POND CARNIVAL BOOT - NIGHT
The duck pond surrounds the boot full of soft toys. A SALES LADY(54) is eyeing the 4. Key points to a giant plush frog at the central pier.
KEY
I want that frog. How much?
SALES LADY
You'd have to win it, little girl.
KEY
I want it.
SALES LADY
Do you hooligans thing that waving your toy guns around will get you what you want?
TANK
Yes.
SPIDER
It worked in the bank earlier.
KEY
Just give me the frog.
The Sales Lady gives Key a stick with a hook on it.
SALES LADY
It's $5 per game. Hook 9 ducklings and we'll see how many points you get.
It's $5 per game. Hook 9 ducklings and we'll see how many points you get.
Bot screws a silencer to his gun and shoots at a soft toy. It's noisy enough that almost no one from the crowd notices what had happened. The Sales Lady is still unfazed.
BOT
Give her the damned frog, or the next one is in you.
SALES LADY
You are on a camera. Your faces are crystal clear on a recording. If you want the damned frog, win it.
Key huffs and hooks a duckling, then flips it over to see 10 written on the bottom.Give her the damned frog, or the next one is in you.
SALES LADY
You are on a camera. Your faces are crystal clear on a recording. If you want the damned frog, win it.
KEY
Ten! How many points I need for the frog?
SALES LADY
300.
KEY
What?!
Key hooks another duckling. This one is 50.
SALES LADY
Well done. You may actually win it.
The next duckling is 10.Well done. You may actually win it.
KEY
I don't like this one.
Key puts the duckling back in the pond and hooks another one - 20. She puts it in her basket.
SALES LADY
You can't do that, little girl.
TANK
We just robbed a bank, Lady. We can buy your entire tent.
SALES LADY
Not from jail, if I hit my panic button. Now are you playing?
You can't do that, little girl.
TANK
We just robbed a bank, Lady. We can buy your entire tent.
SALES LADY
Not from jail, if I hit my panic button. Now are you playing?
Key whacks a duckling and it flips to reveal 60 points written under it. She hooks it.
SALES LADY (cont'd)
Are you telling me that 4 criminals with real guns that had just robbed a bank can't win a game for children?
KEY
I want the frog.
LATER:Are you telling me that 4 criminals with real guns that had just robbed a bank can't win a game for children?
KEY
I want the frog.
Key proudly presents her basket of 9 ducklings to the Sales Lady and she counts the points.SALES LADY
290.
KEY
What!
SALES LADY
You can choose anything, except the central pier.
The frog is on the central pier and Key looks devastated.
KEY
Please give me the frog.
The Sales Lady sigh, unhooks it and gives it to a very happy Key.Please give me the frog.
SALES LADY
That's all you needed to say. Please.