Three, Two, One
Int. A bank in late afternoon.
Teller
Hello, how may I help you?
A dirty man, John, has a disparate look on his face. His hair is bushy and his clothes are dirty. He passes the bank teller a note.
Give me $10,000 or everybody dies!
John
Can you… cash this?
The teller looks at the note and presses the button under her table. She looks at him in the eyes.
Teller
You don’t want to do this, trust me.
John looks at her nametag
John
Well Becky, I suggest you shut the fuck up and give me my mother fucking money.
Becky
Please… just walk away and we can forget all about …
John
Lady, I don’t think you understand the motherfucking situation.
John pulls a gun from his pocket and shoots the teller next to her in the face.
Everybody, get the fuck on the floor.
He points the gun at a little boy hugging his mother.
That means you, you little fucker.
He points the gun at Becky.
Now get me my mother fucking money!
Becky (To the other employees)
Get him his money!
The other employees look at her with a scared blank stair.
John
You heard her, get me my mother fucking money!
John shoots the gun at the employees.
Let’s play a game, whad’ya say.
He points the gun at the little boy. The mother shrieks.
You get me my money in two minutes or else
He grins at the little boy
I’m going to blow this boy’s fucking brains out.
Becky
Get the money
The employees hustle to get and count the money.
Employee
We’ve only got $8,000
John
Well you’ve only got one minute left to get the other two thousand.
Becky
Please, anybody, give him any money you have.
The other people start giving him all of their money. It’s counted
John
Wow, I’m impressed but your still fifty dollars short. You’ve got, lets see, fifteen seconds. Fourteen, Thirteen…
Becky
Anybody please!
John
Ten, nine, eight
An old man stands up in the back of the bank
Old man
I’ve got the money
Becky runs over to him.
John
Five, four
Becky grabs the money and heads back to John.
Three, two
Becky trips over someone’s foot and drops the money.
One!
Becky
No!
John shoots the little boy in the face. He takes the money and runs out of the bank. He gets out into his car and the police arrive. They start shooting at him and he shoots back. He gets his old Ford Bronco started up and drives away. The police start to chase him down. The police shoot his first wheel out. He makes a sharp turn and looses most of them. The two police cars behind him shoot his second wheel out. He makes another sharp turn. The car rolls off a hill and into a large deep lake. The cops approach the car with their guns.
Police
Get out of the car with your hands up or we will shoot.
No reply
We will fire in five, four three, two, fire!
The cops shoot the car until they run out of bullets; still no reply. The cops approach the car slowly. They look inside; there is no sign of John or the money.
Ext. A small houseboat floating by a dock during sunset.
A woman, Lydia, in her early twenties; small a petite, very innocent looking approaches the dock. She’s wearing a pink Sunday dress and is wearing her red hair down. She looks into the sunset as the winds blows across her hair. She enters the boat and starts up the motor. She cruises off into the sunset.
Int. Inside the boat cabin, the windows open letting the beautiful sunset fill the boat with color.
Lydia walks into the cabin and sits down near a table. Looking out the window at the lake and the sunset she fills a glass up with wine. She sips the wine slowly as the last bit of sun shines across the lake. She suddenly hears something drop. She jumps, dropping her glass of wine. She turns on a light. She looks around and goes to a drawer. She grabs a gun and loads it with bullets. She cocks the hammer.
Lydia
Whoever you are, show yourself or… or I’ll shoot.
John appears from under the bed.
John
Don’t shoot, please! I’ve got money.
Lydia
Put your hands up! Who are you?
John
I’m sorry, I’m in a lot of trouble, I need a place to hide out.
Lydia
What? You still didn’t answer my question, I said who are you.
John
Lady just calm down…
John approaches Lydia. Lydia shoot at him, barely missing his head by a few feet.
What the fuck lady, could you please just listen to me.
Lydia(Calm)
After you answer my question, who are you?
John
My name is John McGriffin.
Lydia
Are you the man that they’re saying robbed that bank?
John
Yeah lady, please put your gun down for Christ sake.
Lydia lowers her gun.
Lydia
A lot of people are looking for you. I bet I could get a lot of money if I turned you in.
John
Please, I could give you more, I will give you anything.
Lydia
But again, what would I do with all that money.
John (Desperate)
Please.
Lydia
How ‘bout I make a deal.
John
Anything
Lydia(Laughing)
You mean it.
John
I’ve never been more serious in my life.
Lydia
I’ll let you stay on my boat.
John
Oh thank…
Lydia
…but for a price.
John
I’ve got all kinds of money, you name the price.
Lydia
No, I don’t want your money. I want your time, and your body.
John
Wait… you mean like sex, sure but…
Lydia (Laughing)
No, I don’t want sex. I want something more passionate, something that stimulates my libido more than sex ever could. I want something that is free for me but costs everything for another.
John
Is this some kind of riddle?
Lydia
Now that I think about it, yeah, it is a riddle. What costs me nothing but costs another everything.
John
I don’t know
Lydia
I want to bind you and do whatever I would like to you.
John
What… no I don’t like…
Lydia
Well its not about what you like, it’s about what I want and I want this.
John
No, I can’t
Lydia
Than maybe I should call the cops
John starts to move. Lydia picks up the gun.
Don’t think about it.
John
Alright, but you can’t kill me, or turn me into the police.
Lydia
It wouldn’t be any fun than.
John
And only for a tonight, than you let me go in the morning.
Lydia
Agreed
John
So what do you want first?
Lydia
Take off you pants and put on this.
She holds out a diaper. John takes the diaper and puts it on.
Lydia
You’ll need that for later. Now sit down.
She pulls up the chair. John sits down. Lydia takes his arms and puts it behind his back. She tapes his arms together and then tapes his feet to the legs of the chair.
John
Hey, I’m having second thoughts on…
Lydia takes duck tape and puts it over his mouth.
Lydia
A deal’s a deal John. Now would you rather see yourself, or would you rather be blindfolded.
John
Hmm..
John shakes his head from side to side.
Lydia
Wait, blindfolded?
John shakes his head side to side.
No blind fold?
John shakes his head up and down.
Alright, too bad. Wow, this boat’s a little shaky, whad’ya say we head back to the dock?
Lydia starts the boat up. The boat approaches the side of a dock. Lydia ties the boat up and goes back to where John.
Alright, this is where it gets fun. I called a friend up to help me. You might recognize her.
Lydia goes out of the room and brings in a woman. John screams, the woman is the mother to the boy that John shot that afternoon. John struggles to get loose.
Mother
Remember me?
She pulls out a syringe from her pocket.
This is a little thing I picked up at work, just for you. It will prevent you going into shock so you will be conscious the whole time.
The mother puts the needle into John’s wrist. John screams a muffled cry.
Mother
Hey, let’s play a game? I’ll give you five seconds to bring my little boy back to life or else I’ll cut your limbs off.
John gives a muffled cry, tears start rolling out of his eyes.
Mother
Five
She goes outside the boat.
Four
A saw noise starts up. John starts to scream.
Three
She enters the cabin again with a chainsaw.
Two
He lets out one last whimper.
One
The mother brings the saw down on his legs. She makes a clean cut. John starts shaking his head screaming. She brings the down on his first arm. The arm hangs off the second arm since they are taped together. The mother brings the saw down on the final arm. He rolls off the chair onto the floor. Wet fical matter starts to drip down his leg. He starts to crawl on his stomach. He realizes the boat has been moving.
Mother
Lydia, baby. Come help me with him.
The boat stops. John hears the anchor splash into the lake. The Mother takes a large weight and duck taped it around his body.Lydia walks into the cabin and grabs his abdomen. The mother grabs his shoulders they carry him to the edge of the boat.
Lydia
I told you I would let you go in the morning.
Mother
On three
One
First swing
Two
Second Swing
Three
They throw him in as the sun rises over the lake. He sinks to the bottom of the lake never to be found again.
The End