Two Winters Past

Scene 36

EXT. FOREST

CHANGO chases POPPER. Both take aim, but are moving too quickly to line up a shot.

CHANGO: (shouting) We knowed you ain’t real, Popper! Grant got what was coming for being a fool. At least now we know where you Lembeks keep your food!

VALENTINE is hiding behind rocks. He stands, aims his rifle at Chango’s back.

VALENTINE: Hey! Asshole!

CHANGO turns, drops his gun, throws up his hands.

CHANGO: Easy now. I got backup coming. Remmy’s heard the gunshots for sure.

POPPER rushes CHANGO from behind and tackles him.

They roll on the ground, POPPER punches CHANGO brutally.

CHANGO is left a bleeding, gurgling mess. POPPER stands, rubbing his bloody hands.

POPPER: Good work.

POPPER picks up Chango’s gun, hands it to VALENTINE.

VALENTINE: What do we do with him?

POPPER takes aim.

VALENTINE: No!

POPPER: We’re not keeping prisoners. Remmy Cooley will be here any minute. I don’t know how kind and cuddly everyone is in the city, but this is wilderness.

VALENTINE: Then let him fend for himself.

POPPER: He killed Hazard! He woulda' killed us if he wasn't so stupid.

VALENTINE: He's unconscious!

POPPER: With a hundred a them sickos running through the woods. We're doing him a favor to shoot him.

POPPER cocks his gun. VALENTINE aims his gun at POPPER.

POPPER: You want to do that after I saved your life?

VALENTINE: We’re even. You said so yourself. If you’re going to kill a helpless man, I don't want to be a part of your tribe.

POPPER aims at CHANGO a moment longer, then uncocks.

POPPER: Come on, we got to move.

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