EXT.
CITY NIGHT
MAGPIE and JAY jump the wall surrounding the
orphanage and land onto the street. They run to the first corner.
JAY
That
was pretty clean! I told you that Little Tommy would fall asleep if he thought
we had done the same.
MAGPIE
When
we return we will have to be careful in case he wakes up.
JAY
Forget
it. Now it's time to have some fun! Come on bro!
LITTLE TOMMY also jumps the wall of the orphanage
to the street. He follows carefully along the wall to avoid being seen by MAGPIE
and JAY just as they turn the corner. LITTLE TOMMY follows the two at a distance.
MAGPIE and JAY do not see LITTLE TOMMY.
JAY
The
guys from the Brown Dippers are
usually down by Hilly Field Park.
MAGPIE
You
can mess with them?
JAY
Not
if there are Ghetto Boys with them ... Someday I will join
their gang. I will be a Ghetto Boy, the hardest London will ever know.
MAGPIE
Jay...
(laugh) You don’t have the size for it. You could never be a Ghetto Boy.
JAY
What
makes you better than me?
MAGPIE
Nothing.
But I'll be a television star. I want to be a soap actor and have my pictures
in magazines and a bunch of girls to flirt with.
JAY
Oh
don’t make me laugh. With your looks?
The two begin laughing loudly. At this moment MAGPIE
notices LITTLE TOMMY trying to hide as a shadow of the night. MAGPIE is livid
and stops laughing.
MAGPIE
Don’t look now Jay but Little Tommy is following us.
JAY is going to look back, but MAGPIE pulls
him back by the arm.
MAGPIE
This
time he’s going to pay...
JAY
Today
he’s going to get that slap.
MAGPIE
No
Jay. Let's distract him!
MAGPIE and JAY start running down the street
laughing. They laugh madly while LITTLE TOMMY runs desperately trying not to
lose sight of the two boys. MAGPIE is laughing, crying:
MAGPIE
Jay put your foot down! We’re gonna make him wheeze!
MAGPIE and JAY go running and laughing down
the street and turn into an alley. LITTLE TOMMY begins to run a little slower, doesn’t
notice that the other two are hiding behind some boxes and continues to run down
the street.
JAY
He’s passed and didn’t see us.
MAGPIE
(Laughing) With that speed, he’ll only stop in Waterloo!
JAY screams as he exits from behind the boxes
with MAGPIE.
JAY
(Shouting)
Run Little Tommy, or the boogie man might catch you!
MAGPIE is still coming out from behind the
boxes when LITTLE TOMMY appears to run in panic.
LITTLE TOMMY
Run! They’re coming to get us!
MAGPIE and JAY are caught by surprise and hide
again just as a group of five Ghetto Boys grab LITTLE TOMMY. GHETTO BOY 1 grabs
LITTLE TOMMY by the neck.
GHETTO BOY 1
What is it boy? You fleeing from grandma?
LITTLE TOMMY
No sir... Please let me go.
GHETTO BOY 1
Why kid? What are you doing here at this hour?
LITTLE TOMMY
Nothing sir...
GHETTO BOY 2
It seems you’re in need of a beating. You ought to be asleep... A
boy who doesn’t know what he’s doing, deserves punishment.
GHETTO BOY 2 slaps LITTLE TOMMY who bursts
into tears, scared and nervous.
LITTLE TOMMY
I did nothing, sir. I swear... I got lost.
JAY is hidden behind boxes, shaking with
nerves and wants to help LITTLE TOMMY out, but MAGPIE grabs him just in time.
MAGPIE
(Whispers)
Jay Shut up! You can’t do anything... are you crazy?
JAY tries to get away from MAGPIE.
MAGPIE
Stop
Jay... They’ll get you too!
The GHETTO BOYS surrounding LITTLE TOMMY begin
to beat him. LITTLE TOMMY is scared and cries, terrified, while trying to
protect himself. LITTLE TOMMY shouts out.
GHETTO BOY 1
Shut up or you'll get more.
MAGPIE cannot contain JAY anymore and lets him
go. JAY runs right into the GHETTO BOYS and LITTLE TOMMY. Without time to respond,
the GHETTO BOY stop, surprised. JAY screaming and jumping punches GHETTO BOY 2 right
in the face who falls helpless, bleeding from the nose.
JAY
Drop him you idiots!
MAGPIE runs from behind the boxes and steps in
to help while GHETTO BOY 2 is lying on the floor. LITTLE TOMMY, now free, flees
down the street. MAGPIE takes the surprise to hand, pushing the other GHETTO BOYS
and also manages to escape, pulling JAY with him.
GHETTO BOY 2
(Shouts)
Stop there kids! Let me give you a lesson in life you bastards!
Shouting out, the GHETTO BOYS chase MAGPIE, JAY
and LITTLE TOMMY, who are fleeing terrified.
GHETTO BOY 1
Grab them! You’re gonna get such a monumental beating that you’ll
only wake up in hospital!
MAGPIE
Jay, come on ... Move those legs!
The three boys are still running scared, while
the five GHETTO BOYS run after them but losing ground. When they start to lose
distance, GHETTO BOY 2 removes a revolver from his coat and takes aim. He shoots
three or four times. JAY throws his hands to his chest with a cry and falls
helplessly to the ground. LITTLE TOMMY continues to run. MAGPIE, tears in his eyes
screams.
MAGPIE
Jay! Jay!
JAY is unresponsive to MAGPIE, who runs to his
side to help.
JAY
Magpie, run ... They’ve got me.
JAY shows his bloody hands. MAGPIE is
desperate.
JAY
Please, friend ... Go away ...
JAY suffering, forces a smile, grins and
closes his eyes. MAGPIE tries to lift him but fails. The GHETTO BOYS approach. MAGPIE
is in tears.
MAGPIE
Please Jay... don’t do this to me. Get up... Please get up ...
GHETTO BOY 2 fires the pistol again. MAGPIE
has no other option but to leave JAY dead on the floor and runs harder than ever.
The GHETTO BOYS run into the body of JAY but hear a police siren and the GHETTO
BOYS flee into the dark. MAGPIE continues to run, crying heavily, when arriving
at the door of the orphanage he begins to bang desperately on the door. He shouts
for help and continues to knock.
MAGPIE
Help... please... open the door… please...
A light shines as the door is opened by SISTER
VIRGINIA, frightened by all the noise. MAGPIE hugs her tightly.
MAGPIE
They killed him... they killed Jay, Sister...
SISTER VIRGINIA
My God, what happen...
SISTER VIRGINIA holds MAGPIE who is shaking
with tears in his eyes.
MAGPIE
Jay...
Oh boy... what did they do to you.
MAGPIE looks up to the sky in tears.
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