Episode 2 - Scene 4 Morning Escape

Cut to
INT - THE PENTHOUSE SUITE - MORNING

NATALIE is standing over the sink. She is washing her hands. JOSEPH comes out of the spare bedroom. He is yawning. He sees NATALIE standing inside the penthouse. She turns to face him.

NATALIE (surprised)
Oh. Hello.

JOSEPH
I am in the penthouse, aren’t I?

NATALIE
Yes.

JOSEPH (relieved)
Good. I had a feeling I’d been sleep-walking again.

NATALIE
Don’t worry. You’re okay. I’m Natalie, by the way.

JOSEPH
Joseph.

JOSEPH sits down at the table.

NATALIE
If you’re wondering where your Dad is, he’s asleep.

JOSEPH
Oh no. He’s not my Dad.

NATALIE walks over to the fridge. She opens it. JOSEPH gets to his feet. He opens a drawer, taking out a rolling pin. He walks over to NATALIE. He raises the rolling pin into the air. He is about to hit her, but she quickly turns around, and grabs hold of the rolling pin.

JOSEPH
Nice reflexes.

JOSEPH lets go of the rolling pin. NATALIE puts it back in the drawer.

JOSEPH
Who do you work for? You can’t be British otherwise Paddy would’ve heard of you.

NATALIE
I work for the CIA. We heard about Edwin searching for the bombs, so I was sent over here to investigate.

JOSEPH
I wonder what Paddy would say if he knew the truth about you. I better go tell him.

JOSEPH starts to walk towards PADDY’S bedroom. NATALIE quickly runs in front of him.

NATALIE (desperately)
No, please. He mustn’t find out. It would blow my cover.

NATALIE gets down on her knees. PADDY then comes out of the bedroom. JOSEPH and NATALIE turn to face him. NATALIE quickly gets to her feet.

PADDY
I don't wanna know what you two were doing.

Cut to
INT - THE HOTEL LOBBY - MORNING

A THUG walks inside the hotel. Five men also follow him inside the hotel. The THUG walks over to the lift. He presses a button. The lift doors open. He walks inside it. He presses the button for the penthouse suite. The lift doors close afterwards.

Cut to
INT - THE PENTHOUSE SUITE - MORNING

JOSEPH, PADDY and NATALIE are sitting at the table, eating their breakfasts. There is a knock on the door. PADDY gets to his feet.

PADDY
I’ll get it.

PADDY walks over to the door.

PADDY (continued)
Who is it?

THUG
Room service.

PADDY opens the door. He sees that the THUG is standing there. The THUG grabs hold of him, lifting him into the air. He throws PADDY across the room.

PADDY (loudly)
Jesus!

PADDY lands on the floor. The THUG walks inside the penthouse. JOSEPH and NATALIE quickly get to their feet. PADDY gets to his feet. He punches the THUG in the face. He is unaffected by the blow. The THUG lifts PADDY into the air again. He throws PADDY across the table. He lands on the floor. The THUG begins to walk towards him.
NATALIE takes out a gun from her handbag. She loads it. She shoots the thug in the stomach. The THUG turns to face her. NATALIE shoots the THUG another two times. He falls to the floor, dead. PADDY gets to his feet. He faces her.

PADDY (surprised)
Where’d you get the gun from?

NATALIE
Occupational hazzard.

JOSEPH fakes a cough.

JOSEPH (coughing)
CIA.

PADDY
CIA?

NATALIE
It’s a long story.

NATALIE places the gun down on top of the table. JOSEPH picks it up. He begins to play with it.

PADDY
We’ve got enough time. Why don’t you explain?

The five men suddenly burst inside the penthouse. They are all armed.
They start to shoot at JOSEPH, PADDY and NATALIE. They all duck for cover behind the settee.

PADDY (loudly)
Gun!

N throws the gun to PADDY. It hits him in the face.

PADDY
Ow!

JOSEPH
Sorry.

PADDY picks up the gun from off the floor. He then comes out from behind the settee. He shoots down all of the men. They all get to their feet afterwards. NATALIE walks over to the window. She looks out of it. A car pulls up outside the entrance of the hotel. Three men climb out of the car.

NATALIE
There’s more arriving.

PADDY
We need to get out of here.

JOSEPH, PADDY and NATALIE run out of the penthouse suite.

Cut to
INT – OUTSIDE THE PENTHOUSE SUITE – MORNING

JOSEPH, PADDY and NATALIE are running down the corridor. PADDY stops running. He walks over to a fire switch. He smashes the glass, setting off the fire alarm. The fire alarm begins to blare throughout the building. All of the guests begin to leave their hotel rooms.

Cut to
INT - THE HOTEL LOBBY - MORNING

The three men walk inside the building. All of the guests come down the stairs. They begin to walk out of the building. The men look at the guests,
in search of JOSEPH and PADDY.

Cut to
INT - A LIFT - MORNING

JOSEPH, PADDY and NATALIE are standing inside the lift. The lift doors close. Some classical music begins to quietly play in the background.

PADDY
I think we should take my car.

NATALIE
No. My car’s outside. We should take that. It’ll be easier to get to from here.

NATALIE presses the button for the ground floor.

PADDY
That was really immature, you know that?

NATALIE faces PADDY.

NATALIE
I don’t think you quite understand the situation here, Paddy. They know you’re staying here, which means they’ve probably planted a bomb on your car.

PADDY scoffs.

PADDY
Don’t be so ridiculous.

NATALIE
You’re the one being ridiculous.

PADDY
Me?! As I recall, as soon as you left the room last night, someone tried to kill me! Or did you forget about that?

NATALIE (angrily)
Don’t you dare accuse me of that!

PADDY
Well, it can’t be a coincidence, can it?

The lift doors open on the ground floor. The three men are standing by the
lift. PADDY and NATALIE aren’t aware of them being there.
NATALIE
I did not try to have you killed.

PADDY
Well, someone wants me dead.

JOSEPH
Hey, guys. I think you should take a look.

PADDY faces JOSEPH, who points to the men. PADDY turns to face them.

PADDY (smiling)
Hi.

The lift doors close again, just as the men take out their weapons. PADDY faces NATALIE.

PADDY
Now do you want to take my car?

Cut to
INT - THE HOTEL CAR PARK - MORNING

JOSEPH, PADDY and NATALIE run into the car park. PADDY’S car is parked on the other side of the room. They begin to run towards it.

Cut to
INT - PADDY’S CAR - MORNING

JOSEPH, PADDY and NATALIE climb inside the car. PADDY gets inside the driver’s seat. NATALIE sits in the front passenger’s seat, and JOSEPH gets in the back of the car. They all put their seatbelts on. PADDY switches the engine on. He starts to drive the car out of the car park. He takes his phone out of his right trouser pocket. He begins to ring ACE, who answers the phone a moment later.

ACE
Hello?

PADDY
Ace, it’s me. Listen. I don’t have time to explain, but they found us.

ACE
Okay. Where are you now?

PADDY begins to drive the car down the street. There are several cars on
the road.

PADDY
We just left the hotel. I’m heading back to Headquarters now.

ACE
I’ll alert local police. Get them to give you a hand.

PADDY
Okay. Thanks.

PADDY finishes the call. He puts the phone down. He continues to drive the car down the street.

Cut to
INT - OWEN’S OFFICE - MORNING

OWEN is sitting at his desk, reading from a sheet of paper. He has a pair of glasses on. ACE suddenly bursts inside the room. He closes the door behind himself. OWEN faces ACE.

ACE
Sir, we’ve got a problem. Paddy’s position has become compromised.

OWEN
Where is he now?

ACE
He’s on his way here. He should be here within the hour.

OWEN takes the glasses off. He places them on top of the desk.

OWEN
How did this happen?

ACE
I don’t know, but I think he has someone working on the inside.

Cut to
INT - OUTSIDE OWEN’S OFFICE - MORNING

NICKY is standing outside the room, listening to ACE and OWEN’S conversation. She takes out her phone. She quickly texts EDWIN. She puts the phone away, just as ACE comes walking out of the room. He closes the door behind himself. He faces NICKY, who tries to act innocent.

ACE
What are you doing?

NICKY
Nothing. I was just waiting for you to finish in there.

ACE looks at NICKY suspiciously. Her phone bleeps.

ACE
Was that your phone?

NICKY (innocently)
Personal text.

ACE
You can get in trouble for that, Nicky. Switch it off. I don’t wanna hear it again.

NICKY
I’m sorry. It won’t happen again.

ACE
Make sure that it doesn’t.

ACE begins to walk away. NICKY waits until he disappears out of sight, then she takes out her phone.

Cut to
INT - PADDY’S CAR - MORNING

PADDY is driving the car down the street. They reach some traffic lights. They turn red. PADDY stops the car. A car suddenly drives into the side of the car. It rolls onto its roof. They are all unconscious. ENZIO climbs out of the car. He runs over to PADDY’S car.
He opens the back door, grabbing hold of JOSEPH. He puts him in the back of his car. He also gets inside the car. The car starts to drive
away. PADDY and NATALIE slowly open their eyes. NATALIE holds onto her head. PADDY faces her.

PADDY
Are you okay?

NATALIE
Yeah.

PADDY looks into the back of the car. He sees that JOSEPH is gone.

PADDY
They’ve taken him.