93 EXT. RIVERBANK, TRESTLE - DAY

This is the same place we saw Zack and Reba earlier.

Zack takes blow after blow, knocked wobbling back and forth between the three men. He finally collapses on the ground.

Shank grabs his leg, Zack kicks him and breaks free, he punches Don and pulls loose from Rusty, and suddenly he's free, running up the riverbank and across the trestle.

The guys pursue, but Zack seems to be losing them until -- WHAP! -- Zack's foot gets caught between a gap in the railroad ties and he flips up and over in the air, somersaulting wildly down to the river below.

He disappears into the water with a splash. Bubbles surface, and then the water is still.

The three guys stand at the edge of the trestle staring down at the water.

DON
Somebody go in after him!

SHANK
You go. I can't swim.

DON
I can't swim.

RUSTY
I can dog paddle, but I got to keep
my head out of the water.

DON
Well shit.

SHANK
Ain't this a bitch.

A look of horror spreads on Rusty's face.

RUSTY
Oh my God -- we killed him.

DON
Don't be stupid. He jumped.

SHANK
Yeah, we didn't make him take off
running like that.

Rusty gets a hysterical edge in his voice.

RUSTY
We're going to hell!

Don grabs Rusty, twisting handfuls of his shirt.

DON
Rusty, SHUT UP.

RUSTY
(whimpering)
I don't want to burn.


94 EXT. BENEATH THE TRESTLE - DAY

Zack hides in a clump of bushes near the water. He can see the guys, standing above him, through the slats in the trestle.

DON
Listen. People drown out here all
the time. A couple of days in the
water and they bloat up bigger than
a cow. It'll look like an accident
or suicide.

SHANK
Suicide, yeah!

Don takes a suspicious look around.

DON
Let's get out of here before
somebody sees us.

Relieved, Zack watched them go.

--written by
Jay Stapleton



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