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Die slowly brings the knife out and slides it across the floor to Brian.
Genevieve: “Good boy.” “Now the rest of you, if you do as you are told and do nothing stupid we should be out of here very soon.”
There is a groaning sound from the front of the bank.
Genevieve: “Seems Andy is awake… He is not going to be happy. I better have a word before he… thinks of something interesting to do to the Detective.”
Genevieve moves away to the front of the bank. Mick and Brain stand guard over the hostages.
Lovett slowly turns to look at Die.
Lovett: “Oh yeah, she isn’t clever at all, is she?… you prat.”
Brian is holding Die’s knife and looking at it intently, turning it over in his hands.
Brian: “Oi, Austin Powers! What’s this knife made of?”
Die: “Cheese.”
Brian: “I hope she lets me kill you.”
Die: “Not sure she thinks you’re man enough Brian. Can’t say I blame her.”
Brian is angry and turns to go the front of the bank.
Brian: “I will have you shit head.”
He walks off.
Lovett –whispers-: “What is wrong with you?”
Die-whispers- “What?”
Lovett: “Are you trying to piss them off?”
Die: “Yes.”
Lovett stares long and hard into Die’s eyes.
Lovett: “This is what you were like before… before you met me isn’t it?”
Die: “They’re idiots and careless, it’s to our advantage.”
Lovett: “What is the advantage to you being shot in the head?”
Die: “They won’t do anything without her so say.”
The young woman bank teller leans over at this point and talks to Die.
Woman bank teller: “Excuse me?”
Lovett and Die both turn to look at her.
Woman bank teller: “Is it true? About you being a… secret agent?”
Die opens his mouth to speak but Lovett gets in first.
Lovett: “Yes it is. But he is crap at the secret bit. And I’m not too sure about the Agent bit either. ”
Woman bank teller: “So… we’ll be safe then? With him here, I mean?”
Die: “Perfectly.”
Sigourney stifles a snort of a laugh.
Lovett: “Something wrong Sigourney?”
Die: “Sigourney? Really?”
Sigourney: “No dear, I’m fine. I was just wondering if the pretty young lady has seen any Bond films, that’s all.”
Loud angry shouting comes from the front of the bank. All the hostages turn to look where it is coming from. It is Genevieve and she very angry.
Genevieve: “I said NO! You are here to open the safe! I don’t care what she did to you! If you can’t open the safe say so now, so I can shoot you where you stand Andy!”
Lovett turns to Die.
Lovett: “I never asked before but do you have to write a report for every bullet your gun fires?”
Die: “Technically yes; but they never know how many bullets I have to begin with, so they’ve never asked for one… thankfully.”
Steve walks up holding his gun on a middle age, very tall, thin, man with receding hair. The man is wearing a pin stripe grey suit that has a wet patch in the front of his trousers.
Steve: “Sit down there… Mister Wellbore.”
Mick: “Who’s this streak of piss?”
Steve: “This is Mister Wellbore, the bank manager. I found him under his desk. He’s wet himself the brave little soldier.”
Mick: “Oh a real streak of piss!”
Mick and Steven laugh.
Everyone looks at Mr Wellbore. The two people either side of him where he has sat down move slightly away from him.
Genevieve appears again and is looking a little flustered.
Genevieve: “Steve, empty the counter cash draws of any notes you can find and bag them up.”
Steven: “Sure thing.”
Genevieve undoes the top two buttons of her blouse and looks at Die and tries to look and sound sweet and seductive…
Genevieve: “Oh cutie Die, Would you, come, with me for a moment?”
Die: “I am quite comfortable…”
Genevieve points Die’s gun at Lovett.
Die: “…going anywhere with you, my darling Genevieve.”
Genevieve: “Good boy.”
Genevieve turns and walks away without even making sure Die is following her. Die goes to stand and Lovett grabs his arm and whispers to him.
Lovett: “Be careful.”
Die-whispering back-: “Hey, it’s me.”
Lovett: “Yeah, that’s what worries me.”
Die stands and walks off; as he gets close to Steve, who hasn’t moved to the counters yet, Steve say to him.
Steven: “I owe you Die.”
Die: “Oh, I only take cash, no cards. When you’re ready… Steve.”
And Die walks off after Genevieve
Lovett: “Oh for god’s sake. Is this what he is like when he is bored?!”
Sigourney: “I think that, that Miss Genevieve is going to keep him entertained.”
Lovett glares at Sigourney.
Sigourney: “Sorry dear. Just me thinking out loud.”
Cut to black.