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Die: “I know… But my hopelessness beats your proposal, I’m afraid.”
Genevieve: “You are an idiot.”
Die: “I hear that a lot.”
Genevieve messes up her hair with her left hand as they leave the room; cut to black.
We hear Brian Connolly sing;
-“And the girl in the corner is everyone’s mourner”-
-“She could kill you with a wink of her eye”-
Fade from black to Die followed Genevieve, who is pointing the gun at him, coming back to where the hostages are sitting on the floor. Sigourney is handing round POLO mints and Lovett looks up as Die approaches there is a questioning look on her face that changes to anger when she spots the lipstick on Die’s collar. Die sits down on Lovett’s right again. Sigourney leads over to him and quietly say (this bit is mostly the hostages talking quietly).
Sigourney: “Mint dear?”
Die: “Thank you Sigourney. Please call me Die.”
As Die reaches over and takes a mint Lovett touches the lipstick mark on his collar with her right forefinger and thumb and rubs them together not taking her eye off of him. Die doesn’t react to her touch or looks. Lovett looks up at Genevieve who is making a little too much fuss about straightening out her hair. Genevieve sees Lovett looking at her and Genevieve fakes surprise at her blouse being so undone and winks at Lovett as she does the lower two buttons back up. Lovett is furious. And quietly to Die says.
Lovett: “Had a nice little chat, did we?”
Die is looking at the faces of the hostages and doesn’t look at Lovett.
Die: “There were a couple of interesting points.”
Lovett looks back at Genevieve who is pulling at the front of her blouse to get it comfortable again.
Lovett: “I think I can see both of them.”
Die: “The scent of her breath for one thing.”
Lovett looks at Die furiously.
Die leans forward to Mr Wellbore and quietly says.
Die: “Mister Wellbore, what is so special about your safe here?”
Wellbore is shaking and fidgeting with his hands. He is a very frightened man and he is also a very bad liar.
Wellbore: “No…nothing. Nothing at all. All very ordinary.”
Female Teller: “Yeah right. It is never open and doesn’t seem to be for our customers at all!”
Wellbore: “Miss Little it might be if you shut up.”
Die: “When was the last building work carried out.”
Miss Little: “Last month, for a week.”
Wellbore: “Miss Little!”
Miss Little: “Stuff it Bore, I resign.”
Die: “Mr Wellbore you don’t just work for this bank do you?”
Wellbore: “What? I… I…”
Die: “At a guess I would say, the Home Office?”
Lovett: “Die, what you getting at?”
Die –to Wellbore-: “This is a B B repository isn’t it?”
Wellbore looks up at Die a look of total shock on his face.
Lovett: “B B?”
Die-to Lovett-“Bearer Bonds.”
Lovett: “I thought they didn’t exist anymore?”
Die: “Mostly they don’t but governments all over the world still use them for… diplomatic payments. The secret service use them a lot for pay offs.”
Lovett –to Wellbore_: “Well? Is that what this is about?”
Wellbore: “I…I don’t know what you are talking about!”
Die: “Wellbore how much is in the vault?”
Wellbore: “You’re going to get us killed!”
Miss Little leans across and slaps Wellbore across his face hard.
Miss Little: “Bastard! Why didn’t they ask you to open the safe?”
Lovett: “Good question. Well?”
Wellbore: “I can’t. It is only opened remotely and only at high level Home Office request.”
Die: “They know a way Wellbore that’s why they didn’t bother with you. What’s wrong with the vault?”
Wellbore is close to tears
Wellbore: “I can’t tell you I sign the official secrets act!”
Lovett: “The official secrets act is a law not a contract you idiot doesn’t matter if you sign or not but he is with the Secret Intelligence Service.”
Wellbore: “I can’t…”
Die: “Mr Wellbore my boss is known as Alpha-Three, she is the head of Section-Omega. Even working in the Home Office I know you have heard of us.”
Mr Wellbore: “Oh god your one of the WAIFs! You are going to get us killed!”
Die: “Wellbore listen…”
Lovett: “What’s a waif?”
Wellbore: “Bloody, mad Section-Omega! The suicidal last resort; they are all insane. I heard of the things your lot do!”
Die: “How much is in there Wellbore!?”
Wellbore: “Th… thirty billion pounds.”
Lovett: “How much?!”
Die: “What denominations?”
Wellbore: “We only have the five hundred thousands.”
Lovett and Miss little: “Shit.”
Lovett hits Die in the arm to get his attention
Lovett: “What does waif mean?”
Die: “It something that Alpha-Three dislikes, you must never to say it in front of her ok?”
Lovett; “I won’t if I know it means!”
Die: “It stands for ‘When All Is Fucked’.”
Lovett: “Oh god and I thought a copper’s sense of humour was bad. That is terrible.”
Die: “It goes back to the second world war.”
Die looks over to Sigourney’s shopping bag on wheels.
Die: “That bag could hold over a billion pounds.”
Lovett: “And they know how to open the safe?” “Wellbore what’s wrong with the safe?”
Wellbore: “Design flaw. It is sensitive to high voltages.”
Die: “I wonder what equipment they left when posing as the work men?”
There is a loud coughing noise. It is Genevieve, she is coughing violently, she has a hand in one of her pockets looking for something and Brian rushes over to her with a small bottle of water. Genevieve fishes out a small bottle of pills from her coat pocket and takes two pills. And Genevieve pushes Brian away.
Genevieve: “I’m fine! Get on with your part of the plan!”
Lovett looks at Die with distain on her face.
Lovett: “And you kissed that did you?”
Before Die can say anything Sigourney pipes in
Sigourney: “Of course he didn’t, he has too much to lose. That woman is playing with you dear.”
Genevieve is moving away back towards where the safe is and Andy and her coughing is ringing out loud.
Sigourney: “Lung cancer would be my guess; there is a certain sound to the cough.”
Lovett and die look at Sigourney
Die: “And a smell to the breath.”
Sigourney: “Yes, yes indeed.”
Lovett: “Oh…”
Lovett reaches up and gently wipes the small trace of red lip stick from Die’s lips.
Lovett: “… I’m still going to nail her arse.”
Die looks at Lovett and raises an eyebrow. Lovett playfully hits him in the chest.
Lovett: “Not like that you pervert.”
Die: “Shame.”
Sigourney: “Little rascal.”
Sigourney laughs a very dirty laugh and all the hostages and Lovett and Die look at her and smile… apart from Wellbore.
Cut to back.