COUGH COUGH. Keo comes storming into the bank. In his hand is a large jet-black double-barrelled shot gun and looks as if he's very angry. “DOWN, GET DOWN, compromise and you shall live!” advises Keo to the people. Suddenly the whole bank turns quiet and the grannies turn so white as though they’ve just seen a ghost. They all get down and the sound of weeping is heard. Wack! Wack! “ You stupid man, go away,” insists a very threatening looking granny. “I haven’t got time for this”, whoosh, Keo shoves the shotgun in her face. “ Just kidding son, ok I-I-Il be quiet now!” coming from a very frightful granny. “Give me all your money… NOW!” orders Tranis. He shouts to the lady at the counter, holding the revolver to her point blank. “ We don’t give money to peop…” “Enough with the talking more with the working”. Keo keeps guard.
The lady tries to reach the alarm button. “Don’t do anything silly” says Tranis. “Everything will be ok” Tranis assures the lady. “Hurry up” shouts Keo. Tranis suddenly sees the lady’s finger on the alarm button. “NOOOOOOOO” the lady shrieks, she presses the button…BANG. Tranis fires two round into the lady. She falls to the ground. “ A tear appears in his eye.” I’m sorry,” he whispers. The grannies cry very loudly drowned out by the wail of the alarm. NEE-NAW, NEE-NAW. Tranis swiftly looks back. Blinded by the sirens he shouts, "it’s the flaming coppers”. They run out of the bank but stop as the police jump up and aim their revolvers to the agents. “Tranis it weren’t supposed to be like this”, “ shut the hell up, our lives are at stake here,” replies Tranis. “ You didn’t think of that when you blew her brain out”. Tranis looks down in shame. “On 5, you go left and I go right”. One…….Two 'Bang Bang!', the police start firing. “Forget that last bit, go, go!!!” Tranis cries to Keo. The scene looks like one battle of the little Big horn. They make it to the car and zoom off. The noise is deafening as the police sirens wail and the Bank’s alarm goes on and on. “ Not this time guys”…. The police officer says to his men.
A sense of achievement is in the air from the car. “Woo” Keo screams in excitement. . Tranis ….Tranis cheer up. Quotes Tranis “So aggressive is a woman, yet its sleep is peaceful. I have brought peace to that woman. She wouldn’t face herself knowing that she was robbed. “Life is fragile, Tranis don’t be hard on yourself. Certain things have to be done, it was her fate. Don’t think of yesterday, you cannot change it. Think of tomorrow; something you can change”.
Keo, thanks for that. Crap! We are 400 grand short. Keo asks Tranis why Zen wants so much money. “….And he is bribing us with the money so that we reveal where they have kept out queen. “ she don’t do much” shut up…She is our pride of the country. Keo has a small giggle.They know where we are and if we tell, our lives are at risk. “ See they would have killed us because we know but instead they ask for the money. “Yes yes, it has come back to me now” “ and we have to get the money to them tonight. He said if we fail to get the 20 million dollars, he will send out his secret agents, and life will be in their hands. “ Where the hell we gonna get the rest of the money from?” “ I know a place”.
They go to a pub in West end. Inside is a secret door. Behind that door they deal heavy and if you need anything you go there. Tranis walks in first. “Come on…. don’t be scared” “ I-I-I’m not scared”. Night is approaching and the Big Ben strikes 9. Time is limited for them. A guy approaches….” Yo Tran, what can I do for you, I gotta some rocket launchers”. “ No later. OK; I need money now”. In a slow but deep voice,” How much money?” “400 grand”. “ Your gonna lock me up one day you know that. “ Is that a Yes or no, come on bruv I’ve got you outa the dump many times before, you owe me this one!” “Ok” “Meet me at the Big Ben at 11.30 tonight” says the dealer. “So long, I aint got the time!” “Yeah well it’s a lotta money, I need time and I’ll get you the dough” “I shall wait, you do know my life’s at risk here?” “I’ll do my best” “PARDON!” in an extremely angry voice. “I mean no problem”
The agents walk out of the pub. A distressed look comes upon Keo’s face. Tranis tells him that they’ve been together so long, nothing can stop them.
(Its 23:51, the agents wait franticly for the money to arrive)
“ Whats taking that idiot so long, this is turning out to be my worst nightmare. We don’t give them the money we…we die!” “ Come on, yeah, its alright, the money’s gonna be here in a few minutes” Tranis tries to soothe Keo. “But what if…” Tranis puts his hand on Keo’s mouth preventing him from speaking. Everything is quiet until…. (2 minutes later)
A loud sound is heard and a helicopter comes from above and lands in front of the agents. “Tranis, do you have the money?”. A tall well-built man, Zen, comes out from the helicopter wearing black all over. “Were just 400 grand short” “WHAAAT !” demands Zen, “You’ve betrayed me, you must pay!” “Wait, you said twelve, it’s not twelve yet!”. There are only 2 minutes to spare till twelve. “He’ll be here??” Tranis whisper to himself and looks down as if there is no solution. “One minute ten seconds and counting” Zen laughs to the distraught look on Keo’s face. Tranis talks to himself, “What a mess I’ve got myself into, god…GOD please, please help me this once, I have never ask of anything from you, PLEASE!!!” “Be patient Tranis, he’ll come………I hope?”.
“ Don’t move Keo remember thirty seconds, Ha Ha Ha” Zen laughs manically knowing he’s won. Tranis gets down onto his knees facing away from Zen and weeps in shame, “I shouldn’t have relied on that son of a gun …my life doesn’t have to end like this……does it?” “Ten seconds” Zen reveals a long silver single barrelled shot gun and walks up, very slowly, towards Tranis. Keo wants to shout but his voice is drained out by his tears in fear of death. “Five seconds”. “If only I could do som…that’s it!”, he winks at Keo hoping he gets the signal. THUD! Tranis feels something pushing against his back. Keo moves foreword but was not off the mark quick enough. The Big Ben starts to sing. BANG BANG BANG. Tranis plummets to the ground. He has been shot. He tries to shoot Keo but cannot see him anywhere. Zen walks off slowly towards the helicopter. Zen looks back to see a seemingly dead Tranis lying on the floor, Zen laughs.
“Tranis wake up, wake up! You can’t leave me!” Keo is distraught and hits the floor in anger. He cries loudly and grieves over his brother’s death. “Huh, I-I’m alive?” Tranis feels his chest. He realises he is wearing a bullet-proof vest. “Tranis is that really you?”, he wipes away his tears and begins to brighten up. “ He thinks he’s won this but let me assure you Keo…… this is just the beginning.
