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				Terror Ship Page 21

		Harley looks back to Ford and smiles sweetly. Ford smiles lustfully with less concentration on his gun aimed at them. Harley winds at him and pulls the trigger on the gun hidden between her and Loni. The gun fires and hits Ford in the midsection. He suddenly gasps with surprise and clutches his bleeding abdomen. Loni dives to the wall and shields herself as Harley spins with her gun aimed. Ford raises his gun, but Harley fires again. The second bullet hits Ford in the chest, and he falls to the floor. Loni slowly straightens and stares at the dead man on the floor. Harley's stare hardens. HARLEY Prick-- Loni eyes Harley with some surprise. LONI I'd say you're one hell of a businesswoman, Harley. Harley looks to Loni with less harshness. HARLEY Let's release those people back there. (pause) Then I'm going to cry. Moments later. We see the crowd of nearly one hundred passengers and some crew in the corridor outside of the ballast tank. HARLEY There are many others locked in the engine room. We're going to evacuate in the lifeboats on the port side of the ship. The bad guys are mostly on the starboard side with their gold. Harley and Loni hand out their spare weapons to one of the crew and a dependable looking passenger. Loni gives away her rifle and keeps Ford's semiautomatic. HARLEY Considering our situation, those of you in uniform should lose the jackets. You may accidentally be mistaken for the bad guys. The few crewmen quickly remove their jackets and toss them aside. CREWMAN We know our way to the engine room. We'll free the others and meet the rest of you port side by the lifeboats. The crew will start evacuating them. HARLEY Are you sure you want to do that? The crewman holds up the rifle. CREWMAN Oh, yeah. We're up for a little payback. Four crewmen and one eager passenger with an ax hurry down the corridor in the direction of the engine room. A young officer motions to the group. OFFICER This way. Move quickly and quietly. The group of mostly passengers follows the young man with the gun. Harley and Loni wait for the large group of passengers to pass. We see Damon and Benson up ahead in the corridor. Both hand out spare weapons to capable passengers. Harley and Loni push past the crowd toward Damon and Benson. The crowd continues on their journey. Harley throws her arms around Damon's neck and hugs him. Damon clings to her and appears relieved. HARLEY Am I happy to see you-- DAMON Are you okay? We found Ford-- Harley pulls back just enough to meet his stare with a serious look. HARLEY He was one of them, Damon. He said he was their leader. DAMON Their leader? Damon looks down the hall as the group of passengers disappear into the stairwell. Harley remains clinging to him. HARLEY Damon, what is it?

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