INT. THE VAN - CONTINUED
Sydney is frantic. She puts her earpiece back on and tries to get Vaughn. All three of them are checking their equipment.
SYDNEY
Pool Boy! Come in, Pool Boy! Damn it! Vaughn!
She takes her earpiece off and starts to move toward the driver's seat. Jack looks up.
JACK
Sydney! What are you doing?
She looks at him incredulously.
SYDNEY
What am I doing? I'm going to rescue Vaughn.
JACK
We don't know if he needs rescuing.
SYDNEY
We don't? His comm just cut out while he was with a known Covenant collaborator. What else could it be?
JACK
An equipment failure?
Weiss looks up at both of them.
WEISS
Marshall says our equipment was fine until the jamming started.
Syd looks at her dad with a look that says, "See!"
SYDNEY
It's a trap. They made him and now Gagne is going to turn him over to the Covenant. Or even worse the agent is already in there and they're just going to torture and kill him while we sit out here and do nothing.
JACK
Or Gagne has electronic countermeasures in her office that we were unaware of. The intel for this op has never been conclusive. We need to learn more before we can decide what course to take. Rushing into an unknown situation like this will only jeopardize Vaughn's life.
SYDNEY
Dad, his life is already in jeopardy. He is in there, alone and unarmed with no communications and his backup is outside dicking around.
Weiss turns toward them again.
WEISS
Marshall says the jamming is crazy strong and we can't even begin to pinpoint the source.
Syd has had it.
SYDNEY
That's it.
She starts toward the driver's seat again only this time Jack grabs her arm to stop her. She looks down at his hand with menace before glaring at him. Jack just glares right back.
SYDNEY
I have to do something.
JACK
And you will. We all will go in together as planned and we will extract him. But I am the leader of this operation and you will wait for my orders. Is that clear, Agent Bristow?
Syd looks at him pissed as hell. Her tone is clipped and low.
SYDNEY
Yes, sir.
He lets go of her arm as she jerks it away and sits down at her station. They're still staring each other down.
JACK
Agent Weiss, drive us to the hall. Agent Bristow, make sure our paperwork is in order.
Weiss looks at both of them with concern before he silently moves up front as Syd turns toward her station giving her dad one last cool look. Jack looks at her and sighs. He knows she's just scared.
JACK
Sydney.
She doesn't turn around.
SYDNEY
Yes, sir.
JACK
He'll be fine. He's a good agent. He can take care of himself.
She turns toward him. She looks tired, frustrated, and worried.
SYDNEY
I want to believe you, Dad. But if he isn't...
JACK
He will be. (beat) Now let's make sure his arrest warrant is ready.
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INT. THE POODLE - CONTINUED
Vaughn and Gagne are still walking up the stairs. He winces when the jamming starts and tries to make it look as if he's just casually scratching his ear. He whispers sharply into his ring:
VAUGHN
Cabana! What happened? Where are you?
He looks nervously back at Gagne who just smiles. When he gets to the top he opens the door and lets himself into her office. It's open and spacious with a door to another room on the opposite wall. Toward the back wall away from the hall is a desk with two chairs in front of it. Opposite that is the window with a couch facing out. Gagne comes up behind him and takes his jacket and case. She puts his case on her desk and goes to hang his jacket up on a coat rack on the other side of the room. He heads toward the window and stands in front of it.
VAUGHN
[Nice office. Although the window makes it a bit public.]
She starts walking back toward him.
GAGNE
[Oh, rest assured, we can see out but no one else can see in. A woman needs her privacy.]
He turns and she pushes him down on the couch. She starts to kiss him aggressively, pushing her hands up his shirt then unbuttoning it. He's too shocked to even resist at first but then she starts to unbutton his pants and he pushes her away. She looks at him perplexed. He looks rather comical sprawled out on the couch with his shirt undone, his hair going everywhere, and his face filled with panic and covered in lipstick. He stutters:
VAUGHN
[Sorry. I just wasn't expecting that.]
Her face softens. Aww, he's just nervous. She likes nervous. It's cute.
GAGNE
[What were you expecting?]
She's leaned back onto her side of the couch and is licking her lips while she slides her foot up along his calf. He swallows hard and is somehow able to start sweating more. Again he stutters. His voice even cracks a bit on the word 'slow.'
VAUGHN
[It's just that most women I know prefer things gentle and slow.]
She smiles devilishly and starts to crawl on top of him.
GAGNE
[Luc, as you may have noticed I am not "most women." I prefer things [I]hard[/I] and [I]fast[/I] and most men don't complain.]
She's now situated right on top of him, looking down. He looks up at her and squeaks:
VAUGHN
[And why would they?]
She smiles as she lowers herself down and starts kissing him on his chest and neck while she undoes his pants. He's looking at the ceiling with an expression that says, "Just close your eyes and think of the Queen." That expression changes to relief when the phone rings. Gagne gives out this positively feral growl and looks at him apologetically before she gets up to answer it.
GAGNE
[What? The police? What do they want? Are you certain? I'll be right down.]
She turns to explain the situation to Vaughn but he's grabbed a vase of flowers from the corner by the window and he knocks her out. He looks remorseful cause he's not the kind to hit a woman but at the same time he's more than happy to have her hands off him. He quickly takes the key to the safe from around her neck and switches the materials in the safe in the wall behind her desk. Then he replaces the key, grabs his things, and looks out the window. He can't see Jack but Sydney is approaching along the walkway on his right while Weiss is coming down the left side. He throws the door to the office open and does that trick where you hook your arms and legs over the railings and slides down the staircase. At the bottom he looks left to see Jack and Gagne's head of security (HOS) blocking the back door.
JACK
[Stop him!]
Vaughn hops the railing and begins to run toward the front on top of the pool tables. It's quite a sight really: A good looking Frenchman with his shirt undone wearing a leather jacket and pants with his hair disheveled and covered in lipstick skipping from table to table. Sydney takes a moment to look relieved and surprised before she hops her railing and starts running across the tables after him as Weiss heads back toward the front to cut him off. But that won't be necessary since around the middle of the room Vaughn steps on a ball and goes face first into a table. Syd is right on top on him sitting on his back to pin him down and cuff him. He looks back up at her in relief and smiles. He whispers seductively:
VAUGHN
Oh, handcuffs. Kinky.
She returns his smile. She's just as relieved as he is.
SYDNEY
Thank God, you're okay.
She drags him off the table and helps him stand up. She gets a good look at him and smirks. He looks ridiculous. His expression is one of indignation and he hisses:
VAUGHN
Okay?! You call this okay? That woman practically molested me.
The stress of worrying about him and now the relief of finding him combined with his current state is too much and Syd just busts up laughing. Weiss is also laughing as he walks up. Syd grabs his arm and starts to take him toward the exit. Jack is shaking hands with the HOS and a few guards are making their way up to Gagne's office to check on her. Suddenly shots ring out from behind the bars on both sides of the hall. Everybody ducks and some of the patrons begin running for the doors.
VAUGHN
Who the hell...
Then he sees the source of the shooting. It's Sark and Allison and they've got the three CIA agents pinned down with crossfire. Jack is still by the back door and hears Sark speaking over the HOS's radio.
SARK
[They're CIA. Don't kill them but don't let them leave.]
The HOS turns to look at Jack only to find Jack's fist instead. Jack is then attacked by two nearby security guards and begins to fight them. Meanwhile in the middle of the room the other three agents are still under fire and Vaughn turns to Syd.
VAUGHN
Syd, you've got to undo these cuffs!
He stops when he sees her holding her leg and looking pale.
SYDNEY
Vaughn...
VAUGHN
Syd. Oh, no...
She's starting to get a glassy look in her eyes. He immediately looks down to where her hand is and sees blood pooling out from underneath it. He grabs the keys from her pocket and undoes the cuffs.
VAUGHN
Come on, Syd. Stay with me.
He moves her hand to look at the wound, blood pours out even faster.
VAUGHN
Oh, God. I think it hit an artery.
He looks back up at her face and her eyes are starting to roll back into her head. He looks down to his waist but he's not wearing a belt.
VAUGHN
Damn it! Weiss!
Weiss, who has been trying to hold off both Sark and Allison, looks back and sees Syd and the blood.
WEISS
Crap!
VAUGHN
We need to stop the bleeding. Give me your gun and use your belt and cloak to make a tourniquet.
Weiss nods and fires off one shot in either direction before handing his gun off to Vaughn. Vaughn also picks up Syd's gun and starts shooting at both Sark and Allison at the same time. Weiss sees the full extent of Syd's wound and looks like he's going to throw up.
WEISS
Aw, hell...
Weiss goes to work just as Weiss' gun runs dry. Vaughn tosses it at him.
VAUGHN
Reload!
Weiss quickly reloads it and hands it back to Vaughn. Then Syd's gun is empty and he does the same thing.
WEISS
We've only got 3 clips left!
Sark and Allison have taken advantage of Vaughn's ammo change and have moved beyond the bar to crouch behind tables along the railing. They're about to hop over and wipe the three agents out when we turn to see what Jack is up to. He's finishing off his third guard in as many minutes and he picks up their discarded submachine guns and hooks one around his neck, turns one on Sark and the other on Allison. They're forced back behind the bar giving the other agents a break. This also gives Vaughn the chance to turn his attention to the two guards in the front of the hall that have started firing at them from behind the front desk. Weiss finishes up with Syd and joins Vaughn, taking one of the guns.
WEISS
We have to get her out of here or she's going to bleed to death.
VAUGHN
The front is too heavily guarded. We have to get to Jack and that back door.
At that moment one of Jack's guns jams and the second one runs out of ammo and the two guards that were up checking on Gagne come down the stairs and start firing at him. He's forced to dive over the railing and hide behind a pool table where he begins to return fire with the gun around his neck and his service pistol. Back in the middle of the hall Sark and Allison have renewed their assault on Vaughn and Weiss. Weiss winces as he takes a hit in the arm.
VAUGHN
Are you okay?
WEISS
Bastard just nicked me!
They fire at Sark and Allison and then duck back down.
WEISS
What now?!
VAUGHN
There's a door in the kitchen behind that bar that leads out to the alley.
WEISS
But Sark's in front of it.
Vaughn looks back at Syd. She's not moving.
VAUGHN
We'll just have to rush him. Save your ammo. When Jack gets here we'll go.
They lay down cover fire for Jack as best they can until he finally arrives. That's when he sees his daughter for the first time. Jack Bristow is as cold as they come but even he is taken aback by the sight of Sydney lying under a pool table covered in blood. He looks at Vaughn accusingly.
JACK
We have to get her out of here!
VAUGHN
There's a door behind Sark.
Jack nods and goes to pick up Syd but Vaughn stops him.
VAUGHN
I'll take her. If we have to go hand-to-hand to get past Sark you have a better chance against him.
JACK
Fine. But once we take him down don't wait for us to get clear. She's your first priority.
VAUGHN
Understood.
Vaughn hands his gun to Weiss and settles Sydney in his arms. The three men share a look and then Jack and Weiss pop up and begin firing in all directions. They make a dash toward Sark's position with Jack in the lead, Vaughn in the middle with Syd, and Weiss bringing up the rear. They all have noticeable wounds from nicks and cuts. Jack's fire is keeping Sark down but just as they make it up on the walkway both guns go dry. Sark comes up getting ready to return fire but Jack throws the empty guns at him distracting him momentarily. When Sark comes back up Jack vaults the bar and kicks him. Sark comes up without his gun and tries to punch Jack. Jack blocks it easily and elbows Sark in the face knocking him out. He yells over the bar at Vaughn and Weiss who have been hiding behind the same table Sark was only a few minutes before.
JACK
Vaughn, go!!
Jack and Weiss cover him as Vaughn lays Syd gingerly on the bar, hops over it and picks her up again in one smooth movement. Weiss tosses a gun back at Jack. It's empty and Jack reloads and starts firing so Weiss can get back behind the bar with him. The last thing Vaughn sees as he runs out the door is Weiss and Jack holding off Allison and a handful of security guards. He doesn't stop though. He runs through the alley and around the front to their van. He lays Syd gently in the back and drives away just as what looks like the entire Paris police force pulls up. He races frantically through the streets and the only time he takes his eyes off the road is to look back at Syd nervously. The whole time he's practically chanting.
VAUGHN
Hold on, Syd. Please. You can't do this to me again.
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INT. AN EMERGENCY ROOM - A SHORT TIME LATER
We're looking out the doors into the ambulance bay as Vaughn drives up and comes to a jarring stop. Within seconds he's out of the car with Syd in his arms and charging into the hospital. They make quite a pair. They're both covered in blood and she looks gaunt and pale while he looks more frightened then he ever has before. Doctors come racing up with a gurney and he puts her down on it. He tries to follow her into the ER but an orderly tries to stop him so they can check him for injuries. He punches the man.
VAUGHN
I'm not leaving her.
He continues to follow Syd. Two more orderlies try to take him down from behind but he throws both of the larger men off his back with ease. He follows Syd into the ER operating room as the doctors rip open her pant leg to get a good look at her wound. He just stands by the door bloody and scared still chanting.
VAUGHN
Come on, Syd.
Suddenly he starts to sway and then he collapses hitting his head on a tray of instruments on the way down. More doctors come in and swarm around him. They start to examine him for injuries and that's when they see the gaping exit wound in his right shoulder that had been concealed by his jacket.
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Sydney is frantic. She puts her earpiece back on and tries to get Vaughn. All three of them are checking their equipment.
SYDNEY
Pool Boy! Come in, Pool Boy! Damn it! Vaughn!
She takes her earpiece off and starts to move toward the driver's seat. Jack looks up.
JACK
Sydney! What are you doing?
She looks at him incredulously.
SYDNEY
What am I doing? I'm going to rescue Vaughn.
JACK
We don't know if he needs rescuing.
SYDNEY
We don't? His comm just cut out while he was with a known Covenant collaborator. What else could it be?
JACK
An equipment failure?
Weiss looks up at both of them.
WEISS
Marshall says our equipment was fine until the jamming started.
Syd looks at her dad with a look that says, "See!"
SYDNEY
It's a trap. They made him and now Gagne is going to turn him over to the Covenant. Or even worse the agent is already in there and they're just going to torture and kill him while we sit out here and do nothing.
JACK
Or Gagne has electronic countermeasures in her office that we were unaware of. The intel for this op has never been conclusive. We need to learn more before we can decide what course to take. Rushing into an unknown situation like this will only jeopardize Vaughn's life.
SYDNEY
Dad, his life is already in jeopardy. He is in there, alone and unarmed with no communications and his backup is outside dicking around.
Weiss turns toward them again.
WEISS
Marshall says the jamming is crazy strong and we can't even begin to pinpoint the source.
Syd has had it.
SYDNEY
That's it.
She starts toward the driver's seat again only this time Jack grabs her arm to stop her. She looks down at his hand with menace before glaring at him. Jack just glares right back.
SYDNEY
I have to do something.
JACK
And you will. We all will go in together as planned and we will extract him. But I am the leader of this operation and you will wait for my orders. Is that clear, Agent Bristow?
Syd looks at him pissed as hell. Her tone is clipped and low.
SYDNEY
Yes, sir.
He lets go of her arm as she jerks it away and sits down at her station. They're still staring each other down.
JACK
Agent Weiss, drive us to the hall. Agent Bristow, make sure our paperwork is in order.
Weiss looks at both of them with concern before he silently moves up front as Syd turns toward her station giving her dad one last cool look. Jack looks at her and sighs. He knows she's just scared.
JACK
Sydney.
She doesn't turn around.
SYDNEY
Yes, sir.
JACK
He'll be fine. He's a good agent. He can take care of himself.
She turns toward him. She looks tired, frustrated, and worried.
SYDNEY
I want to believe you, Dad. But if he isn't...
JACK
He will be. (beat) Now let's make sure his arrest warrant is ready.
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INT. THE POODLE - CONTINUED
Vaughn and Gagne are still walking up the stairs. He winces when the jamming starts and tries to make it look as if he's just casually scratching his ear. He whispers sharply into his ring:
VAUGHN
Cabana! What happened? Where are you?
He looks nervously back at Gagne who just smiles. When he gets to the top he opens the door and lets himself into her office. It's open and spacious with a door to another room on the opposite wall. Toward the back wall away from the hall is a desk with two chairs in front of it. Opposite that is the window with a couch facing out. Gagne comes up behind him and takes his jacket and case. She puts his case on her desk and goes to hang his jacket up on a coat rack on the other side of the room. He heads toward the window and stands in front of it.
VAUGHN
[Nice office. Although the window makes it a bit public.]
She starts walking back toward him.
GAGNE
[Oh, rest assured, we can see out but no one else can see in. A woman needs her privacy.]
He turns and she pushes him down on the couch. She starts to kiss him aggressively, pushing her hands up his shirt then unbuttoning it. He's too shocked to even resist at first but then she starts to unbutton his pants and he pushes her away. She looks at him perplexed. He looks rather comical sprawled out on the couch with his shirt undone, his hair going everywhere, and his face filled with panic and covered in lipstick. He stutters:
VAUGHN
[Sorry. I just wasn't expecting that.]
Her face softens. Aww, he's just nervous. She likes nervous. It's cute.
GAGNE
[What were you expecting?]
She's leaned back onto her side of the couch and is licking her lips while she slides her foot up along his calf. He swallows hard and is somehow able to start sweating more. Again he stutters. His voice even cracks a bit on the word 'slow.'
VAUGHN
[It's just that most women I know prefer things gentle and slow.]
She smiles devilishly and starts to crawl on top of him.
GAGNE
[Luc, as you may have noticed I am not "most women." I prefer things [I]hard[/I] and [I]fast[/I] and most men don't complain.]
She's now situated right on top of him, looking down. He looks up at her and squeaks:
VAUGHN
[And why would they?]
She smiles as she lowers herself down and starts kissing him on his chest and neck while she undoes his pants. He's looking at the ceiling with an expression that says, "Just close your eyes and think of the Queen." That expression changes to relief when the phone rings. Gagne gives out this positively feral growl and looks at him apologetically before she gets up to answer it.
GAGNE
[What? The police? What do they want? Are you certain? I'll be right down.]
She turns to explain the situation to Vaughn but he's grabbed a vase of flowers from the corner by the window and he knocks her out. He looks remorseful cause he's not the kind to hit a woman but at the same time he's more than happy to have her hands off him. He quickly takes the key to the safe from around her neck and switches the materials in the safe in the wall behind her desk. Then he replaces the key, grabs his things, and looks out the window. He can't see Jack but Sydney is approaching along the walkway on his right while Weiss is coming down the left side. He throws the door to the office open and does that trick where you hook your arms and legs over the railings and slides down the staircase. At the bottom he looks left to see Jack and Gagne's head of security (HOS) blocking the back door.
JACK
[Stop him!]
Vaughn hops the railing and begins to run toward the front on top of the pool tables. It's quite a sight really: A good looking Frenchman with his shirt undone wearing a leather jacket and pants with his hair disheveled and covered in lipstick skipping from table to table. Sydney takes a moment to look relieved and surprised before she hops her railing and starts running across the tables after him as Weiss heads back toward the front to cut him off. But that won't be necessary since around the middle of the room Vaughn steps on a ball and goes face first into a table. Syd is right on top on him sitting on his back to pin him down and cuff him. He looks back up at her in relief and smiles. He whispers seductively:
VAUGHN
Oh, handcuffs. Kinky.
She returns his smile. She's just as relieved as he is.
SYDNEY
Thank God, you're okay.
She drags him off the table and helps him stand up. She gets a good look at him and smirks. He looks ridiculous. His expression is one of indignation and he hisses:
VAUGHN
Okay?! You call this okay? That woman practically molested me.
The stress of worrying about him and now the relief of finding him combined with his current state is too much and Syd just busts up laughing. Weiss is also laughing as he walks up. Syd grabs his arm and starts to take him toward the exit. Jack is shaking hands with the HOS and a few guards are making their way up to Gagne's office to check on her. Suddenly shots ring out from behind the bars on both sides of the hall. Everybody ducks and some of the patrons begin running for the doors.
VAUGHN
Who the hell...
Then he sees the source of the shooting. It's Sark and Allison and they've got the three CIA agents pinned down with crossfire. Jack is still by the back door and hears Sark speaking over the HOS's radio.
SARK
[They're CIA. Don't kill them but don't let them leave.]
The HOS turns to look at Jack only to find Jack's fist instead. Jack is then attacked by two nearby security guards and begins to fight them. Meanwhile in the middle of the room the other three agents are still under fire and Vaughn turns to Syd.
VAUGHN
Syd, you've got to undo these cuffs!
He stops when he sees her holding her leg and looking pale.
SYDNEY
Vaughn...
VAUGHN
Syd. Oh, no...
She's starting to get a glassy look in her eyes. He immediately looks down to where her hand is and sees blood pooling out from underneath it. He grabs the keys from her pocket and undoes the cuffs.
VAUGHN
Come on, Syd. Stay with me.
He moves her hand to look at the wound, blood pours out even faster.
VAUGHN
Oh, God. I think it hit an artery.
He looks back up at her face and her eyes are starting to roll back into her head. He looks down to his waist but he's not wearing a belt.
VAUGHN
Damn it! Weiss!
Weiss, who has been trying to hold off both Sark and Allison, looks back and sees Syd and the blood.
WEISS
Crap!
VAUGHN
We need to stop the bleeding. Give me your gun and use your belt and cloak to make a tourniquet.
Weiss nods and fires off one shot in either direction before handing his gun off to Vaughn. Vaughn also picks up Syd's gun and starts shooting at both Sark and Allison at the same time. Weiss sees the full extent of Syd's wound and looks like he's going to throw up.
WEISS
Aw, hell...
Weiss goes to work just as Weiss' gun runs dry. Vaughn tosses it at him.
VAUGHN
Reload!
Weiss quickly reloads it and hands it back to Vaughn. Then Syd's gun is empty and he does the same thing.
WEISS
We've only got 3 clips left!
Sark and Allison have taken advantage of Vaughn's ammo change and have moved beyond the bar to crouch behind tables along the railing. They're about to hop over and wipe the three agents out when we turn to see what Jack is up to. He's finishing off his third guard in as many minutes and he picks up their discarded submachine guns and hooks one around his neck, turns one on Sark and the other on Allison. They're forced back behind the bar giving the other agents a break. This also gives Vaughn the chance to turn his attention to the two guards in the front of the hall that have started firing at them from behind the front desk. Weiss finishes up with Syd and joins Vaughn, taking one of the guns.
WEISS
We have to get her out of here or she's going to bleed to death.
VAUGHN
The front is too heavily guarded. We have to get to Jack and that back door.
At that moment one of Jack's guns jams and the second one runs out of ammo and the two guards that were up checking on Gagne come down the stairs and start firing at him. He's forced to dive over the railing and hide behind a pool table where he begins to return fire with the gun around his neck and his service pistol. Back in the middle of the hall Sark and Allison have renewed their assault on Vaughn and Weiss. Weiss winces as he takes a hit in the arm.
VAUGHN
Are you okay?
WEISS
Bastard just nicked me!
They fire at Sark and Allison and then duck back down.
WEISS
What now?!
VAUGHN
There's a door in the kitchen behind that bar that leads out to the alley.
WEISS
But Sark's in front of it.
Vaughn looks back at Syd. She's not moving.
VAUGHN
We'll just have to rush him. Save your ammo. When Jack gets here we'll go.
They lay down cover fire for Jack as best they can until he finally arrives. That's when he sees his daughter for the first time. Jack Bristow is as cold as they come but even he is taken aback by the sight of Sydney lying under a pool table covered in blood. He looks at Vaughn accusingly.
JACK
We have to get her out of here!
VAUGHN
There's a door behind Sark.
Jack nods and goes to pick up Syd but Vaughn stops him.
VAUGHN
I'll take her. If we have to go hand-to-hand to get past Sark you have a better chance against him.
JACK
Fine. But once we take him down don't wait for us to get clear. She's your first priority.
VAUGHN
Understood.
Vaughn hands his gun to Weiss and settles Sydney in his arms. The three men share a look and then Jack and Weiss pop up and begin firing in all directions. They make a dash toward Sark's position with Jack in the lead, Vaughn in the middle with Syd, and Weiss bringing up the rear. They all have noticeable wounds from nicks and cuts. Jack's fire is keeping Sark down but just as they make it up on the walkway both guns go dry. Sark comes up getting ready to return fire but Jack throws the empty guns at him distracting him momentarily. When Sark comes back up Jack vaults the bar and kicks him. Sark comes up without his gun and tries to punch Jack. Jack blocks it easily and elbows Sark in the face knocking him out. He yells over the bar at Vaughn and Weiss who have been hiding behind the same table Sark was only a few minutes before.
JACK
Vaughn, go!!
Jack and Weiss cover him as Vaughn lays Syd gingerly on the bar, hops over it and picks her up again in one smooth movement. Weiss tosses a gun back at Jack. It's empty and Jack reloads and starts firing so Weiss can get back behind the bar with him. The last thing Vaughn sees as he runs out the door is Weiss and Jack holding off Allison and a handful of security guards. He doesn't stop though. He runs through the alley and around the front to their van. He lays Syd gently in the back and drives away just as what looks like the entire Paris police force pulls up. He races frantically through the streets and the only time he takes his eyes off the road is to look back at Syd nervously. The whole time he's practically chanting.
VAUGHN
Hold on, Syd. Please. You can't do this to me again.
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INT. AN EMERGENCY ROOM - A SHORT TIME LATER
We're looking out the doors into the ambulance bay as Vaughn drives up and comes to a jarring stop. Within seconds he's out of the car with Syd in his arms and charging into the hospital. They make quite a pair. They're both covered in blood and she looks gaunt and pale while he looks more frightened then he ever has before. Doctors come racing up with a gurney and he puts her down on it. He tries to follow her into the ER but an orderly tries to stop him so they can check him for injuries. He punches the man.
VAUGHN
I'm not leaving her.
He continues to follow Syd. Two more orderlies try to take him down from behind but he throws both of the larger men off his back with ease. He follows Syd into the ER operating room as the doctors rip open her pant leg to get a good look at her wound. He just stands by the door bloody and scared still chanting.
VAUGHN
Come on, Syd.
Suddenly he starts to sway and then he collapses hitting his head on a tray of instruments on the way down. More doctors come in and swarm around him. They start to examine him for injuries and that's when they see the gaping exit wound in his right shoulder that had been concealed by his jacket.
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