Bunnie's Score Has Won Deux The Prize. The Song Ends. Applause. Mercenaries Crowd Deux, The Champ. Couples Abandon The Dance Floor. Only Infinite And Big remain.

BIG
queasy
Ohhh.

INFINITE
What's wrong?

BIG
I don't feel so good.

he rushes off to the bathroom, obviously on the verge of throwing up. Vector moves on to the next song.

VECTOR
BABY HAVE ANOTHER DRINK!

At the bar, Cardinal And Uno Celebrate Deux's victory.

UNO
Congratulations, you hunk of junk.

DEUX
Thank you very much.

CARDINAL
That mouth! Where the heck did you find her?

DEUX
I'm afraid that's above your pay grade, Gentlemen—and a long freakin' story. Carry on, jerks.

Deux Goes. Uno Catches Infinite.

UNO
Infinite, my man. How much you give that bloke to drink?

INFINITE
Big?

CARDINAL
laughs
Holy Jeezus. he's puking up his guts! That's gotta be worth something. C'mon— honorable mention?

UNO
holds out a small wad of cash, Infinite won't touch it
Twenty-five bucks. he earned it. Here.

CARDINAL
Go on, take your money, before that blimp comes back from the kennel.

Infinite Suddenly Grabs Cardinal By The Collar.

INFINITE
Why don't you shut up for once in your life? I gotta swallow a steaming pile of your mouth each and every day. I'm sick of it. Grow up!

Infinite Tosses Cardinal Aside. Cardinal is shaken, hurt.

VECTOR
DANCIN' FEET SUGAR SWEET IT'S JUST A PARTY
WOAH-OH-OH-OH-OH

We find Deux And Bunnie In The Restroom, mid-argument.

DEUX
Come on, Bunnie, cut me some slack will ya? You ain't been no picnic.

BUNNIE
Slack? No, you'll find slack in the dictionary between spit and syphilis. You owe me half.

DEUX
What about the cab fare? I paid for that.

BUNNIE
This ain't the chaplain you're talking to, Deux. You come to me for help, I help—for half the money. That was the deal. So don't be giving me no shit about some cab.

DEUX
I'm not giving you jack, you lousy bot. Take your goddarn money.
Tosses cash on the floor, a few coins jangle. Deux goes.

BUNNIE
Stinkin' jarheads. Gawd!

Bunnie Kneels Down To Gather Her Prize Money. Toilet Flushes, Big Enters Meekly From A Stall. He's Heard All Of It, But Understands Only A Little. He Instinctively Moves To Help Bunnie.

BIG
What's wrong, Bunnie?

BUNNIE
He comes to me, he says, how'd you like to make a bundle and you don't have to do nobody? So I say sure. I even offer not to wear my teeth. And why not? Free cocktails, free beer, and they gotta be polite. Those are the rules.

BIG
What rules?

BUNNIE
Nevermind.

BIG
No, Bunnie, I'd like to hear.

BUNNIE
The rules of the dogfight. See, they each put in some money, like fifty, seventy, seventy- five bucks.

BIG
Who does?

BUNNIE
The heroes, the Mercenaries. And outta that, they rent the joint, pay for the food and the booze. And the rest goes for prize money. The thing that gets me is how great they think they look. Ha! You ever seen such a pack of pukes in your whole life?

BIG
beginning to get it
There's prize money?

BUNNIE
That's right, honey. The ugliest girl wins a wad of dough for the guy who brung her. I'm the ugliest, so I win. Only, see, I ain't really that ugly.
pops in her teeth
You gotta see me when I'm really dressed up.

BIG
overwhelmed, unsure how to react
Oh gosh, this is...
looks to Bunnie
Bunnie, you must feel terrible.

BUNNIE
thick-skinned, hardened
It's not so bad. At least I got some cash. All you got was sick

BUNNIE:
So some little prick with a knob for a dick is gonna get'cha down?
Please.
Boys are the same and they all got a game;
So full of shit, their eyes turn brown.
Don't expect nothin'.
That's how they're made.
'Cause two sweaty balls means a lush and a rush to get laid.
See if I'm gettin' screwed, I'm at least getting paid.

At the dogfight, dogfight, dogfight in the ring.
Gotta learn it, face it, hear it da ding ding ding.
And they only pay when a load is blown
So you sit and stay 'til you get your bone at the dogfight.

BIG
Bunnie. My God.

BUNNIE
So he fed you a line talking candles and wine,
Bet he spread it thick, yeah?
But where is he now?
Getting cash from the cow while the cow's in the can
All pukin' and sick.
You take your money,
Take what you made.
If you don't play the game, he'll be gone,
You're a pawn that he played.
'Cause we're all getting fucked, so we better get paid
At the dogfight, dogfight, dogfight take the crown.
Gotta claim it, win it, own it, and don't back down.
Better hold your nose when you swallow dirt.
If you don't get some, then you won't get hurt at the dogfight.

Bunnie Moves To Exit The Bathroom. Big stops her.

BIG:
How can you let a pack of jerks tell you
this is how the world works?

BUNNIE:
laughs
Honey they're gonna get their fix.
Time to learn a few new tricks.
Where's your bark?
Let's see your bite.
You learn to bite
At the dogfight
Dogfight
Dogfight in the ring

BIG (counter point):
How can you let a pack of jerks tell
you this is how the world works?
Who are they?
Who are they?

BIG:
They're the dogs, no they're the slimes
Who hurt nice girls for real nice times.
And you don't need some worthless dime
From a dogfight

BOTH:
Dogfight, dogfight in the ring

BOTH:
It's a dogfight, dogfight

BUNNIE:
Hear it, da ding ding ding!

As Big And Bunnie face off, challenging each others' points of view, the bathroom dissolves and the club setting reappears around them.

BOTH:
No, you can't give in and you can't play dumb.
When you get thick skin, then you're quick to numb.
If you let them win, then a dog's what you become...
At the dogfight
At the dogfight
At the dogfight