The next morning, early. Cardinal And Deux, drunk and exhausted, stumble towards their destination.

JACKAL SQUAD (INFINITE SOLO)
Some kinda time
Some kinda haze
When we hit it hard and lit the sky ablaze.
Some kinda time
Some kinda hum
As if somebody's calling

Big's Bedroom. Big Sleeps. Infinite stands, dressing in his uniform. Sober.

Some kinda time (some kinda time)
Some kinda sight (some kinda sight)
It's strange how something changes overnight (some kinda night)

Some kinda time
Some kinda drum
Like there's something's beginning

Big stirs.

BIG
Good morning.

INFINITE
Hey.

BIG
You get any sleep?

INFINITE
Barely. I guess I'm too riled up.

BIG
Today's the day, huh. They make you wear the uniform all the way there?

INFINITE
I think now I pretty much wear it all the time.

BIG
Ask me how my first date was.

Infinite smiles.

It was nice.

INFINITE
Yeah.

BIG
Was I all right?

INFINITE
You were great.

Beat. Infinite makes a shameful admission.

Not that I got anything to compare it to.

Beat. They lock eyes.

I better go before your pa wakes up.

BIG
scribbles his address on a sheet of paper
Here's my address. When you get to where you're going, Finny, you're gonna tell me how to get in touch. I wanna write you.

INFINITE
Me? Sure thing, Big. Thanks. That'd be great.

BIG
gives him the address

Keep it safe.

He takes him address and kisses him softly, sweetly.

INFINITE
Goodbye
Up at dawn
Gettin' gone
I'm on my way

Goodbye
Shippin' out
It's all about to start today

Goodbye
Leavin' now
But don't know how
To say goodbye

Big Disappears As We Move From Big's Bedroom To The Bus Depot, Where The Rest Of The Mercenaries wait, some already lining up in formation.

MERCENARIES
Goodbye to chili fries,
To apple pies,
And TJD

So long to waffle cones,
New Special Zones,
And Crush 40

A wild ride on my last night stateside

Deux And Cardinal Find Infinite.

CARDINAL
Infinite! There you are!

DEUX
Prodigal flippin' son.

Infinite's Attitude Immediately Changes; He Snaps Into His Pompous, Cocky Persona.
He Furtively Slides Big's Address Into His Back Pocket. Deux notices.

CARDINAL
Where the heck have you been?

DEUX
Spit it out, ya jerk.

INFINITE
Okay, okay, but you gotta keep it down…'cause she was married.

CARDINAL
She was married?! You dog!

DEUX
Good lookin'?

INFINITE
We're talking blonde, thirty-two, built like a—

DEUX
Thirty-two? What are you, some kinda grandma-lover?

INFINITE
If your grandma looked like this, you bet your tail.

CARDINAL
Well, we had a pisser of a time. And since we know how to report when we're called, we got these too.

Cardinal rolls up a sleeve.

DEUX
Check it out. Cardinal got yours for you. You owe us a number.

Cardinal Shows Him The Tattoo. Infinite studies it: aleph null: the smallest infinite number. He whistles his appreciation.

INFINITE
The jackal squad.

CARDINAL
the tattoo
C'mon, fellas. Gotta show 'em our new ink.

INFINITE
stops Deux
Go on. We're right behind ya.

Cardinal Leaves Them, Joins The Rest Of The Mercenaries.

DEUX
What's up?

INFINITE
That toothless sack you took to the party? I know it was a set up.

DEUX
The heck you talkin'—

INFINITE
Don't lie to me, I'm sick of it.

DEUX
Who told you?

INFINITE
I just know.

Deux Reaches Into Infinite's back pocket, fishes out the sheet of paper.

INFINITE
Hey—

DEUX
What's this?

INFINITE
Gimme that.

DEUX
bursts out laughing when he reads it
Well, I'll be! You think this is gonna keep you safe and warm on the other side of the world?

He tosses the note To Infinite carelessly then speaks seriously but without fanfare or fuss, direct and clear.

You want it straight, Infinite? That stuff don't matter where we're going. This—

his Jackal Squad tattoo

This is 'bout the only thing that does. That's why you ain't gonna spill about me fixing that fight…and I ain't gonna tell nobody 'bout you spending the night with Big.

INFINITE
How'd we get to be so full of it?

DEUX
That's the thing about it: you hit me with a little, I buy it. I hit you with a little, you eat it up. That don't make us enemies. That makes us brothers.

Deux Moves On, Grabs His Duffel Alongside Cardinal, Quatre, Uno, And Trois. Infinite Considers Big's note, pulled in opposite directions by two powerful forces.

INFINITE
Say goodbye
Say goodbye
Say goodbye

MERCENARIES
Goodbye to summer haze
To lazy days
On your front lawn

Goodbye to high school pals
To pretty gals who lead you on

INFINITE
Say goodbye

MERCENARIES
Goodbye to what you think
'Cause what you blink
You'll be gone
Hats off to you
Red, white and blue

This night in 1963 recedes. We see the mercenaries, Marching proudly.

Goodbye to chili fries
To apple pies

Farewell to Chevrolets,
To Might 'n Ray,

JACKAL SQUAD (OVER THE REST OF THE MERCENARIES)
We jackal squad have a mighty sting
And we come prepared for anything
We jackal squad livin' semper fie
thick like blood
And we're do or die

OTHER MERCENARIES (SIMULTANEOUSLY)
Goodbye to summer haze
To lazy days

Goodbye to high school pals
To pretty gals

ALL MERCENARIES
Can'tcha hear it boys? (Can'tcha hear it boys?)
Can'tcha hear that noise? (Can'tcha hear it?)
COMIN' COMIN' COMIN' COMIN'!

And that's when everything began to go wrong...