【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 he window which explodes on impact, a shower of glassraining down ...alarms squealas kip walks into the showroom, glass crunching underfoot. freband mirror man can39。t believe it int. exotic motorskip goes to the lotus... with nary a glance around, he39。s got heropen ... the lotus39。 alarm adds its song to the choir ... kip,unmindful, gets behind the wheel ... screwdriver to themechanism... the alarm raging in here...in moments, the v839。s massive 349bhp is bellowing... and mirror manclimbs in beside him... and off they go ... laying several inchesof english rubber. over the broken glass and out of theshowroom...ext. city streets palos verdes nightthe lotus races through these streets ... at high speeds ...mirror mannewsflash, kip: you39。re driving astolen carkip smiles over the ascending speedometer kipyeah. ain39。t it great ?and he pins her ... vrooooom !cut to:a tennis ballbeing bounced against the wall ... caught ... bounced again ...thunk! thunk! thunk!int. warehouse long beach harbor nighta dozen purloined autos are parked here ... and a number ofshipping containers ... a thuggish man reads the paper ... thetennis ball bouncer is tumbler, 20 ... and he39。s sitting on atilted back chair, and wallbouncing the ball and annoying thepiss out ofatley jacksonwhom we remember from the dropcar at our opening ... atley walkswith a limp now... thunk! thunk! thunk!atley jacksoncan you stop that, for chrissake?tumblerwhat39。s your problem, bro ?thunk! thunk!atley jacksonwhere are they ?tumblerthey39。ll be here. you nervous, bro? you? backin the day, they say you had antifreeze inthem veins ... what happened ?and atley intercepts the tennis ball ... and hurls it over to thefar side of the warehouse ... tumbler merely grins ...tumbler (cont39。d)relax and enjoy ext. san pedro streets the lotusheading for long beach... stopped at a light ... a camaro pulls upnext to them... a kid behind the wheel, a blonde beside him...kip eyeballs them... engines are revved... challenges areimplied... mirror man panics ...mirror manstolen car, kip. stolen car, stolen car,stolen car ...kipstolen fast car...and the light turns green ... and he pops the clutch ... andthey are off ... it39。s a good old fashioned drag race ... kipsmiles at the blonde ... mirror man is freaking out ... kip39。seyes are on fire ... he clocks the speedometer ...kip (cont39。d)it39。s calibrated for 140 ... let39。s seeif these british boys are full of shitor not mirror manno way, man yes, way. kip floors it. they bury the camaro in its wake... thegauge rising ... 90, 100, 110 ... mirror man is having anembolism...they warpspeed by a police cruiser... both kids totally unawareof the police chopper up on high... with them in its sights ...and they drive ... at last, ending up at the waterfront a dark latticework of docks and wharves,warehouses and shipping crates... the freighters are somehowgraceful against the moonlit water ...int. warehousetumbler studies his watch... now he39。s a little concerned ... helooks up ... atley is glaring at him...atley jacksonsomething wrong, tumbler ?tumbleryeah. i39。m missing springer and then the lotus pulls into the warehouse... tumbler flashesatley a 39。toldyouso39。 smile... kip and mirror man get out of thecar...kip walks over to a clipboard with a magic marker tethered to it... it is a list of cars ... he draws a black line through 39。13)1996 lotus esprit v839。... the others are clocking the car...atley jacksonshe39。ll go 0 to 60 in seconds mirror mani can vouch for that.tumbler passes out 40 ... the vibe is celebratory...tumblerthirteen down ... thirtyseven to go ...kipno problem bottles are clinked... beer is sipped ... only, a hot whitespotlight bores through the skylight ... and the whupwhup of thechopper39。s rotors... and now the sounds of sirens ... and thethuggish man gets to his feet ...thuggish manlet39。s get outta here !and they do... heading out the back ... it39。s tough for atley withhis limp ... on the way out:atley jacksonnow you gone and done it, rainesand they flee ...int. warehouse later nighta halfdozen police cars. the chopper does the usualspotlighttrailing... it39。s turned into a total pigcircus ... a car pulls to a stop ... and out steps detectiveroland castlebeck, whom we remember from our opening...int. warehousecastlebeck surmises the take ... the cars ... his partnerdetective drycoff a sneering irish boy with zero patience es out from the back ...detective drycoffthey39。re gone...castlebeck nods ... looks at the cars ...int. 39。. orr automotive39。 independence duskmemphis goes through invoices in the cluttered back office. when abrand new purple mercedes slk, windows tinted, pulls in out front.it looks oddly anachronistic here in independence. memphis sensesdanger. he goes out. budgy and his dog are here... budgy looksspooked... tom, too ...memphiswhat39。s going on ?and standing there, by the mercedes, like a wraith, is atleyjackson, in long leather coat, smoking a cigarette ... as out ofplace here as a maggot on a muffin...atley jacksonwell, well, well ...and he begins to sing...atley jackson (cont39。d)(andy griffith theme)dadoodoodoodadoodoodoo, etc.(laughs)are you kidding me, man ?memphishello, atley ...atley jackson (re: sign). orr. i get it. clever ...memphis studies him...memphishow39。s the leg?atley jacksononly hurts when i breathe. lookityou. where are barney fife and auntbea hanging out? and opie ... where39。sopie at?he laughs some more ... chainlights his cig ...memphiswhat are you doing here?atley jacksonis there someplace we can talk?memphis looks at him...memphiswhat about?atley jacksonabout your brother. and the deeeepshit he39。s in int. teddy39。s ta