THE TRAITOR, PART I

EXT. TEXAS CITY - CHEMICAL PLANT
SAILOR
They're gonna ram us!
COBRA
Cobra!
COBRA COMMANDER
Xamot, Tomax, maintain the perimeter!
SAILOR
That's Dylkon 98! Deadly poison!
TOMAX
Very deadly! Almost as deadly as me!
TOMAX
It's those bloody Joes!
XAMOT
Caught you off guard, didn't they, brother?
COBRA COMMANDER
G. I. Joe!
COBRA
Attack!
DUKE
Looks like we're gonna see if the new armor can take it!
DUSTY
If it doesn't, I'm gonna sue.
GUNG-HO
Direct hit!
COBRA COMMANDER
My Rattlers will destroy their puny tanks!
DUKE
Let's return the compliment, Dusty!
COBRA COMMANDER
What? It's still coming!
COBRA COMMANDER
You'll never catch a Cobra!
DUKE
Don't let any of them get away!
EXT. OCEAN - DAY
COBRA COMMANDER
Impossible! How could their tanks be impervious to our weapons? How?
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(X) Perhaps they developed (T) some secret new armor (X) that deflects our laser fire.
COBRA COMMANDER
Then we must learn that secret at any and all costs!
EXT. CHEMICAL PLANT - DOCKS
DUKE
Well, it's all over but the paperwork.
DUSTY
I was hopin' you'd say that. I've got some leave time comin', Duke. My mother's been awful sick lately, so....
DUKE
Why didn't you tell me that, kid? Go home and take care of her. That's an order. Take as much time as you need.
DUSTY
Thank you, Duke.
EXT. RUDAT RESIDENCE - DAY
INT. RUDAT RESIDENCE
DUSTY
Mom, I'm home.
GLADYS RUDAT
Dusty? Come on in. Dusty! Oh, Dusty, it's so good to see you.
DUSTY
How are you, Mom?
MRS. RUDAT
Oh, my asthma's actin' up again, but don't worry 'bout me. How are you?
MRS. VASQUEZ
She makes me keep a scrapbook of all your adventures.
DUSTY
Oh, hi, Mrs.Vasquez.
MRS. VASQUEZ
My, you are some hero!
DUSTY
No, just part of a team. The Joes all work together. Who's that?
MRS. RUDAT
Oh, probably that no account....
MRS. VASQUEZ
Gladys, please!
MRS. RUDAT
Let the rattlesnake in!
DUSTY
Mr. Smiler!
MR. SMILER
I heard you were back in town, Dusty. We have to discuss the delinquent payments on....
MRS. RUDAT
Smiler, don't you bother my son! He's got enough on his mind!
MR. SMILER
He co-signed a loan agreement. You've fallen....
DUSTY
Mom needs her medicine and therapy. Give her time to get back on her feet and...
MRS. RUDAT
I'm on my feet already! Smiler, if you don't...if...if you...don't....
DUSTY
Mom!
MRS. VASQUEZ
She's had an attack! Get her into the bedroom!
DUSTY
Will she be okay?
MRS. VASQUEZ
Yes, but she must rest to get her strength back.
MR. SMILER
As I was saying....
DUSTY
Give me one reason I shouldn't clean your clock!
MR. SMILER
Please, no, I'm trying to help you! Two businessmen came to my office, admirers of G. I. Joe! They said they want to help you out!
MR. SMILER
They'll be at the Stumble Inn tonight.
EXT. STUMBLE INN - NIGHT
INT. STUMBLE INN
WAITRESS
Can I get you anything?
DUSTY
No, thanks. I'm waitin' for someone.
WAITRESS
Well, handsome, let me know if she don't show up!
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(X) Hello, (T) G. I. Joe.
DUSTY
Hey, I know you. You're with Extensive Enterprises.
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) No, we are (X) Extensive Enterprises.
DUSTY
Look, I don't talk to creeps who do business with Cobra. Take your....
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(X) Don't you think your mother (T) has enough medical bills? (X) Why burden her (T) with funeral expenses as well? (X) Yours?
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(X) But we're not looking for trouble. (T) We wish to offer you a little proposition. (X) We'll pay all your mother's medical bills in return for information (T) concerning the Joes' new armor system. This card has a phone number on it. (X) Call us if you're interested.
DUSTY
I may be hard up, but I'm no traitor!
POOL PLAYER
Why, you ruined my shot, city slicker!
COWBOY
Yeehaw! A fight!
CUSTOMER
All right!
WAITRESS
Boys? Boys, stop it!
WAITRESS
I said stop it!
XAMOT
We'd best be going!
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) We look forward (X) to hearing from you, Dusty! (T) Think it over, amigo!
INT. RUDAT RESIDENCE - BEDROOM
MRS. VASQUEZ
Oh, madre! What happened to you?
DUSTY
Ah, forget it. How's mom?
MRS. VASQUEZ
Resting. But Dusty, she needs more medicine, special therapy!
DUSTY
I'll find the money...somehow.
INT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - BRIEFING ROOM
DUKE
After the raid on Texas City, we ran a computer analysis of recent Cobra attacks.
FLINT
And the results are none too good.
DUKE
Cobra was trying to steal Dylkon 98.
FLINT
It's a key ingredient in a mind control gas. Based on that information, the computer has projected a likely target for Cobra's next attack.
DUKE
Only we're gonna head 'em off before they get their hands on the chemicals they need.
FLINT
Remember, this information is top secret.
DUSTY
It must not fall into Cobra's hands.
SHIPWRECK
Shucks, and we were plannin' to waltz right over and tell 'em, weren't we, Dusty?
INT. ENTERPRISE TOWER - HEAD OFFICE
TOMAX AND XAMOT
Hello?
EXT. PHONE BOOTH - NIGHT
DUSTY
I...I wanna make a deal.
INT. ENTERPRISE TOWER - HEAD OFFICE
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) You've obtained the formula (X) for the Joes' secret armor treatment?
EXT. PHONE BOOTH - NIGHT
DUSTY
No, but...I know where the Joes plan to ambush Cobra.
INT. ENTERPRISE TOWER - HEAD OFFICE
DUSTY (PHONE)
That should be worth somethin'.
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(X) Run it by us, Dusty, and (T) we'll speed a check on its way (X) to your dear old mum...
EXT. PHONE BOOTH - NIGHT
TOMAX AND XAMOT (PHONE)
...if the information is accurate.
DUSTY
Yes. It will be.
EXT. CHEMICAL PLANT - NIGHT
SHIPWRECK
I bet they ain't even gonna show up. Right, Dusty? Dusty?
DUSTY
Huh? Oh, yeah, anything you say, Shipwreck.
DUKE
Cargo planes! Cobra paratroopers!
DUKE
But this is crazy! Nobody in his right mind would drop paratroopers into trees! Yo Joe!
SHIPWRECK
You gotta give the Cobras credit! They don't flinch! Yo Joe!
DUSTY
Shipwreck, no!
SHIPWRECK
What?
LADY JAYE
They're dummies!
DUKE
Wrong. We're the dummies. Suckered by dolls firing lasers!
DUKE
We were decoyed away from the plant! Don't let 'em get away!
COBRA COMMANDER
The Dylkon 98 is ours! Take off! Too late, fools!
SHIPWRECK
Aw, blast it!
DUKE
We planned this operation too well. Cobra couldn't have known what we were up to...not unless they had an inside source.
INT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - ARMORY
SHIPWRECK
I'll murderize the bum! When I find that lousy traitor, I'll keel-haul him at twenty thousand fathoms! No, wait! I'll dip him in honey and stake him on anthill!
EXT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - ARMORY
SHIPWRECK
Hey, what would you do to that kind of a dirty traitor? Dusty? Hey, Dusty!
DUSTY
Huh? Oh, sorry, Shipwreck. I wasn't listenin'.
INT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - DUKE'S OFFICE
FLINT
You wanted to see me?
DUKE
Shut the door, Flint. We're gonna lay a trap for a traitor, Dusty Rudat.
FLINT
Duke! You can't be serious!
DUKE
Dead serious. Information from a source I can't reveal says Dusty is our traitor. But we can't bring charges without proof.
INT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - WAR ROOM
DUKE (V.O.)
I want you to hall Dusty to the war room. We'll let him overhear certain plans--plans to attack a Cobra base on an abandoned oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
DUKE (V.O.)
We'll see if he takes the bait. And Flint, this is just between you and me, 'til we know for sure.
EXT. PHONE BOOTH - NIGHT
MRS. VASQUEZ (PHONE)
Hello?
DUSTY
Mrs. Vasquez, it's me, Dusty. How's mom doing?
INT. RUDAT RESIDENCE - BEDROOM
MRS. VASQUEZ
Better, Dusty. She's sleeping now. That check was a big help, but more bills keep coming in.
EXT. PHONE BOOTH - NIGHT
DUSTY
I'll see what I can do.
INT. ENTERPRISE TOWER - HEAD OFFICE
TOMAX AND XAMOT
Talk to me.
DUSTY (PHONE)
It's me, Dusty.
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) We didn't expect (X) to hear from you again (T) so soon.
TOMAX
There's someone who's very eager to talk with you.
UNKNOWN LOCATION - OFFICE
COBRA COMMANDER
Hello, Dusty. Guess who?
EXT. PHONE BOOTH - NIGHT
DUSTY
Cobra Commander!
COBRA COMMANDER (PHONE)
Smart, very smart. The warning about the ambush was most helpful, but now I insist you provide the secret of the new Joe armor.
DUSTY
Uh, not yet. But I'll tell you their next move if...if my mother gets another check.
UNKNOWN LOCATION - OFFICE
COBRA COMMANDER
No! Give me the secret formula, or the Joes will know you betrayed them!
EXT. PHONE BOOTH - NIGHT
COBRA COMMANDER (PHONE)
Wouldn't your mother be proud to see her son on trial as a traitor?
DUSTY
No! I mean, all right. I'll do it.
COBRA COMMANDER (PHONE)
Excellent, and perhaps we can arrange to pay for the other information as well.
EXT. GULF OF MEXICO - OIL RIG
FLINT
I can't believe Dusty would tell Cobra anything.
DUKE
That's why we left him behind. If he did warn Cobra, he's too dangerous to bring along.
DEEP SIX
Deep Six callin' in. Target in view. It looks abandoned.
DUKE
Cobra slithered free again!
DEEP SIX
I'll check underneath! Yo Joe, or words to that effect.
DEEP SIX
No Cobra subs. They're gone.
DUKE
Nothing here. Better check below.
INT. OIL RIG
DUKE
This proves Cobra was here.
SHIPWRECK
What's this? Hey, they even got a medical plan!
DUKE
If it won't take time out of your busy schedule, check below!
SHIPWRECK
Uh, aye-aye, Duke.
SHIPWRECK AND DEEP SIX
Freeze!
SHIPWRECK
Uh, sorry.
DEEP SIX
Yeah, yeah.
SHIPWRECK
Hey, it's not my fault Cobra vacated the premises.
DEEP SIX
Unless you're the traitor.
SHIPWRECK
Is that supposed to be funny?
DEEP SIX
Why? Was it?
SHIPWRECK
Yeah. A regular riot.
SHIPWRECK
Uh-oh.
DEEP SIX
Explosives!
SHIPWRECK
We're standin' inside a time bomb!
SHIPWRECK
Run! She's gonna blow!
DEEP SIX
Cobra planted explosives!
DUKE
Quick! Everybody out!
EXT. GULF OF MEXICO - OIL RIG
DUKE
Move it! Move it! Move it!
INT. OIL RIG
EXT. GULF OF MEXICO - OIL RIG
SHIPWRECK
Duke!
EXT. GULF OF MEXICO - BATTLE PLATFORM
FLINT
Where's Duke? And Shipwreck and Deep Six?
GUNG-HO
Duke got hit. Shipwreck and Deep Six went after him.
GUNG-HO
Gone, all of it.
JOES
All right! Yeah!, etc.
FLINT
Duke! Is he...
SHIPWRECK
Breathin'? Yeah, barely.
DUKE
Dusty...Cobra...gave 'em the secrets....
SHIPWRECK
Well I'll be flogged! Dusty's the traitor!
INT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - RECORD ROOM
SHIPWRECK
Interested in our secret armor formula, Dusty?
DUSTY
Shipwreck, wait!
SHIPWRECK
Wait for what, Benedict Arnold Rudat!
DUSTY
I don't wanna hurt you, Shipwreck.
SHIPWRECK
Funny. You didn't mind nearly killin' Duke and puttin' him in a coma! He might never wake up!
DUSTY
No!
SHIPWRECK
That's it, you bilge rat! Fight! Let me really enjoy this!
EXT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - DAY
FLINT
Shipwreck, what happened?
SHIPWRECK
Dusty got our secret armor formula!
LADY JAYE
I see him, Flint. He's making a break for it in a Mauler.
INT. COURTROOM
FLINT
All right, Dusty. You've been silent throughout these proceedings. If you're going to speak up, you'd better do it now.
DUSTY
I...I have nothin' to say.
FLINT
Then you leave us no choice. By giving aid to Cobra, you've endangered the lives of your fellow Joes and jeopardized the security of the United States. This court-martial finds you guilty of treason. Dusty Rudat, you are hereby sentenced to life at hard labor at Fort Wadsworth Military Prison.
EXT. COBRA TEMPLE - DAY
INT. COBRA TEMPLE - THRONE ROOM
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(X) Interesting news, Cobra Commander. (T) They've sentenced Dusty Rudat to prison for life.
COBRA COMMANDER
Good. Let the buffoon suffer. No, wait! Dusty may yet be of use to Cobra. Yes, let's help the poor fellow!
EXT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - GUARDHOUSE
LADY JAYE
I still can't believe that Dusty would betray us.
DEEP SIX
Well, maybe there's a reason you can't.
LADY JAYE
Out with it, Deep Six. What are you driving at?
DEEP SIX
It's all a little too pat, you know? A real traitor wouldn't be so easy to catch.
COBRA
Liberate the prisoner!
COBRA
Come on!
LADY JAYE
They're helping Dusty escape!
FLINT
Blast! If Dusty's joined Cobra, none of our secrets are safe.
TO BE CONTINUED...