Friday, 28 June 2024

"You called the cops?"

Dead of night. Guns out, New York cops clatter into a noisy backstreet garage. Cars jacked up, hunched arc-lit underneath, men in greasy overalls point metal tools. 

Lead cop shouts:

"You called the cops?"

Preoccupied oil-streaked whitefaces look round.

"No. You're called the cops. We're called the mechanics."

Alternative Dialogue:

"Someone here called the cops?"

"Yeah. You're called the cops."