EXT. FURTHER DOWN THE ALLEY BEHIND PADDY'S – CONT.
MAC tries to swing from a bungie cord he attached to the bar's fire escape, but he immediately swings backwards and slams face-first into the brick of Wall Maria.
MAC
God DAMMIT!
Mac wriggles around in place.
MAC
Charlie! You tied this wrong!
CHARLIE
You tied it! You said knots are dominance-based!
CLICK.
CLICK-CLICK.
Charlie freezes.
CHARLIE
What was that...?
MARGARET McPOYLE appears in the doorway of the neighboring building like a specter. She motions with one finger for CHARLIE to follow her.
She flicks her tongue.
CLICK-CLICK.
MAC (tightly gripping the bungie cord)
Oh god, I'm trapped. I'm a fly in a spider web.
CHARLIE
Naw man, I think uhm...I think she's here for me.
MAC (sigh of relief)
Oh thank god. I mean-
Mac starts wriggling harder.
MAC
I'm coming, Charlie! Don't go without me! Buddy system! Buddy system!
CHARLIE
I don't like that finger. It's got a beckoning energy I find threatening.
The bungie cord finally slips: Mac slams into hard concrete of the alley.
MAC (groaning from the floor)
Buddy...system...Charlie. Go.
Charlie starts to walk away.
MAC(still groaning)
Wait!...Help me up first. I think I twisted my ankle.
CUT TO: INT. MCPOYLE BUILDING — STAIRWELL
Margaret is staring at Charlie. Charlie is looking everywhere but her face. Mac leans against the brick wall rubbing his leg.
MARGARET
Say it.
She flicks her tongue. Charlie recoils; Mac shivers.
CLICK.
CHARLIE
…skree?
Margaret nods and hands Charlie a greasy, heavy key. She licks the air near his face, making a sound like a wet sponge on a chalkboard. Mac watches, deeply unsettled.
CHARLIE
Okay, that's... that's a lot of tongue-air.
MAC
Yeah, great, okay, let's go.
They descend into the basement.
CUT TO: EXT. ALLEY — CONTINUOUS
Dennis is slumped against a wall.
Dee is crying over her broken phone like her war comrade just got murdered.
Frank is inside of a trash can that is soaked in milk, using it as armor, while he kicks Liam McPoyle on the ground.
Police sirens wail.
Dennis pushes himself up and grabs Dee, dragging her away down the alley while she screams in sorrow at her phone.
Frank follows blindly running zigzag behind them.
CUT TO BLACK.