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I want that kid forget it I'm not gonna

start chasing pigeons around I'll take

the reins on this one McCall is the only

one who knows how to run the birds boys

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all right

this girl has been kidnapped due to your

negligence looks like our little bird

flew

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works for me

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no cheating me you got a circle till I

get on my bike good luck I'm gonna beat

you

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heyo yang looks like you found me

pal don't you know that a gentleman

always lets his lady win

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I knew I could beat you can't think you

let me win Uncle Pete gee I figure a win

as a win roughly no matter Ike but

that's not why I always take your sexy

Jenny come on we gotta feed the birds

look at it no matter how much if he

don't know he's act like they're

starving to death well maybe they're

just tired of being cooped up Pete maybe

I oughta let him out

oh sure so they'll all fly back to their

old rooster Nagar ah why don't you trim

the fly you're like James I'm gonna do

that that'd be pretty silly

roughy look honey why don't you do it on

the market and get us a couple of big

thick juicy steaks for dinner huh yeah

sure you didn't exact or something P

yeah I get an example hey come on

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you're just

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or even and I'm out it's all there I

wouldn't touch as some

look I'd appreciate it if you were out

of here but the time the kid shows up

you know what I'm thinking I'm thinking

what a shame it is you went to all this

trouble to train these smart little

birds that fly in our merchandise for us

and now you want to retire um I'm done

through worried for how long then your

next shirt thing breaks down in the

stretch you know so much about running

birds don't yourself

you know what I think fellas I think old

PD boy here is those are for a bigger

piece of the action

so the last thing I want to hear some

horseplay and rummy getting greedy so

from now on you're gonna do what I say

and you're gonna do it for free you

can't do a thing without the birds as I

say no it's no

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it was trying to go you saw it grab

those damn cages load the birds up and

let's get the hell out of here but we

don't know how to run them I think I

know someone who's gonna help us

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wouldn't want to do me a favor would you

netball you want to do my nails over

I'll talk your report you're a police

officer you shouldn't have me

sergeant hater I'm rusty Collier and I

want to file a stolen property well

honey you're in the wrong place

I work homicide you want to talk to

somebody in burglary you are sorry

hunter aren't you was this morning

your cousin Julie my bookmaker he said

that you were the best cop on the force

and that I should talk to you

Jilly's your bookmaker too actually he

used to handle some money low pits

action and I used to help we make his

pigs but Uncle Pete fell off the roof

and was killed and somebody swiped the

rest of his pigeons and I want to file a

complaint so that you can help find them

business huh okay who put her up to this

Delgado look honey I'd like to help you

out but I'm real busy right now

they stole the rest of his pigeons and

nobody wants to help me nice going

hunter

your Uncle Pete gambled a lot I guess

then he called them a degenerate I think

that means he gambled who's Benny

a friend so Uncle Jillian's taking bets

on pigeon races huh Uncle Pete never

been on pigeons he bet on horses and

football and basketball lucky for them

those birds can live on chicken feed

considering the odds Jilly pays hunter

look honey I know how important these

birds are to you and we'd like to help

you out and all but I gotta be honest

with you as far as the police

department's concerned and the law this

is a very petty crime do you understand

what I'm saying

you're not gonna help me find out who

took them and get it back the captain

wouldn't authorize the sweetheart the

birds aren't worth enough to justify the

time of two police officers those

pigeons are worth for 100 to 300 dollars

apiece and yank I could get $700 for him

as a breeder how many birds did you say

that were again a call about 30 not

counting yank well I think we could go

by the loft on our way home come on I'm

Terra

forget it I'm not gonna start chasing

pigeons around

want you to go on up I'll check in

this is l56 McCall I need some

information on somebody patch me into

records please Ruffy isn't it possible

that somebody left the cage doors open

and the birds flew away

somebody took him the carrion cages are

gone in any way if somebody did let them

go

only yank would come back because you

see the Incas retrained to this coop and

if something happened at his coop Hank

would fly back to his old home and the

other birds wouldn't fly back here not

yet they hadn't been here long enough to

find out that this is their real home

uncle PJ's got him Ruffy you said your

Uncle Pete gambled a lot was he in hock

to the bookies for a long time but he

got healthy again just before his

accident he'd been living on beans for a

month then all of a sudden he sends me

out to buy some steaks he musta hit a

big one hunter

I ran a check on the girl's uncle P

Collier the autopsy reports showed that

he died of a broken neck probably the

result of the fall he had an open pint

of bourbon in his pocket but the blood

test showed under point O 1 so he wasn't

drunk so we've got a degenerate gambler

who according to Ruffy was tapped out

and he happens to own $9,000 with the

racing pigeons can you help me find my

pigeons for me well I think it's time we

take you home now Ruffy well we can't

run a police investigation with you

tagging along you know investigation

come on those birds are probably just

birds are probably somewhere bye come on

let's go do we get to ride in the police

car again crew on the side of this time

I'll be lucky if a lousy car starts this

time

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you don't have to walk me to the door

I'm ten you know and besides I don't

want to worry my parents coming home in

a police car no bye

they'll hardly recognize this is a

police car

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you think we're saps for running this

down homicide detective not doctors

they have a homicide it's obvious what

could have happened when a Pete's

gambling debts caught up with him and

they grabbed his only asset Ruffy said

those birds were worth over $9,000

well I wouldn't believe everything she

says because she's not going home

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there she is

hey sweetie uh should you be on here on

like this for t-62 territorial and you

don't have to drop the meter if you

don't want

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boys

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okay yeah what do they want with that

kid

good question

no that question

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what do you mean you don't know where

she is what kind of answer is that we

got to make that run or they're gonna

fill up shop on the other side of the

border then we'll be out the money and

the shipment which one of you two guys

wants to explain that to our creditors

you don't understand these two are cops

you don't understand what it to you you

just float out of the sky huh what do

you think they're gonna slap I risk for

this we're gonna all wind up as

mincemeat in some local butcher shop now

you to hit every place where that kid

might be and then some I want that kid

she's the only one that knows how to run

those birds and where they're gonna fly

into and those two gunslingers I ran

into we just forget about him

that ain't so easy this man I've heard

about Hunter I don't care what you heard

you two guys find that kid this is what

she said 6040 to Tiverton what do we go

here always wanted to help the lock

besides the kid took care of it

here you go

thank you yeah

okay wigs ten across on rubberneck in

the third can I help you yes your name

Benny yeah what do you want we're

looking for a little girl named Ruffy

Collier so what am I supposed to okay

sport I'm looking for that girl and I

better find her in primo condition real

quick otherwise I'm gonna be sorry all

over you all right sweethearts all right

baby it's all right baby

after parents died it was forced to

homes and juvenile hall

the usual bit then Pete found it nobody

from the social welfare never came

looking for you sure they did the PETA

caribou

it was a warm decent wonderful human

being a sweetheart but he was a

degenerate gambler who did Pete oh do

you know every book in town about three

months ago he told me he was stuck over

30,000 he was in that deep and I still

carried him yeah they sold off his mark

as a quarter a dollar so would you

believe this Jake Anderson Jake

Henderson he breaks kneecaps for a livin

since when has he been buying up markers

he bought up beats and a funny thing

happened the two of them wound up

partners in a scheme that Pete said

would get him even like what he didn't

say and me I don't ask such questions

but it was plain - Pete didn't like it

they're gonna put Ruffy in another

foster home aren't they what else if you

want or you could file an application

with the Child Welfare Department I'd

give my right arm but what happens when

they investigate and find out what I did

for a living

Ruffy it's time to go sweetheart

I want to stay with my uncle Benny you

little sweetheart we'll work it out

somehow you'll let me know where she is

and what's happening please sure Benny

I'm gonna turn on my answering machine

then I'll turn volume up and that way if

I call you hear my voice you'll be able

to pick up the phone and talk to me okay

you're tired ready for nap yeah I bet I

have a lot of new stuff to dream about

after what's happened today I bet you

did too okay here take a nap with you

sleep tight kid you know we really

should turn her over to the child

welfare people did you rule Hall lately

all right what do you say we go see what

Jake Henderson was doing with Pico Lera

good idea

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I'll call you know maybe one of us

better cover the back door in case Jake

tries to boogie out of here okay it's

your idea your job I'll go in wait a

minute

it's a pretty rough place in there okay

we'll flip a coin all right we use my

coin heads heads

you cheat

next time we'll use your coin the one

with two tails now come on let's go

besides you look like a cop they'll

never make me

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I don't think you're gonna get there and

far without this Jake tell me why you

bought up all the Pete call yours

markers huh Pete call I never heard of

him ah how's your hearing now Jake I saw

he was markers so what I figured he'd

call you was due for change you're

looking at 25 cents on the dollar

how much can I lose right yeah well his

luck ran out altogether

it happens he didn't get hurt though did

you the way I figure you're just about

even you've spent seventy five hundred

buying up those markers but you must

have pulled in at least that much when

you unloaded Pete's birds what birds oh

oh you mean the pigeons I heard they

flew away yeah well if you happen to see

them flying overhead you'll be sure to

let us know won't you Jake yeah I think

it's gonna go tell on you hunter yeah

it'd be real nice to know to who

this is how we used to do it when we

were busting the bookies advice here we

go 5 5 5 7 7 2 1

Deacon Jake hey what the hell did you

get me into what are you talking about

I just got shoved around by a hard-nosed

cop named a hunter for this Deacon I'm

telling you cool it Jake just cool it

did he bust you no but uh now what are

you worried about he's just blowing

smoke if he flashes his badge again call

me you didn't tell him nothin did you of

course not

hey there's no connection to you at all

okay I'll talk to you later okay that's

neighbors feed and grain off San

Fernando Road right that's a Roger Elvis

Nick thanks Lucille l56 out

oh-ho whoa no whoa you are not getting

into my car with that it doesn't go with

the upholstery you're still thinking you

know this sauce is gonna eat right

through my paint why do you have all of

that I bought a couple extra chili dogs

for roughing she doesn't have it tough

enough being a homeless orphan all right

look I ran that number down that Jake

called you ready for this

it belongs to a neighbor's feed and

grain out in the Northwest Valley it's

owned and operated by a guy named Karl

Deacon you know what else

there was a sack of pigeon feeding

Pete's loft with their name on it okay

well why don't you finish your whatever

and we'll go check it out fifty-six

stand by for a patch call from your

precinct captain stand by please

captain this is McCall hunter is uh out

of the car right now can I help

great okay now what do I tell her tell

them you can't hear because your radio

doesn't work Hunter this is my car not

yours in my car everything works

except the radio

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I'll take the reins of this one look off

you don't even want this case remember

you said I'm not gonna go chase after a

bunch of birds you remember that this

case is obviously bigger than a bunch of

missing Birds I think we should do it my

way McCall otherwise somebody's gonna

find out you've been harboring a child

it should be in the custody of the child

welfare department you went along with

it you were an accomplice but she's in

your apartment would you like to come in

and watch comment Karl Deacon yeah what

do you want yeah mutual friend sent me

over to see you Jake Henderson uh what

Ellie said you're making a heck of a

deal on some pigeons I don't sell

pigeons only feed a few quail and some

loft equipment that's all oh come on I

was standing right there when he made

the phone call yeah cop right

he made you too what do you think tipped

it off was it something you said or did

or maybe it was just instinct oh I think

it was instinct like me I've got it too

only on the other side of the fence like

right now I think you're lying to me

about those birds and that maybe they're

right here I don't have to dance around

with you cop so get lost we'd really

like to see those birds deke and they

belong to a little girl

now you don't mind if we look around you

if you got a warrant you can look for

your eyes pop out if not there's a door

you want a paper I'll get the judge to

issue me a paper but I got to be honest

with you deacon the next time I leave

here this place isn't gonna be this neat

and if you lie to me about what you had

to do with Pete call yours dying from

bad credit and a broken neck you're

gonna need some rearranging to

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would you tell Miguel well tell him

we're gonna be down there tomorrow like

we said and you better have this stuff

ready yeah yeah I Stella bye-bye to you

too how we're gonna do that there what

go down there tomorrow we're gonna fly

down there in the airplane how else you

know what I'm saying without the kid

when she's dropped into a black hole

she shouldn't be that hard to find how

could that kid be at a friend of Pete's

right and how many friends can a

deadbeat like Peter have

I don't know deacon another country

heard from

what's your problem look she's just a

little girl you're kidding I thought she

was your grandmother let me tell you

guys something the people that put up

the money for this run want that dope

and if we don't deliver it we're all

gonna wind up in a cemetery any other

problems okay let's go

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Your Honor I'm looking all over for you

two running down those missing pigeons

have we been Oh bogeys at 12 o'clock

harder Paul

this is Miss Rankin these are the two

officers you want to talk to miss Rankin

is with the Child Welfare Department I'm

looking for Teresa Collier

have you tried missing persons you two

are not gonna smoke this one past me now

everybody saw you leave here this

morning with the girl Oh Ruffy they mean

Ruffy why didn't you say so I have a

court order to pick up that child to

have a foster home ready for my job is

to pick up Teresa call your in take her

into custody the girl is a truant in a

runaway that's a laugh she's got nothing

to run away from or to a kid that age a

foster home to take weeks maybe months

and I demand that you order these two to

tell me where I can find that girl I'm

sorry but an attempt has been made to

kidnap that girl she's also a possible

witness in a crime so she's been placed

under police protection until this

investigation is complete

unless you want to be responsible for

what happens when the men looking for or

find her yeah I didn't know anything

about this when I think under the

circumstances the girl should remain

under police protection well at least

have to see her first I have to report

back the conditions in which she's being

held and who will be the supervising

guardian Ruffy

roughy Teresa Teresa Smith Rankin from

child welfare Teresa

all right well is she

sergeant if this girl has been kidnapped

due to your negligence well she wasn't

grabbed and she took yank with her looks

like our little bird flew the coop why

I've been trying to reach you and your

partner all day I still got that lady

from the Child Welfare Department and we

know you have that girl now call me or

get your butt in here hey didi I just

wanted to give you a call and let you

know that last night was well anyway at

least we know she's all right yeah but

for how long if she's in danger the last

place she needs to be is on the streets

a little girl with a bird cage shouldn't

be too hard to find how's your cheek

babies

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they got Ruffy who I don't know they got

it how many of them were there there

with two big one and a bigger one

this is sergeant McCall requesting an

ambulance at 6042 tiverton right

ambulance is on its way

go find it get it back please I'll be

okay you sure I'll be okay

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you can relax them alcohol ain't nothing

here but us chickens had a sworn they

brought roughy here they probably did

where they take her probably the same

place they took those other pigeons that

were in the coop hey what do you suppose

this is it was like a life vest for

pigeons

you see they put them on the birds when

they have to fly over the water you know

this does look like something that would

fit on a pigeon has little pockets here

this is heroin it's Mexican Brown hunter

that's what they're doing they're using

pigeons to transport heroin I guess that

would work with Pete dead ruffy's the

only one who knows how to run the birds

I'll bet you they're on the way to

Mexico right now look I'll get in touch

with immigration they can contact the

Border Patrol's of books you want into

contact they won't have enough time to

drive to Mexico and back

hello yeah Chuck yeah what can I do for

you

yeah I'm calling about mr. deacons

airplane what's the matter with you

people how many times I gotta tell you

it's all gassed and the pigeons are up

board it is great thanks a lot Chuck

just check it Van Nuys Airport quick

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I could show you how to start the

pigeons but I don't know where I'm gonna

be training dragon

let's see sweetie do you remember where

Pete's place was in Agoura we're gonna

drop you out of the plane along with the

pigeons

you don't get no parachute Pete gave me

a picture of himself in front of his old

place in Agoura Hey look at that one

yeah

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that's the whole load this is the last

picture I'm telling you I know this

country there's a shopping center a

couple miles this side of that hill and

a new housing development going up five

or so miles the other side all I hope is

you can find the place it should be easy

enough to spot from the air notice if

the kids telling us the truth she's too

scared to lie if I didn't have the cash

in my own hands I wouldn't believe that

anybody his right mind would be doing

business with you guys you hang a

million bucks worth a dope on a flock of

pigeons

okay stupid O's you don't even know

where they're gonna land let us worry

about it okay

you'll see us in a couple of days after

we turn this deal maybe your turn this

load over and maybe I'll hear from you

I'm Eagle I got other customers or more

of a sure thing

adios let me tell you something

Cucaracha I'm gonna trade dirt outta

toots I got one with your name on it all

you got to do is show when and where I

tell you to on my pigeon coat and

friends and I'm gonna come back down

here and stomp on some sombreros

comprende amigo I got all the dope you

can buy amigo now if that stuff don't

reach the people who are bankrolling you

it ain't my neck vamonos

let's finish up there and get out so

they can carry thanks you see these two

little pockets okay we got it in the

warehouse where they were keeping the

pigeons pigeons with their own little

vests it's cute hunter

but what's almost got to do with whether

or not the girl was kidnapped we think

the people using these birds are

smuggling narcotics up from Mexico and

they kidnapped the girl because she's

the only one that could manage the birds

using pigeons to smuggle narcotics if

you're putting me on hunter really if

you are putting him on hunter the police

chemist ran a check on this vest

the preliminary report shows traces of

pure uncut Mexican brown how many birds

you say they were involved here's 30

give or take each bird could carry 2

ounces 2 ounces big deal each carrying 2

ounces of pure around 28 grams sitting a

scutage 7 times and sell it on the

street for $100 a gram and we'd come up

with 1 million one hundred and seventy

six dollars exactly that would look

pretty good on my on our precinct report

you see this is the only route we've got

and he was trading to land in the city

now according to Ruffy the other birds

are trained to land in an entirely

different location we think that's how

data Cupido Gura what are you waiting

for go out and pick him up we can't only

Pete Collier and Ruffy knew the

whereabouts of that coop he's dead and

she's been kidnapped obviously because

she can take Deacon right to the coop

well after we run a house-to-house two

agora Deacon and the dope will be long

gone and the kid will be stuffed in a

well somewhere you could have talked all

day without reminding us Bernie just

being realistic McCall there goes our

big bust you know captain I think yank

can help us if he was half parrot and

could talk captain according to Ruffy he

was originally trained to the Agora coop

you know if we could make him go back

there we can hang a radio direction

finder on him if if your aunt had wheels

she'd be a wagon now look Pete trained

this bird to land in the city coop

kitchens are like cats they never forget

where they lived and if the current loft

isn't acceptable they'll always return

to their form

roosting place how you gonna get him to

move out Hunter moving a noisy neighbor

next door to him that's very cute Bernie

but I've got something else in mind

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right there

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take her down barn right there

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I'm gonna go around the back and create

a diversion

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this

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that looks like a transmitter

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ladies please stay put and put that gun

down

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you okay honey yeah I'm fine but I don't

think he's doing so good hunter you all

right I think I sprained my back I was a

dumb stunt you could have gotten killed

it worked for her

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you guys would come see me won't you

we sure will you bet your money just as

soon as you get into your new foster

home and you'll be sure to tell them

where hummus renkins of course it's time

to go give me hot kids and animals don't

belong a police station anyway burn you

better get a shot for that right away

otherwise you might come Nell spike

enosis of the mucket you must really

think I'm stupid don't you honor well

when you've got me you've got me burning

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Hunter you ever think about having kids

No

me either

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