ITALIAN RUSH HOUR, PT. V

EXT. POMPEII NECROPOLIS - DAY

Brian moves down the hill, using tombs for cover. He takes a trail, walks up a ramp, then enters the:

INT. VILLA OF MYSTERIES - DAY

It's cool and dimly lit, with beautifully restored black and red frescoes of large figures. A FEMALE TOURIST takes pictures of the walls using a bright flash.

BRIAN
(out loud)
Lovely Wife?

FEMALE TOURIST
--??

BRIAN
(to tourist)
Oh, sorry, I'm calling out for my wife and I don't use her real name in my scripts, that's her character name.

FEMALE TOURIST
That's sweet.

LOVELY WIFE
(whispers loud)
Brian!

BRIAN
Where are you?

Lovely Wife pokes her head out around the corner.

LOVELY WIFE
All clear?

Brian walks up to her, they embrace, share a quick kiss.

BRIAN
We lost them for now. The guards are somehow involved in counterfeiting. We should get a move on..

Just then a male figure appears, blocking the exit.. then two, then a group, all dressed in suits. It's DETECTIVE ROSSI and INTERPOL.

ROSSI
Mr. Bullard?

BRIAN
Call me Brian.

ROSSI
I'm Detective Rossi with Interpol, we have some questions for you.

BRIAN
Any relation to Valentino Rossi, the motorcycle racing champ?

ROSSI
Could be, I'll tell you later.

INT. INTERPOL HQ. - NIGHT

Brian and Lovely Wife sit with Detective Rossi, sharing pizza in an interrogation room.

ROSSI
..from what we have gathered, the Fratelli ring was printing counterfeit Euros and passing them off to tourists..

BRIAN
In the main train station?

ROSSI
As well as through attendants of popular tourist sites like Pompeii, Herculaneum..

LOVELY WIFE
Wow, what a scam!

ROSSI
(chewing pizza)
Indeed, we were rather fortunate that you two came to visit, coincidentally busting the ring.

BRIAN
The pleasure is ours, might make a good script. Now what was that about Valentino Rossi?

Detective Rossi opens his coat pocket and pulls out two tickets: pit passes to next weekend's Moto GP races in Mugello. Brian's eyes light up as Rossi hands them over.

ROSSI
And they're real, not counterfeit!

The trio laughs as we cut to:

EXT. MUGELLO GRAN PRIX RACETRACK - DAY

Lovely Wife is in her Gucci shades, eating Gelato. Brian is sunburned, on his feet, cheering at the pack of leathered racers approaching at one-hundred eighty miles per hour.

ANNOUNCER
(excited)
..and it's VALENTINO ROSSI in the lead!

VALENTINO ROSSI waves to Brian and his Lovely Wife as he speeds by.

BRIAN
(ecstatic)
YEAHHHH!!!

THE END