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Our group sleeps around the campfire.
Ling is sit-sleeping against a tree.
Shuai is lying in Yao's lap.
Lee and E Liu lie on the ground.
Chien Po sits against a tree, awake, watching the fire.
E Liu begins to twitch, afraid, in her sleep.
E Liu's nightmare:
A young E Liu plays in a meadow with her brother.
Shen runs into the forest.
Young Shen: Come on, E Liu!
She runs after him, happy.
She enters the forest, but loses sight of Shen.
We pan behind a tree, and come out on the other side to see E Liu as she is now.
E Liu:(Scared) Shen?
She hears a growling behind her, and spins around.
A giant wolf snarls at her.
E Liu runs through the forest.
E Liu: Shen! Where are you!
She runs into a large figure, and alls to the ground.
She tries to scream, but the figure silences her.
E Liu lies on the ground panting, with Chien Po's hand over her mouth.
Chien Po: E Liu? Are you alright?
E Liu:(Finally awake) Yeah, yeah I'm okay.
He offers his hand to her.
Chien Po: You wanna go for a walk? Maybe get some air?
E Liu: We're sleeping outside. How much more air could there be?
She sighs.
E Liu: But maybe I do need to clear my head.
Chien Po helps her up, and they walk out onto the cliff.
E Liu sits on the ledge.
E Liu: The stars are really nice here, huh?
Chien Po: Mm-hmm.
E Liu: There always there, aren't they?
Chien Po: What do you mean?
E Liu: No matter what kind of problems you're having, you can just look up, and the stars will always be there.
Chien Po: Unless it's daytime.
E Liu: (laughing) Well, come on! You know what I meant!
Chien Po sits beside her.
Chien Po: Feel better now?
E Liu: Yea, I guess I just needed to be reminded of Shen.
Chien Po looks away sadly.
E Liu: (smiles) You know, I remember, when I was little, he'd take me up on the roof and let me look at the stars with him.
Chien Po: So, you knew each other when you were kids?
E Liu:(Weirded out) Yea….
They sit in silence for a moment.
E Liu: (Sad sigh) I sure hope we find my brother soon.
Chien Po: Don't worry, we'll….your brother?
E Liu: Yea, you know- My brother? Shen? The guy we're looking for?
Chien Po: Oh, right. (thinking, angrily) Yao…..
E Liu: (stands) Well, we'd better get back.
Chien Po stands also.
E Liu: Chien Po?
Chien Po: What is it?
E Liu: Thanks.
Chien Po: For what?
E Liu: Everything.
She kisses him quickly on the cheek, then walks back to camp.
Chien Po stands there for a moment, and touches his cheek, smiling.
E Liu walks back into camp, to see Lee sitting up, panting ,with her head on her knees.
E Liu rushes over and sits beside her.
E Liu: Lee?
Lee lifts her head, with tears in her eyes, then collapses, sobbing into E Liu's chest.
Chien Po walks back into camp.
E Liu: (To Lee) That nightmare again?
Lee nods, not lifting her head from E Liu's chest.
Chien Po: What nightmare?
E Liu gestures 'no'.
Lee cries louder.
Chien Po kneels beside E Liu and the two of them comfort Lee.
Pan to across the river, at a small camp.
Yan sleeps in one of the tents.
He tosses and turns in his sleep.
Yan's nightmare:
Yan, as a young child, possibly four, peers though a destroyed doorway, at the massacre outside.
He sees Snake running through the street with a young woman.
Yan: Baba! Mama!
Woman: Lee!
Snake raises his sword and brings it down upon the woman.
Young Lee:(Off-screen) Mama!
Yan stares in horror at his mother's dead body.
Yan: (Quietly, sadly) Mama….
Yan sits bolt upright, panting.
Yan: Mama……Zi Mei……
We zip pan to the town of Ko Zhu, where a large group of people, all wearing red, have assembled in front of a make-shift stage.
The young woman, who had been spying on Snake and Yan before, stands on the stage.
Woman: We can not let this tribal wedding resume! I am certain that if we do, it will mean our doom!
The crowd murmurs nervously.
Man: How do you know this Zi Mei?
Zi Mei (The Woman) steps into the light, and we see that she looks a lot like Lee.
Zi Mei : I saw two Lao Shings discussing how we were going to be 'sitting ducks'.
The crowd murmurs, angrily.
Zi Mei: Calm down now, calm down. We can't very well do anything until we know what they are planning.
Man 2: How will we find that out?
Zi Mei: I've got a plan…..
Ooh! I'm so evil! Leaving you all to suffer with a cliff-hanger! Bwahahaha!
