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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!