Time to begin the final act.
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Chapter 22: The Monastery
(Dipper and Pacifica scale the ledge of a cliff and slip past the first gate of the monastery. The remaining vehicles from the convoy are parked by the gate and a few soldiers patrol the area.)
Dipper: Almost there. You got it? Quietly now.
(Pacifica climbs in front of Dipper as he looks out at the mountain range.)
Dipper: Nice view.
Pacifica: (scoffs) Men...
Dipper: No, no, I was talking about the mountains. Really.
Pacifica: Come on.
(They get up on the ledge and hide behind a an empty truck as the guards in the area speak to each other.)
Soldier #1: Who hasn't checked in?
Soldier #2: The last truck never arrived.
Soldier #1: Keep an eye out.
Soldier #3: Where is everyone?
Soldier #4: They went with Ivan, took the old man into the monastery.
(Dipper and Pacifica stealthily move between the parked trucks and silently take out the guards. They take their weapons and follow the path to the monastery entrance.)
Dipper: It's up this way!
(They reach the entrance and see more guards standing near the door and on balconies near the door. They take cover behind a barrier.)
Pacifica: (whispering) Careful, soldiers. They haven't seen us yet.
Dipper: (whispering) Hang back, I'll take these guys out.
(He holds up a crossbow he got from a guard before, who probably stole it from the village, and uses it to shoot down the soldiers he sees without alerting them. When the entrance is clear, he moves up to the door and sees another group of enemies inside the wall. Seeing no chance for stealth, he throws the crossbow down and tosses a grenade at them. It takes out most of them and the rest open fire at him. He and Pacifica get through the door and duck behind another barrier. A mounted machine gun turret behind a barricade from across a stream opens fire on them. Dipper moves up behind a wooden cart and pushes it forward across the bridge over the stream to get closer until more soldiers appear on a guard post on the side.)
Dipper: (frustrated) Damn it, they're on both sides!
(He goes under the bridge and takes out the soldiers around the guard post. He flanks around the turret barricade and shoots the guy on it. More soldiers appear on the other side of the bridge and he takes control of the mounted machine gun as Pacifica starts to cross the stream.)
Dipper: Keep goin'!
Pacifica: Cover me!
Dipper: Go! Go!
(Dipper fires at the soldiers going after Pacifica as she runs across the bridge. They keep shooting until there's no more.)
Dipper: I think that's all of them.
(They approach the large door behind the barricade.)
Pacifica: It's gonna take both of us to get this door open.
They both rotate a wheel on either side of the door to open it.)
Dipper: Alright, I'll hold it, you go first.
Pacifica: Okay.
(She runs under the door. He releases the wheel and slides under the door as it slams down behind him.)
Pacifica: That was close.
(They walk down some steps. A large bridge over a waterfall has been destroyed. Only a narrow wooden beam connects both sides of the ravine.)
Dipper: It's a long way down. Looks like that beam's the only way across.
(They climb down the ledge and carefully cross the narrow beam.)
Dipper: Alright, follow me.
(They get to the other side and Dipper jumps across to another platform. Pacifica stays back as she's not as good a jumper as him. He leans down and holds his arm out.)
Dipper: (assuring) You're gonna have to jump for it. I'll catch you.
Pacifica: (anxious) Okay...
(She jumps across the gap and yelps nervously. Dipper grabs her arm and pulls her up.)
Dipper: I gotcha. There. See? No sweat.
(They find a statue on the platform and climb up it to an entrance in the wall. They get up to an upper level and carefully move around the wall on a wooden ledge.)
Dipper: Be careful. God knows how old these boards are...
Pacifica: Hey, I found a rope.
(They climb up the rope on the wall and get to another platform. In front of them are some tall towers and a long wooden bridge.)
Pacifica: Look, up there. Is that them?
(Dipper sees some figures moving across the bridge. He takes out his binoculars and looks up. He sees Ivan leading the group with Quentin and several guards behind him.)
Dipper: Yeah, they're moving Quentin into that tower.
(A guard pushes Quentin and he stumbles forward.)
Dipper: (sighs) Damn it.
Pacifica: C'mon, we've gotta hurry.
(They run down the path in front of them and get to the entrance to a tower. Pacifica tries to open the door to no avail.)
Pacifica: It's locked. There's no way we're getting through here.
Dipper: Okay, I'll try to find another way around and open it from the other side. You stay put.
Pacifica: Alright, just try to be subtle. We don't want to attract any unnecessary attention.
Dipper: Subtle. Right... Got it.
(Dipper starts climbing the tower. He jumps across to a broken wooden platform and grabs it. Part of it breaks away.)
Dipper: (startled) Whoa! ... (whispering) Oh, shit... Quiet.
(He enters the tower and climbs back down to the ground, stealthily taking out some soldiers on the upper levels. As he nears the ground, the tower is hit by a rocket and part of the wall blows away. He falls to the bottom as another rocket destroys more of the wall tower and a support pillar starts to collapse.)
Dipper: Holy crap!
(The pillar hits the door and it falls over. Pacifica runs up next to Dipper.)
Pacifica: (annoyed) So much for subtle!
Dipper: (annoyed) Tell it to the guy with the RPG.
(They quickly move to the next tower and take out more soldiers stationed there. The RPG guy shoots at them again and several lasers appear pointing down at the tower.)
Dipper: Ah, shit... we got snipers!
Pacifica: Oh, we're sitting ducks down here. Get me up that ladder!
(Dipper crouches down below the ladder.)
Dipper: Paz, come on! I'll boost ya up.
(He boosts her up onto the ladder and she kicks it down for him.)
Pacifica: Come on!
(They get up higher in the tower and take cover behind some windows as the lasers move around them. They see the long, wide bridge connecting their tower to the others.)
Pacifica: We've gotta get across that bridge.
Dipper: We can't go out there now, those snipers will cut us to pieces.
Pacifica: Hey! I think there's a sniper rifle up there.
(Dipper looks up at the higher level and sees a guard post where a soldier used to be. He spots a sniper rifle. Another rocket hits the tower.)
Dipper: That's a little too close!
(He gets up to the post and picks up the rifle. He starts shooting down the snipers in the other towers across the bridge. He also gets the RPG guy as he's about to fire again. A stray rocket hits the inside of the sniper tower he's in. The tower explodes and crumbles into the ravine below the bridge.)
Dipper: (stunned) Whoa! Holy shit, did I do that?
(He takes out the rest of the snipers. A wave of soldiers starts advancing on the bridge towards them.)
Pacifica: Uh-oh! They're crossing the bridge!
(They take out the wave of soldiers until there's no more and it gets quiet again.)
Dipper: That's the last of 'em!
Pacifica: Let's get across that bridge!
(Dipper drops the rifle and gets down to the bottom floor. He and Pacifica cross the large wooden bridge leading to the main part of the monastery.)
Pacifica: There they are.
(Dipper takes out the binoculars. He looks over at another tower across the bridge and sees Ivan and his men dragging Quentin into the tower.)
Dipper: (mutters) Ugh, that son-of-a-bitch. We don't have much time ... we gotta hurr-
(Pacifica runs off across the bridge.)
Pacifica: Come on!
Dipper: -and there she goes. (calls out) Right behind ya!
(He follows her across the bridge. When he's a quarter of the way across, the wooden planks under him suddenly collapse and he falls through. He grabs hold of one of the planks and pulls himself back up. Pacifica stops and turns around.)
Pacifica: (worried) Are you okay?
Dipper: (scared) Run!
(They run faster across the bridge as it starts to collapse.)
Dipper: Keep going!
(Pacifica makes it across as Dipper gets halfway there. The bridge splits in two and crashes into the side of the tower. Dipper clings on for dear life as he screams.)
Pacifica: Dipper! You still down there!?
Dipper: Yes!
(He starts climbing the broken half. Part of it breaks away underneath him.)
Dipper: Whoa!
(He continues climbing quickly and carefully. One side of the bridge splinters apart.)
Dipper: (frantically) No, no, come on...
(He gets closer to the top. The planks keep falling away as he grabs them. Pacifica holds out her hand.)
Pacifica: Come on... there ya go, grab my hand!
(He grabs her hand as the remains of the bridge falls down the side of the mountain.)
Dipper: Pull me up! Pull me up!
(She pulls him up on the ledge and they catch their breath for a moment.)
Dipper: (sighs, relieved) I'm never crossing a bridge with you again.
Pacifica: (relieved) Deal...
(After regaining their strength, they approach a door between the towers. They push them open and step inside. The make their way up some stairs.)
Dipper: Be careful.
Pacifica: Right behind you.
(At the top of the stairs, they take cover behind on the sides of the entrance. They look out and see a wide courtyard with balconies on the side buildings and a pavilion in the center. Several more soldiers patrol the area.)
Dipper: There's Ivan.
(They see the war criminal walking along a balcony looking down at his men.)
Ivan: (stern) Stand guard! Stay alert!
Pacifica: Where's Quentin?
(Ivan enters a tower. Dipper sees other soldiers patrolling a balcony above.)
Dipper: I don't know. They must be holding him up there somewhere.
(They quietly get down to the courtyard but are spotted and another shootout commences. Enemies from the balconies and in the courtyard open fire on them. A trooper with a grenade launcher shoots down from a balcony. Dipper makes a run for it and heads into a doorway under the balcony and goes up some stairs. He flanks around the grenade guy and gets him from behind. He picks up the launcher and gives hell to the others with it. Pacifica also takes down some soldiers from her cover. Soon, they clears the area of enemies and go over to a door in the tower where they think Quentin is.)
Pacifica: Okay, this way.
Dipper: Alright, I'll get it.
Pacifica: Okay.
(He rotates a wheel to open the door.)
Dipper: Go.
(She runs under the door. He runs and slides under it as it slams shut.)
Dipper: Whoa...
(They follow the path to a ladder on a rafter overlooking the cliffside. Dipper gets down on one knee.)
Dipper: Alright, just like the fire-escape.
(Pacifica steps into his hands and he boosts her up onto the ladder.)
Dipper: Alright, when you get up there, kick it down.
(She gets on the balcony and kicks the ladder. It breaks off and falls off the ledge.)
Pacifica: (disappointed) Uh, oh no...
Dipper: (annoyed) I didn't mean literally.
Pacifica: Hang on. Hang on. Back away. Back away. (grunting) Special... delivery...
(She pushes a wooden crate down off the rafter.)
Dipper: (relieved) That'll work. Good thinking.
(He climbs onto the crate and swings across several bars underneath the rafter.)
Pacifica: Okay... here we go...
(She jumps across to another platform and looks down at Dipper.)
Pacifica: (smirks) Ya hangin' in there?
Dipper: (chuckles) Yeah, cute.
Pacifica: Alright...
(She drops a wooden beam down to him.)
Pacifica: There ya go!
(He climbs onto the beam and moves across to her. They both climb another tower. Dipper suddenly catches something big move on the roof out of the corner of his eye, but he quickly brushes it off.)
Dipper: Ah, we're gettin' closer.
Pacifica: (whispering) Okay... hey, hey, hey, shh.
(They reach a window sill of room where another squad of soldiers is in.)
Dipper: (whispering) Alright... keep your head down.
(They quickly enter the tower and take out the soldiers inside. They make their way back outside to a pathway on the tower.)
Dipper: Come on, follow me.
(They reach a big door and push it open. They get into a big room with staircases and walkways along the sides. Dipper sees a door a couple floors up and points at it.)
Dipper: Up there. That must be where Quentin is.
(The door suddenly slam shut behind them and more soldiers come out of hiding.)
Pacifica: (surprised) What?
Dipper: Ah, crap. Get down!