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Episode 7
SCENE 1
(Camera fades in on the poster from the last episode and shows a hand reaching up and pulls it down. The camera pans around to show the hand belongs to Ram. He looks at the poster in disgust and tears it to pieces before letting it drop to the ground. He then turns around and walks away. Camera zooms in on the shreds of the poster and cuts to the next scene.)
SCENE 2
(Salene is in the kitchen doing the dishes as Amber walks in making some milk for Bray. )
Amber: Hey Sal, how are you holding up?
Salene: I'm fine, why?
Amber: Because of May. You guys were best friends and its been two weeks now.
Salene: I miss her, but life goes on. When she said goodbye to me, I realized it was for the best. She wasn't happy any more.
Amber: It's just sad to see her leave even after the things she did to us.
Salene: You mean sell out to Mega? He forced her to, you know that feeling, Amber.
Amber: What could he possibly had on her that was so bad? He threatened my child that's something completely different.
Salene: May's mind works different than yours, Amber. You shouldn't judge her.
Amber: Do you know what he had on her?
Salene: It had something to do with me and Pride. It's none of your business especially not now that she's left us.
Amber: I'd like to know, but I won't ask any more questions.
Salene (smiles): Thank you.
(Amber takes a cloth and helps her with the dishes.)
Amber: Just so you know. I'm here whenever you need a friend.
(The two girls share a moment as they both smile at each other. Salene hands Amber a clean plate and the camera cuts to the next scene.)
SCENE 3
(Ruby sits in her room the knees pulled up against her chest and her arms wrapped around them. She's been sitting like that all day just staring into space. A soft knock is heard outside the door, but she doesn't answer. After a moment the door opens and Ram pops his head inside.)
Ram: So you are here.
Ruby: Go away, Ram!
(Ram smiles and closes the door behind him, then he sits down next to her on the bed.)
Ruby: I said, go away!
Ram: Yes, but I won't. So what are you doing now?
Ruby (sighs): Just leave me alone, Ram.
Ram: Now tell me what's bugging you, Ruby. Lottie came and told me you hadn't moved all day. We're worried about you.
Ruby: I don't want to talk.
(She sighs and looks the other direction. Ram rolls his eyes while he inaudible says the word 'women'.)
Ram: Can I get you anything then? You got to eat.
Ruby: No!
Ram: Well, I'll go now, but I'll send Lottie in with something to eat anyway.
Ruby: Don't bother.
(Ram walks to the door.)
Ram: But I will, so you can just give this act up already.
(She remains silent and Ram leaves the room. The camera zooms in on Ruby's face a look of anger and sadness on it then cuts to the next scene.)
SCENE 4
(Darryl lies in bed still fast asleep as his door is pushed open. Gel jumps onto the bed with a smirk.)
Gel (shouts): Darryl!
(The boy is wide awake the next moment and then sinks back into bed, groaning and massaging his forehead.)
Darryl: Oi, don't... so loud.
Gel: Well, you have yourself to thank for that. And one thing is sure, you're even less charming when you're drunk.
Darryl: Get out, Gel!
Gel: Ouh grumpy. Well, I'll leave you to your hangover then.
(She leaves but doesn't close the door. Camera cuts back to Darryl groaning in pain, it then pans around to show Sammy and Lottie standing in the doorway. They look at each other with big grins on their faces. They hurry away and the camera cuts to the next scene.)
SCENE 5
(Brady is lying on her stomach and drawing while Trudy does the laundry.)
Trudy: What are you painting, sweetie?
(Brady turns to her with some colour lines all over her face.)
Brady: A castle. Where Mommy and Brady can live.
Trudy (smiles): Don't you like it here?
Brady: Is okay, but me wanna be princess.
Trudy: But you are a princess. You are Mommy's little princess.
Brady (excited): Really?
Trudy: Yes, and all the others love you just like you were a princess.
Brady: Cool!
(She throws the sharpies away and runs for the door. As she runs down the corridor Trudy laughs.)
Brady OV: I'm a princess, I'm a princess. Everyone loves me!
(Camera cuts to Trudy who laughs even harder then rolls her eyes.)
Trudy: I might regret I said that.
SCENE 6
(KC and Kayla sit together in the café and play a game of cards. Kayla puts hers down and takes a swig of water.)
Kayla: You won't make a gambler out of me. I don't even know if these three cards with the A on it are better than the two kings I have.
(KC looks as if his eyes might pop out as he quickly grabs her cards. Kayla hurriedly gulps down the water before breaking out in hysterical laughter. KC rolls his eyes and throws the cards back on the table. The camera zooms in on them to show Kayla doesn't even have a single one of those cards.)
Kayla (giggling): Come on, KC, you don't believe me to be that stupid, do you?
KC (grins): Well it would explain why you suck so badly at poker.
Kayla: I can explain that. It's a stupid game.
KC (rolls his eyes): You've got to be kidding me. I'm teaching you how to have fun here.
Kayla: Yea right, I've never been so entertained like this week. I can't wait for next week when it's my turn.
KC: When I asked you, how you want to celebrate being a Mall Rats now, I had something different in mind.
Kayla: I know, but I'm not drinking myself senseless with you.
(A wide grin spreads across his face and Kayla sighs.)
Kayla: You've planned that for this week, haven't you?
KC: You can't have a week of my fun without a trip to the bar, Kay.
Kayla: And the stupid nickname. Soon you'll forget I'm not one of the guys.
KC: Oh I couldn't.
(He looks at her breasts and she crosses her arms in front of them to prevent him from looking. The camera zooms out of the two friends.)
SCENE 7
(Darryl still lies in bed, camera pans around to show Sammy and Lottie now with Brady in the doorway. Sammy and Lottie have found some whistles and Brady has a small play drum in her hands.)
Lottie (whispers): On three!
(She holds three fingers up and as she counts one by one falls down. On three all of them run into the room making a lot of noise. Darryl lets out a small scream of shock then buries his head under his pillow. The kids have a lot of fun dancing around and Brady squealing with joy. After a while Darryl starts to throw his pillow at Sammy.)
Darryl (shouts): GET OUT! NOW!
(They don't stop.)
Darryl: GET OUT! Or I'll eat you alive.
(Brady looks horrified at him, then throws her drum at him and hides behind Lottie's legs.)
Brady: NO! I'm a princess.
(Darryl growls and looks furiously at them and the three make a run for it. He whimpers in pain and sinks back into the sheets.)
SCENE 8
(Alice and Lex are standing in the kitchen where Alice makes herself a salad and Lex just got a glass of water. They're both watching KC and Kayla who are still playing poker.)
Lex: That girl you brought in really did it for KC, huh?
Alice (shrugs): I don't know. They're both just enjoying their new freedom. KC grew a lot, you know. He might seem unchanged, but I've seen him differently in those dark days.
Lex: Still a pretty girl has always done the trick for a guy.
Alice (snorts): I like to think not every guy is like you, Lex.
Lex: You used to like me. You know, Sexy Lexy and all.
Alice (laughs): That's in the past. So much time has passed. Also you seem to have found yourself a new girl.
(Lex look at her confused as the pair of them sit down at a table.)
Alice (raises an eyebrow): Gel?
Lex (rolls his eyes): She's not my girl. Hell no.
Alice: Seems like your type though.
(She laughs as Lex's face drops.)
Lex: Ah Alice, so much has changed, but it's good to have you back.
Alice: It's good to be back. I just wish Ellie would be back soon.
Lex: She should be any time now.
Alice: But what if something happened to her and Jack?
Lex: No way, those two have been through a lot and they always came out alive.
Alice: She's still my little sister, I can't help but worry.
(Lex raises the glass.)
Lex: I know the feeling.
(Then he drinks and the camera cuts to the next scene.)
SCENE 9
(Camera cuts in on one of the Consilium's posters, it then pans around to show Ellie looking at it with a big frown on her face. Jack steps up to stand next to her and reads with confusion.)
Ellie: What's all this about?
Jack (sarcastic): Looks like we missed all the fun.
(Ellie shakes her head and turns her back on the poster.)
Ellie: Lets just get back to the hospital and see what we've missed.
Jack: Sounds good.
(He turns to someone off camera and waves them along.)
Jack: Come on, we're nearly there.
(Camera pans out to the sound of footsteps, but cuts to the next scene before we see anyone.)
SCENE 10
(Slade and Ebony are lying in bed only covered by the sheets as Ram storms in.)
Ebony: Have you ever heard of knocking?!
Ram: I didn't think you were being so... cosy after all the... you know.
Slade: What do you want?
Ram: I actually need to talk to you.
Ebony: Can't that wait?
Ram: If it could, would I still be standing here? I'm not that interested in your love life.
Slade (sighs): Fine, this better be good.
(As Ram doesn't move and Slade is still under the sheets.)
Slade: Would you wait outside?
Ram: Oh, sorry. Of course.
(He slowly backs out of the room and as the door falls into lock, the camera cuts to the next scene.)
SCENE 11
(Out in the city the Consilium are a big deal now. Sparrow walks past the school with her usual Harpies tribal markings. Some kids recognize her and corner her. She tries to keep a straight face, but you can see she's worried. She puts her hands up in surrender.)
Sparrow: What do you want? I didn't do anything.
Guy1: That's the point, you didn't come to class.
Sparrow: They're not mandatory and I don't fit the age group.
Girl1: It's open for all ages now.
Guy2: And you guys are trashing Kaelem and the others.
Guy1: A very unwise thing to do.
Sparrow: We're not trashing. We just don't believe.
Girl1: Well you should. He has the power to bring you girls down too.
Guy2: And he might just do that, if you keep this stuff up.
Sparrow: You're crazy. All the power you've got is in here
(She points at her head.)
Sparrow (cont.): And in your computers. We don't have that. We fight our fights the old way.
(Guy2 pushes her hard against the wall she's standing at.)
Guy2: What makes you so sure, we can't do that?
Girl1: If I were you, I'd keep my big mouth shut. Or someone will do it for you.
(They leave her alone and enter the school, leaving a pretty shaken up Sparrow. Camera cuts in on her worried and scared face before fading to black.)
SCENE 12
(Camera opens up to Ram waiting outside Ebony and Slade's room as the door finally opens. Slade is now dressed, but looks very displeased.)
Slade: What do you want, Ram?
Ram: It's about Ruby.
Slade: Ruby? What about her?
(The two men start to walk next to each other.)
Ram: I don't know what happened, but she's completely lost it. She just sits in her room for hours.
Slade: What about Lottie? The two of them get along.
Ram: Lottie is worried, she asked me to take a look, but Ruby won't talk to me either.
Slade: And you think this has something to do with me?
Ram (shrugs): Maybe. She thought she was pregnant with your baby. Perhaps she'll talk to you.
Slade: I'll see what I can do.
(Ram nods and they both look back to the door of Ruby's room.)
Ram: The sooner the better. She's refusing to eat too.
Slade: You're really worried about her, aren't you?
Ram: She's a friend. She's helped me, too, so it's only natural to return the favour, right?
Slade: Guess so.
(He walks of into the direction they are looking at and Ram continues walking to the café.)
SCENE 13
(Jack and Ellie have now reached the hospital, but look concerned. From behind of them two younger boys appear, they're approximately 10 and 12 years old.)
Dylan: Did we make it? Are we there?
Chester (rolls his eyes): What do you think? They have plenty of hospitals in this town and we're just looking at this one for fun?
Ellie (cuts in): Now you guys don't start to fight again. I've heard just about enough from you two.
(Dylan turns around and flashes her the most dazzling smile a boy his age can manage. His older brother tries the same, but hasn't the same effect.)
Dylan & Chester: We're sorry.
Ellie (shakes her head laughing): How are we going to explain that we didn't find Alice and instead brought those two with us? As if we hadn't had enough to deal with Sammy, Lottie and Gel.
Jack: Ah don't worry. They'll understand.
Ellie: Still, I'd hoped to find Alice.
(Jack puts and arm around her and smiles.)
Jack: You should be glad she wasn't there. It was no nice place.
Ellie: You're probably right.
Jack: Sure I am! And I'm 100% positive we're going to find her.
(Dylan and Chester are already at the entrance to the hospital and pulling the door open. They shout for them and motion for them to come. Jack and Ellie laugh and follow suit.)
SCENE 14
(In the woods the Harpies have gathered around Sparrow who is talking with big gestures to Kestrel, Crow and Vulture.)
Sparrow (cont.): And then they said we'd better watch out and that we ought to go to classes at the school and I said we could fight them, if it got that far. That's when this big guy pushed me into the wall and said, he'd be waiting for it.
Vulture: So they're threatening people now?
Dove: Could just have been kids messing around.
Sparrow: Oh really? They said what happened to the Technos could happen to us soon if we weren't careful.
(The girls break out into conversations and mumbling until Kestrel raises a hand and silences them.)
Kestrel: This is it! The Consilium aren't even raising a finger and their 'students' do the dirty work for them. I had it with them.
Vulture: Finally!
Sparrow: So are we doing what Vulture said?
Kestrel: I'm going to talk to the Mall Rats and we're planning together.
Crow: We should do something about our safety then. Kaelem knows where we live.
(Kestrel looks glum clearly not wanting to believe her brother would do something to her and the girls, but nods.)
Kestrel: Sparrow and Vulture you're on for that.
Vulture: But I want to come to the Mall Rats with you.
(Kestrel bites her lips while considering.)
Kestrel: Fine. You're in. After all you're the one who always has the worst case scenario in mind.
Sparrow (mutters): Who knew being pessimistic would turn out to be helpful one day.
Vulture (heard her): It's realistic, Sparrow. Being prepared for the worst that might happen. You can join Dove and fight the Consilium with throwing flowers at them.
Sparrow (rolls her eyes): Whatever...
(The girls take on their tasks and spread out in the camp, while Kestrel and Crow climb up the ladder to the chief tree house.)
SCENE 15
(Camera cuts in to show Ruby hasn't moved at all. A knock on the door, but she doesn't respond so a moment after that Slade enters uninvited. Ruby moves her head to look at him, a flash of anger and disgust on her face, then she looks the other way.)
Ruby (hisses): Just get out!
(Slade frowns, but ignores her words and sits down on the end of her bed.)
Slade: Ruby, what's the matter with you? We're really worried.
Ruby: Oh really? Tell me honestly, you're not here because you spoke to Lottie or to Ram.
Slade: No, I can't, but that doesn't mean I don't worry about you, Ruby. You're my friend.
(Ruby glares at him, moves closer and raises a hand to slap him, but decides otherwise.)
Ruby: As far as I'm concerned we're not friends, we don't even talk!
Slade: Ruby... What happened? We got along so good after we left the city.
Ruby: Yea, well...
Slade (sighs): Tell me what changed your mind. I don't like playing games.
Ruby: If we are friends, shouldn't you stick up for me? But no, your devil of a girlfriend is the most important thing so it's okay she pushes me in front of a truck to kill our baby.
Slade: There was no baby and it was an accident.
Ruby (spits out): An accident? Is that what she told you? And you believed that. Just get out!
Slade: You don't mean that. She was devastated.
Ruby: She's an actress, a pretty good one.
(Slade shakes his head and turns to leave. Ruby jumps up and stares at him furiously.)
Ruby (shouts): She lied! She's a fucking liar and you know it!
(He looks back at her and leaves. Ruby throws her pillow at the door and screams in frustration, she then lets herself fall onto bed again, tears slowly forming in her eyes.)
SCENE 16
(Camera zooms in on the warehouses, there are more people around. Bray is talking with a younger girl, when Noel walks in his hand placed on the shoulder of a young girl. Bray looks up and raises an eyebrow. Noel just shrugs and Bray sighs.)
Bray: You take care of the new girl right away.
Girl: Sure.
(She hurries over and takes the hand of the girl while Noel makes her way over to Bray.)
Bray: This won't work out for long.
Noel: I know the problem, Bray, but what should I do? Let her get beat up by those fanatics down in the city? Let another innocent girl get brainwashed by the Consilium?
Bray (sighs): I know, but I'm thinking of our friends. We're not safe here any more.
Noel: You're right, we need a backup plan. Maybe we could send some of the girls to the Harpies. They'd be safe there.
Bray: I'll talk to Crow.
(Camera pans around the younger kids and the handicapped people that have lived there ever since before cutting to the next scene.)
SCENE 17
(Ellie, Jack, Dylan and Chester have now entered the entrance hall and are greeted by Ryan, who is on guard duty. Ellie and Jack stop in their tracks and look at him with open mouths. He laughs and casually walks over to them.)
Ryan: We thought you'd never get back.
Jack: Wh-... Ryan? Since when have you been here?
(The three Mall Rats pat each others backs awkwardly.)
Ryan: I actually got here the day you left.
Ellie: Wow, I didn't expect this. Anyone else with you?
Ryan: No, I was with the Nomads after I escaped the working camps.
(He glances at Chester and Dylan and grins.)
Ryan: That doesn't look like Alice.
Ellie: She wasn't there, but we couldn't leave those two there. They had nowhere to go. I wish I had seen her though.
(Jack squeezes her hand lightly to comfort her.)
Ryan: Well, today's your lucky day then. Amber and Lex actually found some old Mall Rats down at the mines.
Jack: What?!
Ellie: Who?! Alice?
(Ryan nods to the café.)
Ryan: Take a look yourself, they're in there.
(Ellie rushes off to take a look and Jack follows, completely forgetting about the two boys they brought with them. Unsure they hang back and Ryan gives them a smile.)
Ryan: Hey, I'm Ryan and who are you?
Chester: I'm Chester (points at his brother) This is my little brother Dylan.
Ryan: You should be fine around here. I have to stand guard so just follow Ellie and Jack into the café.
(The two boys nod and run after them. The camera cuts to the next scene.)
SCENE 18
(Camera cuts to inside the café. Ellie and Alice are hugging as Jack talks to KC and Kayla. Sammy, Lottie and Gel are talking to the two new boys.)
Ellie: I feel so stupid now. All this time you've been here and we were out there looking for you.
Alice: It doesn't matter. We're finally together now. I missed you so much little sis.
(They hug again and the younger ones roll their eyes at them.)
Lottie: Together they're just as dramatic as Gel.
Gel: I'm not dramatic.
Lottie: Yea right. You just want everyone to notice you.
Gel: They just do.
Lottie (to Chester and Dylan): Don't mind her. Apart from her we're actually nice and normal people.
Gel: Lottie! You filthy little...
(Sammy puts his hand over her mouth and shakes his head firmly. He sighs a little as his two friends could never get along. Alice and Ellie walk over to them.)
Ellie: Do you guys know each other? After all you were in the same work camp.
Alice: I guess I might have seen them.
Dylan: I know you. You are the lady with the big mouth.
(The others start laughing and Alice ruffles his hair which Dylan doesn't like at all. When they have calmed down Chester turns to Alice.)
Chester: What happened to you though? Didn't they take you away after you spit into that one guards face and they zapped you?
Alice: Yes, they did. What happened wasn't that bad considering they could just had me wasted. They transferred me to another camp which was even worse than that and I learned to keep my head down.
Chester: We thought, they deleted you right there.
Alice (smiles): Well, they didn't. What are your names?
Chester: I'm Chester and this...
Dylan (cuts in): Dylan. He's my older brother.
(Camera slowly zooms out as everyone gets to know each other.)
SCENE 19
(Camera moves around the city. A gang is threatening and beating up loners on the street just like Sparrow. The classrooms of the Consilium are filled now. Members are putting up posters and flyers with propaganda. One poster reads 'THE CONSILIUM! The tribe that saved us all.' Another says 'To KAELEM the saviour of our world'. People bring gifts for the Consilium to show their gratefulness. Two members of the Astros in dark blue cloaks hurry away from the scene. Camera pans around to show a bunch of kids running after them, shouting. We can hear stuff like 'traitors', 'ungrateful bastards' and 'You owe him!')
SCENE 20
(Jay enters the room he shares with Amber while holding Bray. He has just been to the café to feed him. Amber is sitting on bed reading a book. She looks up at them and smiles.)
Jay: What?
Amber: I like seeing you with him. It's such a beautiful picture.
(Jay looks down at the baby and places him in his cot. With his back turned to Amber a look of dismay flashes across his face as he looks at the baby. He turns around and sits down next to her.)
Jay: What are you going to do about Bray? You haven't looked for him any more.
(Amber puts the book down slowly before turning to him.)
Amber: That's because I don't know where to look. I still want him back here.
(A dark look appears on Jay's face.)
Amber (adds): This tribe is his family and his home. I already told you, I want my son to know his father.
Jay: Maybe this isn't the best time to look for missing friends, though.
Amber: What do you mean?
Jay: The Consilium. Things have gotten worse. Jack and Ellie just told us how things are in the city.
Amber: You're right. It's about time we do something about it. We should get word to the Harpies.
Jay: I have a bad feeling about this whole thing. In a way they remind me of the Chosen only they're praising a living person.
Amber: Let's hope they're not as dangerous.
Jay: They brainwash people in a subtle and manipulative way. This could be even worse. Who knows, maybe they have some neat little working camps, too.
Amber: I know we should keep that in mind, but I hope they're just some pathetic little kids wanting attention.
(Jay puts and arm around her and places a kiss on her head.)
Jay: I'd like that, too, but we have to face the fact that they're not. They have this whole thing planned out or it would've crumbled already.
Amber (sighs): I'm just so tired of having to fight. Just once I'd like to relax and look into the future without worries.
(Camera cuts to the next scene.)
SCENE 21
(Salene walks into the bathroom, a towel over her arm. She jumps a little as she discovers Ruby staring blankly into the mirror above the sink. )
Salene: Ruby? Everything alright?
(The other girl turns to her with an ugly grimace of a smile. Before she can answer tears form in her eyes again and anger flushes up. Salene rushes to her and puts an comforting arm around her.)
Salene: What happened?
Ruby: It... Men. Why are they all such idiots?
Salene: They can be pretty amazing. You just need to find the right one.
Ruby: Guess I'm out of luck then.
Salene: Who are you talking about anyway? Still Slade?
Ruby (nods): It's stupid, because I actually always knew he had made his decision, but it still hurts when the information finally sinks in.
Salene: I know, it's hard to face the truth.
Ruby: It sucks!
Salene (smiles): Yea. What made you see clearly?
(Ruby hesitates than turns around to face Salene. With a quick gesture she dries her tears.)
Ruby: He found out that Ebony pushed me in front of that truck and decided it was fine. He then also had the nerve to tell me, we were friends. What a tool!
Salene: She what?! Why didn't you tell anyone?
Ruby: I gave her the chance to come clean, but all she did was tell Slade lies and he chose to believe them. You don't believe, it could have been an accident, do you?
Salene: No. I know Ebony and to what lengths she would go to get her way. We've got to tell the others and get her thrown out of the tribe.
Ruby (shakes her head): No, all I wanted was for her to break up with Slade. I'm not giving her the satisfaction of the thought I'm too weak to face her.
Salene: But who knows what she'll do next.
(Ruby looks intensely at the other girl now.)
Ruby: You don't say a word. Promise me.
Salene (sighs): Fine, but I really think you should say something to the others.
Ruby: Thanks for being a friend, Salene.
(She smiles at her and leaves the bathroom leaving Salene to watch after her before the camera cuts to the next scene.)
SCENE 22
(Crow, Vulture and Kestrel are now in the café of the hospital sitting at a table with Amber, Jay, Lex, Ram and Ebony. Some of the other Mall Rats are also there, but don't join in the discussion about what is to happen next.)
Kestrel: They're going to far by threatening my girls. I'm fed up with this.
Ebony: Oh now that they've stepped on your toes you want to do something.
Vulture (glares at her): We wanted to do something all along, but you didn't want to join another fight remember?
Amber: So what are we going to do?
Kestrel: We're fine with being the voice of the opposition, but we need you in our back and out there. I see you already upgraded your security, we're on that, too.
(Crow looks at Jay and Ram and back again.)
Crow: Could you gather any Techno information?
Ram (shakes his head): It's hopeless, the whole system is down.
Lex: Why don't we just make our own stuff with the truth in it?
Amber: We'd be just as bad as they're. If the city found out, they'd think we're the liars.
Kestrel (nods): So we only have your word for it and I hate to say this, but as ex-Technos you might end up getting chased with forks and fire.
Ram: Great... As if we hadn't enough on our plate.
Vulture: We should have a safe zone for the people who don't buy their crap. Kids are getting threatened and beaten up out there just because of that.
Jay: Any ideas on that? You know the city better than we do.
Ebony: Wouldn't it be the easiest to take them into your woods?
Vulture: We only take girls in and that's not what I meant. They wouldn't be safe, if they stayed with us, would they?
Amber: So what do we do?
(Crow turns to Kestrel and they exchange a look, the blonde girl nods.)
Crow: Well, I know a place, but we would need someone to protect it.
Lex: Well, we're needed here for protection.
Kestrel (turns to Ram): Could you do something technological?
Ram: Well, I could, but I'd need to see the place and when the Consilium are as good at this stuff as they say, that won't help.
(They continue talking as the camera pans out.)
SCENE 23
(Camera cuts in on May's old room, in which someone has pushed another bed and Dylan and Chester are sitting each on one of them looking at each other.)
Dylan: They have real beds, how cool.
Chester: They have food, too.
Dylan: And they're actually nice.
Chester: The city doesn't seem too nice though.
Dylan: I know.
(Dylan hops of his bed and goes to his jacket that lies in a bunk near the door. He pulls out a picture and pins it at the wall right between the two beds. As he walks over to his older brother, the camera zooms in on it and we see it's no other than Patch.)
Dylan: I really miss Patch. Do you think we're going to see him again, Ches?
(Chester ruffles his hair playfully.)
Chester: You just saw Alice and Ellie. Siblings always find each other.
(Dylan smiles, then nudges his older brother and the two of them start a pillow fight.)
SCENE 24
(Back in the café, Crow has left, but Kestrel and Vulture are still talking to the others. Gel has been eavesdropping on them for a while and moves closer now.)
Gel (interrupts): You guys should totally come to our party.
Kestrel (frowns): Party?
Amber: Gel, what party?
Gel: We're celebrating that Alice, Ryan and KC are back.
Jay: And who decided that?
Gel: Darryl and I talked about it. I thought you knew.
Jay: How were we supposed to know if none of you has talked to us?
Gel: I guess, we forgot that.
(Amber rolls her eyes)
Amber: There is no party, we have more urgent things to plan.
Gel (huffs): Quite the party pooper...
(She walks off. Vulture looks after her in disgust and shakes her head, but Kestrel seems to be in thoughts, then a smiles appears on her face.)
Kestrel: Maybe it's not such a bad idea though.
Vulture, Amber, Ebony and Ram: WHAT?!
Kestrel (shrugs): I think it's a good idea for all of us to meet. You could let her plan the whole thing that way it wouldn't take your time away.
Lex: That's not so bad actually.
Amber: Okay. Then be here the day after tomorrow. We don't want to hurry Gel.
(The Harpies leave and Amber calls Gel up to her again. They talk inaudible and the camera cuts to the next scene.)
SCENE 25
(Camera cuts in on Crow getting past the last barricade before she gets to the warehouses. Bray is standing outside organizing some new kids some are quite injured. A redheaded girl waves them over to her. When she spots Crow a wide smile appears on her face.)
Hummy: Oh hi Crow, haven't seen you in a while.
Crow: Good, you're still around.
(She leaves with the injured kids and Bray turns around to face his girlfriend. She wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him passionately. After a while they break apart.)
Bray: Let me guess. We have to talk business.
Crow (nods): Yup. We're going to strike against the Consilium.
Bray: That's good. They've filled us up quite good in the last days.
Crow: That's what I want to talk about. We decided to establish a safe zone and...
Bray (blurts out): You want to do it here?
Crow: Yes. There's no better place. Look how long we could keep you hidden.
Bray: Exactly. You're risking the safety of these people.
Crow: No we're not. Hummy is here about all the time, there will be more. Some guys of the Mall Rats will secure this place a little better and then we're going to have patrols here. You and Noel can organize them.
Bray: Wait a second. The Mall Rats are coming here?
(Crow sighs and takes his hand in hers.)
Crow: I know this is hard for you, but this is for the city. At some point you have to meet them.
Bray: It's just that I'd rather do that with all my memories back.
Crow: Look, I promise you to be here, when they come.
Bray (smiles): Thanks.
(They share another kiss.)
Crow: Any good news on Maria?
Bray (sad): No, she died yesterday.
(The smile drops from Crow's face as she leans into Bray. Camera zooms in on their sad faces before fading to black.)