Episode 19
SCENE 1
(Some of the tribe are sitting together and share a meal. Salene is cutting a potato in half and looks at it happily.)
Salene: Remember in the mall, when used to eat beans all day every day? This is heaven.
Ellie: We did have the farm at some point.
Salene: But that is ages ago. I love this. Real, healthy food.
Kayla: And we grew it ourselves.
Salene: Thanks to you. It was a brilliant idea, Kayla.
(Kayla blushes a little and smiles shyly at her.)
Kayla: No big deal.
(KC sits next to her, but doesn't follow the conversation and doesn't seem to be interested in the food. He pushes it around on his plate with a glum expression.)
Lex: Are you going to eat that?
(He gestures to KC's plate, but the younger boy is not answering.)
Lex: KC?
(KC's heads snaps up.)
KC: What? Oh... have it!
(He pushes the plate over to Lex, but now everyone else's attention is focused on him.)
Salene: Are you alright?
KC: I'm fine!
Gel: Doesn't look like it.
Darryl: You've been in a pissy mood since the demonstration.
KC (snaps): I said, I'm fine! Don't you have anything else to do?
Gel: Did you have a fight with Sparrow? She hasn't been around.
(KC jumps up and makes his chair fall over. He glares at them all.)
KC: Just leave me alone! All of you!
(He storms out. Lex reaches for the plate and starts eating, while Kayla looks after KC concerned.)
Ellie: Do you know, what's up with him, Kayla?
Kayla: No, he hasn't really talked to me either.
Lex: Don't worry. He'll get over the bird and then he's back to normal.
Salene: Lex, the big romantic. Why don't you stick to eating for now?
Lex: I was married, twice. I know a lot about relationships.
(The rest of the group snorts.)
SCENE 2
(In the warehouses Bray packs some clothes into a back. Behind him stands Noel and watches him pack.)
Noel: Man, I can't believe you're leaving me to deal with this on my own now.
(He comes forward and hands Bray a book.)
Noel: Don't forget this one.
Bray: I'm sorry, but-
Noel: It's alright. I understand it. You have a family and a lot of old friends. We talked about this.
Bray: And if you really need anything, you know where to find me.
Noel: Of course. Now that the Consilium are gone, there are not so many people hiding out here anyway. In a few weeks it's just going to be me and Yara.
Bray (laughs): I wouldn't count on it. And you look out for her, she's a wild one.
Noel: I wish I could keep her from climbing on roofs. Someday she's going to break her neck.
(Bray shoulders his bag and smiles at his friend.)
Bray: You've got to give it to her. She's a pretty good roof climber.
(Noel hugs Bray briefly and slaps him friendly on the back.)
Noel: I'll see you around then.
Bray: See you around. Tell Yara, I said goodbye.
Noel: I will.
(Bray leaves the warehouse and heads for the hospital.)
SCENE 3
(Back in the café Ryan, Jay, Brady and Trudy sit at a different table and eat. Ryan's shoulder is still heavily bandaged and it seems to hurt him with every move he makes.)
Trudy: Do you need some help? I could cut the potatoes for you.
Ryan: Nah, I'll manage.
Jay: How is your shoulder doing?
Ryan: It hurts a lot, but it'll be okay.
Jay: If the old x-ray still worked, we could see if the blade damaged your bone or something.
Ryan: Doesn't really matter, it'll heal either way, right?
Trudy: Yes, but if there is a piece of bone in your joint, that could be really bad, right?
Jay: That's something that would have needed surgery in the old days.
Ryan: Oh...
(He looks worriedly down at his shoulder.)
Trudy: But it's probably alright. It just needs time.
Brady: Ryan has an ouchie.
Ryan (smiles): Yea, I hurt my shoulder a little.
Brady: mummy kisses my ouchies. It makes them better. Why don't you kiss Ryan's ouchie?
(Jay grins, while Ryan blushes.)
Trudy: Ryan has a different kind of ouchie, honey. It won't get better by kissing it.
Brady: Oh... but all ouchies get better with a kiss. Right?
(Trudy shakes her head.)
Trudy: No, some need time instead of kisses.
Brady: I like the others more. The one with the kisses.
Jay: We all do.
(Jay winks at her and cheekily steals a pea from Brady's plate.)
SCENE 4
(Alice and Lottie are working in the uninhabited part of the hospital as their punishment. Lottie is holding nails and planks of wood, while Alice is securing the windows.)
Lottie: This is so boring.
Alice: It's work and it's punishment, it's not supposed to be entertaining.
Lottie: I wish, I had never taken all those things.
Alice: And I wish I had never done it either.
Lottie: What did you do?
Alice: It's my fault he could escape.
(She finishes with the window, she was working on and walks over to the double doors, who lead deeper into the hospital.)
Alice: We're going to find something to seal this door with like an iron bar or chain, but that comes last. We'll need to go through there a lot.
Lottie: I have only a few days left.
Alice: Well, then I will have to walk through it a lot in the near future. We're done here, let's move on.
(She leads the way through the doors and along the corridor until they get to a much smaller room with just one window. Again she starts to nail planks to it, while Lottie hands her the material.)
Alice: So did you talk to Sammy?
Lottie: No.
Alice: Why not? He probably misses you, all the others miss you.
Lottie: You don't know that.
Alice: I might not know, but I know you miss him and if I were him, I'd miss you too.
Lottie: So I should talk to him?
Alice: I think that would be a good idea, yes.
Lottie: Maybe.
(Lottie shifts the planks in her arms, so she can grab some more nails and they finish up the window.)
SCENE 5
(Ruby and Slade are sitting on the bed in Slade's room, while Ram paces in front of them and is in a deep description of what happened during the broadcast.)
Ram: … he has his hands around her neck like this and I rush over there to help, but she can handle him. Just like when she literally bashed the head of that girl in to the wall. I did not know Crow was that aggressive.
Ruby: What happened to the girl?
Ram (shrugs): I don't know. Crow said she wasn't dead yet, but I guess, she left her there to die.
Ruby: And you didn't take her with you, when you left?
Ram: No way. By then she was probably dead already and that girl was crazy. They seemed to have an old feud going on. Kind of like Ebony and her sisters.
Slade: And Kaelem? What happened to him?
Ram: Crow took him with her. She said, she wasn't going to kill him, but he was going to suffer. I'm telling you, the Harpies are batshit crazy.
Ruby: Well, they did kill their leader. That was his sister, it's so messed up.
Slade: But you could tell, he meant it, when he said that wasn't planned. I know how he feels.
(Ruby grabs his shoulder and firmly shakes her head.)
Ruby: No, you didn't kill Mega. That was not your fault.
Slade: But he was my little brother and I didn't look out for him.
Ruby: Listen, Slade, I understand that it's hard, but you have to let that go. Mega forgave you.
(Ram watches them in confusion as to what is actually going on. After a few seconds he seems to realize he won't get it, throws his hands up theatrically and leans against the windowsill.)
Ram: The story goes on, you know.
Ruby: Not now, Ram.
Slade: Forget it, Ruby.
(He pushes her hand away.)
Slade: Go on then.
Ram: She also said that our alliance was broken, because the Mallrats are liars and cheaters. Guess she didn't take so kindly to the cheating after all.
Ruby: That doesn't surprise me. I'd be furious if my boyfriend slept with someone else. Especially if it was his ex.
Slade: Well it's good Ram doesn't have any ex-girlfriends then.
(He grins as both of his friends stare at him wide-eyed. Ram rolls his eyes.)
Ruby: Don't be ridiculous. Ram and I are just friends.
Slade: If you say so.
SCENE 6
(Dylan and Mouse are running along the corridor giggling, enter Chester's and Dylan's room and slam the door behind them. They are still giggling as Dylan theatrically falls onto his bed and pretends he's passed out. Mouse comes over to him and pokes him.)
Mouse: I told you, I was faster.
Dylan: No way! I was faster!
Mouse: No, I was!
Dylan: I was!
Mouse: I was!
(Dylan sits up and shrugs.)
Dylan: We were both really fast, ok?
(Mouse considers it for a second then nods happily.)
Mouse: I'm okay with that. See, you're so much easier than Sammy. With Sammy I would have to fight about this forever.
Dylan: Chester is like that, too. He says, because he's older, he's better. At everything!
Mouse: Charlie wasn't like that.
Dylan: Your brother?
(She nods.)
Mouse: He was very quiet and always looked out for me. He was only a little older than me.
Dylan: Is he... you know?
Mouse: I don't know. He disappeared. Maybe the Technos got him.
Dylan: That's what happened with me and Chester. We were checking out the air planes and then we got snatched up. It's weird not having your older brother to look after you, isn't it?
Mouse: You still have Chester.
Dylan: Not Chester. We have another older brother, he looked after us, but he didn't come with us to look at the air planes. Wait!
(He jumps off his bed and goes to sift through the closet he shares with Chester.)
Dylan: I have a picture of him here somewhere.
(After a few seconds he pulls it out and hands it to Mouse.)
Dylan: That's Patch.
(Mouse only takes a quick look at the picture, before her mouth drops.)
Dylan: What?
Mouse: You are Patch's brothers? Come on!
(She grabs Dylan's wrist and pulls him out of the room, the photograph in her other hand.)
SCENE 7
(Alice and Lottie are re-entering the inhabited part of the hospital. Lottie runs off and leaves Alice to block the entrance up again as Ruby comes along. She spots Alice and starts helping her.)
Ruby: Is everything going okay?
Alice: Yea, I'm going to miss having Lottie around while working.
Ruby: She's a good girl.
Alice: She is. You don't need to worry about her. She told me today, she regrets the stealing.
Ruby: I know she does. I'm not worried about her.
Alice: Oh?
(They finish blocking up the entrance and slowly walk further into the entrance hall.)
Ruby: I wanted to ask you for a favour.
Alice: What could I be helping you with?
(Ruby points at the blocked up entrance.)
Ruby: Since you're in there all the time, I was wondering if you could bring me back some medical books and that sort. If there is anything left, that is.
Alice: I can keep an eye out. It's quite chaotic in there, but I don't think people were very interested in books.
Ruby: Normally I wouldn't either, but the whole thing with Ryan getting injured, got me thinking. We don't have anyone in the tribe, who knows a thing about diseases and injuries. If something happened to Lottie or... anyone really, I want to be able to help them.
Alice (smiles): That's a great idea. I'll try to get you something tomorrow.
Ruby: Thanks.
(The two girls walk into the café and camera pans to black.)
SCENE 8
(Darryl and Gel are walking hand in hand down the road that leads to the city. The sky is grey and a gentle breeze is tugging at Gel's hair.)
Darryl: It's nice to be able to go outside again.
Gel: We could go into the park.
Darryl: I meant going into the city. I was getting sick of sitting around the hospital doing nothing.
Gel: I think I can understand that. It's great there is peace now. Now you can take me out on a real date.
Darryl: Like what? Get you into the bar and get you drunk again? I thought that was a bad idea.
Gel: No, I mean something romantic.
Darryl: But there are no restaurants of cinemas anymore.
Gel: Then you'll just need to figure something out, won't you?
(She grins. He shakes his head laughing and brings her hand up to his lips.)
Gel: So what do you think is up with KC? Trouble with Sparrow?
Darryl: I don't know. Maybe they broke up.
Gel: They were cute together though. The way he's behaving, she broke up with him.
Darryl: Ok, but why? At the demonstration they were still happy and I haven't seen her since then.
Gel: You're friends, right? You could ask him.
Darryl: I don't know. I don't think he wants to talk about it. You saw him this morning.
Gel: He didn't want to talk in front of all the others, but if you talk to him in private, he'll probably open up.
Darryl: Maybe.
Gel: Definitely!
(She nudges him in the side, which makes him laugh.)
SCENE 9
(Jay is in the kitchen doing the dishes as Ebony walks up from behind and sits down on a barstool on the other side of the kitchen bar.)
Ebony: You're going domestic now? Isn't it a little too late for that now with your little family gone.
(Jay turns around and starts stacking the clean plates in front of her. He sighs.)
Jay: What made me so lucky to have you around with your snarky attitude all the time?
Ebony (shrugs): You're one of the few normal people around here. And I like you better since you and Amber broke up.
(Jay raises an eyebrow at her and turns back around to grab a new plate.)
Jay: You don't like happy people, do you?
Ebony: You seem happy enough to me.
Jay: Shouldn't you know everything about keeping your feelings to yourself. You were always good at that.
(Ebony folds her arms in front of her chest.)
Jay: You and Slade broke up and it didn't seem to bother you at all.
Ebony: That's none of your business.
Jay: Well, you said we were friends and you're so interested in my break-up, just seems fair we talk about yours.
Ebony: There's nothing to talk about.
Jay: I thought you broke up with him, because you seemed so cool about it, but now I'm not so sure anymore. Seems to be a sensitive topic for you.
Ebony: It's not. Slade and I are over. That's all there is.
(Jay shrugs and starts putting the plates away.)
Jay: If you say so.
Ebony: I do.
(She gets up and leaves the café)
SCENE 10
(Bray walks into the hospital. The entrance hall is empty and when he pokes his head into the café only Jay is there. The two of them nod at each other in acknowledgement. Bray walks towards the back of the hospital where the private rooms are. When he passes Lex's room, the other guy jumps up.)
Lex: Oi, Bray! Wait a second.
(Bray stops and takes a few steps towards Lex again.)
Bray: What is it?
Lex: You're moving in?
(Lex motions towards the bag.)
Bray: Yea, I think it's time. Noel can handle the warehouses on his own now.
Lex: So you're moving in with the missus?
Bray: Do you have a problem with that?
Lex: No. Not me, but maybe some of the others?
Bray: That's none of your business, Lex.
Lex: I'm still head of security.
Bray (grins): And you think me moving in with Amber will be a security problem? Jay is mature enough to handle this.
Lex: You don't know him.
Bray: But Amber does. Now excuse me...
(He walks past Lex and knocks on Amber's door before entering.)
SCENE 11
(Mouse drags both Dylan and Chester down the corridor until she reaches Salene's room. The door is open and inside Salene and Trudy are sitting and talking.)
Salene: Mouse, what's wrong?
Mouse: Nothing's wrong. Here!
(She lets go of the boys and hands Salene the picture of Patch. Trudy leans in to also look at it.)
Trudy: That's a picture of Patch. Where did you get it?
Dylan: It's mine.
Chester: Ours.
(The older girls look at them in confusion.)
Salene: But why-
Chester: Mouse says Patch was with you?
Salene: Back in the city, yes. But we haven't seen him in a while. He left even before Mouse did.
Trudy: How do you know him?
Mouse: They are Patch's brothers!
Trudy: Really? He left to look for them... you, I mean.
Chester: Where did he go? We need to find him.
Salene: We don't know.
Dylan: Maybe he found our work camp by now? We have to get back there.
Chester: Yes! We have to go.
(They turn to leave, but Salene grabs them.)
Salene: Hey, hey, hey. You can't just go back there by yourselves.
Chester: Why not?
Salene: Because you're Mallrats now and we make decisions together. It might be dangerous.
Dylan: So what? We have to find Patch.
Trudy: We will, but you can't just rush off. We'll talk to Amber. Come on.
(The five of them leave the room.)
SCENE 12
(Jack is working on his computer, when Ellie comes up from behind.)
Ellie: What are you working on?
Jack: Nothing. I'm actually bored.
Ellie: Then you won't mind, when I use the computer for a while, right?
Jack: What for?
Ellie: I want to write another issue of the Amulet and talk about what happened with the Consilium.
(Jack gets up to make room for her.)
Jack: But why? The whole city was there.
Ellie: That's how news work, dummy. You write about the big events. And I hardly believe that that was the whole city.
(She sits down on the chair and then turns around to smile sweetly at him.)
Ellie: What? Are you going to tell Amber that I'm writing the evil news sheet again?
Jack (rolls his eyes): No. I only did that, because I was worried.
Ellie: I know. Well, this one you don't have to be worried about. Promise.
(She turns back to the computer and opens an empty document. When she turns around, Jack is still standing behind her.)
Ellie: Shoo! I can't concentrate with you breathing down my back.
Jack: What am I supposed to do then?
Ellie: I don't know. Hang with your new friend Ram.
Jack: Definitely not.
(He walks out of the room though and Ellie starts writing with a grin on her face.)
SCENE 13
(Sammy is sitting on his bed in an otherwise empty room and plays on a gameboy. Lottie appears in the doorway. Since Sammy doesn't notice her, she lingers and watches him for a while before she walks in and takes the gameboy from him.)
Sammy: Hey!
(She turns it off and throws it on his pillow.)
Sammy: I was trying to beat a high score. You ruined it!
Lottie: You can do that later. Can we talk?
(He furrows his brow and then motions for her to sit next to him and she does.)
Sammy: What about?
Lottie: I said I was sorry.
Sammy: What? What are you talking about, Lottie?
Lottie: When I gave your cuffs back, I said I was sorry and you didn't say it back.
Sammy: Why should I be sorry you stole from me?
Lottie: You should be sorry for being an idiot. I only stole from you, because I was mad at you.
(They look at each other, but Sammy remains silent. Lottie's gaze quickly changes to a scowl.)
Lottie: I knew this was useless. You're such an ass, Sammy!
(She jumps off the bed and starts walking towards the door.)
Sammy: Wait!
(She stops and looks at him expectantly.)
Sammy: I am sorry, ok. I just don't understand what I did wrong. I didn't ignore you, at least if I did, I didn't do it on purpose.
Lottie: Of course you did. Mouse came back and suddenly I wasn't your friend anymore. I understand that you like Chester and Dylan better than me, because you're all boys, but...
Sammy: I don't. You're all my friends. I just know Mouse longer, you know how that is.
Lottie: You missed her?
Sammy: I didn't want her to go to the Ecos at all. That's why I always teased her about it. Can we be friends again?
(Lottie smiles, walks over to him and gives him a quick hug.)
Lottie: Until you're an ass again, I guess.
Sammy: Hey! You could just tell me next time instead of stealing from me.
Lottie: Okay, I'll talk to you and you stop being an idiot. It's a deal.
(She pokes her tongue out at him and then snatches the gameboy from his bed to play herself.)
SCENE 14
(Bray and Amber are in their room. He is unpacking his stuff, while Amber watches Bray jr. sleep in his crib.)
Bray: Lex is apparently really worried about the peace of the tribe. He thinks my presence might be upsetting.
Amber (laughs): I think he's in a sour mood. For once there is no girl interested in him. Not even Gel is fawning over him anymore.
Bray: Gel and Lex? Well, she reminds me a little of Zandra.
Amber: It wasn't a real thing, but I think he liked the attention.
Bray: When does Lex not like attention.
(They laugh. When they stop, Amber walks to a dresser and pulls something out of a dresser. She keeps it in a closed fist and crosses over to Bray.)
Bray: What do you have there?
Amber: Something that belongs to you. But it seems like you keep loosing it. You're definitely doing something wrong.
Bray: What are you talking about?
(She opens her hand and shows him the ring she gave him, when they first got together.)
FLASHBACK
(Bray and Amber are sitting in Amber's room back in the mall. He has just given her his old set of keys.)
Amber: What are they?
Bray: Well, that's my front door, back door, and padlock to my first bike. The keys to my heart.
Amber: I haven't got anything for you. No, wait...this ring...my dad gave it to me.
END OF FLASHBACK
(Bray takes the ring from her.)
Bray: I thought I had lost it forever.
Amber: Trudy found it outside the barn, where you were taken by the Technos.
Bray (smiles): I'll keep it this time, I promise.
Amber: You better. Or else I might think you're not really serious about me.
Bray: You're ridiculous.
(He cups her face with his hands and kisses her tenderly.)
SCENE 15
(Slade is taking a stroll through the city, when he runs into two people in darkblue cloaks. They stop in front of him and take their hoods of.)
Slade: Oh, you're the sky guy.
Tilly: It's Cloud.
Slade: Sorry. Haven't seen you guys out and about in a while.
Cloud: It wasn't safe.
Tilly: Now thankfully we can go outside again. The Consilium were awful about spirituality.
Slade: Well, that's not for everybody.
Cloud: What about you? What do you believe in?
Slade: What kind of casual smalltalk is this? Next you're going to ask me for my goals in life and my darkest secret, I assume?
Tilly: When Cloud asks, you answer.
Cloud: No, Tilly, it's okay. Slade here is on a dark path, but I'm sure he's going to see the light someday.
(Slade looks at him disbelief and it takes a lot of strength to not roll his eyes at them.)
Slade: I'm sure you're right.
Tilly: So is it true, what we hear on the streets? Your tribe helped get rid of the Consilium.
Slade: We helped exposing them, but we have nothing to do with their disappearance.
Cloud: No, that were the Harpies on their own. The stars don't shine for the Consilium any more.
Slade: What does that mean?
Tilly: It means they are no more.
Cloud: We have to go now. Remember, Slade, the Mallrats and the Astros can be friends.
Tilly: If the Harpies haven't infected your beliefs yet.
Slade: Great, I'll pass that on.
(He walks past them and when they can't see him anymore, he shakes his head.)
Slade (mutters): Freaking weirdos.
SCENE 16
(Ryan and Lex are sitting in the café together playing cards, when Sammy and Lottie walk in.)
Ryan: Looks like they made up.
Lex: Whatever. Who cares.
Ryan: Isn't it nice to see good friends? I don't like it when the tribe is fighting.
Lex: It wasn't the tribe it was just those two.
Ryan: Well, yea, but two people are fighting and it brings down the mood of the whole tribe. When you and Zandra were fighting I was always caught in the middle of that.
Lex: You mention one wife and sound like another.
Ryan: I don't sound like Tai-San.
Lex: A little. Maybe I'm just starting to hear things. Want to hear things.
(He looks down at the cards he's holding and then throws them on the table.)
Ryan: You really miss her, hm?
Lex: Of course I miss her, Ryan! She's my wife and that means her place is next to me.
Ryan: Maybe Ellie could help.
Lex: Ellie? How?
Ryan: You know when she made that news sheet about Amber missing? Maybe she could put something about Tai-San in there. That way we could at least make sure she's definitely not in the city.
Lex (grins): That... That's actually brilliant, Ryan!
(He gets up and runs out of the café.)
SCENE 17
(Kayla is outside in her vegetable garden pulling weeds, while Mouse and Dylan are harvesting crops.)
Dylan: And now we might find Patch. Wouldn't that be great?
Kayla: That sure sounds great, Dylan, but try not to get your hopes up. You might not find Patch.
Dylan: Why would you say that? Don't you want us to find him?
Kayla: Of course I want you to find your brother. I just don't want you to be sad, when you don't. The world is a big place.
Mouse: How big?
Kayla: Enormous. I could show you on a map. There are probably some at the school.
Dylan: I've seen maps. But Patch can't have gone far.
Kayla: We'll see, okay? But I'll have my fingers crossed for you.
Mouse: Do you have any siblings, Kayla?
Kayla: No, just me.
Dylan: Weren't you scared then, when the virus came?
Mouse: Were you all by yourself?
Kayla: Oh I was really scared. I was sent to boot camp to learn about survival and stuff we might need, when the adults were all gone. But when that happened everything was so chaotic and I was left out of all the tribes. So I was all alone.
Dylan: What did you do?
Kayla: I survived. I know a few things about surviving, but apparently I didn't do the best job since I got snatched up by the Chosen.
Mouse: That's okay. Many good people were taken by the Chosen.
(The little girl pats her arm with her dirty hand and Kayla can't help but smile at her.)
Kayla: You're right. And now I'm here and I'm not alone anymore.
(The kids grin and continue throwing potatoes and carrots into a basket.)
SCENE 18
(Ruby is in her room and puts on a new sheet on her bed. Lottie knocks and then stands next to Ruby.)
Ruby: What's up? Everything alright?
Lottie: Yes. I talked to Sammy.
Ruby: Oh? I thought you two were fighthing.
Lottie: Not anymore. Alice said, I should just talk to him and that actually helped.
Ruby (smiles): She told me, she really likes you.
Lottie: I like her, too.
(While Ruby continues to make her bed, Lottie starts to wander around the room and fingers with the objects she encounters.)
Lottie: She also said to talk to you.
Ruby: To me? What about?
Lottie: How come you're always with Ram and Slade now? You never have time for me.
(Ruby puts the bed sheet down and turns to watch Lottie wander around her room.)
Ruby: Is that how you feel? I didn't realize, Lottie. See, I thought you were having fun with the other kids, but I promise you that I always have time for you.
Lottie: It doesn't look like it.
Ruby: But it's true. You're never alone, Lottie, you know that, right?
(She opens her arms and Lottie walks into them. The two girls sit down on the nearly made bed and hug.)
SCENE 19
(Amber and Bray are sitting in the café feeding their son as Ebony walks in. She rolls her eyes when she spots the little family, but walks closer anyway.)
Ebony: Look at that. Isn't it precious?
Amber (sighs): What do you want, Ebony?
Ebony: Can't I enjoy other people's happiness?
Bray (snorts): Sounds so much like you.
Ebony: Who says I don't envy you? Maybe I want a baby of my own and sit there like you.
Amber: Right. The day you become a mother, the world will end.
Bray: A baby or the spawn of satan?
(At this point Slade walks in.)
Slade: Talking about Ram?
Amber (laughs): Not quite.
(Slade glances at Ebony before pulling up a seat in opposite Amber and Bray.)
Slade: I ran into Cloud in the city. You know, the leader of the Astros.
Ebony: Aren't they completely cuckoo?
Slade: You could say that, yeah.
Bray: They are also more dangerous than they look. They remind me of the Chosen sometimes.
Amber: Anything odd about that, Slade?
Slade: Not odd, we were talking about the Consilium and Cloud said that they are no more. Do you think they know anything about their disappearance?
Bray: No. Cloud likes to pretend he can see the future in the stars or something like that, but I'm guessing it's all just assumptions.
Ebony: Everybody knows the Harpies took the Consilium with them and everyone could see how much Crow hated them, so it's a valid assumption they killed them.
Amber: Why else wouldn't they be back?
Slade: Why would they come back? The whole city hates them now.
Amber: That's true.
Slade: He also said the Mallrats and Astros could be friends as long as we're not poisoned by the Harpies, or something like that.
Ebony: I think that's a stupid idea.
Amber: For once I have to agree with you. We should just let the Astros be.
(Camera pans out.)
SCENE 20
(Scene cuts to the cinema, where the Astros are sitting in a circle meditating. After a while Cloud opens his eyes and clear his throat to get everyone's attention.)
Cloud: The Consilium are definitely gone from the city. Their light has faded and gone out, but the city still isn't safe. I've seen it in the night sky. Something darker is coming our way.
Jasper: What are we supposed to do?
Cloud: There is nothing we can do. You can flee the city, but in these days there is darkness everywhere.
Tilly: You better keep your light shining bright, that's all you can do really, isn't it?
Cloud: Tilly is right. We also cleared the Mallrats. They are not violent and have nothing to do with the Consilium.
Camille: What do the stars say about them?
Cloud (angrily): They say what I just told you. You know that I share everything I know with you.
(Camille covers at the tone of his voice and the camera cuts to the next scene.)
SCENE 21
(Bray and Amber are still in the café, but now they're joined by Ryan, Alice, KC and Kayla.)
KC: What's this about?
Amber: Salene told me that Dylan and Chester have an older brother.
(She takes the picture of Patch and shows it to them.)
Amber: This is Patch and he has actually been a part of our tribe before. I was wondering if any of you have seen him. He might have come by the mines or work camps in his search for them.
Ryan: I've never seen him.
(The others shake their heads as well.)
Amber (sighs): That's what I feared. The boys are really eager to go back to their work camp and see if he turned up there.
KC: Can I go now?
(Before anyone can answer him, he turns around and walks away.)
Alice: Damn a broken heart is not treating him well.
Ryan: He should sort that out. His attitude gets on my nerves.
Kayla: Lay off him. He's going through a hard time right now. I'll go check on him.
(She leaves.)
Bray: So what happens now?
Amber: I don't know. We can't keep them here if they want to leave, but I don't feel good by letting them go on their own. They're still so young.
(Camera pans around to show all their worried faces before panning out.)
SCENE 22
(Alice leaves the café. She looks from side to side and makes sure she's alone before quickly walking over to the entrance to the rest of the hospital. She pushes past the barrier and heads down the long corridor. She follows it for a while until she enters a room with high cabinets lining the walls. She searches through the drawers until she holds a small, elongated box in her hands. The camera zooms in on it and reveals it's a pregnancy test. She puts it in a plastic back that she finds in another drawer and then empties half of the cabinet into it as well.)
SCENE 23
(All the kids are outside in the park. The older ones are playing football while Brady just runs after whoever has the ball.)
Chester: You need to grow longer legs, little one.
Lottie: Hey, don't tease her just because she's younger.
Sammy: I'm sure when Brady gets older, she'll have long enough legs to kick your ass from over there.
Brady (giggles): I kick ass. I kick ass. I kick ass.
Chester: Great, Sammy, now we have to explain this to Trudy. You know how mad she got last time we taught her a bad word.
Mouse: That's because you two have a dirty mouth.
(Brady stops running after them and instead starts dancing on the lawn while chanting 'I kick ass'. The other kids can't help but laugh at her. Lottie runs towards her and sweeps the little girl off her feet.)
Lottie: Now you listen here, Brady. That is a secret and you can't tell anyone until that actually happens, okay? You can only tell mummy when your legs are as long as mine.
(She sets Brady down, who starts comparing her legs to Lottie and then pouts.)
Brady: Not fair!
Lottie: That's life.
(She holds out her pinky to Brady.)
Lottie: Promise?
(The little girl links her pinky with Lottie's.)
Brady: Promise.
SCENE 24
(Ruby is sitting on the bench outside the hospital and watches the stars in the night sky. When she hears the door opening she turns around. Ellie smiles at her.)
Ellie: Am I disturbing you?
Ruby: Not at all.
(Ellie sits down next to her.)
Ellie: What are you doing?
Ruby: Just thinking, enjoying the silence.
Ellie: Do you know any star signs?
Ruby: No, not really. It never interested me.
Ellie: I only know the Little Bear. That's the one over there. (points into the sky) The square with the long tail, you see it?
Ruby: I see it. But why is it called Little Bear? It doesn't look like a bear at all.
Ellie (laughs): No idea. Astronomy isn't really my thing.
Ruby: Well, if you had come to me earlier, I might have picked astronomy over medicine.
Ellie: What?
Ruby: I'm joking. I asked Alice to bring me some books about medicine.
Ellie: You want to be a doctor?
Ruby (shrugs): As close as I can get to be one in this world. I just want to be of use, when something happens.
Ellie (smiles): I think that's a great idea. Doctor Ruby.
Ruby: We'll see.
(Camera fades to black.)
SCENE 25
(Alice is in the bathroom, pacing nervously from the door to the bathtub and back. She does this a few times, before she walks over to the sink and picks the pregnancy test up. She goes pale when she sees the result. She runs a shaking hand through her long hair.)
Alice: Oh God. I hate you so much, Liam. How could you do this to me?
(She sits down on the toilet and starts to sob.)