Episode 21
SCENE 1
(The sun is rising and we see Alice and Ellie walking up a hill.)
Ellie: So about the pregnancy...
Alice: What about it?
Ellie: What are your thoughts? I mean, it's a baby. Are you ready for that?
Alice: It's not like I could get an abortion even if I wanted to. When the baby comes, I'll be ready.
Ellie: And what about the father? Liam.
Alice: What about him? He's vanished.
Ellie: Do you want to find him?
Alice: So he can lie to me some more? No, I'm going to do this alone.
Ellie: Not alone. You have me.
(She takes Alice's hand and squeezes it.)
Alice: Thanks, Ellie.
Ellie: Alice, look!
(She points at the camera, which then pans around to show a long and low building surrounded by a high mesh-wire fence, but parts of the fence have been torn down. Surrounding the building are fields that once bore crops, but now everything is abandoned and weeds are growing on the fields instead.)
Ellie: We're here.
SCENE 2
(Camera moves around a darkened room and zooms in on the bed. Darryl tosses in his sleep before waking up. He groans and rubs his eyes.)
Darryl (mutters): Fuck...
(The door is opened and light streams into the rooms. Darryl groans some more and hides beneath the covers.)
Darryl: Go away!
(Gel closes the door and sits on the bed next to him.)
Gel: That is no way to greet your girlfriend, is it?
Darryl: It's too early. Let me sleep.
Gel: It's past noon, you've slept all day. How much did you drink?
Darryl: They kept ordering drinks, it's not my fault.
(Gel rolls her eyes and pulls the covers away, so she can look at Darryl. He looks up at her with puppy eyes.)
Darryl: Why don't you come to bed with me?
Gel: No way! You reek. Get your butt out of bed, clean up and then we can talk.
Darryl: Can't we take a break today? Just let the day go by.
Gel: No, that's boring.
(She stands up and heads for the door. Just before leaving she turns back to Darryl, who has already disappeared under the covers again.)
Gel: I'll be back later and you better be up when I do.
Darryl (muffled from under the covers): Or what?
Gel: You'll see.
(She leaves and camera zooms in on Darryl, who pulls the covers tight around himself and pouts.)
SCENE 3
(Ruby and Slade are sitting in his room. She's fiddling with a piece of paper on which she has written notes and drawn the human bones, while Slade is standing at the window looking out.)
Ruby: I thought you were over Ebony.
Slade: How am I supposed to talk to you about her? I didn't think you want to hear it.
Ruby: That's in the past, Slade. We're friends now and you can talk to me about everything.
Slade (smiles): I'm glad to hear that.
Ruby: So tell me about you and Ebony.
Slade: I don't know what to say. It's over and it's stupid to still be hung up on her. She's not one to give second chances.
Ruby: How did you break up?
Slade: She said, she was sick of me. We were fighting about you at that time and she said something about Josh. Maybe she didn't love me at all.
Ruby: She seemed to care about you a lot. But then she's Ebony. You never know with her.
Slade: Yeah... I can't believe she's getting it on with Jay now.
Ruby: Maybe he's just trying to get over Amber. Look, I don't know, but maybe you should talk to Ebony?
Slade: No, I can't do that. If I go back to her begging, she'll be completely put off by me. I shouldn't have drunken so much. No one was supposed to know this.
Ruby: Well, now everyone knows.
(Slade sighs and buries his face in his hands.)
Slade: I have to get over her.
Ruby: So you're not going to fight for love?
Slade: Stop mocking me, Ruby. I know a lost battle when I see one.
Ruby: I wasn't mocking.
(Slade waves at her dismissively and goes back to look out the window. Ruby rolls her eyes at him and returns to reading her notes.)
SCENE 4
(Meanwhile Ebony and Jay are just leaving the hospital and walking towards the city. Jay's cheek is swollen and has a blueish-purple colour now.)
Ebony: He got you good, huh?
Jay: It seems to amuse you.
Ebony (shrugs): It's not every day someone gets into a fight over me.
Jay: Oh, is that how a guy impresses you?
Ebony (laughs): Maybe if he hadn't been in such a miserable shape. It doesn't really speak for you that a drunken idiot could land a punch on you. As former commander of the Technos shouldn't you be in a better shape?
Jay: I wasn't prepared for that. I thought he was doing just fine with your break-up.
Ebony: That's what we all thought. Poor guy...
(She flicks her hair over her shoulder and grins at Jay.)
Ebony: He didn't scare you off, did he?
Jay: Why should he? We're just friends, right?
Ebony: Friends plus, I'd say.
Jay: Are you going to do something about Slade?
Ebony: What should I do? Say sorry for moving on? He'll get over it.
(She shakes her head and walks on. Camera zooms in on her face as a small smile creeps on her face.)
SCENE 5
(The kids are standing in a circle in the entrance hall. Chester and Dylan are wearing their jackets and it seems the others have just stopped them.)
Mouse: You can't go!
Chester: What? Why not?
Mouse: We don't want you, too.
Sammy: And Amber said you have to stay.
Chester: Oh... We're just going into the city. We can't leave here until Ellie and Alice are back, but we can go see if someone in the city knows where Patch is.
Mouse: I thought you were sneaking out!
Dylan: No, we don't go without saying goodbye.
Lottie: Can I come?
Chester (shrugs): Sure.
Sammy: Why don't we all go?
(Sammy, Mouse and Lottie run back to get their jackets and return shortly afterwards. The little group then goes and heads for the city.)
SCENE 6
(In the café Trudy, Salene, Gel and Kayla are sitting around a table giggling and talking in hushed voices.)
Salene: It was a good hit, I have to say that.
Trudy: Have you seen Jay? His face looks like a plum.
Salene: That's what you get, when you hang around Ebony. Nothing good comes out of it.
Kayla: You guys always say that, but since I've been here, she hasn't really done anything bad. I mean, she's not a very nice person, but...
Trudy: Stick around and you'll see.
Gel: So Ebony now has two guys swooning over her? How unfair.
Trudy (rolls her eyes): You have Darryl, isn't that enough?
Gel (shrugs): Having another one would keep him on his toes. I bet he wouldn't go get wasted with stupid Lex then.
Kayla: Oh come on, let him have some fun. But yea, stupid Lex.
Salene (raises an eyebrow): What did he do this time?
Kayla: It's okay. Nothing really.
Trudy: Go on, spill!
Gel: Tell us! Oh, did he make a move on you?
Kayla: No. Well, he did, but that was ages ago.
Salene (laughs): I think he has tried it on with every girl in the tribe. Except Lottie and Mouse maybe.
Kayla: He and the other guys gave KC some ill advice yesterday.
Gel: About what?
Kayla (shakes her head): It's stupid. Let's just say, I had to fight off a drunken KC last night.
Trudy: So is something going on with you two?
Kayla: No, he was just drunk. Otherwise he'd known better. At least I hope so.
(Camera zooms in on her sullen face before cutting to the next scene.)
SCENE 7
(Camera pans around the forest until it lands on Dee and Patch. They look exhausted and Patch nearly falls as he stumbles over a root.)
Dee: I think we're lost.
Patch: The forest has to end sometime, doesn't it?
Dee: Not if we go in circles, it doesn't.
Patch: How about we mark the trees? Then we can make sure, we don't get lost.
(Dee pulls out a pocket knife and cuts an X into a nearby tree.)
Dee: Like that?
Patch (nods): I wonder if there are people living here.
Dee: Like the Gaians?
Patch: For instance.
Dee: Doesn't look like it. Actually, I hope not. A tribe could mean trouble.
(Patch takes her hand and looks around before pointing in one direction.)
Patch: You think that's the right way?
Dee: Let's check it out.
(Camera zooms out of them walking away and pans to black.)
SCENE 8
(Amber and Bray are sitting on the floor of their room. In front of them on a blanket sits their son and plays with some dolls. Amber is leaning into Bray.)
Amber: This is perfect. We're finally a family, like it's supposed to be.
Bray: I couldn't be any happier.
(He caresses her face and pulls her in for a gentle kiss. Bray Jr. gurgles and then starts hitting Bray with the doll he's holding. Laughing Bray gets a hold of his hands.)
Bray: Hey, hey, little guy. No hitting, daddy.
Amber: No hitting in general. It's not nice.
Bray Jr.: Hehehe Da! Da-Da.
Bray: He's going to say Daddy any day now.
Amber: Shouldn't he say mummy first.
Bray: Are you getting jealous?
(He tickles her.)
Bray: It's easier for babies to say Daddy, so it's usually their first word. Come on, Junior, say Daddy. Daddy.
(Bray Jr. giggles and crawls towards Amber, who cuddles him in her arms.)
Bray Jr: Dada! Dada!
Amber: You might be right.
Bray: He'll probably be a complete mummy's boy anyway. With me missing so much of his life.
Amber: Don't worry about that, Bray. He's only a year old. When he's older, he won't even remember that you were gone.
Bray: But I will remember. I'll always know, I missed out on a part of his life.
(She kisses him on the cheek and places a hand on his thigh.)
Amber: Stop beating yourself up about it. There's so much yet to come and you'll be around for it.
(Camera zooms out on the happy family.)
SCENE 9
(Camera cuts to Sammy, Lottie and Mouse who follow a few steps behind Chester and Dylan. The two brothers are asking people questions and showing them the picture of Patch, while the other kids enjoy to be outside in the city.)
Sammy: Do you think, we're going to find Patch here?
Lottie (shakes her head): No. We'd heard if someone was looking for Dylan and Chester, wouldn't we?
Mouse: Maybe Patch and Dee just arrived. That could happen.
Sammy: What do you think happens, when they do find him?
Mouse: Then Patch and Dee live with us in the hospital.
Lottie: But what if they don't want to? What if Chester and Dylan leave?
Mouse: They wouldn't. We're friends.
Sammy: We were friends, when you left for the treehuggers.
Mouse: That was different. The city was getting scary.
(Suddenly a girl comes up to them and grabs Lottie's arm. The younger girl quickly pulls away.)
Lottie: Hey!
Girl: Sorry. I'm... I'm looking for my friend. She's like this tall, with short purple hair. She's a Skyglider like me (points at the tribal markings on her face depicting wind).
Sammy: We haven't seen her.
Girl: Felicitas has been gone for days now.
Mouse: We're looking for a friend, too.
Girl: Have they also disappeared? I've heard about a lot of people going missing.
Lottie: Really?
(The girl nods and points at something behind them. They turn around and see a missing poster with the face of a young boy.)
Girl: Happens all the time now.
Sammy: Like the Consilium?
Girl: Everybody knows, the Harpies took care of them. But then again, nobody knows what happened to those girls either.
Lottie: They left.
Girl: How do you know that?
Lottie: We're Mallrats. They told us.
(The girl frowns at them, but then walks off to ask other people if they've seen her friend.)
Sammy: That was a lie, Lottie. They didn't tell us.
Lottie: Sparrow told KC, that's kind of like telling us.
(They look around and notice Chester and Dylan have gotten farther away, so they run to catch up with them. The camera pans around and zooms in on the missing poster.)
SCENE 10
(Camera cuts to Jack and Ellie's room. The desk has been pushed into the middle of the room and Jack and Kayla sit on opposite sides of it, working on the tripwires for the doors. Jack talks without looking up and without stopping his work.)
Jack: So you connect the red wire with the radio here and then the yellow wire comes in like this. See, they have to meet here...
(Kayla smiles at him as he speaks and her eyes follow all of his motions. His voice slowly fades out as she stares at him. After a few seconds Kayla snaps out of it and Jack's ramblings are audible again. Kayla resumes her work and then shows it to him.)
Kayla: Is this right?
Jack: Yea, that looks about right. We might be able to set them up tonight.
Kayla: Awesome!
(He nods and focuses on his work again. Camera pans out.)
SCENE 11
(Lex and Darryl are sitting in the café, curing their hangover with a cup of coffee as KC walks in. When they see him big grins appear on their faces and Lex whistles. KC glares at them and then walks over to pull up a seat at their table.)
Lex: So how did it go? Did you get lucky?
(KC punches him hard in the arm.)
Lex: What the hell was that for? If you want a fight, you can have it!
(He raises his own hand to strike KC, but the younger boy doesn't react to it and Lex lowers his arm again.)
Darryl: So?
KC: Why the fuck would you give me such stupid advice?
Lex: So it didn't go well.
KC: Of course it didn't go well! Why do I even listen to you guys. Especially you, Darryl, you should know how Kayla and I work.
Darryl: Sorry? I guess.
KC: I can't believe I listened to you guys.
Lex (smirks): So what happened?
KC (shakes his head): Thank God, I didn't ruin our friendship.
Darryl: She didn't like you making a move on her?
KC: Not at all.
(Lex frowns and takes a long swig of his coffee.)
Lex: Is she... Like, does she even like men?
KC: What?
Lex: You know, she didn't want me and she doesn't want you... Maybe she doesn't want any man at all.
KC (shrugs): I don't know... Wait! Did you make a move on her?
Lex (smiles): Had to try, didn't I?
KC: You're unbelievable.
(He shakes his head, while Lex just grins and leans back in his chair as the camera fades out.)
SCENE 12
(Jay and Ebony are just entering the hospital after their walk, as Ryan leaves the control room, where he was on guard duty. He spots the two of them and walks up to them.)
Ryan: Hey Jay. Can I have a word with you?
Jay: Uh... sure.
(He turns to Ebony. She smiles and continues to walk.)
Ebony: I'll see you later.
(Ryan waits until she's gone and then turns back to Ebony.)
Jay: Let me guess, you want to talk about Ebony?
Ryan: Yea... I mean, are you sure, you want to get into that?
Jay (smiles): That's none of your business, Ryan. Ebony and I have history. I think, I can handle her.
Ryan: So you're together now?
Jay: Like I said, that's none of your business.
Ryan: I'm just worried.
Jay: Well, don't be. How's your arm?
Ryan: It gets better.
Jay: And apart from that? Looks like you have a lot of time on your hands, if you can worry about me and Ebony.
Ryan (shrugs): I don't know. To be honest, I don't even know, what I was expecting when I came back. Not this.
Jay (frown): What do you mean?
Ryan: I mean that I feel left out. So many things have changed and I feel like everyone has somebody and I'm just here. In the way.
Jay: I know what you mean. But you're not in the way, Ryan. Everyone is happy that you're back. I'm happy you're here.
Ryan (smiles): Thanks. That really means a lot.
Jay: Come on.
(He puts an arm around Ryan's shoulders and leads him into the café.)
SCENE 13
(Alice and Ellie are walking through the seemingly abandoned work camp. The building has been stripped of any useful items and sprayed with graffiti.)
Alice: How did you find Dylan and Chester in this dump in the first place?
Ellie: That was months ago. It wasn't that bad back then.
Alice: So what now? Do we just leave again?
Ellie (shrugs): Guess so.
(They turn around and leave the building, but outside a small group of people have gathered now. They surround them and one boy obviously their leader steps forward. Alice and Ellie exchange glances and prepare for a fight.)
Leader: Who are you? What do you want?
Ellie: We mean no harm. We're just looking for a friend.
Leader: What friend? One of your Technos.
Alice (laughs): Do we look like Technos to you?
Leader: Techno scum comes here all the time. In the hopes of finding the camp up and running, trying to find their friends.
Ellie: There are still Technos out there?
Leader: Looks like it.
Alice: We're not Technos and our friend isn't either. His name is Patch. He might have come here to look for his little brothers, Dylan and Chester?
(The leader turns back to his friends, they talk quietly to each other and shake their heads.)
Leader: He hasn't been here.
Ellie: Well, then we leave again. If that is alright.
(She steps forward, but the people surrounding them don't budge. The leader grins.)
Leader: You see, we have to look out for ourselves. We can't just let strangers come wandering in and out of here.
Alice (quietly): Ellie, you ready?
(Ellie nods and in the same moment Alice drives her elbow into the guy to her left. Ellie dodges the leader and kicks his legs out from under him before running after Alice, who's doing the main part of the fighting until they just run from the little tribe. Camera zooms out on them as they are chased.)
SCENE 14
(Camera pans in on Gel walking down the corridor. She passes Darryl's room, the door is open and the room is empty, so she keeps on walking, until she gets to Kayla's room. The brunette is standing over a pile of laundry and sorting it. Gel smiles and knocks on the door frame. Kayla turns around with a huge smile, which then fades a little, when she recognizes Gel.)
Kayla: Oh, it's you.
Gel: Thank you. Were you expecting someone?
Kayla: Not really.
Gel: Didn't look like it.
(Kayla hesitates, but then shakes her head and focuses on the laundry again.)
Kayla: Doesn't really matter.
Gel: I guess you do this all the time.
Kayla (blushes): What do you mean?
Gel: Laundry. (points at it) You're always outside digging in the dirt.
Kayla (smiles): Oh, yea. (pauses) Hey, Gel. Do you think I could borrow some clothes from you?
Gel: What? No!
Kayla: Not for work. For when I want to be pretty.
Gel: Why would you want to be pretty? Do you have your eyes set on someone?
Kayla (blushes): No, just... Maybe I need a make-over.
Gel: Look, I'm the first to suggest make-overs. And you really don't need one. You're beautiful.
Kayla: Thank you, Gel.
(Gel takes Kayla's hand and pulls her down to sit on the bed.)
Gel: I don't believe you. Something is going on. You can tell me.
Kayla: I really can't. If somebody finds out...
Gel: I can keep a secret.
Kayla: But... you always gossip and...
Gel (laughs): I can still keep secrets.
Kayla: Gel, I don't want to talk about it. I promise, I'll tell you, if I need someone to talk to.
Gel: Fine!
(Gel gets up and leaves the room. Kayla sighs, she looks sad.)
Kayla (quietly to herself): I'm sorry, but no one can know.
SCENE 15
(Camera pans in and shows Slade lying outstretched on his bed staring at the ceiling.)
FLASHBACK
(Ebony leans in to Jay and Slade staggers towards them, shouting drunkenly at them.)
Slade: What the hell?!
Jay: Slade?
Slade: What are you doin'? Thass my... I...
(Slade punches Jay.)
FLASHBACK ENDS
(Slade rubs his eyes and hides his face in his hands.)
Slade: I'm never drinking again.
FLASHBACK
(Slade and Ebony are lying on their bed talking.)
Slade: I'd know another thing or two to keep you occupied.
Ebony (smirks): And what is that?
(She leans down and kisses him passionately. Slade's hands roam over her body, before helping her to get rid of her shirt.)
FLASHBACK ENDS
(Slade groans and rolls over so his face is buried in the pillow. Camera then cuts to Ebony, who is sitting in her room. She sits on her bed, hugging a pillow to her chest and smiling to herself.)
(Pictures flash over the screen of her and Slade kissing for the first time, them on the boat as they leave the city, them fighting, the break-up and then Slade punching Jay.)
(The smile on Ebony's face just grows, before she blinks a few times and puts the pillow down. She moves over to her punching back and kicks it a few times to clear her mind.)
SCENE 16
(Camera cuts to the school that is now abandoned since the Consilium disappeared. A group of people led by Kierce walks up to it. Kierce stops in front of the building and turns around to his friends.)
Kierce: This is a place of lies! People made fools out of us here. Let's smash it!
(They run into the school, smashing windows with bats or throwing stones through them. They run through the corridors and classrooms like a wild horde and kick in doors, throw desks and chairs out of the windows and spray paint the walls and blackboards. They do this shouting and singing. Two girls even climb on top of the desks and dance in euphoria. Kierce watches them proudly. Camera zooms in on his face before fading to black.)
SCENE 17
(Camera cuts in from black to Trudy and Brady walking down the corridor. They check the rooms of Mouse, Sammy, Lottie, Dylan and Chester and finally end up going to Amber. Amber is sitting on the little sofa next to Bray Jr's crib and reads a book to her son.)
Amber:... 'But our fish said 'No! No! Make the cat go away!'
(She stops reading, when she notices Trudy and Brady and closes the book.)
Trudy: I'm sorry. We don't want to disturb, but have you seen Sammy and the others? Brady and I were looking for them, but they seem to have disappeared.
Amber (shakes her head): No. Maybe they went out.
Trudy: By themselves?
Amber: The city is safe now. They can do that.
Brady: Can I go?
Trudy: No, you can't go by yourself yet.
Brady: When?
Trudy: When you're older.
(She picks up her daughter and sits on the sofa with Amber. Bray Jr squeals with delight and reaches for Brady.)
Trudy: Maybe they should get something to do.
Amber: Like what? They are already on the rota.
Trudy: But I'm thinking about their future. Since Brady is getting older now, I was thinking about her learning to read and write and it got me thinking about the other kids. Do you know how good they are?
Amber: Probably even worse than Cloe and Patsy were when we tried teaching them.
Trudy: Don't you think, we should do something about it?
Amber: I do want the best for them... but we'd need a better plan than last time. And do you think we could get them to agree? I don't want to force them.
Trudy: I'm positive Mouse and Dylan would be willing to learn. The older ones I'm not so sure about.
Amber: And what are we going to teach them? Reading and writing should be on the top of the list.
Trudy: And maths. I was actually quite good at maths. I could do that.
Amber: That's great, because I'm not very good at it. I'll think about it and then we can talk to them. See if they're up for it. Now I have to put Junior down.
Trudy: Alright. Brady, shall we go see what Ryan and Ruby are making for dinner?
(Trudy and Brady leave and Amber picks up her son and places him in his crib. Camera cuts to the next scene.)
SCENE 18
(The camera follows Darryl as he leaves the café, he walks along all the doors to the private rooms, he walks past Gel's room, but then stops as he notices the door is ajar. Smiling he pushes it open to find Gel lying on the bed flicking through a magazine.)
Darryl: There you are! I was here just a second ago.
Gel: I just came back from Kayla's. What did you want?
Darryl: Well, you said, you'd come by later and I was expecting you.
(Gel looks up from the magazine and frowns.)
Gel: I don't check up on you.
Darryl: That's not what I meant. I have a surprise for you.
(She immediately throws the magazine to the floor and rushes towards him. He laughs at her excitement and takes her hand to pull her into his room, which is right next door. A table has been set up in the middle of the room and there are candles everywhere.)
Darryl: You keep talking about that date I owe you and without any restaurants around, this is the best I could do.
Gel: Oh, Darryl! This is perfect.
(She throws her arms around him and kisses him. The kiss deepens until Darryl gently pushes her away.)
Darryl: We can do that later, babe. Right now there is dinner waiting.
Gel: Did you cook it?
Darryl (laughs): No. I got Ruby to help me.
Gel: So it's safe.
(She pokes her tongue out at him and lets him lead her to the table. He gets the chair for her before sitting down himself and pours juice for them both.)
Gel (grins): No wine?
Darryl: Do you mind? Oh God, of course you mind. I'm sorry. I'll-
Gel: Stop it! I was just teasing. Juice is perfect.
(He smiles and raises his glass, so does she.)
Darryl: To our first real date.
Gel: To my amazing boyfriend.
(Darryl blushes as they clink glasses. The camera zooms out as the couple beams at each other.)
SCENE 19
(Camera fades in from black to the old Harpies camp. It all looks like it did, the last time we saw it, only that the cages are empty. Voices are heard and the snapping of twigs, the camera pans around to Dee and Patch that are just arriving at the camp side.)
Dee: Looks like someone lives her after all.
(Patch walks towards the fire place and turns back to Dee.)
Patch: Lived. There hasn't been a fire in a while here.
(Dee goes to the tree house nearest to her, but even before she climbs the ladder, she wrinkles her nose. She sniffs the air for a while.)
Dee: Something smells here. No wonder they left.
(Patch seems to have smelled it, too. They both walk through the camp trying to figure out the source. Suddenly Dee screams and Patch runs towards her. She stands in front of one of the cages. The only one that isn't empty. Just like all the other cages the door has been opened, but the rotting body of Kaelem still lies in there. Patch and Dee immediately step away from it.)
Patch: We can't stay here.
Dee: What happened to him? Why didn't he leave?
(Patch points out the stained shirt.)
Patch: He was injured.
(They turn away and move to the other end of the camp. They are both clearly shaken up by the image. Patch breathed heavily trying to calm his stomach, but it doesn't work. He doubles over and retches. It takes all of Dee's strength to not do the same.)
Dee: This is horrible. Who would do something like this?
Patch: They could at least have buried him.
Dee: I don't know about you, but I think we should move on quickly. I don't want to stay here any longer.
Patch: I agree. Let's get out of here.
(They need a few seconds to orientate them and then start of running away from the camp.)
SCENE 20
(Camera pans around an empty road and then zooms in on two figures emerging from the tall grass. Alice and Ellie are still breathing heavily, but they are also laughing as they walk along the road now.)
Alice: Well... At least we have a nice little story to tell now.
Ellie: I feel bad though. We didn't find Patch.
Alice: Did you think we would?
Ellie (smiles): Not really, but it would have been nice. I feel for them.
Alice: I know. Being away from you was one of the hardest things.
(Ellie hugs her sister and gently brushes her hand over her stomach.)
Ellie: You're never going to be alone again from now on.
Alice: Guess I'll have to say goodbye to the corsets for a while soon.
Ellie: And you kicked butt for the last time in a while today.
Alice: I'm okay with that one. Don't you get tired of fighting? We're always fighting someone.
Ellie: Maybe we can have some peace and quiet now that the Consilium are gone.
Alice: Maybe.
(They walk in silence for a while until Alice grabs Ellie's shoulder.)
Alice: One more thing, Ellie. Don't tell anyone, okay? I'm not ready for the whole tribe to know about me being pregnant.
Ellie: It's your decision.
Alice: Thank you.
SCENE 21
(Lex is sitting on the edge of his bed and polishes his boots. The camera pans around to show Bray standing in the doorway.)
Lex: Come in.
Bray: I didn't...
Lex: No, but I can feel you staring.
(Bray enters the room and sits in a beanbag.)
Lex: What do you want?
Bray: Are you really unhappy I'm back?
Lex: Why do you even care? My opinion never matters to you.
Bray: Well, it won't change anything. But I'd like to know, what I did to piss you off.
(Lex scowls at him and returns to his boots without answering.)
Bray: Lex! I thought we were-
Lex: Friends? Come on, Bray.
Bray: Well, maybe not friends, but we were a good team. We defeated the Chosen together.
Lex: That's true.
Bray: Then what is it?
(Lex throws the boots across the room.)
Lex: It's not you, okay?! Stop making everything about you.
Bray (raises an eyebrow): So...
Lex: You didn't happen to see Tai-San in the mines, did you?
Bray: That's what this is about. You don't like to see me with Amber while Tai-San is still missing.
Lex: That wasn't my question.
Bray (shakes his head): I don't know. Everything from when the Technos took me away and till I woke up at the warehouses is really hazy. I don't remember much.
Lex: That is just great then!
Bray: I'm sorry, Lex. I would help you if I could.
Lex: Maybe Mega lied to me. Maybe he did waste her.
Bray: Don't think that. Don't give up hope.
Lex: Easy for you to say.
(Bray avoids his glare. Camera zooms in on Lex's angry face before fading out.)
SCENE 22
(Salene sits in her dark room, the only light coming from a candle next to her. She's crying and looking at pictures of Pride, Cloe, Patsy and May. She picks one up of her and Pride and sobs loudly. She tries to dry her tears, but every time she does, new form.)
Salene: Why am I always alone? Everyone I care about leaves. Everyone has someone and all I have is pictures and memories.
(The picture falls from her hand as she curls up into a ball, crying harder.)
SCENE 23
(Three people move through the city as the sun sets. One of them is a tall young man with short black hair and dark skin. He has grey and white tribal markings on his right cheek and chin. The other is a boy with fair skin and short brown hair with yellow stripes in going from his temples to the back of his neck. He's shorter than the first one and has yellow tribal markings going from his ears to his cheek bones. The last one is a girl, who is much shorter than both of them. She's also dark-skinned, but fairer than the first boy and has long, wavy brown hair. She has light blue tribal markings on the whole right side of her face.)
(They move until the first boy holds up a hand and they stop. He gestures to the other two. The camera zooms in and we can hear him speaking in a low voice, while looking directly at the other boy. While still gesturing wildly, he's signing.)
Boy: There are voices up there. Maybe we can find out more about this city.
(The girl steps forward, she also signs while speaking.)
Girl: You stay here and watch our backs and Paul and I go check it out.
Boy: That was my plan.
(He stays at the corner and the girl and Paul move closer to the voices, the girl leading the way. They stop and hide behind a pair of barrels. The camera pans around to show Kierce and some of his friends sitting around a fire and eating. We can faintly hear them talking.)
Kierce: It's what happens. First they're all like 'We wanna help you' and 'It's for the best of the city' and then they have us under their thumb and we're the stupid ones. All tribes are the same, they want power and call it security. I say, it's every man for himself now. If you can't survive on your own, you don't have a place in this new world.
(His friends cheer in agreement.)
Kierce: You know the Chosen didn't have it that wrong. Power and Chaos.
(Camera moves back to Paul and the girl. He signs something and so does she, this time without actually talking and only moving her lips. Camera zooms in on her as she crosses her fists and mouths 'Power and Chaos'.)
SCENE 24
(In the café the Mallrats except Gel and Darryl share a meal together. Everyone sits in small groups and talks. At one table Jay and Ebony talk and laugh and as the camera pans around we can see Slade watching them with a sombre expression. Ruby, who sits next to him, gently nudges him.)
Ruby (whispers): It shows.
(Slade gives his head a little shake and returns to his food. Ram sits opposite them, he looks from one to the other and back again.)
Ram: What's going on? Am I not in on a secret?
Slade: Can't handle not being the centre of attention?
Ram (rolls his eyes): Just curious. So are you going to fill me in?
Slade: No, it's fine.
Ram: Ruby?
Ruby (shakes her head): You're smart, you'll figure it out.
Ram (mumbles): I hate you.
(Camera moves to Kayla and KC alone. Kayla looks over to Jack every now and then, who sits with Amber, Bray and Trudy.)
KC: What are you doing?
Kayla: What do you mean?
KC: You're not very focused on your food, are you?
Kayla: Oh... uhm... I was just wondering what Gel and Darryl are up to.
KC: No, you're not.
Kayla: Excuse me?
KC: If you really wanted to know, you'd ask and I'd tell you, they're on a date. But I bet you already figured as much.
Kayla (shrugs): I'm tired. I didn't think.
KC: I know you spent all day with Jack. I also know you can't keep your eyes of him right now.
Kayla: That's not true.
(KC sighs, grips her arm and forces her to look at him.)
KC: Look, Kayla, it's not a good idea. Jack and Ellie are really close and I don't want you to get hurt.
Kayla: I won't.
KC: Kayla... you don't get between two people in love.
(She rolls her eyes at him, wrenches herself free of his grip and leaves the café. Camera pans around to the oblivious Jack before cutting to black.)
SCENE 25
(It's already dark, but Alice and Ellie have not stopped moving. In the distance the shapes of the city can be seen and to their right is the forest, the Harpies lived in. The sisters are too tired to talk and just keep on walking. Suddenly two figures step out of the forest and Ellie quickly pulls Alice down into the ditch again. The voices of the two people travel to them.)
Patch VO: We should rest, Dee. Who knows what we run into in the city in the middle of the night
Dee VO: Can't be any worse than the forest, can it?
Patch VO: Come on, Dee!
(The two sisters quietly move closer until they can make them out. With a big smile Ellie moves towards the two figures. They immediately jump backwards preparing for a fight. Ellie puts up her hands and Alice, who follows her does the same now.)
Ellie: It's alright. It's Ellie and Alice and I believe we've been looking for you.
Dee: Why?
Ellie: Dee, we're Mallrats.
Patch: Mallrats?
Alice: Yea. We were trying to find you. That is if you're Patch.
Patch: That means my brothers really are with you?
Ellie: You bet!
(Camera zooms in on his happy face, before cutting to black.)