hello again. first off i would like to apologize in advance for the butchering of the German language in this chapter. I do not speak German, and it seems as though neither does Google translate, which is what i used. i hope you enjoy reading this chapter/scene as much as i did writing it.
FADE IN. INT. Dawn. DERYN is sitting with her back to a wall, in a abandoned, drafty shack. NEWKIRK is nowhere in sight. DERYN pulls her legs up to her chest and in doing so, knocks her pack over. Her sketchbook falls out, and a piece of paper slides out from inside. DERYN reaches out and picks it up. She stifles a sob at the sight of the blind contour ALEK had made. DERYN crumples to drawing and throes it across the shack with a vengeance. NEWKIRK walks in at this point and sees DERYN curled up in a ball crying. DERYN immediately sits up and turns away hastily trying to wipe away the tears.
NEWKIRK(awkwardly)
Well, um, no one is following us.
DERYN nods.
NEWKIRK
I'll, make us a fire then.
He kneels and pulls out some small twigs and sets about arranging them into a tent shape. NEWKIRK stands and his foot brushes that crumpled up drawing. He picks it up and unfolds it.
NEWKIRK
Did Alek draw this?
DERYN doesn't respond. NEWKIRK drops the page.
NEWKIRK
Did you hear that?
A noise, like muffled voices, sounds from outside the shack.
DERYN
I thought you said we weren't being followed!
NEWKIRK
We weren't! I swear.
DERYN goes to the dirty window and looks out, then quickly ducks back in.
DERYN(her voice tight with rage)
It's the soldiers. Give me you gun.
NEWKIRK
I lost it in the avalanche! (frantic)We have to leave.
DERYN
Newkirk, these are the men who killed Alek. We've found
them finally, and you want to run?!
NEWKIRK
I don't have a gun, and they do, two in fact. Yes I do want to
run. Sharp, I know that Alek is dead, but you dying isn't
going to help anyone.
The voices are right outside the shack. DERYN and NEWKIRK stop talking immediately, but so do the men outside. NEWKIRK grabs DERYN's arm and tries to pull her towards the back door. He trips over one of the packs lying on the floor, creating a very loud clatter noise. Both DERYN and NEWKIRK freeze. Outside the soldiers start talking in low, hurried voices. The door bursts open with such force that is falls off its rusty hinges. NEWKIRK jumps back, pulling DERYN with, and they both fall into the back wall.
SOLDIER #1 (clearly shocked, and a little bit scared)
Das sind die Männer, die mitdem Prinzenwaren!
These are the men that were with the prince!
SOLDIER #2
Bedeutet dies das er überlebte die Lawine?
Does this mean he survived the avalanche?
DERYN
Er tot ist.
He's dead
The soldiers both look at her in surprise.
DERYN
Ja, ich spreche Deutsch. Ich kann jedes Wort verstehen Sie sagen.
Yes I speak German. I can understand every word you say.
SOLDIER #2
so, du sagst der Prinz ist tot, und doch überlebt.
So you say the prince is dead, and yet you survived.
DERYN
Ja.
SOLDIER #1
Ich denke, du lügst.
I think you're lying.
DERYN screams and hurls herself at the soldier, trying to punch the man, while the other soldier struggles to get her off of his comrade.
DERYN (after finally being pulled off of him)
Denken Sie mich würden liegen über etwas Ähnliches?!
Do you think I would lie about something like that?!
The soldier laughs and wipes the blood tricked out of his noes off.
SOLDIER #2 (his eyes wander down to DERYN's chest)
Ich glaube, Sie lügen über viele Dinge.
I believe you are lying about many things.
DERYN backs away in surprise. She looks at him in shock and swallows. He just smiles wickedly back at her.
NEWKIRK(quietly to DERYN)
What did they say?
DERYN(shaken)
It's not important.
SOLDIER #2 (speaking to the other soldier.)
Wir sollten sie mit uns zurücknehmen
We should take them with us.
The two men harshly drag DERYN and NEWKIRK to their feet. FADE OUT.