sorry it took me so long to update... i kind of wrote myself into a wall. also, happy belated birthday to AnonymousAnnie! thank you so much for reading and reviewing!
FADE IN. EXT. SUNRISE. DERYN and NEWKIRK are heading down the slopping hill towards the village. NEWKIRK is visibly exhausted and occasionally stumbles, causing DERYN to stop and wait for him to catch up. There reach a sign with directions and NEWKIRK sits down, not even bothering with the snow.
DERYN (squinting at the sign)
I don't suppose you can read Italian?
NEWKIRK
No. Alek does.
DERYN looks sadly back at the sign and NEWKIRK realizes what he said.
NEWKIRK (awkwardly mumbles)
Sorry, I forgot.
DERYN(quickly changing the subject)
Maybe the beastie can help us
She reaches around to her pack where BOVRIL was.
DERYN(looking at NEWKIRK in shock)
Bovril's not here.
NEWKIRK
What? I thought you had it when we escaped!
DERYN
I did too! (she turns and runs back the way they came)
NEWKIRK (hurriedly scrambling up)
Sharp wait! Where are you going?
DERYN
We have to go back and find it.
NEWKIRK (reaching out and grabbing DERYN's arm)
You're being daft. If we lost the creature along the way,
There is a good chance that the Germans found it. There
Also is a very good likelihood that they think it might be
important to us, so they'll be waiting for us to come back
and retrieve it. We should just leave it and carry on.
DERYN (shaking her arm free)
That loris is the last thing I have from Alek. I'm not going
to leave it to the barking Germans.
DERYN continues to run back up the snow covered hill.
NEWKIRK (yelling angrily after her)
So you're just going to up and run off?(silence from the
direction DERYN went) Why does it seem to me that your
friendship with Alek is going too far Mr. Sharp?
He is rewarded for this comment with a snowball sailing forth from the night and hitting him in the face.
DERYN(her voice rising a few octaves as she yells back)
You won't last a day without me out here! So sit back and
enjoy that frostbite your sorry bum is going to endure!
NEWKIRK wipes the snow off his shoulders and grudgingly follows DERYN back to where they started.
CUT TO road with the soldiers. ALEK had climbed up the side of the mountain and was now looking over at the German soldiers, two of whom are still standing around their car for some reason, smoking. He quickly duck back down.
GERMAN SOLIER #3 (mumbles unhappily)
Wie lange dauert es, zwei Jungs zu finden?
How long does it take to find two boys?
His companion shrugs taking a drag from his cigarette.
CUT TO DERYN and NEWKIRK sneaking back up the mountain slope.
NEWKIRK
Do you think the beastie is even going to be there anymore?
DERYN
If he's not there, we'll just have to follow them.
NEWKIRK
You're on the route to a suicide mission-mmph!
He is cut off mid-sentence when DERYN hurls herself at him and firmly clamps her hand over his mouth.
DERYN(hissing whisper)
Shh! Soldiers!
They lie in the snow for a few moments .the sound of feet crunching in snow passes, and after a while, DERYN risks sitting up to look. The coast seems clear, so she removes her hand from NEWKIRK's mouth. He too, sits up. With and exchange of glances they both stand up.
NEWKIRK(nervous laugh)
That was too close for my liking.
DERYN
Aye.
NEWKIRK
Are we still getting the creature?
DERYN nods, but all the confidence she had is now gone. She turns to say something else to NEWKIRK, probably something to reinforce her own composure, but before she can say anything, a man comes up from behind and strikes NEWKIRK over the head with it. NEWKIRK crumples to the ground and DERYN lets out a yell of warning that comes too late for NEWKIRK. Seeing that she will be attacked next, DERYN reaches for her gun, but another had come up from behind and grabs her.
CUT TO ALEK. The dragon is now squirming around in his shirt and ALEK has to remove it because it had started to rake its claws into his chest. It squeaks and paws the ground nervously. The two soldiers standing by the truck look up like the heard something, and for a second ALEK think he's been found out, but they're looking in a different direction. Two more soldiers burst from a crevasse one dragging the unconscious form of NEWKIRK. DERYN, with a sack over her head, is brought forth next, struggling in the grasp if the German soldier. ALEK is barely able keep himself from jumping up and trying to rescue them. The other men rush up to them and one of them helps restrain DERYN. The soldier's had gets too close to DERYN's mouth, and she takes that opportunity to bite him through the bag. Despite the situation, ALEK smiles as the soldier jumps back with a yelp. The German takes his revenge by coming back with a fierce blow to DERYN's head. Her body goes limp and ALEK bites back a cry. DERYN and NEWKIRK are thrown into the truck, and the soldiers get in after them. It drives and ALEK slips from his hiding place. FADE OUT.