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NANA (CONT'D)
You shouldn’t have protected her,
Felix. Love makes us all
victims.
STREET - MIDDAY - EXT
The red Astra grumbles to a halt in the middle of an almost
abandoned street. The engine fails to turn over when Lee
guns it twice more. Half of the houses are boarded up or
FOR SALE. A bike leans on a kickstand. A man is walking
a tiny, yappy dog. It yips a bark, echoing around. Lee
reaches for the rucksack and follows them to the edges of
the woods, not bothering to lock the car.
CABIN - MIDDAY - INT
WITHOUT SOUND -
A cupboard door is open, sharing darkness with the front
room. Something clatters down inside, Shay jumps and Crash
holds her waist tightly. An instant later a pile of books
spill out.
WOODS - MOMENTS LATER - EXT
Teddy backpack on back, Lee is walking through the woods.
Takes jacket out of bag, ties it round waist and continues,
leaving bag on ground.
25.
CABIN - EARLY AFTERNOON - INT
Shay is wandering around the room with a bottle of water in
her hand. Crash follows her, not letting go of her waist.
He follows her through a door into -
CABIN BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS - INT
It is darker in here. A bedside lamp is switched on
throwing a dim glow out. Piles of hi-tech electronics are
stacked on the battered desk and line the walls. She pulls
away from him and curls up on the bed. PC magazines and
CDs dot the carpet.
SHANNON
Why me? Why here? Why now?
CRASH
Why not?
There is a small window in one wall but it is dusted over
so thickly that it cannot be seen out of. A hairline crack
runs the length of the same wall.
A rasping breath, almost a wheeze, shudders through the
cabin. Shay clutches the magazines to her and Crash
glances towards the window.
SHANNON
What was that? You heard it too,
didn’t you?
CRASH
It won’t hurt you.
HOSPITAL ICU - CONTINUOUS - INT
A hand on a white sheet twitches. Widen to Felix as his