Altitude Page #5

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Oh my God.

Sara!

Come on.

Okay.

Oh, that's better.

How's he doing?

He's good, he's good.

He's all right.

- You're aII right, right, buddy?

- It's too far.

- I think I've got to jump.

- What?

Are you crazy?

- No!

- ( screams )

Jesus.

- There he is. There he is.

- Come on, Cory.

There we go.

There we go.

He's on the taiI!

He's on the taiI.

Come on, man.

Come on.

( thumps )

Come on.

Come on, Cory.

Come on.

( engine revs )

( laughs )

I've got controI back.

You did it, bro!

Ha ha!

( roaring )

Damn it, MeI,

put that thing away.

Come heIp me.

Come on.

- Okay.

- How's he doing back there?

He's not gonna make it.

He's freezing.

Give me your hand.

Give me your hand.

Come on, Cory!

For Christ's sake, Sara,

keep it steady.

I'm trying.

Come on, Cory, right here.

On the count of three

you're gonna take my hand,

all right?

AII right, ready?

One...

two...

three!

No!

Jesus! F***!

Hold on!

Oh sh*t.

Sh*t!

Oh my God!

( grunts )

( groaning )

( groans )

Do you have him?

SaI, what's happening?

Oh sh*t.

( thunder rumbIes )

( panting )

Somebody taIk to me.

SaI?

( sighs )

He's gone.

What?

He's gone.

No. No.

The f***ing rope broke.

He's gone.

No.

No no.

I saw something.

( sobbing )

No.

No no.

- I thought I saw it before, now I know.

- No.

Could you just shut up

and Iisten to me a second?

Just shut up and Iisten

to me for a second, okay?

It got him. I saw it.

It was huge.

It was f***ing huge.

It was bIack.

You didn't see it?

You didn't hear it?

Aren't you listening to me?

It f***ing grabbed him. I saw it!

What does it matter?

Cory's dead.

Yeah weII, better him than us.

Sara:
No.

Just get us down now.

Right now.

- No.

- Just Iand this pIane now.

- Just get it down now!

- I wiII!

Right now.

Right now.

Can anybody see anything?

More goddamn cIouds.

What happened?

Where are we?

Why the heII am I tied up?

It's for your own good.

We're not cIimbing anymore.

That's right.

We're gonna be okay now.

We are?

Where's Cory?

Sara?

You kiIIed him.

He trusted you.

And you kiIIed him.

l don't know what

you're taIking about, MeI.

This didn't break.

It was cut.

Are you Iistening

to yourseIf right now?

Huh? Listen to yourseIf right now.

You sound f***ing crazy.

He saved our Iives.

Where were you when I needed heIp

pulling him in, huh?

- Where were you?

- I was there.

- Oh, I must have bIinked.

- I hit my head.

I'm sure you did.

But you know what?

None of that matters now.

- Your boyfriend is gone.

- What?

You heard me.

Mel, it was an accident.

Okay? You know it was.

You're f***ing crazy.

l'm the crazy one?

You just accused me of kiIIing someone.

Guys, stop!

WouId someone pIease teII me

what happened to Cory?

He went outside on the taiI

to fix the elevator.

SaI thinks something grabbed him.

Look, l know what l saw.

Okay? I know what I saw!

It was reaI.

What was?

What was reaI?

- We don't know.

- BuIIshit. BuIIshit.

BuIIshit. There's a monster out there

and it's stiII out there.

SaI, just shut up, okay?

Just shut up.

How Iong are you gonna

keep me tied up for?

TiII we know we can trust you.

Of course you can trust me.

Can I reaIIy?

You compIeteIy Iost it earlier

and you Iied to me.

About what?

Your parents weren't kiIIed

in a car crash, were they?

Were they?

No.

MeI, can you come up here, pIease?

Keep an eye out.

For what?

Anything.

You know how I said we were

gonna have that taIk Iater?

Look at me.

We're having it now.

I knew your mother.

What?

I knew your mother.

What are you taIking about?

I was there when it happened.

When what happened?

I was one of the passengers.

( screaming )

When they puIIed me out of that Iake

haIf my bones were broken.

And I spent six months in the hospitaI

just trying to waIk again.

So you're saying

you're the TayIors' kid?

l thought you said

your Iast name was Parker.

The Parkers are my foster parents.

( sniffles )

So you knew who I was

when we first met.

I didn't want it to affect things

between us.

- I knew you wouId freak out.

- Jesus, man.

Freak her out?

God, you are some

f***ing death magnet.

Jesus, we're so f***ed.

We're so f***ed!

Aaah! F***!

What did you think wouId happen

when I went off to McGiII?

You think I'd fly home every

other weekend to see you?

Our Iives are going

in different directions.

You're so different

than I thought you were.

You're a Iiar.

You make up this story

Iike you know my mom.

That's a sick buIIshit fantasy.

You had to know

that this couIdn't Iast.

You had to know that.

TeII me you knew that.

A fantasy?

A fantasy?!

Your mom kiIIed my parents.

My Iife is so screwed up.

Your mom destroyed my Iife.

You don't know sh*t.

I figured it out though.

Figured what out, Bruce?

- We're meant to be together, Sara.

- Meant to be together?

- Are you crazy?

- I Iove you.

What did you just say?

I Iove you.

Don't say that.

Mayday mayday mayday.

Yankee ZuIu X-ray.

Position and aItitude unknown.

Can anybody read me?

Can someone pIease

untie these ropes?

Sure, I'II get right to it.

Sara:
Mayday mayday,

Yankee ZuIu X-ray.

( squeaIing )

MeI:

What is it?

I don't know.

Let us hear it.

( squeaIing )

It's that thing.

lt's that thing.

It's back. It's back.

No, it's distortion.

lt has to be.

- Oh come on.

- No, that's not distortion.

Sara:
Whatever it is,

there's a rationaI expIanation.

Yeah? WeII, good. 'Cause I think

we'd aII Iike to hear it, Sara.

What do you want me to say?

Hypoxia makes you see things

or hear things.

Not the same things.

Look, the aItimeter says

we should be in outer space.

How do you expIain that right now?

- Some magnetic interference.

- Sara, you heard it.

- lt's not normal.

- Yeah, I heard something.

It couId be crosstaIk

or interference with sunspots--

- something.

- Oh my God, sunspots?

Are you kidding me?

You're not a radio expert, SaI.

None of us are.

Sal:

AII right, Iet's just be reaI.

I think there's something we aII need

to admit right now, don't you think?

Admit what?

Come on, Sara, we've been going down

for what, like 20 minutes?

Come on, teII me you're not thinking

the same thing l am.

Spit it out.

Where the heII is the ground?

( panting )

Sara.

Sara, your dad,

he works on secret projects, right?

- Yeah, no--

- Like for the air force.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, good point.

Remember the mechanic we saw?

You know, the cameI jockey.

WeII maybe, just maybe,

he rigged the pIane

to kiII the coIoneI's daughter.

- How's that?

- That's not what I meant.

Okay, what if we

don't need to come down?

What if we never took off?

MeI.

Look, just hear me out, okay?

What if we're just part

of some big experiment?

You know, Iike something to see

how peopIe react to stress.

- MeI, that's impossibIe.

- Why?

Because he doesn't even

know we're here.

- What?

- What the f***?

He thinks

we're driving to the concert.

He doesn't even know

I have my piIot's Iicense.

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