Anything Is Possible Page #3

(CHUCKLES) Like every good soldier

I see you know your ranks.

It's a little nippy

out here.

Wait here.

Yes, sir.

Take that.

What about you?

Uh, my jacket will

keep me warm.

My mom's jacket

does pretty good too.

Where is she?

Well, I told you,

missing in action.

Missing where?

Well, if we knew then she wouldn't

be missing in action, would she?

George, everything's gonna

be all right. You'll see.

Shouldn't have been so careless

with the adoption thing.

It's okay,

you just didn't know.

Ignorance is no excuse though.

Don't worry, we're going

to make this right.

(PLAYING KEYBOARD)

You play?

A little.

Why don't you go on

and play some?

Captain,

I'll play for you,

but first,

you have to help me

with this.

I hear it's the best

in all of Detroit.

Thank you, little soldier.

You gonna play something?

Okay.

(PLAYING)

Nice, kid!

Good job, kid, good job.

That was pretty good.

We should call it a night,

all right, little soldier?

This is your bunk right here.

Good night.

Good night, Captain.

I love you guys.

I love you.

Good night, Mom.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

Rise and shine,

little soldier.

Why did they take

everything down?

We need to break camp

every day,

you never know

when you've got to relocate.

I know what you mean.

Okay, soldier,

what's your mission?

I'm not really

a soldier, Captain.

Really?

I ran away

for a very good reason.

There's never a good reason to run

away from home where people love you.

That is unacceptable, soldier.

Then what's your excuse,

Captain?

I don't have a family.

And besides,

I'm not eight years old.

I'm 10.

Oh, 10, got it.

I can't go back.

Not now, sir.

Well, you can't

stay out here.

I like the people here

just fine.

Yeah, most of them are okay

but there's some danger

out here too.

(SIGHS)

What's wrong?

I just feel like...

Like I'm missing

but in the inside.

Have you ever felt

that way, Captain?

I'm not gonna

force you home.

But I am gonna ask you to help me

out with a very important mission.

You name it.

Come with me.

We'll put this in here

for now.

You ready, little soldier?

Yep.

Let's go.

Captain, I don't mean to be rude but

regarding this mission, remember,

I'm not really a soldier.

You know what the true

definition of a soldier is?

No.

The true definition

of a soldier

is an active

and loyal member of a group.

You commit to that, you're a soldier

no matter what the cause is.

Now Captain Miles' been

thinking about your cause.

You know what

your cause is?

Your cause

is to find yourself.

And when you find yourself you'll

be able to find your family.

Why are we here?

We need life back there.

You mean batteries.

That's right, batteries.

And they've got plenty of them

in there.

They've got so many of them

they throw them away,

even if there's life

left in them.

Why would they do that?

Don't know, I never asked.

I just go up to that container

right there and take what I need.

So you want me to go

over there and just take them?

There's nothing wrong

with that, Nathan,

they're gonna

throw them away anyway.

So what about you?

Me? Captain Miles?

Captain Miles

is your lookout.

Captain Miles

got you covered.

Captain Miles,

Captain Miles.

(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

(GUN SHOTS)

May I help you?

I'm sorry,

I didn't mean to scare you.

It's... It's you.

Yep, and this is my home.

What are you doing

in our recycling bin?

Oh, I was just looking

for batteries.

Everyone knows you don't

recycle batteries.

Apparently not.

(GIGGLES) So,

why are you here?

Just, uh, passing by.

You're really far

from home.

Are you with your dad?

No, I'm with...

EVELYN:
Jesse, lunch is ready!

I'm coming!

I gotta go.

Where to?

Come to lunch with us.

You can tell me there.

No, I can't.

EVELYN:
Jesse!

I'm coming!

Come on, I can tell

something's wrong.

Okay,

but you have to promise not to tell anyone.

But... You have to promise

or you won't see me again.

(SIGHS) Okay, I promise.

Okay, I'll tell you later.

Where can I hide?

There's a door on the side of the

house that leads down to the basement,

no one ever goes there. It's safe.

I'll check on you later.

Yeah.

I'm coming!

(DOOR OPENS)

Kim, there's got to be

something we can do.

I mean, what are we going to

do with all those children?

We can't let this happen.

Okay, yeah, all right.

Call me later.

(PHONE BEEPS)

Is everything okay, Mom?

Everything's fine,

just eat your lunch.

I'm sorry, sweetie.

It's just the funding to keep the

orphanage open, it wasn't approved.

We don't know what to do.

(PHONE RINGING)

(PHONE BEEPS)

Jared?

Can I take the rest of

my lunch up to my room?

Okay, but just this one time.

Yes, Jared, what's going on?

(DOOR CLOSES)

Nathan?

Nathan?

(GIGGLES)

I see you're not very good

at hide and seek.

For your information I'm

very good at hide and seek.

It's just that no one counted

to 20 and I had to think fast.

Oh.

Here, you must be starving.

Thanks.

(SIGHS) So what's going on?

Your mom isn't gonna come

down here, right?

No.

She's very busy right now.

Okay.

What's going on?

How do you know

where I live?

I didn't.

So then why are you here?

I came with a friend.

And where is this friend?

He's out there.

And is this an old friend?

Met him yesterday.

That doesn't qualify

as a friend.

Captain Miles does.

We knew a Captain Miles.

We haven't seen him in months.

He moves a lot.

So are you going

to come clean

and tell me what's going on

with your father?

I ran away.

Something must have happened.

They were gonna

take me away.

Who?

I'm not sure.

This man and this lady came,

and they said that something about

my dad not being my real dad.

And what did your dad say?

After arguing for a while he

finally agreed, so I ran away.

I didn't want to go

to some institution.

That's for crazy people.

Not all are for crazy people.

My mom works for different

institutions and they do good things.

I'm not taking any chances.

So you prefer the streets?

At least there I'm free.

It's very dangerous.

Come to think of it,

I had fun last night.

You're just lucky

you ran into Captain Miles.

How do you know him?

He worked for my mom until one day

he just stopped showing up to work.

Never came back.

What kind of work?

He did everything,

best handyman in the world.

He's a fine soldier too.

Nathan, if you let me tell my mom

she can clear all of this up.

Please, don't tell her.

I have to.

If you do I'll run away again.

All right, I won't, for now,

but eventually you're going to

have to go back to your dad.

You mean the dad

that's not my real dad?

He never told you anything?

Nope.

Sometimes parents don't say anything

because they don't want to hurt their kids.

What if they take me to another dad?

They can't do that, could they?

That could be a problem.

Okay, you can't tell anyone

until we know for sure.

All right.

I'll tell you what,

my mom and I are leaving town for two days.

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