Day Zero Page #5

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You put me in

this f***in' position!

Come on!

Dixon!

Dixon, I'm sorr--

Dixon!

Guys, come on, I wanna go home.

Hey, buddy. It's us.

We're here. Where are you?

We're worried.

Give us a call.

Alright?

Probably working

on number 10.

Yeah, he's a little out

of control.

A little?

Where you at

right now?

You still not

gonna go?

It's just this

whole thing is so wrong.

I just know it.

We're making new enemies

every day.

And it's a war we can't win.

Whoa, you don't

know that.

I don't

know it?

I believe it.

I believe you.

I do.

I absolutely

believe you.

But you need

to know

that I believe it's the right

thing to do.

I do, man. I think that if we

don't do this now,

it's gonna be

too late.

Nothing left

to fight for.

'Cause as soon as they can kill

us, they will.

As soon as they get nukes,

that's it, it's over, man.

I'm gonna tell

you something else.

New York City, right here,

we're gonna be first.

Look, I--

I'm basically

a f***-up.

I know that.

I do.

But I believe--

I believe in this

place and all of it.

And the thing is,

is that, I choose to drive that cab.

I--I choose to be your friend.

I choose, right now,

I am choosing to be in this bar.

And that's

the point, man.

That's--that's what's

at stake, that's--

it's choice,

it's freedom.

It's freedom to be

whatever the f*** you wanna be,

even if it is a f***-up.

I mean, we're--

we're in a fight,

for a way of life.

And that's

what I believe.

Aaron Feller,

reporting for duty, sir.

You stand up.

You stand up and you fight.

You fight.

Are you with me?

Are you with me?

Are you with me?

Good.

Let's take

'em down.

Let's take 'em down!

I would die

for you.

I would die

for you, sir.

I would die

for you.

Would I

die for you?

If you're

watching this,

then I

didn't make it.

Either that

or I did make it

to the five-year mark and we can

have a good laugh together.

I tried, but--

it just wasn't

meant to be.

I'm okay with that,

'cause I got to

know you.

You were a part

of my life.

Baby, I don 't know

many people in this world

who would've stood

beside someone the way you did.

You had your whole

life ahead of you,

and--you didn't leave

me for a second.

And I know that we'll never

get to do--

all the things--

all the things

that we talked about,

but, I love you

so much.

No matter

where I am

I will always

be with you.

I am

not supposed

to leave you.

F***!!

So--when

do you go?

Tomorrow.

Wow.

Will you do

something for me?

Come here.

See this?

These are my Dad's.

He fought in something

called the Korean War.

Know what

that is?

It's kinda like

what we're doing now.

Now listen.

I want you to hang

on to these for me, okay?

Hey, I'm gonna

come back.

I'm gonna get

those from you.

Okay? So you

don't lose them.

No?

No.

You know if you do,

I'm gonna kick your ass, right?

Come on.

Be strong.

Shhh.

Be strong.

Be strong.

First state your name and your rank.

First lieutenant Kevin Tilder.

You've had command

of what?

Bradley Platoon

consisting of 39 soldiers.

M2A2's Bradley fighting vehicles

The other night

you and your crew were involved

in some pretty heavy action.

Do you want to explain that?

We were on our

way back from a five-hour mission.

Drop clearance

on what we do

particularly roadside

bombs, improvised explosive devices.

IED's, enemy ambushes.

We were on our way back as--

it was 3:
30 AM,

and my vehicle got hit

by an IED,

and destroyed tires,

windshield,

the engine, radio station.

After that--

The Iraqi police that were on

patrol with us,

they were stuck

in the kill zone.

What do we want?

Peace!

"What do you want?"

"Peace!"

You know

what it is.

It's the first generation

not to grow up with the draft.

You don't know war,

no draft, nothing.

Yeah, we had

it pretty easy.

It had to end sometime.

Hey, guys.

What's up, man?

Holy sh*t.

How you

doin', Aaron?

Huh?

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

You sure?

Yeah.

I gotta tell ya, man,

it seems like--

you're going off

the deep end a little bit.

You do your thing,

I'll do mine.

Why you

saying that?

We're in this

together, you know that.

I don't need

any help.

Hey, hey, hey.

We're asking.

F*** you

guys, alright?

Hey!

Whoa!

F*** you.

F*** you.

Whoa!

Aaron. What are you doin', man?

You gonna be there?

Penn Station. Peace.

(female voice sings

soft song, indistinct]

Come on,

let's go.

I gotta tell

you something.

What's up?

I need you to know,

no matter what you decide,

I get it, man.

I'm cool. I get it.

I'm with you

no matter what.

Yeah?

Thank you, man.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yeah.

You sleep well

tonight, alright?

You too, buddy.

I will.

Alright.

Hello.

Hello??

Is someone there?

It's A--it's Aaron.

It's me.

Wow. Where are you these days?

Huh?

I'm in New York City.

Yeah.

How are you?

How's Mom and Dad?

Dad had a heart attack last year.

He's okay now.

But he had a rough time.

I got drafted.

Really?

Well, good luck with that.

You've reached Molly and George.

Please leave a message

and we'll call you back.

George?

Great news!

Senator Boone came through.

He's gonna help

you get out of it.

You don't have

to report tomorrow.

Will you call me

when you get a chance, son?

Love you.

Call me.

I'll stay for you if you ask me to.

No, you wouldn't.

I will wait for you.

I'll wait.

What else am I

supposed to do?

I love you.

I love you too.

If you decide

to go then,

I don't know

what I'll do.

But I'll

be okay.

We can't

plan everything.

Some things

just happen.

You think I'm

a good person?

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