Earth to Echo Page #6

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go eat steak or something.

- GIRL:
What the hell?

- TUCK:
Go, go, go.

(dog barking in distance)

TUCK:
Dang, dude,

what was that upstairs?

- What are you talking about?

- I've never seen you so mad.

MUNCH:
Yeah, dude,

you did kind of snap.

ALEX:
All right, let's just...

don't talk about...

Nothing happened

in there, all right?

TUCK:
You know, they say

the girls you argue with

-are the ones you like.

-(Alex sighs)

ALEX:

Don't go there, bro.

-(electronic whirring)

- Tuck, it's over there.

TUCK:
Wait,

it wants us to go to a bar?

Man, I say we climb in a window

or find a door.

There's got to be another way.

MUNCH:

Um, before-before we go...

I really need to get

the pee out of my body.

-(Tuck groans)

- Let's just hope the next place isn't a bank.

(Echo beeping)

TUCK:
I can't believe

you told that girl to get lost.

- You're so dramatic.

- ALEX:
What about you?

You invented a whole

kiss, didn't you?

Uh, first of all,

for your info,

it's called

aspirational thinking.

You're thinking it one moment,

you're living it the next.

- How's that working out?

- MAN:
Oh, excuse me.

(indistinct

radio communication)

(gasps)

TUCK:

Go to the bikes.

MUNCH:

Oh, God, oh, God.

- TUCK:
Why is the construction man...

- Shut...

- MAN:
Excuse me.

- TUCK:
Aw...

H6)'-

I know you guys.

You're the guys... you're from

the construction site, right?

Uh, with the,

uh, with the camera?

Whoa-ho, wait, wait.

Why aren't you guys

at home right now?

You guys weren't riding your bikes

out around the desert, were you?

- No, of course not.

- MUNCH:
Yes.

Uh, no.

That doesn't sound

too... clear.

- MUNCH:
Uh...

- GIRL:
Thank God. There you are.

- TUCK:
What?

- MAN:
Who-who are you?

Who am I?

(dramatic sobbing):

Who am I? Exactly!

It's like I don't

even know anymore.

My mom had to drag my dad

from the bar-- again!

- TUCK:
What?

- He likes to go there

more than he likes to tuck in

his own kids at night.

At least that's

what my mom says.

MUNCH:
What's

she talking about?

That's her.

Eating a burrito.

She east when

she's stressed.

I ask myself if that's

gonna be me one day.

What do you think?

Is it?

We make mistakes

and we get married

and we go to bars.

And these... these are my

only friends in the world,

-'cause they see me

- TUCK:
Uh...

for who I really am.

MAN:

That's your mom over there?

- Do you want to meet her?

- No. No. No, no.

Just get home safe!

Told you guys I wanted to go.

-(Echo chirps "Oh...!")

- TUCK:
What the...?

TUCK (voice-over):

Okay, so this girl, man,

she'd been tailing us

since her house,

spying on us

like some creepy stalker.

- She'd overheard our whole plan.

-She... she's crazy.

- ALEX:
I need the bag!

- I think I like it.

(engine revs)

-(music blaring)

- ALEX:
Oh, boy, get ready.

TUCK:
All right,

try to blend in. Look old.

WOMAN:
That must've been

some good fake I.D.'s.

MAN:

What's up, baby face?

What are you doing

in here, little man?

Oh, uh, I, uh...

- Are you Randy's kid?

- TUCK:
Uh,

-yes, he is.

- Um, y-yeah, yeah,

yeah, he's my

dad... or mom.

- You know, dad. Mom.

- Okay, dude, just go.

- Hurry up.

-(Echo warbling)

ALEX:

Emma? Emma?

I was hanging out with

this really pretty chick.

She's almost as pretty

as you. I mean...

you're not pretty.

I mean, you are pretty.

Come over here.

Hop up on that stool.

Get him a

Shirley Temple.

Oh, and one for

his buddy here, too.

TUCK:
No, no, I'm all right.

Seriously, I'm all right.

- Sure, you'll like it.

- Sorry, I'm a... I'm allergic.

Oh, you're gonna love it.

- Uh, no, no.

- You're gonna get one.

So, what happens next?

- Just give me back my bag.

- No.

Give it. I'm serious.

Give me the bag.

Why are you being mean to me?

- Here, honey.

- TUCK:
Thank you.

- You're welcome.

-(chuckles):
Yeah.

MUNCH:

Wow, a lot of people with beards

and mustaches in here, you know?

(deep rumbling, rattling)

ALEX:
You don't understand.

Whenever you get close

to the next piece,

it goes crazy.

(people gasping, shouting)

ALEX:

Oh, my God!

- Whoa! Aah!

-(gasping, shouting)

(gasping, shouting stop)

(Echo warbles)

- TUCK:
Uh...

- MAN:
Are you kidding me?

-(excited chatter)

-(whoops)

Do you guys just

go around town breaking stuff?

TUCK:

Just keep running! Go, go!

EMMA:

What was that?

I think the ship's

trying to take off!

-(whirring, clicking)

- TUCK:
Whoa, whoa!

(Alex laughing)

TUCK:

Are you seeing this?

This thing is flying a ship...

in your backpack?

I think he's getting better.

MUNCH:

Oh.

So, you don't know

how he crashed, or when,

or why he came here with

a spaceship in the first place?

Look, he only answers yes

or no-- it's not that simple.

Is this how I talk to him?

(Echo chirping)

- So, you crashed.

-(chirps once)

Did someone cause you to crash?

-(chirps once)

- ALEX:
Dude, what's she doing?

- TUCK:
I don't know.

- Someone on Earth?

(chirps once)

Do you think

they're looking for you?

(chirps once)

It's not those guys in trucks

from the convenience store,

is it?

-(chirps, chitters)

- TUCK:
The construction man?

MUNCH:
Those are the guys

that shot you down?

TUCK:
Wait a minute,

wait a minute, wait a minute.

We got to take

a step back.

This is way bigger and shadier

than before, okay?

This is not good.

If those dudes are

looking for Echo,

they're looking

for us, you know?

-(siren wailing in distance)

-(thumping in Dumpster)

-(rustling)

-(echoing whirr)

(excited chirping)

- ALEX:
Echo?

-(excited chirping continues)

You need some help

there, buddy?

(chirping)

Hey, it's okay. Shh.

Breathe like me, okay?

(inhales)

(exhales)

(imitates breathing)

(exhales)

It's okay.

TUCK:

Dude, h-he'll be fine.

No. We're not

leaving him.

My whole life, I've been left.

I know how it feels.

(quiet electronic purr)

(crickets chirping)

ALEX:

We're all he's got.

(Echo beeping, warbling)

(train whistle blows

in distance)

- MUNCH:
Uh, left?

- EMMA:
We could find a shortcut.

ALEX:

The map says up ahead.

MUNCH:
This map's confusing.

I was a mind ninja back there...

- EMMA:
So, what was it like kissing me?

- Give me my camera.

- Did your legs get all wobbly?

-(Tuck scoffs)

Was there soft music playing?

Please remind me, Tuck.

I totally forgot.

- What was it like?

- You're close.

Is this your first

imaginary kiss?

TUCK:
The map says for us

to go inside.

EMMA:

I'm confused.

- Huh?

- Didn't you guys kiss?

TUCK (voice-over):

Anyway, the point is,

Emma was being annoying--

she kept walking off

with Echo like she owned him,

and talking to him about

I don't know what,

I don't even know.

You know what? Delete.

TUCK:
Man, are we sure

there's no security guards or...

You know, that door

wasn't even locked.

Hey, uh, guys,

I was just thinking, you know,

I... haven't got to actually

hold the, you know, the ship,

before we did the thing,

so can I do it?

- You know, before it gets crazy?

- EMMA:
Sure, but...

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