Earth to Echo Page #9

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- Just go around them.

- No, hold on.

- Don't go on the wrong side!

Dude, stop, stop!

(truck horn blaring,

all shouting)

- Oh!

- What the...?

(thud)

- ALEX:
Oh, my gosh.

- TUCK:
Whoa, whoa!

Are you...

Are you seeing this?

(tires squealing)

(metal creaking, rattling)

(brakes hiss)

-(engine revs)

-(Echo warbles)

Thanks, buddy.

I need an Advil.

(tires squealing)

TUCK:

We can't afford this right now.

We really can't afford

this right now.

MUNCH:
Dude, look,

there's a new map.

A what?

TUCK:
Here, here,

give me the phones back.

EMMA:

I think that's his ship.

TUCK:

Whoa, that's a big ship.

MUNCH:
Alex, I don't want to

stress you out or anything,

but they're right there!

-(phone rings)

- TUCK:
Oh, my God.

Alex, it's your morn.

- Don't answer it.

- Why would I answer it?

-(tires squeal)

-(thump, bang)

- JANICE:
Betty?

- TUCK:
Dude.

- ALEX:
Munch.

- JANICE:
Betty?

MUNCH:
Hi.

- Sorry about my tone last night.

- Oh, I just thought

it would be nice to have

the boys have a nice night

-together before we're all uprooted.

- You're crying.

- Munch, it's your mom.

- What?!

Look, look, look, look. Dude.

- JANICE:
You okay?

- MUNCH:
So, Janice, gotta go-- on my jog.

Can we act like we never had

this conversation?

Uh, uh, just come

over this wall.

Are you up?

- Guys, they're here.

- ALEX:
Jump.

- TUCK:
Move!

- MUNCH:
Faster!

(grunting)

TUCK:
They can't catch us

in our own backyard.

- MAN:
Let's cut them off.

-(pursuers shouting)

(Echo chattering)

Munch, hurry UP!

- Okay, okay.

- Munch!

Well, I don't jump walls

very much, man!

Here, hold my camera.

Dude, come on, come on,

come on.

- No, no, no, no, no!

- Tuck, wait!

(dOQ Snapping, barking)

EMMA:

They're right behind us!

Come on, guys, we got to go,

we got to go.

Let's go, right now.

ALEX:
It's down the hill.

Come on, let's go!

(indistinct radio

communication)

MUNCH:

Shh.

TUCK:

Go, go, go.

ALEX:

It says the ship is up ahead.

TUCK:
This is the way

to your house, man.

- Go, 90, 90, guys!

- Are your parents awake?

I think we...

I think we lost them.

-(panting)

- Okay

I don't... I don't get it.

(electronic whirring)

ALEX:

I...

This is where the map ends.

(Echo chittering)

TUCK:

Spaceship, spaceship, spaceship.

(Echo chitters)

MUNCH:

Maybe it's invisible.

(Echo chittering)

What is it?

Wait, what-what's

he talking about?

What do you want us to...

TUCK:
Dude, what?

Whoa, whoa.

MUNCH:

Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa!

- Whoa, whoa...

- TUCK:
Oh.

Everybody good?

MUNCH:

What's down there?

Be careful, man.

What?

ALEX:

That's it.

TUCK:

Dude, it-it's underneath.

(Echo chittering)

TUCK:

So this whole time...

ALEX:
That's why they

want all our houses.

(electronic whirring)

They were digging.

TUCK:
Yo, Alex, I know

what you're thinking.

Alex!

Alex, man!

Th-The only way that

thing can take off

is to come up out of

the ground through us.

That's a really bad idea.

MUNCH:

Dude, what are you doing?

TUCK:
This is not just

about us anymore.

It's about other people now,

a whole community still

asleep in their beds.

MUNCH:
Let's just think

this through first.

- I trust him.

- EMMA:
Listen to us.

TUCK:

Alex! Alex! Alex!

(grunts)

(rumbling)

(Echo warbles, chitters)

(rattling)

(Alex sighs)

A'?

A'?

Is this where

we're supposed to be?

(Echo warbles)

MUNCH:
Make up a plan.

- TUCK:
No, we got to run.

- What are you talking about?

- If the ship's right under...

- We can't leave.

- I know we can't leave him.

- What about Alex?

TUCK:
What about everyone

up here that's gonna die?

Alex!

Dude, say something!

(Echo chittering)

(quietly):

Oh, my God.

A'?

(chitters)

(electronic trilling)

(whirring, clicking)

(clicking, whirring, hissing)

(Alex gasping)

(Echo chittering)

(Echo warbling)

TUCK:

I left you behind once.

(chuckles)

I'm not doing it again.

(chittering continues)

ALEX:

Hi, guys.

TUCK (softly):

Whoa.

TUCK:

Whoa.

This...

this is in-insane.

(Echo chitters, warbles)

(Tuck laughs)

(blipping)

A'?

A'?

(Echo warbles)

So, um, beep.

(chuckles)

(Echo chirps)

Uh, um,

I don't really know

how to say good-bye...

so I'm not gonna.

And, um...

(creaking, rumbling)

Um...

You're my friend, you know?

Even when I'm old,

even when... even when

you think I've forgotten...

(sniffles)

I'm always gonna be there.

(electronic chittering,

blipping)

(imitates ringtone)

(ringtone echoing)

(rumbling)

TUCK:

Do you feel that?

(hissing, thudding)

ALEX:

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

EMMA:

Guys, we need to go now!

TUCK:

We have to go.

(Echo chitters)

(sniffles)

Bye.

(chittering continues)

TUCK:

Go, go, go!

Wait, wait, wait, my camera!

-(groans)

- EMMA:
Are you okay?

- Yeah, yeah.

- MUNCH:
Dude, are you all right?

- Everybody good?

- Are you all right? Okay.

ALEX:

That was so close.

(all gasping)

MUNCH:

What the heck?

(rumbling, cracking)

- Oh, my...

- What the...?

(thumping)

(thudding, clanking)

(laughing)

(clanking)

Yeah! (whoops)

ALEX (chuckles):

Oh, my God.

(rumbling, thudding, clanking)

TUCK:

Dude, this is amazing.

I think you're gonna want

to get this.

TUCK:

Oh!

(whirring)

(rumbling)

(birds singing,

car alarms blaring)

We did it, dude.

We did it.

(dogs barking in distance,

car alarms continue blaring)

Dude!

Did you see that?

Did you see...

- Wow. We did that!

- You're like...

That's insane. We just did that!

That's... Look, come on.

Look, look, people want

to know what happened.

(shouting in distance)

if we told them what happened,

they wouldn't believe us.

MUNCH:

Guys,

it's morning.

Oh, crap, I gotta get home.

- My dad is gonna kill me.

- EMMA:
I think I need a ride.

ALEX:
We should go because

people, they'll start asking--

Hey, buddy... Did you guys

feel that earthquake?

- Were you okay?

- No, Mom, I'm fine.

- Let me see.

- He's fine. Honey, he's fine.

Did no one just

see the giant spaceship?!

- Oh, my God!

- Yeah, a spaceship.

What just happened?!

JANICE:

Oh, oh, okay, okay.

I know it's been

really hard lately,

-and we've all been really overwhelmed.

- Just...

Why don't we... why don't

we just go in and relax.

Maybe we can, um, go get

that-that pizza we talked about.

- All right? Yeah.

- Pizza?

- If we don't play along,

- Yeah, his mom saw the ship.

- Nobody's gonna get it okay?

- How could I play along?

- So just...

- Yes, I'm sure.

I found them here at Alex's.

Yeah, yeah.

ALEX'S DAD:

Uh, no, no.

Actually, uh,

we found him here.

TUCK'S DAD:
I thought he

was staying with you.

ALEX'S DAD:
No, I was told

they were at Munch's.

I'll call you back, babe.

Yeah, yeah,

they were at my house.

We-we played this game

where you play as a guy

with the soul of a dragon,

and it had really good voices.

The voices were great, so...

JANICE:

Who's this?

That's Emma.

I'm, uh, he's my boyfriend.

I mean, friend who's a boy.

- ALEX:
Urn...

- TUCK:
Awkward.

She's hot, right?

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