Enemies Closer Page #2

Right, so how long you been here?

- Three years.

- Three years?

Well, it must be pretty clear by now.

Clear. It's getting better.

Still a bit murky.

Well, clear or murky,

it's a, it's a nice head.

Aw, thanks, ma'am.

Hey, um, how's the ankle feeling?

Better.

Good, 'cause it's gonna get dark soon.

We don't wanna lose the light

on the water.

Probably could get you down

to your canoe.

- Okay.

- Ready?

- Yeah.

- Hey, you... know,

...it would be no problem to quickly

shuttle you across the water.

That's kind, but I'll be fine.

Besides, I don't want to leave

my canoe here.

Okay.

We should exchange info, though.

So you know I made it back safely.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's great.

Okay.

I, uh, I stole a map from your office.

I hope you don't mind.

Those things are worth like,

thousands, you know.

Well, use this hundred dollars worth

to write down your number.

And I can call you before dinner.

Dinner?

Yeah. Dinner.

You know,

eating a meal at night together.

Speaking in between bites

to get to know someone.

Uh-huh. Um, next week sometime?

I was thinking more like tonight.

My address is on the back.

I'll expect you around nine?

We could eat a picnic under the stars?

You saved me today.

Let me say thank you. Please.

I don't know.

I've got a lot of stuff to do up

at the lodge.

Yeah, I noticed.

It's a, a real hub of activity.

Come on. I'm so grateful to you.

It's dinner, for God's sake.

I will see you tonight.

- I'll see you there.

- Bye.

Eeny...

meeny, miny...

moe.

Get the equipment.

We're leaving in five.

He shoots, he scores!

Coming.

Oh, thank God!

I was starting to think nobody was home.

I'm here. What are you doing on

the island so late?

Oh, I, I beached my boat like,

way on the other side of the island.

I just started hiking, and I got lost.

Sun went down, I couldn't find

my way back to the trail.

Yours was the only

light I saw for miles.

Glad you found me.

Come on in. Get you warmed up.

- Sorry about the mess.

- Right.

Can I get you anything?

- A water'd be great.

- All right, come on right back here.

Not a lot of residents around here,

I take it?

No, it's just me.

There's another guy,

had his cabin grand-fathered in before

they declared this a state park.

I feel like an idiot

getting lost like I did.

Don't be. Kings Island,

it's not easy to navigate.

It's why we got all the signs saying

leave before the sun hits the horizon.

- Thanks for that.

- Sure.

So what are we gonna do

with you, Mister...?

Clay. Everybody call me Clay.

I guess you're gonna

have to spend the night,

if you don't mind sleeping on the floor.

I've got extra blankets and a pillow.

And in the morning,

we'll look for your boat.

Cool.

So you work up near here

or down in the city?

Not working at all right now.

Was a construction worker

but that turns into day...

laborer pretty quick

when people stop building.

Yeah, I hear that.

Though the economy seems

to bring people to the outdoors.

We've been pretty busy up here.

Silver lining, so to speak?

So is that what this job is all about?

Getting in touch with nature?

So to speak.

I guess you could say I came up here

for a little bit of perspective,

but it's hard to explain.

Well, I'll get the

blankets and the pillow.

I'm actually going out tonight

and I won't be back until late.

Going out? This late at night?

Looks like you brought a knife

to a gun fight.

I've gotta give it to you,

Henry, you're kinda perceptive.

Must be that,

what you call, military training.

Duck and cover,

enemy approaching. Sit.

If you want money,

I don't have any.

If that was what I was after,

you think I'd come to a place like this?

It's a f***ing gold mine, right?

What do you want?

It's not about what I want,

it's about what's right.

It's about what's just.

Whatever you think I did,

I can assure you I didn't do it.

See, that's where you're wrong, Henry.

You can't assure nobody of nothing.

I will always place the mission first.

I will never accept defeat.

I will never leave

a fallen comrade behind.

That sound familiar?

I'm telling you this

so you'll understand.

I always knew I was gonna be

a f***-up like my old man.

And I did not disappoint.

No, sir. So I had to make sure

my baby brother was the opposite.

In school, he get a

"B" I'd belt him one,

make sure he raised it to an "A."

He was everything I wasn't.

He was a f***ing all-star

at everything.

He enlisted so he could go to college.

And I told him,

if you're gonna be a soldier,

you're gonna be the best soldier.

I pushed him...

the way I wish somebody

had pushed me.

When he made Special Forces,

it was the proudest day in my life.

Few months later, I got locked up

for this bullshit assault charge.

That's where I got the letter...

telling me Decker'd been killed...

- in a firefight in Afghanistan.

- Decker!

- You're Decker's brother.

- I said shut the f*** up!

Now that's a hard pill to swallow,

finding out your baby

brother's been killed.

But what made it even harder...

was learning he had been abandoned

by his commanding officer

and left to die at enemy hands.

They sent us in,

without knowing the risks.

It wasn't my fault.

It wasn't anyone's fault.

So why did you resign?

The military acted on bad Intel.

They gave the order, it went crazy.

I don't know I...

I guess I just couldn't

take it any more.

That is f***ing bullshit!

Admit it.

Admit you got my brother killed.

Confess it right now,

and I will make sure

your death is quick.

But you keep lying to me,

and I promise you,

it will be anything but.

They ordered us into a shitstorm,

your brother got separated,

and if we'd have gone in there,

we'd have all been shredded.

I had to protect my team.

You had to protect yourself!

You're a f***ing coward.

You should've been leading

the charge, Henry,

not falling behind it.

Hey, Henry, it's Kayla.

Um, I just wanted to tell you

that I'm running a few minutes late,

but I...

You don't have to do this.

We can work this out.

No, we can't.

Oh, you guys.

Now that is good, pure, crisp air.

Eto, are you ready to dive?

Just about.

- Francois.

- We're getting close.

And how are we for time?

The next shift arrives in three hours,

twenty minutes.

We are clear till then.

I want to be gone in two.

We have to retrieve

fifty pounds of pure,

white, uncut heroin,

and pound for pound,

it's worth more than each of you.

So make yourselves worth a lot.

You awake? Huh?

You awake?

Get up. I'm tired of carrying your ass.

I said get up!

You had me there for a second,

didn't you?

Good thing I over-prepared.

Nothing could have stopped this day.

You hear me?

You won't feel better when it's over.

I might. Stop.

Take this.

What are you doing?

It's got a bullet in the chamber.

You put it to your head,

you pull the trigger.

Do the honorable thing.

Did you learn about honor in prison?

Maybe I did. I did my time.

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