Hidden Page #3

[FIRE ALARM BEEPING]

The Breathers.

They're gonna see it, aren't they?

Aren't they?

Well, it's sundown.

Sc maybe it's tan dark to see the smoke.

Maybe.

Can you see any smoke?

Don't forget rule two, Claire.

We have to stay calm.

- Have to stay under central.

-I have to think.

Anyone within a mile of here

will have seen that smoke.

The Breathers are gonna came for us.

I know it.

- Let Morn and I talk, okay?

-They're gonna find us.

Dust like Olive dreamed.

-They're not.

- They m ig ht.

-Stop.

Stop? I'm trying to figure out what to do.

We're not gonna do anything.

Even if they see the smoke...

...and I don't think they will,

by time they get here, it'll be gone.

- They'll have no idea where it came from.

-They'll know we're here.

- They'll search the area for us.

-So let them come.

They've searched here a dozen times before.

They've never found us.

- And they're not gonna find us now.

-Dad's right. We're still hidden.

- I checked. Remember?

-All agreed we're safe, please raise your hand.

- Two against one.

-Three.

What's wrung, Mam?

- The woods burned.

-So'?

Sc burned wand makes ash.

We're not hidden anymore, are we?

- I don't think they'll notice.

-You really wanna take that risk?

- I don't have another choice.

-We cover the ash.

H aw?

We'd have to go onto the surface.

But what about the third rule?

Never, ever, open the dour.

Sometimes rules, even Mam Rules,

have to be broken.

Listen to me. If you hear anything

up there, anything but me and Dad...

...I want you to lack the dour behind us.

-What?

Na, I'm going up there with you,

I'm gonna help.

- Out of the question, ZaZa.

-it's Zoe.

- Stop treating me like a baby.

-I'm protecting you.

But what if you need meta protect you?

I can fight if I have ta.

Na, you can't. My rules still apply to you.

Sc no matter what happens up there,

no matter what you hear, do not open the dour.

- But--

-I need you to promise me that.

Promise.

Promise.

We have ta move fast. I don't wanna be

up there for more than three minutes.

Three minutes.

Okay.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[GASPS]

They're going this way, Olive. Came an.

[THUMPING]

Na. I don't know where they went.

[GASPS]

It's just them, Olive. They're okay.

Mam! Dad! Lack out behind you!

Mam! Dad! Hurry!

[PANTING]

[GRUNTING]

Dad!

Mam! Dad!

Dad!

MON.!

Dad!

- Aah!

-What are you doing? I told you to stay inside.

- I saw--

-Slaw dawn. We can't understand you.

Breathers.

Watch out!

It's just deer, Zoe.

Nothing to be scared of.

Just Bambi.

- They lacked scared.

-Na, don't be silly.

She's right, Ray. They're running away.

Running away from something.

We have to get back in the shelter.

RAY:

Careful.

- What happened? Did you see something?

-Quiet, quiet.

What is it, Dad'?

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Footsteps.

[BREATHER BREATHING]

- I think it's just one.

-Whyjust one?

They've always traveled

in groups before.

I don't know.

Maybe he's the only one

who saw the smoke.

[ZOE SOBBING]

He's headed this way.

ZaZa, we have to stay quiet.

Rule number one, remember?

Never be laud.

- I know. I'm trying.

-Try harder.

[sesame]

If he hears us, he will find us, understand?

- Do you understand me?

RAY:
Zoe, Zoe, Zoe.

Zoe, came here.

Have a seat.

What do you say we get out of here?

Because lack what I found.

With this car...

...you can go anywhere you want.

Anywhere in the world.

Any time.

- Where do you wanna go?

-My bed.

- Yeah.

-My old bed.

Yeah.

That's an excellent choice. Okay. Okay.

You collapse an your bed.

Exhausted after a long day.

And you pull those warm pink polka-dot sheets

all the way up to your eyes.

And you hug all your stuffed animals.

Puffy Bear, Duck Duck, Cathypillar.

Kissing them good night.

And you can feel the fan on your nightstand

blowing a soft breeze through your hair.

And then you lack up

at the ceiling above you...

...where we hung

those glow-in-the-dark stars...

...and they shine for you.

Sc there's always light.

Even when you sleep.

Even when you dream.

Are you there?

Yeah, I'm there.

Can you see the stars?

[THUDDING]

ZOE:

Let it go, let it go.

[CLANGING]

[THUD]

[THUD]

OLIVE [ON RECORDING]:

My smile is stuck.

Stuck. Stuck. Stuck.

[OLIVE SPEAKING IN DISTORTED VOICE

ON RECORDING]

It's okay, baby.

It's okay, baby. You're gonna be okay.

[THUD THEN ZOE SCREAMS]

He can get here, can't he?

Hold fast, right, Dad?

He's tan strung!

[ZOE SCREAMS]

We need something to brace the dour.

- Something tough.

-Go! Go!

[RAY GRUNTING]

- You can't go up there!

-Tell Dad to hurry!

- Dad, hurry!

-I am hurrying!

[YELLING]

- Mam? Are you okay?

-I'm okay. Just stay dawn there.

Dad, hurry!

[RAY GRUNTING]

CLAIRE:

Ray!

- He's almost through!

RAY:
Hold an!

ZOE:
Dad!

RAY:
Watch out!

- Give me the pipe!

-Wedge it under the handle!

Watch out, Mam!

[GRUNTING]

[BREATHER HISSING]

[SCREAMS]

Watch out, Claire! Die! Die!

[GRUNTING]

CLAIRE:

Ray!

Ray! Ray! Ray!

Ray! Ray, he's not getting in!

He's not getting in. It'll hold.

It will. Okay? Okay.

He'!-

He'!-

Hold fast?

Hold fast.

[GRUNTS]

He's still up there. Why isn't he leaving?

Why won't he just go away?

I don't know.

He's up to something.

CLAIRE:

What could he be up to?

Why's he still standing there?

[BREATHER HISSING AND GURGLING]

[CAN CLANGS]

[RUMBLING]

That's what he's doing.

- He's waiting.

-Waiting for what?

The rest of them.

Hey, lack, there it is.

The water tower aver there.

Dc you see it?

- Once we're past that, we're out of Kingsville.

ZOE:
Then we'll be safe?

- Safe from the sick people?

-That's right. Safe from the sick people.

[HORN HONKING]

[HORNS HONKING THEN ZOE GASPS]

- Why are all those people headed back?

-I don't know.

I thought you said we couldn't stay,

that it was dangerous.

Maybe everything's okay now.

- You think that's possible?

-I don't know.

Gotta be able to get something.

Maybe A.M.?

[STATIC CRACKLING ON RADIO]

Ray, watch out!

[TIRES SQUEAL E ZOE SCREAMS]

[HORNS HONKING]

MAN [OVER SPEAKER]: All civilians in

Kingsville must return to their homes at once...

...until the CDC stabilizes the outbreak.

This is a quarantine order

signed by Governor Schroeder...

...under emergency code 11.

This is for your own safety.

Repeat, all civilians in Kingsville

must return to their homes at once...

...until the CDC stabilizes the outbreak.

This is a quarantine order

signed by Governor Schroeder...

...under emergency code 11.

This is for your own safety.

Um, what's a quarantine?

Quarantine.

It means they're not letting us out.

You mean we're trapped in here?

MAN:
The CDC is working closely with the

National Guard to support the deployment

[ZOE SCREAMS]

[RUMBLING]

Dad, they're here.

[BREATHERS HISSING AND GURGLING]

[THUD]

[CHAINS RATTLE E ZOE SCREAMS]

Darlene's not gonna hold.

We need something else.

[BOTH SHOUT]

- Aah!

'RI-In!

- Get Zoe to the bedroom. Go!

-Hold on!

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