Into the Forest Page #2

I'm not your f***ing pumpkin!

Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah.

No.

Thanks, sweetie.

Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Dad?

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Oh, oh.

Ah!

Girls, girls, girls.

I'm leaking, I'm leaking.

Take care of each other.

Shut up, dad!

Dad, you're gonna be okay, dad.

You're gonna be fine.

You're gonna be fine.

You're gonna be fine.

Love each other.

You're gonna be fine.

Hey, hey, hey.

Dad!

Dad!

I think it's those wild pigs.

Hey, Eva.

There's um... eggs.

I want to fill the generator.

What?

Let's fill the generator.

Right now, before it gets

too dark and we spill some.

Why?

'Cause I want to see mom

and dad.

We can watch home movies,

and I could put music on

and dance.

We can't.

We have to save it for the Jeep.

There's, like, five gallons

in here.

We only need two to get to town.

Yeah, and two to get back.

Okay, so four.

That leaves one for right now.

I'm sorry. We...

We have to save it

for an emergency.

I need it.

You don't need it.

Come on, this is our

life insurance.

Our life insurance.

Yeah.

Ours.

Half mine.

Of course it's half yours,

everything is half yours-

okay, I'll just use my half.

No!

Because what's left over

won't do any good, okay?!

No! We need to save it for

when we really need it!

Stop.

Stop.

Eva?

Eva?

Eva!

Eva, Pinky and Bisheba are dead.

Eva?

Okay, well, I'm gonna make lunch

'cause I'm starving

and I'm sure you are too.

So come in whenever you want.

Eva.

Look, I understand.

No you don't.

Mom would have got it.

Eva!

Eva!

Eva! Eva!!!!!!!

Eva!!!!

Hey, hey!

Shhh.

Hey!

Are you okay?

What's wrong?

It's okay, it's okay.

I'm here.

Shhh, are you okay?

I dreamed that the pigs

tied up dad.

I could not find you.

It's okay.

I couldn't find you.

I'm here.

I couldn't find you.

I'm right here, it's okay.

I couldn't find you.

Shhh...

It's okay.

Eva, Eva!!!

You know what?

I can't.

I can't do this anymore.

I can't keep dancing

to a metronome.

And I know you think this is

all very precious of me.

Just please, give me

ten minutes.

Ten minutes.

I can live off of that

for a while.

Please.

I got a surprise.

It's not as good as the gas,

but I know that you're

gonna like it.

Oh, wow.

Right?

Two pieces of gum.

You can have them both.

What's this?

Um... it was... a chocolate.

Where is it?

I ate it.

So when I'm in there trying

to dance to a f***ing metronome

you're in here

eating chocolate?!

You never ate chocolate!

Oh my god, Nell!

I- I called for you,

you completely ignored me,

I didn't think that you'd mind!

Get dad's gun.

Who is it?

Nell, is that you?

Oh my god.

Eli?

Hi.

Nell.

How did you get here?

I started out on my bike

but I got a flat

so I had to walk.

It's taken a few days.

I wasn't sure which house

you were in

so I tried all of them.

I knew you were out here

by yourselves.

There's no one else on the road.

You okay?

We're fine.

Where's your dad?

He died.

It was an accident.

I'm so sorry.

Come in.

Come on.

You sure there's enough?

Oh yeah, no, we ate.

Thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

What's happening in town?

People are getting sick.

There's no water filtration.

I thought you'd died when

you stopped coming to town.

No.

We ran out of gas.

Everyone's run out of gas.

There's no gas,

there's no electricity,

there's no transportation,

there's no phones,

there's no Internet.

It's the wild f***ing west

out there.

Do they have any idea

what caused it all?

There's rumors.

There are theories,

like mad theories, but...

You guys have your bikes?

No, our dad gave them to some

kids at a school a while back.

That's a shame.

Where are you taking me?

What's up there?

Forest.

There's forest down here.

You'll see.

I'm coming for you.

I'm coming for you.

I'm coming for you!

No, don't even think about it!

Come here.

Come here.

Would you look at that.

You okay?

Yeah, yeah.

Was it something that I said?

No, no, no, she practices a lot.

Why does she do it?

What?

Dancing and all of that?

The audition.

She's almost already too old.

It's like how I need

to keep studying.

I understand.

There is people in town

who still check their

mailbox every morning

even though there

hasn't been mail in forever.

It's a fugue state.

It's like a what?

Oh, it's like when you forget

everything.

And you're in this weird state.

You don't realize anything

that's happened to you before.

You seem normal in every

other way.

A fugue state.

A fugue state.

That makes sense.

I mean we can't give up Eli.

We just can't.

We're almost out of toothpaste.

I know.

So how long is he gonna stay?

I don't know.

'Cause he's eating our food

and we hardly have any left.

Why don't you like him?

Just don't get pregnant, okay?

That's all I ask.

What?

What are you saying?

I'm saying we don't need

a baby right now

and you know he'd be gone

in a second.

Things are starting up again

back east, Nelly.

They've got electricity there

and people have jobs.

The phones are working.

Food in the stores.

No looting.

What?

I want you to go with me, Nelly.

Why didn't you tell us

this sooner?

Well, I wanted to see

who you were first.

What do you mean "who you were"?

If you were the one.

You're going to walk to Boston?

How long is that gonna take?

Eight, eight and a half months.

So into the winter?

Yeah.

What if you don't make it

that far?

Then we'll hole up somewhere.

Where?

Who's going to take in an

extra half-dozen starving people

for the winter?

We'll make ends meet,

Joe's got a rifle.

If you guys come,

there's another gun, too.

We'll work the land.

We'll hunt.

We'll make it work.

You know how to hunt?

Sure, why not?

I'm a fast learner.

Boston has something we don't?

Yeah, power.

Food. Jobs.

It's just another rumor!

Eva, come on.

Come with us.

It'll be an adventure.

You wait here,

nothing's gonna happen.

It's not fair.

It's not fair to your sister.

Well, mom always said

you're your own person.

Nell's her own person.

She'll go if she wants.

Here.

No.

You're gonna need it

more than me.

No, his brother has one.

I'm sorry I didn't let you

use the gas.

I was thinking we could stay

one more night

and have like a big party

and watch you dance.

No. If you've gotta go,

you gotta go.

But Eva, we're the only

family either one of us has.

We need to stick together.

Hey, hey, hey.

We both made our choices.

Bye, Nelly.

Hey, I'm always gonna be

your sister.

Aaagh!

Let's call it a night, then.

Okay.

Eli?

I'm not going.

What?

I'm not going.

You're not going?

I can't leave Eva.

Nell, would she leave you?

No, she wouldn't.

She's not here, is she?

She wouldn't come with you.

Well, that's different.

Here.

Take this.

I know you're low on matches.

Wow.

Thanks.

Thanks.

I love you however I can.

Bye.

Yeah.

Eva!

Eva!

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Oh, Nell.

Persuane.

Shepherd's purse.

I still can't believe all of

this was here the whole time.

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