M.I.A. A Greater Evil Page #2

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left behind

by the U.S. army

after they pulled

out of Vietnam.

I wonder what happened

to all of them.

They just disappeared.

That's bullshit.

The whole POW thing's a myth.

It's stupid sh*t,

from people who can't let

go of America's glorious past.

My grandfather also served.

He was drafted as a teenager.

You should be more respectful.

Who cares? The world's moved on.

And the families of the

missing haven't.

Hundreds of thousands of North

Vietnamese soldiers are still

unaccounted for.

Nobody's talking about them.

They're still here too.

It must have been tough

fighting out here.

Hunting each other like animals,

trying to blow each

other's heads off.

I'd hate to have been caught in one

of the Viet Cong's booby traps.

Those f***ing bastards were

dangerous with bamboo.

My grandfather was disabled

by a mine. It blew his leg off.

Shhhh...

What is it?

Are you ok?

Someone's out there.

I didn't hear anything.

Hello?

What the hell?

Travel insurance.

Where did you get that?

Ho Chi Minh City.

The guy said it was from

the Vietnam War.

[Scraping Sound]

Come on out you a**hole,

I've got a gun.

I aint askin' again.

Steve!

Don't point that gun at me.

Go tie him up.

What are you talking about,

he's not a prisoner.

It's what he deserves, sneaking

around in the middle of the night.

Put the gun down.

Jez

What are you afraid of?

Not you that's for sure,

a**hole.

I'm sorry about him, but

you scared us.

Please sit.

What are you doing

out here so late?

Do you live nearby?

Do you have a name?

I am the guide.

The guide? What do you guide?

I guide people out

of the jungle.

We don't need you help man.

We know where we are.

Just leave us alone.

You should not be here.

Where, in Laos?

There are many dangers.

Yeah, like tigers, elephants,

snakes, bears.

We know the risks out here, man.

Other dangers.

Other dangers?

You are all in this jungle.

Surrounded by 70 million

years of history.

Where a human life,

can pass by in the

blink of an eye.

It's pathetic. This

guy's still trying to sell us.

We don't scare that easy.

You must go quickly.

Why? You got some drug operation

you're protecting?

Some tiger poaching going on?

We'll be gone tomorrow. We just

checked the river for gold,

we found...

He doesn't need to know what we found.

He sticks to his business,

we stick to ours.

Hey.

You.

Hey man, back the f*** off.

Jez, it's ok.

What are you going to do?

I'm here to help you.

F***ing leave her alone. Go!

I'll go.

But others will come for you.

And they'll get some

of this too. Now git!

Hey man, where the f***

are you going?

The gold that you stole from the

river, it must be put back.

No f***ing way!

You cannot steal from it.

You cannot hide from it.

It is coming for you.

What is?

Whatever old man.

Back the f*** off!

Jez put the gun down.

Jesus! That was an accident.

See what happens when you

point guns at people?

Are you taking your meds?

I didn't think I needed them.

Goddamn it!

What meds is he on?

Bipolar disorder.

You need to take control.

Ok, listen up.

It was an accident.

Jez didn't mean to kill him.

We all saw that.

But now we've got to deal

with what's happened.

What are we gonna do?

Move the body away

from the camp.

Tomorrow we go downriver

to the next town,

take the body with us and

report the accident.

Wait.

Is that a good idea?

We don't know who he is.

What if he is with the authorities? I

don't want to spend the rest of my

life in a f***ing

Laotian prison.

So, what do you suggest?

Leave him. He's dead already.

Let's just bury him and be on our way.

Nobody needs to know.

No. We've got to do the right

thing, and that's final.

Give me a hand.

I've never seen a dead

body before.

I've never killed anyone before.

We wouldn't be in this mess if

we hadn't taken you detour.

That's right.

Blame me for your own stupidity.

Idiot.

F***!

The gold, it's gone!

What do you mean?

It's gone. I hid it in the tent.

Or was it you.

You said you didn't want

to hand it in.

Hey, I'd never steal from my

closest friends.

But I never trusted you.

You f***in' gook.

Jez.

Guys! Stop!

- Steve! Steve!

- Shithead!

- Get off him.

- Apologize!

- Ok, I'm sorry.

- Get off him.

Steve, Steve!

But I didn't take the gold

you f***ing dick.

Who did it then?

Maybe it was the guide, before

he approached us.

Why would he risk his life if

he already had it?

It couldn't have

just disappeared.

I guess it's one less thing we

have to worry about, when we go to

the cops tomorrow.

We can always come

back and find more

Or not.

Steve you a**hole.

What did you say about

wasting batteries?

I'm f***in' losing it.

Where've you been with that?

Checking the batteries.

Are you ok?

Are any of us?

What the f*** was that?

You all heard it, right?

Could be drug gangs fighting.

Lots of heroin gets trafficked

through this jungle.

They were heavy weapons and they

were landing close by.

Whatever it was, it's over now.

And earlier, my drone, it...

What about it?

Maybe I'm going crazy.

If it was drug gangs and we're in the

middle of some kind of turf war.

What if the guide

was one of them?

What's gonna happen when they

find out we killed their guy?

This is all my fault.

The firefight might actually

help us. Maybe,

they'll think the

other side did it.

Will we be safe tonight?

It's too dark to leave.

Let's try and get some sleep.

We'll start early tomorrow.

He's been there all night.

OK. Let's get this done.

We need to prepare the boat

for the Guide's body.

Then what?

Head downstream, find a village,

find the cops.

What happens if they

put me in jail?

They won't.

We're the only witnesses.

We know what happened.

Let's go.

Watch your head.

The boats! Where are they?

They were here last night.

When we got the tarp to

cover the Guide.

The Guide!

What the f***?

Where's the body?!

Maybe he was wounded, and he

took the boats to escape?

No way. That dude was dead.

We checked, and there was

a ton of blood.

But there's none on the ground and

there wasn't any on the trail.

This is a seriously

professional clean-up job.

Maybe he was part

of a drug gang.

And it also explains the gun

battle last night.

Whatever. Let's get

out of here while we still

- can.

- (whispering) Help, It's coming.

- (whispering) Get out of here.

- Can you hear that?

(whispering) You need to leave.

Quit it. We're already

freaked out.

They're out there.

And they're coming.

Who?

I don't know.

Sh*t!

Oh my God.

Who did this?

Who? Or what!

Our drug gang friends

from last night.

They also left a calling card.

You. Leave. Us.

What do you think it means?

I don't know.

Who cares? They want us out!

Where are our dry bags?

Our passports, all our money?

We're slowly being robbed of

everything.

It's like the jungle is

bleeding us dry.

Rachel.

I'm sure it's gonna

to be alright.

Jez.

Have you still got your gun?

F***.

It was in the dry bag.

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