M.I.A. A Greater Evil Page #3

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My meds too.

F***.

Why did you leave us?

We'll stay put tonight.

We have a camp.

We're near the river and it'll

be dark in a few hours.

Will it be safe?

I hope so.

You hope so? Is that

the best you got?

We'll head out early tomorrow,

moving east towards Vietnam.

How long will it

take to walk out?

There's a logging road about

30 miles from here.

But we're almost out of food.

No map and we'll be mostly

traveling through dense jungle.

But I have a plan.

What? Another detour?

We'll take turns as

lookouts on this river.

Try to attract passing

boats this afternoon.

It'll save us a long

jungle trek tomorrow.

OK.

Any questions?

Good.

What time is it?

I left my watch in the dry bag.

I don't know. It's

still drying out.

How you holding up?

I think I'm going nuts.

Remember last night,

my drone started flying

around with no batteries.

That's impossible.

I know, right?

Nothing seems to make

sense anymore.

Everything changed when I

shot the Guide.

I never should have

never bought that gun.

Listen... Listen.

It was an accident, ok?

What's important now is

that we're all safe.

Not one boat all afternoon?

Nope.

I guess that settles it.

Tomorrow we have to trek out.

Why can't we go now?

It's too dark.

Now is the worst time

to be there.

At night this place turns from a

jungle paradise to a primeval hell.

Full of fear of the dark,

of the unknown.

Of whatever's out

there in the night.

Cut it out Anita, you're

freaking me out.

Out here, I don't

even have to try.

Where you going?

Call of nature.

Alright. Stay close, OK?

OK.

Hey.

Do you think Anita's

acting strange?

Strange, how?

She just seems a bit off.

You don't think she

took the gold?

No. No way.

What are you guys talking about?

Nothing.

What are you doing here?

Are you CIA?

I'm on holiday.

Yeah, holiday my ass.

Who holiday's out here in a

f***ing war zone?

What war?

What the hell is this?

It's a cell phone.

Turn that f***ing thing off.

They're gonna see us.

Are you the rescue mission?

No. What rescue mission?

Then who the f*** are you?

And what are you doing out here?

I'm American.

I'm from Wisconsin.

Yeah? And how

about your friends?

And don't give me any of that

bullshit that you guys are on some

sort of vacation.

We came here on the river

looking for gold.

That's it, I swear.

I thought you guys

came to get us out.

There's more of you?

We're scattered all

over the jungle.

How long have you been here?

A long time

Evading the Viet Cong, the

North Vietnamese Army.

And others.

But we're all trapped here now,

and there's no way out!

Who are you?

I'm a pilot.

I managed to escape.

But ever since then I've been

waiting for a rescue mission.

I really need it and you're

obviously not it.

Are you saying that you fought

in the Vietnam War?

I'm still fighting in the Vietnam

War and so are all the others.

Look, it's not safe for you

and your friends here.

You need to leave.

Now.

What year is it?

It's 1970.

You don't know that?

Tell me something

who's the president of

the United States?

Donald Trump.

Who the f*** is he?

It's Richard Nixon!

Kissinger!

The Secretary of State is Henry

Kissinger.

Right?

Ok...

I've been here too long. I'm

starting to see sh*t or you're

some sort of a f***ing

ghost or something.

I am not a ghost.

I'm real, but...

How did you get here?

We were POWs.

We escaped. But that doesn't

matter, because we've

been waiting for a rescue

mission every single night, and

nothing's showed up.

Nobody's coming for you.

What the f*** are you talking

about?

People back home think that POWs

weren't left behind.

They think it's a myth.

Well, let me ask you somethin'g.

Do I look like a goddamn myth?

They said that all POWs were sent home

before the U.S. withdrew from Vietnam.

Withdrew? What the f***

are you talking about?

The Vietnam War ended

decades ago.

You're full of sh*t.

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Hey! Down here! Down here! Hey!

F***ing a**holes!

I see them every night.

It's an SAR flight.

What is that?

Search and rescue.

They're looking for us, but they

never f***ing see me.

That's because it's a commercial

airliner and they have no idea

that you're here.

A commercial airliner?

Are you f***ing stupid?

The gooks have anti-aircraft

missiles all over this jungle.

It's the 21st century.

That would make me a real old

man then wouldn't it honey?

Let me ask you something, do I

look like an old man?

No, but you should.

Look, I'm only 22 goddamn it. I

need to get back home to my wife.

She's pregnant and I need to

get back to her.

We go married before

I shipped out.

She was my high

school sweetheart.

That's your wife?

Yeah.

Martha?

How the hell do you

know my wife?

She's my grandmother.

We have the same photo on

our mantle at home.

Oh my god.

You're my grandfather,

Kenneth Bosco?

MIA since February 1968? Shot

downover South Vietnam?

I was shot down in Laos.

That was supposed to be a

top secret mission.

You said you're my...

I'm your grand daughter.

Anita.

Your daughter Caroline, she was

born in 1968. She's my mom.

What about Martha?

She passed last year.

She never gave up on you.

She always would pray that

you'd come back.

But you're never going home.

Why?

Because you're already dead.

Your country forgot about you,

but your family never did.

Sh*t.

I don't know how

you know all this.

But they wouldn't just leave me

to die all alone in the jungle.

They wouldn't leave us.

No man left behind right?

Yes they would.

And they did.

I'm sorry.

So they really left us.

No one is coming for

us except...

Except what?

I was worried.

I woke and you'd gone.

Did you see him?

Who?

The guy I was talking to.

Huh? There was no one.

Come on, let's go,

let's go back.

But.

He was saying...

The jungle can play serious

tricks on your mind.

Come on, let's go.

Anita

Anita.

Follow me.

I came to tell you

that I'm going.

Where?

You made me realize,

nobody's coming for me.

For us.

It's time I joined Martha.

I'm sorry it had to

be like this.

Don't be.

Because of you, I don't have to spend

the rest of my days being hunted and

tracked in the jungle.

Like the rest of em.

How many more are there?

Too many.

But look, that's not important.

Anita, something really bad is

coming for you and your friends.

What?

The Greater Evil.

It's too powerful and I

can't protect you.

You have to get out of here as

soon as possible.

It's time. I gotta go.

Take care.

Wait. Wait!

OK guys, this is

gonna to be tough.

We're traveling through deep jungle.

It's full of unexploded ordnance

from the Vietnam War.

So we gotta be careful, OK?

Let's go.

Mind your head guys.

Let's take a break.

How much further?

Can't be too far.

Just keep moving.

Hey.

What is it?

On second thought,

don't even tell me.

Guys, look. I've found a trail.

This'll make our

lives much easier.

Hey, look at that.

Seems fresh.

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