Nerve Page #5

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Let's go.

Shots fired.

Don't walk away from me.

Vee! Wake up!

This is a game.

Do you really think that

someone like him

is actually gonna be with you

when this is all done?

Hey, you don't know me.

Oh, I'm sorry.

You really like her now?

Yeah, I do.

All right, come on, Syd,

you're just drunk.

Tommy, it is time

to get over her!

Clearly, she has traded up!

Why do you have to be

such a b*tch?

Look at that!

Little Vee finally

speaking her mind.

Come on!

Unburden yourself!

Do you know why

we're best friends?

I do whatever

you want all the time.

No, Vee, we're friends

because I'm fun

and you're boring.

The only fun thing about you

was your brother.

What is it you think?

That playing nerve is just gonna

magically make you

a different person?

That's not how life works.

You'll never be a player.

You're right.

I know how much you love

living in the moment, Syd.

Well, remember this moment.

Because you're one of those

girls who peaks in high school.

And when you wake up one day,

still living in Staten island,

still screwing the same guys,

wondering what the hell

happened to your life.

If you wanna know

where I am from now on,

sign up and watch me.

Wait, Vee, what are you doing?

Hey, Vee,

you don't need to do this.

Look at me. Come on. Let's just

go, let's bail, all right?

What do you have to prove?

Come on, please. Let's go.

Come on, you got it,

Vee, please!

- Go, girl!

- Vee!

Oh, my god. Vee!

Whoa!

You got it, Vee!

That's how you get

into first, Vee!

That was messed up.

I can't deal with this

right now. I'm gonna go.

Vee, did you know that

he's played nerve before?

What?

Yeah, it was his dare

to get you here

and fight with Syd.

That's why he brought you here.

Look.

You still trust him?

Vee, wait. Wait.

Is it true?

Is what true?

Did you take me here

as part of the game?

Answer me! Is it true?

What are you doing?

It's more complicated than that.

I just lost my two

best friends tonight.

How much did you get for that?

No, no, it's not

about the money, all right?

But I promise

I'll explain everything later.

Just don't even bother, okay?

I mean,

Sydney almost died tonight.

I almost died tonight.

Vee, I know, I know.

This game is sick.

I'm going to the police.

Wait, no, no! No!

I'm sorry, Vee...

What are you doing?

I'm sorry, you can't

do that, all right?

You can't go to the police.

Why not?

Because I'll lose the game?

No, it's not about that!

Vee! Vee!

You can't go to the police.

It's the last thing

you wanna do.

Vee, wait, I wasn't

trying to hurt you.

It just got outta control.

Move! Get out of the way!

Officer!

Officer!

Officer, I need help. I'm...

I'm playing this game.

It's called nerve.

And I'm worried that someone's

gonna get really hurt.

Uh-oh.

Snitch!

A game? They playin', too?

Yeah, yeah.

There's a crime being committed?

No, but a kid could die tonight.

Look, here, it's all

on my phone. You can see.

What?

What?

Snitch!

Snitches get stitches!

Mom?

Honey, what's going on?

Mom!

Vee, where are you?

All the money is missing

from our account!

Wait, what?

Vee, honey, are you in trouble?

Can you just, please,

tell me what's going on?

Okay, mom, I'm gonna fix this,

I promise.

Fix what?

Hello? Vee!

Hello? Vee! Fix what?

I'm sorry,

but I gotta win this game.

Hello, Vee.

You broke the rules.

You are our prisoner.

We told you not to snitch.

Now we control your life.

We control your family.

We control your future.

The only way out

is to win the final round.

Go to the Staten island ferry

and the watchers will find you.

See you in the finals.

See you in the finals.

See you in the finals.

Checkin' over here.

I'm comin' for you, Vee!

Vee, thank god!

Are you okay?

Am I okay?

No, I'm not okay!

You need to tell me everything.

Okay, what the hell is going on?

Come here, come here.

Why is this happening to me?

'Kay, that guy Ty.

We both played nerve

last year in Seattle.

We got a dare to hang from a

construction crane 200 feet in the air.

The two of us

and this kid named Robbie.

Five!

Four! Three!

Come on, Robbie, that's enough.

Sh*t, he's slipping.

- Two! One!

- Climb back up, man.

- Ian, grab him.

- Grab my hand!

Ty and I, we bailed

and we went to the cops.

We tried to get

the game shut down,

but they didn't do anything.

No, they just

called it an accident.

Then the watchers, they...

They came after us

for snitching.

They messed with my dad's job.

They leaked photos

of my sister online.

They stole our identities, Vee.

Me and Ty, we became

prisoners of the game.

Oh, come on.

What does that even mean?

It's the third category.

Watcher, player, prisoner.

I'm trapped.

The only way out is to win.

So you have to win.

No. No, you do.

What?

Vee, you're a prisoner now.

You and I, we're going

to the final round together

and I'm gonna lose.

What? No, you can't do that.

It's already done.

It's already done.

I told the watchers

to give me a dare

that's gonna knock Ty

outta second place.

It's gonna be me and you.

I have to go.

No, no, no.

Yeah, I wanna take you

somewhere safe. Let's go!

There has to be another way.

There isn't.

If it's not me in the finals,

then it's Ty.

And he'll do anything to win.

Just tell me

we're gonna do this.

Hey...

It's not your fault.

I just hope she's okay.

- Hello?

- Guys, it's me.

Oh, my god!

Vee, where are you?

I'm so sorry.

Doesn't matter.

I'm just glad you're okay.

All right, come on. Let's go.

I can't.

What?

I have to finish this.

Are you insane?

What are you talking about?

Look, it's never gonna end.

I mean, even if

they leave me alone,

they're just gonna

do it to somebody else.

We can't stop the game if we wanted to.

There's no one to stop.

It's just a bunch

of anonymous people.

What if they weren't anonymous?

Ian's doing a dare that

would put him in the finals.

So it could be me against him.

Vee, do you actually

trust this guy?

He is the person who got you

into this mess

in the first place.

I got me into this mess.

Anything Ian's doing now

is to help me get out.

I know it sounds crazy,

but I can do it.

I just need your help.

What do you need us to do?

Tommy, you said the game

is open source, right?

Do you think you can

change the code?

It's gonna take time.

Syd, could you buy us some?

Hey. Now climb the crane.

Syd?

Yeah?

Use a payphone.

Ah!

Hang for five seconds.

Hang for five seconds.

Hang with one hand.

Hang with one hand.

Sh*t!

One! Two! Three!

Four!

Five!

- Yeah, it's over here, Tommy.

- We don't have a lot of time.

Okay, yeah. We're on our way.

We'll see you soon.

How did it go?

It went.

It went?

Yeah. I think

it's gonna work.

Yeah, better work.

I mean, god.

What is this place?

Fastest Internet

in New York City.

Hey, Tommy!

Hey, HK, we made it.

Let's get

this started. You ready?

Is the Botnet up and running?

Yeah, of course.

We just gotta enter it

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