Our Girl Page #9

10:
45:10 MUSIC IN – 1GN9

Smurf walks off. Molly looks back down at Bashira. She gives her

a little friendly wave. Bashira waves back before the ANA soldiers

move the children on.

10:
45:26 EXT. MOUNTAIN CHECK POINT. AFGHANISTAN.

Smurf is looking down at the dried river bed. He sees a movement

and stares. Then he sees Bashira sat down on the side of the river

bed. She quickly gets up and starts to go but stops on the bridge

and looks up at him for a second. She runs off.

SMURF:

(to himself)

What are you up to?

10:
45:51 EXT. MOUNTAIN CHECK POINT. AFGHANISTAN.

Smurf heads down to the river bed by himself.

10:
45:56 EXT. MOUNTAIN CHECK POINT. AFGHANISTAN.

The encampment is getting up and running and organised.

10:
46:00 MUSIC OUT – 1GN9

MOLLY:

I guess I'm lucky the army weren't

called in to make sure I went to school

in East Ham.

JAMES:

What, you didn't go?

MOLLY:

Could you tell?

She gets a smile out of James.

JAMES:

Still, don’t need G.C.S.E.'s out here,

do you.

MOLLY:

It’s a good job I ain't got any then,

sir.

A gun shot rings out. And they all duck. Nude-Nut comes belting

up towards the others.

NUDE-NUT

Man down! Man down!

All of 2 Section know what to do, take up their arms and man their

dug in positions. Lots of shouts all round of ‘Man down!’

The panic and confusion comes from no-one knowing who and where

the shooting happened. There is much shouting and a sense of chaos

and panic.

JAMES:

What's happened?

NUDE-NUT

I dunno, Smurf saw something and went

down the river bed, Sir.

JAMES:

Across the river bed?!

CORPORAL KINDERS

Has anyone got eyes on?

MOLLY:

(spotting someone in the

field)

200 metres. Half left. Beyond the

bridge.

CORPORAL KINDERS

That's Smurf.

JAMES:

(fuming)

It’s a bloody mine-field!? What’s he

doing in a bloody minefield

Everyone is training their rifles on any possible place the shot

came from.

SMURF:

(in radio)

I’ve been shot. I'm pumping blood!

JAMES:

(shouting back to him)

Smurf, what direction was your

contact?

SMURF:

(in radio)

I'm pumping blood!

FINGERS:

(through his binoculars)

He's got the vallon with him sir.

NUDE-NUT

He took it down with him Sir.

We see Molly steeling herself and then hesitating.

MANSFIELD MIKE:

He needs a medic!

This seems to jolt Molly who snaps into action.

MOLLY:

(grabbing her med bergen and

starting to scramble down)

I can get to him, sir. I know my mine

clearing drill.

JAMES:

No f***ing way. Wait out.

MOLLY:

Sir, he's losing blood. I can get to

him.

JAMES:

Wait out.

A moment between the two of them.

MOLLY:

Just cos I'm a female Sir, I don't want

special treatment. I'm the medic I

should go.

SMURF:

(over radio)

I'm pissing blood! I can’t stop it!

Beat.

JAMES:

(snaps)

Dangleberries, Brains, with me now.

KINDERS:

Move. Move. Move!

They all run to a different position so they can cover Molly while

she tries to get to Smurf. Panicked shouts all around.

KINDERS:

Eyes out. Let’s go fellas, keep eyes

on.

JAMES (OOV)

Has anyone seen the enemy?

FINGERS (OOV)

(shouting)

Can’t see him.

Some of the soldiers go with Molly to cover her as she runs over

the bridge.

10:
47:29 MUSIC IN – 1GN10(i)

SMURF (OOV)

(desperate)

Molly. Molly.

MOLLY:

(shouting)

Stay calm, Smurf.

JAMES:

(shouting)

Brains! Dangles!

James, Dangleberries and Brains all jump down besides the bridge

to cover Molly.

10:
47:47 EXT. MINEFIELD.

Molly heads over to the minefield, taking off her bag. Smurf

is calling out to her.

MOLLY:

(shouting)

Smurf?

(beat)

Smurf?!

SMURF:

It's pissing out of me.

MOLLY:

(shouting)

Smurf I’m on my way. Talk to me.

10:
47:57 EXT. BRIDGE. DAY 6. 10:23. CONTINUOUS

James is on the radio giving his exact position to the scrambled

MERT helicopter.

JAMES:

..Alpha 3.0 Bravo. 9. Lino. Roger. So

far. Over

10:
48:00 EXT. MINEFIELD. CONTINUOUS

Molly is on her stomach lying on her bergen crawling across the

minefield clearing her way with a knife. She is moving as carefully

as she can but also very conscious of the desperate need to reach

Smurf. She is 30 or so metres away. We follow her every inch by

inch as she makes her agonising way towards him.

MOLLY:

(shouting)

Stay calm, Smurf. Where are you hit?

SMURF:

Top of the leg. High. Groin.

This is obviously troubling reply.

MOLLY:

Can you get a tourniquet round it?

SMURF:

(panicked)

I can’t get it on, it’s too high.

10:
48:13 EXT. BRIDGE. DAY 6. 10:23. CONTINUOUS

James is seriously worried.

JAMES:

(mouthed)

Oh f***.

10:
48:15 EXT. MINEFIELD. CONTINUOUS

Molly is digging her treacherous way along. There is an IED next

to her which she hasn’t seen. We close in on her face, anxious

and tense but incredibly focused. Her training is kicking in.

We follow her as she inches forward. She suddenly becomes aware

that Smurf has stopped screaming. This is a concern.

MOLLY:

(shouts)

Smurf!?

JAMES:

(through headset)

You alright Dawes?

MOLLY:

Talk to me, Smurf.

10:
48:22 EXT. MOUNTAIN CHECK POINT. AFGHANISTAN. CONTINUOUS

Kinders with Fingers and Nude-Nut

KINDERS:

Nude-Nut, Fingers. I want you covering

them as they’re moving.

NUDE-NUT

Yes Corporal.

FINGERS:

Yes Corporal.

They focus their rifles and scour the area for possible insurgent

positions.

10:
48:27 EXT. BRIDGE. AFGHANISTAN. CONTINUOUS

James is talking to the Mert Helicopter over the radio.

JAMES:

You’re going to need a winch, there is

nowhere to land. I repeat, there is

nowhere to land.

10:
48:31 EXT. MOUNTAIN CHECK POINT. AFGHANISTAN. CONTINUOUS

FINGERS:

She ain't gonna make it..

NUDE-NUT

Yes she will Fingers. We’ll make sure

of it.

FINGERS:

(whispering to himself to himself)

Come on, come on..

10:
48:37 EXT. MINEFIELD. CONTINUOUS

Molly prods the ground with her knife and uses her feet to push

inch by inch forward.

MOLLY:

(shouts)

Smurf!?

NUDE-NUT

(through headset)

Come on Smurf, get up!

MOLLY:

Smurf? Talk to me, Smurf.

Smurf has stopped responding.

MOLLY (CONT’D)

(shouts)

Smurf!?

As she edges forward we see her right root is almost level

with and very close to the IED.

10:
48:45 EXT. BRIDGE. CONTINUOUS

JAMES:

(through headset)

You alright Dawes?

MOLLY:

(through headset)

Have you got eyes on Smurf?

10:
48:49 EXT. MINEFIELD. CONTINUOUS

MOLLY (CONT’D)

He’s gone quiet.

BAZ VEGAS:

(through headset)

Talk to her Smurf.

10:
48:51 EXT. MOUNTAIN CHECK POINT. AFGHANISTAN. CONTINUOUS

BAZ VEGAS (CONT’D)

Talk to her Smurf!

10:
48:52 EXT. BRIDGE. CONTINUOUS

BRAINS:

Come on Smurf you tit.

DANGLEBERRIES:

ETA 30 seconds on the Mert, sir.

10:
48:56 EXT. MINEFIELD. CONTINUOUS

Molly continues to make her way forward. She is just metres from

Smurf now.

MOLLY:

Smurf?!

MEMBERS OF 2 SECTION

(through radio)

Smurf? Smurf?

10:
49:03 EXT. MOUNTAIN CHECK POINT. AFGHANISTAN. CONTINUOUS

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