Our Girl Page #7

MOLLY:

How old are you?

YOUNG ANA SOLDIER

Eighteen.

MOLLY:

Well you're old enough to know

Americans are full of sh*t.

Laughter around, including Qaseem. Qaseem nudges him to show the

watch and says something to him in Pashto which makes the other

ANA soldiers laugh.

QASEEM:

(in Pashto 10:
31:22)

It’s a fake.

Molly moves on to James.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

Sir.

She goes to hand him some water.

JAMES:

No, you're alright Dawes.

He is searching for insurgent movement ahead. Molly looks at the

young rag-bag ANA who were manning the C.P.

MOLLY:

Talk about easy targets.

JAMES:

I hope your Intel's right on this one.

MOLLY:

Sir, if I am right, I'm a bit worried

about the girl. Maybe we've

compromised her.

JAMES:

We'll worry about that later.

MOLLY:

Yes sir.

Molly continues to hand out water to everyone.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

Dangles.

DANGLE-BERRIES

Cheers Dawesy.

Smurf runs over and James looks up.

JAMES:

How you feeling, Smurf?

SMURF:

No heroics from me this time sir, if

that's what you're worried about.

JAMES:

I promised your mum I'd wrap you up in

cotton wool.

SMURF:

Sir.

JAMES:

Keep your helmet on and your head down.

MOLLY:

She's been surrounded by soldiers her

whole life. Imagine that... Ain't

normal, is it.

SMURF:

Eh?

MOLLY:

(to Smurf, explaining)

Bashira.

SMURF:

Yeah well, we'll be gone soon.

MOLLY:

It's a shame we can't take kids like

her home with us.

SMURF:

Sir, d'you get the feeling that Dawes

is the type to bring a donkey home from

Spain?

JAMES:

You the Queen of the lost cause, Dawes?

He laughs at his inadvertent rhyme.

MOLLY:

No sir, I'm hard as nails me. It's just

sometimes it all seems a bit... unfair.

JAMES:

It's luck.

SMURF:

What is, boss?

JAMES:

Everything. The whole world and

everything in it. It's luck.

SMURF:

My brother weren't so lucky. Out there.

MOLLY:

No, but you were.

JAMES:

There you go.

MOLLY:

So you think it's all just luck...

JAMES:

Luck. Fluke. Chance. Where you're

born, who you're born to... Rich man,

poor man, beggar man, thief.

MOLLY:

Well three out of four ain't bad with

my dad !

Molly looks up at the sky. With the sun over the mountains the

place looks beautiful.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

No-one at home would believe me but this

is proper nice.

JAMES:

What?

MOLLY:

Afghan. I've never seen anywhere so

beautiful.

James and Smurf look at her.

SMURF:

If you think this is nice you're gonna

shitting love Newport.

MOLLY:

If it weren't so like... bloody war and

all that, then I'd live in a little place

in the mountains here.

JAMES:

You'd need wi-fi though.

MOLLY:

Well, yeah, obviously.

SMURF:

And Sky TV.

MOLLY:

And a Top Shop and Starbucks round the

corner.

(beat)

Bashira weren't born into much luck,

was she? A dad that beats the crap out

of her and...

JAMES:

Dawes.

(friendly)

Shut the f*** up.

MOLLY:

Sorry sir.

James focuses ahead. Smurf looks a Molly with a smile. Kinders

through binoculars sees some movement in the compound.

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33:48 MUSIC IN – 2G13 PART 1 IN

KINDERS:

Sir there's movement in the bunker...

JAMES:

How many, Kinders?

KINDERS:

Definitely a couple. Maybe more.

James is on his binoculars staring at the compound. Smurf has

his gun ready and trained on the compound.

JAMES:

Everybody stay low and out of sight.

They are all protected and covered by the sandbags.

Molly is staring through the binoculars. She can see someone making

their way to the wooden store to the east.

MOLLY:

(looking through the

binoculars at a little

wooden store, 200m east)

Sir. There's someone heading in to that

store.

JAMES:

Dangles, get me Zero on the radio now.

Dangle-Berries operating the radio.

DANGLE-BERRIES

Zero, this is Amber 3.0 Bravo sighting

two possible insurgents. Wait out.

A strange moment of calm, it is as if all the soldiers know what's

coming but have to wait out until it does. We see Smurf,

concentrating ahead.

Suddenly the two insurgents appear with a missile launcher.

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34:17 MUSIC IN – 2G13 PART 2 IN

JAMES:

Down! RPJ!

A missile is launched at their position from the wooden store.

10:
34:21 MUSIC OUT – 2G13 PART 1 IN

It explodes with a deafening blast just behind them.

They all get down. Dangle-berries is on the radio shouting in

they have contact only just audible above the noise.

DANGLE-BERRIES

Zero, this is Amber 3.0 Bravo. Contact

explosion.

A nano second as the assault is computed then shouting all round.

Molly is tapping them all, checking everyone is alright.

MOLLY:

You alright?

(moving to next soldier)

You alright?

(to Fingers)

You alright Fingers?

KINDERS:

Rapid fire!

2 section all unleash their machine guns into the store. They

take it in turns between shooting and ducking down.

SMURF:

Back down.

MOLLY:

Back in!

Molly joins in the shooting. Within moments the store is destroyed

and whoever was in it destroyed too. The shooting continues.

NUDE-NUT

(yells)

Incoming from the compound now!

KINDERS:

(screaming into the radio)

Contact! Contact wait out!

They concentrate their rifles on the compound now. They are under

heavy return fire and have to keep ducking down. James moves back

into his position beside Molly.

JAMES:

Hold your fire! Hold your fire!

A couple still yet to hear his instruction.

KINDERS:

Hold your fire!

Taj halts his men’s assault. Eventually they all stop. A strange

calm. Everyone is still, focused and ready to resume firing. James

keeps his eyes on the compound. Silence. Molly looks across to

the store, or what remains of it, then back to the compound.

MOLLY:

What's happening, sir?

JAMES:

Keep your eyes on the bunker.

Everyone is watching and waiting but not sure what it is they're

waiting for. Then with seemingly no warning the compound explodes.

An almighty RPG (fired by the unseen Fire Support Group) has

obliterated the place. A huge cloud of fire and smoke rises.

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35:26 MUSIC OUT – 2G13 PART 2 IN

There is a split second as 2 Section take this in, with awe and

wonder and then a celebratory excited cheer goes up.

MANSFIELD MIKE:

Did you see that?

SMURF:

Beautiful.

MANSFIELD MIKE:

That has gotta be more than a dead leg

that!

KINDERS:

Fellas, I would love to see them walk

that off.

JAMES:

(snaps)

Keep your heads down!

They all remain in position. Qaseem is listening in to the radio.

James looks across at Taj.

JAMES (CONT'D)

(to Taj)

Taj, take your guys down and check both

positions?

Qaseem interprets.

QASEEM:

(in Pashto 10:
35:45)

Both of you go and check the compound.

JAMES (CONT'D)

We'll give support.

Taj nods and shouts instruction in Pashto. Taj and Azizi start

to lead special forces down.

TAJ:

(in Pashto 10:
35:49)

Go and check whether they are dead or

alive. Move!

10:
35:53 MUSIC IN – 2G14

10:
35:54 EXT. MOUNTAIN PASS. COMPOUND. DAY 9. 04:05

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