Our Girl Page #9

2 SECTION

(singing)

Bang bang bang. Bang bang bang..

Fingers starts beat boxing.

2 SECTION (CONT'D)

(singing)

The guns on the bus go bang bang bang.

All day..

Suddenly the breaks are rammed on sending them all flying in the

back. We see the four trucks come to a halt.

2 SECTION (CONT'D)

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

10:
51:42 EXT. DIRT TRACK/MASTIFF ARMORED VEHICLE.CONTINUOUS

One of the trucks almost goes into the back of the other.

Dusty, desert roadside.

Smurf is on the gun turret. He sees sheet is spread out and pinned

with rocks. There appears to be splatterings of blood on the sheet.

SMURF:

Sheet pinned down by rocks. Looks like

there could be a body underneath.

INT. MASTIFF ARMORED VEHICLE. CONTINUOUS

SMURF:

(from above)

Blood all over the sheet Sir. Probably

booby trapped.

All eyes on James waiting for him to make a decision.

MOLLY:

I'm ready, boss.

JAMES:

I want you guys out and covering. Dawes

you come with me.

SMURF:

(from above)

I'll barmer your way, boss.

JAMES:

Need you on that gun Smurf.

10:
52:09 EXT. DUSTY ROAD OUT OF VILLAGE. AFGHANISTAN.DAY 16.06:03

The back doors of the mastiff open and they all leap out.

2 section fan out and cover Molly and James. Smurf on the turret

gun.

SMURF:

It moved! It f***ing moved. I swear sir.

Did anyone else see that?

No-one seems to have.

KINDERS:

Are you sure it wasn't just the wind?

James looks at the sheet some fifty yards away. He is armed with

the vallon.

JAMES:

(to Molly)

I'll go and investigate. You wait out

until I call you in.

James vallons towards the sheet carefully. The rest are fanned

out and protecting. Molly after a beat decides to follow. James

sees.

KINDERS (O.S.)

Dawes, what the hell are you doing?

SMURF (O.S.)

Molly?

Molly reaches James and he turns around.

JAMES:

You got a death wish?

MOLLY:

Maybe.

They inch forward, James carefully sweeping.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

Anyway, it's good to have some quality

time together.

JAMES:

Is that why you're risking your neck?

They continue to edge forward through the dust.

MOLLY:

Nothing happened with Smurf. But at

least now I know.

JAMES:

Know what?

MOLLY:

Well I never thought that you would look

at someone like me. I thought that you

were out of my league.

James stops moving forward briefly.

JAMES:

What are you trying to say, Dawes?

MOLLY:

I'm just saying... I'm fond of you, sir.

And I wanted to tell you in case we get

to that sheet, and someone detonates

it and we're blown to smithereens.

JAMES:

Well let's continue this conversation

when we're back at Brize Norton shall

we.

MOLLY:

Isn't love stronger than army

regulations?

JAMES:

Nothing is stronger than army

regulations.

They carry on again slowly.

MOLLY:

Do you love me?

He stops and turns to look at her. He is about to say something

when a hand comes out from under the sheet and grabs the vallon.

James pulls the sheet back revealing Sohail, bloodied and dying

having been so severely beaten.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

Sohail. Sohail?!

JAMES:

Vallon the perimeter.

Molly is pulling equipment from her med bergan and immediately

starts treating Sohail. James quickly goes round them with the

vallon, checking for booby traps.

MOLLY:

(talking to him, trying to

bring him round)

Sohail, just stay with me alright. I'm

gonna need you to give me them evil eyes

again, okay.

(through head set)

Kinders...it's Sohail! Wait out.

(to James)

We gonna need to cas evac him outta

here asap.

JAMES:

(through his head set)

Kinders, make sure they send in the

mert. Cat A injured ANA.

KINDERS (O.S.)

(through net)

Roger that.

Molly deals with Sohail as best she can.

SOHAIL:

(whispers)

Let me die. Tell them to let me die.

MOLLY:

Just keep your head still for me, okay?

SOHAIL:

Please.

Sohail says something in Pashto.

SOHAIL:

(in Pashto - 10:
55:02)

I have no hope.

JAMES:

He says he has nothing to live for.

MOLLY:

We've all gotta have hope mate. Believe

me, I'm a West Ham fan, I know what I'm

talking about.

Sohail carries on muttering in his state.

JAMES:

Who did this to you, Sohail?

SOHAIL:

Taliban. They ask me to do something.

They beat me up because I say 'no.'

The way he says this leaves Molly uneasy.

10:
55:30 INT. HOSPITAL. CAMP BASTION. DAY 16. 07:00

We see Sohail lying wired up in a bed. He is connected to computers

and a bank of screens monitor his condition.

James and Molly stand with an American surgeon studying scans.

MOLLY:

Is he gonna make it?

AMERICAN SURGEON

Massive internal bleeds. We'll operate

and try to alleviate some pressure

but...

The surgeon gives a little pessimistic shake of her head before

hurrying away. James and Molly turn and look at Sohail. Molly

moves forward.

MOLLY:

How you doing mate?

Sohail gives her a small sarcastic smile.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

Well, hang on there for us, yeah.

SOHAIL:

They kidnap me and beat me up.

JAMES:

Anything to do with the green on green

at the mountain pass?

SOHAIL:

No.

MOLLY:

Was it something to do with Bashira?

SOHAIL:

Her father, Badrai, sent her to spy.

That's why I tried to keep her away.

Sohail is struggling to breathe.

SOHAIL (CONT'D)

He said I had to say where she was.

MOLLY:

You didn't tell him did you? He mustn't

know where she is.

SOHAIL:

I don't know where she is.

JAMES:

So they beat you with rocks?

Sohail shakes his head.

SOHAIL:

They beat me with rocks because I

wouldn't kill someone.

JAMES:

Kill who Sohail?

Sohail says nothing but points a finger at Molly. Molly is stunned.

With this bombshell Sohail shuts his eyes and the machines start

to send out emergency signals.

MOLLY:

(quietly)

He's gone off.

(shouting out)

He's gone off!

The emergency team hurry in and start to prepare him for surgery,

trying to get him breathing again, before wheeling him away at

great speed. Within moments Molly and James are alone.

Molly lets tears fall down her face, undramatically. Now with

no bed between them, James moves forward and while holding her

face gently, with his two thumbs wipes away Molly's tears. She

looks up at him.

He holds her face and looks into her eyes before touching his

head to hers.

10:
58:00 CUT TO BLACK

10:
58:01 NEXT TIME

MOLLY (CONT'D)

You're gonna be alright. I'm gonna get

you out of here. I just need you to stay

with me, okay.

10:
58:02 CARD IN - Next Time

10:
58:05

MAJOR MORLEY:

The insurgent known to us as Badrai is

on his way to Kabul with a cache of

explosives.

10:
58:11

JAMES:

This mission will determine who

successful our time in Afghanistan has

been.

10:
58:15

MOLLY:

It's not Badrai.

10:
58:16

A man goes to attack Molly and is held off by soldiers.

10:
58:17

ZEMARAY:

Bashira.

MOLLY:

She's safe.

ZEMARAY:

Not anymore.

10:
58:22

MOLLY:

Man down! Man down.

10:
58:25

JAMES:

I want you to be the last thing In see.

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