Our Girl Page #7

Georgie looks up at him and nods. Beat.

GEORGIE:

So all your family are going to go in this fire? Yeah!

ABU:

All non believers.

Abu suddenly and menacingly stoops and grabs her throat, unpredictably violent.

ABU (CONT'D)

(grabbing her viciously)

I will chop your head off because I know the paradise

that awaits me.

Georgie stares at a seemingly possessed Abu.

ABU (CONT'D)

Where are you from? You sound northern.

GEORGIE:

Manchester.

ABU:

That place is drowning in sin.

GEORGIE:

You from London?

ABU:

Ah… Soon I'll be from an Islamic Somalia.

GEORGIE:

How do you know about Manchester?

Abu almost snarls.

ABU:

(with disgust)

It is sinful. You are sinful.

And with this he storms off leaving Georgie, Kicki look after her.

IN:
10:36:27 EXT. KENYA/SOMALIA BORDER. DAY

Elvis, Spunky, Spanner and Jackson stand over the tracker - it has fallen from the vehicle.

Music ‘2OG13’ out: 10:36:35

SPUNKY:

Signal stationary, stop here.

SPANNER:

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36:39 Sh*t.

ELVIS:

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39:41 Sh*t is right. Listen they can't have gone that far. Spunky

call in a drone lets get some eyes open.

Spunky jumps on the radio.

SPUNKY:

Hello Zero, this is Zero Alfa over.

IN:
10:36:50 EXT. AL SHABAAB COMPOUND/CELL. DAY

Georgie looks up as she sees the gates opening. The shorter Al Shabaab from the safe house

swings the pick up truck into the compound. He is frantic and shouting madly in Somali.

SHORTER AL SHABAAB

Waanala soo weraray - mel eey kaimaad na

manaqaano! Kuwikalena wey dilen...Anigaayaa ka soo

badbaaday.

Translation:
We were attacked - they came from nowhere! They killed the others... I

escaped.

Music ‘2OG14’ in: 10:37:13

All the Al Shabaab including Gaani emerge at the chaos and confusion. More shouting.

Georgie of course doesn't know what's being said but it is all too apparent they are all fuming.

KICKI:

What?

They hear a distant buzzing.

GEORGIE:

They're still looking for us. They haven't given up, so

we're not giving up either.

Georgie takes out a remote control, secreted about her person.

KICKI:

Where the hell did you get that?

GEORGIE:

Stole it from their opps room.

(tapping her head)

Up here for thinking!

KICKI:

What use is it to us?

GEORGIE:

In case they give us a tele.

Georgie looks out of the railings, to check for anybody coming. Kicki stares.

GEORGIE (CONT'D)

It's infra red.

Kicki looks back at her puzzled.

GEORGIE (CONT'D)

The drone should pick it up, anyone with half a brain cell

watching the footage will know it's a signal.

KICKI:

From a remote control?

GEORGIE:

I know! It's amazing.

Georgie is frantically working away on the remote control, Kicki watching Georgie attach a pebble

with wire and attach it to a cord from her scrubs.

GEORGIE (CONT'D)

Right. I need you to get me up there. That's it.

Kicki lifts Georgie up towards the roof.

KICKI:

Are we, are we ever going to get out of here.

GEORGIE:

We don't need to.

(holding the tampered remote)

This does.

Georgie spins the remote control around.

IN:
10:38:10 INT. TEMPORARY BRITISH ARMY BASE. COMMS TENT. DAY

James and Osman are studying a monitor. It is the camera from the drone. We see the infra-red

remote being flashed in it's direction. James looks bewildered/amazed.

OSMAN:

What do you think?

JAMES:

Has to be a signal!

Osman roots through his maps of the locale.

JAMES (CONT'D)

(looking over Osman's shoulder)

What is it?

OSMAN:

There was a compound... a couple of years ago we

raided and closed it down.

(finding something on the map)

Here!

JAMES:

What you think the signal could be coming from there?

OSMAN:

Hm! Checking coordinates from drone.

Osman checks something on the lap top and suddenly beams.

OSMAN (CONT'D)

Pretty good match.

JAMES:

She's managed to get a signal from there ...

OSMAN:

Hum yeah!

JAMES:

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38:47 I tell you what, you have to hand it to her... she's a

bloody survivor!

James shakes his head, impressed with Georgie's ingenuity.

IN:
10:38:50 EXT. TRACK. KENYA/SOMALIA BORDER. DAY

Elvis is on the wire to James. Elvis writes down the coordinates.

JAMES:

(on wire to Elvis)

Primary at grid 256901890. Compound North East of

you location, over.

ELVIS:

(on wire to James)

Roger that. James we're doing this stealth on foot.

Prepare to launch operational circle. Once we've

confirmed Primary exact location over.

JAMES (V.O.)

(through wire)

Roger that. Phase one, air support goes in and softens

the captors, phase 2 paras with 2 section infantry

support attack the gate, phase three, that's you Elvis.

Over.

ELVIS:

Roger

Elvis looks determined as they head off on foot.

IN:
10:39:19 INT. CELL. AL SHABAAB COMPOUND. DAY

Georgie stands at the window looking up at the sky, listening to silence. Kicki is curled up on the

floor.

Music ‘2OG14’ out: 10:39:24

KICKI:

They've gone.

Georgie turns and looks at her.

KICKI (CONT'D)

They didn't spot us did they?

GEORGIE:

They'll never give up. Understand that.

KICKI:

Really?

GEORGIE:

Hmm hmm… I'm going home and getting married.

KICKI:

Really?

GEORGIE:

Don't sound too surprised! I love him. He is everything

that I could ever want.

KICKI:

Someone proposed to me once.

GEORGIE:

What happened?

KICKI:

(with a little laugh)

I was going to say yes. Honestly. I opened my mouth to

say yes and 'no' came out. Leo Ekbert. He sat in front of

me at school. I was right to say no, for Leo's sake....

When I was at university..

GEORGIE:

Ah. I fear what's coming.. For Leo's sake..

Kicki half smiles at a memory.

KICKI:

There was this guy...

They both manage to laugh.

GEORGIE:

Yes. So many stories start off like that.

Georgie looks at Kicki who is suddenly serious.

KICKI:

He introduced me to Africa. He was working for a news

agency...

GEORGIE:

Journo?

KICKI:

War photographer. He was going out to Sierra Leone -

he'd got a contact who'd arranged a meeting with the

West Side Boys... a militia who were... ruthless. He was

so excited and somehow... I'd said no to Leo and wanted

to get away. Africa! I could go and be his assistant.

Music ‘2OG15’ in: 10:41:00

GEORGIE:

Was it,.. was it Africa or him you wanted?

KICKI:

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41:17 Him. Without a doubt. And then, the bastards shot him.

A stunned silence.

KICKI (CONT'D)

I ended up being looked after by people from an NGO.

Worked in West Africa before erm, getting a permanent

placement in Kenya.

GEORGIE:

You didn't go home?

KICKI:

Africa became my home.

(beat, with gentle existential angst)

Nafula can carry on my work.

Georgie sees her eyes filling with tears she reaches out to her giving her a reassurance and

consolation.

IN:
10:41:53 EXT. BY THE TRUCKS. DAY

Two section stand by the truck, full battle and ready to load. James braces up, serious and

focused.

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