Parallels Page #2

RONAN:

What's happening?

[ALARM BLARING]

What the hell is that?

I don't know.

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Ronan.

Sh*t.

[BEATRIX GRUNTS]

[GASPING]

Oh. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Where are we?

What's happening?

Oh, my God.

BEATRIX:
Where are we?

HAROLD:

Oh. my God. What is this?

What is this?

Do--? Did we get nuked?

No, no, we'd be dead.

BEATRIX:

No, no, no.

A whole city

can't just disappear like that.

Then where is everybody, huh?

Where is everyone? Where--?

Where is everything?

Where are the buildings? Look.

The buildings are gone!

Everything is gone!

[GASPING]

Our building is fine.

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How was that possible?

Our building...

Exactly the same.

Guys.

This happened

a long time ago.

This is old.

It's grown over.

It's...

Hey.

Ronan.

Hey!

B.

Hey! Can you help us?

Stay back!

Can you tell us where we are?

Leave us the hell alone!

Leave us the hell alone!

Whoa.

MAN:
Go. Go.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

I'm fine.

I just can't breathe.

I can't breathe very well.

MAN 1:

Stay back. No, no.

MAN 2:

Come on, let's go. All right?

Come on, let's go!

[GUNFIRE]

[BEATRIX GASPS]

Let's get back inside.

Back inside.

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HAROLD:

Ah! Everything's gone.

Come on.

[BOTH PANTING]

[HAROLD COUGHING]

Yeah, they went

into the building.

HAROLD:

They're not following us.

Why aren't they

following us?

Maybe they're afraid.

HAROLD:

They're walking away. That's--

That's good, right?

I feel like we were running

pretty fast on that-- That one.

I don't-- Haven't ran

that fast in a while.

Why did Dad send us here?

I don't know.

I mean, maybe we weren't,

uh, supposed...

to go to the-- I-- I don't know.

Maybe it's a mistake.

No. I mean, no, it--

It can't be a mistake.

He sent us to this exact

address at that exact time.

Dad wanted us to come here.

Where is here?

I-- I--

Well, I have a theory.

What?

You're not gonna like

my theory.

It's better than the theory

we have, which is no theory.

Well, not necessarily.

I mean,

a terrible theory could be

worse than no theory.

Harold, just tell us the theory.

Okay.

Just look

at all this graffiti

of different Earths,

different...

Histories,

different worlds.

Okay, what about it?

It's all bullshit.

Yeah, right, right.

But what if it's not?

What if all of these Earths

are equally real?

What if we are

on Earth now, just...

another version of it?

WOMAN:
Actually...

I'm--

[GASPS]

that's sounds kind of right.

[SIGHS]

I take it this is your first

trip through the building.

Where did you come from?

The building

is pretty big.

There's lots of different

ins and outs.

I'm Polly.

Ronan.

Beatrix.

Harold. Harry.

Well, you guys

are all really polite.

Okay, you said

that he was about right.

What did you mean by that?

You guys got on

on that last Earth, right?

That one with your Internet

and your fancy phones

and your lattes?

That's just sitting

right where you left it.

This Earth,

on the other hand,

this Earth looks

nuked to sh*t.

This Earth?

Yeah.

You hit them

every once in a while.

It's usually some U.S.-Soviet

thing from the '70s or '80s.

Sometimes you get China,

Pakistan in there.

I saw Egypt cause it once.

That was a weird Earth.

I mean, this is just assuming

that you're working off

more or less

the same 20th Century, so--

How many Earths are there?

I don't know. Nobody knows.

Some people think

every possible Earth exists.

So like,

out there somewhere,

there's an Earth

that is exactly like your Earth,

just with one less mosquito.

Some people think

that there is an Earth

that's so perfect,

it's basically heaven.

Yes, nerd in front?

When can we go home?

This building jumps

every 36 hours.

So we have got

32 hours to kill.

Till then, there's

nothing to do but wait.

But you guys have to be back

for the jump.

If you miss the jump, then...

Well, you might not get

another chance.

Then how would we

get home?

That, my friend,

is the Big Danny.

The what?

The Bi-- Oh, nothing.

It's something from TV

when I was a kid.

What show?

Game of Your Life.

You've never heard of it.

What channel?

We didn't have channels

on my Earth.

You're saying you're from

some weird alternate Earth?

Not from my point of view.

You guys are the ones

who are drinking coffees

that look like

ice cream sundaes and sh*t.

But what are we supposed to do

for next 32 hours? Just wait?

My advice,

in a world like this,

is that you shut up

and you stay hidden.

And, you know,

try not to die.

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Peach?

[SIGHS]

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[GUNS COCKING]

Tell the chief

we found them.

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HAROLD:

Mom.

Mom!

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[MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

MAN 1:

All right, come on.

Let's go, let's go.

On your feet.

Come on, let's go.

MAN 2:

Let's go. Let's get this stuff.

Take them to my factory.

Come on.

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MAN 3:

Hey, chief.

Found this folks

in Old Town.

They were

in the building.

And you went inside?

Tinker said.

Goddamn it.

He's supposed to be here

getting this power

up and running.

What were you folks doing

in the building, son?

Oh, hey, ha, we were

just passing through.

I'm sorry,

my friend here is a mute.

Childhood fever, you know.

He's not all there.

From where?

Kansas.

To?

East. Maybe north.

Uh, we're not sure.

Why did you folks

run in the building?

It looked like

a safe place to hide.

From who?

From your men.

We saw them gun down

two people.

What'd I tell you

about that sh*t?

They drew on us.

The building

is a very dangerous place.

We avoid it.

We didn't know that.

Look, I'm sorry

for waylaying you.

We've been having some problems

with some folks up north.

I wouldn't head that way

if I were you.

Mike here will take you

out of town if you like.

Thank you, Captain Stone.

STONE:

Wait.

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How'd you know I was police?

Nobody knows that.

You just-- You look like

a guy with authority.

How'd you know

my name was Stone?

[STUTTERING]

Strong features.

Who are you people?

Where are you from?

TINKER:

They came from the building.

I told you.

Remember the last time

somebody came out

of that building?

I don't need this sh*t now.

It was him.

The man

who brought the nuke here.

The man who murdered

two-thirds of this city

came from the building.

STONE:
That doesn't make sense.

You've been up and down

that building a million times.

Look at them. They're not from

here.

Where are you from?

We're from Kansas.

Not you.

Where?

Kansas.

East or west?

East?

TINKER:

Who controls east Kansas, huh?

Okay, who controls

west Kansas?

Who was the president

when the bombs hit?

What was the first city

that got hit?

What nation are we in?

The United States of America.

TINKER:

I rest my case.

STONE:

What are you saying?

What if they got a bomb?

If they had a bomb,

we'd be dead already.

We haven't used ours yet.

We don't have a bomb.

Says the mute.

What do you suggest?

TINKER:

Leave them with me.

I'll find out

everything.

Hey! Ugh!

POLLY:

Told you.

You try telling people you're

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