Ride Along Page #17

Battalion Chief Roberts (O.S.):

Don’t worry Kevin, we’ll get both of

you out soon.

100. EXT. RANDOM STREET- DAY.

Switch to the above ground. B.C. Roberts turns to Miller and

Thompson.

Battalion Chief Roberts:

Alright, I want both of you to stand by

with him. If anything changes let me

know. I’m going to see if I can

organize a rescue squad.

B.C. Roberts walks towards the street. Thompson kneels down

towards the hole.

Thompson:

Oh, Kevin, you just had to be the hero.

Trying to get on that six o’clock news.

Kevin (O.S.):

Yeah, well, what can I say? I’m an

attention whore.

101. INT. COLLAPSED COTTAGE- DAY.

Camera switches to below ground. Kevin looks at the young girl.

He sits up and reaches towards the young lady. He can reach her

easily. He throws the wood off of her. He hears, and feels the

building quiver with the last piece of wood he throws. He looks

up and waits a few seconds to make sure nothing else happens. He

then proceeds to very slowly drag the young lady towards him. He

checks a pulse.

Kevin:

Hey Thompson.

Thompson (O.S):

Yeah?

Kevin:

I still have a pulse on the lady. . .

She’s got a decent sized chunk of wood

impaled in her lower right quadrant.

Blood is oozing out of it.

Thompson (O.S):

Alright. I take it you don’t have any

gauze or cravats down there. Just apply

pressure around the impaled wood with

your gloved hands.

Kevin puts his hands around the wood, forming a triangle, and

pushes down. He hears the lady moan.

102. EXT. RANDOM STREET- DAY.

Switch to above ground. You see Miller walk over to B.C. Roberts

and the group of firefighters in a circle. He is talking to two

EMTs when Miller walks up

Battalion Chief Roberts:

Alright you guys can head back to 5. I

don’t think we’ll need more than one

rig.

You see the two EMTs nod and walk towards Ambulance 56, as

Ambulance 26 pulls up.

Battalion Chief Roberts (cont’d):

We’ll have to cancel 26 as well then.

Miller:

I wouldn’t.

Everyone turns to look at her.

Miller (cont’d):

Our ride along just told us that the

biking victim is still alive, so we may

need 26 just in case she’s still alive

when we get them out.

Battalion Chief Roberts:

Right. They can stay then. (To

everyone) Alright so the issue we still

have is how do we excavate the

victim…victims, from the basement of

the cottage, without floors one and two

collapsing in in itself. That building

is pre-Civil war. The only reasons it’s

still standing is because of how old,

and historic it is.

Battalion Chief Roberts:

So it is just one heavy gust away from

toppling. So, how do we get them out?

Firefighter 1:

We could get the crane truck down and

piece by piece start picking the pieces

up one by one.

Firefighter 2:

That wouldn’t work. You ever play

KerPunk? Pull one piece of wood out and

you don’t know if that’s the one that

sends the marbles down. We just need to

drill a hole big enough to drag the two

of them out.

Miller:

It’s not that simple. One of them has

his leg pinned by falling debris. We

wouldn’t be able to pull him through

any hole unless we address that debris.

Plus I don’t think the building is

stable enough to do any drilling.

Chloe, Lady Preceptor 1, and Lady Preceptor 2 walk towards the

scene.

Lady Preceptor 1:

What do we got, good sir?

Battalion Chief Roberts:

A ride-along and a biker struck by a

car are at the bottom of that collapsed

building. Trying to brainstorm how to

excavate them.

Chloe:

Ride-along? (A beat) From what station?

Miller looks at Chloe.

Miller:

Oh sh*t.

Battalion Chief Roberts:

Nine.

Miller:

Chloe, wait!

Chloe ignores Miller, and looks up towards the building, as if

someone had just told her that he parents died. She takes off

running for the building. Millers grabs her, but Chloe elbows

Miller in the nose. Miller falls to the ground.

Miller:

Wait! BRODY GRAB HER!

Thompson turns around and lifts Chloe off her feet. She starts

kicking and elbowing him.

Thompson:

Quit it!

Miller jogs up to them, nose bleeding.

Miller:

Listen, Chloe. Kevin is alright. He’s

just caved in. We’re planning to get

him out.

Chloe relaxes, and looks up at Miller, a few tears on her face.

Chloe:

He’s alive?

Miller:

Yes. He’s fine for right now. They’re

going to work as quickly as possible to

get him out.

Chloe:

Let go of me.

Thompson releases. Chloe turns towards the building.

Chloe:

Can he hear me?

Miller:

Yes. Just don’t touch the-

Chloe:

KEVIN! KEVIN! Can you hear me?

INTERCUT Random Street/Collapsed Cottage

Kevin:

Chloe?

She gives a very emotional laugh.

Chloe:

What did you do?

Kevin:

Oh nothing. Just saving a life.

Chloe (O.S.):

Someone else is down there?

Kevin:

Yeah, a woman. She’s badly injured, so

hopefully they get us out soon.

Chloe (O.S.):

Are you ok.

Kevin:

So much hurts right now, that you’re

going to have to duct tape me to my

chair tomorrow for the exam, just so I

can stay up.

Chloe:

Even trapped at the bottom of a caved

in building, you are still thinking

about the State Boards tomorrow. You’re

insane.

Kevin:

No, that’s focused. Eye on the prize,

eye on the prize. I’ve been through too

much sh*t to get here for a collapsed

building to stop me from taking that

test.

Chloe:

‘Cause fear does no one good, right?

Kevin:

Exactly. You have a textbook handy? We

can go over some chapters while we

wait.

END INTERCUT:

103. EXT. RANDOM STREET- DAY.

We see B.C. Roberts walk towards them. Thompson walks over to

him first.

Battalion Chief Roberts:

She has got to go.

Thompson:

Sir, I wouldn’t. She’s calming him down

real well. Things can get very panic-y

if you’re in a death trap, so as long

as she distracts him from the

situation, she should stay.

B.C. Roberts takes a few seconds to think

Battalion Chief Roberts:

She better not get in the way then,

otherwise your ass is on the line.

Thompson:

Understood. So what are we doing?

Battalion Chief Roberts:

So as I understand, the woman is in

critical condition and not trapped

under anything. We’re gonna get her out

first by drilling a hole down to them,

and then pulling her out. After that

we’ll see what we got with Kevin, and

then plan his excavation.

Thompson:

You think the structure can support you

drilling into it?

Battalion Chief Roberts:

We have no idea. We’ll go slow and

strategic with the hole. It’ll be at

least an hour before we get everything

prepped for it though, so hopefully

nothing changes for the worse.

Battalion Chief Roberts walks toward the street. Thompson turns

to Chloe and Miller.

Miller:

So what’s the plan?

Thompson:

They’re gonna drill a hole and get the

woman out, and then see what they have

with Kevin before they do anything with

him. You hear that Kevin?

Kevin (O.S.):

Yeah I heard it? How long?

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