Ride Along Page #18

Thompson:

About an hour.

Kevin (O.S.):

Going to be cutting in close. She’s

gonna be in rough shape in an hour.

Thompson:

Just keep holding pressure and let us

know if anything changes.

Chloe:

Sorry if I hurt you. It’s just Kevin

and I have been best friend since we

were five, so it’s hard to restrain

yourself when you think your best

friend just died.

Thompson:

Don’t worry about it. You can just

bring a cake to the fire house next

shift to make up for it.

Miller:

An ice cream cake.

Thompson:

An ice cream cake.

Kevin (O.S.):

Well, f***. If you get me out I’ll

bring you a cake every shift you have

for the rest of the year.

Chloe kneels down to expect the collapsed building in front of

her.

Chloe:

It looks if we could just move this one

piece of wood there we might be able to

see them.

Chloe places her hand on the wood

Thompson:

STOP!

The building starts to shake, and a chunk of the chimney break

off and lands in the grass to the left of the building.

Everything calms back down and you see Chloe exhale loudly.

Miller:

It’s don’t touch the building. Do you

understand?

Chloe nods.

104. INT. CRUMBLED COTTAGE- DAY.

CUT TO BLACK. Camera cuts back to below ground. It is clear that

this is Kevin’s POV, and that he just opened his eyes. You hear

him exhale. He looks up and sees a lot of dust trickling down

from above. Follow the dust down onto the woman’s face. She

coughs. Kevin stares at her. She opens her eyes.

Kevin:

Can you hear me?

Chloe (O.S.):

Kevin! Kevin are you there?

The woman’s eyes focus on Kevin.

Annabel:

Where am I?

Chloe (O.S.):

KEVIN! Kevin, answer me!

Kevin:

(To the sky)I’m fine! (To the woman)

We’re trapped under a collapsed

building. What’s your name?

Annabel:

Annabel.

Kevin:

That’s a pretty name. I’m Kevin.

Annabel:

Is that you pushing on my stomach?

Annabel’s hands move towards her stomach and they hit the wood?

Annabel (cont’d):

Wha-What is that? Get off me!

Annabel starts to squirm. Kevin keeps his hands where they are

though. You hear a piece of wood snap above them.

Kevin:

You have to calm down. If you don’t

this building could collapse. You have

a piece of wood impaled in your

stomach. If I move then you could start

to bleed out.

Annabel is still having a panic attack.

Annabel:

No, no, no I can’t. I have to get out

of here. I can’t be stuck down here.

You have to get off of me, I have to

leave.

Kevin:

You have to stop Annabel. Look at me.

She is still squirming. Kevin sternly says.

Kevin (cont’d):

Look at me!

Annabel turns and looks at Kevin, tears in her eyes.

Kevin (cont’d):

There you go. Now we’re going to take a

deep breath together on three, ok? Can

you do that?

Annabel nods.

Kevin (cont’d):

1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . .

They both take deep breaths.

Kevin (cont’d):

There you go. That’s better. You’re not

alone. We’re not alone. The fire

department is right outside, on the

street trying to get us out. (To the

sky) Hey Chloe.

Chloe:

What?

Kevin:

Just making sure you were there. (To

Annabel) That’s Chloe. And there are

dozens more up there that can help us.

Annabel:

I’m scared.

Kevin looks up for a second and then whispers…

Kevin:

You want to know a secret? I’m scared

too. They teach you how to save a life,

and how to run towards the danger, but

they don’t teach you how to deal with

what comes next. They don’t teach you

what happens when someone dies, or what

happens when someone with terror in

their eyes, looks at you for help, and

you can’t do anything. They don’t teach

you what to do if a building collapses

on you, and you’re injured and trapped.

Not knowing is the scariest part. (A

pause) But let’s learn together.

Annabel:

Are you alright?

Kevin:

I’ll be fine. They just need to get

this wood off of me. How about you

though. You got hit by a car, and went

flying into a building. I gotta be

honest I didn’t expect you to be

anywhere near fine when I found you.

Annabel:

My mother said to have faith in God,

and he’d protect me. And to always wear

a helmet.

Kevin laughs.

Kevin:

Smart lady. Since we’re stuck down here

for a little while long, why don’t we

get to know each other?

Miller (O.S.):

Keep her talking Kevin.

Kevin:

She wants you to keep talking as well.

Annabel:

Alright. I’m twenty three. I’m just in

town to visit my mom before I head off

to Europe on Friday. I’m guessing

that’s not happening now.

Kevin:

Nonsense. You’ll be out of the hospital

in plenty of time for your flight.

Annabel:

Let’s hope. What about you?

Kevin:

I’m eighteen. Still in high school, and

I’m here because I’m an EMT ride-along.

Annabel:

So you’re not even a real EMT?

Kevin:

Nope. But I’m the best that you have

down here.

Overhead you can hear a helicopter approaching.

105. INT. STARR FAMILY HOME- DAY.

You see Mrs. Starr walk in the front door of the house carrying

a grocery bag.

Mrs. Starr:

Are you two still up?

No response. Mrs. Starr walks into the kitchen. She looks over

and sees Kacie and Stella staring at the TV.

Mrs. Starr (cont’d):

Anyway, Stella you remember Jane

Sweller’s mom right?

No response.

Mrs. Starr (cont’d):

Well I ran into her at the store and

she was just going on and on about her

job with the board of education.

Apparently she’s head of the county’s

guidance counselors, or something like

that. I told her you just got your BSW

and she said that the county is soon

looking to hire some social workers.

How does that sound?

No response. Mrs. Starr walks towards the family room.

Mrs. Starr:

Are you even listening to me?

No response. Mrs. Starr turns to the TV. It is a live feed

breaking news report of the accident that Kevin is the victim

off.

TV Anchor:

Little details are yet known, only that

there is one fatality and that traffic

is at a standstill. There are reports

out there that a member of the Fire

department is trapped in that building.

Mrs. Starr:

I don’t understand.

Kacie:

Hush. Wait for it.

Kacie points to the TV. A camera crew is right in front of a

police line, having an interview.

Kacie:

Alright pause!

Stella hits a button on the remote. Kacie walks up to the TV.

The TV shows an unobstructed view of the house and of Miller,

Thompson, and Chloe a few feet from it.

Kacie:

I don’t know about you guys, but that

looks a lot like Chloe.

Stella:

Oh sh*t, it is her. You were right.

I’ll record this, and we’ll show her

this later. I wonder if Kevin’s there.

Kacie:

Call him.

Stella takes out her phone, presses a few buttons, and puts it

to her ear.

Mrs. Starr:

He won’t answer if he’s at the scene.

It’s unprofessional.

Stella:

Yeah no answer. What time is it?

Mrs. Starr:

Almost eleven.

Stella:

Alright I’m going to take a nap then.

Don’t make dinner because the two of us

and Kevin are going out for dinner.

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