Sound of Metal Page #22

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124.

IVES:

Draw them back into the city, awayfrom Blue team...

The Chinooks drop down, land the containers – the Protagonistlooks back to see, a hundred metres away, the containers OPEN

– Blue team ‘SCRAMBLING’ BACKWARDS from the containers...

SOME CARRY INJURED COMRADES, ALL SEEM EXHAUSTED...

The Protagonist and Red team press forward, blasting at theremaining enemy troops who run for the cover of the city...

the Protagonist checks his watch – a BRIGHT-RED ‘9:59’,

‘9:
58’...

EXT. HYPOCENTRE RIDGE, STALSK-12 – DAY

The reverse explosion PEAKS. SUDDEN CALM as the Chinooksplace the containers down – they open and Blue team runs out,

‘FORWARDS’, Neil at

the head, guns raised, BLASTING at the ENEMY SOLDIERS on theridge... Neil checks his watch – a BRIGHT-BLUE ‘9:57’,

‘9:
56’... he turns to see a GREY TRUCK ‘REVERSING’ towards

the hole, tyres sucking up dust... a rope from its rear hitchTAUT into the hole...

BANG! BANG! SHOTS are sucked out of the ground around him –

Blue team FORCES the enemy away from the hole, towards Redteam (whose members fight ‘backwards’) – Neil shouts toWheeler –

NEIL:

Draw their fire! Pull them away...

He RACES down the ridge, following Wheeler...

EXT. PRIVATE DECK, SATOR’S YACHT – CONTINUOUS

Kat comes out to find a JUNIOR CREW MEMBER cleaning up aSMASHED BOWL OF RASPBERRIES. He looks up at her, surprised.

JUNIOR CREW MEMBER

Ma’am? We thought you’d goneashore.

KAT:

I snuck back to surprise Andrei.

JUNIOR CREW MEMBER

The Boss left...

He trails off – they hear an INCOMING CHOPPER.

125.

KAT:

I’ll get the mess. Have Mr Sator

find me here. Don’t tell the

others.

The Junior Crew Member nods, leaves – Kat moves to the RAIL,

checks Mahir in the distance, the DAYBED, the water HOSE...

EXT. LZ, STALSK-12 – DAY

The Protagonist, Ives and Red team head towards the largeconcrete turnstile building on the outskirts of the city –

The Protagonist sees Wheeler running backwards towards aBUNKER on their right which UNEXPLODES –

– GUNFIRE CRACKLES around them, pinning them down...

They hit the bunker with an RPG, then race around the left ofthe turnstile building...

EXT. HYPOCENTRE RIDGE, STALSK-12 – DAY

Wheeler leads Blue team down the hill – ‘chasing’ the enemywho run BACKWARDS – a BLUE TEAM member TRIGGERS A LANDMINE –

another triggers an INVERSE LANDMINE –

WHEELER:

Hit the deck! Mines!

As Blue team goes to the ground, Neil sees mines start toEXPLODE/IMPLODE in a wave towards him as the GREY TRUCK RACESBACKWARDS down the hill through the minefield, REVERSETRIGGERING

THE MINES – Neil DIVES out of the way, almost run

over...

Then gets up to follow the ‘path’ of the grey truck...

EXT. PRIVATE DECK, SATOR’S YACHT – LATE AFTERNOON

Kat unzips the diver’s bag, feels the handle of the gun, thenslides the bag under the daybed, checking she can reach. Shemoves to the rail, crouches to UNCLIP the bottom safetycable. She looks at Mahir’s boat across the water...

EXT. CITY STREETS, STALSK-12 – DAY

Ives leads Red team into the deserted concrete structures via

an efficient cover-and-move formation... the Protagonistshelters behind LARGE CONCRETE CHUNKS. Which VIBRATE...

GATHERING ENERGY...

126.

The Protagonist JUMPS AWAY as the chunks RIP FROM THE GROUND,

BOUNCING VIOLENTLY, DUSTILY OFF EACH OTHER AND FLYING UP INTO

A GAP IN THE SIDE OF A BUILDING as an INVERSE RPG ZIPS back

up into a WINDOW –

Ives has spotted the window and calls for an RPG to ‘follow’the inverse one, BLASTING the building... the Protagonistchecks his watch – ‘8:10’, ‘8:09’...

EXT. HYPOCENTRE RIDGE, STALSK-12 – DAY

Neil checks his watch – ‘8:08’, ‘8:07’... he heads downhill,

towards the city, where the rest of Blue team BEAT BACK the

enemy...

EXT. PRIVATE DECK, SATOR’S YACHT – LATE AFTERNOON

Kat hoses the raspberries and glass from the deck... Satorappears, watching as she turns the water on herself.

SATOR:

They told me you’d gone ashore.

KAT:

They told me you’d flown off.

SATOR:

I came back. To see you and Max.

KAT:

Max is on shore with Anna. We need

time, just you and me. After what

SATOR:

I was joking. A stupid joke –

KAT:

You think I’m a terrible mother.

SATOR:

We both know my opinion of you ishigher than yours of me.

KAT:

I want things to be better, Andrei.

She moves towards him. Sator nods. Picks up the phone –

SATOR:

Have the captain turn the boat sowe’ll see the sunset from here.

127.

EXT. CITY STREETS, STALSK-12 – DAY

The Protagonist RUNS across the street, FIRING at theenemy... he SPOTS the TUNNEL ENTRANCE between two buildings.

PROTAGONIST:

Ives! Splinter unit here!

Ives nods. RACES over, drawing fire the whole way...

EXT. HYPOCENTRE RIDGE, STALSK-12

Neil races into the city streets... he sees Commander Wheelerand a BLUE SOLDIER take shelter in a large jagged BREACH inthe ground-floor wall of a massive structure.

Neil is FORCED to hit the deck, ducking INVERTED fire allaround... he looks over at Wheeler, and sees DUST GATHERING

AROUND THE BREACH...

NEIL:

Wheeler! Get out of there! Wheeler!

Wheeler hears him – tries to grab the Blue Soldier – MASSIVECHUNKS OF CONCRETE SCRAPE OVER NEIL’S HEAD, FLYING TOWARDS

WHEELER, who DIVES CLEAR – the wall REASSEMBLES ON TOP OF the

Blue Soldier, CRUSHING HIM...

Neil winces. Starts crawling for better cover... checks hiswatch – ‘6:24’,‘6:23’...

EXT. PRIVATE DECK, SATOR’S YACHT – LATE AFTERNOON

Sator looks past Kat to the lowering sun.

SATOR:

It’s going to be a beautifulsunset. I’ll get Max brought back –

we should share the moment with

him.

Sator picks up the phone. Kat looks at the shore, uneasy...

EXT. CITY STREETS, STALSK-12 – DAY

Ives and the Protagonist shelter as Red team exchanges firewith the Enemy further up the street. The Protagonist checkshis watch – ‘5:15’, ‘5:14’...

PROTAGONIST:

Let’s go. We’re running out oftime.

128.

IVES:

If they see us, it’s all fornothing.

PROTAGONIST:

We need a distraction.

Ives looks ahead to the LEANING RUIN OF A BUILDING TOP...

IVES:

Don’t worry about that...

EXT. CITY STREETS – DAY

Neil checks his watch – ‘5:10’, ‘5:09’... frustrated, pinned

down, he looks around for a way to break cover...

Commander Wheeler, with the rest of Blue team, SHELTERS in

the shadow of the RUINED BASE of a building, pinned by ENEMYFIRE from the base of the building...

WHEELER:

RPG! Take out the base – on my mark

–

She checks her watch – ‘5:04’, ‘5:03’...

The BLUE RPG SOLDIER takes aim...

EXT. CITY STREETS, STALSK-12 – DAY

The Protagonist spots SMALL DEBRIS ROLLING across thestreet... GATHERING MOMENTUM...

PROTAGONIST:

Ives!

Ives sees LARGER and LARGER debris is ROLLING down the street

towards the LEANING RUIN OF A BUILDING TOP...

IVES:

It’s about to get distracting...

He signals a RED RPG SOLDIER...

IVES (CONT'D)

On my mark!

He looks at his watch – ‘5:01’, ‘5:00’ –

IVES (CONT'D)

Fire!

The leaning ruin THRUSTS UPWARDS –

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