The Dead 2: India Page #2

Do yourself a favor. Get out

of here while you still can.

No, I-I'm not going

to leave without her.

Then you have got no chance.

Besides, has she even

got a U.S. passport?

She isn't even going to

get into the building.

Forget her. You might want to die for

some local girl, some hotel cleaner,

but, man, I sure as hell don't.

Have a good flight, Max.

Are you okay? Did they hurt you?

Okay, okay, okay.

Come on.

Listen, Ishani. You hear that?

The military.

Maybe they're coming to help.

Hmm. Probably they are on

their way to the rich areas.

We are on our own, Father.

What's your name, kid?

- Javed.

- Nicholas.

Good to meet you, Mr. Nicholas.

Yeah. Where are your parents?

I don't have any parents.

Where'd you live? Is it near here?

Is there somewhere

safe I can leave you?

I have no home. I left the

orphanage a long time ago.

- I'm my own boss now.

- All right, listen, kid.

I got a long journey ahead

of me all the way to Mumbai.

I don't have much time,

so I'll be seeing you, okay?

I'll come with you.

I'm the best guide in India.

Listen, I'm sorry for you, okay?

I'm sorry for all of this,

but I can't take any passengers.

Passenger? I know India like

I know the back of my hand.

I can take you the quickest ways.

I have to help you.

No, you don't need...

kid, just take care of yourself.

I don't need the responsibility.

Mr. Nicholas, from here to

Mumbai is a very hard journey,

many dangerous place.

Alone, you will be

getting lost very easy,

but me, I've done it

many, many times.

Ask me where something is,

any single thing in India.

Mr. Nicholas, ask me.

A car.

What sort of car do you want?

One that works, get me

all the way to Mumbai.

N-no problem, Mr. Nicholas.

You follow me now.

We stay away from towns.

Too much dangerous.

I knew the owner over here.

He was renting cars for tourists.

The best cars are gone.

I don't think he'll need

these any longer.

Looks okay. What about the keys?

Wait!

I'll come with you.

Javed! Javed!

You okay? Did it bite you?

- Did it bite you?

- No.

It's just a cut. Ow. It stings.

All right.

All right, just stay there,

All right, this may sting, okay?

All right. All right.

All right.

Good, good, good.

All right, be brave.

Okay, let's find those keys.

Come on, come on, come on.

- Here.

- Good man.

Good work.

Get in! Quick!

Get down.

Are we going the right way?

Keep going. I'll say where to turn.

All right.

When did you last eat something?

Yesterday night, some rice,

just before all this started.

All right, well,

we can't run on empty.

We'll make mistakes.

If we pass where there is water,

the trees over there will bear fruit.

Uh-huh.

There will be places on

the way. I'll show you.

Will there be places on the way we

can get weapons, guns, anything?

I don't have many rounds left.

I know a place, but it's

beyond the mountains.

It means a detour,

but I can show you.

Ah, I think we'll have to do it.

- Okay, go left here.

- All right.

Why do you need so

much to get to Mumbai?

My girl.

My girlfriend, she's there.

Are you in love, Mr. Nicholas?

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess I am.

No, she's... she's carrying our baby.

You know, you're the

first person I've told.

What is it like, to be in love?

It's warm inside,

even when it's cold.

That make sense?

It sounds nice.

What happened to your parents, Javed?

Do you mind me asking?

I never met my parents.

They told me I was left

outside the orphanage.

I'm sorry.

That's okay.

I'm not the only one, Mr. Nicholas.

We don't choose our paths.

It is preplanned.

Ah, come on, come on, come on.

Jesus Christ.

Is there another way around?

Over there, through those hills,

but the roads are bad.

All right.

Hang on.

Come on, come on, come on.

Hold tight.

Get down!

Hey, come on!

Hey! Jaldi. Jaldi!

Jesus Christ.

Javed!

- Hey! Hey!

- Come on.

Jaldi!

It's jammed. Come on. The window.

Come on.

Okay. We should rest.

Come on.

That is one of the Jataka legend.

It tell us a story of wealthy king

who fall in love with poor girl.

They have child together.

This angered the elders,

who demand he marry the one

they chose to be the queen.

He refuses, promising to

be with his love forever.

The elders grant him his wish.

They take his title, his wealth

and bury them alive in

a tomb for all eternity.

Many years later,

this tomb was opened...

but no bodies are found.

It was a hunters lodge.

I know there were guns

in here somewhere.

Wait, wait, wait.

Wait.

I don't like this.

Javed.

Javed.

I think it's up here.

All right.

All right.

All right, all right, slowly.

There. There it is.

All right.

I'm sorry, Mr. Nicholas.

I promise it was here.

All right.

Let's go.

Get on. Quick.

Stay by the bike.

Come on.

I saw him die.

Why is this happening to us?

I-I don't know.

Does this mean everything we

have been taught is wrong?

To live many lives,

our soul reincarnating again and

again until it becomes perfect?

That's what you always taught us.

Is this Brahma's idea of perfection?

Don't talk like that.

Then how should I speak?

You see what's happening out there.

You're a preacher, Father.

You have taught us.

You have taught others.

Is this the karma we

have created for ourself?

This mindless, walking death?

Is this the perfection of the soul

that we have been striving to

achieve for thousands of years?!

The soul is eternal,

but these things...

I see in their eyes there is no soul.

Whatever is happening

must still be part of Brahma's plan.

How can this evil

be part of any plan?

Maybe that is exactly

what it is, a plan.

Maybe mankind must

endure this process

to achieve its karmic balance.

True reincarnation, the soul

enters into many bodies,

assumes many forms, and passes

through many rebirths and deaths.

Maybe this is just one such form.

Mankind is going through

a great change, a rebirth.

Yes, it is painful,

but look at what mankind

has done with all its sins.

Maybe we have brought

this upon ourselves.

Stop! Please stop!

You okay? What's wrong?

What's wrong? Javed?

Javed?

Javed?

At the orphanage, when I

would go to fetch water,

I would always look for these.

This was always my favorite.

It's good.

It's really good.

- Mr. Nicholas...

- Mm-hmm.

...why did you come to India?

I'm an engineer, electrical engineer.

I was offered a contract,

opportunity of a lifetime,

such a beautiful place.

We build wind farms,

purest source of energy, you know.

Wanted to put something back.

Maybe I wanted a fresh start.

Things haven't gone

so well back home.

What happened?

Well, few years back,

I was with a girl,

found out she was having

a baby, our baby.

Couldn't handle it.

I was stupid. I ran away.

When I came back,

tried to do the right thing,

I found out she'd had an...

She'd got rid of it, our baby.

There were complications.

She got sick, really sick.

It was my fault.

I think I understand now.

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