The Grey Page #6

OTTWAY:
It's an idea. I

didn't say it was a good one.

HENRICK:
He's talking about

jumping off the cliff.

(SPITS)

TALGET:
This will wind up being one of

those wild stories you tell at a party,

pretty girl on your lap.

All right.

Are you ready?

Yeah, why not?

Don't get a good running

start, get a great one.

Now you'll freefall

about 30 feet,

but it's gonna

feel like 30,000.

Is this supposed to

pass for a pep talk?

When we feel this go taut,

we'll take up the slack

to stop you from

hitting too hard.

You get in there.

I'll figure it out.

If you gotta go, this is a

pretty cool way to go, bro.

Better a flying leap

than those f***ing wolves.

(MOUTHING)

I hope there's

something down there.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

F***.

OTTWAY:
Go! Go, go! Go! Go!

(DIAZ GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

F***!

(GROANS)

Which one of you f***ers...

(SCREAMS)

OTTWAY:
Grab him! Grab him!

DIAZ:
Pull me up!

F***, pull me back!

Henrick?

Henrick, you in there?

HENRICK:
Yeah!

I'm all right!

Anyone with

an urge to go first?

Talget? Diaz?

I'll go.

OTTWAY:
Don't stay

out there too long.

DIAZ:
Henrick!

Make sure that thing is secure!

HENRICK:
It's secure, but I don't

know how long it's gonna last!

Don't spend a lot

of time out there!

You all right?

You go.

What about your hand?

I'm all right.

Go ahead, just haul me in

if anything goes wrong.

Yeah.

I just f***ing hate heights, man.

It flips me out.

Well, then you go,

I'll stay and make sure...

No, no. I'm good.

You cross.

Seriously, give me a minute,

get my head around it.

DIAZ:
All right,

I'm through! I'm across!

I'm coming!

All right,

I'm coming across now.

Okay.

Come on, you can do this.

You can do this.

You can do this.

Come on.

OTTWAY:
Talget, are you ready?

(GROANS)

DIAZ:
Talget, stop

f***ing around!

Move your ass!

(GROANING)

(GASPS)

DIAZ:
Talget!

(GRUNTS)

(COUGHS)

(WHISPERS) Hey, baby girl.

Hey, baby girl.

GIRL:
I love you, Daddy.

(WOLVES SNARLING)

HENRICK:
No, God, no!

DIAZ:
They're f***ing

killing him!

OTTWAY:
Get to him!

DIAZ:
Go! Go!

Go... Get down there!

DIAZ:
They're taking him!

Talget!

They f***ing took him.

HENRICK:
No, no!

Ow! F***! Ah!

(DIAZ GROANING)

DIAZ:
Talget!

HENRICK:
They took him.

Talget!

They f***ing took him.

They took him.

DIAZ:
My knee.

My f***ing knee.

(WOLVES HOWLING)

(WOLVES BARKING)

(WOLVES EATING)

DIAZ:
They’re just picking

us off one by one.

I'm f***ed.

I'm f***ed. My knee!

Let's get you up.

I can't...

Let's get you up.

I can't. F***!

Get up.

F***ing things.

(ALL PANTING)

They're not gonna

let us go, are they?

(WOLVES HOWLING)

What do you do?

F***!

(DIAZ GROANS)

F***, f***.

F***, f***.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Forget it.

Whatever I had in the tank

I used back there.

I'm beat.

I just wanna sit.

I just wanna

stop this bullshit.

F***ing leg.

My ankle's f***ed.

OTTWAY:
Diaz, don't sit down.

Don't sit down.

I know. I know.

I don't wanna argue.

I just wanna rest.

I just had

the clearest thought.

I'm done.

I'm done.

HENRICK:

Come on, man. Up.

There could be a cabin

downriver right there.

That's a mile up,

at least, brother.

I can't walk that, man.

I can't walk 50 feet.

F*** it.

F*** it.

I gave it a shot.

What the f***, man?

Are you serious?

I really thought this

f***ing watch would work.

(SCOFFS)

Does it slide over you?

You told Lewenden back in the

plane that it slides over you.

Death.

That it was warm.

Is that true?

Yeah.

We carry him.

We put a litter together and

slide him down the banks.

(GROANS)

I'm not going

anywhere, Henrick.

I don't want to.

I don't need to.

What the f*** is

wrong with you?

Is that it? You're just gonna sit there?

Is that what you want?

Yeah.

After what we survived?

That's exactly why.

What I got waiting

for me back there?

I'm gonna sit on

a drill all day.

Get drunk all night.

That's my life?

Turn around and look at that.

I feel like that's all for me.

How do I beat that?

When would it ever be better?

I can't explain it.

I don't have

the words, brother.

(DIAZ SOBBING)

My first name is John.

My first name is Pete.

Pete.

You look like a Pete.

(LAUGHS)

John Ottway.

(CHUCKLING)

Of course that's your name.

(SNIFFLES)

Thank you, John.

Thank you.

Thank you.

(WATCH BEEPING)

Luck.

I'm not afraid.

Can I ask you something?

Yeah.

Where were you

going that night?

That last night in camp.

MAN:
Get the f*** out of here!

HENRICK:
At the bar.

You had your rifle,

you went out...

OTTWAY:
My shift.

No.

You worked that morning

I remember.

I went out, yeah.

With your rifle.

Did you follow me?

HENRICK:
No.

But I never thought

I'd see you alive again.

Back there with Diaz.

That look he had.

I've only seen

it one other time.

On you.

That last night in camp.

It really doesn't

matter now, does it?

No, I don't suppose it does.

(RUSTLING)

OTTWAY:
Henrick, run. Run!

(SNARLING)

(GRUNTS)

Henrick!

(GRUNTS)

Henrick!

Henrick!

Henrick!

(GRUNTS)

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

Henrick.

Henrick, move on.

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

Come on.

What the f*** are you doing?

Hold your breath.

Hold your breath.

Hold your breath.

God damn it, hold your breath.

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

(GRUNTS)

Jesus. Please,

don't do this.

Do something.

Do something.

You phony, prick,

fraudulent motherf***er.

Do something!

Come on! Prove it!

F*** faith, earn it!

Show me something real.

I need it now. Not later, now.

Show me, and I'll believe

in you till the day I die.

I swear. I'm calling on you.

I'm calling on you!

F*** it. I'll do it myself.

I'll do it myself.

(RUSTLING)

(GROWLING)

(ALPHA GROWLING)

A den.

(LAUGHS)

It's their f***ing den.

(WOLVES SNARLING)

(GROWLS)

Don't be afraid.

(GROWLING)

"Once more into the fray"

"Into the last good

fight I'll ever know"

"Live and die on this day"

"Live and die"

"on this day"

(ALPHA GROWLING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

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