The Last Descent Page #2

I'm not.

You know, I'm only good

at anything

because I get pushed.

Okay?

Like when

I was a high school kid,

and you were just the kid,

you know,

you used to show me up when

you hung with the older guys.

But it made me

look great, you know?

Like remember

that one time at Scout camp,

where I came

with a mascot thing?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Beav.

-Yeah, The Beav.

You know,

went and carved it

on all the trees

where you were camping.

It looked awesome.

-Yeah. Yeah, it did.

It did, it looked awesome.

You know,

a large chunk of who I am

is because, you know, of you.

And that's

a good thing, though.

Hopefully, I return

the favor, even slightly.

Yeah.

Yeah. Let's keep going.

[imitating Yoda]

Proud of you, I am, Joshwalker.

You can't just let a moment

be a moment, can you, man?

I can't.

- [Josh laughs]

It's getting harder to do, too.

My throat hurts.

Ah, wait up.

-All right.

It's got to be

around here somewhere.

Still worth looking for?

-Oh, yeah, yeah.

It's supposed to be really cool.

It's okay. I'm enjoying this, man.

I missed you.

- [laughs]

-Don't tell anyone. Here.

JOSH:

Thank you. Here you go.

JOSH:
Thanks.

-Okay.

[deep breathing]

It should be close.

Let's split up.

Let's do it. Yeah.

Scream like a pterodactyl

if you find anything.

You spaz.

JOSH:

Oh, man.

[III]

Ah. Come on.

[grunting]

Okay.

[groaning and deep breathing]

No kidding, Josh.

That first crawl was nothing.

Okay.

All right.

Okay. All right.

Okay.

We're gonna do this,

and then...

[grunting]

Nope, this isn't good.

I got to turn around.

Oh!

[panting]

[heart beating]

You've got to be kidding me.

Josh.

Josh! Josh!

Josh, are you near me?

[distant mufed]

Josh, can you hear me?

Josh!

Are you kidding me with this?

Come on, Josh.

Josh!

Crazy.

Come on, Josh.

Josh!

Geez.

I can't even think.

I can't even think.

Please. Josh!

[distant mufed]

Josh!

Josh!

JOSH [distant muffled]:

John?

Josh.

-John, I can't hear you.

Josh, are you near me?

-What?

Say it again.

-What do you mean?

I don't know

what tube you're down.

Row, row, row your boat

gently down...

The stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily,

merrily, life

Oh, there you are.

- ls but a dream

- Row, row, row your boat

-All right, where did you go?

Gently down the stream...

Got it'?

JOSH:
Of all the songs

you could be singing right now.

Holy crap.

[groaning]

Holy crap.

Of all the tunnels

you could have gone in...

[grunts]

...whoo, this is the one.

John?

Yeah?

-John.

On. Uh, uh...

Wow.

-Yeah, I don't know.

Just don't come down here, okay?

Okay.

-Can you reach me to pull?

Uh, not with my hands.

That's not a good idea.

Um, let me

try something else, okay?

, Okay"

, Okay"

All right.

Man it's dark. Man it's dark.

Man it's dark.

Shoot.

One second.

Okay.

John, what in the world...

Not that I just... I can't even

figure out how you got down there.

I'm actually kind of impressed

though, like, I'm not even mad.

JOHN:
Josh, you can't

come down here.

You got to stop.

I'm not gonna let you sit there.

I just got to figure this out.

Um...

Can you turn at all? -No.

[groaning]

I'm completely stuck.

Okay, I'm gonna wrap my legs

around you and pull, okay?

Got n.

-All right.

One, two, three.

[Josh grunting]

[panting]

Okay.

All right.

We'll do something else.

Okay, there we go.

Okay.

You know what,

we're just gonna do it.

I'm just gonna pull you

out of here, all right?

On three, I pull, you push, right?

One...

JOSH:

Hey.

Are you okay?

Are you hurting?

No, no, I'm fine.

Why not, right?

Huh, yeah.

For real, you're good?

I'm better.

Okay.

-All right.

All right. On three.

-Uh-huh.

Yeah. One, two, three.

[both grunting and groaning]

JOSH:

Come on!

[both panting]

Oh, man.

We're gonna need help, John.

No.

Rookie mistake. Come on.

Yeah, okay, that's

probably smart.

Yeah, just go, Josh.

I'll be fine.

John.

John, I can't...

I can't leave you down here.

Josh, go.

-I'm getting you out.

Just go. Okay, I'm not

going anywhere, right?

So don't think about me.

I'll still be here.

Just- Just don't think.

Just run.

It's okay.

-No.

It's okay. I'm okay.

It's okay.

Okay.

[sniff I F19]

Okay.

Okay.

[deep breath]

Okay.

If you can get in,

you can get out.

That's logical, fight?

They don't feel okay. Okay.

One, two...

[grunting]

I don't want to knock you off.

Okay.

A lot of good that's gonna do.

Come on, John.

You actually know

what you're doing

unlike everybody else that gets

stuck down here, all right?

Okay.

Breathe. Breathe.

[rain pattering;

no audible dialogue]

WOMAN:

John?

Hey, John.

WOMAN:
Hey, John.

Hey, open it.

You got to drink

some water, buddy.

You've been down here a while.

[slurping]

Okay.

Yeah.

Did Josh find you?

WOMAN:

Yeah.

Me and a whole bunch

of other people.

Rescue crews are here.

I'm Susie, by the way.

And we're gonna get you

out of here, lickety-split.

Heh. Hi, Susie.

I'm John.

Uh, did you say a whole

bunch of people?

Oh, man.

Josh must think

this is his fault.

Can we talk about this guy

stuck in a cave under me?

[chuckles]

He tends

to beat himself up, is all.

Really, it's, uh,

what my whole family think...

That poor kid.

Great. Well...

you can be that worrywart,

but I'm gonna check up on you.

JOHN:

Okay.

Hey, can I... Can I out

some of your pants off?

JOHN:

Yeah.

It might give us

some more wiggle room.

Yeah.

-Okay.

[scissors snipping]

My wife is gonna love this one.

-Oh, yeah? Heh.

She gonna think

I'm getting fresh?

No, she's gonna love it

'cause she hates these jeans.

SUSIE [chuckles]:

Oh.

I tend to hold on to things

till they're way dead,

and, uh, I thought

I had a few more miles left.

Do you have a lot

of saliva building up?

Uh...Yeah.

My mouth

keeps filling up with it.

I feel like if I don't keep

spitting constantly,

it will go up into my nose.

Okay, just checking.

This angle

isn't good for my body.

I know, it's a curse of being

in medical school.

Whoa! Yeah?

-Yeah.

Okay, well, keep us up to date

on how you're feeling.

I mean, you're going to know

how to diagnose you

better than any of us.

JOHN:

Unfortunately.

I wish I could get this

a little tighter,

or a little higher up.

Hey, I'm just gonna...

I'm gonna save this,

and some of our guys

can get you out.

Are you ready?

[John gasps in relief]

Am I ever?

-Good.

All right, give it a pull!

MAN [in distance]:

Okay, give it a pull!

SUSIE:

Okay, okay, hold up!

Hold up.

That was a...

That was just a test...

-Mm-hmm.

...so don't worry, all fight?

Okay.

I'm gonna...

I'm gonna go

talk to some of the guys

about seeing if we can get

some more leverage.

You're leaving?

No, I- We'll get somebody here

to be with you, okay?

I just gotta... I got to talk

to the rest of my team.

Yeah. Okay.

We're gonna

get you out, John, okay?

JOHN:

Okay.

Wait a minute.

Hey, uh, Susie,

thank you for coming down.

Thank you for coming down here.

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