The Last Descent Page #7

Hey! Hey, wow!

Having a tough night,

are you, Josh?

All right, hang on,

hang on, hang on.

Can she hear me?

'Cause good.

Because she needs to learn

how to appreciate a...

Yeah!

-What?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure

she can hear

everything

you're saying fight now.

[Josh sighs]

So you'll be at Moms?

Yeah.

-Right. Love you.

Love you, too.

That was Josh.

Yeah?

-He says hi.

JOSH:
You got

to give up on her, John.

MAN:
Yeah,

she's giving you hell, bro.

DAD:
Joshua, hell's not

nearly a strong enough word

to describe what your brother's

going through right now.

Message received, guys.

Geez.

Can you please just let me

enjoy another fantastic meal

made by my mama bear?

[whispers]

Protect me.

All we're saying is

that there are

a whole lot

more fish in the sea.

Yeah, but there's

only one Emily.

DAD:

And there's only one John.

If she can't see that,

then maybe

she's not the one for you.

1 told them Yd give it

until Christmas.

h' she didn't say yes

by then, I'd give it up.

[III]

Do you think

that you could help me

with that Chemistry quiz tonight?

[John murmuring]

Yeah?

Hello?

Ems, hold on.

Uh...

Ems, I've told you everything

that was in my heart.

And I knew

you had your doubts

about me and about us and...

I know just as long as I could

spend all the days I have

on this earth with you,

then those days

would be good days...

great days.

They'd be great

because they would be ours.

And I couldn't imagine

any future

more wonderful

than one that had you in it.

Looking at me

the same way that I look...

John, stop.

-No, I have so much to say.

And I have this ring.

And I have a list.

-John...

I have a list of words and I'm-

-John. John, stop!

I want to get married.

You want to get married?

I know.

It didn'tfeel fight before, fight?

But it feels fight now.

And marriage is a big thing.

It's a huge thing.

And I can't just say yes

or I couldn't say yes.

But I mean, I say yes now.

And, okay,

I shouldn't have done that,

but, seriously, marriage is huge.

And we're really young,

you know, and...

I don't know.

I'm really nervous.

John, just please,

just say something

because you're the one

who talks like this,

and now I'm the one that...

You want to get married?

Right now there's nothing else

that I want in my life.

Right now?

Right now? Right now?

[Emily screams and giggles]

I'm not going to miss my window.

-Okay.

Is this really happening?

It is.

I'm taking you to...

EMILY [ON RADIO]:

John?

John, can you hear me?

John?

Emily?

Yeah, yeah, I can

hear you, sweetheart.

I love you. I love you.

Everything is gonna be okay.

[Coughs]

I love you, too.

Tell Lizzie I love her.

I love you so much.

How are you?

Are you doing okay?

Yeah.

Why?

I'm so much better now

than I was a minute ago.

Thanks for coming down.

How are you?

How is the family?

John, stop.

Stop. Stop it.

Let's just focus on

getting you

out of there, okay?

Yeah.

I'm so sorry for putting you

through this.

I shouldn't be down here.

Forgive me.

I miss you.

[sobbing]

John, I'm pregnant.

Yeah, I'm pregnant.

You're gonna be a father again.

I had the...

This was a surprise.

Oh, Ems, I love you so much.

I love you. You have

to get back up here, okay?

Because we're gonna tell

everybody together.

I know. I know.

I got to get out of here.

I love you. I'm so sorry.

I love you so much.

I'll be up soon.

I love you.

I love you so much.

[static crackling]

John?

Emily?

Emily, I love you. Ems?

John?

Emily!

I love you. I love you.

JOHN:

Get me out of here!

[sobbing]

Get me out of here.

I want to get out of here.

I can't be here anymore.

I don't want to be

in this cave anymore!

[coughing]

I got to get out.

I have to get out.

Lift me out.

Look, just pull me out.

Just pull me out of here.

[sobbing]

AARON:
That's okay.

Hold on, buddy.

Hey...

Are you there?

I just got to pray.

I know it sounds dumb.

No, it doesn't sound dumb.

It doesn't sound dumb at all.

Let's just try to avoid another

one of those, okay, buddy?

We're going to need you

to focus on your breathing.

I know that sounds weird,

but I need you to think

about every breath

you take, all right?

AARON:

John?

AARON:

John?

AARON [grunts]:

Hey, John,

I need you

to focus on your breathing.

Okay, I know that sounds weird

but I need you to think

about every breath

that you're taking, all right?

I'm just so tired.

-I know.

I know.

Just do some

in and outs, it'll help.

So that's how breathing works.

How do you do it?

-Huh?

Stay so calm.

It just comes with the job.

You just don't think.

You've never been scared?

I'm a...

I'm a different case altogether,

John, to be honest with you.

How so?

I...

I just think you can't care

what happens to you.

You went down in this cave

with me the entire time, and...

...helping me,

trying to get me

out of this hole.

And, man, don't do that.

Hey, I don't have

a family like you, John.

And what happened at Crandall Mines

a couple of years back,

it just... just shook everybody.

And to see families grow up

without a...

without a dad, just...

makes you start thinking,

"Well, why wasn't I there?"

We lost three rescuers that day,

and they were good men.

Really good men.

Why did I live?

Eventually, you just gotta go

into these situations

and tell yourself,

"Well, if this is it, fine.

It's my life now,

and it's working for me."

JOHN:
That's the worst idea

I've ever heard.

I mean,

it sounds cliche', but...

what good is life if you're just

waiting to die, you know'?

And I'm saying that from here.

What are you doing to me, man?

I'm so tired.

Yeah.

Fuente de la

Vida eterna

Y de toda bendicin

Ensalzar tu gracia tierna

Debe todo corazn

JOHN ANDAARON:

Tu piedad inagotable

Se deleita en perdonarl'

Slo tu eres adorable

Gloria a ti debemos dar

- De los cnticos celestes

- [drill rattling in distance]

Te quisiramos cantar

Entonados por las huestes

Que viniste a rescatar

De los cielos descendiste

Porque nos tuviste amor

Tierno te compadeciste

Y nos diste tu favor.

Man, lam rusty.

Sorry about that.

JOHN:

It's the best I've ever heard.

Seriously.

Thank you.

It's no problem, man.

Hey, are you okay?

Yeah. It's...

It's a good anchor.

Let's hope it holds.

FEMALE REPORTER:

Emotionally drained,

rescuers try desperately

to continue the recovery effort.

MALE OFFICER:

Pan of the problem is that

the only real options we have

are those that were

employed yesterday.

MALE REPORTER:

Rescuers bolted a pulley system

into the rock

for more leverage.

MALE OFFICER:
They have

a raising system to hold him

in position to a level spot

where hes heading downhill

with his head below his feet.

MAN [ON RADIO]:

Are we ready down there?

Ready as we'll ever be.

Okay. All right.

AARON:

John, I want you to take a swig.

It's coming down.

Hey, you know, I want you

to stay awake for me.

About ready

to pull you out of here.

[exhausted]

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