The Mountain Between Us Page #3

Thank you.

I'm gonna take a look around.

You want coffee?

Well, I can't see anything now.

A little lower than that, I think. It's...

You know, it could have been anything...

just sunlight reflecting off some ice, maybe.

Or man-made.

Huh?

We should check it out, though.

I mean, we only got three days left of food.

Let me help you with that.

Can I ask you something?

How long have you been married?

Why would you ask me that?

- I'm only asking because...

- Because what?

Well, you wear a wedding ring, but...

but you don't talk about your wife.

Let's try to find out what that was.

Come on, buddy.

Let's try to get there before it gets dark.

All right?

Yeah.

That's it. Up, up, up.

Good, good, good. Okay.

Come on, boy. Let's go.

I reckon we're...

another thousand feet down.

He hates his leash. I'm gonna let him go.

Almost looks like he knows where he's going.

I think he was safer on the leash.

Come on.

- Another hour...

- Okay, okay.

...then we'll stop.

Oh, sh*t.

No, no, no!

No! Damn it!

This is impossible!

We have to try and go back up, Alex.

Find another way around this.

Look, I can't go up, can I?

There has to be a way down.

No. We just gotta go back

and find another way.

I think if we follow this path...

Alex, we're not doing that.

We follow that path, and we... and we die.

The last time you thought

you knew something, we ended up...

What do you mean, the last time I thought?

The last time I thought,

I was trusting my instincts, you know.

- Alex. Calm down.

- I was trusting my gut, my heart.

Just calm down, all right?

Let's just think about this logically.

- There's no actual way...

- Stop!

I'm scared.

Okay? I'm scared.

Admit that you're scared, too.

Ben...

do you actually know

what it means to be reckless?

It means to abandon safety.

- I know exactly what it means, Alex.

- And sometimes...

- But right now...

- Right now, we don't have a choice, okay?

Nobody knows where we are.

You know, all we have is me and you.

That is it, Ben.

I don't want to die! Okay?

Tell me, Doctor, from your heart.

Do you a... Do you actually think

we're gonna make it?

No.

My instinct tells me

that we're gonna die up here.

But we do have a choice.

And we're still alive.

Here we go. There we go.

We're both tired.

Sorry.

Just get on with it now, yeah?

We just have to get on with it.

Yeah.

Okay.

We must be...

a couple of thousand feet downhill by now.

Your phone.

We should check... We should check it.

My phone.

We should just see

how much juice you have left.

There is no reception.

Haven't got much battery left.

You were listening to something.

At the airport.

Probably shouldn't...

Could you just, for one minute,

please just...

just give us one percent?

Just one percent of something.

Are we still headed

towards the flash you saw?

Yeah. It's way down this way.

I'm good. I'm good. I'm good.

Just look how beautiful that is.

I want you to take a picture of me.

What?

I want you to take a picture of me.

If I'm gonna die...

I want this to be my very last picture.

- I can't.

- I want you to take it.

How do I look?

I was halfway through an assignment.

Um...

I got close to... to a group of girls.

Guerrilla fighters.

You know, they... they let me follow them.

There was this one girl, she...

she told me all about this boy she liked,

and, you know...

and I gave her my lipstick.

Then...

there was an explosion...

and she...

was badly injured.

I was there.

I went to help her.

She was still breathing then, but...

she was beyond hope.

I...

I went into my bag...

to get out my... camera.

She looked at me.

I looked at her.

I took her picture.

And then she died.

I can't take your picture. I'm sorry.

We're not gonna die.

Not today.

Sh*t.

Where are we going?

We're alive.

That's where we're going.

We've been walking for three days.

We haven't found anything.

Let's hope this valley leads us there.

Can we stop? For a minute?

Yeah.

That's it.

- Jeez.

- You okay?

Okay. Yeah.

Just... Just put your leg up.

- Okay?

- Yeah.

How about an ice-cold drink?

Sure.

Thank you.

How about some ice with that?

You're funny.

I am getting used to the cold, though.

- Yeah.

- Which is weird.

Yeah, well, your body...

your body's acclimatizing.

It's quite ingenious, what God did.

Your body sort of figures it out.

Where's the dog?

We can't call him 'cause

we don't know his name.

You're going to ask me to go

look for the dog, aren't you?

Yeah.

Come on, man.

Hey!

Here, boy. What are you doing?

What are you eating?

Been holding out on us?

Ben?

Hello?

Nobody here?

Hey, Ben!

Ben!

Ben?

Alex! Alex!

Ah! Come on!

Come on!

Sh*t!

Come on.

Alex!

Okay.

I'm scared.

And if you don't wake up soon...

I think I warmed you up too fast.

You're severely dehydrated.

I found a syringe

of medicine for snake bites.

Emptied it out

and jerry-rigged an IV of saline fluid.

Now, it could go wrong, Alex.

Infection or something, but...

I think you'd want me to do this.

I know you would.

You'd tell me trust my instincts

or something.

- Ben.

- Alex.

Did we get rescued?

No.

No, we didn't.

Thank God you're back.

This is that cabin you saw.

Can you help me pee?

I thought you'd never ask.

You're gonna feel a bit dizzy.

Okay.

Okay.

You should have some.

I have.

Thank you.

Here.

So...

So, tell me something.

What else happened when I was away?

Well, you didn't miss much.

Snowdrifts are 10-feet deep.

I know, 'cause

I was nearly buried in it twice.

But I did find two cans of soup.

What happens now?

We just have to wait

for a break in the weather.

Then at least we can see where we're going.

Mmm.

It's January.

How long...

How long can we survive on two cans of soup?

Ben.

We've been lost almost three weeks.

Don't you wanna get home?

I'll find a way.

Hey!

Hey, Ben.

Surprise.

Get it, boy!

Grab that rabbit. Go on!

Go on, boy!

Where'd he go?

Get him!

No.

You got it. Come on.

Did you get him? Huh? Dig!

I can't believe you left

your little recorder unattended.

I know you like to keep control of things.

Okay.

Come on.

Ah! Bullshit!

Okay, you tried.

But I wanted you to have it for good.

No matter how bad things have...

- I'm... I'm sorry. Um...

- What are you doing?

What are you doing?

- I... I shouldn't have done that, Ben.

- Jesus, Alex.

- I'm really sorry.

- I turn my back for two minutes,

and you go through all my stuff. Is that it?

No, that's not it. That's not it.

I just...

We might die together.

And I don't even know you.

You wanna get to know me? Play it.

Play it.

I'm happy that we've had

this time together...

no matter how bad things have gotten.

And I'm sorry that I'm leaving.

I'll always love you.

You just...

This is not something that you can control.

Love you, bye.

I want you to know...

this was a really unfair way

of me trying to understand who you are.

And I'm sorry.

I haven't heard that message in...

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