The Ruins Page #3

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Well, why do you get to decide, Jeff?

Okay. Well, we can all decide.

But just keep in mind that each of us

needs a half a gallon of water

every day, just to survive.

And right now,

we don't even have a day's worth.

Maybe he's right.

What is that?

Hold on.

A cell phone?

- Heinrich's.

- Are you sure?

Yeah, it's his ringtone.

We had the same phone.

How can there be a signal?

There's not a signal up here.

It's definitely a phone.

Amy, in the orange tent,

there's a lantern hanging

and some matches on the ground.

Can you get them?

Eric?

- Eric.

- Yeah.

- Come figure this out. Drop that there.

- Okay.

Come on. Amy? All right, pull it now.

This thing needs to be off, right?

Come on.

Okay, okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- You got it?

- Yeah, that's it. Let's do this.

- Okay.

- Sure? You ready?

Yeah.

- Jeff? Jeff?

- Yeah?

The rope, I think...

- Whoa. Up, up, up!

- Wait, wait, wait!

- Pull it up! Up!

- Pull him up! Hurry!

- What?

- Hurry!

What is it? What?

Oh, sh*t.

Mathias!

- Mathias?

- Mathias?

- Oh, my God.

- Jesus Christ.

- Oh, Jesus. F***. F***.

- Oh, my God.

Is he...

No, I can hear him.

One of you has to go.

Go? Go where?

Down. We're gonna check

the rest of the rope

and make sure it's secure.

And then one of you can...

Why do we have to go?

Why can't you or Eric?

'Cause you're not strong enough.

We need to work the crank.

I'll go.

- You will?

- Yeah.

Let me check.

Thank you.

Just help him into the sling,

and then we're gonna pull him out.

Once we get him out,

we're gonna drop the rope

and pull you back up, okay?

- Stace?

- Yeah?

- You okay?

- Yeah.

Hey. You okay?

Yep.

Here you go.

- Stace, you gotta step off.

- We got you.

Okay.

- Okay?

- Okay.

You got it?

Stacy?

What?

It's the end of the rope!

I'm not at the bottom!

How much further is it?

Can you jump?

Can I what?

Can you jump?

Please. Help me.

Okay.

Stace?

You okay?

I cut my knee!

Can you see Mathias?

Yeah, but it's dark!

We're gonna send the matches down.

Hurry!

Come on. Think.

What can we use?

What about the tents?

You know, we could take one down,

cut the nylon into strips.

I'm scared.

I can't move my legs.

You guys?

You guys, I think he broke his back!

He can't move his legs!

And it smells!

Like what?

Like sh*t!

We're gonna have to build a backboard.

No way. We can't move him.

Look, we are not

leaving him down there, okay?

How about the backpack frames

and the tent poles?

Are you listening to yourself?

Okay, this is insane.

We have to wait for help, okay?

Stacy, we have to build a backboard!

Okay.

Amy, there's tape in the tent.

Jeff, we cannot move someone

with a broken back, okay?

- Amy, we have no choice.

- You know that!

You have to go down

and help lift him on!

No.

- We have to tell them.

- Tell who?

We have to tell them.

Maybe they could call someone.

They can send for help.

Amy, they're not gonna send for help.

No, we have to try, Jeff.

Amy. Amy! Amy!

Amy!

Amy.

Amy! Ame.

Help us, please.

We need your help.

Someone's been hurt.

Amy, they can't understand you.

Say it in Spanish.

They don't speak Spanish, Ame.

- Just try!

- Ame.

Amy, they've already killed Dimitri.

I know you're scared.

I didn't want to come.

- Look at me. Amy. It's gonna be okay.

- I said I...

- I shouldn't be here.

- We're gonna get out of this.

Okay? Ame?

Please.

- They have to help us.

- Ame.

They have to. No, they have to!

Ame, Ame! Amy!

I don't want us to get shot, Ame.

Please.

- Why won't you f***ing help us?

- Ame!

- Why won't you f***ing help us?

- Ame!

Ame. Ame.

His mother was right there.

He touched the vine.

We all have.

Stacy?

Can you see it?

Is there anyone there?

I can't see it!

I wanna come back up!

- Okay.

- Okay.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

All right, let's go.

Stace, I'm coming down!

A few more feet!

That's all there is!

- We have to send it back up.

- No, no.

Amy, I can't stay down here any longer.

We can just lift him.

One of us at his shoulders,

the other person at his feet.

What if he twists?

It's only a couple of feet, Amy.

We can just lift him.

Can you still do it, Ame?

Okay!

I'm gonna try!

Mathias.

- Mathias, we're gonna lift you, okay?

- Okay.

We're gonna lift you up and out of here.

Okay.

- His hips.

- Are you sure?

If you lift him at the feet

he's gonna bend at the waist.

Yeah, but I lift him here from his hips,

it's gonna arch his back.

His knees.

Okay, quickly. On three, okay?

One, two, three!

Oh, my! Oh, my God!

Just get him on!

Pull him up!

Maybe we should carry him into the tent.

Squeeze my hand.

So he's not cold.

I don't think we should move him again.

Yeah, but we can't leave him out

in the open like this at night.

Let's see if we can find him

some aspirin or something, okay?

To keep his blood moving. Guys?

Look in the tents. Check the backpacks.

See what you guys can find.

Guys?

Guys?

Look. Dimitri's plane ticket.

How does that help us?

He was supposed to leave

tomorrow morning.

On a 7:
05 flight.

So when he doesn't show up tomorrow,

his friends are definitely gonna know

that something's wrong.

How will they know where we are?

They have the map.

Dimitri copied the map for them.

So they'll be here tomorrow.

We just have to make it through tonight.

That's it.

Maybe one of us should keep watch

while the other guys sleep.

Sleep?

It's working.

How is he?

We gotta keep his legs clean.

That's how it'll happen if it does.

If what does?

If he dies here.

Infection.

Jeff, he's not gonna die.

- Ame?

- Yeah?

I never should've said to lift him up,

should I?

I never should have said to lift him.

- Don't, Stace. Please.

- It's my fault.

Stace?

We're gonna get him

to the hospital tomorrow, okay?

He's gonna be okay.

Okay?

We just gotta rest.

Come on, Stace.

The Greeks will be here tomorrow.

Stace, come on.

Give me your hand.

Come closer.

- Eric!

- What?

- Oh, my God.

- What is it?

- Eric!

- What?

- Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!

- Okay, okay.

Oh, my God. It's inside my leg.

Get it out! Get it out! Get it out!

- Get it out, get it out, get it out!

- Okay, okay.

Okay. Okay.

Oh, my God!

Okay, okay, okay.

Get it out.

What happened?

Help me.

Something's wrong.

Please. Something's wrong.

It's okay.

- Moving! I can feel it moving!

- Stop! No. I got it out!

- It's moving!

- Stace. What?

The vine, it was inside her.

- Show me my legs.

- Okay.

- Show me them!

- Okay.

Jeff!

- Jeff!

- Help me, please!

- Get it off me! Get it off!

- Jeff!

Help me!

Help me! Help me!

Take them off me!

Mathias! You just sit there and breathe.

Breathe, Mathias.

I'm gonna make a

tourniquet right now.

I'm gonna cut off

this bleeding, Mathias.

It's on our clothes.

It's... It's growing on us.

The phone.

I don't know how long these'll burn,

so you're gonna have to be quick.

I'd wait to light them

till you're both down there.

Link arms. One of you look to the right,

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