The Thinning Page #4

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- You lost a student.

- [Officer] I don't

know how she got out.

- She?

- [Officer] Her name

is Laina Michaels.

- And where is she?

(heavy breathing)

- Blake?

- Lauren?

You failed the test?

- It's Laina, and no.

There's no way I

failed that test.

What are you doing here?

Didn't you pass?

- I failed the test on purpose.

- You did what?

- I put my dad between

a rock and a hard place

and he moved the rock.

- Something's not right.

- Come on, I think

I know where to go.

(soft, undulating music)

(clanking)

(siren blaring)

- [Voiceover] Level four

breach, level four breach.

Level four breach.

- Come on.

- [Voiceover] Level

four breach.

Level four breach.

- [Voiceover] Hey, hey, come on.

Stay back.

- [Voiceover] Hey, what

the hell's going on?

- [Voiceover] Everybody

stay where you are.

This will all be over soon.

- [Voiceover] Sir,

it's past noon.

- We're still in lock

down until this is done.

No one comes in or out.

- [Voiceover] Parents

are already asking

when they'll see their children.

- What's the status on

the missing student?

- [Voiceover] All

clear on level four.

- I want every teacher

brought to holding

room A immediately.

- [Voiceover] Yes, sir.

(suspenseful tones)

- Okay.

Where do you want to go?

- We need to find where

they keep the tests.

- What are you gonna do?

Steal the answers for next year?

- Excuse me?

- You know, for your

little side business.

Where you sell the answers

to desperate kids for money.

- You don't know what

you're talking about.

- No, I do.

Innocent kids are killed

to meet a bottom line.

And you found a way

to profit off them.

Tell me, Laina,

what did you spend

the money on first?

Was it a car?

A nice dress, maybe?

- My mom.

We had to figure out a way

to pay for the treatments.

We sold everything

we could, but,

it still wasn't enough.

I'm not proud of what I did.

I just didn't know

what else to do.

In the end it

didn't even matter.

You know, it's funny,

every day in school they teach

us how to solve problems.

But none of those answers

are on the real world.

- I'm such a dick.

I'm sorry.

- It's okay.

Thank you for admitting

you're a dick.

I'm sorry, too.

I just always liked you

and I guess I was kind

of jealous of Ellie.

- You like me?

- Liked, past tense.

Now, can you help me?

- Um, yeah, I can get

us to the control room

but with the power out

there's not much we can do.

- Right.

Excuse me.

- [Blake] Sorry.

- [Laina] We can follow

the network cables,

which will lead

to the server room

which runs on reserve power.

- Yeah, but don't

all computers require

administrator access...

- [Laina] Access card?

Come on.

- Yeah, we're doing it.

- I'm great, I'm glad we

could finally get this

on the calendar.

- As am I.

- [Voiceover] 10

seconds, 10 seconds.

- Got it, thank you.

(suspenseful music)

(door sliding open)

- Key cards and I.D.s

(dramatic music)

- Thank you for

joining us, governor.

- Thank you for

having me here, Vince,

it's a pleasure to be here.

- Governor, I apologize.

We're getting breaking

news right now.

There is a story developing

at Vista Point High School,

right here in Austin.

We're getting word that the

school is still under lock down.

Now, the test should

have ended hours ago.

Parents are growing concerned

as the school is said to be

holding students indefinitely

with no word as to whether or

not their children are safe.

Now, governor,

what do say to these

concerned voters?

- Well, while, I don't

have any immediate details

on the incident,

I can say that we do have

the best team in

the nation on site

and that any problems or confusion

will be resolved shortly.

Somebody tell me what the hell

is going on at that school.

(electronic pinging)

- It's worse than we thought.

- Show me.

- Parents have been

waiting for over two hours

with little to no information

on what has happened

to their children

at Vista Point High.

- We don't know if our son

passed the test or

failed or anything.

This day is hard

enough for all of us

and we deserve answers.

This community has

been through enough.

- No parents of

students at Vista Point

have been notified as of yet.

We'll keep you updated

as this bizarre story.

- Get King on the

emergency line.

(intense tones)

- Key card and I.D.

(electronic pinging)

- This is Mason King.

(metallic crashing)

(yelping)

(water splashing)

(deep breathing)

(water splashing)

(dramatic, pulsating music)

- I'm about to have a thousand

royally pissed off parents

talking to news vans in front

of a school with no power.

I need you to explain to me

how this is even

remotely handled.

- The cables are

nearly patched through.

We'll have power back shortly.

- As soon as the power is on,

the thinning continues,

you understand?

The eyes of the

nation are on us.

We have zero room for failure.

- Understood, sir.

We'll find her.

- We'll find her.

Find who?

(panting)

- Blake!

Blake!

Blake, breathe.

Blake, breathe!

(panting)

(coughing water)

- So that happened.

- Go put these on.

So, am I going to

have to ask you

or are you going

to be a gentleman?

- I'll be a gentleman.

Do I need to ask

you to be a lady?

- Sorry.

- It's all good.

I got like a three quick

peeks, so we're even.

- Okay, are you decent?

- No, but I am wearing clothes.

(laughing)

So I guess we're gonna

have to figure out a way

to get back up there, somehow.

- You do that, I'm going

to go through here.

- What the hell is this?

- We passed the test,

this is bullshit.

- I want to go home.

- No one has told us anything.

Are we just supposed to

sit here, indefinitely?

- [Voiceover] Nobody

leaves this room

until we get the all clear.

- Don't tell me what to do.

Do you have any idea

who my parents are?

I'm leaving.

- [Voiceover] Stay back!

(thudding)

(crowd gasping)

(thudding)

(anxious, pulsating music)

(clanking)

(clanking)

- Sh*t.

(intense, suspenseful tones)

- We can't go down there.

There's too many of them.

- We need that card.

I don't think we can get

to the computer without it.

- Okay, well, there's

got to be another way.

Where are you going?

(soft, pulsating music)

- [Laina] This is the one.

- [Blake] All right.

You ready?

(clanking)

(draws closing and opening)

(anxious, pulsating music)

- Perfect.

(door thudding)

Blake, hurry.

(door opening)

- Go, go, go.

(anxious, pulsating music)

(electronic powering up)

(anxious, pulsating music)

- Blake?

- [Blake] You take care of that.

I'm going to the thinning.

- Okay, the major

networks should be here

within the hour.

I still don't understand

what you'll say.

- The press are

like sharks, Ted.

They smell blood,

they'll come swimming.

We just need to give

them some fresh meat.

(door shutting)

- [Voiceover] We found

him beat up pretty bad.

- You got beat up by a girl.

- No, sir, well, yes sir.

It was two of them.

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