Tiger Cruise Page #6

Look, I'm Sorry

I Ran Out On You

Earlier Today.

It's Ok. I Figured.

I Want

To Ask You.

I Need

Kind Of A Liaison

With The Young Tigers.

Not To Rat Anybody Out

Or Anything Like That.

Just To

Keep Me Posted.

Are They Scared?

Are They Bored?

What Kind Of Questions

Do They Have?

What Can We Do To Make

Things Easier On 'Em?

That Kind Of Thing,

'Cause I Think It's

Gonna Get A Little Rougher

Next Couple Of Days.

So What Do You Think?

Would You Be Up

For Something Like That?

Aye, Aye, Sir.

Please...No Sarcasm.

All Right? Not Today.

Dad.

I'll Do It. I Wasn't

Being Sarcastic,

Honest.

I'm Sorry.

It's Just...

Sometimes It's

Kinda Hard To Tell

With You.

You Know?

'Scuse Me.

Commander.

I Really Have To

Talk To You.

Mr. Horner,

This Is--

My Brother Is Stationed

In The Pentagon.

His Office

Is In The Wing

That Was Hit.

I'm Very Sorry

About That.

I Just Have To

Make One Call.

That's Impossible.

That's All

I'm Asking.

So You're Tellin' Me

What, We're Completely

Isolated Out Here?

Yes. Until Communication

Gets Restored,

We're Isolated.

So I'm Sorry.

Please!

Mr. Horner,

Please.

Charles:
Sorry.

I'm Sorry.

I'm--

[Sighs]

Look, You Give Me

His Name And His Rank

And His Department.

As Soon

As I Hear Anything,

I'll Let You Know.

Thank You.

Thank You

Very Much.

May Get Worse

Before It Gets Better.

You Still

Want To Help Me?

Yeah.

Ok. Thanks.

Ok.

[Young Child Crying]

[Crying]

Ok...

Hey, Sweetie,

It's Ok.

Everything's

Gonna Be Ok.

I Just Wanna

Go Home.

[Sobbing]

It's Gonna Be--

[Sobbing]

[Tearfully]

I Want To Go

Home, Too.

I Know.

[Indistinct Chatter]

Look Here.

Yeah.

Ha! This Is Unbelievable.

The Whole Country's

At A Standstill

'Cause All

The Air Traffic

Has Been Suspended.

There Isn't A Commercial

Or A Civilian Aircraft

In The Sky.

We've Got 800 Civilians

On Board Who Live

All Over The Country,

And We Can't

Get Them Home.

Shall We Set Up

Some Sort

Of Contingency Plan

For The Tigers?

We're Gonna Need

A Long List

Of Contingency Plans.

We Don't Know Where

We're Dropping Them Off.

We Don't Even Know

If We Drop Them Off.

Maddie?

Maddie.

I'll Be Right Back.

Hey.

Hey. Say,

It's Gettin' Pretty Late.

These Kids

Ought To Get To Bed.

I Think They Want

To Stay In Here.

Yeah, I'm Sure They Do,

But We Clear The Mess--

Daddy. They're Scared.

I Mean, I Think

They Just Want To Be

With Each Other.

We Can Bend The Regs

For One Night, Can't We?

Another Half-Hour.

Deal.

Good Night.

Good Night.

Uh, Dad?

[Sighs]

Is There Anything

Going On Out There

That You're

Not Telling Us?

Well, We Don't Know

A Lot Right Now.

We're Just Gonna Have

To Be Ready, Is All.

Why?

What Are You Thinking?

Um...

Nothing.

It's Just...

It's Just, Um...

Yeah.

[Weeps Softly]

I'm Scared.

It's Gonna Be All Right.

It's Gonna Be Fine.

Child:
Maddie?

Um...

Maddie?

I Gotta Go.

Ok.

Uh...

[Approaching Jet]

Tina:
So What's

Goin' On Up There?

Did You See

Anything?

Grace:
Not Even

A Sea Gull.

It's Very Quiet.

Nobody's Comin'

After Us, Tina.

They'd Better Not,

Or They'd Be

In Big Trouble.

Sir.

We're Gonna Be Rearming

In Less Than 2 Hours.

I Want All The Civilian

Personnel Belowdecks

During

The Entire Procedure.

Yes, Sir.

P.A.:
Stand By

For Primaries.

Tv:
Ladies And Gentleman,

What You're Seeing Here

Is Live Footage.

You're Seeing It

And I'm Seeing It

For The Very First Time.

There You See

Some Rescue Workers

Huggin' Each Other,

Um...Comforting

Each Other, If You Will.

Uh, It Is A Scene

Of Devastation

That, Um...

Has Got To Be So Hard

For These--

These Brave Men

And Women In The Debris.

Uh, There You Still See

The Emergency...

Connie's So Huge.

Feel So Safe.

I Guess I Never

Really Thought About Us

Being In The Middle

Of The Ocean With

People Shooting At Us.

My Dad Was

In The Gulf War.

My Mom Was A Mess

Till He Got Back.

A Lot.

Child:
I Wanna

Watch A Movie.

Second Child:

Why Can't We Watch

A Movie?

Go Away. No.

So?

Go To The Wardroom

And Watch The News.

We Wanna

Watch A Movie.

Yeah!

Yeah!

Well, I Was

Here First.

What's The Problem?

No Problem.

I Was Just

Watchin' The News,

And They Wanna Watch

Some Dumb Movie.

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Um...Anthony,

It Might Be A Good Idea

To Watch A Movie.

Ok. Fine.

If Y'all Want

To Sit Around And Not

Know What's Goin' On,

Great!

Watch A Dumb Movie.

Oh, Yeah.

Yeah!

[Movie Begins,

Indistinct]

Tv Announcer:

...Going In And Out.

Um...And From

What I Can See

And I'm Sure

You're Seeing As Well,

It Is A Mess. Um...

[Continues, Indistinct]

There's Another, Uh...

[Continues, Indistinct]

Do I Really

Look Like This?

Today, Yeah.

You Were A Lot More Fun

When You Were Actin'

Like A Clown.

Why Do You

Keep Watching It?

It's So Depressing.

Have You Ever Seen 'Em?

The Towers In Real Life?

Once.

Yeah?

Well, I'm

From Staten Island,

About Half A Mile

Away From The River.

[Sighs]

My Neighborhood.

A Lot Of Guys

I Knew...

Their Parents Worked

In Those Buildings.

I Used To See 'Em...

Walkin' Down The Street

To The Ferry.

This Girl In My Class...

Her Dad's A Fireman.

And My Grandfather's

Back There Right Now.

And He Knew People.

Those Towers...

[Sighs]

They Were Just There.

You Know?

I Never Got Tired

Of Lookin' At 'Em.

They Were

So Big And Cool.

The Way The Sun Would

Reflect Off Of 'Em.

It's Gonna Be

So Different.

Just Not

The Same Anymore.

[Escort's Horn Blows]

Come On.

We Better Get Inside.

[Indistinct Chatter]

This Is A Restricted Area, Sir.

You'll Have To Move Inside.

Man:
Lift It!

[Horn Blows]

[Buzzer]

I Was Just On Deck,

And I'll Tell You

What We're Doing.

We're Arming This Ship!

How Can You Be

So Sure?

There's A Munitions

Supply Ship

Up There Right Now.

You Know Something's

Goin' On.

Why Can't You

Get Your Calls Out?

Commander. Is It True?

Are We Takin' On Munitions?

This Ship Always

Carries Munitions, Sir.

Then Why

The New Stuff?

Huh?

You Don't

Need Warheads

For A Tiger Cruise.

What We're Doing

Is We're Topping Off

With Weapons

And Supplies

We Would Want To Have

Just In Case

We Are Deployed.

So You're Saying

We Could Be Going

Into A Battle!

It's Always A Possibility

With A Carrier, Sir.

Look. I Understand

You're Not Familiar

With What

We Have To Do.

But You All Have

A Very Important Job

To Do Us, Too.

You Have To Stay Calm.

And Most Importantly,

You Have To Let

Our Kids Know

They're Gonna Be Ok.

Are We Clear?

Any Questions,

You Can Bring 'Em To Me.

Thank You.

We Set Course

For San Diego,

And We're Gonna Arrive

There A Day Early.

That's Great!

It's Complicated.

Our Position's

Classified.

We Have To Slip

Into Port Unannounced.

The Whole Base

Is On A Military Lockdown.

There'll Be Nobody

There To Meet You. Ok?

I'm Going Out Again,

Maddie.

When?

Straightaway.

Dad, You Promised

You'd Come Home.

Nobody Expected

What Happened Today.

And This Is My Crew,

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