Tomorrow, When the War Began Page #5

their booming populations.

And that Australia must be

made to share her vast land

and extensive natural resources

with her less fortunate neighbors.

In this way, general hopes

the invasion will balance

the economic scales

within the region

and eventually lead to a new era

of peace and stability.

Meanwhile, more than

half a million Coalition forces

are pouring into Australia

though three captured ports.

These ports have now being

identified as Townsville,

Port Headland and Cobbler's Bay.

- You heal well.

- I have good genes.

There's something

I've been meaning to ask you.

You know at Chris' house

the other day when I was...

- playing with your hair and then...

- Yeah, all right.

- I know what we did. - Okay,

I thought you might have forgotten.

What, do you think I do that stuff

so often that I forget about it?

But you've hardly

spoken to me since then.

- I'm just confused.

- About me?

Yeah, about you, about us.

About this war.

About this mess that

we found ourselves in.

The truth is, half the time

I have no idea what I'm doing.

So then, I do these things,

and they don't always mean

what I think they mean.

Do you know what I mean?

- No, I've no idea what you mean.

- Okay...

Look, it meant something then

and it does mean something now,

but... I don't think it means

what you'd wanted it to mean.

- Do you just not like me?

- No, Lee. I like you, okay?

I like you very much. But right now,

you're driving me crazy.

I don't know why

I was talking the way I was.

All I really wanted to do is hold him

and tell him that everything

is gonna be alright.

I just didn't know if it was.

None of us did.

All we could say for sure was

that for now, we were free.

But we've done nothing

to earn our freedom.

Not yet, anyway.

The way I see it,

these are our choices.

we can sit here

and do nothing.

Come out when the war's over.

I don't know about you guys...

but I'm not so good

at doing nothing.

we can all try to be heroes.

Rescue our families

from the Showground's.

But like dr Helpfull said,

we'll probably pay the price.

we can go out there,

at night. Guerilla style.

Using hit and run tactics

and take back Wirrawee.

- Maybe even help win this thing.

- Yeah, you're right.

We were born here. We know

this country better than they do.

We can use that to our advantage.

Plant traps, ambush them, pick them off.

- You're talking about murder.

- It's not murder if it's in a war.

What about the Bible, "thou shall

not kill". What about that?

- David killed Goliath. - That doesn't

apply in a situation that is a metaphor.

- Do you think it's fair, do you?

- No. -Just let them walk in,

take everything they want and

our parents worked so hard for?

No Kevin, I don't think it's fair.

I don't think it's fair at all.

Are you in or are you out?

Well, I feel like I should be out.

But I can't stop thinking

about the coincidence that...

from all the weekends that

we could've chosen to go camping,

we chose that weekend.

God spared us for a reason.

And I think he wants us

to do something.

So I will help you Homer, but

I'm not going to murder anybody.

All this talk scares me

to death, but...

I think we have to

fight back anyway.

- We'll never sleep again if we don't.

- We'll never sleep again if we did.

- What are you chicken, Chris?

- You'd know all about that, wouldn't you?

There's nothing chicken

about staying alive, mate.

We're not even trained for this stuff.

What would our parents say?

They'd say the most important

thing is our safety.

They wouldn't want us dead

in exchange for them being alive.

I suppose when the time comes,

I'll do what I have to do.

What worries me though is that...

I can't guarantee that I'm not

gonna pack up under pressure.

I'm so scared and...

I think that I might just

stand there and scream.

None of us knows how we're gonna

react when sh*t hits the fan.

You've done alright so far.

Well, for a townie.

We have to do something.

I'm not just gonna sit here.

And do nothing.

I'm different to all of you.

I have blood on my hands.

I can't tell if what I did

was right or wrong.

I'd like to think it was

to save my friends,

or as part of some noble

crusade to save my country.

Really it just comes down to the fact

that I valued my life over theirs.

How many people is it okay to kill

in order to keep me alive?

At what point do we lose our souls,

if we haven't already?

In the end I think we just

have to trust our instincts.

After all, it is all

we have left, isn't it?

What do your instincs tell you?

That it's time to go to war.

What are we gonna do?

Blow it up?

Cobbler's Bay is

one of their key ports.

And this bridge

is the only way in or out.

It's the key to everything.

If they can't resupply their soldiers,

then they can't fight.

- They've got sentries. - We have

to find the way to distract them.

Remember what dr Clement said?

About how other people tried to

blow up that bridge before?

Amateurs.

Couple of years ago

me and some mates

came up with the way to take

this bridge down. Just for fun.

That's hardly reassuring,

knowing your mates.

Can you drive a petrol tanker?

- Hurry up.

- Okay.

Sorry.

- Big one?

- The big one.

There! They are there.

In the window.

- Wait! - What?

- Can I do it?

I've always wanted

to smash a window.

- One more.

- Fi! Just...

Do it!

Fi, run!

Stop!

Turn around!

Do not move!

- Guys, are you there?

- We're all set. We can see you.

Don't come any closer. Wait there

till we get the word from Homer.

- Lee and me are almost there.

- Lee and "I".

Okay, we're in the position too.

I can see 10 soldiers on the bridge.

We've only got about 15 minutes

before the next convoy comes along.

- We'll call you when we're ready.

- Okay honey, we'll be waiting.

- Did you just call him 'honey'?

- Homer. I called him 'Homer'.

- No, you just called him 'honey'.

- I didn't. - Yes you did, I heard you.

It may have sounded like 'honey'

but I definitely said 'Homer'.

- Go. Go.

- You gotta hiss like a snake.

No, no, like a snake.

So, princess Fifi has the hots

for a rough as guts Homer.

- Have you kissed him?

- Would you mind if I had?

Me? Are you serious?

Of course not.

I just know that

you two are close.

- No, never like that.

- Okay, good.

Well then, yes I have.

Is he a good kisser?

Actually no, I don't wanna know.

Don't tell me. It's kinda gross.

- He's a great kisser.

- Great. Now I know.

But he's so down on himself.

He's got this weird thing

about my parents being lawyers.

And he always used

to joke about it.

But I don't think

he's really joking at all.

- Jesus, Fi, how long did it take to

figure that out? - What do you mean?

You know the kind of guys

he knocks about. They're just...

more at home hanging out at the pub

than playing croquet

with your parents.

My parents don't play croquet.

Ellie. Ellie!

Fi! Behind you!

Homer is like two people.

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