Woody
I’m here, Ada. Where r u?
Ada
I woke up in the back of Declan’s truck.
Ada
We’re parked out in the woods but he’s gone.
Ada
I don’t know if he’s coming back
Ada
but he’s not here now.
Woody
You were supposed to head straight to Dallas.
Ada
Well this isn’t Dallas.
Woody
Do u still have my guns?
Woody
Do you have my god damned guns with you or not?!
Woody
Are the keys in the truck?
Woody
If so, start it up and get out of there.
Ada
What about Sgt. Delaney?
Ada
Shouldn’t I wait and see if he comes back?
Ada
I mean... it’s daylight now...
Woody
you’re not safe until you’re far away from Fort Hood and with me.
Ada
My leg still kinda hurts from the wreck last night.
Ada
Where are you?! I need you! ☹
Woody
Ada, as much as this breaks my heart to do...
Woody
I’m gonna level with you, because I love you.
Woody
You need to grow up, and I mean right now.
Woody
Don’t text. Don’t whine. Just read.
Woody
The world is going to fall apart today.
Woody
So you don’t get to be a kid any more.
Woody
And if you don’t start doing what I tell you, when I tell you to do it…
Woody
You are going to die.
Woody
You will die... today.
Woody
Do you understand me?
Woody
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!
Ada
Yes, I fucking understand you.
Woody
Now. ARE the keys in the truck?
Woody
Do you know where you are?
Ada
No, but I hear rumbling in the distance.
Ada
Close enough to shake the ground.
Woody
Those are explosions..
Woody
the Air Force is saturation bombing..
Woody
Destroying the base and the surrounding area.
Ada
The U.S. Air Force is bombing Ft. Hood?!
Woody
There is no more Ft. Hood.
Woody
Our personnel did the best they could to control the outbreak at the base…
Woody
but once they were overrun, the President had to expand the containment area.
Ada
By “containment,” you mean annihilation?
Woody
Yes. Everything... living and dead.
Ada
CAN they contain this?!
Woody
No. And you were supposed to be 200 miles from there by now.
Ada
Jesus, dad, the bombs are getting closer.
Ada
I can hear the planes now too.
Woody
Can you at least walk?
Woody
Then you need to find Sgt. Delaney and GET OUT OF THERE!
Woody
Search the area. Shout his name.
Woody
He may be injured and unable to get to you.
Ada
No answer. But I’ll keep looking.
Woody
Good girl. And I want you armed at all times.
Woody
Keep shouting. And if you see anyone who’s not Sgt. Delaney, shoot them.
Ada
I walked out into a clearing and.. She’s just standing there.
Woody
That’s not possible.
Woody
Ada, stay away from her.
Ada
Jesus, dad.. it’s horrible.. she looks so..
Woody
Dead. She’s dead, baby.
Ada
She’s not. She’s… staring at me.
Ada
Following me with her eyes.
Woody
That’s all she can do in the daylight.
Woody
And she’s not your mother any more.
Woody
That doesn’t matter.
Woody
What matters is that you get out of there.
Ada
I can’t just leave her.
Woody
Ada, if it were anyone but your mother I would make you shoot her.
Woody
There’s no bringing anyone back from this.
Woody
It would be a kindness.
Ada
I can’t do that to her.
Woody
I know. I’m not asking you to.
Woody
But I need you to remember what I said if you want to stay alive.
Ada
Hang on.. I hear Sgt Delaney calling my name.
Woody
Something isn’t right.
Ada
R u saying I can’t trust him now?
Ada
Because I already don’t.
Woody
But we need him to get you out of there.
Ada
I’ll be careful. Hang on while I find out what’s up.
Ada
Holy shit! That was close! I could feel the heat from that one!
Woody
Ada, what happened?
Ada
We’re back at the truck.. but the bombs are so close now.
Woody
So get out of there!
Ada
Sgt Delaney is filling the truck now.
Ada
Gas – we ran out. He’s filling up more.
Woody
In the middle of the woods?
Ada
Said he owns a cabin nearby.
Ada
Had some extra cans in storage.
Woody
He’s not taking you to meet me in Dallas.
Woody
Dallas is north of Ft. Hood.
Woody
His cabin is south.
Woody
Does he know that you know he’s lying?
Woody
Then go along with it for now.
Woody
Do whatever’s necessary to get out of there...
Woody
But don’t turn your back on Declan for a second.
Woody
Tell him to get on a main road and get to I-35.
Woody
We won’t bomb the interstates.
Ada
I will. And I’ll text you when I get to the highway.
Woody
And Ada… whatever he’s up to, Declan can’t know you’re on to him.
Woody
So delete these texts.
Woody
Ada? Do you understand?
Ada
He won’t read my texts. Trust me.
Ada
Because I just shot him.
Ada
Can’t talk.. gotta drive now.
