Gina
Gina
What?
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
You are going to die tonight.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Did Ana whisper Klamsa at that?
Gina
Gina
No.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Because now I’m telling the truth.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
You are both infected. You are both going to die.
Gina
Gina
Where is my Aunt Kate?
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
She can’t help you. And she was never honest with you.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
She’s lied to you about everything.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Everything that happened in Poland.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
You want to know what happened to your parents?
Gina
Gina
They got this disease and died of it?
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Not exactly.
Gina
Gina
That’s what Kate told me.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Of course, she did. And that was a lie.
Gina
Gina
So what happened?
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Remember Kate didn’t even tell you they were dead right away?
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
It took her a week to give you that.
Gina
Gina
She was trying to protect me.
Gina
Gina
And she was pretty broken up herself.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
That means you can’t trust her.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
But, my dear, you can trust me.
Gina
Gina
How did they die?
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
They were exposed to the disease in an infected village.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Then they sealed it off and killed everyone inside, including themselves.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
They torched the place down to the ashes.
Gina
Gina
Why?
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
They were brave and selfless. Doesn’t that sound like them?
Gina
Gina
I don’t know.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Always running towards trouble, disease.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Of course, they’d sacrifice themselves.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
It’s who they are. Who you are.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
They saved millions of lives.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
That’s what we need from you right now.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
There are sleeping pills in the medicine cabinet.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
You can go peacefully. You and Ana.
Gina
Gina
I don’t believe you.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
I’m sure you’ve looked it up. The disease.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
It wasn’t something we could contain.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
It didn’t behave like an ordinary disease.
Gina
Gina
Maybe I’m not infected.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
It’s not a risk we can take.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Like I said before — you are going to die today.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
It’s not that bad to take sleeping pills.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Take the whole bottle.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
You’ll get very tired. And that’ll be the end of it.
Gina
Gina
You’re killing your own daughter, too?
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Do you understand the alternative?
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Cities – entire nations - destroyed.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Casualties in the millions. Or billions.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
And we wouldn’t even be saving you and Ana.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
All we’d be doing for you would be condemning you both to a horrible death.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
The disease destroys your lungs, rots out your skin.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
But you stay lucid and alive to feel it the whole time.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
If we tried to save you, we’d be giving you that.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Instead of a peaceful overdose.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
And if you do it yourself, you’ll be a hero.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
A hero, like your parents.
Gina
Gina
I don’t believe you.
Gina
Gina
I think you killed my parents.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
No, we begged them not to do it.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Your Aunt Kate and my husband and me.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
We begged them to reconsider.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
But your parents were stronger than we were.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
And now I understand them. I understand why they did what they did.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
You can’t trade the tiny chance that a friend, a niece, or even a daughter will survive.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Not if the alternative is a pandemic — that would kill millions.
Gina
Gina
So you expect me to kill myself - and your daughter - with these?!
Gina
Gina
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Yes.
Gina
Gina
Wait…
Gina
Gina
Why do I smell gasoline?
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Because my husband sprayed the house with gasoline.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Regardless of how you die, the house will need to be incinerated.
Gina
Gina
Where is my Aunt Kate? I want to talk to her. Now!
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
She’s not making sense right now. But I assure you —
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
When all this is over, she’ll agree with me.
Gina
Gina
What the hell does that mean? And why do I smell smoke??
Gina
Gina
OMG – you’re burning the place down?!
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
You still have time. Take the pills.
Gina
Gina
You’re killing your own daughter!!
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
The two of you are already dead.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
We are saving millions of lives.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Please just take the pills.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
I want you to feel good about yourself.
Gina
Gina
What does that even mean??! You are completely insane!
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Your mother called us you know…
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
When it was just the two of them left inside – your mom and your dad.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
Everyone else was already dead. They were just about to finish the job.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
I could hear it in her voice — the pride, the certainty.
Mrs. Kelb
Mrs. Kelb
She said to me: I pity those who will never have the chance to do something great.
One hour later
Gina
Gina
Aunt Kate. Are you there?
Gina
Gina
Please. I need you.
Gina
Gina
I’m at least a mile away from the house now.
Gina
Gina
I heard gunshots as I left. The house was burning.
Gina
Gina
They tried to kill me. They’re crazy.
Gina
Gina
Are you okay?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Where are you now?
Gina
Gina
I’m in the woods. Pretty far in.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Stay there. I’ll come to you.
Gina
Gina
Where are the Kelbs?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
I’ve taken care of them.
Gina
Gina
Am I going to get sick?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
I don’t know.
Gina
Gina
Will I infect you?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Don’t worry about that.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
We’ll stay far away from people.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
If we survive, the disease should end with us.
Gina
Gina
What do I do about the child?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
You brought the child?!
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
No, Gina. No.
Gina
Gina
I couldn’t leave her! She would have burned to death.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
You’re carrying her with you now?
Gina
Gina
Yes.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Is there something nearby like a rock?
Gina
Gina
What do you mean?
Gina
Gina
Aunt Kate?
Gina
Gina
Are you still there?
Gina
Gina
Hello??!
A few days later
Gina
Gina
Aunt Kate.
Gina
Gina
I hope you’re all right.
Gina
Gina
I found an old barn out here in the woods.
Gina
Gina
Kept us dry. Then I got sick.
Gina
Gina
It’s a strange disease. You see things and you hear things.
Gina
Gina
For a while I felt like I was buried deep in the earth.
Gina
Gina
I thought I was probably dead.
Gina
Gina
But I knew I’d be able to trust you, if I got out.
Gina
Gina
I kept hearing something: Zabije wszystkich.
Gina
Gina
I don’t know what it means.
Gina
Gina
I think Ana was whispering it to me.
Gina
Gina
Or maybe I imagined it.
Gina
Gina
Then I feel like I saw the words—painted in the sky.
Gina
Gina
She’s fine. Ana is.
Gina
Gina
I don’t know how she survived.
Gina
Gina
I was out for three days, maybe four?
Gina
Gina
I brought water and a loaf of bread.
Gina
Gina
She hasn’t touched the bread.
Gina
Gina
But she looks good. Better than I do, I’m sure.
Gina
Gina
I feel all right, but — not exactly normal.
Gina
Gina
Please tell me you’re all right.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Hello?
Gina
Gina
Aunt Kate! Where are you? Are you all right??
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
I’m sorry. This is not Kate Sullivan.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
We recovered this phone from the crime scene.
Gina
Gina
What crime scene? Where is my Aunt Kate?!
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
This is her niece, Gina?
Gina
Gina
Yes. Where is she?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Where are you?
Gina
Gina
I’m not sure…
Gina
Gina
Where is my aunt?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Keep your phone on, and we’ll locate you.
Gina
Gina
Ok… But please tell me where my Aunt Kate is?!
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Your aunt was involved in a triple homicide.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
We believe that she killed Mr. And Mrs. Kelb…
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
And then took her own life.
Gina
Gina
No.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Had she been acting strange lately?
Gina
Gina
No.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Showing signs of mental illness?
Gina
Gina
No, nothing like that at all.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Well, clearly she was deeply delusional.
Gina
Gina
She was the most sensible person I’ve ever known.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
I’ll let you see what she was thinking, just before she killed the Kelbs.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
These are texts that never got through to you:
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
The child is the disease. She will destroy us all.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Kill her now, while you have the strength.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
It’s the small children who can’t be stopped.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
I’ll come to you.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
If we survive together, the disease should end with us.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
But we must kill Ana!
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
This is what was going through her mind.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Clearly she was not well.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
How long has she been like this?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Gina, are you still there?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
I understand this may be a lot to take in right now.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
We’ll have your location soon and we can pick you up.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
You said that the child is with you?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
We have your location now.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
It shouldn’t be long until someone can pick you up.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Are you all right?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Hello, Gina?
Gina
Gina
Zabije wszystkich
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
What are you saying?
Gina
Gina
Zabije wszystkich.
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
You will kill everyone?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
That’s what you’re saying to a police officer?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
After your aunt just committed a triple homicide?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
What does this mean, Gina?
Gina
Gina
Gina nie ma
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Why are you saying that Gina is gone?
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Where is she? Where are you??
Gina
Gina
Gina nie ma
Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate
Then who is this?
Gina
Gina
Gina
Gina
Ana.
Gina
Gina
Zabije wszystkich.
Gina
Gina
KILL THEM ALL.
Gina
Gina