Anda opens her eyes and sees iron bars.
She is lying on the floor of a cage.
A girl and a boy are kneeling beside her, talking to one another.
Girl
She’s just hurt. Badly.
Boy
I give her three days at most.
Girl
I won’t let her die.
Boy
Better than to wake up to this.
Girl
I just can’t let her die.
Girl
You’ve given up hope.
Boy
I wish I was still out there.
Girl
There? In The Wasteland??
Girl
You’d be long gone by now.
Boy
Maybe. But I’d at least have been free.
Boy
Holy fuck she’s AWAKE?!
Girl
Shit, you’re bleeding again -
Girl
Essa – grab that cloth!
Girl
Don’t move, lie down.
Anda
I don’t... Where am I?
Essa
Well. As close as you’ll ever get.
Essa
Yeah. Congratulations...
Anda
Wait. I don’t understand?
Anda
Where exactly ARE we?
Nura
The Western border somewhere.
Essa
You thought The Collective would let you walk right in?
Essa
How hard did they hit you?
Nura
He’s been here a long time.
Nura
You just remind him of himself back then.
Anda
He’s been at the border?
Nura
There’s a lot you don’t understand.
Anda
I’ve been hearing that too fucking much recently.
Anda
Who ARE you, anyway?
Anda
Where did you come from?
Anda
You’re from the Dome!?
Nura
Everyone in this cage. And the others along the border.
Nura
There’s a cage about 300 meters away. Behind those trees.
Anda
The Skynner was right.
Anda
What the fuck is going on?
Nura
Yours is not the only Dome. There are dozens – maybe hundreds
Anda
How have we never found each other?
Nura
Because THEY find US.
Anda
The Collective is doing this?
Nura
I guarantee every Domer that has ever escaped is in a cage like this...
Anda
I don’t believe you.
Nura
You don’t have to believe it – it’s true.
Anda
Did they...do this to me?
Nura
Yes. They brought you in.
Nura
I honestly thought you wouldn’t survive.
Anda
I thought the Skynner must have found me.
Anda
But it was the Patrollrs.
Nura
They beat me. I was awake though.
Anda
They didn’t knock you out?
Nura
Essa looked after me – saved me.
Anda
That explains his anger, I guess.
Nura
It’s not you. Right, Essa?
Anda
So no one has ever entered The Collective?
Nura
Not that we know of.
Anda
How do YOU know all this?
Essa
You’ll meet him soon.
Nura
He’ll explain everything.
Anda
I don’t think I want to know.
