THUNDER BOOMS FOREBODING MUSIC (GRUNTS) Just leave me. GIRL: Don't be a dick. Get up, get up. (GRUNTS) EERIE MUSIC Let's run down here. OMINOUS MUSIC THUNDER CRASHES (GROANS) THUNDER CRASHES EERIE ELECTRICAL HUMMING EERIE MUSIC Captions by Tariqa Satherley. Edited by Amy Park. www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright Able 2016 DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLES BIRD CAWS THUNDER CRASHES, DOG BARKS BOY: Wake up. Rose, wake up. (ROSE) GROANS: Get out of my room. I'm hungry. I want breakfast. Ask Mum! She's not here. Well, she'll be at Pilates. Pilates. Oh, what's the time? It didn't go off! Oh, I slept in. I'm gonna be late! What about breakfast? You know, you're old enough to make your own breakfast. Yeah, I know. Is nothing working?! Oh man! The internet's not working again! Yeah, well, deal with it. I'm late. What's the rush? I'm sure they'll find someone else to wear your dumb penguin costume. Hey, I'm a trainee Antarctic Experience guide. I don't wear the costume any more. That's still a costume, and it's still lame. Yeah, well, I'll remind you how lame it is when I'm at uni on a full scholarship and you're at Happy Hair and Nails, rocking minimum wage. What about the internet?! < DOOR OPENS, CLOSES DOGS BARK IN DISTANCE THUNDER CRASHES DOG HOWLS EERIE MUSIC Sam, are you OK? No. (SIGHS) Uh, what's wrong, buddy? My mum and dad are gone. Your mum and dad are gone? Yeah. Well, do you wanna go take a look? Yeah. DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLES Hello? Is there anyone home? Hello? Hello? (EXHALES) Hey, well, it's all right. You can come and stay at our place. DOG GROWLS, BARKS Max? (BARKS AGGRESSIVELY) (GROWLS, BARKS) Go, go, go! DOG CONTINUES BARKING Come on, Sam. (GRUNTS) Stay there. Take my hand. Come on. DOG BARKS Rose? Rose, what's going on? Where is everyone? Get back inside. Run. Run! DOG BARKS DOG SNARLS (BARKS) The hell happened to Max? What's Sam doing here? What is going on? All the tech's offline, and the adults have vanished. It's the apocalypse. Jack, what are you doing here? I let him in. Thanks, buddy. Hey, it's crazy out there, man. It's the frickin' apocalypse, I'm telling you. Ah, the apocalypse. Great (!) Well, I'm already late for work. Uh, wh-what's an apocalypse? It's, like, Old Testament stuff. Old what? The sun turns black, the rivers run red, the oceans boil. It's the end of the world. Could everybody just calm down? (GASPS, COUGHS) Hey, you all right? She doesn't look too good. Hey, hey, hey, where's your puffer? I ran out of refills. They're at the nurse's office at school. Well, if you ask me, she needs her meds ASAP. Yeah, well, nobody asked. Hey, hey, hey. Eliza, look at me. (GASPS, PANTS) Hey, remember what Mum showed you? Breathe. (PANTS) I can't. Breathe. (SOBS, PANTS) (EXHALES SLOWLY) EERIE MUSIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES < TOM: Is she gonna die? Nobody's going to die. So, what's the plan? If Dad was here, he'd have a plan. Well, he's not here. We take Mum's car, we drive to school, we pick up Eliza's refills. Well, come on. Sam, come here. Go on. (PANTS) TENSE MUSIC OK. Everyone ready? ENGINE GROANS WEAKLY Oh, come on. ENGINE CONTINUES GRINDING (SIGHS) (EXHALES HEAVILY) What? (GASPS) (BARKS, GROWLS) OK, so we were stuck in a big, spacious house, and now we're stuck in a tiny car! Don't be part of the problem. I'm thinking. BARKING CONTINUES OK, OK. Uh, I'll distract Max away from the car, and` and you get everyone inside. Are you serious? That's never gonna work! Just do it. Now make some noise, get him away from my door, OK? Max! (CLAPS HANDS) Max! Come here, Max. Woof! Woof! > (BARKS LOUDLY) Give me a hand. Woof! Woof! Woof! There we go. Good boy. Good boy! Max. Max! Max! Max, come on. (WHISTLES) Good boy. < Good boy. Max! Maxie! Max! Max? Oh! OK, follow me. Come on. OK, just go, buddy. (BARKS, SNARLS) (BARKS) Nice work. (GASPS) Hey, relax, you're doing good. Come on. DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLES MAN: I'm so proud of you, Rosebud. (EXHALES) A scholarship. You'll have a choice of schools. Relax. I'm not going anywhere yet. Yeah, I know. I know. But, actually, I am. What? I've been called away. Called away where? Uh, it's a work thing. I don't know when I'll be back, so... promise me you'll look after everyone while I'm gone, OK? LAID-BACK MUSIC PLAYS Hey, take care of them for me, all right? No matter what happens. UNSETTLING MUSIC (WHEEZES) So, what if Mum comes back and we're not here? THUNDER CRASHES Hey, were you coming or what? Yeah, I'm just stretching, man. It's the apocalypse. The last thing you want is a pulled hamstring. (GRUNTS) UNSETTLING MUSIC THUNDER CRASHES Looks like I'm not making it in to work today, Sam. THUNDER CRASHES 2 EERIE MUSIC THUNDER CRASHES INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS JACK: What's everyone doing here? I don't know. Maybe they thought they'd be safe here. H-Hey, can you let us in? No one's allowed in. My sister's sick. She needs her medicine. Hey, open this` Back off. What's the problem? My sister's sick. This isn't a hospital. She keeps her medicine in the nurse's office. Just you two. Hey, can you wait here for me? Yeah. Can you look after him? GENTLE MUSIC Let's go. I'm Doni. We do chemistry together. So, uh, who put you in charge around here? My dad was the caretaker. I'm just making sure the school's secure. Hey, there are a lot of scared people outside. I think you should let them in. I can't have kids running around loose in here. If they're frightened, they should go home. (WHEEZES) Take what you need. DOOR CLOSES > CARTRIDGE RATTLES (EXHALES) INHALER HISSES (INHALES DEEPLY) BOTH EXHALE SLOWLY Start letting people in. But you said` Just do it. Hasn't everything happened exactly the way I said it would? Yes, but` So we stick to the plan. Start letting people in. (SIGHS) (EXHALES HEAVILY) What is going on? Where's Mum? I-I don't know. I'm so scared. Hey, hey, I know. (SIGHS) But it's gonna be OK. W-We` We need to be strong. Yeah? OK, let's just take all this stuff and get out of here. (INHALES DEEPLY) (EXHALES SLOWLY) You ready? Yeah. INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS UNSETTLING MUSIC Hey, he's with us. Back off, kid. I promised my sister I'd stay with him. Fine by me. Hey, hey! What are you doing? They're with me, man. It's OK, it's OK. Just tell Rose. TENSE MUSIC (PANTS) I tried to stop them. What? They took Tom. What are you talking about? They took Tom and Sam. (EXHALES SHAKILY) THUNDER RUMBLES INDISTINCT CHATTER (SIGHS) That girl wants to see you. Where's my brother? (EXHALES) You were right, Rose. The people were getting really scared, so we locked the entire school down. No one can get in or out... without these. Just tell me where he is. Just relax, Rose. Everyone is safe for now. There's plenty of food and water, and we're secure. But eventually the people outside are gonna start turning up, wanting what we have. We're gonna have to defend ourselves. I'm afraid the little kids and the 'special needs' ones, they'll only get in the way. Take me to my brother. Sure. FOREBODING MUSIC Your brother's in there. Hey! Hey! Hey! INTENSE EERIE MUSIC Tom? Tom, it's me, Rose. METALLIC CLANGING BIRDS CAW THUNDER RUMBLES, BIRDS CAW THUNDER RUMBLES, BIRDS CAW THUNDER CRASHES INDISTINCT CHATTER Listen up, guys. I know it's been a weird day and you're all pretty freaked out, but I just want you to know you're safe here till we figure out what's going on. In the meantime, I thought we could all use some refreshments. CONFUSED CHATTER Oh, I'm fine. Mum doesn't let me drink that. Yeah, well, good thing she's not here then, eh? UNSETTLING MUSIC I'm not meant to be here. Just sit down. I'm not a little kid. I said sit down. DISTANT THUNDER CRASHES INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS, DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLES OMINOUS MUSIC THUNDER CRASHES SUSTAINED RUMBLING THUNDER ELIZA: What is happening? Let's find Tom, and let's get out of here. THUNDER CRASHES, INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS Rose. You can't take a hint. Where is he? He's inside with the others. The storm's coming, Rose. Only the strong will survive. What are you talking about? < The natural order of the universe. You're strong, Rose. I need people like you. THUNDER BOOMS, CROWD EXCLAIMS THUNDER CRASHES (CHUCKLES) Awesome. THUNDER CRASHES (SIGHS) Come on, Sam. We're going. THUNDER BOOMS, ECHOES THUNDER CRASHES INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS THUNDER CRASHES EERIE ELECTRICAL HUMMING Run! CLAMOURING, SCREAMING Help! PANICKED SHOUTING, SCREAMING EERIE HUMMING ECHOES (GRUNTS) Just leave me. ROSE: Don't be a dick. Come on. (GRUNTS) My ankle. CROWD CLAMOURS (GRUNTS) (PANTS) THUNDER CRASHES CROWD YELLS, SCREAMS (SCREAMS SHRILLY) DISCORDANT HOWLING DOOR RATTLES Come on, get in. Get in. Get in. THUNDER CRASHES, EERIE ELECTRICAL HUMMING UNSETTLING MUSIC INTENSE METALLIC RATTLING, HUMMING INTENSIFIES RATTLING AND HUMMING STOP, DISTANT THUNDER CRASHES FOOTSTEPS APPROACH Come with me. No way. I got your brother. DRAMATIC MUSIC UNSETTLING MUSIC (SNARLS QUIETLY) Ho! PLANE WHOOSHES Hey, was that what I thought it was? Uh, I don't know, but whoever's on that plane probably knows what's happened. Hey. Lucas is right ` there is something out there. I saw one of them. Come on. (PANTS) (HISSES) Get behind me! It's in the house?! Get behind me. Wh-What makes you think this has anything to do with the apocalypse? ROSE: Well, cos in here it says that Prometheus has the potential to solve the world's energy problems, but Dad was worried that if the device was ever switched on, it would cause a chain reaction which could lead to a global event. What kind of global event? I dunno, maybe like a big wall of energy sweeping through town and vaporising people? No way. Captions by Tariqa Satherley. Edited by Amy Park. www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright Able 2016