72. EXT. THE WRECK - SAME TIME

Bellanger gets up and moves over towards Ratchett, who’s standing in a small group of about nine people.

BELLANGER: Va bene a tutti, ci stiamo dividendo in due gruppi. Un gruppo, guidato dall'americano, si dirigerà verso la foce del Tunnel del Sempione. Spero che saranno una casella di chiamata o qualcosa del genere. L'altro gruppo si avvierà verso la città più vicina e chiederà aiuto lì. Ora poi, dividiti.

A few don’t understand. Other languages - German and Polish predominantly - is SPOKEN. The group then divides itself into groups of four and three.

Bellanger points to Ratchett.

BELLANGER: You follow the tracks up to the mouth of the tunnel. If you find a callbox, use it. I’ll take the trek down to the nearest town. Or settlement. Or phone.

RATCHETT: Alright. Well then, see you.

Ratchett turns and begins walking up the mountain towards the tunnel.

Bellanger watches Ratchett leave. He turns and catches Claude watching from adistance.

Claude nods his head slowly, a saddened look on his face.

INSPECTOR CLAUDE: Je vous souhaite bon voyage dans votre voyage. Reviens bientôt.

Bellanger nods, turns, and begins leading the way down the railway line.

73. EXT. THE WRECK - THREE-THIRTY IN THE AFTERNOON

A LIGHT BREEZE ruffles against the trees.

Abigale sits with her brothers on either side of her. Someone O.S. CRIES out.

Other sounds disappear. What remains is the LIGHT BREEZE.

Michael’s eyes are still closed, his breathing is softer. Jasper’s amputation has stopped bleeding, his first bandages having been replaced. They’re still bloody.

She reaches over to dab a wet cloth against Jasper’s forehead.

Michael’s chest stops rising.

She wrings out the cloth and dips it in the murky water at her side. She turns to to Michael, and begins tending to him.

Abigale then stops. She puts her hand to his nose and mouth. She sits back.

And the BREEZE disappears.

And for several moments, there is silence.

And the BREEZE returns.

Abigale stands up and goes to Gabriel.

She speaks. Gabriel speaks. She shakes her head. He puts his arm around her; she stays still.

Eventually, she wraps her arms around him. He hugs her back.

Abigale’s body convulses.

74. EXT. THE FOREST - FIVE IN THE EVENING

The sun is beginning to set.

Ratchett leads the way up the tracks towards the Simplon Tunnel. He’s still carrying his briefcase.

A few torches have been lit.

RATCHETT: God, this fucking case...

Ratchett swings his briefcase into his other hand.

PASSENGER: Co to jest?

RATCHETT: I can’t understand the fuck you’re saying.

RATCHETT (Muttering): Should’ve been on edge in Milan by now.

One of the men slips. Another stops to help him.

A wolf HOWLS.

RATCHETT: Come on. We should set up camp soon, if we’re not going back to the wreck.

SLOW PAN: THE GROUP THROUGH THE TREES, AS IF STALKING THEM.

PASSENGER #2: Nienawidzę tego lasu.

PASSENGER #3: Diese Wälder erinnern mich an den Schwarzwald.

A beat.

PASSENGER #3: Vielleicht ein bisschen wärmer...

SIMPLON PASSENGER #4: Do you really think that this’ll help our survival?

RATCHETT: It’s better than sitting around doing nothing.

Ratchett moves forward. Simplon Passenger #4 watches him move off, almost sadly.

SIMPLON PASSENGER #4: Maybe that’s what we should’ve done.

Ratchett turns back to the Passenger and glares.

RATCHETT: Shut up.

Another beat.

THUNDER rumbles from the sky.

75. EXT. THE WRECK - SEVEN AT NIGHT

WEATHER SHOT: THE RAIN.

An intense downpour falls from the cloudy sky.

Everyone scrambles and YELPING, some YELLING back and forth to each other. Gabriel and Claude frantically ORDERS people to move the injured into the lounge car of the Simplon train.

Abigale sits beside her brothers, staring blankly into the distance and watching small trinkets from the pile of supplies being swept into the muddy river.

A salvaged mattress falls, and more supplies fall into the river. People scramble to gather what they can and moving the supplies closer. Others pile into the Simplon’s carriage to seek shelter.

Fires HISS as they go out.

76. EXT. THE FOREST - SAME TIME

Ratchett and his group’s torches have gone out. They continue onwards.

77. EXT. THE FOREST - SAME TIME

The Fascism flag is swept away and down the mountain by a small torrent of water. The group passes by where it falls moments later.

78. EXT. THE FOREST - SAME TIME

Bellanger’s group journeys on, mud SQUISHING underneath their feet.

PASSENGER #4: Este oribil.

PASSENGER #5: Ar trebui să ne întoarcem.

Subtitle: "We should turn back."

Someone TRANSLATES for Bellanger.

Bellanger sighs.

BELLANGER: Nous devrions continuer. Nous ne savons pas quand la tempête se calmera ni où nous en sommes.

A beat.

BELLANGER: Continuer vite.

Someone TRANSLATE back to Passenger #4 and #5.

They both SIGH.

79. EXT. THE WRECK - SAME TIME

Abigale throws in the first lumps of dirt over Michael’s body despite the heavy rain.

A wooden cross is constructed and placed at the head of the grave.

Claude steps towards her, his collar turned up against the rain and a tattered umbrella opened. He holds it over her, but Abigale’s already sopping wet. She’s shivering.

INSPECTOR CLAUDE: Est-ce que ça va, mademoiselle?

ABIGALE: I d-

A beat.

ABIGALE: I didn’t think that...that when I boarded in Paris, I’d be burying my brother a day later.

INSPECTOR CLAUDE: Je devrais y aller, te laisser pleurer en paix.

Abigale turns to him.

ABIGALE (Whispering): Please stay.

Claude nods and steps behind her.

ABIGALE (Softly): S...saints of God, come to his aid. Come to meet him, Angels of the Lord...

Her words slowly fade out as the rain begins to let up.

80. EXT. THE FOREST - SAME TIME

Ratchett and the group keep moving, the SQUISH of mud makinge ach step slower than the last.

A wolf GROWLS quietly O.S.

It’s almost black, but the moon casts a light, hazy glow.

The men’s breath turns heavy. And the rain begins to lighten up.

Passenger #3 looks to the sky.

Passenger #2 looks to the other.

PASSENGER #2: Omen?

The other doesn’t respond.

Neither speaks as the rain continues to lighten up. They relight their torches, which burns only dimly.

81. INT. LOUNGE CAR - SAME TIME

Gabriel looks out the windows towards the river. He rubs his eyes and SIGHS, picking up his various "medical" things and moving to the other end of the carriage.

82. EXT. THE FOREST - SAME TIME

A wolf is gnawing on Passenger #2’s leg. Passenger is SCREAMING.

RATCHETT: Get off! Get the fuck off!

He swings his briefcase, but it deals little damage.

PASSENGER (Overlapping): Amerykanin!

PASSENGER #3 (Overlapping): Hilf mir!

Ratchett looks off towards their voices, who continue CALLING FOR HELP. He can only see darkness.

A crescendo of their voices CRY out from the surrounding darkness. Every member of Ratchett’s search party is gone, safe for Passenger #2, who’s leg is still being gnawed on by a wolf.

Ratchett swings the briefcase again. With both hands, he drops it down like a guillotine three times.

The wolf runs away.

Ratchett helps Passenger #2 to his feet.

RATCHETT: Come on.

They run into the darkness.

BLACKOUT

83. INT. SLEEPING CAR CORRIDOR - SIX IN THE MORNING

The rain is falling. It’s a cloudy day.

The fires around camp are dead.

Two men still go through the wreckage of the sleeping car. An arm falls limply from removed wreckage, and the men CRY out. They hastily begin removing the shattered paneling.

Susan Benjamin falls limply from a crushed sleeping car compartment, breathing but barely.

SIMPLON PASSENGER #5 (O.S.): G - Gabriel!

84. INT. LOUNGE CAR - SAME TIME

The car is packed with people. Even with the shattered windows to let in air, the rain isn’t making the humidity any more manageable. People are clearly, and VOCALLY, uncomfortable.

Flies BUZZ about the carriage.

Gabriel tends to a passenger, changing their bandages.

SIMPLON PASSENGER #5 (O.S.) (Distant): Gabriel!

GABRIEL: You...finish changing the bandages.

Gabriel stands and runs to the sleeping car.

85. INT. SLEEPING CAR CORRIDOR - SAME TIME

Gabriel slips into the corridor. He sees Susan hanging from the wreckage.

GABRIEL: Oh, shit.

He helps pull Susan from the compartment and move her towards the lounge car.

86. INT. LOUNGE CAR - SAME TIME

Abigale watches as Gabriel enters. She looks sickly.

GABRIEL (O.S.) (Passing by Abigale): It just looks like dehydration and trauma.

Abigale stands. She departs from Jasper’s side.

JASPER: A-Abigale...!

She doesn’t listen, and begins running towards Gabriel.

GABRIEL: Get her some water. She needs water, more than anything.

He turns to Abigale.

GABRIEL: Abigale, you need to go.

ABIGALE: She’s my mother; I’m not going.

Gabriel EXHALES loudly. He stops the two men moving farther down the carriage.

GABRIEL: Move her.

He points towards her brother. Susan is gently lifted back up.

GABRIEL: Over there. Family’s over there. Be careful.

Gabriel points to a man lying beside Jasper.

GABRIEL: Move him to make space. Put him on the other side of the carriage.

She’s placed down beside her son while the other man is lifted up. Abigale sits down by their heads.

GABRIEL: Abigale, she needs water and to not move. She needs to stay still and -

ABIGALE: I know.

A beat.

ABIGALE: Thank you.

Abigale picks up a nearby soup bowl with the bloodied cloth in it.

ABIGALE: I’m...going to get some more water, and, and some cups. Can you watch them for a second?

Gabriel nods. She departs for the door down to the pots of water outside.