Two Winters Past

EXT. CASTLE. MORNING.

GAMBLE and FRANK have got KAY under control while BLYTHE continues to sooth.

BLYTHE: Relax. Relax, no one is going to hurt you.

FRANK: John, if you’re kidnapping women, Turner is not going to want you around.

Together, they walk up the driveway toward the dump truck wall.

BLYTHE: (to FRANK) I’m not kidnapping anyone. She needs to see Sprague. I got to see him too. Be careful with her. (to KAY) You there? Can you hear me? These men are friends. They aren’t going to hurt you.

KAY: (frothing) fuckyoufuckyoufuckyou…

BLYTHE: Look, you seen some shit, okay, but these men are friends. I’m your friend. You talk to Sprague, you see we aren’t going to hurt you.

KAY finds the strength to fight again. BLYTHE helps GAMBLE and FRANK get KAY inside the gates, which are pulled closed behind them.

BLYTHE: Frank, you go get Turner. Tell him to meet me at the clinic.

FRANK releases KAY’s feet. She fights feebly against GAMBLE, but he has a firm grasp. Exit FRANK.

BLYTHE: Kay, honey, come on. You’re in a safe place. It ain’t what you’re thinking.

The lights are on at the clinic. KAY is fighting once more, but they get her inside the door.

INT. CLINIC. MORNING.

SPRAGUE has already come into the lobby.

SPRAGUE: What is the meaning of this?

GAMBLE: She was freaking out when Blythe brought her in.

BLYTHE: She was completely fine. Freaked out when I said she needed to see the doctor.

SPRAGUE: (to KAY) You’re okay. This place is safe. I’m going to put you in a room, and then we’ll talk in a few minutes, okay.

KAY is limp and sobbing.

SPRAGUE: (to GAMBLE) Put her in a room, get her some food.

GAMBLE exits with KAY.

SPRAGUE: What did you say to her?

BLYTHE: I don’t know, Doc, you should have seen where I found her. This old woman had her locked in a bathroom. Bodies were carved up all over the place. Must have been a ripper.

SPRAGUE: Do you think she was bit?

BLYTHE: I ain’t examined her.

TURNER enters. Turner is a huge man in his 50’s. His salt-and-pepper hair is cut short, and he wear a moustache. He is angry.

TURNER: What in the name of shit?

BLYTHE salutes.

TURNER: What the fuck is all this screaming?

BLYTHE: I rescued a girl from cannibals. She freaked out when we got here.

TURNER: And you walk the fuck back in here like everything is gumdrops? Talk to me, Blythe!

BLYTHE: I got into Triangle. I stole a bike.

TURNER’s demeanor changes immediately.

TURNER: You stole one of their bikes?

BLYTHE: It’s just outside the Castle.

TURNER: You get it.

BLYTHE: Right after Sprague clears me…

TURNER: You been bit?

BLYTHE: No, Sir.

TURNER: Go get me my bike. Doc, you make sure he’s honest when he gets back.

GAMBLE returns. He salutes.

GAMBLE: General Turner!

TURNER: What’s your name, boy? They call you Gamble?

GAMBLE: Gamble, sir.

TURNER: Gamble, you go with Blythe and help him carry back this bike.

BLYTHE: It runs, sir.

TURNER raises his eyebrows.

TURNER: Motherfucker runs?

BLYTHE: Like a cloud. Those hillbillies are fucking artists, sir. We need to get them on our side before they fall in with the Cooleys.

TURNER: Might not be easy after you stole the bike.

BLYTHE: You are a much better negotiator than me, General.

TURNER: Get out of here, Blythe. Don’t come back until you have a motorcycle for me.

BLYTHE: Yes, General.

TURNER: Sprague, are you going to look at this girl, or are you going to just stand there staring at me?

SPRAGUE: Yes, General.

SPRAGUE exits. BLYTHE exits.