EXT. STUDENT HOUSING – NIGHT
Cathy's Jeep eases into a parking spot outside Joel's place.
INT. CATHY'S CAR – CONTINUOUS
CATHY: So... thanks for the help... with the computer...
JOEL: Yeah...
CATHY: ...and sorry about pretty much everything else...
JOEL: Yeah... don't be.
CATHY: You were shot at. By my dad.
JOEL: True. That was scary. But we were bulletproof. And it wasn't your fault.
CATHY: Well, yeah, but –
JOEL: It's been an adventure. It was fun. At least some of it. Sort of.
He grabs his things and opens the car door.
CATHY (looks at him for a bit too long): Eh... good night, then!
Joel stands outside the car. Gives her a winning smile.
JOEL: You drive home safely, Black Widow.
He shuts the door.
The Jeep backs out of the parking spot, makes a quick turn, and then she is off.
Joel follows the car with his gaze, then walks inside.
INT. CATHY'S CAR – MOMENTS LATER
Cathy, in a completely different mode now. Super stressed, eyes glued to the road as she races through the desert.
DESERT ROAD – NIGHT
Cathy's Jeep cuts through the landscape—a lonely speck of light in a vast wilderness of dim moonshine and dark desert.
INT. LIN'S ROOM – NIGHT
Somber, except for two computer screens illuminating Lin's face with a yellowish glow.
She studies her LAPTOP SCREEN. One half shows CCTV footage of the parking lot where Joel and Cathy just said goodbye.
The other shows a moving pin in a Google satellite map, tracking Cathy's car.
On her DESKTOP SCREEN, a conglomerate of windows are open:
A FAMILY PHOTO: of Mark and his ex-wife alongside Matt and Cathy, on an adventurous hiking trip some years ago.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: about the US Spec Ops unit tasked with rescuing the wife and young child of a wealthy Afghan businessman being ambushed. Only one survivor. Photo of Mark in a hospital bed.
REAL ESTATE TRADE WEBSITE: about the US DoD selling the world's largest bunker site to a private company called Forevermoor Inc.
POPULAR MAGAZINE: about rich folks buying doomsday shelters.
Lin turns her attention back to the pin tracking Cathy's car. It stops moving. Blinks in the same place for a few seconds. THEN IT DISAPPEARS.
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Love/Survival
RomanceOn paper, 20-year-old twins Cathy and Matt have everything going for them. Their mom is a Brazilian supermodel, and their dad is a decorated Navy SEAL. In reality, though, Mark, their dad, is retired with PTSD, and their mom, Sabrina, split long ago...
