Never Forget You

Chapter 2

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
(KIDS CHATTERING IN DISTANCE)
OHIO, 1995
What are you doing in Ohio? Remus asks his niece.
She just says you'll see
GIRL: Hey, Riley!
(KIDS WHOOPING AND LAUGHING FAINTLY)
(WHISTLES LONG NOTE)
(YOUNG Yelena WHISTLES BACK)
Yelena: We're both upside down.
Riley: And I bet you're gonna fall down first.
Yelena: No, you will. You can't hold it much longer.
(EXCLAIMING)
(GRUNTS)
Riley: Told you you'd fall down first. I told you! I told you! Told you so!
I guess you always were competitive weren't you little sis. Pansy teases her soul sister.
Yelena: Mommy!
(SOBBING)
Melina: What happened?
Riley: She fell on her knee.
Melina: Oh, you bump your knee?
Yelena: Mmm-hmm.
Melina: Oh... Kiss it better. There we go. (SHUSHING). Oh, come on, little one. Get up. You're okay. Come on. You're a brave girl. Your pain only makes you stronger.
Melina: Right, you?
Riley: Yeah.
Melina: Yeah?
Yelena: Look! Forest stars.
Melina: Yeah. You know what? Those are actually part of the Lampyridae family. And the glow, the glow that you see, that comes from a chemical reaction called... bioluminescence. Come on, time for dinner.
Yelena: Bio-goomin-feasants?
Melina: "Bio-goomin-feasants." That's right. Dinner! Come on, dinner, big girl!
Yelena: I want mac and cheese.
Melina: Oh, you want mac and cheese? Okay. Well, I want... caviar and champagne. Grab the napkins. You take this. Thank you. Oh, would you grab the ranch dressing for Dad?
Riley: Okay.
Yelena: Green beans are my favorite vegetable.
(DISTANT THUDDING)
Melina: Dad's home!
Riley: Hey, Dad.
That isn't your dad! a weasel named Ron shouted.
I know that stupid he's my adopted dad. Riley says to one of her worst nightmares.
Alexei: Hey, baby.
Melina: Everything okay?
(Alexei SIGHS)
Melina: How was everybody's day?
Yelena: Mommy taught me about lamp bugs.
Alexei: Lamp bugs. (CHUCKLES)
Yelena: And I fell and hurt my knee, but it doesn't hurt anymore.
Alexei: Mmm-hmm.
YOUNG Yelena: And we also saw fireflies in the backyard. That was my favorite part of the whole day.
Melina: No.
Riley: Yelena, we see fireflies every year.
Melina: How long do we have?
Alexei: I don't know. Like, an hour, maybe.
Melina: I don't wanna go.

Alexei: Don't say that.
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
Alexei: Girls... you remember when I told you that one day we would have that big adventure? Today's the day.
Yelena: Yay!
Alexei: All right, let's go.
Melina: (WHISPERS) I'm sorry.
(BULLETS CLATTERING)
Melina: Come on, we gotta hurry.
Alexei: Thank you.
Yelena: I don't have my shoes.
Alexei: Thank you, baby.
Alexei: That's okay. You don't need your shoes.
Yelena: But I'm still hungry.
Alexei: Yeah? Guess what? I got Fruit Roll-Ups in the car.
Melina: No, leave it, leave it, leave it. Go wait in the car.
Melina: You have it?
Alexei: Yeah.
Melina: It's the only copy?
Alexei: It's the only one not on fire.
(KIDS CHATTERING)
Yelena: Where are we going?
Melina: Home.
Yelena: Mommy, you're silly. We just left home.
(SIRENS WAILING)
Yelena: I want my song.
(AMERICAN PIE BY DON McLEAN PLAYING ON CAR STEREO)
Yelena: (SINGING ALONG) ♪ Bye, bye, Miss American Pie ♪
Yelena: ♪ Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry ♪
Yelena: ♪ Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye ♪
Yelena: ♪ Singing, "This'll be the day that I die" ♪
Yelena: ♪ "This'll be the day that I die" ♪
(SONG CONTINUES)
Melina: Come on, Yelena. Hurry up, baby.
Melina: Let's go. Come on, Ri. Hurry up. We gotta go. We gotta go. Come on, you gotta run.
(PANTING)
Alexei: Come on. Honey, honey.
Alexei: Go with your mom. Go with your mom.
Riley: Okay.
Melina: Ri, hurry up!
Riley: I'm coming!
Melina: Okay. Seat belts.
Riley: Ok
Riley: Why isn't Dad in the plane?
Melina: He's coming. He's coming, baby. He's coming.
(GRUNTS)
(SIRENS APPROACHING)
(ENGINE REVVING)
(PANTING)
Riley: Mom?
(GRUNTS)
(YELPS)
(Melina GROANS)
Riley: Mom!
Fuck!
What is going on!
Is she okay?
(GRUNTING)
Melina: I need you up here.
Riley: Okay.
You are going to fly a plane at 10!! Remus shrieks
Melina: I need you to pull right.
Riley: Mom, you've got blood on you.
Melina: (GASPS) It's okay, baby.
(GRUNTING)
(GASPS)
Melina: Hit the accelerator there.
(BOTH SCREAM)
Melina: Hold it steady, hold it steady. You're gonna pull back at 55 knots. Let's count together.
Riley AND Melina: 45, 50...
(GUNSHOTS)
(ALL SCREAM)
(TIRES SCREECH)
Melina: Pull back. You can do it! Pull back. All your strength.
(YOUNG Riley GRUNTS)
(PANTING)
CUBA
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Alexei: Okay.
Yelena: Get up, Mommy. Pain only makes you stronger, remember?
Dreykov: The Red Guardian returns.
Alexei: The Red Guardian returns triumphant. Please, please, I beg you. No more undercover work. I wanna get back in the action. I want my suit back. I wanna get back in it. General Dreykov, it's been over three years.
Riley: (SPEAKING RUSSIAN) Forgive me mom. I'm scared.
You know Russian! Teach me! Shouts both of her soul sisters. ( Daphne and Pansy.)
What about me i want to learn too. Theo pouts.
Riley kisses her soulmates pout away.
Melina: (IN ENGLISH) Never let them take your heart.
(SOLDIER SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
Dreykov: (IN ENGLISH) Did you get it?
(CHUCKLES)
Dreykov: And the North Institute?
Alexei: Ashes.
Riley: It's gonna be okay.
Dreykov: How is Melina?
Alexei: She'll live. She's strong.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Yelena: Mommy? Mom?
Yelena: Daddy!
Alexei: I'll handle this.
Yelena: Daddy! Daddy!
Riley: Yelena!
Yelena: (SOBBING) Daddy!
Riley: Get away from her! Don't touch her!
Riley: (SPEAKING RUSSIAN) I will shoot.
Riley: (IN ENGLISH) Don't touch her! I will kill you all!
Riley: (SPEAKING RUSSIAN) I will shoot. Don't touch her.
WHAT!
Why would you kill them!
Riley is going dark!
Riley's family and friends glare at them.
Alexei: (IN ENGLISH) Honey.
(PANTING)
Alexei: You're gonna need to hand me that gun.
Riley: I don't wanna go back there. (SOBBING) I wanna stay in Ohio. You can't take her. (VOICE BREAKING) You can't. She's only six.
Alexei: You were even younger. It's okay. Come here.
(SOBBING)
Alexei: You're gonna be all right. Do you know why it's gonna be all right? 'Cause my girls are the toughest girls in the world. You're gonna take care of each other, okay? And everything, everything's gonna be fine.
Dreykov: That one, she has fire in her. What was her name?
Alexei: Riley.
Dreykov: Ah... Riley.