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The White Vault. Goshawk. The

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The White Vault. Goshawk.

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about how you and your lady friend

4:01

are gonna meet up. Now

4:03

that people we're looking for are gonna tag along. It

4:06

just seemed like everybody was getting ready to walk

4:09

to somewhere in your... ...hot in mind,

4:11

you know about. So... What

4:14

you just tell us for that point is...

4:16

...we can leave you alone.

4:18

We'll just pick up the girls and head

4:21

on back. We don't know about

4:23

you, but...

4:23

...I think that sounds... awful

4:26

fair.

4:27

Don't it?

4:29

I... I... I don't know. Oh...

4:36

Let's see, you had that stupid-ass

4:39

look on your face. So

4:40

I just knew you were

4:43

gonna lie to me. I heard you

4:45

talking to her. I

4:47

heard you.

4:50

So I know you know where you're

4:52

going. I'm not... No,

4:57

but you see though, I'm not... ...fucking around.

5:00

You can answer the question. Where's

5:03

the hot in mind you were gonna meet him at?

5:05

But if he heard you, then why lie? It's

5:08

just a waste of time, and it's getting

5:10

colder. You're

5:14

right though. We're stuck out here in

5:16

the middle of winter too. Like

5:19

you... I don't wanna be out here. And

5:22

yeah... The snow's coming down harder

5:25

and harder. I

5:27

wanna be inside, in the warm,

5:30

drinking and watching a game.

5:33

And the faster you tell me where they are,

5:36

the quicker

5:36

I can make that happen. What

5:41

the hell was that? You heard that

5:43

before. You don't

5:45

look worried. What is that?

5:49

Don't know. Ryan

5:51

again. Well, I've

5:54

got bullets for you and it, so...

5:57

I don't know. What

5:59

the heck?

5:59

They don't generally come near people.

6:02

They hunt hares and birds.

6:04

A wild cat. Back

6:07

to the question, son. Where are they

6:10

going?

6:11

How do I know you'll let me go? What about

6:14

Ithi? She's not who

6:16

you're here looking for. She hasn't done anything except try to

6:18

help people. She's just a photographer

6:21

like me. Wrong place, wrong

6:23

time. You two ain't

6:25

part of the job. If she cooperates,

6:27

then we won't have an issue.

6:29

It

6:33

seems like

6:35

you already know your girl's going to be a problem.

6:37

No, she won't be. Now,

6:40

if you let me talk to her. We'll see

6:42

if we get to.

6:43

First off,

6:46

start off simple. Just like last

6:48

time.

6:49

Where are they

6:51

going? I...

6:55

I knew

6:57

you were going to tell me the truth. So

6:59

it may have been a little

7:00

bit early, but deserved.

7:04

I can see it in your face.

7:06

Come on, just tell us. We don't have all

7:09

night. It's fucking cold. I'm

7:11

not going to. Alright.

7:14

Gag him. Make

7:16

sure he stays quiet. You got it. What

7:18

are you doing? I can't see anything.

7:23

There's still a gun at your head. Sit down.

7:26

You

7:28

got no sense of self-preservation?

7:30

You think he

7:32

doesn't know your gun does? Hand

7:35

me the radio.

7:46

We'll see

7:48

if they fall for the bait then. Yeah,

7:52

we'll see. Nah,

8:00

it's fine. Go,

8:03

go. It

8:15

is your fault. And

8:18

that he's not all these flops, so that he

8:21

wouldn't bark alone if it's just

8:23

doing so to this K. football playing

8:26

wits and all that kind of stuff. It's my fault. I

8:30

made the line. I

8:32

don't think we should have a plate of fire, but

8:35

when we sit down, I have a couple

8:37

of little warm hacks in the bag you can pop.

8:41

And Jean will be bringing a few extra bits of clothing

8:43

from the person who's left. At

8:46

least I have some. Yeah,

8:57

yeah, good eye. It's

9:01

the best.

9:05

It's a blind forgetting

9:07

good shot. It's not a hunt or

9:09

anything. We don't

9:11

usually stay in them for the sake of work.

9:14

And we're not going inside.

9:17

I mean, we could. But

9:20

it's not why we're here. So

9:22

why did we come

9:23

here? She

9:26

knows where it is. We've

9:29

done a lot of work here. Otherwise,

9:31

we would have to wait for him to find

9:33

this little forest.

9:34

And

9:37

that way, let's get those hands

9:39

warm right now.

9:46

Here, Haddell, check

9:48

your foot. If you can,

9:51

warm up some cloth and wrap

9:53

it around your foot.

9:55

But it's just for you.

10:00

How

10:03

long do you think we'll need to wait? Maybe

10:10

an hour or so. It

10:14

took me about 20 minutes

10:16

to get here, same for him to get to the

10:18

lake. So 40

10:21

minutes

10:21

plus packing time,

10:25

plus hiking with extra

10:27

weight on the sled.

10:30

Maybe an hour and a half.

10:32

Freaking old. I

10:35

know. I made my

10:37

foot.

10:39

You know that thermal blanket you

10:42

took? Open it, wrap

10:44

you and Adele up in it with the hand warmer,

10:47

and try not to leave any holes where

10:49

heated air can escape at the top. Okay. Do

10:53

you still have it?

10:55

Oh, yeah.

10:59

Wait, isn't this thing

11:01

really shiny?

11:03

It would be really easy to notice I feel,

11:05

wouldn't it? You may

11:07

be right. Usually

11:09

that's a good

11:10

thing. Okay.

11:12

Go back to my foot first. Is

11:14

there anything we can do about it? What

11:16

if I ever ask my... No, you're

11:18

right. Sorry, take a seat. I'll

11:20

look at it. Let

11:25

me...

11:28

You already took some socks. They

11:31

still look dry.

11:32

Your toes are

11:34

pale, but they don't look or she or frozen.

11:38

The best idea is just to warm yourself slowly. It's

11:41

going to hurt like crazy when you get some circulation

11:43

back, but that at least means it's still

11:45

feeling something. You don't,

11:47

don't put the warm pack directly

11:50

on the skin. It will burn. Those toes

11:53

are strong.

11:53

And sometimes you won't feel it burn on

11:56

a limb like this. Okay. Good.

12:03

Why is it happening? Why?

12:06

Shh. Yeah, I know.

12:08

But we're better than this. We'll get

12:10

home.

12:18

Are you two related?

12:19

Sisters? Pretty

12:23

much. We're actually cousins, but

12:25

we grew up together.

12:28

It's, um, your

12:30

very good sister.

12:32

Oh,

12:36

shh.

12:37

Just the radio.

12:44

Why's it doing that? What does it

12:46

mean? I don't... no.

12:50

Perhaps the sound it makes when someone on the

12:52

other end of your channel pops a button

12:54

quickly.

12:58

But Gene's never done that before. Why

13:02

are you sisters? I

13:05

don't know. Or... No. It could be a trap.

13:09

Give me a minute. Let me think.

13:14

If it is Gene, he's never done that

13:16

before. He may have

13:18

spotted the kidnappers and is trying

13:20

to let us know.

13:23

But if he's near them, he might be trying to stay

13:25

quiet. If so, why I shouldn't

13:28

respond back, it may be too loud.

13:30

Oh,

13:31

he's hiding too. It's Ben.

13:34

They might have a radio, and you know your channel

13:36

or a signal or whatever. Do

13:39

they have a radio? I don't

13:42

remember. When we were driving,

13:44

they would talk on a cell

13:46

phone a lot. But not since we got into

13:48

the woods. Maybe they

13:50

don't have anything that works out here.

13:54

What do we do? He... If

13:59

it was Gene...

13:59

Gene, on purpose to tell us

14:02

about the kidnappers? Well, he's

14:04

dust. No reply needed. If

14:07

it's the kidnappers, there's also no reply

14:10

needed. If

14:13

Gene needs help, though...

14:18

No, no,

14:19

no, he... he'd say something.

14:25

I think it's them.

14:26

You... you know... it's

14:28

them. Then

14:32

we won't respond. If

14:35

it's Gene,

14:36

eventually the men will leave, and then

14:38

he'll say something.

14:44

Alright, girls. It's

14:47

about time to come back now. You

14:50

recognize the voice? The war

14:52

is gone. Don't respond. Don't say anything.

14:56

Listen, we know there's a woman

14:58

with you. I think the name was... Ify.

15:03

Right? Well,

15:05

Ify, we found a fellow

15:08

photographer.

15:13

Okay, well, Ify, we'll

15:17

tell us where you are, hand

15:19

over to girls without any flaws,

15:22

and... We'll leave

15:24

you and your boys for tomorrow. Otherwise,

15:28

uh... bad

15:30

things are gonna happen. You...

15:33

you can't... you can't help. We

15:36

can leave. If you don't know where we are, then

15:39

you can't tell them. Send us. Nobody

15:42

is going anywhere. If

15:45

you

15:45

leave, you're just going to think I'm the wife.

15:48

We need...

15:48

something.

15:54

It sounds like they overheard our last conversation,

15:57

but they wouldn't know we were the blinders since all

15:59

they had was...

15:59

the number not the location. You

16:02

can't trust them. Don't trust a thing

16:04

they say. There's no way they'd let you just

16:06

walk away. I'm

16:09

not very patient, so. No.

16:12

No. No. No. No.

16:15

No. No. No.

16:18

No. No. No.

16:20

No. No. No. No.

16:24

No. No. No.

16:26

No. No. No.

16:28

No.

16:29

No. No. No.

16:33

Oh, geez. Give

16:35

me

16:35

the goddamn radio. Yes,

16:38

yes, this is her, this is Evie. Don't hurt Jane.

16:40

Jane, are you all right, Jane?

16:45

This seems your friend burned

16:47

his finger. The wilderness

16:50

is a dangerous place.

16:53

Well, it's not something that could ruin

16:55

the bright future of a photographer. Help!

16:58

Help!

16:59

It's

17:01

a bit hard to understand at the moment,

17:04

but Evie,

17:06

I think he wants to know if those

17:09

girls are worth his life.

17:12

Hey, fuck. Well,

17:16

I'm sorry, but please, you

17:19

can't tell them.

17:20

I don't know how.

17:24

What do I do?

17:25

What, what, what? Jane?

17:37

Are you okay? If

17:39

you're alive, can you say something? Evie,

17:50

get them out. Let's get

17:52

back there. I'm a little

17:54

bit old, I think. I just

17:57

got laid around. Oh,

18:00

I must win now. Are we scared again? Gene?

18:12

Gene? We

18:18

don't need to worry. What's

18:21

fine? We're trying to

18:23

run off, but we stopped them. The

18:26

bullets in the leg will do that. Must

18:29

have heard something awful.

18:32

They shot him.

18:33

Gene?

18:37

Gene? I

18:39

didn't hear a gunshot. They're not

18:41

close. They've got to be at

18:43

least two kilometers away.

18:45

I'm sorry.

18:47

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Please, Gene.

18:50

Please. Gene.

18:58

Gene?

19:00

Are you... okay?

19:04

Talk to me. Gene?

19:58

Gene?

20:04

Excuse me, English? Yes.

20:07

How can I help you?

20:09

My daughter, Artna

20:11

Diesch, she was admitted

20:13

after the climate protest attack. I

20:16

got a call saying that she was here. I have

20:20

an ID, a passport,

20:21

a photo of us, a student's driver's

20:23

card, a certificate.

20:26

I'm her mother. Please.

20:30

Where's my Artna? Yes, please.

20:32

Don't worry. She's here. If you give me a moment... I

20:34

will take her in to see her daughter. This

20:37

is one of our nurses. She'll take you to your daughter's. Please

20:40

come with me. Yes, of course.

20:45

I'm Matty. I'm one of the nurses on

20:47

the daughter's table. But

20:49

she's still not awake. Is she okay?

20:52

The hospital only

20:54

said they called me if something bad happened, and

20:56

I haven't heard anything since. Yes.

20:59

Sorry. We've been overwhelmed since the attack.

21:01

Did you get any information about what

21:03

happened? Nothing. Just

21:06

that she was at the protest and got hit?

21:09

No. Maybe that was a mistake due to

21:11

a translation, but she did hit her head. She

21:14

and her friends were in the crowd when the three vehicles

21:16

approached. She didn't get hit

21:18

by a vehicle, but she struck her head on the ground

21:20

when she jumped out of the wall.

21:22

Apparently, your daughter is rather

21:24

brave.

21:25

Her friends all say she pushed them

21:27

out of the way before jumping. So

21:29

she...

21:31

she wasn't hit by the cars?

21:34

No, but the impact to her head has

21:36

left her unconscious. But it's

21:38

been less than 24 hours, and the doctors

21:40

all think she woke up soon. And

21:43

now, from the heart injury, is she

21:45

okay? A few scrapes and bruises

21:47

from the crowd compete, and one broken metacarpal

21:49

in the right act. She might be sore

21:51

when she wakes up, but she should make a quick

21:54

recovery. Here we are. Oh,

21:58

my God!

21:59

Mr. Tullamis?

22:03

Everything still looks fine. There

22:05

is a police officer coming around to talk to all

22:08

those injured in the Granbok protest event, so

22:10

Anna will need to speak with them before we discharge

22:12

her. Of course, that will

22:14

be after she

22:15

wakes up. I think I

22:17

talk together with Dr. Albrecht

22:19

Gärst. Gärst? Please,

22:23

feel together, Miesz.

22:26

Okay. Okay. Is

22:30

it permitted for me to stay with her,

22:33

just for now? Of course. I'll

22:36

come back in an hour or so to check on her again. Here's

22:39

a seat. There's a family lounge

22:41

just under the hall with coffee and tea should

22:43

you need any. Take your time.

22:49

You're so stupid.

22:53

You're so stupid. I can't understand

22:55

this. I

22:58

don't understand this. How could

23:00

this even happen to her? To

23:02

us?

23:04

I'm sorry.

23:05

I wasn't there. I never should have

23:07

let this happen. I never should have

23:09

happened.

23:19

Please, now. Can I get

23:21

a word of her? Yes.

23:24

Yes. She's still asleep.

23:27

She hit the hat on the

23:28

concrete when she jumped from the way of a car.

23:32

It was an accident. An

23:35

accident. How? I

23:37

don't understand. Neither do I.

23:40

How could this happen

23:42

to her? How? She's

23:45

my... She's my daughter. A

23:48

true daughter.

23:50

My daughter.

23:51

I know, Miesz. But

23:53

she's alive. Not everyone

23:56

can say that today. Everyone

23:59

is on edge, confused.

23:59

Well done, nose. Well

24:02

done, nose. Things

24:04

are in motion, please. Keep us safe.

24:30

Please.

24:31

Are you... okay?

24:36

Talk to me. You

24:46

shot my foot, dude. Oh,

24:49

sorry. Looks

24:51

like I'm not gonna get to help you out this time.

24:54

Well, just a bit, son. What

24:57

about you, man? What's the point?

25:00

Ready to make a train?

25:06

I'm not looking to stay on the call by night.

25:10

I'm thinking... I

25:13

wouldn't get to my parents. Just

25:16

hand them over. They'll

25:18

have to be quiet. You

25:21

can't stop!

25:22

I'm not going to give you over to them. It's

25:24

not happening.

25:27

I'm not doing that, but... But

25:30

what do we... What can we do

25:32

about Gene?

25:34

He said this would happen.

25:35

He said we should have stayed hidden and

25:37

found out more. We won't

25:38

be due problems. They'll kill you. You

25:41

can't trust what they say. No.

25:47

They... You think they'll kill Gene?

25:53

No, we should just go find him. I know,

25:55

but... I know, but...

25:59

And if we had Gene, then...

25:59

Yeah,

26:01

but they have Jean and a gun.

26:04

They shot him. He

26:07

can't walk back to Allagash now. He

26:10

has a satellite phone. We can't even call for help

26:13

without him.

26:13

Shit.

26:20

So

26:21

what do we do? Do

26:24

we set a trap? Are you joking?

26:27

He just said it. We have a gun

26:29

and I really can't even reach you people. We

26:32

can't even trap all them. They're monsters. She's

26:35

right.

26:36

One of them. F. The guy

26:38

on the radio, he's

26:39

evil. He's in it for

26:41

the money or something, but

26:42

he doesn't care who he hurts.

26:43

How about this? In

26:46

a minute, I break into one of the spaders.

26:49

So I'm gonna, I may

26:51

be enough someone to tell me. And

26:55

to clarify, if you like me, your

26:59

boyfriend is not much of a vocal player

27:01

to see.

27:04

I need, I need time

27:06

to think.

27:08

Mika, take it. Take

27:11

the radio from me. Steal it from me when I open

27:13

the channel. Fight me, fake it. I

27:15

just need to make some time to think.

27:17

What? Fight me for the radio. Do

27:19

it now. I,

27:21

we're

27:22

near a hundred. You bitch. You're

27:24

gonna sell us out, not. I'm

27:28

gonna sell you out.

27:31

Did it work? What do we

27:34

do now? Thinking, I'm thinking.

27:41

We gotta go.

27:42

Get away from here. Sorry about your foot and your

27:44

leg, but we've gotta move. Jean's got a mouth

27:46

in his bag. I don't know if they've seen it yet. So

27:49

if I lie, they might

27:50

know. But if we get away from here, I

27:52

can confirm it for them. They'll head here and

27:54

we can loop back around to find Jean in a few hours.

27:56

Sheesh.

28:00

I'm fine.

28:02

There. There's

28:05

an old logging bay that's...

28:07

that way. I can't believe anything

28:09

we don't need. You're

28:14

leaving the camera? Yeah.

28:17

Too heavy. We'll need to go as fast

28:19

as we can.

28:20

Memory cards, I'll

28:23

take. Adele, put

28:25

the camera over there in the smooth. Cover

28:27

the snow up over the top of the camera cover. Yeah,

28:30

okay. Mika,

28:32

how fast can you really move? Need a

28:34

sprint, but... I

28:36

can keep up, but not really fast.

28:39

Not sprinting.

28:40

Neither can Adele. But, right. Really.

28:44

What are these guys like? Do

28:47

they

28:47

seem like they know the forest well? Know

28:49

how to hunt or track?

28:52

No, they hate the trailer and the snow.

28:54

I think they're from the States. Okay.

28:56

But

28:58

we'll still be cautious. I'll

29:00

take the supplies, it'll slow me down, but

29:02

it should be fine. We

29:05

can't leave with nothing.

29:07

Give me back the radio.

29:10

You sure?

29:12

No. Not

29:14

at all.

29:16

Go on that way.

29:18

West.

29:19

I don't get

29:20

it. Where are we going? If

29:22

they have a map...

29:24

They might think we're headed to the Alagash River, which

29:27

would have been my first plan. But

29:30

with you both hurt, we're going

29:31

to be a lot slower than them.

29:33

We'll choose a different route. We'll go west

29:35

to the St. John's River, then head for the

29:37

border. The towns are closer.

29:40

Walk in front of me. Stay in a

29:42

single-file line. I'll tell

29:44

you where to go when I catch up. Try

29:46

to step on rocks or logs, not the deep

29:49

snow. Help each other if needed.

29:50

What are you

29:52

doing? If

29:55

we're lucky, they don't know how to

29:57

track at all. I don't think

29:59

they can.

29:59

They didn't find you, but I'm

30:02

not leaving it to Jane.

30:04

I'll cover some of the visible footprints and

30:06

knock out some snow to cover others. And

30:09

when I get on the radio again, don't

30:11

make a peep. Yeah, I got

30:13

it. Got it. What

30:16

about the snow in the cold? It's only

30:18

getting worse. We're lucky. The

30:21

fresh

30:21

snow will help cover our tracks, but we have

30:23

to make them first.

30:25

Yeah, moving. I'll be right behind you. I'll

30:32

tell you.

30:38

Good

30:44

choice. Those girls

30:46

are causing you no trouble. Even

30:51

when I tell you, the

30:53

girls are gonna run away. I can't

30:55

stop them.

30:57

Thank you,

31:04

The one Jean was headed to. Yes,

31:08

Rita. This is taking too long. I

31:11

wouldn't hate to get bored.

31:18

I just need to be sure

31:20

I can give you directions from where you

31:22

are.

31:23

Head north along the lake.

31:25

The lake has a brook at the

31:27

northmost end. It'll

31:29

be frozen over this time of year, but it will still

31:31

be there. Follow the brook

31:33

north until you reach a point where that part of the

31:35

brook and another

31:36

part come together. At

31:39

that point, go directly

31:40

northwest for just over a kilometer. That's

31:45

where I left all the girls.

31:48

It's another little blind we use for

31:49

taking photos now. Let me speak

31:51

to Jean.

31:59

The second girl's not alive, huh? Ify,

32:02

you gotta run. Don't let them find you.

32:04

It's cheaper than I am. Gene!

32:07

Gene! Ify! Gene! Get

32:09

out of the car. I'll

32:13

see you in the car. Aaaaaah!

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