View/Open

28.
EXT. MOUNT VICTORIA LOOKOUT
The Dog Handler spots the fresh APPLE CORE on the ground.
He lets his dog go from the LEAD.
The Dog leaps off with great speed into the bush.
An S.T.G. officer raises his CARBINE.
S.T.G. OFFICER
Contact! Four hundred metres.
Up above the pursuing party, on an elevated position,
Beth’s form breaks the skyline.
As the S.T.G. Officer FIRES three SHOTS. BRASS ejects from
the weapon.
S.T.G. LEADER
Hold your fire! We need the little
bitch alive.
The S.T.G. Leader directs his attention to the sky.
INT. A109 POLICE HELICOPTER
The CAMERA is OVER THE SHOULDER of the two crewmen on
board.
A THERMAL MONITOR shows a GREYSCALE image of the landscape
below. A WHITE HOT SHAPE of Beth against a cold night as
she runs.
The CO-PILOT taps Beth’s SHAPE on the screen. A CROSSHAIR
begins to follow Beth’s form on the screen.
A powerful BEAM of LIGHT STREAMS out from below the
cockpit penetrating the night.
EXT. MOUNT VICTORIA LOOKOUT - MONUMENT (RAIN)
The Monument displays a mass of names to victims of the
earthquake.
DEAD FLOWERS in old JAM JARS.
Beth leans up against the Monument, breathless. She
coughs. Looking down she sees her JEANS are riddled with
the NEEDLES of gorse puncturing heavy cotton.