(LIGHTER CLATTERS)
Where's the lighter?
Fucking-- fuck!
(GROANS) Alright
Fuck.
(HISSES) Fuck!
Hey, Al. Open the door.
I need to borrow your lighter (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Quit being a stupid asshole and open the door!
Please?
(EXHALES)
(SOFTLY) Fuck
(DOOR CLOSES)
(OUTER DOOR CLOSES)
(CANS CLATTER)
(CAN CONTINUES TO RATTLE)
My god...
Is it Christmas?
(JINGLE TUNE PLAYS)
♪ On the way is the blue bird ♪
Where'd he go?
Hey! Where did you go and all little bird friend and fucking everyone?
(THUDS)
(SNIFFS)
You okay. man?
Not okay. Not okay. N-Not okay.
(SOFTLY) Fuck.
(SOFTLY) Come on, fucking piece of shit.
(GRUNTS) This fucking--
(GROANS)
Fuck this shit.
Dad! Mary!
(TAPS ON DOOR) It's me, Jake!
Meg, open the door!
I don't want any money or anything, I just--
I just wanna make sure you guys are okay.
(KNOCKS ON DOOR) Are you okay?
(DOOR OPENS) Hello?
Anybody home?
(FOOTSTEPS ASCEND)
It's Jake.
You guys playing hookie today?
You better not be doing it because I'm coming in, okay?
Megan. Meg!
Meg!
Oh, thank God. (SIGHS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(FOOTSTEPS DESCEND)
WOMAN: (ON TV) Do not fall asleep. Do not fall asleep. This message will repeat.
This is a national emergency, imminent details will follow.
(ECHOING) Do not fall asleep.
(VOMITS)
(COUGHS)
I smoked some bad shit. I'm gonna wake up soon.
Wake up, Jake. Wake up.
- Wake up. Wake up. Wake up! - BOY: You are awake.
Sorry, but, you're awake. Trust me.
Otherwise you'd be like them.
I don't understand. (SNIFFS)
What am I supposed to do?
Beats me, just don't fall asleep.
Okay. (SNIFFS)
(THEME MUSIC PLAYS)
(SIGHS) It's quiet.
JAKE: I don' think I'll ever get used to it. It's like being stuck in fucking outer space.
SAM: Now you're just stalling.
Come on, this is your idea.
Now you gotta pay the price.
- Don't be a pussy - It's just that I don't really like needles, you know that
Come on don't-- (STABS) Oh fuck!
- (SCREAMS) You said you'd count to three! - If I'd done that, you'd-- (STAB)
- Fuck! - See it hurts, doesn't it you little bastard
Okay, come on go! It's a waste of time. Let's go, go, go, go, go
A few things are worth being stabbed in the heart for, Sam
This is one of them.
The other one was Randy Convoy in 8th grade
She liked to stab in the back. Bitch.
WOMAN: (SCOFFS) I'm sure she had her reasons.
- Hey Lily, what are you doing in the hot tub? - What?
- We can't relax too? - Get out!
What are you yelling for? You guys are in the pool.
Your body temperature is gonna raise, when it drops back down. It won't be good.
- It'll be bad. Understand? - Yeah.
- Get out! - Come on guys, we're getting out too.
Fine.
tits
ass
Was that not about raising your body temperature?
- They were naked. - Oh, you noticed that too, huh?
Come on, let's go. I can already feel the crash coming on.
Hello? Earth to pervy 13-year old.
Every 13-year old is pervy. That's kind of our thing.
(SIGHS)
- SAM: So, uh. You like Rachel? - Yeah.
She's t he best of the "non-dead" girls, you know. I guess.
Cool. Uh...
Don't have sex with her.
(LAUGHS) Are you calling dibs?
Orgasms release melatonin, it's a hormone and a sedative
(SIGHS) Where'd you come up with all this shit?
I'm a pervy 13-year old with ADHD.
And internet.
Well, you don't have to worry. Happened to hold the world record
For falling asleep after sex, so you can relax.
Just looking after you.
It goes both ways, don't go jerking off in the corner and getting yourself killed.
I was always warned about the dangers of masturbation
(SCOFFS) You and me both, kid.
- Hey, Jake? - Yeah?
You think I'll ever live long enough to have sex?
That is the best life goal that I have ever heard.
And I am going to ensure that you see it through or die trying.
- (GRUNTS) - So, uh...
What about you?
Like I said, I've already had plenty of bad sex.
No, why are you still awake?
I don't know.
It just seems better than the alternative.
(BELL RINGS)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
(PILLS RATTLING)
JAKE: Yo, I'm not sure if I ever told you. But I'm glad you came into my life.
You and your friend, Ritalin.
Think I wasted all those years with Crystal Initiative with legal
(EXHALES) Now, who's hungry.
I wonder how many people are left in China
More than here.
They were awake, when it started right?
3AM here is what, 5 or 6 in the evening there.
We didn't even have a chance.
Here, they just washed us out. Like fucking-- ninjas.
Not all of us.
You know, you still haven't told me how you actually survived, dude.
You know who had it really good?
Europe.
It was morning there.
They'd be coming off a full night sleep. Nice-- nice head start.
Except for those late bastards who hit the snooze button.
- Are they fighting? - No.
It's Lily. Again.
LILY: What? It's very weird.
No, you should know that! No!
No, no, no!
What?! What do you want me to do?
N- Your fucking-- Goddamn, you're driving me nuts!
- Just stop! - I'll take care of her.
(SOBBING)
I'm gonna go take a leak.
Full disclosure, I peed in the pool.
It's probably half piss by now to be honest.
I pissed in too.
I just wish it didn't feel like being stabbed in the bladder every time I take a piss.
These diuretics are killing me.
You don't even know what that word means.
It means things that make you piss.
(SIGHS)
I piss like a diabetic camel.
(MUMBLING)
(MUMBLING CONTINUES) This guy's still at it.
I've got a new theory.
Yeah?
- Shoot - Radioactive space birds.
Passes by before any sees it, affects the atmosphere of the entire planet
We breathe it in, poof, simultaneous delta brain state
That is the plot of Night of the Living Dead.
It's also incredibly dumb, especially incredibly dumb for someone who uses the word "diuretics"
It's a good movie.
It's a classic.
Look, who gives a shit what this is? It just is.
Just gotta survive it. That's what we gotta do.
- We'd become sharks. - What?
Skarks. They don't sleep, you know?
Yeah, exactly. We're an adaptable species.
We survived the comet that killed the dinosaurs. The fucking dinosaurs.
T-Rex's brother, whoever. Think about that.
But-- That's not entirely true but I kinda see your point.
SAM: Sex kills and the seas are full of sharks.
- SAM: This world fucking sucks - Not if you're a shark.
- To becoming sharks then. - To becoming sharks.
Probably should have washed your hands before you did all that.
(GROANS)
- RACHEL: Oh my god! No! - She's at it again
- No, that was Rachel. - Rachel?
RACHEL: No! No! This cannot be--
What? What happened?
- (MUMBLING) - Wake up, Lily. Wake up, Lily!
- Wake up. - Jake, get the adrenaline!
Come on, Lily. Come on, come on. Come on, Lily!
SAM: Come on, Jake!
I'm sorry.
I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die.
We're dropping like fucking flies.
First it was 15 and then 11,
and then 7, and then 4 now 3.
- Rachel, y-you need to calm down. - Stop giving orders like you know shit.
You're just a fucking kid and now Lily's fucking dead. (SOBBING)
(SOFTLY) How much time was left?
- RACHEL: How much time was left? - What?
How much goddamn time was left?!
The drugs aren't even working anymore.
Sugar and then caffeine and then cigarettes and now the
hard fucking drugs aren't even fucking working!
- We don't know that, Rachel. - Yes, we do!
Tell me you can't feel it.
Tell me it's not getting worse.
(DRY LAUGH) Up the dose.
We've gotta get more and we cannot run out.
She sat behind me in 9th grade.
- Could you guys just... - Yeah.
We'll take care if her. Just take a minute.
(SIGHS)
- This is a waste of time. - Well what else are we doing right now?
Should we say something?
- Right hand, red? - Maybe a moment of slience is best.
(CAR TIRE SQUEALS)
Well, on the bright side, we don't have to worry about having sex anymore. (SCOFFS)
Says who?
Come on, just fucking with you, man.
The bag pack. It's gone!
Fucking bitch, that was all we have left!
(CAR ENGINE STARTS) (TIRES SQUEAL)
Come on, Jake. We're never gonna catch her, we gotta go to a pharmacy.
Before the house, we were in her fucking car. What were we doing?
Who gives a shit, I can barely remember an hour ago.
An hour ago, you were staring at tits!
(TIMER RINGS)
- Fucking think! - Alright, alright.
Before the house, there was a...
- Fireworks. What else, fireworks! Oakland Peaks - I was driving.
- Yeah, I think you were. - Hold on.
(TIRES SQUEAL)
You wanna tell me where we're going?
"A man's gotta know his limitations," you know who said that?
Dirty fucking Harry.
What's that even mean?
I never filled the gas, so I sure as fuck didn't fill it before Glinn Peak
So, the only working gas station in town.
(LAUGHS)
- Bitch! - I'm not gonna question it, but you need to go faster.
(ENGINES REVVING)
- (HORN HONKS) - No, no, no. Come on, Jake. Stay awake!
- (TIRES SQUEAL) - Stay awake!
- (MUMBLING) Stay awake, Jake - Come on, come on!
Yeah, alright. A little good one there.
- Come on, Jake. Stay awake! - You've got to stop yelling at me 'cause my ears
hurts my feelings.
(TIRES SQUEAL)
(MUMBLING)
(HANDBRAKE PULLS)
(SOFTLY) Okay, alright. Here we go.
Come on, Jake. Hurry!
- (GROANS) - Okay, okay!
You've got this, you've got this.
Just like Forza.
Don't be a pussy.
SAM: Shit!
Come on, come on, Jake. Just wake up. Stash?
Come on, Jake! No! Stay up!
Come on, Jake! There's gotta be something.
Sorry about this, Jake.
Three. (STAB)
(SQUEALS) Fuck!
Now stay the fuck awake!
- You couldn't tell if I'm stoned, stay away from me Meg. _ I'm not your sister.
What a mean thing to say.
- (GROANS) Hey, Meg - Still not Meg
Well, whoever the fuck you are, there's something falling from the sky.
If it's a dinosaur comet, I'm sure we'll be just fine.
Oh, the dinosaur comet kinda looks like an airplane.
I'm trying to focus here, if you would shut the hell up that would be great.
I'll try to ram her off the road.
Shit!
- (TIRES SQUEAL) - (ENGINES TURNS OFF)
- Was I just hallucinating just a second ago? - Yeah.
- Am I hallucinating now? - I don't know.
Did you just stab me with a screwdriver before the plane hit our car?
- Yeah, I think that part was real. Yeah. - Okay.
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
- Hello? Are you alright? - Son of a bitch!
Well congratulations, you grounded her.
Fairly certain, we had the right to waive.
Oh, that's real funny. That's top notch.
Look, we're sorry.
We're crashing pretty hard, so if you have any spare drugs
or anything, that'd be. That'd be great. You know, just short-term.
I've been to 8 cities in three days, I haven't anyone your age since the first.
I guess that's worth something
- It's not gonna buy you much time, kid. - It'll buy us enough. Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
(SOFTLY) Thank you.
Thanks for the patches.
- You've just saved our lives. - Well, you've probable just doomed everyone else's
That's a bit dramatic
So, uh. Listen, uh.
I don't suppose you, uh...
suppose you saw any pharmacies when you were up there, huh?
What?
Come on, we're good guys. Somebody just stole our drugs.
Looks like your car still works.
Yeah, seems that way.
There's a hospital on this map but there's not a hospital where the map says
Makes sense.
- How'd you figure? - See, this used to be St. Sebastian's
But it closed like a year ago.
Now they're running this place. A medical center near downtown.
- You can get us there? - Well, yeah, I've definitely been dumped there a couple of times.
Hey!
If we take you there, you have to help us find a pharmacy.
- It won't be necessary. - And why the hell not?
Because hospitals have pharmacies.
(SIGHS) Dumbass.
(GROANS)
- Is that your dad? - Are you serious?
Are you sure you should be with him, kid? He's an addict.
I'm pretty sure we're all addicts now.
- My name is Sam, by the way - Ellis
Captain, on occasion.
I think it's more of the occasion for "Ellis"
You're right.
Hey, you said there weren't any other kids in any other cities.
Not since Newark, no. That doesn't mean they're not out there.
I guess that mean, I haven't seen them. I've seen plenty of people, though.
Who are still kicking.
Holy shit, I think I just pissed out my entire liver.
Can't wait to do it again in 5 minutes.
You should see the back of my plane.
Must have filled 4 milk jugs on the flight over.
I'll tell you, some scavenger will get a real rude awakening if he's thirsty for lemonade.
- Is ironic the word? - Word for what?
Like, the fact that mankind is literally pissing away his last days.
That would be the word.
But we don't have to piss it away. Somewhere out there,
there's an answer for this. We just have to find it.
While continuing to piss all the time? It's not mutally exclusive.
Pissing is somewhat unavoidable in the short-term.
You guys go find your pharmacy. I'll be in the ICU if it strikes you.
- Long day. - Yeah, it's just getting started.
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
Good morning.
Probably some assholes already raided the pharmacy...
(EKG MONITORS BEEPING)
I'm here, asshole.
Sorry, what?
I'm the asshole that raided the pharmacy.
- Singular - I'm also a single asshole
I'm Ally. You want me to take a look at that?
Uh, sure. That'd be great, doctor.
And any pick-me-ups would be greatly appreciated.
We've got just the thing.
Come on. Follow me!
It's adrenaline
Well, saline too and a bunch of other stuff that you probably shouldn't mix but...
More bang for your buck and you can inject or snort.
Don't touch it. It's already 8 times the legal dose.
Anything more, you heart is gonna pop like a balloon.
Noted, thanks. Hey, how's your holding up over there?
- Your son? - Dunno, I'm too cheap to get the test results.
I'm kidding, no. What are you to me, Sam?
Indispensable?
There it is.
Look, I know it's a dumb question but you're not actually an
operating hospital, right? I mean, not anymore.
No, now what you see is what remains of the last night shift.
Well, those of us who decided to stay.
You know, I thought we could put our heads together and tr and figure this thing out.
- What have you got so far? - Jack and shit
(CHUCKLES) But we're alive right?
Alright, let's get you back to your friend.
You made it.
Hey, here's the rest.
Hi! Sarah, mind telling me what you're up to with all of this?
Hi! Jake, what are we up to with all of this?
These four are missing time of death.
They're the same as all the rest.
You're sure? Down to the minute.
Yes, I'm sure. I wrote them and..
past a certain point it really wasn't worth writing anymore.
Christopher Manning, Alicia Town, some Matthew Alma and--
Thank you. Thank you for reading their names aloud.
Really hoping to see the faces of my dead patients again.
(SIGHS) Okay...
Look,
I was piloting a red eye from LA to Newark. Big sleep hit somwhere.
Somewhere in over Colorado, can't be exactly sure where but
We had a doctor, in first class.
Good man, tried his best.
And he couldn't save them, as you know.
Couldn't save my co-pilot either.
We made an emergency landing in Denver
Along with a few others.
On-board doctors record time of death, as they do.
Instantaneous, he said.
3:04AM
Adjusted for timezone.
Denver's a shit storm: hospitals overrun,
networks shutdown, mass hysteria
We decided to press on to Newark.
I wanted to get home, so did my passengers.
Newark's not any better.
But it's good enough that I get a car for them to take a look at the bodies.
So, I hand them over
signed a few forms and I'm on my way.
Social media, 24 hours news just sounding the alarm.
Only good thing come out of that, if you ask me.
And they're all talking about people dying in their beds.
And what time do they say it all started?
SAM: 3AM, or around.
3AM at least.
Same here.
See?
In that one little word, they missed everything.
'Cause it's wasn't around something or about something...
It was exactly 3:04AM
But it wasn't that either.
(SIGHS) 'Cause I remembered the time that the coroner
reported for the victims in Newark.
And what time was that?
3:06AM
So? People die at slightly different time. So what?
So,
I decided to fly back towards Denver.
Short flight, just to test to theory.
Land. Check the times of death in the hospitals.
A-And every city...
Is just the slightest difference.
Just a small little dip in the time.
D.C., 3:05AM
Nashville, 3:04AM
3:03AM
3:02AM
Now, here.
3:01AM
So, somewhere inbetween here
and Denver
Is the point of origin!
Exactly!
The earliest time that we can come up with.
is in between here and Denver.
So, this... Death pulse or whatever it is.
- Is leading me right to it. - Okay, but what is it?
(SCOFFS) I mean, what exactly are you expecting to find
between here and Denver?
Sleep became lethal at a global scale a matter of seconds.
And nobody, not doctors, not scientists,
not anyone has a fucking clue why.
What? What do you think? It's a- some kind of glitch
in our evolution trajectory?
Biological terrorism?
Alien warfare? (SCOFFS)
Well, I wouldn't be surprised if we ride at your point of origin
and we found the foot of God just stomping out his creation
'Cause that is the only explanation left.
I don't have an answer.
But I do have a direction,
And that direction is west.
Anyway, I'm wasting enough time here.
I'm gonna roll.
ALLY: Wait!
We wanna come with you.
Look, I traveled through out the southwest
Texas, Oklahoma, you name it.
I can get you around.
- Both of you? - Yup.
Always, we come in pairs.
It's safer that way.
- Fine - Alright.
Okay, I'm gonna go grab supplies and tell Janett we're leaving.
Yeah. Hey, don't tell her why.
We'll radio them if we find anything.
Hurry up.
ELLIS: We still have to get actual transportation
my plane's busted-
- Speak of the devil - I'm going!
No, we're fucking not.
Jake, shut up!
We're going.
What is the fucking point? We almost died today.
No, we've got to be safer, smarter alright?
We just need to adapt.
Just a couple more days, like sharks, remember?
- Our bodies will sort out the rest - In a few days your body is going to die.
How the shit do you know?
Medical school?
Look, the body cannot survive without sleep.
Right now, you have an expiration date.
We all have an expiration date. 10-11 days max.
After that, you can pop every pill on the planet
But your body is going to shut down.
- You don't know that - Yes, I do.
Come on, Jake.
"A man's got to know his limitations," you know who said that?
- Of course I do - Who?
- (IMITATING DIRTY HARRY) Dirty Harry - Dirty fucking Harry
Yeah, okay.
All I know is someone's gotta do something.
Or else this blueberry is gonna outlast the entire human race.
I'm not gonna let that happen.
(PACKET CRINKLES)
- Jake? - Yeah?
(BOTH URINATING)
I'm scared again.
That's just 'cause you're starting to think you might not be up for this.
(URINATING CONTINUES)
But I'm scared too.
So much for becoming sharks, right?
(ZIPPER CLOSES)
It's fine. I think I like to go back being a person anyway.
Yeah, me too.
Alright, you little bastard.
Let's go find an answer.
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