Careful. [Matt keeps holding on, the misstep is like she had slipped in a puddle.]
We're moving.
[Frank startles some at touch. The first name out of his Lisa. Matt comes up on both of them fast, He grabs the Marine by the shoulders. Laura tugging on him and making his brain work to recognize her.]
I'm--yeah.
[There he is. Sort of. The three of them hustle out the back door. Frank's van is there. Clearly only he can drive.]
Frank, Frank. We need to get back home. Please. Can you do this?
[They can ditch the van perhaps. Though it would be here, it would be evidence.]
Yeah.
[Matt lets Laura sit up front. She's small and would not be recognized. For Frank he lugs him to the driver's seat. Slowly coming to the moment. Driving is a mindless task. The city is always busy though here on this side of town and the side streets there is fucking no one.]
[ Laura helps as best she can with the getting to the van. Matt is more help, she can help move Frank easier. When he drives, he does it like he isn't really thinking about it. She's seen this before with some of her friends after tests or training.
This far away look. It's how one of them looked before he ran off the roof. ]
We're home now. [ They park but Frank doesn't budge after he turns off the van. She hesitates just a moment and reaches out to place a small hand on his forearm. ]
[He's in there. Just deeper than before. The carousel is turning. The bullets are flying. His daughter and son, his wife...all gone.
Matt slumps in the back. He is trying to keep his composure too for Laura and for Frank. His body is angry at him. But they are all here and together.
Parking now, Frank doesn't move. Matt slowly hauls himself up right. The touch of the young girl's hand on the Marine's arm gets a slow look. Laura is still soaked in blood. Hell, not like that would change in the next few moments.]
Yeah.
[Stumbling and without a helmet, Matt opens the driver's side door to pull him from the van.]
Let's go, Frank. Almost there.
[The situation is tense. Matt has a weary smile for Laura.]
[ Laura climbs out with him, but doesn't miss the way that he looks at her. No, not her. The state of her. She does not know his story but she knows that scent. He hurts.
They get up the stairs, quiet to not draw attention, and then into Matt's apartment. She doesn't have a smile to offer back for Matt. Once they get inside, Laura gets the first aid kit and sets it on the table. ]
[Frank's stumbling tread on the ground is bolstered by Matt who has found his second wind. They get upstairs with minimal incident, that doesn't mean it didn't take some time. He eases Frank to sit. He's almost dead weight.]
I'm gonna tend to his leg. [Still in his suit but it's fine for now. His own discomfort is taking a backseat.]
How about you jump in the bath? Get clean and settle down. When you're done you can help me.
[ They need to look at Matt as well. He is in pain. The way Frank looks at her with that faraway gaze, she knows that she is not much help until after she cleans up.
More talking about what happened will come later, and she isn't sure how she feels about the idea. Her stomach twists in a little knot at that. ]
I will do that.
[ After she's done she goes to the closet to find clothes for both of them. Frank doesn't have many there but there are a few. Her hair is still a little damp when she comes out. ]
[The helmet is on the coffee table, his gloves are completely off. Matt crouches and eases off Frank's jeans to his shins to get a better look at the graze. Frank grunts. It's painful, not shaking off the daze wholly.
Yeah it hasn't been a good time for him at all.
By the time Laura is out of the bathroom and clean, the wound is bandaged. Matt dabs sweat from his brow.]
Thank you.
[He reaches out to Frank who has moved to look at Laura a bit like he hasn't seen her before.]
...Frank she brought a change. It'll feel better.
[Not a good chance that they'll get him to bathe right now. He reaches out and for the first time since the warehouse he says anything.]
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We're moving.
[Frank startles some at touch. The first name out of his Lisa. Matt comes up on both of them fast, He grabs the Marine by the shoulders. Laura tugging on him and making his brain work to recognize her.]
I'm--yeah.
[There he is. Sort of. The three of them hustle out the back door. Frank's van is there. Clearly only he can drive.]
Frank, Frank. We need to get back home. Please. Can you do this?
[They can ditch the van perhaps. Though it would be here, it would be evidence.]
Yeah.
[Matt lets Laura sit up front. She's small and would not be recognized. For Frank he lugs him to the driver's seat. Slowly coming to the moment. Driving is a mindless task. The city is always busy though here on this side of town and the side streets there is fucking no one.]
Let's go.
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This far away look. It's how one of them looked before he ran off the roof. ]
We're home now. [ They park but Frank doesn't budge after he turns off the van. She hesitates just a moment and reaches out to place a small hand on his forearm. ]
We're home. We have to go inside now.
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Matt slumps in the back. He is trying to keep his composure too for Laura and for Frank. His body is angry at him. But they are all here and together.
Parking now, Frank doesn't move. Matt slowly hauls himself up right. The touch of the young girl's hand on the Marine's arm gets a slow look. Laura is still soaked in blood. Hell, not like that would change in the next few moments.]
Yeah.
[Stumbling and without a helmet, Matt opens the driver's side door to pull him from the van.]
Let's go, Frank. Almost there.
[The situation is tense. Matt has a weary smile for Laura.]
C'mon Laura.
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They get up the stairs, quiet to not draw attention, and then into Matt's apartment. She doesn't have a smile to offer back for Matt. Once they get inside, Laura gets the first aid kit and sets it on the table. ]
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I'm gonna tend to his leg. [Still in his suit but it's fine for now. His own discomfort is taking a backseat.]
How about you jump in the bath? Get clean and settle down. When you're done you can help me.
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More talking about what happened will come later, and she isn't sure how she feels about the idea. Her stomach twists in a little knot at that. ]
I will do that.
[ After she's done she goes to the closet to find clothes for both of them. Frank doesn't have many there but there are a few. Her hair is still a little damp when she comes out. ]
I brought new clothes.
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Yeah it hasn't been a good time for him at all.
By the time Laura is out of the bathroom and clean, the wound is bandaged. Matt dabs sweat from his brow.]
Thank you.
[He reaches out to Frank who has moved to look at Laura a bit like he hasn't seen her before.]
...Frank she brought a change. It'll feel better.
[Not a good chance that they'll get him to bathe right now. He reaches out and for the first time since the warehouse he says anything.]
Thank you.