The Calm Beyond (2020) Movie Script
ASHA:
How did it come to this?
[WIND HOWLING]
[ALL SCREAMING]
It's been five years already.
The storm has passed,
but I'm stuck in its wake.
Everything's gone...
and I'm still here.
[GASPS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SIGHS]
[WIND WHISTLING]
[]
[SIGHS]
[MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY OVER
RADIO, THEN RADIO SHUTS OFF]
[SIGHS]
[INDISTINCT TALKING OVER RADIO]
[TUNING, STATIC OVER RADIO]
[MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY,
THEN CONTINUES TUNING]
[HIGH-PITCHED STATIC
OVER HEADPHONES]
MAN: If you hear
this, there is hope.
We have food, shelter
and supplies.
Our location is 22.27...
[STATIC]
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
[SOFTLY]
That's one. That's two.
That's...
three. All right.
I need that.
All right, now...
Okay, that's 12.
That's 8.
Looks so dry.
When is it going to rain again?
All right, so 12 and 8.
[]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
[SIGHS]
Fish today or chicken?
Oh, no, no, no.
[GASPS]
What is that?
[GRUNTS]
[GASPS]
[GRUNTING]
[]
[GRUNTS]
[PANTING]
[RATTLES SOFTLY]
[SCOFFS]
[GRUNTS]
[WINCES]
[GROANS, SUCKS TEETH]
[GROANS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[]
[CRIES OUT, SUCKS TEETH]
[MUFFLED SCREAM]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SOBS]
[]
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
[GASPS]
[]
[GASPS]
[WHISPERS]
Okay.
SCAVENGER 1 [IN CHINESE]:
[IN CHINESE]
[SHUDDERING]
[OBJECTS CLUNKING, SCRAPING]
[METAL CLATTERS]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[GLASS BREAKS IN DISTANCE]
There's no one here.
just not looking hard enough.
[CHUCKLES]
I know what I saw.
[IN CHINESE]
- [GUNSHOT]
- [GASPS]
I thought I saw something.
[CRYING SOFTLY]
[SNIFFLES]
ASHA:
Well, cheers.
And you can tell me how it is.
Is it good?
- It's really good.
- This is, technically,
our first meal as sisters.
Does this count as a meal?
Mm, this can be the appetizer.
[CHUCKLES]
What does it taste like?
- Goodness.
- Goodness?
[CHUCKLES]
Should we take a picture?
[SHUTTER CLICKS]
[CLICKING ECHOES]
[PANTING]
[]
[WATER BURBLING]
[SCREAMS]
[GASPS, THEN EXHALING SHARPLY]
[URINE DRIBBLES]
[]
[SIGHS]
Give me something.
Give me something.
What's in there?
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[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[WATER BOILING]
[UTENSIL CLATTERS]
[]
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
- [GIRL COUGHS]
- [GASPS SOFTLY]
[WHISPERS]
What's over there?
[FOOTSTEPS RUNNING]
[FEET SHUFFLING]
- Caught you!
- [GROWLS]
[GROANING]
Ow!
[]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
Just keep your head up
Reach for...
Ooh, I like this.
Tsk, I thought we were shopping
for your sister's birthday?
Half-sister. And I am.
Doesn't mean I can't find
a couple nice things for me.
[ASHA CHUCKLES]
- A couple?
- What?
Didn't I say
we were gonna celebrate?
- Celebration time.
- [BOTH LAUGH]
Oh, here we go.
She'll like this.
Hey, that's cute.
It looks
just like your jacket...
but cheaper.
It's okay.
That way,
she'll stop borrowing mine.
- Yeah.
- I'm gonna get this.
Hey, do you think
I need more denim in my life?
[BIKE BELL RINGS]
- Basic L.A. energy.
- Heh, yeah.
Oh, you're coming
to Tristan's party, right?
Yes, you've only asked me
like 87 times.
I know it's a big deal.
I'll be there.
Okay, good.
I'm just making sure.
- Do you think that...?
- No. He doesn't suspect anything.
- And...?
- And, yes, he'll be surprised.
Okay, good.
Oh, oh, oh! I am staying
at yours that night.
Oh, my God. Are you kidding me?
You're still hiding
that you have a boyfriend?
You're 24. Ugh!
Come on, you know
how traditional my parents are.
They would have a stroke
if they knew
I was dating a non-Chinese guy.
You know what?
You need to just grow a pair.
When I told my parents
I was gonna move out,
they just accepted it.
I think about that a lot.
Moving in with Tristan,
having my own space...
- Yeah.
- ...but I can't.
[SCOFFS]
You know what?
You're an adult now.
They're just gonna have to deal.
Plus, it's not like
you can't afford it.
Miss Associate
Merchandise Buyer!
[BOTH GIGGLE]
Okay, maybe you're right.
- I'll think about it.
- Yeah.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- Oh!
[SIGHS]
It's like she can hear us.
- It's okay, let's go. It's fine.
- Leave me alone!
- [ASHA GROANS]
- I think I saw durian back there.
[SIGHS]
[]
[GASPS]
[WHISPERS]
What?
[GRUNTS SOFTLY]
[WRAPPER CRINKLES]
[WATER BOILING]
[YAWNS]
Hi.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[CLATTERING]
[]
ASHA:
Hey!
[GIGGLES]
[FOOTSTEPS RUNNING AWAY]
[TAKING SHUDDERING BREATHS]
[]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[WATER BOILING]
[SIGHS]
[CLATTERING]
Hey.
Here.
AMY: Wow, thank you.
Thank you, jiejie.
It's just like yours.
- Oh...
- Now that you have your own,
you won't have
to borrow mine all the time.
Thanks.
[IN CHINESE]
AMY [IN CHINESE]:
Huh? Wait, what?
Poh Poh's necklace?
[IN CHINESE]
Yeah, but that's not the point.
It should go to the oldest
daughter. I'm the oldest.
[IN CHINESE]
[SCOFFS]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[SIGHS]
[SCOFFS]
[]
[WRAPPER CRINKLES]
[]
[BLOWS]
[BLOWS]
[SNICKERS, THEN LAUGHING]
[GIGGLES]
[]
[HEI HEI SNIFFLING]
[HEI HEI CRYING SOFTLY]
You okay?
[SOFTLY]
Fine.
[HEI HEI SNIFFLES]
- I'm Asha.
- Hmm?
My name is Asha.
Okay.
You're scared.
It's okay.
It's okay to cry.
I don't cry.
ASHA:
You don't?
Wow.
I cry a lot.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Before, I cried every night.
With so much snot.
You miss family?
Yeah.
Ah Ma.
But I'll see her soon.
You will?
Yeah.
When I leave.
- Oh.
- I'm gonna build a boat,
and we're going to find her...
and go far away from here.
[WHISPERS]
Okay.
My name's Yuen Hei.
But people call me Hei Hei.
Night, Hei Hei.
[]
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
Wait!
No! No! No, no!
No, no, no, no! No!
Oh! No!
That tape, it was...
Oh.
[SIGHS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Okay.
Excuse me.
Don't play with everything.
Okay.
Since you're gonna be here,
we're gonna have rules, okay?
First, don't touch my stuff.
Second, don't slam any doors
or make any loud noises.
Sound travels,
people are always listening.
They are not as nice as me.
- Pretty.
- Hey, are you listening?
That was pretty cool.
[]
ASHA:
What?
[SIGHS]
Hei Hei.
[SCOFFS]
That little thief. I'm gonna...
[CLATTERING IN DISTANCE]
[MEN CLAMORING]
SCAVENGER:
I found food!
[HUMMING]
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[MEN YELLING IN DISTANCE]
Get it out of here!
[SCAVENGER GRUNTING]
[WATER DRIPPING]
What do you do
if the bad men come?
- What?
- The bad men.
What do you do if they come?
I have a hiding place.
Can I hide there too?
Weren't you leaving?
You can come.
No. I won't.
Why not?
This is my home.
And plus, there's no point.
There's nothing
out there anyway.
Nothing?
No. Not really.
Anyway, let's deal
with these tangles.
Here.
[SCOFFS]
You have a couple of tricks
up your sleeve, huh?
[CHUCKLES]
Ah Ma, she taught me.
- Did you take my necklace?
- Huh?
My necklace, you know,
the one I always wear.
Did you take it?
It's okay if you did.
- No.
- Just be honest.
- I won't be mad.
- No!
You really didn't?
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[DOOR KNOB RATTLES]
Hei Hei?
I'm not upset
if you took the necklace.
[SIGHS]
I'm just not good at this
whole being with people thing.
I'm just used to being alone.
It's just...
easier.
I mean, it's been so long.
The last person
I talked to was...
It's just been a long time...
and I don't like people
touching my stuff, you know?
It's not like I'm mad.
Seriously? The silent treatment?
What do you want me to say?
I'm sorry that I accused you.
It's fine if you took it.
You can tell me. I'm not upset.
Okay, fine. I'm upset.
Are you happy now?
Don't touch my stuff.
[WHISPERS]
What just happened?
[]
Huh? What the...?
Where's the...?
What the...?
[WATER SPLASHING]
Is this okay?
Is this okay, jiejie?
I don't know. Ask Ma.
I'm not allowed
to help with dumplings, right?
[IN CHINESE]
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY IN CHINESE]
ASHA: Yeah,
the worst typhoon in history.
- Jiejie.
- Yeah, I know.
None of those places were built
like Hong Kong, but still.
- [SPEAKS IN CHINESE]
- Ma, I'm on the phone.
Phone later.
[IN CHINESE]
I'll call you back.
The master beckons.
[PHONE BEEPS OFF]
I don't see
what the big deal is.
You already have
yourself a slave.
Don't talk like that.
Why can't you be a good girl
like your sister?
[IN CHINESE]
[IN CHINESE]
[]
AMY:
Asha? Asha? Asha?
Asha!
Wake up.
- Wake up.
- [GASPS]
It's okay. It's Hei Hei.
It's okay.
- [LIGHTS BUZZING]
- [GASPS]
The lights work.
Only this one, but it's
always flickered like that.
Plus, I don't trust electricity
around so much water.
Come on.
So we change the headlamps
in the stairwell much less
because we don't
use them as much, right?
Hey, are you listening?
What's in that room?
Which room?
At the end of the corridor
with no handle.
Oh, yeah. That room.
It...
stinks.
Oh.
And when we let that smell out,
it's everywhere.
[WHISPERS]
Like warm farts.
[NEWS PLAYS INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
ASHA: I don't care
what social media says.
- REPORTER 1: Massive waves...
- This is different.
...have devastated Indonesia
and the Philippines...
REPORTER 2: ...Singapore has been
completely destroyed by floods.
[PEOPLE CLAMORING ON TV]
[TV SHUTS OFF]
Ah Ma! That was important!
- Family's more important.
- Call you later.
But there are actual disasters
that we should
actually be worried about.
Eat first. Worry after.
FATHER [IN CHINESE]:
[IN CHINESE]
You're working? I thought
you had that party... Ow!
[IN CHINESE]
FATHER:
- It's okay.
Your father too nice.
We go as family.
You're part of our family,
so you will go.
Maybe I don't wanna
be a part of this family.
- FATHER: Jiejie.
- Okay.
Then you go find another family.
- Fine! I will.
- Go!
This place is
like a prison anyway.
FATHER:
Jiejie. Jiejie.
- Jiejie! Don't go!
- Okay, go!
Maybe I'll move in
with my boyfriend.
- [IN CHINESE]
- AMY: Don't go!
- It's okay. You'll be fine.
- MOTHER:
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[SIGHS]
- [MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES]
- [HUMMING]
[TUNING RADIO]
[STATIC, INDISTINCT TALKING]
[MAN SPEAKING IN CHINESE]
So anyone out there,
if you hear this,
there is hope.
We have food, shelter
and supplies.
Our location is 22.2759 degrees
north by 11...
HEI HEI:
Asha! Asha! Asha!
- I found help! Asha!
- [SHUSHES]
I found help!
[WHISPERS]
Be quiet!
- We just need a boat.
- No, we don't.
Why not?
They said they'll help us.
No. We don't know that, okay?
We don't know how long
it's gonna take to get there
and how easy they are to find.
Once we go back,
we can't come back, so no.
- We're staying here.
- But if we try...
Just stop it!
Just...
stop it, okay?
Just forget it.
- You're a coward.
- Well, you're a thief.
I didn't mean...
I didn't
take your dumb necklace.
You think you're so nice to me,
but you're not.
You're just an angry, bitter,
scared person with no life.
[SLAMS FLOOR]
You can look if you want,
but don't touch.
You're building a raft.
Hey, now I have to fix that.
You know this won't work.
Well, I'd ask you to help me,
but I can't trust you.
You might steal from me.
[SCOFFS]
Hei Hei, you know
you can't go out there.
It's dangerous out there.
You'll never survive.
There are things in the water,
the weather's unstable,
you could get lost, starve or...
worse.
How do you know?
You don't even try.
Anyways, I have protection.
What the...?
Where did you get this?
I found that. It's mine.
This is not a toy, okay?
If this flare gun goes off,
they will hear us, find us,
and then it's game over.
Do you understand?
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry, but you don't
know what's out there.
I do.
I tried to find help...
before.
It was bad, Hei Hei.
Very bad.
But it's not safe here too.
Why do you say that?
They'll find us.
- Who will?
- The bad men.
You talk about them
all the time.
Even in your sleep.
Well, now I have you here
to keep us hidden
and safe, right?
Yeah.
Okay. Clean all this up
and put it back
where you found it, okay?
Okay. Can I have the gun?
[CHUCKLES]
Nice try.
- Jiejie!
- What are you doing? Go back in.
Please, jiejie!
Please don't go.
I can't go back.
I can't go back to that prison.
I mean, I have
no space, no freedom.
Everyone's in my stuff.
Even you!
[SCOFFS]
Come on. That's my jacket.
Look...
[SNIFFLES]
I'll come home tomorrow
and talk to Pa and Ma...
but I am moving out.
It's just time.
But we can still hang out.
We can go get fries.
- Can we go now?
- [CHUCKLES]
No. Nice try.
Wanna help me get a taxi?
Hey, you're not
wearing the necklace.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
- Hei Hei, wake up.
- Hm?
I need your help.
[]
HEI HEI:
So much water.
We've got
a lot of work to do.
[GRUNTS]
[WATER SLOSHING]
[HEI HEI SIGHS]
Hmm?
Um, Asha?
What is it?
I'm not sure
if you believe me.
I'm not sure how to say this.
- What is it?
- Well, first, I'm sorry
how I talk about your necklace.
- About wishing...
- It's okay.
We were both...
stupid.
Anyway, I'm kind of glad
it's gone.
Really?
Yeah.
I'm glad.
Wow.
- Looks good.
- Thanks.
Hei Hei.
- Thanks.
- Welcome.
Shall I cook some noodles
to celebrate the rain?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Yeah. I'll open a can of meat
and pickled cabbage too.
- [WHISPERS] Let's go nuts.
- Okay.
[]
Is that your sister?
It's the only one
I have of us together.
She's pretty.
Yeah. She was.
You don't talk about her
too much.
What's there to talk about?
She's gone.
They're all gone.
Yeah. Dead.
But, hey, we're not gone.
We're still here, right?
Yeah.
- And we have each other.
- Mm-hm.
And Grace.
- Grace?
- Mm-hm.
Grace.
[CHUCKLES]
Right. And Grace.
[CHUCKLES]
Let's eat the food.
It's getting cold.
- Wow. Three sausages each?
- Yep.
What happened to rationing?
- I know.
- [CHUCKLES]
Well, yeah, it's a celebration.
[]
There you are.
Well, the water's clean
and stored
and done the laundry, and...
Hey.
Look at that.
What? The sky?
It's a good one, huh?
Yeah, I guess.
Hey.
Thank you for doing all that.
Now I have something
to show you.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Come on. We can eat later.
[]
[GASPS]
A raft!
So you're definitely
coming back tomorrow, right?
Yeah. I promise.
- Morning?
- Wai...
[SIGHS]
Yeah. Okay.
Oh, God, I'm never
gonna get a taxi here.
Let's try over there. Come on.
[SINGING INDISTINCTLY]
- I knew you'd take the jacket.
- What?
I knew you'd take the jacket.
I put something
in the pocket. Ow!
- Asshole!
- [PEOPLE SCREAMING]
Oh, my God! Amy, run! Run!
[]
Hei Hei.
- I didn't...
- I know.
The catch was broken.
I'm really sorry.
Here.
There.
- Keep it safe for me?
- Okay.
Thanks.
- [MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES]
- [HUMMING]
- Hei Hei.
- Hm?
- [MUSIC BLARING]
- [GASPS]
- [MUSIC STOPS PLAYING]
- I'm sorry.
- I'm so sorry.
- [SHUSHES]
[WHISPERS] Please, no one hear that.
Please, no one hear that.
HEI HEI: Please! Please! Please!
No, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
I know, but, Hei Hei,
it's just not safe.
Please, we can still do it.
Hei Hei, we'll go,
but not right now, okay?
We have to wait it out.
Now come on, help me do this.
[]
Come on. Go over there.
[SIGHS]
That's good.
Come on.
Let's go.
[WHISPERS]
Nothing.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Hei Hei?
Hei Hei?
All clear.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Nice hiding spot.
You hungry?
Are you sure?
Might be the last hot meal
you get for a while.
There's no room
to light a stove on the raft.
We're going?
[]
- SCAVENGER: There she is!
- [GASPS]
I see her.
Asha! Asha!
Asha! Asha! Asha!
Asha!
Hey, get the bed!
Hurry! Get Grace. Come on.
Hurry. Come on. Come on.
Yeah. Okay.
- No. No. Wait, you can fit.
- It's okay.
No. You have to stay here,
okay?
- No. No.
- It's okay.
- No. No.
- No. It's okay.
- You have to stay here.
- You can fit.
No, no. It's okay.
No, it's okay.
We are running out of time.
Stay here. It's okay.
- I wanna go with you.
- No, it's okay.
- I'll find another spot.
- Don't leave me.
Hei Hei, I'm not going
to leave you, okay?
Before you, I had nothing.
I had nothing, okay?
I didn't have
anything to live for,
nothing to care about.
You changed that.
Okay? You changed that.
We're gonna find a new life
together, okay?
I promise. When it's time,
I'm gonna come for you, okay?
I'll come for you,
I promise. Okay?
- But where are you hiding?
- I know the perfect place.
Somewhere that smells
like warm farts, okay?
- Okay? Okay?
- Promise?
Okay? Be quiet, okay? Okay?
[]
[IN CHINESE]
[ASHA TAKING SHUDDERING BREATHS]
[]
- MOTHER: Okay, go!
- ASHA: I will!
- FATHER: Jiejie!
- MOTHER: Go!
[YELLING]
[GRUNTING]
[GRUNTING]
[GASPS, THEN GAGS]
[MUFFLED RETCH]
[MUFFLED RETCH]
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- [VOMITING]
[ALL SCREAMING]
Oh, my God, Amy! Go, go, go!
Amy, come here! Go!
Go that way! Go that way!
Come on, Amy!
- Stay close to me!
- Wait!
- Hurry! Amy, come on!
- Slow down! You're hurting me!
[ALL CLAMORING]
Come on!
Wait!
[PANTING]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
[]
[MEN GRUNTING IN DISTANCE,
GLASS BREAKING]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[KNOCKS ON PANEL]
- [BREATHING RAPIDLY]
- [MAN GRUNTS]
SCAVENGER:
- AMY: Slow down!
- Hurry up!
- Ow! You're hurting me!
- [ALL SCREAMING]
- Hey!
- Come on, Amy!
Hurry up! Come on!
- My ankle!
- Come on!
- ASHA: Come on! Let's go!
- Wait!
- Wait for me.
- Stay with me!
Wait! Wait!
Amy, come on!
Wait! Wait! Asha!
Come on, Amy!
[ELECTRICAL SPARKING]
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[SOBBING]
[SNIFFLES]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
HEI HEI:
She's in there.
[]
[DOOR OPENS]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[GASPS]
SCAVENGER [IN CHINESE]:
Get up!
Get up!
[GASPS]
[IN CHINESE]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[IN CHINESE]
Hei Hei! Oh!
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[GASPS, THEN GRUNTS]
What are we gonna do with you?
[WHIMPERING]
You can move if you like.
I like it
when they wriggle a little.
[SOBS]
No! No!
[SOBBING]
SCAVENGER:
Shit.
It's all right.
We've got plenty of time
for that later.
[ENGINE PUTTERING]
- [GRUNTS]
- [SHRIEKS]
Stupid bitch!
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[SCREAMS]
[YELLING]
[GRUNTING]
[YELLS]
[GROANING]
[]
[PANTING]
[ASHA CRYING]
It's okay.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
Whoa!
[PANTING]
MAN [ON RADIO]: If you hear
this, there is hope.
We have food, shelter
and supplies.
Our location is
22.2759 degrees north,
by 114.1455 degrees east.
- There is hope.
- All right, where are you?
[RECORDING CONTINUES IN CHINESE]
- [RADIO SHUTS OFF]
- [GROANS]
- [GRUNTING]
- [SHRIEKS]
- [GAGGING]
- [YELLING]
[COUGHING]
[SCREAMS]
[PANTING]
[]
[CAN CLATTERS]
[SHRIEKS]
[CRIES OUT]
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING CONTINUES]
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
[GRUNTS]
- [YELLS]
- [GRUNTING]
- [GLASS BREAKS]
- [SCAVENGER GRUNTS]
- [GLASS PIERCING FLESH]
- [ASHA GRUNTING]
[BODY THUDS]
[GASPS, PANTING]
[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- [YELLS]
- [GUNSHOT]
[PANTING, WHIMPERING]
[YELLING]
No!
No! No!
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
No!
Please don't leave me.
Please! Please!
- No!
- [GUNSHOTS]
[TRIGGER CLICKING]
[SCREAMS]
No!
[]
- [HARPOON SPLASHES]
- Shit!
[BOTH GRUNT]
[HEI HEI SCREAMS]
[GASPS, SPITS]
[COUGHS]
[YELLS, GRUNTING]
[BOTH GASPING]
[]
[PANTING]
Okay.
[ENGINE SPUTTERS, STARTS]
HEI HEI:
Why'd you save me?
Because I get it.
It's hard to make good choices
with only bad options.
Want some?
[]
[STATIC OVER RADIO]
If you hear this,
there is hope.
We have food, shelter
and supplies.
Our location is
22.2759 degrees north
by 114.1455 degrees east.
There is hope.
[RECORDING CONTINUES IN CHINESE]
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
[]
Hello, I miss you
Is what my eyes betray
I go to kiss you
As you walk away
I spoke of roses
Where you complained
Of thorns
And I spoke of summers
While you weathered storms
Because you were surrounded
At the time
You were surrounded
At the time
And you were surrounded
At the time
You were surrounded
At the time
Our flight turns to falling
And falling to plummeting
The ground
It comes rushing
Up to welcome me
So this is broken
But when was it
Breaking down?
And was I blinded
Or simply shut my eyes?
Because you were surrounded
At the time
Because you were surrounded
At the time
You were surrounded
At the time
You were surrounded
At the
Time
Surrounded
At the time
Surrounded
At the time
Surrounded at the time
How did it come to this?
[WIND HOWLING]
[ALL SCREAMING]
It's been five years already.
The storm has passed,
but I'm stuck in its wake.
Everything's gone...
and I'm still here.
[GASPS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SIGHS]
[WIND WHISTLING]
[]
[SIGHS]
[MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY OVER
RADIO, THEN RADIO SHUTS OFF]
[SIGHS]
[INDISTINCT TALKING OVER RADIO]
[TUNING, STATIC OVER RADIO]
[MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY,
THEN CONTINUES TUNING]
[HIGH-PITCHED STATIC
OVER HEADPHONES]
MAN: If you hear
this, there is hope.
We have food, shelter
and supplies.
Our location is 22.27...
[STATIC]
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
[SOFTLY]
That's one. That's two.
That's...
three. All right.
I need that.
All right, now...
Okay, that's 12.
That's 8.
Looks so dry.
When is it going to rain again?
All right, so 12 and 8.
[]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
[SIGHS]
Fish today or chicken?
Oh, no, no, no.
[GASPS]
What is that?
[GRUNTS]
[GASPS]
[GRUNTING]
[]
[GRUNTS]
[PANTING]
[RATTLES SOFTLY]
[SCOFFS]
[GRUNTS]
[WINCES]
[GROANS, SUCKS TEETH]
[GROANS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[]
[CRIES OUT, SUCKS TEETH]
[MUFFLED SCREAM]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SOBS]
[]
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
[GASPS]
[]
[GASPS]
[WHISPERS]
Okay.
SCAVENGER 1 [IN CHINESE]:
[IN CHINESE]
[SHUDDERING]
[OBJECTS CLUNKING, SCRAPING]
[METAL CLATTERS]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[GLASS BREAKS IN DISTANCE]
There's no one here.
just not looking hard enough.
[CHUCKLES]
I know what I saw.
[IN CHINESE]
- [GUNSHOT]
- [GASPS]
I thought I saw something.
[CRYING SOFTLY]
[SNIFFLES]
ASHA:
Well, cheers.
And you can tell me how it is.
Is it good?
- It's really good.
- This is, technically,
our first meal as sisters.
Does this count as a meal?
Mm, this can be the appetizer.
[CHUCKLES]
What does it taste like?
- Goodness.
- Goodness?
[CHUCKLES]
Should we take a picture?
[SHUTTER CLICKS]
[CLICKING ECHOES]
[PANTING]
[]
[WATER BURBLING]
[SCREAMS]
[GASPS, THEN EXHALING SHARPLY]
[URINE DRIBBLES]
[]
[SIGHS]
Give me something.
Give me something.
What's in there?
[]
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[WATER BOILING]
[UTENSIL CLATTERS]
[]
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
- [GIRL COUGHS]
- [GASPS SOFTLY]
[WHISPERS]
What's over there?
[FOOTSTEPS RUNNING]
[FEET SHUFFLING]
- Caught you!
- [GROWLS]
[GROANING]
Ow!
[]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
Just keep your head up
Reach for...
Ooh, I like this.
Tsk, I thought we were shopping
for your sister's birthday?
Half-sister. And I am.
Doesn't mean I can't find
a couple nice things for me.
[ASHA CHUCKLES]
- A couple?
- What?
Didn't I say
we were gonna celebrate?
- Celebration time.
- [BOTH LAUGH]
Oh, here we go.
She'll like this.
Hey, that's cute.
It looks
just like your jacket...
but cheaper.
It's okay.
That way,
she'll stop borrowing mine.
- Yeah.
- I'm gonna get this.
Hey, do you think
I need more denim in my life?
[BIKE BELL RINGS]
- Basic L.A. energy.
- Heh, yeah.
Oh, you're coming
to Tristan's party, right?
Yes, you've only asked me
like 87 times.
I know it's a big deal.
I'll be there.
Okay, good.
I'm just making sure.
- Do you think that...?
- No. He doesn't suspect anything.
- And...?
- And, yes, he'll be surprised.
Okay, good.
Oh, oh, oh! I am staying
at yours that night.
Oh, my God. Are you kidding me?
You're still hiding
that you have a boyfriend?
You're 24. Ugh!
Come on, you know
how traditional my parents are.
They would have a stroke
if they knew
I was dating a non-Chinese guy.
You know what?
You need to just grow a pair.
When I told my parents
I was gonna move out,
they just accepted it.
I think about that a lot.
Moving in with Tristan,
having my own space...
- Yeah.
- ...but I can't.
[SCOFFS]
You know what?
You're an adult now.
They're just gonna have to deal.
Plus, it's not like
you can't afford it.
Miss Associate
Merchandise Buyer!
[BOTH GIGGLE]
Okay, maybe you're right.
- I'll think about it.
- Yeah.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- Oh!
[SIGHS]
It's like she can hear us.
- It's okay, let's go. It's fine.
- Leave me alone!
- [ASHA GROANS]
- I think I saw durian back there.
[SIGHS]
[]
[GASPS]
[WHISPERS]
What?
[GRUNTS SOFTLY]
[WRAPPER CRINKLES]
[WATER BOILING]
[YAWNS]
Hi.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[CLATTERING]
[]
ASHA:
Hey!
[GIGGLES]
[FOOTSTEPS RUNNING AWAY]
[TAKING SHUDDERING BREATHS]
[]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[WATER BOILING]
[SIGHS]
[CLATTERING]
Hey.
Here.
AMY: Wow, thank you.
Thank you, jiejie.
It's just like yours.
- Oh...
- Now that you have your own,
you won't have
to borrow mine all the time.
Thanks.
[IN CHINESE]
AMY [IN CHINESE]:
Huh? Wait, what?
Poh Poh's necklace?
[IN CHINESE]
Yeah, but that's not the point.
It should go to the oldest
daughter. I'm the oldest.
[IN CHINESE]
[SCOFFS]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[SIGHS]
[SCOFFS]
[]
[WRAPPER CRINKLES]
[]
[BLOWS]
[BLOWS]
[SNICKERS, THEN LAUGHING]
[GIGGLES]
[]
[HEI HEI SNIFFLING]
[HEI HEI CRYING SOFTLY]
You okay?
[SOFTLY]
Fine.
[HEI HEI SNIFFLES]
- I'm Asha.
- Hmm?
My name is Asha.
Okay.
You're scared.
It's okay.
It's okay to cry.
I don't cry.
ASHA:
You don't?
Wow.
I cry a lot.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Before, I cried every night.
With so much snot.
You miss family?
Yeah.
Ah Ma.
But I'll see her soon.
You will?
Yeah.
When I leave.
- Oh.
- I'm gonna build a boat,
and we're going to find her...
and go far away from here.
[WHISPERS]
Okay.
My name's Yuen Hei.
But people call me Hei Hei.
Night, Hei Hei.
[]
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
Wait!
No! No! No, no!
No, no, no, no! No!
Oh! No!
That tape, it was...
Oh.
[SIGHS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Okay.
Excuse me.
Don't play with everything.
Okay.
Since you're gonna be here,
we're gonna have rules, okay?
First, don't touch my stuff.
Second, don't slam any doors
or make any loud noises.
Sound travels,
people are always listening.
They are not as nice as me.
- Pretty.
- Hey, are you listening?
That was pretty cool.
[]
ASHA:
What?
[SIGHS]
Hei Hei.
[SCOFFS]
That little thief. I'm gonna...
[CLATTERING IN DISTANCE]
[MEN CLAMORING]
SCAVENGER:
I found food!
[HUMMING]
[]
[MEN YELLING IN DISTANCE]
Get it out of here!
[SCAVENGER GRUNTING]
[WATER DRIPPING]
What do you do
if the bad men come?
- What?
- The bad men.
What do you do if they come?
I have a hiding place.
Can I hide there too?
Weren't you leaving?
You can come.
No. I won't.
Why not?
This is my home.
And plus, there's no point.
There's nothing
out there anyway.
Nothing?
No. Not really.
Anyway, let's deal
with these tangles.
Here.
[SCOFFS]
You have a couple of tricks
up your sleeve, huh?
[CHUCKLES]
Ah Ma, she taught me.
- Did you take my necklace?
- Huh?
My necklace, you know,
the one I always wear.
Did you take it?
It's okay if you did.
- No.
- Just be honest.
- I won't be mad.
- No!
You really didn't?
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[DOOR KNOB RATTLES]
Hei Hei?
I'm not upset
if you took the necklace.
[SIGHS]
I'm just not good at this
whole being with people thing.
I'm just used to being alone.
It's just...
easier.
I mean, it's been so long.
The last person
I talked to was...
It's just been a long time...
and I don't like people
touching my stuff, you know?
It's not like I'm mad.
Seriously? The silent treatment?
What do you want me to say?
I'm sorry that I accused you.
It's fine if you took it.
You can tell me. I'm not upset.
Okay, fine. I'm upset.
Are you happy now?
Don't touch my stuff.
[WHISPERS]
What just happened?
[]
Huh? What the...?
Where's the...?
What the...?
[WATER SPLASHING]
Is this okay?
Is this okay, jiejie?
I don't know. Ask Ma.
I'm not allowed
to help with dumplings, right?
[IN CHINESE]
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY IN CHINESE]
ASHA: Yeah,
the worst typhoon in history.
- Jiejie.
- Yeah, I know.
None of those places were built
like Hong Kong, but still.
- [SPEAKS IN CHINESE]
- Ma, I'm on the phone.
Phone later.
[IN CHINESE]
I'll call you back.
The master beckons.
[PHONE BEEPS OFF]
I don't see
what the big deal is.
You already have
yourself a slave.
Don't talk like that.
Why can't you be a good girl
like your sister?
[IN CHINESE]
[IN CHINESE]
[]
AMY:
Asha? Asha? Asha?
Asha!
Wake up.
- Wake up.
- [GASPS]
It's okay. It's Hei Hei.
It's okay.
- [LIGHTS BUZZING]
- [GASPS]
The lights work.
Only this one, but it's
always flickered like that.
Plus, I don't trust electricity
around so much water.
Come on.
So we change the headlamps
in the stairwell much less
because we don't
use them as much, right?
Hey, are you listening?
What's in that room?
Which room?
At the end of the corridor
with no handle.
Oh, yeah. That room.
It...
stinks.
Oh.
And when we let that smell out,
it's everywhere.
[WHISPERS]
Like warm farts.
[NEWS PLAYS INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
ASHA: I don't care
what social media says.
- REPORTER 1: Massive waves...
- This is different.
...have devastated Indonesia
and the Philippines...
REPORTER 2: ...Singapore has been
completely destroyed by floods.
[PEOPLE CLAMORING ON TV]
[TV SHUTS OFF]
Ah Ma! That was important!
- Family's more important.
- Call you later.
But there are actual disasters
that we should
actually be worried about.
Eat first. Worry after.
FATHER [IN CHINESE]:
[IN CHINESE]
You're working? I thought
you had that party... Ow!
[IN CHINESE]
FATHER:
- It's okay.
Your father too nice.
We go as family.
You're part of our family,
so you will go.
Maybe I don't wanna
be a part of this family.
- FATHER: Jiejie.
- Okay.
Then you go find another family.
- Fine! I will.
- Go!
This place is
like a prison anyway.
FATHER:
Jiejie. Jiejie.
- Jiejie! Don't go!
- Okay, go!
Maybe I'll move in
with my boyfriend.
- [IN CHINESE]
- AMY: Don't go!
- It's okay. You'll be fine.
- MOTHER:
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[SIGHS]
- [MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES]
- [HUMMING]
[TUNING RADIO]
[STATIC, INDISTINCT TALKING]
[MAN SPEAKING IN CHINESE]
So anyone out there,
if you hear this,
there is hope.
We have food, shelter
and supplies.
Our location is 22.2759 degrees
north by 11...
HEI HEI:
Asha! Asha! Asha!
- I found help! Asha!
- [SHUSHES]
I found help!
[WHISPERS]
Be quiet!
- We just need a boat.
- No, we don't.
Why not?
They said they'll help us.
No. We don't know that, okay?
We don't know how long
it's gonna take to get there
and how easy they are to find.
Once we go back,
we can't come back, so no.
- We're staying here.
- But if we try...
Just stop it!
Just...
stop it, okay?
Just forget it.
- You're a coward.
- Well, you're a thief.
I didn't mean...
I didn't
take your dumb necklace.
You think you're so nice to me,
but you're not.
You're just an angry, bitter,
scared person with no life.
[SLAMS FLOOR]
You can look if you want,
but don't touch.
You're building a raft.
Hey, now I have to fix that.
You know this won't work.
Well, I'd ask you to help me,
but I can't trust you.
You might steal from me.
[SCOFFS]
Hei Hei, you know
you can't go out there.
It's dangerous out there.
You'll never survive.
There are things in the water,
the weather's unstable,
you could get lost, starve or...
worse.
How do you know?
You don't even try.
Anyways, I have protection.
What the...?
Where did you get this?
I found that. It's mine.
This is not a toy, okay?
If this flare gun goes off,
they will hear us, find us,
and then it's game over.
Do you understand?
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry, but you don't
know what's out there.
I do.
I tried to find help...
before.
It was bad, Hei Hei.
Very bad.
But it's not safe here too.
Why do you say that?
They'll find us.
- Who will?
- The bad men.
You talk about them
all the time.
Even in your sleep.
Well, now I have you here
to keep us hidden
and safe, right?
Yeah.
Okay. Clean all this up
and put it back
where you found it, okay?
Okay. Can I have the gun?
[CHUCKLES]
Nice try.
- Jiejie!
- What are you doing? Go back in.
Please, jiejie!
Please don't go.
I can't go back.
I can't go back to that prison.
I mean, I have
no space, no freedom.
Everyone's in my stuff.
Even you!
[SCOFFS]
Come on. That's my jacket.
Look...
[SNIFFLES]
I'll come home tomorrow
and talk to Pa and Ma...
but I am moving out.
It's just time.
But we can still hang out.
We can go get fries.
- Can we go now?
- [CHUCKLES]
No. Nice try.
Wanna help me get a taxi?
Hey, you're not
wearing the necklace.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
- Hei Hei, wake up.
- Hm?
I need your help.
[]
HEI HEI:
So much water.
We've got
a lot of work to do.
[GRUNTS]
[WATER SLOSHING]
[HEI HEI SIGHS]
Hmm?
Um, Asha?
What is it?
I'm not sure
if you believe me.
I'm not sure how to say this.
- What is it?
- Well, first, I'm sorry
how I talk about your necklace.
- About wishing...
- It's okay.
We were both...
stupid.
Anyway, I'm kind of glad
it's gone.
Really?
Yeah.
I'm glad.
Wow.
- Looks good.
- Thanks.
Hei Hei.
- Thanks.
- Welcome.
Shall I cook some noodles
to celebrate the rain?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Yeah. I'll open a can of meat
and pickled cabbage too.
- [WHISPERS] Let's go nuts.
- Okay.
[]
Is that your sister?
It's the only one
I have of us together.
She's pretty.
Yeah. She was.
You don't talk about her
too much.
What's there to talk about?
She's gone.
They're all gone.
Yeah. Dead.
But, hey, we're not gone.
We're still here, right?
Yeah.
- And we have each other.
- Mm-hm.
And Grace.
- Grace?
- Mm-hm.
Grace.
[CHUCKLES]
Right. And Grace.
[CHUCKLES]
Let's eat the food.
It's getting cold.
- Wow. Three sausages each?
- Yep.
What happened to rationing?
- I know.
- [CHUCKLES]
Well, yeah, it's a celebration.
[]
There you are.
Well, the water's clean
and stored
and done the laundry, and...
Hey.
Look at that.
What? The sky?
It's a good one, huh?
Yeah, I guess.
Hey.
Thank you for doing all that.
Now I have something
to show you.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Come on. We can eat later.
[]
[GASPS]
A raft!
So you're definitely
coming back tomorrow, right?
Yeah. I promise.
- Morning?
- Wai...
[SIGHS]
Yeah. Okay.
Oh, God, I'm never
gonna get a taxi here.
Let's try over there. Come on.
[SINGING INDISTINCTLY]
- I knew you'd take the jacket.
- What?
I knew you'd take the jacket.
I put something
in the pocket. Ow!
- Asshole!
- [PEOPLE SCREAMING]
Oh, my God! Amy, run! Run!
[]
Hei Hei.
- I didn't...
- I know.
The catch was broken.
I'm really sorry.
Here.
There.
- Keep it safe for me?
- Okay.
Thanks.
- [MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES]
- [HUMMING]
- Hei Hei.
- Hm?
- [MUSIC BLARING]
- [GASPS]
- [MUSIC STOPS PLAYING]
- I'm sorry.
- I'm so sorry.
- [SHUSHES]
[WHISPERS] Please, no one hear that.
Please, no one hear that.
HEI HEI: Please! Please! Please!
No, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
I know, but, Hei Hei,
it's just not safe.
Please, we can still do it.
Hei Hei, we'll go,
but not right now, okay?
We have to wait it out.
Now come on, help me do this.
[]
Come on. Go over there.
[SIGHS]
That's good.
Come on.
Let's go.
[WHISPERS]
Nothing.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Hei Hei?
Hei Hei?
All clear.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Nice hiding spot.
You hungry?
Are you sure?
Might be the last hot meal
you get for a while.
There's no room
to light a stove on the raft.
We're going?
[]
- SCAVENGER: There she is!
- [GASPS]
I see her.
Asha! Asha!
Asha! Asha! Asha!
Asha!
Hey, get the bed!
Hurry! Get Grace. Come on.
Hurry. Come on. Come on.
Yeah. Okay.
- No. No. Wait, you can fit.
- It's okay.
No. You have to stay here,
okay?
- No. No.
- It's okay.
- No. No.
- No. It's okay.
- You have to stay here.
- You can fit.
No, no. It's okay.
No, it's okay.
We are running out of time.
Stay here. It's okay.
- I wanna go with you.
- No, it's okay.
- I'll find another spot.
- Don't leave me.
Hei Hei, I'm not going
to leave you, okay?
Before you, I had nothing.
I had nothing, okay?
I didn't have
anything to live for,
nothing to care about.
You changed that.
Okay? You changed that.
We're gonna find a new life
together, okay?
I promise. When it's time,
I'm gonna come for you, okay?
I'll come for you,
I promise. Okay?
- But where are you hiding?
- I know the perfect place.
Somewhere that smells
like warm farts, okay?
- Okay? Okay?
- Promise?
Okay? Be quiet, okay? Okay?
[]
[IN CHINESE]
[ASHA TAKING SHUDDERING BREATHS]
[]
- MOTHER: Okay, go!
- ASHA: I will!
- FATHER: Jiejie!
- MOTHER: Go!
[YELLING]
[GRUNTING]
[GRUNTING]
[GASPS, THEN GAGS]
[MUFFLED RETCH]
[MUFFLED RETCH]
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- [VOMITING]
[ALL SCREAMING]
Oh, my God, Amy! Go, go, go!
Amy, come here! Go!
Go that way! Go that way!
Come on, Amy!
- Stay close to me!
- Wait!
- Hurry! Amy, come on!
- Slow down! You're hurting me!
[ALL CLAMORING]
Come on!
Wait!
[PANTING]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
[]
[MEN GRUNTING IN DISTANCE,
GLASS BREAKING]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[KNOCKS ON PANEL]
- [BREATHING RAPIDLY]
- [MAN GRUNTS]
SCAVENGER:
- AMY: Slow down!
- Hurry up!
- Ow! You're hurting me!
- [ALL SCREAMING]
- Hey!
- Come on, Amy!
Hurry up! Come on!
- My ankle!
- Come on!
- ASHA: Come on! Let's go!
- Wait!
- Wait for me.
- Stay with me!
Wait! Wait!
Amy, come on!
Wait! Wait! Asha!
Come on, Amy!
[ELECTRICAL SPARKING]
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[SOBBING]
[SNIFFLES]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
HEI HEI:
She's in there.
[]
[DOOR OPENS]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[GASPS]
SCAVENGER [IN CHINESE]:
Get up!
Get up!
[GASPS]
[IN CHINESE]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[IN CHINESE]
Hei Hei! Oh!
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[GASPS, THEN GRUNTS]
What are we gonna do with you?
[WHIMPERING]
You can move if you like.
I like it
when they wriggle a little.
[SOBS]
No! No!
[SOBBING]
SCAVENGER:
Shit.
It's all right.
We've got plenty of time
for that later.
[ENGINE PUTTERING]
- [GRUNTS]
- [SHRIEKS]
Stupid bitch!
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[SCREAMS]
[YELLING]
[GRUNTING]
[YELLS]
[GROANING]
[]
[PANTING]
[ASHA CRYING]
It's okay.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
Whoa!
[PANTING]
MAN [ON RADIO]: If you hear
this, there is hope.
We have food, shelter
and supplies.
Our location is
22.2759 degrees north,
by 114.1455 degrees east.
- There is hope.
- All right, where are you?
[RECORDING CONTINUES IN CHINESE]
- [RADIO SHUTS OFF]
- [GROANS]
- [GRUNTING]
- [SHRIEKS]
- [GAGGING]
- [YELLING]
[COUGHING]
[SCREAMS]
[PANTING]
[]
[CAN CLATTERS]
[SHRIEKS]
[CRIES OUT]
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING CONTINUES]
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
[GRUNTS]
- [YELLS]
- [GRUNTING]
- [GLASS BREAKS]
- [SCAVENGER GRUNTS]
- [GLASS PIERCING FLESH]
- [ASHA GRUNTING]
[BODY THUDS]
[GASPS, PANTING]
[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- [YELLS]
- [GUNSHOT]
[PANTING, WHIMPERING]
[YELLING]
No!
No! No!
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
No!
Please don't leave me.
Please! Please!
- No!
- [GUNSHOTS]
[TRIGGER CLICKING]
[SCREAMS]
No!
[]
- [HARPOON SPLASHES]
- Shit!
[BOTH GRUNT]
[HEI HEI SCREAMS]
[GASPS, SPITS]
[COUGHS]
[YELLS, GRUNTING]
[BOTH GASPING]
[]
[PANTING]
Okay.
[ENGINE SPUTTERS, STARTS]
HEI HEI:
Why'd you save me?
Because I get it.
It's hard to make good choices
with only bad options.
Want some?
[]
[STATIC OVER RADIO]
If you hear this,
there is hope.
We have food, shelter
and supplies.
Our location is
22.2759 degrees north
by 114.1455 degrees east.
There is hope.
[RECORDING CONTINUES IN CHINESE]
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
[]
Hello, I miss you
Is what my eyes betray
I go to kiss you
As you walk away
I spoke of roses
Where you complained
Of thorns
And I spoke of summers
While you weathered storms
Because you were surrounded
At the time
You were surrounded
At the time
And you were surrounded
At the time
You were surrounded
At the time
Our flight turns to falling
And falling to plummeting
The ground
It comes rushing
Up to welcome me
So this is broken
But when was it
Breaking down?
And was I blinded
Or simply shut my eyes?
Because you were surrounded
At the time
Because you were surrounded
At the time
You were surrounded
At the time
You were surrounded
At the
Time
Surrounded
At the time
Surrounded
At the time
Surrounded at the time