PADEN
I don’t want you to get hurt.
STELLA
He can’t hurt me if he’s dead.
Paden looks at her with growing appreciation. A light is coming back into his face. A smile slowly grows on his lips, mirroring hers.
The door behind the bar bangs open, and Phoebe comes out, breathless.
PHOEBE
Stella, come quick!
INT. SUPPLY ROOM – MIDNIGHT STAR – NIGHT
Phoebe leads them into the dimly-lit room and goes to her knees beside Rae, who lies wounded on the floor. Rae is semi-conscious and moaning. Stella stoops to examine her wound.
PHOEBE
(crying)
She sprung her brother… all by herself! And this is what happened… He brought her here.
PADEN
Where’d he go?
PHOEBE
I told him about Jake and the little boy. He went off after Emmett.
STELLA
(to Phoebe)
Stop your crying. Go get Doc Skinner and bring him to the shed.
(to Paden)
Pick her up.
Phoebe hurries out. Paden kneels next to Stella.
STELLA
I’ve got a place to hide her.
PADEN
You better get in there with her until this thing is over.
INT. CAVE – NIGHT
Emmett works by the light of the fire.