In This Gray Place

How did you come to be here in this gray place?

Were you back in into the cold by something larger than you?

You were flush

and vibrant...

now covered in mist,

a wasted match stick.

Were you deceived into life?

Was your heart cut so untruly?

Let me hold you...

take you to the places not yet known,

give to you the riches you lost.

This, I promise.

I promise.

Can you hear me?

Aaron?

I'm here.

I'm here.

Now, breathe.

Come on!

- Hey, man, what's up? -Sam! I need you to come and get me right now.

- Woohoo, slow down bro. -Sam, shut up!

I need you right now, okay, right now.

I'm in a rest stop off 26.

- What are you talking about? -Off--

Jesus Christ, are you for real, man?

-Right now-- - Chill out, okay.

-Sam, now. - What happened dude?

I'll tell you when you get here.

Where?

Rest stop off 26, come get me!

- Jesus, just drive. -Drive? No. I--

I don't have the truck.

I'm in a bathroom and I'm bleeding.

-I'm hurt-- - You're what?

If you have a kit, bring it, I don't care,

just put your jacket on, get in your car and come and get me!

Aaron, where's Elijah?

Look, I'm just freaking out, man.

Hello. Hello!

-Shit. - Excuse me, sir.

I'm Officer Burgess, can you step outside, please?

Aaron, are you there?

Appreciate your cooperation.

Oh, yeah...

- Sir? - Yeah, in a minute.

Dude, what's going on?

It's a cop, there's a cop.

Last time I'm gonna tell you. I need you to come out...

Tell him you're taking a piss.

No, wait, I'm taking a piss.

- Tell him you're using the bathroom. -Shut the fuck up.

Step outside right now.

Oh!

Just... just give me a second.

Open up! I'm ordering you! Open up.

- Alright. I'm-- I'm on the way. I'm coming! -Hurry up!

- Stop resisting. - Where's Elijah anyway?

- Open up right now! -Jesus Christ!

You can't let him in. Just tell him to fucking go away

- Open up, sir! - Aaron.

Aaron. Aaron!

Aaron.

Aaron!

Come on, Aaron!

Answer me.

Aaron!

Pick up!

Pick up the phone.

Aaron! What the fuck, Aaron, come on? Answer me.

Yeah.

Holy shit, Aaron!

- Are you okay? -Yeah.

Yeah, I'm ...

- Okay, I'm... I'm coming. -Please.

- I'm coming, I'm on the way. -Yeah.

I'll be there soon. Stay there.

Yeah, okay.

Okay, I'm on the way.

Is this our beginning?

So many of us,

each unique,

toiled, imprinted on the other,

our whole lives ahead of us,

free to choose,

only parts of the greater whole marshaled into our place,

so close, never to touch.

Can you feel them?

Billions of lives apart like us?

Should it be across the cradle of time

from every soul there ever was,

mine would find yours?

How is that anything but fate?

Aaron?

-Yeah. - Oh, my God.

Aaron, I just got off the phone with Sam, he said--

Yeah, yeah, it's okay.

Oh! Are... are you hurt?

No.

- Goddammit, Aaron, talk to me. -I'm here.

You gotta talk to me, baby, what happened?

Sam...

Is... is Sam coming for me?

I mean, he called you, he's coming for me, right?

Yeah, yeah, he said...

he said that he's picking you at a rest stop somewhere.

He said you're at some rest stop, but Aaron, he said...

he said he heard gun shots.

He said that you might be hurt.

- He said that you're freaking out right now. -No, no, no, no.

I don't want you to worry about that, okay?

I don't want you to worry about that.

I'm...

I need you.

My God, Aaron.

What happened?

I think I killed someone.

Uhm...

Okay.

Okay.

I think he might be dead.

Uhm...

Are you okay?

I have to go.

No, no, no, no, Aaron,

you can't hang up on me right now, don't hang up on me, please--

Baby, I love you.

I love you so much, but I have to go, okay?

I have to.

Aaron, don't, please, do not hang up on me right now!

You can't hang up on me right now, please--

Hey, it's Vern.

Sorry I didn't catch you. Leave it at the beep.

This is some Shakespearean shit.

Hello in there.

Hello?

How are you doing?

I'm Lieutenant Arnold Koch.

I'm here to talk with you.

Can you talk to me?

Look, I'm just here to talk with you, is that okay?

Yeah.

Great, good.

First, I need to ask you if everyone in there is okay,

if you're not hurt or anything?

Get to the point.

Is there anyone with you in there?

Anyone?

Hello?

I have my girlfriend

and you better...

You better back the fuck up, man!

Back it up!

All right, please, listen to what I'm saying--

No, you listen!

Back the fuck up, man, you hear me?

All right, all right.

We're gonna work on a message to talk to you a little better, okay?

Fine! Just give me some space! Back it up!

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.

Your soul was born in the heart of a dying star.

You were not flesh.

You were something more... elemental.

Heaven beneath the soft earth.

You were light made to breathe.

Hey in there.

Hello!

Yeah.

It's Arnold Koch.

Yeah, Lieutenant Koch, got it.

Hey, what's your name?

Are you all right in there?

Listen, man, I'm not giving you my name,

and you're not getting in here.

Do me a favor though, back up.

I know you must be feeling scared,

maybe regretful.

-Now, I'd like to listen-- -Mitch.

Excuse me?

Mitch. I'm gonna say my name is Mitch.

It's my eighth grade algebra teacher.

Your teacher? Did he mean a lot to you?

You want a name, there you go.

Okay then, Mitch, thank you.

Hey, Mitch, I need to know how many people are in there.

Well, it's me, my girlfriend,

and fuck off!

Mitch, if you don't help me, then I can't help you. These guys--

Oh, you're pulling every trick in the book, man, every single trick!

"Oh, you must be feeling scared and regretful."

"Oh, did your teacher mean a lot to you?"

"Oh, Mitch, Mitch, Mitch."

Like you care what my name is.

Let me make this shit as crystal clear as I can, Lieutenant!

I'm not coming out and you're not getting in.

And I swear to God, if you try and make a move,

bitches die!

Got it?

I don't think bloodshed is the best way to end this, Mitch.

Now, I'm here to help you.

I wanna know your side of things.