[Intro: distant air-raid siren sound effect, slowly swelling] [Female] The bread still— [Military Male Spoken Word] STAND BY. [Female] the crust. Your sleeve on the table. Turn the radio— [Military Male Spoken Word] COMMAND NET. PRIORITY TRAFFIC. [Female] One glass shatters. Then all of them. [Military Male Spoken Word] CRUISE MISSILE. TERMINAL PHASE. [Female] The wall. Where the wall just was. Mouth open. Just that sound. That— [Military Male Spoken Word] GRID KILO-SEVEN. FOUR—NINE— READ BACK. [Female] Down. Who said that. Who— Dust between my teeth. Swallow. Can't. Your mouth is moving. [Military Male Spoken Word] SAY AGAIN. [Female] Again. I can't hear— Don't let go. The sleeve. Here. [Military Male Spoken Word] HOLD POSITION. [Female] A moment ago you wanted— what did you want. The door's stuck. Pull. [Military Male Spoken Word] HOLD. [Female] Again. Wait. There's someone— A shoe in the hallway. The little one. [Military Male Spoken Word] FRAGMENTATION. [Female] With the Velcro strap. Where is— Say the name. Louder. [Military Male Spoken Word] IDENTIFY. IDENTIFY. [Female] Under the stairs. [Child] What stairs. [Female] My knee. That can wait. [Child] Mummy Daddy [Military Male Spoken Word] RADAR CONTACT. TRACK LOST. [Female] It's ringing. Pick up. Pick— [Military Male Spoken Word] TARGET ACQUIRED. [Female] That again— from above? Behind us? [Military Male Spoken Word] LOITERING MUNITION. [Female] Head down. [Child] But I— I'm afraid— [Military Male Spoken Word] INCOMING. [Female] Someone's coughing. Very close. Someone else. Don't stop. I'm coming. I just need to— [Military Male Spoken Word] FIRE-CONTROL. AWAITING AUTHORIZATION. [Female] My hands. I can barely see my hands. Is that— whose— A bunch of keys. [Military Male Spoken Word] GRID KILO-SEVEN. CONFIRM LOCATION. [Female] What am I supposed to do with— There. Under the board. The fingers. [Military Male Spoken Word] HOLD FIRE. [Female] I've got you. Wait. Don't pull? How— tell me— A moment ago [Military Male Spoken Word] ROCKET ARTILLERY. [Female] you said: [Military Male Spoken Word] FIRE MISSION. [Child] We need milk. [Female] Milk. I remember that. Outside, someone: Keep moving. Keep moving. We're— [Military Male Spoken Word] NUMBER OF PERSONS. UNCONFIRMED. [Female] Counting. We're missing— Again. [Child] One. Two. [Military Male Spoken Word] BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. [Female] Again. A woman with a jacket. She's holding it out. Who for. [Military Male Spoken Word] AWAITING ORDERS. [Female] Someone asks for their glasses. Someone says: in a moment. [Military Male Spoken Word] TIME ON TARGET. [Female] Over and over: in a moment. The phone's still ringing. Yours. [Military Male Spoken Word] NO RESPONSE. [Female] I can hear it. Somewhere here. Everyone, just— please. [Military Male Spoken Word] RADIO SILENCE. [Beat and bass stop] [Female] Quiet. There. Under— [Military Male Spoken Word] AWAITING CONFIRMATION. [Female] Say something. Knock. Once. [Brief silence] [Outro: air-raid siren alone, closer and louder, rising] [Abrupt cut] [End]
