Episode 2 Scene 2

Scene 2
Cyrus and Buck ride across a field. Hazel, who is riding ahead of them, slows down and stops. Cyrus and Buck ride up to her.

Hazel – Cyrus! Buck! I didn’t expect you so soon.

Buck – Well, here we are! Now which way did Patch go?

Hazel points.

Hazel – They aren’t too far ahead of us.

Cyrus – Good. Buck, can you go water our horses by that stream? I want to talk to Hazel.

Buck – Sure.

They dismount. Buck leads the horses off, and Cyrus and Hazel walk off in another direction.

Cyrus – Hazel.

Hazel – Yeah?

Cyrus – I don’t think you should have come.

Hazel – Why not?

Cyrus – It’s just not a girl’s place to go running into danger.

Hazel – But my sister’s in trouble!

Cyrus – I know. And I understand how you love adventure. But Buck and I are here. We can try to rescue Maybelle, but you really should be at home with Morgan.

Hazel – Oh yeah.

Cyrus – Do you hear what I’m saying? God has given men and women different roles. And while I think it’s fine for you to have some adventure, you shouldn’t stick your nose into danger when there are men around to do it for you.

Hazel – Okay.

Cyrus – Let’s go find Buck.

Jed – Hold it right there.

Jed, Crane, and Guy 1 step out from behind some trees or rocks with their guns drawn.

Jed – Drop your weapons.

Cyrus and Hazel drop their guns and put their hands up. Guy 1 goes and picks up the guns. Cyrus presses his heel into the dirt in a triangle pattern.

Crane – Come on, this way.

Cyrus and Hazel start walking, and Jed, Crane, and Guy 1 drive them deeper into the woods. Buck, meanwhile, can’t figure out what happened to Cyrus and Hazel. He searches for a while, then finally sees the triangle of heel-prints.

Buck – So they’ve been captured too. I guess it’s all up to me. What do you think, Bullet? Good idea, let’s go.

Buck leads the horses off.

Fade out