We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor - Chapter 4 - Make a Toast - Part 1 of 2

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Narrator (Michael Swan) 0:00
This production contains scenes of graphic violence and strong language, which some listeners may find offensive.

How do the kids react to killing an infected scout and decide what to do with the body?

Beauden Michael McConnell 0:21
I'm so sorry. Pierce, where are you going? Come back!
Julian Vidaurrazaga 0:23
Let him go. What? He did what he had to do. He's going to have to live with that. Just like the rest of us.
Michael Swan 0:32
To shoot your own brother. Uh-huh.
Dillon Wrich 0:37
We should get moving. Something may have hurt that shot.
Michael Swan 0:41
Well, what about... Chase?
Unknown 0:42
Yeah, I mean... Are we just gonna leave him?
Michael Swan 0:46
Like this?
Julian Vidaurrazaga 0:48
Shot dead in the middle of the road? He turned. Who's one of them?
Michael Swan 0:51
You don't expect us to bury him or something? No, but... Franklin, that monster just attacked me. I know, but leaving him in the middle of the trail and when Pierce comes back... Maybe Frankie's right.
Julian Vidaurrazaga 1:08
We shouldn't just leave him like this. He was horrible, but he was a scout, a scorpion, and Pierce's brother. Seriously? He wasn't even human anymore. And I thought you hated Pierce. I know. But if it was one of my brothers, no matter how rotten they are, he doesn't deserve this. No one does. We can at least cover him and mark the spot. In case Pierce comes back.
Michael Swan 1:35
Okay. Yeah, okay.
Julian Vidaurrazaga 1:39
Fine. But let's do this quickly.
Michael Swan 1:41
Good job, Lynn.
Julian Vidaurrazaga 1:43
Carmen? Ruby? Yeah, there's some brush to cover him.
Michael Swan 1:46
Okay. You sure he... or... it's dead, right?
Dillon Wrich 1:54
Yep. Those things still use their lungs. It's why the devil's breath worked on the others. Still, hook his backpack with the flag.
Julian Vidaurrazaga 2:02
We'll drag him over.
Unknown 2:07
He's heavy. Just a little further. Okay.
Michael Swan 2:17
Somehow, even like this, he looks less scary than he did when he was alive.
Julian Vidaurrazaga 2:28
So Pierce will know.
Michael Swan 2:31
Blaine planted the scorpion flag at Chase's feet. This was the moment when someone could have said something for Chase, like we did for the other scouts. But no one did.
Julian Vidaurrazaga 2:44
Come on.
Michael Swan 2:45
We don't want to wait for Pierce.
Julian Vidaurrazaga 2:47
I got the rifle. Let's just go. We need to keep moving.
Michael Swan 2:54
Just like that, we grabbed our packs and started back on the Trans-Catalina Trail towards Avalon, somehow feeling nothing and everything at the same time.
Narrator (Michael Swan) 3:21
We're alive. Scout's Honor.
Narrator (Michael Swan) 3:36
Written by Elisa Elliott and K.C. Whelan.
Narrator (Michael Swan) 3:51
Chapter Four, Make a Toast. Part One of Two.
Michael Swan 4:15
We walked down the trail in silence for a long time. I think we were still trying to process everything that's happened. Our worlds changed in the blink of an eye. I know Zach doesn't really think there's a cure for whatever this zombie disease is, and that they aren't really human anymore. But looking at their faces, it's hard to forget they were once humans. Friends. Even brothers. If we ever make it off this island, how are we going to live with what we've done? I feel weird. Are you sick? No, not weird like that. Like, I'm not really sure what the point is anymore. Of what? Of all this. Hiding in fish huts, hiking for miles, trying not to be killed by a monster. Or turned into one.
Dillon Wrich 5:13
The point is to keep going. To survive. Get to Avalon and get back to our families. We can't give up.
Michael Swan 5:22
We don't even know if your family will be there.
Dillon Wrich 5:25
They'll be there.
Michael Swan 5:26
Well, if they're alive.
Julian Vidaurrazaga 5:28
What? Well, what about after that? What if we do make it to Avalon and back to the mainland and the disease or whatever is there too? That's a possibility. What do we do then? Just keep running until we're finally caught and we die?
Michael Swan 5:43
No. We keep going. No matter what. I mean, we have to keep going and survive. Because if we don't, no one will know what happened to the other scorpions.
Julian Vidaurrazaga 5:55
Or the hiker.
Michael Swan 5:56
Or the other campers.
Julian Vidaurrazaga 5:59
Or... Chase.
Michael Swan 6:01
Okay, so it's our job to make sure that the story gets told, so that they're not forgotten.
Julian Vidaurrazaga 6:06
I wouldn't want to go out that way, no one knowing who you were.
Michael Swan 6:10
And think about it. If somehow we can survive, five kids, then we can't be the only ones.
Dillon Wrich 6:17
Frankie's got a good point. Law of averages. It's a low average, but... Thanks for that.
Michael Swan 6:27
I think I needed a little pep talk. Uh, you want another candy? It always makes me feel better. You insist. How much further is it to Avalon? Uh, let's see. I think it's about 12 or 13 more miles, give or take. Oh my god, really? Can't we just cut across here?
Dillon Wrich 6:52
Oh yeah, sure we can. Through the cactus fields, the devil's breath, the wild bison.
Michael Swan 6:57
I know, I know. I was kind of kidding.

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