Scenes with Nelson
5 scenes
Nelson (The Rangers make last-minute preparations for the mission; Grimes is filling a canteen.)
You're not gonna need that, dude. We're not out there long enough.
(Grimes sets aside the canteen and starts to pack his NOD night vision goggles.)
You're not gonna need that, either. Might as well take dope and beer instead.
Grimes, the most important thing: if everybody else starts shooting, try and shoot in the same direction.
[...]
Blackburn, you okay?
B Blackburn
Excited... in-in a good way. I've been training my whole life for this.
You ever shot at anybody before?
SE Sgt. Eversmann
There's a Black Hawk down. Twombly, Nelson — you're gonna stay stay here and hold this corner and then exfil with the humvees. Galentine, Schmid — your'e coming with me. All right? Let's go.
Nelson How come I gotta stay back here?
Because you're dependable. (To Schmid and Galentine) All right, let's go!
Nelson I hate being dependable man.
Nelson The humvees ain't coming back, dude.
What? Were we supposed to go to them?
Nelson I thought they were supposed to come to us.
I think we're supposed to go to them.
Nelson Shit.
Okay, let's go to the crash site.
Nelson Okay. Just don't fire that thing so close to my head. I can barely hear as it is.
[...] (Twombly spots a group of Somali militia closing in on them.)
Shit! Get down! (He fires a long burst inches above Nelson's head.)
Nelson What did I just tell you? I swear to God if you do that again -- (Twombly fires on another group of armed Somalis; Nelson screams.)
You okay? Nelson, you all right?
Nelson WHAT?!?
(Twombly and Nelson have linked up with Sgt. Yurek, another cut-off member of Chalk Four.)
Dude, where the **** have you been? Never mind. You brought NOD, right?
Y Yurek
No. No, I didn't bring it. You wanna know why? Because you said, "You won't need that, dude, we'll be back in a half hour."
Well, I wasn't saying it to you. Man, we are gonna need night vision!
Y Yurek
Nelson, cover this way. (Nelson seemingly ignores him; Yurek turns Nelson to face him.) What's the matter with you?
Nelson HUH?
Oh, uh, he's deaf. It's-it's my fault. We need to get out of here.
Y Yurek
We can't be far from the crash. Which way?
We thought you might know.
SY Sgt. Yurek
(Yurek, Twombly, and Nelson have reached the first crash site.)
We gotta go.
(taps Nelson to get his attention)
Shawn - Shawn, listen. Sergeant Yurek's gonna run first. Now, when he gets across the street, he's gonna turn around and he's gonna cover you as you run. Okay? Listen closely: when you get there, you are gonna turn around and you're gonna cover me. Okay?
(Nelson nods, then stands and gets ready to run.)
Now, you're not just gonna run to Eversmann's position. You're gonna stop, you're gonna turn around, and you are gonna cover me. It's important you understand that. Okay, you ready?
(to Nelson)
Hey - don't forget.
Nelson WHAT?
(with exaggerated enunciation)
Don't- forget.
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