KOVALEV
Where’s the other bed.
YURSKY
What other bed?
Suddenly KOVALEV takes out a pistol. Geologists exchange frightened glances.
ARTEMIEV pulls himself together
ARTEMIEV
Put this thing down. All right?
Look…
He takes out the map.
ARTEMIEV (CONT’D)
Right here – we are here! Here next
to us are two more beds!
KOVALEV
Your map is a fake!
ARTEMIEV
No, it’s not
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KOVALEV
No, Garik.
GARIK takes out a gun and points it at geologists.
KOVALEV (CONT’D)
Let’s see.
NASTYA
Bastards!
KOVALEV turns around. Geologists all freeze.
Suddenly BANG.
To everybody’s horror MISHA SAMOCHVALOV falls on the ground and moans.
KOVALEV, surprised himself, looks at MISHA. But then he roars.
KOVALEV
From now on you do what I tell you
to do. If, you,
(turns to Artemiev)
Don’t take me to the real bed, I
will kill all of you.
Not paying attention to Kovalev, NASTYA rushes to MISHA, who’s shoulder is bleeding. She reaches for her rucksack and takes out a first aid kit. She bandages MISHA’s arm.
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YURSKY
We need to get back.
KOVALEV
Nobody’s going back until I get my
gold!
YURSKY
The guy will simply bleed to death
if not immediately rushed to the
mainland. Do you want him dead?
ARTEMIEV
If we go with no sleep or rest, then it
will take us no more than one and a
half days, maximum – two!