Well I went to Best Buy with my friend Bubba
A rocket explodes on the store assistant manager and the other shopper, killing them. jeff looks down and covers his head as
rockets explodes all around him.
STORE MANAGER
(into radio)
Ah, Jesus! My store is down hard and
hurting! 6 pulling back to the blue
line, Leg Lima 6 out! Pull back!
Pull back!
BUBBA
jeff! Run! Run, jeff!
STORE MANAGER Pull back!
STORE MANAGER gets up and grabs jeff by the collar.
STORE MANAGER
Run, goddammit, run!
The shoppers get up and runs toward the cover of the parking lot.
SHOPPER
Medic! Medic! Jesus, can I get a
medic?
jeff
I ran and ran, just like X-GSfixr told me to.
Rockets explode in the isles as jeff runs out toward the parking lot clearing.
jeff (V.O.)
I ran so far and so fast that pretty
soon I was all by myself, which was
a bad thing.
jeff
Bubba!
jeff turns around, then runs back into the store.
jeff (V.O.)
Bubba was my best good friend. I had
to make sure he was okay.
Rockets explode in the isles. jeff runs back into the
store to look for Bubba.
1ST SHOPPER
Any friendlies out there?
2ND SHOPPER
Yeah, I’ve got three over there.
1ST SHOPPER
Where the hell are you?
jeff stops. He looks around, scared.
jeff
Bubba?
Something moves. jeff turns and looks, then rushes over.
jeff (V.O.)
And on my way back to find Bubba,
well, there was this boy laying on
the ground.
jeff
Tex!
Tex lies on the ground, his face distorted with pain.
jeff
Okay.
jeff reaches down and picks up Tex from the ground. jeff pulls Tex up over his shoulder, then runs.
jeff (V.O.)
I couldn’t just let him lay there
all alone, scared the way he was, so
I grabbed him up and run him out of
there.
jeff carries Tex out of the store and into the parking lot.
He sets Tex down on the hood of a car, and runs back into the store.
jeff (V.O.)
And every time I went back looking
for Bubba, somebody else was saying,
“Help me, jeff. Help me.”
jeff drops another wounded shopper down at the hood of a car next to Tex, and then runs back toward the store.
jeff grabs the third wounded shopper up from the ground and turns him over. It is DALLAS.
DALLAS
Can’t hear… Can’t hear…
Dallas is dropped off at the car next to the other wounded shoppers. jeff turns to go back to the store.
2ND WOUNDED SHOPPER
No sweat, man. Just lay back. You’re
gonna be okay. You’re gonna be okay.
jeff (V.O.)
I started to get scared that I might
never find Bubba.
STRONGARM
(over radio)
You’re danger close for crack air,
over.
jeff trips over something and falls to the ground. He
looks up to find two bloody legs. It is the store manager, who is wounded. He speaks into the radio.
STORE MANAGER (into radio)
Roger, Strongarm, I know my position
is danger close! We got Pepper Spray all
over this area! I gotta have those
fast movers in here now! Over!
STRONGARM
(over radio)
Six, Strongarm, we want…
jeff
Hey Bud, the assistant manager’s dead!
STORE MANAGER
I know he’s dead! My whole goddamned
store is wiped out!
STRONGARM
(over radio)
Leg Lima 6, Leg Lima 6, how copy you
this transmission? Over.
jeff tries to pick up the store manager, who tries to push jeff away.
STORE MANAGER
Goddammit! What are you doing? Leave
me here! Get away. Just leave me
here! Get out!
jeff pulls the store manager over his shoulder and runs through the store.
STRONGARM
Leg Lima 6, Leg Lima 6. This is
Strongarm, be advised, your fast
movers are inbound at this time,
over.
jeff (V.O.)
Then it felt like something just
jumped up and bit me.
jeff falls down.
jeff
Ah, something bit me!
jeff gets up as the store manager yells. The store manager fires his pistol at the unseen enemy as jeff pulls him away.
STORE MANAGER
You dink son-of-a-bitch! I can’t
leave the store! I told you to
leave me there, jeff. Forget about
me. Get yourself out! Did you hear
what I said! Goddammit, pull me down!
Get your ass out of here!
jeff drops the store manager down on the car, next to the other wounded shoppers. The store manager grabs jeff by the shirt, angry.
STORE MANAGER
I didn’t ask you to pull me out of
there, goddamn you! What the hell do
you think you’re going?
jeff
To get Bubba.
STORE MANAGER
I got an air strike inbound right
now. They’re gonna nape the whole
store.
jeff gets up and runs as the store manager yells after him.
STORE MANAGER
jeff, you stay here, goddammit! That’s
an order!
jeff
I gotta find Bubba!
jeff runs through the store searching for Bubba. jeff
slows down and looks around carefully.
BUBBA
jeff…
jeff
Bubba…
Bubba looks up as he lies on the ground.
BUBBA
I’m okay.
Bubba holds a Laptop over his wound. Forrest removes the Laptop to look at the wound. Bubba’s chest has been blown
open.
jeff
Oh, Bubba, no…
BUBBA
Naw, I’m gonna be all right.
jeff looks around as he hear the voices of the enemy.
jeff
Come on. Come on. Come here…
jeff carries Bubba through the store. The sound of
approaching planes fills the air.
BUBBA
I’m okay, jeff. I’m all right.
The roar of approaching planes is deafening. jeff looks
up in fear. Three planes dive down toward the jungle. They fire napalm as the store explodes with massive fireballs.
jeff runs, carrying Bubba. The fireballs explode behind
him. The entire store is in flames.
jeff carries Bubba to the back of the parking lot. The store manager and the other wounded shoppers wait for a rescue helicopter.
STORE MANAGER
Helo’s inbound. Pop smoke, get it up
there!
jeff (V.O.)
If I’d a known this was gonna be the
last time me and Bubba was gonna
talk, I’d a thought of something
better to say.
jeff looks down at Bubba.
jeff
Hey, Bubba…
BUBBA
Hey, jeff. jeff, why’d this
happen?
jeff
We went shopping.
jeff (V.O.)
Then Bubba said something I won’t
even forget.
BUBBA
I wanna go home.
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