Doing It Myself

Episode 487/3x077

Doing It Myself
Cassie... is that you?
Blogger	Emma
Date Posted	May 23rd, 2008
URL	old.LG15.com
Forum	[17454 forum discussion]
Length	5:37
Description	Nobody suspected how this would turn out.
Location(s)	The rented house, Sacred Spirit
YouTube Tags	lonelygirl15 lg15 emma carl jenny danielbeast jonastko hymn of one sarah
Cast
Emma	Katherine Pawlak
Carl	Craig Coyne
Daniel	Yousef Abu-Taleb
Sarah	Alexandra Dreyfus
Jonas	Jackson Davis
Jennie	Melanie Merkosky
Gina	Crystal Young
Edward Salinas	Jos Viramontes
Salinas' shadow	Unknown
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Doing It Myself is the four-hundred eighty-seventh video in the lonelygirl15 video series. It is also the seventy-seventh video of season three.

Transcript

(Emma is sitting in front of a Fight The Order poster)

Emma: Four hours. That's all the time we have before Carl dies.

Sarah: (In the background) We should be out there trying to find him right now...

Daniel: (In the background) Oh, well, that's what you want to do?

Sarah: (In the background) Yeah, that is what I want to do because it's our responsibility.

Emma: We've spend too much time arguing about who stays and who goes or if we even go at all. You know, it's just... it's time to make a decision and, um, I think I have an idea. I just hope they'll listen.

(Cut to the group talking.)

Jonas: Well, then, come up with something.

Daniel: Come on, man. It could be a set up. (To Sarah) Look, Carl won't die.

Sarah: You want to take that chance that Salinas is joking around?

Jonas: Okay well then let's go for it. We've already wasted a whole day sitting around here over thinking this thing. You know, what are we waiting for?

Jennie: We don't have a plan!

Sarah: We know enough! Plan or no plan, I'm not gonna let Carl die!

Gina: Look, Jennie's right Sarah. Carl's definitely the bait for one of us.

Sarah: So, what? We let Salinas murder him in order to save ourselves?

Gina: That's, that's not what I mean.

Jonas: Sarah, nobody's saying that.

Sarah: No. What you're saying is anything for Bree and nothing for Carl. (Sarah storms off)

Daniel: (Following Sarah) Sarah!

(Camera pans over the group on the couches and stops at Sarah and Daniel talking at the table)

Sarah: (Whispering) I really have it. I need you... I want you to see something.

Daniel: Fine. (Turns to group) Look, despite the fact that none of us really like the dork king, we can't just sit here and let him die. I don't want that responsibility. I don't think you do either, man. (Points to the group)

Sarah: You know what? I'm going, I'm going.

Daniel: Well, I'm going too.

Jonas: You know, you guys are out of your minds. That's not even...

Emma: Alright, everybody just wait! I have an idea.

Jonas: You!?

Emma: Yes.

Jonas: No, no! (Jumps up)

Emma: What?

Jonas: Emma, no, no way!

Emma: Think about it. Salinas won't hurt me.

Jonas: But how do you know that?

Emma: Because...

Jonas: You don't know that.

Emma: ...What he wants is one of you. I'm trait positive, remember? (Turns camera to self) Look, The Order would butcher him for killing trait positive. As far as Salinas goes, I'm untouchable. (Turns camera to Sarah)

Sarah: Are we doing this?

Emma: (Turns camera back to self) No. Um, I'm gonna do this. I said I wanted to help and now I can. We all know that Salinas can't kill me. It would be suicide. (Turns camera to Jonas) And you know it too.

(Cut to Jonas driving the truck)

Jonas: This is it. Sarah said Carl is being held at Sacred Spirit somewhere, so... Phew. Here we are. (Emma sighs) You know what, listen, Emma...

Emma: I can do this.

Jonas: No.

Emma: Yes.

Jonas: You know what, listen. I...

Emma: Trust me!

Jonas: Hold on a second. I've changed my mind. I've changed my mind.

Emma: What!?

Jonas: This is a bad idea! This is a really bad idea. Okay, what if this is all about capturing you for the ceremony? You know, Dr. Hart could have compromised your blood. And maybe this is just about Salinas trying to ascend.

Emma: It's a risk no matter what we do! Our of the few options that we have, sending me in there buys us the most time.

Jonas: (Sighs) Alright, okay. I mean, just please, promise me that if you see anything suspicious you run. Okay? Don't worry about Carl. Just run. Just get out of there.

Emma: Yes.

Jonas: You promise?

Emma: Yes, I promise!

Jonas: Alright. If you're not back in five minutes, I'm coming after you. Alright? And I'm not arguing about that. Okay?

Emma: Okay.

(Cut to Emma in Sacred Spirit snooping around)

Emma: (Whispering to herself) Go. Alright. (Runs towards a door) Here we go. (Emma opens the door and runs down a hallway. She hide behind what looks like a cubicle.) Okay. Sarah's diagram should lead me directly to the room that Carl's in. (Emma turns the camera to her hand where a diagram has been drawn. She turns the camera to a long hallway. She runs down the hallway to a door and stops.) This is it. This is it. (Emma pulls on the handle to open the door.) It's not even locked! Salinas wanted us to find him. (Emma pushes the door open to find Carl in a chair with the bomb attached to his chest. It is ticking. His mouth is covered with tape and he is trying to speak to Emma through it.) Okay, um, okay... (Emma shows that the bomb reads one minute and 51 seconds.) I'm gonna get your out of here. (Carl mumbles through the tape.) What? (Emma walks over to the video camera that has been set up to film Carl.) It's a live feed. Salinas is watching. Psycho. (Emma looks around the room) Okay. Oh God! Okay. (Emma sets the camera up to film Carl and begins to help him. She seems to be panicking. She rips the tape off of Carl's mouth.)

Carl: Oh, God. Come on. Get me out of here.

(Cut to the feed through Salinas' camera. The bomb is now counting down from 1 minute and 18 seconds.)

Carl: I can't understand what he says so if someone could please fill this part in that would be great

Emma: It's running tape but it's also a live feed.

Carl: Come on, who cares?

Emma: (Into Salinas' camera) You will not ascend. You're gonna... you're gonna leave my friends alone and you're gonna let me walk right out of here. With Carl.

(Emma moves away from the camera, which is still filming Carl. The bomb is now counting down from 1 minute and 2 seconds.)

Carl: (Pleading) Come on! Come on!

Emma: Do it. Do it, I dare you. If you kill a trait positive girl, you know that the Order will be right all over you. Do it.

(A beep is heard in the background. Emma moves away and we see that Carl's bomb has stopped ticking with 58 seconds left.)

Emma: That's what I thought. (Turns to Carl. Whispering to herself.) That's what I thought. That's what I thought.

Carl: Get me out of here.

Emma: Okay.

Carl: Come on. Pull on this wire. Ahh!

Emma: Okay, alright. God. Be careful. Okay?

Carl: Get this thing off me. Get it off me!

(Cut back to Emma's camera. Emma reaches for it and is filming her carrying Carl out of the building. Carl is grimacing.)

Emma: Okay. Got it?

Carl: Yeah.

(Emma opens the door and her and Carl walk through it. Carl seems to be in a lot of pain and is limping.)

Emma: A few more steps.

Carl: Okay.

Emma: Oh God.

(Emma turns the camera to the hallway in front of her. Salinas and one of his men are walking towards them.)

Salinas: Excellent work, Emma. As far as consolation prizes go, you'll do just fine.

Emma: Run, Carl! Go! Run!

(Emma and Carl run toward the elevator into their right. The shadow is seen at the doors as they close.)

Emma: Are you okay?

Carl: Yeah, I'm okay.

Emma: Okay.

Carl: What's that?

Emma: (Pulls a tape out of her pocket) Victory souvenir.

Notes

• Daniel seems to have cap fever in this video.