Chronicle

Matt Garetty:
Andrew, don't fart. We'll never find you again.

Steve Montgomery:
Yes, it was the black guy this time.

Matt Garetty:
There's something wrong with Andrew.

Matt Garetty:
Andrew! Andrew, look at me! This has to stop right now, okay? This is really, really bad. What happened to you?

Andrew Detmer:
Why did you catch him?

Matt Garetty:
Listen, just focus okay?

Andrew Detmer:
I dropped him! Why did you catch him?

Matt Garetty:
Andrew, this is not a game, do you understand? You're hurting people!

Andrew Detmer:
You're weak, Matt! You're all weak. I'm stronger than all of this!

Matt Garetty:
Andrew, listen to me, okay? Just... I need you listen. Just focus for a second.

Andrew Detmer:
Do not tell me what to do!

Matt Garetty:
They can't stop us, it's not too late for us to go.

Andrew Detmer:
It is too late. I'm done! It's over... god, you treated me like sh*t! You left me alone!

Matt Garetty:
Andrew, you're not alone up here. I'm here with you! I should've been with you all along, but I'm here now. We can stop this right now, you and me. Andrew, we can just fly away, we can get out of here. We can be family! Andrew? Andrew, look at yourself. This isn't who you are!

Andrew Detmer:
Apex predator...

Matt Garetty:
What?

Andrew Detmer:
I'm an apex predator!

Andrew Detmer:
Please believe me, Steve. Please, it's just I-I don't know what I did. I lost control, and I'm so sorry. This thing, it's just becoming a part of me now and I don't... I miss you, Steve.

Andrew Detmer:
Wow, look, a rave.

Matt Garetty:
Oh, wow, look. A nerd with a camera.

Andrew Detmer:
I've been doing a lot of reading, you know? Like, online about, like, just evolution and natural selection and how like there's this thing, right? It's called the apex predator, right? And basically what this is, is the strongest animal in the ecosystem, right? And as human beings, we're considered the apex predator but only because smaller animals can't feed on us because of weapons and stuff, right? A lion does not feel guilty when it kills a gazelle, right? You do not feel guilty when you squash a fly... and I think that means something. I just think that really means something.

Matt Garetty:
Dude. I haven't had sex since summer.

Andrew Detmer:
I haven't had sex since ever.

Steve Montgomery:
Really?

Andrew Detmer:
Really?

Steve Montgomery:
That is completely unacceptable.

Matt Garetty:
Well...

Steve Montgomery:
How are you guys so cool? How are you guys so cool, man?

Matt Garetty:
Liquid nitrogen.

Andrew Detmer:
[to Steve] See, it's different, 'cause you've always had friends, and people want to talk to you and be around you. I never had any of that. I mean, before this, I barely even hung out with Matt, and he's my cousin. We were close when were little, but- I don't know. In high school, everything changed.

[first lines]

Andrew Detmer:
[as Richard tries to enter his room] What do you want?

Richard Detmer:
Why is this door locked, Andrew?

[last lines]

Matt Garetty:
Hey, Andrew.

[pause]

Matt Garetty:
I just wanted to say that... I'm sorry and, uh... I hope... that you know that I did what I had to do. You're not a bad person. I know that. That's all that matters. And, uh, I want you to know that I'm gonna be better from now on. I'm gonna help people. I'm gonna find out what happened to us down there. I don't care how long it takes. I'm gonna get answers. I'm gonna do it for you, and I'm gonna do it for Steve. And... I just... I love you, man. I didn't ever get a chance to tell you but I love you. And guess what.

[Matt moves the camera to show a Tibetan monastery in the background]

Matt Garetty:
You made it. Whoo-hoo!

[pause]

Matt Garetty:
Isn't it beautiful? Goodbye, Andrew.

Matt Garetty:
[yelling in joy] I can fly!

Andrew Detmer:
[attacking his father] I could crush you! I could crush you!

Andrew Detmer:
Hey, Matt! Hey, what did Jung say about glow sticks?

[Matt gives the finger]

Casey Letter:
What are you guys doing? Are you playing a prank on your cousin? That's mean, Matt.

Matt Garetty:
Just watch.

Matt Garetty:
Oh, my God, I can see your head is, like exploding right now.

Andrew Detmer:
What?

Matt Garetty:
This is the beginning of your downfall - hubris - right there.

Andrew Detmer:
What's "hubris"?

[Matt mocking laughs]

Andrew Detmer:
No, what does "hubris" mean, Matt?

Matt Garetty:
Seriously?

Andrew Detmer:
What does "seriously" mean?

Richard Detmer:
How you getting to school?

Andrew Detmer:
I don't know what you mean.

Richard Detmer:
Don't bullshit me, you idiot. Matt doesn't come. He didn't drive up. You leave the house. Who the hell is giving you rides to school?

Andrew Detmer:
M-Matt.

Richard Detmer:
All right. You know what? You're lying. You're up to something, and you can't hide it. You think you can just slink? Hmm? Sneaking, sneaking around my house, smiling? I'm onto your sh*t.

[while Andrew is lying in a hospital bed, his father comes in]

Richard Detmer:
Your mother's dead. She died last night while I was out looking for you. I came home and, uh... she was there in her bed. If I just could have been there more. You know, I was always there for her when you were out screwing around... and this one time... this... one time that she needed me, and you took me away. I want you to apologize to me. I know you can hear me, so I want you to sit up right now and apologize to me. You selfish, selfish a**hole. This is your fault! You di...

[cuts to no audio from the camera]

Richard Detmer:
DO HEAR ME? YOUR MOTHER IS DEAD AND IT IS YOUR FAULT!

[Richard Detmer enters Andrew's room while Andrew films himself using his computer]

Andrew:
What do you want? [Richard punches Andrew, grabs him from his chair, shakes him violently, and then throws him to the floor]

Richard:
When I say 'Open the door', you open that door. You got it? Finish your goddamn homework.

[He leaves and later, Andrew gets back into his chair and adjusts the camera before using the computer again]

Richard:
Hoarding a $500 camera while your mom dies in there? I mean, how selfish can you be!? ... I went through your camera.

Andrew:
What did you see?

Richard:
Just you being a loser. You think that those people are your friends? Huh? They're not. You're an embarrassment. You're running around this town, spending my money- Look at me when I'm talking to you!

Andrew:
I didn't spend any of your money, Richard.

Richard:
'Cause I don't have a dime to spend. Every last cent- Look at me! Every last cent goes to school for you-

Andrew:
School?

Richard:
And medication for your mother.

Andrew:
I go to a public school!

Richard:
I can't even pay for a goddamn-

Andrew:
You don't pay for a public school, you idiot!

Richard :
What did you call me? Did you call me an idiot, little sh*t?!? [he throws the table and Andrew backs away] Did you call me an idiot?! Huh!? [he throws a chair as Andrew backs against the wall] You piece of sh*t! [he punches Andrew in the face and to the ground] Get up! I said get up! [he pulls his son up] Get up! Damn it! [Andrew in a great rage, grabs his father, forces him across the room, and holds him up against the wall while grabbing his neck]

Andrew:
I could crush you, you hear me!?!

Richard:
Stop it-! [he is choking]

Andrew:
I can CRUSH YOU!

Richard:
Get- off- [choking]

Andrew:
SHUT UP! [Andrew throws him on the floor across the room. His father stays down on the floor in pain.]

[Andrew is flying in the sky and is crying during a lightning storm after being beaten by his father and standing up to him. Steve flies up to comfort him.]

Steve:
Hey! Hey, a**hole! What are you doing up here?

Andrew:
Just leave me alone, Steve!

Steve:
You can't be up here, dude. This isn't safe.

Andrew:
I don't want to talk to anyone.

Steve:
Bro! What are you doing up here?

Andrew:
Leave me alone! How did you find me?

Steve:
I don't know, man. My nose was bleeding and I heard your voice or something like-- What the hell happened to your face?

Andrew:
Nothing, man. Just leave me alone.

Steve:
No, dude, that's not nothing. That-- Your dad! Your dad beat the sh*t out of you. He can't do that to you.

Andrew:
Will you stop acting like you give a sh*t?

Steve:
Dude. Why are you talking to me like this? I'm your best friend.

Andrew:
I don't have any friends! You were never my friend before any of this.

Steve:
I hang out with you and Matt, like, every day! We're supposed to fly around the world together. Don't you-- Do you remember that? You think I'm--

Andrew:
Stop! Just stop talking to me! Why won't you just leave me alone?

Steve:
Come on, man.

Andrew:
Steve, I'm telling you, get away from me! Get away from me now! Please! Now! [Steve gets struck by lightning and is killed]

[Andrew has just torn the wisdom teeth out of a bully's mouth at school. Matt flies into Andrew's room]

Matt:
Andrew, what happened at school? Huh?

Andrew:
I need to go and pick up my mom's medication! [Andrew in a bit of a panic]

Matt:
Oh, yeah? [he grabs Andrew's backpack from him] You're gonna break the rules again? We're too strong for that now, Andrew! [he throws his backpack to the floor] If you did that, you know what I'd have to do!

Andrew:
You'd have to what?

Matt:
You have to start thinking.

Andrew:
What would you have to do, Matt?

Matt:
There are consequences, Andrew!

Andrew:
You could not do anything to me because I am stronger than you.

Matt:
Oh, stop giving me this bullshit! Andrew, I know what you did! I'm not gonna let you do it again!

Andrew:
I am not going to break your stupid rules! Okay? So just screw off, and stay out of my life! [Andrew pushes Matt and Matt pushes back harder. Matt attempts to punch Andrew in the face but he stops his fist from hitting him by using his powers. At this, Matt flies away]

[Andrew flies out of the exploded hospital, holding Richard by the legs]

Andrew:
It's your fault!

Richard:
Please. God, put me down!

Andrew:
You did this!

Richard:
Please Stop!

Andrew:
Your fault! You did this to me! You die!

[Andrew drops his father. Matt catches Richard in mid-air]

Andrew Detmer:
Matt! Don't be an idiot! Matt! Matt! You're my ride home!

Steve Montgomery:
Ignore us! We're just... mormons!