The Tent

- - Here we go. It should be alright.

Got it mounted.

Okay.

Well, this is going to be my last how-to video.

Detroit's local radio station. Thank you for joining us.

I'm Tim Baker and I'm here with local hero Gabriel Knox,

who many have come to know as the Guardian Angel.

Gabriel, thank you for joining us.

Yeah, Tim. Thanks... thanks for having me.

- So, tell me about this name that guards... - What the heck!

Well...

Before I get started, I want to confess again

that you know I'm kind of a control freak, it kind of goes without being said.

With that in mind, I'm running out of time.

...saw me saving some kids.

You saved six children, right? When they were drowning.

Yeah, they were.

I don't believe, Tim, that I did anything anybody else wouldn't do.

So I want to do a wilder... a video on how to survive in the wilderness.

And there's three main rules.

I think you're a hero.

I think that's why the community has given you a name such as that.

Don't you appreciate that?

Uh, you know, quite frankly,

I don't really appreciate much of what the community thinks.

It wasn't three or four years ago that the community...

I can't protect you or prepare you for everything.

...thought that I was an addict,

thought that I was just some throwaway kid living out on the streets.

And then it took one person that wasn't even a part of this community

to come alongside of me and help me through that.

- - So, I don't know...

Well, I just want you to know how to survive in the wilderness.

There's three things; three main things,

and that's what I want kind of you to get a handle on.

- -

He's going to kill you. He's going to... he's...

This is hopeless.

Don't be afraid.

- This might hurt a little. -

Move quickly.

Here, have a seat, let's take a look at that leg.

- No, it's too late. - At least let me help you wrap your leg.

You don't come into the tent. Are we clear?

You leave in the morning.

What if I don't?

We need to stick together.

Broadcasting program.

[man on radio talking indistinctly]

[man on radio's voice distorting]

- - Crisis has begun.

What's real?

You still around?

Yeah. Where else am I supposed to go?

Okay.

Listen very carefully.

You can come into this tent but...

Anything you say.

Been living here a while, I see.

Do you want shelter or not?

I'm sorry, I'm nervous.

Well, sarcasm is an overrated defense mechanism.

It's called a conversation.

It's what people do with their mouths, they talk, they share things.

You should try it.

I didn't invite you in here for conversation.

You're going to help me pull this thing out of my ankle.

Oh, I can't help you with that.

What?

I'm sorry. You just reminded me of someone for a moment.

You remind me of someone too.

Really?

Yeah, an old man that's about to bleed out.

Give me the tweezers.

Come on.

We're running out of time.

Alright.

No, the tweezers. First the tweezers.

There's metal stuck in my leg.

I was just thinking that maybe if we get someone just a little bit better suited

to handle this sort of thing like maybe a nurse or a doctor.

A doctor.

This isn't the world... just give me the damn tweezers, I'll do it myself.

I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to upset you.

The gauze.

- Gauze. - In your hand.

Here, you're going to have to put it under the wound

and you're going to wrap it as soon as I pull this out.

It's going to bleed quickly.

Wrap the damn leg already.

A countdown would have helped. I wasn't prepared.

Prepared? Just act.

If those things sense we are injured in any way, I can't help us.

What is it?

All of my food's outside.

- I'm sure it'll be fine. - They take my stuff every chance they get.

Food, wood, my tools.

Do you...

Do you remember where you were when the crisis happened?

What does it matter?

You don't want to let me in, do you?

You're in this tent, aren't you?

Yes, I'm in the tent, but you're treating me like an intruder.

I'm in a situation where I have to protect myself

but I didn't invite you here.

You chose to be.

So now you have to understand that we're both equally susceptible to them.

Then maybe I'm here for a reason.

I learned to cope.

I suggest you learn to do the same.

But you don't have to do it alone.

I didn't have a choice.

You always have a choice.

Don't pretend you know what I went through.

I went through the same thing, David.

We all went through the same thing when the crisis...

Well, the situation was out of my control,

so I took what little control I had left and found a way to make it work.

Shh!

How many of them are there?

Sounds like a few.

I've never heard them like this though.

Something's wrong.

I'm sorry.

You got a plan now?

You got some worldly wisdom to share? Because now would be the time.

Actually I do, but...

I need your pants.

Excuse me?

Hear me out. You said that these things are drawn to the injured, right?

I'm not taking off my pants in front of you.

David, please.

I'm trying to come with a solution.

I need your help.

And taking off my pants is going to help you fix this?

Please, I'm asking you to sacrifice your pants, not your life.

Give an inch, take a mile.

David, please.

Fine, fine.

Thank you.

What do you think you're doing?

We need to get rid of anything that's human scent.

I told you I have no meat in here. It's all outside.

Okay, so if the meat is outside, then that's where we need to go.

I'm not going outside.

You don't have to. My problem, my solution, right?

No it's... it's our problem.

Not the time.

Sorry.

Here.

Please.

Don't lose this.

It's old.

I've only lost one thing in my life.

But I think my luck is starting to turn around.

Come on. You can do this.

This is the first rule.

This is the most important rule.

So I want you to really listen carefully to this.

It's all about the knife.

That's right.

I know you're going to think it's crazy,

but that little knife is going to be your ticket to salvation.

It's what provides for you.

It's what sustains you.

That knife is more important than your canned food, than your shelter,

it's what you need to survive.

Don't forget it, it all starts with a knife.

Rub this on you.

- What the hell? - All over you. It'll help mask the scent.

- You have no... - Do it, David, please. Solutions. Solving problems.

Alright, alright. I got it.

What just happened out there?

Your life, it helped.

Well, it was pretty stupid.

Well, the meat and your bloody pants are buried so...

When we get injured in any degree, our body gives off stress hormones.

Those things can smell them up to a mile away.

I'm sorry, what?

They feed off our stress,

our injuries, like a giant piece of metal sticking out of my leg,

an example of something causing stress.

You can try to bury everything, but just know that doesn't solve the problem.

Yeah.

Well, we can handle it, considering you're holding Excalibur there.

This isn't a game, and this is not a toy.

Duly noted.

Small mysterious pocket knife is off-limits.

How did you know they will be drawn to blood or stress or whatever?

I've...

I've been studying them for some time now.

But covering up the scent should do something, right?

Maybe buy us some time, it's hard to say.

Time for what?

For us to figure out a way to get you out of here safely.

Are you serious?