20 Ft Below: The Darkness Descending Page #4

older is older.

So, I'm in charge.

Whatever... he's not.

Will you shut it, please?

You find family where you

can sometimes.

And sometimes you have to hold

on to what you got.

These two have been kicking

through the system for years.

Yeah since Mom died.

Yeah, and we aren't going back.

Try to split us up.

No such luck.

Keep it up, I'll leave

you out there.

Promise?

Keep coming back here.

Jake was working with them,

but then after...

After what?

Anyway, you find family

where you can.

Central make it past the sweep?

We're fine.

What's Central?

International capital of none

of your business.

Hey, be nice.

Boom! Goes the dynamite! Man,

you guys are all way too slow.

What happened to your face?

Nothing.

It wasn't nothing.

You're sweet and ripe.

You want to party? I

got good stuff.

No, thanks, no cash.

No problem, sweetness.

We can work out a payment plan.

Give it to you in trade, do you

know what I'm saying?

That's okay.

Hey, D-bag!

That's my sister. How about

you step off, huh?

How about you kiss my ass?

Before man's get hurt, huh?

Dude, chill, he's Chosen.

So?

Go crawl back in the pit you

came from, whack job.

And tell your rat face buddies

that these tunnels are ours.

Sell your crazy somewhere else,

because we're all full up here.

And you can go tell your

friend, Angel...

Don't you think about

talking about Angel.

Little man, I'm gonna give you

a big, old grin... ear to ear.

Let's go!

He was Chosen.

What? Where was this?

Right here.

Who cares? I took

care of business.

You don't mess with family...

everyone knows that.

You don't mess with family.

It's here...

our moment...

our time.

We've carved our bodies

with our own will...

fortified our spirit.

We know what honor means.

We know what family means.

And we will light the

light of truth.

Let them scream... scream

for their God...

a God that's dead.

We stand together. We

stand as one.

Whoever stands against us,

we will crush by our own collective power...

our own collective will.

They will see our mark, and

they will tremble.

It starts now.

Mind if I ask you a question?

Would it stop you if I did?

No, probably not.

What happened to you? How did

you end up down here.

I don't know.

I guess I just... lost.

Lost what?

Love.

You were married.

Uh, yeah.

She died?

Yeah, about a year ago.

I'm sorry.

Thanks.

What was she like?

No.

Okay.

She was happy.

You know that kind of happy

that... is contagious?

Just... fills up a room,

and it gets on you.

It just sticks.

Even after she leaves.

She was strong, too.

Stronger than me.

She wouldn't be down here,

she...

It's funny... you can fill a

house with love, you know?

Just see it in all the

pictures, on the walls.

And then when it's gone...

the walls... they

feel different.

The pictures all...

look different.

Everything that was so full of

love is just... it just hurts.

You know what I mean?

Actually, I do.

Anyway...

All I want to do now is sleep...

because sometimes when I sleep,

I see her.

I just think...

you know, maybe... her happy

will stick again...

for a while.

Would you mind if I came back and

talked to you again tomorrow?

Would it matter if I did?

Nope.

Good night.

No!

Pathetic! Hide behind love...

making you weak.

Who... who the hell are you?

You know.

Angel.

At your service.

Hey, hey, hey, where do you

think you're going, huh?

I'll take you down there, because I

don't want your dumb ass to get lost.

But I'm gonna talk to Jake. You

stay out of it, you hear me?

We'll see about that.

There's a guy down there who

happens to be a friend of mine.

I'm not gonna stand around while

you hold your girlfriend's hand...

so if you don't do something

about it, I will.

That's fine, just keep

your mouth shut.

Let's go.

I don't know what you're

talking about.

I just think he has an interesting story...

for the film.

That's all.

Whatever you say.

Okay, forget it, Harmony.

I just... does he even like coffee?

Honey, I'm sure I don't know, but flash

him that smile and it won't matter.

Oh, my god. Jake!

Oh, my god!

Jake! Wait! Wait!

Oh!

Jake! Wait! Wait!

It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.

Sh*t! Goddamn it!

2029,

northbound traffic, southbound exit.

Copy.

Fire in Tunnel 57... sounds like

your whack job buddy if you ask me.

Damn it.

Armstrong!

Jesus.

Don't even move, put your

hands in the air.

Don't do it.

Don't...

Jesus Christ.

Let's go.

What the f...

No.

Sometimes I think the ones we don't catch,

the ones we don't put away...

Sometimes they have it

harder... living in the dark.

Living with yourself can be

harder sometimes.

Are you guys okay?

Oh, Jake...

Oh...

It's okay.

No, Jake, Jake, this is not

okay. This isn't okay at all.

That kid was butchered.

My god, he was younger than me,

who does that?

Come on. I'm okay. I'm fine.

Are you okay?

You know, in the end, I don't

think anybody really escapes.

I don't think anybody gets away.

Yeah, you remember that body,

because I told you, right?

Get your hands off me.

I told you.

What? What'd you tell me?

I told you this guy was

off his rocker.

Jimmy's blood's on your hands

now, too. You understand me?

This guy gets kicked off the

force for being excessive.

He's living like a rat...

in the sewers...

underground in these

scummy tunnels...

ten feet from a butchered body

of one of ours, man.

One of ours! What are you

talking about?

In a shack that was burned

out by someone?

Enough, okay? Enough.

I know this guy was a friend of yours,

but he's not that guy anymore.

He's not a cop anymore, man!

Then what is he? He's a perp!

Have a look.

I got news for you, I'm not

letting him get away with this.

I travel the road Until I

came to a crossing

One way pointed right

And one way wrong

Which path to take Was a

coin for the tossing

But I couldn't turn

back Where I'd come

I ran from my feelings

Abandoned my love

I had no courage

left No respect

Mile after mile The

road wouldn't end

Until I finally

caught up To myself

When your heart is broken

playing sad game

Well, well, well, look

what we have here.

Gabriel.

Come here, you.

Well, you look like crap.

Well, thank you very much.

You look beautiful as always.

Aw, shucks, stop it.

You make me blush.

Who's this tourist?

Hey, I'm Chelsea.

I... I'm actually making a film about

the community in the tunnels...

and I would love to talk to

you about this place.

It is incredible.

Okay, okay, you're right

about this one.

Uh-huh.

Welcome to Central.

Sometimes the problems

are just too big.

You can't just watch anymore,

you have to get involved any way you can.

So many children.

I didn't expect to see so

many children.

No one does, there are

more all the time.

A million and a half a year...

throw-away children.

Runaways.

About 61 percent

of them age out of foster care.

Speaking of the children, why don't you

get washed up before you scare them?

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