20 Ft Below: The Darkness Descending Page #5

Right. Go on.

I'll... I'll take care of her...

go.

I worked in the system

for years... yeah.

You can make a difference...

you can.

But so many people slip

through the cracks.

And no one wants to look at it.

They just... it's easier to see

them as crazy or broken.

And I guess some are broken.

Badly broken.

But I know this.

No matter how broken

someone is...

no matter how broken

someone seems...

sometimes it just takes a little push

to get them to pick up the pieces.

You have to be strong

in this world.

You have to be willing

to fight for what you believe in...

fight for the things, the

people you love.

Stand up for your family.

To do what is right... no

matter how hard it is.

Hey, Jax... come, sit with me.

It wasn't my fault, I swear.

There were like five of them.

That son of a b*tch is

getting a big head.

Let me take them out, come on,

man, come on.

I'll teach them a lesson,

you know?

No, no, I don't want to, no...

Let's go!

Big man with the mark, huh?

Chosen huh?

Here take this back to Angel.

If I get my hands on that kid,

I swear I'll kill him.

Please, please, come on, man,

come on, man, please, please...

Please, man, come on, please,

please, please...

It's all right. That's it.

It's all right.

It's all...

Weakness is a disease,

and if you see weakness in your house...

all you can do...

is destroy it.

Sing the cat

song. Sing the cat song.

Lickin' my hand.

No cheating, only one hand.

Come on now.

Come on, come on.

Some people don't know what the

hell they're talking about...

but that never stops them from

talking, does it?

Love is in the air. Do, do, do.

Love is in the air.

Harmony.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, well,

I'm feeling particularly inspired tonight...

so I think I'm going to go back to

my studio and do a little painting.

I don't think that's

such a good idea.

Well, Dad, I'm sorry, but when

inspiration calls, I answer.

Brrr-ing, hello, who's this?

Inspiration? Why of course,

I'll be right there.

And I'm off.

You got Angel on that thing?

Yeah, you want me to show you?

Martin Luther King said...

darkness can not drive out darkness...

only light can do that.

Hate can not drive out hate.

Only love can do that.

And that's all we're

trying to do here.

Let our light shine

through the darkness.

You are ruled by fear.

I am fear. You are mine.

Much better.

I'm not a fan of the

shaggy look.

Thanks...

and, uh... thanks for

the clothes.

Jake, honey... what

are you doing?

I have to end this.

Come on, Jake, you know

better than that.

You can't end violence

with more violence.

It just feeds on itself, it's a downward

spiral that takes everybody with...

Okay, thanks for the sermon.

I don't have a choice.

You always have a choice.

There's always another way.

He took her away from me.

You know... I used to watch you

two at the shelter...

the way that you looked

at each other...

the light you brought in the

room with you, oh my god.

I remember thinking more than once,

how incredible that was, that kind of love.

And I'll tell you something,

something I truly believe.

No one can take that from

you... except you.

You do not go down to Level 8.

Actually, Flash, I did.

Well, then you gotta be either crazy or...

stupid to go down there.

Thanks.

Yeah, if you go back... I'm in.

Okay, but you just said...

Yeah... I'm crazy.

And stupid.

Oh, hey, yo, we were just saying,

if you go back for Angel, I'm in.

No chance. What?

Why not? I'm not a

little kid anymore.

Prove it.

Look, this isn't a game.

You want to be a man, be a man.

Take care of your family.

What, like you did?

Flash!

Whatever.

Sorry, Jake.

Well, I can't see where this is.

It's not enough.

You think you could

find it again?

I don't know... maybe.

I mean, it's a total

maze down there.

Hey.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

It's not your fault, you know?

What isn't?

Any of it.

You know what?

What's your story? Right?

I mean, everybody's got

a story, right?

So what's yours? What's your...

what's your deep, dark secret?

My story... all right.

Well, um, let's see.

Only child... I'm from Jersey.

And if that wasn't bad enough, I, uh,

lost both my parents about five years ago...

in the same year.

Cancer, chemo, it's kind of

hard to say what got 'em first.

And after that, I basically tried to

drink myself to death for a while.

When that didn't work, I, uh, pretty much

decided to hit rock bottom, literally.

So... here I am...

200 feet underground with an anti-social

ex-cop being hunted by the devil himself.

It's a damn good story.

I do say so myself.

I'm sorry.

It's all right.

It was a long time ago,

you know?

So, where do we go from here?

You know, sometimes you just

have to go out there.

You have to go out

there and hunt.

You have to be a hunter. I'm a

real good hunter.

Like in the jungle.

I don't have... I don't have a

spear or nothing,

But I have my... my mother said

that I had a very sharp head.

I think she meant, you know,

that I was smart.

And I could get out there, and

I'm a real good hunter.

I can... I can... it's dangerous,

though, being a hunter.

Wolverine.

It's a Wolverine.

Get out of my stuff, get out,

you son of a...

I'm a real good hunter. You don't...

you wouldn't think I'm a good hunter...

but I'm a good hunter, I'm fast,

I sneak around the corners.

Jake, you scared the crap out

of me, though. Give me a hand.

Give me the hand. I'll

get up myself.

Give a guy a stroke or

a heart attack.

What's up? How you doing?

How are you?

Where you been?

Where have I been? Yeah, well,

you're looking good.

Right in the pit

where you left me.

I'm sorry, don't get so angry.

I mean, you're fine, aren't

you? You're back, you're good.

Where can I find Angel?

I don't know, Angel, I don't

know what that is.

This is something that I... oh,

that Angel.

The Angel thing is... well,

yeah, I know that person, yeah.

That's good news,

because you're gonna take me down there...

since you're giving

tours these days.

Oh, no, Jake, no can do.

I can't go down there, the guy will put

some sort of voodoo hex on me or something.

I'll get all scrinklied up.

You're gonna take me.

She can take you, she knows

how to go there.

You're gonna take me now.

You're getting really

close to me.

Okay. Okay.

You're going back to Central.

The hell I am. You're going.

No, I'm not!

I'll go.

Look, this is my story now,

and this is my guy.

Her guy, she said.

Okay, we're going.

Okay.

Come on, come on. Come on,

Jake.

You coming?

It's too late, I'm her guy.

You're too late.

You know, everybody's out there

hunting for something.

They never find it, though,

never... never.

Or when they do, they do find something,

they sure wish they didn't.

Ssh-ssh.

Watch your step.

No, no, no, not this time,

you are staying.

Come on.

This is it.

We're gonna tear this place up,

then burn it all down.

Are you ready? Yeah, I guess.

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