Antibirth Page #4

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- That's your problem, Gabriel.

You don't know

what you're doing.

- I keep a line between myself

and these f***ing people. Okay?

He's trying to get people high

I'm trying to make money.

We don't know

what happened to Jade.

- Wait, he's dead.

- Yeah, and it could've been

a f***ing fire or an accident.

- Is this the sh*t

you gave to Lou?

- Yeah.

- And now she's sick.

- F*** do you care,

she's always sick.

If she's not hung over,

she's f***ing wasted.

- But her f***ing face

caving in and falling off

might be a side effect

she doesn't want.

- He told me we had to test it

before we could sell it.

I don't use this sh*t and I told

him not to f*** around with it!

- Who told you? Hmm? Isaac?

- Yeah, he told me

what I needed to know.

- Hey.

What do you wanna do with it?

- With what?

- With the f***ing body, man.

He's still laying there,

the place f***ing reeks.

- Get in your car

go to the house, get rid of it.

- What's up?

- The correct answer is

happy wife, happy life.

- Hey!

F***!

- Everything fades away

into a new reality.

A new world.

It is the bridge between us

and years of physical evolution.

Control your fear

and embrace the possibilities

of a better living..

...better past..

...a better future.

Control your fear

embrace the possibilities

of a better now

better past

a better future.

F***!

Ah!

- Hey, Lou, wanted to see

how you're doing.

Gimme a call.

Love you.

- Hey, Lou,

you coming out tonight?

Need a ride? Call me.

- Hey, Lou, I haven't heard

back from you.

Just wanted to make sure

you were okay.

- Lou, this is Dave

from united collections.

You're kinda past due

and the grace period is past.

Please call us back at..

- Uh.

F***!

Uh.

Okay.

F***!

Ah! F***!

Can I help you?

- You don't remember me,

do you?

My name's lorna,

we met at the motel.

- What are you doing here?

- Can I -- can I come in?

- Yeah, I'm sorry, man

this just isn't

a really good time.

The place is a mess.

- Well, it's cold

as hell out there, okay?

You been off your feet long?

- Yeah, uh, about a week.

Uh, what are you,

are you a doctor?

- No, no, I'm not a doctor.

- A cop?

- No, no.

No. No, I'm not, I'm not a cop.

I'm -- I'm lorna.

- What are you doing here?

- I..

I -- I wanna help.

- Uh-huh, to help?

- Are you having difficulty

remembering things?

Missing time?

- I, yeah.. Well, yeah.

All the time I'm missing.

- Are you getting headaches?

You experiencing fatigue?

- Look, lady, uh,

what's all the questions, man?

- You feel like, uh, like

somebody switched the channel

and it's,

it is like static, right?

But the volume's

cranked up high.

It's like, it feels like that,

right, right?

And, and, and every once

in a while you'll get a flash

a fragment of an image or a

a -- a word will squeeze past

the barrier

but it's lightning fast

and then it's gone.

It's nothing you can sink

your teeth into.

It's -- it's kinda like that,

do you feel like that?

Yeah?

- Uh..

...maybe.

- When I try to remember..

Oh, f***.

I -- I get pummeled

with these crippling headaches

and, uh..

Yeah, they won't help me.

They -- they wouldn't.

They wouldn't tell me squat.

- It stinks.

Don't smell that.

- You -- you -- you okay?

- Ow, f***, man.

I just, uh,

overslept a bit, uh, so..

And I'm not feeling so hot,

as you can see.

- When'd you go to sleep?

- Uh, what day is it?

- It -- it's Thursday.

- Right, uh..

Yeah, so it's like,

uh...Three days.

- You wanna get something

to eat, hon?

- Uh...Yeah.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- You okay?

- Oh, yeah.

- Lived out there long?

- Well, it's my dad's place.

He lived there

for a bit, then, uh

then he went off the deep end

and now he's dead.

- Sorry to hear that.

- It's not such a big deal,

i barely knew the guy.

He wasn't really cut out

to be a dad, or soldier.

- He was military?

- Uh, army.

- I was enlisted.

- Yeah?

- Mm-hmm.

You ever do any training?

- Me?

- Mm-hmm.

- Training?

What, in the army?

- I -- I did.

- I don't think

I'm cut out for that sh*t.

- None, you didn't do any?

- What about you,

you see any, uh, action

any life-changing sh*t?

- Yeah, I worked in radar.

They stick us in a truck

most of the time

out in some remote location.

We code and ran radio waves

for military aircraft.

- That sounds boring.

- Yeah, well,

they were happy to see me go.

- Why, what'd you do?

- What did I do?

Hmm, that's a good question.

Okay.

Okay, there were four of us.

And we were stationed

in this utility vehicle.

We were running maneuvers

and then

our signal...Jammed.

We were blinded by this,

this, this blue light

it was really bright.

It kind of like, it vibrated

you know, with this, like

like this low hum?

So we're all freaking out,

start running

and then...Just bam

I'm like face down in the dirt.

And, um, yeah, you know

that's the last thing

i remember.

- What happened?

- Well, they wouldn't say.

Once I started asking,

asking questions.

Once I started, uh, you know

seeing things that I didn't,

i didn't know

like, even f***ing existed.

Yeah, well, that was the end

of my military career.

- How'd you find me?

What is this, you followed me

from the motel?

- No, you know, when someone

has a trauma, their, uh..

...their mind and their body,

it leaves a..

It's like an imprint

or a, like a scar

in the psychic atmosphere.

That's how I found you.

It was -- it was

waving like a flag.

- Well, I definitely

been seeing some sh*t.

I don't know

if I believe in telepathy

or whatever weird tarot cards

you're dealing in, lady.

But, um, whenever

i try to think of that night

I just hit this block, you know?

- Yeah.

- Like, uh..

- Um, do you like

the food here?

- Warren works here.

- Yeah. Can you trust him?

- I don't know.

Can I trust you, lorna?

- No. If I'm right,

these people are dangerous.

This has my lab written

all over it.

- This is the funzone, alright?

It's not a spaceship.

Just try to be cool,

keep a low profile, you know?

It's a family establishment.

- Okay.

Your bastard science

works to sever the bridge

in between the body and mind.

That way they can do

terrible things to us

without anyone ever knowing.

This world is full of wisdom.

Nobody ever questions it.

Worse, we're killed...

By our own species corruption.

I was abducted...

By a secret us contingent

because I had been exposed

to something, huh?

Something they were struggling

to understand

and they responded

with violence and fear.

And I am not the only one.

When someone has an encounter

certain...Psychic muscles

are strengthened.

And you can see things

other people can't.

- So, you're a psychic.

- No. Um..

I'm just saying you become

more sensitive is all, hmm?

You -- you think of it as having

interdimensional street smarts.

And, right now..

...I'm getting a bad feeling

from this place.

- There he is.

Let's get this cocksucker.

- Lou, what are you doing here?

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