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They were gonna lose anyway.

Dr. Hodge, anything?

Good news. Preliminary blood tests

from the two teenagers suggest...

...that any abnormalities infecting

the bats is...

...completely host-specific

and can't be transferred...

...in active form to humans.

The bats can only infect other bats?

The virus was designed specifically...

...not to be transmittable beyond

the bats' own zoological order.

Dr. McCabe, what exactly did

you do to them?

I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to say.

Now that's bullshit!

Those things are killing people in my

town, and you're directly responsible.

We need to know

what we're dealing with.

I'm curious myself,

now that you mention it.

All right, I'll tell you.

Let me know how I do.

You've increased

their natural intelligence.

Yes. And their ability

to work together communally.

That's not so bad. We could

all use a little dose of that.

- Then you made them aggressive.

- Now that's bad.

Finally, you made them carnivores.

No, Dr. Casper.

I made them omnivorous.

Put my bats anywhere

in the world and...

...they will feed.

But why would you do that?

Because I'm a scientist.

That's what we do.

We make everything better.

Bigger livestock, better crop yields.

Millions of years of evolution.

What arrogance to think

you could do better!

Apparently I have, Dr. Casper.

Apparently I have.

You son of a b*tch.

I don't know about you...

...but I don't like anything moving

higher up the food chain than me.

Okay, look.

Our chief concern at the moment...

...must be ensuring

that this disease...

...is not allowed to spread

to the bat population at large.

Because if their feeding habits are

disrupted...

...say so long to that nice little

balance-of-nature thing we had going.

Take a look at this.

This is a bat migration schematic

I've created.

It traces migrations,

feeding patterns...

I've entered the usual information:

climate, food sources, bat roost.

Those dots?

Those are our bats.

Once the temperature changes and they

start freezing, they'll migrate...

...following their food

to temperate climates.

By February, this colony...

...would reach Mexico City,

San Antonio and New Orleans...

...in time for Mardi gras.

If our bats infect other bats...

...and those newly-infected bats

follow their usual patterns...

...of migration--

Show them, Jimmy.

That is six months from now.

And it ain't gonna be pretty.

Of course...

...my ass will be long gone by then.

If we don't stop them, what happened

to those kids will happen all over.

So what do we do now?

The only way to stop the spread

is to locate the roost...

...and to annihilate

every last infected bat.

So you reckon these things'll

hold them?

- They're called mist nets.

- Feels like fishnet stocking to me.

They're a little tougher

than they look, sheriff.

Wesley, Jimmy, come in.

- Yes, sir.

- How y'all doing?

We're getting along gangbusters.

We just hung those net things.

They're called mist nets.

Whatever. They feel like

fishnet stockings.

How about that.

Let me know if you see anything.

You'll be the first to know.

Trust me.

Yes, give me that information.

Local law enforcement is adequate.

They're on a need-to-know basis.

Same as the team.

He's here.

He's with me now.

Fine. They're in the field.

She's very competent.

I was impressed with her.

Blood on the moon.

Excuse me?

My mama said that

when the moon was red...

...there was blood on the moon

and somebody'd get killed.

Sheriff, if you're trying to

put me at ease, it's not working.

Sorry about that.

It's okay.

If you don't mind, what's that?

This?

It's an ancient Chinese symbol

for the bat.

Chinese consider bats good luck.

Harbingers of good fortune.

What got you into bats

in the first place?

Well, when I was a little girl growing

up back in Ohio, we had a barn.

Had some bats in it.

Scared me. Used to give me

horrific nightmares.

One night, my dad finally

dragged me out back...

...and caught one of the bats.

He explained the good things bats do,

like pollinating rain forests...

...and eating insects

and what have you.

And then he made me hold it.

And I gotta tell you...

...it was the gentlest thing

I'd ever seen.

I've been bat-crazy ever since.

Killing one goes against

everything I believe.

You catch one tonight,

I'll pet its belly for you.

I might even take it

to dinner and a movie.

There's too many.

- What do you mean?

- Let's go!

Come on! Come on!

Cover the vents!

Any possible entrance!

Hurry up!

Well, that's all being

taken care of, sir, as we speak.

We're gonna need

some help down here!

Son of a b*tch!

They're trying to get in!

What's going on?

These things, they're not like

any bats I've ever seen!

They're trying to get into the truck!

Where'd I put my keys?

We're on our way.

I can't find my keys!

They're trying to get

into the engine!

Whatever you do...

...try and stay calm. I ain't calm,

and I'm telling her to stay calm.

Son of a b*tch!

Come on!

Sh*t!

Sheila, they're getting in!

Get it off!

Sh*t!

Sheila? Do you hear me? Come in!

Sheila, you hear me? Come in!

Clear it!

Are you okay?

Holy sh*t!

- Use your gun! Shoot at them!

- I'll hit the sheriff and Sheila.

Shoot over them. Scare them off.

Then again, we could just

hightail it out of here now.

Hold still.

Let me take a look at you.

Hold on a sec.

You okay? Are you all right?

I ain't never seen anything like that.

They left something behind.

God, sheriff, don't move.

Don't move!

All right, be careful.

On three. One...

...two, three!

That's why I leave that stuff to her.

What did I tell you?

Ugly!

Now this might sting a little.

I been doing some thinking.

And what I figured out is this:

This is f***ed up!

I'm thinking of heading

to Antarctica now!

I checked into this. There's no bats

there because they hate the cold.

Hey, Wes?

Get ahold of the mayor.

Make sure everyone is inside...

...and their houses are secure.

Go on, now, get on it.

- That should do for now.

- Thanks.

Holy sh*t!

McCabe's bats.

- Sheriff, do you have your gun?

- In my hand.

This might be a good time to use it.

You only have to clip their wings.

Clip their wings?

Would you shoot their damn heads off?

And don't miss.

Damn!

- Are you all right?

- Yeah, we're great.

Nice timing.

Thank God you got one.

I need to study it immediately.

We've got other plans for this one.

Catch your own.

All right...

When I open the cage,

grab him by the neck and wings.

Are you crazy?

Try to be gentle, but firm.

- I can handle that.

- I'm sure you can, Emmett.

Okay, you ready?

On three, gentlemen.

One, two, three!

That sucker's strong!

Okay, easy.

Would you take his other wing?

Please? Thank you.

Oh, no, Jimmy, thank you.

He won't tear that bug out?

It's injected under the skin

where he can't reach it.

- Won't hurt him, though.

- That's a relief.

We're in business.

I'm telling you, this won't work.

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