Bats Page #3

I know what they're capable of.

- You getting a clear fix?

- Crystal clear, baby.

Great.

Should be able to pinpoint the roost's

entrance to within a few feet.

I lied. I ain't gonna pet

this thing's belly.

Don't let us down, sweetie.

How's it tracking?

Perfectly. Long as it

keeps moving away from me.

Houston...

...we got a problem.

We can capture another bat.

Can't we? Just try again.

That could take days.

What do we do now?

Evacuate the town immediately.

Order an evacuation

for 100 miles, here to Mexico.

And Hodge...

...we're gonna need more help.

A lot more help.

You can study it now if you like.

I ordered reinforcements.

They'll arrive in the morning.

Effective immediately...

...the CDC is evacuating the town

of Gallup, Texas.

Good work, Hodge.

Evacuation? I think

that's a good idea, doc.

Based on this localized program...

...it looks like them damn things have

been making their way towards town.

We might still have some time.

Manny...

...you got any ketchup?

What is going on?

What are these people doing out?

I thought they were warned.

As far as I knew, they were.

Thank God you're here.

Christ in a sidecar!

What are all these people doing out?

We've warned them six ways to Sunday!

Nobody believes it.

Everybody in Texas thinks

they know everything.

Oh, my God.

What is it?

They're coming.

Echolocation calls, their sonar,

I can hear it.

They're coming!

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God!

Move off the streets!

Everybody get inside! Please!

Get inside right now!

Hurry up, everybody! Take cover!

Take cover, please!

Come on! Everybody get inside!

Let's go!

You gotta get inside!

Get in the theater! Get inside!

Close the doors!

- You all right?

- Get out of here!

Get out of here!

Amanda, get inside!

Hell with that!

Oh, God!

All right, everybody, back!

Let's just take it easy, okay?

God, this isn't good.

Take it easy. Back!

Get in the back.

Go! Now!

Get down! Get down!

Come on! Come on!

Get inside!

Get in there! Get in there!

Stay calm!

Hey, mister, hold on!

Mister, there's people down here!

Oh, sh*t!

Get inside now!

You all right?

Y'all all right?

He saved me.

He saved my life.

My God.

Jesus.

- I can't believe it.

- It's all right, honey.

Anything you see,

radio it in immediately!

Damn it, Wesley.

Excuse me, ma'am.

All right.

We'll see what we can do.

They're evacuating everybody now.

Airstrip's closed.

They got roadblocks.

Mexicans are clearing everybody

down to Oaxaca and Rosita.

Jesus, Emmett.

What are we gonna do now?

I'm still working on that.

Old Texas custom.

This evacuation covers

the entire town, doesn't it?

Yeah. No one's going in or out now.

So tell me something.

What are we still doing here?

We asked them to let us stay.

Say what?

To aid in destroying the bats.

You gotta be pulling my leg.

This sh*t is not funny.

They're only giving us 48 hours.

Why am I the only one

who doesn't know about this?

a military air strike...

...armed with missiles.

They'll bomb every cave,

cavern and foxhole...

...in a 100-mile radius of Gallup.

What? Are they crazy?

They'll kill everything

in Gallup, and not a single bat.

That's right. And we cannot

let them do that.

Now, I begged them for this chance,

and they agreed.

But we're basically on our own.

I won't let them blow my town

off the earth without a fight.

People have homes here.

They got their whole lives here.

I'll make sure they got

something to come back to.

We're sure to be quarantined for the

next month, whether we stay or not.

He's staying too?

I created them.

This will give me time

to review my work...

...and figure out what went wrong.

Jimmy, we could use your help.

I understand if you

don't wanna hang around.

Let me tell you one thing:

If another one of your bats

looks at me...

...if his head moves like this,

or his eyes go like this...

...like he might look at me...

...l'm coming for you.

Does that mean you'll stay?

I'll stay.

Something called a Chroma B-340.

The newest thing in spy satellites.

When it passes over Texas...

...they'll center infrared cameras

on a 50-mile radius south of Gallup.

Give us a direct feed.

When the bats emerge from their roost,

it'll be your turn.

The military wants to be as hands-off

about this as possible.

You'll have to make the l.D.

Think you can do that?

I can try.

This is our school.

It's not as primitive as you'd

think for a small town.

We can fortify it

as good as any.

Let's hope so.

You can set up in the science room.

The computers have high-speed modems.

Try to hook us up to Langley.

Let's secure the building before dark.

Yeah, I heard that.

What is that?

That is Montserrat singing

Donizetti's Lucia.

A real touchstone

of the bel canto repertoire.

You're an opera fan, sheriff.

I'm impressed.

Don't mention my hidden vice.

Folks would run me out of town

if they knew.

Don't worry.

Your secret's safe with me.

You are a sick individual.

Get out!

There. We are now as secure

as the goddamn Alamo.

Bad example there, Jimmy.

You're right.

Maybe we should hang up a few cloves

of garlic. What do you think?

I got hooked up to the base. Once the

satellite passes, they'll send photos.

That'll work.

And once we find them, then what?

Let's assume they're all living

in the same roost.

Given their communal behavior,

I'd say that's likely.

Poison?

Not an option. The most popular

poison for bats is chlorophacinone.

Largely ineffective against them

and lethal for humans.

Believe me, I checked into this

a long time ago.

Maybe if we trap them?

Whatever we do,

we have to get them all.

Why not just bomb

the sons of b*tches?

An explosion would scatter them...

...and might not even kill

all that many.

This is like a nightmare.

I'll never sleep again.

Wait a minute. That's it.

What?

We'll put them to sleep.

When the temperature drops below

But at 32...

...they freeze to death.

But how do we do it?

Especially in a heat wave.

We need cooling units powerful enough

to freeze the roost.

Well, all right.

Call Langley.

See what they can come up with.

I'll check it out.

You're thinking of walking

into that roost...

...with those things over your head.

Bats are nocturnal.

We go in there during the day--

But those are normal bats--

I know.

We don't have any other choice.

Yeah. I got it.

We are all set. There's something

called the NGIC lndustrial.

A cooler that emits a combination

of Freon, CO2 and pure oxygen...

...at superhuman velocity.

It could cover Cairo in icicles

in three days.

Good enough.

Once we locate the roost...

...they'll do an airlift

and drop-off at the entrance.

That's as far as they'll go.

They don't wanna know about us.

- They're preparing for a bomb raid.

- We'll need special gear to go in.

What?

We're going into the roost?

All of us?

Don't worry. You'll stay out

and monitor our progress.

Right. Maybe next time.

We are at drop zone.

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