Beneath Still Waters Page #2

- You sure about that.

- Yeah.

Absolutely.

So you won't be needing this?

You can have it back

when I see your diving permit.

So, no permits, huh?

It's a spec piece.

L've got a deadline.

And there's a story here.

Really need

to get my camera back.

Listen... thanks for the ride.

And being my alibi.

Any time.

I owe you one.

Clara.

Sorry about what

happened to your friend.

I know what it's like

to lose someone.

Who is that?

Ah. That's Gambine,

the supervisor.

He never leaves.

Interesting.

Julio?

Julio?

Julio.

This is Mr. Quarry.

He's a reporter.

What do you want?

L'd like to go down

into the dam, if I could.

It's not a good time.

Please.

Julio, please.

This is the main wall.

of reinforced concrete...

which supports the pressure

of 18 kilograms of water

- per cubic centimeter.

- This place feels like a tomb.

Watch your step.

Mom?

This happen often?

Every few years...

there's a small quake.

That wasn't so small.

There's a fault line

about 3 kilometers from here.

Great place to build a dam.

Bet there's more than one body

buried in these walls, huh?

It was a rush job, yeah?

Workers... actors...

Rush, rush, rush. Big hurry.

Better move everybody

out of town...

make a reservoir

for all the big developments

right now, can't wait.

Even flooded

the cemetery, didn't they?

Uh. No time to move the dead.

L've got family down there.

Go back 500 years.

Why? Why they're

in such a hurry

to bury muddy mud

under a million tons of water?

They needed water

for the valley, to modernize.

Bullshit.

It's all about money.

Sleazy politicians.

This town's as dirty

as they come.

No! You can't go down there.

Why not?

- What are you looking for?

- What are you hiding?

You don't know anything

about this town.

My father was an honest man.

- Dan?

- Yeah.

- You sound like sh*t.

- Oh, Marcia.

- Hi.

- Did I wake you up?

Yeah. No, no, no, no.

Been awake for hours.

What's going on?

It's all set up. No problem.

L've already met

the chief of police.

Very cooperative.

The clock's ticking, Dan.

Yeah, I know we got a deadline.

L'II e-mail the photos to you

by the end of the day.

Don't let me down.

- Yeah. Sure.

- Bye.

Bye.

Mom?

No!

Inat genesis semen mortis est.

No! Leave me alone!

Clara! He's coming!

He's coming.

Look at you now,

living with the worms.

While the maggots feed on you,

I will take everything you created...

your town, your people,

even your own family.

After 40 years of waiting,

it will all happen

in just one day,

and all that was yours

will now be mine.

Most of them are nuts.

Absolutely nuts.

Come back! Come back!

Carlo!

This for diver 1. For both...

What do you think happens

to you when we die?

Nothing.

Nothing?

You just don't exist.

You just don't care.

You don't care about anything.

What's the matter, honey?

- Where have you been?

- What?

And where were you

this morning?

You're always gone.

Honey, I have to work.

You know that.

You don't care about me,

and I don't care!

Hey.

Dreams and Mysteries.

Pretty heavy stuff.

Inat genesis, semen mortis est.

That which created you...

Holds the seeds

to your destruction.

My Latin's a bit rusty.

It's something

my grandfather taught me.

I have to go baby-sit.

There you go.

- Be careful, yeah?

- Yeah.

She's been upset

since her grandfather died.

Her grandfather, yeah?

Yeah.

He was the mayor.

Remember? That sleazy politician

that built the dam?

Hey, I didn't mean

to insult your family.

That's okay. Just forget it.

Listen. Help me

with this police chief.

- What?

- I need to get my camera back.

Yeah, that's no problem.

Teresa, what are you doing here?

Captain Keller, I think we got off

on the wrong foot.

Mr. Quarry's writing a story

about the anniversary.

It'II be good for the town.

L'm still waiting to see

your permits, Mr. Quarry.

Then you can have

your camera back.

All due respect, sir, but your man

doesn't know a buoy from a diving belt,

and I definitely don't have time

to teach him how to use

the P.R.C. Radio.

I can operate a P.R.C.

L'm a trained diver,

and I know these waters.

I can help.

We're in luck, Lieutenant.

This guy can do it.

All right. You can go.

But this is against

my better judgment, Quarry.

F***ing woman.

F***ing woman.

Julio.

No! No, no! Rosa, no! No!

No, Rosa.

Julio.

Oh, no! Get away!

Listen up.

Be careful down there.

Caught some really mean

currents last night.

Pulled me right across the lake.

Here is the dive plan.

One:
Nice and slow.

We have plenty of air.

Two:
Don't lose sight

of each other's ass.

- Not that I like his ass at all.

- So f***ing immature.

And three is for you, Devil Dan:

Don't fall asleep.

You are our guide.

Okay.

Listen. Do you feel it?

It's damned cold down here.

No!

No! No!

Julio!

Come with me!

No!

How we doin', fellas?

There's the town of Marienbad.

I don't see any sign of the body.

The currents tend

to pull things down

into the buildings.

Look. The cemetery.

Dan, we are heading

across the plaza.

You'II feel a strange current there.

It will pull you.

Just roll with it.

How we doin', fellas?

Okay?

Thank God you are here.

Hi.

My little monsters await you.

- Sorry I'm late.

- Don't go, Mommy.

But I have to, darling.

It will be fun with Clara.

- You'II see.

- Come, David.

- We'II make popcorn. Right, Clara?

- Sure.

I don't want popcorn.

Hey! How about

a ton of popcorn,

till you got popcorn

popping out of your ears

like a pop, pop,

popcorn machine?

Don't go, Mommy.

They are all yours, Clara.

L'II be back around dark.

I hate you!

Hey! Come on.

- David. David...

- No! Let go of me!

David!

Can you see a house?

We see it.

Okay. With the strange glow?

Okay.

You feel that current?

Look at that glow.

Must be geothermal.

L've never seen one

that bright before.

L'm going to check it out.

Look out for me.

Okay. Got it.

L'm going in.

Ruso, Eduardo, come in.

Can you hear me?

- Come in, boys.

- I copy you, Dan.

We're checking out that old house

you told us about.

What the hell is that?

Eduardo?

Ruso? Ruso? Come in.

Eduardo, Ruso, come in.

Are you receiving me?

Is there a problem?

Lieutenant? Can you hear me?

Can you hear me, Ruso?

Come in!

Eduardo, are you

receiving me?

Ruso, come in!

Eduardo, get out of here!

Eduardo, come in.

Ruso?

Look! Get the camera

and come on.

What happened down there?

You all right?

Geez!

What is...

It's the guy from the dam.

Gambine. Where'd you find it?

It just came up.

It was like a black cloud

covering everything,

and you could feel it

sticking to your body.

- L've never felt anything like it.

- Where?

- Hey!

- Hey!

Hey, Ruso!

- Hurry up. Go after him.

- Sit down.

Over there.

Ruso!

No! No!

Deep incisions...

...as well as powerful ripping.

Some kind of animal?

Or a propeller?

That's it.

He got caught up in the propeller.

A terrible accident.

He was nowhere

near the propeller.

We felt nothing.

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