Brave New Jersey Page #3

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Giving up, that's what scares me.

Hem and haw here all you want.

Every minute they get closer.

Or follow me.

Up to you.

Uh, thank you.

Well, Mr. Collins has weighed in

with his proposal, and uh--

Someone's finally making some damn sense.

Get anything that can be used as a weapon.

We need supplies.

I'll send word about a base camp.

Move out!

They landed in Grover's Mill at 8:50,

Basking Ridge, around 9:00.

With that rate of speed,

I'd say we gotta be ready for them at 04:30.

That's roughly five hours from now.

-Make sense?

-Oh, yeah.

How are we supposed to be ready for this?

We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.

We need to find a clearing to anchor our defense,

set up some work lights, a road block

to slow them down.

Ignite some spot fires, a barricade.

Make it look like all hell broke loose,

And pray till the boys stationed at Fort Dix arrive.

-The boys of Fort-- wait, with the army?

-No, Clark, the girl scouts.

Pulled the same maneuver with the 93rd infantry in '18.

knocked a sh*t load of krauts right out of their lederhosen.

Wait a minute.

Whose property is this?

That's widow Johnson's place.

Not anymore.

Helen, what are you doing here?

Where's Stan?

In the shed.

Behind the house.

Hiding under a sack of grain.

Why is this happening?

I don't know. I--

The bible says nothing of life on Mars, does it?

I-- I don't know.

Is god sending the Martians to kill us?

Are they coming because god told them to?

If god loves us, why would he do--

Well, maybe god doesn't love us.

Maybe god is just a mean, cruel son of a b*tch.

I have no goddamn answers!

You get it?

I have no answers.

What the hell do you want from me?

Your help.

And this is what I get.

You all right, Lorraine?

Hey, Lorraine, the thing is,

we need everyone's help,

so could you tell Paul that we're gonna set up--

Paul?

Yeah, yeah, where is he?

We need him to find the-- um--

Paul's here.

He's inside.

Okay. here's the plan,

we're gonna set up base camp

at widow Johnson's place, all right?

And the kids are gonna--

The kids are gonna go to the school house.

They boarded it up, so it's a pretty safe spot.

Please turn around.

Please walk away.

Please leave me alone.

I don't know if you've heard, Lorraine,

but there's Martians--

I don't care!

Now get out of here!

Mom?

Mom?

Mom!

Mom, are you okay?

What are we gonna do?

No, no, it's Lorraine Davison.

Get them in here.

We've been waiting for you.

Don't leave us here, please.

Honey, I need you to be brave for me, okay?

I'm scared, mama.

You'll be safe here, I promise.

I mean, I'm scared for you.

-Move, move, move.

-Thank you for coming.

All right.

All right, big load, folks, come on!

Don't give me any half-ass half-assedness.

Look sharp.

-Here they come.

-That way.

Time is not our friend here, understand?

Find something to do and do it!

It's early. do you see anything out there?

Let's go folks, right over here ahead of the hill--

Watch out! Watch out!

Watch out!

Right over there.

Let's go, let's got, let's go!

That's it.

Right over there.

All right.

Good.

Lay down that cornfield by Summit Road.

Get 'em to our eyes in the observation post.

Tell him to keep 'em field north.

What the hell is this?

Don't know.

It was in the pile.

Who the hell brought this?

I did.

It came to a point at the top

and I thought it might be useful.

Um, I'm sorry, I got nervous

and I just grabbed what I could.

You all find something funny,

goddamn it?

Think it's a time for souvenirs?

This is life or death.

Now look sharp.

Look sharp.

-Look sharp!

-Look sharp!

Look sharp!

Look sharp!

-Look sharp!

-Shut the hell up.

And you, I expect better from you tonight, Mayor.

From all of you.

Understood?

Now get to work.

You heard him, come on!

Somebody help these ladies here.

I can't move all this myself.

Come on, you heard the man!

Okay, I got that.

Let's go. let's go.

Peg, here you are.

what are you doing?

Helping out.

Captain Collins said

the barricade's the first defensive obstruction.

But the ladies are organizing tools and preparing food.

I know, but they need more hands over here.

Where have you been?

We should head to the ocean.

We'll be safer there.

So come on, let's go!

Chardy!

There's a lot of work to do.

Stay and fight?

That's insane.

This is our home.

We can't just leave.

Peg, please.

Edwards, leave the girl alone.

Oh, Sparky, close your trap.

I'll come over there, and--

-And what?

-And close it for you with these two fellas.

-Right here.

-Okay, everybody simmer down.

I'm staying.

Well...

fine.

Then I'm staying, too.

Good.

I'm glad.

I'm glad, too.

You're my fiance, now.

Don't forget.

I won't.

old Mcdonald had a farm, e-I-E-I-O

And on the farm he had a--

Uh, Jimmy--

Jimmy, what did he have on the farm?

I don't wanna play your stupid game.

We're all gonna burn alive!

Come on, you two!

And you over there,

get over here. Let's go!

Hello.

Hello.

I didn't see you there.

Clark, earlier tonight on the porch

when I raised my voice--

and threw a plant at my head.

Yes, well, um...

That behavior is not like me.

It was inappropriate and I apologize.

There's no need to.

It was heat of the moment.

Right.

Paul's gone.

To answer your question...

-Yeah.

-...from before.

He drove off without us.

I don't think he's coming back.

Well, then, I'm sure there's some kind of explanation.

There is.

"Dearest Paul, however long it takes,

we'll wait for you.

Margaret."

Who's Margaret?

I don't know.

"Yours," is certainly troublesome.

How about "however long it takes

I'll wait for you"?

What the hell does that mean?

Uh, I think it means whatever the time frame,

she'll be waiting for--

-Well, yes!

-Yeah, yeah.

The fact is it can mean a bunch

of different things, really.

Or it could mean that sometimes

you think you know someone

but the truth is, you really don't.

Oh, I'm sorry to bother you.

Hey, Lorraine?

Um, I-- I could use some help here

if you wanted to give me a hand,

With, uh...

-Okay.

-I have no idea.

They gave me a--

they told me quickly

and I got confused.

There's-- I thought there was a--

Word is they took over widow Johnson's place.

And get this, old man Collins is in charge.

Jeez Louise.

Excuse me.

Ziggy's gotta go to the bathroom.

Yeah, there's a bucket in the corner for that.

Thing is he's gotta go number two,

and believe me, when he goes number two

it's like a number four.

Where did you?

You stole this?

From in there?

Good thinking.

Come on, let's go find mom.

Hello.

Cigarette, Peg?

I don't smoke.

Well, tonight's the night to start.

No, I think those things are dangerous.

It could be your last pack.

Are you sure you wanna give it away?

There's plenty more where that came from.

I bet.

Lord...

It's been a long time since I've asked

anything of you.

Long time.

You listening?

How about you give me a sign?

Any kind of sign.

Do-- do crickets--

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