Cast a Deadly Spell Page #6

- OH, WHAT HAPPENED?

- IT FELL ON HIM.

- POOR KID, IT MUST BE TOUGH.

SAY, AS LONG AS I'M IN TOWN

I'D LOVE TO LOOK HER UP.

I HAVEN'T SEEN

LITTLE LILLY SINCE

HECTOR WAS A PUP.

SHE'S AT THE HOTEL ASHCROFT.

I HAVE THE NUMBER

IN THE OFFICE.

AND WHILE WE'RE INSIDE,

I'LL POINT OUT A WIDE RANGE

OF MODERN TIME-SAVING ADVANCES

WHICH ADD UP TO LIFE

IN VISTA BONITA,

WHERE OUR MOTTO IS

"BUILT BY MAGIC,

BUILT TO LAST."

( phone rings )

HELLO?

- Lovecraft:
Hello, baby.

- HELLO, PHIL.

Is that offer of help

still open?

WHAT DID YOU:

HAVE IN MIND?

IT'S ALL SET.

SHE'S REMEMBERED ME AND

SHE'LL MEET ME IN THE CASBAH

ROOM IN 10 MINUTES.

- GOOD, YOU'VE GOT CAB FARE?

- WHY DO I NEED CAB FARE?

BECAUSE I WANT YOU

OUT OF HERE.

I'VE BEEN AWAY TOO LONG

FOR YOU TO GET RID OF ME

THAT QUICKLY. I'M STAYING.

OKAY, BUT STAY

DOWN HERE IN THE LOBBY.

DON'T LET HER SEE YOU.

I WANT TO HAVE:

A PRIVATE CONVERSATION.

( chattering )

- WHO ASKED YOU TO SIT DOWN?

- MY FEET.

SNAPPY COMEBACKS,

I LIKE THAT.

IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS

I DO BEST.

I BET IT IS.

LISTEN, UNDER DIFFEREN CIRCUMSTANCES, I'D...

BUT I'M MEETING

SOMEONE, OKAY?

YOU'VE GOT TIME FOR ME,

DON'T YOU, LILLY?

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

YOU AND I ARE GONNA HAVE

A PRIVATE CHAT.

( thunder )

OKAY, WHAT GIVES?

HMM, WHAT'S THE NAME

OF THAT PERFUME:

YOU'RE WEARING?

- IT'S "GRAND ILLUSION."

WHAT'S IT TO YOU?

- ( grunts )

( thunder )

( yelping and gasping )

THAT'LL TEACH YOU

NOT TO PICK UP STRANGE MEN

IN BARS.

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

- WHY DON'T WE LET OUR HAIR

DOWN AND TALK THINGS OVER?

- NO!

- I'VE BEEN LOOKING

FOR YOU, WILLIS.

- WHO TOLD YOU?

I'M JUS ADDING THINGS UP, THAT'S

WHAT PEOPLE PAY ME FOR--

"LOVE MICKEY,"

WHY YOU'RE THE ONLY MAN IN

TOWN OLIVIA HACKSHAW DOESN' SEEM TO HAVE THE HOTS FOR.

AND IT DOESN'T TAKE

A SCIENTIST TO FIGURE OU THAT LILLY SIRWAR

IS AN ANAGRAM FOR

LARRY WILLIS.

SO LOOSEN YOUR GIRDLE

AND LET'S TALK.

- I DON'T NEED A GIRDLE.

- HMM.

SO WHAT HAVE YOU

AND MICKEY BEEN UP TO, EH?

HAVE YOU SEEN MICKEY?

IS HE ALL RIGHT?

I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU STRAIGHT.

FIGURE HE'S DEAD.

- DEAD?

- HAVE A SHOT.

( sniffling )

I GUESS I KNEW THAT,

BUT I DIDN'T WAN TO BELIEVE IT.

NEVER SHOULD HAVE

CROSSED HARRY BORDEN.

LOOK, I GOTTA

GET OUT OF TOWN.

YOU GOTTA HELP ME,

- TAKE ME TO TIJUANA, PLEASE.

- TIJUANA?

LONG DRIVE ON A BAD NIGHT.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?

DON'T PLAY DUMB.

THIS IS THE BIGGEST THING

YOU EVER GOT CLOSE TO.

IS IT A DEAL?

OKAY, YOU GOT YOUR RIDE.

START TALKING.

FIRST,

GIVE ME BACK MY HAIR.

( thunder claps )

SO HOW DO YOU FIT IN

WITH MICKEY?

WE MET AT A PARTY

ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.

FAG PARTY?

NO, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS,

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

OKAY, SO HE SWEPT YOU

OFF YOUR FEET.

HE MAY NOT HAVE LOOKED

LIKE MUCH TO YOU,

BUT HE HAD A HEAR AS BIG AS ALL OUTDOORS.

WHAT'S HARRY BORDEN

GOT TO DO WITH VISTA BONITA?

WELL, HE OWNS IT,

DOESN'T HE?

THROUGH HALF A DOZEN DIFFEREN CORPORATIONS AND FRONTS,

BUT IT'S HIS ALL RIGHT.

HOW DID YOU END UP

DRIVING FOR HACKSHAW?

BORDEN TOLD MICKEY HE WANTED

SOMEONE INSIDE THE HACKSHAW

PLACE HE COULD TRUST.

HACKSHAW:

HAD BEEN ASKING AROUND

ABOUT VISTA BONITA,

OFFERING TO BUY I FOR WAY MORE THAN

IT WAS WORTH.

BORDEN WANTED TO KNOW WHY.

SO YOU TRADED IN

YOUR FRENCH KNICKERS

FOR A CHAUFFEUR'S UNIFORM

- AND MADE LIKE MATA HARI.

- AND I FOUND OUT PLENTY.

YOU FOUND OUT SOMETHING

ABOUT VISTA BONITA AND

THE NECRONOMICON.

BORDEN TOLD MICKEY

HE WANTED YOU TO STEAL

THE BOOK, HUH?

WHICH I DID, ALONG WITH

A FAKE COPY THE OLD MAN MADE

FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANY.

AND YOU TRIED TO DOUBLE-CROSS

BORDEN AND SELL THE REAL BOOK

BACK TO HACKSHAW,

BUT BEFORE HARRY TUMBLED,

HE MADE THE MISTAKE

OF HAVING MICKEY KILLED.

ALL WE WANTED:

WAS A LITTLE NEST EGG,

SO WE COULD GO SOMEPLACE

AND SETTLE DOWN.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE

THE WHOLE WORLD.

WAIT A MINUTE,

WHO'S GONNA HAVE

THE WHOLE WORLD?

( thunderclap )

HAVE YOU HEARD:

OF THE OLD ONES?

THE OUTSIDERS?

OF YOG-SOTHOTH?

CTHULHU?

THEY'RE OUT THERE, SHAMUS.

THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN

OUT THERE,

WAITING FOR SOMEONE

TO UNLOCK THE DOOR.

IT'S IN THE BOOK,

ALL RIGHT HERE,

THE PROMISE, THE POWER

AND THE PRICE.

WHAT PRICE?

THE VIRGIN, LOVECRAFT,

THE LAS OF THE UNICORN HUNTERS.

OLIVIA.

WHAT ABOUT OLIVIA?

( loud blast )

( growling )

( roaring )

( yelps, gasps )

- HOLD IT RIGHT THERE,

LON CHANEY.

- ( Larry gasps )

MOVE AWAY FROM THE FAIRY

AND KEEP THOSE MEATHOOKS

SO I CAN SEE THEM.

( roaring )

YEAH, YOU AND THE HORSE

YOU RODE IN ON.

- ( roar )

- ( gunshot )

- ( screams )

- ( gunshots )

( growling )

( roars and grunts )

( laughing )

( clicks )

- PHIL?

- ( roaring )

( groans )

( moaning )

- I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU

TO STAY IN THE LOBBY.

- I GOT BORED.

YOU COULD HAVE:

BOUGHT A MAGAZINE NO A CROSSWORD. COME HERE.

THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE.

I'LL PUT IT ON YOUR TAB.

WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

- I NEED A PLACE TO THINK.

- I KNOW A PLACE.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,

BUT I COULD USE A DRINK.

I'LL FIX THEM. YOU'VE

DONE ENOUGH FOR THE DAY.

- SOUR?

- SOUR.

THOSE THINGS ALWAYS

MADE MY TEETH HURT.

( chuckles )

COZY LITTLE PAD, EH?

YEAH, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE.

OH, TAKE IT FROM ME,

I'VE SEEN THE WHOLE SPREAD.

I KNOW I LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND.

WHY DON'T YOU

FRESHEN UP, DOLL?

TAKE A NICE BUBBLE BATH.

I'LL RUN THE WATER FOR YOU

AND EVERYTHING.

- Connie:
I DON'T WAN TO TAKE A BATH.

- TAKE ONE.

( chuckles )

SHE CALLED ME:

FROM THE HOTEL.

COME ON, DON'T TELL ME

YOU'RE OUT OF WISECRACKS.

IT'S NOT THE WAY

I HAD IT PICKED.

YEAH, I BET IT'S NOT.

YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL,

LOVECRAFT.

IF IT WEREN'T FOR HER,

YOU'D BE DEAD RIGHT NOW.

SHE CONVINCED ME THAT IF

ANYBODY WAS GOING TO FIND

THAT BOOK, YOU WOULD.

SHE'S SMAR AND I'M SMAR FOR LISTENING TO HER.

YOU, ON THE OTHER HAND...

HAND IT OVER.

COME ON, PHIL,

I SAID HAND IT OVER.

TSST!

THANKS, MR. TUGWELL,

THANKS A MILLION.

I WENT THROUGH:

A LOT OF TROUBLE TO FIND

THIS BOOK. A LOT OF TROUBLE.

OF COURSE,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN

A LOT LESS TROUBLE

IF YOU HADN'T KILLED MICKEY

BEFORE HE LED US TO WILLIS

LIKE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO.

- YEAH, BUT--

- YEAH, BUT WHAT?

WAIT A MINUTE, BOSS.

FAIR IS FAIR--

I'VE BEEN IN YOUR CORNER

THE WHOLE TIME,

YOU SAY SOMETHING,

IT HAPPENS, RIGHT?

- ( cocking gun )

- THAT'S HOW IT WORKS--

- EXCUSE ME, PARTNER.

- BOSS?

- YEAH?

- CAN WE DISCUSS THIS?

- NO.

- ( gurgling )

( grunting )

I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED.

YOU CAN'T TRUST ANYBODY

ANYMORE.

TRUST IS FOR SUCKERS.

( laughing )

NICKEL-AND-DIME,

NICKEL-AND-DIME.

YOU'RE TAKING US

TO THE BEACH FOR

A WIENIE ROAST?

YOU'RE A FUNNY GUY, PHIL.

I BET YOUR DYING WORDS

ARE GONNA BE A SCREAM.

HEY, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

SHE IS A BEAUTY,

ISN'T SHE?

SEE THESE CLASP THINGS,

THOSE ARE SOLID GOLD.

GONNA MELT THEM DOWN

FOR CUFFLINKS?

- I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO MEL DOWN FORT KNOX IF I WANT TO.

- SOUNDS GREAT.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?

MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW

WHAT THIS THING IS.

I'VE GOT AN IDEA.

HOW CLOSE ARE WE

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