Children Of The Corn: Runaway Page #3

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take him outside?

SARAH:
Hey, that thing,

the sound you were hearing,

it's them?

RUTH:
How did you know

about that?

Um, Aaron told me.

- (RUTH SIGHS)

- SARAH:
Hey, look, I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to pry. I just...

He worries about you sometimes.

I'm fine.

SARAH:
Don't be angry with him.

He's a good kid.

I get to decide

when to be angry with him.

(DOOR OPENING, BELL JINGLING)

I gotta get back to work.

You coming?

Haven't finished

my burger yet.

- SARAH:
Here, I can take it...

- No, it's fine.

Stay. Finish.

(METAL CLANKING)

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTING)

(SOBS)

(SIGHS)

What's that?

Nothing.

Let me see.

That girl teach you

how to do this?

What? It's okay.

I just wanna know.

Look. Hey. It doesn't matter.

I just wanna know

who taught you how to do that.

You did.

(SIGHS)

(WOOD CREAKING)

(DOOR SLAMMING)

(DOOR CLOSING)

(DOORKNOB RATTLING)

Aaron, are you in there?

Aaron. Aaron, you need

to open the door. Aaron.

(PANTING)

- Don't!

- Aaron, I wanna close it.

Just...

don't.

- I said... (SIGHS)

- I'm your mother.

(PAPER RUSTLING)

(LOCUST BUZZING)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(WOOD CREAKING)

(GASPS, WHIMPERS)

(SNIFFLES)

- (MAGAZINE THUDS)

- God.

Yeah. No, no, no, we... Yeah.

We'll send a truck out to you.

Yeah. Again.

All right. I apologize.

All right.

That was Ms. Carruthers.

Ring a bell?

- Gray Stratus.

- Yeah.

Well, you changed the oil,

but forgot to put

the cap back on.

She got halfway to El Reno

before the engine seized.

That's...

That's not possible.

Doesn't much matter.

Wait. (SCOFFS)

You're not firing me over this.

There's no way.

I'm the best mechanic

you've ever had.

I'm sorry, Ruth.

This just ain't working out.

Which part?

Screwing up the job

or not screwing the boss?

I really wouldn't go there.

I'll pay you through the week,

and that's me being generous.

(SIGHS)

You can't do this.

Well, now,

I guess it's your turn

to get the hell out.

(MUSIC BOX PLAYING)

(LOCUST BUZZING)

(INAUDIBLE)

(INAUDIBLE)

AARON:
What are you doing?

(STOVE KNOB CLICKING)

(STOVE KNOB CLICKING)

Pernell thinks

his soup's cold.

(GROANS) Goddamn it!

That was good.

All right, well,

two hours, please.

WOMAN:
What the...?

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

What is she doing here?

It's the woman

I told you about.

You can't be here! Hey!

You can't be here.

Who's there?

Hel...

(CARL SIGHS)

What do you want?

Hey.

What?

You mind telling me

what you're looking for?

Get on out of here. Get!

What?

(SCREAMING, MOANING)

Oh, son of a b*tch!

I swear...

(GROANING, COUGHING)

God! (PANTING)

(GROANS, GRUNTS)

(GASPING)

(GROANS)

(GRUNTS)

(SCREAMS)

(GROANS)

(PANTING)

- (GLASS SHATTERING)

- (SCREAMING, WHIMPERING)

(GLASS SHATTERING)

(WHIMPERS)

(CAR HORN BEEPING)

Somebody help me!

(SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING)

(WRENCH CLANKING)

(CARL GRUNTING)

(CARL PANTING)

(GRUNTING)

(GIRL LAUGHING)

(PIPE CLANKING)

Why?

Why? Why?

(MUSIC BOX PLAYING)

(SHRIEKING IN DISTANCE)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

CHILDREN:
Cut them down,

plant the seed,

spread their blood,

watch and feed.

Cut them down,

plant the seed,

spread their blood,

watch and feed.

Bleed and die,

bleed and die.

Bleed and die,

bleed and die.

Cut them down,

plant the seed,

spread their blood,

watch and feed.

Cut them down,

plant the seed,

spread their blood,

watch and feed.

Ah!

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

Aaron?

Aaron!

(GRUNTS, SHRIEKS)

(GRUNTS)

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

(GASPS) Aaron! Oh, my God.

What are you doing here?

I saw you run into the woods

so I followed you.

I saw what you were doing

with those kids.

I don't know

what you're talking about.

Aaron!

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

Mommy's gonna get some medicine,

okay, Aaron?

(AARON COUGHS)

You stay here.

Mommy's gonna

be right back, okay?

It's okay, baby.

It's all right.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(ALARM RINGING)

(AARON CRYING)

RUTH:
I'm sorry, Aaron.

I would do anything

to save you, my beautiful boy.

(BELL JINGLES)

Hey, Joe.

(BELL JINGLING)

Hey, you're up early.

- I need your help.

- Uh, sure. Are you okay?

I know I have no right

to burden you with this.

Uh, do you wanna go somewhere

where we could be alone?

No, no, it's okay.

He can hear this.

I want him to hear this.

Have you ever heard

of Gatlin, Nebraska?

Yeah, where they had that mass

killing a decade or so ago.

One of the children

heard a voice.

And they thought that voice

came from God, but it didn't.

It was something else.

And so, all these children

began to follow this...

this...

Yeah, I remember.

(RUTH SIGHS)

I was one of those kids.

Didn't they all set fire

to themselves?

Not all of 'em.

(CHAIR SLIDING)

When I got pregnant with Aaron,

things changed.

And I realized

they wanted him.

After Gatlin,

we just kept moving around.

We never stayed in one place

more than a day or two

at a time, and...

I don't know, I just felt

like we were being...

followed.

Not by any one person

but by different people

in different places.

How could you tell?

You just... you kinda get

a sense of things.

I don't... I don't really know

how to explain it,

but they, um...

I need you to do something

for me. One thing.

Just one thing,

and I can handle the rest.

Get my son as far away from here

as you possibly can.

I need you to do this

for me, Sarah, please.

I... I don't know.

- I don't know what to say.

- Just get him away from here.

I know that I have no right

to put this on you,

but he cannot be here,

not now.

You could both

leave together.

No, I have to do something,

and it can't involve Aaron.

SARAH:
What?

There's someone

in this town.

She's gonna do

something terrible.

SARAH:
How do you know?

I know how she thinks.

You know how crazy

that sounds.

Then if I'm crazy,

that is even more reason for you

to get my son to a safer place.

Please.

I don't know.

Look, I've done something awful,

Sarah, 13 years ago.

And I can't take it back.

All I can do is make sure

it never happens again, ever.

This is the last thing

that I have

that I can give

to this world,

to my son.

Now, I'm asking,

I'm begging you, please,

help me make this right.

Okay.

I got this stick-for-brains ex

up in Tulsa.

He's a total loser,

but he's great with kids.

I can take him there.

(SIGHS)

Thank you so much.

You are a total godsend.

No problem.

- (RUTH SIGHS)

- Okay, one tiny problem.

- What?

- I don't have a car.

(KEYS JINGLING)

Oh, hey, I have an appointment

for a root canal in 22 minutes.

Uh, it's the pea green Hyundai.

That one right there.

I have to be

in the city by 8:00,

and with rush hour

the way it is...

Shirke, Candy Shirke.

I have the estimate

right here. Oh... (SIGHS)

I'm in for a broken fan belt,

a new radiator hose,

and you were gonna check

the bushings, too.

I get this grindy noise

when I accelerate,

- especially on cold...

- RUTH:
Carl?

I really can't afford

to be late.

He promised that the car

would be ready at 7:30...

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