Coherence Page #3

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- Stop making fun of me.

I'm not making fun of you.

There's a massive celestial object,

and I didn't want to freak you out.

- Now you're freaking me out.

- You guys realize...

I was on a show called Roswell...

and we tackled these

issues every week.

That's true.

- Oh, sh*t.

- Oh, my God.

- Honey.

- Um, I'm on it.

Do we have candles?

I'm so glad I'm not high.

I don't want to sit by

the door to nowhere.

Mike, check the breakers.

I'm going to turn the lighter

on then come to you.

- You guys need help?

- No. I have matches.

- Candle power?

- I've got some over here.

I got blue glowsticks, red

glowsticks and green glowsticks.

Guys, let's just

light candles and...

Oh.

- Hey.

- Everybody rave.

- Are you going outside?

- Yeah.

What do you mean,

you're going outside?

I'm gonna see if the power's

off in the whole neighborhood.

I decided this is where mine goes.

Well, this is a little strange,

but the whole neighborhood is out...

of power, except for a

house about two blocks up,

which is completely lit up.

It's kind of beautiful, actually.

- The house?

- I want to go see.

- Let's go check it out.

- I've never seen it so dark outside before.

- You can't leave me. I'm gonna go.

- Come on then.

Don't leave me by myself.

- Where?

- You don't see it?

- It's right there.

- Why are you so far ahead of everyone?

Amir, dude, I can't see you.

- Let Laurie go first.

- Thanks a lot.

- That's sweet.

- Baby. Don't go.

- Come here.

- See? Look.

- Everything done.

- Come here.

See that?

- Two blocks down.

- Oh, they have light.

- That one house has light.

- They must have a...

- A generator, or something?

- Yeah, yeah.

What is that, two blocks away?

Could solar power do that?

But would their landline be working?

Oh, wow. Look at that.

- Oh, wow.

- It's magnificent.

Holy moly.

Well, I'm freezing.

Should we head over

there, or should we...

- No.

- Maybe we should head back inside.

That was awesome, right?

- I didn't even see this get knocked over.

- No.

I didn't even know that

glass was out here.

I never go down into the basement.

Guys, listen. Seriously,

what's up with that house?

- Why are they...?

- What?

It could be a generator.

Really?

I don't know. Maybe they're

just off-the-grid bastard...

Well, apparently,

we have a generator.

That would make sense if

they were off the grid.

I'm actually thinking of...

of going over there.

What?

- No, you're not going over there.

- Honey, it's okay.

- It's o...

- It's ridiculous.

It's not that far.

Look, look, look, look.

My brother, he says...

he said that if... if anything

strange were to happen...

while the comet was passing over...

- that we should stay inside.

- What?

Just hold on, Amir.

That we should stay inside and that

I should do my best to contact him.

And so that's all that I'm doing.

He said if anything strange

should happen? I mean...

I'm not the only one who

thinks this is strange.

- What is weird?

- Didn't he say to stay inside though?

What's more important

than the other?

Yes, but this overrides that,

and it's only two blocks away.

I'll be back in, like, five minutes.

- Well, then you can't go by yourself.

- I'm going with him.

There you go. I'll take Amir.

- I'm the least important person here.

- This is true.

It's about time you

started realizing that.

- Just stay here.

- Why are you going now?

Well, bring your glowsticks so

we can identify your bodies.

- Good idea.

- Thanks. That helps a lot.

- Don't listen to them.

- That's great.

Five minutes, all right?

- Okay. Five minutes.

- All right. Okay.

Beth, I-I couldn't find my shoes.

I'm borrowing yours. I'm sorry.

That's so Amir.

- Ten minutes we give them.

- They will be fine.

We're just rattled because we're

addicted to cell phones and Internet.

We are. What did we do

before cell phones?

Em, you seem to be the

comet expert here tonight.

What happened the last time?

This one passed over a hundred

years ago, but much farther.

But do we know that

anything happened?

Nothing happened then.

It was too far away.

So, is there any reason...

we should be freaked out right now?

Well, I mean, it is a

lot closer this time.

What does that mean?

Okay. I read one more thing.

- Oh, another story.

- Just one more.

It's called the Tunguska Event...

and, um, it was a comet...

or a meteor or

something like that...

that entered the

atmosphere over Siberia...

and exploded over Earth.

So, it didn't actually

have physical impact.

It didn't touch Earth.

It didn't leave a

crater or anything,

but the force of that explosion...

flattened trees for

hundreds of miles.

But it only killed about

one to two people.

It's Siberia. There were

probably only two people there.

Yeah, but they don't necessarily...

- It wiped out the population of Siberia.

- Basically. Yeah.

- Right.

- Well, that doesn't make me feel better.

And when was this?

It was, like, in 1908, 1903...

Oh, my God, oh, my God,

oh, my God. What is...

- What the f*** was that?

- I don't know.

- Lock that front door.

- Don't open the door.

- I'm gonna get the bat.

- Yeah. Give me the bat.

Mike, is that door locked?

- I'll check it.

- Babe, stay away from the door.

- You need the stick?

- Thank you.

No, no, no.

- I just want to see what the hell is out there.

- Oh, my God.

- Don't open it.

- Oh, God.

Please, don't open that.

- Is anybody there?

- Front door's locked. There's nothing.

There's nothing out there.

Thought I was going to

have a heart attack.

Everybody all right?

Check the generator, please.

Please try the generator.

- I'll check the generator.

- Would the guys do that?

No. The guys would not

do anything like that.

They're not stupid.

They wouldn't do that.

- How long have they been gone?

- Like ten minutes.

Five minutes out, five minutes back.

They should be back by now.

So, they should be back by now.

- Okay. I think we should go get them.

- No, no, no.

I want to go get my husband.

We need to do it together

this time, guys.

That's fine with me.

I just want to go.

- Don't go outside.

- I'm not going anywhere. I'm just...

We should go get them.

We can all go together.

Okay, all right. This is good.

Is that the grid or the generator?

No, it's just us.

He must have gotten it going.

There's no other lights on?

It's just us?

- It's pitch black out there. At least it's on.

- So it must be...

- Well done.

- Thank you.

- You did it.

- Let there be light.

Okay. Well, I think

that we should...

As a group, we should

go find those guys.

- I agree.

- Let's do it as a group this time.

No. That's ridiculous.

If you get lost in the

woods, you're supposed...

to stay where you are until

someone can find you.

Fine. That's great. Let's

just sit down and breathe.

For once, I actually agree

with what you're saying.

You know what? You've been

giving me sh*t all night.

- I am agreeing with you.

- Guys, guys, guys.

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