Cowboys vs Dinosaurs Page #3

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Gentlemen, I thank you for coming out.

That's it?

These rooms here I think are a little small,

but I need to move

the walls out about six feet.

What the hell is going on here?

I thought I shut this place down.

All right.

And I waved my magic wand

and opened it again.

You could at least pretend

I've got some authority around here.

Oh, but you do, Henry. You really do.

You're a valued member

of this operation.

By the way, thanks for being

at the meeting this morning.

Your foreman is dead.

Yes, I heard about that bear attack.

Wasn't no bear attack.

What do you make of this?

You sure as hell know

that ain't a bear claw.

You know what that looks like?

Yeah. It looks like a really big claw.

It doesn't look like

it's from any known living species.

Could it be a fossil?

It sure as hell isn't a fossil.

What the hell is happening out there?

You all thought I was crazy.

You thought I didn't know

what I was talking about.

You all thought that old Quaid

has lost his marbles.

Quaid!

Well, boys, feast your eyes!

Get down!

It's a mountain lion.

It's the mountain lion I believe is

responsible for the death of the foreman

and the attack on the swimmers

at Lava Lake.

I'm gonna take this in

as evidence, your truck.

- I'm gonna take you in for questioning.

- What?

- Sheriff, what the hell is that?

- It's just a mountain lion.

No. No, I told you what it was. You didn't

listen to me. There ain't no mountain lion.

- That is a dinosaur!

- You trying to cause a panic?

You cause a panic in my town, Quaid,

and it's gonna be your ass.

Henry!

You're taking care of this, right?

All right, guys, back to work.

Those charges need to be set by noon.

Get in the truck.

- Give me a hand with this thing.

- Why? What are you gonna do with it?

You gonna put me in a cell

with this dead dino carcass?

Look, you're right.

That thing killed those people,

our friends.

- Yeah.

- But you need to get in line.

There's bigger things in play,

and this is my town.

Give me a hand. Can't just leave it

in the back of your pickup.

Why not? I killed this thing.

- Yeah, you got a permit?

- What?

- Didn't think so.

- For a dinosaur?

Yeah, I hate to see you

locked up on poaching charges.

Look, I don't know what protocol is

for something like this,

- but letting you keep it sure ain't it.

- All right.

- Give me a hand.

- Fine, fine!

- Watch it!

- Or what?

What else can happen to it?

You are really getting on my nerves.

How'd you kill it?

See, I tracked this thing

with a methane detector.

Found a piece of skin

in the back of the mine.

Smelled of sulfur and gas.

It looked...

It looked like it crawled

through the rubble.

- How many of them are there?

- Oh, there was plenty...

but I lost count. I lost count

when they started eating all my friends.

All right, look,

I'll go back to the mine,

I'll talk to Marcus,

get the demo shut down.

It's gonna be the end

of this town, though.

All right, here we go.

Charges are set.

Fire in the hole!

He was right. It's completely hollow.

All right, boys, let's get some excavators

up in there and clean her out.

Sinclair, airport. Now!

We're too late.

Damn it. Gotta get back to the mine,

see what happened, okay?

All right, I'll check with County

and meet you back there.

Get ahold of County

and see if they felt anything.

Sheriff, you're not gonna

believe this, but...

the line's flooded

with animal attack reports.

- What?

- From all over the place.

I don't know what to make of it.

Hey, Pa, come on, get up.

Something's going on.

The grid's completely out.

What do we do?

Look, just keep trying to get the line

back up. Stay on your walkie.

Wait...

We gotta get out of here.

- Where the hell are you going?

- Hunting.

Hey...

will you check on Sky?

- Will you make sure she's okay?

- Boy, she's none of your damn business.

Look, Henry, you gotta get me

out of here. I can help.

The last thing I need

is a hothead running around town.

Come on, Henry! Let him help you.

You must be out of your mind.

Hey, Henry. Hen...

What did she mean by animal attacks?

You know how to use one of these things?

Yeah.

Good girl.

How are we gonna explain this?

Look, just get me out of this town

if you know what's good for you, Sinclair.

What the...

Oh, my God.

Go.

Go!

Funny thing is this is probably

the safest place as any.

Animal attacks? Come on, man.

You need to relax, son.

You can't do nothing from in here.

I need to get out of here.

I gotta check on Sky.

Sky.

- What happened to you that day?

- What do you mean?

You know what happened.

I got bucked, had a wreck.

- I got stomped.

- Not that day.

- You mean the day I left?

- Yeah, that day.

- What happened to you?

- You wanna talk about this now?

Come on.

- Talk to me.

- I got angry, and I panicked.

- You panicked.

- She was putting me out.

I was gonna lose her.

I was gonna lose everything.

I messed up.

Messed up. "I messed up!"

That don't work, boy.

I was hoping you'd learned

something in your travels.

You know...

you can forgive yourself.

She bound to be able

to forgive you someday.

Think about it.

I don't know if I can forgive myself.

Well, then how the hell could she?

You know, I've been...

I've been running for so long

and for so far,

I forgot what I was running from.

You know, it wasn't Sky, it wasn't you.

It was myself.

You know what these are?

The smallest violins playing

the saddest song in the world.

I love you, boy.

I need a drink.

I don't like this sh*t at all.

Can anyone see out the window?

What are you doing, Sinclair?

Oh, God.

Val, be still.

That thing is still in here, man.

What are you doing?

He's gonna get in here, Val. Val!

Do not open the door. Not cool.

Val...

Val, this is not safe in here, man!

- Oh, good grief.

- You coming?

Man, an old drunk ain't gonna

be no help to you, buddy.

Don't leave with the keys.

Don't leave with the keys.

Val, go get her.

Oh, this is not fun. This is not fun.

Run!

Go.

Don't stop. I want no stops.

I want you to get me

to the airport now...

Oh, my God.

Well done, dear boy. Well done.

Now, either one of you care to explain

what the hell is going on?

Well?

Don't look at me.

Ask the resident expert here.

I'm just a simple businessman.

Don't you dare point the finger at me.

I told you not to order the blast,

and you did it anyway.

I think you have it all wrong, my dear.

You signed the blast order, not me!

- Don't you dare point...

- Hey.

That is not gonna help anything!

You are finished!

- I am not finished!

- Stop!

All right, shut up!

Joe, I want you to shore up this door

with everything you've got.

Who put you in charge?

You got a better idea?

Sky, you okay?

- Yeah.

- All right, come on, let's go.

- No, I can't, I can't.

- You can, okay? Come on, we gotta go.

No. What are those things?

What's happening?

I don't have a reasonable

explanation for it,

but I'm telling you this,

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