Dark Was the Night Page #5

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and caught this.

Jim:
I'll leave these with you.

Okay.

Yeah, I'm gonna

head out too, boss.

You notice the cell

service is down?

Always happens during a storm.

All right, I'll see you

in the morning, boss.

(storm winds blow)

(creature breathes)

(wood creaks)

(sudden thump)

Adam:
Dad!

-(violent thump)

-(creature growls)

What was that?

Paul:
Get in the bathroom, now.

Get up, come on.

(eerie clicking)

-(glass shatters)

-(creature growls)

Get into the tub. Get low.

(items clatter downstairs)

-(creature growls)

-(footsteps thud)

Donny?

Donny?

Hey, boss, you say something?

-(creature growls)

-(items clatter)

I think there's interference

from the storm, or something.

Donny, it's in the house.

Paul:
(radio) It's in the house.

I'm coming.

-(siren wails)

- Hold on, I'm coming.

(creature's footsteps thump)

-(footsteps thump)

-(stairs creak)

(siren wails)

(creature roars)

(glass shatters)

(footsteps thud rapidly)

(creature roars)

Stay here.

No!

Just stay down.

Lock this door as

soon as I step out.

Okay? It'll be fine.

"(Donny yells)

-(footsteps gallop away)

(gunshot)

Paul:
Donny! You all right?

- Paul:
You all right?

- Donny:
Yeah.

Paul:
Did you see it?

It just knocked into me.

All right, let's gather

everyone left in town.

We'll stay at the church

tonight.

(wind blows)

You all know about

the tracks found

going through town, this week.

Yesterday, we discovered

the bodies of two men

in the woods just

outside of town.

Now, what left those tracks

also killed those men.

A lot of people

have long believed

that something

lives in our woods.

I didn't wanna alarm any of

you until I knew for certain,

but tonight it attacked my home.

A few weeks ago,

a logging camp opened up

90 miles north of here.

We believe that it drove

the creature south,

looking for a new home.

With the animals on the

run, it's looking for food.

And it found us.

It's strong.

It's fast, and it's smart.

But I believe that we can

get through this together.

So we're gonna stay here,

tonight.

As soon as that storm passes

and the roads clear

in the morning,

the Forest Department will have

Rangers crawling

all over these woods

to hunt this thing down.

How many Rangers, Sheriff?

Dozens.

All we have to do is get

through the night, and we will.

How do we know it

won't just find us, here?

It's a trap, like a

bunch of damned rats.

This church, it's our best

and only option.

Paul:
It's strong,

it's defendable.

Once morning comes,

you'll be safe.

This is where we need to be.

(wind blows)

(gun clicks)

Ah, thank you.

Susan:
Is it that bad?

(Paul sighs)

Oh, no, it's uh...

It's just a precaution.

You never were

a good liar, Paul.

That's all right,

I gave it up.

Good man.

Situation like this,

most men start drinking.

You don't seem too worried,

yourself.

Ah, worrying never added

a day to anybody's life.

You know what happens

after a forest fire?

Land comes back stronger.

Well...

I guess I'm drinking

for both of us, huh?

Susan:
Adam wanted to

draw, he was bored.

(Donny laughs quietly)

So what are we drinking to?

Hope.

Sometimes that's all you got.

I guess hope is

what we'll roll with, huh?

- Donny:
Hey.

- Hey.

How you doing?

Susan:
You were good out there.

I'm serious, Paul.

They believe that

you can protect them.

That no matter what happens,

they can trust you.

I can't protect these people.

I couldn't protect Tim.

It wasn't your fault.

He loved you so much.

He wouldn't want you to be sad.

I've been...

I've been seeing him, lately.

He's there

and then he disappears.

I feel like I'm going crazy.

Maybe...

He just wants you to know

that everything is okay?

I shoulda been there.

I shoulda protected him.

I am so sorry, Susan.

I'm so sorry.

I shouldn't have moved out.

I shouldn't have let you

think that I didn't need you.

Because I need you, Paul.

Adam needs you.

These people need you.

(sudden thud against the doors)

- Adam:
Mom!

- Susan:
Adam!

-(heavy thud)

-(creature growls)

Boss!

Donny:
Boss!

(muffled thud)

(people exclaim)

Man:
It's okay, here, come on.

Come on, come on.

I gotcha. Stay with--

-(loud thuds)

-(several people cry out)

Everyone away from the

windows and the door.

Paul:
Just stay calm.

Donny:
Stay calm, everybody.

-(creature growls)

-(door thuds)

-(gun c*cks)

-(door thuds)

You think it's gonna hold?

No, I don't.

The basement...

It was a shelter

in the 60s, right?

Yeah, but it's jam packed.

I don't think we'll all fit.

It's gonna have to do.

Come on!

Everyone downstairs, let's go.

Let's

(people speak over

each other excitedly)

Donny:
Come on,

now, let's go, quickly.

(door pounds)

Go, go, go. Go.

-(people chatter)

- Ron:
Watch your step.

Donny:
Come on, guys. Quick!

(pounding continues

from upstairs)

Donny, get these rifles ready.

Lock and guard the door.

- Donny:
Wait, wait,

- Susan:
What's going on?

Donny:
where are you going?

(pounding intensifies upstairs)

Those doors aren't

gonna hold much longer.

Don't go.

It's gonna be okay,

the doors are gonna hold.

I love you.

I love you, too.

-(doors pound)

-(several people exclaim)

Buddy, come on, give me a hug.

Where's my hug? Come on.

Where are you going?

I gotta take care of you

and your mommy, all right?

But you gotta do me a favor.

You look after her

while I'm gone.

Paul:
Okay.

I'm going up with you.

That's what I'm here for.

Donny, someone's

gotta stay down here

and protect these people.

Earl and I'll do it, Sheriff.

Earl:
Your deputy's right.

You going up there alone

isn't doing anybody any good.

We'll hold here.

I won't take my

gun off that door.

-(Paul sighs)

- Come on.

You hold that door.

Yes, sir.

(dramatic music)

(creature pounds on doors)

Stay close.

- It stopped banging.

-(electricity buzzes)

(fuse blows)

-(creature growls)

- Paul:
Come on.

(door squeaks)

Paul:
It's inside.

-(creature growls softly)

-(isolated bang)

(Paul and Donny breathe loudly)

(sudden bang)

(floorboards creak)

This is the only

way out of the hall.

Stay here in case

it gets around me.

Are you sure?

Just don't let it

leave this hallway.

'Kay.

-(jar clatters to the floor)

-(jar clinks across the floor)

(creature hisses)

(items clatter)

(kitchenware clatters)

(utensils squeak)

(tin can rattles on ground)

(Donny grunts)

(gunshot)

(creature roars)

-(people nervously exclaim)

-(creature roars)

Man:
It's okay,

it's okay, it's gonna be fine.

-(creature clicks)

-(blood squishes)

(creature thuds and clicks)

(creature footsteps approach)

(creature growls)

-(gunshots)

-(creature screams)

- Paul:
Donny!

- Donny:
Boss!

In here.

-(Donny pants)

- Paul:
What happened?

It is fast,

I didn't even see...

You all right?

I shot it. It's hurt.

(Donny breathes heavily)

Go get it.

Go get it, I'll be fine.

You need to go

protect the people.

Go!

(creature hisses)

-(thudding footsteps approach)

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