Dead Birds Page #2

I bet you're as tired as I am.

It's been a rough day, hasn't it, boys?

Nothin' to worry about,

now you're in here.

Storm ain't gonna hurt you none.

You did good today, Passion.

I'm gonna get you all fed

and watered now.

I guess you don't need this.

I do.

Be right back.

Please, help me!

Is somebody down there?

Please, mister. Hurry!

Let me out of here!

-Can't see you.

-My daddy threw me in here!

Well, hell!

My Lord!

-I'll throw a bucket down to you.

-Hurry!

Damn!

Hurry! I'm cold!

Just grab hold on it.

-I'm gonna pull you up out of there.

-Hurry!

You got it?

All right. Grab hold, both hands.

Come on.

Well, damn!

Hurry!

Damn! What...?

You OK there, Sam?

I don't know...

This thing is itching me.

It means it's healin'.

I guess so.

How long do you think

Joseph's been gone?

Belle...

I'll be back for you, Jeffy.

Isn't she beautiful?

I think she's the most

beautiful girl I've ever seen.

As soon as I heal up and get out of here,

we're going to get married.

She told me so.

Bastard...

Bastard!

-What is it?

-Joseph's gone.

-What do you mean, he's gone?

-He disappeared.

He went to take the horses to the barn

and hasn't come back yet.

We're all out lookin' for him.

I'll be right down.

Todd and Clyde are out back.

Are you comin'?

Yeah, I'll be along in a minute.

Dog!

Joseph?

You seen him?

I thought I heard Dog in the field.

I went after him, but...

he must have gotten turned around

in there or something.

You couldn't find your way out there

in daylight,

much less at night with a storm coming.

Joseph?

He'll either come back or he won't.

Let's all keep our pistols handy.

I gotta take care of something.

I'll be around in a minute.

We shouldn't leave

the gold unattended again.

We've been lucky so far,

especially with those two around.

Do you think they're

planning something serious?

Things are different now.

From now on, one of us three

stays with the gold at all times,

no matter what.

At least until we figure out

what's going on here.

-Got that?

-Yeah.

All right.

Dog?

Hey... Hey, now.

Stay with the gold.

-What is it?

-There was a boy in here.

-A boy?

-He ran out.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine. It just...

It just scared me, that's all.

Maybe it was the light.

-Was it a young kid?

-Yeah, he was young. He was small.

If there was a boy here,

Sam will find him.

We're the only ones on this floor.

-Could he have gone out a window?

-I don't see how.

He didn't go downstairs.

We would have passed him.

-Sure you weren't dreaming?

-No! He could've gone out another way.

-lf there was a boy...

-It wasn't a dream.

-Sam?

-Sam? Sam...

On your feet.

-You all right?

-Yeah, I'm fine.

I just got queasy after running up

all these goddamn stairs.

-You need to lie down and rest.

-I'm OK. Just give me a minute.

-Lie down.

-Come on.

Annabelle...

I believe you about the boy.

Get some rest.

-I didn't say I don't believe you.

-No, you just said I had a bad dream.

Oh, Christ, Annabelle.

Sam's wound is infected.

He won't be in a condition to ride

if it gets much worse.

All right, fine.

You got any suggestions?

It's just that...

There's something wrong with this place.

There was something awful

about that boy upstairs.

-Why can't we leave now?

-There's no chance of leaving tonight.

We can't just leave Joseph here.

He could be passed out somewhere.

What have you been doing?

Did you see Joseph come by?

I could've sworn I saw him

moving around in there.

You sure it was him?

I saw a head and shoulders

moving through the rows, but...

What?

Then I didn't see it no more.

It's either him

or something pretty big.

Our Father, thou who art in heaven...

My parents used to lie in this bed.

This is where my mother was

when the consumption took her.

Though I walk through the valley

of the shadow of death

I will fear no evil...

I had to do it.

I put the children

where they'll never be found...

...by anyone.

I tried to bring my wife back,

but they tricked me.

They changed my children into demons.

Who are you?

Where is my wife?

Where is she?

Where is she?

Clyde here says

he saw Joseph and Dog.

At least it was some kind of animal.

Planning on keeping

this gold out all night?

We'll stand and watch over it. Why?

I say we divide it now,

so we're each carrying our own shares.

Seems safer.

And I said we divide the gold up

when we get to Mexico. Not before.

Doesn't make any sense, William.

Joseph's missing, we don't know where.

-The way it is, Clyde.

-Part of this gold is mine.

You'll get it when we're out of the country.

It's the way I say it is.

That's final.

Doesn't make any difference, I guess.

I'm gonna go get some rest.

You do that.

Sam!

Sam!

Please...

Who's there?

How'd you get in here?

Hey?

Listen, kid...

You need to tell me

if there's someone else in this house.

Did something happen?

How did you get in here?

Help me! Please help me.

Please let me go! I didn't do nothing.

I won't tell nobody about the others.

The others? Did you run away?

I didn't see nothing.

I didn't see nothing.

Hold tight. They used rawhide on you.

Oh, God, it hurts!

Yeah, I know. I know.

-Please help me. Hurry!

-Hold tight. I'm gonna cut this off you.

-Oh, God. He's here!

-What?

He's here! Oh, God, he's here!

He's here! Oh, God, he's here!

-Help me!

-I don't see anything.

Hold on. Just hold on.

Hold on.

Who did you see?

Joseph...?

Sam...

The gold.

Clyde.

Clyde!

You stay here with Annabelle. Understand?

Sam...

Where's William?

Where is the gold?

Will's taken care of it.

What's that?

A door.

-A page from that book.

-What are you talking about?

It's no door that you would understand.

It's for sacrifice.

First, all the slaves...

...all the cheap ones

and the females past their prime.

You have to follow certain rituals

to be heard.

Most think of them as spirits and ghosts.

But they have always been here.

They exist in a world around our own.

They wanna change what's in this world.

They wanna... torment us.

I don't understand.

Annabelle...

This really hurts.

I think something's wrong.

All right. Let me look at it.

What is that?

I don't know.

We have to get you to a doctor.

You have some sort of an infection.

I may be able to

get you something for the pain.

No.

It don't hurt no more, Belle.

What?

What did you just call me?

I wanna show you something.

Here.

Come on.

Don't you wanna see what they did?

You were shot. I was there, remember?

No! Preacher said

shooting's too good for me.

-They left me to rot for what I did.

-Sam, what are you talking about?

Sam?

Sam...

Sam.

-I can't see...

-Stop calling me that!

-Stop this!

-Where did you put the bodies?

-Where are your children?

-Where they belong!

Hoist him up there!

I've opened the door.

They're here forever!

Fine. We'll see you get

a taste of hell in this world

before you pass on to the next.

You'll see!

Just wait!

-Come on, Jeffy.

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