Desperation Page #4

Come on, come on!

David, push!

Get out!

Get out!

Call the police!

Run, run, David!

Please help me

take care of my mom...

and do what

I'm supposed to do.

Hello?

Anybody home?

Tasteful.

Operators are standing by.

Hello?! Anybody there?

It's dead!

It's got to be the...

Hey, wait! Wait! Wait!

Wait.

There are some garbage cans

lined up against the wall.

The wind just knocked

one down. That's all.

I don't care.

I want to get out of here.

This place is empty,

and it gives me the creeps.

There's trucks out there.

Where is everybody?

I don't know.

But I just think...

we ought to just keep...

I know, just tell me...

we're going to be

laughing at each other...

and feeling stupid

in a few seconds. OK?

OK. A few seconds.

Good enough.

Let's see what we see.

Do you hear that?

Sounds like a kid blowing

bubbles through a straw.

Do not worry, Little Nell,

for I shall save you.

Dork.

Yeah.

It's just an aquarium.

No, look.

Look.

What?

Behind the boat.

It's a hand.

My God, what happened here?

I love you, Pie.

Please help me not to freak.

Oh! Oh, God!

- Oh!

- Oh, God.

Whatever

happened here is over.

It's over. It's over.

Oh, God.

OK. All right. OK.

The blood's dry.

It's... it's gone brown.

It's gone brown.

OK. It's all right.

It's all right.

It's all right.

I wanna get out of here.

Yeah.

Yeah, we better...

What's the matter

with you?

You think this is

Anthropology 101?

What is it?

What the...

What...

I don't know.

Whatever.

Wait!

I think I just...

What?

Never mind.

Look at its tongue.

Do you think that

that did all of this?

I don't know

and I don't care.

I just wanna

get out of here.

Come on.

No way!

David, son.

If that's you,

don't come in!

That thing's right

in front of the door!

How close?

About five feet.

And looking right at

the sound of your voice.

I have a gun.

I'm gonna shoot it.

No, don't even

think about it!

I think you all better

get under your bunks.

Have you ever shot

a gun before, kid?

Not a real one.

Oh, Jesus wept.

You don't even

know if it's loaded!

Or if it has a safety!

I have to do this.

I tried the phones.

They're dead.

David, count to five,

so we'll know.

Hey, you're gonna

get my son killed!

What the hell's

the difference?

If big daddy

comes back here...

we're all dead.

Dad, get down!

- Please.

- OK, David.

One!

Is my dad under cover?

Yeah.

- Be careful, son!

- And shoot up!

Remember,

he's gonna jump!

OK.

Two!

Three!

Four.

Five!

David!

David!

You OK, son?

Please, David.

Answer me!

David...

David...

David...

It... twitched.

It was horrible.

You did a good job, pal.

An amazing job.

Yeah, it was, David.

Would you check

for a key here and let us out?

Maybe in the desk?

Look in there.

I'm so proud of you.

Seeing Pie was the hardest.

I covered her

with a jacket.

You did the best

you could, my boy.

You did the best

you could.

I'm scared for mom.

Look, I don't

mean to rush you...

But the sooner we

get out of here...

Where is everybody?

Look! Look! Look!

Lights.

Where there's lights,

there's phones.

What was that?

You wait here.

Yeah, right!

Eat me, said

the cake to Alice.

It's hot in here.

The air conditioning's off.

It smells funny.

Hey...

Now, look, forget this.

Forget this, please.

We came here to find

people, all right?

So let's find 'em.

OK.

OK.

Let's go.

Hello?

Anybody here?

Hello?

Hey. Hey, Steve,

there's somebody there.

No, no, no.

She's... dead.

No, she's not.

I can see her head moving.

No, Cynthia...

- Hey, ma'am?

- No! It's... Don't!

Ma'am?

Wait, wait, wait!

Wait, wait.

A phone. A phone.

We got a phone.

Go back.

Boss! Oh, my God,

we thought you were dead!

We found your bike

underneath this...

What happened to your face?

Same thing that

happened to mine.

The cop.

The market!

It's full of...

things!

It's not just

the market!

Never mind that.

We got wheels.

Let's get the hell

out of here. Come on!

Somebody's coming!

It's Collie!

He's coming back!

We gotta get

out of here!

Come on, let's go!

We gotta get that truck

off the street, too!

What? Make a run

for the highway?

Son, we'd never make it!

All right. Come on,

let's go! Hurry up!

Take them round the back!

Hey, you know

where we're going?

Yeah.

All right,

you're coming with me.

Let's go.

You got it?

That damn little prayboy.

Where are they?

Show me.

Hey!

It's just a rope.

You're OK.

I hate narrow places.

It'll get better soon.

Gather around.

I want you all

to have the full effect.

Come on over here.

Watch your step, though.

Wow, this is amazing.

Theater's been closed

over twenty years now.

Few of us got tired

of the hoorah...

down at the Owls' Club

and bought it.

Hey, Steve.

Watch.

No, no, no, no, no, no,

Old-timer. Maybe later.

Here. Check this out.

Who the hell

are you to tell me...

I can't have a drink out

of my own liquor cabinet?

Somebody who knows

what you are.

Somebody

who's been there.

And while that crazy cop

is still out there somewhere...

That is off-limits...

You got that?

Fine.

Well, what about

these lights?

The cop gonna

see 'em out there?

The theater's boarded up,

your majesty.

No light

shines through.

We're as safe here

as anywhere.

I reckon.

The cop'll find

us sooner or later.

- You know he will.

- You saw him.

Time is not

on his side.

Where's... where's

everybody else?

Dead.

He killed 'em.

Yeah, some of 'em, I'm sure.

But where are

the rest of 'em?

You're not hearing me.

Anything that got into his road...

he killed it.

Oh, that's nuts.

He couldn't have killed 'em all.

Well, look around,

smart aleck.

How come

he didn't kill you?

I don't know.

He come for me

a couple of days ago.

I had been on a ranch job...

and I slept a little bit late.

Slept in my coat, actually.

I might...

had too much to drink, too.

Now, he came right

into my bedroom.

First I knew...

Collie Entragian

was dragging me out of bed...

and snapping

his damn handcuffs...

and dragging me off to jail.

He pulled me all the way

through the house...

and across the yard,

and into his car.

Locked me in the back

of the cruiser...

and hauled my ass

off to jail.

He was talkin' all kinds

of crazy stuff...

in some other language.

And they weren't all dead...

Then, you know...

the folks in town, I mean.

He got half a dozen on

the way back from my place.

Shot them down

in the streets, ran over them.

The waitress...

in the Desert Rose

was screaming...

looking over his shoulder...

and she tripped.

That thump when

we went over her...

and him... Laughing.

That little bear

on the dashboard...

nodding his head

up and down.

And him...

laughing.

Some people must

have escaped.

He's not human.

I know that

sounds crazy, but...

Yeah, I know

what you mean.

They reopened a mine,

the old China Pit.

Whatever's

happening here...

I think it came

from over there.

What are you,

the town historian?

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