Desperation Page #6

those little stone animals...

The can tahs

to tak's place.

That's its name...

Tak.

There's a hole

that goes...

I think it goes into

another dimension...

or something.

Tak got into Cary Ripton...

and from him

it jumped to the cop.

It wears out bodies fast.

God showed you this

on that editing machine?

You dog my cats.

Listen...

I know you're

a famous writer.

You're...

used to being the center

of attention and all...

but that doesn't

give you the right...

to make fun of my boy.

He's just afraid, Dad.

That's all.

That's it, I'm afraid.

I'm terrified

as a matter of fact...

But there is a certain

hopeful geography...

about this situation.

You said Tak the magnificent

is in the mine.

That's south of here.

The highway is north of here.

The truck is right here!

We get in the truck.

We fire it up.

We get the hell

out of Dodge.

Mary's alive.

Tak's got her stored...

like a spider stores

flies to eat later on.

Damn it.

Is anybody here?

Oh, God... Please.

Oh, god.

Oh, god.

Oh, god.

No!

Oh, God!

Oh, God.

Oh, god!

Please!

Oh, my god.

You gotta be joking.

You seriously think...

we can just drive up

to that open pit mine...

and save the lady fair?

We have to get out of here...

You wanted

to know about God.

I'll tell

you what I know.

He works through people...

and right now,

he's trying to work through us.

I say we give it a try.

Who asked you?

Listen!

It has to be all of us.

Tak's not just

a man or a woman...

No matter what

it looks like.

It's a Can Tak,

The big god,

the heart of the unformed.

Only all of us

can stand against it.

Can't you feel that?

I can't feel anything.

You learn a lot

of crap watching movies.

You know that kid?

Tak's like you.

It wants us to leave.

Well, then why don't

we give it what it wants?

Well, there's Mary.

You know, I didn't

bring her here...

and I didn't take

her up to that mine...

If that's where she is...

So don't give me that

guilt-tripping stuff.

Now you people want to fly...

Trans-God airways

with the boy...

Go right ahead.

I think I'll pass...

and not even God

can stop me.

No.

He gives us free will.

That's right,

good old free will.

God bless God, huh?

I think I'll go out and find a car

with some keys in it...

and resume...

my interrupted trip.

You folks have a good day...

and send me

a postcard...

when it's time

for the reunion.

You know what?

I have lost

all my respect for you.

I've lost the respect

of a man...

Who once carried out

Steven Tyler's barf bags.

Shucks.

David,

tell me something.

If Tak wants us to leave...

why'd he bring us here

in the first place?

It didn't.

It thinks it did,

but it didn't.

This is God's will,

Not Tak's.

And if you leave now...

You'll smell Tak on your skin...

for the rest of your life.

Well, I better go heavy

on the aftershave, huh?

Hey...

Anybody make it

to San Jose,

I'm at the Sea Cliff.

Drinks on me.

Thought you quit drinking.

That was a mistake.

Wish I didn't

run into this kid.

Johnny!

Mr. Marinville...

We were put

on earth to love God...

to serve him.

And what else are you

doing tonight anyway?

It's not... it just

isn't working, kid.

It's not working.

Just shut up.

Just shut up, will you?

Bite me.

You can't, can you?

You can't hurt me, can you?

Because I'm supposed

to be next.

Tak ah lah.

Murder your god.

So, he says to his wife,

this frog can cook...

you're outta here.

Are you Mr. Marinville?

What the hell

are you doing?

Everything blow sky high.

You got five, maybe ten second,

big boy, then...

boom!

Tak.

Tak ah lah!

Tak ah lah.

Ran like a rabbit.

Didn't warn a soul.

Fraidy boy.

Tak ah lah.

Tak a wan.

It was him...

It...

Tak.

That was 35 years ago

in Saigon.

Why, I don't...

So, you'd know

when you saw it.

When you saw it

the next time.

We can still

travel, David.

Drive to highway 50,

head west.

Never look back.

Free will, right?

Yeah.

Good old free will.

Oh, God.

Eighty-seven people died in that bar.

Eighty-seven.

And I never tried

to save anyone.

Not a one of them.

I only saved

my own sorry ass.

And here?

How many in this town?

Sometimes God is cruel.

What good is he then?

He wants us to love him...

and to...

Serve him?

Right?

Come here.

Come on.

You're crazy.

I like that in a person.

Where do we start?

Mary?

Let's go get her.

Come on.

Try the dryer, Mary.

Mi him!

Can de lach.

Min en tow.

Tak!

Mi him.

Can de lach.

Oh, God, it's the cop.

It's the cop!

Come on!

Wait! It's Mary!

It's Mary!

It almost got me!

It was so close.

It was in Ellen.

I'm sorry, David.

I know.

It's dead.

It's lying

back there dead.

No, Ellen's dead,

not Tak.

It's still in the mine,

isn't it?

The pirin moh.

That's where

it really is.

Wh... what is that?

The well of the worlds.

This well...

If it's in there, David...

can we block it up

somehow?

I don't know.

Yeah, we can... we can

block up that mine shaft.

And that's what we're

going to do right now.

So what does this Tak want?

It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter?

No, all that matters

is what God wants.

No, we don't have

time for that.

Let me do this.

Are you nuts? This is

an explosive shed.

Either it works

or it doesn't.

Now get back.

Everybody get back.

David, get back

and pray.

Everybody get back!

What is all that stuff?

Ammonium nitrate.

Tim McVeigh used it

in Oklahoma City.

What the hell

are we doing here?

You got a better idea?

No.

Let's just say

I got hit by a God bomb.

Never mind about God.

I'll settle for bombs.

Steven, hold on.

Dave's getting

a little antsy.

Pretty soon now you're

going to have to grab him.

Hold him tight.

Don't let go.

All right.

So what's the plan?

We do what God

tells us to do.

That's the plan.

Come on.

We ought to pray.

Our father

who art in heaven...

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come,

thy will be done...

On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day

our daily bread...

and forgive us

our trespasses...

as we forgive those who

trespass against us.

Lead us not into temptation...

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom...

The power, and the glory

forever and ever.

I think

I'm supposed to go on...

from here by myself.

David, no.

That's a load of crap, Dave.

What do you mean?

Exactly what I say.

And don't give me that

"God told me to"...

'cause right now, he's not

telling you anything, is he?

All right,

you can lead the way.

How about that?

Let's go.

Let's get this over with.

Sorry, kid.

Sorry, kid.

Sorry. Sorry.

Just got a bad back.

It's all right.

It's all right.

Too much alcohol

and too much cigarettes.

Do you want me

to take those bags?

No.

Not far to go.

What do you know?

What do I know?

I want to get out of

here before dawn.

Let's move it.

Come on.

There's something

in there.

Someone help him!

Help him!

I can't get him!

It's going to tear

its head off!

Kill it!

Stop! Stop, please!

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