Devil in the Dark Page #2

in my face!

What do you mean,

she turned around?

How does that happen?

It just-- yeah.

Boys, it's late.

Unh. Yeah. Woah.

I think I gotta go home.

Hey, cheers.

It was good to see you guys.

Cheers. Yeah.

Yeah, you too, man.

Don't wait another 15 years

to come back.

Yeah, well if I do,

I bet you guys will be sittin'

right here.

I really hope so.

All right.

Ah.

All right.

Peace.

Ah, sh*t.

Ow.

Watch your step.

See ya.

Adam!

Adam!

Hey! Oh, my god, Adam!

Oh, Adam, what happened

to you? Huh? Huh?

Clint! Over here!

That mattress is terrible.

No one's ever complained.

You're the first

to whine about it.

Coffee?

Good times with

your old friends?

I'll see you outside.

Wow.

What?

What do you expect to carry

in that backpack?

I got some food, i

got my sleeping bag.

Okay, what kind

of sleeping bag?

What difference

does it make?

It's gonna be

freezing up there.

I don't know what kind

of sleeping bag it is.

What is this?

I packed you a bag.

Why?

Well, let's just say

i had a hunch.

Look. Just because

you think you know

what you're doing does not mean

i need you to pack me a bag.

Right.

Well, then

let's take your car.

Why do you gotta

be such a dick?

I see you traded in

dad's old truck.

Yeah, dad's died

a few years back.

He left you the house,

he left you the truck.

What else did he leave you?

Guilt?

You scared the piss outta me.

Will you come on?

I wanna get there before dark.

That's dad's gun, right?

Yep.

Can I use yours?

No.

You can't hit the bright side

of a barn with dad's gun.

Can I drive?

Also no.

You ready?

No.

Man, I love this place.

Yeah, it's great.

So how far are we going?

Well, we re gonna hike

around to that point,

then we are right

on the plateau.

Wow.

Yeah, i-i still

don t understand why

we don't just take the quad

all the way up there.

I mean, it's a machine

that's built to do that.

Because, precious,

we're doing this old school.

I want the sound of engines and

the smell of gas miles behind.

Poetic.

So we're gonna hike up

to the plateau.

Yeah. Why?

Uh. Nothin'.

Just the, uh, the guys

last night, they were sayin'--

okay, what did your ladies

tell you last night?

Nothing. They just said nobody

goes up there anymore.

Let me guess. They told you

the story of Doug Grant?

Yeah.

Doug had no business being

up here.

The guy was half retarded.

You know, in the civilized world

we don't use that word anymore.

Just so you know.

Whatever.

People don't come up here

'cause it's a b*tch to hike to,

not because of some

old wives tale.

And I bet there are huge deer

just begging to be harvested.

And this was your idea.

Killed.

Huh?

Huge deer up there

just begging to be killed

is what you meant.

Whatever.

I bet even if we miss

we could just walk up and...

Club them with your gun.

Yeah, exactly.

Hey, screw it, man.

Listen, I'm in.

Let's go kill some deer

in the face.

Harvest.

Uh, murder.

Okay, Clint, get him on target.

Don't bring your head

to the scope,

but bring the scope

to your head.

Right.

Aim a bit to the right,

the wind'll push it a bit.

You wanna hit him

in the chest.

Okay. I got it, dad.

When you're ready.

He's down.

Great shot, son!

Now the hard work

begins, huh?

The fun stops

when the animal drops.

Hey.

You always wanna keep the shell

from your first kill.

Okay, dad.

You know, there's shooting light

for about another hour or so.

You wanna see

what we can see?

Uh... nah.

You can,

knock yourself out.

I think I'm just gonna chill out

here for a moment.

Oh, yeah.

All right.

Did you hear that noise?

It was hard to miss.

Well, have you ever heard

anything like that before?

No, never.

The hell was that?

Relax, child.

There's a bunch of mines

out here.

They're probably fracking.

The sound carries out here.

You're just used to your

city noises, that's all.

Yeah, well I've never heard

a noise like that,

in the city or anywhere.

And it wasn't fracking,

I'll tell you that much.

Really?

What?

The fire.

Oh, come on.

We got a whole other day

of hiking ahead of us.

I'm cold.

The smoke will embed

in our clothes and--

the smoke's gonna-- okay, sure.

Oh, 'cause you hunt. Yeah.

Well-- didn't you bring

any deer piss?

That's what we use to mask

our smells, right?

Deer piss? Am I right?

Yes, as a matter

of fact I did.

Okay, so then what's

the problem?

Okay. Tonight only.

Did you see anything while

you were out there?

Yeah. A small Doe.

Really?

That's great!

Maybe we don't have to go

as far to find some deer then.

She's probably just lost.

The big bucks,

they're higher up

the mountain this time of year.

Great. Ah.

What is that?

It's nothing.

Go back to sleep.

I can't go back to sleep.

It sounds like

it's getting closer.

It's just your imagination.

Everything sounds louder

out here.

Woah, woah, woah.

What was that?

Don't-- don t do that.

No, no, no.

I'm-- I'm serious.

I heard something else.

Okay, we're leaving,

all right?

There's no way I'm going up

any further.

Shh.

I told you, everything sounds

louder out here.

Wake up, bro.

We walk from here.

Let's get going.

Can't we just keep taking

the quad?

Nope.

Mom, mom, mom, I got one!

I finally got one.

Where's Adam?

He's upstairs.

Okay.

Hi.

Oh, hi.

You guys are late.

Yeah, we had to go up

further than last year.

How'd it go?

Yeah, good.

He got his first one.

Unh. Did he cry?

Of course not.

You should have taken Adam.

He wouldn't have come anyway.

Yeah, but you still

should ask.

He thinks you favor Clint.

He's not like that at all.

Clint and I just like

the same things.

Well, maybe, as the adult

in the relationship,

you can find something that you

and Adam can enjoy together.

Hey, hey, hey.

Get washed up before

you come near me.

Ow!

Out!

Hey, Adam.

Guess what, dink?

Adam, guess what?

I shot a deer.

Got him right in the chest.

Good for you.

You killed something.

Dad said it was the biggest one

he's seen in years.

Almost a fourteen pointer!

I have no idea

what that means.

Oh, well, you have to count

the times in the rack--

Clint, what I meant to say is,

i don't care.

Well, maybe you would care

if you came with us for once

instead of reading

some stupid comic book.

Walking through the woods

looking for something to kill?

No, thanks.

You're such

a little jerk.

Whatever.

Dick!

Bring it!

Bit different from your spin

and yoga classes, huh?

Shut up.

So the good news is we only

have to get to the top of that.

The bad news is we gotta go

the long way around.

We're going up there?

Yeah.

Well, why don t we just cut

it short

and just climb up

right here?

Because it's too steep,

we don't have ropes,

and you're carrying a 40 pound

backpack, that's why.

It doesn't look

that dangerous to me.

Looks can be deceiving. It's

smarter to just go around.

No, no. Screw the hour

and a half hike.

I'm going up here.

Hey. I'm too old to lug

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