Dragon Wasps Page #3

And I'm

getting them back!

Hammond, the chances of

those men still being alive...

Are a hell of a lot better

than the chances

of your father being alive,

but we went looking

for him, didn't we?

Okay, you're right.

I'll get to work.

And no more secrets.

Sure you're not gonna miss

this kind of thing?

Yeah, right.

Where the hell

is everybody?

That voodoo man took them over

to those sleep shacks.

Says we got to stay

the whole night.

It's too dangerous.

It's for our own good.

Well, that's bullshit.

Says they got something

planned for us later.

You do realize these guys

are cannibals, don't you?

I don't have anything

to worry about.

I'm too bony.

But you,

on the other hand,

you're like a four-course

meal and dessert.

Not on my watch.

You find our guys yet?

Eh, I got four signals.

Faint. It's

about 12 clicks this way

through dense jungle,

no roads.

Well, we'll never make it there

and back by nightfall. Damn it.

Guess we're gonna have to

take our chances here tonight.

What about the men?

They'll be all right.

I think it's a baboon

or a tree sloth.

Nah, you're all wrong.

It's a jaguar.

He eats them raw because he

think it gives him powers,

so once he offers you

what's in that bowl,

I suggest you say no.

The heart and major organs must be

eaten to absorb the animal spirit.

Hey, I like a good steak as

much as the next guy, but...

It's not enough

to simply devour the flesh.

You must believe.

After everything you've seen,

you believe, don't you? Ha.

Sooner or later,

you will.

So, what,

you're not worried

about Los Bichos Diablos

attacking?

The offering

wards off evil.

We fear nothing.

Right. Gonna pass.

Hey, keep your guns close,

stay alert.

I'm gonna go check

on Laverne and Shirley.

See how

the dissection's going.

Ohh...

Well, they got dinner,

if you can call it that.

Doesn't eat me,

I'll eat it any time.

Well, it's definitely rare

like you like it.

They were eating raw intestines

or something, weren't they?

You've been to one

of these shindigs, huh?

Nat Geo.

Season four.

Ah.

That's one

ugly son of a b*tch.

No, I'm pretty sure

this one's just a b*tch.

Wow, what's that there?

Isn't that

its, uh, stinger?

Actually, that's a modified

ovipositor, technically.

You lost me.

It's basically just

a big friggin' wasp.

That down there at the very

end, that's its stinger.

Only the females

have stingers.

It's quite common

in the insect world,

women being the warriors.

So it's a bee.

No, it's not a bee,

it's a wasp.

Its massive jaws are similar

to the Komodo dragon wasp,

but it's a bit of a chimera.

There's almost a dozen

other characteristics

similar to hexapods.

Six-legged critters.

Huh. So where the hell

did they come from?

Obviously,

it's a mutation.

Look at its head.

That's a Meganeura monyi.

A prehistoric dragonfly.

That doesn't

sound so bad.

They were

three feet long.

And carnivorous.

I could have told you that.

Here's where it gets

really interesting.

This thing has similarities

to the bombardier beetle,

an indestructible

exoskeleton.

Yeah, I could have

told you that, too.

See how hard it was

to bring this one down?

You know what else?

These little bumpy lines

along the abdomen here,

they release these

noxious chemical sprays

that react

when it's threatened.

Right?

Impressive.

Nature's napalm,

basically.

Well, why didn't they use it

against us on the road?

Maybe they didn't

consider you a threat.

Not likely.

Think they wanted us

while our blood was still warm.

They were totally

uninterested in our dead.

Your men that were taken

are probably still alive,

just like my father.

Yeah, but why would

they want us alive?

I mean,

what's the point?

Trust me, you don't

want to know.

The real mystery is how

these things ever got so big.

Even in the Mesozoic era,

insects were never this large.

Well, your father

and Transgen Tech

may have a thing or two

to do with that.

All right, look, you two

have told me everything

that there is to know

about this dragon wasp thing,

except how do I kill it?

Well, piercing their armor

is impossible.

A well-placed knife in the

wing plate might be effective.

Maybe you could

just jump on his back.

Yeah. So that's it?

I mean, other than

its inherent design flaw

in the natural

defense mechanism.

Once the two reactants

are mixed,

this thing is basically

a walking chemical bomb.

So tell me this.

Heh.

If I can detonate

a small amount of explosives

in just one section

of the hive,

could that cause

a chain reaction

that would destroy

the entire thing?

Well, if it's

in close proximity,

I'm pretty sure

it would, yeah.

It's not likely,

not with the amount of weapons

you have available.

Not in this small

a village.

Oh, you don't know Jaguar

like I do. Trust me.

Okay, well, let's get

this thing inside.

All right,

I'll help you this once.

Then we got to check

on the others.

Oh, this is disgusting.

Meyers,

check the perimeter.

Beastman, have you come

to set your spirit free?

Are you ready to experience

the pleasures of the flesh?

I'm just here

to talk about tomorrow.

Tomorrow can wait

till tomorrow.

Tonight's offering

protects this village.

Tonight, we celebrate.

Hey, I don't party

when I got men in danger.

You worry too much.

Drink,

unless you're scared.

No, thanks.

Drink, Beastman!

Share in

our sacred celebration!

Ahem.

Delicious.

Are you feeling

fiery venom running

through your veins?

Ahem.

You're looking woozy.

Do you need some rest,

Beastman?

Hmm!

Nah, nah, I'm fine.

In fact, I think

I'm going to, uh, enjoy

the pleasures

of the flesh myself.

Get me someplace

I can pass out, quick.

Beastman!

Beastman!

Welcome back.

How long have I

been out for?

It's morning.

Come on.

What happened to you?

I was drugged.

Are we in any danger?

Beyond the obvious?

Uh, I can't be sure,

but...

I mean, I hope I'm

just being paranoid, but...

I think they're planning on

sacrificing us any minute here.

What?

You know,

to ward off the wasps.

Well, what the hell

are we gonna do?

Can either one of you

tell me why it is

the wasps seem

to avoid this village?

Yeah.

In a word, cocaine.

Specifically, coca paste.

It has the essential oils

in it which repel the bugs

and get rid of them,

kind of like citronella.

It's not the voodoo that's

keeping the wasps away.

It's the coca paste.

Ah, finally someone's

saying something

that makes sense

around here.

Tell me this.

Is there any way that we can

actually get the bugs to come here?

You're serious?

Oh, yeah,

I'm dead serious.

Is there something

we can do

to eliminate the effects

of the cocaine,

besides all

of this hocus-pocus crap?

There might be a way.

Do you remember Peru?

The adrenal glands.

The adrenal glands

of the wasp

secrete a pheromone

that attracts other wasps.

All we need

is a few molecules.

And once we have that,

it should spread,

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