Empire of the Ants Page #3

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Dan!

Oh, my god.

Let's pick them up at the beach!

Get up!

Ahh!

Aahh!

We're never gonna get out of here.

Why is this happening?

Larry.

I can't believe this.

God.

They don't like fire. That's for sure.

All we have to do is keep

this damn fire going.

They just couldn't be.

Joe?

Ants.

Why don't we go into the old beach house?

We'll be safe inside there.

Without that fire, those things would

be inside with us in 2 minutes.

Goddammit, why do you shoot

down everything that I say?

You never did like working for

me just because I'm a woman.

They're waiting.

They're out there waiting

until the fire dies.

Can't you hear them?

Where did they come from?

How the hell did they get that size?

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking of a way out.

All we wanted was to enjoy

what was left of our life.

Is that bad?

Hey, how about some candy?

It's good. It'll make you feel better.

Come on.

It's yours if you want it.

Better get some more wood for that fire.

You're not gonna need any wood.

Charlie?

Yeah?

The tent and the workers...

I didn't bring them. How did they get here?

A river north of here about 2 miles.

We've a got boat on that

river, a small boat!

You expect us to walk 2

miles through that jungle?

Oh no, we're gonna stay right

here until help comes!

When the hell is that gonna be, Marilyn?

Look, as soon as they

know that we're missing,

they'll send a search party!

I am not gonna leave dreamland shores!

You can stay here and be

buried on dreamland shores.

That fire goes out,

I'm gonna be someplace else.

Well, do you want to try

for the river or not?

It's unanimous, Joe. We're

all too scared to vote.

No!

No, they'll kill us.!

Larry, why don't you

just wait for them here!

Charlie, we're not leaving!

I'm gonna stay here and

you're gonna stay with me.

We'll go into the beach house.

You're crazy, Marilyn!

We've gotta go!

Marilyn!

Marilyn!

Oh! Aah!

Ahh!

Keep going!

Come on.

Oh, god!

Keep going.

The beach house is full of them!

Dozens of giant ants!

Hurry up.

Come on, hurry up.

There!

I can't keep up!

Let's go this way.

Careful, now. don't stumble.

Don't worry, sweetie,

we'll be safe in there.

Larry!

Ahh!

What? Larry, wait!

Oh!

My ankle!

Agh!

Larry!

Oh, please, don't leave me!

Larry!

Come on. Let's go.

Come on!

Charlie! Charlie!

Oh, god!

Oh, god, no, please!

Go!

The rain stopped.

It's a good omen.

All right?

There it is. There's the boat.

Joe!

We're coming through.

We lost the old couple.

Hang on.

What about Christine?

No, she didn't make it.

Come on. I'm not going with you.

Get in the boat.

Charlie's dead. I want to stay with him.

Get in the goddamn boat!

Ok, Joe, let's go.

Get your fingers out of the way. Move them.

You're working for me, remember?

I'm still in charge here.

Would you like to row?

Very funny.

See? I told you we'd be safe.

They're gone now.

So quiet.

God, why is it so quiet?

We got away from them. We

left them all back there.

We did, didn't we? Joe? Dan?

I don't know.

Thank god we're safe.

Charlie never got away from them.

We'll never get away from them.

This has turned out to be one

hell of a free vacation.

I loved Christine, you know.

I hope that nice old couple got away.

What were their names?

Harry and velma.

I wish I hadn't seen Charlie die like that.

What was I supposed to do?

She ran off.

I turned around and she was gone.

I went to look for her.

Nobody's blaming you, Larry.

We're not saying it's your fault.

You think I saw the ants

kill her, don't you?

Go ahead and say it! Go on!

Why would we think that?

Mr. Stratton always liked a cup of nice

hot tea at the end of a hard day,

with a slice of orange peel.

I took very good care of him.

I started there as a file clerk.

And after all those years,

do you know how they gave me

my notice of termination?

It was a little piece of paper...

A memo.

"Dear Ms. Ellis,

"this is to inform you

"that your services are no longer required

"and your employment is hereby terminated.

You will receive the usual severance pay,

as is customary with this firm.

Mr. Stratton didn't even sign it.

I've never done anything like this,

never taken any chances,

never done anything dangerous.

It's not fair that this

should happen to me.

Oh, Larry,

if it's any consolation,

none of us are enjoying this

boat ride anymore than you are.

Main part of the river looks

like it comes from that way.

It's to the left. We should go left.

I'm glad somebody's sure.

Either way, just as long as we keep moving.

It's my life, goddammit! Go left!

Congratulations, Larry.

You're also a dynamite navigator.

Go to hell.

Shut up, you two.

Why don't you all shut up?

We can get around it.

If you say so, Larry. You're the navigator.

Can you move it?

Why don't we walk it around?

I don't want to portage it.

How can we get past that?

Dan! Dan!

Get them away!

Dan!

Larry, I'm...

I'm sorry about the navigator

crack, if it matters.

It doesn't.

Ok. Forget it.

We're all on edge.

We say things we don't mean.

Yeah, well, tell that b*tch, don't tell me.

Look out!

Help me!

Help me!

God help me!

We'll be fine along the beach.

Watch that tree!

Ok.

Oh!

Let's continue upstream.

We'll just follow the river.

Hold it!

What? What is it?

Ahh...

Nothing.

Thought I heard something.

Listen! Wait a minute.

I told you that this river

didn't lead anywhere.

You should have listened to me, dammit!

I don't care what the rest of you do.

I am gonna go in this direction!

Marilyn! Marilyn!

Ahh!

It's all right.

What do we do now?

Obviously, they can kill

us any time they want to.

They just don't seem to want to right now.

Why not?

Can't you tell?

What do you mean?

I mean, they don't want us to go that way

and they don't want us to

go back the way we came.

That only leaves one way... upstream.

Oh, my god! They're herding us like cattle!

Ahh!

God, where'd they come from?

Let's get the hell out of here.

Oh, my god!

It's civilization!

Where are we?

Is there a town near here?

You folks look like you've been

out in that storm all night.

It wasn't the storm that bothered us.

There's a real horror show

coming upriver behind us.

Giant ants, big as you are.

They've already killed killed some people.

Phoebe will call the sheriff.

Have you seen them?

Phoebe! Call the sheriff!

Phoebe's a very good wife.

Giant ants. That's hard to believe.

Never thought I'd live to see the day.

What are you gonna do, sheriff?

Well...

First thing, I'm gonna

get you people situated.

Then I'll get some deputies

and go back to the river

and start searching.

I told you, those things

are vicious as hell.

A couple of deputies

won't do you much good.

I got a whole town if I need it.

I don't know how many

of them are out there.

don't worry about it.

Any ants come this way,

we'll take care of them.

The sugar refinery.

On the way back, I better alert them.

They're so close to the river.

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