Equinox Page #4

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''which brings me to the point

where I now stand.

''In full scientific skepticism...

''but with much personal curiosity...

''I have set up and executed

some experiments...

''as diagrammed in the book.

''In a nearby secluded area,

I followed, to the best of my knowledge...

''the instructions for some

of the simpler manifestations...

''the last of which produced

fantastic results.

''It worked.

''I felt as though I had found

the fabled touchstone.

''I could see myself changing

the entire structure of modern science.

''More recently, however,

I've come to feel that my experiments...

''were somewhat premature

of my knowledge on the subject.

''There is instability.

I am unable to control

what I have created.''

There's some other writing here

that looks like a scrawl.

''Pandora's box''?

Uh, ''They are attracted to the book...

like flies.''

No, I-I -- I can't read it.

That's pretty heavy stuff.

Well, what do you make of it, Dave?

I don't know. Unless we talk

to Dr. Watermann, we may never know.

Well, so what are we gonna do now?

I'd still like to try that castle.

Uh, you don't think

he's still up there, do you?

Jim, I don't know,

but if we can't find Dr. Watermann...

I'd like to at least find someone

who's seen or talked to him lately, okay?

Okay.

[ Vicki Sighs ]

- It's gone!

- This is the place, isn't it?

- I think so.

- Yes! Yes, it is!

It was right over there

when I saw it.

Okay, okay.

Try to maintain, will you?

Well, what now, maestro?

Looks like we have to give some credence

to Dr. Watermann's notes, don't we?

- Huh?

- He means we have to believe in him now.

Let's go up there,Jim,

and see if we can find anything.

Okay. It's pretty steep.

You girls wait here.

Now, wait a minute.

Uh, you guys may enjoy this open-air

magic show, but I'm gettin' the creeps!

Take it easy, love. We're okay.

Come on!

Can't we just go home?

We can, but if we leave here without

trying to find out what's going on...

I, for one, am going to feel very foolish

when we tell our story back in town.

Uh, speak for yourself, Sir Lancelot.

Hey. Hey, look. Here in the book,

in Dr. Watermann's notes...

he says there were symbols that protect

a person from -- from whatever.

Let's see. Susan has a cross. Does anyone else

have a cross or a Star of David?

- No.

- Well, let's see what we can find.

Here it is.

- Here's one we can make.

-[ David ] How?

-Some willow twigs.

- That's neat.

- Your major was basket weaving.

- [ Chuckles ] Yes.

Put them inside your shirts.

They have to be next to your body.

Gee, I feel kind of left out.

Bless you, my child.

If the rest of us weren't such heathens,

I wouldn't have had to go to all this trouble.

Well, you can thank me for the thread

that's holding them together.

Now I just hope I don't fall apart.

I don't know. Seems like a pretty nice place

to start a nudist colony.

[ Chuckles ]

Keep your eye on that, will you?

Hold that.

Hey, look.

Don't horse around up there, okay?

Just do your thing long enough

to feel real manly...

and then let's get out of here, please?

Boy, you could grow up

to be a real fussbudget.

Look, promise me

you'll be a good girl...

and don't get Susan all upset too,

all right?

[ Sighs ]

Well, what are we gonna do now?

Find a comfortable rock,

sit back and wait for them.

Watch those yucca spines.

They stick like crazy.

Just around that cliff.

Hey, come on.

I'll take your picture.

- Are you sure you know how to use it?

- Yeah.Jim showed me how.

- Okay.

- The light's not very good here.

Why don't you sit

over by the stream?

No, not here. Get out! Get out!

[ Growling ]

I ain't got it, I told ya!

No! No!

It was about -- about 20 feet

from here, wasn't it?

I think so.

That's the first live thing I've seen

around here all day.

Hey! Dave!

Come here.

- This is it. Hold it. Can you see it?

- See what? What are you talking about?

Wait. I'll show you. Watch this.

Watch what?

What in the --

I can see it now.

Dr. Watermann's notes -- the instability.

This thing must fluctuate.

Wow! Davey boy, figure this one out,

and our fortune is made in showbiz.

The Rover Boys

and their disappearing castle.

- Now you see it, now you don't.

- I wonder if that castle's still there.

Yeah. And/or Dr. Watermann.

[ Vicki ]

There you are.

Is that okay?

Okay, now,just a second.

Help.! Save me. Help me. Help me.!

Help.!

[ Grunts ]

- [ Growling ]

- No.! Help.! Help me.!

[ Screaming ]

Ow!

[ Screaming ]

The girls!

[ Roars ]

Throw rocks!

Get his attention!

[ Growling ]

[ Whimpering ]

Susan, help!

Keep it up.

I'll go after the girls.

[ Dave ]

Jim.!

Over here!

[ Screaming ]

Try to find a long stick.

[ Growling ]

I got it!

[ Roaring ]

Hold it. You go up on top.

Throw rocks down, try to get his attention.

- [ Gasping ]

- [ Grunting ]

- Get back! Get back!

- [ Whimpers ]

Wait there.

- Dave?

- What happened? Where is he?

There. He's not moving.

I think you killed him.

Better go see.

[Jim ]

My God.! Whose nightmare is that thing?

That's a whole lifetime

of nightmares.

Dave, did you notice?

One of the pictures in the book--

it looks like this thing.

Yeah. I wonder if that's one of Dr. Watermann's

experiments that went haywire.

That poor old man!

Jim, that thing!

- Oh, it killed the old man from the cave!

- What?

It was chasing him when we saw it.

It -- It caught him.

Let's go! Let's get out of here!

No. No, first we have to take care

of the old man's body.

Then we'd better notify the authorities.

Oh, can't we just tell that ranger

and let him take care of it?

Yeah, if we knew where to find him.

We don't even know where the station is.

Yeah, and that ranger would try

to tell us it was Smokey the Bear.

They're gonna sure think we're crazy

when we tell 'em about this thing.

My camera!

I'll get it and take a picture.

Good.

Oh, darn.

- [ Quiet Growl ]

- [ Screams ]

Jim, the hand -- it moved!

Must have been a reflex

or something.

It's dead, honey. We're safe.

I'll go this way.

Now, I'll take a picture and meet you later.

- I don't like all this splitting up.

- No, no, no. This is the quickest way.

Now, you go with Dave and Sue

and see about that old man...

and help take the picnic gear

back to the car, hear?

Boy, I knew you'd find a way

to get out of all the work.

[ Twig Snapping ]

- It was around here someplace, wasn't it?

- Yeah, it was right over there, I think.

Uh, I'd better go alone.

[ Sighs ]

I just don't believe this day.

You know, I keep thinking

that pretty soon I'll wake up--

- [ Susan Growling ]

- [ Vicki Whimpering ]

[ Growling Continues ]

[ Gasping ]

[ Screaming ]

- [ Growls ]

- Susan! Vicki! What --

[ Sobbing ]

She's gone crazy. She's an animal.

Hello!

Anybody here?

It's a shame, isn't it? I mean, the way

people mess up the countryside like that.

- Mr. Asmodeus, I was just looking for you --

- Yeah, well, I was just looking for you too, kid.

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