Exhuming 'The Messengers' Page #2

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Sunflowers, huh?

All you can eat.

That sounds good to me.

Well, I was making some lunch.

Would you like to join us?

- Sure. Sounds good.

- Okay.

Do you mind keeping that outside?

Sorry.

Got any family out here, John?

No, ma'am. Just me.

Think it's going to be a good harvest?

Well, it's been a while since

that lans been planted, so, yeah.

That's what I like to hear.

Cheers.

Hey, Jess.

Do you mind helping me with these?

Yeah.

Thanks.

You want this?

He won't stop.

But it must mean he likes you.

Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben.

What are you looking for?

Nothing.

Roy?

What's wrong?

Oh, my God!

Are you okay?

- What happened?

- It's no big deal.

I cut my hand on the tractor.

Oh, honey, you're gonna need stitches.

No, I just need a bandage.

No, we got to get you to the hospital.

Well, I can take him.

Not with a suspended license, you can't.

All right. I'm going to get Ben's bag.

Jess, you get in the car.

Ben can stay here with Jess.

Roy, I don't think it's a good idea.

Just grab the keys and let's go.

Jess and Ben will be fine.

John's right outside if they need anything.

Holy sh*t.

Your dad gonna be all right?

Yeah. He probably just needs some stitches.

Hey, what you got there? Farmer?

You gonna be a farmer when you grow up,

like your daddy, huh?

- Let me know if you need anything, okay?

- Yeah, thanks.

What's up with the crows?

All right, Ben. Tonight we have

filet mignon, veal parmesan,

baked Alaska, chicken cacciatore,

and mac and cheese.

Stay here, Ben, okay?

Hey.

John.

Is that you?

Hey, who is...

911. What's your emergency?

I think there's something in my house!

I need you to get everybody

out of the house as quickly as possible.

We'll send a car immediately.

Ma'am, are you alone?

No, I'm with... I'm with...

Ben!

Ben!

Ben?

Ben, what are you...

Ben!

Let me go!

What's wrong?

Help us! Take him. Take him.

What's the matter?

What is it? Jess. What's the matter?

Oh, Roy, I hope they're okay.

- What happened?

- Everything's all right, ma'am.

Oh, God.

I already checked all the rooms.

There's nobody here.

But she described a lot of damage.

As of now, we're going to classify this

as a false alarm, not a deliberate hoax.

Thank you.

What did John say?

Well, he said it was easy to understand

someone getting scared

their first night alone out here.

But that he didn't see anything unusual

in the house.

Mom, please believe me.

I'm not making this up. I'm telling the truth.

Jess, please.

Just stop.

Dad...

Dad, I'm really scared.

Can we just go home?

Jessica, this is home.

You need to get used to that.

But I thought we agreed that

you were going to try.

What happened to that?

Hi. Shut the door.

Maybe we shouldn't have

left Ben alone with her.

Did you see her face?

She seemed so scared.

I'm really worried about her.

She's just having a hard time adjusting,

that's all.

Being out here will be great for her.

I don't know.

- Maybe we're in over our heads here, Roy.

- We'll get through this.

Just give her some time. She'll be fine.

You saw it too, didn't you?

Come on. I know you did. You had to have.

Just tell me.

I wish you could just tell them

what you saw.

Come on, Ben.

When are you going to start talking?

I promise I'll never let anything

happen to you.

I promise.

You heard that, too, didn't you?

Can you see them?

Where are they, Ben?

Son of a b*tch!

Hey, you didn't hear that.

- Dad said you needed this.

- Yeah, thanks.

Why did you tell my parents

you didn't see anything last night?

Well, because I didn't.

I mean, look, I know you were scared.

And I know that people,

even your parents, sometimes,

- they don't know how to listen.

- Especially my parents.

They got pressures

that you can't even begin to understand.

You sure you saw something up there?

I saw it. It was real.

Maybe you've just got a lot on your mind.

Hey, Jess.

- Hey. Thanks for coming.

- Yeah.

You don't look so good. What's up?

Did you know the family

that used to live in my house?

Not really. It was the Rollins that lived there.

What happened to them?

They just up and left

about five, six years ago.

There were some bad harvests.

Lot of people didn't make it.

Hey...

Did you ever hear of anything

about my house being, like, haunted?

Seriously.

Just, like, stupid stories.

It's been abandoned for a long time. So...

- What kind of stories?

- Nothing really.

When we were kids, we used to dare

each other to go down into the cellar.

Why? Did you ever see anything?

No. Not me.

I never went down there.

What's happening to me?

Are you okay?

I saw something again today.

It's a girl. She was in the cellar.

Something...

Something happened to her.

She was trying to get away from something.

- Get away from what?

- I don't know.

But she was...

She looked just scared to death.

Have you told your folks about this?

You know my parents already think I'm nuts.

Do you think it's crazy?

People's spirits

hanging around after they're dead?

No.

There's something about the land out here.

It gets ahold of people.

It doesn't want to let them go.

What about you?

Don't you get lonely out here?

Don't you miss having a family of your own?

Nah, you guys keep me plenty busy.

Thank you. For listening.

Anytime.

- Almost ready.

- Yes! That's what I'm talking about.

I really like being here, Roy.

You guys make me feel like family.

I'm grateful.

Lucky to have you, John.

Let's see how good the harvest is,

and maybe I can afford to keep you on.

Don't worry about me.

You just take care of your family.

Help me.

Hello?

What do you want from me?

Hey.

You okay?

Can you hear me?

What's wrong?

Is she okay?

The lacerations are superficial.

So she'll be just fine.

Oh, thank God.

Is there any reason...

Has there been any trouble

in the family recently

that would make her want to hurt

or draw attention to herself?

We just moved here from Chicago.

And back there,

Jess got into some trouble.

She's kind of struggled a bit.

We've been dealing with

a lot of emotional issues.

Jessica? Your mom's here.

Hey.

Dad, we need to leave the house now,

before anything else happens.

Dad.

Dad, I'm really scared.

Have you forgotten how hard it was

the last couple of years?

Me out of work, Ben's hospital bills.

We went through every dime

your mother and I managed to save.

Twenty years.

Twenty years of savings gone in two years.

We have everything

riding on this harvest, Jess. Everything.

We're only a couple of days away. Please.

- Mom, these things attacked me.

- Enough!

God. The doctor said

your cuts look self-inflicted.

That's what he said. That you did this!

You actually think that I would do this

to myself?

Why won't you believe me?

How can we, Jess?

Tell me!

I mean,

we thought you put this all behind you.

Why do you keep

blaming everything on me?

You never listen to me.

And what? We're supposed to pretend like

we're some big happy family again?

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