Fire in the Sky Page #3

My hunch is, tomorrow

we'll find Travis Walton.

Of course, I'd be surprised

if we found him in one piece.

Yeah.

You recommend a good motel,

sheriff?

Yeah. Chapparal.

Just after you get inside

to Snowflake,

right there by the water tower.

Still, you have to wonder

how those boys

came up with such a crazy story.

Yeah.

Back on Earth,

we're dealing with a murder.

Plain and simple.

Good night, sheriff.

Good night, Frank.

An Agriculture Department

spokesman acknowledged that...

It's all over the radio. They're making

it out to be a big joke or something.

It's no joke.

You left him there?

I don't know where he is, Dana.

What do you mean,

you don't know where he is?

Just what I said.

Well, how could you just

leave him out there?

The radio was saying something

about outer space.

I didn't just leave him.

And, yeah, there was

something out there, Kate. I...

I... I don't understand. "Out there"?

Is Travis gone?

They're gonna send out

a search party for him tomorrow.

Where is he, Mike?

Where is he, Mike?

Where is he, Mike? Mike...

It's okay. It's gonna be okay.

It'll be all right.

My Father in heaven,

I humbly bow before you.

I ask for your spirit to be with me.

Forgive us, Father,

for what we've done.

I want two-man teams on that ridge.

If that boy's out here,

I wanna find him.

- You got it?

- I got it.

Let's get going, boys.

And God bless you.

You're certain. This is the spot.

I mean, it was night, but...

But, yeah.

Here. It was right here.

This is exactly where he fell.

You said there was

an obvious depression.

That we could see it clearly.

This is it, right here.

Now, where the hell was it?

Was it over there, was it over here?

What are we doing, playing games?

I'm not sure.

I see.

He doesn't believe us.

Where's my brother, Mike?

- What'd you guys do with him?

- Look, Dan, take it easy.

- Back off, Whitlock.

- Hey, we're gonna find him, Dan.

Which one of you is Allan Dallis?

He's not here.

- What about him?

- I did some checking.

Your hired hand's got himself

a nice little criminal record.

Assault with a deadly weapon.

Listen, Mike, if anything

happened to my baby bro,

I'm holding you personally responsible.

You got that?

Yeah.

Give me a break. I came up here

to earn some money, man.

Now I might go to prison.

Well, maybe it's God's way

of punishing us, Bobby.

Spare me the God talk,

okay, David?

Hey, even if you don't

believe in him,

you know the difference

between right and wrong.

We all do. We got no excuses.

What?

What is that?

Apache reservation starts

right up there. Right there.

Hey, we got something over here!

- Find anything yet?

- I don't know.

Wonder what they'll find in there.

You got any ideas, Mike?

There's something here, sheriff.

- Is it Walton?

- It's him.

- I knew it.

- They killed him.

What is it?

Quit digging.

It ain't human, Frank.

Some hunter buried his dog.

I thought that was him.

Dana's staying over

at the Waltons' house.

Some guy from the A.L.I.

called today.

They've taken you off the contract

and hired a whole new crew.

You don't seem too surprised.

I'm not.

Well, why aren't you?

What are we gonna do

for a paycheck next week?

Look, I'll figure it out, all right?

You know, I don't get this.

My best friend has disappeared.

God knows where he is,

and all you can think about is money.

I'll tell you something else.

People in this town are saying

terrible things about you.

- Well, I don't care what they think.

- Well, I do.

We live here, our kids live here.

Of course I care, and so should you.

- Mommy.

- Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

You know what? Listen,

why don't you go back to bed,

and I promise you

I'll read you that story.

I promise, okay? Okay.

Don't let those bedbugs bite.

What's she gonna say, huh?

When everybody says

her father's a liar or...

Go on, say it.

A liar or a murderer.

Including you?

Are you saying that, Kate?

No.

No. Of course not.

I just... Michael, I just want you

to tell me

what really happened up there.

I told you what happened.

I told you all I know.

You believe me, don't you, Kate?

You do believe me?

Hello. Yes, this is 51098,

what is it?

This is Western Union.

You know, Mike, the word's out.

Well, what word

would that be, Tom?

Oh, I don't know, it's just that

I been getting calls all day

from here to Timbuktu.

As of tomorrow, I'm all booked up.

- Well, who's calling?

- Reporters, sightseers,

UFO buffs and the like.

Hey, Mike,

what's really going on here?

- Can you keep a secret, Tom?

- You bet.

Don't tell anyone I'm here.

Mr. Rogers. Mr. Rogers.

You know, I feel like asking you

if it's a beautiful day

in your neighborhood.

Ray Melendez,

Action News, Phoenix.

- Look, I just woke up.

- Oh, that's no problem.

I just need to ask you a few questions.

What do you say, huh?

I've got nothing to say.

Well, see, I figured that you'd wanna,

like, you know,

set the record straight.

What with, you know,

everything that's being said

about you and all, you know...

Well, you figured wrong.

It's for your own...

It's for your own good, you know.

Just talk to the people.

Let them know what really happened.

What do you say? Come on.

- Hey, you guys, I think it's him.

- Is that him?

I think so.

Mike Rogers. Excuse me.

Mr. Rogers.

Mr. Whitlock. I'm Jarvis Powell,

from A.F.A.R.

We have had a lot of experience

in these matters,

and I think we might be able

to help each other out.

Well, we just wanted

to let you know that

there are those of us out there

who know the truth.

Now he's talking to this other guy.

Go on.

Please, give us a call

if we can be of service.

Let's go.

Anytime.

- How much do I owe you, Earl?

- Two dollars.

Seventy-one, 65...

Betty.

Yeah, I know. These boys know more

than they're telling.

What the heck's that lowlife

Buck Morton staring at?

He keeps looking over here.

Mike, this town's gone nuts.

Everything's crazy.

Yeah, I can see that,

now that we're TV news.

They're going up

to look for Travis again.

They won't find anything.

Watters come by at 6 in the morning,

he starts asking us all these questions.

He's all over us, man.

- Yeah, he said if we cooperated...

- Come on.

- If we confess.

- Confess?

Yeah. Yeah, if we confess,

he's gonna try to help us out.

Help us.

What the hell's going on

around here?

You got something

you wanna say to me?

Go sit down, Buck.

Hot food, coming through.

You boys wanna remedy this,

we can step outside right now.

You gotta be kidding me,

you fat piece of sh*t.

- You little son of a b*tch.

- Get off of me! Get off!

- Come on.

- Calm down!

Come on, calm down.

Come on.

Back away there and let Miss lda

through with that food, will you?

God almighty.

Get over there and drink that coffee

before it gets cold, boy.

How you boys running today?

- Anything, Mike?

- How's my boy?

No. Thanks, lda.

Sit down, David, sit down.

Cool down, fellas.

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