Firestarter 2: Rekindled Page #9

You wanna hear what you think

you'll do or what you'll really do?

Tell me what I think I'm gonna do.

Well, you think you're going to Canada.

Live in a cabin in the mountains

where there's lots of snow.

What am I really gonna do?

D'you really wanna know?

Yeah.

You're gonna go to Canada.

You're gonna live in a cabin, high in the

mountains, where there's lots of snow.

Hey. How'd it go?

I have to see him.

OK.

And then I'm coming with you.

You don't have to do that.

As long as I'm around,

my family's in danger.

As long as you're around me,

then you're in danger.

What? It gets worse?

I don't even know where I'm goin'.

So?

Look... we can go see him and then,

hell, we can go to Canada or something.

If you wanna run, you must do it now.

Forget about your father, forget about

Rainbird. Now, can you do that?

Will you take us to the hospital?

I always do.

Miss Conant? Mary?

Mary?

Mary?

Damn it!

Miss Conant! I thought you were

comin' back to the lobby.

What is taking them so long?

I can identify those people.

Just let us do our jobs. It's under control.

There they are.

That's him. That's Rainbird.

- Thank you so much.

- Pleasure meeting you.

- They're letting him go!

- Mary, relax, OK? Just wait here.

Pruitt! What's goin' on?

What's goin' on? Nothing's goin' on.

These guys make titanium ski binders.

It's a nothin', man. A zero.

- We're on a wild-goose chase.

- She says that's the guy.

- Then she's mistaken.

- No, you bastard! Not after all this!

- Rainbird!

- Mary!

No! Mary! Mary! Mary!

Mary.

Mary?

Mary. Mary.

Destiny.

- Why are we stopping?

- Oh, no.

- What is it?

- This is the town.

It's the same as the warehouse.

- Why did you bring us here?

- Because this is where it all ends.

Vincent.

Hello, Charlie. Welcome to Rivermead.

They picked me up just before you.

Why are you doing this?

(Rainbird) Of all the test subjects,

that you've survived this long amazes me.

I thought you woulda

hanged yourself years ago.

- I know how I die.

- Oh, yes, well. I know how you die too.

Must be terrible, to know everything

and not to be able to change a thing.

You must be a very frustrated man.

- It has its moments.

- Yeah, I suppose.

Not much of a precognitive, though, are

you? If you didn't know Gil was coming.

I knew he was coming. But I haven't seen

you in so long, I thought I'd check in,

see how you're doing.

I thought you already knew everything.

I do. Every damn thing.

So? Then you know how I'm doin'.

You know what I want

and you know what I'll give you.

What you want, I can't give you. And what

you'll give me isn't worth a cup of spit.

Well, I thought you might be partial to it.

There's nothing you can do to me

that you haven't already done.

You know, back in the French Revolution,

beggars would do

almost anything to get noticed.

I mean, they'd cut off

their own fingers, even a foot.

But the crowds, they were so jaded,

they didn't even notice.

So, the enterprising beggar

would go to a butcher

or find a cousin with a sharp knife,

fix him up real good.

The first cut starts

at the left corner of the mouth

and extends to the lobe of the nearest ear.

The same on the other side.

And then, the lips are removed.

So everyone can see that big,

big smile of yours.

And last, the nose,

turning what's left

of that face into a skull.

Except, of course, you're still alive.

That's fascinating. It really is.

Reminds me of this drug test

some 20 years ago.

Maybe you heard of it. Lot 6.

Everyone who took it,

turned him into a freak.

But you know who it messed with most?

Who?

You.

Me?

All that talk about God.

And all you had to do

was take the drug. But you didn't.

And you know why?

Because you're scared.

- You won't.

- Now, why wouldn't I?

Because I'm the one

that gives you Charlie McGee.

You'll bring her here to me?

Not because you want me to.

And not because you won't kill me.

- But because...

- I know...

Because you don't have a choice.

He didn't give me anything.

- But you helped me save Vincent.

- All I did was drop you off.

Before I could drive away,

you came running out the back.

Hell!

But you knew my parents.

And you... you were there with them.

And I... I trusted you.

I didn't ask you to.

Everything that you said was a lie.

I never lie. I did know your parents,

I can see the future,

and this is what has to happen.

No, you're making this happen!

I'm going now. We won't

be seeing each other again.

You sound so sure.

You're getting everything

you've always wanted.

I feel sorry for you.

OK, but you don't have to do this.

You can still help us.

This is what has to happen.

I'm so sorry, Charlie.

Vincent, come on.

(honk)

You said they'd built the town

for training. Training for what?

I don't know. How should I know?

We have to get outta here.

Charlie, this town's wired.

There. There.

As of today, the gun

and the bomb are obsolete.

Welcome to warfare in the 21st century.

And we own it.

What we'll see is a coordinated attack

on a single, hardened structure.

A bank. Any other weapon system would

result in unacceptable civilian casualties.

We'll achieve our goal with no collateral

damage and complete deniability.

Excuse me a moment. There's a matter

that requires my immediate attention.

Door, please.

(Vincent) Come on, Charlie, let's go.

What the hell is she doing here?

Richardson brought her,

just like I told him to.

This doesn't make any sense.

All this for a bank.

- There's a police officer.

- Wait, no.

Officer!

Officer.

The bank's about to be robbed.

You should call for backup.

You see these kids?

- Yeah.

- They're about to take down the bank.

- All of 'em?

- I know it sounds crazy, but believe me.

- Come on, Vincent.

- It's the truth. I know it sounds crazy.

He can't believe you.

How could you bring her here?

Do you want this test to fail?

You seem upset.

Do you know who's in that room?

The board of directors.

They're waiting for something to happen.

If it doesn't, I'll say you've blown the test.

Oh, something will happen.

They closed the bank. The bank is closed.

- Forget about the bank.

- Damn it, the bank is the test.

Joel, even you could rob that bank.

Charlie is the test.

She's always been the test.

No, no. You insisted on that bank.

You said it would demonstrate crowd

control and teamwork and all that crap.

The board of directors is...

"More than I, if truth were told,

Have stood and sweated hot and cold,

And through their reins in ice and fire

Fear contended with desire."

"Agued once like me were they,

I like them shall win my way

Lastly to the bed of mould

Where there's neither heat nor cold."

"But from my grave across my brow

Plays no wind of healing now,

And fire and ice within me fight

Beneath the suffocating night."

I don't understand. They're not doing

anything. What are they waiting for?

- Me.

- What?

They're waiting for me.

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