Firestarter Page #4

Come on out where I can see you,

you son of a b*tch.

Baby.

Nothing to it.

Charlie!

She's all right, Mr McGee. Take it easy.

Where is she? I wanna see her.

All in good time. First, let's talk.

Let's get acquainted.

Go to hell.

I tell you, she's gonna be all right.

No. No.

- What do you want with us?

- I told you, Mr McGee.

We are going to be spending

considerable time with each other

and I want to introduce myself.

I'm Dr Pynchot.

I'm going to make sure

you're treated well here.

Is this The Shop?

This is The Shop.

Hi, Charlene.

- I'm Captain Hollister. May I come in?

- Where's my daddy?

I brought you some cocoa.

I don't want anything.

There's nothing to be afraid of. Here.

You see? Go on.

Well, maybe later.

I've been looking forward

to meeting you for a long time.

I know you may not believe this

but I've actually begun to think of you

as my own daughter.

- What have you done to my father?

- He's resting and he's fine, just like you.

He knows you're all right

and he sends his love

and he wants you to cooperate with us.

You're a liar.

What kind of talk is that

from a nice little girl like you?

- Go to hell!

- Oh?

A very stubborn nice little girl.

That's all right, I understand.

I know you're tired

and you're not sure where you are.

So I just want to ease your mind, Charlie.

Do you mind if I call you Charlie?

All right, Charlene.

You are here because I'm very interested

in this ability that you have.

Pyrokinesis.

Yes.

All of us here are interested in that and

we want to see how far you can take it.

I'll tell you this, Charlie,

you'll be doing this great country of ours

a big favour if you cooperate.

I said I would never start another fire

in my life. I wanna see my father.

OK.

Um...

Why don't you drink the cocoa

and get some sleep?

If there's anything you want,

just pick up the phone and let us know.

I know you'll find this

hard to believe now, Charlie, but...

you and me are gonna be pals.

Never.

Never say never.

I'll see you, Charlie.

Good night, Charlie.

Just back off. Back off.

No!

You're not gonna do it.

Back off!

- Come on, take these pills.

Come on, swallow.

- Now we have So Red So Beautiful.

- Look what I have here.

- A wind-up cat doll.

Listen to that, sweetheart.

Isn't that pretty?

Huh?

Sure you want this...

Hi, kid.

You go ahead with your game.

I'll start in the bedroom.

My name's John.

They call you Charlie, don't they?

Hey...

Hey...

You wanna teach me? I'm terrible

at games. You can beat me all the time.

No.

Where's Charlie?

What are you doing with her?

She's perfectly all right.

There's nothing to worry about.

- Yeah, well, I wanna see her, goddamn it.

- Just behave yourself.

Do as we ask, we'll see.

You bastards.

Are you gonna do the test or not?

Oh, sure. Well, sure.

Good deal.

It's a one-way glass.

You won't see us but we'll see you.

All right, send him in.

- Hi, how are you?

- Having the time of my life. Sit down.

Did they tell you anything about what

we're supposed to be doing in here?

All they told me was to come talk to you.

You look nervous.

Thirsty? Want some water?

Yeah, I'm thirsty.

You know,

they mentioned something about a test.

- Uh-huh.

- You want some water?

No, I'll pass.

Why don't you put some ink in it?

Put ink in it?

You gotta be crazy.

- Goddamn it.

- He's tipped over.

He's been on the run too long.

- All those damn pills haven't helped.

- Just give me time.

Rainbird's right.

He's lost it and time won't help.

Increase his medication.

I'll decide what to do with him later.

- Work on the girl.

- Oh, I am.

With a little luck, before long,

she'll trust me like a brother.

Hi, kid, how are you doing?

Why do you come here every day?

I'm not messy.

It's just my job, kid.

Because they're all full of sh*t. Why else?

I wanna see my father.

Sure you do.

I wish I could help.

I don't even know where the man is.

This is a big place, Charlie.

They say they'll let me see him if I...

if I do something.

- And I don't want to.

- Well...

Can it be that bad,

what they want you to do?

I mean, if just by doing it,

you can get to see your old man.

It is.

Storm's coming on. Sure hope

those lights don't go off altogether.

No, sir, I wouldn't like that.

Hey...

Listen.

Are you scared by my face?

I mean,

I could wear a mask or something.

I've seen worse.

Kid! Kid, please!

I can't stand the dark. Please, kid.

Kid!

- I gotta get outta here. Help me.

- Use your card.

All the electricity's gone. The card's

no good. Hey, let me outta here.

Hey! Let me out!

- What's the matter?

- Let us out. There's people in here.

- Stop it, we're OK.

I mean, aren't we?

Yeah, I guess you're right.

It's just... the dark. I can't stand it.

It's just like the place they put me

when I was captured.

- Who put you?

- The Cong.

- Who's the Cong?

- You mean to tell me...?

Oh, no, of course not, you're too young.

It was the war, see. Vietnam.

The Cong were the bad guys.

They wore black pyjamas.

In the jungle we were on patrol.

Walked into an ambush.

Only about six of us got out.

We ran.

Went the wrong way.

They caught me.

Threw me in a hole in the ground.

Like being buried alive.

It was always dark like this.

What did you eat?

They threw down rotted rice.

Sometimes I'd eat spiders.

Live ones. Big spiders. I'd chase them

around in the dark and eat them.

Gross.

They turned me into an animal.

You got it easier than me, kid,

but it all comes down to the same thing.

Like a rat in the trap.

You think maybe they'll get

the lights back on pretty soon?

Doesn't matter. We're together.

God, kid. If some day I could help you

the way you're helping me...

You could.

You could get a message to my father.

You know, what's it all about? Why do

they have you and your daddy here?

What do they want you to do?

They won't make me take any more pills.

No more pills, you bastard.

How are you gonna help Charlie

if you're a goddamn zombie?

Listen,

maybe I could get in to see your dad?

- You could? You really think you could?

- I could change with Herbie, an orderly.

I could see your dad, tell him you're OK...

Maybe not tell him, pass him a note.

- Oh, thank you, thank you.

- Sh*t.

Maybe you oughta light

the damn fires if you can.

I told you, it's like letting a wild animal

out of a cage.

I promised myself I'd never do it again.

That men at the airport, those men at

the farm, I killed them, I burned them up.

Yeah, but the way you told it,

it sounded like self-defence.

Yes, but that's no excuse.

Also sounded like you saved

your dad's life.

Look, if you do what they want you to do,

only as much as you want to do, it might

be the way for you to get out of here.

I'll help anyway I can.

Oh, my! Light.

Hold on here.

I'm sorry you got stuck with me

in here, John.

But I'm awful glad too.

You look like you could use

a little rest, huh? Come on, let's try.

Attagirl.

There we go.

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