Frailty
-What's that ambulance doing there?
-I don't know. I'll check it out.
-Evening, sir.
-How's it going, Griff?
I can't complain... and won't.
Is that him?
Yep. Might just be some crackpot but
I figured I should call you anyway.
Did he ask for me by name?
Nope, asked for the agent
in charge of
the "God's Hand" case. Said he had
some important info on it.
-Didn't say what?
-Nope. Said he'd only talk to you.
the "God's Hand" case?
That's right.
Wesley Doyle.
That a picture
of you and your mother, huh?
I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't
take things off my desk.
Sorry about that.
Guess I've been in here a while.
Already had a look at all
your plaques and your citations.
Didn't really care
to have a look at those.
What can I do for you, Mr...?
Meiks.
My name's Fenton Meiks.
Now listen, this may sound
I know who
the "God's Hand" killer is.
All right, I'll bite.
Who?
You haven't even heard me out yet
Why is that?
Because in a case like this
nobody just walks in the office
and tells you who the killer is.
It doesn't happen that way.
-Sometimes truth defies reason.
-Yeah?
So who is it then?
My brother.
I got a call from him...
last night.
Hello?
-Hello?
-Demons are taking over the world.
Adam?
I can't destroy them all.
-I can't take it anymore!
-Now, let's talk about this, Adam.
But there's nothing to talk about!
It's over...
whatever happens,
you have to take me to the rose
garden. You promised, remember?
-Now, that's just till...
-Remember?.
You promised!
Meat?
That's where all this took place.
It's about 200 miles west of here,
just north of Abilene.
Why did you go to Thurman?
To bury Adam,
in the rose garden.
Why would you do that?
I promised him I would.
A long time ago.
That's a pretty
wild story, Mr. Meiks.
I don't see what, if anything,
this has got to do with my case.
Adam is the "God's Hand" killer,
Agent Doyle.
He's the one you're looking for.
Did he tell you that before
he asked you to take him to Thurman?
If that's the case,
you left that part out.
I haven't finished yet.
-Oh, there's more?
-A lot more.
Excuse me a minute.
Meat Sheriff's office.
Can I talk to a sheriff, please?
This is Agent Doyle of the FBI.
He's not in right now.
May I help you?
Well, I've got a man here
in my office, name of Fenton Meiks.
Fenton Meiks?
What's he doing there?
-You know him?
-He caused a ruckus here earlier.
He stole an ambulance
and his brother's body too.
Yeah, it did.
You damn sure should be.
The sheriff's willing to forget it
if you bring that ambulance back.
Nobody wants to press any charges.
-Well you gotta love small towns.
-Why would you go to all that
trouble just to walk in here
and confess it to me?
I'm here because I can't live
with what I know anymore.
What exactly do you know?
That is your mother, isn't it?
-Yeah, it is.
-I knew it.
You got the same eyes.
Why don't we
get back to your story?
What makes you think
that your brother's
the "God's Hand" killer?
I know it was him.
How do you know?
It started back in Thurman.
It was near
the summer of 1979.
I got the joy, joy, joy, joy
down in my heart.
You're supposed to say, "Where?"
I don't want
to sing that dumb song.
You don't have to sing.
Just say "Where?"
All right. Where?
Not now. I'll point
to you when it's time.
I got the joy, joy, joy, joy
down in my heart.
-Where?
-Down in my heart.
-Where?
-Down in my heart.
I got the joy, joy, joy, joy
down in my heart.
And if the devil doesn't
like it, he can sit on a tack.
-Ouch!
-Sit on a tack.
-Ouch!
-Sit on a tack.
And if the devil doesn't like it,
he can sit on a tack today.
-Who was that chick that threw up?
-Katie Hagen. She's sure pretty.
-It was real messy though.
-Oh, yeah.
All over the floor!
And when the principal fell...
I got the joy, joy, joy, joy...
the Thurman Public Rose Garden
in the house where they used to keep
the gardeners back in the fifties.
Dad had gotten a good deal on it
back when he and Mom got married.
The unexpected incident that
creates those dangerous moments.
The ropes were suddenly
off the alligator.
Adam was 3 years
younger than me.
Our Mom died
giving birth to him, so
I basically took care
of him ever since I can remember.
Our Dad worked as a mechanic
over in Jupiter.
He usually got home around 5.30
and we'd all have dinner together.
-Hey, kiddos.
-Hey, Dad.
Something sure smells good.
-How was your day?
-It was all right.
Let's eat.
-Whoa, Tiger. Save some for us.
-I sure love peas.
You must. You better be careful,
though. You might turn into one.
-How did you do on that math test?
-I barely passed.
Well, I was never
any good at math either.
Shoot, I still can't do
anything without a calculator.
Yeah, but there's going
to be another test next week.
-And that one's going to be harder.
-Hey, don't sound so glum.
Tell you what,
we'll sit down this weekend
and we'll see if we can't figure out
that junk together, okay?
All right.
Hey, Fenton. Can we go see
"Meatballs" after school tomorrow?
-We've already seen it.
-I want to see it again.
Nah, we're gonna go
see "The Warriors."
-Can't. It's rated R.
-We'll sneak in.
Teeth all brushed?
You sure about that, Adam?
All right.
Breath test time.
Dad!
I did
-brush them!
-I'm just joking with you, egghead!
Don't worry, Fenton. I know
you're too big for a goodnight kiss.
Sleep tight.
That's right.
Love you guys.
-Love you too, Dad.
-Night, Dad.
Night, Curtis.
I wanna see "Meatballs" again.
Fine, you can see "Meatballs"
and I'll see "The Warriors."
But I don't like
Too bad.
Please?
All right.
Just go to bed.
That was our family.
Just the three of us.
All of Mom and Dad's relatives had
died, so there was no one but us.
We didn't mind though.
We didn't need anybody else.
We were happy
together. Until...
-Fenton, wake up.
-Dad?
-I've got something to tell you.
-What's wrong?
It's okay.
Adam, wake up and listen.
I need you both
to listen to me very carefully.
Something's happened.
He said he'd had
a vision that night.
A vision from God.
An angel came to him
and told him
the truth of this world
and revealed God's
special purpose for our family.
The end of the world
is coming. It's near.
for the final battle.
except us and others like us.
-I'm scared, Dad.
-There's nothing to be afraid of.
We've been chosen by God. He will
protect us. He's given us special
jobs to do.
We don't fear these demons,
we destroy them.
We pick them up one by one, and
we pitch them out of this world.
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