Freshwater Page #4

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Cassie!

Hold on Cassie!

John!

(shouting)

Cassie!

TRAVIS:
It won't start.

Hey!

Cassie!

Cassie!

(screaming)

Cassie!

MATT:
What the

hell just happened?

That was a crocodile.

Alligator.

What?

Crocodiles aren't in

Lucien, we have gators.

You guys who the hell cares what it was,

it just killed our friends.

Can we get inside cause I think,

I am freaking out.

Yeah I think we're all

freaking out, Matt.

Hey Travis is there a

phone inside that works?

Yeah.

Alright let's go, let's

go inside, call for help.

Go, go, go!

(eerie music)

Brenda Gray.

On the phone.

But you can call me Brenda.

Nice to meet you I'm

Clyde, Deputy Barnes

and this is Sheriff Jones.

Brenda Gray the same Brenda Gray

who recently had a DUI

and assault charges?

Sheriff, those charges

have been taken care of

and should be no concern

to you or this case.

I'm the alligator expert in this region,

I'm called upon successfully

I might add for all matters

concerning gator attacks.

So here I am.

Well I don't mean to

judge you Ms. Gray.

I just don't want any

trouble in my town is all.

Well that seems

you already have a little trouble, sir.

That's non-human trouble,

nothing I can do about that.

So what can you tell us about

our murderous gator friend

that would help us?

Well,

firstly murdering is what humans do.

This creature is killing for survival,

they don't have a modern compass.

Killing is killing, I don't

care about them though.

Okay well I can help you capture it

and then we can remove it from here.

No wait, wait.

You wanna catch and save

it and not destroy it.

That is interesting.

It's only doing what nature

will have it do, sir.

It does not deserve to

be destroyed for that.

Sheriff's office.

Hi Ms. Peterson.

Uh huh.

I'll let him know.

Ms. Peterson's calling

to complain again

that the brunette boys are

shooting off their BB guns

in her backyard.

Put her on standby.

Sheriff will come talk

to the boys again.

Thanks, ma'am.

Clyde, I'm sure you

can help Ms. Gray here

with whatever she needs.

Ma'am.

Gosh thanks for your help, Sheriff.

It's just,

he thinks it's such

an open and shut case.

Well then I guess I bet

he's not coming with us.

So you agree with him that

this isn't an alligator attack?

Okay I don't know anything for sure.

But,

well, I believe every case deserves to

be investigated properly.

And,

I'll know straight away

when I can examine the body.

Okay.

Let's go to the morgue then.

What are you following me?

Just came to drop these

files off to the Sheriff.

He left but

here I can take them.

I take it you two know each other.

Yeah.

He thinks it's a

straight up gator attack.

Has all the markings of one.

Why do you think I called you in?

Well we're heading to the

morgue, you wanna join?

Sure.

Okay.

I'll go put these on the Sheriff's desk,

I'll be right back.

Well Dudley Dooright

sure does wanna make this

a bigger case than it is.

Be nice.

You don't seriously

think it's not a gator?

Well I don't know what

it is which is why

we're going to the morgue.

I'm ready, we can go.

After you.

(doors slamming)

So which way?

BOTH MEN:
Take this road

straight out of town.

Hey.

So Clyde,

how long have you lived here?

My whole life.

Well I'm sorry.

I like this town.

A lot of people like this town.

You gotta like the

tough guy Sheriff Jones.

Yeah didn't he come here to retire?

(engine turning over)

(thrilling music)

KIM:
I think I'm gonna be sick.

How could 911 be busy?

Dude will you shut her up?

She's in a bit shock man, we all are.

Dude, crying is not gonna

solve anything, alright?

You're trying 911 again?

No, Sheriff's office.

Hello?

This is Travis Beecher,

if you get this message,

something's happening

at Beecher's Island

so can you please.

(electricity buzzing)

Hello?

Guys the electricity's

off in half the house.

The phones dead.

What the hell is going on?

Okay well we're safe inside here, right?

Gator can't open doors, right?

Right, right, right, yeah, right, right.

That's what it was.

I mean the phones out and

the electricity's out, why?

It's an old house, Kim,

alright, you know that,

you've been here so many times.

Okay, calm down.

Claudia can you get her a drink,

I think it'll calm her down.

Travis, where's your fuse box?

It's out back.

Screw that we got electricity

in this part of the house,

I say we just hover down here,

try to get the speedboat working.

No, no, hovering it down

man, I'm not gonna sit here

until the morning with

my thumb up my ass.

Let's go get your boat.

No, no.

Don't go outside.

I'm not going in the water, okay?

I think we should all drink.

I second that.

Nice

morgue.

It's all we have.

I don't really have much need for one

so we're lucky this clinic

lets us use the back room.

What, no one dies in this town?

Die of anything except old age.

Well till' now.

Easy there, cowboy.

I'm okay.

I'm.

He's not okay.

I think Barny Fifa's sweet on you.

I think anyone who uses

the term sweet on you

should be over 80.

Okay.

Yep.

Gator.

Yeah.

Yep, gator.

However.

What?

See these

edges here.

SAM:
Yeah.

Oh come on Sam.

These tear patterns are not

consistent with alligator.

I don't know.

Looks like an alligator to me.

Case closed.

You know what, let's

not be in such a rush to

get out of town that we

overlook the obvious.

Yeah and let's not be

in such a rush to prove

it's not a gator that we

overlook the evidence.

Okay.

Obviously there was

a gator involved but.

But what?

But something is not adding up, Sam.

Alright.

Prove me wrong.

Ugh.

Okay.

Oh what the hell is this?

Oh I don't believe this.

Alright you know what

let's take the jet ski.

No it's broken.

I have the kayaks.

I'm not getting on that little ass boat

with that alligator out there.

Yeah you're right.

Okay let me think.

Um.

Alright I got this, look.

I'm gonna tie the rope around my waist.

That's a bad idea.

No wait, I'm gonna jump into the boat

and you're gonna pull me out.

I can tell you this is a bad idea,

it's like 20 yards you're

never gonna make it.

Dude, I'll make it, alright, watch.

Oh wait, hold on.

Why are you taking your shirt off?

Dude, it's Italian, it's expensive.

You're a douche.

For the record this is a terrible idea.

No it's not, watch.

You ready?

Go.

TRAVIS:
Okay.

(water splashing)

See I told you, you wouldn't make it.

You're floating it the other way, idiot.

Get out of the water.

Just face it.

There's nothing out here

alright, you're freaking me out.

Still man, just get out of the water.

Almost there man.

You just need to relax man,

there's nothing out here.

Come on man, just get out of the water.

Just get out, come on.

Come on.

Travis?

Travis!

Travis!

Travis!

Gator.

Not gator.

Gator, not gator.

Looks like you got this one solved.

I have seen this before.

I know I have.

Hold on.

Yeah excuse me.

Oh god, not the book.

Okay you mock me.

You just wait.

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