Ghost Squad Page #5

twerps are stuck in there with it.

Shouldn't we do something?

Yeah.

Yeah, go home

and keep your mouths shut.

Those big shots want to show us

how tough they are?

Now is their chance.

Unless you want to go back

and help them?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Let's go.

Okay, this is where

you get out.

Go.

What are you gonna do?

I'm not sure yet.

You mean there's a chance

I could still get my $25?

You're such an idiot.

Go in the house and tell your mother

I'll call her in a few minutes.

I want to go with you.

That's not happening.

Good night.

I'm serious.

So am I!

Go inside.

Look, I know I'm not the best

brother a kid could have.

You think?

But I do care about Charlie.

I want to see if he's okay.

Put your seatbelt back on.

We're going.

Okay, so maybe I want

to protect my investment too.

Shut up, Todd.

'Night, guys.

Leave your light on, Charlie.

Okay.

Yeah, no more scary

bedtime stories.

I think the excitement's over

for the night.

See you guys in the morning.

Yeah, good night.

I think that's a terrible idea.

Look, will you just

listen for one minute?

He lied, Russ.

His friends too.

We have to tell their parents.

I'm not condoning

what he did.

If we let him stay the night

in that house,

it's like saying

that lying was okay.

He is gonna be punished,

I promise.

Yeah, be tough, Russ.

Zip it

or you're walking home.

I don't know, Russ.

Don't try to tell me

this is some kind of guy thing.

Well, it kind of is.

Charlie's friend Brandy

was right.

He should stay the night in the

house, see something through.

Maybe he could learn

that way.

Honesty is what he needs

to learn.

If he asked us to let him stay

the night in this old house-

we would have said no.

Exactly.

He's 13.

He's trying to figure out

how to be a man.

You told me I should take

interest in what he's doing,

so why don't you let me? Nothing's

going to happen to him.

Todd and I are sitting

right outside the door.

If I see any kind of trouble,

I'll pull the plug.

All right, Russ.

But this one is on you.

I will see you

in the morning.

Thanks again

for letting me come, Russ.

Yeah, well, just keep an eye

on the house.

- Alex, Nick, wake up.

- What's up?

There's something going on

over there.

I thought we'd found

all of Jake's little toys.

Well, apparently we didn't.

Go check it out.

What are you doing?

I'm getting my Ranger knife.

For what?

You never know.

Hey, danger is my middle name.

Did they-did they drop you

on your head as a kid?

Only once.

It is so somebody else's turn.

Go ahead,

just do it already.

It must have turned on

by accident.

You guys see a remote

anywhere?

I'm pretty sure this TV was made

before remote controls were invented.

Maybe there was a power surge.

There is no power in this house.

How could there be a power surge?

Um, guys?

It's not plugged in.

Let's not overreact.

How do you explain the TV?

I can't, okay?

But it's not the time

to panic.

"Dateline Elk Falls."

The tale of a band of notorious

outlaws known as the Sullivan Gang

- appears to be coming to a close.

- It's about the Sullivan Gang!

Local authorities have announced

that they in fact have the Sullivans

wanted in connection with over

30 bank robberies since 1952

surrounded at their hideout

in Elk Falls.

- The Sullivan Gang...

- I think it's time to panic. Let's get out of here.

I'll see you out front!

...sure to be a fateful clash

with local police.

Let me try.

We're locked in.

I'm not liking this

one bit.

The back door.

Very slowly.

What the heck is that?

What was that?

I don't know.

You want to go back and ask?

What now?

Put your light on it.

The batteries are dead!

Where's yours?

I left it by my sleeping bag!

Nice work, Sherlock!

- Run!

- Where?

This way!

In here quick.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, how do

we know it's safe in there?

We'll take our chances!

Me too!

- Lock the door, Alex!

- There is no lock.

I want to go home.

Nothing gets through

this door.

What was that? That sure

wasn't Jake and his friends.

I don't know

and I don't want to find out.

Go away!

Leave us alone!

I think whatever was out there

is gone.

What if it's waiting

for us to open the door?

- We have to open it eventually.

- No we don't.

So we stay here until?

College.

Or until our parents

come to find us.

- Yeah! Then they kill us.

- Parents I can deal with.

Whatever that thing is, it's

three of us versus one of them.

What exactly

is the "them"?

I don't know, but if we stick

together, we'll be okay.

Not a sound.

We leave this room,

go right,

30 feet to the back door

and then out of here.

- Don't stop for anything.

- What about our stuff?

I don't think your mom

will miss the TV dinners.

Let's go.

Charlie?

- That was nuts!

- Totally!

I've never been so scared

in my life.

What was that in there?

A ghost!

Tons of them!

I don't know! We didn't exactly

get a very good look at it.

What was that fireball,

or those red eyes

or that scratching on the closet door?

That wasn't the wind.

What happens

when we see Jake?

We'll worry about that

tomorrow.

Tomorrow should be here

in about two hours.

Well, we'll come back then,

wait for him, and win the bet.

How do you figure that?

Well, we took out all of

Jake's cameras and stuff

so now they won't have any idea that

we're not in the house anymore.

Let's go home, boys.

Yeah.

Hey, you coming or what?

- I have to go back in there.

- What are you talking about?

I left my jacket. I have to

go back in there and get it.

It's just a jacket, Alex.

I can't leave it.

Who knows what'll happen to it?

Well, whatever happens to it

is going to happen to you too.

- I mean, maybe when it's light-

- I'm not asking you to come.

What's the problem?

Alex wants to go back in there

and get his raggedy old jacket.

It's my good-luck jacket.

I'm not leaving without it.

Look, what is it

with that jacket, Alex?

It's special.

It's falling apart.

Okay?

You wear it every single day.

It's my brother's, Charlie.

He's deployed overseas.

We don't get to hear

from him. Half the time,

we don't even know

where he is.

So as long

as I'm wearing that jacket,

I know he's safe.

I'm going.

Alex.

Come on.

Alex, wait up.

What are you guys doing?

We're in this together,

remember?

Friends till the end.

Yeah.

Don't sound so excited,

goggles.

Let's just get your jacket

and get out of here.

Do you remember

where you left it?

It should be right next

to my sleeping bag,

unless that thing

got its claws on it.

All quiet.

Let's go.

Hey, Charlie?

Thanks for coming back for me.

Those things

won't do you any good

against a ghost.

How do you know?

Good point.

- It's not here!

- What do you mean it's not here?

- You sure this is where you left it?

- I'm sure.

Hurry up, guys!

Come on, let's go!

At least your flashlight

still works.

It's not showing

another rerun, is it?

Man, I'd really like to know how that

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