Heatstroke Page #3

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Where? Show me.

Come on. NNothing's gonna hurt you. Come on.

Hey. You lost?

I'm good. Just picking locations.

And we're gonna finish the shoot

with a new photographer.

You know, I was thinking about your pictures.

And there's a great little island

about eight miles west of here. Isolated.

You could charter over. It's beautiful.

You wanna get rid of me?

Just trying to be helpful.

Why?

How well do you know that, uh, bartender?

You know, your beach security guy.

Hardly. He was a day hire. He's missing.

What are you military guys up to?

Military? I'm just a tourist, ma'am.

Yeah, and I'm blonde.

About yesterday. The, uh, I was, uh. I'm sorry.

Thank you.

Why are you here?

I can't tell you.

Should I be afraid of this place?

I was you, I'd find another place

for my photo shoot.

Soon as you can.

What'd it look like?

We didn't see anything.

We just heard it. It, it sort of chattered.

It's gone now. It's probably just a parrot

or something.

Hey, how come you guys are out hiking?

NNo work today?

Oh, we're waiting on a photographer.

The other one left.

And he left you ladies behind. What, is he gay?

What's that?

NNo, it's cool. It's, it's just a bird

or something.

You sure?

Of course.

You wanna lift back to town?

There is no way you are leaving us here alone.

Climb in. I gotta make one stop first.

There. Let's do that again. Here we go. Ooh.

Hello? Hello?

Go. Leave now.

Hang on. Hey, wait. I'm a friend of Angel's.

You know my little Angel?

Yeah, you're his grandmother, right?

Rahela.

Rahela. I'm Steve. Can I talk to you?

Talk what?

NNightmares. Bad dreams.

Television.

I'll be right back.

Romeo here. I, I don't see an ultralight.

Maybe it washed out to sea.

Keep looking and scanning for Tau Seven.

Over.

What's the point? It's gone.

Or maybe you crashed somewhere else

and I'm in the wrong area, sir.

I know where I crashed, Lieutenant.

Stay in that sector. Out.

Yes, sir. Roger that.

This is gonna take awhile.

You guys might wanna go take a dip.

What's that?

Don't ask.

Basically it's a huge waste of time

and taxpayer money.

Uh, um, just don't ask.

Rahela, Rahela. Tell me about the red eyes.

They watch. I watch. I see them.

Where do you see them?

Dreams. They see in the dreams.

Where else do you see them?

T. Pictures scared me. Off.

Fire and smoke. Volcano.

There's a face. A face. Fire and smoke.

Black sound. Snake hiss. Like water.

Oh. Red eyes. Red eyes.

That's okay. That's okay. It's okay.

It's okay. Don't look at it. Sh. Sh.

That's enough, Captain. Outside.

What's the problem? We're just talking.

Talk to me. She's confused.

Doesn't need visitors.

Angel. Do you have dreams? What?

NNightmares, bad ones that keep you up at night.

No, no. We talk.

She has the same dreams.

Grandma. Go back inside. Please.

The dreams. He knows. He sees.

It's a recurring nightmare.

She has it. I have it. A lot of people have it.

Started years ago for me.

I saw this thing on a TV set. Red eyes glowing.

This. This watches. The dream face.

I remember. Red eyes. Red eyes.

But glowing red eyes.

But, but, but, they're just dreams, right?

Red eyes.

You're serious. You're looking for aliens.

This island's an entomologist's dream.

That thing's not alien, right?

They seem to be Earth insects. Just bigger.

Any Tau Seven here?

NNo, nothing to write home about.

This is Waters, Sector Two's done.

Where to next?

Romeo's at the beach looking for the ultralight.

Maybe you need to hang.

He better not be working on his tan.

I'll have a look.

Romeo. Yeah.

Hell with this.

Calling Romeo. Come in, Romeo.

Where art thou, Romeo?

Calling Romeo. Come in, Romeo.

Incoming.

People dream about red eyes so aliens exist?

I don't buy that.

I don't blame you. When did her dreams start?

I was eight. Volcano eruption.

First time in centuries.

One night her mind snapped. 1975.

1975? Has the island always been this hot?

Hotter since the eruption.

What about the bugs?

Get bigger every year. Figured it was the heat.

I swear it's the truth. NNo way.

Jesus, come on! Hurry!

Get outta here!

Run! Run! Run!

Gotcha.

Got an explosion at the beach.

I can't raise Romeo.

Everybody, we got a problem.

I'm heading for the beach. Al, you copy? Over.

Copy that, Steve. We're almost there.

Romeo!

Check the beach. Move.

Romeo. Romeo!

Civilian down!

What have we got? Romeo's MIA.

Do a hasty search, hundred meters.

Got another one, Steve.

Confirmed casualty.

Mental, take it down to treetop level.

I need a oneclick coverage of my position.

And what the hell am I looking for?

Large, fastmoving animal.

Romeo? Missing.

My God. What the hell are you doing here?

We were leaving. We were leaving.

I was trying to find them. Where's Brooke?

Missing.

Oh, my God. Who's doing this?

What's going on?

You know. You know what's going on.

Tell me, what the hell happened?

Your friends were attacked. By who?

We don't know.

I've got something. It's heading northeast.

Can't get a clear visual, but it's on the move.

Take the coast road. Maintain radio contact.

Got it.

Take this vehicle, go north. Move it.

Wait, that, that's my ca, my car.

You can't take my, my.

You're coming with me.

You can't take my car.

Look, I don't have time for this. Let's go.

Let's go. Let's go. Like hell.

Yeah, it just hung a ninety.

It's heading northwest. Coming your way.

Jill, do you copy?

Yeah, I saw it. It's fast. It looked like,

headed north of the road.

Towards you, Al. Roger that.

Bloody hell. Look at it.

Crap, I lost it.

Mental, you gotta do better than that.

Roger that. It's heading on a bearing

of zerosixzero.

Jill, hold your position. Cut it off. Holding.

Al, head inland. Funnel him towards me.

Roger that.

It's heading towards the crossroads.

Copy. Out. Come on. Let's go.

Come on where?

We have to cut it off.

It. You keep saying it. Is it some kind of animal?

Yeah, yeah. Some kind. Let's go.

Why won't you give me a straight answer?

Look. You think it's possible

there might be life on another planet?

Maybe.

What?

Something's out there.

We don't know what it is.

But it's fast, it's mean and it kills.

And you're safer with me.

Al, he's moving for the cliffs.

Keep heading dead west,

you'll run right into him.

Roger that.

Jill, I'm almost at the crossroads.

Al's heading for the cliffs.

You can turn inland and cut it off.

Roger.

Steve, give us a heads up.

Target's on the road, 00 meters ahead.

Oh, man.

Target just blew threw. See him, Mental?

NNo. I'll widen out. Hang on.

You okay? Yeah. That was it?

Some vertical on that guy.

Come on. Come on now, ugly.

Big fat patch of radiation, 1 00 meters east.

Could be heading that way.

Heading dead west, you'll run right into him.

Yeah, I bet the bugger likes it.

That's Tau Seven's hot tub.

I've got movement. Target!

Tau Seven's spiked off the dials.

Damn it. The bird's fried.

I think I got one.

I've got a confirmed kill, Steve. Copy.

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