Heebie Jeebies Page #5

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start with scissors

and I always start with rock,

right?

I figured

you'd know that by now.

- I do now.

- Stay out in the open

where I can see you.

- So you're telling me

this thing, this...

- [CHINESE WORD]

Is out for revenge.

- Against who?

The descendants

of William Butler?

White people?

What?

- That's the trouble

of revenge spells.

They're more like bombs

than bullets,

and no one is safe

if they fall in the path

of the creature.

Not you, not me,

no one.

- How do we stop it?

- I don't know for sure.

It won't be easy,

if we can at all.

- Wait.

Don't you have some kind of--

I don't know,

potion or spell or something?

- [LAUGHS]

I'm no [CHINESE WORD], sorry.

I wish I were a witch,

but I can only tell you

this [CHINESE WORD]

Is not just a stupid animal.

It's a thing

of the spirit world,

and in addition

of its great strength,

it has other properties.

- Great.

I'm afraid to ask.

- The [CHINESE WORD]

is the reflection of the spirits

that it is avenging.

Those five miners

weren't just trapped.

They were suffering

in constant fear,

maddening,

terrible unshakable terror,

and this is what

the [CHINESE WORD] will use

to disable its enemies.

It can paralyze its targets,

make them sitting ducks

so that it can

take its time.

The legend says it emits

the same terror

the miners felt

before they died.

Then it strikes.

[CREATURE GROWLING]

- Thanks.

So you're saying

even normal people

get paralyzing

panic attacks

just by being

around this thing?

- Paralyzed fear,

panic attacks,

heebie jeebies,

call it whatever you will,

but that's what it will do,

like a spider

that immobilizes its prey

and devouring them.

- Great.

Just what I need to hear.

And there's no way

to kill it?

- Certainly not by

conventional means,

but maybe if you can send it

back to where it came from,

or satisfy

its taste for revenge.

Oh, I really couldn't

tell you for sure.

- So you're saying

odds of surviving this thing

are slim to none.

- Yes.

- Good.

Can I speak to my sister

for a second?

- Down the hall

on the right.

- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Tracy, Veronica?

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Tracy, Veronica,

I have to talk to you.

- Tracy! Tracy!

She was grounded,

and she kept on saying

she wanted to go

to this place

called the mine!

- It's locked.

All right,

come on, let's go.

- What is this?

When did they put a fence here?

- I don't know,

but there's a sign

and it's spooky,

so come on.

- No, wait.

We came this far.

I mean, this is our spot.

People have been partying here

our whole lives

and even longer.

Hell, we were probably

even conceived here.

- Eww!

- It says no trespassing.

Violators will be prosecuted,

all right, baby?

Come on.

- Your dad is the sheriff.

What, is he gonna arrest you?

Quit being such a wuss.

It's more private in there.

You know what I mean?

- All right, you want a boost,

or should I get down in the mud

and let you climb

on my back?

- Oh, crap, it's Todd.

- Don't answer it.

- Well, of course,

I'm not gonna answer.

Why get in trouble now

when you can get in trouble

tomorrow, right?

- Veronica, you need to

come home now, okay?

There's something going on

out by the Butler mine

and it's not safe there.

Just--I'm not angry.

Just come home, okay?

Or call me.

It--

damn it!

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

- Why am I always the bait?

- It's your lot in life,

I guess.

- I was speaking

in more general terms.

- If you want to

catch something,

you got to use bait, right?

You just stay right there.

When that thing

comes to eat you,

I'll blow its head off.

- What if you miss?

- Miss?

Do you know how much I paid

for this scope?

- Maybe I should go up there

and get my gun.

- What kind of

intelligent creature's

going to attack

a well-armed man?

Besides,

you've still got your pistol.

- What if it's not intelligent?

- What if you threw down paper

instead of scissors?

Now just stand there

and be good bait, will you?

You're a master at it.

[LAUGHS]

You're a master bait.

- Sheriff, what's your 20?

- I'm out by Butler's place.

What do you want?

- I'm pretty sure

mace and Veronica

are out there somewhere.

My money's on the spot

where the kids

always hang out and drink.

- I specifically told him

not to go out tonight.

- Same here. Has that

ever stopped them before?

- I have to stay here

at the Butler office.

I got trackers out in the field

hunting this damn thing.

Can you check on them,

please?

- I got one stop to make,

then I'm on my way.

- Make sure you're packing.

- Copy.

[CREATURE GROWLING]

- There's something out there.

Did you hear that?

It's here!

I hear it, Chad!

Chad!

Ew!

[CREATURE GROWLING, HISSING]

[SCREAMING]

- What was that?

- It sounded like somebody

out hunting idiot teenagers.

- Yeah, and it's definitely

not hunting season.

Why the hell would anybody

be shooting out here?

- Hey, what's going on

out there?

Who's shooting?

Callahan?

Tibbs? Anybody?

- Caveman and eyeball,

reporting in.

It wasn't us,

but it sounds close.

- Callahan, tibbs, somebody

tell me who's shooting.

[SIGHS]

Of all the stupid--

I almost shot your ass.

- I seen the thing.

It's a monster,

and it drips gold.

- What the hell

you talking about?

- It's an old family curse

come to life

after all these years.

- You've been drinking.

- I'm as sober as a mule.

Give me that gun.

- Whoa, whoa, wait, Billy.

You're pointing a gun

at a cop.

You do know

that is a bad idea.

- The thing

came from my mine.

What's from my mine

is all mine.

I own it.

I can do anything

I want with it.

- You're crazy. You need

my help to stop that thing.

- Crazy, nothing!

I'm not stopping anything.

I'm gonna trap it.

- People have died, Billy,

your people.

The law's taken over.

It's a police matter now.

- No one's gonna

kill my future.

Move.

- Teresa!

- Todd, what are you

doing here?

- I just spoke

to your grandmother,

and she told me this crazy story

about your ancestors.

It could explain

what's happening here.

The mine exploded,

and there was a curse

on these body parts

that melded together.

- [SIGHS] Guys, I got

a bad feeling about this.

I don't think

it's safe here.

Come on, we should

get out of here, now.

- Take it easy, mace.

Those shots

could be a mile away.

- No, those shots

weren't a mile away, baby,

they were close, okay?

- Well, I'm not worried.

I've got my boyfriend

to protect me.

- Now, I'm not superman,

you know?

Bullets go through me.

All right?

I'm calling my dad.

I'm gonna let him know

where we are just in case.

- [LAUGHING] If you want it,

come and get it.

- I'll get it.

- In my entire life,

I've never heard my grandmother

tell that story.

- No, it gets worse.

I'm pretty sure

Tracy and Veronica

are at the makeout spot

by the old mine.

They're gonna get caught

in the middle of all this

if we don't go out there.

- We?

- Well, I could use your help,

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