Infestation Page #2

- Perhaps we need some perspective.

- Come on.

- OK.

- Come on.

- Let's go.

- Cindy.

- OK.

It's a fire.

The smoke would be black.

- It's the sunset, then.

- No, that's east. The sun sets over...

- Jesus.

- Oh, God. What is that?

- It's a swarm of them.

- It's headed away from us.

Maybe they think

that they've dealt with this quadrant.

Do we stay here? Do we go somewhere?

What are we doing?

- The government'll do something.

- You wanna wait around for FEMA?

There's an air-force base

in Gibsonton.

Holy sh*t. My dad's in Berwick.

That's halfway to Gibsonton.

He's got a bomb shelter. OK, it's got,

like, food, water, medical supplies.

- A shortwave radio even.

- Is he some paranoid nutjob?

Pretty much, yeah.

He's retired military, so...

But, anyway, if we walk tomorrow,

we can get there by tomorrow night,

you know, by dark.

Berwick is northeast from here. It's...

That way. Or that way.

- Anyway, it's away from that swarm.

- We got an hour of daylight left.

I say we find a room where we can all...

These things won't quit.

- There's one advantage we have.

- They're blind.

Yeah, well,

maybe we should find out more.

- Looks like a mutant lobster.

- Let's melt some butter and have...

Whoa!

He's not liking this very much.

- OK, so what now?

- We milk it.

Erm, excuse me?

Like a snake. We get it to bite into

a container and I'll examine its venom.

- What are you?

- A student.

- Shiatsu massage.

- I'm gonna pretend that makes sense.

There's a drugstore nearby

with supplies I can use.

- I'll get them. You collect the venom?

- Whoa. You want us to do that?

- You'd rather go outside?

- No. We got it.

- Er...

- Hugo.

Come on.

We're... We're doing this?

- I'm spotting you.

- Put your hands on the door.

- We'll use our feet to brace it.

- The floor's slippery, so I thought...

- You know what? I think it'll work.

- OK. Crack it open.

- Oh!

- Push.

- Come on. Come on.

- Hold it.

Yeah, that's right.

I remember bits of the day before

but nothing about the morning

it must have happened.

My mind's Swiss-cheesed,

but I get flashes of things.

Driving to work, you know,

and calling Hugo for lunch.

And you standing above me.

I remember being fired.

And then... a noise,

like, erm, like a high-pitched, er...

like a dog whistle.

- It hurt.

- Yeah, right. Yeah, it hurt. Yeah.

I thought it was a fire alarm,

and then the... person in front of me

in line doubled over,

and then I just fell to the floor.

Erm, it's a sedative,

but it's a protein, too.

- How'd you figure that?

- It kept us sleeping.

And pregnancy tests,

they detect complex proteins.

I just used one of those.

- I never would have thought of that.

- Why keep us alive?

Fresh meat?

Red gas is gathering

on top of the janitor closet.

Like in the sky?

They exhale it,

but I don't know what it is.

Tomorrow, when we go to Cooper's

dad's house, we gotta stop by my place.

- Mama's sick.

- Well, I wanna see my brother.

- OK. We can work that into the plan.

- You know, about the plan.

I've been doing some thinking

about my dad's, and, er...

Forget it. Sorry. Just... I'm tired.

OK. I think it's best

that we start preparing for night.

We'll work out a watch schedule

and rotate every hour.

Ow!

Ow. It's... It's crazy.

You're not even sweating. It's...

I know it's been only one desk,

but you're a pretty strong guy, huh?

So you hear OK?

With the aids? The hearing aids, yeah?

I had ear infections as a kid.

So I'd lose my hearing, you know,

a couple of weeks at a time.

It wasn't the pain

that bothered me so much as...

It was a little lonely, that's all.

- Hey, what's the hold-up?

- Just feng shui-ing our hideout, man.

On three. One, two, three.

Hey.

We were looking for bedding in

the employee lounge and I found these.

Congratulations.

Er... They're for you, actually.

I noticed you're in heels.

We'll be doing a lot of walking.

Heels are loud.

You get what's happening here, right?

Yeah.

Oh!

Hey, you want one of these?

I found them in a desk.

I don't even smoke, you know.

I figured, what the hell.

What a day, huh?

Hey, did you come

to our office Christmas party?

- No.

- Are you on match. com?

Sorry. I just keep thinking that I know

you from somewhere. I don't know.

Maybe your mom had your picture

in her office or something.

Maybe.

Can I sleep with you tonight?

I meant near you, OK?

I barely know you.

Suit yourself.

That's really good. I'm OK. I'm OK.

I got this area covered.

Sweet dreams.

Oh!

Ugh!

That's disgusting.

Oh, Jesus! Oh!

You scared the sh*t out of me.

Oh, my God. I peed a little.

Well, I couldn't sleep.

I thought maybe I was hungry.

Well, you definitely don't want anything

in here, that's for sure.

I got a protein bar in my jacket.

- Here you go.

- You know, I work at WLBZ.

Oh! Oh, you're the weather lady.

- Oh, that's awesome.

- You know, we could go there.

They're hooked up to communication

satellites all over the world.

- We could see how widespread this is.

- Yeah.

We should bring it up to the group

in the morning.

Well, I mean that... we could go.

Erm... That's...

We can't leave them, though, right?

No.

- I didn't mean...

- That's OK.

I just...

Hey, hey, hey.

Look, erm...

It's gonna be OK, alright?

We're gonna figure this thing out.

- Do you really believe that?

- Yeah.

I am so glad that we found each other.

Erm...

What are the chances, you know?

Right.

I should... focus on lookout.

That's for you.

It's blueberry.

OK.

Open the door. Back up.

Is this a good idea?

Watch out!

- What was it doing?

- Calling for help.

OK.

Cindy?

It's time to go.

I won't be joining you.

It makes sense that someone remains,

wakes up as many people as possible.

It's what I need to do.

Guess you're kind of a loner, huh?

Me? What, because I'm 20 feet ahead?

That, and you haven't said very much.

What do you wanna hear?

Tell me about your boyfriend.

- Got it. Thank you for that.

- Got what?

The final piece

to the kind of guy you are.

Really? Wow. Do tell.

You're shallow. Solipsistic.

Pathologically witty to cope with

family stress. Father issues, obviously.

You consider yourself spiritual,

just so you can meet women.

Feelings weren't honoured in your home,

so you stopped developing them

around 14,

leaving you

severely emotionally retarded.

I prefer "challenged", by the way.

You know, I tended bar

in a little cantina down in Mexico.

- Got good at reading people myself.

- Take your best shot.

You grew up on a farm.

The boys found you quickly.

All those sticky fumblings

in the back of a car.

All the while dreaming of getting out,

getting anywhere, all the way to the...

The FBI. Cute.

- Silence of the Lambs?

- Yep.

You like movies?

I'm gonna walk ahead now.

Fine. I'll just walk by myself.

This is where you live?

- That's right.

- I'm gonna stay outside.

Er, me, too.

I'll keep an eye on things.

Oh!

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