Infestation Page #4

without my glasses.

- Maybe I could look at it first.

- Could you wait for eight seconds?

- Hey, how's the food?

- Mm.

Al?

- What?

- How's the food?

Oh, yeah. Good.

Goddamn. I left them in the kitchen.

In the kitchen? Dad, Dad.

Before you go into the kitchen,

can I see the map for a minute, please?

- Without me showing you how? No.

- How to read a map?

Properly, yes.

We're just gonna plot the quickest route

to Gibsonton. That is the original plan?

Well, yeah, the original plan

was that, but now some...

- The objective remains the same.

- There's been unexpected occurrences.

- Cooper, come on.

- Some serious sh*t has gone down.

Al?

Holy sh*t. Holy sh*t. Al?

Al?

Al, Al, Al!

Al! Please, Al, it's Cooper. Let me go.

Hugo's over there.

Hugo's right over there, Al.

- We're all friends.

- Put him down! Put him down!

Al, Al, remember your wife?

- Remember your wife?

- Mary.

Yeah, Mary. That's right.

He told me to.

I think

we should get out of here.

Those gunshots were loud enough to...

No, Dad, Dad!

Don't fire that gun again, OK?

Fine. I'll Tase his ass.

Wow. It's working.

- Die, you bastard. Die.

- It's really working.

- Goddamn it!

- You got that bad.

I'm OK, really. I didn't really get...

Hey, let's move.

Lucy?

It's not Lucy any more, Dad.

What are you doing?

Lucy. Weenie, Lucy. Weenie.

- It's not gonna work, Dad.

- Weenie. See?

Get the Weenie, Lucy.

Gee, Lucy.

Dad! Dad!

Come on! In the shelter!

Come on! Get your butt down there.

That was meant to be decorative.

Come on!

Hugo! Come on!

- OK.

- OK.

- Good night.

- What?

I'm glad your poor mother

isn't alive to hear this.

It's been a month.

You hear me? Hello?

Jesus Christ!

You could have killed me, lady!

That happens

when you wander blindly into the street.

- Well, I was about to cross.

- Yeah, illegally.

- Illegally. Are you drunk?

- Are you deranged?

God! I am parking.

You can't park in front

of the fire hydrant. You see it?

Wow, nothing gets past you. Alright.

Why don't we just call it even?

People like you, honestly...

Hey, pick a lane!

- Hey.

- You know, you're really...

No, no, no. No, no. Listen, listen.

My number. In case you decide there's

any damage to the front of your vehicle.

Oh, OK. And you just happened

to have it written down?

That's a fantastic question.

No. Mm-mm. No.

I was gonna give it to the girl

that works in my Starbucks.

And I offered it. She said no.

Can I get yours, too,

in case I wanna sue you?

Or ask you to dinner?

How about this... Cooper?

I'll leave it so that I contact you...

if I decide there's damage.

Well, I hope you do.

Cooper!

Huh.

Even in a crisis, you sleep late.

I made some Joe.

You know,

I tried the shortwave this morning.

A few automated distress signals,

but no live broadcast.

I never heard that before.

- What's this?

- Oh, yeah.

Those hearing aids, they got fried.

The bug juice just toasted 'em.

Now, Hugo and I are gonna be ready

to leave in a second.

Put these on ASAP.

Camo? Dad, the...

the bugs are blind, Dad.

If we move at five miles per hour,

we should make it to Gibsonton

by sundown.

I think I should be involved

in the decision making from now on.

Cooper, come on.

You're here. You made it here.

Well done. Bravo.

Now, just drop your ego.

Let me take over.

Drop?

Dad, look,

I was thinking last night, you know.

I was gonna say something.

I should have.

- I think I should go to the nest.

- What?

That girl, Sara, might be there

or might not be there, but...

- You have a plan to go to the nest?

- No, I don't, but... Look, I think...

Dad, I've never done anything in my life

that merits, you know...

I'm selfish. In fact, I'm solipsistic.

That's a real word. Look it up

in the dictionary. It's in there.

- I'm aware it's a word.

- OK, well, then...

Look, I don't expect you to go.

But I really think I should go,

and I don't think I can do it by myself.

- I think I need... I need your help.

- I think it's a crazy idea.

Of course you'd say that.

Of course you'd think it was crazy.

Because, you know, feelings

were never honoured in our home.

Let me tell you a little story.

You're an idiot.

Oh, my God. I'm done.

- Always a pissing contest.

- I've no time for this. I'm done.

Alright. So what do you want?

An apology?

If you did,

then what would that be for, huh?

I have no idea. You and your mother

were always the hypersensitive ones.

- I don't have those needs.

- Mom was not hypersensitive, OK?

See what I mean?

Would it kill you

just to admit for one second

that what I've done so far

isn't terrible?

Cooper, you just don't make

good decisions, alright?

Somewhere along the line,

you did not develop good logic skills.

Are you gonna take this innocent

with you on your suicide mission?

F***.

Hugo, you're gonna stay with my dad.

Thank you.

You've saved my life a trillion times.

Goddamn it, Coop! He's following you.

Hugo, stay with my dad, OK?

He's still following.

Hugo, stay with my dad!

- OK?

- Cooper, goddamn it! This is idiocy!

- Unit three to base.

- Go ahead.

- I got one, right in front of me.

- We're ready for him. Bring him in.

Go.

- Look, brother...

- Move.

I don't want any trouble, OK? I just...

I gotta be somewhere, OK?

- Is that right?

- Oh, yeah.

I can do you right here.

It makes no difference to me.

Now start walking.

Get going.

- You guys are cops?

- Basically.

Basically, what the hell

do you want with me?

Put you out of your misery, if need be.

Out of my misery? Would you?

Stop pointing that at me, OK?

Hey!

Hey, hey! No one's talking to you.

Hey, quiet! Look, I'm not gonna have

any plotting on my watch. Is that clear?

Nobody's plotting. Listen, you have to

be stung to become a hybrid, OK?

They'll swoop down behind you

and get you...

- Base, this is Jed.

- Go ahead.

I thought I told you two

to meet me up front.

Yeah, OK.

Well, we had an unexpected arrival.

- Leechee?

- Leechee. S, Leechee. Leechee.

Oh!

Get on in there!

And shut the f*** up.

- Move it.

- Separate 'em.

Put him in with the new fish.

Put him with the Spaniard.

- You have no idea who I am.

- You're this close to being nobody.

Back up against the wall. Now!

Come on. Get in there.

- Hey.

- Watch it.

Relax. Hey, listen, listen, are you...

Are you the one who's in charge here?

I gotta tell you something important.

There's a really easy way to figure out

who'll become a bug and who won't, OK?

Listen, it's simple.

You just check the lower back, OK?

If you've been stung,

it's just right here.

Just lift up his shirt. And then

we'll all be friends and stop fighting.

Shut the f*** up! Just shut the f*** up.

- OK.

- No, no. I think the kid's right.

Take me first. These goddamn things

are cutting into my wrists.

This isn't rocket surgery here. Come on.

Check us all and then we'll shake hands

and get to the work at hand.

Shut up.

- Go ahead.

- Attaboy.

What the f***?

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