It's Alive Page #4

Absolute destruction

of this thing.

But we've already

signed over the remains

to the university.

But if there was

nothing left of it, you know,

we would be

most grateful to you.

Oh, uh...

you have, uh, had a

very successful career

until this freak incident, hmm?

You know,

it could work out for the best.

We have an opening

on the board of our

research and

development department.

Now, we wouldn't want people to

lose faith in us, would we?

Hello?

Man".

Doctor Norton, please.

Uh, no, Doctor Norton's

stepped out for a moment.

May I take a message please?

Man". Tell him they've

cornered the infant

at the Hawthorne School

in West Los Angeles.

That's just a few

blocks from here.

Man:
Ask the doctor to

get over there if he can.

Thank you.

I have to go out.

All right.

You don't mind staying alone?

Mm-mm.

I'll keep everything warm.

Wait a minute, I'm Frank Davis,

I want to see

Lieutenant Perkins.

All right, take him.

Officer:
Wonder what's

the matter with him.

Screwed-up genes or something.

Wait here.

Davis, how the hell did

you find out about this?

There was a phone

call for Doctor Norton.

L-- I took the message.

My son, Chris,

goes to school here.

I've been here a million

times, PTA meetings.

Your kid goes here?

Sure, that's right,

he's in the sixth grade.

That's... probably

just a coincidence.

Look, Perkins, I want

this thing destroyed

as much as anybody else.

- I realize that.

- Yeah, you realize.

Then why is everybody

looking at me?

Yeah.

Like it's my own flesh

and blood or something.

Well, it's not, you understand?

It's no relation to me!

Perkins:

Nobody is looking at you.

Say, uh, you have

my deepest sympathy,

you and your wife.

Is it all right if

your driver drops me off

a block from my home?

I don't want my wife to see me.

You don't want her to know you

were-- you were here tonight?

I don't think she'd know

how to take it.

I don't know, maybe I

didn't do the right thing.

I was just trying

to show everybody

that I-- I feel

the same way they do.

I mean, I'm no different

from anybody else.

We know that.

I got a boy, 11 years old.

He's perfectly healthy,

he's brilliant in school.

Mr. Davis, you don't have to

keep telling us that,

we realize that.

Look, I'm, uh,

I got to go back on duty.

Take him wherever

he wants to go.

Perkins:
Davis said his kid

went to this school.

Now why, in all of Los Angeles,

would it happen to show up here?

Maybe it's looking for somebody.

I'd like us to

all get together again

and be a family.

You know I'm trying, I'm

really trying very hard, Frank.

I can see that.

Wouldn't it be a great

idea to bring Chris home?

He's better off where he is.

Lenore, did you go out?

Lenore?

Lenore, for Christ's sakes, answer me.

Oh, are you feeling better?

Where the hell have you been?

-I've been straightening--

-l've been calling you.

Been all over the

house, straightening up.

Where?

You weren't downstairs,

and you didn't

hear me calling you?

Honey, there's a good

movie on tonight,

it's with Paul Newman.

I gotta get something in my stomach.

Excuse me.

Chris come back here today?

I said, has Chris been

back here today?

I don't know.

Why do you say that?

You wouldn't lie to me?

Darling, I-- I know you wanted

Chris to come back,

but I specifically told you.

Chris?

Chris?

Chris, are you hiding someplace?

Don't fool around now.

I wish somebody would respect

my feelings around here.

Why are you watching that stuff?

I thought you wanted

to watch a movie.

Who are you calling?

Don't call anybody.

Please don't call anybody!

Who are you calling?

Frank".

How's Chris?

I've had a hell of a

time keeping him away

from the newscasts

and the daily papers.

But the teacher sent over

some schoolwork,

so he's been keeping busy.

You mean you've been

with him all the time, then?

What are you talking about?

We just got back

from that fishing trip.

He hasn't been out of

my sight for a minute.

Look, you want to talk to him?

No, I don't want to talk to him.

Hi Dad, when can I come home?

Chris, did you

come back here today?

Is the baby home

from the hospital yet?

Did I do anything wrong?

Hey, how about something to eat?

Nah, I'm not hungry,

I want to go to bed.

I'm sorry Charley,

I'm not mad at you.

That's okay, kid.

Honey, I want you

to make love to me.

I want you to

hold me and love me.

You know, there are other ways.

Come on, sweetheart.

There's no ice in there.

I'll get the ice,

wait a minute, sweetheart.

I'll get the ice.

Wait, I'll get the ice.

Chris?

Chris?

Oh, my God.

Chris?

Lenore?

What were you doing

down in the basement?

You know.

What're you gonna do?

What're you doing?

Why are you so anxious

to be the one to do it?

Who is it, Mom?

Dad?

Frank, Frank wait, wait.

Frank, Frank, he could

have killed you

when you were

upstairs sleeping!

He could have killed you.

You know why he didn't?

You know why he didn't kill you?

Hello?

He knows you're his father,

he knows.

No, you're crazy.

He knows, he does.

He knows you're his father.

Don't worry.

Don't be scared.

I'll protect you.

It's a boy, you know?

It's a boy.

I'll protect you.

Chris, look out.

Frank:

I hit it, I'm sure I hit it.

Charley, look out Charley!

Charley!

Come on, get down!

Did you see it?

Did you see,

what does it look like?

It's no relation to us, Chris.

It can't be.

See what your baby

did to Charley.

What did you do?

The hospital, you tell him about

the doctors in the hospital!

Lenore, take my son upstairs.

Your dad was trying to

suffocate your little brother.

He just wants to--

Perkins:

You should have called us

as soon as you began to suspect

it was somewhere near the house.

It's lost a lot of blood.

And it's my opinion

that our troubles

are very nearly over.

So shall we go?

I wanna leave some men here,

in case it decides to

double back to the house.

I would...

I would like to go with you.

Haven't you done enough already?

No.

Not yet.

You have to be the

one to do it, don't you?

Have you seen it?

Got a real good look at it?

It was too dark.

It wouldn't matter.

I could do it.

You may have done it already,

if it doesn't stop bleeding.

Will you excuse us

for a moment, please?

Now wait a second,

we just can't take--

Look, I advise you

to let him come along.

After all, it found

its way home by itself.

And it may be that it will

search out its father,

especially now when he

put a bullet in it.

What have we got to lose?

One more life.

You know how to use a gun?

B99 YOU!' pardon?

Do you know how to use a rifle?

Sure.

We'll issue you one,

for your own protection.

Okay.

Announcer:
The shots

that wounded the infant

were fired not by the

police, but by its father.

Public relations executive,

Franklin Patrick Davis,

who currently is accompanying

police on the manhunt.

Perkins:
That's it.

That's how it can travel

the length of the city

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