Jackals

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Adele?

It's you!

Where have you been?

We've been so worried about you.

Why?

You okay?

What did you do?

What did you do?

What did you do?

What did you do?

Zoey, hey.

What are you fussing about, huh?

Ohh.

How can such a little baby

make so much of noise huh?

Zoey.

Hey, it's okay.

Is there any sign of him?

No.

He should be here by now.

Sure everything's fine.

Mom, why don't you just...

Sit down and relax.

They should've been here by now.

- Looks like someone wants Nana.

- Ohh.

Oh, god.

Look at you.

Look at you. Yeah.

Everybody likes you.

Ah, don't bother.

Reception up here is for sh*t.

Daddy's coming home soon.

I'm sorry, can I have her back?

I know I'm crazy.

Oh, no. You're a mom.

There you go.

- What's wrong?

- It's the tire.

What the f***!

Get on the f***ing ground now.

Hey!

- What is this?

- Get on the f***ing ground now.

On your stomach!

Get up. Come on. Get up.

You good?

It's time.

Hey, Campbell give us

a hand here will you.

- What happened to you?

- It's nothing.

Let's get him inside.

You grab his legs, okay.

Let's get him upstairs.

Mom, come on, let's go!

Ahh, okay.

Okay, right.

Alright, get the jacket off.

Okay.

What the hell!

Jesus.

Tie him up.

- Mom.

- Hey.

Yes, it's me Justin.

I'm here baby.

I'm here, it's me.

Easy, Kathy.

Cam, what are you doing?

It's gonna be okay, Justin.

- What is this sh*t?

- -Justin.

Hey.

- He's gonna break it.

- Take it easy, okay.

I'm sorry. The ropes

are a necessity right now.

- I'm sorry.

- Who the hell are you?

My name is Jimmy.

I'm here to help you.

We're all here to help you.

You should all think

about helping yourselves.

- Justin.

- My name is not Justin!

Your name's not Justin.

Alright. It's my mistake.

- You untie me now.

- You're not getting out

of that chair until you start

making some sense.

Calm down.

Jesus.

- Calm down, Justin!

- I'm not Justin!

You're not Justin?

Your family told me

- your name was Justin.

- They're not my family.

Well, I'm pretty sure

that's your father, Andrew.

This is your mother, Kathy.

Your brother, Campbell.

And your girlfriend, Samantha.

And this is your baby.

- Thanatos

- excuse me.

- Thanatos.

- Thanatos? Is that your name?

Thanatos.

So, who named you that because

it wasn't your parents?

No.

My real family.

Listen to me Justin. Your family

is very concerned about you.

They wanna talk to Justin.

What's going on, Justin?

Talk to me.

We were just talking here.

Come on man.

Open your eyes.

Son.

Look at these pigs.

Lined up for slaughter.

You greased hogs.

- Waiting for the knife.

- No.

Untie me now.

Or I will watch you suffer

and bleed.

Bleed out

like the f***ing pigs you are!

I will bathe your blood

the whole f***ing lot of you!

That's enough.

My son would never

talk to me like that.

- Here, piggy, piggy, piggy.

- You little piece of sh*t!

Get off of him!

Come get me, Campbell.

When was the last time

you ever protected anybody, huh?

Your window of opportunity

is closing piggies.

Untie me now or suffer the...

Why are you looking

at her like that?

This is your little girl.

Our little girl.

What the hell is wrong with you?

That's it! Everybody out.

Out! Out! Outta the room.

Jesus Christ,

Campbell. You gotta calm down.

F*** off!

Look, I know what you're

going through.

- I've been there.

- Yeah, the hell you have.

Look, we got your brother

back alive. Alright?

So that's a start.

- Sorry about that.

- That's alright.

Let's focus on Justin now, okay?

What have they done to him?

That's not my boy.

They brain washed him.

And they've done

- a pretty good job on him.

- I don't even know who

that is up there.

That's not my son.

- It's some kind of animal.

- We've talked about this, okay?

He doesn't seem like himself,

but it is Justin up there.

Keep reminding yourself.

That is your son.

That's your brother.

Your boyfriend.

There's a lot I can do

to try and bring him back.

But I can't if you give up

on him.

He needs to know

that you still love him.

And you're going to accept him.

Once he let's go

all this bullshit

that monster put into his head.

It's not an easy task.

I'm gonna ask you to do some

of the hardest things

you've ever done

in your whole life.

And when I ask you to,

you're gonna do them.

No questions.

We need to reach inside

find Justin and bring him back.

And I can't do that without you.

Is that understood?

Campbell?

Fine.

I gotta get back upstairs.

You guys just try and relax

for a while.

I'll let you know

when I need you.

- Well, I need a cigarette.

- When did you start smoking?

Right around the time you left.

Thanatos.

Normal folks, they...

They don't understand do they?

Freedom. Power.

They're just stuck in there.

Your world, a nine to five job,

dealing with mortgages

and bills.

While you're just a kid.

Everybody's telling you don't

do this, don't do that, right?

Your new family.

They don't use that word don't,

do they?

It's not in their vocabulary.

They don't punish indulgence.

They applaud it.

Must be something.

You're gonna do

whatever you want.

Whenever you want.

Sin without consequence.

Took a hell of a time

getting your brother off you.

I don't think

he likes me very much.

Seems to be hiding

something to me. I don't know.

I have a brother like Campbell.

When we were growing up

I hated him, man.

I mean he was such a prick.

Always beating

the hell outta me.

I joined the marines

so one day I could take him on.

Give him a little payback,

you know?

Because I think

there are two kinds of brothers.

There are the ones

that back you up in a fight.

And then there are the ones

that throw you to the wolves

as they sit back,

laugh and point at you

while you're eating sh*t.

I bet I know

which kind Campbell is.

Hey.

Do you have another one

of those?

Thanks.

Where's the baby?

Your mom's watching her for me.

Guess you're okay with her doing

that with a drink in her hand.

Why won't you lay off of her?

She just watched her son turn

into a complete lunatic.

Yeah.

Yeah.

He went and got himself

completely f***ed up

in the head.

Yeah, mom and dad are insane

if they think g.I. Joe's

gonna pull him outta it.

'Cause that guy

- is a f***ing a**hole.

- We have to try.

- Okay, Zoey needs her father.

- Face it, Sam.

Justin is never going

to be dad material

even if this bullshit

actually works.

You have no idea how hard it is.

I had to drop out of school

to have Zoey.

We all want him back.

He used to love coming

to this place when we were kids.

As soon as we got here

every summer, he'd go off

into the woods on his own.

And we'd think he was lost.

Mom would panic.

But then we would find him

under a tree somewhere

playing weirdo games

with pine cones

and animals bones and sh*t.

Yeah that sounds like Justin.

There was an owl

that lived in this tree.

I would tell Justin that it was

the devil watching him

that if he didn't do everything

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