Knucklebones Page #2

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The doctors said I was dead

for at least six minutes.

Wow.

Shouldn't you have,

like, brain damage?

Look who's talking.

Oh!

Oh, great, look who's talking.

OK.

You guys have had

one too many, I think.

No.

Did you hear something?

No, I didn't.

I didn't hear anything.

It sounded like

children singing.

Told you, brain damage.

I'm serious.

It sounded like it was coming

from down that hallway.

- Down that hallway right there?

- Yeah.

Well, you know what time it is.

It's time to go check it out.

Let's go.

- Let's go.

- Excuse you.

Bingo.

OK, so who wants

to go down first?

That's what she said.

Why do you keep saying that?

Because it's funny.

No, it isn't.

It's kind of funny.

Told you.

- OK, fine, I'll go first.

- OK.

No way, guys.

Don't be such a scaredy cat.

Come on, Sam.

I want to check it out.

Well, of course you do,

you have a death wish.

Neesa, I'm sorry.

Whatever.

No, I didn't mean it like that.

Yeah, you did.

Come on already!

Hang on, guys!

I'm coming!

That's what she said!

Pretty creepy, huh?

Yeah, I'll bet

they didn't recover

all the bodies of

the dead workers

and now their tortured

spirits are crying out

for a proper burial.

That's a pretty good theory,

except for the fact

there's no such thing as ghosts.

Yeah, you keep saying that,

and we're not having sex later.

We need to find those

bodies and give these people

a proper burial.

I've been saying

it from the get go.

Ha!

Travis!

Gosh.

There! Did you guys hear that?

I didn't hear anything.

It sounds like it's coming

from behind this wall.

There's no door.

You know what?

I can bust through this.

Let me just go get some

tools from my truck.

I've got this.

Stand back.

It looks old.

Yeah, and valuable.

Let's open it.

Yeah, we should

definitely open it.

Hang on, guys.

I'm not sure it's a good idea.

You're the one that

wanted to come down here.

I know, but I mean,

something doesn't feel right.

They obviously hid it behind

that wall for a reason.

Yeah, to hide the evidence.

This building has been abandoned

for over 40 years, right?

So whoever this box

belonged to is long gone.

I guess you're right.

You know I'm right.

Back to the party room.

Woman, you come with me.

Hey, you know I didn't

mean what I said back there.

It's just you didn't even

come talk to me first.

You're my best friend.

I know I'm a selfish

b*tch sometimes.

But if I would have known

how bad you were hurting,

maybe I could have helped.

I know, Sam.

And I know you brought me out

here to try and cheer me up.

And it means a lot, really.

Just promise me

you'll come tell me

before you try anything

stupid like that again, OK?

Yeah, I promise.

Look, I'm fine.

I'm fine.

I swear.

Let's open this bad boy up.

What is all this stuff?

These look like

shipping receipts.

This is weird.

Most of these show

destinations in Germany.

No way, look at this.

They were making

uniforms all right.

They were just making

them for the wrong team.

An actual Nazi SS uniform?

Wow.

OK, why would they be

making uniforms for Nazis

in the middle of Texas?

Are you kidding?

Dozens of major US companies

got busted back then

for war profiteering.

Yeah, no telling how many other

little operations like this

were doing the exact same thing.

Whoa, look who's learning stuff.

Yeah, it's called internet.

Big words.

What's that?

The markings on

this chest appear

to be Sumerian in origins, while

the summoning stones themselves

seem to be carved from the left

hand of an adult human male

over 2,000 years ago.

Sumerian?

Gozer the Gozarian.

Gozer the destructor!

Never mind.

It looks like some sort

of demon summoning ritual.

Hitler and the Nazis were

really into the occult.

So what's it doing here?

Maybe they sent it to

the owner of this place

as some sort of payment or

reward for helping them.

- Let's try it out.

- What?

Let's see if this sucker works.

You want to summon a demon?

Come on, please?

OK.

What about you, Samantha?

I guess, whatever.

I'm sorry.

But I'd like to strongly object to

the whole summoning a demon plan.

Yes, yes, thank you, one

reasonable person in the group.

Yeah, shut up, Adam, you're

just trying to get laid.

Fine, we'll vote.

OK, who doesn't want to

try summoning a demon?

Oh, three to two, you lose.

Hooray for democracy.

This is Ryan.

Leave a message.

Hey...

It's me.

Look, I wanted to tell you that

what happened to me the other

day, it wasn't your fault.

It was just really

upset at the time.

But I wanted to tell

you that I miss you.

And I love you so much.

- Oh my God.

- I'm sorry.

Is everything OK?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Uh, they're ready for us, so.

Oh, OK.

OK, it says the words

of the incantation

are not as important as

the rhythm and intention.

Also, all of the dice

bones have to land

inside the center area of the

pentagram for the summoning to work.

Got it?

Got it!

OK, here we go.

Knucklebones, Knucklebones,

show us your face.

Knucklebones, Knucklebones,

appear in this place.

Sh*t.

You suck!

It was a bad roll.

Fine, you go next, Travis.

We're about to get

ourselves a demon.

Knucklebones, Knucklebones,

come out and play.

Knucklebones, Knucklebones,

this is totally gay!

Travis!

That's how I roll, sweetheart.

Shitty roll.

OK, Neesa, your turn.

Knucklebones, Knucklebones,

blood runs red.

Knucklebones, Knucklebones,

wake the dead.

Nice roll.

Now what?

I don't understand.

It...

How did you break it?

When did you break your arm?

Kia! Kia?

Kia, what's going on?

What's happening to her?

Oh my God!

Something's coming out!

- Oh! Is that a hand?

- Oh my God!

What the f***!?

What the hell?

Come on! Come on!

Come on!

Hurry! Hurry!

The door!

The door!

No way that just happened!

What was that?

Was that Kia? Was that Kia?

- It came out of Kia.

- What did?

The demon we just summoned!

There's no such thing as demons!

Hello, 911?

911, what's your emergency.

Yes, we're at the old

factory of Highway 5.

Someone or something

just killed our friend.

And I think it's

trying to kill us.

What the f***?!

Surprise.

You weren't expecting

that, were you, f***er?

Frankly, I thought this was

going to be a lot harder.

That's what she said!

Wait!

Where's Travis?

Oh, sh*t!

You guys get out of here!

And I'm going to

go back for him!

- No!

- Are you crazy? That thing will kill you!

Sh*t.

What are you waiting for?

Let's get out of here!

What's wrong?

Remember you told me to tell you

before I did something stupid?

Yeah.

I'm about to do

something stupid.

You're going to get

yourself killed, Neesa.

I don't care!

Well, I do!

We'll go and get help!

What if they're dead

by the time we get back?

What if they're already dead?

Sh*t!

No! No! No! No!

I never was good at that.

Adam!

Kia!

Don't worry, Travis!

I'll only put the tip in!

Kia!

Adam?

Travis?

Travis!

Shh, shh.

It's still close by.

Sh*t!

You guys almost gave

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