Knucklebones Page #3

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me a heart attack.

Travis is dead.

We better get the

f*** out here, OK?

- Who's got the keys?

- I do.

Let's go.

Hurry!

What's down there?

It looks like a garbage chute.

I'm not going down there.

Yes, you are.

Hello?

Well, I got a lead at least.

Talked to Jeff over at Grady's.

He said they stopped in

there and bought some beer

on the way out of town.

Said they headed

down farm road 82.

What's out there?

About 50 miles of cow

crap, not much else.

I'm starting to freak out.

Relax, Nancy, I'll find her.

Do you have any idea where they

may have headed out that way?

No, I would...

I know where she went.

I wasn't eavesdropping.

So who turned on the furnace?

Maybe it was the demon.

Why would the demon

turn on the furnace?

Atmosphere?

Maybe he was cold.

It's 100 degrees out.

Maybe he's hungry?

Sure is a long ways out here.

You guys better not be

wasting my f***ing time.

I'm telling you, man, these old

warehouses are full of copper.

This place better

have a bathroom.

Really?

Again?

Why don't you just go pop a

squat behind a bush somewhere.

Hello?

There could be poison ivy.

Hey, there's lights on.

Do you think there's

somebody inside maybe?

If they are, we'll

f*** their sh*t up.

Yeah, there should be

some good sh*t in here.

Oh f*** yes.

Look at this f***ing place.

Hey, Star!

You want me to come with you?

I'd rather be horribly murdered.

All right.

It's your loss.

Yeah, get that metal, baby.

What's that, Mely?

Whoo!

Can you hear me now?

Tinkle, tinkle, little star.

Hey, what the f***?

Is that you, Andy?

You f***ing pervert.

You need to get the

f*** out of here.

Holy sh*t.

Yeah!

F*** yeah, baby.

Hello?

Hello?

Is anybody there?

Shh!

Looks like we're just

in time for dinner.

Sh*t!

You kids nearly made me chuck

a mud guppy in my grippers.

I was just in the back

emptying my piss jars.

Ew! Who are you?

Mr friends called me Choctaw

Bill, back when I had friends.

Well, I'm Neesa.

This is Sam and Adam...

We don't have time for this. OK,

that thing is trying to kill us.

What thing?

We don't know.

I know this sounds crazy.

But it's like... it's

like some sort of demon.

A demon?

You mean Knucklebones?

Please tell me you kids didn't.

We did.

Oh man, I knew

this would happen.

Wait, you know about this thing?

We had a run-in a while back.

My mother used to work

here back in the '70s.

She used to bring me with her.

We couldn't afford no daycare.

But late one night,

me and the other kids

were playing hide and

go seek in the basement.

That's when I found

the bone dice.

We thought it was a damn game.

The demon killed everyone...

my mother, the other kids,

would have killed me too.

But I hid.

I've always been a good hider.

It wasn't a game.

But there were rules.

They describe something

called the banishment ritual.

Instead of all of them landing

in the center of the pentagram,

this time each dice had to

land at a separate point

in the star.

The demon almost got me.

But I squirmed away and ran

back up to the summoning circle.

I got real lucky with that roll,

one in a million shot, I'd wager.

And, poof, just like that,

the demon was gone.

Shortly after that,

some men in black suits

came and escorted

me off the premises.

We found the dice in

a box in the basement,

sealed behind a wall.

I was afraid of that.

Been coming here for

years looking for them.

Eventually, I just

moved on in here.

There wasn't anything about any

kind of banishment ritual, though.

I was afraid of that too.

I've had a long time

think about this.

Call me crazy if you want.

But I think the whole thing is

some sort of military weapon.

You're crazy.

Think about it.

Release this thing in a

heavily populated area.

No one knows anything about

it, or how to get rid of it.

Thing could kill millions...

supernatural warfare.

But now that we know

about this ritual,

we can get rid of it, right?

We still need the dice.

And they're back

upstairs, right?

We're not going to

make it in time.

Plus, you said it was a lucky roll,

right, a one in a million chance?

That's not very good odds.

So what are we going to do?

I think we should

just run for it.

That's because you don't

know sh*t from apple butter.

Hell, you'd never even

make it to the main road.

That thing is as fast

as it wants to be.

The only reason

you're not all dead already

is 'cause it likes

f***ing with you.

Demons feed on your fear.

What if two of us create a distraction

and the other two go for the dice?

So who's going to

create the distraction?

I will.

I'll go with you.

Sam, you go with Choctaw Bill and

perform the banishment ritual.

Hold on a second.

I'm f***ing this bull.

You kids are just

holding the horns.

Fine, what's your plan?

We'll do what you just said.

- Neesa?

- What?

In case we don't make it.

Sam, we're going to make it, OK?

I promise.

You kids ready?

Time to paint your butts white

and run with the antelope.

Back up the garbage chute.

I don't see him.

Let's go for it.

It's a trap.

We wait for the signal.

OK, let's go.

I can't.

I'm too scared.

Fine, stay here.

Knucklebones, Knucklebones,

make this roll.

Knucklebones, Knucklebones,

save my soul.

Looks like you used up

all your luck, little Billy!

Knucklebones, Knucklebones,

death and decay.

Knucklebones, Knucklebones

go away!

Say hello to your mother for me.

Run away, little girl!

Run away!

Oh my God.

Sam!

- Neesa, it's going to be fine.

- No, it's not!

- It's going to be fine!

- No!

Hello again, Neesa!

We met before, in hell!

You and I are gonna

have a lot of fun together.

You stay away from her!

Sam!

Neesa, get down!

Sheriff!

There's bodies and

blood everywhere!

What the hell are you

kids doing out here?

Stay there!

No!

Come back here! Please!

No!

We have to get out of here!

Please!

You didn't kill it!

You can't kill it!

We gotta get out of here!

Never bring a

gun to a knife fight!

You spoiled little girl.

Fine, if you won't play with me,

I'll find someone else who will.

Later tater.

No!

You stay away from her,

you f***er!

Mom! Going to bed!

Night!

Sh*t!

No!

F***!

Sh*t!

Gotcha.

Mom!

Mom!

Stop it!

You're acting like a child!

They're coming for you.

Look!

There comes one of them now!

Aw, you're so pretty.

I could just eat your bones.

Is it weird that I like

the sound of screaming?

Got you.

Knucklebones, Knucklebones,

fire and flame.

Knucklebones, Knucklebones

go back where you came.

Sh*t!

This is impossible!

Knucklebones, Knucklebones,

live to tell.

Knucklebones, Knucklebones

go to hell.

Help!

Help!

Somebody?

Help!

Is anybody still there?

Sam!

Oh, hey, Neesa.

You're still alive.

You b*tch!

Ow.

Jesus, Ryan, you scared

the sh*t out of me.

What? I'm sorry.

Did I scare you?

You have no idea what

I've just been through.

What have you been through?

I'm sorry, babe, but I

haven't heard from you.

You haven't been responding

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