Lost After Dark Page #5

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This thing creaks and moans

like an old woman.

Hey, you're doing great,

Heather, okay?

Everything's gonna be fine.

Try and relax.

We're sleeping right here, okay?

I don't think

I'll ever sleep again.

In the morning,

we'll bust out, hit the road.

I'll bet the bus will be filled

with cops by then.

And they'll have

blankets and coffee,

and you can f***ing A be sure

they'll have donuts, too.

And we'll go home.

We'll get old and fat,

and we'll have a ton of kids.

I love you, Johnnie.

Shh.

What's wrong with her?

Maybe the bad man is back.

Shh.

Heather!

Just keep her quiet.

Shh.

Shh!

Heather!

I mean it, Heather.

One bark from that thing

and we're dead, understand that?

Shh.

- What are you doing?

- It's gonna be okay.

- Did he hear? Is it him?

- Shh!

I don't know.

Quiet.

We have to go.

We'll bust out here

and make a break for it.

Heather.

Help! Help!

Help! Help!

No, no! No! No!

If I can track the VC

in the rainy season,

I can damn sure

find these brats.

Jamie!

I didn't think anyone was left.

What happened?

Don't worry, I'll survive.

You okay?

We're all that's left.

How can you know that?

Wesley...

No.

I heard his eye pop, Jamie.

When the glass hit it,

I heard it pop.

It was horrible.

It's gonna be okay, Mar.

No.

It's not. It's not.

We're gonna die here.

By the time anyone finds us,

we'll be dead.

You're cold.

And sweating, too.

Look, Marilyn,

focus on what I'm saying.

You're going

into shock, that's all.

You're gonna be all right,

but you have

to stay focused, okay?

Okay.

I mean it, Marilyn,

you have to stay with me.

I will, I... I just

need to sit down.

- I just...

- No. You have to stay up.

Otherwise you're just

gonna pass out.

I can't drag you.

You understand what I'm saying?

Yes.

Okay.

Give me a second to find

something to fight back with.

I got him pretty good

with a rock back there.

I think he may be the devil,

Jamie.

I don't know.

He must be...

a demon from hell or something.

I looked into his eyes.

What we need to worry

about right now

is getting back to the bus.

It's hopeless.

It's over now.

What do you think?

I think it's fate.

My God.

Hello?!

Someone please help me!

Who is that?

Adrienne?

Here!

I'm over here!

Mr. C!

We have to go.

Jamie, you and your friends

are in some trouble...

F*** your trouble!

Jamie, don't you

talk to me like that.

They're dead.

They're all dead.

Who?

- All of them!

- What? How?

This guy killed them all.

We have to go.

We leave no man left behind.

Now stand down

and tell me where they are.

You don't understand.

We have to get out of here now.

Are they in there?

Are they in the house?

Where are they?

Come on.

Jamie, get in the house.

Close the door and don't

come out until I say so.

No, no, he'll get you.

You have to come inside.

He's just a man,

a man who's gonna

have to get through me

to get to one of my kids.

Now stay in there.

All right.

I'm no teenager.

I was in the 'Nam,

you sick f***!

And I got chunks of guys

like you in my stool!

Come on, you commie,

pinko, fag bastard.

I've killed more men

than you could possibly imagine.

One more is fine with me.

You Hanoi chink piece of sh*t!

Mr. C?

Mr. Cunningham?!

Leave me alone!

Adrienne.

Open!

How do you like that?!

No, no, no.

F***.

Come on, Mr. C.

Have something I can use.

Come on.

ABP.

Just breathe.

Just breathe.

All right.

I made it.

No.

Help! Help me!

My God.

Hey.

Hey, are you okay, mister?

Hey.

What the f...

Hey, you stay right there

or I will shoot.

I mean it!

Shoot!

Son of a b*tch.

Hell of a mess, Sheriff.

I've never seen nothing like it.

Junior Joad.

Now that's one bad penny

I never thought

I'd have to see again.

How you doing, sweetheart?

You okay?

Can you tell me how many

other people were with you?

Seven.

They're all dead.

But where are they?

Where are your friends?

The house.

The house on the hill.

Okay.

Okay, look, get some rest.

These folks, they're gonna take

real good care of you.

Then I'll come back

in a little while.

I'll check up on you, all right?

You're gonna be okay.

You'll be okay.

What is it?

She said something

that shook you up pretty good.

You hadn't even joined the force

when we had our troubles.

You gonna keep me

in the dark, Sheriff,

or is this some type

of ghost story?

It's worse.

It's a lot worse.

The Joads, they never came

to town at the end.

Some people thought

they'd picked up and moved off.

Then we started

getting the calls.

Somebody's kid went missing.

And then somebody's wife,

somebody's husband.

Me and a couple of the boys,

we went up there.

Emmett Joad!

This is your last chance!

Sheriff,

we're gonna eat you alive!

We killed

every last one of them.

Or so we thought.

Until today.

Junior must have been

up here hunting by himself

for a long time.

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