Mandrake Page #4

but that's Lin.

Cut me a piece.

Look, there's two more.

One's moving due

east by the graves.

If Harry's here, maybe that's

him out there looking for us.

If Harry's here, he's

only looking for one thing.

Here.

In case I don't

come back.

What? Where you going?

To find Lin and see

who else is out there.

I suggest you two start to

work on that two-way radio.

No, I'm going with you.

I can't ask you to do

that. That's too dangerous.

I'm not going anywhere.

Our best chance of getting

rescued is staying right here.

This mission isn't over until

we're all home, including Lin.

Truthfully, I suggest we all stay

together, but that's up to you.

What if you

were out there?

What would you

want us to do?

Lin. Lin, talk to me.

They're gonna

kill me now.

Don't say that.

Someone's gonna find us.

Listen!

In a minute somebody's gonna

come over here and untie me.

And when he does, I'm gonna

shove him on top of you.

No, no, no.

Don't make them angry.

They keep knives strapped

to their legs. Okay?

You just try and grab it.

I can't.

Yes, you can.

You just grab the knife.

No, no, no.

Just grab it, you grab it.

Wait, Lin. Lin, wait.

Wait.

Carla, did you get it?

I got it!

Just let me go, please.

Please don't do this.

Just let me go.

Damn it!

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute. Hey.

Wait.

Wait! Don't go!

Wait. Just...

Just stay here. Wait.

Don't go!

Just stay here. Wait.

Carla!

Get out here, you sick

bastards! Help him!

No!

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! No.

Please. Please,

just let me go.

Please.

Please, please.

I know you understand me!

You know this is wrong.

It's okay. Please. Please, just

let me go. Let me go. Please. Okay?

It's okay. It's okay.

This is crazy.

I feel like every branch is

gonna jump out and grab me.

What if it's not the jungle that's

cursed? What if it's that dagger?

Everything was calm till we

took that thing out of the tomb.

Why would the Yamballi care about

the weapon of a conquistador?

You tell me.

Hey, Santiago,

let me see that dagger.

It's definitely

Spanish in origin.

At least the hilt is.

Huh.

What? So this isn't the original blade.

The handle came from Spain, but

the blade is from somewhere else.

Is that writing?

Looks like there's something

here underneath the hilt.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

What?

What are you doing?

I'm trying to see if there is

something written under there.

Okay, I agreed to

help find Lin. Fine.

But we're not gonna

destroy this knife. Okay?

It's our ticket

out of here.

Hey, wait a second.

Someone's moving.

Fast.

It's alive, the jungle.

It's a living,

breathing entity.

Just like you and me.

You knew.

You knew all along.

Sick son of a b*tch.

Quiet, quiet, quiet.

No!

You're disturbing it.

Let go!

Quiet!

Get off of me,

get off of me!

Carla!

Carla, listen to me. Calm down. No!

No, no. I don't know you.

Quiet.

Vargas, hands up.

I said hands up.

Why so testy, Sergeant?

We're all on the same team.

Your weapon. Pull it out

slowly, throw it away.

You know, I was hoping to

meet your daughter one day.

And inspire her with

tales of your heroics.

What's happening

out here?

If I knew that,

I wouldn't need you.

Or the other team?

They all died,

didn't they?

An unfortunate necessity.

You bastard.

You sent us out here knowing full

well this was a suicide mission.

I didn't know. I swear. I

didn't know about the other team.

I never would have...

Doesn't matter.

There is

a monster out there.

And we're standing

around arguing.

Well said.

We're wasting time.

Give me my dagger.

Sat phone, hand it over. No.

The dagger first.

Then the phone.

How about I just shoot you and

take it from your dead hand?

Get on with it, then.

Shoot me!

Get back, get back.

Get back.

Help! Help!

Let's go. Let's go.

Go, go!

Come on!

Come on, come on.

Come on, come on!

No, wait, I can't, I can't!

Get up.

Is that the thing

you saw before?

Kind of.

Only 10 times bigger.

Well, let's see

if we can make it dead.

Harry pushed her. He

pushed her into that thing.

To save his own ass.

You believe us now? Huh?

I don't know

what to believe.

How do the Yamballi

survive out here

with that thing

running around?

Maybe they don't

just talk to the jungle.

Maybe they control it.

We gotta go back and get Harry's sat

phone. It's the only way out of here.

McCall.

What?

McCall, look out!

What?

Get it off,

get it off!

Keep running!

Keep running!

Let's go!

You stupid bastard. Since

when are you the hero type?

I need to

stop the bleeding.

Give me a belt

or something.

Douse it in fresh water.

I always thought the doctor

title for anthropologist was BS.

You work in enough

third-world war-torn countries,

you learn how to

dress a wound.

Santiago, I'm gonna tie this

really tight. It's gonna hurt, okay?

Bite.

One,

two,

three.

I didn't know

you had a daughter.

A couple

of years ago,

an ex-girlfriend showed up on my

doorstep with a three-year-old girl.

She said, "I'm glad you're

alive. Now it's your turn. "

She has your eyes.

What's her name?

Amber Renee

Stardust McCall.

Wow,

that's some name.

Well, I wasn't there when they

filled out the birth certificate.

Her mom's kind of...

Unique?

I was gonna say psycho. But

yeah, unique's about right.

What are you doing?

Can't keep running

from that thing.

Whatever it is,

we've got to kill it.

With what?

How do you kill a tree?

You chop it down.

Or you burn it.

But this isn't just

a tree. It's sentient.

It thinks like we do.

Well, good. Then it'll

feel pain like we do.

This thing's gonna get

infected out here.

There's a medical kit

at camp.

If we get back,

can you slow that down?

Yeah.

Can you walk?

Help me up.

I just don't see

how a giant killer plant

could wreak havoc like this

without anyone knowing about it.

Who knows?

Maybe he was

on a sick leaf.

Carnivorous plants are

rare, but nothing new.

I've seen a Nepenthes rajah

specimen over three feet tall.

It kills frogs,

birds and even rats.

This thing was a lot

bigger than three feet.

True. But the rainforest

is constantly evolving.

Half the species out here

haven't even been classified yet.

Well, someone should have

mentioned that in the briefing.

Stay here.

McCall,

what's out there?

See anything?

Nothing.

McCall.

Santiago,

light your torch.

Light it, light it! Give

it to me! Give it to me!

Oh, my God.

Get it off me.

Burn it! Burn it!

Get it off me!

Burn it! Burn it!

Get it off me!

Hold on!

Burn it!

Again.

You're okay.

You're okay.

What

do we do now?

What if it comes back?

Quiet. Quiet, quiet, quiet.

What if it comes back?

Listen.

What is that?

Hey, where did

they come from?

Don't move.

Hey, you all right?

Everything is blurry.

Oh, no.

What?

Lin's watch.

I don't think

I can do this.

Yes, you can.

Hey, look at me.

I'm gonna see

my daughter again.

And I'm gonna do

whatever it takes

to get you back

to saving the world.

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