Mosquito Page #2

I gotta water the plants.

Steve.

What are you doing, big boy?

Playing mosquito again?

Motherfuck!

Another day in paradise.

- Morning.

- Morning.

Need a hand?

Sure. Grab the other end and fold it over.

Thanks. Name is Parks.

Mine's Ray.

Hey, Ray, better get moving.

- Morning.

- Morning.

Well? We hitchhiking or what?

No.

Told you I'd figure something out.

You sure you don't mind

driving us all the way?

No problem.

I was going by the state park anyway.

So, what brings you out

in this neck of the woods?

Work for the Air Force, meteorologist.

Oh, you're a weatherman.

No, no, no. A real meteorologist.

Meteors, I chase 'em down for a living.

Seems like one landed up this way,

and I came out here to talk

to all the local farmers and such

and see if I can find it.

Sounds like pretty interesting work.

I don't mind. It keeps me out of the city.

Give me that, Ray.

I'm sorry, doc, I didn't mean to hurt it.

No, no, I don't mind

that you turned it on.

It's just that it's picking up

something close by.

Maybe it's that meteor you're looking for.

Well, these readings

seem a little strange.

I haven't seen them before.

Could it be there's some sort

of electrical interference

out here making it malfunction?

No, these meters

are all silicon-chip based.

Maybe something

got knocked loose when it fell.

No.

No, there is definitely

something out there.

What does that thing do anyways, doc?

It monitors different levels

of alpha and gamma rays,

basically stray radiation.

Radiation, huh? Great.

Look, I... I'll be back in a minute.

Oh, my God!

Ray!

Hey, Parks!

- What is it? What is it?

- You're gonna love this, doc.

We got a dead fisherman out for a cruise.

It's horrible.

It looks like he died a long time ago.

What's it reading?

It's all over the scale.

I can't nail it down.

Ray, give me your hand.

Whoa, doc, we're not gonna catch

any radiation off that thing, are we?

Oh, no. Now, give me your hand, come on.

This is unbelievable.

No, it's not, doc.

It's aliens, and they're everywhere,

and that guy's obviously been zapped.

Ray, this is serious.

I am serious.

What do you think we should do?

I think we should get to a phone

and notify the police.

Closest place is the state park.

Maybe we should take the body with us.

No way, babe. I'm not gonna ride

in the back with that guy.

If we move the body, we could damage it.

Um, we'll pull the boat in those bushes.

Good idea.

Let's let the police deal with it.

We should at least

cover him up with something.

There's a... There's a tarp in my jeep.

I'll get it.

This is strange. Where is everyone?

I mean, this should be packed

this time of year.

There must be a phone in here.

Smell that?

I think our fisherman buddy

used to hang out here.

Yeah. Yeah, it's all around.

What in the hell happened here?

So, this is where you wanna work?

Come on, Ray.

Oh, my God.

What is it, doc?

Another one,

killed just like the last one.

What about the phone?

- Phone's dead.

- Doc, we really should be careful.

Meg and I saw this thing on the news

about these guys robbing banks

- and chopping up their hostages.

- No man did this, Ray, and no weapon.

What did it then?

I don't know, but it wasn't human,

I'll guarantee you that.

We should search the rest of the park.

Whatever did this may still be out there.

How do we know what we're looking for?

And what do we do with it when we find it?

I mean, come on, are you guys nuts?

We should get in that little Jeep

of yours and get the hell out of here.

Ray, we... we can't just run out of here

like a chicken with its head cut off.

- Who are you calling a chicken?

- Hey, wait a minute, you guys!

This isn't gonna solve anything.

Ray, I think Dr. Parks is right.

- Who's side are you on anyway, babe?

- Ray...

Meg, how do we know that whoever

did this isn't out there right now?

Look, Ray, I already told you,

this isn't a who we're dealing with.

It's a what. Look at this body.

Doesn't this give you a clue

as to what's going on here?

Something is killing these people

and sucking them dry of blood.

Just give us a few hours to figure out

what's going on here, okay?

Just a few hours, Meg.

You know, a lot can happen in a few hours.

What in God's name happened here?

Well, I think I've seen enough.

Let's get the hell out of here.

Be careful, Ray.

Stay away from me, you bastards!

Hey, man, cut that sh*t out.

Hey, doc, we figured out

what's going on around here.

Giant mosquitoes.

Not giant mosquitoes. Giant mosquitoes.

Yeah, I know. Look at this.

Who are you?

I work here. Or I used to work here.

So these did all of this?

Well, it wasn't Bigfoot.

This is definitely an Aedes aegypti.

A what?

It's a mosquito, all right, I'm positive.

It has the proboscis for extracting blood.

It has the abdomen reservoir,

all the characteristics.

Yeah, but why is he so damn big?

She. Only the females suck blood.

That figures.

I don't know why it's so big.

Could be some kind of genetic defect

or toxic pollutants.

Hard to tell.

I gotta get one of these things

back to school,

take a look at it in the lab

and find out exactly what happened.

What happened? Who cares what happened?

Let's just get the hell out of here

before it happens again.

Besides if we stick around any longer,

we're gonna be meeting

a lot of those things

up close and in person.

Hold on, hold on.

We're getting ahead of ourselves here.

We got a lot of dead bodies on our hands,

and we need to get to the authorities.

Now, you work here. Is there a phone?

All the phones are down,

and the power's out.

What about a radio?

Ruined last night in the attack.

We need to drive into the city

and get to the police.

Good idea.

Damn straight.

It's right over there.

Hey, wait a minute.

You drove here in that thing?

What are you talking about?

What happens if those things come back?

They'll rip right through that top.

Yeah. Yeah, he's right.

But what else is there?

Hey, what about that?

Ray, give me a hand.

Listen.

Do you hear it?

Yeah.

It's them! They're coming back!

Everybody in. Let's go.

Sh*t.

Hey, what are you doing?

Oh, sh*t.

Come on, doc, hurry.

Hurry.

I got 'em.

Go, go, go.

Come on, baby, come on. Come on.

Come on, baby, come on.

Do it, move it, move it.

Yeah.

Now, we'll just cruise right on

into that beautiful city.

Oh, don't worry. They'll be back.

Seems like we're the only ones

that have to deal with these things.

You know, Megan, I've been wondering

about that first body we found

and the Geiger counter's reaction to it.

The next time we kill one of those things,

I'd like to hold on to it

and run some tests on it.

Stop! Stop!

You all right?

Help, help.

We've been attacked by giant mosquitoes.

They must have been about... this big.

They made us crash the car,

and they almost killed my brother Earl.

We're taking this ride.

Hold on, man.

Whatever's going on, we didn't see it.

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