Munger Road Page #4

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Here.

Copper?

Yeah, a simple thief.

Oh god,

of all the nights.

Yeah, tell me about it.

(Crickets chirping)

Rachael:
Does the radio work, at least?

Um...

No.

These friggin' crickets

are creeping me out.

Crickets are important,

though.

Did you guys know that you can tell

the temperature outside from them?

Yeah. We were in

the same third-grade class.

How does it work?

Yeah, Rach,

how's it work?

Who gives a sh*t?

You're just mad

'cause you have no idea.

- (Laughs)

- Come on, let's hear it.

It'll be at least

slightly amusing.

You can tell what temperature

it is outside

by adding the number 40

to the amount of chirps you hear

in 14 seconds.

- Rachael:
That's brilliant.

- Mm-hmm.

So what's next?

I wonder if you can tell

what time it is.

Mm? What?

There's no way

that's the time.

(Beeps)

What time is it?

- (Phone beeps)

- Sh*t.

It says 11:
14.

(Beeps)

How could the clocks

just stop?

So I just talked

to Chief Harvey.

He's on his way.

He's been looking

for your copper thief.

Now what?

There's been

no sign of that van.

What reason would

he have to come back?

(Sighs)

Well, it's his town.

It's home.

Where else

is he gonna go?

Well, there's a hundred places

he could be hiding,

and there's gonna be 6,000

tourists here in a few hours.

- We just can't sit on our hands.

- (Cellphone rings)

No, but we don't want to

run around in circles either.

Kirkhoven.

Hey, Ronnie.

What?

Where was the last place

he was headed?

Okay, all right,

now I'll start there.

I wouldn't worry.

I'm sure he's close by.

Just- I'll check it out

and then call you back.

All right?

Don't worry.

That was Ronnie Claussen.

Scott didn't

come home tonight.

Chief, what's going on?

Are your radios off?

- Ooh sh*t!

- (Radio static)

Samantha's been trying to

reach you. Joe's missing.

- Joe's missing?

- Yeah.

So is Scott Claussen.

What?

His dad said

he was at the Cafe.

Well, there probably just

out parked somewhere,

doing whatever it is

kids do.

Yeah, well,

I hope you're right.

Do you have to do that?

I'm not going outside.

Where the hell is Corey?

He's taking way too long.

I don't know. Maybe he

had to go a little farther.

It's been like two hours.

- (Phone beeps)

- Or it's still 11:14.

God, I should have

gone with him.

You know, I think

it's just our luck

that we take the one car

that doesn't have a C.D. Player.

You guys want to watch?

Here we go.

(Static)

Scott:

... "middle of nowhere. "

(Fast-forwarding)

I think

we'll stay in here,

- hold down the fort.

- Yeah.

(Fast-forwarding)

You know, I don't know what's scarier

- My boyfriend

- Pouring baby powder all over his bumper...

- Bonus footage.

...or the fact

that he's filming it.

(Laughs)

What time is it?

- It is 11:
14.

- (Beeps)

And I have a message

from my mother-

- Must be 11:
14 for a while

now. - (Fast-forwarding)

- Scott:
It won't start?

- Corey:
No, I'm doing this for my health.

- Corey, stop playing around.

- I'm not playing around!

(Keys jangling)

Come on.

Holy sh*t.

(Cellphone ringing)

- It's my phone.

- The phones are working?

- (Beeps)

- Corey sent a message.

Scott:

What's the message?

- What is it?

- It's- It's a picture.

Scott:

A picture of what?

Of us.

What the hell?

Rachael:
Does this mean

the phones are working?

Corey?

- Corey!

- Joe!

He must have been right here.

He just sent this.

I know. I think we should

get back in the car though.

- Stupid phone!

- My phone isn't working either,

- but get back in the car.

- Look, he was right here, look.

Joe, I don't think

it's safe that we're out here.

- Corey!

- Joe!

What?

What is your problem?

- The camera-

- Screw the camera.

No, listen to me.

I think someone else

is out here.

What are you talking about?

Guys? Guys?

- What?

- Guys.

Uh, Corey sent you

a message.

- Scott:
What?

- Joe:
What'd he say?

"Run. "

That's Scott Claussen's car.

(Door opens)

Hello. Anybody home?

Hello?

- Oh hi, Chief.

- Hey, Nance.

I see your dad's got you

working graveyard, huh?

Yeah. It's not too bad. It's quiet.

Hey, Ross.

Hey.

You guys want

some coffee?

No. No, thank you.

Um...

Scott Claussen-

He isn't here, is he?

No, they all

left a while ago.

Who "they"?

Scott and Rachael. They

were here with Joe and Corey.

Corey Lafayve?

- Mm-hmm.

- Mm.

So when did they go?

- A few hours ago.

- Mm-hmm.

I still have their receipt.

Did- Did they say

where they were going?

Did they say

anything at all?

No. I don't think so.

So that was Scott's car

out on the street.

Yeah, they all left together.

Is something wrong?

No no no,

it's just curfew.

Okay, we'll see you, Nance.

Take care.

Chief?

They had a video camera

with them.

Video camera?

Right.

Well, thanks, Nance.

- Say hi to your dad.

- Will do.

Video camera?

What does that mean?

- Corey Lafayve-

- What?

His grandfather was the one

that arrested Gunther.

So we got a guy

on the loose again,

kids missing, someone

broke into his house.

- Swanson:
Chief?

- All on the same night.

Yeah, Ray?

You'd better

come over here.

(Chattering)

There's a van

in the way- A van.

So what do you got?

Well, we finally got

the carnival set up.

We- We've got to get

the trucks across the river

and there's a van

in the way.

What van?

Oh god.

Guys, wait here.

(Breathes deeply)

Hendricks?

Run the registration

on this.

Is there blood

or anything?

I don't know.

The engine's cold.

Why would he park it here?

Well, there must be

a reason.

How are

we getting messages?

There's something weird

going on here.

Rachael:

No sh*t.

Maybe we should

get out of here.

What about Corey?

Where is he? He's been

gone for, like, three hours.

I don't know.

I've got a really bad feeling.

I mean,

he might be an a**hole,

but he wouldn't do

something like this.

- So what do you want to do?

- I don't know.

I don't know what good it is

just sitting around here.

You want to what-

Go walk in the woods?

Corey went that way.

Train tracks lead right to town.

You're insane. We're gonna stay

in this car with the door locked.

Okay, Corey says run.

That's good enough for me.

- You two do whatever you want.

- Joe, you can't be serious.

Screw the phones.

That's probably what Corey did.

He probably

just headed towards town.

You know what?

I'll go.

- No, you won't.

- Babe, out of anyone-

No no, Scott, we are not

going anywhere.

Scott:

What time is it?

Shitty phone.

Rach, I'll go, all right?

I'll be back

before the sun comes up,

tow truck and all.

I'm sure you'll be fine

if you just follow the tracks.

All right, what do I tell

the tow-truck company?

What road are we on?

Ran the plates.

Van's registered

to an Elisa Seguin.

Nobody's picking up

the phone, though.

Well, the van's pretty clean.

There's no sign of a struggle,

nothing out

of the ordinary.

What are you thinking?

This just

doesn't feel right.

Well, Rachael Donahue's mom has

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