Panic in Year Zero! Page #3

What do you want?

We're not letting any of you people

from LA into our town.

We don't want any trouble.

Just turn around and go back.

We won't stop. We're going right through.

That's what some other men said.

Before they left,

they busted up our drugstore...

and damn near killed the owner.

You're gonna have to double back.

All right, we'll go.

Now get back with the others.

Sorry, mister,

we've got to protect ourselves.

We can't turn back.

Our only chance

is to get to Shibes Meadow.

- What are we waiting for, then?

- Get in the back seat.

When I get going,

fire a shot over their heads.

- Maybe it'll throw them off balance.

- Right.

- Boy, I bet the women are shook-up.

- We'll stop as soon as we can.

This road parallels the main highway

for about 40 miles.

And we have to cross it, don't we?

Yeah, the next intersection

is 30 miles from here.

I was hoping to make it before dark.

Inside the trailer, all of you.

- Daddy, you can't be--

-inside the trailer!

- Man, dig.

- We're in business.

- Take it and get out of here.

- What was that? What?

- You got any money?

- No.

- Extra gasoline, maybe?

- No.

- What you got in the trailer?

- Nothing.

- You got a girlfriend in there?

- No one.

There's one way we

could find out, I guess.

Stay away from that trailer!

What are you going to do? Call the cops?

They're busy.

We're the new highway patrol.

Somebody dropped a bomb, dad. Crazy kick.

- Mickey, take a look.

- Maybe we ought to settle him first.

Now, Rick!

Put the gun down, mister.

We were only kidding.

Yeah, some joke, buster.

I ought to kill the bunch of you.

Please.

He's not hurt badly,

just caught a little buckshot.

- You could have killed him.

- Shut up, Andy.

Pick him up and get him out of here!

Go on!

You almost missed him. What happened?

- Mother pushed the gun away.

- You pushed the gun when he fired?

He was going to kill that boy.

That boy, as you call him,

was going to kill me.

Then he was coming after you and Karen.

Would that have suited you better?

I just couldn't let Rick...

Would you rather see one of us

lying dead at your feet?

Make up your mind!

I could have blown that guy's head off.

Wait a minute. You liked it, didn't you?

- Well, you said that--

- Then you're as wrong as they are.

This is no deer hunt.

I want you to use that gun if you have to,

but I want you to hate it.

A big piece of civilization is gone,

and your mother wants to save what's left.

And so do I.

Don't you forget it.

Main road's up ahead.

Move!

Get that car off the road! Get it off!

- Looks bad, doesn't it?

- I thought I was going to get across here.

We'll never get across here.

They won't stop.

No, it'll take an earthquake

to slow these down.

- All right, get back in the car.

- Now what?

- What are we going to do?

- We're going to make a stop sign.

Do you mind telling me

what we're doing here?

- Waiting for it to get dark.

- I'm so tired, I could die.

Ann, you and Karen get into the trailer

and get some sleep.

- Now what?

- Please do as I say!

- And don't leave the trailer.

- Come on, dear.

Why don't you lie back, too?

Up and at them. Come on.

Go to the trailer, get a bucket, fill it

with gasoline, and bring it back here.

What will you do with it?

I told you, I'm going to make a stop sign.

Now go ahead.

Soup's on.

Look, get behind the wheel,

put it in low gear.

When I give you the signal,

start across the highway.

- Whatever you do, don't stop.

- Where will you be, Dad?

Don't worry about me.

If you get across, I will, too.

Nice teamwork, boy.

- What about the women?

- They'll be all right.

When we get to the road,

we'll stop and let them out.

This is no time

to be advertising Shibes Meadow.

Too many people

know about this spot already.

I'd like to find a place nobody knows.

There was that cave we found

the year before last.

- What cave?

- The one you wouldn't let me explore.

How big is it?

- You told me not to go in.

- Come on.

How big is it? Big enough to live in?

- And how!

- Move over.

I need some help.

Get the hatchet and the ax

and a coil of rope.

Bring it down to the bridge.

Take the hatchet, knock off that end

of this crossmember here.

- About there.

- You gonna knock it down?

Yeah, go ahead.

Take the end of that rope,

tie it on the back of the trailer.

Okay, get in the car, put it in low,

and start out when I tell you.

Okay!

Go get the other end of the rope.

- That cuts off one avenue of attack.

- Attack?

Yes, dear, attack.

They can still reach Shibes Meadow

from Claxton.

I guess there's no such thing

as complete isolation.

That's quite an admission, coming from you.

- All right, where is it?

-It's up here.

- Here it is.

- Okay.

Not bad.

Not bad at all.

- Well, do we move in?

- Yep, we move in.

Harry, I don't understand. When we

have a perfectly good trailer, why--

If we get fallout in this area...

this trailer will be about as safe

as a silk nightgown.

This whole thing is a bore.

It's such a drag.

Will you stop yakking and help us unload?

Rick, get the stove.

I'll get the butane tanks later.

Right.

But, Daddy, what are you gonna do

with the trailer?

I'm gonna ditch it.

I think that ought to do it.

- Pick up that distributor rotor.

- Right.

That was pretty good.

Let's go.

Such as it is, come and get it.

O Lord, our heavenly Father...

almighty and everlasting God...

who has safely brought us

to the end of this day...

defend us with Thy almighty power.

Lighten our darkness...

and with Thy great mercy save us

from the perils and dangers of this night.

Amen.

Now, before we start,

a little family discussion.

We don't know what lies ahead of us.

The unknown has always been

man's greatest demoralizer.

Maybe we can cope with this

by maintaining our sense of values.

By carrying out our daily routine,

the same as we always have.

Rick, for instance, and myself,

will shave every day.

Although, in his case,

maybe every other day.

These concessions of civilization

are important.

They are our links with reality.

And because of them,

we might be less afraid.

Okay?

All right.

I'm sure we've got some nice Baked Alaska

for dessert.

Eat your baked beans.

If we have to live here,

we might as well decorate.

Somebody stumbles across this cave

10,000 years from now...

they'll really be confused.

I'll tell you what we're gonna do.

We'll take all the extra supplies

and make six parcels out of them.

Each one big enough to last us a week.

Then we're gonna bury it outside.

But someone might find them.

Someone might find this cave

and take everything away from us.

Don't you understand?

I didn't think of that.

Guess I haven't been much help.

Maybe because I've been numb with fright

not only about mother, but about you.

You're just not like yourself.

That's because I'm scared, too, honey.

You'll never know how much.

Anyway, for the next few days...

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