Phantasm: Ravager Page #3

with somebody else, buddy.

My name's Jane.

Jane?

- [radio static]

- Okay, he is clearly delusional.

JANE:

Exiting sector six now.

- Meet you at seven.

- [radio static]

Wait a minute, Dawn.

Don't you remember?

I stayed at your place.

I wrote you a song.

[chuckles]

Uh...

In the warmth

of your mountain cabin

[sings tune]

In the glow

of a brand-new song

I, uh, wrap my arms

around you

Oh, baby, yeah

And I whisper your name

Dawn. Dawn, you got to

remember that, right?

I'm sorry, I don't.

- [radio static] -Okay, we've

just got one survivor,

and we're gonna bring him back

to the bug-out spot.

- Out.

- MAN:
Ten-four.

- [radio static]

- Look...

We're here to help you.

You were in those bars

for a really long time,

and I think you're

a little disoriented.

We're gonna take you back

to a place that's safe,

where we can get you some food

and medical attention.

Hey, hey, wait...

Wait a minute.

Dawn, you're not gonna

leave me with this guy, are you?

Well, baldy,

you can either stay here

with your brain

between those

two chrome things...

or you can bring

your ass with me.

And the name's Chunk!

[door creaks]

Yeah, I had my head

between those two things

for like how long?

Yeah, who knows for how long?

It's like they just suck

everything out of you:

your hopes, your dreams,

your memories.

I was in one of those things

for a while too,

but I got loose

with the help of some friends.

He uses it to extract

the Intel he needs.

He?

They call him the Tall Man.

Ever heard of him?

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, I don't know.

I think I'm losing it.

I don't know

what's real any more.

Just suck it up

and deal with it.

Stay put.

[banging echoes]

[sizzling]

- [creature roars]

- [screaming]

- [roars]

- [screaming]

- [slobbering]

- [Reggie whimper]

Ah!

[Reggie grunts]

Hold still, grandpa.

- No!

- [gunshot]

[grunts] I hate these

little mother f***ers.

Yeah, me too.

Quit lagging behind, baldy.

Hey, wait a minute.

Don't you think

I should have a gun?

I don't know if I trust you yet.

Oh, what the hell.

Think you can handle this?

Yeah, I'm good.

Let's rock, babe.

[scoffing chuckle]

What the f***?

What? Why?

[filtered breathing]

Mike.

Reggie.

Oh, man!

[laughs]

I've been looking for you

for so long, man.

I've been looking for you, man!

Is it really you?

Your guys said I...

I've been asleep for years.

You've been on ice

for a decade...

ever since we blew him up

at the desert.

You remember?

Yeah, yeah.

Everything's different now.

Nothing is the same.

And we have a lot

of catching up to do.

[both laugh]

- Yeah.

- We got...

We got a lot

of catching up to do.

Come on, man!

[laughs]

- Right, man.

- JANE:
Hey!

Sorry to interrupt

the love fest,

but, uh, we got

to get out of here.

Let's go.

Come on, Chunk.

[panting]

Mike, I really want

to thank you and the guys

for saving me from that

contraption back there.

Man...

It really feels good

to be back home again.

Well, the thing

about it is, Reggie...

it's really not

our home, anymore.

It's his.

- Sir!

- Oh!

We need to get you

back to your room.

No, no.

- No, get your hands off me.

- Calm down.

- Calm down!

- Get your hands off me!

- Calm down!

- No!

[guttural roars]

[screams]

[gunshot]

What's up with these things?

Sometimes it's one of us.

[pants]

One of our guys goes down,

he reanimates them...

and they get a lot stronger.

Let's go.

Snap out of it, baldy!

Come on!

Yeah.

Hey, hold on.

[Mike whispers]

Reggie?

Reggie!

MIKE:

Bring him in here!

Hey, what are you guys doing?

Hey, what's going on?

- He's still delirious.

- MIKE:
Bring him in here.

[Reggie pants]

[chittering]

- Shh!

- [chittering volume increases]

[chittering echoes]

[gunshots]

[drilling]

Down! Get down!

[orb whirs]

[gasping]

Sir?

Are you okay?

Yeah, everything's fine.

Thanks.

You have a visitor.

- Hey.

- Hey, Mike.

I need to talk to you.

Do you mind?

[panting] Mike...

I'm... I'm...

I'm having a problem, Mike.

Listen, I had

a dream last night.

[panting]

I can't get oriented.

I'm slipping in and out of time.

One minute I'm in the desert

and then I'm talking to you.

You're telling me how I got

diagnosed and in this place.

Then I'm nuts deep

in a war zone, man.

That's the whole point.

Reggie, I had your dream.

That whole story you

told me about last week...

We even killed

one of those Tall guys.

We blew him up with a hearse.

It was a very

real dream, Reggie.

MIKE:

You went after the Tall Man,

and I found myself

in the desert alone.

Following his path

of destruction.

I went looking for you with a

gaping yellow wound in my head.

Did he actually

put something in there?

Or was it always there?

Here's the thing:

I can still feel

the connection...

to him.

If only I could

find you, Reggie.

The world had changed.

A full-blown invasion

was underway,

an all-out attack

against the world we knew.

Governments collapsed.

Society crumbled.

An alien virus was unleashed.

People were sick,

and eventually,

their heads would swell up

until they popped.

The body count was immense

and there was no cure.

It's bad sh*t.

We tracked the source

of the Tall Man...

and we've been fighting him

ever since.

But...

You know, I'd never

stop looking for you, Reg.

What a fine use

of our time that was.

You know what,

I cannot tolerate this anymore.

I'm done.

I'm out of here.

I'm done, okay.

Just, I...

[footsteps approach]

[footsteps approach]

Fire in the motherfucking hole.

[gasps, pants]

You have a visitor.

[whispers] We got to go.

We got to leave.

Mike, where're you taking me?

He got Jane.

Chunk went after her,

but he's gonna need our help.

All right.

Here, put this on.

We going where

I think we're going?

Yeah, well, just strap down

anything that's loose.

You know this is a trap.

Well, I...

we got him

just where he wants us.

- [wind rushes]

- [lightening cracks]

Boy!

[thunder rumbles]

TALL MAN:
My need for

you is now finished.

[coughing]

Mike!

Okay then, let her go.

TALL MAN:

That loyalty again.

You can use your weapons,

but all you destroy

is this flimsy skin sack.

[gasping]

There are thousands of me,

tens of thousands.

I'm in dimensions

you cannot possibly imagine.

If you're so strong

and powerful,

why haven't you killed us yet?

You were my subject,

and you, well, every Tall Man

deserves an amusement.

[laughing]

[cracks]

BOTH:
No!

[groans]

Hey, Tiny, where the f***

do you think you're going?

Hey, guys...

I got this.

Let's go! Let's go!

[grunts]

My goodness.

[nurses mutter]

Uh, uh?

How the hell

did he get out here?

Well, I wasn't in charge.

She was in charge.

She was watching him.

[indistinct chatter]

MIKE:

Reggie.

Mike?

[guttural groan]

No!

[laughing]

Good to have you back, Reg.

We need more ammo.

- You got some shells?

- I got one.

- Let's go.

- [creature growls]

[gags]

[knife clinks]

[shots fire]

REGGIE:

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