Skyward Page #2

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You good with this?

Let's go change the world.

[no audible dialog]

[snoring]

Piper:
I told you he'd be here.

I know exactly how we get that evidence.

Here's the plan:

Piper, you stand back

and let us handle this.

I call this the cowboy switch.

We're gonna need some fishing

line, three ice trays

two crates of lug nuts, and Curtis,

how well can you ride a horse?

Plan B works, too.

[snorting] Mm, banana gram.

All right, so we got a hair tie,

a plastic spork,

Gummy Bears, and...

this.

What is that?

Time for a little CS-Ira.

Ira:
What you're about to see

is going to change your lives forever.

Curtis:
A garage.

Filled with junk.

This isn't junk.

Everything Dubek Avionics

has ever failed at ends up here.

My dad takes it home.

And I fix it.

This is a Cloud Burst forerunner.

AKA:
A rainmaker.

Magneto funk.

Can make a cell phone

go haywire from 1,000 feet.

Curtis:
[chuckles] What's that,

an electronic alien trap?

It's a bug zapper.

Oh.

So, how is this stuff gonna help us?

Subtronic DNA sequencer.

Can read the molecular

structure of anything.

[electronic blips]

It's Latin for Gummy Bear.

Adenine. Guanine.

That's meteor DNA.

- Seriously?

- Come on, no way.

Look. People have been discovering

components of DNA in meteorites

since the 1960s.

This is made of the same stuff.

So, if this machine is right,

this ball might not be of this planet.

Even if that's true,

what does this thing have to do

with what the delivery guy saw?

[knocking]

What do you kids want?

Um, you called our hotline.

About the alien sighting.

[lock clicks]

Uh, no. Wasn't an alien.

Was a bald coyote that I may or

may not have hit with my truck.

Does this look familiar?

- Nope.

- What about the blood?

- You said it was...

- Antifreeze.

Leaked from my radiator when I crashed.

Any other questions about

the alien I never saw?

What happened to your arm?

Cut it. Shaving.

What's up with the tin foil hat?

I'm getting highlights.

Have a nice day.

Look, we have recorded audio of you

saying you saw an alien.

I believe you.

[lock clicks]

If I tell you the truth,

do you promise not to use it?

The sheriff told me

that if I went around telling

people that I saw an alien,

I could lose my job.

So for the record,

I saw something.

[lock clicks]

Could this get any weirder?

[whimpering]

Woman:
I got these scratches.

It's so weird.

Please call me.

I could do a lot with this place.

If I were a part of the team.

Guys, we have 23 new subscribers,

and 13 callers all reporting

the same thing;

waking up with mysterious

scratches on their forearms.

Why are you using an old school

answering machine, anyway?

We forward an internet

number to this machine.

We screen all callers.

Basically, so we can stay anonymous.

Especially from Sheriff Gary.

[phone rings]

Woman:
Hi, this is Mrs. Olmstead.

I live on Lone Tree Road.

Found your flier on my windshield.

I've had an odd night,

and woke up this morning with

the strangest marks on my arm.

This is great.

I can check it out on my jog home.

Coach said I need to log more miles.

Piper.

Stay connected.

Who knows if any of

this stuff is related.

I hear ya, homie.

But the DNA sequencer doesn't lie.

And if it did, none of us would know.

[fluttering]

- [beep]

- Guys, do you hear that?

[beeping]

Ira:
Yeah. What is that?

Curtis:
It's probably just a train.

[fluttering]

- [thudding]

- [glass breaking]

I'm going in for a closer look.

Turn on thermal imaging.

- [beep]

- [whirring]

- [screeching]

- [gasping]

- It's just a cat. Just a cat.

- [exhales]

[beep]

Curtis:
You know what, guys?

I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but...

we still have nothing.

- [rustling]

- [gasping]

[grunting]

Piper!

What was that?

I don't know, but it's in here with me.

Ira:
What's in there?

Curtis:
Piper, get out of there.

[grunting]

Piper!

- Piper, can you hear me?

- Ira:
What's going on?

[gasping]

[grunting]

- What's happening?

- [grunting]

[static]

Let's get out there.

[grunting]

[grunting]

[grunting]

[grunting]

Guys. Guys!

Oh, ho, ho, Piper. Whoa.

- Dad.

- You all right?

What are you doing way out here?

Where you, uh, logging some more miles?

Yeah. That's what I was doing.

What are you doing out here?

Uh, got another call from cat

lady Olmstead, bless her heart.

Something round allegedly

attacked her in the night.

I'm guessing it had

four paws and goes meow.

But, uh, still gotta check it out.

Are those new glasses?

Uh, no. Borrowed them from Ira... Ayla.

A girl.

You don't know her.

Cool.

Uh, come on, I'll give you a lift.

[sighs]

Uh, sure you're okay?

You seem a little jumpy.

Dad, I'm fine.

Okay. Just trying to connect.

- [engine starts]

- Man:
Chapter Two:

Connecting with your pre-teen daughter.

- Ah...

- Man:
Chapter Three: Hygiene.

Ah...

Oh.

You hungry?

Father:
How's the fried chicken?

Piper:
Good. As usual.

Father:
Hm. Maybe I should

try to make that at home.

Please don't.

- Ouch.

- [chuckling]

Piper, I want you to be entirely

straight with me about something.

Be honest.

Where did you get those glasses?

Dad, I told you, from a friend.

You didn't go see Dr. Forhay, did you?

No, but I don't know

what the big deal is.

All kids my age go to see doctors.

Well, I'm not a fan of

the whole medical profession.

Maybe Mom was just sick,

and it was her time.

Piper, I know you think

I'm overly protective.

And I know that drives you crazy.

I've had two loves in my life.

I lost one.

I'm not losing the other one.

Sheriff Gary, we need to tell

you something about Piper.

She's sitting right next to you.

Thanks for the update, guys.

- Uh, goodnight.

- Have a good night.

You know, I'm no detective,

just a... just a sheriff,

but, uh...

I get the feeling something's going on.

You know you can tell me

anything, right?

Thanks.

Trust.

Trust.

9:
00.

[sighs]

- Thank you, sweet pea.

- Mm-hm.

He has one of our fliers.

He's onto us.

But did your dad see the creature?

No. He showed up after.

[sighs] So, we still have no proof.

Yes, we do.

Every girl in these photos

has the same scratch marks.

And we know it's an alien life form.

Well, it's some kind of life form.

It's not eating anyone

or probing anyone.

It's just going around

scratching people.

Like it's taking samples.

Dude looks like a lady.

Maybe it's only sampling females.

We don't have any reports from guys.

So this thing thought that

the driver was a girl.

How do we catch it

before somebody else does?

We're gonna need bait.

And we know one girl

it hasn't sampled yet.

Why did I volunteer to do this?

I'm getting your audio.

You don't have to do it. I totally can.

I know, I meant why do I have to wear

the same clothes you wore yesterday?

Look, running tights look cool,

but, man, they ride high.

I'll tell you why

you're doing this, Curtis.

Because your devotion and admiration

for a member of this group

is so strong

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