The Banshee Chapter Page #5

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No, no. It's a corpse.

I know it's a corpse, Doctor.

It still shocked me.

You seeing this?

There's still activity in the brain?

This is something stronger

than normal brain activity.

State of high alertness, beta

waves range max at 40 hertz.

This is going up to 135.

That's strong...

I think we can walk from here.

You okay?

Thomas, you're bleeding again.

I'm fine.

You know, we don't have to do this.

I can take you to a hospital.

Hey, you said yourself

it'll be waiting for us.

Let's not disappoint.

Every now and then,

you run up into a night

that's a stone-ass bummer

from start to finish.

On nights like those, if you

know what's good for you,

you hunker down and you hide.

This is not one of those nights.

Tell you what.

We take this gas can,

and we torch

whatever we find inside.

Lead on, Anne.

This must be where they're

broadcasting from.

There she blows!

Hump like a snow hill.

This is an old fallout shelter.

Well, you gotta give

those government boys credit

for efficient repurposing.

After you.

Well, this is it.

It's Chamber 5.

They just left it like this.

Thomas, put the drugs down.

You know what that's for, don't you?

No.

Medical doctors used

to tie people down to that

and fill them full of exotic drugs.

Now, that's entertainment.

How do you know that?

What is that?

F*** if I know.

I can't see anything.

Aah! Oh!

Oh, my God!

What is it?

Thomas, there's something

alive in here!

This is the transmitter.

This is the source. We...

We need to burn this thing.

Where did we put the gas?

They wanted us to come here!

Thomas, where the f***...

There's something...

There's something

coming down the hall!

Thomas, there's something

coming down the hall!

Close the f***ing door!

They're coming for us.

They're coming for us.

My God, they're coming for us.

That's it. We're dead.

Ohh!

Oh, f***.

Here, you fucks.

No, no, no, no!

Sorry, Anne.

Aah!

Thomas!

Damn you!

Please... come... back.

Please... come... back.

Please... come... back.

Aah!

Please... come... back.

Please... come... back.

Please... come... back.

Please... come... back.

Please... come... back.

Please... come... back.

Come... back.

Come... back.

Aah!

No!

Aah!

No!

No.

No. No.

James? No.

No.

Thank God!

I never thought I'd be

so happy to see you.

Just so damn glad you're safe.

You scared the sh*t out of me.

How you feeling?

Um, I'm surviving.

Do you think they'll

charge me with anything?

Rising Journal will

take care of any legal fees.

I think they'll just

want to keep you

a little while for questions

while they try to sort things out.

There's gonna be years of questions.

Video forensics company

sent back your U-matic tape.

They were able to pull

additional footage from the end.

Well, what else is on that tape?

Let's... Let's not

worry about that now.

The things I saw, I can't...

I found James's remains,

Olivia, in Chamber 5.

I... I... It was like he was

watching me this whole time.

It was wearing him.

Who?

It wasn't the drug that killed him.

It is a chemical catalyst

that turns the brain

into some sort of receiver

and... and...

so they could come through.

Okay. I'm not saying this, but

you know what they'll say.

They know the truth.

I... I really wish I didn't.

Can I ask you something?

Sure.

You're 100% certain that Blackburn

didn't put anything in your drink?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure.

But how do you know for sure?

He wouldn't.

He has no reason to.

Well, I hope you're right.

'Cause you just never know what's

really going on in someone's head.

Yeah, you're right.

You never found

Renny Seegan, did you?

No.

And he never took the drug, right?

No. I...

You're gonna be okay.

No.

No, no, no.

What is that sound?

No, no, no. No, no.

Help!

No! No!

Somebody help!

Please help us!

No!

Aah!

Aah!

Again.

Aah!

It turns your mind into a receiver.

It lets them in.

Approaching 475 volts.

His neurological response

is already so disrupted,

he's not going to be able

to recall any of this.

He's going to exhibit

some very unusual mental side

effects for the rest of his life.

Fine. Make certain.

And again.

Aah!

You never know what's really

going on in someone's head.

What kind of friend

gives you poison?

When you're done,

take him out of here.

Just dump him?

He's injected with DMT 19.

We have no idea

what effect on the brain...

Clean-up and rehabilitation

are not our purview.

We are done with him.

You want me to just

hand him off to a field team?

Yes.

He lived near the campus,

grad student volunteer.

You can get his address

from our personal file.

What's the name?

Uh... Blackburn.

Thomas Blackburn.

Hit him again.

Aah!

He writes as he turns his head

To catch the whispering of wind

The hiss of tape recorders

But there ain't nobody there

No, there ain't nobody there

Then he goes out to the shops

That line up outside his house

He'll always pause

at his reflection

But there ain't nobody there

But the follow-up study

showed that 60% of those

who had been de-patterned

still have amnesia

for periods of anywhere

from 6 months to 10 years.

That's quite a memory

loss, isn't it?

That is a memory loss.

Indeed it is.

It's, uh, more... I think

more than desirable.

How much you want

for the girl in the window?

I'll give you twice whatever

you think she's worth

I'll give you all that

and more to see her, too

He has an argument with his lover

She'd slipped poisonous

snakes into his supper

Every night since they first met

And she pretends that she forgets

Now he cooks his foil wrap

And goes back out to the shops

To settle the debt

with his suppliers

As his lover wakes up wet

Well-secured and colored in

And now she's safely pressed

Underneath the glass

Oh, yeah, she's safely pressed

Underneath the glass

How much you want

for the girl in the window?

I'll give you twice

whatever you think she's worth

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