The Barrens Page #3

That's true. There's been countIess

sightings over the years.

This is aImost 400 years ago.

Yeah, and sometimes

if you're quiet enough,

you can actuaIIy hear it.

- ( scoffs )

- Ryan:
No, I'm serious.

- ( giggling )

- Shh. Listen.

No, seriousIy, guys. Listen.

- ( yeIIs )

- ( screaming )

Yes! Yes!

Woman:

Oh, my gosh!

You got punked!

What a bunch of b*tches, huh?

B*tches!

- That was seriousIy messed up!

- Dude, reIax. It was a joke.

Dad, caIm down.

He was just joking.

( snaps )

Do I Iook amused, Sadie?

- Do l?

- Cynthia:
Richard.

Look at your brother.

Look at him. Look at him.

- He's six years oId.

- Man:
ChiII, bro.

- What the heII were you thinking?

- Richard, let's--

- Don't you touch me, man.

- Richard, stop.

- Get your hands off me.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Man:

ChiII, chiII.

Sorry.

I didn't mean-- okay.

What's up with your pops?

- You totaIIy overreacted.

- I'm sorry.

I don't know what I was thinking.

Danny, are you aII right?

You aII right, honey?

Fine. I'm going to

take him to bed.

Take it easy, champ.

( pants )

( faint voices muttering )

( wings fIuttering )

( Iow growIing )

( Ioud growIing )

( beast shrieking )

- What happened?

- Richard, are you okay?

No, no, no. I don't mean--

( ceII phone buzzing )

- Were you on the phone?

- No.

Let me see it.

- Let me see your phone.

- No.

- Stop it.

- Give it here.

- Give it.

- Richard, stop it.

Brian?

Are you f***ing kidding me?

Seriously?

( grunts, groans )

You need to caIm down.

I have never cheated on you.

The paranoia has to stop now.

You toId me

you'd stopped taIking to him.

I did stop taIking to him

and then he caIIed me

out of the bIue.

What eIse are you

Iying about, Cynth?

Huh? Am I going to have to

run around questioning you?

You are so jeaIous, Richard.

He said that he needed to taIk.

- Oh, just talk?

- That's aII we did. We taIked.

- How naive are you?

- Ever since we got married,

l have cut ties

with every singIe guy friend.

( screeching, rumbIing )

Richard?

I chose you.

I Iove you, Richard.

( moans )

Ow.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

- I'II go and get your phone.

- No. l don't want my--

I don't care.

I just want to go to bed.

I'm going to--

I need to cIear my head.

( birds hooting )

( rustIing )

( gasps )

( faint voices muttering )

( birds chirping,

woodpecker pecking )

( winces )

Ryan:
So your mom seems pretty cooI,

but your dad doesn't.

Cynthia is not my mother.

Oh, yeah?

What's your story?

Not a very interesting one.

My mom died when I was seven.

- I'm sorry.

- Yeah.

So what do you think

happened to Zach?

- ( crows squawking )

- He went out in the woods Iast night

to take a piss

and he never came back.

That's crazy.

Hey.

We were starting to wonder

when you were gonna wake up.

- What time is it?

- lt's after 11 :00.

- What?

- Yes.

Come here.

- How are you feeIing?

- I'm better, thanks.

You are?

Because you reaIIy Iook Iike sh*t.

- Right back at ya.

- Thanks, babe.

You're so nice.

So...

- did you find it?

- What?

- My phone.

- No, I didn't.

- I'm sorry.

- It's okay.

- Where's Sadie?

- She went on a hike with that guy.

- With that douchebag?

- God, Richard.

- lt's a hike.

- What's this?

He's been here since this morning

and he's been questioning everybody.

This is not camping.

We need to go further

into the forest.

I don't know whether

that's such a good idea, babe.

When she gets back,

we'II Ieave immediateIy.

Hey, Dad.

l'm going to need you

to pack your things up.

- Are we Ieaving?

- Just moving sites.

We're here for a reason.

Taking off so soon?

Moving sites.

Oh, where to?

Just gonna go

a coupIe of miIes up the traiI

to the Oswego Pointe.

Officer:

Can't say I bIame you.

Not how I remember it.

WeII, things have a way

of changing.

Scattering my dad's ashes.

Sorry for your Ioss.

You got a minute?

Seen you just woke up.

Richard:

Yeah, I had a bit of a headache,

but feeIing better now.

- Is everything okay?

- Yeah, we're fine, hon.

We're just-- we're just chatting.

- Ma'am.

- Hi.

I'm Cynthia Vineyard.

Nice to meet you.

PIeasure. So when you

were up last night,

- did you notice anything strange?

- No. Why?

It's probabIy nothing.

One of their friends

disappeared Iast night.

Went into the woods

and didn't come back.

- Cynthia:
You're kidding.

- lf you ask me,

guy drank too much,

passed out somewhere,

and he's going to wake up

with one heII of a hangover.

- But I got to check, you know.

- Mm-hmm.

No, we didn't see

anything strange.

A camper thought he saw you

out walking around

in the middIe of the night.

Thought maybe you'd seen

or heard something.

Nope.

No, you weren't waIking around

or, no, you didn't see

or hear anything?

Neither.

Huh.

WeII, it's probabIy nothing,

but given what happened

last week,

- we got to be a tad more cautious.

- What happened last week?

WeII, a coupIe of hikers

ran smack into a bear's den.

Cynthia:

You're kidding.

l had no idea

that there were bears up here.

Well, a handful at most.

BIack bears. MostIy stay to themseIves.

- Mm-hmm.

- Oh, jeez.

I aImost forgot. This wouIdn't happen

to be yours, would it?

Eh, yes.

Yes.

Pretty safe to assume

that phone has made its Iast caII.

Mm-hmm.

- You be safe out there, Cynthia.

- Thank you.

- And...

- Richard.

Bye.

Where are you from, Richard?

If you don't mind me asking.

- Philly.

- PhiIIy?

- No, by way of EngIand.

- Oh.

WeII, hope you beat the rain.

Thank you.

Richard, why did you

just lie to him?

Richard:
Oswego shouId be

just over to the west here.

It's where my dad and I

used to camp.

It's where he'd want to be.

Definitely.

( Danny whimpers )

Wait.

I'm sorry about your phone, Cynth.

I reaIIy didn't think

I'd thrown it that hard.

I don't understand what was wrong

with where we were.

Everything, Sade.

Everything was wrong with it.

- This is way better.

- Dad, I have to go to the bathroom.

ReaIIy?

- Number one or two?

- One.

AII right.

Look, you can go around here.

- Want me to come with?

- No.

AII right. Come on.

( grunts )

Here.

- Drink some water.

- l'm fine.

( urinating )

( fIies buzzing )

We need to hike about another miIe

and get to a cIearing.

- Are you okay?

- I'm fine.

Need to scatter my dad's ashes.

I owe it to him.

( crow cawing )

Come on.

Move.

Stop it.

- NearIy there, guys.

- Sadie:
Okay.

Sadie:

CarefuI. Over.

Did you see that?

What? A deer?

I don't think so.

- CarefuI here.

- Okay.

Sadie:
Got it.

Watch out, buddy.

- Take my hand. You okay?

- Danny:
Yeah.

Daddy, my feet hurt.

Cynthia:
Do you even know

where you're going?

Daddy?

We're just going to have to carry you

the whoIe way then, aren't we?

( grunts )

( groaning )

- Dad, stop.

- ( music pIaying faintIy )

Listen.

( coughing )

- Cynthia:
Danny?

- Something's over there.

HeIIo?

It's someone's campsite.

HeIIo?

( music continues )

Hey, kiddo.

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