The Barrens Page #5

get out of here tomorrow.

Everything is going to be okay.

Okay?

Okay.

Put that in your mouth.

Here--

( gasps )

Okay.

The kids are scared.

l've got a headache.

I'II be better tomorrow.

( roars )

( thunder rumbIes )

( whimpers )

I want to go home.

- Hi, guys.

- What's going on with Dad?

- Daddy is scaring me.

- WeII, he's sick,

but guess what?

When we get

out of here tomorrow,

we're going to have him

all fixed up, okay?

- I want to go home.

- l know, kiddo.

What do you guys think

if I were to sIeep in here tonight

and we have a giant sIeepover?

What do you think?

Come here.

- It's okay, baby. It's okay.

- ( sobbing )

( crow cawing )

( shuddering )

( Ieaves crunching )

( squeaIing )

( wings fIapping )

( voices muttering )

( crow cawing )

( branches creaking )

( snarIs, roars )

( distant screaming )

Cynthia:

Richard?

Richard?

- It was here. It was just here.

- What was here?

- The Devil.

- Can you waIk?

- You're haIIucinating.

- lt is real.

- It is not reaI.

- It was reaI.

I'm getting the kids

and we are Ieaving in two minutes.

- Your dad is sick.

- Sadie:
Uh, no sh*t.

- We need to get him to a hospitaI.

- Wait, what?

- What's wrong with him?

- You take that.

- He was bitten.

- By what? What are you taIking about?

- Cynthia?

- Oscar bit your dad.

It happened

a coupIe of weeks ago

and now there is a wound

on his arm that is infected.

- Oscar bit Dad?

- HoId on. Where's Oscar now?

( gasps )

Rabies?

Sadie:
HeIIo?

HeIIo?

Is anybody out there?

( ceII phone beeping )

Mommy said Oscar bit you.

Why?

He was confused.

He didn't recognize me.

Oh. Is that why he Ieft?

Because he was sorry?

He didn't have to Ieave.

l would still love him.

( phone ringing )

Hang on. HeIIo? HeIIo?

HeIIo? Can you hear me?

Operator:

Yes, my famiIy and I are Iost.

My husband's sick

and we need heIp, pIease.

Operator:
Okay. PIease sIow down, ma'am.

Where are you?

We're in the Pine Barrens.

Operator:
The Barrens is a Iarge area.

CouId you be more specific?

- We're in the Wa--

- Wharton State Forest.

Wharton State Park.

The Wharton State Forest.

Operator:

I need to know the traiI.

- No, we're not on a traiI.

- ( screaming )

- Danny?

- Dad?

- Operator:
Ma'am?

- Cynthia:
Danny?!

Both:

Danny?!

Danny?!

- Danny?!

- Danny?!

Danny?!

( ceII phone ringing )

Ma'am, the 9-1-1 operator

traced your caII to my county.

- He's dead.

- Sheriff:
Who's dead?

- Who is this?

- There's a dead body.

My husband is sick.

I can't find my son.

Ma'am, l need you

to teII me your name.

- Cynthia Vineyard. PIease.

- Cynthia Vineyard?

- Sorry. Get up. Get up.

- Ma'am, this is Sheriff Winters.

I met you and your husband

at the campgrounds.

I think I know

where you were headed.

Conserve your phone's battery

and just sit tight.

We're going to find you, ma'am.

Cynthia:

Danny? Danny?

( women panting )

Cynthia!

Get up.

Get up, pIease.

- What do you think it was?

- l don't know.

( sobbing )

What couId have done this?

I don't know.

Dad? Do you think

it was Dad?

Stop that.

Sadie:

It was his knife.

- Cynthia, it was his knife.

- Stop it.

( sobbing )

Danny?!

Danny!

- ( screaming, water spIashing )

- Danny!

Danny! Dad!

Danny? Danny?

Danny?

Oh, my God. Danny!

( screaming )

Oh, my God! Danny!

- Oh, my God! Danny!

- Danny! Danny!

Danny! Danny!

- HeIp me. Danny!

- Cynthia!

Cynthia:

HeIp me. Go.

Danny.

Danny.

Oh, my God. Danny.

Oh, my God.

- My God! Wake up!

- One two three four, five six seven.

One two three four five...

( panting )

Is he dead?

( yelling )

Somebody pIease heIp us!

Somebody pIease!

...six seven eight...

( coughing )

Cynthia:

It's okay. It's okay.

Okay.

Oh, my gosh.

- What have you done to my son?

- ( screaming )

What have you done!

What did you do to my son?!

( groans )

Wake up!

I said wake up!

Wake up! Wake up!

I said wake up!

Wake up!

No!

Cynthia!

( moaning )

( siren waiIing )

Yeah. Richard and Cynthia Vineyard.

They registered two days ago

and they've been missing

since yesterday morning.

I don't have a good feeIing

about this.

I've aIready got two men

in the woods looking.

This is the Vineyards' SUV.

- Any luck reaching that cell phone?

- No. It's going straight to voicemaiI.

The husband mentioned Oswego.

There's a clearing about two miles past

these campgrounds near the Oswego River.

- Let's go!

- I'II be two minutes behind you.

( Cynthia moaning )

We can go.

You know, me and Danny.

- We can go get heIp.

- Yeah.

We can just...

waIk in a straight Iine.

I mean we're bound to find somebody.

Cynthia:
Okay.

You don't Iet anything happen to Danny.

You don't Iet go of his hand.

You don't stop moving

untiI you find someone.

If you're not at that campsite

before sunset,

you come right back here, okay?

Okay.

It's three or four miIes away.

Danny, come here.

Promise me that you're

going to protect your sister.

- Okay?

- ( whimpers )

Dan--

- WiII you come and untie me, pIease?

- Danny.

Sadie?

Sadie, come over.

HeIp Daddy now.

Come on.

Come and heIp Daddy.

You just need to untie me.

No. I can't.

You run.

Danny boy.

Danny boy. Danny.

- Danny.

- No.

Hey, come and heIp Daddy.

Come over here

and heIp Daddy.

- Danny.

- Run! Go! Go!

- Come on!

- Danny, come back here!

It's not safe out there!

Richard:

Danny!

( dispatch chatter )

Cynthia?

( panting )

HeIIo?

Can anyone hear me?

Sadie, come back!

It's not safe out there!

( groans )

( whines )

I didn't mean--

I didn't mean to hurt you.

Danny said that something

pushed him into the water.

- What pushed him?

- I don't remember.

Who pushed him?

( sobbing )

l would--

I wouId never.

- l wouldn't--

- Ryan is dead.

- Who?

- Sadie's friend.

- The boy in the f***ing woods.

- You need to untie me.

He's foIIowing us.

He's foIIowing us.

He's here. I've seen it.

- I need your heIp.

- You have rabies.

- What?

- You're having haIIucinations.

You're hearing things--

hydrophobia.

You have extreme paranoia

and dementia.

There's no monster

out there, Richard.

The monster is you.

- F***ing untie me now!

- Did you do it?!

- Did you do it?! Answer me!

- No! l did not!

No!

- Untie me?

- No.

The DeviI. It's out here.

I've seen it.

It's gonna get us.

l need you to untie me

so we can get out of here.

I am not going crazy!

- Officer:
Over there.

- ( poIice dispatch chatter )

Another bear attack?

( fIies buzzing )

Not IikeIy.

Sadie:
Did Dad teII you

to go in the water?

Danny, did he push you

in the water?

Danny, I need you

to answer me.

He said something

was foIIowing us.

He was trying to find

a hiding place.

Dad did something bad,

didn't he?

Come here.

( Danny sobbing )

We just need to keep moving, okay?

We need to keep going.

lt's going to be okay.

We need to keep going, okay?

( grunting )

( screams )

- Yeah, we got a body.

- Sheriff.

You need to see this.

There it is. There it is.

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