The Beast with a Million Eyes Page #4

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until we were forced to turn the car back.

They made us go back, Allan.

Oh, it was like a nightmare.

- It made you go back.

- It? You said that before.

- Did you find out anything, Allan?

- No, Carol.

But there's something guiding

these birds and animals.

I know that for sure.

It all started since this

plane flew over yesterday.

Carol, suppose it wasn't a

plane in our sense of the word.

Suppose it landed out there in

the desert somewhere for a reason.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

You mean, a plane from somewhere else?

Can you imagine anything

human in all of this?

A plane from another world...

Oh, Allan, what's it trying to

do? What kind of a trap are we in?

I wish I knew.

(LOUD CHIRPING)

They're coming here. Run, Carol!

(BIRDS CALLING)

(GROANING)

Oh, Allan, maybe it's trying

to drive us all insane!

Hello?

Allan Kelley, huh? Well,

connect me with him now.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

It is? That's funny.

Well, I'm going out to

the Kelleys' now, anyway.

Tell the sheriff where I'll be.

Yeah. Yeah, let me

know. Thanks. Goodnight.

(HISSING)

It's beautiful, Mom.

Thanks to you. It wouldn't be a cake

if you hadn't turned off the oven.

Larry should be here by now.

You said around 6:00, dear.

Give me something to do,

Mom. I got to do something.

Well, you can set the table.

You'll have to use the heavy mugs.

There's not a glass left in the house.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

What are you trying to do,

get killed or something?

Well, don't just stand there, say...

Oh, I'm sorry. You can't

say anything, can you?

Well, what do you want?

Not this side. Get in the other side.

(CHUCKLING)

You want to ride in the back, do you?

Okay, but get in, I'm late already.

(DOOR OPENING)

Well, I hope you're honored, you two.

I don't wear my best

duds on every occasion.

(SIGHING)

Something's happened

to Larry! I know it!

- Now, Sandy...

- You know it, too. Both of you!

How can you just stand there

as though nothing were wrong?

Oh, we've got to do something!

- Maybe she's right, Carol.

- No, Allan.

- I'll just drive down to the entrance.

- Sandy and I will go, too, then.

- Now, wait a minute, there's no sense...

- I've been doing some thinking, too.

Remember last night

when you said this force,

this master brain or whatever

it is, almost had Sandy?

You said she escaped

because she met Him,

because together they were stronger.

That's our strength,

Allan, being together.

Alone, we're nothing.

Don't you see?

Come on, let's go.

Four flat tires. That's that.

Can't we go on foot?

Maybe the birds wouldn't

attack us at night.

It's too bright. We wouldn't

have a chance. No, Sandy.

I don't think Larry would

want us to go in, Sandy.

Come on, baby, let's go inside.

Well, I guess I better clean up.

I don't suppose anyone wants any cake.

(SIGHING)

- Leave her be, Carol.

- I suppose you're right.

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

(CRASHING)

Larry?

Larry?

Larry?

You! You certainly turn

up at the darnedest times.

Where have you been?

Everybody's been so

worried and looking for you.

What's the matter? You look so...

As long as you're here,

you can help me find Larry.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

You look the way I feel tonight.

I guess maybe we better go back.

Let's go...

Let me go. No!

(SCREAMING)

Let me go! No! No!

(SANDRA SCREAMING)

What's the matter, Larry?

What happened to you?

That loony of yours has gone mad.

- Are you sure?

- He tried to kill me in the car.

I trailed him out to the desert

and finally knocked him out.

- Where's Sandy?

- In her room. Why?

I thought I heard a scream.

(CAROL GASPING)

I can't explain now, Larry,

but I think that loony, as you

call him, is not fully responsible.

- Sandy's gone!

- Carol.

- The window!

- You stay here and keep the door locked.

Don't open it for anyone but us.

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

- Here they are, Larry.

- Oh, I thought we'd lost them.

He's still carrying her.

There's only one set of tracks.

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

Do you hear what I hear?

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

Yeah. I was afraid of that.

Come on, let's get behind these rocks.

Look. Something moving there.

No! No!

I won't go down there!

Come on!

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

ALLAN:
Carl! Hold it!

Carl! Carl!

I can't shoot, I may hit her.

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

Hold my rifle.

I'll try it.

Carl?

Carl, it's Allan, your friend.

Carl,

bring her to me.

That's it, Carl. She's my daughter.

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

Carl!

Carl, give her to me.

It's Allan.

Give her to me, Carl.

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

No, Larry. It's too late.

Let's get her out of here.

- Oh, Allan, is she...

- No, she's going to be all right.

I told you to stay home, Carol.

Well, I was so worried.

You were away so long.

I just went to the edge of the

grove and the birds, they came back.

The door was open and

they flew into the house.

It was horrible.

We'd better wait here.

Larry, you still want

to go through with that?

Of course.

The birds will be out of

the house by now, anyway.

You get back as fast as you can.

- I hope you're right about Sandy.

- I hope so, too, Larry.

Sandy! Listen to me.

Snap out of it. Snap out of it, baby.

Dad?

Listen, do you remember anything?

(SIGHING)

He was climbing, and light,

and then you called... That's all.

That thing in the crater, it controls

minds, but its power is limited.

It controlled Him until it killed him.

Now it's had you under its control.

But we've got you now.

And he can't keep you if you fight

it, if we all fight it together.

That's the thing to

remember, we're together.

Together, we can defeat it.

Understand me, baby. Remember that.

If we fight it together, we'll win.

Yes, Dad.

- It's happened again.

- But this time I expected it, Carol.

Now I know something about

this thing, this master brain,

that I don't think it wanted us to know.

What are you talking about, Allan?

A few minutes ago, the

birds attacked Larry.

You let it happen, that boy.

He'll be all right. He

can take care of himself.

But what about Sandy? What good

will it do her if help does come?

I don't know how, yet.

But, somehow, you and I can help Sandy.

This thing controlled Him

until the very last minute.

- And I got through to him.

- And he was killed.

Sandy's mind is stronger.

This thing preys on minds.

First, the weaker minds of the

animals, then Him and now...

But is it just our minds or are we

stronger because of our minds together or...

We may possess something

stronger than our brains.

I don't know.

BEAST:
Very well, Earthman.

- Did you... Did you hear that, Carol?

- Where did it come from?

I have some secrets, too.

I... I think I understand.

It's not actually a voice.

Well, you think. In my world,

only we are allowed that luxury.

- But I hear it, Allan.

- No, dear. Your mind hears it.

Very well, Earthman,

it seems we must part.

I... I don't think we can.

I offer you life, yours and

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