The Beast with a Million Eyes Page #5

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the woman's, for the girl.

No, together we're

strong, you can't have her.

I have no wish to hurt you

or her, but, if necessary,

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

(GROANING)

I can leave her in a screaming oblivion.

You can't let him. Oh,

he's powerful enough, Allan.

Why are you here?

What do you want of us?

Your world.

Life on my planet is dying out,

or, I should say, we begin to die.

You see, I and my kind have

no material form of our own,

and so we must use the

bodies of those that do.

We, shall I be specific, feed on brains.

Unfortunately, they

don't last very long.

So we've been reduced to

seeking a new world, new life.

Emissaries have been sent to many

planets in different solar systems.

Those that return will decide

our new source of food supply.

This is somewhat like our own

planet, though ours is a dark world.

This is a perfect testing ground.

Isolated, possessing hate.

Hate and madness are the

keys to power in my world.

And this one seemed easy.

Something went wrong.

I've invaded the minds of

the birds and the animals,

used their brains and eyes against you.

Every move you've made has

been observed by their eyes.

I have waited for you to weaken.

But you have a secret, Earthman,

some power I don't understand.

Instead of weakening,

you've all grown stronger.

Even the one I was able

to control completely,

he defied me at the

last, and he was sick.

He was a victim of one of our

wars. Part of his brain was removed.

Allan, how did you know?

Carol, he was in my unit in Kwajalein.

We were out on patrol.

I made a snap judgment.

I was wrong.

He's been paying for it ever

since. I had to take care of him.

I couldn't let him be laughed

at the rest of his life.

Oh, Allan, why didn't you tell me?

Even now, I sense it.

The woman is closer

to you, growing strong.

And she was the weakest at first.

You've shown me what our strength is.

It's not a strength of the mind,

it's something far stronger than that.

So, you want to take the girl with you?

You want to test her to find out

why we're stronger, is that it?

She'll return to my planet with me.

- No!

- But why not?

After the experiments,

we'll all be back. All of us.

So, you want to know our secret?

Very well, I'll tell you.

You won't understand it, mind you.

As a matter of fact, it just came to me.

It's the simplest thing in

the world. We call it love.

What is that?

It's a need within each of us

to reach out beyond ourselves.

That means you'll never

find one of us humans alone,

never one mind alone.

That's it, Allan. That's our strength.

Each of us is bound to each other.

That's what love means.

Once, I remember, long

ago, there was something.

This is a weakness, not a strength.

You're lying, Earthman.

I told you, you wouldn't understand.

My spaceship, as you call it here, is

set to leave on the first hour of light.

Bring me the girl.

No, you can't have her.

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

(SCREAMING)

- It's almost dawn.

- Yes.

He seemed so cold to the

last. Then he seemed furious.

Once, his kind might have

been something like us,

before they evolved into these

super brains, these monstrosities.

But they lost something

along the way, Carol.

For an instant there,

he remembered, he knew.

I think he remembered

he had lost his soul.

Carol, will you bring the rifle?

- Where are we going?

- To the crater.

- Alone?

- He's alone, Carol. We aren't.

But isn't his power stronger out

there? Wouldn't we be safer here?

Maybe so, Carol. There's

a lot I don't understand.

Maybe, for the same reason,

we'll be stronger, too.

We'll be closer to him, we can fight.

Sandy's a part of us, Carol.

They can't destroy her

without destroying us.

I don't think he can do that.

There's only one way to find out.

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

(GROANING)

Well, then?

We've come as you

asked, the three of us.

You can't have the girl.

We're not afraid of you.

Oh?

(SCREAMING)

(GROANING)

Well, then?

You're nothing. We're not afraid!

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

Take her, Carol, and give me the gun.

(GASPING)

(SOBBING)

We're stronger than it is now.

We're together. We can defeat it.

It's dead.

It's taking off! The

controls must have been set.

Go on, get out!

(ENGINES ROARING)

Sandy, you all right? Larry?

Allan, I thought the brain

had no physical being.

What about that monster?

I guess it had to travel here in some

form, something to handle the ship.

It said life was almost

extinct on its planet.

This was the last survivor.

No wonder they were

looking for a new world.

I just hope that brain is dead, too.

I know it couldn't have gone back to

the ship because the creature is dead.

It has no existence

except in a new body.

Dad! Look!

All right.

Wait! Look!

- Allan, wait.

- What?

Have you ever seen an

eagle around here before?

- No. What's that got to do with this?

- Let it go. Don't kill it, Allan.

I wonder where it came from.

And, Allan, there's something else.

What killed the creature in the ship?

Where did the eagle come from?

Why do men have souls?

If I could answer that,

I'd be more than human.

- I'd be...

- Yes.

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