The Blob Page #3

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Hey, watch it, Dave.

Don't mix up the pieces.

Ritchie, you old buzzard.

I didn't know you were a chess player.

It's like I've been telling you, Dave.

You're not the only thinker around here.

It's nothing.

Just a hobby, you know?

Well, wait. Wait a minute.

I think this is interesting.

Who do you play with?

Well, late at night when I'm here by

myself and things are pretty slow, l--

Well, you gotta do something.

You oughta take up chess.

Loosen up your gray matter a little.

I guess I'd better.

You'll have to teach me, Ritchie.

Sure, Dave.

Anytime.

Dave, Doc Hallen's

been killed.

- Doc Hallen? What happened?

- You gotta come now !

Wait a minute, Steve.

Tell us what happened.

I'm trying to tell you.

Now this thing, it killed the doc.

What was it?

Out with it, kid.

Well, it's

kind of like a ma--

It's kind of like a mass that

keeps getting bigger and bigger.

- Come on, Steve, make sense.

- I know, I know.

Look, Dave, you gotta see this thing

to believe what I'm telling you.

Maybe the thing you saw

was a... monster ?

Yeah, maybe it was.

I don't know.

Hold on, Jim.

Now, what is it, Steve?

A little while ago it was driving

backwards, and now it's monsters.

Look, he's not

making it up, Dave. Honest.

Dave, I'm not kidding.

Come on over to the doc's.

You can see it for yourself.

You're crazy if you go.

Can't you see it's a gag?

He says Doc Hallen's dead, Jim.

We've got to check it out.

Let's go.

Ritchie, you mind the store.

Dave, listen--

[ Continues, Indistinct ]

[ Engine Starts, Car Drives Off ]

[ Radio Humming ]

East Cornwall, Downingtown H.Q

[ Man On Radio ]

Downingtown, East Cornwall H.Q.

Q to K-2.

Do I read you right?

Q to K-2?

Roger.

K-9 to KB-5.

Shucks.

"This office will be closed

all day Saturday. Dr. Hallen."

- Wait a minute.

- What's the matter ?

The thing might be in there

waiting for you.

- Well, we'll have to take

that chance, won't we?

- I'm not kidding.

Dr. Hallen?

Dr. Hallen?

[ Flicking Switch ]

Hmm. Seems to be

a short circuit in here.

You got your light?

[ Dave ]

Everything looks okay.

There. I think this

is the room I saw him in.

- It's locked.

- I'll see if I can find

a key that'll work.

No, the key's already here.

It's been locked from the inside.

Hello?

Who's in there?

Better go around and see

if the window's unlocked.

If it isn't, break the glass,

come in and unlock the door.

- All right.

- You're not gonna let him do that.

Now, don't worry, Steve. Sergeant Bert

knows how to handle himself.

And this is the only way

to get to the bottom of this.

- I'll see if I can find the fuse box.

- Okay.

Steve, I wonder where

the little dog is.

Yeah.

What do you think

happened to him?

I don't know.

Well, that's more like it.

This must have been

what blew the fuse.

[ Glass Shattering ]

Jim?

Wait till you get a load

of this mess !

[ Dave Whistles ]

Ohh.

What about this, Steve?

I don't know, Dave.

But I know I saw the doc.

All right, kid, cut the act.

What really happened here?

-I don't know.

-All of a sudden, your mind is a blank?

- No.

- Steve, are you sure this is the room?

Yes, I'm sure of it.

This has been fired.

But I haven't seen

any shot marks around anyplace.

Let me tell you

what happened, kid.

You and whoever else

was in on this thought you'd

put one over on the police.

- So you break in here,

you mess the place up--

- Wait a minute, Jim.

The kids couldn't have done this.

You saw for yourself.

The window was locked from the inside,

and so was the door.

They rigged it with string. It's part

of their plan to make us look silly.

I think you're doing that

pretty well by yourself, Sergeant.

Steve, was there

anybody else with you?

No.

How about when I stopped you

over on Morgan Street?

Those kids had nothing

to do with this.

- Who were they ?

- Why, it was Tony and Mooch.

Those kids? Well, there's

your answer right there !

They're just the kind of kids

to pull a trick like this.

- But this time they've gone too far.

- What goes on out here?

- Land's sakes !

- What are you doing here, Mrs. Porter ?

Boy oh boy oh boy ! Wait till Doctor

gets back and sees this !

- Back from where?

- Lieutenant, was it burglars?

We don't know yet.

Where is Dr. Hallen?

Johnsonville.

A medical convention.

You know, I told him this would

happen one of these days,

the way he leaves

everything unlocked.

Of course, it was my fault too.

He asked me to keep an eye on the place.

But that's not true, Dave.

He never left.

[ Scoffs ]

I don't think I've had the pleasure.

This is Steve Andrews,

Mrs. Porter.

He seems to think the doctor

got into some trouble here tonight.

No, sir ! The doctor

don't know anything about this.

He called me

just before he left.

He didn't leave. Look, Dave,

I'll bet his car is still in the garage.

Might be. Doctor sometimes

goes in somebody else's car.

Dr. Gilpen

from over in Groverton.

-Jim, call Dr. Gilpen.

- Right.

- He won't be home.

-Just checking.

Mrs. Porter, did you hear

any gunshots tonight?

I sure did !

Tonight and every other night.

The people downstairs have those

old movies on their television.

There's always

some shooting or screaming.

Whoever this thief was, he didn't have

to tear up the place like this.

I feel terrible.

Wait a minute, Mrs. Porter.

I don't want this touched.

Well, I don't want the doctor

to come back tomorrow and find

the place like this.

- It's bad enough

the window's broke and all.

- But, Mrs. Porter--

Now, you boys have your work

to do, and I have mine.

There's a criminal walking

around out there free as a bird.

You go get him.

Let me clean up here.

Mrs. Porter,

you don't understand.

We may want to check here

for fingerprints later.

Dr. Gilpen's on his way

to Johnsonville.

Did he pick up Dr. Hallen?

I spoke with Mrs. Gilpen, and she said

that Dr. Hallen had called around 11:00,

just after her husband left, but

she thought they were going together.

- Where can we reach them

in Johnsonville?

- I didn't ask her that.

St.John's Hotel.

That's where the doctor usually stays.

Well, they should be there

in a couple of hours.

We'll leave word to have him call us

when he checks in.

Can't I just dust

around the fingerprints?

Tomorrow.

Well, let's go, kids.

Dave, this is all wrong.

All right, kid, the show's over.

It was a cute act, but this time

it didn't work.

This locked door business

really hung you.

If everything happened like

you said, where's the doctor ?

And where is this old man?

And where is the big, bad monster ?

I don't know.

Hand me that small

hammer, will ya?

- Why don't you finish that tomorrow?

- I ain't gonna be here.

I'm goin' on a huntin' trip.

I didn't know you was a hunter.

Neither did I.

We got a little cabin

up in the south woods, the boys and me.

And I'm tellin' you, Marty boy,

we're goin' up there this weekend,

and I'm gonna get so roarin',

stinkin', no-good drunk...

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