The Blob Page #4

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I won't be able to see.

Hey, why don't you come with us?

It'll do you some good.

Oh, I don't think Martha

would figure it that way.

Do you have to tell your old woman

everything? Tell her your uncle died.

Tell her you're going away so you

can love her more when you get back.

Good night.

Boy, I'm so tired of lookin'

at the guts of secondhand cars...

I could spit grease.

You know, Marty, if I didn't get away

once in a while, I'd blow a gasket.

- [ Tapping Continues ]

- When I come in on Monday,

if Mr.Johnson looks at me

funny just once--

just once-- you know what

I'm gonna do to him, Marty?

Hey, Marty !

[ Screaming ]

- [ Phone Ringing ]

- Look, you keep telling me

about a monster.

- All I want to do

is clear this thing up.

- All right, I agree.

- But I still don't see why

you had to call our folks.

- Dave, it's for you.

- What else could I do?

- Well, give us a chance

to find out what happened.

You know we didn't tear up Doc's house.

How long have you known me?

All right, I believe you !

But I still don't think you're

telling me all you know.

- Oh, Dave.

- Hello? Yeah.

Well, young lady, do you mind telling me

where you've been spending the evening?

- Daddy, it's all right.

- Oh, yes, everything's fine.

I always stop by the police station

to pick up my daughter.

Don't you realize

what this could do to me?

- By morning, it will be all over town.

- [ Police Radio, Indistinct ]

We were just

trying to warn people.

After all, I am principal

of the high school.

Young man, this is the last time you're

ever going to take my daughter out !

Steve didn't

do anything wrong !

Mr. Andrews, can you make anything

out of all this? I can't.

Take it easy, Mr. Martin. We'll

straighten everything out. Hello, son.

- Dad, I saw something terrible tonight.

- And nobody'll believe us.

Mr. Martin, Mr. Andrews,

uh, apparently Doc Hallen's office

was broken into by vandals tonight.

And Steve and Jane

seem to know something about it.

Vandals?

My daughter ?

Well, you don't think our kids

were mixed up in it, do you?

All we know is that they

told us something had happened

over at Dr. Hallen's house.

We're not accusing anyone

of what we found.

We can't be more definite until

we contact Dr. Hallen in Johnsonville.

Dad, it isn't vandalism !

Dr. Hallen is dead,

and he was killed

by some sort of a monster.

Now, I know

because I saw it, Dad.

Lieutenant, I want you to know

that Steve is not in the habit

of telling lies.

If he says he's

not mixed up in this vandalism,

you can be sure it's the truth.

Did you see this thing

too, Jane?

Well...

no, not exactly.

Well, look, folks, we'll

all know more in the morning

after we've called Johnsonville.

I think the best thing now is for all

of us to go home and get some sleep.

Maybe it's a good idea, son. We can

talk about this some more at home.

Sure, Pop.

Get out of the house as fast as you can.

I'll be over.

Maybe Bertie's right.

Maybe this is just a gag

like those school fraternities

were throwing last year.

Remember how they stitched that bathing

suit to the statue of General Hayes?

I don't think this is a gag.

Why didn't you

book the kids then?

Why make a big thing

of it tonight if we can clear

the whole thing up tomorrow?

Boy, if it was Bertie, he'd have them

strung up by the thumbs by now.

- Maybe he would.

- [ Phone Ringing ]

Police department.

Hold on. It's Bertie.

- Hello?

- [ Bert ] Dave?

- Yep.

- A couple of people thought they

heard shots, but weren't sure.

- Okay, Jim. Doc's place locked up?

- Yeah.

- Check back in, then.

- Right.

We'll get the truth out of those

kids if it takes all night.

- I sent the kids home.

- Home? Are you crazy?

Jim, we'll take care of this

whole thing tomorrow.

Yes, sir.

Is that all ?

Yes, that's all.

Bertie got some idea

what this is?

I don't care

what Bertie's ideas are !

He acts like we're

still fighting the war.

Just because some kid

smacks into his wife on the turnpike...

doesn't make it a crime

to be 17 years old !

Okay, so I don't know what

the kids are up to tonight.

But I'm not gonna throw them

into a cell like a couple of vagrants.

We'll put this puzzle

together in the morning.

In the meantime, at least

we know where the kids are.

- Hey, where are you going?

- Oh, shhh, Danny.

- Shhh.

- Where are you going?

I've got something very important to do,

Danny, but it's got to be a secret.

I won't tell anybody.

I'll go with you.

No, honey,

I have to go by myself.

- Will you be back pretty soon?

- Well, I don't know.

Aren't you afraid

to go out by yourself?

Yes, I guess I am, Danny.

I'm not afraid.

I'll guard you.

Oh, no, Danny.

You've got a bigger job to do.

You've got to stay here

and guard Mommy and Daddy.

Oh, they don't need guarding.

Oh, look, Danny,

go on to beddie.

Look, if you go to bed, I might bring

you a little dog all your very own.

A dog ! Honest?

Honest.

I cross my heart.

- Oh, boy !

- Now go on up to bed.

- What's his name?

- Oh, any name you want, Danny.

Can I name him William?

Oh, that's a fine name, Danny.

Now you better run on up to bed.

- Go on.

- Oh, I don't like William.

You run on to bed, honey.

[ Mr. Andrews ]

Steve? Steve?

- [ Mrs. Andrews ] Was he asleep?

- [ Mr. Andrews ] Yeah.

[ Mrs. Andrews ]

Do you think he did something wrong?

[ Mr. Andrews ]

I don't know. I don't think so.

The police don't either,

or they wouldn't have sent him home.

[ Mrs. Andrews ]

I felt that he was keeping

something from us.

[ Mr. Andrews ]

He did seem more willing to talk

when we were at the station.

Well, I think tomorrow he might talk and

we'll be able to straighten this out.

[ Mrs. Andrews ]

Maybe, after a good night's sleep.

[ Mr. Andrews ]

Yeah. Good night.

[ Mrs. Andrews ]

'Night, dear.

You scared me to death.

What are you doing here?

Listen, Jane, I told you

to wait over there.

The folks went to bed, so I thought

I should just come on over.

All right, come on.

Let's go around the corner.

- Steve?

- Huh?

Oh, I'm sorry.

- At least I could've thanked you

for coming out tonight.

- You didn't need to.

I never needed to talk to anyone before,

not as much as I do now.

Well, we're in this together,

aren't we, Steve?

You know, I wish that we--

I must be getting confused.

I know we saw the old man,

I know we took him to the doc's...

and I know the doc sent us out to see

if we could find out what happened.

So?

And I know the old man

had something on his hand,

something he couldn't get off,

something that kept getting larger.

I saw that.

And then l--

I think I saw the doc.

He was standing

by the window, and he--

he was trying to get out...

and that thing

was all over him...

and then...just dissolved

while I stood there.

I think I saw this.

I believe you did.

You know, plenty of people

in their right mind thought they

saw things that didn't exist,

you know,

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