The Car Page #4

This is our chance. Don't blow it.

Okay, we all know that you know

how to rev your little engine.

- Tadpole!

- All right!

Lauren was terrific.

Take the kids to my house and stay there.

I gotta get to the station.

Okay.

- Donna, this is Ray, are you there?

- Yeah, Ray, what have you got?

I got a vehicle coming up fast

from the south.

It's a truck, maybe.

I really can't see it clearly yet.

- It's black or grey.

- Where is he, Ray?

He's coming up Carter's Road. God.

What is it, Ray?

God. It's no truck.

It's him. God damn, it's him.

He's coming up the road.

Here we go.

Ray, this is Wade, are you there?

What's happening?

It's him. It's gotta be him.

He's coming right up the road.

Ray? Take him out.

He's slowing down.

He's stopping.

He's stopped.

Sh*t!

Ray? Talk to us!

I missed him twice.

God damn it. I don't believe it.

Where's Metcalf? Where's Denson?

Where's Mac Gruder? Where's Berry?

Denson, Mac Gruder, Berry, Metcalf.

He's leaving.

Son of a b*tch. He turned around,

he's going right down Carter's Road.

Well, follow him.

Stay with him, we'll box him.

Just tell us where he's going,

we'll intercept.

Just stay with him.

Metcalf, go.

Denson, go.

Get out to Carter Road,

tie in with Metcalf. Go.

Move. Everybody, move.

- You got it.

- Right.

What's happening out there, Ray?

I'm moving as fast as I can.

Christ, he's probably hit

the Mesa Road intersection by now.

Christ knows where he's going.

He's not gonna wait around for us,

you know?

I see him.

He's at the foot of the Mesa.

Ray, it's Metcalf. We're coming in,

too. We're about two miles away.

Got him. He's trapping himself up there.

Come on, guys.

Got him. We got him.

There's no way down but straight down.

Ray, don't lose him.

You boys better move

if you wanna join in on the fun.

I'm getting near the top.

Geez!

Jesus.

No. Please, no.

This is Wade. We can't let him through,

no matter what.

Do you understand?

Yeah. See Utah and die.

Jesus Mother Christ!

Mac Gruder, look! There it is!

Come on, stay in close.

He'll have to stop. He can't take us both.

He'll turn off and we got him!

You're lucky. Just a few bruises, that's all.

Of course, you're gonna be a little sore

for a couple of days.

If he has any...

real discomfort after he leaves

in the morning...

- In the morning?

- Get some of these.

Yes...

I want you to stay here overnight.

Dr. Pullbrook.

We're sorry about your daughter.

Yes.

I am, too.

How is he?

He's going to be all right. Nothing serious.

Good, I'll tell the guys.

- Fats, are the roadblocks back up?

- Yeah.

I don't know why.

They didn't seem to do any good.

Of course, everybody's doing double duty...

and we had to get some boys

at the fire department...

to replace...

It looked like he smashed through our cars

like he was stomping bugs.

I didn't even see a scratch on him.

He took me out with his door.

Two rounds in the tires.

One straight into the windshield.

Poor Ray didn't miss.

Bullet proof glass, self-sealing tires.

Yeah, I guess.

How many men?

Luke?

Metcalf.

Berry.

Denson.

Mac Gruder.

Mott.

Was there a licence plate?

None.

And there were no handles on the doors.

How the hell could he get past

our roadblocks?

He could have crashed

through those tombstones...

and he could have killed all of us...

if he wanted to.

And the wind, all that wind

and the dust that came before...

What did he look like, Wade?

- What?

- What did he look like?

When he threw open the door?

I...

- Well...

- Come on.

- What?

- Nothing. I didn't see him.

It was just too quick for me to look.

How could he flatten the guys that way

and come out of it?

Right.

How?

And why?

Hello?

Lauren, is Wade okay?

- Margie, yeah, he's okay, thank God.

- That's great.

I had to lock up Amos Clements

this afternoon.

Okay, I'll be there in a little while.

He had a shotgun and was screaming

bloody murder again.

Yeah, Luke's okay.

His son getting hurt,

us letting the car into town.

We had a few good words, you know. Okay?

Wade?

Your kids want to speak to you, okay?

Hi, you guys.

Yeah, I'm okay. The doctor just

checked me out, and I'm just fine.

Don't let anything

ever happen to you, Daddy.

Nothing's gonna happen to me,

I'm too ornery, you know that.

Daddy, you should have

heard Lauren today.

She cussed that car so bad.

- She called him a chicken...

- Never mind, Debra.

Anyway, if I was him, I'd never come back.

All right, get on to bed.

I'll see you in the morning.

Lauren's gonna spend the night with you.

I love you.

Well, if I'm gonna spend the night

with the kids...

I guess I better stop by my place

and get some clothes and things.

Yeah, okay.

- Chas, drive her home, will you?

- Sure.

Sleep well.

Chas.

Come in here.

Close the door.

What happened?

What do you mean?

I told you to cancel that parade rehearsal.

What happened?

What happened?

I think...

when Mackey started...

talking about Ev...

and the funeral arrangements, I guess...

It's not what I think it is, is it?

No.

I loved him too, Luke.

It's been so much.

It's been a lot.

- What's the matter?

- Nothing. Just checking the tepee.

The old lady, two kids.

How long are you gonna be?

- Not long. Why don't you come in?

- Do you mind if I...

Of course, you're worried about your family.

Well, go check on them.

Come back in about a half hour, okay?

Oh, my God.

Hello? Wade Parent's room, please.

Hello, Wade? It's me, baby. No, I'm home.

Chas went over to his place.

He said he'd be back in a few minutes.

Wade, no, I'm all right. Listen to me.

As I was coming up to the house,

that crazy wind came up.

It almost blew me off my feet.

Wade...

I think I hear the engine of that damn car.

Wade, it's sounds so weird.

Wade, I'm scared.

No, I promise you I won't go out.

Tell me what to do, baby...

Lauren.

I shouldn't have left her.

Nothing would have changed.

He'd have taken you out, too.

I talked to her.

She called me when she got back here.

She could hear the engine

coming down the street.

She was so frightened.

I don't know.

I know why

he didn't go into the cemetery.

I know why. There's no other reason.

The ground was hallowed.

That's what I say, but you think about it.

Everything that's happened.

What it did to the guys and how.

Everybody else was killed on the street.

Lauren was killed in the middle

of her own living room.

She was special! Why?

Because she cursed him, that's why.

I don't believe it. I don't accept it.

Wade, that car flew into that house

four feet off the ground.

And how did he know where she lived?

Keep the roadblocks up.

Get all the other guys.

Get them down at the station right away.

- What's up?

- I don't know. Let's go find out.

- Do you guys want some coffee?

- Please.

Chas, get Amos.

You probably have about two hours.

You just snap your fingers,

and poof! He appears.

I don't know,

but I'll be the only one on the streets.

Get our van, too, divide the stuff in half.

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