The Cleanse Page #5

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...and end it.

End it now.

It's the only way

you can be free.

I can't.

I'm s... I'm sorry, I can't.

It's okay, Paul.

It's a lot to take in,

but you have to believe me.

I'm not the enemy here.

What are you doing?

Paul, don't go.

We can still fix this.

Maggie.

Maggie, hold on one sec.

[GASPING]

Too fast.

[CREATURE GROWLING]

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[PAPER TEARING]

[SIGHS]

[CREATURE GROWLS]

[CREATURE GROWLS]

[DISTANT SOBBING]

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Eric? Laurie?

Hello?

You okay?

[SOBBING]

Hey, man. What's wrong?

Paul, will you please

go away?

I would just like to stay

here with her.

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Is Laurie...? Is she okay?

She couldn't get it out.

[CONTINUES SOBBING]

She just couldn't get it out.

She didn't finish her cleanse.

It f***ed up her insides.

It's all my fault.

Lily says she's dead.

Will you please go away?

Does Ken know about this?

Paul, just get the f***

out of here!

I wanna stay here with her!

[KNOCK]

Hey, look, I was gonna come

and see you...

We need to go now.

Hey, guys! Sorry. Sorry,

I didn't mean to startle you.

You, um...

You probably heard about

what happened to Laurie, right?

It's important

that you understand

that what happened to her...

...is a result of not

following instructions.

You guys have been. You drank

all your cleanse, eliminated.

She didn't.

Anyway, given everything

that's happened, um...

we've decided that...

...the solution...

...to our current problem

is that, um...

Yeah, we need those back.

- What?

- ROBERTS:
What's in the bag.

Paul, listen. You guys have

shown so much courage.

But now I'm giving you

permission not to finish.

Just want you

to trust us.

Hand over what's in the bag.

Let us handle it.

Here, look.

Take my car.

Right over there.

Give me the bag, drive my car

away. We're finished.

Scout's honor.

PAUL:
Why...? Why do

you want them back?

It's a layered thing, really.

It's complex.

You're not strong enough

to finish.

- Yeah.

- LILY:
Neither of you are.

But they're a part of us.

- You can't have them.

- Paul.

Fine.

You wanna know something?

I got a secret to tell you.

I didn't even finish

the cleanse. Me.

Didn't have the guts.

Lily had to do it for me.

She was the only one strong

enough to finish this program.

I guess we're not all

capable of change.

We just don't want anyone

else to get hurt.

Give us the bag, and we'll

shut this whole thing down.

It's over.

[COMMOTION]

MAN [MUFFLED]:

Get off me!

Paul. Paul.

It's gonna kill you, Paul.

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[MAN MUTTERS]

[BOTH GASPING]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[CAR BEEPING]

Why did they just let us

go like that?

What if they're right?

What if we kill these things

and it helps?

I think we should just

pull over and end this.

But we don't know, Maggie.

- Yeah, exactly.

- It could get worse.

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[CREATURES GROANING]

They've been in the bag

for a while.

They're probably just,

you know...

getting claustrophobic.

Hey.

It's okay. Shh.

It's okay.

It's all right.

[BOTH GASP]

- Sorry, you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

[CREATURES GROANING]

Paul.

Hm?

They're all sick...

[YELLING]

- [GROWLING]

- Paul.

Watch out!

[CRASH]

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[FAINT GRUNTING]

- [BANGING]

- [MAGGIE GRUNTING]

F***ing...

[GRUNTING]

- Maggie. Maggie, don't.

- MAGGIE:
F***ing...

Maggie, stop!

[MAGGIE GASPING]

[CREATURE GROWLING]

[GASPING]

[GROANING]

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[GROANS]

[GASPING]

[CRYING]

[GROANING]

Aah.

[PANTING]

[GRUNTING]

[PANTING]

[BOTH GASPING]

[CONTINUES PANTING]

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