The Crazies Page #4

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Ifyou want me to get thejob clone, you get me the

stuffl need and get it before the mornings over!

Let us move

over to the high school!

- We haven't got the room here to handle this!

- They're clearing the infirmary area, sir.

We'll move over there as soon

as they complete disinfecting.

L've heard that for the last three hours!

equipment and personnel are on their way!

why can't we call unity? If we can't

go out, surely we can let them in.

We need that equipment!

I'm sorry, sir.

We can't let them in. We don't know how

long this quarantine will be in effect.

We're talking about the lives

of the citizens of this city!

We're also talking about the lives of many of our

own men, sir! Your men are your worry, sergeant!

The people of this town are my worry!

Message for major Ryder sir. Major Ryder's

in with colonel peckem. I'll take it.

Heavy assembly, sir,

at the interstate highway.

One of the trucks blew up with masks

and filters. We have a lot ofmen hurt.

- Any civilian casualties?

- Three dead, sir.

Now, you just listen to me, mister.

In addition to being mayor of this town,

i also happen to be a practicing attorney.

I know the rights of civil law.

Sergeant, I want a weapons search

of the entire town.

That's stores included.

Confiscate everything.

Lust a minute!

I'm demanding a writ of habeas corpus.

Sheriff,

I've gotta take your weapons.

Now, you just hold on!

Don't you give 'em to him.

You don't have to!

- Soldier. - L 00k, you just can

't push us around this way!

Don't you do it, bucky!

What the hell is going on here anyway?

Sheriff, you're in a hopeless situation.

Don't make us use force.

- Let's go.

- What we're doing here is for the g-

- lez"s get the hell outta here!

- Watch it!

- Every civilian weapon inside

the perimeter area. -

I want every damn civilian weapon

in the entire perimeter. Do you understand?

Right away-

lesus Christ.

Colonel!

Colonel peckem, please, sir!

This is exactly the kind of thing

we're trying to prevent!

You ain't takin' me no place!

Take cover!

- - Oh, man,

this isn't getting anywhere!

Hey, he's shootin' at us, burns!

- Son of a b*tch shootin' at us!

- Get in here, boy. Come on! Get down!

Return fire!

Okay, hold your fire!

All right, let's check it out!

Move in!

Remember, he ain't hit

until I see him hit!

Keep away from me.

Keep away from me.

L'll kill y-

lunatic, man.

Take a look at this, man.

Miss?

A recital.

Place sure is a loony bin. No wonder

they want us to round 'em all up.

Look. Check it out upstairs.

Ma'am?

Is that- that there

your husband downstairs?

Oh,jesus.

Hey!

Hey!

Oh,jesus chri-Jesus!

Can't breathe.

I'm bleedin' bad.

- Ma'am?

- Hello.

I'm bleedin' bad!

I'm bleedin'! I'm bleedin'!

- Maybe we're in some kind ofwar.

- Shut up a minute!

More shooting.

We're in the middle of something.

Them boys ain't playing games.

Check out the people!

Come on, let's move!

Stop, or I'll shoot!

Come on, let's go! You two!

Lets go, mister!

Get back here, or we'ii shoot!

I'm scared!

No'.!

Thirty-five cents a gallon.

Fifty-eight cents.

Goddamn it, what's going on? What's

happening? I said, what's going on?

Give me a f***in' answer!

Come on!

Come on, soldier! Soldier!

Stay with me! What's going on?

- David, come on!

- Hey, man! - Hey! Soldier!

- What's going on? Tell me

what's happening! - David!

Come on'. Soldier, why are you here?

Tell me!

- Come on, soldier!

- David, please!

Crazy f***ers.

I think you're all crazy. Every one of you.

Pretty funny, you think, huh?

That isn't the army.

- Pull out of there! Let's go! - You knew who the people were.

Go on! Take off!

David, the hypodermic!

Check those two guys out over there.

Hey, they're gone!

- They're in the Van! They took off in the Van!

- Welcome, brothers!

Get that guy out of the gas station.

They took- they took off!

Hey, buddy! We lost 'em!

- Where you headin'?

- I don't know!

Try the hills by the country club!

Maybe we can hole up there!

I got ya, boss!

No, it only affects primates.

At least we don 't have to worry

about its being spread b y dogs 0r cats.

Whatever consolation

that may be to you.

Unless there are any pet monkeys hereabouts,

the only ones infected will be human beings.

If we catch it in the early stages,

can it be reversed?

Oh, we searched for an antidote the three

years that project was in existence, doctor.

No dice. H0 w many are based

in the area, sergeant?

Don't know.

They haven't called me.

- Dr. watts, I thought you- - I haven't

even been able to call any commanders yet.

They told me I could use the radio on the plane, but

it wasn't piped through your alternate network.

We're using the alternates to avoid any chance

of a leak. A h, yes. Precious security.

Keep it under wraps at all costs. Meanwhile,

do you realize the blunder that's been made?

We can have you flown back as soon as we run a compete

med check and get a clearance from Washington.

- Let's get started.

- We don't have all our equipment in yet.

Beautiful.

And when'll that be?

As soon as possible.

Appropriate/y vague, colonel.

Look, it's you think boys who

created this thing in the first place.

Oh, that's beautiful.

L'm one of the only chances we have.

I can't get back to a lab because you're

not equipped to run a medical check,

which we wouldn't need in the first place

if I hadn't been packed off here!

The wh 0/e operation is one i271

blunder.' You talk about blunders.

According to the report from your team,

the virus was considered inactive.

Considered.

yes. That's the important word.

Any man on the team will tell you

that means 99%, maybe.

That's a standard we don't set, colonel.

That's set by the military.

- We're not getting anywhere trying to assign

blame. - Then authorize me back to the lab!

I can't take a chance on breaking the perimeter

with somebody that might be a carrier.

Trixie has been in these waters

for six days!

Some truck driver could have taken it out of here

long before you set up that perimeter.

We're going under the assumption we've got it contained.

We're gonna keep it contained until it runs its course.

- Runs its course? - You said it can't

stay active in the ultraviolet light.

It's in the water, man!

Underground!

It's obviously in people too.

People are vectors.

They carry it about with them unawares.

The incubation period may vary, colonel,

but ultimately trixie is going to

spread throughout this entire town!

- The town is sealed off.

- Oh, colonel.

Look, shortly before

the funds ran out,

two of my technicians caught this bug

from a rhesus monkey.

One of them was delirious for two days

before he finally died.

The other phased in and out

until he finally went hopelessly mad.

Those are the two ultimate effects of this thing.

Lt's not just gonna run its course and be forgotten.

How are you guys

gonna explain away a town...

That's either wiped out

or reduced to mindlessness?

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