The Crazies Page #7

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in this army.

I sure didn't figure on this.

Didn't figure on what?

This.

What?

This, uh, maneuver.

But what is it? Define it.

Tell me what it's all about.

I don't know, sergeant.

You never know what you're

doing or why you're doing it.

You just do it

because you're told to.

Yeah. When are we

movin' out of here?

What, you in a hurry?

M e?

Well, relax.

You'll find this ploy somewhere

in your manual, I'm sure.

It's called sit it out and

let somebody else do the dirty work.

right on.

Move slow and easy.

Keep 'em from hollerin'.

- Why take the risk?

- We're doin' this my way, you hear?

Lust get 'em down, keep 'em quiet.

When we get inside, don't get trigger happy.

We gotta find out what these guys know.

Hey, man, I'm with you.

Okay.

I'll duck around over there.

We're not gonna find anything out here.

That '5 right.

Thought I heard something.

Come on now. Lt's only a damn patrol.

You make a noise and l'll kill ya.

How many men inside?

Three.

You wouldn't be lyin'

to me now, would ya?

What's happened?

I don't hear anything.

Shh.

Lt's been a long time.

I don't hear anything.

Go for your guns

and it'll be the last thing you ever do.

What's going on here?

What are you doin' to us?

What army are you with?

Why are you after us?

Okay, now listen to me! I'm

listening to you. You make it fast!

What do you know?

Nothin'.

Okay, now listen. You

let me go- talk!

Okay. Okay.

It's a quarantine. There's a virus loose

in the area. How'd the army get involved?

How'd the army get involved

in anything? I don't know!

I don't know, man.

Honest to god, I don't know.

It's a police action.

What are your orders?

Round up everybody.

Take 'em to the high school.

Everything was all right. People were comin' in

with us. They're treating them at the school.

The ones with the virus, man,

it's like they're crazy.

What kind of virus is it?

Oh, I don't know.

The army only tells us

what they have to.

It's in the water.

In the water?

Yeah. We're following orders.

I mean, I know where you're at.

This whole thing is like-

no'.!

No more lies!

Hey, David.

Green beret.

What happened to you, man?

That son of a b*tch froze up.

These folks is all mine.

Aii three of 'em.

All five of 'em.

Hey, d0n't give me any of this green

beret sh*t! I was just regular army.

David?

They're dead.

They're all dead.

Claiming stuff.

That son of a b*tch, man.

Slam... right against the wall.

Hey, man, you really messed up.

Man, I thought that dude

knew special forces.

I figured he's gotta be

some kind of bad, right?

Some kind of bad.

You know I could never make it.

I never even came close to makin' it.

Regular army was all I ever was.

Who turns out to be the baddest?

Single-handed!

I got five of them son of a b*tches!

Hey, David.

Why don't you put me in for...

A congressional medal of honor?

Hey!

Hey! Where you goin'?

Uh,just goin' up to seejudy.

What?

It's okay. I'mjust goin' up

to seejudy for a while.

Oh, yeah.

I know what you mean. Lt's okay.

We'll be in the bedroom.

- Yeah.

- Hey!

My head feels funny.

- Did I do something wrong?

- You did what you had to 0'0.

Hey, I didn't do anything wrong, did I?

No, no, it's all right, clanker.

- Huh? - It's all right. You

did what you had to do.

Okay.

I'll take first watch, okay?

Good.

Okay. I'll see you later.

She's all I have left.

My wife is dead- Mae.

That's my wife.

She's been dead

a couple ofyears now.

Kathy's infected obviously.

Artie's acting weird.

Even though clanl's going,

he's fightin', but he's losin'. But not us.

And g00' knows we 'l/e been exposed to it.

Well, I had that injection.

Broolmyre said it wasn't an antidote,

just a strong antibiotic.

- Maybe that's enough.

- You didn't have your shot.

But I feel all right.

David, honey,

it's possible that you have

a natural immunity to it.

We still have to go away.

Hey. We can make it.

I know it.

I haven't allowed her to date yet.

I don't think she's old enough

to date yet.

The way these kids are today,

it's disgusting. It's disgusting!

These kids today, they're pigs!

Not my little girl-

no, sir.

I'll never let her

get into that kind of trouble.

I owe that much to Mae.

L'll never let her get

into that kind of trouble.

These kids today are pigs.

Well, we can't wait forever

to break the story.

L'm for going

with the radiation scenario.

The thing is, we can release it now,

and it covers us for any eventuality.

But the onus on it.

Sure, it's embarrassing.

But it's not as embarrassing

as bioweaponry.

At least everybody knows

we've been using nuclear weapons.

So we had an accident.

We'll blame it on a.E.C.

But how do we release it now

before we know?

We say there were nuclear weapons

on the plane when it went down.

If the perimeter doesn't hold,

we're gonna have to go the whole way.

We say there was a live weapon on the

plane not destroyed wh en it went do wn.

We got a team worlin' on it.

Ifwe have to push the button,

we just say the... weapon went off.

For Christ sake! We're talking about one of our

own towns and fifteen-hundred of our own troops.

The town is already destroyed.

If they can't hold that perimeter, we're lookin' at the

possibility of trixie spreading across the entire country.

You break that perimeter,

then we gotta drop the bomb.

Like immediately.

And god knows

i hope we don't have to,

but if we do, we- we gotta have

some kind of explanation.

L'm just being realistic.

The radiation scenario covers us.

- V0 com c en tra/

calling Mr. brubaker. - This is brubaker.

Yes, sir, we've completed your voiceprint

check, and we have the president on the line.

In a minute we'll hook you in.

- Mr. brubaker; Th/s is the pres/dent

- yes, Mr. president.

Give me your consensus

on the press release.

Nothing unanimous, sir.

But there is a majority in favor

of the radiation scenario.

Safest, I suppose.

Yes, sir.

The bombers still up?

Round the clock, sir.

Sixty thousand feet over Evans city.

Thank you, Mr. brubaler.

Sir?

- Yes. - We'd, uh, like to

leave this line open, sir.

If those perimeters break,

we'll have to act immediately.

And we'll, uh-

we'll need your permission, sir,

to, uh, use the weapon.

Uh, we want to leave the line open, sir,

to, uh, avoid voiceprint delay.

Sir?

The line will remain open,

Mr. brubaker.

Mae?

Still mad?

I was only an hour late, hon.

I thought ofyou all day.

On the 15th hole.

Ask Richard.

He hit one 220 yards

right down the middle.

And I said- I said,

this one is for Mae.

oh.

I used a putter

on the 18th hole.

Well, he said it was a foot.

It was more like three feet.

Think I would know that.

Sure rolled in.

You're safe, darling.

Yeah!

What are you doing?

Don't.

You sick son of a b*tch.

Get up!

Talk to me about pigs!

What the hell were you doing?

The pig was screwing his own kind.

Let me go! Let me go!

Don't do it, clanler.

Just don't grab me

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