The Dark Tower Page #2

Mid-world.

One-way destination.

Let me go!

Stop!

What?

Whoa.

Okay.

This is good.

It's all real.

New candidate.

Female, age 11.

Looks good.

Arriving!

Welcome back, sir.

Find yourself a face, rat boy.

You're in my house.

How was your trip?

Fine. Do we have any new leads?

Got it.

What have you got?

These are all showing promise.

Our trackers are going out to them

as we speak.

There's been a serious breach of...

I'm not fantastic at waiting.

Unauthorized crossing, sir.

One of the old portals

on keystone earth.

Has that ever happened?

Find me a portal close by.

- Love your mask.

- Sir?

Choose a pretty face

and the world is your oyster.

Aligning, sir.

Who are you?

It's you.

I'm...

I'm Jake.

Jake...

Jake chambers.

I dreamt about you.

Please.

Here.

Look.

You're a gunslinger, right?

There are no gunslingers.

Not anymore.

- But I saw you.

- Your dreams deceived you, boy.

Told you what you want to hear.

I came a long way to find you.

From another world!

Have a nice trip back.

Hey. Wait!

Dude, come on.

Look, I saw you.

There was a battlefield,

and you were fighting the man in black.

And there...

The man in black?

- No, no, no.

- You know him?

- Stop. Please, please, please.

- He sent you.

You're one of his tricks.

- No, no, no. I don't know!

- Where is he hiding?!

- Where is he hiding?!

- I don't know, I swear!

I just... I just saw him in my dreams,

like I saw you!

Your name is Roland, right?

Please.

When did you first see this?

A year ago.

- Who is he?

- He's a sorcerer.

In all your visions, Walter is here?

- Uh, yeah.

- In this place?

Yeah.

Wait, his name's Walter?

Cool. Yeah, keep it.

I will find you.

There's a tribe beyond that forest.

We'll go there.

They have seers

who will read your visions.

Let's go.

Keep up...

okay.

I went down the slide.

Then I got water up my nose,

and I went down...

- and I couldn't see anything.

- Hate.

Yeah.

Sweetheart? What's wrong?

Walter Padick.

To what do we owe this great honor?

Someone used a portal here,

in your city...

without your knowledge.

Killed the house demon.

Forgive me, sire.

We'll find out who this trespasser is

and where he went.

Already on it.

Now be a good dog.

The blood is human.

Boy-

his shine is pure.

So that's how he got through.

Sir?

House demons are formidable beings...

but a truly powerful psychic

could override it.

A boy with the shine strong enough

to kill a demon?

Jackpot.

Sayre, didn't two skins have trouble

with a kid yesterday?

Don't eat that.

Don't want to have to carry you

for the rest of the way.

Roland?

What are they?

Taheen.

They belong to Walter.

Don't run off in the woods.

It's not safe.

But you were the one who ran off.

You said you were hungry.

What?

You had theme parks here.

These ancient structures are from

before the world moved on.

No one knows what they are.

They're theme parks.

I saw you fight him.

There was a field

covered with bodies.

That was our final stand.

I lost my father that day.

You saw that?

Was it about the tower?

The war?

Yes.

Now, eat your rabbit.

It's an honor to meet

you in person, sir.

What brings you here?

How may we serve him?

Well, I hear you lost a kid.

It... it wasn't our fault.

It was as if the child knew what we were.

We're doing everything we can...

- Name and location.

- It's all in here.

"Jake chambers."

Now kill...

each other.

Calm down.

Enjoy the show, folks.

You ain't seen nothing yet.

You draw with a good hand.

I don't know what this is.

It's a map.

My father showed me a...

A map like this once.

Inside the circle is your world

and my world...

many others.

No one knows how many.

The dark tower stands

at the center of all things.

And it's stood there

from the beginning of time.

And it sends out powerful energy...

that protects the universe...

shields us from what's outside.

What do you mean, "outside"?

What's outside the universe?

Outside is endless darkness...

full of demons trying to get to us.

Walter wants to tear down the tower

and let them in.

When the tower falls, he'll rule...

in a world full of monsters.

But you're trying to

stop him, aren't you?

To protect the tower.

I've seen them try to destroy it.

- If we could just get there...

- There is no "we," Jake.

All that matters to

me is that I find...

and kill Walter.

That's it.

Beamquake.

Strong.

Sounds like screams.

They're just like the quakes

we get back home.

Yeah, what happens in one world...

echoes in others.

Hope my mom's okay.

Try to get some sleep.

That's not happening.

Jake.

Jake.

Hey, kiddo.

Where are you?

Everyone who walks with you dies.

Jake.

Hey, kiddo.

Dad?

Long time.

It's good to see you, man.

You got tall.

This isn't real.

- You're...

- Dead?

Not here.

I missed you.

I missed you too, kiddo.

Come on.

It's okay.

Let's go home.

No.

Darkness and fire.

Jake!

Get away from it!

Roland.

My son.

Come with me.

It's okay.

It's gone.

My dad was in there.

No, they sense your weakness...

create illusions to distract you.

That wasn't anybody you know.

I'm sorry.

That was just a small tear.

They happen after every attack

on the tower.

Those things, they're what's coming

if the tower falls, aren't they?

Yes.

But if we find that place where

they're keeping the kids, we could...

- Shh, shh, shh.

- What?

Something got out.

Run! Jake, run!

You're gonna need help.

I've hurt worse.

But you're bleeding.

I heal fast.

You handled yourself well.

That was brave, going for the gun.

They're gonna find him, Laurie.

We filled out every form.

They have his picture.

I hope you don't mind me

making myself at home.

Where I come from,

we don't have chicken.

- Who the hell are you?

- Oh, you know me, Lon.

You're the one that called me here.

Not by the telephone...

but with your every desire

to get rid of the brat...

all in the hopes that mommy there

might love you best.

But you'll always be

a seat-filler, Lon.

- You get out of here right now.

- Lon.

It's the man from Jake's drawings.

Drawings?

Stop breathing.

- Aah!

- Quiet.

Drawings.

Show me.

Well, it looks like I've

got myself a stalker.

Gunslinger.

This son of yours is quite special,

isn't he?

The guilt you must feel...

not believing in him.

And you sent your only child off

to the asylum.

Shame...

on you.

Stranger approaching!

Gather round!

Long days, pleasant nights.

May you have twice that number.

I haven't seen one of your kind

since I was a young man.

Seeing you here, alive...

Who's your strongest seer?

That would be me.

I'm Arra.

The boy here has visions of this place.

I need to know where it is.

The man in black.

We managed to do

some serious damage, sir...

- but it didn't fall.

- None of that matters.

I found the one.

This kid's going to

bring down the tower...

all by his lonesome.

- Where is this child?

- He's here...

on mid-world...

looking for an old friend of mine,

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