The Device Page #3

I don't know.

I bought a one-way ticket.

Check this out!

Calvin!

Not a scratch on it.

And that tells us what?

That should've taken

a chunk out of it.

But it didn't.

Calvin, it's almost time

for dinner.

Can we please go upstairs?

Oh, Jesus!

Sorry, I thought you heard me

coming down the stairs.

What are you doing?

I couldn't sleep.

Is everything all right?

I just...

Had another weird dream.

What was it?

I don't know.

Just weird.

I haven't been

feeling too well, lately.

Yeah, I'm gonna call

Dr. Lieberman in the morning,

see if he will squeeze me

in for a checkup.

Yeah, I bet he'd like

to squeeze you in.

Calvin, shut up.

You are the only woman I know

that can get a doctor's

appointment the same day she calls.

Why do you think that is?

You have a headache?

Yeah, my head has been hurting

me the past couple of days.

What if it's that thing?

Nah, that doesn't make

any sense.

You've been spending a lot

of time down here lately,

maybe it has something

to do with it.

No not my...

My head's been bugging me for a

couple of weeks, before the cabin.

You just said

it was only a couple of days.

I know.

Yeah, I'm sorry. Um...

I didn't want to worry you.

Calvin, you have to tell me

these things.

I do worry about you.

I'm gonna get you an appointment

with the doctor tomorrow, too.

Okay.

Come to bed soon, please.

Hmm-mmm.

Okay, Abby.

Looked at your charts.

Any good news, doctor?

Maybe.

So you say you've been feeling

sick the past week or so.

Yeah, sort of nauseated.

Does it tend to come on

stronger in the morning?

Like a morning sickness?

I suppose.

Wait, are you saying

what I think you are saying?

We're sorry, your call...

Wow! That was a waste of time.

What?

Well...

Apparently the medical community is

fairly impotent when it comes to headaches.

They told me to take two

aspirin, like I don't know that.

They didn't say anything else?

There wasn't much to say.

I took a full physical instead.

They said it was overdue.

How was your appointment dear?

The good doctor was happy

to see you, I'm sure.

He said I was pregnant.

What?

Really?

Yeah.

Honey, that's great.

Really?

Oh, my God. Yeah!

Okay, I can see you are

excited but what about work?

What about work?

They have maternity leave,

right?

I'll, I'll, I'll put in

some more hours, uh...

Push some more properties, I

can make enough for both of us.

Calvin, I like where I am

at with my job right now.

What if months of maternity

leave jeopardizes my position?

Listen, honey, I know how important

landing that job was to you.

But this, is a baby we're

talking about here.

Our baby.

And with everything that's happened

lately, your mother passing away,

and your sister coming to stay

with us. Hasn't it made you think?

Think about what?

Just about family.

About how important it is, and

how little of it we have left.

I'm excited about

starting a family with you.

Just feel lucky

you don't have to carry

our family around

in your uterus.

I don't have the uterus.

But, I will carry you

wherever you want.

What the f***?

Oh, God!

What are you doing?

Sorry. Are you okay?

Where were you?

Don't you know how late it is?

What's wrong?

Why did you put that thing

under the bed?

What are you talking about?

This stupid sphere. Why did

you put it under the bed?

Calvin,

I want it gone.

Don't be ridiculous.

What did you just say to me?

Look, I...

I just mean,

that this thing is harmless.

We still don't know

what it is.

Calvin, are you even listening

to yourself?

You just said we don't know

what it is,

so how can you know

that it's harmless.

What's going on?

Why are you acting like this?

I'm having nightmares.

Yeah, I know.

They say that can happen in

the early stages of pregnancy.

Like the ones I've been

having? I don't think so.

No.

Really.

Vivid dreams or nightmares

can be the product of all

the hormones from the baby.

How do you know this?

Well...

You know all those pamphlets

Dr. Lieberman gave us?

I've been reading them.

Really?

Yeah. Honey, I know

that you're scared.

But you don't have to go

through this alone.

I may not be experiencing exactly

what you are, but I can help you.

I still want that thing gone.

I don't like it.

Okay.

I promise.

You're quite the cook, huh?

What is that supposed to mean?

Nothing. It's just nice to know

that some things never change.

I am sorry for taking the time

of cooking you breakfast.

Relax, Abby.

I was just kidding.

Yeah.

You and Calvin

are always kidding.

Maybe I'm not in the mood

for anymore f***ing jokes.

Jesus! Sorry.

Next time, give me a heads up

when you're in a bad mood.

You know, my therapist says it's not healthy

to take out your frustrations on others.

Well, we all don't have the

luxury of running away to Kentucky,

every time

something goes wrong.

Is that what you think

happened?

You think we left it all behind

and everything got better?

It must have helped,

or you wouldn't have done it.

I'm sorry, Becca.

I understand...

I guess.

If my boyfriend did to me

what Chuck did to you,

I would have run away, too.

Abby, none of that happened.

What are you saying?

Chuck didn't rape me.

Of course, it happened.

You went pregnant.

I didn't know what happened

during the time I was missing.

I didn't remember.

Not at first.

Becca, what's going on?

You made me so angry

that night...

Telling me what I could

and couldn't do.

I ran away wishing

you weren't my sister.

I walked through the woods,

to Sal's gas station

out on the main road.

Called Chuck to come

and get me.

He showed up

a little while later and

we talked.

Parked by the side

of the road.

He was sorry that you and I

were fighting about him.

He really

wasn't such a bad guy.

But then something happened.

The lights

in the dashboard died.

I thought maybe we had been sitting

on the side of the road too long.

Killed the battery, you know?

But, Chuck wasn't so sure.

When the lights came back

on, he started up the car.

It seemed like he wanted to get

us back into town in a hurry.

We took McLusky Road,

as a shortcut.

We were so close to the cabin.

I thought you might see us.

There was no light out there.

Just what we could see

in the headlights.

We went up this incline,

and when we came down the

other side, there was...

What?

Abby, there were three...

Three what?

I'm sorry.

Maybe we shouldn't talk

about this right now.

Rebecca, we've been not

talking about this for 12 years.

And I think its way past time

when we started talking about it.

Abby, there were

three UFOs.

UFOs?

Like, flying saucers?

I know you know

what UFOs are.

You used to love the X Files.

Yeah, but I didn't believe.

We saw them.

Chuck hit the brakes hard

and then the car just, died.

I started screaming.

I couldn't stop.

I've never been so scared

in my whole life.

No, I don't know what to do

with this.

I can't... I can't think about

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