The Dunwich Horror Page #3

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ANYONE ON THE PLACE

IN YEARS.

OH.

WELL, A FRIEND OF MINE

IS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT?

YEAH.

SHE'S OUT THERE

WITH WILBUR.

WILBUR WHATELEY:

HAS A GIRLFRIEND?

OH, I DON'T

BELIEVE IT!

WELL, HASN'T IT EVER

HAPPENED BEFORE?

NOT WITH ANY GIRL

AROUND HERE.

I SAW YOUR NAME:

ON THE BIRTH RECORDS.

WELL...

YOU HAVE ME:

IN AN AWKWARD:

POSITION, DOCTOR.

AND BEFORE:

I CAN REVEAL:

ANYTHING TO YOU,

I MUST KNOW THE PURPOSE

OF YOUR INQUIRY.

OF COURSE. DR. CORY,

THIS WILL SOUND:

QUITE FANTASTIC,

BUT I ASK:

YOUR INDULGENCE.

PLEASE BEAR WITH ME

AND THEN DECIDE:

FOR YOURSELF.

WHERE THE WHATELEYS

ARE CONCERNED,

THERE IS VERY LITTLE

THAT IS NOT FANTASTIC.

I WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON.

LOOK...

I DON'T WANT

TO WORRY YOU,

BUT IF I:

HAD A FRIEND:

DOWN AT WEIRD:

WILBUR'S,

I'D GET HER

OUT OF THERE.

LET ME PUT IT:

THIS WAY, DOCTOR.

THE LEGEND OF:

THE NECRONOMICON

HAS IT THAT:

LONG AGO:

THE EARTH WAS INHABITED

BY A SPECIES:

FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION.

WITH CERTAIN CHANTS

FROM THE BOOK,

COUPLED WITH ANCIENT

RITES AND SACRIFICES,

THIS RACE, THE OLD ONES,

CAN BE BROUGHT BACK.

AND MANKIND?

DESTROYED.

AND FROM WHAT:

YOU'VE SEEN

OF YOUNG:

WHATELEY,

YOU THINK IT'S

ACTUALLY POSSIBLE

THAT HE MIGHT:

BELIEVE THAT?

THE BOOK, THE GIRL...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

IF HE DOES BELIEVE

THE LEGEND,

FROM MY IMPRESSION

OF WILBUR,

HE'D BE CAPABLE

OF ANYTHING.

IF HE DOES ATTEMPT

ONE OF THOSE:

RITUALS,

THAT GIRL IS IN:

GRAVE DANGER.

WELL, IT'S HARD

TO ACCEPT.

BUT THEN, IT WOULDN'T

BE THE FIRST TIME

THAT SOMEONE ELSE

PAID THE PENALTY

FOR WHATELEY FANATICISM.

OH?

YES, YOU SEE...

IT WASN'T I

WHO DELIVERED:

YOUNG WHATELEY.

IT WAS HIS:

GRANDFATHER.

IT'S BEEN

25 YEARS,

BUT I'LL NEVER

FORGET THAT DAY:

AS LONG:

AS I LIVE.

[Dr. Cory] I WAS IN

OSBORNE'S STORE,

JUST CHATTING WITH

A FEW OF THE LOCALS.

OLD WHATELEY:

CAME RUNNING IN:

ALL OF A SUDDEN,

ALL WILD-EYED

AND CRAZIER THAN EVER.

BUT NOBODY:

EVER SAW MUCH:

OF THE WHATELEYS

IN TOWN,

SO IT WAS A SURPRISE

RIGHT OFF.

HE ALWAYS TOOK:

A LOT OF JEERING

FROM THE TOWNSFOLK.

WELL, THEY DIDN'T

WASTE A MINUTE'S TIME

BEFORE THEY STARTED

IN ON HIM.

[Whateley] I DON'T CARE WHAT

YOU FOLKS SAY.

IF LAVINIA'S BOY

LOOKED LIKE HIS PA,

HE'D WOULDN'T LOOK

LIKE NOTHING:

YOU EXPECT.

YOU NEEDN'T THINK

THAT THE ONLY FOLKS

ARE THE FOLKS:

HEREABOUTS.

LAVINIA'S READ SOME

AND HAS SEEN:

SOME THINGS:

THAT MOST OF YOU CAN

ONLY TELL ABOUT.

SOME DAY,

YOU FOLKS'LL HEAR

A CHILD OF LAVINIA'S

CALLING HIS:

FATHER'S NAME

FROM THE TOP:

OF SENTINEL HILL.

AND THEN:

YOU'LL KNOW!

AND YOU'LL WISH

TO GOD YOU DIDN'T!

ALL RIGHT, FELLAS,

THAT'S IT.

[Dr. Cory] AS I ENTERED

THE BEDROOM,

THERE WERE 2

ELDERLY ALBINO WOMEN,

ROBED ENTIRELY:

IN BLACK,

STANDING WATCHFULLY

OVER HER.

SHE WAS BURNING UP

WITH FEVER:

AND SOAKING WET.

GOD ONLY KNOWS:

WHAT WENT ON:

OUT THERE THAT DAY.

IT WAS PLAIN TO SEE

SHE'D BEEN OUT

IN THE RAIN.

THEY TOLD ME:

THAT SHE'D HAD TWINS.

ONE OF THEM:

WAS STILLBORN.

THOUGH I NEVER:

SAW THE BODY.

AND SINCE OLD WHATELEY'S

NOT ALLOWED:

ANYONE OUT THERE SINCE,

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT BABY

MAY HAVE LIVED.

IT'S A MIRACLE

THAT WILBUR:

CAME THROUGH IT:

ALL RIGHT.

LAVINIA'S INSIDES

WERE ALL TORN UP.

WELL, I DID EVERYTHING

I COULD FOR HER.

SHE WAS SO FAR GONE,

I WAS LUCKY:

TO SAVE HER LIFE.

HER MIND WAS GONE FOREVER.

OF COURSE, WE NEVER DID

FIND OUT WHO THE FATHER WAS.

AND THE 2 OLD WOMEN?

I DON'T KNOW.

NEVER SAW THEM AROUND HERE

BEFORE OR SINCE.

WHERE'S LAVINIA NOW?

[Muttering]

INCREDIBLE.

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE

THAT SHE'S ONLY

45 YEARS OLD.

SHE'S BEEN HERE NOW

FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

THERE'S BEEN NO

APPRECIABLE CHANGE.

[Lavinia] WALK UNSEEN

IN LONELY PLACES...

OLD ONES...

OH, MY SONS,

OPEN THE GATE,

MY SONS!

[Sobbing]

[Screams]

COULD I GO IN:

AND TALK TO HER?

[Doctor] I'M AFRAID NOT.

SHE'S VIOLENT.

AT TIMES, EXTREMELY SO.

I'D LIKE TO TRY.

IT WOULDN'T DO ANY GOOD.

LAVINIA?

LAVINIA?

I WANT TO TALK:

TO YOU.

KILL THEM ALL!

LET THEM IN!

KILL THEM ALL!

[Giggles]

DO YOU THINK YOU'VE

HAD ENOUGH TO EAT?

OH, PLENTY.

WELL, LET'S TAKE A WALK.

THERE'S SOMETHING

I WANT TO SHOW YOU.

OKAY.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

YEAH. I'M JUST

A LITTLE DIZZY.

I'LL HELP YOU.

IT'S NOT FAR.

I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

[Gasping]

IT'S NOT MUCH FURTHER.

WHAT'S IN

THE PACKAGE?

LOOK.

IT'S JUST FANTASTIC.

WHAT IS IT?

NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY.

LEGEND HAS IT THAT IT'S

BEEN HERE FOREVER.

IT'S CALLED

THE DEVIL'S HOPYARD.

FERTILITY RITES:

WERE PRACTICED HERE,

SO THEY SAY.

IS THIS AN ALTAR?

YES.

BUT WHAT WAS IT:

USED FOR?

WHEN THE SEASONS

AND THE CYCLES:

OF THE MOON WERE RIPE,

THEN THEY CAME:

ONE BY ONE:

AND GATHERED:

AMONG THESE STONES.

AND THEY SELECTED

A BEAUTIFUL GIRL LIKE YOU.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE

TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING?

YES.

WHEN YOU ASKED ME

THAT QUESTION:

ABOUT SEX?

YES?

I LIED.

I KNOW.

THEN THEY PLACED

THE GIRL'S VIRGINAL BODY

UPON THE ALTAR,

NAKED TO THE ELEMENTS.

AND THEIR BLACK ROBES

BLENDING INTO THE NIGHT,

THEY LIGHTED CANDLES

AND GATHERED ROUND

TO OBSERVE AND TO RELISH

HER NAKEDNESS.

AND THEN THEY WAITED.

THEY WAITED:

FOR THE MOMENT:

WHEN SHE WOULD ALLOW

THE POWER OF DARKNESS

TO ENTER HER.

THE MOMENT WHEN:

THE GATE WOULD OPEN

AND THE OLD ONES

WOULD COME THROUGH.

AND A STRANGE CHANT

ECHOED IN THE NIGHT.

YOG-SOTHOTH...

YOG-SOTHOTH!

[Moaning]

[Hooting]

HELLO! IS ANYBODY

HERE?

HELLO!

[Gasps]

I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU

TO STAY AWAY FROM HERE.

I'M NOT STAYING AWAY

FROM ANYWHERE.

I'M LOOKING FOR

MY GIRLFRIEND,

AND I WANNA SEE HER NOW.

SHE'S NOT HERE!

NOW GET OFF MY LAND!

I'M GOING INSIDE!

NO, YOU'RE--

DON'T TOUCH ME!

NANCY?

NANCY, IT'S

ELIZABETH!

[Distant rattle]

NANCY?

[Heartbeat]

STOP!

NANCY?

WHERE ARE YOU?

[Screaming]

NO!

[Screaming]

[Panting]

[Door opens]

THERE'S A CAR

OUTSIDE. WHO'S HERE?

SHE CAME LOOKING

FOR HER FRIEND.

MAKE SENSE,

WILL YOU?

WHO'S HERE?

SHE WENT UP:

THOSE STAIRS.

ELIZABETH.

WILBUR, WHERE'S ELIZABETH?

I DON'T KNOW.

HE KNOWS.

SHUT UP,

YOU OLD FOOL!

YOU'RE THE FOOL!

I KNOW YOUR PLAN!

YOU CAN'T SUCCEED!

YOU DISGUST ME.

YOU'VE TAKEN

THEIR ABUSE,

AND YOU'VE GIVEN UP.

THEY'VE BROKEN YOU.

BUT THE OLD ONES

ARE COMING BACK.

I'M GOING TO LET

THEM THROUGH.

NO! I TRIED

AND I DESTROYED:

YOUR MOTHER.

YOU'LL FAIL, TOO.

YOU'LL DESTROY

HER!

OLIVER HAD THE BOOK.

IT DIDN'T HELP.

HE HAD:

THE WRONG GIRL.

SHE RESISTED:

AND SHE DIED.

NOW YOU LISTEN:

TO ME.

I'M GOING TO SUCCEED

WHERE YOU FAILED.

I'LL STOP YOU!

I'LL STOP YOU!

[Birds screeching]

STOP...HIM...

[Birds stop screeching]

WILBUR...THOSE BIRDS...

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

THEY WERE TRYING

TO CAPTURE HIS SOUL

AS IT LEFT HIS BODY.

BUT THEY'RE

QUIET NOW.

THEY DIDN'T GET HIM.

HE'S FREE.

[Wilbur] DARKNESS LEADS

UNTO DARKNESS.

LET THIS SOUL TRANSCEND

THE BOUNDS OF EARTH

AND BE DELIVERED

TO THE SPIRIT OF DARKNESS.

DEATH SHALL BE:

THE CARRIAGE OF THIS SOUL.

[Speaking ancient,

cryptic language]

LET THE CRY OF THE BIRDS

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