The Fog Page #3

production suddenly in 1871?

Nobody lived there

after the outbreak.

What outbreak?

Leprosy.

The Chinese brought it over.

Wiped out half the island.

The other half left by ship.

That's as much as I know.

They never came back.

- Elizabeth.

- Nick, what's wrong?

Hank just called.

Spooner took the Seagrass out

and never came back.

We gotta go.

Like I said on the phone...

...I saw them head out

last night at 8:
30.

Haven't been heard from since.

- And no one's seen her?

- Not that I've heard.

- I gotta call the Coast Guard, Nick.

- Don't do that just yet.

They... They're probably just...

...anchored up the channel

somewhere. We'll go find them.

- Can we use your boat?

- Sure.

Thanks.

Spooner!

Spooner?

Maybe somebody picked him up.

Let's hope.

Look at this.

The gauges are all smashed.

Got a half a tank of gas.

The engine still works.

Spooner?

Sean?

Sean?

Nick?

- Nick, what's wrong?

- Sean. He's dead.

- What?

- His eyes...

- What?

- He's dead.

No!

Oh, God. Oh, God.

Go inside. Call for help.

Mayday. Mayday.

Hello?

No!

Highs in the 60s,

with lows down into the 40s.

In late-breaking news,

local fisherman Nick Castle...

...discovered three dead

and one injured...

...on his boat, the Seagrass, which

had gone missing in last night's fog.

- What?

- The victims' names...

...have not yet been released.

Jennifer!

Let me go. Jennifer.

Did he say anything to you two?

Not a word.

Mayor, you still want me

to lock him up?

Lock him up for what?

You saw the bodies.

You think they got that way

by accident?

Tom, Coast Guard wants you

on the radio.

You tell your pal, when he thaws out

he better have a damn good story.

I hid from it.

You hid from what?

It killed them.

The fog killed them.

I hid in the freezer.

It couldn't get in the freezer.

All right, Spooner, just relax.

You're not making any sense.

You'll be all right.

Okay, guys, we'll take care of him.

Okay, come on.

It's gonna be all right.

It's okay now. It's okay.

The fog killed them?

Look. I found this on the boat.

Take it. Keep it safe.

It's a piece of evidence.

It might prove

that Spooner's innocent.

Just keep it safe.

Okay.

Let's see.

So you like your gift?

I think it's more for you

than it is for me, Dan.

It's pretty cool, though, huh?

If I wanted people to see me,

I wouldn't have gone into radio.

- Over and out.

- You hear about the Seagrass?

Yeah. Yeah, I did.

Well, I gotta go.

- Call me later, okay?

- I will.

Somebody please

beam me out of here.

Look at that.

Beautiful women

cavorting around half-naked.

This new radio is...

I don't know why it does this.

- We're going inside.

- No, no.

- Oh, God. It's freezing.

- Wait.

I've got it, Aunt Connie.

- Hello?

- Andy.

It's me. I need you to chill out

and listen to me, okay?

- Okay.

- Where did you find the brush?

On the beach.

Down by the big rock.

Andy, I don't want you to pick up

anything else from the beach...

...unless I'm with you.

Understand?

- Why?

- Andy.

Jeez. Okay, I promise. Bye.

Bye.

What'd your mother want, Andy?

Oh, nothing.

Can I go down to the beach?

Well, just be back before dark, dear.

I will.

Father Malone?

Father?

Father Malone?

Elizabeth.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to interrupt you.

Oh, no, no. It's... It's all right.

- What happened?

- I don't know.

What do the words mean?

It's a phrase from the Bible. It's...

It's the writing on the wall.

What have you got there?

I was wondering if

you could help me.

It has your family name in it.

My grandfather told me about this.

Where'd you get it?

In the boathouse, hidden in the wall.

The boathouse? Which one?

- Nick's.

- Nick Castle.

Of course.

I'm sorry, Elizabeth,

I really can't help you.

Something's happening,

isn't it, Father?

I'm very busy right now. Maybe

you should come back another time.

- What's happening, Father?

- Look, you should get off the island.

- What?

- I said, go.

Found this on the Seagrass.

They figure it's the knife

that killed Sean.

But that's-That's my knife.

Nick.

Elizabeth, what happened?

Can we talk outside?

No. It's not a good time.

- It's important.

- I can't.

I can't right now.

Spooner's really in trouble.

Just give me a minute.

Blood for blood.

Elizabeth.

What the hell's going on here?

What happened? Are you okay?

Thanks.

Here. Drink this.

It'll help you relax.

I don't wanna relax.

You don't believe me, do you?

Elizabeth, three people were

just found dead on my boat...

...my business is shot, and Malone's

trying to nail Spooner for murder.

- What do you want me to do?

- You think I would make all this up?

I didn't say that.

It's not just me, Nick.

Father Malone's leaving.

And Spooner wasn't lying.

He didn't touch Sean.

I saw it on the tape.

Where is the tape? Let me see it.

- I lost it.

- You what?

I know. It fell in the water.

When you were drowning?

I know how this sounds, okay?

Yeah, it's a really good thing

you found this.

Nick, ever since I came home,

horrible things have been happening.

The answers are in here somehow.

Just-

Just look at it.

It describes my dream, Nick.

All of it.

One of the founding fathers

wrote it. Patrick Malone.

"'May God forgive my soul. '

I say these words,

but in my heart I wonder...

...can God forgive any man for a sin as

great as the one I'm about to commit?"

Wait a second, let me see this.

"I tell myself this is the only means

by which our family can survive...

...the conditions on

this beleaguered island.

But it does not soothe the horror I feel

for being an accomp-"

Accomplice to what?

- What is it?

- These photographs.

The dates.

1867, '69.

Just shacks, huts, cabins.

Then 1871.

A town springs up.

Look at these.

It's the same thing here.

Look how much everything's grown.

Something definitely

happened in 1871.

Same date as the journal.

What turned it all around?

Malone.

Williams.

Castle.

Wayne.

Are we resolved

to protect this island?

Aye.

I was outside the door,

like you said.

Must've gone out the window.

You think?

Oh, my.

Hi, Dan. So, what is it this time?

A swarm of locusts?

A tornado maybe?

Nope. Just fog.

You're kidding, right?

No. It swallowed us up out here at

the station a couple of minutes ago.

It's moving your way.

It's kind of cool, actually.

Hang on a sec.

Oh, man.

All the lights just went out.

- Everything's dead.

- Everything but your computer, right?

- Batteries.

- Lucky me.

- Dan, where'd you go?

- That's great.

Dan?

Dan? What is that?

What's happening?

- Someone's at the door.

- Dan...

...listen to me.

Don't open the door.

I'm just gonna check this out.

Hang on a second, sweetheart.

Yeah, just give me

a second here, all right?

Dan, don't open the door.

Don't worry about me, darling.

Big Dan's got everything

under control.

Dan?

Dan, is everything all right?

Dan?

This some kind of joke?

That's weird.

Dan?

- Chris?

- "Shorts" for 2000.

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