The Midnight Meat Train Page #2

All right, fine. You know what?

We can go back to my place...

...and Leigh here can cook us...

- ...a nice romantic dinner for three.

- Did we just miss our stop?

- You'd have to talk my wife into bed.

- You're into it.

- Randle.

- Wait a second, honey.

You know, it's cheap wine.

Cheaper than the plate.

- Maybe if you didn't sleep...

- Randle.

- What?

- What trips me out...

Randle!

Randle!

No!

Why are you doing this?

No!

I'm sorry, mister, I...

I just wanted a picture of you.

Sometimes I don't know

what I'm thinking.

- Hey, buddy?

- What?

Mind if I take a look?

- Officer, you can't do that.

- Yes, I can.

Orange Alert and above,

I can search whatever I want.

How do I know

you don't got explosives?

It's a camera.

Yeah. Life's like a box of chocolates.

What the hell is going on?

Supposed to be a local.

This is a citizen's arrest.

Damn.

Damn!

I'm gonna shove

that hammer up your ass!

I'm very disappointed in you, Mahogany.

Clean up the mess.

Jeez.

God.

- How'd you get in here?

- The spare key.

Okay, before you freak out...

...let me just say it's not

an engagement ring...

...until I make enough money, but it's...

It says that we're engaged

to be engaged.

It's not bad, hey?

No.

- I have horrible taste.

- No, you don't.

- It's beautiful.

- You think so?

It should fit.

I can't imagine my life without you.

Don't even try.

I love you.

Baby.

No!

Who's this guy?

Oh. I don't know. A butcher.

He was at the station the night

that model disappeared.

Are they for your show?

- No, there's just something about him.

- Yeah, I'd say.

But why are you following him?

It seems like you should be

working on your stuff for Susan.

No, no, I know,

but if that model's still missing...

- ...and he was at the station...

- Yeah, so just, you know...

...give a picture

to the cops and move on.

I mean, people disappear all the time.

Whatever happened, they'll figure it out.

- What?

- What?

What's wrong?

How can I put this delicately?

You look like sh*t.

Give me a break.

I'm working my ass off.

Doing what? Contracting TB?

Hey, Otto, take a look

at the dying man over here.

What the f*** happened to you?

What are your specials?

We have brisket on rye,

turkey meatloaf on rye...

...chicken parmigiana on r...

What? What's the big deal?

It's one bite.

F*** it. Give me one of these.

You sure about that? It's a steak. Meat.

Absolutely.

Hey.

I know I look like sh*t.

More of the butcher?

That's where he works.

Babe, listen to me.

I don't care if you eat meat.

I eat it all the time.

But this thing with this butcher...

Shouldn't you be focusing

on your work?

Oh, God, remember what you told me?

About how people are always missing

for all sorts of reasons, right?

- Right?

- Yeah.

Usually, there's a reason.

I've been thinking about that lately.

Look at this. These pins represent

missing people for the last 3 years.

Not one of them has ever turned up.

No letter home. No call for money.

Not even a corpse. Nothing.

They just vanished into thin air.

- Okay, so what do you think happened?

- Well, it's not chance.

Somebody's abducting them.

And they never find the bodies

because he takes them here.

- He butchers them?

- Yeah.

- Baby... Listen to me. I'm sure...

- Look at this. Look what I found.

This is...

So some guy was accused of kidnap...

- A guy who worked...

- This is a century ago.

A guy who worked in the same plant.

What are you saying?

You saying that it's the same person?

Is that what you're saying?

I don't understand how that works.

How does that work? How...?

Was he reincarnated?

No, no. I don't know. Maybe, but look...

...the point is that it's happened before.

It can't be a coincidence.

No, this guy's involved somehow.

I know it. Look at this. Look at this.

I was there the night that it happened.

She got abducted.

This is the train she went in on.

That's his hand. You know how I know?

I took another photograph...

...of him going down into the subway,

the same subway. I totally got him.

This is the guy, Maya. It's been

happening. There's been abductions.

It's happened. I don't know

if it's a copycat, but I got him.

This is not what's going on, okay?

This is all fake, okay? It's not.

No more. No more night shoots.

No more, please. Just day shoots.

I don't want you to shoot terrible things.

I want you to stop

with the conspiracy theory.

I want you to stop with the butcher.

I just want you to shoot

the stuff that makes you happy.

What makes you happy?

What do you love?

Please.

Don't leave me.

You, I love you.

I love you.

I got it.

That's good.

I'm sorry.

Why?

I'm sorry.

Jurgis showed me a picture

of that broad...

...that's gonna make your boy

rich and famous.

Yeah? So?

What do you have to do to get a date

with a broad like that, huh?

Magically transform into someone

who does not call women "broads."

Maya. Can I talk to you for a second?

No f***ing way.

No. Come back later. She's busy.

Come back later.

You okay?

You were right.

That's all I wanted to say.

Candy. You want to buy some candy?

Sorry, man.

Whatever, man.

You want to buy some candy, mister?

- Go to somebody else.

- Come on, man, buy some candy.

Was that a game or what?

Oh, sh*t.

Hey! Open up!

Open the f***ing door!

Open the f***ing door!

My God.

- Who is it?

- It's me.

Oh, thank God, baby.

Where have you been?

Leon, what's the matter? Leon.

Leon, what's going on?

Leon, what's the matter?

Leon?

Babe, come on, open up.

What's going on?

Leon, open the door.

Leon, you're scaring me.

Please open the door.

This is not fair, Leon.

Open the door.

Open this f***ing door now!

You know you can't do this.

This is not f***ing fair.

You cannot just be out, gone all night,

and just disappear...

...and then f***ing lock the door

in my face.

- I need to sleep.

- No, no, no, baby, baby, baby.

Babe, babe, babe, what happened?

What happened?

Oh, God. What is this?

Honey.

We have to get you

to a hospital right now.

I followed him into the subway.

Wha...?

It's always the late train.

Probably the same one each time.

He waits for it to empty out...

...and then he kills them.

He butchers them like cattle.

I saw it.

I took pictures.

They never find the remains because

he unloads the meat somewhere.

We have to...

I have to call an ambulance.

There's an abandoned subway station...

- ...underneath the meat plant.

- Okay.

Here's what we're gonna do.

I'm gonna take you to the hospital...

...and when the doctors

are working on you...

...I'm gonna take your pictures,

take them to the cops.

They won't listen. My camera's gone.

- What?

- He took it from me.

- That's the only proof I have.

- Baby, it's gonna be okay.

I'm gonna call an ambulance, okay?

I'm gonna fix it.

- It's okay.

- No.

They'll think I'm a lunatic.

They'll think that I killed Erika.

I know. I want to help you.

Help me. I want to help you.

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