The Offspring Page #4

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where was it?

- Greenville.

- Greenville.

That's the place.

That's where you

beat your wife to death.

I told you how that happened.

The judge doesn't care

what you look like, No Face!

He would hang you tomorrow!

This is my carnival.

I own it!

Everything in it.

Even you.

- You don't own my emotions.

- Oh, yes, I own it.

I own everything.

I own the tears you weep

and the blood you shed.

The tears you weep...

and the blood you shed.

Steven, I knew you'd come.

I can't stay, Amarrillis.

You don't know

the kind of trouble I'm in.

I brought you flowers.

I latched them together

with my own hair.

I love you, Amarrillis.

I noticed you

the first time you came to see me.

It made me feel funny

the way you watched me.

Well, I knew you were

a good person, Steven.

That's why I came back

all those times.

Then let me stay a good person

and forget about me, please.

I couldn't do that.

I want to be your wife,

or just be with you

if you'll have me.

Steven.

Look at me.

I'm not hurt. I'm not cut.

Nobody else can do that.

I'm a glass eater. A freak.

The carnival is where I belong.

Look at you.

Your body is tall and strong.

You can go anywhere

you want to go.

It's all right.

You can touch me if you want to.

- I can't.

- Steven, please.

Please.

Steven, I've never done this before.

Is it supposed to hurt?

Oh, my God.

What's happening to me?

It's okay. It's okay.

I'm okay, Steven.

It's gonna be all right.

Don't touch me!

If you love me,

never come near me again.

Steven!

I love you!

'- Aah!

Welcome home, glass eater.

It's funny you're afraid of snakes.

I wouldn't eat jagged glass,

but I'm not afraid of snakes.

I know what happened to your hand.

What the hell did you do to me,

you b*tch?

You should've stayed here tonight

instead of chasing that young thing.

- Can't you make the bleeding stop?

- I can do anything I want.

A bit of your hair, a piece of cloth

stained with your blood.

I gave you the power

to eat glass and metal,

and I can take it away.

- I've done everything you wanted.

- It's not enough!

You don't need that.

I can turn it on and off like a faucet.

I can still try to control my emotions.

My will is stronger

than any goddamn...

backwater witchcraft!

That's all it takes... ugh...

to deaden my insides

and set them on fire.

- Aah!

- No Face's features

crumbled in my hands

like so much clay.

Love that girl

and leave this place,

and you will know what pain is.

What the hell are you doing here?

The car is this way. Come on.

- You're not going anywhere, freak.

- Don't do it, Leonard.

Oh, that sweet...

I can still...

see you.

Don't look back, Amarrillis.

Ha ha ha!

Now I'm bigger than you are.

Don't look back.

They can run,

but they won't get very far.

I've got that child's blood and hair.

I've got that child's blood and hair!

I've got that child's blood and hair!

Look up.

Oh, you're in no shape to travel.

I'll be all right.

Tomorrow we start fresh

with a wedding.

I sure am glad you're here

to take care of me.

I wouldn't be anywhere else.

Aah!

Amarrillis... aah!

- What's the matter?

- Aah!

Aah!

Oh, Steven!

Amarrillis, I love you!

Steven, I love you!

Aah!

Steven!

Aah!

Oh, Steven!

Aah!

Oh, God! No, no, no, no, no!

No! No, no, no, no!

Yes, yes, yes.

Yes.

Hey, watch! Hey, look! Hey, listen!

Step right up, come on in,

and see the only human pin cushion.

There she is.

There she is,

the strangest beyond all.

She is the one and only.

Amarrillis, the human pincushion.

That's right.

You're just in time

for the free entertainment

of this afternoon.

Step right up

and now listen to this.

Say, Johnny...

Johnny I want you to put away

your 25 cents.

So she never escaped?

There's only really one escape

from Oldfield.

I have something I want to show you.

These are the original town records.

If you read these, you'd find out

what kind of people settled here,

what kind of lives they chose to live.

It goes back to the Civil War.

But every town from this period in time

has got its weird stories.

Oh, yes, yes.

But Oldfield's history

is written in blood

on pages of human skin.

It is god damn hot.

I wonder where Grant is today

at this very minute?

Sh*t.

He wonders where Grant is?

Why the hell should you care

where Grant is?

Well, we got to hook up

with our unit sooner or later.

Hey, sonny boy, best day

of our military career

was when we got cut off

from old Ulysses S.

- We've been gone along time now.

- You're god damn right.

- Shh!

- What?

Over there. Look.

I wonder what the hell they're doin'

out in the open like that, Sarge?

Maybe they got separated

from their unit, too.

Well, this time,

they're gonna be separated

damn permanently.

Ugh!

Hey, hey, he!!!

They're givin' up, Sergeant. Look.

Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

I can't see anything, soldier.

Can you?

I can't see nothin', Sarge.

What are you talkin' about?

The white flags. Look!

Like the sergeant said,

you don't see a damn thing.

The other one is gettin' away.

Shoot him, Pike.

- Shoot him, god damn it!

- No!

Gimme that!

Now, let me tell you somethin',

sonny boy.

The next time you refuse an order,

you gonna be dead

in this god damn army.

You got that?

Let's go check the bodies.

Jesus Christ.

Look at this.

The god damn war is over.

It's been over.

Well, here's to the fortunes of war,

gentlemen,

and to the poor bastards

who provide 'em.

I don't know. The way I see it,

we don't have to go back

to the unit now.

I mean, y'all ain't in no damn hurry.

You know how many women

in this part of the country

whose husbands

won't be coming home?

Yeah, they'll need some comfortin',

some consolin'.

Yeah, whether they want it or not,

they're gonna get it.

Oh, well,

we're entitled to somethin'.

I mean, after all,

we've been in these rags

for four and a half years.

That old SOB Grant

must've knowed somethin'.

He said,

"To the victors go the spoils."

Or the leftovers to the rollovers!

Hey,

Pike, I'm talkin' to you!

Where do you think you're goin'?

- It's time for me to go home.

- You listen to me.

You walk out of here,

I'm gonna shoot you for desertion.

War's over.

Boy, I mean it!

You hear?

Should be around this bend

about a mile or so.

Oldfield.

A town ripe for pickin'.

Shh, shh!

Hey, what the hell is this?

This is your home now.

Huh?

And we're glad to have you here.

- Aren't we, everyone?

- Yes.

You tell me what's goin' on.

I ain't goin' nowhere.

The war is over.

You're just a bunch of kids.

Don't test me or any of us.

I warn you.

Oh, you're just a pack of runts.

Now you give me that gun or I'll...

I trust you gentlemen

will come inside now...

peacefully.

Yeah.

The magistrate

will be pleased with you.

Wh... what?

Who is... is magistrate?

He's the leader of Oldfield.

He taught us everything we know.

You'll meet him...

soon enough.

Hey, wait a minute.

Amanda will be in

with some food and water.

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