The Raking Page #3

right next to her,

and a bloody hatchet

stuck in the wall.

I-if the roommate hadn't've put

the dresser in front of the door!

Yeah, but she didn't know.

All things are easier

in hindsight.

You okay?

Yeah.

Did you ever call Mom and Dad...

let them know where you were?

Oh, sh*t.

Yeah... sh*t.

Kelly...

[camera beeps]

How would you

describe Joshua Tree?

Describe it?

Yes. For our project.

The mood, the terrain...

How does Joshua Tree feel?

[crickets chirping]

[distant coyote call]

I think it feels...

alive.

[coyotes barking, howling]

[urinating]

[zipper zips]

Ghost stories make me horny.

What doesn't make you horny?

Are you complaining?

No, I'm definitely

not complaining.

You're a beer virgin!

Noah, how does

your first beer taste?

[Noah slurring indistinctly]

[Jade]

How did your first beer taste?

[Noah] Yeah! How'd...

your first beer taste?

It was good.

[slicing sound]

Ow! That hurt!

What?

You just scratched my back!

I didn't touch your back.

- Then what was that?

- I have no idea.

[subtle ominous music ]

It felt like a hand.

Wait, what?

That doesn't make any sense.

Here, show me.

[distant coyote howl]

What?

[coyotes barking, howling]

All right, we need to go.

Come on, go. Go!

- [Noah] No. Go away!

- [Kelly] Come on!

You know it's fun!

- Go away!

[Jade]

Kelly, come on!

[Kelly laughing]

We're having so much fun

right now.

Okay, what about you?

- Look at him!

- No!

- He's like invisible paint.

- What?

Ah! Don't look! Don't look!

[Kelly]

Come on.

Come on, you know it's funny!

[overlapping slurring, laughing]

Guys, something just grabbed me!

What could possibly

have grabbed you?

I don't know.

Oh! I get it!

You get what?

That was good!

You actually almost had me!

[laughter]

Does it look like

I'm making this up?!

[gasping]

[ghastly roar]

[gasping]

- I'm scared.

- It's okay, it's okay.

[ominous music ]

[rustling]

- Do you see anything?!

- Nothing.

[loud roar]

[roar]

[panicked breathing]

[growl]

[Jade]

It's okay.

[Noah]

Holy sh*t!

[all panting]

Okay, okay...

- What the hell is that?

- I don't know. Let's get the hell outta here!

For once, I agree with you.

Jade!

[loud roar]

[Kelly crying out]

[growl]

[girls whimpering]

Oh, God, what was that?

Everyone, back to the truck!

Now! Let's go!

Go! Run! Go!

[Jade shouts indistinctly]

Go!

Run!

[panting]

[panting]

[car bleeping]

Why won't the car start?!

I don't know!

Sh*t.

I think the battery's dead.

Seriously?

[ominous music ]

I can't see anything.

What do you think it is?

Guys, shh, shh, shh.

[soft growl]

[loud scraping on the car]

[girls scream]

Whoa!

[panicked breathing]

[crash on the car]

[Kelly]

Oh, my God!

[Kelly stammering]

Oh, my God. No, no...

[breathing heavily]

Jade, no, no, no...

[panic dies down]

[loud roar]

[Kennedy screams]

Start the car!

Start the f***ing car!

I'm trying!

[Kelly]

Oh, my God!

[crying] It's all my fault!

I shouldn't have come!

This is not your fault, okay?

Look at me!

We're gonna make it

through this, I promise.

Guys, this car's dead,

all right?

We need to get some help.

Can anybody get a signal?

No.

No.

No.

No!

Wait, wait,

you guys notice that?

What?

It stopped.

Maybe it left.

[slice]

[ghastly roar]

[Kelly screaming]

Jade! Help me!

I'm trying!

[Kelly]

Jade! Jade!

[screaming]

Jade, don't let me go!

I won't let go!

No! Kelly, no! No!

[shrieking]

[intense dark music ]

Jade, close the door.

[growling]

Jade!

[creature slams into car]

[all cry out]

[truck engine approaching]

[truck idling]

What do you want?!

If you wanna get

outta here alive, follow me!

What did he say?

He wants us to go with him.

Our car won't start!

Sh*t!

It's not safe here!

Get in my truck!

He wants us to go with him.

How do we know we can trust him?

We don't...

but right now we don't

have another choice.

[sobbing]

No, no...

Stay in the light!

In the light!

No!

What is wrong with all of you?!

Jade, we need to find

a safe place to go,

and then we can figure out

what to do.

- Jade, please!

- Come on!

No! I am not leaving her!

No!

[strange howl]

We need to go now! Now!

No! I am not leaving my sister!

Kelly! Kelly!

- Go! Go!

- No!

[truck engine]

[engine stops]

[crickets chirping]

Where are we?

Somewhere safe.

Why so many lights?

Are you scared of the dark?

Hell, yeah,

I'm scared of the dark.

Tonight, you all should be too.

You comin' or not?

Who are you?

Name's James.

Last?

What?

Is James your first name

or your last?

How'd you find us?

I saw you

on the side of the road.

I had a feeling

you wouldn't heed my advice...

so I kept an ear out.

Ear out? For what?

Its sound.

What? You know what this is?

[James]

Comin'?

You sure you wanna know

what it is?

Yes.

Her, um, her sister

was attacked.

Well, she's dead.

You don't know that.

I do know that.

What else do you know?

[subtle dramatic music ]

Once every year,

when the day and night

are in perfect alignment...

it awakens to feed...

to harvest.

Harvest what?

Thought that'd be obvious

by now.

So, what is this thing?

Where does it come from?

No one knows for certain.

It's got as many names

as it has victims.

[ominous music ]

One thing we do know...

It is old.

Some believe it was here

before we were.

What does it harvest for?

Good question.

Never gotten close enough

to damn ask it.

So, all these people

that go missing every year,

they were just taken...

by this thing?

The urban legend...

it's true.

Who gives a sh*t

about the urban legend?!

I need to find my sister!

Except this thing

ain't no urban legend.

This thing is the origin.

It's what inspires

urban legends.

What about the police?

[scoffs]

What about 'em?

Well, have you called them?

So, that's your plan?

Yeah.

I been dealing with this... thing

since before you were born.

All of yas.

Anything you think of,

I've already done it.

And what do you suggest we do?

You wait out the night.

That's all you can do.

Well, that's not good enough.

There must be something.

Yeah.

I can tell by the look

in your eyes...

you're all thinkin'...

and that is a bad idea.

Well, we can't just

sit here and wait.

We have to do something.

Yeah, well...

you're young.

Hormones still ragin', I bet.

You know, you remind me of me

when I was your age.

Yeah.

Bet you almost feel invincible.

Don't ya?

Let me impart some wisdom to you

that I wish someone

would've told me.

Boy, you don't fight

what you can't kill.

That's it.

How do you know

it can't be killed?

Yeah...

[knife slams on the table]

I know a thing or two...

about killin'.

I'm a hunter... by trade.

[gentle music ]

I know how to track...

I know you to trap...

and I know how to stop

a beatin' heart.

If this thing could be killed,

I woulda done it by now.

Who's that guy with you?

My brother.

You seem really close.

We were.

Were?

He's dead.

It was 36 years ago tonight.

Just comin' back from a hunt.

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