The Stakelander Page #2

Girl, come on,

come on! Move!

That a girl, down there.

Down there!

Martin, here.

No, no, no, wait!

Wait, what are you doing?

He's in here!

Brothers, sisters...

-God damn it!

No. No, no, no, no, no.

Don't worry.

Mister ain't easy to kill

and they haven't seen us.

We'll get him back.

Come on.

-Oh sh*t.

-Oh! Ooh!

You mother...!

-Ah!

I hate vampires.

-Are there any more?

-I hope not.

Oh, nice shot, kid.

She put a claw in me.

-All right,

we got to get it out.

-No.

--It's plugging a hole.

-Yeah, but you're gonna

bleed to death.

-You're gonna have

to cauterize it.

There's a lockdown

north of here.

They got a doctor.

Oh, stop your crying.

I ain't dead yet, woman.

I'm ready, kid.

Slap iron to it.

-Find him.

Bring that heathen

son of a b*tch back.

-Yes, sir.

-Sir!

-I'm sorry, Mother.

He escaped.

I don't know how.

He, uh...

He had help.

He won't get far.

I-- I've sent men after him.

My humblest apologies,

mother of our blood.

Please forgive me.

You ought to leave

me here, kid.ans)

I'm slowing you down.

-All right, shut up.

I got your back, pappy.

I ain't going anywhere.

-I got your pappy swinging.

-I saw a willow tree

a little ways back.

Try to cut some bark,

maybe it'll help with your pain.

Okay.

Hey, girl.

I'm Mister.

Mister.

Your name is Lady.

Mister, Lady.

You understand?

-Well, now,

isn't this sweet?

-Move and you die, Hunter.

- I see you got yourself

a squaw doggie.

He's a little

old for you, no?

-Whoo.

-Oh!

-Ooh, I never had

a feral brat before.

--I bet you she bites.

You little b*tch!

Oh, now you're gonna pay.

-Drop it.

I said drop it

or meet Jesus.

--Martin!

No.

He's just a boy.

-You! Come here.

That's enough.

How many behind you?

-It's just us.

Me and the men you killed.

I'm not one of them.

I don't want to do

any of this.

I-- I really am not.

-You're wearing a robe.

-They made me.

Said they'd feed me

to the vamps.

I swear.

I'll do anything.

Please, I just don't

want to die.

-You better not

be lying boy...

because I'm in

a dick-shooting mood today.

-Yes, sir.

-Ten years ago,

you'd have shot him already.

I don't like it.

-You don't

have to like it.

-Over there.

Come on.

I want him closer.

Okay, here.

Here, here.

You, on the ground.

Hey, hey, on him.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What's the-- Hey!

You sure about that, boy?

-That's up to you.

Where'd you find

a holy roller?

-We killed two of 'em.

He surrendered.

-Why is he still alive?

-Because he wouldn't

let me kill him.

-What's with him?

-He's got a vamp claw

in his lung.

Now are you gonna shoot us

or are you gonna help us?

-What's his name?

-They call him Mister.

- Hey, whoa.

-It's Bat.

You son of a b*tch.

I thought you were dead.

-I look dead to you?

-Yeah, you look

a little dead.

How you doing,

old timer?

-You call me old timer again,

you're gonna find out.

-Oh, I know.

I'm so glad to see you.

Don't worry.

We'll get you fixed up.

There aren't a lot

of lockdowns left.

And the ones that

are still around,

they ain't places

you'd want to be.

There's still good out there.

I believe that.

But it always

finds you too late.

They had walls, weapons.

I should have been hopeful.

For the first time

in a long time,

something felt safe.

But I couldn't rest...

not while she was still

out there.

-We brought you

something to eat.

-Just push it back out

when you're done.

Oh, thank you.

Wait. What's your name?

-Billie.

-It's Billie?

-They named me

after my uncle.

-It's nice.

I like it.

I-- I'm Juda.

-I've got to go.

-It was nice to meet you.

-Bye.

-Whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Easy, girl.

He needs to rest now.

Hey, I'm Earl.

-How is he?

-He's...

Well, he's mostly

mean and ugly,

but I think

he'll make it.

He should be up

and on his feet

in a couple of days.

-So you're a doctor?

-Yeah, that I am.

Well, I was a veterinarian,

but since the fall,

I fix people up mostly.

Flesh, blood, bone,

it's all the same sh*t.

-Mister said that you'd--

you'd patched him up before.

-That I did.

Bat and I were

with him in Mexico

back in the beginning.

Come on, come with me.

I'll show you to your room.

-Hey, Lady.

Lady, come on.

Come on, come on.

--Juda?

They ain't gonna

let me out.

What are they gonna--

Are they gonna kill me?

-Hey, come on.

Hey.

-Hi.

-You're gonna be okay.

Just got to give 'em

some time to soften up.

-Can't you-- can't you

just let me out?

I mean, I don't

want any trouble.

I'll just run off, please.

-I can't.

-Please! Billie, don't go.

Well, it's an old--

it's an old convent.

The Brotherhood

took it from the nuns.

We took it

from the Brotherhood.

Now this was

a ways back,

before they got

so organized.

Everybody pulls

their weight here.

We got-- we got teachers.

We got a couple

of carpenters.

We got ex-military men.

They're all good people.

There's a barbed-wire fence,

surrounds the perimeter.

It doesn't look like much,

but it's electrified,

so that makes it fun.

-Yeah, we had a couple

solar cells in New Eden,

but never could have

drawn this much power.

-I got my twin girls for that.

See these two genys?

They power

the whole damn fandango,

but you ain't even seen

my favorite part.

- The shower's free.

- All right, Lady.

It's your turn.

Come on.

Come on.

Up you go.

There's some clean clothes

there for you.

-There you go. Go in.

Go ahead, Lady.

-All right, all right.

Take it easy, God damn it.

How you feeling,

old buddy?

-Oh, like a bucket of sh*t.

I could use a drink.

You carrying?

-It's a little early,

isn't it?

-Not in China.

-Yup.

You know me too well.

Here you go.

-Mexico.

Mjico.

How long do

I have to lay here?

-Oh, I'd say just about

a day or two.

Give me that.

-Why?

-This is for medicinal

purposes only.

Here, kid, you try it.

Go ahead.

Bat makes

this stuff himself.

Make your balls bounce.

-Oh, yeah, that stuff's nasty.

-Nasty, nasty.

-Let's the man rest a bit.

Yeah.

-Real good to see you again.

-Good to see you, Bat.

-Yeah.

-Come on, you too,

little girl.

-Nah, leave her.

Thanks, Doc.

-Yeah, let me know if you

need anything for the pain.

-Yeah.

Juda?

You feeling all right?

Juda?

Oh my God! Juda!

-When, uh, Mexico

went vamp sh*t,

we pulled out.

We headed north.

Mister had a wife...

and a child

close to the border.

It wasn't pretty down south.

It was bad,

bad as it gets.

So bad that something

snapped inside that man.

It's like a...

like a switch.

All he wanted to do was kill.

-Well, he never got the one

that killed his family.

So the way I figure it,

if he couldn't get the one,

he'd get 'em all.

Yeah.

Oh, we stayed together

for a while,

and then we split.

He wanted

to check on his folks

up in Maryland and...

Bat and I,

we headed north...

-That's right.

-with everybody else

who was running away.

Yeah, and then the sh*t

hit the fan in the States.

The whole enchilada fell apart.

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