The Sunchaser Page #6

Excuse me, this spiritual master

just escaped from a California prison.

I'm his hostage.

How do you do?

I'm Michael Reynolds, Dr. Michael Reynolds.

I'm Renata Baumbauer,

Dr. Renata Baumbauer, Ph.D.

He gave me one month to live.

I had no choice, y'know what I'm saying?

Is that true? Did you tell him

he only had one month to live?

Yes.

The only thing worse

than a lawyer is a doctor.

Nine hundred to Control.

Nine hundred, go ahead.

Okay, Sector 8, there's no sign.

No sign, Sector 8.

I bet you're a Leo.

Leo people tend to be bombastic.

Are you a Leo?

I have an Uncle Leo, he's an atheist.

The man really breaks me up.

He don't cop to nothing.

I hope you've been

very successful, doctor.

Because I am now

just about convinced...

... that Western medicine will

forever regard symptoms of disease...

... as simply errors to be corrected

by drugs and surgery.

- Well, I... - You doctors will never

do us any good...

... until you wake up

and learn not to poison us.

Hey, don't look at me, man.

I didn't say nothing.

She gave you a lot of rope,

but she kicks the truth.

Yeah, well,

I've had just about enough of this bullshit.

Cancer.

Excuse me?

You are definitely a Leo, Cancer rising.

Leos look for

what they can get out of life.

At war with your home-loving other self.

Leos should wear rubies.

They bring serenity of mind.

I'm a Sagittarius, the sign of philosophy.

Higher learning and broad concepts.

I wear turquoise.

The doc's got a magic charm too.

That ring, that fly little silver one.

Yeah, he'd rather die than give it up.

You know, normally silver

relieves stress.

And enhances emotional balance.

Though perhaps in your case,

silver caused some toxic reaction.

Your state of mind is f***ed up, man.

"There is nothing as important as DNA.

It carries the hereditary information

that determines the structure of proteins.

The only substance that directs cells

to grow and divide are encoded by it.

DNA. Deoxyribonucleic acid.

It is the essential constituent of life."

Watson and Crick,

The Double Helix, 1953.

"All healing comes from

the divine within.

Absolute faith makes fear

and worry an impossibility."

Edgar Cayce, 1943.

It seem the rain will never let up

I try to keep my head up

And still keep from getting wet up

It's funny when it rain, it pours

They got money for wars

But can't feed the poor

Tupac, 1994.

Come on, check it out.

- Car's clear.

- Okay.

You. You, back a bit.

You two head up the road.

Check up there.

Don and DeLane, check that way.

See if there's anybody over the ledge.

What's in the car?

He's got a battery cable.

Are you sure

this is where you wanna get off?

Not exactly my first choice.

It's been memorable.

Thank you very much.

I mean it, you know.

The meaning behind your words is cool.

Forgive yourself, Dr. Reynolds.

For what?

For whatever it was

that closed your heart.

And never go barefoot

to a snake-stomping.

Lunatic.

Can we please slow down?

I have been bitten by a rattlesnake.

Hello? This is Brandon Monroe.

I'm in Flagstaff. I'm almost there.

Everything's cool.

I don't like the way you look.

I never liked the way you look.

No, I mean it. You don't look...

You look like hell.

It's about 50 miles

before we get to Shiprock country.

No, you've got no miles left in you.

You have to let me

take you to a hospital.

And I mean now.

F*** you.

The way you walk.

The way you talk.

The way you act.

The way you carry yourself.

You don't understand

a f***ing word I say.

How can I? Half of what you say

sounds like it's in a foreign language.

I don't need you anymore, anyway.

I can get there myself.

The only place you're gonna get to

is in a f***ing coma.

I've been there already.

You need to be in a hospital.

Don't yell.

That hurt.

So f*** off.

You need to be in a hospital.

What the f***'s your problem?

I got you down as gone.

So why don't you get the f*** gone?

Go.

Okay, I can go. I can go.

I'm going, I'm going.

Oh, now I can go?

Suddenly I have your permission?

After you've ruined my career.

Put a gun on me for a thousand miles.

You nearly popped me and peeled me.

Now suddenly I can go?

Without even an apology?

My apologies.

F*** you.

You don't have to worry about your fever,

you're gonna kill yourself in this thing.

- See you around.

- Pull over.

Let me drive this thing

before you kill yourself.

Somebody's stealing

Deacon Clay's Cadillac.

Stop the goddamn car

and let me drive!

God, is that my car too?

Stop the goddamn car

and let me drive.

Are we here?

Yes, we're here.

Hey, wait a minute.

Flagstaff Medical Center.

I'm taking you into the emergency room.

F***. I knew you were lying to me.

You have developed pneumonia.

That is why you have a fever.

That is what I've been trying to tell you

about your lung infection.

Your white blood count is down.

If you do not get an immediate IV of

antibiotics, you'll slip into a coma...

... which you're never gonna come out of

and that's no bullshit.

No! No hospital.

If you don't get out of that car

right now...

... and I mean right now,

I'm gonna kill you myself.

Right on. Right on, then.

You know, Indians, they believe

sickness is payback for doing wrong.

Well, don't...

I've done a lot of bad sh*t.

If I can't square it, if I can't get

there, I'm gonna peel my cap right now.

No, don't do that.

You give me that

"your life depends on me" sh*t...

... I'll kill your ass with me.

Give me the gun, Blue.

I feel sorry for you.

Maybe it's like Renata said.

You don't believe in nothing

but yourself.

- Give me the gun.

- What's wrong?

You scared to watch somebody die?

Give me the gun, Blue.

Why? You wanna do it for me?

Give me the f***ing gun!

I'll be right back.

With the man, right?

You're gonna dime on me.

- You don't know anything about me.

- Yeah, I do.

You never broke a law

in your whole life.

You have all the paperwork?

Yeah, I got it right here.

- Can I help you?

- Hi.

I'm Dr. Newman from Gynecology.

Here to pick up

Progesterone suppositories.

I called them down this morning.

They should be in the refrigerator.

- Dr. Newman?

- Gynecology.

I'll go check.

Thank you.

Where is it?

There it is.

Okay.

Ceftazidime. Bingo.

Hey, what are you doing?

Nothing.

I must be insane.

Hold it right there.

Let's roll.

Damn.

BLUE:

Keep your hands on the wheel and drive.

Get in.

You used the gun?

Only as a visual aid.

I would've paid to see that.

A straight white guy robbing a store.

"JCR." Who is that?

It's my big brother.

Jimmy.

He ain't around no more.

You two were really down

for each other, huh?

He was sick too.

He had a malignant tumor.

He was 11 when he was diagnosed.

My mother and I used to wheel him

to school in a wheelchair.

I put studs in the tires.

He was tough just like you.

A fighter.

I remember one time...

... we went to Mexico for Thanksgiving.

Acapulco.

And he was sunning himself on a raft,

you know, in the pool.

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