The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter Page #3

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like these in the Necronomicon.

I don't read Arabic, but I knoW

enough Greek for the annotations.

I read Arabic, but this...

This...is the Writing of R'lyeh.

This is the language of Cthulhu himself.

Who Would have put this here?

Joshua Winthrop?

He did have the reputation

of being a great Witch, but...

I get the sense that this is infinitely older.

Just look at the antiquity of this cave.

Could this relate to the legend

of the Outer Beings?

Vermont, Maine,

but not this far south, surely.

Carter? Carter, come here.

Something is doWn there.

Er...perhaps We should Wait.

If it's HoWard's creature, We can't Wait.

Up ahead. Close.

(Unearthly screaming)

This must be HoWard's creature.

See Where the arm is healing

from the break and the cheek?

- Argh!

- She's healing fast.

Don't provoke her. I'm not sure

hoW strong those roots are.

If I'm right, they're more than roots.

I've got to look at this

under a microscope.

'HoWard. HoWard?'

It's good to hear your voice.

It's been an hour.

Found your creature alive and kicking.

It's trapped as in your dream.

Listen to me, Carter. Kill it.

That's What the old man in the dream said -

you have to kill it.

It's more than that. Remember the journal?

It might be Winthrop's daughter.

'l don't care. Just kill it!'

- Simultaneous life forms.

- I have to go. I'll stay in touch.

Carter? Carter?

Look.

They pass right through each other.

The human blood cells existing

With Whatever those grey cells are.

I suppose they're blood.

So it is possible.

This...

This is quantum physics.

That's What Barger said it Was,

the glyphs in the book.

Right. NoW, if I've got this correctly,

What We've got here is tWo solid bodies

occupying the same space simultaneously.

The one human,

the other...one dare not speculate.

That means they might be separated.

That Would involve

a huge expenditure of energy.

That is Why quantum physics

is a theoretical subject.

What about the book?

I can't believe that Winthrop and the

mad Arab kneW What they Were doing.

Besides, Alhazred copied this

from an earlier source.

There are several pages missing anyway.

What if Winthrop didn't do it?

Perhaps the creature has the ability.

That's an interesting idea.

What if it has the ability

to move its oWn atoms and electrons?

So it can enter another creature.

Then it might be possible

to induce it to move out.

Yes.

- What's this?

- That, my dear felloW, is insulin.

NoW, We inject the human body With insulin.

The creature thinks something

is Wrong With it, so it moves out.

- We don't Want to kill it.

- No.

But What is the natural antidote

for an excess of insulin?

Sugar.

We must keep her still.

I don't Want to break the needle.

I believe Joshua Winthrop

called his daughter Alyda.

Alyda? That's very appropriate.

It's Greek for "Winged Woman".

Alyda?

Alyda, you have nothing to fear.

Good... NoW.

It's feeling the effect.

- Let's just hope it Works.

- If it doesn't, Will they both die?

- Let's hope so.

- If not, Which Will leave the other?

- The demon Will leave.

- Is that a good idea?

NoW you mention it, no.

(High-pitched scream)

Carter, What's going on?

It Worked.

Carter, it Worked!

- Where's the creature?

- Gone.

Miles aWay, light years aWay.

Gone back to Whatever dimension

it came from.

- Professor Warren, insulin shock.

- Yes, of course.

Come on noW, Alyda. Come on.

There's a good girl.

There's a good girl. Come on.

Yes, yes. You're all right noW.

You're all right noW.

The creature could not exist

Without the girl.

Once it sensed that her life Was in peril,

it had to WithdraW.

Then again...it might still be here.

Carter, talk to me or I'm going for help!

'Carter, What's going on?'

HoWard, We seem to have got rid

of the creature.

I can't talk noW. I can't hear.

I'll get back to you.

Carter?

She's droWsy, but she is recovering.

I'm having extraordinary difficulty

disengaging her from this root.

There's nothing physically binding her,

but I'm damned if I can...

- Winthrop. The book. Tree spells.

- Tree spells.

Are you saying you think she's spellbound?

Yes.

Carter, I'm a rationalist and a sceptic.

After What I've seen today, I suppose

I'm prepared to believe anything.

This isn't going to Work anyway.

There's a page missing.

- The pages in the library?

- Could be.

Ah. This might do it.

"Yig, Father of Serpents,

beseech these spirits to listen.

"You have served Lord Cthulhu

and his servants Well.

"Your task is done."

I haven't read this sort of stuff for years.

Besides, the inflections

may have changed over the centuries.

"Yig, abu il hiat...

"k'lyeh atol'eh rut'eh ismal.

"lnta sa'aug dilala

"Cthulhu...uns san ut dabaho imne.

"ll shagal haloos."

It doesn't seem to be doing the trick.

Perhaps my performance intimidated her.

- Good heavens!

- (Carter) Good. Good.

It left no marks.

It fleW through the solid Wall

and left no marks.

Incredible. Absolutely incredible.

Yes. Carter, Would you mind

giving us a hand here, please?

(GroWling)

Come, noW, my dear.

Rest here for a second or tWo.

That's good. That's good.

Father?

Your father's um...

But you are safe.

You understand? You're safe.

Damn it, Carter! We didn't get a photo!

HoW could We have been so stupid?

We did not get a photo of the beast.

Professor, no one Will believe us anyway.

I think We can establish

her age by biological means.

HoWard can take her to safety

and We'll search out the other half.

I'm sure it has gone back

to Wherever it originally came from.

In a Way, it's too bad.

Yes.

You tWo go on ahead. I'll tidy things up

here and seal the place.

We'll come back tomorroW With help.

Father?

No. Come.

Go on. Go on.

You go With Carter noW, Alyda.

(GroWling)

(GroWling)

Carter?

Carter?

- HoWard?

- Yes, Professor?

- Has Carter reached the surface?

- 'No, sir.'

- Tell him to call me When he does.

- Yes, sir.

Come on, come on.

HoWard. Fancy meeting you here.

- What the hell's going on?

- I've brought the creature With me.

God, no, Carter!

Oh, my God. That's a naked Woman.

- May I present Alyda Winthrop?

- Carter, this is not...

- Of course, you tWo have met.

- Car...ter?

- She talks.

- Carter.

A bit.

Maybe I didn't describe the creature Well.

This is not her.

It is. We left half of her out.

Hopefully the dangerous half.

Professor Warren Wants to talk to you.

Something's going on doWn there.

Professor?

- Professor Warren?

- 'Carter. It's still here.'

I haven't actually seen it,

but I think it's in the cave.

'l have set up a Polaroid to take

a photograph to confirm its existence.'

- I'm coming doWn.

- No, you mustn't come doWn.

(LoW groWling)

Carter, if anything should happen to me,

get the girl Well aWay from here.

She's the key, you see.

I think that the beast cannot exist Without

her.

If they became meshed together

in their infancy,

then somehoW their molecules have

assumed a symbiotic relationship.

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