The Veil Page #2

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Sarah,

have you seen ed?

He's gotta be

around here someplace.

He left all of his stuff.

His wallet is right there.

He couldn't have gone far.

Ed,

where the hell are you?

Ed! Ed, breakfast is ready!

Yeah,

that should get him.

Maggie!

I'm gonna

look up front.

- Come take a look at this.

- All right, what is it?

I don't know.

Um, just look here.

Who moved the camera?

Look right there.

Look at that.

We got a ghost. Wow.

- Nick, it's not a ghost.

- You don't believe in ghosts?

And watch

this part.

That's where ed was sleeping.

The Van's gone.

It's gone.

What do you mean

it's gone?

What?

Let's have a look.

Oh, what the f***?

This isn't like him.

I know. He's a grumpy f***er,

but he's not a quitter.

We crawled through swamps

with this guy. There's

no way he'd bail on us.

Looks like he did.

What do we

do now?

- Has anybody got any bars?

I'm trying,

but I got nothing.

- What do we do? Go back?

- No. We have, like, 80 grand

worth of equipment in there.

- That's 80 grand

we do not have.

- Yeah, exactly.

Well, someone's gotta

go down for some help.

Me?

Yeah.

You're the pa.

You're gonna send me

down there to walk 20 miles,

probably till dark?

Don't exaggerate.

It's 16 miles.

This one.

Ann, it's okay.

Nick will go.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

Matt'll cover for you.

You'll be down before dark.

Yeah.

Well, thanks, pal.

Fine.

No, wait.

I'll come with you.

Oh. I thought

you didn't wanna go.

It's better than staying

up here with that creepy

farmer guy out there.

All right.

What?

- Be careful.

- Yeah, I'll keep an eye out

for inbred farmers.

No, Nick, she needs to

be careful of you.

Oh!

Ow, Maggie.

Ow.

Stop it.

Let's set up

the next interview

by the church.

You gonna need

both cameras?

Yeah.

We need to go

across the lake.

Hmm?

Across the lake?

I remembered something.

Are you seeing this?

It's a strip that's shallow.

Come on.

Goes all the way across.

Let's go.

Sarah?

Where are we going?

To that place.

And you think

this is it?

I remember it now.

It was Jim's

special place.

Ugh.

No lights.

I hate rats.

Not my favorite

either.

Oh, I have another one

right here in my pack.

It's, like-- it's inside,

in, like, the flashlight pouch.

Right there.

Here they are.

These are the films

you were looking for.

Whoa!

Sarah, are you okay?

Wha-- yeah. I think

i fell through this chair.

What do you mean,

you fell through it?

My hand went through

the leather.

Oh-- oh, my--

oh, my god!

Come here, Sarah.

Come here. Come here.

Give me your hand.

- Sarah. Sarah!

Here we go.

F***.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

Well, Maggie,

clearly nobody

ever found

this place.

There's no way

we would have found this place

if it wasn't for her.

What do you think?

We're gonna need to

get some lights on

in there.

It's actually

in pretty good shape.

If it's got fuel.

Here we go.

Careful.

Let's check it out.

- Oh! God!

- God.

Why don't you

try another switch?

Why don't you

try another switch?

Ugh.

Here they are.

We can watch 'em

if I can get this to work.

Look at this.

What?

Oh, wow.

No, no, no!

Don't touch that.

I'm sorry. It's just

that it's next to a body

and it's probably

evidence of some

kind of crime,

and if you touch it

with all your hands--

whatever is on this tape--

should go to the police

because it's evidence.

We're not gonna take it

to the police.

M-maybe we should.

- But n-not right away.

- I don't really wanna

argue next to a body.

All right, we should--

it's entirely decomposed.

Okay, if you wanna

enable yourself into

doing whatever you do.

That's Karen sweetzer,

the nurse that followed Jim.

The one

they never found.

I got away.

They--

they tried to get me.

But I got away.

When did she

record this?

Must be after

the FBI raid.

They're gonna--

they're gonna come get me.

They wanna control me

like I'm a puppet.

They want in, but I'm not

gonna let anybody in.

Do you hear that, Jim?

I will not let anybody in.

I didn't come here to be taken.

Even if they get in,

they won't get me.

Sarah.

I want you to--

ch-- ch--

sh-she looked, like, um,

drugged, you know.

Yeah.

She's so manic.

I mean, so paranoid.

What was she talking about?

That the FBI was gonna

use her like a puppet?

She was so loyal

to the end.

I have become

what never fails.

And the dead shall be

raised incorruptible.

And we shall be changed.

We need to

watch the rest

of those films.

You got the whole thing

in frame?

Yeah, it looks great.

It works.

We just need a new bulb.

Sure there's

a kmart around.

Oh, look at this.

"Pancuronium bromide."

It's for lethal injections.

It halts

the respiratory system.

Your lungs stop working.

You suffocate.

Hey. Hey.

Be careful with those.

They don't have needle guards.

Seriously?

Why are you

touching needles?

Sorry.

Don't touch--

don't touch anything.

Sorry. I wasn't

gonna touch the top.

Jim's room.

Seems about right.

Ugh.

F*** station

partridge family.

Why don't we just go back

down to the compound,

wait for Nick and Ann,

figure everything out there?

How about we just look

for the projector bulbs?

Sorry.

Projector bulb!

Okay, I loaded up

the earliest film.

- All right. Rolling.

- Here we go.

All right, is it filming?

Uh, yeah, I hear it.

Well, when we get

the new cameras

we'll be able

to check it right away.

And how are they

different?

Uh, they're new video cameras.

You can buy the tapes

at the supermarket-- $24.99.

You don't have to send it all

in to Kodak and-- i-i--

- okay, Jim.

- Whenever you're ready.

This is film

number one.

I'm Jim Jacobs,

and we are here

at heaven's veil ranch.

It's December 11, 1982.

When we started here,

there was just a few of us.

Small group of seven.

A family.

There's a small town

in Indiana.

Whenever I think of it,

a great deal of pain comes.

As a child,

i was undoubtedly

one of the poor.

Never accepted.

Born, as it were,

on the wrong side

of the tracks.

And when I was

very small,

I lost my father and my mother

to an unholy fire, they tell me.

I knew too early

the pain of suffering,

the pain of loss.

But tragedy

can beget transformation.

I believe that mankind

is on the cusp

of a new reality,

one that transcends

pain, suffering,

even death.

I've discovered

that the spiritual nature

is attached to the human form

at certain points,

represented by

the three nails

of the crucifixion.

And by three

alchemical initiations,

I can now draw these nails

and permit

the divine nature of man

to come down

from its cross.

I can release the nails

that pin the spirit

to the body

and free the soul

from its mortal coil.

Jim is in

a meditative state.

Once he reaches

full trance,

he will leave his body

in the physical form

and he'll manifest himself

in spirit in this room.

Father?

Father, are you here?

Father, if you are here,

reach out to us.

Reach out to us, Jim.

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