The Veil Page #3

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- Jim?

- I don't think he's breathing.

- Jim, come back to us.

Jim,

come back to us.

Focus.

There you go.

There you go.

Slow, controlled.

Okay.

That's good.

Mommy. Mommy.

What happened?

Sarah.

Come here.

Okay.

Is he okay?

Yeah, he's okay.

What are you doing up?

I was playing, mom.

Okay, come.

Time to go to bed.

She was my mom.

Karen sweetzer was--

so horrible.

I mean-- ugh.

So sad for her,

and so gruesome.

You know?

I just think,

deep down,

maybe

she was hoping

her mom

was still alive

somewhere.

Mom.

I guess

you were my mom.

I am so sorry

this happened to you.

I feel like--

like something

wanted me

to come back here,

to bring them here

with me, but i--

something about it

feels so wrong.

Sarah! Sarah?

Sarah!

What happened?

What happened?

What happened?

What happened?

Nothing happened.

Nothing happened.

- Help us! Help!

- Matt!

- Please!

- Guys! We need help!

- Do you hear that?

- It's Nick.

Help!

- Maggie!

- Maggie!

Ann?

Maggie!

What is it? What?

Ed.

- Oh, god.

- Oh, my god.

Oh. He must have

been doing 90.

I guess

he missed that curve.

- Why was he going so fast?

- Someone was in the car

with him.

No one was in the car with him.

That doesn't make any sense.

What are you talking about?

Who was in the car with him?

Go ahead.

Tell her

your theory.

The other air bag blew.

Look!

It doesn't matter though.

One blows, they both blow.

That's how it works.

Besides, who's

gonna come up here?

Someone hiked 16 miles to

steal a shitty Van, and ed

gives his life to stop 'em?

Goddamn it, you guys.

I can't believe this.

Did you--

did you check him?

I mean,

he's for sure dead?

Yeah.

- Are you sure?

- Feel free to

check him again, Maggie.

- Oh, god.

- Sh*t.

So we go to the cops,

right?

Yes.

Yes, we go to the cops

when we can. There's no way

we can make it there by dawn.

And that farmer's

still out there.

Seriously?

Farmer John

did not kill ed, okay?

It's 12 miles

down to the main road,

and then it's another 20 miles

to, like, the nearest anything.

Do you guys wanna

walk down in the dark, or--

what about ed?

Oh, god.

We'll leave

in the morning.

Yeah.

Do you remember

your mom at all?

I can't remember.

I did always feel

like she wanted me back,

for us to be

a family again.

Maybe it's just

wishful thinking.

I don't know, i--

I do feel like the answers

are in that house.

I do too.

You wanna go back?

I do.

Maggie, I thought

we just decided

that we were leaving.

We are.

In the morning.

We're gonna

go back to the house

and watch those films.

Who's coming with?

Christian, come on.

Yeah, no, I was coming.

I was totally coming.

Anyone else?

All right. I guess,

uh, see you guys

in the morning.

Seriously?

You guys aren't

a little curious?

No. Not really.

Wait up.

All right, well,

I'm not babysitting.

Nick, wait.

Oh, come on.

Hey, I know you guys

are really tired, but

i kinda need one more thing.

- Can you grab

some b-roll for me?

- Now?

Please.

You are obsessed.

Look, Maggie, how far

are we gonna go with this?

We lost our family

because of this.

So did she.

So as far as we need to.

Right?

Okay.

We good?

Yeah.

To be released

and come back.

Released and come back.

This is the loop

that we must close.

I must journey

to the other side,

where I will extract

the first nail,

and then I must return

through the golden door--

into my body.

Karen is preparing

the first injection.

It's a little cocktail

of my own making.

There's some luminous ether

in there, some bismuth--

sodium pentothal.

Some Mercury.

Yes, it's quite poisonous.

Why did you create

this drug, Jim?

Um,

I'm having trouble--

I'm having trouble

conjugating.

Re-conjugating.

Re-conjugating?

Do you hear that?

Yeah. I can't see

where it's coming from.

It's not from the film.

Could be

from another room?

Communicate with us.

We're here for you.

Push through, Jim.

Push through.

Come through to us.

Push through, Jim.

Push through.

Hello, brothers and sisters.

It's a beautiful day.

Jim, is that you?

The body is nothing

but a shell.

A cycle of physical ego

for us to outgrow

and discard

as we please.

The first nail is ours.

Now what?

I'm not staying

in here.

What do you think?

I don't know.

Oh, sh*t.

Spark plug's fried.

I don't even think they

make this kind anymore.

I think I saw

some spark plugs

in the pantry.

Great.

No, no, I'll go.

Thank you, Nick.

Thank you, Nick.

Yeah, I'll say hi

to Jim for ya.

They look like this.

Oh, like a spark plug?

Yeah, thanks, Matt.

Somebody here?

Okay, if there's

somebody here,

show yourself.

All right, look.

We're not here

to hurt you, okay?

What do you want?

Sarah.

I said, what do you want?

What's taking him

so long?

Hey, Maggie.

If we can fix

the generator,

we're going home, right?

Where's Sarah?

- Sarah!

- Sarah?

Nick!

Sarah?

We don't have time

for this.

Nick, stop dicking around.

Nick, come on.

This isn't funny, man.

- He went out to the gennie.

- Jesus!

Sarah, you scared

the sh*t out of me.

It just--

it just came back on.

I didn't even touch it.

Yeah, it was

a breaker inside.

I really don't wanna

go back inside.

It's just too--

too weird?

Too creepy?

Too scary?

Nick! Stop.

- I'm serious.

- I know, I know.

Come here.

Uh, we should probably go--

let's use this one.

Was that

from march of '80?

Yeah. Where the hell

are Ann and Nick?

Right here.

Oh, hey.

Can you please take

these Mikes and put 'em

in the other rooms?

I wanna see

what we can pick up.

Sure.

No problem.

Great. Thanks.

Turn 'em on. I just

changed the batteries.

You got it.

To be released

and come back--

I have refined the formula

to take us further

to the other side.

The venom from

the African black mamba

is a potent neurotoxin.

Mixed with

pancuronium bromide,

which is a lethal agent

used to execute

death row inmates.

Just two drops

will stop the heart

in 60 seconds.

After six minutes,

brain death.

Without an antidote,

the death rate is 100%.

This is the antidote.

This will bring Jim

back to us.

Now, do not,

under any circumstances,

administer the antidote

before the full six minutes.

Set the timer, Sam.

Long enough

to dance with death,

not so long

as to marry her.

He had an antidote.

- Would that even work?

- It could.

If done in time.

Jim?

Jim, speak to us.

Jim, speak to us.

Oh, my god, Jim.

I don't have

a heartbeat, Karen.

Oh, god.

Jim, come on.

- Give him the antidote now!

- Use the antidote!

Wait. He said

to wait six minutes.

- Don't wait! Do it now!

- Jim, hang on, okay?

You're so close.

Jim!

Jim.

Jim. It's me.

Karen.

It's me. I thought

we lost you.

Karen. Oh, my--

my brothers,

we have removed

the second nail.

I have been reborn.

- I have been reborn.

My brothers, sisters,

i must confess.

I'm not strong enough

to go back there on my own.

- Now we know.

- Yeah, he's a f***ing psycho.

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