The Walking Dead Page #5

But you better make it two

instead of one.

Huh?

Joe. Hey, Joe.

Where are you? Joe.

- Here we are.

- Where have you been?

Your orders were

to stay outside this door.

- There's funny things going on.

- What?

We've been seeing and hearing things

around here and there ain't nothing.

Yellow, huh? Fine guards I've got.

- We ain't afraid of nothing alive.

- What's the matter?

- We ain't no use to you, and we're leaving.

- You can't. I won't sleep.

You've got to watch my room.

Wait till morning.

No. Come on, Joe, we're quitting.

- But you can't.

- But we are.

Let's go.

This place gives me the heebie-jeebies.

You're telling me.

- Turn off that radio.

- I can't shave without music.

What are you shaving for?

I'm going to bed.

My whiskers keep me awake.

Leave that alone.

Nolan sent me around here

to keep you from cutting out paper dolls.

And if I can't have the comforts

that I have in my home, then I'll quit.

- You can't leave. The guards walked out.

- I don't blame them.

Does it mean too much

to stop playing that radio?

- Oh, all right, I'll shave without music, then.

- Thanks, Betcha.

To show how I appreciate your sacrifice,

this is what I'm going to do.

You were telling me how uncomfortable

your bed was last night.

- Tonight you can sleep in my bed.

- So, what's the gag?

You wouldn't be expecting Ellman

to pay you a social call tonight, would you?

And have him find me in your bed?

Ha, ha.

- No, thank you.

- Just goes to show you.

Try to be decent and make a fellow

comfortable and he thinks it's a gag.

Oh, I'm sorry.

- All right, I'll stay.

- Oh, thanks, Betcha. You're a real pal.

Consider it your room.

You'll find pajamas, cigarettes,

a drink, whatever you want.

- Thanks.

- Good night.

Good night. You haven't got

an old address book around, have you?

Merritt.

How did you get in here?

What are you going to do to me?

Why did you have me killed?

- The others did it. They framed it.

- You were one of them and you know it.

I tell you, I had no part in it.

If you're going to do anything,

get it over with.

Go on, do it.

Don't look at me like that.

I say, don't look at me like that.

Keep away, I tell you. Keep away.

Why, you... Unh!

What do you want? What are you doing?

Your orders were to stay with Merritt.

- He's dead.

- Dead? Who?

- Merritt's dead.

- What are you talking about?

- What happened?

- I don't know.

I heard a window crash

and I run into the room...

...looked out the window

and there he was laying on the sidewalk.

- I turned around and it was Ellman.

- Ellman?

Do you hear that, Loder?

First it was Trigger, then Blackstone,

and now it's Merritt.

I'm beginning to think those deaths

weren't a coincidence.

Whether it was or not, we quit stalling.

Listen, you're Ellman's guardian.

You and I are going

to Dr. Beaumont's office and get him out.

Wait a minute, there's two of us left.

You're liable to get us both in a jam.

We're in a jam already.

It's either him or us, and I'm telling you,

it's not gonna be us.

Dr. Beaumont. Dr. Beaumont.

- I think this is the place.

- John.

Oh, what?... Why, where have you been?

I'm caretaker

at the Jackson Memorial Cemetery.

When I came on duty this morning...

...I found him wandering about

the tombstones.

He seemed to be in a kind of a daze.

I recognized him from his pictures.

- Thank you very much.

- All right.

Oh, John.

Where have you been?

What have you been doing?

Here, sit down here, will you?

Nancy, give him something hot for him.

That's right. Now, then.

Do you know that Smith, Merritt

and Blackstone are dead?

What have you learned that made you think

they sent you to the electric chair?

Do you suspect any others?

- Doctor, after some sleep.

- No, Nancy, I must know.

Please, leave me alone.

Now, Ellman, try to think.

I'm positive that Ellman has

some knowledge not given to him by man.

He seems to know that these men were

responsible for sending him to the chair.

I don't know what the solution is, doctor.

But as district attorney,

I can't let Ellman go on like this.

- No.

- Three men are dead. Others may follow.

- It's like taking justice into your own hands.

- Exactly.

Although I suspect these men

of being guilty...

...I've got to get some tangible evidence.

- I'll get it for you.

- How?

I'm going to unlock Ellman's mind.

I shall operate.

What good would that do?

He wouldn't live long enough to tell us.

You said there's only one chance

in a thousand he'd live.

- But, it's worth that chance.

- Why?

Werner, the evidence that Ellman

will be able to give to you...

...will be nothing compared

to the information he'll be able to give me.

Secrets from the beyond.

Things that no man has ever dreamt of

are within my reach. Think of it.

Pardon me, doctor.

Mr. Nolan is waiting to see you

in your office.

All right.

- How do you do?

- How do you do?

What can I do for you?

- We've come to take Ellman.

- What?

He's a menace to society

and should be confined to an institution.

He's not normal.

He shouldn't be running around loose.

- As his doctor, I refuse to allow it.

- And as his guardian, I demand it.

Doctor, I advise you

to confine your experiments to animals.

- Just you leave man...

- Stop making speeches.

We got a court order

for Ellman's removal.

- Right.

- May I see that?

Why, sure, take a look at it.

Nothing phony about it, Mr. DA.

You better get wise, unless you want

a murder charge against you and this man.

- We're taking him right now.

- But he's in no condition to be moved.

He's still under my observation.

He needs treatment, and must remain here

until I say he's fit to go.

That makes no difference, doctor.

The court order speaks for itself.

Just a moment, gentlemen.

This order is dated November 17th.

- That still gives us 24 hours.

- What?

- That's right.

- Well, what can we do about it?

We can't do anything for 24 hours.

All right, we'll be back tomorrow.

Just remember, gentlemen, we shall

hold you responsible for Mr. Ellman.

- We'll take that chance.

All right, let's go.

Good day.

Well, doctor?

I shall operate before morning.

- Doctor. Doctor.

- Yes?

- Ellman, he's gone.

- Gone?

I looked everywhere.

He's not in the hospital.

Loder, Nolan, they must have taken him.

I'll notify Werner.

No, no, wait. I...

I think I know where he might have gone.

That girl knows where Ellman is.

Good hunch following her, wasn't it?

I hope you're right.

Hey, you lug.

Why didn't you make that turn?

I could've bet odds

she went straight ahead.

All right, turn and get going.

You had all the time in the world.

Come on, get out of there.

I'll drive this car myself.

I'll bet you I drive...

I'll blow your brains out

instead of Ellman.

Come on, get out of there.

I quit.

Open the door.

Please, open the door.

Oh, John, please.

John.

I've been looking everywhere for you.

Why did you go away?

- John, you're ill.

- No, I'm not.

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