Venom Page #2

I don't know what to say.

I mean, it's kind of impossible, Eden.

Ray Sawyer was a dick.

I'm sorry. I know he's dead.

- Whatever. He's a dead dick.

- You're bad.

It was the scar that made him mean.

No. He's had that scar

ever since he was a kid, fighting.

- Some people are just born rotten.

- Or gay.

- Or bitchy.

- Or bitchy.

Come on, hooker. We got a mall

to knock over. Ricky, you coming or not?

No, I've reached my daily limit.

Come on.

I'll drop you off at Abercrombie.

Let's go have some fun.

Do you know about Cece's grandma?

I heard the same stories as you. She was

a big-time mambo priestess or something.

What were you doing at the cemetery?

I went to see my dad.

Look, last night was rough.

It's been a rough year.

Give yourself a break.

- I'm crazy, huh?

- No. I'm the crazy one.

Now, I'm off soon.

You are gonna hang out with me today.

We're gonna go to the lake and you

are gonna forget about last night. OK?

- You don't need air.

- It'll take two seconds.

See? It's low.

- You're taking a dead man's air.

- Air's free.

- Yeah. I'm gonna pee.

- You're using a dead man's toilet.

Oh, I promise to flush and be polite.

Hey, Tammy. If you wanted somewhere

to break in and enter, now's your chance.

- Will you hurry? We're gonna hit traffic.

- Shut up.

Oh.

Ugh!

Patty.

Patty, come on.

The mall closes at eight.

Patty. Come on, dude.

Hey-hey!

Patty!

Patty?

Patty!

Goddammit. F***!

Patty!

What the f***?

Patty?

Agh!

No! No!

No!

Please leave me alone.

Please.

Please!

No! No!

Oh, please!

No! No, no!

No, no, no, no!

Please, no! Please!

- More beer!

- You're gonna have to work for it.

- You're drunk.

- You're drunk? You didn't have anything.

No, you're drunk.

I don't know, Eden.

I know it doesn't make sense,

but something really weird is going on.

You saw it yourself. When Cece found out

Ray was killed by snakes, she flipped out.

Her grandmother just died, Eden.

She was upset.

We're all upset.

I think I'm gonna go check up on her.

My mom says that Miss Emmie

lived out at the end of Fuller Road,

and she's there all by herself.

Hey, you know, I don't want you to get

all worked up about this voodoo sh*t.

It's not real.

It's just Louisiana folklore.

Yeah, I know.

Hey.

Are we still fighting?

- Are you f***ing kidding me?

- I swear to God I am not making this up.

- You guys, what's going on?

- The town is upside down.

Deputy Turner and Terry Parker

who works at the morgue are missing.

And here's the really f***ed-up part.

So is Ray Sawyer.

- Ray's dead, Ricky.

- Yeah. That's the really f***ed-up part.

His body's missing.

What the f***

are you all looking at me for?

- F*** this.

- Sean, where are you going? Sean! Sean!

- I'm gonna go check on Cece.

- Eric, stop him. He's drunk.

Sean!

What are you doing, man?

You can't drive like this.

He's not gonna go away.

He'll never f***ing go away.

Get off the bike and we'll talk about it.

Oh, f*** this.

Drunk f***er.

This is where Cece lives?

No, her grandmother does.

Come on, I think it's this way.

Nice house.

The mambo woman

meant business, huh?

All this voodoo sh*t

weirds me out.

Cece?

Just go in.

- What?

- What is that?

- I don't know.

- I don't like it.

Cece?

I don't think she's here.

Check this out.

- What's it supposed to be?

- I don't know.

It's a milking ceremony.

It's an old Haitian ritual.

The mambo's saving the man's soul,

cleansing him of his evil.

It's his last rites.

The snakes

are charmed by the mambo.

They suck out the man's evil...

so that his soul may pass on.

What are you guys doing here?

We need to talk.

Guess

this is all mine now, huh?

You know what I'm gonna do?

I've been thinking about this.

I think I'm gonna repaint this place.

Yeah, spruce it up a bit.

Bring the business back

to the Happy Time gas station.

What do you think, like a light blue,

maybe? A sunny yellow, perhaps?

Something real happy, right?

Come on, Sean.

I'll take you home.

So how do I look?

Do I look like

I'm gonna be a good gas pumper, huh?

'Course, I'm gonna have to get myself

a tattoo, right? And a big scar.

'Cause if I'm gonna be the new town freak,

I gotta do it all the way, correct?

Hear that?

So what do you think, man?

Do you think I got what it takes? Huh?

Do I got what it takes?

Are people gonna come through here

and ring my bell?

Huh? Are they gonna ring my bell?

You think they'll come through?

- Don't do this, man.

- Don't do what?

Yeah, don't worry, Dad.

I'll make you real f***ing proud.

Sean! Sean, come on, man!

Sean, stop it!

- Get the f*** off me!

- Come on.

Oh, sh*t!

This is some weird sh*t.

I don't like it.

When did Ray's body go missing?

I don't know, but I think I saw

his truck this morning at the cemetery.

Who else is missing?

Terry who works at the morgue...

and Deputy Turner.

What's going on, Cece?

It's a voodoo temple.

Grandma was a mambo,

like her mother before her.

It's in our blood, Eden.

For generations,

people would come here to worship.

It's a religion, like any other.

It's full of spirits - both good and evil.

They're called loas.

Grandma helped a lot of people here.

She was a good woman.

Your grandmother was wearing this.

It's a baka.

It's a charm that protects against evil.

What was she doing

out so late last night?

You know over in Cypress,

where they're building that new mill?

There's an old Creole burial ground there.

She was afraid of what

someone might find if they started digging.

The suitcase?

Grandma saved souls.

Murderers,

sadists,

the most vile men.

She milked them of evil.

What was in that suitcase, Cece?

Every soul that she ever milked...

was inside that suitcase.

So if those snakes got set free

and if they killed Ray,

the evil of countless souls

is inside of him right now...

possessing his body.

You're really

starting to scare me, Cece.

You said it yourself.

You saw his truck outside the cemetery.

Now his only instinct will be to kill

and to sacrifice to the dark loas.

Nobody's safe, Eden.

Nobody's safe.

Should we go now?

She's really out of it. I mean, she's saying

some weird stuff. I think she needs help.

- What's wrong?

- I don't know, but there's no phone here.

- Do you have your cell?

- Like we're gonna have reception here?

Listen. You guys need to go to my house,

get my mom and bring her here.

Call the sheriff.

Make sure he gets here too.

What is going on, Eden?

I don't know, OK?

Just hurry.

I'll stay with Cece.

Let's go.

Let's go.

- I sent Rachel and Ricky for help.

- You should've gone too.

Grandma's dead.

I'm the only descendant left.

Ray Sawyer will come here.

He'll want me dead,

and he will kill anyone in his path.

- You need help, Cece.

- There is no help.

You saw Ray at the cemetery because

he needs a sacred place to worship.

Reaping the souls of all that he kills

is his only purpose now.

And he won't stop.

- Did you hear that?

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