Where the Skin Lies Page #4

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- How could I have known?

- You're not so smart.

Hurt her. Ray, hurt her! Come

on. You'll get your point back.

- What? No.

- [BETH] Get off me!

- [ELSIE] I'm not stupid.

- [JAAN] Yes, she's right.

- It will transfer.

- No. I can't.

- I'm not like that.

- [JAAN] Then become like that!

[BETH] Have you all gone crazy?

- Mike.

- [JAAN] Better that than dead.

- [BETH] What are you doing?

- Use this.

[BETH] What are you doing?

This is not all about you, Beth.

What the hell

are you talking about?

Come on, Ray! Get it over with.

[BETH] Please, not my hand!

[JAAN] Please, hit her.

I don't want you to die.

Hit her, please.

I can't do it.

It's wrong! It's wrong!

She took your point.

Take it back. You're on one!

I don't want to die, Beth.

I'm scared.

[JAAN] Hit her or you will die!

- [RAY] I'm sorry...

- Please, not my hand.

- Hit her!

- [BETH] No!

- Harder!

- [BETH] Don't. Don't do it.

[JAAN] Do it!

Ray, Ray, Ray, Ray.

I'm sorry.

Hit me. Hit me.

Take one of mine.

- [MIKE] Come on.

- Get off. Get off.

- Come on.

- Get off me.

Ray!

Supply and demand, Eddy.

So you're helping me now?

- It was nothing personal.

- Nothing personal?

- Yes.

- What was it, then?

[SIGHS]

You taught me how to rationalize

and find a solution.

Disassociate.

Now, we have to find out

how these tattoos work,

so... we needed an experiment.

[BETH] We?

That's cold, Mike.

Well, it's supposed to be cold.

You're hilarious.

[MIKE] You got

the most points, Beth.

You know I made the right call.

[BETH] Maybe.

[MIKE] I'm sorry.

I really am.

So did it work out the way

you expected, this experiment?

No.

No, it didn't.

It really didn't.

But it was educational, I guess.

Was it educational?

- Jesus, Mike.

- Oh, come...

And only, what,

one more of us had to die?

You know what I mean.

None of us

wanted Rainbow to die.

[BETH] OK,

so let's talk numbers, then,

see where we stand.

OK.

- Elsie is at her original six.

- Yeah.

I have seven, and, well,

assuming Jaan got my point

and Ray's last one,

he's at seven too.

[MIKE] No, he's at eight.

What? How?

'Cause he took your point when

he forced you to go outside.

[BETH] Is this true?

You hypocrite.

Tell me everything you know,

and don't you dare

leave anything out.

I don't have to

tell you anything.

You're not the boss of me.

That stopped when Ray died.

It clearly stopped

before she died.

- What?

- That's why she died.

You said you were gonna

listen to me, but you didn't.

So you killed her.

- You did.

- F*** you.

You call me a hypocrite.

He lied about his tattoo.

He doesn't have one.

Then why is he still here?

Why don't you just go home?

You can't.

Because he has a f***ing tattoo

just like the rest of us.

[BETH] Is this true?

Mike?

[MIKE] I'm still on six.

Why do you lie to me?

I should never have got

a f***ing tattoo.

After everything

we've been through.

Oh, come on, Beth, you know why.

Coward.

Now, I'm gonna go

and take care of...

- [BETH] Go.

- Wait.

You need a sheet...

to cover her body.

Yeah, I'll get one from my room.

What are you doing?

Means and opportunity.

- What are you talking about?

- The robbery.

- You're a security tech.

- I never hid anything.

You were in on it.

All this time, all this therapy,

all this reunion.

And motive.

A cancer kid.

- That's mine.

- I know, yeah. I know it is.

We're onto you, Eddy and I.

Eddy thought you were

just an electrician,

but you were there for

the alarm systems, weren't you?

I know. I know.

Case solved.

How is this relevant?

It's motive.

You needed the money.

And Beth?

Is Beth in on this?

- Beth was...

- You'll die here, like Eddy.

Or I'm gonna get you arrested,

both of you.

Beth has nothing to do with it.

- This was after.

- Aiding and abetting.

- Hostage taking.

- No.

- Accessory to murder.

- No, please.

Grievous injury

with disability as a result.

- Stop it.

- You lost.

- You lost the game.

- Oh, my God.

- This is why Eddy hated you.

- I outsmarted you.

They said

no one was gonna get hurt.

And how did that work out

for you?

And now you have to help me.

We need to collect more points,

you and I.

If we get enough, we can get out

of the... out of the range.

- How big's this range?

- I don't know.

The tattoos

only started behaving...

We need as many as we can.

You didn't

think this through, mate.

What do you...

F***.

OK.

Um...

OK.

[LABORED BREATHING]

- Hey.

- Hey.

- You alright?

- Yeah. Are you?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm good.

- I don't...

- I got the sheet.

For Ray.

- OK.

- I'm gonna go do that now.

OK.

- I'm gonna go freshen up.

- Yeah, good. Cool.

[SOBS]

OK.

Sh*t. F***.

Well, you ballsed that one up,

didn't you, Beth?

OK.

You can walk? You sick...

What you said to me

downstairs...

- Say it again.

- What are you talking about?

Come on, say it again.

I dare you!

Here's J...

[SCREAMS]

You wanker.

[SCREAMS]

Beth?

It was an accident.

He attacked me.

I'm so sorry.

But this is the only way.

[SCREAMS]

Oh, come on, open the door.

You've got nowhere to go, Beth.

Come on. Open the door, Beth.

You've got nowhere to go.

F*** you, Mike!

F***ing lunatics.

- [WHISPERS] 14.

- F***ing prick.

Come on!

You're making this so much

harder than it needs to be.

Do you really think

Lilly would want this?

A coward for a father?

[WHISPERS] You f***ing b*tch.

Oh, f***.

[GROANS]

F***.

OK.

OK.

See if you can stop this,

arsehole.

[ENGINE FAILS TO START]

Come on. Come on.

F***.

[GROANS] Sh*t.

OK.

OK. I get it.

OK. Good. Good.

OK.

OK.

OK.

OK.

Oh, sh*t the bed.

Mike?

Mike?

[PHONE RINGS]

Mike?

[MAN ON PHONE]

Can you speak slower?

[BETH ON PHONE]

There's one man down.

Two men down.

[STATIC, INDISTINCT VOICE]

[BETH]

...possible spinal injury.

He's been shot in the back.

[MAN] Do you need

medical assistance?

[BETH] Yes, yes, yes.

We're gonna need

immediate attention to...

Hang on...

No. No.

[CONTINUOUS BLEEP]

[BLEEP CONTINUES]

[RAPID BLEEPING]

[BLEEPING STOPS]

[YELLS]

Oh, Jesus Christ, Beth,

you really are a piece of work.

It's OK.

I've got you.

I've got you.

I've got you. It's OK.

I need to get out of this house.

I need to get home to Lilly.

And I need your points.

So that I can get

far enough away from this house

before they run out.

Do you understand?

No.

Oh, my God.

I'm coming home, Lilly.

Beth?

Beth?

I collect all the pieces

of my scattered dreams

They get sewn into a blanket

by my sentient machines

It keeps me warm

Keeps me warm

As long as it's dry

It keeps me warm

When I gaze into the night

But I'll pack up my things

and go

And I'll feel

the silence grow

Before the storm

Come see

the water rise below

Smell the rain from long ago

Before the storm

Before the storm

I can sit with you

In our palace

of ten thousand screens

We get catered on

at our beck and call

By artificial means

It keeps me warm

Keeps me warm

This digital life

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