Wind Chill Page #4

You could lose your fingers.

It's okay. Okay.

What just happened to us out there?

I don't know. You were there.

I know, but where did he go?

It's like, who was he?

One minute he's there and then he's gone.

It's like he was a...

A ghost.

No.

How do you make it stop?

I don't know.

They don't cover this in Philosophy 101.

It's okay.

It's warm.

Oh, God!

I can feel your stomach rumbling.

Oh, God, I'd give anything

for some of those Carr's crackers.

Yeah, me, too.

What else did you have in that grocery bag?

You don't want to know.

I do. I really just...

Oh, just talk to me... I just need to...

Okay, I got duck liver pt with truffles,

and I got some olives, the normal kind

and the little black shriveled...

- The shriveled ones.

- Yeah, the little ones with...

I got some white wine

and then for dessert, I got anisette biscotti

and a thermos of espresso.

That's pretty much the exact meal

I'd order for my last day on Earth.

- Yeah.

- You knew that, anyway.

Weirdo.

I'll have to get a restraining order

against you if we ever get out.

- I just want to get through this.

- Okay, come on.

It can't be too much longer till dawn.

There's bound to be someone

who's gonna come by, by then.

Somebody will come by, you know.

Snowplow or something.

- How are your hands?

- They're starting to burn.

- Oh, that's good.

- Yeah.

That's really good,

that means the circulation's coming back.

That's great.

But, I mean, they're really starting to burn.

- I got some Tylenol.

- Yeah?

- Let go, I got some Tylenol.

- Okay.

It's freezing.

Wait a second,

I think I know who those guys are.

- Listen.

- What?

'First to arrive at the scene

were Roman Catholic priests

'from St. Christopher's Home

for Retired Clergy.'

Priests?

'Hearing the crash on nearby Route 606,

'they braved inclement weather

to administer last rites to a dying pair.'

'They were unable to save a highway patrolman

'who was also involved in the accident.

Continued on page 7.'

That's from December 23, 1953.

We need to take turns keeping watch.

Okay, I'll go first, you get some sleep.

Oh, my God. Hey. Hey.

Wake up. Hey, come on. Come on, wake up!

Oh, thank God.

Oh, God!

I think... I think he's gone.

What if he comes back?

What if he comes back?

We just have to stay in here

until morning, okay?

Just stay here until morning, okay?

We'll be safe in here, yeah.

So, what happened to the guy

you were supposed to go to Cabo with?

What?

I heard you talking about it on the phone.

- Did you?

- I was sitting here, remember?

So, what happened?

I blew it.

It wasn't his fault, you know,

he was very sweet.

Into me, a little too into me.

I just couldn't stand the idea

of spending all that time alone with him,

or with anyone.

I feel so stuck, you know,

in this role of being 'difficult'

and I don't know how to shake it off.

I'm getting real good at being on my own.

Well, for what it's worth,

I don't think you're that difficult.

Actually, maybe you're a little difficult.

I'm going to get you some Tylenol, okay?

What the hell is this?

Is this blood?

Have you been peeing blood?

How badly were you hurt in the crash?

It's no big deal.

If it doesn't kill you,

it makes you stronger, right?

How long have you known?

Since I started walking back

to the gas station.

God.

You were right, I didn't make it very far.

I started spitting out blood

and I turned around and came back.

Why didn't you tell me?

I didn't want to scare you, okay?

Jesus Christ.

I'm going to have to get you some help.

I'm going to...

I'm going to hike back to the gas station.

Oh, yeah, how far do you think you'll get

before you run into him?

I need a landline. I need a landline.

I need a landline, I got an idea.

- What are you looking at?

- A telephone pole.

You know, there's a junction box at the top,

and I've seen it, you can test the lines.

That one. That one. You see that one?

You have a phone. I saw you have a...

Okay, I can jack into it, okay?

And I can try and call for help.

I can do this.

- You're forgetting about one thing.

- What?

It's that song.

You turn the radio on

and you listen out for that one song.

It comes on just before he shows up.

You gotta listen and when you hear it,

you just yell and you honk the horn,

and I can hear you, and I can make it back.

- I can make it back.

- Yeah.

Okay.

- I've been thinking.

- What about?

- Eternal recurrence.

- Oh, yeah?

- Maybe it wouldn't be so bad.

- What wouldn't?

Repeating this life. Over and over.

Exactly the same each time.

Even the last 24 hours?

Yeah.

I'd do it different.

You know what I'd do different?

Next time, I'd just walk up to you after class

and say hi.

You should.

Definitely do that.

Wait.

I'll be right back.

- Hello. Hello. Hi. Hi, we need help.

- Yeah, we have a really bad connection...

We're on Highway 606. Highway 606.

- Please hurry, my friend's hurt and he's...

- Can you repeat your...

Hello?

I think I got through. I think I got through.

I don't know if she heard everything.

I got through. Yeah, I think I got...

Hey.

Hey, come on, wake up,

I think I got through.

Hey.

Hey, come on. Come on now.

Come on, don't do this to me. I got through!

Come on, wake up!

I got through! I got through!

You knew I was coming back.

I told you I was coming back.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, God, come on. Come on.

- Dispatch, can you come in?

- Go ahead.

Yeah, I'm at the site of

that reported accident on Route 606.

One of them didn't make it.

I'm taking the other directly

to the trauma unit in Hadleyville.

- Copy that.

- Copy that.

There's been some pretty bad accidents

on this road over the years.

Started back in the '50s.

Supposed to be a bad cop,

used to stop people here.

And that was the last you'd see of them.

One night, the cop was drunk,

ran some kids off the road.

Cop went over the cliff, burned to death.

Kids died, too.

Not long after that, a family from

New York City was found froze to death.

Froze to death in their car.

Fire department had to hose them down

with hot water for two hours

just to thaw them out.

Every year, around the holidays,

seems to be an accident.

- What about the priests?

- Winter, '61.

They were all found froze to death

in their beds.

Wow, who the hell is that driving in this mess?

Oh, that must be Tom McClintock.

- Hey, Tom.

- It's not Tom.

What the hell is he doing? Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Honey, you're going to be okay.

You stay here.

I'm going to see about the other guy.

Don't move.

Oh, my...

- Hang on, Officer. Hang on.

- What are you doing? Don't go down there.

- You hang on!

- Sir, don't go down there.

Can't move. Can't move!

- We got to help him.

- It doesn't matter, he's already dead.

Stop it. Listen, I need to help him. All right?

- Who are they?

- It's the priests.

What are you waiting for,

a letter from the bishop?

Hurry up. I smell gas.

What are you doing?

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