02x06 - Fireflies

[bunniefuu]

- (heart monitor beeping)
- PARK: I'm still not seeing it.

FEMALE DOCTOR: All that blood's
coming from somewhere.

PARK: Very helpful, thank you.

ANESTHESIOLOGIST: BP's still dropping.

PARK: It'll keep dropping
until we find that bleeder.

(heart monitor continues beeping)

FEMALE DOCTOR: What did they use on him?
He's gutted like a trout.

PARK: Hold the conversation
and focus, please.

Yes, Dr. Park.

- (heart monitor beeps rapidly)
- Heart rate is spiking.

(medical alarms sounding)

Goddammit, hang two more units,
and push an amp of epi now.

(alarms continue)

PARK: Get the crash cart
charged to joules.

(electricity whines)

FEMALE DOCTOR: Come on, come on.

- (flat line)
- He's crashing.

- Come on.
- We're losing him.

Retract here.

We're losing him. (echoes)

♪ ♪

(lights buzz)

WOMAN: Hello, Kyle.

Mom?

(shudders)

This isn't real.

I couldn't tell you.

Even a mother doesn't know everything.

Am I supposed to be... dead?

Is that it?

You always did ask a lot of questions.

My curious boy.

I'm sorry, Mom.

I'm sorry that I brought
that thing to you...

and that I tore it out...
after it was too late.

No.

That was a choice I made.

I coulda let that thing take me.

Just a few days of pain and surrender...

because I wanted to stay me.

For you.

It's too bad you don't have
more of that fight in you.

- What?
- You were given the power to stop this.

You weren't up for the job.

What are you talkin' about?

You let that thing in Chief
Giles get the better of you.

(electricity buzzing)

- (squelching)
- (groans)

They'll come for your family next.

You can't do anything to stop it now.

- There's no one left to protect them.
- What?

I'm so disappointed in you.

(grunting, yelling)

(theme music playing)

(coins rattling)

So, what are you gonna have?

AMBER: Chips, I guess.

Chips it is.

Here you go.

Dad doesn't like me to
eat too much junk food.

Well...

maybe he'd make an exception this time.

He makes an exception most of the time.

Come on.

(indistinct chatter)

Reverend Anderson?

You can call me John.

John...

are you scared for my dad?

No!

No, of course not.

Sometimes... I wish adults

would talk to me like
they talk to each other.

The truth is...

yes, I am.

You don't need to be.

He's fine.

And while he's getting
better, I can help you.

I can do what my dad does.

♪ ♪

(door opens)

(door closes)

What is wrong with this place?

Shoulda had him stitched up
and out of here hours ago.

It may be more serious than that.

- It's this hick town.
- Allison.

If we were in Charleston, in a real
hospital, we'd be home by now.

I'm glad you and Kyle are a "we" again.

(door opens)

- (door closes)
- (sighs)

(indistinct hospital chatter)

What?

PARK: Your friend...

ANDERSON: What?

PARK: I'm so sorry.

We did our best.

(sniffling)

- I want to see him.
- PARK: I understand.

Of course. We'll contact you as soon as
the Medical Examiner releases the body.

Release? He isn't yours to release.

That's... that's not what I meant.

In these cases, we should do an autopsy.

Take me to my husband.

You'll be able to see him
very soon, Mrs. Barnes.

- Now!
- Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Barnes.

I need to see him. I
have to talk to him.

Mrs. Barnes.

I understand you're
under a lot of stress.

Mrs. Barnes, please let go of me.

Mrs. Barnes, if you don't let go
of me, I'm going to call security.

Allison.

Come on, now listen, listen to me!

Listen to me.

You'll see him, you will.

Please? Please, just this one last time.

I have to tell him I'm sorry,

even if he can't hear me.

(sobbing)

(phone rings)

(door opens)

(dog barking)

Byron?

That was Bill Tuttle at the station.

I'm on a permanent leave of absence.

I told him.

Honey, Kyle Barnes passed this morning.

Honey, it wasn't your fault.

It's over, Rosie.

That boy was the best chance
we had of b*ating this thing.

Now, I guess we wait.

Just...

sit back and let it happen?

Baby, I tried.

I tried to focus on you.

I tried to build a wall
to block it out...

but it doesn't work.

(sighs)

That's what I'm trying
to tell you, Rosie,

we can't fight this thing.

We can't... fight.

Can't.

Byron, I vowed never to leave you.

I'd never break faith with my husband.

But the man that's talkin'
right now... (sighs)

sayin' we should just sit here and
let this... flood roll over us?

That's not the man I married.

What the hell is wrong with you?

I'd be happy to show you.

SIDNEY: All right, Aaron, that's enough.

She's just being a tight-ass.

If you have to use my home, I'd
appreciate a little respect.

SIDNEY: Oh, really? What
else would you like?

I have to get to work.
Keep up appearances.

Very wise, Evelyn.

Don't be so childish.

(door opens)

- Isn't that why you like me?
- (door closes)

Now what's that supposed to mean?

Why else are you keeping
me here with you?

What? You like playing "Daddy"?

I'm protecting you.

Yeah, from that limp d*ck Anderson?

From your own juvenile impulses.

You need to learn self-control.

Well, you didn't mind me
k*lling the mayor for you.

Well, that was on-the-job training.

Well, blowin' heads off is exactly
what we should be doing more of.

(coughs)

You sure you're not getting
too old for this sh*t?

(sighs)

Come with me.

The f*ck?

Do you know why I'm here, Aaron?

In this deep-fried sh*t
bucket you call a town?

Has it ever even occurred
to you to ask me?

It was years ago, a woman named
Helen DeVere passed this way.

She was waiting for the same thing I am.

Something we call the "Great Merge."

But when it comes?

All the suffering and humiliation
heaped on people like you and me...

won't even be a memory.

How's that sound to you?

It's what I've been waiting for, too.

Well, Helen got tired of waiting...

and I believe she found a
shortcut to make all that happen.

AARON: So, what does
this have to do with it?

SIDNEY: If Helen was right,
this is gonna be a team effort.

- (rain pattering)
- (thunder rumbling)

What are you working on?

It's for Daddy.

Sweetheart...

- your daddy is...
- They made a mistake.

♪ ♪

I thought you might
wanna get some sleep.

I need to run by my
mom's, check on Holly.

No more pills.

Okay.

Every night in that psych ward,

when I stayed awake thinking about...

how Amber might get along without
me in her life, but now...

Hey, look.

- You're here now.
- If I'd just walked out of there...

one day earlier?

Maybe he wouldn't have been there.

Maybe he wouldn't have
charged into some...

he wouldn't have charged
into some fight.

(sniffles)

It wasn't a fight.

You said he got stabbed.

He was trying to help the Chief.

- Free him from one of those... things.
- Oh, Jesus Christ.

I know.

You're telling me he got
k*lled performing an exorcism?

He didn't even go to church.

All of this stuff about dark
forces pulling our strings?

It just lets us off the
hook for our own mistakes.

The biggest mistake we made
was not believing him.

(gasps)

(gasps)

(breathing heavily)

(grunts)

Ow.

(lights match)

(fire catches, crackles)

ANDERSON: Byron.

Afternoon, John.

- What are you doing?
- (sighs)

Had me some nice Kansas City
rib-eyes sitting in the freezer.

No point in saving 'em now.

- Owen is dead.
- Huh.

Sidney and Aaron sh*t him last
night outside the school.

If you want to report a crime...

Laura Nuñez is sitting at my
desk at the station right now.

I heard 'em talking.

Sidney said there was
somebody else in the gym.

Somebody like Kyle only more powerful.

That's why it happened to you.

- Good thing it was nothing I did.
- Byron, what the f*ck?

The person who brought 'em
here, they can send 'em back.

This thing is not over.

It is for me.

Listen to me.

There's some people out
there I know can help us.

There's a church out in the woods.

It's called The Lighthouse,
they were there last night.

So?

So, they know...

they know something about this!

Now, we need to talk to them.

Byron, I can't imagine what you just went
through, but you'll come back from this.

Goddammit, you're the chief.

Twenty years as my friend,
are you really that stupid?

We've been thinking we're in charge of
this town, that we can protect people.

- What are you talking about?
- We can't even protect ourselves.

f*ck you, Byron.

f*ck you.

MEGAN: I shut him out.

- I told him it was crazy, too.
- Because it is.

You don't believe that.

Remember when you hurt Amber?

- Was that you?
- Stop it.

Well, can you feel your
hands around her neck?

- Stop.
- Was it you?

I was sick!

Well, then, go back to the f*cking
nuthouse where you belong!

Something gets inside of people
and poisons their minds.

Makes them do terrible things.

If you stand here and tell me
the devil k*lled my husband...

He k*lled mine!

What?

It wasn't a car accident.

I did it.

I saw Kyle pull...

oh, I don't even know...

that thing out of Chief Giles.

Just like he got it out of me.

And you.

You know he did.

(tires screech)

ANDERSON: Hey!

Where is she?

Where's Dakota?

- Where's Dakota?
- How 'bout our indoor voices, Reverend?

He's here, isn't he?

Your messiah.

I wish that were true.

I mean, but you're welcome to stay
and wait with the rest of us.

What were you doing at
that meeting last night?

It was a town meeting.

Wait a minute.

What makes you think
you're part of this town?

Living out here, sh1tting in the woods.

Talking in circles.

Listen to me.

I know these people.

I serve them, I love them.

Now, if you're keeping something
from me that could stop all of this,

- so help me, I...
- What do you wanna know?

Everything.

Why are you out here?

All the people here...
are they like you?

Recovering, yes.

And who freed them?

The same one that freed you?
Left that mark on your back?

Some. Others we picked up along the way.

So it is true.

There are others out there, like your
messiah, that can send these demons back.

- There must be.
- But there's no one here now.

No one with the light, like Kyle?

Why don't you bring Kyle out here?

I'm sure we have a lot
we could talk about.

Well, he spent the night
on an operating table.

Didn't know that. How is he?

He d*ed.

(engine starts)

(breathing heavily)

(grunts)

(distant door opens)

(footsteps)

(panting)

(moaning)

Chief really did a number on you.

Where are we?

Some place you'd get
the care you deserve.

Where the f*ck are we?

(hisses)

Take it easy, Kyle.

You don't want to split those stitches.

(coughing)

(sighs)

That thing is k*lling you, isn't it?

Time will come...

we'll re-make this world.

We won't even need these bodies.

What do you mean "re-make"?

Is that the... Merge?

Answer me, Sidney.

All right, be smart, Kyle.

Lashing out at any single one of
us ain't gonna change things.

We're very team-oriented.

Here, here, sit down.

(panting)

My family won't stop until they find me.

Oh, why would they even look for you?

You d*ed on the operating table.

By the time anyone realizes otherwise...

you'll be far away from here.

Now, come on, come on.

Let's get some rest...

Little Firefly.

(both grunting)

(shouting, yelling)

(sizzling)

Ah!

(screams)

SIDNEY: Ah!

(grunts)

(coughing)

(panting)

(Kyle screaming)

(groans)

(sighs)

Get Mr. Barnes back to bed.

Make sure he's secure.

I may have to come back later
for a little... pick-me-up.

(Sidney coughs)

Want some? Mmm?

Here.

Here.

There you go.

Go on, eh?

What the f*ck do you want, huh?

Go watch TV or something.

Or stick you head in here...
light a match.

Turn yourself into a walking
stick of beef jerky like me!

What's your story anyway?

You look like one of those St.
Jude cancer ward creeps

you see on those stupid commercials.

But you think you're
better than me, right?

Sidney thinks you're something special,

otherwise he wouldn't have brought
you home like a stray kitten.

Are you gonna be one too?

Don't play dumb with me.

Go on, Make a Wish, you little sh*t.

Are you gonna be a demon?

'Cause I was in line first.

(water running)

Kyle knew how important this was.

He knew what he needed to do.

Could you please explain
that to his daughter

who is in there writing Get
Well cards for her dead father?

I'm sorry...

but what he was fighting, what took
him from us, it hasn't been stopped.

Now, Kyle might not be with us anymore,

but there's still people out there
who are willing to fight his cause.

Allison.

- People who have a gift.
- Oh, God. Amber!

- Hey, baby, we're leaving.
- Wait.

Just come with us.

Get Holly, get out of this place.

But they'll need you to see the b...

to see Kyle, even if
you don't want to...

Look, I'm not leaving the country.

That Dr. Park has my cell number.

The police can reach us wherever we are.

Wait, who did you just say?

Police, everything's
been handed over to 'em.

No, who told you that?

- The surgeon who operated on Kyle.
- Dr. Park.

"Park"?

Park is one of them.

What?

Kyle told me he came after
him with a tire iron.

He was helping Sidney.

Who the hell is Sidney?

We need to go talk to Park.

♪ ♪

(yells)

(nurse groaning)

(groans)

Excuse me, we need to talk with Dr.
Park.

♪ ♪

(grunts)

(shouts)

I'm sorry, I have no idea
what you're referring to.

MEGAN: You don't know what
this family's been through.

ALLISON: You said my husband d*ed.

PARK: Which is the single, hardest
thing any doctor ever has to do.

- You're one of them.
- Come on.

ALLISON: Let's go.

(distorted) I'm sorry, Doctor.

MEGAN: We want to talk to someone else.

An administrator.

- Someone higher up.
- PARK: I'm the Chief of Staff here.

♪ ♪

but now you're disturbing
the entire floor.

- Get me Security on the line.
- Amber?

Amber?

(indistinct distorted hospital PA)

(panting)

Amber!

What's wrong, honey? Come here.

(panting)

(door opens, closes)

(shouts)

PARK: You can't go in there.

Why not?

It's the old wing of the hospital.
It's been sealed off.

Please, you can't be here.

Open the door.

Even if I had the keys, it's not safe!

Now, I'm going to have
to ask you to leave.

All right, let's go.

Amber, honey, come on!

He's in there.

(grunting, panting)

ALLISON: Amber, let's go!

Amber?

Allison!

- Amber, come on, let's go.
- No.

Amber.

Ow! Amber!

(sizzling, screaming)

(Park continues screaming)

Give me the key. Give me the key!

Allison!

- (thudding)
- KYLE: Allison!

- Kyle?
- (screaming)

- (keys jingle)
- Let's go!

- Allison!
- Daddy!

- Kyle?
- Open the door!

Allison, open the door!

- (panting)
- Jesus, Kyle.

Kyle. Kyle.

We thought you were gone.

I wouldn't let that happen.

How did you find me?

Fireflies can see other fireflies.

Kyle. Please, he needs help.

ANDERSON: Come on! Can you walk?

(Kyle groans)

(coughs)

I bought chicken strips.

Protein will be good for both of...

Did you get extra ranch dressing?

They always forget.

(bag rustles)

(sighs)

What have you done?

You and I have something going,

and that little assh*le thinks
he can just walk right in here

and ride along.

He didn't just walk in.

I brought him here.

You weren't in competition with him.

Not anymore we're not. (chuckles)

Mmm.

Is it Cajun?

You short-sighted, impudent idiot.

You want to change?

You want to become like me?

You know I do.

I brought him here...

to help speed up your
transformation, and you k*lled him.

All you had to do was wait.

But children...

Children can never be patient.

ROSE: Evelyn?

Oh! Rose.

It's been ages.

Yeah, I'm... I'm sorry
to ambush you like this.

Any chance you have a minute?

Of course.

It's a little chilly out here,
do you mind if we get in?

Sure.

Do you wanna go get some coffee?

Oh, no, this will just take a minute.

I'm sure you want to get home to Peter.

I know he and Byron had words...
a few days ago.

Peter and I are taking a break.

I hadn't heard, I'm sorry.

I guess it can't be easy living
with something like that.

I mean, living with
that thing inside you.

Would you call this a "mixed marriage"?

What do you want, Rose?

My husband promised me a retirement...

somewhere warm where we
could eat anything we want.

I've been looking forward to
that for a very long time,

because nothing makes me happier...

than being with Byron every
minute of every day.

You'll get your retirement.

You and Byron can spend as much
time as you want together.

You'll just be a part
of something bigger.

I don't think so.

Rose!

(breathing heavily)

(Sidney sighs)

Oh!

(sighs heavily)

He weighed more than I imagined.

I coulda helped you.

No, you've done enough already.

You could've let me die in
that fire, but you didn't.

You saved me so I could prove myself,

and I did.

Yes. You did.

So...

we're back to waiting?

Now that's up to you.

You've seen the
complications of my life.

Given recent events, you
still want to be like me?

f*ck yeah.

- I thought we needed the kid.
- Well...

it would have been easier
that way, but no, no.

I can attempt it.

Might be a little rough.

You ready?

Hell, I was born ready.

Let's get started.

So what do I do?

Just lie down there.

- Not gonna try and f*ck me or anything?
- (chuckles)

No, it... may hurt a little.

- First time always does, right?
- Yeah, but it'll be over soon...

and...

after that...

- I'll be reborn.
- Yeah.

Just... close your eyes now.

Thank you for this.

Yeah.

I'm just sorry I didn't
think of this sooner.

♪ ♪

♪ I don't have plans and schemes ♪

♪ And I ♪

♪ Don't have hopes and dreams ♪

♪ I don't have ♪

♪ Anything ♪

♪ Since I don't ♪

♪ Have you ♪

♪ I don't have ♪

♪ Fond desires ♪

♪ And I don't have ♪

- (Kn*fe clatters)
- ♪ Happy hours ♪

♪ I don't have ♪

♪ Since I don't ♪

♪ Have you ♪

♪ I don't have happiness ♪

♪ And I guess ♪

♪ I'll never really love ♪

♪ Again ♪

♪ When you walked out on me ♪

♪ In walked old misery ♪

♪ And he's been here ♪

♪ Since then ♪

♪ I don't have ♪

♪ Anything ♪

♪ Since ♪

♪ I don't ♪

♪ Have you ♪