02x07 - Alone When It Comes

[bunniefuu]

(theme music playing)

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(grunts) Only what you need.

I want you to grab clothes
and a warm coat.

Use that kitty bag
that Grandma gave you.

- It put it in your closet.
- I know.

Okay, you got ten minutes. Go.

Hey! You need to lie down.

We should grab some food and water.

The cupboards are almost empty, but...

might as well clean 'em out.

- You just had surgery.
- I know.

Megan will be here soon,
we'll take care of it.

Do you have gas in your car?
I don't want to make too many stops.

Oh, sh*t.

- Hold on.
- (exhales)

Hey!

You didn't die on that operating table,
but you damn well could have.

I didn't check out of that place
just to lose you now.

I know.

I told you baby, that's
not gonna happen, okay?

But if we don't go now...

we could lose everything.

Those things, they're
gonna come after me...

and they're gonna come after Amber.

Baby, what are you talking about?

It's gone on too far at this point.

There's more of 'em than we thought.

And they're out in the open.

They're getting more and more brave.

They're not gonna let us be.

Who's coming after you?

Sydney, Dr. Park.

Half the damn town, we don't know...

but we gotta get outta here.

Now.

(door closes)

(Sydney coughing)

(footsteps approach)

(Sydney coughing harder)

Need a minute?

I'm fine. Open him up.

Don't really need to.
The neck trauma's pretty obvious.

What happened?

It was an accident.

"An accident?"

I think you'd be a little more
careful with something so valuable.

Council is not gonna like this.

Get to work.

And what exactly am I
supposed to find, Sydney, hmm?

It's not physical, you know that.

Doesn't exist in them like an appendix.

Helen did something.

Bob Caldwell said she found
a way to change them,

amplify them.

We need to know how.

They're the key.

So that's why you kept
this one for yourself, hmm?

To see if you could change him.

How'd that work out?

He's all we have since you let
Kyle Barnes walk out of here.

- I'm not sure that's my mistake.
- Aren't you?

Well, I guess we'll both
have to answer to the Council.

They're convening today.

Oh, I'm sorry, I assumed you knew.

Maybe you were too busy
with your little experiments.

They're getting impatient.

They're always impatient.

(scalpel squelches)

Start cutting.

(door closes)

All right, Firefly, in you go.

Throw this on the other side.

- Hey! We are going to a hospital.
- What? No...

Look, not here, I get it,
there's something going on.

We'll go to Charleston, it's three
hours away. You'll be plenty safe.

Where the hell are you going?

Christ, I'm amazed you're even standing.

- That's what I've been telling him.
- KYLE: Easy.

f*ckin' weirdo.

- God, I thought I lost you.
- I know.

I saw what you did.

The thing that came out of Chief Giles.

I know you did it for me, too.

Look, we gotta get out of here.

Let's go get Holly and leave.

Wait. Where you going?

I don't know.

MEGAN: Wait.

Can it happen to me again?

Or what about Holly?

Will she be safe?

I don't know.

KYLE: We need to leave now.

(engine starts)

(heavy door creaks, slides)

(door creaks)

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(wings flutter)

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MEGAN: I blamed you.

He was years old, and he
wouldn't go to the bathroom

unless all the lights were already on.

'Cause the demons lived there.

In the bathroom?

(scoffs)

In the dark.

Said the Devil had been inside his
mother, said you told him that.

My parents...

ate it up.

I said... (chuckles)
you were full of sh*t.

I hated you.

I hated you for f*ckin' with his head.

I f*cked with a lot
of peoples' heads, Megan.

So, it's not... the Devil?

What is the Devil?

The sum of our fears?

Maybe whatever these things are...

we just needed to give them a name.

I don't give two shits
what they're called.

I want to know what they do to people.

What if a piece of that thing
is still inside of me?

- Doesn't work like that.
- How the hell do you know?

It didn't happen to you.
You have no idea how it works...

or how it feels.

No, I don't.

But I know some folks, who, uh...

kinda had a similar experience to you.

Are we going home, to our real house?

No, baby, we gotta get off the grid.

Wyoming, Montana,
some place we can be isolated.

Just you, me, and your mommy.

And no one around us will get hurt.

Like Uncle Mark.

The monsters like us.

Amber!

They like you?

They... They call us beacons.

They say that we lead them here.

Kyle.

There's someone behind us.

sh*t.

So?

They must have seen us
leaving the hospital.

They know this is your car.

That's got to be one of 'em.

Baby, calm down, this is a public road.

I told you, they would come after us.

- (engine revving)
- (mutters)

Slow down.

You do not know
what these things will do.

sh*t.

Kyle, stop.

(tires screech)

Look, it's gone. Slow down.

- No.
- Jesus. What the hell are you doing?

Look, these things will not stop,
they will not give up.

They took Amber.

What, took her?
What are you talking about?

They kidnapped her, and locked
her in a damn basement.

When? Why didn't you tell me?

I didn't know how.

I'm sorry, it...

Look, I'm just trying
to keep us safe right now.

Baby, you gotta trust me.

Hello?

Anybody home?

This is very Texas Chainsaw.

They were here, dozens of 'em.

Well, maybe they got tired of waiting.

(footsteps approach)

You were at my house.

Doing my outreach.

I'm glad you took us up on it.

Sorry about your brother.

Kyle's okay.

Well, not okay, but... Alive.

You said he d*ed in surgery.

Well, let's just say, the doctor
tried to keep him hidden from us.

Christ knows how many of the
hospital staff were in on that one.

Wait. What's going on?
What the f*ck is happening?

Why are all these people staring at me?

They're just like you.

They've all been through
the same thing you have.

GILES: Rosie, where are you?

I got a call from the Reverend.

Kyle is okay,

but things are getting bad, honey.

Call me...

or come home.

I love you.

Okay.

- (door bell rings)
- Mm.

- Hey, Chief.
- (sighs)

Mr. Giles. I'm supposed to
take you down to the station.

It's about Evelyn Bailey.

Well, what about her?

She's dead.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I'm afraid I don't know
anything about it.

You didn't break into her house?

thr*aten her? Lock her
up down at the junkyard?

Now where would you hear
something like that?

Chief Nunez.
She told me to bring you in.

Unless you've got a warrant,
I politely decline the invitation.

Sworn in this morning by a judge.

(engine turns off)

Is this "off the grid"?

Almost. We just gotta get a new car.

One that they won't recognize.

Wait. Wait here.

- Hey, we're coming with you.
- I got it, okay?

Look, I am not a doll you need to put
on a shelf and protect, all right?

You can let me in.

I will, okay? It's just this guy...

He's not good with strangers, and...

I'll be fine. Just a minute, okay?

All right.

(dog barking)

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Hello?

Baby Barnes!

I nearly gutted you like a fish, man.

What the hell are you doing here?

I need a car.

A car?

You got hundreds of 'em out
there, one of 'em must run.

- This look like an Avis to you?
- Look.

I got my daughter out there.

My wife, too,

and I need to get them someplace else.

Those things might try to
take 'em, use 'em against me.

Indeed they might!

Something take a bite outta you?

I'm fine, don't worry about it.

If you say so.

Jesus!

What the hell happened?

I got careless,

but don't worry about it, I'm fine.
(chuckles)

Hey. Your old man thought
about doing the same thing, you know?

Taking you and your
mother away from here.

Yeah, wouldn't that have been nice?

Hell, he was worried
that if he stuck around here...

they might come down
on you like an avalanche.

I'm not gonna leave 'em here, Bob.

Not like he did.

You gonna help me or not?

We're all set.

Come on, baby.

KYLE: Get your bag, baby.

(sighs)

Tuna or egg salad?

Tuna.

(paper bag rustles)

(footsteps approach)

Is this how you secure
a m*rder suspect, Officer?

It's the Chief.

Congratulations on that promotion.

You haven't asked for your phone call.

Seeing as how I actually haven't been
booked or charged,

I wouldn't know who to call.

Won't Rose be worried about you?

Probably be glad
not to have me underfoot.

You think you're one of the lucky ones.

You saw the other side, but...
Kyle Barnes snatched you back.

Now you're cured.

Immune.

I didn't see sh*t.

But Rose?

Well, maybe she's alone when it comes.

No children.

Husband not home.

No Outcast around.

Oh, and by the time you get out of here,

it'll be too late.

You got a whole new homelife
to look forward to.

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(coughs)

MAN: Sydney.
Always with the grand entrance.

Have a seat.

This meeting was unexpected.

Kyle Barnes slipped past you.

Now, I wasn't expecting that... again.

And now we find
Mayor Boyd's been sh*t dead.

Unexpected events, yes,

but not without their takeaways.

Thank you, darling.

It seems...

Kyle Barnes and his daughter are not
the only resources 'round Rome.

When Chief Giles received his traveler,

you didn't question
the suddenness of it?

- The ferocity?
- We all knew Barnes was there.

It was more than Kyle Barnes.

Much more. I felt it.

I believe Helen DeVere was successful.

One of her group must have survived.

- That's a bit of a leap.
- There was a witness.

A man named Bob Caldwell.

Now, I would think, Sydney,
more than anybody,

would be mindful not to waste
time chasing fantasies.

Caldwell saw Helen's work firsthand.

The way she was able
to change the beacons.

She almost brought on the Merge.

How?

I'm working on that.

We need to locate that survivor.

I hope you're close.

You know, kids my age
don't have a lot of patience.

Tea?

- Something stronger?
- (chuckles)

No.

Thank you.

I haven't been to church
in a long... long time.

Well, I mean, like you pointed
out, it isn't much of a church.

So, what?

More like AA?

"Hi, my name is Megan,
and I was possessed."

(chuckles)

Sure, if you like.

I'm not sure I'm ready to get up in
front of a bunch of strangers, and...

tell 'em...

tell 'em what I've done.

You think you've done
worse than they have?

(clears throat) I personally
don't remember what I did.

I mean, for some, it comes
back in fits and starts.

You know, kinda like a bad dream?

I actually found out
from a police report.

I was ...

and I was living on the street.

With whatever guy
could feed my drug habit.

Mom and Dad would have been real proud.

(chuckles)

(sniffles)

I guess his name was Justin.

Cops... I mean, I... I don't
think they knew what to say.

They said it was PCP,
or bath salts, or something.

I...

I basically took his face off...

with my teeth.

Yeah.

I guess that's pretty bad.

Spent years trying
to learn how to forgive myself.

Then I realized I had
nothing to be forgiven for.

It was never my fault.

And it wasn't yours either.

Are you sure about that?

That we're...

(inhales)

That there's no chance of us ever
doing something awful again?

That it didn't... (shudders)
change us forever?

What happened to us
was a miracle, Megan.

We drank in evil...

and we spat it back out.

If anything, we're stronger for it.
We are more ourselves than before.

(sighs)

Do you have space for two?

She's not like us, but...

I need to get my daughter.

(panting)

(coughs violently)

(footsteps approaching)

You forgot your doggie bag.

What the hell was that?

You were supposed to back me up.

- You'd think so, wouldn't you?
- (continues coughing)

We're all just praying
for the Merge to come

before we end up on our knees
in a diner parking lot.

The thing is, Syd.

I've started to wonder if we're
pursuing the wrong path entirely.

Ours is an immigrant saga.

We shouldn't be trying to remake our
new homeland, we should embrace it.

Look around you, hmm?

Smell the air.

Grease on grills, warm asphalt,

cut grass, fresh water.

Everything...

every vessel unique.

These vessels are k*lling us.

Maybe they don't have to.

What are you saying?

You have something for us?
Something for me?

You don't have sh*t, Park.

The Merge is our only hope.

By the way, I opened up your
little beacon toy like you asked?

Nothing there.

Useless.

How long have you known?

About demons, and beacons, and all this?

Since my mom, I knew some.

Reverend always said it was the Devil.

The older I got...
that just didn't explain things.

And when it happened to me?

How'd you explain it then?

Would you believe me if I tried?

What's that?

It's just road construction.

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KYLE: It could be them.

Or it could be construction.

Can't be too careful.

Hold on.

(tires screech)

Oh, sh*t.

sh*t.

(engine revs)

- Baby, you can't go through.
- I gotta do something.

Turn there, turn there!

(engine revving, tires squealing)

sh*t.

Okay. We're just gonna get out...

and we're gonna go on foot.

(engine running)

(coughing)

(tires screeching)

Hello?

Rosie, are you here?

ROSIE: Wasn't sure you'd come.

Of course I'd come.

You're one of us now.

I'm afraid not.

I lied to you.

A little taste of your own medicine.

(g*n cocks)

What is this, Rosie?

Revenge?

This is something that needs to be done.

Like calling an exterminator
when you find a roach.

Go ahead.

If I'm dead, the others
will just keep on coming.

Like roaches. You just never...

- (g*nsh*t)
- (gasps)

(grunts)

(grunting)

(screams)

(yelps)

No.

(screams)

(body thuds)

(panting)

(footsteps approaching)

She send you to collect me?

TUTTLE: No, sir.

Was that really the Devil?

That took you out there at the school?

Make any difference to you
one way or the other?

You know, I had some
trouble a-way's back.

sh*t, you know.

You gave me a second chance.

Now, I found Jesus.

We're talking old-school Jesus.

The kind your buddy
Anderson used to talk about.

Now, he set me straight.

And what about your Devil?

Is he old-school too?

Red tights, tail, and one of
them three-pronged pig stickers?

(chuckles)

Well... I reckon he's something
different to everyone.

Huh.

But he's out there.

Yes... that's certain.

What are we gonna do about it?

I don't know, but, uh...

(keys jingle)

I trust you a whole hell
of a lot more than I trust her.

(Sydney breathing heavily)

Are you okay?

I...

- I had an accident.
- Jesus, you're bleeding!

Yeah, do you have a...
a cell phone I could use?

No, reception's too spotty out here.

I'll... I'll just take you
to the hospital.

Well, no, I don't... I don't
wanna inconvenience you.

Call it my good deed for the day.

All right.

- (Sydney grunts)
- Okay.

(groaning)

- Okay?
- Yeah.

All right.

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ALLISON: I think if we
just keep heading East...

we should make it out
beyond the roadblock,

and we can just take
that road north to Summerville.

- Get a bus?
- All right.

(exhales)

(indistinct whispering)

What the hell is going on?

Shouldn't be down here, Reverend.

Who were you planning
on keeping down here?

It's just an extra dormitory.

You're f*ckin' lying.

(coughs)

Allison, hold on a sec.

(leaves rustling)

Damn it.

Is it them?

Yeah, come on, hurry.

(groaning)

- You all right?
- I'm fine.

ALLISON: Ow, baby!

(Kyle breathing heavily)

You.

What the hell is this, huh?

Mr. Barnes.

Where exactly do you think you're going?

Saw your roadblock.

We were trying to get around.

It's dangerous out here, Mr. Barnes.

That's what the barricades are for.

Your own protection.

Now, you are not setting a very
good example for your daughter.

Rose?

Rosie?

- Where are you?
- In here.

Dammit, Rosie.

Lord have mercy!

Rosie, I been calling you all damn...

What happened?

I messed up, Byron.

No.

- Rosie.
- I messed up.

What happened?

- Hey, is that your blood on you?
- No.

Whose blood you got all over you?

Kat.

She was my best friend,
Byron, but I had to.

- I had to.
- Okay.

Okay.

Rosie?

You didn't do anything
to Evelyn Bailey too, did you?

Rosie.

Okay, baby.

- No, I had to.
- Okay.

I got ya, I got ya.

(sighs)

What do you want from us?

Oh, we don't want
anything from you, Mrs. Barnes.

Fine. We'll leave.

- We'll get in our car, and we'll go.
- You're in no condition.

We'll be fine.

(distant car horn beeping)

(horn beeping)

Get back.

(car horn beeps)

Barnes, giddyup.

Now. Move!

BOB: Y'all wanna stay
right where you are.

- C'mon, Daddy!
- Get in the car.

Don't you even breathe!

Kyle.

NUNEZ: Stop!

Baby?

I said stop!

What about it, boy?

Kyle.

Daddy.

- Go.
- Daddy!

(grunting)

Daddy!

(sizzling, screaming)

(sizzling)

(yells, groans)

(continues screaming)

(sizzling, screaming)

(gasping)

(truck driving away)

(breathing heavily)

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♪ I see people going down ♪

♪ All God's people going down ♪

♪ And I should not be alone ♪

♪ And I should be on my phone ♪

♪ Yes, I should be on my phone ♪

♪ Yes, I should be on my phone ♪

♪ I'll go ♪

♪ Where that apple goes ♪

♪ I touch ♪

♪ With an apple touch ♪

♪ I see people ♪

♪ Candy people ♪

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