"You Gar, you Tra, you choose your own fate." "You are condemned to perpetual dying, but never death." "The nature's balance that you destroyed will now turn on you." "You will suffer ten years aging for every year of life." "But we are your children." "You, my children, all things have a time." "In twelve thousand years, the stars will complete the revolution of the zodiac." "The moon will once again be flanked by the twin stars of the wolf." "On that night, find a virgin, descendant from the tribe and from mortal being, whose soul can be sacrificed to eternal damnation in exchange for yours." "Succeed, and you shall achieve eternal life." "Fail, and be damned for eternity upon eternity as you shall suffer." "Until then..." "Noooo!" "Nooooo!" "We will do what we must to survive." "And we will survive." "Hi." "How's the fishing?" "Not too good." "Catchin' any big ones?" "It's a little slow today." "A little slow?" "You waste your time gaining youth." "You forget our purpose and our time is running out." "You must find a woman to bare your child." "I want eternal life." "You waste your time gaining youth." "you forget our purpose, our time is running out." "You must find a woman to bear your child." "I want eternal life." "Please don't be afraid, you'll be fine." "Calm down, calm down." "I know it looks silly." "I know it looks silly." "I thought I saw someone in the house." "The door was wide open." "Please, I just want to rent a room." "I'll leave if you want me to." "No, that's all right." "I do have a room." "Where are you from?" "Are you just passing through?" "Well, my plans aren't definite yet." "I'll just be staying a couple of months." "Well, all right, but just a room." "I don't want you wandering around the house." "Yes, just a room." "Well, let me show you the room." "The couch opens up into a bed." "I'll take it." "It'll be fifty dollars." "Did you hear me?" "I'll leave it on the table." "Well, at least let me give you a key to the front door." "I'll leave it on the table." "Starshine." "Starshine, where are you?" "Starshine, come back." "Starshine." "Here." "Be quiet, child." "I'll help you." "Have this man to be thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony?" "Will you love him, comfort him, honor him, and forsaking all others keep thee only unto him as long as you both shall live?" "I do." "The ring, please." "Mark, repeat after me, placing this on her finger." "With this ring," "I thee wed." "With this ring," "I thee wed." "I now pronounce you man and wife." "You may kiss the bride." "Push." "Push." "It's Coming." "Push." "Careful." "Careful now." "Push." "Push harder." "Look, mister." "I understand your concern, but please give your wife some room, okay?" "We dedicate this child now to God in the name of Christ." "I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen." "Mark, you're a strange one." "Your moods seem to change like the weather." "Hey, how did you think of Bondie as a name?" "Probably an old lover of yours." "An old lover." "Yeah, except her name was Bonnie." "She was a good little dancer." "I like the name Bondie because she is a bond." "What do you mean?" "What kind of bond?" "You're going to be a good mother." "What is this?" "A story for the Ladies Home Journal?" "Now there's something you don't understand." "My responsibility is to Bondie." "She is the most important thing in my life." "Really." "Now relax, relax, relax." "Do you get the message?" "No, I don't." "Just get those maternal instincts working." "God damn it Mark, stop it." "You're hurting me." "I'm serious, I'm serious." "You watch her and you protect her and you love her." "You don't have any time for me anymore, do you?" "You see, Dad." "It's weird." "Animals can actually think." "Now you see that?" "See the wolf?" "He's looking at us." "He's thinking about us." "Not too close, Bondie." "He's trying to talk to you." "What'd he say?" "Nothing." "Now come on let's go, I don't like it here." "Come on, I want to stay and talk to the others." "Now come on." "That's no way to talk to your father." "Come on." "Now come on, I said let's go." "I'm glad we came." "Let's go see the king of the jungle." "You go ahead." "I'll meet you by the refreshment stand." "Come on." "No, no, you go ahead." "What's this thing you have about animals?" "What do you mean?" "I mean you won't buy me a dog and all the other kids have pets." "I'm sorry, hon." "I guess you feel left out?" "So why?" "Well, you don't understand animals." "At least not yet." "They're very complex creatures." "Like you, honey, they... they like people." "They think like people." "Come on let's go see something else." "How you feeling, Daddy?" "I'm sorry, Princess." "I'm not in too good a mood today." "That's okay, Daddy." "I hate to see animals caged." "They should be free like thousands of years ago." "If people don't like them, they should just stay away from them." "Hi, Sweet." "The word is out on you that you been causing all kinds of trouble." "Daddy, Mommy hit me." "Well, now she says that you made her burn her arm." "But then you know Mom." "She's kind of weird?" "So I'll talk to her later." "I can't sleep." "Tell me a story." "A story." "Let's see." "How about before there was a city here?" "I love that story." "Once upon a time, a long time ago, before there was a city here there was a big valley." "And there were hundreds of animals, hundreds of animals just running free." "You are wanted by the Queen Mother." "Come here, child." "Sit for a moment and let me enjoy your presence." "You're a beautiful child." "You have the look of the Queen in her youth." "Well, Bondie, how's it feel to be sixteen?" "What do you mean, Dad?" "I don't feel any older." "Look Dad, let's enjoy the party tonight." "No hassles with Mom, okay?" "Promise?" "I promise." "Thank you Daddy." "Can I have your attention for a minute?" "Tonight as you know is Bondie's 16th birthday." "Now a little while ago" "I had you all sing and cheer, but now she's going to blow out the candles so let's have a big cheer!" "Come on, cheer." "Happy Birthday, sweet child of mine." "I mean ours, naturally." "Open it, quick." "Oh Daddy, it's beautiful." "It looks good enough to eat." "Is it real gold?" "Part of it is." "It's been in our family for a long, long time." "And now my sweet princess, it belongs to you." "You never gave me gold." "We'll talk about it later?" "Daddy, I'll, I'll wear it always." "Fucking gold." "She's gold and Pm copper." "That's it, bitch." "You said it." "She just happens to be better than you." "That's it exactly." "Either she leaves, or I go." "Don't bother." "I'm leaving." "Get back into the car right now." "I don't like you anymore." "I don't know you anymore." "I'm not your kid anymore." "Come back here now, or stay away for good, Seth." "I'm not going back." "No way." "I'm not going back home." "No way." "I'm not going back home." "No way." "Anybody here?" "Hey, Sugar." "Can I give you a lift somewhere?" "Where?" "Anywhere." "Hey Baby, You want to take a walk on the wild side?" "What do you mean?" "I didn't know you feel so good." "Let go or I'll scream." "I want to squeeze your nipple." "Stop." "Oh come on." "ls that good bitch?" "Daddy, help me!" "Daddy, help me!" "Daddy, help me!" "Help me!" "Help me!" "Hey man, slow down!" "Something's wrong with the brakes!" "Step on the brakes will ya!" "I can't steer!" "Daddy, help me!" "Daddy!" "God damn it, slow down!" "This ain't fun anymore, come on slow down!" "What are you doing!" "Come on, slow down!" "Daddy, help me!" "Help me!" "Hey man I can't steer!" "What's wrong with the brakes!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Help me!" "No Bud, hey, slow down!" "I can't!" "I can't!" "Hey, slow it down man!" "Daddy, help me." "What do you want!" "Where'd you get this pendant?" "My father gave it to me." "You look tired." "Come on in and rest." "It's okay." "Tra, Gar, speak." "See me, Mother." "See your son, my brother, then see yourself." "I see nature's balance destroyed." "Tra, Gar, my children." "You would steal the youth from children." "You have murdered my tribe." "Children like plants in the jungle grow in season." "Knowledge is not so easily grown." "The need is for centuries." "The need is millenniums." "The need is ours." "As in the length of days and peace." "You Gar, you Tra, you choose your own fate." "You will be condemned to perpetual dying, but never death." "The nature's balance that you destroyed will now turn on you." "You will suffer ten years aging for every year of life." "We are your children." "You, my children, all things have a time." "In twelve thousand years, the stars will complete the revolution of the zodiac." "The moon will once again be flanked by the twin stars of the wolf." "On that night, find a virgin, descendant of the tribe and of mortal being, whose soul can be sacrificed to eternal damnation in exchange for yours." "Succeed and receive eternal life." "Fail, and be damned for eternity upon eternity." "As you shall suffer until then." "Nooo!" "Nooo!" "Nooooo!" "I am now damned!" "I Hate you." "I'm sorry." "I didn't know you were alive." "Of course I'm alive." "That's a lousy excuse for acting like a dirty old man when you're only a kid." "I'm eight, I suppose you're a friend of Patty's." "Who's Patty?" "Who are you?" "She your mother?" "No, she just lives around here." "And helps us." "Who's us?" "Just me and Cowboy." "You're a bad girl, right?" "You escaped from prison, right?" "Wrong." "You may be half right." "It was sort of half a prison." "But have I escaped?" "This ain't no prison." "This is heaven." "Except for sometimes, when we have visitors." "I'll leave in the morning." "Not you." "You'll see what I mean, if you stay around." "Will you?" "Why?" "Are you lonely here?" "Well, how would you feel living with an old lady who can barely talk, and a runaway." "A runaway?" "You'll meet him." "Cowboy, Mr. America." "Do you have a father?" "No, my mom got pregnant all by herself." "Where are they?" "Who cares?" "How about a sister?" "Is that a question, or an offer?" "I'm game if you are." "But remember, brothers don't go around feeling up their sisters, especially if she's sleeping." "How about if she's awake?" "Can't you wait on all the shit 'til you're twelve or so?" "That'll take forever." "Keep it in your pants, will you?" "I'm sick of people trying to molest me." "But I'm only a kid." "Even a child molester." "You're funny." "We're going to get along." "Bondie." "What?" "Bondie." "My father gave me that name." "Nick." "I gave myself that name." "Hey Bondie, look what I'm making." "Hey, Nick, how come there's no people around here?" "'Cause of the curse, Cowboy says." "If people are dumb enough to believe it, let them." "At least that way they leave us alone." "What curse?" "The park's a snacktuary?" "Sanctuary?" "Yeah, that's it." "The sanctuary." "Like a safe place where evil creatures can live." "Where the fuck did that all come from?" "Well, it was just sittin' there looking like it didn't belong to anyone so I..." "All right, food." "Hey, Cowboy, this is Bondie." "Howdy Sweet." "You like pineapple?" "Sure." "Come on." "You a runaway?" "Do fish swim?" "So what are you swimming from?" "You have family?" "My dad lives in Texas." "He's a rich pig." "An establishment flunkey." "Don't talk about your father that way." "Well, not behind his back anyway." "Did you give him a chance?" "I have." "A million times." "We talked in the park and we talked at school." "We talked at the police station." "We talked out on his yacht." "We talked plenty." "What'd you talk about?" "The bitch that did this." "Don't tell me how you got those, okay?" "Not a word." "Not now anyhow." "You know Cowboy, it means you've done a lot of living." "I never thought of it that way." "I guess it's true, though." "It does sort of, give the perfect body some character." "Yeah, character." "Experience." "Caution." "You know, my dad is real rich." "He can buy anything he wants." "Except for me." "Well, you've got a lot too." "What do you mean?" "You have Nick." "He's special." "And me." "You like me?" "You're acting like it." "I can't be held responsible for my actions." "Forget it." "Hey, kid, how much for your flowers?" "Are you selling them?" "Want some flowers?" "Whatever's fresh." "Keep the change, kid." "All right." "How about sharing the crop, farmer?" "Why?" "'Cause it's not nice to be selfish." "Hey, friend of yours?" "No way." "Get lost, turkey." "I'm gonna get you arrested," "Beating on kids." "Can I take you home?" "Nah, it's too early." "But thanks." "My name's Taft." "How are you?" "I used to sell flowers when I was a kid too." "Made a couple of bucks, enough for fun, you know." "I made twenty-two bills on Mother's Day once." "You did." "I'm Nick." "You got any kids?" "No, have you?" "I see you're almost out of flowers." "Why don't you take a break and have a burger with me." "All right." "It's only me." "Don't be afraid." "It's just Patty." "Hey, come on Sweet, it's all right." "Patty wears that get-up to scare people off the land." "No lie." "I think it's kind of funky." "Petranella's' curse." "You think this is some sort of joke." "That shack." "Just because you live here you think that you can..." "So that we can live here, Bondie, not me, we." "If it wasn't for Patty Dumkirsh you'd think about it." "This place would be swarming with people and we'd be out in the streets." "Hey, don't cry." "Hey, you all right?" "Forgive me if I'm wrong, but today is a weekday isn't it?" "A school day." "Forget it." "Wait a minute, wait a minute, kid." "You've already done the damage." "Why don't you go to the library with me and drop these off and pick up some new ones." "You know that batch of flowers" "I bought from you the other day?" "Well, I didn't recognize one so I sent it to the lab and they didn't recognize it either." "Where'd you get 'em?" "Could be anyplace in the park." "Well, the one that we didn't recognize is very psychoactive." "So what?" "Will you speak English?" "So what I mean, it makes you go nuts, crazy, you know, gonzo you know, blast off." "All right, what does it look like?" "Never mind." "Kid, I hope you're thinking of getting out of that park." "You know legend has it that one of those mountains is hollow." "It's got a huge cavern inside that's the power source for the demons of Las Fimas." "Demons?" "Who knows." "But something happened." "The balance of nature's all changed up there." "Changed?" "The sky's opened and there was a tremendous rain." "There were rivers going wild all over the place." "Fires everywhere." "Do you believe that crap?" "I'm only telling you what I read." "What is all that stuff?" "See, this is Griffith, the Duke of Wales they called him." "He lived in the park back in 1910." "He was the last owner, as a matter of fact." "Went crazy and shot his wife right through an eye." "Look, here's the headline, see?" "Here's another one for you to see." "That's why I want you to get out of that park." "And here's one for you." "Who's this broad?" "That's Petranella." "She's the heaviest one of them all." "Colonel Felix found her in the park in 1843 or thereabouts and she was just a kid running around in the park and I guess he thought she was lost." "He adopted her." "Later on she lost all the land and she put a curse on all future owners." "She disappeared and nobody ever saw her again." "Something's going down." "I'm gonna find out what." "Well, you can't do it alone." "I'll help, but you might not like what we find." "What do you mean?" "Well, whatever this evil force is, it's been around for centuries." "How can we understand people in their time when we don't even understand ourselves in our time?" "People don't change that much." "Oh, yes they do." "Chances are that whoever started all this knew something that we still don't know anything about today." "Maybe that bad person still exists." "Maybe it's that Petranella you mentioned." "Well, that's possible." "Somebody who gets older and older and never dies." "Always next to death but never dead, you know?" "Are you jivin' me?" "You know a kid can get scared livin' in a place like that." "Wait a second." "Now, you recognize that?" "The rancho, what is this doing in the book?" "Well, both Griffith and Petranella lived in there at one time or another." "Now you want to know why" "I want to get you out of that park?" "Cowboy." "Cowboy, come on." "Nick!" "Don't tell Patty." "Please Bondie." "Okay, but how about an explanation?" "Are you gonna stay here?" "In Patty's room?" "She'd murder us." "Bondie, I never said this to anyone before, but I love you." "I love you too, Nick, and I'm not going anywhere." "I talked to Taft today and he say's it's dangerous here." "Who's he?" "He's that writer I told you about." "He showed me some pictures of the house and a wicked lady lived here called Petranella and I saw some of the same pictures in here." "Petranella's' curse!" "Cowboy told us it was just a joke." "Shows how much he knows." "Taft says that demons live in a giant cave here." "Demons?" "Yeah, and they know how to live forever." "Look, why are you in here?" "This is Patty's space." "I just saw a tree and..." "The highest tree around and you had to climb it." "You scared the hell out of us." "Cowboy's still down there, worrying, mostly about if Patty'll find out." "Patty." "Where?" "No, that's who the drawing was." "What drawing?" "The one that Taft showed me." "Bondie, it was supposed to be the woman." "God, am I dumb." "My mind knew it all the time." "That's why I came up here." "The real reason." "Not to climb a tree." "What woman?" "Petranella." "It can't be her." "Patty's not evil." "And Petranella didn't have only one eye." "But Taft said a man named Griffith shot his wife right through the eye." "Here." "Patty couldn't be both of them." "Could she?" "It's Patty." "Let's go before she sees us." "No, the window." "Hurry up, go on." "You Okay?" "Quiet, she's coming." "Who's out there?" "Nick." "What happened?" "He fell." "Mom." "Here." "What's that?" "Life plant." "It'll heal the cut." "Be quiet." "Come on, let's go for a walk." "Hey, do you want to be my watchdog?" "Sit down." "Come on boy, sit down." "Good boy." "Okay, now you be real quiet 'cause I'm gonna go see if what Taft said is right, okay?" "So you just be real quiet." "Somebody!" "Bondie, Cowboy!" "Bondie, Cowboy!" "Cowboy!" "Where are you?" "Bondie, Cowboy!" "Where are you?" "Twelve thousands years." "The time has arrived." "We shall no longer have to kill to keep our youth." "Remove your garments and assume your natural state." "No, I can't." "Beast." "No." "Father." "No." "No." "Stop it." "You fool." "You'ld trade a moment's pleasure for an eternity in hell?" "And you, the sweet virgin, you half descendant from my tribe, have descendant from mortal being." "You child, are reserved for that fate." "Beast." "Bondie." "The flames of Hell!" "Bondie, Bondie." "The hill explodes." "Come Tra, the time is now." "Leave her brother." "Stop." "Bondie, the pendant!" "Swallow it!" "Children, all." "Learn wisdom." "Learn strength." "Learn understanding." "For that she should know also where is the length of days and nights." "Where is the sight of the eye that peeks?" "The nature's balance that you destroyed will now destroy you." "Nick, oh God he's hurt!" "What?" "Be careful." "Be careful." "Oh, God." "Are you all right?" "You Okay?" "Be careful with him." "Get him up here." "Oh God." "Get away from there." "You Okay?" "Jesus," "Jesus." "Nick!" "Nick, it's me Taft." "I'm coming." "Hey, come on!" "Kids come on get out of there before it all caves in." "Come on." "Are you all right kids?" "Come on." "Let's get out of here." "Nick, get back here." "Come on." "Nick, come on." "Look." "The gene's open." "There's people in there." "Come on." "Okay, let's go." "What?" "What's going on?" "You guys got to beat it." "They're tearing this place down." "Hold that there." "I told you, you got to leave." "Now just get lost, huh?" "I'm sorry, we're closing her down." "What are we gonna do?" "I don't know." "We can't go back to the rancho." "Cowboy, where are we gonna go?" "Why don't we go to Taft's'?" "What's he gonna do with the three of us?" "Come on." "Bondie, look." "Come on, Bondie." "Come on, Bondie." "Push me."