"# DEAN KOONTZ SERVANTS OF TWILIGHT #" "Male, mid-thirties, sunglasses." "Picked up." "He was very agitated." "Ok, fine, take into the E.R." " Pulse, weak at 33." "Ok Coming through!" " Here we go." "Coming through!" "Open that door." "Mommy!" "Joey!" "What the hell are you doing?" "I'd given you up for dead." "Relax, will ya, we're going to hell anyway." "Don't call." "Don't call her." " But she couldn't have known could she, Ted?" "She couldn't have known." " Who the hell are you talking about?" "Christine!" "Who do you think I'm talking about?" "Three crosses today, mom." "We drew people then we cut them out and glued them back together again." "Do you like it, mom?" " Yeah." "Sure I do." "I certainly like it It's beautiful." "That's all I could think about, man." " What?" "It's just that Alright, I got him." "Just give us a minute." " Well, he's all yours." " Scares me to death." "What?" "What?" " That life is so normal an instant before something horrible happens." "Did you ever think about that?" "Life is so normal, nobody expected any trouble on a day like that Its just it's like your." "You know, when everybody seems destined to live forever." "One of us has to work and you're not even out of the first grade yet, tiger." "Maybe someday we'll have so much money you won't have to work." "Well, that sounds pretty good to me." "So we'll buy some cookies on the way to school, alright?" " Ok." "My heavens, aren't you a handsome young man." "Thank you." " Yes, sir." "A regular little heartbreaker." "Thank you." " What's your name, young man?" "Joey." " Joey." "That's right You know, I believe we've met before." "I don't think so." " Yes, I'm sure of it As a matter of fact," "I'll bet you a dollar to a donut we've met before." "We're running late, would you excuse us?" "Come on, sweetie." "I know you!" " Mommy, does she know me?" " No, honey, I don't think so." "Yes I do." "I know who you what you are." "Could you." "Move out of the way?" " I know you're a vicious ugly, hateful, sarcastic little fraud." "Out of the way!" "Just move!" "Joey, get in the car." "You dont fool me with your phony righteousness." "Let go!" " Admit it!" " Lock the door." "Admit what you are!" "Admit it!" "Let's go." "Mommy don't let her Listen to me!" "Get near me!" "Its alright Joey." "It's alright, sweetheart." " He's got to die!" "No!" "Listen to me!" "Stop the car!" "He's got to die!" "Stop the car!" "Listen to me!" "He's got to die!" "Charlie, I found you passed out in the doorway." "So why dont you think about staying for a few days." "You could use the rest We'd get you a check-up and we could talk a little more." "I'm not crazy." " Nobody said you were." "But there's something seriously disturbing you." "This Is not going to work." "Who else is going to listen?" "Stay." "Talk to me." "Ok, Brandy." "You're Chewbacka." "Hide the princess." "Hide her someplace Darth Vader can't find her." "Ok, now you've blown up half the universe." "Time for bed." "Did you brush your teeth?" " Yes." " Did you wash your face?" " No." "Come on." " But I have to vaporize a whole planet!" " You can vaporize in the morning." "Come on." "Hey!" "No you don't No you don't Come on." "Alright?" " Alright." "Come on." "Yeah?" " Yes." "You know, honey, you're never going to see that lady again." "We were just in the wrong place at the wrong time." "Mom, do you think she could've been a witch?" "A witch?" "No." " How do you know?" "There's no such thing as a witch, Joe." "Don't exist Ok?" "Going to go to sleep?" "Good night." "Good night." "Mommy!" " Joey?" "What ia it Joey?" "What's the matter, honey?" "Someone's out there!" "It was her!" "I saw somebody out the window and I turned on the light and it was her!" "I could see it was her!" "Joey, maybe you were dreaming, honey." "Were you having a dream?" "If it was a dream then why was Brandy barking?" "You know Brandy never barks." "Hey, there you are." "I thought you would have climbed up and got your cereal by now." "Honey?" "Sweetheart." "What is it" "God!" "Joey!" "Baby, what happened?" "What happened, sweetie?" " The porch." "I understand how you'd tend to link the woman to this." "Well, of course it was her." "Joey saw her outside his window last night." "It was the witch." "The witch cut Brandy's head off." "Joey, I dont want to hear anything more about a witch now that the police are here." "And that's going to be the end of it." " You know, when a dog is poisoned or something like that, it's usually the work of a neighbor." " No that's ridiculous." "No." "Our neighbors wouldn't kill Brandy." "Besides, he wasn't poisoned." "I mean, it was a hell of a lot more violent than that." "Yeah." "Ok, Miss Scapello we'll look into it." "Officer, what are you going to do about this?" "Well, the description you gave us Is all we've got to go on and that's not much." "We'll do everything we can." "Meanwhile you put your faith in God." "You'll be alright, you and your boy." "What the hell is this?" "I called for a policeman, I don't need an evangelist." "Good-bye, Ma'am." "I'll pray for you and the boy." "I have looked upon his face." "He Is the one!" "I have questioned." "I have doubted again and again I have prayed for another answer." "Now I know." "The Lord has shown me." "He is the one." "Yes." " He must be stopped." " Yes." "He must die!" " Yes!" "Hello." " Do you know what he is?" " Excuse me?" "Are you part of it or don't you know what's happening?" "I think you got the wrong number." " You are Christine Scapeilo, aren't you?" "I've got to know If you know what he is." " Who are you?" "Why are you doing this?" "I've got to know if you know what's happening or if you are innocent." "Do you know what your son really is?" "Do you know why he's got to die?" "It was her on the phone." "It's alright, Joey." "I won't let anything happen to either of us." "What are we going to do?" "I'm going to pack a bag and we're going to get out of here." "Where are we going to go?" "I don't know." "Somewhere safe." "I'll find someone to help us." "Like the cops?" " No, not the cops." "Hey, man, where did you learn how to fake like that." "Who won?" " The good guys." "Miss Scaveilo is here with her boy." "They've been waiting to see you for 15 minutes." "Didn't Frank meet with them?" " Miss Scaveilo said you were the one recommended." "She won't speak with anyone else." "Hi." " Hello." "Well, you must be Joey." "Nice to meet you." " Hi, I'm Charlie." " Are you a private detective?" "Yeah." "Actually, I fit in a little detecting between my basketball games." "Hi, Miss Scavello." "I'm Charlie Harrison." "God!" "Excuse me." " It's alright Don't worry about it" " Damn." "It's water." "Forget it Forget it Don't worry about it" "2,000, you've beaten my record." "Guess I'm going to have to start practicing weekends." "Yes!" "Are you divorced?" "You're not listening." "To me." "His father has nothing to do with any of this." "Miss Scaveilo, I know this is uncomfortable for you, but if I'm going to help you I have to be able to follow my instincts." "I was never married." "His father's dead." " I'm sorry." "Believe me, I understand." "I want to know what you can do to stop this woman." "Until we know what we're dealing with, I think Joey should have two armed bodyguards around the clock." " Good." " We do a lot of custody cases." "My men are very good with children." " I know, that's why I came to you." "Just one more question about the van." "Was there any company lettering on it, logo or anything like that?" "It was plain." "I remember that." "Why?" "Come here for a second." "How do they keep finding me?" " Ok, do you think did you think you were followed?" "Did you see them?" " I don't know." "Has Frank gone out?" " He said be there in a minute." " Tell him to drop what he's doing." "There's a white late model Ford van parked In the corner." "I want pictures of the driver and the plates." "Black and white." "Now." "Frank?" "Never mind the meeting, Charlie needs pictures In a hurry." "Bank and Harrison." "Who did you say wee calling?" "I'm sorry." "Hold on a second." "Joey, pick up the phone." "It's your grandma." " Grandma?" "Hello." " Joey Scavello?" " Grandma?" "I told you you couldn't hide from me." "I can see you wherever you go." "Im going to bring judgement down on you and cut your vile little heart out." "Frank's down the hall." " What about the voice?" "Young?" "Old?" "Any accent?" "Not that I could hear." "She just sounded like a sweet old lady." "I want to take Joey away before something happens." "How long are you going to stay away, a week, a month?" "A year?" "This lady has a fixation." "Without Joey around, I'm concerned she's just going to crawl back into the woodwork." "What I'd like you to do is go to work this afternoon." "I just don't like it I dont like any of this." "Well, I'll send Frank Ross with you and Pete will stay with Joey." "And together the two of them can handle anything that comes up." "We thought it would be a good idea to get a dog right away." "I'll take care of getting him the dog." "Here's the last of them." "I read the file and I'm ready to meet with Miss Scavello." "Frank, if it's all the same to you, I think I'll work on this one." "You mean, you're going out in the field?" "Yeah, it's about time." " Alright, man." "Let's get on it" "I mean, I was never so drawn to a woman." "Never." "Not in my life." "Christine was so beautiful but that wasn't it" "I couldn't explain it." "You don't know what you're putting her through, she's worried sick about you." "The police, hospitals Only a P.l. could get himself so lost." "Isn't he great, mom?" "We got him at the pound." "Hi." "Hi." "Don't you think another breed would have been a better choice?" "Why, what's wrong with this one?" "It's identical to Brandy." "He never said a word." "I'm going to call him Brandy II." " Brandy II?" "Well, what do you think if you gave this pup a name of his own?" "Like what?" " Well, how about Chewbacka?" "Yeah!" "Chewbacka!" "That would be a great name!" "Hi, Chewbacka." "Ok, we're all going to ride in the black car with Pete and Chewbacka is going to ride shotgun in the car with Frank, ok?" "Ok." " Come on." " Ok." "I just thought Td let you know we have some company." "Yeah, yeah, I just." "Just picked them out." "White van. 100 yards." "Right over there." "Yeah." "Good eyes." "See you back at the house." "I knew what I was up against I mean, I knew it was serious." "But I, I was into it." "I was working again, it was Christine." "And that was great and we drove off, we gave the bad guys the slip, you know." "What is it?" "What's eating at you, Charlie?" "I mean, where you been?" "What's going on?" "This is gonna sound crazy." " Try me." "Okay." "It's the oldest struggle in the book." "You know, the one between good and evil." "I'm caught in the middle." "I can tip the balance." "We got a trace on the van." "It's registered to a company called the True Word." "They're owned by a group that call themselves The Church of the Twilight." "They distribute religious materials, pamphlets booklets, stuff like that." "That's her." "That's the woman." "So, what is she?" "she's a preacher?" "Well, her followers call her mother Grace." "Her real name is Grace Spivey they believe that these are the last days." "And that the tribulation, as they call, will descend and hell will rain on earth." "They also believe that these evil forces will be gathered together by a leader referred to in the Scriptures as the Anti-Christ." "So what are you telling me?" "That they think they found him." "And they think it's Joey." "Why don't you check around back?" "Charlie?" "Wait a second." "Good to have you back, man." " Thanks." "All the calls that come in the house should be answered from here." "Does that record the conversation?" " Yeah, it also traces the call." "Mom, can I give Chewabacca a cheese burger in Brandy's dish?" "We'll get Chewabacca a dish tomorrow?" " Okay." "So what happens now?" " We get through the night." "Yeah, but you have to be a computer brain to figure that stuff out." "And I can't even load my programs." " You use those sticks pretty good." "How do you get to be a private eye, Charlie?" "Well, first you go to private eye school and then you get your license." "Is that the license to kill?" "No, that's James Bond." "Is James Bond a private eye?" " No, not exactly." "Do you know James Bond?" " Yeah, do you?" "No, no, but I'm, I know his brother." " Really?" "Who's his brother?" " Municipal bond." "Are you sure you have to go?" "You're in really good hands." " Yeah, I know." "I know." "Thank you." "Lock this right behind me." " Okay." "Good night." "Don't worry." "He'll be back in the morning, bright and early." "Probably carrying a box of doughnuts." " Does he usually leave like this?" "Well, he usually doesnt go out in the field at all." "I havent seen him hands on in, it's almost a year." "Don't know whether to find that comforting or not." "Well, you should." "Charlie's the best." "So what kept him away?" "Well, thought you might've known." "His wife died about a year ago." "An accident." "I see." "No, he didn't tell me." "Where's Joey?" "Go." "Get him, get him." "Fifty, oh, ten." " Get him, get him" " Nine." "No." " So I see." "C'mon, my turn." "Hey it's still my turn." " No no, you already won." "It's my game." "Cream, two sugars." " Yes, thank you." "Very much." "This's a beautiful home." " Thank you." "I love this window seat This's really terrific." "Yeah, I do a lot of reading here." " This switch over." "Pete, they killed Frank." " Where are they?" " Ask Joey." " He's upstairs." "No, Pete." " Don't, get out of here." "Mommy?" "mommy?" "Mommy?" "Get out of here." "Where's the boy?" " Out the front door." " I don't think so." "Honey, now get down there and stay down." "Stay down." "Where's my bag?" "I can feel it in this room." "Where is he?" " No." "I will find the beast and change before his rain begins." "No." " Where is he?" "How're you holding up?" "We have to get out of here." " We will." "I have a safe place lined up." "Its Sherry's brother's loft But for now, we have to help them with their investigation." "We gotta tie this to Spivey." " I know." "I killed a man, Charlie." "I just wanna keep the reporters out of here, okay?" "Lou, come here I gotta get my clients out of here." "I just wanna find out what the hell happened." " Grace Spivey sent these guys, these killed both my partners." "My client shot in self-defense what the hell do you think is happening?" "What're you doing back in the field anyway?" "I thought you retired." "Well, now I'm un-retired can we leave?" "Keep in touch." " Thanks." "Yeah, what happened?" " Would you like to make a statement?" "Tell me" "Stand back." "Shooter." "Get them the hell out of here!" "Go!" "I want everybody out of here!" "Now!" "Where are we, mommy?" " We're safe, honey." "We're at a friend of Charlies." "We're gonna sleep here tonight." "Okay." " You gonna go to sleep now?" "That's my boy." "I just talked to Sherry." "She got background information you wanted on the Spivey woman." "And Henry Rankin called." "He wants you to keep in touch." " Thanks." "Lieutenant Rankin?" "He started me off." "I bought the business from him." "Hi, Charlie." "It's Sherry." "The information you wanted is on my desk." "Also, I managed to get you a meeting with Grace Spivey at her church tomorrow." "Eleven o' clock in the morning." "Also, Mr. Rankin's been trying to reach you." "He said he might be coming up tonight Sorry if I sound out of it, Charlie," "I just can't believe what happened tonight." "Please take care of yourself." "By then, I was working for free." "I mean, I knew it was serious but." ""No"" "Heard you had some trouble." " Jesus, Henry." "Left your gun out front, Sherlock." "You didn't learn that from me." "He's dead." "There's no I. D. This guy's clean." "Damn lunatics." " What're you doing here?" "I was sitting in my joint in San Diego watching TV when the news report." "About all this shit comes on." "I see your mug up there I couldn't believe." "I thought you could use an extra pair of hands." "You need someone to watch your back." "This's really the first time I've been back on the job." "I'm meeting with the leader of this church in the morning." "Lou Falconi." "I'm not gonna let anything else happen to this family." "I'm gonna bury this woman." "Sure hope you're right again." "That's when I first came to see you then." "Thanks for coming down so early." " I was gonna have breakfast anyway." "Sherry tells me you're involved with some real interesting people." "Yeah, The Church of the Twilight." " What?" "I knew this was serious." "But Grace Spivey?" "That's another matter." " You know her?" "Down at LARD." "We had her pegged as a true believer." "I mean, the woman is capable of doing anything." "Weil, how far is she gonna push it then?" "She believes all this Anti-Christ stuff." "She'd be willing to kill the child or anybody else for that matter." "Look, I know that already." "How do I stop her?" "Look, this kind of condition comes with a certain kind of power." "A certain kind of strength Let me think about it." "Think fast I got a few hundred homicidal religious fanatics breathing down my neck." "There's only one way to deal with Grace, if you want to protect your clients." "What?" " Kill her." "Hello, my name is Charlie" " I know who you are." "I'm Charlie Harrison." " You dont know, do you?" "What the child and his mother are." "Well, I know what you think they." "Are." " No, it's not what I think." "It's what God told me." "Satan is the father of that child." "He's a six year old boy." "Like any other six year old boy." "He will grow stronger with each passing year and you must cease protecting them." "Take your hands off me." "I came here to reason with you, but I can see now that's not possible if you don't back off, I'll" " You're lost to me." "You belong to Satan now." "You'll rot in hell." "You'll rot In hell." "You dont know what hell is." "If you don't live the Scavellas alone, I'm gonna drive you and your pathetic little church right into the ground." "Behold the wounds of Christ." "This is a holy sign for you dont you understand?" "This means I was wrong." "You're not yet in Satan's thrall." "And the Lord has given you a chance to redeem yourself." "What have you done to her?" "I didnt touch her." "She did this to herself." "Let him go, Clyde." "Get out of here." "Now." "You heard what I said." "Wherever you go, I can see you." "We may have a problem." "There's a white van downstairs." "Looks like a plumber's van." "Check it out." "It's right there." "Charlie, they found us." " That's impossible." "Well, there's a white van out there." "It's been circling the block for twenty minutes." "Where's Joey?" " He's in the bedroom." "Take a side." "You got him?" " I got it." "Morning." " Morning." "What can I do for ya?" "I think it's more a matter of what I'm here to do for you." "I'm here to help." " Who sent you?" "What the hell's going on?" " Who sent you?" "I'm, I'm just here to fix a drain open it It's got my tools." "Dont touch It." "It could be wired." "He's here to clean the drains." "This guy's a plumber." " No shit." "Why don't you come back when we're a little more relaxed." "Hey, Charles." " Hey." " I got you a clean car from Sherry." "It's ready to roll when you are." " I was playing Tetria." "Christine, Joey." "This's Henry Rankin." "He'll be giving us a hand." "Hello." " How you do?" " How're you?" "My goodness, you must be Joey." "I heard a lot about you I understand you are one brave little man." " Thanks." "Henry's pushing forensics for some quick results on evidence they found your house." "Good." " And something that links Spivey to the attack." "Hey, guys?" "Got a minute." " Yeah." "Excuse us for a second." "Thanks very much for your help." "What?" " Take a look." "It's the same van" " Where's George?" " He's down at the back entrance." "Why dont you get Christine and Joey and their stuff and get 'em in the car?" "Okay." "Look, I don't know when were gonna be back, but this's the plan." "By the time it gets dark, we should be Don't tell anyone where you're going." "Well, I just wanted you to know." "I don't wanna know I don't need to know." "No one needs to know." "All you have to do Is get those people In that car and take 'em where they'll be safe." "I can't believe he's asleep." "Why wouldn't you tell me where we're going?" "I was just being overly cautious." "Santa Barbara." "No, I need something earlier than that." "What do you got that's going in the next thirty minutes or so." "No, we were just in San Francisco last weekend." "That's great Okay." "Three then." "Non-smoking for Chicago." "Charlie." "Yeah, the name is Larson." "Okay, thank you hey, guys." "What's for breakfast?" "You ever hear of Michael Jordan?" "Yeah." " We're gonna go see him play tonight." " Neat." "We're going to Detroit?" " Chicago." "I've never been on an airplane before can Chewabacca come with us?" "Yep." "Sure he can." "He gets his own special seat though." " Great." "Here." "I'll take that Here." " I'll carry that." "Thanks." "Excuse me." " Excuse me." "Mommy!" "No!" "Mommy!" " Get away!" "I'll be back, right?" "Don't make a sound." "If I'm not back in an hour, get the hell out of here." " But Charlie, that's crazy." "Look, Christine." " You don't know how many there are out there." "If there's a problem, call Henry Rankin." "He'll take care of you." "How did you find us?" " Mother Grace knows." "She can feel his evil." "What is wrong with you?" "She's crazy." "Can you see that?" "That's just what the boy wants you to believe." "He must be destroyed." "Dammit." "Why're you stopping here?" "Charlie, what're you doing?" " Yor nust carrying a transmitter." "This's crazy." "No one got to my purse." "Christine, it's the one thing we kept with us since we left your house." "Its the only thing they know you're gonna keep with you at all times." "The purse hasnt left my sight, Charlie." "We have to keep moving." "I want to get Joey out of here now." " Listen, they keep finding us." "It doesn't matter what we do." " I wanna get him on a plane and get out of here." "Christine, they knew we were at the hotel." "They're gonna be at the airport." "They're ahead of us every step of the way." " So what do you wanna do?" "I don't know." " She has magic powers." "Witch powers." "You see the way he is." " Just look." " That doesn't help." " Let me think." "Well, fine." "Think." "I didn't wanna take any chances." "I decided we should switch cars." "Hello." " Hi." " Here to look at the jeep?" "Yeah." "My wife and I are in kind of a hurry actually, so" "Excuse me." "Could we use your bathroom?" " Sure." "It's down the hall." "You'll find It" " Thanks." " Let me show you here." "I had to have the valve reground and" " It's got a full tank of gas?" "There about But listen, I want to show you something." "I put new brake pads on the jeep." "Would you throw in the twelve gauge?" "I guess if the price is right I have a beautiful Winchester inside, so I could part with this." " How 'bout some ammo?" "I'm asking thirty eight hundred." " Let's see, got I got four hundred cash." "Plus, plus, this car." "Well, actually, this is not what I'm looking for." " It's a perfect interior." "That's what you say, yeah, needs tires." "How's the spare?" "I'm sure the spare's fine." "Do you have a pink slip?" " Yeah it's in the glove compartment." "What is this?" " Oh god." "Wait a second." "You don't understand." " Get your hands up." "I don't know what's going on here but we're gonna go inside real slow and I'm gonna call the sheriff." " No, you're not." "Drop the gun." " I'd do what she says if I was you." "That's a nice Winchester get Joey." "Put him In the jeep." "Gimme the keys." "Give me the keys now." "I'm a private detective from Los Angeles." "I'm protecting these people." "The man in the trunk was one of my men." "When you call the police." " I won't call the police." "Yes, you will call the Costa Mesa police." "Talk to Lou Falconi." "I'm Charlie Harrison." "Tell him what happened here's your money." "It happened again." "You've had these thoughts before and you've put them behind you." "Something deeper Is troubling you." "My faith." "I'm sure if I, if I was really saved, why would God keep tormenting me with these thoughts I'm having." "Don't you understand that these thoughts of yours are Satan trying to lure you astray?" "But, he's just a boy." "That's what the devil himself wants you to think." "Needs you to think come to me." "I'll show you the truth." "Come into the water, Clyde." "You must be cleansed." "Please, God, cleanse his soul." "Make him strong." "Happy." "Show me the way." "You're a child born again to face the tribulations that await." "Ready to be thy fear of God." "Look at me Clyde and tell me what you now have to do." "I'll be the hammer of God." "I'll kill the boy." "Who knew you were at the loft?" " Nobody." "Just Sherry." "Look, nobody knows where we are right now." "We're on the road." "We're gonna keep moving." "I'll call you in the morning." " Don't take any chances, Charlie." " All right." "When are we going to go home?" "Joey." "Soon, honey, I hope." "Very soon." "I didn't finish my drawing for Miss Lindstrom." "Maybe you can finish in the morning." "Get Charlie to help you." "What's up?" " We gotta keep moving Tahoe." "I've been keeping my eyes open for you, Danton." "Looks like we may have hit the jackpot." "She said she managed to break free from the group The Church of the Twilight." "We love you." "I'm Doctor Bothe." "We've come here to help you we're also here because there's a young boy's life at stake." "I don't anymore." "Not this far." "How far?" "Mother Grace." "She really believes that her purpose is to save us." "From the tribulations that are coming." "Would you be willing to try to help us?" "To stop her?" "They won't stop." "Not til!" "He's dead." "Even with a mother and a child we've got to help them." "Who owns this place?" " Well, I helped somebody out once, and he always told me there'd be a key here if I ever needed it." "I'll be right back." "Chewabacca, I know exactly how you feel." "Mommy, does witch live here?" "No, no, honey." "A friend of Charlie's lives here." "Hi." "We saved a marshmallow for you." "Just one?" " Well, there were two, but I ate the other one." "Let's see." "Charlie, can a witch fly in the rain?" "No." "All witches are grounded tonight That's F. W. A. Rules." "What's F. W. A." " The Federal Witch Administration." "That*s the government agency that licenses witches." "You have to have a license to be a witch." "What?" "Do you think just anybody can be one?" "No." "When a girl wants to be a witch," "I mean, first she has to prove that she's got a mean streak in her." "For example, your mom would never qualify." "And second, the witch has to be ugly." "So, a pretty girl for example, has to sleep for six nights with a toad on her chin." "Okay, it's time here someone went to bed." "Could I just stay up for a second?" "Come on, talker come on, into bed." "Mommy, can Charlie stay with us all the time?" "Well, Charlie might want to have a little time to himself, Joey." "Besides, you and I have a pretty good time by ourselves, don't you think?" "I didn't mean it like that." " I know, I know." "I know you didn't." "You know what?" "I think you probably like Charlie because he doesnt make you brush your teeth, take baths." "No, I like him because he isn't afraid of anything." "The best plan is to flight to Tahoe." "Harryson will be here, first thing in the morning." "There is something I'm not getting." "There's some piece I'm missing." "You know some link." "Charlie there's something I have to tell you," "I didn't tell you before because I didn't think it mattered." "Tell me." "When I met Joey's father" "I was, really unexperienced." "My mother was a divine catholic, I went to school in a convent." "So, when I got out on my own, I went on a cruise to Mexico." "You know one of those fun single trips." "That's when I met Louis he was very charming." "And." "We end up spending all five days together." "And he said he'd call when he got back to town." " And he never called." "I found out I was pregnant and I, I couldn't find him." "The number he'd given me was somebody else's number." "I mean, I don't." "Even know if his name was Louis." "That doesn't have anything to do with this." "This is not like a custody case." "Henry?" " Yeah." " How are you doing?" " Good, good." " Good." "Why didn't you tell me that half the roads up here aren't marked?" "Can you think of a better place to hide out?" "Morning, Christine." " Hi, Henry." " I was hoping I wouldn't wake whole household up." "No." "I knew we were leaving early." "I'll be down in a moment" " I will be gone in about an hour, okay?" " Okay." "You sure you feel good about this airport?" " Something I feel good about is that, they can't cover every goddamn airstrip In the state." "I hope they are not covering this one." " Have you eaten." "No, what do you got?" " Just some stuff I picked up down the road." "I'll be right back." " Hallo." "Sherry, it's me I'm sorry to call you so late, but we're on the move and I just wanted to check in with you." " Are you all right?" " Yeah, I'm fine." "Is there anything else going on down there that I should know about?" "No, there's really nothing new." "I almost forgot Denton Bothe called late last night." "He realty wanted to speak with you." "He said it was urgent He said he'll be at the office." " Anything else?" "That's it If Bothe calls again, can I tell him where you are?" "No, Sherry, I can't be reached." " When do you think, you might be back?" "I don't know, I'll call you later." "Detective Bothe." " Hi, it's me." " Charlie, are you alone?" "Yeah, what's up?" " Henry priestess it's a ex-member of the JG Twilight" "I've been trying to find you that link." "Ifs not going to be easy for you to get but it's somebody in your organization." "I know, I believe it, I didnt want to believe Sherry could have done this." "No, no." "Not Sherry." "Henry!" "Henry" "Charlie?" "Charlie!" "We are in Tahoe!" "We're at the very end of Owens County road in a cabin." "Call the sheriff, get help now!" "Did you take a bath?" " Yes. - And you put your pajamas back?" "Holy father please give me strength to battle the soldier." "This will get your hair dry." "It's still full of soap Joey." "We are going to rinse that out" "Christine?" " Come on, come on." "Yeah." "Charlie wants to talk to you, something about the flight." "Right now." " Yeah, he has to call this guy back right away he said." "He's outside." "Why don't I take over for you there?" "I can do that." " Okay, here you take this." "Okay, soldier." "Let's get all the soap out of that little head." "Just put your head under that faucet, don't open your eyes you'll get soap in them" "Charlie?" "Keep your head down in the bathtub, until I come to dry it off." "No." "Joey!" " Mommy." " Joey, no!" " Mommy!" " Get out of there!" "Get out of there!" "Mommy!" " No!" "No!" "No!" "God help you." "Open!" "No!" " Mommy!" " Joey, get away!" " Mommy!" "Joey, get out of here!" "Run Joey!" " Get Charlie!" " Joey." "God will have mercy on your soul, Joey." "Charlie!" "Don't make me kill you, Charlie." " You set me up." "If we dont kill him, we're all dead." "I hope you didnt tell anyone where we are." "I thought it was the transmitter." " Grace's vision was right!" "Is the truth!" " How could you betrayed me?" "I just need the boy!" "Don't you see?" "Cant you see he's evil?" "Cant you feel it?" "What are you talking about, he's just a boy." "Where's your mother?" " Up there." "Christine!" "Mommy mommy." "Thank God, you are alright." "Henry." " He's dead." "Jesus!" " What?" " He's led them to us." "We cant run, there's nothing but wilderness out there." "They're too close, we wouldn't make rt Charlie we can't take this." "This is our only shot We'll hide Joey and we'll be ready for them when they get here." "I want you to seat here and be as quiet as you can, okay?" " Okay." "Now, no matter what happens you just, stay here and we'll come back for you." "Okay." " We can load here 22 shots." "That's it?" "Give me a hand." "Is this a semi-automatic?" " Yeah." "The witch is here." "Where is he?" " The boy is not here." "He's some place you'll never find him." " We find him wherever he is." "Go look for him." "Now before you die I'm going to give you just one last chance, to wash your way to evil that you have propagated." "Where is he?" "Where is he?" "Charlie!" "Stop right there!" "Don't do it Christine." " Lady you got about two seconds to drop that" "Christine don't put down the gun." "Alright, it's your choice." "I got 'em!" "I got both of them!" "I think that boy must be close to his mother!" "He's not in the house, we didn't bring him here." " Move it!" "We didn't bring him to this house, you hear me?" "Where is he?" " He's not here!" "I told you he's not here!" "I'll find 'im!" "Every foul word you say is a lie!" "You're the devil's whore!" "Move it!" "Got." "One step." "Closer and this man is dead!" " I want the boy." "You're not going to get him." "Back away!" "I'll blow his goddamn head off." "Kyle you have to go get mother Grace." "It's too late to turn back, Roy." "God." "Kyle the boy Is In the attic." "No!" "No, you don't!" "Chewaka!" "No!" "Put 'im there." "By the fire place." "Mommy." " No." "You bitch!" "You bitch!" "I'll kill you!" "You bitch!" "Kyle, help me Kyle." "Let me go!" "Let me go!" " Hold her." "Don't touch my boy!" "You bitch!" "Please don't hurt him." "It was never any chance, you could escape from me." "He looks weak and defenceless, but he'll be strong." "He'll resist." "That's why you've been chosen as the hunter." "Strick him!" "God is testing us, Kyle." " No." "Don't let Satan weaken you." "Strick him!" "Now!" "Send him back to hell forever!" " Listen to me, Kyle." "If God wanted Joey dead, why would he need you to" "He is just a boy." "He is just a boy." " He's making you doubt?" "No, God wouldn't want me to kill anymore." "Then you have betrayed me, Kyle." "You are my Judas." "I'll do it!" " Kyle, stop her." "I do this for the sake of eternity." "Come on, come back." "Goddamnit!" "Hurry up!" "She was gone, Dan." "I knew and the paramedics knew it" "I don't think they'll ever admit it though, even to themselves." "Clear!" "Again!" " Still flat line." "Charlie, is she going to be okay?" " I hope so." "Again!" "Again!" "Mommy." "Mommy, mommy, you are going to be alright." "You're going to be okay." "Joey, Joey" "Joey, Joey." " No, no, she's going to be alright." "She'll be back." "Mommy I would've never led you go away from me." " God." "I told you that she'd be alright." "Remember a few weeks later when I came in to have the cast removed." "That's when we talked again." "She was dead then at the cabin." "I still couldn't make sense of it." "You got to let it go, Charlie." " I don't understand." "Ive been thinking about this for weeks." "I can't get my mind of it." "The paramedics worked on her, and she was gone." "You tryed to tell me the Grace Bibi was telling the truth?" "I don't know what I'm saying." "It's just so strange that." "The dog" " What dog?" "It was identical to Brandy, the one that was killed." "So, it was identical." "Maybe Brandy never died." "Charlie." " Same dog." "Ifs the same dog, Denton!" "It's the same dog." "God." "God." "What are you going through that for?" "Thafs the first." "That's the wrong dog." "There's supposed to be a much larger white dog in there." "What the hell is going on?" "They dont pay any attention to what dog goes in which hole." "Nobody gives a good Goddamn." "Except you I guess." "I couldn't admit the truth to myself." "That's when I disappeared for three months then one day I passed out on the street, and they brought me to you." "The old man was right They probably don't care which dog goes into which" "I lived it!" "Den, I saw it!" "The dog bats." "Christine's resurrection, these are not coincidences." "Now I know what I should have done." "And I know what it has to be done." "What are you talking about Charlie?" "He has to die." "Charlie, we are talking about a child here, who's just been trough a terrible situation." "And so did you for that matter." "It wasn't his fault." " It is his fault." "Now, I, I can't I don't have the guts because he's a kid." "I mean I picture myself at his age and I ask to myself how is that possible." "But it is." "He's the Anti-Christ - This isn't the biblical time." "Angels, devils, miracles, curses, these are notions from another day." "Now look, Charlie." "I don't know what's been happening with you in the last couple of months." "But you're going to stay put until I get to the bottom of it." "Try to get a little rest huh?" " Yeah, right." "I'll see you a bit later, okay?" "Going doctor?" " No, I'll be right back." "Hi, Charlie." " Hi." "How are you?" " I've been better." "I've been worryed about you." "I'm sorry I" " No, I, I know I, I shouldn't worry" "I know you can take care of yourself, I just." "Was worryed because I thought, I lost you." "I'm selfish, I know, but I missed you." "I like your beard." "You look handsome." " Thanks." "Well, there's someone who wants to see you." "That guy couldn't keep him away, he's right outside." "I'll go get him." "What do you say, Joey?" " Hi, Charlie." "Hi." "Christine can I speak to you out in the hail for a second?" "I'm going to go talk to Doctor Bothe, I'll be in the hall, alright?" "I'll be right back." "I know." " I know!" "You took care of me." "Dont you still love my mother?" "Don't you?" " Yes." "Then why don't you get married." "What do you want?" " I want us to be together." "I want you to be my daddy." "That's impossible." " That's going to make us very sad, Charlie." "Time for us to go, Joey." "Charlie needs to get some rest" " Bye, Charlie." "Bye." " We'll come see you tomorrow, okay?" "Bye." "Hi, Charlie." "Everybody needs a daddy, Charlie." "I needed a daddy." "And now I'm going to find another daddy." "Come on, Brandy."