radiator hose is--
DARRELL
Damn. Gonna be another hot one today.
Sometimes I dont even want to get out of
bed. Course dont want to get out for the
cold ones neither. Then of course the
clouds come in...
Darrell mops his brow with a greasy rag. It doesnt so much
wipe the sweat as it does streak his forehead with dirt.
BOBBY
Look, Harlin, Ive got places to be.
DARRELL
Darrell--
BOBBY
OK. Darrell...
belt, Goddard. Its gonna be a bumpy ride.
Well, what do you know, the chimney fell off again.
Well, that wasnt so bad, huh?
James Isaac Neutron.
I see you up there.
How many times have we told you not to launch yourself off the roof?
Probably nine. Exactly nine.
They say repetition is good for a developing brain.
Then what do you think youre doing?
Last night I got a message from space, but it wa
SEDAN fishtails into a parked Toyota. Utah bounces
forward, slamming into the asphalt. Glass shards and
crushed steel are strewn everywhere, as radiator steam
whistles hot.
Pig Nose #2, riding shotgun, is trapped. Cant get his
crushed door open. The DRIVER pushes open her door.
Gropes for her pistol. Utah springs -- no respect for a
lady. He slams the door, pins her arm and slams again and
belt...
...the right palm is turned to reveal a long cut along the
mound of the thumb...
...Carls wrist, its WATCH stopped at 1:47...Whaley removes
it, notes the time, and drops it into a manila envelope...
Whaley bends over Carls body, presses on his solar plexus,
watching pink FOAM rise from Carls mouth and nose. And
then. He sees something more. His forceps gently pull back
the hair from above
belt
and brains the boy violently.
He slumps and the soldiers carrying him spring forward as
through a rope that was holding them back has been cut.
They nearly fall, looking at one another with some
concern, some confusion....
Then they follow the line of children that has gotten
ahead of them.
ANGLE ON:
The boys parents watch him as he -- as they, are taken
away.
The rest of their story is as y