Chapter eight.
by weirdDAR
(Monk walks down the staircase that leads into the town. As soon as he passes these bushes, Trinity jumps out.)
Trinity:
Mr. Monk!
(Startled, Monk jumps and turns around, pointing his gun at her.)
Trinity: (Scared)
It's me!
(Monk puts the gun in his coat pocket.)
Monk:
What are you doing?
Trinity:
I followed you and that girl here. I heard you call her Sharon.
Monk:
Sharona. Not Sharon.
Trinity:
My mistake. Sorry.
(silence)
Where are you going?
Monk:
Lakeside Hotel.
Trinity:
Why?
Monk:
When my wife and I passed through this town, we stayed there.
(Trinity giggles.)
Monk:
What's so funny?
Trinity:
You and her...at a hotel...
(Monk is a little slow on the uptake, but he eventually gets it.)
Monk:
How is that funny? That's what married couples do.
Trinity:
No reason. (coughs) Well, I'm coming with you.
Monk:
What? Why?
Trinity:
Why not? You might need my help.
(Monk starts to walk, and Trinity follows.)
Monk:
Why would I need your help?
Trinity:
I lived in this town, I know my way around. Plus...
(She pulls out a box marked "Bullets")
You might need these for your gun.
(Monk stops, and looks at the box, he gently takes them and puts them in his opisite pocket from the gun.)
Monk:
Thanks.
Trinity:
No problem.
(They continue walking.)
Monk: (Trying to make conversation)
What happened to this town?
Trinity:
Well, just last week, everything started going weird.
Monk:
Weird like how? Psycho shadow figures trying to kill people?
Trinity:
That, and people started to die from a virus.
Monk:
What kind of virus?
Trinity:
It was pretty weird. A doctor said on our local newscast that it was a virus that got in your lungs and caused them to enclose.
Monk:
I've heard of a virus like that.
Trinity:
Yeah, but that wasn't all. When your lungs enclosed, you didn't die. You suffered for at least an hour.
Monk:
If the lungs are enclosed, how can you live?
Trinity:
Because there was a tiny open spot in the lungs, that caused you to breathe, but it hurt like hell.
Monk:
What gave this virus?
Trinity:
Those shadow figures. They spray a misty substance on you, and if you smell it--BAM!
Monk:
And you, in some way, avoided that?
Trinity:
Yeah. I stayed in a dark room for a while. They can't see in the dark, and they also cannot function in the dark. Did you notice they only seem to move under the light poles and certain things like that?
Monk:
Now that I think about it, yeah, I noticed it.
Trinity:
The only reason I was safe at the park, which was real light, was it's surrounded by dark. So the monsters couldn't get through.
Monk:
So where did they come from?
Trinity:
No one knows really. This is the only town I've heard of them in so far. I know their breeding though, which isn't good news for the rest of the world.
Monk:
I guess Alaska wouldn't mind.
(Trinity doesn't respond.)
Monk:
It's a joke...because Alaska has 30 days of night in a row.
Trinity:
Oh. I get it now.
(Silence)
Monk:
But then again, they also have 30 days of light in a row...so that would be hell, I guess.
(Silence.
Trinity stops, Monk turns around.)
Monk:
What is it?
Trinity:
That road is closed. The monsters tore it up somehow.
Monk:
Is there some other way?
(Trinity points to the lake, where there is a row boat at the docks.)
Monk:
Um. No thanks. I don't like boats. Especially row boats.
Trinity:
It's the only way.
Monk:
Well, I guess I'll go home then.
Trinity:
You can't!
Monk:
Why not?
Trinity:
Because you're close. Very close.
Monk:
How would you know?
Trinity:
I can feel it.
(Monk looks at the boat, and then thinks.)
Monk:
Well, I have been on an airplane before. I suppose if I survived that...
Trinity:
That's more like it. But before we go, can we go inside the information house?
Monk:
Why?
Trinity:
It has a bathroom, I need to go.
(Monk sighs and they walk in.)
Monk: (Under his breath)
You should of went before we left.
To be continued...
by weirdDAR
(Monk walks down the staircase that leads into the town. As soon as he passes these bushes, Trinity jumps out.)
Trinity:
Mr. Monk!
(Startled, Monk jumps and turns around, pointing his gun at her.)
Trinity: (Scared)
It's me!
(Monk puts the gun in his coat pocket.)
Monk:
What are you doing?
Trinity:
I followed you and that girl here. I heard you call her Sharon.
Monk:
Sharona. Not Sharon.
Trinity:
My mistake. Sorry.
(silence)
Where are you going?
Monk:
Lakeside Hotel.
Trinity:
Why?
Monk:
When my wife and I passed through this town, we stayed there.
(Trinity giggles.)
Monk:
What's so funny?
Trinity:
You and her...at a hotel...
(Monk is a little slow on the uptake, but he eventually gets it.)
Monk:
How is that funny? That's what married couples do.
Trinity:
No reason. (coughs) Well, I'm coming with you.
Monk:
What? Why?
Trinity:
Why not? You might need my help.
(Monk starts to walk, and Trinity follows.)
Monk:
Why would I need your help?
Trinity:
I lived in this town, I know my way around. Plus...
(She pulls out a box marked "Bullets")
You might need these for your gun.
(Monk stops, and looks at the box, he gently takes them and puts them in his opisite pocket from the gun.)
Monk:
Thanks.
Trinity:
No problem.
(They continue walking.)
Monk: (Trying to make conversation)
What happened to this town?
Trinity:
Well, just last week, everything started going weird.
Monk:
Weird like how? Psycho shadow figures trying to kill people?
Trinity:
That, and people started to die from a virus.
Monk:
What kind of virus?
Trinity:
It was pretty weird. A doctor said on our local newscast that it was a virus that got in your lungs and caused them to enclose.
Monk:
I've heard of a virus like that.
Trinity:
Yeah, but that wasn't all. When your lungs enclosed, you didn't die. You suffered for at least an hour.
Monk:
If the lungs are enclosed, how can you live?
Trinity:
Because there was a tiny open spot in the lungs, that caused you to breathe, but it hurt like hell.
Monk:
What gave this virus?
Trinity:
Those shadow figures. They spray a misty substance on you, and if you smell it--BAM!
Monk:
And you, in some way, avoided that?
Trinity:
Yeah. I stayed in a dark room for a while. They can't see in the dark, and they also cannot function in the dark. Did you notice they only seem to move under the light poles and certain things like that?
Monk:
Now that I think about it, yeah, I noticed it.
Trinity:
The only reason I was safe at the park, which was real light, was it's surrounded by dark. So the monsters couldn't get through.
Monk:
So where did they come from?
Trinity:
No one knows really. This is the only town I've heard of them in so far. I know their breeding though, which isn't good news for the rest of the world.
Monk:
I guess Alaska wouldn't mind.
(Trinity doesn't respond.)
Monk:
It's a joke...because Alaska has 30 days of night in a row.
Trinity:
Oh. I get it now.
(Silence)
Monk:
But then again, they also have 30 days of light in a row...so that would be hell, I guess.
(Silence.
Trinity stops, Monk turns around.)
Monk:
What is it?
Trinity:
That road is closed. The monsters tore it up somehow.
Monk:
Is there some other way?
(Trinity points to the lake, where there is a row boat at the docks.)
Monk:
Um. No thanks. I don't like boats. Especially row boats.
Trinity:
It's the only way.
Monk:
Well, I guess I'll go home then.
Trinity:
You can't!
Monk:
Why not?
Trinity:
Because you're close. Very close.
Monk:
How would you know?
Trinity:
I can feel it.
(Monk looks at the boat, and then thinks.)
Monk:
Well, I have been on an airplane before. I suppose if I survived that...
Trinity:
That's more like it. But before we go, can we go inside the information house?
Monk:
Why?
Trinity:
It has a bathroom, I need to go.
(Monk sighs and they walk in.)
Monk: (Under his breath)
You should of went before we left.
To be continued...