Hellcat

Turn that light off!

Now! Okay, okay, okay!

Get back here.

No. Get back here now!

No! I'm gonna count to three.

One, two, three! Get back here now!

Oh, shit.

Thank you.

Who are you?

I'm the owner, proprietor of this mobile home and truck that's pulling you down

the highway.

Now, those bags are about three weeks from Indian giving on that exchange.

Why am I entitled to this?

Well, well, you smarty pants.

You've been infected.

Infected.

What did you infect me with?

Oh, no. No, I didn't infect you with anything. Listen.

I found you at your campsite.

I hauled your heavy butt back to my home, and I bandaged up your wounds.

You're welcome.

Where are you?

Up here.

What is this?

Less than an hour to get you to the doctor, if that.

Yeah, well... Listen to me.

It's important that you stay calm.

Look, I'm a good man.

An honest man.

A hunter.

Look, this hasn't gone too far yet.

Pull over. Let me out.

Actually, thank you.

Thank you for helping me. Now, if you could please just pull over and let me

out.

Listen to me. It's imperative we keep your heart rate down.

What's happening to me? It's making its way through your system, right? Listen

to me.

Freeze.

The infection taking hold.

It's not an infection. It's a micro-bacterium moving through your

system.

Please just let me go. I need to see a doctor.

Please just let me go!

You did something to me.

You drugged me or you poisoned me. I did not.

And I ain't gonna be telling you that all night.

Where's my phone?

Why are we picking up a signal in Knoxville?

That station reaches halfway to Memphis on a clear day.

Why'd you take my phone?

Whether you want to believe it or not, the number one rule is that we can't

bring anyone else into this.

Look, I ain't out here to cause no dadgum outbreak.

You saw what happened with that China virus.

I need you to let me go right now.

I need you to relax.

Right? I'm handling it.

What did you say?

If you stop, I'll call someone for you.

But you have to calm down.

I want to call my... I want to call my friend Diane.

Lena!

You're a rat, boo-boo.

Not Diane.

You're probably going to end up in the toilet more than you want to.

Might get a little farty.

But once that stuff makes it to your heart, I ain't equipped for that.

Well, I am, but you won't like the equipment.

Fine, I'm calm. Just make the call.

Wait, who are you calling?

Assuming Daddy Longlegs ain't your pop's Christian name.

Can you just call someone else, please?

Well, you don't want your daddy to know where you're at.

Really.

It's Stuart, but I doubt he'll pick up.

What's your name?

Lena.

Stuart, my name's Clive. You don't know me. I'm an acquaintance of Lena, and she

got in a little scuttle with a dog, and we're on our way to Sacred Heart

Hospital. I don't want you to worry. We're going to see Dr.

Janikowski.

She's going to be just fine.

He never checked his voicemail clean.

I can make an exception for your mom.

She be awake?

No.

Should I text her?

No, she's gone.

I don't mean she won't have her phone on. She's dead.

Becky drank so many tiki drinks at the resort bar, they named one after her.

The Hellcat.

Mai Tai with a little splash of grenadine.

Best vacation of my life.

Don't get ruined.

You can see me?

Don't get bent out of shape.

Look, a few weeks back, a couple of turds, they spray painted something vile

on the side of my home there. But stop, look.

Turds, by the coffee mugs.

You said we're going to Sacred Heart, right?

Yeah.

It's their specialist, Dr.

Janikowski.

I need you to tell me exactly how I got here.

Bullshit.

Bullshit. This is all bullshit.

Celestial Delights.

Some of these guys, they were the closest thing I had to friends.

They are, really.

Ollie, bless her heart, she just can't see past it.

So it's just me out here now.

Believe it or not, don't get too many visitors these days.

I really messed up your trailer.

Why do you have this?

Bye.

Thank you.

Please, please, please.

I'm gonna get you out of here, okay?

gets the door, don't turn around.

Put your shirt over your head.

Hurry! Okay, okay.

Turn that light off!

Now!

Crawl! On that table!

Get! Get!

You go for that door, I'll...

Get you the doctor.

Get you some help.

It should be locked like that. I miss you.

Hello? Whoever's in there, can you hear me?

No, I'm here. He kidnapped me and he killed another woman.

I told you.

I told you. It's none of your business. Get going. Step away from me, mister.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Shh, shh.

What's that?

Get the hitter. Get on the ground.

Stay away from me. Keep your hands down.

Silence about. Get on the ground.

I'm a bi-

You get it now, lean up.

Thank you.

I heard the poos this time, oh boy.

in your bedroom i saw everything my mom

took that when she was sick it's a sedative

you're torturing people back there

He didn't call my dad.

That wasn't his voicemail. I knew that wasn't his fucking voicemail!

You bit me.

Only one that can help you.

The risk I took for you.

Now what?

You gonna let me go?

We're in the same fucking boat now, aren't we?

We're gonna go visit your little witch doctor on a family plan.

I'm going to Collie World.

The amusement park?

Dr. Janikowski is the specialist there.

He's the top research physician at Stanford.

He lost his license because of some Berkeley nut jobs.

He didn't like him testing on animals.

Now he's the lead vet physician at the Ragtag Stampede dinner show.

He's as legit as they come.

Fucking...

Veterinarian? At a dinner show?

At an amusement park?

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome back to another midnight cast of

We're Out There.

As always, I'll be guiding you through the underbelly, the place the mainstream

media won't take you to see the freaks and ghouls, the vamps and wares, the

extraterrestrial truths that float above and lie beneath.

I, Jasper DeVille, am here to rip the veil of the whole damn multi-dimension.

It's a full moon.

The night the true weirdos come out to be.

And as we do on the night of truth, we're opening the lines right out of the

gate for callers. We want to hear your stories. Let us hear about the bump in

the night, the lights in the sky, the blood in the water, and, of course, in

conjunction with a full moon.

Tell us about who howls at night.

Looks like we got a caller from East Tennessee.

Oh, it's our resident cryptid expert, C.S. Peters. Tell me, class, where's the

bogeyman tonight?

Yeah.

Yeah. Just a second.

I need your help.

I got a were.

A werewolf?

Well, well, well, let's get into it, shall we?

She's not one yet.

She'll start to get bitten.

But, uh, she's in my trailer now.

Well, Clive, this type of thing seems to land squarely in your realm of

expertise, no?

Well, she bit me, too.

Yeah, pre-winter infection.

Ain't really in my wheelhouse, so... You said she's in your trailer? Yeah, uh,

got a 63 travel cane.

Hellfire, I had a feeling we were gonna get into some thick stuff tonight. Hit

me with the details, little pal.

Well, uh, I don't have much time, but we're on our way to Golly World right