The Trigger Effect Page #2

What color is he, huh?

He's red.

He's red.

"The wind whistled past

lampposts, screamed over the lake...

- all in search of a boy

who was still wide awake.

Bartholomew went

to the window and stared.

- He wasn't much drowsy

and wasn't much scared.

He knew that old wind

was nothing to fear.

With a bedsheet to sail

and a pillow to steer...

he could ride that old wind

right into the night.

Take off like a rocket,

a Bartholomew kite.

But this would be no breeze,

it's safe to assume.

Granddaddy of winds had blown

straight to his room. "

Oh, God.

- What?

- The power's out.

Don't move. Either it'll

come back on right away...

or it's gone for good.

All right.

We're waitin'.

Ah!

Check the

circuit breakers.

Maybe it's just us.

Nope. It's the

whole neighborhood.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm.

A blackout. Fun.

Yeah. Hysterical.

Steph? Is that you?

- Matt... Matt?

- Yeah.

- Hey.

- Oh, sorry.

So, what do you make

of this, huh?

Uh, blackout?

- Do you mind?

- Oh, sorry.

Got any idea

what caused it?

Seemed like a storm was coming.

Maybe that was it.

Yeah, or Raji using

those weird power tools again.

Oh, Christ.

Here comes Chuckles.

How are you, Mr. Schaefer?

"How are you,

Mr. Schaefer?"

The power's out.

We hadn't noticed, Rudy. We were just

tryin' out our new flashlights.

- One of you call it in?

- I think they know.

One of you

should call it in.

Don't get involved,

Rudy.

You never know what kind of list

you're gonna end up on.

That's almost funny.

Oh. Have one for me, will ya?

Okay. Hey, Sunday.

- Football?

- Oh, yeah.

- Don't forget to make your picks.

- Yeah, yeah.

- I mean it!

- Okay.

Hey!

Lock your doors

and windows.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, Rudy!

What's that behind ya?

- Oh!

- She's worse.

- What?

- Her fever! It's worse!

- The power still out?

- Yes!

It's an ear infection. She wigs out

like this when it's an ear infection.

- Will you call the doctor?

- Okay. I'll call the doctor.

This isn't gonna work!

Wait. Wait.

I'm gonna go get the pink stuff.

- Did you talk to him?

- The phone's screwed up. It's makin' this weird noise.

- Really?

- Okay, I'll be back in about 20 minutes.

- Do you want anything while I'm out?

- No. I'm all right.

Due to the power outage,

we cannot accept credit cards...

ATM cards or

personal checks.

Use the smallest bills

you have, please! Thank you!

Come on!

He said he'd call it in

this morning.

The circuits are busy.

He'll keep trying.

Why don't you check back

in a couple of hours?

I know what it is.

It's Amoxicillin...

in the pink liquid

with the little eyedropper.

Maybe you have a refill

on an old prescription?

- Yeah. Can you check the computer?

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