Battlecreek Page #5

[ALL CHEERING]

Do you want anything?

- Uh, no.

- You sure?

Yeah.

- You want to try this?

- CARL:
Five bucks to see the freaks.

We got two headed cat,

three legged dog,

and some really ugly women.

Hey, Henry, why don't you come on here.

You'll feel right at home.

He might just be

the most normal f***er in there.

That'd be a first.

Did I tell you

I was nailing his mama?

Yeah, man.

Must be one tired piece of ass.

Come on, Henry, you'd make more

money than at the gas station.

CARL:

What do you say, Henry?

A little money in your pocket, you

can move out of your mama's house.

Hey, he's ignoring you, man.

That freak ain't

listening to you, man.

Hold my beer.

CARL:
Hey, I'm talking to you.

Think you can ignore me?

You turned your back

on me, freak?

[SCREAMING] What the

hell is wrong with you?

Oh!

Dracula got himself

a little bodyguard.

Let's go.

That's right. Move along.

You shouldn't let him

get away with that.

I'm used to fighting

my own battles.

They're a**holes.

You shouldn't let them...

Like I said, I can fight my own battles.

I don't need your help.

I don't call that fighting.

These damn drinks are gonna

drive your mama crazy.

[SIGHING]

I feel like I have the whole

town's worries inside my head.

I heard you and that girl

were at the fair.

Your spies

working overtime, Tallulah?

I'm just looking out

for you, Henry.

Are you gonna tell me

who she is?

No one you know.

Oh, I know everyone

in this town.

Henry, what happened

to your face?

It was nothing.

It doesn't look like nothing.

Look at you.

I said I'm fine.

- Henry, who did this?

- It doesn't matter.

I will be goddamned if I let

anyone lay a hand on my baby.

I will find out

who did this.

I am this town's

eyes and ears, Henry.

So the hell what, Tallulah?

That's never stopped

anyone before, now has it?

Gentlemen.

Well, I'll be damned. The man

finally did something right.

JACK:
I heard that.

Arnie found a job, too.

Looks like our luck

maybe changing, kiddo.

Coffee.

How's everyone doing tonight?

Can I help you, Henry?

Like I told you,

I don't need any help.

I could use some more coffee.

Fine.

You know where it is.

Stupid boys.

What would you like?

[LAUGHING]

Do you ever miss it?

Sunlight.

I don't know.

I got used to the night,

I guess.

Quiet, the rhythm of it.

Sometimes it feels like

it's only mine.

I guess I could sit

near my window,

or go outside

if I stayed undercover.

But, I always just

felt like hiding.

And this isn't?

I don't know. I guess we're

all hiding from something.

- [FROGS CROAKING]

- [CRICKETS CHIRPING]

People used to

call me a vampire.

Said I slept in a coffin.

I'm sure some still do.

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