The Puppet Masters Page #4

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Miss Haines. Everybody.

What about you, sir?

Yeah, she's right. You're not exempt.

Stop her!

Gannet, Beasley, come on!

Miss Haines!

Miss Haines! Come back here!

Let go of me!

- They're down in the kitchen.

- Hurry up! Let's go down!

Damn! I lost it!

Forget it. Forget it.

I lost it.

It was too quick.

It went up through there.

I want that thing found tonight.

Turn the building upside down,

but find it.

- Miss Haines?

- Sam, get cleaned up.

I want every second of Jarvis's time

accounted for.

I want to know everything he was

up to since we left lowa.

Go and get a medic, will you?

God...

He's been like this

since you brought him in.

In many ways he's exhibiting

classic withdrawal symptoms,

much like you'd find

in a drug addict.

Are you saying he was actually

addicted to having that thing on him?

No, he's saying

that the presence of the thing

satisfies some need or other.

Thanks, doc.

Jarvis is cold turkey

and Miss Haines is in a coma.

- All victims will react this way?

- How would you react?

One minute you have this huge brain,

the next moment you don't.

Think of it.

It'd be a lot easier if they had

a live specimen to work with.

- What do you think these things are?

- Let's have a look.

They almost look like antennae.

What are they receiving?

Or transmitting, for that matter.

Radar, maybe. Or sonar signals,

like bats.

Do you think that's how the aliens

are able to recognise each other?

Yeah?

- You're the manager of the building?

- Yeah. Can I help you?

I need to get inside the apartment

of NeiI Jarvis.

Yeah, sure.

Just a second.

I'll be right with you.

Do you have a crowbar?

No, I got the keys.

Up this way.

Anybody here?

Hello?

These arrived this morning for

Mr Jarvis.

- I let the delivery people in.

- Give me a hand.

Yeah, sure.

Iowa. I wonder what that's all about.

What the hell are those things?

The president's scheduled appearance

at the digital age conference

has drawn harsh criticism

from Senator Allen,

who categorised the visit

as blatant grandstanding.

Make sure the magnetometer's cranked

up early. We don't want delays.

Has headquarters given us

the name of our post standers?

Yes.

I need more agents on that balcony.

- And all along this perimeter.

- OK.

Long time no see.

Good to see you, Bruce. This is

Evan Greenberg, one of my agents.

- How are you, Evan?

- Hi.

What brings you down here?

I understand the president

is scheduled to appear here.

If everything goes as planned.

There's a situation developing

that I think you need to know about.

Can we talk in private?

Yeah. Come on.

OK. Now, Sam, what's this all about?

What the hell are you doing?

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