Vampire Bats (2005) - full transcript

[BATS SQUEAKING]

[SCREECHES]

[CHATTERING]

[LAUGHS]
It's so freaking hot.

You mean hot as in, like,
Eden-hot? Because Eden's...

Ow!
Ow!

This place gives new meaning
to the word hot.

You know, I knew...
I knew I should have transferred

to the University of Minnesota
when I had the chance.

Yeah, and now we've been paying
for that decision ever since.

I'd hit you, Oh.



but I'm too hot.
Yeah? Yeah?

[LAUGHS]

[CHEERING]

Yeah!

[ALL CHANTING]

[ALL CHEER]

[YELLING]

I wanna be just like her
when I grow up.

Don't worry, you'll get there.

EDEN:
Maybe I should pledge
a sorority this semester.

Get plied with alcohol,
forced to wear next to nothing

and then be degraded
by a bunch of simpletons

who think they're cool.

But they're not.
They're not?



No, they're not.
Uh-uh.
They're not.

They're not, no.

[CHEERING]

[IMITATING GUNSHOTS]

EDEN:
You guys are so weird.

AARON:
Know what we can do?
There's that bar

on the other side
of the cemetery

that, you know, lets anybody in.

What about this?
I've got my fake ID.

We go buy some beer,
we bring it back to the dorms.

Your fake ID's never worked.

Why would it suddenly
start working now?

AARON & JASON:
Ohh!

AARON:
Okay.

EDEN:
Guys, this is a truly tragic state of affairs.

I really didn't think
it'd be this much work

to have fun in college.

Well, we can hit a movie,
you guys, cool off.

Hey, yeah, what about bowling?

Good idea. What are we, 43?
[SIGHS]

Hey, guys, all I have to say

is that this is a really sad,
sad day in history.

I mean... Hey, party people.

Slow it down.
Check this out, all right?

This way, underground rave.

Cool people. Good times.
Lots of liquor.

My name's right there.
Okay.

Call me, okay?
If you have any questions.

Hey, man! Hey!
Make sure you bring her.

[SHOUTING, CHATTERING]

Boys, it's time to get
this party started.

Enjoy it, guys.

JASON:
Man, these freaking mosquitoes

[BUGS BUZZING]

EDEN:
Ah. Stupid mosquitoes.

And there's a party out here
in the middle of nowhere.

Uh, yes, dude, that's the whole
underground part of it, okay?

I mean, just relax.

Ow!
Jeez.

Mosquito.
God. My God.

Ew. Oh, bloody.

Oh, thanks, appreciate it.

BOY:
Yeah!

Great party, Mickey.

This reminds me of a party
I went to in high school.

Very underground.
Where's the beer?

Hey, hold up.

No beer, only planter's punch.

Okay? Ten bucks buys a cup
and all you can drink.

I'll work with that.
You guys good? Huh? Good.

Yellow for you.
Thanks.

Thank you, sir.
Thank you.

Pink for you.

You're purple.
Yes.

Enjoy, guys.
Cheers.

Let's do it. Thanks.
Have fun.

All right.

[CHEERING]

All right, all right.
Here we go.

Okay.

To liquor, at last.
Right.

[ALL SHOUT]

You know we're perfect
for each other, Eden.

Oh, my... Aaron!
What?

You're like my brother.
What? Brother?

Yeah, you're not perfect
for anybody.

What're you...? Wha...? Anybody?
[GIGGLES]

What about...? What about...?
What about...?

Okay, what about you? You.

No.
No?

[CHUCKLES]
I'm scowling out.

[LAUGHS]
[MUMBLES]

[BOTH GIGGLE]

La-la, la-la-la

[CHUCKLES]

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING IN
DISTANCE]

Where is everyone?

Aaron!

Eden!

[PANTING]

Aaron!

[GRUNTING]

Aaron!

[WINGS FLAPPING]

[FROGS CROAK]

[SCREECHING]

[WINGS FLAPPING]

[SCREECHING]

[GROANS]

[WINGS FLAPPING]

[GASPS]

Ah.

[SCREECHING]

[GASPING]

[SCREECHING]

[GRUNTS]

[WINGS FLAPPING]

[SCREECHING]

[SCREAMS]

[BABY GURGLING]

Here you go, pumpkin pie.

I want pancakes.

Well, you can't have pancakes,
'cause it's too hot.

Mama's not turning on the stove.

Boo.

Sweetheart, you know what?

What do you say
we do have those pancakes?

Violet.
[SOBBING]

Morning.
MADDY: Hey.

Good morning, Rami monster.
Mm.

Morning, Violet. Mm.

And good morning to you,
Professor Rierdon. Mm.

Professor Dryer.

All set for another semester?

The answer to that would be no.

When are the renovations done on
our air-conditioned dream house?

Uh, three, four months, tops.

Four months
in this rental from hell?

Oh, come on, it's fine.
I mean...

it's hot, but it's fine.

You know what?
It's more than the heat.

It's that every time
I go to find something,

it's in a box.
It's just not our home.

It's just temporary, sweetie.

You gotta relax
for this last step, okay?

Where is Nidia?

Guatemala.

Guatemala?
Sick aunt.

We both have classes
in an hour, Maddy.

What are we supposed to do?

[SIGHS]
No milk.

All right,
I'm gonna call my sister.

All right?
Whoa, whoa, hang on, buster.

I got a better idea.

You take Rami to class,

and I'll take Violet.
The students will love it.

You just don't want my sister
watching the kids, right?

If she just looked after
the kids, that would be fine.

Oh, come on.

Do you remember when my father
was in the hospital?

She rearranged all
the furniture.

It's just furniture, honey.
So what?

In every room of the house.

She's like an over-caffeinated
Mary Poppins.

DAN:
She's my sister, all right?
She's just trying to help.

Oh.

It's just, we're...

We're very different people.

Here, sweetheart.
Well,

I thought that we came down here

so that we could
be closer to family.

To have people help out
in situations just like this.

Yes, we said that.

I thought we moved here
for a simpler life.

[CHUCKLES]
I'm still waiting.

Mm. I'm calling my sister.

She'll be here in 10 minutes.

[VIOLET CRIES]

[VIOLET GURGLING]

Hootie-hoo, I'm here.
Y'all can relax. Hey.

Oh, look who's here.
SHELLY: Y'all can relax.

Dan. Hi, Sparky.
Give me a hug.

Oh, thanks for coming, Shell.
Thank you, thank you.

What are big sisters for?

Ever since I kicked Stan out
on his sorry butt,

I've got nothing but time.
Hey, darling.

Madeleine.

Hi, Shelly.

Hi.
We appreciate the assist.

Sure. You girls must have
worked up some immune system,

living in this kitchen
and eating out of here.

Don't you guys
have classes to teach?

SHELLY:
Go, shoo.

I got everything.
We're fine. Bye.

Go. I got everything.

Go, go. Hi.

Now, first,
I'm gonna feed everybody

some really good food.
Normal food.

Okay, girls, be good
for Auntie Shelly.

Wait, wait, wait.
Keys.

Oh. I don't have car seats.

You just don't wanna get
your car trashed.

Got that, Sparky.

Okay, guys, buh-bye, buh-bye.
See you later.

Come on, Spanky.

Sparky.
Yeah, whatever.

Spank you.

I knew you were gonna...

Bye. You have a good first day
sweetheart.

You too.
I'll pick you up later.

You'll know me. I'll be the one
at the helm of the Love Boat.

Don't kiss too many co-eds.

Hey, no promises.

Ha, ha, ha.

Excuse me,
teacher coming through.

Ladies and, uh,

gentleman.

Good.

This is E-Bio 205,

Ecosystem Ecology.

You lucky individuals

will be having
an in-depth examination

of ecosystem structure
and function.

Sorry I'm late, everybody.

The morning from hell
and all that stuff.

[SIGHS]
Hey, Don and Jossie.

Still joined at the hip.
That's nice.

And, Lizzie, I missed you.
Did you miss me?

Good to see that you've
claimed the back corner

for yourself again.

We will also be considering
the human impact

on the ecosystem.

Any questions?

Mm-hm.

Yeah, are you seeing anybody?

[CLASS LAUGHS]

Well, as a matter of fact,

I am happily married
with two kids.

How unfortunate.

Right?

[CLASS MURMURS]

Okay, now you're scaring me.
[CLASS LAUGHS]

All right, why don't we
get down to the business

of saving the environment?

Everybody,
open up your texts, please.

First chapter...

Oh, hey, guys,
this is a nice surprise.

Sorry we're late.

I didn't scare you off
last semester. That's good.

Hi, Professor Rierdon.

You know, I'm... I'm hot
just looking at you both

in all those clothes.

[CHUCKLES]

And you are?

I'm Miles. Miles Wallach.

Miles Wallach.

You know, I bought that exact
outfit for my husband

from the J.Crew catalogue.

I thought this was Bio 311,
not Fashion Victim 101.

Why, yes, it is,
as a matter of fact.

So let me get to know the rest
of you. Jessica Bowers.

Here.

Marilyn...

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING
OVER HEADPHONES]

Hello. Who would you be?
[MUSIC STOPS]

Keith Cline.

Keith Cline.
Leave those tunes at home,

we'll get on much better.

Enemy of fun

MADDY: Michael Zoellick?
BOY: Yeah.

Lizzie, Jossie, Don, gotcha.
Jason Ortiz?

That's funny. He didn't miss
a class all last semester.

Huh.

Well, welcome to Bio 311,

Animal Behavior and
Evolutionary Biology.

[MACHINE CHUGGING LOUDLY]

So anyway, last I heard,

he's doing three years
down in State.

Yeah?
Well, I'm not surprised,

considering how he was
in school.

When he was 11 years old,

he almost burned
his own house down.

Yeah.

Anyway, I found them
on the property this morning

when I was doing a swamp tour.

The fifth time this week.

My customers don't come out
here to see dead wildlife, Jay.

Yeah.
No, I realize that, Dil.

Definitely attacked
by something, that's for sure.

Must've been more than one
of whatever it was.

JAY:
To get two deer.

Well, what you gonna
do about it, Jay?

I mean, I got a business
to run here.

I'll file a report.

If you don't, I will.

JAY:
Oh, I will. Don't worry.

I'll take care of it.

Well,

it's raining.
Let's get back on in.

It's quiet.

It's too quiet.
[CHUCKLING]

MADDY:
Who lives here?

DAN [LAUGHING]:
Not us.

It's freaky.
I'm starving,

I'm gonna make some soup.
You want some?

Soup in this weather?

I'm not gonna heat it.

Dan, get in here.

What?
She did it again.

She rearranged
my kitchen cabinets.

I like my mess, Dan.
I know.

Because I can find whatever
I want, even if it's in a box.

But this I cannot deal with.

Hey, Shell.
Hey, you guys.

Hi, Dada.
Hello, sweetie, hello!

Go see Mommy. Mommy.
Give me, give me, give me.

What can't you deal with,
Madeleine?

It's, uh, nothing.
It's the heat,

[QUIETLY]
the house.

[BABY BABBLING]

So how was everybody's day?

Good.
They were so sweet.

Yeah? Oh, thanks again,
Shell.

We really owe you one
for helping out in this pinch.

Oh, I'm glad to do it.
Y'all can take care of me

when I'm old and feeble.
Love you.

See you later.

Bye, Shelly.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]

FISHERMAN 1:
Man, it's as hot as Hades here.

How do you people stand this?

Somehow we people

seem to manage just fine.

FISHERMAN 2:
We're just about set.
Watch out for gators, now.

Gators?

Where are you going?

Well, thought we might
want this.

We are going night fishing.

You make a fair point, Popeye.

All right.

Look out, fishies, here we come.

My life in the ocean wave, eh?
Rum, buggery and the lash.

[LAUGHS]

[CHATTER ON POLICE RADIO]

COP:
Hey, sheriff.

SHERIFF:
Hey, Chip.

So, what do we got here?

Well, a woman walking her dog
stumbled onto the body.

Mm.

I don't know who walks
their dog in a place like this

Well, people do
all kinds of things

for all kinds of crazy reasons.
Yeah.

Hey, Gary.
Hey, sheriff.

His name's Jason Ortiz.
He's a sophomore.

Been missing since yesterday.

Guess we'll need to alert
the university and his parents

What the hell?

Yeah, his body's
pretty messed up.

I can't tell
if he's been strangled or not.

SHERIFF:
He wasn't strangled.

There's not a lot of blood
there. What's up with that?

Don't know.

SHERIFF:
Can't be sure till we get him
down to the coroner.

Roy!
Yeah?

Meanwhile, you get
back to, uh, university.

Find out who he hung out with.

Right.

[ENGINE WHIRRING LOUDLY]

[SIGHS]

When are we gonna catch
something?

They call it fishing,
not catching, Homer.

[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
OVER RADIO]

Breaker, breaker 1-9.

Breaker, breaker 1-9,
this is Live Bait.

Come on, you fishes. Come on
out here and let us catch ya.

Come on, little fishy-wishy.
[STATIC BUZZES]

Do me a favor and make yourself
useful and turn that thing down.

[STATIC BUZZING LOUDLY]

Smooth move, Homer.

Now you scared all the fish
into the next county.

We oughta just pack up
and go home.

Look, I don't pay you $200

so I can catch no fish
and get attitude, okay?

Hey, wait a minute.

I think the fish
is heeding my call.

Is that your line or mine?

I ain't got nothing.

I think I've got a nibble.

[WINGS FLAPPING]

What's that?

[WINGS FLAPPING]

[SQUEAKING]

Hand me your lantern.

[WINGS FLAPPING, SQUEAKING]

Wh-what is that?

[SCREECHING IN DISTANCE]

[SCREECHING]

Aagh!

Aagh! Aaagh!

This is the brown shrimp.

There was a time when you
couldn't set foot

into the Gulf of Mexico

without stepping on one
of these little guys.

But now you have to go 60 miles
offshore to find any at all.

Why? What happened to 'em?

Pollution. Fertilizers run off
into the Mississippi.

This, in turn,
washes out into the Gulf,

creating a hypoxic zone
the size of New Jersey.

Take a look at that.

I'm sorry, a what?

A hypoxic zone.
It's a dead zone.

It's when the chemicals
in the water

deplete the oxygen in the water

which then prevents the growth
of aquatic life.

Very good, Eden.
Hypoxic zones have become

one of the most widespread
and accelerating

of all man's assaults on the
world's marine environments.

Uh, not to mention over-fishing.

Commercial fishermen have...

[CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]

Excuse us, ma'am.

Just a second, everyone.

Yes, sheriff?

Yeah, do you have an...

Aaron Edelman
and an Eden Barclay?

[CLASS MURMURING]

Aaron... Yeah.

Those two?

You all need to come with me.

Why?

We'll explain it later.

Excuse me.
What? What...?

Let's go.
Get your hands off me.

Let's go, young lady.
I can get up on my own.

We didn't do anything.
AARON: Yeah.

What's the problem, sir?

One of your students, Jason
Ortiz, was found murdered.

What?

They were the last ones
with him.

What? What did he say?
Stop, man.

I'm just bringing 'em in
for questioning.

GIRL:
Professor Rierdon, what's going on?

All right, class dismissed,
everybody.

GIRL: But wait a minute.
BOY: What are we...?

Professor, I can't disrupt
the investigation.

I'm not asking you
to disrupt them.

SHERIFF:
Right this way.

Things like this
don't happen in Mercier.

Hello.
Hello, professor.

You know Mayor, uh, Poelker.

Ah.
Call me Hank.

Rierdon teaches
at the university.

Yeah. Nice to know ya.
Um, can I talk to you?

[SIGHS]
I am not at liberty

to discuss the investigation
at this time.

Look, I know these kids.

They couldn't have anything
to do with Ortiz's death.

They were great friends.

When it comes to murder,
professor,

it's always the people
you least expect.

What if you're wrong?

Mayor Poelker,
do you wanna be the one

to call Tate students murderers?

[SCOFFS]

Professor Rierdon,

there's evidence.

What evidence?

Go ahead.

On the evening of Wednesday,
the 24th, the accused attended

some kind of, uh,
underground party

on the same property where
the deceased was discovered.

Well, they can't have been the
only ones who were at the party.

What do you mean by underground?

[SIGHS]
Step into my office.

Come on in. Have a seat.

By underground,
I mean a bunch of kids

engaged in illegal activities:

drugs, underage drinking,
trespassing,

all of which appear
to have culminated

in the ritualized murder
of Jason Ortiz.

Oh, come on...

Professor, just...
let him finish.

SHERIFF:
Witnesses saw the victim
arrive with the accused.

And later that night,
calls were made by the accused

back to their dorm
to a friend down the hall.

EDEN [OVER RECORDER]:
Carla? Oh, my God.
Carla, pick up.

Please, pick up.

I'm with Aaron.
We're so messed up.

I don't even know where we are.

You've gotta help us.
Something happened to Jason.

AARON:
Eden, shut up, okay?
Shut up, Eden.

Okay, we gotta go.

We gotta go.
They'll find us.

I don't see
how that implicates them.

Friends finally found 'em

two towns over,
wandering aimlessly.

Well, what does this prove?

We also ran DNA tests.

Both kids had the victim's
blood on their clothing.

All three had trace remnants
of Ecstasy in their systems.

Stupid kids.

Well, it's a problem on campus.

I mean, this drug can cause kids
to become completely psychotic

That doesn't make them
murderers.

The fact that they drained
their friend out of

every last ounce of his blood
makes 'em murderers.

Say that again?

The Ortiz kid
has deep lacerations

all over his neck and face.

Okay, what kind of lacerations?

We're not sure yet.

Possibly bite marks.

I'd like to examine the body.
Unusual...

Please.

Look, I have a Ph.D.
in animal behavioral biology.

If these are bite marks,
I can help you identify them.

All right.

I've never come across
anything like it.

And that's saying a lot.

He was a good kid.

I'm sorry.

Uh, may I?

Please.

Well, you definitely were right.

They're, uh, some kind of bite.

Not human, though.

No, they would have made
a bigger dental impression.

Can I have your calipers?

Thank you.

What do you make
of these larger marks?

Would suggest an animal
with fangs,

something smallish.

But these marks on either side
of the larger ones

are throwing me.

What do you think?

I'm not sure. Whatever it was,
there's more than one of them.

These marks aren't uniform.
They're all different.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Just wait a minute, now.

I mean, what do you mean,
you're not sure?

I don't know what kind of
animal made these marks.

The only thing
you can be sure of

is that those kids
didn't do this.

Would you let me talk to them?

Yeah, yeah, fine.
Talk to 'em.

[DOOR OPENS]

Come with me.

MADDY:
So?

It was the punch, professor.

It was spiked with something.

Ecstasy?

Yeah, well,
you never have to remind us

to ever try that again.

See, here's the thing.
The...

The police claim

that they found Jason Ortiz's
blood on your clothes.

What?
There's no way. No.

Blood?

[AARON SCOFFS]

[SCOFFS]

The mosquitoes.

What about 'em?

EDEN:
It has to be the mosquitoes.

I swatted him,
and then I rubbed...

Yeah, yeah. Professor,

we were swatting mosquitoes
off of each other like crazy.

Professor Rierdon,

we were drugged,

but we would have never hurt
Jason.

He was our friend.

There's no way.

You have to believe us.

I do believe you.

We're gonna get you guys
outta here.

I promise.

We still need a location
for Saturday.

I hear ya, dude.
Man, if we don't start

publicizing this party soon,
we're hosed.

Tell me about it. Do you know how
many chicks we're gonna meet

if we throw a major
kick-ass campus party?

Not to mention all of the bank
we're gonna be rolling in.

Amigos... I found it.

I'm telling you. Primo.
[KISSES]

For what, man?

The party.

Stop staring at me.

Stop staring at me.
You wish, bro.

All right.
Make sure nobody's coming, man

Du... Dude, what are you doing?

This is the spot. It's open.
Help me with this.

Whoo!
Heh-heh-heh.
Wow.

Cool.

Nice.

All right, guys, let's go.
Quickly.

Follow my lead.

[GRUNTING]

After you. After you.
When in Rome...

WAYNE:
Today's the day We're gonna rave

Going to the party
We all get paid

KEITH:
All right, I saw something.

It's kind of hot in here.

Yeah, man, I mean, it is,
like, a steam tunnel.

Wait till you see this place.
I'm telling you.

I'm waiting.

Let's go, fellas.

Holy crap.

This place is fantastic, man.

[GRUNTS]

Come on, man.

Where are we, exactly?

The coffee factory.

What the...?
Watch your back, man.

Give me some room.

[BATS SQUEAKING]

Watch out.

So, what do you think?

It smells kind of...
Kind of rank.

Ah, Wayne.

We just need to clean some
of this gunk off of the floor.

All right, h-h-hold up, guys.

[METAL CLANKING, ECHOING]

The acoustics in here
are sick, man.

Listen, I think all we need
is some, uh...

Some track lighting
along this wall, right?

And then some, like, uh...

Some old sofas or something
over there.

Put the couch there.
Put the DJ booth there.

Then we got it.

You bring some extra speakers.
Case ours get fried.

Write that down.

This is gonna rock, man.

Oh, yes, brother.
[SQUEAKS]

Wayne, make some fliers.

Roof's on.
That's progress.

Nah. A kitchen and carpet
would be progress.

This is taking forever.

Come on, what's wrong?

I just can't ignore the fact
that those kids are in trouble

Well, you know, the police
can handle it, honey.

They're my students.

I know, but you can't save
everyone, right?

Besides, they've got parents.

Yes, they have parents.
But their parents aren't here.

Well, they should be.

Don't forget, we got two kids
of our own that need you.

Look, the windows are in.

Means they're gonna start
dry-walling soon.

And they're gonna finish
the painting...

Don't you insinuate
that I'm not here for our kids

[SIGHS]
Okay?

'Cause we have changed
our entire lives

so that I can be here
with the girls.

I know, I know, honey.

I didn't mean it like that.

[SIGHS]
It's just after the whole locust thing

I thought we were through

with all those
life-or-death situations.

Yeah, we are, and...

You know what would be
really good?

What?

Just to be out here
under the trees...

Mm.

...with a big old margarita
in our hands.

Mmm.

Yeah,

it may not look like it

but we're in the home
stretch now, honey.

What's that?

What?

Oh, it just looks like
somebody's boat came untied.

I'll see if I can find
a dock hook.

Oh, my God, Dan.
What?

Bring it in.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Uh, I'm gonna call 911.

Call the sheriff's office!
Yeah.

Hurry!

[SIRENS WAILING]

[CHATTERING]

Sheriff, you've gotta
release them.

Professor, this is
an ongoing investigation.

The fishermen's wounds
are identical to Jason Ortiz's

Clearly, my students had
nothing to do with his death.

Come on, they were in
your jail when this happened.

I think the lady's right,
sheriff.

We've come across
a lot of deer of late.

Same kinds of wounds.

Right here on the bayou.

SHERIFF:
Warden Schuster, Department of Fish and Game.

This is Professor Rierdon,
Tate U.

How do you do?
Pleasure.

Hey, what the hell's
going on around here?

I don't know.

The body was drained of blood,
like the Ortiz kid.

Okay, let's autopsy these guys.

Auto... Sheriff,
if you're gonna do that

you should autopsy the deer
that Warden Schuster found.

Mayor Poelker,

you should alert people
to what's going on here

before someone else gets hurt.

I think that's a good idea.
No.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I'm not gonna just send out
a general panic to the public

over some isolated incidents
out here in this bayou.

Come on, now,

we've got Fish and Game
involved in this.

Police are on this 24/7.

No need for hysteria.

Yet.

Hey, what's that on his shirt?

Could be anything. They've
been out here for a while.

Looks like dirt.

It's guano.

Huh.

Guano?

Bat droppings.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING OVER
STEREO]

[REBECCA GIGGLING]

Hi Thank you.

Honey, we're home, yay.

[BLOWING RASPBERRY]

[LAUGHING]
Oh, wow.

Honey, I'm home.
Yay, home.

Great, Rebecca.
My sisters.

Sisters, yay.

Wait, no, don't leave.
Okay.

I know.
Have fun, okay?

She's all yours.
Good luck.

Hey, guys. Hey.

That girl's a special case.

Open door.

[GIGGLING]

Oh, I love you, sisters.

Sisters, sisters.

Here, you can have that.

I'll sit here.
Okay. Come on.

Whee!
[CHUCKLES]

Guys, I can do that.

Guys, I'm fine. I'm all right,
I'm okay, I'm okay.

Here, we'll help.
See, see?

One, two... See? Good.

You guys go.
Okay. Good night.

Bye.
Bye, guys.

Oof.

Ooh.

[SIGHS]

Ooh.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[BAT WINGS FLAPPING]

Beddie, beddie, beddie.

Sleep, sleep.

[SIGHS]

[CHUCKLES]

[BAT WINGS FLAPPING]

[BAT SCREECHES]

[BAT SCREECHES]

Oh, boy.
Well, hi, Poelker.

Hey, Shelly.
Hey.

Hey.
What you doing?

It's nice you got time
in your schedule

to buy toaster strudel
and prune juice

while there's a murderer
running loose.

Shelly Dryer, you know,

you shouldn't put your nose
where it don't belong, gal.

Somebody's
gotta keep you honest.

Besides, where have you been
for the last 25 years?

It's Shelly Beaudraux,
thank you very much.

Shelly Beaudraux. Well,
excusez-moi, mademoiselle.

You know.

[CHUCKLES]

You know what gets me?

Hm?

How the biggest weasel
in high school got to be mayor

How'd that happen?

[SIGHS]

Shelly, excuse me. I...
I got business to attend to.

All right.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[CONVERSING INDISTINCTLY]

MADDY:
Faculty party on a riverboat?

You're supposed to be able
to make an appearance

at these things and then just
take off out the back.

I know.
Hi.

Hey. You'll be fine.
Trust me.

My shoes are killing me.
Oh, are they?

Good to have you here.

Oh.
Hey there.

Professor Rierdon.
Dan, good to see you.

Hank.
Long time, no see.

Yeah, it's good to see you
under better circumstances.

Oh, yeah, yeah.
Hey, this should be fun.

Oh, yeah.

Everybody loves
a three-hour tour.

Play nice.

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

[WOMAN LAUGHING]

And then after that
we went to Suriname,

Thank you.
where Michael Philips,

Dr. Philips, and I were working
with the Surinamese government

on a fascinating project,

studying
the intraspecial relations

of the Asian wood owl
in the region.

Wow.
You know, they've suffered

a serious
population decline there.

Yeah, I think I read
that report, actually.

Um, Dr. Kason,

what do you know about
bat attacks here in Louisiana?

Bat attacks in Louisiana?
No, that's unheard of.

We only have
the tiny pipistrelle bat

and some of the
Mexican free-tailed bats,

but they wouldn't hurt a fly.

Well, I take that back,
actually.

That's exactly what they'd hurt.
They're insect-eaters,

so they would hurt a fly.
They'd eat the fly.

[PHONE RINGING]

Oh, excuse me.
A department head's work

is never done.
I need to take this.

I'll be right back.
Take your time.

Dr. Kason here.

Ugh.
Yes.

How did she get to be the head
of the department?

How do her students stay awake?

Sweetheart, where's your phone?

I wanna call Shelly
and the kids.

No, she's gonna be fine, hon.

She'll have had the kids in
bed long ago.

You know, she did raise four
kids of her own, you know.

All right.

Besides,
I'm deeply fascinated by, um..

What... What was that?
The woody...

The wood owl?
The cinnamon wood owl.

Cinnamon...

I'm gonna go spike the punch.
All right.

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey, Keith.
Lizzie. You made it.

How you doing? How you doing?
Good.

No, no, no, no, no.
They're with me, man.

They're with me. Go ahead.

So you gonna be out here
all night?

No, I'll be out there
in just a minute.

Cool.
Go on.

[CHATTER, LAUGHTER]

Wow.

[GIGGLING]

Yeah.
Yeah?

Let's go.
Welcome to my office.

Check it out.

You can't get that stuff
in Kentucky, boy.

MAN:
Eh.

Yeah? Yeah, all right.
Let's see the green, man.

Forty.

Good man. Enjoy, all right?

Yeah?

BOY:
Come on, let's go.

Hey, I've been looking
for you everywhere.

Bambi.

Okay.

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

[LAUGHTER]

[SQUEAKING]

[CHATTER]

[SCREECHING]

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

See, I told you
this would beat the crap

out of some lame old frat party.

Let's kick it up a notch,
shall we?

[GRUNTS]

You look amazing.

Cool. Are you gonna teach me
how to spin later or what?

I'll teach you how to spin now
How's that?

All aboard!

[HORN HONKS]

[SQUEAKING]

[HORN HONKS]

[HORN HONKS]

[CROWD CHEERING]

Mickey?

Mickey.

He's out of it.
Let's go dance.

Your work is truly fascinating.

Well, it's my life.

I can't imagine doing
anything else.

[CHUCKLES]

I can.
[WINGS FLAPPING]

Ooh. What was that?

Oh, just the breeze rustling
the paper bags on the lights.

KASON: No, really...
Dan, hold this.

Hm. You okay?
Yeah.

There's something in the...

[WINGS FLAPPING]

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

[SQUEAKING]

Bring it, bring it Bring it

[RECORD SKIPPING]

What was that?

Okay, everybody,
can I have your attention?

We've got an emergency. I need
you to move downstairs quickly

Maddy, w-what's going on?

It's an emergency. I need you
to get downstairs under cover.

Maddy?
Leave your plates...

Leave your glasses and move
downstairs... Hank, help me!

Everybody, get down inside.
We do need to get downstairs.

Holy crap.
They're freaking bats.

[CROWD SCREAMING]

Wayne! Wayne! Get down here!

[SCREECHING]

DAN: An emergency.
Please, please.

MADDY:
You gotta get under cover.

DAN:
Everybody keep moving.

MADDY:
Keep moving downstairs.

DAN:
Don't panic.

MADDY:
Keep together. Cover.

This is most unusual.

Everybody, keep moving.

[CROWD SCREAMING]

DAN:
Inside!

Get these people outta here.

I'm gonna find Mickey.

MADDY:
Get under cover inside!

Ugh.

This is just amazing.

[SCREECHES]
[GASPS]

[SCREAMING]

[SCREECHING, SCREAMING]

You can't hide there.
Get inside!

DAN:
Everyone, inside!

[GASPING, SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING]

Dan!

[GRUNTS]

[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[SCREECHING]

WOMAN:
"Horrifying" and "surreal"

was how the scenes
were described

as vampire bats attacked
separate functions

in Mercier Saturday night.

A Tate University student
was killed in the melee.

And as you can see behind me,

concerned parents
aren't taking any chances.

As local police and Fish
and Game authorities

investigate
these recent episodes,

residents watch, wait and wonder

when and where
the next attacks might occur.

Reporting from Tate University
I'm Veronica Mossgrove.

Step aside, folks.

Mr. Mayor!
Mr. Mayor!

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

Mr. Mayor.
Hey.

WOMAN:
You gotta do somethin'.

Everybody. Everybody.

Could you all calm down,
just for one minute.

Please.

Where are the bats coming from
Mayor,

and why are they attacking
people?

Well, w-we are trying
to determine that right now.

In the meanwhile, I'm gonna
institute a mandatory curfew.

ALL:
A curfew?

That's not gonna help anything.

You can't shut everything down.

Calm down.
It's just for a little while.

Look, we...
Everything is in control.

Just listen to me now.

No one is to be
out on the street

from dusk till dawn.

That's insane. I own a bar.

I'll... I'll lose my business.
I can't...

Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

Now, I know all of you
are worried.

But I wanna assure you the
Department of Fish and Game

is dealing with this problem

and working on a plan
to rectify the situation ASAP.

There you go.
Now, listen...

[CLAMORING RESUMES]

This is bad.

Please, if you have
any questions...

If you have any questions...

And I care about
each and every one of you.

Frances here will take
your name, your number.

I will get back to you
personally.

You have my word.

[SHOUTING]

MAN:
I want one.

What do you got?

So, mayor, what's your plan?

We're working on it.

You don't have a plan, do you?

We may not all be
into academia, professor,

but that does not mean
that we don't have

some good old-fashioned
common sense.

We're gonna poison 'em.

So you think this will
kill them all?

Unless threatening them works.
What, you have a better idea?

I mean, you are a biologist,
professor, aren't you?

What's your plan?

I don't believe
that you can kill 'em all.

Is there a way to drive them
back into the bayou?

There's not enough prey
for them in the bayou anymore.

That's why they're here.

Yeah, right,
for a feast of people.

No, we're gonna find a way
to get rid of them.

Right.

So we have to capture them,
study them,

find out why they're exhibiting
this kind of behavior.

How many people are gonna die
while we do this?

Mayor's right, ma'am.

These bats
are way too aggressive

to be around populated areas.

Clearly. Now, how you planning
on doing this, Schuster?

Well, I'm gonna put poison
on their wings.

See, bats are groomers.

Clean each other by licking.

So out of the course
of an evening,

a single bat could be licked
by 20 to 25 other bats.

And the bats are covered
in poison,

the others lick it,
and they die?

Precisely.

So we still need
to capture some.

Yes.

With all due respect,

even if the poison works,
killing 25, even...

Even 2500 of these things
isn't gonna put a dent

in the potential problem
we have.

These bats are aggressive.
Something is causing this.

I think it's something
environmental.

Like?

I wish I knew.

But we have to find their lair

and that's easier said
than done.

You know, I am not interested
in any more problems.

What I want, Schuster,
I want solutions.

Kill 'em. End of story.

Mayor...

[SLAMS]

Oh, my God. Bats?
Did you freak?

Did I freak?
I totally freaked.

Nothing like my knight
in shining armor here.

Yeah, right. You were running
around like you were on fire.

Don't give me that.

Whatever.

[GIGGLING]

Lizzie. You're vertical.

See you guys later.
Okay.

[APPLAUSE]

Innocent until proven guilty.

Welcome back.

I actually wanted
to talk to you all

about what's been
going on because, uh,

it seems applicable
to what we're studying.

The fact that we have
killer vampire bats on campus?

Well, they look
like vampire bats,

but they sure don't
act like them.

What do you mean?

Well, for starters,
their natural habitat

is from South America
up through Mexico.

So not only do they
not belong here,

but their behavior
is absolutely bizarre.

Then why would they
suddenly be in Mercier?

Changes in the environment,
loss of habitat,

and other man-made influences.

Like what?

Well, in South America,

they've seen far more incidents

of bats coming
into populated areas

due to things
like deforestation.

Everybody needs a home, right?

So it makes sense

that if you destroy
an animal's natural habitat,

they're gonna have to adapt
to another one.

What's unusual about these
bats is that the bite marks

are inconsistent with what
we know about the species.

Bats, and vampire bats
in particular,

have gotten a bad rap
over the years.

They're not killers.

They're more like parasites.

They may feed
off cattle's blood,

but they don't generally
kill them.

Then why are they
killing people?

That's what we need to find out.

DAN:
If everybody would open up
your text to page 115.

Today we're gonna begin our
discussion on the ecosystem

of freshwater stream
environments,

including the physical forces
affecting water flow, uh,

sediment build-up,

including ecosystem structure
and environment.

We will also be factoring in...

Rebecca?

[MOANS]

DAN:
All right. Hold on, everybody.

Okay, call 911 right now!

GIRL:
Is she all right?
Oh, my God.

Hey, Shell.
Hey, girl.

Right, y'all ready,
ya need a minute?

Oh, no, we're ready right now.

I'm gonna see...
Surf and turf or catfish?

Surf and turf or catfish?

Tell you what, I'm gonna take
a hamburger with an iced tea.

Okay, then I'll have
the pasta special

and a big chocolate milk.

God love you, Dolly.
All right.

Let me tell ya about the case.
It's wonderful.

Well, I think the jury
really heard the testimony,

really understood it.

They saw all
the demonstrative evidence

and the evidence before them, and...
Mm-hm.

We worked really hard.

We had closing arguments last night.
Mm-hm.

It lasted a long time,
but I tell ya

I think the jury
was really interested.

I think we're gonna make
millions on this case.

Iced tea.

Thank you.
And chocolate milk.

I'll be right back.
You hold that thought.
Okay.

He's new.

They're all new
for just a minute.

Listen, who's that guy
with Poelker,

who was sitting with him
at the bar?

That would be... Brian Rueben.

From some waste-disposal
company from way outta town.

Card member since 1987. Nice.

That's weird.

He doesn't even work
when he's local.

SHELLY:
What's he up to?

Bat attacks on humans
are highly unusual,

and deadly attacks
are absolutely unprecedented.

Until now.

Yeah, until now.

I mean, something
must have caused this.

Something has changed them.

We know that they have
different bite marks,

but until we get one
in captivity,

it'll be hard to know any more.

Well, where do you
usually find them?

Well, they're nocturnal,
so during the day

they like to hang out in dark
places. Caves, typically.

Yeah, but we don't even have
any caves around here.

I suspect that since
they were kicked out

of their natural habitat,
they adapted to a new one.

Like that abandoned factory.

Let's just go back
to the abandoned factory.

Nah. It's been boarded up
tight as a drum.

They're not there anymore.

They've gotta be around here
somewhere.

You take an animal
out of his natural habitat,

he's gonna adapt to a new one,
right?

That's right, Eden.

Okay, come on, guys.
Let's call it a day.

Thank you for everything.

Let's catch some.

Yeah, that's my plan.

And we're gonna go with you.

No, you're not.

Yes, we are, professor.

How can we be expected
to ever learn anything

if we can't get any
practical experience?

Did you know that
one of your fellow students

contracted rabies
from a bat bite?

You're not coming.

Wow, rabies?

I don't know.

Think I'm gonna
have to take off.

Come on, babe.
[SIGHS]

Come on.
Bye, guys.

Everybody out, please.

Come on, guys.

No.

Guys, what do you think? Yes?
[MOUTHS WORDS]

I'm thinking yes.
Yeah.

Yes. All right, yes.
A thousand times, no.

Not only is there
a university curfew in effect,

but I guarantee none of you
have had your rabies shots.

So forget about it.

Not gonna happen.

MADDY:
Lock the door when you leave.

Okay, guys, I have an idea.

Come on, Shanaynay.
This is your big day.

[GRUNTS]

Come on.

All right.

Oh, no, no, no.

What did I say?

Just turn around
and go back to your dorms.

Listen, professor,
we're adults, right?

We're capable of making
our own decisions.

It's a bad decision.

EDEN:
Oh, come on.

If people our age can go to war,

we can certainly
help you capture

some stupid vampire bats.

Eden, soldiers have got
rabies vaccinations.

MILES:
Yeah, well, so do we, okay?

Today after class, we all went
to the health center.

Give me that.

Did I ever tell you
how much I hate you kids?

[LAUGHING]

All right,
make yourselves useful.

Aaron. Keith.

In that bag, there's a net.

Take it and string it across
those two trees over there.

Make sure it's not too taut.

And Lizzie and Eden,
I got a special job for you.

Mm-hm.

Take Shanaynay
over to the trees.

Lizzie, give her a hand.

She's a little unwilling.

Come on.

Have fun.

Oh, nice getup.

[CHUCKLES]

Come on, Shanaynay.
Come on.

Professor Rierdon,

just tell me that
we're not gonna hurt the goat.

Miles, is there
a sensitive New Age boy

under that Izod veneer?

Don't worry, we're not
gonna hurt the goat.

She's just a lure.

Okay.
Okay.

Is this even gonna work, guys?

I don't know.

LIZZIE:
Then why are we here?

Because we're scientists.

Then why do I feel like a moron?

You don't, uh, really want us
to answer that, do ya?

[SQUAWKS]
[LAUGHING]

Look, we had
a problem before us.

Eden proposed a theory.

We all said
it sounded plausible.

So we're conducting
a field experiment.

That's how science goes.
Not that daunting.

[WINGS FLUTTERING]

Did you hear that?

What is it, Lizzie?

I heard a swooshing sound.

It's probably just the wind

blowing through your head.

Shh.

[FLUTTERING]

See? Did you hear that?

There it is again.

[BAT SQUEAKS]

LIZZIE:
There.

[SCREECHES]

Okay, stay calm and, uh,

let's move towards the minivan.

MILES:
Well, what about the goat?

Don't worry about the goat,

just save yourselves.

KEITH:
Come on, man!

Go, go, go, go, go.

[BATS SCREECHING]

LIZZIE:
Oh, my God!

Close the window.

[SCREAMING]

[BATS SCREECHING
AND FLAPPING LOUDER]

MILES:
Professor, why do you have
a broom in your car?

MADDY:
A good scientist is always
prepared for the worst.

[SCREECHES]

MADDY:
Oh, my...

EDEN:
That is one lucky goat.

MADDY:
Oh, my.

Would you hold that,
Miles, please?

Look at that.

What's the matter?

These bats appear to have
an extra set of fangs.

[SCREECHING]

[SQUEALING]

So, what does that mean?

It means, fellow scientists,

that we have made...
quite the discovery here.

They're not your everyday
vampire bats, that's for sure.

[CHATTERING]

BOY 1:
Check that out.

BOY 2:
My dad told me.

He was in my dorm, bro.

BOY 3:
Check this out.

[SQUEAKING]

SCHUSTER:
So you jeopardized the
well-being of your students?

SHERIFF:
You had them break the curfew
just to capture these bats?

Look, it was our decision

to break the stupid curfew.

Professor Rierdon didn't
even want us to go.

It's all right, Eden.

Listen, in hindsight,

I couldn't have
done it without them.

It was reckless.

So where are the bats
that you captured

with your good old-fashioned
common sense?

[GROANS]

Okay, this is what we know
about the bats at this time.

At first glimpse,
they seem to be

Desmodus rotundus:

Vampire bats.

But on closer inspection,

we noted that there are some
significant differences.

What, you found a new species?

Nah, I don't think so.

I think this is a mutation
in an existing species.

You see, typically,
vampire bats have four fangs:

two on the top
and two on the bottom.

But these bats have eight fangs,

which apparently enables
them to tear skin apart

and suck
significantly more blood.

They also appear to need
to feed more frequently.

Yeah, and they're deadly.

Which is why they need
to be stopped.

Duh.

We're gonna try this poison.

I strongly advise against
the slash-and-burn approach.

There's gotta be some other way.

We're confiscating
these bats, ma'am.

I need them for my research.

Technically, they're evidence.
They were captured illegally.

Sheriff, these bats are a menace
to the general population.

And I have some friends
in Washington

who would see great value

in my keeping my bats
for my research.

If you have
a problem with that...

Fine. We'll only take
half your bats, professor.

We're gonna put these on 'em.
They're tracking devices.

And we'll track them
back to their lair.

Precisely.

That way, we can find
and destroy them.

That is, if they even have
a single lair.

Well, typically
they stick together.

Well, you'd better hope so.

'Cause these bats
are anything but typical.

[SQUEAKS]

[SQUEAKING]

Thanks for coming by so quickly.

That's okay.
What's going on?

My brother owns a farm
outside of town.

And he's been finding
deer like this

all over his property.

Obviously attacked
by these vampire bats.

I got to thinking what you said.

So I ran these lab tests
on the deer.

And they weren't long
for the world

even if the bats
hadn't gotten to 'em.

What do you mean?

Rabies.

But... there are
some other irregularities

that give me pause.

First off, all of their
internal organs were enlarged,

which in and of itself
is unusual.

But more significantly,

they each had large traces
of hexachlorobenzene

in their systems.

Hexachlorobenzene?
Where does that come from?

Chemicals released during
firefighting activities,

military exercises,

anything with a high-heat
combustion.

Well, how would they come
across that in the wilderness?

DAN:
Or anywhere for that matter?

Combustible byproducts
have strict EPA guidelines

for how they're disposed of.

Combustion.

Well, what about
waste incineration?

There's that waste facility
on the outskirts of town.

Yeah.

It's not far from the river.

This is it.

Button up, guys.

Nice. So we're gonna
break curfew and the law.

It's all in the name
of science, Miles, my boy.

[CLANGS]

[GIGGLES]

Funny.

DAN:
Come on, guys. Let's go.

So can anybody tell me again
why it is we're out here?

Just look for anything
out of the ordinary.

Or maybe there's nothing.

We're just trying to collect
some data, guys.

[LEAVES RUSTLING]

Did you hear that?

Oh, it was probably nothing.

DAN:
Could've been just a deer.

Deer...

[CREAKING]

Stop walking for a sec.

What the hell was that?

What?

I don't know, but it's close.

Spread out.

Dan, there are deer tracks
all over this place.

Oh.

They gotta be
drinking the water.

And the bats are feeding
on the deer.

So something's in the water.

[GIGGLES]

That makes sense.

Hey, guys, check this out.
I think I found it.

Maddy, over here.

Right?
Yeah, good job.

MADDY:
Hey.

Gold star for you, Aaron.

[WATER GURGLING]

Oh, it stinks.

Oh.

Oh!
Oh!

Man, that smells
absolutely putrid.

Oh, it's burning my nose.

Come on, Keith,
get me those vials. Quick.

KEITH:
Putrid.

Just one.
Smell it, smell it.

[GROANS]

[RUMBLING]

It's disgusting.

MAN [OVER MEGAPHONE]:
Cease your activities.

Let's get outta here.

You're trespassing
on private property.

DAN:
Let's go, guys. Go, go!

Stay down.
Turn your flashlights off.

All right.

Oh, wait a minute,
forgot something.

Yeah, your trusty broom.

I trust the broom
a bit more than that thing.

I'm not sharing with you.

Whatever you say.

[BEEPING]

Yup, definitely it.

SCHUSTER:
A little bit more.

This looks like a perfect lair.

Sure hope you're right, here,
Schuster.

Oh, I'm right.

You'll see that I'm right.

[SNIFFS]
Whew.

Wow, it reeks in here.

Mm.

Well, right over there.

Let that be a lesson
to the non-believers.

[BEEPING]

How do you know
this is the only lair?

Technology doesn't lie.

BOY:
No problem. Tomorrow.

BOY 2:
He was in my dorm, bro.

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

DAN:
Welcome back, Rebecca.

All right, guys,
let's feed these bad boys.

Careful.

Ugh. Could you imagine being
excited by pig blood for dinner?

LIZZIE:
They're so gross.

I don't think
they're that gross.

I think they're kind of cute,
you know, like, in their,

like, own bat way.

Well, hold on. How much
did you just feed them?

Forty cc's.

These bats are trippy, man.

No, what's trippy
is that it's 9:00,

and we're still here.

What's becoming of us, guys?

I'll tell you
what's become of us, man.

We're workaholics, damn it.

Tireless, dedicated
overachievers

with a commitment to a cause.

We're unflappable.

He doesn't even know
what that means.

Goliath, before you even
got on the table,

you were like 12 feet tall

so just go ahead and hop down.

I'm not getting off the table.
You know what?

I think we deserve
a little break

from all this vampire-bat
drudgery

and listen to some tunes.

Cool.
All right.

I got some good stuff over
here hidden away for ya.

[BATS SQUEAK]

[ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh, I love this song.

Are you kidding?
Okay, turn it off, man.

This is brutal, man.
Turn it off.

Come on, guys.

Okay, no, seriously, as cute
as all of this is,

turn it off, man.

[HIGH-PITCHED SQUEALING]
Oh, wow, talk about feedback.

[BEATS THUMPING
OVER STEREO]

Woo! Ha, ha!

Oh, my God. Are you sure
it's okay that we're here?

Totally, totally.

This is my econ professor

from last year's house.
Okay.

And he is on sabbatical

which means we are all alone.
Ooh.

[GIGGLES]

[SIGHS]

Now, what could be better
on a warm summer night?

Mmm.

I'm gonna get the lights.

[WHISPERS]
Okay.

[SIGHS]

[BUZZING]

[SCREAMS]

[LAUGHING]
Oh, my God.

Did I scare you?
You scared me.

You're such a bad boy.

[GROWLS]
Ooh.

[LAUGHS]

Mmm.
You just take a seat and relax

Don-don.

Don-don.

Woo! Ha, ha!

Come and get me.

Come on in. The water's fine.

[WINGS FLAPPING]

Did you hear that?

Hear what?

Uh, I think... Is someone here?

No, no, no.
It's just a bird, okay?

Come on.

Wait. Can you turn out
the lights?

Wha...? What?

You know I hate to have
the lights on.

Okay. All right, fine.

Thank you.

Donny, hurry up.

[GIGGLES]

[SIGHS]

Donny.

Donny?

This is not funny.

[WINGS FLAPPING]

[GASPS]

[BAT SQUEAKS]

[BATS SCREECHING]

[SCREAMING]

DONNY:
Oh, my God!

[SCREAMING]

Get it off!
Get it off!

Oh, my God. Oh, my God!

[SCREAMS]

[DONNY SCREAMING]

[PANTING]

[SCREAMS]

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

MADDY:
We got the analysis back
from the runoff water

that we collected at Carbide
Waste Resources the other night.

It's full of hexachlorobenzene.

My students and I ran tests
on the bats that we still have

in captivity.

Their systems
are loaded with this stuff.

Okay.

So our theory is

that the deer drink
the contaminated water,

the bats feed off the deer,

and it's causing a mutation
in the bats.

DAN:
And it looks like now we're
dealing with the aftermath.

And you think hexachlorobenzene could do this?

It's highly toxic stuff.

It builds up in the fatty
body tissues of animals

that are exposed to it.

It's just a hunch,
but we think it makes sense.

You know that local water
is tested regularly

under EPA guidelines.

Unless somebody at Carbide
is managing to cover this up.

Excuse me, did I hear you
saying something

about Carbide Waste Resources?

Yeah, why?

Well, I was at lunch
and I saw Poelker...

Mayor Poelker.

...and he was having lunch
with a Carbide guy.

And if I may say,
they were pretty cozy.

[PHONE RINGS]

Excuse me.

Here, let me show you this.

Hello.
Yeah, this is she.

DAN:
Shelly, tell me again.
What happened?

Hey, sheriff. Uh-huh, yeah.

[SOFTLY]
Uh-huh.

Okay. Thanks.

Thanks for calling.

[PHONE BEEPS OFF]

Um, that was Sheriff Herbst.

He said that they found another
one of my students dead.

That wasn't the only lair.

[BAT SQUEAKING]

What are you-all doing
out in the hall?

Check this out.

What?

[WINGS FLAPPING]

How'd they get out?

EDEN:
We let 'em out.

What?

We made a discovery last night.

What kind of discovery?

The bats have no taste in music.

What are you talking about?
Watch this.

KEITH:
Uh, hit sound on speaker one.

[BATS SCREECHING]

And now speaker two.

[SCREECHING CONTINUES]

Bats guide themselves by sonar
right?

They're attracted to the sound
that we created.

By mistake.

But most of science is, Lizzie

It's convenient mistakes.

This is brilliant.

You know, uh, I don't wanna be
the enemy of fun or anything

but how are we gonna get them
back in the cage?

Watch this.

Now, adjust the speaker
in the cage.

Pretty cool, huh?

You did this?
On your own?

Yeah, we'd like to think so.
KEITH: Yeah.

This is it.

If the bats are attracted
to the music...

And if we amplified the sound...

It goes to reason
that all the bats

would be attracted to it
as well.

It's genius.

N-now we've gotta figure out

how to get the bats
into harm's way

before they kill anybody else.

Y'all take care.
Okay.

You got stuff all over you.
Come here. Let me see.

Ketchup off your...

[CAR APPROACHING]

That's such a big girl.
Come on, darling. Come on.

Poelker.

Shelly.
Well,

taking time out of your busy
schedule poisoning local water

to have a cocktail?

What are you talking about?
You know what I'm talking about.

You can take the boy
out of juvenile hall

but you can't take the juvenile
hall out of the boy, can ya?

Shelly Dryer.

[VIOLET WHINES]

You know, I been dealing
with you my entire life...

It's Beaudraux.

...and I am really tired of you
talking about things

that you know nothing about.

I know things.

Get in my car.

You don't...
You don't have kid seats.

Then you drive. Come on.

Come on. You drive.
Come on. I'll help you.

[ELECTRONIC BEEPING]

[BEEPING]

[WINGS FLAPPING]

[BATS SQUEAKING]

[BATS SCREECHING]

SCHUSTER:
I say we torch the place.

We can't.
Why not?

Well, for starters, that church
is a designated landmark

in a residential neighborhood.

Besides, it might not be
their only lair.

Even if we could torch
the thing,

some bats would get away.

Well, what are we gonna do?

Well, we, um...

Actually, my students
discovered a signal

that they're attracted to.

So if we could only use it
to lure them

into some kind
of a contained location...

What about the steam tunnels?

Well, would they be hot enough?

It was pretty damn hot
when I was there.

You don't look much worse
for the wear of it.

Besides the fact it's illegal
to be down there,

you kids could've been killed.

If university power
had released any pressure,

you'd have been stewed.

What do you mean?
All the university systems

release excess pressure
into those tunnels.

So it might be possible
to generate

a significant amount of steam.

Well, in this heat,

power plant operating
at maximum capacity,

if we released
a huge amount of steam at once

temperature would rise enough
to... kill anything down there.

You know, I think that
that could work.

Well, we should do it tonight.
It's a new moon.

It'll be dark.
Bats love that.

Yeah, it's the weekend,
and people are gonna be out

in droves in this heat,
curfew or no curfew.

Do it before somebody
else gets killed.

SCHUSTER:
Right. Herbst, we need to get.

SHERIFF:
Right. I'll coordinate all that with you.

[BAT SCREECHING]

DAN:
Rami? Violet? Shell?

MADDY:
Wonder where they are.

Uh, I'm gonna give her a call.

[RINGING]

MADDY:
She left her phone.

It's not me.

Hello?

Hey, kid.
It's Karl, Shelly.

Karl, this is Shelly's
sister-in-law, Maddy.

[WHISPERS]
Who's Karl?
I don't know.

He seems to know your sister
intimately.

Oh, you sound just like Shelly
on the phone.

Yeah, I get that a lot.

Hey, we're, uh...
We're not sure where Shelly is

We're looking for her ourselves.

When was the last you heard
from her?

This morning. Told me
she was taking the kids

to lunch and then bringing them
back to your place for naps

before our date.

They were supposed to have
a date.

She never showed up.

Bring in one set at a time.
Yeah, go for it.

All right, you know what
you gotta do?

What are you talking about?

Move the cables back up?

It's gonna be sitting in
that tunnel over there.

It's all the same system.
Easier that way, you know?

She came here for lunch
with the kids.

They ate, made a big old mess,

and then they all got in the car

and drove off
with Mayor Poelker.

Mayor Poelker?

Well, what's wrong?

Uh... nothing.

Thank you.
That was very helpful.

Looks like my sister
stuck her nose

where it doesn't belong again.

This time
she's got our kids with her.

Excuse me.

[VIOLET WHIMPERING]

Maddy.
RAMI: Daddy!

Shell, what's going on?

Is this how you entertain
our kids?

Well... Well, Poelker here...

Hey, w-w-wait, before you get
into that, look, I'm gonna

take the kids and we're gonna
meet you out in the car, okay?

Come on, sweetheart.
[VIOLET CRIES]

Please, Professor Rierdon, come
on, have a seat right here.

Okay, listen. Poelker here...
I mean, Hank.

...has just been giving me
all the dish on Carbide.

All right, let me fill you in.

The gentleman Shelly saw me
having lunch with the other day

is an executive at Carbide

with... a conscience.

He's a whistle-blower.

I knew it.

Go on.

Now, he informed me

that some of the higher-ups
at Carbide aren't necessarily,

well, aboveboard meeting
the EPA guidelines.

Now, all this is gonna stay
in this room.

So I started an investigation

which I had to put on hold
due to this bat problem.

It appears as if Carbide

is paying off some local
officials

just to keep the situation quiet
till they rectify the problem.

Which local officials?

How long we got?

Not long. We better hurry.
Hey, guys.

Thank you, Miles.

You and Herbst can handle things?
We got it.

Okay, I'm gonna head down
to the power plant.

Bye, baby.
Okay. Be safe, both of you.

You too.
Thanks.

Okay, what we got?

Uh, just about ready.

It's gonna be loud.
Got your earplugs?

Yeah, I got 'em right here.

All right. You two?

If this is gonna be loud enough,

we gotta call all the bats
out of the lairs.

Where's Schuster?

Down in the tunnel.

What?
Mm-hm.

Well, we gotta clear him out.

Schuster, come in.
You copy?

Schuster, come in.

[RADIO CRACKLES]

I'll just pop down and
get him, all right?

Hurry it up. We got a
little bit before sunset.

Yeah.
SHERIFF: Be safe, now.

You know me.

Okay, Keith, the speakers
are in place. You guys set?

KEITH [OVER RADIO]:
I'm all over it.

Stand by.
Get ready for the signal.

You got it, Professor Rierdon.

MADDY:
Come on, Schuster, let's go.

You spooked me.

Yeah, well, I'm a spooky
kind of gal.

It's getting dark.
We gotta get in the truck

and get out of here.

Just give me one second, boss.

I'll just get
these couple wires.

Then we'll go topside
and annihilate these bastards.

Amen to that.

You know,
it's like you said, professor.

Only a matter of time before
global warming caught up to us

You know, each day, an area
the size of a football field

is disappearing out here.

[CHUCKLES]

I'm just playing with you.

Right.

Anyways, this is not
about global warming.

Oh, is that so?

Nope. This is the result
of illegal dumping

of poisonous chemicals
into the water.

Is that what you think?

I know it.

You make me laugh, professor.

What, you think this is funny?

No, what I think is funny
is that you think

a negligible amount
of hexachlorobenzene

could alter an entire species.

I'm gonna wait in the truck.

[CLICKING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

All right?

Fire!

Shh. Shh. That's enough.

SHERIFF:
Everybody back in their
vehicles. Let's go, I mean it.

[BATS SQUEAKING]

Let's go, girls.
Come on, let's go.

SHERIFF:
Schuster, Maddy, you copy?

Schuster, Maddy?
Maddy, you copy?

SCHUSTER: Schuster here.
We all set.
Good.

Miles, Keith,
turn on the church signal.

[BASS BOOMING]

What does a conscience cost
these days, Schuster?

A conscience?

I think rising waters
and global warming

is a little out of my
jurisdiction.

Authorities'll think different
when they hear the facts.

What facts?

I didn't hear any facts.

[RADIO CRACKLES]

SHERIFF:
Dan, it's time.

You guys ready?

[BATS SCREECHING]

Roger.

Maddy, are you there?

[MUFFLED SCREAMING]

Shhh.

[RADIO CRACKLES]

Yeah, she's with me.

We're heading on back
up to the truck.

Why don't you just go ahead

and, uh, kill the speakers
in the cemetery?

[FEEDBACK SQUEALING]

'Bout these speakers down here
in the steam tunnel?

I'm all over it.

[FEEDBACK CONTINUES]

Go ahead.
Release the steam.

Okay, let's do it.
Unh.

It's gonna be fun.

Oh, Schuster.
Schuster, don't do this.

Let it go.

Schuster. Schuster, don't
do it! Let me go!

[GRUNTING]

[SCREAMS]

It's workin'.

It's workin', guys.

[WHIMPERING]

Schuster, get up! Get up!

[SCHUSTER SCREAMING]

MAN:
There's someone still
down there! Can you see?

Maddy.

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[GROANS]
SHERIFF: Maddy.

Come on, help her out.

Easy, easy.
Come here.

Get some water.
Get some water.

I'll get it.

EDEN: You all right?
All right?

Dan. Call Dan.

Get Dan on the phone.
Hurry!

Here. Here, here, here.
Drink.

Hey, hey.

Schuster.
Schuster's down there.

Stop, wait! Miles, no!

[BATS SCREECHING]

Maddy! Maddy!

You okay?
Yeah.

[BOTH SIGH]

You're not hurt?

No.

Mmm.

[SIGHS]

Hey. We did it.

Yeah.

Be good, now.
All right.

It's over, honey.

It's over.

[CHUCKLES]

Good job, sweetheart.

Here you go, honey.

It's Daddy.

Yes, Daddy.

Thank you, Daddy.

Hey, you kids okay over there?

Yup, yup.

Head down.

Don't! That tickles.

The kids are over there.
Quit it.

SHELLY:
There, I won.

KARL:
You did it.

SHELLY:
I won. I got...

KARL:
Well...

[BABBLES]

Oh, look, baby.
Can I get you again?

Oh, Violet. Violet.

[VIOLET COOS]

Hey. Woo!