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[Terry drives straight to Skinner's house after his interlude with Logan. He can't face going home alone somehow. He needs to talk this one out...It's late but the lights are still on. They keep late hours. He rings the doorbell and then steps back to wait. Now he's here he wonders if it was wise. He feels uncomfortable. What if he's disturbed them? Tonight he can't face any reminders of the past...]



[Max Skinner checks the drive and recognises Terry's car. He calls Uma with a curt :'Your boyfriend's here' before going to open the door...]



Well, well, well, you look rough. Did I miss the war? I guess you lost then.. You'd better come in... Her Majesty' s going to go in to overdrive when she sees the bloody nose and deep cut above the eyebrow...she'll be dancing round you like you're a new pair of Choos...and don't pretend you don't know the effect the old 'home from the wars' look has on her...

[Terry gives him a wry look and walks on in muttering:...]

Rough? At least I've got a bloody excuse...what you been doing? Home decorating...somehow you don't seem the type...

[Max grins broadly]

S'matter of fact that's exactly what I've been doing. I'm a man of many talents, Terry....

You calling me a lightweight? Ouch...! [They both laugh softly. He thinks how pretty she is. He decides he better think about something else...]

I'm not sure they would have made much difference, Uma. This guy is something else...

[Max returns and sets down a bottle of cold beer and two whisky glasses; he pours in a healthy measure and then one for himself. He hands Uma a gin and tonic. She puts the finishing touches to Terry's face with a bandaid and then sits down, ready to listen to what he has to say. Terry takes a long draught of beer before replying...]



...I went to see Logan at some back-of-beyond bar he frequents. They go in for illegal fighting. He seems to be the indisputable king of their ring, unsurprisingly. I accosted him outside. He didn't much like me creeping up on him so he let fly. Knocked me off my feet and then pinned me against the wall...You might call it a declaration of intent...

...However - and this is the bit you're gonna have to trust me on - something happened as he hit me, something I still can't quite understand. Either his hands became metal blades, or he grew claws out of his skin...it was too fast. I didn't see what actually went down, but the next thing I knew, he had twelve inch blades poised at my throat...and he looked like a man who would have no compunction about using them...Okay, I talked him down easily enough; he doesn't appear to be without reason but it's a while since I've stared that closely down the road to hell...by the time I got my wits back, the blades were gone and his hands looked normal...but I'm bloody fortunate I still have a head to stick a bandaid on....

[Max and Uma stared speechless. Blades? If it had been anyone else but Terry, they would probably have disputed whether his brains hadn't been addled by the blow...but this was Terry...]

...You want to know what I think?



[Terry seemed almost to be thinking out loud, as if he was only just beginning to make sense of it all as he recounted the events to them...]

I think he's got a film somewhere too. Science fiction? Horror? Frankenstein 21st century-style? Christ knows, but that poor bastard has been experimented on, in some sort of lab, and he's on the run from people who he presumes are connected to us...We've got to find this movie, people. I need to know exactly what state he's in and what's likely to have been going on in his head since he got here. Ralph and Ann have been on the look out at the bookstore, and they haven't found anything, so we have to presume that this second wave to the freak show may be coming through a different channel. But it's here and already we have 2 candidates, Logan and this Drover fella- who looks to me a little World War Two era...maybe we could get Currie to have a word with him and see what he can garner? Anyway, Logan arrived at the Phoenix with Lily...She may be the key. He's very protective of her, even though he's messed her about recently. What does that suggest? You think Lily's another conduit? How much do we know about Lily and her family anyway...? They've been here in this area a long while...they're involved with a couple of our guys through their shop...Lily used to see Cort, didn't she? Anyone know what happened there? Have we been missing something? Mike and his woman, Mary, and Lily...they seem sort of 'in' on the Phoenix but they aren't part of the Crazy Gang per se...Christ, my head hurts...but I can't see any other explanation...Any thoughts?