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MUSIC CUE HOSPITAL AMBIENCE HEART RATE MONITOR BEEPS WOMAN I need to tell you something, something about your family, your history, your heritage. I did something that kicked this off. It was innocent at least my part, in the beginning. I didn’t seek this out and I would never wish this on anyone but as of this point I am so grateful for you and for your life. What I’m about to do, I do knowing the price. I know you won’t remember anything from before but perchance something resurfaces upon reflection, I need you to know what to do...and more importantly what not to do. THEME MUSIC ANNOUNCER This is 13 Reflections Reflection 1: The Vanishing BREAKING GLASS. HEAVY BREATHS. FOOTSTEPS RUN UP. CUT TO: BILLY Not gonna get me. Not gonna get me. BAT WHIPPING THROUGH THE AIR. GLASS BREAKS. SNEAKER COVERED FOOTSTEPS RUN. A CAR ALARM BLARES. A DOG BARKS. BILLY Not gonna get me. RUNNING. HEAVY BREATHING. WALKING. STOPS. BILLY I’m not going with you. No. BAT SWINGS. GLASS BREAKS. FOOT STEPS ON BROKEN GLASS. A POLICE SIREN APPROACHES. TIRES SKID. A CAR DOOR OPENS. POLICE RADIO NOISE. BOOTS ON ASPHALT APPROACHING. NARRATOR Sheriff Georgie Gordon the mother hen of Brimstone steps out of her cruiser. SHERIFF Hey Kid! BILLY Not gonna get me. SHERIFF Put the bat down and come out of there! BILLY No. No. Not gonna get me. PISTOL CLEARS LEATHER. POP. ELECTRICITY SPARKS. BODY THUD. BILLY SHUDDERS. UNINTELLIGIBLE BABBLING. MUSIC CUE ASHLEY’S HOUSE SMALL WORKBOOTS ON STAIRS A WOMAN SIGHS INTERIOR WOOD DOOR OPENS ASHLEY Sorry I’m late. A BOOK CLOSES LUCY It’s cool Mrs. Harker. Gives me time to do some homework. TEN YEAR OLD MIND DUMP RAPID SPEAK POLLY Lucy is taking a creative writing class and we’re doing a comic book. It’s so cool. I was helping her with the story. It’s scary and romantic, but SOOO scary you’ll scream. ASHLEY Slow down. Take a breath. Hello Polly. POLLY Oh yeah. Hi mom. KISS ON FOREHEAD ASHLEY Lucy, I’m a little light on cash. LUCY No worries this’ll do Mrs. Harker. BACKPACK ZIPS UP FOOTSTEPS LUCY Just gonna use the bathroom before I go. WOOD DOOR OPENS CELL PHONE RINGS POLLY Maaawwwwwm. ASHLEY I know. No work at home. CELL PHONE RING STOPS TOILET FLUSHES WATER RUNS ON THEN OFF ASHLEY Lucy? You want a ride? It’s really cold out. NO ANSWER ASHLEY Lucy? SOFT KNOCK ON WOOD DOOR KNOB TURNS DOOR OPENS ASHLEY You want a ride? Huh? Where’d she go? ASHLEY CLOSES CABINET DOOR ASHLEY Why is this thing open? MEDICINE CABINET DOOR CLOSES ASHLEY Polly? Did you see Lucy leave? POLLY Nope. ASHLEY She’s awfully quick. POLLY Totally ninja. ASHLEY She sure is. I guess it’s just you and me Polly girl. POLLY Yay. Sit down and let me read you the story we were working on. Lucy’s story. ASHLEY Lucy’s story? POLLY Yeah. Here. PAPER RUSTLES ASHLEY The tale of two mirrors. MUSIC CUE METAL EXTERIOR DOOR OPENS POLICE RADIO NOISE PERSON YELLING WOMAN CRYING BOOTS WALK DEPUTY What you got Sheriff? SHERIFF Responded to a 10 63 at Hyde Park Bridal. He broke the window and one of those full length mirrors with this. BASEBALL BAT BOUNCES ON COUNTER SHERIFF (CONT'D) Had to taze him. DEPUTY Did he crap himself? Jeeezzuss. SHERIFF Nah. He just stinks. BILLY Uuugggg. DEPUTY Does Stinky got a name? SHERIFF Billy Hazelbob according to his student ID. COMPUTER KEYBOARD DEPUTY Billy. Wakey. Wakey. BILLY Argh. Not gonna get me! Aaaawww. HANDCUFFS RATTLE BILLY STRUGGLES DEPUTY What’s his fucking deal? SHERIFF I dunno. On something strong. He broke windows and mirrors up and down 13th street so keep him away from glass or mirrors. BILLY SCREAMS DEPUTY I don’t like your face either kid but knock it off or I’ll taze you all over again. BILLY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE SHERIFF Toss him in cell 3 by himself. Let him untweak a bit. Maybe he’ll talk when the withdrawal terrors come. CELL DOOR OPENS THEN SLAMS SHUT CUT MUSIC CUE FOR ASHLEY’S HOUSE PAGE TURNS POLLY CLEARS HER THROAT THEN IN RAPID PRETEEN SPEAK. POLLY Many years ago. In a time long forgotten, there lived a Chinese princess, Mai Mai in a huge castle behind a tall stone wall. PAGE TURNS POLLY (CONT'D) In the corner of her room sat a tall red lacquered cabinet that held inside it a large mirror framed by a silver dragon holding its tail in his fanged mouth. ASHLEY Hold on. Polly girl. Wait. Wait. Why don’t you just tell what it about. PAGE TURNS BOOK CLOSES POLLY Oh Okay. A Mongolian Prince is in love with a Chinese Princess but she’s being kept in a castle. The Prince orders a Shaman to create a magic portal so he can visit the Princess. PAGE TURNS ASHLEY A magic portal? POLLY Through two mirrors. POLLY (CONT'D) The myth goes like this. Face two mirrors to create endless reflections. (MORE) PAGE TURNS POLLY (CONT'D) Look to the smallest reflection to make your deepest wish come true, touch the 13th reflection to open the gate. PAGE TURNS POLLY (CONT'D) See. He’s stepping into the mirror. POLLY (CONT'D) Now he’s in her room. PHONE RINGS ASHLEY You ready to snooze? POLLY Yeah. I guess you can’t keep them waiting all night. ASHLEY Did you brush your teeth? POLLY Yeah. ASHLEY KISSES. Breathe. Let me smell. POLLY Oh gawd. Okay, okay. ASHLEY I love you Polly girl. POLLY I love you more. FOOTSTEPS ON CARPET. DOOR CLOSES. ASHLEY Harker construction, how can I help you? RAY Hey. We’ve got a problem. ASHLEY I just left the site an hour ago. What can’t wait until the morning? RAY Einhorn texted me just now. He wants to move the open date up two weeks. He got a photo shoot for business weekly. ASHLEY What? No can do Ray. The windows are special order. And there’s no budget for staging his office. RAY He also told me if you say “no.” I should find someone else. ASHLEY That fuck wad. ASHLEY’S VOICE FADES MUFFLED BY THE CLOSED DOOR. POLLY SIGHS PAPER RUSTLES POLLY What compels someone to smell their kid’s breath? BLANKETS PULL BACK SOFT

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THUD OF SMALL FEET ON CARPET INTERIOR WOOD DOOR OPENS LIGHT SWITCHES ON AMBIENCE CHANGES TO BATHROOM REVERB MEDICINE CABINET DOOR CREAKS OPEN WATER RUNS TEETH BRUSHING NARRATOR As Polly brushes her teeth she glances over at the large bathroom mirror over the sink. (MORE) NARRATOR (CONT'D) For a brief moment she sees a little boy just behind her in the reflection. She snaps around but no one is there. POLLY SPITS WATER OFF MOVEMENT POLLY Hmmm I wonder? NARRATOR Polly adjusts the mirrored medicine cabinet door to create endless reflections in the large bathroom mirror over the counter. She leans in and studies all of the reflections then she reaches out and walks her fingers across the hard mirrored surface. POLLY One, two, three... MUTED ASHLEY LAUGHING. POLLY (CONT'D) Nine, ten, eleven...thirteen. NARRATOR Polly waits but nothing appears to change, then just as disappointment seeps into Polly’s expresion a wave washes across the mirror. EERIE WHOOSH EERIE PLOP OF A PEBBLE IN A STILL POND POLLY Woah. This is real! NARRATOR Polly pokes her finger at the large mirror. It jiggles with her touch. POLLY Wow. The mirror...it’s like jello. POLLY GIGGLES NARRATOR Polly pokes her finger deeper. To her surprise a ripple starts at the top of the mirror. A dark point emerges like the fin of a small fish. It moves closer to her and she yanks her finger out. The fin receeds back under. POLLY Hey. Wait. Don’t go. NARRATOR The fin swims away slowly. Po lly plunges her entire hand into the jell-o like mirror and wiggles her fingers. SPLASHING POLLY It tickles. NARRATOR Then suddenly something grabs at her wrist. POLLY Hey. Let go... wait. ASHLEY If Einhoirn wants those mirrored windows sooner, I’ll have to source them from Acme. RAY Acme pricing will put us over budget. CUT ASHLEY That’s Einhorn’s problem. RAY He won’t see it that way. ASHLEY Because his head is up his ass. RAY Ha. True that. But still. ASHLEY But still nothing. RAY Okay. I’ll try and squeeze wine... ASHLEY From an asshole. Shit. Now I need a drink. RAY You sound upset. Should I come over? For what? ASHLEY RAY Well, I’d start by rubbing your neck, then work my way down to your lower back and from there I’d move to your lower front. ASHLEY It’d be a hate fuck, Ray. RAY Best kind. POLLY SCREAMS Polly? RUNNING UPSTAIRS ASHLEY INTERIOR WOOD DOOR BANGS OPEN ASHLEY (CONT'D) Polly? Where are you? MUFFLED VOICE POLLY Mom! BATHROOM AMBIENCE REVERB ASHLEY Polly! GASP NARRATOR As brief as a lightening strike, Ashley glimpses Polly in the mirror then she is gone. Ashley rushes to the mirror as she leans in her shoulder brushes against the mirrored medicine cabinet door and it slowly closes ending the reflections. EERIE JELLO SPLASHING CREAK OF CABINET DOOR DOOR CLOSES MUSIC CUE DARK MAGIC ALL EERIE SOUNDS CUT OFF ASHLEY’S VOICE FADES TO MUFFLED ANGUISH VACCUM OF AMBIENCE SOFT EERIE BREEZE CUT TO:

POLLY Mom. I’m here. In here. EERIE GROWL. CLAWS OF SMALL ANIMAL ON CONCRETE SCUTTLE CLOSER. POLLY (CONT'D) Who’s there? FOOTSTEPS APPROACH. FREDDIE Shhhh. He’ll hear you. POLLY Who will hear me? FREDDIE Take my hand. POLLY Wait. Why? FREDDIE If you want to live, you’ll come with me. POLLY But my mom... FREDDIE No time. He’s coming. FOOTSTEPS RUN OFF. HEAVY WET FOOTFALLS APPROACH. MONSTER GROWLING. CUT TO: COMMERICAL JET FLIES OVERHEAD DAY TIME AMBIENCE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT “THE WHITE ZONE IS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING OF PASSENGERS ONLY, NO PARKING.” CARS PASS BY CABBIE Taxi Mister? LEE Yes. Thank you. CAR DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES. INTERIOR OF TAXI. OUTSIDE SOUNDS MUFFLED. DOOR CLOSES. Where to? CABBIE LEE 7200 Barrister Drive. CABBIE Woah. Ok. TURN SIGNAL CLICKS. TAXI SPEEDS UP. CABBIE (CONT'D) Um. I take it you’re not from around here. LEE What gave me away my accent or the fact that I just came off an airplane? CABBIE Hahaha. Neither one. I’m a psychic. LEE Is that so? And what does your 6th sense tell you? CABBIE That something dark brought you here. LEE I am impressed. My destination didn’t give you a hint? CABBIE No. Although I must admit, you are wearing all black. LEE Quite the tip off. CABBIE FICKS ON TURN SIGNAL. TAXI SLOWS THEN SPEEDS UP. CABBIE Wouldn’t have tagged you as law enforcement though. LEE What tag would give me? CABBIE Mortician? LEE Haha. Now that is precious. CABBIE Here we are. Brimstone County Sheriff’s station. LEE What do I owe? CABBIE Seventeen fifty. CASH EXCHANGES. LEE Keep the change. CABBIE No no. Just tell me what you do. LEE I’m with the FBI. CAR DOOR OPENS CUT TO: ASHLEY’S HOUSE MUSIC CUE ASHLEY WEEPS SHERIFF Mrs. Harker? You said you were on a call? ASHLEY Yes, my office called about a problem at work. SHERIFF What sort of problem? ASHLEY Just a scheduling issue. What does that have to do with anything? SHERIFF I don’t know. Could the call have been a ploy to distract you? ASHLEY You mean like from the kidnapper? No. No. It wasn’t. The call was from my co worker Ray. DOOR OPENS. FOOTSTEPS APPROACH. DEPUTY Wait here a sec. FOOTSTEPS. DEPUTY (CONT'D) Excuse me, Sheriff? SHERIFF Who’s that? DEPUTY He just showed up at the station. Says he’s from the FBI. SHERIFF Well, is he? DEPUTY His credentials check out. SHERIFF Why’s he here? FOOTSTEPS APPROACH. DEPUTY He asked... LEE I demanded to be brought to you. Special Agent Lee, hostage recovery, kidnapping that sort of thing. SHERIFF Now hold on a minute. We don’t know this is a kidnapping. LEE And yet a child is missing and there’s no forced entry or exit. Yes? SHERIFF How’d you know that? LEE I’m a psychic. SHERIFF You kidding me? LEE Yes. That’s a joke. Sorry, you had to be there. SHERIFF We’re just starting to investigate this. How are you here so quickly? LEE I monitor APBs for missing persons, kidnappings, alleged suicides, serial killings, unexplained phenomena. DEPUTY So like the X-files? SHERIFF Deputy? What’re you still doing here? Get back to the station. But first shut the fuck up. Now, get back to the station. LEE Sheriff Gordon is it? SHERIFF Yeah. LEE I don’t believe this is a kidnapping either, but to be thorough, you should have your men dust the entire house. SHERIFF Yeah. Okay. Hey guys, dust all the windows, the sills inside and out. THE SHERIFF’S HEAVY FOOTSTEPS STOMP OFF. LEE Mrs. Harker, may we talk? ASHLEY Yes of course. I’m relieved you’re here. LEE I assure you I’ll use all my resources to locate your child. ASHLEY Don’t need your assurances, just make it happen. LEE Indeed. I will. I can’t help notice all of the moving boxes, did you just move in? ASHLEY Couple of months ago, but I haven’t had time to unpack. LEE Anyone here with you last night? ASHLEY The babysitter but she left right after I came home. LEE Anyone else drop by? Your ex maybe? ASHLEY I’m a widow. LEE Boyfriend? ZIPPO LIGHTER FLIPS OPEN. A THUMB STRIKES A FLAME. THEN THE LIGHTER’S CAP CLOSES. THIS REPEATS A FEW TIMES. ASHLEY Um, no boyfriend. LEE Girlfriend? ASHLEY No. LEE Tinder date? ASHLEY No. Between my daughter and work, I’m too busy for anything like that. LEE What time did the babysitter leave? ASHLEY Just after ten. LEE What time did your daughter go missing? ASHLEY Last night about ten thirty. LEE I see. ASHLEY Lucy didn’t kidnap Polly. LEE So you say. I’ll still need to talk to her. ASHLEY Yeah. Sure. FIDGETING WITH ZIPPO LIGHTER. LEE I don’t mean to shock you but seventy five percent of abducted children are killed within the first three to twenty four hours. ASHLEY Oh my god. LEE So, Mrs. Harker, with no time to waste, either someone else was here or... MAIN THEME ASHLEY You can’t think that I did it? LEE Until I find your daughter... everyone did it. ANNOUNCER 13 Reflections.

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