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INT. HOSPITAL - DAY 51MUSIC CUE
INTERIOR HOSPITAL ROOM AMBIENCE
Woman
We were being played. Like lab mice we couldn’t see the labyrinth through our bright pink eyes. The man in the mirror wasn’t a reflection looking back at us. No our every move was being observed, chronicled, documented, timed and weighed. But this experiment was not to prove a theory or to find a cure. No he wanted us to teach him how to get out.
MUSIC THEME
ANNOUNCER
Welcome to 13 Reflections. Reflection 8: Through Pink Eyes
INT. ASHLEY'S HOUSE - DAY 52MUSIC CUE ASHLEY’S HOUSE
NARRATOR
The Brimstone County forensic team scurries through Ashley’s house. On the 2nd floor, The Sheriff stands at the doorway to the bathroom.
Billy’s body lies on the floor with his chest ripped wide open.
The Sheriff pulls Agent Lee aside.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
This doesn’t make sense.
AGENT LEE
How do you mean?
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
She has a gun in her hand. Billy has her daughter. She empties the gun and only hits the light?
AGENT LEE
Maybe she’s a bad shot?
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
Bad shot or not. Still doesn’t explain how Billy’s heart got ripped out.
AGENT LEE
There are a lot of unanswered questions Sheriff. How did Billy escape in the first place?
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
The asylum texted me this surveillance footage from last night. Look here on my phone.
AGENT LEE
Is that Billy?
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
Yup. The kid went into the bathroom but doesn’t come out. Let me fast forward.
AGENT LEE
Pause it there. There’s a mirror missing over that sink.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
The kid has vanished and you’re pointing out a missing mirror?
AGENT LEE
I find it curious.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
You think that’s curious? I’ve got three corpses all missing their hearts.
AGENT LEE
Three corpses?
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
The one armed bandit, Mina showed up last night outside the hospital. She checked in but died in her room. Her chest was ripped open just like Billy’s.
AGENT LEE
Have a theory?
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
Yes. My theory is that you’re working on more than just this case. I also think Mrs. Harker knows more than she’s letting on.
AGENT LEE
Let me confirm something with Mrs. Harker first.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
Confirm what?
AGENT LEE
Just give me a moment with Mrs. Harker and Polly, then I’ll let you in on everything.
FOOTSTEPS DOWNSTAIRS
INT. ASHLEY'S HOUSE - DAY 53
NARRATOR
Agent Lee makes his way down the stairs. Polly snoozes on the sofa under a fuzzy comforter and headphones over her ears. Agent Lee takes a seat across the kitchen table from Ashley.
ASHLEY FIDGETS WITH HER ZIPPO LIGHTER CAP OFF
FLICK THE DRUM CAP ON
AGENT LEE
I know you may not believe this but I am on your side.
ASHLEY
My side? Is there another side?
AGENT LEE
There’s always another side. When did Polly return?
ZIPPO LIGHTER CAP OFF FLICK THE DRUM
CAP ON SNUFF THE FLAME
AGENT LEE (CONT'D)
Shall I wake her up and ask her then?
ASHLEY
No. She’s been through enough.
AGENT LEE
So when? Yesterday.
ASHLEY AGENT LEE
Where has she been?
ASHLEY
Hiding. She was hiding somewhere. She wasn’t kidnapped.
ZIPPO LIGHTER CAP OFF FLICK THE DRUM
CAP ON SNUFF THE FLAME
AGENT LEE
Alright. We’ll come back to that. Just walk me through what happened last night.
ZIPPO LIGHTER CAP OFF FLICK THE DRUM
CAP ON SNUFF THE FLAME
ASHLEY
He was here waiting.
AGENT LEE
Billy? Where was he?
ASHLEY
I don’t know. He was just suddenly behind us.
AGENT LEE
And he knocks Ray out at the foot of the stairs?
ASHLEY
Yeah. Somehow he grabbed Polly away from me and pulled her up to the bathroom.
AGENT LEE
Where did you keep the gun?
ZIPPO LIGHTER CAP OFF FLICK THE DRUM
CAP ON SNUFF THE FLAME
ASHLEY
It’s not mine. It was that kid’s.
AGENT LEE
Then how did you get it?
ASHLEY
He dropped it. When the...
AGENT LEE
When what? ZIPPO LIGHTER CAP OFF FLICK THE DRUM
CAP ON SNUFF THE FLAME
ASHLEY
He just dropped it.
AGENT LEE
He has your daughter still?
ASHLEY
Yes.
AGENT LEE
But you have his gun. Does he have any other weapon?
ASHLEY
No but...
ZIPPO LIGHTER CAP OFF FLICK THE DRUM
CAP ON SNUFF THE FLAME
AGENT LEE
Then why shoot the light out?
ASHLEY
Did I?
AGENT LEE
Indeed you did. Although the revolver was fully loaded and all five rounds were fired, only three bullet holes were located...in the ceiling.
ASHLEY
I just fired to scare him.
ZIPPO LIGHTER CAP OFF FLICK THE DRUM
CAP ON SNUFF THE FLAME
AGENT LEE
Then what killed him?
ASHLEY
I don’t know and I don’t know why I shot the light out.
AGENT LEE
Could the real reason be that you can’t have a reflection without light?
ASHLEY STOPS FIDGETING WITH THE LIGHTER
AGENT LEE (CONT'D)
Mrs. Harker. Another child has been missing for more than a year. I’m desperate to know how Polly was returned.
ASHLEY
I don’t know. This is all crazy. How do you make sense of crazy?
LEE’S VOICE CRACKS IN DESPERATION
AGENT LEE
Help another parent get their child back. Just tell me the truth.
ASHLEY
Ok. But you won’t believe me.
AGENT LEE
I promise I will try.
ASHLEY
Polly was hiding inside the bathroom mirror.
AGENT LEE
There you see? I’m not laughing. I’m not rolling my eyes. I believe you.
ASHLEY SIGHS RELIEF
AGENT LEE (CONT'D)
So, what did you do? How did you get her back?
ASHLEY
I just reached inside and pulled her out.
AGENT LEE
That’s it? That clean? That simple?
ASHLEY
Not simple. Not clean at all. Something followed her out. The same thing that killed Lucy. The same thing that killed Billy.
AGENT LEE
How did Polly learn about the mirrors?
ASHLEY PULLS OUT THE BLUE STORYBOOK FROM HER POCKET PAGES RUSTLE
ASHLEY
Lucy wrote this for her school assignment. She read it to Polly.
AGENT LEE
Lucy must have learned this from Mina Wen.
ASHLEY
I think so yes.
NARRATOR
Agent Lee suddenly lurches towards Polly. His actions are urgent. He pulls off her headphones and lifts her off the sofa.
ASHLEY
Hey. What are you doing?
AGENT LEE
When you were inside the mirror, did you see a little girl?
POLLY STRUGGLES
AGENT
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LEE (CONT'D)
Please. Just tell me.
ASHLEY
Put her down.
POLLY SIGHS
POLLY
You mean Freya?
AGENT LEE
Yes, Freya. Where is she?
POLLY
She’s still there. She’s still inside.
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INT. SHERIFF STATION - DAY 54MUSIC CUE SHERIFF STATION SHERIFF STATION AMBIENCE POLICE RADIO CHATTER DISTANT FOOTSTEPS
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
You said you’d let me in on everything. So, what is everything?
AGENT LEE
It begins with this.
PAPER RUSTLES
AGENT LEE (CONT'D)
I got this from Mrs. Harker, her babysitter Lucy wrote it.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
You’re telling me this comic book started all this?
AGENT LEE
Not exactly, that comic book is a retelling of an old myth. An interpretation of very old Mongolian fable.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
A fable? Then this is fiction.
AGENT LEE
Apparently based in fact.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
Fact? This is crap. Fables and myths are not fact.
AGENT LEE
And yet you’ve seen the unexplainable.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
What I’ve seen, I can’t believe.
SHERIFF SNIFFS THE AIR
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON (CONT'D)
You smell that?
AGENT LEE
Last night’s chili?
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
No. Something more rank.
SHERIFF SNIFFS
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON (CONT'D)
Like old cheese. Where is that coming from?
AGENT LEE
Can I ask you something? Are you religious Sheriff?
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
I believe in god and go to church most Sundays, but I don’t know what that has to do with anything.
AGENT LEE
Church implies organized religion.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
I suppose Baptist qualifies.
AGENT LEE
Then your beliefs are based on text written centuries ago.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
This isn’t the same thing.
AGENT LEE
Isn’t it? A fable is a story with a moral lesson. A fable deals with supernatural or extraordinary characters. Seems the same to me.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
Except a fable is fiction. A fable does not inspire millions to dutifully follow.
AGENT LEE
No. I believe that’s a cult.
SHERIFF SNIFFS
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
Look. So far you’ve just been flapping your gums, making noises that sound like words but you’ve not actually told me anything. I want facts and a timeline. I want to know everything you know.
AGENT LEE
What good would that do if you can’t believe me?
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
Cold hard facts is what I’ll believe not some comic book. Your cynical dissertation on organized religion isn’t helping your cause either.
AGENT LEE
Facts? You have facts. You said so yourself. Corpses without hearts and a severed arm that grabs at you.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
Those aren’t facts. Those are unsolved mysteries.
AGENT LEE
Your inability to explain them is exactly what strengthens this theory. This fable explains those mysteries.
SHERIFF SNIFFING AGENT LEE SNIFFS
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
You catching that now too?
AGENT LEE
Yes, where is that coming from?
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
Check your shoes. You step in something?
SHOES SHUFFLE
I did not.
AGENT LEE
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
My shoes are clean.
LEATHERY WINGS FLAP
A FILE CABINET DRAWER IS TUGGED ON
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON (CONT'D)
Now I’m hearing things too.
AGENT LEE
I heard nothing.
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON
It sounded like the file cabinet. Shhhh. Listen.
SOFT BUMPING INSIDE THE FILE CABINET
MUTED CHITTER SCRATCHING
SHERIFF GEORGIE GORDON (CONT'D)
What the heck?
CHAIR ROLLS BACK SLOW FOOTSTEPS
THUMB RELEASES FILE DRAWER LOCK FILE DRAWER ROLLS OPEN SCREECHING
CLAWS ON METAL FLESH RIPPING SHERIFF SCREAMS AGENT LEE GASPS
NARRATOR
As the Sheriff pulls open the file cabinet drawer, dozens of huge rats leap out. Many remain in the cabinet ripping apart the rotting flesh from Mina’s severed arm.
MAIN THEME
ANNOUNCER
This has been 13 Reflections.