(TENSE MUSIC) (CHILDREN YELL) # It's gonna be you... # and me. # It's gonna be everything you ever dreamed. # Gonna be you... # and me. # Gonna be everything... # you ever dreamed. # Gonna be you... # and me. # Gonna be everything... # you ever dreamed. Faster! # Gonna be you... # and me. # Gonna be everything. (CHILDREN YELL) (CHEERING) Yeah! Yeah! (LAUGHS) Yeah! Faster! Go fast! Argh! (LAUGHS) Argh! (PANTS) (BOTH LAUGH) (CHEERING) (LAUGHS, PANTS) Oh my God. (PANTS) (TENSE MUSIC) (ALL CHATTER) Hey! Stay! Lolly! I'm late. Can't your mum for once? (TENSE MUSIC) (ALL CHATTER) I don't believe in fairy tales. The real world is much stranger than that. I feel in my bones when something bad is gonna happen. I can't explain it. It was something I was born with,... like another sense. (CRASH!) The earthquake broke our city. It broke our family too. My name is Laura Chant. (SIREN WAILS) I look after my little brother, Jacko. Dad said when he first handed him to me, 'You've gotta promise to look after him if something happens.' (TENSE MUSIC) Something did happen. Is he scared? Everyone's gonna be looking for him, though, eh? Let's go and find him. - I think he might be over there. - Over here? Yeah. You look that way; I'll look this way. Hey, no, I'm coming with you! Blacky! Blacky! Have you seen a black cat? No. - No, have you lost one? - No. - Well, that's a relief. - Come on. Off you go. - It's my birthday. - Really? Well, happy birthday. - No, it's not quite. - Are you Mum, are you? - She's only my sister. - Oh. Only? Well, there, um, might be something in here for you. Let's see. I've got things from all over the world in here. (CHUCKLES) What's that? Mum at work, is she? (CHUCKLES) Some girls your age wouldn't be so responsible. How about Dad? - Hey, hey, I... - Come on. ...didn't mean to be nosey. - Can we go back there? - No. Can I run to those cars there? No, we can't go down that way. And we're gonna get... And we get to two steps. (POIGNANT MUSIC) (BIRD SQUAWKS) (EERIE MUSIC) WHISPERED: Laura. WHISPERED: Laura. WHISPERED: Let's go. I'm scared and cold. (EERIE MUSIC) Jacko. WHISPERED: I can't see you, Lolly. Jacko, I'm gonna find you! ECHOES: Jacko! Jacko, I'm gonna find you! Mum! I've had another warning! - Jacko's in danger. - Laura. Have you seen Monkey? Come on, love. Put your pyjamas on, please. My reflection in the mirror was all funny. Yeah? In my mirror, that happens all the time. - It said Jacko's name. - Good job. Good job, honey. - Why don't you believe me? - Lolly, I don't believe you because your paranoia is off the Richter scale. And what, the earthquake - was that me being paranoid as well? The earthquake was a seismic event, OK? - Not a supernatural one. - What about Dad? Are you ready? Monkey, you stay with me. Don't you run away. Oh my goodness. You found Monkey. - Yeah. - That's good. You get all this warning stuff from him - it's not real. It is. Oh, Lolly, do you think you can take him? If I don't leave now, I won't get there 10 minutes ago. (BIC RUNGA'S 'SWAY' PLAYS) Yep. (POP MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) Oh. Me and your dad used to love this song. MUM SINGS ALONG: # Don't ever go away. # I should be much too smart for this. # You know it gets the better of me. # Sometimes # when you and I collide. (CHUCKLES) # I fall into an ocean of you. Pull me out in time. - # Cos of you. - (BOTH LAUGH) # Don't let me drown. - # Let me down. - OK. No more dance party for me. - Gotta go to work. - Bye, Mummy. - See ya. - Bye. - See ya later. - # And here I go, # losing my control. # I'm practising your name # so I can say it to your face. # It doesn't seem right... Hey. # ...to look in the eye. Hey! You can't wear that. # And all the things you mean to me come tumbling out my mouth. # Indeed it's time. Happy? # Tell you why. It's meant to cover your knees. Is that how you wear yours? Laura! Laura Chant! - Hey. - Hey. (CHILDREN CHATTER) BOY: Oi! Where are you? Bro. Do you fancy him or something? Doubt it. - What's his name? - Sorensen Carlisle. You know - Carlisle House, Carlisle Park, Carlisle Wing of the public library. Catch! (EERIE MUSIC) (CHILDREN CHATTER) Lolly! ECHOES: Catch! (DOOR SQUEAKS) What's up with you? - Nothing. - Got your period or something? (CHUCKLES) No. You can have mine if you want. He was totally checking you out, that new guy. He's hot. (PLASTIC RUSTLES) (PLASTIC RUSTLES) What is the only word in the English language ending in 'mt'? Hmm. Dunno. Dreamt. SORENSEN: I know what you are. SANDRA: I'm charging you a late fee, Laura. - I was only 15 minutes late. - You were 26 minutes late. Can I have a stamp, please, Sandra? No, darling. It's too late for stamps now. - Was I bad? - No, of course you weren't. Laura, I know you're doing your best, but maybe your mum needs to pick him up a bit more. Hey... Hey, do you know what? (POP MUSIC PLAYS QUIETLY, JACKO CHATTERS) Oh. Oh. I see Jacko's still with us, despite your warnings. Can you look after him tonight? No, it's late night - I'm not gonna be home till after 9. - Darling, family first, OK? - Is that what you call it? Who's that? Is that your friend? I'm not sure what he is. Hi, Laura. Hey there. You know how you beep the horn? Hey, no. Jacko. Hey. - (HORN HONKS) - You following us or something? I wanted to tell you something. You should.... Jacko! Wait for me! Are you going to that party everyone's going to? No. Just leave us alone. You're in danger. (EERIE MUSIC) GIRL: No, I can't do anything about it. (FAZERDAZE 'LUCKY GIRL') # I know I'm a lucky girl. I'm a lucky, lucky girl. (PEOPLE CHATTER) (LAUGHTER) # ...girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl. # How do I look? (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) What are you gonna wear? Nothing. OK. He won't be looking at me, then, will he? No, Nix, I'm sorry. I can't come. She's got late night tonight. - You're kidding? - I'm sorry. You always break your stupid promises. Oh, sorry, Nix. (PEOPLE LAUGH) (EERIE MUSIC) (LIGHT CHATTER) (SWING SQUEAKS) Jacko? (UNSETTLING MUSIC) (MIAOWS) Blacky. (PANTS) (UNSETTLING MUSIC) Ah, here he is! We thought we'd lost him. (CHUCKLES) Monkey, look! I've been looking for you everywhere! Yeah, I'm sorry. I thought I'd better keep him here in case he wandered off to the motorway or something. He knows he's not allowed to talk to strangers. Come on. Let's go. (CHUCKLES) I like you. (CHUCKLES) You're your own person, aren't you? You don't take any... You don't take any crap, do you? Do people tell you that? No, not really. Don't they? Well, they should. Cos it's true. It's a good quality. (CHUCKLES) Just have a look around if you want. He's OK. I'm not gonna pressure you to buy anything. Just pick 'em up, look at 'em. There's some really interesting stuff. I can tell you the history of anything you wanna know. That's Maria, that doll. 1900s. Once she belongs to somebody who loved her dearly. Ah, now, that one you're holding, that's not for sale. No, I got that in... in Namibia a thousand years ago. (CHUCKLES) It's a fertility symbol. You didn't get it a thousand years ago. A thousand years old, I said. (CHUCKLES) And Jacko thought that he might like a special stamp, mm, and Monkey - one each, yeah, so you can be the same? Oh, um, maybe he got a fright when you shouted at him. Hey,... buddy, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm not angry any more. I'm just really happy that you're safe. Do you like butterflies? Ah, I thought so. Because this one... is a butterfly stamp. Hey, go on. You can show Sandra tomorrow and tell her that you got one anyway. Well, hold it out properly, though. We don't want to get the wings all blurry, do we? That's it. There's Monkey. There we are. Yeah, that's it. Keep it nice and still. That isn't a butterfly. Now Monkey. Oh. Oh, no, I'm sorry. No, that's... that's... Sorry! It was the wrong one! (PANTS) Slinky Malinki was blacker than black,... a stalking and lurking adventurous cat. (TINKLY MUSIC PLAYS ON TV) Hey, come on, buddy. Just one more mouthful. Please? It just doesn't wanna come off, does it? (SIGHS) I don't like the stamp. It's just the ink. It'll fade. Yep. Mm. Could you just hold it up for me for a sec? (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) (EERIE MUSIC) (WASHING LINE CREAKS) (SIGHS) Hey. - What time is it? - It's late. You said you were gonna be home by 9. Arsehole made me do a stocktake. Hey, what's this on his hand? - His daycare. - Oh. Yuck. Your decorations look so great. Did you make the cake? No. I'll do it tomorrow. - No, I will. - I will. - (CHUCKLES) Night. - Night. (SIGHS) (EERIE MUSIC) Help. (GASPS) (GASPS) What happened in that shop? If someone ever does something to you that you don't like, - you'd tell me, wouldn't you? - Yep. Good boy. WHISPERS: His toys are scared. Of what? Scared of what? They've got stamps on them too. (EERIE MUSIC) Hey, you know? We're gonna make him take it off. (MUSIC CONTINUES) Hey! - Take it off him. - What? The stamp. Take it off. It's making him sick. Well, it's special non-allergenic ink. Better not be poisonous and get into his bloodstream. Well, no, that's what it means, non-allergenic - it means it's not poisonous. Can you just take it off? Uh... Uh, can I see? Huh? Oh, I'm sorry you were worried. (CHUCKLES) I think he'll be fine. Mind you, he's quite warm, isn't he? Perhaps he should be in bed, tucked up with his lovely special Monkey. You look different. Younger. Oh, it's your clean air. Nothing worse than bad skin, is there? Oi! Lolly! What are you doing? Jacko! Come on. Come in here. We'll go and find Monkey, eh? Jacko! What are you doing?! No! Stop it! Let us out of the car! That's called a rally start. That's what that's called. - Stop the car! - Recte sic dirige cursum. On your breast there - school motto. It's Latin. 'Take the right path' is what it means. Uh,... kiddie locked. Uh, you don't want him to fall out, do you? (CHUCKLES) If I was your father... If I was your dad, I'd keep a better eye on you. I'd wanna make sure you were safe. So, um, which way is your place? Left up here or right? You know where I live. I saw you watching across the street. Wasn't me. Unless you're, uh... Unless you're seeing things. (EERIE MUSIC) (EERIE MUSIC) (CAR IGNITION CLICKS) There you go. Home, sweet home. Let me carry him in for you. Just leave us alone before I call the cops. Don't do that. WHISPERS: Why did you leave us? - (KNOCK AT DOOR) - Hello? I was just thinking, um, I'd love to get that old monkey of yours valued for you. Uh, it could be worth something. It's not. I gave it to him when he was a baby. Well, it is worth something, then. Oh, you're having a birthday party. - Can I come? - No. I'm not gonna hurt you, Laura, if that's what you're scared of. I think you've been hurt enough already. Oh, invite me in. (GASPS) Hmm? (GASPS) Jacko,... are you there? Come here, Jacko! There's a good boy. Jacko, where are you? - No! - Invite me in! No, get out! Get out! Go away! - Go away! - Open the door! Let me in! Let me in! (DOOR RATTLES) (GASPS) I'm calling the cops! (PHONE LINE RINGS) POLICEWOMAN: So, the door was open the whole time? - Well, no, not the whole time. - But he didn't come in? No, but... POLICEMAN: Something smells good. It's my brother's cake. - Happy birthday, mate. - POLICEWOMAN: Oh, 5, eh? All grown up. He's probably nearly 6 by now. (BOTH CHUCKLE) You're not the first call-out we've had today, you know? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm just a bit freaked out. OK, well, we'll find him, and we'll have a word. How old would you say he was? Kinda old. I'm not sure. - We'll find him. - Thank you. (DOOR CLICKS) Hey, careful. Why's that on? WHISPERS: Jacko. Come on. Come here. Come to me. - No, don't! - BRAQUE'S VOICE: Stay still. Can you please leave him alone? Can you just get out of him? - Please leave him alone. - BRAQUE: I can smell your fear. (CHUCKLES) - Jacko! - (SCREAMS) - (GRIZZLES) - We've gotta put it under the water. - No! - Jacko, please. - Lolly? What's going on? - (JACKO GRIZZLES) - He burnt his hand. - Oh, how? - Oh shit. - (JACKO GRIZZLES) You're meant to be looking after him! Do we have any stuff? SORENSON: 'You're in danger, Laura.' WHISPERS: Sorenson. Lolly. Lolly, stop! Where are you going? Why don't you ever listen to me? I told you that he's in danger. Maybe from you, he is. He's in danger, and you don't listen to me. I'm gonna find someone who will! Laura! - Hi, Kate. - Hi. Hi. (FOOTSTEPS SPLASH) (MAJESTIC MUSIC) (SIGHS) (GASPS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (FOOTSTEPS SPLASH) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (EERIE MUSIC) Laura Chant. We've been expecting you. (MERMAIDENS' 'HAZ SONG') I, um... - I'm looking for Sorenson- - Sorenson. Yeah, I'm Sorry's mother, Miryam Carlisle. Come on in. # I touch my hand to yours. # And I can... # I can # hear your thoughts. # I can't stand it, # I can't stand to leave you... # for too long. # Every lament, oh, # every lament, and I'm caught # in a flame. (BIRD CALLS) # Why can't # we lay... # side by side? Enter. # Oh, fall asleep... # paralysed. # (DOOR CLICKS) - I think I need your help. - (SCOFFS) (TUTS) I thought you didn't wanna talk to me. This man, he stamped Jacko's hand, and now he's really sick. What kind of stamp? Did your brother give him his hand? Yeah. He wanted a stamp - he's just a little kid. This kind of power has to be invited. - What is it? - I'm not sure, but I think what he's done is make a hole in him somehow, kind of like a trapdoor you can go in and out of. He wants to possess him, to make him do what he wants. Yeah, that is what he's doing - he's possessing him. Is the stamp still there? - Well, no, it's gone now. I thought that would have been a good thing. If it's inside of him, then... Can you just tell me what I've gotta do? (SIGHS) Maybe. Maybe if you put a mark on him yourself. OK. OK. That's what I'll do - I'll put a mark on him. You can't. - You just said that I could. - Only a witch could to that. (SIGHS) Is that what you reckon you are? You're some kind of witch? (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) Maybe you could do it for me. Well, I can't. He'd see I was a witch, and then he wouldn't invite me in. Well, no, now you're just saying that because I thought it was you that I was getting these warnings about. No, I'm saying that because it's true. No, it's not true. It's all shit. I'll save him myself! Don't forget your shoes, Laura. Thank you. In the end, help has to come from within. (CARDS SLAP) I see that you've met my mother,... Winter Carlisle, Sorry's grandmother. You saw that. Not everyone can. What did you mean, help has to come from inside? Did you mean that there's some way I can help my brother? What does this card mean to you, Laura? I followed the Moon to find you. Why won't you tell me? You're what we call a 'sensitive'. You feel things at a deeper level. Does that mean that I can help Jacko? A sensitive can become a witch. - That's what a changeover is. - It's too dangerous. - She can't. - I can. What do I have to do? You have to go inside yourself to change yourself. She wouldn't know what's real and what's not. - Everything is real. - Everything's real. - Go home. - Hey, no, don't touch me. - (GASPS) - How are you gonna save your brother if you've lost your mind? Is that what you want? Brain all fried to shit till you jump off a bridge or something just to make it stop. It's suicide. (SIGHS) (GASPS) Mum? What's happening? (INTENSE MUSIC) Laura! I didn't mean to scare you! I'm sorry. (FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH) You're right to be freaked out. A changeover can kill you. Let me help you find another way. Just let me take you home. (DOPRAH'S 'SUBAERUGINOSA') (ETHEREAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES) - What does he want from Jacko? - I don't know yet. Listen. If we can maybe get a hold of the stamp, then we might have something to bargain with. Is he like you? There's... There's good, and there's bad. What are you? (DOPRAH'S 'SUBAERUGINOSA' CONTINUES) (FOOTSTEPS SCUFF) (TINKLY MUSIC CONTINUES) (WIND WHISTLES) (AIR CRACKLES) (ETHEREAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES) Where did that come from? Tomorrow. Or the next day. It'll fit in somewhere. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC CONTINUES) You all right? If you change something,... it changes you. I think you're good. (BRAKES SQUEAK) (KEYS JINGLE) Do you want me to come in? - Just gotta check on Jacko. - Yeah. You need to stay close. Give me your number. 022 1756 120. You ruined his birthday. You know that? You lied,... you ran off. You know, I think I'll be Mum, thanks. - Do you even know how? - I'm sorry - what did you say? What did you say? (SIGHS) (CELL PHONE BUZZES) Who are you texting now? Honestly, just go to bed. (SIGHS) - (SIGHS) - I'm sorry. Goodnight. CHILDREN: # Happy birthday to you... Take that mask off, Jacko. It's scary. - Take it off! - # Happy birthday, dear Jacko. # Happy birthday to you. # (CHEERING) KATE: Birthday cake time. (CHUCKLES) (APPLAUSE) CHILDREN: Five, four,... three, two,... one! - (KNOCK AT DOOR) - Good boy. - WHISPERS: Daddy. - Jacko! Jacko! (GASPS) (GASPS) (WHIMPERS) (WHIMPERS) You have to be invited. - Don't you? - What is it about you? Hmm? (CHUCKLES) - (WHIMPERS) - Jacko. (WHIMPERS) (SNARLS) (WHIMPERS) - (WHIMPERS) - (SNARLS) (GASPS) (SHRIEKS) (GASPS) - Mum! - Mum! Mum! - (WHIMPERS) - Mum! Mum! What? Lolly! What have you done? What is wrong with you? (SPARSE PIANO MUSIC) DOCTOR: His immune system is turning on itself and destroying his blood cells. And we don't know why. I do. (SIGHS) He'll need a bone-marrow transplant. That's the factory to produce new blood cells. - That's not going to save him. - Laura. If one of you is compatible, we can transplant as soon as possible. - Look, Mum, the man that came- - Stop it, Laura! Not right now! - He got in his head- - Stop it, Laura! - Please, stop this! Stop it! - And I'm sorry- She's trying to explain this to us! OK, this man, he came and he put my brother under a spell, and that's why he's sick right now. I know that it's scary. I know it's scary, but your job is to stay strong. Why aren't you listening to me? Because you're sick in the head, Lolly, like your dad! DOCTOR: We don't have much time. I'm sorry. The blood test will tell us if one of you can do the transplant. It's dangerous. (CELL PHONE CHIMES) Lolly, we have to do this. If neither one of us is a match... We both have to do this, OK? We have to do it together. I need you. Jacko needs you. OK. I'll go first. No, I will. Lolly! Is he OK? No. I'm sorry about what I said. I really am. Your mum told Mum you're kind of losing it. Look, um, she thinks I'm gonna stay at yours tonight. Yeah, no, that's fine. That's fine. No, but I can't, Nix. What? Why? Can you just not tell? OK? Can you promise? What, like your promises? (SIGHS) (CELL PHONE CHIMES) Quick. Come in. (LOCK CLICKS) (MONITOR BEEPS STEADILY) Whatever's got him, it's powerful. I can feel Jacko trying to hold on. (EERIE MUSIC) (KNOCK AT DOOR) Lolly? (GASPS) Shit. Um... - What? - Lolly! (KNOCK AT DOOR) - Sorry. - What are you doing? It's just that everyone's always in and out uninvited. Anything? I just gotta pee. They're saying a couple of hours before the tests come back. Go to Nicky's, eh? Grab some sleep. Laura? (INTENSE MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) WHISPERS: I'll see you downstairs. WHISPERS: Hold on, Jacko. WHISPERS: Don't be scared. I'm gonna save you. I promise. I'll call you as soon as the blood tests come back. Just don't take your eyes off him. (INTENSE MUSIC) OK. Let's go get that stamp. (MUSIC CONTINUES) There's nothing here. He's taken the shop away. (EERIE MUSIC) (MONITOR BEEPS STEADILY) (KNOCKS AT DOOR) Hi. I'm David. David Young, grief counsellor. Come in. Thank you. I actually don't even really know what's wrong with him. And then Laura has just... She's not doing very well. She has this crazy idea that he's possessed. Uh, Laura's your daughter? Yeah. Mm. Well, she'll be scared too,... won't she? Everyone has their own different way of coping. She's right, though - I'm a useless mother. No. No. No, you're not. You're only human. (CHUCKLES) We all are. WHISPERS: Blacky. Laura. Hey, hey. It's OK. It's OK. Shh. WHISPERS: It's OK. Laura. I think I do know what he is. He's a larva, a parasite. If they latch on to a body, they can go on for hundreds of years, sucking the life out. If he's sucking the life out of Jacko, why isn't he dead? He'll keep him alive till he can trap his soul forever in something he loves. It's the monkey. That's the trap. That's something that he loves. That's the trap. That's something that he loves. (INTENSE MUSIC) (PANTS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) Got ya. Monkey. (CHUCKLES) I think we've won. You should come in. (INTENSE MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) I'm gonna get some PJs and stuff to take back to Jacko. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (CHUCKLES) I guess this is what they mean by 'loved to bits'. We should go. (SLOW MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC SWELLS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (EERIE MUSIC) What are you doing here? You're not invited! Get out! Actually, I am. Your mum asked me to come over and pick up some toys to liven up his room. No, get out! You're not invited! Get out! Well, she's worried sick, actually. - Get out of my house! - And that's before she hears about the fact that you've let a... Ah, now I know what it is. You've got yourself a little bit of... witch. My name is Sorenson Carlisle. And his mother and grandmother are witches too. Take me instead of her brother. Interesting. What do you think, then, dear? Huh? Hmm? Jacko - or your little boyfriend here? - Just give me back Monkey. - Oh, here we are. - Don't! Ha! You invited me in! You accepted my offer! You gave me power over you. These are words of power. BRAQUE: If you or your little pathetic coven get in my back, I promise you I'll destroy you all. You're nothing against me. And then I'll finish this one off as well. - Once I've... - BOTH: ...had a bit of fun. (INTENSE MUSIC) (CHUCKLES) (MUSIC FADES) (OPERA MUSIC PLAYS FAINTLY) BRAQUE: Gustav Mahler wrote this music. Kindertotenlieder - ECHOES: songs on the death of children. (MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) Grief can conjure up such beauty. (MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) I knew him quite well, actually. His daughter,... she died. Maria was her name. She was a pretty little thing. I've got her doll. You saw it. (CHUCKLES) (OPERA CONTINUES PLAYING) Wasted away. (TYRES SCREECH) (OPERA CONTINUES PLAYING) (SNIFFS) Hmm. (OPERA CONTINUES PLAYING) I thought it was a cat. Hey, be careful with your brother. (CELL PHONE RINGS) Give it here. Your phone. (CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING) Oh, your mum's trying to reach you. Oh. (CELL PHONE CHIMES) READS: 'Are you OK? 'Blood tests are back. 'Jacko needs you. Come straight away. Kiss, kiss, kiss. ECHOES: 'Hug, hug. Kiss.' Perfect. On my way. (PHONE KEYPAD CLICKS) Emoji. It's scary in there, isn't it? When you're losing your mind. Well, follow it, that fear. It will lead you to me and Jacko. When they put you under, we'll be waiting for you. ECHOES: Waiting... in there. You can't tell anybody about me. It's our secret. (DOOR CLICKS) Off you go. Well, shut the door. Enjoy the transplant. (SIREN WAILS) KATE: You're so brave, braver than me. ANAESTHETIST: OK. Breathe deep. KATE: She's really scared of them. WHISPERS: Laura. ANAESTHETIST: She'll hardly feel a thing. Lolly, will you say something? Just anything. ANAESTHETIST: Laura, I want you to listen to me, OK? Just concentrate on the light. OK? ANAESTHETIST: What do you see? SORENSON: Can you hear me? - The Moon. - That's good. The Moon is good. SORENSON: Listen to yourself. 'Lolly. 'Lolly! ECHOES: 'The spell - you can break it!' LAURA: Lolly, the lamp. 'It's the Moon.' LAURA: The Moon. - Are you OK in there? - 'The lamp.' The lamp. And then the spell - you can break it. KATE: Something is very not right. Someone hold her. 'Lolly, Lolly!' MUMBLES: Laura, the lamp, the Moon. 'You can break it.' - The spell - you can break it. - Calm down. I need you to trust us. We're here to help, OK? You can help us help Jacko, Laura. (DOCTORS CLAMOUR) - Laura! Go! - Make sure she's all right! - KATE: Laura! - Laura! (DOCTORS CLAMOUR) (PANTS) (DOOR CLANKS) (PANTS) Are you... you? I think so. (FLUTTERING) WHISPERS: Dad. He always said, 'If you don't believe in magic, 'then you're never gonna find it.' Not that that really did him much good. (CHUCKLES) In the end, he just chose the easy way out. That's not your way. - Where's your dad? - London. My mum sent me there when I was younger. My dad didn't want me either. (CLATTERING, YELLING) Take your clothes off. (FEVER RAY'S 'KEEP THE STREETS EMPTY FOR ME') (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) Go round to the right. (MUSIC CONTINUES) # Memory comes when memory's old. # I am never the first to know... - Hello! - Down here. # The stream up north... We know what it is. It's a larva. What do you mean? You guys gotta help me change over. I didn't know what I was fighting till now. A larva poisons everything around him. He gets his pleasure from your pain. - I broke his spell. - That's not possible. He wants to trap Jacko's soul. What kind of witches are you if you let that happen? Show us your path. (ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC CONTINUES) The Moon. (SIGHS) # There is room in my lap # for bruises, asses, hand claps. # I will never disappear, # For forever, I'll be here. # Whispering, # morning, keep the streets # empty... # for me. # (MUSIC CONTINUES) For tonight, this pool is a crossways of many lines of space and time. There are many possible paths and many possible Lauras,... but only one of you can finish. MIRYAM: To start with, you won't know what you're looking for. You have to journey into yourself... to change yourself. ECHOES: Destroy the larva, Laura. Put your own mark on him. ECHOES: You have to make him believe you're still under his spell. Not until you've passed through fire will you be a witch. - These are words of power. - These are words of power. (INTENSE MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) WHISPERS: I'm here. (WATER PATTERS) JACKO: I did it. I did it. KATE: Yeah, come and put your pyjamas on, please. JACKO: Hey, wait! - Oh! - KATE: Come on. Get in. JACKO: Hey, do you know what? (SIGHS) (WATER DRIPS) (SIGHS) MIRYAM: You have to go inside yourself to change yourself. CHILDREN: # Happy birthday to you. # Happy birthday to you. # Happy birthday, dear Jacko. # Happy birthday to you. # CHILDREN: Five, four,... - three... - Take that mask off, Jacko. It's scary. Take it off. (EERIE MUSIC) (PANTS) Jacko! MIRYAM: A sensitive can become a witch. # Watch those twin moons... # collide. ALL CHANT: Chug, chug, chug, chug, chug, chug, chug, chug! (BEASTWARS' 'DAMN THE SKY' CONTINUES) (ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES) # Take me to the top of... # the hill,... (LAUGHS) # ...where the birds refuse to fly... Lolly! You came! Laura! (GIGGLES) Oh my God. What are you doing here? - What's wrong? What's happened? - I've lost Jacko. Jacko? Here. Put this on. I'll help you find him. This is a dream! Listen to me! - You've gotta help me wake up! - You little witch! - Let her go! Lolly! - You're hurting me! Argh! Chuck her on the fire! Let her go! Please! ALL: Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! ALL: Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! They burn witches, don't they? That's what I am. - (GRUNTS) - (GIRL SCREAMS) (PANTS) (INTENSE MUSIC) - (GIRL SCREAMS) - BOY: Oh my God! Oh my God! (WHOOSH!) Jacko! Don't be scared! I'm going to find you! (SWING SQUEAKS) (MIAOWS) (OPERA MUSIC PLAYS) (GASPS) (PANTS) (OPERA MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) I thought it was a cat. Hey, be careful with your brother. SORENSON: Listen to yourself. (INTENSE MUSIC) Lolly! Lolly! It's the lamp, the Moon, the spell - you can break it! (SIREN WAILS) (BRAQUE) OVERLAPPING: A thousand years old, I said. Maria's her name. (OVERLAPPING SPEECH) (BRAQUE WHISPERS, CHUCKLES) (OVERLAPPING VOICES CONTINUES) If I was your dad... That fear. (PANTS) SORENSON: Maybe if you put a mark on him yourself. (PANTS) (EERIE MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (FOOTSTEPS SCUFF) (WATER DRIPS) (JACKO) WHISPERS: Lolly. JACKO: Lolly. JACKO: Lolly, where are you? JACKO: Lolly. (EERIE MUSIC) (SIGHS) JACKO: I can't find Lolly. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (FAINT WAILING) KATE: Stop it, Laura. (OVERLAPPING VOICES) (OVERLAPPING VOICES) KATE: Stop it, Laura. 'Not right now. Stop it! 'Why aren't you listening to me?' ECHOES: Because you're sick in the head, Lolly, like your dad! (WHISPERING) (SIGHS) (SOBS) (SNIFFLES) (WHIMPERS) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) BRAQUE: I'm in here, darling. Well done for finding me deep in your dream. You've got some nice pictures here. (CHUCKLES) How's the surgery going? Not looking good. If you die here,... you die on the table. Your mum tells me that he jumped,... your dad. How could he do that to you,... abandon you like that? Didn't he love you? (INTENSE MUSIC) (MUSIC BUILDS) (BREATHES SHAKILY) It's all right. I've got you. I've got you. You're here now. Now, take a deep breath. Breathe. Breathe again. Deeper. That's it. That's it. You're safe. Jacko. Good girl. All I want you to do... is hold out his hand for me. Will you do that for him? Well, he needs his own stamp too, doesn't he? Good girl. Hold it nice and steady. We need to get it good and clear, don't we? That's it. That's good. That's good. (GASPS) Why did you do that? (TENSE MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) Give. Oh! You give that back to me. That's mine. (TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES) Please. That's good. Thank you. (GRUNTS) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (GASPS) Now, take that off. My name is Laura Chant. I'm a witch. I put my mark on you. (HISSING) Take it off. Remove it. You let me in. - But you're not a witch. - I am. (HISSING) (GASPS) I knew there was something about you. And I was right. You're a special girl, a special young woman. I just wanted to test you, to make you strong. I wanted to be a father to you. I could teach you so much. I could teach you how... how to live forever. Think of that. Just remove it. Remove this,... you can have whatever you want. By the power of my mark,... I bring you to an end. (GASPS) Child,... what you do,... you do to yourself. By everything dark and bright,... I will live on... in you... forever. (HISSES) You're just like me. (GASPS) (SQUELCHING) (WHISPERING) (CLINK!) (GASPS) (SQUELCHING) (BREATHES RAGGEDLY) WHISPERS: I'm not like you. (GASPS) I'm not like you! I'm not! (PANTS) (SIGHS) WHISPERS: I knew you could do it. I felt you with me. (POIGNANT MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (SIGHS) (PANTS) Mum, where is he? - Mum? - (SOBS) Where were you? (SOBS) Where were you? (SOBS) Where? (SOBS) (CLANK!) (EERIE MUSIC) (GASPS) (FOOTSTEPS SCUFF) (SNIFFLES) (SNIFFLES) (SIGHS) (SIGHS) (SHEET RUSTLES) (SNIFFLES) (SOBS) (SNIFFLES) He can't hurt you any more. It's OK. (SOBS) (SOBS) I love you, OK? Do you hear me? (SNIFFLES) I love you, OK, so you wake up. OK, come back. Wake up. Wake up. Come back to me. Jacko! Wake up now! Laura. Laura,... he's gone. - (SOBS) - Careful. You can't go back. By everything dark and bright, I reach into you. I draw his poison out of you. I reach into you, and I draw his poison out. Please just wake up, Jacko! Wake up, Jacko! (SOBS, SNIFFLES) WHISPERS: Jacko? (SOBS) (SOBS) (SNIFFLES) Come on, Jacko. Breathe. - (SOBS) - WHISPERS: Stop that, Lolly. (SIGHS) (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (MUSIC BUILDS) Mummy? Oh! (GASPS) He's here. (GASPS, SOBS) (GASPS) It's all right. He was just frightened. He was scared. - He was hiding. - (SOBS) (SNIFFLES) (SOBS) (SOBS) (GASPS) Oh, Jacko. (SNIFFLES) (GASPS) Oh, Jacko. (GASPS) (SOBS) God. (GASPS, SOBS) (SOBS) I love you, Lolly. (SOBS) Thank you. (SOBS) I promised you. (SOBS) (POIGNANT MUSIC) I don't believe in fairy tales. Dreams come true only if you can make it through the night. People think that magic is all about spells and potions and getting your own way. That's a fantasy. The truth is if you change something,... it changes you. When I brought Jacko back to life, something inside me died - innocence,... childhood,... whatever you wanna call it. Now I can see in the dark. But the trick is to find a way to live in the light. (POIGNANT MUSIC FADES) (FOOTSTEPS CLICK) (STAMP CLATTERS) (INTENSE MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) THINKS: Sorenson. (CHUCKLES) I didn't invite you in. Yeah, you did. (AYIA'S 'RUINS') (CHUCKLES) - In your dreams. - In yours, actually. 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