Episode 1 was Everyone, Episode 2 Dulcie? Can you tell us the rest of the episode list?

Okay :)

:dance:Looking forward to Taabu's episode alot,

Any spoilers? Can't wait for the next episode- when do you think it'll be up?

:love: Loved it again James, and like Joe I can picture it all so vividly! -wants more-

Thanks. :love:

Nobody cares, but if anybody wants to pick this up for whatever bizarre reason, here's a catchup for the necessities of the next episode. With Joe banned my current readers stands at 1. Yay.

3rd episode should be up tomorrow.

:D I look forward to reading it! Should be able to read + comment if it's posted before 9pm-ish tomorrow (friends arriving around then to invade my flat for 5 days) woo!

Episode 3 - Maksimilian
 

[TAABU is running through a cold, abandoned building, with an overwhelmingly grey palette. She is panicked, breathing heavily and sweat dripping down her face. She gets to a door and runs into it thinking it would open. She frantically repeatedly tries opening the door. She walks back ready to kick the door down. She begins to run up to it when someone on the other side kicks down the door, grabs her by the throat and slams her against the wall. TAABU looks at this man. The man is MAKSIMILIAN. She tries to wriggle out but is choking too much to make a valiant effort. MAKSIMILIAN smashes the gun into the top of her head, knocking her down to the floor. She looks around the room panting. There are two possible exits but no way she could reach them in time without being shot. She tries anyway, but MAKSIMILIAN almost instantly shoots her in the back of her knee. She screams in pain and falls to the floor, now crying. MAKSIMILIAN lets out a cold laugh.]

MAKSIMILIAN : 13 years you’ve been on the run. That is highly impressive. But yet, you could not escape me.
TAABU: You don’t even know why those men were after me, you’re just a cold man with no other purpose than to kill if you do this.
MAKSIMILIAN: Well I guess it’s your unlucky day. I am a cold man with no other purpose than to finish you.

[He shoots her directly in the chest. She flops to the floor lifeless. MAKSIMILIAN lets out a giggle. This then turns into manic laughter.]

MAKSIMILIAN: And now, I am complete.

[He points the gun to the side of his head, point blank with a sinister smile. Cut to MAKSIMILIAN sat in his minimalist and equally cold home. A gunshot and a fall are heard from the Television. MAKSIMILIAN has no reaction but the same sinister smile.]

__________

[Outside, DOMINIC, DULCIE, ANDRÉS, LANCE, LYLA and JANICE are stood out in the road MAKSIMILIAN walks outside of his house. He glares at DULCIE, who is avoiding eye contact. He smiles to himself and walks toward the middle of the road.]

MAKSIMILIAN: What is going on?
LANCE: Jonny Rotten called us out here.

[LYLA walks up to MAKSIMILIAN]

LYLA : If you lay even one finger on her...
DOMINIC: He doesn’t have a way to kill anybody.
MAKSIMILIAN: Ah, how admirable. Belle Sorenson Gunness has her own bodyguards.
LYLA: Who?
MAKSIMILIAN: The most notorious female serial killer, I imagine this cold woman is not much diff-
JEREMY: Shut it, Russki.

[They all turn to JEREMY, who is coming out of his house carrying a framed picture under his arm. He begins to walk towards the group. He holds the picture up.]

JEREMY: Can anybody tell me who this is?
LYLA: Kevin Federline’s dad?
MAKSIMILIAN: That is Winston Churchill you idiot!
JEREMY: Bingo, Russki. Now, this man may have been a Tory bastard, but this guy led us through one of the toughest times Britain has been through, the Second World War. This guy right here gave a simple but bloody inspiring quote; “Never, never, never, never give up.” Now, since we landed in this hell-hole, we’ve just accepted it, we’ve sat in a house with sweet piss all to do. And there’s so many questions about this place; like why are our houses the same as when we were in hell? Why are we never hungry and why is the food more questionable than Lyla’s bangers? We as humans have not even questioned our own existence here and I think it’s about time that we stood up for our rights as beings and put the bollocks into our own hands and squeeze all the juices out. Who’s with me?

[A long awkward silence ensues.]

LANCE: I don’t think we’re gonna find anything.
ANDRÉS: I don’t know, the black girl hasn’t been seen for ages. She may have even found something.

[DULCIE bites her lip awkwardly, knowing that TAABU is still around. JEREMY rubs his hand against his face in despair]

JEREMY: Yeah and she could’ve just left us is the process and buggered off by now.
LYLA: I don’t even know what her name is.
MAKSIMILIAN: Her name is Taabu.
JEREMY: Y’know what, I can’t be arsed with this. I’m leaving in a few hours’ time. If anyone changes their mind, feel free to knock on my door.

[He angrily walks back into his house. They hear him trying to kick a table but getting flung back into something else.]

JEREMY: [in distance] Oh for ****s sakes!
LANCE: So does anybody want to play a game of stare at the lava pool?
LYLA: Go for it.

[ANDRÉS, LANCE, LYLA and JANICE begin walking to JANICE’s house. DULCIE and DOMINIC go back to their houses. ANDRÉS notices DULCIE going back to hers, but continues to JANICE’s anyway. MAKSIMILIAN begins to follow the larger group slowly. He then veers to the right, towards TAABU’s house. He walks just past it and stares out into the road.]

MAKSIMILIAN: Hello TAABU.

[MAKSIMILIAN turns around and sinisterly smiles at TAABU, who has her arms folded leaning against her house with a disdained look on her face.]

__________

[In JANICE’s back garden, ANDRÉS, LANCE, LYLA and JANICE are sat watching the lava pool bubble. LYLA is telling a story and the rest are laughing along.]

LYLA: ...and by this point, I was just so off my face that I didn’t even realise my tits were sticking out and all these pervy old guys in the bar were screaming at me, oh God, it was so embarrassing.
ANDRÉS: I’m guessing you were a bit of an animal then.
LYLA: I still am, aren’t I?
LANCE: Yeah, a dog.

[The group laugh at the harsh comment, including LYLA, who slaps him on the arm jokingly.]

LYLA: So haven’t you guys been up to any wild stuff?
ANDRÉS: I don’t drink.
LANCE: Not really my sort of thing.
LYLA:What about you Janice?
JANICE: Oh, no, I didn’t really go out much.
LYLA: Really? I was popping pills and everything when I was your age.

[JANICE looks away.]

ANDRÉS: So honestly, when you guys say you’re just going back to your house to chill, do you actually-
LYLA: Watch your memory tapes?
ANDRÉS: Yes!
LYLA: What’s the first memory you have?
ANDRÉS: I’m playing... I don’t know the English, ‘escondite’ is the Spanish; it’s a game where one person counts to fifty and everyone else has to hide.
LANCE: That would be hide and seek.
ANDRÉS: Hide and seek? Well, we were playing that. I chose to hide in a cupboard above my mother’s bed. My brother Cesar had found everybody except for me. They spent 2 hours looking for me until my mother opened the cupboard to get something out. She screamed at me and the tape just ends there.
LYLA: What about you Lance?
LANCE: Believe it or not, I originally lived in South Korea. Me and my twin brother, Dougie were trying to climb the stairs.
LYLA: Hold on a second, you and your brother don’t have very Korean names.
LANCE: My parents knew we would move to America when we were older, so they decided to give us more Americanized names. Anyway, Dougie and I were trying to climb the stairs. Dougie was a pro at this, every time he would climb the stairs so quickly. By the third time he finished, I had nearly finished my first. This is when my father came in and praised Dougie and just completely ignored me.
LYLA: Aww, that’s really sad.
LANCE: I guess, but you know, with stuff like that I’ve learnt now I’m here that you just have to deal with it. It’ll only weigh you down.

[The camera pans from one side of the road to another. In TAABU’s back garden, it is a square of ground. MAKSIMILIAN and TAABU are sat outside awkwardly.]

MAKSIMILIAN: I am curious. What does your house look like, because you never really had a home?

[TAABU glares at him and looks away.]

MAKSIMILIAN: Have you noticed that everybody here speaks English? That’s very funny to me.
TAABU: What is your name?
MAKSIMILIAN: I never introduced myself did I?
TAABU: No. You didn’t even care. You just followed the cold orders of bad people.
MAKSIMILIAN: You’re talking like you care about people so much. You stole, lied and used people to survive when frankly you had nothing to live for.
TAABU: I chose to live to honour my family!
MAKSIMILIAN: And by being a killer you think you honoured them?

[TAABU closes her eyes and breathes heavily.]

TAABU: Please. Just leave me alone.

[MAKSIMILIAN pauses and chooses to swallow his pride.]

MAKSIMILIAN: Why are you so certain this is hell?
TAABU: There’s stuff here that... that I’ve never seen before. This place is supernatural and I can’t find anything that says otherwise.
MAKSIMILIAN: Were you not suffering more before you came here though?
TAABU: I-

[Suddenly, they hear footsteps. TAABU immediately runs off to the right hand side of the house. ANDRÉS walks around the left side.]

ANDRÉS: Hey man.

[MAKSIMILIAN nods.]

ANDRÉS: I thought I heard Tabby before.
MAKSIMILIAN: You mean Taabu? Oh no, I’m just waiting for her to come back.
ANDRÉS: I see.

[ANDRÉS walks away toward the other end of the street looking confused. He nods to BEATRIX walking towards JEREMY’s house. BEATRIX knocks on JEREMY’s door. JEREMY answers, surprised to see BEATRIX there.]

JEREMY: Yes?
BEATRIX: I’ve been told that you’re leaving.
JEREMY: Yeah, um, I’m gonna see what the hell is out there.
BEATRIX: I want to come with you.
JEREMY: I’m sorry?
BEATRIX: I’m fed up of just living with this. I know you’re not thrilled by my company but two minds are better than one. Besides, as stupid as this sounds, I want to give everyone else hope.
JEREMY: Who even told you about this?
BEATRIX: Lyla, of course. That girl couldn’t shut her mouth if all our lives depended on it.
JEREMY: Well, I’ll leave tomorrow. The sky by then will have gone from [he looks to the sky] orange to purple by then.

[BEATRIX laughs]

BEATRIX: Alright then, I’ll say my goodbyes.

[JEREMY nods and begins to shut the door.]

BEATRIX: Hey!

[JEREMY opens the door again.]

BEATRIX : Maybe you should say your goodbyes too.

[BEATRIX walks back to hers. JEREMY scowls behind her back, but then looks down and considers what she says.]

__________

[Meanwhile DULCIE opens her door to see ANDRÉS.]

DULCIE: Hey!
ANDRÉS: Hey, is it alright if I come in and talk for a bit?
DULCIE: Sure thing, come in!

[ANDRÉS comes in wiping his feet. Outside from his house, DOMINIC is watching. ANDRÉS closes the door.]

DULCIE: So what’s up?
ANDRÉS: I’m just really curious and have to ask you this; Why didn’t you go with Jeremy? It’s just there’s some crazy Russian guy chasing you and I thought you’d wanna get away from here.
DULCIE: I don’t want to go. There’s no reason for me to go. I mean, it’s not like he’s going to kill me, he has no way to do it that we know of.
ANDRÉS: I guess you’re right actually.
DULCIE: Why didn’t you go?
ANDRÉS: I’m just a coward.
DULCIE: I think everyone is just as scared. Honestly, I seriously doubt if there is a way out of here. I mean, you remember dying right?
ANDRÉS: Vaguely, yeah.
DULCIE: Thanks for coming to talk to me anyway. I appreciate the thought.
ANDRÉS: Is it okay if I talk to you about something else as well? I kind of... trust you.

[DULCIE’s smile comes off her face.]

DULCIE:Um, sure, sit down.

[They both sit down on DULCIE’s sofa.]

ANDRÉS: Have you... seen any relatives while you’ve been here?

[DULCIE looks shocked and looks to the floor]

DULCIE: Um, I can’t honestly say I have.

[ANDRÉS sighs, realising he’s alone with this problem.]

DULCIE: Have you?
ANDRÉS: Yes bu-
DULCIE: What did they say?
ANDRÉS: It was my mother, my mother but she didn’t look right, she looked so messed up I-

[He bites his lip and looks away]

ANDRÉS: She said my name and then she disappeared.

[A tear rolls down his face.]

ANDRÉS: And, I’m just so worried sick, I feel like something’s wrong.

[DULCIE puts her arm around him.]

DULCIE: I know, your mother has lost a son. But if your mother if anything like you, she’ll stay strong and make sure everyone else is alright before she realises she isn’t.
ANDRÉS: [he laughs] much like you right now actually.

[DULCIE begins to well up]

ANDRÉS: I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you upset.

[ANDRÉS hugs her.]

DULCIE: No, honestly I’m an absolute wreck since I’ve been here, I’ve cried well over ten times now.
ANDRÉS: Honestly, I think nearly everyone’s cried. I don’t think they’d admit it.

[They disconnect from their hug.]

ANDRÉS: You know, we want our families to stay strong and be able to move on from this. Maybe we should do the same.

[DULCIE looks up to him. They stare at each other for a few seconds. DULCIE kisses ANDRÉS on the lips. They stare at each other again. They both lean in and kiss more passionately. DULCIE grabs ANDRÉS neck and pulls him down on the couch.]

__________

[Meanwhile, MAKSIMILIAN is still sat outside in TAABU’s back garden. The sky is burgundy and dark. MAKSIMILIAN hears footsteps and looks up to see TAABU returning.]

MAKSIMILIAN: For a runaway, you’re not very subtle.
TAABU: I wasn’t trying to be subtle.
MAKSIMILIAN: Why did you run away when Andrés came here?
TAABU: You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.

[She sits down in front of MAKSIMILIAN]

MAKSIMILIAN: Have you not realised where we are? I can believe many things now.

[TAABU lets out a breath of laughter and wipes her face.]

TAABU: I want to give these people hope that there is a way out of here.

[MAKSIMILIAN smiles and nods.]

MAKSIMILIAN: I misjudged you.
TAABU: Thank you.
MAKSIMILIAN: You’re a lot more of a coward and much more stupid than I thought.

[TAABU rolls her eyes and looks away.]

MAKSIMILIAN: What’s the point in giving hope if you’re not even looking for anything?
TAABU: Honestly, I didn’t look properly, because I’ve been determined to find out the name of my killer.

[MAKSIMILIAN laughs]

MAKSIMILIAN: And why would that benefit you?
TAABU: You wanted your goal completed in life by killing me before you were satisfied. Now it’s my turn to be satisfied.

[MAKSIMILIAN nods]

MAKSIMILIAN: My name is Maksimilian Khodkevich, I was born in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, hired by a gang in Nigeria to kill you before I killed myself.

[TAABU nods]

TAABU: That’s all I needed to know.

[She stands up.]

TAABU: Come on, let’s go.
MAKSIMILIAN: Go where?

[TAABU turns around.]

TAABU: We’re going to find a way to sort your little problem.

[MAKSIMILIAN smiles then lets out a malicious laugh.]
Abaddon.

:nono: You have more than one reader.

But I always read it late at night when you post it (like now) so am always too tired to give feedback. I do enjoy reading this though, a lot. :hugesmile:

Ah, thanks, it's good to know I have more than 1 fan LOL.

I've spent way too long on the current episode I'm working on, but it should be done some time this weekend :)

Excellent, I shall look forward to reading that on Sunday evening after work. :)

Just read episode 3 James, outstanding once again! :amazed:

Previously on Abaddon:

Episode 4 - Lance
 

[At a very posh restaurant kitchen a pot of potatoes boils over. A chef turns it down manically.]

HEAD CHEF: Where is my ****ing veg?
CHEF #1: They’ll be another 2 minutes, chef.
HEAD CHEF: They were meant to be done 3 minutes ago you worthless piece of ****, what’s taking you so long?!

[A waiter bursts into the kitchen with a dish of food.]

WAITER: A customers steak is well done when they wanted it medium-rare.
HEAD CHEF: For ****s sake Tony, get out, ****ing out!! Sandra, you’re in charge of meat now, add 1 new steak medium rare and hurry the **** up on the other orders.

[He walks to the service station.]

HEAD CHEF: Can I get some service please!

[A YOUNG WAITER swiftly walks and collects the plates and begins to walk off]

HEAD CHEF: Hey come back here right now!

[The YOUNG WAITER is startled and returns quickly. HEAD CHEF hands him a small box.]

HEAD CHEF: There’s an Asian couple at table 6, make sure you are stood in sight of him. When he pours a new glass of wine that is the signal for you to come and bring him the ring. Got it?
YOUNG WAITER: G-got it.

[YOUNG WAITER walks away. HEAD CHEF shakes his head then walks back to the kitchen.]

HEAD CHEF: Lucio, I swear to God if I don’t see the veg in the next minute I’m gonna cut your ****ing balls off!

[Meanwhile, a couple are sat in the centre of the restaurant.]

WOMAN: I can’t believe you have the money for this!
MAN: Well, one of my paintings just sold for a fair amount, I thought that we should treat ourselves.
WOMAN: You didn’t have to do this for me, really.
MAN: I don’t have long. We both know that.

[The man begins pouring another glass of wine. The camera goes up to reveal it is LANCE. He finishes pouring and looks past her shoulder.]

LANCE: I always wanted to eat at this place, so here I am.
WOMAN: You’ve never been this spontaneous before.
LANCE: And you’re about to see the best of it.

[LANCE clicks his fingers, the YOUNG WAITER approaches with the small box on the plate. A string quartet begins to play Grieg’s Varen. WOMAN is has stunned look on her face. LANCE takes the box and confidently gets on one knee.]

LANCE: Alexandra Kim.

[He opens the box to reveal a beautiful ring.]

LANCE: Will you marry me?
ALEXANDRA: I-I- I’m sorry, Lance, do you think this is the right thing to do?
LANCE: Absolutely. I know it seems insane but we’ve been high school sweethearts since I came here and it’d be awful if we didn’t ma-
ALEXANDRA: You’re dying, Lance!

[LANCE is visibly shocked at ALEXANDRA’s rejection. He halts the string ensemble as the rest of the restaurant murmur and look scornfully at him. He sits back at the table.]

LANCE: You said that we should do what we can before it’s too late.
ALEXANDRA: I’m sorry, I-I’ve already made plans.
LANCE: Made plans around my death? What are yo-
ALEXANDRA: I’ve started seeing somebody else.

[LANCE is stunned.]

ALEXANDRA: I’m sorry La-

[He gets up and abruptly walks away. Outside it is raining; LANCE holds the back of his head in tears. He hears a can being knocked over to his right. He sees a cigarette vending machine. He goes to the machine and purchases a packet, then quickly rips through a packet to get a cigarette. He sees a taxi driver stood outside his taxi smoking a cigarette. He walks over to him.]

LANCE: You got a light?

[The taxi driver cautiously passes over his lighter. LANCE lights his cigarette, throws the lighter back and begins to walk away. He slows down and thinks. He turns back to the driver.]

LANCE: You waiting for anybody?
DRIVER: Been waiting 20 minutes for somebody now.

[LANCE takes out his wallet.]

LANCE: There’s a beautiful Asian woman in a red dress under the name Alexandra Kim.

[LANCE passes the driver money]

LANCE: Find her and make sure she gets home safe.

[LANCE walks away, taking a long smoke of his cigarette, still very visibly upset. Camera zooms out to show it’s LANCE’s TV in his home in hell. It turns around to see LANCE, relatively upset looking. He swallows. The tape turns off, he wipes his face and gets up.]

LANCE: God, I need a cigarette.

__________

[In DULCIE’s bedroom DULCIE and ANDRÉS are sat either side of the bed facing opposite directions. DULCIE is wearing just a green t-shirt and underwear and ANDRÉS wearing his hat and trousers.]

DULCIE: I-I’m sorr-
ANDRÉS: Don’t apologise. It’s my fault as much as yours.
DULCIE: It’s just [she laughs] this place, it screws with you.
ANDRÉS: Do you think you can get pregnant here?
DULCIE: M-My tubes are tied.
ANDRÉS: What does that mean?
DULCIE: Are you serious?
ANDRÉS: English is my second language.

[DULCIE pauses]

DULCIE: I can’t get pregnant.
ANDRÉS: Do you think that’ll change here?

[DULCIE puts her fingertips to her temple.]

DULCIE: You should leave while it’s still early.

[ANDRÉS turns around and looks at her. He then looks to the floor and nods. He gets up and puts his shirt on whilst DULCIE is still in thought. ANDRÉS leaves the room.]

DULCIE: What have I done now?
ANDRÉS: [From the other room] Um, Dulcie?

[She gets up and goes to her lounge.]

DULCIE: What’s up?

[ANDRÉS is looking out the window.]

ANDRÉS: They’re all outside.

[Outside, DOMINIC, LANCE, LYLA, JANICE are stood talking with JEREMY and BEATRIX, who have their bags packed to leave.]

DULCIE: Damnit.

[She goes to put some clothes on.]

__________

[Meanwhile outside, the rest are still talking.]

LYLA: Promise us that if you find a way out, no matter how far, you’ll come back for us.
JEREMY: Depends how long our journey has been.
BEATRIX: Of course we’ll come back.
LANCE: If you do come back.

[ANDRÉS and DULCIE come out of DULCIE’s home and begin walking towards the group]

LYLA: Ooer, what’ve they been up to?
LANCE: Ah fantastic, 4 days in we’re already creating demon spawn
DULCIE: Nothing happened, I was just showing him one of my tapes.
LANCE: And that’s how it all starts...

[DULCIE rolls her eyes.]

JANICE: Um... good luck guys and... hope you find something.
BEATRIX: Come here Janice

[JANICE and BEATRIX hug.]

LANCE: Oh come on, you guys have known each other for like four days, what’s with the Jesus actions?
LYLA: Oh my God, why do you have to be so bloody peppermistic all the time?
DOMINIC: Pessimistic.
LYLA: Whatever.
LANCE: Do you guys even know what you’re doing? We’re dead, we remember dying, we have videotapes of us dying, and I don’t even know what you guys are looking for. Has anyone even noticed that Russian Jack Bauer can’t be found?
DULCIE: Maks is gone?!
LANCE: Look, you guys have a great time playing Holmes and Watson bu-

[LANCE stops in his tracks and looks with shock. He sees Alexandra.]

JANICE: Lance?

[LYLA moves next to LANCE to try see what he’s staring at.]

LYLA: What’s he looking at?
ANDRÉS: I think he’s seeing something.
JEREMY: Seeing what?
LANCE: You can’t see her?

[They all look at him, with concern.]

LANCE: She’s standing rig-

[As he turns ALEXANDRA who is now a spirit leaps at him.]

SPIRIT: Help us!

[LANCE shouts and falls to the floor, sweating and shuddering.]

DULCIE: Lance?! Are you okay?

[LANCE continues to be in shock shuddering.]

DULCIE: Lance?!

__________

[10 minutes later, LANCE is wrapped in a blanket with shock still on his face. DULCIE and ANDRÉS are sat with him. LYLA is stood on the side biting her nails. Closer to the end of the hell-mates houses, DOMINIC, JANICE, JEREMY and BEATRIX are stood.]

JEREMY: What do you think happened to him?
BEATRIX: No idea, but it makes me nervous.
JEREMY: I’m still going, you do what you like.
BEATRIX: I’m still going with you.
JEREMY: What about you guys? I ain’t bothered if you wanna change your minds.
JANICE: I wanna go with you.

[JEREMY and BEATRIX are surprised.]

JANICE: I don’t want that happening to me.
DOMINIC: How do you know it won’t happen if you went with them? You may leave this lane but you’re still in hell.

[JANICE looks down, a bit embarrassed.]

DOMINIC: We appreciate your courage to go though. I just don’t think you should go on the first run.

[JANICE looks up and smiles at DOMINIC. BEATRIX and JEREMY nod, wave and begin walking together. Meanwhile, back with LANCE.]

ANDRÉS: You feeling calmer?

[LANCE’s face is blank. He looks to ANDRÉS and nods gently.]

DULCIE: What did you see?

[LANCE closes his eyes, swallows and takes a deep breath.]

LANCE: I saw... the woman I planned to marry. But she was in pain, she turned into this... creature and she was screaming for help. I-

[He is at a loss for words. ANDRÉS and DULCIE nod to each other. LANCE nods.]

LANCE: I have to say, I don’t get why you got the blanket. It’s not like I’m going to die from shock.

DULCIE: You’re welcome, Lance.

[They lift him up.]

ANDRÉS: What do you say we do?
DULCIE: Honestly, I’m gonna try find Maksimilian
ANDRÉS: Why? It’s not like they found a way to kill you.
DULCIE: But what if they have?

[They pause.]

DOMINIC: Why would you want to stay here anyway?

[They turn to DOMINIC, who is walking by]

DOMINIC: Either way, we’re already dead.

[DOMINIC continues walking back to his home.]

__________

[LUCIFER is sat inside knitting. He hears a knock on the door.]

LUCIFER: Come in!

[DULCIE, ANDRÉS and LANCE come in.]

LUCIFER: Oh, hello. Do sit down.

[They sit themselves down on the couch somewhat awkwardly.]

LUCIFER: Usually I’m not meant to have more than one person in my home.
ANDRÉS: It’s a similar problem.

[LANCE looks at ANDRÉS confused.]

ANDRÉS: Lance and I have been seeing loved ones but they’re like spirits.
LUCIFER: I see. Have you seen any spirits Dulcie?
DULCIE: Oh, no, I have a different problem.
LUCIFER: Well if you would like to come back in an hour or so you would be most welcome.

[They pause, DULCIE rolls her eyes and leaves.]

LANCE: [To ANDRÉS] Why didn’t you tell me you’d seen people too?
ANDRÉS: I didn’t want people to know.
LANCE: Well it would’ve made me feel a bit less weird.

[LUCIFER stands up and begins walking around the room.]

LUCIFER: So did these spirits speak to you.
ANDRÉS: It was my mother, screaming my name, like she was in pain.
LANCE: Mine was my ex, screaming for help.

[LUCIFER puts his hand to his chin.]

LUCIFER: I guess they’re soon to strike bad luck then.
LANCE: What do you mean?
LUCIFER: Two ticks.

[LUCIFER picks out a quill and paper and begins writing a letter. ANDRÉS and LANCE watch curiously as LUCIFER scrumples up the letter and puts it into his flat hands. He then begins to pray inaudibly. He finishes the prayer opens his eyes and his hands, to show the letter has disappeared.]

ANDRÉS: Wow...
LANCE: What was that about?
LUCIFER: Your loved ones will always be in trouble when there’s a source. I’m just trying to find out whatever the source is.
LANCE: In trouble? What do you mean by in trouble?
LUCIFER: Well the thing is-

[LUCIFER pauses then goes back into prayer. ANDRÉS and LANCE look at him, confused. LUCIFER opens his eyes and hands again, this time four pieces of scrumpled paper fall out. He scrambles through the pieces of paper.]

LUCIFER: Aha. This is your source.

[LUCIFER holds up a picture of a young looking man. He reads from the other papers.]

LUCIFER: This is David Foreman. He’s twenty one years old and is studying Business at the California State University. Today he’s filling up his car, at the gas station. It’s a red Honda Civic, 1999 model. However, he brings a friend along and this friend is not the brightest spark to say the least. He’ll start playing around with his lighter and kills several people. As well as David he kills three of his friends and two pedestrians. Namely, Alexandra Won and Elicia Otero.

ANDRÉS My mother?!
LANCE: Hold on... Alexandra Won? That’s not the right person. We didn’t marry.
LUCIFER: You mean you don’t know?

[There’s an awkward pause as LANCE realises.]

LUCIFER: She’s married to Douglas Won.

[LANCE falls back into the chair, stunned.]

ANDRÉS: I’m sorry Lance.

[There is a pause.]

ANDRÉS: How do we save them?
LUCIFER: Isn’t it obvious? You have to kill David.
ANDRÉS: What?!
LANCE: How?
LUCIFER: I’m going to let you two back on Earth.

[Their eyes widen, ANDRÉS laughs and hugs LANCE excitedly, LANCE gives a subdued hug back.]

LUCIFER: Oh, as spirits hoho, sorry about that.

[The excitement dulls down and turns more into confusion.]

LUCIFER: It’s only temporary anyway. Nobody will see you obviously and you’ll only return once David has died.

LANCE: Why are we killing this David guy and not his friend?

[LUCIFER sits back down.]

LUCIFER: Because, it is David’s time to die anyway. The others are just victims in his demise.
LANCE: How do you know he’s meant to die now?
LUCIFER: They same way I knew when your times were.
ANDRÉS: So does that mean we were ‘sources’ too?
LUCIFER: Um, you were both how nature intended; as far as I’m aware anyway.
LANCE: As far as you’re aware?
LUCIFER: Never mind.

[LUCIFER gets up and walks to a steel door, twisting the knobs.]

ANDRÉS: What is that?
LUCIFER: This will take you to Earth as spirits. You’re pretty much the same, just invisible to the human eye and able to give the kiss of death.
LANCE: How do you give the ‘kiss of death?’
LUCIFER: The same way that the spirits you saw here did to you. Time’s running out, I better send you off.

[He opens the door to show a bright white light. ANDRÉS and LANCE cover their eyes from the glare.]

LUCIFER: Come on, hop in! You don’t have time!

[They look to each other. ANDRÉS takes the first step towards it, LANCE follows. ANDRÉS puts his foot in cautiously, checking there is floor he continues walking, shielding his eyes, again, LANCE follows also covering his eyes.]

LUCIFER: Good luck, fellows!

[He closes the door and presses some buttons. The completely white room begins to rumble. ANDRÉS and LANCE begin to feel pain as they feel themselves stretching. Veins and bloodshot eyeballs can clearly be seen on them as they scream in agony. LUCIFER is watching them. 2 thuds are heard as the rumbling stops. LUCIFER smiles and walks away.]

__________

[In California a red car is driving down a sunny lane. The camera placed on the ground watches it drive away. Suddenly, LANCE’s body hits the ground, followed by ANDRÉS on top of him. They roll onto their back]

LANCE: Did you feel that?

[LANCE realises the awkwardness of his word choice and positioning. He laughs. ANDRÉS gets up.]

ANDRÉS: Stop laughing, we need to go.
LANCE: I raise a fair point though.

[LANCE stands]

LANCE: Why did we feel pain on the first day when we fell and since then felt nothing?
ANDRÉS: Now isn’t the time, Lance. Where are we?
LANCE: Looks like my good old home, Long Beach California.
ANDRÉS: You know where the university is?
LANCE: Sure do, not far from here at all. Could just head down to the beach and have a good day off though.
ANDRÉS: What is wrong with you? Your ex’s life is in danger.
LANCE: She's the least of concern if that bitch ran off with my brother. I don't care what happens
ANDRÉS: If you don't care why don't you want to do this for me?
LANCE: I’m not doing this because I don’t believe Lucifer.
ANDRÉS: Well I do! [Pause] Look, you may not care and might think this is all a big joke, but I’m not taking that risk. Now, will you help me?

[LANCE nods his head.]

LANCE: Sure. [He begins to walk.] This way.

[LANCE and ANDRÉS begin to walk swiftly down the road.]

__________

[At LUCIFER’s house, DULCIE is stood above him panicked.]

DULCIE: Where is he?
LUCIFER: I wish I could tell you.
DULCIE: Can’t you find him with some sort of... magic thing?
LUCIFER: It’s not always that simple.
DULCIE: You mean you keep us prisoner here but you don’t keep tags on us? How did you know that Taabu knew where the Moirae was?
LUCIFER: She doesn’t, yet.

[She pauses in annoyance]

DULCIE: Then why did you think that she’d help me?
LUCIFER: Because Maksimilian is the person that killed Taabu.

[DULCIE is shocked.]

LUCIFER: Why would Maksimilian bother worrying about a woman who’s pretty much given up when there’s the person that he killed running off all the time?

[DULCIE bites her lip and nods.]

DULCIE: You’re right.

[LUCIFER crosses his legs, places his fingers together cunningly and nods.]

__________

[JEREMY and BEATRIX are walking down more and more lanes, JEREMY is a good ten steps ahead of BEATRIX]

BEATRIX: So how old are you Jeremy?
JEREMY: Thirty eight.

[BEATRIX raises her eyebrows surprised.]

BEATRIX: Why didn’t you say goodbye to anybody?
JEREMY: Don’t get on with any of them.
BEATRIX: Well surely you should make an effort.

[JEREMY rolls his eyes and takes a deep breath.]

BEATRIX: Do you mind slowing down? My feet are killing me.

[JEREMY flips out and turns to her]

JEREMY: Oh my God shut up, shut up, shut up shut up!! You know what, you act like you’re the bloody moral example around here but you can’t be all bloody innocence if you fricking ended up here! Go back because I’m not gonna find anything with you dragging me down all the sodding time!

[BEATRIX is looking straight past JEREMY]

BEATRIX: Actually, I think you will.

[BEATRIX points behind JEREMY. JEREMY turns around and looks with concern. There seems to be something at the end of the road. He runs down further to catch what it is, BEATRIX follows. JEREMY begins to slow down after a good minutes of running. He slows down and stares at forward and clutches his head, short of breath. A hundred metres in front of Jeremy is miles and miles of orange desert, with cliffs to be seen also. In front of this is a large black gate, which looks impossible to climb over or squeeze through. BEATRIX is heard running behind JEREMY and she stops next to him, bending over to catch her breath.]

BEATRIX: Damn I’ve gotten out of shape.

[She swallows and then looks up at the gates and desert.]

BEATRIX: Oh lordy...

__________

[ANDRÉS and LANCE are jogging down more sunny Californian roads.]

LANCE: You can slow down you know.
ANDRÉS: I don’t want to take the risk.
LANCE: You know what.

[LANCE stops to catch his breath.]

LANCE: You do it. I don’t care enough.
ANDRÉS: I don’t know the way!
LANCE: Exactly why you need me, so we’re going to slow down.

[ANDRÉS is distracted. A Hispanic woman in her 50’s is on the phone, walking down a road. ANDRÉS sniffs.]

ANDRÉS: Madre!

[He slowly begins to break down and falls on his knees. LANCE, uncharacteristically grabs his shoulders and looks at him.]

LANCE: Hey, hey, snap out of it, what’s wrong?
ANDRÉS: It’s my mother. Just there on the phone.

[LANCE looks back at her, walking down a road.]

LANCE: Well I guess we better save her life.

[He gets up and begins following ANDRÉS’ mother.]

ANDRÉS: I thought the college was the other way.
LANCE: If we follow where your mother is going, we can get to the petrol station and kill this Daniel guy.
ANDRÉS: David.
LANCE: Whoever. Come on, let’s go.

[ANDRÉS gets up and follows LANCE. They walk slowly behind her. She speaks Spanish on the phone.]

LANCE: What is she saying?

[ANDRÉS listens carefully, with tears rolling down his face.]

ANDRÉS: She’s just come back from an interview about me with a skating magazine...
LANCE: Oh my God!
ANDRÉS: What?
LANCE: That’s where I know you from! You’re a pro skateboarder. I’ve been wondering all-
ANDRÉS: Ssh!

[ANDRÉS continues to listen to his mother, stops and looks expressionlessly forward.]

LANCE: Dude, what’s up.

[ANDRÉS doesn’t answer]

LANCE: Look we have to go or she won’t be-
ANDRÉS: She said she’d die just to be with me right now. What if...

[ANDRÉS pauses and looks at LANCE

LANCE: Dude, that's crazy, what if she doesn’t end up with you? Come on, you have to do this.

[LANCE literally has to drag ANDRÉS to get him to run along with him.]

LANCE: If we get to the gas station before her, you can get rid of David and everything will be dandy. Trust me, your ma’s feeling low now bu-

[As they run they approach a junction, LANCE nearly runs into a woman.]

LANCE: Woah!

[LANCE stops and realises who it is.]

LANCE: Alex?

[ALEXANDRA is walking away from LANCE. LANCE walks ahead of her to see her face. He notices she is wearing a necklace. On this necklace is the ring which he used to propose to her. LANCE looks in shock, then smiles lightly. As ALEXANDRA continues walking away, LANCE sees a red vehicle approaching them in the road.]

LANCE: Andrés? You have to do this now!

[ANDRÉS is stood ten feet behind staring at his mother approaching the gas station.]

ANDRÉS: Madre desearía esto.
LANCE: Andrés!
ANDRÉS: I-I can’t do this. Mother wouldn’t let me do this

[LANCE begins breathing frantically. He looks again at ALEXANDRA walking by. He closes his eyes, swallows, exhales then runs ahead.]

ANDRÉS: Lance?!

[LANCE stands in the road, heavily breathing, waiting for the car to come. In the approaching car, Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock is playing. 5 guys are in the car having a laugh]

GUY #1: Dave man, your mum’s gonna be pissed that you’re missing her birthday for another party.
DAVE: Screw my mum, this is more worthwhile.
GUY #2: Oh yeah, screw the woman who’s paying you through college.

[They laugh. Suddenly DAVE looks forward. He sees LANCE as a spirit screaming at him. In slow motion, the blue spirit goes through DAVE and he goes suddenly pale and expressionless. Back in normal time, his head smacks against the wheel. He is lifeless.]

GUY#1: Dave?!
GUY #2: ****!

[The car serves about and spins into a tree. The camera pans back. LANCE and ANDRÉS are staring in shock. ANDRÉS’ MOTHER and ALEXANDRA run to the scene of the crash. Three of the guys come out of the back right door.]

GUY #2: Someone call an ambulance! Blake is hurt!
GUY #3: David’s dead!
GUY #4: No!
GUY #3: I-I can’t get a pulse.
LANCE: What have I done?

[LANCE and ANDRÉS begin to vibrate]

ANDRÉS: Lance I-

[ANDRÉS is interrupted as he feels himself stretching again as the vein on his neck becomes prominent, LANCE’s reaction to the same thing on himself follows shortly. They turn fuzzy and disappear.]

__________

[DOMINIC, DULCIE, LYLA and JANICE are sat by JANICE’s lava pond.]

LYLA: You know what, we should have a girly sleepover.
DULCIE: Are you serious?
LYLA: Yeah, I mean there isn’t any alcohol, pills or anything to keep us entertained, so I guess we have to be inventive. You can come too Dominic. We can braid your hair.

[The girls giggle. DOMINIC looks at the sky, which is going from a rosy pink to a burgundy and swiftly to grey, with swirling pools of cloud. DOMINIC gets up and walks into the road. The girls look at each other and follow him. Suddenly, ANDRÉS and LANCE are spat from the sky and hit the floor. DULCIE rushes to ANDRÉS’s aid. LYLA rushes to LANCE.]

DULCIE: Where have you been? What happened?

[The sky begins rumbling again. Everybody looks up to the sky. One last body is thrown down at the other side of the road. Everyone looks in shock. DULCIE begins to run over.]

ANDRÉS: Stop!

[DULCIE stops and looks at ANDRÉS with concern. They all look at the person thrown down. They raise themselves off the ground. It is DAVE. He glares at LANCE.]

DAVE: You...
Abaddon.

Ooooooooooh! James I love it, amazing dilemma with Andrés and Lance! :D

Any more coming soon James?

sorry I'm being slow ah\ but yeah ones in the making, it's just getting my **** together to do it.

Episode 5 - Jeremy
 

[The Damned – Neat Neat Neat starts playing. A lighter ignites. JEREMY spits alcohol through the lighter, which ignites a flame. He and a group of four friends cheer and begin to drown themselves in spirits. A male teenager walks into the room they are situated.]

TEEN: Oi, you can’t just come in, steal our alcohol and spit fire everywhere, get the **** out of here yeah?
FRIEND #1: Aw, but we’re having so much fun mate.

[He grabs TEEN’s shoulder, TEEN bats his hand away]

TEEN: I’m not your mate, now **** off.

[FRIEND #1 approaches him threateningly]

FRIEND #2: Easy Spunk.

[Four more teens enter the room. JEREMY laughs and sits on a barstool, taking more swigs of Scotch]

TEEN #2: Ali’s called the police, I’d get out if I were you.
JEREMY: You’re a bit stupid kid, ain’t ya?

[Everyone turns to JEREMY. He chuckles and hops off the barstool with a smug grin on his face. He walks towards the TEEN]

JEREMY: I don’t think you boys realise who you’re dealin’ with, do ya?
TEEN #2: Inbreds?

[The teens laugh, JEREMY’s friends lunge forward, but JEREMY puts his hands up to stop them. They obey.]

JEREMY: See kiddies, we’re not scared of a bunch of fat blokes in a uniform, although from what I’ve heard that gets Killian going.

[KILLIAN, one of JEREMY’s friends, smiles and licks his lips at the teens]

JEREMY: So we’re either gonna **** up your house until the cops arrive or...

[He gets into TEEN’s face]

JEREMY: You’re gonna have to force us.

[TEEN punches him in the face. Everyone gasps and the room goes silent. JEREMY slowly turns to him, licks his upper lips and smiles aggressively. He then suddenly headbutts the teenager to the floor, which begins a fight between the teens and JEREMY’s friends. JEREMY picks up a barstool and throws it at the glass cupboard full of glasses, which smash. He then walks into the lounge, knocking out several teens on the way. He swigs his scotch, gets out his lighter, ignites it and spits toward the couch, setting the couch ablaze. JEREMY then picks up a speaker and smashes it through the lounge window.]

JEREMY: Boys!

[JEREMY’S friends begin to filter into the room and out the window, two of them carrying a TV on the way out. JEREMY goes out the window last only to be grabbed by a TEENAGE GIRL]

TEENAGE GIRL: Please! Don’t do this!

[JEREMY slaps her around the face.]

JEREMY: Piss off!

[The girl runs away, sobbing. JEREMY jumps out the window and runs down the barely lit street at night with his friends, still carrying the TV and drinking. JEREMY is laughing manically. Suddenly, a large pause sign appears on the screen. LUCIFER puts down the remote. He is sat on the sofa making notes. He looks at what seems to be a profile of JEREMY’s significant memories. At the side of each memory there are two boxes indicating whether he was a good or bad person in this memory. All the boxes are ticked under bad. LUCIFER shakes his head and is disturbed when he hears somebody burst in. He stands up as LYLA runs around the corner.]

LYLA : Lucifer, you have to help us!
LUCIFER: I’d prefer it if you knocked.
LYLA: Oh, um...

[LYLA frantically knocks on the wall accidentally smashing a picture frame in the process. LUCIFER rolls his eyes and puts his hand out]

LYLA: Oh my God I’m so-

[LUCIFER scrunches up his hand and all the glass flies up to the picture fixing itself. LYLA stands suprised]

LYLA: Blimey.
LUCIFER: What do you want?

[LYLA turns looking perplexed.]

LYLA: Um...

[There is a pause as LYLA is thinking. LUCIFER glares at her.]

LYLA: Oh yeah! There’s some guy who’s just arrived and he won’t stop hitting Lance. We tried getting him to stop but he just keeps hitting us out the way. He’s like a bloody rabid dog.
LUCIFER: David.

[LUCIFER walks outside immediately. LYLA looks confused at him.]

LYLA: Who the **** is David?

__________

[Meanwhile, JEREMY and BEATRIX are walking back to the neighbourhood in silence. BEATRIX is a few steps behind.]

BEATRIX: So. Do we tell them?

[JEREMY turns around with a look of disgust on his face.]

JEREMY: Course we’re gonna tell ’em.

[JEREMY continues walking again as BEATRIX picks up the pace.]

BEATRIX: I mean do you think it’s a good idea?

[JEREMY stops and licks his lips, thinking.]

BEATRIX: I think we just say we found nothing and that we’re not essentially in a giant cell we can’t get out of and even if we did we’d be surrounded by desert anyway.
JEREMY: Are you really that stupid?
BEATRIX: Excuse me?
JEREMY: Where do you think Russki and Lara Croft have gone then?
BEATRIX: Somewhere else I guess.

[JEREMY rolls his eyes and carries on walking.]

JEREMY: I know there’s a way outta here, that’s what we have to find out. Hell, I don’t care what I tell those people, they’re either idiots or completely fake, especially that sarcastic little bastard.
BEATRIX: Honestly... I’ll second that last part.
JEREMY: Well at least there’s something we can agree on. That kid deserves a smack in the fa-
BEATRIX: Sshh!

[They pause]

BEATRIX: Do you hear that?

[Angry shouts and screams are heard. JEREMY begins to run toward the neighbourhood.]

BEATRIX: I’m taking my heels off this time.

[She does so and begins running daintily to the neighbourhood.]

__________

[Meanwhile LANCE is on the ground getting hit in the face by DAVID, who is on top of him. ANDRÉS and DOMINIC throw him off. DAVID runs after him again, but ANDRÉS steps in the way. DAVID headbutts him in the face and continues towards LANCE, who’s backing away. ANDRÉS goes to pull him back again, but DULCIE grabs his arm.]

DULCIE: Leave it!

[ANDRÉS turns around in disbelief.]

ANDRÉS: What?!

[DAVID tackles LANCE to the ground again.]

DULCIE: We can’t stop him. Even if we could, Lance isn’t feeling any pain.
LANCE: No, but you know, the thought is nice.

[DAVID punches LANCE again. Although he feels no pain, he still recoils.]

JANICE: They’re back!
ANDRÉS: Who is?
JANICE: Jeremy.

[They all watch JEREMY running towards them, with BEATRIX toddling behind.]

LANCE: Don’t worry guys, this is-

[LANCE is hit in the face again.]

LANCE: ...perfectly comfortable.

[JEREMY arrives.]

ANDRÉS: Did you find anything?
JEREMY: Help me out with him first.

[ANDRÉS, JEREMY and DOMINIC grab DAVID and pin him on the floor.]

LANCE: Jesus, finally, thanks for the hustle!
JEREMY: I ran here you dick.

[They continue to argue incomprehensibly. JANICE looks across and sees a tall, athletic man in white with blond hair looking straight at her. She stays silent in awe. BEATRIX arrives and grabs onto JANICE’s shoulder, wheezing heavily. JANICE looks at her then back to see the man has disappeared. She blinks strongly and turns to BEATRIX again.]

JANICE: What did you find?

[BEATRIX breathes in to talk, but is interrupted.]

JEREMY: There’s a giant black gate surrounding us, impossible to get past. Outside those gates, nothing but desert.

[The group mumble.]

ANDRÉS: What?

[DAVID takes advantage at ANDRÉS’s lack of concentration and tries to get up again, but is pinned down again.]

BEATRIX: Jeremy wh-
JEREMY: I told them the truth because raising peoples hopes when there’s nothing is worse than having no hopes originally.
BEATRIX: What’re you doing with that guy?
JANICE: Lyla’s getting Lucifer to help out.
JEREMY: You really think he’ll solve anything?
LUCIFER: As a matter of fact, I will.

[The group turn around to see LUCIFER and LYLA arriving.]

LUCIFER: Let him go.
JEREMY: What?
LUCIFER: Let him go! I’ll handle this.

[JEREMY and ANDRÉS look at each other. DOMINIC looks at them, shrugs his shoulders and lets go of DAVID’s arms. DAVID whacks JEREMY and ANDRÉS out of the way and begins walking to LANCE again as LANCE backs away. LUCIFER closes his eyes and sharply jerks his right hand forward. DAVID suddenly becomes stiff and lets out a quick gasp before dropping to the floor. The group stare at DAVID, blankly.]

LUCIFER: Jeremy, Dominic, please take David to my abode.

[JEREMY and DOMINIC go to pick up DAVID.]

LYLA: Is he still breathing?
ANDRÉS: Don’t you wanna talk to Lance first?
LUCIFER: As far as I’m concerned, Lance has nothing else to tell me. You guys won’t be seeing spirits now.
LANCE: You mean that’s it?
LUCIFER: All is well.

[LUCIFER walks away, with JEREMY and DOMINIC following, carrying DAVID sideways.]

__________

[Back at LUCIFER’s home LUCIFER strolls in with JEREMY and DOMINIC carrying DAVID like a large plank of wood.]

JEREMY: Left. Left! Mind his bloody head!
DOMINIC: He can’t feel anything.

[JEREMY exhales as they arrive in the lounge. DOMINIC begins to slowly place him on the couch while JEREMY throws him on inaccurately. He starts to fall off but DOMINIC catches him.]

JEREMY: So who the bloody hell is that?
LUCIFER: David.
JEREMY: And who is David?

[DOMINIC continues to struggle putting DAVID on the couch, but gives up and lets him slump on the floor and leaves.]

LUCIFER: He’s a Student from California.
JEREMY: They hate Asians in California or something?
LUCIFER: I’m sorry?
JEREMY: When I came here he was beating the **** out of Lance. If we weren’t immune to any pain here he’d of probably killed him.
LUCIFER: Well, Lance did kill David.

[JEREMY pauses, perplexed.]

JEREMY: What?
LUCIFER: I sent Lance and Andrés to Earth as spirits to kill David. I’m surprised that he’s realised where he is.
JEREMY: Those arseholes! No wonder he was knocking them about.
LUCIFER: They did it to save their loved ones, otherwise they would be dead also. David would have departed either way. This way, we save some lives in the progress.
JEREMY: Should you not tell him this?
LUCIFER: I will do, once you promise something for me.
JEREMY: I ain’t promising anything.
LUCIFER: I don’t think you have a choice I’m afraid. Remember who you’re working for?
JEREMY: I don’t work for anybody.
LUCIFER: You don’t seem to remember that I control everything you had.

[There is a pause as JEREMY glares and shakes his head at LUCIFER]

JEREMY:Well it’s a good thing I had nothing, isn’t it?

[JEREMY leaves. LUCIFER wakes DAVID up, he stumbles off the floor and looks at LUCIFER.]

LUCIFER: Hello, David.

[He grins sinisterly.]

__________

[JANICE is walking away from the neighbourhood, arms folded looking at the floor. She looks up again and stops in her tracks. From a distance, the man in white she saw earlier is walking into a gap between houses. She looks over her shoulder to see if anybody else is around. She swallows, bites her lip and begins running to where she saw the man. As she runs, she clutches onto her cardigan sleeves tightly.]

JANICE: What am I doing? What am I doing?

[She slows down and begins looking at gaps between houses. She eventually stops and stares. The man is sat 50 metres away, legs crossed facing away from JANICE. JANICE slowly and hesitantly begins walking towards him. She stops fairly close to him, crosses her arms and begins to nibble on her cardigan sleeve.]

JANICE: H-hey.

[The man looks over his shoulder.]

MAN: ...ah!

[They stare at each other for a few seconds. He swiftly gets up and begins to run.]

JANICE: No! Wait!

[JANICE begins to follow him around the house. When she gets to the other side, he’s completely disappeared. She briefly stops but then runs into the road, looking each side to see where he’s gone. There’s no sign of him. She steps backwards and feels something on her foot. It’s the white button shirt the man was wearing. She picks it up and looks at it closely. She sighs and begins to walk back.]

__________

[DOMINIC, DULCIE, ANDRÉS, LANCE, LYLA and BEATRIX are in LANCE’s house, which looks like a combined lounge-kitchen-bedroom. LANCE is sat on the sofa with DOMINIC and DULCIE either side. ANDRÉS is sat on the floor, leaning against the wall opposite the sofa. Half finished paintings are scattered everywhere. BEATRIX and LYLA are looking at the paintings.]

BEATRIX: Wow...
LYLA: This is amazing. I mean, when you said you were a painter I thought you meant you were one of those pervy blokes who did the paintwork in peoples kitchens.

[LANCE is looking nervously at DOMINIC, who is examining LANCE’s face.]

DOMINIC: It’s amazing isn’t it? How nothing harms you here? Like, when I think of hell, I think of the rack stretching your limbs until you become nothing more than multiple limbs and branding irons of the diabolical signature scolded into your abdomen.

[LYLA whispers to BEATRIX]

LYLA: What the hell is he talking about?
DOMINIC: It’s quite ridiculous for me to think that physical pain is what would run this place when it's nowhere near the toll taken from mental pain. I mean, once your used to the same painful feeling physically, you get used to it, but with the mental pain, it lingers on.

[The group stand in silence perplexed, but in thought.]

DULCIE: What happened Lance? Why did that guy start hitting you?
LANCE: I have no idea.

[ANDRÉS looks him in the eye.]

DULCIE: Well when you disappear for a while then fall from the sky and then some bloody dumbass starts punching you in the face I’m pretty sure something happened. Andrés?
ANDRÉS: Honestly, I think it’s best we kept it to ourselves.
DOMINIC: It doesn’t take a genius to work out what happened.

[He smiles manically at ANDRÉS and stands up.]

DOMINIC: Lance see’s a spirit of his loved one. He and Andrés see Lucifer. They appear from the sky with this new guy, Lucifer then says they shouldn’t see spirits anymore.

[The group look at each other, nervously.]

DOMINIC: I think a couple of us have been making deals with the devil.

[ANDRÉS rubs his face and LANCE covers his mouth.]

DULCIE: Wh-why would you do that?
ANDRÉS: It was to save my mother and Lance’s ex
LYLA: Who wants to keep their exes?
LANCE: Have you ever even had a boyfriend, Lyla?
BEATRIX: Hey, come on now.
DULCIE: Did you guys not think of his family?
ANDRÉS: We did.
LANCE: No, you did. I was the one that did it.
BEATRIX: I’ve gotta say, that’s a tough situation to be put in.
LANCE: His time was coming anyway. We were just dampening the process so less people got killed. Anyway, Beatrix, what’s up with the whole being surrounded by a giant black gate thing?
BEATRIX: It is what it is. I guess we’re stuck here unless we either go an extreme diet to squeeze through or become able to climb 1000 feet bars.
LANCE: Do you think Maks and Taabu got over that?
LYLA: They are like superhuman.
DULCIE: I don’t really care where they are. We barely know who Taabu is and Maks was just horrid. They’re probably still trying to find something.
BEATRIX: Or gone without us.
LANCE: I doubt they found anything, it’s just miles of houses here.
BEATRIX: Come on guys! Let’s not give up hope!
LANCE: Well hope hasn’t really got us anywhere so far.

[The door opens, JEREMY walks in.]

JEREMY: There you guys are.
LANCE: Oh yeah, come right in Jeremy.
JEREMY: You’re welcome, Lance.
LANCE: What?
JEREMY: I took that guy beating you to a pulp and threw him off.
LANCE: You probably just wanted a fight to be honest, Jeremy.
JEREMY: Oh bloody hell, I look for answers for you guys and you still treat me like I’m ****.
JEREMY: You know what, I don’t need you whiny bitches, you can do **** by yourselves.

[He leaves. The group roll their eyes and smirk at each other.]

__________

[LUCIFER opens his front door, JEREMY is stood there hands in pockets.]

JEREMY: I’ll help. Whatever it is. The Adams family down the road never need my help so I might as well try give a hand here.
LUCIFER: Come in.

[JEREMY walks in. LUCIFER shuts the door and grabs JEREMY by the arm and walks him swiftly to the lounge.]

JEREMY: The hell are you doing?
LUCIFER: I’ll explain this quickly because David is coming back soon.

[He sits down.]

LUCIFER: I need you to get rid of Lance.
JEREMY: Finally!
LUCIFER: I’ll transport you and David to the Moirae. From there you need to find Lance Won’s file and you need to destroy it in whatever way possible.
JEREMY: Alright. If you don’t mind me asking, why is David here?
LUCIFER: What do you mean?
JEREMY: Well lots of people must have died since we’ve got here, it can’t just be him.
LUCIFER: Oh, yes! Well there are still some errors in the system believe it or not.
JEREMY: What?
LUCIFER: There are still errors in the system. He’s not meant to be here but he won’t comply to anything until we get rid of Lance and frankly, he’s a far more interesting case than Lance is.
JEREMY: Case?
LUCIFER: Lance is an interesting person, very observant, you’d be surprised, but David is just more of what is needed here I guess.
JEREMY: You are so confusing. I mean, why can’t you just put David in some sort of coma until he complies?
LUCIFER: He’s incredibly headstrong and it’s fascinating. Even if I woke him up again he’d be the same. Honest to God, he won’t comply with anything unless you let him kill Lance, I can’t look after him all the time, I have tapestries to finish!
JEREMY: My God you’re strange.

[They hear the door being opened. DAVID walks in.]

LUCIFER: I usually prefer it when people knock Da-
DAVID: I don’t care. Will he do it?
JEREMY: Definitely going.

[LUCIFER claps his hands]

LUCIFER: Fantastic! Get in the chamber boys!
DAVID: A chamber?
LUCIFER: It’s how Lance found you. It shall take you where you need to be.

[They walk in with little hesitation, eventually covering their eyes due to the brightness.]

LUCIFER: This place is inside the proximity so you won’t be able to go anywhere outside I’m afraid. You can find your way back easily, trust me
JEREMY: Great.

[He slams the door and looks through the window]

LUCIFER: Good luck, boys!

[LUCIFER presses some buttons and the white room begins to rumble again. The pain sets in as JEREMY and DAVID feel themselves stretching until they disappear.]

___________

[A steel door opens; JEREMY and DAVID enter a dark room with nothing but two filing cabinets.]

DAVID: So how long have you guys been here?
JEREMY: Bit less than a week I think. About 5 or 6 days maybe?
DAVID: Hey, you know what?

[JEREMY looks at him.]

DAVID: Even after this, I’m still going to piss people off until he lets me go.
JEREMY: You realise that’s exactly what he wants right?
DAVID: I’ve gotta take this out on someone. I had my whole life ahead of me and then this stupid chink just kills me for no reason. Probably penis envy, right?

[DAVID laughs immaturely. JEREMY looks down and thinks. He begins to walk to the filing cabinet and opens it.]

JEREMY: You know, you remind me of myself when I got here.

[He begins flicking through the files]

JEREMY: I didn’t want to be here, I caused havoc, I tried to beat up an old lady. Eventually I realised that I put myself here and it was my time.

[He closes the filing cabinet and walks towards DAVID again.]

JEREMY: I then realised that this comes across as a place to punish me, but really, I just needed to learn how to become a good person, so I started helping people out. When I was acting out, it was because I was scared of the big picture, in denial, but when you’re helping out and doing what you can for people here in this hell we live in, you make it better.

[DAVID looks at him in disgust.]

JEREMY: Look, I don’t think you’re giving these people a chance. I mean, they may all be bad people in one way or another, but [he laughs] y’know, they’re not that bad. As far as I’m aware, none of them are paedophiles or rapists or terrorists. They’re just people who’re feeling the same thing as you are right now. So what do you say? Can we just leave this damp place and move on from here as a community?
DAVID: The **** are you talking about? I came here for revenge! When you make other people’s lives hell, it sure beats just living hell by yourself. Community? You’re a bunch of bad people put in a place for-

[JEREMY looks over DAVID’s shoulder]

JEREMY Lance?

[DAVID turns around shielding his eyes from the light of the chamber. Suddenly he is pushed into the chamber, JEREMY shuts the door. DAVID begins frantically banging on the window]

DAVID: Let me out of here you bastard!

[JEREMY puts his face up to the window.]

JEREMY: I’ve met kids like you. It’s all about you. You don’t even deserve to be among us. You deserve to be by yourself. And if you ever think about finding your way back somehow, remember, I have your file.
[DAVID screams through the window inaudibly. JEREMY grabs all the files from the filing cabinet. He then looks in the other cabinet. There are various keys, wallets, purses, a lighter and a packet of cigarettes. He takes the cigarettes and lighter and smiles. He is about to leave the room as DAVID continues shouting inaudibly. He turns back to him.]

JEREMY: Oh, by the way, Lance isn’t a stupid chink, he’s Korean.

[He leaves]

__________

[Meanwhile, in the neighbourhood, the sky is a soft peach colour. LANCE is sat outside drawing. He’s drawing ALEXANDRA. He stops and sees JEREMY coming out of his house looking confused. LANCE rolls his eyes and continues drawing.]

JEREMY: How the hell... the Moirae was my house?

[He opens his door again to show it’s his apartment again. His face is perplexed as he closes the door. He turns and sees LANCE]

JEREMY: You’re not gonna believe what I have.
LANCE: What?

[JEREMY waves the packet of cigarettes and lighter. LANCE’s face lights up. JEREMY walks to sit next to him.]

LANCE: Where did you get that?
JEREMY: David asked me to help him kill you. But I’ve sorted it out.
LANCE: What do you mean?
JEREMY: He’s locked away

[JEREMY puts a cigarette in his mouth and offers LANCE one.]

LANCE: No thanks, I’m quitting.
JEREMY: [laughs] Are you bloody kidding me?
LANCE: Sure am.

[He takes a cigarette, they laugh and light up.]

LANCE: So did you find out anything about him?
JEREMY: He’s just a tit really isn’t he? I didn’t see any good in the kid so I sorted him.
LANCE: Well at least he found his way out of there, we’re here forever now.
JEREMY: Not necessarily so.

[LANCE looks at him confused as JEREMY takes a long drag.]

LANCE: Did you find something when you were with Beatrix?
JEREMY: No. But I did find out that this place isn’t up to scratch.
LANCE: What do you mean?

[JEREMY smiles]

JEREMY: I was told the reason why David’s here.
LANCE: Why?
JEREMY: There’s errors in the system.

[He takes one last long drag of his cigarette, stubs it out and walks back to his house. LANCE looks perplexed, he looks down at his drawing, which now has ash on it. He looks at his cigarette and smiles. He stubs out on the pavement.]
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I didn't realise a new episode was up! I enjoyed it :)

Yeah.

Episode 6 - Lyla
 

[A room full of flashing lights hands are raised in the air slowly swaying to the calmer part of the club music. The beat drops and the hands fly down, revealing a crowded party in a basement. LYLA is highly intoxicated and dancing. A young man is checking her out. She begins dancing enticingly to him. He walks towards her and opens his mouth, revealing a pill. LYLA smiles and grabs him by the shirt collar, kissing him. They stop kissing and LYLA begins to walk away. The man grabs her arm and she puts her middle finger up at him and wrestles out of his grip and continues to stumble away.]

YOUNG MAN: ****ing dyke!
[LYLA’s friend MICHAEL steps in to talk to him as LYLA walks away.]
MICHAEL: Leave her alone, mate, sorry she’s just really drunk I wouldn’t, y’know...

[Cut to LYLA stumbling up the stairs of the basement, a group of girls move out of the way of her as she trips. MICHAEL begins running up the stairs after her.]

MICHAEL: ‘scuse me, sorry girls, Lyla!

[They have reached the top of the stairs, LYLA turns around.]

MICHAEL: You’ve had too much, darling.
LYLA: Shut up, the night’s still young.

[She pulls out a hipflask from her boot. MICHAEL snatches it off her.]

LYLA: I wouldn’t drink that if I were you.
MICHAEL: Why not? Hold on, what have you done?

[LYLA giggles to herself as she slides down the wall and sits on the floor,
MICHAEL bends down to her.]

LYLA: I’m gonna **** Zoe so, so hard tonight.
MICHAEL: We’ve been through this dear, Zoe isn’t of your kind.
LYLA: But with a little help sh-sh-sh-sh-she might be.

[She giggles and takes the hipflask off of MICHAEL and puts it in her boot. MICHAEL looks at her in shock.]

MICHAEL: You didn’t...

[She giggles more.]

MICHAEL: Lyla, you’re risking her life here! She’s you’re best friend! You’re in no state anyway.
LYLA: Leave me alone.

[She tries to get up, but MICHAEL pulls her back down.]

MICHAEL: Lyla, you can’t go through with this!
LYLA: Get off me! Get off of me!

[A bunch of guys wrestle MICHAEL off of her as she starts walking away. A skinny attractive blonde haired girl begins walking up the stairs.]

ZOE: Lyla, I’ve had too much to drink.

[LYLA smiles and approaches her. She puts her arm over her shoulder.]

MICHAEL: Stop her! She’s going to rape her!

[He is repeatedly beaten up as LYLA walks away with a shameless smile on her face. The scene stops. It is another tape. TAABU is shown with the remote.]

TAABU: Oh my God...

[A door opening can be heard, LYLA comes through in pajamas with a glass. She goes to her kitchen area and pours herself some water from her tap, which has cockroaches with it. She picks out the cockroaches casually. She begins drinking.]

TAABU: Pain in the ass aren’t they?

[LYLA spits the water into her wall and turns around in shock.]

TAABU: Hello Lyla.
LYLA: What the hell are you doing here?
TAABU: Why do you sleep? We don’t need sleep here?
LYLA: It passes the time, why are you here?

[TAABU holds up a file.]

TAABU: I know everything about you and whether you like it or not, I can use this information against you and tell your peers all the horrible things you’ve done.

[LYLA walks towards her hastily.]

LYLA: Give me that!
TAABU: Really? You wanna fight for it?

[LYLA tries to grab it, but TAABU grabs her hand, manoeuvres it behind her back in an uncomfortable position and throws her to the floor. LYLA starts to get up.]

LYLA: Y’know that doesn’t even hurt anymore you bitch.
TAABU: I know, it does keep you out of the way though.
LYLA: If it’s my real file, tell me about… me.

[TAABU pauses and begins to recite without the file.]

TAABU: Your name is Lyla White, you’re twenty years old, born in Australia, your first girlfriend was called Monica when you were 14, where you lost your virginity on your 14th birthday in a cardboard box on a street. Enough?
LYLA: Look, can you please just give me my file?
TAABU: I’d love to. Really I would, I’m not usually the type of person to do this kind of thing. Honestly.
LYLA: I’m sure you aren’t...
TAABU: Look, I need a favour and there’s only one way I could get it done. Plus, there’s a reward in it for you.

[TAABU lifts up a box by the couch and opens it. LYLA looks on curiously. TAABU pulls out a crystal bottle.]

TAABU: I assume you’re knowledgeable of alcohol.
[LYLA’s face lights up]
TAABU: Well, this isn’t alcohol, but the effects are extremely similar. Tried it when I was away, it’s basically the same. Strong stuff too.
LYLA: What do I have to do?

[TAABU smiles and passes LYLA the bottle]

TAABU: You’re going to need this.

__________

[An oval shaped object in thrown into the powerfully bright blue sky. The object comes back down and ANDRÉS catches it. DOMINIC, DULCIE, BEATRIX, JANICE and JEREMY are sat on the roadside, while ANDRÉS and LANCE are playing catch with the oval object, which looks like a hard fruit. BEATRIX is squinting at the sky]

BEATRIX: I guess this is what you call a good day here.

[She looks to JEREMY.]

BEATRIX: You not a fan of football Jeremy? Or are you more of a soccer guy?

[JEREMY rolls his eyes]

JEREMY: Typical Americans.

[JEREMY takes out a cigarette and puts it in his mouth.]

BEATRIX: Where did you get that?
JEREMY: In a room Lucifer sent me to. Had a bunch of filing cabinets with files in it.

[He lights up as DULCIE looks at him, concerned.]

DULCIE: Files? What was in there?
JEREMY: Nothing of any of your concerns really.

[DULCIE gets up and grabs him by the arm, dragging him away from the others on the street.]

DULCIE: Look, there’s a crazy Russian guy somewhere out there who wants my head on a holy platter. I have every concern about my file.
JEREMY: I wouldn’t be worried.

[DULCIE stares at him as LYLA arrives.]

LYLA: Guys! Guys! Guys! [she stumbles.] Oh. My. God.
ANDRÉS: Are you drunk?
BEATRIX: Don’t be ridiculous.
LYLA: No no, he’s right. I’m off me tats.

[She puts her arm around ANDRÉS]

LYLA: Lucifer got me some bottles, so naturally I drank some and I’m so… oh my God, we should party. I have tons and tons of bottles.
BEATRIX: I don’t think that’s a good idea.
LYLA: Not for you silly, the young people.
LANCE: What’s in there?
LYLA: Glory juice.

[She takes a swig from her crystal bottle]

LANCE: Specific.
ANDRÉS: I’m in.
DULCIE: But you don’t drink?
ANDRÉS: I do now.
LYLA: Yeah come on Dulcie, it ain’t a party without the hot blonde girl.
LANCE: I’m in.
JEREMY: Same here.
BEATRIX: Janice honey, don’t even think about it.
LANCE: Let her make up her own mind for God’s sake.
BEATRIX: You don’t have to give in to peer pressure dear.
JANICE: I-I’m in.

[BEATRIX raises her eyebrows and turns to DOMINIC.]

BEATRIX: And I suppose you shan’t be touching the devils nectar?
DOMINIC: I’m all about the devils nectar. I’m in.
LYLA: Oh my God, amazing! Everyone get dressed up and come over to mine like… whenever.

[She stumbles back to her house almost taking ANDRÉS with her.]

DULCIE : How much has she had?
JEREMY: I don’t think she’s the type who can handle her drink.
LANCE: Or she’s a well refined drunken actress.
BEATRIX: This ain’t gonna be no holy communion.

__________

[At ANDRÉS’s home, DULCIE is going through his wardrobe as ANDRÉS sits on his bed.]

DULCIE: Do you have any smart clothes? Seriously, it’s like a 15 year olds wardrobe here.
ANDRÉS: I never really needed any smart clothes.
DULCIE: Well, why don’t you put on these trousers.

[She throws a pair of pinstriped trousers at him.]

DULCIE: And put on this t-shirt and borrow a jacket off of Dominic, I’m sure he won’t mind.
ANDRÉS: Why are you here?

[DULCIE puts a hung up t-shirt in ANDRÉS’s face.]

DULCIE: To help you pick from your devastating lack of wardrobe.
ANDRÉS: No.

[ANDRÉS pulls down the shirt and looks at her.]

ANDRÉS: Why are you here?
DULCIE: What kind of question is that?
ANDRÉS: All I’m saying is we’ve been… you know.

[DULCIE stares at him blankly.]

ANDRÉS: …doing it.
DULCIE: We have a party to get to, not now.

[DULCIE begins to walk away and ANDRÉS grabs her hand.]

ANDRÉS No!

[DULCIE looks down at ANDRÉS as he swallows.]

ANDRÉS: I mean… I haven’t trusted someone like you in a very long time. All the girls I was ever with just wanted me for my money, but I have no money here. You’re different.

[He grabs DULCIE’s other hand.]

ANDRÉS: We should make it official.

[DULCIE bites her lip.]

ANDRÉS: What do you say?
DULCIE: We have a party to get to.

[She walks away as ANDRÉS looks on, looking regretful.]

__________

[The sky is a curious shade of orange. JANICE arrives at LYLA’s house in a black dress. She politely clears her throat then knocks lightly on her door. LYLA opens the door and sticks a sign on the front saying “**** POLITENESS, COME RIGHT IN”

LYLA: Janice! Awesome to see you!

[LYLA hugs her, still clutching a crystal bottle. She lets go]

LYLA: Pick up your communion on the way in.

[JANICE giggles and walks in, behind her on LANCE’s roof, the blonde haired MAN she saw is sat watching her carefully with no shirt. Inside, DOMINIC, DULCIE, ANDRÉS, LANCE and JEREMY are sat talking in her kitchen and living room. JANICE and LYLA walk over to the sofa where JEREMY and LANCE are sat. LYLA leaps over the chair, sits between them and hugs the two boys.]

LYLA: Oh my God, I know how to start the night, let’s play I have never!
BEATRIX: I’ll start.

[The group turn around, surprised to see BEATRIX stood in an aubergine coloured coat.]

BEATRIX: Never have I ever…

[LANCE rolls his eyes.]

LANCE: Here we go.

[BEATRIX takes off her coat to reveal a beige dress.]

BEATRIX: Been at a party with some kids one third of my age.

[Everybody stands up and claps, wolfwhistles and cheers. JEREMY walks to her, takes a bow and leads her to the sofa, where LYLA passes her a crystal bottle.]

LYLA: You have to drink!

[BEATRIX hesitantly takes a swig.]

BEATRIX: Oh lordy! That ain’t no communion.

[The group laugh. A montage of the game begins.]

DULCIE: I have never gone commando on a night out.

[ANDRÉS, JEREMY and LYLA drink while the group laugh and jeer.]

JEREMY: I have never wanted to bone someone in this room.

[DULCIE, ANDRÉS and LYLA all drink.]

LANCE: I have never had sex in a public place.

[BEATRIX covers JANICE’s ears as DULCIE, LYLA and JEREMY all drink. BEATRIX also takes a cheeky swig. JANICE looks at her in shock and they laugh together. LYLA is on her third bottle and is obviously rather intoxicated.]

ANDRÉS: Come on Dom, it’s your turn.
DOMINIC: I wish I could play, I really do.
JEREMY: Come on, take Lyla out with another sex related one.

[The group laugh.]

DOMINIC: The problem is, I’m not sure if I’ve done it or not.
DULCIE: What do you mean?
DOMINIC: I… don’t remember anything before coming here. I just woke up wearing a wedding ring… so I think I was married… but I look quite young to be married… I don’t know, just skip me out.
ANDRÉS: What about your tapes?
DOMINIC: I don’t actually have any. My house is completely empty so that doesn’t help.
LANCE: Have you not thought to talk to Lucifer about this?
DOMINIC: I don’t like getting help.
LANCE: Yeah and how do you know you don’t like help.
DULCIE: Why are you only telling us now?
DOMINIC: You guys are much, much more interesting. I’m being honest here, just look at the situation we’re in here, look who we’re surrounded by, look who’s creating the wars and who’s choosing to stay silent. We have everything from a Christian lady to a British punk, a pro-skateboarder to a Nigerian fugitive who’s gone MIA. Why would I speak when observing is so mu-
LYLA: I-I-I’ve got one, never have I ever.
BEATRIX: Lyla, don’t be so rude! This is important!
LYLA: Ssh ssh ssh ssh ssh. Never have I ever, slept with the same sex.

[LYLA begins to drink, but then continues as the group look at her awkwardly. LANCE tries to grab the bottle off of her.]

LANCE: It’s okay. We’re not going to judge you.
BEATRIX: Well I can’t-
DULCIE: Bea!

[BEATRIX turns to DULCIE.]

DULCIE: Don’t.

[BEATRIX gets up and leaves.]

LYLA: I’m so, so glad I got that off my chest.

[The group applauds her.]

LYLA: Oh, oh, omg, can anyone play guitar? Jeremy, you look like you can play guitar!

[LYLA gets up and runs to her cupboard.]

JEREMY: I wonder what made you think up that assumption.

[LYLA throws an acoustic guitar at him.]

LYLA: Play something and let’s dance!

[JEREMY sighs and begins playing and singing Buzzcock’s ‘Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)’ The group except DOMINIC all stand up and begin dancing. ANDRÉS looks to DULCIE dancing. DULCIE catches his eye and he smiles to her then looks away.]

You stir my natural emotions
You make me feel I'm dirt
And I'm hurt
And if I start a commotion
I run the risk of losing you
And that's worse

[LYLA is in the middle whipping her hair furiously and JANICE joins in much to everyone’s surprise, they keep chanting her name.]

Ever fallen in love with someone?
Ever fallen in love?
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love?
In love with someone
You shouldn't've fallen in love with

[DULCIE looks at DOMINIC then takes him by the hand and goes outside with him as ANDRÉS watches jealously.]

___________

[The sky is multi-coloured. Outside DULCIE is almost dragging DOMINIC around the back garden. DOMINIC flinches out of her grip.]

DOMINIC: What’s up?
DULCIE: You have no memory? And you don’t even care?
DOMINIC: Maybe I’m happier that way. I mean look at the problems it’s got the rest of you into.
DULCIE: You don’t get it, do you? Life isn’t all about the horrible things. Why do you think Lance did what he had to do?
DOMINIC: Instructions?
DULCIE: He did it to save someone he loved, because he remembered all the good times he had with her, all the good memories that stay treasured in his head forever. It’s so frustrating that you don’t even realise how important a memory is because you don’t have one.
DOMINIC: What about that time I came to yours.
DULCIE: What about it?
DOMINIC: I think that’s a good memory… I think. Where I said I’d protect you from Maks.

[DULCIE smiles.]

DULCIE: And I’ll help you. Find the memories you had. We’ll see Lucifer tomorrow. Just knock on my door, we’ll go find them. Sound good?
DOMINIC: Sounds great.

[DOMINIC kisses DULCIE on the cheek and walks away.]

DOMINIC: I’ll see you tomorrow.

[DULCIE smiles and leans against the wall Suddenley, she hears a group singing ACDC’s Highway to Hell She walks around the house to find JEREMY, ANDRÉS, LYLA and LANCE carrying JANICE.]

DULCIE: Is she okay?
JANICE: Never better!
LANCE: Come on, let’s get you home.

[LANCE begins carrying JANICE home.]

JEREMY: Remember Lance, she’s not eighteen yet!
LANCE: Screw you, Jeremy.
JEREMY: Heheheh, cheers Lyla tonight was great!
LYLA N-N-No worries, see ya!

[JEREMY begins to walk with LANCE. ANDRÉS walks past DULCIE glaring at her. Before DULCIE can speak, LYLA throws herself over DULCIE from behind.]

LYLA: Shots!

[DULCIE giggles.]

__________

[Back inside, DULCIE is picking cockroaches out of LYLA’s water. She passes it over to her as LYLA hangs onto her head.]

LYLA: Ugh, that glory juice is seriously killing me right now. Those shots were a bad idea.
DULCIE: Just drink some water, you’ll be fine.

[LYLA takes a swig as DULCIE collects her cup of tea and sits next to her..]

DULCIE: Seriously, how did you get tea?
LYLA: Lucifer gave it to me with the glory juice.
DULCIE: Any reason?
LYLA: Erm… not really. Not that I remember.

[DULCIE giggles and takes a sip of the tea. Her eyes widen as she swallows.]

DULCIE: Wow, haha, this is strong.

[LYLA clutches her head and DULCIE keeps giggling then suddenly collapses on the counter. ]

LYLA: Taabu?!

[Taabu walks out of LYLA’s bedroom and walks to LYLA. She grabs her on the shoulder.]

TAABU: Take plenty of water to repent for your sins. Thank you, Lyla.

[TAABU picks up DULCIE and leaves through the backdoor. LYLA sighs and puts her hands to her face. Her elbows slide down and she faceplants the counter, knocking her water over in the process.]

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I didn't realise the next chapter was up. Will read it when back from work later. :)

Oooh Lyla you bad ass! I want to know what Taabu wants with Dulcie :D

:evilgrin:

Episode 7 - Janice
 

[Heavy rain can be heard. A close up shot of piano keys. A hand plays a low chord and begins to play Debussy’s Estampes: Pagodes JANICE is playing the piano in what appears to be a school hall. A boy walks in, sits down and watches her. JANICE immediately stops playing around 1 minute and a quarter into the piece when she notices him.]

JANICE: Sam!

[She jumps from the piano stool and runs down to give SAM a hug.]

SAM: Sounded great.

[JANICE blushes]

JANICE: Thank you. Hey, are you still coming to the concert tomorrow night?
SAM: I can’t, I’m really sorry, Esme wanted me to help me with her homework and-
JANICE: I-its okay. I mean, at least you came to see me play now right?
SAM: Actually, I came to tell you that your Dads here.

[JANICE looks over SAMs shoulder to see a very well kept middle aged man wearing a suit.]

JANICE: Well um… I guess I’ll see you when I see you?
SAM: Yeah su-

[Before he can finish his sentence, JANICE hugs him, placing her head on his shoulder smiling. The shot changes to MR HINDLEY driving his Toyota Prius with JANICE sat in the front staring out the window.]

MR HINDLEY: Me and your mother cannot wait for your concert tomorrow dear.
JANICE: Will Katie be there?

[MR HINDLEY bites his lip]

MR HINDLEY: Sweetie, we gave Katie up for adoption.
JANICE: What? Why?
MR HINDLEY: Look, Janey, you have to look at it from your mother and I’s perspective, we aren’t able to handle a child like Katie, we’re two very busy people and we want to make our children like you strive for perfection. I mean, you’re smart, talented, beautiful and can go anywhere in life, children like Katie-
JANICE: Are destined to fail?
MR HINDLEY: No sweetheart I-
JANICE: She’s still a human Dad! She deserves to be loved and nurtured just as much as anyone else.
MR HINDLEY: Just because she needs to be loved and nurtured it doesn’t mean we’re the right people to do it!
JANICE: Just because she’s difficult it doesn’t mean she’s not your daughter!

[JANICE at this point is sobbing. An awkward silence ensues. JANICE leans her head against the window and looks at her phone. There is a picture of her and Sam smiling together in a park.]

MR HINDLEY: It’s done now. There’s nothing we can do to change it.

[The camera zooms out to show this is yet another tape. On the sofa is the man in white who JANICE has seen, this time, he has his shirt. He presses stop on her tape, ejects it and puts it in the wall. He goes into her kitchen and grips the tap. He then pours a large glass of water for her. No cockroaches came out of the tap. He then walks up the stairs. In JANICE’s room, she is lying face down over the covers still in her black dress from the night before. The MAN walks in with the glass of water. He then kicks something by accident. He looks down to find LANCE, sleeping on her floor. He begins to wake up. LANCE wipes his eyes then looks to JANICE.]

LANCE: She’s fine.

[He looks to the table next to her.]

LANCE: I thought she drank all her water last night?

[LANCE widens his eyes, and stands up, stretching. He grabs a pen and a sticky note and writes “Drink Me” on the sticky note. He sticks it to the cup next to her, smiles and leaves the room. The camera pans up to show that the Man is on the corner of the ceiling behind her wardrobe. He jumps down and begins to lunge over her. JANICE turns over and begins to open her eyes. She then jumps.]

JANICE: You!
MAN: Hi.
JANICE: Oh my God, my head.
MAN: I got you some water.

[MAN passes the cup to her. JANICE cautiously takes the cup and reads the sticky note.]

JANICE: Drink me. That’s an inside joke with me and Lance…
MAN: Oh yeah. He wrote the sticky note. I got the water.
JANICE: Why are you following me?
MAN: I like you.
JANICE: …cool.
MAN: I see good in you. The rest of them here are all pretty flawed.
JANICE: I’m not flawless, trust me.
MAN: Not many are.

[He stands up and opens her curtains.]

JANICE: You found your shirt then.
MAN: Yeah, thanks for keeping it.

[JANICE notices a dent in his back.]

JANICE: I’m sorry if this is rude, but what happened to your back.

[MAN laughs. He begins unbuttoning his shirt. JANICE awkwardly looks away.]

MAN: Could you help me take my shirt off please.
JANICE: Sorry?
MAN: Don’t be scared.

[JANICE reluctantly gets up and starts to remove the shirt from his back to reveal feathered wings. The MAN turns around and flairs his wings. JANICE is stood in awe.]

JANICE: A-Am I still drunk?
MAN: Quite possibly. But these are real.

[JANICE approaches him and strokes his feathers. She smiles and looks at him.]

JANICE: Wow.
MAN: I’m Gabe.
JANICE: Janice.
GABE: You wanna go somewhere?

[JANICE smiles.]

JANICE: …sure.

[GABE opens her window and grabs her. He begins to place her on the windowsill.]

JANICE: What are you doing? Let go of me!
GABE: Trust me.
JANICE: I’m dreaming, I’m dreaming.

[JANICE keeps repeating herself. GABE walks backwards then takes a run up towards JANICE. He grabs her as he leaps out of the window. JANICE screams although she’s safely wrapped in GABE’s arms. They begin to fly over the neighbourhood. They fly over JEREMY’s house, where he is lying outside his house still sleeping. They then fly over LYLAs house. The sky turns into a queasy shade of mustard.]

__________

[In LYLA’s kitchen, LYLA is still passed out on her counter snoring heavily. Her house is still littered with crystal bottles. A knock is heard on her door. She groans and moves slightly before grabbing her head in pain. She rapidly moves over to her sink and vomits a pure black, tar like substance. She stares at it in its almost solid glory and leaves it, going to her window to check who knocked on her door. She sees DOMINIC.]

LYLA: ****.

[LYLA goes to the door and opens it.]

DOMINIC: Good morning.
LYLA: What time is it?
DOMINIC: …what?
LYLA: Oh yeah, no clocks. What’s up?
DOMINIC: Did Dulcie stay at yours last night?
LYLA: No, she left later than everyone else.
DOMINIC: Hmm. She wasn’t answering the door before. Andrés hasn’t seen her either.
LYLA: Have to you talked to Lucifer?
DOMINIC: As if Lucifer will know where she is. I don’t think he even knows Taabu left.
LYLA: Taabu… ****.
DOMINIC: What?
LYLA: Oh, no, ignore me.
DOMINIC: um… okay.
LYLA: So I’ll see you round then, nice talking to you.

[She shuts the door on DOMINIC and begins to panic.]

LYLA: That bitch didn’t give me my file.

__________

[On a sandy cliff, JANICE and GABE are sat at a table with a white tablecloth and two silver platters in front of them. JANICE is speechless and laughs.]

GABE: Something funny?
JANICE: I’m dreaming. I know I am.
GABE: How are you so sure?
JANICE: Because this just doesn’t happen. These last weeks can’t have been real. I must just be in a coma or… I mean, this just isn’t hell, it can’t be? Why is there an angel in hell who’s fascinated by me? Why are good things happening to me right now? That’s how I know this is a dream.
GABE: Then embrace the dream.

[There is a pause as they smile at each other. GABE lifts the lid to the platters to reveal the food.]

GABE: Marinated tofu and noodles.
JANICE: Wow…
GABE: Let us say Grace.

[JANICE and GABE put their hands together in prayer. GABE then begins speaking in latin. JANICE opens her eyes and stares at him.]

GABE: …Amen.
JANICE: Amen.

[They begin to eat.]

JANICE: So, you obviously know a lot about me.
GABE: How do you figure?
JANICE: You knew I was vegetarian.
GABE: Oh. I just guessed really.
JANICE: I remember the first day. I had to eat that meat thing because Dulcie had made it. I was too shy to say I didn’t eat meat.
GABE: You’re adorable.

[JANICE blushes.]

JANICE: Thanks. I- um… I wanna know more about you.
GABE: I don’t think I can comply.
JANICE: Oh, okay.
GABE: I’m taking a risk with you and you don’t even realise how much of an impact you could make. That’s all I can really tell you.

[Another pause as they eat.]

JANICE: Is this really hell?

[GABE nods.]

GABE: Yes.
JANICE: That means there’s a heaven?
GABE: I can’t get you to heaven if that’s what you’re asking.
JANICE: Oh.
GABE: I’m not really in charge of that. I mean, I can try pulling some strings but it wouldn’t be likely. There’d need to be an agreement between both sides.
JANICE: I won’t be able to talk to Lucifer. His interviews with me never really go anywhere.
GABE: Try it. I mean, I can’t talk to Lucifer or, you know, anyone on ‘my side’ because I’d get in trouble. It needs to be you.

[JANICE looks to GABE and smiles. She then turns to her right, where she looks over the entire village.]

__________

[DOMINIC, ANDRÉS, LANCE and JEREMY are at ANDRÉS’s house. JEREMY is looking at his large television.]

JEREMY: Seriously, once we find Dulcie and overcome our hangover, can we do a movie night here? That’d be incredible.
ANDRÉS: Do you think she left to find Maks?
DOMINIC: I think she’s over Maks.
LANCE: I don’t think Maks is over her. That guy’s nuts.

[ANDRÉS moves his hat forward to block eye contact with everyone.]

ANDRÉS: I hate this place, so much.

[LANCE looks awkwardly to DOMINIC and JEREMY who are both ignoring ANDRÉS. LANCE sighs]

LANCE: I’m just gonna ask it; What’s going on between you and Dulcie?

[DOMINIC clips into the conversation.]

ANDRÉS: I dunno man, I mean, we’re kind of… seeing each other but there’s no…um- name for us yet?
LANCE: Name?
ANDRÉS: You know, like Single, In a relationship, Married.
LANCE: You mean nothings official?
ANDRÉS: Official, right! Our relationship isn’t really official but all I know is I really care for her.
JEREMY: Wow. This guys heart is warm enough to compensate for all our cold ones.
DOMINIC: He’s looking for the moirae.
LANCE The who and who?
DOMINIC: Lucifer told Dulcie there’s a place here with lots of files. Each file contains all the inhabitants’ details and their current lifeline and she needed to get there before Maks got hold of hers. I don’t think that’s where Dulcie is though.

[ANDRÉS looks distressed and LANCE looks shocked.]

JEREMY: Well it’s a good thing I already went and got the files then.

[The group look at JEREMY, cautiously.]

LANCE: What?
JEREMY: When I got rid of David I was taken to this place, the… moyra?
DOMINIC: Moirae.
JEREMY: Yeah, the murray. Anyway, when I sorted David out Lucifer gave us some sort of mission to…

[JEREMY looks at LANCE and remembers the mission was originally to kill LANCE.]

JEREMY: To um, to retrieve something in his file. Instead I locked him away, took the files and cigarettes and now they’re sittin’ pretty under my sofa.
DOMINIC: Why didn’t you tell us this earlier?
JEREMY: As if everyone would trust me with their files.
LANCE: How long have you had them?
JEREMY: Since the time I got the cigarettes.
ANDRÉS: Well it’s good that Dulcie is safe, but she’s still missing.
DOMINIC: I wouldn’t assume that she’s safe. I think she’ll be fine though.
LANCE: Okay, that doesn’t even make sense.
ANDRÉS: Just the more reason to look for her then.

[ANDRÉS walks upstairs. The other three look at each other nervously.]

__________

[JANICE and GABE are back in JANICE’s home in the kitchen.]

GABE: I fixed your food and water by the way. Nothing horrifically disgusting here anymore.
JANICE: Thanks, but we don’t get hungry here.
GABE: Really? You would’ve thought that with it being hell you’d be positively starving.
JANICE I know, right?

[They smile to each other. GABE walks to the windowsill]

GABE: I have to go. They’re probably looking for me.
JANICE: Who, your higher power?
GABE: Hey, don’t make fun, it’s serious.

[He jumps onto the windowsill.]

JANICE: Gabe?

[GABE turns around. JANICE hugs him and rests her head on his shoulder. He hugs her back.]

JANICE: Thank you for today.

[They detach and look at each other.]

GABE: No problem. I’ll see you soon.

[He jumps back out of the window and flies away. JANICE looks out of the window and watches him smiling. A knock is heard on the door. JANICE answers it to find BEATRIX.]

BEATRIX: Hello Janice, can I talk to you for a bit?

[JANICE nods and lets her in. The next shot is of JANICE stirring a cup of tea for BEATRIX.]

BEATRIX: How did you get teabags?
JANICE: …Oh I um… found them.

[She gives the cup to BEATRIX.]

BEATRIX: Thanks honey.

[She takes a sip. Her face shows surprise.]

BEATRIX: It tastes good.

[JANICE smiles.]

BEATRIX: I came to talk to you about… what Lyla said yesterday before I left. I… I don’t know if I did the right thing. There are so many things in the bible about homosexuality being wrong but she isn’t a bad person, is she? Just naïve.
JANICE: Well… I don’t think there’s anything wrong with her. She’s not perfect… but who really is. I think everyone should be loved as long as their heart is in the right place.

[BEATRIX pauses and nods.]

BEATRIX: You’re right.

[JANICE smiles.]

BEATRIX: You have much planned for the evening? Stare at the lava pool?
JANICE: Actually I’m going to talk to Lucifer.
BEATRIX: What about? Are you okay Janice?
JANICE: I’m fine. It’s just a um... question about a tape not working.
BEATRIX: Alrighty. Well do you mind if I take this tea with me? Jeremy told me we were having a movie night of our funniest memories at Andrés’s house. Apparently his TV is huge.
JANICE: Sure thing. I’ll walk with you on the way to Lucifers.

[They leave the house together. BEATRIX walks to ANDRÉS’s house, DOMINIC, ANDRÉS, LANCE and JEREMY are stood outside.]

LANCE: Are you sure you want to go? She’s not in any real risk.
ANDRÉS: It’s the moral side in me. I’m just concerned. She may not die or feel pain but doesn’t mean she should stay missing.
JEREMY: She could just turn up tomorrow you know.
ANDRÉS: Then I’ll follow her home. See you guys soon.

[ANDRÉS walks away.]

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[LUCIFERS house, JANICE is uncomfortably sat on the couch. LUCIFER is sat with a notepad and a quill writing in silence. He puts the pad away.]

LUCIFER: Right! Long time no see Janice! Why did you come here?
JANICE: Do you believe in perfection Lucifer?
LUCIFER: Absolutley.
JANICE: Do the perfect end up in heaven?
LUCIFER: I cannot really comment on that as it’s not my area.
JANICE: Well, you know, there’s people here who… I just think don’t belong here. There’s a group of us who don’t fit in here and feel like… we should be in heaven with more… angelic company I guess.
LUCIFER: Janice, I know you’re a good Christian girl but you ended your life in a way that only Satan would be prou-
JANICE: I’m talking about Beatrix.
LUCIFER: …oh. I see.
JANICE: I just think she should be where she worked her whole life to be.
LUCIFER: Well, I can tell you there’s been fair communication about Beatrix. I think you may just be the tipping factor here. Thank you Janice.

[JANICE smiles, stands up and walks towards the door.]

LUCIFER: Hold on Janice.

[JANICE turns around]

LUCIFER: Why aren’t you begging for yourself to go back?

[JANICE smiles to herself]

JANICE: I guess I found my peace.

[She leaves as LUCIFER sits dumbfounded.]

Abaddon.