A Wrinkle in Time Page #6

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This love from the start

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

They hear you

when you cry

This love is far and wide

When you smile,

the stars align

Flower of the universe

Child of mine

Ooh

Meg.

(SOBS)

- Meg.

- Dad, it's...

(VOICE BREAKING)

(SOBBING)

- Dad.

- Meg.

(MR. MURRY GASPING)

Dad.

Dad.

Dad.

Is this a trick?

A dream?

It's me, Dad. It's me.

I missed you so much.

My beautiful Meg.

I missed you

every second of every day.

Let me look at you.

Daddy. (CHUCKLES)

Hi, Dad.

How long

have I been gone, baby?

(VOICE BREAKING)

How long have I been gone?

(STAMMERING)

Four years.

You left four years ago.

No.

No. No. No.

No, that can't be. No.

No. I didn't.

No, I didn't leave you, baby.

I wouldn't.

I would never leave you,

sweetheart.

(STAMMERS)

I've been trapped here.

How did you get here?

It's dangerous here, Meglet.

You can't be here.

How did you get here?

You called out for us.

We came for you.

We're here

to bring you home, Dad.

"We"?

My friend Calvin and...

Charles Wallace

came with me.

Charles Wallace.

My baby boy is here?

(STUTTERS) Where is he?

Is he okay?

The IT has done

something to him.

Charles Wallace.

Is that you, son?

Son?

Depends on who you ask.

Let me get

a good look at you.

(BOTH SCREAM)

(MEG GROANS)

- CALVIN:
You all right?

- MEG:
Yeah.

MR. MURRY:
Charles Wallace.

You don't look like

how I pictured you.

I'm underwhelmed.

Charles Wallace.

Hey.

What has The IT done

to you?

The IT has shown me

my potential.

I can see the weaknesses

of any soul.

Like, take your soul.

So desperate

to matter in the universe...

you'd abandon your own family

and never look back.

That's not true,

I swear.

CHARLES WALLACE:

Doesn't matter.

Let's go meet The IT.

- No. No.

- CHARLES WALLACE: Yes, yes.

Come on, now.

(SING-SONG)

Don't make me drag you.

Okay. How about

you just take me?

No.

- Meg. Meg. Take me.

- MEG:
Dad, no. No!

No.

(WHISPERS) I have to

do this, sweetheart.

CHARLES WALLACE:

We don't want you!

We've already had you!

- (GRUNTS)

- (RUMBLING)

(MEG GRUNTS)

(ALL SCREAMING)

MR. MURRY:
Stop it!

Grab onto it!

Let us go!

Stop clawing the walls.

The IT's waiting for you.

MR. MURRY:

You're hurting them!

And you're just

being impolite!

MR. MURRY:
Stop!

(SHRIEKING)

MR. MURRY:
Stop! Please!

Don't do this, please!

Please, don't do this!

This is all your fault,

Mr. Murry!

MR. MURRY:
Can you

hear me? Meg!

Meg!

Meg, wake up, baby!

Resist. Resist, Meg.

Don't give in to the darkness.

Don't give in! Meglet...

Meglet, wake up.

Wake up! Wake up! Meg!

Meg! Wake up!

Come on. Hold on.

Hold on, come on. Hold on!

Breathe.

Breathe, Meg, breathe!

CHARLES WALLACE:

Let her go. Let her give in.

Give up.

This is what you get when you

put yourself before family!

Please. Charles Wallace,

I'll do anything you want.

Charles Wallace

isn't here right now.

(VOICE DISTORTING)

And even if he were...

you're powerless against us.

You have nothing

that we want.

Except for her.

No.

Forgive me.

Meg! Meg, wake up. Wake up!

(MEG COUGHING)

Come on. Here.

You brought light

back to me, Meglet.

Maybe I can tesser again.

Hold on.

Hold on, stay with me.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

It's working!

It's working.

Meg.

Meg. Meg, baby. Meg.

We're going back home.

We're going back home.

Just a little longer.

Charles Wallace.

Just breathe. Just breathe.

The darkness has him.

We can't take him with us.

If we don't leave now,

we'll be trapped here forever.

How could you? How...

Meg, we have to.

The IT is gonna destroy us.

- It's gonna destroy you, Meg.

- How could you leave him?

I'm gonna come back

for him, Meg.

How could you

leave him again?

I have to. I have to.

I can't lose

both of my children.

MEG:
No, don't leave!

I won't leave him!

I won't leave my brother!

Stop! Stop!

Stop!

I won't tesser without him!

Stop!

(WHISPERING) Charles

Wallace, I'm coming.

(MEG GASPS)

(WINGS FLUTTERING)

(GROANING SOFTLY)

THE IT:
Welcome.

You made the right decision

to join us.

Don't you feel better?

You look better.

I've known you

for a long time.

It's good

to finally have you here.

Charles Wallace.

Charles Wallace.

Charles Wallace!

(LOW GROWLING)

Hi, Meg.

We knew you'd be back.

We gotta say...

nothing we love more

than stupid courage.

"We"?

Oh. (CHUCKLES)

Where are my manners?

Meg, meet The IT!

(RUMBLING)

MEG:
No!

CHARLES WALLACE:

Welcome to the darkest mind

in the universe.

Extraordinary,

don't you think?

That's one word for it.

We could really use

a gal like you.

So, what do you say?

You wanna join us?

No thanks.

(GRUNTS)

THE IT:
Take a good look

at her.

She's a better version

of you.

She's sure to be popular.

Great student.

Principal Jenkins

is going to love her.

And Calvin

probably will, too.

(SCOFFING)

She doesn't just have to

live in your imagination...

I can make her real.

CHARLES WALLACE:
You said

you wanted to come back

as someone else.

Join us, and I can make you

just like her.

She's perfect.

- No!

- (SCREAMING)

You better watch yourself...

or we'll do to you

what you did to her.

We don't care

whose sister you are!

(GRUNTS)

We're your only option,

and we're starting

to not want you!

A feeling you're very

used to, actually.

No one in school likes you.

Your father left you

without so much as a goodbye.

Every bad thing you think

about yourself is true.

MRS. WHO:

"The wound is the place

"where the light enters you."

MRS. WHICH:
Be a warrior.

Can you?

MRS. WHATSIT:
To you I give

the gift of your faults.

MEG:
I know my faults.

How I'm messy...

uncoordinated...

I don't trust anyone.

And most days,

I hate myself.

I'm impulsive...

and suspicious.

(PANTS)

And yet...

you love me.

- (DISTORTED) What?

- Don't you, Charles Wallace?

- No!

- Shut up!

(NORMAL VOICE) It's okay.

Few understand

just how weak light is.

Few are willing

to accept the fact

that love is just a word.

It's an empty,

meaningless word.

MEG:
You can hurt me

when I say I love you,

but I'll love you anyway!

And you love me!

That's why you make milk

for me on stormy nights.

That's why you check in

on me during recess.

(GRUNTS AND PANTS)

That's why you wanted to

find Daddy, to make me happy!

(GRUNTS)

That's why the Misses

took a chance on me.

Because they felt your love.

(WHIMPERS)

And you should love me because

I deserve to be loved!

(DISTORTED)

Stop it! Just, stop it!

I love you! I love you,

Charles Wallace! I love you!

Stop it!

(MEG SCREAMS)

(GROWLING)

(PANTING)

Please...

I love you, Biscuits.

(DISTORTED) No love!

THE IT:
Only darkness!

CHARLES WALLACE:

(NORMAL VOICE) Meg!

Meg.

Meg.

Meg, wake up.

Come on, Meg.

Please.

Flower...

of the universe

(CRYING SOFTLY)

Child of mine

(SNIFFLES)

CHARLES WALLACE:
Whoa.

The Misses.

They came back.

MRS. WHO:
Charles Wallace,

your light has returned.

MRS. WHICH:
Meg, you did it.

MEG:
(CHUCKLES) I tried.

Well, I knew you could

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