Be Afraid Page #3

I watched as they

pulled our bodies out.

When I woke, I knew my mom was

dead before they told me.

That's horrible, Ben.

I'm so sorry.

So do you think your mom's

watching over you now?

Yeah, I do.

What, you talked to her?

Yeah, I talked to her.

Then what?

You didn't ask her why

she's watching our house?

I did. All she said is that

she's friends with Dean.

She's friends with Dean.

Okay, so she's crazy too.

Okay? That's it.

Okay? Let it go.

Whatever she is,

she said some really...

Really disturbing things

that resonated with Nathan

and then she started

yelling at me,

just talking craziness

about people watching us.

Hey, hey, shhh, shhh.

Nathan, hey, shhh, shhh.

You're alright.

Take a breath, take a breath.

Hey.

It's okay.

You're okay.

That man was in my room again.

He was standing right here.

There's nobody here, pal.

You're just dreaming it.

It's just mommy and I.

He said that no one will

be able to help me.

Who said that to you?

The man in my room said that.

Well... Hey,

you know what?

When I was your age,

I had an imaginary friend, too.

And if your imaginary

friend is scaring you,

you just need to

tell him to go away

and you don't want to talk

to him anymore, okay? Okay.

Okay? I promise.

Yeah.

Nobody's going to hurt you.

Not on mommy and daddy's watch.

Okay.

Okay?

Love you.

I love you, too.

Now give me big hugs.

Mmm.

I love you, too.

Give mommy big hugs.

Yeah! I love you, little man.

Come here.

Yeah.

Are you cozy?

Mm-hm.

Mwah.

Daddy?

Yes?

When are you going to

fix my night-light?

Uh, first thing in the morning.

Okay.

Get some sleep, okay?

Okay.

Alright, love you.

Good night!

John?

John, honey! John!

John!

John!

Oh my god, Heather.

What's happening to me?

It's okay.

Honey, honey, it's okay.

I couldn't move.

I felt this pressure

on my chest.

Like taking my breath away.

It's sleep paralysis.

How long has this

been going on for?

It pretty much started

when we moved in.

We're all going to experience

sleep paralysis at least once

sometimes twice in our lifetime.

So this is common?

Very.

And it's usually brought on

by high levels of anxiety.

Which you clearly have

in your life right now.

Look, I promise you, there

was something in my room.

Hallucinations are very

common with sleep paralysis.

This was no hallucination.

They were standing over

me, staring down at me.

Simply a reflection of the

nightmare you were having, John.

When one experiences

sleep paralysis,

they are either falling

asleep, or waking up.

In your case, you were

awakening out of a nightmare.

What you witnessed in your room

was the same physical

threat from your dream

crossing over into

your conscious state.

The mind continues

to work at this,

which makes you believe

what you are seeing there

in your room within

the dark is real,

right there in front of you.

Don't move, look straight ahead.

What about Nathan?

Nothing more than night terrors.

You two are clearly cut

from the same mold.

Look, you're fine.

I want you to go home

and relax, okay?

Okay.

Alright.

Thank you, doctor.

Alright.

Nathan!

Nathan!

Ben, do you see Nathan?

Nathan!

Nathan.

Nathan.

Nathan!

Nathan!

Nathan, what...?

Ben!

Ben!

Oh, sh*t. Hey, hey. You okay?

Go check on Nathan.

Check the tunnel. Run.

Yeah.

Nathan!

Nathan!

Nathan!

Nathan!

Come here!

It's okay.

Oh, you're soaked.

It's okay.

You're going to be okay.

Let's get you home.

Let's get you home.

Doctor chambers?

Yes?

Your wife is on line one.

Could you tell her I'll

call her back, please?

Doctor, she indicated

it was urgent.

We'll catch up later.

I'll take it up front.

Hey.

Hey...

Hey.

Oh, baby.

I'm so sorry.

Baby, we can try again.

Whatever it takes, okay?

I don't know.

I don't know.

It's just me.

No, no...

It kills me

to see you like this.

You are so beautiful, baby.

Why does this keep happening?

I don't know.

Can I die?

Everyone can die, right?

Yeah, buddy.

At some point

we'll all grow old...

And we all eventually pass.

So daddy, we will die?

Yeah, but...

A long time from now.

Mommy, too?

Well...

Mommy's going to grow

really, really old, okay?

And the baby?

Uh...

Uh, the baby just took

a shortcut to heaven.

I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry.

It's not your fault.

It's not mommy's fault.

The man in my room told

me to go to the woods.

I thought I told you

to tell him to go away.

I did.

And he didn't disappear.

No. He said that if I ever said

that again, he'd kill mommy.

Oh.

Hi.

Christine, I'm sorry

for your loss.

Uh, Dr. chambers, I just wanted

to stop by before I left.

Listen, if there's ever

anything at all that you need,

recommendations, anything,

please just let me know.

I'm going to be alright.

I just want you and your

family to be alright.

I appreciate that.

Is there something

I need to know?

All I can say

is that ever since we lost Emms,

I feel like the

people in this town

have just always been

working against us.

I watched my husband go mad.

I watched the police

arrest him time after time

and the people of this

town just shut him off

all because he was strong

and demanded answers.

I used to think it was a

black and white thing

but now I am convinced

it's something

much more than that.

Protect your family,

Dr. chambers.

Because at the end of the day...

That's all we have to live for.

I hear you.

I'm sorry I couldn't do more

for you and your husband.

It's okay.

Hey, hey.

It's, no...

They're not coming back...

And all I can do now is pray

that they are with god.

I, uh...

I want to give you this.

It's my husband's journal.

Maybe it can help you protect

you and your family.

Goodbye, Dr. chambers.

God bless.

A search... Neuro science.

It's the second link.

Hi, baby.

Hi.

What are you doing up?

You should be asleep.

Can't sleep.

Hypnagogia?

What's Hypnagogia?

It says here that

"Hypnagogic hallucinations

"are often auditory or

have an auditory component

like loud crashes

and bangs."

You experiencing this?

Yeah.

"Hypnagogia and sleep

paralysis go hand in hand."

The paralysis itself is frequently

accompanied by additional phenomena.

"Typical examples are the feeling

of being crushed or suffocated,"

"electric 'tingles' or

'vibrations' down the body,"

"the imagined presence of a

visible or invisible entity..."

"All of this resulting

in intense emotion,

causing fears and

sensations of dread."

"They appear as shadows

in the edge of our vision."

It's the hospital.

I'll schedule some testing.

I'm sure maybe

it's just a tumor.

Don't say that.

What about Nathan?

I really don't think that

he's just imagining things.

It's...

He's just having night terrors.

It's just like

Dr. Coleman said.

He's claiming that there's a

man coming into his room.

It's the same thing

that you're seeing.

What, so he's having

hallucinations?

You'd rather believe that our son

has some serious head trauma

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