Beyond the Hills Page #9

There's no other place

where we could take her?

Where, daddy?

- This family where she... - No Father...

they already took some other girl in her place.

Some relative, something?

Her mother is alive, she was once at the orphanage,

didn't want to hear about her after that.

To the hospital they

didn't want to keep her...

And the orphanage?

She can't go back to the

orphanage after she went away.

Father, we can't throw

her out in the streets.

Sure we can't.

But we can't go on like this.

There are a lot of people coming

here to see the light, Easter is close.

...And we have The Enemy in our church.

Father...

...do a good deed and read her the special

liturgy to help her get rid of The Evil One.

Mother, this is not done just like that, alone.

- I know, Father, I know.

Daddy, please, don't throw us out.

There's no other place

where we can ask for help.

This has to be asked by

someone from the family.

It's a big decision here

we're talking about.

If she doesn't have a family...

She has her brother.

Ei, Father...

Will you call him?

Ionut!

The priest calls you for a moment.

Come on.

Kiss thy hand, Father.

God bless.

Ionut, listen to me carefully,

this is about your sister, ok?

She's very tormented and

we can't keep her here any more.

She torments everyone around her.

Either we take her to the

hospital and we leave her there...

Either we read to her ourselves from the

Holy Books to take the Evil One out of her.

You're the one who has to decide for her,

because she's not very clear minded now.

And there's no mother,

father, to make a decision for her.

Ionut, do you at least

understand what the priest asks?

Understand?

You have to decide

what we'll do with your sister.

Leave him alone, Father,

there's no way you can ask him this.

- Let him speak.

Ionut...

Do you want us to read the special

prayers to Alina to exorcise the Evil One?

Ionut... Let the priest read,

maybe it'll do her good.

Mother, we all pray tonight to God

to give us good thoughts

and tomorrow we'll

decide what's to be done.

- All right, priest. God bless.

- God bless.

# All your commands are the truth.

# They judged me unjustly.

# Help me!

# My life was hanging by a thread on Earth,

but I never gave up your commands.

Come quickly, she's breaking

everything in the cell.

- God forbid. Call the priest.

- Mother Antonia went to call him.

She wanted to get out by the

window and the cell burst into flames.

Where are the other keys?

Give it to me.

- Leave me alone!

- Help me here!

Mother, this for

everybody to know.

Starting today,

we're all Black Fasting.

We have to read to her,

if we want to defeat The Enemy.

Bring her into the church. We should finish before

people start coming for the divine service.

Priest, she wouldn't stay

by herself in the church.

Tie her up if

she doesn't stay.

Has she calmed down?

- Do we get her?

- We get her tied up, like this?

Are you quiet?

If you're not, we can't untie you.

Look, Alina, the priest talked to Ionut and

he will read to deliver you from Evil and calm you down.

Will you calm down? Will you come by

yourself to the divine service if we untie you?

If not, we have to tie you back up.

Come on, help me.

Give her some water.

- Be careful not to cut her with that rope

- Did you calm down?

- Oh... God...

- We don't bother God any more, ok?

I'LL KILL YOU!

Is anybody coming?

What are you doing?

Mommy told me, go fetch a bowl.

- Hold this.

- Yes.

- You got a nail?

- Yes.

Bring her, people must start

arriving for the divine service.

Calm down.

Put her down.

Slow.

She won't stay, Mother.

She has to stay, to read to her.

Put her here, come on.

Tie her up with this.

The other way.

This one is no good.

Take this one.

Use this one for her legs.

I need one here too.

How should I tie her up?

- Not like this in the back...

- But how?

We need another piece of wood...

Like this.

Calm down, Alina.. Calm down.

Come faster.

These ones are okay?

This one is good.

- Underneath.

- Hold her.

Give me that hammer.

- It's not okay like this, we can't use the hammer.

- Hold her up for a moment.

These are no good

Mother, they don't hold.

- Give us the rope.

- The rope is no good, it cuts her hands.

Where did you put those

chains for the dog?

By the dog's cage.

Go quickly and bring those chains.

Bring the padlocks too.

Faster!

Put them carefully at the wrists,

so it doesn't cut her.

- It's okay, Mother?

- Wait to finish here.

Calm down, Alina, it's for you we do all this!

Come on, the priest will read to you

and you'll see you'll be better.

- Mother, the people have started coming.

- Oh, my God...

Open the window a little,

so she can hear the service.

Go out quickly and clean up, hurry.

We should bring her a blanket.

She doesn't need one, it's warm in here.

Hold her a bit more.

Calm down, Alina, we'll come and

take you to the prayer.

Be quiet and listen to the liturgy, ok?

Look, she's calmer now.

God, have mercy of her.

# ...Save me from all Evil deeds.

# The seal of the heart's joy,

eternal happiness.

Put under her hands too.

# To deliver us and rescue us...

# Now, and ever, and

forevermore, amen.

God, poor girl, she's so

tormented by The Evil One...

When I tell you, take off the gag.

# God, as a weapon against the devil,

your cross you gave us.

# Seeing it he flees in terror...

# Holy Father, doctor

of our bodies and souls,

# That sent your first born,

our Lord Jesus Christ,

# to heal all disease

and ransom from death

# your slave, Alina.

(take that off)

LET ME GO!

Yes.

Mother, I think she peed herself.

We'll wash her.

But how long are we going to

keep her like this, mommy?

We'll untie her, when the priest sees

that she's calmer, at least a little.

- Mother, I'm afraid she could be sick...

- Let her be, she won't be sick.

- She didn't eat yesterday all day.

- For the moment we're not allowed to give her food.

The more we feed her, the more

The Evil One gets more power.

...And we have to weaken

him if we want to defeat him.

But how long will it

take for her to be better?

God knows... For some the effect

is faster, for others slower...

I can't stand looking

at her tied up like that.

But we don't hurt her! We try to deal with

the Enemy that torments her, not with her!

It's HIM shouting and

whining trying to impress us.

And you stop fussing like this.

You take us all the power we

have left to do what has to be done.

For you we do all this.

And for her.

Not for us.

Come on, go and

warm up some water.

Oh, God, Alina...

Poor girl...

She feels us.

Sure she feels us, cause when

she's conscious she realizes.

Only when Evil takes her mind she loses herself,

it's not her who wants to do harm.

Calm, Alina, we'll change

you and you'll be clean.

It's not proper to meet God like this...

Alina, but you have to fight too... The priest reads to you,

but if you don't fight to overcome the devil, this is not enough...

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