R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls Page #3

No, I'm just gonna chill.

Man, this is all

about Beth, isn't it?

No. No, it's not.

I'm looking at them right now.

Oh, my God, they're kissing.

They are?

With tongues.

Oh, man, it's sloppy.

There's tongues everywhere.

What, really?

Psych!

(SIGHS)

You're so not funny, man.

Like, I'm serious, dude.

It gets old.

You know what I mean?

Hello? Fine.

Cool, whatever.

Have a nice night.

Yo, churro!

Hey, paying customer here!

Whoa!

Uh, one-man show.

So you sell the churros.

You run the place.

What, you probably

sweep up, too, right?

(LAUGHS)

On the house.

All right. Thanks.

Are you all by yourself

this evening?

Um, yeah, I guess so.

And where might be

all of your friends?

Um...

Well, we kind of had a little...

Had a falling out?

Yeah.

Come with me.

You can bring the churro.

Okay.

I've been watching you.

Oh, good. I was afraid that following

the weird carnie wouldn't be creepy.

(LAUGHS)

You see, it's that exactly.

You're funny,

but your friends don't laugh.

They don't appreciate you.

It's because they're jealous.

Yesterday, you made a joke when

the banshee flew overhead,

and you said,

"I didn't know your mom worked here."

It's not funny when I say it.

It was just one of those

"yo' mama" type jokes.

You're far too modest.

It may be just one of those

"yo' mama" type jokes,

but it's your delivery,

your timing.

Say it. Um.

Yo, Kellen, I didn't know

your mom worked here.

(LAUGHS)

I love the "Yo, Kellen."

Do it again.

The whole thing.

Yo, Kellen, I didn't know

your mom worked here.

(CRACKLING)

All right, I get big yuks and megabucks,

to pay me my money,

you're gonna need dump trucks.

I can do slapstick,

I can be pretty, can make a face,

don't need to be witty.

You're very entertaining.

I got my clown on, no frown on.

That's no sass, 'cause I get laughs,

like matter gets mass.

Very clever.

Laughing gas ain't funnier,

ain't got nothing on me.

I got more lines than the DMV.

I got more jokes

than a forest got trees.

You'll come undone, man.

Your sides will split.

Ain't exaggeratin'

I can guarantee it.

Where am I?

You seemed to have wandered

through an exit door.

I... I don't remember.

Let me show you out.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(BEEPS)

(SIGHS)

Kellen should pay

more attention to you.

You know Kellen?

Young lady, tonight,

I shall give you

a very special treat.

The VIP entrance?

Anything less

would be an insult.

You are a very important person,

are you not?

After you.

(CRACKLING)

Fetch my man-servant.

(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

How may I serve you, my darling?

Wow.

My feet are tired.

Allow me.

Hmm.

(ALL SCREAMING)

What exactly are we looking for?

I'm not sure.

I just know that

there's something

that they don't want us to see.

Let's go.

DR. HYSTERIA:
Nicole.

Nicole?

Now you are mine.

(YELLS)

I gotta say this is one of the

weirdest dates I've ever been on.

I'm not complaining.

(FAINT GROANS)

Did you hear that?

Yeah.

Oh.

This is pretty creepy.

It's probably, like,

a prop for one of their bits, right?

Maybe this is what

we're not supposed to see.

"The Cabinet of Souls."

Yeah, isn't there,

like, a saying, you know,

"Never open a cabinet of souls

in a Hall of Horrors"?

I don't think that's a saying.

It should be.

Hunter.

Hunter?

(DOOR CREAKING)

(INDISTINCT WHISPERINGS)

Who are you?

Can you hear me?

It stopped at midnight?

Andrea?

(DOOR OPENS)

(GROANING)

(GASPS)

No! No, no!

HUNTER:
Beth!

There you are. I...

I thought I lost you.

Where'd you go?

I was inside of that.

We have to get out of here.

Okay.

Can I help you?

Do we have a problem?

You look frightened.

But then, this is

the Hall of Horrors,

so I suppose

that's quite the point.

You saw the Cabinet of Souls?

That's a pity.

It's not ready for viewing.

It is to be one of

our best attractions,

but there are still

some technical issues.

See, I told you.

Did you see it, too, young man?

No, sir.

It's a cool park, by the way.

Theme park quality.

I'm sorry if I sounded harsh,

but this area

is for employees only.

Yeah, we... We totally get it.

We'll go. Okay.

(ENGINE DIES)

You don't believe me.

I believe that you believe.

Okay, it's just...

That place is

all about illusion.

The stuff they can do these days?

Smoke and mirrors?

The mind plays tricks on itself.

Maybe, but that

missing girl from Federson...

Andrea Payton?

I really think that I saw her.

You sure?

(SIGHS)

Beth, I admire you

for caring so much.

Thank you for

coming with me tonight.

Good night. Good night.

(KEYS CLACKING)

(KNOCKING)

Hey. Hey.

Can I talk to you for a second?

Sure, come in. Okay.

Um...

I saw something tonight.

Is it the Cabinet of the Souls?

Yeah, how did you know that?

Lilith.

Dr. Hysteria has been working

on that trick for years.

Was it cool?

Was it cool? No.

Why... Why is she here?

She stopped by.

I told you she's cool.

What did Hunter think?

He thinks it's just all smoke and mirrors,

but that's because

he didn't see what I saw.

Do you, uh, see this coin, Beth?

Yes.

Oh, that's funny,

because I see...

A bird.

That's awesome.

Yeah, well,

what do you see here?

Look. I found this on the web.

And this is from the year 1832.

I know.

That's the inspiration

for the Hall of Horrors.

Dr. Hysteria copied

that character's looks,

but he thought that

Hall of Horrors sounded

more modern than

Carnival of Creeps,

so he changed that.

KELLEN:
Oh, that makes sense.

So he isn't almost

200 years old.

Well, between you and me,

sometimes he smells like it.

Have something...

Sweet.

Good night.

Hmm.

Bye, Kellen.

Okay, that was really good.

Kellen, if she knows

about the Cabinet of Souls,

then she's obviously in on it.

In on what?

I mean, what are you talking about?

You know what? I know.

You could start going

with this Hunter guy,

but the second another girl

pays any attention to me,

she's part of some evil plot.

This is so not about that!

I mean, this thing

was really scary.

And I'm not positive,

but I think that I saw

that missing girl in there,

from... From Federson?

Andrea Payton?

You're really tripping, Beth.

Kellen, that girl,

that Lilith girl, I...

I'm really worried about you.

Yeah.

It's like this new person

comes to town.

And all of a sudden,

I start acting all crazy.

Oh, wait, that's not me.

Wow.

Okay.

You know, I know

a disappearing act, too.

(SIGHS)

Beth?

Beth?

(GASPS)

You've met Andrea.

Andrea, tell Beth

what you told me.

ANDREA:
You can't save me!

Tell her to her face.

Please, save me!

(SIGHS)

(WIND HOWLING)

Must feed.

Oh.

You're almost empty.

You were a good worker.

But tonight, we get fresh souls.

Chop-chop, let's get to work.

(DR. HYSTERIA LAUGHING)

(SCHOOL BELL RINGING) Nicole!

Hey, Nicole? What?

Have you been getting my texts?

Yeah. About 500 of them.

It's annoying.

I turned off my phone.

Queen Beth says

there's an emergency,

and everyone's supposed to jump.

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