R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls Page #4

Get real.

BETH:
What's going on

with your hand?

Hey, Nicole!

Good morning.

Oh. Hi.

So I spoke to

Dr. Hysteria about you.

Told him I knew a guy who might

want to work in the show.

Me? Are you interested?

You'd get to be a character

in our Halloween finale.

Really? Cool.

Then let's go.

Now? I have school.

And school will be here tomorrow

but I won't.

(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)

That's the warning bell.

I'm gonna be late for class.

And if you don't

follow your heart,

you're going to

be late for life.

Let's go.

BETH:
Sorry.

BETH:
Hi.

Have you guys been to Dr.

Hysteria's Hall of Horrors yet?

Yeah. Yeah, it was awesome.

Not that scary.

Some of it was funny.

By any chance,

did they stamp your hand?

Yeah, they did,

but it just washed off, so...

GIRL:
I can kind of

still see mine.

Not anymore.

Ew! Gross.

BOYS:
Oh!

LUKE:
That hairdo

is a hair-don't.

Did you stick your finger

in a lightbulb socket?

Brillo pad,

puffball, poodle-head.

(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)

Hey, uh, nice perm.

1980 called.

They want their hairdo back.

(BOYS LAUGHING) Whoo, whoo.

Dude, that was really mean.

Yeah, so who cares?

I was getting laughs.

(SCOFFS)

What happened to your hand?

What happened

to your face? Score.

Whoo.

(LAUGHING)

DR. HYSTERIA:
Now, you are mine.

Oh, yeah!

(MIMICS PUNCHING SOUND)

Hai-ya!

(WHOOPING)

Yeah!

Wanna drive?

Yeah.

Hello, handsome.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(DOOR OPENS)

Hello, everyone.

Has everyone made

their Halloween plans?

Today, we are going to

work on our history packets

so, please get them out and

work quietly at your desks.

Has anyone seen Luke?

Is he in school today?

I saw him when I was

in the hallway earlier.

How about Kellen?

(HISSING)

Ms. Sarkosian,

may I use the hall pass?

Go ahead.

Ms. Sarkosian, may I go, too?

No. One at a time.

(CACKLING)

Get him into costume.

LUKE:
Yes, yes, a costume.

DR. HYSTERIA:

Tailored just for you.

Take him away.

LUKE:
Ooh, that's a big mouth.

Good lad.

LUKE:
Oh, get inside. Whoo!

Yes?

Nicole's just been gone

a really long time now.

Do you think that I

could go check on her?

Go ahead.

(YELLING)

(COUGHS)

(YELLS)

Nicole?

(GROANING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

It's Dr. Hysteria.

He's turning teenagers into monsters,

and he's taking their souls,

and he collects

them in this... This...

This... This cabinet,

this Cabinet of Souls,

which, according to my research,

probably makes him

some kind of minor demon,

which means that he's

keeping them for later

so that he can feed off of them.

And now he has my friends,

and I think

that he's gonna

take their souls, too,

if I don't stop them

by midnight tonight.

Right.

Beth is my most steady student,

straight A's,

the good citizenship award,

and there are kids missing...

(SIGHS)

He's really, really dangerous.

A gun isn't gonna do you

any good against a demon.

Okay, then how am I

supposed to stop a demon?

I don't know.

Right. Then you stay here

and Google that,

and I'll go have a look around.

Hello, Sheriff.

How may I be of service?

Well, the girl

says that you're a...

Uh...

She says that there may be

some missing kids up here.

Really? She said that?

So I was wondering if I

could have a look around.

By all means.

Thank you.

Did you want to

look at my permits?

The originals are

all filed at City Hall.

No, no, that... That's okay.

Showbiz magic.

It's amazing what it can do

to the imagination.

Oh!

(GROWLS)

Wow.

I get your point.

Indeed.

After you. Yeah.

Kellen!

Hey! Kellen!

This one of the missing boys?

This is Kellen. Missing?

I'm not missing.

I'm... I'm right here.

You said I was missing?

Well, he's not himself.

I'll show you. Wait. No!

Oh, my.

I really don't like

her running around back here.

She could get hurt.

Boy, this is quite

a maze you've got here.

It's all modular.

We move it around

during the show.

Sometimes even I get lost.

BETH:
I found it!

This is what I

was talking about.

Andrea Payton is in here.

This is an expensive prop,

and it's not ready.

Don't go near it.

(CHUCKLES)

Right.

Please, don't.

(CREAKING)

(GASPS)

(SIGHS)

Oh.

There's no reason to make

a legal case out of it.

I believe the young lady just got

wrapped up in the spirit of the season.

That's very decent of you.

I'll get her back

to her parents now.

I'm calling Beth.

I feel bad for her.

I do, too, but we can't fix

everyone's problems.

Come on.

I wanna show you something.

Do you know why trapeze

artists are able to perform

such death-defying tricks?

No.

They practice with a safety net.

People are more

willing to take risks

if they have something

to fall back on.

So I'm curious, Kellen.

Are you Beth's safety net?

No.

Then I think you're ready.

Ready for what?

What's so magic about it?

It's where you'll see

what truly feeds your soul.

And once you've seen that, well,

then you're under my spell.

I think I already am.

Enter.

Now, watch.

(CRACKLING)

There you are.

That's me.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Hey, she's mine.

You dare challenge me?

Bring it.

Run.

(GROANS)

What just happened?

Where am I?

You're in my father's power now.

DR. HYSTERIA:
Mine.

Now you are mine.

(LAUGHS)

He's your father?

No.

You tricked me.

Ah!

Beth was right.

Oh, hush, dear heart.

There's nothing you can do now.

I gotta get out of here.

(SCREAMING)

It does my heart good

to see the friends together.

Now, get him into costume.

We still have a show to do.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

Hey. Hey.

Come in.

I'm telling you,

she turned into a real live witch.

Um...

Wow, Beth, are you sure Nicole

wasn't wearing make-up or something?

I was sure.

Well, there's only

one way to find out.

We're gonna have to go back

to the Hall of Horrors.

But you don't believe me.

Like I said before...

I'm here for you.

LILITH:
Do not feed the zombies.

Beware of the ghouls.

Do not look the witches in the eye.

Do not feed the zombies.

You're okay. You're okay.

Ah! (SCREAMS)

The first thing that we're gonna

need to do is find my friends.

And if they're okay?

Then I guess

I'm gonna have to admit

that this whole thing

has been in my mind.

(GROWLS) (ALL SCREAMING)

Did we take a wrong turn?

I don't know.

Let's try down here.

(CRACKLING)

Come to this side.

It's wonderful.

Join me.

I will.

You can't go over there.

You can't leave us.

We need you.

HUNTER:

You're free without them.

This is where you belong.

It's who you really are.

No, that's not who I am.

This isn't right.

Your friends are

holding you back.

I would never betray

my friends like that.

I'm gonna get out of here.

Beth!

We should go back in there.

No.

I mean, what's going on

in there is obviously

some kind of sorcery,

and it's wrong.

It's showing us

what we could be,

the two of us together.

Who are you?

Don't be stupid, Beth.

Showing loyalty to my friends

is not stupidity, Hunter.

What about your loyalty to me?

I don't owe you loyalty!

What's wrong, brother?

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