Shadows Page #2

---

your aunt knows

what's going on here.

Well, no, I meant

I'm sure she understood...

Understood what?

People don't just start

seeing things like this

out of the blue.

It happens for a reason,

and I really don't think

I can be cured

by your aunt's kind of medicine.

But we have to do something.

Look, I'm the one

who's screwed here, remember?

I can decide what I want to do.

I know it's hard to see now,

but with time, things change.

Things can get better.

You think I can just get back

what I lost?

No, of course not.

But it doesn't mean

you just give up.

Look, just save it

for your hospice patients,

all right?

I don't need it.

Jeff, what are you doing?

I just need to be alone

right now.

- I'll see you at home.

- Jeff, no.

[Indistinct whispering]

[High-pitched tone]

[Gunshot]

[Screaming]

[Speaking Thai]

[High-pitched tone]

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

[Woman sobbing]

[Speaking Thai]

Help me.

Jeff, are you in here?

Jeff?

My God.

What happened?

[Speaking Thai]

What is she saying?

The shadow world

should never be able

to reach this side,

not physically.

And your connection,

it's stronger than she thought.

Your wound is serious.

She can bring you strength.

Turn off the light.

You should let her try.

Raise your hands up.

Now close your eyes.

[Whispering in Thai]

[Sobbing]

Help me, please.

Mae Noi!

What happened?

It was the woman

from the hall.

We... we cannot do this alone.

We need help.

This is it?

This is the place?

You have got

to be kidding me.

It's been a long, long time.

Yes, it has.

There was no other...

What you tried to do...

It was foolish.

[Speaking Thai]

Outside.

Who is this guy?

I don't know.

She'll be all right

in a couple of hours.

You can take her home.

Excuse me, home?

But I don't understand.

Wait a minute.

Look, Mr. Mills,

you don't know me;

I don't know you.

But all of this,

everything that happened

to Choi's aunt,

it all happened because of me.

I know why you came.

I don't think we can wait,

so whatever you can do

would be...

Take your aunt and leave.

[Knocking]

How are you?

Much better now.

Tell Warren I need

to speak to him about Jeff.

- He must...

- We tried.

He said we should leave

when you felt up to it.

How can you do nothing

when you know

what is going to happen to him?

What he needs

is more than I can do.

But you know how to do it.

You know how to help him.

I didn't know

what to expect coming here.

I knew

it wasn't gonna be easy,

but I didn't have a choice.

It's... it's...

You're pathetic.

You owe me for what happened,

Warren.

You owe me much more

than my life.

[Speaking Thai]

It's already been 47 days.

Not a lot of time left.

Why are we here?

To be sure.

You mean you don't know

what's wrong with me?

I don't have

to convince myself.

It's you who needs to be sure.

You and me,

we'll always be

just visitors here.

We have to learn to believe

what they already know.

What time was the crash?

I don't know exactly,

but in the police report,

it says that the accident

happened before 8:00.

Jesus.

Nothing about this

is gonna be easy.

I think now is the time

when you should take a look.

Nothing.

There's nothing.

Wait for it.

[High-pitched tone]

[Tires screeching]

[Loud crash]

Keep watching.

No.

What is it?

What do you see?

I see me.

Som.

[Retching]

What's going on?

How could I be there?

I'm alive.

It's all right there

in front of you.

Think about it.

Sense it.

What you feel

for your family...

Goes deep, very deep.

It was your soul

that stayed with them.

You're holding on

to two places at once.

You won't let them go.

That's why the shadow world

can touch you.

That's why your body is dying.

There's got to be

something that we can do.

Warren...

if there's anything

that we can do to help him,

we have to try.

Hundreds of years ago,

they learned that many forms

of sickness and death

were caused by the asuragai.

They're demons

that entered your body

and possessed you.

In those days, they would send

the sick people off

to live by themselves

in these villages

so the asuragai

couldn't hurt others.

As is often the case,

the separation or wall

between us

and the shadow world is thin

in places when there's been

intense suffering.

This is why the maw phi

made a kind of sacred barrier

that keeps the worlds apart.

It's sealed from this side.

But the seal can be broken.

So it's a way through

to the shadow world.

It is a way to go over,

rejoin yourself,

and come back.

But it's...

dangerous...

Especially for you, Jeff.

The asuragai collect in places

where the divide is thin,

hoping to somehow escape.

The temple

will keep them from us,

but they'll be able

to get through to you,

just like the ghosts

that touched you,

only worse.

What do we do

to open the gate?

The ritual can be explained,

but Jeff can't do it

all by himself.

Someone has to hold

the pathway open

from this side

long enough for Jeff to get back.

That'll be you, Choi.

[High-pitched tone]

[Scraping]

[Scraping and banging]

[Yelling]

He cut me.

I can't breathe.

He stabbed me.

Help!

I can't breathe.

No, no, no. No.

No, it's over.

He's gone.

Where...

Where am I?

It's all right now.

You can go.

You can go.

Jeff?

Jeff?

It's all right.

He'll be fine.

What happened?

The woman from the hall,

he... he... he spoke to her.

He made her leave.

You've done this before?

She found her way through.

She used Jeff.

And even if there was

another way,

it wouldn't matter.

They're everywhere.

There are countless numbers

of them.

You live with this

as long as I have...

You realize you're never really

gonna make a difference.

It's the 48th day.

What does that mean?

Seven days times seven weeks

is how long a spirit

stays on Earth

before its fate is sealed.

So I only have until tomorrow?

Your body will be gone.

Your soul will be trapped

with your family

in the shadow world.

We need to get going.

I'm guessing we'd never find

this place on a map.

It's not hard to find.

It's just hard to get to.

Here,

Mae Noi's tea.

She really never told us

how you knew each other.

I knew her sister.

She has a sister?

I can't believe she never

told me she has a sister.

I mean,

she's my second cousin's aunt

on my stepfather's side,

but still.

Second cousin's aunt

on your what?

We have a big family.

Jeff?

Jeff, get up.

Let's go.

What's going on?

We go on foot from here.

[Speaking Thai]

[Speaking Thai]

This is Choi,

and this is Jeff,

the man we came to take

to the spirit village.

[Speaking Thai]

We will prepare you tonight

for your final journey

tomorrow.

And here you will find food

and a place to rest.

Thank you.

You have some

very impressive friends.

Just be open

to what they have to offer.

[Thunder booming]

[Men speaking Thai]

I was kind of getting used

to this look.

It looks much better on you.

Yeah, right.

You know, I don't know

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes