The Abandoned Page #3

in there, so were you.

Get back up here.

- There's something

still living here, I know it.

- Streak, did you shut

the shelter door behind you?

- No. Why?

- Because somebody did.

I told you not to let

that piece of sh*t in here.

- Oh, no, no!

- Oh, no, no, no!

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]

- It's not him.

- Oh, it's not? Really?

Who locked the door, the wind?

- Please just help me

find the exit.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

- Can you remember

how you came in?

- You can't tell me?

- There are no cameras there.

- I told you that, remember?

I've no idea to know

where you are.

- It's too dark in here to see!

- Hold still for a minute.

And just relax.

Can you see anything?

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

A light, an arch, a chair

something familiar

you remember on the way in.

- Everything looks the same.

- What was that?

- What?

Cooper, what?

- Nothing.

I... I thought

that I saw something.

- Stop messing with me.

- I'm not messing with you.

Must have been

video interference here.

It went black.

- I'm in control of myself

and I won't have my mind

play tricks on me.

I'm in control of myself

and I won't have

my mind play tricks on me.

I'm in control of myself

and I won't have

my mind play tricks on me..

- Stop. Look. Go towards

the back and to the left.

I think if you go that... - You're wrong.

I know where to go.

- What do you mean?

- I know where I am.

[KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING]

- Streak..

Streak, listen to me.

I... I can't see you.

If you can hear me, don't move

stay right where you are.

Do not move. I'm coming down.

- This way.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SCREAMING]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[GASPING]

[PANTING]

- What happened?

[PANTING]

You okay? You see?

That homeless piece of sh*t

that you let in locked you in.

- It wasn't him.

- Right.

We're gonna find him right now.

We're gonna escort his ass out.

He's gonna sleep tonight

in a puddle.

- There's something else

in there. It was not him.

- Something? What?

Hundred bucks says

he left his room.

Come on, let's go find out.

- Jim?

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

- He's not here.

And that's why you keep

this scum outside, understand?

- Where you going?

- I'm gonna try to catch him,

save our jobs.

[CLICKS]

- Come on, boy. Come on, boy.

Come on.

Take it easy, boy.

Come on, boy. Come on up.

Come on, boy. Come on, boy.

[WHOOSHES]

Come on.

[CLICKING]

[WHOOSHING]

[CLICKING]

[ELECTRICAL BUZZING]

[BUZZING CONTINUES]

Boy?

Is that you?

Oh.. Boy?

What the hell?

[CREAKING]

What do you know? Yeah.

Yeah!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

What the..

[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMING]

[SCREECHING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[RUSTLING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

- I can't breathe in this.

[KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING]

I'm locking this place up.

- Well, I can't find

this scumbag anywhere

and that's unacceptable.

Sh*t.

- Found it.

- Wellville, a center

for physically deformed

and mentally challenged

children.

Last week,

I received a phone call

from an anonymous source

complaining about

the treatment of the children

hospitalized here.

So I decided

to show up unannounced.

And what you're about to see..

Are some of the most

disturbing images...

this reporter

has ever witnessed.

We were told to go

straight down to the basement

where the institute holds

some of its youngest patients

many of them orphans.

And what we found

was horrifying.

[SHUDDERING]

[GROANING]

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

Kids, some as young

as five years of age

left unattended for hours

in this grizzly basement.

We found one child

covered in his own feces

sitting alone

on the bathroom floor.

[CHILD PANTING]

- We don't need to watch this.

- Wait.

- The man at the helm of this

institute, Dr. Thorndike

points a finger at the county.

- You have to understand

nobody else

wants these children.

- Well, it doesn't seem

that you want them either.

- We're low on staff.

- We're low on budget.

- Then how do you respond

to the allegations

of malpractice?

- It's preposterous.

We have some of the best

and most qualified physicians

in the country.

- Dr. Thorndike, is it true

that some of your patients

have been victims of abuse

and neglect at this institute?

- Alright, that's it.

- We're done here.

- So we leave today..

But the children stay behind

unable to cry for help

so we must cry for them.

I'm Warren Rawlings.

Back to you, Bob.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

- These poor kids.

They probably

spent their life in there.

I could sense it,

they're still there.

- He's the one

who locked you in.

You got confused and scared.

You're a very confused girl.

- I'm telling you what I saw.

- Enough already. Enough!

I know your problem.

- What are you talking about?

[RATTLING]

- You went through my stuff?

- Yeah, I did.

Because somehow something

wasn't just quite right tonight.

Something didn't smell right.

Because in all my years here,

one night shift with you

has created more havoc

than anything I've ever seen.

Did you not take your

three anti-psychotic pills

this evening?

- That's none of your business.

- Oh, it is now.

- Look, I'm not crazy.

My whole life

I've been able to sense things

that I can't describe.

And when I told

the doctor about it

he put me on these pills.

And if I don't take these pills

then they're gonna

take Clara away.

- Your daughter Clara?

You can't do this.

This job is not for you.

This is not right for you.

This building at night...

- I'm not crazy.

- I am not crazy, Cooper.

I know what I saw.

Please, I am not crazy!

Look.

We gotta call him out of there

and then we've gotta

shut the door.

We can't let those kids out.

We've gotta

shut the door, Cooper.

Cooper, please, I'm begging you.

Please, we gotta shut the door.

- Because spirits can't travel

through doors?

- Is that why?

- You don't understand.

I have seen some things

down there, Cooper.

- I have seen things down there.

- You're gonna sit down.

- You're not going anywhere.

- Why not?

- Because you're delusional,

that's why.

You've done enough tonight.

- Cooper, I...

- I'm not letting you out of here.

- Why?

- Because you're not thinking right.

Because you put me in jeopardy.

Because I need this job.

I don't have anywhere else

to go!

You can take your pill

and go fool someone else

like you fooled me!

I can't.

No pill... changes this.

Do you understand?

- I'm so sorry.

- Don't be.

I don't need your pity.

Are you f***ing kidding me?

- They won't leave us alone

unless we shut the door, Cooper.

- Or what, you're gonna stun me?

- I'm gonna do it.

- Put it down.

You're not gonna do it.

No, you're not,

because it's just gonna prove

that you're crazy and you're

gonna lose everything.

- Please, Cooper,

I'm begging you. Please.

- I'll go down.

I'll go down

and I'll shut the door.

Okay?

Okay?

Okay?

See? That's better.

- What are you doing? Cooper?

Cooper, no! Don't leave me

like this, please!

- I'm not taking any chances.

Can't trust you anymore.

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