The Quiet Ones Page #3

brink of something meaningful.

I don't know, I've never

thought about it like that...

There's so much you can accomplish.

Evey and I could be friends.

I think I must have always

been naked as a child,

my clothes always off.

Do I look like a woman to you?

Every time I look in the

mirror I see a little girl.

I want to see a woman.

Are you shy?

Don't you want to touch me?

(GIGGLES)

(LAUGHS)

Let me get you out of here.

And go where?

Another asylum? More doctors?

There must be something else we

can do for you other than this.

This?

The Experiment.

(LAUGHS)

You know I can't leave.

Why not?

Joseph would be upset.

You shouldn't worry about him.

He rescued me. He saved me.

From myself and the likes of you.

Camera operators?

Men.

Silly, frustrated, violent men,

who want to touch you, but can't

or won't, so they torment you.

Not your body, but your

heart and your feelings.

And they set you on

fire to watch you burn.

Is Joseph that kind of man?

Are you?

Double it. We're on the verge.

- Here you go, Jane.

- No.

Are you sure?

Krissi. Harry.

Harry.

Brian.

- BRIAN:
You want me to...

- Yes.

BRIAN:
Okay.

You said there was a fire.

There are flames,

everywhere.

The roof, the walls...

It's so hot.

So hot.

So hot.

Evey.

Evey, it's burning!

What do you see, Jane?

Tell us.

We can't get out. We're locked in.

Who?

Who's locked in?

Burning...

Burning, burning...

Burning! Burning! Burning, Evey!

Oh! Ice, Krissi, ice!

BRIAN:
She needs a doctor.

No, no doctor.

BRIAN:
Krissi, she needs...

No doctor.

KRISSI:
I have ice!

(GRUNTS)

- Jane!

- KRISSI:
Oh, my God!

Did we get it on film?

I think I got it, whatever it is.

And what do we think it was?

Some friggin' exorcist sh*t.

It's what you always said.

She manifested her negative energy.

Whatever it was, it scared

the hell out of me.

You're scared because you can't

explain what you've seen.

So your mind falls back on the

stories that scared you as a child.

Evil spirits and such.

How do you explain it?

I'd call it "teleplasm."

- That was teleplasm? Bloody hell.

- Mm-hmm.

The next step is transference.

Once Jane's psychic energy

has found a new home,

we isolate it and get

rid of it for good.

What, now?

The psychic floodgates have opened

and we are driving through.

She's hurt, tired.

She needs rest and food.

Even God rested on the seventh day.

Hmm.

Interesting.

Krissi?

Well, obviously, I want

to go on, Joseph, but

maybe she's earned a rest.

Harry?

Yeah.

Well, it's unanimous.

Let's give our subject

a well-deserved break.

(POP MUSIC PLAYING)

Come and play.

You got to get him out first.

You ready?

(LAUGHS)

- KRISSI:
Yes, that's how it's really done.

- That was pathetic.

- Cut that. Cut that out.

- (KRISSI GIGGLES)

COUPLAND:

We need to speak with Evey.

She can come and stay right here.

Right here inside this doll.

It can be hers and she can

stay there anytime she wants.

I can't find her.

Where are you hiding tonight, Evey?

She's not hiding. She's lost.

(THUD)

She doesn't sound lost.

Are you going to come down and

talk to us? We want to meet you.

(THUD)

- (GASPS) God.

- Stay down!

Joseph...

(THUDDING CONTINUES)

Tell her to come in, Jane.

We just want to talk to her.

Tell her to come in

and play with us.

HARRY:
Play nice.

She's here.

(STATIC NOISES)

How big you've grown, little girl.

Big enough to walk. If

you're big enough to walk

you're big enough

to talk. Speak to us!

Please, we just want to be friends.

She knows you're lying.

What can we do to calm you down?

Where's she gone?

JANE:
I don't know.

COUPLAND:
Evey!

- (BANG)

- (ALL GASP)

Come on. Come on.

Brian, get out of the way!

If you're her friend, you must

leave her be! Let Jane heal.

Tell her, Jane.

JANE:
Leave, Evey, please.

Say it like you mean it!

Please, Evey!

- (BANG)

- (ALL GASP)

Have you got something to show us?

Joseph. Joseph.

- (INDISTINCT SHRIEKS)

- (COUPLAND SCREAMS)

It bit me!

- KRISSI:
Evey's gone, she's gone!

- HARRY:
Are you okay?

It bit me!

JANE:
(ON VIDEO)

Burning! Burning! Burning, Evey!

HARRY:
God, Jesus Christ!

(GRUNTING)

(GAGGING)

She needs a doctor!

What happens to Jane now

that Evey refuses to leave?

Maybe we burn down the house.

Maybe that's what Harper's

been talking about. Kill Evey.

And it'll be a wrap. Good ending.

Yeah, very dramatic.

I'm sorry,

are you insinuating that we're

making this whole thing up?

That this is somehow staged?

Professor hires gullible local

cameraman to make himself famous.

(SCOFFS)

Don't be absurd. What

about Jane's burns?

A bit of acid on the

doll, basic chemistry.

I did go to school.

What about the electromagnetic

field readings, the heartbeat?

It's simple enough to fake.

And the bite?

Self-inflicted when we weren't

looking. And the knocks...

Evey? Evey, are you there?

(CLANGING)

So you break up something under

the table, a metal supported leg.

"Telekinetic event."

So what you're saying is

that Joseph is a fraud,

and Harry and I are fools, idiots.

No, I'm saying this isn't gonna

hold up as scientific proof.

And in the process, we've

tortured a human being,

for no other reason than her

sick desire to please him.

HARRY:
What are you doing?

Yes, the doll. We saw smoke.

They can say it's a fake, that

we hid something in here.

(JANE SCREAMING)

Oh, my God!

Jane?

(SCREAMING)

- KRISSI:
Jane. Oh, God.

- HARRY:
Jane. Oh, my God.

She faking this too?

(JANE SCREAMS)

I understand this

has been difficult.

It's human nature to

question and be skeptical.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to cause...

We're depending on you, Brian. Hmm?

We need every detail.

JANE:
I'm okay now.

Here you go.

It's okay.

She will need your strength

for what lies ahead.

What's that?

Isolate Evey.

Turn her off.

Hold still, just a

few more seconds.

Please try not to move.

Focus your eyes at

the ceiling, okay?

Stay relaxed. Stay

still, that's important.

She's ready.

Find Evey.

- (LOW HUM)

- (WHIMPERING)

Don't move. Two,

three.

(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)

Photographs, Soviet technology.

Captures the bioelectric energy

fields around living organisms.

- Their aura?

- Their bioelectric energy fields.

These are Jane in a

neutral state of mind.

These, when she's

starting to manifest.

Evey.

It's ghastly.

So is this proof?

Using technology that

exists, cameraman,

it's the best we can do.

See what you've made, Jane?

You made her. You

can get rid of her.

I don't want to get rid of her.

You can't possibly mean that.

You can't.

Joseph.

JANE:
It's okay.

He cares about us.

He does.

Joseph, I'm scared.

It means you're alive.

You'll be safe with someone

else, another family.

And I'll be sane.

I'm not fond of feeling scared.

Usually, I scare people.

KRISSI:
(WHISPERING)

I want to feel good.

Not tonight, Krissi.

We have to conserve our energy.

Go back to bed.

Go on.

(HUMMING)

HARRY:
What's wrong?

Nothing.

You've been distant all

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