The Unborn Page #2

- Neither of you did yet.

We had nicknames for you, though.

What was his nickname?

Jumby.

I can't believe I let you

talk me into coming down here.

Look, my mom obviously thought

this woman was important.

I mean, why would she have kept

that article? And this creepy photo?

- The kid from your dreams.

- Yes.

Okay.

You know, Case, if this was me,

I would just take one of my mom's Xanax...

...and I would just call it a day.

Okay, so just wait in the car.

No, no. This is way too bizarro

for me to miss out on.

Excuse me.

We're here to see Sofi Kozma.

We called earlier.

Yeah, if you could please sign in.

She is on the third floor, room 307.

Let's go.

God, it smells like diarrhoea in there.

Look at the munchkin lady.

That guy's wearing a diaper.

God, I never want to get old.

No one does. Mr Walker suffered a stroke.

Now he's paralysed from the waist down.

But he doesn't suffer much any more.

His mind is elsewhere.

It's very homey here.

It's tolerable.

I've certainly endured worse.

What was over there?

Oh!

There used to be a mirror there.

I had it removed.

Are you a twin, Casey?

I was. I had a brother who died in the womb.

How did you know that?

I used to have a twin brother as well.

I can sense it sometimes in others.

Certain kind of manner.

I just recently found out about my brother.

And that's sort of what led me here today.

My mother's name was Janet Beldon.

She passed away a few years ago,

but I found this in her things.

Did you know my mother?

SOFl:
No, I'm... I'm afraid not.

She never tried to contact you?

Well, this is her.

- Are you sure you've never seen her?

- I'm sorry, dear.

What about the boy in the reflection here.

Did you know him?

Get out!

- Get out!

- I'm sorry, what did I say...

Get out!

What the hell was that?

One second she's fine,

and then she does a b*tch flip.

How did she know I was a twin?

She's crazy. She probably has Old Timer's!

No. No, she knew something.

Come on, get real.

- What if she does?

- She doesn't!

Okay, so, you had some weird dreams.

And then this thing happens with your eye...

...and then you found out

you would have had a brother.

Believe me, that alone is enough

to send me into therapy.

But that's all we're talking about here.

Just some weird coincidences. Yes.

- No, what about the Newtons' baby dying?

- What about the Newtons' baby?

And what Matty said?

He said "Jumby," Romy. The nickname

that my parents used for my brother.

You're the superstitious one here.

You tell me there's not something

really going on. Because you know there is.

I'm not crazy, Romy.

But ever since

Matty freaked out that night, I...

I've been seeing things.

What kinds of things?

Do you believe in ghosts?

You know I do.

Do you think it's possible to be haunted

by someone who was never even born?

You owe me.

These things are not easy

to find these days.

Are you sure you want to see

what's on this?

I do.

Did it mean anything to you?

It was the hospital where my mom died.

Beyond that door,

that's where she hung herself.

I feel like she left

all that stuff for a reason.

You know, like she was, I don't know,

trying to tell me something.

Oh, my God, you think I'm crazy, don't you?

No. No, I don't think you're crazy.

A little hormonal maybe,

but you're not crazy.

- Let's try to have some fun.

- Okay.

- Okay?

- Yes.

Hey, kids! Are we faded yet?

We're trying, but I'm gonna go to the bar,

if you girls want anything.

- I will have a vodka and Red Bull.

- Me, too.

No.

Aw!

Why can't I meet a nice guy like that?

Please, I set you up with Craig Finch

and you totally blew him off.

You wouldn't even talk to him.

Well, that's because

he's too dramatic.

Oh, my God!

Somebody, help me!

No!

Somebody, help me!

Casey.

Casey! Case! Hey, hey, hey!

What happened?

- Are you okay?

- Huh?

Case.

Hey.

Hey, girlie. You okay?

I saw her.

- Who?

- My mother.

You were drinking. You were buzzed.

It was just a hallucination, you know?

This was different. She was there.

What if the same thing that happened

to my mother is happening to me?

What if I end up like she did?

- Have you talked to your dad about it?

- He's out of town.

Casey, you are not going

to end up like her, okay?

How do you know?

You can't have it both ways, Romy.

Either I'm actually crazy,

or something's coming after me...

...and if that's the case, then...

Then I have to protect myself.

Okay. Put a pair of scissors underneath

your pillow with the two points open.

Why?

Something my grandmother used to do,

she said it keeps evil spirits away.

You're a freak, Romy.

Yes, but isn't that why you love me?

Yeah, I guess so.

- Good night.

- Good night, hooker.

- Hello?

I need to speak with you.

Sofi?

I'm sorry for what happened before,

but there are things you need to know.

You must come.

- It's after midnight.

- This can't wait.

I lied about knowing your mother.

She did come to see me,

just before she died.

Oh, my God.

You're the woman she was talking about.

- You're her mother.

- Yes.

Why did you lie to me earlier?

I'm sorry, I was just so startled.

Your mother never told me you were a twin.

But when I saw your eyes today, I knew.

The boy in that reflection,

that was your great uncle.

My twin brother, Barto.

He died in 1944,

when we were together in Auschwitz.

We were taken to see the doctor in charge.

A man who was obsessed with twins.

He was very handsome. Very polite.

We thought we'd been rescued.

The Nazis believed that twins could

unravel the mysteries of genetics.

They conducted experiments on us.

Horrible experiments that blurred the line

between science and occult.

One of their obsessions was eye colour.

By trial and error, they attempted

to fabricate blue eyes from brown.

The injections were painful.

Some caused blindness.

Some caused death.

Two days later, he came back, except...

It wasn't really Barto.

A doorway had been opened.

Something else was inhabiting his body.

Something else?

Have you ever heard of a dybbuk?

Mmm-mmm.

It is the soul of a dead person that

has been barred from entering heaven.

So it endlessly wanders the borderlands

between the worlds...

...trying to find a new body.

Some people are doorways.

Yes. Especially twins.

Because what is a twin

but another kind of mirror?

And mirrors have always been doorways

to the other world.

What happened to your brother?

From the moment he came back,

I knew it wasn't Barto.

A dybbuk had crossed over

and taken his place.

It had used his body to enter our world.

I killed it.

It's been trying to find

its way back ever since.

Casey. The dybbuk's blood

is on our hands now.

This thing, this entity,

it tried to take hold of your unborn twin!

And when it couldn't have him,

it turned its gaze to the other child.

Me.

It's been circling you

ever since you were born, Casey.

Why now?

Why didn't this start happening before?

It takes time for it

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