Wes Craven’s Page #19

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QUICK CUTS:

Emergency machinery flying in. Heather pushed back. Nurses

scurrying. The SOUND of Dylan CRYING in a daze for his

mother.

Then Dr. Hefner strides in and roughly shoves the nurses

away.

HEATHER:

Doctor...

DR. HEFNER

(to nurses)

Get her back! I've got to go in! Get me

a full anesthetic, STAT!

NURSE:

We don't have any here, doctor.

The doctor, grim-faced and furious, wheels back to Dylan,

clawing the oxygen tent away.

DR. HEFNER

Screw it, then. I'm going in!

She rips the terrified child's gown away from his chest.

DR. HEFNER (cont'd)

Cut this evil out of him!

And with that, she pulls her hand out of her bag and we see

the grim glove. A medicalized version of the gleaming,

TINGING scalpel-sharp claws. Dr. Hefner raises them to

plunge into the child.

Heather lurches forward.

HEATHER:

Nooooo!

STILL IN THE ROOM

the crazed Dr. Hefner is not there. But Heather has dived

right onto Dylan's bed. Now several NURSES struggle to

subdue her. Heather fights one last second, then realizes

what's happened.

NURSE:

Now what have you done to yourself, Miss?

Heather looks down and sees the blood seeping out from under

the bandage on her arm. Then she looks back

DYLAN'S BED. The oxygen tent shredded. And Dylan gone.

Heather loses it.

HEATHER:

He's got him. He's got my Dylan!

The nurses wheel and stare at her. Wild, trembling, and now

with a stark streak of gray slashed through her auburn hair!

NURSE:

Who? Who's got him?

Heather sees the looks of people clearly thinking she's nuts.

But she doesn't give a sh*t. She realizes now what's

happened in the brief moment she was asleep.

HEATHER:

(low)

Freddy...

NURSE #2

Freddy...?

(laughs)

Who, Freddy Krueger or something?

Just at that point the real Dr. Hefner comes in. Takes in

the situation in an instant and asks

HEATHER:

My baby. Freddy's got my baby! He's got

my Dylan!

The doctor seizes Heather roughly by the arms and shakes her

until she looks at him.

DR. HEFNER

Ms. Langenkamp. I suggest you go home

and get some rest. Your son is fine.

He's been taken downstairs for further

testing.

HEATHER:

He was just here!

DR. HEFNER

(as to a retarded child)

He was here. You fell asleep. We took

him. You looked so exhausted, frankly,

we didn't wake you. Besides, the young

woman, Julie, is with him. Believe me,

everything is fine.

HEATHER:

Everything is not fine!

And she bolts out of the room. Hefner swears under her

breath and snaps to a nurse.

DR. HEFNER

Call security.

INT. TESTING AREA CORRIDOR

MOVING WITH HEATHER HAND-HELD. The woman in mid-argument

with several nurses as she charges down the corridor.

HEATHER:

Where is he?

TESTING NURSE #1

This is a restricted area. Do you have a

pass?!

The nurse tries to grab Heather. Heather shoves her away

with a warning look.

HEATHER:

Screw your pass!

Just then Dr. Hefner catches up.

DR. HEFNER

It's all right, now...Ms. Langenkamp,

just remain calm.

(glance to nurse)

Tell us how our boy is doing.

The nurse flicks a look at Heather.

NEEDLE NURSE:

He's fine, actually. He came out of coma

ten minutes ago.

(just to Hefner, lower)

It's looking like acute sleep

deprivation. I don't think she ever lets

the kid get a night's sleep.

DR. HEFNER

(more to herself)

Munchausen syndrome...?

Heather pushes over.

HEATHER:

What're you saying? Where is he?

The door behind them opens and two SECURITY GUARDS appear.

Hefner stops them with a hand signal, hearing...

JULIE (O.S.)

Over here, Heather.

Heather turns to see Julie, motioning from a door. Beaming.

JULIE (cont'd)

Got someone here who wants to see you!

INT. TESTING ROOM DOORWAY

Heather runs into

INT. TESTING ROOM

Dylan's wide awake on a small examination table, and the

moment he sees Heather he holds out his arms.

CLOSE ON THEM:

as they embrace, both speaking in whispers, affording

themselves the only privacy they can.

HEATHER:

You okay, champ?

DYLAN:

Can we go get Rex, now? The bad man's

getting awful close.

HEATHER:

I know he is, sweetie. We'll both go get

Rex right now.

She starts to pick up Dylan, then stops. Dylan's looking

over her shoulder. She turns and sees Dr. Hefner.

DR. HEFNER

I'm afraid Dylan really should stay with

us until we know what's causing these

episodes, Ms. Langenkamp. I'm sure you

understand.

Heather looks back to Dylan. Motions for Julie to come in

close with them.

HEATHER:

Tell you what. I'm gonna go get Rex for

you right now. You know home isn't far

from here, right?

DYLAN:

(remembering)

Right 'cross the freeway.

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