Hearthville Serial: Book 8 Episode 2
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By Charles Peters Copyright 2022 All Rights Reserved
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FADE IN:
EXT. BEACH - DAY
Police cars drive on to the beach with their lights
flashing. SOUND: Police Sirens. DANIEL BARE gets out of one
of the police cars. He looks around. He motions for ARTHUR
RAMSEY, STEED RAMSEY, and ALICE MALOKEY to walk up to them
from where they are standing with a crowd at the shoreline.
DANIEL BARE
We have several reports of a boat
exploding.
ARTHUR RAMSEY
Yeah. I don't know who was on the
boat.
ALICE MALOKEY
Victor Duddley had pulled up near
to the boat shortly before the
explosion.
DANIEL BARE
Do you think Victor had anything to
do with the explosion?
STEED RAMSEY
No.
ALICE MALOKEY
The real Victor has been caged. We
don't know who this Victor is. He
could be a demon.
STEED RAMSEY
Victor had alters. The
conspirators could not cage the
alters. So I think Victor is
basically the personality that is
made up of one or more alters.
ARTHUR RAMSEY
But Alice could be right.
Especially given what just happened
out there on the lake. Victor
could be a demon.
STEED RAMSEY
I don't think so.
DANIEL BARE
I don't know what to do. What if
this murder has been sanctioned?
ALICE MALOKEY
We don't know who was killed yet.
But what if it was sanctioned by
the Space Alien Witch Council?
What if it was sanctioned by the
newly formed Earth Witch Council?
What if it was sanctioned by the
League of Satan and Belial?
DANIEL BARE
Exactly. I do not want to cross
any of them.
ARTHUR RAMSEY
(nods)
We need to find out who was on the
boat that exploded and also on
Victor's boat.
EXT. HEARTHVILLE LAKE - DAY
A red, burnt creature is shown swimming toward the Hotville
side of the lake. As the creature reaches a swampy area it
crawls from the lake into the murky swamp. Its eyes are as a
burning fire. Its teeth are white, looking more so from the
mouth of burnt flesh.
CAMERA MOVES DOWN FROM HEAD, DOWN ARM, AND FOCUSES ON THE
FINGERS OF THE CREATURE.
The fingers look like fingers but then they begin to
transform. Each finger changes into a hissing snake that
has small but scary looking fangs. The creature begins to
walk with his fingers touching growth in the swamp to push
the growth out of his way. Then one of his hand of snakes
touches a bent, leaning, rusty sign that reads, WELCOME TO
HOTVILLE. POPULATION 30,000.
EXT. DUDDLEY BOAT AND DOCK - DAY
VICTOR DUDDLEY jumps from the boat, onto the dock, and
begins tying the boat. LEROY BARE helps JUDY DUDDLEY from
the boat. Their eyes meet and then they both quickly look
away. Still Leroy, continues to help Judy from the boat.
ELLEN DUDDEY walks down the dock to where Victor is securing
the boat.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
What the hell happened out there.?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
The boat of Professor Wilcox
exploded. Professor Wilox, Mini
Wilcox, and their son Bachus were
killed.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
Oh my God. What caused the
explosion.
LEROY BARE
My guess is that a bomb was planted
on the boat.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
Murdered?
JUDY DUDDLEY
I would guess. Dad blamed the
explosion in the lab on chemicals
but Professor Wilcox said he was
not using any chemicals that should
have caused an explosion. He talked
to us. He got back on his boat.
We went our ways.
(screams in tears)
And then there is the explosion.
And he and his family are dead.
Ellen Duddley hugs her daughter and looks over Judy's
shoulder to look at Leroy Bare.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
What is this world coming to?
LEROY BARE
Something none of us ever wanted to
see, but here it is.
JUDY DUDDLEY
What?
LEROY BARE
Satan. Belial.
JUDY DUDDLEY
You are talking crazy.
LEROY BARE
I know. But out there on the lake
you also looked into the fires of
hell. An awful murder. Do you
feel sane?
JUDY DUDDLEY
No. I feel like I am in a
nightmare. Have I always been in a
nightmare and I am just now
realizing it. Victor. How many
times when you are having one of
your episodes have you said that
this has to be a dream. I now know
what you mean.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
Victor, I left your book in my
chair on the beach. I don't think
I should have done that.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
It is okay. If it gets lost I have
copies and I can make more copies.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
What if someone reads it?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
It is just a story. No one is
going to believe it. You don't
believe it. Do you?
ELLEN DUDDLEY
I don't know what to believe but I
think, no matter how crazy it
sounds, Leroy spoke the truth.
JUDY DUDDLEY
I don't understand.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
There is an evil taking control of
earth. The balance of power has
shifted while God sleeps and Jesus
sits on his wall, not knowing what
to do.
ALICE MALOKEY walks out on the dock and toward where
everyone is standing.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Never underestimate Jesus. He is
not that sad hebrew pansy in the
bible who allowed himself to be
crucified. He is a Hercules of a
man who has endured much and has
had to lick his wounds but he has
fought satan before and won. He
will win again.
Alice Malokey smiles.
ALICE MALOKEY
Such hopeful words that for a
second I felt hope. If only I
could trust your words.
LEROY BARE
You can trust his words. You can
also trust that Jesus has an army
of men and women who are ready to
fight for him and to fight for
earth.
ALICE MALOKEY
But does that army even know that
there are real battles and real
dangers. Are they so blinded by
that Hebrew story they can't ever
know the real Jesus, that Hercules
of a man. Are they so brainwashed
as a death cult, that they are so
wanting for the world to end, that
they think surrendering to evil is
their road to salvation.
LEROY BARE
When Hercules comes, they will know
that he is part of a living God,
that his power comes from a living
earth, and only if earth can be
saved can there be any salvation.
SABIAN BLACKROCK appears out of no where.
SABIAN BLACKROCK
Such words. Pure fiction. How can
such a sinful young man speak such
words with a straight face?
LEROY BARE
Why are you here?
SABIAN BLACKROCK
My grandson is missing. I need
help.
LEROY BARE
From whom?
SABIAN BLACKROCK
I am desperate. I need Alice
Malokey to help me.
JUDY DUDDLEY
I have got to be dreaming. This
has got to be a dream.
Sabian suddenly notices Victor Duddley. They stare at one
another.
SABIAN BLACKROCK
What the hell?
ALICE MALOKEY
Exactly. And that is the reason
that I am not helping you.
SABIAN BLACKROCK
I am confused.
ALICE MALOKEY
Yeah. You can stay confused. Get
the hell away from me.
Sabian Blackrock vanishes.
ALICE MALOKEY
I know I sounded heartless just
then but I couldn't help him find
Winston even if I wanted to help
him. I have people looking for
Rabbit and Winston but don't tell
him that.
JUDY DUDDLEY
Is this real?
ALICE MALOKEY
It is best if you just pretend that
it isn't real. That way they might
not erase your memory.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
We will pretend.
Alice Malokey smiles. She then vanishes.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Leroy, take my mother and sister
home. I will pretend I was the
only one on the boat. I expect
Daniel Bare will be coming to speak
to me fairly shortly.
LEROY BARE
I will take them home.
EXT. HOTVILLE SWAMP - DAY
The burnt monster, the demon, dives into the murky, muddy,
swamp water and begins to swim. An alligator quickly moves
to get out of the water. Chirping birds begin to screech
and flap their wings.
EXT. DOCK - DAY
SOUND: Sirens. Flashing lights. Three police cars pull to
the end of the dock. DANIEL BARE exits one of the police
cars. VICTOR DUDDLEY is standing alone. Judy, Leroy, Ellen
are no where to be seen as the CAMERA moving about reveals.
DANIEL BARE
We need information.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I will give a statement.
DANIEL BARE
Whose boat exploded?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Professor Wilcox, Mini Wilcox, and
their son Bachus were on the boat.
They didn't survive.
DANIEL BARE
Did you have anything to do with
the explosion?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
No. You know about the explosion
in the lab of Professor Wilcox at
Hearthville college. Right?
DANIEL BARE
Your father said that it was caused
by an eccentric Professor mixing
the wrong chemicals. He said it
was just an ordinary accident and
we didn't need to investigate. We
were not given the name of the
Professor involved.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
My father didn't think there was
any foul play involved. He
reported what he believed.
DANIEL BARE
What did you and Professor Wilcox
talk about when your boats were
approximate to one another?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Professor Wilcox was afraid he was
going to be fired. And I was going
to try to talk my father out of
firing him but if he was fired, I
was going to hire him.
DANIEL BARE
Did you consider Professor Wilcox
smart?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Very. He had a very brilliant
mind.
DANIEL BARE
What was he working on?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Something Satan and Belial would
not like, a cure for covid.
DANIEL BARE
Leroy has already done that, hasn't
he?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
You know my situation.
DANIEL BARE
Not really.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am an alter. I am George.
Victor has been caged but I wasn't.
DANIEL BARE
Leroy was on the boat with you.
Wasn't he? Someone reported that
Judy and Leroy were with you when
you got on the boat.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
They are mistaken. I was on the
boat alone. Leroy and Judy were
going to go out with me but then
they did not.
DANIEL BARE
Do you trust Leroy?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I trust Leroy. I trust you.
DANIEL BARE
Do you think trying to protect my
cousin Leroy will earn you any
brownie points with me?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I don't really give a flying fuck
about you. Why should I want to
earn your brownie points? I am
pretty sure Victor hates you.
DANIEL BARE
Why does he hate me?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am sure I don't know.
Other policemen walk up. Daniel motions for them to turn
around return to the police cars.
DANIEL BARE
The explosion was accidental. An
accident with a gas can. That is
the way we will write it up.
After the policemen walk off Daniel Bare gets in the face of
Victor Duddley.
DANIEL BARE
That is the way we write it up for
the humans. But do not be shocked
if someone sanctions your murder.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am not as smart as Victor. And I
don't have his magic powers. But I
am quite capable of sanctioning
murders all on my own. Don't fuck
with me.
Daniel Bare pushes Victor away from him.
DANIEL BARE
And you don't fuck with me.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
So I guess you and I will not be
having any homosexual sex.
DANIEL BARE
You sound disappointed.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Aren't you married now?
DANIEL BARE
It is an open marriage.
SOUND: Daniel Bare's phone. He answers. He turns it to
speaker.
DANIEL BARE
How is the search and rescue going?
OFFICER RIOT
We've recovered two badly burned
but intact bodies.
DANIEL BARE
There is a third. Name again?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Bachus Wilcox. But you will not
find his body.
DANIEL BARE
I thought you said there were no
survivors.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
A demon has taken over the body of
Bachus.
OFFICER RIOT
What has your witness there been
smoking?
DANIEL BARE
Office Riot, put Officer Carney on
the phone and you walk away.
OFFICER RIOT
Seriously.
DANIEL BARE
Do as I say.
OFFICER CARNEY
Do you want me to make the calls to
get Monster Hunters involved.
DANIEL BARE
Other than you, do we have any
others on the force?
OFFICER CARNEY
No. Mallory quit when Sabian
Blackrock was put over the Hunter
Division for the Witches Council.
DANIEL BARE
Sabian Blackrock is now in charge
of the hunters. Son of a bitch.
OFFICER CARNEY
I considered quiting. But what are
we going to do. Our police force
is not set up to handle demons and
other monsters.
DANIEL BARE
We may have to establish our Hunter
Unit. I don't want to deal with
Sabian Blackrock on anything.
Alice Malokey, if you can hear me,
get back here.
Alice Malokey appears.
DANIEL BARE
Were you listening.
ALICE MALOKEY
I was listening. I will call my
husband and son, who are hunters,
to work with you independent of the
Witches Council. But I will tell
you that the three of us may end up
having to leave earth.
Turns and looks at Victor.
ALICE MALOKEY
I know you are not Victor and you
say you are an alter. Can you help
us?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Money wise. Yeah. But I don't
have magical powers. Author Ramsey
and Steed should be brought on
board if they will agree. I will
definitely help but I need your
help to get some people uncaged.
ALICE MALOKEY
Well sure but that is easier said
than done and when we uncage the
real Victor, I suspect all hell
will break lose.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am pretty sure all hell has
already broken lose.
ALICE MALOKEY
Okay. Let me see if I can recruit
my husband and son. Are you all
going to bring Quentin Darko into
this? They don't like Quentin.
DANIEL BARE
He is not my favorite person
either.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
But I think he is going to have to
be brought in to what we are doing.
If we don't have the Space Alien
Witch Council on our side, we are
going to need the Earth Witch
Council and he runs that.
ALICE MALOKEY
That is going to be a sticking
point. And maybe it would be
better if they remained completely
on the inside with the Witches
Council.
DANIEL BARE
They are earth witches.
ALICE MALOKEY
My husband Phil Clyde is an earth
witch. My son Stephen is my son
and I am from the planet Malokey.
DANIEL BARE
But my point is, how can earth
witches continue to be hunters for
a Witches Council that is now all
Space Alien Witches because the
earth witches have all been purged.
ALICE MALOKEY
Understood. But I will repeat my
husband and son do not like Quentin
Darko.
DANIEL BARE
Okay.
ALICE MALOKEY
I will talk to them. I don't
really know if they will be on
board to be hunters where they
might have to answer to Quentin.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
They will not have to answer to
Quentin. They will not have to
have anything to do with Quentin.
(laughs)
You will have to deal with Quentin
and then you will have to deal with
your husband and son.
ALICE MALOKEY
Oh, gee, thanks. Why would you
think I would want to deal with
Quentin?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Because our ultimate goal is to
send Satan and Belial back to hell,
remove Sabian Blackrock from power,
and give earth some level of
freedom again. The monsters can
not be left in control.
ALICE MALOKEY
I think I might easily forget that
you are not the real Victor. If
there are any arguments from my
husband and son, I will convince
them to work with you all.
DANIEL BARE
Good.
EXT. HEARTHVILLE LAKE, BOATS - DAY
Three boats surround the burning Wilcox boat. The burnt
bodies of Professor Wilcox and Mini Wilcox are load out on
the deck of one of the boats. Two of the boats are hosing
the burning boat down.
OFFICER RIOT
(looking down at the
bodies)
There is something weird here. And
not just what I heard of the phone
when I was talking to Daniel. I
made the joke Victor Duddley was
smoking weed, but now I have me the
shivers.
OFFICER CARNEY
Burned victims are an awful sight.
OFFICER RIOT
(points to the burning
boat)
There was an explosion right.
OFFICER CARNEY
Yeah.
OFFICER RIOT
The boat did not sink. And it is
still burning. We have been
putting water on it, and it is
still burning. And it has not
sank. It has not sank. Let me
repeat. It has not sank. Don't
you think it should have sank.
OFFICER CARNEY
Are you going to cause Daniel
problems on the way he told me to
write the report up.
OFFICER RIOT
I am a team player. I will do what
you tell me to do. I need this
job. I have already be fired in
two cities. I don't even know why
Daniel hired me.
OFFICER CARNEY
I may let you learn some things on
this case. And you may hear me say
some things that will blow your
mind.
OFFICER RIOT
I am thinking my mind mind is
already blown.
A couple of officers in diving suits climb aboard the boat
where the bodies are. They start pulling their diving suits
off.
OFFICER CLOONEY
We saw no sign of a third body.
OFFICER RICHARDS
We saw no sign of Bachus Wilcox.
Do you he and I used to play pool.
I first thought he was queer. He
was the first time I heard the word
INCEL.
OFFICER CLOONEY
I know how you teased him.
OFFICER RICHARDS
I liked him. He was a good guy.
Look at his parents. God.
OFFICER CARNEY
You two don't start crying like a
bunch of pansy homosexuals.
OFFICER RICHARDS
Suck my dick.
OFFICER CARNEY
(laughs)
In your dreams.
OFFICER CLOONEY
So what happened here? That boat
is still burning. And why can't we
find the body of of Bachus. Are we
sure that he was on the boat?
OFFICER RICHARDS
I hope he is still alive.
OFFICER RIOT
According to Victor Duddley, a
demon has taken control of the body
of Bachus. I thought he had been
smoking weed when I heard him say
that.
OFFICER RICHARDS
You think a demon caused the
explosion and fire and is the
reason the boat is still burning
and has not sunk. Do you think
there are demons around us right
now.
OFFICER CLOONEY
I would say you all are crazy but
that boat is still burning and it
has not sank. The explosion,
described by the people on shore,
should have obliterated the boat.
(looks around with a
scared look on his face)
Are there really such a thing as
demons?
OFFICER CARNEY
There is such a thing. And boys,
if you keep an open mind, I am
going to ask Daniel to bring you
into something you are not going to
want to believe. Boys, you are
about to become what is called
Hunters.
OFFICER RICHARDS
Hunters? What?
OFFICER CLOONEY
Why are we talking about hunting
animals like deer now?
OFFICER CARNEY
Not deer. Monsters. Things that
go bump in the night. Demons,
Rogue vampires, witches who have
broken the rules, and humans who
practice the dark arts.
OFFICER CLOONEY
Okay. Okay. Okay. Let us back up.
Let us put this damn car in
reverse. This case. Right now.
What are we up against.
OFFICER CARNEY
We have reason to believe that a
demon has taken control of the dead
body of Bachus. We have reason to
believe that the demon actually
caused the explosion and fire.
Although demons can act on their
own, they are usually directed by
magic spells.
OFFICER CLOONEY
So a witch is behind this?
OFFICER CARNEY
Could be? But it could also be a
human practicing the black arts and
calling themself a witch.
OFFICER CLOONEY
You have me confused. Isn't anyone
who practices magic a witch?
OFFICER CARNEY
There are space alien witches.
There are earth witches. And there
are human witches. Human witches
are the least powerful and have to
use alliances with other
supernatural forces to exact a
spell. An earth witch is in their
self a supernatural force and can
bend reality all on their own. At
times their magic does ping. It
doesn't work. And then they may
call on other supernatural forces.
The same is true of space alien
witches.
OFFICER CLOONEY
Alright. Putting the car back into
drive. So you are saying that we
are going to be hunting both a
demon and a witch of some kind.
The witch is someone with a motive
to want Professor Wilcox and his
family dead.
OFFICER RIOT
So this witch that we will be
hunting, can they turn us into
frogs?
OFFICER RICHARDS
Given that boat there, I would be
more scared of them exploding our
car or our house. How do we
protect ourselves? We aren't
wishes. Officer Carney, are you?
OFFICER CARNEY
No. But there will be witches who
will be part of the Hunter Group
that we are forming. And they will
provide you all with charms and
such so that you can use human
magic to protect you.
OFFICER RICHARDS
Why are you bringing us into this?
Shouldn't the Hunter Group just be
made up of witches?
OFFICER CARNEY
You are the eyes and ears on the
ground. You are policemen. You
will be called into cases that may
or may not have supernatural
elements involved. Right now you
are involved in case that involves
the supernatural and I want you to
understand that. I want you to be
able to work with the earth witches
on this case. You saw what
happened here first hand. You are
the first investigators on this
case. But if any of you want to
walk away from this case, that is
fine. It is understandable. Now
tell me, who is in and who is out.
OFFICER RIOT
I am in.
OFFICER CLOONEY
I am in.
OFFICER RICHARDS
I am in.
OFFICER CARNEY
So we are all in.
OFFICER RIOT
Deep shit.
OFFICER CARNEY
Yeah.
(calls Daniel on phone)
So Daniel. Here is the deal. The
boat is still burning. It has not
sank. There is definitely some
supernatural stuff going. And I
have just recruited four police
officers to be part of our Hunter
Group.
EXT. INSIDE DANIEL'S DETECTIVE CAR - DAY
DANIEL BARE is holding the phone to his ear while he is
driving. Okay.
DANIEL BARE
Good deal. We will have a meeting
at 3:00 PM in my office. I will
have Victor Duddley there with me.
I can't decide for sure whether he
is a suspect or whether he will be
helping us.
EXT. BEACH - DAY
Police cars drive on to the beach with their lights
flashing. SOUND: Police Sirens. DANIEL BARE gets out of one
of the police cars. He looks around. He motions for ARTHUR
RAMSEY, STEED RAMSEY, and ALICE MALOKEY to walk up to them
from where they are standing with a crowd at the shoreline.
DANIEL BARE
We have several reports of a boat
exploding.
ARTHUR RAMSEY
Yeah. I don't know who was on the
boat.
ALICE MALOKEY
Victor Duddley had pulled up near
to the boat shortly before the
explosion.
DANIEL BARE
Do you think Victor had anything to
do with the explosion?
STEED RAMSEY
No.
ALICE MALOKEY
The real Victor has been caged. We
don't know who this Victor is. He
could be a demon.
STEED RAMSEY
Victor had alters. The
conspirators could not cage the
alters. So I think Victor is
basically the personality that is
made up of one or more alters.
ARTHUR RAMSEY
But Alice could be right.
Especially given what just happened
out there on the lake. Victor
could be a demon.
STEED RAMSEY
I don't think so.
DANIEL BARE
I don't know what to do. What if
this murder has been sanctioned?
ALICE MALOKEY
We don't know who was killed yet.
But what if it was sanctioned by
the Space Alien Witch Council?
What if it was sanctioned by the
newly formed Earth Witch Council?
What if it was sanctioned by the
League of Satan and Belial?
DANIEL BARE
Exactly. I do not want to cross
any of them.
ARTHUR RAMSEY
(nods)
We need to find out who was on the
boat that exploded and also on
Victor's boat.
EXT. HEARTHVILLE LAKE - DAY
A red, burnt creature is shown swimming toward the Hotville
side of the lake. As the creature reaches a swampy area it
crawls from the lake into the murky swamp. Its eyes are as a
burning fire. Its teeth are white, looking more so from the
mouth of burnt flesh.
CAMERA MOVES DOWN FROM HEAD, DOWN ARM, AND FOCUSES ON THE
FINGERS OF THE CREATURE.
The fingers look like fingers but then they begin to
transform. Each finger changes into a hissing snake that
has small but scary looking fangs. The creature begins to
walk with his fingers touching growth in the swamp to push
the growth out of his way. Then one of his hand of snakes
touches a bent, leaning, rusty sign that reads, WELCOME TO
HOTVILLE. POPULATION 30,000.
EXT. DUDDLEY BOAT AND DOCK - DAY
VICTOR DUDDLEY jumps from the boat, onto the dock, and
begins tying the boat. LEROY BARE helps JUDY DUDDLEY from
the boat. Their eyes meet and then they both quickly look
away. Still Leroy, continues to help Judy from the boat.
ELLEN DUDDEY walks down the dock to where Victor is securing
the boat.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
What the hell happened out there.?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
The boat of Professor Wilcox
exploded. Professor Wilox, Mini
Wilcox, and their son Bachus were
killed.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
Oh my God. What caused the
explosion.
LEROY BARE
My guess is that a bomb was planted
on the boat.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
Murdered?
JUDY DUDDLEY
I would guess. Dad blamed the
explosion in the lab on chemicals
but Professor Wilcox said he was
not using any chemicals that should
have caused an explosion. He talked
to us. He got back on his boat.
We went our ways.
(screams in tears)
And then there is the explosion.
And he and his family are dead.
Ellen Duddley hugs her daughter and looks over Judy's
shoulder to look at Leroy Bare.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
What is this world coming to?
LEROY BARE
Something none of us ever wanted to
see, but here it is.
JUDY DUDDLEY
What?
LEROY BARE
Satan. Belial.
JUDY DUDDLEY
You are talking crazy.
LEROY BARE
I know. But out there on the lake
you also looked into the fires of
hell. An awful murder. Do you
feel sane?
JUDY DUDDLEY
No. I feel like I am in a
nightmare. Have I always been in a
nightmare and I am just now
realizing it. Victor. How many
times when you are having one of
your episodes have you said that
this has to be a dream. I now know
what you mean.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
Victor, I left your book in my
chair on the beach. I don't think
I should have done that.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
It is okay. If it gets lost I have
copies and I can make more copies.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
What if someone reads it?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
It is just a story. No one is
going to believe it. You don't
believe it. Do you?
ELLEN DUDDLEY
I don't know what to believe but I
think, no matter how crazy it
sounds, Leroy spoke the truth.
JUDY DUDDLEY
I don't understand.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
There is an evil taking control of
earth. The balance of power has
shifted while God sleeps and Jesus
sits on his wall, not knowing what
to do.
ALICE MALOKEY walks out on the dock and toward where
everyone is standing.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Never underestimate Jesus. He is
not that sad hebrew pansy in the
bible who allowed himself to be
crucified. He is a Hercules of a
man who has endured much and has
had to lick his wounds but he has
fought satan before and won. He
will win again.
Alice Malokey smiles.
ALICE MALOKEY
Such hopeful words that for a
second I felt hope. If only I
could trust your words.
LEROY BARE
You can trust his words. You can
also trust that Jesus has an army
of men and women who are ready to
fight for him and to fight for
earth.
ALICE MALOKEY
But does that army even know that
there are real battles and real
dangers. Are they so blinded by
that Hebrew story they can't ever
know the real Jesus, that Hercules
of a man. Are they so brainwashed
as a death cult, that they are so
wanting for the world to end, that
they think surrendering to evil is
their road to salvation.
LEROY BARE
When Hercules comes, they will know
that he is part of a living God,
that his power comes from a living
earth, and only if earth can be
saved can there be any salvation.
SABIAN BLACKROCK appears out of no where.
SABIAN BLACKROCK
Such words. Pure fiction. How can
such a sinful young man speak such
words with a straight face?
LEROY BARE
Why are you here?
SABIAN BLACKROCK
My grandson is missing. I need
help.
LEROY BARE
From whom?
SABIAN BLACKROCK
I am desperate. I need Alice
Malokey to help me.
JUDY DUDDLEY
I have got to be dreaming. This
has got to be a dream.
Sabian suddenly notices Victor Duddley. They stare at one
another.
SABIAN BLACKROCK
What the hell?
ALICE MALOKEY
Exactly. And that is the reason
that I am not helping you.
SABIAN BLACKROCK
I am confused.
ALICE MALOKEY
Yeah. You can stay confused. Get
the hell away from me.
Sabian Blackrock vanishes.
ALICE MALOKEY
I know I sounded heartless just
then but I couldn't help him find
Winston even if I wanted to help
him. I have people looking for
Rabbit and Winston but don't tell
him that.
JUDY DUDDLEY
Is this real?
ALICE MALOKEY
It is best if you just pretend that
it isn't real. That way they might
not erase your memory.
ELLEN DUDDLEY
We will pretend.
Alice Malokey smiles. She then vanishes.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Leroy, take my mother and sister
home. I will pretend I was the
only one on the boat. I expect
Daniel Bare will be coming to speak
to me fairly shortly.
LEROY BARE
I will take them home.
EXT. HOTVILLE SWAMP - DAY
The burnt monster, the demon, dives into the murky, muddy,
swamp water and begins to swim. An alligator quickly moves
to get out of the water. Chirping birds begin to screech
and flap their wings.
EXT. DOCK - DAY
SOUND: Sirens. Flashing lights. Three police cars pull to
the end of the dock. DANIEL BARE exits one of the police
cars. VICTOR DUDDLEY is standing alone. Judy, Leroy, Ellen
are no where to be seen as the CAMERA moving about reveals.
DANIEL BARE
We need information.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I will give a statement.
DANIEL BARE
Whose boat exploded?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Professor Wilcox, Mini Wilcox, and
their son Bachus were on the boat.
They didn't survive.
DANIEL BARE
Did you have anything to do with
the explosion?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
No. You know about the explosion
in the lab of Professor Wilcox at
Hearthville college. Right?
DANIEL BARE
Your father said that it was caused
by an eccentric Professor mixing
the wrong chemicals. He said it
was just an ordinary accident and
we didn't need to investigate. We
were not given the name of the
Professor involved.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
My father didn't think there was
any foul play involved. He
reported what he believed.
DANIEL BARE
What did you and Professor Wilcox
talk about when your boats were
approximate to one another?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Professor Wilcox was afraid he was
going to be fired. And I was going
to try to talk my father out of
firing him but if he was fired, I
was going to hire him.
DANIEL BARE
Did you consider Professor Wilcox
smart?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Very. He had a very brilliant
mind.
DANIEL BARE
What was he working on?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Something Satan and Belial would
not like, a cure for covid.
DANIEL BARE
Leroy has already done that, hasn't
he?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
You know my situation.
DANIEL BARE
Not really.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am an alter. I am George.
Victor has been caged but I wasn't.
DANIEL BARE
Leroy was on the boat with you.
Wasn't he? Someone reported that
Judy and Leroy were with you when
you got on the boat.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
They are mistaken. I was on the
boat alone. Leroy and Judy were
going to go out with me but then
they did not.
DANIEL BARE
Do you trust Leroy?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I trust Leroy. I trust you.
DANIEL BARE
Do you think trying to protect my
cousin Leroy will earn you any
brownie points with me?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I don't really give a flying fuck
about you. Why should I want to
earn your brownie points? I am
pretty sure Victor hates you.
DANIEL BARE
Why does he hate me?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am sure I don't know.
Other policemen walk up. Daniel motions for them to turn
around return to the police cars.
DANIEL BARE
The explosion was accidental. An
accident with a gas can. That is
the way we will write it up.
After the policemen walk off Daniel Bare gets in the face of
Victor Duddley.
DANIEL BARE
That is the way we write it up for
the humans. But do not be shocked
if someone sanctions your murder.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am not as smart as Victor. And I
don't have his magic powers. But I
am quite capable of sanctioning
murders all on my own. Don't fuck
with me.
Daniel Bare pushes Victor away from him.
DANIEL BARE
And you don't fuck with me.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
So I guess you and I will not be
having any homosexual sex.
DANIEL BARE
You sound disappointed.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Aren't you married now?
DANIEL BARE
It is an open marriage.
SOUND: Daniel Bare's phone. He answers. He turns it to
speaker.
DANIEL BARE
How is the search and rescue going?
OFFICER RIOT
We've recovered two badly burned
but intact bodies.
DANIEL BARE
There is a third. Name again?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Bachus Wilcox. But you will not
find his body.
DANIEL BARE
I thought you said there were no
survivors.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
A demon has taken over the body of
Bachus.
OFFICER RIOT
What has your witness there been
smoking?
DANIEL BARE
Office Riot, put Officer Carney on
the phone and you walk away.
OFFICER RIOT
Seriously.
DANIEL BARE
Do as I say.
OFFICER CARNEY
Do you want me to make the calls to
get Monster Hunters involved.
DANIEL BARE
Other than you, do we have any
others on the force?
OFFICER CARNEY
No. Mallory quit when Sabian
Blackrock was put over the Hunter
Division for the Witches Council.
DANIEL BARE
Sabian Blackrock is now in charge
of the hunters. Son of a bitch.
OFFICER CARNEY
I considered quiting. But what are
we going to do. Our police force
is not set up to handle demons and
other monsters.
DANIEL BARE
We may have to establish our Hunter
Unit. I don't want to deal with
Sabian Blackrock on anything.
Alice Malokey, if you can hear me,
get back here.
Alice Malokey appears.
DANIEL BARE
Were you listening.
ALICE MALOKEY
I was listening. I will call my
husband and son, who are hunters,
to work with you independent of the
Witches Council. But I will tell
you that the three of us may end up
having to leave earth.
Turns and looks at Victor.
ALICE MALOKEY
I know you are not Victor and you
say you are an alter. Can you help
us?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Money wise. Yeah. But I don't
have magical powers. Author Ramsey
and Steed should be brought on
board if they will agree. I will
definitely help but I need your
help to get some people uncaged.
ALICE MALOKEY
Well sure but that is easier said
than done and when we uncage the
real Victor, I suspect all hell
will break lose.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
I am pretty sure all hell has
already broken lose.
ALICE MALOKEY
Okay. Let me see if I can recruit
my husband and son. Are you all
going to bring Quentin Darko into
this? They don't like Quentin.
DANIEL BARE
He is not my favorite person
either.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
But I think he is going to have to
be brought in to what we are doing.
If we don't have the Space Alien
Witch Council on our side, we are
going to need the Earth Witch
Council and he runs that.
ALICE MALOKEY
That is going to be a sticking
point. And maybe it would be
better if they remained completely
on the inside with the Witches
Council.
DANIEL BARE
They are earth witches.
ALICE MALOKEY
My husband Phil Clyde is an earth
witch. My son Stephen is my son
and I am from the planet Malokey.
DANIEL BARE
But my point is, how can earth
witches continue to be hunters for
a Witches Council that is now all
Space Alien Witches because the
earth witches have all been purged.
ALICE MALOKEY
Understood. But I will repeat my
husband and son do not like Quentin
Darko.
DANIEL BARE
Okay.
ALICE MALOKEY
I will talk to them. I don't
really know if they will be on
board to be hunters where they
might have to answer to Quentin.
VICTOR DUDDLEY
They will not have to answer to
Quentin. They will not have to
have anything to do with Quentin.
(laughs)
You will have to deal with Quentin
and then you will have to deal with
your husband and son.
ALICE MALOKEY
Oh, gee, thanks. Why would you
think I would want to deal with
Quentin?
VICTOR DUDDLEY
Because our ultimate goal is to
send Satan and Belial back to hell,
remove Sabian Blackrock from power,
and give earth some level of
freedom again. The monsters can
not be left in control.
ALICE MALOKEY
I think I might easily forget that
you are not the real Victor. If
there are any arguments from my
husband and son, I will convince
them to work with you all.
DANIEL BARE
Good.
EXT. HEARTHVILLE LAKE, BOATS - DAY
Three boats surround the burning Wilcox boat. The burnt
bodies of Professor Wilcox and Mini Wilcox are load out on
the deck of one of the boats. Two of the boats are hosing
the burning boat down.
OFFICER RIOT
(looking down at the
bodies)
There is something weird here. And
not just what I heard of the phone
when I was talking to Daniel. I
made the joke Victor Duddley was
smoking weed, but now I have me the
shivers.
OFFICER CARNEY
Burned victims are an awful sight.
OFFICER RIOT
(points to the burning
boat)
There was an explosion right.
OFFICER CARNEY
Yeah.
OFFICER RIOT
The boat did not sink. And it is
still burning. We have been
putting water on it, and it is
still burning. And it has not
sank. It has not sank. Let me
repeat. It has not sank. Don't
you think it should have sank.
OFFICER CARNEY
Are you going to cause Daniel
problems on the way he told me to
write the report up.
OFFICER RIOT
I am a team player. I will do what
you tell me to do. I need this
job. I have already be fired in
two cities. I don't even know why
Daniel hired me.
OFFICER CARNEY
I may let you learn some things on
this case. And you may hear me say
some things that will blow your
mind.
OFFICER RIOT
I am thinking my mind mind is
already blown.
A couple of officers in diving suits climb aboard the boat
where the bodies are. They start pulling their diving suits
off.
OFFICER CLOONEY
We saw no sign of a third body.
OFFICER RICHARDS
We saw no sign of Bachus Wilcox.
Do you he and I used to play pool.
I first thought he was queer. He
was the first time I heard the word
INCEL.
OFFICER CLOONEY
I know how you teased him.
OFFICER RICHARDS
I liked him. He was a good guy.
Look at his parents. God.
OFFICER CARNEY
You two don't start crying like a
bunch of pansy homosexuals.
OFFICER RICHARDS
Suck my dick.
OFFICER CARNEY
(laughs)
In your dreams.
OFFICER CLOONEY
So what happened here? That boat
is still burning. And why can't we
find the body of of Bachus. Are we
sure that he was on the boat?
OFFICER RICHARDS
I hope he is still alive.
OFFICER RIOT
According to Victor Duddley, a
demon has taken control of the body
of Bachus. I thought he had been
smoking weed when I heard him say
that.
OFFICER RICHARDS
You think a demon caused the
explosion and fire and is the
reason the boat is still burning
and has not sunk. Do you think
there are demons around us right
now.
OFFICER CLOONEY
I would say you all are crazy but
that boat is still burning and it
has not sank. The explosion,
described by the people on shore,
should have obliterated the boat.
(looks around with a
scared look on his face)
Are there really such a thing as
demons?
OFFICER CARNEY
There is such a thing. And boys,
if you keep an open mind, I am
going to ask Daniel to bring you
into something you are not going to
want to believe. Boys, you are
about to become what is called
Hunters.
OFFICER RICHARDS
Hunters? What?
OFFICER CLOONEY
Why are we talking about hunting
animals like deer now?
OFFICER CARNEY
Not deer. Monsters. Things that
go bump in the night. Demons,
Rogue vampires, witches who have
broken the rules, and humans who
practice the dark arts.
OFFICER CLOONEY
Okay. Okay. Okay. Let us back up.
Let us put this damn car in
reverse. This case. Right now.
What are we up against.
OFFICER CARNEY
We have reason to believe that a
demon has taken control of the dead
body of Bachus. We have reason to
believe that the demon actually
caused the explosion and fire.
Although demons can act on their
own, they are usually directed by
magic spells.
OFFICER CLOONEY
So a witch is behind this?
OFFICER CARNEY
Could be? But it could also be a
human practicing the black arts and
calling themself a witch.
OFFICER CLOONEY
You have me confused. Isn't anyone
who practices magic a witch?
OFFICER CARNEY
There are space alien witches.
There are earth witches. And there
are human witches. Human witches
are the least powerful and have to
use alliances with other
supernatural forces to exact a
spell. An earth witch is in their
self a supernatural force and can
bend reality all on their own. At
times their magic does ping. It
doesn't work. And then they may
call on other supernatural forces.
The same is true of space alien
witches.
OFFICER CLOONEY
Alright. Putting the car back into
drive. So you are saying that we
are going to be hunting both a
demon and a witch of some kind.
The witch is someone with a motive
to want Professor Wilcox and his
family dead.
OFFICER RIOT
So this witch that we will be
hunting, can they turn us into
frogs?
OFFICER RICHARDS
Given that boat there, I would be
more scared of them exploding our
car or our house. How do we
protect ourselves? We aren't
wishes. Officer Carney, are you?
OFFICER CARNEY
No. But there will be witches who
will be part of the Hunter Group
that we are forming. And they will
provide you all with charms and
such so that you can use human
magic to protect you.
OFFICER RICHARDS
Why are you bringing us into this?
Shouldn't the Hunter Group just be
made up of witches?
OFFICER CARNEY
You are the eyes and ears on the
ground. You are policemen. You
will be called into cases that may
or may not have supernatural
elements involved. Right now you
are involved in case that involves
the supernatural and I want you to
understand that. I want you to be
able to work with the earth witches
on this case. You saw what
happened here first hand. You are
the first investigators on this
case. But if any of you want to
walk away from this case, that is
fine. It is understandable. Now
tell me, who is in and who is out.
OFFICER RIOT
I am in.
OFFICER CLOONEY
I am in.
OFFICER RICHARDS
I am in.
OFFICER CARNEY
So we are all in.
OFFICER RIOT
Deep shit.
OFFICER CARNEY
Yeah.
(calls Daniel on phone)
So Daniel. Here is the deal. The
boat is still burning. It has not
sank. There is definitely some
supernatural stuff going. And I
have just recruited four police
officers to be part of our Hunter
Group.
EXT. INSIDE DANIEL'S DETECTIVE CAR - DAY
DANIEL BARE is holding the phone to his ear while he is
driving. Okay.
DANIEL BARE
Good deal. We will have a meeting
at 3:00 PM in my office. I will
have Victor Duddley there with me.
I can't decide for sure whether he
is a suspect or whether he will be
helping us.