210. Dr. Z and the Dream Monsters

• FADE IN:


• INT. BEDROOM - MORNING


• DR. Z stands over MOLLY's bed, watching her sleep. MRS. HAMER, her mother, and LUCY, her sister watch nervously near the doorway.


• MRS. HAMER
• She's been asleep for three days now. We just can't wake her up.


• LUCY
• I've tried shaking her, cold water...


• DR. Z
• You have to understand, the world of sleep is a very real dimension, and there are beings that exist who will do anything to keep her within that dream world and feed on her.


• Mrs. Hamer shudders.


• LUCY
• Can you do anything?


• DR. Z
• I'm going to have to go in.


• THEO, his assistant, comes bustling into the room with a large case.


• He opens the case and sets up a small, comfortable-looking chair and then begins connection sensors and wires to Molly's head.


• He nods to the Doctor who precedes to sit in the chair and connect the wires to his forehead and arms.


• The wires feed into a a computer.


• He looks over at Mrs. Hamer and Lucy.


• DR. Z
• We're going to do everything we can.


• Theo presses several buttons and the doctor's head drops in instant sleep.


• EXT. FOREST CLEARING - DUSK


• The doctor finds himself on the clearing.


• A large stake stands at the center of the field.


• Lucy is tied to the center of the stake.


• A wave of darkness approaches from the other direction, lapping back and forth like a persistent tide coming in.


• LUCY
• Please help!


• Her words are thick as if she can barely force them out of her mouth.


• DR. Z
• Oh dear, it's quite nearly too late.


• He reaches up and pulls a knife from midair.


• He runs to the stake and begins cutting Lucy away.


• The tide laps closer and closer.


• He cuts the final strand of rope away.


• DR. Z
• There dear girl, you're free, let's get you awake.


• Lucy grins and the doctor steps back.


• Her eyes become flush with darkness.


• The grin becomes wider revealing razor teeth.


• LUCY
• Right into my trap, doctor; she's been mine for the last three days; she was weak. And now you are mine.


• Lucy's body explodes into a cloud of emptiness, smoky tendrils coiling around the doctor.


• He screams, then is lost in the dark.


• INT. BEDROOM - MORNING


• The doctor's body slumps and Lucy continues to breath evenly, lost in sleep.


• Theo frantically pounds away at the keyboard, then slows.


• THEO
• I'm so sorry. They've both been taken.


• Mrs. Hamer begins to sob and Lucy leans against her.


• Theo rushes, packing, as he wipes a tear from his eye.


• He leaves quickly, turning back as he steps through the door, tears gone.


• He smiles, licking at razor sharp teeth.


• FADE TO BLACK.