* (DARK MUSIC) (WOMAN SCREAMS) -(MEN SHOUT AND GRUNT) -(WOMAN SCREAMS) (MEN CHEER AND LAUGH) (WOMAN WAILS) (LOCK CLICKS) (SOBS) (WATER RUNS) (MEN SPEAK INDISTINCTLY) (MEN LAUGH) (PHONE BEEPS) (PHONE RINGING TONE) MAN: This is Detective Robertson. Leave a message after the beep. -(BEEP!) -(WHISPERS) He knows. He knows. (MAN SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE) (MAN POUNDS ON DOOR AND YELLS) (PHONE BEEPS) (PHONE RINGING TONE) -WOMAN: Hello. It's Edith. -GIRL: And Maisey. EDITH: We are not home right now. Leave a message after the beep. (HANGS UP) (BANGING ON DOOR) (BANGING ON DOOR) (MEN SHOUT) (BANGING ON DOOR) (GUNSHOT) ('WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS' PLAYS) (MEN SPEAK INDISTINCTLY) (GRUNTS) (GUNSHOTS) Ahh! (GUN CLICKS) (MAN GROANS) SONG: # We wish you a merry Christmas # We wish you a merry Christmas # We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy... # (BANGING) WOMAN: What the hell is all that noise? (BANGS) Cheese and crackers! Keep it down. Really? (PANTS) (KNOCK AT DOOR) WOMAN: Hey. Is everything OK in there? Uh...yeah. Oh, my God! I'm sorry. (PHONE BEEPS) (PHONE RINGING TONE) MAN: This is Detective Robertson. Leave a message after the beep. -(BEEP!) -Where are you? Where the hell are you? You promised me that you would help me. You said you'd get me out of this. Now I'm so fucked. Call me, asshole, at least to tell me that you don't give a shit that you sold yourself like all the other disgusting cops. And I'm on my own. (HANGS UP) (PANTS) Shit. -(PHONE RINGS) -Hello. -Hello? -(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING) -(STOPS RINGING) -(PHONE RINGS) (GRUNTS) -Ahh! -(PHONES RING) Stop! (PHONES RING IN CACOPHONY) (PHONES FALL SILENT) (PHONE RINGS) (WHIMPERS) MAN: Everly. What a surprise. I assumed you'd go down without a fight. I was wrong. I'm never wrong. Did you get my present? Open it. I picked it out myself. (GRUNTS) Your detective friend is just the beginning. 221 Shaffer Avenue. What? My men are already there waiting for my call. No, Taiko. No. No, Taiko. No. Please, no. We had an agreement. Do as you're told or I kill your mother and daughter. You can do anything you want to me, but, please, please, just leave them out of this. I don't need your permission to do anything I want with you. I own you. Or did you forget that? If you ever loved me... This isn't about love. It's about honour. You were taken to be a whore, just like the others, but when I saw you, I said, "No, she's special. "She's mine." But you betrayed me, Everly. You're right. You're right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I was scared, and I deserve to die because of it. But... But, please, please let them live. Let them live, please. (SIGHS) Alright. I will grant you your wish. You will die in that room tonight, Everly, and I'll let little Maisey live... Thank you. Thank... ..just long enough to earn back what you've cost me. I'm sure your daughter will be very popular with the older clientele. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you! Fuck you! -(PHONE BEEPS) -Come on, Mom. Pick up. Pick up. WOMAN ON RECORDING: Hello. (HANGS UP AND REDIALS) -Hello. It's Edith. -And Maisey. EDITH: We are not home right now. (HANGS UP AND REDIALS) (GRUNTS) -Hello. It's Edith. -And Maisey. EDITH: We are not home right n... (HANGS UP AND REDIALS) WOMAN: Hello? Hello? -Mom? -Everly? There's men there. There's men already there. You need to take Maisey and run. What the hell are you talking about? What men? -Mom... -Where are you? -(DOORBELL RINGS) -Who's that? -They're there. -(BANGING AT DOOR) Everly, what have you gotten us into? Mom, you gotta get out of the house right now with Maisey or they're gonna kill you both. -OK, OK. -Come on. -I'm going. I'm going. -GIRL: Grandma? -Maisey. -EDITH: I need you to be quiet. MAISEY: Where are we going? Who's out there? (BANGING ON DOOR) EDITH: Shh. Out the back door. We are going for a ride. Follow me. We're here in the car. Scoot over. (CAR ENGINE STARTS) -(GIRL SHRIEKS) -(GUNSHOTS) (TYRES SQUEAL) (GUNSHOTS) Mom? -Maisey? -Mom? -Maisey? Are you OK? -MAISEY: I'm OK. EDITH: It's going to be alright, baby. Keep your head down and hand the phone to Grandma. Put on your seatbelt. Good job, baby. Everly, what the hell is going on? Mom, you need to keep driving. Don't stop for anyone. Meet me at McCoy Park downtown. -I'm calling the police. -No. He owns the police. This is madness. What do you mean? -Who owns police? -(LIFT DINGS) (SIGHS) No time. Four years ago, you disappear, and I haven't heard from you in four years, Everly - four years. (OVER SPEAKERPHONE) ..men showing up at my home in the middle of the night to kill me and Maisey. What have you done? And why would we want to see you anyway? First you abandon your daughter, and now you put our lives in danger? -MAN: Bitch! -I did not abandon her. You have no clue what happened to me. You need to see me so I can give you enough money for you to disappear tonight. You have to start a new life where no-one can find you, or else you're dead and Maisey's doomed to a life of misery. Calm down so we can talk about this. You are not making any sense. But, Everly... Meet me at the park and call me when you're there. -I love you. -Please tell me, what... (PHONE RINGS) WOMAN WITH ENGLISH ACCENT: Taiko, what the fuck? It's been raining fucking bullets in here for the last 10 minutes. Broke-arse motherfucker. Listen - I've got a dead john bleeding all over my place because of that raggedy-arse bottom bitch. What the fuck is going on over there? Oh, you know I can fuck her shit right up. How much we talking? Damn! That's all you had to say. Hello, boys. Time to get motherfucking paid. You, stay. Zelda. (ZELDA WHISTLES 'JINGLE BELLS') (STOPS WHISTLING) You shot your wad, bitch! What? Die, bitch. Die, motherfucker. I'm gonna fuck you up. (LAUGHS) -Fucking sai?! -ZELDA: You bitch. Come here. You want to fuck with me? You fucked up, bitch. I'm going to fuck you... (GASPS) (SLOW FOOTSTEPS) (METAL CLICKS) (FOOTSTEPS CEASE) Hi. -Bye-bye. -(GUNSHOT) Oh, thank... -(PHONE BUZZES) -WOMAN: Shit. Taiko is going to be pissed. Wait. Who did I just kill? Everly. -Nice try. -Wait. Don't kill me. Don't kill me. I can double that price. I have a lot of money. Bullshit - you don't have any money or even go out of this apartment. He doesn't give you any money. You think you're better than us? Huh? -You're just his fucking slave. -(CLICK!) Listen to me. I can prove it to you. I have enough money for both of us, OK? Bullshit. He doesn't give you any money, bitch. You don't have... OK. Shit. (GUN CLICKS) -Fuck. -That's what I said. Who the fuck did all this? You do all this? Is he paying you for each one? -Dena? -Everly? You're not dead. Sorry, sweetie, but I need that fucking money. Get the fuck out of here. She's mine. Elyse, you greedy bitch! You have that money. ELYSE: I don't need your fucking help. She doesn't have a gun. -I got here first! -You fucked up. -Fuck you. Fuck you. -You fucked up. It's my turn. You fucking bitch! What are you saying? Fuck you. -Fuck you. -BOTH: Fuck you. -(GUNSHOTS) -(THUD!) (WOMAN COUGHS) Help me. Oh, God. Oh, God. I don't want to die. Please, help me. Everly. Please help me, Everly. I don't want to die. Not like this. I'm scared. I don't want to die. Then shut up for once so you can save your strength. (GUN CLICKS) I understand you want to kill me, but do you want to kill her too? Come on, help me. Help me. Please. I don't want to die. Just put some pressure on here. I'm scared. I don't want to go to hell. Anna, you have to kill her. -I don't want to die alone. -You're gonna be OK. Shh. -What... -OK. Put some of this on. -OK. -OK. Dena? Dena. Dena? I'm sorry. I have to do this. If I don't, Taiko's gonna kill me. Anna. Look around you. -I can kill you too. -No. We don't have to do this right now. I know I'm gonna die tonight, but I have a mother and a 5-year-old daughter, and I have to do something to make sure they're gonna be OK. Why? -You were a mother once. -Stop. Stop. Don't talk. Please help me save my child. After that, I will come back here, and I promise it'll be you who finishes this off. How do I know you're gonna come back? Because as long as I'm alive, he will be obsessed with hunting us. But once I'm gone, he'll forget about them in time, and they will be free. I will make sure I die tonight, and I don't want to give any of them the satisfaction. I want it to be you. OK. I'm gonna give you two hours, Everly, but don't fuck with me. Because if you can do all of this, then I can do it too. Good luck. (DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES) (GUN CLICKS) (SCREAMS) * MAN: That's a lot of dead whores. You don't get to call them that. Get up. Now. Can't. How bad is it? It's pretty bad. It's just a flesh wound. It doesn't look fatal. Can't say the same. At least you don't feel anything. Can I ask you a favour? Seriously? (LAUGHS) I'm thirsty. You're welcome. (YELPS) (SCREAMS) Are you smiling? Changed my mind. (DOG BARKS) We're too high up. Don't even think about it. Best-case scenario, the fall kills you. Worst case, you break your legs and the dog eats you alive. Come here, Banzai. I hate that dog. Me too. You know guns, and you're not a bad shot, but you're not going to make it. Tell Taiko he can lick my balls. -Told you. -MAN: My turn, bitch! I'm nobody's bitch! No. Please don't. Finally! Ralph. Sorry. (PHONE RINGS) -Hello. -EDITH: Everly, where are you? I thought you were leaving 20 minutes ago. I was. Just had to wrap some things up first. Of course. Maisey's cold, and I don't like it up here. I'll call you when I'm on my way. OK. (SIRENS WAIL IN THE DISTANCE) Oh, shit. (GRUNTS) Great. -(KNOCK AT DOOR) -MAN: Police, ma'am. Ma'am, the building's not safe. Open up. WOMAN: What's going on out there? I'm an old woman, and it's the middle of the night. MAN: Please open up, ma'am. We're evacuating the building. WOMAN: Why don't you get rid of all those whores around here? It's like in the Bible - you know, Sodom and Gomorrah. You have to evacuate the building, ma'am. This way, please. Follow me. WOMAN: I'm not going anywhere until my daughter gets here. That poor woman. Her daughter's been dead for two years. -Ma'am... -Goodnight! MAN: You have a video feed of the building? Fancy. You know how much he likes to watch. MAN: I suppose it would be too much to ask you to kill me instead of have to face him. I didn't join in. I could have. Oh, how generous of you. Oh, wait. Should I be offended? I was just following orders. (LAUGHS) And that absolves you of any responsibility? No, but some of these guys actually enjoy this. The rest of us do it out of fear, because if you don't, Taiko will kill you or worse. Taiko has forced me to do so many things so vile - human trafficking, sex slavery. Gang rape. Talk to God. I'm not interested in your confession. MAN: Wait. Don't leave the video for him to see. Don't. Trust me. Destroy it. (CAMERA BEEPS) (MUFFLED SHRIEKS ON RECORDING) -(MAN GRUNTS) -(WOMAN SCREAMS) -(WOMAN SCREAMS) -(MEN LAUGH) (STOPS PLAYBACK) Look at me. Sayonara, dead man. (DOOR OPENS) (DISTANT DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES) (COUGHS) Come on. Come on. You can. You can. (COUGHS) Taiko says he'll be in touch. You have yourself a merry Christmas. That's a lot of dead whores. Asshole! (SPEAKS SPANISH) * (COUGHS) I told you. There's no way out. What are you going to do? Either you can help me or shut the fuck up. -May I suggest an idea? -No. Something my grandfather would say. I think I had my fill of Buddhist proverbs for the day, dead man. A sanctuary sometimes resides in the eye of the storm. -(PHONE BEEPS AND DIALS) -EVERLY: Mom? I'm sorry, I cannot get out of here, so you're gonna have to come to me. You need to get rid of your car. It's probably being tracked. EDITH: What? No, no, no, no. I am not giving up the car. Forget about your car. Forget about your house. You must come, get the money and vanish. Isn't that dangerous? Well, of course it's dangerous here, but it's dangerous everywhere. -I don't know. -Listen. Listen. I have a plan. Come over here. When you're getting closer, call me, and then I'll explain to you exactly what to do. -Where are you? -157 Hopper Avenue. -I am afraid. -I'm scared too. I'll call you when I'm there. (HANGS UP) So, we are having company. You may want to clean up. Shit. (JAZZY INTRO) SONG: # Deck the halls with boughs of holly # Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la # 'Tis the season to be jolly # Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la # Don we now our gay apparel # Fa-la-la la-la-la la-la-la # Troll the ancient yuletide carol # Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la # See the blazing yule before us # Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la # Strike the harp and join the chorus # Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la # Follow me in merry measure # Fa-la-la la-la-la la-la-la # While I tell of yuletide treasure # Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la... # (SCREAMS) # Ooh, deck the halls with boughs of holly # Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la # 'Tis the season to be jolly # Fa-la-la-la-la # La-la # La # La! # Do you think Maisey would like this dress? (GRUNTS) What? I think maybe you should wear something a bit more practical, just in case. (SIGHS) Yeah. -Better? -Yes. Much better. (COUGHS) Now, what am I gonna do with you? Could I ask you for one last favour? Why not? Can you light me a cigarette? You know, smoking will kill you. Arigato. One thing I don't understand. How were you able to get to the police? They got to me. One day, my toilet broke and a plumber showed up that was not really a plumber. He promised to get me out of here and into the witness protection program if I helped him. Weren't you afraid that he would find out? Every minute of it, but I kept thinking, "If they get the motherfucker, I can go back to my family." (PHONE RINGS) Are you guys here? EDITH: We are walking into the lobby now. Tell them that you're coming to see your mother, Mrs Haberdash. Haberdash? That she's been complaining about somebody trying to get her out of her apartment, 7E. Get off on the seventh. Take the stairs to the sixth. I'm at the end of the hall. I'll be waiting for you. Seventh floor. OK. Are you ready to meet the family? -Are you? -(LAUGHS) This way, Maisey. Stay with me. Mom, say something. -MAN: Can I help you, ma'am? -Say something! EDITH: Yes, we are coming to visit my mother. MAN: Sorry, ma'am. We had an incident earlier. Who exactly are you going to see? -EDITH: Um, Mrs, um... -Haberdash. Haberdash! -Haberdash. 7E. -Yes. She's just called me about the strange people trying to kick her out of her apartment. This used to be a very nice neighbourhood. MAN: Right, Mrs Haberdash. Lovely lady. Tell her sorry for the noise. Like I said, we had an incident. -It should all be over soon. -EDITH: Thank you. Come, Maisey. Mm-hm. Come, come, come. We are in the elevator. Be right up. Er, six. -Seventh! -What, Mom? -Siete. -Oh, no, seven. -My mistake. -MAN: Seven. -You're doing good, Mom. -Thank you. (ENDS CALL) (DING!) (EVERLY ROARS) (SCREAMS) (DING!) * (KNOCK ON DOOR) -(KNOCK ON DOOR) -(SNIFFS) Hi, Mom. Hey! I'm...Everly. You were such a little girl last time I saw you. Can we continue this inside, please? No, Mom. There is no time. You have to take the money and go. I'm sorry. Seriously, you have to go. -Cartoons! -Hush. Not right now. MAISEY: Oh, but, Grandma... -Hello. -(SPEAKS JAPANESE) Who is this? This is a...long story. (CHUCKLES WEAKLY) Maisey. You don't need to be afraid of me. You know what? I think I have something you might like. It's a Christmas gift. It's for a very special little girl. Would you like to see it? I'm sorry. I didn't have time to wrap it. She's been waiting for you for a very long time. Would you like to hold her? You like Pinky Bear, right? -Yeah. -What do you say? MAISEY: Thank you. You're welcome. She is very pretty, like you. Well, I would love for both of you to stay, but I understand you need to go. If they ask you about Mrs Haberdash, just tell them that you need to put this in the car and that you're coming back to get her. Maisey, I need to speak with Everly in private. Stay put right here. Don't move. Don't touch anything or anybody, OK? Mom, we really cannot do this now. I am not going to ask you twice. Where is the bathroom, please? What? Keep an eye on her. Hai. MAISEY: Hi. Hi. (COUGHS) (SPEAKS SPANISH) No, Mama. I don't know where to begin, Mama. There's so many things I'd like to say to you. But...I can't. There's just no time. I can tell you this. I was taken against my will to be someone's slave. I've been locked up in this apartment for four years. I don't know if you understand that. What are you doing here? Just visiting. What's that? (GRUNTS) Don't go over there. Why not? MAN: Because I need your help with something. What? I wanted to sing a song for you, but I forgot the words. What song? 'Itsy Bitsy Spider'. I know it! I know it. (COUGHS) Are you sick? I am, but singing always makes me feel better. (SINGS) # Itsy bitsy spider # Crawled up the water spout # Down came the rain # And flushed... the spider out... # -You're funny. -Thank you. I did not want you to get involved in this. I did everything I could to protect you. Who is this man? He's the devil. What did he do to you? Did he torture you? No, I am luckier than most girls that get sent overseas or stuck in a dungeon, where they are raped constantly. They don't even last that long. For me, my worst torture was losing my child. EDITH: That's it. It's over. I am here, and we are leaving together right now. -Let's go. -Mom, this is not a telenovela. Who do you think you are? Forget about me. I don't want you to be a part of this world. -(PHONE RINGS) -What's that now? (SHRIEKS) That's who he is. That's what he brings - mierda, muerte. You must leave without me so you can protect Maisey. Do you understand now? (PHONE CONTINUES RINGING) Hey. Where did you go? Is this a Christmas present? MAN: Not exactly. Everly! -It's wet. -Everly! Can I open it? I don't think that's a good idea. Everly! What do you think it is? I couldn't even imagine. Come on. You are not leaving here alive, are you? Sorry, Mommy. MAN: Everly! No! No! Stop. Stop. Don't touch. Don't touch that. -I'm sorry, honey. No. -Ohh! My sweet little... Are you hurt? -Oh, my. -I'm sorry. I'm sorry I screamed at you, honey. You know, that gift was not for little... OK. EDITH: Sweetheart? (DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE) (DOOR CREAKS) -Maisey. -(GASPS) Maisey? EVERLY: Oh, honey, come. MAN: No, Banzai. Hey, Banzai! Banzai! Kill! -Oh, my God! -(SNARLS) -Arggh! -(YELPS) (YELLS) (DOG GROWLS) Banzai, no! Not him! Her! Banzai, kill that bitch! -Banzai? -(METAL RING JINGLES) -Ball! -Oh, shit. Banzai, no! That's not a ball! Mom? Mom? EDITH: Everly? It's OK. You can come out. Oh, that doggie was scary, wasn't it? (DOOR CLOSES IN DISTANCE) I'm gonna show you a trick, Maisey. When things get scary, you close your eyes. Close your eyes. You imagine snowflakes and you start counting the little, tiny snowflakes. MAISEY: One... Why we are watching television now? MAISEY: ..three... -Shit. -EDITH: Don't say that! -EVERLY: Sorry. -MAISEY: ..five...six... -Shit! -Let's go. ..seven, eight... We can make it. MAISEY: ..9, 10... EVERLY: OK. Stay there. Stay there. -Stay there. Stay there. -MAISEY: ..12... Anna, open the door, please. Anna, my little girl is here. Can she watch cartoons on your television? -10 minutes. 10 minutes. -..16... I just gotta take care of some business. It's coming up the elevator. And then I'll come back up, OK, and I'll pay my debt. But just let them in for 10 minutes. Come on. Come on! Just keep them there for five minutes. Five minutes. Come on, Anna! OK, for her. -Get in here. -Come on. Come on. Come on. -Deal's not done. -I understand. I understand. Ugh! (MEN EXCLAIM AND YELL) -(LIGHT BULB POPS) -(GURGLING) Holy shit. * (DOOR OPENS) (METAL CLUNKS) (TRIGGER CLICKS) Oh! What the fuck now? Oh! Where are... Ohh... (METAL CREAKS) -(GRUNTS) -Arggh! Huh! (MOANS AND YELLS) Arggh! Arggh! Arggh! Hah! Ohh! (GASPS) (PUFFS) (COUGHS) (SADIST CALLS OUT) Ohh! (MOANS AND COUGHS) (WHIMPERS) (MOANS) No... No! No! No! (EVERLY YELLS AND MOANS) Oh, no! (EVERLY CRIES) Ahh... (CHUCKLES) ..a make-up artist. Sulphuric acid. Gasoline. (EVERLY WEEPS) Oh, my God. Battery acid. Sodium hydroxide. No, no, no, no... No. No. (MOANS AND WEEPS) No, no! No, no! What are you gonna do to me? (MUFFLED YELLING) (EVERLY MOANS) (CRIES) No, no... H2O. (CHUCKLES) -(THUDDING ON CEILING) -WOMAN: Quit the noise! I'm coming down there! I'm gonna give you a what-for... (THUD ON CEILING) (GASPS) EVERLY: You killed her. Mmm. (GASPS) Please stop. No. (WEEPS) No, no, no... Ehh? Ohh...! No! (SCREAMS) (MOANS AND SCREAMS) Oh, oh...ohh! (WHIMPERS) (GUNSHOTS) Oh! Don't touch her. Don't you fucking touch her! You fucking psycho! No. No! Stop! (CHUCKLES) EVERLY: No! If she dies, you die slower. No! (MOANS) Mom, don't swallow it! (SCREAMS AND GURGLES) No! No! (MOANS) (GRUNTS) Ah! -Ugh! -Oh! Mama? Come on, Mama. -(MOANS) -Mama. Wake up. Look. Ah! Mom, come on! You have to throw up. (GRUNTS) Come on, Mom. Throw up. (GAGS) (GRUNTS) Come on! That's it. OK. That's it. -(HEAVES AND COUGHS) -It's OK. It's OK. It's OK. It's OK. (GASPS) (SADIST GRUNTS) (EVERLY MOANS) Oh! (GURGLES) (SPEAKS JAPANESE AND SPANISH) Come on, Mama. Come on. (GRUNTS) Come on. Come on. (MOANS AND GURGLES) (STOMACH GROANS) (WHIMPERS AND GURGLES) Ohh! (CHUCKLES) * (MOANS AND RETCHES) It's OK, Mama. It'll be alright. It's gonna be alright. (MOBILE PHONE RINGS) What more do you want, you sonofabitch? Haven't you had enough? TAIKO: With a show like this, never. By the way, how's your mother? These past few hours, it's been extraordinary, but now it's time to watch you truly suffer. Your mother has fought the good fight. Now it's time for you to say goodbye. (CHUCKLING ON PHONE) TAIKO: Everly. Pick up the phone, Everly. I'm not done with you yet. I wouldn't do that. Fuck you! (TAIKO SHOUTS) Everly! Everly! Everly! (TRIGGER CLICKS) -Oh! -(MAN SPEAKS JAPANESE ON RADIO) -(GUNSHOT) -MAN: Ugh! -(GUNSHOT) -(RADIO SQUEALS) MAN: MAN 2: No! Arggh! Ah! Arggh! (MOANS) Happy holidays, Everly. Arggh! Oh...! Ugh! (MOANS AND WHIMPERS) (BLADE RINGS) (WHIMPERS) And so it ends, not with a bang but a whimper. You are nothing. You don't exist. This is all a nightmare. If I die, it'll be like waking up. And if I don't... ..it'll be your nightmare, motherfucker. (CHUCKLES) (LAUGHS) You have been a revelation. But don't kid yourself. You have only gotten so far because I allowed you to. If you're gonna do it, just do it and shut up. After all you've been through tonight, did you really think I would make it that easy? Yeah. Why haven't you killed me? Maybe you can't bear the thought of living without me. Maybe no matter what I do... ..you just don't want me gone, hmm? Maybe I go across the hall and get your daughter, make her watch the rest of this. Does little Maisey know that her mother is nothing but a used, discarded whore? Keep my daughter's name out of your mouth! (TAIKO SCOFFS) Your bastard child should be honoured that I even know its name, that I let it live... ..in spite of its traitorous mother! (SCREAMS) No! (GASPS) Ugh! Oh! Frankly, death by my sword is an honour you don't deserve. (BLADE RINGS) (GAGS) I would take your heart, but your betrayal has shown me that you don't have one. You stole my life. I owe you no loyalty. I fucking hate you! I loved you. Tough shit. It's infinitely more painful to remove a tattoo than it is to receive one. And the same is true for love. Ohh! You don't have to go through the pain of removing your love for me, so I will take back my tattoo as a souvenir. You branded me like a cow. Take it. -(GRUNTS) -Arggh! I want to look at your eyes when I kill you. -(CRACKLING) -(GROANS) Oh! -(CRACKLING) -(GROANS) (TAIKO GROANS) (GRUNTS) If I die by your hand, you and Maisey will never be safe. (EVERLY GRUNTS) Then die with honour. Do it yourself. What happened to honour in love? You'll never know love like I do. Ohh! Ohh! Ohh! (WHEEZES AND GROANS) Ugh! (CHUCKLES) -Hah! -Uh! UGH! (GROANS) Oh! Arggh! Ahh! (THUD) * -(MATERIAL RIPS) -(ZIPPER OPENS) MAISEY: What are you doing with Pinky Bear? Take Pinky Bear. Take Pinky Bear and she'll protect you. OK? Yeah? And promise she's gonna stay with you and you won't lose her? Promise me? OK. Now... I'm gonna be right back. Don't move. -(PHONE BEEPS) -ANNA: Hello? WOMAN ON PHONE: 911. What's your emergency? ANNA: 911? I need help. There's a little girl... Ma'am, I'm gonna need you to calm down. -(KNOCK AT DOOR) -ANNA: Who is it? Can you tell me where you are? Ma'am, please. Hello? -ANNA: Go away! -Ma'am, are you there? -(DOOR OPENS) -(MAN CHUCKLES) If you're talking, I can't hear you. ANNA: No, get out! Get... Get out! -(ANNA SCREAMS) -Ma'am? Ma'am? (GASP AND THUD) All units, all units, please be advised, ADW in progress - 157 Hopper Avenue. Respond - code three. Ma'am, are you there? MAISEY: Grandma? Ma'am, keep talking. I'm not hearing you. Are you there? Ma'am, can you hear me? Hello, ma'am? Ma'am? Ma'am, are you there? Grandma? Grandma? (FLOORBOARDS CREAK) (TOY PLAYS RECORDED GIGGLING) If you're feeling scared, you close your eyes and count snowflakes. One, two... -It's OK, little girl. -..three, four... -..five, six... -Open your eyes. -(CONTINUES COUNTING) -Turn around. ..eight, nine, ten... (GUNSHOT) (EVERLY SPEAKS WEAKLY) Maisey. You're safe. Maisey. Come here, honey. I know I might look scary, but... ..I would never do anything to hurt you. Come sit with me. It's over. I know who you are. You do? You're my mommy. I have your picture in my room. That makes me very happy. You know what? I've always had your picture with me too. And now I want you to have it, OK? I want you to keep it and think about me, my little girl. Why were you gone so long, Mommy? I miss you. I miss you so, so much too. And... ..not one minute went by where I didn't think about you. I had a hole in my heart right here every second we were apart. But today, when I saw you... Oh, Maisey. You filled my broken heart. I love you always. Always and forever? Forever and ever. I love you, Mommy. Mommy? (SIRENS WAIL IN DISTANCE) (CHATTER ON RADIOS) (MUTED AUDIO) Medics! Come! (GHOSTLY VERSION OF 'SILENT NIGHT' PLAYS) SONG: # Silent night # Holy night # All is calm # All is bright # Round yon virgin # Mother and child # Holy infant # So tender and mild # Sleep in heavenly # Peace # Sleep in heavenly # Peace # Silent night # Holy night # Shepherds quake # At the sight # Glories stream # From heaven afar # Heavenly hosts # Sing, "Alleluia" # Christ the Saviour # Is born # Christ the Saviour # Is born... # (HEART MONITOR FLATLINES) MAN: Hand me that needle and the gauge. MAN 2: Alright. MAN 1: That's it. Alright, get on the bag. -Come on. Hurry up. -MAN 2: Here. MAN 1: Alright, two good ones. Alright, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15... (HELICOPTER WHIRRS OVERHEAD) (PARAMEDICS SPEAK URGENTLY) # Sleep in heavenly # Peace # Sleep in heavenly # Peace. # (HEART MONITOR FLATLINES) (HEART MONITOR BEEPS REGULARLY) (EVERLY GASPS) www.able.co.nz Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. Able 2018