PRESENT DAY - INT. MISSY'S OFFICE. NIGHT
Missy puts two sugar cubes in her cup. She begins to stir slowly, CLINKING the SPOON softly and rhythmically against the sides of the cup.
TinG TINg. TinG tinG.
MISSY
You're scared.
Chris' hand scratching the chair.
CHRIS
I can't move.
You're scared.
Chris' hand scratching the chair.
CHRIS
I can't move.
MISSY
You can't move.
He nods.
MISSY (CONT'D)
That's good. Now sink into the floor.
CHRIS
Wait I--MISSY
Sink.
TING TING...
You can't move.
He nods.
MISSY (CONT'D)
That's good. Now sink into the floor.
CHRIS
Wait I--MISSY
Sink.
TING TING...
Chris' hand has compulsively scratched open the arm of the chair.
His hand stops. His mouth drops and eyes open, frozen.
FLASHBACK - INT. SMALL APARTMENT - NIGHT
•.. TING TING.
Suddenly, 11-year-old Chris falls through the bed and floor.
END FLASHBACK
•.. TING TING.
Suddenly, 11-year-old Chris falls through the bed and floor.
END FLASHBACK
INT. DARKNESS
Terror. Chris, 26 again, breathes fast but falls in slow motion though darkness as if through water
Terror. Chris, 26 again, breathes fast but falls in slow motion though darkness as if through water
He flails towards a pitch black abyss. He's illuminated by the fading blue flicker of a large downward facing TV-like screen. On it Missy sits speaking to him and clinking her teacup.
Missy's voice is everywhere.
Missy's voice is everywhere.
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