Halloween: The Series
Episode 4.9:  The Devil’s Doorway

	We open on a dark, rainy night, as heavy raindrops pelt down over the large surface of Moon Lake.  As the wind blows fiercely, we come upon a small boat that is flailing around in the depths of the lake’s surface.  The boat rocks dangerously with the waves as lightning lights up the sky.  Inside the boat, we come up to see that Josh Jamison and Sue Adams are in peril, talking on the radio.  They look panicked as Josh speaks into the broadcaster.

JOSH
Mayday, mayday!  We are in trouble!  Anyone copy?!

	No response.  Josh hits the dashboard in frustration as Sue begins to cry.

SUE
What if no one hears us?!

JOSH
They will!  (into the broadcaster) Mayday, mayday!  This is Josh Jamison and Sue Adams!  We’ve hit turbulent weather on my family’s boat out at Moon Lake!  Anybody copy?!

	We cut briefly to Adam Travers’s trailer, where Adam is busily typing away on a novel at his desk.  He seems pleased with what he has until...suddenly, a piercing wail echoes across the cabin.  Lightning lights up the trailer as a voice comes through the home.  Adam is startled at the sound.

JOSH
(o/s)
We’re at Moon Lake!  We need help!  We’re gonna be pulled under!

	Adam stands, walking over towards his closet, perplexed.  He frowns as he opens his closet door.  The voice continues to yell through the home.

JOSH
(o/s)
This is Josh Jamison and Sue Adams!  Mayday!

	Adam begins rummaging through a box that is at the bottom of his closet as the voice continues.  We cut back to Moon Lake, where Josh and Sue hang on for life as the boat rocks wickedly with the water.  Sue shakes her head.

SUE
We’re in serious trouble!

	Suddenly, out of nowhere, a piercing wail is heard echoing even over the pouring rain.  Josh and Sue look ahead and are full of fear.  Hovering above the depths of the lake are 5 figures, each wearing a long, black cloak with a hood.  Their faces cannot be seen as they stand in a ‘V’ formation.  The figure at the tip of the ‘V’ holds a glowing white orb.  The cloaked figures remain motionless as their cloaks blow with the rain.  The orb begins to float into the air, the light becoming brighter.  Josh and Sue widen their eyes.

JOSH
(into the receiver)
Holy shit!  What the hell is going on?!

	The orb swings through the air and comes down at them as they shield themselves from the bright light.  We cut to Adam’s trailer, where Adam pulls an object from out of the box.  It is a transistor radio, a broken one.  The radio, however, is still broadcasting.

SUE
(o/s)
Oh, God!  No-o-o-o-o-o-o!

	The radio goes blank as Adam pulls it from the box, looking at it with awe.

ADAM
Bloody hell.

We cut back to the lake, where the Josh and Sue have completely disappeared.  The raging waters and pelting rain beating the empty boat are all that is present as we see not even a hint that anything was there.  Lightning effect.  Fade to black.

     The Halloween Theme begins to play as we rise up over Haddonfield. The title card appears reading:

     The music becomes a far more rock and roll version of the theme tune and various images from seasons two and three flash up.  The cast of characters are named as:

Paul Rudd as TOMMY DOYLE
Carrie-Anne Moss as DEBRA LOOMIS
Johnny Depp as LONNIE ELAMB
Rebecca Gayheart as HELEN JACOBS
with
Colin Baker as ADAM TRAVERS

	Fade in on the same dark and rainy night, as we find ourselves in a graveyard.  Standing in the rain, facing three tombstones in front of him is none other than Lonnie Elamb.  His face is hardened as he stares with intensity down at the tombstones of his family:  Curtis Elamb, Abigail Elamb, and Samantha Elamb.  The rain hits upon his face, but he doesn’t take any notice as the wind blows through his hair with ferocity.

LONNIE
Could I have trusted you?  Any of you?  Or would you have gone the way of my friends and ended up stabbing me in the back?  Everyone else in my life has done it.  Lying and cheating.  And I’m the rogue?  Sami, I’m sorry, but I don’t know how much longer I can keep up this charade.  Michael Myers killed you.  I know that, but what have we lost trying to find him?  Is it all worth it?  We’re falling apart.  All of us.  We’re at each other’s throats.  Debra, Adam, Tommy.  I’m so tired of putting up with their self-righteous bullshit.  As if they’re so perfect!

	Lightning effect as Father Gabe Murphy appears behind Lonnie, putting his hand on his shoulder.  Lonnie spins around and grabs Gabe by his arm in reflex.  Gabe holds his hands up in surrender as Lonnie relaxes.

LONNIE
What are you doing here, Father Murphy?

GABE
I came for the same reason you did, apparently.  It’s been quite a while since I called upon your mother.

LONNIE
But it’s pouring rain.

GABE
That didn’t stop you, did it?

LONNIE
I guess not.

GABE
I couldn’t help but overhear that there is tension between yourself and your friends.  Would you like to take a walk and discuss it?

LONNIE
No.  I’m through discussing things.  I’m through with all of it.  If they can’t appreciate all I give to them, then screw them.  That’s what I have to say.

GABE
Lonnie, anger just eats away at you.  Anger turns to hate and hate turns to darkness.  It’s the devil’s doorway, the window into your soul.  We’ve learned that the hard way.  If you want my advice, you should talk things out with your friends.

LONNIE
Talking is what brought about the problems.

GABE
Then try again and don’t stop talking until you work them out.  True friendship is hard to come by in this life, Lonnie.  Don’t walk away from it without a fight.

	Lightning effect.  Lonnie wipes some rain from his damp hair and shakes his head.  He turns to leave.

LONNIE
I know you’re right, but I’m not sure that this was ever a true friendship.  That’s the problem.  Good night, Father Murphy.

	Lonnie turns and exits the scene as Gabe stares down at the three graves in front of him with sadness.  We cut to the Jacobs home, where Adam is frantically knocking on the door as the rain pours down.  A few seconds go by before Helen Jacobs opens the door and looks at Adam with concern.

HELEN
Adam, what’s up?  Mom’s not home.  She’s visiting my aunt Jessica in New Orleans.  She’s been lonely ever since Uncle Blake got killed.

ADAM
Yes, yes.  I remember.  I actually stopped by to see you.  I’m concerned about Josh and Sue.  Do you know where they are, by chance?

HELEN
Um, yeah.  Josh was supposed to take Sue for a cruise on Moon Lake by his cabin…but it’s pouring rain, so I’m sure they stayed in.

ADAM
The weather man called for clear skies.  They couldn’t have known the storm was coming.

HELEN
You think they’re in trouble?

ADAM
I heard them call for help on my radio.

HELEN
Your transistor radio?  The one Natalie tried to contact you with from the other side?

ADAM
Yes.

HELEN
I thought you destroyed it.

ADAM
I did.  

HELEN
I’m officially spooked.

ADAM
I don’t know why I held onto it.  Anyways, Josh and Sue sounded like they were in a horrific situation.  I do hope they’re okay.

HELEN
Maybe we should go check on them.

ADAM
Right.  We should give Tommy a call and—

HELEN
Why do we need to involve Tommy?  I’m sure he has other things to do.

ADAM
Just what is going on with you two?  You could’ve cut the tension with a knife at dinner the other night.

HELEN
What about you and Lonnie?  I don’t see you two hanging out lately.

ADAM
Maybe it’s best to put the personal problems aside and cooperate for Josh’s and Sue’s sakes.

HELEN
Great.  I’ll call Lonnie and Debra, too.  Come on in.

	Helen opens the door wide as Adam grunts before entering.  We cut to an hour or so later, as the core five are standing inside of the Jacobs home.  Lonnie is pretty much keeping to himself, a look of anger on his face.  Debra is sipping on some coffee, looking out at the pouring rain with sadness.  Tommy and Adam are standing out on the porch as Helen watches them from inside, looking sad.

TOMMY
Are you sure it was Josh?  I mean, last time, you thought you heard Natalie on that thing.  We know that’s not possible.  She’s dead, Adam.

ADAM
Tommy, I never thought I’d hear those words from you of all people.  Helen’s theory was that there was an uneven balance in the universe due to Manfred’s meddling and that a window was opened between the living and dead.  I don’t know what to think.  All I know is that I heard Natalie a year ago on that very radio and it played again tonight.  You think I’m off my rocker?  I know what I heard.  Josh even said his name.  He and Sue were in trouble and there were wails heard.  Then, it went dead.

TOMMY
We should get out to Moon Lake and check it out.

ADAM
Precisely my thoughts on the matter.

LONNIE
(o/s)
And mine.

	Tommy and Adam both turn to see Lonnie standing in the open doorway.

LONNIE
My roommate is missing.  I really don’t think sitting around watching reruns of Happy Days is gonna do much in the way of finding them.  Ladies, we’re going!

	Lonnie walks off the porch and down the driveway, getting into the back of Tommy’s Jeep.  Helen and Debra both walk outside as Helen shuts the door behind her.  Debra frowns.

DEBRA
I see the cavemen has beat on his chest and made a declaration.

HELEN
He’s right.  We are wasting time.

DEBRA
That doesn’t mean he has to be an ass about it.

ADAM
That’s his way.

TOMMY
I’m driving.  Let’s pile in.

	Adam and Debra immediately walk towards the Jeep as Tommy waits for Helen.

TOMMY
Helen, are we okay?  You haven’t said two words to me since I got here.

HELEN
Sorry.  Didn’t realize I had to flock to you when you waltzed through the door.

TOMMY
Okay, now I know you’re mad at me.

HELEN
What do you care, right?  Let’s just go.

	Helen walks around Tommy and climbs into the Jeep.  Tommy sighs and gets into the driver’s seat, starting it up and pulling away.  We cut to minutes later, as Tommy’s Jeep comes riding down the path of Moon Lake towards the Jamison cabin.  Rain is continuing to pour down as the Jeep comes to a stop.  The engine is killed and Tommy, Adam, Lonnie, Debra, and Helen emerge from the vehicle, covering their faces from the pouring rain.  They look around the surface of the lake.  Tommy shakes his head.

TOMMY
I don’t see anything!

ADAM
I’m afraid that going out there in this mess would be suicide!

HELEN
Oh, I hope not.

DEBRA
Helen, I’m sure your friends were able to get to safety.

LONNIE
Suicide or not, I’m finding a boat and taking off out there!

ADAM
Don’t be ridiculous, Lonnie.  That would be rash!

LONNIE
I know.  I do rash things.  Where have you been?

DEBRA
Doing responsible things, but you wouldn’t know, because you don’t do those.

LONNIE
I know.  I was too busy doing you.

	Lonnie walks up towards the pier as Debra mutters words under her breath.  Adam gently puts his hand on Debra’s shoulder as Tommy turns and walks towards the cabin.

TOMMY
We should get inside the cabin and formulate a plan before the storm gets worse.

DEBRA
Sounds good to me.  Lonnie will once again stay out here alone and prove that he doesn’t have sense enough to come out of the rain.

HELEN
All I know is that I’m getting soaked.  Let’s get inside.

	Helen and Debra walk towards the cabin with Adam and Tommy close behind.  We cut to the short pier, where Lonnie has walked down the length of it.  The rain pours down on his face as he scans the area for any sign of Josh and Sue or their boat.  Nothing but dark and stormy weather.  As Lonnie scans the area, we see the five cloak-covered beings hovering in V-formation in the background behind him.  The white orb glows as it hovers over the leader’s gray bony hands.

LONNIE
Where are you, Josh?

	Lonnie turns as a bright light fills the air, coming face to face with...the headlights of a large green truck.  Lonnie shields his eyes as the lights dim.  Park ranger Dwayne Driver pokes his head out of the truck with confusion.

DWAYNE
Good evening...

	Dwayne looks at Lonnie with anger as Lonnie frowns.  Inside the Jamison cabin, Tommy and Adam are turning on all of the lights inside as Helen sits off to the side in a bad mood.  Debra just keeps staring out at the rain as it beats down on the window.  Adam looks over at the depressed Helen and back at Tommy.

ADAM
Shouldn’t you two bury whatever it is that has you both making everyone else feel awkward?

TOMMY
I tried to talk to her before we left and got nowhere.  Besides, everyone’s on edge here.  I shouldn’t get all of the blame.

ADAM
Touché.  What’s the plan?

	The door is knocked open by the wind, startling everyone.  Lonnie comes walking through the door with Ranger Dwayne Driver behind him.

LONNIE
Hey, guys.  Look what I found.

DWAYNE
You all shouldn’t be here.

DEBRA
We hear that all the time.

DWAYNE
I mean it. The weather is just going to get worse and the main road just flooded over.

TOMMY
We just came down it.  That’s impossible.

DWAYNE
The local dam just collapsed and covered the road.  Word from the weather station is that funnel clouds have been spotted in the area.

ADAM
Tornadoes?

DWAYNE
There’s one hell of a storm coming.

TOMMY
Has there been any sightings of a boat on the water?  A couple of friends of ours were out there and we haven’t heard from them in a while.

DWAYNE
Sorry to hear that, but anyone out in this mess isn’t gonna be found any time soon.  I’ll notify the ranger’s station and they’ll keep an eye out, so don’t let me hear of you guys trying to go out there in search of them.

DEBRA
We won’t.

DWAYNE
Stay inside and board the place up.  Stormy weather’s ahead.  Once we clear out the roads, we’ll contact you to evacuate, but it looks likely that you’ll be here all night.

TOMMY
Thank you, Ranger...

DWAYNE
Driver.  Dwayne Driver.

ADAM
Thank you, Ranger Driver.

DWAYNE
Take care and be safe.

TOMMY
You, too.

	Dwayne nods to them and exits, shutting the door behind him.  Lonnie, Debra, Helen, Adam, and Tommy all look around the room in silence.  All look uncomfortable.  Lonnie shrugs.

LONNIE
Anybody bring some Uno cards?

	Tommy grunts and throws his jacket onto a nearby table.

TOMMY
We didn’t drive all the way out here to sit around and play cards.

ADAM
Tommy, I think the ranger was right.  I think it’s much too dangerous to go looking for the kids.

TOMMY
We can’t just sit here.

LONNIE
For once, I agree with Doyle.

DEBRA
I think we should board up the place and ride the storm out.

LONNIE
You’ve always had problems with wanting to put up walls, haven’t you?

DEBRA
Excuse me?

LONNIE
What’s the matter?  Afraid if I take you out in the woods, I’m gonna kill ya?

DEBRA
Oh, shut up, Lonnie.  Drop it already.

ADAM
Please.

LONNIE
Butt out, Geritol man.  The people who actually have courage to have had a relationship are discussing things.

ADAM
You disrespectful little...My relationship with Rose is none of your business!

LONNIE
What relationship?  There isn’t one.

ADAM
Rose knows that I care about her.  I don’t have to make a declaration.

HELEN
It’d be nice.

	Adam looks over at Helen with confusion.

ADAM
What?

HELEN
She’s always talking about how she doesn’t know where you’re coming from.  You send her so many mixed signals.  Guys are good at that.

	Helen glances over at Tommy before turning away.  Tommy shakes his head and turns away as Adam approaches Helen.

ADAM
I don’t send her mixed signals, Helen.  I’ve never done anything but care about her.

HELEN
She thinks you’re having a mid-life crisis or something.  She thinks you’re just holding on because you have no one else.  She doesn’t know how you really feel.  Does anyone?

ADAM
But I thought she knew how much I cared...

HELEN
You chose a profession over her, a profession that you didn’t even stay in.  The priesthood.  In male terms, it’s a sacrifice.  In a female’s head, it’s “He’d rather be celibate than ever touch me”.

LONNIE
Okay, don’t need to be hearing about any old people touching each other.  Besides, Helen.  Who are you to say he doesn’t share enough?  You’re the one that had a vision of Debra’s mother leaving and never said a fucking word.

DEBRA
What?

HELEN
What are you doing, Lonnie?  Turning on me now?

LONNIE
Hey, we need something to do.  We’ve got plenty of time to kill.  Maybe we should get everything out on the table.

DEBRA
You knew my mother was going to leave?  You never said anything?

HELEN
I didn’t know what was going to happen, Debra.  My vision was fairly vague.  All I saw in my vision was you, never seeing her again.

DEBRA
Oh, that’s all?  Well, that might have been nice to know if there was even the most minute chance of stopping her from leaving!

HELEN
I didn’t know what was going to happen, Debra!  I didn’t see specifics!

DEBRA
You saw enough to warn me!

HELEN
She left because of those zombies, because that world scared her!  She didn’t want to be a part of it and she couldn’t go on living like she did!

DEBRA
Didn’t see specifics, huh?

HELEN
I’m sorry, okay?  I didn’t know what to do.  I didn’t know specifically what the vision was telling me.

DEBRA
So you decided to just keep it to yourself?

HELEN
Yes, just like you didn’t tell anyone that she had gone.  We choose to keep the thoughts in our heads secret or we choose to share them.  We both chose silence.

TOMMY
It was cold-hearted, Helen.  It was insensitive.

HELEN
Maybe I’m just like my father.  Maybe I’m not worth caring about.

	Helen gets up and goes out the door, slamming it behind her in anger.  Everyone stares around in silence as lightning lights up the room through the windows.  Tommy shakes his head.

TOMMY
I’ll be back.

	Tommy turns and walks out the door, closing it behind him.  Lonnie shrugs.

LONNIE
She’s such a drama queen sometimes.

ADAM
Oh, shut it.  You’re not without your faults.

LONNIE
At least mine don’t involve arthritis and varicose veins.

ADAM
That’s the last time you talk about my age.  I may be older, but I’m still young enough to whip your butt, young man!

	Adam holds up his fists.  Lonnie laughs in amusement.

LONNIE
Watch it, Adam.  You’ll bust a hip.

	Adam lowers his fists and rolls his eyes.

ADAM
Just like I thought.  All talk, no action.

LONNIE
Now who’s acting like a child?

ADAM
Sometimes, to get your point across, you have to lower yourself to the opponent’s level.

LONNIE
You know, Adam, you’re very good at condescending to others.  I, for one, am sick of tolerating it.  Every time I see you, it’s “What did he do to Debra this time?” or “Poor Debra.  I told her he would do her wrong.”  Do you even have a clue as to what actually happened to me and Debra?  Or, actually, is it even any of your business?  You’re always sticking your nose in the middle of things like it belongs there.

ADAM
Debra is like the daughter I never had.

LONNIE
Right.  Why didn’t you have a daughter again?  Oh, that’s right, because you didn’t have the grapefruits to tell Rose how you really felt.  You sent her off to war while you joined the priesthood.  What were you planning on doing when you started dating her, Adam?  Huh?  If this priesthood gig was really your calling, you knew you’d have to break her heart one day, didn’t you?

ADAM
Shut up.

LONNIE
You knew you’d end up hurting her, but you led her on and made her latch on to Wayne Jacobs.  I’ll bet her self-esteem was so low at the time that she would have dated any man who paid her attention.  I mean, what guy in his right mind would choose to wear the same outfit every day and hang out with other guys as an alternative to a luscious little red head like Rose?

ADAM
I was serving God.

LONNIE
She may not be able to admit it, Adam, but you ruined her life.  Because you couldn’t commit, she ended up with Wayne Jacobs, who made her life hell, who beat Garry regularly and molested Helen.  Her life could have been so different had you been a man and stepped up.  It’s too late now, man.  You can’t change the past thirty years.

ADAM
You have no idea what you are talking about!  Of all the nerve, you little sanctimonious bastard!

LONNIE
Seems like I hit a sensitive spot.  You know, Rose is still a fine-looking woman for her age.  Maybe if I stopped by and satisfied some of those needs of hers, she’d have less problems.

	Adam decks Lonnie with a hard right, knocking him to the ground.  Debra quickly stands as Adam’s hands shake with rage.

ADAM
Don’t you ever disrespect the woman I love.

	Lonnie feels his jaw and smirks.

LONNIE
Lookie here, Debbie.  Adam sometimes does express some emotion.

	Adam looks at his hands and then exits the cabin, walking out into the storm.  Debra helps Lonnie stand.  She shakes her head.

DEBRA
Why do you have to be such an asshole?

LONNIE
I was helping him.

DEBRA
Really?  How?

LONNIE
The man is needs to realize he isn’t perfect so that he can stop pointing out everyone else’s faults.

DEBRA
I think you asked for it.

LONNIE
Maybe I did.  Maybe Adam needed to get something out of his system.  There’s a lot more going on in that man’s head than anyone has even bothered to explore.  He has got to express how he feels to that woman.

DEBRA
Why?

LONNIE
Because if he wants to tell me how to run my relationship, he should at least know what he’s talking about.

DEBRA
Do we ever really know what we’re talking about?

LONNIE
All I know is that we’ve hurt each other, Debbie.  No amount of talking is gonna change the fact that I’m pissed off about it.  The only thing that’s gonna do that is time itself.  I need to be away from you.  Right now, being around you does nothing but ruin my day.

DEBRA
That’s encouraging.

LONNIE
You were right about one thing.

DEBRA
What?

LONNIE
I wouldn’t feel this way right now if I didn’t have genuine feelings for you.  What we had was real.  My broken heart is real.

	Lonnie turns and walks out of the cabin, leaving Debra alone in the room.  Debra shrugs and walks over to the table, where a book rests.  She runs her hand along the book and opens it, revealing a printed drawing of the 5 cloaked individuals in ‘V’ formation with the leader holding an orb.  The rain continues to pour down on the cabin as we cut to a large hill with three tombstones on the top of it.  As lightning lights up the sky, Helen is seen walking through the falling rain up the hill.  She stops when she sees the names on the tombstones:  Alan Jamison, Kayla Jamison, and Carly Jamison Doyle.  She shakes her head as lightning illuminates her form.  We can see that tears have been falling down her cheeks, even with the rain adding to it.  She sniffles as a figure comes in behind her.  Tommy steps out beside her, looking down at the tombstones.

TOMMY
You’re gonna catch cold out here.

HELEN
Maybe the tornadoes will come and blow me away.

TOMMY
I hope not.

HELEN
Don’t act like you care what happens to me.

TOMMY
It’s not an act, Helen.  I do care what happens to you.

HELEN
No you don’t.

TOMMY
Helen, I don’t really understand why you’re so insecure, but you mean a lot to me.

HELEN
But you don’t love me.

TOMMY
Helen, taker a look at the tombstones in front of you.

HELEN
Yeah, I know.  Carly.  You still love her.

TOMMY
Of course I do.  I always will.  But, that’s not the point, is it?  The point is that she’s dead because of me.  She’s dead because I pulled her into my world.  I brought Michael Myers to my home.  I am responsible for how she died.  I have no plans to pull anyone else into this world.  I have one death on my conscience.  I won’t have another.

HELEN
I don’t see it that way.  She chose to be with you, no matter what the risk.

TOMMY
A lot of good it did her.

HELEN
Tommy, she was an FBI agent.  She lived in a dangerous world.  She knew the risks!  She decided to follow her heart!  Why can’t you do that?!

TOMMY
My heart is cold, Helen.  I never want to feel that way again.  I never want to see another person I care about face-up in a coffin.

HELEN
None of us want that, but just because it happened once does not mean it will happen again.

TOMMY
You don’t understand, Helen.  It has nothing to do with what kind of person you are…or even what happened with you and your father.  That stuff doesn’t matter.  I don’t want to care about anyone in that way, with that intense passion, until I’m done with what I started.

HELEN
Maybe you’re not meant to find Jamie Lloyd.  You ever think about that?

TOMMY
Sometimes.  I just wish you knew what you mean to me, that you and the others give me reason to keep going, no matter how much we aggravate each other.  It’s nice to have someone on my side.

	Helen shivers as she stares down at Carly’s grave.

HELEN
I wonder if she gets cold.  I wonder if the storm bothers her.

TOMMY
Nah.  If it did, we’d hear about it.

	Tommy lightly laughs as he removes his jacket.  He wraps it around Helen, trying to warm her up.  As he does this, their eyes lock.  Tommy’s fingers find themselves running down the curves of her face.  He moves slowly forward.  Lightning lights up the sky, revealing a boat floating in the water.  Helen points at the boat as Tommy turns with confusion.

HELEN
That’s Josh’s boat!

	Tommy takes off running towards it.

TOMMY
Come on!

	Helen takes off after Tommy as they run for the boat.  We cut back the cabin, where Adam is standing out on the short pier, staring out at the rainy waters.  His face is hardened as he grits his jaw.  From behind comes Lonnie, looking out at the water beside him.  Lonnie shakes his head.

LONNIE
We could be friends, ya know.  Try to respect each other without all of the pre-judgment.  The truth is that I have no idea what happened with you and Rose.  To be honest, I really don’t even care.

ADAM
You don’t care about much of anything.

LONNIE
We’re all hardening, Adam.  I don’t care about anything because things just keep getting worse.  They don’t get better.  They just get worse.  I lost my mother, my sister, and my father.  I know that sounds repetitive and you’ll probably say I should stop feeling sorry for myself, but I’ve never gotten over that and I probably never will.

ADAM
So you just close yourself off and shut everyone out?

LONNIE
We’re all doing it to each other, Adam.  You may not see it, but we’re crumbling, man.  Truth be known, when you lecture me, sometimes you sound just like my old man.  Curtis Elamb was always yelling at me to shape up and always thinking the worst of me, no matter how much good I did.  It was only shortly before his death that we came to respect each other.

ADAM
Did you just say I was like a father to you?

LONNIE
No.  My father never hit me.

ADAM
Right.  I’m sorry about that.  I’m a grown man who should have been able to control my temper.

LONNIE
Adam, don’t go apologizing for the coolest thing I’ve ever seen you do.  You’ll ruin your bright and shining moment.

ADAM
It was a pretty good shot, wasn’t it?

LONNIE
I was surprised it took so long.

ADAM
You bring out the worst in people, you know that?

LONNIE
That what it would seem like on the surface, wouldn’t it?

ADAM
You’re right about Rose, though.  I've waited far too long to be taking it so slowly.

LONNIE
Well, you are pretty old.  Old people drive slowly, walk slowly.  I shouldn’t expect any more.

ADAM
Would you like another punch to the jaw?

LONNIE
(smiles)
The truth is that I loved Debra.  I would have done anything for her.  I’ve never felt that way about anyone before.  You don’t meet too many people who make you feel like you could be a good person.  She made me want to be a better person.  When you lose that, it just feels like it’s been taken away.  You go back to feeling inadequate.  It makes it seem less real.  If you and Rose love each other, it’ll work itself out.  There’s no need to rush.  Fools rush in, they always say.

ADAM
I feel like an old fool myself.  I let the woman I love walk away and into the arms of a monster.

LONNIE
Join the club, man.

	Lonnie and Adam just sit out in the rain, staring out at the raging storm.  As they stand, they see a large funnel cloud in the distance.  A tornado.  They take a few steps back away from the lake.

ADAM
I think now would be a good time to go inside.

LONNIE
I agree.

	Lonnie and Adam both turn around and run back to the cabin as the rain falls hard.  We cut to the edge of the lake, where Tommy and Helen come running through the rain.  Tommy stops at the edge to see the boat bobbing in the water.  Helen catches up and stops beside him, looking out at the boat.

HELEN
I can’t see clearly.

TOMMY
I’m swimming for it!

	Tommy dives into the water and begins swimming towards the boat.  Helen quickly throws off his jacket and dives in behind him, gliding towards the boat with each smooth stroke.  Tommy reaches the bobbing boat and grabs the edge, pulling himself on deck.  Helen is right behind him, soaking wet as she leaps on deck.  Tommy and Helen search the deck, looking around.

HELEN
There’s no one here!

TOMMY
Maybe they’re down below!

	Tommy goes down into the cabin of the boat, followed by Helen.  As they exit, we see the five cloak-covered individuals floating over the water, the glowing white orb shining brightly over the surface of the lake.  We cut back to the Jamison cabin, where Lonnie and Adam charge into the cabin, shutting the door behind them.  Debra turns a page on the book and looks up at them as they enter.

LONNIE
Get down!  There’s a tornado coming!

DEBRA
Guys, this is no ordinary storm.  There’s more to it.

LONNIE
We don’t have time to talk.  It’s coming!

ADAM
Listen to him!  Down!

	Adam grabs Debra and pulls her underneath a table.  Lonnie runs to the doorway and positions himself under it as the funnel cloud gets closer.  Out on the boat, Tommy and Helen come out of the boat and look around.

TOMMY
Where could they have gone?

HELEN
I don’t know.  Maybe they jumped in and swam for shore.

	Suddenly, there is a loud wail.  Tommy and Helen turn as the sky lights up with a white light.  Ahead of them, they see the floating 'V’ of cloaked figures coming at them with speed, only they’re floating.  As they get closer, the leader removes his hood to reveal…a human skull.  No flesh, just bone.  The skull makes a loud scream as his bony hands reach out for them.  Tommy and Helen scream loudly as we cut back to the Jamison cabin, where Debra is reading some text from the book she was looking in.  Lonnie and Adam listen intently.

DEBRA
About two hundred years ago, around 1892, during the witch trials, there were a group of Pagans that inhabited this lake.  They lived in solitude and little is known about them to this day.  This text is old, probably was here before the Jamisons moved in.

ADAM
How did it come to be on the table?

DEBRA
Josh must have found it stashed somewhere.

LONNIE
Bad karma, man.  The last time we disturbed the burial ground of the occult, we all went wacko and started trying to take each other out.

	Debra frowns.  She grabs the book and continues reading.

DEBRA
A family of five lived in this place.  The Proctors.  It’s said that after the debacle over in Haddonfield with The Order, the town went on a witch-hunt, even into the surrounding towns.  Legend has it that The Proctors were a family of peace, that they never bothered a soul.  During one of these witch-hunts, however, the citizens of Moon Lake stormed the woods and grabbed them, taking them out to their executions.

LONNIE
How’d they execute them?

DEBRA
(looking at the book)
Oh, dear.  They marched them out into the Moon Lake caves and caused a cave-in, burying them within the confines of the fallen granite.  It probably took them days, even weeks to die before the screams were never heard again.  First, the children stopped calling for help.  Shortly after, the adults stopped their pleas.

ADAM
What’s with the drawing?

DEBRA
This was drawn by an artist that was up here one time for a weekend getaway back in the 60s.  There have been stories of people seeing the family on the lake, wailing for help and attacking those who don’t give it.

LONNIE
Wouldn’t Josh know about this?

DEBRA
Not if his parents never told him.  It may explain that dragon we saw up here that time.

ADAM
I’m not sure anything will ever explain that one.

DEBRA
What if Josh was up here looking around at this stuff?  What if he stumbled onto this?

ADAM
So what?  It’s chicanery...but I did hear that wail on the radio.  It can’t be a haunting.

LONNIE
All I know is that I’ve been up here several times and have never seen a thing.

DEBRA
Like you said, maybe they disturbed their burial ground...or maybe the storm did.

	Lightning lights up the area as they all look around at the rain.

LONNIE
Where are Tommy and Helen?

DEBRA
They should have been back long ago.

ADAM
You don’t think…

LONNIE
I’m going out after them.

ADAM
I’d better accompany you.

DEBRA
You’re not leaving me here by myself, that’s for sure.

LONNIE
We should all just stick together.  That way, if we all get zapped into a little frog, we’ll know what happened to each other.

ADAM
We should hurry.

	Adam walks over and opens the door, but stops as he sees a funnel cloud coming towards the cabin.  Adam’s eyes widen.  The wind blows the hat off of his head.

ADAM
Oh dear.

	Adam shuts the door and turns as Lonnie and Debra look at him wit confusion.

LONNIE
What?

ADAM
Get down!

	Suddenly, the roof is torn off the cabin and carried off into the sky.  Adam is blown across the room and grabs hold of the kitchen sink, which is nailed to the ground.  Adam’s feet dangle off the ground as Lonnie dives at some pipes and grabs hold.  Debra screams as she is lifted off the ground.  Lonnie quickly reaches out with one hand on the pipes and grabs her hand with his other.  All three are being lifted feet first into the air as a mixture of rain, wind, and hail sprays them.

DEBRA
Oh, God!  Don’t let go!  Please!

LONNIE
Hang on!

ADAM
Bloody hell!

	We cut to darkness, as we hear the sounds of rain coming down.  As we fade in, we see Tommy Doyle, laying unconscious in a closed-in space.  Suddenly, a pair of hands grab him, shaking him awake.  Tommy wakes up to see Helen bent over him.

HELEN
There’s no time for sleeping, Tommy.  We have to figure out where we are.

TOMMY
How did we get here?  What were those things we saw out there?

HELEN
I don’t know, Tommy.  I just remember the bright light and then waking up here.

TOMMY
I remember skeletons...underneath Druid robes.

HELEN
Druids.  Why is it always Druids?

TOMMY
I don’t know.

	Tommy takes out a lighter and flicks it on, looking around the darkness.  He realizes that they are in a cave, with walls made of rock.  Helen stands behind him as they look down the passageway.

HELEN
Where are we?

TOMMY
A cave of some sort.

	Tommy notices something on the wall and moves the lighter closer.  Carved into the wall is symbol of Thorn |> .  Tommy frowns as Helen gasps.

HELEN
The Thorn symbol.  Why is written on these walls?

TOMMY
I don’t know.

	Suddenly, a hand grabs Tommy and he jumps, spinning around, coming face to face with Josh Jamison and Sue Adams.

JOSH
What the hell are you guys doing here?

HELEN
Josh!  Sue!

	Helen immediately hugs them both as Tommy continues to glance around the cave.  We cut back to the cabin, where Lonnie and Debra are suspended in mid-air as Adam struggles to stay grounded, tangling himself in the curves of the pipes.  The rain and wind continue to tear at them.

DEBRA
Oh, God!  Lonnie, I can’t hang on much longer!

LONNIE
I’m not letting go of you!

DEBRA
Why is this happening?!

	Debra suddenly senses something and turns, a bright light shining over the area as they float upwards, anchored by the steel pipes.  Floating in mid-air with the glowing orb are the five druids, the leader making that sickening squeal echo over the scene.  There is a hug white light as Lonnie closes his eyes.  The wind stops blowing and Lonnie and Debra fall to the ground in a heap with Debra on top of Lonnie.  Their faces are inches apart until Lonnie pushes her off of him and stands, dusting himself off as he looks around.  Debra stands and looks at the soaking wet surface of the lake’s landscape.

DEBRA
What just happened?

LONNIE
I don’t know.

DEBRA
Adam is gone.

Lonnie looks over and sees that Adam has disappeared.  Lonnie and Debra look at each other with worry.

LONNIE
We’ve got to find the others.

DEBRA
Where do we start?

LONNIE
I don’t know.

	We cut to the caves, where Tommy, Helen, Josh, and Sue are exploring the cave.  Suddenly, a huge gust of wind blows through and a bright light echoes through the area.  Adam comes flying through the air and lands at Tommy’s feet in a heap.  Adam looks up at them with confusion as Tommy frowns.

TOMMY
Everything okay, Adam?

ADAM
Where are we?

	Tommy reaches down and pulls Adam to his feet as the others shake their heads.  Adam glances around the area and shakes his head.

HELEN
We’re in a cave.  But there’s light coming through.  Josh, where are there caves out at the lake?

JOSH
There used to be some caves up in the hills, but those were rumored to be haunted.

SUE
By what?  Maybe those five hooded people?

TOMMY
You saw them?

JOSH
That was the last thing I remember before we woke up here.

	Suddenly, a light flickers on and off, startling those in the caves.  Tommy, Helen, Adam, Josh, and Sue shield their eyes from the bright light as it flickers throughout the caves.  The five Druids stand silently in the caves, their hoods draped over their bodies.  One of them speaks without moving.

LEAD DRUID
Hate.  Anger.  You all carry it.  You all have awakened us.  All we wanted was to be in peace and you disturbed us with your hatred.

TOMMY
Who am I talking to?

LEAD DRUID
Silence!

	As the light continues to flicker on and off, Tommy shields Helen from them, ready to protect her if necessary.

LEAD DRUID
Years ago, hate destroyed us.  We were buried alive and left to die slow, agonizing deaths!

JOSH
What?

LEAD DRUID
You...

	The lead druid looks at Josh with confusion, pointing his skeletal arm in his direction.  Josh looks confused.

LEAD DRUID
I know you.

	Josh frowns, confused.  The lead druid takes out the orb, causing it to float into the air around them.

LEAD DRUID
For your hatred will be buried, much as we were in the last days of our lives.

	The lead Druid spreads his arms as the orb takes off flying into the air, knocking rocks down from the ceiling of the cave.  Rocks and dirt begin to collapse in the tunnels as the foursome is quickly emerged by falling rocks.

TOMMY
No!

	Tommy tackles Helen just as some cave rocks hit where she was standing.  Adam is immersed and covered by dirt as Josh and Sue and are lost in the falling rubble.  We cut to the lake, where Lonnie and Debra are walking.  They feel the ground shake as they stop and listen attentively.

DEBRA
What is that?

LONNIE
Sounds like a cave-in.

DEBRA
But where?

LONNIE
Follow me.

	Lonnie takes off towards the hills with Debra close behind.  Inside the cave, Tommy brushes some rocks off of Helen, waking her up.  She sits up, looking around at the rocks and notices that they are buried within the cave.  Josh, Sue, and Adam are nowhere to be found as Tommy helps Helen lean up against the rocks.

TOMMY
Are you okay?

HELEN
I feel like crap, but I’m alive.  What about the others?

TOMMY
Haven’t heard a peep from them.

HELEN
It’ll take us days to dig out of here.

TOMMY
I don’t think we have days.

HELEN
We’re gonna die in here, aren’t we?

TOMMY
I’d be lying if I said everything looks positive.

HELEN
It can’t end like this.  It just can’t.

	Helen curls up into a ball as Tommy nods his head in agreement.  We cut to a pathway, where Lonnie and Debra are running along.  Lonnie stops and looks ahead as Debra does the same.  Erected in front of them is a path, with a stone gate at the halfway point between a stone path and a cave entrance.  Two gargoyles sit on top of either entrance, glaring down at them like vultures.  Some torches rest at each side of the doorway, burning brightly as Lonnie frowns.

LONNIE
We just had one of the worst storms in history and yet those torches are still burning.

DEBRA
It looks like the cave has collapsed inside.

LONNIE
Do you think this is the cave that the Proctors were buried in?

DEBRA
Yes.  I recognize the entrance from the book.

LONNIE
What does all of that say above the door?

	Lonnie points to some Latin phrases carved into stone above the entrance.  Debra squints her eyes and reads it.  She frowns.

DEBRA
‘Only with love shall the damned be saved.’

LONNIE
What the hell is that supposed to mean?

DEBRA
I don’t know, Lonnie.  I didn’t write it.

LONNIE
Okay, Miss Sarcasm.  I’m gonna go see if I can find another way in.  If Tommy and the others are in there, we can’t help them this way.  Wait here.

	Lonnie turns and exits the scene, heading around the bend to find a back entrance.  We cut to inside the cave, where Tommy and Helen are huddled together in their alcove.  Tommy has his arm around Helen as she rests her head on his shoulder.

HELEN
I wonder if Garry and mom will mourn me for long.  I mean, I know they love me, but maybe they’ll be better off without me to worry about anymore.

TOMMY
Helen, don’t think like that.  Okay?  They need you.  They love you.  We all do.

HELEN
Really?

TOMMY
Yes.  Helen, just because I don’t think we should become romantically involved doesn’t mean that I don’t care about you.  It doesn’t mean that I’m not attracted to you, and it doesn’t mean that we can’t be close.

	Helen looks into Tommy’s eyes with longing.

HELEN
What does it mean?

TOMMY
It means that I care a great deal about you, but I just have so much baggage to work through that I could use my friends to do it without complicating things any further.

HELEN
So it’s got nothing to do with what my father did to me?

TOMMY
Nothing at all.  What your father did to you was not your fault.  As far as I’m concerned, you are just as beautiful, if not more so, than you ever were.

HELEN
But you’re such a great guy, Tommy.  What if we never make it out of here alive?  What if we had died without ever making up?

TOMMY
But we didn’t.  We’re both here.

HELEN
And I guess that nothing we do matters.

TOMMY
I guess not.

	Tommy and Helen stare into each other’s eyes for a brief second.  Tommy moves forward and kisses her slowly, running his hand across the cheek of her face.  Helen and Tommy pull apart and open their eyes.  Helen smiles.

HELEN
Don’t take this the wrong way, but I felt like I was just kissing my brother.

TOMMY
It was pretty weird, eh?

HELEN
Very.  Maybe you were right.  Maybe we should just be friends.

TOMMY
Yeah...provided we get out of here alive.

	Helen and Tommy cuddle together as we cut back to the entrance, where Debra is sitting on the stone entrance to the cave.  Lonnie emerges from the cover of the darkness, shaking his head.  Debra climbs down as Lonnie walks over.

LONNIE
There’s no other way in.  If they’re in there, they’re trapped.

DEBRA
Just like the Proctors.

LONNIE
(nodding)
Just like the Proctors.

DEBRA
We can dig them out, right?

LONNIE
I don’t know.  We don’t know where they are, if they’re actually in there, or how long it would take to get to them.  It’s taken rescue crews days to find people in these situations.

DEBRA
But we just can’t leave them in there!

LONNIE
I know.  But we need to call some help.  We can’t do it alone.

	Tears form in Debra’s eyes.

DEBRA
What if they’re all dead?  We’ll have no one.

LONNIE
No.  We’ll have each other.  I’d never leave you alone.

	Lonnie moves forward and hugs Debra, who cries into his shoulder.

DEBRA
We take so many things for granted.  We’ve been at each other’s throats for weeks, Lonnie.  I’m so sorry.  For everything.  Manfred.  The accusations.  All of it.

LONNIE
I’m sorry, too.  For everything.  I could’ve been more understanding.  Debra, despite what happens between us, I will always love you.

DEBRA
I’ll always love you, too.

	Suddenly, the white light fills the air, spreading out and engulfing them in brightness.  Lonnie and Debra shield their eyes as they look up to see the five Druids, floating in the air.  The lead Druid speaks without movement.

LEAD DRUID
Only through love shall the damned be saved.

	The orb in the druid’s hands flies off into the entrance of the cave.  Inside the cave, Tommy and Helen shield their eyes as the white light fills the air.  There is a huge flash of light.  When Tommy and Helen unshield their eyes, they realize that the cave has been restored.  The cavern is free and clear.  They stand with a smile on their faces.

TOMMY
We’re free.

	We cut to the outside of the entrance, where Lonnie and Debra wait.  As they watch the now cleared entrance, they smile as Tommy, Helen, Josh, Sue, and Adam emerge, walking together as they exit the cave.  Lonnie and Debra jog over to them and hug them as they all celebrate.

HELEN
I thought we were dead for sure.

JOSH
Me, too.

ADAM
Praise God.

SUE
Let’s just get out of this place.

	Everyone looks at the cave entrance to see that it is now closed back up, the collapsed rocks still sealing it like a tomb.

TOMMY
Looks like we had help getting out.

DEBRA
Love is a powerful thing.

	Everyone looks confusedly at her as they exit the scene together.  We cut to a day later, as Lonnie knocks on Debra’s door.  Debra comes outside and looks at him with confusion.

DEBRA
Lonnie.  I didn’t expect to see you here.

LONNIE
I didn’t expect to be here.

DEBRA
You know, I just spoke with Adam and he’s busy trying to locate parts for that radio of his to figure out just what drew him up to the cabin.

LONNIE
It’ll take him a long time to find parts for that thing.  He probably shouldn’t have busted it up.

DEBRA
At least he has a project to keep him busy.

LONNIE
Listen, Debbie.  About why I’m here...

DEBRA
What’s up?

LONNIE
I think that we should spend some time away from each other.

DEBRA
Away?  What do you mean?

LONNIE
I don’t think we should be around each other for a while.

DEBRA
And here I thought you might be wanting to get back together.

LONNIE
I’m not ready for that.  I may never be.  Right now, I just need to be away from you so that I can get over you and move on with my life.

DEBRA
We’re bound to run into each other, Lonnie.  We can’t avoid each other forever.

LONNIE
I know, but I don’t think we should make an effort to see each other.  I need to be alone for a while and being around you is painful right now.

DEBRA
Fine.  If that’s what you want...

LONNIE
That’s what I want.

DEBRA
Then you’ve got it.  Bye.

	Debra coldly turns and walks up onto her porch, preparing to go inside.  Lonnie nods his head, hops onto his motorcycle, and pulls away as Debra watches him go.  Tears form in her eyes as she walks inside.  We cut to Lonnie’s expression on his bike, as he drives down the road and Debra’s house disappears into the distance.  Fade to black as the credits roll.

Halloween: The Series
Episode 4.9
The Devil’s Doorway
By MysterioMan007, Ideas by Robbie Red
Script Editor: Scarecrow Cenobite
Creative Consultant: Robbie Red
Creative Consultant: Screamer009
Assistant Producer: MysterioMan007
Produced by: Scarecrow Cenobite
Based on Characters created by John Carpenter & Debra Hill