THIRTEEN GHOSTS - Daily Script

48.
47 CONTINUED: (2) 47
Another WOMAN there, walking down the corridor towards
him. Dressed in only a hospital gown, she wheels a
portable IV stand along the floor. Yards of thin plastic
IV tubes tether her to the stand. Her arms, thin,
withered from long illness, bear nasty scars from
unnumbered operations. Her head is almost completely
covered in stained bandages, but a beauty mark decorates
that portion of her face we can see.
She gropes blindly down the passage, straight towards
Bobby.
He backs up, trips over his feet, almost falls.
The IV Woman stops. So does Bobby.
Bobby waits, frozen. He tries to call for help, but can
only manage a gasp.
BOBBY
D-Dad... Daddy...
(louder)
Dad! Dad!
The IV Woman seems to respond to the sound of his voice.
She cocks her head, as if listening. She moves, calling
out, but we hear it THROUGH the tiny amplifier of Bobby's
TOY MIKE.
JEAN (V.O.)
(on mike)
B-bb-bobby?
And now he recognizes her voice -- it's his mother, Jean.
That's it. Bobby turns and runs like hell. Around the
corner, and right into --
Cyrus. Or Cyrus's ghost. Pale white, with eyes rolled
back, and a big spike sticking out of his neck. Standing
behind a pane of glass. Bobby actually hit glass, and he
catches a glimpse of the dead Cyrus just before he's
knocked out from the impact.
As his glasses and microphone fall to the floor, we...
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48 INT. MAIN FLOOR - CORRIDOR 48
Arthur, Kathy, Maggie and Rafkin are searching the house,
looking for Bobby.
(CONTINUED)