Daniel
Hey. Hey, hey, hey. You OK?
Mia
No! Don’t touch me! Don’t touch me!
Daniel
Hey, hey, hey.
Jade
Hey.
Daniel
It’s just us.
Jade
: It’s just me and Daniel. What happened?
Mia
I saw him. They’re hurting him, Jade. They’re not gonna stop. They’re never gonna stop.
Hayley
Alright, somebody time it. As soon as she lets it in, it cannot go for more than 90 seconds. Am I clear?
Mia
What happens after 90 seconds?
Hayley
They'll want to stay. And if you die while they’re in you, well, they’ll have you forever.
Hayley
Who showed the police the video?
Daniel
Think it was James.
Hayley
Least it proves we didn’t touch him. Police said there’s not a lot they can do.
Daniel
Has it ever lasted this long?
Joss
No. But we’ve never been over 90 seconds before Mia, so… How is he?
Jade
Every time he comes to, he tries to kill himself.
Joss
They wanna keep him.
Jade
What?
Joss
The guy who gave Duckett the hand said that if you die while they’re in you, they have you forever. Have any of you guys… still been seeing stuff?
Hayley
What the **** you mean, “seeing stuff”?
Mia
I saw my mum at the hospital.
Jade
And another one attacked Daniel at my house.
Hayley
Did you see something?
Daniel
Uh… not exactly.
Joss
What’s that supposed to mean, Daniel?
Daniel
I woke up and Mia was, I don't know, sucking my feet.
Jade
What the ****?
Mia
Jade.
Jade
What do you mean, “woke up with Mia”? What do you mean, “sucking your feet”?
Mia
It wasn’t me. I couldn’t go home.
Joss
None of us have been seeing shit. We all did it. We were all there. Why would you see your mum? You didn’t even let her in.
Hayley
Wait, didn’t Duckett say they could imitate people?
Mia
Wait, who’s Duckett?
Joss
I got the hand off him. He, uh… I met him twice at some parties and… yeah, we did the hand shit, I asked if I could borrow it and he said I could keep it. He said he was seeing them without it.
Hayley
And then he went full skitz. Stabbed his brother, then killed himself.
Jade
Hey.
Mia
Jade?
Jade
You OK?
Mia
I know what to do. We can save him.
Jade
You know, I actually think he’s getting better. He woke up for a second. It’s like he was himself again.
Mia
I’ve seen him, Jade. He’s in pain. And every second is agony for him. Just come to mine. And I’ll show you.
Jade
Show me what?
Mia
You just have to be here, Jade. Please. Just trust me.
Jade
Oh, shit. OK. I’ll be there in 10.
Jade
You going to bed?
Sue
You sneaking out?
Jade
Why do you always think I'm sneaking out or sleeping around?
Sue
Because you only ask if I'm going to bed when you're sneaking out? Is it to see Daniel?
Jade
You know, even if it was, he's ultra-Christian. He doesn't do anything ever.
Sue
He's still got a dick, Jade. Is it him you’re sneaking out to see?
Jade
I’m not sneaking out!
Sue
OK. God. Night. [pause] Lock the door on your way out.
Joss
Look, bruz, I know it’s a shit time for you, but we need your help.
Nah, man, I’m out.
Jade
Cole. I know how much it hurts to lose someone that close.
The people he let in messed up his head. If he’d stopped doing that **** thing, they would’ve left.
Jade
My little brother’s in hospital. He went way over.
You let a kid do it? His body should kick ’em out. They get weaker the longer they’re in.
Jade
It hasn’t.
Give it time.
Jade
They’re killing him.
Maybe it’s time you stop **** up people’s lives, Joss. What do you reckon?
Mia
Tell me he’s OK.
Jade
No offence, I don’t want you here right now.
Mia
Wait, Jade. Come on.
Sue
Mia.
Mia
Sue, I…
Jade
Don’t!
Sue
What are you doing here?
Mia
I just… I just came to see how he was.
Sue
He’s bad, Mia. He’s really **** bad. Did you give him something?
Mia
No.
Sue
Come on. I know you’ve done shit before. What was it?
Mia
Nothing, I swear.
Sue
Look at his face. What did my son ever do to you?
Mia
I… I didn’t hurt him.
Sue
Go home. Now.
Mia
No, please, can I just see him?
Sue
You come back here, I’m gonna call the police.
Mia
Um… Did we blow the candle out?
Joss
I don’t remember.
Mia
What if we opened the door but we didn’t shut it?
Joss
What are you saying?
Mia
We do it again with Riley but blow out the candle this time.
Jade
You want him to do it again? The thing that put him in hospital?
Mia
You wanna save him?
Jade
Don’t **** ask me that.
Mia
We have to do something, Jade!
Mia
Did the hand thing scare you?
A bit.
Mia
You going to have nightmares, Riley?
I don't get nightmares.
Mia
I do.
Like what?
Mia
I have this recurring nightmare… where… I’m looking in the mirror and my reflection is gone. Like I don’t exist.
What did the hand feel like?
Mia
Mmm… It felt amazing. I felt like I was glowing. I could hear and see and feel everything. But I was in the passenger seat. It felt incredible.
Mia
Jade! Jade, just wait! Jade!
Jade
You shouldn’t have let him do it, Mia!
Mia
We all decided it’d be OK.
Hayley
We didn’t decide anything.
Mia
We did. We all said…
Hayley
We didn’t say shit, Mia. That was you. You let it go for two **** minutes.
Jade
You sleep with my boyfriend. What the ****’s wrong with you?
Daniel
Jade, it wasn’t like that.
Jade
Of course you take her side.
Mia
Jesus…
Jade
I wish that you didn’t force yourself into my family, Mia.
Mia
OK. Um… What if I use the hand to speak to him?
Jade
No.
Mia
What?
Jade
He’s not dead, Mi.
Mia
But what if his spirit is disconnected from his body? I thought these spirits were in limbo. Maybe that’s where Riley is.
Jade
Might not be him.
Mia
What if it is?
Jade
What if it isn’t?
Daniel
This is a bad idea, Mia.
Jade
Mia. Mia, don’t.
Mia
Riley, talk to me.
I’m so proud of you. [cackles weakly] Take him, my darling girl. You’re doing the right thing. Show him the way.
Mia
I can protect him.
We’ll have him forever.
How did your mum die?
Mia
You know.
Only bits.
Mia
She… took too many sleeping pills. By accident. Dad was sleeping on the couch. In the morning, he couldn’t open the door.
Mm. Why?
Mia
Mum was on the other side. And there were scratches on the door and wood under her nails. She tried to get help, but she couldn’t.
Jade said you got depression after.
Mia
I was just feeling alone.
No, you can’t ever be alone ’cause you’ll always have me and Jade.
Mia
Yeah. It’s OK, I don’t feel alone anymore.
Sue
Jade. Where are you?
Jade
At Mia’s. She’s not here. Max needs an ambulance.
Sue
What… No, Mia’s here. What’s wrong? What’s happened?
Jade
She’s there?
Sue
Yeah, she’s with Riley.
Jade
Mum, she’s dangerous!
Sue
Mia? Riley! [to a nurse] Hey! Where’s my son? He was in this room.
He should be here. He was just here.
Sue
Well, where the **** is he?!
Sue
Mia.
Mia
I’m… I’m sorry.
Sue
No, it’s OK. Sit. I was wondering when I’d see you again. You haven’t come.
Mia
You told me not to.
Sue
I know. I was mad.
Mia
You had every right to be. Still do.
Sue
No, I don’t. There were no drugs, Mia. [sighs] He had a breakdown. I just… I just… couldn’t face that. I’m so sorry that I blamed you. I know that you wouldn’t do anything to hurt him.
Mia
I love you guys.
Sue
You’re not Riley’s friend, Mia you’re his family. It’d mean so much to him that you were here.
Mia
Can I have a minute with him? Alone.
Sue
Of course.