Hours Later…
Kate makes her way to Michael's bedroom door. She slowly turns the knob. The door is locked. She puts her head close to it and knocks.
Kate - Michael?
Michael does not answer. She then turns on the knob, harder this time. She knocks louder while turning the knob. No response. She places both hands on the knob and turns even harder, yet she cannot unlock the door.
Knocking louder
Kate - Michael? Michael!
An eerie silence. She gives up. Pushing her hair back from her face with one hand, she lets out a sulking sigh. Her eyes widen as she looks down at her feet. Blood is oozing through the crack underneath the door She screams petrified and runs for help.
A few mintutes later...
Sharna and Kate run back to where Kate saw the blood.
Sharna - Oh my God!
Pushing against the locked door
Sharna - Kate, did you even try to break down the door!
Crying
Kate - Oh, God, please let Michael be okay!
Flustered
Sharna - Don't just stand there...help me!
Kate and Sharna take turns kicking and pushing at the door. Pieces of wood fall from around the edges.
Pushing herself hard against the door
Sharna - Kate, go get some help...real this time!
Kate runs away crying. Sharna kicks hard at the door. All of a sudden, she falls in with the door into the ground. She quickly gets up. The room is one horrific sight. There is blood everywhere. She lifts her foot to find she is standing in a big pool of it.
Walking further into the room
Sharna - Michael?
She looks to her left and sees a body of a person laying on the floor - half of it. Kate cautiously walks up to it. It is Michael's nurse. Kate gasps and covers her mouth in disbelief.
Backing up
Sharna - Michael? Michael!
Afraid that she might find worse, she slowly explores the room. She walks over to the bed where Michael was laying earlier. The bed is overturned with the matress tilting off from it. There's also blood on the sheets. Sharna then turns her head to the right. The window was closed, yet thecurtains were blowing. She walks over to the window. There is a big hole in it. Blood lined the opening. She runs her finger along the sharp edges. She then looks out the window.
Whispers
Sharna - Michael.
The trees' branches are swaying back and forth in the strenthening winds. We hear a loud thunder clap. Following it, seconds later, a flash of lighting touches the outskirts of the forest. It is unusually bright. We hear a faint scream in the distance. Sharna gasps and closes curtains. It is no use. There is an opening in the window and the wind is blowing even harder. She tries not to slip on the splattered blood as she quickly leaves the room.
Hours Later -- 3AM…
We see detectives, CSI agents, other forensic workers and police officers scouting the room that Kate had found earlier. It is in the same condition that Sharna had left it, yet there is a caution strip around every corner. People are taking pictures and looking for prints while others search for clues. A woman stops what she is doing and quickly puts one of her gloves on. She then walks over to a hidden wall behind a small door. She moves the door away to find a message written in blood on the wall. Don't look for me…. reading the rest of the message, she shudders at the very thought of what this might mean, but then begins to scrape the caking of the dry blood unto a small piece of paper and then into a plastic zip lock bag. She calls one of her partners to show him the message as well.
All the while, Sharna is on the phone alerting some of Michael's close friends. Kate is huddled in a corner, choking a pillow and crying her heart out. Her face is flooded and she feels helpless. If only she could have talked to Michael sooner. Sharna finds Kate all by herself sulking and looking depressed and sits beside her to comfort her.
Kate - Is he..?
Sharna - I - I really can't say, yet I know he's not dead.
Kate - But how?
She starts to cry again. Sharna cuddles her.
Sharna - Now, now. I think Michael is in a crisis. And if we don't find him soon enough…I think it can be devastating.
Kate looks at Sharna with yearning eyes.
Kate - Please, explain everything me because I don't think I can take this anymore.
Sharna - Well…
Sharna explains what she thinks is happening to Michael and why. Kate wants to slap Sharna. She then feels distraught. She wants to kill herself. She becomes angry at Michael…maybe not angry, but upset…not even that..she's hurt…then she's sad…worried. All these mixed emotions swell up inside her. All of a sudden she pushes away from Sharna and jumps up.
Kate - We certainly can't just let this happen now can we?!
Sharna looks up at her
Sharna - (scoffs) What, are we superheroes now? Come, sweety, sit down…you're in shock…
Wailing (slowly going back by Sharna)
Kate - I can't believe this is happening to me…!
Sharna - The police will handle it…they'll bring him home…
Sharna looks away towards the room. She isn't really sure if what she said was true.