FRED: Um, hi. Um, yes. I'm looking for a patient—a man. He was brought in Thursday, named Stover.

NURSE: (looks at Fred) Are you a family member?

FRED: Am I—? Yes. I have a family. I'm a member. He's my brother. Father. My father's brother.

NURSE: (looking at the computer) I have a Stoller.

FRED: Half-brother. Uncle. Half-uncle. Stoller. That's it. Please, I—I need to know if he's all right.

NURSE: Dr. Keller treated him.

FRED: Is he still here?

NURSE: He was transferred to— (looks at the computer, surprised) Oh.

(cut to the Psychiatric Unit. Fred sneaks in.)

FRED: John? John Stoller?

YOUNG MAN: Go away.

FRED: John, I have to ask you...Do you have a history of mental— What I mean to ask is, uh, have you been in this particular ward before?

YOUNG MAN: You mean, am I crazy?

FRED: Well, were you before Thursday?

YOUNG MAN: (tearfully) Leave me alone.

FRED: I don't think you're crazy. I think I know what happened. I think I know what you saw because... I saw it too. The woman you attacked—

YOUNG MAN: Not a woman.

FRED: Her face—it's horrible, isn't it? Decaying, blood, things living there.

YOUNG MAN: (crying) You did see it?

FRED: Yes.

YOUNG MAN: Did it touch you?

FRED: What?

(The young man turns his head to face Fred, revealing that the side that was in shadow has been transformed into a hideous demony color and texture. One half of his face—where the woman touched him—is now gray and wrinkly and bulging, covered with bumps.)

YOUNG MAN: Don't let it touch you.

FRED: Sh-sh-she did that to you?

YOUNG MAN: Untie me, please. I have to get out of here. I have to finish it.

FRED: Finish what?

YOUNG MAN: She has to die. We have to kill it.

FRED: We? No, I—I—uh, I mean, maybe, but, no...

YOUNG MAN: You said you saw it.

FRED: I did.

YOUNG MAN: You've been called too.

FRED: Called?

YOUNG MAN: Called. To the mission.

FRED: Called. No, I... I don't get called. I'm not the called type. I, you know, take messages for my boss. He gets called. Called?

YOUNG MAN: It's our duty. Others won't see.

FRED: You're wrong. If what we saw is true, there are people who will understand, who will help.

YOUNG MAN: You've been called.

FRED: No. Like I said, I— (Fred's cell phone rings) OK, that's just eerie. (takes out phone and looks at it) It's Angel. They're probably wondering where I am.

YOUNG MAN: You have to do it.

FRED: (backs out of the room) I—I have to go. Thank you for your time. I'm sorry to have disturbed you.

YOUNG MAN: Don't trust her. Don't trust anyone!

• The Beast, the Beast's Master, Jasmine, etc

written by: Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited and formatted for this site by me.. Full transcript at:
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