Gran
Where is your mom right now?
Rachel
Idk…I thought she was with you visiting Dad’s grave?
Gran
Oh no. I was afraid this would happen.
Rachel
Afraid what would happen?
Gran
There’s no time to explain.
Gran
Go and check her bedroom to be sure.
Gran
Don’t ask questions right now, Rachel!
Rachel
Gran…You’re scaring me!
Gran
I’m sorry. Just please go check. NOW.
Gran
Just don’t let her see you.
Gran
And call me right away if she does.
Rachel
Okay…I’m in the hallway. The door is closed.
Gran
Look through the keyhole.
Rachel
Something is in Mom’s bed.
Rachel
It’s Mom! She’s making a weird noise.
Rachel
It sounds like an animal in pain. OMG—
Rachel
It’s getting louder…It sounds horrible!
Gran
Rachel, get out of the house. RUN.
Rachel
What if Mom’s in trouble?
Gran
There’s something I haven’t told you…
Gran
That noise you’re hearing…
Gran
It’s not your mother.
Rachel opens the bedroom door a crack and looks inside.
It IS her mother making those horrible noises.
Rachel wants to run to her.
But something holds her back.
Gran
Rachel, where are you?
Gran
Are you still in the house?
Rachel
Making those noises.
Gran
I told you, that’s not your mother.
Gran
I did something terrible.
Gran
Get out of the house NOW.
Gran
Quick!!! You’re in danger!
Rachel runs down the stairs.
Just then the bedroom door opens.
Rachel can’t help but turn around.
But she’s horrified by what she sees.
But there’s something VERY wrong with her.
Mom
I need to tell you something.
Rachel
Mom, I can’t! I’m sorry…
Seeing her mother in such distress, Rachel has a moment of indecision.
In that moment, her mother grabs her by the wrist
With a hand that’s deathly cold.
It sends an icy shiver all through Rachel’s body.
Mom
Rachel, please, there isn’t much time.
A rivulet of blood trickles down Mom’s face, freezing along the way.
Mom
You need to listen to me.
Rachel manages to pull her hand out of her mother’s grasp.
She runs into the guestroom and locks the door.
Rachel
Gran! Help! I’m in the guestroom.
Rachel
Mom came out of the bedroom!
Rachel
She didn’t look good, Gran.
Rachel
And her hand was colder than ice.
Rachel’s mother starts pounding on the door.
Mom
Rachel, please! Unlock the door!
Mom
I need you to do something.
Mom
Open the door and I’ll tell you.
Rachel’s phone vibrates with a text from her grandmother.
Gran
Rachel, where are you?
Rachel
Gran, Mom wants me to open the door!
Gran
Do NOT open the door, Rachel.
Rachel
But there’s a key in the kitchen!
Rachel
She’s probably getting it right now.
Gran
Listen, Rachel. Can you get out through a window?
Gran
You need to do that NOW.
Rachel opens the guestroom window and jumps down onto the lawn.
She runs into the woods behind the house and ducks behind a tree.
Rachel
I’m out of the house.
Rachel
But I had to run away from my own mother.
Rachel
I’m in the woods behind the house.
Gran
You need to come to the graveyard.
Rachel
You have to tell me why.
Rachel
Or I’ll go back in the house.
Rachel
Mom needs my help!
Rachel
And I just deserted her.
Gran
Rachel, listen to me.
Gran
Your mother isn’t human anymore.
Gran
That thing that’s taken over her body?
Gran
It wants to kill you.
