Dom
Hi Veronica, we hope you enjoyed the concert. Charlie was glad you could come, he’s a big fan of your Youtube covers.
Veronica
This has seriously been the best night of my life. THANK YOU for the tickets!
Dom
If you want to meet him, he’s in his trailer now. We’ve got an hour before we hit the road.
Veronica
Wait, for real? Of course I want to meet him!
Dom
Out back, behind the stage. South parking lot. Red tour bus is Charlie’s.
Veronica
Okay, thank you! I’m walking that way now. I can just show this VIP pass, right?
Veronica
I feel like I’ve been waiting for this night my whole life haha.
Veronica
Do I knock or what? The red bus is dark and no one’s answering.
Veronica
I’m getting soaked out here, it’s really raining. But I think I can hear music through the door?
Dom
He’s not writing back.
Veronica
wtf Dom I think he’s dead.
Veronica
He’s hanging by a microphone cord tied to the ceiling fan.
Veronica
Somebody killed Charlie.
Veronica
And the fan’s still on and he’s spinning really slow, and his face is blue, his eyes are open… omg wtf is happening.
Dom
Stay where you are. I’m coming to get you.
Veronica
And there’s a song playing from the speakers… it’s just the chorus from “Ninja,” skipping and repeating over and over.
Veronica
“Didn’t see me coming, did ya? Baby that’s cause I’m a ninja.”
Dom
You’re not making any sense.
Dom
Listen, don’t call the police or anything, I’m on my way.
Veronica
I don’t want to stay here. What if this psycho killer person is still in the trailer?
Dom
It doesn’t matter. They’re not after you
Veronica
How do you know?
Dom
We got a threat before the concert.
Dom
It was an email that said the band members would be dropping one by one before we knew what hit us.
Dom
So if this is real, they’ve probably already gone looking for their next victim.
Veronica
WTF why didn’t you cancel the concert?
Dom
We get threats all the time, you can’t take them too seriously.
Dom
If we cancelled the show every time we got a suspicious email, we’d never make any money. And that’s my job.
Dom
I’m outside now, I can barely see through the rain. Can you turn the headlights on?
Dom
Veronica? You’d better not be messing around with me.
Dom
I’m in the trailer, where are you?
Veronica
I was too scared. I couldn’t stay there.
Dom
You didn’t tell me somebody pulled all his teeth out.
Veronica
Yeah he was bleeding out of his mouth, it was awful.
Dom
Tell me where you are.
Veronica
I’m backstage. I’m going through the dressing rooms.
Dom
You trying to get yourself killed?
Veronica
I’m following a trail of bloody teeth.
Veronica
I’m taking pictures with my phone. It’s evidence.
Dom
Listen, Veronica, you remember what you signed when we gave you those tickets.
Dom
Any photos you take backstage are our property. You can’t send them to anyone. You understand?
Dom
If this stuff gets released to the media…
Veronica
I’ll send them to the police not TMZ.
Veronica
You’re freaking me out, Dom, why aren’t you more concerned that there’s a KILLER somewhere backstage?
Dom
Just don’t send anything to anyone.
Dom
This is a multimillion dollar world tour I’m trying to manage here. When this story breaks, we need to break it right.
Veronica
There’s way too many teeth here for just one body.
Dom
What? Did you find something?
Veronica
Charlie’s dressing room.
Veronica
I can’t take this anymore.
Dom
I’m coming to find you.
Dom
Just stay where you are and keep quiet.
Veronica
WHOSE EAR IS THIS, DOM?
Dom
It doesn’t matter, just wait for me.
Veronica
I don’t want to die.
Veronica
I can hear someone in the corridor.
Veronica
Okay okay. All I can see is my own shadow on the wall.
Veronica
And the light from under the door.
Dom
I’m in the building, I’m coming for you.
Veronica
They’re on the other side. I can hear them humming.
Veronica
They’re humming that song, the same song.
Veronica
I remember when I first heard that song.
Veronica
Do you remember, Dom?
Dom
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Veronica
It was like three years ago. I was in my bedroom in the dark, just like now.
Dom
I’m approaching Charlie’s dressing room. I don’t see anybody outside the door.
Veronica
And I was sitting there and I thought of this little chorus of a song about a ninja, somebody who steals your heart before you know what hit you.
Veronica
And I wrote the words down. And I recorded a video.
Veronica
And then some time went by, and when I heard the song again, it was on the radio.
Veronica
Only it was Charlie singing.
Dom
I know for a fact Charlie wrote that song himself. He sent me the voice memo.
Veronica
Charlie stole my song. And you made it a hit.
Dom
Veronica, I’m at the door. Open up. We can talk about this.
Veronica
Open it yourself.
Dom
Are you still in here?
Dom
If you’re hiding in the bathroom, come out.
Dom
All I see is this ear in the middle of the floor, circled with bloody teeth.
Veronica
Listen. Get closer and listen.
Dom
Veronica, where are you?
Veronica
Do you hear the song?
Dom
Don’t do this. Whatever you’re thinking, just please let it go.
Veronica
I’ve been waiting for this night for a long time.
Veronica
You can hear it, can’t you? I can see you standing there listening.
Veronica
No. And you never will.
