Daniel relapses and calls his old friend Charlie for help getting drugs. Though Daniel initially flushes the drugs, he later takes a bag left for him. Hearing strange noises in his home, Daniel's mental state deteriorates further. He sees a terrifying figure and calls Charlie for help, but the call cuts off. Daniel encounters the figure again and it slashes his throat. In his final moments, Daniel sees Charlie at the top of the stairs, also covered in blood.

1. SCENE1 - ‘Relapse’ aka ‘The Phone Call’ Date: 01/02/21
Characters: Daniel Farthing& Charlie Wilson
Actors: Luke Headland& Jack Wheatley
Daniel is sat alone inhisroom, thinking, looking concernedand contemplating to pickup the phone. He’s come a longway
in his journeyof rehabilitation. Was he reallygoing to slipback into his oldways? Yes. He picks up the phone to call an old
friend, Charlie. Daniel and Charlie have beenfriends for as longas theycanremember, thoughCharlie hasalways had
somewhat of a bad influence on Daniel, especiallyintheir teenage years. Gettingup to nogood, drugs, theft, yeah... the
usual. Despite this, they’ve always looked out for each other even withtheir long-distance friendship.
Charlie is no saint. Despite claiming to care for Daniel, he’s willingto let him lose control, something that most friends
wouldfight against for the other persons sake. Daniel is easilyinfluenced. He doesn’t care about himselfthe wayhe should
do. He’s givenup onhimselfand let his demons consume him. Is Charlie going to save him?No, Charlie would much rather
seepto hislevel, as muchlike Daniel, Charlie hasn’t got muchgoingfor him either... nothing to care for anymore.
So, what’s Daniel going to do? He’s goingto do what he does best. Give into his demons and fall, or at least that’s what he
thinks he’s going to do.
OPENING
Charlie
“Hello?”
Daniel
“Hey... Charlie. Been a while.”
Charlie
“Yeah, what's up... everything ok? Haven't heard from you in a while.”
Daniel
“Could be better. Every day is the same you know.”
Charlie
“Well... seen as though you're calling, I'm guessing I don’t have to ask what this is all about.”
Daniel
“Don't bothergivingme the whole speechagain, you know the reason I'm calling is because I know
you’re the only guy that can help me, and the only guy I can really trust.”
Charlie
“Maybe I should just keep my mouth shut then, don’t want a repeat of all the shit you caused last
time now do we?”
Daniel

2. “Come on man don’tbe like thatyouknow how it's beenfor me, look Ive got 200 in cash and I know
you could use it. You going to help me or not?”
Charlie
“You know you really don’t do yourself any favours do you?”
Daniel
“Maybe you're right but at least I can spare one for you, so we are doing this or not?”
Charlie
“Fine, meet just outside of the park at 2.”
Daniel
“Okay... and thanks.”
*Charlie hangs up the phone*
Daniel sits backonhis chair witha moment of silence, thinking, with a look ofregret andguilt on hisface. He’s hit rock
bottom. Square one, once again. He gets up fromhis chair preparing to gosee Charlie, grabbing his gloves, hoodie andhis
keys. He walks to the door of his room andswitches hislights off but pausesfor a moment. He has hishandonthe light
switchwith hisback turnedto his room, he slowlymoves his head to lookback at the dark corner of hisroom as if he knew
something wasstood there. Inthe darkcorner of the roomstands a figure, a tall figure witha devilish grinon its face.
Daniel stands, staring back at the figure withnot muchemotionon his face. He flips the light switch in shockandthe figure
is gone. Daniel doesn’t thinktoomuchof it though, infact it appears that this encounter didn’t seemto bother Daniel as
much as it wouldto anyone else. Daniel shuts off the lights once again, andwiththe figure now gone, shuts his door and
complete blackness fills the frame.
END SCENE
SCENE2 - ‘Giving In’ Date: 04/02/21
Characters: Daniel Farthing
Actors: Luke Headland
NON DIALOUGESCENE
After his conversationwith Charlie, Daniel is preparingto meet him at the local park. It wouldbe the first time in2 months
since theyhadlast seeneach other, but that thought wasn’t on Daniels's mind. Daniel is full of confusion, worry, regret,
anxiety. He knows what he was goingwas wrong, but he just couldn’t help himself. Not once inhis life has Daniel ever felt
the slightest amount of self-control. The onlythingDaniel hasfelt comfort inover the last few years is drowning his
sorrows awaywith drinkanddrugs.
With all ofthis in mind, he couldn't helpbut ponder about what he saw in hisbedroom. The thought of it made Daniel
paranoid but it didn’t seem to affect him much, as ifit wasn’t muchof a concernto him at that moment intime. As he’s
walkingdown the cold and desolate street, he receives a text form Charlie, asking him to meet at the old, abandoned
house at the endof the street for securityreasons and to ensure theyaren't caught during the deal. When Daniel arrives,
he walks around the side ofthe house to finda small bag witha white substance init sitting ontop ofa black bin. Next to
it, a note from Charlie which reads, ‘is this reallywhat you want’. Charlie is nowhere to be seen, andout ofgreedand
selfishness, Daniel uses this to his advantage andtakes the drugs without waitingor evencontacting Charlie to payhim.

3. On his wayhome, he sees it again inthe distance standing menacingly. Danielstops almost at a halt givenhowfast he’s
walking. BothDaniel andthe figure stare eachother down. Daniel mutters to himself ‘just ignore it’ as he leans his head
down movingcloser andcloser towards the figure. Suddenly, Daniel peeks upto give a quickglance andthe figure is
nowhere to be found. He breathesa sighof relief and continueswalking. As he continueswalking, he sees something on
the floor inthe distance. Uponlooking, he finds a note, the note reads ‘walk withme’ inmessyhandwriting. Daniel looks at
the note witha confusedlookon hisface. He perks upandscans his surroundings making sure he isn't being watched.
Daniel crumples upthe note andthrows it to the ground and begins speedwalking hiswayhome witha feelingof unease
and sickness. All he wants is to go home where he feelssafe, or at least that’s what he thinks.
END SCENE
SCENE3 - ‘Redemption / The Thing’ Date: 05/02/21
Characters: Daniel Farthing
Actors: Luke Headland
NON DIALOUGESCENE
Daniel finallyarrives home. As soonas he gets throughthe door, he enters his bathroomina panic. He begins to frantically
washhis hands as well as splashwater over his face. He leans over the sink, looking at himself through the bathroom
mirror. He then reachesinto his pocket andpulls out the small bag ofdrugs andbegins to stare at it. With one quick
motionanda gaspof courage and energy he angrilythrows the bag intothe toilet and flushes it, showing that he is
stronger thanhe thinks and wants to regaincontrol over his life. Hes taking deep breaths, trying to calm himself. He knows
he’s made a toughdecision, but inside it feels right. He begins to calm, feeling like he hasregaineda little control over
himself. It's beenalmost 2 months since he came clean, andhe wasn’t willingto let that go. He stares into the mirror once
again, feeling lighter andsomewhat hopeful. He goesto washhis hands once againsymbolicallywashing his guilt andanger
down the drain, whensuddenlyhe hears somethingfrom outside of the bathroom door. It’s a metallic sound that he
doesn’t quite understand at first, until he looks downand sees that the door handle has been pulled down, meaning
something onthe other side of the door was pulling it.
Daniel stares downat the handle andbegins to show fear andconfusiononce again. He slowlymoves his handandplaces
it onto the handle. As he does this, the handle thrusts upwards into its neutral position, meaning whatever was behindthe
door holdingit haslet go. Daniel movies his headtowards the door and places hisear against it. Nothing is to be heardbut
the ambient soundof drippingwater from the bathroom tap. He leans in, closer andcloser until his head and ear is directly
up against the bathroom door. He begins to hear mufflednoises. Theysound like whispers. Whispers of someone crazyor
mentallyderanged. The whispers are inaudible however, it seems like whatever is making them waschantinga spell.
Suddenly, everything falls to a painful silence. Daniel remains still, persistent to hear more, seeming curious whilst utterly
terrifiedat the same time. Suddenly, a large thudhits the door, sending Daniel stumbling backwards inshock. The muffled
soundof a deranged laugh can be heard andthe lights in the bathroomshut off, leaving Daniel intotal darkness. “Shit”
Daniel mumbles as he’s franticallylookingfor his phone. Once he finds it, he turns onthe torch and scans the small
bathroom findingnothing. He’s breathing heavily. Hes never quite felt fear like this before.
After waitinga while in pure silence, Daniel finds the courage to face what's on the other side of the door. Withone swift
motionhe unlocks the bathroom door andpushesit open. The door creeks openwitha viewof the dark emptyhallway.
Daniel steps out slowly, shaking and unpreparedfor what he thinks he mayhave to face. He moves to the hallwaylight
switchand flips it on, revealing the emptyhallway. He thenmoves towards his living room, switching onthe light and
finding nothing, thenhis kitchen and nothing again. Daniel starts to questionhis sanity, believing that all the paranoia, fear,
anxietyand sickness hadgottento his head.
END SCENE

4. SCENE4 - ‘Hopeless’ Date: 16/02/21
Characters: Daniel Farthing
Actors: Luke Headland
Daniel stumbles in utter horror andconfusion, he doesn’t know what to think, his mind is runningwith so manythoughts.
He tries hisbest to calm himself, regaininghis thoughts andcontrol of himself. He fumblesfor his phone andfrantically
pulls it out ofhis pocket to call Charlie. The phone rings for a while:
Daniel
*Breathing Heavily* “Come on pick up pick up”.
Charlie
*Calmly* “Hello”
Daniel
“Charlie where the fuck were you???”
Charlie
“Relax everything is ok.”
Daniel
“What, relax? Don’t tell me to relax you need to answer me, where were you???”
Charlie
“Waiting.”
Daniel
“Waiting? Where the fuck were you waiting, I told you to meet at-” *Charlie Interrupts*
Charlie
“Upstairs.”
*Daniel pauses for a moment*
Daniel
“Wha-” *Phone Cuts Off*
Daniel looks at the phone inconfusionandhears multiple noisescoming fromupstairs. Was Charlie up there?He thinks to
himself. He slowlymakeshis waytowards the stairs but then suddenlystops whenhe sees somethinginthe dark corner of
the living room, somethingominous andevil looking, something terrifying.
END SCENE

5. SCENE5 - ‘Alone’ Date: 25/02/21
Characters: Daniel Farthing& The Thing
Actors: Luke Headland&Alfie Headland
NON DIALOUGESCENE
Daniel shineshis light over at the figure and stumbles back in utter disbelief at what he is looking at. The creature is tall and
skinnywithbloodcoveredhands andbloodrunning down its face. It haswide openblackeyes anda comicallylarge vo id
like smile as if it were something fromanother planet. Daniel stares infear as the creature pounces in front ofhim and
they’re now stoodface to face. The creature and Danielstandface to face onlyfor a moment before the creature swings
its handandslashes Daniel’s throat. Daniel fallsto the floor bleeding. He grips his throat choaking for air as bloodcovers
his hands. He looks at the creature as it stares closelyback, their faces a mere inch awayfrom eachother. Thenduring a
moment of silence, the creature leans inandmumbles one worldina demonic and deepvoice. ‘GUILTY’. Withthat Daniel
turns his headto the side and sees Charlie at the topof the stairs, alsocoveredinblood. Hisvisionis faint andstarts to blur
and the last we see is Charlie at the top of the stairs looking downonDaniel as he takes his final breatha ndthe screen
fades to a slow, quiet black.
THE END