EXT. The backyard. Trees and foliage slowly move in the wind.
O.S: The birds’ shrieking
Cut to: INT. Kitchen. Holding the door knob, Esther slowly looks around and watches the backyard for sometime and slowly closes the door.
EXT. The lawn.
Jane:“Sophie, are you alright? You look awful. Come on...let us go back to the house.”
Sophie closes her eyes and slowly shakes her head.
Sophie:“No....I don’t want to go in there. I want to go home... oh...daddy.”
Sophie sobs desperately.
Jane: “Sophie...don’t be silly. There is nothing to be scared of. Alright, we will go home.
Let’s go back to your daddy.”
Jane suddenly stops talking and looks around.
OS: the low voice of a dog like snarl, from the woods.
INT. Living room. Larry moves in his wheel chair, towards Timothy. He looks at the book on the low table.
O.S: The birds’ shrieking.
Larry: “Martin Kroger wanted to sell the book to some one in the Klan.”
Timothy: “What clan?”
Fr. Jason closely watches the photograph in the paper clipping. He slowly looks up at Larry.
Larry looks at Timothy.
Larry: “The KKK.”
Cut to: INT. Kitchen. From the kettle, Esther pours coffee to mugs. She stiffens and squint her eyes as if to listen to something.
INT. Living room. Fr. Jason drops the paper clipping back on the low table.
Fr. Jason: “Ellis told us that much. She said Cray... I mean, Kroger was fed up of the game and wanted to get out. Some one in the Klan wanted that text and the knife and Kroger was offered a big price for them.”
Larry : “Except, Reinhard didn’t give him much time to go on with the deal.”
Cut to: INT. Kitchen. Esther stands listening to the growl from the backyard, which is clearly audible above the sound of the birds. She slowly places the kettle on the kitchen table and walks towards the door to the backyard.
INT. Living room.
Timothy : “Who is Reinhard?”
Larry: “He is the owner of that house in Concord. The house in which Kroger used to conduct ritual sacrifices...of little girls.”
EXT. Lawn. Jane listens to the growl with a shocked look on her face. She gets hold of Sophie’s hand.
Jane: “Sophie... you’re right. There’s something out there.. maybe some wild animal... come on...let’s go”
Pulling Sophie along with her, Jane hurriedly begins to walk towards the house.
Sophie looks at Jane with horror stricken eyes.
Sophie: “No... Noo...I don’t want to go in there.”
Pulling Sophie along with her, Jane begins to run towards the house.
Cut to: INT. Kitchen. Esther slowly turns the door knob and suddenly pulls open the door.
EXT. The backyard. A big wolf stares at Esther, baring its fangs in an angry snarl.
INT. Kitchen. Esther gasps, her eyes wide open in shock.
Esther: “Larry... Larriee”.
INT. Living room.
V.O: Esther’s scream.
Larry leaps forward as if to get up from his wheel chair.
Larry: “Esther... what is it? Esther...”
EXT. Lawn. Sophie and Jane run towards the house.
The bird cage. The birds’ screeching reaches a crescendo.
INT. Kitchen. Esther suddenly closes the door with a loud thud.
INT. Living room. Timothy and Fr. Jason run towards the kitchen.
O.S: The voice of things falling and breaking.
Larry watches Jane and Sophie storm into the room through the front door.
INT. Kitchen. Timothy rushes into the kitchen followed by Fr. Jason.
Esther lies on the floor, the mugs shattered around her, spilt coffee all over the floor.
Standing behind Timothy, Fr. Jason looks at Esther and gasps.
Fr. Jason: “Esther... what happened? Esther....”
Running towards Esther, Fr. Jason kneels beside her and helps her get up from the floor.
Esther breathes heavily.
Esther: “Father...don’t open that door. It’s there. Don’t open it.”
Fr. Jason and Timothy look at each other and look at the door.
O.S: The angry growl of the wolf.
INT. Living room. Panting heavily, Jane and Sophie lean on the closed front door.
Larry watches Jane and Sophie, in awe.
O.S: The subsiding sound of the birds.
Jane and Sophie slowly regain their composure. They look at Larry with apparent fear on their faces. Jane holds Sophie close to her.
O.S: The birds’ shrieking slowly comes to a stop.
Larry watches Jane for a long moment.
Larry:“The beast is out there... isn’t it?
Jane stares at Larry with wide open eyes.
Holding Esther by her shoulder, Fr. Jason and Timothy enter the room. Esther’s clothes are soiled with the spilt coffee, her face ashen.
Shocked, Larry, Jane and Sophie watch Esther.
EXT.The bird cage. The birds are still and silent.
INT. Living room. Sitting on the couch, Esther watches Jane leaning on the door, her legs outstretched and Sophie lying, hiding her face in Jane’s lap. She turns her head and looks at Larry, who is looking out through the picture window. Shifting her gaze, she watches Fr. Jason and Timothy sitting on the couch opposite to her. A sob escapes her.
Larry turns and looks at Esther.
Larry: “Esther, how do you feel now?”
Esther looks at Larry, her eyes wet.
Esther: “Larry...I told you not to go along with it. After that accident you had... you should've known better.”
Larry: “(in a whisper) The power of the presence... I can’t believe it.”
Timothy watches Larry with an agitated look on his face.
Timothy: “Mr. Larry, what’s happening? What’s happening to my daughter?”
EXT. The bird cage. The silent birds.
INT. Living room.
Timothy: “Do you know... do you know, Mr. Larry? My daughter had never spoken of anything except of her fears for the last 5 years. She had to quit her classes, because she was scared of something absurd that I could never understand. My wife left me...leaving my little baby with me. She didn’t even explain why she’s leaving. She just said she was afraid to live in my house. I still don’t know what her problem was. Now...look at my daughter.”
Timothy suddenly bursts into tears. He covers his face with his hands.
Timothy: “What’s happening to my daughter...my God...”
Timothy sobs.
Fr. Jason places his hand on Timothy’s shoulder.
Fr. Jason: “Everything is going to be alright. Trust me, Tim.”
Sophie, with a dazed look in her eyes, watches one of the tribal masks. She slowly
turns and looks at Timothy.
Sophie: “Daddy... let’s go home...please daddy.”
Esther looks at Sophie.
Esther: “Is that wolf still outside? If it is...how can you go out? We will have to call for help...maybe the police...”
Everybody in the room is silent. Fr. Jason slowly gets up from the couch and walks towards the picture window and looks out.
Fr. Jason’s POV. Timothy’s car by the lawn. Behind it, the trees in the gentle breeze.
INT. Living room. Timothy walks towards the kitchen.
INT. The kitchen. Standing in the kitchen, Timothy listens, his ears close to the door to the backyard. He slowly turns the door knob and opens the door a little and peers out.
EXT. The backyard. The trees and the foliage slowly moving in the wind.
INT. Kitchen. Timothy opens the door a little more and craning his neck, looks around the backyard.
EXT. Backyard. A gust of wind rustles through the foliages.
The face of Timothy looking out from the half open door.
Cut to. INT. Living room. Larry sits in his wheel chair, his eyes closed.
Larry: “After Ellis confessed everything to me, I called Fr. Jason to have a close look at that damned book. Some times Fr. Jason collaborated with us...to probe into certain... absurd problems, in which his experience as a psychologist and as a priest was most helpful.”
Larry turns and looks at Fr. Jason, who looks back at Larry.
Larry: “I wanted him to have a close look at that book. So we kept it with us for sometime. But it was taken away...from me.”
Scene 42
INT. Night. Larry’s car. Intently watching the road in front of him, Larry, now 42 years old, drives the car.
EXT. The car moves through the deserted road.
Larry: V.O: Sometimes, I took that book with me to my house from my office. Whenever I was carrying it with me, I had a strange sensation of being watched or followed by something.”
INT. Car. Larry turns and looks at the attache case lying beside him on the seat. He turns back and watches the road.
Larry: V.O: “That was a moonlit night. The cliffs and the drop were a little ahead up the road. I could see the curve was brightly lit by something... something much brighter than the moonlight.”
EXT. The curve in the road in the bright light.
INT. Car. Squinting his eyes, Larry watches the curve and slowly turns the car. He watches in astonishment, a burning wooden cross fitted in an empty barrel on the centre of the road, a little ahead of the curve. Slowing his car, Larry looks at the intensely burning cross.
Larry: V.O: “Then I saw the man.”
EXT. The burning cross. A tall man in a hooded white robe steps into the centre of the road from one side, holding a handgun in his outstretched hand.
INT. Car. Larry’s eyes open wide in confusion and fear. He watches the man shoots at the car and the shot shatters the wind shield. In reflex to the shot, he turns the steering wheel to one side and the car skids sideways.
EXT. The car in the light of the burning cross. The man in the white robe shoots again, hitting the car’s side.
INT. Car. Larry frantically twists the steering wheel.
Larry: V.O: “And the drop was right beside me, as if I had never seen it before”.
EXT. In the smoky haze in the light of the burning cross, the car skids and tumbles down into the drop.
O.S: The sound of the car hitting on rocks, down in the drop.
The man in the white robe walks towards the edge of the road and looks down into the drop.
In the semi darkness, the car lies upside down on the bottom of the drop
INT. Car. Larry lies in an awkward position in the car, his hand reaching out to hold the attache case.
EXT. The road. Two other men in white robes emerge from the shadows behind the burning cross. They join the first man and look down into the drop.
INT. Car. His eyes open, Larry lies in the car,. Rolling his eyes, he watches the dark woods outside the car through the shattered wind shield.
Larry: V.O: “Then I heard the growls. I couldn’t see anything properly. I couldn’t move... But I could see two or three pairs of glowing eyes in the darkness. I knew the beasts were close by the car... and slowly everything began to fade away.”
EXT. Road. The burning cross. The men in the white robes stand looking down into the drop.
Scene 43
INT. Day. Larry’s living room.
Larry: “I woke up in the hospital. Eventually I knew I will never walk again.
And that book and the knife... they took it away.”
Jane watches Larry with amused eyes.
Jane: “How did they know that you were carrying that book?”
Larry: “I don’t know. May be somebody gave them a tip. Someone who knows what happens in my office.”
Timothy looks at Larry.
Timothy: “Why didn’t they kill you, Mr. Larry?”
Larry: “I don’t know that too. May be they thought I was dead. May be they wanted me to live and remember everything”.
Scene 44
EXT. Night. The outhouse behind the Concord house. From the outhouse dim light pours out through the glass window.
OS: Somewhere, a bird screeches.
INT. Outhouse. Her head bent down, Ellis sits on an old leather couch in the light of the candle on the table. Holding a rosary in her hand, she prays.
Facing her, a crucifix hangs on the wall.
Drinking soup from a bowl, Mathau sits in a chair nearby. He watches Ellis praying.
Mathau: “Ellis, whom do you pray to?”
Without any response, Ellis continues to pray.
Mathau: “All these years of burning those candles... and now you have converted.”
Ellis raises her head, her hand still fumbling with the rosary. She opens her eyes and sharply looks at Mathau.
Ellis: “Evil, Mathau...living with evil... all around us. Thomas was right...to get out of this”.
Ellis looks at the crucifix on the wall.
Ellis: “Oh...those poor little girls”.
Mathau: “But he couldn’t get away. And we haven’t had any more girls since his death. We only light up those candles on certain nights...as we’re told. We have to go on living, Ellis. Where else can we go?”
Ellis turns her head and watches Mathau.
Ellis: “We have to get out of here... before anything terrible happens.”
Holding a spoonful of soup in his hand, Mathau slowly shakes his head.
Mathau: “No Ellis...we have no where to go. Reinhard won’t let us leave this place, alive”.
The candle on the table, its flame slowly quivering.
Ellis looks down at the rosary in her hands and closes her eyes.
Mathau drinks the soup.
Mathau: “Ellis...still I don’t know why Reinhard let you ...I mean ...let’s go on living here, even after you confessed everything to the police.”
Ellis sits with her eyes closed.
Ellis: “I didn’t tell everything to the police. He still trusts me as an accomplice.”
Mathau watches Ellis in silence.
Ellis: “Reinhard didn’t know what I was to Thomas. If he had known...”
EXT. The outhouse in the moonlight.
O.S: the low voice of a howl from the woods.
Scene 45
INT. Night. Jane’s dining room. Jane and Fr. Jason are having dinner.
Jane mouths a forkful of food and watches Fr. Jason.
Fr. Jason sips his coffee, his face immersed in thought.
Jane: “Why does Tim want that book back?”
Without any response, Fr. Jason shifts his gaze towards Jane.
Jane: “I think he didn’t believe in those stories...what was told about that book. Sophie was almost delirious when he asked you to give it back.”
Fr. Jason finishes his coffee and places the mug on the table and wipes his mouth with a napkin.
Fr. Jason: “He told me he can’t just abandon something his mother kept with her all her life.”
Fr. Jason gets up and watches Jane for a moment.
Fr. Jason: “He has some other ideas in his mind. That’s why he wants to go to that house at Concord...where that man Martin was killed.”
Scene 46
INT. Night. Timothy’s house.
Rosemary’s room. The leather bound package lies on the bed.
Looking out, Timothy stands near the window.
Cut to: INT. Sophie’s room. Sophie lies on her bed, staring at the ceiling.
INT. Rosemary’s room. Through the window, Timothy looks up at the sky.
EXT. The moon, partially visible through the branches of a tree.
INT. Rosemary’s room. Timothy turns and walks towards the bed and stares at the package. He slowly opens it and takes out the stiletto. Holding its grip with both hands, he raises the stiletto to his eye level.
Timothy:(in a whisper) “Why mother…why did you bring this here? Who gave you this?”
Staring at the stiletto, Timothy slowly shakes his head.
Timothy: “Christ...that’s impossible.”
A sudden gust of wind sweeps the window curtains inside. Timothy turns back to look at the window.
Cut to. INT. Sophie’s room. Sophie lies asleep on her bed. She mutters something in her sleep and rolls over to one side and grips the pillow with one hand.
EXT. Timothy’s house in the moonlight.
Scene 47
EXT. Dusk. Leaning on Timothy’s car, Timothy and Fr. Jason watch the Concord house. They watch Mathau walk down towards them through the driveway.
Watching Timothy and Fr. Jason, Mathau walks towards the gate.
Cut to. INT. Dusk. From the window of a dimly lit room in a small building opposite to the Concord house, Cole, a middle aged man, watches Fr. Jason and Timothy through a field glass.
Cut to: EXT: (view through the field glass) Fr. Jason, Timothy and Mathau stand near the gate.
EXT. Standing near the closed gate, Mathau watches Fr. Jason. Holding the gate with both his hands, he intently stares at Fr.Jason.
Fr. Jason: “Hello Mathau...we came a long way to see you.”
Mathau stares at Fr. Jason.
Mathau: “What do you want, Fr. Jason? Why did you come back...after all these years? Ellis had a premonition that you are coming....even before you called me. What do you want?”
Scene 48
INT.Cole’s Room. In the diminishing day light, Cole watches the trio through the field glass.
Cole: “Stein...come over here. Looks as if we have company.”
Stein, a young man in his early thirties, sitting on a chair and smoking a cigarette, looks up.
Stein: “Company...Who’s it Cole?”
Cole: “I don’t know. You better take the camera and come here.”
Scene 49
Cut to. EXT. Dusk. Gate. Mathau nervously watches Fr. Jason.
Mathau: “Look father, Ellis is sick. And I can’t let you in. If Mr. Reinhard finds out
that I let you in...”
Mathau slowly shakes his head.
Mathau: “It’s too dangerous.”
Scene 50
INT. Cole’s room. Cole and Stein near the window. Cole still watches the trio through his field glass. Stein focuses a camera fitted with a telescopic lens and clicks several times.
Cole: “Mr. Reinhard wanted us to wait here and look out for strangers coming to that house. Well, we have a strange pair here.”
Stein: “Mathau seems to know those people”.
Scene 51
Cut to. EXT. Dusk.gate. Mathau watches Fr. Jason and Timothy from inside the gate.
Mathau: “What do you want Father?”
Fr. Jason: “You forget that we have a deal. Tim wants to have a few words with Ellis, and I want to have a look at the basement.”
Reluctantly Mathau looks around and opens the gate.
Timothy stares at the house.
The Concord house in the diminishing day light.
Scene 52
Cut to. INT. Cole’s room. Stein takes a few more clicks with his camera.
Stein: “I don’t know how the prints will come out. The light’s so down out there.”
Cole shrugs.
Cole: “What can we do...use flashes?”
Cole and Stein watch Fr. Jason, Timothy and Mathau walk up the driveway in the semidarkness.
Scene 53
INT. Night. The basement of the Concord house in the light of a single electric bulb. In one corner of the basement stands a huge pewter candelabra with the half burnt black candles still on it. There is a trace of lingering smoke in the room. The rocking chair lies on another corner. A barely visible ritual magic circle, on the centre of the floor.
Fr. Jason, Timothy and Mathau watch the room in silence.
Fr. Jason:” Nothing had changed since I last saw this place. Except, those candles look almost new.”
Scene 54
INT. Night. Outhouse. Straining, Ellis gets up from the chair and slowly walks towards the front door.
Scene 55
Cut to. INT. Cole’s room. Stein watches the dark Concord house.
Cole talks into his cell phone.
Cole: “Connect me to Mr. Reinhard.”
Stein, still watching the house, lights a cigarette.
Angrily, Cole looks at Stein.
Scene 56
INT. Night. Basement.
Mathau: “Mr. Cray used that rocking chair. He used to sit on it and watch the candles burn. He preferred to be alone in here.”
Fr. Jason: “And watch something else too?”
Timothy turns and looks at Fr. Jason.
Fr.Jason: “Can you light those candles now, Mathau?”
Mathau gasps. He turns and looks at Fr. Jason.
Mathau: “No...I can’t do that. It’s against the rules.”
Timothy looks at the candelabra for a long moment.
Timothy: “You are being well paid to break some rules.”
Mathau: “But...our lives may be in danger...and you didn’t mention it in our deal.”
Scene 57
INT. Night. Outhouse. Ellis slowly pulls open the front door. The door opens with a creaking noise.
EXT. Still holding the door knob with her hand, Ellis slowly gets out. She watches the darkness outside. Squinting her eyes, she peers at the narrow stone path leading to the Concord house.
Scene 58
INT. Cole’s room. Cole talks to the phone.
Cole: “No, sir, we are sure we haven’t seen them before. (pause) Craig was in charge of the surveillance, before us. May be he will recognize them. (pause) Yes sir...I will do it. Then we will bring in the photographs. (pause) No sir...there won’t be any delay.”
Cole switches off the cell phone and looks at Stein.
Stein turns back and looks at Cole.
Stein: “It’s kind of absurd. You told me that house is under Mr. Reinhard’s surveillance for the last 22 years...since that man Cray was killed in there.”
Stein laughs sarcastically.
Stein: “May be we are under police observation as well...who knows.”
Cole: “Shut up Stein. You do what you are told to do. At least you have a well paid job now...whatever it is.”
Cole walks towards the window and watches the house, now a silhouette against the darkening sky.
Scene 59
INT. Night. The basement. The lighted candles in the smoky haze. Mathau sits on the rocking chair, watching the candelabra.
Timothy and Fr. Jason watch the scene in absolute silence.
Scene 60
Cut to: EXT. Ellis slowly walks through the narrow stone path leading to the Concord house, her fingers tightly holding the rosary. A sudden flow of wind shakes the branches of the trees. Ellis stops walking and looks around in fear.
Ellis: “Jesus...I told him not to let them in.”
O.S: The low sound of a wolf’s howl.
Ellis shudders in shock and in her attempt to run towards the house, she stumbles over a stone and falls down with a muffled scream.
Scene 61
INT. Cole’s room. Cole watches the change in the atmosphere with an amused look on his face.
Cole: “Hmm...it looks as if those strangers brought some bad weather with them. I think it’s going to rain.”
Stein winds the camera mechanism and takes the film out of it. He turns and looks out of the window. He watches the darkness outside as if listening to something.
Stein: “Did you hear it, Cole…those howls. Where do these foxes come from? Some days back, I couldn’t sleep properly, because of those damned howls...throughout the night.”
Cole looks out into the darkness. He watches the dim lights from the Concord house.
Cole:“Wolves, man…Mr. Reinhard’s wolves. That’s what they are.”
Stein stares at Cole in total disbelief.

Scene 62
INT. Night. Basement. Fr. Jason takes out the leather bound book and the stiletto from the pocket of his over coat.
Timothy watches Fr. Jason in surprise.
Timothy:(in a whisper) “What are you doing?”
Fr. Jason: (also in a whisper)” I want him to get the heat of it.”
Holding the book in one hand and the stiletto in the other, Fr. Jason walks towards the centre of the magic circle on the floor.
Timothy watches from where he stands.
Fr. Jason stands, facing Mathau.
Mathau slowly gets up from the rocking chair and supporting his hand on the wall, looks at the book in Fr. Jason’s hand with panic stricken eyes.
Fr. Jason slowly opens the book and watches Mathau for a moment. Then he begins to read from the book.
Fr. Jason: (In German) “You come from beyond the primitive darkness. You are powerful enough to take all the cosmic elements unto the end of time. You dwell beyond the reach of all living creatures. You carry fire inside you...”
Mathau shrieks.
Mathau: “No...it can’t be...”
Mathau suddenly closes his eyes and turns around. Facing the wall, he covers his face with his hands.
Fr. Jason stops reading and watches Mathau.
He continues to read.
Fr. Jason: “You carry fire inside you. You walk over days and nights, using them as steps to place your paws...”
Fr. Jason looks at Mathau.
Fr. Jason: “Paws? Why paws, Mathau?
Mathau stands still.
Mathau: “It can’t be. How can it be? Sam took it away from that black man...”
Timothy watches Fr. Jason and Mathau with horror stricken eyes.
The burning candles in the smoky haze of the room.
Fr. Jason closes the book and holds it along with the stiletto.
Fr. Jason:” What else do you know Mathau? Ellis didn’t tell us everything. She was apparently insane. And you pretended as if you didn’t know anything. Who took away that book from Larry?”
Mathau: “You are holding it, you bastard.”
Timothy stares at Mathau.
Timothy: “You are mistaken Mathau. That book belongs to my mother. It was kept in our house for the last 50 years.
Mathau suddenly turns around and stares at Timothy in astonishment. He rolls his eyes and looks at the book in Fr. Jason’s hand.
Scene 63
Cut to: EXT. Panting heavily, Ellis crawls towards the house on her knees and elbows. She stops and looks around the trees.
The trees violently shake in the wind.
Her eyes rolling, Ellis looks around as if she had gone out of her mind.
Ellis: “Mathau...they are all around me. Mathau...please come...my God...”
Ellis bursts into tears.
Ellis: “Mathau…where are you?”
Straining, she begins to crawl through the stone path leading to the back door of the Concord house.
Scene 64
INT. The basement. Mathau stares at Fr. Jason.
Mathau: “Who is this man’s mother?”
Fr. Jason looks at Mathau.
Fr. Jason: “Her name was Rosemary. She died 32 years ago.”
Mathau hurriedly walks towards Fr. Jason to take a closer look at the book. He slowly touches the book with his shaking hands.
Mathau: “God...this must be the original text. The one Ellis told me about.”
Scene 65
Cut to. INT Cole’s room. Cole and Stein prepare to go out. From the pocket of his over coat, Cole takes out a gun, checks it’s magazine and puts it back in his pocket.
Standing near the door, Stein watches Cole.
Cole walks towards the window and looks out at the Concord house.
Cole: “May be they are inside the house...or behind the house, in that out house. We have to check it out. Let’s go.”
Cole switches off the light in the room and both he and Stein walk out of the room.
Scene 66
INT.Basement. Timothy watches Mathau for a long time.
Timothy: “What did Ellis tell you?”
Mathau looks around the room and watches the candles for a long moment.
Mathau: “If Mr. Reinhard comes to know about this...my God...”
Fr. Jason: “Speak out Mathau. Who has the other book?”
Mathau puts his finger to his lips.
Mathau: “Listen. Did you hear that...someone out there...screaming.”
Fr. Jason slowly shakes his head.
Fr. Jason: “No...I didn’t hear anything.”
He turns and looks at Timothy, who is keenly watching Mathau.
Fr. Jason: “Did you hear anything, Tim?
Without answering Timothy silently watches Mathau.
Mathau looks at Timothy.
Mathau: “Ellis told me some American woman stole the book from Mr. Reinhard.”
Timothy closely watches Mathau.
Scene67
EXT.Night. Holding their guns in their hands, Cole and Stein cautiously walk up the driveway to the house. Cole stops walking and looks around.
The trees in the wind in the semi darkness.
Holding his gun in his outstretched hand, Stein looks around.
Cole and Stein reach the house. They stop walking and listen.
The house in the darkness, except for the dim light seen through the windows.
O.S: A long howl from behind the house.
Stein: “You said those are wolves. They are right behind the house.”
Cole puts his finger to his lips.
Cole: “Shh...be quiet.”
His face intent, Cole stands watching the house.
Cole and Stein stand still, listening to the muffled prayers of Ellis from behind the house.
Cole: (in a whisper): “Someone is out there.”
Stein: “I think it’s that old woman.”
V.O: Ellis crying, her mumblings barely audible.
Cole: “What’s she doing out there?”
Pointing his gun, Stein looks around.
Stein: “Man...those wolves must be some where near.”
Cole: “Come on Stein...If some wolf comes to attack you, close your eyes. Now move.”
Cole and Stein cautiously move further towards the back yard.
Scene68
Cut to: INT Basement. Fr. Jason, Timothy and Mathau stand in the smoky haze of the room. The shifting flames of the candles cast moving shadows on the wall.
Mathau: “I don’t have much to tell Father. Thomas Cray was Reinhard’s cousin. Way back from the time of the war, they were associated with the wolf clan. You know...the book of the beast was written in three volumes. Reinhard had all three of them. Some woman stole one from him, back in 1944.”
Timothy stares at Mathau.
Mathau walks towards the rocking chair and sits on it.
Mathau: “Thomas stole another volume from Reinhard and tried to sell it to Sam. I mean...Sam Mc Creedy...which in fact, was useless. Only the combination of the three volumes can completely provoke Ferniz, the prince of the beasts. But now, Mc Creedy and Mr. Reinhard do it separately...and in vain.”
Fr.Jason: “So Sam Mc Creedy was the man who attacked Larry and took away the book?”
Mathau nods.
Mathau: “He didn’t get time to buy it from Thomas. So he took it by force, from the FBI. He still keeps it with him. Sam was a greedy man. He wanted to control every events. But, Reinhard didn’t let him.”
He takes in a deep breath and slowly exhales.
Mathau: “Once they were doing it together. But, not anymore. Not since Thomas died.”
Timothy watches Mathau with horror in his eyes.
Timothy: “How did you know all these details? Reinhard told you?”
Mathau watches the candles and slowly shakes his head. He slowly gets up from the rocking chair.
Mathau: “Alright Fr. Jason...there is no point in hiding anything. Not any more. I’m so tired...tired of everything.”
Mathau looks at Timothy, who is leaning on the wall and watching him.
Mathau: “Ellis told me all about it. You know....Ellis was not only my wife...she was also Thomas Cray’s mistress. She learned all the secrets from Thomas. She was his aid in cheating Reinhard. My God, I can’t carry it anymore.”
Mathau covers his face with his hands, tears rolling down his cheeks.
Fr. Jason slowly walks towards Mathau and stands in front of him, watching his face.
Fr. Jason:” Mathau...why did you accept our deal...after all these years of your team work?”
Mathau slowly takes his hands away from his face and looks at Fr. Jason.
Mathau: “Bacause...because I buried those little girls, Fr. Jason. Far behind that outhouse, I buried them. It has to stop...somehow...it has to stop.”
Timothy closely watches Mathau.
Timothy: “What do you mean...that it has to stop? Is it still going on?”
Mathau looks at Timothy and turning his head, watches the candles.
Scene69
EXT. Night. Ellis crawls on her knees and elbows through the stone path, her head hanging down as if her neck is broken. She pants like a dog. She slowly raises her head and look at the back door of the house.
Ellis: (in a scream) “Mathau...they are right behind me...God...Please, Mathau.”
Ellis sobs desperately.
Cut to: The POV of the ‘thing’. The thing is closing in on Ellis through the thick foliage by the side of the stone path.
Ellis stiffens and slowly turns her head towards where the ‘thing’ is. Suddenly her eyes open wide in terror.
Ellis: “Noo...”

Scene70
INT. Basement. Mathau suddenly turns around and begins to run towards the door of the basement.
Mathau: “You heard it Father...it is Ellis. Something terrible had happened to her. Listen...she is screaming.”
Fr. Jason and Timothy watch Mathau.
Timothy places his hand over Mathau’s shoulder.
Timothy: “Mathau...you answer my question. Is it still going on?”
Mathau wrenches free of Timothy’s grip on his shoulder and runs up the steps from the basement.
Mathau: (in a shout) “Ellis...I am coming.”
Mathau runs up the steps and disappears.
Fr. Jason briskly walks towards Timothy.
Fr. Jason: “Come on Tim, I think something is going on up there. Come on...let’s go.”
Timothy closes his eyes and leans on the wall.
Timothy: “Father...It’s so terrible. Sophie...my poor girl.”
Timothy shakes his head as if in great anguish.
Fr. Jason watches Timothy in astonishment.
Fr. Jason: “Tim...what are you talking about?”
Holding Timothy’s shoulder, Fr. Jason shakes him.
Fr. Jason: “Tim...come on...let’s go.”
Timothy suddenly opens his eyes and stares at Fr. Jason.
Timothy: “Oh...I’m sorry Father. Come...let’s get out of here.”
Timothy turns and walks up the steps.
Fr. Jason follows Timothy.

Scene71
EXT. Cole and Stein at the back yard of the house. Hiding behind a tree, they stand watching Ellis, who is lying down on her face near the back door of the house.
Ellis lies on the ground, her hands weakly fumbling with the step in front of the door.
Ellis: “Ohh....Nooo...”
Stein watches in awe.
Stein: (in a whisper) “What happened to her? Is it the wolves?”
Cole presses his fingers on Steins shoulder.
Cole: “Be quiet...”
The door suddenly opens and Mathau steps out.
Seeing Ellis lying on the ground, Mathau stops. He stares at Ellis, who is clearly visible in the light coming out from the room.
Mathau: “Ellis…my God...”
Mathau kneels beside Ellis and takes hold of her shoulder.
Pointing his gun at Mathau, Cole steps forward from behind the tree.
Scene72
INT. Fr. Jason and Timothy hurriedly walk towards the back door.
Scene73
EXT. Cole takes one more step forward.
Cole: (in a shout) “Mathau...”
Mathau gasps and stands up. He turns and watches the dark trees with wide open eyes.
Mathau: “What? Who is out there?”
Scene74
INT. Fr. Jason and Timothy stop walking in midway. They stand still and watch the open back door.

Scene75
Cut to: EXT. Cole points his gun at Mathau.
Cole: “Mathau...Master sends his regards. Have a nice trip.”
Cole fires his gun, twice.
By the impact of the shots, Mathau staggers and falls down with a cry.
Ellis: “Noo...”
Scene76.
INT. Fr. Jason and Timothy look at each other in fear.
Fr. Jason: “Jesus Christ, someone shot Mathau”.
Scene77
EXT. Cole steps back and turns towards Stein.
Cole: “Come on...let’s go.”
Stein: “But…there are others…”
Cole: “Forget the others. I was told to take care of Mathau...nothing else. Come on, move.”
Cole and Stein turn around and walk torwards the driveway, in silence.
Scene78
INT. Fr. Jason and Timothy stare at the back door in silence.
Scene79
EXT. Ellis and Mathau lying on the ground. Mathau lies still and Ellis slowly moves her hand, fumbling with the step.
Scene80
INT. Basement. The burning candles in the smoky haze.