Possessed

SERENITY MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTION
PATIENT ID: 859442193
PATIENT NAME: Annabelle White
INTERVIEWER NAME: Dr. Anthony Martin
ATTENDING PSYCHIATRIST: Dr. Theodore Lin

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LIN: Annabelle? Hello, Annabelle. How are you feeling today?

WHITE: Doctor. I'm feeling well today, I think.

LIN: Have you heard anything lately? The orderlies tell me it's been a pretty good day, no outbreaks.

WHITE: There was scratching in the walls last night and my bed moved.

LIN: Your bed is bolted to the floor, Annabelle. It couldn't have moved.

WHITE: If you say so. I felt it.

LIN: You have a visitor today. He is writing a book and would like to know about your experiences.

WHITE: What is his name?

LIN: His name is Dr. Martin.

WHITE: What is his full name?

LIN: Dr. Anthony James Martin. Would you like to speak with him?

(White nods once.)

(Lin exits the room.)

(Martin enters.)

WHITE: Tony. I may call you Tony, correct?

MARTIN: If you like. I prefer to be called Dr. Martin.

WHITE: Your little sister used to call you Tony. She was a lovely girl. It's a shame what happened to her.

MARTIN: It was. How do you know about my sister, Annabelle?

WHITE: She is with us. Suffering for her sins. Did you know what a whore your sister was? No, I expect not. Perhaps it is best I do not call you Tony, Doctor Anthony James Martin.

MARTIN: Perhaps. Annabelle, can you tell me about the house you used to live in?

WHITE: I never lived in a house.

MARTIN: You did. You lived on 9853 W. Lilly Avenue. Do you remember? It's a lovely house. Painted white with blue trim? Do you remember the house, Annabelle.

WHITE: I never lived in a house. I lived in a gateway. We did rituals there, you know, in the gateway. The place where the world and Hell are thinnest. We were just children then. Did you know that Lucille died? They took her.

MARTIN: Who took her?

WHITE: The demons. They took her to hell where she burns for her sins with your sister.

MARTIN: Annabelle, what did you girls do in that house?

WHITE: It isn't a house. It is a gateway. We found a book in the attic. The book had rituals. Spells to make boys love you, spells to make you pretty, spells to make you get noticed… There were darker things too. Spells to make someone die in their sleep. Spells to make cats suck out the souls of your enemies.

MARTIN: Which of these spells did you do, Annabelle?

WHITE: We called a demon. (White begins thrashing, straining against her restraints.) We called a demon and we took him into our bodies! (Now screaming.) He is inside me! Always inside me!! (White thrashes for a few moments, until she calms down again.)

MARTIN: What happened after you… called the demon?

WHITE: Nothing happened. It didn't come at first. (Singing.) A beautiful dreamer locked in reticence, in the tower of your soul. What lies so deep and undisturbed, fears torment in the world. Lightning flashes warning, to whispers in the rain. The fire climbing upwards, your fortress lies in flames… (White stops singing.) It started with the scratching in the walls.

MARTIN: Like rats?

WHITE: Like something was scratching through… ripping through. Scratch, Scratch, Scratch. All night long, sometimes not in the darkness, sometimes during the day. Scratch, Scratch, Scratch. Then, I'd hear it at school. Scratch, scratch, scratch. At lunch. Scratch, scratch, scratch. In my room. Scratch, scratch, scratch.

MARTIN: What happened after that?

WHITE: Shadows. So dark they absorb all light. They would move, fast so fast. They would watch me at night. They would follow me in the day. Even when I couldn't see them, I knew they were there. Follow me, watching me. I stopped sleeping, they would watch me when I slept. I stopped eating, they would watch me when I ate.

MARTIN: You got weak then. That's when you started seeing Dr. Lin?

WHITE: Dr. Lin. Yes. Doctor Theodore Tseng Lin. I was having black outs. My parents said I would have fits. They brought me to see Doctor Theodore Tseng Lin to fix me. He can't fix me. No one can fix me. There is nothing to fix.

MARTIN: I'm sure Dr. Lin can fix you.

(White closes her eyes for a moment, moving her head from side to side.)

WHITE: There is no help for her here. (White opens her eyes and turns her head to Martin. Her face contorts.) This godless whore is doomed. You are doomed too, Doctor Anthony James Martin. We will have your soul soon enough.

MARTIN: Annabelle?

WHITE: She's sleeping now.

MARTIN: Who am I speaking to now, then?

WHITE: Baalial.

MARTIN: The worthless one?

WHITE: This girl belongs to me. She is worthless.

MARTIN: If she is worthless, what do you want her for?

WHITE: You intend to send people to the gateway, don't you? (White smiles.) Good. I will tell the others and make sure they are waiting for your research team. (White laughs.) Research. You call yourself a scientist, but all you are is a liar. Astaroth will find you, you belong to him. You're team is rife with sin. What do you know of Victor, how many bodies does he have in his closet? Do you know that Lauren lusts for you? EV dabbles with the dead, but she doesn't know that by dabbling with Victor she'll get more closer to the dead than she ever has before. Gazwowski sees things clearly, but muddles his mind with television and drugs. Wade can't save any of them, though he thinks that is why he is there. And Joseph, he's looking through the looking glass, and when he finally sees something other than his own reflection we will be there. (White laughs maniacally and begins speaking in another language.)

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