BLACKOUT IV: THE ROOM - by Femzywrotethis

(Blackness.)(A phone rings.)(Once.)(Twice.)(Three times.)SAM:Stop.(The ringing continues.)SAM:I said stop!(Silence.)(A voice comes from the darkness.)VOICE:You know what happened.SAM:No.VOICE:You do.SAM:Who are you?VOICE:You heard me.(SAM looks around.)SAM:That was you.VOICE:What?SAM:The voice.(A pause.)VOICE:Which one? (Blackout.) (Lights come up on the interrogation room.)(MORROW stands by the observation window. SAM sits at the table.)MORROW:We're going back to the house.SAM:Why?MORROW:Because I think we missed something.SAM:You searched the whole place.MORROW:We searched for evidence.(He turns.)MORROW:We didn't search for a story.SAM:What's that supposed to mean?MORROW:The crime scene makes no sense.(MORROW places photographs on the table.)MORROW:The knife was between you and Daniel.SAM:I know.MORROW:Blood on your shirt. Blood on the floor. Blood on the knife.SAM:Yes.MORROW:But not enough blood on you.(SAM looks up.)SAM:What?MORROW:If you were standing where we found you when Daniel was stabbed, there should be more.SAM:Maybe I wasn't standing.MORROW:Exactly.(A beat.)MORROW:You were already on the floor.SAM:After I was hit.MORROW:Maybe.SAM:You don't believe me.MORROW:I believe you were hit.(SAM looks at him.)MORROW:I'm not sure when.(Silence.)SAM:Then what happened?MORROW:That's what we're going to find out. (Lights shift.)(The same house. Daniel's bedroom.)(MORROW enters. SAM follows behind him.)SAM stops at the doorway.SAM:I don't want to go in.MORROW:Why?SAM:I don't know.MORROW:That's becoming a pattern.(SAM looks inside.)(A long silence.)SAM:The curtains were closed.MORROW:They were.SAM:No.(He steps inside.)SAM:I mean... before.MORROW:Before what?SAM:Before I found him.(MORROW watches him carefully.)SAM:The curtains were open.MORROW:You're sure?SAM:Yes.(SAM looks around.)SAM:The lamp was on too.MORROW:The lamp?SAM:There.(He points.)SAM:It was on.MORROW:We found it switched off.(SAM stares at the lamp.)SAM:Someone turned it off.MORROW:Maybe.SAM:Why?MORROW:Maybe they didn't want anyone seeing something.(SAM walks slowly toward the bed.)SAM:I remember this.MORROW:What?SAM:Daniel was standing here.(He points beside the bed.)SAM:He was talking to someone.MORROW:Who?SAM:I don't know.MORROW:Male or female?(SAM closes his eyes.)SAM:Male.MORROW:You heard his voice?SAM:Yes.MORROW:Was it the same voice you heard before you blacked out?(SAM opens his eyes.)SAM:No.(A beat.)SAM:It was the other one.MORROW:Other one?SAM:There were two.(MORROW goes still.)MORROW:You told me there were voices.SAM:I know.MORROW:You never said there were two.SAM:I didn't remember.(SAM looks toward the bathroom.)SAM:Wait.(He walks toward it.)MORROW:Sam?SAM:The door.(He touches the bathroom door.)SAM:It was closed.MORROW:We found it half open.SAM:Someone opened it.MORROW:Why?(SAM slowly turns toward him.)SAM:To make it look like I came from here.(Silence.)MORROW:Why would someone want it to look like that?SAM:Because... (SAM stops.)MORROW:Because what?SAM:Because I was never supposed to remember this.(A long silence.)MORROW:Remember what?(SAM looks at the floor.)SAM:Daniel wasn't dead when I got here.(MORROW freezes.)MORROW:What?SAM:He was alive.MORROW:You're sure?SAM:Yes.MORROW:What happened?(SAM's breathing becomes uneven.)SAM:He looked at me.(Beat.)SAM:He said my name.(SAM suddenly grabs his head.)SAM:Then the door opened.MORROW:What door?SAM:The front door.MORROW:Who came in?(SAM looks up.)SAM:I don't know.MORROW:Sam.. SAM:I don't know!(Silence.)(Then, quietly.)SAM:But I remember what they said.MORROW:What?(SAM looks directly at him.)SAM:"You're late."(Blackout.) TO BE CONTINUED...

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