Coming February 6th, 2004, to the Brimstone Virtual Seasons. EXT. - HAVEN APARTMENTS - ESTABLISHING - NIGHT The Haven Apartments are in a decent part of town. A few people walk down the well lit street, chatting casually. A Ford Taurus pulls up to the building, and a man gets out. This is AL CANDLE. INT. - HAVEN APARTMENTS - THIRD FLOOR HALLWAY - NIGHT Al is standing in front of the door to apartment 305. He glances around the empty corridor. From inside, we hear the CHAIN BEING REMOVED. A woman wearing a blue bathrobe peers out. This is SYLVIA CARTER. AL I saw you tonight. INT. - APARTMENT 309 - NIGHT AL PUSHES THE DOOR OPEN, forcing his way inside. Sylvia steps back, wrapping her bathrobe tighter around her. KITCHEN SYLVIA What do you think you’re doing? What the hell is the matter with you? Get out, Al! AL I’ll leave. But you’ll come with me. Al picks a BUTCHER KNIFE from the rack on the counter. He STABS her in the stomach, planting the knife impossibly deep in her belly. SYLVIA (softer) Al... Al pulls out the blade. AL I love you. The wound is fatal, and Sylvia sinks to the floor, propped up against her kitchen cabinets. Her eyes flutter, then close as she falls into never ending slumber. Al regards her sadly. AL I join you, for all eternity. He THRUSTS the knife into his abdomen, then twists the blade. His eyes open wide, as he now grasps the enormity of what he has done. AL Sylvia... FADE TO BLACK KANE (v.o) Al Candle stabbed his girlfriend with her kitchen knife, then committed suicide with it. FADE IN CLOSE UP ON NEWSPAPER ARTICLE The HEADLINE grabs our attention. ‘MAN STABS GIRLFRIEND, THEN SELF,’ it claims. We recognize the people in the photograph - it’s Al Candle and Sylvia Carter. KANE (v.o., continued) Pete Masters and Rose Linwood. He stabbed her with a screwdriver, then fatally stabbed himself. We begin to zoom out, and see there are other articles pinned to the wall around the first one. Some of the other headlines read ‘MURDER SUICIDE LEAVES COUPLE DEAD’ and ‘CAR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TWO.’ KANE (v.o., continued) James Kramer gutted his wife, Leslie, with a broken bottle, then did himself. We continue to zoom out, revealing the entire wall. CLIPPINGS ARE EVERYWHERE, from floor to ceiling. We begin to comprehend the scope of the collection. CUT TO: Stone stands in front of the WALL OF CLIPPINGS, his GUN DRAWN. STONE Biggest scrapbook I’ve ever seen. KANE (v.o.) Three couples, and they all stayed here for a weekend in the month before they died. EXT. - ICE LAKE RESORT - ESTABLISHING - DAY The main building is one story, stretching far along the left side. Large windows are set everywhere in the stone walls. The roof is short, with cedar shingles that perfectly compliment the colors of the trees in the background. And to the right, in the distance, we can just make out Ice Lake itself. EXT. - ICE LAKE RESORT - OUTSIDE THE CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY STONE Take a look at this. He holds out a shovel handle. A full set of FINGERPRINTS are BURNED into the wood. INT. - ICE LAKE RESORT - OFFICE - DAY A man sits behind the desk, peering out the window. A woman is perched on the front of the desk. WOMAN Nobody knows about us, Vick. You’re just paranoid. EXT. - ICE LAKE RESORT - PATH THROUGH THE WOODS - LATE AFTERNOON Stone is following the path that leads back to the resort. Leaning against a tree, waiting for him, is THE DEVIL. DEVIL For a couple of seconds there, I thought you were going to kill another mortal. You really shouldn’t get my hopes up like that. INT. - ICE LAKE RESORT - OFFICE - EVENING Vick sits behind the desk, holding a micro cassette recorder. KANE (on tape) It looks like they’re buying all this. D'AMATO (on tape) If the boys at the precinct could hear you now. VICK They’re cops! I knew they were hiding something. INT. - ICE LAKE RESORT - PARKING LOT - VICK'S CAR Stone LANDS on the asphalt right behind them. VICK Did you see him? That’s him! That’s the guy! INT. - ANOTHER CAR - NIGHT Stone is hunched over the wheel. The speedometer shows 65 mph. The ENGINE REVS, and the needle climbs to 75 mph. He is to a hysterical voice over a cell phone. SOPHIA D'AMATO (on phone) He’s going to try to kill me? STONE’S POV We see a bridge fast approaching. Two concrete barriers mark the sides. Yellow reflectors stare back at him like a pair of glowing eyes. If Stone continues on his path, he’s going to hit the right hand one DEAD ON. EXT. - COUNTRY ROAD - NIGHT THE CAR is airborne as it goes off the road. BRAKE LIGHTS FLARE, but it’s too little too late. The car smashes into a tree. The HORN BLARES loudly. INT. - ICE LAKE RESORT - ROOM FIFTEEN - NIGHT THE DOOR BURSTS OPEN, the frame splintering. Kane whirls around at the intrusion, to see a man in his 40s standing there. He wields a baseball bat. STONE (on phone, shouting) Get out of there! Get away! CU ON A GUN THE TRIGGER IS SQEEZED!!! BLAM! The gunshot echoes. D'AMATO NO!!! CUT TO: EXT. - COUNTRY ROAD - NEXT TO THE SMASHED CAR - NIGHT Stone looks up at the stars and pleads: STONE Please. Don’t let them die. Please. FADE TO: INT. - ICE LAKE RESORT - ROOM FIFTEEN - NIGHT Will Kane stands near the door. Ezekiel Stone is seated in a chair near the foot of the bed. Sophia D'Amato lounges on the bed. KANE There’s something else... CU ON STONE He's intensly focused. D'AMATO Rosalyn is here. HARD CUT TO BLACK The Brimstone VS Presents C O U P L E S by Robert Rand