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MAN ON RADIO: Mayday, mayday, mayday.

This is the Ravenscroft,

call sign...

(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

We are going down!

I repeat, we are going...

(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

There seems to be a large aircraft.

Four bright standing lights.

(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

Mayday, mayday!

The lights are buzzing.

ANNOUNCER ON RADIO: Now, I've had an influx of calls this morning

and locals are reporting seeing unusual lights

over Kettering Forest last night.

Police have dismissed the reports as the effects of the aurora.

Now, of course, this spectacular display of southern lights...

(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

(SINK WHIRRING)

...and communications systems and that caused chaos.

Hobart Airport is closed until further notice

and aircraft are being diverted.

We'll have more news in an hour.

(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

ANNA: Shit.

Pills.

In the meantime, lots of callers on the line...

Coat.

Coat.

BARBARA: Come on, Chlo! It's time to get up.

(URINATING)

(ZIPPING UP TROUSERS)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

GIRL ON PHONE: Mummy.

Mummy?

Mummy, is that you?

-Mummy? -Who is this?

-Please? -Mummy!

-(GIRLS LAUGHS AND HANGS UP) -(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)

-(PHONE BEEPS) -TRAVIS: Hey, love.

I was worried about you.

I slept in the ute.

It's bloody freezing out there!

Wish you'd called.

I couldn't get through.

Any coffee?

You'll have to make a fresh one.

You could warm me up.

I've got class.

We've got time.

There were lights over the forest last night.

I saw them.

Solar storm, apparently.

Not your fault, Renae.

MAN ON RADIO: Yeah, in the case of the solar storms in Tasmania...

I'm going for a shower.

(MAN ON RADIO CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

MAN ON RADIO: This might cause some blackouts,

but around large parts of the world,

people would see a light show in the sky similar to the aurora.

Well, as you know, strange lights are fairly common

down in this part of the world, as locals would attest,

and of course they were linked to one of Tasmania's,

if not Australia's, most enduring mysteries

and that was the disappearance of Kettering teenager Gillian Baxter.

Okay, well let's get the latest from...

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(KNOCK ON DOOR)

(DOMINIC EXHALES)

-Dominic. -Renae.

It's happening again.

BARBARA: Anna.

ANNA: Is Chloe here?

She gave me a lift yesterday. My car broke down.

I left my coat in her car.

She's not here.

ANNA: Are you sure?

She'll be at Eliza's.

They're practically joined at the hip, those two.

Maybe I should go there.

What, to the island?

What, have you got a winning lotto ticket in that coat of yours?

No, medication.

I'm leaving. Once the airport opens.

Oh, can't get out fast enough, hey?

I have to get back to work.

That's right, your dad said that you're a big doctor now.

Chloe told me she was thinking about getting out of Kettering.

Yes, well, she's a dreamer,

like me.

To be honest, we didn't expect to see you back here.

Guess we all come home eventually.

Not all of us.

(WOMAN WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)

(WOMAN WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(SHOES TAPPING AND THUMPING)

RENAE: ...four and one, two, three, four.

Matilda, you keep your heels.

One, two, three, four...

RENAE: Anna?

Keep going, girls.

(SIGHS)

So grown up.

Back in line.

Anna. Stay.

I can't.

Anna!

-(PANTING) -RENAE: Anna!

-(VEHICLE DOOR SHUTS) -(ENGINE TURNS ON)

(SIGHS)

(GASPING)

What the...

(DOG GROWLING)

ROY: Anna?

Come on, Gracie, get away from that.

Come on, out of there.

(MOBILE RINGING)

-Hey, Barb. -BARBARA: Hey, Fergus, I'm looking for Chloe.

Can you check in with Eliza for me?

I'm headed to the island now anyway.

Thanks, Fergus. Tell her to get home.

Yeah, righto. Good.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

MAX: Hey, Jack.

Bit of a graveyard out there, mate.

Um, I'll get you a coffee.

JACK: I can't stay.

If you can't fill this contract,

I need to know right now.

You promised me five hundred cube a week ago.

I'm looking out there at gear just standing around idle.

The greenies promised they wouldn't block it.

But now I have to negotiate.

What do you mean, negotiate?

I've stuck my neck out as far as I can.

Right, I will sort it out.

If you don't deliver, you're going to lose this mill.

Yeah.

What the...

What's bloody going on?

What is that?

-Hey, Eliza. -Shh!

Hey, is Chloe here?

No.

I haven't seen her since last night.

Do you know where she is?

She probably crashed at the party.

Party?

We were at a party up in the forest.

Was Chloe drinking?

I don't know.

What do you mean, you don't know?

She was pretty out of it.

She was on something, I think.

What, what, drugs?

She was with Anna Macy.

-Anna? -(BEEPING)

-Oh, God, what's that noise? -(BEEPING CONTINUES)

It's okay, Mum.

-Here, let me do it. -ELIZA: (EXHALES) Sorry.

Oh, could you do anything without making it a drama?

I was just trying to make you some breakfast.

Nobody ever offers to make me breakfast.

Oh, off, there you go!

It's free to a good home.

Can you make me a coffee without burning the house down?

What are you doing here anyway?

My old man finally gone and done someone in?

Surprisingly, no. I'm just looking for Chloe.

You checked the back of the boys' utes?

Mum.

You said that she was with Anna?

-Yep. -Anna Macy?

-SHARON: Is she back? -Yeah.

You see this scar?

Pushed me through a window, that mad bitch.

I don't think that's what happened, Sharon.

It was an accident.

Accident my arse!

Check the forest.

Anna's got a habit of losing friends up there.

When Chloe heard who she was, she went mental.

You know, with Chloe's stupid obsession with the Kettering Incident.

Right. So Anna was with Chloe when you left?

Yeah.

They were having some kind of an argument.

What was that about?

I don't know.

You won't tell Mum I was at the party, will you?

No. No, I won't, don't worry.

Okay, you let me know if you hear any more about drugs, all right?

Get in, Dane.

DUTCH: I seem to be missing some packets.

Do you know anything about that?

No.

I'd think about it pretty carefully if I was you.

I haven't got your gear.

Ask Chloe.

Didn't take long to throw your girlfriend in it, did it?

She's not my girlfriend.

Not by choice, I'm guessing.

I dumped her.

I told her she'd get in trouble.

What sort of trouble?

From you.

I don't know where she is.

I didn't ask you where she was.

I asked you where the drugs were.

I don't know.

Then you'd better find them.

Aren't you going to give me a lift back?

I don't run a taxi service, Dane.

ANNA: Hi.

Could I speak to Dr McKenzie, please?

-She's not here. -It's urgent.

Dr McKenzie doesn't work here any more.

If you want a doctor, you'll have to go to Hobart,

or you can take a seat and I'll see you.

(EXHALES)

SANDRA: Okay, Mrs Fisher.

MRS FISHER: Kade.

Kade!

SANDRA: What are you doing?

MRS FISHER: Who's she?

ANNA: How long has he had this marking?

SANDRA: Please leave.

Right, I'm going to call the police.

ANNA: This colouring looks like advanced haemochromatosis.

I've never seen it in anyone so young.

He needs his ferritin levels checked.

Well, she won't go to a hospital.

No one's taking him away from me.

-No. -You need to take a blood sample.

-Excuse me, but you can't... -You need specialist advice on this.

SANDRA: Mrs Fisher!

Please, Mrs Fisher! Come back.

I can help!

(SIGHS)

Who are you?

ANNA: I'm a haematologist.

You need to get her to bring him back in here.

She's only been in here a couple of times.

They just turn up.

That boy could be seriously ill.

You need to find an address.

Lofty!

Have you seen Chloe today?

No. No, I haven't.

Righto. Well if you do see her,

can you tell her that her mum's looking for her?

Will do, Fergus.

It's, uh, a bit late to be cleaning the ferry, isn't it?

I missed the first run.

I had a sore throat.

Righto. Well you look after yourself, okay?

(DOOR OPEN AND CLOSES)

-Hi. -Hi.

This prescription belongs to Dr McKenzie.

Where did you get it?

A doctor in Hobart.

Who?

I don't know. I'm not from there.

(SIGHS) I can't authorise this.

I'm not asking you to cook up meth, am I?

Excuse me?

I need that medication.

-I'm sorry, but... -Look, I'm a doctor.

Just give me enough tablets until I get a prescription.

(MOBILE BEEPING)

It's neat with the colours and that.

Have you seen your sister today?

Why don't you ask the ferals?

She's one of them now, isn't she?

What about last night?

What about it?

Did you see Chloe last night? Jesus, Adam.

No. I didn't.

We need to talk.

About what?

Get onto Roy.

We need a Plan B.

Yeah, I'll call her cousin.

BARBARA: You okay?

I got another call.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

People are bastards.

You all right?

You should tell the police.

They can track the calls.

I know.

What if she's not coming home, Renae.

It's been too long.

You don't know that.

I saw Anna today.

Mmm, yeah.

Thinks she's the bloody Queen of England, that one.

(BARBARA SNIFFLES)

I'm bloody going to crucify that girl when she gets home.

I remember that day.

What day?

The day Gillian didn't come home.

-Don't you dare. -(DOOR OPENS)

Chlo?

Chloe?

-(DOOR OPENS) -Chlo!

-DANE: Oh. -BARBARA: Dane!

What the bloody hell do you think you're doing?

I thought you two had broken up.

We have. I left a jumper here.

Well, you can't just bloody well crawl through a window whenever it suits you.

Where is she?

I don't know.

What, you haven't seen her today?

Not since last night, at the party.

What party?

The greenies, up in the forest.

Oh, shit, Max is gonna go mental.

(EXHALES) Was she with someone?

-A guy? -Who would she be with?

I don't know. I'm asking you.

She was with Roy's daughter.

What's her name... Anna.

Anna?

They're at a party together?

-Yeah. -(VEHICLE APPROACHING)

BARBARA: Oh.

BARBARA: Oh, Renae!

(SIGHS)

Don't tell Chloe's father that she was up in the forest, okay?

Okay.

Should I...

Sorry, Barb.

(DOOR OPEN AND CLOSES)

Needed something to bring in the tourists.

God knows logging's not going to be around forever.

Thank you.

Never found a trace of her, you know?

Seems bizarre, someone can just disappear like that.

We're closing.

Where did you find this?

You dropped it at the party.

Looks like a Lomatia tasmanica,

commonly known as the King's Lomatia.

It's a paper flower.

My patient made it for me.

I doubt she modelled it on some rare Tasmanian species.

How did it get out of my coat pocket?

What, you don't remember?

-What? -Oh, you took your coat off.

And your shoes.

You're a good dancer. Bit wild.

Must be special.

Thanks for bringing it back.

Hmm.

So you're from here?

Beautiful place to grow up.

Where are you from?

Nowhere in particular.

Father was in the military.

Why are you here?

Because people don't realise what they've got here.

And you need to be the one to show them?

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

I think you should go.

See you up in the forest.

You should probably go, too, little bird.

(MOBILE BEEPING)

-FERGUS: Contraband. -Nice.

Anna not here?

Ah, no.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Been driving around all day looking for Chloe Holloway.

She didn't come home last night

from a party up at the greenie camp.

Think there might be a bit of dealing going on down there.

You think the drugs are coming from here?

There's a bit of talk around.

ROY: You think Chloe might be caught up in drugs?

FERGUS: Bit of a coincidence.

-Don't know yet. -ROY: You've got a gut hunch?

There's no market for it here.

Last year was a one-off.

Relax, mate.

-Hi, Fergus. -Anna, hi.

You look, uh, great!

(CHUCKLES) Thanks.

Is that your mother's coat?

I borrowed it. Is that okay?

Well, yeah, of course.

What happened to your coat?

I left it in Chloe's car yesterday.

She hasn't dropped it off, has she?

Er, no...

Er, Fergus has been looking for her.

Oh.

Yeah. Yeah. She'll turn up.

I'll walk you out.

Okay. Yeah. All right, see you later, Roy.

Er, yeah. Okay, mate.

Oh, and I'll sort the fish.

Did I hear a mayday this morning?

Out on the channel?

I didn't get any reports in, no.

I heard it on the radio.

-(FERGUS CHUCKLES) -There was a lot of static.

It might have been a crossed line.

Hmm.

So, I was thinking...

It was Ravenscroft, I think.

Sorry?

The SOS. He called out Ravenscroft.

I know that name.

It's probably nothing.

-(COW MOOS) -Hmm.

Are you worried about Chloe?

No.

No, she just likes to keep her parents on their toes.

You were with her at the party, right?

Who told you that?

Eliza Grayson.

Chloe's best friend.

(CHUCKLES) I think her nose is a little bit out of joint.

I was home by 11:00.

Chloe was partying pretty hard.

Chloe was frightened of something...

Or someone.

She wanted to leave.

-The party? -No. Town.

Did she say why?

No. She's definitely frightened.

Oh. Okay.

All right. Well, thanks.

Um, I should get going.

You okay?

I'm fine.

I didn't sleep much last night.

ROY: You stay up too late.

You didn't come home till after midnight.

(ANNA EXHALES)

What happened at the chemist shop today?

Nothing.

It's just a misunderstanding.

Who lived in that house?

ROY: That's the old Sullivan house.

On Mother Sullivan's Ridge.

Been abandoned for years.

The old Sullivan house?

Yes. Why?

Why did we go there?

Well, your mum used to take you there for picnics.

You loved to play in the dam.

ROY: Anna, do you know where Chloe is?

Why would I know?

You think it's my fault she didn't come home last night?

-No, don't be ridiculous! -(MOBILE RINGING)

I have to take this.

We'll talk later.

-(MOBILE BEEPS) -Hello?

I can't believe you're going.

And how stupid are we gonna look

when she comes waltzing up that drive?

We'll lose the bloody contract...

Will you shut up about the contract!

BARBARA: That is all you care about. The mill!

The bloody mill!

Your daughter could be up there.

Chloe could have taken off!

MAX: Oh, stop being dramatic!

And that bloody mill sustains every family in this town.

BARBARA: And what about your family, Max?

What about your daughter?

(DOOR CLOSES)

I should have stayed with her, Aunty Barb.

I'm really sorry.

We'll find her.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(WIND CHIME RINGING)

(TYRE CREAKING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

And how many times would you say

that you've had this experience, Jean?

About 10 or 12 since I was young.

And when you have these experiences,

do you feel paralysed?

Yeah. It's like I'm pinned to the bed.

I can't move.

It's terrifying.

Well, you may be suffering from what's known as sleep paralysis.

JEAN'S HUSBAND: So you're saying you don't believe she was abducted?

No, I'm simply trying to reason

what Jean may have experienced.

You bloody scientists think you know everything.

On the contrary, we know very little. Very little.

I was taken.

I know I was.

Just like her poor daughter Gillian

was all those years ago.

DOMINIC: Now, with all due respect,

we don't know what happened to Gillian.

JEAN: Something is weird up there.

There are lights up in Mother Sullivan's Ridge.

People see them all the time.

I saw them that night.

I dream about that place.

The forest.

I always remember how cold it was.

I don't know how long we were there for.

I should count my blessings that they let me go.

-I can't imagine your pain. -(THUNDER RUMBLING)

CHLOE ON PHONE: They're coming for me.

Somebody's here!

What do you want?

Stay away from me!

Who are you?

(SCREAMING) Somebody help me!

(SCREAMING)

(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)

This better be good.

I can't stay long.

Chloe hasn't come home.

Look,

the last three coupes we started on the greenies

have had shut down.

Things turned to shit.

We've gotta do something.

Well, we've got other coupes.

Blackman's Gorge.

No, that's locked up.

-I'm thinking The Ridge. -What?

Don't be mad.

That's not an option.

You and I own it. Greenies can't touch it.

Neither can we. It's too bloody risky.

We had an agreement.

Let the mill get sold. Send us all to ruin.

(ROY SIGHS)

It's not an option, Max.

We're close losing the contract with Steadman.

That happens, they'll close the mill.

I'm gonna do it.

You're talking about a hell of a lot of machinery

digging around in there.

Well, maybe we could start at the southern end.

Look. We're all on edge.

It's your bloody daughter coming back

that's putting everyone on edge.

Look at him.

He's panicking because Chloe hasn't come home one night.

Well, you wouldn't worry if Eliza didn't come home?

(CHUCKLES) Eliza isn't Chloe.

What the fuck does that mean?

-What do you think? -Come on, give it a rest.

How long is she here for, Roy?

She should be gone in a couple of days.

If we don't do this, we all lose out.

Thanks for the coffee. I'm off.

Thought you'd gone already.

No, had some business down the wharf.

What's this?

Nothing. Just a drug case that Roy and I were investigating last year.

Oh, yeah? You reckon Chloe Holloway's involved in drugs?

Not necessarily. I'm just following up on a hunch.

Well, don't work too hard.

I won't.

-Hi! -Hi.

-Hi! -Hey!

Coming to the pub?

I'd love to but I can't.

Sorry, I've just got too much work to do.

What's this?

Do you remember a few years back, 10 in fact,

an old fishing trawler disappeared near the Candlesticks?

Not really.

Well, I found this washed up this morning.

SANDRA: Isn't that near where your father drowned? Candlesticks?

Yeah.

I had a visitor this morning.

Mmm-hmm.

Anna Macy.

-She stole a prescription pad from the clinic. -Mmm.

She wanted Risperidone.

You know, this is so odd.

What?

This morning, Anna thought that she heard an SOS.

Heard one or called one?

-What? -Don't worry.

(FERGUS SIGHS)

You know those drugs she's on?

Yeah, what about them?

They're the same her mother used to take.

Anti-psychotic.

CHLOE: Anna Macy?

The lights.

I've seen them, Anna,

not far from here.

The old Sullivan's house. You know it?

If I take you to them, you have to promise me

you won't tell anyone.

I want to show you, but only you.

-Wait! -(GIGGLES)

Stop!

This island is full of ghosts.

Aborigines, convicts, miners, murderers.

You can feel them sometimes.

You can hear them whispering.

Here, the ghosts are inside of everyone.

The ghost is who they really are.

Everything else is just a mask.

Stuff that I know about people.

It's dangerous.

Dad.

Eliza's Dad.

Roy the cop.

I know what they're sitting on.

It's not right. I've gotta get out of here.

And Travis, sleazy bastard, he's following me everywhere.

He scares me.

The whole town does.

I swear one day I'm going to tear off all their masks and disappear.

(CHLOE SIGHS)

My mother, she has the biggest mask of them all.

(CHLOE SCOFFS)

FERGUS: Look at this lot.

We'll need to split 'em up and interview them later.

Relax, guys. It's only us.

Some party.

Yeah, reckon I could get stoned just standing here.

Is, uh, Jens here?

Right.

I don't suppose you've got some tom-tom drums

on you or something, do you?

-A banana might do it. -(FERGUS LAUGHS)

(BIRDS CAWING)

(WOOD CREAKING)

JENS: To what do I owe this pleasure?

Hey, do you want to report that mess

down at the greenie camp?

Would it make any difference?

-Probably not. -I won't waste your time then.

You haven't seen Chloe Holloway today, have you?

Not since last night.

Her car wasn't left here?

Oh, she was in no fit state to drive.

You do know she's only 17.

I'm not her father.

Her brother was here.

-Adam? -Mmm-hmm.

He likes to come and visit, him and his mates.

JENS: Keep an eye on us.

They were here last night?

Huh.

(LEAVES RUSTLING)

ANNA: Chloe?

(DOOR CLOSES)

(DOOR CREAKS OPEN)

Chloe?

(ANNA BREATHES HEAVILY)

(DOOR CREAKS SHUT)

(DOG WHINING)

(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

GIRL: (WHISPERING) Anna?

Anna, help me.

-(ANNA GASPING) -(THUNDER RUMBLING)

This isn't like her.

I just want her to walk through that door.

-You found her? -No.

But your coat. You said that it was in her car.

-It wasn't there. Barbara. -But you said...

I have to talk to you.

I saw something last night. Up in the forest.

What are you talking about?

The lights.

I saw them.

Chloe saw them. She knew something, Barbara.

Barb?

I want to go home.

What's going on? What have you done?

I haven't done anything.

You should never have come back.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

The lights are on.

Chloe!

Eliza! What is it? What's happened?

This message just came through from Chloe.

Were you at the party with her?

(MOBILE BEEPS)

CHLOE: (ON VOICEMAIL) It's me. They're here.

The lights are here.

They're coming for me.

Somebody's here.

What do you want?

Stay away from me!

Who are you?

Somebody help me!

(CHLOE SCREAMS)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)