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Counseling of Satori. I am unable to come to the phone. Please leave a

I'll return your call. Thanks.

Hello, Satori. It's Elmer.

I hope you haven't left yet for the others' meeting.

If you haven't, could you bring any purified sea salt that you have around?

I'll try your cell phone.

Available and outside the calling area.

Just a minute, Satori.

Where is she?

Elmer, let us in!

I can't!

What did he say?

Can't? Come on, we're soaked!

Go home!

You all right?

I can't open the door!

Why, is it stuck?

No! Snod, get away from the door!

Maybe the wood has fallen from the rain.

There's nothing wrong with the damn door!

I don't want it open!

Snod! Albert?

Oh, I'm all right. Lady just shook water all over us. What's going on, Elmer?

What's going on is the door is closed. I don't want it to open any door, any

window. Go around the back.

That's what we did.

How did you get in there? Well, you gave me the key to the kitchen door.

We knocked and knocked, but you wouldn't answer.

There was a reason.

We're worried about you, Elmer.

Let us in, damn it. Yeah, just a second.

Get away from there.

Don't open that door.

Sorry, guys. He really means it.

Let him in through this door.

Hopefully he's still safe.

Oh no.

No.

Okay.

It's gonna work.

Piece of crap.

Hello? Elmer, it's Marion.

Satori was supposed to pick me up and she's late and her phone's not on. Is

there? No.

Well, I hope she's all right.

Me too.

Well, listen, with this storm, I don't think I'm going to be able to make it

tonight.

Listen, do you still have that glass jar of purified sea salt I gave you?

Yeah. Then you have to get here.

Well, all right, I'll be there as soon as Satori... Don't wait for Satori.

Well, I have no way of getting there in this storm, Elmer. I'll have to take a

cab. I'll pay for the cab, understand?

Yeah.

And bring the jar with you.

Okay.

Was that Satori?

No, Miriam.

Satori was supposed to pick her up.

So, looks like it's just us guys tonight, huh?

It is just the men here, isn't it?

Well, I say we take a rain check on interpreting apocalyptic visions and

some strippers.

Oh, hey, guys, there's a web chat with X -Files shippers tonight.

They're going to discuss whether Mulder and Scully should get married.

Huh? You guys want to log on to that?

I'm with Albert.

Marion's on her way. I told her to get a cab.

In this weather?

We have meetings every week. Why is it so important for her to make it here

tonight?

Is someone going to answer that? Don't answer it.

It might be Marion or Satori.

It's not.

Who else would it be, then?

Just don't open the door.

Mark?

Mark?

I won't open the door.

Can I help you?

This is where the others meet.

Yes.

That's us.

I want to join you. Let me in.

How'd you hear about us?

Who referred you?

I can't hear you. It's raining.

Let me in.

I didn't open the door.

They'll get through any opening they can.

Oh.

Unless you tell us what's going on, we can't know what or what not to do.

You have to tell us, Elmer.

It's the ones who lie in wait, the rabbits who entrance demons.

That's why a groom carries his bride across the threshold.

God spoke of them to Cain.

Sin crouches at every door.

Only purified salt from the sea spread across the threshold.

can prevent their entrance or drive them away.

Once they gain entrance, they can assume any form.

It's just a woman looking for the other's meaning.

Huh.

No one's there.

She probably left. We wouldn't let her in.

It was just some woman, Elmer.

They can take any form.

You said once they're inside.

We don't know if they got in through that little hole.

We don't know that they didn't.

Come on, Elmer. People have come to meetings unannounced before.

Surprise doesn't happen more often than the number of hits we have on the web

page. Besides, there are no indications that anything new, you know, got inside

the house.

Hold on, Elmer.

It's just a case of tampering, guys.

Some sick bastard put maggots in the popcorn bag they incubated in the

microwave. Well, it's a better explanation than demons that lie in wait

unable to cross sea salt.

I'm surprised at you, Miles.

You're always so anxious to believe.

Well, I'm too afraid to believe this, so I can't.

What's wrong, Warren?

We're all pulled up.

The salt. I gave her the rest of what I had to Marion to keep out the dark.

Portions from her apartment.

She should be here soon.

I have some from the diner.

Why does it keep them away?

Salt preserves food and represents...

Absence of decay.

Incorruptibility.

Causes high blood pressure.

Yes, doctor, but it was once so important it was used for money.

Salary is derived from the Latin word for salt allowance.

Salt that comes from the sea.

From the sea came life.

Now, these demons will not cross the threshold that's lined with or repelled

by the symbol of.

An incorruptible life.

That's because they exist only to create decay and death.

Life.

It's a fearful thing to love what hell can touch.

Well, where is it in the rules with these demons that says we can get the

out of here? The rules are it's my house.

Nothing drives me out of my house.

Oh, come on, Elmer. We would never do that.

Go! That's what you want.

Elmer, you can't stay here.

None of us should stay here.

No! Don't let my hand!

I tried. None of us can go.

Elmer.

Hi, 911.

If they won't let us out, they will not let the paramedics in.

The phone's dead.

Is she in trouble?

Damn true.

Well, how about us? Can you tell we're in trouble?

I know I can.

What do you want?

What do I want?

Well, I kind of need some help here.

Open the door.

Uh, no, I can't, see, it's locked. I don't know how.

I don't know how.

Where is your car?

You're not even wet.

Stay there.

Don't move.

Okay.

Don't move.

Where the hell am I going to go?

Where's that taxi?

Why are they here?

What are they waiting for?

The longer the anticipation, the greater the fear, of which I can personally

vouch. Is there a way to drive them out other than salt?

According to German lore, the sound of human laughter drives them out.

So there's two nuns walking to a bar. Albert!

That joke might drive them out. Why won't you answer us?

Elmer, you've always been very open. You've taught us to be honest about

things that we see or feel.

Mark, I can't fully explain.

My warning might be used against you.

But one of us, or all of us, they'll take any part of you...

That you don't want to lose.

And I want them to know about us.

So you can't know everything about them.

I've come across this dark force twice in my life.

Once I won.

The other time, 30 years ago, I lost.

And along with it, someone very close to me.

Someone that I can't even find on the other side.

This tunnel killer, the presence in Marion's wallpaper,

the rabbi suit, all one and the same.

Now, they've come for one of us, one of the others.

And I wish I could say for certain it was for me.

But I can't.

And I'm afraid.

I can't be sure that it's for one of us in this house tonight.

Hopefully, Marion will arrive with the salt before any of

us finds out.

Hello? Marion, it's Angela. Hey, can I call you back tomorrow? I'm just running

out the door.

I have some bad news.

You should prepare yourself.

Oh, my God.

We've lost Mom.

She passed away tonight.

Angela,

no.

She was gone before the paramedics even got here.

I know Marion has a call waiting. If she's still there, she's not answering.

Well, maybe she left to come here and forgot to turn her answering machine on.

She only lives a ten -minute drive away.

Then I'm sure she'll be here any minute.

The gal brands for next door are here, and Tom's on his way down from Sioux

Falls. Well, how's Dad?

He's trying to be strong, but, you know, I... I don't know if it's hit him yet.

Well, can I talk to him?

Now is not a good time.

I got my tickets to come home at Easter.

It's only a week away.

Mom was looking forward to seeing you.

She had...

A lot to talk to you about.

Like what?

Things. Things?

What things? Did she tell you?

Tough.

You going so far away to school and doubts she had.

What?

About me?

trouble knowing what you want.

You have answered her, Marion.

What do you want?

She's not coming. They kept Marion and Satori away.

Only the men are here.

Mice, not men.

Why are we sitting here? They won't let us out. To hell with what they want.

What do we want? To get out of here or get them out of here?

Get out!

Get out!

You're just making them mad.

Elmer, your heart rate is running really high. Try the phone, 911.

All right, all right.

No, it's still out.

Do you have any flashlights?

On the table.

Yeah, here.

The candles.

In the kitchen.

The basement.

The basement.

Oh. Why don't you hop down there and check that out?

No. Why don't you both go?

All right. No, I have to tell you something.

It's going to be okay. You're going to be all right.

One small step for man.

Can we just go fast?

Clean it up later?

Oh, good.

No.

Come on, Warren. If nothing else, it's going to make us look ridiculous.

All right, look. There have to be some real candles around here.

Here. Here.

Here.

Okay.

You have a lighter?

Come on.

Hurry up.

Come on, worm.

Hey, do you think we can get through that thing?

What do you want?

What do you want?

What do you want?

What do you want?

I'll let you go if you tell me what do you

want?

I don't want to go through my life wondering if my mother doubted me.

And I don't want someday to ever doubt my daughter or have her doubt me.

Did you doubt Mom?

Yeah.

That's why I moved here so far away.

I mean, I loved her. I love her, and I missed her already.

And now I... I can't even say goodbye.

But, Angela... I know... I know

that there's a life after this one and that I'll see her again.

And... I don't know. Maybe because I know that, I...

This life doesn't mean as much. Or maybe it means more.

I just know that I don't want her life.

And I feel guilty for saying that tonight and too far away from home.

Marion, you said nothing but I don't want and I didn't want.

To me, storms are more frightening when they're moving away.

What is that?

Because when they're happening, you know you're up against something.

When they're leaving, I know I've been through it.

Then I'm left with just myself.

Nothing more frightening than wondering to myself what the next storm would

bring.

Where are those two?

You want me to go check?

I don't need a flashlight.

I'll go.

Just sit here with him. His pulse is back to normal. He just needs the rest.

I'll be back in a second.

Who's there?

It's just me, Homer.

Just me.

You guys find any candles?

His pulse is low. He said he was called to the other side.

I told him no.

But he's gone, isn't he?

They took him. They took him to the other side.

And now he'll never, never come back.

Elmer.

Elmer.

Elmer.

His pulse is low, but it is stable.

They wouldn't just leave us here.

Well, the doors were locked from the inside.

Checked all over the house.

Maybe... Maybe Elmer's seeing them on the other side. Maybe that's why he was

called there.

Maybe.

I never had a chance to have a family of my own.

That's all I ever wanted.

That's what this group of people were to me. R to you, Albert.

All I ever wanted.

How about you?

You're a young man.

You may not know yet.

What is it you want?

To not have this ability.

Just be like everyone else.

He's running fever.

I'm gonna get a cold towel.

After 30 years, you finally found me.

So now I can know.

What do you want?

No, don't tell her.

Don't tell her what?

There's no one here, Elmer. Elmer, relax. Do you know where you are?

Tonight. Tonight was just a step.

Later.

They're not after one of us, but all of us.

He took her.

He took her? Elmer, you're sounding a little delirious. Why don't you sit back

and relax?

Imagine if the devil knew what you wanted most, how

defenseless you'd be.

All right, all right.

They're not going to know.

They're not going to find out.

We'll hold together.

No one's ever going to know what we want.

I know the direction will change, the specifics.

You know, I'm only 21. What I want changes every day, but...

Ever since we were kids, I've always wanted...

And I know this is going to sound pretentious and corny, even.

But...

I always wanted a life that's special.

I want a life that's not ordinary.

We need your help at Elmer's.

Miles, I can't come.

My mother's passed away.

Marion, I'm sorry, but so could Elmer if you don't come with us.

Wait a second.

Angela, can I call you back in a little bit? I'd really like to talk to Dad.

Need a tow?

Did a woman call you?

I don't get the calls. They just send me out.

Okay, yes, I need some help.

First, I really need to get out of this damn car.

Hey,

do you have a phone I could use? Oh, I'm sorry. All I have is that radio.

But we'll be at the shop in a few minutes.

Still haven't got what they came for.

My last call of this miserable night.

Tell me about it.

Can't you just wait to be home in bed?

Sleeping like the best thing ever?

All I want to do is sleep.

I guess that's telling me how bored I am.

I've got to do something with my life.

What do you want to do?

That's my problem.

I don't know what I want.

Do you?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I don't have that problem.

Really?

That's great.

Tell me, then.

What do you want?

Better safe than sorry.

When we got the chance to go for help, we took it. I mean, were we wrong?

And all you had to do was answer.

What we wanted.

And you answered.

It got us out, Elmer. I mean, was that wrong?

My sister was asking me the same thing.

Call your sister.

Angela? It's Marion. Marion!

Oh, don't even tell me you're not coming home for Easter.

Ask for your mother.

Marion?

You're still coming home for Easter, right?

Mom?

have to watch each other.

It'll be coming for all of us now that it's got

what it wants.