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RADIO CRACKLES

MAN OVER RADIO: Mayday, mayday, mayday.

This is the Ravenscroft...

call sign foxtrot, tango..

We are going down!

I repeat, we are going..

Mayday.

There seems to be a large.. aircraft..

Four bright.. landing lights..

This is the Ravenscroft... Mayday.

Mayday, mayday.

The lights are..

RADIO ANNOUNCER: Now, we'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..

INDISTINCT REPORTING

...and communications systems

and that's caused chaos.

Hobart Airport is closed until further notice

and aircraft have been diverted.

We'll have more news in an hour.

ANNA: Shit. Pills.

RADIO ANNOUNCER: In the meantime, lots of callers on the line.

Coat. Coat.

BROADCAST CONTINUES

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

WHISPERING VOICES

GIRL ON PHONE: Mummy?

Mummy?

Mummy, is that you?

Mummy? - Who is this?

Please? - Mummy!

GIRL LAUGHS - PHONE GOES DEAD

FRONT DOOR SLAMS

TRAVIS: Hey, love.

I was worried about you.

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 UFOs, Renae.

I'm going for a shower.

RADIO ANNOUNCER: This might cause some black-outs

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 go to the..

KNOCKS AT DOOR

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.

ANNA: Maybe I should go there.

BARBARA: What, to the island?

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

No, medication.

I'm leaving.

Once the airport opens.

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.

Yeah, 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.

WHISPERING VOICES

SHOES TAP

RENAE: One, two, three, four..

Kick your heels.

One, two, three, four..

Anna?

Keep going, girls.

Wow.

So grown up.

Back in line.

Anna. Stay.

I can't.

Anna!

Anna!

What the..?

Anna?

Come on, Gracie, get away from that. Come on.

Come on, out of there.

PHONE RINGS

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.

KNOCKS AT DOOR

MAX: Hey, Jack.

Bit of a graveyard out there, mate.

Um, I'll get you a coffee.

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 as far as I can... - Righto, I'll 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?

ALARM SOUNDS - Oh, God, what's that noise?

It's okay, Mum.

Here, let me do it.

ELIZA: Sorry. - ALARM STOPS

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, 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?

ELIZA: Mum.

FERGUS: You said that she was with Anna?

Yep.

SHARON: Anna Macy?

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.

ELIZA: 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, Lize, you let me know if you hear any more about drugs, alright?

Get in, Dane.

I seem to be missing some packets.

Do you know anything about that?

Nah.

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 anymore.

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

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

SANDRA: Okay, Mrs Fisher.

Kade. Kade!

SANDRA: What are you doing? - DENISE: Who's she?

ANNA: How long has he had this marking?

SANDRA: Please leave.

Right, I'm going to call the police.

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.

SANDRA: No.

You need to take a blood sample. - Excuse me, but you can't...

You need specialist advice on this.

Mrs Fisher!

Who are you? - 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.

FERGUS: 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, er, 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?

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.

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.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

MAX: 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.

You okay?

I got another call.

Oh.. Jesus Christ..

People are bastards.

You alright?

You should tell the police.

Then can track the calls.

I know.

But what if..

She's not coming home, Renae. It's been too long.

You don't know that.

I saw Anna today. - Mm, yeah.

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

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.

BANGING SOUND

Chlo?

Chloe?

Chlo!

Oh, 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.

BARBARA: Oh shit, Max is going to go mental..

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 were at a party together? - Yeah.

CAR ENGINE REVS

BARBARA: Oh.. Renae..

SHE SIGHS

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

Okay.

Should I..?

Sorry, Barb.

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.

ANNA: Where did you find this?

JENS: You dropped it at the party.

Looks like a Lomatia Taamanica

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.

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?

I think you should go.

See you up in the forest.

You should probably go too, little bird.

PHONE BEEPS

Contraband. - Nice.

Anna not here?

Er, no.

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, er.. great.

Thanks.

Is that your mother's coat?

I borrowed it. Is that okay?

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. She'll turn up.

I'll walk you out.

Okay. Yeah, um..

Alright, 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.

Hmm.. - There was a lot of static.

Might have been a crossed line.

Hmm.

So, I was thinking..

Ravenscroft, I think.

Sorry?

The SOS. He called out Ravenscroft.

I know that name.

It's probably nothing.

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.

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

I was home by eleven.

Chloe was partying pretty hard.

Chloe was frightened of something.

Someone.

She wanted to leave.

The party? - No. Town.

Did she say why?

No. But she was definitely frightened.

Oh. Okay.

Alright. Well, look, thanks.

I should get going.

You okay?

ANNA: I'm fine.

I didn't sleep much last night.

ROY: You stay up too late.

You didn't come home till after midnight.

What happened at the chemist shop today?

Nothing.

It was just a misunderstanding.

ANNA: 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?

Your Mum used to take you there for picnics.

You loved to play in the dam.

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. - PHONE RINGS

I have to take this.

We'll talk later.

Hello?

I can't believe you're going.

And how stupid are we going to look

when she comes waltzing up that drive?

We'll lose the bloody contract..

Will you shut up about the contract!

That is all you care about. The mill!

The bloody mill!

Your daughter could be out 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?

I should have stayed with her, Aunty Barb.

I'm really sorry.

We'll find her.

THUNDER RUMBLES

And how many times would you say you've had this experience, Jean?

About ten or twelve 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.

PHILPOTT: So you're saying you don't believe she was abducted?

No, I'm not.

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.

CHLOE: They're coming for me.

Somebody's here. What do you want?

Stay away from me!

Who are you?

Somebody help me!

CHLOE SCREAMS

MAX: This better be good.

I can't stay long.

Chloe hasn't come home.

Look.

The last three coups we started on the Greenies

they've had shut down.

And things turned to shit.

We've gotta do something.

We've got other coups.

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.

It's not an option, Max.

MAX: We're close to 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.

And you wouldn't worry if Eliza didn't come home?

Eliza isn't Chloe.

What the fuck does that mean?

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

How long's she here for, Roy?

She should be gone in a couple of days.

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

DUTCH: 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?

What, 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! - 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

ten, 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.

Mm-hmm?

Anna Macy.

She stole a prescription pad from the clinic.

Hmm.

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.

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.

BOY WHIMPERS - Wait!

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.

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 'em later.

Relax, guys. It's only us.

DUTCH: Some party.

Yeah, reckon I could get stoned just standing here.

Is, er, 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

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? - DUTCH: 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 seventeen.

I'm not her father.

Her brother was here.

Adam? - Mmm.

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

Keep an eye on us.

They were here last night?

Huh.

ANNA: Chloe?

DOOR CREAKS

Chloe?

DOOR CLOSES

DISTANT LAUGHTER

WHISPERING VOICES

WHISPERING VOICES

GILLIAN: Anna.. help me..

THUNDER RUMBLES

HIGH-PITCHED NOISES

ANNA PANTS

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. - But you said..

Barbara, 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 wanna go home.

What's going on? What have you done?

I haven't done anything.

You should never have come back.

The lights are on. - Chloe?

BARBARA: Eliza!

What is it? What's happened?

ELIZA SOBS

This message just came through from Chloe.

Were you at the party with her?

CHLOE: 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 RUMBLES