Episode 63:
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Elizabeth: "Nightfall comes to the Island of Maljardin. And the
tide rises to its fullest so that soon the boat may leave for the Mainland to
bring Holly and Elizabeth to freedom. But inside the evil mansion the hostess
proposes a farewell toast."
"Alison!" Erica shouts rushing to Alison's side. Alison collapses
in Erica's arms. "You see, you see
how much I love..." Alison says then closes her eyes. Erica lowers Alison's head to the
table. "Alison!" Jean Paul
shouts. "She is dead." says
Raxl. Jean Paul looks at Erica.
"Holly, Elizabeth get down to the boat! Now! Quito take them away from this
Island!" Jean Paul shouts. Jacques laughter echoes through the room. Quito opens the outside door. It is
thundering and lightning outside. Quito steps back and closes the door. Elizabeth watches him then rushes to
Jean Paul. "Jean Paul the storm. How can we leave? The boat will capsize." Jean Paul is standing next to the
staircase. They have put Alison on the couch. He watches Erica. Erica is
kneeling next to the couch. Holly stands behind the couch. Raxl is across the
room. "Jean Paul!" Elizabeth says
trying to get his attention.
"Erica, poor Erica." Holly says.
"She's dead." Erica says looking up. "My sister is dead." "I'll stay here and take care of you.
I'll be with you Erica. They can't make me leave now." Erica glances at Holly. Jean Paul rushes to Holly's side. "Holly
go upstairs to your room!" he orders her.
"I want to stay with Erica."
"Holly, dear Holly." Erica says.
Raxl walks over to Jean Paul. "The storm will die. I promise you. The
storm will die." "Holly you are to
remain in your room until we call you." Jean Paul says to her. Holly looks at Erica. "Erica must
I?" "She must." says Jean
Paul. "For a while darling. Leave
me for a time alone to mourn for my sister." "You killed her!" Elizabeth says to
Erica. "Mother!" "You poisoned her. Don't you see what
she did?" Elizabeth looks at Jean Paul. "She killed Alison before our
eyes." "How could you say that. My
own sister." Holly bends down
towards Erica. "Don't listen to her. You couldn't hurt anybody, we know
that." Elizabeth pulls Holly up to
her feet. "Holly are you in some sort of trance! Don't you see what she did? The
poison was meant for you." "I hate
you. I despise you!" Holly shouts at her mother. "Holly I'm telling you the truth. Alison
took the poison that was meant for you."
"I don't believe you." "You
stay away from her. You stay away from that woman!" Elizabeth tells Holly. "Jean
Paul." she says turning towards him.
"Holly I have asked you to go to your room. Now please have some respect
for my wishes." Jean Paul tells her.
"Yes Jean Paul." Holly says quietly then walks away. "Quito." Raxl signals him to stay with
Holly. "I won't have her
interfering." Erica says to Jean Paul.
"Quito will go with you. Go Holly." Jean Paul tells her. Quito starts towards Erica. "Quito, no!"
Erica shouts at Quito. "Raxl,
stop him!" Jean Paul shouts.
"Quito!" shouts Raxl. Quito stops as his hands are reaching for Erica's
throat. "This time Master." Raxl says looking at Jean Paul. "Quito go with the
girl. Keep her safe." Quito walks
up to Holly. "Quito you must never do that again. Erica I'll be in my room if
you want me." Holly says then walks up the staircase. "I must leave now Master. To see if the
storm has stopped. It will be stopped." Raxl says glancing back. "Jean Paul why didn't you warn
Holly . Erica is a danger to her life!" Elizabeth says to him. They both look at
Erica. "Make that woman leave. You
are a heartless woman. My sister is dead!"
"You are the heartless woman." Elizabeth says to Erica then rushes over
to the staircase. "Jean Paul tell me, will Holly and I ever live to leave this
Island?" she says rushing up the staircase. "They will all leave Erica. I swear it!
If I have to give my life for it. "I'll fight you Erica and all your dark
powers. But Holly will not die!" Jean Paul shouts at her. Erica sits on the floor looking at
him.
Raxl is outside in the storm. She holds her arms outward. "Oh my
ancestors who have powers over the wind and the storm. I command you drive back
the storm and the lightning! Bring peace to Maljardin! Spirit of hell I fear you
not. Depart! Gods of my ancestors have you departed? Hear
me!"
Jean Paul is in the crypt where he has taken Alison's body.
"Alison I tried to warn you, but you wouldn't listen. You trusted too much in
the ways of the living and forgot the powers of the dead. Do you know now? Erica
your sister is evil! Her dark powers have destroyed you. And now she plans to
destroy us all. You are free now Alison and may you pray to God for us if there
is a God. And may you pray for us all."
Holly stands at her window watching the storm. She turns. "Quito
don't be afraid. I'll be alright. She'll take care of me. Do you hear how
pretty?" Chimes are sounding in Holly's room. Quito looks upward and steps back
in fear. "How comforting the sound." Holly looks at Quito. "Don't be frightened
The voice promises me no harm could come to me." There is a knock at the door. "Come in."
Holly calls out. The door opens and
Jean Paul enters . "Quito you may leave us. You may stand outside the
door." Quito glances at Holly then
walks out. of the room. Jean Paul
walks over to Holly. "Holly." "Yes
Jean Paul." "You said that you feel
that I am like a father to you."
"You are and Erica." Holly says to him. "Leave Erica out of this for the moment
please. Now do you really feel like I am a father to you?" "I do." "And you will do what I wish knowing
that I love you as much as I would my own child." "Yes." Holly answers him. "All right, now you must promise me to
stay away from Erica as long as you remain her. Promise me!"
In the Great hall Erica stands in front of Jacques portrait.
"Jacques! Help me, Jean Paul has threatened to fight us. To spoil our plans,
everything." Erica looks back at the staircase. "Deny me life!" Jacques laughs. "Jean Paul is helpless
now. He bears the Mark of Death."
Jean Paul stands looking at Holly, he glances upward. "Jean Paul I can't. I can't obey. I love
Erica!" Jean Paul hears the
heartbeat. "Jean Paul what's the
matter?" Holly asks. Jean Paul
clenches his hands into fists.
"What's the matter!" Jean
Paul reaches out for Holly's throat.
"Jean Paul!" Holly screams. He has his hands around Holly's throat. "Jean Paul please!" Holly begs trying to
pull his hands away. "Please let me go!"
Quito opens the door and rushes into the room. He grabs Jean Paul around
the neck. Jean Paul snaps out
of the spell. "Quito let him go."
Holly says holding her neck with both hands. Quito releases Jean Paul. "Holly?" says Jean Paul. "Erica, I want Erica." Holly cries
out.
Raxl calls upon the Serpent God. "I command you God of the Serpent
, if you are far away return! Return to Maljardin! I command the seas and make
them still! Silence the thunder demons. Extinguish the fire of the lightning.
God of the Holy Serpent we shall conquer." The storm
stops.
Jean Paul stumbles down the
staircase. Elizabeth is in the Great Hall. She walks over to him. "The storm is
over." says Elizabeth. "Yes." Jean
Paul answers. "Jean Paul?" "I hear you." "What happened?" she asks as she looks
at him. "When can we leave?" Jean
Paul turns towards her. "Leave! Now!"
"Where's Quito?" Elizabeth asks.
"No, no you can't leave, the tide. Wait until the next tide." Jean Paul
says stumbling across the room and sinks into a chair. "When will that be?" Elizabeth asks as she walks after him. "In the morning." says Jean Paul. "I don't think we can wait till morning.
What happened? What's the matter?"
"Elizabeth you know I love Holly as if she was my own daughter." "Yes I know." "Guard her from me and all the
evil of Maljardin." "From you?" Elizabeth asks. "Convince her that I too am her
enemy." "But you just said you love
her." says Elizabeth. "No matter."
Jean Paul says shaking his head.
Elizabeth drops to he knees next to Jean Paul. She grips his arm. "And
she loves you as she would her own dead father." "Then convince her not to love me, or to
trust me. Convince her that you are the only one she
must love." "That's impossible."
Elizabeth tells him. "You're her
mother!" "She doesn't love me!"
Elizabeth says to him. "Speak to
her. Talk to her as a mother should from your heart. If you have a heart!" "Oh I do Jean Paul if you knew how much
I love her." Elizabeth stands and turns away from Jean Paul. "Especially now
that she's inn danger." Jean Paul
comes to his feet. "Talk to her then. Honestly if you can. Tell her if she can
not trust you believe me I'm telling you now there is no one on Maljardin that
she can trust."
Holly lays across her bed crying. Quito hands her a tissue. Raxl
walks into the room and touches Quito. She signs for him to move back. "Miss
Holly, don't be alarmed. I have no wish to harm you, you know that." She sits
next to Holly as Holly sits up. "I want to help you. You are in danger here.
Don't listen to them. Jean Paul who is in the grip of demons." "No!" Holly cries out. "And Madam Desmond who is a servant of
the devil." "I don't believe that."
Holly says to Raxl. "It's true. She
has plotted against your soul and wants to possess your spirit." "Erica’s beauty, she's everything." "Listen to me Miss Holly and trust me.
Quito and I are the only ones to protect you now." "How can I trust you?" "Has Quito ever harmed you?" Holly shakes her head no. "And I have never wished you anything
but well. I know I do not possess the beauty of Madam. But beauty can not always
be trusted. When you were in the trance and Erica spoke through you, I protected
you. I held you back from the arms of evil. Quito and I care for your safety. Do
you believe that?" Holly nods.
"Yes." "Then listen to me now and
trust me. Do not let anyone enter this room except Quito. Do not say any goodbye
or reach out your hand or accept a kiss from poisoned lips, until Quito and I
have placed you safely aboard the boat." Raxl stands and walks over to Quito.
She turns and looks back at Holly. "Trust me, trust me Miss Holly or your soul
shall burn crying out aloud and alone in eternal fire." Raxl turns and leaves
the room. Holly is laying in bed
when there is a knock on her door.
"Quito, Quito?" Holly calls out sitting up. Quito walks to the door. "Who
is it?" Holly asks. "Holly it's
mother." Holly nods her head to
Quito to let Elizabeth in. Quito
opens the door as Elizabeth enters and walks over to Holly’s bed. "Holly." "What do you want?" Holly asks. "To talk to you." "I don't want to talk to anybody." Holly
says turning her head away from Elizabeth.
Elizabeth sits on the bed. "Holly, I want you to trust me. If you can't
be my daughter then at least be my friend." Holly looks at her mother. "I've never
needed friends. Maybe I needed a mother, I never had one." "I want to be your mother now. I always
did. Only I didn't know how." Holly
again turns away. "Quito take her away."
"No." Elizabeth says looking at Quito. Quito shakes his head no. "We are going away. We are leaving
together. Can't we do it in agreement, like mother and daughter?" Elizabeth
asks. "I want to stay close to you. I want to start a new life together." Holly turns her head towards her mother.
"Why? Because I'll soon come into my father's inheritance. A very large
one.' Elizabeth looks away from
Holly. "There isn't any inheritance."
Holly raises up to sitting position. "What do you mean?" "I had the legal power to spend it. And
I did foolishly. All of it." she says looking at Holly. "Mother." "There isn't any money. The money was my
hold over you. Because I wanted you with me." Elizabeth cries. "Mother I don't care about the money.
Just to know you really wanted me, that's all that matters." Holly says throwing
herself into her mother's arms crying.
Erica and Jean Paul stand in the Great Hall. "But the tides. You
said the boat can not leave until morning." Erica says to Jean Paul. "Quito can handle the boat. They are
leaving now." Jean Paul says walking away.
Erica steps in front of him putting her hands on his jacket. "What about
me?" "What about you Erica? I would
ask Jacques Eloi Des Mondes if I were you." He says then walks around her and
heads to the staircase. "Jean
Paul." Erica walks after him. Jean
Paul stops and turns towards her. "Rest assured my dear Erica. I will stay with
you forever. For as long as we live. Together we will live out our curse on
Maljardin. Together we will wither and rot under the powers of the servant of
Satan. But we shall be together." Jean Paul turns away from Erica. "Jean Paul." Erica rushes after him.
Stopping in front of him she puts her hands on his shoulders. "Believe me that's
all I wanted, being with you no matter what must happen. To be with you because
I love you." Jean Paul turns away
from her. "Oh Jean Paul please."
She says laying her head on his shoulder.
Elizabeth and Holly are walking down the staircase followed by Quito
carrying their luggage. "We're
ready Jean Paul." Elizabeth says.
Jean Paul walks across the bottom of the staircase across from Erica.
"Are you not afraid?" "No."
Elizabeth tells him. "Hello dear,
so quiet. Come bid me goodbye." Erica holds her hand out to Holly. "No." Elizabeth puts her arm out
blocking Holly from going to Erica.
"Really Holly, haven't we been friends. Can't I wish you good luck?" Holly starts forward. "We're ready."
Raxl says walking up behind Erica. "The storm is over, the boat is
prepared." "Holly." Erica takes a
step forward. "Erica stay where you
are!" Jean Paul commands. "Ladies I will escort you to the path and Quito and
Raxl will lead you to the boathouse. Say your goodbye to Erica." Holly looks away. "Goodbye Erica." Elizabeth puts her hands on Holly's
shoulders guiding her down the staircase. "Goodbye." she says as she passes
Erica. Holly pulls away. "No I
can't leave her alone." Raxl walks
up to Holly. "You must Miss Holly. You must." Holly turns and walks out the door with
her mother. Quito and Raxl are behind them. At the door Jean Paul turns and
looks at Erica. "Aren't you going to say goodbye to your guests Erica?" Erica shakes her head no. Jean Paul
closes the doors and follows the others.
Erica leaves the post of the staircase and slowly walks to Jacques
portrait. "Jacques Eloi Des Mondes, it's over. I'm lost." "You are a foolish woman. You must have
the spirit of the girl if you want to live." Jacques says to her. "How? How!" Erica shouts. "You cannot possess her with deadly
poisons or a bullet in the heart or a knife in your hands. But with the silver
nail of the voodoo doll. It is in Jean Paul's possession. You must first
entrance her then plunge the silver nail into her heart." "I can't." "You prefer to return into
darkness?" "She's going. She's
leaving the island." "Then she must
be stopped mustn't she." Jacques says then laughs. "How? How!" Erica shouts. "Erica." Jean Paul says to her walking
up to her. Erica turns and looks at her. "We are now alone, you and I. There are
very few demands I will make of you. But you must never speak to the portrait
again. Do you understand?" "I
understand." "What ever happens you
and I should be together." "Yes."
Erica says walking up to him.
"Together in hatred! In a few minutes they will be gone. Shall we
retire?" Jean Paul says to her holding out his hand. Erica takes his hand. "Yes Jean
Paul." Jean Paul leads her up the
staircase. Halfway up the stairs the outside door opens. "Jean Paul, Erica!" Holly
shouts. "The boat is gone.
There is no way to the Mainland." Elizabeth says. Jean Paul looks at them as Erica
smiles.
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Summaries written by Debby
Graham . The slide
presentation is the work of Ron Janick.
~Ron/Bella~
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