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Episode Three: "In Harms Way"
::Scene One::
May 2nd, 2009.
Keyon Whitby walks along the streets of New York, dressed in a fashionable attire as he holds his cellphone to his ear speaking to his business partner, Vanessa Williams. He holds his warm coffee in his hands as the bitter breeze blows through his dark brown roots. He laughs gently as his lips quiver in the cold. However, his world comes to a stand-still as a passing bystander knocks him to the ground, he too also falling alongside Keyon as Keyon's coffee stains his scarf.
Keyon: "Hey! Watch it asshole!" he yells out, his accent remaining thick as the other man laughs.
From out of the cold air, Norman's head rises to Keyon as Keyon pauses, gazing into Norman's hazel eyes. He smiles.
Norman: "I'm sorry! That was my fault, here let me help you" he offers his hand, Keyon gently taking it.
Keyon: "Uhm, no worries . . ." he replies swiftly as Normans dabs at Keyon's scarf.
Keyon: "Honestly, it's fine!" he blushes as Norman's eyes gaze up, taking sight of Keyon's emerald gaze.
The two men momentarily gaze at one another before they burst out laughing against.
Norman: "You should get back to that ugh?" he points to Keyon's cellphone which rings in his hand.
Keyon: "I guess so . . ."
Norman offers out a small card, giving a gracious smile in exchange.
Norman: "Call me sometime?" he offers, Keyon bowing his head as his cheeks blemish.
Keyon: "I'll keep that in mind" he agrees, watching Norman depart.
February 21st 2010.
Scott: "It's so dark!" he squeels.
Bellamy laughs, mocking him from a distance as Kassidy offers her assistance.
Kassidy: "You haven't changed much dumbass, you forgot your flashlight" she reaches up, switching it on.
Scott remains silent, falling back into his awkward manner as Anastasia takes center stage.
Anastasia: "To get out we have to go down, theres a series of chutes. Tunnels is you want to call them that that lead back to the surface. If we do this correctly we get out"
Lorraine: "If?" she asks quietly.
Rosalie: (Laughing as she nudges Lorraine) "She's saying that to scare us, you know Ana's sick mind games"
Anastasia's eyes drift, a smile forming as she laughs alongside Rosalie as part of the 'joke' she herself however not knowing the way.
Cade: (Whispering to Ana) "Ana, are you sure? The map says it should be a connected system. Why would we need chutes?"
Anastasia: (Her eyes wandering gently) "We're doing the more exciting route, don't worry I've done it before"
Cade unwillingly accepts, agreeing to her terms without knowing as the group continue forward, their flashlights lighting up the stunning caves as flourishing waterfalls run down into the small enclosure.
Peresphone: "I think I found it Ana?!" she beckons out, Anastasia and Cade going over to secure the route.
Back with the group, Melania stands uncomfortably as Valentino awaits, his hands in his pocket as he whistles gently.
Valentino: "Whats wrong with you sweet cheeks?"
Melania: "This feels wrong . . ." she glances up, looking around at the rigid rock formation above.
Valentino: "Oh shush, this is your first time. Don't worry, it won't hurt whatever's brewing inside of you!" he laughs, unknowingly guessing correctly of Melania's current situation.
Melania's head lowers, drifting into the darkness as Anastasia calls the group over.
Anastasia: (To the group) "It's a tight squeeze so we'll have to take it one at a time"
Scott: (Whispering) "Is she always so . . ."
Bellamy: "Hot?" he holds a smile firmly upon his face.
Scott: "I was going to say aggressive but sure . . ."
Anastasia: "Perry are you alright going first?"
Peresphone: "Yeah sure, you after?"
Anastasia: "Take the bags and I'll follow you after"
As Peresphone throws in some equipment, she begins her descent further into the cave through a tight squeeze in a small chute. The chaft requiring her to scrape her body across the rock to the opposite side, Peresphone raising her head several times, unsure of the tight fit before ultimately reaching the opposite side.
::Scene Two::
July 17th 2009.
Norman sits quietly in his small apartment, holding a small glass of whiskey in his hands as his boyfriend, Keyon walks through the door. In an intoxicated state, Norman stands up immediately throwing his glass against a wall barely missing Keyon's head.
Keyon: (Dropping his bags) "Norman?!" he aggressively shouts back.
Norman: "Why are you here!" he lashes out, his face raw with tears running.
Keyon: "Not again, I'm not being the one you blame. Not again Norman!"
Norman: "Why can't I? Why me! I had so much more. So much more Keyon!"
Keyon throws down his car keys, taking off his coat before grabbing hold of a frail Norman by the shoulders.
Keyon: "You will not blame me for this, every night I come home to abuse. I don't even know who you're anymore! I'm scared to enter our own home because of what might happen. I didn't give you it Norman! Drinking did! I didn't sign up to care for an alcoholic. I wanted a boyfriend, not this"
Norman's eyes turn back, upon a table beside him rests dozens of hospital notes regarding the terms of his Kidney failure due to the excessive amounts of alcohol intake.
February 21st 2010.
As the group continue through the shaft, Norman stands beside Keyon as Keyon throws a small backpack into the shaft. He turns back to see an exhausted Norman catching his breath beside the wall.
Keyon: (Whispering) "You alright?"
Norman: "Marvelous . . ." he sarcastically calls back.
Keyon: "You know what, I thought this trip might've been good for you, for us. Clearly you just want to be that same asshole you're back home"
Norman's head wobbles, showing distress as Keyon enters the shaft. Guilt overrides him as Keyon begins to descend.
Norman: "Keyon, wait! . . ." he calls, only to see that he's already entered.
After Norman, Valentino, Melania, Scott and Bellamy all follow through to Cade, Anastasia and Peresphone awaiting on the other side Kassidy approaches an overwhelmed Lorraine who stands with Rosalie.
Kassidy: "You alright Lorraine?" she asks with concern.
Rosalie: (Rubbing Lorraine's shoulder) "She'll be fine"
Kassidy approaches the shaft, entering it as Rosalie prepares herself and Lorraine.
Rosalie: "Listen, I'll be directly ahead of you. Make sure you bring the ropes with you alright?"
Lorraine nods, watching Rosalie enter as she prepares herself.
However, from behind her rustling ensues. She watches briefly, her flashlight reflecting off of the walls opposite her as her hand holds onto the top of the chute. As she lowers herself inside, her hand comes away from it, Lorraine and the group failing to notice the bloodied hand-print that rests above it.
--Change of Scene--
On-top of the Cavern, Gabi Kolcheck approaches the descent. She stares inside as her flashlight remains firmly in her hand, the light unable to reach the bottom as she reflects upon the map that Anastasia threw away.
Gabi: "What the fuck?" she gazes inside, noticing that the cave system upon the map fails to correlate any resemblance to where the group are.
Gabi: "What are you doing?"
Gabi reaches into her bag, pulling open ropes and climbing equipment as she prepares herself for her own descent.
--Change of Scene--
Within the small chute, Lorraine breathes. Her helmet shakes as she begins to push herself through, she tugs the bag beside her only to come to a small turning point in which she begins to panic. The bag becomes wedged, between her and the rocks as she begins to tug. Her breath shortens as dust rises around her.
Lorraine's body flails in the small enclosure, the group hearing upon the opposite end as Anastasia places her head inside seeing Rosalie turn her head to her.
Rosalie: "It's Lorraine! I think shes stuck, I'm going back to help her"
Anastasia: "Rose, be careful!"
Rosalie attempts to turn around, eventually coming to Lorraine who holds her arm out.
Lorraine: (Gibberish)
Rosalie: "L-L . . Lorraine! Listen to me! Lorraine! What are you scared about?"
Lorraine: "I can't do it!" she pleads
Rosalie: "Yes you can, this is nothing. You've done it thousands of times before. Tell me what you're so afraid of!"
Lorraine: (Her eyes watering) "I don't wanna' die!" she panics.
Rosalie: (Laughing) "Listen to me, you remember that time I told you about the lemon?" she laughs.
Lorraine laughs alongside her.
Rosalie: "Yeah?" they laugh again.
Rosalie: "Take my hand come on"
Lorraine begins to shift herself, eventually becoming unstuck.
Lorraine: "The bag!" she reminds herself, pulling her hand behind her only to hear movement.
Rosalie's head rises, Lorraine becoming still as more movement occurs.
Rosalie: "Lorraine . . . Leave the bag!"
As she screams, the rocks begin to move above, Lorraine and Rosalie dashing towards the group as the small shaft and their only exit closing in behind them. As they fall out of the shaft and on the ground beside the group, dust falls upon them all as Lorraine hits her head off of the rock. Dust piling around them. On the opposite side however, the shaft explodes in dust, startling a mid-descent Gabi who ends up entangled in her own ropes which eventually buckle, Gabi falls part way down the Cavern and onto the rocks below, dislocating her arm as she shrieks.
::Scene Three::
November 9th 2009.
In the middle of New York City, snow falls. Norman stands promptly, a smile fixed upon his blushing face as he dresses in his finest attire. He stands in the middle of dozens of shoppers as a small taxi pulls up. From within, Keyon steps out. His face however remain slum as he steps towards Norman who awaits him.
Norman: "Keyon" he bravely beckons.
Keyon comes to a stand-still, unsure of what is going on as a small hint of a tear rocks itself upon his eye.
Norman: "Keyon Whitby, I've waited 6 months for this moment"
Keyon's hand is taken into Norman's as he watches his beloved boyfriend lower himself upon one knee. Keyon's mouth drifts open, his lip trembling as he covers it slowly. Norman's face rising with cheer.
Norman: "You stood by me for so long, despite everything we made it through it. I made it through. Keyon Whitby, I've come to realise that eventhough I've been an ass you still loved me for who I am . . . and I want that right now, I want you in my life forever"
He opens a small box to present a ring.
Norman: "Will you marry me, Keyon?" he proposes.
Keyon's face drops, his eyes swelling with tears as Norman awaits. However, as he awaits Keyon's hand reaches out taking hold of the small box within Norman's hands before closing it shut as bringing Norman to his feet.
Keyon: "I did love you, I really did Norman. You were the love of my life. You're also my worst nightmare. I came home day in, day out fearing for what was to come. Fearing of what way you'd strike me next. I can't marry you Norman . . . not because I don't love you, not because I don't want too. It's because you can't stand to be alone. We broke up Norman! We've been separated for a month and you bring me out here to propose? I love you! I do. Norman Redmond, you're the best man I've ever met but I can't do this. I can't be with someone who doesn't understand himself, let alone the other person. I will be yours, I always will. Just not yet, not until we allow you to find who you're. I'm sorry . . . Norman. I am"
Keyon's tear fall in streams, watching Norman break infront of him but for his best. The two partners holds one another in their arms.
Keyon: "What was it?" he asks, sniffing his breath.
Norman: "It was one drink . . ." he cowers, whimpering to himself as the ring falls upon the streets.
Keyon: (Wrapping a small jacket around Norman) "Come on, let's get you home"
February 21st 2010.
As the dust settles, Lorraine's head swirls, the voices of the group arguing and screaming can be heard behind her as Kassidy comes to her aid.
Rosalie: "What the fuck Ana! You said it was safe!"
Anastasia: "Don't blame me for the erosion, it's a natural event!"
Cade: "These caves are supposed to be safe, where the fuck are we!"
Anastasia becomes quiet as Cade's question lingers.
Peresphone: "Oh my god . . . you don't know do you?"
Cade: (Laughing) "This isn't Mount Dijibon is it?"
Bellamy: (Shaking his head) "Wait, you're telling me that the tour guides don't even know the routes?"
Cade: "I'm a supervisor jackass, I'm only here for your safety"
Anastasia: "Okay, okay this isn't the cavern we were meant to be doing. The other one is a tourist attraction, all prepared for you. I wanted us to discover this!"
Valentino: "Discover?"
Kassidy: "This place doesn't have a name?!"
Anastasia shakes her head as Lorraine is helped up.
Norman: "Where are we Ana!"
Anastasia: "I don't know, it's not on the map"
Scott: "It's fine though right? The Sheriff Department will locate us if we're gone too long"
Peresphone: "Thats the thing, Darren thinks we're at Mount Dijibon"
Cade: "And we're not . . ."
Valentino laughs, throwing his hand against the rocks as the ground below them shakes.
Keyon: "Guys, just calm down!"
As the group continue to argue, the ground shakes once more however this time caving in part way as Keyon falls upon his stomach, Norman reacting instantly as he turns.
Norman: "Keyon?!" he grabs hold of him, Keyon becoming embodied in the ground.
Melania: "Someone help him!" she squeals.
Keyon: "Norman!" he cries out, both hands holding his boyfriend tightly.
Norman: "Don't you let go, you hear me?"
Anastasia: "Keyon, hang on we're getting you the rope"
Anastasia looks around for the rope bag that Lorraine lost.
Anastasia: "Where is it?"
Rosalie: (Coming to the realization) "We dropped it . . ."
Keyon's gaze lingers upon Norman as he glances below, seeing the drop into the ground below just feet below.
Keyon: (Whispering) "Find me" his eyes water.
Norman: "No, don't you dare leave me!" he begs.
Keyon: "Shhh, it's okay. You'll find me. I'll be waiting"
Norman: "Key-!"
Keyon releases Norman's hand, watching him fall down into the pit below. Keyon strikes the floor hard as his flashlight gazes up, he gets to his feet seeing Norman in the distance as shards of rock hang from the ceiling.
Keyon: "I'm okay!" he points out, hearing scrambling around him as his head falls still.
Anastasia: "Norman, we can't go down. We'll have to go around"
Norman's head lowers over the edge, gazing upon Keyon's emerald eyes which sparkle silently.
Norman: "I'm coming back for you!"
Keyon: "I won't doubt it!" he laughs as Norman disappears over the edge.
Keyon's head then gently lowers, his eyes rolling to the side as his lip quivers in the dark, hearing the rustling that swarms him.
Above, the group all get to their feet as they fall out. Moving further into the Cavern as Lorraine lingers behind with Anastasia.
Lorraine: "So what was all this for exactly?" she asks gently.
Anastasia: (Laughing nervously) "It was for you . . ."
Lorraine: "You sure about that?" (Holding a stern look)
Lorraine: "Are you sure it wasn't for some boost to your inflated ego? Or was it because you're guilty because of something . . ."
Anastasia: "Lorraine please . . ."
Lorraine ignores Anastasia, proceeding forward with the group leaving Anastasia at the back alone.
::Scene Four::
Sheriff Darren sits silently. He holds his head in his hands as he shakes his head.
Sheriff Darren: "So you're telling me you allowed this woman to take you to somewhere that you didn't even know?" he questions Lorraine.
Lorraine: (Laughing) "She WAS a friend. We trusted her"
Sheriff Darren: "And what happened to this Anastasia?"
Lorraine's face releases itself of all emotion.
Lorraine: (Leaning in quietly) "I hope for her sake it was quick. For my sake, I hope the bitch died painfully"
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Next Episode: "Broken"
Leave your comments below and give me your thoughts on the season so far!
Thoughts Upon the Episode?:
Thoughts Upon the Flashback of Norman & Keyon?:
Response to Norman's Alcoholism?:
Do you agree with Keyon's decision to deny Norman's proposal?:
What will happen to Gabi?:
Why is Lorraine so afraid?:
Thoughts upon the group finding out Anastasia was lying?:
What will happen to Keyon?:
Thoughts upon Lorraine & Darren's scene?:
Thoughts Upon the Episode?: Another great one! Again, I love how focused the story is on the characters. I can't wait to see more of these people! Still a few I've yet to feel out completely. I also thought the pacing was really great!
Thoughts Upon the Flashback of Norman & Keyon?: I loved it! I was hoping to get one soon! It was great to see what caused the strain in their relationship. I feel bad for them both. Still, I hope the trip does bring them closer together.
Response to Norman's Alcoholism?: It was surprising to see! I hadn't guessed he was an alcoholic, but it does seem to fit. I'm glad Keyon can bring out a bit of good in him. I'm also glad Keyon denied his proposal. I'm sensing a somber proposal later on in the series as one of them lays dying.
Do you agree with Keyon's decision to deny Norman's proposal?: Oh, definitely. Their relationship wasn't ready for that, and I'm not sure it would have survived tying the knot. Sounds like a whole new set of problems they didn't need.
What will happen to Gabi?: Hopefully, she finds her own way around the caverns. Dare I say I hope she runs into Keyon? Seems fitting they be lost together.
Why is Lorraine so afraid?: I think a part of her fear comes from losing her family. She doesn't want to lose her own life as well. I think maybe the other part has something to do with Anastasia. Lorraine might already know about the affair...
Thoughts upon the group finding out Anastasia was lying?: Just wondering why nobody killed her for it or left her behind at the very least. She definitely is turning into some kind of secondary antagonist - unless she's in on the whole thing.
What will happen to Keyon?: Again, I'm hoping Gabi might stumble across him, or vice versa. If not, there is bound to be a reunion between him and Norman. At least, I hope.
Thoughts upon Lorraine & Darren's scene?: I'm 100% on Lorraine's side. For MY sake, I hope Lorraine is lying and knows how Ana died bc she is the one who killed her. Praying.
Great Loved it, they have been through a lot together.
well there's no alcohol for him to drink down there so that's good
yes, they were going through to much at that time and it would just cause more stress to them and the relationship.
she will soon discover the others or keyon
i feel the way she lost her family affects the way she feels about death, it fills her with bad memories of the accident and anxiety.
I wonder if i will feel bad for her or not but she must have did something worse then this to have lorraine hate her that much
i feel like he may have his own journey in this story up until his reunion with Norman
Interesting i wonder what happend to her
I loved the episode, as always
It was my favourite so far
It was sad but hopefully Norman overcame it
Yeah I agree
Hopefully live
She doesn't trust Ana
It is Ana's fault, she deserves to be alone
Hopefully live
I'm not too sure
Thoughts Upon the Episode?: Another great episode that involved great backstories for certain characters whilst moving along with the current plot.
Thoughts Upon the Flashback of Norman & Keyon?: Glad that we're receiving more backstories on the main characters. It was great learning more of the dynamic of their relationship, and I can't wait to learn more about the other characters.
Response to Norman's Alcoholism?: I'm glad we got to see what was troubling him / the issue Keyon kept hinting at, but I do pity him.
Do you agree with Keyon's decision to deny Norman's proposal?: Completely, the toxicity of the relationship at that time was very strong. Keyon made a bold, but right decision when denying the proposal but choosing to stick with him.
What will happen to Gabi?: She'll most likely find her way to the group and attempt to escape alongside them, or she'll cross paths with Keyon.
Why is Lorraine so afraid?: I would most likely assume her fear stems from the lingering trauma after losing Portia & Callum and being in the same area where it once happened. It could also be due to her not being fully confident (rightfully so) in Ana's intentions.
Thoughts upon the group finding out Anastasia was lying?: Oh I would've ditched her messy ass so fast, but they'll without a doubt lose trust with her and I can see her soon redeeming herself but it being too late.
What will happen to Keyon?: I'm expecting the next time we see Keyon - that he'll be a wendigo unfortunately.
Thoughts upon Lorraine & Darren's scene?: This leads me to believe that the forecoming events escalated as to where Lorraine left Ana to be killed by wendigos.
