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I'm hungry.

I know. Me too.

Don't worry.

It's all going to be over soon.

Anyone there?

Daddy?

Hey,

I told you to wait in the car.

It's here, isn't it?

Okay, let's go.

Let's go. Go, go, go.

Almost there, Sue.

Daddy!

Okay. You probably have a key up front.

I'm scared.

All right.

Remember what Dr. Elliott told you to do whenever you get scared?

Just close your eyes.

Count back from five.

Okay?

Okay.

I'll be right back.

Five.

Four.

Hey!

Come here, come here.

Daddy?

You can lean back a little and rest your head in your hand.

And your brain still.

Sort of drape your leg over and lose

the bra.

Okay, hold it.

Move those to the selects.

These two? Yeah. All right.

How come you don't pose?

Because somebody has to take the pictures.

Yeah, but you're hotter than half of the girls in here.

Only half?

Mm -hmm.

And I suppose you don't want me to take my clothes off too, right?

Oh, is there an offer?

There is just one little problem.

What's that?

You'd have to figure out how to take the lens cap off.

I'll figure that out.

Eventually.

This is Claire.

When was the last time you saw your brother?

It had been a while.

He moved around a lot.

You ever say why?

When you have a rough childhood, it's hard to feel comfortable.

Any idea what he was doing upstate?

Is this about my brother's death or my brother?

Answer the question.

No.

No idea.

And you had no contact with him?

Every once in a while, I would get an email, okay?

That's it.

What is this about? Did he do something wrong?

Parker, Arizona.

Crawford, Colorado.

Farmington, New Mexico.

Each of these were taken when your brother was either living or staying

five miles of the scene.

Now I'm going to ask you again.

Do you have any idea what your brother was doing upstate?

Right.

Think we're done here?

Do me a favor.

Stay available.

Just in case we have any more questions.

Wait.

My brother's daughter?

Madison?

Where is she?

The child is exhibiting extreme signs of post -traumatic stress.

It's not surprising given the circumstances.

The police interviewed her at length regarding the death of her father, but

was uncooperative.

Has she said anything about that night?

Madison thinks someone named Sandman is responsible for the death of her father.

The Sandman?

Children often make up boogeymen to deal with their real -life fears. Fear of

the dark, fear of the unknown.

I think this Sandman is Madison's way of dealing with the death of her parents.

Is this for her protection?

Ours.

Take her back to the room.

Like I said, uncooperative.

Let go!

Her eyes are so soulful.

I'm Mrs. Farmer.

Department of Children's Services.

Claire.

My brother told me she was born in call.

It's where the amniotic sac is still intact.

Apparently it's special.

It's supposed to be a sign of luck.

Madison is a lot of things.

I wouldn't say luck is one of them.

Miss Blake, do you have a moment where we could go somewhere and chat?

Yeah.

The good news, Miss Blake, is we have a system in place to help children like

your niece receive the care that she needs.

You mean with someone other than her family?

I assumed with your background you wouldn't be seeking custody.

What does that mean?

Miss Blay. Don't you think we should be talking about this first?

Do you have any experience raising a child?

No. Are you married?

No. What about your career?

Okay.

Look, I understand that I'm not a perfect housewife, okay?

But my brother would have never wanted his daughter raised by strangers. Even

those strangers were better equipped to see that his daughter received a proper

upbringing?

Am I going to need a lawyer?

Can you afford one?

Miss Blake, because you are the girl's only living relative, no one can prevent

you from taking custody temporarily.

Permanent guardianship, however, is another matter.

Madison? Are you having a nightmare?

Madison? Get away from me!

Four milligrams of ketamine.

Madison? Hey, can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

Hey.

There you are.

It's all right.

It's just a dream.

Is he gone?

Who?

The Sandman?

Yeah.

He's gone.

You're safe.

Hey.

Do you know who I am?

Aunt Claire?

You can just call me Claire, okay?

Hopefully you're going to come live with me really soon.

How does that sound?

Don't make promises.

She's just a little girl. She needs some hope.

She needs to stay here for further examination.

Indefinitely.

He's scary.

He just wants what's best for you.

Can you stay with me till I fall back asleep?

I'll do even better, and I'll stay with you while you're asleep.

Shortly

after

she arrived, Madison started exhibiting symptoms of night terrors.

After one of the orderlies was hurt, we started a policy of restraining her at

bedtime. A typical patient might suffer one to two episodes a week.

Madison suffers three to four a night.

We recommend that Madison remain in our care for further observation.

Zuffy?

You know you're not supposed to be out of your room after 11.

Zuffy?

I know you're in here somewhere.

Megan? What are you doing down there?

He...

Oh, don't worry about him.

That's just Stanley.

Hi, Stanley.

Let's go.

It's just right there.

Hey, there she is.

Wyatt, this is Madison.

Madison, this is my... Wyatt. Hi, Madison.

So, what do you think?

I painted the walls. I got some toys.

Oh.

Bow and arrow for a little girl. Yeah?

Mm -hmm.

Where'd you get all this stuff?

Goodwill. It's like a $5 budget. Come on.

Yeah, you know, you're right.

Why can't I go home?

Well, um... This

is your home.

It's your new home.

Here with me.

What about Wyatt?

Wyatt...

I know this is a big change.

It's really different.

I know I can't replace your dad.

But I promise you, no matter what, I'm going to try my best.

You want to get settled and I'll make us some dinner?

See you in a minute, okay?

Hello?

Claire?

Hello?

Madison! Hey! Madison!

Hey!

You're okay.

It's just a bad dream.

It's okay.

Is he gone?

Who?

The Sandman.

He followed me. Honey, it's just you and me here.

I promise.

What happened?

He grabbed me.

Madison, can I sleep in your bed tonight?

Of course.

Come on.

The investigation suffered another setback today when this man, Colton

previously named a person of interest, was found dead himself last weekend,

apparently of a heart attack.

Police found his body at the general store.

Investigation is looking further into it.

Blake is survived by Sister Claire and daughter Madison.

Madison is currently in the custody of her aunt, who lives in Los Angeles.

Now, the unusually hot weather looks like it's going to continue through the

of the week.

Whatever it is, she thinks it followed her here.

All of the nightmares about her parents and the boogeyman.

I don't know. It feels like it's just Madison's way of working through her

grief.

Yeah, and last night, get... Get that she

woke up last night with... Bruises on her arm.

I swear they weren't there before.

No, you should see the way she kicks and flails in her sleep.

No wonder she doesn't put me in the hospital.

No,

I know.

I understand.

All right, I'll talk to you later.

Madison?

Madison, it isn't funny. You're going to give me a heart attack.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she

know what to do. She gave birth without any breath.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she

know what to do.

What did I tell you about getting out, boy?

What did I tell you?

Get out.

You know, I saw a girl on the news last night.

Just like you.

You had to kill them, didn't you?

Yeah.

That's why you were running.

Yeah. Go ahead. Run away.

Hey.

Hey, what the hell was that about?

Hey, the police were looking for her father, you know.

Well, he's dead.

Don't you think she's suffered enough?

You know, what the hell are you doing with the kid anyway, huh?

All that loud music, people coming in and out all hours of the night. I work

of my house.

Yeah, well, not for long.

Which, uh, incidentally, that's what I told that woman who came by your house

today.

Hmm.

Good. Let's check your arms. Raise your left arm for me.

Does that hurt?

Let's take a look.

Madison, can you tell me what happened here?

Can your aunt?

I'm, uh, I'm renting an old house, so, uh, you know kids.

Try to be more careful, okay?

I'd like to see you again in a week for the other healing.

Sure.

Ms. Blake, let's make sure there aren't any more accidents, okay?

Go on inside, okay?

I'll be in in a minute.

Stay off the property, please. I live across the street. Can't you just tell

what's going on?

Carbon monoxide poisoning.

Looks like the garage door may have malfunctioned.

He went all this for an accident?

Hey!

Hey, I've seen you before. Who are you?

What are you doing, ma 'am? Ma 'am, is there going to be a problem? No.

There's no problem.

I'm going.

Did something happen to Stanley?

There was an accident.

Are they sure?

Sure about what?

That it was an accident.

Madison, do you know something about what happened to Stanley?

Madison!

Madison! Go away!

Madison, do you know what happened to Stanley?

I said, go away!

All right, Colton, let's see what you've been up to.

So you think that your brother is responsible for all of this?

The police were asking a lot of questions.

And then Stanley... Okay, look.

Even if your brother was responsible for any of this, he's dead.

I know. Right, like you saw the body.

I know.

Okay, so what did Madison have to say?

Nothing.

She won't talk to me.

I don't know what to do.

I do.

Madison?

You in here?

Honey,

wait, no.

Madison, we need you to tell us something.

And I want you to try to be really honest with me, okay?

Did your daddy ever... Did he ever hurt anyone?

Honey, please, you can trust us.

He said he was trying to protect me from the bad people.

That's what he said he was doing. He was trying to protect you.

Daddy never hurt anyone.

Who did, Madison?

Who killed all those people? Wyatt.

Please don't be mad.

I'm not mad.

I just need you to tell me. I promise you can trust me.

Sometimes...

When I get really scared, he comes out and hurts people.

What do you mean, he comes out? I can't control it.

It just happens.

Like with Stanley.

And Daddy.

Honey, your dad had a heart attack.

And Stanley was an accident. I spoke to the police myself.

He wanted to get rid of me.

Look, are you saying...

That you think that you made them come out and kill people?

I didn't mean to.

I didn't want to hurt any of them. I just got scared.

The Sandman is a character in a book. You can't bring it to life. I can't.

Ever since I was little, Daddy said I could make things happen, but he said

okay because it's going to be over soon.

What did he mean by over soon? All right.

Cool, I've heard enough of this. Listen, Madison, we're trying to have a serious

conversation, and you're not playing.

So I don't think that you should have this book anymore, okay?

Come on.

I'm not lying.

Why don't you just sit here, and you think about it?

You think about it, and when you're ready to talk, we'll come in and we'll

listen. I...

Yeah, I heard. The Sandman, okay? You know what? Why don't you try paying just

semblance of respect to your aunt after everything she's done for you. But no,

you don't want to do that, do you? Because you're acting like a spoiled

child who wants to make up little things that come out of books and kills

people. Stop!

Look, this isn't a good time. I hope I'm not interrupting.

Mrs. Farmer, please, it's been a long day.

And you are?

I'm Wyatt, her sometimes boyfriend that... Can I ask what this is about?

This afternoon I received a rather alarming call from your pediatrician.

He said your niece had a number of bruises on her arm.

What's she talking about? Nothing. Look, I explained to him that she was playing

in the house. She fell.

He also told me he was unable to rule out physical abuse.

Okay, hold on.

Claire would never hurt a child. Maybe it wasn't Claire.

Unfortunately, even the suspicion of abuse is enough to suspend temporary

custody until an investigation can be completed. I have a letter from the

authorizing me to remove Madison from your home.

Wait, what? Miss Blake, don't make this any harder than it needs to be.

Okay, I just...

No, you're not taking her from me. Allow me to remind you that if you don't

participate willingly, I will be forced to take punitive action.

Fine. Go ahead.

Claire. Have it your way, Miss Blake.

Because I will be back with the proper authorities.

Great. And we'll be here.

Claire. I'm serious.

Madison?

Honey, Wyatt and I are going to go outside and have a little adult

Okay?

It's me.

No.

Unfortunately, the aunt's being stubborn.

We're probably going to have to call the police.

You know what?

I'm going to have to call you back.

Are you out of your mind?

What? You know that she could just come back here with the police and arrest

you, right? Do you know what would happen if they got their hands on her?

Claire, this isn't some kid who just wets the bed or plays with matches.

Okay, you are way, way out of your league here.

My brother spent a long time trying to protect her. Did you ever think that

maybe he was trying to protect people from her? I mean, there's a big

there, don't you think? Our whole childhood, we were just shuffled around.

My mom was a drunk. My dad was gone before I was even born.

All we had was each other.

I owe it to him to protect her.

Madison.

Are you in here, sweetie?

Don't you think it's better that she's with someone that knows how to handle

her? Who?

The bad people?

Wyatt, that's what she calls them. How many people has she hurt?

Because what I think we should be doing is talking about the definition of bad

here.

Madison, I want to help.

It's not safe for you here. I'm going to take you someplace better, where you'll

be happy.

I'm happy here. You can't stay here, Madison.

I know you don't understand right now, but one day you will.

There's no need to worry.

I'm not the one I'm worried about.

You're doing great.

Something's wrong.

What's happening?

What's happening? What is going on? No! What's happening?

Wyatt doesn't like me.

That's not true.

Right?

Madison, I think we should talk about what happened last night.

I said it was all going to be over soon.

What did you mean by that?

Is that what you were doing when your daddy died?

Did your dad find a way to stop this?

Are we going to call the police?

Say what?

There's nothing left.

There's no body. There's no evidence. What do you suggest?

I'm not just going to sit around while she wishes everyone in her cornfield.

I told you how important she is to me. You saw what she did to that woman.

What she almost did to you.

I'm worried about you.

She wouldn't hurt me.

Like she wouldn't hurt your brother?

The detectives were asking what he was doing up to date. What if my brother

found a way to help her stop this?

Yeah, more like he was wishing not to get thrown in jail.

Will you watch him for a couple hours?

Are you serious? Please, I just...

I don't want her to go outside.

That's the smartest thing I heard you say all day.

Are you going to help me or not?

Thanks for letting me take a look.

You know, she hasn't stopped crying about it.

I gotta say, Miss Blake, we've gone over this car half a dozen times, and no

one's come up with the stuff on it.

I know. I just figured if I looked, maybe I'd find it.

She hasn't said anything, has she?

She's an eight -year -old little girl who lost her father.

Spends most of her time crying in her room.

Detected. I'll need you to sign this access form.

Hi, you've reached Dr. Amanda.

Please leave a message.

Hi, my name is Claire Blake.

I believe you spoke to my brother Colton about my niece, Madison.

Call me, please.

Hello?

Wyatt?

Well, it's a surprise.

Is Claire coming?

I thought that this could be something that we could do together.

Get to know each other a little better.

Okay.

Why don't you go ahead?

Pretty cool, huh?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Hey, how about that doll right over there?

Where?

Right over by the truck.

See it?

Just to the right.

I don't see anything but old junky cars.

What are you doing?

Madison.

Were you going to hurt me?

Calm down.

This is why you didn't bring Claire, isn't it?

Do you want her to get hurt?

I don't.

Madison.

Okay.

Okay, I need you to calm down.

Madison, okay? Look, I made a mistake, okay?

Madison?

Please.

I think you should run now.

Sir.

Bring her in, Helmer. Yes, sir.

Yo -ho, all aboard, cause here we go.

Just like you asked. Thanks.

Thank God.

I was so worried about you.

I'm sorry.

That's okay.

Where's Wyatt?

What did you do to Wyatt?

I'm ready to go home now.

Sure.

Can we stop somewhere on the way home?

Yeah.

Okay.

I need to take this.

I'll meet you there, okay?

Hi. Claire?

Yes.

Is she with you now?

Can you help her?

Yes.

Are you familiar with the theory of hypnotic image therapy?

Well, it started as a way to treat soldiers who were suffering from acute

Doctors used hypnosis to rewrite their nightmares so they no longer felt

threatening.

You want to hypnotize my niece?

Your brother believed she was using the power of the coal to manifest a

nightmarish figure.

The Sandman.

However, if we could remove this so -called Sandman from her mind... She

wouldn't be able to bring it to life.

Exactly.

You haven't seen what she's capable of. I don't know if messing with her mind is

such a good idea.

Are we not clear?

Do you think they know I'm sorry?

They do.

Madison, your father may have found someone that can help you.

I don't know anything about her, but if there's a chance... Yes!

You shouldn't have hurt Claire.

Careful. What just happened?

We could

signal.

Damn thing.

Night vision's out.

I've got nothing.

Target secured.

Where is she?

What have you done to her? Don't worry, I have absolutely no intention of

hurting your niece.

My department has studied a lot of called children over the years.

But none of them is powerful.

Or as dangerous as Madison.

No.

Now, can you imagine having the abilities that she has without the

the discipline to control them? Please, please just let me see her.

She mentioned something to the doctor called Sandman.

Did she ever mention that to you?

You want to know about the Sandman?

That's a children's book.

Her father read it to her when she was a little girl.

She says it gave her bad dreams.

I truly believe that in her fear, she literally brought her nightmare to life.

It's extraordinary.

Look.

She's just a little girl.

All she wants is for it to stop.

But I don't want it to stop.

I want to nurture it. I want to develop it.

And I want to train it.

You've seen what she's capable of.

I know.

I want to do something.

What is this?

We'll completely shield it from her.

Makes it safer.

I'd like to start with a levitation test.

We can begin.

Our most successful subject to date was able to levitate this ball more than

three inches.

Let's see how young Madison can do.

Madison, I'd like you to try levitating the ball.

No.

sooner that you cooperate with us, the sooner I can let you see Claire. You'd

like that, wouldn't you?

Extraordinary. I want to go home.

Soon, Madison.

I want to go home now!

What's going on?

The danger.

Now.

I believe

that with the proper regimen, we can train her to control her impulses.

So, you want me to go before the committee and explain what?

That we're going to tame an eight -year -old mass murderer? She's not malicious.

Neither is the sweet family pit bull.

Until it mauls your three -month -old child.

I believe in her potential.

Sorry, Dr. Valentine.

I'm initiating cleanup protocol.

Give me a chance with her.

She's too valuable.

Sorry, Dr.

Valentine.

I've been asked to clear the room.

No.

We have to leave now. No.

No! No! Please!

No! We have to leave now!

It's out of my hands for now.

Out of my hands.

What'd you do?

You go to the end of the hall, down to sub -level five. Follow the steam pipes.

That'll get you out of here.

Take my car.

You drive away from here and never look back.

Let's go

Easy now, easy.

Don't do it, kid.

I want you to watch the pendulum.

Empty your mind.

There's nothing but the pendulum and the sound of my voice.

You see nothing else. You feel nothing else, just the pendulum.

Back and forth.

Back and forth.

Your eyelids.

are feeling heavy.

You feel yourself drowning in the darkness.

Let go, Madison.

Let your body sink deeper and deeper.

I'll count down from five.

When I reach one, you'll be asleep.

Five.

Watch the pendulum.

Four.

Hear my voice.

Three.

Your body is thinking.

Two.

One.

Hello?

Where are you?

I'm in the office.

Go to the door and tell me what you see.

I'm in the morgue.

This is important.

I need you to find the Sandman.

I don't want to.

I'll be right here with you. I promise.

I can't.

I need you to find him so I can pull him out.

Do you understand me?

Please. It's important.

Do what she says, Madison.

He's here.

Hey.

Hey, listen.

This is important.

I need you to grab him. And no matter what happens, do not let him go. I

Yes, you can, Madison. Grab him.

I got it!

Mommy!

Take these words.

When this nightmare ends, you will be free of this child forever.

You will be bound to this child no more.

When I snap my fingers, you'll awake.

Wake, Madison.

You okay?

I'm fine.

I think it worked. I think he's gone.

You okay?

Is something wrong?

Two, one.

I have an idea.

You stay.

Thank you.

the shadows, the darkest night, images falling before your eyes,

the demon's coming, he hears you cry, your deepest fears must tear your

eyes up, go down.

Well, it's official.

You're stuck with me.

Are we going to stay here?

I don't know. I was thinking maybe somewhere new.

Can we move to Hawaii?

Hawaii?

I was thinking more like Arizona.

Which reminds me, little lady, we need to talk about you going back to school.

Mom!

Can we celebrate tonight?

Get some takeout?

Can we get ramen noodles?

Or we could splurge and get some real Japanese food.

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