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- What you carry inside you, Carrie-Ann,

is a gift far greater than one could possibly imagine.

- Like what?

- How about we do a trial run

to see how far your powers have come?

- Okay.

- Close your eyes.

I was about your age when mother showed me this trick.

Now I want you to hold out your hands, and keep them apart.

Think of the space between them as an extension

of your mind and energy and manifest it before you.

- Is anything happening? - Concentrate.

Open your eyes.

- How can this be?

We didn't cast a spell.

- There's some things

that can be controlled by your thoughts.

- How will I know which to use?

- In time, it'll all come to you.

- Carrie-Ann, you must run to the abandoned cottage

on the far side of Council Bluff,

and stay there until daylight.

- What's going on?

- There's no time to explain.

We must hurry.

- Mom, what's happening?

- They're coming for us, and if you are discovered,

our bloodlines will be severed forever.

- Where is father?

- Your father is dead, Abigail.

You remember the spell I taught you?

The transference of souls?

- Why are they doing it? - Do you remember?

- Yes, but I don't know

when I -- - Your soul will tell you

when the time has arrived.

Listen, you must continue.

You or your offspring will bring us back,

and make future generations of this town suffer.

- Why can't you come with me?

- Because if we go with you, they'll hunt us down

and kill us all.

- Your sister is right.

If you are found, our existence will end tonight.

- I'm scared.

- Don't be, Carrie-Ann.

You're such a brave girl.

You can go on knowing

that one day we will be together again.

We love you and we always will.

- We will see you again.

- Now, you must go, and keep running,

no matter what you hear, and don't look back.

- Leave us alone. - Witch.

- Leave my daughter alone.

- We welcomed you into our community

only to have you betray that trust

by practicing the ways of Satan.

- We have done no such thing.

- We have seen it with our own eyes.

- Leave them alone.

- Where is the youngest one?

Where is she?

It matters not.

She will be found, and made to pay for her sins.

Thou shall not practice witchcraft ever again.

The Lord shall cleanse this settlement

of all that is unholy.

- You do this and you all shall burn in hell

for condemning innocence.

- Thou are not innocent.

Through the grace of the High Almighty,

we shall be free of these servants of Satan.

- Sinners.

Sinners.

Sinners, sinners, sinners, sinners,

sinners, sinners, sinners, sinners,

sinners, sinners, sinners,

sinners, sinners, sinners, sinners, sisters.

- Sisters.

Our body, our minds, our essence flows from our --

No.

- Burn her. - Sinners,

sinners, sinners, sinners --

- Wait up.

- You better hurry before the Lord opens up the skies.

- What?

- Rain. - Oh yeah.

Do you mind if I walk with you?

- Of course.

- Reading our favorite book, I see?

- Yeah.

Reading verses about...

- About what?

- Never mind.

- I'm sure you're aware that Amber will be back in town

tomorrow for a few weeks from college.

- Yeah.

I envy her

for moving out of this town,

but it's the Lord's doing that showed her the way,

just like He showed you.

- Trust me, I'm gonna need all the help I can get from Him.

Small town, homeschooled boy, going to a large university.

- We were all homeschooled,

but that only demonstrates the power of prayer.

- What about you?

- I think it's the Lord's plan for me

to stay here with my parents,

and to take over for my father.

- Out of everyone,

I'm gonna miss you the most.

- I'm gonna miss you too.

Thanks for walking with me.

- It was my pleasure.

Maybe next time I can join you,

and we can read passages together?

- I'd like that very much.

- Mama, Papa.

- In the kitchen.

- Hi, Papa. - Hi, Nikki.

- Hi, Mama.

- Hi.

- Is that what I think it is?

- It is.

Marie's famous chocolate layer cake.

Nikki.

You know I don't like when you do that.

- What are you writing?

- Oh, just taking some notes for service.

- Can I take a look?

- You'll have to wait till Sunday.

- Your Papa always thinks he's working on the best sermon

in the history of sermons, don't you, Dear?

- Well, this here will go down

as the best sermon ever written.

- I'm sure it will be.

- Oh, and after service on Sunday,

there's a special studies class.

- Looking forward to it.

- Why don't you go get ready for dinner?

What's this?

How did this happen?

- I'm sorry, Mama.

Must have happened as I was reading.

- Take it off and wash it.

Where are you going? - To take off my skirt.

- You'll take it off here and wash it now

before the stain sets in.

Wash it here.

- Um...

Jake reminded me that Amber will be back

in town for a few weeks.

I was hoping I'd be able to see her tomorrow?

- Out of the question.

- Why?

- She's been corrupted by the devil's playground.

- She's not the devil's playground,

and I haven't heard from her since she's been gone.

- It certainly is with all the booze

and lust that happens there.

- Mommy, you know Amber wouldn't do any of that,

and I'm going to see her at service anyway.

- And we'll be with you. - Mama, Please.

- Do you question your Mother's decisions?

- No, she's just the only true friend I have.

- Do you question the Lord's decisions?

- No, Papa, that... - Do you see that?

He died for the sins of people like Amber.

She's been exposed to all the devil's workings,

and has fallen into his hands,

and we, we will not let you be exposed to that.

- Amber's a wonderful girl,

but she's been poisoned by the devil's doings.

- Let's pray for Amber's soul.

My Lord, give Amber the strength

to fight off the work of the devil.

- Yes, Lord. - And with your guidance,

she shall become pure once again.

Amen.

- Go get ready for dinner.

- Nikki.

- Hello?

Hello?

- Whoa, what's going on?

- Amber? - Nikki,

are you all right? - I missed you so much.

- I missed you too.

You really must have been into whatever verse

you were reading. - I guess so.

Is that perfume I smell? - Do you like it?

- I do, but did your parents approve?

- Are you kidding?

They spent an hour lecturing me

how the big guy don't approve,

and if I smelled like this in college,

I'm inviting the lust of the devil to fall upon me.

- Has it?

- Guys see me with my Bible and they run away.

Guess they don't wanna be preached.

- Their loss.

So tell me everything.

What's it like?

- Didn't you read the letters I sent you?

Oh, your parents never gave 'em to you, did they?

- When I didn't hear from you,

I thought you didn't wanna talk to me anymore

now that you're in college.

- I'm sorry.

I sort of knew they get intercepted.

Let me guess.

They still call it Satan's playground.

- Devil's playground.

- Oh, my bad.

Well, they're right,

sex, drugs, temptation, it's everywhere.

Sororities I wanted to be a part of pushed me aside,

and I had several roommates that they moved,

I guess they didn't like my praying every night.

Oh, I did meet a friend.

She's really wonderful and so outspoken.

She's always invited me to go out with her,

and her friends,

and after a while, we all became close.

- I'm so happy for you.

It's been so lonely since you've been gone.

- You have Jake.

Nikki Strange.

You can't have those feelings.

- What feelings? - Nikki.

- I don't.

I don't.

- Here I thought I'd be tempted by flesh.

- Oh, stop it.

- I'm only joking.

I better get going.

It's so nice to see you again.

When do you wanna get back together?

- I'll be at the service on Saturday afternoon at three.

- Great, I'll see you then.

- Conceived because birth is sin.

- Hi, Papa. - What is --

- Hi, Nikki.

Come join me.

Pastor Roberts is on.

Lust is a temptation,

and an evil that overcomes many of us.

They had some of flesh were obvious.

- Have you decided what verses to read for Sunday?

- I think so.

I had some trouble deciding on the message

I wanted to convey. - Witchcraft.

- And what did you come up with?

- Jealousy. - I'd like that to be

a surprise. - Ho-ho.

- Temptation. - All right,

fair enough. - Sections, factions and envy.

It is born of Satan, and the flesh,

but the body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality,

but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

No temptation has overtaken you,

except what is common to mankind.

God is faithful.

He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.

- What is that smell?

Perfume?

- I don't know, Papa.

- Marie, get in here.

- What is it?

You saw her, didn't you?

Didn't you? - I'm sorry, Mama,

I'm sorry. Papa. - You disobeyed our wishes.

You disobeyed the Lord's wishes.

- She's my friend. - She has been stained

by Satan's hands.

- Stench of hell hangs over you.

- Come here.

- And under His wings,

you'll find refuge.

Nor the pestilence --

- Come here.

- What does this stand for?

- It stands for... - Did Jesus cry

when He died for your sins?

- No, Papa.

- We will not allow you to take the path she has.

Let's go.

I'm disappointed in you.

- No, Mama. - Please don't, I'm sorry.

- You should be apologizing to the Lord, not to me.

- I beg for your forgiveness, my Lord.

- It hurts me more than it hurts you.

I hope you learned your lesson.

You'll stay with us in our room tonight,

and we'll pray together.

- Yes, Mama.

- You're a beautiful girl, Nikki.

Don't let the sin of temptation get the better of you.

- I won't, Mama.

- We just want what's best for you.

Amber has been tainted by sin,

and we can't let that happen to you.

- I know, Mama, but Amber is strong.

Why can't you believe that?

- Because persuasion is a powerful tool of the devil.

Even when you have the strength of God with you.

- Don't you trust me?

- Of course we do, sweetheart.

But it's our job as your parents to keep you safe.

And in order for us to do that,

we have to keep you away from anyone who may do you harm.

- Have you learned your lesson?

- Yes, Papa.

- She'll sleep with us in our room tonight,

and we'll pray together.

Now finish up, get ready for bed, and meet us in our room.

- Yes, Mama.

- I'm sorry, my Lord.

Amber is my dearest friend,

and I hope you can find it in you to forgive me.

The Almighty will give you the strength

to be by His side.

- Nikki Strange. - I'm sorry, Mama.

I can't concentrate.

- You can't concentrate to pray?

- No, Papa.

- What did Amber tell you?

- Nothing, Papa.

Just that she was happy to be back.

- The Lord knows when you're lying.

- I promise, Mama, that was it.

- Let's call it a night.

- To close out

today's service, a reading from Peter 5:8-9.

"Stay sober and alert,

for your opponent, the devil,

is prowling like a roaring lion,

seeking out someone to devour.

Resist him.

Solid in your faith,

realizing that the brotherhood of believers

is undergoing the same suffering throughout the world.

The God of all grace, who called you

to His everlasting glory in Christ will Himself

restore, confirm, strengthen and establish those

who have suffered a little while."

Dominion be His throughout the ages.

Go in peace, go with God.

Amen.

- Amen. - Amen.

- Thank you, Nikki.

Hey little man, how's it going?

Thanks for coming.

- Oh, thank you. - Beautiful sermon.

- Thank you.

- Always enticing.

- Great sermon. _ Thank you so much.

Appreciate that.

- Wonderful sermon.

- Very enticing.

- Thank you.

It was a pleasure giving it.

David, so glad you could make it.

It's always good to have a Collins at one of the services.

- Well my great, great...

Well either way, he would've been proud.

- That makes me happy to hear.

Look at you, young man.

Your father tells me you're having trouble

in a certain subject at school.

- Yeah, arithmetic, well it's not my strongest point.

- I think it's none of ours.

- I heard Amber was back in town.

Where is she?

- I don't know.

Hopefully she'll be here for Sunday service though.

- I can't believe how big the two of you have gotten.

It seems like just yesterday,

I was reading you Bible verses with Noah,

and now you're,

well, you were just this big, and now you're this big.

- Whatever happened to Noah?

- I'm right here, Jake.

- It's a shame you don't bring them out anymore.

- Well...

I thought he needed a rest.

Thank you for doing my breaks.

- Oh, it's my pleasure.

Try not to go on too hard, 'cause that'll save your life.

- I'll see what I can do.

- Well if you guys will excuse me,

I have to go back to the shop.

- And we need to head out also.

- Go ahead.

I'll be home in a few.

- Okay, but don't be too long.

- You ready to go home?

- You go ahead, dear.

I need to pick up some things from the store for dinner.

- Well, I could drive you.

- You know, it's a nice day.

I think I'll walk.

- I made you something. - Oh?

- It's beautiful.

- I carved it myself. - I'll cherish it forever.

- I wanted to do something special for you before I left.

You look very pretty in that.

- Thank you.

- So I'll see you Sunday?

- See you Sunday.

- What can I do for you, Ms. Strange?

- Oh, I was just taking a stroll in town.

Thought I'd stop by and see how you were doing.

- I'm doing pretty good,

considering I just saw you 30 minutes ago.

- Is it wrong of me to think about you

all alone in the store?

- How's the hot water?

- It's working well.

Can't complain.

- That's good.

I don't have to keep coming over.

Don't want to get a bad reputation.

- Trust me.

I wouldn't worry about that.

- We should probably close the garage.

It's gonna get...

- It's about to get a lot hotter.

You know how to handle sinners.

- You know how I feel about sinners.

- Well, I need you to lead me on the path to redemption.

Come, punish me.

Oh...

Oh, oh, yeah.

- Mama?

Mama?

Mama?

Mama?

- Nikki.

It is time to come home, my granddaughter.

- Mama.

Papa. - Scream all you want.

They can't hear you. - Why?

What do you, what do you want?

- For you to come home.

- My Lord, Savior,

please save me. - He can't help who you are.

You are so much more than this.

- This isn't real.

- This is as real as it gets, Nikki.

It's time to come home to your rightful family.

- My family is here, and also is God.

- It saddens us to see how you fall into such darkness.

If only you could see what really happened

to your true mother, my beloved daughter,

you would see you've surrounded yourself

with nothing but sinners, just like you have become.

- I'm not a sinner.

I gave my soul to Jesus.

- Would Jesus allow the impure thoughts

that control your mind,

or the pleasure you get when you're punished

by your imposter mother and father?

- I don't have impure thoughts.

God will protect the lives of His faithful ones

and deliver them from evil.

- God will not protect you,

for the very blood that runs through your veins

He considers evil.

- No.

- Come home.

Nikki, let us show you the way to immortality,

and help you bring us back.

- Our Lord, Savior all,

please cover me with your love and vanquish

the evil before thee.

- Your soul has been corrupted, my granddaughter.

Let us help you to break free from the deity

that holds you back from discovering your true heritage.

- The Lord is my Savior.

- Belong with us, not these sinners.

- I'm not a sinner.`

- In time, my dear Nikki,

you will see the truth

that's been concealed from you by those

you hold close to your heart.

- No.

- Sinners, sinners, sinners.

- There's no need to be afraid, Nikki.

- I'm not afraid when the Lord is with me.

- If He's with you, then why are you scared of me?

- He's testing me.

- I can assure you, this is not a test.

Such cruel punishment for something

as trivial as seeing a friend.

- I disobeyed my Mama and Papa.

I deserved it.

- Did He deserve it? - He died for us.

- Who exactly did He die for?

You, me, my family,

whose followers of His faith murdered us?

- I don't believe you.

He's not cruel, He loves everyone.

- Does He?

Does He love everyone,

or does He choose who to shower His love upon?

Everyone you know hides their most serious flaws

behind the veil of the deception of faith.

- What are you talking about?

- In time you will understand.

- The woman with the burnt skin.

Who is she?

- She's my mother, and your grandmother, Mary,

and I'm your Aunt Abigail.

- It's impossible.

I don't know who any of you are.

- That's because you've been deceived.

- By whom?

- Everyone.

There is so much more for you to see,

much more than this book can ever teach you.

It's taken us a long time to find you,

and make the circle complete.

- Who is us?

- Take my hand and I will show you everything.

- No.

- Nikki, please.

We need you to come home.

- Leave me alone.

- Not until you realize that everything around you

is nothing more than a lie.

This gift given to you by someone

you can never truly enjoy the pleasures of.

I know it troubles you that the boy you desire

is so close, yet so far away.

- It's the way that God wants it.

- It doesn't need to be.

This is the symbol that holds the truth.

- Good morning, baby. - Morning, Mom.

- Let's find you something nice to wear.

- It looks like you're adding a little something there,

just like your father was.

- It's your cooking.

- Just like your father used to say.

You know, he used to love to do a little slow dance with me

sometimes before he'd get dressed in the morning.

- I can tell by the look on your face that you enjoyed it.

- I'm so happy I have you.

- Mother, I don't have to leave.

- Oh sweetheart, don't be silly.

I only want the best for you.

- I don't want you to feel alone.

I'll call you every day.

- Let's get you dressed now, my dear Richard.

- That was father's name, Mom.

- I know, sweetheart.

So what would you like for breakfast today?

- Whatever you'd like to make.

- Okay.

- Excuse me.

We pray first.

- Of course.

- Bless us, oh Lord, for these Thy gifts,

which we are about to receive from Thy bounty,

through Christ, our Lord.

- Amen.

- It's good to have you home, Honey.

- We really have missed you.

- I've missed you too.

And let me say that you were right.

Satan is at work there.

But my faith will never succumb to his pleasures.

- We know, sweetheart.

- Is something wrong?

- Look, we know you've been really enjoying college,

but... - But what?

- Things are hard.

- No, you can't pull me out, I found my calling there.

- I'm sorry, but the crops, they just, they just aren't...

- Mom, you can't let this happen.

- Sweetie, if we could do something, we would.

College is expensive,

and we barely have enough money

to keep a roof over our heads.

- You can't pull me out now.

What is wrong with you?

- Lower your voice when you speak to us.

Now we've risked everything to send you there,

and you insult us with this attitude?

Have the temptations of Satan infiltrated your soul?

- No.

- Go to your room.

Ask the Lord for forgiveness.

- Fine.

- I'm sorry.

- Come in.

- Amber, good to see you.

- Good to see you again, as well.

Welcome in, ladies, this is Amber,

and Amber, this is Kelly and Jennifer.

- Hi.

We've heard so much about you.

- You have? - Yeah, Kimberly told us

that you're here to teach us the ways of the Lord.

We got so excited.

- We could use a little God in our lives.

- Well, it's a pleasure to be here.

- Please, have a seat.

- I must admit I didn't think I'd find any friends here.

- Well, no need to worry about that now.

- So Kimberly told us where you're from, how exciting.

- Nothing really exciting about it.

So I figured we'd start with --

- Your friend, Nikki.

She sounds like a wonderful person.

- Please tell us about her.

- Well, she's very sweet and she's...

- Well ladies, let's not distract from why we're here.

- Of course.

- Please, Amber, continue.

- So I figured we start with one of my favorite verses.

- Yeah.

- May I come in?

- Sure.

- I know you're upset,

but please understand that this was not an easy decision

for your father and I to make.

- You don't know what it feels like

to finally feel like you belong somewhere

other than in Perfect.

- You're right.

I don't, and I'm not gonna sit here,

and tell you that I do.

But what I do understand is what it's like to be stuck

in the same place your entire life.

- I know, Mom.

I should feel blessed that I was given this chance

that so many never had.

But you can't just take that away from me.

- We're not, Sweetheart.

We'll do our best to make sure you can go back,

it just can't be now.

- You don't understand.

Through the Lord's teachings,

I've reached a group of girls that needed guidance,

and now you're telling me

that I have to walk away from that?

You and father didn't want me to go to college,

because you thought I'd be tempted,

just like the strangers thought I would be.

You're no better than them.

- You have no idea what we sacrificed,

so you could go to college,

and I don't appreciate you taking

that condescending tone with me.

Decision's been made.

It's in God's hands to help us raise enough money

to send you back,

and until then, I don't wanna hear another word about it.

- God?

The Lord Jesus?

It's always about them.

Why do you have them control our lives?

It's not up to them, it's up to you.

He's nothing.

- Don't you dare

speak like that in this house.

- I'm sorry, Mom.

- It pains us to do what we had to do,

but I promise on the Lord,

you will go back, no matter what it takes.

What do you say that we make

some of my renowned chocolate chip cookies?

Even let you eat some of the cookie dough.

- You sure know my weak spot.

I'll be down in a minute.

- Everything will be fine.

- Everything will be fine.

- Did you get a metal sliver?

- I think so.

- Yeah.

I see it here.

Let me help you.

Got it.

- What are you two doing?

- Nothing.

- Nikki Strange.

Are you having impure thoughts about Jake?

- Of course not. - Jake?

- You know it's a sin to think

about such things before marriage.

- It's a sin to do, not to think about it.

- Amber. - Guess what I found out?

- What would that be?

- I found out there was once a coven of of witches

that lived in Perfect back in the 1600s.

When the townspeople found out,

they were hung and burned.

- Yeah, right. - I'm serious.

I found about it in college.

I know exactly where they were hung.

What do you say we check it out?

- Everything okay? - Yeah.

Yeah.

- What do you say we head out there tomorrow?

- I'm up for it. - Nikki?

- Sure, why not?

- Jake, Amber. - Mrs. Strange.

- Mrs. Strange.

- Tell me, Amber, is college as corrupted

with evil as we know it is?

- Oh, very much so,

but I've been doing my best

to spread the love and Word of Him.

- Him?

You can't say His name? - Mama.

- It's okay, Nikki.

I assure you, Mrs. Strange,

He knows who I'm talking about.

- Come with me, Nikki.

It's time to get ready.

- Mama, can I ask you a question?

- Sure, Honey.

- Did Amber ever send me any letters while she was away?

- Sweetheart, you know we would never hide those from you.

- Okay, just you know you feel about her.

- Can we change the subject?

- Did you know about any witches who once lived in Perfect?

- Who told you that?

Amber?

- No...

Yes, Mama.

- Those stories are folklore.

Nothing more.

Perfect has always been a town

of faith since its beginnings.

So there'll be no more talk of witches or witchcraft.

Is that understood?

- Yes, Mama.

- I always knew Amber would be influenced in college.

- By hearing a story? - I said no more talk

about that, you're to stay away from her.

Do I make myself clear?

- Yes, Mama.

- Go get ready.

- Everyone must give according

to what he has inwardly decided, not sadly, not grudgingly,

for God loves a cheerful giver.

And to close out the service, I would now like

to introduce my daughter, Nikki, to come up and read for us.

- Come home, Nikki.

Come home, Nikki.

- Good afternoon, everybody,

I'd like to read a few of my favorite passages from...

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked

or stand the way that...

That sinners take...

Or...

Sit with...

In the company of mockers.

But those delight is in the law of the Lord

and who meditates on His law day and night.

A person is like a tree.

He's planted by streams of water,

which yields his fruit in season,

and his leaf never withers.

Have...

Heavenly due prosperous.

John 1:16.

"From His abundance, we have received one gracious...

One gracious blessing after another...

Corinthians 7.

"For the unbelieving husband is made holy

From his, because of his wife...

Because of his wife...

- This town isn't what you thought it was.

Is it?

Your mother is a cheating whore.

Your father lives off greed

and his impure thoughts about you.

The mother of the boy you desire

uses him to fill the vacancy of her husband,

and your best friend, stealing the boy

who is clearly for you.

Worst of all, the woman you all looked up to as children

committed the ultimate of sins.

Shall we go on?

- Let go of your faith and commit to us,

and together we can lead them to salvation.

You, Nikki, can be their savior.

- Leave me alone.

- Come home with us.

Be with your family.

- Please help me.

- Thank you all for coming.

Unfortunately, my daughter's not feeling well.

Nikki.

- Get your hands off me.

- What's gotten into you?

- Whore.

- Nikki, are you okay? - She'll be fine.

- Do you need anything?

- Thank you, Jake.

I'm gonna get her home.

- We'll come by to check on you later, Nikki.

- No, she needs her rest.

Nikki.

- God is always with you, always there to protect you,

no matter what evil comes for you.

Pray together.

Together, we can stop her from corrupting your mind,

but we must do it as one.

Pray with me, Nikki.

Please.

We love you.

God loves you.

- I am sorry you had to see what you did.

Mother thought that'd be the only way to convince you.

I thought otherwise.

- What do you want from me?

- We are outcast from Perfect,

killed because our beliefs didn't agree with the town.

We need you to help us bring justice to the evil

that was brought upon us.

- Your beliefs must have been rooted in evil.

- That life should be enjoyed to its fullest?

- That can be done without turning to Satan himself.

- Who says we've turned to Satan?

- Amber said there was a coven of witches

who lived in Perfect.

- She's right.

You saw the others today.

- I don't believe you.

Perfect has always been true to the Word of God,

and would never commit such crimes.

This is a test God is putting forth to test my faith.

- Go to our sacred grounds, Nikki, and find out.

- I'm not going to do anything you ask.

- My mother won't stop

until you've come to accept who you are.

- I do accept who I am.

- You believe in your faith

no matter how horrid it may be, don't you, my Dear?

- I'm fearless.

- Then your faith allows you to believe

in divine interventions, does it not?

- Even though impure thoughts fill your mind?

- Stop saying that. - No,

it is time for you to rescind your devotion to Him,

and allow yourself to become who you are.

- Leave me alone.

- This town, your friends, your dishonest parents,

and even you, Nikki, are nothing but sinners.

- No.

- Morning.

Nikki?

Is everything okay?

- Yeah.

I'm fine.

Mind if I ask you a question?

- Sure.

- Do you believe God tests us?

- Do you mean our faith? - Yeah.

- I think He does in a way that we are not aware that He is.

- Never mind.

- If there's something bothering you,

you can always tell me.

- It's nothing, really,

I'm just blessed to be here with you.

- I feel the same way.

So you think we'll find any witches out there?

- What?

- Nikki?

- Did you two behave while you waited for me?

- I don't think I wanna go.

- Come on, it'll be a quest,

just like we used to do when we were kids.

- Yeah, come on Nikki.

- Please.

- Fine.

- So this is where they were hung and burned.

- So the original settlers killed witches?

- Perfect was founded on religion.

So when a group of their own practiced Satan's beliefs,

they took it upon themselves to cleanse the town.

They were later referred to as the Perfect Eight.

There were rumors that the youngest one

survived for centuries under spell transference,

waiting until the time was right

to bring them back and get revenge.

- What were their names?

- The witches? - Yeah.

- I don't know.

- If it's true,

it's hard to believe the atrocities committed here.

- Help us, Nikki.

- Help us, Nikki.

- You were brought here for a reason

to see the horrors that were done to us.

- She's right, Nikki.

We can correct everything that was wrongfully done to them.

- What are you doing? - What does it look like?

Giving into the pleasures

that you hide from and what awaits for you.

- Betrayal is a sin one cannot escape from.

- Get away from him.

- Who are you talking to?

- Sinners is what they are.

- I said, get away from him, you sinner.

- What's gotten into you?

- Can't you see them? - See who?

- Mary, Abigail, the other witches.

- There's no one here but us.

- They were just hanging from the trees.

Abigail just opened her eyes and spoke to me.

- Who's Abigail?

- She's like...

- Nikki.

- Mother.

- I'm in here, Honey,

- Sorry I'm late.

- Your father was always late, but it didn't matter.

I loved him just the same.

A love that I'll always have with me

for the rest of my life.

I always asked myself why God would take him away from me.

Every night after he passed,

I thought that God decided that I did not deserve

such an amazing, good-hearted man.

I thought I did something to offend God,

that something I did, that I deserved to lose Him.

Took a long time for me to come to the realization

that I didn't.

- You didn't do anything wrong, Mother.

God decided that it was father's time to join Him.

He's still with us, and he always will be.

- I see so much of him in you, Jake.

I put this on especially for you.

He used to love when I wore this outfit.

- You look very pretty in it.

- You're so kind.

- We should start dinner before it gets too late.

- You are right, my dear.

- Thank you.

- Haven't seen Nikki yet.

- Oh, she's upstairs in her room sleeping.

Keep thinking about the other day.

- You know what happened at the reading?

- Yeah.

- Well, look, I don't think it's anything

we should worry about.

She was probably just stressed out.

It's the first time she's read in front of that many people.

- I don't know, James.

- I'm sure it'll be fine.

- I guess so. - Listen to me.

I won't let anything happen to our daughter.

- I know.

- Lisa.

Glad to see you.

- I'm not interrupting, am I?

- Of course not.

Would you like a glass of lemonade?

- No, thank you.

I was wondering if I could speak to the Pastor alone.

- Of course.

I'm gonna go into town,

and tell Jeremy that the hot water isn't working again.

- How may I help you?

- I know that donations allow you

to keep the church going,

and we truly appreciate all your hard work.

- You know, I said it before and I'll say it again,

it's my pleasure.

- Here's the thing.

As you're aware, Rob and I are having a hard time,

and it pains me to say this,

but we can't donate anymore.

- Believe me when I say, I feel your pain,

but you must keep your faith strong.

We have to keep the church open.

- We don't have anything left, and Amber is angry at us,

because she can't go back to college, and --

- Lisa, keeping faith may be the only thing

that allows you to keep your home,

and possibly allows Amber to go back.

- I'm not losing my faith, Pastor.

- Are you not?

I've known you for years, and I've always been honest

and open with your family.

I have never asked you for anything

other than your devotion to God,

and because I am His messenger, you're devotion to me.

You trust me, don't you?

- I do.

- I'm sure we can work out something.

- Pastor, you aren't suggesting that we...

- No, of course not.

No, what I'm thinking is that I give you and Rob

a couple weeks to sort things out,

and then we can discuss back payments.

- I don't know.

- Go home, talk to Rob,

I'm sure he'd be more than happy

to agree with what I'm saying.

- Sorry it had to come to this, Pastor.

- No, no.

Don't let it bother you.

The Lord and I are always on your side.

- That room contains the truth.

- Bullshit, if it did, you would've told me before.

- Go look.

But don't be afraid of what you may find.

- I'm not afraid.

Now will you leave me alone?

God damn it.

- What did you say, young lady?

- I'm sorry, Papa...

- Have you been in our room?

I asked you a question.

- No, no, Papa, I swear.

- You can end this suffering by going to our sacred grounds

and repeating what I say.

- Leave me alone.

- I have had enough of you.

- Papa, please, I'm sorry.

- Your attitude towards our Savior

will not be tolerated in this house.

To use His name in vain is unacceptable.

- You enjoy these punishments, don't you?

You've endured them for so long, they become a part of you.

You get pleasure,

though you hide it behind a wall of tears,

and this is the God you worship?

One who allows for such abusive treatment?

- Now recite the "Hail Mary"

- Hail Mary, pray for us sinners

until the hour of our death.

Hail Mary...

Hail Mary, please pray for us sinners

until the hour of our death.

- Again.

- Hail Mary, please pray for us sinners

until the our hour of death.

Hail Mary, please pray for us, sinners,

until the hour of our death.

- I thought you'd never get out of here.

- Christ.

- You shouldn't use the Lord's name in vain.

- I've done it on more than on one occasion.

- I just wanted to let you know

that the hot water isn't working properly.

There's no one out there.

- Are you sure you wanna take that risk?

- I'm taking a risk every time I come to see you.

The town's Pastor's wife having an affair with the handyman.

- And why is she having that affair?

- I have my reasons.

- Care to tell me those reasons?

- By the time I get done, it won't matter.

- It does matter.

- Sometimes a woman just needs a change.

- You mean to sin?

- Call it whatever you want.

Sin, revenge.

- Revenge?

- There are things that are just better left unsaid.

- You know, if you love me, you would tell me.

- Who said I loved you?

- You're just using me to get revenge on your husband?

- I'm using you because you're a great fuck.

You have two options.

I can get out of this car, and you can watch me walk away,

or you can take me right here.

What's it gonna be?

- We're going to hell.

- Honey, we're already on the way down.

- Maybe your mother was right.

Maybe I do enjoy the pleasures of the pain.

- Only you know the answer.

- Everything seems to be falling apart since you've arrived.

I've used the Lord's name in vain.

I hit my best friend...

- Falling apart or showing you what you've known all along,

but were afraid to admit?

- What happened...

What happened with Amber and Jake, that wasn't...

That wasn't real?

Was it?

- What do you think?

- I don't know what to believe anymore.

- But you know the only way to find out.

- You know what you'll find.

- I'm going for a walk, nothing more.

- Amber and Jake at our sacred ground.

- I'm not listening to you anymore.

- And yet here you are, still talking to me.

- If your kind are gonna fuck with me,

I'd rather it be Abigail.

- Not until you see for yourself.

- You're trying to make me see something

that's not even there.

Perhaps you're the false prophet they speak of.

- I'm no prophet.

Just part of you.

- Get the fuck away from me.

- Our creation has been and always will be within you.

- So we haven't had much time since I've been back to talk.

- A lot going on with Nikki.

I don't understand who these people are

she's been talking about.

Mary, Abigail...

I've never heard of them..

- Maybe she knows them from somewhere.

- She's never left Perfect,

and I don't recall anyone living here by those names either.

- How about we don't discuss Nikki right now.

I wanna know how you've been doing.

I'm not gonna lie, I've really missed you.

- I've missed you too.

You'll have to tell me what college life is like.

- How about we discuss that later?

Say, at my place, where we can be more alone?

- You're definitely different since you've been there.

- How so?

- You're more... - More what?

Tell me, Jake.

The lust you feel flow through your veins,

how does it make you feel?

- The Lord does not permit such feelings until...

- Love must be sincere.

Hate what is evil, cling to what is good.

Be devoted to one another in love,

honor one another above yourselves.

Do you believe in that verse, Jake?

- I believe all in the Bible

are sacred writings of the Word of God.

- Will you be devoted to me? - Amber, I...

- Time to give in to the desires you have longed for.

- The Lord does not permit it.

- The Lord permits nothing that is pleasurable.

Do you not find me enticing?

Did my kiss not boil the lust inside you?

- I cannot sin.

- Sin is nothing more than a word.

There's an entire world out there for you

to experience within yourself

if you break away from the teachings

of a deity that teases you.

- Nikki is -- - Nikki can't give you

what you want.

The Lord brought us to this place for a reason,

for us to be together.

Do you really want to disappoint

the one hold close to your heart?

- No.

- It's always been this way.

- How could she do this to me?

- They use the words of your Savior

to hide their true selves.

Some even use it as an escape.

- She praised the Lord for their actions.

- I know how much this troubles you, Nikki.

- It doesn't trouble me.

That's what God has planned for them.

So be it.

- That is untruthful and you know it.

I know what you're thinking.

How can they get away with this and you can't?

You are punished for the sins you commit.

Why can't they be?

Give your soul to us and learn the truth.

- I don't know what the truth is anymore.

- Is that why you ventured out without your favorite book?

- I must have dropped it.

- You didn't take it with you.

Perfect is not a town of saints, Nikki.

- Fuck it.

- There's so much more to life

if you escape from this tyranny.

- Stop with that shit.

- You take your anger out on the wrong person.

- I know what you and your mother are trying to do.

- We are only trying to show you the way home,

and who you really are.

- I'm not related to you,

or any of your kind.

- You are in more ways than you know,

you are us and we are you.

- You're nobody.

- We are the ones

who show you what's hidden from you.

Search your feelings, Nikki,

and you'll realize we are the ones being honest.

- Everything, okay, Nikki?

Do you need a ride?

Okay.

How's it going back there?

- Couldn't be better.

What's my mama doing today?

- I don't know.

I haven't seen her.

- You sure?

I swear I can smell the perfume she wears

on special occasions.

It's okay.

I know you're fucking my mama.

She any good?

- I'm gonna forget the vile words you just said,

and pray for God's forgiveness on your soul.

- Perhaps you should pray for your own.

Care to try the daughter, or are you only into older women?

- I'm gonna act like this conversation never happened.

- What if I don't?

Mary and Abigail told me everything,

like how Mama loves to be punished by you,

like how her and Papa punish me.

- Who's Mary and Abigail? - That doesn't matter.

What matters is that they showed me the truth

about this town, and the lies you all perpetuate.

I didn't wanna believe it at first,

but then it all started to make sense.

Amber and Jake, you and my Mama, Papa,

they showed me the light that God would never have.

- Perfect is in God's hands.

He watches over us, He keeps us free from sin.

- Free from sin?

All I've seen from this town is nothing but sin.

I know everyone's secrets, the way I see it?

You're all gonna burn in hell.

- Sit back.

- And you all deserve it.

Sinners.

You know what this stands for?

Of course you do.

At one point, this symbol meant everything to me,

and now it represents nothing but lies.

- Nikki, I just wanna get you back to your house.

- "You are of your father, the devil,

and your will is to do your father's desires.

He was a murderer from the beginning,

and does not stand to the truth,

because there is no truth in him.

When he lies, it is out of his own character,

for he's a liar and the father of lies."

- John 8:44.

- Very good.

You should keep that verse in your head.

- Why?

- Because...

They're coming.

- Who's coming?

- May God have mercy on your soul, Jeremy.

Mama.

- What's going on?

- Nothing.

- Jeremy.

- It's over.

- What are you talking about?

- We can't see each other anymore.

- What did you do?

- Nothing, nothing, I swear to God,

but I have to leave.

She knows, Marie.

Somehow she found out, and if this gets out,

it's not gonna end well for both of us.

- What did she say to you? - Doesn't matter.

- You're not leaving until you tell me what's going on.

- She went on about two people named Abigail and Mary,

and they told her everything about us,

and apparently, everyone else in the town,

and before I dropped her off,

she said something about "They're coming."

Now it didn't sound like Nikki when she was talking,

and she sounded like a completely different person.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

the Thompsons have a raccoon problem.

- Do you believe us now?

- Why am I the only one that can see you?

- Because we are bonded.

Only those within our bloodlines can see us.

Only a pure child from our bloodlines

that lives among us can bring us back.

- Why isn't your face burnt?

- I realized it was wrong of me to show you

the results of what was done to me,

to scare you the way I did,

doesn't make me a very good grandmother now, does it?

- Oh, so now you got a conscience?

- We are not bad people, Nikki.

You're just misunderstood.

- Why would I trust witches?

- Witches is such a derogatory word.

We like to think of ourselves as beings of life itself.

Besides, have we lied to you?

Why would you trust those who have clearly misguided you?

All we wanted was to practice our own faith,

and that scared them.

You call us witches, just as they did,

but do you not understand who we were?

We waited centuries for you.

We knew. one day, we'd be awakened with word you'd arrived.

- Who awoke you?

- Our religion carried on

long after we were banished from this earth.

Someone made it known to our followers,

and with it, unlocked the door that kept us hidden.

- I want to know who it was that brought you to me.

- What did you say to Jeremy?

Answer me.

How dare you insinuate that I am unfaithful to your father?

How dare you suggest that I am sinful?

- You know them. - Know who?

- You saw her when you came into my room.

- What are you talking about?

- Mary.

- It's her, isn't it?

That tramp has infected you with ideas.

I knew the moment I heard she was going

to that college that this would happen.

Whatever she told you was lies.

Your father and I love each other, and the Lord.

I would never do anything to betray that love.

It hurts me deeply that you could even think

that I would do something like that to your father,

my own daughter believing

that I could commit such atrocities.

- I'm sorry, Mama.

- As you should be.

Your father and I need to go out tonight.

Dinner's in the oven.

I want you to pray for 10 minutes to redeem yourself.

Is that understood?

- Yes, Mama.

- Excuse me, Pastor? - Fran, so good to see you.

How may I help you?

- I was hoping you had a moment.

- Of course.

Have a seat.

Hopefully you're here to tell me

that Noah will be making an appearance on Sunday.

- I need to make a confession.

- Oh.

Well, as you know, we've...

Times have been hard and...

So what's been troubling you?

- You can assure me that this will remain between us?

- Fran, whatever you tell me does not leave this place.

- I know in teachings that life is sacred,

and we're all God's children.

For what I've done, I don't think I can be forgiven.

- Please, Fran.

God is forgiving.

- Not after what I've done, I don't think so.

- Tell me and together we can pray on it.

- No.

No, I can't.

I made a mistake coming here.

- I'm here to help, you came to me for guidance.

I won't be much good to you if you don't let me help you.

- I'm sorry I wasted your time, Pastor.

- Papa, what was that about?

- Confession.

- Oh.

I'm going over to Jake's for a little bit.

- Just be home for dinner.

- And the second roommate I had,

puked all over herself one night.

Even with my silent prayers running through my head,

I couldn't block out that awful sound.

Oh, and this date, I actually had a boy come up

and talk to me.

At the first mention of my faith, he was gone.

It was that bad.

- So Jake has a hard road in front of him.

- Hmm.

He'll be fine, I'll give him a few pointers.

- I'm sure you will.

- What does that mean?

- How close are you and Jake?

- You know, we've all been friends,

since we were kids.

- Closer than just friends, the two of you?

- What are you talking about?

We're nothing but friends.

- I saw you two at the location

where you said witches died yesterday.

- I was here all day.

- You're a fucking liar.

- What did you call me?

- Is he a good kisser?

Did you like opening your blouse for him?

- I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

I told you, I was here all day.

- I can't believe my own friend would take

the one I have affection for.

Did you fuck him? - What?

- I saw everything you did to him.

Did you find pleasure in it?

Was mama right when she said you had been corrupted?

- I, I don't...

I don't know what you're talking about.

- Liar. - I love you, Nikki.

I would never betray your trust.

- I've seen this stuff before.

Why did you draw this?

- I don't know, I...

It's the truth, Nikki.

- It's over, for all of you.

- You wanted me?

Here I am.

- Do you believe all that's been shown to you?

- I've seen enough.

- Then close your eyes and repeat after me.

From the fires of damnation --

- What's going to happen to me?

- My dear, a whole new world will open up to you,

one you never imagined existed.

Anything you dream of, anyone at your fingertips,

the possibilities are endless.

From this point forward,

your life will continue forever.

- From the fires of damnation...

- My blood is our blood. - My blood is our blood.

- Your knowledge is my knowledge.

- My life extends to those wrongfully accused.

- And return the flesh to those long perished.

- I ask for the visions of all

who have been unfaithful to me.

- I ask for the visions of all

who have been unfaithful to me.

- Everything you showed me was the truth.

- Welcome home.

- I want to know who it was that brought you to me

and who my real mother was.

- It is time for you to bring justice, not only for us,

but to those who led you down the path of deceit.

- I want to know.

- In due time.

The final sacrifice begins tonight.

who art in heaven.

- How can you pray after what you've done?

- You meant so much to all of us growing up.

You have no idea what it's like

to find out the truth about you and what you did.

You're just like the rest of them, destined to burn in hell.

- Everything has become much clearer.

the truth about everyone.

- Your mom and dad doesn't know.

- They're not my real family.

- Why, Mother?

- I was scared.

- Were you scared when you were conceiving me?

- I was foolish.

- Did you not think the judgment would fall upon you?

- You are so beautiful.

I ask for your forgiveness.

I made a terrible mistake.

- You ask for my forgiveness?

There was so much I could have done with my life,

and you took that from me.

- I would do anything that my Lord asks of me

to have you here with me.

- It's too late for that, Mother.

- Justice must be served, Fran.

- Justice must be served.

- Out of everybody, you disappointed me the most.

No one is going to save you now.

It felt as if my body was on fire.

- As it should.

- What does it mean?

- It means your soul is being cleansed.

- Amber, good to see you again.

- Nice to see you again, as well.

Be kind of hard to read without the lights on.

- If it's too much, we could always turn on the lights.

- It's okay.

It won't be my first time reading via candlelight.

- Please, have a seat. - Thank you.

I must admit I feel out of place.

All of you in black, and me in white.

- It's the way we dress on special occasions.

- What's this special occasion?

- Well, it's not that often we get someone

with such religious commitments here at Kelly University,

especially once we're willing to teach us

the ways of the Bible.

- And willing to tell us all about your friend back home.

- Nikki?

She so sweet.

She would love this.

- We wish she was here, as well.

- I must say what you told me about what happened in Perfect

makes a very scary, but interesting tale.

- Do you trust us, Amber?

- I have no reason not to.

You've all been so nice and inviting.

- We just wanna make you feel like you're at home.

- And I'm very grateful for that.

- We admire your dedication to your religion,

and letting us into your world.

Would you be willing to allow us to let you into our world?

- I cannot let myself be persuaded

into dealings of the dark.

- Well, there's nothing dark about this.

- Allow us to show you what your book won't.

- I don't know.

- We gave you a chance.

Please give us one.

You'd be helping people in ways

you never thought possible.

- Helping people how?

- By allowing them to find someone

they've been searching for

for a long time, and bring them home.

- You wanna help them, don't you, Amber?

- Yes.

- Close your eyes and repeat after us.

- I don't know. - There's nothing

to worry about.

- My soul and mind to us.

- To witness the Perfect Eight.

- To bring justice to those ancestors

and lead them back to their rightful place.

- To bring justice to those ancestors,

and bring them back to their rightful place.

- To carry on their faith as we have.

- What do you see, Amber?

- Death, women hung,

pleading for help with her last gas of air.

A little girl scared and alone?

Perfect.

A daughter.

Nikki?

- Is this the faith you believe in?

- No.

- Do you wanna help them, Amber?

- Yes.

- Nikki has come home.

The circle is complete.

- What are we going to do, Rob?

- We just have to have faith in the Lord

that we're gonna get through this.

- Unless the Lord has a whole lot of money,

I don't think He's gonna be much help.

- We can get through these things.

We've done it before.

- I know.

We have to watch how much we're donating to the church.

I understand how important it is, but at what cost?

The house?

Amber's education?

- We can cut back, all right?

Amber's just gonna have to understand

that she's not going back.

Okay?

It's okay.

What are you wearing, young lady?

- You're gonna take that off right now.

- I'm going back and there's nothing you can do about it.

Don't be afraid.

Judgment day has fallen upon us.

- The devil is upon you.

- The devil has nothing to do with it.

- Amber...

- You know, I understand Mrs. Strange

getting out with Jeremy,

but you my, dear mother, I give you credit for doing

with Mr. Strange to save the family a few bucks.

- What is she talking about, Lisa?

- She's lying.

I would never do anything like that.

Confess to your husband before it's too late.

- Lisa, what is she talking about?

- I made a deal with James.

When I found out that we can never pay for the church,

I did what I had to do to keep the church going.

I'm sorry.

- And you did it in the middle of the living room.

Tsk-tsk-tsk.

- Amber, you need to stop whatever you're doing right now,

and let us go.

- I'm not finished. - Yes, you are.

I know we should have never sent you to that place.

It's a haven for evil.

I swear if there was anything that I --

- Nikki will decide the fate of this town,

and believe me when I say, I will be doing you a favor.

- Please.

I love you.

Let God back into your life.

- I'm sorry, Lisa.

It's too late for that.

Don't worry.

You'll be seeing Him.

God damn in.

Look what you did.

I love these heels.

- Hey, baby.

- I didn't mean to startle you.

- Little creepy hanging out in the back over there.

- I'm sorry, baby.

Why don't you come here, and I'll make it up to you.

- I still don't think this is a good idea.

- Because of what Nikki said?

You don't need to worry about that.

She hasn't been feeling much like herself lately.

- That may be true, but this still isn't right.

- You're really gonna let this opportunity pass you by?

- What the fuck?

- It's not a very nice thing to say now, is it?

- Where's Marie? - Doesn't matter where she is.

I'm here now and the deal still stands.

- Listen, everything that happened between me and your mom,

it was all her idea.

It was her fault.

- Interesting. - Nikki, I broke it off.

Moving forward, there's nothing that's gonna be

happening between me and her.

- Promise me?

- I swear to God.

- Oh, Jeremy, I told you, may God have mercy on your soul,

and now you're swearing your life to Him?

Not a good idea.

It's times like these I'm glad I was shown the truth.

- Nikki, please stop.

- Oh, do you think I have anything to do

with what's happening to you?

- I made a mistake. - A mistake?

You know what a mistake is?

Believing anything any of you had to say.

May your insides burn like the flames of hell.

- Nikki?

What's going on here?

Where did you get that shirt?

- "I miss you so much.

College life has been stressful to say the least,

but I know I have God to guide me through it."

Aw, isn't that sweet?

"I'm still waiting to get a letter from you.

I hope you didn't forget about me.

Anyways, I'm already looking forward

to seeing you in the summer.

Love you, Nikki.

May God be with you.

Love, Amber."

Quite the entrepreneurial thing Bob has got going on,

and this, found this little piece of wardrobe

in the same closet as all this shit.

- You had no right to go into our room.

- Now I know where you've been hiding all these years,

you whore.

You know something,

Mama?

I have lived my entire life under yours and Papa's rules,

but those days are over.

You know what really pissed me off?

It wasn't that you were fucking Jeremy,

which won't ever be happening again,

or that Papa was scamming the entire town.

No, it was this.

You hid these from me.

- We were trying to protect you.

- Liar.

You used the Word of God to mask the truth, to lie.

You did nothing as Papa thought his sick fantasies of me,

and to fuck with me even more,

I found this, as well.

Is this why you didn't want me hanging around Amber?

Is it?

- Ask her what her and James did to my daughter.

Your true mother.

- What did you do?

Answer me.

- I met Carrie-Ann in college.

She was so outgoing, and we connected immediately.

She was a member of a sorority, a leader of a group of women

who followed the same faith that your mother did.

The magic they performed

was mesmerizing and amazing.

They worshiped her like I did,

'cause she taught them how to get anything

or anybody that they wanted.

She would tell these stories about

how her family was slaughtered

by the townspeople of Perfect,

how one day they would come back and seek revenge,

and when that day happened, that she would reward them

with unimaginable treasures.

She said that she was the only one

who escaped that horrible night.

It never occurred to me how crazy that sounded,

because she would have been centuries old.

- Simple-minded fools.

- When I met your father, he not only took my heart,

but he showed me the ways of the Lord.

Yes, your mother despised this,

but she found him desirable.

She used magic to force him to conceive a child with her,

a child conceived with a follower of God

and a resident of the town that killed her forefathers.

A child that she waited centuries to bring into this world,

a child who would bring her family back from the dead.

He didn't know what happened,

but I knew what she did.

When I found out, I was so angry,

but I forgave him,

and we kept it in for months, knowing what we must do.

I couldn't harm the precious life growing inside her,

but once you were born, we had to protect you.

So we...

- What did you do?

- We couldn't...

We couldn't let you fall into the same evil

your mother came from.

We had no choice.

- What did my mother look like?

- You have it in your mind to see her.

- You turned out to be

a beautiful young girl, Nikki.

- Mom?

- It's a pleasure to see you again, my daughter.

- It's good to see you too, Mother.

- How could you possibly be my mother?

- The possibilities of the craft

from which you were conceived are endless.

The powers you hold within,

you can do amazing things, Nikki.

My life would've continued on forever if it wasn't for her.

I could have watched you grow up with my own eyes.

I could have protected you

from the deception you were raised in.

I suppose I can only be grateful

for the one who allowed our followers to find you

and bring forth the resurrection of our people.

- Don't listen to these demons.

Let God back into your life, Nikki.

- Now that you are where you truly belong,

we can be together again.

- I'm sorry, Nikki.

I only wanted to keep you safe.

Please, they're not who they seem to be.

They stand against everything

that you were brought up to believe.

- And what's that?

- To love and cherish the people close to you.

- You know what I think?

I think it's jealousy.

I think you couldn't stand that I wasn't your real daughter.

That I was a child, a bastard child from an affair

between father and my real mother.

- It's not true.

I love you, Nikki.

- You love no one

besides the blind hatred towards my mother.

That's why you allowed Father

to stare at me when I was vulnerable,

to fuck Jeremy, so you could feel the pleasure

of cheating on Father, just like he did you.

You murdered my mother. - God, save me.

- He's not listening.

- We must go.

The sacrifice has begun.

- There's two I don't wanna hurt.

- We know, dear.

He is spared and you may enjoy his pleasure

whenever you desire.

- There's one last thing I need to do.

- Welcome home, Papa.

- Nikki, what are you doing?

- I've sinned, Papa,

I need to be punished.

- What's going on here?

Where did you get that?

- The belt?

- The stuff on the floor.

- That.

You know, Mama had the same very question.

- Where's your mother?

- You're taking the fun out of this.

Mama committed adultery,

and I tried to get her to pray with me,

but she couldn't see her way to do it.

She's in the bathroom.

- No, no, no, no.

Marie.

No.

- You neglected your wife, James.

She was unfaithful, so I did

what I thought needed to be done.

I'm taking care of your greed.

I'm cleansing the world of sinners.

I'm doing the Lord's work, Papa.

The least you could do is thank me.

- Please, stop.

- The Lord will never have mercy on your soul.

- Mom.

Mom, where's everyone going?

Mom, what are you doing?

Mom.

- Where are the rest of them?

- Our apologies.

Some of us took it upon ourself to follow our Savior

and eliminate most of the town's people

before the sacrifice.

- It's fine, Mother, for today, our lives begin again.

- You two.

Come forward.

There's something about you.

- What's going on here?

- Your roots are buried deep in this town.

- Matthew...

What have you done to him?

- Answer my question.

- My family started the town.

- Does the name Arthur come to mind?

- Well, yeah.

He's the one that started Perfect.

I don't see what this has to do with anything.

- Oh, what a handsome young man.

I too have a beautiful daughter

who died at the hands of Arthur.

Do you have any idea what it's like

to watch the one you love die right before your very eyes?

- I swear to God, if you harm him --

- God?

Free his mind.

- Dad.

- Tell him everything's gonna be all right.

- It's gonna be okay, son.

I'm going to --

- Matthew.

- May that image be the last you see

before you're sent to burn in hell,

your body, your mind for us to control.

This is the beginning of our glorious return,

for our lost prodigy has returned home

to give us back the flesh and blood

that was so wrongfully taken from us,

my granddaughter, who suffered through the torture

of falsehoods and pain, has seen the light

of the treacherous murder of her mother, my daughter.

- My family.

The time has come for us to cleanse this town,

and begin a new chapter in Perfect.

Come forward, Jake.

- What's going on, Nikki?

- I know this may all seem out of the ordinary,

but trust me when I say, everything is going to be fine.

- What's going on with my mom?

Who are these people?

What have they done to everyone?

- I know her thoughts about you, as does my family.

Jake, this town is nothing like what we were led to believe.

- What are you talking about?

- My heart to your heart, may they beat as one.

May our desires carry us into a world full of lust,

love and sin.

Your love for me shall never waver.

- You've broken free

from what blinded you from what you wanted.

- It's best you don't see what's about to happen.

You all will now face judgment

for the crimes of your ancestors.

Sinners. - Sinners.

Don't worry, Madeline,

I'll take good care of your son.

- It was a pleasure to witness,

all made possible by the three of you.

Nikki, it is these three ladies who led us to you.

Without them, we'd be lost forever.

- It is an honor to finally meet you, Nikki.

- We've heard so much about you.

- Our studies of your people's craft have brought us life.

- But we can't take all the credit.

- We were, as you would've said, blessed

to find someone who would allow us

to deliver your family to you.

- Amber?

I'm sorry I had to come to this,

but we knew it would be too difficult

to break you away from your beliefs.

- It was you? - When I met these girls,

my life changed forever, just like yours has.

- Why would you do this to me?

- I didn't do anything except help open your eyes.

- Where are your parents?

- We gave them to God just like they would've wanted.

- Without Amber, we would've never have found you,

and we would've been trapped in the darkness forever.

- Think of the possibilities.

We can spread our devotion anywhere we want,

a new religion to consume the fraud

that we once gave our hearts to.

- This is what you were born to do.

You are our savior.

- It's because of you

this town has been cleansed from imperfection.

We may now move forward to seize the opportunity

to perfect all those who will listen,

just as your mother had done.

- You are of pure bloodlines,

and I can only imagine the knowledge that flows through you,

and I would be honored, as your friend,

for you to teach me everything you know.

- What have I done?

- What you've done is to fulfill your destiny.

- Give in to your desires.

- Your new life begins tonight.

We can be together like we were always meant to be.

- I call upon the winds of death.

- Nikki, what are you doing?

- To cast us all into a never-ending darkness.

- If you do this, you're throwing yourself

into that darkness, as well.

- Daughter, don't do this.

- May the winds of death

carry our souls forever into the night.

- I never got to tell you how much you mean to me.

- Nikki?

- Jake, I know this isn't easy for you,

but we need to find out what happened.

- Please, son, you are the only one at the scene,

so you need to understand, this does not look good.

- The seventh deadly sin, sloth, if I remember correctly.

Did you avoid your spiritual belief?

- Do you believe in the human soul?

- That has nothing to do with this.

- But it does.

There's so much more to this than you can imagine.

- What else is there to imagine?

An entire town has been slaughtered.

Your own mother was found hanging with several others,

not to mention the bodies scattered throughout town.

- Please, Jake, what happened

to Nikki Strange and Amber Holden?

Their bodies were never found.

Do you know where they went?

- Oh, you think this is funny?

Right now, you're an accessory to murder.

You know what that means?

That means that you will be locked up for life,

unless you cooperate.

- Let him sit here for a while.

- Everything's going to be fine, Jake.

- Will I be with God now?

- You'll be with me.