Chase's Chase - Episode 8

EXT. INSIDE CHASES BEDROOM - NIGHT

CHASE starts having sudden hallucinations. Multiple voices start chanting different statements in his ears. CHASE stands up, awoken by the voices.

VOICE 1

Get back in bed Chase!

CHASE

What the fuck is going on?

VOICE 2

It's Harper!

CHASE

Harper?

VOICE 3

Such a fucking idiot. He'd never survive in Jersey.

VOICE 4

Just play along, Chase.

CHASE sits down and puts his head between his legs.

VOICE 1

Now he listens.

CHASE

Why are there so many voices?

VOICE 2

It's called psychosis, dear.

CHASE

Psychosis? Isn't that just twenty-four seven?

VOICE 2

Nope. You've got it bad this time, dear.

VOICE 3

Like I said before, he's a fucking idiot.

CHASE gets up from his bed and turns his light on. Suddenly before his face, stands the figure of another face that resembles his own. The face sits there, smoking a big joint.

FACE FIGURE

Calm down, Chase. It's a hallucination.

CHASE suddenly runs out of his bedroom. ARMANI wakes up from the couch. CHASE runs past him and outside into the night. The voices shout in CHASES ears.

CHASE

Harper!

ARMANI comes outside and pulls CHASE into his arms.

INT. INSIDE THE HOSPITAL - DAY

CHASE stomps the halls of the psychiatric unit of the hospital.

VOICE 4

Well isn't he cranky.

VOICE 1

It's cause he wants to get out already, you fools. You're crazy, bud. You can't get out.

CHASE walks up to the side of the nurses station.

CHASE

May I please make a phone call?

NURSE

Sure.

NURSE hands a phone to CHASE. CHASE dials in ARMANIS number.

ARMANI

Chase, we already talked about this.

CHASE

Please, Armani. They're making me feel even crazier in here.

ARMANI

Not until the doctor says you can leave, Chase.

CHASE

Fuck you, dude.

CHASE dramatically hangs up the phone. He walks back over to the nurses station and places the phone down harshly.

The nurses look up but don't say anything. CHASE walks back to his room and closes and door behind him. CHASES roommate is an old man, who's laying in his bed. His roommates eyes are open but he lays there motionless. CHASE sighs and walks over to his bed. He takes a seat on his bed, his back to his roommate. Tears start to appear in CHASES eyes.

CHASE

I need to get the fuck out of here.

VOICE 2

You just got here Chase.

CHASE

Exactly. It's only been a day and it's already making me lose my mind more.

ROOMMATE

Who are you talking to, bud?

CHASE looks over his shoulder at ROOMMATE staring at him. CHASE turns around and looks forward again.

CHASE

No one.

Tears fill CHASES eyes.

CHASE

Literally.

CHASE wipes away the little bit of tears on his face. CHASE picks up his paper bag that the staff had given him when he first walked in. He looks around in it.

CHASE

They took my fucking notebook.

ROOMMATE

You can use the ones they gave us. You're just not aloud to have it because of the spiral that's holding it all together.

CHASE

I didn't even say anything about hurting myself when I came in, though.

ROOMMATE

What are you here for then?

CHASE rolls his eyes and falls back into the bed.

CHASE

My friends think I'm crazy because I have schizophrenia.

ROOMMATE

Are you on medications?

CHASE

No.

ROOMMATE

Well then that's the real reason you're here. Not because you're crazy or your friends thinking you are. You just need something to ease it all.

CHASE

I don't want to take medications though.

ROOMMATE

Do you like hearing the voices?

CHASE

I don't know. It's hard to say. I just hate it when there's a ton at once.

ROOMMATE

There's someone else here with Schizophrenia but she doesn't like hearing the voices. I think the meds they've put her on have made the voices quiet down a little bit at least.

CHASE sits up.

CHASE

Wait, there's someone else here that hears voices?

ROOMMATE

Yeah. She's just a few rooms down from us.

CHASE stands and heads towards the door. CHASE leans his head out and looks down the hallway in the direction of the woman's room. CHASE turns around and goes back into the room. CHASE sits back down on the bed, this time facing ROOMMATE.

ROOMMATE

You should talk with her. She's very kind. You'd never guess she had it though.

CHASE

Literally. I thought I was the only one here with this curse of a disorder.

CHASE smacks his head with his hands.

ROOMMATE

Well don't do that though. If the nurses catch you doing that they might write it down and then you'll have all the eyes of those in those scrubs in here on you.

CHASE

Yeah, let's avoid that then.

CHASE stands up and walks to the bathroom.

CHASE

I'm gonna take a shower. Do you need the bathroom at all before?

ROOMMATE shakes his head.

ROOMMATE

All good, buddy.

ROOMMATE gives a thumbs up. CHASE nods his head and goes into the bathroom. CHASE closes the door behind him and then rests his head on the door. Tears start to form in CHASES eyes. CHASE starts crying.

CHASE

Such a psychotic idiot. That's all I am now. A psychotic idiot.

CHASE walks over to the shower and opens the curtains. CHASE observes the shower. CHASE presses the button and the water starts. CHASE feels the water and it's freezing cold. CHASE wipes the tears from his eyes and has an irritated expression now, instead.

CHASE

Fuck my life.

INT. INSIDE CHRIS'S TRUNK - PAST MIDNIGHT

HARPER awakes. HARPER moves her body and realizes her hands are duck taped behind her back.

HARPER

(whispers)

Fuck!

HARPER moves her feet and finds out they're not tied together like how her hands are.

HARPER

Fuck yes!

HARPERS eyes go wide.

JORDAN

Did you hear that?

CHRIS

Hear what?

JORDAN

Never mind.

CHRIS

Are you manic again?

HARPER raises her eyebrows.

JORDAN

Shut the fuck up.

HARPER calms down. HARPER starts moving her foot around to feel for the taillight. Once HARPER finds the taillight she starts kicking at it. HARPER finally kicks out the taillight.

JORDAN

Okay. I swear I heard something again.

CHRIS

I think you're manic.

HARPER raises her eyebrows.

JORDAN

Chris!

CHRIS

We'll stop and pick up your meds first.

HARPER

(whispers)

I can wait for that.

They drive along and HARPER remains silent the whole time but her mind is rushing. HARPERS hands start to sweat. The sweat drips down to her wrist and HARPER winces.

HARPER

(whisper)

They must have cut me on accident or I was fighting back at first and just don't remember anymore. Did they wack my head too or something? If only I could use my hands to check.

The car starts slowing down and grabs HARPERS attention. HARPER kicks at the taillight. Nothing happens so HARPER kicks two more times. The taillight comes out. The car stops.

JORDAN

What the fuck did you run over?

CHRIS

I didn't. It's probably just the bitch in the back. Go quickly.

HARPER gets her body into a ball and then turns it so her face is now looking out the open taillight hole.

HARPER

(whispers)

Yes!

JORDAN gets out of the car and runs to the house. CHRIS looks in the mirror but doesn't catch anything. HARPER rubs her hands back and forth. HARPERS wrist start to burn and tears fill her eyes. HARPER keeps on rubbing her arms and hands back and forth until she's finally free.

HARPER

(whispers)

Grazie e Tapadh leat und go raibh maith agat, everyone.

HARPER closes her eyes and takes in a deep breath.

VOICE 1

GO!

HARPER jumps at the voice but listens. HARPER reaches her hand out and opens the trunk. HARPER jumps out of the trunk and starts running.

CHRIS opens the car door and gets outside. CHRIS starts running after HARPER. HARPER runs through neighbors yards. CHRIS tries to keep up but gives up. CHRIS gets his gun out. JORDAN suddenly catches up to CHRIS.

JORDAN

She got out, didn't she? Do you want me to go chase after her?

CHRIS

No. It's too late. Just get in the fucking car. We'll find her.

JORDAN

It's going to be hilarious if she tries to report us.

CHRIS and JORDAN both laugh.

INT. INSIDE THE HOSPITAL - PAST MIDNIGHT

CHASE rolls back and forth in his tiny hospital bed.

VOICE 3

Hey, Chase?

CHASE rolls again and opens his eyes. CHASES eyes grow irritated.

VOICE 3

Chase? You wanna know our names.

CHASE

Whatever.

VOICE 3

I'm Bradley. Bitchy face Bradley. Get it? Always bitching in your face.

VOICE 1

I'm Cesar. My mother thought I had a calling for the limelight.

CHASE

No shit. Both your names match.

VOICE 2

I'm Rosa. Always handing you a rose to try and brighten my day.

Just remember they have thorns though, so don't expect there not to be a bit of blood involved when I'm around.

CHASE

How many of you are there again?

VOICE 4

Only four.

CHASE

Well what's your name?

VOICE 4

My name's Iyana. Cause I've got my eye on ya. Get it?

CHASE

I like Iyana the most.

VOICE 4

Comedy. One of the best healing tactics.

VOICE 2

Very true, Iyana. Very true.

VOICE 3

So what are you gonna do, Chase?

CHASE

Try to get the fuck out of here.

VOICE 2

You're sick, Chase.

CHASE

Everyone's a little mentally ill. And I'm not sick!

VOICE 1

It's called psychosis.

CHASE

You've already said that a shit ton of fucking times now.

The door to CHASE and ROOMMATES room opens. NURSE sticks their head in and checks on CHASE and ROOMMATE. NURSE closes the door and the room goes back to being dark.

CHASE

How do I get you all to shut thee fuck up?

VOICE 2

Oh hunny. You just need to take medication and then we'll go away. We have something we need to tell you before though.

VOICE 1

It's about Harper, Chase.

CHASE suddenly sits up in his bed.

CHASE

(Shouts)

Harper!

ROOMMATES eyes fly open.

ROOMMATE

What?! What's going on? Is it the Germans?!

CHASE

The Germans?

ROOMMATE looks around the room in confusion.

ROOMMATE

There's nothing. There's nothing.

ROOMMATE shakes his head and lays back down in bed. ROOMMATE pulls his covers over his head and starts snoring. CHASE pulls his own covers up over his head.

CHASE

(whispers)

What happened to Harper? I swear something happened to her. I could feel it. I can still feel it now.

VOICE 2

Chase, calm down.

VOICE 3

Good luck with that. He's gonna keep going crazier and crazier until he's out of here.

CHASE

(whispers)

That's why I never come here.

That's why I never go near any of them.

VOICE 2

Do you mean psych workers, Chase?

VOICE 3

Chase is meant for a psych ward though. You know it, buddy. I mean you started thinking you were solving a crime and about to become a detective.

VOICE 1

Shut the fuck up Bradley. Serial Killers are stupid people anyways.

VOICE 4

Yeah they are pretty fucking stupid.

CHASE

(whispers aggressively)

What?! That's offensive to the victims.

VOICE 1

Do you remember those voices you were hearing before us?

CHASE

(whispers)

Yeah. Ashton and Elyse.

VOICE 3

Stupid people.

VOICE 1

Yeah, Ellyse and Ashton. So think over the state of Ashton and Elyse's victims before their death. How was that young Italian woman?

CHASE

(whispers)

She was drunk off her ass.

VOICE 1

That's how the blue crew gets their victims.

CHASE

(whispers)

The blue crew?

VOICE 3

It's Chris's favorite color. His ethnic package screams Swiss.

CHASE

(whispers)

The blue crew.

VOICE 2

Look at the memories of the hallucinations, Chase. You'll remember.

CHASE closes his eyes and tries to think back. CHRIS'S light blue car shows up but it's not a memory CHASE has seen before.

CHASE

(whispers)

These aren't from my memory though. What is this?

CHASE suddenly teleports into the hallucination.

INT. CHRIS'S BASEMENT - NIGHT

CHASE is now in a basement thats floor is completely dirt. CHASE walks around and over to the stairs.

THE SOUND OF MUFFLED VOICES COMES FROM UPSTAIRS

CHASE walks up the stairs slowly, trying to not make a sound.

CHRIS

It doesn't matter anymore. She's dead.

JORDAN

It feels like a loss though. Like a loss in fun now that she's gone. When do you think you'll find another person to pull that shit on again?

CHRIS

Whenever I stop running into idiots. She's been the only one close to intelligent so far and I've gotten quite a few people in this region of this fucking country and she's the only one who wasn't easy to get.

They say this area is known for the intelligent states within it but these shits I keep getting are the idiotic ones of their states. I need someone smart again. Someone like her but smarter.

JORDAN

Why? I thought it was fun enough.

CHRIS

Because I was still able to kill her.

JORDAN

You want one that stay alive?

CHRIS

I want a person that makes me want to keep them alive.

JORDAN

What if they report us though?

CHRIS

They wouldn't be able to. We'd kidnap them and keep them down there.

JORDAN

Whoever they are is going to be spooked up by a dead body being there.

CHASE shakes his head in disgust. CHASE quietly makes his way back down the stairs, their voices fading off into the distance as he does. Once CHASE is at the bottom of the stairs he walks around, investigating the ground below his feet.

A NOISE COMES FROM THE GROUND BEHIND CHASE

CHASE turns around and looks at the ground. There's the outline of a rectangle, having the dirt go up a little more, as if someone put the dirt there themselves. The dirt suddenly starts moving.

CHASE

Woah. What the fuck?

A hand suddenly comes out of the dirt.

CHASE

Holy fucking shit.

CHASE goes to reach for the hand but the second he touches it the hallucination goes black.

INT. THE LIVING ROOM - DAY

ARMANI, JACK and LIA each sit next to each other on the couch watching a tv show. It's a tv show about cops, EMTs and Firefighters.

JACK

Why are we watching this shit?

ARMANI has his cheek resting on his hand, his face looking aggravated.

ARMANI

Because it's entertaining.

LIA

Armani, none of us here think cops are entertaining.

ARMANI

I'm not here for the cops, I'm here for the EMT's mostly.

LIA

I like some of the firefighters too, to be honest.

JACK

Should I be worried about you leaving me for a firefighter?

LIA

Shut up babe.

LIA and JACK kiss.

ARMANI

If you two start making out I'm going to put Dexter on the television.

LIA and JACK stop kissing. LIA and JACK both look over at ARMANI. LIA touches ARMANIS shoulder.

LIA

Are you okay Armani?

ARMANI

Yeah. I'm just worried is all. He called me over and over again yesterday and now I haven't heard a ring from my phone since then.

JACK

That's really a lonely life if he's your only ring, buddy.

JACK reaches over and pats ARMANI on the shoulder.

LIA

Maybe we should go and check on Harper. It was her name that he was screaming before he had to go to the hospital.

JACK

That's true. Did he tell you why he was screaming her name?

ARMANI

No. He just keeps going on about how the hospital is making him feel crazier.

LIA

Has he had to go before?

ARMANI

No this is his first time.

JACK

He hasn't even had any surgeries.

LIA

Poor Chase. He's probably just uncomfortable. I bet hearing Harpers okay will brighten his day at least a little bit.

JACK

Yeah!

JACK gets up from the couch.

JACK

Let's go check on her! We gotta change this day around for him.

ARMANI sighs.

ARMANI

You two are right.

ARMANI stands up next to JACK. ARMANI goes and grabs his jacket. ARMANI puts the jacket on and comes back into the room.

ARMANI

But we're playing my fucking music.

INT. INSIDE THE HOSPITAL - DAY

CHASE sits with a big group of people. Each of them sit at tables, four per one. In front of them stands ARIANA, the main counselor of the hospital and the one assigned to CHASE. Worksheets of paper sits on the tables in front of each patient.

CHASE

Fuck this shit.

MALE PATIENT 1 looks up at CHASE.

VOICE 2

You need this place right now, Chase.

CHASE

The only place I need is a car to chase down that blue crew.

MALE PATIENT 1

What? Who's the blue crew?

CHASE glares at the guy.

CHASE

None of your fucking business.

MALE PATIENT 1 gets up from his seat, irritated.

MALE PATIENT 1

Fucking crazy guy.

MALE PATIENT 1 points his finger at CHASE.

MALE PATIENT 1

Always making weird faces and talking to the sky.

MALE PATIENT 1 storms out of the room. Everyone else looks at CHASE. ARIANA gives CHASE a concerned look. The class continues on anyways.

VOICE 1

Fucking A Chase way just talk to us in your head.

CHASES face grows even more irritated than before, himself now becoming angry. SOCIAL WORKER opens the door and leans into the room.

SOCIAL WORKER

Can we have Chase, please?

ARIANA

Yes, of course.

ARIANA nods her head at CHASE with a smile. CHASE gets up from his seat and heads towards the door. CHASE follows SOCIAL WORKER to the room next door, which is filled with Psych workers. Inside the room is PSYCHIATRIST 1, PSYCHIATRIST 2, an INTERN, and a few other people. INTERN is smiling at CHASE as he walks in, while PSYCHIATRIST 1 and PSYCHIATRIST 2 look down at their papers. The rest of the people just sit in silence.

SOCIAL WORKER

You can take a seat wherever.

CHASE sits down.

PSYCHIATRIST 1

Hello, Chase.

Both PSYCHIATRIST 1 and PSYCHIATRIST 2 finally look up from their papers.

PSYCHIATRIST 1

I see you've been having some hallucinations and delusional thoughts.

CHASE

My thoughts have not been delusional. They're about real problems going on outside these doors right now. In your own area.

PSYCHIATRIST 2

Uh-huh. So how long have you been hearing voices Chase?

CHASE

Since I was a teenager, probably.

PSYCHIATRIST 1

So would you say at the age of sixteen or seventeen.

CHASE

Seventeen.

PSYCHIATRIST 2

And what do they typically say, Chase?

CHASE

They used to say things about the theories they had but now they just typically talk about current day criminals.

PSYCHIATRIST 2

Now what were some of those theories?

CHASE

Stuff about war, films. Like Israel planning a bigger attack on the Palestinians. New movies that were about to be previewed on Netflix and then soon shown to watch. They'd sing to me new songs that I'd never listened to before. They'd tell me whenever alien sightings had taken place and where. Also when disasters such as train crashes or planes going missing were about to happen. A scary one was when they told me whenever someone I knew went to Europe.

INTERN

(happily.)

That's quite a lot, Chase. Were there anything they said then that wasn't connected to theories.

CHASE

Just either weird or funny stuff.

INTERN

Could you quote some for us?

CHASE becomes embarrassed and his face grows a little pink.

CHASE

Umm.. sure.

CHASE scratches his head.

CHASE

They'd bring up stuff from the past that I'd understand. Like, Queen Isabella of Portugal and her hate towards Jewish people and her attack on them. Another quote they said once was, "Get off my counter top, you turkey." Which I guess I see the message as to rid of Thanksgiving, which I've gotta say, shake on that one.

INTERN nods his head while writing down what CHASE is saying on a piece of paper.

CHASE

One time they kept saying, "Welcome Diana to the black parade." Which I don't understand, besides it relating to her death back in 1997. Aside from weird things like that they typically just helped me learn other languages. They'd speak to me in German, Gaelic, and a few others. It helped, surprisingly.

INTERN

I've gotta say these are some strange information that they'd share with you. Good thing not all the things they'd tell you were bad.

PSYCHIATRIST 1

(to PSYCHIATRIST 2)

I'd say psychosis.

CHASE

Excuse me?

PSYCHIATRIST 2

We just think you may have been experiencing psychosis for a while, Chase. Just based on the information you gave us.

PSYCHIATRIST 1

Let's try this one.

PSYCHIATRIST 1 points at something he wrote down on the piece of paper in front of him. PSYCHIATRIST 2 nods his head.

CHASE

I don't need medicine!

PSYCHIATRIST 1 looks up at CHASE and observes him.

PSYCHIATRIST 1

Uh-huh. We understand, but while you're in here we are going to put you on some.

CHASE

Well then let me out of here.

PSYCHIATRIST 2

You can't leave anymore, Chase. You're now here involuntary.

CHASE stands up aggressively. CHASE is now very angry.

CHASE

Fuck no. I'm leaving here today.

PSYCHIATRIST 2

Chase, you'll leave here once it's safe to. We promise.

CHASE flips over SOCIAL WORKERS coffee cup and storms out of the room. He races to the doors and tries to open them. When he turns around all the nurses are there. In one of the nurses hands is a cup filled with pills. CHASE points at the cup.

CHASE

Fuck no! Fuck to the hell no!

NURSE 2

It's going to be a lot worse if you don't take them this way, Chase. They'll pull out the needles instead.

NURSE 3

Maybe it's time for a rest too, Chase. Take the meds and they'll help. I made sure to add an Lorazepam for you to help you calm down.

Tears start to form in CHASES eyes. CHASE looks up and sees one of the security guards coming over.

CHASE

Okay.

CHASE reaches his hand out.

CHASE

I'll take the pills.

Tears fill CHASES eyes. CHASE takes the pills and then looks down at the ground. The nurses walk him to his room. CHASE closes the door behind him. ROOMMATE is still asleep in his bed.

VOICE 1

Just talk in your head, Chase. Let it out.

CHASE lets out a loud scream in his mind.