EXT. WOODS - NIGHT
Mason is following the trail while looking visibly frustrated when he reaches another fork in the road. He checks his map with his flashlight and then shines it on the 2 trails.
The air is silent as Mason hears people coming up the trail from behind him. He turns off his flashlight and walks behind a tree and crouches in the darkness. He gets out his axe and waits for the voices to get closer. Mason jumps out and sees Alex, Lewis, Hailey, Sarah, and Erin, they all scream with fright but then they catch their breaths. Lewis is still with the Vodka bottle.
JAMES
Who the fuck are you?!
MASON
Calm down! I'm sorry. I thought you were crazies.
ALEX
Says the guy with the fucking axe?!
LEWIS
How do we know you're not crazy?
MASON
Let's not do this, I'll just leave.
Mason walks on and tries to leave the others behind.
Erin looks as though she's about to say something before James steps forward to get Mason's attention again.
JAMES
Wait, I know you..
Mason Stops and turns around.
JAMES (CONT'D)
You're Mason, I think my brother was in the same year as you.
LEWIS
Yeah, that's right. I used to hear all kinds of shit about you.
ALEX
I heard you nearly burned down the school or something.
JAMES
I heard you punched one of the caretakers.
ERIN
Where have you been all this time?
MASON
My mother got sick during college, I dropped out to take care of her.
HAILEY
What are you doing out here?
MASON
(Flippant)
I'm going to Ryker, I need to talk to one of the Satan worshippers and see if I can find my father.
Erin notices what Mason says, she looks conflicted as she wants to speak up but can't.
JAMES
YOU ARE READING
Vigil
Mystery / ThrillerA man finds out his absent father was a well known serial killer, who was behind the disappearance of his childhood first love at the age of 12. He goes out for revenge by looking into the urban legends around his father's murders. That are based...