Sam is sitting behind his desk. Natasha is leaning against the corner of the desk.

SAM

You did good for your first time out. We did some righteous work.

NATASHA

I had a wicked fun time.

SAM

Why are you so fascinated by the macabre?

NATASHA

I guess I’m just a nec-romantic at heart.

Natasha grins. Sam scowls. He reaches into his desk drawer and pulls out a zip-up bank deposit bag.

SAM

Why don’t you take our earnings down to the bank, and then you can have the rest of the day off.

Sam hands the bag to Natasha.

NATASHA

Sounds good to me boss.

Natasha heads for the door, stops, and turns back to Sam.

NATASHA

Get some sleep. You look like the living dead.

Natasha winks and blows Sam a kiss. She turns and exits. Sam kicks back in his chair. His eyelids grow heavy and he dozes off.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. DREAM TUNNEL - NIGHT

Sam slips into a dream. He rockets down a dark tunnel. Soon the tunnel fills with colorful lights and shapes. The shapes mutate into horrible twisted faces.

Späsmodeus appears. He laughs at Sam. Then the Werewolf, Araina, the Witch, and Necro show up. They all laugh. Finally, Sam sees the anguished faces of the Girl, from the exorcism, the Woman, from the Werewolf attack, and Junior.

Suddenly, everything goes black.

INT. GROTTO - NIGHT

Sam finds himself inside a rock grotto. The room is illuminated by flaming torches. There is a circle of people clad in black robes and hoods. Within their circle are two people strapped to an altar. Sam can’t see their faces.

He steps forward trying to see the identity of the people strapped to the altar. The DARK PRIEST, a large hooded man, intercepts Sam. The Dark Priest’s face cannot be seen.

DARK PRIEST

Not yet.

The Dark Priest slaps Sam hard across the face.

INT. SAM’S OFFICE - NIGHT

Sam is asleep, with his head on the desk, when he awakens with a jolt. Standing in front of him is LILITH, a drop-dead (pun intended) gorgeous woman. She is wearing a short sexy dress and spike-heeled shoes.

LILITH

Did I wake you?

SAM

What can I help you with?

LILITH

You’re Sinister Sam. I’ve heard interesting things about you.

SAM

From who?

LILITH

Word gets around.

Lilith walks around to the side of the desk. She sits on the corner and crosses her legs.

LILITH

I need your help.

Sam catches himself looking at Lilith’s shapely figure.

INT. JIMBO’S HOUSE/BASEMENT - NIGHT

Jimbo stands in front of his work bench. Jack is by his side. On the bench is a mandrake root, which is a large five-node potato-like thing.

JACK

What are you doing, pop?

JIMBO

I can’t let Ben Rothstein outdo me, so I’m making myself a Mandrake.

JACK

A Mandrake? What’s that?

JIMBO

I’m going to turn this root into a little elf that will do what ever I tell it to.

JACK

Cool, how are you going to do that?

JIMBO

I don’t know. Hand me that parchment.

Jimbo indicates a rolled up parchment on a nearby stool. Jack retrieves it for Jimbo. Jack looks at the Mandrake root.

JACK

Your Mandrake is a lot smaller than Mr. Rothstein’s Golem.

JIMBO

You’re right. I better make a whole bunch of them. Go out back and dig up some more roots.

JACK

Okay, but I’ll have to change costumes.

Jack bounces up the basement stairs. Jimbo studies the parchment.

INT. NATASHA’S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Natasha puts her crucifix in the night stand, then lays down in her bed. She shuts off the lamp. The window is open. A gust of wind blows the curtains. She gets up to close the window. Just then, a bat flies in. She SCREAMS.

The bat flaps around the room. It dives for Natasha. She runs into the kitchen and grabs a broom. She swats at the bat to no avail. Choosing a new course of action, she flees the apartment, still in her nightgown.

INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT

Natasha runs down the hallway with the bat in pursuit. She reaches the elevator and frantically presses the button. The doors open and she quickly enters the elevator. The doors close just before the bat reaches the elevator.

INT. ELEVATOR - NIGHT

Feeling safe, Natasha breathes a sigh of relief. She presses the ground floor button. The elevator comes to a stop and the doors open.

INT. LOBBY - NIGHT

Natasha steps out of the elevator into the lobby. To her horror, the bat is waiting for her. She exits the building.

EXT. STREET - NIGHT

Natasha runs from the building, still in her nightgown. She bolts in a panic to the nearest person. It’s HERMAN APHRODITE, a slim creepy effeminate man in his mid-forties. He is dressed in an antiquated tuxedo.

NATASHA

Please, mister, you have to help me.

Herman smiles.

HERMAN

Certainly, my dear. That’s why I am here.

Natasha starts to get the creeps from Herman. She takes a step back.

NATASHA

I’m sorry.

HERMAN

For being underdressed? Don’t be. Let’s take a ride in my carriage.

Suddenly, a horse drawn carriage appears at the curb. The horses don’t exactly seem equine in nature. They have glowing sinister eyes and dripping fangs.

NATASHA

No thanks. I better get going.

Natasha starts backing away from Herman. He walks towards her.

HERMAN

I’ve been watching you. It’s imperative that you come with me.

Herman reaches for Natasha. She turns and runs back into her building.

INT. NATASHA’S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Natasha sits paranoid on the kitchen floor. She has a string of garlic cloves around her neck and a butcher knife in her hand.

INT. SAM’S OFFICE - NIGHT

Lilith is still sitting on the corner of the desk. Sam sits in his chair.

LILITH

Don’t you ever get the feeling like things happen for a reason? Like fate?

SAM

Lady, do you want to hire me for a job, or what?

LILITH

Please, call me Lilith. And I have something else in mind for you.

Lilith reaches over and takes off Sam’s hat. She runs her fingers through his hair.

SAM

What are you doing?

LILITH

Aren’t you attracted to me?

Sam grabs his hat and puts it back on his head.

SAM

Not one bit.

Sam stands up. Lilith gets closer and tries to kiss Sam. He pushes her away.

LILITH

Don’t you want me?

SAM

It’s time for you to leave.

LILITH

How can you resist me?

SAM

Get out of my office.

Lilith’s eyes turn red and she grows fangs. Her voice drops several octaves.

LILITH

You will regret this. I’ll make you pay. Your soul will be mine.

With that, Lilith disappears into a fireball. Sam reaches for his holy water, but it’s too late.

EXT. JIMBO’S HOUSE - NIGHT

The house is completely dark. A FLASH of lightening rips through the sky. A brilliant light emits from the basement window. Jimbo can be heard LAUGHING.

JIMBO (O.S.)

Yeah baby!

Jimbo continues LAUGHING.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. CUL-DE-SAC - DAY

Ben sits in a lawn chair in his front yard. His Golem is pruning a tree. Jimbo is kicked back on a chaise lounge, drinking a beer. His yard is scattered with Mandrakes, which are small elf-like creatures. They perform various tasks.

Some Mandrakes are picking weeds. Three Mandrakes standing on each others shoulders are trimming a hedge. Jimbo yells to Ben.

JIMBO

Hey Ben, how do you like my Mandrakes? Pretty nifty, huh?

BEN

What, them? They’re so small and puny.

JIMBO

You’re just jealous. Admit it, my Mandrakes are better than your big clumsy Golem.

BEN

Not in your wildest dreams.

Lorenzo pulls up in his BMW. He gets out and walks up to Jimbo. He looks on in amazement at the busy Mandrakes.

LORENZO

What are these things all over your yard, Jimbo?

JIMBO

Mandrakes. You like ‘em?

LORENZO

You gotta be kidding me.

JIMBO

I’m sure you’d like to get some, but only a person of European heritage can make them. Sorry neighbor.

Jimbo smiles a poop-eating grin. Lorenzo turns and walks to his house. Both Jimbo and Ben laugh at him.

LORENZO

I have to get out of this neighborhood.

Lorenzo shakes his head as he enters his house.

The curtains in a window on Reicher’s house draw back. It’s dark inside. Only small sinister glowing green eyes can be seen. The sound of LAUGHTER comes from inside the house.

INT. LORENZO’S HOUSE - DAY

Lorenzo is looking out the window at Jimbo and Ben. Janelle is seated on the sofa.

LORENZO

Do you believe these jokers?

JANELLE

I don’t want to get involved.

Lorenzo turns at looks at his wife.

LORENZO

You got Rothstein with his Jewish Golem, and Sparks with his European heritage Mandrakes. What about me?

JANELLE

Let it go, Lorenzo.

LORENZO

I’m a proud black man. What kind of a creature is there for me to make? This is exactly why I didn’t want to move to the suburbs.

Lorenzo storms out of the room.