I'll give him something to cry about!
Are you serious?!
Okay.
Darren, what the hell happened to you, huh?
Where have you been?
What?
You're late.
I don't care.
Why are you late again?
The bus was full, that's all. I'm sorry.
Use the good bowls.
I said the good bowls!
I didn't spend all that money so you could hear me,
to be ignored, did I?
Hmm?
There's my good girl.
Foothill Park.
Marcus?
Marcus!
Marcus?
Such a good girl.
Olivia.
Olivia, out of bed now!
I'm sorry.
I couldn't sleep last night.
You need to take better care of yourself.
When you're tired, you look like a boy.
Okay.
Love you. Bye.
Hey!
Is this the only angle you have?
This one camera, is that all you have?
-Get out! -Sure.
I'm done here anyway.
I'll let myself out.
Why were you looking at that?
And who was that boy?
Look, if you don't know him...
-Stand back. -...you can't help me.
And I definitely can't help you.
Now, unless you plan to use those,
I'd step aside.
Take it easy.
You've got to be kidding me.
You can't beat yourself up forever, Shaun. It's not your fault she's gone.
- It was a thief with a shotgun-- - Don't do that.
Well, it's true.
Olivia?
Where's the book?
Liv. I'm here.
Liv!
Kid!
Wait!
I don't have your stupid book, okay?
You can't be here.
Look, I really don't want to hurt you, but I really can.
So I'm asking.
Give me the book, please.
First tell me why you're following these kids.
Okay.
Okay, fine.
Wait.
Hey!
I know what you're doing
and I've called the police.
No, you don't, and no, you didn't.
I've seen it!
The thing in your book.
You're lying.
I was at the park.
I was looking for a kid I work with and...
He's missing,
and I think you know why.
No.
You didn't see it, because if you saw it,
you wouldn't be here to tell me.
You'd be dead.
Then I'll prove it.
I'll show you.
Tell me what it is.
Fine.
You won't believe me anyway.
Not all of us stopped believing in monsters when we grew up.
In Germany, it's known as Der Kinderfanger.
The child snatcher.
But you'd probably know him as the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
We thought it was just some scary story,
but it was real.
He was a man who stole the kids no one wanted.
The neglected ones.
The unloved.
He's not a man anymore. He's something else.
That story is hundreds of years old.
That's impossible.
Not if what's in this book is real.
You see, it's a creature
that's survived hundreds of years
with one goal:
to lure away neglected kids,
to feed on them.
He's kept alive by their pain.
That's what he feeds on, the hurt.
Whenever he needs to feast, he returns looking for children.
Then, he plays his song,
so only the broken ones can hear.
And once they do, they belong to him.
- They'll do whatever he tells them to do. - -Like what?
Things no one should ever see.
Which is why I plan to stop him.
Say I believed you, where are the kids taken?
If I knew that I wouldn't be here.
Could I save one who was?
Could I get him back?
Honestly, I don't think so.
But since this isn't exactly science,
I figure the best way to find out is to kill the thing.
That's my plan anyway.
Okay.
Okay what?
I'll show you. That's the deal, right?
Okay, that's the deal.
Kid, wait!
Hey! Stop!
Kid, wait!
Hey, are you okay?
Are you hurt?
You don't have to be afraid.
Help!
I thought you said we were going to the park.
We are.
So, where exactly did you see it?
In the trees.
You always been?
No.
Why are you doing this, anyway?
There's enough monsters in the world.
Someone's gotta kill them.
What makes you that guy?
I have my reasons.
Was that your phone?
No.
It's over here. Come on!
It's over here!
Oh, no.
This is Tracy's.
Where is she?
Tracy!
Shh!
Did you tell her what you saw here?
-Was she with you? -No.
Hey, do you think it took her?
It doesn't take adults the way it takes kids,
but it'll kill 'em if they threaten his children.
What is it?
You don't hear that?
Hear what?
The music.
Olivia.
No, no, no. Olivia!
Olivia, no!
What's happened? Olivia!
It's okay. it's okay.
The girl just left.
I don't know why. She was just gone.
-I wasn't gonna leave you here. -Tracy?
-Wait, what time is it? -I don't know.
No, no, no.
-I gotta go. -What?
I have to go. I'm sorry.
Wait, wait. I think you heard its song.
-The Piper's song! That's gotta mean something. -I have to go, I'm sorry!
I'll see you later.
No.
No!
No, no, no. No.
What lie was it this time?
One of my students went missing, Mom.
-I'm sorry. -What if I fell?
What if someone broke in?
But I guess you only care about yourself.
Mom, please, you don't under--
Shut up!
Save your tears.
You forget, I know what you are.
You're just lucky I decided to keep it to myself
for as long as I have.
That can change.
Now... you play by the rules,
or you get punished.
Give it.
That's my good girl.
Mama?
What?!
Mama, he...
he hurt me.
Not another word.
-Not another word. -But--
No. Your grandfather put a roof over your head
and food in your mouth.
And lies from filthy little girls
would tear this family apart.
Do you understand me?
That's my good girl.
Now, you stay here
until you learn to behave.
Ah!
But you are my dad.
You gonna tell 'em how you betrayed your family?!
Can we just talk?
It was just a stupid mistake.
I'm done talking to you.
May I help you?
I'm looking for Olivia?
She's not here.
I just wanna talk--
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't know if you could hear me.
Olivia, I know how to find Marcus.
Go away.
This is our chance.
We can save him. We can help him.
I mean, don't you want that?
Please stop.
Please.
Olivia, we know exactly where he's going to be.
Marcus is following the Piper's command.
He's going home to kill his parents.
We can stop him together.
I'm sorry. I can't come with you.
I'm sorry.
Yes, you can. You're stronger than this.
Than her.
Yeah.
Marcus.
Marcus!
Thank you.
Don't thank me, help me.
Wait, wait!
We can't just rush in there. We need a plan.
He's going to kill them.
Exactly! You want that to be us?
How did you do that back there?
He listened to you. How?
Maybe I just... surprised him?
Or you were right.
Maybe there is a way to bring them back.
Want to find out?
You grab him, I'll stick him with the tranquilizer.
Oh... God.
You ready?
It's okay, Marcus.
It's okay.
Are you hurt?
No one tells you how bad dead bodies smell.
Never thought I'd smell that again.
Again?
You asked me why I'm here, um...
that's why.
Avery went missing on a Tuesday,
but on Friday he came home,
and he... tore my parents apart.
I was eight.
You saw it?
I couldn't stop it.
I guess I just went with avenging him instead.
What if I was wrong?
What if we can stop it?
What if we could do something and save him?
Whatever you're going to try, do it fast.
Let's go to Westin Music.
Olivia!
Answer me when I--
This should hold him in.
Olivia. Olivia.
What's he saying?
No.
I think they're here. Hurry!
Olivia, they're here!
Olivia?
We have to go!
No! No!
-No! -Let's go!
-No! Marcus! -We gotta go!
Marcus!
Get off! Get off me!
No!
Marcus!
Wait!
Are you okay?
Why would you do that?
I almost had him.
I was getting through to him.
You're alive because of me.
I could have saved him!
I'm sorry. I am.
But we were beat, Olivia.
-I get it-- -No, you don't!
No, you don't!
He's all I had!
He's all--
He's all I had.
The Piper would have killed us.
We had no-- We had no choice.
They're his kids.
Wouldn't you kill to protect your kids?
Right?
Where are you going!?
To protect Marcus.
So, you could come or don't.
I don't care anymore.
Hey.
Olivia!
Olivia.
Olivia, come on. Stop.
Let's talk about this.
Olivia.
You're a thief too now, huh?
I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
They're my things.
And you thought you could be a mother.
You are a monster.
I know what's inside you.
-Stop it, Mom-- -Shut up.
You don't get to speak.
You take people for granted.
You use them.
And you think you're ready to care for another?
You are worthless.
I'm doing that kid a favor.
I should've given you up a long time ago.
But no. Instead, I lied.
I covered for you. I tried to protect you from other people.
Olivia, where are you, baby?
Get out here!
But what did I get?
Huh?
Look what you did.
There is nothing good inside of you.
You can go, but you are leaving what's mine.
No.
Get out!
You go, you leave, you'll be dead to me.
I'd rather be dead, than to be your daughter.
I'm tired of wasting my life on filth like you!
And when you get out there and you learn
that there's no love out there, don't come crawling back!
She's wrong.
What she said.
How do you know?
Look... kids like us,
we find our kind.
For so long, I just... floated through life.
Hiding.
But Tracy gave me a job
and a friend.
And then, I met Marcus.
And everything got better.
For the first time in my whole life,
I felt happy.
I'm not gonna give up on either of them that easy.
I have to find out what happened to them.
What did he say to you?
You were signing with him, right?
What did he say?
Nothing that made sense.
But this is not just about Marcus.
Or your brother.
We need to end this thing.
Make that thing pay.
And I think I know how.
We need to figure out where he's hiding.
Okay, so what's your big plan?
Okay. So we know two things.
If it needs these kids to survive,
When we take one,
he'll come.
Great.
And the other thing?
Marcus!
It seems like they listen to me.
Okay.
So, you, what, draw him out?
And you kill him.
You sure this is a good idea?
I don't know, but it's the only idea I've got.
You really think my brother might be in there somewhere?
You should hide.
Not a chance.
They don't like you.
Marcus did try to eat you.
Point taken.
I'm gonna be right over there, okay?
And I'll be ready.
It's okay, it's okay.
You don't gotta worry.
You're safe.
Olivia!
Wallace!
Olivia!
Wallace!
Olivia!
What the hell?
Wallace!
Olivia?
Wallace. Bring him to me.
Help!
Stop. Stop.
Please, stop.
Please!
Stop!
Let go of me.
Take me to him.
Hey.
Wait, stop.
Marcus?
Marcus!
Shh!
It's me, it's me.
It's Wallace. It's Wallace--
Why did you stop me? He was right there!
Hey. Hey!
Hey, are you hurt?
He was right there!
And so was the Piper.
Olivia, he's going to kill you.
I don't care.
I told Marcus I would never leave him.
I meant that.
Where did he go?
I don't know.
This place is a maze.
Tracy.
No.
What did he do to you?
No.
I'm so sorry.
Olivia?
Marcus!
Wait, it's a trap!
No! Marcus!
No!
Marcus!
Leave him!
Leave him alone!
Leave him alone! No!
Marcus!
Hey. Hey, I'm here now.
Marcus, wake up.
No, please!
No, no.
Wake up.
You're hurt.
Olivia, I need to get you to a hospital.
Not him.
Please don't take him.
Not him.
Olivia...
Olivia.
Olivia, we need--we need to get you to a hospital.
We need to get out of here.
I just wanna go home.
Are you sure we're okay here?
Put him in there.
He's cold.
It wasn't meant to happen like this.
I thought maybe we were gonna be a family.
We need to get you to a hospital, Olivia.
Okay.
Here we go. Come on.
But there's something I need to do first.
Wallace?
Thank you.
Don't come upstairs.
I thought I told you to stay away.
You remember when--
when they cut down the cherry blossom tree
on our street?
I loved coming home from school,
and walking under the flowers.
It smelled like honey.
And then, one day..
...it was gone.
That was the day when he started.
You know, it's funny the things you remember.
We remember things differently.
I remember a little girl
who didn't know how good she had it.
Who blamed all her problems on everyone else.
Always the victim.
Even though she was the devil.
Look what you did!
Look what you did.
There is nothing good inside of you.
I tried to protect the world from you,
but they didn't want you and neither do I.
Stop that.
What are you saying!?
Stop!
-Get out of my way! -No!
Get out!
There's my good girl.
Olivia!?
Olivia?
Olivia--!
Olivia?
Avery? Avery!
Avery?
Avery!
I'm coming for you, Avery.