[Child's laughter]
Hey, yo, guys!
[Whispers] Where is everybody?
"I don't know how to tell him
"how special he is to me.
"I only give him a hard time
"because I don't want anyone to suspect
my true feelings for F--"
Frank.
[Footsteps]
Oh, hi, guys.
Hi, Sam.
What's up?
[Laughs] Nothing special.
Is there anything special you want to tell me?
Oh. Yeah.
Is, um, a fresh zit?
Gotcha.
That's OK.
I know why you give me a hard time.
You don't have to pretend anymore.
Uh...
W-what are you talking about?
I, um, snuck a peak at your diary, and...
Um...
This isn't my diary.
That's Tucker's handwriting.
You little squirt! I'm gonna tear you apart!
Whoa, big fella!
You looked through Sam's things?
It wasn't even hers.
But you thought it was.
Why did you do that?
To prove a point.
What, that you have a death wish?
No. For my story.
You shouldn't mess with other people's stuff,
no matter how much you're tempted.
'Cause you can really get burned.
You mess with my stuff all the time.
You're my brother. You wouldn't hurt me.
You're... alive.
Don't mess with the dead.
And no matter what you do,
Don't mess with their stuff.
Submitted for the approval of the midnight society,
I call this story...
The Tale of the Water Demons.
58 days left
of the most boring summer in history.
It's not that bad here.
There's nobody under 50 here.
There's no movies, and there's no girls.
I'd say that's pretty bad.
Besides... what do you get to do for fun
in this dumpy little town,
sit around and watch things get moldy?
What're you doing?
No one'll know.
I'll know. Cough up 65 cents.
[Telephone rings]
[Ring]
Shawn Mckenzie was a kid with a chip on his shoulder.
He was getting into a lot of trouble at home,
so his mom sent him to spend the summer
with his uncle and his cousin Dean,
hoping the change would straighten him out.
[Cough]
For the gum. Ya happy?
What's with you?
We gotta make a delivery.
So?
So it's to the Westchester house.
That big old creepy house on the water?
Doesn't some rich guy live there?
Yeah. Captain Abraham Westchester.
How'd he get so rich?
He used to salvage stuff from shipwrecks.
But they say too many years at sea
made him a little... Light.
I hate goin' there.
Why? If he's in a good mood,
we'll get a big tip outta the deal!
It's gettin' dark. We should wait till tomorrow.
Don't be a squid. It's on the way home.
Every second we waste, our tip shrinks.
Every second I spend with you, my brain shrinks.
Now listen. I'll do all the talking.
If we're lucky, we can both cash in.
[Annoyed] Come on!
"Door's open. Put coffee in pantry.
Charge Westchester account."
There's a map how to get there.
A map to get to the pantry?
Man, this guy is rich.
It's locked.
We'll go around back.
[Ding ding ding ding ding]
It's a booby trap.
You deliver it. I'm outta here.
Would you chill? The old guy's probably just afraid of prowlers.
Yeah, like us!
Come on, pustule!
Whoa! Check this out.
I bet they're solid gold!
Are you crazy?
I just wanna see 'em!
Forget it!
I'm not gettin' killed by some psycho sea captain
who catches us touching his stuff.
This place is creepy.
Shawn?
Aah!
Don't do that, skinhead!
Oh, man, did you jump!
You chump! Quit foolin' around!
Yeah? Who's gonna stop me?
I'll stop you!
Yeah? Try!
Please...
Don't hurt me!
Please, I'm sorry!
I'm sorry I disturbed you.
Uh... I have a delivery
from my dad's store.
The coffee?
Oh.
Oh, you're...
You brought the--
ha ha ha.
I must look like an old fool.
You?
Nah!
We put the coffee in the pantry
like the note said.
Thank you. Thank you.
Please, you must excuse my surly behavior.
I'm a little edgy.
Yeah. It looks like you could use a little sleep.
Oh, no, no. I couldn't possibly.
[Cup rattles]
I don't think I've had more than a catnap
for the last 3 years.
So... you collect stuff from sunken ships, huh?
Guilty. But I don't any longer.
What kinda stuff?
Oh...
Watches, jewelry.
Whatever I can find of value.
Cool.
Cool?
Do you think it's cool
to slide a ring from a bony finger
or steal a necklace from around a rotted skull?
Uh... yeah.
Well, it isn't!
That's why I can't sleep nights.
I've been cursed for what I've done.
Cursed by the sea.
The moment I fall asleep,
I'm visited by...
Water Demons.
By what?
Spirits of those who've died at sea.
Angry spirits
who come back...
Looking for what I've taken from them.
They want to drag me back to their watery grave
as payment for taking their valuables.
They're not at rest,
so they don't let me rest.
When I sleep is when they come.
I think we'd better get going.
Uh, yeah.
Good luck with those, uh, water things.
That's the last time I deliver here.
Yeah, really! We didn't even get a tip.
If only I could stay awake.
Maybe he's just lonely.
That can make anybody screwy.
57.
It's not 57 yet.
It's close enough.
Lights out, guys.
Forget it! It's still early.
When you sleep under my roof,
you sleep under my rules.
Then maybe I won't sleep under your roof.
Don't pull that on me, Shawn.
Your mother might put up with it, but I won't.
No problem. I'll leave.
Gets pretty cold around here at night.
Dad.
He'll be back when he cools off.
Shawn?
[Gasps]
Aah!
Aah! Aah!
Aah!
Shawn?!
Aah! Aah!
Aah!
Grave robber.
Grave robber!
No!
You got the wrong guy!
Come to the water!
[Honk]
Shawn!
Dean!
Help!
[Honk]
Aah!
Shawn. Shawn!
Shawn! Who was that?
They're real, man! They're after me!
Oh, man. Look!
They're crawling all over the place!
What are you two doing here?
We were just leaving.
The mark of the Water Demon!
So...
The old captain's not as crazy as you thought, eh?
Get inside, quickly!
It was on that very spot
over 30 years ago,
that a yacht named the Del Rio hit the rocks
and sank.
Big storm. No survivors.
That's the wreck you got all the stuff from?
One of them.
I've looted shipwrecks all over the world.
Ha ha. Here I have one right in my own backyard.
I curse the day she hit the rocks.
That's when they started coming for me,
ghosts from that cursed ship.
I started to time my sleep.
I'd go to sleep long enough for them to reach my door,
and then I'd wake up
and they'd slide back into the deep.
I finally couldn't take it anymore,
so I returned everything I took from her.
I tossed it all back into the ocean.
And?
And they kept coming!
It's revenge they want, not restitution.
You're sure you gave everything back?
All but what I traded away.
You traded some away?
Well, I have quite a collection
of sea-faring memorabilia.
Cost me a handsome sum.
I had to trade some of the gold from the Del Rio
to get it.
Well, that's it!
Beg your pardon.
You traded some of the gold from the wreck.
You didn't give it all back.
Well, I tried to track the pieces down,
but it was no use.
I couldn't return all that I took.
Then give them your collection.
Dean, give it up!
No! Think about it.
If you give back all that you traded for,
it might even things up.
He's not gonna throw all the stuff in the water.
He's loony, not stupid!
You know something, lad? You might be right.
This all has to go back!
Every last bit of it.
I don't know who's crazier, you or him.
Let's get outta here.
You can't leave now!
I need to return this tonight.
To who?
To the site of the wreck!
This might just do it!
I need your help loading the dingy.
No way!
Remember, my friend,
they're after you, too.
Once they know you, they're not gonna stop.
I'm not so sure you want to try going to sleep just yet.
OK. But as soon as the boat's loaded,
we're outta here!
Ah. Excellent.
Well, now. Uh...
Everything in that case goes...
Hey, maybe you should take this in case--
Captain!
And you knocked my glasses in the water!
Could you be any more of an idiot?
Come on, man. Don't go now!
Let's go! He'll be OK.
We can't just leave him here.
The Water Demons'll get him for sure.
But you could stop them.
Me.
You could take the stuff back.
What about you?
I can't see without my glasses. I'd never make it.
Then we'll both go.
Someone's gotta stay and make sure he stays awake.
If he conks out, the Water Demons'll get him for sure.
Coming...
They're coming!
You want me to go out there by myself.
Why don't you just do the right thing for once in your life?
You keep him awake!
Come on, captain.
Hang in there.
Here's your stuff!
Hope you like it!
Captain!
Captain, wake up!
You gotta stay up, captain!
Here's the last piece!
Now leave us alone!
Aah!
Grave robber!
Captain, please!
[Breathless laughter]
Ah ha ha ha ha!
Did you do it?
Yeah. I dumped it all.
How's he doing?
Not good. He's out cold.
What are we gonna do?
We'd better get him to a doctor.
Looks kinda big.
Let me try to find my glasses.
Hey, Dean.
He doesn't look so good.
I gotta find my glasses.
Dean!
No! Let him go!
He didn't do anything! What do you want?
Why don't you leave us alone?!
Is this it? Is this what you want?
I'm sorry I took it! I was wrong!
And the captain was wrong! We're sorry!
Dean! Oh!
You OK? I thought you were dead!
[Coughing]
Yeah.
What hit me?
Uh... that's not important.
How's your head?
It's lumpy.
What happened?
Shawn took it all back.
It worked.
The demons are at rest.
Thank you, boys.
Finally, I can sleep with a clear conscience.
Hey, look!
Dean, look at this.
"Please accept this $4.90
"as payment for 5 candy bars
and one pack of gum."
This mean anything to you?
Yeah.
Kinda does.
The end.
All right! Good story.
That still doesn't get you off the hook for the diary.
Samantha: Lay off, Frank.
Betty Ann: Come on, Frank.
Hey, whose is this?
It's Tucker's.
Hey!
This is mine.
And this.
It's my magic book.
"Dear Gary,
"thanks for letting me borrow this stuff.
"Sorry I didn't ask first.
"P.S. What are you doing in my knapsack?
"Didn't you get anything out of my story?
Tucker."
Captioned by Grant Brown