Shadows Tracy Beaker Returns

'We interrupt this programme with an important news bulletin.

'The adverse weather has caused havoc on the region's roads...'

The sound of the thunder only took four seconds.

Last time it took six seconds. The storm's getting closer.

-Listen.

-'..that's when the prisoner, Henry Lewis, escaped.

'The public have been urged to remain vigilant,

'and not to approach this man. Described as 1.7 metres in height,

-'close cropped hair, wearing all black...'

-It's all right, Harry.

We're safe here. Nothing's going to happen, OK?

Tracy!

Mike, the electricity's off. Is this a trick?

No tricks. They don't know when they can come fix it.

Tee, check in the cupboard. See how many torches we've got. ..Hello?

Hi, Gina! Yeah, we're OK, we're OK...

No, Tyler! Tyler, not that cupboard!!

What am I supposed to do without power?

Kid, I'm going to nip out and get some more batteries and candles.

Gina's been delayed, so can you...

-I'm meant to be going to the cinema with Seth!

-I won't be long.

OK, so that's the bad news, but the good news...

emergency takeaway pizza! There you go.

See why it's called the Cupboard of Junk?

-It's where everyone's unwanted stuff ends up.

-Just like us.

Chillax, Tee. If Rick can find a foster home, anyone can!

"A curse befalls the silly dope Who opens up this envelope.

"For a thousand years the curse will lie,

"Unless they solve the clues inside."

"Think 'Everything but...' to begin your quest.

"From that spot take 12 steps west."

-What's that supposed to mean?

-Nothing. It's a poem.

It's a riddle. Think 'Everything but...' to begin your quest.

From that spot take 12 steps west.

He's telling us about a place we need to find.

TYLER SHOUTS

This is the worst night of my life. We're missing the England game!

Forget the football! Who wants a game of pool?

Nah, beating you all the time gets boring.

-Frank?

-No.

-Elektra?

-Harry?

-I can't reach.

I will, Johnny. I'll play a game with you.

-Aagh!

-My name's Eleanor, and I love you, Johnny!

Weirdo! Should have sent you to that special home.

-You're so mean! But I forgive you. Give me a kiss!

-Get off!

What did I say? Tell me!

-DOORBELL RINGS

-I'll get it.

The pizza boy only took 58 minutes. We don't get our pizzas for free.

"Think 'Everything but...'" Everything but what?

The kitchen sink? It's a saying. "Everything but the kitchen sink."

One, two... Oww!

Come on, pizza will be here in a minute.

I'll do the drinks today.

-Where are the pizzas?

-I don't know.

-It wasn't the pizza boy.

-Who was it, then?

-You're not the pizza delivery boy.

-No. I'm the electrician.

-Let us in!

-I can't let you in. You're a stranger.

Show some ID to prove who you are first.

The man in this photo's smiling and has more hair.

Look, stop messing around! It's raining cats and dogs out here!

No, it's not. It's just water.

You don't want to let me in, fine!

I've got plenty other emergencies tonight!

Maybe we could catch up with him.

Gus, wait. Which direction's west?

That way, of course.

-Is anyone's phone working?

-No, I've got no signal.

-No, dead.

-It's the storm.

-Why are you asking?

-The landline's dead too.

-We'll have no electricity all night!

-When's Mike getting back?

-He said he wouldn't be too long.

He's been gone for...one hour, 14 minutes. Does that count as long?

-Maybe something bad's happened.

-I'm more worried about the pizzas.

The escaped prisoner might have got him. He's on the run near here.

He could be outside now! What if he got hungry

so he attacked the pizza delivery boy and got our pizzas?

-Don't worry, Johnny. I'll protect you!

-I'm not scared, you idiot!

I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation. Mike'll be back soon.

-Meanwhile, we can have ice cream.

-Then what? Sit here in the dark?

Er, no. Use your imagination. Power cut, stormy night.

Perfect time to tell ghost stories. Oo-ooh!

You lived here in olden times.

-Has the sink always been there?

-I'm not old!

And no, it used to be over there by the dresser.

SHOUTING AND CHANTING

What on earth?

ALL: Fight! Fight! Fight!

My money's on Tyler!

Stop it! Johnny! What are you doing?

He keeps talking, interrupting my story, making lame jokes!

All I said was we've heard it before. Woman alone in the car, blah blah.

Stranger bangs on her window, blah blah.

But he's only trying to warn her about the escaped lunatic

-hiding on her back seat.

-Now you've ruined it!

-I don't have a story that everyone knows!

-Go on, then!

Tell us a scary story! Bet you haven't got one!

Actually, I have, and it's all true.

Though, it's still difficult to talk about...the night...

the night the electrician came to my house.

We had a power cut. Total darkness.

Before we had a chance to call anyone,

there was a knock at the door.

And a voice said, "It's the electrician."

And laughed. A nasty, evil laugh.

Mwah-ha-ha-haaa!

The door opened, and then... he said...

-"Gotcha!!"

-A-a-agh!

Sorry, Johnny.

If it's a bit too scary for you down here, maybe you should go to bed.

I weren't scared! I wasn't!

Nine, ten, eleven...

..twelve.

I don't think your brother likes me.

What's that?

It's another riddle. "Don't whine if you find there's salt in this place,

"Six steps from the door, you'll find something ace."

THUNDER CRACKS

"And that's how Jemango, I mean Jeff the Giraffe,

"saved the Lion King from the snake. The End."

THUNDER CRACKS

Another story, please.

-Tracy! Tracy!

-Harry, stay there.

It was like this when we found it.

But I locked this before we went to sleep.

-Who did this? Has someone gone out?

-If no-one got out, who got in?

Perhaps the electrician came back for you!

-That was just a made-up story.

-I know that. I was just...!

-Mike forgot to close the door.

-He wouldn't do that.

-Someone's broken in.

-The prisoner!

No. Look, the door hasn't been forced, see? So who did it?

Wow, what a shock(!) Something happens and everybody blames me.

-Cos it usually is you.

-Cheers.

-I'm not going to be able to sleep

-until we're the only people in this house.

-No-one is in the house.

-Erm, you don't know that.

-We can only be sure if we do a search.

Everything's fine. There's nothing to get worried... A-A-AGH!

It's OK, it's just Tyler's stupid doll.

-It looks fine in here.

-Yeah, no-one's in here.

-Did you open the door as a joke?

-I thought you did, to try and solve

-that riddle.

-Don't you think I'd have said something?

-You see anything, Liam?

-It's empty up here since the fire.

-Ah, let's go back downstairs, then.

-Not scared, are yous?

No.

There is nothing to be scared of. Oh! A-agh!

Something just touched my head! Go! Get down, get down!

We should check the cellar.

Who would hide in our skanky cellar if they...?

SCREECH

BOTH: Ra-a-ah!

Wow, Tracy, you're a really good scare-worker(!)

There's no-one in the house.

The windows and doors are locked, OK?

Someone here opened the back door. Everyone get to bed and stay in bed.

Come on.

-I wish Mike would come back.

-Me, too, but I'm pretty sure he's fine.

-Is anyone else still awake?

-No(!)

I am. On this stupid second riddle.

What is that riddle again? Might help me take my mind off the intruder.

Oh, there is no intruder! We checked, now go to sleep!

"Don't whine if you find salt in this place,

"Six steps from the door you'll find something ace."

Well, that obviously means...that...

-I've no idea.

-Cellar.

-What?

-Cellar. You know, whine, wine cellar. Salt, salt cellar.

-It's got to be cellar.

-Why didn't I figure that out?

You're not going down there?!

-You'll come with me, won't you, Lily?

-As if!

Come on. Anything I find I'll go halves with you on!

-You're not going to leave me.

-Well, come with us, Carmen.

-No way!

-Ready?

-Mm-hm.

BOTH: One, two, three...

A-AGH!

Five...six.

-It's a dead end.

-Hold on. Give me the torch.

Think I can see something.

I might be able to get it.

-Urgh!

-Be careful!

Urgh!

Another riddle.

"Grab some time without any hands, Take 20 steps north

"to find treasures grand."

-Lily, why have you turned the torch off?

-I didn't turn the torch off.

It must be the batteries. Come on, let's get out of here.

A-agh, you stood on my toe!

Did you find anything, then?

Lily?

Tee?

A-A-A-A-AGH!

A-A-A-A-AGH!

Carmen? Carmen?

Tracy, someone was in here. A stranger.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

-Maybe you were dreaming.

-Or imagined it.

-Look, I know what I saw!

-Carmen? Guys, what's going on?

-Where have you two been?

-Erm...

-We were getting a drink.

Original(!) I don't know what's going on, but I want it to stop now!

Everyone go to bed and stay in their beds!

Tracy, I'm not lying.

I know, but someone is. What you saw was one of us, OK?

Now go back to sleep.

THUNDER CRACKS

A-a-a-a-a-agh!

-What's going on now?!

-The room, it's ruined! Ruined! Ruined!

Right, this isn't Carmen's imagination. Someone did this!

Or some-thing!

Look at this. "Beware the electrician."

-Why are you all looking at me?

-You're the one who told that story!

-I'd never upset Gus like this!

-Well, someone did. Who was it?

If you own up now, I'll forget about it.

I just want to know who it was!

Shh! Listen.

DOLL GIGGLES

Footprints.

-Could be Mike's.

-Then where is he?

-Tracy, call the police.

-We can't! No phone!

Everyone go upstairs while I check this out.

No, not on your own. Johnny'll go with you.

Well, Tracy's in charge, it's up to her!

No way is she facing an escaped prisoner on her own!

-I'll go with you.

-Yeah, me too.

-I'm not going to sit back while some loser's robbing us!

-OK, thanks.

-Everyone else, take Tee upstairs.

-No, I'll come too.

-Tee! With me!

THUNDER CRASHES

-Someone's there!

-What?

-Someone's there!

Stop, stop, stop, stop, it's me!

No, no, wait, wait, wait! It's Seth! Elektra, stop it!

So when you didn't turn up, I got worried. The storm's caused chaos.

Roads closed, trees down, there's no buses or cabs.

-I had to walk here!

-And you're sure the door was open?

-How d'you think I got in?

-That means someone opened it again.

-It could have been the wind.

-Wind can't unlock a door.

Someone here must have done it.

-Unless the intruder opened it?

-There's no intruder!

You don't know that!

Look, don't worry. Johnny will solve it!

-Right, that is enough!

-Stop it! Everyone just go to bed.

Oi, go to bed! Me and Seth will stay here till Mike gets back.

-Good night, girls.

-Good night, Tee.

-Good night, guys.

-Sweet dreams.

THUNDER CRASHES

Tracy might have let you off the hook, but I won't.

Whoever's been messing about better watch out,

cos I will find out who it is, and when I do, you're going to pay.

Ooh, I'm shaking(!)

Hmm, funny(!) See you in the morning, if you're lucky.

-Bathroom, 20 minutes. We'll catch Elektra in the act.

-Elektra?

Why d'you think she said that? To stop us suspecting her.

-20 minutes. You in?

-Guess so!

THUNDER CRASHES

Do you need a wee too?

-A-a-gh!

-Harry!

-A-agh!

Stop, stop! Listen! It's me!

Look, just go back to bed, forget you ever saw me

-and do not tell Tracy!

-Tracy! Tracy!

Did you think it was funny? Scaring us all stupid?

-You came into my room to frighten me?

-Look, I did move Gus's things,

but I only opened the front door once, and I didn't scare Carmen!

Whatever you did or didn't do, I just want to know why.

-I'll make him talk!

-That's not how it works, Elektra.

Johnny, come with me. Everyone else, go back to bed. Go on, Harry.

Now.

I'm ashamed of you, Johnny Taylor.

-What's your problem, Johnny?

-What do you mean?

Why go to such extremes?

One or two tricks on Tyler I could understand, but why do all this?

Look, I've been here for years, right?

I'm always helpful and I try my best to fit in.

I don't get any thanks for it, or respect.

That clown Tyler's been here for two minutes,

he completely humiliates me and everyone loves him for it.

-It's not fair.

-Look, we are who we are.

Some of us are funny, most of us aren't.

But we can't trick people into liking us.

People like us for who we really are. Not for who we pretend to be.

What you need to do is apologise to everyone,

-especially Gus and Carmen.

-I didn't go into Carmen's room.

-Hey, it's late. We're all tired.

-You're right.

Why don't you get some sleep,

and we'll talk about this in the morning, OK?

-A-A-A-AGH!

-A-A-AGH! A-gh! Oh! Sorry!

The car broke down!

Hi, Seth!

"Find some time without any hands

"Take 20 steps north

-"to find treasures grand."

-You're never going to solve it.

Morning, Carm.

I had such a horrible nightmare.

-This man kept breaking into my room.

-Oh, forget about last night.

It's a sunny day. Let's enjoy it.

That's it! The way to find time without hands is with a sundial!

There's one in the garden. Get dressed!

There it is!

There, no hands. Which way's north?

-North's that way, I think. Yeah.

-Let's go.

One, two, three, four, five...

17...18...19...

20! Take that.

-Did someone eat this cold last night?

-Look at these footprints.

-I told you to clean upstairs.

-Look at them.

-They're Seth's.

-No, THEY'RE Seth's trainers. These are boots.

They're all over the house. Upstairs, everywhere!

-There's buried treasure in the garden.

-What treasure?

-Tee's riddles.

-She thinks they lead to buried treasure.

-Riddles?

So that's why she's been asking me about the kitchen sink!

D'you want to see something weird?

-Is this another one of those stupid tricks?

-No, come on.

There's something here.

Careful, Tee. It might be an antique.

All right? It'll just be a blue plastic box.

How do you know?

Because...I'm the one who buried it.

This is Seth's, these are Mike's, but those are too big

for anyone else in the Dumping Ground.

They came in through here and out of here,

when the door was opened the second time.

Let's see where they lead to. Come on.

DOORBELL RINGS

Who's on front door duty today? Answer the door!

-Oh, not you again!

-Who else would I be?

And I can't let you in unless you show me proper ID!

Thanks, Gus. I'll take it from here, thank you.

Come in. Thanks for coming down.

-So, Carmen did see someone last night?

-Looks like it.

It's a time capsule. Me and some of the other kids buried it,

so someone might dig it up and see how we lived.

-So you wrote the riddles?

-Mm-hm.

-Why?

-Something to do. Oh, look, I'm sorry.

If I'd known what you were doing, I'd have told you.

But you had fun solving the clues, right?

-At least someone solved that mystery.

-Come here.

So why would someone hide in the Dumping Ground

-and eat our cold spaghetti?

-Cos they were hungry

and didn't want to be found? ELECTRICITY BUZZES

'..escaped prisoner Henry Lewis has handed himself in to the police.

'He told them he'd sought shelter in a big old house

'somewhere in the area.'

Everyone! I was telling the truth.

-Not now, Johnny.

-There was an intruder?

-This place isn't safe!

-I'm never going to sleep!

Please don't cry, Carmen. You're safe, honest.

It was...it was me.

-Johnny, how could you be so cruel?

-He's lying.

-It was me in your room last night.

-What is going on with you two?

A minute ago you were talking about muddy footprints!

Right, you're both on punishment duty! I want those floors spotless.

-Why did you say it was you?

-That's what mates do.

-Why would you want to be my mate?

-I can take a joke.

-All right. Spill the beans.

-The footprints I told you about.

There was someone here.

-That escaped prisoner. It was on the radio.

-I couldn't tell Carmen.

-We should call the police.

-No need. He's given himself up.

-Really?

-Yeah. Must have been your...spaghetti hoops!

Move back, please! Let me have some light!

-What's this?

-It's an old videotape, Harry.

-Stick it in.

We'll see what Tracy looked like as a little girl.

-What, you mean in the olden days?

-Shut up, you!

So, what happened? Doors were opening and closing? And poltergeists?

You thought you had an intruder?

-Sounds like you had an exciting night!

-We managed.

Listen, it's working. It's working!

-Yes, here we go, guys.

-ALL: A-a-a-a-agh!

'You've just caught me finishing my lesson for the day.

'Hi, I'm Tracy Beaker, and my hobbies include classical music,

-'playing and listening...'

-Now THAT is scary!

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