Season 3 Episode 5 ”Ezekiel Stone’s Day Off”
Written by Greg D’Angelo

A voice says Previously on Brimstone, The following clips are played.

1-From Lovers, The Devil says “rollar blading on the board walk, joy ridding in your new convertable, & now reading. What do think this is. Club Med?” “You know I gotta tell you; I’m getting sick of breaking into desks. I feel like I’m on a re-run of Magnum P.I. 2-From Stone Vs. Stone, Zeke tells a woman; “put your hands where I can see them.” She puts her hands on her head & turns around, then pulls her hood back, reveling that she has snakes & not hair. Zeke screams “nooooo,” & turns to Stone.

3-From Lovers, Zeke tells The Devil “I just need a few days off." The Devil replies “How & where will you spend these few days? A prison cell, with some of the felons, you helped convict!”

4-From Stone Vs. Stone, Zeke goes into a cave. Then looks into a mirror, & sees Medusa aproaching, all while hissing noise is heard. Then she tackles him, but he pulls the mirror in front of her face, & she turns to stone

5-From Lovers, ”Oh, A virtual reality performance, of the rape of your wife. Played over & over, & you are there!” Zeke gives a dirty look in response.

6-From The Last temptation, Merlin waves a hand & Zeke goes flying throw a wall, landing in the garden. He gets up just in time to duck a fire ball.

8-From Lovers, “I suppose Cancun's out of the question.” Zeke says In response to The Devil’s choices for a vacation spot.

Scene 1: Zeke is in a cafe. He gets cup of coffee, assumably, because no words are spoken. He walks back to his hotel room, & turns on the TV. Ferris Buelar’s Day Off is on & Zeke watches it. It is at the end where Ferris is singing (Twist and Shout) at the parade on Chicago’s street. Finally The Devil shows up, “ah I see you’ve decided to take in a movie Mr. Stone.” Zeke gives a sly smile & nods, and Satan continues (sarcastically), “and a real classic at that.” “You got to admit, it was pretty funny, all that effort, just to ditch school.” “How many crooked things have you put that much effort into?” “No sense of humor,” states Zeke to mock The Devil’s stuck up ways. Satan replies, “oh I do have a sense of humor.” “yeah,” says Zeke, “you like to tie peoples shoes together, if I recall correctly.” Satan gives his customary wicked smile & replies “And you think that is the the limit of my humor?” “No. You also know how to loosen the top of a salt shaker.” Suddenly the Devil looks more serious “I assure you that is not the extent of my humor, or my power. I did throw you off a roof once,... now that, was fun.” “And you still wonder why they kicked you out.” Replies Zeke, not pointing, but motioning his hand upward. In a flash The Devil Disappears.

Intro/Opening Credits

Scene 2: In a rural area, a man walks up to a group. “Gosh, another one?” He asks half in disgust, & half in disbelieve. “Yeah Jack, it’s the 2nd one today. The camera tilts down & shows a a small body, covered by a sheet. “There’s been 3 a day for the past week, & no one’s seen anything yet. There’s gonna be one more attack today, & we have no way of stoping it.” replies Jack loud, & frustrated.

Scene 3: The Devil is walking down the street, when suddenly he stops. He morphs into the form of a different man, & walks by another man finely dressed. With a wave of his hand a garbage can falls & the man trips on it, & stumbles into a puddle of muddy water. He sheepishly picks him self up, & looks around as if he knows someone did it. He wipes some dirt off his jacket, & clearly has no damage at all. The Devil walks aorund a corner, & morphs back into regular form. He laughs, “I’ll have to inform Zeke of this, where could he be now?”

*White Flash*

A building is ablaze with fire. Firefighter are working relentlessly to stop it, but it doesn’t seem to go out. A little girl is crying, “where is my spot? Please find my cat.” One fireman, is talk to the girls mother “I’m sorry, we looked all we can, it’s to to dangerous to be in there anymore.”
The picture cuts to a shot of a window. It grows dark quickly, & Zeke bursts through, just before the flames shoot out the window. He hits the floors hard, falling 7 stories down, but keeps Spot safe in his arms. “Lucky Seven” he mumbles to himself, look up at the distance he fell. “We both must have used up a few lives there.” The cat meows, & he gets up. “Ok, I won’t keep you from your date.”

*White Flash*

The cat creaps up on the crying girl, & snuggles up against her. she turns to look, & is shocked, but in a matter of a second she grabs Spot. “Where were you, you had me worried!”

Scene 4: Zeke walks back to his hotel room, slowly, looking around for more things to do, but the town is quiet. He gets back home, & sits down. He reaches for the remote to the TV, but it moves, into a hand. The camera tilts up, & we see it is the hand of The Devil. “You watch allot of TV, it seems.” “Yeah, I still do my job, so what?” “Oh no, Zeke, I’m not here to judge you, allot of people get caught up in every day gluttony,... oh wait, you’re not a people are you.” “Just passing, just like you.” “Anyway I came here on bussiness trying to help give you trhe lead that always pester me about.” Zeke looks at him oddly, kind of supicious, & in disbelief. The Devil continues, “but I’m in no hurry, he won’t leave town soon, but I’ve seen to it that he did have a trip of some kind.” “Tied his shoe laces did you?” “I need not resort to such,... human means to have fun, I merly do it when I get bored & need a challenge. The Devil presses the remote control, & Ferris Buelar’s Day Off comes on. “you perhaps though I didn’t like this movie, your wrong, I do. In fact this is my favorite sceen.” The principle is sneaking into Ferris’ house, but is caught by by a snarling rottweiler. Zeke doesn’t looked amussed. “A life lesson, don’t go snopping around, where your not wanted.” “Then why are you here,” counters Zeke. “I just wanted to watch TV with my pal, but someone is all work & no play. You pick the wierdest times to go all work ethic on me you know that. The Devil, clicks the remote again, & the news comes on, “I just love the news.” Zeke sighs. The news caster is finishing up a story he says; “it has been a month since the attacks have stopped, but still, few people attend church, or similar places of worship. We go now to our own Michael Walters, talking with Father Dorris, & Lama Apacosi.” Zeke gets fraustrated, & stands, the TV is still on but it has become incoherent as Zeke talks, “I think I’ve had all the TV I need for now .” He begins walking out, and Satan says, “so your finally doing your job for once. The Devil grabs a pen & paper, and writes something down. He hands it to Zeke, “here, this is where you’ll find him, look for mud on his clothes.” And in a flash The Devil is gone.

Scene 5: Zeke approaches a building, he stops & looks at the paper to check the adress, then opens the door. Unfortunately there is another door inside, Zeke checks it, & it’s locked. “Great,” he says in a disapointed manner. But in truth it is no problem. Zeke uses his super, damn soul, strength to force it open, then heads up the stairs. The camera cuts to him coming up on the 3rd floor, & he heads to apartment 3A. He knocks on the door, loudly, a man asks “who’s there?” “I’m detective Zeke Stone, I just wanna ask you a few questions. The camera shows inside now (& it is indeed the man The Devil tripped earlier), “Stone, Stone” the man wispers. “Why do I know that name he adds in normal vocal tone. The door flies open & off the hinges, “I’m the hell cop, here to collect!” “Oh no” says the man suddenly getting frantic, turning to run for the window. “Oh yes” says Zeke, running after him & catching him “and I have the badge, & no pulse to prove it. Zeke extends his arm as if to show a badge, but all he shows is a tattoo on his wrist. The man punches Zeke is the face, but because of the fact that he had to twist to deliver the blow it wasn’t strong. Zeke hits back, harder, & the man falls, but he counter by grabbing at Zeke legs & taking him down. Zeke goes for his gun, but when he hits the ground, it rolls it bit to far away. They struggle to pin each other down & Zeke gets the upper hand, but it is a short lived victory the guy grabs a chair & swing it at Zeke’s face. Zeke blocks, but gets tossed off the man, and the chair shatters to pieces. The man kicks Zeke in the gut, then hits him in the face with 3 consecutive punches, one hitting his right eye. Zeke on instinct defends his eyes, but the man is able to tackle him. There is a piece of broken chair just out of Zeke’s reach, and he sees it. Right behind it is his gun, he psychically moves his gun towards it, & he grabs both of them. Zeke jabs the piece of chair at one eye, which is easily blocked, but the gun shot that follows is not. The man falls away in pain, but Zeke is relentless, he grabs the man & hits him with the gun, & pushes him against a wall. “Damn, I just wanted to ask you a few questions” he says, & jabs the piece of chair into the eye, the man has no way of stopping it this time, & he is sucked back to the hell. A tattoo burns off Zeke’s left arm, but he has no time to stop. There is a a knock at the door, and a man says “Mr. Rodgers, is everything ok.” There is a pause, then the man says, “honey, call 911, he might have shot himself. “I gotta get a silencer,” mumbles Zeke, as he exits via the window.

Scene 6: Zeke returns home exausted, he slowly walk up the stairs, creeps towards his door. When he opens the door, he finds The Devil sitting there watching Jeopardy, eating a bowl of something, potato chips or nachos perhaps, and playing along getting every question right. Zeke eases the doors shut, “that’s it, I’m out of here.”

*White Flash*

Zeke is walks outside, & around the building. He spots a fire escape, but the ladder is up. No problem, he jumps up. He walks up to by his room, & ducks down. He pops his head up to peak inside, but The Devil is gone. He goes inside, & packs his things.

*White Flash* Zeke gets on a bus, he takes a seat, & decides to take a nap. The camera moves to the back of the bus, where we see The Devil watching Zeke with a smile on his face.

Scene 7: A coyote has grabed a smaller animal in it mouth, & runs to find a place to eat. It finds a place, & begins eating, but it is soon interrupted by fierce snarling. It stops & looks about, it stares hard one way, thinking it saw something. Then turns the other way, & runs, heading for a bushy area. But when it gets there a a wolf’s head pops out, & claps it’s jaws around it’s neck.

*White Flash*

Zeke gets off the bus, in a rural area. Zeke streches, “it’s good to be back here again.” He walks for a while, enjoying the scenery, and eventually finds a place to stay. He enters, and an old man sees him & walks over. “You need a room lad?” “Yeah.” “How long you staying.” “Probably just a day or two, it’s all can manage to get off of work.” “Strange place to come on vaction, most folks just go up to Nagra Falls, just a but farther up ya know. “Well, I wanted somewhere,... more quite.” The man nods, as if in approval, & turns to get a key. Zeke continues, “perhaps if I have more time I’ll head up there. The turns back, & with a smile, hands Zeke the key. “Well, we’re glad you cam here. You’re in room 113, last door on the left.” “Thanks, says Zeke turning to go, but hte man starts talking again. “You couldn’t have picked a more quite town. You’ll like it, it’s the break you needs from the city. Trust me.” “That obvious I’m from the city.” “The clothes, the voice, you have New York written all over you.” Zeke gives a wide grin in response. “Finally, someone who understands, just how much I need a vacation” and puts his hand up, moving it around, adding to his statement with body language.

Scene 7: Zeke is awakened during the night, by the sounds of cans being knocked over. He gets up & looks out the window & sees a coyote, scavenging for food. He turns to go back to bed, & hears running;. He looks back out and a pack of coyotes are taking off, he then looks left to see a large image blur by.

*White Flash*

Zeke goes out side & looks around. All appears to have settled down, then he notices a trail of blood. He follows it to a bushy area, where he hears some rustling. He creeps about looking for the source. Then spots a wolf half burried in the brush, eating a smaller animal. It senses the intruder in the area & turns it’s head around snarling. Zeke, prepared, pulls out his gun, & shoots. Wounded, & with no desire to fight an armed man, it turns around & speeds off, into the dark of night. But Zeke fires a shot into it’s paw. Zeke follows it into a fenced in area, & corners it. However, there is a small hole in the fence, & it shrinks down to a size small enough to fit through (a size that of a small dog).

Scene 7: Zeke walks down stairs, the old man sees him & walks over. “Would you like breakfast?” Zeke smiles, & pauses, “yeah, I would.” He pats Zeke on the back & says “the dinning area is right through there,” pointing to a room with tables. Zeke walks in, & looks around. “Gotta love continental breakfast,” he mumbles to himself. He is about to walk over to to the table & get some food, when he hears a voice. “Zeke, is that you buddy?” Zeke turns & sees Harry (the homeless man from Repentance). “Harry. w, what are you doing here?” “I came to see my family,” he replies with a shrug of the body, showing awkwardness. “But it’s good to see you again Zeke, I can’t tell how much you helped me.” Zeke smiles, “well,...” he begins.” “Yes, I remember it was your job, but to me, we will always be old friends.” Thanks.” “So what about you, are you on a case, still helping people?” “Actually I came here trying to get a day off, but this place is wierder then LA.” “Yeah, allot of strange things.” “Have, you scene anything.” “No, but I did hear, the animals have gone crazy,.. ATTACKING PEOPLE. It’s not safe at night,” says a distraught Harry. “It’s ok, I’m here. Detective, remember?” “Yeah.” “But forget about that now, I am hungry, mind if I join you for breakfast?” Of course Harry doesn’t mind, & they get some food, then sit down, and eat together.

Scene 8: Stone walks over to old man. “Look, I need to know what’s going on,” flashing his badge. “I, I don’t know. No one does.” Zeke is growing frustrated.”Come on, there must be someone who knows.” “All I know is it happens at night, or in secluded places.” Zeke smiles. “Now then, do tell tell me where is the most secluded place in town.” “That would be Jim’s Villa, but...” “But, but what?” “...it’s uninhabitual, wasteland. No goes there any more.” “Until now!” “Oh no, I can’t tell you where it is, ” Stone cast a disbelieving glare.” “Seriously,” the man says. “The Villa is right at the end of the next town, I”ve never been there. I don’t even know the way.” “I do,” says a voice. They look the other way to see Harry. Slowly, Zeke walks over to Harry, but doesn’t say anything. “I can show you the way.”

*White Flash*

The two men enter Jim’s Villa, & looks around. It is deserted, but there are signs that this could be place to be looking. There are wolf tracks all over. They start to walk back, then Zeke stops. Something has caught his eye, he begins to walk away. Instantly, the camera shifts to a 1st person view, of what Zeke sees. He looks around, at what seems to be the after math of a battle, but it is still the Villa. Laughter is heard. Then a voice becons Stone back to reality. “Hey, wait for me ok.” Says Harry running to go with Zeke. They start walking together, & Zeke leads him to what turns out to be a cave. They enter, & find what appears to be a rather large den, for some sort of animal. The cave slopes down ward, affording a protective view of anything daring to enter. “This is the right place, but the wrong time.” “Y, you don’t mean...” asks Harry worriedly. “No, he, it’s out right now.” says Zeke, calming Harry, as he kneels & picks up some small bones (some broken). “Come, let’s get out of....” just then a wierd sound, a wail of some short, comes from deeper in the cave. They exchange nervous glances. “Stay close,” says Stone walking to the rear of the cave. Harry, nods his head, ir a paranoid repeated fashion, & goes to Zeke’s side. They walk to a place where the cave seems to narrow. Something big and brown, with fur, starts moving. Harry screams, and runs out, & Zeke starts reaching towards his gun. And then, in the blink of an eye,.... the fur is thrown up. “Boo,” says the Devil, just as Zeke pulls his gun forward. The Devil laughs, & says; “now now, let’s not get trigger happy,... again.” “Naw,” says Zeke, “That novelty has worn off.”

Scene 9: “ It’s not that, I’m upset you cam here, Ezekiel. It’s that you tried to sneak a day off with out my permission.” “But you never give me a day off.” “True, but you must admit, I did warn you about people pooking around where they don’t belong,... they get bit in the ass.” Zeke has his chin in hand, thninking up some counter to The Devil’s obvious reference to the rottweiler scene from Ferris Buelar’s Day Off. “If I was bleeding my eyes out, you would make me hunt down your escaped souls.” “Zeke, you know very well that you don’t have blood. It would be more like,... bleeding your soul out. So no, I actually I wouldn’t. I would rather sit back & enjoy the spectacle of your defeat.” Then a scream is heard, it is Harry. Stone charges out, & fires his gun at the mammoth wolf, standing next to Harry. It is to far away to see, and get a clear shot, but the noise seems to have scared it away again. Harry faints, Zeke walks over & easily picks Harry up

*White Flash*

Zeke is back at the hotel. He places Harry in bed. “You’re safe, now,... I get the beast.” He takes out his gun, & checks it. Then walks over to the dresser, though his back is to us & he blocks the view, we can see he puts something in the left side of his coat. with a smile he turns, and walks out.

Scene 10: It is getting late in the evening, Zeke goes out for a walk. he sees people scramling back to there houses, some giving odd looks to this stranger walking around there town. But as he gets to a secluded area, he gets a strange feeling. Stone reaches, & takes out his gun. Then the picture cuts to somewhere else. A boy sees a dog from behind, & says “hi doggy.” he aproaches the dog, & it turns around, & we see it is not a dog but a wolf with 3 heads. And when it raises them, it suddenly appears much, much, larger. The beast pounces at the child, but is stopped by a gun shot, which hits an eye, on on of it’s heads. The shot is followed by another, and another, & the attenion is now focused on the new threat. It growls and swats the petrified boy away. Zeke moves closer, to intercept the 2, but is halted when the creature raises it’s tail, which is now a serpent, swings at Zeke. Zeke leaps over, & falls into a roll, and turns around poiunting his gun at it. “You’re not my enimy,” it hisses at him. “Really,” Zeke says, which effectively stalls for time. “Then you’re sadly mistaken,” adds Zeke sternly, unleashing a hail storm of bullets on it. But they appear to have no effect on the snake’s eyes. “Not again,” moans Zeke (thinking The Devil changed the rules again). “Grip” he says & charges at the Cerebus. It manuvers around and stands on it’s hind legs to meet Zeke, & tries to attack him with it’s 3 heads. But Zeke’s gun shot manage to keep the heads at bay. Zeke slips a foot under neath, & stoops at it’s hind legs. Cerebus keeps his balence, & his foot away from Zeke’s, but it was merly a deversion. Zeke let’s go with his right hand, and is tackled to the ground, but his right hand went into his pocket & pull out a bowie knife. Down went the 3 headed beast right on top of it, plunging into it’s chest. Of course it’s is not alive, but winded, & wounded, it runs off. And the boy is safe.

Scene 10: It is the next morning, & Zeke is back in his room. He is sitting, & watching Harry, with his hands over his head in deep thought. Harry wakes up, & gives a confussed stare to Zeke, but Zeke gives him a warm smile in return. “I’m alive, the demon didn’t get me.” ” say Harry. “Yeah that’s right, I saved your skin again,” jokes Zeke trying to break some of the tension. “I, I wasn’t drinking or nothing, but I saw it clear, that wolf had 3 heads. You saw it too right?” “Yes, I did.” Harry sits up, “but that can’t be possible, it’s like what my daughter is learning in school about Greek legends.” “I’ve heard the name; Cerebus before, but that it has 3 heads is all I know. Did your daughter tell you anything about this, creature?” “Oh yeah, she loves to talk about it. I call her little Aphrodite, she’s the goddess of love & beauty.” Zeke nods, then Harry continues. “She told me the Cerebus, was the gaurdian of the underworld.” “Underworld? As in Hell?” “Yeah,.. it was, um, supposed to keep mortals out,... or was it keep mortals in? I’m confussed now.” “It could be both,” adds Zeke with a shrug. “She wouldn’t have happened to say anything about maybe, weaknesses did she.” “No,” replies Harry, then pauses “But, but, it can be defeated it must be,” he says getting exictied about it. “I know,” says Zeke, “we will find a way.” They both pause to think, then Harry’s face lights up. “Do you play music?” “No,” responds Zeke, not understanding. “What does music have to do with Cerebus?” “Well, it was beaten twice. One of those times, was when Orphius went into Hades looking for a lost love. He played music, & it was enchanted.” “They say music soothes the savage beast. Uh, what about the other time?” Harry takes a deep breath, & again pauses. It is obvious he is liking this version of Cerebus’ defeat, less then by means of charming music. “Hercules, he put a leash on the creature,.. and was able to walk it down the street.” “Well, I’ll just have to get a leash,.. or do I need 3 leashes?

Scene 11: Zeke walks out of a store with a big bag, and heads for a walk. He goes back to Jim’s villa. Stone takes a good look around, getting a good study of what is where. Finally, the sun starts to set, & the beast shows up. It is chasing a man, & tackles him down. Zeke fires a few shots, & runs at it, but it is to late. He is to far to get a shot, & the beast claws the man’s eyes. Suprisingly, he is a damn soul, & gets sent back to Hell. Then we see The Devil, looking distraught. “Stupid beast,” he says, not happy Zeke’s job got one soul easier. Stone winces as the tattoo burns away. Though I can’t see Zeke, Cerebus senses the the intruder. And is not happy at all that it is Detective Stone. Zeke hears the charge of the beast, & drops his bag. He takes out his gun, & opens fire on Cerebus, which is able to dodge, nimbly, around most of the shots. Zeke put a hand into his bag o tricks, & waits. When the best is near he pulls out a lasso, & tosses it onto one of it’s heads. It keeps coming, but Zeke makes a daring leap over it. Cerebus puts on the breaks, but Zeke has enough time, to throw the other end of the rope over a large rock. Stone grabs the bag, & dashes out of the way, & the creatures next charge. He throws another rope, but misses it. Zeke sees Cerebus trying to bite at the rope, so he quickly moves in, & even though it gives a struggle, he manages to slip another rope on. They scambles to tie it on to a fence. Zeke, gun in hand, runs back to the beast. Zeke unloads a hail storm of bullets, hitting every eye on the creature. Unfortunatly it is not sent back to Hell, only weakened, & seemingly rendered unconcious. Then Zeke rememebera something, & moves to the rear of the beast, & shoots the eyes on it snake headed tail, & it get suck back to where it came from. Clapping is heard, “well done” says The Devil, walking up behind Zeke. “I’m confussed about something. “You? Confussed Mr Stone?” The Devil replies sarcasticly. “Cerebus is your watch dog & the gaurdian of Hell. Why was he here?” “Well that should be obvious, even to you,... he was doing his job of course,... unlike some people” Zeke looks confussed. “Ok, I’m sure you know Cerebus helps keep the damned in Hell.” Zeke nods, & Satan continues. “He happened to be in the area during the escape, he jumped into the portal, with the damned, and out of Hell.” “Intresting.” Yes, it is isn’t it. You should be grateful it wasn’t one of his brothers that escaped. I wonder how you would have dealt with the Hydra, or the Chimera.” Zeke merly shrugs. “Perhaps, if you fail your mission, I will introduce you to them. Would you enjoy that?” “I thought you had more creative means of torture then sheer brutality.” “I do.” “One other thing that I’m confussed about; if you have such an effective team hunting animals at your disposal,... why send me on this mission?” “Cause Detective,” begins The Devil, emphasizing the word. “They are unthinking animals, you are a human!” “See, I knew you liked me,” jokes Zeke. “Oh you are a clever one. I’ll tell you what...” The Devil pauses to look at his watch. “Ezekiel Stone, I hearby grant you the rest of this day off.” Zeke, knowing what time it is, is not ammused. But not one to argue, he takes what he can get, & gives a smile. A smile of victory.

-The End-

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