A family an unknown doctor is tending to in the 1930's, with his nurse, Maureen. The couple give birth to a young boy, Joey, however, the doctor quickly notes how Maureen began to spiral into what he thought was insanity. She felt like the Roots' baby wasn't theirs, and with other kids at the hospital getting scratches from an invisible force, Maureen attacked the couple thinking they brought an evil presence with them. The doc had her committed as he felt rats attacked the kids, but unfortunately, this led to Maureen taking her life. As a result, to help console the couple, the doc gave them a monkey at the hospital, knowing once Joey grew up with it pressing its "squeezebox" and making music whenever it got near him, the amused family would be distracted and forget the dark circumstances at the hospital. Sadly, Joey's journey took a darker turn as it's revealed his dad's best friend and bowling partner got ran over by a tractor. Every six months death would follow like clockwork, from tornadoes killing neighbours to mutated cats to a 747 plane crashing to the mother, Doris, dying. And the more blood would be spilled, the more the ape played its tunes as Joey clutched it.The medical practitioner started digging into Doris' files more, hoping to learn about any pattern of illness in the family, but instead he found a drawing Maureen did of Joey's birth. It showed a petrifying demon hovering over the kid that night, suggesting Maureen saw into the supernatural realm. With Latin and pagan notes written as well, the doc's left wondering what else Maureen saw and what did she do as she clearly began studying the occult. He also discovered a receipt for the ape Maureen signed for four years ago, which left him thinking Maureen bonded some spirit to the ape. Thus, to the reader, it appears that when demonic forces are around, it'd play music to protect the boy. Of course, the fact the doc doesn't have Maureen to answer these things and he isn't seeing what Joey's experiencing, he doesn't know the likelier answer: something possessed the monkey and is actually the cause -- not the warning -- of these deaths. As the doc races to Joey's home, he starts questioning his sanity. He's thinking the ape wards off the Antichrist but as he speeds along the icy roads, a bowling ball comes crashing through his windshield and smashes into his face. Joey ends up at the crash site, telling the monkey, who he's named Jocko, the ape always makes him feel better when terrible things occur. It plays its song and shockingly enough, a spirit's at the site, connected to Jocko. This explains why Ed didn't let a reporter touch Jocko in the first film and why in Annabelle Comes Home, Jocko rallies to the doll with other demons in the Warrens' home to go after Judy, the daughter. If Jocko were an alarm, Ed would keep it with him, so the doc died not knowing a malevolent entity was indeed inside. This chapter ends with Joey going off with Jocko on a new adventure, so maybe a follow-up will show exactly how Jocko ended up in Ed and Lorraine's artefact room.
