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17 INT. SANGUINE CLUB - DJ BOOTH. NIGHT. 17
Twist is still keeping the crowd jumping as the music pounds
out overhead - it's 'Symbiont' by Celldweller. She glances
down at the red LED clock above the decks, then turns to look
at Benji. She taps her wrist to say 'Am I out of time yet?'
Benji, standing outside the booth, takes a drag from his
cigarette and then shakes his head, waving an arm out over
the crowd and then pointing back at Twist with a thumbs up.
The floor is hers!
She beams back at him and starts sorting through the records
on offer.
18 INT. SANGUINE CLUB - UPSTAIRS OFFICE. NIGHT. 18
Chris turns to Bannister with a bemused grin on his face.
CHRIS
I hope she's not driving everyone
away out there…
BANNISTER
Doesn't look like it at all! Come,
sit down, we have much to discuss.
Bannister indicates the wicker chair and another next to it,
and he and Chris settle down. Bannister snaps his fingers and
Dudley steps over.
DUDLEY
Yes, sir?
BANNISTER
Two pots of tea, if you would. This
may be a long evening.
Dudley throws another dirty look at Chris before turning and
leaving by the staircase door.
CHRIS
You'll have to forgive me for
asking, Mr. Bannister, but how did
you know to expect me?
BANNISTER
I have my methods. I could sense
that someone important was going to
be passing by soon, and it just so
happened that a day later I hear
that you're in town looking for me,
and now here we are.
CHRIS
Then I assume you know why I'm
here?
BANNISTER
Why else? You want to view the
collection.
CHRIS
(smiles eagerly)
That would be rather nice…
BANNISTER
Well, we'll have a quick drink
first then head on. Are you alright
to stay here for a while? Your
friend seems quite settled out
there.
CHRIS
Yes, I suppose I owe her the chance
to kick back a little…
Dudley walks back over and sets a silver tray down on a small
coffee table, with two china teapots and two cups. He moves
away as Bannister pours two cups of the herbal tea, and with
a gracious nod Chris takes a sip.
CHRIS (cont'd)
(surprised)
That is very good… what is it?
BANNISTER
A special homemade brew, works well
on those with troubles of the soul.
CHRIS
Something I have a lot of, I'm
afraid…
BANNISTER
Ah yes, your quest.
CHRIS
(surprised)
You know about it?
BANNISTER
When one hears of a half-vampire,
travelling the world in search of a
cure to the vampiric condition that
may or may not actually exist, with
a vampire he managed to steal out
of Hell in tow, well, stories do
travel…
A shared grin as they sip some more tea.
CHRIS
I'm only sorry it's taken me so
long to track you down, there must
be all sorts of useful things I
could find with a quick scan
through your books.
BANNISTER
I must ask you something, though.
CHRIS
Go ahead.
BANNISTER
Why are you doing all of this?
Chris pauses - it's been a while since he's thought about his
potentially fruitless mission.
CHRIS
Because there are people I want to
help. People cursed who don't
deserve to be, people who have made
amends for past deeds and now
deserve another chance at life so
they can end it naturally.
BANNISTER
And?
CHRIS
And… well, I'm not planning on
living forever, so there's only one
way to stop that, isn't there?
BANNISTER
Who do you plan to use the cure
for?
CHRIS
After myself? There are a few
people I have in mind.
BANNISTER
I hope you appreciate the
implications of what you intend to
do. Turning the dead and demonic
back into humans? Goes against the
natural order of things, and could
have grave consequences, no pun
intended.
CHRIS
I'm not planning on selling it to
the highest bidder, if that's what
you mean. I just want to bring a
little balance back to the world.
Bannister smiles, satisfied with Chris' motivations.
BANNISTER
Good. Then let's head down into the
library.
They stand, and head over to the solid door we saw earlier,
which Tyler opens for them.
19 INT. SANGUINE CLUB - BACK ROOM. NIGHT. 19
Chris follows Bannister as he walks along the long, gloomy
corridor.
CHRIS
I meant to ask earlier, why did you
set up inside a nightclub? It's not
the kind of location you'd expect.
BANNISTER
It's simple, really - the energy.
CHRIS
Energy?
BANNISTER
You saw how full the club was
outside? That many people crammed
in one place, sharing a common bond
as they express themselves through
dance and enjoyment… well, it
creates a lot of positive energy,
spiritual and otherwise, and this
building is designed to channel
that energy to provide me with all
the magical power I could ever
need.
CHRIS
You use the patrons like batteries?
They walk out into the back room we saw earlier, where Glover
is busy filing away an armful of books into the shelves. He
nods as Chris and Bannister walk in.
BANNISTER
In a manner of speaking, yes. It
doesn't drain anything out of them,
I merely siphon off what they're
producing and convert it for my own
uses. Energy can't be destroyed,
only changed from one form to
another, so why let it all go to
waste?
We pull back to see that the library stretches back a
considerable way from the entrance to the back room, but is
more well lit than the access corridor.
BANNISTER (cont'd)
I can't let anything you see here
leave this room for obvious
reasons…
CHRIS
The thought never entered my mind.
BANNISTER
However, you are free to take any
notes, copies, pictures and
whatever else that you wish. I had
one of my men take the liberty of
fetching your laptop computer from
your hotel room.
Chris turns with a raised eyebrow as Glover hands him his
laptop. Glover looks terrified and edges away.
CHRIS
I should applaud your initiative…
BANNISTER
And forgive the breaking and
entering, yes. Have fun, Chris,
I'll be back in the office if you
need me. My assistant Glover will
be here if you need anything.
Bannister leaves and Glover stays by the door as Chris starts
to pace along one of the shelves, a happy look on his face as
he runs a hand along the book spines.
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
20 INT. SANGUINE CLUB - BACK ROOM. NIGHT. 20
We walk along the library shelves until we pick up Chris,
sitting cross-legged on the floor with his laptop resting on
his knees, his face lit by its glow as he busily taps in
information from the book open on the floor before him.
Several more are lying around him, along with notebooks and
scraps of paper, and as we push closer, the music playing in
the club below starts to fade up, as we:
21 INT. SANGUINE CLUB - MAIN FLOOR. NIGHT. 21
The dance floor is rocking out again to the stomp of 'Nothing
Really Matters' by Harry, but this time we delve into the
crowd, disappearing into the many outfits and faces until we
pick up Twist, standing against a guard rail, sipping a
bottle through a straw and looking round as she bops along to
the beat. Benji joins her.
BENJI
Hey, hey, superstar DJ! You good?
TWIST
Better than a freshly shaven
Buddah, amigo! I am feelin' the
beat and the heat on the street
tonight!
We leave the two of them chatting and pan a little to the
left, where we see that there is a figure standing cloaked in
the shadows near the bar, watching Twist.
22 INT. SANGUINE CLUB - LIBRARY. NIGHT. 22
We're with Chris again, tapping away at his keyboard when a
shadow falls over him. He looks up.
Bannister is back, a steaming mug of tea in his hands.
BANNISTER
Everything alright?
Chris places the laptop on the floor and stands.
CHRIS
Oh, definitely. This collection is
fantastic! I haven't seen anywhere
that had Caricci's Dialogues for
years, and you've got a full set of
the Agnean Summoner's Rituals as
well, I didn't think they'd even
finished one of those, and…
BANNISTER
Yes, it's taken me a lifetime to
build it up, and when I'm gone
there are several people ready to
take over from me. These books will
serve as a reference for anyone who
needs them, for as long as I can
ensure it.
CHRIS
As long as I can keep popping
round, I'll always lend a hand to
help out!
Bannister places a hand on Chris' shoulder and leads him back
towards the corridor.
BANNISTER
I'm glad you said that, Chris,
because there's a little task I'd
like your help with.
CHRIS
Name it.
BANNISTER
There's this fellow, works a few
blocks away from here, goes by the
name of Vance. Not the most legal
of fellows, if you know what I
mean…
CHRIS
I do, I don't exactly pay my
parking fines either.
BANNISTER
It pays to work on both sides of
the thin blue line, doesn't it?
Anyway, this Vance chap should have
received some new additions for the
library today, and I wonder if you
wouldn't mind going and fetching
them for me. Glover will give you
the address.
CHRIS
No problem. Twist will be fine
here. In fact, I doubt she'd notice
if I left her here, to be honest…
Bannister grins and he and Chris walk into the corridor
heading back to the office.
23 INT. SANGUINE CLUB - MAIN FLOOR. NIGHT. 23
Twist is just leaving one of the bathrooms when she suddenly
pauses, frowning and looking off screen.
We get a shot of one of the club's emergency exit doors,
currently surrounded by dancing clubbers, but as we push in
on it slightly, a white GLOW forms around it, like a bright
light shining from the other side.
Twist rubs her eyes and squints back towards the door.
The glow is gone, everything is back to normal.
Twist looks round, dazed as Benji appears and heads over.
BENJI
Hey you! You ready for round two?
TWIST
Round… huh?
BENJI
Djing, round two! Remember? I liked
your set and we agreed you could
have another hour around now!
You're up again in a few minutes.
TWIST
Oh… oh, right. Cool. Thanks.
Benji nods and walks off, leaving Twist alone. She shakes her
head and peers at the beer in her hands, placing the half
full bottle back down on a nearby table.
TWIST (cont'd)
Man, I need to lay off the booze…
24 INT. SANGUINE CLUB - DJ BOOTH. NIGHT. 24
Recovered by now, Twist puts the headphones on and starts to
check through the CDs on offer, loading up the next tracks
and getting things ready. As 'Hey Ho!' By the Lords Of Acid
fades out she fades another up, the grin back on her face as
she watches the crowd bouncing around. She frowns suddenly,
and looks around the club as though realising something.
Through her eyes, we see everything slow down – the music and
dancers slowing to a crawl – and as she watches, a strange
yellow GLOW starts to form around the fire door on the far
side of the club.
Twist's eyes narrow as she senses something is wrong.
TWIST
Uh-oh…
We switch back to normal speed as the fire door is suddenly
KICKED open, and a gang of VAMPIRES and a few DEMONS start to
pour into the club, barging clubbers out of the way as they
head inside.
Twist watches the crows start to scatter, quickly counting
the invaders and sizing them up.
TWIST (cont'd)
Alright, baumgartner… game time.
We close on her finger as she hits 'Play' on one of the CD
racks, starting of 'It's Only Them' by Pain, making the
perfect soundtrack for the impending fight.
Twist steps up onto the table with the decks and LEAPS over
it, sailing through the air and onto the dancefloor as the
song starts to blast out all around her. She marches up to
the raiders, shoving through the crowds.
Taking stock of things, five of the vamps are guarding the
door as the two demons head for the staircase.
They're well-built, with two small horns either side of their
head and almost black skin.
Twist glances to her side, sees that she's near the bar and
grabs a full bottle of spirit from behind it. She leans back
and prepares to throw it.
One vamp is about to open the door when the bottle flies in
from off camera, SHATTERING against his head. He crumples,
and his comrade turns and snarls.
Twist grins she motions for the vampires to bring it on.
TWIST (cont'd)
Alright, goon squad! Time to get
Kill Bill on your asses…
The vampires SNARL and charge as one towards Twist.
25 EXT. HOLLYWOOD - STREET. NIGHT. 25
Chris walks along the street, not a care in the world,
passing a few closed shops and whistling to himself.
26 INT. SANGUINE CLUB - MAIN FLOOR. NIGHT. 26
Back in action, as Twist KICKS out and connects with the
first vamp, then with a quick roundhouse PUNCH sends him
flying head first into the wall.
As he butts into it and falls down, Twist blocks the punches
of the next two vamps, stepping back until she can get a blow
in.
A CHOP to the neck of the first and then an elbow driven into
the gut of the second clears her some room, and with a YELL
she grabs one's arm and spins him round into the other,
knocking them down like bowling pins.
The next three vamps take up positions around her, chuckling
and cracking their knuckles.
TWIST
Three on one? That just isn't fair!
Tell you what, I'll just use my
legs…
With that, she hops up onto a nearby table and leaps into the
air, CRASHING feet first into the upper body of one of the
vamps and knocking him to the floor. Twist is hit a few times
before she can recover, and staggers back a little under the
blows.
VAMP #1
Kill her! Stinkin' vampire!
TWIST
(offended)
Hey! I took a shower before I got
here!
She PUNCHES him square in the jaw, and as he howls and
clutches his face, she winces and shakes her hand.
27 EXT. HOLLYWOOD - STREET. NIGHT. 27
Chris pauses at the entrance to a dark alleyway, and looks
down at a scrap of paper in his hand. With another glance
down the alley, he starts to walk down it.
28 EXT. HOLLYWOOD - ALLEY. NIGHT. 28
The only thing in the alley is one small, plain wooden
doorway, and a few bags of rubbish piled outside. Chris
wrinkles his nose as he knocks on the door.
VOICE (O.S.)
Yeah? Who is it?
CHRIS
Bannister sent me.
VOICE (O.S.)
Oh, okay, hang on.
We hear footsteps, and then the sound of several bolts
scraping back. The small door opens a little and a face peeks
out - this is VANCE.
CHRIS
Are you Vance?
VANCE
(suspiciously)
Yeah, that's me. Who wants to know?
CHRIS
My name's Chris, Chris Berkeley.
I've been asked to pick up some
things for Mr. Bannister.
VANCE
Okay, wait there.
The door closes, we hear a heavy chain being dragged back
before the door opens again. We can see Vance clearly now - a
short, scruffy looking man with a floppy bowl haircut and
mismatched tie dye clothing. He waves Chris inside and Chris
walks through the door, which closes.
29 INT. SANGUINE CLUB - UPSTAIRS OFFICE. NIGHT. 29
Tyler is looking out through the windows overlooking the
dance floors, and snorts as the two demons bust in.
Dudley steps into the office through the stairs leading up
from the main floor as Tyler turns to him.
TYLER
Hey, Dudley! Don't just stand
there, we got trouble downstairs!
DUDLEY
I know.
Dudley calmly reaches into his jacket, draws a large handgun
and SHOOTS Tyler in one fluid motion. Tyler gasps, clutches
at his chest and then staggers backwards to crash onto the
floor.
Bannister appears from the corridor leading to the library.
BANNISTER
What's going on here? Dudley, why
ar-
He freezes as he sees the gun in Dudley' hands and raises his
hands slowly. Glover appears from the corridor and gasps as
he sees the gun, throwing his hands into the air and dropping
all the folders he was carrying.
DUDLEY
(snarls)
Like I kept telling that idiot, I
hate this music!
BANNISTER
Dudley, what's the meaning of this?
DUDLEY
A business venture came up, and I'm
pleased to finally announce my
retirement to you.
Dudley opens the door, and the tall, imposing form of MALKUTH
steps into the office. The scaly half-demon looks as smug as
ever as he looks down on Bannister and chuckles to himself.
BANNISTER
You…
MALKUTH
I'm impressed, you hid my books
from me for quite a while this
time!
BANNISTER
These books were never meant for
someone like you!
MALKUTH
We'll let me be the judge of that.
Mr. Dudley?
Dudley steps forward and shoves Bannister and Glover out of
the way, keeping them both at gunpoint.
DUDLEY
Better be quick. The boys
downstairs won't be able to hold
that vampire chick off forever, the
way they're going so far.
MALKUTH
They don't have to…
He rounds on Bannister, an evil grin across his face.
30 INT. SANGUINE CLUB - MAIN FLOOR. NIGHT. 30
We're back with Twist, now surrounded by three unconscious
vamps but squaring off to three more, looking worse for the
wear by this stage of the fight.
She's as defiant as ever though, wiping away blood from a
split lip as the vamps encircle her. Terrified clubbers can
be seen crowding round the exits trying to get out.
TWIST
Okay, all three of you obviously
still haven't had enough Rothrock
ness for one day, so who's next?
Two lunge forward at once, and with a great spiralling
roundhouse KICK she connects with one and knocks him into the
other, her blonde hair trailing out behind her.
The third vamp PUNCHES her, and she falls, knocking over one
of the few undisturbed tables around her and shattering glass
everywhere. She picks herself up slowly, clearly hurting by
now.
We get a low-level shot of Malkuth walking calmly out from
the upstairs doorway and heading for the exit, with Dudley
bringing a restrained Bannister following him.
She grunts with pain and stands, the last vamps still ready
for a fight in front of her. She rolls her eyes and puts her
dukes up once again.
TWIST (cont'd)
Alright, alright. Just you to do
and then I can get on with
railroading your boss…
The two step to it again.
31 INT. VANCE'S PLACE. NIGHT. 31
We're in a cosy room stacked ceiling high with shelves,
dressers, cupboards and boxes, with wrapped packages of all
shapes and sizes balanced precariously left, right and
centre.
Vance is shuffling around searching through various piles as
Chris looks around. A tinny police band radio can be heard in
the background.
CHRIS
So what exactly do you do, Mr.
Vance?
Vance turns over a package in his hand and chuckles as he
continues searching through his shelves.
VANCE
Ah, I reroute packages for people.
All sorts of things, from anyplace
to anywhere. People like Bannister
keep me in business, always
shipping something from God knows
where to God only knows where.
CHRIS
I see…
Chris is looking up at one particularly high stack of
packages when his ears pick up on the radio.
RADIO
Copy that, Unit MK-95, over.
Disturbance at the Sanguine
nightclub in the lower east side,
possible gang related, requesting
available units for backup.
His look darkens as Vance walks over with a large package in
his hands, postmarked and sealed.
VANCE
This is the one, showed up a few
days ago. Heh, Bannister's getting
lazy in his age, used to come down
here and see me but he never
bothers anymore…
Vance looks around. Chris is nowhere to be seen and the door
is wide open. Vance puts his hands on his hips and tuts
loudly.
VANCE (cont'd)
Well, howd'ya like that!
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
32 EXT. OUTSIDE SANGUINE CLUB. NIGHT. 32
Chris races along the street leading up to the club's
entrance as we hear the sound of police sirens approaching.
One squad car is already outside, with an officer trying to
get statements out of a huddled crowd of scared looking
clubbers. Chris strides purposefully past them towards the
doors.
COP
Hey… hey, you! You can't go in
there!
Chris ignores him and walks straight inside. The cop looks
from the doors to the clubbers, then back, before drawing his
gun with a sigh and following Chris inside.
33 INT. SANGUINE CLUB – MAIN FLOOR. NIGHT. 33
We're looking across the club at a slanted angle from floor
level. The place is a mess – overturned tables, smashed glass
everywhere, signs of a major struggle. The lights around the
club are still rotating but the music has fallen silent.
Chris walks into frame, looking round.
Next, we're looking at Twist, and we see from her prone
position on the floor that it was her eye view for the
previous shot. She's lying on her side, a table pinning her
to the ground, blood and cuts all over her. An unconscious
demon is slumped before her.
Chris notices her at last and hurries over. He FLINGS the
table to the side with a grunt and picks Twist up carefully.
She winces as he brushes broken glass off her now ripped
outfit. She smiles weakly back.
TWIST
Thanks, chief… Thought I was doing
okay… till the other four showed
up…
CHRIS
What happened? Where's Bannister?
TWIST
Dunno… saw some guys taking him
outside…
(urgently)
Chris!
CHRIS
What? What is it?
TWIST
Chris, it was Malkuth! He took him,
they went that way.
She points towards the still open fire doors.
CHRIS
Let's go. Are you okay to walk?
TWIST
I'll be fine… just give me a
minute…
She leans forward and takes several deep breaths, before
standing again and smoothing her hair out. They walk past one
of he beaten demons on their way out.
As Twist's boots come into view, she KICKS the demon hard as
she walks past. He grunts.
TWIST (cont'd)
And that's for saying I fought like
a girl, baumgartner…
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