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34 EXT. OUTSIDE SANGUINE – REAR. NIGHT. 34
Chris walks into view, supporting Twist who is still looking
bruised. He looks around a few times, the cold, grey parking
area outside the club lit by streetlamps and giving no clues
as to the location of Malkuth. Chris pauses, then closes his
eyes and lifts his head up, sniffing the air.
Flashlight and gun out, the cop from outside steps cautiously
out through the doors, looking around.
COP
Freeze! Okay, you, don't move…
Twist rolls her eyes and swats the gun out of his hands.
TWIST
Do me a favour, Ponch, go call for
backup and tell them to follow us.
There's gonna be trouble at the
mill tonight, and plenty of bodies
to clean up by the time we're done.
Capish?
Chris picks up the scent and looks round at Twist.
CHRIS
I've got them. Heading west.
TWIST
(to Cop)
You got a car?
COP
(shaking)
Uh-uh, y-y-yeah…
Twist beams at him, which just freaks him out more!
TWIST
(brightly)
Cool! Can we borrow it?
COP
W-We-W-Well…
TWIST
Aww! Isn't he a sweetie?
She pecks him on the cheek as she and Chris walk past him.
The cop is still too shaken to move.
35 INT. POLICE CRUISER. NIGHT. 35
The doors SLAM as Chris settles into the driver's seat and
starts the ignition. Twist fastens her seat belt.
TWIST
Okay, you be Starsky, I'll be
Hutch.
CHRIS
(flustered)
Twist, this is no time for-
TWIST
(stern)
You be Starsky, and I'll be Hutch!
CHRIS
Fine! Let's go. Hutch.
Twist flips on the siren as Chris revs the engine and the car
screeches out of frame.
36 INT. MALKUTH'S LIMO. NIGHT. 36
We're riding inside Malkuth's very luxurious black limousine,
where Bannister is sitting stiffly on one of the leather
seats with Dudley keeping an eye on him. Malkuth is nearby,
sipping a cocktail as he eyes up the
librarian. Glover is quivering with fear in another seat.
MALKUTH
So! The healing librarian business
not working out for you then?
BANNISTER
Go to Hell.
MALKUTH
Tut tut, Edward, you can show your
old associate a bit more respect
than that, can't you?
He nods to Dudley, who SLAPS Bannister. Hard.
BANNISTER
Maybe I just didn't have what it
takes to be the kind of healer I
wanted to anymore. That's why I stole your books. So I could
help others.
MALKUTH
Well, that was just plain rude,
wasn't it? Now I'm going to have to
break a bone in your body for every
one you stole. And I have a sneaky
feeling that there may be a few
more books than you have bones,
like, ooh, say four hundred or so.
So I'll have to break some twice.
He grins that lizard-like smile again as we hear the window
partition to the driver wind down, and blue and red flashing
lights can dimly be seen through the tinted rear window.
DRIVER
Uh, boss, we've got company.
Malkuth looks through the back window and chuckles.
MALKUTH
Oh, dear. Very persistent, isn't
he?
37 INT. POLICE CRUISER. NIGHT. 37
We're looking over Chris and Twist's shoulders as they speed
up to the escaping limousine, driving along a thankfully
quiet main road.
TWIST
(points)
There he is! Faster, pussycat!
CHRIS
I am driving faster! This isn't a
game, you know, I can't just drive
into him or we could both end up
flipped off the road!
TWIST
Alright, then let me drive!
CHRIS
No way.
TWIST
Go on! You can shoot at him!
CHRIS
With what?
Twist hefts up the huge shotgun she's found in the driver's
seat.
TWIST
(proudly)
With my boomstick!
CHRIS
What the… Put that down before you
get us both killed!
She SHOVES the shotgun into Chris' hands, then leans over and
GRABS the wheel out of his hands. Chris complains but ends up
wriggling out through the driver's window as Twist squeezes
across into his seat, gunning the accelerator and pulling up
close to the limo ahead. Chris tries to draw a bead on the
snaking car ahead.
CHRIS (cont'd)
(shouts)
Now what?!?
TWIST
Go for the wheels! Didn't you ever
watch 'Chips'?
Half in, half out of the car, he takes aim with the shotgun
and fires.
As the shells hit home with, the limo's rear window EXPLODES
in a shower of glass.
38 INT. MALKUTH'S LIMOUSINE. NIGHT. 38
Everyone ducks as the glass BLOWS out.
MALKUTH
How much farther?
DRIVER
Next turning, sir!
MALKUTH
Step on it, before that British
idiot kills us all!
(to Dudley)
Don't just sit there, shoot back!
Dudley shifts round, aims his gun and starts to fire back
through the now broken window.
39 INT. POLICE CRUISER. NIGHT. 39
Twist ducks as bullets pierce the windscreen, still gaining
on the limo.
Chris aims to shoot again but stops as two bullets hit him
square in the chest. He yells and drops the shotgun.
She grabs hold of Chris and drags him back inside the car,
sliding him across onto the passenger seat.
TWIST
You okay?
CHRIS
Bastard! I liked this shirt…
Chris is a little dazed from the hits but saved by his half
vampireness. He shakes his head to clear the cobwebs and
looks around for another weapon.
40 EXT. HOLLYWOOD – ROAD. NIGHT. 40
Malkuth's limo hits the brakes and veers off to the right,
down towards a set of darkened warehouses. Twist turns the
police cruiser to follow.
41 EXT. HOLLYWOOD – WAREHOUSE COMPLEX. NIGHT. 41
Malkuth's limo bursts through a locked gate and speeds off
screen, followed moments later by the police cruiser.
We stay on Twist's car as it screeches to a halt next to the
limo, which has pulled up, all its doors open. Twist leaps
out, looking round frantically. Chris hauls himself out of
the car, still in pain after the bullet hits.
CHRIS
Where did he go?
TWIST
I can't see him…
She looks around some more before spotting the target.
TWIST (cont'd)
There!
Twist points across to another warehouse.
Malkuth, Bannister, Dudley, Glover and the driver are
hustling across a gangway leading into another warehouse,
Dudley kicking the door open as the group disappears inside.
42 INT. WAREHOUSE. NIGHT. 42
We're inside the warehouse as Chris and Twist run inside,
Twist pausing to grab an iron bar from the ground as she
races off, Chris limping after her.
We're on a balcony looking down into a lower floor of the
warehouse where we see a purple swirling GATEWAY of energy
waiting as Malkuth and the others gather round it. Twist and
then Chris run into frame n the balcony.
Malkuth looks up and sees Chris looking down on him, then
waves and with a victorious smirk steps through the portal
and vanishes.
TWIST
What is that, a transport portal?
Chris nods, wheezing for breath. Twist sees he's in no state
to move and starts to run along the balcony. We stay with her
as she clatters down an iron staircase to the lower level.
Dudley is about to shove Bannister through the portal when
Glover manages to break free of the driver's grip, and with
an attempt at a war cry BARGES himself into Dudley, knocking
the big man over.
The driver reaches down to pick Glover up, but an iron bar
streaks in from off camera and CRACKS him across the side of
his head, and he crumples to the floor.
Glover looks up as a shadow falls across him.
Dudley stands, framed by a light overhead and not looking
happy. He snarls, but before he can get another word out we
hear Twist shout out and she CHARGES into him, knocking him
off camera.
Dudley swipes at Twist but she dodges it, and CHOPS him in
the neck. He staggers back and she uses the gap to spin on
the spot, swinging her fist round to SMASH into his skull.
Dudley twirls round from the blow and drops to his knees,
allowing Twist to stand behind him and THROW him face first
into the dusty warehouse floor.
TWIST (cont'd)
And that's what you get for busting
up my DJ set!
Glover looks up again as another shadow falls across him, but
this time it's Chris, and his hand reaches into frame and
helps him up.
Chris watches the portal fade away as he helps Bannister up,
the old man bleeding from a cut above his eyebrow. Police
sirens can be heard approaching, and Chris glances round
anxiously.
CHRIS
Let's go, the police will be here
any moment and I haven't got time
to think up an explanation.
He puts one of Bannister's arms across his shoulders to help
support him as they head back for the staircase.
TWIST
We don't need one, we just saved
the day! That gives us hero's
rights.
CHRIS
Just be quiet and hurry up!
TWIST
(off Dudley & the driver)
What about Dumb and Dumber?
CHRIS
Not our problem.
TWIST
(grins)
Good! Glad you said that.
43 INT. POLICE CRUISER. NIGHT. 43
Twist starts the engine as Chris finishes helping Bannister
into the back seat next to Glover, before joining Twist in
the front.
CHRIS
Hang on a minute, how did you end
up driving?
TWIST
You shoulda called shotgun…
44 EXT. WAREHOUSE COMPLEX. NIGHT. 44
The cruiser speeds into frame and back up the road leading
out of the complex, straight towards three waiting squad
cars. The officers are out and ready, shouting and aiming
their guns towards the cruiser.
45 INT. POLICE CRUISER. NIGHT. 45
We're looking over Chris & Twist's shoulders at the roadblock
up ahead. She starts to panic.
TWIST
Crap! What do I do? What do I do?
CHRIS
Floor it!
46 EXT. HOLLYWOOD – ROAD. NIGHT. 46
We're just past the edge of the roadblock as the stolen
police cruiser barges its way through, sending cars spinning
and cops diving for cover as it smashes past. The cruiser
speeds away as two cops take up positions and fire on the
departing car.
We hear the bullets hitting the car as it races on.
47 INT. POLICE CRUISER. NIGHT. 47
Twist ducks as the bullets PING off the car, then looks over
her shoulder to check they're clear.
TWIST
Is everyone okay?
CHRIS
Sort of… bloody bullets from
earlier are still hurting!
TWIST
Glover, you okay?
GLOVER
I-I… Yes, I'm fine, but what about…
He looks over towards Bannister, but the old man is slumped
in his seat.
CHRIS
Oh, no…
He reaches over and turns Bannister to the side – and we see
a bullet wound with dark blood spreading across the old man's
flannel shirt. A bullet hole in the car door next to him
shows the entry point.
48 EXT. HOLLYWOOD – HILLTOP. DAWN. 48
We're looking at a small parking bay overlooking the city,
just off the main road. The police cruiser is parked a few
feet away as Chris lays Bannister gently on the ground.
Twist watches, one eye on the rapidly approaching sunrise we
can see through the faint patches of light in the sky.
Chris holds a hand over the bullet wound but Bannister's hand
pushes it away. Chris frowns at the old man, and tries to
hold his hand over the wound again.
CHRIS
Let me try to help. Stay still.
BANNISTER
No… it's too late… Save your
energy.
CHRIS
(frustrated)
Can't you do anything? I mean, you
were well known for being a great
healer, once…
BANNISTER
A healer's job is to save others,
not himself…
Chris goes to answer but stops at the solemn words.
BANNISTER (cont'd)
Glover can take care of… the
library now… We'll let you… take a
few things with you…
CHRIS
Thank you.
BANNISTER
Just promise me… something…
CHRIS
Name it.
BANNISTER
Put a stop to Malkuth for me…
And with that, Bannister breathes his last. Chris bows his
head and looks over to Glover, who is shaking as he takes the
dead man from Chris' arms.
Twist is shifting from foot to foot nervously as she watches
the sun come up.
TWIST
Chris…
CHRIS
I know. Glover, we'll meet you back
at the club tomorrow when the
police have gone, alright?
Glover nods as Chris stands and walks over to Twist.
TWIST
Are we just gonna leave them there?
CHRIS
Glover can tell them they were
kidnapped. If we leave the car
here, they'll buy the story.
TWIST
And exactly what are we supposed to
do for transport? In case you
haven't noticed, we're rapidly
approaching 'sun comes up and Twist
goes poof!' time… you planning on
stealing yet another car?
CHRIS
I'm afraid not. Looks like we'd
better get moving, eh?
Chris walks off the bottom of the screen, and she follows
after a few mutter curses. We stay on Glover holding
Bannister as we look down across the city below, the sky
lightening quickly as the sun rises.
49 EXT. TRAIN STATION. EARLY EVENING. 49
We're looking up close at an open baggage compartment before
its door SLAMS shut, showing Chris and Twist sat inside the
train through the window.
50 INT. TRAIN. EARLY EVENING. 50
Chris is opposite Twist, a large duffel bag open and full of
books on the table between them. Twist peers into it.
TWIST
He really let you have all of
these?
CHRIS
Every one. I managed to resist the
temptation to be greedy.
TWIST
Huh. So, who's gonna get saddled
with carrying this lot then?
We keep picking up more and more
stuff, and there's still just the
two of us.
CHRIS
(leans back)
I was thinking of starting my own
collection. I know a few people who
could look after this for me for
the time being.
TWIST
So… no carrying?
CHRIS
No carrying.
TWIST
Score!
Chris reaches in to the bag and takes out the top book,
sitting back and opening it as Twist puts in her Discman
headphones and roots through her bag for a CD. She pauses,
looking like she wants to say something.
TWIST (cont'd)
Uh… Chris?
CHRIS
Mmm?
TWIST
Something weird happened in the
club, a few minutes before Malkuth
and his monkeys showed up, and…
well, I just don't know how to
explain it.
Chris puts the book down and looks over to her.
Twist looks like she's about to speak, then shakes her head
and looks away.
TWIST (cont'd)
Ah, it was probably nothing. Ignore
me. Guess I'd had too many Bacardis
or something.
Chris watches her but she roots through her bag again, and he
decides to leave this conversation until later.
Chris opens the book and we see the page has a large
illustration of a heart, and the caption 'Removal Of Mystical
Maladies From The Soul.'
He grins as he sees that the books will be a huge help.
CHRIS
Thanks for everything, old man.
BLACK OUT:
END OF SHOW
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