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                                       TEASER

                                                               FADE IN:

         1     INT. OFFICE BLOCK. NIGHT.                                1

               To the techno of 'Goddess On The Floor' by Harry, we fade up
               to look at a typically plain cubicle-style office floor,
               empty after hours. The moonlight outside shines in through
               the thick glass panels running round the floor, and it looks
               like a still, peaceful night…

               As CHRIS runs into frame, sprinting for all he's worth across
               the floor. The lights of the tall buildings outside flit past
               as we follow him, his eyes fixed ahead.

               Looking back at Chris from the window he is dashing towards,
               we see him draw a handgun and aim it at the door, FIRING
               several times in rapid succession to crack the thick glass
               before he hits it. Chris continues running towards us, not
               slowing down.

         2     EXT. OUTSIDE OFFICE BLOCK. NIGHT.                        2

               Chris hits the glass, and literally dives through it, the
               glass SHATTERING outwards as he drives out into the night
               sky. Chris freefalls for a few seconds before we pick up a
               black shape moving through the night below him.

               As Chris falls closer to it, his arms up to control his
               descent, we can see that it is some kind of winged MONSTER,
               flapping its huge, leathery wings as it travels through the
               air, not seeing Chris descending on it.

               Chris plummets into the creature, slamming into its back and
               knocking both of them out of the sky. The monster turns with
               a SCREECH, trying to get a better grip on Chris, whose sword
               is out, flashing in the moonlight from side to side as he
               tries to deflect the creature's claws.

               The two figures are spiralling downwards, the monster unable
               to fly as it fights off Chris, heading straight for a large,
               flat rooftop below.

         3     EXT. ROOFTOP. NIGHT.                                     3

               Kicking free of the monster at the last moment, the creature
               SLAMS into the concrete rooftop, kicking up a cloud of dust
               and leaving a huge crater in the surface. Chris lands neatly
               in the foreground, unharmed, and turns to walk back towards
               the wounded beast.

               Badly wounded from its fall, the bat-like monster stirs
               weakly as Chris' shadow falls over it, its mighty wings
               broken and bloody marks all over its body. Chris kneels down
               next to its head and sighs.

                                   CHRIS
                         Why couldn't you just have stopped
                         when I asked?
                             (beat)
                         We didn't have to end it like this.

               Chris draws his sword, ready to finish the demon off. He
               raises it, and the demon tenses.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         May you find the peace in the next
                         world that you could not in this
                         one.

               He slams the sword down, off screen. There is a last gurgle
               from the creature before its breathing stops, and with a
               heavy look in his eyes Chris removes his sword.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         Looks like we're all slaves to our
                         instincts…

               He wipes away some blood from a cut over his eye as a door
               leading from the top floor to the roof swings open, and TWIST
               and DANYAEL emerge. The duo make their way over, looking down
               at the now very dead winged monster, Danyael carrying a large
               digital camera.

                                   TWIST
                             (whistles)
                         Man, he still looks just as nasty
                         when he's dead!

                                   DANYAEL
                         Rather you than me, Chris.

               Chris doesn't speak as he turns and walks away. Danyael
               throws a puzzled look at Twist, who just rolls her eyes as if
               to say 'he's always like this.' Danyael starts taking photos
               of the beast as Twist walks back over toward Chris.

               Twist taps him on the shoulder, but Chris doesn't turn round,
               staring out across the city below.

                                   TWIST
                         There wasn't anything you could
                         have done. He'd made his choice.

                                   CHRIS
                         He wasn't a killer until those
                         idiots decided to burn his home to
                         the ground, although I suppose it
                         was too much to expect off people
                         who call themselves 'vigilantes.'

                                   TWIST
                         Way of the world, Chris. Einstein
                         once said he only believed in two
                         things, that the universe was
                         infinite and that humans will
                         always be stupid. But he still
                         wasn't certain about the universe.

               She lays a sympathetic hand on his shoulder, and Chris turns
               round with a nod. They both look back towards Danyael.

               Still taking photos and scribbling in a notebook, cigarette
               dangling out of his mouth as Chris and Twist stand in the
               foreground watching.

                                   CHRIS
                         At least our newest recruit seems
                         to be taking to the job quite well.

                                   TWIST
                         I think it's what you'd call a
                         'defence mechanism,' Chris. Most
                         people need to do something like
                         that when they see their girlfriend
                         and all their friends killed right
                         in front of them! And anyway, we're
                         made of tough stuff, us vamps, what
                         did you expect?

                                   CHRIS
                         Oh, I don't know… certainly not
                         anyone else like you.

               Twist turns to him, offended, but Chris just smirks at her
               and walks back to Danyael.

         4     INT. VAMPIRE NEST. NIGHT.                                4

               We're inside a typically squalid vampire nest, sweeping

               along through it past laughing vampires, one feeding on a
               struggling young girl before we reach the desk of INNES,
               tinkering with a large radio transmitter unit in front of
               him. It starts to BLEEP suddenly, and a printer buzzes as it
               produces a memo, which Innes tears away and leans back into
               the main room to announce it to the others.

                                   INNES
                         Here it is, word from up top.

               He reads it, then reads it again and grins.

                                   VAMP #1
                         Well? What's it say?

                                   INNES
                             (beat)
                         'Bring the noise.'

               A cheer from the vampires, who have clearly just heard
               exactly what they wanted to hear.

                                                             BLACK OUT:



                                    END OF TEASER
                                       ACT ONE

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         5     INT. GARAGE. AFTERNOON.                                  5

               Close up on a jet black van door as it slams shut. We pull
               back to take in a sturdy looking Ford, looking none more
               black all over, especially the windows, heavily tinted.

               Chris and Danyael are studying the van as JOE, a mechanic
               complete with greasy overalls, watches them, grinning. Chris
               starts to make a circuit of the van, running his hand across
               its lines.

                                   JOE
                         Well?

                                   DANYAEL
                         Great job, man. I mean… wow.

                                   JOE
                             (to Chris)
                         How about you? I mean, you're the
                         one paying for this thing.

                                   CHRIS
                             (beat; grins)
                         It's perfect.

               Chris walks over to Joe and shakes his hand warmly, despite
               the grease.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         You've done an excellent job there,
                         my friend. I take it those windows
                         are how we specified?

                                   JOE
                             (taps windscreen)
                         You couldn't get better protection
                         if they were enchanted. You could
                         drive through the centre of the sun
                         in this baby, and you'd struggle to
                         break into a sweat!

                                   DANYAEL
                         Sweet work, man, very sweet work
                         indeed.

                                   JOE
                         Hey, stuff like this don't come
                         cheap, but your buddy there seems
                         to have the cash to cover my
                         expenses!

               Chris nods and grins at Joe.

                                   CHRIS
                         It'll all be taken care of as we
                         discussed.
                             (to Danyael)
                         Well, it seems you're already handy
                         at knowing the right people,
                         Danyael, and now thanks to you we
                         have our own personally tailored
                         transport!

                                   DANYAEL
                         One condition, though.
                             (beat)
                         I get first pick of CD for the
                         trip.

                                   CHRIS
                             (sighs)
                         It was almost perfect…

         6     INT. BLACK FORD. AFTERNOON.                              6

               Chris drives the Ford as Twist rides shotgun and Danyael sits
               in the back, the two of them singing along at the tops of
               their voices to 'In The Shadows' by The Rasmus. Chris looks
               like it's already been a long, long day.

                                   CHRIS
                             (shouts)
                         Do we have to have it on quite so
                         loud?

               Danyael and Twist exchange a bemused look, laugh and carry on
               singing as Chris shakes his head and gets back to his
               driving.

         7     EXT. FREEWAY. AFTERNOON.                                 7

               The Ford is cruising along a quiet mid-afternoon freeway
               towards another big city centre up ahead, and we pass a large
               handy sign that reads 'Welcome To Minnesota.'

         8     EXT. CORDEN'S HOUSE. AFTERNOON.                          8

               Parked carefully in the shade of the quiet townhouse, the
               Ford sits as we see Chris, Danyael and Twist waiting on the
               doorstep of the house. Chris knocks again.

                                   TWIST
                         Huh, nobody home. And after we came
                         all this way!

                                   CHRIS
                         That's odd…

                                   DANYAEL
                         What is?

                                   CHRIS
                         Listen.

               A beat, and then we hear it too - the sound of a whistling
               kettle boiling over.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         If they're out, how come the
                         kettle's managed to boil by itself?

                                   TWIST
                         Oo, does this mean we get to force
                         entry now?
                             (to Danyael)
                         I'm good at this.

                                   CHRIS
                         I'm afraid it looks that way!
                         Twist, if you'd do the honours?

               Twist steps up to the doorframe and rests her ear against it
               for a moment, as though considering something. Then, she
               takes a step back, and with one strong KICK knocks the door
               open. With a beam at Chris, she steps back.

                                   TWIST
                         Alright, I've done my bit. Now it's
                         your play, half-breed boy.

               Chris nods and walks into the house.

         9     INT. CORDEN'S HOUSE. AFTERNOON.                          9

               The place is deserted, and whoever left did so in a hurry -
               the home is cosy, all natural fibres. Wind chimes tingle
               quietly out back, and not only is the kettle boiling, but the
               washing machine and TV are also both on.

                                   TWIST
                         Well?

                                   CHRIS
                         Doesn't appear to be any signs of a
                         struggle… we'd better comb the
                         house for any clues.

                                   TWIST
                         Great. Another day, another
                         kidnapped witch… this was meant to
                         be a simple locate and retrieve
                         mission, and now it's turned into
                         kidnapping!

                                   DANYAEL
                         Any ideas?

                                   CHRIS
                         Except that, like most witches,
                         Corden most likely has a taste for
                         tie-dye shirts and chunky wool knit
                         jumpers, judging by the décor in
                         here, no. What we could do with is-

                                   VOICE (O.S.)
                         Hey!!

               Twist turns - the voice came from behind them, outside. Chris
               walks up to the doorframe to see.

               DARRYL, an angry-looking middle-aged man, long dreadlocked
               hair and cheesecloth clothing in muted colours. He's holding
               a paper shopping bag but his free hand is balling up into a
               fist against the intruders.

                                   DARRYL
                         What the hell are you people doing
                         in my house?

                                   CHRIS
                         Ah, you must be Darryl.

                                   DARRYL
                             (suspicious)
                         Who wants to know?

               Darryl steps up to the doorframe as Twist and Danyael step
               either side. Chris holds out his hand.

                                   CHRIS
                         Christopher Berkeley. These are my
                         associates, Twist and Danyael.

                                   DARRYL
                             (ignores hand; still
                              suspicious)
                         Very nice. Now what do you want?

                                   CHRIS
                         Well, I'm here on behalf of a Mr.
                         Galston, he's requested-

               Chris doesn't finish his sentence as Darryl shoves past him.
               Chris pauses for a beat, then nods to Twist that he'll handle
               things as he steps back inside.

                                   DARRYL
                             (calling round house)
                         Corden? Corden! Where are you?

                                   CHRIS
                         I'm afraid she isn't here.

               Darryl spins round and lunges at Chris, grabbing him by the
               shirt collars. Chris doesn't fight back.

                                   DARRYL
                         Where is she? And what's that damn
                         old man gotten his flunkies to do
                         this time?

                                   CHRIS
                         I don't know, we've only just
                         arrived ourselves. Perhaps we can
                         help?

               Darryl stares at Chris, but Chris' honest eyes tell him that
               this is the truth, and Darryl slowly lets go of him. Chris
               smoothes out his shirt.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         Thank you. As I was saying, we've
                         only just arrived, and there was no
                         sign of Miss Lewis when we entered.

                                   DARRYL
                         How did you get in, anyway? The
                         door's always locked!

                                   TWIST
                         Ah, that was me. Sorry.

               Darryl glares at Twist, waving meekly from the doorway.

                                   CHRIS
                         Would you mind my associates
                         joining me so we can all talk?

                                   DARRYL
                             (beat)
                         Okay. Come on in.

               Twist and Danyael gratefully nip inside, out of the way of
               the advancing sun's rays. The two vampires start looking
               round the house as Darryl leans back against the sink,
               rubbing his face wearily.

                                   CHRIS
                         I'm guessing this isn't the first
                         time the two of you have
                         encountered a little trouble?

                                   DARRYL
                         Ever since he found out Corden was
                         a witch, he hasn't left us alone.
                         She works for him, you know.
                         Mr. Galston. Over at that big, oh
                         so expensive office block with his
                         other slaves.

                                   CHRIS
                         Then you probably know why I'm
                         here.

                                   DARRYL
                         Yeah, I know. Galston's dying, and
                         he thinks Corden can help him.
                         Well, both of us have told him and
                         any of the heavies he's sent round
                         here, she can't do anything.

                                   CHRIS
                         I'm afraid that's not up to me.
                         I've been hired to head over here,
                         ask Miss Lewis to accompany us back
                         to Galston's offices, and then
                         escort her back afterwards, no
                         matter what the outcome of the
                         meeting was.

                                   DARRYL
                         Huh. Some meeting. He'd probably
                         chain her up till she found a way
                         to heal him. There ain't no cure
                         for what that guy's got.

                                   CHRIS
                         Which is…?

                                   DARRYL
                         A disease of the soul.

               Chris throws Darryl a puzzled look but is interrupted by
               Danyael walking into frame, holding the house phone.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Hey, shall I make a few calls? I'll
                         see if I can find the local rebel
                         boys and girls, they may be able to
                         lend a hand.

                                   CHRIS
                         Yes, good idea. Will you be alright
                         to go meet with them while Twist
                         and I will head back to Galston's
                         place and see what's going on? I
                         doubt Galston had anything to do
                         with this, it doesn't make sense to
                         kidnap someone you've just arranged
                         to have picked up!

               Danyael nods and settles down with the phone as Darryl
               reaches out and grabs his jacket.

                                   DARRYL
                         I'm coming with you.

                                   CHRIS
                         I'm afraid not. If Corden tries to
                         call back here, you'd better stay
                         so we don't miss her.

               Chris and Twist start to head for the door as Darryl throws
               up his arms in protest.

                                   DARRYL
                         And what am I supposed to do if she
                         doesn't call?

                                   CHRIS
                             (beat)
                         Wait for us to bring her back.

               They leave, Darryl muttering under his breath as Danyael
               starts talking to someone on the phone in the b.g.

        10     INT. BLACK FORD. AFTERNOON.                             10

               As if proving itself, the sunlight shining in through the
               Ford windows isn't affecting Twist, who reclines happily in
               the passenger seat.

                                   TWIST
                         Aah… I was starting to forget what
                         sunbathing felt like!

                                   CHRIS
                         I think it's safe to say you don't
                         really have the complexion for it…

                                   TWIST
                         Heh, yeah, although there was this
                         one time, when I-

               A loud, high pitched WHINE suddenly fills the air, and the
               duo grimace at the painful sound. Chris pulls the van over,
               but the sound fades away as suddenly as it arrived.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Ow! And 'ow!' again! What the heck
                         was that?

                                   CHRIS
                         I have no idea! Some kind of signal
                         interference, maybe?

                                   TWIST
                         Well, the radio's working fine,
                         listen…

               She turns up the local news broadcast as Chris looks round,
               out through the windows, scanning the area, looking for
               anything that could have made the noise.

                                   CHRIS
                         I can't see anything that could
                         have produced a sound like that.
                         Make a note of where we are, I'll
                         come back and check it out when we
                         have time. Let's keep moving for
                         now.

               Chris starts the van and drives away again, Twist still
               rattling a finger inside her ear.

        11     EXT. OUTSIDE REBEL CELL. AFTERNOON.                     11

               Tucked away down a back alley, and shielded from the sun by a
               network of drapes strung overhead between the adjacent
               buildings, Danyael finds the entrance to the Minnesota rebel
               vampire cell, and knocks a few times on the doorway.

               He waits, knocks a few more times, then tries the door
               handle. It swings open, and he tenses, knowing straight away
               something is wrong. He paces very carefully inside.

        12     INT. REBEL CELL. AFTERNOON.                             12

               We can hear television sets and a radio playing as Danyael
               creeps into the base, along a short set of steps leading down
               and then round a corner into the main room. He freezes as he
               takes the sight in.

               About a dozen VAMPIRES, all dressed in vaguely uniform
               combinations of jeans, combats, t-shirts and jackets, lie
               sprawled about the place, some lying on the floor, some
               slumped in chairs, one face first against a table against the
               back wall of the room. 

               The TV set and radio fight to fill the otherwise silent room
               as Danyael makes his way into the middle of it. He kneels by
               the nearest vamp.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Hello? Hey! Hey, wake up!

               Danyael stands, gently laying the vamp back down, looking as
               confused as heck.

                                   DANYAEL (cont'd)
                         What happened?

               The scraping of the main entrance door opening again makes
               him jolt, and as we hear the sound of voices drifting into
               the room, Danyael quickly looks around for somewhere to hide,
               darting off screen as we stay watching the way in.

               A group of about nine tough-looking VAMPIRES walk in, stakes
               and axes in hand as they survey the K.O.'d rebels, laughing
               victoriously.

               Watching from inside a small wardrobe at the back of the
               room, we see what Danyael sees as one of the vamps roughly
               drags the nearest rebel to his feet.

               The rebel is still unresponsive, and so with a snarl the
               vampire STAKES him, and drops his body back to the floor. The
               vamp turns to his comrades.

                                   VAMP
                         Hey, the boss was right! They're
                         all out cold! Go get 'em, boys!

               With a whoop, the vamps split up, systematically staking
               every single rebel in the room in moments.

               We can see Danyael's eyes peeking out from inside the
               wardrobe, wide with fear as he watches the carnage.

               A vamp hauls up a young female vamp, the last one in the
               room, and raises his stake to take care of her when a hand
               grabs his arm firmly, keeping it raised.

               We pan left to see BLAKE, and this is the top dog vampire in
               these parts. Tall, well built and sporting a bald head with a
               goatee, looking like a Hell's Angel gone wrong, he shakes his
               head and takes the stake out of the other vamp's hands.

                                   BLAKE
                         Now, the boss never said we
                         couldn't have a little fun with
                         these losers first, did he?

               A beat before the vamp catches on what Blake means, then with
               a cackle he throws the female vamp over his shoulder and
               starts to leave.

               With a grin, Blake surveys the room as the rest of the vamps
               file out, grabbing two bottles of spirits lying on the floor
               and dousing the room liberally with them, before pausing in
               the doorway to light up a flare.

               As we watch, Blake throws the flare into the middle of the
               room, where it catches on the old sofa and bursts into
               flames, before he turns and leaves, letting the room burn.

               We can see Danyael's terrified eyes looking out at us as the
               flames taking over the room start to lick into view.

                                                             BLACK OUT:



                                   END OF ACT ONE
                                       ACT TWO

                                                               FADE IN:

        13     EXT. OUTSIDE GLASTON INDUSTRIES. EARLY EVENING.         13

               Chris walks down the long set of steps from the glass
               frontage of the Glaston Industries building, throwing up his
               arms to Twist, waiting on the bonnet of the Ford.

                                   TWIST
                         Well?

                                   CHRIS
                         Nobody there knew where he was! I
                         spent five minutes listening to the
                         receptionist calling every
                         department in the damn building, no
                         sign of the chap at all. Whatever
                         our employer Mr. Glaston is up to,
                         we won't find out for a while yet.

                                   TWIST
                         Man… remind me to thank your buddy
                         Aaron for setting us up with this!

                                   CHRIS
                             (pats bonnet of Ford)
                         To be fair, we did need the money
                         for this thing, so we just need to
                         solve this little mystery and move
                         on!

               Twist doesn't look too convinced as Chris gets into the van.
               She hops down off the bonnet and slips into the passenger
               seat.

        14     EXT. ALLEYWAY ENTRANCE. EARLY EVENING.                  14

               The black Ford pulls into frame and Chris and Twist step out,
               the sun having set safely behind the larger buildings in the
               background. They head down towards the alley we watched
               Danyael enter earlier.

                                   CHRIS
                         Well, this is the main rebel base
                         round here, according to Danyael.
                         Let's hope he's made us a few new
                         friends here.

                                   TWIST
                         We should name her, you know.

                                   CHRIS
                         Name who?

        15     EXT. ALLEYWAY. NIGHT.                                   15

               Walking down the alley, the drapes fluttering in the breeze
               overhead.

                                   TWIST
                         You know, the van. She needs a cool
                         name. We can't just call it 'the
                         van,' can we?

                                   CHRIS
                         Alright then, how about… Kate?

                                   TWIST
                         Kate?!?

                                   CHRIS
                         Yes, after Kate Beckinsale. Lovely
                         girl. British, too.

                                   TWIST
                             (hits him on the arm)
                         No stupid, something like-

                                   CHRIS
                         Danyael?

               Chris spots something and dashes off screen, leaving Twist to
               wonder what he was on about.

                                   TWIST
                         That's stupid, who'd call a van…
                             (beat; sees it too)
                         Danyael?!?

               Sitting huddled up against the opposite wall of the alley as
               smoke pours out of the entrance to the rebel cell is Danyael,
               soot all over his skin and several burns showing on him as
               well. Chris is already with him, trying to get a response out
               of him as Twist skitters over.

                                   CHRIS
                         Danyael, can you hear me?
                             (to Twist)
                         He's in shock, looks like he's been
                         badly burned.

               Chris walks up to the doorway but backs away, coughing from
               the sheer amount of smoke pouring out of it. He stands nearby
               while Twist tries to get something from Danyael, who is
               staring straight ahead, hugging his knees tightly and
               trembling.
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