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23 EXT. CHICAGO – OUTSIDE CAFÉ. NIGHT. 23
Twist dashes into frame, seeing the devastation inside the
café, and Chris advancing on the waitress.
TWIST
Oh, no…
(yells)
Chris! No! Hey! Bad, bad!
24 INT. TRUCKERS CAFÉ. NIGHT. 24
Chris pauses and turns, looking confused, as Twist leaps
through the shattered window and into the café.
He steps away from the waitress, and stares at Twist, trying
to remember why she seems familiar. Twist has her hands up
defensively.
TWIST
Come on, Chris, chill out. It's me.
Twist. Remember?
Chris frowns and starts looking round, trying to jump start
his memory.
TWIST (cont'd)
That's it… it's your…
(not wanting to use the
word)
… your sidekick, Twist. The
irritating one. Do you remember?
A look of comprehension finally crosses Chris' face, and he
looks up at Twist as though finally realising who she is. She
smiles and takes a step towards him.
TWIST (cont'd)
There you go… I knew I wasn't that
easy to forget! Now come on, boss,
we've got to get back and help
Julie before she-
Chris is suddenly looking like he's about to take off,
crouching down and pressing his hands to the side of his head
in distress.
TWIST (cont'd)
Uh-oh… Chris? Chris, come on, stay
with me, don't-
Chris leaps up and races out towards the entrance, leaping
through the other window and shattering that as well as he
races away outside. Twist sighs and finishes her sentence.
TWIST (cont'd)
Don't run off.
She casts her eye back over the wrecked café, then shakes her
head and jumps back out through the window frame and sets off
after Chris as the waitress and the wounded trucker peer out
from behind their cover.
25 INT. EMPTY TRAIN CAR. NIGHT. 25
Malkuth suddenly sits bolt upright off the table.
MALKUTH
(yells)
No!
Nienhaus rises and steps over.
NIENHAUS
Is there a problem?
MALKUTH
I've lost him! That bloody vampire
girl showed up, and then he just
went off and I lost contact! He's
fighting it, whatever's wrong with
him.
NIENHAUS
This is inconvenient. The girl will
try to take him back and heal him,
but she does not know that doing so
will kill him and you from the
damage you have done to each
other's souls.
MALKUTH
The damage we've done? It was your
spell! It was supposed to corrupt
him, start turning him evil, not
end up with us each having a bit of
each other's spirits trapped in our
chestplates and him running off
across the city like a hungry dog
chasing a meat wagon, leaving me
stuck here, waiting to expire
because you were too idiotic to
build a failsafe into your magics!
Malkuth is furious, shaking with anger, but Nienhaus calmly
waits for the rant to finish.
NIENHAUS
Are you done?
MALKUTH
Am I… don't talk back to me, you
freak!
Malkuth draws a small pistol from inside his shirt and in one
smooth motion shoots Nienhaus point blank. Nienhaus crumples
to the floor, the bullet having hit him straight in the
forehead. Malkuth huffs down at his still body.
MALKUTH (cont'd)
Look what you made me do now!
(to flunky waiting nearby)
You! Get him patched up, drammalow
wizards can regenerate from fatal
wounds like that in no time.
(beat)
You might want to give him a head
start and pull that bullet out of
his skull first, though.
Malkuth chuckles at his own pun and slaps the flunky on the
arm, who manages a nervous grin as he hefts up the dead
weight of Nienhaus' body and starts to drag him off.
26 EXT. CHICAGO – STREET. NIGHT. 26
Chris races down a side street, barging past people as he
runs from Twist, in hot pursuit a little further back. He
turns a corner and disappears from view onto a main road, and
as she gets to the corner she pauses.
Looking across the street, Twist watches on in disbelief as
Chris expertly leaps up onto the roof of a passing car, then
to another one, then from that straight onto a fire escape on
the side of a restaurant, with startled onlookers watching as
he shimmies rapidly up to the roof.
Her jaw drops as she starts to realise how tough this is
about to become.
TWIST
Here we go…
To the tune of 'Setting Sun' by the Chemical Brothers, Twist
runs across the street, hopping up onto the roofs of the now
stationary cars Chris used as stepping stones, leaping from
the top of the last one onto the fire escape, almost losing
her grip on the slippery metal.
She looks up just in time to see Chris leap from the top of
the ladder to the roof of the building opposite.
She groans and climbs the ladder as fast as she can.
27 EXT. CHICAGO – ROOFTOP. NIGHT. 27
Twist pulls herself up the ladder and into view, looking
across to the roof opposite and trying to judge the gap.
She takes a deep breath and launches herself across, managing
to land half her body on the roof. Her legs swing out into
empty air before she pulls herself up.
Head down and running, Chris tears across the rooftop away
from her, disturbing a set of washing lines with badly washed
clothes hanging from them as he goes.
Twist takes off after him, running for all she's worth to
catch up to him. As she reaches the washing lines, the tramp
who they belong to throws abuse up at her from the cardboard
box he lies in, but with a shrug she ignores him and presses
on.
Chris hops up and onto a smokestack, using it to jump up and
grab onto the railing of another fire escape, but as he turns
and sees Twist approaching he leaps off that instead, falling
down towards some scaffolding surrounding an old abandoned
bank building in the street below.
He falls and catches hold of one of the outstretched metal
tubes holding the scaffold together, swinging round and
landing on his feet, running off again.
With a yell, TWIST throws herself through the air after him,
missing the part of he scaffolding Chris hit but managing to
get a flailing hand onto an awkwardly fixed plank, which
holds up just long enough for her to pull herself to her feet
and set off after him.
28 EXT. CHICAGO – ROAD. NIGHT. 28
Chris drops down and starts running up one of the city roads
towards the oncoming traffic, with car horns honking as the
vehicles swerve out of his way.
Twist is further down the street, running after him and
having to spring to the side to avoid a city bus that skids
as it tries to avoid Chris.
Chris makes a sudden left turn, down towards a drained river
overflow running underneath the road, vaulting the steel
railings closing it off.
Twist catches up and tries to jump the railings, losing
precious seconds as she has to pull herself up the rest of
the way.
29 EXT. CHICAGO – DRAINED RIVER OVERFLOW. NIGHT. 29
Chris splashes through pools of stagnant water as Twist
pursues him, kicking boxes and crates out of his way which
she has to hop and jump to avoid. He passes a tunnel entrance
but stops, doubling back and running down into the darkness
away from her.
Twist veers off and follows him into the gloom, their echoing
footsteps ringing out from inside.
30 EXT. CHICAGO – CANAL. NIGHT. 30
Chris pulls up to a stop just in time to avoid running
straight into the murky green canal that cuts across his
path, and as he looks left and right he sees high brick walls
fencing him in. There's only a small area to move in, as this
is an access section of the canal for riverboats.
Chris moves away from the tunnel entrance as Twist hammers
into view, also having to skid to a halt to avoid the water.
Hands on her knees as she catches her breath, she glares at
Chris, who is staring back at her.
TWIST
(breathless)
Damn it, Chris, I'm gettin' too old
for this! I mean, a good old
fashioned chase is great fun and
all that, but damn! I'd forgotten
how fast you are…
Chris is silent, ready for her next move. She walks right up
to him, not afraid in the slightest.
TWIST (cont'd)
Okay, Fido, we do this one of two
ways. Easy or hard. Easy means you
come quietly with me now, no
punching, we get you cleaned up and
back to walking on both feet, and
then we fix Julie up before she
pukes herself a tunnel through to
China, and hard means-
Chris backhands her before she can finish and starts to run
away, looking to climb the high wall up and out of this
section of the canal. Twist staggers to her feet.
Twist spots a section of rusty piping lying by her feet and
scoops it up, throwing it towards Chris.
The pipe hits him square in the back, and with a grunt he
collapses in a heap. Twist paces over to him as he picks
himself up, assuming her Muhammad Ali fighting stance as he
turns to face her, hopping from foot to foot.
TWIST (cont'd)
Okay, alright, I get ya, you want
to do this the hard way, well,
that's just peachy with me, Chris.
God knows, I've got plenty of
reasons for wanting to go all Buffy
on your ass but I've never really
had the opportunity… well now, here
it is. You and me. Mano a… womano.
Battle of the sexes. And more
importantly…
(points behind him)
What the hell is that?!?
Chris looks behind him, and Twist LUNGES in with a punch, but
he snaps round and GRABS her fist in his hand, much too fast
for her. 'One Good Reason' by Celldweller kicks in.
She KICKS out and catches him in the chest, and as he
staggers back she launches herself at him again, landing a
hard punch across his jaw.
Chris falls to his knees, and she wastes no time in kicking
him in the gut. Chris rolls onto his back, but as she reaches
down to grab him, he flips up and CHOPS her across the neck,
grabbing her as she yelps with pain and throwing her
headfirst into the tunnel wall.
She dislodges bricks and dust as she clatters to the floor,
wheezing.
TWIST (cont'd)
That was… mean…
He picks her up, spins her round and hurling her back down
the tunnel, Twist skidding as she hits the ground.
She flips herself to her feet and manages to start blocking
as Chris rains down a flurry of punches, chops and kicks.
The two of them know each other's fighting styles well,
parrying, punching, blocking and kicking in eye-wateringly
rapid succession as they fight.
Chris lands another PUNCH to Twist's chest, chopping his
other hand down on her arm and grabbing it, wrenching it
round behind her.
She YELLS in pain as he starts to shove her into the wall,
but she sticks her feet up and runs up the wall, managing to
somersault over his head to land behind him.
She ELBOWS him in the face before he can react, and he drops
to one knee.
TWIST (cont'd)
Boom! The old Trinity manoeuvre!
Chris JABS a fist out and hits her in the shin, and Twist
falls to the floor. Chris leaps up and KICKS her twice in the
chest before turning and starting to run away.
Twist is battered but far from beaten, and with a roar she
charges into Chris from behind, shoulderbarging him to the
ground.
She pins him to the ground, knees pressing forearms down as
he struggles to get back up. She plants one hand on his
throat and raises a fist above her.
TWIST
Damn it, sit still! I'm trying to
get my fatality move on here!
Chris ROARS and lurches upwards, throwing her off.
Twist jumps to her feet as Chris lances a punch out at her,
but she blocks and springs into the air, kicking him with one
boot and then the other, and a stunned Chris staggers
backwards, landing on his ass.
Twist darts forward for the pin again but he's up too fast,
grabbing her by her t-shirt and SLAMMING her into the tunnel
wall. He leans in close, roaring in her face, fangs out as
she grimaces against him.
TWIST (cont'd)
Ah, shut your noise tube!
With one vicious HEADBUTT, Twist ends the fight. Chris
stutters backwards, woozy from the hit, and Twist takes the
chance to scoop up the same piece of pipe she used to stop
him moments ago, CRACKING it hard against his head.
Chris drops to the ground, out cold. Twist stands over him,
panting, and drops the pipe with a CLANG.
TWIST (cont'd)
Player one… wins!!
Twist strikes a victorious Mortal Kombat pose, hopping from
foot to foot. She then grabs a hold of each of his ankles and
starts to drag him away.
TWIST (cont'd)
Yeah, yeah, I know. But you'll
thank me for this later.
As Twist struggles to heave the recumbent Chris off screen,
we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
31 INT. CHICAGO REBEL CELL. NIGHT. 31
The bloodied and unconscious form of Chris drops into view,
securely tied up with thick ropes, and as we pull back, we
see the equally bloody but unbowed Twist wiping her brow as
an impressed Danyael and Lewis look on.
DANYAEL
Woah… what happened?
TWIST
Fight scene. Mega kung-fu radio
style. But I proved one thing.
DANYAEL
What was that?
Twist reaches into Chris' jacket and finds his wallet, and
extracts a five dollar note from inside that she waves
triumphantly at Danyael.
TWIST
Bet him five bucks that I could
kick his ass in a straight fight.
We never got chance to try it out
'til now!
She leans in and pecks Chris once on top of the head.
TWIST (cont'd)
Don't feel bad about losing,
sweetie!
LEWIS
Right, we got him back. So now
what?
TWIST
Damn. Good question. Any ideas?
DANYAEL
Any… hey, what the hell? You were
the one with the plan!
Twist throws her hands up.
TWIST
You said you'd take care of Julie
and I said I'd go get Chris! That
was all the plan we had!
DANYAEL
Julie's dying over there, we need
to do something!
TWIST
How about you going out there and-
SOOZ (O.S.)
Guys!!
Sat next to Julie, who looks worse than ever, glaring back at
the bickering vampires. They've moved Julie to a futon on the
other side of the room, next to a creaky old gas heater.
SOOZ (cont'd)
(annoyed)
Will you two shut the heck up and
think of something? This woman is
fading away right in front of me,
and listening to you two bitch
about whose turn it is to think of
a plan is not helping!
Twist and Danyael nod sheepishly.
TWIST
You're right, sorry. We're just a
bit strung out here, you know?
SOOZ
(nods)
I understand, it's okay. Just try
and stay cool, alright?
(to Lewis)
Hey Lewis, do we still have Maggie
Bernhardt's number?
LEWIS
Uh, yeah, think so.
SOOZ
Well, don't you think we should
call her? She is the local mystic
and healer, after all!
Twist throws a cross look at Lewis.
TWIST
And you were saving this little gem
of information until when,
exactly?!?
LEWIS
Hey, I forgot! We don't exactly
need to call her that often!
TWIST
Whatever. Just get her over here
before Chris wakes up and I have to
kick his ass again.
Lewis nods and reaches for the phone.
32 INT. EMPTY TRAIN CAR. NIGHT. 32
Malkuth is sat at one of the longer, sofa-like chairs in the
carriage, still scratching at his chest occasionally as he
sips from a bottle of wine.
He looks up as a disgruntled looking Nienhaus steps back
inside the carriage.
MALKUTH
Oh, good. Up and about again, I
see.
NIENHAUS
I do not appreciate being shot in
the head by my so-called employer,
Mr. Malkuth. If that happens again,
I will be forced to terminate both
our contract, and then your life,
in rapid succession.
MALKUTH
Oh, stop over-reacting. What's a
bullet to the head between
colleagues, eh? Take a seat.
Nienhaus takes a seat opposite Malkuth, who winces at the
sight of the angry red mark in Nienhaus' forehead from his
quickly-healing bullet wound.
MALKUTH (cont'd)
(off wound)
Ouch. I'll bet that smarts!
NIENHAUS
My well being is not important. If
you die, I will not receive my
payment. And that is unacceptable.
MALKUTH
Ah, you're a demon after my own
dark, twisted little heart! Don't
worry, I think I know where to find
Chris. He may have killed one of my
expendables, but I had plenty more
combing the area, and one of them
thinks he has a lead on that half
breed's whereabouts.
(grins; sips wine)
We're getting back what belongs to
me. One way or another.
33 INT. CHICAGO REBEL CELL. NIGHT. 33
We're looking down from the ceiling at Chris, his shirt open
and his body covered with runes and markings again, similar
to what Julie and Twist attempted previously.
Standing next to him is MAGGIE, with long, curly brown hair
and mostly human features, save a ridged nose and a dark
brown tint to her skin. She's applying the finishing touches
to the markings with a pot of ink and brush.
TWIST
(impatient)
You know, not wanting to dampen
your little Art Attack thing here,
but we kinda tried this already,
and it ended up with me having to
put the smackdown on the boss here.
What makes you think this'll work?
MAGGIE
(raises eyebrow)
Well, for a start, it seems that
last time anyone tried this, some
of the markings were completed
using pens instead of the required
inks, and that just won't do at
all.
Twist coughs once, guiltily as Sooz steps forward.
SOOZ
So explain what you're doing for us
non-magically minded people?
MAGGIE
I can't restore Mr. Berkeley here
to his normal self without
reversing the exchange of magics
that originally took place.
TWIST
Sending the curse right back at its
stinky little owner, right?
MAGGIE
Yes, but it would appear that when
the spell that placed Chris into
this state was first created, it
used some of the dark powers of
this Malkuth character you
mentioned, and that got mixed up
with Chris' own spiritual essences
when you and the young doctor over
there tried to remove the curse. So
although you removed some of that,
what was left behind was enough to
overpower Chris and turn him into
the animal you described.
Twist glances over at Julie – still looking very sick. Twist
bites her lip and looks back at Maggie.
TWIST
So how will this be any different?
MAGGIE
It won't, unless we release the
evil energies contained within
Chris back to their rightful owner.
That will break the spell and also
restore Chris at the same time.
TWIST
You mean we have to give Malkuth
his piece of himself back? Screw
that! He's had a piece of Chris for
thirty years now, why should we
give him this back?
MAGGIE
Because without it, both Chris and
Malkuth will die. The longer their
essences mix together, the more
damage it will do to them both when
we separate them.
TWIST
Oh.
DANYAEL
Well then, we've got to do it.
Twist shoots Danyael a look – she knows he's right but she
doesn't want to have to admit it.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
If the only way to get the poison
out is to send Malkuth's power back
to him, then that's what we have to
do!
TWIST
Isn't there any way we can get this
spell to get Chris' piece of soul
back as well?
MAGGIE
Ah, I'm afraid not, my dear. These
things only work one way.
TWIST
Damn it!
A long beat as Twist paces up and down, trying to convince
herself that this is what must be done.
TWIST (cont'd)
Let's do it. I take it we'll be
able to help Julie once this is
done?
MAGGIE
Yes. Breaking the infection placed
on Chris will also remove the
impurities from Dr. Kingston's
system too. The bite he gave her
passed some of the infection along,
but we can't start to get it out of
her until Chris is cleaned out.
Twist reaches into Julie's bag and retrieves the large
syringe body that holds the swirling red and white energies
they drew out of Chris. She hands it to Maggie, who thanks
her and then closes her eyes, holding a hand over Chris' body
and starting to chant.
The markings on Chris' body glow red as she chants, and the
white swirls of energy fade into view, visible through Chris'
skin.
Maggie lifts up the syringe, and then plunges it straight
into Chris' chest, directly into his heart. She releases the
energies inside back into Chris' body, and the white swirls
start to literally fizz inside his body.
Chris begins convulsing, the same brown sludge we've seen
Julie vomiting up starting to dribble from his mouth.
Twist, looking concerned, steps over and grabs the old towel
from Sooz to wipe the mess away.
TWIST
I got it, chief, hang in th-
She places a hand on his head, and before she can finish the
sentence, the scene blurs into:
34 INT. ROOM. EVENING. 34
We're looking in on Chris, sat on a chair in a plain, empty
room, facing a strikingly beautiful red-haired woman sat in a
chair opposite. Her arms are stretching round behind the
chair, but her eyes are locked on him.
CHRIS
So, Charlotte. Here we are then.
WOMAN
Yeah… looks that way.
(beat)
What do we do now?
CHRIS
(shakes head)
I honestly don't know. Let's just
keep talking and hope it figures
itself out.
She nods, and manages a weak smile, which he returns.
35 INT. CHICAGO REBEL CELL. NIGHT. 35
Twist's hand jolts back from Chris' head, and she takes a few
stuttering steps backwards. Everyone in the room is looking
at her.
DANYAEL
Twist? What happened?
TWIST
I… I just…
(beat; shakes head)
Nothing. I'm fine. Just phased out
for a second.
She looks down at Chris, who is still convulsing and still
has the markings on his body glowing red, and the white
ripples of energy dancing beneath his skin. Twist throws a
concerned look at Maggie.
TWIST (cont'd)
What now?
MAGGIE
Now, we send all this muck right
back to where it came from.
Maggie raises her arms, and with a FLASH of bright light that
makes everyone in the room stagger backwards, hands raised
against the light, the energies inside Chris BURST OUT and
into the room.
They hang in the air over him for a second before
dissipating, and as everyone looks over to Chris again, they
see the markings on his body fading away. Maggie wipes her
brow and beams up at the vampires.
MAGGIE (cont'd)
There! All gone.
Chris groans and stirs, opening his eyes and seeing Twist. He
manages a smile.
CHRIS
Hello, you.
TWIST
Hello yourself. You still evil?
CHRIS
Doesn't feel like it…
TWIST
Who's Charlotte?
CHRIS
(still dazed)
What?
Chris sits up and sees Maggie and the rebel vampires.
MAGGIE
Oh, hello, Maggie Bernhardt. Curse
removal a speciality.
She offers Chris her hand, which he shakes, looking like he
wishes somebody could explain what's happened the past few
hours.
CHRIS
Then it seems I owe you for all of
this, thank you.
(beat)
Where's Julie?
TWIST
She's over there, you kinda
poisoned her. And bit her.
(beat)
But she isn't dying anymore, so
it's all good!
Chris stands and walks over to her. Julie is still lying on
the couch, and Chris gently nudges her to wake her up.
CHRIS
Julie? Come on, Jules, the drama's
over for now.
Twist nudges Danyael, a happy smile on her face.
TWIST
Aww. Innit sweet.
Chris starts to look concerned, and places a hand to Julie's
brow. He frowns and turns back to Maggie.
CHRIS
Something's wrong.
MAGGIE
Oh dear, I was afraid this might
happen. There could be-
CHRIS
Could be what?
MAGGIE
Sometimes humans can't recover from
the removal of a curse as easily as
nonhumans can.
Chris starts to shake Julie more urgently.
CHRIS
Julie? Julie! Wake up!
TWIST
What the hell did you do to her?
MAGGIE
(offended)
I didn't do anything, it must be
from taking that poison out of her!
Chris snaps his head round and yells back to the others as we
close in on him.
CHRIS
(urgent)
We need to get to a hospital, now!!
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