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12 INT. HOTEL ROOM - MORNING 12
Chris and Twist enter the hotel room to find Danyael sitting
alone watching television, sipping on a beer.
CHRIS
(to Danyael)
Find out anything?
DANYAEL
I did. You?
TWIST
Absolutely nothing. And we took the
entire night doing it.
Danyael looks over at Chris.
CHRIS
What she said. What did you get?
DANYAEL
As it turns out, there have been
several disappearances that seem to
be somehow linked to the bar.
They're vague links, simply went
there and didn't come back. More
interesting than that, however, is
that a couple of murders have taken
place, all shortly after leaving
said location.
CHRIS
You think it has anything to do
with the sisters?
DANYAEL
Hard to say. Like I said, all
that's known throughout the
underground is that you go there
and you may not come back. Oh, and
that the girls really are kick-ass
singers.
CHRIS
Right. I'm not sure what we've got
here, but we should go back tonight
and talk to the girls and see if
they are indeed telling the whole
story.
(looking over at Twist)
It would be great if you could at
least make an attempt at being
amicable.
TWIST
You know me, if she starts her
whole 'half-demon' insults again,
I'm kicking her ass.
Chris rolls his eyes, and we cut to:
13 INT. NIGHT CLUB - NIGHT 13
The trio walk through the doors of the near empty night club.
There is a sign explaining that the girls won't be performing
tonight, hence the emptiness. They make their way to a corner
booth where the girls are all sitting.
CHRIS
(pointing to the chairs)
May we?
LUCIA
Of course.
The three join the sisters at the table.
LUCIA (cont'd)
Did you find out anything about
Violet?
CHRIS
Not as much as I would have liked.
We did, however, find out a few
things about this bar. And I've got
to be honest, if you expect us to
be able to find both your missing
sisters, you're going to have to be
completely honest with us.
The girls exchange guilty looks - Lucia bows her head and
nods, admitting her deception.
LUICA
We should have told you. Cassidy…
Cassidy ran away two months ago,
about the time we first started
getting the threats. She was just
too scared to go on.
GRACE
The four of us can still work our
magic, but without Violet…
CHRIS
(nods)
I understand. Is there anything
strange going on with this bar?
LUCIA
What do you mean by 'strange'?
TWIST
Anything out of the ordinary… you
know, unpaid parking tickets,
people getting murdered...
LUCIA
(to Chris)
What is she talking about?
CHRIS
Apparently there have been more
than a few people killed shortly
after leaving this bar. And even
more have simply vanished after
visiting here.
The girls look around at each other for a moment.
CHRIS (cont'd)
You don't know anything about any
of this, do you?
TAMZIN
Of course not! You think that just
because we've got demon blood
flowing through our veins that
we're some kind of monsters? You,
of all people, should know better.
You are all half demon, and…
Twist stands up promptly as if to do something, but Chris
pushes her back down into her seat. She sits with a
discontent look upon her face, glaring at Lucia.
TAMZIN
You know that we have nothing to do
with this. We're just singers!
CHRIS
That's just it. I don't know that.
I'd like to believe you, but we're
going to have to work on that a
little bit.
TAMZIN
Guilty until proven innocent,
right?
TWIST
My word, I think she's got it…
The two stare at each other for a moment.
CHRIS
It's not that. It's just… in our
business, it's sometimes hard to
tell the good guys from the bad.
LUCIA
And I suppose we kidnapped our own
sister too? Look, I don't wish for
anything bad to befall the people
that come into this bar. Many of
them are regulars, good people who
just need a little help. Here we
are trying to help them, and…
Chris sits silent for a moment, thinking over what she has
said. She seems to be telling the truth.
CHRIS
You say that you know several of
the regulars personally?
GRACE
It's a side effect of our songs. We
share a little of ourselves with
our audience.
CHRIS
Then I think that we should attempt
to get into contact with them. Not
only would we possibly saving them
from whatever it is doing this, but
we may also be able to flush out
whoever it is behind it.
LUCIA
So you trust me now?
CHRIS
I'm one step closer.
(beat)
How many of the customers do you
guys know personally?
The girls look at each other to provide an answer.
TAMZIN
Six, maybe?
GRACE
No, more than that.
LUCIA
If I had to give an approximate
answer, I would say ten to fifteen.
CHRIS
That's a lot of people.
He looks over to Twist and Danyael.
CHRIS (cont'd)
This would probably work much more
quickly if we split up.
TWIST
Why don't I like the sound of that?
CHRIS
If we each go alone with one of the
girls to find these people, that
would increase our effectiveness.
TWIST
I figured you would say that… not
the whole 'effectiveness' part, but
the going alone with one of the
girls. You're so predictable.
(pointing to Lucia)
Can I go with her?
Chris shakes his head. Lucia gives Twist a menacing look.
CHRIS
Okay. Since we're all getting along
so fabulously, Tamzin, you go with
Twist. Grace, you go with Danyael.
And Lucia, come with me.
To his suggesting that Lucia go with him, Twist's jaw drops
to the ground.
CHRIS (cont'd)
We ready?
DANYAEL
Yes.
CHRIS
Alright. I'll meet you guys back
here about an hour before day
break.
Everyone but Twist begins to exit the room. Twist stands
alone momentarily before following the others.
TWIST
(to herself)
That bitch…
She grits her teeth and stares across at Tamzin - who stares
right back. This is going to be a long night for both of
them.
14 INT. INSIDE APARTMENT BUILDING - NIGHT 14
Chris allows Lucia to walk in front of him up the stairs.
LUCIA
So I guess you're kind of the
leader of your little group?
CHRIS
You could say that.
LUCIA
I did say that. I want to know if
you would say that.
CHRIS
I suppose… more or less. I've been
on the same trail for a very long
time. Danyael and Twist are helping
me immensely along the way. There
are times that I don't think that I
could have survived without them,
and likewise, if I wasn't looking
out for them I don't think they'd
be here now either.
LUCIA
Right, Twist. How is it that you to
know each other?
CHRIS
It's an extremely long story.
LUCIA
All I have is time. It's got to be
better than stony silence while we
check these guys out, right?
CHRIS
(reluctantly)
Okay… but I'm warning you now, I
make no concessions for artistic
licence.
Lucia manages a grin at Chris before we cut to:
15 EXT. SUBURBS - NIGHT 15
Danyael and Grace walk slowly through the suburban group of
homes, trying to find the appropriate house. We catch them in
mid conversation.
DANYAEL
I suppose…
GRACE
It's just that, you seem to be so
quiet all the time.
DANYAEL
I am.
GRACE
(beat)
Do you mind my asking why?
DANYAEL
I don't mind your asking, but I
haven't got much of an answer for
you. It's just who I am.
GRACE
Did anything happen to you to make
you this way?
DANYAEL
There was something that may have
helped… it's a long story.
Grace smiles warmly at Danyael, and with a sigh and a scratch
at the back of his head, he gets ready to start talking.
16 INT. INSIDE APARTMENT BUILDING - NIGHT 16
Twist walks the halls with Tamzin. Twist already looks in a
bad mood, as though she and Tamzin have been hotly debating
something.
TWIST
No, I most definitely do not have
feelings for Chris! I don't know
why you can't get that through that
soul singing skull of yours!
TAMZIN
(shrugs)
It just seems so… obvious.
Twist shoots a look of pure evil back at Tamzin.
TWIST
What seems 'obvious'? That I care
about my partner? Passionately
even? Forgive the hell out of me
for developing sentimental feelings
for someone who has saved my life
on countless occasions!
TAMZIN
How do explain the way you acted
towards me earlier? Was that not
jealousy?
TWIST
No, that wasn't 'jealousy'. You're
more like two thirds demon, aren't
you? You have no sense of humanity
within you. That was me getting
pissed off about your arrogant
attitude towards me.
TAMZIN
There's no-
TWIST
(interrupts)
God, would you please shut up for
just a few seconds so I can hear
myself think?
Twist stomps onwards, clearly not in the mood to share like
Danyael and Chris are managing! We cut from her to:
17 INT. NIGHT CLUB - NIGHT 17
Chris and Lucia walk into the bar to find the others already
waiting on them. Upon seeing Chris, Twist stands up and
rushes to his side.
Lucia walks over to the table that the other girls are
sitting at, leaving Chris and Twist far enough away to talk
without being heard.
TWIST
Thank God you're here. Where have
you been?
CHRIS
Finding the regulars. The same
thing you've supposed to have been
doing…?
Twist shrugs innocently.
TWIST
I did. I just didn't take my sweet
time doing it like you did.
CHRIS
(eyes her)
Why are you so worked up?
TWIST
Worked up? Well, gee, let me think…
maybe it's because you left me with
a lesbian for the entire night!
CHRIS
(looking over at Tamzin)
Lesbian?
TWIST
Yes, a lesbian. The whole night she
wouldn't let up with these
questions, I told her to shut up
and she wouldn't! I think she was
jealous of her because she wouldn't
stop talking about the amount of
time I've spent arguing with her. I
tried to explain to her, "hey lady,
I argue with everyone!" but she
wouldn't accept it, she went on and
on until I finally just ran off and
came back here without her.
(beat)
Uh, but, of course, I went back for
her, because we're meant to be
protecting them… right?
CHRIS
(tongue in cheek)
I can barely imagine the torments
you must have suffered tonight…
TWIST
Now is no time for sarcasm! We need
to get out of here before they try
and brainwash us into joining a
cult with them or something.
CHRIS
Twist, relax. She's not a lesbian.
TWIST
How do you know?
CHRIS
Because Lucia was the same way with
me, and I'll bet Grace was with
Danyael too.
TWIST
Okay, so maybe she's straight then,
but I think they're all a bunch of
nymphos or something.
CHRIS
(exasperated)
Would you give it a rest? I just
figured out what's going on.
TWIST
You did?
CHRIS
Yes. I had a sneaking suspicion,
but now that you've told me Tamzin
was acting the same way…
TWIST
So what is going on?
CHRIS
When Lucia started asking
questions, I started thinking back
to what she had said about how they
soothe a person's soul. They were
trying to see what makes us tick,
what was laying burden on us.
TWIST
(beat)
Oh. Well, that doesn't sound so
sexual.
CHRIS
Not particularly.
TWIST
I wish that she just would have
said something instead of playing
twenty questions eight or nine
times!
CHRIS
Would you have given her any
information then?
TWIST
No. She's a complete stranger and I
still say she's a bitch. The only
way I'm going to open up to her is
if the fate of the world rests upon
my doing so. Can we go home now?
With a grin, Chris walks away and over to the tables where
the sisters and Danyael are sitting talking quietly. Twist
stands for a moment, in defiance, and then starts to follow.
She walks by an OLD MAN, one of the few customers inhabiting
the bar since the sisters aren't singing.
Twist senses something odd about him, but she hasn't the
slightest clue what it is. The man sits motionless, appearing
to be meditating or hypnotised.
TWIST (cont'd)
(quietly)
Sir?
(nudging him)
Hey, man, are you okay?
No response. She looks over to the others at the table, but
no one is paying her any attention. She takes another step
closer to the man and nudges him again - still nothing.
She decides to lean in closer to see if he's even breathing.
Just as she gets nearly right in front of him, the old man
rises his head up.
OLD MAN
Can I help you?
Twist jumps up in a panic.
TWIST
(shoves him)
What the hell is wrong with you?!
You shouldn't just go around
scaring people like that!
OLD MAN
What are you talking about? I was
just sitting here enjoying the
music. It's so beautiful, isn't it?
Good for the soul, I always say.
Twist blinks and glances towards the girls - none of them are
singing. She looks back at the Old Man.
TWIST
Uh, news flash, there is no music.
(as she walks away)
You freaky old man…
She makes her way to the group and stands impatiently as
Lucia finishes her story. She finally decides to interrupt.
TWIST (cont'd)
Chris…
(looks at Lucia
sarcastically)
Sorry.
(looks back at Chris)
Can I talk to you for a second?
CHRIS
This isn't-
TWIST
(interrupts)
Just be a dear and humour me!
Chris gets up and walks over towards Twist as she turns her
back to the sisters.
CHRIS
What is it this time?
TWIST
Something weird is going on here.
CHRIS
Yes, I know. You think that they're
all evil nymphomaniacs. We just had
this discussion a few minutes ago,
remember?
TWIST
No, I'm being totally serious.
(pointing to the old man)
See that old guy? When I walked
past him a few minutes ago, I
sensed something, but I couldn't
tell what it was. It was like he
was in a trance or something. His
eyes were open, but he wasn't
moving or anything. I tried to talk
to him, but he wouldn't move until
he found a good time to scare the
hell out of me.
CHRIS
Maybe his was just trying to get
you close to him. He looks lonely.
TWIST
No. He was really out of it, I'm
telling you. It was like he was
under some sort of spell or
something.
CHRIS
Interesting. He doesn't look like
he's moving much right now, either.
I'll go over and see if I can
figure anything out. Would you mind
going over and entertaining the
girls while I do?
TWIST
Why do I always end up baby
sitting?
CHRIS
You are the female of the team, I'd
have thought this kind of thing
falls naturally to you.
TWIST
You've got a crude sense of humor
and now you're sexist? I don't like
the man you're becoming,
Christopher Berkeley.
Twist stomps over to the tables. Chris smirks as he watches
her go.
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
18 INT. HOTEL ROOM - MORNING 18
Twist and Danyael lay in the hotel room, sleeping on opposite
couches. Chris walks in through the door as they wake up and
look around wearily. Twist sees that it's Chris and closes
her eyes again.
CHRIS
Well, you were right. There was
definitely a spell on the old man.
After I did a little further
investigating, I found that there
was one other person in the bar
that seemed to be under the same
type of spell.
TWIST
Aha! So I was right, the girls are
all evil!
CHRIS
(shakes head)
It definitely wasn't coming from
within the bar, however. It had to
have been some type of remote
spell. I don't know if it was
targeting the bar in general or
just certain people. It has got to
have something to do with the
sisters and their singing, though.
So, I'm going to back there today
and see if I can't find out more
about their singing.
He gets no response.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Guys?
Twist throws a pillow which hits him in the face.
TWIST
It's sleepy time!
CHRIS
(beat)
Fair enough. Danyael?
DANYAEL
(rolling over)
Yeah?
CHRIS
I need you to try once more to find
something on their manager. I know
we didn't get anything last time,
but I just can't shake the
suspicion.
DANYAEL
You got it.
CHRIS
I'll be back sometime around dusk.
TWIST
You go do that, Daddy Dearest.
Puggsly Addams and me here are
gonna carry on getting some sleep.
Chris sighs quietly to himself. You'd think he'd be used to
this by now. As he leaves the room, we cut to:
19 INT. NIGHT CLUB - DAY 19
Chris enters the club. After searching the room, he sees the
girls nowhere. He walks over to the bar.
CHRIS
Are the sisters around?
BARTENDER
Just Lucia, she's in the back.
CHRIS
Thanks.
Chris heads over to the dressing room.
20 INT. NIGHT CLUB - DRESSING ROOM - DAY 20
Lucia opens the door to find Chris standing there. She grins
and heads back inside.
LUCIA
Well, you just can't stay away, can
you?
CHRIS
When I'm on a case I rarely rest.
LUCIA
You must rarely rest at all…
CHRIS
(smiling)
Pretty much.
(beat)
I keep finding more strange things
the more I dig up around here. And
I believe that it has something to
do with your powers. If you could
maybe give me a demonstration of
sorts, it could help out with my
understanding of why someone would
want to get the power into their
own hands.
LUCIA
(grins)
Not a problem. Sit down on the
couch over there, and try to think
happy thoughts.
She throws some slow playing music on the CD player and
begins to dance about the room. Chris watches on in wonder.
To the ethereal tune of 'Damascus' by Conjure One, she begins
singing, a heavenly sound like a choir of cherubs, tempered
with a husky, deep edge to it.
Chris slowly begins to feel a building rush of peace sweep
over himself. He begins to feel more at ease until he finds
that his usually near perfect posture has lessened and he is
leaned over in the couch.
She continues on with the song until it is finished, opening
her eyes and looking down at Chris with a smile.
LUCIA (cont'd)
How was that?
CHRIS
(dreamily)
That was amazing. I feel… like I
was just given opium. And trust me,
I know what that feels like.
The two share a quick laugh.
CHRIS (cont'd)
How does it work?
Lucia sits back down at the makeup table in the room and
starts combing her hair, looking back at Chris in the mirror
as she speaks.
LUCIA
How does any of it work? We, my
sisters and I, discovered at a
young age that our voices could
soothe the soul, and we ran with
it. It's almost able to lift a
burden right from someone's
shoulders;
make them temporarily forget about
the problems that typically consume
their lives. Who couldn't use that?
CHRIS
(still loved up)
I agree. I've just heard one song
and I already feel that I can think
more clearly.
LUCIA
You should hear us all together.
The results are greatly intensified
when the four of us sing. That is
why we need you to find our sister.
Not only because we love her
dearly, but because without her, we
won't be able to fully utilise our
powers and continue to help the
people in this dreadful city.
CHRIS
Do you help a lot of people like
this? The way Darrel was talking
earlier, it sounds like this place
is typically packed to the rafters
every night.
LUICIA
There have been people over the
years who have tried to take
advantage of us, to use our powers
for their own personal benefit
whether it be wealth or otherwise.
Darrel has been the one to watch
out for us though. Since we first
came to this city, he's been
watching our backs and keeping
people like that away from us. I
can't imagine where we'd be without
him.
CHRIS
(thinks)
Right. You've never suspected him
of being in it for any other
reasons?
LUCIA
No. I wouldn't even question him
any longer. At first we were
sceptical, but we quickly learned
that Darrel was there for us.
CHRIS
I see.
(beat)
Well, I've got a few more errands
and leads to follow up on today so
I've really got to be going. I'll
be in touch. More than likely by
tonight.
LUCIA
Thank you, for everything.
CHRIS
I haven't done anything yet. But
thank you for the song. I feel
better equipped to face the night.
Lucia throws another winning smile up at Chris as he leaves
the room, and as she goes back to combing her hair we
dissolve away to:
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