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                                       TEASER

                                                               FADE IN:

         1     INT. SEWER - CHAMBER. NIGHT.                             1

               Right back where we left them at the end of the last episode,
               CHRIS and DANYAEL are back to back, standing knee deep in
               filthy sewer water.

               Surrounding them in the chamber, a rectangular, open space
               filled with broken concrete pillars and heaps of boxes and
               crates, are six huge VAMPIRES, relations of the trio that
               have been causing so much trouble in Chicago thus far.

               Chris has his katana ready, his eyes flicking between targets
               as the vampires start to hop down from their positions along
               the walls.

               Danyael looks less sure, knowing that in a straight fight,
               he's got no chance against the beefed up vamps before him.

                                   CHRIS
                             (defiant)
                         I hope Malkuth's been paying his
                         insurance bills for you lot!

                                   VAMP #1
                         Oh, yeah, keep up with the tough
                         talk, half-breed, 'cause this is
                         the sound of all of us quaking in
                         our boots.

               The vamp pauses - and after a moment of silence, he and all
               his fellows LAUGH, the cackling echoing around the inside of
               the chamber.

                                   DANYAEL
                             (nervously)
                         Chris?

                                   CHRIS
                         Yes?

                                   DANYAEL
                         We're screwed, aren't we?

               Chris surreptitiously reaches into his inside jacket pocket
               for something, not taking his eyes off the vamps.

                                   CHRIS
                         Not necessarily.
                             (whispers)
                         Close your eyes, and when I give
                         you the signal, start running.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Got it.
                             (beat)
                         What signal?

               In response, Chris THROWS whatever he retrieved from his
               jacket up into the air.

               It's a small incendiary device, which EXPLODES six feet above
               him with a shower of dazzling sparks and flares.

               The vampires are sent stumbling back, the intensity of the
               light leaving them temporarily blinded.

                                   CHRIS
                         Danyael!!

                                   DANYAEL
                         What?

                                   CHRIS
                         Signal! Run! Go!

               Danyael gets the hint and finally starts moving, racing back
               towards the tunnel that led them into the chamber.

               Chris, however, is heading a different way, and he yells
               across to Danyael.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         Not that way, this way!

               Chris KICKS the nearest vampire to the ground as Danyael
               catches up, and as the other vamps start to recover their
               eyesight, Chris and Danyael make good their escape, heading
               down the tunnel and out of sight.

               As the pack of vamps SNARL as one and set off in hot pursuit,
               we cut to:

         2     INT. SEWER - ANOTHER TUNNEL. NIGHT.                      2

               TWIST races round a corner and into frame, running for her
               life as five more of the supercharged vampires appear behind
               her.

               She splashes along through the water in the middle of the
               tunnel, throwing glances over her shoulder as the vamps start
               to catch up.

               Still running, she fumbles around inside her jacket and
               produces a wooden stake, and after a beat slows, glances
               behind her, turns on the spot and THROWS it down the tunnel.

               We track the stake as it shoots through the air, embedding
               itself in the chest of the closest vampire with a solid
               THUNK.

               The vampire staggers - but doesn't fall, slumping to his
               knees as his colleagues overtake him.

               Twist, wide eyed, sees that she hit but didn't kill the vamp,
               and tries to increases her speed.

               Back with the vamp she hit, he takes a moment to pull the
               stake slowly back out of his chest with a growl of pain,
               dropping it to the floor and bounding off screen after Twist
               again.

               Twist sees an opening up ahead, darting to the left and
               running into a long, narrow corridor, away from the water of
               the sewer but coated with years of ground-in filth.

         3     INT. SEWERS - ACCESS CORRIDOR. NIGHT.                    3

               She skids to a halt as she gets to a T-junction, looking
               either way and trying to figure out her next move.

               As the vamps close in, she picks left and starts running,
               quickly followed by the pack of hungry vampires.

                                   VAMP #2
                         No use in running away, little
                         girl! We're faster than you, and
                         you'll get tired long before we do!

               Up front with Twist, it looks like they're right - she's
               clearly exhausted already, reflexively gasping for air and
               starting to slow down.

               She rounds another corner - and runs straight into a dead
               end.

               There's a single locked door in the wall before her, which
               resists all of her frantic efforts to kick it open.

               A set of shadows fall across her, and Twist turns to see that
               all five vampires have caught up with her, silhouetted by the
               lights of the corridor behind them.

               Twist sets her jaw and defiantly faces up to them.

                                   TWIST
                         All right, you bunch of crap
                         gargling baumgartners, you've got
                         ten seconds to turn round and walk
                         away before I tear you all a
                         collective new one.

               The vamps exchange a look - then burst into LAUGHTER.

               Twist pales, knowing this may be too much even for her to
               fight her way out of. She draws a second stake from inside
               her jacket as two of the vampires pace causally towards her.

                                   VAMP #3
                         Oh, we're gonna have some fun
                         breaking you, girl.

                                   VAMP #4
                         Boss never said we couldn't play
                         with our food!

               Twist raises the stake and gets ready to fight back, but as
               she takes her first step towards the vamps, she's suddenly
               BATHED IN WHITE LIGHT, a brilliant beam of pure light shining
               down on her, coming from somewhere overhead.

               The vamps cover their faces and stagger back, and Twist
               shields her eyes, looking up and trying to find the source of
               the light.

                                   TWIST
                         What the...

               Suddenly, the light INTENSIFIES for a second, and then it
               fades just as rapidly as it appeared.

               Twist is gone.

               The vamps step forward, confused, looking all round for any
               sign of her.

                                   VAMP #3
                         Where'd she go?

                                   VAMP #4
                             (sinister)
                         I don't know... but when we find
                         her, she's mine.

               From his seriously pissed off expression, we:

                                                             BLACK OUT:



                                    END OF TEASER
                                       ACT ONE

                                                               FADE IN:

         4     EXT. HIGHER PLACE - THE GARDEN. DAY.                     4

               Twist stands before us, blinking, disorientated, looking all
               around her as she tries to figure out what the heck just
               happened. 

               We slowly pull back from her to see she's standing in a large
               garden, fenced off by tall pine tress all around. Crescents
               and other shapes are cut out of the verdant lawn beneath her
               feet, with tiny saplings pushing through the ground. A larger
               tree stands behind her with a circular bench running around
               the outside of it. 

               We pull back further to pick up a lake, perfectly still and
               mirroring the garden, not a sound beyond distant bird chirps
               and mild rustlings from the trees to be heard.

               Still looking around, still confused as heck, Twist looks
               straight upwards - and YELLS in shock!

               There are a few fluffy clouds in the blue sky - parting
               slowly to reveal the sun!

               Twist yelps in terror and throws her arms up to protect
               herself, knowing she can't make it to cover in time, but
               after a beat she realises she isn't bursting into flames. 

               She slowly looks up again, squinting against the sunlight,
               not understanding what's going on until a voice from behind
               startles her.

                                   MAN'S VOICE (O.S.)
                         It can't hurt you, you know.

               Twist spins round, and we can see now that there is a MAN
               sitting on the bench beneath the tree, almost hidden from
               view in the shade.

                                   TWIST
                         Say what?

                                   MAN
                         The sun. It won't hurt you. You
                         know, with you being a vampire and
                         all, Twist.

                                   TWIST
                             (lost)
                         Who... how did... uh?

               We see the man beneath the tree closer now - tall, muscular
               with long, brown dreadlocked hair, blue jeans and a beige
               shirt on, with a suede waistcoat over that.
               He has a small pair of sunglasses perched on the end of his
               nose and is smoking a suspiciously fat rolled up cigarette. 

               He takes a drag from it and pats the bench next to him for
               Twist to join him.

                                   MAN
                         Take a seat. Don't worry, you're
                         very safe here.

                                   TWIST
                         But... the sewer tunnels? The mean
                         ass vampires? What's happened?
                         Where am I?

                                   MAN
                         That depends entirely on your
                         perspective.

               Twist stares at the man for a beat - then rolls her eyes and
               sighs, her standard sarcastic demeanour making its
               reappearance.

                                   TWIST
                         Oh, great, another mysterious
                         figure doling out riddles instead
                         of straight answers...

                                   MAN
                         I-

                                   TWIST
                             (interrupts)
                         No, shut up, and listen. For once,
                         just once, just one time in a
                         million, I would like to meet one
                         of your strange, mystical beings
                         and get straight, honest answers
                         out of you, instead of MENSA
                         puzzles and logic-defying riddles
                         that I have no chance of
                         deciphering! So talk straight! Who
                         are you, and what the Backstreet
                         Boys is going on?

                                   MAN
                             (grins)
                         I'm Peter. I'm part of the Guardian
                         Spirits. And, although I should add
                         the word 'technically' before this,
                         you're in a higher place right now.

               Peter, as we can now call him, motions to the tranquil
               setting around them.

                                   PETER
                         This is The Garden. I've brought
                         you up here because it's about time
                         somebody told you why you're back
                         on Earth, why you've been getting
                         those visions, and what's in store
                         for you.

                                   TWIST
                             (long beat)
                         Oh.

               And from Twist's surprised expression, we cut to:

         5     INT. SEWER - ANOTHER CHAMBER. NIGHT.                     5

               With a COUGH and a splutter, JULIE sits upright, lying in the
               rubble just beyond the chamber she and SUSAN KAY were trapped
               by more of the boosted vampires in.

               She's covered with dust, a large chunk of the collapsed roof
               of the sewer tunnel having landed just inches away from her.

               She pushes herself to her feet and locates Kay, still
               unconscious and looking like she took the worst of the bomb
               she let off as the girls tried to escape the vampires.

               Julie tries to lift Kay up and rouse her, grabbing a handful
               of dirty sewer water and splashing it across her face.

               Kay blinks and starts to come round, trying to focus on Julie
               as she pushes herself upright.

                                   KAY
                             (dazed)
                         Julie?

                                   JULIE
                             (nods)
                         It's me. I think we lost them, but
                         I'm not sure how. There's one dead
                         vamp over there but that's it, so
                         they either thought we were dead
                         and left, or they went after
                         someone else.

               Kay COUGHS, clearly more hurt than Julie, and Julie helps Kay
               to her feet. The two girls survey the wrecked tunnel around
               them.

                                   KAY
                         What should we do?

                                   JULIE
                         We need to find Chris and Danyael.
                         If those things left us and went
                         after them, then that's five very
                         good reasons for us to help them
                         out!

               Kay nods and takes a step, but cries out in pain, clutching
               her left leg and stumbling to the floor again.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                             (concerned)
                         Are you okay?

                                   KAY
                             (shakes head)
                         I think my leg's broken, I'm not
                         going to be able to walk on it.

               Kay grimaces, squeezing her leg gingerly as Julie looks round
               for something that could help.

               She splashes across the tunnel to the body of the dead
               vampire, tearing off a few strips of his clothing, and then
               she locates some collapsed sections of piping from the
               ceiling, heading back over to Kay.

                                   JULIE
                         Here. We'll use the pipe to brace
                         the leg and keep it straight, and
                         make sure it's tied in place. 

               Kay nods as Julie starts to work on the makeshift splint. She
               lays a hand on Julie's shoulder.

                                   KAY
                         Go. I can do this.

                                   JULIE
                         But what about-

                                   KAY
                         Julie, you said it yourself, we
                         can't leave Chris and Danyael to
                         face all those vampires by
                         themselves! Here, take these.

               Kay hands Julie two small grenades, and then takes a large,
               bulky-looking silver handgun from a holster beneath her arm. 

               Julie frowns as she examines the gun.

                                   JULIE
                         What did you do to this? It weighs
                         a ton!

                                   KAY
                         Phosphorous, explosive tips to the
                         bullets. The extra weight is in the
                         cooling and firing mechanism. You
                         hit a vampire with a couple of
                         these and its body'll literally
                         boil itself.

               Julie nods and stands, tucking the gun away as Kay carries on
               tying the half section of pipe around her wounded leg.

                                   JULIE
                         I'll try and call for help, maybe
                         we can-

                                   KAY
                         There's no time, just go! I'll be
                         alright.

               Julie hesitates - then starts to jog back down the tunnel,
               leaving Kay behind. She takes one last glance over her
               shoulder, then disappears round a corner as we cut to:

         6     INT. SEWERS - MAINTENANCE CORRIDOR. NIGHT.               6

               Danyael stumbles into frame, quickly followed by Chris, who
               helps him back to his feet as the duo race down a long,
               circular corridor, lined on both sides by thick bunches of
               electrical cables.

               The six pursuing vampires pile into the corridor after them,
               just as Chris points for Danyael to head up an impending
               staircase.

               Danyael races to the top, finding a locked door. He tries to
               barge it open, but it's no good.

                                   CHRIS
                         Out of the way! Move!

               Danyael dodges to the side as Chris races up the steps, a
               ball of YELLOW ENERGY forming in his hand. He THROWS it
               towards the door like a grenade, and as it strikes the door
               is BLASTED open, falling of its hinges.

               Chris shoves Danyael through the doorway, the duo
               disappearing into the dark corridor beyond.

               The pursuing vampires all suddenly pull to a halt, noticeably
               not following Chris and Danyael up the stairs after them, as
               we cut to:

         7     EXT. HIGHER PLACE - THE GARDEN. DAY.                     7

               Twist sits beneath the shade of the tall tree with Peter,
               looking out across the scenery before her.

               A few birds flutter past overhead, and Twist manages to look
               almost relaxed, gazing across the perfectly still lake that
               lies about twenty feet away.

                                   PETER
                         It's great up here, isn't it? Time
                         just stands still. It's like I was
                         explaining to you, I can put you
                         back more or less exactly when and
                         where I took you, so don't worry
                         about spending too much time up
                         here.

                                   TWIST
                         If you could fast forward me past
                         the part where five very tough
                         vampires turn me into a Pollock
                         painting, I'd appreciate it...

               Peter smiles, taking another drag on his fat cigarette.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         So...

                                   PETER
                         Questions?

                                   TWIST
                         Lots.

                                   PETER
                         I'll tell you what I can. There's a
                         whole bunch of rules about this
                         sort of thing, but circumstances
                         being what they are, the others
                         decided it was about time we gave
                         you a nudge in the right direction.

                                   TWIST
                         'Others'?

                                   PETER
                         Other spirits, like me. We've been
                         around since... Well, a long time
                         ago. One way or another. Ancient
                         civilisations used to worship us as
                         gods, these days we try to stay a
                         bit more low profile. There's too
                         many false idols for people to
                         waste their time worshipping these
                         days, takes some of the heat off
                         us.

               Peter hands his cigarette to Twist, and after a beat she
               takes it, taking a deep drag off it.

                                   PETER (cont'd)
                         You see, Twist, you're a very
                         unusual case in lots of ways. 
                             (beat)
                         I mean, besides the fact that you
                         basically died and came back as a
                         vampire, then died as a vampire and
                         came back again!

                                   TWIST
                             (dryly)
                         Yeah, I'm real special.

                                   PETER
                         You shouldn't be so down on
                         yourself. Do you know what Chris
                         would be doing if you hadn't made
                         your little entrance into his life?

               Twist gives Peter a puzzled look.

                                   PETER (cont'd)
                         Oh, I should probably have
                         mentioned - it's the job of the
                         Guardian Spirits, myself included,
                         to watch over the destinies of the
                         planet. Lot of people to worry
                         about and only so many of us, which
                         is why we look forward to getting a
                         case like yours. Really gives us
                         something to get our teeth into!

                                   TWIST
                         Wait, back up - are you saying you
                         can see into the future? My future?

                                   PETER
                             (nods)
                         And Chris', and Danyael's, and
                         Julie's, and-
                             (beat; smiles)
                         Never mind. You'll meet her soon
                         enough.

                                   TWIST
                             (totally lost)
                         Huh?

                                   PETER
                         If Chris hadn't pulled you back out
                         of Hell the way he did, he'd still
                         be on his own right now. He'd still
                         just be looking for the cure, and
                         all the people the two of you have
                         helped over the past few months,
                         none of that would have happened.
                         Do you want to see where he'd be
                         right now without you?

               Twist bites her lip, considering the offer - then nods. Peter
               grins, finishes his cigarette and flicks it away, then turns
               to face Twist, rubbing his hands together.

                                   TWIST
                         Oh, no, this is going to be another
                         'lay your hands on me' moment,
                         isn't it?

                                   PETER
                             (shrugs)
                         I stick with the classics.

               Peter lays a hand carefully each side of Twist's head and
               closes his eyes, concentrating.

                                   PETER (cont'd)
                         Close your eyes, kid, this may make
                         you feel a little dizzy.

               Twist hesitates, then closes her eyes, and as soon as she
               does, we WHITE OUT to:

         8     INT. WAREHOUSE. NIGHT.                                   8

               Another night, another abandoned warehouse - but standing
               with his back to us is Chris, his katana in his hand as we
               push in towards him. 

               When we get a few feet away, Chris whips his head round to
               stare straight at us - but we can tell that this isn't the
               Chris we know and love.

               He wears an eyepatch over his left eye, and an ugly scar
               running from cheek to temple gives a hint as to what happened
               to that eye.

               He's still dressed in the same smart, muted colours as
               always, but his clothes look more ragged, patched up in
               places and showing signs of extensive wear and tear.

               As Chris adopts a defensive pose, katana raised, we pull back
               a little - and three vampires step out of the darkness around
               him.

               Grinning and cracking their knuckles, they size him up,
               starting to slowly advance on him.

               As Chris leaps to the attack, he's still as lightning fast as
               ever, but as his sword blade streaks out and neatly slices
               the closest vamp's head off, two more appear from the shadows
               to take his place.

               Chris fights back as more and more enemies close in on him,
               but it's clearly a hopeless battle, punches and kicks
               starting to connect as he finds himself unable to defend
               against so many bad guys at once.

               A figure strolls across a walkway above him, silhouetted by
               the warehouse's dim lighting, the glow of a cigar just
               illuminating his features - it's MALKUTH.

               He watches Chris get gradually beaten down the floor,
               allowing himself a victorious LAUGH as Chris drops to one
               knee, still vainly trying to fend off the attacks of the
               crowd of vamps surrounding him.

               As the swarm of attackers finally blocks Chris from view, we
               quickly WHITE OUT back to:

         9     EXT. HIGHER PLACE - THE GARDEN. DAY.                     9

               Twist's eyes snap open, and she recoils back from Peter,
               staring at him in horror.

                                   TWIST
                         What the Britney Spears was that?

                                   PETER
                         A possible outcome. Despite what a
                         lot of philosophers spend so much
                         of their time talking about, the
                         future isn't set in stone. Small
                         key events can swing things one way
                         or another, and it's not until
                         those events occur that we can
                         truly see where things are going.

               Twist stands and walks away from Peter, clearly disturbed by
               what she just saw.

                                   TWIST
                         So... so what I saw, that's
                         something that could happen?

                                   PETER
                         Technically, it already has - but
                         only in that timeline. Do you see?

                                   TWIST
                         Uh, yeah, I guess...
                             (beat; shakes head)
                         Actually, no.

               Peter stands and strolls over to her.

                                   PETER
                         If Chris had never met you, then
                         what I just showed you is one way
                         he may have ended up. Alone,
                         fighting till the last, but
                         ultimately not being strong enough
                         to win.

                                   TWIST
                         That's crazy, Chris could take a
                         hundred guys with his arms tied to
                         his legs, there's no way-

                                   PETER
                             (interrupts)
                         But since he met you, he's been on
                         a new path. Dozens of lives have
                         already been saved because of what
                         the two of you have done, and
                         hundreds more people are just
                         waiting out there for you to find
                         and help them.

                                   TWIST
                         So, what, I just have to stick with
                         him and everything'll be alright?

                                   PETER
                             (sighs)
                         I wish it was that easy, kiddo, I
                         really do. Truth is, you're both in
                         for a lot more trouble yet.
                         Remember those key events I just
                         mentioned? Well, there's a whole
                         heap of them in store for you. What
                         happens when you hit them is what's
                         going to end up deciding your
                         futures.

               Twist sits back down, trying to take all of this in. Peter
               takes a seat next to her, reaching into his waistcoat for a
               fresh cigarette.

               He offers one to Twist, who takes it, and Peter lights it for
               her with a rusty old Zippo.

                                   PETER (cont'd)
                         There's a few more things I need to
                         show you before I send you back
                         yet, so don't get all spaced out on
                         me too soon. You're more important
                         than you realise, Twist.

                                   TWIST
                         But... How can I be important? I'm
                         some dumb student who got herself
                         turned into a vampire, and then
                         spent three years murdering people,
                         just because I was hungry! Sure,
                         I've done what I can to make up for
                         it since then, but... I always
                         thought Chris was going to be the
                         one to save the world. He's got
                         that whole 'antihero' thing going
                         on.

                                   PETER
                         Oh, he will. Save the world, I
                         mean. But he can't do it without
                         you.

               Twist looks across at Peter, who smiles warmly.

                                   PETER (cont'd)
                         Come on. Plenty more still to do.

               Peter stands and offers Twist a hand, helping her up. He
               starts to walk away from the seat beneath the tree, and after
               a moment, Twist follows and we cut back to:
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