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                                       ACT TWO

                                                               FADE IN:

        12     INT. SAFE HOUSE - CORRIDOR - NIGHT.                     12

               Chris and Twist are walking long another one of the wide,
               glass-walled corridors, Twist now wearing a dressing gown and
               her New Rock boots - unlaced, of course.

                                   TWIST
                         Wow. So he was really paling you,
                         huh?

                                   CHRIS
                         I'm afraid I wasn't in much of a
                         state to fight at that point.

                                   TWIST
                         Yeah, couldn't help but notice the
                         hundred or so vamps and demons you
                         fought your way through to get to
                         the top of that tower! So where was
                         Julie in all of this?

                                   CHRIS
                         Why don't we ask her?

               Chris pauses at a doorway set into a wall ahead of them, and
               motions for twist to enter. As she opens the door, we follow
               her into:

        13     INT. SAFE HOUSE - GUEST ROOM - NIGHT.                   13

               Twist steps into a small, motel-like room, plainly furnished
               with a bed, a wardrobe, a desk and a TV. Lying on the bed,
               propped up by pillows and flicking through the TV channels,
               is JULIE.

               Twist lights up when she sees her, and bounds across the room
               to wrap her arms round her.

                                   TWIST
                         Jules!

               Julie smiles as Twist squeezes her. Twist releases her and
               sits on the bed as Chris shuts the door, staying over by the
               doorway.

               Julie looks a little pale, and her face is peppered with
               small cuts and scratches like Twist's, but she's otherwise in
               one piece.

                                   JULIE
                         Hey, Twist. I heard you'd woken up,
                         figured you'd be round to bug me
                         soon enough!

                                   TWIST
                         Guess that sass of yours didn't get
                         knocked out of you, huh?

                                   JULIE
                             (smiles)
                         No, I guess not.

                                   TWIST
                         So what happened to you? Last I
                         saw, you were heading off with that
                         Osbourne guy's team. I've got a few
                         blanks I still need to fill in.

               Julie suddenly falls quiet, and Twist frowns, looking over to
               Chris. Chris heads over and takes a seat next to the bed,
               squeezing Julie's hand.

                                   CHRIS
                         Julie and the others found a series
                         of bombs hidden all around the
                         city, all part of Malkuth's plan.

                                   TWIST
                         Yikes! What did you do?

               Julie starts to speak, but it's obviously still a painful
               memory for her.

                                   JULIE
                         We, uh, we found some of them, and
                         David, he, er... he-

               Chris interrupts her, picking up on how difficult it is for
               Julie to tell this part of the story.

                                   CHRIS
                         Part of what I did to get rid of
                         Malkuth shorted out the power
                         across the whole of New York City
                         for a few moments, and that was
                         enough to disable all of the bombs.
                             (looks at Julie)
                         Except for one.

               Twist bites her lip as things start to fall into place.

                                   TWIST
                         What happened?

               Chris and Julie exchange a look, as we cut to:

        14     INT. OFFICE BLOCK - BASEMENT - NIGHT.                   14

               We pan across a scene of utter devastation - concrete and
               steel pillars lie in ruins around us, the scene covered with
               rubble.

               The explosion we heard earlier obviously started here,
               ripping through the entire basement and caving in several of
               the levels above it.

               Sparks fly off shattered electrical circuits, a few small
               fires burn away and a thick cloud of dust coats the scene.

               We pan across to one end of the basement, picking up the
               blackened shell of what used to be an air conditioning unit,
               thick cables and sections of metal ventilation shafts in
               pieces all around us.

               We can make out a few bodies in amongst all the mess, covered
               with dust and unmoving.

               After a beat, one piece of the vent shaft moves, and with a
               COUGH we can make out somebody trapped beneath it, trying
               weakly to push it away.

               With a heave of effort, the large, square piece of metal
               rolls to one side, and DECADWAY is revealed, several deep
               wounds visible across her arms and chest. She coughs again,
               trying to stand and wiping the dust from her face.

               She looks around the wrecked basement in horror, calling out
               with a dry, croaky voice.

                                   DECADWAY
                         Hello? Hello, is anyone here?
                         David? Julie?

               DeCadway spots another body to her left, and quickly tries to
               lift the tangled mess of insulated cables off them. She
               reveals the body of KAY - and the large shard of metal
               embedded in her chest tells us that she is, sadly, dead.

               DeCadway's hands go to her mouth in shock, and as her gaze
               stays locked on Kay's body, she doesn't spot somebody else
               pushing themselves up out of the rubble behind her.

               It's Julie, badly injured but still in one piece, which is
               more than can be said for CHESTERTON - the unfortunate
               technician's body was covering Julie's, and the array of
               wounds on his back show us that he is also deceased.

               DeCadway turns round, stumbling over to Julie and helping her
               up. Tearful, DeCadway throws her arms round Julie, starting
               to sob.

                                   DECADWAY (cont'd)
                         Oh, God! Oh, my God, Julie...

                                   JULIE
                         Are you okay?

                                   DECADWAY
                         I- I think so, but Susan, she's...

               Julie looks across, and closes her eyes when she see's Kay's
               body. Julie rubs a weary hand across her brow, then see's
               Chesterton's body at her feet.

                                   JULIE
                         Oh, no... Terry!

               She rolls him over, but it's clear that he's dead. It looks
               like he shielded Julie from the worst of the blast, but it
               cost him his own life.

               DeCadway continues to sob as Julie bows her head, before she
               looks up again and scans the rest of the basement.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                         Where's David?

                                   DECADWAY
                         Uh, I don't know, he- he was right
                         next to me, I can't- oh, God,
                         Julie, what if he's dead too?

                                   JULIE
                         Then there's nothing we can do.
                         Come on, Hannah, we've got to work
                         together to get out of here.

               Julie takes DeCadway by the shoulders, looking into her eyes.
               DeCadway takes in Julie's serious expression and manages to
               hold back the tears.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                         We can't help them. This whole
                         place could fall in on us at any
                         second, we've got to get out of
                         here!

               DeCadway nods, and Julie scans the basement again.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                         Okay, here's the plan. I'll find
                         David, you look for some way back
                         to the surface. Don't disturb
                         anything else, this whole place is
                         like a badly-stacked house of cards
                         at the moment.
                         One wrong move could bring the
                         whole thing crashing down. You got
                         that?

                                   DECADWAY
                         I've got it.

               The girls stand, Hannah carefully stepping through the rubble
               as she looks for a way to get clear as Julie peers around,
               looking for Osbourne.

               She spots a pair of legs sticking out from beneath a large,
               dislodged ceiling panel, and with a GRUNT of effort she
               manages to push it to one side, coughing in the dust it kicks
               up.

               Osbourne is there, not looking too badly injured, but his
               eyes are closed and he isn't moving. Julie listens at his
               chest and checks his pulse, then breathes a sigh of relief.

                                   DECADWAY (cont'd)
                         Have you found him?

                                   JULIE
                         I've got him, he's alive. We need
                         to get him out of here, he may have
                         internal injuries! Any luck on a
                         way out?

                                   DECADWAY
                         Not yet...

               Julie looks down on Osbourne again, and we cut from her
               desperate expression back to:

        15     INT. SAFE HOUSE - GUEST ROOM - NIGHT.                   15

               Tears are rolling down Julie's cheeks as Chris pauses the
               story, and he reaches out to grab her a tissue. Twist is
               sympathetic, holding both of Julie's hands.

                                   JULIE
                         Terry gave his life to save mine.
                         There was nothing I could do for
                         him.

                                   CHRIS
                         You got out alive, Julie. That's
                         what he would have wanted.

                                   JULIE
                         Yeah, well, how about what I would
                         have wanted?

                                   TWIST
                         Hey! Julie, don't you go blaming
                         yourself. It was his choice, you
                         have to respect that.

               Julie bows her head, and Twist glances at Chris.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Why don't we change the subject for
                         a second? You said that Danyael
                         told you Van Lewin showed up just
                         after we'd got out of the tunnels,
                         what happened after that?

                                   CHRIS
                         Well, right after that, I think you
                         showed exactly why you've lasted so
                         long...

               Twist cocks her head to one side, curious, and we cut to:

        16     INT. EMPIRE STATE - BASEMENT CAR PARK - NIGHT.          16

               SLAM! Twist lands heavily in frame, reeling from the last hit
               she took. She starts to push herself to her feet, but Van
               Lewin steps into view, KICKING her in the chest.

               Twist flips over, winded, and Van Lewin takes the opportunity
               to leer down at her.

                                   VAN LEWIN
                         Thought you'd taken care of me,
                         didn't you? Thought you'd gotten
                         rid of old Van Lewin, never to be
                         seen again?

                                   TWIST
                         Wishful thinking...

               Van Lewin scowls and STAMPS down on Twist's chest.

                                   VAN LEWIN
                         Damn right, wishful thinking! See,
                         that's one thing you didn't figure
                         about me, girly. You can take bits
                         off of me, but I just keep on
                         coming back.

               Van Lewin reaches down and starts to roll up his left pants
               leg, and Twist boggles at what she sees there.

               The whole of Van Lewin's left leg is cybernetic! Coated in
               chrome panelling, but every bit as thick and muscular as his
               other leg, he flexes it a few times with a HISS of hidden
               hydraulics.

                                   VAN LEWIN (cont'd)
                         See that? State of the art. They
                         tied the thing right back into my
                         nerve endings, feels just as good
                         as my old one did. Difference is...

               He KICKS her again, sending Twist rolling across the floor
               with a bloody nose.

                                   VAN LEWIN (cont'd)
                         They make 'em much heavier!

               Van Lewin chuckles and stomps over, grabbing the stunned
               Twist by her shirt collar and lifting her up in the air, her
               feet dangling.

                                   VAN LEWIN (cont'd)
                         Malkuth paid me to take care of you
                         two if you made it out of there,
                         and that's exactly what I'm gonna
                         do. I figure I can show you how it
                         feels to lose a leg or two, see if
                         you can get an idea of what you did
                         to me before I put you down.

                                   TWIST
                         Sounds great... just one thing you
                         forgot...

                                   VAN LEWIN
                         And what's that?

               Twist grins - and then KICKS Van Lewin hard in the groin. Van
               Lewin's eyes pop, and he drops Twist, staggering backwards.
               She rears back and PUNCHES him in the face.

                                   TWIST
                         You don't...

               Another PUNCH, sending out a spatter of blood from Van
               Lewin's split lip.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Hit...

               And the third PUNCH sends Van Lewin reeling backwards,
               landing on the floor with a THUD.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Girls!!

               Twist dashes over to Danyael, pulling him to his feet as the
               stunned Van Lewin starts to get back up.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Spook! Time to go, before he-

               Van Lewin GRABS Twist and throws her to the floor, pausing to
               KICK Danyael before he turns back to Twist.

               He stomps towards her, blazing with anger.

                                   VAN LEWIN
                         You little bitch! I'm gonna make
                         you watch while I tear your
                         boyfriend inside out!

                                   TWIST
                         Oh, give it a rest!

               Van Lewin swings with a punch, but Twist flips neatly to her
               feet, blocking it.

               The two begin to spar, Van Lewin's slower but heavier blows
               giving Twist time to duck, dodge and block, chopping and
               kicking back faster than he can react.

               Twist's face is a mask of anger as she lays into Van Lewin,
               beginning to get the upper hand through sheer rage.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         You picked the wrong girl to mess
                         with this time, you crap-bashing
                         ass midget!

               WHACK! She kicks him in the face, leaving a boot print there.
               She tries to press the advantage, but Van Lewin recovers
               enough to grab her foot, spinning her round and SLAMMING her
               onto the floor.

               He tries to grab her again, but Twist spins her legs round,
               knocking him off his feet, and as Van Lewin hits the ground
               she leaps onto his chest, pinning his arms down with her
               knees and PUNCHING him repeatedly in the face.

               Three heavy punches and Van Lewin's almost out, Twist's face
               still a snarling mess of pure rage as she raises her fist one
               last time, SCREAMING with anger.

               Danyael suddenly lunges into frame, grabbing Twist's blood
               stained fist before she can land the killing blow.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Twist, no!!

               She throws him a killer stare, but he doesn't back down,
               keeping a firm grip on her wrist.

                                   DANYAEL (cont'd)
                             (shakes head)
                         Don't kill him. You'd be no better
                         than he is. You said that to
                         Lucinda once, remember?

               Twist, breathing heavily, looks back down on Van Lewin - his
               face is a mess of blood and bruises, his breathing shallow
               and ragged. There's no fight left in him.

               Twist lowers her fist, slowly starting to calm down - and Van
               Lewin starts to SNICKER, wheezing with pain.

                                   VAN LEWIN
                         I knew it... I knew you couldn't do
                         it... You're too weak, vampire! You
                         haven't... got the balls... to do
                         it...

               Twist narrows her eyes and stares down at him.

                                   TWIST
                         You ever hear that saying, 'life's
                         just one big joke'? I always liked
                         that. But you know something I just
                         realised?

               Van Lewin blinks - and with a final SMACK, Twist knocks him
               cold with one last punch.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         I'm the punchline.

               She stands up, still breathing heavily as her system calms
               itself down, before she sees Danyael throwing her a raised
               eyebrow.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         What? I didn't kill him, did I?

               He chuckles and shakes his head.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Never mind. C'mon, let's go find
                         Chris and Julie and get out of
                         here.

                                   TWIST
                         Yeah. Wonder how they're doing?

               As the duo walk away from Van Lewin's sprawled, unconscious
               body, Twist rubbing her sore knuckles, we cut to:

        17     EXT. OUTSIDE TOWER BLOCK - NIGHT.                       17

               The sword fight is still going on, Chris able to keep up the
               battle even in his weakened state. 

               Chris SHOVES Ciegue back into the abandoned news van,
               stabbing with his katana but just missing Ciegue as the wily
               assassin rolls out of the way.

               Chris lunges again, but Ciegue jabs his elbow up into Chris'
               outstretched arm, and Chris YELLS in pain as we hear the
               CRUNCH of a bone fracturing.

               Chris clutches his arm and staggers back, letting his sword
               fall. Ciegue swings for his neck, but Chris dodges back.

               On the back foot, Chris dodges several steps backwards as
               Ciegue takes several swings at him, ending up at the first of
               the police cars on the scene.

               Chris rolls across the bonnet, narrowly avoiding getting
               skewered to it as Ciegue stabs his sword down.

               Chris smirks as he sees Ciegue is getting frustrated with how
               long the fight is taking.

                                   CHRIS
                         What's the matter, Ciegue? Am I
                         messing up your schedule? Should
                         you have finished me off by now?

                                   CIEGUE
                         Enough!

               Ciegue LEAPS over the bonnet, and Chris has to roll out of
               the way to avoid him.

                                   CIEGUE (cont'd)
                         When I rip out your heart, I'm
                         going to mount it in a museum as an
                         example to others!

                                   CHRIS
                         I was never one for museums,
                         myself...

               Chris KICKS out, knocking Ciegue off his feet.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         ... they stay in the past too much
                         for me.

               Ciegue FLIPS back to his feet, and as he charges towards
               Chris with a SNARL, we cut to:

        18     INT. OFFICE BLOCK - BASEMENT - NIGHT.                   18

               Julie has Osbourne in the recovery position, rolled onto his
               side, as we see Decadway in the background checking up what
               used to be the stairway leading up to the ground floor of the
               building overhead.

               She turns and calls to Julie, one hand on a displaced cinder
               block next to her.

                                   DECADWAY
                         Hey, Julie! I think I found
                         something! Looks like we can-

               DeCadway suddenly stumbles to one side as Julie looks round -
               the cinder block she'd been leaning on falls to the side, and
               as it lands it unbalances a large section of semi-collapsed
               roofing overhead.

               DeCadway looks up in horror as the several hundred pounds of
               concrete above her starts to shift, moments away from burying
               her.

               Julie is already on her feet, racing across the rubble as
               fast as she can.

                                   JULIE
                         Hannah! Move! Get out of there!

               DeCadway is transfixed, her eyes locked on the blocks above
               her as they shift further, dust cascading down from them as
               they start to GROAN, stone grinding against stone.

               She throws one arm up as the first chunk of roofing starts to
               drop down towards her...

               ... until with a SLAM, something blurs past her and knocks it
               out of the way.

               DeCadway blinks, looking around, but a moment later the blur
               streaks past again, scooping her up and carrying her rapidly
               out of the way as the blocks CRASH down into the space she
               just left.

               DeCadway finds herself on the ground several feet away,
               coughing in the dust as Julie finally reaches her, helping
               her up.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                         Hannah? Are you alright?

                                   DECADWAY
                         I'm fine, I'm fine - what the hell
                         just happened?

                                   SANCTUS (O.S.)
                         You had a lucky escape, my dear...

               The girls SPIN round - and facing them in none other than
               SANCTUS, the elegantly-featured vampire who first Turned
               Chris!

               Sanctus's neat, receding hair is a little wild from his
               daring rescue, and his long, lavish dark red coat is caked
               with dust, but as the vampire grins and bows slightly for the
               ladies, it's clear he's lost none of his style.

                                   JULIE
                         Who the hell are you?

                                   SANCTUS
                         My name is Sanctus. I'm a friend of
                         Christopher's... and I'm here to
                         get you out of this tomb.

               Julie and DeCadway exchange a look, and from that, we:

                                                             BLACK OUT:



                                   END OF ACT TWO
                                      ACT THREE

                                                               FADE IN:

        19     INT. SAFE HOUSE - GUEST ROOM - NIGHT.                   19

               Twist is watching Chris with rapt interest as he continues
               the story, leaving Julie to sit quietly, when there is a
               KNOCK at the door.

                                   JULIE
                             (calls out)
                         It's open.

               The door opens and in steps Danyael, a brown paper grocery
               bag in his hand. He's peering into it, so doesn't see Twist
               sitting on the bed.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Uh, they were all out of that soda
                         you asked me for, so I got you-

                                   TWIST
                         Spook!!

               Danyael looks up, pausing for a beat as he sees Twist - and
               then with a huge grin he jogs over to her. Twist jumps up to
               meet him halfway, the two wrapping their arms round each
               other and squeezing tightly.

               Julie and Chris exchange a sly grin, before turning back to
               the two vampires.

                                   DANYAEL
                             (happily)
                         You're up!

                                   TWIST
                             (nods)
                         That I am. Good as new, pretty
                         much.
                             (looks into grocery bag)
                         Whatcha got?

               Danyael makes a jokey show of moving the bag away from
               Twist's prying eyes.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Things for Julie. She's been
                         recovering as well, you know!

                                   TWIST
                         Yeah, but she doesn't mind helping
                         a fellow hero recover with the aid
                         of a few sugary treats...
                             (to Julie)
                         ... do you?

                                   JULIE
                             (chuckles)
                         Help yourself, Twist. The doctor
                         said I'm about ready to leave here,
                         so I asked Dan to go out and buy me
                         a big bag of junk food to
                         celebrate.

               Danyael grins and holds the bag out to Twist, who snatches it
               away and empties it out onto the bed. Danyael sits next to
               Twist, and as she and Julie make a start on sorting through
               the snack foods on offer, Chris allows himself a smile - the
               team is reunited at last.

               Twist takes a grateful bite out of a candy bar, then
               remembers something, and parts her hair to show Danyael the
               scar she found there earlier.

                                   TWIST
                         Oh, hey, check this out.

                                   DANYAEL
                             (impressed)
                         Wow.
                             (to Chris)
                         Is that where she...

               Chris nods, and Twist throws him a look.

                                   TWIST
                         Where I what?

                                   CHRIS
                         There's still a bit of the story to
                         tell.

                                   TWIST
                         So tell! I've got junk food and my
                         posse all back together. I'm in the
                         zone.

               Chris smiles, and we cut to:

        20     EXT. OUTSIDE TOWER BLOCK - NIGHT.                       20

               Chris, still holding his wounded arm, tries to get some
               distance between himself and Ciegue.

               The lightning-fast assassin jumps up onto a police car roof,
               leaps across onto the nearby police van and then soars
               through the air, landing right in front of Chris - and STABS
               him with his sword, right in the gut.

               Chris YELLS and slides backwards, landing heavily on the
               ground again.

               Ciegue steps over him, retrieving a stake from inside his
               jacket and twirling it in his fingers.

                                   CIEGUE
                         You know, I've often wondered if
                         one of these things would kill you
                         or not, Chris. Shall we find out?

                                   CHRIS
                         Be my guest...

               Chris tries to spring to his feet, but Ciegue is too quick,
               and with a lunge of his sword, he IMPALES Chris through the
               shoulder, driving his sword blade into the ground.

               Skewered in place, Chris can't move as Ciegue grins, raising
               the stake and standing victoriously over him.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         So this is it? This is the great
                         victory you always wanted over me?
                         Kicking a man while he's down,
                         taking advantage of other people's
                         hard work?

                                   CIEGUE
                             (shrugs)
                         A kill's a kill when you're in my
                         line of work, Chris. Oh, I know
                         there'll be nights when I look back
                         on this and wonder what would have
                         happened if you'd been fresh, and
                         if we could have had a real
                         fight...

               Ciegue stops smiling, gripping the stake tightly and
               preparing to strike.

                                   CIEGUE (cont'd)
                         ... but I can't allow you to live a
                         moment longer.

               Ciegue rears back, and Chris closes his eyes.

               He stabs down with the stake - which is suddenly KNOCKED out
               of the way as Twist's boot sails into frame!

               Startled, Ciegue looks across and sees Twist, now with only
               one boot, striding towards him through the rain.

                                   TWIST
                         Hi, honey! Did you miss me?

               Ciegue GROWLS, places one foot on Chris' chest and presses
               down, drawing his sword back out of Chris' shoulder. This
               naturally causes Chris a lot of pain, and he HOWLS.

                                   CIEGUE
                         I'll kill you in a second, Twist!
                         Don't be a fool! This is between me
                         and Chris, if you value your life,
                         walk away!

                                   TWIST
                         Oh, don't get me wrong, I value my
                         life as much as I value my
                         'Firefly' DVDs, but there ain't no
                         way some no-eyed reject hitman's
                         gonna take out my partner!

               Ciegue looks down at Chris, who is too weak to move, and
               KICKS him with a sneer.

                                   CIEGUE
                         You'd give your life for this...
                         thing? I can't even call him a man,
                         he's not human enough for that.

                                   CHRIS
                             (weakly)
                         Twist... no...

                                   TWIST
                         You're damn right I would! He'd do
                         the same for me.
                             (beat)
                         At least, he'd better, or I'm gonna
                         kick his ass once I finish showing
                         you what the inside of yours looks
                         like.

               Ciegue stares at her for a beat - then grins. He looks down
               and sees Chris' katana lying on the floor, so he strides
               over, flicking it into the air with his boot and catching it
               with his free hand.

                                   CIEGUE
                         Very well. It's only fitting that
                         you fight me with his sword, it'll
                         give your death an almost poetic
                         denouement.

                                   TWIST
                             (beat)
                         Okay, I don't know what that last
                         word meant. I'm still gonna have
                         you on your knees in about thirty
                         seconds, begging me to stop showing
                         the world what a whiny little
                         crapbucket you really are.

               Ciegue smirks again at Twist's bravado, and strides forward,
               tossing her Chris' katana.

               She catches it, giving it a few twirls and swings, showing
               that she knows how to use it.

               As 'Rise' by The Cult starts to play, Twist lifts the katana
               up, aims it at Ciegue and grins.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Ladies first.

               Ciegue chuckles - and then launches into his attack, leaping
               into the air and spiralling round, his spinning sword forcing
               Twist to block a succession of hits.

               Hopping back out of the way, Twist is ready for him as he
               lunges forward, the two fencing with one another with as much
               intensity as Chris and Ciegue's duel, sparks flying from the
               blades as they clash, rainwater spinning away from them as
               they feint and attack.

               Chris is trying to push himself to his feet when Danyael
               appears in frame, helping the woozy Chris to his feet. Chris
               has lost a lot of blood from his wounded shoulder, and seems
               almost delirious.

                                   CHRIS
                         No... we have to help her!

                                   DANYAEL
                         She can handle it, Chris, come on!
                         She told me to get you out of here
                         before coming back to help her.

               Chris watches as Ciegue and Twist duel, Twist's face a mask
               of concentration as she holds the skilled assassin at bay.

                                   CHRIS
                             (quietly)
                         Twist...

               Chris is helped to his feet, Danyael throwing an arm round
               his shoulder and carrying him away as we move back over to
               Twist.

               She's still fighting off Ciegue's attacks, but she's playing
               to defend, not to kill, and Ciegue soon takes advantage of
               this, increasing his attacks and finally SLICING his blade
               across Twist's arm.

               She SHOUTS in pain and staggers back a little, and Ciegue
               takes the opportunity to laugh.

                                   CIEGUE
                         I knew it! You're just playing to
                         break even here, aren't you? Hold
                         me at bay until reinforcements
                         arrive?

                                   TWIST
                         I don't have any reinforcements,
                         Shades, I'm all the backup I need!

                                   CIEGUE
                         Oh, that's touching. I'll be sure
                         to tell them to put that on your
                         tombstone.

               He attacks again, but the injury is slowing Twist down, and
               it isn't long before he slices across her cheek, her stomach
               and her leg in rapid succession.

               Twist staggers back, her advantage slipping away, and Ciegue
               steps forward, his blade flashing through the air. It's all
               Twist can do to keep him at bay, and when he stabs forward
               and sinks the blade into her gut, she CRIES OUT in pain and
               stumbles to the ground.

               He steps back and sneers at her as she pushes herself up.

                                   CIEGUE (cont'd)
                         Oh, come on! This is too easy! I've
                         been paid way too much for how this
                         fight has gone so far - haven't you
                         ever heard of value for money?

               Twist's expression is defiant as she stands again.

                                   TWIST
                         You know something? You talk way
                         too damn much.

               She ATTACKS, catching him off guard and starting to push him
               back a few steps.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         And do you know what I always find?

               Ciegue GROWLS and tries a low swing with his sword, but Twist
               hops neatly over it, catches Ciegue on his back foot and
               SLAMS her blade into his throat, piercing straight to the
               other side.

               Ciegue COUGHS, pressing a hand to the sword blade embedded in
               his neck as Twist coolly puts her hands on her hips.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         It becomes kinda hard to make
                         snappy remarks with two foot of
                         sword sticking out of your throat.
                         Mostly, you'll just gurgle. 
                             (beat)
                         And bleed.

               Twist turns her back on him and starts to walk away.

               What she doesn't see is Ciegue reach a hand up for the
               katana's hilt, and with a slow, agonising pull, he draws the
               blade back out of his throat, coughing but still very much
               alive and kicking.

               With his expression one of unadulterated fury, he hefts up
               the sword, takes aim at the departing Twist, and THROWS it
               towards her.

               Twist is unsighted as the blade spears past her, slicing
               across the side of her head.

               She YELPS and drops to the floor, pressing a hand to the
               wound which comes away bloody.

               Stunned, she rolls onto her side, looking up as Ciegue steps
               slowly towards her, the ugly red wound on his throat also red
               with blood.

               With some difficulty, he speaks, his voice hoarse and raspy.

                                   CIEGUE
                         You turn your back on me? Ciegue
                         Sicario, the finest assassin in the
                         world?

               Ciegue retrieves the stake he was going to use on Twist and
               stomps over to her, kicking her onto her back and clamping
               one boot down on her throat.

                                   CIEGUE (cont'd)
                             (furious)
                         Nobody turns their back on me!

               He raises the stake, ready to take care of Twist once and for
               all - but suddenly, a sword blade BURST through his chest
               from behind!

               Ciegue GULPS and drops the stake - and we pull back to see
               Sanctus on the other end of the sword, with Julie and
               Decadway standing a few feet away.

                                   SANCTUS
                         You're getting sloppy, Ciegue! When
                         we last met, you'd have already
                         killed her by now. I guess you're
                         just not as good as you used to be,
                         eh?

               Ciegue makes a choking sound, and a thin trickle of blood
               runs from his lips. Sanctus draws the sword back out of him,
               and Ciegue drops to his knees, then crashes face down onto
               the floor.

               Sanctus steps over to Twist and holds out a hand to help her
               up.
               She's shaking now, her system going into shock from the
               damage she's taken, but she tentatively reaches her hand out
               to him.

                                   SANCTUS (cont'd)
                         My apologies for not getting here
                         sooner. I literally had to burrow
                         my way out of the ground to get
                         your friend Julie to safety!

                                   TWIST
                         J-Julie? Is s-she...

                                   SANCTUS
                         She's fine. So is Chris, and so is
                         Danyael. Thanks to you.

               Twist glances across and sees Julie, who manages a wave to
               her, her other arm round the still woozy DeCadway.

                                   TWIST
                         Well... that's j-just dandy. Now,
                         can you give me a min-minute? I n
                         need to slip into s-something more
                         comfortable, l-like toxic shock...

               And with that, Twist wilts and faints away, but Sanctus
               catches her, scooping her up in his arms and turning to
               Julie.

                                   SANCTUS
                         She's very weak. We need to get her
                         some help quickly or her body will
                         slip into a coma.

                                   JULIE
                         Do vampires do that?

                                   SANCTUS
                         If we're hurt badly enough, yes.
                         Let's move.

                                   DECADWAY
                         We've got another base, few blocks
                         away. Should be good to go there.
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