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                                       TEASER

                                                               FADE IN:

         1     EXT. NEW YORK CITY - NIGHT.                              1

               Aerial shot of the fine metropolis of New York City, tall
               towers glittering as they reflect the moonlight overhead, the
               streets below filled with row upon row of car headlights.

         2     EXT. CITY STREET - NIGHT - NIGHT.                        2

               Looking down on a street corner, with a few youthful gang
               members chatting and laughing as they sit on the steps of an
               apartment building, a YOUNG WOMAN, slim with long blonde
               hair, walks into frame, two fully loaded grocery bags in her
               arms.

               One of the gang members half heartedly heckles her, but she
               just grins and keeps walking - she obviously knows this
               neighbourhood well, and knows she's safe.

               She carries on along the street, swerving as two giggling
               young kids race past her, and stops outside the steps of
               another apartment block.

               Making her way up the steps, she fumbles in her jacket pocket
               for her keys, but is having no luck until a middle aged WOMAN
               steps into frame.

                                   WOMAN
                         Having trouble, Karen?

               The Young Woman, KAREN, looks relieved as she sees the other
               woman, and gestures to the grocery bags.

                                   KAREN
                         That time of the week, Maggie, you
                         know how it is.

               MAGGIE reaches over with her keys and unlocks the door,
               holding it open so Karen can step inside.

         3     INT. APARTMENT BLOCK - LOBBY - CONTINUOUS.               3

               Karen uses her boot to keep the door open for Maggie, and the
               two women start to climb the staircase ahead of them.

                                   MAGGIE
                             (off groceries)
                         You alright with those?

                                   KAREN
                         Oh, yeah, the hard part was getting
                         through the door, you know. All
                         plain sailing from he-

               Karen TRIPS and almost falls face first onto the stairs, but
               Maggie is quick to catch her. She chuckles as Karen collects
               herself.

                                   MAGGIE
                             (tongue in cheek)
                         Yeah, I can see you're doing fine.

               Karen chuckles as the two of them reach the first floor.

         4     INT. APARTMENT BLOCK - FIRST FLOOR LANDING - CONTINUOUS. 4

               Maggie turns one way, and Karen turns another.

                                   MAGGIE
                         Have a good night, Karen, see you
                         later.

                                   KAREN
                         Yeah, you too, Maggie.

               We stay with Karen as she walks along the landing, passing
               the numbered doors on her way to the last one in the
               corridor. The complex seems quiet and respectable - not
               exactly upper class, but comfortable enough.

               Karen fiddles with her keys again, this time managing to get
               the door open and step inside her apartment.

         5     INT. KAREN'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS.                     5

               Karen nudges the door closed, and we can hear a cat MEOW from
               off screen as she heads for the open plan kitchenette.

                                   KAREN
                         Alright, kitty, hang on...

               She dumps the bags down - and JUMPS a mile when she sees
               somebody standing in her kitchen!

               There's a MAN there, his hands clasped before him and his
               head down, a dark, intense look about him. He's dressed in a
               plain black suit.

                                   MAN
                         You're normally home by now, Karen,
                         what kept you?

               Karen looks very tense all of a sudden - whoever this man is,
               he obviously unnerves her.

                                   KAREN
                             (hesitant)
                         I was, uh, shopping.

               She waves her hand towards the grocery bags as her cat,
               KITTY, leaps up onto the kitchen counter and starts sniffing
               around them.

               Karen reaches over and scoops up the cat, keeping her
               distance from the man before her.

                                   KAREN (cont'd)
                         So what do you want?

                                   MAN
                         Oh, you know why I'm here.

               The man looks up at last, and Karen takes a step back as a
               slow grin spreads across his features. 

         6     EXT. OUTSIDE APARTMENT - NIGHT.                          6

               We cut outside, pulling away from the building as we see the
               kitchen window framed before us.

               There are the sounds of a struggle from inside the apartment -
               the cat HISSES, something SMASHES. And we hear Karen SHOUT as
               though fighting for her life - then she SCREAMS!

               There is silence for a moment.

               Then, a substantial amount of BLOOD suddenly SPATTERS across
               the window!

               We stay on the blood for a moment as it starts to slowly drip
               down from the window, before we:

                                                             BLACK OUT:



                                    END OF TEASER
                                       ACT ONE

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         7     EXT. CITY STREET - NIGHT.                                7

               We're looking at Chris' black van, parked up by the roadside,
               on the outskirts of one of New York's outlying districts.

               We start to push in on the van, and as we do we hear voices
               talking, muffled as though coming from inside the van.

                                   TWIST (O.S.)
                         Well, I'm not the one who forgot
                         something!

                                   JULIE (O.S.)
                         Oh, that's ridiculous, you can't-

                                   TWIST (O.S.)
                             (interrupts)
                         I can and I will! Chris! Tell her
                         she's wrong and I'm right.

                                   CHRIS (O.S.)
                             (wearily)
                         I will do no such thing.

                                   TWIST (O.S.)
                         But-

                                   CHRIS (O.S.)
                         But nothing! Fact is, we're back in
                         New York, no matter whose fault it
                         is, and that's the last I want to
                         hear of it. Alright?

               There's a beat of silence. We're right next to the van now.

                                   TWIST (O.S.)
                         Danyael, stick up for me!

                                   DANYAEL (O.S.)
                         What? Hey, don't drag me into this,
                         I like it here.

                                   CHRIS (O.S.)
                         This is getting us nowhere...

               With a SCRAPE of metal on metal, the van's side door is
               suddenly pulled back, to reveal our protagonists spread
               across the van's interior - CHRIS, TWIST, DANYAEL and JULIE.

               Chris looks like this has already been a long night, and
               Julie and Twist both wear sulky expressions, making it look
               like the row we just heard has been raging for some time.

               Danyael, by contrast, is sitting in one corner of the rear of
               the van, happily playing away on Twist's GameBoy Advance and
               minding his own business.

               Chris steps out and into the street, closing his eyes and
               taking a deep breath of the night air.

                                   TWIST
                         So?

               He sighs - there goes the quiet moment. He turns back to her.

                                   CHRIS
                         So what?

                                   TWIST
                         Are we gonna find this thing and
                         move on, or what?

               Chris turns to Julie, who rolls her eyes and HUFFS.

                                   JULIE
                         Alright, fine. Let me make a call
                         back to the safe house, see if
                         somebody can find my laptop, then
                         I'll arrange to pick it up and we
                         can be on our way again.

               Julie clambers out of the van, Twist making a show of not
               looking at her, and with a last look at Chris she walks off
               screen. Chris waits a few beats for her to go before he turns
               and glares at Twist.

                                   CHRIS
                         What the bloody hell was that all
                         about?

                                   TWIST
                             (defensive)
                         What? She started it.

                                   CHRIS
                         That's no reason to-

                                   TWIST
                         Oh, well, excuse me if we can't all
                         be perfect like Julie! You don't
                         see me leaving laptops full of
                         sensitive fricken information at
                         every truck stop we pull into, do
                         you?

                                   CHRIS
                             (sighs)
                         That's not what happened and you
                         know it.

               Twist turns to Danyael, waving a hand to try and get his
               attention.

                                   TWIST
                         Hey!

               He doesn't look up, concentrating on his game.

                                   DANYAEL
                         What?

                                   TWIST
                         I've yet to hear you back me up on
                         this. Will you tell Chris?

               Danyael still doesn't look up - so with an irritated sigh,
               Twist reaches over and hits the 'off' button. Danyael blinks
               in surprise, then lets out a defeated sigh and tucks the
               GameBoy away.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Alright. What?

                                   TWIST
                         Tell Chris I had every right to get
                         pissed at Julie, after we'd been on
                         the road for three days before
                         Julie realised she'd lost her
                         computer, and we had to turn round
                         and drive three days back again
                         just so she could get it.

               Danyael takes a beat, then looks across at Chris.

                                   DANYAEL
                             (hesitant)
                         Well, she does kind of have a
                         point...

               Chris narrows his eyes, and while Danyael shrinks away a
               little, Twist pokes her tongue out triumphantly at Chris.

                                   TWIST
                         Nyah.

                                   CHRIS
                         That's still no excuse for calling
                         her a... what was it?

                                   TWIST
                         A cross-eyed, number crunching
                         barnyard rodent.

                                   CHRIS
                             (beat)
                         What the hell does that even mean?

                                   TWIST
                         I don't know! I was angry, wasn't
                         I? Jeez,if I stopped to think about
                         the meaning behind everything that
                         came out of my mouth, I'd never get
                         round to saying anything!

                                   CHRIS
                             (under his breath)
                         And wouldn't that be a change...

                                   TWIST
                         Hey! I heard that!
                             (points at Danyael)
                         He's the one with bad hearing,
                         remember?

                                   DANYAEL
                             (looks up)
                         What was that?

               Chris shakes his head and sits down on the edge of the van's
               interior, running a hand through his hair. 

               He hears Twist rummaging through her bag behind him, and
               turns to see her emptying its contents all over the floor.

                                   CHRIS
                         What are you doing?

                                   TWIST
                         Looking for my phone... aha!

               She lifts it up, settling down and starting to tap away at it
               - leaving her mess all over the van's floor. Chris knows
               there's no point asking her to clear it up, and with a
               resigned look he climbs back into the van.

                                   CHRIS
                         So who do you know to call in New
                         York?

                                   TWIST
                         Plenty of people, stupid, I was at
                         university here for two years,
                         remember? And besides, if Julie's
                         gonna be gone a while, I may as
                         well find a way to amuse myself.

               Danyael takes that as a cue to reach for his GameBoy Advance
               again, but as soon as he flips the screen up, Twist reaches
               over and flips it down without looking.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Stay focused, Spook. This 'fun' I
                         find might need two people.

               Danyael gets the hint and fishes out a pack of cigarettes,
               lighting one up and offering another to Twist.

               Chris grimaces as she lights up, making a big deal out of
               wafting the smoke out of the van.

                                   CHRIS
                         Do you have to do that in here?

                                   TWIST
                         It keeps me relaxed.
                             (off phone)
                         Oh, hey, here we go!

               She hits 'Call' and puts the phone to her ear as Chris checks
               his watch.

                                   CHRIS
                         Isn't it a little late to call
                         people up at random?

                                   TWIST
                         Come on, Chris, you've known me for
                         a year and my spontaneity still
                         surprises you?

                                   CHRIS
                             (mutters)
                         Irritates, more like...

               Twist's phone BEEPS as her call is answered.

                                   KAREN
                             (filtered; through phone)
                         He- hello?

                                   TWIST
                             (perky)
                         Karen? Hey! It's Twist, Twist
                         McFadden. How ya doin'?

                                   KAREN
                         Twist? What, from university?

                                   TWIST
                             (grins)
                         As if you could forget! That's me.
                         How the Britney are ya, Kay?

                                   KAREN
                         Uh...

               Twist taps some of her cigarette ash onto the floor of the
               van, prompting an annoyed glare from Chris, as we cut to:

         8     INT. KAREN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT.                          8

               Karen is standing in the living room area, the phone in one
               hand - and a knife in the other. Both the knife and Karen are
               splashed with blood, and she trembles slightly.

                                   KAREN
                         Honestly? Not so good.

               Karen looks down to the floor, and we pull back and pan down
               as she continues speaking.

                                   KAREN (cont'd)
                         Are you in the area or something?

                                   TWIST
                             (filtered; through phone)
                         Yeah, I'm a few blocks from your
                         old place. You still live there?

                                   KAREN
                         Uh, yeah, yeah I do.

                                   TWIST
                         Are you alright? You sound a little
                         wiggy.

               We keep pulling back - and finally see the dead body of the
               Man we saw earlier, face down on the floor before Karen,
               crimson blood pooled around him.

                                   KAREN
                         Huh? Oh, I'm... actually, things
                         have gone a little weird over here.

                                   TWIST
                         Oh. Well, anything I can do to
                         help? I'm kinda bored.

               Karen looks back up, her mind racing.

                                   KAREN
                         That all depends... can you come
                         over?

                                   TWIST
                         Yeah, sure, I'll be there in five.

                                   KAREN
                         O- okay. Bye.

               Mechanically, Karen hangs the phone up, looking at the knife
               in her hands as though she didn't realise she was still
               holding it, before we cut back to:

         9     EXT. CITY STREET/VAN - NIGHT.                            9

               Twist and Danyael are standing outside the van now, Twist
               pulling on her jacket.

                                   CHRIS
                         Karen's not going to suspect
                         anything about you, is she? I mean,
                         does she know you're a-

                                   TWIST
                         Vampire? No idea. When Boyce turned
                         me and I left town, I made sure I
                         left notes for my friends, telling
                         them I was off on an extended
                         holiday or something. Far as she
                         knows, I've spent the last five
                         years backpacking round Argentina
                         or something.

                                   CHRIS
                         You're not going far, are you?

                                   TWIST
                         Nah, just a few blocks that way.
                         Call me if you need me, alright?

               Danyael spots Julie approaching, and nudges Twist to get her
               attention as she walks back into frame.

                                   CHRIS
                         Any luck?

                                   JULIE
                         Yeah, turns out I'd left it in that
                         room I was staying at in the safe
                         house. The guy I spoke to said
                         there was a game of 'Half-Life'
                         still running on there, though.

               Julie looks at Twist, who tries and fails to look away
               innocently.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                         So, anyway, he said he's gonna grab
                         it and come meet us somewhere. He
                         suggested this bar on the next
                         block, says he's already late to
                         meet some friends so would we mind
                         meeting him there?

                                   CHRIS
                         Not at all.

               Chris steps out of the van and slides the door shut, reaching
               for the keys and activating the alarm system.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                             (to Twist)
                         Don't be gone all night, we're just
                         going to grab Julie's computer and
                         then we're out of here.

                                   TWIST
                             (salutes)
                         I'll keep my fun to an absolute
                         minimum, cap'n. Just the way you
                         like it.

               Chris smirks, then he and Julie head off one way and Twist
               and Danyael go the other.

               We cut across to the other side of the street, looking at the
               van as the two pairs head off in either direction - and a
               FIGURE steps into frame, watching them intently. We've only
               got a shoulder and the edge of their head to go on, too quick
               to catch any detail before we cut to:

        10     EXT. ZEROMANCE CLUB - NIGHT.                            10

               Looking down on a popular nightspot, the queue of fidgeting
               goths and rockers outside combining with the loud, aggressive
               music blasting from within to give us an idea of what kind of
               place this is.

               Julie and Chris walk into frame, both of them grimacing as
               they take in the clientele and the music.

                                   JULIE
                         Oh, God...

                                   CHRIS
                         I'm beginning to think Twist should
                         have done this, this is very
                         definitely her sort of thing.

               Julie retrieves her cell phone again as Chris catches several
               people in the queue looking him up and down.

                                   JULIE
                         The guy I spoke to at the safe
                         house was called Aaron, said to let
                         him know when we were here and he'd
                         get us inside.

               Julie starts to make a call, as a dressed up couple walk
               past, all PVC and piercings, and Chris raises an eyebrow.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                             (into phone)
                         Aaron? Yeah, it's Julie! You want
                         to come let us in? Thanks.

               She snaps her phone shut and tucks it away, as another group
               of people walk past, chuckling to themselves as they look
               Chris up and down.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                             (smirks)
                         Looks like you've found your
                         'scene' at last.

                                   CHRIS
                         Bloody kids, they see someone
                         wearing black and they instantly
                         assume he's into Slayer...

                                   AARON (O.S.)
                         Julie?

               They look round as AARON waves to them from the entrance to
               the club. He's dressed for the occasion, wearing a black top
               with a neon logo, his black hair tall and spiked.

                                   AARON (cont'd)
                         Hey, come on inside.

               Aaron nods to the bouncers, who step aside and motion for
               Chris and Julie to step inside. There is a chorus of
               disapprovement from the waiting queue, and Chris calls over
               to them.

                                   CHRIS
                         Sorry, folks, age before beauty!

                                   VOICE FROM QUEUE
                         Yeah, looks like you got plenty of
                         that!

               The queue LAUGHS, and with a dark look Chris steps inside.

        11     INT. ZEROMANCE CLUB - NIGHT.                            11

               The inside of the large nightclub is filled with people like
               the ones waiting outside, only the music in here is several
               hundred decibels louder. Flashing lights flicker across the
               dance floor, and the place is rammed full of punters swaying
               to the pounding beat of 'I Feel Loved' by Depeche Mode.

               Aaron leads Chris and the very out of place looking Julie to
               one of the tables set against one wall, where several of
               Aaron's friends are sitting and drinking.

               A laptop computer sits on top of the table, and Aaron scoops
               it up, turning and handing it to Julie.

                                   AARON
                         Here ya go.

                                   JULIE
                         Thanks. Say, isn't all this a
                         little...

                                   AARON
                         What, a little unlike someone who
                         works for Osbourne's company? Yeah,
                         I guess it is, but everyone has
                         their own way of blowing off steam,
                         right?

               Chris glances round at the club's occupants.

                                   CHRIS
                         They certainly do.

                                   AARON
                         Anyway, sorry for making you guys
                         come all the way out here, but I
                         promised my friends I'd be out
                         tonight. After what happened the
                         other week, I think I've got an
                         excuse for wanting to get out and
                         let my hair down.

                                   JULIE
                         Don't worry, I'm with you on that
                         one. We'd better be going, but
                         thanks a lot for this.

               She taps the laptop, and Aaron shrugs.

                                   AARON
                         No problem. You sure you and Mr.
                         Berkeley don't want to stay for a
                         drink? It's on me.

                                   JULIE
                         Oh, that'd be-

                                   CHRIS
                             (interrupts)
                         Normally, we'd love to, but we are
                         running a little behind schedule,
                         as I'm sure you can appreciate.

                                   AARON
                         No big. Have fun.

               Aaron and Julie shake hands, before Chris leads Julie back
               towards the exit.

                                   JULIE
                         Come on, Chris, we're inside for
                         free, and this place isn't that
                         bad...

               A set of smoke generators over the dance floor blast into
               life to an appreciative CHEER from the crowd, and Julie can't
               help but chuckle at Chris' sour expression.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                         You know what? Forget I said it.

                                   CHRIS
                             (rubs eyes)
                         Sorry, it's just that I've been
                         driving for almost a week straight
                         now, and I think I just need to lie
                         down somewhere.
                             (looks round)
                         Preferably, somewhere without its
                         own PA and a hundred sweaty bodies
                         leaping around.

                                   JULIE
                         Point taken. Let's get back to the
                         van and find a motel or something.

               Julie starts to walk on again, but as Chris turns to follow
               he pauses, frowning, and looks across the club.

               On the other side of the dance floor, the crowd parts for
               just a second, and we get a brief glimpse of a young woman
               staring back at him - she's tall and slim, with black
               dreadlocked hair and dark makeup.

               Chris blinks - and the crowd moves to obscure her from view
               again. Julie turns round and notices Chris has stopped, then
               registers the dark look on his face.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                         Chris? What is it?

               Chris doesn't answer, but starts towards the dance floor.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                             (confused)
                         Chris?

               Chris starts to push his way through the dance floor, using
               his enhanced strength to shove the gyrating bodies of the
               dancing clubbers out of his way, his eyes locked on the last
               place he saw the mysterious young woman.

               Julie does her best to follow, but the going is slower for
               her as she tries to safely keep hold of her laptop.

               Chris reaches the other side of the dance floor and looks
               around, but the woman is nowhere in sight as Julie finally
               fights her way through to join him.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                             (breathless)
                         Alright, you'd better tell me we
                         just did that for a reason, 'cause
                         otherwise-

                                   CHRIS
                             (serious)
                         I thought I saw someone.

                                   JULIE
                         You 'thought' you saw someone? Who?

                                   VOICE (O.S.)
                         Me, actually.

               Chris spins round - and walking towards him is the YOUNG
               WOMAN he glimpsed a moment ago. She's dressed to match the
               club, in a knee length black dress and shiny PVC corset, and
               there's a wry smile on her face as she steps closer.

                                   YOUNG WOMAN
                         Hello again, Chris. Long time.

               Chris narrows his eyes and stares back at her, as Julie looks
               from Chris to the woman, waiting for an introduction.

                                   JULIE
                         Uh, Chris? Are you going to
                         introduce me to your friend here?

               Chris finally turns to look at Julie, then looks back to the
               woman, who raises her eyebrows and smirks.

                                   YOUNG WOMAN
                         Yeah, Chris, why don't you tell her
                         who I am?

               Chris waits another long beat before answering.

                                   CHRIS
                         Julie, this is Vivian Taylor.
                             (beat)
                         My first partner.

               Julie looks in surprise back to Vivian, and from Vivian's
               grin, we:

                                                             BLACK OUT:



                                   END OF ACT ONE
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