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23 INT. UNDERGROUND NETWORK - TEMPLE - DAY. 23
The lead vinnlan ushers the team into the large ruined
temple, holding a tall wooden staff with a smaller but
equally bright version of one of the glowing spheres from the
bridge on its tip.
Chris and Julie look suitably impressed as they examine the
temple - before it fell into disrepair, it was clearly an
impressive monument, with the remnants of mosaics, statues
and ornate dioramas spread around.
CHRIS
What is this place? Or, rather,
what was this place?
VINNLAN
Opening of evil.
Twist opens her mouth to make another wisecrack, but a shake
of Danyael's head silences her.
VINNLAN (cont'd)
Beings from other worlds, dark
places, they would use this place
to enter our world, try to destroy
and control it.
JULIE
And have your people always been
here to stop them?
VINNLAN
(nods)
Many more places like this, all
built around thin points in the
walls between dimensions.
The vinnlan walks towards one of the larger mosaics, which
depicts a great battle in which many vinnlans are being
slaughtered by a monstrous, scorpion-like creature.
VINNLAN (cont'd)
The battles have been many, and my
people are now few in number.
CHRIS
But I imagine the weak spots in the
world are still just as common?
The vinnlan nods, heading towards the remnants of a wide
altar at the far end of the temple.
VINNLAN
My ancestors left temples like this
to make sure the openings could
always be guarded, leaving packs of
my people sleeping here to defend
them, but now the humans on the
surface have taken away the things
we need.
TWIST
Those objects in Manon's back room,
right?
JULIE
That fits - maybe they're artefacts
that the vinnlans used to keep the
dimensions sealed up?
CHRIS
Quite possibly. The point is that
they can't stay as trophies in
Manon's private collection, they
need to be down here where they
belong.
DANYAEL
Do you think he took them on
purpose?
CHRIS
I'm starting to think our friend
Monsieur Manon knows a lot more
than he's letting on.
TWIST
See? Told you! Evil.
Chris looks over to the vinnlan, who is sighing heavily - the
creature looks like there's a whole world of responsibility
on his shoulders. Chris turns back to Julie.
CHRIS
And I think I know just how to get
him to tell us what he's up to.
Chris grins, and a bemused Julie raises an eyebrow before we
cut back to:
24 INT. MANOR - STUDY - DAY. 24
Manon watches one of his servants finish sweeping up the
broken glass from the raid on his study earlier. There is a
KNOCK at the study door, and Manon heads over.
He opens the door to Julie, who is wide-eyed and frantic,
covered with cuts and scratches as she nearly faints into his
arms.
MANON
Madame Kingston? Julie! Can you
'ear me?
Manon carries her over to his high-backed leather chair and
sets her in it, turning to the servant.
MANON (cont'd)
Water, rapidement!
The servant nods and hustles out of the room as Manon gently
pats Julie's cheek, trying to rouse her. She moans and stirs,
her eyelids fluttering as she turns to him.
MANON (cont'd)
What 'appened? Where is
Christopher?
JULIE
(groggy)
We were... attacked.. More of
those... creatures...
MANON
Merde. Has anyone been killed or
hurt?
JULIE
(shakes head)
I don't think so... they said they
were leaving... I think they took
Chris, Twist and Danyael with
them...
Julie sits up, an intense look in her eyes as she grabs Manon
by the shoulders.
JULIE (cont'd)
You've got to help them! I managed
to get away, but...
MANON
Do not fear, madame. I will take
some of my security team and go
down there myself to bring your
friends back. You are quite sure
the creatures are gone?
JULIE
(nods)
All of them. That whole place is
empty now.
Manon stands, stepping back as the servant bustles back into
the room with a large glass of water which Julie gratefully
sips from.
MANON
Bon. I must go.
Manon turns to leave, but Julie jumps to her feet.
JULIE
No! I'm coming with you.
Manon slowly turns back round, raising an eyebrow as Julie
throws him a pleading look.
JULIE (cont'd)
I have to know if they're alright,
or if...
MANON
(beat; nods)
Very well.
JULIE
Don't worry about me. I can field
strip an M-16 with my eyes closed.
Manon stares at her for a beat, then cracks open a broad grin
and laughs.
MANON
And yet for some reason, I am not
surprised! Come.
Maon motions for her to follow as he leaves, and as Julie
heads across the study we cut to:
25 INT. UNDERGROUND NETWORK - DAY. 25
Manon leads ten of his security guards, all of whom are armed
to the teeth with rifles and submachine-guns, all carrying
torches to cut through the darkness of the abandoned
corridors. Julie walks by Manon's side, carrying a handgun.
JULIE
(points)
This way. They came from over here
and overwhelmed us.
Julie leads the group towards the stone archway as the
security team's torches pick it out. Manon hangs back to talk
to one of the team, DREW, as Julie heads out of frame.
MANON
Did you bring everything we will
need?
DREW
(nods)
Yes, sir.
MANON
Good. Make sure we are ready, in
case those things decide to come
back.
Drew glances down at the bulky shoulder bag he's carrying as
he and Manon join the others in front of the archway.
JULIE
The vinnlans took Chris and the
others through there. I didn't get
to see what happened after that,
I'm afraid running and getting help
was the only choice I had.
Manon lays a comforting hand on her shoulder as he steps past
her, staring into the darkness beyond the archway.
MANON
You did the right thing, Julie.
Manon turns to his men, loading his rifle with a loud CLICK
and waiting as they all follow suit.
MANON (cont'd)
Be on your guard, monsieurs, these
creatures are fast and tough. Like
Drew's mother.
Manon grins as the rest of his team chuckle at his joke,
before he turns and steps through the archway.
26 INT. UNDERGROUND NETWORK - CHAMBER - CONTINUOUS. 26
The assembled torch beams make out some of the bridge and the
temple beyond, but the entire chamber is deserted this time
round.
Julie follows Manon as he leads the team across the bridge,
heading straight for the temple.
27 INT. UNDERGROUND NETWORK - TEMPLE - DAY. 27
Manon is the first through into the high-ceilinged, dusty
temple, lowering his rifle and sweeping the temple walls with
his torch as his men file in behind him.
Julie watches them, confused, as they start to set down their
weapons and backpacks, taking out a variety of strange
looking objects and placing them at set points around the
room.
JULIE
Uh... what's going on? What are
they doing?
Manon looks at Julie and smiles - but it's far from friendly,
and she takes a wary step backwards.
MANON
Now that those monstres 'ave gone
and left us in peace, I can finally
let this temple do what it was
supposed to do.
Julie looks round at Manon's men again - they're moving with
organised efficiency, obviously knowing exactly what to do as
they continue to slot things into place around the room.
Stone tablets are pressed back into gaps in the mosaics,
statues are twisted back into place on the podiums, and Drew
takes five of the small glowing spheres from his bag, placing
them into five circular holes across the surface of the
altar.
Julie looks around in alarm as the spheres flare to life,
quickly filling the whole temple with yellow light. She
rounds on Manon.
JULIE
Alright, what the hell are you
doing down here?
Manon steps towards her menacingly, and she raises her gun at
him as she takes another step back.
MANON
As I said, madame, this place was
built for a task, and I intend to
make sure it can perform that task
at last.
Julie thumbs the safety off her handgun and aims it squarely
at Manon's head, but he doesn't flinch, taking a step closer.
JULIE
(serious)
Call your men off. I don't need to
know what they're doing to know
that it's wrong.
MANON
Are you going to shoot me, Julie?
JULIE
If I have to.
MANON
Then go ahead. I'm not going to
stop unless you kill me.
Julie stares him out for a beat - then swiftly aims at his
arm and pulls the trigger - but nothing happens. Manon
chuckles and deftly snatches the gun from her hands.
MANON (cont'd)
You think I would give you a gun
that actually works?
Julie backs up as Manon advances on her, finding herself
trapped against a stone pillar as he closes in.
MANON (cont'd)
Your little ruse back at my manor
was quite effective, for a moment I
was fooled. You are quite the
actress!
JULIE
(defiant)
Yeah, well, I have many hidden
talents.
MANON
A shame, then, that I will not 'ave
the chance to discover them all.
JULIE
(blinks)
What?
Manon LUNGES for her, and despite Julie fighting back with
all she's got, he's too strong for her, wrenching her arms
round behind her back to restrain her.
MANON
(to Drew)
Is the altar ready for the
sacrifice?
DREW
Yes, sir.
JULIE
(horrified)
The what?!?
Manon shoves Julie towards the altar, as Drew readies a set
of wrist and ankle restraints to hold her down.
Julie doubles her efforts to break free, but Drew shuts her
up with a hard SLAP across her cheek.
Manon glares at him, then PUNCHES Drew with his free hand.
MANON
Idiote! What do you think you are
doing?
DREW
I-I'm sorry, sir, I thought-
MANON
I do not pay you enough to think!
Now continue with the preparations!
I 'ave waited too long to 'ave-
CHRIS (O.S.)
Oh dear, oh dear.
Manon freezes, then spins round.
Chris, Twist and Danyael have walked into the temple, all
armed, and Chris is wagging a scolding finger at Manon.
CHRIS (cont'd)
You don't hit one of my friends,
Manon. That's not the kind of thing
I can just forget about in a hurry.
Manon glances down at Julie, who smirks triumphantly back up
at him.
JULIE
So do I get my Oscar yet?
CHRIS
(to Twist)
What would you sat our Gallic
friend's first error was?
TWIST
I'm going to go with 'thinking we
wouldn't suss out he was evil,'
chief.
CHRIS
That's right. And his second?
DANYAEL
Thinking we wouldn't work out how
to stop him.
CHRIS
Absolutely.
(to Manon)
See? They're quite clever, really,
when you give them chance to show
it.
MANON
(laughs)
I 'ope you brought more backup than
your two vampire friends,
Christopher! When I complete the
ritual and bring the Skorpione back
into this world, then we will see
where all of your posturing gets
you!
Chris SNAPS his fingers as though just remembering something
important.
CHRIS
Backup! Ah, yes, I knew I'd
forgotten something.
He nods to Twist, who puts her fingers in her mouth and
WHISTLES loudly.
The whistle ECHOES around the temple for a few beats - then
out of the shadows behind Chris and the vampire duo, a large
pack of the vinnlans slowly strut into the temple. The
creatures HISS threateningly at Manon and his team, looking
ready for a fight.
Manon's security team grab their rifles and quickly back up,
raising their weapons to try and cover the growing number of
vinnlans stalking into the temple.
Manon fixes Chris with a cold stare as Chris beckons to him.
CHRIS (cont'd)
As Twist is so fond of saying...
bring it on.
Manon's face creases up with anger, and from that we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
28 INT. UNDERGROUND NETWORK - TEMPLE - DAY. 28
It's a stand off. Chris, Twist and Danyael backed up by the
army of vinnlans, facing off against Manon and his six
heavily armed security guards, the captive Julie still held
tight by Manon.
CHRIS
Let her go, Manon.
MANON
And why would I do that?
CHRIS
Because if you do, I'll only take
one of your arms.
MANON
(smirks)
You show a lot of spirit,
considering what you're about to
face!
TWIST
(mocking)
Yeah, yeah, waah waah 'you'll never
defeat me,' heard it! Last guy who
used those lines on us ended up
having to work out what order to
put his organs back into his body.
(twirls bat)
How's your biology these days?
MANON
There is power in this place, just
waiting for a man like myself to
'arness it.
TWIST
Using those portal things, right?
The weak points in the fabric of
the world, or whatever they are?
Yeah, we know.
MANON
Then you know what I plan to do.
TWIST
What do you think's on the other
side of those gateways, Frenchie?
It ain't all sunshine and hollow
chocolate bunnies, you know.
MANON
Oh, believe me...
Manon reaches into his backpack and draws out a golden staff,
which has a stylised, monstrous scorpion on its tip.
MANON (cont'd)
... I know.
Manon turns to Drew as Chris keeps his eyes fixed on Julie,
trying to send her a silent message.
MANON (cont'd)
Is everything in place?
DREW
Ready to begin, sir.
MANON
Good, good.
(to Chris)
Well, it was a pleasure to meet
you, Christopher, but I'm afraid
our time together 'as come to an
unfortunate end.
(to his men)
Kill them all.
The security team OPEN FIRE, spraying the assembled vinnlans
with bullets, but Chris quickly waves his hand through the
air before him, creating a ripple of blue energy that stops
all the bullets dead in their tracks.
CHRIS
(to vinnlans)
Now!!
With a mighty HOWL, the assembled vinnlans CHARGE towards
Manon and his crew, who keep up the barrage of gunfire.
Many of the creatures fall under the onslaught, but by sheer
weight of numbers they manage to swarm the nearest two of the
security team, who disappear beneath a wave of dark green
flesh with final SCREAMS of terror.
Chris, Twist and Danyael race forward as Manon drags Julie
back towards the altar where Drew is waiting, Julie still
fighting back every step of the way.
The vinnlans are starting to lose the momentum as more hails
of gunfire rake across their numbers, and despite Chris
slicing a nearby guard's rifle in half and then knocking the
man to the floor with a swift punch, the creatures start to
fall back.
Over by the altar, Julie's eyes widen in horror as Drew
produces a large, curved sacrificial dagger from his bag, and
Manon grabs her arm, stretching it out over a symbol etched
into the altar's surface - that of a huge scorpion.
JULIE
No! Chris!!
MANON
Quiet! I promise I will make this
quick if you do not fight back!
Julie throws a stone cold glare at Manon - then ELBOWS him in
the chest as hard as she can.
Manon splutters and staggers backwards, and as Drew lunges
for Julie with the dagger, she manages to dodge out of its
path, the razor-sharp blade catching her arm and taking a
slice out of it.
Twist floors another guard with a well-timed swing of her
bat, but looks up to see another training his gun on her.
As he opens fire, she plants her feet against the nearest
stone pillar and FLIPS gracefully back through the air,
arcing over the trail of bullets to land neatly on her feet
again - and SMASH her bat against the guard.
TWIST
Learned that one from Chun Li,
baumgartner!
DANYAEL (O.S.)
Twist!!
Danyael DIVES into frame and shoves himself and Twist to the
ground as another volley of bullets tears past them, missing
the duo by inches.
Twist blinks as she looks up at Danyael, lying awkwardly on
top of her.
TWIST
Uh, bullets can't actually kill us,
you know!
DANYAEL
Well, no... but they hurt.
A beat. Twist nods, then the two of them spring back to their
feet and dive back into battle.
Chris marches straight towards Manon, pausing to dodge a
clumsy attack by one of the guards, grabbing the guard and
flipping him up and over to SLAM him back down to the floor.
Manon is recovering from the blow to his chest and draws a
handgun from a shoulder holster, squeezing off three shots in
quick succession as Chris closes in.
Chris recoils with each hit, but keeps striding forward,
raising his sword and chopping down, missing Manon by a
fraction as Manon falls backwards, out of the way.
Julie and Drew are chasing one another round the altar, Julie
trying to make a break for safety but finding Drew cutting
her off every time.
Finally, Julie manages to dash for freedom, but Drew is too
fast and tries to tackle her. She turns and SHOVES back
against him, and Drew GULPS, his body freezing.
Julie looks down to see that she's managed to turn his dagger
round and press it into his gut, and before she can react
Drew falls backwards, sprawling across the altar.
Chris aims his katana at Manon's throat, as the French
villain tries to shuffle backwards, away from him.
CHRIS
It's over, Manon. Whatever you were
trying to do here, I think we can
safely say you failed.
Manon looks round to see Twist and Danyael double team the
last of his security team, punching him to the ground. Bodies
of his men and the vinnlans litter the floor of the temple,
but a handful of the lizard-like creatures are still standing
as the smoke gradually clears.
CHRIS (cont'd)
You're coming with us. I know
people who take care of messes like
you, and I think they'll be quite
pleased to get their hands on-
JULIE
(interrupts)
Chris?
He turns to see Julie staring down at Drew's body.
JULIE (cont'd)
I think we may have a problem.
Chris looks back to Manon, but as Twist and Danyael arrive in
frame to keep an eye on him, Chris steps over to Julie.
CHRIS
What is it?
She points to the altar's surface - and we see that the blood
from Drew's fatal wound has pooled across the altar,
gathering in the scorpion symbol, which is now PULSING with a
baleful red light.
JULIE
On a scale of one to ten on the
'Not Good' chart, I'm thinking this
is at least a seven.
CHRIS
More like a nine...
(turns to others)
Get back, all of you!
Chris quickly pulls Julie away from the altar - just as there
is a FLASH of white light, and a deafening sound like the
tearing of metal.
Everyone claps their hands over their ears - except Danyael -
and stares upwards as a jagged line of white energy starts to
form in the air over the altar.
Manon begins to LAUGH, and a furious Chris reaches down to
grab him, dragging him back to his feet.
CHRIS (cont'd)
What have you done?
MANON
It's coming! It's finally coming!
CHRIS
What is? Manon, what have you-
VINNLAN
(weakly)
The Skorpione!
Chris turns to see the lead vinnlan, covered with battle
wounds, is standing beside him, staring up at the growing
energy disturbance.
VINNLAN (cont'd)
(looks to Manon)
This human has succeeded in opening
a wound between the dimensions.
Soon, they shall return.
TWIST
What, already?!? Will somebody tell
us what the frig a Skorpione is?
Twist is answered as a colossal ROAR rips through the temple,
shaking the very foundations, and all eyes turn to the
energy.
It looks like a literal rip in the air itself, gradually
widening to reveal some kind of hellish landscape beyond -
and a huge dark SHAPE that moves past, too quick to get a
good look.
Chris shakes the still laughing Manon.
CHRIS
How do we stop it?
MANON
You can't! The energies cannot be
destroyed!
Chris desperately looks round - and then spots that all of
the objects Manon and his men brought back into the temple
are GLOWING, most noticeably the four stone tablets pressed
into the mosaics. Chris points to them, forced now to shout
over the rising volume of the HOWLING the tear is making.
CHRIS
The stones! Smash the stones!
Twist nods, grabbing Danyael and racing towards the nearest
mosaic.
DANYAEL
What do we do?
TWIST
What else? Use brute force!
She rears back and SLAMS her bat into the tablet - but it
doesn't break.
TWIST (cont'd)
Friesacher! Now what?
She turns to Danyael to see he's grabbed one of the security
guards' rifles, and as Twist quickly ducks back he OPENS
FIRE, shattering the tablet in a storm of bullets.
As soon as the tablet explodes, the tear of energy starts to
fluctuate, shaking violently in the air as whatever's on the
other side ROARS again.
CHRIS
The others! Quickly!
Danyael turns and FIRES at the other mosaics - his aim isn't
so good at distance, but he manages to take out two more,
leaving the portal gyrating wildly in the air.
Danyael turns to the last one and squeezes the rifle's
trigger - but it clicks. No more bullets. He quickly drops it
and grabs another - also empty.
Panicking, he tries to find another gun - but Twist calmly
steps into frame, aiming a shotgun at the final tablet.
TWIST
Sayonara.
MANON
No!!
Manon takes advantage of the distraction to break free of
Chris' grip, racing towards Twist to stop her.
Chris reaches for him - but with a sudden CRACK like thunder,
a gargantuan CLAW pushes through the portal, looking like an
oversized scorpion's claw as it SWIPES through the air.
Manon is only a few feet away when Twist FIRES - and the
tablet EXPLODES into fragments.
The portal instantly SWELLS with unleashed energy, and Twist
looks round to see a streak of white energy zap out from the
portal, heading straight for her!
She barely has time to GASP - but as Manon races towards her,
the bolt suddenly diverts towards him, striking the staff in
his hand and enveloping him in BLUE ENERGY.
Twist recoils, and just has enough time to register what
happened before Manon is torn back towards the portal at
blinding speed, and with another FLASH of white light, the
tear vanishes.
The severed claw of whatever was trying to get through
CRASHES to the temple floor, narrowly missing Julie.
The team take a few moments to catch their breath as the
HOWLS of the creature missing its arm fade away, Chris
heading for Julie.
CHRIS
Are you alright?
JULIE
(examining wounded arm)
I'll be okay, nothing too major.
What just happened?
CHRIS
I'm not entirely sure...
VINNLAN
The human was taken to the beast's
realm.
TWIST
'Beast'? I think whatever that
thing was with the big ass
scorpion's claw, it qualifies for a
more dramatic word than plain old
'beast'!
VINNLAN
(to Chris)
There are more of them. Many more.
All waiting for an opportunity to
break free of their world, and
plunder ours.
Chris looks down at the huge severed claw, nodding.
CHRIS
Then we'd better make sure that
doesn't happen, hadn't we?
The vinnlan bows its head respectfully, and Chris returns the
gesture. Twist wanders over to inspect the claw.
TWIST
Can I keep it?
CHRIS
No.
TWIST
Why not?
CHRIS
Because its' a bloody great
scorpion monster's claw, that's why
not! What on earth would you do
with it?
TWIST
I dunno. But I figure, how many
chances are you gonna get to have
one of these things? There's got to
be something I can use it for.
Chris throws a despairing look at her, then reaches for
Julie, lays an arm round her shoulders and leads her away.
Twist looks round, then reaches down and tries to heave the
claw away. It's too heavy to budge, and after a few strained
attempts to move it, she gives up with a defeated HUFF.
TWIST (cont'd)
Nobody ever lets me have anything
cool.
Twist turns on her heel and walks away, and we cut to:
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