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28 EXT. SUBURB - STREET - NIGHT. 28
Chris and Danyael jog into frame, Chris scanning the
respectable houses around them as Danyael fetches his sword
from his bag. Chris shakes his head at him.
CHRIS
Not yet. Wait until we know where
to look, we don't want a pack of
alarmed citizens on our hands.
Footsteps clatter towards them from behind, and the duo turn
to see an exhausted Julie jog up to meet them.
She leans over, gasping for breath, standing at last and
laying a hand on Chris' shoulder for support.
JULIE
Look, I know you guys are used to
your vampire endurance or whatever,
but I'm just me! I'm not exactly a
track star, you know? You have to
let me keep up!
CHRIS
Sorry. I didn't mean to-
DANYAEL
We were just worried about Twist.
JULIE
Yeah, me too, only now I'm worried
about her and my heart rate.
CHRIS
Danyael, why don't you go do some
recon while I stay here with Julie?
He nods and hurries off out of frame, as Chris finds a nearby
garden wall for Julie to rest on. She presses a hand to her
side and winces.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Are you alright?
She PUNCHES him lightly on the arm with a scowl.
JULIE
Why didn't you tell me what you
guys did involved so much running
around?
CHRIS
Er... it never crossed my mind, I'm
just-
JULIE
Just used to having everyone be non
human, yeah, I get that.
Chris doesn't know what to say as Julie takes a last few deep
breaths, almost recovered by now.
JULIE (cont'd)
Alright. Let's find our girl. Can
you get a fix on her with that
tracking spell of yours?
CHRIS
It's starting to wear off and I
won't be able to try again for a
little while, so I'm not sure where
to go from here. She's definitely
somewhere in this estate, though.
We should probably spread out and
look for clues.
She nods and the duo jog off in different directions, before
we cut over to:
29 EXT. CHAD'S HOUSE - NEXT. 29
Danyael steps into frame outside Chad's house. He spots
something on the ground by one of the trees and kneels down
to investigate.
It's Twist's cigarette stub, with a brand logo printed on the
filter. Danyael reaches into his pocket and takes out a
packet of smokes - and it's the same brand.
Danyael grins and looks round the suburb - but Chris and
Julie are nowhere in sight.
He looks towards Chad's comfortably middle class home. The
downstairs lights are off, and only one room upstairs shows
any signs of life.
30 INT. CHAD'S HOUSE - HALLWAY - NEXT. 30
There's a series of RATTLING noises before a loud CLICK
signals the front door's lock opening, and it swings open to
reveal Danyael with a pair of lock picks in his hands.
He tucks them away, checks over his shoulder and then ducks
into the house, closing the door behind him.
31 INT. CHAD'S HOUSE - FRONT ROOM - NEXT. 31
Danyael leads the way, his eyes scanning the darkened living
room. He roots around in his jacket and brings out a small
torch, clicking it on and sweeping it round the room.
DANYAEL
(whispers)
Twist? Twist!
(beat; yells)
Twist!
TWIST (O.S.)
Spook?
Danyael looks round, then follows the voice, dashing out of
the room.
32 INT. CHAD'S HOUSE - FIRST FLOOR LANDING - NEXT. 32
Danyael races up the staircase and finds Twist waiting.
DANYAEL
Twist! Man, am I glad to see you.
Found you by the smoke you left
outside, I know you use the same
brand as me 'cause you're always
stealing them off me, and...
She has her hands on her hips and looks pretty puzzled as to
why he's here.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Are you okay? We came to-
TWIST
Smash down Chad's front door and
break into his home? Yeah, real
smooth there, Danny boy.
DANYAEL
(beat)
Twist, you're not yourself. This
guy's done something to you, he-
CHAD (O.S.)
Done what, exactly?
Danyael turns as Chad steps out of a nearby room, pausing to
lock it behind him. Twist steps back to be closer to him as
he walks calmly over.
CHAD (cont'd)
(to Twist)
is this one of your friends?
TWIST
In the loosest sense of the word,
yeah.
CHAD
I see.
(to Danyael)
Pale skin, bad hair... you must be
Danyael. I've heard a lot about
you... and it looks like it was all
true.
Danyael narrows his eyes and clenches his fists, stepping
forward.
TWIST
Uh oh! Looks like you made him
mad...
DANYAEL
I think you'd better reverse
whatever you've done to Twist,
before I show you exactly what
happens to people who mess with my
girl.
TWIST
(incredulous)
Your girl? Did I miss something?
DANYAEL
(beat)
You're part of a team, Twist.
People who care about you.
TWIST
Shouldn't people working in a
'team' together make sure their
comrades keep them up to date on
any potential dangers, like, oh,
say, a psychotic ex-partner with a
blood vendetta against them?
Danyael is silent as Twist marches up to him.
TWIST (cont'd)
I can't believe he kept that from
me! Didn't that strike you as kind
of important at all?
DANYAEL
Hey, it was news to me too, but i
figure Chris must have had his
reasons to-
TWIST
Nu-uh! Don't want to hear it!
She takes a few steps back, holding out her hand for Chad.
TWIST (cont'd)
Chad's the only guy who's ever been
completely straight with me from
day one.
DANYAEL
(darkly)
'Day one' would have been yesterday
on the plane over here. Last time I
checked, two days didn't count as a
relationship.
TWIST
Doesn't matter. He's told me
everything.
(turns to Chad)
Even the bad stuff.
(to Danyael)
He needs my help.
DANYAEL
(glares)
Your help?
TWIST
Yeah, well, that's always been our
problem, hasn't it, Danyael? Ever
since we started following Chris'
lead, we got stuck with a guy who
can never see past his own goals,
telling people only what they need
to know and always making sure he
gets what he wants at the end of
it. Well, I'm sick of it! I'm sick
of taking orders, and I'm sick of
risking my neck for his screwed up
crusade!
Danyael stares at her, lowers his fists - and GRINS.
DANYAEL
(to Chad)
Alright, I'm impressed. To get her
saying things like that must have
taken some pretty powerful spells.
CHAD
You don't know the half of it.
(to Twist)
Honey? Show our guest to the door.
Twist grins as Chad reaches off frame - and passes Twist her
baseball bat. Slapping it into her palm, she advances on
Danyael as he begins backing away.
DANYAEL
Don't do this, Twist.
TWIST
You know, I kinda wish you smirked
more often so I could take the
chance to wipe it off your face!
DANYAEL
Twist, listen to me, I'm your
friend!
TWIST
No, you've just been holding me
back! All of you have! Chad's the
one who's giving me what I want.
She rears back with her bat, ready to swing as Danyael takes
a defensive stance.
DANYAEL
Twist, don't! I... I love you!
Silence. Twist hesitates.
TWIST
What?
DANYAEL
(beat; softer)
I love you.
Twist cocks her head sideways, staring at Danyael. He lowers
his hands and grins, stepping forward.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
I guess life or death situations
bring out the romantic in me.
Twist lowers her bat as Danyael steps closer to her.
Danyael's eyes dart to Chad, who starts backing away, seeing
his advantage slipping.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
I know it must seem sudden, but
it's how I've been feeling for a
long time now, and I just
thought... I just thought you
should know.
Danyael is very close now. He reaches out a hand to her.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
So what do you say?
He puts on his most genuine smile. Twist stares at him in
silence for another beat. Then:
CRACK! She clocks him with her bat, and Danyael spins round
and crashes to the floor.
TWIST
Oh, please! Like I'd fall for that!
Danyael slumps to the floor, out cold. Twist drops her bat,
looking down at his unconscious body.
CHAD
See? I told you this would happen.
Your friends wouldn't understand
the way you feel.
TWIST
(distant)
Yeah...
CHAD
Twist?
She looks up, and Chad frowns.
CHAD (cont'd)
Everything alright?
Twist looks back down at Danyael, sprawled by her feet - and
when she looks back to Chad, she's beaming broadly.
TWIST
Everything's cool.
Chad grins as she leans forward to KISS him again, and on
that, we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
33 INT. CHAD'S HOUSE - BACK ROOM - NIGHT. 33
Danyael, the side of his head caked in dried blood, raises
his head and opens his eyes, grimacing in pain.
He's sitting on the floor inside a darkened room, which
appears to be empty - bare floorboards, no furniture and
boarded up windows.
He tries to stand, wincing again at the pain, but there's a
RATTLE of chains - and he lifts his hand to see he's been
manacled by his wrists to the wall!
DANYAEL
(mutters)
Oh, great...
He hears a second set of chains RATTLE somewhere off screen
and snaps round, instantly alert.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Who's there?
He narrows his eyes, scanning the gloom - and his gaze comes
to rest on a huddled figure in one corner.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Who are you?
There's no answer, but the figure tries to shuffle away from
him - and Danyael sees it's at the limit of its own set of
manacles, unable to move any further away.
Danyael raises a hand and sits slowly back down, trying to
look as non-threatening as possible.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
It's alright, I'm not going to hurt
you. Don't be scared.
He looks round the room, but there's only one way in or out -
the thick door with no handles and a lock on the other side.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
How did you get here?
They hear FOOTSTEPS outside, and the figure tenses up,
shivering as her gaze locks on the door.
The door is suddenly flung open, flooding the room with
light, and both captives recoil, Danyael raising his hands to
shield his eyes.
Chad stands silhouetted in the doorway, a silver dinner tray
in his hands.
CHAD
Ah, good. You're awake.
DANYAEL
Where's Twist?
CHAD
She's fine. She's somewhere more
comfortable than you two, but then
I have more use for her right now.
DANYAEL
You'd better hope I don't get out
of these chains soon, man, 'cause
when I do-
CHAD
What you'll do is exactly what I
tell you, just like your
girlfriend.
(smirks)
Or should I say ex-girlfriend.
Danyael glares murderously at Chad as he walks over to the
woman in the corner. She's dressed in filthy, tattered
clothes and hides her face behind a wall of long, curly black
hair, but she seems terrified of Chad.
CHAD (cont'd)
So I see you've met my wife.
DANYAEL
Your wife?!?
On Danyael's shocked look, we cut to:
34 EXT. CHAD'S HOUSE - NIGHT. 34
Chris and Julie walk in from opposite sides of the frame,
neither one having had any luck in their search.
JULIE
Anything?
CHRIS
Nothing.
(looks round)
Did you see where Danyael got to?
JULIE
No, I thought he was with you.
CHRIS
Well, he wasn't.
JULIE
(frustrated)
Yeah, I can see that! Can you try
that locator spell again?
CHRIS
I'll see, hang on.
Chris closes his eyes and starts murmuring an incantation
under his breath.
Purple light glows from beneath his closed eyelids, which
Julie watches curiously, before Chris raises a hand and
points straight at Chad's house.
He opens his eyes, sees where he's pointing and turns to
Julie, who nods.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Time for a little door to door.
They march towards the house, and we cut to:
35 INT. CHAD'S HOUSE - BACK ROOM - NIGHT. 35
Danyael watches as Chad puts the dinner tray down - and
there's a single hypodermic syringe on it. He lifts it and
turns to the shackled woman, who starts to WHIMPER fearfully
as he reaches out to her.
DANYAEL
Get away from her!
Danyael leaps to his feet, straining against the manacles,
but Chad just LAUGHS at him.
CHAD
Woah! Stay down, Lassie!
Chad chuckles and holds out one of the woman's forearms, the
syringe ready to sink into her vein.
Danyael watches, wide-eyed, as Chad extracts a syringe full
of blood from the woman - but the blood appears to be GLOWING
softly in the gloom. He stands, holding the syringe up to the
light for Danyael to see.
CHAD (cont'd)
I'm calling it 'bermonyol.' After
myself, of course. You'd be amazed
at the market I've got for this
stuff. Some very rich people pay me
a heck of a lot of money for it!
DANYAEL
What did you take out of her?
CHAD
(off woman)
Why don't you ask her?
Chad stands and prepares to go as the woman starts rubbing
her arm, MOANING softly to herself.
DANYAEL
So what's your master plan,
exactly? Why keep us here like this
instead of just killing us when you
had the chance?
CHAD
(off syringe)
Well, for starters, I'm afraid my
principal source of this stuff is
starting to run a little dry.
(to woman)
Aren't you, sweetheart?
She WHIMPERS again, curling up into a tight little ball on
the floor.
CHAD (cont'd)
So I need to find myself a new
source, and your partner's the
ideal person to help me do that.
Those vampire senses of hers can
sniff me out a new one in no time.
DANYAEL
So... you know about her. About us.
CHAD
You think it's a coincidence I got
talking to Twist on the plane? Only
vampires can find people like my
wife down there, so I made sure I
found myself one.
(raises syringe)
And thanks to a shot or two of
this, your former sidekick's going
to continue to do exactly what I
tell her, when I tell her, and
what's more, she's going to love
every second of it.
(grins)
So when we burn this house down and
pin the blame on you and your
accomplices, she'll be the perfect
alibi for me. Happily ever after.
With a last smug chuckle, he leaves, and after closing the
door and plunging it back into darkness, he LOCKS it.
Danyael closes his eyes and SIGHS, then shuffles closer to
the shackled woman, who tries to back away from him.
DANYAEL
Hey, hey, it's cool. Look, if that
didn't prove we're in the same mess
you are, I don't know what will!
From beneath her thick hair, two petrified eyes stare back at
Danyael. He puts on a reassuring smile for her.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
I'm Danyael. Do you have a name?
WOMAN
(quietly)
P... Par... Paricia.
DANYAEL
There you go. Hey there, Paricia.
(beat)
We're pretty screwed, aren't we?
PARICIA
He'll c-come b-back soon. Always c
comes back...
DANYAEL
Why did he take some of your blood?
What's so special about it?
Paricia lowers her head - then reaches up a hand to pull back
her hair.
Danyael react with surprise - Paricia isn't completely human!
She has pale turqoise skin which is covered with darker
patches, and when she blinks she doesn't have any actual
eyelids, just a membrane that flicks over her eyes.
PARICIA
Because... because of w-what I am.
I'm part ya-yalenka...
DANYAEL
(frowns)
Part what now?
PARICIA
My f-family bred with humans a long
time ago... we wanted to find a way
to k-keep our species alive as
humans began to move into our
lands...
DANYAEL
Which brings me to ask how you
ended up here, chained to the wall
in some dude's attic!
Paricia chokes back a tear before continuing.
PARICIA
Chad b-brought me here, found me...
I was dying, I'd been attacked by
hunters... he took me in, gave me a
home, made me his w... w...
DANYAEL
His wife?
PARICIA
(nods)
But it was a lie. A game. He only
wanted me for w-what I could give
him.
CHRIS
(catching on)
Your blood, right? Okay, let's
assume we didn't all take
Demonology 101 here - what does it
do? Why is it so special?
PARICIA
M-makes people d-do things... makes
t-them easy to control... to
obey...
DANYAEL
Oh, man...
(curses)
The wine on the plane! He slipped
it to Twist in her drink... that
bastard! I'm gonna kill him!
(beat; closes eyes)
Calm down, Danyael. Can't do
anything right now, bide your time
and wait for an opening.
Danyael opens his eyes and scans the room, looking for
anything he could use as an opening - and a deep, bassy HUM
starts to fill the room.
Paricia YELPS in alarm as all three sets of manacles start to
RATTLE, and the door starts to SHAKE violently in its frame.
BANG! The door FLIES off its hinges in a shower of fragments,
and Chris steps into the room as it floods with light. Julie
races in, heading straight for Danyael.
CHRIS
Are you alright?
DANYAEL
Yeah. Just waiting for an opening.
He grins, and we cut to:
36 INT. CHAD'S HOUSE - STUDY - NEXT. 36
Chad is sat behind his desk, counting out wads of money into
a silver briefcase when he hears the muffled EXPLOSION from
upstairs. He turns to Twist by his side.
CHAD
I think your boss just found a way
out.
TWIST
Relax, babe. I've got it.
She scoops up her bat, gives Chad a quick peck on the cheek
and jogs out of the room, leaving a grinning Chad to finish
counting out his money.
37 INT. CHAD'S HOUSE - BACK ROOM - NIGHT. 37
Chris places his hands on Danyael's manacles, and with a POP
of light and a puff of smoke, they snap open and drop to the
floor.
JULIE
(off Paricia)
Who's this?
DANYAEL
She's the reason we're here. Can
you get her out of here?
(to Chris)
We need to get our girl back.
Chris nods, and after taking care of Paricia's manacles he
and Danyael jog through the doorway, into:
38 INT. CHAD'S HOUSE - ROOM - NEXT. 38
With Danyael behind him, Chris throws open a door, but
there's nothing in the room except furniture covered with
dust sheets.
DANYAEL
Nothing. Again.
Chris frowns and takes a step back - then DUCKS on reflex as
Twist's bat THUDS into the door frame, missing his head by a
fraction.
TWIST
Hey, Chris! Come to put a downer on
my day again?
CHRIS
Don't make me have to fight you.
Twist pokes her tongue out at him and grins.
TWIST
Yeah, 'cause you did such a good
job last time. How about-
POW! Chris PUNCHES her and she staggers backwards. He
wrenches the bat out of her hands and tosses it away, then
with a roundhouse KICK knocks Twist to the floor.
CHRIS
You're careless when your mind's
somewhere else, Twist. That's
always been your one real weakness
in a fi-
Chris is knocked off his feet as Twist SWEEPS his legs from
under him, and she leaps onto his chest, pinning him to the
floor before he can recover.
TWIST
And the fact that you think you're
so damn good is yours!
Danyael grabs her starts to push her off but she PUNCHES him
twice in the face, stunning him.
TWIST (cont'd)
We've got it all figured out, me
and Chad. He's made enough money
drawing that stuff out of his
'wife' for us to both retire and go
and live somewhere together.
Somewhere there isn't too much sun.
You know how I tan kind of easily.
CHRIS
What makes you think I'm about to
let any of that happen?
Twist smiles - and her vampire fangs are on display!
TWIST
Because I know one of the best ways
to kill a vampire. You taught me
that, remember? So don't worry,
Chris... this won't hurt a bit!
Her eyes turn blood red, and with a gleeful HISS she lunges
down and BITES Chris's neck.
He SHOUTS out in pain - and suddenly so does she! She reels
backwards, Chris' blood running down her chin as she SCREAMS!
There's a brief FLASH of an image - Chris, standing on a
rooftop and looking ready to jump - before we SMASH back to
the scene.
Twist staggers backwards and into Danyael's arms, clutching
her head in her hands as Chris tries to recover.
CHRIS
Twist, what did...
TWIST
No... no! Make it stop! Make them
stop!
Another FLASH - and Twist sees herself standing on a hilltop
as the sun comes up - and she BURSTS INTO FLAMES!
She SCREAMS in the real world, and Danyael tries to restrain
her as she begins thrashing around wildly.
DANYAEL
It's alright... it's alright!
You're here, you're here with me!
Twist SOBS, gradually calming down as Danyael holds her
tightly.
TWIST
Danyael...
DANYAEL
(soothing)
Ssh. It's alright.
He leans back and looks into her tearful eyes.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Is it you again in there?
She nods, and with a grateful grin Danyael helps her back to
her feet. Chris steps over, pressing a hand to his wounded
neck.
CHRIS
What on earth made you bite me?
TWIST
(sniffs)
I don't know! Seemed like a good
idea at the time...
you told me once it was a good way
for a vamp to kill another vamp. Or
something. Did I get it wrong?
CHRIS
Did you... see something again?
Twist hesitates, not sure how much Chris knows about what
Twist can 'see.'
CHRIS (cont'd)
My memories. That's what happened
last time you bit me, remember?
TWIST
(covering)
Oh. Right. That. Uh, I think I saw
you when you had that rooftop
moment, not long after you got
Turned, and then...
(shakes head)
Never mind. Point is, I'm back.
(darkly)
And that son of a bitch must pay.
Danyael grins again - that's his girl! We cut to:
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