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11 INT. DOG POUND - NIGHT. 11
Two stacks of cages line each side of the pound's main
corridor, with a wide cross section of noisy, yapping dogs
spread out along the cages.
A WARDEN, overweight and rubbing his temples as he nurses a
headache, walks into the corridor and grimaces at the ruckus
the dogs are making.
WARDEN
What? Come on, you guys, it's late!
Settle down!
The Warden starts to walk down the corridor, checking on the
dogs, but as far as he can tell they're all just worked up
for no reason, setting each other off.
He completes his circuit and heads back into his office,
shutting the door behind him.
He hasn't been gone long when a second figure steps into
view, hiding out of sight behind a stack of supply crates.
The dogs' barking gets more intense as he steps beneath a
light - it's one of the men last seen following Kate!
He kneels down by the closest kennel and looks in at the dog
inside, a frantically barking Alsatian. Smiling, the man
presses his palm against the front of the cage.
The dog's barking starts to quieten down as a blue GLOW
starts to form around the cage, and in moments the entire
cage is bathed in the neon blue light.
The man steps back and stands, watching as the blue glow
spread to the cages next to it, and as each cage is filled
with light the dog inside stops barking.
Every dog is silent in seconds, and as the man surveys his
work, the door to the office opens and the warden enters.
WARDEN (cont'd)
Well, it's about damn time! I was
thinking I'd have to call the-
He freezes as he sees the man standing in the corridor.
WARDEN (cont'd)
Hey! Who are you? How'd you get in
here?
The man SNAPS his fingers - and the door to every cage flies
open!
As one, the dogs leap free from their cages - and race
towards the warden! He throws his hands up to defend himself,
but he's knocked down and swamped by the army of canines.
He starts to SCREAM as the dogs attack him, biting,
scratching and tearing, and the man watches the mayhem with
that same, simple smile across his features as we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
12 INT. XAVIER RESIDENCE DORM ROOM - MORNING. 12
Chris and Julie are already up and dressed as Twist yawns her
way into the morning, sitting up and looking round.
TWIST
Where's Gabby?
CHRIS
Who?
TWIST
My cat!
CHRIS
The cat. Not your cat.
Twist shoots him a dark look, and Chris points towards the
other corner of the room - 'Gabriella' is curled up, fast
asleep, on top of the wardrobe.
CHRIS (cont'd)
She's busy doing what cats and you
seem to do best.
TWIST
Be practically perfect in every
way?
CHRIS
Sleeping.
JULIE
Right, I'm ready.
Julie has her bag slung over one shoulder, her hair tied back
and her glasses on.
TWIST
Check you out, Little Miss Sexy
Librarian!
Julie grins and glances at Chris - and catches him giving her
a look up and down.
JULIE
Chris?
CHRIS
(caught out)
Huh?
JULIE
I said 'I'm ready to go,' once
you've quite finished having
whatever fantasy you were just
wrapped up in.
CHRIS
I wasn't...
With a smirk, Julie heads for the door, opening it and
waiting for Chris.
CHRIS (cont'd)
(protests)
I wasn't!
JULIE
'Course not.
(to Twist)
Are you and Danyael going to find
some safe and non-flammable ways to
amuse yourselves while me and Chris
go be bookworms?
TWIST
I think so. Given the choice
between frolicking round the campus
and spending all day searching
through a library... I'm picking
the chance to skip through the
fields any day of the week.
(looks round)
Hey, where is Paleface anyway?
JULIE
Oh, he stepped out earlier, said he
wanted some air. He should be back
any minute.
TWIST
Oh... okay.
Chris steps past Twist and pauses in the doorway.
CHRIS
Whatever you get up to today, just
behave. I know people here.
TWIST
Hey! It's me, remember?
Chris leaves it at that, and he and Julie leave as Twist
stands, yawning and stretching, heading over to scoop Gabby
up from the wardrobe.
TWIST (cont'd)
Looks like it's just you and me,
kitty. Want to go exploring?
Gabby YAWNS, and Twist wrinkles her nose up at the gosh darn
adorable cuteness of the little black cat.
TWIST (cont'd)
Me too. Just need a sec to make
myself look more beautiful first.
She puts Gabby down and steps into the bathroom, shutting the
door after her.
Gabriella paces across the bed, looking round the room - then
freezes, as though hearing something.
The distant BARKS of dogs can be heard, and Gabriella tenses
up, retreating to one corner of the room and hiding behind a
bedside cabinet.
The door handle starts to turn, and the cat's eyes turn to it
- but it's only Danyael, slurping a soft drink as he nudges
the door open.
A black blur shoots out between his legs, and before he's had
time to register what it was, Twist is stepping out of the
bathroom - wearing just a towel. The shower is running.
There's a long pause as she spots Danyael and freezes, who
himself pauses mid-slurp.
TWIST (cont'd)
Uh...
DANYAEL
I was... I just got...
He holds up a big bag of Haribo sweets.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Thought you might, you know, be
hungry.
TWIST
(grins)
A vampire that has to live off
candy. Makes for kind of a sad
story, doesn't it?
Twist realises Danyael isn't sure where to look, and she self
consciously tugs at the towel as she looks round.
TWIST (cont'd)
Hey, where's Gabby?
DANYAEL
Who?
TWIST
(rolls eyes)
The cat! Doesn't anybody listen to
me any more?
Danyael frowns - then realises what that blur he saw escaping
a moment ago was.
DANYAEL
Uh...
Twist registers his guilty expression and works out what's
happened.
TWIST
Spook! You didn't!
DANYAEL
Didn't what?
She hurries over and leans past him, looking out into the
corridor beyond.
TWIST
You let the cat out!
DANYAEL
Hey, I didn't mean to, okay? I just
opened the door, and, like, fwipp!
It was gone!
Twist does not look happy.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Look, we'll go find her, alright?
We don't have anything major to do
today, so let's go find the cat.
Twist scowls at him for a few more beats, then leans over to
snatch up some of her clothes before stomping over to the
bathroom, SLAMMING the door behind her.
13 INT. LEMIEUX LIBRARY - DAY. 13
Chris and Julie follow Beardsley as he leads them through the
foyer of the grandiose library building, a hive of student
bodies at this early hour.
BEARDSLEY
This place has improved a bit since
you were last here, Chris, as I
think you can tell!
CHRIS
(impressed)
It certainly has...
BEARDSLEY
Four floors, well over two hundred
thousand volumes, online journals,
research aids and a fully
computerised catalog system.
JULIE
Two hundred thousand volumes?
(to Chris; sarcastic)
Won't that be fun to look
through...
CHRIS
(quickly)
We'd better be getting started,
then. We're not entirely sure what
it is we're after, you see.
BEARDSLEY
That's what the card catalog system
is here for. Miss Kingston, if
you'd like to take a seat?
Beardsley motions for her to sit down at one of the
terminals, and Beardsley's fingers rattle across the keys as
he sets up the library database.
JULIE
Oh, I get it. Just a case of
running a few searches and seeing
what comes up, right?
BEARDSLEY
Exactly.
Julie gets to work as Beardsley takes the opportunity to talk
to Chris.
BEARDSLEY (cont'd)
So how the devil are you, anyway? I
tried to track you down a few times
but you're a very hard man to
locate.
CHRIS
I haven't really stayed in one
place for too long for many years
now.
BEARDSLEY
And I must say, you haven't aged a
bit.
You always did look pretty
youthful, but you haven't gotten a
day older since you left! What's
your secret?
CHRIS
(beat)
Good grooming.
BEARDSLEY
(chuckles)
Creature of the night, more like!
CHRIS
(blinks)
I'm sorry?
BEARDSLEY
Just my little joke. Goes with your
pale skin and taste in dark
clothing.
CHRIS
Oh... I see.
JULIE
Okay, I've got a few possibles
here.
Chris is glad of the change of subject as Julie starts to
print off a list of book titles.
CHRIS
That was quick!
JULIE
Just a case of knowing where to
look. If these all turn up blank, I
can widen the search. I figure if
we keep striking off the dead ends
we can narrow this down in no time.
BEARDSLEY
I'd better leave you two to it,
then! Classes start in about an
hour and I'm a long way behind the
curve on my daily coffee intake so
far.
Chris nods as Beardsley leaves the library, and Julie tears
off the printout of book titles.
JULIE
How d'you want to work this? Take a
page each and split up?
CHRIS
Given the size of this place, yes.
I get the feeling people might
start to ask too many questions
about why I left and where I've
been if we stay here too long, so
the sooner we can find this book
and get out of here, the better.
JULIE
And here was me thinking you'd lap
up the chance for a spot of hero
worship!
CHRIS
Believe me - heroism is overrated.
Julie hands him a sheet and they head off to different sides
of the library, as we cut back to:
14 EXT. CAMPUS GROUNDS - DAY. 14
Steering carefully between trees and the shadows of the many
tall buildings, Twist searches for any sign of Gabriella as
Danyael follows.
TWIST
(calls out)
Gabby? Gabby! Where are you?
DANYAEL
Uh, hate to point this out, but you
only just named her, I doubt she'll
recognise you calling for her!
TWIST
Do I need to remind you how this is
not helping?
DANYAEL
Plus, cats can't exactly answer you
back.
Twist glares at him - just as she hears a faint MEOW from
somewhere nearby. With a triumphant smirk, Twist turns and
hurries towards the source of the sound.
15 EXT. LOWER MALL - CONTINUOUS. 15
Twist darts between trees to get closer to one of the small
shopping malls on the campus, listening out for the sound of
the cat.
She spots a black shape hiding furtively by the side of the
building, and she dashes across and into the shade of the
mall to get to it.
TWIST
There you are!
Twist reaches for Gabby, but the cat starts to make a break
for it, slipping away from Twist's hands.
Luckily, Danyael heads the cat off, scooping her up off the
floor. The cat struggles in his grip, and he quickly passes
it to Twist.
DANYAEL
What's the matter with her?
TWIST
She's scared, is what's wrong! She
knows you don't like her.
DANYAEL
Twist, it's just a damn cat!
Twist turns her nose up at him, focusing on the cat.
TWIST
Are you alright, Gabby? The mean
old goth didn't hurt you, did he?
DANYAEL
(mutters)
Not yet, I didn't...
TWIST
C'mon, Gabby. Let's go exploring
properly, and no more running off
this time, okay?
Danyael watches as Twist starts walking past him, knowing
that he's several chapters along in her bad books by now.
He starts to follow her, but spots that she's frozen to the
spot, staring at something ahead of her.
DANYAEL
Twist?
He follows her gaze - and sees a huge Alsatian staring back
at her, its eyes locked on Twist and drool spilling from its
lips.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Woah. Now that's a big dog!
TWIST
(nervous)
Danyael...
DANYAEL
Dogs, I can handle.
He steps past Twist and towards the dog, squatting down.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Hey there. Are you lost?
The dog is still staring directly at Twist, who starts to
back away.
TWIST
(more urgent)
Danyael, I think we should go.
DANYAEL
What for?
TWIST
Spook! Come on!
DANYAEL
There's nothing to worry about,
Twist, it's just a-
WHAM! The dog LEAPS forward, pinning Danyael to the ground as
it explodes into a vicious, snarling animal, GROWLING and
BARKING right into his face.
Danyael is caught off guard and struggles to push the animal
away from him as Twist hurries over. Gabby starts to kick
frantically to be free of Twist, and she drops the cat.
TWIST
Ow!
Gabriella scurries away, but Twist is already diving to
Danyael's aid trying to drag the heavy dog off him.
DANYAEL
Get him off me!
TWIST
What does it look like I'm doing?
Danyael HOWLS in pain as the dog sinks its teeth into his
forearm, and Twist steps back, seeing she's having no luck.
TWIST (cont'd)
May the Humane Society forgive
me...
WHACK! She KICKS the dog in its side, and it releases
Danyael's arm, running off in the same direction Gabriella
escaped in.
Twist pulls Danyael to his feet as several concerned students
start to gather round them. Danyael's arm is cut quite badly,
and he winces as he clutches the wound.
TWIST (cont'd)
Are you okay?
DANYAEL
I'm good. My faith in stray animals
took the worst of it.
TWIST
We'd better get you back to...
where's Gabby?
DANYAEL
Oh, man...
TWIST
Oh, no! That dog!
Twist starts racing after the escaping dog, dragging Danyael
with her.
TWIST (cont'd)
Come on, that thing'll tear her to
pieces if it catches up to her!
The two hurry off in pursuit as we cut to:
16 INT. XAVIER RESIDENCE DORM ROOM - DAY. 16
Julie is snoozing on one of the third floor room's two beds,
stirring slightly as the door opens.
There's a soft THUD as a heavy book drops onto the bed next
to her, startling her, and she sits up, blinking.
CHRIS
Taking a break, are we?
JULIE
(yawns)
Sorry, I was just... I couldn't
keep my eyes open in there, so I
thought I'd take five minutes, and-
CHRIS
Okay, okay, I get it. But we're all
good here.
JULIE
You found it?
Chris points to the book, and Julie eagerly opens it up and
starts leafing through.
JULIE (cont'd)
How did you manage to find it?
CHRIS
Good old-fashioned hard work.
JULIE
(eyes him)
You cheated and used a spell,
didn't you?
CHRIS
(beat)
Nobody saw me.
Julie chuckles and carries on looking through the book, as we
cut to:
17 EXT. CAMPUS GROUNDS - DAY. 17
Gabriella streaks through the grounds, weaving through the
legs of startled students - the huge Alsatian in hot pursuit,
knocking anybody in its path to the ground.
Twist and Danyael are struggling to keep up, following the
trail of downed bodies, when Twist spots more dogs joining
the chase - dobermans, Labradors and spaniels.
TWIST
What in the... where are all these
fricken dogs coming from?
Danyael glances at a map of the campus as they pass it, and
with a GULP realises where they're heading.
DANYAEL
It's where they're going that
worries me... look!
He points - and Xavier Residence is up ahead. Twist looks to
her left and sees another pack of dogs tearing across the
campus towards them, splashing through a water fountain.
TWIST
Okay, new plan! Short cut!
She darts to the left, and Danyael follows - just.
18 EXT. XAVIER RESIDENCE - NEXT. 18
Gabriella dashes towards the front entrance, leaping up onto
a window ledge and getting some height - just as the first
wave of BARKING dogs pile onto the scene.
The cat looks down at the heaving sea of angry canines below,
who start leaping over one another in their attempts to reach
her.
Twist and Danyael appear from round the other side of the
building, and Twist starts looking for another way in.
DANYAEL
How are we gonna get past that many
dogs? There's too many to-
There's a faint SMASH of breaking glass from off screen - and
Danyael turns to see Twist has broken into the nearest ground
floor dorm room.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
What are you doing?
TWIST
Short cut. Come on!
She clambers through the window and into the building, and
with a glance round to check the coast is clear, Danyael
follows suit.
19 INT. XAVIER RESIDENCE - FIRST FLOOR STAIRWELL - NEXT. 19
Twist races towards a window and barges it open - Gabby is on
a ledge a few feet below her, and Twist is able to reach down
and scoop up the cat, yanking the window closed just as a dog
LEAPS for her outstretched hand.
She falls back as the dog SLAMS into the glass, and Danyael
is there to help her up.
The duo step cautiously back over to the windows and look out
- and more and more dogs are joining the horde surrounding
the building, the baying mass trying to barge the front
entrance down through sheer weight of numbers.
Twist looks at Gabby, then Danyael, concern etched into her
features.
TWIST
I think we may have a slight
problem.
Danyael looks just as worried as we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
20 INT. XAVIER RESIDENCE DORM ROOM - DAY. 20
Chris is sitting on his bed, watching Julie with a wry smile
as she flips through the book.
CHRIS
You're getting quite used to this,
aren't you?
JULIE
Having you watch while I do all the
hard work?
(grins)
Yeah.
CHRIS
I have a sneaking feeling part of
you enjoys it.
JULIE
Yes, I love spending many, many
hours translating and researching
books hundreds of years old,
looking for clues to answers we
don't even know the questions for.
I can almost feel my medical degree
fading away with each page I turn.
Chris laughs, and she stops what she's doing, looking across
at him.
CHRIS
What?
JULIE
Nothing, just don't get to see you
laugh all that often.
CHRIS
Occupational hazard, I'm afraid.
JULIE
Didn't say I didn't like it.
A beat as Julie smiles warmly at him, before she reaches
round into her bag.
JULIE (cont'd)
Oh, and before I forget, I got you
something too.
CHRIS
Really?
She takes out a large, wrapped gift and hands it to him.
JULIE
Just something you looked like you
were missing.
Chris raises an eyebrow as he unwraps the gift - and it's a
brand new black fedora!
JULIE (cont'd)
After I snuck out of the library, I
saw one by itself in a mall I
passed, and it just said 'buy me.'
CHRIS
Julie, I... I don't know what to
say.
JULIE
There's plenty of ways you could
show me your gratitude.
CHRIS
Such as?
JULIE
(grins)
Well...
She's interrupted as the door is thrown open, and a
breathless Twist and Danyael pile inside.
CHRIS
Twist? What is it?
TWIST
(panting)
Dogs... thousands of 'em!
CHRIS
Dogs?
Chris gets up and heads over to one of the room's windows,
looking down to the ground floor - and sees that an ever
increasing circle of dogs has completely surrounded the
building.
CHRIS (cont'd)
What on earth...
DANYAEL
One of them was chasing Twist's
cat, but when we tried to catch it,
dozens more started showing up.
TWIST
Before we knew it, it was like a
hundred and one fricken dalmatians
out there - only replacing
'dalmatians' with 'crazed, killer
dogs from Hell!'
JULIE
What could they want? Dogs don't
just gather in those kinds of
numbers and attack for no reason!
Everyone is looking out through the windows - except for
Chris, whose eyes have fallen on the cat.
CHRIS
Well, I may have a theory...
Twist catches his look and backs away, clutching Gabby
protectively to her chest.
TWIST
Oh, no! Don't be that guy.
CHRIS
Twist, I'm afraid it's a logical
possibility that your feline friend
has something to do with this.
Danyael, you said the dogs were
chasing it?
DANYAEL
Like it was a mobile buffet.
CHRIS
And they ignored everyone else?
DANYAEL
(holds up arm)
Well, one went for me when I got in
its way, but-
He stops as he hears SCREAMS from outside. The group rush to
the windows again - two students have fallen foul of the
dogs, literally dragged out of their room through the
windows.
Chris' expression darkens as several dogs start clawing their
way into the unfortunate students' room.
CHRIS
They're inside...
TWIST
Baumgartner! We can't let them get
up here, Chris!
CHRIS
That had crossed my mind.
DANYAEL
There's fire doors on each level,
maybe we can seal the place off,
stop them getting past the first
floor?
Chris nods, racing for the door and motioning for Danyael to
follow.
CHRIS
(to Twist and Julie)
You two, stay here and lock this
door. If anyone but us tries to get
inside, you know what to do.
TWIST
Scream and wait for you to rescue
us?
Chris throws her a look as he and Danyael dash off towards
the stairwell, and Twist takes a moment to look down at
Gabby.
TWIST (cont'd)
What's so special about you, kitty?
Gabby looks back up at her and blinks, as we cut to:
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