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9 EXT. LAKE - SURFACE - NEXT. 9
Twist is sitting with her legs hanging over the edge of the
rear deck, skimming stones across the surface of the water.
Danyael joins her, casually smoking a cigarette. He offers
one to her, and after a hesitant beat she takes it and waits
as he lights it.
TWIST
Chris'd kill me if he caught me
doing this. I told him I quit.
DANYAEL
Something tells me you tell him a
lot of things that aren't true.
Twist smirks - then sees a cloud of bubbles breaking the
water's surface.
She quickly swings her legs back onto the deck and reaches
for the spotlight mounted nearby, aiming it at the bubbles.
A few moments later, Julie pops back up to the surface,
removing her mask and gasping with exertion.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Hey, Jules? You okay?
She swims up to the boat, using a ladder mounted on its side
to pull herself out of the water. Twist and Danyael help her
onto the boat and remove the oxygen tank.
TWIST
Okay, either you hurried back
because you missed us, or...
DANYAEL
Or you saw something.
Julie, still gulping in deep lungfuls of air, nods as Henry
wanders into frame.
JULIE
We're gonna need a bigger boat.
Twist and Danyael swap a worried look as we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
10 INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT. 10
Twist is surfing through TV channels, munching from a huge
bag of potato chips and dropping the odd handful down to
Danyael, who sits on the floor by the bed.
They look up as the door opens and Chris steps in, a bulging
backpack slung over one shoulder.
TWIST
And lo! Heidi has returned.
Chris lays the bag down on the bed and carefully opens it -
and as Twist leans over to look she sees it's full of soil!
TWIST (cont'd)
Wow, nice work, Chris, you brought
back... dirt.
CHRIS
Look closer.
She eyes him, then leans in further - and sure enough, there
are several tiny, dark brown plants poking up through the
soil.
TWIST
That's it? That's what you brought
us all the way out here for and
went halfway up a mountain to find?
CHRIS
Three-quarters up, actually.
DANYAEL
Doesn't look like much.
CHRIS
Doesn't need to. You obviously
can't see the roots from here, but
that's where I'll find the extracts
I'm after.
(looks round)
Where's Julie?
Twist jerks a thumb back towards the closed bathroom door.
TWIST
Recovering from her near-fillet
encounter this evening.
CHRIS
(alarmed)
What?
He heads over to the door and raps his knuckles against it,
hearing the shower inside turn off.
JULIE (O.S.)
(through door)
Yeah?
CHRIS
Julie? It's me. What happened?
JULIE
Oh, nothing, it's cool.
She unlocks and opens the door, a towel wrapped round herself
and her hair still wet.
JULIE (cont'd)
The reports were right, though -
there is something down there.
CHRIS
Did you get a good look at it?
JULIE
I got a look at its teeth, and that
kinda put me off sticking around to
see the rest of it.
CHRIS
(darkly)
I wouldn't have agreed to this if
I'd known you were going to almost
end up as something's dinner.
JULIE
'Almost' is the operative word
here, Chris. Look. See?
(raises arms)
All in one piece.
Chris looks her up and down - and hears Twist COUGH from off
screen.
He glances over to see her smirking impishly at him, and
Julie blushes, pushing the door halfway closed again.
JULIE (cont'd)
(suddenly awkward)
So, uh... can I get, you know...
CHRIS
Oh, oh, yes. Sorry. Of course.
He steps back as she shuts the door, heading back to his bag
as Twist nudges Danyael.
TWIST
(mischevious)
So, uh, she look okay?
CHRIS
(not biting)
So it would seem.
TWIST
You sure? I mean, you could always
pop back in there and, you know,
give her a more personal
examination...
Chris' fierce stare stops her dead, and she decides against
pushing her luck, snatching up the remote.
TWIST (cont'd)
(quickly)
Oh, look! It's uh...
She squints at the TV - and sees it's another news report.
She turns the volume up.
TV
... and so tomorrow afternoon, no
less than three teams of shark
hunters will be hitting the lake,
in a bold move to try to find
whatever is believed to be lurking
beneath the surface. For more news,
we go live to-
She flicks the TV to 'mute' and turns to Chris.
TWIST
All that attention's going to make
it kinda hard to sneak back down
there for another look.
CHRIS
You're right. We'd better make sure
we've been and gone by the time
those hunting boats show up!
DANYAEL
(groans)
That means an early start, doesn't
it...
CHRIS
Not exactly.
Chris turns to look through the windows, and the two vampires
catch up to his point.
TWIST
We're going back out now, aren't
we...
CHRIS
Given that I can't take you two out
when the sun goes up, yes, I'm
afraid that's exactly what we're
doing.
Twist grimaces, and as she sulkily stuffs a handful of chips
into her mouth, we cut to:
11 EXT. LAKE - NIGHT. 11
The team are sitting in a small motorboat, gliding across the
still lake waters as the moon shines down from high in the
evening sky.
JULIE
Isn't going out at this time of
night a little, well...
TWIST
Dark?
CHRIS
All you'll need to worry about is
getting into the temple. I'll be
taking care of whatever's down
there.
JULIE
How?
TWIST
Vampire night vision. Perk of the
job.
JULIE
What, even underwater?
Chris turns to her and grins, reaching for the wet-suit by
his feet and tossing a second over to Julie.
CHRIS
Even underwater.
Julie starts to pull on the suit as Chris unsheathes his
katana, swinging it experimentally in the moonlight before we
cut to:
12 EXT. LAKE - DEPTHS - NEXT. 12
Two SPLASHES signal Chris and Julie's entrance to the lake
depths, and as they click their torches on and start to swim
down towards the temple far below, we cut back up to:
13 EXT. LAKE - SURFACE - NEXT. 13
Twist peers into the water, just about making out the distant
torch lights below before they fade from view. She leans back
in the boat with a SIGH.
TWIST
Have to say, this isn't how I was
planning on spending my evening.
DANYAEL
What did you have in mind?
TWIST
Oh, nothing special. A 'South Park'
marathon was on later, and I saw
this great looking ice cream
parlour on the way over.
DANYAEL
(chuckles)
Well, when we get back to dry land,
I'll get you an ice cream.
She looks across at him and smiles, but it takes him a beat
to finally look back.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
What?
TWIST
Dan, can I... can I ask you
something?
DANYAEL
Uh-oh. You called me 'Dan,' that
only happens when it's something
serious.
TWIST
It's nothing like... well, okay,
maybe a little.
She shuffles a little closer to him.
TWIST (cont'd)
We've been, like, working together
for a long time now, haven't we?
DANYAEL
About a year, I think.
TWIST
Yea, right. And all that time we've
never... I mean, we've never had
chance to go and do...
DANYAEL
(raises eyebrow)
Am I going to like how this
sentence is gonna end?
TWIST
Fun.
DANYAEL
(beat)
'Fun'? Hate to sound negative, but
last time we had a conversation
like this, you'd been possessed by
some guy who wanted to make you
into his personal love bitch.
TWIST
No, I'm being me now. When have we
ever just run off and cut loose for
a few days?
DANYAEL
Uh...
TWIST
Exactly. Chris and Julie can take
care of themselves, that's obvious,
even if they're starting to piss me
off with their whole 'pretending
not to like each other' schtick by
now.
DANYAEL
(awkward)
Yeah, that must be... annoying.
TWIST
So I don't thin Chris'd mind us two
shooting off for a day or so to
relax. God knows we've earned it.
DANYAEL
What did you have in mind?
TWIST
Honestly? I don't know yet. I'm
open to suggestions, but... I think
we have a few things to talk about.
Danyael leans back, thinking this over.
DANYAEL
A day off, right?
TWIST
Pretty much.
DANYAEL
Hmm...
(grins)
Okay, I'm in.
TWIST
Excelsior! Now all we need is to-
She pauses, sitting up and looking startled all of a sudden.
Danyael catches this and sits up as well.
DANYAEL
What?
TWIST
You hear that?
DANYAEL
Always best to assume that no, I
can't.
TWIST
Sounds like a...
She looks out across the lake - and then the sound she heard
fades up. It's an engine - another boat is approaching! Twist
bites her lip and looks down into the water as we cut to:
14 EXT. LAKE - DEPTHS - NEXT. 14
Julie is treading water as she waits for Chris to join her,
shining her torch across the entrance of the temple. She
points to say she's heading in, and Chris nods.
She starts to swim forwards - and Chris spots the dark shape
speeding towards them.
He pushes away from her and draws his sword, lining himself
up in front of the approaching creature.
He raises his katana, ready to slice at whatever's coming his
way - and his eyes widen as he starts to realise just how big
this thing is!
His sword suddenly feels very inadequate for the job, and as
Chris braces himself to meet the beat head-on, its huge JAWS
rush out of the gloom...
BANG! A brilliant yellow FLARE goes off in the creature's
mouth, and Chris shields himself from the blaze.
The light allows him to see what the thing is at last - and
while it resembles a shark, it's clearly something larger,
older and meaner, its dark, rough skin looking as lethal as
its teeth.
Chris swims after the creature as it thrashes around in front
of him, trying to spit the flare out of its mouth, and he
lines himself up with its gills.
He SLASHES down with his sword, and as the water around him
is filled with a cloud of dark blood, we cut to:
15 INT. SUNKEN TEMPLE - ENTRY CHAMBER - NEXT. 15
The dark interior of the temple is as grandiose as the
elaborate frontage would suggest - a wide, circular room with
a high ceiling supported by a circle of columns, detailed
mosaics in the floor and ceiling and several antechambers
leading off through marble archways.
And as Julie pops out of a pool of water leading from the
steps up from the entrance, she also finds to her surprise
that it's bone dry!
There's a brief CRACKLE of electricity, passing around the
whole room, as Julie mounts the steps and stands in the entry
chamber itself, removing her goggles and breathing gear.
Confused, she takes a few beats to examine the room, looking
round as Chris pulls himself out of the water by the steps.
She sees that his diving suit is torn in several places, and
Chris' pale skin is covered with bad gashes and cuts. She
rushes to his side as he flops onto his back, tearing off his
mask.
JULIE
Chris! Are you alright?
CHRIS
(exhausted)
I just killed... a bloody great
big... shark demon...
JULIE
Are you hurt bad? I mean-
CHRIS
I'll be fine, I just... I just need
to get my breath back...
She helps him out of his oxygen tank and up to his feet, and
Chris leans on her for support.
CHRIS (cont'd)
I take it this is the place, then.
JULIE
Yeah, but I'm not sure why it isn't
flooded!
CHRIS
(points to steps)
Magical barrier. Kept the place
airtight, felt it as I came up the
steps. Common thing in these kinds
of temples, kept them safe from
natural disasters.
There are several stone benches lining the chamber, and Julie
helps Chris onto one of those, examining his wounds.
JULIE
You're torn up pretty bad in a few
places here, Chris. Are you sure
you're gonna be alright?
CHRIS
As Twist would say, 'you should see
the other guy.'
JULIE
Did you get whatever that thing was
out there?
CHRIS
It won't be bothering us again. As
to what it was, I'm still trying to
work that part out.
JULIE
Well, we're here now. May as well
do some exploring.
Julie shines her light round the chamber, picking up the
three different passageways leading off from it.
JULIE (cont'd)
You want to split up or stay
together?
CHRIS
I think we should-
There's a RUMBLE, and the duo stumble as the temple around
them SHAKES. A little dust sprays down from the ceiling.
JULIE
Hurry up?
CHRIS
We may have weakened the barrier
keeping this place airtight by
passing through it, there's no
telling how long it's been up.
Julie helps him to his feet and they walk towards the nearest
passageway. She shines her torch down it, seeing that the
tunnel branches off to the left after about twenty feet.
JULIE
Door number one?
CHRIS
Let's go. But be careful.
He follows her, grimacing and trying not to put his weight on
his left leg, as we cut back up to:
16 EXT. LAKE - SURFACE - NEXT. 16
Twist and Danyael are huddled down low in their boat, as the
silhouette of the approaching vessel draws ever closer.
DANYAEL
What are we gonna do? It's not like
there's anything we can hide behind
out here!
TWIST
Always with the hiding! It's not
always the best course of action,
you know.
DANYAEL
Hey! Let the record show this is
the first time I've suggested it in
months.
TWIST
Look, just keep your head down,
maybe it won't-
A SEARCHLIGHT flicks on, sweeping across the lake - and
falling on the motorboat. Twist closes her eyes and curses.
TWIST (cont'd)
Bamugartner!
DANYAEL
So... hiding's not an option now,
is it?
TWIST
Time to stand up and face the
music, Spook.
Twist pokes her head up, shielding her eyes against the
searchlight as the boat draws closer, and we cut to:
17 INT. SUNKEN TEMPLE - PASSAGEWAY - NEXT. 17
The walls are covered with carved symbols, diagrams and
letters, and Julie leans in to read them by torchlight.
CHRIS
I'm not recognising the dialect,
but...
JULIE
But you are recognising the style.
Me too. We've seen this before -
these markings are just like the
ones we found in the other temple.
CHRIS
So it's very likely this is another
of those dimensional 'weak spots'
the vinnlans who were guarding that
place warned us of.
JULIE
Well, yeah, but I mean this one is
underwater, right? So what harm
could it do?
CHRIS
Depends whether what wants to come
through can swim or not.
Julie throws Chris a troubled look, and he carries on down
the passageway.
CHRIS (cont'd)
We'd better find where this leads.
If it's another potential portal
we'd be wise to shut it down before
anyone else stumbles across it.
Julie follows, glancing round at the other diagrams.
JULIE
Yeah, that's us, making sure that
nobody knows we're saving the
world...
Chris turns a corner and finds himself in:
18 INT. SUNKEN TEMPLE - SHRINE - NEXT. 18
Chris stands in another circular room, this one much smaller
but lined by a series of panels in the walls, each one
bearing a strange glyph.
Julie joins him just as another RUMBLE rattles the whole
temple, and Chris aims his torch at the ceiling as he hears
water start to DRIP down.
CHRIS
Whatever we need to do here, we'd
better work it out quickly.
Julie hurries to the nearest panel, as we cut to:
19 EXT. LAKE - SURFACE - NIGHT. 19
Twist and Danyael are standing in the boat as the larger ship
pulls up alongside them - several figures stand on the deck,
silhouetted behind the powerful spotlight.
TWIST
Uh... we're just doing some late
night... fishing, and we wanted to,
uh...
VOICE
Well, well, well...
Twist frowns - she knows that voice!
VOICE (cont'd)
Don't you just show up in the
darndest places, little girl!
The spotlight is turned down - and Twist GASPS as a muscular
man steps to the front of the large boat's deck.
It's VAN LEWIN! He grins, a shotgun in his hands aimed
squarely at the two vampires, who slowly raise their hands.
DANYAEL
(cold)
You...
Van Lewin glances to his left - and there's a diving bell
mounted on a crane to the side of the boat.
VAN LEWIN
Good news, kids. We're going for a
swim - and you're coming with us.
Off Danyael's expression of disbelief, we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
20 INT. SUNKEN TEMPLE - SHRINE - NIGHT. 20
Chris and Julie are on opposite sides of the small chamber,
each busy trying to decipher the glyphs and markings on the
panels before them.
JULIE
Anything?
CHRIS
Not much. As far as I can tell,
this chamber's some kind of
ignition key for the activation of
the portal, so these panels needs
to be engaged in a certain order.
JULIE
And until we know what that is, we
can't figure out how to permanently
disconnect it, right?
CHRIS
I'm afraid so. Attempting to
disable these out of sequence could
very well start the whole thing
off, and that would be-
VAN LEWIN (O.S.)
Chris Berkeley! You in here?
Chris and Julie swap looks, aiming their torches back towards
the passageway they entered through.
JULIE
What was that? Sounded like-
VAN LEWIN (O.S.)
Come on out, Chris, time is very
short, especially for your two
vampire buddies here!
CHRIS
(narrows eyes)
I know that voice.
(to Julie)
Stay here, I'll go and-
JULIE
'Stay here'? What am I, Fay Wray?
If Twist and Danyael are in
trouble, I'm coming with you.
To prove her point, Julie fetches her modified handgun from
her backpack and loads it with a loud CLICK.
CHRIS
(beat)
Okay then.
They head back down the passageway, into:
21 INT. SUNKEN TEMPLE - ENTRY CHAMBER - NEXT. 21
Chris and Julie emerge into the main chamber, tensing up at
the sight waiting for them.
Van Lewin stands with four equally rugged looking PIRATES,
all armed and keeping Twist and Danyael at stakepoint. Behind
them, the head of their ship's diving bell can be seen at the
foot of the pool of water by the stairs.
They're all soaked through - looks like they had to take a
little swim to get from the bell into the temple.
There's another FIZZ from the energy bubble protecting the
temple as Chris and Julie slowly advance.
VAN LEWIN
(shakes head)
Ah ah ah. Drop the weapons.
Chris pauses, then slowly unhooks his katana and lowers it to
the floor. Julie glances at him, then drops her handgun.
VAN LEWIN (cont'd)
Very good.
TWIST
Chris, I'm sorry, they just
appeared and we didn't-
CHRIS
It's alright, Twist. You haven't
done anything wrong.
TWIST
Well, I know that, I was just
trying to explain how we got into
this fine mess!
Van Lewin turns his shotgun - and calmly SHOOTS Twist in the
leg! She YELLS and crumples to the floor.
DANYAEL
Twist!
VAN LEWIN
Don't seem to remember giving you
permission to speak, sweetheart.
CHRIS
(glares at Van Lewin)
You do realise that just guaranteed
you losing your other leg, don't
you?
Van Lewin smirks as Danyael goes to Twist's side, rapping his
knuckles against his half-mechanical left leg.
VAN LEWIN
Best thing that ever happened to
me. Gave me a new sense of purpose.
Made me realise there were bigger
things to do out in the world than
waste my time hunting down monsters
like you.
JULIE
(raises hand)
Uh, not a monster.
VAN LEWIN
Evil by association. You're as bad
as the rest of these bloodsuckers!
Van Lewin looks down at Danyael, who is supporting Twist and
glaring up at Van Lewin with fury in his eyes.
VAN LEWIN (cont'd)
Relax, Short Round. She'll heal.
Just wanted to make sure you didn't
try anything. I already killed one
of your girlfriends, doing it
twice'd just be...
(smirks)
... mean.
CHRIS
Is there a reason you're here,
besides making me remember how much
I wanted to kill you?
VAN LEWIN
As a matter of fact, there is. See,
there's something in this temple
that my employer wants, and they're
prepared to pay me a lot of money
to fetch it.
Van Lewin reloads his shotgun and points it at Julie.
VAN LEWIN (cont'd)
So unless you want your new
sidekick here to get a free
acupuncture session, you'll go and
fetch it for me.
Chris tenses up again - but Julie lays a hand on his arm.
JULIE
Chris, it's okay. Go. He won't hurt
us if you do what he says.
CHRIS
For now, maybe. What guarantee do I
have he won't try to kill us all as
soon as I get back?
(beat; to Van Lewin)
And you'll notice I said 'try.'
VAN LEWIN
Scout's honour. So what'll it be,
hero?
Chris knows he can't trust Van Lewin - but he doesn't have
any choice. He slowly nods his head.
VAN LEWIN (cont'd)
Good boy. Now, what we're after is
down that central passageway, so
run along and bring it back for me
and I promise not to have killed
all your cronies by the time you
get back.
Chris turns and looks down the central passageway, then with
a last glance round at the others heads towards it.
VAN LEWIN (cont'd)
Oh, and just so you know...
Chris pauses and turns back round.
VAN LEWIN (cont'd)
I've been doing my homework on this
place. There's a fair few traps
between you and the prize, and I'll
put money on them all still being
in working order, too. Might want
to watch your step. Hate to have
you end up like me!
Van Lewin chuckles, and Chris marches through the archway
over the central passageway, turning a corner and
disappearing from view.
Over with Twist and Danyael, she grimaces as Danyael tears
off a strip of his shirt to tie round her wounded leg.
DANYAEL
Sorry.
TWIST
Hey, it's cool. You're not the one
who shot me.
She scowls up at Van Lewin, who slings his gun over his
shoulder and grins. The rest of his men seat themselves on
the stone benches round the chamber, settling in.
TWIST (cont'd)
Gotta ask, Van Lewin - when I
sliced off your leg, did it hurt?
He pauses - but manages to keep his anger down, turning to
her with a sinister grin.
TWIST (cont'd)
'Cause, you know, I hope it did.
Just so you have something to
compare it to when I tear the other
one off.
He aims his shotgun at her again, and Danyael jumps
protectively in front of her.
VAN LEWIN
Oh, so she is your new girlfriend!
DANYAEL
Doesn't matter what she is, you
sick son of a bitch! You're not
hurting her again.
TWIST
Hey, we're one-all at the moment
anyway, after I taught you how to
spell 'pain' last time we met.
DANYAEL
So don't you take one more-
PIRATE #1
Hey, boss? Can we kill that guy
now?
VAN LEWIN
Naah. Look at him! He's a goth.
That's what he wants.
Van Lewin heads off to join his men, leaving Danyael to
seethe. Twist pats his arm to calm him as Julie heads over.
JULIE
Twist, are you alright?
TWIST
(sarcastic)
Oh, yeah, fine. 'Cause, you know,
shotgun blasts feel like butterfly
kisses! 'Course I'm not fine, damn
it! I- ow!
She winces again, and Julie examines her wounded leg.
JULIE
Well, being undead already, I can
safely say this won't kill you.
TWIST
(dry)
Huzzah.
JULIE
But it's going to hurt like Hell
until I can get these pellets out,
which I can't really do until we
get out of here.
TWIST
So in other words, we have to wait
for Indiana Berkeley to bring back
the Holy Grail or we're all deader
than 'Wonderfalls.' Great. Can we
get some of those big foam fingers
to wave around till he gets back?
Julie looks back to the passageway Chris left through,
concern all over her face as we cut to:
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