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8 EXT. MIAMI - STREET - EVENING. 8
The sun is setting in the background as Twist and Danyael
walk down one street filled with surf-related shops and
cafes, stepping carefully through the long evening shadows.
Danyael carries his black sports bag, which hides weapons for
both him and Twist.
TWIST
This is hopeless. How long have we
been out here now?
DANYAEL
Four hours.
TWIST
See? Four hours and not even a
mugger we could kick about to keep
us interested. I think we got given
the wrong map.
DANYAEL
Nobody else has had any luck, else
they'd have called us.
TWIST
Yeah, well, for all we know,
they...
She trails off, staring at something in the distance. Danyael
frowns, nudging her.
DANYAEL
What is it?
Twist is looking at the roof of a building a few streets away
- and the whole rooftop is bathed in an orange GLOW. The sun
is setting on the wrong side for the glow to be from that.
TWIST
We need to be over there.
DANYAEL
Over where?
TWIST
(points)
That building. Come on.
She hurries across the street, and as a confused Danyael
follows her we cut to:
9 EXT. KARAOKE BAR - NEXT. 9
Twist marches up to the front doors of a tacky karaoke joint,
pulling open the doors and disappearing inside before Danyael
can catch up to her.
DANYAEL
Twist, wait! Twist!
He follows her into:
10 INT. KARAOKE BAR - CONTINUOUS. 10
Danyael enters, scanning the floor for Twist. Up on the
stage, a sweaty Japanese businessman is busy murdering Bryan
Adams' 'Everything I Do,' cheered on by his compatriots.
Danyael spots Twist over by the bar and makes his way across
to her, grabbing her arm to get her attention. She looks
noticeably edgy about something.
DANYAEL
What's the matter with you?
TWIST
Here. This is where they're going
to hit next.
DANYAEL
How do you know that?
TWIST
Dan, you just have to trust me.
Call Chris, get him and everyone
else over here right now, okay?
DANYAEL
Alright, alright.
Danyael fishes out his cell phone and starts to call Chris -
just as Twist looks round and sees two people enter the bar.
It's our vampires, arm in arm as they survey the scene of
their next night's social experiment.
Twist lays a hand on Danyael and nods her head towards them,
pulling them both back out of view round the bar.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Is that them?
TWIST
(nods)
Wait for them to make the first
move. If we're gonna keep 'em busy
until Chris and Jules get here,
we've got to take them by surprise.
DANYAEL
Us two jumping them, after what
they did last night? Yeah, I think
it's safe to say they'll be pretty
surprised.
A young WAITER heads over to the two new arrivals.
WAITER
Evening, folks. Can I get you
something to drink? You'll find
songbooks on every table, so you
can pick-
He GULPS as the male vampire grabs him by the throat,
breaking his neck with a TWIST.
MAN
Thanks, but we'd like to take a
little more time.
The woman grins - and pulls a SHOTGUN out from inside her
long black jacket. She FIRES it at the roof, and with a
chorus of SCREAMS everyone in the bar hits the deck.
MAN (cont'd)
Ready to make another snowball,
baby?
WOMAN
Just show me where to start
pushing.
Twist throws a serious look at Danyael, and as he stares in
concern at the two new vampires, we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
11 INT. KARAOKE BAR - NIGHT. 11
Twist and Danyael stay over by the bar, Twist crouching and
pulling Danyael down with her as the two killer vampires
strut boldly into the middle of the room.
The girl aims her shotgun at the still-playing karaoke unit
and BLASTS it. It explodes with a loud BANG, and the huddle
of terrified businessmen nearby cower away from it.
MAN
Okay, everybody, listen up! We are
not here to rob you. We are here to
kill some of you and let the rest
of you panic.
The woman LAUGHS gleefully as she pushes a tall display
cabinet full of fake gold records in front of the exit.
MAN (cont'd)
We're performing another
demonstration of my patented
Snowball Effect, so you should all
be honoured. You're making a little
piece of science history tonight.
The woman strolls past a line of scared clients, ticking them
off as she goes.
MAN (cont'd)
How many specimens are we looking
at, baby?
WOMAN
Forty-seven.
MAN
Well, that's a new record.
The man marches over to the Japanese businessmen.
MAN (cont'd)
Sorry, guys, but you one of you
gets to be the lucky one who begins
the experiment.
He GRABS one of the businessmen and drags him out into the
middle of the club.
MAN (cont'd)
What's your name?
BUSINESSMAN
S-S-Sakamoto.
MAN
Okay, S-S-Sakamoto, let me ask you
this...
The man closes his eyes - and when he reopens them, they've
turned BLOOD RED. The man GRINS - exposing his fangs.
MAN (cont'd)
Are you afraid to die?
The businessman SOBS in fear, and the man shouts over to his
accomplice.
MAN (cont'd)
Ready to rock, baby?
The woman is over by the bar - she's been busy lining up a
series of molotov cocktails, and has a match ready to start
them all burning.
WOMAN
Just say when.
The man pulls the businessman in close, leering at him.
MAN
I don't know what passes for a
final prayer in your country, but
now's a good time to think about-
TWIST (O.S.)
You wanna let the guy go?
The man blinks, then looks up - Twist has gotten to her feet
and stares defiantly at him.
MAN
And who might you be?
TWIST
Somebody who's going to stop you
killing more innocent people
tonight.
She walks towards him, and Danyael starts to slowly creep
closer to the female vampire at the bar.
MAN
(laughs)
You? You're just one girl! What are
you gonna do, exactly?
Twist has Danyael's bag in her hand, and without stopping she
unzips it and lets it fall - revealing her baseball bat.
She comes to a stop a few feet away from the man, slapping
the bat against her palm.
TWIST
Something tells me it's going to
involve me yelling 'batter up!' as
I knock your undead ass through
that window, baumgartner!
The vampire grins, dropping the businessman to the floor. He
frantically scurries back over to his colleagues as the male
vamp struts towards Twist, looking her up and down.
Over by the bar, his partner is becoming agitated, too
occupied to notice Danyael sneaking up on her.
WOMAN
Baby, what's going on? Come on!
MAN
Naah, it's alright. Let me handle
this.
(to Twist)
So how do you wanna play this?
TWIST
Me hit, you fall down. Seems like a
good place to start.
MAN
You got a name?
TWIST
Twist.
MAN
Twist. Nice. I suppose I should
make some introductions. I'm Clyde,
and that fine piece of womanhood
over there is Bonnie. She-
Clyde turns to point to Bonnie - and sees Danyael sneaking up
on her at last.
CLYDE
Hey! Behind you!
Bonnie spins round, and Danyael is forced to lunge at her -
but she GRABS him by the throat, SLAMMING him back against
the back of the bar.
She snatches up a nearby bottle and SMASHES it, holding the
jagged edge close to Danyael's face.
BONNIE
You want me to show you what
happens to people who try and screw
with our evenings?
DANYAEL
(struggling)
Take... your best... shot!
He HEADBUTTS Bonnie, and as she staggers back he wrestles the
bottle from her hand and KICKS her in the gut.
CLYDE
Bonnie!
He's distracted for long enough for Twist to steam in and
CRACK her bat across the back of his head. Clyde crumples to
the floor and lies still.
TWIST
Spook, you got her?
Danyael has the broken bottle in one hand as he keeps Bonnie
pinned to the floor with his boot.
DANYAEL
I got her.
TWIST
Nice shot.
Twist turns to address the frightened customers.
TWIST (cont'd)
It's okay, everyone, everything's
under control now. If you'd all
like to make your way towards the
exit...
Twist continues talking - but hasn't spotted Clyde rising
slowly to his feet behind her.
TWIST (cont'd)
... then we can get you out of here
and back home before-
THWACK! Twist is sent skidding across the floor as Clyde
PUNCHES her in the back with all hiss might.
Danyael looks round - and Bonnie surges up from the floor,
knocking Danyael off his feet with an UPPERCUT.
As Nine Inch Nails' 'Driver Down' begins to play, the bar
clientele take the opportunity to crowd towards the doors,
desperately trying to push the display cabinet out of the
way.
Twist picks herself up, wincing with pain, as Clyde stomps
towards her.
CLYDE
Think that's all it takes to stop
what we're doing?
TWIST
Did think that was a little too
easy, yeah.
CLYDE
We've got big plans, little girl.
He grabs her and drags her up off the floor. Twist's bat is
several feet away, out of reach.
CLYDE (cont'd)
I'm not about to let two vigilantes
like you and your boyfriend get in
the way of the pursuit of science!
TWIST
He's not my boyfriend!
THUNK! Twist KICKS Clyde in the tones as hard as she can, and
with a GRUNT he drops her.
She presses her advantage, swinging her boot round to kick
him again, but he grabs her leg and SLAMS her to the floor.
Over by the bar, Bonnie picks Danyael up and throws him to
the bar surface, grabbing an ice pick and SKEWERING his hand
to the bar.
Danyael HOWLS in pain as Bonnie marches over to the row of
molotov cocktails, taking a lighter from her pocket.
BONNIE
Better late than never...
She lights the first one, and THROWS it towards the crowd of
people by the door.
TWIST
No...
Some of the panicking people scatter, but several are caught
in the blast of FLAMES as the cocktail lands.
People go up in flames, screaming as they race away from the
doors, knocking into tables and other customers.
Clyde grins - this is the kind of drama he was hoping to
cause tonight. He KICKS Twist in the gut again.
CLYDE
See? We'll always find a way.
Danyael pulls the ice pick out of his hand, and after a beat
to compose himself TACKLES Bonnie to the ground.
Twist starts to get back up, but two powerful PUNCHES from
Clyde knock her right back down again.
Clyde looks around as the flames by the door start to spread,
licking up the walls and hopping onto the tables. The bar
clients are worked up into a frenzy now, trying to smash the
windows to escape.
Clyde leaves Twist on the ground and wades into the crowd of
people, grabbing one at random and BITING him.
Danyael and Bonnie continue to struggle, but she PUNCHES him
across the jaw to knock him back, and as he reels she GRABS
him, lifting him clean up over her head and THROWING him over
the bar.
He hits the deck with a heavy THUD, and barely rolls out of
the way to dodge a second molotov cocktail that Bonnie hurls
his way.
Thick smoke is starting to fill the bar now, and Danyael
races over to Twist as Clyde drops another dead victim to the
ground over by the doors.
DANYAEL
Come on, we've got to get out of
here!
TWIST
(winded)
But those people... we have to help
them!
DANYAEL
We will, but not if we're on fire
too!
He pulls her to her feet, ducking as Bonnie throws another
molotov their way. It EXPLODES against the wall, adding to
the developing flames swallowing the room.
Danyael looks round - and spots a fire exit door on the other
side of the club. Helping Twist along, he hurries over and
SHOVES it open.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
(shouts to crowd)
This way! Over here!
A few people start to head for the exit, and as Clyde starts
to stomp after them Danyael bravely BARGES into him.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
You're not hurting any more of
these people!
He PUNCHES Clyde twice, but Clyde just laughs the blows off
before landing a RIGHT HOOK that stuns him.
Bonnie launches the last of her cocktails, sending the bar
around her up in flames as she makes her escape.
BONNIE
Baby, come on! We gotta go!
Twist is COUGHING from the smoke, and Bonnie takes a moment
to KICK her to the ground before making for the fire exit.
Several people have made it outside already, but most of the
customers are trapped behind the increasing wall of flames
spreading across the club.
Clyde is PUNCHING Danyael over and over, leaving the vampire
spattered with his own blood.
CLYDE
I don't know who you and that
blonde piece are, or how you
managed to take us on for so long,
but if by some miracle you manage
to get out of this alive, don't
come looking for us. Next time I
see you, I'll kill you. Very
slowly.
He PUNCHES Danyael again, knocking him out cold, and finally
heads for the exit. He grabs Bonnie and KISSES her, the two
gleefully laughing at the mayhem around them.
CLYDE (cont'd)
See? You start adding in any of the
natural elements and the Snowball
gets that much bigger that much
faster.
BONNIE
You've got a God given talent for
destruction, baby. Now let's get
out of here!
The duo make their exit, leaving the bar filled with smoke,
fire and a crowd of trapped clubbers.
Twist pushes herself weakly to her feet, looking for Danyael -
and spots him on the floor, surrounded by flames.
TWIST
Danyael! Danyael!!
She COUGHS again, desperately looking for a way to get to
him, as we cut to:
12 EXT. KARAOKE BAR - NEXT. 12
With the sounds of approaching police and ambulance sirens in
the distance, Chris, Julie, Blasko and Meredith race into
frame.
There's a crowd of people outside the karaoke bar already,
watching the thick black smoke pouring out from within with
horror. Some are helping the escapees away, others are trying
to break in to rescue who they can.
JULIE
Oh, my God!
MEREDITH
We have to get in there!
CHRIS
We'll get burned to a crisp if we
do that. There has to be a fire
exit or some other way in, let's
find that.
The foursome race off towards the side of the building, to:
13 EXT. KARAOKE BAR - REAR - CONTINUOUS. 13
They find the open fire door, with several soot-blackened and
coughing survivors huddled outside. Julie goes to the closest
one - the Japanese businessman.
JULIE
How many people are still inside?
BUSINESSMAN
I don't know... lots!
CHRIS
Did you see two people in
particular? A young girl with long
blonde hair and a thin, pale man
with dark hair?
BUSINESSMAN
Uh... yes, yes, they're still in
there! Hurry!
Chris starts to head inside, but Julie grabs him and pulls
him back.
JULIE
Woah, what happened to getting
'burned to a crisp'?
CHRIS
Twist and fire... she'll be too
scared to do anything, Julie! I
have to help her!
JULIE
Who's going to help you? None of us
are fireproof, you know!
Chris stares back at her - then without another word dashes
into the burning bar. Julie looks round for something she can
do to help as we cut to:
14 INT. KARAOKE BAR - NEXT. 14
Chris holds his arm over his mouth as he fights through the
thick smoke.
CHRIS
Twist! Twist! Where are you?
He passes the bar - and spots Twist huddled underneath it. He
goes to her side - she's clearly scared out of her wits.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Twist! Are you alright?
TWIST
(shakes head)
I-I can't... I can't...
CHRIS
Don't worry, I'm going to get you
out of here.
(looks round)
Where's Danyael?
TWIST
I-I don't know... I think he's
still..
CHRIS
I'll find him. But first, we have
to get you out!
Chris takes her arm and leads her towards the exit - but a
falling chunk of ceiling SLAMS into the ground, narrowly
missing them both.
Chris hears the cries of alarm of the other customers at
last, and looks over to see the crowd of trapped clubbers on
the other side of the room.
He's stuck - get Twist out first or go and help the others?
He spots Danyael lying in the middle of the floor, adding a
third dilemma.
Chris grabs Twist by the shoulders, looking straight into her
eyes.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Twist, you have to listen to me. I
need to go and save those people,
so you're going to have to get
yourself out of here.
TWIST
(tearful)
But... but I can't! Chris, I...
CHRIS
You have to! Twist, you're the
bravest person I've ever known.
You've been through things I can't
possibly hope to understand, and I
know you're not going to let a
little fire stop you now!
TWIST
(beat)
A 'little' fire?
CHRIS
(urgent)
Twist! Focus!
She nods, looks to the exit, then to Danyael.
TWIST
No, wait, Spook, he-
CHRIS
I'll get him. Go.
She looks to Danyael one last time, then turns and runs for
the exit, scooping up her baseball bat on the way.
Something flammable by the bar POPS as she passes, and Twist
yelps, weaving to the side.
She dodges past another mass of flames, YELLING at the top of
her voice - and stumbles out into the open.
Chris turns to survey the scene - and races for Danyael
first. He crouches near him, shaking him to try and rouse
him.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Danyael? Danyael!
There's no response. Chris scoops him up and slings him over
one shoulder, looking towards the trapped clubbers.
He runs towards them - having to JUMP over another line of
flames to get to them - and joins them by the entrance.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Get back! Get out of the way!
He charges straight towards the windows, putting his other
shoulder forward - and with a THUD, he bounces straight off
the thick glass.
Chris lands, sprawling, on the floor, and is helped back up
by two of the clubbers.
CHRIS (cont'd)
What the...?!?
CLUBBER #1
Reinforced glass!
CLUBBER #2
It's for protection against
hurricanes, every building on the
coast has it!
CLUBBER #1
That's why we can't get out, we
can't break through it!
Chris looks to the fallen display cabinet.
CHRIS
Help me move that out of the way!
CLUBBER #2
We tried that, the fire's made it
too hot to touch!
Chris grits his teeth and walks over, planting his hands
against the cabinet.
He grimaces - smoke rising from his hands, but slowly manages
to start lifting the heavy cabinet up.
The clubbers watch in amazement for a few moments - then one
by one start rushing to his aid.
With a final HEAVE of effort, the group manage to push the
cabinet upright again, and Chris KICKS the door open to allow
the clubbers to flee.
He goes back over to grab Danyael, ducking as something
overhead EXPLODES outwards, and as another section of the
club's roof CRASHES to the ground, he dives outside:
15 EXT. KARAOKE BAR - CONTINUOUS. 15
A BURST of flame follows Chris out, and he and Danyael land
awkwardly on the floor.
Chris looks up - fire trucks are pulling up and starting to
deploy their hoses, ambulances are seeing to the wounded, and
the police are cordoning off the area.
Two of the clubbers help Chris back to his feet as Julie
appears from the side of the building - and Twist is with
her.
CLUBBER #1
That... that was incredible! How
did you do that?
CLUBBER #2
None of us could lift that thing,
but you did it just like it was-
CHRIS
It was nothing. I'm just thankful
everyone's alright.
(coughs)
Excuse me.
He scoops up Danyael again and heads away from them, ignoring
their calls for him to stay as he joins Julie and the others.
CHRIS (cont'd)
(to Twist)
Are you alright?
She nods, but doesn't look up, shaken by her experience.
MEREDITH
(off Danyael)
Oh, God... is he okay?
CHRIS
Just unconscious. Let's get back to
your club before anyone asks some
questions about what just happened
in there.
She nods, and as the team hurry away from the growing crowd
outside the burning club, we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
16 INT. ECHO BEACH - NIGHT. 16
The battered team are seated around various tables and chairs
as Meredith and Julie patch up their wounds. A TV is on in
the background.
Twist is hugging her knees tightly, shivering as Danyael
wraps a blanket round her. She pulls it close, soot still
smeared across her face.
Danyael has a wad of bandages in his other hand which he
presses to his head - he's still badly bruised from his bout
with Clyde.
Chris holds out his hands as Julie carefully loops bandages
round them - his hands are red raw and burned from lifting
the cabinet.
JULIE
That was a good thing you did in
there.
CHRIS
Several people were already dead by
the time we arrived, Julie.
JULIE
But lots of people aren't because
you went in there to help them.
Tell me that doesn't count for
something.
CHRIS
(beat)
How's Twist doing?
JULIE
She hasn't said anything since she
got out of the bar. What's gotten
her so freaked out?
DANYAEL
It's fire.
Danyael flops into the seat next to Chris, wincing as he
stretches his left arm.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
That's how she died. The second
time, I mean.
JULIE
What happened?
CHRIS
It's a long story that I'd rather
not go into just now, if that's
alright.
Julie gets the hint. She finishes up Chris' bandages and
stands as Meredith heads over.
JULIE
Good to go.
MEREDITH
Did you see them?
DANYAEL
I did. They're calling themselves
Bonnie and Clyde.
BLASKO
(shakes head)
Not enough they've got to go
around, burning down our town and
killing innocent people, now they
have to stick lame names like that
on themselves?
DANYAEL
They're tough, too. That other news
report we read was on the money
about them. Twist bounced her bat
off the back of the guy's head and
it didn't even slow him down.
JULIE
Are they vampires?
DANYAEL
Yeah.
JULIE
So could they be more of Malkuth's
super-vamps?
MEREDITH
(puzzled)
More of who's what?
CHRIS
Someone we knew, another one of the
bad guys, he genetically modified a
group of vampires to make them much
tougher and stronger than normal.
BLASKO
Jeez! How many of those things are
running around out there?
CHRIS
None, as far as we knew. I was
under the impression we'd killed
them all.
JULIE
Maybe we missed a couple.
CHRIS
It's possible.
DANYAEL
Yeah, but they're still killable,
right? So our next step should be
finding them again before anything
else goes wrong!
MEREDITH
Something tells me their plans are
escalating. First a small diner,
then a packed bar - what's next?
Twist glances round as a news report comes on the TV.
TV NEWS
And we're getting reports now of a
possible hostage situation over at
one of the city's largest shopping
malls. Live on the scene is Ted
Kravitz.
Twist turns to the others, but they're too busy talking to
hear the TV. Twist turns back to the news report.
TV NEWS (cont'd)
Thanks, Bob. Moments ago, a
disturbance here at the Vibert Mall
erupted into scenes of violence as
two armed suspects blockaded
themselves and almost a hundred
late night shoppers inside the
complex. Police have barricaded the
area, but as we understand it the
terrorists have yet to make any
demands.
Twist turns to the others again, and finally yells:
TWIST
Hey!!
They turn, and she nods towards the TV set. They crowd round
it, Danyael going to Twist's side.
DANYAEL
What is it?
MEREDITH
Looks like something's going on
down at that mall over on
Fourteenth and Elm.
Chris narrows his eyes as he listens to the report.
CHRIS
It's them.
JULIE
How do you know?
CHRIS
Because it's the kind of stupid
thing two vampires in their
situation would do to get our
attention.
Julie starts to reply, but stops as the bar's phone RINGS.
Blasko heads over to answer it.
BLASKO
(into phone)
Hello?
CLYDE
(filtered; through phone)
Always wondered when I'd get a
chance to speak to the last decent
vampires in this city.
BLASKO
Who is this?
CLYDE
Aren't you watching the news? We're
the Mickey and Mallory of the
afterlife now, it seems.
Blasko puts his hand over the mouthpiece and calls to the
others:
BLASKO
It's them!
(into phone)
Alright, you've got our attention.
How did you know where to find us?
CLYDE
We have our sources. I understand
you've got some visitors in town?
Blasko looks to Chris, who tenses up.
CLYDE (cont'd)
I want them down here at the Mall
within the hour or we're going to
kill one hostage every ten minutes
they're late. I don't like my
experiments being interrupted.
Chris marches over and snatches the handset from Blasko.
CHRIS
This is the vampire responsible for
the fire at the karaoke bar
earlier, I take it?
CLYDE
Guilty as charged.
CHRIS
What do you want with us?
CLYDE
I want you to help me finish my
science project. Get to the Mall
before midnight or more people will
die.
He hangs up, and as Chris lowers the handset and looks to
Julie, we cut to:
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