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TEASER
FADE IN:
1 INT. BLACK VAN - DAY 1
Trucking along on their merry way as always, the team are in
their typical positions - JULIE dozes in the passenger seat,
TWIST and DANYAEL are curled up asleep in the back, and CHRIS
bravely drives on, making the most of this all-too-rare bout
of silence.
Julie shifts round in her seat, wrapping her blanket tighter
round herself, and Chris catches himself looking warmly down
at her.
With a glance in the rear view mirror to make sure the two
sleeping vampires in the back missed that, he composes
himself and drives on.
TWIST
(murmurs)
Mhnm... disco king...
Chris raises en eyebrow and looks round over his shoulder at
her. She's still sporting a few bandages from her recent
adventures.
CHRIS
Twist?
Silence. Chris shrugs and gets back to driving, opening the
glove compartment to pull out a road map, accidentally
bumping Julie and waking her up.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Sorry.
JULIE
(bleary)
Are we there yet?
CHRIS
We haven't decided where 'there' is
just yet, remember?
Julie sits up, rubbing her eyes as she comes round.
JULIE
(yawns)
Right. That would involve us being
organised. Silly me.
Chris settles back into his seat, unfurling the map with some
difficulty.
JULIE (cont'd)
You know, we have these wonderful
devices called GPS systems now.
CHRIS
Call me old-fashioned...
JULIE
You're old-fashioned.
CHRIS
(eyes her)
... but I'm not really one to trust
electrical devices.
JULIE
What about your laptop?
CHRIS
Necessary evil. And every time I
find another of Twist's dreadful
home made mp3 mixes, the word
'evil' becomes more and more
appropriate.
Julie chuckles and looks back round on the duo in the back.
JULIE
(off Twist)
How's she doing?
CHRIS
Healing well, as far as I can see.
Whatever she was exposed to, it
doesn't seem to have had any
lasting-
TWIST
(shouts)
Afroburger!
Chris and Julie swap a look, then Chris pulls the van to a
stop at the roadside.
Twist is writhing around in her sleeping bag, disturbing
Danyael and waking him up.
DANYAEL
(blinks)
Huh?
Chris climbs into the back of the van, shaking Twist gently
to try and wake her up.
CHRIS
Twist? Are you alright?
TWIST
Mmm... sailing... sun...
JULIE
What's the matter with her?
CHRIS
I don't know, I think she's having
a nightmare of some sort.
DANYAEL
Wake her up carefully, man, I hear
you can really freak people out by-
CHRIS
(shouts)
Twist!
Everyone jumps - and Twist wakes up. She stares wide-eyed up
at Chris for a few beats as she comes round - then with a
scowl she PUNCHES him in the arm.
TWIST
What did you do that for?
CHRIS
(rubs arm)
You were having a nightmare!
TWIST
No, I wasn't!
DANYAEL
Uh, sounded like you were. You were
saying... stuff.
TWIST
(beat)
Oh. Anything important?
JULIE
You were just rambling, nothing
that sounded coherent.
Twist sits up, pressing a hand to her forehead.
CHRIS
Are you feeling alright?
TWIST
Actually, no. Can we, like, stop
somewhere so I can get some air,
and food?
CHRIS
I'll find us a truck stop.
Chris gets back into the driver's seat and starts the engine,
as a concerned Danyael keeps his eyes on Twist.
2 EXT. TRUCK STOP - DAY 2
Chris slides open the side door of the parked van, making
sure the morning sun is shining on the van's far side.
Twist leans out of the van, gulping in the fresh air deeply
as Julie looks towards the gas station opposite. A line of
large trucks are parked nearby, and a grey, empty-looking
building stands to the rear of the station's kiosk.
DANYAEL
What's with the breathing?
TWIST
It calms me down. I know I don't
need the oxygen, but still...
JULIE
Stay here, we'll go get you
something to eat.
TWIST
I'm thinking savoury, followed by
sweet. With a side order of cold
and fizzy.
JULIE
Coming right up.
Chris and Julie head over to the station as Twist continues
her deep breathing, and we cut inside to:
3 INT. TRUCK STOP - GAS STATION - NEXT 3
Julie scoops several snacks and drinks off the shelves as
Chris leans against a magazine rack, looking pensive.
JULIE
She'll be alright.
CHRIS
(distracted)
Hmm?
JULIE
Twist. She'll be fine.
CHRIS
I wish I could share your optimism,
but until she's back to her usual
self I'm keeping all my fingers and
toes crossed.
JULIE
Come on, you know Twist! She's been
through a lot worse than a chemical
fire and we know it.
They glance up as a customer walks past, looking warily at
them after overhearing Julie.
JULIE (cont'd)
Metaphorically speaking.
The customer wanders off, and Julie turns to Chris again.
JULIE (cont'd)
Besides, Dr. Parker said we can
just go back if Twist shows any
unusual symptoms. So far, that
hasn't happened.
CHRIS
All the same, I'd like to-
CRASH! The glass overlooking the station forecourt EXPLODES
back into the shop - and Danyael comes sailing through,
bouncing off a display stand and crashing to the floor.
A stunned Chris looks up - and Twist leaps through the window
and onto the station counter!
She's smoking - she's obviously run straight through direct
sunlight - and her face is twisted with rage and confusion,
her hands scrunched into claws.
She looks down at Chris - and SCREAMS!
Chris steps back, trying to process what the heck is going on
- and Twist DIVES towards him!
BLACK OUT:
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
4 INT. TRUCK STOP - GAS STATION - DAY 4
Twist TACKLES Chris to the ground, and before he can react
she's spun him round and THROWN him against one wall of the
shop, dislodging several racks of papers and magazines and
sending his concealed katana skidding across the floor.
As he clatters to the ground, Twist grabs the nearest
panicking customer as they try to make a break for it,
PUNCHING them twice and SLAMMING them to the ground.
Across the shop, the terrified CLERK is heading for an
emergency exit, closely followed by several screaming
clients.
Twist leaps to her feet, scoops Chris' wayward katana from
the floor and HURLS it towards the exit.
It SLAMS into the door, inches away from the clerk's hand,
and he stumbles backwards in terror, bowling over the three
people around him.
Julie races after Twist as she bounds towards the fallen
customers, managing to get a hand on her shoulder.
JULIE
Twist! What the hell are you-
SMACK! Without turning round, Twist BACKHANDS Julie and
knocks her sprawling to the floor.
Twist steps over to the heaving mass of bodies by the door,
frantically trying to disentangle themselves from each other
and descending into fresh chaos as they see Twist approach.
CLERK
Please! Take whatever you want!
Just don't hurt us!
Twist GRABS him by the front of his uniform shirt, hauling
him to his feet and looking straight into his eyes.
He SHIVERS in her grip, Twist paying no attention to the
customers crawling slowly away from her along the floor.
Twist seems disorientated, her eyes moving rapidly as she
holds the whimpering clerk before her.
CHRIS (O.S.)
Get down!
Twist turns - and Chris is CHARGING towards her, full steam
ahead!
She THROWS the clerk to the ground and turns to Chris,
meeting his charge head on, and the two SLAM into one
another, knocking them both to the floor.
Twist flips neatly back to her feet, leaping onto Chris'
chest and pinning him down.
He tries to shove her off, but she PUNCHES him three times in
the face before Julie grabs Twist by the neck, dragging her
back.
JULIE
Chris! Do something!
Woozy, Chris staggers to his feet as Twist ELBOWS Julie in
the stomach, twisting her arm back round and SHOVING her to
the floor again.
As Chris advances on her, Twist snatches up a revolving candy
dispenser stand and CRACKS it across Chris's face, sending
him staggering backwards.
Twist looks around at the carnage arrayed before her - Chris,
Danyael and Julie all knocked on their asses, large sections
of the shop demolished an a few last straggler customers
either huddled up and praying or scampering towards the exit.
She looks down at her hands - they're cut and bleeding,
covered with chunks of glass from her dramatic entrance, and
also spattered with other people's blood.
Chris manages to push himself half upright, a long cut open
across his cheek from the dispenser stand.
CHRIS
(groggy)
Twist...
He watches as Twist slowly lifts her hand to her mouth - and
LICKS the blood slowly from her hands.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Twist!!
Her head snaps round, and she locks gazes with Chris. She
holds the stare for a beat - then breaks away, sprinting
towards the emergency exit and KICKING it open.
Julie staggers into frame, blood dripping from her nose as
she heads for Chris and helps pull him to his feet.
JULIE
Okay, I'm lost... what just
happened?
Chris' serious expression says it all as he pulls Danyael to
his feet, the young vampire swaying dizzily.
CHRIS
I think we can safely say
something's happened to Twist.
JULIE
Danyael, what did she do? One
minute, she's getting some air, the
next she goes postal on us!
DANYAEL
I don't know! I took my eyes off
her for a second, heard her mumble
something and when I looked back
she just punched me!
Chris marches over to the station clerk, who is busy
hyperventilating in the corner.
CHRIS
Where does that exit go?
CLERK
(breathless)
Out... out back...
CHRIS
Where can she get to? Is there
somewhere out of the sun she'd head
for?
CLERK
(confused)
W-what?
Julie drags Chris away, pointing towards the door.
JULIE
Forget him, he's too fried to
speak. Come on! We need to catch
her!
Julie pushes the emergency exit open, beckoning for Chris and
Danyael to follow. Danyael is first through, and after
pausing to WRENCH his katana out of the door, Chris follows:
5 EXT. TRUCK STOP - DAY 5
The side entrance to the abandoned building is only a few
feet away, shaded from the sun by the side of the building
itself.
A door hangs open, exposing the darkness inside the building,
and Chris takes point as the trio head over, Julie dabbing at
her bloody nose.
Chris pauses in the doorway, glancing quickly around inside
before turning to the others.
CHRIS
Split up. Don't stay more than ten
feet apart and watch your backs.
JULIE
This is crazy! What if she just-
CHRIS
Remember when something like this
happened to me?
Julie's hand unconsciously goes to her neck, and she lowers
her head, seeing Chris' point.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Be careful.
He darts into the building.
DANYAEL
'Ladies first' doesn't seem like an
appropriate thing to say right
now...
Julie steps past him and into the building, and with a deep
breath, Danyael follows suit, into:
6 INT. ABANDONED BUILDING - VARIOUS - NEXT 6
The building is made up of long, empty rooms with high
ceilings - it looks like it used to be some kind of storage
centre, but now it's empty and filled only with dust.
Chris paces into frame, katana at the ready. Stray beams of
light filter in through cracks and holes in the walls,
offering a little light but not enough to see clearly.
He hears a SCRATCHING from somewhere overhead and spins
round, raising his sword - but it's nothing.
His senses sharp, he continues to pace forward, his eyes
scanning the darkness.
Julie is unarmed, and as she passes a pile of rusty old pipes
and tubes she pauses to scoop one up, wiping the cobwebs away
before continuing.
Danyael, meanwhile, looks scared half to death, as though his
worst fear is coming true.
He walks into one of the large rooms, pausing to look around -
and doesn't see Twist perched high up in the rafters above.
She tilts her head to one side as he passes by, dropping to
all fours and crawling along a heating pipe hanging from the
ceiling to stay with him.
There is a CLANG somewhere off screen, and both Twist and
Danyael's heads snap round to the source of the noise.
He hurries off but she stays put, pressing herself against
the pipe and closing her eyes.
Julie steps into frame in another part of the building -
she'd bumped into a row of empty gas cannisters, causing the
clang a few moments ago.
As she takes a breath and starts to walk on, she is unaware
of Twist creeping into view above her, poised and ready.
Julie pauses - did she just hear something? She squints as
she listens again, her rusty pipe in her hand.
JULIE
Twist? Are you there?
(beat)
It's me, Julie.
(beat)
Look, something bad's obviously
happened to you, but you have to
understand we want to help you.
(beat)
Can you hear me?
She waits - but there's no more sound. Julie sighs and
straightens up - and Twist DROPS into frame behind her!
Julie spins round - but she's too slow to stop Twist from
SMACKING the pipe out of her hands with one blow, and
PUNCHING her to the ground with the next.
Twist stands over the stunned Julie as she hears footsteps
approaching, and quickly darts out of frame.
Moments later, Chris and Danyael run in from opposite sides
of the room, both heading for the prone Julie. Chris gets
there first, helping to sit her up and patting her cheek.
CHRIS
Julie? Julie!
Julie GROANS, and Chris looks up to Danyael.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Keep looking.
DANYAEL
But what about-
CHRIS
(urgent)
I'll take care of her. Go. Find
Twist before she hurts anyone else.
Danyael nods and starts to head off as Chris stands, scooping
Julie up in his arms.
DANYAEL
Wait - what do I do when I find
her?
CHRIS
(beat)
Hope that I'm back by then.
Danyael GULPS as Chris hurries out of frame, and after
looking at his two available exits, he picks the left hand
one and moves on.
Danyael steps out into a long, narrow corridor, making his
way along with constant glances over one shoulder.
He passes an open doorway and pauses as he hears someone
SOBBING from inside.
Looking in, he sees Twist sitting in the middle of the room,
her whole body hunched over and heaving as she SOBS.
Danyael hesitates, looking back round - but Chris is long
gone. After another beat, he steps into the room:
7 INT. ABANDONED BUILDING - ROOM - CONTINUOUS 7
Danyael creeps carefully towards Twist, who continues to
weep, not showing any signs that she knows he's there.
DANYAEL
Twist?
Twist stops crying, and slowly lifts her head to look at him -
and she looks back to normal. Tears stain her cheeks,
smudging her mascara, and she just looks like a frightened
little girl.
TWIST
(quiet)
Danyael?
DANYAEL
Is it you? I mean... if I come any
closer, you're not gonna hand me my
own ass, are you?
Twist SNIFFS, wiping her eyes.
TWIST
I don't... I don't know what's
going on... where am I?
Danyael edges closer, still wary of any attack.
DANYAEL
Don't you remember?
TWIST
Last thing I remember is sitting in
the van with you, then all of a
sudden I'm in here, and...
She looks down at her hands and sees the blood splashed
across them, and recoils in horror.
TWIST (cont'd)
Oh, crap... Spook, what have I
done?
DANYAEL
So far, nothing that a few drinks
and some icepacks won't fix.
He reaches out a hand towards her.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Come on, let's go find Chris and
Julie, and then we can try to
figure out what-
Her hand SNAPS around his wrist, and as Twist looks up at
Danyael with a blank, distant look in her eyes again, he
knows he's in big trouble.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Uh-
She LUNGES forward, and we SMASH CUT to:
8 EXT. TRUCK STOP/ABANDONED BUILDING - NEXT 8
Chris is sitting Julie down against the back wall of the
station kiosk - when a SMASH overhead makes him look up.
Chris boggles, then throws himself across Julie as a shower
of BROKEN GLASS rains down on him, followed moments later by
Danyael as he THUDS into the ground!
Chris hurries over to him as Danyael GROANS and rolls onto
his back, the wind well and truly knocked out of him.
CHRIS
I take it you found her?
DANYAEL
Chris... something's wrong with
her...
CHRIS
That much we've gathered, Danyael.
Chris helps Danyael to his feet and walks him over to the
wall next to Julie, who is starting to come round.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Did she say anything before she
attacked you?
DANYAEL
(wincing)
She doesn't know what's going on.
Seems like she's blacking out every
time she gets all, you know... like
that.
Chris lays a comforting hand on Danyael's shoulder as he
stretches, testing his wounds - and then they hear a
commotion coming from round by the truck stop forecourt.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
What's going on?
Chris' expression darkens, and without another word he dashes
off, rounding a corner and heading onto:
9 EXT. TRUCK STOP - CONTINUOUS 9
Truckers and commuters alike scatter as Chris races across
the wide forecourt - and up ahead, shaded by the roof of the
gas station pumps, Twist is busy crashing her way through
anything and everything in her path.
She KICKS a screaming woman to the floor and THROWS her
unfortunate husband through the air to bounce off the side of
a gas pump.
CHRIS
Twist!!
That gets her attention - she turns to see Chris running
towards her and breaks into a sprint herself.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Get out of her way! Everybody move!
Twist SHOVES a beefy biker out of her path as she races
towards the rows of parked trucks, cabs and trailers.
Breaking left and out into the sunlight, smoke starts to pour
off her body as she LEAPS through the air and straight into
the cabin of one of the huge eighteen-wheelers.
Chris is still running over as Twist HURLS the driver out
onto the gravel, and before he can reach her she's started
the truck's engine, REVVING it and sending it thundering
towards him!
As the truck picks up speed, Chris is forced to DIVE out of
the way, the truck CRASHING past several smaller vehicles and
sending them spinning away.
He picks himself up - and sees with horror that Twist is
heading straight for a second bay of gas pumps!
Chris leaps to his feet, sprinting after the truck as fast as
he can, passing the scattered cabbies and motorists spread
across the forecourt.
Twist slams the truck into higher gear, putting her foot down
as she accelerates towards the pumps. Her eyes are glazed and
her expression is blank - she's a million miles away.
Still racing as hard as he can, Chris is drawing level with
the back of the trailer when it finally starts to pull away
from him, and with a YELL he LEAPS after it, his katana
flashing round and embedding itself in the back of the
trailer with a solid THUNK.
Danyael and Julie round the corner of the kiosk and watch in
amazement as Chris pulls himself up onto a ladder leading
onto the roof of the box trailer.
JULIE
Is that-
DANYAEL
Yeah.
JULIE
And she's-
DANYAEL
Looks like it.
JULIE
And Chris is-
DANYAEL
(nods)
Uh-huh.
They exchange a slow look - and then both race out into the
open, heading for the runaway truck! Danyael veers around any
patches of sunlight as best he can.
Chris makes it onto the roof of the trailer, struggling to
keep his balance as the truck bounces across the asphalt.
He races towards the cabin and jumps down onto its roof, a
sudden BUMP from the truck nearly throwing him off onto the
ground below.
10 INT. TRUCK - CABIN - CONTINUOUS 10
Twist is still staring straight ahead at the rapidly closing
gas pumps as Chris swings through the passenger side window
with a SMASH.
CHRIS
Twist! Snap out of it!
He lunges for the wheel, but she ELBOWS him in the face, and
as he reels back she KICKS him squarely in the chest.
Chris whacks into the passenger door - which flies open! He
hangs on for dear life as he swings out into empty air, his
legs flailing.
Chris manages to grab the passenger seat and drag himself
back inside, the pumps now only seconds away as he clambers
back inside.
Having tried the diplomatic approach, he goes for force - and
PUNCHES Twist across the jaw. She rears back to return the
blow, but Chris SLAMS his shoulder into her, opening the
driver's side door and SHOVING her out of the cabin in one
swift move.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Sorry...
He grabs the wheel - there's no time to think. He WRENCHES
the wheel to the left as far as it'll go, standing on the
brakes as he does.
11 EXT. TRUCK STOP/GAS PUMPS - NEXT 11
The truck SQUEALS as its air brakes kick in, smoke rising
from the tires as they lock up.
The entire cabin and trailer veers sharply to the left, but
it's going too fast to be stable - and with an almighty
CRASH, it falls on its side, still skidding towards the
pumps.
12 INT. TRUCK - CABIN - NEXT 12
Chris is thrown away from the wheel, and can only watch as
the truck slides closer and closer to the pumps...
13 EXT. TRUCK STOP/GAS PUMPS - NEXT 13
Its trailer SCREECHING across the gravel, the truck gradually
slows down - and with a final HISS comes to a stop - just
bumping into the nearest pump.
There's a brief moment of silence - then the pumps falls on
its side with a CRASH, the sound echoing around the
forecourt.
Julie comes running into frame, followed by several gas
station staff and truckers, as a bruised and battered Chris
pulls himself out of the cabin.
JULIE
Jesus, Chris! Are you okay?
Coughing, Chris nods, looking round for Twist - and sees that
Danyael has her safely out of the sun over by the kiosk.
She's out cold, and Danyael gives him the thumbs up.
As a crowd starts to gather around the stricken truck, and
Chris clambers back down to the ground, we DISSOLVE TO:
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