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22 EXT. HEPBURN CEMETARY - NIGHT 22
A large, well-kept cemetary a little way out from the edge of
the city centre, looking down across the main, mist-covered
rows of crypts and gravestones.
Chris' black van is parked behind the cover of a small
thicket of trees, the lights out.
23 INT. BLACK VAN - NEXT 23
Twist and Sanctus sit up front, their eyes scanning the
graveyard below them as Julie, Diego and Syren get ready in
the back. Julie and Diego are sorting through various weapons
as Syren, dressed all in back, carefully peels away the
bandages around her throat.
Everybody looks tired and pale - what they'd all like to do
now is take some time to grieve for Chris and Danyael, but
they all know there's work to be done first.
JULIE
(to Syren)
How are you feeling?
Syren experimentally touches her throat - and Julie is
surprised to see that the marks from the cut are almost gone!
SYREN
Better.
JULIE
Am I the only person here who
doesn't get some kind of superhuman
healing power?
DIEGO
Makes you more unique, Julie.
TWIST
Hey! There. You see that?
Twist sits up in her seat, pointing to something in the
graveyard below, and the others crowd forward to see.
Down below, the solitary form of Vivian can be seen, winding
her way through the tombstones, shining a flashlight left and
right as though searching for something.
SANCTUS
She's alone.
TWIST
Yeah? And?
SANCTUS
She never travels alone. Not these
days.
TWIST
You ever stop to consider that
maybe she's just that fricken sure
of herself?
Twist grabs her baseball bat and opens the passenger door.
SANCTUS
Twist! Wait! Where are you going?
TWIST
I'm going to spread the inside of
that bitches head all over the
grass. Anybody who wants to join
in, just follow me.
Twist shuts the door and marches away, and with a muttered
curse Sanctus turns to the others.
SANCTUS
We should follow her, but stay in
cover for as long as possible.
JULIE
Twist could be right. Vivian could
just be scouting the place out
before the main crew shows up.
SYREN
Vivian is here?
DIEGO
Do not worry, senorita. She will
not hurt you again.
SYREN
Oh, I know.
Diego double takes at Syren's calm delivery, before Sanctus
picks up his sword and opens the driver's side door.
SANCTUS
Let's move out. Remember, stay
hidden, and let's all hope Twist is
right.
The team start to exit the van as we cut to:
24 EXT. HEPBURN CEMETARY - MAIN GRAVEYARD - NEXT 24
Vivian is still sweeping her flashlight across the
gravestones, stopping as she comes to a larger crypt. She
peers at the inscriptions on its side, taking a piece of
paper out of her pocket and checking it against the
inscriptions.
With a satisfied grin, she straightens up - revealing Twist
standing a few feet behind her.
TWIST
Thinking of getting a place here?
Vivian jumps and spins round, rolling her eyes when she sees
Twist.
VIVIAN
Oh, it's you.
TWIST
Funnily enough, yeah. Can't think
of many other people who hate you
enough to track you down into a
graveyard in the middle of the
night right now. I mean, not
counting pretty much everybody
who's ever met you, anyway.
VIVIAN
Look, Twist, despite what you think
about me, we're not so different in
all of this.
TWIST
Oh, really?
(folds arms)
This oughtta be good.
VIVIAN
We're both being used.
TWIST
(beat)
No, sorry, no idea what you're
saying right now.
VIVIAN
We're both stuck following the
orders of some guy we owe something
to.
TWIST
Ri-ight.
VIVIAN
We could walk away and leave, but
then we wouldn't get what we want,
and that just burns us up every
night until we can't sleep for
thinking about how we're going to
get our hands on it.
TWIST
Is this just about you banging
Manon or something? 'Cause, me and
Chris... never like that.
VIVIAN
Damn it, listen to me!
TWIST
Why the hell should I?
Twist surges forward, catching Vivian off guard and pinning
her against the crypt with a loud THUMP.
TWIST (cont'd)
You murdered the two people who
mattered the most to me in this
whole stupid world!
VIVIAN
Hey, I didn't kill anybody! Check
your facts, blondie!
Vivian SHOVES Twist back, and Twist swings Duggan round in
response. Vivian ducks, the bat SMASHING a chunk out of the
crumbling crypt, before Vivian KICKS it out of her hands.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
Look, we both want the same thing
here!
TWIST
You're gonna scoop your own brain
out and eat it? Man, that'd save me
a whole hell of a lot of dry
cleaning bills.
VIVIAN
I want to be human again!
TWIST
(hesitates)
Say what now?
VIVIAN
That's what I want! Didn't you pick
up on that when we were partners?
That's why I needed the healing
device! You think this...
(points to herself)
... any of this, that this is how I
want to spend eternity? No god damn
way!
TWIST
So you're helping some mad French
dude destroy the world... so you
can become a real little girl
again?
A beat. Vivian's clearly never admitted this to anyone else
before, and there's a moment as Twist weight this up...
TWIST (cont'd)
Oh, you are so full of it!
POW! Twist lays Vivian out with one powerful PUNCH, grabbing
her by the shirt and lifting her up off the floor. Twist is
blazing with anger now, her fist already raised.
TWIST (cont'd)
(steaming)
Do you have any idea what you and
your little Gallic bedtime buddy
have taken from me? Do you have the
slightest idea of what they meant
to me? What I can't ever get back
because of you?
VIVIAN
So go ahead... kill me.
Twist hesitates, and Vivian glares back up at her.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
Show me how you're different than
me, Twist. Finish me off. Prove
you're not bad.
Twist keeps a hold of her for another beat - then drops
Vivian to the ground, stepping back.
TWIST
I'm nothing like you.
VIVIAN
No... you never were, were you?
SPOTLIGHTS suddenly blaze into life, and Twist staggers back,
shielding her eyes as Vivian gets to her feet.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
You'd never take that extra step to
get what you want!
Vivian viciously KICKS Twist in the chest, and as she crashes
to the ground, we rejoin:
Sanctus and the others, keeping out of sight, who watch with
horror as floodlights illuminate the graveyard.
The lights are mounted on the back of several large vans,
which trundle across the cemetary plots, crunching
gravestones beneath their wheels.
They're accompanied by several squads of black-clothed
SKORPIONE GUARDS, all armed with machine guns and sporting
full body armour.
JULIE
Okay... Twist was wrong.
SANCTUS
Let's-
But Diego is already up and out of cover, charging towards
the advancing soldiers! With a glance back at Julie, Sanctus
follows, with Julie grabbing Syren's hand to lead her behind
them all.
Vivian turns to the guards as they stand sharply to attention
before her, with the winded Twist still trying to get up
behind her.
VIVIAN
(gestures to crypt)
It's under there. Start digging.
The guards head for the crypt, followed by the vans, as their
doors open and disgorge more black-clothed agents, this time
bearing pickaxes, shovels and portable pneumatic drills.
Vivian heads over to Twist, grabbing her by the hair and
dragging her to her feet.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
I'm sorry Chris had to go out the
way he did, I really am... but if
I'd had my way, it'd have been
something a whole hell of a lot
worse than a collapsing god damn
building!
She KNEES Twist in the face, blood spattering from her nose
as she drops to the ground again.
Vivian hears SHOUTS and looks up - and sees Diego and Sanctus
attacking the vanguard of the Skorpione guards!
VIVIAN (cont'd)
(mutters)
Oh, man... here we go again.
She reaches for her back and draws a long, thin SWORD,
turning it round in her hands - and the sword starts to
CRACKLE with electricity!
Vivian starts to head towards Sanctus and the others, but
there's a CRASH from behind her and she turns round - the
crypt door has been bashed open by her workers!
Torn between the two options, she reluctantly picks the
crypt, hurrying over and pausing to KICK the fallen Twist
again for good measure.
She stops to address one of the guards as she steps through
the crypt's open doorway.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
Tell Monsieur Manon that if he
wants to get his hands dirty, now's
the time to do it.
She disappears inside, followed by two more workers, and we
cut back over to Sanctus, Diego, Julie and Syren as they
fight their way through the swarm of guards.
Julie is having to watch Syren as well as herself, letting
off shots when she can but having to keep pushing Syren out
of the way of attacking guards.
JULIE
Syren, come on! Get with the
action!
Syren stumbles back, disorientated, but then closes her eyes,
trying to focus and gather her senses.
A guard raises his gun to shoot her down - and she spins
round, striking out with her hand and CHOPPING him in the
side of the neck!
He drops to the floor, and as two more guards rush towards
her, she turns and lets out an ear-splitting SCREECH that
sends them both stumbling to the ground.
Opening her eyes, she allows herself a brief smile - and then
WHACK! The butt of a rifle cracks across her jaw, and she
hits the deck.
JULIE (cont'd)
Syren!!
Julie's focus is broken for a beat - and she takes a PUNCH
from another guard, staggering back and almost dropping her
handgun.
She raises it in time to fire two SHOTS, point blank,
dropping her attacker, but as she shoves his body away, she
looks up to see a BLAZE of white energy starting to form a
few feet away...
Sanctus and Diego are distracted from their own battles as
the ball of light ROARS with unleashed energy - then
dissipates as quickly as it arrived.
There's a beat - and Manon marches forward, his massive,
flaming sword in both hands as he gleefully swings it towards
Diego!
SANCTUS
Look out!
Sanctus pulls Diego back just in time, getting his own sword
up to CLASH with Manon.
SANCTUS (cont'd)
So you decided to make an
appearance at last, then?
MANON
(smirks)
I needed the exercise.
The two swordsmen step up to the plate - Sanctus is the
faster fighter but Manon is clearly stronger, as every blow
from his powerful sword almost knocks Sanctus off his feet!
Diego does his best to watch Sanctus' back, racing to attack
any guards who try to get a shot off at him, his sword
SLICING rifles in two.
Over by the crypt, a few guards stand by the entrance,
anxiously watching the battle - until with an almighty CRACK,
Twist's bat swings into frame, SHATTERING the visor of one
guard's helmet.
Her face twisted with rage, she descends on the other two,
dropping them both with a chain of PUNCHES and KICKS. She
turns to the open doorway and darts inside - getting to
Vivian is all she cares about right now.
25 INT. CRYPT OF MCCREARY - NEXT 25
Twist hurries down a small flight of stone steps, seeing a
smoking HOLE in the ground before her - looks like Vivian's
team used explosives to get to their destination.
A ring of small glowsticks have been left round the hole to
mark it, so Twist grabs a handful before dropping down into:
26 INT. CRYPT OF MCCREARY - TUNNEL - CONTINUOUS 26
Hearing the sounds of DRILLING up ahead, Twist hurries on
through the gloom as best she can, racing down a narrow,
pitch black corridor, the glowsticks raised to try and help.
She soon finds the tunnel widening, opening out into:
27 INT. CRYPT OF MCCREARY - LIBRARY CHAMBER - CONTINUOUS 27
Twist finds herself in a large chamber with rows and rows of
old BOOKS lining the alcoves carved out of the walls!
She spots Vivian and her workers up ahead, attacking a sealed
stone door which crumbles away with a CRASH, and with a
determined look she marches towards them as we cut back to:
28 EXT. HEPBURN CEMETARY - MAIN GRAVEYARD - NEXT 28
The battle is still in full swing, but Sanctus' side are on
the back foot now - Diego is forced to run for cover as
GUNFIRE chases after him, and as he dives behind a large
crypt for cover we pan across to pick up Julie with the
unconscious Syren.
Julie is nursing a gunshot wound to her arm, already looking
weak from blood loss but trying to stay focused.
She quickly leans out, FIRES three shots back at the guards
pinning them down and then ducks back out of view.
The gunfire stops suddenly. Julie waits a beat, then starts
to stand - and the crypt sheltering them suddenly EXPLODES
outwards, showering them with plaster as a body BLASTS
through it!
A shocked Julie shields Syren as best she can - but another
piece of the crypt CRACKS off her head, and she slumps down
to the floor.
She groggily lifts her head to see Sanctus, his own sword
speared through his belly, sprawled on the grass! Sanctus
GROANS, trying to get up, as Julie's eyelids flutter and she
passes out at last - shortly before the remains of the crypt
COLLAPSE over her and Syren!
29 INT. CRYPT OF MCCREARY - LIBRARY CHAMBER - NEXT 29
Vivian emerges from the chamber beyond the stone door, a pair
of thick, dusty books under her arms - to be met by a
powerful CRUNCH as Twist slams her bat into her chest!
Vivian spins round and hits the deck hard, giving Twist the
chance to dive forward and SMASH the two worker's heads
together, dropping them both.
The red mist well and truly set in, Twist grabs Vivian and
hauls her up, landing two heavy PUNCHES to the stunned
Vivian.
TWIST
You feeling so high and mighty now,
huh? Feeling so much better than
everybody else?
(hits her again)
Well, guess what, princess! You
ain't all tha-
ZAP! Twist is blasted off her feet as a bolt of purple energy
SLAMS into her - and the groggy Vivian looks up to see Manon
walking towards her.
VIVIAN
What... where are...
MANON
There is no time to pursue your
childish vendettas, Vivian! We 'ave
but a short time to get these texts
back to our base and use them, or
we will miss the celestial event
that we 'ave been waiting for, and
our efforts tonight will 'ave been
for nothing!
Manon hauls Vivian to her feet, grabbing the two books and
pressing them into her hands. Vivian looks back towards the
fallen Twist as they head for the exit.
VIVIAN
What about her?
Manon turns and grins - then reaches a hand up towards the
ceiling. The chamber starts to SHUDDER, and as hunks of rock
CRASH down from the ceiling, Manon and Vivian waste no time
in dashing for the exit, leaving Twist in the middle of a
full-on cave-in as we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
30 EXT. HEPBURN CEMETARY - NIGHT 30
The scene is silent. A contrast to the ferocious battle that
was raging through it a short while ago.
The shattered remains of another crypt aim us towards a large
section of its wall that pins Diego to the floor, the
Hispanic warrior still and unmoving.
Sanctus lies close by, also still, his sword still embedded
deep in his gut.
There's a GROAN - and the bricks crushing Diego start to
move! Diego's legs start to shift as he tries to push the
weight off him, and after several agonising moments the chunk
of crypt finally rolls to one side.
Diego sits up, but grimaces and SHOUTS in pain, clutching his
chest. He gingerly presses at his rib cage, confirming his
fears of several possible breaks.
He looks round, seeing the fallen Sanctus at last. There's no
sign of Julie or Syren - they're covered by the rubble of the
collapsed crypt some distance away.
DIEGO
Madre dios...
Diego painfully drags himself towards Sanctus, clawing his
way across the ground as he looks around. The vans,
floodlights and Skorpione guards are all gone.
Diego reaches Sanctus at last, dragging him up onto his knee
and shaking him, trying to rouse him.
DIEGO (cont'd)
Sanctus? Sanctus! Come on, senor,
wake up! Subida!
Frustrated, Diego looks up and around, seeing the relative
sanctuary of the trees the team were using for cover earlier,
before we cut to:
31 EXT. HEPBURN CEMETARY - HILLSIDE - NEXT 31
With Sanctus' heavy body draped carefully over his shoulders,
fireman style, Diego staggers over to the cover of the trees,
laying Sanctus down on the ground before collapsing to his
knees himself.
Diego looks down at the sword in Sanctus' gut, grabbing the
handle and taking a moment.
He WRENCHES the sword free, the shock of which finally rouses
Sanctus with a YELL of pain.
Diego tosses the bloody sword away, grinning as he pats
Sanctus on the shoulder.
DIEGO
Welcome back, mi amigo.
SANCTUS
What... what happened?
DIEGO
I believe we lost. Again.
Sanctus looks round and tries to get up, but as fresh pain
tears through his body he collapses back down.
SANCTUS
Julie... is she...
DIEGO
I do not know. I hope not. Come, we
should find them and get ourselves
out of here before anybody-
He stops as he hears the distant sound of approaching POLICE
SIRENS.
DIEGO (cont'd)
(rolls eyes)
Always when you need them, eh? I
imagine the sounds of gunfire and
explosions from earlier drew plenty
of attention...
SANCTUS
We can't stay here. The police
would ask the sorts of questions
people like us cannot answer.
Sanctus grimly pushes himself up to his knees, and with
Diego's help the two wounded soldiers finally get to their
feet.
DIEGO
But what about Julie and Syren?
Sanctus looks up at him, knowing that they have to get the
girls back but they can't risk a run-in with the authorities
in their current state - but as red and blue flashing lights
fall over the scene, the decision is made for him.
SANCTUS
(points)
Look. Ambulances.
Sure enough, there are two AMBULANCES accompanying the police
cars as they screech to a halt by the cemetary entrance.
DIEGO
And?
SANCTUS
Look at us, Diego. We're in no fit
state to provide medical assistance
to ourselves, let alone Julie and
Syren. They'll be in better hands
down there.
DIEGO
So we will just have to track them
down later when they have had
chance to recover, si?
SANCTUS
(shakes head)
We can't wait that long. If Manon
got into the crypt, and by his
absence I can only assume that he
did, then he'll be in possession of
everything he needs to harness the
energy of the Boston power node.
Sanctus starts to get up, but an angry Diego grabs his arm.
DIEGO
I think you have taken one blow to
the head too many, senor! We will
not stand a chance against Manon
without some assistance! You know
this!
SANCTUS
I also know that if we waste time
waiting for Julie and Syren to heal
from their injuries, Manon will be
unopposed in his schemes!
DIEGO
You would rather throw your life
away in a fruitless battle you
cannot possibly win, than take a
moment to gather your strength and
make a more meaningful assault?
SANCTUS
Of course not!
(beat)
I'm just aware of the fact that we
have run out of time to have any
other options now.
DIEGO
So what are we meant to do now?
SANCTUS
As Twist would say... work on a
plan 'b.'
(thought hits him)
Twist! Did you see...
Diego shakes his head, and Sanctus lets out a heavy sigh.
SANCTUS (cont'd)
We will just have to hope that she
is also safe.
The duo watch as paramedics and police descend on the
cemetary, and we cut to:
32 INT. CRYPT OF MCCREARY - LIBRARY CHAMBER - NEXT 32
Pitch darkness greets us as we return to the underground
chamber - but somebody is moving around in the gloom.
The faint glow of a yellow glowstick appears amidst the
black, and it illuminates Twist - she's sporting a few grazes
from falling rubble but seems otherwise unhurt.
She gets to her feet, limping and trying not to put her
weight on her right leg as she hobbles towards the entrance -
but even with the paltry light from the glowstick, she can
see there's no way out.
A solid wall of rubble faces her - there's no way back to the
surface via the way she came in.
TWIST
(sighs)
Yup, that just about sums up my
life right now.
She turns, holding the glowstick high and squinting into the
gloom.
TWIST (cont'd)
And this would be the part where I
find out vampire night vision ain't
all it's cracked up to be...
She starts to make her way back down the tunnel, clambering
over stray heaps of rocks and taking care not to dislodge
anything, as we cut to:
33 EXT. HEPBURN CEMETARY - NIGHT 33
As puzzled police officers examine the bodies of several
fallen Skorpione guards, scratching their heads as they try
to work out what a force of heavily-armed men were doing in a
cemetary in the middle of the night, the paramedics are
finding there's nobody left alive who needs their
assistance...
... until one of them spots Julie's arm sticking out from
beneath the heap of rubble covering her, and with shouts to
his co-workers he hurries over.
As several cops and paramedics descend on the ruins of the
crypt, forming a chain to remove the debris, Julie and then
Syren are uncovered at last, both girls still out cold.
PARAMEDIC
(checks her pulse)
She's alive! Get me a gurney over
here, stat!
As one paramedic races back over to the closest ambulance,
the other reaches in to check Julie over for any broken
bones, and we cut to:
34 INT. CARGO CHAMBER - NIGHT 34
Manon walks proudly into frame, casting his eyes over the
work going on all around him - three miniature versions of
the temples have now been almost fully constructed in the
cargo bay.
The bay swarms with guards and workers, with several gangs of
vampires hanging around, chattering amongst themselves. Manon
turns to Vivian, who looks far from happy with the situation
at the moment.
MANON
Your kind has an unfortunate
leaning towards laziness, Vivian.
It is not an aspect of their
character that I care for.
VIVIAN
(scowls)
Building temples and worshipping
monsters from another dimension
ain't exactly our 'thing,' Jacques.
We like the simple things in life.
Manon grins, strolling over to her and placing a surprisingly
tender hand against her cheek. She glares at him for a beat,
then closes her eyes and lays a hand on his.
MANON
Now that is something I can
understand.
VIVIAN
(smirks)
Don't try that New Orleans charm on
me, Jacques. I fell for it once,
and that's all. This thing we're
doing, it's business. Not pleasure.
MANON
Come now! 'Ave I not given you
everything you wanted? I showed you
'ow to find Doctor Parker and the
parts of the healing device you
needed, did I not?
VIVIAN
Yeah, which you're now keeping from
me to make me into your bitch!
Vivian's mood darkens again, and she steps away from him.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
You're gonna have to give me
something a little more solid than
your word this time.
MANON
Or what?
VIVIAN
Or I'm out.
MANON
You would give up your chance of
restoring your 'umanity?
VIVIAN
(shrugs)
There's bound to be other ways. I
got time to find 'em.
Manon eyes her for a beat - then bursts into LAUGHTER, which
doesn't help Vivian's mood.
MANON
You are indeed a rare creature, my
dear Vivian.
He steps closer to her, and before she can react, he KISSES
her - and after a beat, she returns the kiss. He steps back,
laying an arm round her shoulder.
MANON (cont'd)
If my methods 'ave given you cause
for concern, then I am truly sorry.
It is just the way I am used to
doing business. I 'ave promised you
your freedom, and I am a man of my
word.
Now it's her turn to eye him - but she can't help cracking
into a smile. As they kiss again, we cut to:
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