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28 INT. MOTEL ROOM - NEXT 28
Julie lies in the bed, curled up into a tight little ball and
with the pillow wrapped around her head, pressing it as tight
as she can.
All around her, dozens of WHISPERING VOICES can be heard,
echoing through the silence of the room.
VOICES
No-one trusts you... never be as
good... just going to get them all
killed... he'll never come back...
they think you're weak... he'll
never love you...
JULIE
(yells)
Shut up!!
She squeezes her eyes shut, but when there's a KNOCK at her
door, the voices instantly stop.
DANYAEL (O.S.)
(through door)
Julie? Are you okay?
Julie blinks, looking round, then turns on the bedside lamp
and quickly wipes her eyes dry.
29 EXT. MOTEL - FIRST FLOOR - NEXT 29
Julie opens the door to Danyael, still rubbing her eyes.
DANYAEL
Man, you look rough.
JULIE
Thanks.
DANYAEL
You okay in there? Sounded like you
were having a bad dream or
something.
JULIE
I was. Now I'm not, thank God.
DANYAEL
Want me to sit in with you for a
minute? Help chase the bad vibes
away?
He holds up his bag and gives it a little shake.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
My buddy Jack can come along too,
if you like...
She grins, but shakes her head.
JULIE
Thanks, but no. I just want to get
some rest.
DANYAEL
Okay, cool.
He turns to go, but she reaches out and lays a hand on his
arm to stop him.
JULIE
Danyael...
DANYAEL
Yeah?
A beat. Julie looks ready to say something - but then waves
her hand dismissively.
JULIE
Never mind. I'll see you in the
morning.
He nods and heads off, and Julie pushes the door closed:
30 INT. MOTEL ROOM - NEXT 30
Julie turns and leans against the door, sliding down to sit
on the floor, her hands pushing through her hair.
She sighs heavily, not looking like she's going to be getting
any sleep tonight as we return to:
31 INT. SUENO'S HOME - LABORATORY - NIGHT 31
Syren is dozing peacefully, Sueno watching the readouts as he
flips through a large, bulky SPELLBOOK open before him.
He turns to Syren, adjusting some of the electrode pads, then
pauses to gently stroke her hair.
SUENO
You are tough, little on, so I hope
you are tough enough for this.
We PUSH IN on Syren as Sueno returns to his machines, and:
WHITE OUT:
32 INT. LARGE BALLROOM - DAY 32
We're looking down at a PIANO, a grand old thing indeed, as
our hands flow over the keys with practised ease. We're
playing a classical piece with flawless accuracy - until a
wrong note rings out like somebody just dropped an anvil.
We look up - and into the disapproving face of a MUSIC
TEACHER, a haughty-looking man with greying hair and small
pince nez glasses.
TEACHER
(shaking head)
No, no, no. That is not how the
fifth movement is supposed to end
at all! Here. Let me show you.
He motions for us to move up the seat, and we shift a little,
looking up and around the room - we're in an obviously
affluent house, the trappings of wealth evident in the
furniture and decor all around.
The music teacher starts to play the piece again, hardly
glancing at the sheet music as his fingers dance nimbly over
the keys, before we hear:
WOMAN'S VOICE (O.S.)
Lyra?
We whip round, following the sound of the voice, but just as
a woman starts to come into view, we cut to:
33 INT. SUENO'S HOME - LABORATORY - NIGHT 33
Sueno looks up - several of his machines are BEEPING
urgently, and he peers over his glasses at their displays. He
frowns, surprised by what he's seeing.
SUENO
That shouldn't be happening...
(shakes head)
Not so soon.
He turns to look at Syren, who is starting to shift a little
in her seat, still sedated, as we:
WHITE OUT:
34 EXT. CITY STREET - DAY 34
Back with the mob of people, bodies pushing in on us from all
sides as we join in with the crowd as they CHANT something,
over and over again.
What they're saying can't be made out, but now we can see
home-made flags, banners and placards raised into the air -
this is some kind of protest.
There's a series of WHISTLES, followed by SHOUTS of alarm as
the riot police surge forward again, scything through the
crowd of protestors with ease, but before they reach us, we:
WHITE OUT:
35 INT. LAB - DAY 35
Suddenly, we're inside some kind of lab, hiding round a
corner as a lab-coated orderly walks by. The sounds of
various ANIMALS in distress can be heard - a cacophony of
BARKS, WAILS, SQUEAKS and other noises.
We turn to our left - and there stands three more PEOPLE,
each one dressed all in black and looking for all the world
like an amateur commando squad. Minus the weapons.
MAN IN BLACK
(whispers)
Come on, Lyra! Are we gonna do
this, or what? We've got about
thirty seconds before security
finds that hole we cut in the
perimeter fence!
We turn back round, peeking out carefully round the corner,
and row upon row of CAGES start to come into view - this is
where all the noise is coming from.
Within the cages are dozens of ANIMALS, large and small,
every species you can think of, and all of them making a
tremendous racket in protest against their captivity.
We dart forward, ducking behind metal operating tables and
pasts vats of bubbling chemicals, our eyes lingering on a
tray of polished SURGICAL TOOLS as we pass.
As our hands reach out we see they're holding a LOCK PICK,
and with a few deft twists of our wrist we've popped open the
first cage, letting the door swing open as we move on to the
next.
Glancing over our shoulder, the rest of the team are doing
the same, freeing the animals and letting them find their own
way out of the cages.
Our attention is drawn to a stack of cages standing away from
the others, covered in thick DRAPES.
With another glance back at the others, nobody is paying us
any heed as we head for the next set of cages.
The locks are exposed, and so we get to work again, this time
finding the lock will need a little more than some bent
pieces of metal to open it.
We look round and see a FIRE EXTINGUISHER against the wall,
so we grab it, raise it up and SMASH IT against the lock!
The lock pops free, and we reach forward and swing the door
open, reaching for the drapes to pull them back.
At first, nothing can be seen within the cage...
... until something makes an inhuman SHRIEK, and a blur of
movement darts straight for us!
We hear ourselves SCREAM as we fall back to the floor, and as
whatever just attacked us SHRIEKS again, we hear:
MAN IN BLACK (cont'd)
Lyra? Lyra! Where are you? Yvette!
Can you see Lyra?
WOMAN IN BLACK
Lyra!
Two of the team come dashing into frame, but something FLIES
in front of us - some kind of huge, jet black INSECT, its
wings BUZZING at terrific volume!
Our hands lash out, trying to beat it away, but the insect
shrugs off the blows, its long, needle-like head ZAPPING
forward, and as we SCREAM again the creature lets out a
SHRIEK to match us, and we SMASH CUT to:
36 INT. SUENO'S HOME - LABORATORY - NIGHT 36
Sueno's monitoring equipment is going bonkers, with error
messages and warning alarms ringing out all round the room.
Sueno desperately rushes from one to the next, trying to keep
up with the escalating chaos.
He looks to Syren - who is the only thing not infected by the
panic, still only turning restlessly from side to side -
before grabbing the nearest printout, his eyes bulging at
what he reads.
SUENO
No... it can't be...
He lets the paper fall from his hands - and suddenly, several
machines close by EXPLODE!
He shields his face, ducking back as a shower of SPARKS flies
into the air - and then more machines DETONATE, thousands of
dollars of equipment self-destructing in an inferno of chunks
of plastic, raining sparks and small spurts of FLAME.
Sueno dashes over to Syren, checking her pulse, then reaching
for another air hypo, fumbling with a clear liquid as he
tries to load it in...
... and Syren's HAND lashes into frame, GRABBING him by the
throat!
He drops the air hypo, which CLATTERS to the floor, and as
Sueno's bulging eyes follow the hand back to its owner, Syren
slowly rises from the chair.
Things are still blowing up all around her, blazing flashes
of light filling the room as Syren seems to stare right at
Sueno, her face expressionless...
... and then she starts to SQUEEZE! Sueno struggles, choking
in her grip, but there isn't a flicker of emotion on Syren's
face as we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
37 INT. MOTEL ROOM - NIGHT 37
Julie lies in bed, her back to us, the lights out. She shifts
and turns round - and she's still wide awake.
Her cell phone starts to BUZZ, and she reaches up to switch
her lamp on, glad of the distraction.
JULIE
(into phone)
Hello?
SUENO
(filtered; weak)
Miss... Miss Kingston, I'm... I'm
afraid there's been... a terrible
accident...
CLICK. The line goes dead. An alarmed Julie hesitates for a
beat, before we cut to:
38 EXT. MOTEL - PARKING LOT - NEXT 38
The van is ready to go, engine running as Danyael clatters
down the steps, still pulling on his jacket.
The van's side door is open, and the others are all waiting
inside for him. He stumbles and almost falls flat, but
manages to clamber into the van which promptly SCREECHES
away.
39 INT. VAN - NEXT 39
Danyael looks like he's had a little too much to drink,
shaking his head to clear the cobwebs as Julie drives up
front, flooring the accelerator.
DANYAEL
So, what went wrong?
JULIE
We don't know yet.
TWIST
Point is, something did, hence the
all hands on deck.
Danyael exhales, still trying to sort his head out.
40 EXT. DIRT ROAD - NEXT 40
The van bounces up the dirt track that leads to Sueno's,
headlights bobbing up and down in the gloom.
41 INT. VAN - NEXT 41
Julie squints into the darkness, trying to see her way along
the bumpy road.
TWIST
Can you remember where you're
going?
JULIE
Just about. Hang on.
She CRUNCHES the van into a lower gear, and the vehicle BUCKS
as it hits another pothole.
JULIE (cont'd)
If I'm right, it should be right
around this...
She trails off, her jaw hanging in shock:
42 EXT. SUENO'S HOME - NEXT 42
The van has rounded a corner and is on the final approach to
Sueno's home - which has been DESTROYED!
Looking like something exploded out from the inside, there's
a huge smoking HOLE bored out through the front of the
building, with SMOKE and FIRES all around, along with piles
of stray DEBRIS.
The van swerves round several of these hazards before
SKIDDING to a halt as close to the mansion as it can get.
The side door slides open as the team hurriedly disembark,
weapons ready but stopping to gaze in awe at the destruction
before them.
Danyael, however, wastes no time in staring and is already
running into the mansion as the others stop and stare.
DANYAEL
Come on! We can stand and watch
later!
He jumps through the jagged opening in the house's face and
heads inside, and the others follow as we cut to:
43 INT. SUENO'S LABORATORY - NEXT 43
The interior of the laboratory is just as wrecked, looking
like a tornado struck dead centre. Machinery is thrown to the
four walls, cables ripped from the ceiling and dozens of
small FIRES burning all around.
There are several CLANGS from the steel door at the entrance,
before it's RAMMED open by Danyael and Diego, carrying a
heavy (and now broken) statue between them.
They toss the makeshift battering ram aside as Julie clatters
down the steps and into the lab, searching the wreckage for
any sign of Sueno.
JULIE
Senor Sueno? Senor! Can you hear
me?
TWIST
Over here!
With a GRUNT, she hefts up a chunk of fallen equipment to
reveal Sueno, his battered body BLOODY and BRUISED.
Julie rushes to his side, checking his pulse and breathing
before quickly examining his body. Sueno GROANS and tries to
rise, but Julie keeps him still.
JULIE
You have several broken bones,
Senor. Maybe some internal
bleeding. You need to lie still.
SUENO
She... I couldn't stop her...
TWIST
Stop who? Where's Syren?
(beat; awful realisation)
Did... did she do this?
Sueno COUGHS, blood bubbling on his lips, and Julie looks
around for anything she can use to help.
SUENO
When the spells... did their work,
she... she remembered more than she
could comprehend, and... she
just...
(coughs)
You have to find her!
Diego steps into frame, laying a hand on Sueno's arm.
DIEGO
We will, senor. Rest easy now.
(to Julie)
Can you help him?
JULIE
I'll do what I can. Why? Are you
three-
DIEGO
We are going to find Syren.
Diego stands, motioning for Danyael and Twist to follow.
DANYAEL
Wait, shouldn't we just-
JULIE
Go, Danny. I'm alright.
With a last look around, Danyael follows Twist and Diego as
they race back up the stairs, leaving Julie to try and make
Sueno comfortable, supporting his neck.
JULIE (cont'd)
Can you remember anything else?
SUENO
She woke up... something was
different, she... she attacked me,
and before I knew it, she was
gone...
Sueno grabs Julie's arm urgently.
SUENO (cont'd)
Don't let them hurt her! She
doesn't know what she's doing!
JULIE
They won't.
(grim)
Not unless they have to.
Sueno coughs again, and as Julie casts a worried look back
towards the door, we cut to:
44 EXT. WOODLAND - NIGHT 44
Out in the woods, all is quiet. The nearest town is some way
off, and with the Rockies rising high in the background, all
we can hear are faint sounds from the local animal life.
An OWL lets out a HOOT into the night, its head swivelling to
survey its domain below...
... until with an almighty CRACK, the tree next to it is
BLOWN IN TWO!
The owl takes flight, quickly swooping up and away as the two
severed halves of the tree come CRASHING to the ground.
The woods are suddenly filled with noise, as panicked animals
run for cover, but there's a loud, deep RUMBLING sound that
stops everything in its tracks.
More trees suddenly start to WARP, bending unnaturally out of
shape as though something were pushing through them...
... and Syren strides into frame, her entire body coursing
with trails of RED ENERGY, her hair billowing out behind her
like one of the Furies themselves!
She raises her hands - and more trees are BLASTED out of her
path, to a chorus of SCREECHES from the animals nearby.
As she walks on, the flora around her starts to writhe and
distort, her very presence seeming to bend the rules of
physics as she forges a path through the woodland.
A small flock of BIRDS take flight in fear from one of the
trees in her path, and Syren's head snaps round to follow
them - and they burst into FLAMES!
The scorched birds crash back to the ground, but Syren's face
still shows no sign of emotion as she marches remorselessly
on, and we cut to:
45 EXT. WOODLAND - NEXT 45
Twist and Danyael are running as fast as they can, but the
more agile Diego is ducking and leaping through the
undergrowth much quicker than they are.
DANYAEL
Diego, wait!
TWIST
Yeah, we didn't all go to Ninja
School, you know?
Diego's focus is only on the path ahead, the evidence of
Syren's warpath all around in the bulldozed trees and twisted
plantlife.
TWIST (cont'd)
(off devastation)
How the hell is she doing this?
DANYAEL
It's like her powers have
overloaded or something. Chris told
me once that she can bend and shape
things around her, but this...
He grimaces as he passes a cluster of animals, grotesquely
turned INSIDE OUT.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
... this is just wrong.
Diego suddenly comes to a halt, raising his hand to stop the
two vamps in their tracks.
TWIST
(whispers)
What is it? Is she here?
Diego points to the left and to the right, sending Twist and
Danyael circling round as he slowly draws his sword, stepping
forward into:
46 EXT. WOODLAND - CLEARING - NEXT 46
He steps through the trees and Syren comes into view, facing
away from us as she stands at the lip of a hillside
overlooking the town below.
Diego paces forward very carefully, not making a sound. He
glances to either side and sees Twist and Danyael moving up
as well.
Syren's hair still flows out behind her and smoky wisps of
light still drift from her skin, but she hasn't registered
Diego's presence yet.
He takes a chance, stepping fully out into the open and
glancing down at the city lights below.
DIEGO
Syren?
No response. He creeps a few paces closer.
DIEGO (cont'd)
Syren, it's me. Diego.
SYREN
Lyra.
DIEGO
Que?
Syren slowly turns to face him, and Diego reacts to the BLOOD
dripping from her nose and ears.
SYREN
My name... is Lyra.
She quickly raises her hand, and before Diego can react she
SCREAMS, blasting him with a concussive wave that hurls him
off his feet!
He SMACKS back into the trees, crashing painfully to the
ground as his sword flies from his hand.
Syren turns back to the view before her, as Twist and Danyael
step out of cover with alarmed glances at each other.
DANYAEL
Syren? We don't-
She whips round and SCREAMS again, and Danyael CARTWHEELS
backwards, landing face down in the dirt.
Dropping her voice to an inhumanly low DRONE, Danyael is
pushed back along the ground by an unseen force, BUMPING off
rocks and tree stumps on the way.
Once he's out of range, Syren turns away again, leaving a now
very tense Twist to stand alone.
Her mind races as she tries to think of something, her eyes
flicking round for anything she can use to help.
SYREN
Why... why do they try?
TWIST
Why do who try?
SYREN
The people.
She waves her hand to indicate the town below.
SYREN (cont'd)
They can't see it. Can't imagine
the darkness all around them. The
evil. The monsters.
(beat)
Like me.
TWIST
You're not a monster, Sy-
(catches herself)
Lyra. You're just a girl. A girl
who appears to have swallowed half
the X-Men, but still...
Syren slowly turns, and Twist reacts to the sight of her
blood-streaked face.
SYREN
What happened to me?
TWIST
Wish I could tell ya. I wasn't
there. You were.
SYREN
I-I... I was in the animal testing
lab, and this... this thing
attacked me, and then...
She buries her face in her hands, and Twist is surprised to
hear her start to SOB. She edges a step closer.
TWIST
We can help you. You just need to
drop the Carrie act and let us-
SYREN
No!
She SCREAMS her defiance, and Twist is THROWN backwards.
SYREN (cont'd)
That's what they said! That's what
they told me! They said they could
'help'!
Syren starts to advance on Twist, the energy trailing from
her body becoming more intense, the RUMBLING DRONE returning
as Twist writhes on the floor - she's struggling as though
something heavy is pressing down on her!
SYREN (cont'd)
And this is their 'help'? Turning
me into this, this... monster?
TWIST
(gritted teeth)
You're... not...
SYREN
I don't even know who you are! Or
where I am! Or any of this! What am
I supposed to do? One minute I'm
Lyra Morley, next thing I'm some
kind of...
She struggles to find the word, but all the while she
advances on twist, who looks like she's losing her battle
against the pressure crushing down on her.
SYREN (cont'd)
So don't tell me you can 'help' me,
nobody can! Nobody even knows wha-
DANYAEL
Chris knew...
Syren stops, turning to see Danyael limping towards her,
clutching his chest.
SYREN
What did you say?
DANYAEL
I said Chris knew what you were.
You remember Chris, don't you?
SYREN
I... I don't...
Syren's focus drops, and Twist GASPS as the pressure on her
disappears. She rolls onto her belly, doubling up in pain.
DANYAEL
He's the guy who saved you. He
found you on that desert island
when you woke up, and he helped you
escape.
Danyael closes in, managing to keep Syren's attention.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
He didn't think you were evil. He
wouldn't have helped you if he
didn't think you were worth it.
Syren backs up a few steps, frowning as Danyael's words start
to join up the dots in her frazzled mind.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
You remember how you felt about
him? How he made you feel whenever
you looked at him?
Syren shakes her head firmly, clamping her hands to the side
of her head and dropping to her knees.
Danyael collapses before her, braving the pain to place his
hands on hers.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
That's who you are. You're that
girl, the one Chris wanted to save.
The one who fell in love with him.
(beat; softer)
Remember...
Syren clamps her eyes shut, letting out little GASPS as she
shakes her head...
... and then she slowly looks up, recognition starting to
cross her features before she reaches forward with one hand,
gently touching Danyael's face.
SYREN
D... Danyael?
He smiles - and then WHAP! Diego surges into frame, clamping
one hand on Syren's neck and PINCHING a nerve with the other.
DANYAEL
(jumps up)
Diego, no! What are you-
But as he watches, Syren crumples peacefully to the floor,
and Diego catches her so he can gently lay he down.
DIEGO
She is unhurt. I have just put her
to sleep for a few hours.
Danyael cocks his head, dusting himself down as Diego goes
over to Twist and helps her to her feet.
TWIST
(wincing)
Thanks.
DANYAEL
What do we do with her now?
DIEGO
Restrain her and take her back to
Senor Sueno's home. Perhaps there
is something he can do for her.
TWIST
Yeah, if he's still alive.
Diego and Danyael shoot her a look - not helping. She rolls
her eyes as we return to:
47 INT. SUENO'S HOME - LABORATORY - NEXT 47
Julie has Sueno in one of his chairs - he's heavily bandaged
but is still alive and kicking, letting out a SIGH as Julie
injects him with a sedative.
SUENO
(woozy)
You know, there's a reason I
stopped using needles...
She grins as she carefully disposes of the syringe.
JULIE
I stick to the classics.
DANYAEL (O.S.)
Julie?
JULIE
(calls out)
Down here!
She looks up as Twist appears in the doorway, followed by
Danyael and Diego - who carry the securely gagged and bound
Syren between them.
Julie hurries to clear a space for her, and they set her down
into one of the scorched chairs.
JULIE (cont'd)
What happened? How did you stop
her?
TWIST
Diego here used the old Vulcan
nerve pinch on her. Who'd have
thought he was a closet Trekkie?
Julie checks Syren's pulse, checking her all over.
DANYAEL
I think I got through to her, just
before Diego put her down, but I'm
not sure if it'll stick when she
wakes up.
SUENO
There's one way to be sure...
They turn to Sueno, and we cut to:
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