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7 EXT. HILLSIDE - NIGHT 7
Diego waits at the crest of a hill as Twist clambers up the
slippery, muddy slope behind him.
TWIST
Anybody else getting a real 'short
straw' feeling about our gig?
Diego turns and offers his hand, but Twist struggles the last
few steps herself. He's a little hurt by that.
TWIST (cont'd)
Right!
She pulls the now very crumpled printout from her jacket and
studies it, pointing towards a marina just up ahead, lights
from the ships docked there glittering across the water.
TWIST (cont'd)
According to this, there's a tunnel
entrance that leads to our temple a
half mile up from that marina.
DIEGO
Then we'd better get moving.
He starts down the hillside, while Twist tucks the papers
away and shivers in the cold wind.
TWIST
No wonder grunge started here...
Following Diego, we cut to:
8 EXT. COASTLINE - NEXT 8
With the lights of the marina off to the right, Twist waits
as Diego heaves a few small boulders aside to reveal a
concealed TUNNEL.
She produces a flashlight and shines it down into the gloom -
the tunnel stretches on for some distance.
TWIST
Oh, look, honey, a dark, creepy
tunnel! Isn't this fun?
She leads as the duo make their way along, and we cut to:
9 INT. TUNNELS - CHAMBER - NEXT 9
With Twist's flashlight beam bouncing around, another light
source up ahead comes into view. Twist turns to Diego, who
nods and draws his SWORD.
Advancing more cautiously, the duo come to an opening in the
tunnel that leads to a larger chamber, and are faced with:
A RUINED TEMPLE.
Not particularly big, but it would have once looked pretty
imposing before time took its toll on the place.
Twist and Diego are at the entrance to a tunnel cut out of
the wall halfway up the chamber, and Twist nimbly lowers
herself out, dropping the last twenty feet to the ground.
Cat-like, she lands in a crouch as Diego does the same, the
duo approaching the crumbling temple.
TWIST
So, how do we want to work this?
You search, I guard, or-
He holds up his hand to cut her off, looking up and around.
TWIST (cont'd)
What is it?
He motions for silence again - and then sees a BLACK SHAPE
dart past one of the shadows.
DIEGO
We're not alone.
Concerned, Twist reaches for her baseball bat, but as she
opens her mouth to speak again, a FIGURE dressed in black
drops to the ground before her!
She jumps back, bat raised - and the figure is joined by SIX
more, then another six, then another...
She glances back over her shoulder - and they're surrounded!
Diego grimly raises his sword, ready to defend, and we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
10 INT. CAVERN - NIGHT 10
Flanked on all sides by the mysterious black-clad assassins,
Twist and Diego stand back to back, weapons raised and ready
for action.
The black robes of their enemies cover their features and
every spare inch of skin - not even eyes can be seen.
TWIST
So! Plan?
DIEGO
Fight back.
TWIST
Specifics?
DIEGO
Without getting killed.
Diego LAUNCHES himself away from her, crashing into three of
the foes and bowling them over.
TWIST
(shakes head)
Boys...
As the first wave pour towards her, she gets her bat up and
round - SMACK! It connects and one assassin goes down.
On cue, every one of their two dozen opponents draw curved
SWORDS from their robes, forming a circle of jagged steel
around our two heroes.
Two more come for Twist, who deflects their attacks as best
she can, getting forced back towards the temple.
Diego FLIPS over the head of one and drives his sword into
its back, WRENCHING the sword free to swing it round into the
chest of another.
There's a loud BANG and Diego is hit by some kind of energy
bolt, stumbling back and tripping.
TWIST (cont'd)
Diego!
She spins round to see one assassin lowering his hand, smoke
rising from his palm.
Gritting her teeth and GROWLING with anger, Twist charges
straight for him, catching her target off guard.
POW! She cartwheels him onto the floor with the force of her
blow, but takes a KICK to her back.
She staggers, and gets hit several more times, the assassins
whipping past her in a blur of motion as they land their
blows.
Another hit sends Duggan sailing from her hand, and as she
reaches for it, there's a flash of SILVER as an assassin
throws something toward her.
Twist HOWLS in pain - a DAGGER has skewered her hand to the
ground!
TWIST (cont'd)
Ack! Oh, you dirty little
baumgartner!
Yanking the dagger free, she turns and throws it in one
smooth motion - FWIP! Right into the eye socket of its owner.
Rubbing her bloody hand, Twist grabs her bat off the floor
and has to defend herself - three more swordsmen are on her.
She ducks under their attacks and RAMS one in the chest with
her bat, and as he hits the deck she pushes on, TRIPPING the
next two.
TWIST (cont'd)
Alright, ninja boy, let's see
what's under your hood...
Grabbing at the black cloth over the assassin's face, she
tries to pull it away but finds it's tightly woven into
place.
She pulls harder and manages to tear away a strip that
reveals a patch of skin on his arm - and a TATTOO looks back
at her.
It's of a red eye with 'III' in roman numerals behind it -
and looks to have been carved straight into the flesh.
Diego stumbles back into frame, an ugly scorch mark on his
chest, but he's soon chopping and slicing at the enemies
again, one hand clutching his chest.
TWIST (cont'd)
Who the hell are these guys?
DIEGO
Not now, Twist!
TWIST
But what about-
Diego SHOVES her to the floor as another FIREBALL sails
towards them, the flaming sphere slamming into the temple
foundations.
A chunk of masonry EXPLODES with the impact, and an ominous
GROAN reverberates around the chamber.
Diego looks up as debris starts to roll down from the temple -
which is starting to COLLAPSE!
DIEGO
Time to go!
He drags Twist to her feet, Twist getting in another KICK as
Diego tries to hack his way to freedom.
The assassins still outnumber them almost ten to one, but as
the temple starts to crumble and topple, it begins taking the
rest of the chamber with it!
Twist puts her head down and runs, narrowly missing two
falling hunks of rock that FLATTEN two unfortunate assassins.
TWIST
What do we do?
DIEGO
Jump!
She looks up to the tunnel entrance they came in from - it's
twenty feet straight up.
TWIST
There's no way you'll make that!
DIEGO
I'll manage! Just go!
Turning back to fight off the next wave of assassins, Diego
pushes Twist towards the wall.
Staring up at the entrance high overhead, she turns and
throws a desperate glance at Diego - who is bogged down
fighting - and then she turns and JUMPS.
Twist sails up into the air, her vampire strength-assisted
jump giving her enough height to grab hold of the edge of the
tunnel entrance.
She quickly pulls herself up, but the rest of the tunnel is
crumbling too - there's only moments before the whole thing
caves in.
She turns to yell back to Diego - who suddenly appears at the
edge of the tunnel!
TWIST
(wide-eyed)
How did you-
DIEGO
Come on!
He grabs her and runs for the exit, Twist glancing back over
her shoulder.
Several assassins are also climbing up and into the tunnel,
but as more rocks fall the way back is soon blocked off.
11 EXT. COASTLINE - NEXT 11
A cloud of SMOKE bursts from the tunnel as it finally caves
in - just as Twist and Diego fly from its mouth.
Tumbling down the hillside, they're both covered with grey
dust but otherwise unharmed as they roll to a stop.
Diego winces as he starts to sit up, Twist's eyes falling on
the bad chest wound he's carrying.
TWIST
Don't, don't get up, you've-
DIEGO
I'll be alright.
He struggles to get up, with Twist putting her hands on hips
to pout down at him:
TWIST
What the hell is the matter with
you and all this macho crap?
DIEGO
I'm actually in a lot of pain,
Twist, don't worry.
TWIST
The hell you are! You just jumped
up a twenty foot scale wall without
so much as a jet pack!
Diego starts to brush himself down, turning and heading back
to the lights of civilisation.
DIEGO
I'm light on my feet.
TWIST
The hell you are!
She catches up to him and grabs his arm, spinning him round.
TWIST (cont'd)
You feel like telling me how you
did that?
DIEGO
Twist, you... you know I'm a little
different.
TWIST
I know you're not a vampire, and
that's the only way I can jump that
high. What's your excuse?
A beat, but Diego looks away.
DIEGO
We don't have time for this. If the
Trinity have already found one
potential site, chances are they
know about the rest.
He starts back up a hillside, with Twist following.
TWIST
The Trinity? Wait, that was them?
DIEGO
Part of them, si.
TWIST
'Part'? Doesn't 'trinity' usually
mean, you know... three?
(beat)
And how come you suddenly know so
much about them?
Diego stops, muttering a curse in his native tongue as he
turns to face her again.
DIEGO
Let's just find the others, and
then I promise I will explain
everything.
TWIST
Oh, right. And I suppose your whole
'I want to die in battle' thing'll
be covered in that 'everything,'
will it?
Twist crosses her arms, fixing him with a stern glare. Diego
tears his gaze away, heading back up the hill as we cut to:
12 INT. UNDERGROUND CHAMBER - NIGHT 12
Sanctus and Julie stand in another hollowed out cavern,
shining their flashlights over the surface of another ruined
temple. This one is more of the 'tall, imposing statues'
variety, but thankfully there are no assassins here.
Julie's phone RINGS, and she goes to answer it as Sanctus
continues investigating.
JULIE
Hello?
All she can hear is a broken-up transmission - she checks the
signal. No bars.
JULIE (cont'd)
(into phone)
Whoever this is, if you can hear
me, there's no signal here. I'll
call you back in a few minutes.
She tucks her phone away and heads over to Sanctus.
JULIE (cont'd)
That was probably either Twist or
Danyael, checking in.
Sanctus is crouched by a mural on the wall, wiping layers of
dust away to reveal the painting underneath.
JULIE (cont'd)
What is it?
He follows the story with his flashlight beam as he
translates:
SANCTUS
"And so the three were united,
ready to rule their world of
eternal sleep."
JULIE
'Eternal sleep'?
SANCTUS
It's a very old dialect. I think
that's what it's saying.
JULIE
Anything on our missing sphere?
Sanctus scrolls along until he finds another mural, further
down the wall - and a perfect depiction of the sphere.
SANCTUS
Here!
(reads)
"Many will seek the Quaero, but
only one may use it to find that
which is lost to them."
JULIE
'Quaero.' That's, uh, Latin, right?
Means 'search' or something.
SANCTUS
That's right.
He steps back, shining his flashlight over the temple again,
looking for a way in.
SANCTUS (cont'd)
I think we're at the correct
location, Julie.
JULIE
Only question now is how do we get
in.
Sanctus' beam falls on something - a freshly-excavated HOLE
in the temple wall.
SANCTUS
I fear we're not the first to ask
that question...
He hurries forward, clambering up the side of one of the tall
statues framing the temple's frontage and making for the
hole.
We look out from within the darkness at Sanctus, and as his
flashlight beam shines straight at us, we:
WHITE OUT:
13 INT. LIBRARY - NIGHT 13
We're looking at Julie's laptop screen, depicting a
photograph of the temple's interior - and a noticeably empty
place on top of a shrine.
PULL BACK to see the team gathered around the computer, the
only people in the library at this late hour.
JULIE
It was a clean job. Whoever got in
knew exactly what they were looking
for.
TWIST
(nudges Diego)
Maybe you should try to fill in
some of the blanks now.
Diego glances round at the others, who look puzzled at
Twist's statement - except Sanctus, who eyes Diego knowingly.
SYREN
What does she mean?
DIEGO
It's... I may...
SANCTUS
It's all right, Diego. Tell us what
you know.
Diego sighs and lowers his head, pulling back a chair and
sitting down.
DIEGO
I may not have been... entirely
honest with you all when I said I
knew nothing of the Trinity.
Danyael glances at Twist, but she's still glaring at Diego.
JULIE
Go on.
DIEGO
I've encountered them before.
They've been active for many
generations, and I've been fighting
against them for as long as I can
remember.
NAOMI
Why didn't you say anything?
He leans back, sighing again.
DIEGO
I didn't want to involve any of
you.
DANYAEL
Uh, hate to break it to you, but
we're all kind of involved now.
SANCTUS
Danyael! Let him finish.
DIEGO
They're an order of warriors who
took it upon themselves to follow
the teachings of their founders to
the letter, and look for ways to
create a better, more peaceful
world.
TWIST
And the horde of ninjas fits into
'peaceful world' where, exactly?
DIEGO
They're highly secretive, keeping
to the shadows and working behind
the scenes where necessary.
Sometimes they favour combat, other
times political subterfuge.
TWIST
(blinks)
Sub-ter-what?
NAOMI
Corruption.
SYREN
Why are they called the Trinity?
DIEGO
They always have three leaders. One
must die for another to be chosen.
It keeps them alert and strong.
JULIE
Okay, next question. Why the hell
didn't you tell us any of this?
DIEGO
I've told you - the Trinity are my
shame.
SYREN
Why would they be your 'shame'?
Diego looks down, knowing he's said too much. Sanctus comes
to his aid.
SANCTUS
Diego's reasons are his own. What
matters now is stopping this
Trinity before they can use the
sphere.
DANYAEL
Any updates on how that works?
JULIE
I think so.
She rotates the laptop to face her and types a few commands
in, turning it back to face the others.
On screen is a partial translation of the original scroll,
complete with diagrams.
JULIE (cont'd)
As best as I've figured out, it
runs off natural magic - ley lines,
essence pockets, stuff like that.
SANCTUS
They won't want to travel far,
especially if they know we're also
after the Quaero.
JULIE
(to others)
That's what the sphere's called.
TWIST
Any ideas what they need it for?
SANCTUS
The same as us, I expect. "To find
that which is lost."
DANYAEL
I don't want to think about what a
group like that could lose so bad
they need a doohickey like this to
find it...
SANCTUS
(to Diego)
Do you know?
DIEGO
(shakes head)
A new ally, perhaps. I cannot say.
TWIST
You sure about that?
DIEGO
I've told you all I know. I fight
them where I find them, and that is
all.
SANCTUS
Let him be, Twist.
NAOMI
So we just find the nearest area
full of natural magic and wait
there for them, right?
TWIST
Full of ideas, ain'tcha?
DANYAEL
Knock it off.
JULIE
No, Naomi's right. And it just so
happens...
She types in something else - and a map pops up, with a
flashing grid reference.
JULIE (cont'd)
... I know where we need to be.
SANCTUS
Then let's get moving.
She folds her laptop closed, and the others start to bustle
for the exit. Sanctus hangs back to speak to Diego.
SANCTUS (cont'd)
Keeping secrets from them was an
unwise move, Diego.
DIEGO
What was I supposed to say? That
I've spent most of my life fighting
an organisation so numerous, I
could never stand a hope of
defeating it?
SANCTUS
You could have told them the truth.
Diego looks away sharply.
SANCTUS (cont'd)
I'm not going to pretend I know
what that is, but I know you well
enough to sense when you're still
hiding something.
Diego slowly looks back at him.
SANCTUS (cont'd)
I'm going to trust that you have a
very good reason for keeping that
secret back, but let me just say
this.
He leans in close.
SANCTUS (cont'd)
If your secrets lead to any member
of that team being harmed, don't
expect them to ever forgive you.
Sanctus straightens and walks away, leaving Diego alone.
SANCTUS (O.S.) (cont'd)
Come, Diego. We have work to do.
Diego turns to watch Sanctus go, then settles back down. A
beat - and then he POUNDS his fist on the table in anger,
almost breaking it in two!
Clenching his fist and struggling to suppress his anger, he
closes his eyes as we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
14 EXT. BUILDING SITE - NIGHT 14
Pan down on a moonlit construction yard, scaffolding erected
all around several crumbling old buildings. JCBs and other
heavy machinery lies scattered around.
PULL BACK until we change to:
BINOCULARS POV:
We're observing the site from some distance away, panning
slowly and checking for movement.
15 INT. VAN - NEXT 15
Looking through the binoculars is Sanctus, with Diego
alongside him and the others in the back, preparing their
weapons.
SANCTUS
No sign of activity.
(to Julie)
You're sure this is the place?
JULIE
I'm sure. Magical energy around
here's lighting up my scans like a
Christmas tree. There's nowhere
else in the whole state like this.
TWIST
So what's with all the old
buildings? Shouldn't there be,
like, a church here or something?
Julie consults her laptop, its blue glow reflecting off her
glasses as she ties her hair back.
JULIE
According to the plans, there used
to be. It burned down, so they
built a hospital. Which burned
down. Next, they tried an insane
asylum, and that-
DANYAEL
Don't tell me. Burned down?
JULIE
Actually, no, the inmates started a
riot and killed all the staff
inside.
DANYAEL
Oh.
JULIE
And then they burned it down. Long
history of accidental deaths, all
centered around this block.
NAOMI
So... nice neighbourhood, then?
Danyael turns to Syren, who shivers involuntarily.
DIEGO
Are you okay?
SYREN
This place, it's... there's too
much bad energy here. Too many
people have died because of this
place.
NAOMI
Could all the magic here have been
behind all the fires and general
death and mayhem?
JULIE
Fair guess. And if it's that kind
of magic, then chances are it's
old, powerful... and evil.
A beat as the gang exchange concerned looks. That is, until
Twist SNAPS open a can of soda and takes a noisy SLURP.
TWIST
So! We gonna sit here all night, or
get out there and thricely kick
some butt?
DANYAEL
'Thricely'?
TWIST
("duh...")
Trinity...
Julie picks up and loads a SHOTGUN, slinging it over her
shoulder as she checks the clip in her handgun. Closing the
laptop, she climbs towards the front seats.
JULIE
How do you want to play this? One
wave and then backup?
SANCTUS
Diego?
(off his look)
You're the tactical expert on what
we're up against.
DIEGO
They won't hold back. Not for
something as important to them as
this.
SANCTUS
Then that settles it.
He opens the van door and steps out, and as the side door
slides open and the others disembark, we cut to:
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