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                                       TEASER

               FADE IN:

         1     INT. PRISON - CORRIDOR                                   1

               We open on a seemingly endless corridor that is dimly lit
               with small globes, that appear to be hovering just below the
               ceiling.

               The globes are PULSATING in time with the various sounds that
               we can hear around us. SCREAMS, MOANS and CRIES for help.

               Along the corridor we can see locked doors marked at
               intervals in the walls along both sides of the corridor.

               Within each door is a steel grille, like a prison cell.
               Behind each door, we hear the source of these terrible
               sounds, coming from within.

               As we move down the corridor, we pause briefly taking in each
               the prison cell.

               In one cell, we see a MAN chained upside down. He is looking
               in terror at something we cannot see.

               In another, we can see a young GIRL, sitting tightly against
               the corner of her cell. She is MUMBLING incoherently, shaking
               her head.

               We pass another and a WOMAN presses her face against the
               grille, not before SOMETHING grabs her HEAD and pulls her
               back into her cell SCREAMING.

               The next cell we see a young brunette WOMAN sitting cross
               legged on the floor, her hair covering her face. We push
               into:

         2     INT. PRISON - CELL                                       2

               ANGLE ON THE WOMAN

               Slowly she RAISES her head, and BRUSHES her hair from her
               face with her right hand.

               We close in and focus on her right hand, and we can see an
               elaborate TRIBAL TATTOO on the back of her hand.

               Pull back slightly, and we can clearly see the face of the
               woman, and we recognise her as the young cat-burglar, KATE -
               (last seen back in 'Strays').

               She closes her eyes and BREATHES in slowly and deeply.

               We watch her for a beat, as the sounds of the inmates drift
               all around us. We gradually close in on her face, before her
               eyes FLICK open.

               Pull back slightly and we see a smile spread across her face.

               She studies the door of her cell for a beat, before leaning
               over to the left wall and REMOVING a fragment of brick. She
               sticks her fingers in the hole and takes out a small GOLD
               RING that has a RUBY set in it.

               Placing the ring on her ring finger of her right hand, she
               grins once more. We can see her normally brown eyes GLOW a
               slight GOLD, before returning to normal.

               She lifts up her hands, and they are CRACKLING with a white
               energy! She stares and points both her hands at the door.

                                   KATE
                         Aprire la porta... Aprire la
                         porta... Aprire la porta!!!

               Suddenly white energy SHOOTS from her hands straight into the
               door of her cell, shattering it completely off it's frame!

               Wasting no time at all, Kate quickly JUMPS up and makes do
               her daring escape.

         3     INT. PRISON - CORRIDOR                                   3

               She glances left and right, but already a loud SIREN can be
               heard coming from all directions. 

               From her left she can hear the sounds of MARCHING FEET. She
               glances to her right and see nothing, yet.

               She turns on her heel and races down the corridor. As we
               travel with her, one step ahead of her and moving backwards.
               We can see a rather tall FIGURE chasing her.

               She glances briefly over her shoulder, and RUNS all the more
               harder.

               As she runs, she frantically RUBS her right hand and using
               the power of the ring. She tries to rub off the TATTOO, but
               she can't seem to get off. She looks back over her shoulder
               again and redoubles her sprinting efforts.

               ANGLE ON THE FIGURE

               We see what looks like a man, but he must be well over 8 feet
               tall. He is dressed in a grey uniform with cut off sleeves,
               revealing well toned muscles.

               Gripped in his right hand is an EBONY STAFF that at it's
               leading end is CRACKLING with a RED ENERGY field.

               We focus on the face of the man and we can see that he is
               clean-shaven, and nearly bald, save for a long strand of
               white hair, which is tied back and is flowing behind him as
               he chases Kate.

               The right side of his face is decked out in more tribal
               tattoos, giving the impression of a Maori warrior.

               Yet, it isn't the tattoos that dominate his complexion, but
               the fact his eyes are COMPLETELY WHITE! He should be blind by
               our standards, but he seems to SEE Kate very well. Whatever
               he is, this is no man...

               He is a WARDEN, one of many, that patrol this vast magical
               prison...

               The Warden raises his staff and FIRES a bolt of crimson
               energy towards Kate.

               BACK TO SCENE

               Kate instinctively ducks to the side as the bolt of red
               energy SHOOTS past her.

               She rounds a corner, but slows a little, when she see up
               ahead.

               More wardens are APPEARING from nowhere and commence chase
               towards to the young thief.

               Kate gulps slightly, and spies a corridor a couple of metres
               ahead.

               She runs towards the wardens, and one of them raises his
               staff, shooting her with it.

               Kate does an elaborate FLIP in the air, and narrowly misses
               being hit by the crimson blast. 

               She DARTS down the corridor, looking over her shoulder
               briefly.

               We pan to see the junction and several wardens round both
               ends and file into the corridor, pursuing Kate relentlessly. 

               Kate gasps, and she runs even more harder, letting out a
               small WHIMPER, when she sees what's up ahead.

               We can see that the corridor ends in a dead-end, with only a
               small window in the wall at the end.

               She GLANCES over her shoulder once more, and gives a wry
               smile, as she formulates a plan.

               Focusing the power of her ring, she points her hands at the
               window, and with a YELL, white energy shoots out from her
               hands, HURTLING towards the window and the surrounding wall.

               ANGLE on Kate's anxious face, we switch to her POV.

               We can see the approaching Wardens as they run towards Kate
               and the camera, forcing us to:

                                                             BLACK OUT:



                                    END OF TEASER
                                       ACT ONE

               FADE IN:

         4     INT. SAFEHOUSE - AFTERNOON                               4

               We focus on the TEAM as they are gathered around a table,
               covered with PAPERS, MAPS, TEXTS and Julie's LAPTOP.

               JULIE is poring over some of the texts, and cross-referencing
               her notes with what she has on the screen of her lap-top. She
               closes her eyes, before raising her hands to her head. She
               looks clearly frustrated.

               TWIST is raising her hand and points to CHRIS, who is sitting
               the far end of the table, looking morose. He STARES off into
               space, not really paying attention to the others.

                                   TWIST
                         All I'm saying is, this sounds all
                         too much for us to handle.
                             (beat)
                         Our fearless leader returns from...
                         wherever the Hell he went to, and
                         just like that he's back in charge?
                         He can't even remember where he
                         was, for crying out loud!

                                   JULIE
                         Yes, Twist. You are crying out
                         loud. You've been crying out loud
                         for the best part of half an hour,
                         but you haven't come up with
                         anything that could be called
                         'help'!

               Julie lowers her hands and glowers at Twist, before softening
               slightly and looking concerned at Chris.

                                   TWIST
                         Don't change the subject! You know
                         as well I as I do I like to be the
                         centre of attention around here,
                         but we need to regroup and try to
                         work out our next plan of attack.
                             (beat)
                         Because Chris' little hostage
                         taking of a clearly deranged and
                         homicidal psycho bitch, that was
                         incidentally his ex, sure as hell
                         didn't get the Trinity off our
                         case!

               She stands with her arms crossed, as she gives Chris a dark
               look, who isn't paying attention in the slightest.

                                   JULIE
                         Well, in a way, it did. They didn't
                         kill us, for one thing. They could
                         have, but they didn't.

                                   TWIST
                         Tell that to Syren! She was nearly
                         squished by that crazy redhead. Did
                         you see the looks her sisters gave
                         her? They were surprised, but
                         excited at the same time.

               Julie places her elbow on the table, cupping her head with
               her palm. Her eyes droop in mock tiredness, she nods
               intermittently with Twist's tirade.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Don't just sit there, pretending to
                         agree with me! You know I'm right!
                         We have to do something, and now!

               DIEGO listens to the one-sided argument spiral out of
               control. He sits there quietly and closes his eyes, deep in
               thought. From his intense look of concentration, we can see
               that he is planning something, but what exactly, we are
               unsure as yet. He opens his eyes and glances at Chris and
               sighs slightly.

                                   DIEGO
                         Twist. Chris made a bad judgement
                         call. We have all made bad calls,
                         but the fact is we are still here.
                             (beat)
                         Chris has survived the trauma of
                         the place he disappeared to for a
                         reason - because he knows what he
                         is doing. If he believed that
                         taking Charlotte was going to be a
                         bargaining chip against the
                         Trinity, then I have no objections. 

               Twist stares at Diego with narrow eyes.

                                   DIEGO (cont'd)
                         My only regret is that he decided
                         to use a powerful dark mage to try
                         and coerce her, when clearly that
                         was a shaky decision at best.
                             (beat)
                         Remember, Sanctus died bringing
                         Chris back. He knew how important
                         Chris is to us and our cause. You
                         know this too, deep down inside.

               He pauses and stares at Twist, daring her to respond.

                                   TWIST
                         It kind of makes you wonder who
                         they were planning to bring back
                         with the Quatro thingy...

                                   JULIE
                         Twist, it's called a Quaero...

               Twist shoots a glance to Julie. "Not helping." She turns back
               to Diego.

               Diego crosses his arms and continues to stare at Twist. Twist
               looks deep into his eyes and sighs.

                                   TWIST
                         Damn it! You go and do all the dark
                         and mysterious eyes, and I'm
                         just... ugh. That's not fair.

               Julie raises an eyebrow, before shaking her head.

                                   JULIE
                         All this bickering is getting us
                         nowhere. At the moment, the Trinity
                         aren't bothering us. We have to use
                         this lull to our advantage and come
                         up with a better plan!

               Just at that moment, DANYAEL and NAOMI enters the room, he
               closes the door behind him.

                                   TWIST
                         Well, well! If it isn't Mr. And
                         Mrs. Norton.

               He and Naomi share a glance and he roll his eyes, while Naomi
               shakes her head with a slight smile.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Could you keep it down? I'm sure
                         the people a couple of houses down
                         aren't exactly that interested to
                         hear what we're all doing. All the
                         Trinity need to do to find us again
                         is follow the sound of your voice!
                             (beat)
                         Besides, Syren is sleeping, and she
                         needs all the rest she can get. We
                         all need to calm down a little. No
                         one here is to blame for what
                         happened with Charlotte, agreed?

               But Twist will have none of it.

                                   TWIST
                             (pointing to Chris)
                         No! There's you problem! He goes
                         weak at the knees over some very
                         young redhead and we all cop it! I
                         think it was pretty clear that time
                         in the car park, when the three
                         Bitches of Eastwick starting
                         carving us up!

               She walks around in circles, clearly frustrated, before
               stopping.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Did you see what they did to the
                         Van? How can we fight an enemy that
                         just keeps on coming?
                             (beat)
                         So we're in a 'lull' at the moment,
                         but what's to say that this house
                         isn't going to be swarming with
                         Trinity ninjas again the second we
                         drop our guard?

               She crosses her arms again, a grim look of satisfaction on
               her face.

               Danyael rolls his eyes and shakes his head. Naomi looks at
               Danyael and sighs, before she looks at Twist.

                                   NAOMI
                         Yes Twist, I agree. We did get our
                         asses kicked. We did make a mistake
                         with Charlotte. But the blame can't
                         be solely placed on Chris. What was
                         your big plan to escape the
                         Trinity? I believe it was "run
                         away," wasn't it?

               Twist shoots Naomi a dark look. As far as Twist is concerned,
               she is the competition.

               Before she can say anything, Julie CLEARS her throat.

                                   JULIE
                         Hate to break up the sibling
                         rivalry here, but we really need to
                         get back to work here. Okay, Twist?

                                   TWIST
                         Yeah, but what about everything
                         else -

                                   JULIE
                             (interrupting)
                         Okay, Twist?

               Twist narrows her eyes before kicking an imaginary object
               with her feet, like a child who has been scolded.

                                   TWIST
                             (pouting)
                         Yeah, okay. I'm just...
                             (looking at Chris)
                         Real pissed off.

                                   JULIE
                         We can yell at each other until the
                         cows come home, but we'll be no
                         closer to finding out how to get
                         rid of the Trinity, so let's get
                         back to research and try to work
                         out what to do next.
                             (looking at Diego)
                         Especially if some people who seem
                         to have a good knowledge of the
                         Trinity were to say something that
                         could be helpful?

               She stares at Diego in particular, the others, sans Chris and
               Syren, pick up on this, and stare at Diego for a few beats.
               He just smiles and shakes his head.

                                   DIEGO
                         If I had any more information that
                         I could pass on, I would. All I
                         know is that the Trinity will not
                         stop at anything. Once they start
                         something, they will keep going
                         until it is finished.
                             (beat)
                         I will say one thing, their armies
                         are vast and we are at a very bad
                         disadvantage, and unless we can
                         find some kind of weapon to use
                         against them, we will always be
                         behind, what Twist would call "the
                         8-Ball."

               The last comment elicits a laugh from Danyael.

                                   DANYAEL
                             (scratching his head)
                         Man, I feel we've been behind the 8
                         Ball even since we come across
                         those guys. I mean they've got
                         gliders! And psycho Ninjas! And The
                         Trinity themselves...
                             (shaking his head)
                         Comparing this to what we faced
                         with Manon - Manon seems like a
                         walk in the park.
                             (beat)
                         I'd rather face a Skorpione than
                         the Trinity again...

               This last comment raises an eyebrow from both Twist and
               Julie, while Diego just smirks. Chris still seems lost in his
               thoughts. Naomi has a blank look on her face.

                                   DANYAEL (cont'd)
                         On seconds thoughts, scrap that
                         last comment.
                             (beat)
                         I need a cigarette.

               He goes to leave through the front door before closing it.

                                   JULIE
                         I've managed to find something,
                         that may be useful to us. Twist,
                         could you look through this book to
                         see if there is any information on
                         this?

               She points to an open page for Twist to look at.

               Angle on the TEXT, which reveals a sketch of what looks like
               a pair of gauntlets.

                                   TWIST
                             (looking at the picture)
                         It looks like a pair of metal
                         gloves. How is a pair of metal
                         gloves going to stop the Trinity?

                                   JULIE
                         When the pair of 'metal gloves'
                         turns out to be a magical weapon
                         that we may be able to use to our
                         advantage, that's how. Read up on
                         the description for me, I'm gonna
                         keep looking online.

               Twist and Julie resume their research, while Diego goes off
               to check on Syren in the other room. Naomi is still left
               standing there confused.

                                   NAOMI
                         What's a 'Skorpione'? I'm assuming
                         you're not talking about some
                         little insect... right?

                                   TWIST
                             (without looking up)
                         Nah, more like a demonic, gigantic,
                         big frackin' evil demon thingy,
                         that we've managed to defeat, once,
                         though it took a team effort.
                             (looking up; smiling)
                         But nothing you need to worry
                         about, princess.

               Twist looks back down again, looking pleased with herself.
               Naomi rolls her eyes and leaves the room to go after Danyael.

               We close in on Chris, who still looks to be in another world,
               deep in thought as we:

                                                           DISSOLVE TO:

         5     EXT. RUINED CITY - DAY                                   5

               We see over Chris' shoulders the vast devastation of the
               city. He is running through the city again, clearly tired,
               but not wanting to stop for a break.

               Up above him, we can hear SCREECHING. Chris looks up briefly
               and redoubles his efforts. The WINGED CREATURE is in shadow
               as the failing light from the sun obscures it from view.

               Chris makes for the nearest building and runs into:

         6     INT. RUINED CONVENIENCE STORE                            6

               He runs in through the broken front door, and ducks behind a
               counter for cover, just as the creature swoops past. The
               thing screeches again and circles outside, it's shadow
               visible on the ruined buildings outside.

               Chris takes a moment to get his breath back. He looks around
               his surroundings, seeing if he can find anything of use.

               The food here has long since been taken and anything left
               over would surely be inedible. He spies an unopened bottle of
               water on the shelf and without thinking, grabs it and drinks
               it. 

               Surprisingly the water is still 'fresh' or as fresh as it can
               be due to the circumstances. Chris feels slightly refreshed,
               even though we can still hear the creature from outside still
               screeching.

               Chris walks further in the store an spies an old newspaper.

               Lifting the paper carefully he looks at the front page.

               APOCALYPTIC DEVASTATION WORLD WIDE. 

               "Causes may be related to the World wide Pandemic that
               occurred several weeks earlier..."

               Chris stops reading when he hears a sound from the back,
               inside the storage room.

               He lowers the paper and warily moves towards the back. He
               picks up a broken bottle and brandishes it tightly.

               As he gets closer he hears a female voice, one that he's
               heard before.

                                   FEMALE VOICE (O.S)
                             (quiet)
                         This isn't what I wanted... this
                         isn't supposed to be this way!

               As Chris prepares to open the door, we:

                                                                CUT TO:

         7     INT. SAFEHOUSE - AFTERNOON                               7

               Twist is shaking Chris.

                                   TWIST
                         Hey wake up! No daydreaming! We've
                         got a suicidal cult to kill and we
                         need you, o fearless leader, to be
                         on your game!

               Chris shakes his head to get his bearings. He rubs his eyes,
               before he bats away Twist's hands.

                                   CHRIS
                         I get the point, Twist.

               He looks to the others to see what they've come up with.
               Danyael and Naomi have returned and are sitting at the table.

               Diego has brought SYREN in, and despite looking worse for
               wear and a little tired, she is reasonably alert. She smiles
               warmly when she senses he's looking at her.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         Syren, how do you feel?
                             (beat)
                         I'm really sorry for what Charlotte
                         did to you... I didn't think she
                         would do... that.
                             (shaking his head)
                         I just thought, I could... bring
                         her around.
                             (beat)
                         You know she wasn't always like
                         that.

                                   TWIST
                         Yeah, well. Let bygones be bygones.
                         Forget the evil whore. She's chosen
                         the dark side - there's obviously
                         no redemption for her.

                                   JULIE
                         Twist!

                                   TWIST
                         What?

               Julie gives Twist a look, who simply shrugs. It seems Syren
               is the only one who doesn't bear a grudge against Chris at
               all.

                                   SYREN
                         It's okay. I'm fine, and I'll heal.
                         I've been in far worse situations,
                         so I guess I'm lucky.
                             (beat)
                         The point is that you tried your
                         best, and that's all that matters.

               Twist rolls her eyes and sighs. She still clearly can't get
               around Syren's way of making the best out of any bad
               situation.

                                   TWIST
                         Our 'best' nearly got us all
                         killed.
                             (off Julie's look)
                         What? Can't I speak my mind once in
                         a while?

                                   JULIE
                         You speak your mind all the while.

                                   TWIST
                             (dismissive)
                         Hey, I can't help the way I am. I'm
                         good looking and I have an
                         attitude. It hasn't failed me yet.

               Naomi rolls her eyes at the self proclaimed vanity.

                                   CHRIS
                             (to Julie)
                         No, Twist is right. I'll have to be
                         more careful next time. We all have
                         to be. There's no telling when the
                         Trinity will strike next.

               Angle on Julie as she smiles broadly.

                                   JULIE
                         I may have some good news. After
                         looking online and cross
                         referencing with the texts here, I
                         think that we can fight them with a
                         magical weapon said to be buried in
                         an old mine not that far from here.
                             (beat)
                         Anything's worth a shot against the
                         Trinity, and all the research tells
                         me that we could have a chance.

               Chris checks Julie's notes and pauses on the magical weapon
               on question.

               ANGLE on the TEXT, which shows the sketch of the weapon. We
               take a closer look at the pair of gauntlets. They look
               unassuming, except for a number of engravings that remind us
               of the marks on the Wardens' faces. A closer inspection
               reveals a RED EYE just above the 'knuckle' of both pairs.

                                   CHRIS
                             (looking to Julie)
                         Karakov's Gauntlets? I thought they
                         were lost, assumed destroyed
                         centuries ago.

                                   JULIE
                         It appears that they aren't as lost
                         as they once were.

                                   TWIST
                         How exactly is a pair of gloves
                         going to win the war for us? I
                         mean, only one of us can use them,
                         and I can tell you right now I've
                         got nothing that'll go with them in
                         my wardrobe...

               The sound of crickets.

                                   CHRIS
                         You won't know how to use them.
                         I'll know how to use them.
                             (beat)
                         Okay, everyone. We're moving out.

               Chris goes to his room to gather his things while Julie and
               Syren clean up the books on the table. Danyael and Naomi walk
               out of frame talking.

               Twist sidles up to Diego, who has already gathered his things
               and is about to go out the door.

                                   TWIST
                         Listen, about before. I didn't want
                         to sound like a crabby old bitch.
                         You're not disappointed with me...
                         are you?

                                   DIEGO
                             (expressionless)
                         Why should I be 'disappointed'? You
                         have every right to raise an issue.
                         But you have to remember, you can't
                         always bark at shadows.
                             (leaning closer)
                         The best place to hide something is
                         in plain sight.

               He turns and walks out of the room, leaving a perplexed
               Twist. She shrugs her shoulders and grabs her bag before the
               others all begin to file out of the house.

                                                                CUT TO:

         8     EXT. ABANDONED MINE COMPLEX - EARLY EVENING              8

               The old mine complex looks desolate. We can see an empty
               warehouse before us, that must have seen better days when the
               mine was in operation. Now the walls look like they're about
               to fall in and are covered with graffiti. Most of the windows
               are broken or they're missing.

               The team arrive in their black rental VAN that doesn't seem
               to have a scratch on it, yet.

               They all get out and survey their surroundings.

                                   TWIST
                         Great place, Jules. You sure know
                         where to pick them.
                             (beat)
                         Yet another potential site for a
                         horror movie... Wonder which one
                         this is going to end up like?
                         'Cause the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
                         in the woods of that hick town
                         really didn't tickle my funny bone.
                             (to Julie)
                         Didn't tickle yours either, by the
                         way...

               A very dark look from Julie.

                                   JULIE
                             (sharp)
                         Twist McFadden!

                                   TWIST
                         Yeeesss....

               A beat, before Julie shakes her head.

                                   CHRIS
                             (to Julie; concerned)
                         What happened?

                                   JULIE
                             (whispers)
                         I'll tell you later.

               Julie clears her throat and smiles weakly.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                         The weapon is supposed to be buried
                         somewhere in the mine itself. They
                         actually branched into a natural
                         series of caves.
                             (beat)
                         This mine tapped into a natural
                         cave system that was rich in
                         minerals. But the digs were
                         abandoned when there were frequent
                         cave-ins.

                                   TWIST
                         Great. Does that mean we're going
                         caving? You know the last thing I
                         want to do, is run into a bunch of
                         cannibalistic albino monsters. 
                             (to Diego)
                         I saw The Descent, and I'd rather
                         not live through that.

                                   JULIE
                         Life isn't just based on movies,
                         Twist!

                                   TWIST
                         I know that!
                             (beat)
                         Music and video games. You're
                         forgetting them.

                                   DANYAEL
                             (chuckling)
                         Ah, Twist in case you're
                         forgetting, we're monsters as well?

               Twist gives him a dark look. She disregards his comment
               completely.

                                   TWIST
                         Needless to say, I'm not entirely
                         crazy about this proposal.

                                   JULIE
                             (rolling her eyes)
                         You're afraid of going into a cave
                         because of that? It's not like you
                         haven't done this thing before.
                         Maybe you want to check out the
                         warehouse instead? We'll have to
                         check out the mine eventually.
                             (beat)
                         I still want to check out the
                         warehouse, though.
                         According to my research and the
                         texts, the warehouse and the mining
                         complex were both built on top of a
                         ley line.

               Twist gives Julie a blank stare, before shrugging her
               shoulders.

                                   TWIST
                         Sure, whatever. As long as we get
                         the weapon and get to kill the
                         major pains in our asses.
                             (beat)
                         Okay Chris, what should we do?

               Chris is once again lost in thought. He is disturbed by Twist
               waving her hand in front of his face.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Earth to Chris? Come in, Chris?

               Chris shakes his head to bring himself back to reality. He
               bats Twist's hand away, looking annoyed.

                                   CHRIS
                         Will you stop that?

                                   TWIST
                         Will you stop spacing out and
                         thinking about the redhead that
                         almost killed us?

                                   CHRIS
                             (shaking his head)
                         Julie, Syren and I will go over the
                         west side, towards the mine itself.
                             (to Twist)
                         You and Diego will check out the
                         east side before coming around to
                         meet at the mine entrance.
                             (to Danyael)
                         You and Naomi will check out the
                         warehouse itself. And please be
                         careful.

               He leaves without a second glance, leaving the others
               perplexed by his nature. As Twist stares at Chris, Julie just
               shrugs her shoulders.

                                   TWIST
                         That man is up to something. I just
                         know it.

               She and Diego then make off for their side of warehouse,
               while Danyael and Naomi begin to enter the warehouse itself.
               This leaves Julie and Syren still in frame.

                                   JULIE
                         C'mon, Syren, let's keep Chris out
                         of trouble.

               Syren still stays put. She is deep in thought and begins
               cocking her head, as if listening to something.

                                   JULIE (cont'd)
                         Syren, what is it? What's the
                         matter?

                                   CHRIS (O.S.)
                         Come on! What are we waiting for?
                         We can't afford for the Trinity to
                         show up and surprise us!

               But Syren is still staying put. She continues to hear
               something none of the others can perceive.

                                   SYREN
                         Can't you hear it? It's like...
                         like a soft sighing.

               Chris has come back now, wondering what's going on.

                                   JULIE
                         Oh, honey, it's probably the wind.
                         Don't worry about it.

                                   SYREN
                             (determined)
                         No. It's not the wind. It's
                         something else. Can't you hear it?
                         Can't you feel it?

               Julie now begins to feel a kind of quickening in the air,
               like the feeling of the air just before a lightning storm.
               And now she too can hear the noise that sounds like the wind.

               She looks up into the sky and spins around trying to pinpoint
               the source of the sound.

                                   CHRIS
                         What's going on?
                             (looks up at the sky)
                         I don't sense a storm coming...

               But Chris suddenly gets a bad feeling and withdraws his
               KATANA. He moves in front of Julie and Syren.

               The wind picks up and rattles through the broken windows of
               the warehouse. Danyael and Naomi stop when they start seeing
               a blue-white CRACKLING ENERGY run across the face of the
               warehouse.

               Diego withdraws his sword, ever prepared for battle. Twist is
               staring at the warehouse, wondering what the hell is going
               on.

               Suddenly a portal opens up, and a WOMAN hurtles through,
               landing on the ground with a THUD.

               Seconds later, another FIGURE bursts through just as the
               portal closes, descending on the woman as she struggles to
               get up.

               We now can see the woman is Kate and she's fighting one of
               the Wardens!

               Diego sees the opportunity for battle that he loves so much,
               and prepares to move closer and help the woman fight of her
               attacker. Twist rolls her eyes briefly and takes out DUGGAN
               and joins him.

               Syren's eyes widen in horror, as she can sense what is about
               to happen.

                                   SYREN
                         No! No! Wait! It's too dangerous!

               Chris himself sensing the danger, runs to help Diego and
               Twist.

               Kate is oblivious to the others and continues her battle with
               the warden. Her fists are ablaze with the golden energy as
               she PUNCHES and SHOOTS BALLS OF FIRE at the warden. But the
               magical charge from the ring is beginning to drain of its
               power. The warden can clearly see this.

               Suddenly Diego jumps into the fray, and the warden without
               flinching FIRES his staff at Diego!

                                   TWIST
                             (eyes wide open)
                         Oh, crap!

               She grabs Diego and with all her might YANKS him out of the
               way, just in time for the red bolt of energy to blast a chunk
               of the warehouse wall, DISINTEGRATING it!

               Danyael and Naomi have DUCKED for cover, as Chris reaches
               Diego and Twist.

               The warden resumes his fight with Kate, and a clearly tired
               Kate prepares to defend herself.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Isn't that that magic cat-burglar
                         chick who nearly stole your book?

                                   CHRIS
                             (nodding grimly)
                         Yes. That's Kate, alright.

               Twist shares a smile with Chris, and Diego.

                                   TWIST
                         Then what are we waiting for? Let's
                         save her, then kick her ass
                         ourselves!

               The three of them charge the warden, who turns on them once
               again, charging his staff, we:

                                                             BLACK OUT:



                                   END OF ACT ONE
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