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17 EXT. TOWN HALL DAY 17
The town hall is illuminated with bright sunshine and as
Chris and Julie step out of the van, Danyael at the wheel,
they see a group of REPORTERS, gathered around a single
person. It's the MAYOR, middle-aged, with a bad comb-over and
as many wrinkles as an old man. He looks just plain tired.
The reporters are a babble of activity, with CAMERA FLASHES
and dozens of questions all being shouted at once.
MAYOR
(continuing)
I understand your concern, but I
can assure you that we have this
under control.
REPORTER #1
But there have been three more
MAYOR
(interrupts)
I have no further comments.
The Mayor leaves and the reporters begin dispersing, and we
PULL BACK to the team watching from across the street.
DANYAEL
C'mon, what's happening?
CHRIS
The Mayor, he...
SYREN (O.S.)
Wait a moment.
Syren steps out of the van and stands on the pavement. She
takes a glance up at the heavens and then begins HUMMING.
Heavy CLOUDS suddenly blanket the entire area, completely
blocking out the sun in moments.
Danyael leans out of the van, grins and steps outside as
Twist and Naomi join him.
DANYAEL
(to Syren)
Thanks.
TWIST
(looking at clouds)
No, sorry. Still freaks me out when
she does that.
The group huddle together, Syren's clouds giving them plenty
of cover.
CHRIS
Here's what we do.
(to Twist)
You and Diego head off to the
mortuary. Check on the bodies and
see if there's anything strange
about them.
TWIST
'Strange' by whose standards? Ours
or the rest of the world's?
CHRIS
("moving on
")
Danyael, Naomi, I want you to stay
in the van and patrol around until
we call you. Keep an eye on the
residents, see if there's anything
strange going on there that could
explain the deaths. When it's dark,
we'll meet back here.
JULIE
What about you?
CHRIS
You and me, we'll head to the
Mayor's office, pose as some
government officials sent to
investigate the deaths.
TWIST
And I have just the thing!
Twist reaches into her jacket and passes a small leather
wallet to Julie.
JULIE
What's this?
TWIST
My fake FBI ID. Feel free to use
it, just, you know, switch the
photo over.
JULIE
(opens wallet)
This card's in the name of 'Oprah
Beavermeister.'
Twist just shrugs, and with a roll of her eyes Julie shoves
the card into her pocket as Chris turns to Syren.
CHRIS
I think you should go with Twist
and Diego.
TWIST
Why? I don't need a singing
bodyguard.
A beat. Chris points to the sky.
TWIST (cont'd)
(penny drops)
Oh, right.
(to Syren)
Come on, let's get going you,
little weather-maker.
DANYAEL
(raises eyebrow)
'Weather-maker'?
TWIST
What, you never saw 'Pocahontas'?
(beat)
Besides, I think I've used up all
my puns.
DIEGO
Don't forget where we parked.
TWIST
Kinda hard to miss; we're the only
people in Stepford who have
something older than the residents.
The team disperse, and we CUT TO:
18 INT. TOWN HALL HALLWAY - DAY 18
Chris and Julie, wearing smarter clothes than before, walk
through a hallway and enter an office. They pass other smart
suited employees, but look perfectly at home.
19 INT. TOWN HALL CORRIDOR - NEXT 19
The pair turn into the corridor leading to the Mayor's office
and spot a CCTV camera in the corner, watching the area.
Julie carefully reaches into her blazer pocket and takes out
a small black box. She clicks a switch on its side, and a
small RED LIGHT starts flashing.
Just as the camera swivels around to face the two intruders,
the red light beneath the lens goes out.
Chris glances at Julie, but with a smile she just nods
towards the office doors, starting to head towards them.
The camera keeps on moving but we cut to:
20 INT. TOWN HALL SECURITY BOOTH - NEXT 20
A security GUARD watches the scene, but with a big
difference. Chris and Julie aren't even there!
He takes a bite of his meatball sub, sauce dripping onto his
blue jumper as we cut to:
21 INT. TOWN HALL MAYOR'S OFFICE - NEXT 21
Chris closes the door, making sure they weren't observed.
CHRIS
What was that?
Julie holds up the black box.
JULIE
Signal jammer. It'll keep us
invisible to electronic visual
devices for the next...
(checks watch)
... two minutes and thirty two
seconds.
CHRIS
Dare I ask where you picked that up
from?
With a grin, Julie heads over to a cabinet on one side of the
desk and Chris heads to another. Soon, they have them opened
and are scanning the files.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Found anything?
JULIE
Nope. You?
CHRIS
Not a sausage.
(beat)
And it's not very often I say that.
JULIE
I'll check the computer. Maybe we
can find some e-mails or something.
The two head towards the flat screen computer on the desk and
Julie starts typing hurriedly on it.
22 INT. TOWN HALL CORRIDOR - NEXT 22
The Mayor and two of his security guards turn into the
corridor, chatting as they head towards the office.
23 INT. TOWN HALL MAYOR'S OFFICE - NEXT 23
ANGLE ON: SCREEN
We see several different folders, with such titles as
'Economy,' 'Tourism,' and 'Family Snaps,' before Julie opens
one with a date on.
JULIE
Chris.
(indicates screen)
The date's from just over a week
ago.
CHRIS
(nods)
When all this started.
Julie opens the file and we see lists and several photos.
Julie clicks on a photo and she visibly grimaces - we don't
get a clear look, but there's a body and lots of blood.
JULIE
Okay, that's gross.
She begins scanning the files.
JULIE (cont'd)
There's more than twenty... maybe
thirty of these victims. Only a
handful of these people have been
in the news.
CHRIS
They're covering something up.
JULIE
Maybe they're -
Chris cocks his head suddenly.
JULIE (cont'd)
What is it?
CHRIS
Someone's coming.
JULIE
Oh, crap.
(hurriedly)
I'll try to print these off.
Julie hits the print button and as the printer begins doing
what it does best, we cut to:
24 INT. TOWN HALL HALLWAY - NEXT 24
The Mayor stops outside the door and TWISTS the handle
before pausing, heading over to opposite the door and the
water cooler nearby.
He grabs a polythene cup and filling it to the brim with
water, as we return to:
25 INT. TOWN HALL MAYOR'S OFFICE - NEXT 25
The printer continues printing and Chris opens a window,
already planning an escape route.
Julie hops from one foot to another - just as her watch
BEEPS. Julie looks down at it, and then up at Chris.
JULIE
Time's up.
The printer stops and Julie grabs the files before moving
towards the window and we cut to:
26 INT. TOWN HALL HALLWAY - NEXT 26
Just as the Mayor enters the room:
27 INT. TOWN HALL MAYOR'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS 27
Nothing. Except an open window and the turned-off printer.
The Mayor shrugs and we PUSH ON the open window as we cut to:
28 EXT. TOWN HALL - NEXT 28
Chris and Julie are standing on the fire escape leading past
the office window, pressed flat against the wall.
JULIE
That was close. Too close.
CHRIS
(grins)
It's addictive, isn't it? The
adrenaline.
JULIE
(sighs)
C'mon, little boy. Let's get back
to the bus.
We cut to:
29 INT. MORGUE DAY 29
Diego and Syren walk through the morgue we saw before, with
Diego wheeling a metal trolley holding a zipped up BODY BAG.
A MORGUE ATTENDANT walks towards them, clipboard in hand.
MORGUE ATTENDANT
Who's this?
He reaches forward and UNZIPS the body bag - and inside is
Twist!
DIEGO
D.O.A. Her name is Clarice Burrows.
MORGUE ATTENDANT
What's her cause of death?
DIEGO
She, uh -
SYREN
(quickly)
She drowned. That's why the skin's
so pale.
MORGUE ATTENDANT
Okay, okay.
(checks clipboard)
Locker number twelve.
The two nod and then keep on pushing around a corner.
They stop in front of the locker and check to see if anyone's
there.
DIEGO
Twist?
Twist blinks her eyes and then grins up at them.
TWIST
(teasing)
I always knew you only wanted me
for my body.
Diego grins as he unzips the body bag, and the fully-clothed
Twist slips out.
Diego walks over to a mounted piece of paper on the wall. He
flips it over and dismounts it.
DIEGO
This says that lockers one to eight
are currently full.
TWIST
Then let's go shopping.
Twist spots a spare white lab coat and grabs it as we CUT TO:
30 INT. MORGUE - LOCKER - NEXT 30
MONTAGE:
A) Looking out from inside a locker as Twist opens it, sees
the body inside and closes it again.
B) The same, as Diego opens and inspects the contents.
C) Twist opens another locker - but this one is empty.
TWIST
Aha! Paydirt.
Twist reaches in and draws the empty tray out, as we END
MONTAGE.
ON SCENE:
The trio gather round the empty tray, with Diego still
holding the register of which body should be where.
DIEGO
There's no one in four, seven or
eight.
TWIST
There's a guy in number three but
not six or two.
DIEGO
The girl who is supposed to be
there in number one is, but not
five.
TWIST
So, have we got a case of body
robbers?
SYREN
Maybe they...
TWIST
What, walked away? Even if they had
the vampire touch, I hardly think
that they wouldn't notice six
people walking out of a place that
no-one does.
DIEGO
What about people who work here?
TWIST
Don't be a smart-ass. That's my
job.
SYREN
Maybe they're not vampires.
TWIST
What?
SYREN
The victims. There are lots of
creatures that can come back from
the dead.
TWIST
Oh, yeah. Right. So... what are we
dealing with, then?
The three share a look before we CUT TO:
31 INT. VAN - LATER 31
Naomi and Danyael are in the van, Danyael driving as Naomi
nods her head to the loud goth rock blasting from the stereo.
DANYAEL
I still don't know how you can
stomach this stuff.
NAOMI
I don't care what you say, they're
okay.
DANYAEL
It's pure faux Goth!
NAOMI
(laughs)
Oh, and you'd know all about that,
right?
Danyael chuckles, then peers out of the window to look at
something.
NAOMI (cont'd)
What is it?
DANYAEL
Look.
Naomi looks out and sees a series of ARMY TRUCKS driving
along a road.
NAOMI
Don't tell me, your Spidey sense is
tingling.
DANYAEL
Oh, it's a-tingling, alright.
Danyael turns the van round and follows the trucks as we
DISSOLVE TO:
32 EXT. ELYSIUM - HILLSIDE - EVENING 32
With the sun rapidly setting, the van slows down and parks.
It's standing at the top of a hill which overlooks:
A FACILITY, with several trucks parked outside. Officers in
black and white medical suits move about, and the Army trucks
Danyael was following are being waved through a tall security
fence.
DANYAEL
(sniffs)
Can you smell that?
NAOMI
(sniffs)
Smells like rotting flesh.
(beat)
And an ex of mine.
DANYAEL
Dead?
NAOMI
Drummer.
DANYAEL
It's the dead. Very recent, I'd
say.
(beat)
Why the hell would there be an army
base here?
NAOMI
Looks like not all's right in the
pedestrian paradise.
DANYAEL
Let's call the others in. Sun's
setting and if you stay here, I can
drive back in a couple of minutes.
Danyael pulls out his cell phone and dials.
33 INT. MORGUE - EVENING 33
Diego finishes a call on his cell phone, approaching the
girls.
SYREN
Who was that?
DIEGO
It was Danyael. Apparently he and
Naomi have found some kind of
military base, and they can smell
dead bodies on the air.
TWIST
Okay, anyone else getting a major
'Soylent Green' vibe from this?
DIEGO
Come on, let's go.
The three of them move away. The female morgue attendant
looks at them. Then double-takes at Twist.
MORGUE ATTENDANT
Hey, weren't you...
TWIST (O.S.)
Feeling much better. Ciao.
Twist tosses the lab coat back, and the bemused Attendant
catches it, looks back up - but the trio are gone.
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
34 EXT. ELYSIUM - HILLSIDE - NIGHT 34
All of the gang are there, kneeling as the full moon casts a
silvery glow on the whole scene.
We see the last truck drawing away from the military complex,
and the team duck down as it passes.
CHRIS
Is that the last of them?
JULIE
Looks like.
TWIST
So, are we going to sit here like
idiots or do some investigating,
Fred?
DANYAEL
Does that make you Daphne?
TWIST
(fluffs hair)
But of course. Syren can be the
Mystery Machine or something, Diego
can be Scooby, Julie's Velma, and
you're Shaggy, so that makes
Naomi...
Naomi, who's heard every word, shoots Twist a filthy look.
Twist just grins sweetly back at her.
TWIST (cont'd)
Hey, some people liked Scrappy Doo.
Chris stands, and the others take the signal to follow his
lead as we CUT TO:
35 INT. FACILITY - NEXT 35
The team stay low, approaching one wall of the tall, barbed
wire topped fence that surrounds the complex. They're all
carrying their trademark weapons.
Chris clenches his fist, mutters an incantation, and his
fingertips begin to GLOW. He reaches out and carefully draws
a circle in the fence - which promptly falls away.
DANYAEL
Nice.
Chris turns to face the others.
CHRIS
Normally I would say split up, but
given our track record recently
it's probably best to stay together
this once.
DIEGO
(nods)
I agree. Especially since only half
of us can see in the dark.
SYREN
Four sevenths.
CHRIS
Sorry?
SYREN
There are seven of us here. And
four of us have amazing vision.
TWIST
20/20. All part of the vampire
package.
CHRIS
If we could be moving on?
(to Julie)
Do you still have that jamming
device?
Julie holds up the black box and nods.
JULIE
Should cover us all if we stay
fairly close together.
CHRIS
Alright, then. Onwards and upwards.
Twist shrugs as we cut to:
36 INT. FACILITY - CORRIDOR - NEXT 36
Inside, the complex is all plain corridors and sealed swing
doors, more like a hospital than an army base.
Two lab-coated SCIENTISTS walk past, turning and entering one
doorway as we PUSH IN on an air vent grille up in the wall.
It POPS OPEN, Diego carefully sliding it back so he and the
others can slide out.
Twist drops out into his arms with a smirk, followed by Syren
and Danyael. Danyael waits to gently catch Naomi, not
noticing Twist scowling at him.
CHRIS
Alright, we'll spread out a little
but still stay in one group, so if
we're rumbled we can-
DANYAEL
Uh, Chris?
He's looking down the corridor - and Syren has already headed
off without them!
CHRIS
(hisses)
Syren! Syren!
JULIE
Maybe we should follow her?
NAOMI
She's been getting bad vibes ever
since we got here. Maybe she's
sensing whatever she's been picking
up?
Chris hesitates - not liking this plan - but with a resigned
nod leads the others after Syren.
37 INT. FACILITY - LAB 37
Chris pushes open a door and enters a large room, the soft
background HUM of electronic equipment filling the air as the
others follow him.
Twist casually leans against the wall, accidentally pushing a
button which ILLUMINATES the room. The large laboratory is
full of strange, beeping, glowing machines.
Twist heads over to one and bends down, examining it.
TWIST
'A biokinetic inducer'?
(beat)
Anybody know what the frick one of
those is?
DANYAEL
If years of comic book training has
taught me anything, isn't
biokinesis like... I don't know,
regenerating or something?
TWIST
Gee, nice thesis there, Stan Lee.
Please God, if he mentions
Christopher Eccleston, I will stick
a TARDIS up his ass.
CHRIS
(to Julie)
Any ideas? Something you may have
seen in Osbourne's labs, perhaps?
JULIE
Maybe it's a...
(beat; sighs)
I don't know. I need coffee.
NAOMI
Let's try and get all this twenty
first century stuff out of the way
with before we go all caffeine
jittery.
Danyael looks at a machine which has a huge sphere on top.
DANYAEL
This just looks like a giant plasma
ball or something.
CHRIS
Can you still pick up the scent of
those dead bodies you had earlier?
Danyael, Naomi and even Twist all nod.
TWIST
Smell bad.
CHRIS
Then it's logical to assume all of
this equipment is being used with
the bodies somehow, and most likely
linked to the disappearances from
the morgue.
The conversation fades away as we PUSH IN on Syren, who is
standing by one of the machines which is bubbling green
liquid.
She frowns, the sound of the machine obviously familiar to
her, and as she reaches a tentative hand out to touch it,
there's a sudden FLASH CUT TO:
- A menacing looking SCALPEL which slices through the air.
- A struggling figure lies strapped to a medical gurney who
is revealed to be LIZZIE DUNCAN.
- DR. PARKER leans towards the screen, holding a strange
device, before he whispers "Good girl."
ON SCENE:
Syren JERKS violently away from the machine and CRASHES
backwards into a wall.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Syren! What is it?
SYREN
(gasping)
Parker, he was... with a syringe
and... I saw Lizzie.
JULIE
You saw Lizzie?
CHRIS
More importantly - Parker?
TWIST
Isn't he dead?
SYREN
I - I was over there, and I heard
this noise, and it reminded me of
something, and I... I... I've been
in a place like this before.
Syren buries her face in her hands, clearly shaken by her
vision, and Danyael holds her close.
DANYAEL
It's alright, you're safe. Just
tell us what you saw.
Syren takes a moment, her voice timid and frail.
SYREN
She was strapped down to a sort of
chair, and there were needles in
her hair, and... and...
CHRIS
You're sure it was them?
SYREN
(nods)
I saw it.
(beat; realises)
I saw it! How could I have seen it?
DIEGO (O.S.)
Chris?
Chris heads over to Diego, who is standing over a large chair
surrounded by bulky monitors and equipment, a headpiece
filled with needles and tach pads mounted above it.
DIEGO (cont'd)
I know I am far from being an
expert, but could this be what
Syren was talking about?
Chris peers closely at the device, joined by Julie.
JULIE
It's definitely Parker's.
CHRIS
Are you sure?
JULIE
Spent a few months in one of his
labs, remember? I got to know the
place pretty well.
CHRIS
So what would they be using one of
these devices for?
JULIE
(beat)
I don't know. But it was Parker,
so... nothing good.
CHRIS
Why would some science complex
outside a town in the middle of
nowhere be filled with Parker's old
lab equipment?
DIEGO
The best place to hide something is
in plain sight.
(beat)
What are we going to do?
NAOMI
Destroy it.
DANYAEL
What?
NAOMI
I'm serious. Whatever this is, if
it's bad, destroy it.
CHRIS
I agree. Parker would never have
created something for good.
And whatever all this is, it needs
to be destroyed.
TWIST
How do we know that this won't do
something to kill more people?
DIEGO
It's unlikely, Twist. It's just a
chair, after all.
TWIST
Yeah, and I guess it was 'just a
lamp' in Amityville, huh?
DANYAEL
I agree with Naomi.
TWIST
What? You
DIEGO
(intervening)
That's it. We destroy this place.
A beat. Twist sighs, then hefts up her baseball bat.
TWIST
Ah, whatever.
Twist takes a SWING at a machine, which promptly causes it
EXPLODE into flames!
TWIST (cont'd)
(beat; off their looks)
Hulk Smash.
Chris looks at her with amusement.
CHRIS
(grins)
Slightly less orthodox, I'll admit.
As the team begin to destroy various pieces of equipment,
Julie moves towards a large one with a switch which pulsates
delicately.
Syren stops by a computer terminal, before she stops. She
opens her mouth and a SILENT NOTE hits the computer, causing
it seize up and then be destroyed in several small
explosions!
AN ALARM SOUNDS and red lights begin pulsing all over the
place. At the entrance, a giant metal GATE starts to descend,
sealing their way out!
Diego spots it first, KICKING a desk so it slides forward and
JAMS under the descending door - but it won't hold for long.
Diego and Chris race over, bracing their shoulders underneath
the gate to try and hold it up a little longer.
CHRIS (cont'd)
(grits teeth)
I think that's our cue to leave!
As Twist passes a machine, her jacket SNAGS on a lever. She
hurriedly pulls it away, accidentally knocking it into the
'on' position.
The others all duck under the gate and get through to the
other side, and Diego and Chris nod to each other before
rolling at the same time, narrowly avoiding being crushed by
the gate.
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