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        38     INT. FACILITY – CORRIDOR - NEXT                         38

               The team hurries along the corridor, running like there's a
               devil chasing them as the ALARMS still blare overhead.

                                   TWIST
                         I'd say that went pretty screwed
                         up.

                                   CHRIS
                         I think that sums this...

               They come to a stop as they run into a squad of ARMED GUARDS,
               guns raised.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         ... up.

                                   GUARD #1
                         Nobody move! Lower your weapons and
                         get down on the ground!

                                   TWIST
                             (innocent)
                         I don't suppose this could all be
                         sorted out with a promise never to
                         do it again?

               GUARD #1 looks at her and then SMACKS her in the face with
               the butt of his rifle. She falls, unconscious, to the floor.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Twist!

               The guards lunge into the team, attempting to knock them out.
               One grabs Syren and SLUGS her in the face. She responds by
               KICKING him in his crotch! Chris looks impressed.

                                   CHRIS
                         Where did you learn that?

                                   SYREN
                         Bar fight.

                                   CHRIS
                         You were in a bar fight?

               However one guard cracks his elbow into Syren's face and as
               she crumples, Chris SMACKS the guard in the face, following
               up with a vicious KICK to the stomach.

               Danyael and Naomi are fighting vigorously but Julie is
               already out for the count. Diego has three guards piled on
               top of him and as Chris turns his head, a ROUNDHOUSE kick by
               a guard sends him flying into a wall.

               CHRIS' P.O.V:

               The world is much blurrier now and as he watches the others,
               we gradually:

                                                             WHITE OUT:

               FADE IN:

        39     INT. JAIL - CELL                                        39

               Chris slowly wakes up, rubbing his face as he takes in his
               surroundings. Bars, a small window... Yep, they're in jail.

               ON SCENE

               Chris struggles to his feet and immediately clutches his
               forehead.

               He moves around the cell, face to the ground as he deals with
               the incredible headache.

               He looks up and sees Julie looking over at him from an
               opposite cell.

                                   JULIE
                         I presume from the ass-whooping we
                         received a couple of hours ago that
                         we're in the slammer.

                                   DANYAEL (O.S.)
                         Yep.

               Chris and Julie turn their heads against the bars and see
               Danyael in a cell, an ugly bruise forming on his face. Naomi
               is asleep next to him.

                                   CHRIS
                         Danyael?

                                   DANYAEL 
                             (mutters)
                         Someone get me an aspirin and a
                         freakin' stripper. An aspirin for
                         the headache and - 

                                   CHRIS
                             (interrupts)
                         How's Twist?

                                   TWIST (O.S.)
                         I'm good.

               Danyael moves to reveal Twist in the same cell as Julie.

                                   CHRIS
                         And Syren?

                                   JULIE
                         She's bunking in the one next to
                         yours. Out cold.

               Diego walks from behind Chris, having apparently not been
               noticed by Chris before.

                                   DIEGO
                         So, amigos, how are we going to get
                         out of this?

                                   TWIST
                         Normally, I'd ramp us up to
                         'ludicrous' amounts of force, but
                         given that we just had our asses
                         gift-wrapped and handed to us, I...
                         have no idea.
                             (beat)
                         Now, on to more pressing matters,
                         such as the interchangeable use of
                         the word "parsec" in the "Star
                         Wars" universe as a unit of both
                         time and distance.

                                   JULIE
                             (off cell)
                         Never mind all this, we've gotten
                         out of worse. Our concerns should
                         be about the machines and the
                         attacks.

               We CUT TO:

        40     INT. FACILITY – LAB                                     40

               A guard moves away, turning the lights off from the lab. A
               beat later, we PUSH IN on the machine which Twist knocked. A
               small cylinder has filled to the top and the screen now reads
               'Override Engaged'.

               The lever moves downward even more and we hear a slow, high
               pitched WAILING. The screen lights up green and then comes up
               with the words 'Biokinesis Extrapolation Activation 25%
               Complete'.

                                   CHRIS (V.O.)
                         We could try jumping the first
                         guard that comes to check on us.

                                   TWIST (V.O.)
                         And what? Steal his keys?

                                   JULIE (V.O.)
                         It might work.

                                   DIEGO (V.O.)
                         Ever the optimist, chica.
                             (beat)
                         What if one of us faked a seizure?

                                   TWIST (V.O.)
                         What is this, 'Prison Break'?
                         Enough with the lame plans already!

               The meter is rising with forty nine percent. As it hits
               fifty, the words 'Target Area Selection: Initialisation' pop
               up on the screen.

               A small GPS map of the local area appears on the screen next
               to the gauge and a blue circle pulses wildly around the area,
               before it finally settles on the city, in a perfect circle.
               The circle changes to red and 'Area Selected.'

               The gauge reaches 100% and suddenly there's a HISSING and the
               entire lab begins to SHAKE!

                                   TWIST (V.O.) (cont'd)
                         Like Julie said, we'll make it out
                         of this. And besides, what's the
                         worst that could happen?

               We PUSH IN on the words 'Biokinesis Activated,' before we:

                                                             BLACK OUT:



                                  END OF ACT THREE
                                      ACT FOUR

               FADE IN:

        41     EXT. ELYSIUM – GRAVEYARD - NIGHT                        41

               As the moon hangs in the sky, we PAN DOWN to see a woman,
               BETTY, kneeling in front of a grave.

                                   BETTY
                             (tearful)
                         I... I can't go on like this. I
                         love you so much...

               She SNIFFS and then lays down a bouquet of FLOWERS.

                                   BETTY (cont'd)
                         Lillies. Your favourites.

               She pauses, letting a few tears roll down her cheeks before
               she KISSES her hand, holding it to the gravestone - and a
               HAND shoots out of the ground before her! 

               Betty SCREAMS, but the hand GRABS her round the throat and
               pulls her forward, BURYING her face first in the earth!

               As Betty's body struggles to get free, we PAN OUT from this
               scene and see DOZENS more people bursting free from their
               graves!

               Off this terrifying scene, we cut to:

        42     INT. JAIL – CELL - NIGHT                                42

               A guard approaches the cells.

                                   TWIST
                         Hey! Any chance we could get
                         something to eat down here?

                                   GUARD
                         You do realize that you're all
                         under suspicion of multiple
                         murders?

                                   CHRIS
                         Yes, we—
                             (double-takes)
                         What?

                                   GUARD
                         We have CCTV footage that shows
                         that the same time you entered this
                         city, the... suspicious deaths
                         began.

                                   JULIE
                         You can't be serious.

                                   GUARD
                         Look, we have -

               There's a sudden CRASH from off screen, and the guard turns
               his head to look at the team.

                                   CHRIS
                         Whoever's put us under suspicion of
                         anything is either mistaken, or
                         setting us up.

               Another BANG - raised voices and RUNNING FEET can be heard
               from outside. The Guard tenses up, heading to the nearest
               window.

                                   TWIST
                         What's going on?

                                   SYREN
                         It's starting...

               Julie looks across - Syren is coming round at last, but she's
               curling up into a small ball, clearly terrified.

               The Guard stares out through the window, the colour draining
               from his face.

                                   GUARD
                         My God...

               ANGLE ON: WINDOW

               People are fleeing down the streets - and HUNDREDS of the
               creatures from the graveyard are lumbering down the street
               after them!

               FIRES rage, windows are SMASHED and people SCREAM as they're
               caught and pulled down by the creatures, who descend on them
               in packs.

               ON SCENE:

               The Guard backs away from the window, reaching for his radio -
               and a ROCK smashes through the glass, hitting him right in
               the forehead!

               He capsizes and hits the floor, out for the count, as his
               radio starts to BUZZ with emergency calls:

                                   RADIO
                             (filtered)
                         Somebody, anybody! Come in! We need
                         assistance, repeat, we - 

               There's a SCREAM and the radio cuts off.

                                   TWIST
                         What the hell's going on?!?

                                   DANYAEL
                         I think the party guests have
                         arrived.

                                   NAOMI
                         C'mon, we need to get out of here!

                                   TWIST
                             (snaps)
                         You think?

               They hear a door open, and several more GUARDS hustle into
               the cells area. They're all pulling on body armour and
               packing shotguns, and one pauses to firmly lock and bolt the
               door behind them.

               As they rush past the cells, clearly in a hurry to find a
               better position, Twist calls out to them:

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Hey, let us out!

                                   GUARD #2
                         Look, whatever's going on, you'll
                         be much safer - 

                                   CHRIS
                         Trust me, we can help.

               Chris locks eyes with the guard, trying to show him he means
               what he says. The Guard's colleagues call for him to keep up,
               but he stays with Chris.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         Whatever those things are, you're
                         going to need all hands on deck to
                         hold them off. My friends and I can
                         help you do that.

               The guard hesitates  - and then SLAMS down a lever next to
               him, which makes all of the jail doors slide open.

                                   GUARD #3
                         What the hell are you doing?!?

                                   GUARD #2
                         You heard him! You saw what those
                         things out there can do, we need
                         all the help we can get!

               #3 glares at Chris and the others, then turns back to his
               colleague.

                                   GUARD #3
                         They don't get guns.

                                   TWIST
                         Never needed one so far.

                                   GUARD #3
                         C'mon, we need to get to the-

               There's a CRASH from the doors at the other end of the
               corridor, and the Guards spin round, raising their shotguns.

               Chris and the others gather together as there's another BANG -
               something is trying to force its way inside!

                                   CHRIS
                         We have to go.

                                   GUARD #2
                         Go where? They're everywhere out
                         there!

                                   CHRIS
                         Where are our weapons?

               #3 shoots him an incredulous look - just as the doors BUCKLE
               again. One more hit, and they're down.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         We don't have time for this! If we
                         stand and fight, we'll be
                         overwhelmed and outnumbered!

                                   GUARD #3
                         How the hell would you know?

                                   JULIE
                         Because I think I've just figured
                         out what those things are.

               Chris turns to look at her - and the doors finally BURST OPEN
               with a CRASH!

                                   GUARD #2
                         Here they come!

               The team turn - and a horde of ZOMBIES pours down the
               corridor towards them!

               Pale, rotting flesh, grisly wounds and slow, shuffling
               movements - several look a lot fresher, the casualties of the
               first wave come back to join the ranks.

               However, as they move into the light, every one had a strange
               HOLE in their chest, a green and grey coloured wound.

               The Guards OPEN FIRE, shotgun blasts slamming into the
               advancing zombies, but for each one that falls, two more take
               their place!

                                   TWIST 
                         What in the name of Clive Barker
                         are they? Zombies?

                                   JULIE
                         I don't...
                             (beat)
                         They're not zombies.

                                   TWIST
                         Either that, or everyone's copying
                         Paris Hilton's "so-skinny-I'm-dead"
                         look. Of course they're fricken
                         zombies!

                                   CHRIS
                             (narrows eyes)
                         Julie's right.

               As the first group of the creatures draw closer, the others
               see what Chris and Julie spotted - BLOOD RED eyes, but most
               importantly, FANGS bared from every zombie's mouth!

               The Guards FIRE again, but they're not slowing down the
               zombie's advance.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         We can't stay here! We have to fall
                         back!

                                   GUARD #3
                         Go! We'll hold them off!

                                   NAOMI
                         But-

                                   GUARD #3
                             (off shotgun)
                         We've got these, remember?

                                   CHRIS
                         Where are our weapons?

               The Guard eyes him for a long beat - then relents, quickly
               pulling a key from a chain round his belt and pressing it
               into Chris' hand.

                                   GUARD #3
                         Supply locker, room forty-seven.

                                   CHRIS
                         Thank you.
                             (beat)
                         And good luck.

               He RELOADS as Chris and the others pile round the corner and
               out of sight - but not before Julie lifts a HANDGUN from one
               of the guards. He doesn't notice.

               The Guards exchange grim glances as they prepare for the next
               round of firing, then take aim and OPEN FIRE again.

        43     INT. JAIL - CORRIDOR - NEXT                             43

               As Chris exits a door marked 'Room 47,' he has his arms full
               of the teams' WEAPONS and begins handing them back out.

               The team can hear more GUNSHOTS echoing back round - shortly
               followed by agonised SCREAMS.

                                   NAOMI
                             (horrified)
                         Oh, no...

                                   TWIST 
                         But... they're vampires as well?
                             (beat)
                         They're vampire-zombies! Can... can
                         you get those?

                                   DANYAEL
                             (to Julie)
                         You're the expert here. How do we
                         kill 'em?

                                   JULIE
                         Normal zombies? Take off the head,
                         destroy the brain. These things?
                         Damned if I know.

                                   DIEGO
                         Look out!

               Another of the VAMPIRE-ZOMBIES is waiting for them, and with
               a HISS it charges towards them!

               As the vampire-zombie leaps towards the group, Diego swiftly
               GRABS Julie's gun from her holster and FIRES!

               The creature doesn't stop moving, until a shot hits him in
               the chest, followed by a quick successive shot to the head.
               Then it stops.

                                   TWIST
                         Bullet in the brainpan. Works for
                         me.

                                   DIEGO
                         We'll need more guns.

                                   JULIE
                         We're in a jail, they're bound to
                         have an armoury somewhere.

                                   CHRIS
                             (points)
                         That way. We need to loop back
                         round to where we came in - that's
                         where those guards came from when
                         they were armed.

               He leads the way, as Twist falls back to meet Danyael.

                                   TWIST 
                         Listen, I know this might not be
                         the best time, but it's about
                         Naomi...

                                   DANYAEL
                         What about her?

                                   TWIST
                             (awkward)
                         I saw her... with Kate, and I...

                                   JULIE (O.S.)
                         Heads up!

               Twist turns just a female creature flies towards her.

               BOOM! BOOM!

               Two rapid shots later and the creature falls to the floor,
               SMOKE rising from two HOLES in its head.

               Twist looks up as Diego lowers his gun, and she gives him a
               relieved thumbs up - but then her smile drops.

               SLOW MOTION:

               Over Diego's shoulder, she sees the fire doors up ahead BURST
               OPEN and another wave of VAMPIRE-ZOMBIES start to surge
               through it!

               RESUME SPEED:

               They begin swarming and each of them has a fight on their
               hands:

               Twist spins and KICKS one of the zombies in the face, downing
               it before three more attack her, teeth bared.

               Chris is busy PUNCHING as many as he can. He stops for a
               second, spots a CHAIR against the wall and SMASHES it with
               his boot, grabbing a makeshift STAKE from the wreckage. 

               He JAMS it into his nearest opponent's chest wound and then
               HEADBUTTS him.

               The zombie staggers back, then looks at the stake for a long
               beat - before pulling it out and dropping it on the floor.

                                   CHRIS
                         Oh.

               The zombie lets out an evil GROWL before lunging forward
               again, TACKLING Chris to the floor.

               Julie is busy fending off other zombies. She pulls a pale
               crystal from her pocket and blows into it. It glows a
               turquoise light...

               ... before a WAVE of light bursts from the crystal, BLINDING
               the zombies. Julie pulls out her handgun and FIRES, bringing
               down several more of the creatures.

               Naomi is trying to defend herself from a group but is
               failing. She SWINGS with her sword, but a zombie LUNGES for
               her outstretched wrist outstretched wrist – just as Danyael
               leaps into frame, brandishing a sword. 

               He slices the head off of the zombie and puts himself between
               Naomi and the onslaught. Naomi looks at him for a beat as he
               fells two more zombies.

                                   NAOMI
                             (grins)
                         My hero.

               Syren looks the most scared, but she's putting up a brave
               fight, letting off short, piercing SHRIEKS at anything that
               gets too close.

               One zombie takes a sonic blast right in the face, its head
               DETONATING messily as it collapses backwards. However, one of
               the zombies grabs her and grasps her arm, bending it
               painfully.

               There's a THWACK and the zombie falls for a moment, an AX in
               its head. Syren turns around and sees Diego striding towards
               her.

                                   DIEGO
                         Are you alright?

                                   SYREN
                         I'll - I'll be okay.

               The two get into the fray as we head back to:

               Twist as she lays down a PUNCH onto a zombie. It doesn't do
               anything except make Twist grab her fist in pain.

                                   TWIST
                         Ow! Son of a...
                             (angry)
                         Oh, you baumgartners are beyond
                         doomed now!

               Off Twist's angry leap into the group of zombies, we SMASH
               CUT TO:

        44     INT. JAIL - NEXT                                        44

               In another part of the jail, zombies are swarming the other
               PRISONERS, as more armed GUARDS try (and fail) to hold them
               off.

               One of the guards fires helplessly at an oncoming zombie but
               is tackled by it. The zombie rips out the guard's throat, and
               a fountain of blood GUSHES from the body!

               As the guard SCREAMS, we see a HOOKER scrambling away from
               three zombies, one missing both its legs as it drags itself
               along the floor.

                                   HOOKER
                         Oh God, no!

               As the zombies attack her, tearing into her, we SMASH CUT TO:

        45     INT. JAIL - CORRIDOR - NEXT                             45

               Back with our heroes, we see even more of the zombies pouring
               into the jail.

                                   CHRIS
                         There's too many of them!

                                   DIEGO
                         What should we do?

                                   CHRIS
                         Why does everyone keep asking me
                         that?

                                   TWIST
                         Cell! Get into a cell!

               The seven of them scramble away, Twist and Chris leading the
               way and cutting a path through the undead. They SLAM into a
               wall, breathing heavily.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Right, and the surviving part of
                         this plan begins when?

                                   DIEGO
                             (looks around)
                         To the left!

               Chris spots an empty cell and nods to Diego.

                                   CHRIS
                         Now!

               He runs over to the cell, slides the door even further open
               and then runs back. 

               Twist and Diego run, entering the cell, followed closely by
               Syren and Julie. Naomi enters, while Danyael and Chris hold
               off the zombies.

                                   NAOMI
                         Danny! C'mon!

               Chris and Danyael leap towards the cell and Chris SNAPS the
               lever back down, which SLAMS the cell door shut, cutting them
               off from the zombies.

        46     INT. JAIL - CELL - CONTINUOUS                           46

               The team back away from the bars as the creatures lumber
               towards them.

                                   CHRIS
                         We're safe... for now.

                                   SYREN
                         But what about the people outside?
                         The civilians?

                                   CHRIS
                             (grim)
                         There's nothing we can do for them.

               The zombies start pressing themselves against the bars -
               which CREAK ominously under the pressure!

                                   DANYAEL
                             (gulps)
                         Although maybe outside is better...

                                   TWIST
                         Yeah, but we're stuck in a cell.
                         The only way is certain death. This
                         place is like Miners... Mini Ass...
                         whatever. Never was a LOTR fan.

               One of the zombies manages to get an arm in through the bars,
               but a quick shot from Julie knocks him backwards.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Hey, I've got a name for them!

                                   CHRIS
                         What is it?

                                   TWIST
                         Vombies!

                                   NAOMI
                         What the hell are 'vombies'?

                                   TWIST
                         Vampire-zombies, dumbass.

                                   CHRIS
                         We're not calling them 'vombies.'

                                   TWIST
                         Aw! Why not?

                                   CHRIS
                         Because it's ridiculous, that's why
                         not!

                                   TWIST
                             (pouts)
                         I bet if you named them, it'd
                         stick. Diego?

                                   DIEGO
                             (nods)
                         Vombies it is.

               Chris just sighs and shakes his head as Twist grins sweetly
               at Diego - but a CRASH off screen reminds them, y'know -
               vombies!

               Soon, all of the newly christened VOMBIES' attention is on
               the seven of the renegade hunters, and the cell bars start to
               BEND as the weight of the vombies pushes on!

                                   NAOMI
                         Oh, God, they're coming through!

                                   TWIST
                         We need a miracle!

               At that moment, there is a low HUMMING which intensifies,
               forcing everyone to cover their ears.

               Suddenly there is a bright FLASH OF LIGHT as something WARPS
               into view and when the light dims down, we see:

               MICHELLE HAWKES! The black-clad necromancer shakes her head,
               clearing away the cobwebs with a JANGLE of bracelets.

                                   MICHELLE
                         Bloody hell, I thought this was the
                         right place.

                                   CHRIS
                         Michelle?

                                   MICHELLE
                         Last time I ended up in Nova Scotia
                         and had a head cold for a week...

                                   CHRIS
                         Michelle!

                                   MICHELLE
                         What?

                                   CHRIS
                             (indicates)
                         We could use a little help here.

               She looks at last, and sees that a large chunk of the vombie
               horde is leering hungrily at her.

                                   MICHELLE
                         Oh. Okay.

               Michelle raises her cane into the air, and just as the cell
               doors finally COLLAPSE and the wave of vombies pours towards
               the team, she SLAMS her cane down.

               There's a FLASH of BLACK LIGHT - and Michelle and the team
               are gone!

               The most prominent of the vombies ROARS in frustration and
               anger, and off this we MATCH CUT TO:
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