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TEASER
FADE IN:
1 INT. JAIL - NIGHT 1
As the VOMBIES storm the previously occupied cell, we PAN
ACROSS and see the stragglers of the vombies as there is a
sudden FLASH of BLACK LIGHT, and MICHELLE warps into view.
Around her, we see CHRIS, TWIST, DANYAEL, DIEGO, JULIE, SYREN
and NAOMI appear a beat... falling out of mid-air and hitting
the ground. Painfully.
TWIST
(face-down)
For the record, I would like this
to be my comment when I sue your
ass off; 'Ow! Freakin' ow!"
MICHELLE
Got you out of the Resident Evil
rip-off, didn't it?
DANYAEL
To be fair, Michelle, it didn't get
us far.
Michelle notices.
MICHELLE
Oh, crap. Sorry, it must be the
amount of energy I -
CHRIS
Michelle, sorry, could we get out
of here before discussing the dark
arts?
MICHELLE
(sighs)
Okay, okay.
Michelle and the team turn towards the exit - but are met by
three vombies.
CHRIS
(to Michelle)
Care to do the honours?
Michelle holds a hand up as the vombies leap towards her and
then DRIVES it forward, as it becomes covered with a orange
red GLOW!
One of the vombies stops in mid-leap - and then EXPLODES in
true graphic fashion. The other two have different effects;
one disintegrates into brown-red particles of dust and the
third doesn't even react!
It SPRINTS towards Michelle but as it launches to attack
Michelle, she backhand SMACKS the vombie. It pauses, and then
SHATTERS into the red-brown dust!
Michelle holds her ground as the cloud of dust blows across
her, clenching her fist and frowning.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Are you alright?
MICHELLE
Bitch broke my ring.
JULIE
(sarcastic)
My heart bleeds. Can we get out of
here now?
The team sprint off, and we cut to:
2 EXT. ELYSIUM - JAIL - NEXT 2
The eight of them enter the scene and GASP in horror at what
they see:
Dozens of bodies littering the street, with thick clouds
covering the sky, making the sun unable to seen. Blood is
splattered all over the walls and the survivors run,
SCREAMING for their lives as the vombies pounce on those who
can't escape.
Suddenly, the team dive to one side as two dozen vombies
THROW the burning wreckage of a car at them! They roll,
avoiding the onslaught of debris as the car SMASHES against
the wall.
TWIST
What the Valo happened here?
DIEGO
It must be the infection. For every
victim that falls, another of those
impío cosas is created.
DANYAEL
Bet you fifty dollars that's the
cause of the murders here.
SYREN
We've got to find the survivors,
right?
NAOMI
What makes you think there are
survivors?
SYREN
There's always survivors.
TWIST
Ever the optimist.
Twist looks up to the heavens - dawn is fast approaching, but
the sky overhead is thick with grey smoke.
TWIST (cont'd)
Alright, people, either we start
moving or the second this smoke
clears several of us are gonna turn
into human kebabs.
CHRIS
Twist's right. We need to find a
position we can defend while we
work out our next move.
SYREN
But what about all these people? We
have to help protect them!
JULIE
I think that's the 'next move' he's
on about, honey.
The team take off, hurrying down the main street. Any nearby
vombies are distracted by the fresher meat running wildly
across the scene.
Danyael looks towards a burning vehicle - a huge oil tanker,
crashed nose first into a shop front, belching thick black
smoke up into the sky.
DANYAEL
Morbid as it sounds, thank god for
explosions.
Chris turns to Michelle.
CHRIS
Not that we're not grateful for it,
but what are you doing here?
MICHELLE
Well, it depends.
CHRIS
(confused)
Depends?
MICHELLE
If I tell you, are you going to
freak out?
CHRIS
Why would I 'freak out'?
MICHELLE
(deadpan)
Death sent me.
There's a long beat, as Chris looks at Michelle, despite the
carnage around them.
CHRIS
Huh.
Off this, we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
3 EXT. ELYSIUM - EMPTY SHOP - NIGHT 3
Diego KICKS open the padlocked door to an abandoned shop,
locked down in the middle of business.
He steps inside, sweeping the place for any signs of life as
the others troop in after him.
DIEGO
This building appears to be empty.
CHRIS
We'd better make sure. Twist, go
with him, secure all the entrances.
TWIST
Roger roger.
The duo step through a 'Staff only' door and exit the room,
while Chris nods to Danyael to help him DRAG a heavy display
stand before the door.
CHRIS
That ought to hold for now.
(to Julie)
Do you have anything we can use for
defence?
JULIE
My bag's with the van, all I've got
is what I had on me when we got
arrested.
CHRIS
Do the best you can.
Not looking convinced, Julie digs into her pockets and fishes
out a few gizmos and devices as Chris turns to Michelle.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Right, then. Where were we?
MICHELLE
I was telling you why I got sent
over here.
CHRIS
By Death, yes.
MICHELLE
(grimaces)
You know, it's probably best if you
don't tell him I called him that.
NAOMI
Hang on just a second - have I
missed something?
DANYAEL
Naomi, Michelle Hawkes. Michelle,
Naomi. Michelle helped us out with
a case a few months back. She's the
world's one and only necromancer.
Works for Death himself.
Michelle offers her hand, which Naomi warily shakes.
NAOMI
When you say 'Death,' you mean...
as in the singular, sort of end-of
the-world, black robed and scythe
guy?
MICHELLE
Not exactly as stereotypes portray
him, but yes.
SYREN
Why were you contacted?
MICHELLE
It's all because of Hell City here.
(beat)
But let's start from the beginning.
Naomi raises a bemused eyebrow as we DISSOLVE TO:
4 EXT. AZAMANTIKA'S REALM 4
Grey sands and a black sky, stretching out in every
direction. Dark clouds roll across the skies without sound,
and a soft wind whistles across the plains.
Michelle appears, walking down the side of a tall dune in the
pale sand, her eyes fixed on something up ahead.
She walks on for several moments, her feet sinking into the
thick sand, before she comes to a tall ROCK, shaped to form a
kind of seat.
MICHELLE
Alright, I'm here. Now, what was so
important that you had to drag me
out of bed so early?
There's a HUM in the air, almost like a chorus of VOICES, and
a globe of BLACK LIGHT starts to form in the air over the
rocks. CRACKLES of energy spark from its smooth surface.
Michelle looks unimpressed - she's seen all this before
plenty of times.
The black light starts to grow, forming into a tall, humanoid
shape as the HUMMING rises in volume, until with a final
SNAP, an imposing CLOAKED FIGURE appears, sat imperiously on
the rocky seat.
BONES for hands and feet protrude from the cloak, with a soft
BLUE GLOW where the eyes should be coming from within the
cloak's hood.
CLOAKED FIGURE
Do you know why you're here,
Michelle Hawkes?
MICHELLE
(thinks)
Um... is it about that incident
with Mr. Lockhart next door,
because I can explain -
CLOAKED FIGURE
It concerns not your past actions,
but your future ones.
(beat)
Shall we skip all this bit?
MICHELLE
If you don't mind.
The cloaked figure throws back its hood - revealing a dark
SKULL where its head should be! This is DEATH himself - or as
he prefers it, AZAMANTIKA.
AZAMANTIKA
(chuckles)
Your lack of patience for the
trivialities of formality never
cease to amaze me.
MICHELLE
Yes, yes, I'm consumed by my own
mirth and all that. What's wrong?
AZAMANTIKA
How do you know something is
'wrong'?
MICHELLE
Well, for starters, you summoned me
here in the middle of the night and
you know how arsey I get when I
don't get my rest, and two, you
stuck me about a mile away from
where we usually meet.
You only do that when something's
bothering you.
AZAMANTIKA
You are correct. I need your help.
(beat)
In northern America, there is a
large community. A city known as
Elysium.
(laughs)
Ironic.
MICHELLE
(prompts)
So, what about this town?
AZAMANTIKA
A strange manner of evil is at work
there, something which is killing
people. The numbers have been
increasing rapidly over the next
few days.
MICHELLE
With you so far.
AZAMANTIKA
The bodies are rising again.
MICHELLE
I see. Zombies?
AZAMANTIKA
I cannot say. All I know is that
the souls of these victims -
MICHELLE
(interrupts)
Aren't arriving, I presume.
AZAMANTIKA
Whatever is behind this evil, it is
keeping the souls of the dead
housed within their bodies.
Trapped, until the bodies finally
stop, and then they are freed.
MICHELLE
Getting cheated out of the
afterlife... bugger.
AZAMANTIKA
What I am asking you to do is to go
there, and stop them, before the
problem spreads.
MICHELLE
(nods)
I will. Anything else I should know
about?
AZAMANTIKA
I believe some old acquaintances of
yours will be there soon. They
should be able to assist you.
MICHELLE
Right... Well, I'll get right on
that, then.
(beat)
You look well.
AZAMANTIKA
Do I?
MICHELLE
Yeah, you know... full of calcium.
Azamantika cocks his skull to one side, regarding Michelle
strangely, and off this scene, we DISSOLVE TO:
5 INT. ELYSIUM - EMPTY SHOP - NIGHT 5
The others sit and listen to Michelle as she winds up.
MICHELLE
And seeing as I'm one of the few
people with enough power in their
little finger to split a human in
half...
NAOMI
(whispers to Danyael)
Modest, isn't she?
MICHELLE
... Azamantika put me on assignment
here.
DANYAEL
I take it Death doesn't pay for
First Class?
Michelle shoots him a look, and he wisely drops the subject.
CHRIS
So you're here to help the 'souls'
trapped within the creatures out
there pass over, correct?
MICHELLE
(nods)
Yep.
NAOMI
So, does this make you... Death's
bitch?
MICHELLE
(dry)
See this finger?
Twist and Diego suddenly burst back into the room, weapons
drawn.
TWIST
Uh, we may have a slight-
SMASH! The shop windows suddenly EXPLODE inwards as a BENCH
is hurled through them, showering the team with glass.
The team duck for cover, Chris SHOVING Michelle and Syren out
of the way as Danyael shields Naomi.
DIEGO
A large number of the creatures are
heading this way!
TWIST
This whole block's gonna become
vombie central in about thirty
seconds!
She leaps for the door, SMASHING the display stand out of the
way with her bat.
TWIST (cont'd)
Let's go!
She counts the team out as they quickly pile back out into:
6 EXT. ELYSIUM - STREET - NEXT 6
Sure enough, the team are confronted with a horde of VOMBIES,
some lumbering and some running towards the latest crowd of
panicked civilians in their path.
There's a sudden EXPLOSION that sends vombies flying and the
team turn to see a male survivor, MATT, fighting his way
through the vombies, stabbing with one sword and shooting
with a handheld machine gun with his other hand.
MATT
(yells)
Come on! Step on up, you grebo
bastards!
He blows another away with two shots to the head and chest.
Twist suddenly breaks free of the others and LAUNCHES herself
into the crowd.
CHRIS
What are you doing?
TWIST
(yells)
Getting information!
Twist PUNCHES her way through the vombies, breaking a couple
of necks and getting a few good SMACKS in before she reaches
Matt. He's about twenty five, with short, spiky dark hair and
wearing torn, ripped clothes that look like they used to be
good.
He turns to her as they both fight away the hungry hybrid
creatures.
MATT
Who the hell are you?
TWIST
Twist McFadden, otherwise known as
your hero for the moment.
MATT
I'm Matt. Matt Walker. Trainee IT
technician.
TWIST
(blinks)
I'm fighting next to a nerd?
MATT
The word is technician. And anyway,
I don't need your help!
Twist suddenly swings her fist at Matt! He ducks and Twist
GRINS when it connects painfully with a vombie.
TWSIT
(sarcastic)
Yeah, I can see you've got all this
under control.
MATT
Look, I didn't spend every weekend
for the last five years at
historical battle recreations for
nothing, you know!
He SWINGS his sword at another zombie - who GRABS it, pulling
it from his hand and tossing it away!
Matt GULPS as the vombie leers, ready to strike, until Twist
DROP-KICKS the creature, sending it skidding away.
MATT (cont'd)
(sighs)
Fine, I'll help you.
TWIST
(scoffs)
If anything, it's you who needs the
help. I've got a posse who know
about this sort of thing.
MATT
What are you, the Scooby Gang?
TWIST
(scowls)
Hey, do you want our help or not?
Twist HEADBUTTS one vombie and then KICKS a male vombie in
the crotch. After a beat, the vombie just looks down,
unaffected and Twist shrugs - before WHACKING it with her
bat.
TWIST (cont'd)
Worth a try.
(on topic)
Where are the other survivors?
MATT
Everyone who could run was heading
for the town hall. It's an old
building, built in the Fifties to
withstand anything short of a
direct hit.
TWIST
Gotcha.
(beat)
Hey, where'd you get that cool gun?
MATT
Found it next to a burned-out
police car.
Twist nods, then turns her head and yells at the others, who
are running and fighting to catch up with Twist and Matt.
TWIST
(yells)
The town hall! Vamos, muchachos!
As the team finally catches up, smacking down advancing
vombies, we cut to:
7 EXT. ELYSIUM - ALLEY - NEXT 7
We see a pair of vombies prowling through a small, dead-end
alley. They SNARL and we pan up a fire escape to see FRANCES,
a young woman in her early twenties with short, blonde hair
and very heavily pregnant, her stomach straining against her
smock. She bites her lip and rubs her stomach as she tries to
remain silent.
However, her movement dislodges a small metal bar which has
come loose from the fire escape and it falls onto the ground -
alerting the two vombies!
One grins maliciously and then LEAPS up the fire escape to
meet Frances. Its hand SNAPS forward and as it reaches for
Frances' hand - Frances reveals her right hand, with a thick
iron pole in it and SMACKS it hard across the vombie's face!
It's sent sprawling backwards and Frances follows up with a
SMACK to the chest, and she drives it forwards. The vombie
falls backwards off the fire escape and lands on the ground
with a CRUNCH.
It lays still for a beat and then slowly gets back up. It
looks up at Frances with a menacing grin and with that
Frances yells:
FRANCES
(screams)
Help me!
We SMASH CUT TO:
8 EXT. ELYSIUM - STREETS - NEXT 8
As our team fights their way through, Danyael suddenly stops
and listens intently. Very vaguely, we hear:
FRANCES (O.S.)
(in distance)
Somebody please help me!
Danyael looks at the others for a beat and then makes up his
mind, running towards the source of the sound.
9 EXT. ELYSIUM - ALLEYWAY - NEXT 9
Frances swipes wildly with the metal bar as the two vombies
who have mounted the fire escape round on her and as she
SCREAMS, one hand clasped protectively around her unborn
child...
DANYAEL (O.S.)
Special delivery!
The two vombies look up - just as a TRASH CAN hurled by
Danyael crashes into them both, bowling them off the fire
escape like skittles!
Frances looks up at her hero as he clambers up onto her
level, and Danyael grins.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Need some help?
FRANCES
(sarcastic; grins)
You think?
The two vombies begin getting back up and Danyael pulls out
the sword Diego gave to him, before noticing Frances' already
bloodstained pipe.
DANYAEL
Already met these guys?
FRANCES
(points)
My ex. Well, now he's my ex-ex.
DANYAEL
You were meeting him?
FRANCES
(nods)
Yep. He wanted to talk. I caught
him with another girl and now he's
dead.
(beat)
Wow, is that karma?
DANYAEL
(not listening)
Listen, what's your name?
FRANCES
Frances.
DANYAEL
Frances, when I distract these
goons, run. There's a group of us
heading towards the town hall. Meet
up with them, there'll be a girl
there, peroxide blonde hair, can't
miss her.
FRANCES
Are you going to be okay?
DANYAEL
(grins)
I'm always okay.
And with that, Danyael swan-dives off of the fire escape,
landing on his feet in front of the two recovering vombies.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Alright, guys, make Romero proud!
As the two vombies leap forward, we SMASH CUT TO:
10 EXT. ELYSIUM - STREETS - NEXT 10
Twist ELBOWS a vombie in the face, before she ducks as Julie,
with a retrieved shotgun, BLASTS him once in the chest and
then once the face, sending blood and bone everywhere while
Twist, Chris, Syren, Naomi and Diego hold their own, stabbing
and shooting.
Michelle sends a RED WAVE of energy across, making several
vombies crumple up in pain while some receive a searing HOLE
in the chest.
Julie spins around and FIRES another shot into an oncoming
vombie's chest before noticing Danyael has gone.
JULIE
(to Twist)
Where's Danyael?
NAOMI
Danny! Where are you?
TWIST
Spook! Where the hell are you?
FRANCES (O.S.)
Hey! You! Peroxide girl!
Twist SNAPS her head around and see Frances, waddling as
quickly as possible as a pregnant woman can.
FRANCES (cont'd)
Your friend! He said I should find
you!
Twist breaks free of the group and runs over, followed
quickly by Naomi as they reach Frances.
TWIST
Where is he?
FRANCES
Back in the alley, taking on two of
them so I could get out of there.
TWIST
(turns to Naomi)
Get her back with the others.
NAOMI
Like Hell! I have to make sure -
TWIST
(interrupts)
Listen, I have more experience and
way more skill than you.
(looks her up and down)
And don't even get me started on
your fashion sense...
NAOMI
Look, are you -
TWIST
Just shut up and get her to safety!
Frances looks bemused by the argument and begins waddling
back towards the group.
TWIST (cont'd)
And where do you think you're
going?
FRANCES
(dry)
While you two are busy bitching
about each other's hair, I'm going
to try and actually survive this.
(determined)
For me and my son.
Naomi sighs, resignedly.
NAOMI
Fine, I'll look after her.
Naomi takes Frances gently by the upper arms but takes a look
back to Twist - but she isn't there. As Naomi and Sophie
prepare to rejoin the group, we SMASH CUT TO:
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