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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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