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11 EXT. ELYSIUM - ALLEYWAY - NEXT 11
Danyael THRUSTS the iron bar, which is now spattered with
fresh blood, into a vombie and it grimaces before he pulls it
out and SMACKS it across the face.
However, we see the other vombie behind him and just as its
fangs dive towards Danyael...
TWIST (O.S.)
Hey, baumgartners!
All three turn to see Twist, who FLIES through the air,
snatches the iron bar and SMASHES it through the vombie's
head, killing it. It slumps to the ground and the distraction
is enough to allow Danyael to kill his vombie.
TWIST (cont'd)
(breathes heavily)
I'm... not even gonna use any
quips, now.
DANYAEL
Thanks. Good to know you had my
back.
TWIST
(grins; sly)
I'm saving the front for another
time.
Danyael rolls his eyes with a chuckle as the two set off, we
cut to:
12 EXT. ELYSIUM - TOWN HALL - NEXT 12
As the team surge forward, we see the Town Hall from before,
only a few metres ahead. But then we PAN DOWN and see a WALL
of vombies!
CHRIS
Oh, bollocks.
(to others)
Are we ready?
DIEGO
As always.
MATT
I'm ready.
Diego and Chris exchange a bemused look as Matt boldly faces
down the vombies up ahead.
CHRIS
Here goes...
As the team and the other two survivors SURGE forward, the
vombies notice - and ATTACK!
They pounce on the team, but they manage to keep them,
fighting and attacking back, defending themselves.
Syren sucks in a deep breath and unleashes a SCREAM, blasting
several vombies off their feet and clearing a path through
for the others.
Diego and Chris manage to cover the front and the back as
they move towards the entrance. Matt is full of almost
bloodlust as he fights them off and kills several vombies.
Even Frances is showing surprising skill, using her elbow as
a battering ram to stop a vombie from getting into the
tightly packed group.
TWIST (O.S.)
Surf's up, big kahuna!
Twist and Danyael enter the frame, sending vombies FLYING and
SLAMMING into the wreckages of cars and buses.
NAOMI
What kept you?
DANAYEL
Ah, you know... hero stuff.
Eventually. they reach the DOORS - but they're LOCKED! Diego
POUNDS his fist on the door.
DIEGO
Let us in!
TWIST
We're too gorgeous to die!
After a couple of tense beats, the doors are UNLOCKED by two
male survivors and as the team piles in, those at the back
keeping the vombies from entering, the doors are shut and as
they do, we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
13 INT. TOWN HALL - NIGHT 13
Our team surveys the inside of the town hall, which has about
three hundred other survivors of the vombie massacre inside.
There are a lot wounded, along with several terrified and
scared CHILDREN.
TWIST
(to Syren)
Seems your optimism worked, toots.
SYREN
Do you really think they'll get in?
DIEGO
No. This place is strong, with a
lot of reinforcements, thick walls,
strong doors.
(nods)
We should be alright. But not for
long.
CHRIS
How long is 'not long,' in your
professional opinion?
DIEGO
A couple of hours, quizá.
Frances and Matt step forward.
MATT
Seeing as we're not part of your
little gang...
FRANCES
... we'll go. Find out some
information and stuff.
Chris nods and as the two survivors move away, we DISSOLVE
TO:
14 INT. TOWN HALL - LATER 14
We see Chris looking around for something. Or, someone. He
moves through little camped out groups of people, some
tending to the sick, some just scared and tearful, where as
some are just sitting in shock or grief.
As Chris moves past a group, we TRACK OVER to PUSH IN on the
group, which contains Frances.
There's a young mother, a middle-aged man and two children -
the two children we saw in the park earlier, playing with the
Frisbee - who look all much more sober.
The young mother, LOUISE, strokes the hair of the young boy,
BEN, while his younger sister, MARIA, plays with her hair.
LOUISE
... it's just I never...
(beat)
You see this stuff on the TV, like
'24' or something, but never...
The middle aged man, TONY, turns to her.
TONY
(dry)
You never would have thought that
something with Kiefer Sutherland in
would have doomed us all.
Louise manages a small chuckle and looks over at Frances who
is absentmindedly stroking her belly.
LOUISE
(hesitant)
Um... if you don't mind me asking,
when is it due?
FRANCES
Any time soon.
(smiles)
Knowing my luck, I'll give birth in
here.
LOUISE
(long beat)
I just... if this is happening all
over the world... I never thought
the world would end. Not here.
TONY
I always thought the world would
end in Los Angeles.
FRANCES
(confused)
Why Los Angeles?
TONY
Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston
in one place. Bound to happen.
The adults snort with laughter for a moment before we cut to:
We arrive back at Chris and he looks majorly pissed. The
camera CIRCLES around and we see looking at the MAYOR from
the previous episode. Chris storms towards him, across the
stage, as the Mayor sits on a chair on the stage.
CHRIS
You!
The Mayor looks confused but as Chris advances, he stands,
hands out.
MAYOR
Whoa, whoa. Now listen, I know
we're all...
CHRIS
(yells)
You knew! You knew all along!
There's SILENCE in the Town Hall as the occupants look at the
conversation.
CHRIS (cont'd)
You knew all along about this!
About the experiments!
MAYOR
(tense)
Now, let's not...
Chris pulls the papers Julie printed off from his jacket
pocket and THRUSTS them in the Mayor's face.
CHRIS
These are reports from your
office...
MAYOR
Where did you...?
CHRIS
... that describe that you knew all
along about the vombies!
MAYOR
(confused)
Vombies?
CHRIS
(blinks)
Creatures, hybrids, whatever.
(beat; dangerous)
Explain. Now.
The Mayor looks helpless and bows his head for a moment
before:
MAYOR
(quiet)
It was... an experiment...
CHRIS
Speak up! I think these people
deserve to know why their friends,
their lovers, their family are
dead!
MAYOR
(louder)
We... we created an experiment. It
was just something that the science
people cooked up. An idea, a
theory.
(beat)
It went wrong, it went so wrong, we
didn't plan it...
CHRIS
Go on.
MAYOR
The whole idea was to develop
creatures that could help people.
Imagine security that would
frighten criminals. Imagine the
ultimate warriors, that could win
wars...
(beat)
We captured vampires off the
streets, drugged them and then
drained them of their blood. We
transfused it.
CHRIS
Transfused it into what?
MAYOR
The... zombies. We re-animated them
with some...
MICHELLE (O.S.)
Dark magic.
Chris and the Mayor turn and see Michelle who looks coolly at
the Mayor.
MICHELLE (cont'd)
The amount of energy to re-animate
them could only be through magic.
Dark magic.
(to Mayor)
You're a necromancer.
Chris turns back to the Mayor.
MAYOR
(nods)
It's... how I won the election.
There's a chorus of shocked gasps from the nearby townsfolk.
MICHELLE
(shrugs)
Politicians are evil. Look at
Gordon Brown.
MAYOR
With the zombies, we transfused the
blood into them and they...
(beat)
... they became stronger. Too
strong. Some of them broke out but
I tried to keep a hold on, I really
did. I tried to cover it up but if
the hybrids... sorry, vombies, bite
you, the transference of blood will
make you one of them.
MICHELLE
That's one hell of a flu.
(beat)
God, I've been in America too long.
CHRIS
(furious; to Mayor)
You're pathetic.
Chris walks away off the stage, leaving the Mayor alone, with
the survivors looking at him in anger and horror.
15 EXT. TOWN HALL - LATER 15
We see at least a hundred vombies surrounding the Town Hall
as they try to force open the entrance. As one vombie
launches himself at the doors, we MATCH CUT TO:
16 INT. TOWN HALL - NEXT 16
There's a WHUMP as the vombies hit the doors. A few people
glance towards the heavily-barricaded doors, but from the
looks on most people's faces this has been going on for some
time now.
As the vombies try to get in, Syren and Julie are sat cross
legged with a bag. Michelle arrives and sits down next to
them.
MICHELLE
So, have we got our thinking caps
on?
JULIE
(sighs)
Unless we can concoct something to
make them go all 'Sabrina' and
disappear in a puff of smoke or
melt...
(beat)
Hint hint, Michelle.
MICHELLE
Sorry, even sorceresses need to
recharge after a deep magic use.
SYREN
Like an iPod battery?
MICHELLE
(beat)
Strange analogy, but yes, like an
iPod battery. I guess.
JULIE
Well, I guess Chris and I could
concoct a spell.
MICHELLE
That's my girl.
SYREN
What sort of spell?
JULIE
Maybe one that'll locate on undead
energy, like little markers in
bioenergy.
SYREN
But won't that kill Twist and
Danyael and Naomi?
JULIE
That's the big problem. Well, that
and the fact that any spell we do
is going to come with a certain
level of concussive power. Whether
we like it or not, we're gonna end
up causing even more damage to this
town.
MICHELLE
What about some kind of magical
cover spell?
JULIE
By the sounds of our undead
attackers out there, we don't have
enough time.
(sighs)
Maybe if...
SYREN
Wait.
Michelle and Julie turn to Syren who looks as if she's got an
idea.
SYREN (cont'd)
What if we did the spell from a
place where it's cloaked in enough
magic to shield it?
JULIE
Like where?
SYREN
Here.
(to Michelle)
If you could provide enough magic,
do it here and have it spreading
outwards. A wave of energy, coming
from the town hall.
JULIE
But it could spread, keep going
past city limits and out into the
rest of the area. Maybe even the
whole state. That's a lot of
innocent vampires who could get
caught up in its effects.
MICHELLE
(catching on)
But what if we set it to a specific
limit? I could make sure I cap the
amount of power going into it, so
once it urns itself out the wave
just stops.
JULIE
(smiles)
It might work.
(to Syren)
Clever you.
Syren smiles, blushing at the compliment.
MICHELLE
But first of all, let's see if we
can get the source of this. Stop it
at the root.
JULIE
There's a lab just outside of the
city. We all went there but...
MICHELLE
Ah, so that's how you got your rap
sheets? Alright then. I'll need a
couple of people to go with.
Chris, Diego, Twist, Danyael and Naomi have joined them by
this time. Twist has got her hands on another GUN, twirling
it theatrically round her finger.
TWIST
I'll go. Aching for a good fight.
DANYAEL
And there isn't one here?
TWIST
(shrugs)
A girl needs new scenery.
MICHELLE
Okay, thanks Twist. Anyone else?
DIEGO
I will go as well.
SYREN
Me too.
CHRIS
(to Syren)
Are you sure?
SYREN
(beat; smiles)
Who will protect Twist and Diego
from the monsters if I am not
there?
Chris GRINS and Michelle nods at the three volunteers.
MICHELLE
Great. Now, I've got enough energy
to get us close to the place, if I
see its location.
Chris grabs a map from a nearby wall and lays it flat on the
floor.
NAOMI
It was...
She stabs at a location, just within the city's boundaries.
NAOMI (cont'd)
... here.
Michelle stands and Diego, Syren and Twist stand near her.
MICHELLE
Right. Ready?
Twist and Diego nod and they grab each other's hands. With
the same FLASH of LIGHT that accompanied Michelle when she
arrived, the three disappear.
17 EXT. ELYSIUM - COUNTRYSIDE - NEXT 17
As vombies stand around the city, Michelle, Diego, Syren and
Twist appear in a FLASH of LIGHT.
A cluster of nearby vombies look up from their latest catch -
the still TWITCHING body of a motorcycle courier - and start
to clamber towards the team.
TWIST
(to Diego)
Be a sweetheart and take care of
them, would you?
Diego grins, drawing his sword and charging over to meet the
vombies head on.
Syren turns round in a circle, until she's facing towards the
facility the team raided earlier. She can clearly sense
something, and tugs at Twist's arm.
SYREN
This way!
As Syren leads Michelle towards the facility, dodging
vombies, Twist looks back to see Diego fighting furiously,
killing vombies left, right and centre.
TWIST
Hey, Diego, get a move on already!
Twist clicks the trigger of her gun - but it's empty! She
starts to curse - then hears a low GROAN and spins to see a
vombie about to lunge at her!
TWIST (cont'd)
Diego!
SLOW MOTION:
Diego sees Twist unarmed and pulls out a clip for her. He
throws it through the air but Twist can't reach it, so she
FRONT-FLIPS over a fallen vombie, turns in mid-air, catches
the clip, SLAMS it back in and we:
ON SCENE:
Twist blows away a pair of vombies with her gun and grins
wickedly, before Diego grabs her wrist and they both sprint
over to where Syren and Michelle are anxiously waiting.
18 INT. FACILITY - NEXT 18
The four of them shut the door behind them and sprint along
the corridors, until they reach:
19 INT. FACILITY - LAB 19
The lab, where to Syren, Diego and Twist's horror, all of the
machines are GLOWING. Printers are furiously spewing out
reams of paper, and various ALARMS wail, beep and screech
from a dozen different monitors.
TWIST
Oh, holy mother of Amy Lee!
Twist heads for the nearest terminal, her fingers rattling
across the keyboard. Diego looks over her shoulder, calling
back to the others:
DIEGO
It won't disable.
TWIST
It won't allow me in. It keeps
saying that's in 'override mode.'
(beat)
Safe to say that we're screwed.
MICHELLE
There's nothing we can do.
DIEGO
Except pray that the spell works.
Michelle goes to one of the machines, inspecting it. She
frowns, then steps away and reaches behind her, drawing her
ornate CANE from its sling across her back.
TWIST
Hey, it's the Stick o' Doom!
Michelle shoots her a stern look before holding the Cane over
the machine. She nods, satisfied.
MICHELLE
It's this one. It's giving off
waves of biokinetic energy, enough
to re-animate them.
DIEGO
The scientific team must have built
it for their experiments.
SYREN
And there's no way we can shut it
down?
TWIST
You bring any explosives with you?
(off Syren's look)
Exactly. We came, we tried, we gave
up. Nothing more we can do here.
(to others)
C'mon, let's get back.
The team and Michelle leave the lab and we linger for a
moment, focusing on the machine which pulses with green-white
light before we cut to:
20 INT. FACILITY - NEXT 20
As the team make their way through the hallways, Syren stops
for a moment and she turns her head towards a small,
bubbling, GURGLING sound.
She frowns as though trying to place the sound, before she
moves towards the door and twists the doorknob and we enter:
21 INT. FACILITY – ROOM - NEXT 21
We enter a pitch black room and we can't see anything for a
beat until we hear Syren fumbling for a switch and the lights
illuminate:
The room holds about two dozen tall GLASS TUBES, filled with
a clear green fluid and hooked up to a series of monitoring
devices. Something HUMANOID is inside each tube, floating in
the fluid and curled up into a tight ball.
Twist enters the room, looking for Syren.
TWIST
Hey, Mariah, where are y—
Twist stops dead when she sees Syren standing in the middle
of the bizarre room, clearly picking up on something
distressing her.
TWIST (cont'd)
What the hell?
She walks in to get Syren, taking her by the arm and
realising just how freaked out Syren is.
TWIST (cont'd)
What's wrong? What is this place?
SYREN
I- I don't know, I... I remember
the sound, and I... I had to come
and find out, but I... can't see
anything...
Twist glances towards the exit, but her curiosity gets the
better of her as she approaches one of the tubes.
Wiping away condensation with her sleeve, she peers into the
fluid at the figure floating inside.
TWIST
Whole fricken place feels like some
kind of messed up...
She trails off. Eyes wide. Syren steps into frame and
clutches at Twist's arm as she backs away from the tube.
SYREN
What is it? What are they?
TWIST
(horrified)
No...
PUSH IN on the nearest tube, right up to the glass until we
can see the face of the person inside.
It's SYREN!
Or, at least, it's ANOTHER Syren. Perfect in every way.
Twist's head snaps to look into the other vats, now realising
that every one of them contains another identical clone of
Syren!
SYREN
(getting frantic)
Twist? Twist! Please! Tell me what
they are!
TWIST
(dazed)
We... uh, we have to get out...
She starts to leave, but Syren pulls her back.
SYREN
No! Tell me what they are! Tell me
why I can fell them! Tell me why...
why it feels like I'm already in
here!
TWIST
Trust me, toots, we need to go.
Now.
SYREN
(screams)
Tell me!
Syren's voice hits a sudden HIGH PITCH, causing Twist to
wince and cover hear ears - and every tube in the room
EXPLODES!
The glass SHATTERS and breaks, pouring gallons of GREEN FLUID
out onto the floor and bowling the two girls off their feet.
Diego and Michelle appear in the doorway just as the wave of
water hits the door, and they're both swept to the ground as
well.
Spluttering, twist splashes around as she sits back up,
blinking the water away.
TWIST
Syren? Syren! Where are-
She freezes - Syren is cradling one of the clones, its pale,
dead skin only a few shades lighter than her own.
Twist slowly gets to her feet. Syren is running her hands
over the clone's face, confirming that it's her own.
TWIST (cont'd)
(cautious)
Syren, you need to step back and
get out of here, right now.
SYREN
(dazed)
Got to destroy them... get rid...
get rid of the stain...
Syren suddenly drops the clone, jumping to her feet and
clenching her fists, every muscle in her body tight.
TWIST
What are you doing?
Syren throws her head back and SCREAMS, the note rapidly
hitting fever pitch.
The overhead lighting strips EXPLODE, showering the room with
sparks, and as Twist ducks there are more EXPLOSIONS from the
line of tubes, sending FLAMES shooting across the room!
Twist is thrown off her feet by another BLAST, looking up to
see Syren, still screaming, surrounded by a WALL OF FIRE!
TWIST (cont'd)
Syren!!
She starts to get up as Michelle and Diego rush into frame,
pulling her to her feet.
TWIST (cont'd)
No! No, you have to get her! We
can't-
DIEGO
And we won't.
He grits his teeth - and LEAPS through the wall of fire!
TWIST
No!!
She's frantic as Michelle tries to drag her away, the fire
now in danger of cutting off their only way out.
TWIST (cont'd)
Diego!
And as if on cue, Diego BURSTS through the flames again, the
now unconscious Syren scooped up in his arms.
The foursome pile out into the corridor as another EXPLOSION
blasts through the room, into:
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