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27 INT. MONASTERY - CHAMBER - NIGHT 27
And now it's Julie's turn. Several INCENSE BURNERS are set up
around her, creating a thick fug of smoke above her.
The elders are CHANTING once more, but this time it's a
deeper, less melodic sound. Julie's body is partly exposed,
cloths wrapped over her and SYMBOLS clustered over her skin.
The others are watching as before, Twist glancing round when
Chris and Syren walk in.
Twist steps over to Chris and gives him a quick HUG, wearing
a proud grin.
TWIST
Hey.
CHRIS
Hello, Twist.
TWIST
I don't have to say anything
heartfelt to mark this moment do I?
Only I'm not...
She glances round to where Naomi and Danyael stand together,
hand in hand.
TWIST (cont'd)
... I'm not feeling the love right
now.
CHRIS
It's fine. What's left unsaid and
all that.
TWIST
Thanks.
She gives him a quick PECK on the cheek before they rejoin
the others.
Their friend the Monk steps over, as the elders begin
RATTLING several musical instruments and amping up their
chants behind him.
MONK
The ritual is commencing. Is your
friend ready to assist us?
Michelle turns to Syren, taking her hand and guiding her
towards the Monk.
MICHELLE
Remember, Syren, just like we
talked about earlier. If you feel
things starting to get out of hand,
just step back.
SYREN
(nods)
I will.
The Monk leads Syren towards the pedestal, and she sits on
the floor by the elders as they continue to CHANT.
ELDERLY MONK #1
This ritual has two parts. First,
we must drive the wicked spirit
from your friend's body, and next,
we must destroy it.
ELDERLY MONK #2
We have been told you can keep your
friend from being harmed by the
spirit when it is awakened.
SYREN
I can.
ELDERLY MONK #2
Then do what you must do.
Syren nods, closes her eyes and takes a breath, readying
herself. As the monks watch, she starts to HUM a gentle
lullaby, her body swaying softly as she sings.
Julie STIRS, frowning as her head shifts from side to side.
She looks to be having a nightmare, letting out a few soft
MOANS of distress.
The monks continue to chant, and as the team watch a BLUE
HAZE starts to form over Julie's body, circling her like a
vulture to its prey.
ELDERLY MONK #1
The spirit is awakened...
The haze starts to take form, BLAZING more brightly from
within as a distorted, inhuman FACE begins to appear.
DEMONIC FACE
(growls)
Who dares...
ELDERLY MONK #2
It will try to deceive us. Do not
listen to its lies.
DEMONIC FACE
This soul is mine!
There's a FLASH of light, and with a sudden gust of WIND
every single incense burner is snuffed out!
One of the monks quickly grabs a torch to light them again,
the haze over Julie swirling faster and faster a the
snarling, hideous face within becomes more defined.
Over with the team, Chris is trying to stop himself from
running over to help, and Michelle SHIVERS as she looks at
the spirit over Julie.
MICHELLE
(mutters)
Bloody hell...
CHRIS
What is it?
MICHELLE
I've never felt anything like this
one. I've dealt with ixtabs before,
even banished a few of them, but
this one...
She turns to the team, obviously concerned.
MICHELLE (cont'd)
It's been with her a long time.
It's taken root.
TWIST
So? We can still get it out, right?
Michelle hesitates, telling Twist more than she wanted to
know.
TWIST (cont'd)
Oh, frack...
WITH JULIE as she starts to have difficulty breathing, her
body twitching in fits and starts.
DEMONIC FACE
I will kill her if you do not leave
me be!
ELDERLY MONK #1
We cannot allow you to stay here!
Leave this woman, or we will banish
you back to Hell!
DEMONIC FACE
Never!
And Julie lets out a CRY of pain, her body twisting as the
spirit BURNS with dazzling blue light.
NAOMI
It's killing her!
DANYAEL
We have to do something!
MICHELLE
We are doing something, you idiots!
ON SYREN, her brow knitted with concentration, her lips
moving as she continues her lullaby but starting to find it
hard to hold on.
The spirit's face turns to look at her, letting out a SNARL
of fury.
DEMONIC FACE
This one shall perish too! She
dares to try and stop me!
CHRIS
Hold on, Syren!
The spirit looks towards Chris and the others, its eyes
fixing on Michelle.
DEMONIC FACE
(hisses)
You! Necromancer!
Michelle holds its stare, trying to stay defiant.
DEMONIC FACE (cont'd)
You know there is no hope for her!
You sense my power... my hold on
this one's pain...
MICHELLE
No.
DEMONIC FACE
She has suffered in silence for so
long... none of you cared for her!
None of you tried to help her! All
this time... she has been mine!
MICHELLE
No!
Her crystal GLOWS fiercely, Michelle's hands balling into
fists. Chris lays a hand on her arm.
CHRIS
Don't let it provoke you, Michelle.
MICHELLE
(snaps)
It's not provoking me, it's just
pissing me off!
There's another BLAZE of light from the spirit, and with a
CRY Syren falls back, hands to her ears.
CHRIS
Syren!
He breaks and runs to her side, cradling her and seeing BLOOD
trickling from her ears.
DEMONIC FACE
She is no match for me... for
months, I have feasted on this
host's pain... her anger, her
longing, her futility... and now,
you try to banish me?
Chris' face twists in anger, and his hand rises, ready to zap
the spirit as it LAUGHS mockingly - but Michelle streaks
forward and PUSHES his arm down.
MICHELLE
No! Chris, if you hit that thing
with any kind of magic, you'll give
it enough power to control Julie
for good!
Chris glares furiously at the spirit, watching as tendrils of
blue smoke start to reach back down for Julie's body.
MICHELLE (cont'd)
Come on! Move it!
She hauls Chris back, and he finally tears himself away to
carry Syren to safety.
As Danyael and Naomi tend to the stunned Syren, Twist keeps a
firm hold on Chris to stop him charging in again.
The smoke reaching down from the spirit hang mere inches from
Julie's body, ready to sink back into her.
DEMONIC FACE
End your futile efforts to banish
me... or she dies!
The monks' chanting starts to build in intensity - and the
fires on the incense burners FLARE brightly.
The spirit's face twists, snarling and shaking from side to
side.
DEMONIC FACE (cont'd)
No... no! I will not leave her!
ELDERLY MONK #2
Leave this place... leave this
place now!
DEMONIC FACE
No!
There's a FLASH of light - and SPARKS of electricity start to
fly from the cloud.
The spirit HOWLS, sending more WIND rushing through the
chamber that buffets the team and the monks, sending hair and
robes flapping wildly.
ELDERLY MONK #1
Begone, demon!
DEMONIC FACE
Noo!!
MICHELLE
(quiet)
Not her... please, not her... not
now...
And as the ELECTRICITY intensifies, the cloud starts to
SHRINK, Julie's body still JOLTING as the spirit struggles to
keep its claws in her.
DEMONIC FACE
She will be mine... she will always
be mine!
The cloud keeps shrinking, the screaming face within starting
to melt back into the swirling haze of smoke.
ELDERLY MONK #1
Begone!
And with a final HOWL and a FLARE of brilliant light, the
cloud shrinks away to nothing, leaving only a final few
CRACKLES of energy in the air.
Other monks rush to Julie's side, her body thick with sweat
and the painted symbols smeared across her skin.
Chris and Michelle rush over, Chris pushing through the monks
to reach Julie.
Julie is breathing rapidly, her face scrunched up in obvious
pain and her eyes clamped shut.
CHRIS
Julie?
(beat)
Julie!
He turns her face towards him, watching as her breathing
slows and the tension visibly eases from her features.
CHRIS (cont'd)
(soft)
Julie... come back to us.
Julie's eyelids flutter - and then she opens her eyes. She
takes a moment to process the scene - Chris and a crowd of
monks surround her.
JULIE
What... did I miss?
Chris lets out a LAUGH of relief, bundling her up in his arms
and EMBRACING her for dear life.
She's prised out of his grip by the monks, who carefully dab
her with cool towels as she sits up.
Julie realises just a few slips of cloth are protecting her
modesty, selfconsciously curling her legs towards her. She's
still pretty out of breath.
JULIE (cont'd)
Uh... what's going on? Where are my
clothes, and what's with all the
Buddhists?
CHRIS
It's a long story, Julie. The
important thing is that you're safe
now. You're back.
JULIE
Right. That's... that's good.
Chris HUGS her again, and this time she lets herself hug him
back as the rest of the team hurry over.
Twist aims Syren towards her, the two sharing a strong hug
before Twist and then Danyael have their turn.
Twist wrinkles her nose when she realises the INK from
Julie's symbols has smeared all over her outfit.
TWIST
(pouts)
Oh, man!
DIEGO
Welcome back, Julie.
Danyael RUFFLES her hair, Julie easing up and soaking up the
relieved welcome from her friends.
Chris steps back and sees Michelle taking a seat, looking
pretty drained. He moves to stand by her.
CHRIS
You look shattered.
MICHELLE
I am. I've spent the whole time we
were here convinced something bad
was going to happen to one of you.
CHRIS
Looks like you were here just in
case something did.
MICHELLE
Yeah... looks like.
She smiles up at him, and he reaches down to squeeze her
hand.
CHRIS
Thank you, Michelle. For
everything.
MICHELLE
All in a day's work. They breed
them tougher than most down in
Ravenshill, after all.
Chris grins, turning to head back over to rejoin Julie and
the others as Julie is helped into a robe by one of the
monks.
MICHELLE (cont'd)
(to herself)
Yup... mission accomplished.
And as she watches the celebrations, we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
28 INT. MONASTERY - BEDROOM - NIGHT 28
Julie sits on the side of her bed, a cup of hot tea in her
hand as she stares out through the window. A popular pastime,
by the looks of it. There's a KNOCK at her door.
JULIE
Come in.
Chris enters, making his way over and sitting beside her.
CHRIS
Hope you don't mind if I join you.
JULIE
I guess I can stand a little
company.
They share a smile. Julie sips her tea, wincing.
JULIE (cont'd)
Yow. You know, if we sold the
recipe for this stuff to Starbucks,
we'd make a fortune.
CHRIS
Perhaps. Although I wouldn't like
to have to explain where we found
it in the first place.
They fall silent for a few moments.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Why didn't you tell anybody?
JULIE
About what?
CHRIS
Julie, please.
(beat)
About what you were going through.
She looks away, obviously uncomfortable.
CHRIS (cont'd)
We could have helped.
JULIE
No... you couldn't.
She turns to him, managing a weak smile.
JULIE (cont'd)
You weren't there.
Chris bows his head, letting out a deep sigh.
CHRIS
I'm sorry.
JULIE
What, for getting stabbed through
the heart and falling through a
portal to god knows where? Oh,
yeah, I'm still real mad at you for
all that.
CHRIS
(chuckles)
Point taken.
JULIE
It's just that... Twist and the
others, they're good kids, but
they're not leaders. None of them
are. They can't take charge of
things.
CHRIS
And that's why you kept quiet?
JULIE
What was I supposed to say? 'Hey,
guys, I know we have a job to do
and all, but do you mind if I just
have a nervous breakdown because
the guy I l-'
She stops. Realises she almost said too much. She lowers her
head and there's another moment of silence.
CHRIS
Syren would have listened. She
looks up to you.
JULIE
Syren was too busy counting down
the days till you came back. I
didn't have anybody to talk to
about the possibility you were
never coming back.
(beat)
Nobody wanted to talk about that.
Chris puts an arm round her shoulders, and she leans against
him with a SIGH.
JULIE (cont'd)
I know I should've spoken out
sooner, but...
CHRIS
There was never a right time.
JULIE
Exactly.
CHRIS
I think we all know how that feels.
JULIE
On the bright side, now I can tick
off 'get possessed by evil suicide
spirit' off my list of things to
see and do.
Julie sits back up, finishing her tea.
JULIE (cont'd)
I think I'm gonna go for a walk.
CHRIS
Be sure to wrap up. We're in Tibet,
don't forget.
JULIE
(dry)
Yeah, because I was thinking of
seeing if I can still pull off last
year's bikinis.
Chris chuckles again. He leans forward and kisses her on the
top of her head.
CHRIS
I'm glad you're alright. You mean a
lot to me, Julie. More than I think
you realise.
JULIE
And I should hope so, too.
With a final smile, he gets up and leaves the room, leaving
Julie to her thoughts as we CUT TO:
29 INT. MONASTERY - CORRIDOR - NIGHT 29
Twist and Diego are walking along when they bump into Danyael
and Naomi.
There's a distinct change in the atmosphere when the two
girls make eye contact.
TWIST
Evening.
DANYAEL
Hey.
TWIST
(beat; to Naomi)
So, ready to make your big
announcement yet?
Danyael glances at Naomi, but Twist waves her hand.
TWIST (cont'd)
She knows I know.
Danyael glances to Diego, who nods.
DIEGO
Twist has told me as well.
DANYAEL
Oh, for God's sake...
TWIST
Chris doesn't know. Neither do
Syren and Julie. I figured you
could tell them when we're all
together to hear it.
DANYAEL
Right.
(beat)
Twist, look, I'm -
TWIST
You know what? We can wait until
later. C'mon, Diego.
She walks brusquely past him, leaving Danyael to watch her
leave, and we CUT TO:
30 INT. MONASTERY - GARDEN - NIGHT 30
Chris sits with Syren. They're in a surprisingly cosy pose,
Chris with his arm round her as she nestles against him.
SYREN
I think I could stay here forever,
just listening.
CHRIS
I think if we did, I might get
cramp eventually.
She grins, sitting up and looking towards him.
CHRIS (cont'd)
What is it?
SYREN
I'm just... Chris, what happened
earlier, did you -
And he KISSES her again. She blinks, taken by surprise.
SYREN (cont'd)
... mean it?
He sits up, turning towards her.
CHRIS
Syren, I've realised something.
I've always been against forming
relationships with the people you
work with. A romantic situation can
easily cause difficulties
professionally, and... well, it's
just always been something I've
stuck to my guns about. But now...
He places a hand against her cheek.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Now, I'm starting to see that you
can't keep your heart from running
towards what it wants forever.
Syren smiles, taking his hand in her own.
SYREN
But what about... Julie, she -
CHRIS
I know. And that's why, for now at
least, things are going to have to
move slowly between us.
SYREN
Do you love her?
CHRIS
(beat)
If some things were different... I
think I could love her. But things
aren't different. I don't ever want
to hurt her, especially now, after
what she's just been through, but I
also don't think it's fair to her
to hope for something that will
never be. That can cause just as
much pain as losing something or
someone you care about.
Syren nods, settling back down to snuggle against him.
SYREN
So all this kissing and cuddling
we've been doing...
CHRIS
Strictly off-duty only.
SYREN
(smiles)
I think I can live with that.
Chris grins, his attention turning back towards the majestic,
moonlit garden before them as Syren begins to HUM another
lullaby.
PULL BACK from the two of them, over towards the garden's
entrance - and there's Julie. She heard every word. There are
TEARS in her eyes as she turns and walks away.
31 INT. MONASTERY - BEDROOM - NEXT 31
Diego is undressing for bed, slipping off his boots and
stretching out when Twist's arms wrap round him from behind.
DIEGO
(grins)
I think the mountain air is having
an effect on you...
TWIST
What, a girl can't show her
appreciation?
He turns to face her, and after a moment she KISSES him.
TWIST (cont'd)
Diego... we need to talk.
Diego SIGHS, lying back onto the bed.
DIEGO
I knew this was coming.
TWIST
(rolls eyes)
Oh, get over yourself. I'm not
dumping you.
DIEGO
(beat)
You're not?
TWIST
No! What made you think that?
DIEGO
Just the way you've been acting
lately.
TWIST
I had a few things I needed to work
out.
DIEGO
You mean Danyael.
TWIST
(beat)
That's part of it, yeah.
DIEGO
Is this about him leaving?
TWIST
It's about me stopping myself
from... from falling in love.
Diego sits up. She doesn't normally talk about this kind of
stuff, and it shows in his expression.
TWIST (cont'd)
I... I've never had much luck with
guys. I got stalked by a
photographer, who then came back
from the dead to kill me, my first
vampire boyfriend burned me alive,
and then Danyael... well, that's
just a whole other sitcom in the
making.
(beat)
And then you came along.
DIEGO
Go on.
TWIST
Diego, you remember what I said to
you when we started doing...
(points between them)
... this?
DIEGO
You said 'don't expect us to get
married.'
TWIST
(beat)
After that.
DIEGO
You said something about this just
being for fun. That you had no
plans to fall in love ever again,
and if I wasn't okay with that,
then I just had to walk away.
TWIST
Right. Yeah. That.
(beat)
Things have changed.
DIEGO
Are you saying -
She KISSES him to cut him off.
TWIST
I'm saying still don't expect a
white wedding... but I'm ready to
start working on the other thing.
Diego seems a little surprised, but as Twist KISSES him again
he doesn't fight back, and as the two fall back onto the bed
we DISSOLVE TO:
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