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29 INT. FACTORY - FIRST LEVEL - NEXT 29
Chris and Isabelle, with Isabelle jumping across a HOLE in
the floor and grabbing a hanging set of CHAINS to help her
swing across.
Chris starts to follow, but a sudden BEAM OF ENERGY shoots up
through the hole, knocking him back!
Isabelle looks down below - the beam came from the statue,
and more are starting to shoot out in all directions!
ISABELLE
It's starting...
She looks back up to Chris.
ISABELLE (cont'd)
This is it! Time's up!
CHRIS
No! You can still help me stop
this!
ISABELLE
(shakes head)
Don't you get it? It's too late
now! It's my duty to -
CHRIS
I thought it was the duty of the
Sword to take command if the Crown
starts to go bad?
Isabelle freezes. Chris lowers his sword, calm even as more
BEAMS OF LIGHT burst through the floor.
CHRIS (cont'd)
I've done my research. Isabelle...
you have the chance to stop her.
Isabelle lowers her head, her moral compass spinning wildly
as she's faced with an impossible choice.
CHRIS (cont'd)
You can end this, before more
innocent lives are lost.
Isabelle's sword droops, her grip loosening. Chris waits,
managing not to flinch as another BEAM flies past him.
ISABELLE
You'd better be -
ZAP! Isabelle is consumed in a beam of light, SCREAMING as
her whole body is swallowed in the white blaze!
CHRIS
No!
He tries to LEAP towards her, but the floor finally CRUMBLES
beneath him, and with an almighty CRASH the entire level
COLLAPSES!
30 INT. FACTORY - MAIN FLOOR - CONTINUOUS 30
In a landslide of girders and steel, the first level FALLS
down onto the main floor, BURYING several vamps and Warriors
under the debris.
The statue of Viracocha is unaffected, the energy pushing out
from it keeping it clear of the falling masonry.
Chris manages to jump clear of the worst of the mess, sliding
across the floor as huge sections of the first level SHATTER.
The surviving Warriors and vamps start to pick themselves up,
dazed by the sudden attack, but Chris is busy shouting:
CHRIS
Isabelle! Isabelle!
He scans the dust-filled floor, but there's no sign of her.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Isabelle!
There's a sudden chorus of SHOUTS as a large chunk of the
floor starts to MOVE, and something PUSHES its way to the
surface, dislodging vamps and Warriors alike!
It's Isabelle - but she's changed, warped somehow into a
monstrous, feral parody of her former self!
Chris gapes at the sight - and realises it's the same MUTANT
ISABELLE he saw in his vision of the future!
Mutant Isabelle towers over the nearby vamps and Warriors,
letting out an inhuman SCREECH of pain as we CUT TO:
31 INT. FACTORY - ROOF - NEXT 31
The sound of Isabelle's HOWL echoes up through the building,
and as another BEAM from the statue PUNCHES its way through
the roof, Danyael decides it's time to go.
With a BATTLE CRY, he charges forward, a handful of Archers
managing to get arrows off amidst the confusion.
One SLAMS into his arm but he doesn't slow down, TACKLING
Naomi to the ground!
As a wave of Warriors sweeps towards Twist, AJ and Syren,
they meet the attack head on, twist's bat almost knocking one
Warrior's head clean off his shoulders.
AJ is outmatched, but with Syren at his back he fights
bravely, fending off the Warriors surrounding him.
AJ
Do we have a plan yet?
TWIST
Kick, repeat! It's not hard!
She DUCKS a sword swing and UPPERCUTS her attacker.
AJ
Right! Just that, you know... we're
kind of outnumbered here!
Syren swings her bo in a wide arc, CRACKING it across several
Warriors.
TWIST
So? We've gotten out of worse
messes than this one before!
SYREN
You always say that!
TWIST
Nu-uh! Several words were
different!
She DUCKS as more ARROWS fly her way - and then an idea hits
her.
TWIST (cont'd)
Wait here!
She breaks from the others, running towards one of the sides
of the roof, which is lined by scaffolds and platforms.
ARROWS stick out from each section, and Twist jumps up to
one, then the next, using them as stepping stones as she
climbs rapidly towards the Archers!
They can't reload in time before she TACKLES them, her bat
CRACKING heads left and right as she takes the Archers down
in moments.
Danyael SCRAPS with Naomi - she's fighting back with
surprising ferocity, but Danyael's got the red mist now.
He BACKHANDS her, splitting her lip, but she HEADBUTTS him
and PUSHES him back off her.
She rises, GRABBING a sword from a passing warrior's hands
and SLICING down. He barely manages to block.
NAOMI
Stop fighting me, Danny! Let this
happen!
DANYAEL
You're crazy! You really think this
is the way to make the world
better?
NAOMI
Nothing else works!
He scrambles to his feet, TOSSING his sword aside and dodging
closer to PUNCH her again.
DANYAEL
This isn't the answer! You've got
to call this off before -
POW! Danyael is THROWN off his feet as a bolt of energy SLAMS
into his back.
Naomi turns - Charlotte is on her feet, one hand clamped to
the chest of a Warrior. RED ENERGY streams from the Warrior
into her - she's literally draining the life out of him!
NAOMI
What are you -
CHARLOTTE
(booming voice)
Be quiet!
Naomi claps her hands over her ears, Charlotte literally
ABLAZE with firey energy as she drops the withered husk of
the drained Warrior.
She turns towards the aerial, now just waiting for her to use
it. The expectant spiral of storm clouds overhead FLASHES
from within with energy.
Charlotte takes a few steps forward - but then Syren steps
into her path, staff raised.
CHARLOTTE (cont'd)
(laughs)
What's this? The new girlfriend
takes on the ex?
Charlotte flicks her hand and sends a BOLT of raw, snarling
energy towards Syren.
Syren SPINS her staff and utters a quick SHOUT, the staff
GLOWING brightly and DEFLECTING the bolt!
It hits a passing Warrior, FRYING him where he stands and
leaving nothing but ash!
SYREN
It's more like 'good guy stops bad
guy.'
CHARLOTTE
(sneers)
Bring it on, twiglet! Once I'm done
snapping your neck and sucking the
life out of you, I'll just -
Syren lets fly with a sudden SCREAM, a blast of energy
hitting Charlotte head on and almost throwing her down!
Charlotte, her body stiff against the surge of power pressing
against her, manages to bring her hands round and bring up a
BOLT of energy again.
Syren's scream starts to take form, trails of YELLOW LIGHT
pouring from her mouth as the tug-of-war with Charlotte's
spell builds.
The two bolts of energy meet in one crackling, blazing sphere
of power, pushing back and forth as the two forces press
against each other.
CHARLOTTE (cont'd)
How long can you keep this up for?
Because I can go all night long...
Syren's voice is starting to CRACK, the scream losing power
even as she pushes her vocal cords to their limit.
Charlotte grins wickedly, stepping forward and pushing the
energy closer and closer, with Syren weakening by the second.
Charlotte rears back and PUSHES her spell forward, and as
Syren's scream finally fades, the energy STREAKS towards her!
Syren THROWS herself backwards, the energy sailing past her,
SINGEING her as it rushes by - and it SLAMS into the aerial!
CHARLOTTE (cont'd)
(horrified)
No!!
The aerial EXPLODES, just as a bolt of pure white LIGHTNING
arcs down from the skies and connects to it!
32 INT. FACTORY - LEVELS - NEXT 32
A burst of power PUSHES DOWN from the base of the aerial,
PUNCHING through level after level!
33 INT. FACTORY - MAIN FLOOR - NEXT 33
As Mutant Isabelle, twice the size of anything else, SWATS
away vamps and Warriors alike, Chris sees the energy from the
roof racing towards them.
He looks across and sees Diego and Ciegue, surrounded by
FLAMES from burning machinery even as they keep fighting.
CHRIS
Diego! The statue! Disrupt the
power!
Diego snaps round, sees the fist-like burst of energy
SLAMMING through each level in turn, and breaks from his
fight.
He reaches the statue, but as he puts his weight against it
and tries to PUSH it over, Ciegue KICKS him away!
Diego turns, sword up even as Ciegue does the same, the
brothers LUNGING in at the same instant.
They SKEWER each other on their swords, Ciegue's sword
running through Diego's shoulder as Diego's SLICES into
Ciegue's chest!
Locked together, the energy above them mere moments away, the
brothers try to push apart but they're locked tight!
CIEGUE
(smirks)
Always knew... we'd end up... this
way!
DIEGO
(grimaces)
This is not... what I promised!
With a ROAR of effort, he PUSHES himself back off Ciegue's
sword, keeping his own firmly in his brother's chest!
CIEGUE
What are you...
DIEGO
(gritted teeth)
Adios, hermano.
Ciegue's eyes bulge as Diego turns and SLAMS his sword into
the statue, PIERCING the light within - just as the energy
above SWALLOWS them in a blaze of power!
A colossal TIDAL WAVE of light pushes out from the statue,
and Chris turns to yell:
CHRIS
Everybody down!
He throws himself down, taking cover behind a panel of debris
as the wave passes by.
Mutant Isabelle is hit head on, ROARING as the energy strips
the flesh from her bones!
34 EXT. FACTORY - ROOF - NEXT 34
The blazing aerial COLLAPSES into the floor, falling through
the holes created by the energy burst and plummeting to the
ground below.
35 INT. FACTORY - MAIN FLOOR - NEXT 35
Mutant Isabelle, now more a skeleton than a creature, manages
to lift what's left of its head as the aerial CRASHES down
towards it.
SMASH! The aerial hits her and SHATTERS her into a thousand
pieces, and as the aerial is destroyed the wave of energy
FADES, disappearing harmlessly in moments.
And at that same moment, a BOLT shoots up from the blazing
white that still covers the statue, lancing back towards:
36 EXT. FACTORY - ROOF - NEXT 36
And with a sonic BOOM, the light shoots up and disappears
into the clouds, which RUMBLE as it strikes.
Charlotte, reeling from the attack, is still trying to pick
herself up as Syren approaches.
CHARLOTTE
You... I'll kill you... I'll kill -
Syren CLAMPS her hands either side of Charlotte's head.
SYREN
(croaks)
No. You won't hurt anyone else.
Syren closes her eyes - and starts a low NOTE, keeping her
hands pressed firmly against Charlotte's head as the note
rises rapidly in volume.
Twist and AJ, still holding off the Warriors, turn as the
intense note builds further, Twist obligingly pushing AJ's
hands over his ears.
TWIST
Danyael! Turning it up to eleven!
Danyael, still grappling with Naomi, looks up and sees Syren,
ducking away from Naomi to shield himself. Naomi slips away
as his attention is lost.
Charlotte starts to SCREAM, her eyes filling with BLOOD as
she tries to pull Syren's hands away.
The note rises further, the entire roof SHAKING with power as
Syren SCREAMS louder than she ever thought possible!
BLOOD pours from Charlotte's eyes, ears, nose and mouth, her
eyes rolling back as Syren melts her brain with the power of
her scream.
And the scream CUTS OUT, the sudden silence rushing back in
as Syren stumbles back, dropping to her knees.
Charlotte stays crouched on her haunches, her body limp but
locked in place. Her red hair is slick with rain and blood,
stuck across her pale skin.
Syren, breathing heavily, looks up towards where she left
Charlotte's body.
SYREN
That... was for Sanctus.
Danyael steps over and helps her up, the woozy Syren leaning
against her. He grimaces at the mess she made of Charlotte.
Danyael looks up - the storm is starting to break up, the
swirls dying away as the clouds themselves begin to split.
TWIST
Well, would ya look at that.
(beat)
Sorry.
SYREN
(voice breaking)
It's alright. I... I can feel it.
AJ joins them - the storm is broken. It still RUMBLES and
FLASHES with lightning, but as the wind and rain dies down,
it's clear that the danger is over.
NAOMI (O.S.)
Danny!
He spins - and there's Naomi. She's grabbed Twist from
behind, a STAKE pressed over her heart.
NAOMI (cont'd)
(tearful)
Danny... you ruined it... you
ruined everything!
Danyael tenses - she's too far away. He meets Twist's gaze -
she knows she's in trouble this time.
NAOMI (cont'd)
So now I'm going to ruin everything
for you.
She snarls, pressing the stake against Twist's chest a little
harder and drawing blood, and from Danyael's desperate
expression, we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
37 EXT. FACTORY - ROOF - NIGHT 37
Danyael takes a careful step forward. Naomi still has Twist
at stakepoint, with Syren close to AJ behind Danyael.
DANYAEL
It's over, Naomi. Let her go.
NAOMI
No! No, it's not! It's not...
DANYAEL
Look up. Look around. The storm is
gone.
Naomi bites her lip, trying to refuse the facts all around
her. She glances quickly upwards.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
It's finished.
Naomi shakes her head. Danyael takes another step, but Naomi
quickly backtracks, keeping Twist close.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
What's the point of hurting Twist?
Naomi SNIFFS, tears rolling down her cheeks.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
It's me you want. Let her go.
TWIST
Danyael -
NAOMI
(hisses)
Shut up!
She presses the stake in again, and Twist winces in pain.
DANYAEL
Come on, Naomi. I'm the one you
shoed your life to. I'm the one you
wanted to persuade to join you.
It's me you should be mad at.
(beat)
Let Twist go, and take me.
TWIST
Danyael, no!
DANYAEL
Twist, stay out of this.
TWIST
The hell I will! You think -
NAOMI
Quiet!
She YANKS Twist's neck back, clamping her hand over her
mouth.
NAOMI (cont'd)
Shut up! Shut up! You always have
to speak! You always have to keep
talking, on and on, even when
nobody gives a damn about what
you're saying!
Naomi is raving now, nerves stretched tight, and Danyael
raises his hands slowly.
DANYAEL
Naomi... don't hurt her. Please. It
won't do anything.
NAOMI
It'll hurt you. It'll show you that
you were wrong. That you shouldn't
have stopped me.
DANYAEL
(shakes head)
That doesn't matter now.
NAOMI
Doesn't matter? Doesn't matter? Do
you have any idea how long I worked
for this? How long I had to hide
what I was doing from everyone? Do
you even know how that felt?
DANYAEL
Put the stake down and we can talk
all you want to.
NAOMI
(ignores him)
I hated it! I hated lying to
everyone! I hated lying to you most
of all! I just wanted you to see...
Her anger melts back into pity, her lip trembling.
NAOMI (cont'd)
I just wanted you to understand...
Danyael tries another step, but Naomi quickly backs up again.
They're at the edge of the roof now.
Danyael struggles to keep calm, knowing one false move could
lose him Twist for good, as we CUT TO:
38 INT. FACTORY - MAIN FLOOR - NEXT 38
Chris picks himself up from underneath one chunk of rubble,
dusting his clothes down.
He scans the scene around him - bodies litter the factory
floor, vampire and Warrior lying together in death.
A few vamps are left standing, Finch among them, keeping the
handful of surviving Warriors at swordpoint.
Chris nods to Finch, no words needed as he continues across
the wreckage-strewn floor, heading for the remains of the
statue.
Viracocha's statue lies crumbled around its base, the magic
circles smeared, broken and useless.
Chris spots a BODY before the statue, twisted and blackened
from the effect of being so close to the unleashed energy.
Chris kneels, almost afraid to check who it is, before he
rolls it over. The face has been burned down to the skull, a
twisted rictus grin leering back up at him.
Chris realises the body only has one hand. It's Ciegue. He
breathes a sigh of relief.
And then he spots an ARM pinned underneath another chunk of
rubble near the statue.
He hurries over, bracing himself against it and HEAVING as
hard as he can, managing to lever the debris up and off the
person underneath.
Chris' heart sinks - it's Diego. His eyes closed, his
expression peaceful. BURNS mark his body, but unlike Ciegue
he's still recognisable.
Chris checks for a pulse - nothing. He lowers his head in
respect, then reaches out and takes Diego's sword, MELTED and
twisted from where he used it on the statue.
CHRIS
Thank you. For everything.
(beat)
I'm just sorry I never learned to
trust you fully until it was too
late.
He stands, looking down at Diego for a few more moments
before he hears RAISED VOICES echoing down from the roof at
last. His gaze travels up as we CUT TO:
39 EXT. FACTORY - ROOFTOP - NEXT 39
Still with Danyael, Naomi and Twist.
DANYAEL
Even if you kill her, where are you
gonna go? Nobody's left, Naomi.
It's just you.
NAOMI
Yeah? Story of my life.
(bitter laugh)
You'd know, after all.
DANYAEL
I mean it. Drop the stake.
NAOMI
(shakes head)
You know I can't.
Danyael's eyes flick to Twist - who quickly looks down at
something.
Danyael follows her gaze, quick enough not to be noticed -
it's an ARROW, just by Twist's feet.
Danyael glances at Twist again - silent confirmation. They're
going to try something.
NAOMI (cont'd)
I just... I don't know why you
didn't want to help me. I
thought... I thought you loved me?
DANYAEL
I did love you. But the Naomi I
feel for isn't the girl before me.
NAOMI
Of course it is! It's always been
me! You just never knew what I was
really like! Can you honestly say
you'd have stuck with me if you'd
known about all the crap I'd been
through? What kind of person it'd
made me?
DANYAEL
Maybe. Maybe not. But we'll never
know that.
He edges forward - his foot is right by the stray arrow now.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
I just wanted to give you one last
chance to let Twist go.
NAOMI
Before what?
He doesn't answer. He's waiting for her reply.
NAOMI (cont'd)
No, Danny. I'm sorry.
He lowers his head with a sad SIGH.
DANYAEL
I'm sorry too.
His foot starts to move, and on cue Twist suddenly ELBOWS
Naomi in the chest!
Naomi is distracted long enough for Danyael to KICK the arrow
up into his hand, and as Twist gets enough space to pull to
the left, Danyael THROWS the arrow!
SHINK! It slices past Naomi's THROAT with a SPRAY of blood.
She GASPS, releasing Twist, who quickly scrambles away from
her.
Naomi sways, mouth flapping for air, before she crumples to
the floor, falling onto her side.
Danyael wraps his arms round Twist as BLOOD pools around
Naomi's throat, her glassy eyes fixed on her own reflection.
TWIST
That... was way too damn close.
DANYAEL
You're telling me.
They turn back to AJ and Syren, Syren throwing her arms round
AJ in relief.
AJ
I, uh... I guess this means we won,
right?
DANYAEL
I guess maybe it did.
TWIST
C'mon. Let's go downstairs and see -
She stiffens.
Danyael freezes.
Twist COUGHS once - and BLOOD runs from her lips.
TWIST (cont'd)
Dan... Danyael...
She FALLS forward - and a STAKE is buried in her back!
DANAYEL
(howls)
Noo!!
He whips round to see Naomi, arm outstretched, the last of
her strength ebbing from the blood trickling down her chest.
She sinks to the floor, this time for good, as Danyael
frantically grabs the stake in Twist's back and YANKS it out.
He turns her onto her back as AJ and Syren rush over, Twist
already limp in Danyael's arms.
DANYAEL
No... no... no... Twist! Twist,
come on, please...
(tearful)
... please, don't go... don't go...
TWIST
(glazed)
I... I...
DANYAEL
(screams; to Syren)
Get Chris! Now!
Syren turns and races back to the staircase, dragging AJ with
her, as Danyael keeps trying to revive Twist.
TWIST
Is... is she dead?
DANYAEL
She's dead. Naomi's dead. They're
all dead. It's over. We won.
(beat)
We won, and you have to stay with
me! You can't leave me now! We won!
This isn't how it ends!
TWIST
Maybe... this time...
Her head lolls back, but he isn't letting her go without a
fight. He SLAPS her, desperation turning to anger.
DANYAEL
Damn it, you fight! You stay here!
I didn't go through all of this to
lose you now!
Twist manages a smile, her eyelids closing.
TWIST
You'll never... lose me...
Suddenly, horror falls across her features.
TWIST (cont'd)
No... Danyael... what if... what if
I'm going... what if I'm going
back...
DANYAEL
Back where? Twist? Back where?
TWIST
I can't... I can't... please...
don't let me go back...
Her head falls to the side again, and Danyael SHAKES her
violently.
DANYAEL
No! You come back! Twist! Wake up!
Twist! Twist!
It's no good. She's gone.
The awful truth hits Danyael at last, his anger sweeping back
to open-mouthed horror all in one gut-wrenching instant.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
(weeping)
Twist... Twist...
He stays with her head cradled in his lap, rocking her back
and forth, repeating her name over and over.
PUSH IN on Twist's glazed expression, her eyes open but no
life, no spark behind them anymore.
IN CLOSE to her eyes - and there's the faintest image of FIRE
behind them.
We flip into a FLAMING TUNNEL, spiralling downwards, with an
opening in the distance heading towards us at high speed.
Blurred images of people SCREAMING, surrounded by leering,
demonic faces LAUGHING, rush past on all sides, and we:
BLACK OUT:
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