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[previous | bottom] ACT TWO
FADE IN:
6 INT. TUNNELS - NIGHT 6
Wrists bound by plastic ties, and with a squad of the
soldiers hemming them in, the team are marched down the
flourescent-lit tunnels.
They pass many junctions, chambers and turns, as well as
large and small doors set into the walls.
The HUM and CLATTER of machinery filters out to them, along
with distant WEAPONS FIRE, ENGINES and VOICES.
DANYAEL
Any ideas what's going on?
CHRIS
Apart from us having been caught
with our proverbial trousers down?
LYRA
(blinks)
But I'm wearing a skirt.
CHRIS
Whoever these people are, they're
organised and well-versed in magic -
moreso ways to counter it.
TWIST
So in other words, we can't fight
our way out and you can't magic us
out of these plastic thingies.
CHRIS
No.
TWIST
Swell. If I ever make a Christmas
card list, you're now off it.
The team reach a CHECKPOINT - a manned booth before a set of
rotunda gates, where the lead soldier pauses to swipe some ID
CARDS and speak to the guard in the booth.
He returns to the team, nodding to the soldiers - who split
the team up.
TWIST (cont'd)
Hey!
Twist and Danyael are pushed towards one gate, Chris to the
second and Lyra to the third.
LYRA
Chris? Chris, what's happening?
CHRIS
Just stay calm, Lyra. We'll sort
this out.
The group are sent through the gates - each one leading to
another tunnel sealed from the rest - and we CUT TO:
7 INT. TUNNELS - CELL BLOCK - NEXT 7
Twist and Danyael find themselves shoved into a row of CELLS,
with clear partitions and plenty of guards and cameras.
TWIST
Oh look, honey. Cells. How
original.
The nearest soldier enters a combination on the keypad and
the partitions on two cells SLIDE OPEN.
SOLDIER
(motions with gun)
Get in.
TWIST
Or what?
He levels his gun at her and thumbs the safety off with a
loud CLICK.
TWIST (cont'd)
(smirks)
Tease.
She shuts her eyes for a beat - and opens them to show her
BLOOD RED vampire eyes!
TWIST (cont'd)
So start shooting, hot shot. Bet ya
ten bucks I snap your neck before
you even run outta ammo.
DANYAEL
Twist...
She glances over. Danyael shakes his head. She SIGHS,
blinking - and her eyes return to normal.
TWIST
You are just no fun any more.
The duo are PUSHED into the cells, turning to face the
partitions as they slide closed, and we CUT TO:
8 INT. TUNNELS - OPERATING ROOM - NEXT 8
Chris is led into a large, clinical and well-equipped OR,
with a bed that looks more like a medieval torture device as
the centrepiece.
Chris keeps quiet, eyes scanning and assessing the room as
the soldiers step back to the doors.
CHRIS
(to soldiers)
Are we waiting for someone?
DOCTOR (O.S.)
That would be us.
Chris turns - a team of masked DOCTORS have entered from the
far side of the room.
CHRIS
And whom might you be?
The lead Doctor nods to his colleagues, who advance on Chris -
brandishing SYRINGES filled with an icy blue fluid!
Chris backs away a little, but doesn't have anywhere to go,
and the two closest doctors hold him steady while a third
INJECTS him.
The doctors back away as the lead Doc steps forward, looking
Chris up and down.
DOCTOR
I see he was correct in his
estimation. You'll make an
excellent subject.
Chris shakes his head, suddenly very woozy.
CHRIS
Subject... for what?
He staggers, his legs turning to jelly, and as he WILTS the
doctors rush in to catch him.
He sags in their arms, unable to fight back as they drag him
over to the operating table.
One CUTS the plastic tie round his wrists as the others heave
him up and onto the table.
Dazed, Chris's vision swims as the doctors start to strip him
down, cutting away his clothing - and fastening thick STRAPS
round his wrists and ankles, as we CUT TO:
9 INT. TUNNELS - SUITE - NEXT 9
Lyra is led into a room far removed from the others - a warm,
cosy little reception area, complete with sofas, vending
machines and even a small RADIO playing classical music.
Frowning, she can sense that her surroundings aren't what she
was expecting as the soldier with her CUTS the ties round her
wrists.
Rubbing them, she steps into the room - and the soldier
quickly exits, closing and LOCKING the door behind him.
LYRA
Wait - wait! What am I doing...
(beat; sighs)
... in here.
Feeling her way around the room, identifying the features,
she flops down onto the sofa, hands in her lap.
Noticing the music at last, she closes her eyes and leans
back, knowing she may as well wait and see what happens next
as we CUT TO:
10 INT. TUNNELS - TWIST'S CELL - NEXT 10
Twist is straining against the plastic ties, trying to tear
them loose through brute strength.
DANYAEL (O.S.)
Twist?
TWIST
Yeah?
His voice comes from a small VENT up at the top of the
adjoining wall.
DANYAEL (O.S.)
You see any way out of here?
She grimaces, still testing her strength.
TWIST
Nope.
DANYAEL (O.S.)
Yeah, that's what I figured.
(beat)
Where do you think they took Chris
and Lyra?
TWIST
How should I know?
With a loud SNAP, the ties finally break, and she CACKLES
with success as she tosses them away.
TWIST (cont'd)
Anyway, enough about them. Let's
get us out of this fine old mess.
She starts feeling round the cell, looking for any hidden
mechanisms or switches.
DANYAEL (O.S.)
What are you doing?
TWIST
Rescuing us. Something you oughtta
be doing more of instead of
bothering me.
DANYAEL (O.S.)
What, you mean like breaking out of
those ties and then seeing if
there's some hidden panel in the
cell walls? Yeah... did that
already.
TWIST
(deflated)
Really?
DANYAEL (O.S.)
Yup. Although it sounds like you're
having about as much luck as I did.
Defeated, she sinks back down against one wall.
TWIST
Well... shoot.
She blows a stray lock of hair from her face.
INTERCUT WITH:
11 INT. TUNNELS - DANYAEL'S CELL - NEXT 11
True to his word, Danyael is also free and sitting up against
the wall, just as Twist is doing.
DANYAEL
Uh, Twist? Seeing as how we're
both, you know, stuck here... can
we talk a little more?
TWIST
About what?
DANYAEL
What do you think?
TWIST
(groans)
Danyael...
DANYAEL
I'm just saying... neither of us
are going anywhere, so let's try
and finish what we started earlier.
TWIST
Yeah, there's a reason we haven't
spoken much about it for six
months, you know.
DANYAEL
Then we've got a lot of catching up
to do.
She closes her eyes and GROANS again as we CUT TO:
12 INT. TUNNELS - OPERATING ROOM - NEXT 12
UP CLOSE as Chris's eyes creak open, the soft HISS and HUM of
monitoring equipment the only sound.
He slowly turns his head, his muscles like lead weights, and
sees that he's been stripped to the waist - and there are two
IVs sticking out of his forearms!
BLOOD drips from them into plastic sacks beneath him, each
sacks attached to another piece of equipment that CHATTERS as
it spews reams of printout.
Also drawn across his torso are several MARKINGS and SYMBOLS,
and Chris squints as he tries to recognise them.
VOICE (O.S.)
They're more layers of protection,
lad. An extra precaution I'm sure
you'll appreciate me having to
take.
Chris looks round, trying to identify the speaker. A SHADOWY
FIGURE paces round the room - the glare of the lights over
the table make it hard for Chris to spot him.
VOICE (cont'd)
Of course, we both know that even
at a quarter of your usual capacity
you'd be more than a match for
whatever I could throw at you,
which is why I'm glad you can help
me out this time.
CHRIS
Help you out with what, exactly?
VOICE
(beat)
Your blood will help us reverse
engineer an effective anti-serum
for use on those with a magical
ability, so all we need to do is
administer a quick shot and 'pow' -
no more spells for you.
CHRIS
I'd love to say I was flattered...
VOICE
(chuckles)
But you'd rather tell me to go to
Hell, yes, I gather. But the thing
is...
The figure paces forward, a SHADOW falling across Chris as
they loom over him.
Chris' eyes bulge, scarcely believing the person before his
very eyes.
CHRIS
No...
DR. PARKER grins down at Chris, very much alive and well.
PARKER
I'm pretty sure Hell didn't want
me.
He leans back, chuckling at the effect his appearance has had
and leaving a stunned Chris to gape as we CUT TO:
13 INT. TUNNELS - CELLS - NEXT 13
INTERCUT between Twist and Danyael again as they speak:
TWIST
I just... I don't know what else
you want me to say, Spook. Okay?
I'm sorry. It was a mistake. I
didn't want you to get hurt.
DANYAEL
And you want us to just... forget
about the whole thing, right?
TWIST
Uh-huh.
DANYAEL
(beat)
Do you remember what I told you
when you were under the spell of
that Chad guy a few years back?
TWIST
(sighs)
Yeah...
DANYAEL
And what you said to me just after
Naomi stuck that stake in your
back?
TWIST
Actually, that not so much. I was
kind of dying, remember.
DANYAEL
You said 'you'll never lose me.'
TWIST
(beat)
That doesn't sound like something
I'd say.
DANYAEL
Why not?
TWIST
Because it's kinda... girly. A bit
emo, even. In fact, it's more like
something you'd say.
DANYAEL
(snaps)
Would you get over yourself for a
second? This is serious.
TWIST
Yeah, I get that! But I still don't
see what I'm supposed to say!
Danyael scrunches his face up in sheer frustration.
DANYAEL
All I want to know is... if... if
there's ever, you know... if your
excuse ever changes... would you?
TWIST
Would I what?
DANYAEL
Don't make me spell it out.
Twist press her hands against the wall, head down.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
When you thought you were dying,
after Parker poisoned you, just
before you went bad. You said that
one day, maybe all this'd be over,
and if we were both still here...
TWIST
You mean, would I go out with you
then?
DANYAEL
(beat)
Yeah.
She bites her lip, at a genuine loss for how to respond as we
CUT TO:
14 INT. TUNNELS - OPERATING ROOM - NEXT 14
Parker is checking the readouts off various pieces of
equipment as Chris speaks:
CHRIS
What have you done with Lyra? And
Twist and Danyael?
PARKER
(beat)
'Lyra'? Oh, you mean Syren? She's
fine. But interesting that you'd
ask after her first.
CHRIS
I swear, if you've hurt them, I'll -
PARKER
What you will do, Christopher, is
remain strapped to that table
unable to fight back, as long as
those sigils on your chest remain.
Parker stands over him, pointing to each symbol in turn:
PARKER (cont'd)
These ones suppress your magic,
this one dulls your senses, this
one, well, this is a particularly
nasty wee bugger that makes your
inner ear go all -
CHRIS
I'll kill you. The moment I'm free.
Parker grins, leaning in close.
PARKER
You'll never be free. Not while I
still have the only thing that'll
complete your 'mission.'
CHRIS
(frowns)
What are you...
(penny drops)
The healing device?
PARKER
Had you forgotten? Och, that's
rich. Once the driven, focused
soldier, now the heroic leader,
selflessly abandoning his own quest
to help those around him further
their own. Very valiant. I'm
actually touched.
Without warning, Parker STABS a huge syringe into Chris'
chest, making him shout in pain as Parker draws out a large
sample of BLOOD. He holds up the syringe and examines it.
PARKER (cont'd)
You're going to make a valuable
resource to us, Christopher. The
things we're going to be able to do
once we cut you open and start
poking around inside your organs...
I think I might have to compose a
song about it.
With a final, victorious SMIRK, Parker turns and heads for
the exit. Chris RATTLES the table as he tries to struggle.
CHRIS
This isn't over, Parker! Do you
hear me?
Parker either doesn't hear or doesn't care as he exits,
leaving Chris to his futile efforts as we CUT TO:
15 INT. TUNNELS - NEXT 15
Another section of the underground complex, one with an
ACCESS HATCH up in the ceiling, as two SOLDIERS march past.
Moments after they're gone, a CREAK from overhead signals the
hatch handle starting to turn - before it's quickly OPENED.
A black-clad FIGURE, features covered from head to toe, drops
into the tunnel, head snapping left and right before they
scamper off down the passageway.
The two soldiers are unaware that they're being followed -
until the figure is upon them in a blur of motion!
They SNAP the first soldier's neck, swiftly drawing a KNIFE
from his belt and STABBING the second!
Both guards sink to the floor, and their assailant drags them
towards an unmarked door, FORCING the lock with a push of
strength and hauling the bodies inside.
The figure is quickly on its way, drawing a SWORD from a
sheath across their back as we CUT TO:
16 INT. TUNNELS - CELL BLOCK - NEXT 16
Twist sits on the floor, silent. Danyael does the same.
DANYAEL
I'm still waiting.
She says nothing, looking up as a pair of SOLDIERS stroll
past their cells.
There's a sudden, muffled EXPLOSION and the corridor outside
fills with SMOKE!
Twist jumps to her feet, pressing herself against the glass
as the two guards stumble back, weapons raised...
... and the black-clad figure LUNGES from the smoke, hacking
them both down in moments!
Blood SPRAYS up the partition to Twist's cell, and as she
jumps back, the figure quickly pulls an ID CARD from one of
its victims, UNLOCKING the cell.
Twist boggles as the figure opens Danyael's cell and then
dashes back down the corridor, leaving them to step out:
Just as an ALARM starts to wail, RED LIGHTS flashing once
again!
TWIST
Okay... that was weird.
Danyael GRABS her wrist and drags her away, the duo racing
for freedom as we CUT TO:
17 INT. TUNNELS - NEXT 17
With alarm bells ringing and red lights flashing, the complex
is on high alert.
Office and lab personnel dash for fire exits and escape
routes as more soldiers pour into view, splitting up and
heading down the various tunnels in groups.
STAY ON one squad as they come to a halt outside the
operating theatre, alert for the intruder:
Who DROPS DOWN from the ceiling, landing in the centre of
their formation!
Their SWORD takes down one guard with a SLASH across the
throat, before a SNAP KICK, an ELBOW and finally a KNEE to
the groin drops the next three soldiers.
The attacker looks up and checks the sign over the OR door,
then bursts inside:
18 INT. TUNNELS - OPERATING THEATRE - NEXT 18
Chris strains to sit up as the figure approaches. They pause
to PUSH pieces of equipment out of the way, SMASHING them
onto the floor.
CHRIS
Who are you?
He gets no answer as his rescuer carefully pulls the IV
needles from his arms, getting to work on the shackles.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Are you with Twist and Danyael?
Chris is freed at last, sitting up as his saviour takes a
step towards the door.
They then reach up and grab hold of the balaclava covering
their face - yanking it off to reveal a shock of short BLACK
HAIR, pale skin and cut glass cheekbones.
CHRIS (cont'd)
(jaw drops)
Vivian?!?
VIVIAN raises an eyebrow and shrugs, then grabs Chris' hand
and pulls him from the table.
VIVIAN
Thank me later. We have to go.
She's leading him away before he can react, and we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
19 INT. TUNNELS - NEXT 19
The duo emerge from the operating room, Vivian pausing to
WIPE AWAY the symbols drawn across Chris' torso.
VIVIAN
I'm amazed you can even remember
your name with this much crap
holding you down.
As she smears the markings away, Chris visibly straightens,
his strength returning as the binding spells are broken.
Pausing to scoop up an MP5 from one fallen soldier and toss
it to Chris, Vivian takes the point as they hurry on.
CHRIS
What are you doing here?
VIVIAN
What does it look like? I'm saving
you and your idiot friends.
CHRIS
Why?
She pauses at a junction, checking to see who's around.
VIVIAN
I have my reasons.
They step out - and are confronted by:
SOLDIER
Freeze!
The three troops OPEN FIRE immediately, sending Chris and
Vivian scurrying for cover.
VIVIAN
(yells back)
'Freeze' and then open fire? Oh,
yeah, real professional! What are
you, an LA cop?
She reaches for something around her belt - pulling the pin
from a GRENADE.
She TOSSES it round the corner and ducks back - and the loud
BOOM is accompanied by the SHOUTS of the three soldiers.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
Alright, let's go.
She darts round the corner, a bemused Chris following as we
CUT TO:
20 INT. TUNNELS - NEXT 20
Twist and Danyael are fighting their way through a swarm of
panicking LAB WORKERS coming the other way.
TWIST
The hell are all these people
coming from?
DANYAEL
Who cares? If they're running from
something, chances are it's whoever
just busted us out!
Getting clear, the duo rush round into a larger junction -
and straight into a squad of soldiers!
TWIST
Whoop!
Twist spins on her hell and YANKS Danyael back just as the
soldiers spot them and OPEN FIRE, bullets chasing the duo.
TWIST (cont'd)
Son of a... how many of these
fricken guys are there down here?
DANYAEL
We need weapons.
Twist raises her fists.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Actual weapons.
She pouts, peeking quickly round the corner - and another
hail of GUNFIRE makes her duck back.
TWIST
But they have all the best ones!
Danyael shoots her a look - and then breaks away, running in
a wide arc around the corridor!
The soldiers chase him with GUNFIRE, but Danyael keeps a few
instants ahead - and PILEDRIVES into the nearest two,
tackling them to the floor.
Twist follows his lead, racing over and KICKING at one,
knocking his gun to the side - so he SHOOTS at his comrade!
Twist then wrestles the gun from the shocked trooper,
EMPTYING it into him.
Danyael takes a round of BULLETS to the gut, but with a SNARL
leaps on the last guard, pushing him to the floor and raining
PUNCHES down on him.
TWIST (cont'd)
Danyael, come on!
Still enraged, Danyael manages to tear himself away, picking
up an MP5 and tossing another one to Twist as the duo head
on, and we CUT TO:
21 INT. TUNNELS - NEXT 21
With the complex descending into chaos, Lyra cautiously peers
out of the waiting room, ducking back as first OFFICE WORKERS
and then SOLDIERS hurry past.
When the passage is quieter, she steps out, wincing and
looking up towards the nearest ALARM as it wails.
She extends a hand towards it, takes a breath and lets out a
sharp SHRIEK - and the alarm EXPLODES!
It doesn't make much difference, but it helps, and with a
grin she heads down the nearest tunnel.
22 INT. TUNNELS - NEXT 22
Chris and Vivian have reached a large ELEVATOR, Vivian
retrieving her stolen ID card to get the doors open.
CHRIS
You'll forgive me if I'm still
rather surprised to see you here...
VIVIAN
Yeah, I can imagine this must be
pretty weird for you.
CHRIS
'Weird' is a word Twist would use.
I'm thinking more... 'bizarre.'
Vivian steps back as the lift doors open, motioning for Chris
to head inside.
VIVIAN
Head for the garage, find something
that you can hotwire and wait.
She starts back off down the tunnel, and Chris calls out:
CHRIS
Where are you going now?
VIVIAN
(turns)
There's four of you, isn't there?
And with that, she's gone. Chris hesitates, then gets into
the lift and hits the button marked 'Garage' as we CUT TO:
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