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FADE IN:
18 EXT. WEATHER BUREAU/FACILITY - NIGHT 18
The pregnant woman whom Chris saved stumbles as she makes her
way to the weather bureau. She pulls an I.D. CARD from her
pocket, fumbling with it.
She SWIPES her card, checking over her shoulder and glancing
up at the tumultuous sky before entering:
19 INT. WEATHER BUREAU/FACILITY – MAIN ATRIUM - NEXT 19
20 CHAOS. 20
Everyone is in a state of panic with technicians pulling
readouts from printers, meteorologists circling maps and
drawing lines with brightly coloured Sharpies and several men
are arguing with each other about what is what.
The pregnant woman moves carefully into the sanctum of utter
madness and immediately is spotted by a TECHNICIAN, a
youngish guy with brown hair and a stutter.
TECHNICIAN
Susie! Thank God you're here. We
had a major incident in downtown -
PREGNANT WOMAN
I know, I was there.
TECHNICIAN
(gapes)
You - you were there? Are - are you
alright?
SUSIE
I'm fine. Nearly got hit by a phone
wire, but some guy saved me.
TECHNICIAN
Your lucky day then!
(beat)
Don and Louis want to see you.
They're in the inner circle, trying
to figure out the next pattern.
SUSIE
Okay, good then. Thanks Will.
The Technician, WILL, nods and moves off to grab a ROLL of
information while Susie moves towards the arguing men.
One of the men is African-American and looks to be in his
prime of life. This is DON and he smiles when he sees Susie.
DON
Susie, you'll never believe what -
SUSIE
Freak storm hit Central?
DON
How did -
SUSIE
I was there. On a date.
(beat; off looks)
What? I do have a social life,
despite...
She indicates her belly, and Don quickly COUGHS to move on.
DON
Anyway, we're trying to figure out
where the path of the superstorms
will hit next.
The other man, LOUIS, turns to an enlarged map of the area -
circles, lines and dots mark the storm's progress.
LOUIS
This circle marks the epicentre of
the first storm, and -
He's cut off as Susie picks up a marker and draws a line from
one dot to the next, forming a spiral pattern.
LOUIS (cont'd)
The events in New York, Miami,
Delaware, Odessa and now Vermont an
hour ago have confirmed an east-to
west pattern. It seems as though
the east coast is safe from the
weather attacks for now.
(beat)
But the thing is that the New York
incident was mild, then Delaware
and Miami and now it's circling
back, as if it's drawing back in on
itself.
SUSIE
So if this thing's travelling from
east to west, it means that it's
moving away from the normal
planetary orbit and...
(beat; realises)
Oh, God. Check the satellite.
Don heads over to a computer and within seconds his findings
are on the large, wall-sized computer screen that makes up
one fourth of the bureau's main control room.
Cameras positioned within the weather satellite in orbit show
the whole structure PULSING with blue energy, panels and
consoles WARPED out of shape.
DON
What the.... Shut it down! Shut the
satellite down!
Technicians head towards a large control area just as an
ALARM, blazing bright red and SCREECHING, forces Susie and
others to cover their ears in pain.
Will runs up, tapping with one hand on a LAPTOP he has
balanced in the other.
WILL
Another meteorological event. This
one... this one's level six!
SUSIE
Level six?! Where's it heading?
Will turns the laptop towards Susie, Louis and Don. The
computer image shows a RED DOT pulsing at a small building
with the name of it popped up next to it.
Unfortunately, that building is the Weather Bureau!
At that moment, everything in the bureau begins to SHAKE,
sending mugs of coffee and computers flying everywhere with
the pressure of something major brewing.
Suddenly a single object BURSTS through the ceiling and SLAMS
into a PC, causing it to EXPLODE!
21 EXT. WEATHER BUREAU/FACILITY - NEXT 21
Above the bureau, OBJECTS are falling from the sky, slowly at
first and then more rapidly.
One SLAMS into the ground - it's HAIL, and as the HAILSTORM
rages on, the dangerously big hailstones SMASH into:
22 INT. WEATHER BUREAU/FACILITY – MAIN ATRIUM - NEXT 22
People dive out of the way as wreckage and hailstones FLY
through the air; peppered with HOLES, smacking into people.
Susie hits the deck as a hailstone hits a power box, causing
it to EXPLODE and send a TERMINAL flying, as it slams into
the wall behind her, SMASHING the wall-sized computer screen
and sending sparks everywhere.
Most of the people are heading for the exits, but some are
still trapped by debris and some have escaped through the
enormous HOLES in the side of the bureau, where the
surrounding buildings damaged by the furious hailstorm are
visible.
Susie manages to get to her feet and sees a computer terminal
thrown through the air by another EXPLOSION, heading towards
her through the air!
SUSIE
(sighs; beat)
This is not my day.
And just before the terminal hits:
BLACK OUT:
FADE IN:
23 EXT. WEATHER BUREAU/FACILITY - LATER 23
The weather bureau is crumbling, pieces of debris gathered on
the ground as FIRE and AMBULANCE CREWS swarm around.
PULL BACK from the survivors of the tornado, which has
dissipated by now, and find the team's VAN parked a distance
away.
The dark clouds are still above and Chris watches them with
an ominous eye before turning his attention to his team.
CHRIS
We'll need to get in and get
whatever information's left.
DANYAEL
I'll head in and download
everything they've got off the
server.
TWIST
Since when did you know how
computers work?
DANYAEL
Julie taught me.
CHRIS
Twist, you go in with him, keep
cover, find survivors.
TWIST
How are we gonna get in? This place
looks more rammed than a Nine Inch
Nails pit.
CHRIS
(suggesting)
Steal some outfits.
TWIST
(brightening)
Like dress-up?
Chris rolls his eyes as we CUT TO:
24 INT. WEATHER BUREAU/FACILITY - FOYER - NEXT 24
Two FIGURES enter frame. Both of them are clad in uniforms -
one is a standard, fire-proof, FIRE RESCUE uniform and
another is a paramedic's clothing.
PULL IN and see the "paramedic" is in fact Danyael. He turns
to the fireman - Twist, underneath all of the uniform.
TWIST
How come you got to be the
paramedic?
DANYAEL
The uniform was too big for you.
TWIST
I can do big! And this uniform is
huge anyway. I feel like I'm
trapped in another freakin' hot-dog
suit.
(off look)
Part-time job in college. Mama
needed a brand new bag or seven.
The two make their way through the foyer into the main area
of the bureau.
25 INT. WEATHER BUREAU/FACILITY – MAIN ATRIUM - NEXT 25
The place is a freakin' mess. Papers and rubble everywhere
along with a fair amount of blood.
Danyael nods towards a surviving computer terminal and they
both move to it, Danyael starting it up.
Twist looks around, seeing nothing in particular, but as we
TRACK OVER, we see, under a small pile of rubble... a HAND
pops out as it grasps the largest piece of rubble.
With considerable strength, it moves the rubble to one side
and as the person underneath stands up, it's Susie, covered
in bruises and cuts but otherwise okay.
Susie puts a HAND on her stomach and sighs with relief when
she feels the baby kicking - alive and well.
At that moment, she spots Danyael and Twist nearby and almost
calls for help - but then sees that they're working on the
PC. She looks suspiciously at them as we TRACK OVER to:
Twist and Danyael; they've managed to get into the PC.
Danyael pats his pockets, looking for something.
DANYAEL
We need something to download this
stuff onto, like a -
Twist holds out a PEN DRIVE and inserts into the computer's
hard drive. Danyael blinks, surprised.
TWIST
Just don't go into the folder
called 'PWP'.
DANYAEL
Why?
TWIST
(deadly)
Just. Don't.
Danyael taps on the computer and a box pops up on screen,
reading: 'Entire File Transfer - 1%'.
As the percentage climbs rapidly and the information is
copied to the memory stick, Twist looks around and spots a
FOOT on one side of a half-broken partition.
An off-screen BEEP indicates that all of the information has
been saved onto Twist's pen drive, but she doesn't notice it
as she looks towards the partition.
She creeps towards it, keeping half an eye on the entrance
for intruders. She aims towards the foot and GRABS it!
The foot shoots back and the occupant of it - Susie - leaps
in the air in surprise – just as a MEDICAL OFFICER and a
POLICEMAN enter the scene.
Danyael shoots back from the computer terminal, which
promptly EXPLODES in a shower of SPARKS at its rough
treatment.
Twist and Susie emerge from the partition and are met by the
suspicious and confused gazes of the Medical Officer and the
Policeman.
MEDICAL OFFICER
What are you -
SUSIE
(quickly)
They managed to get me out from
some rubble. I asked Mr...
DANYAEL
(thinking)
Er... Duboise.
SUSIE
I asked Mr. Duboise to try and find
some information for me on one of
the servers while Miss... Tattinger
helped me check my baby was okay.
The two men look suspicious but Danyael and Twist plaster on
big, fake smiles, and we CUT TO:
26 EXT. WEATHER BUREAU/FACILITY – STREET - NEXT 26
Twist makes her way over to the VAN, where Chris, Lyra and
Vivian are stood.
Twist pulls her pen drive from her pocket and hands it to
Chris, rolling her heavy fireperson outfit up as she steps
into the van.
TWIST (O.S.)
So is that gonna be okay?
CHRIS
This should be fine.
LYRA
What is it?
CHRIS
It's all the information about the
weather that we could get.
VIVIAN
If we can isolate the eye of the
superstorms, then we can locate the
original source of the magic and
try and create a reversing spell
which will hopefully cause the
weather to, you know... go away.
Twist emerges from the van, now dressed in her normal
clothes.
TWIST
(beat; to Chris)
Were you saying something?
CHRIS
(sighs)
We find the centre of the weather
then stop it.
TWIST
Gotcha.
VIVIAN
You don't pay much attention to
things, do you?
TWIST
Yeah, well, at least I'm not a...
huge... bitch.
Vivian looks distinctly not offended by that, as Chris
emerges from the van with a LAPTOP.
He slots the flash drive into the PC and opens the folder,
staring at several pages of dense information.
TWIST (cont'd)
Something wrong?
CHRIS
The problem is... I have no idea
how to read this.
VOICE (O.S.)
I do.
The team turn and see Danyael heading towards the van – along
with Susie, who sports several STITCHES in her forehead.
TWIST
Pregnant Girl? You work here?
SUSIE
I wasn't hiding under all that
rubble for a bet, was I?
(beat)
Susie Waits. I'm one of the senior
analysts at the weather bureau...
was an analyst at the bureau.
What's left of it.
TWIST
(to others)
She's cool. She helped me and Spook
get away with the goods.
CHRIS
Thank you. I take it that means you
understand what's happening?
SUSIE
Understand? No. But I do want to
help, and I figured if you people
were stealing our information then
you knew a way to help... right?
The team exchange quick glances.
SUSIE (cont'd)
Ah.
VIVIAN
We have a plan, it's just -
LYRA
You shouldn't get involved. It's
too dangerous.
SUSIE
It was dangerous even before you
all showed up, what with the
falling building and freak weather.
(to Chris)
I'd be dead if it wasn't for you.
Chris considers this for a moment, then extends his hand,
shaking Susie's.
CHRIS
Welcome to the team.
Susie grins as we CUT TO:
27 INT. VAN – NEXT 27
Susie works on the laptop which is resting on her stomach.
Twist watches with a little disdain as the baby KICKS.
SUSIE
Okay...
(to everyone)
Just before the hailstorm hit, we
found out that the storms were
coming from somewhere in the direct
area. The weather's going in a
spiral-like pattern, moving around
the US until it reaches the centre
of wherever this happens. That's
why the events occurred in New York
and Miami.
(beat)
This isn't like most freak weather.
By drawing back on itself, it's a
hell of a lot easier to find the
eye of it.
TWIST
So we need to get all Helen Hunt on
it, right?
SUSIE
(shrugs)
In normal circumstances, we'd do
the whole meteorological thing and
try and prevent it. But we saw
something... unusual.
VIVIAN
Such as?
SUSIE
The live feed from our main
satellite. We use it to check the
systems are running okay, but when
we just looked, everything was
all... blue.
DANYAEL
(from driver's seat)
Blue?
CHRIS
How do you mean - as in glowing
blue? Blue lights?
SUSIE
Pretty much, yeah.
CHRIS
I see...
SUSIE
We have no idea why it's freaking
out like this, but we did manage to
get energy level readings from the
satellite before the hail struck
us. The thing is, the energy isn't
electrical or even cosmic
radiation, it's... something else.
Not just that, but there have been
huge levels of some weird
background radiation coming down,
following the patterns.
(beat)
I think the radiation is what is
causing the weather - and I have no
idea what's causing it.
CHRIS
We have an idea what it is.
LYRA
When the electrical storm hit the
city, Chris and I could feel a...
presence in the air.
SUSIE
Like that magic voodoo you were
doing before?
The team exchange glances before Susie interrupts them again:
SUSIE (cont'd)
I was there, remember? I saw you
push that pole away from me. Maybe
it's my hormones, maybe it's almost
being crushed to death or whatever,
but... I'm prepared to just accept
this for now and question the logic
later.
Chris chuckles a little at this and leans over Susie's
shoulder to see what she's working on.
There's a large meteorological map of the U.S. with blue dots
indicating recent events. An orange dot indicates the current
position of the laptop.
Susie TAPS a couple of keys and a green spiral pattern
appears, drawing nearer and nearer until it's almost on top
of the orange, pulsing dot.
SUSIE (cont'd)
(indicating)
That's the pattern I was talking
about. Now if we can trace the
signal, following the satellite's
trajectory...
Two red parallel lines triangulate the position before they
beep onto a singular place.
SUSIE (cont'd)
(reading)
That's a -
FEMALE VOICE (O.S)
(outside van)
Help! Somebody help!
Chris, Vivian, Lyra and Twist dive out of the van finding:
28 EXT. STREET - NEXT 28
A TOUR BUS is sat in the middle of the street. Well, not so
much as sat as toppled onto its side in flames.
The four spill out onto the street and see the survivors of
the bus crash are running from VAMPS! They BITE DOWN as the
humans struggle against the supernaturally strong creatures.
The team draw their weapons as a wide-eyed Susie watches from
inside the vehicle.
CHRIS
Stay here. Danyael, watch her.
DANYAEL
Got it.
SUSIE
Wait! But...
CHRIS
Susie, trust us.
TWIST
Yeah, we can guarantee this is
going to be messy.
The team charge in to the rescue as we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
29 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 29
Without any warnings, the team split up and the CARNAGE is
on. Vivian UNSHEATHES her own sword while Chris FLIPS his
KATANA out and the two get to work on the vamps.
Twist SUCKER PUNCHES one and pulls out a STAKE, keeping the
disorientated Lyra behind her. Twist effortlessly stakes two
vamps, freeing a woman who runs for her life.
Lyra senses a vamp's attack and DUCKS, causing him to smack
his fist into the wall. Before he has another chance, Lyra
SCREAMS, sending him backwards onto the wreckage of the bus.
30 INT. VAN - NEXT 30
Susie clambers into the passenger seat next to Danyael, the
laptop clutched to her chest.
SUSIE
So is this a normal thing for you
guys?
DANYAEL
You'd be surprised.
(beat)
Just keep doing whatever it is
you're doing. The guys can handle
this.
SUSIE
Got it. Just need to - watch out!
Danyael spins in the driving seat as a vamp SMASHES his way
through the window and attempts to grab him!
Danyael HEADBUTTS the vamp, the vamp trying to pull himself
through the windshield.
Danyael's hand flails across the dashboard - and Susie sees a
bandolier of STAKES at her feet!
She boggles, but as Danyael grapples with the burly vamp he
manages to get out:
DANYAEL
Stake! Get the... sharp thing!
She quickly scoops up a stake and presses it into his hand.
Danyael spins it round and WHAM! Rams it home.
The vamp sags, and Danyael pushes it away to the floor. He
stops, catching his breath.
SUSIE
(slowly)
What the hell was that?
DANYAEL
Vampire.
(off her look)
Uh... they're real.
Susie's jaw drops, her attention returning to the fight
outside as we CUT TO:
31 EXT. STREET - NEXT 31
Chris DECAPITATES a vamp and throws a semi-conscious man away
from the action, ducking as Vivian STABS a vamp heading
straight for Chris.
Vivian FLIPS over Chris, removing her sword with a SHKINT and
seeing a touristy woman being attacked... THROWS it straight
into the wall near her.
She runs straight towards them, BOUNCES onto the sword and
HIGH KICKS the surrounding group of vamps away from the
woman.
Removing the sword smoothly, she decapitates another vamp,
but has her sword kicked away from her by another.
A vamp throws in a lucky punch but Vivian KICKS the vamp
holding the sword, so that he drops it.
Vivian SPRINGS FORWARD, snatching the sword and SNAPPING it
around.
All of the vamps fall still - before their SEVERED HEADS drop
to the ground.
Twist stakes another of the vamps while Lyra lands an
instinctive kick into the crotch before letting off a painful
SHRIEK that causes the vamp to SCREAM even more.
32 BOOM! 32
Twist spins to see a vamp with a smoking hole in its chest
sinking to its knees - and Danyael leaning out of the van's
shattered windshield, shotgun in hand.
She pokes her tongue out at him before turning to check the
progress of the fight:
Chris and Vivian are busy putting down the last two vamps.
All the bus crash survivors have fled.
CHRIS
Good work, everyone.
VIVIAN
Thanks, I -
TWIST
He didn't mean you.
Vivian recoils, stung, but Chris steps in front of her:
CHRIS
(firm)
Yes, I did.
Taking Lyra's arm, he leads the group back towards:
33 INT. VAN - NEXT 33
Chris opens the passenger door as the others climb inside.
Susie just gapes at him.
CHRIS
Have you triangulated the co
ordinates?
SUSIE
What? Oh, uh... what?
DANYAEL
First timer.
CHRIS
Ah, I see.
(to Susie)
They were all very bad people.
Susie is still struggling to process this - when he laptop
BEEPS and she looks down.
SUSIE
Oh. We've found it.
She seems a little dazed, turning the laptop round to show
Chris as we CUT TO:
34 EXT. UNIVERSITY - CAMPUS - NEXT 34
With the floodlit campus buildings in the background, howling
WIND and lashing RAIN barraging the scene, the Van SKIDS to a
halt in the parking lot.
35 INT. VAN - NEXT 35
The team peer across towards the university.
SUSIE
That's the place. The signal says
we're looking for this dorm here.
She points to a GPS map on the screen, an ARROW aiming at one
of the dormitory buildings.
VIVIAN
This is where whatever screwed up
that satellite came from?
TWIST
Kids today, huh?
CHRIS
Good work, Susie. Stay in the van.
SUSIE
I'm sorry, am I nine years old? I'm
safer with you, aren't I?
CHRIS
You can't -
SUSIE
Look, a few hours ago the only
thing I had to worry about was fat
ankles, and now I find out that not
only are vampires real, but they're
also fricken everywhere! So pardon
me, but no, I will not stay in the
damn van!
DANYAEL
She's cool, Chris.
CHRIS
Fine. Susie, stay with Twist.
TWIST
Woah! I ain't looking after Virgin
Mary here.
SUSIE
Excuse me?
Twist looks down at the much shorter woman, but Susie doesn't
even flinch.
TWIST
(huffy)
If you die, I'm telling.
The team exit the van and we CUT TO:
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