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[previous | bottom] ACT TWO
FADE IN:
16 INT. ALLEYWAY - NIGHT 16
A light rain is falling. The akercocke and team have gathered
under shelter in an alleyway near the ruin of their home.
The van is parked across the entrance to block it off, while
Danyael hands round food and drinks from the team's supplies.
TWIST
(sulky)
Those were meant to be for us.
CHRIS
Hush up. You know very well only
you and Lyra actually eat.
Chris sits down before the woman who seems to be the group's
leader as she gulps down a bottle of water.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Perhaps we should start again. My
name's Chris.
MEGAN
Megan.
CHRIS
Nice to meet you, Megan. My
colleagues here are Twist, Danyael,
Vivian and Lyra.
DANYAEL
Hey.
Megan motions towards her fellow nonhumans:
MEGAN
Ade, Tracy, Ruben, Tristan and Kit.
Nods and mumbled greetings come back from them.
MEGAN (cont'd)
So you know about the soldiers who
attacked us?
VIVIAN
Plenty.
MEGAN
What do they want us for?
VIVIAN
Probably -
CHRIS
(over her)
That's less important than finding
your friends and bringing them back
safely.
ADE
Yeah, but to where? Did you miss
the fact that our home is gone?
TRACY
Ade, that shack wasn't 'home.' It
was just a place we were staying at
before we moved on.
MEGAN
(to Chris)
This isn't the first time this has
happened to us.
LYRA
Parker's come after you before?
TRISTAN
Is that his name? The guy behind
all this?
RUBEN
Plenty of times. Not just our clan
either - he's gone after clans
across the country.
KIT
And anything goes as far as he's
concerned.
TWIST
So there are different... varieties
of you guys?
ADE
If you mean other nonhumans, then
yeah. Lots.
TWIST
How come?
ADE
(to Megan)
We don't have time for this...
MEGAN
Adrian, please.
(to Twist)
Generations ago, our ancestors'
village was poisoned by something
magical. It got into the food, the
water, even the air. For a long
time, nobody noticed anything had
changed, until our children started
being born looking more and more
like...
She indicates herself.
KIT
We couldn't stay where we were, so
our families just packed up and
moved on...
TRISTAN
... and that's the story so far.
Until about a year ago, when this
Parker guy's soldiers started
dragging us out of every hiding
place we tried to find.
DANYAEL
Is there anything you guys can, you
know... do?
RUBEN
Such as?
CHRIS
He means, do you have any abilities
that might make you valuable to
Parker.
(off looks)
He's into genetic research. If your
DNA has something useful to him,
then he'd want to investigate it.
MEGAN
Nothing we know of. What you see is
what you get.
ADE
Yeah, well, obviously this Parker
guy doesn't think that.
Vivian taps Chris on the shoulder, drawing him away from the
conversation.
VIVIAN
I've got the stuff I need here to
run some basic blood tests, see if
there's anything unusual.
CHRIS
(surprised)
You know what to do?
VIVIAN
(shrugs)
Quick study. I've got the scanner
in there triangulating which known
bases are in range, given the ETA
we heard and the direction of the
tire tracks we found, so -
Something starts BEEPING inside the van.
TWIST
(blinks)
Is that my phone?
Vivian looks to Chris, who nods. She steps back into the van
as Chris rejoins the others.
CHRIS
Alright, here's what we'll do.
Vivian here thinks she's located
the place where they're keeping
your friends, so some of us are
going to head out and scout it out.
ADE
Do we get to be a part of your
'some'?
CHRIS
Makes sense for a couple of you to
come. You may be able to help us
sneak inside.
(beat)
I'd also like to get some blood
samples so we can do a quick
analysis, perhaps work out what it
is Parker's looking for.
KIT
I'll stay.
RUBEN
Yeah, and me. Tristan?
TRACY
Me and Tristan'll stay too.
ADE
Suits me.
(nudges Megan)
You up for this?
MEGAN
We have to get Duncan and the
others back.
(to Chris)
I'm in.
DANYAEL
We've got weapons and things if you
guys need them...
ADE
No need.
He grins, CRACKING his knuckles. Danyael involuntarily puts a
hand to his bruised jaw.
Vivian exits the van with two cases of medical equipment.
VIVIAN
Got it. There's only one base in
this region they could have gotten
to in that time. I've circled it on
the map on the dashboard.
She looks around, then walks over and leans against the fire
door of another empty building making up the alley, opening
it and stepping inside.
MEGAN
(rising)
Alright, all of you staying put...
She motions towards the open doorway. Kit and the others
troop through.
CHRIS
(to Lyra)
Stay here with them. Keep an eye on
things for me.
She nods, giving his arm a quick squeeze as Chris turns to
Megan and Ade.
CHRIS (cont'd)
(off van)
Shall we?
They climb inside the van as Danyael follows, sliding the
door shut behind them.
TWIST
So we're leaving Vivian behind?
CHRIS
She's given us the base's location.
I think she's done her part.
Twist doesn't look like she likes this plan, but climbs up
into the passenger seat without another word.
With a last look round the alley, Chris walks round the cabin
and enters the van, as we DISSOLVE TO:
17 EXT. LAB FACILITY/INDUSTRIAL ESTATE - NIGHT 17
PAN DOWN from a road leading up to a cluster of small, flat
buildings, SEARCHLIGHTS and WIRE FENCING surrounding them.
There's plenty of activity - WORKERS load crates on and off
trucks as ARMED GUARDS patrol the grounds.
The base is nestled within an otherwise dark industrial
estate, isolated from the nearby city limits.
PULL BACK to find the van parked behind one of the other
buildings on the lot, the team observing round the corner.
CHRIS
Looks like a pretty standard set-up
to me.
TWIST
Are you sure? There doesn't seem to
be much there.
CHRIS
This is just the entrance. The main
complex will be underneath us, like
they always are.
TWIST
Oh. Right. I knew that.
MEGAN
This is what we're up against?
DANYAEL
You've never seen one of these
bases before?
ADE
Hey, when the guys with guns turn
up we start running. We don't stop
to ask them what colour their
wallpaper is, you know?
CHRIS
(beat)
Let's go.
The group scamper forward, using the long shadows and wide
buildings for cover as they approach the access road.
They watch as another CARGO TRUCK arrives at the gates, which
roll slowly open to let the truck pass.
CHRIS (cont'd)
And now, for our next trick... we
work out how to get past all that
lot.
DANYAEL
I got an idea.
He looks round - more TRUCKS are approaching, and as he steps
out of frame we CUT TO:
18 EXT. LAB FACILITY/ROAD - NEXT 18
OVERHEAD as one of the trucks rolls into frame, waiting in
line as several others queue up ahead of it.
Emerging from the cover of darkness, Danyael crawls quickly
across the road and ROLLS underneath the truck.
Twist and Chris follow his lead, rolling under a second truck
whilst Megan and Ade clamber underneath a third.
The trucks start to pull away, leaving an empty stretch of
road behind.
19 EXT. LAB FACILITY - NEXT 19
The truck reach the gates, waiting as the barriers slide
across to allow them in.
PAN DOWN to the underside of the truck as it enters the base -
and Danyael, clinging to its undercarriage!
The trucks manoeuvre their way over to a loading bay,
reversing until their rear hatches face a set of dock doors.
As the trucks come to a stop, the team silently drop down,
roll aside and scurry for cover before more WORKERS show up
to unload the truck's contents.
20 INT. LAB FACILITY - CORRIDOR - NEXT 20
A hatch door swings open as Chris carefully leans inside,
checking that the coast is clear.
Twist and Danyael follow, then Megan and Ade, before Chris
carefully shuts and seals the door behind them all.
ADE
(to Danyael)
Pretty slick, for a vampire.
DANYAEL
Thanks.
(blinks)
Wait, what?
CHRIS
Now. They'll probably have security
cameras and tracking spells in
place before we find a way down to
the base proper, so I made up a few
of these.
He digs into his jacket pocket and produces several small
POUCHES stuffed with herbs, each the size of a locket and
mounted on a length of cord.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Slip them round your neck and they
should create just enough
interference to stop anything on
the system picking us up, magical
or otherwise.
Twist gingerly SNIFFS her pouch with distaste as Danyael
loops his over his head.
TWIST
Jeez, Chris, these things smell
like ass!
CHRIS
(terse)
Oh, I'm sorry, shall I go back and
make you one that smells a bit more
pleasant?
TWIST
(holds out pouch)
Yes, please.
He glares, and she gets the point. With a scowl, she puts her
amulet on. The protected team finally get moving.
MEGAN
Alright, which way do we go?
CHRIS
According to Vivian, all these
little annexes over the main lab
entrances follow a standard layout,
so we just need to go down...
He trails off, taking several corners and junctions in the
labyrinthine layout as the others follow close behind, and we
CUT TO:
21 INT. OLD BUILDING - NIGHT 21
Back with Vivian, Lyra and the other akercocke, as Vivian
checks over her small setup of lab equipment taken from the
van.
KIT
So how long should we wait before
we start getting worried?
LYRA
There's nothing to be worried
about. Chris will make sure
everyone is alright.
Vivian stands, holding a SYRINGE in one hand.
VIVIAN
We've got other things to think
about. Roll up your sleeve.
Kit shoots a look at the others, who just shrug. With a roll
of her eyes, she pulls up her sleeve as Vivian moves in.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
You'll feel a little pinch.
She jabs the syringe into a vein, Kit wincing as she draws
back a sample of thick, dark blood.
Vivian rises, examining the contents of the syringe as she
absently passes a swab of cotton wool to Kit.
TRISTAN
What are you hoping to prove?
VIVIAN
That you guys are more special than
you realise.
(beat)
You next.
Tristan GULPS, looking away as Vivian takes a fresh syringe
and draws a sample of his blood.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
See, my theory is that Parker's
game is moving up a few gears, and
that he'd only be after species he
could get some kind of tactical
advantage out of.
TRACY
Such as? We're just us. We're not
soldiers or anything.
Lyra COUGHS as Vivian heads over to the lab equipment,
placing one tube of blood into a machine and setting it off,
while she opens another, draws out a sample and drips it onto
a slide, pushing it under a microscope.
The akercocke can't help but stare as the machines RATTLE and
WHIRR noisily in the background.
Lyra tries to distract them, wiping a hand across her brow.
LYRA
Maybe it's your strength? Danyael
told me one of you hit him pretty
hard.
RUBEN
Always thought it's cause our bones
are a little tougher.
VIVIAN
Then maybe that's all this is.
She peers at a LAPTOP as results starts to scroll down it.
She follows down several lines - and then stops.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
Or maybe not...
The others swap nervous looks as we CUT TO:
22 INT. LAB FACILITY - TUNNELS ENTRANCE - NIGHT 22
Chris steps into a circular chamber, a large ELEVATOR in the
middle of the room, descending into the floor.
CHRIS
This is it.
He heads for the control panel as Twist looks around - and
freezes as she spots a SECURITY CAMERA pointed right at her!
TWIST
(hisses)
Chris!
She nods towards the camera, but as Chris looks up it scrolls
past them, sweeping the room and giving no signal that it's
seen them.
CHRIS
(grins)
As if you could ever doubt me.
TWIST
Yeah, whatever. Let's just get out
of here. That thing's making me
nervous.
The team hear VOICES from nearby as Chris activates the
elevator platform with a BUZZ.
CHRIS
All aboard!
He ushers the others onto the platform, hitting the 'Down'
arrow.
A HATCH beneath them opens up, revealing a lift shaft that
drops into darkness.
DANYAEL
That looks like kind of a long way
down...
Megan grips the platform's railings nervously as the rattling
elevator starts to descend slowly, and we CUT TO:
23 INT. OLD BUILDING - NIGHT 23
Kit, Ruben, Tristan and Tracy crowd round Vivian as she reads
the test results off the screen.
KIT
What is it? What'd you see?
VIVIAN
Not sure yet...
She moves to a centrifuge, slotting a blood sample into it
and switching it on.
She steps back to the laptop, the akercocke glued to her
side, and after a few moments more results scroll down the
screen.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
Oh, God...
TRACY
What? What?
RUBEN
Are we dangerous? Is that it?
VIVIAN
I don't -
LYRA (O.S.)
(weakly)
Vivian?
She turns - and sees Lyra is sagging, slumped half against
one wall, pale and sweating.
VIVIAN
Lyra?
She starts to walk over - and Lyra suddenly VOMITS BLOOD onto
the floor, collapsing into a heap and RETCHING!
VIVIAN (cont'd)
Lyra!
She dives to her side, turning Lyra over. Lyra's face is
blotchy, the rash spreading down her arms.
KIT
Is... is she okay?
Vivian looks back to the akercocke as they back away, scared,
and sternly answers:
VIVIAN
It's your blood. Your blood is
toxic to the living.
Lyra COUGHS again, Vivian trying to keep her head supported
as the shocked akercocke cling to one another and we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
24 INT. UNDERGROUND LAB - NIGHT 24
The elevator lowers itself into frame, coming to a halt under
a beam of light.
The team cautiously disembark, faced with an atrium chamber
and three doors.
DANYAEL
Should we split up?
TWIST
Yeah, 'cause that always ends so
well.
CHRIS
Danyael's right. We have a lot of
ground to cover, and I can't say
for certain how long these charms
will stop us being noticed.
(to others)
Megan, go with Danyael. Twist, you
take Ade. We'll take a door each.
MEGAN
How will we stay in touch?
Danyael takes out his cell phone - which starts BUZZING.
DANYAEL
(checks caller ID)
It's Vivian.
(answers)
Hello?
INTERCUT WITH:
25 INT. OLD BUILDING - NIGHT 25
Vivian and Lyra are alone in the room now, with Lyra wrapped
up in blankets and resting, COUGHING weakly.
VIVIAN
(into phone)
Danyael, put Chris on.
CHRIS
(takes phone)
What is it? Did you get your
results back?
VIVIAN
I did, and...
CHRIS
(sighs)
I'm not going to like this, am I?
VIVIAN
The akercocke's blood contains some
kind of toxic element. I only
exposed a little of it to the air
when I took the samples, but it was
enough to almost knock Lyra out.
CHRIS
(concerned)
Is she alright? What happened?
VIVIAN
She had some kind of severe
allergic reaction. I think I've got
her stabilised, but I can't say for
sure.
(beat)
You figured out what this means
yet?
Chris turns to Megan and Ade.
CHRIS
Parker's making a biological
weapon.
VIVIAN
(nods)
And if he's rounded up enough of
these people, then he's got all the
raw material he needs to make as
many damn bombs as he wants.
CHRIS
Then we'll make sure we shut his
operation down. Keep me posted.
He hangs up, passing the phone back to Danyael.
DANYAEL
Everything alright back on the
ranch?
TWIST
Yeah, you look kinda pale.
(beat)
Paler.
ADE
I'm sorry - what was that about a
'biological weapon'? Couldn't help
but notice that!
CHRIS
Let's just say we have a much
shorter time frame here than I
anticipated.
With that, he turns and marches over to the first door,
pushing a button to open it and slipping through.
MEGAN
He doesn't give much away, does he?
DANYAEL
You get used to it.
The other two teams take a door each as we CUT TO:
26 INT. UNDERGROUND LAB - CORRIDOR - NEXT 26
With Chris first, padding stealthily down one of the long,
circular corridors that interlock the various segments of the
base.
He reaches an access door and peers inside - there's a
WEAPONS RANGE set up, with white-coated TECHNICIANS firing
weapons big and small across a target range.
Chris moves on, pausing at a T-junction and looking both ways
for a clue where to head next.
He ducks back as he sees two female LAB ASSISTANTS emerge
from a doorway down the hall to his left.
Waiting for them to turn a corner, he jogs up to the door
they exited, peering in through the small windows to see:
A large, white room with several huge VATS fixed to the rear
wall.
Chris draws his KATANA as he pushes the door open and steps
inside, and we CUT TO:
27 INT. UNDERGROUND LAB - WALKWAY - NEXT 27
Twist and Ade are standing out of sight on a walkway that
runs over a hangar of sorts, a replica ALLEYWAY set up below
them.
They watch as three black-clad TROOPERS pad down the
alleyway, fitted up with laser-sighted weapons and night
vision goggles.
TARGETS suddenly pop up from doorways and windows, and the
trio of soldiers OPEN FIRE.
Their high-calibre weapons SHRED the targets in seconds, the
smoking remains clicking back out of sight.
ADE
Suddenly I'm starting to think
maybe we should have brought some
weapons.
Twist throws him a look, then starts to move on. Ade pauses
to watch the troopers as they OPEN FIRE again, before
following Twist as we CUT TO:
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