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                                       TEASER

               FADE IN:

         1     BLACK.                                                   1

               Hold it for a beat, until:

               CRACK! Rock and dirt SMASHES into our view, bright daylight
               piercing through as someone smashes away a wall.

               The gap in the rock widens and finally the smashing stops, a
               FEMALE FIGURE appearing, daylight shimmering around her.

                                   WOMAN
                         Bingo!

               Late-thirties, all-American, dressed in a tank top and
               combats with her long hair tied back, glasses draping off her
               nose. A mix of bookworm and adventurer.

                                   MALE VOICE (O.C.)
                         Marley? D'you find it?

                                                                CUT TO:

         2     EXT. WHEAT FIELD - DAY                                   2

               The female figure turns away from the smashed rock, turning
               to the voice. Her name is MARLEY CROWTHER.

                                   MARLEY
                             (nods)
                         I found it. Don't you just love me?

               She smiles as we see three figures making their way across a
               stretch of low-cut wheat fields surrounding the smashed rock:

               ALEX BUTLER, thirties, tall, handsome and dashing - think Mal
               Reynolds. GIZMO, early thirties, black, cradling a hi-tech
               piece of GPS equipment. TEENA, late twenties, blonde,
               geekette researcher - think Sara Kennedy, but American.

                                   BUTLER
                         The world famous Crowther intuition
                         again, or d'you find something we
                         didn't?

                                   MARLEY
                         As ever, more fun to keep you
                         guessing.

               She playfully flicks his nose and Butler grins - these are
               more than just friends.

               While Gizmo focuses his equipment on the smashed rock, Teena
               approaches the hole with fascination.

                                   TEENA
                         Wow. This is awesome.
                             (looks back)
                         What we could find down there...

                                   MARLEY
                             (nods)
                         I know. Which is why we should get
                         to it.
                             (beat)
                         Gizmo?

                                   GIZMO
                         Equipment's hot. All set to track
                         any energy readings.
                             (looks at Marley)
                         Good to go, Doc.

               Marley nods, regards the team around her after picking up a
               SATCHEL she hoists on her back.

                                   MARLEY
                         Then let's make history.

               On that, Marley turns toward the smashed rock and as the
               others begin following her, we PAN UP...

               ... to a birds eye view of a glorious set of dune-like, wheat
               fields... and a large, almost mountainous outcropping of very
               old rock into which our team have uncovered a cavern
               entrance.

               TITLE OVER: THE PALOUSE, NORTH-CENTRAL IDAHO

         3     INT. CAVERN TUNNEL - DAY                                 3

               Torchlights shine out into the gloom of the tunnel leading
               down from the smashed, newly-formed cavern entrance, as our
               team head down.

               Marley leads the way, shining her light at the ancient rocky
               walls - Gizmo close behind her, studying infra-red GPS
               equipment in hand.

               Teena trails him, staring around with wonder as she shines
               her torch - Butler taking up the rear, walking with a steady
               pace.

                                   BUTLER
                         So what are we gonna find down
                         here, exactly? Fortune, glory...
                         cookies? What?

                                   MARLEY
                         Alex, I've told you about the
                         legend dozens of times since we
                         graduated.

                                   BUTLER
                         And the majority of those were in a
                         bar or in bed where, forgive me,
                         there are quite a few distractions.

               Marley chuckles at his frankness.

                                   TEENA
                         I'll tell it!

                                   MARLEY
                             (nods)
                         Teena...

               Teena clears her throat before speaking, still shining her
               light around the walls.

                                   TEENA
                         The legend goes that in ancient
                         times, millennia past, when great
                         civilisations lost to history
                         existed and monsters walked the
                         Earth, there lived champions. Men
                         more like Gods, true warriors who
                         were revered by the people they
                         protected.
                             (nods)
                         One of these warriors was named -

               She's cut off as she suddenly DISAPPEARS - falling like a
               stone into a pit in the walkway!

               Teena SCREAMS as she plunges, losing her torch! Marley and
               Gizmo turn sharply in front at the sound!

                                   MARLEY
                         Teena!

                                   GIZMO
                         Where'd that hole come from?!?

               Butler, on the opposite side of the pit that seemed to just
               materialise, leaps into action and dives!

               He just catches the hand of the screaming Teena as she
               plunges out of reach, grabbing her.

                                   TEENA
                         HELP MEEEE!!

               Teena dangles precariously as Butler holds one of her arms
               with his hands - she looking down below:

               To see what looks for the world like a BOTTOMLESS PIT, eerie
               swirling mist around it!

                                   MARLEY
                         Alex, drag her up!

                                   BUTLER
                             (struggling)
                         I'm... tryin'...

               But it's clear Butler is losing the battle - Teena starting
               to slip out of his grasp!

                                   BUTLER (cont'd)
                         Teena, reach up with your other
                         hand, I can't...
                             (grunts)
                         I can't hold you...

               She slips a little further out of his grasp - SCREAMING
               again!

               Teena, terrified, tries to lift her dangling hand up to grab
               Butler.

                                   BUTLER (cont'd)
                         Teena!

               But he loses his purchase... and with an ear-piercing SCREAM
               Teena falls into the pit...

               ... her scream ECHOING through the cavern as she plunges out
               of sight into the darkness!

               Marley looks horrified, Gizmo disturbed, while Butler SMASHES
               the ground with his fist!

                                   BUTLER (cont'd)
                         Damn it!
                             (jumps up)
                         I knew this trip was too dangerous.
                         We don't know enough about this
                         place! We should leave, now!

               It's clear Marley is conflicted after what just happened.

                                   GIZMO
                         I ain't goin' anywhere. We spent
                         too long plannin' this trip and
                         this gear I got don't come cheap.
                             (nods)
                         If yo comin', follow my lead.

               And on that, Gizmo strides off into the cavern, torch in one
               hand, device in the other.

                                   MARLEY
                         Gizmo? Gizmo! Come back!
                             (to Butler)
                         We can't leave her down there! She
                         could be hurt, or - 

                                   BUTLER
                         Or she could be dead.

                                   MARLEY
                         Alex! We are not leaving her!

               Marley and Butler hold each other's gaze - until Butler sighs
               and takes a few steps back... 

               ... before running and LEAPING the distance over the pit,
               landing near where Marley stands.

                                   BUTLER 
                         C'mon. The only way is forward for
                         now. If we see some way to head
                         lower and look for her, then we'll
                         take it.

               With a dark frown, he strides off into the cavern, leaving
               Marley to look back at the pit with sadness.

               As she follows, PAN BACK to the gloomy pit... and find it's
               no longer there, normal rocky ground having replaced it!

         4     INT. CAVERN TUNNEL - MOMENTS LATER                       4

               With Butler as he stops in his tracks, holding Marley back,
               as they hear:

               AAAARGH!!

                                   MARLEY
                         What the Hell was that?!

                                   BUTLER
                             (darkly)
                         Gizmo.

               He races off, Marley following, both heading for a corner
               turn in the dark tunnel.

               Both turn simultaneously and FLASH their torches up ahead,
               greeted by a gruesome sight...

               ... Gizmo, impaled on a large METALLIC SPIKE that pierced him
               from the wall!

                                   MARLEY
                             (gasps)
                         Oh, my God!

               Nearby, Butler sees the discarded infra-red GPS (still
               working) dropped on the floor.

               He reaches down, picks it up, hands it to the horrified
               Marley.

                                   BUTLER
                             (serious)
                         We go. Now.

                                   MARLEY
                         Alex, we -

                                   BUTLER
                         Marley, listen to me! Someone or
                         something does not want us down
                         here. Two of our people are already
                         dead!
                             (shakes his head)
                         I'm not gonna lose you too.

               A tender beat between them - Butler taking Marley's hand, at
               which point she nods.

                                   MARLEY
                         Okay.

               CRAAACK... The noise jolts them, both shining their torches
               at the surrounding walls.

                                   MARLEY (cont'd)
                         That sounds like...

               She and Butler exchange a concerned look as they shine
               torches at the rocky wall near them at the end of the
               tunnel... which is spraying DUST...

                                   BUTLER
                             (nods)
                         Run!!

               They sprint off past the impaled Gizmo down the corridor,
               deeper into the cavern, just as:

               CRASH! The far rocky wall EXPLODES outward from pressure, a
               CASCADE OF WATER spraying out, churning down the tunnel after
               them!

               Marley and Butler both sprint as fast as their legs can carry
               them as they see the wall of water rapidly approaching!

                                   MARLEY
                             (points in front)
                         There! Quickly!

               The torches illuminate an ANCIENT STONE DOOR which is slowly
               closing a few dozen metres up ahead!

               Water lapping at them now, Marley and Butler race toward the
               door before it can close!

               She literally SLIDES under, YELPING in pain at the motion and
               losing the GPS as she moves!

               Butler, though, sees the door almost closed and before he
               slides... he stops.

               From under the door, Marley looks in.

                                   MARLEY (cont'd)
                         Alex! No!

                                   BUTLER
                             (resigned)
                         I love you, Marley.

               Before she can respond, the stone door SEALS with a RUMBLE.

               Butler turns as the gushing sound of water gets louder and
               raises his flashlight... to see the wall of water upon him!

               And as it impacts him like a sledgehammer, we CUT TO:

         5     INT. STONE DOOR PASSAGE - NEXT                           5

               Behind the stone door, the sound of water crashing up against
               it is heard by a tearful Marley.

                                   MARLEY
                             (sighs)
                         Alex...

               Marley raises her flashlight torch to see what lies up ahead,
               but before she can make anything out...

               ... the torch BLINKS OFF, battery dead.

                                                             BLACK OUT:

                                   MARLEY (cont'd)
                             (sighs)
                         Aw, shi -



                                    END OF TEASER
                                       ACT ONE

               FADE IN:

         6     EXT. MOTEL PARK - NIGHT                                  6

               A typical American motel park, chalet rooms stretching out
               near a number of cars - including a familiar stolen VAN.

                                   FEMALE VOICE (PRE-LAP)
                             (bad singing)
                         Hey little sister, what have you
                         done? Hey little sister, who's the
                         only one?

                                                                CUT TO:

         7     INT. BATHROOM - MOTEL ROOM - NEXT                        7

               PAN ACROSS a quite plain bathroom in one of the rooms, grungy
               rock CLOTHES removed and scattered untidily all around the
               place.

               The SHOWER is running, but almost deafened by the continual
               terrible singing by a familiar voice.

                                   FEMALE VOICE (O.C.)
                         Hey little sister, who's your
                         superman? Hey little sister, who's
                         the one you want? Hey little
                         sister... SHOT GUN!

               At which point, PAN UP to the source of the singing:

               TWIST

               Merrily making eardrums bleed as she lathers behind a shower
               curtain, just covering the areas obviously out of bounds.

                                   TWIST
                         It's a nice day to start again!
                         It's a nice day for a... white
                         wedding! It's a nice day to...
                         STAAAARRRRT AGGGAAAAAAIIINNNN!!!

               As she wails, Twist turns off the shower and YANKS back the
               shower curtain!

               She wipes the water from her eyes as she climbs out, stark
               naked, still wailing at the verse.

               A wail that turns into a loud YELP as she looks in front of
               her.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                             (shocked)
                         What the Justin?!?

               WHIP ROUND to see a figure standing calmly up against the
               wall by the shower:

               MARCUS

               His hands are clasped at his front and he's staring forward,
               only looking toward Twist when she speaks.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Marcus?! What what what... what...
                         the Hell are you doin' here?!

                                   MARCUS
                             (beat)
                         Something wrong?

                                   TWIST
                         Uh... yeah!
                             (motions around)
                         This is my bathroom. Not exactly
                         clothed here.

               It's clear from Marcus' expression he really doesn't
               understand the hullabaloo. Twist sighs.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Okay, let's try this in two words
                         that might help you understand.
                             (tiny beat)
                         Get out!

                                   MARCUS
                             (calmly)
                         I made a vow when we were bound by
                         blood, Twist, never to leave your
                         side. To protect you as a blood
                         brother would. I will honour that
                         vow as long as I live.

                                   TWIST
                         What the frick do I need protecting
                         from in the bathroom? Killer
                         towels? Poison soap?

                                   MARCUS
                             (smiles)
                         You shouldn't be so prudish. To my
                         kind, nudity is a natural state of
                         being.

                                   TWIST
                             (scowls)
                         And to my kind, nudity is something
                         that your kind don't ever get to
                         see!

               Twist looks ever so slightly creeped out by this...
               especially as Marcus ever so lightly with his eyes looks her
               naked body up and down.

               On impulse, demurely, Twist covers her bits and pieces with
               her hands!

                                   MARCUS 
                             (beat)
                         Would you care for a towel?

               Off Twist giving him one Hell of a sarcastic glare, we CUT
               TO:

         8     INT. MOTEL DINER - LATER                                 8

               A quiet motel diner near the car park, a WAITRESS wiping
               mainly empty tables in the background.

               Twist sits across from LYRA at a table - the latter sipping a
               strawberry shake, barely removing her lips from the straw.

                                   TWIST
                         Seriously, the guy is everywhere!
                         He sleeps in a chair opposite my
                         bed and he's still there when I
                         wake up in the morning...
                             (shakes her head)
                         And now we have ShowerGate. A
                         factor ten on the fricken creepy
                         scale!

                                   LYRA
                         I think it's sweet.

                                   TWIST
                             (raises her eyebrows)
                         You would.

                                   LYRA
                         You're blood brothers -

                                   TWIST
                         Sister! Blood sister. Don't go
                         giving me a complex.

                                   LYRA
                         He's just trying to look out for
                         you, that's all.

                                   TWIST
                             (nods unenthused)
                         Yeah, he says it's all for my
                         protection in case Conall raises
                         his evil, hairy head again, yada
                         yada yada, but...
                             (shakes her head)
                         C'mon, he's a man. Well... wolf
                         man.

               Twist nods knowingly at Lyra - who keep sucking up her
               milkshake, oblivious.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         And I'm, ya know... a woman... a
                         pretty damn hot one, too...
                             (nods)
                         You see where I'm heading here?

               Lyra shakes her head. Twist HUFFS.

                                   TWIST (cont'd)
                         Of course you don't. Because your
                         experience with men is so in-depth.
                         I mean, you're banging Chris, after
                         all.
                             (sighs)
                         Why do I bother?

                                   LYRA
                             (beat)
                         What does 'banging' mean?

               Twist stumbles - and is saved as the door of the diner nearby
               then opens - CHRIS and DANYAEL enter, approaching the table.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Hey, guys. Girly guys.

               Danyael perches at the table next to Lyra. She holds her
               shake in his direction, and he grabs it.

                                   LYRA
                             (looks at Chris)
                         How did it go?

                                   CHRIS
                         We checked in with all the rebel
                         cells in the area. Doesn't seem to
                         be any significant Parker activity
                         in these parts.
                             (beat)
                         Which makes a change.

                                   DANYAEL
                             (to Lyra/Twist)
                         So what were you guys talking
                         about?

               A quick glance between Lyra and Twist - the latter looking a
               touch embarrassed.

                                   LYRA
                         Twist was telling me about how
                         Marcus -

                                   TWIST
                             (quickly)
                         Keeps doing that freaky wolf
                         changing thing at really strange
                         moments. Like in the middle of
                         Bionic Woman. Just wrong.

               Twist gives Lyra a quick glare - she going back to her shake.

                                   CHRIS
                             (looks around)
                         So where is Marcus?

                                   LYRA
                         He said he was going for a stroll
                         in the woods. Makes him feel at
                         home.

                                   CHRIS
                             (nods)
                         And Vivian?

                                                                CUT TO:

         9     INT. BATHROOM - MOTEL ROOM - NEXT                        9

               The sight of VIVIAN - as her head yanks up from the bathroom
               sink, having splashed her face with water.

               She gasps a little, looking into the mirror as she lets the
               water run down her face... and clearly doesn't like what she
               sees.

               She looks deathly pale, not in the least bit well. In fact,
               she looks bloody awful.

               Vivian pulls up her sleeve... to reveal the circular BITE
               MARK, red and purple with yellow fluid dribbling from it.
               It's noticeably bigger and a lot nastier.

               Vivian looks at it with a frown in the mirror, touching it
               with her fingers... which causes her to WINCE with pain.

               PING!

               The noise from within the motel room distracts her and she
               pulls down her sleeve carefully.

               With one last look in the mirror, Vivian heads out into:

        10     INT. MOTEL ROOM - NEXT                                  10

               The average motel room - bed, closet, TV - toward a LAPTOP
               which lies open on a nearby table.

               Vivian reaches it, seeing a notification: she has e-mail.

               Opening her new mail, Vivian begins to read and her eyebrows
               soon raise.

                                   VIVIAN
                             (surprised)
                         Marley?

                                                                CUT TO:

        11     EXT. VAN - MOTEL CAR PARK - NEXT                        11

               The rear of our team's stolen van, docked in the motel car
               park, where the team all stand. They're listening to Vivian -
               facing them all.

                                   VIVIAN
                         I just got a delayed e-mail from
                         Marley Crowther, an old friend of
                         mine from my college days. She went
                         on to work for an archaeological
                         foundation sponsoring expeditions.
                             (beat)
                         Imagine Lara Croft if she'd been
                         raised in Wyoming.

               Twist nods and Danyael smiles - but it's lost on the others.

                                   CHRIS
                         You did archaeology at college?

                                   VIVIAN
                         No, but it always interested me. I
                         guess that's one of the reasons
                         Marley and I got on so well.

                                   MARCUS
                         So what did the e-mail say?

                                   VIVIAN
                         It was an invitation. Marley said
                         she'd found something in Idaho. In
                         the Palouse.
                             (looks at Chris)
                         The Tomb of Saaraguus.

               A beat - a look of shared recognition passes between Vivian
               and Chris, who looks very intrigued.

                                   TWIST
                         Sara-who now?

                                   CHRIS
                             (nods)
                         Saaraguus. He was a champion, a
                         great warrior from ancient legend.
                         It was said he was buried within a
                         secret tomb along with a cache of
                         supposedly magical weaponry he used
                         throughout his life to fight all
                         kinds of evil.
                             (beat)
                         Monsters, demons, the undead.

                                   TWIST
                         Ooh, like the Scorpion King!

                                   VIVIAN
                             (beat)
                         Marley sent me the precise location
                         in the Palouse where she claimed to
                         have found the tomb, and invited me
                         out to come share the spoils.
                             (beat)
                         We always said back in college if
                         one of us found fortune and glory
                         we'd take it together. I guess
                         Marley never forgot.

                                   MARCUS
                         It's a nice offer, but one I'm not
                         sure we should take up.
                             (to Chris)
                         At best, it's a distraction from
                         dealing with Parker. At worst, it
                         could be one of his traps.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Man could have a point there. We
                         all know Parker's a sneaky one.
                             (shrugs)
                         Who says that e-mail was even from
                         Viv's friend?

                                   CHRIS
                             (nods)
                         I understand the concerns, but if
                         the offer is genuine, the kind of
                         weaponry Saaraguus reputedly held,
                         if recovered, could be a massive
                         boost to us.

                                   DANYAEL
                         Let's just hope this isn't a repeat
                         of Karakov's Gauntlets.
                         We all remember how that turned
                         out.
                             (off Vivian/Marcus)
                         Well... most of us.

                                   CHRIS
                             (to Vivian)
                         E-mail Marley back. Tell her we'll
                         meet her at the tomb in twelve
                         hours, that should give us enough
                         time to get there if we set off
                         now.

                                   VIVIAN
                             (nods)
                         Got it.

               She moves off, as do the others, but Chris follows Vivian
               until they're a little away from the rest.

                                   CHRIS
                         Vivian?

               Vivian turns back and faces Chris - who places his hand on
               her pale, slightly leathery forehead.

                                   CHRIS (cont'd)
                         You're running a fever.

                                   VIVIAN
                         I'm fine.

                                   CHRIS
                         You don't look 'fine.' In fact, you
                         look like death warmed -

                                   VIVIAN
                             (quickly)
                         Chris. I said I'm fine.

               Vivian smiles very weakly before turning and heading back to
               her motel room. 

               She leaves Chris knowing something is wrong, and off his
               concerned expression, we DISSOLVE TO:
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