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ACT TWO
FADE IN.
INT. GABRIELLA'S CAR - DAY
Pike is driving through a parking garage, stopping ever so
often for a car parking or pulling out.
KAIA
I just think it's crap that we get
locked up and Savant's getting out.
PIKE
Yeah.
(blinks)
Wait, what?
KAIA
He made bail.
PIKE
It's a murder trial, how'd he even
get a bond set?
KAIA
(shakes her head)
Friends in high places apparently.
He parks the car and cuts off the engine. They sit for a
spell.
KAIA
He's on house arrest in a safe
house though. At least he's not
roaming the streets.
PIKE
Wouldn't be right now anyway. Still
about another hour of daylight.
KAIA
(beat; sighs)
Oli, I really don't want to do
this. It's...
(awkward)
...that time of the month.
Pike looks at her, horrified.
KAIA
Not that time, stupid. Full moon
starts tonight.
PIKE
(relieved)
Oh.
KAIA
I brought all my supplies and
picked up my tranqs. It'll be weird
doing all the chanting and
everything away from home though.
(beat)
Not to mention with a stranger in
the room.
PIKE
You'll be fine.
(opens his door)
You've got it down to a T.
KAIA
(opens her door)
As long as I don't lose my temper,
I should be okay, I hope.
Pike swings his legs around, lowering them to the ground.
PIKE
Why would you lose your temper?
They both get out of the car.
INT. HOTEL - PARKING GARAGE - CONTINUOUS
Pike gets Kaia's suitcase out of the back and they walk, hand
in hand, towards a large group of plainly dressed people
flanked by several cops.
One guy in particular steps to the front of the crowd.
He's wearing pants several sizes too big for his skinny
frame, a sweater so big he looks like a child in it, and a
backwards baseball cap.
The young clan Elder, JUSTIN EVERS.
He grins at Kaia and holds out his arms for a hug.
JUSTIN
(calling out)
Hey, baby girl! Ready to dispense
some justice?
ON Pike and Kaia, both with the same nauseated expression.
They've stopped walking.
PIKE
(appalled)
Oh God.
(beat)
How the hell did he end up on the
jury?
KAIA
God's a prankster. That's the only
explanation.
(beat)
Oli?
PIKE
Yeah?
KAIA
(deadpan)
Shoot me now.
PIKE
(shakes his head)
I'd rather shoot him.
(beat)
For two straight hours.
Kaia sighs and gives Pike a goodbye kiss on the cheek. She
starts to walk away when Pike, holding on to her arm, pulls
her back.
PIKE
One more thing. Connor called me on
the way to your place. Apparently
he has a hunch about this whole
thing.
(beat; whispers)
He...he wants you hold up the
deliberations as long as you can.
KAIA
(whining)
What? But that means I'll be stuck
with that clown.
PIKE
I know, I know. Just playing
messenger here.
KAIA
Doesn't matter anyway. This is a
big trial. Be at least a few days
before we even get to pick a
verdict.
Kaia sighs, resigned to her fate. She gives Pike a brief hug
before pulling away, their hands lingering in a hold together
until she's too far away.
Pike frowns when a smirking Justin wraps his arm around her
and whispers something in her ear.
Kaia instantly slaps his arm off and takes several steps away
from him.
Pike smiles at that. Atta girl.
FLASH CUT TO:
INT. G&C'S CONDO - LIVING ROOM - NEXT
Gabriella pushes the coffee table off to the sides, leaving a
big open space in the middle of the floor.
She digs through a box on the table and pulls out various
spell materials.
A KNOCK at the door gets her attention. As she walks over to
open it, Connor comes out of his dark room, squinting as his
eyes adjust to the much brighter lights.
She opens the door and lets Pike in. He holds up two large
rolled up posters.
PIKE
Here ya go.
Gabriella takes them out of his hands and unrolls them.
Both maps are of Los Angeles. Gabriella sets them both on the
ground, facing opposite directions.
GABRIELLA
Thanks. Needed to replace mine.
PIKE
No problem. That'll be six fifty
for the maps plus five for gas.
Gabriella looks up at him, frowning.
GABRIELLA
(incredulous)
Gas? For my own car that you drove?
PIKE
(blinks)
Uh, what about labor?
He grins. He's kidding.
Connor goes through a box on the coffee table and pulls out
several small spell materials while Pike takes a seat in the
recliner.
PIKE
And why'd you need to replace
yours?
Gabriella ducks into the kitchen and returns with another map
of Los Angeles. This one is completely covered in small burn
marks.
GABRIELLA
(nods to Connor; wry)
How many times was it before he got
it?
Connor, who is now sitting in front of the maps, does not
look amused.
CONNOR
(annoyed)
Could we get on with it please?
Pike does that mocking lip synch mimic of Connor's words that
people do when they don't have a viable comeback remark.
Gabriella sits down on the floor across from Connor.
GABRIELLA
Ready?
Connor nods.
PIKE
If I could just ask, why two maps?
GABRIELLA
We can't hone in on Savant
specifically. Neither of us have
any sort of connection to him.
CONNOR
So we're doing two different
locators. One for all the demons in
LA-
GABRIELLA
-and one for anything in the city
with a soul.
Hopefully, there aren't too many
crossovers to check.
Pike nods.
PIKE
Cool. I'm gonna grab a beer.
He gets up and gets about halfway to the kitchen when:
GABRIELLA
Not gonna find any there. Connor
drank them all when we got home
earlier.
Pike looks at Connor, who doesn't look the least bit upset at
having a dry house.
CONNOR
(shrugs)
I had a lot on my mind.
Pike deflates at that bit of news and sits back down,
motioning with his hand for them to get on with it.
Connor and Gabriella close their eyes and begin casting the
spell.
Gabriella goes first, chanting inaudibly for a moment before
a handful of sparking dust on her map.
PUSH IN on Pike, cutting them out of frame.
He leans forward in the chair as an intense light from below
brightens his visage. The light continues to get brighter and
his jaw drops.
PULL BACK to show everything, including the map with
countless little burning lights on it.
PIKE
That's the number of souls in Los
Angeles right?
GABRIELLA
(nonchalant)
No, that's the demon count. Connor,
you're up.
Pike leans back in his seat again, astounded.
PIKE
Geez.
Connor starts chanting. He shakes his head and starts over,
getting it right this time. His dust spread causes an even
brighter light on his map.
After a beat, the lights both subside. Gabriella picks up her
map and overlays it on Connor's, searching for matches.
PIKE
(looking at the maps)
That's a lot of pairs.
GABRIELLA
(sighs)
Yeah, I can see. We should be able
to narrow it down.
(points)
Those are in Echo Park. State's not
gonna stash a murder suspect there.
Pike gets out of his chair and drops his knees, getting a
closer look at the map.
PIKE
(points)
There's my building. Matter of
fact, it's safe to rule out my
whole neighborhood.
GABRIELLA
(points at one building)
Whoa, there's a ton there! What's
that place?
Connor and Pike look where she's pointing.
CONNOR
Madam Dorian's.
PIKE
Madam Dorian's.
GABRIELLA
What's that?
Connor and Pike share a look. Neither want to answer that
question.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. KAIA'S HOTEL ROOM - BEDROOM - NIGHT
A low CLICK comes from the other side of the door.
Kaia opens the door and walks in, stopping before she can
even think about shutting it.
PULL BACK to reveal Justin on the second of two twin size
beds in the room. He's laying on his side, propped up on his
elbow.
JUSTIN
(wry)
Sup.
KAIA
(cold)
Get. Out.
JUSTIN
Whoa there, babe. A little courtesy
for your visitor. I was invited.
KAIA
By who?
GIRL (O.S.)
Umm, excuse me?
Kaia turns around to see a short, shy Asian girl wearing
glasses behind her.
GIRL
Are you Kaia?
KAIA
Uh, yeah?
The girl extends her hand.
GIRL
Hi, I'm Cindy. Your roommate.
(points to Justin)
Oh, and this is-
KAIA
We've met.
Kaia moves to let Cindy enter the room.
She sets a bucket full of ice on the nightstand between the
two beds and drops her suitcase on her bed.
CINDY
(to Justin)
Room service'll send up the wine
soon. Make yourself comfortable,
I'm gonna take a shower.
JUSTIN
(winks)
Thanks, cutie.
Cindy blushes and turns around towards the bathroom.
KAIA
Uh, he's underage.
Cindy leans in close to Kaia.
CINDY
(whispering)
But he's cute.
Kaia is suitably disgusted at the comment. Cindy disappears
into the bathroom and locks the door. Seconds later, the
sound of a running shower is heard.
Justin, still with that smug expression on his face, sits up
on the bed and picks up a bottle of pills on the nightstand
next to the ice bucket.
JUSTIN
Hmm, Remestan. I see you came
prepared.
(shakes his head)
What a waste.
Kaia turns away and shuts the door behind her.
KAIA
(turning back to Justin)
What do you mean a waste?
JUSTIN
I mean you're gonna waste a
perfectly good buffet just lining
the halls.
(nods towards the shower)
Think she'd go good with soy sauce?
KAIA
Over my dead body.
JUSTIN
(grinning)
Well, at least we agree on
something.
KAIA
You can't kill any of these people.
JUSTIN
Why the hell not? I'm starving.
KAIA
Because I won't let you.
JUSTIN
Really?
Justin holds up a bag of herbs that was next to the pill
bottle.
JUSTIN
How you planning on stopping me if
you're still in norm form?
Kaia thinks that over. She can't answer that question. Justin
slaps his hands on his knees and stands up.
JUSTIN
(checks his watch)
Ooh, would you look at the time?
Half an hour to sundown.
Kaia's eyes narrow as she glares at Justin. She GROWLS, low
enough that only he can hear.
KAIA
(clenched teeth)
Get. Out.
Justin smirks and nonchalantly heads for the door.
JUSTIN
Tell Cindy I'll stop by later.
(winks)
Holla.
He leaves, letting the door shut on its own behind him. Kaia
quickly opens her bottle and shakes out two pills.
She moves her hand up to swallow them and hesitates. After a
moment, she swallows them dry, no water to help.
Cindy comes out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel. She
looks around, only seeing Kaia in the room with her.
CINDY
Where'd Justin go?
Kaia looks back to her without a response.
EXT. SAFE HOUSE - EVENING
The sun isn't visible on the horizon anymore, but there's
still a faint amount of sunlight.
The house itself is modest, a one story without a porch.
Three police squad cars are parked in front of the house.
CUT TO a shot of a set of bushes across the street.
Gabriella's head appears over the bushes. Everything below
her nose is still hidden by the bushes.
GABRIELLA
I think this is the right place.
PIKE
(appearing next to her)
Got a death grip on the obvious,
don't you?
(beat)
How do you think we can get in?
GABRIELLA
I could try a spell to put them all
to sleep.
PIKE
(shakes his head)
No good. Cops on guard duty have to
check in ever so often. They miss
one and the SWAT team comes
running.
GABRIELLA
Damn.
(looks to her other side)
Connor, you have any ideas?
(beat)
Connor?
Switch to a shot behind the bushes, fully showing Pike and
Gabriella. Connor isn't there.
PIKE
(confused)
Where'd he go?
INT. SAFE HOUSE - BEDROOM - EVENING
GUS SAVANT walks out of the adjoining bathroom, the sounds of
a flushing toilet behind him.
CONNOR (O.S.)
Vampires actually have to pee?
Gus jumps a mile and looks over to see Connor standing at the
door, blocking the way out.
He's partially hidden in the shadows of the corner of the
door. The faint sunlight only shows the bottom left of his
face. Overall, he looks very creepy.
CONNOR
(icily)
I've always wondered about that.
GUS
(frightened)
Who...who are you?
He's trembling with fear right now, more than likely because
Connor brandishing a lovely STAKE in his right hand.
CONNOR
Third party observer. Got a few
questions to ask.
GUS
You...you shouldn't be in here.
I'll call those cops up here right
now.
CONNOR
Unless they bring dust busters,
that's not going to help you. Just
a few questions.
Gus's eyes are locked on Connor's stake as he silently weighs
his options.
GUS
Fine, but can we do it without that
in my face?
CONNOR
(thinks)
Well, that depends on your first
couple of answers.
Gus tentatively takes a seat on the bed, never taking his
eyes off Connor.
INT. KAIA'S HOTEL ROOM - BATHROOM - NIGHT
Kaia is sitting with her legs crossed, a small pot of burning
herbs in front of her. Her eyes are closed and her breath
come in silent heaves.
There's a loud knock at the door.
CINDY (O.S.)
Kaia, what's that smell?
(beat; gasps)
Are you smoking marijuana?
Kaia keeps her eyes closed as she responds, trying to
maintain her composure.
KAIA
(strained)
No, it's incense. I like the smell
when I'm taking a bath.
CINDY (O.S.)
Oh.
(beat)
Are you gonna be long? I have to
pee.
Kaia doubles over, clutching her stomach. She punches the
ground, fighting her change.
KAIA
(more strained)
I just got in and I need to shave
my legs.
CINDY (O.S.)
Ok.
(beat)
Wanna watch a movie when you're
done?
KAIA
(gasping)
Cindy, I'll talk to you when I get
out, okay?
CINDY (O.S.)
Okay.
(beat)
Well, if you're going to be awhile,
I'll just go use Justin's bathroom.
Kaia sits straight up. Her breathing is getting more and more
heavy and irregular.
The loud thumping of a HEARTBEAT echoes.
CINDY (O.S.)
(cheery)
See ya!
KAIA
(pained)
Cin...urgh!
She doubles over again. Her back start to spasm and her arms
tremble.
Outside the room, the front door slams.
CLOSE UP on her face as her eyes shoot open. They're
completely BLACK. She grits her teeth, showing the fangs
starting to come in.
BLACK OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN.
INT. SAFE HOUSE - BEDROOM - NIGHT
Connor reaches into his pocket, causing Gus to tense up.
Connor notices the nervous reaction.
CONNOR
Calm down.
He pulls out his cell phone and waves it in the air, showing
it to Gus.
CONNOR
(dialing a number)
Not gonna kill you with this.
(beat; into phone)
Gabriella?
INT. GABRIELLA'S CAR - NEXT
Gabriella's phone is plugged into a charger. She and Pike are
seated in the front.
CONNOR
(through speakerphone)
Can you hear me okay?
GABRIELLA
Loud and clear.
CONNOR
Good, now...
INT. SAFE HOUSE - BEDROOM - NEXT
Connor sets the phone on a desk and leans up against a wall.
CONNOR
Do you swear to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. Bear in mind I'm prepared to
stake you if you lie to me.
Gus vigorously nods his head.
CONNOR
Let's start with the easy stuff.
How'd you have a kid?
GUS
(matter of fact)
We adopted.
Connor nods, accepting that answer.
CONNOR
How long have you been a vampire?
GUS
(thinks)
Since 1975.
Gus looks around the room, basically anywhere but directly in
Connor's eyes. Anxiety written all over his face.
FADE TO BLACK.
A loud HEARTBEAT thumps, beating faster and faster, sounding
more animal than human.
FADE IN.
INT. KAIA'S HOTEL ROOM - BATHROOM - NIGHT
Tight shot of the bottom part of the door. Kaia's hand smacks
on it, the elongated CLAWS leaving scratch marks as it slides
down.
She falls back to the ground, her body convulsing as it
starts to change. She sits up to her knees as FUR begins to
appear on her face.
She feels around on the ground until she finds her bottle of
pills.
She looks at the bottle and SNARLS before flinging it into
the wall. It cracks and spills open, leaving white pills all
over the floor.
She crawls into the shower and her trembling hand reaches up
and turns on the cold water, full blast.
She's soaked in a matter of seconds, up on all fours and
still breathing heavily.
The heartbeat begins to slow. She lifts her head, letting the
water run down her face as the fur retracts.
Finally, she's completely back to human form. She collapses
in the shower, curled up in a ball and shivering as the cold
water continues to pour on her.
INT. JUSTIN'S HOTEL ROOM - BEDROOM - NIGHT
Justin is on his bed, watching television. The television
itself isn't visible, but there are loud moans of passion
coming from it, both male and female.
Justin smirks. Daddy like.
A knock at the door startles him. He fumbles with the remote
before changing the channel. Now a narrator is documenting
the mating habits of bumblebees.
He gets up and answers the door. Cindy is on the other side.
CINDY
(meekly waving)
Uh...hi.
JUSTIN
Hey, sweet thang. What's shaking?
CINDY
(points down the hall)
Umm, Kaia's taking a bath and I...
(jumps up and down;
whining)
...really have to go. Could I use
yours?
JUSTIN
Sure thing. Come on in.
CINDY
(frantic)
Thanks.
She rushes into the room, forgetting she's carrying something
in her hand.
CINDY
Oh and...
She tosses Justin a bottle of WINE. He has to tip it in the
air a couple times before finally catching it.
CINDY
Room service was taking too long,
so I ran down and got one.
She takes off her sweater and tosses it to Justin. This is
actually big enough for him to catch easily.
JUSTIN
Cool.
Cindy smiles and dashes into the bathroom, shutting the door.
Justin's eyes go BLACK.
JUSTIN
(wry)
Let the party begin.
He slides open the closet door next to him.
Inside is the still form of a blood stained HOTEL CLERK.
There's a gaping wound in his neck.
Justin tosses the sweater on the clerk's face and shuts the
door.
He licks his lips and claps his hands, rubbing them together,
anxious.
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