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TEASER
FADE IN.
INT. G&C'S CONDO - CONNOR'S ROOM - MORNING
The loud snoring is a clear indicator that CONNOR is fast
asleep.
A loud, long HONK from off screen snaps him to consciousness.
He thrashes around, kicking the covers off and punching at
imaginary enemies.
CONNOR
(gasping)
Jesus!
He calms down and looks to see GABRIELLA wearing a cone paper
hat. She puts a noisemaker to her mouth and blows it,
repeating the horn sound.
LESI hops up on the bed and starts licking Connor's face.
She's also wearing a cone hat.
CONNOR
(pushing Lesi away)
Ugh. I thought humans had bad
morning breath.
He yawns and stretches his arms.
CONNOR
So, I hope there's a perfectly
reasonable, non-drug related
explanation for the wake up call.
Gabriella sits down next to him on the bed.
GABRIELLA
Duh, it's your birthday!
She's a little too cheery for Connor this early in the
morning and his withering look lets her know that.
CONNOR
(nods)
My birthday. Really?
(thinks to himself)
Which one are we talking about?
GABRIELLA
I-
(thinks)
-don't know actually. I just had
'Connor's birthday' in my planner.
CONNOR
(in mid yawn)
What's with the hats?
GABRIELLA
Aren't they great? I found them
stuffed in the back of the broom
closet.
She grabs Connor's arm and tries to pull him out of bed. He's
not budging.
GABRIELLA
Come on, you've got presents.
She tugs at the blanket, which Connor fights for like it's
the end of the world.
CONNOR
(straining)
Gabriella, I need to put some
clothes on first.
GABRIELLA
(straining)
Quit stalling. Get up and-
She loses the blanket battle, Connor finally yanking it away
from her.
CONNOR
No, you don't get it.
(deadpan)
I really need to put some clothes
on.
GABRIELLA
(realizes)
Oh.
(beat; disgusted)
Oh.
CONNOR
(wry)
Then again-
He slowly starts to pull the blanket up his legs.
CONNOR
-if you want another peep show?
GABRIELLA
Gah!
Gabriella turns and is out of the room in a flash. Connor
smiles and throws the blanket up, covering the frame.
MATCH CUT TO:
INT. OFFICE - MORNING
The frame is completely BLACK.
PULL AWAY as the large black leather executive chair turns
around to reveal ETHAN RAYNE on the telephone.
ETHAN
Yes, I understand, but I collected
all the data you want for-
(beat)
No, of course not. I would never
dare be insubordinate to an
employer. Especially one as-
He gets interrupted by whomever he's speaking to again. At
this point, his COVEN enters the room and line up behind his
desk.
PAN across his students, all of them dressed in black shirts
and jeans with long black dusters and black sunglasses like
extras from the Matrix trilogy.
Beautiful brunette TRACY. Lanky, dirty blonde ERIC. Pudgy,
pale, freckle faced ROLAND. Muscular African American DAMIEN.
Statuesque Brazilian REBECCA. Short, dark blonde CRYSTAL.
Ethan swings his chair around to face them. He holds up his
forefinger, indicating to wait a minute. Tracy nods back.
ETHAN
(turning back around)
I understand. I will get the Eye
and-
(beat; sighs)
No, I won't fail provided you grant
me the increase in-
(beat)
One minute. Really? That fast?
Well, alright. We'll be in touch.
I'll call you at your office if-
(beat)
Ah, I see. Well, I guess we'll
speak when you return to the city.
Ta.
He hangs up, keeping his chair turned so his back is to his
coven. They all lift their glasses to rest on their
foreheads.
The shot is looking over their shoulders, so Ethan is hidden
by the back of his chair.
ETHAN (V.O.)
This telepathy trick really is a
wonderful tool, wouldn't you all
say?
DAMIEN (V.O.)
Ethan, was that-
Ethan's hand appears off to the side of the chair. He extends
a finger and waves it.
ETHAN (V.O.)
Ah ah ah. How do we address me?
DAMIEN (V.O.)
(strained voice)
Master Rayne, was that our investor
on the phone?
ETHAN (V.O.)
Who else would it be, Damien?
Although I detest the word
investor. It sounds so formal.
(mocking)
Investor. Our investor.
(chuckles)
How about something more casual,
like, uh, I don't know, help me out
here.
TRACY (V.O.)
Benefactor.
ERIC (V.O.)
Backer.
REBECCA (V.O.)
Meal ticket.
ETHAN (V.O.)
(holds a finger up)
Yes! That's it. Our meal ticket.
(beat; chuckles)
Oh, I really am getting too old for
all this lark. After this, I'm
ready to be done.
Retired to an island where the
girls' bra sizes are bigger than
their IQs.
(claps one time)
Children, we've been tasked to
retrieve the Eye of Anubis. Help
should be arriving in a few
seconds.
(beat)
You may get a slight tingling
sensation.
Just as he says's that (mentally), tornado like torrents of
black energy appear around the coven!
They all simultaneously throw their heads back.
CLOSE UP on Tracy as she lowers her head. Her eyes flash red
before fading to jet black.
PAN across the other five, all with the same black eyes.
CUT TO a shot of the chair, the back still facing us.
ETHAN (V.O.)
(deep sinister voice)
Now...
He spins the chair around to face the group. His eyes are
also black and he has splotchy VEINS showing underneath the
skin of his face.
ETHAN (V.O.)
Let's begin stage three.
He grins creepily.
BLACK OUT.
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
FADE IN.
INT. G&C'S CONDO - LIVING ROOM - MORNING
Connor walks out of his bedroom door, rocking the bed hair
like it's the new trend. He's got bags under his eyes and is
looking a little pale.
CONNOR
(claps and rubs his hands)
Alright, where are the presents?
Gabriella looks up from her laptop and jumps.
GABRIELLA
Yikes! You feeling okay? Looking a
little under the weather there.
CONNOR
Haven't felt great the last couple
of days, to be honest. Probably
just lack of sleep.
GABRIELLA
(wary)
If you say so.
She gets up from the couch and walks into her room, coming
back out with two boxes and an envelope.
Connor takes the stack and sits down on the couch, placing
the gifts on the table in front of him.
He picks up the envelope and opens it. A small TICKET fall to
the floor. Connor pick it up and smiles.
CONNOR
This has to be from Pike.
GABRIELLA
Why? What is it?
CONNOR
(reading)
'Admit two to Angel City Brewery
for a complimentary tour with free
samples'
GABRIELLA
(nods)
Oh yeah, that's Pike.
CONNOR
(checks the envelope)
There's a card too.
(reading)
'Happy birthday, dude.
(laughs)
I'd offer to be your DD for the
tour, but that'd require me to not
drink while I'm there. Pike'
He sets the card down, still grinning. Gabriella, who has
joined him on the couch now, is also grinning. It's
contagious.
FLASH CUT TO:
INT. PIKE'S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - MORNING
CLOSE UP of PIKE asleep on his couch. He's sprawled out on
his back, covering his face with his arm.
He snorts and wakes up, losing his balance and slipping off
the couch to the floor, knocking several empty beer bottles
away.
It takes him a second to get to his feet. He looks like hell.
On crack.
Five o'clock shadow on his chin. Pits stains on the underarms
of his shirt and other assorted stains all over the rest of
it.
He closes his eyes and pinches the bridge of his nose. Then
he rubs the heel of his palms into his temple. Massive
hangover here.
He sighs and walks over to his fridge, pulling out a fresh
beer.
INT. G&C'S CONDO - LIVING ROOM - MORNING
Connor breaks into a coughing fit, his face turning red.
Gabriella pats his back as he tries to hack up not one, but
both of his lungs.
He finally stops, blinks his eyes, and shakes his head.
Gabriella looks at him with a worried expression.
Connor picks up the first box. He shakes it, doing that
stupid bit people do on Christmas before opening presents.
GABRIELLA
That one's from the Watcher's
Council. Came from FedEX yesterday.
(off Connor's look)
You were at school picking up your
books.
Connor rips the packaging off and opens the box within. He
reaches in and pulls out a thick, old looking book.
CONNOR
(frowning)
Are you serious?
He blows the dust off the cover.
It flies in Lesi's face, getting her to paw at the air and
sneeze.
Gabriella scoots up next to Connor and look at the cover.
GABRIELLA
Whoa! This is Eyedol's Compendium!
CONNOR
(uninterested)
That's nice.
Gabriella snatches the book from Connor.
GABRIELLA
(excited)
Connor, do you realize this book
contains a detailed account of the
first Destroyer?!?
Connor takes the book back.
CONNOR
(still uninterested)
That's nice.
He tosses it behind his head.
It lands in a trash can next to the patio door.
Gabriella scoffs and leaps off the couch, going to retrieve
the book.
Connor picks up the final box and shakes it.
GABRIELLA
(returning)
And this is from me.
(giddy)
Go on. Open it, open it!
Connor obliges, pulling out a black shaft with wrist straps
on it. There's another one, exactly the same, still in the
box.
GABRIELLA
Took me forever to find those on
the underground. I hope you like
them.
He picks it up and looks it over.
CONNOR
(puzzled)
It's...nice.
(looks to Gabriella)
What is it?
Gabriella takes it from Connor and starts strapping the
device on her wrist, with the shaft on the underside.
GABRIELLA
You put it on, flick your wrist
like this and-
She flicks her wrist and a wooden STAKE protrudes from the
shaft.
Connor's head snaps back, surprised by the hidden weapon. He
grins (again) as Gabriella takes it off and hands it back to
him.
CONNOR
(looking the device over)
Sweet.
GABRIELLA
(grinning)
Yeah, I thought you'd like them.
(beat; unsure)
They, uh, belonged to your father.
Connor's face falls as he looks at her. He looks back to the
device, then to her again and smiles as he pulls her into a
hug.
CONNOR
Best birthday ever. Thank you.
GABRIELLA
(rubbing his back)
Not saying much, given there isn't
a basis for comparison.
(beat)
You're very welcome.
Connor puts the stakes on and practices throwing punches
while releasing them.
He stops and doubles over in another coughing fit. Gabriella
steps in, but he waves her off. This one is shorter than the
last, but it's enough to cause Gabriella concern.
CONNOR
I'm fine, I'm fine. I don't get
sick.
Gabriella grabs him anyway and leads him over to the couch,
forcibly getting him to sit down.
GABRIELLA
First time for everything. I'm
gonna run to the drug store and get
you something.
(calls out)
Lesi, leash!
(to Connor)
Keep your butt on the couch 'til I
get back.
Connor rolls his eyes and nods. Lesi runs up to Gabriella
with her leash in her mouth.
CONNOR
Hey, Kaia didn't send me anything?
GABRIELLA
(putting the leash on)
She forgot until I called her last
night. The whole Pike thing and
all. Said she'd drop something off
tonight.
(grabs her purse)
Back in a flash.
She and Lesi leave the place. Connor sits up on the couch and
turns on the television.
CONNOR
(muttering)
I don't get sick.
He coughs again.
INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY
Two recognizable old men are sitting at a long conference
table. Every other seat at the table is empty.
A door opens at the far end of the room and KAIA steps in
carrying a very very large book.
The sound of her high heels on the marble floor echo in the
room as she takes her place at the head of the table.
KAIA
Good morning.
No response. Not even chirping crickets.
KAIA
(stern)
I said good morning.
Both men mutter 'good morning' under their breath.
KAIA
(holds up the book)
So, I've been reading up on our
bylaws the last couple of days.
She drops the book on the table, the sound resembling an
sonic boom.
KAIA
There's ten families in this clan,
counting mine, spread out all over
SoCal. That's a hundred seventy
five people according to last
week's census.
(beat)
And thanks to a unique situation,
I'm the HBIC of all of them.
(points to the book)
According to this, the Alpha has
the right to change anything to
ensure the continued prosperity of
the clan. All you old farts do is
enforce them.
She takes a seat and props her feet up on the table, earning
angry looks from the Elders. None of them dare to retort her
statements though.
KAIA
This whole thing is a dictatorship.
The only reason everything's stayed
the same for a million years is
nobody's stepped up to play Hitler.
(grinning)
Until now.
She opens the front cover of the book and pulls a stapled
packet of paper from it.
KAIA
This is just a start, based off the
first five hundred pages of the
bylaws. I'm going to lay 'em out
and you two be good little 'yes'
men and enact them.
The two Elders swap concerned looks as Kaia flips to the
second page of her packet.
KAIA
(clears throat)
First, this whole arranged
marriages thing...
PULL AWAY to the far end of the table, Kaia's voice fading
into the distance.
INT. G&C'S CONDO - LIVING ROOM - DAY
Gabriella's on the ground in front of the coffee table,
alternately reading and taking notes from her books.
The Eye of Anubis is at the far end of the table.
She puts down her pen and rubs her eyes.
Connor comes out from his room, holding a half full glass of
orange juice.
GABRIELLA
(looking up at Connor)
Nap help any?
CONNOR
(shakes his head)
Nope. Head feels heavier than all
your books combined.
He steps past her and unceremoniously drops down on the
couch.
CONNOR
(bitter)
I'm sick.
GABRIELLA
And being a total baby about it.
CONNOR
You know in two lifetimes, I've
never had so much as a runny nose?
He sighs and leans his head back. He's miserable.
CONNOR
How's the research on the Eye
coming along?
Gabriella rubs her eyes again and moans.
GABRIELLA
(frustrated)
It's not. Only thing I'm getting is
a guarantee that I'm gonna need
Lasik in a year.
(beat)
I need some help.
Connor slides off the couch and sits down next to her.
CONNOR
Well, call some people. You know
every mystic type person in the
city, right?
GABRIELLA
I have been. Came up with zilch.
(holds up the Eye)
This thing is completely out of my
scope.
(beat; sighs)
I can't believe I'm about to ask
this, but...do you think you could
contact the Watcher's Council for
me? Maybe they can point me in the
right direction.
Connor nods and gets up to retrieve his phone.
DISSOLVE TO later, still in the same setting.
Connor, with his phone pressed to his ear, sniffles and blows
his nose.
Lesi is at his side, pacing back and forth with him, wagging
her tail.
CONNOR
(sniffling)
Sorry about that. I'm not feeling
so hot today.
(beat)
Yeah, we're just coming up empty
over here.
(beat)
Really? Yeah, that'd be great.
Where do you want us to-
(beat)
Okay, yeah that's fine. Mm hmm.
Thanks Mr. Wells. Bye b-
(beat; frowning)
May the force protect you too.
He hangs up and stares at his phone like it's an alien.
CONNOR
Dork.
Gabriella comes out of her room, brushing her teeth. She's
carrying small cup of water. Connor turns to her and waves
his phone.
CONNOR
That was their main receptionist.
You up for a field trip?
GABRIELLA
(muffled)
Where to?
CONNOR
They have an office in Vegas.
Gabriella reaches for that hard to hit spot in the back.
Connor leers at her.
GABRIELLA
(muffled)
Gotta get gas.
CONNOR
(shakes his head)
No, we don't. They're sending
transport for us.
She gulps down her water, swishes it around, and spits it all
back into the cup.
GABRIELLA
Transport?
CONNOR
(holds his hands up)
His word, not mine.
(coughs)
He said ten tonight at San Pedro
after the docks are closed for the
night.
Gabriella nods.
FLASH CUT TO:
EXT. PORT 21 - SAN PEDRO BAY - NIGHT
Connor and Gabriella get out of her car, both slinging small
duffel bags over their shoulders.
CONNOR
Think we should've left Lesi at a
shelter?
GABRIELLA
We're only going to be gone 'til
the afternoon right? She'll be fine
as long as she stays out of my
closet.
They get several feet from the car before they stop.
Gabriella does a 360, looking around the dock area.
GABRIELLA
So, where are we meeting exactly?
CONNOR
(checks his watch)
He just said port 21. We're still
early though. Got a few minutes.
A HELICOPTER can be heard approaching in the distance. Connor
and Gabriella turn and look to it, squinting to see it
better.
GABRIELLA
(shakes her head)
They wouldn't.
The large light mounted under the carriage shines down on
them as the chopper reaches the edge of the wooden fishing
dock in front of them, hovering about twenty feet above the
end of it.
PILOT
(through speaker)
Connor Angel? Gabriella Heron?
Connor and Gabriella share a look of disbelief. Connor turns
back and waves.
PILOT
(through speaker)
Come on aboard.
Connor looks to Gabriella and shrugs.
CONNOR
Well, when you've got money like
that...
GABRIELLA
(unsure)
I guess.
They start walking down the dock as the chopper lowers to
their level and a sliding door on the side opens.
They get about halfway there when a torrent of water shoots
up from the river like a geyser, smashing into the chopper
and knocking it high into the air!
They watch as it sails up, out of sight.
GABRIELLA
(shocked)
What?
She looks back to where the water shot up. Another pillar of
water springs up, this one smashes through the end of the
dock.
Then another, destroying another section. And another, moving
closer to the two of them.
Connor grabs Gabriella's hand.
CONNOR
Run!
They race for solid ground. The geyser like action continues,
destroying the dock piece by piece, rapidly catching up to
our two.
Connor grits his teeth and picks up his speed, virtually
dragging Gabriella behind him.
Just as they reach the end of the dock, a final geyser erupts
at the edge of their heels.
Both are hurled into the air from the force of it, flailing
their arms and legs as they twist and turn uncontrollably in
mid air.
They both land hard on the ground and are immediately hit by
a huge wave of water crashing down on them.
When the wave clears, they've been knocked all the way back
to Gabriella's car.
Soaking wet, they get up on their hands and knees, gasping
for air.
GABRIELLA
(coughing)
What the hell was that?
Connor turns his head to the side. ZOOM in on his ear. The
sounds of the helicopter are faintly heard.
He turns to his back and looks up. The helicopter is
plummeting to the ground looking to land on top of them!
He springs to his feet and grabs Gabriella by her waist, no
time to warn her again.
He runs as hard as he can while carrying her by her waist.
The helicopter crashes into Gabriella's car, causing a huge
EXPLOSION!
The force of the blast knocks them into the air again. Connor
releases Gabriella and they land about ten feet from each
other.
Connor rolls to his back and his eyes widen. The tail of the
chopper, with the blades still spinning, is seconds from
landing on him.
He raises his arms to cover his head and screams, not having
time to dodge.
A beat.
Connor tentatively removes his arms and looks up at the tail.
It's suspended in mid air.
He looks over to Gabriella, who has her hand out towards it,
straining to hold it in place.
GABRIELLA
(shaky voice)
You can move anytime now!
Connor rolls towards her. Gabriella slumps and the tail drop
to the ground.
He starts convulsing and coughs up a mouthful of blood.
Gabriella wipes the water from her face and pats his back.
GABRIELLA
Connor? Are you-
ETHAN (O.S.)
Bravo on the marvelous escape.
Gabriella and Connor look back to the water to see Ethan and
his coven.
All of them are floating over the water!
CONNOR
(heaving)
Okay, they're probably gonna kill
us in a minute, but I have to
admit, that is awesome.
He spits out more blood. Gabriella doesn't take her eyes off
Ethan.
He smiles wickedly back at them. His eyes jet black.
BLACK OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
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