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INT. G&C'S CONDO - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
Gabriella opens the door. She's hunched over a bit, clutching
her ribs. Kaia and Pike follow right behind her.
From Gabriella's room, LESI is heard barking.
KAIA
She's never gonna like me, is she?
GABRIELLA
(heads for her room)
Probably just needs to be walked.
I'll do it later.
Gabriella ducks into her room. Pike and Kaia share a quick
glance before looking away again.
PIKE
(not looking at Kaia)
Ya know, our lives used to be
normal before we hooked up with
these two.
KAIA
(nods)
It has been a crazy few months.
(beat)
Then again, I'm a werewolf and you
sublet to demons. How normal were
we before?
Pike smirks. Point taken.
KAIA
Do you miss it? The way things were
before?
Pike completely misses the double meaning.
PIKE
Not at all. If anything, I was
bored all the time.
He sits down in the recliner, leaving Kaia still standing by
the front closet.
Gabriella comes back into the room, shutting the door on the
still barking Lesi. She's carrying a small first aid kit.
KAIA
(watches Gabriella sit
down)
I don't think some gauze is gonna
help your ribs.
Gabriella pulls out a syringe and loads it up with a small
bottle.
PIKE
What's that?
GABRIELLA
(nonchalant)
Morphine.
She flicks her inside elbow to pop up a vein.
PIKE
Since when do you have morphine?
GABRIELLA
(injects herself; winces)
Connor stole it from the hospital
about a year ago now. We needed it.
KAIA
For who?
GABRIELLA
(softly)
Somebody...
(shakes her head)
It doesn't matter.
PIKE
Gabriella, you sure you need to be
shooting up when...
GABRIELLA
(interrupting)
Can't concentrate on anything if
simple breathing hurts like hell.
She sets the needle down and runs her hands through her hair.
GABRIELLA
(sighs)
Alright, I thought about all this
on the way over. Think I have a
plan.
Kaia takes a seat next to Gabriella.
KAIA
Let's hear it.
GABRIELLA
Ethan's powerful, but it's borrowed
power. He's only been off the grid
for three years, tops. Nowhere near
enough time to build up that level
of ability.
PIKE
You've said all this before.
Someone's helping him.
GABRIELLA
But the spell to take all of LA's
souls went through him and his
kids, so they had the power
transferred to them.
It's basic physics. Magic's just
another form of energy.
KAIA
Can't be created or destroyed. Only
transferred or changed.
GABRIELLA
So if Ethan had power transferred
to him...
Pike nods as he catches on.
PIKE
Then we can transfer it off him.
(beat)
Can you do that? I mean are you
capable of-
GABRIELLA
No. I mean, yes...and no.
PIKE
(blinks)
Come again?
Gabriella sighs.
INT. UNKNOWN OFFICE - NEXT
PULL BACK from a laptop with a program open showing an
amplitude wave.
GABRIELLA
(through laptop speakers)
Transfer of massive quantities of
mystic energy is black magic
territory. I've read about it, but
never practiced. Not my thing.
KAIA
(through speakers)
You're talking creepy black eye
type stuff, right? Like Ethan?
GABRIELLA
Exactly.
ON ETHAN sitting in a chair, listening to the conversation!
TRACY and ERIC are standing at the doorway behind him,
looking bored out of their minds.
KAIA
(through speakers)
Okay, so if you can't do it, what's
your plan?
GABRIELLA
I know someone who can. He'll need
some...persuasion.
A gun COCKS.
PIKE
I've got plenty of that.
Ethan turns the speakers down. The conversation at
Gabriella's still going, but barely audible.
He leans back in his chair and brings his hands together, the
tips of his fingers touching one another in the classic evil
villain pose.
ETHAN
(to himself)
Persistent little minx. Must be a
Taurus.
He sighs and goes into telepathy mode to speak with the other
two.
ETHAN (V.O.)
I need to stay here to make sure
all the souls transfer to the Eye.
(beat)
Who's up for a little field work?
Behind him, Tracy and Eric share a puzzled look, not being
able to hear the conversation on the laptop. Eric shrugs and
nods his head towards Tracy.
TRACY (V.O.)
(raises her hand)
I'm game.
Ethan grins.
BLACK OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN.
EXT. LOS ANGELES SKYLINE - NIGHT
The souls continue to flow towards the studio, though the
crowd is less thick than earlier.
PULL DOWN to Pike and Kaia walking up the driveway to a quite
nice looking house.
INT. UNKNOWN HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NEXT
All the lights are off and most of the windows are boarded
up.
A man is panting heavily as he positions a two by four over
the last unguarded window. The lack of light conceals his
identity.
EXT. UNKNOWN HOUSE - NEXT
Pike sizes Kaia up, who is wearing some very baggy gym shorts
and a t-shirt just as big.
KAIA
Still don't understand why
Gabriella didn't come herself.
PIKE
After you went to change, she said
something about needing to make a
long distance call.
Kaia nods in understanding.
INT. G&C'S CONDO - LIVING ROOM - NEXT
Gabriella is in the lotus position on the floor, eyes closed
and breathing slowly.
ZOOM IN on her face, then quickly ZOOM OUT TO:
EXT. ASTRAL PLANE - CONTINUOUS
Gabriella opens her eyes. She's standing in the middle of the
street of a run down neighborhood.
ARC around the area as she does a 360, taking everything in.
When she stops, GWEN is standing right behind her.
GWEN
Sort of reminds you of Stockton,
doesn't it?
Gabriella whips around and smiles when she sees her (very
very dead) friend.
GABRIELLA
(smiling)
Thanks for playing anchor.
GWEN
Had nothing better to do. We only
get basic cable down here. I'm
assuming this isn't a social call.
Gabriella shakes her head.
GABRIELLA
I need to speak with the others.
Gwen nods and motions for Gabriella to follow her.
EXT. UNKNOWN HOUSE - NIGHT
Pike and Kaia continue to walk up the driveway.
PIKE
What's with the Hammer outfit?
KAIA
Getting kind of tired of being
naked when I change back.
PIKE
Right.
(claps his hands)
Alright, let's do this. Wanna be
bad cop?
KAIA
Why me?
PIKE
Because you've got the claws.
Kaia instantly stops walking.
KAIA
Funny how you're fine with that
when it's someone else I'm pouncing
on.
Pike also stops. He sighs and shakes his head.
PIKE
Can we not do this right now?
KAIA
All I'm saying is-
Pike starts walking again.
PIKE
(sharp)
Kaia, we've got a dying friend to
think about.
They reach the front door.
PIKE
This thing with you and me isn't
important.
KAIA
(rings the doorbell)
It is to me.
MAN (O.S.)
(inside the house)
Go away!
Pike and Kaia frown. Kaia lightly sniffs the air and frowns.
KAIA
(disgusted)
Ugh.
PIKE
(knocking on the door)
What?
KAIA
Something in there is rank.
MAN (O.S.)
(scared)
I said go away!
Pike and Kaia share a bewildered look.
INT. UNKNOWN HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NEXT
The man, still hidden in the shadows, stands in the center of
the room.
He's trembling in fright and is brandishing a baseball bat.
The boards barricading one of the windows SMASHES to bits as
Wolf Kaia barges through it.
The man screams and swings the bat. Kaia dodges, catches it
in her jaws, and yanks it away.
The man tries to run. Kaia leaps over his head, bounces off
the wall in front of him, and pounces on him.
The man lands on his chest and yelps in pain.
ON the broken window. Pike calmly steps through it, gun
drawn.
He strides over and points it right in the face of a
petrified GRAY DESOUZA.
He's pale with massive bags under his eyes and he's sweating
profusely.
PIKE
(cheery; waves)
Hi! Remember us?
Kaia backs off Gray and changes back to human form. She dusts
herself off.
KAIA
(nonchalant)
We tried knocking, tried the bell.
You didn't answer, so we let
ourselves in.
She looks off to the side, sniffing the air again.
KAIA
What is that smell?
GRAY
(panting)
Wha...what do you want?
PIKE
Remember when you tried to drain
our friend's essence and put it in
your wife?
(beat)
Yeah, we need to know how you did
it.
GRAY
(frowning)
And why should I help you?
PIKE
(nods to Kaia)
Because I haven't fed her yet.
Gray looks to Kaia (with black eyes) who smiles back at him,
making it a point to bear a set of FANGS.
DISSOLVE TO a few moments later. Gray is boarding up the
window Kaia came through.
His movements are jerky and erratic.
GRAY
(panicked)
Everybody just went crazy tonight.
Pike and Kaia watch him work, noticing his obvious paranoia.
KAIA
(wry)
You don't say.
PIKE
(checks watch)
Look, dude. We're on a time table
here.
GRAY
(turns to them)
I have to protect this house! None
of them can get in! Don't you
understand?!?
Pike raises his gun again.
PIKE
No, I don't and I don't care.
You've got about ten seconds to
talk before you're a can of Iams.
GRAY
Okay, okay. Just...just put the gun
down. It's...it's too noisy.
KAIA
Noisy?
Gray sits down on his couch. His legs are shaking. He's
taking nervous to new levels.
GRAY
It's a variation-
PIKE
(holds his hands up)
Whoa!
Pike pulls a small tape recorder from his pocket. He hits
record.
PIKE
Okay, go.
GRAY
(exhales deeply)
It was a variation on a draconian
katra spell. I used a catalyst
inside my camera to trigger it.
Pike looks to Kaia. He didn't understand a single word of
that.
KAIA
What was the catalyst?
GRAY
(coughs)
Katra gems. They can be altered to
the medium of whatever the focal
point of the casting is.
PIKE
(beat)
What?
KAIA
He means whatever the gems are set
in determine how the spell behaves.
Right?
Gray nods.
KAIA
Do you have anymore of them?
Gray looks between both of them, debating the answer to that
question. He gets up from his seat and motions for them to
follow him.
INT. DESOUZA HOME - BASEMENT - NEXT
Gray is down the stairs first. Kaia's next, covering her nose
with her hands.
KAIA
Oh God! It's worse down here!
Pike brings up the rear, holding his shirt over his nose.
PIKE
What the hell is that?
Gray loudly hushes them.
GRAY
(harsh whisper)
Quiet! She's sleeping. You'll
disturb her!
KAIA
Disturb who?
Gray turns on the lights. Everything is a mess, exactly as it
was at the end of episode 5.
This includes Gray's wife, who is now a rotting CORPSE lying
on a gurney!
Pike instantly starts dry heaving.
PIKE
(nauseous)
Are you serious?
KAIA
(just as nauseous)
Oh my God!
Gray, apparently not bothered by the stench, walks up to his
dead wife and affectionately strokes her head.
GRAY
(soothing)
It's okay, honey. They won't be
here long.
PIKE
(whispering to Kaia)
Gabs owes us big time for this.
Gray digs through a box off in another corner of the room
until he finds a small cigar box. He dusts it off and starts
back across the room.
Pike is straining to hold the vomit down now.
Gray stops and bends down to KISS his wife's forehead.
That does it. Pike bolts up the stairs. Gray walks over and
hands the box to Kaia.
GRAY
There's three in there.
Kaia opens the box to reveal three small glowing green gems.
GRAY
Take them and go.
(shaky voice)
Please.
Kaia doesn't need to be told twice. She heads back up the
stairs.
Gray walks back over to his wife and strokes her head again.
EXT. DESOUZA HOME - NEXT
Pike is at the end of the driveway by his bike. Kaia walks up
to him as he VOMITS again.
KAIA
(wry)
You need a minute?
Pike just holds up a finger (asking for a minute, not
flipping her off). He takes several deep breaths before
standing back up.
PIKE
Sorry. Some of us aren't used to
being around dead bodies. Surprised
you didn't take a little nibble.
He freezes immediately. Kaia's jaw drops.
PIKE
That was out of line.
KAIA
(hands him the box)
Damn straight it was.
PIKE
I...I'm sorry.
Pike opens the seat of the bike up and puts the box into the
storage compartment.
KAIA
Whatever. You're only sorry you
actually said it out loud. You were
thinking it anyway.
(beat)
Let's go.
Pike gets on the bike and Kaia settles in behind him.
They pull off into the night.
PULL UP to the roof of the house. Tracy lands on it, having
gotten there too late. She notices Pike pulling away and
starts flying after him.
INT. PIKE'S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
Overhead shot of Connor's resting form. His lip twitches,
ever so slightly.
INT. CHURCH - MAIN CATHEDRAL - NIGHT
Young Connor is standing behind an altar where a comatose
CORDELIA is resting. He's in mid speech. The remnants of a
smashed podium lay at his feet.
Faux Connor slides into a bench next to Connor. He's eating
popcorn from a small bag.
FAUX CONNOR
Whew. Glad we made it. I was afraid
we'd miss the best part.
YOUNG CONNOR
(not noticing the other
two)
I just...
(walks back toward
Cordelia)
I want to stop. Stop fighting. I
just want to rest. God, I want to
rest.
FAUX CONNOR
Sounds like's someone's ready to
throw in the towel.
CONNOR
I was in a bad place in my life.
FAUX CONNOR
But you've always felt like that.
Even to this day, you'd much rather
spend your days playing Halo than
wasting demons.
BACK TO Young Connor's speech.
YOUNG CONNOR
I know she's a lie. Jasmine. My
whole life's been built on them. I
just... I guess I thought this one
was better than the others.
He takes a seat on the steps to the altar, emotion seeping
from him like bad cologne.
FAUX CONNOR
Yet another thing you still think
about today. The life you've got
going now with Gabriella and all.
It's another lie and you know it.
Connor starts to seethe again, unable to verbally respond.
FAUX CONNOR
Hell, she's a major part of the lie
you're living now, given her hand
in the spell.
CONNOR
It's not like that.
FAUX CONNOR
More denial. This is pathetic.
(turns to Connor)
Look, Connor. If it weren't for us,
you'd have blown yourself to chunks
in that department store. You
realize you should've been dead
several times over by now and
likely would be if it weren't for
us?
Connor bows his head.
FAUX CONNOR
The Powers That Be aren't on your
side. They'd rather let you rumble,
bumble, and stumble your way
through the rest of your life.
We're the ones really looking out
for you.
Whether you want to admit it or
not, we're the only true friends
you have in this world.
CONNOR
(scoffs)
Friends. That why you tried to get
me to kill my family?
FAUX CONNOR
Point of fact, they're not your
real family. Secondly, we were
trying to help you see what you
are.
CONNOR
(turns to Faux Connor)
And what is that exactly? Who am I?
FAUX CONNOR
Who you are and what you are? Two
completely different questions. I
can say you're damn sure not Connor
though. He died in that store when
Angel slit his throat.
(beat)
You're on borrowed time now, kid,
and we're your lenders. The
interest is mounting and we'd like
to see some sort of return on the
investment.
Connor looks away, towards his young, confused self still
sitting on the steps.
Faux Connor sighs and closes his eyes again. The location
ZOOM PANS TO:
INT. DEPARTMENT STORE - UPPER BALCONY - DAY
Connor steps up to the edge of the balcony and looks at the
main sales floor.
At least two dozen people are gagged and bound with duct
tape. They all have EXPLOSIVES strapped to their chests.
In the center of them is, again, Young Connor. He also has
explosives strapped to his chest. ANGEL stands across from
him, trying to talk his son down.
Faux Connor steps up beside Connor.
FAUX CONNOR
Listen up, this bit's good.
(frowns)
Ugh, we got here too quick. Let's
speed it up.
The scene in front of them starts to move faster, almost like
a FAST FORWARD.
Faux Connor snaps his fingers just as Angel is standing over
Young Connor, knife in damn.
FAUX CONNOR
Damn, I missed it.
He snaps his fingers and the scene REWINDS.
CONNOR
Miss what?
FAUX CONNOR
(snaps his fingers)
The most profound thing you've ever
said.
(points to Young Connor)
Now pay attention.
Connor looks to his younger version.
YOUNG CONNOR
There's only one thing that ever
changes anything... and that's
death.
(beat)
Everything else is just a lie.
(cries)
You can't be saved by a lie. You
can't be saved at all.
The scene PAUSES just as Young Connor goes to activate his
explosives.
FAUX CONNOR
(sniffles)
Wow. Just gets me right-
(pounds his chest)
-here.
Connor turns and blasts Faux Connor with a punch, knocking
him to the ground.
CONNOR
I'm done with this. I want you out
of my head now!
The 'now' echoes loudly.
Faux Connor looks up at him, rubbing his sore jaw. He grimly
shakes his head and gets to his feet.
FAUX CONNOR
(nonchalant)
Connor, did you know you're dying?
Right now, matter of fact.
CONNOR
(cold)
Another lie.
FAUX CONNOR
Dude, I've yet to lie to you. Hell,
I'm the only one whose ever been a
hundred percent straight with you.
(beat)
You are, for the record. Your
body's shutting down. Organs
frying. Hell, why do you think
you're here? I had to sit and wait
for months until your body and mind
were weak enough for me to take
your consciousness on this little
trip.
CONNOR
And let me guess. You can save me,
right?
FAUX CONNOR
Not really. All I can do is make
sure you go to a better place. You
die and the PtB won't intervene
with what direction you end up
going. Us, on the other hand, like
to be more hands on.
CONNOR
I thought you wanted me on your
side?
FAUX CONNOR
You would be. From the plane of the
Senior Partners, you'll be properly
groomed into the champion you were
meant to be and sent back to Earth
anew.
CONNOR
And what do you get out of all
this? A raise?
FAUX CONNOR
Your body, restored. While you're
getting upgraded, I get to be
corporeal again. Win win situation
if you ask me.
CONNOR
(thinks)
No.
He snaps off a right straight that Faux Connor catches with
ease.
FAUX CONNOR
(sighs)
Fine, if you wanna be stubborn.
He flings Connor over the balcony to the main floor where
everything is still frozen. Connor lands hard on his back.
Faux Connor hops over the rail, gracefully landing on two
feet.
FAUX CONNOR
Then we'll just move to plan C.
(beat)
Either way , I still get my reward.
He throws a punch at the frame, causing a:
BLACK OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
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