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INT. GYM - SWIMMING POOL AREA - NEXT
Connor is THROWN into frame, and rolls along the floor,
finally coming to a halt a few feet in front of the pool.
He pushes himself up, collapses, then pushes himself up
again, this time able to rise to his feet.
The Hunter approaches, snarling, saliva dripping down from
his jaw.
Connor RUSHES at him, heading off-screen, just as Pike pops
up from under the pool, gasping for air.
After a moment, he hauls himself out of the pool, sopping
water everywhere, and pats his jacket, looking for his gun.
His face drops, realizing it's not there. He rolls his eyes,
and JUMPS back into the pool.
Over with Connor, as he takes a PUNCH from the Hunter.
The Hunter GRABS Connor by the throat, pulling him up off the
ground, his legs kicking in vain.
The Hunter growls, and tightens his grip, as a SHOT rings
out! He drops Connor and turns around, to face a group of
POLICE, all with guns drawn, and several ANIMAL CONTROL
OFFICERS, who have tranquilizer rifles aimed at the Hunter
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
(frightened)
Uh... that's not a bear.
The Hunter ROARS, and LEAPS across the pool, darting into one
of the changing rooms.
Several officers of both kinds run around the pool after him,
leaving only a few to deal with the witnesses.
Pike pops back up again, and quickly drops his gun again as
he notices the police, before hauling himself out.
He stumbles over to Connor, who manages to get to his feet
again.
PIKE
Okay... gimme a sec, then we'll go
get the wolf thing.
Connor, who is scratched up pretty badyly, eyeballs him.
CONNOR
Uh, yeah, no. Guy almost killed me
several times today. I'm just going
to go home and sleep.
PIKE
You can't just let that thing run
around out there! He'll come back
for you anyway!
Connor just scoffs, digging through his pockets.
CONNOR
You want to stop him so bad, you go
deal with it.
Pike clenches his jaw, then turns and storms away, heading
out through the changing rooms.
Soon as Pike's gone, Connor collapses, grabbing his side in
pain.
He shakes it off, and pulls his cell phone out of his pocket,
but it's clearly broken, what with it being in three pieces
and all.
CONNOR
Damn it!
He throws his phone away, then notices a woman frantically
talking into her own cell phone about a dozen feet away.
He marches (more like limps) over to her and grabs it,
pressing a button to end the call.
CONNOR
I need this.
WOMAN
Hey!
CONNOR
I need it, alright?
He walks away from her, dialing.
INT. LARGE ESTATE - FOYER - NEXT
ON a wall with a gaping hole in it. Gabriella slams into the
wall right next to the hole.
CLOSE UP on her ringing PDA. She's obviously just tiniest bit
too busy to be answering it.
ZOOM OUT as she ducks, narrowly avoiding a energy blast that
blows a hole in the wall behind her. She stands back up and
fires a shot of her own.
Off screen, the Mage YELLS in pain.
INT. GYM - SWIMMING POOL AREA - NEXT
Connor frowns and ends the call. The lady tries to snatch the
phone away, but Connor quickly jumps back and starts another
call.
INT. LARGE ESTATE - TREVOR'S ROOM - NEXT
Trevor is frantically looking through drawers, under clothes,
and on shelves, trying to find the crystal.
Kaia is waiting for him, and getting impatient. She's about
to say something, when her phone rings.
KAIA
(answering)
Hello?
CONNOR (O.S.)
(through phone)
Kaia, it's Connor. Where the hell
are you and Gabriella?
KAIA
(slightly accusatory)
Gab's downstairs, fighting some
warlock or something. Where are
you?
CONNOR (O.S.)
(through phone)
Trying to not get killed. Where are
you guys exactly?
KAIA
In Bel-air. 312 Hombly Street.
A shirt flies into her face. She grunts and snatches it off.
INT. GYM - SWIMMING POOL AREA - NEXT
Connor is standing a few feet away from the woman whom he
borrowed the phone from.
CONNOR
I'll be there soon, have to take
care of this other thing first.
KAIA (O.S.)
(through phone)
Alright. Hurry.
Connor hangs up, and looks at the woman, who glares at him.
He shrugs, and tosses the phone over his shoulder, and into
the pool, then starts walking out.
INT. LARGE ESTATE - TREVOR'S ROOM - NEXT
Kaia hangs up her own phone, and notices that Trevor is still
searching.
KAIA
Will you hurry the hell up!?
Trevor drops down to the floor, and looks under his bed.
There, resting next to a broken X-Box controller, is the
crystal.
He grabs it and stands up, handing it to Kaia.
TREVOR
Here! Take it!
Kaia grabs it and bolt out the door of his room.
INT. LARGE ESTATE - FOYER - NEXT
Gab FLIES into the staircase railing, breaking off a section
of it and tumbling down the stairs.
Once she hits the bottom, she gets right back up and DEFLECTS
a blast from the Mage, who quickly follows up with a stream
of LIGHTNING, which Gabriella jumps away from.
The Mage grins, exhilarated.
MAGE
I'm impressed! I hardly believed
the stories he told about you!
GABRIELLA
I'd like to know when I got a fan
club...
She raises her arms up, and a large FLARE distracts the Mage,
giving Gabriella an opening to throw a projectile at the
Mage's knees, knocking him over.
Gabriella takes a step forward, and one of the Mage's LEECHES
drops on her.
She instinctively flicks it away, and looks up.
Above her is a broken skylight, where several other leeches
are starting to drop in.
She darts aside, but finds she's unable to move further.
She looks down and sees GREEN WISPS wrapping around her arms
and legs.
MAGE
Same trick... Twice in one day. I'm
getting old.
The Leeches are advancing on Gabriella. Several of them are
already climbing up her legs.
Gabriella narrows her eyes and focuses, and one by one, the
green wisps start to disappear.
The Mage exhales sharply, and all the leeches BITE into
Gabriella at the same time, causing her to cry out in agony!
The Mage advances on her, but before he can take more than a
few steps, Kaia JUMPS on his back, in full WOLF form,
although her very baggy clothes are still intact.
She ROARS, moving in to bite, but SLOWS as the Mage
manipulates time again.
He uses a blast of energy to THROW her off of him, and we
resume normal time as Kaia flies through the air, sending her
crashing into the wall, unconscious.
The Mage walks over to Gabriella, watching as the leeches
continue sucking the energy out of her.
She raises her arm, pointing at the Mage, and tries to blast
him, but her energy just sizzles out and dies.
The Mage grins, and walks over to where Kaia has reverted
back to human form. He reaches into her jeans pocket, and
pulls out the crystal.
With a brilliant FLASH of green magic, it shatters in his
hand.
He dusts his hands off, walking back over to Gabriella.
GABRIELLA
(weakly)
All that trouble... just to destroy
it? Who... who are you? Why are-?
The Mage grins, and reaches into his robe, pulling out an
IDENTICAL CRYSTAL!
MAGE
Wanted to make sure mine was one of
a kind.
He GRUNTS, and the (now oversized) leeches drop off of
Gabriella, making their way over to the Mage.
The Mage flips Gabriella over, onto her stomach, and
telekinetically RIPS her shirt off her back. Orange light
flows up his back.
CLOSE UP ON Gabriella, as she screams to no avail.
BACK OUT, as the Mage pushes his hands into her back, and a
SIZZLING sound is heard.
CLOSE UP on the Mage's face, full of determination. After a
few tense moments, he rips his arms away and steps back.
Gabriella stays on her stomach, convulsing, as the Mage turns
away.
He reaches into his robe and pulls out a small, PDA-like
device.
He punches in a few buttons, then rapidly presses several
more buttons, and then tucks the device away again.
He holds up the crystal, which opens a PORTAL.
MAGE
A pleasure sparring with you, Miss
Heron.
He turns towards the portal, and is SHOT FROM BEHIND!
PAN OVER to see that the Ex is holding a smoking snub-nosed
revolver.
The Mage turns around, and Ex SHOOTS him twice more, causing
the Mage to stumble back through the portal, dropping the
crystal on OUR side as the portal closes.
Kaia limps into frame, blinking at where the Portal
disappeared, then looks at Gab, still crying on the floor.
She rushes over, kneeling down.
KAIA
Gab? Gabriella, are you alright?
She shakes her head, and notices the MARK OF SAA on
Gabriella's back. This one is much larger than the one on
Wilhelmina. It covers Gabriella's entire back.
KAIA
Oh... oh no...
GABRIELLA
It's... it's gone...
Gabriella start to sob just before a:
BLACK OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE IN.
INT. INFIRMARY - HALLWAY - NIGHT
A couple of nurses (one male, one female) in scrubs speed a
gurney down a crowded hallway. The bystanders, some human,
some DEMON, are all dressed in tattered street clothes,
resembling a crowd of homeless people.
MALE NURSE
(yelling)
Out of the way! Move it!
An overhead look at the gurney to be the Mage. He's
unconscious with an oxygen mask strapped to his face. The
inside of the mask is splattered with blood he presumably
coughed up.
The leading female nurse kicks open a set of double doors,
allowing everyone into:
INT. INFIRMARY - EMERGENCY ROOM - CONTINUOUS
They pull the gurney next to a stable bed and everyone grabs
a part of the sheet the Mage is on.
FEMALE NURSE
One... two... three!
On three, everyone simultaneously lifts, transferring the
Mage to the bed. One nurse straps his limps to the bed while
another cuts his clothes off of his chest.
The lead female nurse is hooking the Mage up to a heart rate
monitor. The rapid BEEP of the Mage's heartbeat reads on the
monitor.
An older (early forties) female DOCTOR rushes into the room,
slipping on a pair of latex gloves.
DOCTOR
Status?
MALE NURSE
(picking up gauze)
Got one exit wound and two entry.
Bullets seem to still be embedded
in his-
FEMALE NURSE
Pulse is racing!
DOCTOR
(frantic)
We need to get these bullets out,
now! Get me a scalpel.
The Mage flatlines and all heads briefly look to the monitor.
FEMALE NURSE
We're losing him!
Everyone scrambles out of the way as a set of shock pads are
rolled over to the bed.
PAN AROUND the room, past the double doors where people are
peeking in through the windows.
MALE NURSE (O.S.)
Clear!
A loud THUMP is heard, but the flatlined heartbeat doesn't
change.
The camera stops on a second, darkened doorway. A SHADOWY
FIGURE stands in it, silently observing the crazed scene.
DOCTOR (O.S.)
(beat)
No change. Hit him again.
MALE NURSE (O.S.)
Clear!
Another THUMP. Still no change.
DOCTOR (O.S.)
Dammit! One more time!
MALE NURSE (O.S.)
Clear!
Another THUMP! The pandemonium subsides. The only sound is
that of the monitor.
PAN ACROSS to the doctor, nurses, and the dead Mage. The
doctor puts her hands on the bed and bows her head.
DOCTOR
(sadly)
He's gone. Call it.
The male nurse removes the oxygen mask and looks to a digital
clock on the nearby wall.
MALE NURSE
Time of death is... 10:14am. Victim
suffered multiple gunshots. Died
from blood loss and hemorrhaging.
DOCTOR
(wide eyed; realizing)
His log.
She fishes through the Mage's robe, pulling out the PDA-like
device from earlier, and punches several buttons.
A beat as she reads the results. She looks to the shadowy
figure.
DOCTOR
(puzzled)
Sir, this can't be right. The log
says both tasks were accomplished.
Final entry says Heron was marked
and the crystal was destroyed.
The male nurse looks around the room, also confused.
FEMALE NURSE
I don't understand.
(looks to the shadowy
figure)
Shouldn't we feel... different?
The figure steps into the light, dressed in ripped jeans, a
black bandana, and a plain white t-shirt. It's PIKE!
He looks about two decades older than we know him, sporting a
grizzly beard with patches of grey in it. His face is rugged
and weathered, like a soldier whose seen several tours of
duty.
And there's the fact that his right arm is missing, cut above
the elbow!
PIKE
Does he have his crystal on him?
The doctor quickly searches the Mage's clothes and comes up
empty.
DOCTOR
No, sir.
Pike sighs and leans his head back against the wall.
DOCTOR
Is it possible he didn't complete
his mission?
PIKE
(shaking his head)
He wouldn't have logged it
prematurely. He's not stupid.
DOCTOR
Then why didn't time change?
Everything's still the same.
PIKE
(beat; thinking)
Something else must've happened.
Something we didn't account for.
He steps back and leans against the wall.
PIKE
(sighs)
I thought if we stopped Gabriella
before everything went down, we
could fix this.
(beat; shakes his head)
Maybe it's fate. Maybe there was no
way to change the timeline. We were
stupid to think we could tamper
with it.
Pike pushes off the wall and starts for the double doors
leading back into the hall. He stops when the doctor speaks
again.
DOCTOR
Sir, no! There may still be a way
to change the past!
PIKE
(without looking back)
If the crystal's in the past,
there's no way for us to get back
to try again.
(to himself)
There's just no hope.
He pushes through the doors. PULL AWAY from the doctors,
nurses, and weeping widow, all watching him leave.
FADE TO:
EXT. CITY STREET - DAY
The Hunter (still in wolf form) bounds down the middle of the
street, causing cars to swerve out of his way.
A cavalcade of police cars with blaring SIRENS chase after
the werewolf. Pike, on his motorcycle, isn't too far behind.
The Hunter runs through a red light and crosses a busy
intersection. He ducks and leaps over the incoming cars. Two
of them crash into one another and two more crash into them.
Within seconds, there's a massive pile up. The squad cars
can't get around it.
Pike weaves between the squad cars and smoothly swings around
the wreckage, still moving at top speed. Behind him, cops hop
out of their cars and futilely try to pursue on foot.
INT. UNKNOWN APARTMENT BUILDING - FIRST FLOOR - NEXT
The Hunter blasts through the front door. A woman and the
young child in her arms both SCREAM and run away. The Hunter
turns and heads up:
INT. UNKNOWN APARTMENT BUILDING - STAIRWELL - CONTINUOUS
At the top of a flight looking down, the Hunter only takes
about two leaps to get up the stairs.
CUT TO the top of another (but not the next) flight as Hunter
rounds the corner. The Hunter's back in human form with
several bleeding wounds. He gets to the top of that flight
and opens the door to:
INT. UNKNOWN APARTMENT BUILDING - SIXTH FLOOR - CONTINUOUS
The Hunter slams the door behind him and staggers into the
hallway. He drops to one knee, clutching at a bloody wound on
his shoulder and breathing heavily.
There's a DING off screen. The Hunter looks down the hall.
The doors to the ELEVATOR at the very end open, revealing
Pike on his motorcycle, revving his engine.
He guns it down the hall just as the Hunter stumbles to his
feet and is swept up onto the front of the bike!
A man dressed in a sharp suit exiting his apartment has to
throw his back against the wall to avoid getting run down by
Pike, who goes full speed with the Hunter riding shotgun
THROUGH a stained panel glass!
EXT. UNKNOWN APARTMENT BUILDING - CONTINUOUS
In SLOW MOTION, Pike and the Hunter sail through the air,
crashing through a window one floor down on the adjacent
building!
INT. ANOTHER APARTMENT BUILDING - STAIRWELL - CONTINUOUS
Back to normal speed as they land amidst shattered glass in
the middle of a stairwell. The front of the bike tips over
the edge of the top of the stairs and the Hunter tumbles off
and down the flight.
Pike rights his bike and hops off, still wearing his helmet.
A dazed the Hunter barely gets to his feet before Pike grabs
him by his shoulders and HEADBUTTS him right in the nose.
The Hunter staggers back. Pike lands a solid right hook that
drops the Hunter to one knee. He goes for a followup left,
but the Hunter catches him, looking back at Pike with all
BLACK eyes.
HUNTER
(through gritted teeth)
You hit like a bitch.
The Hunter fires a massive punch that cracks Pike's helmet in
two. The two halves fly off Pike's head as he crashes down
the stairs!
The Hunter hops down the flight and tackles Pike, the force
of his drive knocking them both through the nearby door into:
INT. ANOTHER APARTMENT BUILDING - FOURTH FLOOR - CONTINUOUS
Pike's still held in the air by a roaring Hunter, who runs
right over the knocked down door through another door into:
INT. ELDERLY COUPLE'S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS
The startled pair of grey haired old folks SHRIEK and toss
their bowl of popcorn in the hair as the Hunter and Pike
crash to the ground right in front of their television.
The Hunter gets up first, grabs Pike by his collar, and
heaves him with a spinning throw into the kitchen.
He dashes off into the kitchen. The couple peers into their
kitchen as sounds of dishes and other assorted items crash
around off screen.
INT. ELDERLY COUPLE'S APARTMENT - KITCHEN - NEXT
Pike's getting smacked around pretty badly. He eats a big
uppercut that knocks him over the small dining round table.
As he gets to his feet, the Hunter throws a spinning back
kick that catches him right in his ribs. The kick is so
powerful that it knocks Pike through a window out to the fire
escape.
ON the Hunter's face. His eyes are black and he SNARLS,
revealing a set of elongated, canine teeth. He zips out of
frame:
EXT. ELDERLY COUPLE'S APARTMENT - FIRE ESCAPE - CONTINUOUS
The Hunter crashes through the kitchen door, now back in full
WOLF form. He ROARS at Pike, who butt scoots away while
pulling a gun from under his pants leg by his ankle.
As he aims at the Hunter, the area of the metal rafting
between them explodes!
The remains of the structure GROANS as it slips and dips
down, causing both Pike and the Hunter (still a wolf) to grab
the railing to stop their fall.
Pike looks down to the ground below and we ZOOM DOWN TO
Connor, standing in the alley, aiming the Hunter's gun right
at them!
PIKE
(shouting; frantic)
Both eyes open! Squeeze, don't
pull! Exhale when you shoot!
Connor nods and aims again. He shoots and from overhead, we
FOLLOW the shot all the way until it hits the Hunter in the
back, blowing a sizable, bloody chunk out of his hide.
The impact shakes the Hunter's grip loose and now (still in
an overhead shot) we FOLLOW his howling descent to a nasty,
blood splattering landing a few feet in front of Connor.
Connor instantly aims the gun at the Hunter's face. The
Hunter's wolf visage shifts back to his human form. He lets
out one small ragged breath before he goes completely still.
Dead.
FLASH CUT TO a few minutes later. Pike runs up to Connor, who
hasn't budged.
PIKE
(out of breath)
Thanks. But I had him.
CONNOR
(smirks; nods)
Sure you did.
(beat; looks to Pike)
Think Kaia can I.D. this guy?
PIKE
(shrugs)
Worth a shot.
Pike looks down and notices the massive weapon in Connor's
arms.
PIKE
Ooh, can I see that?
Connor hands the gun over and Pike looks it over, his face
lighting up like a kid on Christmas morning.
Connor steps away and pulls out his phone.
INTERCUT WITH:
INT. LARGE ESTATE - LIVING ROOM - SAME TIME
CLOSE UP on a clear plastic bucket with a lid on top. The
leeches from earlier are screeching and smacking their bodies
into the walls of the bucket.
PULL AWAY to reveal a pale, shivering Gabriella is spread out
on a plush leather couch behind the bucket, wrapped up in two
blankets. Her eyes are bloodshot, evidence of a recent crying
session.
Her phone RINGS just as Kaia, Trevor, and Wilhelmina's ex
enter the room. Trevor holds out a glass of water to
Gabriella as Kaia bends down and picks her PDA up from the
ground.
Gabriella accepts the drink with very shaky, unsteady hands.
Kaia checks the caller name and holds the PDA out to her.
KAIA
It's Connor.
Gabriella shakes her head while slowly sipping the water.
Kaia answers the call and steps away across the room.
KAIA
(solemn)
Connor?
CONNOR
(frowning)
Where's Gabriella?
KAIA
(sighs)
I'm about to take her home.
CONNOR
Okay, but I need you to come down
to the Biltmore complex, three
blocks up from Pike's building and
identify a body.
KAIA
(blinks)
Excuse me?
CONNOR
I was attacked by a werewolf today.
KAIA
Oh God. Are you okay?
CONNOR
I'm banged up. Pike's banged up.
Fido's dead. I think we got the
better end of it. Just want to see
if you know him.
KAIA
(beat)
You think it's someone from my
clan, don't you?
CONNOR
No. If it were, they'd have gone
after Pike, not me.
Pike looks up from his drooling over the Hunter's gun.
PIKE
(offended)
Hey!
KAIA
Alright, I'll be right there after
I drop her off.
(beat)
Connor, you should be there when I
drop her off.
CONNOR
What? Why? Is she okay?
Kaia pauses, debating how to answer that.
KAIA
No. She's not. Just be there.
She hangs up, not bothering to elaborate.
END INTERCUT
FLASH CUT TO:
INT. G&C'S CONDO - GABRIELLA'S ROOM - EVENING
Gabriella's curled up in a ball on her bed, again wrapped up
in blankets. Fresh tears are streaming down her face.
She turns to her nightstand and a glass of water sitting on a
coaster on top.
She opens her left hand, palm facing up, and slowly lifts it
towards the ceiling. The glass doesn't move.
She huffs and tries the levitation again with no success. She
snatches the glass up in her hand and THROWS it at her
bedroom door.
Connor, who was opening the door, yelps and slams it shut
just avoiding the glass smacking him in the face. It shatters
against the door instead.
A beat. This time, Connor KNOCKS before he opens the door,
finding walks in on Gabriella in the middle of a full blown
PANIC ATTACK.
He quickly rushes to her side and grabs her by the shoulders.
CONNOR
Gab, breathe!
Gabriella looks away from him, badly hyperventilating. Connor
forcibly grabs her by the back of her head and turns it to
look him directly in the eyes.
CONNOR
I said breathe! With me, okay?
Connor slowly inhales, then exhales. Gabriella struggles to
match his breaths and after about a half a minute, she
succeeds.
Connor releases her and gently clears the matted hair out of
her face, a far cry from the rough handling a few seconds
ago.
GABRIELLA
(stammering)
I... I... it's gone. It's not th...
not there.
CONNOR
What's not there?
GABRIELLA
The magic. The power. It's gone.
CONNOR
What? What do you mean gone?
Gabriella grimly shakes her head and turns around, shedding
the blanket and lifting her shirt up, exposing her back and
the plainly visible Mark of Saa.
GABRIELLA
(softly)
I mean I can't do magic. At all.
Connor slowly reaches out to touch the mark.
GABRIELLA
Don't touch it!
(pulling the shirt down)
It still hurts.
She turns back around to face Connor.
CONNOR
What is that thing? Some kind of
mystical cattle brand?
GABRIELLA
It's called the Mark of Saa. A
powerful binding spell.
CONNOR
(deadpan)
So we'll break it.
GABRIELLA
We can't.
CONNOR
I get really tired of hearing that
word. In my life, there's no can't.
There's will and won't. That's it.
GABRIELLA
I can't break it. The Mark can't be
broken by the person it's binding.
Connor looks away, taking that in.
CONNOR
So I'll break it. You say I've got
all this latent mystical energy
inside me, right? Just tell me what
to do.
GABRIELLA
(grim)
I did some research before you got
home. Legend says the only way to
break this is to siphon enough
energy into the bound person to
break the Mark's hold.
CONNOR
So we'll do that.
GABRIELLA
Connor, the Mark is normally the
size of a fist. This one covers my
entire back. Pumping that much
energy when I'm already this
weakened could kill me.
Connor nods in understanding. They share a resigned, defeated
sigh before Gabriella gingerly lays down and pulls the
blanket back over her. She turns her back to Connor so he
doesn't see her tears.
GABRIELLA
(choked up)
I... I think I want to go to sleep
now.
CONNOR
(sincere)
I'm sorry. That I wasn't there.
GABRIELLA
(beat)
Goodnight, Connor.
Connor slowly gets up from the bed and heads to the door. He
turns the light off and gets halfway out the door when:
GABRIELLA
Connor?
Connor looks back to her, waiting.
GABRIELLA
Where's Lesi?
Push in on Connor's face, now wearing a guilty expression.
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