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ACT THREE
FADE IN.
INT. PROF. MARRUS'S HOME - UPSTAIRS BALCONY - DAY
Picking up where we left off, in what we now know is Prof.
Marrus's place. Connor gets off of Hank and slowly backs away
from him.
CONNOR
Okay, I need an explanation. Now.
PROFESSOR MARRUS
Mr. Whitman is a patient of mine.
I've been treating him for several
months now.
Connor stomps over to Prof. Marrus, pointing the knife back
at Hank.
CONNOR
Treating him for what? The man's
possessed! He needs a priest and a
lot of prayer, not a therapist with
a valium prescription.
Prof. Marrus calmly looks over Connor's shoulder to Hank, who
is just now getting to his feet.
PROFESSOR MARRUS
Hank. Go get yourself together.
I'll be with you, shortly.
Hank nods and scampers away as fast as his legs will carry
him. Prof. Marrus turns back to Connor.
PROFESSOR MARRUS
And for the record, he's not
possessed by a demon.
CONNOR
Oh, well that's a relief.
(beat; double takes)
Whoa, hold up a sec. You know about
demons?
(beat)
Are you a demon? You don't smell
like a demon.
Prof. Marrus can't help but laugh at Connor's questions.
PROFESSOR MARRUS
No, sorry to disappoint, but I'm a
hundred percent human. Though my ex
husband would argue otherwise.
Connor nods and lets out a slight smirk, the tension in the
air all but gone now.
CONNOR
So... Hank. What's wrong with him?
Prof. Marrus starts walking down the stairs, motioning for
Connor to follow her.
INT. PROF. MARRUS'S HOME - OFFICE - NEXT
Prof. Marrus is seated behind a cherry oak desk. Connor's in
a chair opposite and Hank is sprawled out on a leather sofa
off to the side, messing with his phone.
PROFESSOR MARRUS
Do you recall when you came to me
asking about copycat killers? I
mentioned I was conducting a study
on a man with multiple personality
disorder.
CONNOR
Yeah?
(beat; realizes)
Hank?
Prof. Marrus nods.
PROFESSOR MARRUS
Referred to me by a colleague. It's
one of the most extreme cases I've
heard of. We've been trying
different methods to attempt to rid
him of Rodney.
CONNOR
Rodney?
PROFESSOR MARRUS
His other side. Obviously, progress
has been... slow.
Connor snorts.
CONNOR
Obviously.
HANK
I'm sorry I had to mislead you and
Pike. I wasn't sure if the death
threats were meant for me or
Rodney.
CONNOR
You don't remember anything that
happens when Rodney's in the
driver's seat?
Hank shakes his head no.
PROFESSOR MARRUS
Complete dissociation of the two
personalities is normal in cases
like this.
CONNOR
And this Rodney only comes out when
he's threatened?
Prof. Marrus nods. Connor leans back in his chair, thinking
to himself.
SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. SINCAID CLAN HOME - DAY
Establishing shot of the home inhabited by Kaia's mother and
siblings. The sun is starting to set now.
INT. SINCAID CLAN HOME - BASEMENT - NEXT
ANGLE ON the ground inside the cage as Patrick Myers roughly
lands face first on it.
Kaia shuts the cage door and lingers there for a moment,
letting out a sigh.
GABRIELLA
Uh, I probably should've asked this
earlier, but full moon's not
starting tonight, is it?
Kaia grimly shakes her head and Gabriella exhales in relief.
WILHELMINA
(to Kaia)
Thank you again for this.
KAIA
(wry)
Oh, no problem. I love being an
accessory to a federal crime. Hey,
what do you two wanna do tomorrow?
I haven't robbed any banks lately.
Myers stirs and finally comes to. He gets up to a sitting
position, clutching his head and trying to clear the cobwebs.
MYERS
(slurred)
Wha... what the hell happened?
His head clears and he finally notices the other three people
in the room with him, not to mention the cage he's in.
His open briefcase is on the ground at the base of the
staircase. His cellphone, sitting inside it, starts to ring.
He scrambles to his feet and rushes up to the cage door,
futilely shaking the bars.
MYERS
(irate)
Let me out of here right now!
Kaia and Gabriella back away a little, but Wilhelmina steps
up with a resolved look on her face.
WILHELMINA
Calm down. If you just answer our
questions and help us out, you'll
be out of here soon.
MYERS
(incredulous)
What? What's this all about? A bad
claim or something?
His phone rings again. Everyone pauses and looks towards the
phone, but noone makes a move to answer it (not that Myers
could).
MYERS
Where the hell are we, anyway?
KAIA
My family's basement.
Myers takes in his surroundings, shaking his head in
disbelief.
MYERS
You have a friggin' cage in your
basement?
KAIA
(smirks)
Well, we have a bunch of animals
living here.
MYERS
(re: size of the cage)
What animals? Bears?
Wilhelmina steps up again to the edge of the cage, just out
of the reach of Myers's arms.
WILHELMINA
Mr. Myers, what do you know about
magic?
MYERS
Magic? You mean like Criss Angel
type stuff?
WILHELMINA
(rolls her eyes)
No. Real magic.
Myers's eyes dart between the three woman. He can tell
they're all serious.
MYERS
I... I've dabbled in it a bit. My
girlfriend's Wiccan and she's shown
me a few things.
GABRIELLA
Do you know anything about the Mark
of Saa?
MYERS
(confused)
The what of who?
Wilhelmina and Gabriella nod to one another. Gabriella turns
her back to Myers and slowly pulls her shirt up, showing the
huge rune-like symbol on her back.
Myers looks disgusted.
MYERS
What is that? Are you people devil
worshippers or something?
GABRIELLA
(pulling her shirt down)
It's a powerful binding spell that
doesn't allow us to perform magic.
MYERS
Come again?
WILHELMINA
(spiteful)
And you're the one that put it on
us.
Myers stands back and crosses his arms. His phone rings
again.
MYERS
I think I'd remember doing
something like that.
WILHELMINA
Of course you don't remember. You
haven't done it yet.
MYERS
(beat)
What are you talking about?
Gabriella sighs and now she steps up to stand next to
Wilhelmina.
GABRIELLA
You might want to sit down for
this.
There's a moment of silence as Myers looks around the cage.
MYERS
(bitter)
I think I'll stand. Thanks.
Gabriella takes a deep breath. This is gonna be a long story.
FADE TO:
INT. PROF. MARRUS'S HOME - OFFICE - NIGHT
Connor gets up from his seat and starts walking towards Hank.
CONNOR
I think Rodney's the one I need to
be talking to.
Hank sits up, suddenly nervous again.
HANK
You need to what?
Prof. Marrus quickly gets up from her seat and gets between
Connor and Hank.
PROFESSOR MARRUS
I think that's an extraordinarily
bad idea.
HANK
(nodding; anxious)
Hear hear.
CONNOR
Why? Hank obviously doesn't know
what's going on, but this...
(uses finger quotes)
"Rodney" might.
Prof. Marrus looks at Connor like he just kicked her puppy.
PROFESSOR MARRUS
Are you saying you don't believe
this man is suffering from a
serious illness?
CONNOR
No, I'm saying one of these guys,
hell probably both of them know
more than they're letting on. And I
have no problem kicking the same
ass twice to get-
He stops when a set of headlights from outside zoom in on
them. The sound of a high revving engine also rushes towards
them.
Connor's eyes go wide and he grabs Prof. Marrus by the
shoulders, shoving her out of the way.
Connor just manages to leap to the side before a van CRASHES
through the wall of the office, screeching to a stop between
Connor and Hank and sending debris everywhere.
The side door opens and two masked men wearing all black hop
out. Hank yelps and tries to get away, but they quickly
subdue him and toss him into the van.
HENCHMAN 1
(while struggling with
Hank)
Come on, Whitman. Boss says it's
time to go back to where it all
started.
The van pulls out of the office just as Connor tosses a piece
of Prof. Marrus's desk off of him and gets back to his feet.
CONNOR
Okay, this is just getting annoying
now.
He helps a shaken Prof. Marrus to her feet.
CONNOR
You okay?
Prof. Marrus nods.
PROFESSOR MARRUS
(woozy)
Hank told me he was in trouble with
some people. Just didn't think it
was on this level.
Connor steps up to the hole in the wall left by the barely
visible, departing van.
CONNOR
Yeah, it's always the quiet, mild
mannered schizos you gotta keep an
eye on.
Connor's phone ring. He practically rips his pocket off
getting it out and answering it.
CONNOR
Pike. This whole thing just got a
lot more complicated.
INTERCUT WITH:
EXT. PIKE'S BUILDING - COMMON ROOM - NIGHT
Pike's looking around the room.
PIKE
You don't know the half of it. I'm
here in the room where the shooting
happened.
CONNOR
("go on")
....and?
PIKE
It's the bullets. They're not real.
CONNOR
(blinks)
What do you mean not real?
PIKE
They were rubber bullets, like the
kind cops use in riots. These
things sting, but they're not
fatal. If someone wanted Hank dead,
why use non lethal ammo?
Connor slowly pulls the phone away from his ear, trying to
process everything.
PIKE
Connor? Connor, you still there?
Listen, there's more. About those
phone numbers...
Connor puts the phone back to his ear.
CONNOR
(cutting him off)
Don't talk to Betty yet. I'll be
there in half an hour.
PIKE
Why? What's up?
CONNOR
I'll explain when I get there.
Connor hangs up before Pike can get another word in.
END INTERCUT
Staying at Prof. Marrus's destroyed home. Connor turns to her
and gently puts his hand on her shoulder.
CONNOR
(softly)
Are you sure you're alright?
PROFESSOR MARRUS
Yes, I'm fine, Connor.
(beat)
Thank you for your concern.
CONNOR
(deadpan)
Concern? I need a ride across town.
Just wanna make sure you're not
concussed before I get in a car
with you.
Prof. Marrus frowns.
INT. SINCAID CLAN HOME - BASEMENT - NIGHT
Total silence. Well, except for Myers's ringing phone.
Myers himself is actually sitting down now. Wilhelmina looks
at Myers with contempt. Gabriella has her arms wrapped around
herself. Kaia is sitting on the steps looking bored.
MYERS
(beat)
So... let me make sure I have this
straight.
He clears his throat and takes a deep breath. His tone of
speech is very much "you're all full of it."
MYERS
You three believe that at some
point in the future, I get my hands
on some magical crystal, travel
back through time, and perform a
legendary binding spell that noone
in this time has ever seen?
KAIA
Oh and don't forget the leeches.
MYERS
(chuckles)
Oh right. The leeches that drain
you of your energy so the spell
holds. Can't forget those.
He rolls his eyes and laughs to himself.
MYERS
I sell car insurance, for Christ's
sake! I have a girlfriend with a
baby on the way.
I'm about to start a family. Don't
you get it? You've got the wrong
guy! I'm not capable of doing
something that horrible.
And his phone rings yet again.
WILHELMINA
(acidic)
Not yet you aren't. But you will
be. I have the proof on my back.
MYERS
Could you at least answer my phone?
It's probably...
He trails off, appearing to just now be remembering
something.
MYERS
(horrified; to himself)
Oh. Oh God. The baby!
(to the others)
They're probably calling about the
baby! What's the name on the call?
Kaia picks the phone up and checks.
KAIA
It's from... Meerna, is it?
(flips the phone open)
Twenty three missed calls from her.
Myers SLAMS his fists into the cage bars.
MYERS
Let me out of here!
(shakes the cage)
She's probably in labor!
He steps away, grinding his hands into the top of his head.
He's officially wigging out now.
INT. PIKE'S BUILDING - HALLWAY - NIGHT
DING. The elevator doors open. Connor and Pike stride out,
walking side by side.
PIKE
So he's a nutcase?
CONNOR
Certified. I met his not-so-better
half personally. Calls himself
Rodney.
PIKE
Sure he wasn't putting on an act?
Connor stops at the Whitmans' apartment and bangs on the
door.
CONNOR
Not entirely, but his therapist was
pretty convincing. What were you
gonna say earlier? About the phone
numbers?
PIKE
Checked the other call histories
through my buddy on the force. Tons
of calls between them and Hank.
CONNOR
Yeah, okay. We knew that already.
PIKE
The calls went both ways. Outgoing
and incoming. You think Hank was
exchanging pleasantries with the
guys trying to kill him?
Betty answers the door and throws her arms around Pike.
BETTY
Oh my goodness, I just got a call
from Hank.
She steps aside, letting the boys enter.
INT. WHITMAN APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS
Betty looks VERY shaken up and on the verge of bursting into
tears. She's pacing back and forth.
BETTY
He was saying... he was saying
goodbye. He... he apologized for
everything that's happened lately
and said I wouldn't have to worry
about it anymore.
Connor grabs both of Betty's arms and holds her in place.
CONNOR
Listen to me. The guys that grabbed
him said it was time to go back to
where it all started. Does that
mean anything to you?
Betty thinks for a moment before shaking her head.
CONNOR
Does it have anything to do with
Rodney?
Betty FREEZES.
BETTY
(shaky)
H... how do you know about Rodney?
CONNOR
We got acquainted earlier. Think!
Betty thinks to herself again.
BETTY
The zoo in Griffith Park. This kid
spilled ice cream on him and
that... that was the first time
he... he changed.
Connor lets Betty go and is out the door in a flash, with
Pike close behind him.
INT. PIKE'S BUILDING - HALLWAY - NEXT
Pike jogs to catch up with Connor just as Connor pushes the
call button for the elevator.
PIKE
What're you thinking? It's an enemy
of this Rodney's that's going after
Hank?
The elevator arrives and both of them step on.
CONNOR
You're getting warm.
And the doors close.
INT. SINCAID CLAN HOME - KITCHEN - NIGHT
Gabriella, Kaia, and Wilhelmina are leaning against the
counters, all with pensive looks on their faces.
KAIA
So what now? He obviously can't
break the spell if he doesn't know
a damn thing about it.
GABRIELLA
We have to let him go.
WILHELMINA
We can't! If he leaves now, then
everything will stay the same!
GABRIELLA
Maybe since we've told him now,
that's enough to change things.
Wilhelmina thinks on that for a moment, but shakes her head.
WILHELMINA
There's only one way to be sure.
She digs into her purse and pulls out a GUN! Kaia and
Gabriella are in total shock, their eyes fixated on the
weapon.
WILHELMINA
(icily)
We kill the son of a bitch.
Kaia looks to Gabriella, who hasn't picked her jaw up from
the floor up.
FLASH CUT TO:
EXT. LOS ANGELES ZOO - CONDEMNED AREA - NIGHT
Connor and Pike duck under the rope quartering off an area of
the closed zoo.
PIKE
You sure it's this way?
CONNOR
I've got the scent.
They round a large tree and skid to a stop. Pike whips his
gun out.
PIKE
Hey!
The two masked men, now joined by third, have their guns on
Hank, who is shaking a gun back at them.
HANK
Pike! Thank God. You gotta help me
here.
PIKE
Alright, guys come on. Let's put
the guns down. Noone has to get
hurt here.
Connor surveys the tense situation.
Then he grins and starts clapping.
CONNOR
Bravo, dude. I'm guessing you
thought this up on the fly when you
heard us coming.
Pike briefly glances at Connor, looking for some sort of
explanation.
PIKE
Dude, what're you talking about?
HANK
These men are trying to kill me!
CONNOR
No, they're not. You've been gone
an hour already. If they wanted to
do it, they would've done it
already.
(eyes narrow)
Isn't that right, Rodney?
Hank's nervous facade fades in the blink of an eye. Replaced
by a familiar looking smirk.
HANK (RODNEY)
What can I say? I'm a sucker for
the theatrical.
Rodney and the masked men all turn their guns to Connor and
Pike and open fire! Connor and Pike scramble for cover.
BLACK OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE IN.
INT. SINCAID CLAN HOME - BASEMENT - NIGHT
Myers is pacing back and forth in his cage when Kaia,
Gabriella, and Wilhelmina all come back downstairs.
MYERS
Okay, okay. Look. I promise. I give
you my word that I won't curse or
hex or bind any of you, but please-
He stops when he spots the gun in Wilhelmina's hand. The
woman herself steps up to the cage, leaving Kaia and
Gabriella lingering back by the steps.
MYERS
Let me go.
(beat)
Oh God. Please don't do this.
WILHELMINA
I'm sorry, Mr. Myers.
KAIA
(whispering to Gabriella)
You know my family history and this
is your thing, Gabriella, so I'm
not going to interfere.
Wilhelmina starts to raise the gun.
WILHELMINA
This is the only way to be sure.
KAIA
(still whispering)
But he's about to be a father.
Wilhelmina COCKS the gun. Myers backs up against the far end
of the cage.
KAIA
I'd do this in a heartbeat if it
meant changing my life for the
better, but are you willing to go
to that place?
(beat)
You're better than that.
GABRIELLA
(screaming)
Stop!
Myers and Wilhelmina both look back to Gabriella.
WILHELMINA
What?
GABRIELLA
We're not doing this. We can't.
There's another way.
WILHELMINA
(resolved)
No, there isn't.
She turns back to Myers, who crouches and covers his head.
Gabriella rushes over and pushes Wilhelmina's arm just as she
FIRES the gun.
The shot harmlessly hits the wall far away from Myers. The
two women jockey back and forth for control of the gun.
Gabriella steps her foot between Wilhelmina's legs and trips
her to the ground, getting the gun away in the process.
Wilhelmina pushes herself up as Gabriella shakily points the
gun at her while stepping away. Behind her, Kaia lets go of a
breath she'd been holding.
Wilhelmina doesn't try to fight anymore. She just starts
crying.
GABRIELLA
Kaia, let him out.
Kaia dashes over and opens the cage. Myers is out in a flash,
collecting his briefcase and phone. He's halfway up the
stairs when:
GABRIELLA
Mr. Myers?
Myers looks back to Gabriella.
GABRIELLA
My name is Gabriella Heron. I... I
hope you're a man of your word.
Myers scoots up the stairs and he's gone. Wilhelmina lets out
a loud SOB, the tears flowing freely now.
Gabriella kneels down next to her friend.
GABRIELLA
I'm sorry, Will. I couldn't.
(beat)
I'm not a killer. Even when it's
justified.
Kaia looks away and bows her head.
GABRIELLA
I wasn't lying though. I think I
know another way. But I'm going to
need your help.
Wilhelmina looks up to her friends, her eyes bloodshot from
the crying.
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