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INT. LAPD PRECINCT - INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
Burrows snickers to himself and glances at his cameraman. The
Guard glances down at Connor, then back at the camera.
BURROWS
I'm sorry, did you say demon? You
meant in the metaphorical sense,
right?
CONNOR
No, physical, like evil spawn of
Hell type demon.
BURROWS
Can't believe you got me down here
for this farce.
CONNOR
(stern)
It's the truth. Demons are real.
So's magic, vampires, werewolves...
(beat)
Pretty much everything but
leprechauns. Want me to prove it?
Burrows scoffs and leans back in his seat.
BURROWS
(sneers)
How?
Connor glances down. Burrows follows his eyes down to the
pitcher of water in front of him.
The FLOATING pitcher of water.
CONNOR
There's a start. Want some water?
Connor glances to the empty paper cup on the table. It FLOATS
up to the pitcher. The pitcher tips, filling the cup with
water. The cup floats to Burrows, who shakily accepts it.
Burrows's eyes widen. His lips stammer. Connor finally looks
at the camera directly.
CONNOR
Want more proof? Look at Burrows.
The cameraman obliges. Burrows looks nervous, his brow
starting to sweat.
BURROWS
What are you talking about?
CONNOR
You're a demon. I've known since I
saw you on the coverage for the Gus
Savant murder trial. I just never
said anything about it. Why do you
think I requested you by name?
The Guard grabs Connor's shoulder. Connor smirks.
CONNOR
Did I mention I already picked the
lock?
Connor ducks under the Guard's arm and slips behind him. He
violently slams the Guard face first into the table, knocking
him out instantly.
CONNOR
For those who don't believe me-
Connor reaches across the table and YANKS BURROWS'S FACE OFF!
The human skin is just a mask, revealing a purple face with
neon green eyes and bulging veins underneath.
BURROWS
(shielding his face)
Cut it off! Cut the camera off.
CONNOR
(to the cameraman)
Do that and I'll make you eat it.
Someone BANGS on the door from outside. The cameraman nods
and sits down. Connor sits back down as well.
CONNOR
Now... where was I?
BLACK OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN.
INT. PROFESSOR MARRUS'S LAB - OFFICE - DAY
Gabriella stands over Tiffany, who is sitting front of a
computer. Gabriella face is tight. Dark. Pissed.
PROF. MARRUS (O.S.)
(via computer)
Project Champion entry thirty
seven. Plans to separate Connor
from his friends are unnecessary.
Manipulating him into killing my
son had unexpected consequences.
Heron has kicked him out of their
home. He's living with me now.
(beat)
I can see the light at the end of
the tunnel. Finally.
Gabriella slams her hands on the desk, making Tiffany jump.
GABRIELLA
Does she have a hard copy of her
notes?
Tiffany points to a filing cabinet next to the desk.
TIFFANY
In there.
GABRIELLA
Make a copy of all of those audio
logs on a CD. Now.
Gabriella moves to the filing cabinet and opens it up.
Tiffany stares at her while pulling out a phone.
INT. PROFESSOR MARRUS'S HOME - OFFICE - DAY
A FLASH of light precedes Kaia sailing through the air and
crashing on top of Professor Marrus's desk, knocking the
computer monitor off it. She rolls off to the floor.
Professor Marrus ducks and dodges, moving impossibly fast, to
avoid Faas's knife swings.
She blocks one by grabbing his wrist. It starts to SIZZLE and
smoke in her grasp. Faas YELLS in pain and falls to his
knees, dropping the knife in the process.
Professor Marrus's skin is blotchy and covered in dark veins.
Black streaks of power crackle around her. She grabs Faas's
neck with her other hand.
PROF. MARRUS
Do me a favor, Faas?
(beat; menacing)
Tell my son I said hi when you see
him in Hell.
Her hand and arm starts to GLOW and Faas SCREAMS as an
intense blue light pours out of his eyes, nose, and mouth.
Professor Marrus closes her eyes as she's bathed in the same
light. Faas's screams fade as the light dissipates.
Professor Marrus lets his limp body fall to the floor. His
eye sockets look hollow and smoky, as if his eyes were
literally burned out of her face.
Kaia rolls out from behind the desk, perched on all fours.
Her eyes turn black and she GROWLS.
KAIA
(feral)
Good thing I saved my appetite.
She bares her teeth as they stretch into fangs. Professor
Marrus beckons her forward with her hand.
Kaia ROARS and charges at Marrus.
ZOOM IN on Professor Marrus.
EXT. PROFESSOR MARRUS'S HOME - BACKYARD - NEXT
Nice quaint scene. Birds chirping. Squirrels darting around
the grass. A flash of light from inside the patio windows
followed by Kaia's guttural cries.
Kaia herself crashes through the windows and lands hard out
on the patio near the fire pit, knocking the steel pokers all
over the place.
She rolls to her back and her partial werewolf features fade
back to normal human ones. She spits up a mouthful of blood.
Professor Marrus steps through the destroyed windows to the
patio. She stalks towards Kaia and extends her hand. A poker
flies into it.
PROF. MARRUS
It's a little too hot today for a
fire. Shame. The human body burns
way better than wood does.
Kaia lifts her head, about the only thing she has the
strength to do, and watches helplessly as Professor Marrus
advances on her.
PROF. MARRUS
Eve can attest to that. If you
don't believe me, turn around and
ask the pile of ask in the pit.
Professor Marrus's hand starts glowing again. The poker soon
turns red. Red HOT, in fact.
She gets interrupted by her phone RINGING.
PROF. MARRUS
(cheery)
I'm sorry. Could you excuse me just
a moment?
She pulls out her phone and checks it.
ON the phone. The face displays a text message: 911. Heron is
here. Copied Proj. Champ files.
PROF. MARRUS
Damn it.
(beat)
Goodbye, Ms. Sincaid.
She mindlessly throws the poker at Kaia! Kaia screams and
rolls to her side, her body convulsing violently.
Professor Marrus leaves, ducking back into her house.
PUSH IN on Kaia's shaking body. She DROPS the poker out of
her hands. The point in her stomach where it would've hit is
clean.
She caught it before it stabbed her.
She gasps and coughs up more blood. Her palms and fingers are
badly burned.
INT. LAPD PRECINCT - INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
The banging on the door continues.
CAPTAIN (O.S.)
Open this door, now!
Connor swipes his hands through the air. The table and all
the chair fly over and barricade the door. Connor holds them
in place, albeit with shaky hands. He grits his teeth,
straining to keep his concentration.
The cameraman is still filming everything.
BURROWS
So... you're saying the existence
of demons and magic has been
covered up by the world's
government?
CONNOR
Yep.
BURROWS
Why?
Connor glances over to Burrows, then back at the door.
CONNOR
Why didn't you say you were a demon
when you interviewed for your job?
BURROWS
(scoffs)
Are you serious?
CONNOR
Why do parents lie to their kids
about Santa Claus? Why do men lie
about the size of their penises?
Why do women spend thousands of
dollars on their faces and bodies
and pretend it's all natural?
Connor pauses to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
CONNOR
'Cause the world's just a little
bit happier being blissfully
unaware. 'Cause sometimes the truth
only makes things worse.
BURROWS
So why blow the whistle now?
CONNOR
A demon killed Matthew Wallace, not
me, and people wanted to pin his
death on me to protect that truth.
I've lived nothing but lies all of
my life, but no way am I going to
jail to preserve one.
The banging gets louder. More fists hitting the door.
BURROWS
So what's your story then? Why were
you so special that you were
privileged enough to be let in on
the secret?
CONNOR
(snorts)
Ain't got enough time to explain
all that.
Connor's nose starts dripping blood. The sustained magic he's
doing wearing on him.
BURROWS
The abridged version then?
CONNOR
Well, for starters-
(sniffs)
- both of my birth parents were
vampires.
INT. LAPD PRECINCT - MAIN FLOOR - DAY
Bridget sits in a chair next to the desk of a random
detective. He hands her a cup of water.
INT. LAPD PRECINCT - HOLDING CELLS - DAY
Pike is pacing back and forth when the door opens and Alicia
is escorted in by one of the cops that chased her down. She's
put in the cell next to Pike, where Connor was earlier.
PIKE
(squints)
Alicia?
ALICIA
Shut up, I still hate you.
Alicia's cuffs are removed and her escort leaves.
PIKE
Why the hell are you in here?
ALICIA
Got myself popped. Took long enough
to find a cop from this division to
haul me in. Connor's fake sister is
here too.
Pike looks beyond lost.
PIKE
W... why?
Alicia steps up to the common wall between their two cells.
ALICIA
(beat)
There's a bunch of demons on the
way here to kill Connor. That
professor chick-?
PIKE
(catching up)
Marrus.
ALICIA
Yeah, she set it up.
PIKE
Jesus. When? When are they coming?
Alicia shrugs.
PIKE
Why are you, of all people, helping
us? Did Kaia send you?
ALICIA
Because I don't like seeing little
kids cry, like my brother did when
he watched Kaia and me bury Josh
and Nick.
Pike bows his head. Guilty as charged.
ALICIA
Because I'm not some monster that
would let someone die out of spite.
I'm only human twenty seven days
out of the mouth, thank God.
PIKE
How's that work in February?
(shakes his head)
Nevermind.
He starts pacing, thinking.
PIKE
(to himself)
She'd know Connor wouldn't be here
long before being sent to a real
jail until his court date, so it's
gonna be soon.
The camera drops down, THROUGH the floor to:
INT. SEWERS - CONTINUOUS
Tiny and his goons, dressed in Italian mobster-esque suits
and carrying automatic weapons, stalk through the sewers.
There's at least a couple dozen of them, followed by a crowd
of hulking, grey skinned demons with enormous tusks extending
from their mouths. These are GRAPPLER DEMONS.
EXT. PROFESSOR MARRUS'S HOME - BACKYARD
Kaia pulls herself up to sit on the edge of the fire pit.
GABRIELLA (O.S.)
(screaming)
Kaia?!?
Gabriella runs around the side of the house to the backyard.
She spots Kaia and zips over to her.
GABRIELLA
Hey, you okay?
KAIA
(pained)
Fine.
Kaia stands up and topples into Gabriella's arms.
KAIA
It was Marrus.
GABRIELLA
Where's Faas?
KAIA
(nods towards the house)
In there.
(beat)
He's dead.
Gabriella glances back at the house, then down at her friend.
She wraps Kaia's arms around her neck and helps her back up.
KAIA
Marrus... she was behind... all the
Ethan Rayne stuff last year.
GABRIELLA
That and a hell of a lot more.
FLASH CUT TO:
INT. KAIA'S CAR - NEXT
Gabriella's behind the wheel while Kaia is patching herself
up with bandages and gauze. As usual, Gabriella's driving
like a madwoman. She's also holding her phone to her ear.
GABRIELLA
(into phone)
Okay, I'll be there in less than a
minute. Thanks.
She hangs up.
GABRIELLA
Project Prodigy was just the
beginning. It was meant to study
the subjects over a prolonged
period of time and identify the top
candidates.
KAIA
Candidates for what?
GABRIELLA
To be the champion of the Senior
Partners. Connor and Bridget were
the top of the class. Only
Bridget's powers made it impossible
to control her long term.
Kaia nods, then winces as she dabs a scratch on her face with
peroxide.
KAIA
Okay, I'm with you so far.
GABRIELLA
So when Connor became de facto
number one, they started working to
bring him over to their side.
Marrus was brought in after their
first few attempts failed.
KAIA
("keep going")
Right...
GABRIELLA
The goal was always to tarnish
Connor in the eyes of the Powers
that Be. Marrus accomplished that
when she tricked Connor into
killing her son. That put one foot
in the grave.
Gabriella whips the car into a parking lot and parks.
KAIA
And the other foot?
GABRIELLA
Killing Eric was the warm up act
and Bridget's too much of a
liability to the Partners if her
powers can overwhelm their spells.
KAIA
(catching up)
No. Connor would never kill her.
GABRIELLA
Not if he has a choice. Marrus was
staging it so he didn't.
Kaia nods and looks around. They're outside an apartment
complex.
KAIA
(frowns)
Why are we here? Shouldn't we be
getting to Connor?
GABRIELLA
I need something first.
Gabriella opens the door and gets out. Kaia blinks, confused.
INT. LAPD PRECINCT - MAIN FLOOR - DAY
Bridget blows a strand of hair out of her eyes, looking
bored. The sound of GUNSHOTS snaps her head around. Same with
the detective baby-sitting her.
He pulls out his gun.
DETECTIVE
Stay here.
He and a bunch of other officers run towards the sound of the
gunshots. They're all immediately shot to death as the Kaliff
and Grappler demons barge their way into the station.
ZOOM IN on Bridget as she takes a deep breath.
INT. LAPD PRECINCT - HALLWAY - DAY
Shue and the Captain clear a path for another officer with a
BATTERING RAM. That officer starts ramming the door.
Bridget's SCREAM stops everyone cold.
INT. LAPD PRECINCT - INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
Connor's mouth hangs open, likely in mid sentence. He whips
his head back at the door. Blood is oozing from his nose now.
CONNOR
(surprised)
Bridge?
He lets the table and chairs fall away from the door and puts
his ear against it.
PUSH IN on his face. The sounds of the battle outside ECHO.
Connor throws the door open. All of the cops that were trying
to get in are gone. He runs out into:
INT. LAPD PRECINCT - MAIN FLOOR - DAY
Connor slides to a stop and his eyes go wide.
A massive gun battle has broken out, resembling a shoot out
in the Old West. Burrows and the cameraman bump into Connor.
Burrows's jaw drops.
BURROWS
(to the cameraman)
My God, are you getting this?!?
Tell me we're still live!
The cameraman, who had his equipment lowered, blinks and
hoists it back on his shoulder.
CONNOR
(frowning; dejected)
All these guns. Where are the
swords?
BRIDGET
Connor!
Connor looks over to see Bridget hiding under a desk. He gets
to her as fast as he can while ducking the bullets flying
overhead. He kneels next to her.
CONNOR
Come on, let's get you out of here.
He pulls her out and keeps both of their heads down as he
heads for the door.
EXT. CITY STREET - DAY
Kaia's car races down the street. We pull up on the driver's
side to show Gabriella driving with an intense purpose.
KAIA
So this trigger is gonna make
Bridget go Krakatoa?
GABRIELLA
(nods)
And Connor's forced to kill her to
stop her. The final solution.
KAIA
Connor wouldn't. I mean, even after
Eric, he wouldn't-
GABRIELLA
When I was in the future, I saw him
shoot and kill Pike point blank,
laughing while he did it. Then he
ripped your arm off and beat you to
death with it.
(beat)
You have no idea what he's capable
of.
Kaia looks away.
KAIA
(muttering)
That's why Pike has to kill him.
They want him to stop-
GABRIELLA
Whoa, what? Pike has to what?
BOOM! The street next to them EXPLODES, throwing the car
upside down. It CRASHES through the front of an antique store
and lands on its hood.
PUSH IN on the car. Gabriella crawls out of the driver's side
window and slumps to her stomach. Kaia does the same on the
other side.
KAIA
(groaning)
Gab, you okay?
GABRIELLA
(beat)
Nope.
PROF. MARRUS (O.S.)
Tough little bitches, aren't you?
Gabriella and Kaia look out their makeshift entrance to see
Professor Marrus gently float to the ground, black energy all
around her.
Gabriella locks eyes with Professor Marrus as she gets to her
feet. She tosses the keys to the other side of the car.
GABRIELLA
(emphatic.)
Kaia. Go.
KAIA
What? Gab, I'm not leaving you to-
GABRIELLA
Get to the station! I'll catch up.
Kaia crawls around to the trunk and opens it, pulling out an
object wrapped up in blankets. She looks between the other
two as she backs away and leaves.
Gabriella and Professor Marrus step towards one another.
Gabriella's body lights up with energy.
PROF. MARRUS
I'm too close to the end to let you
stop me now.
GABRIELLA
I'll kill you before I let the
Senior Partners take him.
PROF. MARRUS
(laughing)
Kill me? You? Is that supposed to
be a threat?
(serious)
They already have him, sweetie.
You're too late.
Gabriella shakes her head. Her hands ball into fists.
GABRIELLA
Not if I don't let you trigger
Bridget.
PROF. MARRUS
Oh, you didn't get that far into
the log. I can't set her off. The
phrase that pays can only come from
her lips.
And there is no stopping it once
she pops her top.
(beat)
We've had this in the works ever
since Angel signed Connor over to
us. If you think you can stop it
now, you're just as naive and
damned as he is.
That does it. Gabriella fires a powerful blast of energy at
Professor Marrus, who throws her hands up to block it. She
stays upright, but the attack drives her back.
Gabriella drops it and Professor Marrus starts LAUGHING.
PROF. MARRUS
I hope that was just a warning shot
or this is not going to last long.
Gabriella grits her teeth. A concentration of energy swirls
around both of her fists.
PROF. MARRUS
Let me ask, in all your running
around and whatnot-
Now energy concentrates and swells around Professor Marrus.
PROF. MARRUS
Did you ever stop to think where
Ethan Rayne got all of his power?
Gabriella's eyes widen as Professor Marrus fires a tornado
like blast of energy that forces a:
BLACK OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE IN.
INT. LAPD PRECINCT - MAIN FLOOR - DAY
A random officer sails through the air and crashes through a
desk. A Grappler demon pounces on him immediately. In the
background, Burrows and the cameraman watch and report from a
safe distance.
BURROWS
(into microphone)
At great risk to my own personal
safety, I bring to you this
exclusive footage of Los Angeles
law enforcement battling what seems
to be a group of demon... mobsters.
Burrows DUCKS as another officer is thrown over his head. PAN
LEFT to Connor leading Bridget towards the front entrance. He
throws the door open and stops dead in his tracks.
REVERSE ANGLE to show more Kaliff running up the stairs to
the studio. They spot Connor and raise their weapons. Connor
throws himself and Bridget to the ground to avoid the hail of
fire. He kicks the door shut again.
BRIDGET
(worried)
Connor...
CONNOR
(getting up)
It's okay. I'm gonna get you
someplace safe.
Bridget yanks him down behind a desk.
BRIDGET
(off his look)
No, this is about you, not me! Ms.
Marrus sent these demons for you!
Connor squints, not believing what he's hearing.
BRIDGET
I overheard her talking. She... she
said she was going to hire vampires
to kill you, but then she picked
these demons instead.
CONNOR
(beat; low)
Are you sure?
Bridget nods and crosses her heart with her finger.
CLOSE UP on Connor as his face goes from shock to anger.
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