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TEASER
FADE IN:
1 INT. BOWEN RESIDENCE - KITCHEN - DAY 1
With a yawn, VI lifts a cup of coffee to her lips, looking up
with a slight frown as ELENA hurries towards her, carrying a
large plate full of food.
ELENA
Here you are, sweetie.
Putting the plate in front of her, Elena kisses her on the
forehead and returns to the stove - to continue cooking!
VI
Are we planning on having company
for breakfast, mom? Like, maybe
another dozen people?
Elena turns back and smiles at the look on Vi's face.
ELENA
I just thought you'd like a nice
breakfast. And you always liked
your food.
VI
Yeah, but even with Slayer
metabolism, this is going to take
me a week to eat.
ELENA
(beat)
Sorry. I guess I'm...
VI
I'm not gonna run off again, okay?
We don't have to rush around,
eating mountains of food, like
we've only got a few hours left in
Disneyland.
Elena nods, happy beyond words, and turns the stove off. She
comes to sit down at the table as JOHN enters.
JOHN
Hmm, what's for breakfast?
VI
(grins)
Mountain food.
John frowns, confused, as Vi begins to tuck in.
JOHN
Squirrel?
ELENA
I may have... overcompensated.
There's some more eggs in the pan
if you're hungry.
JOHN
Thanks, honey.
John crosses to the stove and begins to dish himself out some
food.
JOHN (cont'd)
So what are your plans today, Vi?
VI
I, uh, I'm going to meet some
people later.
ELENA
(beams)
You're seeing your friends again?
That's great, honey.
VI
Something like that.
And Vi gives her a bemused look, as we cut to:
2 EXT. ABANDONED HOUSE - DAY 2
Vi closes the gate of an old, abandoned mansion behind her
and she heads up the short path to the building itself. The
garden is overgrown and unkept, the house itself looks close
to falling apart.
Coming to the porch, she draws a dagger from her jacket as
the door opens and a MAN steps out onto the porch.
In his late 30's, slightly balding, wearing glasses and a
stuffy suit, we've seen this look many times before.
VI
(sighs)
You know, Watchers really need to
choose a better uniform.
WATCHER
And I haven't heard that one many
times before.
Vi puts her dagger away as he exits the house, followed by
two young WOMEN.
WATCHER (cont'd)
My name is Harold. This is Melissa
and Cici, my charges.
MELISSA is a Hispanic girl, dressed in torn jeans, a corseted
top and fingerless gloves. She nods to Vi in greeting and Vi
smiles in response.
CICI is a delicate looking blonde girl, dressed in an old,
torn and dirty white dress, and not wearing any shoes. She
stares blankly at Vi with cold eyes.
VI
I'm Vi. And yes, that's what
everyone calls me.
HAROLD
I'd guessed. I'm glad you got our
letter. I thought it would be a
little intrusive to just knock on
your door.
VI
To be honest, I'd probably have
just kicked your ass if you had.
Melissa smirks, impressed.
VI (cont'd)
So what do you want?
HAROLD
Why else would we call you away
from your family?
(beat)
We need your help.
Vi looks around at the state of these guys and their home and
nods. They really do.
BLACK OUT:
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
3 INT. ABANDONED HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY 3
Vi perches on the end of a dirty old sofa, clearly not
willing to risk the chance of catching the plague. This room
is filthy, and the ceiling creaks dangerously above.
Melissa and Cici sit on the floor opposite her, apparently
used to living in these conditions. Harold stands by the
window.
HAROLD
The Cabal sent a small lab here six
months ago to set up a cloning
facility just outside of town.
There's a rare mineral compound in
the soil in this area that they
decided to take advantage of to
create a new breed of demon.
VI
Creating demons? The Cabal? What
are you talking about?
CICI
Typical Sunnydale Slayer. Out of
the loop, as always.
VI
I'm from Hazelhurst, actually.
HAROLD
The Cabal are an organization who,
until recently, watched from the
sidelines. Over the past few years
they've been working towards the
extinction of the Slayer line, and
they have many agents all over the
world doing their work.
(beat)
Some of that work includes creating
armies.
VI
Great. So the Council sent you to
stop them.
HAROLD
We're on assignment from the Slayer
Academy in England.
VI
(frowns)
Just the three of you?
MELISSA
There used to be more of us. Twelve
Slayers, two Watchers. We're all
that's left.
VI
(beat)
And... you've done how much damage?
HAROLD
Hardly any at all. We were
unprepared. However, the Council
have been tracking you for some
time, Vi, and when they realized
you were making your way back to
Hazelhurst... we thought that with
your experience, you could aid us.
VI
So the Council messes up by sending
an unprepared team, and they want
me to get them out of it?
MELISSA
This isn't about them. It's about
survival, and whether you like it
or not you're a Slayer like us.
VI
So why aren't more of us here?
HAROLD
The Academy and the Council are
stretched very far at the moment
fighting the Cabal all over the
world. We simply don't have the
resources.
MELISSA
And the lab here is very close to
perfecting their new model.
HAROLD
If they aren't stopped, tonight,
then we're putting ourselves, and
the world, in a very bad position.
These demons will be mass-produced,
ready to ship out in a day.
VI
(sighs)
Fine. I'll help, but only because
these Cabal guys are in my home
town.
(beat)
You tell your Council that I won't
be available for any other missions
they think they can get me to go
on. I don't work for them.
HAROLD
I'll tell them personally.
CICI
If we survive.
A beat.
VI
Can we get out of here? It's kind
of depressing. And I think your
sofa is moving.
Getting to her feet, Vi strides out of the room, and the
Academy team swap glances before quickly chasing after her.
4 INT. NYPD - 4TH FLOOR - DAY 4
SCOTT is sat at his desk, a curious frown on his face as he
goes through a thick wad of files. There's an open file sat
next to him, displaying a large surveillance photo of Faith.
Sorting through the files, he looks completely stumped as he
gets to the end.
HOGAN (O.S.)
I'm not liking that look of
confusion of your face.
He looks up as HOGAN leans over his desk.
SCOTT
Not a good time, Ann.
HOGAN
Something I can help you with? I
mean, you know I don't do massages
or anything...
SCOTT
(sighs)
I don't know.
He passes the last file to Hogan, who looks down at it with
interest.
SCOTT (cont'd)
Faith Lehane. That's an arrest
report, but... there's just
nothing. No release papers, no
conviction or court appearance. The
trail just goes dead.
HOGAN
That's weird. Any chance you just
missed 'em? I mean, we live in the
age of unnecessary paperwork. Bound
to be something in all those
folders somewhere.
SCOTT
No, there's no records at all. By
all accounts, she should still be
in our holding cells.
HOGAN
And given that she's not...
Sighing, he puts the file down and grabs some of the others,
starting to flip through them.
ANGLE: the file she placed on the desk.
BAM! A hand SLAMS down on it;
ON SCENE as Hogan and Scott jump in surprise. DARK AMBROSIA,
all sweetness and smiles as AMBROSIA, takes the file off the
desk.
AMBROSIA
Is there a problem?
HOGAN
(mock sweetness)
Why no, Miss Kilby. We were just
wondering when your cute little
face was going to show up and
brighten all of our days.
Dark Ambrosia looks down at the file, her expression
completely passive.
SCOTT
This paper trail runs dry. We have
an arrest report for Faith Lehane,
but no further paperwork. She just
slipped right out of the system,
and stuff like that's gonna make it
pretty difficult for us to -
AMBROSIA
(over him)
It's an admin error.
SCOTT
(blinks)
I don't think so, I mean, there
isn't even a -
AMBROSIA
(hard)
It's an admin error.
Sticking the file under her arm, she also collects the
others, and begins to walk away with them.
SCOTT
Hey, wait a minute, you can't -
Hogan rises as he does, taking his arm.
HOGAN
Scott, leave it.
SCOTT
What? But -
HOGAN
Let it slide, Scott. I mean it.
By now, Dark Ambrosia has made her way across the room, and
Scott sighs, looking after her with a mixture of frustration
and determination.
5 INT. BURGER BEAN - DAY 5
In the restaurant, Harold, Cici and Melissa sit at a table,
talking quietly among themselves. Vi stands at the counter
ordering food.
VI
Thanks, Shani.
She smiles as SHANI slides a tray of food towards her.
SHANI
Half price. Family discount.
VI
(frowns)
Huh?
SHANI
If my manager asks, you're my
cousin.
VI
(grins)
Right.
She hands over her money.
SHANI
Hey, you remember Helen and Pete
from school?
VI
Scary brace girl and the guy that
dealt weed to twelve year olds? How
could I forget.
SHANI
We've all meeting up after I finish
my shift if you wanna hang. We can
gossip about how you and Kirsty
Mellor are the only ones who
actually got out of this
godforsaken place.
VI
Kirsty left?
SHANI
Uh-huh, she works in fashion now.
Or, I mean, that's what she says,
for all we know she just works in a
launderette or something, so -
VI
(interrupts)
Sounds cool.
(beat; remembers)
Uh, I would, but I have
something... big to do today. Maybe
tomorrow?
SHANI
That's good too. Not like any of us
are goin' anywhere, right? See you
later.
VI
See ya.
Picking up her tray, Vi doesn't look particularly anxious to
commit to that offer as she heads over to the group waiting
for her.
VI (cont'd)
Okay, I got burgers all round and
something that vaguely resembles
french fries.
Passing out the food, Vi takes a seat next to Harold.
MELISSA
Thanks Vi. We're all pretty much...
well, broke and starving.
VI
The Council don't pay you... like,
anything?
HAROLD
I get wages, but it's not enough to
support the girls. They seem to
have...
CICI
Forgotten about us and left us to
die?
HAROLD
Now that isn't fair -
CICI
How can you stick up for them?
HAROLD
They don't have the money or the
resources to -
CICI
To send us money to buy food every
once in a while?
MELISSA
(sharp)
Cici.
The blonde slayer immediately closes her mouth and digs into
her food, the anger in her eyes the only evidence of the
argument.
Vi watches this exchange curiously.
VI
Okay, so the Council sent you here
to deal with these Cabal guys.
(beat)
What went wrong?
MELISSA
Six months ago we were all
students, or Watchers, at the
Academy in England. We weren't
exactly big players, but we were
good at what we do.
FADE TO:
6 INT. SLAYER ACADEMY CAMPUS - GROUNDS - DAY 6
Resembling a drill team, Harold and a very beautiful, female
WATCHER lead a group of teenage girls in what appears to be a
cross country run.
Melissa and Cici are among them, the other ten girls are also
SLAYERS.
MELISSA (V.O.)
We were chosen from the Academy
ranks. We'd all been there for at
least a year, all proven ourselves
in battle, all apparently stable
enough to handle the mission.
The female watcher YELLS something we can't hear, and the
girls step up their game, overtaking the watchers and
SPRINTING across the grounds with unnatural speed.
7 INT. ABANDONED HOUSE - BATHROOM - NIGHT 7
A yawning Melissa pushes the door open to the bathroom,
dressed in her pyjamas. She stops, looking up in shock as she
sees -
One of the young girls, a pretty redheaded SLAYER, hanging
from the ceiling by a rope!
MELISSA (V.O.)
The first week we were there,
Hannah killed herself after our
first encounter with the Cabal.
Melissa SCREAMS and backs out of the bathroom, as Harold and
the female watcher hurry up the hallway.
Looking inside, the two watchers turn away, distraught by the
sight of their hanging charge.
8 EXT. WOODLAND - NIGHT 8
In a woodland area, the remaining eleven slayers are battling
furiously with CABAL DEMONS.
Melissa soars through the air, KICKING a demon out of her
path.
Behind her, Cici SWINGS an axe over her shoulder,
DECAPITATING a demon is a gush of blood and gore.
MELISSA (V.O.)
Five died the second time we tried
to fight them, including my watcher
Gwen.
Harold and GWEN make their way through the battle, both armed
with crossbows. Gwen SCREAMS as something hits her and she
goes down!
Harold shouts out to the slayers but no one can hear him, and
he drops his own weapon to catch the fallen Gwen, pulling her
up to look at him.
There's a BULLET HOLE in her chest, and she stares lifelessly
back at him, bleeding all over him.
Harold shouts again, panicking, and watches helpless as a
Chinese SLAYER is completely and savagely GUTTED by one of
the demons!
9 EXT. CABAL BASE - NIGHT 9
The Cabal base appears to have been a water treatment plant
at one point, and sits right along a small river. The entire
base is fenced off, apart from the ground area that touches
the river.
MELISSA (V.O.)
We were ordered to try a stealth
attack and destroy the base from
the inside.
From the water, two HEADS rise quickly to take deep breaths.
The heads belong to an athletic African American SLAYER and a
SLAYER with short, spiky blonde hair.
They climb sneakily onto the ground, both of them dressed in
tight-fitting dark clothes, and they begin to make their way
towards the base, each carrying a large bag.
Suddenly, something EXPLODES, and the girls are instantly
VAPORIZED, the explosion reaching the river itself!
MELISSA (V.O.) (cont'd)
The girls chosen to go, Denise and
Jess; they were killed instantly.
PAN ACROSS to the other side of the river, where Harold,
Melissa, Cici and three other slayers watch in complete
horror.
10 INT. ABANDONED HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY 10
The remaining slayers minus one are huddled together on the
sofa, apparently trying to keep warm. They look up
expectantly as Harold enters the room.
He shakes his head sadly.
MELISSA (V.O.)
That was the last time we heard
from the Council, about a month
ago. Until they told us about you.
(beat)
In the meantime, Freya ran away.
The girls sigh, disappointed and frustrated.
11 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 11
Harold and Melissa hurry down a dark Hazelhurst street,
looking extremely panicked about something.
MELISSA (V.O.)
A few days later, Sahara went out
to buy supplies.
The two of them come to a stop and their eyes widen in shock
as they spot something in the street.
Thrown onto a pile of trashbags outside a restaurant, is the
burnt, battered and extremely dead body of what used to be a
beautiful brunette SLAYER.
MELISSA (V.O.) (cont'd)
When she didn't come back, we went
looking for her. The Cabal had
ambushed her, now attempting to
whittle us down before we tried to
attack again.
CUT TO:
12 INT. BURGER BEAN - DAY 12
Looking very pale, Vi pushes her tray of food away, but not
even Melissa has stopped eating to tell her story. These
people are starving.
VI
Which leaves three.
Cici looks up at her with cold eyes and takes a big slurp of
her drink.
CICI
Bella snapped. She took off in the
middle of the night, tried to take
the base on all by herself.
VI
(shocked)
What?
MELISSA
(sadly)
They left her body in Cici's bed,
while we were out looking for her.
HAROLD
(growls)
Sick bastards.
Vi looks across at Cici, and for the first time we can see
actual emotion in the blonde slayer's eyes.
VI
She was important to you.
CICI
The most important thing I've ever
had. And they're gonna regret
taking her away from me.
(dangerously)
I can promise you that.
A beat, before Vi takes a slurp of her own drink.
VI
(thoughtfully)
Yes, they are.
Cici looks slightly comforted by these words, and Vi
continues to study the group as we CUT TO:
13 INT. BOWEN RESIDENCE - DAY 13
Vi pushes open the front door and hurries inside, sticking
her head in through the living room door.
VI
Mom?
Receiving no answer, she shouts up the stairs.
VI (cont'd)
Mom? Dad?
Turning her head, Vi looks at the mirror at the foot of the
stairs, and finds a post-it stuck there.
VI (cont'd)
(reads)
'Out shopping, be back soon. Big
dinner again! Love, Mom and Dad.'
Taking a moment to smile and appreciate the note, Vi takes it
with her as she sprints up the stairs and out of sight.
14 INT. BOWEN RESIDENCE - VI'S ROOM - DAY 14
Hurrying into her room, Vi pulls her empty travelling bag out
from under her bed and places it on the bed.
Pulling out a drawer from her dresser, she turns it upside
down into the bag, spilling out a number of smaller, handheld
WEAPONS.
Reaching back under the bed, Vi pulls out two swords and
shoves them in the bag too.
15 INT. BOWEN RESIDENCE - KITCHEN - DAY 15
Heading for the back door, Vi stops only to place her own
note on the kitchen table, and she quickly disappears,
leaving the house empty and quiet.
16 EXT. ABANDONED HOUSE - DAY 16
Harold, Melissa and Cici have their own bag of weapons, and
they meet Vi halfway up the garden path as she marches
towards them.
VI
You guys ready?
MELISSA
Ready.
VI
Then let's do this.
Taking the lead, Vi turns back towards the gate and the
others follow after her, as we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
17 INT. VAN - DAY 17
Harold drives the battered old van, and Vi sits next to him
in the passenger seat. Melissa and Cici sit in the back,
talking quietly with each other.
HAROLD
The Cabal are based in an old water
treatment plant, easily modifying
the water pipe system to draw the
material they need from the ground.
VI
Security?
HAROLD
Fences, numerous demon guards, and
some kind of digital system round
the back to protect invasion from
the river.
VI
You mean the...?
MELISSA
The system that was triggered when
Denise and Jess tried to sneak in.
Explosives.
VI
Okay, so... avoiding the back,
then.
HAROLD
Once we get into the building all
we'll need to worry about is the
guards. Now, we estimate anywhere
between thirty to fifty guards
present inside.
VI
That doesn't seem a lot for a
worldwide organization with the rep
you guys are giving them.
HAROLD
Thankfully, the Academy has been
making some successful raids and
offensives on other Cabal bases in
the past few months. This base
isn't as high of a priority as it
used to be.
MELISSA
Which is why we need to take it out
now, before they finish what
they're doing.
VI
And there's no chance of
reinforcements at all? Why is the
Academy stretched so thin?
HAROLD
(beat)
It's not just the Academy. There's
been a virus outbreak that seems
only to affect Slayers all over the
world.
CICI
It's making us weak, putting us in
hospital beds, and it's affecting a
whole chunk of us. The Council
can't afford to send any more girls
out here to die.
VI
(sighs)
Always the last to know. Okay, I
think I'm starting to get it now.
HAROLD
Get it?
VI
(shakes head)
Never mind.
(beat)
So do you have a plan? You know,
one that won't get us all killed?
HAROLD
I can't promise that, I'm afraid,
but I do have a plan. Cici.
Cici reaches over the seat and hands Vi a file.
CICI
Don't know how she did it, but
Bella made sure that found it's way
to us.
Vi frowns, opening the file and taking a good look inside.
HAROLD
Access information, passwords,
security layouts. Their whole
security system on paper.
VI
This is... good. This means we can
get in.
HAROLD
Once inside, I'll make my way to
the security area and shut down the
internal security.
MELISSA
I'm going to the source and
shutting down the power. The
cloning facility will run on
generators, but we'll have the
advantage when the power goes down.
CICI
And I'll be stopping the inflow
from the pipes. Can't be using that
special ground juice if there's
none for them to use.
VI
Which leaves me to take down the
scientists.
HAROLD
From there, I suppose...
VI
From there we kill the hell out of
anything that moves.
A beat.
CICI
I like her.
Harold, Melissa and Cici smile for what has to be the first
time in a long time.
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