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PREVIOUSLY
TSULA (V.O.)
Previously, on Slayer Academy...
INT. ACADEMY - BRIEFING ROOM - DAY
GREG enters, followed by a quiet young Native Canadian girl,
wearing a plain-looking pair of jeans and a t-shirt. This is
TSULA, and she faces SOFIA, SKYE, FRANKIE and ALITA.
GREG
This is Tsula. She's been re
assigned to the Academy, and she'll
be accompanying you on this
mission.
SKYE
Hey. Glad to have you on the team.
Sofia nods hello to Tsula, who meekly smiles back.
CUT TO:
EXT. GLASTONBURY TOR - NIGHT
In the midst of a furious battle - Slayers on one side,
vampires on the other.
Greg looks up, already covered with blood, sword in hand as
he scans the room - unaware that a VAMPIRE is creeping up on
him!
From out of nowhere, an ARROW flies through the air and
SPEARS straight into the vampire's chest. It DUSTS as Greg
whips round, startled by the sound.
CUT AWAY to see Tsula, lowering her bow and allowing herself
a victorious grin.
CUT TO:
EXT. STREETS - NIGHT
A younger ANNA is on the sidewalk, kneeling down next to her
little brother JOSHUA, frantically trying to resuscitate him,
pumping down on his chest. Sirens can be heard approaching.
ANNA
(crying)
Josh, wake up! Please, wake up!
He doesn't respond, still out. She breathes into him, before
pulling back and pumping down on his chest again.
ANNA (cont'd)
(yelling)
Help! Someone help me!
She SCREAMS again as we:
CUT TO:
INT. CAMPUS - DORMITORY - DAY
Anna quickly moves into an empty dorm room, her cell phone
pressed against her ear, closing the door behind her.
ANNA
What have you done with my brother?
(listens)
Please. I've done everything you've
asked. Please just let him go.
(listens; horrified)
But... no... I can't...
Anna sinks down onto a bed, looking completely lost, as if
her entire world has been turned upside down.
ANNA (cont'd)
If I... if I do this...
(shaking)
If I do what you ask, then you
won't hurt him?
CUT TO:
INT. ABATTOIR - ROOM - NIGHT
Anna hurries into a room barely bigger than a cage, in which
sits JOSH, huddled into the corner.
ANNA
(gasps)
Josh?
JOSH
Anna...
Smiling in relief, Anna hurries over to her brother and pulls
him into an embrace, the siblings reunited at last.
JOSH (cont'd)
I can't believe you're here.
ANNA
I couldn't leave you, could I?
CUT TO:
INT. ABATTOIR - SECURITY ROOM - DAY
Anna and Josh hurry into this large room, full of complicated
looking gadgets, machines and computers. A DEMON is sat
watching security monitors, and it quickly gets to its feet -
But Anna launches a METAL BAR across the room, IMPALING the
creature in the chest and sending it sprawling to the floor!
Josh hangs back as Anna hurries over to the machinery,
scanning it and trying to figure out which button does what.
She flicks a switch - and several GREEN lights flip to RED.
ANNA
Aha! Got it. That oughtta do -
She freezes. COUGHS. Hunches over.
And suddenly LURCHES forward, CRASHING across the consoles -
a KNIFE sticking out of her back!
Anna hits the floor, GASPING for breath as she tries to look
behind her - but there's only Josh.
A DAGGER is in his hand.
JOSH
Sorry, sis, but... you're a long
way past making things right.
Anna stares at in him in disbelief as we:
CUT TO:
INT. ABATTOIR - SECURITY ROOM - DAY
The door BURSTS open, and Skye hurries into the room towards
the unconscious Anna.
SKYE
Anna!
Pulling her into her arms, Anna's eyes flutter open - but she
starts to wilt, and Skye SHAKES her to keep her conscious.
SKYE (cont'd)
Hey, you're going to be okay. You
just need to hold on, alright?
ANNA
(smiles)
You don't... have to... lie. But
thanks...
SKYE
(confused)
Uh... okay, but...
(beat)
Anna?
Anna stares up at Skye, but she's no longer moving or
struggling to breathe. She's DEAD.
SKYE (cont'd)
Anna...
Skye looks up as Erika enters the room.
SKYE (cont'd)
(tearful)
Anna's... Anna's dead.
BLACK OUT:
END OF TAG
TEASER
1 EXT. PARK - EVENING 1
A small park stands on the corner of two streets in the
middle of what looks like a small, rural town. Many of the
store fronts are closed down and boarded up.
As the sun sets it creates a glare off of a slide located in
the playground of the small park.
PAN AROUND to see that the glare is hitting TSULA right in
the eye, and although she has to squint it doesn't stop a
small smile from spreading across her lips.
Slung over one of her shoulders is a duffle bag.
TITLE OVER: LONDON, ONTARIO.
CODY (O.S.)
(Southern grandma voice)
My word, do my eyes deceive me?
The smile on Tsula's face spreads from ear to ear. PAN AROUND
to see that behind her is a Native Canadian boy, CODY, about
the same age as Tsula.
Cody stands with one hand on his hip and the other hand free
for him to talk with. Despite their rural surroundings, Cody
wears designer jeans, an athletic-fit t-shirt, and a playful
twinkle in his eyes.
CODY (cont'd)
Is that our own Tsula Nimeda in the
flesh?
TSULA
Cody Watseka. What are you doing
here?
Tsula turns around and walks up to Cody and embraces him in a
hug.
TSULA (cont'd)
Weren't you the one that used to
count down the days till graduation
when we were still in the sixth
grade?
CODY
And deprive this town of it's only
source of style? Just how selfish
do you think I am?
Tsula playfully pushes Cody away as she walks toward the
street, with Cody a few steps behind her.
TSULA
(rolling her eyes)
How much time do you have?
CODY
(motioning around them)
Um... you've been gone longer than
I thought if you think that there's
anything else to do other than talk
about my favourite subject.
TSULA
(beat; playful)
Yourself?
CODY
Aw, you remembered!
Tsula laughs as Cody puts his arm around her and they
continue to walk.
CODY (cont'd)
So to what kind of evil, scary
creature do I owe the pleasure of
your company? Vampire? Demon?
Voodoo zombie cattle... thing?
TSULA
Actually, I had some downtime, and
since that hasn't happened since,
well, ever, I figured I should take
the opportunity for a much overdue
trip back home.
Cody stops abruptly, grabbing Tsula's hand as he does and
causing her to turn around.
CODY
Wait, wait, wait. Let me get this
straight. You finally get a
vacation from saving the world or
whatever, and you choose to spend
it back here instead of on the
exotic streets of London? As in the
actual London, not our own beloved
generic rip-off version.
TSULA
I'm actually living in the British
countryside now, and trust me,
'exotic' isn't the first word that
springs into my mind when I think
of it.
(beat)
Seriously though, there's nowhere
else I'd rather be than home right
now.
Tsula glances around at the store fronts on the main street,
noticing that many of them are closed and boarded up.
A few people stand next to one of the closed buildings in a
circle, looking particularly unsavory.
TSULA (cont'd)
(frowns)
Even if it does look distinctly
more like a ghost town than I
remembered.
Tsula drops Cody's hand and begins to walk toward the street
once again with Cody still nipping at her heals.
CODY
But Tsula, honey, didn't anyone
ever tell you that -
TSULA
(interrupting)
"You can never go home again?"
(beat)
Cliche, much? I expect better of
you, Cody.
CODY
(mocking)
"Cliche, much?" What kind of
English are they teaching you at
that school?
Tsula gives Cody a playful shove as they continue to walk and
we CUT TO:
2 EXT. ALLEY - NIGHT 2
A dark, narrow alley between two large buildings. There's
little here except for the occasional trash can, and the
ground is streaked with puddles from a recent rain.
CLOSE on one of the puddle as a foot splashes through it and
is gone just as quickly as it appears.
The foot belongs to a BOY, Hispanic, no older than seventeen,
and looking scared for his life as he races through the
alley.
TITLE OVER: BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
As he runs he has a CELL PHONE pressed to his ear which he
violently lowers and presses a button.
BOY
(angry)
Damn it! Answer your phone!
As he runs down the alley he flashes a quick glance to his
unseen pursuer, redials his cell phone, and runs straight
into a trash can, FLIPPING over it and landing on the ground
with a loud thud and a muffled curse!
The boy winces as he stands but there's no time to even wipe
the blood off his freshly cut hands as he continues his
escape.
As he runs, his cellphone remains on the ground in the alley.
Nearing the end of the alley, he rounds a corner...
... and comes face to face with a high FENCE topped with
barbed wire!
BOY (cont'd)
(panicked)
Oh no, no, no, no, no...
The boy turns around but quickly stops, frozen in fear.
BOY (cont'd)
(scared)
Look, hey, I'll do whatever, okay,
but you have to believe me, I don't
know where he is!
The boy presses himself up against the fence, looking around
in vain for an exit.
He looks back at his attacker, his eyes wide with fear.
BOY (cont'd)
(terrified)
Did you hear me? I said I'll do
whatever, just please don't - No!
Please! No -
As the boy turns his head away from his attacker we SMASH CUT
TO:
3 INT. ACADEMY - DORM - NIGHT 3
ERIKA suddenly sits up in her bed, breathing hard and
sweating.
A BOX OF LETTERS on the nightstand gets knocked off as she
moves, spilling its contents across the floor.
She reaches her hand over to a small electronic device on her
night stand and presses a large button on top of it.
ELECTRONIC VOICE
Four. Forty-Three. AM.
With a sigh, Erika collapses back on her bed and blinks her
eyes a few times.
SKYE (O.S.)
Bad dreams?
Another light flicks on to reveal SKYE, now sitting up awake
in the bed next to her.
ERIKA
I think... I think someone is in
trouble, and we have to go and help
them.
SKYE
Sounds good. Who, where and why?
Erika stoops, her hand searching for the box before she
locates it on the floor.
She takes some of the letters and passes them to Skye, who
flicks through them.
ERIKA
We had better wake the others. We
have a long journey ahead of us.
Erika sits upright, already starting to get herself out of
bed as a puzzled Skye watches, and we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
4 EXT. WOODS - DAY 4
From the sun's position it's early in the afternoon in a
brightly lit patch of woods. Tsula and Cody hike down a well
traveled trail.
TSULA
Eric Nikan?
CODY
Still in town. Doesn't really do
much other than smoke pot, though.
TSULA
Eric? Really?
CODY
Oh yeah, huge stoner now.
TSULA
Huh.
Tsula begins to slow down as they hit a steep part of the
trail and Cody has trouble keeping up.
TSULA (cont'd)
What about Dasan Wapti?
CODY
(acting confused)
Who?
TSULA
(slightly blushing)
Never mind, I... I shouldn't have
asked.
CODY
(coy)
Oh... you mean your epic seventh
grade crush?
Tsula playfully shoves Cody, who nearly falls down the steep
path.
CODY (cont'd)
Hey, woah, no need to kill me over
this!
Cody catches his balance and Tsula gives him a hand to help
him catch back up.
CODY (cont'd)
He actually dropped out in tenth
grade. I think I heard that he
moved to the States.
TSULA
Oh.
CODY
Try to sound slightly less
disappointed.
TSULA
(playful)
Shut up. I mean, it seems like our
whole town is just slowly dying
off.
CODY
That's probably because it is.
(off Tsula's death stare)
What? I'm being non-biased here.
Businesses are shutting down,
families are leaving, I mean, a lot
of people are afraid to go outside
at night because the crime is
getting so bad.
Tsula lets this information sink in for a moment, but then
shakes it off.
TSULA
So how about Ashley Kewanee?
CODY
Prison.
TSULA
(shocked)
What? Why?
CODY
Remember how she was always really
nice to the guys back in school?
Tsula nods.
CODY (cont'd)
It turns out she started being
'nice' professionally. Then one
thing leads to another, and the
next thing you know you're caught
with your hand in a -
TSULA
(interrupting)
Okay, never mind, I don't want to
play this game anymore.
CODY
(suspicious)
Oh, come on. You hated Ashley.
TSULA
A) I didn't hate anyone, and B)
even if I did that doesn't mean I
wanted her to wind up in prison!
(beat)
I mean, I feel like our entire
class has amounted to a bad after
school special.
CODY
(shrugs)
I guess people just change.
Tsula suddenly stops and places her arm in front of Cody,
stopping him in his tracks.
CODY (cont'd)
Hey, watch it, what's the -
(beat)
Oh.
Tsula and Cody look a few feet off the trail to see a BODY,
human, male, early 20's, covered with blood and deep SLASHES.
TSULA
Stay here.
CODY
Great idea.
Tsula cautiously approaches the body and inspects the deep
cuts. There are strange blisters and discoloration around the
body's mouth.
CODY (cont'd)
Um, I'm not exactly an expert on
this, but should you really be
touching the body?
TSULA
(not paying attention)
These wounds... they're not from an
animal... they look like something
I saw back when I was working for
the Council... Kenshi demon... or
maybe something similar.
Tsula bows her head over the body and silently says a prayer
before shutting his eyes and walking back toward the path.
TSULA (cont'd)
(to herself)
Or maybe a werewolf? Is it a full
moon?
Tsula walks past Cody, deep in thought. Cody takes one last
look at the body before shivering and jogging to catch up.
CODY
Hey, um, shouldn't we call the cops
or something?
TSULA
The police won't be able to help.
CODY
So what do we do?
TSULA
Research.
CODY
Oh... can't we just call the cops?
As Tsula is still lost in her own mind we CUT TO:
5 EXT. ALLEY - DAY 5
In Brooklyn, in the same alley were the boy was killed. Now
the alley is blocked off with yellow police tape, and two
POLICE OFFICERS are standing around at the crime scene.
Both officers look bored, until they look over to see SKYE,
Erika, DELANEY, SOFIA, and GREG crossing over the police
line. All of them are carrying large duffle bags.
POLICE OFFICER #1
Hey! Get back! No civilians.
GREG
We're from the Criminology
department, here to document the
scene.
POLICE OFFICER #2
(not buying it)
Criminology? Aren't these girls a
little young?
SOFIA
(quickly)
We're interns. From the NYU school
of Criminology.
POLICE OFFICER #1
(to Erika)
But isn't she blind?
SKYE
(mock outrage)
Blind? My, that's awfully sightist
of you! What's your badge number?
One more crack like that and I'm
reporting you to human resources.
POLICE OFFICER #2
(rolling his eyes)
Whatever. Let's see your
identification.
SKYE
Oh... identification...
Delaney steps in between Skye and the police officers and
waves her hand in front of them.
DELANEY
You don't need to see our
identification.
POLICE OFFICER #2
(blinks; to the other
police officer)
We don't need to see their
identification.
DELANEY
You're going to leave so we have
room to work.
POLICE OFFICER #1
Come on, let's get out of here and
give them room to work.
The police officers walk past Greg and the Slayers and leave
the crime scene.
Delaney turns to the others with a smug grin. Skye rolls her
eyes - but grins too.
DELANEY
Thanks. I thought you'd appreciate
that one.
Sofia and Erika have already made their way to the back of
the alley.
The Hispanic boy sits on the ground with his back against the
chain link fence and his head limp in front of him. In his
chest and abdomen are several deep stab wounds.
Sofia leans in close to examine the wounds.
SOFIA
I think I count... five wounds all
together. They're very clean, and
very deep. Whatever did this, claw
or blade, must have been very
sharp.
Greg looks around by the trash cans and finds the cell phone
that was dropped.
GREG
Took us long enough to find him,
but this must be the place.
Skye grabs the phone off of him and begins to go through the
recent call list.
SKYE
There's about ten calls to someone
named 'Zoe.'
Greg takes the phone back from Skye and looks at it.
GREG
Let me call the Council's IT
department. They should be able to
trace the number and maybe even
give us a physical location.
Delaney SIGHS loudly, drawing everyone's attention.
DELANEY
Okay, I know that I'm always the
one playing Devil's advocate, but
what are we doing here? I mean,
nothing about this is exactly
screaming Slayer business to me.
SKYE
Except for the whole 'prophetic
dream' thing.
Erika reaches into her bag and pulls out the BOX from her
nightstand. In the light, we see it's labelled 'ANNA.' She
passes it to Delaney.
ERIKA
These are a few of Anna's personal
effects that were left in the
dormitory. I have been holding on
to them since last term, dragging
my feet on returning them to her
family.
(beat)
None of us have been eager to
process exactly what happened last
year.
(flashes a glance towards
Sofia)
Maybe my dream was just a catalyst
to get us here?
There's a sense of awkwardness amongst everyone, with the
occasional glance being shot toward Sofia.
SOFIA
So Slayer dreams are a form of
therapy now?
The tension breaks, and everyone seems more relaxed, although
Sofia looks slightly more uncomfortable but tries her best to
hide it.
DELANEY
(rifling through box)
So we've got a bunch of Anna's old
things and a stack of letters
addressed to...
She reads one of the addresses, then frowns, glancing back
over her shoulder at a STREET SIGN behind.
DELANEY (cont'd)
Wait a second...
SKYE
Exactly. This is Anna's old
neighbourhood. You starting to feel
the synchronicity in all this yet?
GREG
I think that for now we should
continue to approach this as we
normally would. You four split up
and see if we can uncover anything,
and I'll work with the Council to
figure out exactly who this young
man is, as well as trying to track
down this 'Zoe.'
DELANEY
(off letters)
Shouldn't we open a few of these?
Erika takes the letters and box back, surprising her.
ERIKA
I am not in the business of
disturbing other people's
belongings, Delaney. Dead or alive.
As Greg leads the girls out of the alley, PULL BACK up and
out of the alley:
To a ROOFTOP overlooking the scene, where a brief glimpse of
an ARM moves out of shot. The girls are being watched!
As the team leaves the alley, the figure on the rooftop moves
to follow, and we CUT TO:
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