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PREVIOUSLY
RACHEL (V.O.)
Previously, on Slayer Academy...
INT. CAMPUS – RACHEL'S ROOM – NIGHT
RACHEL stands defiantly before HAMISH.
HAMISH
Rachel, you don't belong here. This
isnae the place for you.
RACHEL
What would you know?
HAMISH
I know you're already wonderin'
when they're gonnae turn on you.
You're thinkin' to your self, 'when
are they gonnae realise I'm one of
the bad guys, and lock me up with
all the rest?'
CUT TO:
INT. ACADEMY - DANA'S WARD - NIGHT
KIRA and WILLOW stand over a bed which holds the sleeping
DANA. Rachel stands nervously nearby.
WILLOW
Once we perform this transfer,
Dana's soul is going to be in your
body rubbing elbows with your soul
24/7 until the healing spell
finishes, which should take a
couple of weeks. At least.
(beat)
Once you're both in there it's
going to be a two minds, one body
kind of thing. All of your
memories, your thoughts, you're
going to share them all.
RACHEL
Two minds, one body, no crazy. Got
it. Let's go.
A warm, white GLOW flows from Willow's hand and into Dana,
slowly pulsing - until an orb of white, pure LIGHT escapes
from Dana's chest, passes through Kira and into Rachel!
At once, Rachel's eyes fly open, and with a GASP she lurches
bolt upright on the bed!
CUT TO:
INT. CAMPUS - FITZGERALD'S OFFICE - NIGHT
Rachel (morphed into DANA) sits beside Kira in front of
FITZGERALD's desk.
KIRA
The process of curing your body of
whatever Cassandra did to you is
complete, but we need to return
your soul soon or your body won't
survive.
Dana shifts quickly back into an outraged RACHEL:
RACHEL
No! You can't just stick her back
into that body and condemn her to
insanity!
(to Kira)
To the things that you did to her!
I won't let you!
FITZGERALD
Actually, there's something else.
KIRA
I wasn't planning on saying
anything until I was sure, but
there's a good chance that while
healing Dana's body, her fractured
mind may have also healed.
Rachel's jaw drops as she MORPHS back into Dana.
DANA
You mean...
FITZGERALD
That in all likelihood, when your
soul returns to your body you will
also retain your sanity.
As this sets in and Dana attempts to blink back tears, we:
CUT TO:
INT. CAMPUS - INFIRMARY - NIGHT
Kira places a hand on Rachel's chest while GABRIELA places
her hand on Dana's. The witch and the gypsy then close their
eyes as they both begin to CHANT.
Suddenly, Kira's eyes fly open and are GLOWING WHITE! She
grabs Gabriela's free hand as a sphere of WHITE LIGHT passes
from Rachel, through Kira, and into Gabriela.
Gabriela's eyes fly open, just as WHITE as Kira's, and she
let's go of Kira's hands and presses both of her hands down
on Dana's chest.
As soon as she touches her, Dana SITS UP in bed, grips the
side of her bed, and GASPS loudly.
BARBARA
Dana?
(beat)
Dana, can you hear me?
DANA
I... I can hear you...
BARBARA
That's wonderful! How do you feel?
DANA
I can think louder than the voices,
louder than then them all put
together.
(giggles)
They're singing.
KIRA
No! You're supposed to be well now!
You need to be well!
Before Kira can reach Dana, Dana PUSHES her out of the way,
causing her to fall into Gabriela!
DANA
Liar!
Dana JUMPS out of her bed, OVERTURNING it!
DANA (cont'd)
(crying)
You're all filthy liars! Chaining
me, poking me, filling me with
stories of faraway girls!
Dana CHARGES at camera, snarling with feral rage:
CUT TO:
INT. CAVE - NIGHT
Deep in the cave, Dana stands in the center of a massive
cavern, staring at nothing, waiting.
RACHEL (O.S.)
I knew you were here.
Dana turns to see Rachel standing across the cavern from her.
Rachel holds a BROADSWORD at her side.
RACHEL (cont'd)
I felt that you were here. I don't
know how, but I'm guessing it was
the same reason you helped Braeden
find all those Slayers.
DANA
It doesn't matter. Soon they'll all
be poisoned if he has his way.
RACHEL
Don't. Don't start babbling. Just
give me something to hold on to.
(beat)
Show me that you're more than just
a killing machine.
DANA
(laughing)
She looks, but she refuses to see.
Too scared to turn the pages.
RACHEL
(shaking her head)
There was never any other way, was
there? It was always going to end
like this.
DANA
She never let go of the fight.
Rachel nods, understanding on some level, as she picks up her
sword.
RACHEL
Let's just get this over with.
With that, Rachel and Dana CHARGE at each other full speed -
only to be interrupted as several DEMONS burst out of the
shadows all around them!
RACHEL (cont'd)
Dana, we have to get out of here!
Dana doesn't look at Rachel, and can only stare at the
approaching demons.
RACHEL (cont'd)
(tears welling)
Dana, no, there's too many of
them...
DANA
Shh... it'll be alright.
(beat)
I'm a Slayer.
And with that, Dana runs for the sword, scoops it up, and
runs full speed into the approaching demons!
CUT TO:
INT. CAVE - NIGHT
Rachel holds the bloody and dying Dana in her arms. A mass of
dead DEMONS litters the cave around them.
RACHEL
(sobbing)
Dana! Dana, no... why did you do
that? I'm supposed to save you!
DANA
(weakly, smiling)
Too broken. Never get well.
Dana reaches a hand up to Rachel, gently stroking her cheek.
DANA (cont'd)
Thank you. You tried. I... I'll...
You're a good person, Rachel... too
good... to save me...
(fading fast)
One day... I hope you can like
yourself... the way I like you...
because you did your best for me...
and I'll never... never forget...
With that, Dana's eyes close, and she DIES. Rachel SOBS as
she pulls Dana's body close to her, and we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF TAG
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 INT. MOLTEN CAVERN - DAY 1
A wide cave of dark, igneous rock. The interior walls are
spiderwebbed with cracks, exposing a red, GLOWING substance
that provides light throughout.
Heavy FOOTSTEPS echo down the cavern as a DEMON eventually
steps into frame - humanoid, tall, broad-shouldered. Its body
is made up of the same type of rock as the cavern, complete
with the same red glow.
As the monster lumbers down the cavern, it comes to a stop
and turns as a second DEMON, identical to the first,
approaches it from behind.
The two demons begin to talk to each other in low, grumbling
sounds, and as they speak SMOKE vents from their mouths and
nostrils. Red, lava-like fluids leak like spit.
As the two demons speak, the first demon's eyes narrow, and
his arms begin to tense.
The second demon begins to speak quicker, fidgeting ever so
slightly...
... as the first demon's eyes go wide and he turns around to
reveal CLAIRE hacking at his back with an axe!
With a ROAR, the demon's fist comes down hard toward the
Australian Slayer, who manages to weave around it and take
another hack at its back.
The blade of the axe chips away at the stone and reveals more
of the molten stone, seeping from the creature's back like
blood!
The demon turns, faster than Claire thinks it's capable of,
and SWATS her, flinging her across the cavern!
As it does this, more molten stone begins to seep from the
cracks in its body, slowly transforming the creature from
stone to lava.
Before it can finish the transformation, the second demon
pins it up against the wall, and with its free hand shoves a
BLUE STONE into the creature's molten chest.
The demon is stunned, and the molten part of its body begins
to rapidly cool, turning back into more solid rock.
Claire runs back toward the demon with her axe, and as she
starts hacking away again the second demon begins to MORPH
into RACHEL.
In a matter of moments, the two girls leave the demon as
nothing more than a pile of rubble.
Rachel turns to Claire, gives her a nod and a grin. Claire
smiles back at her as she pushes hair out of her eyes. Both
girls' clothes are slightly singed by the demon's heat, and
their skin and hair is dirty with ash.
CERYS (O.S.)
Very nice work, you two.
The girls turn as CERYS approaches the pile of rubble,
kicking the lifeless stone with her boot.
RACHEL
You know what they say. The bigger
they are...
Rachel begins to pat herself off, creating a large cloud of
dust. She frowns.
RACHEL (cont'd)
... the filthier you get.
CLAIRE
Seriously. Why did you even bother
shifting back? Okay, there's the
hygiene, but still - isn't being a
big arse demon better when fighting
other big arse demons?
Rachel gives her a puzzled look.
CLAIRE (cont'd)
Bigger equals stronger?
RACHEL
Oh, okay, I get it. But sadly no,
it doesn't work that way.
CERYS
Over here, girls.
Rachel and Claire file in behind Cerys, who has reached the
end of the cavern.
The three women stand over looking a large chamber. The rock
is the same as the cavern they came through, but the ground
is sectioned off by rivers of the glowing red liquid.
Throughout the room are about three dozen of the molten rock
DEMONS, standing around a small WELL.
As the girls watch, another DEMON emerges from the well, his
body composed entirely of molten rock.
As he steps out of the pool and onto the ground, his body
rapidly cools until he is indistinguishable from the other
demons.
CLAIRE
So what do you think? Baptism by
fire or phoenix rising from the
ashes?
RACHEL
I'm starting to miss when you
couldn't form complete sentences
around me. At least then I didn't
feel like the dumb kid no one
wanted to work with on school
projects.
CERYS
Girls. Quip later. This is serious.
(beat)
Rachel, is everyone in position?
Rachel shoots her a look. Cerys doesn't flinch, holding her
ground - for whatever reason.
Rachel takes a long exhale as she closes her eyes and begins
to concentrate.
2 INT. MOLTEN CAVERN - RACHEL'S POV 2
Everything becomes significantly brighter, with colors
becoming much more vivid.
CERYS (V.O.)
Frankie?
The camera rapidly moves through the cavern, arriving at the
opposite side and spinning around to find FRANKIE and
GABRIELA standing at the entrance of the large chamber from a
similar cavern.
Gabriela sits in the middle of a circle of more BLUE STONES,
while Frankie paces around the circle.
GABRIELA (V.O.)
Clear head, no thoughts. No
thoughts, I can do this... what's
taking them so long? No thoughts,
clear head...
FRANKIE (V.O.)
Equal distance, equal distance,
equal distance - merde, I know this
is a cave but is she really wearing
those boots with that shirt?
RACHEL (V.O.)
In position.
CERYS (V.O.)
Tsula?
The camera again moves rapidly through the cavern, this time
settling almost directly below where Rachel, Claire, and
Cerys are standing.
TSULA, NEELA, and MAYA are each hiding behind three large
stalagmites in front of a large cavern that leads into the
chamber.
All three Slayers are clutching hand held detonators that are
wired to three separate sets of EXPLOSIVES further back in
the cavern.
NEELA (V.O.)
If they flank we try to wedge them
apart, separate targets. If they
scatter we take the perimeter,
shared targets.
MAYA (V.O.)
Did I secure the red wire? I did, I
checked it twice. Should I have
checked it a third time?
TSULA (V.O.)
If I can just keep earning money
then I can get people organized,
spread awareness. If people knew
about the problem they'd help, I
know they would.
RACHEL (V.O.)
In position.
CERYS (V.O.)
And Reiko?
The camera moves again, this time passing the well by about
twenty feet and going through a narrow crack in the rocks
only a few feet away from where the demons are moving.
A few feet below the surface REIKO, FRAN, TIA, and ALANA lay
in wait, pressed up against the ground in the narrow crevice.
ALANA (V.O.)
All the kids in the marketplace say
'Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh'!
Ugh! I can't get this stupid song
out of my head! I should have
brought my iPod.
TIA (V.O.)
... thy kingdom come, thy will be
done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day...
FRAN (V.O.)
It's so hot in here. Gee, duh,
Fran, it's not like we're in some
kind of lava cave or anything. Oh
God, I hope this cave doesn't cave
in on us. Wait. That sounded wrong.
REIKO (V.O.)
What was that, Ms. Mason? Did you
say "Reiko's squad?" Why, that
would make me the leader, wouldn't
it? Leader of the biggest squad for
this mission, might I add...
The camera zooms back up to Rachel, Claire, and Cerys. Rachel
opens her eyes. She lets out a breath, drained by her effort.
RACHEL
In position.
CERYS
Very well, then.
Cerys steps closer to the chamber as she reaches into her
pocket for a small ORB.
CLAIRE (V.O.)
She has a deeper connection to the
Slayer Memories than any of us.
Theoretically, she could know
everything about all of us, about
every Slayer ever. Is that too much
power for someone who wasn't even
Chosen to be a Slayer?
Rachel turns toward Claire who blushes in guilt.
CERYS
Let's go!
As Cerys throws the orb into the chamber the entire room goes
WHITE as we SMASH CUT TO:
3 EXT. ACADEMY GROUNDS - DAY 3
The Slayers are piling out of a mini-bus and filing past
Cerys on their way back into the school.
Everyone's clothes are now scorched, and they're all covered
in soot and grime. With every COUGH, a cloud of BLACK DUST
escapes.
CERYS
Job well done, girls. The Council
has been wanting to clear out that
den for months but could never
coordinate an attack because of
radios being scrambled by
geothermal radiation.
As Rachel disembarks, Cerys claps a hand on her shoulder.
CERYS (cont'd)
Of course, that's not a problem
with our own personal
communications hub. Well done,
Rachel.
Rachel smiles and nods as she steps away from the bus.
CERYS (cont'd)
Where are you going?
RACHEL
Just trying to replace some of the
smoke in my lungs with fresh air.
Cerys grins as Rachel turns away from her, walking away from
the school.
FRANKIE (V.O.)
I wonder if the Council 'as
responded to my latest notes?
Delaney 'ad better not be hogging
the IT suite again.
REIKO (V.O.)
That one was for you, Alita.
As Rachel gets further away, her smile begins to fall.
TSULA (V.O.)
Shower, eat, quick nap, and then
it's right back to work.
CLAIRE (V.O.)
No matter how bad it looks, I need
to be positive. For her.
FRAN (V.O.)
My game was on today. I wonder if
Cerys caught that crescent kick at
the end?
GABRIELA (V.O.)
I can't stop coughing! What if this
smoke is exposing me to the virus?
Rachel shuts her eyes tight, concentrating on blocking the
voices out of her head.
As she opens her eyes, she starts seeing Slayers in different
scenes on the grounds of the Academy, in the same vivid
colors.
Tia is sitting at a small table outside while Maya is takes a
shot and slams it on the bar in front of her.
TIA (V.O.)
He did what with my sister?
MAYA (V.O.)
Blessed be Mordecai!
Neela is reading a letter while Alana is waxing a surfboard.
NEELA (V.O.)
So much for going to an American
University.
ALANA (V.O.)
Thirty foot waves! Thirty foot
waves!
Rachel rubs her temple, but the images keep coming.
A bleach blonde TATTOOED SLAYER patrols a cemetery while an
INDIAN SLAYER collapses on a bed.
TATTOOED SLAYER (V.O.)
I should get a costume. I think I
deserve one. Maybe a cape too.
INDIAN SLAYER (V.O.)
They really need to rebalance the
Slayer/Watcher workload ratio.
A CHINESE SLAYER guides her way with a torch while a BLACK
SLAYER shuts her cell phone.
CHINESE SLAYER (V.O.)
Of course it's a creepy cave. Where
else would a demon go?
BLACK SLAYER (V.O.)
He really stood me up, didn't he?
Who does he think I am?
Rachel starts to pull at her hair, shutting her eyes tight.
A dark haired IRISH SLAYER appears in front of her, clutching
her stomach in pain.
IRISH SLAYER (V.O.)
Oh God, I think I'm dying!
The Irish Slayer falls on the ground as Rachel shuts her eyes
even tighter, causing all of the visions of Slayers to fade
away...
... and causing the Irish Slayer to go from brightly colored
to normal as she lays on the ground, actually in front of
Rachel!
Rachel blinks a few times, staring at the fallen girl before
realizing that she's actually there!
Rachel dives down next to her, checking her pulse as we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
4 INT. ACADEMY - INFIRMARY - DAY 4
The Infirmary is busy as ever, with many Slayers laying sick
in their beds. There are a few that are being treated for
injuries received in battle, but most are covered in GREEN
VEINS, suffering from the effects of the virus.
Claire, still dirty from battle, sits beside one of the beds,
tears streaking down her cheeks and clearing a path through
the grime. She clutches the lifeless hand of MEI.
Mei's skin is pale, almost white. The veins that were once
green are now PITCH BLACK. She's gone.
RACHEL (O.S.)
Manu! Hurry, I need help!
Rachel comes crashing into the infirmary, still carrying the
unconscious body of the injured Irish Slayer.
MANU looks up from the SLAYER he's treating and turns toward
Rachel. He races toward her, ushering her toward a bed.
Claire wipes her tears away before rushing over as well.
MANU
Who is this girl? I do not
recognize her.
RACHEL
I don't know. She just showed up at
the front gate and collapsed.
Claire helps Rachel lay the girl into the bed and the two
step back to give Manu room.
Manu cuts through the girl's shirt and jacket, exposing a
bleeding wound in her abdomen.
CLAIRE
What happened to her?
RACHEL
This is how I found her.
CLAIRE
Can't you...
(taps her forehead)
... you know?
RACHEL
No, I'm tuned out. Everything was
getting too muddled. I have to give
myself a chance to clear my head.
CLAIRE
So you just carried this random
girl down here?
RACHEL
Yeah, it's a habit of mine.
(beat)
She's a Slayer. I know that much
for certain. So I think that
entitles her to free medical care
as part of the union.
Manu inspects the wound while touching the girl's abdomen. As
he presses down, the Slayer gasps, but doesn't regain
consciousness.
MANU
The wound isn't deep and hasn't hit
any major organs.
(beat)
She seems to be in shock.
Manu turns toward a table and grabs a needle and a vial of
clear liquid.
RACHEL
What are you giving her?
MANU
It's a general anti-toxin. Her
wound may be infected or poisoned -
the physical damage alone isn't
enough to incapacitate her.
Manu injects the girl with the medicine, and as he does she
visibly relaxes. Manu reaches for more supplies and begins to
dress the wound.
MANU (cont'd)
We should let her rest for now, and
let her explain to us what happened
after she wakes up.
Manu steps away from the girls and back toward his station.
RACHEL
(turns to Claire)
Oh, how's Mei?
Claire's expression drops, and Rachel glances over toward
Mei's bed before turning back to Claire.
CLAIRE
She's not in pain any more, that's
the important thing.
(beat)
I'm, uh... going to head back to
the dorms and get, you know...
cleaned up. You coming?
Rachel shakes her head as she pulls up a chair next to the
Irish Slayer and sits down next to her.
RACHEL
I think I'm going to stay here.
Wait for her to wake up.
CLAIRE
(nodding)
With the way you smell, she'll
probably wake up twice as fast just
to complain about the odor!
Claire does her best to smile, but her grief gets the best of
her and a tear begins to form in her eye.
Rachel reacts, starting to rise, but Claire quickly turns and
hurries out of reach.
She sighs and slouches down in her chair, eyes turning back
to the injured Slayer as we DISSOLVE TO:
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