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16 INT. UNDERGROUND CAR PARK - NIGHT 16
PAN ACROSS the grimy maintenance area of the car park, past
wire fences and HUMMING generators, to find Evelyn pacing.
She looks up as a hatch RATTLES open - and it's Huang who
approaches her. Evelyn relaxes.
EVELYN
I was wondering where you'd gotten
to.
HUANG
Had to be sure I wasn't followed.
Celeste may be a lot of things, but
oblivious isn't one of them. Plus -
headache. Bad.
The two women look around, as though expecting somebody else.
EVELYN
She's late too.
HUANG
So I see.
(beat)
What do you make of this scheme to
raid the Wicca Convention?
EVELYN
I think it's an excellent idea - if
the aim is for every one of us to
get killed. Celeste's going to be
biting off a lot more than she can
chew if she thinks that idea's
going to stick.
VOICE (O.S.)
That won't be your problem.
The women rise, turning - as an attractive, dark-haired WOMAN
enters the area.
EVELYN
Nina. It's about time.
NINA smiles - she's dressed casually, an air of quiet
confidence about her.
NINA
(Spanish lilt)
Sorry. Taki kept me on the phone
longer than I was planning. He's
not exactly keen on this whole
'deep cover' business.
HUANG
(sharp)
We're not here to listen to your
relationship problems, Kagemura.
We're here to talk about putting a
stop to Celeste Rourke before any
more blood ends up on our hands.
NINA
(raises eyebrow)
You know Mizoguchi and Eto have
been working with the Watchers
Council on this, and we have every
intention of bringing Rourke to
justice, but we have to wait for
her to put one foot over the
threshold before we can snatch her.
HUANG
Do you think it's easy, to know
what I know? If you'd seen the
things I'd seen...
(darkly)
... you wouldn't let her take
another step.
EVELYN
(to Nina; off Huang)
Never mind her. Ever since her last
vision she's been like this. Won't
tell any of us what she saw, just
that it was a long, long way from
anything good.
Nina looks to Huang - who keeps quiet. Nina brings up the
BRIEFCASE she was carrying, rests it on a surface and pops it
open.
She hands out a folder to Evelyn and Huang - each contains
files, reports and glossy surveillance photos.
NINA
Based on the information you gave
us, we've been keeping track of
Rodgers, Pouvoir, Deschamps and
Marquez.
Evelyn glances through the photos as Nina speaks - it shows
the aforementioned Coven members meeting.
NINA (cont'd)
And you were right - they've been
meeting up in secret for several
weeks now. Rodgers seems to be the
ringleader of whatever they're
planning.
HUANG
It's a coup.
(off looks)
Come on. We all know what Becky's
like. She'd love nothing more than
to see Celeste cold in the ground
and herself at the head of the
table instead.
EVELYN
Our table's round, Harry. It
doesn't have a 'head.'
She grins, but the attempt at levity washes over Huang.
NINA
Whatever her motivations, we're
going to move on them. Soon. If
they're going to try anything to
depose Rourke, then this raid on
the convention is where they'll do
it. We need to move before that.
Shinema and I have a variety of
strategies to cover every
eventuality.
HUANG
No plan can cover every
eventuality.
NINA
Then we'll make sure we cover as
many as we can. Will that do?
Huang turns away haughtily. Nina rolls her eyes as Evelyn
approaches her.
NINA (cont'd)
How about you? How are you holding
up?
EVELYN
I'm fine. I've been doing this for
four years now - lying through my
teeth every day's become second
nature to me.
NINA
This is the final stretch, Evey.
Once Rourke is in custody and the
rest of the Coven rounded up, you
can walk away. Back home.
(beat)
Back to Greg.
Evelyn looks away, a pang hitting her at the mention of his
name. Nina regrets pushing that button, biting her lip.
NINA (cont'd)
Sorry, I didn't mean to -
HUANG
We should go. We'll be missed if we
stay away any longer.
EVELYN
And that's our cue.
She HUGS Nina, plenty of warmth between them.
EVELYN (cont'd)
Speak soon, Nina.
NINA
Take care of yourselves. And I
meant what I said - we're almost
there now.
Evelyn smiles, but Huang looks less convinced as she heads
for the exit, Evelyn following before we DISSOLVE TO:
17 EXT. HUANG'S CABIN - BACK PORCH - NIGHT 17
Back in the present, where Dade stands on the veranda at the
rear of Huang's cabin, looking out across the hills.
HUANG (O.S.)
Are you warm enough?
He turns - Huang glides towards him, pulling a shawl around
herself. Dade manages to suppress a SHIVER.
DADE
'M fine.
She nods, coming to stand beside him. Neither speaks for
several moments, until:
HUANG
You should come back inside. There
is much still to discuss.
DADE
It's just you and Kira talking. At
great length. Nothing for me to do
but sit and -
HUANG
Listen? Exactly.
(beat)
Your path may seem far from clear
at this moment, Dade, but the fog
will lift with time.
DADE
(beat)
I'm going to hear a lot of cryptic
stuff like that from now on, aren't
I?
HUANG
(smiles)
If you stay close enough to hear
it.
(beat)
I will see you inside soon.
She heads back into the cabin, leaving Dade to his thoughts
for a beat.
DADE
(exhales)
Damn it...
Admitting defeat, he follows her back inside as we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
18 INT. HUANG'S CABIN - FRONT ROOM - NIGHT 18
The atmosphere is a little cosier now - Greg and Delaney
recline on heaps of pillows and cushions, though Dade remains
on his feet, stiff and awkward.
Huang enters the room bearing a tray of nibbles - dried
fruit, crackers, things like that.
She sets it down, Greg and Delaney greedily tearing into it.
Kira is offered some, but shakes her head.
KIRA
So are you going to play the gentle
host all night, or are we going to
talk about getting you to come home
with us?
HUANG
(quirks eyebrow)
'Home'?
Kira starts to respond, but Delaney interjects:
DELANEY
Don't get her started.
KIRA
(narrows eyes)
What my daughter is so eloquently
trying to say is that a lot has
changed since we last met, Harry.
HUANG
(nods)
I have seen the ripples from many
events spread across the surface of
the world, Kira.
(to Dade)
As have you.
DADE
Hey, I'm just an impartial
observer. I'm nothing to do with
this whole Coven thing you two've
got going on.
KIRA
That's not strictly true. You're
very much a part of things.
DADE
Well... maybe I don't want to be.
HUANG
We rarely get to choose our own
destinies, Dade. They choose us.
KIRA
But sometimes we can make our own.
(off Huang's look)
Sometimes, we can start all over
again.
(beat; meaningful)
Can't we?
Huang holds her gaze as we DISSOLVE TO:
19 INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY 19
A busy downtown franchise coffee store, busy with the hubbub
from its customers and orders shouted by the staff.
Madeleine and Ana sit at one booth, Madeleine nervously
drumming her fingers on the table as Ana nonchalantly sips
her drink.
MADELEINE
I still think meeting in places
this public is the worst thing we
could do.
ANA
Becky wouldn't suggest it if it
wasn't safe, Maddy.
(off drink; amused)
Milk and coffee. Who would have
thought?
MADELEINE
Still, that doesn't make it -
REBECCA (O.S.)
Actually, it does.
Madeleine looks up - Rebecca has arrived with Amelie in tow.
Shades, revealing clothes, hair and makeup in place.
MADELEINE
(off her outfit)
I thought this was a private
meeting, Becky...
REBECCA
It is. Take a look around.
Rebecca and Amelie slide into the booth as Madeleine looks
round the room - and sees a dozen people dressed just like
Rebecca.
REBECCA (cont'd)
You need to watch MTV once in a
while. Nobody's given me more than
a glance since I hit the streets to
come over here.
Ana looks up from her drink, a dollop of foam on her lip.
REBECCA (cont'd)
Mustache.
ANA
(blinks)
What?
REBECCA
Never mind.
(beat)
Alright ladies... where are we at?
Amelie starts to speak, but Madeleine gets in first:
MADELEINE
First, tell me this location is
secure.
REBECCA
(weary)
Relax, Maddy. None of Celeste's
little clockwork horrors are spying
on us.
She lifts up her matching purse and takes out an AMULET.
REBECCA (cont'd)
This'd be hooting like a howler
monkey if anything hostile was
within fifty feet of us.
She replaces the amulet. Madeleine doesn't seem convinced,
but is the first to speak:
MADELEINE
I've been applying counterspells to
the enchantments Celeste's been
placing on her golems. They'll
switch over to our control when we
speak the command phrase aloud.
ANA
Which is?
MADELEINE
Which is a secret until it's time
for anyone but me to know it.
REBECCA
Amelie?
AMELIE
I 'ave leaked the details of the
attack on the convention to several
key members of its security staff.
They will know exactly where and
when she plans to strike.
All eyes turn to Ana. She takes her time, finishing her
coffee before replying:
ANA
I am ready to do my part.
REBECCA
A little more detail would be nice,
Ana. We're all friends here, after
all.
ANA
I am not here to make 'friends.' I
am here to test the limits of what
power this world will allow a woman
to hold. Celeste is an obstacle to
that, and you are part of the
solution to remove that obstacle.
Don't kid yourself into thinking
it's anything more.
Rebecca bristles at Ana's defiant words - but the quick looks
the others exchange suggest her sentiment isn't exactly one
they don't share themselves.
REBECCA
Thanks for the vote of confidence.
And for the record, I know all
about yours and Maddy's little
'experiments' with that wretched
little Slayer girl you captured. So
don't think either of you are
keeping any secrets from me.
MADELEINE
What about you?
REBECCA
What about me?
MADELEINE
Are you prepared to do what must be
done when the moment presents
itself? To strike down our leader
and take her place for your own?
We all know what she'd do to anyone
she believed was challenging her
authority.
(beat)
We remember what she did to Esme.
The others fall quiet - but Rebecca just SMIRKS.
REBECCA
If that bitch thinks I'm afraid of
her, she's got another thing
coming. Someday, the world will
know the name... Jilhandra de
Laurent.
Ana SNORTS, trying to hold back her laughter. Amelie fights
to keep a grin back herself. Rebecca scowls at them both.
ANA
Sorry, sorry, just... you're really
going to use that stupid name for
yourself?
REBECCA
Why shouldn't I?
MADELEINE
It's a little... theatrical.
REBECCA
That's the idea! It's supposed to
be striking, bold, and even -
AMELIE
I think it sounds ridiculous.
(glances at her watch)
And I am late for my facial.
She rises, Rebecca's jaw hanging at her insolence.
AMELIE (cont'd)
(air kisses)
A bientot, mes amis.
She struts away from the booth, leaving Rebecca seething as
we CUT TO:
20 EXT. SUBURBS - DAY 20
Out in the 'burbs, brightly-coloured middle class homes all
round, roads curving to make sure everybody gets a good look
at what everyone else has got.
Celeste steps into frame, studying one house in particular
for a long beat before taking a deep breath and approaching.
She walks up to the door and KNOCKS. Waits. Hears a dog
BARKING, then FOOTSTEPS as a slurred woman's voice shouts:
VOICE (O.S.)
Shaddap, you worthless piece of
crap!
(mutters)
The hell is the god damn dog
barking 'about...
The screen door opens to reveal a blonde in her twenties with
fading looks - dark bags under her eyes, dressing gown and
sloppy PJs.
CELESTE
(tight-lipped)
Hello, Lois.
LOIS pouts, pulling her dressing gown tight before she opens
the main door a fraction.
LOIS
Adam's not home.
CELESTE
I'm here to see you.
LOIS
Well, I don't wanna see you.
She starts to close the door, but Celeste puts a hand up to
stop it.
CELESTE
Lois.
Lois holds her gaze - then relents, shuffling away from the
door. Celeste is fighting down some bubbling emotions as she
enters:
21 INT. HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NEXT 21
Inside, the house is as well to-do as the exterior suggests -
colourful decor, plenty of modern home appliances (although
'modern' here is strictly late Eighties).
Hanging back in the kitchen doorway is a DOG, its hackles up
as it BARKS angrily at Celeste.
She shoots it a withering look - and the dog WHIMPERS,
scampering away to safety.
CELESTE
When is Adam home?
LOIS
Any minute now. I guess.
CELESTE
Then I suppose you'd better get
that junk out of your system,
hadn't you?
Lois whirls to face her, accusing:
LOIS
How dare you! I haven't even -
Celeste SNAPS her fingers - and a hazy MIST of energy rises
from Lois like steam! Alarmed, she tries to swat it out.
LOIS (cont'd)
Hey... hey! Cut it out!
Celeste lowers her hand, the mist fading. Lois glares at her -
then FLOPS down onto the couch, defeated.
CELESTE
I could smell that basement-level
pixie dust on you from a mile away,
Lois. I thought you were better
than that.
LOIS
Yeah, well... I'm not.
Celeste strides over to her, looming above Lois.
CELESTE
I didn't come all the way over to
this god-forsaken land to start a
family just so they could end up a
series of disappointments like you!
God forbid you should ever have
children of your own.
LOIS
(petulant)
Sorry I'm such a failure, mom.
Maybe if you hadn't lost your first
kid, you wouldn't have -
SMACK! Celeste SLAPS Lois, losing control for a moment.
Celeste fights the rage back down, but Lois slowly looks back
up at her, voice dripping with venom:
LOIS (cont'd)
And there's the mother I know.
CELESTE
Now, you listen to me, and you
listen good.
She stabs a reprimanding finger at the seated Lois.
CELESTE (cont'd)
I'm going to come back in five
days, and I expect to find you
cleaned up. No more bargain-grade
mystical narcotics anywhere in your
system. Is that clear?
LOIS
But what -
CELESTE
(over her)
Because if you're not straight, if
you're not a hundred per cent done
with this... this waste of an
existence you're putting yourself
and Adam through, then that's it.
I'm done.
LOIS
(shrugs)
Big deal. Is that supposed to scare
me?
Celeste straightens, crossing her arms.
CELESTE
How about if I tell Adam why you're
really housebound at the moment?
That it's not some lingering
variant of the flu keeping you out
of sorts?
Lois' gaze burns holes through Celeste, but she doesn't
flinch.
CELESTE (cont'd)
Exactly.
(beat)
Seven days, Lois.
She turns on her heel, marching straight back out without
another word. As Lois slumps back into her seat, CUT TO:
22 EXT. SUBURBS - NEXT 22
Where Celeste has to take a moment to stop her emotions
getting the better of her.
She bows her head, breaths short and sharp, trying not to let
the tears come, when she hears:
VOICE (O.S.)
Celeste?
She looks up - as clean cut, All-American ADAM walks towards
her, closing his car door. He's dressed for the office, power
suit and tie.
ADAM
(smiling)
Hey. Did you swing by to see Lois?
How's she doing?
CELESTE
(fixing on a smile)
Oh, you know. Still under the
weather. I was hoping some of that
British stiff upper lip'd passed
through the DNA to her, but perhaps
not!
They laugh - Adam's is genuine, Celeste's more forced.
ADAM
Are you stopping for dinner?
CELESTE
No, no, lots to do.
ADAM
The club, right? How's all that
working out?
CELESTE
It's a good decade for people to go
out dancing, is all I need to say.
ADAM
I guess it is.
(beat)
Well, I'd better not keep you.
Great to see you again.
He steps forward for a quick HUG. Celeste's smile drops for a
beat, but is back when he releases her.
CELESTE
Adam...
ADAM
Hmm?
CELESTE
Just... just keep an eye on her for
me, will you?
ADAM
You know I will.
She nods, walking quickly past him and off down the street.
Adam watches her go before heading into the house - missing
Celeste wiping a TEAR away.
However, after a few more steps, her phone RINGS. She reaches
into her purse - it's a bulky, old school MOBILE PHONE.
CELESTE
(into phone; distracted)
Hello?
VOICE
(filtered; modified)
Your acolytes are plotting against
you.
Celeste pulls up to a stop, suddenly alert.
CELESTE
Who is this?
VOICE
È pausa verso lotta fuoco con
fuoco. When we meet, then you will
know.
CLICK. The line goes dead. Celeste's expression darkens as
she lowers the phone, and we CUT TO:
23 INT. ROOM - DAY 23
CLOSE on a woman's mouth as they lower the phone handset, the
features hidden in darkness as we DISSOLVE TO:
24 INT. HUANG'S CABIN - FRONT ROOM - NIGHT 24
Dade is asleep on a mattress in one corner of the room.
Delaney SNORES softly next to him, leaning against the wall.
Greg approaches Kira and Huang, deep in their own
conversation, as he sips a mug of tea.
GREG
Ladies?
They stop, looking up as he joins them.
GREG (cont'd)
You've both been talking for hours.
I don't know if either of you had
noticed.
KIRA
We haven't -
(notices Delaney; frowns)
Has she always snored like that?
GREG
(grins)
My point being, since you ushered
us three away out of earshot so you
could discuss whatever it is you're
discussing, that it's late and I'm
going to try and get some rest.
HUANG
Of course. You may use my room if
you wish. I still have much to
speak to your mother about.
KIRA
He doesn't like being reminded of
that.
Greg throws Kira a look. She shrugs.
KIRA (cont'd)
It's been almost a year and we
still haven't had that
conversation, Gregory. I rather
doubt we ever will.
GREG
(beat)
Good night, both.
He heads off into another room. Huang waits for the door to
close, then turns to Kira.
HUANG
There is the potential for great
love between you.
KIRA
Potential's all it's going to be
for a while yet. Technically, I
killed his mother.
HUANG
(grins)
Such tangled webs we lead.
KIRA
(rubs eyes)
I have a hard time keeping track of
everything myself...
HUANG
Do you wish to retire also?
KIRA
No, no. I've come all this way, may
as well bash everything out now
while you're in the mood to listen.
Who knows when that'll happen
again.
HUANG
You are not the only one to have
changed, Kira.
KIRA
Says the woman who used to speak
like a DJ!
HUANG
(shrugs)
Isolation has made me more...
careful with my words.
KIRA
You didn't have to be isolated, you
know. After the Coven were first
split up, you could have -
HUANG
(suddenly serious)
It was my only choice. My actions
to that point had left me no other
path.
(beat)
As did yours.
Kira shuts up, chewing her lip and trying not to bite back.
KIRA
I think I need more tea.
She rises, marching off into the kitchen. Huang looks across
to where Dade sleeps and smiles, before we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
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