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TEASER
FADE IN:
1 INT. CAVERN - NIGHT 1
A dozen or so torches flicker around the walls of the cavern,
illuminating the half a dozen figures stood in a circle
around a towering pillar of rock.
There is someone standing near the rock, not in the same
league as the people around him. He is hunched over the flat
slanted side, carefully doing something as the others chant
around him in some sort of ancient language.
The man in the centre is RONAN. He stands up and looks at the
other people in the cavern - their faces are all obscured by
hoods and ghostly white masks.
RONAN
What is it? What do you see?
The rest of the group speak together in one cool, emotionless
voice that is an even mixture of male and female.
GROUP
We see the cycle, the Gods living
and dying as mortals. It is
infinite, it is everlasting.
(beat)
Wait! There is more. We see the
end.
RONAN
The end? The end of the cycle?
GROUP
That and more. We see the return of
a great warrior. A solider being
called back to battle. But for her
to live the other must die.
Ronan moves slightly and we see that he's been carving into
the flat side of the rock. There are tiny symbols covering it
that don't make much sense.
RONAN
Who is returning and who must die?
GROUP
The shell must die. A shedding of
the old. All life is intertwined
and in her future we see great and
unspeakable evil. She shall return
to fight.
Ronan is carving frantically, trying to keep up with them.
Sweat drips down his face.
GROUP (cont'd)
A woman who has seen twenty three
springs shall fall. Her blood shall
be spilt in the place where she
toils, three rotations after
sunset. A Goddess who will be born
and die in fire.
The masked figures all raises their hands and they all begin
to drip with BLOOD. The blood falls to the dusty cavern floor
and forms a circle around them. The flames on the torches
begin to burn brighter.
RONAN
Who is it that you speak of? Name
them!
GROUP
Before her life can truly begin she
must rise from the ashes and be
reborn anew.
RONAN
Who!
GROUP
Avitra, the War Goddess.
Ronan nods, and as he continues carving, we cut to:
2 INT. MASTER RAJ'S PALACE - DAY 2
The room is small and round, the walls are decorated with
many different coloured scarves and wisps of incense hang in
the air. Right in the middle of the room is a table decorated
with a purple cloth, and in the middle of that is a crystal
ball.
On one side of the table is DEBBIE, she's in her early
twenties and looking nervous.
On the other side of the table is MASTER RAJ. He's wearing a
white turban and a red and gold coat. His eyes are closed.
DEBBIE
Can you see anything yet, Master
Raj?
RAJ
Patience child, the inner eye does
not see on command.
Master Raj speaks in a heavy Indian accent. He begins to HUM
and the suddenly opens his eyes.
RAJ (cont'd)
Ah! Now... do you have a loved one
who has passed? An elderly woman
perhaps?
DEBBIE
(gasps)
My Nana died a few years ago.
RAJ
(smiles)
She sends her love to you from the
other side and would like me to
tell you that she is at peace.
(beat)
I see a fantastic business
opportunity from you coming soon,
and you should take it. Is it true
you have come to a crossroads with
your career?
DEBBIE
I've just graduated from University
and I'm trying to figure out what
to do next.
RAJ
Yes, you should definitely take
this. It will bring you many
wonderful things, including your
true love.
DEBBIE
(eyes widen)
Really? Wow, that's amazing. You
see, I have a boyfriend but I'm not
sure if we're right for each other.
RAJ
The inner eye sees this. It can see
that you and he are not connected
and that you should seek out
another. However I am afraid our
reading is over.
(beat)
That will be sixty-five dollars and
ninety-nine cents please.
Debbie nods and reaches into her bag, pulling out her purse
and counting out the notes. She gives them to Master Raj and
smiles.
DEBBIE
Thank you so much!
RAJ
Good luck my child, go in peace!
Debbie leaves, and as soon as he hears the door close Raj
pulls the turban off his head and SIGHS.
RAJ (cont'd)
Like shooting fish in a barrel.
The Indian accent is gone. Raj is nothing but a con man. He
gets up and puts the notes in a blue tin under one of the
many cushions on the floor.
RAJ (cont'd)
It just gets easier and easier.
He smiles triumphantly to himself, wiping his hands down and
stretching out lazily.
He too busy counting his money and doesn't see a plume of
BLACK SMOKE enter the room behind him.
It hovers in the air, waiting - and then the smoke STREAKS
towards him and HITS him in the back!
As soon as it does, Raj SCREAMS and grabs his head, dropping
to his knees. His eyes have gone completely black.
Raj continues to scream and rolls around the floor as huge
red SCRATCHES appear on his face, drawing plenty of blood.
As quickly as it began, it's all over. Raj lies on the floor,
sweating and bleeding, as we cut to:
3 EXT. WAREHOUSE - DAY 3
Establishing shot.
4 INT. WAREHOUSE - NEXT 4
There's a huge and terrifying ROAR somewhere off screen
followed by thundering footsteps that seem to make the whole
ground shake.
There is a another ROAR, before LEO stomps onto screen, with
a bed sheet on his head and tied at the neck.
He stops stomping and roars loudly again, before turning to
APRIL and JAYNE who are watching from some chairs not far
away.
LEO
So then, the mighty monster stormed
into the village, crushing houses
and maiming the poor little
villagers.
As the camera pans out we see Leo has constructed a village
entirely of books and other various house hold items, its
rather impressive and for his destruction.
He suddenly drops to his knees and looks up to his invisible
foe.
LEO (cont'd)
(high pitched)
Please, Mr... Mr...
(to April)
What the hell is that thing called
again?
April looks down to consult a book spread open on her knee.
APRIL
The Ph... Pha... I don't know. I
can't pronounce it. It looks like a
squid slash dinosaur slash plant
though.
Leo thinks for a second ,then nods and resumes his role as
terrified female villager.
LEO
(high pitched again)
Please Mr. Beastie! Don't eat me!
I'm too young and pretty to die!
Leo then curls up in the fetal position, but seconds later he
jumps up onto his feet again - he's now the 'Beastie,' waving
his arms about to give the impression of a squid.
LEO (cont'd)
So the Beastie says, because all
Beasties can talk...
(loud and deep)
Ha ha! Puny earth creatures! I
squash you with my squid...
thingies! I savage your land, take
your women and your precious,
precious metals!
He gives another roar, unaware that GAYNOR and BEN have just
entered the warehouse directly behind him. Gaynor doesn't
look amused but Ben can't help grinning.
Leo kicks a few more 'houses' over for good measure before
stretching his arms out, the bed sheet fanning out like a
cape, and turns to Jayne.
LEO (cont'd)
Ah! A human woman! I shall take her
in my gigantic squid grip!
He rushes towards Jayne who gives a squeal and wraps the
sheet around her. Jayne giggles hysterically.
The chair falls back, and both Jayne and Leo tumble to the
floor. But neither seem to care, Leo is too busy pretending
to be a savage beast.
GAYNOR
(angrily)
What is going on here?
Leo quickly gets off Jayne and jumps to his feet. Jayne stays
on the floor, waiting for her giggles to subside.
BEN
(amused)
Aren't you a bit too old to be
playing dress up?
LEO
(nonchalant)
It's not 'dressing up.' If you must
know I was educating the women.
GAYNOR
How?
LEO
I was re-enacting the story of
Caleb and the dreaded... thing.
He goes to roar again and thinks better of it, instead
pointing to the book on the floor which Ben picks up.
GAYNOR
Clean this mess up, right now.
Drama class is over, it's time for
some serious work. You think after
what happened last week you'd all
be a little more focused!
APRIL
We were just having some fun,
Gaynor, relax.
Gaynor glares at them all angrily before stomping off into
the kitchen. Jayne gets to her feet and picks up the chair
while Leo gives a loud sigh.
LEO
My acting talents are so
unappreciated.
He notices Ben looking him up and down.
LEO (cont'd)
What?
BEN
Why are you wearing a sheet?
LEO
Dude, I'm a fierce and vicious
Beastie, I can wear what I want.
With that, he throws one of the loose sides over his shoulder
and across his chest before holding his head high and
stalking off in a dramatic fashion.
BLACK OUT:
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
5 INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY 5
The mess and destruction caused by Leo has been cleared up
and it looks like the Gods are heavily involved in an intense
training session.
Hand drawn targets have been stuck to the walls at various
points around the warehouse and Gaynor is shooting out
instructions, who should hit what when.
Jayne and April are going for it full steam, concentrating
hard and managing to hit a large number of the targets with
quiet a bit of force. They've improved greatly.
Leo, however is sitting on the floor watching, still wearing
his sheet, flicking his lighter on and off as he watches the
girls.
Gaynor looks down at him and rolls her eyes.
GAYNOR
Leo! The target above the stairs!
Now!
LEO
No can do, sweetheart, I'm not
training today.
GAYNOR
You've still got all your limbs
intact, so you really don't have a
legitimate excuse.
LEO
We've been blowing up targets all
week! It's boring! Can't we do
something else? Something fun?
GAYNOR
Yes, you can do something else.
(beat)
When your aim is perfect.
The hopeful expression beginning to form on Leo's face
quickly falls away.
GAYNOR (cont'd)
It's important, Leo, and you know
it. You were the one stressing to
everyone how important our mission
is just last week!
LEO
That was last week, I try not to
live in the past. Besides, if I had
known it would lead to seven days
of solid training I would have kept
my damn mouth shut!
GAYNOR
If I have to drag you up off your
lazy ass myself, you will practice
today.
LEO
All carnage and no play makes Leo a
dull boy, and I don't want to have
to get all 'Shining' on your asses.
GAYNOR
Play time is over. You were
stamping around earlier pretending
to be a monster, didn't that get
your slacking out of your system?
LEO
Apparently not.
He grins at her and Gaynor suppresses a scream of rage. She
can see that Leo is a lost cause and turns to watch Jayne and
April's progress.
All the targets around the warehouse are now either wet or
smoking, and Ben is running around trying to put out several
other small fires that Jayne has accidentally started.
GAYNOR
Alright, we'll try something else,
given the deficit of available
targets right now. You two have a
five minute break while I find
something else for you all to do.
She wanders off and the two girls sit down next to Leo.
LEO
You two make me sick. Especially
you, Jayne. I expect this goody two
shoes act off April, but not you.
I'm very disappointed.
JAYNE
As much as I hate to admit it,
she's right, Leo. We need to
all get serious about this. After
last week it's really hit home,
these are our lives now until the
end of time and whatever comes
after that.
APRIL
Especially since we only have three
months left until the Dark Gods
show.
JAYNE
And I can't imagine getting beaten
to a bloody pulp by a God is much
fun. Personally, I'd like to be
able to defend myself properly.
Jayne reaches out to take Leo's lighter, throwing it up in
the air and catching it again.
LEO
Hey, you girls know I get all that
'death is bad, living is good'
stuff, but do they have to make it
so rigid and boring?
JAYNE
Probably, the only fun those two
have is making us suffer.
Leo looks up to see what the two Keepers are up to. Gaynor is
pulling a large heavy box out from under some sheets and Ben
is standing near the kitchen staring into space. There's
something different about him, he looks pale and troubled.
Before Leo can comment on it, a shrill RING of a cell phone
echoes through the warehouse, Ben snaps out of his daze and
Gaynor leaves her box to race to answer it.
Jayne throws the lighter back to Leo and stands up, Leo looks
at her, only now aware that Jayne has been talking the whole
time and he missed what she was saying.
Now she's looking at him, waiting for an answer to a question
he didn't hear.
LEO
What?
April and Jayne share a look that says 'idiot' - they were
obviously making fun of him.
He has no time to catch up on all that he's missed, Gaynor
reappears, snapping her phone shut and pushing it into her
pocket.
GAYNOR
Come on, Leo, get up, we're going
out.
LEO
What? Why me?
GAYNOR
Because I haven't seen you move all
morning and I'm beginning to worry
that you've fused with the couch.
APRIL
(in a deep voice)
Forming a super god couch hybrid!
JAYNE
Determined to take over the world!
As usual, Gaynor does a good job of ignoring them both.
GAYNOR
We have to go check out a fortune
teller who lives a few miles away.
The Keepers think he may
have intercepted a message.
LEO
(raises eyebrow)
What sort of message?
GAYNOR
The sort of message we need to
hear. Now come on, get me the
yellow file over on the other
table.
Leo salutes her and leaps over the back of the sofa. He jogs
over to a table near the staircase, piled high with text
books and folders.
He groans and begins lifting things up, searching for
Gaynor's file. He spots it on the other side of the table and
leans over to grab it, only to have his elbow knock into a
pile of notebooks which fall to the floor.
LEO
Crap!
GAYNOR (O.S.)
Pick it up!
He mutters something under his breath, but doesn't argue with
her.
Leo begins throwing the books back on the table as quickly as
he can, not noticing or caring that several of them are
simply flying off the other end.
As he picks another one up to throw over his shoulder, a few
loose pages flutter out and land right in front of him.
He's about to gather them up and push them back in when
something catches his eye. A glossy A4 photograph of a rock
with symbols carved into it - the same one we saw earlier.
Frowning, Leo looks at it a little closer.
His attention is then drawn to the other piece of paper that
fell out, one filled with quickly scribbled notes. He only
manages to scan it quickly, but several words are underlined
in red.
He scans it very quickly, the word underlined several times
is 'JAYNE.' Leo grins to himself, recognizing Ben's hand
writing he glances over at him.
Seeing that Ben is otherwise occupied and not paying him any
attention he stuffs the notebook into his back pocket.
LEO
This should be interesting.
GAYNOR (O.S.)
Hurry up!
LEO
(quickly)
Coming!
He looks around, grabs the first yellow file he sees and
scrambles to his feet.
CUT TO:
6 EXT. MASTER RAJ'S PALACE - DAY 6
Leo's beaten up old car races around the corner. The tires
SQUEAL along the road as he brakes quickly, just in time to
save the car from crashing into a lamp post.
The passenger door flies open and Gaynor jumps out, stuck
somewhere between terror and fury. She still isn't use to his
driving style.
GAYNOR
(furious)
What the hell was that? You could
have gotten us killed!
Leo climbs out, as cool as ever, a cigarette already lit and
between his lips.
LEO
Correction, baby - you could have
died, and at worse I might have
gotten a really bad graze.
Gaynor looks as if she's going to explode, as if any moment
now steam will start pouring from her ears.
GAYNOR
I'm going to kill you! I really am
going to murder you! With all the
Gods as my witness, if you ever try
that again you will go through all
of the nine levels of hell before
I'm done with you! Got it?
Leo just waves her off, he obviously doesn't believe in her
threat.
LEO
Of course you are, sugar.
Gaynor turns towards the large stone building in front of
her. The winking neon eye in the window has been turned off
and the front door is slightly ajar.
GAYNOR
Come on, we've got work to do.
She straightens her jacket and makes her way towards the
door. Leo takes a drag of his cigarette.
LEO
Don't we always?
With that, he follows her into;
7 INT. MASTER RAJ'S PALACE - NEXT 7
Gaynor and Leo step through the front door, Gaynor trying to
be as quiet as possible, listening out for any noise and
looking for anything suspicious.
Master Raj stumbles out of a nearby door backwards, holding
an over flowing cardboard box and almost hitting Gaynor.
Gaynor doesn't seemed phased.
Raj looks her up and down with wide eyes before steadying
himself again.
RAJ
I'm sorry, but Master Raj's all
seeing eye has temporarily gone
blind. Try Madame Annabelle down
the road, she does fortune telling.
GAYNOR
I'm not here to have my fortune
told.
RAJ
Really?
(beat)
Well, all transactions are
final, you can't get your money
back just because you're unhappy
with what Master Raj told you,
lady!
LEO
Do you usually talk about yourself
in the third person?
This is the first time Raj has noticed Leo, and he eyes him
warily before setting his box on the floor. He doesn't look
anywhere near as impressive without all his fancy robes - he
just looks normal, like everyone else.
GAYNOR
You seem to be going somewhere in a
hurry.
RAJ
I'm leaving time, closing up shop
and moving on.
GAYNOR
Why?
RAJ
(suspicious)
Why should I tell you? Who are you,
anyway? Just some stranger who
comes into my house uninvited and
starts asking all these damn
questions!
GAYNOR
My name is Gaynor Rogers, and I
believe you have a message for me.
RAJ
I don't have any 'messages' for
anyone.
Raj gives an involuntary shudder and rubs his forehead.
Gaynor is watching him very carefully, while Leo is more
interested in the bizarre trinkets and talismans hanging on
the wall.
Raj bends back down to pick up the box and heads towards one
of the rooms off the hallway, but Gaynor steps in front of
him, blocking his path.
GAYNOR
Look, I don't have time to play
games with you. I know you saw
something, something you weren't
supposed to and that you've never
seen before, and I need to know
what it is.
Raj shakes his head, he is starting to sweat.
RAJ
I don't know what you're talking
about, now if you'll excuse me, I
have to go.
He tries to move again, but Gaynor isn't budging, she isn't
in the mood for his time wasting.
GAYNOR
I know you had a vision last week,
and it's very important that I know
what it is.
Raj ignores her and pushes past, but he doesn't get very far -
Leo is blocking the front door. Drawn up to full height he
cuts quite an imposing figure.
He slowly takes his cigarette out of his mouth and throws it
to the floor.
LEO
The lady is talking to you.
The two men stare at each other. Leo doesn't move, he doesn't
blink. It scares Raj, who is already in a fragile mental
state, and he turns back to Gaynor, breathing rapidly.
RAJ
(quickly)
I didn't hurt anyone! Not ever! I
just told them the same old thing,
that someone they loved would die,
that they would win money, you know
the kind of stuff that happens to
anyone.
I was a fraud, but no one cared,
and I was happy being that way. I
never wanted to have the
gift for real
He lowers his head and drops the box. More talismans fall
out, even a 'crystal ball' that seems to be made of plastic
as it rolls across the floor and stops near the stairs.
RAJ (cont'd)
I never believed anyone who said
that they really did have the gift,
that they had visions. Then I got
one.
GAYNOR
Last week?
RAJ
(nods)
I saw them, I saw what they're
going to do. I could actually...
taste it!
LEO
Taste what?
RAJ
Blood, lots of blood. They're going
to kill millions of people. There's
going to be rivers of blood in the
streets.
Leo wrinkles his face up in disgust - the conversation just
got a little too graphic for him, but Gaynor is listening
intently.
GAYNOR
Then what? What else?
RAJ
They said that, 'they' were coming.
GAYNOR
(frustrated)
We already know that!
RAJ
Then you should run as far away as
you possibly can, now!
GAYNOR
I can't do that. What else, Raj?
They gave you a message, a message
for someone like me. What was it?
Raj sinks to the floor and hugs his knees to his chest.
RAJ
(distant)
I can still see it, I can still see
everything... bodies everywhere,
and they're loving it... bhey're so
dark, I can feel it. I couldn't
before, but now I can. I can feel
the dark... it's close.
(beat)
No, wait, that wasn't it. It wasn't
that they're coming.
Gaynor kneels down next to him and Raj lowers his head. She
puts a hand on his shoulder.
GAYNOR
What was it?
RAJ
It was, they're already here.
Leo and Gaynor share a concerned look. They do not like the
sound of that.
GAYNOR
Is there more?
RAJ
Yes.
GAYNOR
Go on.
Leo is frowning, he doesn't like the whole situation. The
house, Raj or his weird necklaces and pendants.
RAJ
No, it's all bad. I don't want to,
I don't want to say it.
GAYNOR
You have to. What is it? What is it
they want to say?
Raj mutters something inaudible and Gaynor leans in closer to
hear him.
GAYNOR (cont'd)
What is it?
He snaps his head up - and his whole face has changed! His
eyes are glowing a bright blue, his teeth are jagged like
fangs, his skin is blotted with bright red patches and his
voice has taken on a demonic growl.
RAJ
They say you will all die!
Gaynor recoils, and Raj SPRINGS forward, barging past her and
going straight for Leo! He just has time to YELP in alarm as
we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT ONE
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