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[previous | bottom] ACT TWO
FADE IN:
8 INT. MASTER RAJ'S PALACE - DAY 8
We jump right back into the scene as the newly deformed Raj
jumps before Leo, wrapping his hands around his neck and
knocking him to the floor, desperately trying to choke the
life out of him.
Leo can't do anything, Raj's knees are pinning his elbows to
the floor and his legs just kick out helplessly.
RAJ
(snarling)
You Gods shall not live long enough
to fight the Dark Masters!
GAYNOR (O.S.)
Wanna bet?
Raj turns his head and is instantly met by a thunderous SMACK
in the face as Gaynor swings something heavy and wooden at
him, sending him flying off Leo.
Leo is quickly on his feet, rubbing his neck as Raj circles
Gaynor.
RAJ
They have very special plans for
you. I yearn to see it all!
GAYNOR
Shame you won't be around that
long.
She swings again, but this time Raj GRABS it. Gaynor KICKS
him hard in the stomach and he stumbles backwards, right into
Leo.
Leo grabs Raj in a reverse headlock that he quickly manages
to scramble out of, before dropping to the floor and taking
Leo's legs out from under him.
Gaynor attempts to attack again, but Raj is ready this time.
He grabs her weapon with both hands and pulls it from her,
smacking her hard in the temple and sending her crashing to
the floor.
Raj turns back to Leo who is still on the floor and sits on
his chest. He snarls at Leo.
RAJ
You are nothing! They, nor I, fear
you!
Raj grabs Leo's throat once more, squeezing with all his
might as Leo desperately tries to search the floor around him
for something, anything to help him.
His hand comes into contact with the wall and an electrical
socket. As Leo's eyes widen and his battle for breath becomes
even more urgent, his fingers make contact with the inside of
the socket.
There's a loud CRACK, and in slow motion we see large
strands of blue ELECTRICITY shoot out of the socket and up
Leo's arm.
Once the strands reach his throat we speed up again as they
leap to Raj.
The electricity hits him, and he lets go of Leo as he begins
to CONVULSE and smoke as the shock takes hold of his body.
On the other side of the hallway, Gaynor is sitting up,
holding her head with one hand and watching the whole thing.
Raj stops shaking, and with a WHIMPER he collapses to the
floor. Leo scrambles to his feet and looks down at the body.
For a moment no one speaks.
LEO
Now that is a kick ass power!
(to Gaynor)
Did you see that? All I did was
touch the socket, then bam!
Kentucky Fried Raj!
GAYNOR
Looks like a new stage of your
power. You should be proud.
LEO
Oh, I am! But what the hell was
that all about? Didn't he have a
vision at all? Was it just a trick?
GAYNOR
I doubt it. People with a real gift
for seeing the future get their
visions from the energy around
them. They tap into it and it gives
them the ability to see things. But
if Raj's vision, whatever it was,
was sent by the Dark Gods it was
dark energy and it warped him,
turned him into one of them.
LEO
Like one of those hybrids on the
street?
GAYNOR
Exactly.
LEO
(sighs)
Well that was a huge waste of time.
GAYNOR
No it wasn't.
LEO
We didn't learn anything new, did
we?
GAYNOR
Weren't you listening? Raj said
they're already here, and we know
that they're thinking big.
LEO
(sarcastic)
Gee, and here was me thinking the
fate of the free world would be
settled by a two-man slapping
contest. Didn't we know that all
along?
GAYNOR
At least now we know for sure.
Leo rolls his eyes, but Gaynor stares darkly down at the
Raj's body before we cut to:
9 INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY 9
The targets have all been taken down off the wall, and April
and Jayne are sitting around the table apparently reading.
April seems immersed but Jayne is flipping through the pages
quickly, only stopping to look at the pictures.
APRIL
You know, at one point the Dark
gods were as widely worshipped as
us? There were temples and
monuments built in their honour,
and every month the followers of
Locas, the Dark God of Death, would
sacrifice twelve virgins in his
name.
Jayne wrinkles her nose in disgust.
JAYNE
That's gross. I hope no one was
sacrificed to me.
(shouting)
Hey, Ben! Was anyone ever
sacrificed to me?
He wanders on screen and Jayne shuts her book, bored now.
BEN
No, but people would leave you
gifts in temples before they went
to war.
JAYNE
(hopeful)
Are we talking Cartier earrings and
an iPhone here?
BEN
Weapons mostly, the prized sword of
the villages best warrior, arrows
and axes, that sort of thing.
JAYNE
Not as pretty, but practical. I can
live with that. They could come in
handy - I'm sure the Dark Gods
would be a little less eager to
mess with me if I had a big ass
axe.
BEN
You don't need an axe, your powers
will be good enough.
JAYNE
Yeah, but I'd still feel better if
I had me an axe. I could give it a
name and everything.
APRIL
Like what?
JAYNE
Oh, I dunno... 'Skullsplitter' or
something. Get some wargaming nerd
to pick me out a name to strike
fear into the hearts of my enemies
and stuff.
Ben smiles, and the door to the warehouse opens as Gaynor and
Leo return.
LEO
I got me a new power!
GAYNOR
(wearily)
It's not a new power, it's just a
new stage of your power.
She sounds as if she's explained this several times on the
ride home.
JAYNE
Why? What did you do?
Leo nosily pulls a chair up next to Jayne and April and
happily re-tells his story.
LEO
This Master Raj guy was attacking
me, and...
BEN
(interrupting)
Raj attacked you? Why?
LEO
... he'd already knocked Gaynor out
cold, when...
APRIL
Gaynor, are you alright?
LEO
... he was choking me and I was
looking for a weapon, when...
JAYNE
(to Ben)
See, we do need weapons, I told you
that -
LEO
(angrily)
People! Focus please! This is Leo
Time!
He eyes everyone, who all promptly shut up. Satisfied that
he'll no longer be interrupted, he continues.
LEO (cont'd)
Thank you. As I was saying, this
dude was trying to kill me when my
hand just happened to brush a wall
socket and then, woosh! All this
electricity ran right through me
and zapped him!
He grins widely. There's a beat.
JAYNE
I did that once. Twice, actually.
Leo gives her a dark look.
LEO
Thunder begins stolen, Jayne! Can't
I have anything to myself?
BEN
Jayne's was a self defence thing,
she probably can't do it anymore.
Your ability to harvest and control
electricity is part of your power.
LEO
Ben, how did you manage to make
something so cool sound so boring?
(beat)
I'm going to go see if I can do it
again!
And with that, he runs off like an excited child in search of
a socket.
BEN
So what happened with Raj?
GAYNOR
Dark vision, dark energy. It was
too late, we didn't get much out of
him, except he did say that they
were already here.
JAYNE
'They' who?
GAYNOR
I assume he meant that Dark Gods.
APRIL
Not that we'll know for sure, he's
dead thanks to Mr. Glorified bug
zapper over there.
JAYNE
Yeah, that isn't fair that I can't
do the whole electricity thing
anymore.
BEN
(patronizing)
You have plenty of good powers,
Jayne.
GAYNOR
If you're going to complain, we
could always do some more target
practice?
Jayne shakes her head and folds her arms across her chest.
JAYNE
I think I'm good.
GAYNOR
It wasn't choice.
JAYNE
But Ben said...
She doesn't get very far with her protests, Gaynor grabs her
by the arm and hauls her to her feet.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the warehouse, Leo is on his
hands and knees crawling up the length of the wall searching
for an electrical socket.
LEO
When was this place built, the
middle ages? Where the hell is a
socket when you need one?
He reaches round to scratch at his ass, pausing as he feels
something there, before he reaches into his back pocket and
pulls out Ben's notebook. From the look on his face, Leo
forgot it was there.
Leo smiles to himself.
LEO (cont'd)
Silly Benjy, leaving his dear diary
lying around for anyone to find.
This should be good.
He looks around quickly, making sure he's alone, before
sitting down and opening it up.
LEO (cont'd)
(reading)
After much research and
deliberation, we have all agreed
that Avitra, the War Goddess has
reincarnated herself as a local
woman, Jayne Woods.
Leo pauses and frowns, this doesn't feel right, something
doesn't fit. He flips a few pages.
LEO (cont'd)
After consulting the prophecy and
several translators, the exact date
and time of her death can be
predicted. As the prophecy mentions
a place of toil, I have concluded
that it will take place in the
restaurant where Jayne works,
between eight and eight-fifteen.
INTERCUT WITH:
10 INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT 10
As Leo reading is heard as a voice over, we flash back to the
night Jayne died. We see her taking an order, blissfully
unaware of the man creeping up behind her.
LEO (V.O.)
Having watched and observed her for
many months now, I can only
conclude that the transition will
be hard for her. However, the main
concern is her death and how it
will affect her later on.
The man grabs Jayne, and before she has a chance to even
register it he sinks his teeth into her neck and she lets out
a huge SCREAM, only we don't hear it.
LEO (V.O.) (cont'd)
It will not be a natural death, it
will be bloody and violent and we
are not sure how she will cope.
The man brings his head up, blood dripping from his face as
he swallows something. He lets go of Jayne and runs off, and
she drops to the floor in slow motion.
LEO (V.O.) (cont'd)
One thing is sure, Jayne Woods will
die, just as it's been written.
Jayne jolts and twitches, but begins to stop, her life
quickly slipping away. As the camera zooms in on her
unblinking eye we;
DISSOLVE TO:
11 INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY 11
Leo closes the book, the shock of what he's just read is
written all over his face. He slowly shakes his head - he
doesn't want to believe it.
LEO
(quietly)
No, not Ben. He wouldn't have done
that, not to Jayne.
JAYNE (O.S.)
You know, talking to yourself is
the first sign of madness.
Leo slowly looks up at her. His expression doesn't change,
and Jayne frowns.
LEO
Jayne...
JAYNE
Answering yourself is the second.
What are you doing sitting back
here?
(seeing the notebook)
What's that?
He stands up and tries to shove it into his pocket.
LEO
(quickly)
It's nothing. Really. Hey, do I
smell pie?
But Jayne is interested now.
JAYNE
Come on, Leo! What is it? Your
first novel? A love letter? Oh!
Your diary!
(mimicking Leo)
Dear Diary, today I was an ass.
(normal again)
Let me see it!
She tries to wrestle him for it, Jayne is playing, Leo is
serious, holding onto the notebook for dear life. He really
doesn't want Jayne to see it.
Eventually she pulls it from him, and jumps back so she can
look through it.
JAYNE (cont'd)
Seriously, what is it?
LEO
Jayne! Don't read it!
His tone surprised Jayne, the playful expression disappears,
she looks worried.
JAYNE
Leo, what's wrong? Why are you
getting so serious over a few diary
entries? Ew, is it dirty? You have
a crush on Gaynor, don't you? Dude,
that is just wrong.
LEO
It's not mine, it's... it's Ben's.
JAYNE
(wicked smile)
Even better.
She perches herself on the edge of the table and starts to
open it.
JAYNE (cont'd)
Let's see just what's going on in
Mr. Chandler's head.
LEO
Jayne, baby, please. I'm begging
you, don't read it.
JAYNE
(smile fades)
Why?
LEO
Just don't.
JAYNE
Leo, you can't just tell me not to
read it for no good reason. What's
wrong? Why are you so spooked?
Leo doesn't know what to do, he's struggling with what to say
to her, if he should cause a distraction, anything just to
get her attention so he can grab it.
But there's nothing, and Leo sighs heavily. He knows this is
going to be bad and that now, there is no way to avoid it.
LEO
It's Ben's book, all his notes on
the prophecies and stuff about us.
(pause)
Jayne... he knew.
JAYNE
Knew what?
LEO
Everything. Everything about you.
He'd worked it all out, who you
where, what you would become, Ben
knew it all, even....
He trails off, trying to gauge Jayne's reaction but her
expression is neutral right now.
LEO (cont'd)
Ben knew you were going to die. And
he let it happen.
And on Jayne's shocked look, we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
12 INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY 12
Leo and Jayne are standing perfectly still. Leo is waiting
for Jayne to do or say something, but she just stares at him,
still holding the notebook.
After a moment, Leo can no longer stand the silence. He
reaches out to touch her arm.
LEO
Jayne, honey...
But before he can do anything, the book in Jayne's hand
bursts into FLAMES, and the ashen remains filter to the
floor. Jayne turns on her heel and storms away towards Ben,
with Leo right behind her.
LEO (cont'd)
Jayne! Stop!
Leo's shouting grabs the others' attention and they all turn
to see the two heading towards them.
Jayne's neutral expression is gone, replaced by a pure hatred
that shines in her eyes. SPARKS are flying off her, and every
step and swing of her arms sends flames shooting up her arms
and legs.
GAYNOR
What's going on?
No one answers, Leo can't and Jayne won't. She only stops
when she is standing right in front of Ben. He looks to Leo
for some assistance, but doesn't get any.
BEN
Jayne, what's the matter?
Without a word, Jayne GRABS him by the throat and with
amazing strength THROWS him across the room, where he CRASHES
into the kitchen table.
April jumps back with a yelp, but Gaynor quickly snaps out of
her amazement.
GAYNOR
Jayne! What the hell are you doing?
LEO
Gaynor, for your own safety, I'd
stay out of this if I were you.
GAYNOR
(ignoring him)
Jayne! I'm talking to you!
She reaches out to grab Jayne's arm, but she just SWATS
Gaynor away like a fly. She doesn't even look at her as she
sails across the warehouse.
Instead, she glares at Ben as he slowly gets to his feet.
JAYNE
You bastard! How could you do that
to me? How could you just let that
happen to me, when you knew
everything?
It dawns on Ben exactly what she's talking about. He opens
his mouth to speak but nothing comes out.
APRIL
Knew what?
(To Leo)
What is she talking about?
JAYNE
Tell her, Ben. Tell her what your
Keeper supreme act taught you. How
you were so well trained and
researched that you knew evey
single little detail about me.
April stares at Ben, waiting, but he doesn't speak. Jayne
springs forward and grabs hold of the front of his shirt,
shaking him.
JAYNE (cont'd)
(shouting)
Tell her!
BEN
Jayne... please...
She punches him hard in the jaw and pushes him back against a
several boxes which topple over and crash to the floor.
JAYNE
I said tell her!
Ben wipes away a small trickle of blood from the corner of
his mouth, his eyes never moving off Jayne.
BEN
I knew that Jayne was going to die.
April's expression is very similar to Leo's when he found
out.
APRIL
(slowly)
You knew she was going to die...
and did nothing about it?
BEN
(quietly)
It's not like that.
JAYNE
Oh, so I've got everything wrong,
have I? Leo saw your little
notebook, it was all written down
in black and white!
BEN
Please...
His plea is met by a FIREBALL that luckily fizzles out before
it gets near him.
JAYNE
I think that I'll be the one doing
to talking, you've got some
questions to answer.
Jayne drags Ben up by his arm and stands right in front of
him, arms and legs still ablaze.
JAYNE (cont'd)
Did you, or did you not, know who
was long before we met?
BEN
(quickly)
I... it's not -
JAYNE
I'll take that as a 'yes.' Did you
also know that I was going to die,
yet did nothing about it and left
me to become a meal for some
psychotic stranger?
There's silence, everyone is looking at Ben. Gaynor is only
just managing to compose herself after Jayne's hit.
JAYNE (cont'd)
I have to say, your silence isn't
exactly reassuring.
Without warning, she hurls another FIREBALL at Ben. He ducks
out of the way, and Jayne rears back and KICKS him hard in
the legs.
JAYNE (cont'd)
Dying wasn't on my list of 'things
to do' that day! Or any day for the
next fifty years! You could have
stopped it, you had the power to
save me and you just left me!
BEN
(yells)
I had to!
JAYNE
Then I guess that makes you an
accessory to the whole thing,
doesn't it?
Ben pushes back, trying to put some distance between him and
Jayne.
JAYNE (cont'd)
It might as well have been you
taking a chunk out of me.
BEN
I knew, alright? You're right, I
knew! I'd researched the whole
thing and I worked out it was you,
so I watched you for months. But if
you hadn't died, you wouldn't have
become a Goddess, and we needed
you!
JAYNE
That was my life, Ben! It wasn't
your choice if it should be taken
away from me or not!
GAYNOR
It was for the greater good, Jayne.
Jayne slowly turns to face Gaynor, a dark look on her face
unlike anything ever seen before.
JAYNE
Did you know about this too?
GAYNOR
No. But Ben made the right choice.
You're a Goddess, you are meant to
be here now, no matter what the
cost.
JAYNE
So you think that his decision to
let me bleed to death on a dirty
floor was the right one?
GAYNOR
(beat)
Yes. I do.
Leo covers his face with his hands and shakes his head. He
knows that whatever happens next, it's going to be bad.
LEO
I really wish you hadn't said that.
JAYNE
It's alright, Leo, Gaynor is
entitled to her opinion.
Suddenly one of the chairs right behind Gaynor bursts into
FLAMES. April and Leo jump back, but Gaynor stands firm.
JAYNE (cont'd)
Just happens to be the wrong one.
GAYNOR
There is nothing you can do about
it now, Jayne. You died, you became
a Goddess. End of story.
JAYNE
No! Not 'end of story'! I could be
living my life, and I would be if
Ben had done the right thing and
saved me!
GAYNOR
He did the right thing!
Jayne SCREAMS loudly and waves her arm, no fire this time,
just an invisible force that knocks Gaynor off her feet and
sends her flying across the length of the warehouse once
again, where she lands in almost the exact same spot as
before.
JAYNE
This has nothing to do with you!
She turns her attention back to Ben. He's on his feet now and
looking at Jayne.
JAYNE (cont'd)
Is that your excuse? That you had
to let me die?
(shouts)
Is that it?
BEN
That's all I can say because it's
the truth.
(pause)
Jayne, I watched you, I got to know
you and believe me when I say it
was the hardest decision I ever had
to make to let you die that night.
Before it even happened I was
mourning for you. I'm... I'm sorry.
JAYNE
(in disbelief)
You're 'sorry'? Sorry!
The flames on Jayne blaze fiercely, and she takes a menacing
step towards Ben.
JAYNE (cont'd)
You think that saying sorry will
make it all better? You're a liar!
You were supposed to protect me,and
when it really mattered, you did
nothing!
BEN
It took me months to decide. It
wasn't like flipping a coin and
deciding that I should leave you!
It kept me awake every night! It
nearly destroyed me!
JAYNE
And yet you still did it. You still
lived with me for three whole
months, and managed to act like
nothing ever happened!
The kitchen table goes up in flames.
APRIL
Jayne! Please stop it! You're
scaring me!
JAYNE
It's not you I want to scare.
(To Ben)
You're the one who killed me, not
the other guy.
BEN
Please... don't say that. The man
who killed you, his name is Daniel
Mallory, he owns a big business
here in the city.
JAYNE
Well you just know everything don't
you?
BEN
It's not how you think!
JAYNE
Funny, I don't see it that way.
She's right in Ben's face now. He looks scared but is trying
hard not to show it.
JAYNE (cont'd)
Want to know what it's like to have
your life in someone else's hands?
LEO
Okay! I think you've made enough of
a point here, Jayne!
Leo grabs Jayne by the arms, his hands just slipping right
through the flames as he pulls her away.
LEO (cont'd)
(stern)
Maybe you should go outside with
April, huh?
JAYNE
You think five minutes out in the
fresh air is going to make a
difference? Let go of me!
She pulls away from his grip and turns to face the others.
April is crouched near Gaynor on the other side of the
warehouse, a cut of her forehead is bleeding badly.
LEO
No, I don't. But maybe it'll help
you turn off the gas a little
before the whole place burns to the
ground!
JAYNE
Who the hell are you to tell me
what to do?
LEO
I'm trying to help you.
JAYNE
You? Trying to help me? Don't make
me laugh, Leo! You're pathetic, you
can't help yourself. What are you
going to do for me?
LEO
Hey! I'm on your side!
JAYNE
What a way to show it.
LEO
Outside, now!
He grabs her arm again, but his time Jayne grabs him by the
elbow and with a casual flick hauls him off his feet and in
the direction of the stairs.
He makes contact with the metal staircase with an enormous
thud. April screams and gets to her feet.
APRIL
Leo!
She races towards him, but quick as a cat, Jayne blocks her
path.
JAYNE
Whats the matter, April? You on his
side to?
She motions towards Ben who looks frozen to the spot.
April stands up straight and squares her shoulders, adopting
the same faux confidence she first did with Robert.
APRIL
You know it's not like that.
JAYNE
Then what is it like, huh?
APRIL
How about you calm down and talk?
JAYNE
To you? What could you, anyone of
you, possibly understand about
this? I'm the only one who died,
remember?
APRIL
We all lost something or someone.
JAYNE
Boo-hoo. Poor April lost her
precious boyfriend. I bet he's
replaced you already.
From the look on April's face, it seems as if she desperately
wants to hit Jayne and it's taking all her might to resist.
APRIL
You don't mean that.
JAYNE
Don't I?
With a groan off screen signalling that Leo is coming to,
April glances over at him and Jayne takes this opportunity to
roundhouse kick her in the face, with a level of skill no one
in the warehouse has seen from her before.
April's head whips to one side and she falls into one of the
boxes.
JAYNE (cont'd)
Stay out of my way, all of you.
She strides over towards Ben, he tries to move away but
there's nowhere left to run. She has him cornered.
JAYNE (cont'd)
You took my life away from
me, and not just in the 'Hey,
you're a Goddess!' sort of way.
We're talking in every way
imaginable. Because of your
actions, because of your choice,
I stopped breathing, my heart
stopped beating, and I stopped
being me. You picked between life
and death for someone, and these
are the consequences.
She fires another massive fireball at him, sending it
deliberately wide, just to give him a scare.
JAYNE (cont'd)
Enough game playing.
The flames on Jayne's body suddenly die down, and for a
second everything in the warehouse is still and silent.
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