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The Shroud of Rahmon Part 1 (Date) Written by: Jim Kouf |
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Teaser |
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INT. VIEWING ROOM - NIGHT TWO MEN. BROOMFIELD and TURLOCK. Looking through a window into another room. BROOMFIELD TURLOCK Broomfield, pissed, snorts at that. BROOMFIELD TURLOCK Broomfield (mildly pacified by that) and Turlock exit frame. INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT FROM A HIGH ANGLE WE LOOK DOWN AT A MAN SITTING HUNCHED OVER A TABLE IN A SMALL ROOM. From his posture we can tell he's tired, worn out from some great physical endeavor. Broomfield and Turlock enter, approach the table. Broomfield moves menacingly around to one side. Turlock pulls up the chair opposite the man. TURLOCK Nothing from the man. BROOMFIELD TURLOCK Broomfield looks to Turlock - "can I hit him now?"-Turlock shakes his head ever so slightly, watching the man. TURLOCK (cont'd) THE MAN'S VOICE The man at the table raises his head slowly. It's WESLEY. And he looks like he's had a very difficult night of it. And something about him seems slightly off center… WESLEY TURLOCK Beat. Wesley looks up. The despair on Wesley's face surprises even Turlock. PUSHING IN: WESLEY INT. DARK ROOM - NIGHT A DARK ROOM. SLOW MOTION of a WOMAN'S BODY DROPPING to the FLOOR. We don't see her face. BUT WE SUDDENLY SWITCH SPEED AS WE RUSH FORWARD TO - -- Angel. His face appears out of the shadows. He's FULL VAMP. And blood oozes down the side of his mouth. He has just feasted. END OF TEASER |
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Act One |
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INT. INTERROGATION ROOM WESLEY TURLOCK WESLEY BROOMFIELD WESLEY INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - LOBBY/RECEPTION - NIGHT CLOSE ON WESLEY - as he enter frame, sees something shocking. WESLEY REVERSE - CORDELIA is tidying up the office, getting ready to close for the evening. She sports an extremely cute new hair cut. CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA Wesley wears a sharp suit. WESLEY CORDELIA Cordelia covers a huge fake YAWN. Wesley glances upstairs, worried. WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY He doesn't move. CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA They look at each other. A beat. Wes stands - WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY Cordelia grabs her coat and hustles Wes toward the door. CORDELIA EXT. STREET - NIGHT It's dark. Angel, Gunn, and LESTER, Gunn's cousin, are meeting. Lester is cautious, nervous, doesn't want to be seen talking to anybody. LESTER GUNN LESTER ANGEL LESTER GUNN Beat. LESTER GUNN LESTER GUNN LESTER ANGEL LESTER ANGEL LESTER GUNN Lester produces a piece of paper, holds it down coolly by his side. Angel reaches for the paper, but Gunn takes if first. Angel looks down at his empty hand. ANGEL LESTER ANGEL LESTER ANGEL LESTER Angel starts to speak, but Gunn beats him to it. GUNN LESTER Les tries to hug Gunn. Turns to Angel, surprisingly friendly. LESTER (cont'd) Lester goes. Gunn turns to Angel. GUNN ANGEL GUNN ANGEL GUNN Gunn holds up the paper with the address. GUNN (cont'd) Angel grabs the paper from him. ANGEL GUNN ANGEL GUNN ANGEL GUNN ANGEL Angel gets in his car, drives off. Off Gunn, not happy with this turn of events. EXT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - NIGHT INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - ANGEL'S APARTMENT - NIGHT Dark, quiet. We HEAR MOVEMENT. Someone passes in front of us. Very close. We just get the shape… female… long blond hair. Oh shit, Darla's back. Door opens fast. The woman turns. Still don't see her face. Just her head turning suddenly… the shape of her body turning… and her blond hair swinging (MAYBE IN SLOW MOTION). This should be a bit on the sexy side. Then ON ANGEL: ANGEL But as the woman completes her turn, we discover it is in fact KATE LOCKLEY. Standing in Angel's apartment, holding some papers she's been rummaging through. KATE ANGEL Kate moves around Angel to look more thoroughly around the apartment. She shows no fear. KATE She looks at Angel, who deadpans her. KATE (cont'd) ANGEL Kate puts the papers aside, REVEALING a CROSS in one hand - the end sharpened into a STAKE. They eye one another. KATE ANGEL KATE ANGEL KATE ANGEL KATE ANGEL KATE Angel moves a little closer. ANGEL KATE ANGEL Suddenly Angel moves more quickly than she can react to. She tries to raise the cross, but he hast it out of her hand before she realizes it. He flings the cross - it IMBEDS ITSELF in the wall on the other side of the room. Thin wisps of smoke curl up from the wood. ANGEL (cont'd) Kate is suddenly a lot less sure of herself, feeling a very real threat from Angel, which she's never felt before. But Angel steps away from her. Kate hesitates, not wanting to show fear, but… she crosses to the door. Doesn't even look back. Angel watches her go. FLASH CUT: INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - LOBBY/RECEPTION - NIGHT Cordelia and Wes enter. Cor has cocktail sauce splashed all over the front of her dress - large, vivid red BLOTCHES. WESLEY Angel rounds the corner from the reception desk. ANGEL CORDELIA ANGEL WESLEY Cor shakes her head at both of them, moves out of sight, behind the Reception desk. WESLEY (cont'd) ANGEL CORDELIA (O.S.) WESLEY Cordelia appears behind reception, new clothes in hand. CORDELIA ANGEL WESLEY ANGEL CORDELIA (O.S.) ANGEL WESLEY ANGEL WESLEY ANGEL Cordelia's head pops over the reception desk (she's wearing a clean BLOUSE), her mouth open.
ANGEL CORDELIA ANGEL CORDELIA She disappears. Angel looks at Wes. WESLEY Angel gives him a look. Cordelia comes around the corner in a new outfit, barefoot and enthusiastic. CORDELIA ANGEL WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY ANGEL CORDELIA WESLEY They both look at Angel. ANGEL WESLEY CORDELIA ANGEL EXT. BUS - NIGHT A BUS flashes past, rolling down the highway. CLOSE ON BUS WHEELS moving fast. Something clinging to the underneath. This is JAY-DON. Colorful clothes, cool shades. EXT. BUS STATION - NIGHT It's late. A few buses lined up. Passengers departing. We PAN AROUND THE FRONT OR REAR of the bus and discover JAY-DON having just come out from under the driver's side of the bus. He's a natty dresser, loud colorful shirt, cool shades. ANGEL'S VOICE Jay-don turns. A little taken by surprise. Angel, his long black coat buttoned up to his neck like a nerd, is right there, playing the big fan. ANGEL JAY-DON ANGEL JAY-DON Angel immediately STAKES JAY-DON with his ratchet-stake. Jay-don starts to dust from the impact-point outward. Angel grabs the sunglasses from Jay-don's head just before they would have turned to dust. ANGEL Angel slips the shades on and starts unbuttoning his coat. We see a flash of bright color beneath it. ANGLE - THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE BUS As the last passengers gets off, head into the night. The DRIVER locks up the luggage compartment and moves away. In the shadows a man watches. This is MENLO. His subtle demon traits have been covered up with clothing, some facial hair, and cosmetics. He looks a little like an accident victim with bad plastic surgery. Menlo edges towards the bus, glancing underneath it. MENLO Angel in bright shirt, Jay-Don's shades (which he will wear some of the time but not all of the time), is right behind him. ANGEL Startled, Menlo turns. ANGEL (cont'd) MENLO ANGEL Angel is referring to Menlo's car, a crappy station wagon possibly with different color doors. MENLO ANGEL MENLO ANGEL EXT. THE HIDEOUT - NIGHT The station wagon blows in. INT. HIDEOUT - NIGHT A LARGE THUG-LIKE DEMON is looking out the window as the station wagon pulls up. His arms are heavily muscled. So is his neck. His name is VYASA. VYASA Now we see ANOTHER MAN, a human named BOB. Drinking from a bottle of cheap whiskey. Bob stops his nervous pacing and moves to the window, slipping the bottle onto the table. BOB VYASA Door opens. Menlo enters with Angel. Angel sizes up Bob (in his security guard uniform) and Vyasa as he walks in. ANGEL MENLO ANGEL VYASA ANGEL MENLO BOB MENLO ANGEL BOB MENLO ANGEL Just then a NOISE is heard outside. Menlo glances out the window, then moves toward the door. MENLO ANGEL Menlo opens the door, talking to someone we can't see. MENLO He steps back, letting GUNN walk inside. GUNN Gunn looks at Angel who is not pleased to see him there. GUNN (cont'd) Off Angel - BLACK OUT. END OF ACT ONE |
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Act Two |
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INT. HIDEOUT - NIGHT CLOSE ON A LAYOUT OF A BUILDING. Menlo is rolling out a BLUEPRINT of the museum on a table. We PULL BACK to find Menlo, Vyasa and Bob dealing with the blueprint, while Gunn and Angel stand apart from the group. Gunn is looking at something on the wall, Angel standing a bit in front of him - i.e. not looking at each other. ANGEL GUNN Menlo looks over at Angel and Gunn, suspicious. MENLO Gunn turns, pushes past Angel. GUNN Gunn and Angel join the rest of the gang over the table. GUNN (cont'd) MENLO GUNN Menlo points at the blueprint. MENLO Menlo runs his finger along the map, ending at a large room. MENLO (cont'd) BOB ANGEL GUNN MENLO ANGEL Menlo pulls out an ANCIENT WOODCUT ILLUSTRATION OF A BOX. MENLO VYASA BOB GUNN BOB ANGEL GUNN Angel turns to the others, nice smile. ANGEL Angel, his gaze on Menlo and the others, blind-sides Gunn with a sucker punch. Gunn caroms off a wall and Angel has his arm around Gunn's neck in an instant. ANGEL (cont'd) Angel has a stunned Gunn almost to the door when Menlo swings his TWO BIG NINE MILLIMETERS in his face. Vyasa moving up real fast on his other flank with a BIG STAKE. MENLO Angel hesitates. Gunn wrenches himself free. ANGEL MENLO GUNN MENLO VYASA Off Angel and Gunn. INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - LOBBY/RECEPTION - NIGHT Cordy is tapping away at the computer, searching a news database. Wesley is standing over her shoulder. CORDELIA WESLEY She moves the mouse, clicks on it. CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA As she's scanning the page, Wes looks at his watch. WESLEY CORDELIA Wesley looks at the screen. WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY EXT. STOCK SHOT MUSEUM - NIGHT EXT. MUSEUM LOADING DOCK - NIGHT HEADLIGHTS PULL DIRECTLY UP TO CAMERA, REVEALING A SECURITY GATE. The truck stops. Gunn leans out the window, cutting the lock. The gate opens. The truck pulls through. The TRUCK backs to a door. Gunn and Menlo step down from the cab. The back door slides open. Vyasa and Angel jump down from the back. They move quickly. Giving the impression that they are now a precision instrument of crime. Menlo, carrying a small bag, moves to the double doors. Checks his watch. MENLO Menlo reaches for the door. Angel steps in front of Gunn who's heading for the doors. ANGEL MENLO The others head in, Gunn and Angel following. GUNN ANGEL GUNN Without looking at Angel, Gunn hits him in the side of the head. GUNN (cont'd) Before Angel can respond, Gunn moves ahead, entering. AS THE MEN enter, WE HOLD ON THE LOCK, REVEALING the lock has been duct-taped open. INT. MUSEUM - FIRST FLOOR HALLWAY - NIGHT Menlo, Angel, Vyasa and Gunn move quickly down the hallway toward the ELEVATOR. Just as they arrive at the elevator a light blinks on and the bell chimes. The doors slide open, revealing Bob. Everything is working perfectly. They enter the elevator. INT. MUSEUM - ELEVATOR - NIGHT Bob inserts a key, punches the BASEMENT LEVEL. Angel glances at the others. Now, for the first time, he can see that the men are nervous. Vyasa is sweating. Menlo is clenching and unclenching one of his hands, staring at the doors. And Gunn is looking at Angel. But his expression is all business. Bob checks his watch. BOB INT. MUSEUM - BASEMENT FLOOR HALLWAY - NIGHT Elevator doors open. Bob leads the way down the hall to a locked door. He inserts a SECURITY CARD, punches in the code on the ALARM PAD on the wall. The alarm light turns from RED to GREEN. We HEAR FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING down the hallway. Bob nods to Menlo. Menlo pulls his gun. ANOTHER SECURITY GUARD appears around the corner behind them. The Security Guard is middle-aged with a paunch. This is EARL. Not too interested in his job. He stops when he sees the group ahead of him. SECURITY GUARD Menlo turns, one arm around Bob's neck. BOB The Security Guard suddenly realizes something is wrong. He goes for his gun as Vyasa looms up suddenly behind him. With one swing from his massive arm, Vyasa knocks the guard off his feet. The guard crashes against the wall. He slumps to the ground, out cold. Vyasa is just about to slam a fist down onto the guard's head, when Angel grabs his arm. ANGEL Vyasa turns angrily to Angel, ready to take him on. MENLO Menlo pulls a roll of duct tape from his satchel. Tosses it to Bob. Bob moves between Angel and Vyasa. BOB INT. MUSEUM - HALLWAY OUTSIDE OF VAULT - NIGHT They round the corner and come face to face with the VAULT DOOR. A large bank-like metal door. They stand staring at it for a moment. Menlo sets his bag on the floor, never taking his eyes off the vault. Angel watches Menlo. Menlo puts a hand on the vault door… almost as if he can feel the power of what's behind it. Each man looks as if he can hardly wait to rip it right off its hinges. VYASA CLOSE ON A DRILL BIT As it slowly digs into the vault door. Menlo is pushing hard on the drill. Sweating. He glances to Angel next to him. Nods. And Angel sprays lubricant around the drill bit. Angel glances at Gunn. Gunn is connecting wires to a small plunger. He looks back at Angel. Off their look. INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT SURVEILLANCE PHOTOGRAPHS are spread on a desk. In them, we recognize Menlo with Bob, in the middle of a discussion. The photographs were taken during the day in a parking lot. SURVEILLANCE COP ONE Now we see who is looking at the photographs - TWO PLAIN CLOTHES SURVEILLANCE COPS. We don't yet see who they're presenting the photographs to. SURVEILLANCE COP ONE (cont'd) The surveillance cop hands ANOTHER PHOTO to the person they're presenting their report to. SURVEILLANCE COP ONE (cont'd) We get a look at the next photograph. Outside the bus station at night. We recognize Menlo and… Angel. SURVEILLANCE COP ONE (cont'd) We PAN UP FROM THE PHOTO to REVEAL KATE. KATE INT. MUSEUM - HALLWAY OUTSIDE OF VAULT - NIGHT Menlo lifts a small vile of nitro, packed in cotton, from a styrofoam case. A small hole has been drilled into the vault door. He starts to insert the nitro into the hole. Gunn, Vyasa and Angel watch. Everybody getting tenser by the moment. VYASA GUNN Menlo carefully starts to insert the thin bottle into the drilled hole. VYASA MENLO The bottle slips from Menlo's hand - GUNN THE BOTTLE -- tumbles to the floor. And just before it hits -- A BOOT -- slides beneath it, catching it an inch off the floor. ANGEL carefully lifts his boot and takes hold of the bottle as the others stare at him. ANGEL Angel carefully inserts the bottle into the hole. Exchanges a look with Menlo. Bob comes running down the hall. BOB Everyone gives him a look as if they could kill him. BOB (cont'd) CLOSE ON A SMALL ELECTRIC PLUNGER As Menlo attaches the last wire. Everyone stands back. Menlo turns the plunger. AN EXPLOSION blows the lock off the vault door. INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - LOBBY - NIGHT CLOSE ON A WOODCUT PRINTING OF THE SHROUD OF RAHMON. WESLEY PULL BACK TO REVEAL Wes and Cordelia. WESLEY (cont'd) CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA Beat. CORDELIA (cont'd) Another beat. They both bolt out of frame. INT. MUSEUM - VAULT - NIGHT Vault door opens. Angel steps in, door closing behind him. The room is lit by an eerie light. The vault has several drawers, big and small on all sides. And in the middle of the room is the very large, coffin sized, box. Angel starts past the box toward the back of the room, but stops. Something pulling him. He looks toward the box. His EYES SUDDENLY START TO MORPH YELLOW… THEN REVERT TO NORMAL. Angel has felt something. But he's not sure what just happened to him… he continues toward the box… INT. MUSEUM - HALLWAY OUTSIDE OF VAULT - NIGHT Vyasa, Menlo, Gunn and Bob wait on the outside. But, they too, are feeling a little of the effects. Vyasa is breathing harder. Bob is fidgeting nervously. Menlo is staring at the vault door. And Gunn is watching the others, but he can't help but feel a heightening tension. BOB INT. MUSEUM - VAULT - NIGHT ANGEL'S MOVING P.O.V. AS HE APPROACHES THE BOX And now we see the glass window on top. Pushing in slowly to the window. And now, behind the THICK DISTORTED GLASS, we can see the DEMON FACE OF RAHMON on the death shroud… almost as if it's staring back at us. ANGEL Stares into the glass and he suddenly, uncontrollably, MORPHS INTO VAMP FACE. THEN HE SUDDENLY DE-VAMPS. He backs off, freaked - what the hell just happened to him? Off Angel, getting control of himself again. BLACK OUT. END OF ACT TWO Continue on to Part
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The Shroud of Rahmon Part 2 October 9, 2000 (BLUE) Written by: Jim Kouf |
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Act Three |
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INT. MUSEUM - VAULT - NIGHT Angel pulls back from the box and forces himself to the back of the vault. Opens the alarm door. INSIDE is a bunch of colored wires. Angel stares at the wires for a moment, then carefully reaches in as if he's about to perform delicate surgery, grabs the whole bunch of them and rips them out of the wall. INT. MUSEUM - HALLWAY OUTSIDE OF VAULT - NIGHT Menlo is staring up at a RED ALARM LIGHT above the door. It suddenly fades. MENLO Menlo reaches for the vault door - INT. MUSEUM - VAULT - NIGHT Gunn, Menlo, Vyasa and Bob enter the vault, where Angel stands at the back. They look at the large coffin-like box in the center of the room. Cast in an eerie light. GUNN VYASA ANGEL Vyasa turns on Angel, gets right up in his face. VYASA ANGEL Menlo gets quickly between Angel and Vyasa. MENLO BOB VYASA BOB They cross to the case, each man feeling the power seeping from its contents. We see the thick glass window at the top - and beneath it, the unholy FACEPRINT of the demon Rahmon on the shroud. The men stare. GUNN BOB MENLO All the men hunch over, grab a part of the case. Gunn is crouched next to Angel. ANGEL'S EYES START TO VAMP AGAIN AND THEN DE-VAMP. Gunn notices. GUNN ANGEL GUNN MENLO ANGEL MENLO GUNN MENLO As the men begin to heave - INT. MUSEUM - LOADING DOCK DOOR - NIGHT Cordelia and Wesley enter, eyeing the tape on the door. WESLEY As they get a few steps inside, they both feel lightheaded. WESLEY (cont'd) CORDELIA WESLEY They continue down the hallway. WESLEY (cont'd) They both chuckle a little at that and abruptly stop. WESLEY (cont'd) CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA Cordelia and Wesley take separate hallways. EXT. MUSEUM - NIGHT Kate's car pulls up next to the truck. Kate steps out. Pulling her gun. She moves to the museum door. Pulls it open. Sees the duct-taped lock. Looks inside. Then pulls her phone. INT. MUSEUM - NIGHT The gang carries the heavy case down the hallway. The men are strained physically and mentally. Everyone looking as if the rivets are ready to pop. Gunn's end is sagging. ANGEL GUNN VYASA GUNN MENLO BOB GUNN VYASA GUNN Gunn suddenly lets go of the case. Now it's off balance…Angel, Menlo, Bob and Vyasa try to hold it. BOB And now Angel has to let go as Gunn comes at him. The case starts to fall… MENLO Bob and Menlo can't keep the case from falling. VYASA Bob suddenly lets go and jumps out of the way as the box drops with a loud crash… the GLASS WINDOW CRACKING. WE HEAR A LOUD HISS suddenly escape from the box… almost like a faint scream. BOB INT. MUSEUM - NIGHT Kate moves down the hallway… The SOUND OF HER BREATHING becomes louder. Her FOOTSTEPS SEEM to ECHO. She stops, suddenly feeling a little dizzy… Something strange is going on. INT. MUSEUM - BASEMENT HALLWAY - NIGHT CLOSE ON GUNN, as he's SHOVED up against a wall by Angel. ANGEL GUNN ANGEL GUNN A small beat, then Angel lets go of Gunn, who (unseen to Angel) slips a hand inside his jacket or back pocket, finding a STAKE. WIDEN TO REVEAL Menlo, Bob, and Vyasa staring at the case on the floor. Bob is rocking on his heels, grinning with a manic glee. BOB MENLO VYASA As Angel looks over at Vyasa, Gunn lunges at Angel, stake upraised. Angel turns just in time to catch Gunn's wrist and twist the stake out of his hand. Gunn follows up with a left cross that sends Angel reeling. VYASA (cont'd) Angel comes back at Gunn, leveling a kick at his midsection that drops him to the floor. Vyasa cheers. VYASA (cont'd) CHH-CHING! Menlo cocks his gun. ANGLE ON Menlo, holding his 9-millimeter pointed at them. MENLO Gunn gets up off the floor, keeping a wary distance from Angel. Menlo pockets the gun, as Bob starts pulling ropes out of Menlo's case. |