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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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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. BOB Menlo grabs the ropes away from Bob, starts tying him up. BOB (cont'd) ANGEL Menlo finishes tying up Bob, staggers back to the case. MENLO Angel and Gunn move to the case, now on opposite sides. BOB Vyasa stares at Bob for a moment, cocking his head to one side like a dog. BOB (cont'd) Vyasa suddenly grabs Bob's head and (tastefully) rips it off his body. Vyasa stares at the head in his hand for a moment, then - VYASA INT. MUSEUM - NIGHT Kate continues down the hallway, gun in hand, stops suddenly as she HEARS RUNNING… Kate raises her weapon, not sure what to expect. And sees someone or something dart across the hallway in the shadows ahead of her. Kate aims, but the shadowy figure disappears into a room. Kate continues down the hallway… then hesitates… experiencing the strange feeling wash over her again. Suddenly there is a strange sound behind her. She spins quickly… both arms swinging around with the gun held between them… hitting someone, knocking them down as her gun goes off, EXPLOSION ECHOING down the museum hallway like thunder. Kate looks down at the person she just clobbered… It's Wesley. He looks up at her, a bit dazed. KATE WESLEY KATE WESLEY Kate stares at him in disbelief. She's beginning to feel like she's fallen down a rabbit hole. WESLEY (cont'd) KATE WESLEY We HEAR A SOUND across the hall. Kate turns, the sudden movement making her light-headed. She leans against the wall for support, then turns back to Wesley. Wesley is gone. Kate takes off down another hallway, passing the door to: INT. MUSEUM INDIAN ROOM - NIGHT Cordelia is standing in front of a display case, looking at her reflection in the glass. She's smiling that beautiful Cordelia smile at herself. She is like someone who is gently and thoroughly stoned. CORDELIA She leans in smiling wider still. She moves to another display: AN INDIAN PRINCESS mannequin. CORDELIA (cont'd) Cor slides a nice TURQUOISE necklace off the mannequin. INT. MUSEUM - FIRST FLOOR HALLWAY THE ELEVATOR DOORS SLIDE OPEN on Angel, Vyasa, Gunn and Menlo. Struggling to hold the box. They carry it into the hallway. Menlo suddenly starts to panic. MENLO Menlo suddenly lets go of the box. ANGEL MENLO Menlo goes back inside the elevator. He starts frantically wiping down the inside of the elevator. MENLO (cont'd) ANGEL Angel, Vyasa and Gunn struggle with the box down the hallway. INT. MUSEUM - FIRST FLOOR HALLWAY - NIGHT Angel, Vyasa and Gunn lurch around the corner with case. GUNN VYASA ANGEL GUNN Gunn suddenly drops his end, backing away, holding his head. Angel and Vyasa struggle to put the case down gently… it almost works… then THUMPS to the floor. Gunn backs against the wall. GUNN (cont'd) VYASA Vyasa grabs the box and tries to pick it up himself. Straining. Breathing hard. Angel approaches Gunn. ANGEL At which point Angel's EYES go YELLOW again. He stops in his tracks, fights against it, his eyes return to normal. We see a moment of clarity cross his features, he touches his face - ANGEL (cont'd) Suddenly Wesley runs toward him out of the shadows. WESLEY Angel turns to Wesley. Angel's EYES HAVE TURNED YELLOW AGAIN (off-screen). He's on the verge of vamping. WESLEY (cont'd) ANGEL WESLEY ANGEL WESLEY KATE'S VOICE Everyone turns, sees Kate step into the hallway… gun leveled at them. ANGEL Vyasa suddenly stands. VYASA As Vyasa starts to move toward her, Angel stops him. ANGEL Kate swings the gun back to Angel, who is advancing slowly. KATE ANGEL WESLEY Wes tries to come up around Angel, but Angel, never taking his eyes off Kate, hurls him into a wall, where we see him HIT HIS HEAD with a loud THUNK. As he sinks to the floor, we see Kate watching this with alarm. Then ON ANGEL - ANGEL He MORPHS. ANGEL (cont'd) Angel suddenly LUNGES at her. Kate starts shooting, but Angel is on her too fast. Grabbing her hard, ripping the shirt away from her neck. Wes, semi-conscious, looks up and sees - ANGEL -- sinks his teeth into Kate's neck. He holds her tight and drinks, sucking up her blood. She can't fight back. Her eyes staring up at him as his hands grip her hard. BLACK OUT. END OF ACT THREE |
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Act Four |
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INT. MUSEUM - NIGHT The door burst open and HALF A DOZEN POLICE in full Swat Gear enter, automatic weapons at the ready. Moving swiftly down the dark hall, their headlamps illuminating the way. INT. MUSEUM - NIGHT The Police move swiftly down the hall. Stopping at an intersecting hall. The LEAD OFFICER points for two down one hall, the rest to follow. They split up. INT. MUSEUM - FIRST FLOOR HALLWAY The two cops who split from the main group approach another intersecting hall. Stop to check it out before entering. THEIR P.O.V. OF A MAN AT THE END OF THE DARK HALL Leaning over a body. THE COPS Charge forward. COPS The man leaning over the body turns… and we realize it's Wesley. He looks like he's been through hell. He's still dazed and confused. WESLEY The cops move up to him, guns ready to kill. COPS And now we SEE THE BODY. It's almost pure white… drained of blood… Kate. Her gun beside her body. FIRST COP WESLEY FIRST COP EXT. HIDEOUT - NIGHT The truck roars up to the hideout, weaving recklessly. But it doesn't stop. It slams into an old BEATER CAR PARKED outside the building. INT. HIDEOUT - NIGHT Gunn, Menlo, Angel and Vyasa stagger in, pulling and pushing the case into the room. Angel laughs, almost giddy… from the taste and memory. They push the case into the middle of the room. Gunn collapses, wild-eyed, mumbling… GUNN Menlo drops to his knees, breathing hard… Vyasa stares down at the box. All of them are breathing hard, exhausted. Menlo rubbing the box with one hand. VYASA MENLO ANGEL MENLO Vyasa suddenly slams his fist into the glass. Shattering it. Hand bleeding orange… Grabbing the wooden lid and tearing it off. Vyasa hurls the lid across the room. GUNN And now everyone's attention is on the SHROUD out in the open for the first time. Right in the middle of everyone. And we can see the SHAPE OF THE BODY… the DEMONIC FACE and features of Rahmon. Nobody moves for a moment, staring at the shroud… as if they can't take their eyes off of it even if they wanted to. Gunn becomes deadly still. Vyasa starts hyperventilating. Menlo's face twists in pain, tears streaming from his eyes. MENLO Menlo reaches for the shroud. VYASA Menlo looks up at Vyasa. VYASA (cont'd) Vyasa slams a fist into his own chest. VYASA (cont'd) GUNN Angel steps forward. ANGEL Angel's EYES SUDDENLY VAMP. ANGEL (cont'd) It is now very apparent that they all want it for themselves. Each man suddenly looking at the others. But no one moves. Then suddenly they all reach for the shroud. FOUR SEPARATE HANDS Grabbing corners of the cloth. ANGLES OF EACH MAN looking at the others. Realizing they've all got a piece of it, but no one has control. Gunn looks at Menlo, then Angel (eyes no longer vamped). Menlo glares at Vyasa and Gunn. Vyasa stares at Menlo. Angel smiles, eyes wild, still on his blood high. ANGEL MENLO VYASA ANGEL GUNN ANGEL Angel tightens his grip on his corner, twisting the ancient cloth around his fist, reeling it in… His expression grows serious. We see suddenly how much Angel wants the shroud. With his free hand, Menlo pulls his gun. Vyasa kicks the box. It slams into Menlo. Gunn ducks the wild shot as Menlo hits the wall, the gun flies from his hand. Vyasa punches Angel hard, grabs the shroud and runs. Angel does something unbelievably cool, perhaps he leaps across the length of the room catching Vyasa on the run. He grabs one end of the shroud, quickly twists it around Vyasa's neck and spins him like a top, smashing his face into the wall. Vyasa loses his grip on the shroud. Gunn appears, grabs up the loose end of the shroud - tug o' war with Angel. VYASA Vyasa lunges for the shroud when… A gunshot thunders from Menlo's gun - Menlo fired from the floor. Having fired, Menlo slumps, head to the floor again, firing the shot was his last hoorah of consciousness. Vyasa wheels, already dead, a big bullet hole in his forehead, falls towards the shroud… they collapse in a heap - Angel on top of Vyasa on top of Gunn - Gunn and Angel still grasping the shroud. GUNN Angel runs his hand over part of the shroud. He tries to look cool, but his hand trembles. He locks eyes with Gunn, Vyasa's dead between them. ANGEL Gunn hesitates. Can he trust Angel? Should he give up the shroud? ANGEL (cont'd) Even pinned to the floor, Gunn can't let go of the shroud. Angel wrenches it from his grasp. Angel heads toward the door with the shroud, grabbing Bob's whiskey bottle from the table as he goes. EXT. HIDEOUT - NIGHT Angel steps outside, clutching the shroud to his chest, bottle dangling from one hand. He suddenly staggers, hits the porch railing… like a man suddenly overwhelmed by fatigue. He staggers down the steps. He throws the shroud to the ground. Almost overwhelmed by its power. He stares down at it… the face of RAHMON seeming to come alive off the cloth… Angel smashes the bottle onto the shroud. The liquid soaking into the cloth. Tries to strike a match… but it doesn't light… Then he fights the urge to vamp, struggling hard against the power of the shroud. He pulls himself back, strikes the match. THE MATCH FLAMES IN CLOSE-UP AND SLOW MOTION FROM THE SHROUD P.O.V. (AS IF RAHMON HIMSELF WERE LOOKING UP AT ANGEL) WE WATCH THE MATCH IN SLOW MOTION Tumble right toward us… with Angel in the b.g. The match strikes the shroud and it bursts into flames. And the IMAGE OF RAHMON suddenly seems to lift off the shroud as if the demon himself were rising from the dead. Angel is blown backward by a sudden blast of energy like the concussion from an explosion. And the Image of Rahmon suddenly dissipates into the smoke. AND CAMERA FOLLOWS THE LAST OF THE SMOKE as it rises into the night sky and is gone. WESLEY'S VOICE INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT Broomfield and Turlock are staring at Wesley… they've listened to everything. Wesley seems to have recovered from his most whacked out period. But he looks drained. And his suit is a bit of a mess. WESLEY Broomfield crosses slowly toward Wesley. BROOMFIELD WESLEY TURLOCK WESLEY TURLOCK Turlock grabs Wesley, hauls him to his feet. Spins him around, pulls the handcuffs from his belt, ready to snap them onto Wesley… WESLEY TURLOCK The door opens. Heads turn. Kate is in the doorway. Everyone surprised to see her. KATE She looks a little pale, but otherwise okay. She's wearing a coat. Wesley looks at Kate, a mixture of surprise and relief. Kate looks at Wesley. Her look stops him cold. INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT PAN ACROSS A DESK, past the usual clutter of papers and file folders and THE PHOTOGRAPH OF KATE'S DAD… CONTINUING to Kate standing at the window, looking into the night. Her hand moves onto her neck. HER FINGERS Gently touch the two marks on her neck. FLASHBACK - INT. MUSEUM - NIGHT - FLASHBACK Kate is backing away from Angel. Terrified. Firing her gun into him… but he keeps coming… his face in full vamp, looking as frightening as he's ever looked… And his hands grab her hard… her gun drops to the floor in SLOW MOTION. Angel sinks his fangs into her neck. She is jolted by the sudden pain, looking up at him scared. But suddenly he spins her around and now she can SEE BEHIND HER… WHERE SHE WAS STANDING… KATE'S P.O.V. OF MENLO Wild-eyed, aiming a gun right at Kate's back. Ready to kill her… but he slowly lowers his gun… apparently satisfied that Angel is taking care of her… Angel pulls his teeth from her neck. The look on his face revealing the mixture of repulsion… and pleasure. He moves his mouth closer to her ear… ANGEL Angel lets her drop from his hands. Kate is staring up at him… now realizing that only by biting her did he save her life. Her eyes slowly close as she slips into unconsciousness. INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT Back to Kate, as she lowers her fingers from her neck wound - her feelings about Angel intensified more by the fact that he attacked her, he drank blood from her and he saved her life. INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - LOBBY - DAY Cordelia is drinking coffee. Wesley looks better than the night before, except there is still a frazzled quality to him. Cordelia is wearing the necklace from the museum. WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY (beat) CORDELIA WESLEY They get up and exit frame, done for the day. After a beat the lights go out. EXT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - NIGHT (STOCK) INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - ANGEL'S APARTMENT - NIGHT Curtains drawn. Dark. We DISCOVER ANGEL… in the darkness, alone. Remembering what happened. Still shook up. He closes his eyes, trying to forget. INT. MUSEUM - NIGHT Angel sinks his fangs into Kate's neck as… CLOSE UP ON ANGEL'S HANDS Pulling her body tight against his. Holding her, needing her. BLACK OUT. THE END
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