Blade: Trinity Page #16

ABIGAIL:

Bottom line is, we need a better DNA

sample to work with.

(beat)

We need Dracula's blood.

SOMMERFIELD:

Vampire DNA is a hodge-podge of different

genes, mixed in with all sorts of useless

junk DNA. Because Dracula's the

progenitor of the vampire race, his DNA is

still pure. It hasn't been diluted by a

hundred generations of selective mutation.

It still has all the necessary cellular

compounds for the virus to code to. We

get his blood, we can boost Daystar's

viral efficacy to a hundred percent.

KING:

So. You want to join our club? Can we

sign you up for a Nightstalkers secret

decoder ring?

CUT TO:

EXT. PHOENIX TOWERS - DAY

Establishing. The Sun at it's zenith

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - DRAKE'S QUARTERS - DAY

A darkened room, relatively austere. The only source of light

are a series of small, slitted skylights in the ceiling above.

From these skylights, narrow, blinding white shafts of

sunlight knife downward to penetrate the gloom.

DRAKE:

sits in a chair, his body partially illuminated by one of the

sunlight shafts, his face turned upward into its brilliance.

FOOTSTEPS. Drake opens his eyes, SEES Danica hovering in the

darkness, just on the edge of a shaft of light.

DRAKE:

This world sickens me. The humans have

soiled it with their filth.

DANICA:

We can raze their cities to the ground.

We can bring the old world back.

Drake just stares at her, not convinced.

DRAKE:

Come closer.

DANICA:

(re:
light)

I can't.

DRAKE:

And do you know why?

(off Danica's silence)

Once, all of my kind could brave the day.

We were true predators. The world was

ours. And then, somewhere along the way,

the purity of our bloodline became

diluted. Polluted with human DNA.

DANICA:

That's impossible --

DRAKE:

Is it?

Drake stands, drawing close to Danica. He grips her wrist --

DRAKE:

You are bastard children. No longer as

pure as you pride yourselves on being.

-- and pulls her hand towards one of the sunlight shafts. To

her credit, Danica keeps staring at Drake. She'll be damned

if she will give him the satisfaction of seeing her break.

Drake pulls her hand closer to the light -- to the very edge.

And the tips of Danica's fingers begin to burn. She winces,

clearly in agony --

-- and Drake releases her hand. She cradles it against her

chest, blinking away tears that have welled up in her eyes.

DRAKE:

My people. How far you have fallen.

Drake reaches out, brushes a tear from Danica's cheek, then

turns and walks away -- through the alternating shafts of

sunlight and darkness.

CUT TO:

INT. NIGHTSTALKERS HEADQUARTERS - ARMORY - DAY

Blade, King, and Abigail stand before a table where an

assortment of weaponry and ammunition has been laid out on

display. Hedges is there too, assisting them. Zoe watches.

HEDGES:

We've got a wide assortment of ass-

kickery for your viewing pleasure --

(hefting a pistol)

Electronic pistol. Comes with a built-in

fingerprint security system. Fires a

three-shot burst in 1/500th of a second.

Bullets can also be triggered remotely.

King tosses Blade a bullet. He studies it -- it's more

complex than a standard round.

BLADE:

Explosive rounds?

KING:

But with a concentrated burst of UV light

instead of your standard hollow-points. I

call 'em sun dogs.

(to Hedges)

Hedges -- super-size me, baby!

Hedges tosses King one of the four-barreled firearms. On the

stock is an irreverent decal of the mud-flap girl silhouette.

KING:

This little mamacita -- a modified

version of the Army's Objective

Individual Combat Weapon. Pick your

poison -- stakes, sun dogs, heat-seeking

mini-rockets. Whatever gets you hard,

this puppy will pump out.

(gesturing to Blade's

sword, sarcastic)

Of course it doesn't have the range of a

sword but --

Next, Hedges shows Blade the CRESCENT-SHAPED DEVICE that

Abigail used. He gives the device a twist and --

HEDGES:

We call this the UV arc --

CHINKT! The device extends from either end, telescoping

outward. Connecting the tips is a concentrated UV LASER.

HEDGES:

You hold the arc in the center, curved

away from you. Connecting the tips is a

powerful UV laser beam. Because of its

high focus, the laser cuts through vampire

flesh like a knife through butter.

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