Blade: Trinity Page #18

EXT. CITY ROOFTOP - DAY

Blade ends the call, then looks to Hoop, smiling cruelly.

Blade lets Hoop drop. The familiar PLUNGES four stories,

SCREAMING. Lands dead-center in a Goodwill box below.

CUT TO:

EXT. VANCE INSTITUTE FOR WHOLE BEING - DAY

A high-tech office complex surrounded by meticulously-groomed

grounds. A sign with a swanky "VANCE INSTITUTE" logo zooms.

Blade, King, and Abigail approach, taking note of Vance's

Jaguar (complete with vanity plate), parked in front.

KING:

Hey, Blade -- why didn't the vampire bite

Mick Jagger?

(off Blade's look)

Cause you can't get blood from a Stone.

As Blade walks off --

KING (CONT'D)

Hey, they can't all be gems!

INT. VANCE INSTITUTE FOR WHOLE BEING - LOBBY - DAY

The trio enter, drawing stares from a number of PATIENTS

gathered in a reception area. Nearby is a large display with

Vance's grinning face. Beneath it, text reads:

EDGAR VANCE, M.D.

PRESIDENT, VANCE INSTITUTE FOR WHOLE BEING

Nearby is a bank of monitors showing a snazzy video featuring

a BEAUTIFUL YOUNG COUPLE marvelling at a sunrise.

NARRATOR:

(on monitors)

Regain control of your life. Wake to a

new dawn. At the Vance Institute for

Whole Being we believe in an integrated

approach to human health.

The image cuts to Vance himself, poised on the edge of his

desk, smiling. As Blade and company move through the

institute, the video plays counterpoint to their progress.

VANCE:

I'm Dr. Vance. Welcome to our facility.

As a member of the medical profession I

want to assure you that I will do

everything in my power ro provide you with

the care and compassion that you deserve.

Past the RECEPTION DESK are the elevators with more monitors

showing the video greeting. As Blade, King, and Abigail

approach, TWO SECURITY GUARDS move to intercept them.

SECURITY GUARD:

Excuse me, can I help y--

CRACK! Blade effortlessly tosses the guards aside, sending

them CRASHING into the nearest monitors.

INT. VANCE INSTITUTE - HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

The trio continue. A DOCTOR steps out of a doorway. King

PUNCHES him in the face. We see another video monitor.

VANCE:

What does it mean to be human? Since the

dawn of creation our ancestors have asked

ourselves that question.

They round the corner --

INT. VANCE INSTITUTE - SECOND HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

-- nearly colliding with TWO MORE SECURITY GUARDS. Blade

takes them both out. There's another video monitor.

VANCE:

The modern world today is filled with

countless challenges. In every direction

we look, toxic stressors are impacting

upon our happiness. We think we're

healthy, but the truth is, our immune

systems are engaged in a life or death

struggle to maintain our well being.

INT. VANCE INSTITUTE - OUTER OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

Blade, King, and Abigail storm in. An EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT is

moving to stop them.

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

I'm sorry but you can't --

Abigail KICKS out the man's knee, then slices her hand into

his windpipe, silencing him.

VANCE:

Now, I'd like to take a moment to exolain

how a series of remarkable new

breakthroughs can immeasurably improve the

quality of your life

Blade aims his shotgun at the door leading to Vance's office.

He FIRES at the keycard lock, KICKS down the door --

INT. VANCE INSTITUTE - VANCE'S OFFICE - DAY

--startling Dr. Vance himself, who is rising up from behind

his desk. Vance is wiping his mouth, not dressed like a

doctor would normally be. But we hardly notice this as --

VANCE:

What --?

BLADE:

Payback, Vance.

--Blade aims his shotgun at Vance's head. Vance just

smiles, seemingly unconcerned as --

--Abigail circles around the other side, getting a view

behind Vance's desk where --

VANCE'S BODY

lies on the floor. His throat has been ripped out. And this

body is dressed like a doctor.

King puts it together first, reaching for a silver stake even

as we hear the sound of POPPING CARTILAGE coming from beneath

the Vance double's flesh --

KING:

Jesus, it's him! It's Drake!

The Vance double jumps atop the desk and swats the muzzle of

Blade's shotgun aside, re-directing the BLAST, which SHATTERS

a glass window. Then he KICKS Blade in the chest, KNOCKING

him clear across the office as --

--King advances. The Vance double's face WARPS, the bones

in his head shifting around. He reaches for King, SLAMS him

onto the desk, TWISTS the stake from King's hand and brutally

SHOVING it into King's rib cage, pinning him to the desk top.

Then the Vance double whirls around to engage Abigail -- only

we see that it's Drake now, having taken Vance's shape.

DRAKE:

BACK-HANDS Abigail across the face, a teeth-jarring blow.

She spins, falling --

-- and Drake is moving like a hurricane, LEAPING through the

window that was shattered by Blade's shotgun blast.

BLADE:

gives chase. He looks out the window, SEES Drake landing on

the ground, some three stories below.

EXT. VANCE INSTITUTE - REAR ENTRANCE - ALLEY - DAY

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