Blade: Trinity Page #2

SUPER TITLE:
BLADE III

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INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - CORRIDOR - NIGHT

Danica moves down a modern architectural corridor lined in

glass and steel. VAMPIRE SOLDIERS stand ready nearby,

outfitted in body armor, clutching automatic rifles.

AT THE END OF THE CORRIDOR

Asher, Grirnwood, and another vampire, HENDRIX are gathered by

a titanium door outfitted with a biometric security system.

Danica joins them, studying a VIDEO MONITOR which offers a

darkened view of the interior of the vault. We can just make

out a FIGURE sitting there in the shadows.

DANICA:

What's he been doing?

ASHER:

Nothing. Just sitting there since we

brought him here.

HENDRIX:

(nervously)

Do you think we've got enough security?

DANICA:

Hendrix, if he wanted to out of there -

there isn't an army in the world that

could keep us safe. We didn't capture

him. He allowed us to take him in. You

understand?

(nodding to the door)

Now open up.

The others look at her like she's insane. Nevertheless,

Danica places her hand on the biometric scanner. Hendrix keys

in a series of commands on a nearby computer console. The

vault doors open with a HUM, allowing Danica into --

AN AIRLOCK-STYLE VESTIBULE

She steps inside. The vault closes behind her. We hear

BLOWERS as the air is cycled. A SECOND SET OF DOORS open --

INT. VAMPIRE SAFE HOUSE - CELL - NIGHT

Danica steps into a nearly pitch-black "clean room". We hear

BREATHING. Despite her calm demeanor, she's frightened.

From the darkness, SOMEONE SPEAKS -- a voice low and rumbling,

laced with an ominous gravity.

VOICE (O.S.)

Why have you woken me?

DANICA:

Your people need you, Sire.

She kneels, bowing her head.

VOICE (0.S.)

(mocking)

"My people". You think I'm your messiah?

Your Savior?

We hear MOVEMENT. A pair of RED EYES pierce the gloom -- and

God help us, even though he remains partially shadowed, this

guy has to be the scariest mother-f***er we've ever seen.

VOICE:

What makes you think I wanted to be

brought back?

A hand emerges from the darkness, armored. Danica wants to

bolt. Instead, she fights to keep herself from flinching as a

taloned finger brushes her throat.

DANICA:

Times have changed. Science has made

great strides. Your blood, the sacrament

you provide -- it can set us free now.

VOICE:

I see. And the one I killed earlier? He

was vampire?

(off her nod)

You must forgive me. It had been

centuries since I last fed.

DANICA:

I understand.

VOICE:

Then offer yourself to me, child --

(lifting her chin)

-- and let me quench my thirst again.

INT. VAMPIRE SAFE HOUSE - CORRIDOR - NIGHT

WHOOSH! The vault doors open and Danica stumbles out, all but

falling into Asher's arms. She's bone-white and there are

fresh BITE MARKS on her throat, BLOOD staining her shirt.

ASKER:

Danica! Are you alright --?!

She nods, shaking, struggling to recompose herself.

DANICA:

Let him out -- he wants to see what's

become of his world.

CUT TO:

A VIDEO MONITOR:

LARRY KING launching into the intro of his show.

LARRY:

Tonight, Dr. Edgar Vance, forensic

psychiatrist and author of the New York

Times best seller "Human Health: The Whole

Being Breakthrough". Also with us is

Martin Vreede, Chief of Police. They're

here for an hour and they'll take your

calls. Next on Larry King Live.

INT. LARRY KING LIVE - STUDIO - NIGHT

Taping is underway. Larry King sits at his desk opposite

EDGAR VANCE (40s), a smooth-talking pundit with a magnetic

demeanor and movie star good looks. CHIEF MARTIN VREEDE (50s,

square-jawed), joins via remote feed.

LARRY:

Dr. Vance -- you're a psychiatrist and a

biochemist, isn't that right?

VANCE:

Yes. I've long believed that in order to

achieve true health, we have to reconcile

the body and the mind. Of course that

also requires letting go of a lot of our

old notions and superstitions, which is

what my work is all about.

LARRY:

Let's talk about that. How do you account

for the fascination with things that go

bump in the night? Movies, books,

videogames -- seems like we can't get

enough of our boogeymen?

Vance leans forward, skillfully playing to the cameras.

VANCE:

Monsters provide a means for us to

transfer our more primal and darker urges

into something external. In the case of

vampires, you're dealing with taboo issues

like predatory rage and sexual sadism.

These are scary subjects for people to own

up to.

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