Blade: Trinity Page #27

KING:

That's atomized colloidal silver.

Danica keys into the RUMBLE of the air-conditioning system and

a HISSING SOUND beneath that. She looks up --

KING:

It's being pumped into the building's air

conditioning system.

ANGLE ON THE HEATING REGISTER ABOVE

We GO MACRO, shrinking down until we see a CLOUD OF TINY

SILVER PARTICLES blowing into the room. The particles are

dusting the vampires, being unwittingly inhaled by them and --

WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL

as the vampires react en mass, suddenly gagging, their throats

and faces on fire.

KING:

Which means that the fat lady should be

singing right about --

GRIMWOOD:

has caught the worst of it. A whole lung-full. He SHRIEKS as

He coughs up blue-tinged FLAMES, the flesh on his face

simultaneously burning away and --

KING:

-- NOW

THE SKYLIGHT ABOVE THEM

SHATTERS as Blade crashes down. He lands in a cat-like

stance, then flips over into a cartwheel, KICKING Grimwood in

the face. As Grimwood goes down, Asher and Danica scatter --

Blade tackles Grimwood, sending both of them over the railing

into the lower level of the penthouse.

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - HALLWAY - NIGHT

ALARMS are ringing. Asher and Danica rush down the hall,

trying not to breathe the silver-contaminated air. We SEE

other vampires staggering from doorways, COUGHING, GAGGING.

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - DRAKE'S QUARTERS - NIGHT

Drake hears the ALARMS. He reaches for his sword, which rests

in a nearby stand. As he heads out, he strides past Zoe,

still chained to the wall.

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - PENTHOUSE - NIGHT

On the lower level, Blade and Grimwood are going at it.

REINFORCENENTS:

flood in from multiple entry ways. It's an all-out melee.

Blade is seriously overwhelmed, but the sheer number of

vampires and humans is actually slowing them down.

Blade takes on a half-dozen of them at once, stunning one of

the familiars, using him as a human shield, TOSSING him aside

to trip up another on-rushing pair.

Then he pauses, instantly calculating the geography of the

room, the relative positions of the other combatants,

assessing decorations and furniture as possible weapons. His

battle plan ready, Blade engages his enemies once again.

MEANWHILE, ON THE UPPER LEVEL

Abigail appears at the lip of the smashed-in skylight. She

lowers herself down on a rope, rushes to King's side --

ABIGAIL:

You alright?

KING:

Nothing a hot tub full of Bactine won't

fix.

Abigail hits the release switch on the high-tech pillory and

the cuffs around his wrists open. As Abigail helps King out:

ABIGAIL:

Zoe --

KING:

Drake's got her.

Abigail nods, handing King her pistol. Then she's out the

door. Seconds later, King follows --

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - HALLWAYS - VARIOUS - NIGHT

Abigail pauses, slipping her earbuds in, turning on her MP3

player. The bumping-strains of Fluke's Absurd track kick in.

Abigail uncilps her UV arc, telescopes it outward and --

-- suddenly it's like we're in a first-person shooter video

game. She moves through the corridors with mathematical

precision, feeling the MUSIC in her bones, slicing through

every vampire she encounters with deadly efficiency.

VAMPIRES AND HUMAN FAMILIARS

are coming out from every doorway.

Abigail PUNCHES one in the solar plexus, DECAPITATES another,

finishes off the first. Then she's moving on, taking down a

third, fourth, and fifth vampire with her rapid-fire stake

dispenser. Throwing stakes with blinding speed.

After a half-dozen stakes, her dispenser is empty. Without

missing a beat, she presses a tab on the dispenser, ejects the

clip, then reaches to her belt where a back-up is secured and

slaps it in place. The mayhem continues.

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - PENTHOUSE - LOWER LEVEL - NIGHT

Blade unsheathes his sword. He parries two combatants with

clubs, then whirls around, DEFLECTING a GUNSHOT from a third

with the flat of his sword.

Grimwood is furious. His men are tripping all over

themselves. He grabs an antique battle axe that's secured to

the wall. He sees an opening, SWINGS at Blade's head --

-- Blade drops and the axe slices through one of Grimwood's

own men.

In an eye-blink, Blade is up again, advancing. He cuts down

another familiar, pushes forward, cuts oown a second --

Now Blade and Grimwood are face to face. Grimwood swings his

axe again. Blade hooks his sword beneath it, FLIPPING it from

Grimwood's hands.

Blade sweeps his sword around in a wide arc, CUTTING straight

through Grimwood's mid-section. The upper half of Grimwood's

body topples away --

-- then he rights himself. A half-vampire. He's still alive,

running forward on his hands, trailing viscera. He SPRINGS UP

at Blade, all claws and gnashing teeth.

Blade catches Grimwood by the throat, whirls him around --

-- and manages to IMPALE what's left of Grimwood with his

sword-point. Grimwood ASHES in Blade's arms. The only thing

left are his steel teeth, which CLATTER to the floor at

Blade's feet.

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - DRAKE'S QUARTERS - NIGHT

Abigail enters, SEES Zoe. TWO VAMPIRES GUARDS stand nearby.

In a flash, Abigail flings TWO SILVER STAKES at them. Both

stakes hit their mark and the vamps crumple to ASH.

Abigail hurries over, SHOOTS apart the lock on Zoe's shackle.

Zoe wraps her arms around Abigail, hugging her tight. Abigail

takes Zoe by the hand, pulling her towards the door.

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