Blade: Trinity Page #29

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - ATRIUM - UPPER GALLERY - NIGHT

Abigail moves down the gallery, looks up --

A SERIES OF LIGHTING GANTRIES

span the length of the atrium ceiling.

Abigail balances on the handrail, then jumps out into space --

-- catching hold of one of the crosspieces. Like an acrobat,

she monkey-swings her way beneath the gantry. If she loses

her grip, she'll fall more than fifty feet.

BA-BANG! A bullet strikes just in front of Abigail, showering

her with SPARKS. MORE BULLETS follow.

ANGLE ON PAIR OF VAMPIRES

FIRING from below, trying to pick her off. Suddenly, UV

BULLETS strike each of the vampires. As they ASH we --

WHIP-PAN BACK TO KING,

having dragged his battered body out onto the upper gallery.

He's playing guardian angel to Abigail, laying down cover fire

so she can continue. But then --

DANICA:

KING!!!

DANICA:

appears behind King. She TACKLES him, wrestling him to the

floor, pummeling his face with her fist.

King tries to ward of f the blows, but he's sorely outmatched.

He swings his electronic pistol up --

Danica twists it from his grip, ejecting the clip from the

stock. King's sun dog bullets spill out all over the floor.

She tosses the gun aside, reaches for King again --

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - LIGHTING GANTRY - NIGHT

Back to Abigail. She's breathing heavily, trying to call up

new reserves of strength. She glances down --

Big mistake.

She forces herself to look back up. She swings herself

pendulum-style, manages to snag yet another crosspiece. A

SHOT RINGS OUT --

ANGLE ON ASHER,

down below, armed with a rifle. He FIRES again --

-- grazing Abigail's shoulder with the bullet. Abigail CRIES

OUT, nearly losing her grip.

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - ATRIUM - UPPER GALLERY - NIGHT

King rolls on his side, spits out a bloody tooth.

KING:

No offense, Danica --

(gasping in pain)

-- but I've wanted to kill you since the

moment we slept together.

DANICA:

I was that bad, huh?

King reaches a palsied hand for his discarded pistol, points

it vaguely in Danica's direction. She LAUGHS.

DANICA:

No bullets in your gun, King.

KING:

Yeah, but here's the beauty --

(wiping his bloody mouth)

-- these babies can be triggered remotely.

King pulls the trigger. The scattered sun dog bullets ERUPT

with UV LIGHT. Danica SHRIEKS, trying to shield her already

burning face from the glare. She runs, horribly wounded.

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - ATRIUM - GROUND FLOOR - NIGHT

Drake pummels Blade, flinging his body about like a ragdoll.

He grabs Blade by his ankle, swings him upwards some thirty

feet --

SMASH! Blade collides with the underside of a massive hanging

glass chandelier/lighting fixture.

Blade FALLS back to the ground, stunned, dropping his sword.

Drake pounces on him. Blade can barely fend off Drake's blows

anymore. In desperation he digs his fingers into Drake's

eyes.

Drake swings both fists downward, Hulk-style, SHATTERING an

entire section of the limestone flooring.

A SHOCK-WAVE ripples out from the point of impact, sending

waves of two-foot stone tiles flipping up into the air,

knocking Blade off his feet.

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - ATRIUM - UPPER GALLERY - NIGHT

King loads a sun dog into his pistol, steadies his aim on the

railing, and FIRES at Asher --

THE SUN DOG:

screams across the atrium, striking dead-center in Asher's

open mouth. The bullet EXPLODES. UV LIGHT causes Asher's

skull to burn up from the inside out. His headless corpse

falls forward over the gallery railing. Then it too

carbonizes and BURNS UP.

Relieved, King sinks to his knees.

BEHIND KING,

we SEE Zoe slip from the alcove. She makes for the stairs.

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - LIGHTING GANTRY - NIGHT

King has bought Abigail more time. She swings her body

forward, hooking her legs over the next crosspiece. Then she

lets go with her hands. Now she is hanging upside down,

secured only by the tension in her calves.

Abigail reaches behind her, removes her bow. BLOOD from her

wounded shoulder drips down over her collar bone, reaching her

cheek, briefly obscuring her vision. She wipes it away. Then

she reaches back once more and --

-- because her quiver is pointed downward, a number of arrows

slide out. Abigail panics, twisting her body --

-- managing to lust barely snag the ~la~ue arrow as it tumbles

Past her!

Beat. Abigail shuts her eyes, trying to find her center.

With her eyes closed, she nocks the arrow and draws the bow

back. Then she opens her eyes.

She's only going to get one shot -- and she's going to have to

take it while hanging upside down.

168 a ABIGAIL'S POV 168 a

On Drake and Blade below, locked in combat. She tracks their

progress, waits for Drake to move into a better position --

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - ATRIUM - GROUND FLOOR - NIGHT

Drake shoulders a support column, SNAPPING it in two. An

entire section of the gallery walkway above comes CRASHING

DOWN, burying Blade in debris --

-- but it's not enough for Drake. He LEAPS forward, fishing

Blade out, hauling him up --

Drake head-butts Blade -- once, twice. Blade's eyes roll to

whites. Drake looks down, SEES Blade's discarded sword.

Drake scoops it up, STRIKES at Blade --

Blade manages to roll to the side, avoiding the blow.

Drake STRIKES again, dealing Blade a glancing blow --

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - LIGHTING GANTRY - NIGHT

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