Blade: Trinity Page #30

ON ABIGAIL. Waiting. More blood has trickled down her neck,

into her eyes. But she can't wipe them anymore. She's

already got her bow drawn. She's committed to the shot.

We can hear ABIGAIL'S HEARTBEAT as she settles. She takes a

final breath, holds it -- and lets the plague arrow fly.

ON THE PLAGUE ARROW

as it streaks downward, hurtling towards Drake at more than

300 feet per second. Then, at the last possible instant--

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - ATRIUM - GROUND FLOOR - NIGHT

CHINGG! Drake deflects the arrow with his sword. It

harmlessly falls to the floor, rolling a few yards away.

ON ABIGAIL,

stunned, her expression melting into despair.

BACK TO DRAKE:

swinging Blade's sword around. PLUNGING it into Blade's side.

As he pulls it back out again --

BLADE:

GASPS, sinking downward. He's on his knees now, in shock.

Drake ROARS again shifting, conjuring up seventy centuries of

violence and predation. And the nightmare shape that was only

hinted at before, finally takes center-stage.

BLOOD suffuses Drake's flesh, turning his skin crimson. His

canines elongate, his lower jaw distends.

Jagged bone spurs erupt all over his body -- like he's growing

a suit of razor-sharp thorns. He doesn't need a sword

anymore. He's become a living weapon. Drake is gone. Now he

is --

THE BEAST:

Drake swings the sword overhead. He's going to decapitate

Blade. And just as the sword reaches the top of its arc --

ZOE:

emerges from the shadows behind Drake, clutching a silver

stake. She SHOVES it into Drake's back, pushing with all the

strength her little body can muster.

Drake staggers. The blow wasn't lethal, but it hurt all the

same. He turns on Zoe, enraged, his attention distracted for

one crucial second --

ON BLADE,

summoning the last of his reserves. He pitches his body

forward, managing to snag the end of the plague arrow. And

before Drake even realizes what is happening --

WHAM! Blade sinks the plague arrow deep into Drake's chest.

Drake drops the sword, turning back to face Blade --

Exhausted beyond measure, Blade sags.

INSIDE DRAKE'S CHEST - MACRO SHOT

as the arrowhead dispense the bio-weapon. We SEE the virus

flooding Drake's internal organs, causing them to blacken as

his circulatory system carries it throughout his body.

ON DRAKE'S FACE,

letting loose an INHUMAN SCREAM, vomiting up a spray of blood

mist. His monstrous features begin to melt, reshaping into

his more familiar face. At the same time we --

GO MACR0 ONCE MORE

Shrinking until we are amidst the spray of blood Drake

expelled. We continue shrinking until we are moving with the

individual molecules of Drake's breath as the plague virions

latch onto them, causing them to blacken and become necrotic.

Moving with the twirling molecules until they are inhaled by --

DANICA,

having retreated from her defeat by King. She clutches her

throat. We can see the virus infiltrating her system as tiny

BLACK THREADS expand across her face. She sways, falling onto

the floor. She reaches a beseeching hand towards King --

-- then dies, a final still-born curse on her lips.

MORE VAMPIRES:

are feeling the effects now too. One by one they drop,

choking, going into convulsions. As they writhe on the floor,

we watch the Daystar virus ravaging their bodies.

BACK TO BLADE AND DRAKE

Drake slumps against the wall. Hero and villain are now

separated by only a few feet. Both at death's door.

DRAKE:

Well done, hunter. Well done.

Blade stares back. At this point, he's just trying to remain

conscious. He's lost a ton of blood.

DRAKE:

You fought with honor --

Drake shudders, his breathing becoming increasingly shallow.

DRAKE:

-- as I knew you would. The humans are

coming for you, you know. In their eyes,

you and I are the same.

Allow me one last indulgence, then --

(gasping)

-- a parting gift --

Drake grows still, his eyes locked on Blade's.

ABIGAIL AND KING

rush to Blade's side. Zoe joins them. Blade is dying, fading

fast. Abigail shakes Blade --

ABIGAIL:

Blade!

Her voice sounds distant and muted, overridden by Blade's own

HEARTBEAT which is fading up, dominating the soundtrack.

ABIGAIL:

BLADE!!!

Blade's eyes can't focus anymore. They're clouding over.

BLADE'S POV

We drop away from Abigail and King -- like

we're falling down

a dark tunnel. Then the world FADES TO WHITE.

EXT. CITYSCAPE- DAWN

FADE IN FROM WHITE. We see the sky, the burning orb of the

rising sun. A trio of FBI helicopters ride out from the dawn,

swooping down over the stirring city.

ABIGAIL (V.0.)

It didn't take long for the authorities

to arrive.

INT. LEAD HELICOPTER - DAWN

Cumberland sits in the front passenger seat, Hale behind him.

EXT. PHOENIX TOWERS - PLAZA - DAWN

As the helicopters touch down in the plaza we see a small

convoy of POLICE and FBI VEHICLES converging around them.

Cumberland and Hale are among the first out. They rush

towards the Phoenix Towers entrance, guns drawn, DOZENS OF

AGENTS and OFFICERS behind them.

INT. PHOENIX TOWERS - ATRIUM - DAWN

The first rays of sun penetrate through the atrium windows

setting the scattered vampire corpses ablaze. Danica, Asher,

and the others all ignite.

ABIGAIL (V.0.)

When they got there, all of Drake's

people were dead.

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