Blade II

EXT. COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK - NIGHT

PULL BACK from a neon red cross ablaze in the cold December

night to REVEAL an inner-city, store-front clinic. Trash and

leaves blow over wet, snowy pavement.

ANGLE ON a PALE FIGURE standing across the street. He looks

feverish and strung-out, in serious need of a fix. This is

JARED NOMAK, 20s. He starts towards the clinic.

INT. COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK - ENTRANCE - NIGHT

Potential DONORS sit in a waiting area, filling out forms,

leafing through informational material. A sign in the window

reads:
"Se habla Espanol". Others read: "YOU ARE MAKING A

DIFFERENCE", "GIVE LIFE", and "BECOME A PLATELET DONOR". We

overhear a bored-looking EMPLOYEE behind the information desk

quizzing someone over the phone:

EMPLOYEE:

Have you recently visited a tropical

country? Uh-huh? In the past twelve

months have you gotten a tattoo, non

sterile acupuncture, or undergone any

ear, skin or body piercing?

We MOVE PAST the employee to Nomak, waiting.

NURSE (O.S.)

Jared Nomak?

Nomak looks up. We get a better look at his face now - he

has a thin scar running from his lower lip down his chin. A

childhood accident, perhaps. A NURSE smiles and motions for

him to join her. She's carrying a clipboard.

NURSE (CONT'D)

Hi. We're ready for you now.

INT. COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK - HALLWAY - NIGHT

Nomak follows the Nurse into a dimly-lit hallway. We track

their progress in a convex safety mirror suspended from the

hallway ceiling as they pass all manner of medical supplies --

centrifuges, an apheresis device, etc.

NURSE:

(referring to her clipboard)

I see from your questionnaire that you

don't have any immediate next of kin?

NOMAK:

Not that I'm in contact with.

NURSE:

Nobody to call in case of an emergency?

NOMAK:

No --

(apprehensive)

Does that mean I can't be a donor?

NURSE:

It depends. We came up with some

unusual results on your blood test.

Nomak follows the Nurse to a steel door were TWO SECURITY

GUARDS await them. Both look bored, paying little attention

to the monitor which offers a view of the examining room

beyond. There is also a small window with safety glass.

GUARD #1 opens the door, following Nomak and the Nurse

inside. GUARD #2 remains behind, manning the hallway.

INT. COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK - EXAMINING ROOM - NIGHT

The Nurse ushers Nomak into the room, indicating he should

sit in a kind of reclining dental chair with arm and

headrests. Nomak notices a security camera mounted above.

NOMAK:

(anxious)

How unusual?

Beat. The Nurse sets aside Nomak's file, looking

uncomfortable.

NURSE:

Your blood has a very rare phenotype,

one that's quite valuable to people like

us.

NOMAK:

Us? What are you talking about?

A kind-faced DOCTOR enters, nodding to Guard #1.

DOCTOR:

It's a good news-bad news scenario,

Jared. Good news for us, bad for you.

The Doctor and Nurse smile, BARING FANGS. We realize now

that they are both vampires. The Guard, too. He grips Nomak

by the throat, forcing him back into the restraint chair. As

the vampire Guard does so, his hand brushes against Nomak's

jaw. The flesh on Nomak's chin briefly separates along the

scar - almost as if it were a seam.

The guard pauses - and Nomak LAUGHS. Definitely NOT the

reaction the vampires were expecting from a potential victim.

Nomak starts to shake and twitch, like he's going into some

kind of seizure. The whites of his eyes bleed red. He

throws his head back, opening his mouth as a PAIR OF RAZOR

SHARP CANINES extrude from his gums. These are longer, much

more lethal-looking than the fangs of the vampires and --

Nomak lashes out, knocking the Guard backwards. The Nurse

SCREAMS. Nomak clamps his mouth onto her throat, SLAMMING

her back against the wall.

The vampire Doctor rushes to the door, scrambling to unbolt

it. Nomak reaches for him, HOWLING with blood-drunk laughter

as he lifts the Doctor up. Nomak flings the Doctor about

like a toy, using his body to SMASH the lights, then the

security camera above.

INT. COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK - HALLWAY - NIGHT

We hear SCREAMS and HORRIBLE NOISES coming from the examining

room. Guard #2 draws a gun and looks to the security monitor

with alarm. The screen goes black. He looks to the small

window, trying to peer into the now-darkened room beyond --

SPLASH! A wave of blood smears across a window. A HAND

wipes a patch of blood away, revealing Nomak's baleful,

distorted eyes. Guard #2 starts to back away when --

BANG! Nomak slams against the other side of the steel door.

BANG!BANG!BANG! The door begins to bend, hand-shaped

impressions bulging outward as Nomak starts to peel the door

apart like it was an aluminum can.

Guard #2 has seen enough. He turns and runs even as the door

CAVES INWARD off its hinges. Forward momentum sends the door

sliding across the hallway floor where it trips up the Guard.

ON THE DOORWAY:

as Nomak steps into the hallway. Because of the lights

above, there are alternating pools of light and shadow in the

hall. Nomak advances towards us, his face coming in and out

of darkness.

NOMAK:

Vampires --

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