Blade II Page #17

NYSSA (O.S.)

They appear to have a nictating membrane

here, like you'd see on a crocodile or

camel. Shields the eyes from sunlight.

The hands now part the Reaper's mouth, probing the seam in

the chin, then splitting the mandible apart to reveal the

enlarged esophagus. The fingers push back on the gums and

the pressure-sensitive fangs extend even further in response.

NYSSA (O.S.) (CONT'D)

A bifurcated mandible. More developed

masseter muscles and zygomatic bones

around the mouth allowing for a much

larger, stronger bite --

PULL BACK TO REVEAL

Blade, Nyssa, and Scud are gathered around the autopsy table.

The rest of the crew linger further back.

NYSSA (CONT'D)

Epidermal layers are thicker, tougher --

Nyssa begins the Y-incision along the chest. Once again,

CLEAR SERUM oozes out. She cracks open the thoracic cavity.

SCUD:

Ho-lee sh*t.

We SEE inside the abdominal cavity. A complex, pinkish/gray

parasitic organism has taken over every organ visible.

NYSSA:

I've never seen anything like this. The

Reapers are as different from us as we

are from you.

(probing the organism)

It's almost as if the virus is re-wiring

their bodies, creating new, parasitic

organs which consume the old ones.

BLADE:

Like cancer with a purpose.

NYSSA:

Exactly. Look at the digestive system.

It's been drastically simplified. Super

charged. And this --

She pulls back the lungs -- a calcified structure encasing a

fibrous mass rests where the heart would normally be. She

taps the calcified structure with a scalpel.

NYSSA (CONT'D)

The heart is completely encased in bone.

She tries to cut into the bony shell and the scalpel snaps.

Scud WHISTLES, impressed.

SCUD:

Good luck getting a stake through that.

Blade studies the Reaper corpse, then looks to the Bloodpack.

BLADE:

We've got six hours till sunrise. Be

ready by then.

ASAD:

What happens at sunrise?

BLADE:

We take up the hunt again.

CHUPA:

You gotta be f***ing joking.

BLADE:

You've seen what we're up against.

Daylight's the only advantage we've got.

They'll be more vulnerable then.

REINHARDT:

(pointedly)

And so will we.

BLADE:

Look, I care about the humans who are

dying, not you, got it?

REINHARDT:

(snarling)

Spare me the race card, OJ. We're not

going out into the sun. It's too risky.

BLADE:

You don't have a choice. You're just

going to have to protect yourselves as

best you can.

Blade spins and leaves. Whistler follows. Nyssa watches

them disappear into Blade's room. Reinhardt and the other

vampires approach her.

REINHARDT:

You buying any of this chocolate Elvis

bullshit?

Nyssa just stares him down, obviously conflicted.

CHUPA:

This guy doesn't know what the f*** he's

doing. We already lost Priest and

Lighthammer, who's gonna be next? F***

him. F*** his rules. First chance I

get, I'm chowing down on that f***ing

HeeHaw sidekick of his.

Snowman signs something to Verlaine.

VERLAINE:

What do you think, Asad?

ASAD:

(pointedly)

I don't think. I follow orders.

Asad looks to Nyssa once more -- perhaps he's even concerned

now. She's still staring in the direction Blade left.

INT. SCUD'S WORKSHOP - BLADE'S SLEEPING AREA - NIGHT

Blade sits in the shadows, wrapping a piece of rubber tubing

around his arm, injecting himself with pneumatic syringe of

serum. He shivers, convulses violently, then throws back his

head in relief. When he does so, he SEES --

Whistler standing in the doorway. They eye each other a

moment as Blade unwraps the tubing from his arm, puts away

his syringe and serum. Whistler lights a cigarette, then

nods through a window towards Nyssa and the others.

WHISTLER:

You ask me, you and Miss Muffet are

getting a mite too cozy for my taste.

BLADE:

I wouldn't worry about it.

Blade moves to walk away, but Whistler stops him.

WHISTLER:

I am worrying. Seems to me, you're

starting to get confused as to which

side of the line you're standing on.

BLADE:

Pretty hollow words coming from a man

who spent the last year running with the

enemy.

WHISTLER:

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

BLADE:

It means I'm starting to wonder if the

vampires still have their hooks in you.

You've been acting strange ever since I

gave you the cure. Reckless, quick to

anger --

(beat)

You said it yourself, Whistler. Those

vampires knew our defense system

backwards and forwards. Where'd they

get their intel?

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