Blade II Page #28

INT. CALIBAN INDUSTRIES - SECURITY ROOM - NIGHT

Reinhardt also hears the ALARMS. He looks to the

surveillance monitors where he SEES Nomak.

REINHARDT:

Sh*t!

Behind him, we see Whistler taking advantage of the

distraction. He folds his legs up under him, working his

cuffed hands over his feet. When Reinhardt spins back away

from the security monitors --

Whistler is GONE. A steel grating in the floor lies half

open. The obvious means of exit.

CUT TO:

INT. CALIBAN INDUSTRIES - AUTOPSY ROOM - NIGHT

As Nomak continues tearing down the autopsy door, BULLETS

hammer into his back. He turns, sees a DOZEN GUARDS FIRING

at him, their gunfire chewing the sh*t out of the concrete

walls around him. Nomak staggers, but doesn't go down as

CLEAR BLOOD sprays from the body hits.

INT. CALIBAN INDUSTRIES - MAINTENANCE CONDUIT - NIGHT

Whistler shuffles forward through the narrow conduit on his

elbows. We hear footsteps. Through the metal gratings

above, we glimpse TWO FIGURES rushing past --

INT. CALIBAN INDUSTRIES - ANOTHER CORRIDOR - NIGHT

Damaskinos and Stevens round a corner, spilling into several

GUARDS. He shoves his fellow vampires aside.

DAMASKINOS:

Get out of the way.

CUT TO:

INT. CALIBAN INDUSTRIES - AUTOPSY ROOM - NIGHT

CLOSE ON a grate moving up from the floor. Whistler emerges,

rushing to Blade's side. As he starts frantically releasing

Blade from his bonds, he looks to the ravaged door --

WHISTLER'S POV (THROUGH THE V-SHAPED GAP IN DOOR)

Nomak savages the guards, flinging them into the air. A

guard's body hits the V-gap in the door and obscures our view

as --

Whistler redoubles his efforts, finally freeing Blade. He

helps him from the autopsy table. Blade is sinking, starting

to fade. Whistler slaps his face, shaking him.

WHISTLER:

Come on, Blade. Talk to me!

BLADE:

(weakly)

Blood...

INT. CALIBAN INDUSTRIES - AUTOPSY ROOM HALLWAY - NIGHT

Carnage. A frazetta painting come to life. Nomak atop dead

guards, draining the last of his victims' blood. He whips

his face in our direction and ROARS, charging the door --

INT. CALIBAN INDUSTRIES - AUTOPSY ROOM - NIGHT

WHAM! The door gives way and Nomak enters. To the right, he

SEES Whistler and Blade exiting. To the left, he SEES the

security monitors. Damaskinos and Stevens can be glimpsed in

one of these monitors.

Nomak moves to the left.

INT. CALIBAN INDUSTRIES - THIRD CORRIDOR - NIGHT

Blade clutches his bleeding side, staggering down the

corridor towards a door marked "Eugenics" with Whistler's

help. By all rights, Blade should be dead. But he continues

on, moving towards the door with determination.

INT. CALIBAN INDUSTRIES - 4-WAY INTERSECTION - NIGHT

CLOSE ON a hand twisting a safety lever on the floor. PULL

BACK to reveal Stevens manually activating a series of

hydraulic lock-down latches.

CHINK!CHINK!CHINK! The doors of the Eastern, Northern, and

Western corridors are sealing, lock-down latches clamping

down for extra security. Even as the Western door seals, we

glimpse Nomak rushing towards it with inhuman speed.

ON STEVENS:

panicked, turning towards the open elevator cab where --

DAMASKINOS:

is waiting. But even as Stevens starts towards the elevator,

Damaskinos dispassionately presses the "CLOSE DOOR" button.

STEVENS:

What are you doing?!!

Stevens rushes towards the closing elevator doors, but it's

too late. He pounds his fist against them. Behind him, we

hear a terrible RENDING OF METAL as the Western door gives.

Stevens looks in that direction --

In an eyeblink, Nomak is upon him, SLAMMING his hand over

Stevens' face, crushing it.

INT. CALIBAN INDUSTRIES - ELEVATOR CAB - NIGHT

As Damaskinos slides a security card through a reader and

punches in a code, a thin SPRAY OF BLOOD jets across his pale

forearm. He looks to the elevator doors. The spray of blood

is coming through the vertical door seal. The metal doors

SHUDDER violently and then the cab begins to ascend.

Damaskinos retreats to the far corner of the elevator,

breathing a sigh of relief.

CUT TO:

INT. CALIBAN INDUSTRIES - EUGENICS CHAMBER - NIGHT

WHOOSH! A pneumatic door slides open. Blade and Whistler

enter. They are on the second level now, up amongst the

catwalks. Below them is the churning cask of purified blood.

They have almost reached the end of the catwalk when --

REINHARDT AND HIS MEN

converge on the lab from two directions at once. Some of the

vampires spill through the door on the second level with

Reinhardt, while others enter on the ground floor.

REINHARDT:

Stop him!!!

As Reinhardt takes aim at Blade with the shotgun, the other

vampires FIRE. Whistler is HIT in the leg. He goes down,

CRYING OUT, then grips Blade's arm, shoving him onward --

WHISTLER:

GO!!!

ON BLADE:

gripping the guard rail for support, dragging himself along.

Reinhardt fires. A SHOTGUN BLAST hits Blade, grazing him but

otherwise missing him. As Reinhardt curses and prepares to

fire again --

Blade makes it to the end of the catwalk, pitching himself

out into open space. Time slows to a crawl as Blade tumbles

downward, plummeting into --

THE BLOOD CASK BELOW

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