Queen of the Damned Page #20

(NOTE:
Band should not be seen in this part of sequence.)

103.

171 MARIUS 171

can hold himself back no longer. He flies over equipmentand roadies, up into the air. The Ancients gaze afterhim and...

172 ON STAGE 172

He lands square in the middle of the fray. Back to

mortal time. The crowd cheers at the sudden appearanceof the figure on stage, loving the show. Lestat grins atMarius. The band keeps playing. Marius hurls a hugeLIGHT at the assassins. It EXPLODES as it hits them,

pinning one with shards. But an assassin hurls a sickle

at Lestat. Lestat is struck down, his singing stopped.

The assassins move in.

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173 ANCIENT VAMPIRES 173

watch from their rocks. Pandora's face, filled with

excitement.

PANDORA:

There are too many of them!

They're going to dismember him.

Armand is enjoying the show.

ARMAND:

Good!

174 BACK TO STAGE 174

Assassins corner Lestat and Marius -- blades, broken

bottles reflecting the spotlight. Lestat raises his arms

for the crowd. The crowd jeers. Lestat looks to Maudyand the band.

LESTAT:

Get out of here!

The band scampers off stage as the assassins fly past,

the reverb from their guitars whistle into a deafeningpitch.

Jesse joins the screaming crowds.

JESSE:

Lestat! Lestat!

(CONTINUED)

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174

As the killer vampires make their final move, it looksbleak for Lestat... But one after the other theyspontaneously combust, turning hot-white to black ashand drift up into the air like strange supernaturalkites. The crowd hollers and screams, not quitebelieving what they saw or how it was done, when...

Down in the throng, vampires also begin to combust -- hotflashes of white exploding through the crowd, turninginto black paper dolls -- wafting up over the valley -crumbling

into fluttering puffs of soot. Panic takes

over the mass of people, running in all directions.

Jesse remains pinned to her spot.

175 LESTAT 175

stands in wonder as Marius stares up into the highdarkness.

MARIUS:

(soft, to himself)

Akasha.

The valley fills with hundreds of burning "kites"

floating like black ghosts. Khayman, Pandora andArmand gaze up at the sky.

MAHARET:

She is here...

176 JESSE 176

stares in wonder and terror at the burning "kites." Then

seizes her chance. She pushes toward the stage againstthe tide of bodies fleeing.

177 INT. BACKSTAGE - MEANWHILE 177

Roger is trying to manage the building chaos backstage asthe FIRE MARSHAL and several firemen follow after him.

FIRE MARSHAL:

You don't have a permit for any of

these stunts!

ROGER:

I told you I don't know anything

about it!

A WALKIE-TALKIE distracts the Fire Marshal long enough toallow Roger to run.

(CONTINUED)

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ROGER:

Last time I work for a bloody

vampire...

Looking up at the sky, he stares in awe... There is a lowpowerful RUMBLE...

The mortal crowd looks around, distracted from their

panic, as they sense something truly awesome...

178 LESTAT 178

senses it too. He looks up, not knowing from whichdirection the attack will come. The STAGE starts to

SHUDDER and SHAKE violently...

Jesse, now almost to the stage, screams to him.

JESSE:

Lestat! Lestat!

Suddenly the wooden platform beneath Lestat begins tobuckle under his feet. Fragments of WOOD EXPLODE upwardsaround Lestat. Marius loses his balance and staggersbackwards...

Fragments of sharp wood fly into the audience. Jesse

raises her hands to protect herself. She looks up.

Freezes. Akasha rises up through the stage. Beautiful

and terrifying. She grabs Lestat and the two of themshoot up into the air. The crowd stares in awe. Jesse

is frozen.

Roger, the Fire Marshal, the band, everyone is frozen.

Talbot stares up at Akasha, his face white, unable tobelieve his eyes. Even the Ancient Ones are stunned to

see their Queen come to life.

Scaffolds collapse in an EXPLOSION OF ELECTRICALSPARKS... (NOTE: Practical explosion.) The Ancient

Ones stare up into the sky as... Akasha and Lestatvanish. Jesse stares in horror after them.

179 EXT. SKY - EVENING 179

BLACKNESS.

180 EXT. DEATH VALLEY PEAK - NIGHT 180

Lestat opens his eyes and finds himself high above thedesert, the tiny lights of the concert far below.

(CONTINUED)

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Lestat whirls around to suddenly see behind him Akasha inan extravagant Egyptian robe, its sheer cloth of golddraping her godly form. Lestat is awestruck. Akasha

comes to life...

LESTAT:

Akasha...

Akasha still says nothing -- she advances with aluscious, curling smile.

AKASHA:

Why so surprised, my love? You

called, and I have come.

Lestat is awestruck. There is such an unearthly power inAkasha's voice. Everything seems to hum and vibrate withher breath.

AKASHA:

Never fear me, Lestat. Your

wishes have all come true.

LESTAT:

My wishes...?

AKASHA:

You have yearned for a companionto share eternity. You have cried

out to the world. I have answered

your call.

Akasha spreads her arms, moving ever closer to Lestat.

AKASHA:

You are so bold, like your music.

It woke me. You live your life inthe open, like I did long ago,

when I had a King.

LESTAT:

Had a King?

AKASHA:

He's no more. You are my consort.

I've kept you safe -- alive.

LESTAT:

You?

(CONTINUED)

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AKASHA:

You thought it was all you?

(laughing)

You have the ego of a king as

well. I know you, Lestat. I know

that you crave to have the world

at your feet. I have come to give

it to you.

Akasha bites her own lip. Blood trickles slightly acrossher chin. Lestat stares at the blood, yearns towards it,

as the pulse of her blood increases... Lestat looks atit, both wanting and fearful. Wrapping her arms aroundLestat, she braces him, licks his face.

AKASHA:

Has your tongue lost its taste for

blood?

LESTAT:

(melting)

Never.

AKASHA:

But you didn't kill the mortal

girl.

Lestat looks caught.

AKASHA:

Instead you kissed her. Now kiss

me.

(NOTE:
Shoot as practical, actor against plain nightsky, as much as possible.) Akasha rises above him,

hovers over Lestat, letting a single drop of blood spillinto his mouth. Lestat levitates above the ground tomeet her as...

Akasha hovers higher, drawing him into the sky untiltheir mouths finally meet and her blood flows freely intohim. Lestat pulls away as a great surge of power gathersin him and floods his body with an electric rush.

AKASHA:

Be my King. Forget about

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