Cast
Franklin
Carson
Frank Mitchell
Vampire Task Force:
William Grant
Charlie Morgan
Mark Calkins
Jeff Carradus
Vampires:
Issicar
Evil:
Cantabar
Gihon
Lereaux
Zadok
Scene 2
Location: Grants home.
Three years later. Grant opens the door and walks in. Grant is unshaven and his hair is uncombed. He looks weary like he has nothing to live for. He walks over to the refrigerator and opens it. He pulls out a frozen food dish and puts it in the microwave. Then he picks up the paper and starts to read it. After a few moments the microwave dings and Grant take out the hot food.
Grant: Ouch. Damn it. Hot!
Grant throws the food down on the table and walks into the other room to the answering machine. He looks at the machine.
Grant: One message. Must be a busy day.
Grant pushes the button to play the message.
Voice: Hello, Captain Grant. This is Frank Mitchell representing the United States government. I would like to talk to you about an incident that occurred three years ago.
Grant looks surprised and then starts to turn the answering machine off.
Voice: I have information regarding that night. I know what happened. [Grant stops] I want you to meet me at 7345 Mulberry Dr. There's a cafe there. Meet me at.....let's see.....2 o'clock today.
Grant looks at his watch: 1:30.
Voice: I strongly hope you don't decline. This meeting will benefit both of us. *click*
Grant stands there for a moment and then leaves the room.
Scene 3
Location: Cafe. Outside.
Grant enters. Grant is dressed a little warmer and is looking for Frank Mitchell.
Voice: Hello, Mr. Grant.
Grant is startled by the sudden appearance of his name. Looking behind him he sees a man dressed in business clothing sitting at a table.
Mitchell: Please, come and sit down.
Grant pauses for a second and then walks to the table and sits.
Grant: I guess you're Frank Mitchell.
Mitchell: Yes, Yes I am. I'm very glad you could make it. As I've said before this meeting will be very beneficial to the both of us. You look tired, Mr. Grant.
Grant: Yes, I am. You said you had information about that night?
Mitchell: Yes, I did say that. But that'll come in good time. I must first ask you a few questions.
Grant: Why?
Mitchell: Never mind that now.
Grant looks surprised.
Grant: What do you mean?
Mitchell: [changing the subject] Why did you leave the Armed Forces? You were on the verge of a promotion. Everything was going your way.
Grant: I don't want to speak about it. Just tell me what you know about that night so we can get this over with!
Mitchell: It isn't that easy, Mr. Grant. That thing that you were attacked by three years ago wasn't what you think it is.
Grant: What? What are you talking about. They told me it was some crazy lone soldier high off of PCP.
Mitchell: I'm afraid they lied to you , Mr. Grant. That thing was never found.
Grant: What... thing ?!?!?
Mitchell: Mr. Grant, Please remain calm.
Grant: <Angry> Are you going to tell me what happened or are you going to jerk around with me for the rest of this meeting?!?!
Mitchell: Please remain calm. I’ll tell you all......
Grant: [stands up] What the hell was that thing?!?
Mitchell: Mr. Grant, if you would sit down and shut up I will tell you everything we know.
Grant hesitates but does sit down.
Mitchell: Good. Mr. Grant, as you should know by now there are just somethings we can not explain. Things we know nothing about.
Grant: What's your point?
Mitchell: [pause] Vampires, Mr. Grant.
Grant: What?!?
Mitchell: It was a Vampire that killed your friends.
Grant: [furiously] Is this a joke?!?!?
Mitchell: No, I'm afraid it isn't, Mr. Grant. Vampires do exist. We don't know how or why but we do have undeniable proof.
Mitchell pulls out some papers and hands them to Grant. Grant looks at them for a moment.
Grant: How?
Mitchell: I can not discuss it with you. But I do need your help.
Grant: [pause] What do you want me to do?
Mitchell: I need you to come back and work for the army on a special task force.
Grant: To do what?
Mitchell: Lead a force to wipe out the Vampire race forever.
Grant: Is that possible?
Mitchell: We don't know, that’s your job to find out.
Grant: [pause] OK, let's say I do buy into this Vampire thing. How are we suppose to kill them? A stake through the heart?
Mitchell: No. Apparently that doesn't work. We need you to go in and capture one, dead or alive, so we can run tests on it to find a weakness.
Grant: Who else will be in the force?
Mitchell: There are four other soldiers who have had the same experience you have. [pause] If you agree, you’ll have all of the resources you could want. Do you want it? Will you come back?
Grant: [looks down at the papers one last time] [long pause] all right. I'll come back.
The two shake hands.
Scene 4
Location: A house.
A young girl is watching TV on her couch. The program really has her in a trance. But then a sound startles her from behind. She gets up and looks around. Another sound comes from the other room. Turning on all of the lights on her way, she walks slowly to the other room. A moving curtain draws her attention. Upon walking up to it the vampire grabs her just before she screams.
Scene 5
Location: Vampire Task Force base of operations.
Four men are hanging around talking and looking around at everything. After a few moments Grant walks out. Clean shaven and dressed in some army outfit, he pulls out a stack of papers.
Grant: My name is Captain William J. Grant. I am in charge around here. I'm been briefed on the situation and now so will you.
Grant passes out some paper to everyone.
Grant: Read this carefully, your life will depend on it.
All of the men look at the paper and converse among themselves.
Grant: You have all been selected to combat a lethal force of vampires that have surfaced in the past 5 years. All of you should have no problem believing in vampires since all of you have encountered one and lived to wonder about it.
Charlie: How come they popped up 5 years ago?
Grant: The reasons are uncertain. That's our job. We need to find out what happened and find a way to stop them. Our first assignment is to seek and capture a vampire for study.
Jeff: We're suppose to capture one of those things?!?! Just one of them nearly wiped out my whole platoon. There's no way we can survive!
Grant: [walking up to Mark] That's enough soldier! If you don't feel up to this then you can leave. [to everyone] Any of you can leave when ever you feel it necessary. But think about this: if we don't do anything about it, what will happen? It seem they're reproducing fast and could cause a threat if not handled soon. You are the only ones who can stop them.
Jeff: [pause] All right, I'm fine.
Grant: [resuming his briefing] All of you will get your weapon of choice. Anything from the average pistol to the L-32, laser weapon. Choose wisely for if you don't you will die.
An alarm goes off.
Grant: All right men, suit up! This is for real.
Scene 6
Location: House of murdered girl.
Three of the men of VTF are searching rooms in the house. Grant and Charlie are looking in the room with the dead body.
Charlie: It's a real shame.
Grant: [looking around the room] No kidding. [pause] Take a blood sample.
Charlie: Affirmative.
Grant: [to himself] The windows are all locked. Nothing was broken. How the hell did he get in?
Charlie: Hey Captain, come here.
Grant walks over to Charlie and the dead body. The area around the bite looks green and swollen.
Charlie: What do you think?
Grant: Get a sample of her skin, too. Maybe we can find something about those things that can help us.
Charlie: Right.
Charlie gets the samples and Grant looks around the room once more.
Scene 7
Location: VTF base of operations.
Grant and Mark look over the read out of the blood sample.
Mark: Apparently the girl must've fought the Vampire and scraped off some of his flesh. We found some flesh under her finger nails. The information regarding it should be available any minute. [pause] And here it is. Damn.
Grant: What is it?
Mark: The flesh sample is the same as human.
Grant: So?
Mark: That means we can't get anything from this other than their skin is the made of the same organic material that ours is.
Grant: What about the blood extracted from the girl?
Mark: The blood had nothing in it except for some toxins from the bite.
Grant: What toxins?
Mark: OK, you know a misquote injects a toxin to keep the blood from clotting when drawing blood?
Grant: Yeah.
Mark: Well....this is the same thing only on a much larger scale. Even if her blood wasn't completely drained she would've died from the toxin.
Grant: Is there anything else that might help us?
Mark: No, not that I can see... so now what? Wait for another body to show up?
Grant: (Looking at him, wearily, a little skeptically). Yes, that’s exactly what we have to do.
Scene 8
A
Location: Another house.
A teen age boy waits reading a book. From behind without a sound a vampire sneaks up. The vampire grabs the boy and pulls him behind the couch.
Issicar: [from behind, unseen] Leave him alone!
The vampire looks up with blood dripping from it's mouth. Issicar pulls out his sword and hold it toward the vampire.
Issicar: Make this easy on yourself.....die.
The vampire throws the body away and lounges at Issicar knocking his sword out of the way. The two fight [fight sequence 1].
Later the front door bursts open and the VTF run in. Two of them take aim at Issicar and the rest at the vampire. Issicar leaps through the window before they can shoot. The vampire is to injured to do anything.
Grant: What the hell happened here?
Jeff: One of them got away.
Grant: Well make sure this one doesn't.
Charlie walks up to the Vampire and knocks him out. Charlie searches the room and finds Issicar's sword.
Charlie: What the hell is this?
With that a breezes comes from behind. Charlie turns around and finds he's holding a broom. Charlie looks around bewildered and then cautiously puts the broom down.
Grant: Grab the Vampire and get him bound. He looks weak but we still don't know how fast they recuperates.
The men grab the limp Vampire and take him outside.
B
Location: Outside VTF base of opperations. Later that night.
Grant is outside smoking. After a few moments a sound comes from behind. Grant pulls out his gun and turns. Nothing is there. A voice comes from behind.
Issicar: You can put that gun down-I don’t intend to hurt you. I just want to talk.
Grant: Like hell you do.
Issicar: That thing is pretty useless. Guns don’t usually work with...
Grant: What-Vampires?
Issicar: ... Yes, Vampires.
Grant: (Pauses) Well, what do you want?
Issicar: I want a few things. First, I need the body.
Grant: What? The one of your friend?
Issicar: He wasn’t my friend.
Grant: What did he do? Steal one of your victims? <smirks>
Issicar: This isn’t a laughing matter. I need to warn you. What you’re doing here-It’s useless. You don’t stand a chance.
Grant: I’d like to think we do.
Issicar: Well, I’m telling you-you don’t. <more forcefully> I need that body.
Grant: Why? He’s barely alive.
Issicar: You’re insterments are useless on him. He could be dead or alive, and you wouldn’t know the difference.
Grant: He’s not going anywhere. Live with it.
Issicar: Who are you to dictate terms to me? I could’ve killed you....I still could kill you right now. All you have to do is give me a reason.
Grant: Why didn’t you kill me? From what I’ve seen you could’ve killed us all without breaking a sweat.
Issicar: My objective isn’t to take the life of humans. [comes out into the light] It’s to stop them.
Grant: Who? The Vampires?
Issicar: Yes.
Grant: [starts droping his gun] But aren’t you...I mean.... you told me...
Issicar: I am a Vampire. But not like them. I am a Vampire hunter, like yourself.
Grant: [pause] But, why? Aren’t you all on the same side, or something?
Issicar: No, we’re not all the same, not in The way you mean. There are different group of us. Some stronger then others. Some possecing certain powers that others don’t have. Some are very powerfull with evil intentions. Like the ones who have surfaced here.
Grant: So, you’re like a dark angle.
Issicar: <smile> Yes, I guess you can call me that. I am what you call a half breed Vampire.
Grant: What do you mean? A vampire....and a woman....?
Issicar: No, it wouldn’t be that easy. They would’ve killed any ordinary woman.
Grant: Then what the hell was she? Some damn witch?
Issicar: Well...
Grant: Your mother was a witch and your father was a vampire?
Issicar: Yes, exactly.
Grant: Witches.
Issicar: But back to what I came for; the body.
Grant: I’m affraid I still can’t give it to you. I have orders.
Issicar: It’s not safe for it to be here! It needs to be destroied!
Grant: I’m sorry. I can’t let you take it.
Issicar: All of you are in danger if he remains.
Grant: It doesn’t matter. He stays.
Issicar: Fine! But you don’t know what in hell your up against. [pause] I’ll be around.
Issicar disappears.
Grant: Well that was interesting.
Scene 9
Location: VTF base of operations. The next day.
A
Mark and Grant are sitting at the computer analyzing the new samples from the vampire.
Grant: Is there anything you could find?
Mark: Well...the blood samples haven't been completely analyzed yet. They should be done soon.
Grant: How are Charlie and Curt doing with that thing?
Mark: What do you mean?
Grant: Have they been able to revive it?
Mark: I don't know. I'm not paid to look after them.
Grant: <sigh> Forget it, I'll check on them myself.
Grant walks away disgusted.
Mark: What's eatin' him?
B
Charlie and Curt are standing over the Vampire who is strapped to the table. Grant walks in.
Grant: <whispering under his breath> That little computer geek.
Charlie: Hi, Captain.
Grant: Hello, Charlie.
Charlie: What's wrong?
Grant: It's just Mark. He's starting to get in one of those moods again.
Charlie: Oh that, "I'm a computer genius so leave me alone" moods?
Grant: That's the one. [looks at the Vampire] So has he done anything yet?
Charlie: [looks at the Vampire] He's been that way ever since we got him here. He better revive soon, the suns almost up. [laugh]
Grant: Inform me if there is any change.
Charlie: No problem. [Grant starts to leave] Hold on, I need a beer or something.
Grant and Charlie leave.
C
Mark is sitting in front of his computer typing.
Mark: Finally! The bloods finishes being analyzed. Now to see what's in it. [types] OK... traces of hemoglobin, normal white blood cells, and....<whisper> oh my God.
Mark Stands up and runs out of the room. After a few moments He and Grant run back into the room.
Grant: What is it, Mark?
Mark: Look at the screen!
Grant: [looks at the screen] Yeah, what is it?
Mark: This is the read out from the blood analysis.
Grant: So tell me about it.
Mark: [throws his hands up in the air] God your dense. If you would take the time to just read the damn screen you wouldn't need me to explain it.
Grant: <angry> Now look here you...!
Mark: Shut up! [pause] Now look here, there is everything that should normally be in blood with the exception of this. [types up some more].
Grant: [reading] Carboxyhemoglobin? So?
Mark: [drops his head] My God, man! Don't you know anything!
Grant: I've had about as much as I'm....!
Mark: I'm sorry, Captain. May I continue?
Grant: [thinks for a moment] Yes, please continue.
Mark: OK, carboxyhemoglobin is just like normal hemoglobin except it regenerates much faster.
Grant: Meaning?
Mark: Meaning that this is the reason the vampires have been able to live for so long. It is also very unstable and any type of solar radiation would kill them.
Grant: Does this explain why they apparently drink blood?
Mark: Actually yes. The Carboxyhemoglobin works at such a fast rate that the other blood cells are destroyed. They need to keep replenishing them.
Grant: OK, can this in any way help us fight them....or maybe to track them?
Mark: Let's see....Yes. Their special hemoglobin contains traces of raytonium. I could modify a tracker to scan for that.
Grant: Good, make it so.
D
Curt sits reading a magazine. The Vampire's hand twitches. Jeff doesn't notice. Another cold breeze comes and Jeff looks up.
Curt: I hope I don't get another broom. Wha....?
Curt's words are cut off from the Vampire ripping out his heart.
Vampire: Salutations from Gihon, mortal.
Gihon looks up at Charlie walking him. Charlie is reading a magazine, laughing.
Charlie: Hey Curt, did you read this? [looks up] Oh shit!
Charlie goes to the body and checks it out. Then he gets up and looks at the open window.
Charlie: Damn.
Scene 10
Location: Outside, night.
A
Gihon runs to a lamp post and stands there out of breath. After a few moments Lereaux appears.
Lereaux: Hello, My dear Gihon.
Gihon: [without expression] Hello, Lereaux.
Lereaux: It is a pleasure to see you alive again. Too bad you were subdued by....humans. [laugh]
Gihon: Cut the crap. It was that damn Vampire hunter. He weakened me to the point of near death. I was luck to even escape.
Lereaux: [pause] Cantabar isn’t happy with you.
Gihon: So what else is new?
Lereaux: Your life isn’t worth a single drop of rats blood now. You should flee to the old world.
Gihon: Is he really that mad?
Lereaux: My warning does no justice to his true intentions.
Gihon: [thinks for a moment] Very well. I will leave as soon as possible. Thank you, Lereaux.
Lereaux: Anything for my dear brother.
Gihon: Farewell.
Lereaux: <snicker> Good luck.
Gihon runs off into the darkness.
B
Gihon runs with a limp and finally stops to catch his breath.
Gihon: Damn.
Gihon is startled by some sound from behind him.
Gihon: Who is it? Who’s there?
A voice from behind speaks.
Issicar: You’ve avoided me once, Gihon. It will not happen again.
Gihon: [covering up his weakened state] I’m ready for you, Zadok. Rats will feast upon your flesh.
Issicar: Sounds like fun.
Both Vampires stand still for a moment or two. Then Issicar attacks [fight scene 2] Gihon falls dead.
Scene 10
Location: Various.
This scene is a combination of different things. in this scene the tracker is fixed, the Task Force hunts down three Vampires [fight scene 3-4]. The scene ends up in an abandoned warehouse.
The four remaining soldiers of the Task Force enter the building.
Grant: Charlie, take the right wing. [Charlie goes] Curt, the left. [Mark goes] Mark, you guard the door and make sure no one takes us from behind.
Grant starts off towards the middle. As Grant is walking he notices movements from all sides of him.
Grant: <whispering> I don't like this.
Then Mark starts screaming in pain. Grant runs back the way he came and sees Curt's body drop to the ground just missing his killer. Jeff and Charlie come into view.
Jeff: What the hell happened?
Charlie: What's going on?
Grant is about to answer but is distracted by a voice from behind.
Voice: Hello. I suppose you are the men from the government sent to destroy us.
A dark man steps out from behind a Vampire.
Man: I'm terribly sorry we haven't met sooner. I am Cantabar. And you are?
Grant: .......
Cantabar: I can tell you aren't a man for small talk. I like that. [Cantabar nods to his Vampire]I dislike screaming.
The Vampire vanishes. Charlie and Mark look around. Then the Vampire reappears and starts fighting Mark and Charlie. [fight scene 5] Charlie and Mark fall to the ground limp. Grant turns to Cantabar and opens fire. Cantabar dodges and appears behind Grant.
Cantabar: Boo!
Cantabar raises a hand to kill Grant but another Vampire appears and knocks Grant out of the way.
Issicar: Follow me!
Grant hesitates and then follows him out of the building.
Cantabar: They won’t be mess with us anymore.
Lereaux: No. [Cantabar turns in surprise] They’ll be back. You should’ve finished him!
Cantabar: Are you forgetting who you are talking too?
Lereaux: No....
Cantabar: I gave you life, I can just as easily take it away!
Lereaux: <whisper> [has back to Cantabar] I’ll like to see you try it you old fart.
Cantabar: Is that understood?!?
Lereaux: [with an evil grin] Yes, very well, sir.
Scene 11
Location: At a car out side.
Grant and Issicar run to the car. Grant is out of breath but Issicar is perfectly fine.
Grant: <puff> Who are you
Issicar: [looking around] My name is Issicar.
Grant: <puff> You're a....
Issicar: [stops and stares at Grant] Yes, I am a Vampire.
Grant: Why did you save me back there? I'm suppose to kill your kind.
Issicar: My kind? I am neither true human nor true Vampire. I am a Vampire hunter.
Grant: But why?
Issicar: I wasn't born a Vampire, you know? But when I was changed....I couldn't forgive the one that
did this. So I became a Vampire hunter, much like yourself. I won't stop until I kill them all.....or am killed myself.
Grant: [Pause, thinks for a moment] Who was that back there?
Issicar: That was Cantabar and his Vampire underling. They plan to destroy the human race and repopulate the planet with more of......them. They weren't any trouble until about 5 years ago when they awoke.
Grant: Awoke?
Issicar: They were lock away in a suspended state for centuries. Put there by some spell from the 13th century. But someone woke them up and now they want revenge.
Grant: Is there any way to stop them?
Issicar: As you should already know, they.....we have a special hemiglobin in our blood stream causing fast regeneration but also requiring fresh blood and no sunlight.
Grant: Yes, we did know that.
Issicar: But the only way to kill them is to decapitate them.
Grant: Is that the only way?
Issicar: The only way I know how to do it.
Grant: [grins] Do you have any other swords?
Issicar: [smiles] You know what? You remind me of a friend I used to know.
Scene 12
Location: Vampires lair.
Lereaux walks back and forth thinking.
Lereaux: Cantabar has pushed me for the last time. He deserves the punishment I will give him.
Cantabar talks from behind.
Cantabar: My dear friend Lereaux, your thoughts betray you. Is that mutiny I sense?
Lereaux: Yes, and hatred. You are no longer my master.
Cantabar: <calmly> You have out lived your usefulness. Prepare to die.
Cantabar and Lereaux [fight scene 6]. Lereaux is losing so he knocks Cantabar down and runs off.
Cantabar: [standing up] I always knew he was a coward. Pity. Oh well, I think it’s time for dinner.
Scene 13
Location: Some house somewhere.
Cantabar circles around the house and enter through a window. Upon entering the house he sees a shadow of a boy sitting on a couch. He goes up to the couch and jumps on the boy.
Cantabar: What the hell?!?
Cantabar stand up and sees that the shadow was made from just some clothing. The lights turn on from behind.
Issicar: Hello, Cantabar. So nice of you to join us.
Grant stands in the back ground.
Grant: Where is Lereaux?
Cantabar: He fled like a whimpering baby. Exactly what you two are going to do.
Issicar: Bad move. You should’ve kept him. You’re going to need all of the help you can get.
Cantabar hits Grant and jumps at Issicar. Issicar fights Cantabar [fight scene 7]. Both Issicar and Cantabar look tired. Issicar looks more so.
Cantabar: You have been a thorn in my side for far too long. Now you will be removed!
Grant: No!
Grant lounges at Cantabar and tackles him. Cantabar ends up on top and ready to strike.
Cantabar: Well, first things first. [smile] Do you have any last words?
Grant: [choking] Yeah. (wearily, a little aloof). Fuck you.
Grant pulls out a grenade and pulls out the pin.
Cantabar: No!!!!
Screen goes white.
Scene 14
Over lap of voice and action. Issicar is walking into the sun rise as the monologue is said.
Issicar: A major threat has been taken care of with the help of a.....human.....a friend. His mission ended with Cantabar, but mine is a continuing one-an indefinite one, with no foreseeable end in sight.
But there is hope. There is always hope.