by Robb House
Script created with Final Draft by Final Draft, Inc.
Script created with Final Draft by Final Draft, Inc.
TEASER
FADE IN:
EXT. HEAVEN'S GATE ALLEY - NIGHT
CU on their feet as TYLER, MIKE, VI, and TAMSIN walk down the
alley.
VI (V.O.)
I like it.
TAMSIN (V.O.)
I don't know. It makes you look...
dodgy. Like a used-car salesman.
MIDSHOT of the four. Tyler is now sporting a brand new
GOATEE. He turns to Mike.
TYLER
(stroking his facial hair)
What do you think, guy? Yea or nay?
Mike gives Tyler a scrutinizing look. He shakes his head
negative.
MIKE
Goatees are evil, dude. It was on
that TV show.
Tyler's face lights up.
TYLER
(nodding excitedly)
Whoa! Star Trek, the original
series, episode thirty-three,
"Mirror Mirror"! Closet Trekie, eh?
You've been holding out on me, man!
(turning to Vi and Tamsin)
See Kirk, Scotty, Uhura and McCoy
get transported to an alternate
dimension and--
MIKE
Dude. I was talking about "South
Park". There was this evil pet shop
and Cartman--
Tyler rolls his eyes and shakes his head. The camera PULLS
BACK to reveal that FRANK and LON are also with the group,
one on either end.
LON
While the subject of Tyler's new
facial hair is extremely
fascinating and one I'm sure we'd
all like to discuss at length,
let's remember why we're here.
TYLER
(shrugging)
I can't speak for everyone, but I'm
here because Callie's out of town
visiting her folks.
TAMSIN
(shocked)
And you didn't go with her to meet
her family?
TYLER
She wanted me to, but I just didn't
feel like we were "there" yet.
Tamsin and Vi exchange a "he's in trouble" look.
VI
Someone's not going to be getting
any for a while.
Frank grimaces.
FRANK
Oh, for Christ sake! Can we not
discuss my nephew's sex life?! I
mean, I know he's a grown man, but
I used to change his diapers.
(whistfully)
He had the tiniest little--
Frank holds his pinkie finger up.
MIKE
(shrugging)
Still does unless he's had a major
growth spirt since I saw him
getting out of the shower last
week.
TYLER
(huffs)
You used up all the hot water!
There was... shrinkage!
This garnishes laughs from Vi, Tamsin, and Frank. Tyler
frowns and blushes.
LON
(annoyed)
Can we please get back to--
FRANK
It's not like I think sex is bad or
anything. You all know I'm no
Puritan. I love sex!
(smirking)
And I'm pretty good at it, as the
numerous woman who've had the
pleasure can attest to.
Tyler cringes.
FRANK (CONT'D)
Back in the day, they used to call
me Mister Big--
Lon has had enough.
LON
(to Frank)
I do not want to hear about your
sexual exploits!
TYLER
(gratefully)
Thank you!
Lon's not done.
LON
(annoyed)
Or your goatee and... tiny penis!
TYLER
(meekly)
I don't have a tiny--
LON
We should be discussing the Dragmok
demon that we've been tracking for
the last half hour and which is
currently...
Lon looks down at the locator in his hand and then back at
Tyler.
LON (CONT'D)
...ten feet away!
A quick "Oops" expression crosses Lon's face as he realizes
what he's just said. At that moment, the DRAGMOK demon LEAPS
into frame, SLAMMING into Lon and knocking him to the ground.
The demon is tall with green spotty skin and a distended
belly. Tentacles cover it's head like hair. It's small mouth
doesn't look very menacing, but its fingers are tipped with
razor-sharp claws.
The Dragmok rolls to a standing position. The teams leaps
into action. Vi, ax in hand, SWINGS at the demon, but the
beast manages to deflect the blow, forcing her backwards. She
TRIPS over Lon who is on his knees behind her as he attempts
to stand.
Frank whips out his gun and cocks it. The demon GRABS the
barrel of the weapon and rips it out of his hands causing it
to DISCHARGE harmlessly into the air. Frank's not out of the
fight yet though. He grabs a knife from his belt and LUNGES
repeatedly at the beast, slicing its arm and forcing it
backward.
Frank thrusts at the demon's face, but it manages to GRAB him
by his arm. It THROWS him through the air. Frank HITS the
alley wall.
Tamsin and Mike attack. Tamsin FIRES her crossbow, hitting
the creature in the shoulder. It screams out in pain.
Mike hits it with a BLAST OF ENERGY, knocking it backwards.
The demon SHRIEKS. While the creature is disoriented, Tyler
delivers a roundhouse KICK, knocking the Dragmok to the
ground.
Vi is up off the ground and quickly snatches up her ax. She
raises it up.
Lon looks at the demon. Its swollen belly twitches. Lon's
eyes go wide with realization.
LON (CONT'D)
Vi! No!
But it's too late. Vi's ax has already slashed into the
demon's abdomen. The creature's stomach literally EXPLODES,
covering the team with GOO as a multitude of DRAGMOK BABIES
burst out and quickly scurry off in various directions. For a
beat, the team stands in shocked disbelief covered in various
Dragmok bodily fluids.
TYLER
(wiping fluids from his
face; deadpan)
Oh, yeah.
(spitting)
That's why I don't do this.
He spits again as we:
BLACKOUT.
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
INT. COMMAND CENTRAL - LATER
CU on one of the computer screens. It is in tracking mode.
Several small red dots are scattered around the screen in
clusters of five our six.
LON (V.O.)
As you can see, the Dragmok
offspring have settled into several
small groups.
The camera PULLS BACK to reveal that everyone has showered
and changed.
LON (CONT'D)
There they'll remain for the next
24 hours until they molt from their
juvenile form to their adult state.
Everyone nods.
MIKE
So we kill 'em now or fight 30 of
those slimy things we fought
tonight.
LON
Precisely.
Frank takes a step closer to the computer screen and gives it
a quick glace.
FRANK
Shouldn't be too difficult. The
computer's got their locations.
We'll break up into two teams, have
this whole thing cleaned up by
morning.
Again everyone nods.
TYLER
You'll have to do it without me.
I've got a computer conference
tomorrow.
Frank nods.
LON
(to Frank)
If you don't mind, I'd like to stay
behind also and work on that...
Lon glances at Tyler and then looks quickly back to Frank.
LON (CONT'D)
..."project" I've been working on.
Getting Lon's meaning, Frank ponders for a beat.
FRANK
You know what? We should let him in
on it. Maybe he knows something
that can help us out.
Lon doesn't look thrilled, but nods. Frank motions to Tyler.
Tyler steps closer to the two men as Vi, Tamsin, and Mike
gather by the door waiting on Frank.
FRANK (CONT'D)
(to Tyler)
Have you noticed anything strange
going on at MacroWare?
Surprised by the question, Tyler frowns.
LON
We have reason to believe that
something located there is
responsible for opening the random
portal formations we've been
experiencing for some time now.
Like the one tonight that the
Dragmok came through.
Tyler looks at Lon questioningly. Now Lon frowns. He
continues.
LON (CONT'D)
Normally, the portals we encounter
are natural phenomenon,
interdimensional tears which the
computer can predict and close
using the sphere, but these seem to
be--
Tyler gives them a smirk, amused at the absurdity of the
idea.
TYLER
Okay! Okay! You found us out. We
got tired of doing the software
thing and decided that opening
wormholes was the wave of the
future.
Lon scoffs while Frank chuckles lightly.
LON
This is serious.
Tyler shakes his head, laughing lightly.
TYLER
You sound like Chad with his
paranoid...
The smirk fades off Tyler's face. Frank and Lon look
intrigued.
TYLER (CONT'D)
It's probably nothing, but Chad had
some crazy idea that something
weird was going on in the Special
Projects department.
(beat)
He'd analyzed some of the code.
Said something about it being
"suspicious".
Frank's face now looks serious.
FRANK
And then he winds up sleeping with
the fishes.
MIKE
Don't you mean "jellyfishes"?
Lon, Frank, and Tyler turn to see that Mike in now standing
behind them wearing a huge grin. They do not look amused.
MIKE (CONT'D)
What? Too soon?
The three continue to look coolly at him.
MIKE (CONT'D)
Tough crowd.
Mike back away slowly. Lon continues.
LON
Can you get hold of any of this
code?
Mike shakes his head.
TYLER
It's split up among the different
departments. Some kind of security
measure, at least according to Jon
Bates. He's a nice guy, but kinda'
paranoid.
(beat)
Anyway, you'd have to have high
clearance to even attempt to access
it.
He reaches in his pocket and pulls out Chad's SILVER FLASH
DRIVE. He eyes it for a beat.
TYLER (CONT'D)
If you want to keep pursuing this
crazy idea, everything Chad had on
"Special Projects" is on this.
He hands the drive to Lon. Frank nods.
TYLER (CONT'D)
Knock yourself out. I'm going to
bed. The "evil" empire hates it
when I'm late for work.
Frank stifles a chuckle. Lon once again looks annoyed but
pockets Chad's flash drive.
Tyler turns and walks over to Mike, Tamsin, and Vi.
Lon cocks his eyebrow and looks to Frank.
LON
High clearance. Are you thinking
what I'm thinking?
FRANK
(reluctantly)
Yes.
LON
Then you know what you have to do.
Frank frowns.
FRANK
No. There has to be another way.
LON
Not a quicker one. And I fear we've
wasted enough time as it is.
Frank sighs and takes out his cell phone. He hits a button
and put it to his ear as we:
CUT TO:
INT. CORRINE'S BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS
CORRINE is dressed for bed wearing an expensive-looking satin
nightgown. She is sitting up in bed reading a book. Beside
her, on her beside table, her cell phone begins to ring. She
lays her book aside and picks up the phone, placing it to her
ear.
CORRINE
Corrine DuBoise.
INTERCUT BETWEEN FRANK AND CORRINE:
FRANK
Hey, Corrine. It's Frank.
CORRINE
I know we're being civil to each
other now, but do you know what
time it is? I was just going to
bed.
Frank clenches his jaw.
FRANK
Yeah. Sorry about that. Look.
Here's the thing...
CU on Corrine's face as she listens to Frank. Her expression
is at first curious. It changes to unsure. It then changes
clearly to anger.
CU on Frank's face as he listens to Corrine. He squints his
eyes and holds the phone a few inches away from his ear.
Corrine is clearly speaking loudly enough for him to still
hear.
Corrine hangs up her phone, picks her book back up and
continues to read as if nothing has happened.
INT. COMMAND CENTRAL - CONTINUOUS
Frank hangs up his phone.
LON
Is she going to help us?
Frank nods.
FRANK
(smirking; to himself)
Yep. I still got it.
Lon rolls his eyes. CU on Frank's smirk as we:
CUT TO:
INT. FRANK'S DINER - MOMENTS LATER
The gang, minus Lon emerge from the kitchen.
TYLER
(to Frank)
I can't believe you guys think
something is going on at MacroWare.
MIKE
(to Frank)
Yeah, dude. The day I stopped by,
there was nothing happening. I mean
nothing. The place was
"Snoozeville". I think I saw a
tumbleweed.
TYLER
(irritated; to Mike)
Don't help.
Mike chuckles lightly.
FRANK
It's just a theory right now.
Frank slaps Tyler lightly on his arm.
FRANK (CONT'D)
But keep your eyes open. Okay?
Tyler is still amused.
TYLER
Sure, Frank.
(to everyone)
Night.
Tyler turns for his bedroom. Mike calls after him.
MIKE
Going to go call Callie to beg for
her forgiveness?
TYLER
No!
Mike give the gang a knowing look. Seeing this, Tyler pauses.
TYLER (CONT'D)
I'm not calling her. She
understands.
MIKE
Dude! You can't fool me! You're
more predictable than global
warming.
Tyler's face turns red. This is clearly a touchy subject.
TYLER
I don't even know what that means!
And I am not predictable!
Mike gives Tyler an amused look.
TYLER (CONT'D)
I'm not going to call her! There's
no reason to call her. Everything
is fine between us. I'm going to
bed. I repeat! I am just going to
bed!
(annoyed)
Good night!
Tyler quickly walks to his door and enters his room, closing
the door loudly behind himself.
Mike laughs lightly and scoffs.
MIKE
Bed? Twenty bucks says he calls
Callie and then settles in for some
late-night geek porn watchin'.
The three give Mike an odd look.
VI
(curiously)
Geek porn?
MIKE
Oh yeah. Pretty much any Sci-Fi
movie that features scantily clad
women.
Frank, Vi, and Tamsin absorb this new useless information.
MIKE (CONT'D)
Don't even get him started on
Princess Leia in her gold bikini.
Totally ruined his VHS copy of
"Return of the Jedi", if you know
what I mean.
Mike waggles his eyebrows lasciviously. Tamsin and Vi pull
grossed-out faces. Frank nods to himself and gives a
nostalgic smile. After a beat Frank claps his hands together.
FRANK
Well, on that pleasant note...
(Gesturing toward the
door.)
Those ugly demon babies aren't
going to squash themselves.
The four walk to the door and exit. A beat, and the diner is
empty. A vaguely humanoid-shaped SHADOW dislodges itself from
the wall and begins to move around the diner.
JUMP CUT TO:
INT. FRANK'S DINER - TYLER'S ROOM - MOMENTS LATER
Tyler is lying on his bed, now clad in just his underwear.
His cell phone is to his ear.
TYLER
I'm really sorry, Cal. I should
have gone with you. I'll make it up
to you when you get back. I
promise.
CUT TO:
INT. CALLIE'S PARENTS' HOUSE - CONTINUOUS
CALLIE
It's okay, Speedy. I understand.
CUT TO:
INT. FRANK'S DINER - TYLER'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS
TYLER
That's what I said!
CUT TO:
INT. CALLIE'S PARENTS' HOUSE - CONTINUOUS
CALLIE
It's probably for the best anyway.
Dad just got all the old home
movies converted to DVD. I don't
think our relationship could
survive you having to sit through a
video retrospective of "Callie- The
Awkward Years."
CUT TO:
INT. FRANK'S DINER - TYLER'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS
Tyler chuckles.
ANGLE ON: The Shadow emerges from UNDER TYLER'S DOOR and
SLIDES UP THE WALL.
TYLER
Yeah, well I think I could handle
it. I miss you.
(beat)
So much, in fact, I actually went
demon hunting with the gang
tonight.
(beat)
Depends. We got the demon but I
ended up covered in goo with a
mouthful of bodily fluids.
The Shadow moves around the room until it is on the wall
behind Tyler as a sour look crosses his face.
TYLER (CONT'D)
And why am I now thinking about the
time Mike borrowed my car for his
date with Bobby what's-his-name?
Tyler laughs presumably at something Callie said on the other
end.
The Shadow moves further up the wall and onto the ceiling
above Tyler.
TYLER (CONT'D)
Speaking of which, don't tell Mike
I called, okay? He thinks he knows
me so well. Just because I like to
do things a certain way, doesn't
mean I'm predictable.
(beat)
Yeah, I know.
(beat)
Okay. I love you too, babe. Talk to
you soon.
He hangs up his phone and lays it on the bed-side table.
TYLER (CONT'D)
(to himself)
Predictable. Ha.
He gives a small smile and lays back. He reaches to his left
and picks up a TV remote. He points it at his TV and clicks.
ANGLE ON: The TV is playing "Return of the Jedi", which is
currently paused on the infamous "gold bikini" scene.
A big smile crosses Tyler's face. Throwing his right arm over
his head, he starts to get comfortable.
TYLER (CONT'D)
Thank God for DVD.
As he prepares to "take matters in hand", his gaze drifts up
to the ceiling. The smile on his face vanishes as he sees The
Shadow dropping down toward him.
CU on Tyler's eyes snapping wide open as we:
CUT TO:
INT. COMMAND CENTRAL - MOMENTS LATER
Lon is sitting at one of the computer terminals studying the
entries from Chad's flash drive. He makes notes on a pad as
he reads from the screen. CU on screen on a line of text-
"...redundant code, possibly a hidden set of command lines."
LON
(to himself)
You were a very clever man, Mr.
Warchuck. Perhaps too clever for
your own good.
A small BUMP from off screen catches Lon's attention. He
looks up from his terminal, a curious expression on his face.
He turns and looks around the room. Empty.
LON (CONT'D)
Is someone there?
No response. Lon shrugs his shoulders and turns back to his
work. There is a loud THUD and Lon bolts up straight, his
eyes wide as he reacts to a blow to the back of his head. His
eyes begin to roll up and close. He slumps forward across his
terminal, unconscious, as we:
BLACKOUT.
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
INT. COMMAND CENTRAL - LATER
The door opens as Vi and Tamsin enter. They are in the middle
of a conversation.
VI
I don't know. It's like we keep
connecting, but he just won't make
"the move".
TAMSIN
You like this Rick, right?
Vi nods emphatically. Tamsin turns to face her.
TAMSIN (CONT'D)
Then don't wait on him. You make
"the move."
VI
But what if I'm wrong and he
doesn't really like me? What if he
laughs and calls me a poopie head?
What if--
TAMSIN
You're beautiful. You're sweet. You
can bench press a Buick. What's not
to like?
Tamsin gives Vi a warm smile and places a supportive hand on
Vi's shoulder. Vi gives her a hopeful smile in return.
VI
You think so?
TAMSIN
I know so. And if he doesn't see
that, then he's not the man for
you.
(firmly)
Call him. Now.
Vi gives a bashful smile and takes out her cell phone.
TAMSIN (CONT'D)
Put it on speakerphone.
Vi nods. Tamsin leans in close. Vi hits a few buttons on the
phone as we:
CUT TO:
INT. ROUNDHOUSE CLUB - CONTINUOUS
RICK is behind the bar waiting on PATRONS as loud rock music
plays in the BG. The phone on the wall rings. He crosses over
to it and answers it.
RICK
Roundhouse. Rick speaking.
INTERCUT BETWEEN VI AND RICK:
Vi attempts to say something, but it only comes out as a
squeak.
Rick looks confused.
RICK (CONT'D)
Hello?
Vi again attempts to speak meeting with the same results.
RICK (CONT'D)
Hello?
Vi finally finds her voice.
VI
(shaky)
Rick! It's Vi.
RICK
(shyly)
Oh! Hey... Vi.
VI
I was just calling to... see if
you're... back open after the big
brawl last week.
Tamsin rolls her eyes.
VI (CONT'D)
And I guess you are... or you just
like to play your music really
loud.
RICK
Yeah, I... we... reopened last
night. Thought I might see you...
and your friends. But... I didn't.
Vi looks as if she may start sweating at any second. Tamsin
eyes her sympathetically.
VI
Yeah... we were... um... not there.
Vi cringes.
Rick cocks his eyebrow.
Tamsin rolls her eyes again.
VI (CONT'D)
Gotta go! Bye!
Vi quickly hangs up her phone.
Confused, Rick frowns and hangs up the phone.
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