Sanctuary for All, Part I/Transcript

Cold Open
'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - NEW CITY - SUNSET'''

[ Dramatic music plays ]

[Slow pan across a modern cityscape, pass over a river and pan across a darker, seedier Old City. A police siren wails in the distance.]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - UPTOWN - APARTMENT BUILDING - NIGHT'''

[ Sirens wail ]

[Slow zoom down onto a police car as it winds its way towards an old apartment block and stops in front of one. The policemen, Albert Russo and Lawrence Birch, exit the vehicle.]

RUSSO: This is Seven David Five, responding to a 10-11, 149th and Cordova.

DISPATCH: Copy that, Seven David Five.

[Police enter the building]

'''INT. - HALLWAY - AT APARTMENT 23'''

[Raised voices from inside an apartment and can be heard in hallway. The officers go to apartment 23 where the shouting is coming from and pound on the door as neighbors peer into the hallway.]

[ Residents shouting in panicked Russian ]

[ Banging on door ]

RUSSO: Open up, police!

[ Banging ]

BIRCH: Let's go! Open up!

[ Locks rattle ]

[A young woman, Mrs. Lutrova, opens the door just wide enough to peer out, blocking view of the inside of the apartment.]

BIRCH: Ma'am, we've had some complaints about the noise.

LUTROVA: We want no trouble.

BIRCH: Then you don't mind if we come in?

LUTROVA: No.

[She shuts the door then Russo kicks the door down and they enter startling Mrs. Lutrova and an older couple who are in the room.]

[ Yelps ]

'''INT. - APARTMENT 23 - LIVING AREA'''

BIRCH: You folks want to tell me what's going on?

LUTROVA: We have trouble early tonight, but no trouble now.

[Birch looks around room and moves to closed door. Mrs. Lutrova follows him and then moves in front of him in an attempt to discourage him from continuing further into the apartment.]

LUTROVA: Please.... You go. We have no trouble.

[Mrs. Lutrova plants herself in front of the door Birch is headed for.]

LUTROVA: It's okay.

BIRCH: Ma'am, I'm going to enter this room. Please, step aside.

LUTROVA: Please....

BIRCH: Relax, it'll be fine.

[Birch draws his gun and opens the door. Blood can be seen on wall and a older man is slouched against wall. The man has blood on his forehead. Russo is behind Birch, talking with the older couple.]

'''INT. - APARTMENT 23 - BEDROOM'''

BIRCH: Russo! We need backup!

RUSSO: [into radio] Seven David Five, requesting backup on that 10-11.

DISPATCH: [over radio] Copy that, Seven David Five.

RUSSO: [into radio] Seven David Five EMT, stat.

[ Radio dispatch chatter ]

[Russo pulls out a flashlight and looks around room. He shines his light under the bed and sees a boy, Alexei, hiding there]

ALEXEI: [ Panting ]

RUSSO: [to Birch] It's a kid.

RUSSO: [to Alexei] Hey, kid, you okay?

[Russo holsters his gun and gets down on his knees and forearms and starts to crawl toward young boy.]

RUSSO: It's okay. I'm just going to come over here real slow, and you're going to reach out and grab my hand, okay?

[Alexei shakes his head no.]

RUSSO: No, come on, its okay.

[Alexei continues to shake his head no as something snake-like creeps along the underside of the bed, out of Russo's sight.]

RUSSO: You’re okay. Just reach out. Come on. No, come on. It’s okay.

[Russo continues to move closer to Alexei.]

RUSSO: Come on, I need you to just take my hand.

[Alexei shakes his head 'no'.]

RUSSO: I said come here!

[The snake-like thing strikes Russo in the forehead. Russo collapses back onto floor in clear view of Birch. Mrs. Lutrova moves away and huddles with the older couple behind Birch. The boy stands up on opposite side of bed and the snake object moves toward Birch. It is clearly connected to and coming from Alexei.]

APPENDAGE: [ Squelching ]

BIRCH: Oh, God....

'''INT. - OLD CITY - BUSY RESTAURANT'''

[Will is sitting at a table with a plate of food. He turns to catch the waitress as she walks by.]

WILL: -Um, excuse me?

WAITRESS: -Hey, is everything good?

WILL: Well, yeah, it's great. It’s delicious, but, um.... Is it the chef's night off?

WAITRESS: Uh, actually, yeah.

[Will laughs silently as he looks back at his plate.]

WAITRESS: Is something wrong?

WILL: No, no, it's just that the balsamic drizzle is counter-clockwise instead of clockwise.

WAITRESS: Oh.

[ Cell phone vibrates ]

WILL: Not that it matters. It’s just that, uh....

[Will pulls out his cell phone]

WILL: Hold on.

'''INT. - HALLWAY - OUTSIDE APARTMENT 23'''

[Will is walking down hallway and coroners are bringing a body out on gurney.]

WILL: May I?

[Will opens body bag and looks in]

WILL: Damn. Thanks.

[Will continues further down the hallway and enters...]

'''INT. - APARTMENT 23 - LIVING ROOM'''

[Detective Joe Kavanaugh is talking to a uniformed officer, Andy Fets, in the foreground as Will approaches.]

KAVANAUGH: -It’s part of the job.

FETS: -He's here.

KAVANAUGH: You’re too late, Zimmerman.

[Will starts putting on a pair of gloves as he joins them.]

WILL: Yeah, I was at dinner.

KAVANAUGH: -Well, we got our guy.

WILL: -No kidding? Wow, that's great. Really great. Two of our own, huh?

[Kavanaugh gives Will an odd look.]

WILL: -Do their families know?

KAVANAUGH: -It’s covered.

WILL: As long as I’m here, you mind if I take a look around?

KAVANAUGH: Sure, whatever.

[ Music intensifies ]

[Will looks around and his mind focuses on some items, including two unmade beds, a picture of Jesus, a chair that has scratched the wooden floor, and a shelf with decorative plates and knick knacks.]

WILL: A lot of people living in one apartment. Five?

KAVANAUGH: Four, including the third DB. An old man.

[Will points to a painting on the wall]

WILL: Religious people.

[ Sirens sound in the distance ]

[Will wanders over to the shelf and picks up a nesting doll.]

WILL: Ukrainian or Russian?

KAVANAUGH: Russian.

WILL: -And just the one kid?

KAVANAUGH: -No, no kids.

[Will points to scratches on the floor made by a nearby chair.]

WILL: Hyperactive. Fidgety. These scratches are pretty fresh.

FETS: What the hell's he talking about?

KAVANAUGH: Yeah, we got the shooter, Zimmerman. He’s at the hospital with one of our eyewitnesses.

WILL: Huh....

'''INT. - APARTMENT 23 - BEDROOM'''

[ Music intensifies ]

[Will moves into bedroom and notices blood on the wall, an unmade bed, an open drawer, the blinds covering the window, and a deadbolt on the door. Will stats poking through the drawers.]

'''INT. - APARTMENT 23 - LIVING ROOM'''

KAVANAUGH: Guy's a forensic shrink. Thinks he's Sherlock Holmes.

FETS: I heard the agency gave him the boot.

KAVANAUGH: Yeah, now he's all ours. Better go keep an eye on him.

'''INT. - APARTMENT 23 - BEDROOM'''

[Kavanaugh moves into bedroom as Will wipes a finger along the top of the blinds, then moves to smell the sheets on the bed.]

WILL: Night sweats. A lot of fear in the air. Borscht, too, but.... Mainly fear.

KAVANAUGH: Gee, maybe it has something to do with the triple homicide.

WILL: No, I mean before that. Deadbolt on the bedroom door. It locks from the outside. And these shades are never up, but they're not trying to hide their heritage. -They’re not illegals, right?

KAVANAUGH: -That’s right.

WILL: So, what are they hiding?

KAVANAUGH: What part of "we got the shooter" don't you understand?

WILL: I’m thinking there was no shooting.

KAVANAUGH: I don't need ballistics to recognize the damage of close-range small caliber, and we got eyewitnesses. Or weren't you listening to that part?

WILL: Couple things don't jibe. Multidirectional cast-off on the walls. It’s from a blunt implement, maybe. Five people in one small apartment. Space is precious, but one drawer's empty?

KAVANAUGH: I told you, four people.

WILL: Another drawer's got a comic book hidden under the clothes.

KAVANAUGH: -So what?

WILL: -Well, it's not as if it's porn. Then there's, why were all four adults sleeping in the living room? No, something else is going on here that we haven't accounted for.

KAVANAUGH: And what the hell's that supposed to mean?

WILL: I don't know.

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - UPTOWN - APARTMENT BUILDING - STREET - NIGHT'''

[The entrance has police tape around it. Will exits building and walks under tape and across the street. He turns back to look at the building. When he looks up he spots someone on the outside walking along to side of building.]

[ Ominous music plays ]

[He follows on street level. We hear a whipping noise and the sound of someone jumping. Will sees Alexei coming down the fire escape of the building across from the apartments.]

WILL: Hey! Hey, kid!

[Alexei shoots a panicked glance at Will, scrambles down the fire exit and runs down the alley.]

WILL: Hey, wait a second!

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - UPTOWN - APARTMENT BUILDING - ALLEY - NIGHT'''

[Will starts to follow Alexei down the alley. He hears a motorcycle and turns back to look just in time to avoid being hit by the motorcycle.]

ASHLEY: [ Motorcycle speeds by ]

WILL: Whoa, hey!

[The motorcycle stops at end of alley and the driver, Ashley, looks back at Will for a moment, but then speeds off down another alley. Will starts to walk back down the alley.]

WILL: This is getting weird.

[Will turns as he hears a car. The speeding car hits Will and he rolls on top of hood and roof. When the car stops he rolls back down and falls to the ground. He grabs his elbow in obvious pain.]

WILL: [ Groaning in pain ]

[A woman approaches him but his vision is blurry.]

MAGNUS: Not the way I’d hoped we'd meet.

[Will passes out]

SCENE FADES INTO FLASHBACK

[A young boy is laying on ground clutching a jacket. The image is extremely blurry at the edges.]

[ WOMAN WHISPERS ]

MARY ANNE: Will? Stay where you are...

[ Beast snarling, woman screams ]

[Something grabs Young Will.]

YOUNG WILL: Mommy!

[An unclear monster is seen. Young Will is dragged along the ground.]

YOUNG WILL: [ Screaming ]

YOUNG WILL: Mommy!

[ Screaming, beast snarling ]

FLASHBACK CUTS TO REALITY

'''INT. - OLD CITY - HOSPITAL - LOWER FLOOR - HALLWAY'''

WILL: [ Gasps ]

[Will wakes with a start. He is lying unattended on a gurney in hallway. Will sits up and sees Officer Fets is down the hall, talking with a nurse.]

FETS: [ Whispering ]

WILL: [ Groans ]

[Will slides off the gurney and starts walking toward them.]

WILL: Oh, fuh- Ah.

[Fets sees that Will is up and joins him.]

FETS: You okay, Sherlock? We found you out cold.

WILL: -Yeah. A little bit sore.

FETS: -Let me guess. You got decked by a hyperactive kid.

WILL: No, somebody coming down the alley clipped me and kept going.

FETS: Well, soon as you're up to it, Kavanaugh wants to see you upstairs. Witness I.D.

[Will turns and starts walking away.]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - HOSPITAL - MORGUE - STREET - NIGHT'''

[A car is parked along curb. Magnus is sitting in back of it. A door in the background is labelled "Morgue". She watches the van carrying the bodies of the two cops arrive and back-up to the building to unload.]

MAGNUS: I’ll be a couple of hours.

[She exits car.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY - HOSPITAL - UPPER FLOOR - OBSERVATION ROOM - PATIENT SIDE'''

[A shirtless man is seen sitting in a chair. There is a one-way window along one side of the room. A lady walks by him and goes to the window turns to look back at man. Detective Kavanaugh is on the other side of the window, talking on the phone.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY - HOSPITAL - UPPER FLOOR - OBSERVATION ROOM - STAFF SIDE'''

CAVANAUGH: [voice-over as camera pushes forward through the window into the observation room on the other side] Yeah, we got our eyewitness right here at the hospital. Yeah, a Mrs. Lutrova, daughter of vic number one. Absolutely. By the book. I’m looking at our guy right now. Yes, sir. As soon as we get a positive ID, I’ll let you know. [other side of window] Not a word to the press without your say so, I understand. Okay, bye.

[Will is limping down hallway toward Kavanaugh]

WILL: Joe.

KAVANAUGH: What the hell happened to you?

[Will comes through the door into the dimly-lit observation room]

WILL: Car versus idiot. -I was the, uh....

KAVANAUGH: -Right, yeah. Well, bad night all around, I guess, huh?

WILL: Who’s your man?

KAVANAUGH: Vern Kovacs.

[Kavanaugh hands Will some papers which have mug shots of the shirtless man.]

KAVANAUGH: Apartment two floors below our crime scene. He’s got a whole list of priors there. Just got paroled after doing a dime for armed robbery, rape, and assault.

[Will hands back the papers.]

WILL: You’d think he'd eliminate the witnesses. I mean, after three, what's the downside?

KAVANAUGH: Come on. Chances are he wasn't doing a lot of thinking.

WILL: -Do you have a motive?

KAVANAUGH: -Yes, I do. I'm trying to solve this case.

[Mrs. Lutrova approaches from the hallway with Fets.]

KAVANAUGH: Mrs. Lutrova? Come in. Now, this is Dr. Zimmerman. He is a forensic psychiatrist attached to homicide.

WILL: I’m very sorry for your loss.

KAVANAUGH: Now, ma'am, do you see the man who murdered your father and those police officers tonight?

[Mrs. Lutrova steps up to window and sees Kovacs.]

KAVANAUGH: Now, take your time, because we need you to be sure about this, all right?

[Will is studying Mrs. Lutrova]

[ Music intensifies ]

[He notices little bits of body language.]

[ Screeching ]

LUTROVA: He is the one. He killed them.

KAVANAUGH: You’re certain?

LUTROVA: His face I could never forget.

KAVANAUGH: Okay, all right. Well, that's good for now.

[Kavanaugh waves Fets over]

KAVANAUGH: Um, again, ma'am, my condolences for your loss tonight. Okay.

[Kavanaugh looks at Fets who motions for Mrs. Lutrova to walk with him.

FETS: Ma'am.

[Mrs. Lutrova walks away and Kavanaugh pulls out his cell phone.]

KAVANAUGH: -Thank you, God.

[Kavanaugh dials phone.]

WILL: -Joe, listen to me --

WILL: Just give me a second here.

KAVANAUGH: [into phone] Tracy, yeah, I need to talk to the D.A.'s office right away.

[Will leaves, frustrated.]

KAVANAUGH: Hey.

'''INT. - OLD CITY - HOSPITAL - GROUND FLOOR - HALLWAY'''

[ Elevator dings ]

[Elevator doors open and Fets and Mrs. Lutrova get off. They start to walk down the hallway past another elevator. Will gets off the second elevator.]

WILL: Hey, Fets. I need five minutes with her.

[Fets stops and Will reaches out for Mrs. Lutrova’s arm.]

FETS: -Later, Doc, I’m taking her home.

WILL: -No, now.

[Will guides Mrs. Lutrova by the arm down the hallway away from Fets.]

WILL: Mrs. Lutrova, I realize that you've been through a lot tonight, but you and I both know that you just lied in there.

[They stop in hallway a distance from Fets]

WILL: Body language. Averting your gaze. Hands to your face. Rising vocal pitch. You’d never seen that man before in your life, had you?

LUTROVA: I don't know what you say.

WILL: And you felt no guilt about it.

LUTROVA: I do what's right. You leave me alone now.

WILL: I was at your building tonight when everything happened. I saw a kid coming from your apartment. Maybe 10 years old.

LUTROVA: There is no boy. No.

WILL: I never said it was a boy.

LUTROVA: Enough bad thing happen tonight. You leave me alone now.

[Fets starts to walk up to them as Mrs. Lutrova gets more agitated.]

WILL: -Mrs. Lutrova, please --

LUTROVA: -You stop. I go home.

[Mrs. Lutrova walks away with Fets.]

'''INT. - HOSPITAL - MORGUE - CORONER'S LAB'''

[Eleanor pulls a tray of tools out of a cabinet and returns to the autopsy she is about to perform. The double-doors to the morgue open and an aide pulls a gurney in. Another tech is pushing in a second gurney behind him.]

CORONER'S AIDE: -Fresh meat coming through!

ELEANOR: -Subtle.

CORONER’S AIDE: Russo, Albert and Birch, Lawrence. Two cops. Bit it tonight Uptown.

ELEANOR: Yeah, we've been expecting them. Put them in holding.

CORONER’S AIDE: Got one more coming later. EMS says it was a real butcher shop.

ELEANOR: Aren’t they all these days?

[Doors open and Magnus enters the lab.]

ELEANOR: -Helen?

MAGNUS: -Eleanor.

ELEANOR: -They’re in the cold room.

MAGNUS: -Thank you.

ELEANOR: -Lunch next week?

MAGNUS: -Love to.

ELEANOR: I’ll call.

ELEANOR: [ Saw whirrs ]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - ALLEY - NIGHT'''

[Alexei is running down an alley and stops by a dumpster.]

ASHLEY: [ Motorcycle rumbles ]

[Ashley's motorcycle pulls up behind him.]

[ Train zooms by overhead ]

[ Trains screeches from below ]

[Alexei looks around and notices a grate leading to the subway. He looks back at Ashley, who is taking helmet off and getting off her bike. Alexei runs off. Ashley sets her helmet on her motorcycle and grabs a coat before following Alexei on foot.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY - HOSPITAL - MORGUE - COLD ROOM'''

[Magnus is working on the two bodies of the police officers.]

MAGNUS: [ Squishy sounds ]

[She removes a bright green object from the forehead of Birch.]

[ Music intensifies ]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - STREET - NIGHT'''

[A truck pulls away from a woman as she calls after it.]

HOOKER: 20 bucks? I ain't giving it away, pal.

DRUITT: [ Loud flash ]

[A flash of orange light and a man appears in street. It's Druitt. He looks around and pulls a locket from his pocket. Inside is a picture of a younger, blonde Magnus. Off-screen, the Hooker has approached him.]

HOOKER: Ain’t you a drink of water?

[The Hooker approaches Druitt.]

HOOKER: And I’m kind of thirsty.

DRUITT: Is that so?

HOOKER: I’m guessing you're looking for a little action yourself.

DRUITT: In fact, I am looking for something. Perhaps you can help me.

HOOKER: English, right? I’ve got a thing for the Brits. So polite and all.

DRUITT: Well, this place, it's rather strange. A sanctuary, and it takes in only the most unusual guests.

HOOKER: There’s a big old place down by the water, Grayson Street, I think. I’ve heard all kinds of stories, but I never put much stock in them. I’ll take you there, if you like, but it'll cost you extra.

DRUITT: How very kind of you.

[Druitt stabs the Hooker in the stomach.]

HOOKER: [ Gasps in pain ]

DRUITT: But I think I can find it on my own.

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - MONTGOMERY STREET - SUBWAY ENTRANCE - NIGHT'''

[ Music tempo speeds up ]

[Alexei runs down the sidewalk followed by Ashley. Ashley is folding an umbrella she had been carrying. Everything is drenched from the rain.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY - SUBWAY - PLATFORM - TUNNEL'''

[Alexei enters the subway and walks down the tracks. Out of his sight, Ashley enters the subway tunnel and follows him. She tosses her jacket off to the side as she draws her pistol.]

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY - HOSPITAL - EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE - STREET - NIGHT'''

[Two police cars and an ambulance are parked at the hospital entrance. It’s raining very hard.]

WILL: [voiceover] The woman is lying. I’m sure of it.

'''INT. - OLD CITY - HOSPITAL - NURSE'S STATION'''

KAVANAUGH: I don't know why we bother interviewing eyewitnesses. I mean, you could just come in and you could work that voodoo crap you've been working for the last six months. It’d be great, right?

WILL: That’s what you think of behavioral science?

KAVANAUGH: Two cops died tonight. Now, we owe it to these guys to do right by them.

WILL: Okay, okay, so what happens when forensics comes back and says those weren't bullet holes in their foreheads?

KAVANAUGH: Then Kovacs used something else as a weapon. It doesn't change anything. So unless you've got something else, something different....

WILL: [ Sighs heavily ]

WILL: I saw something tonight. In the alley. It was a boy, maybe 10-years-old. It looked like he was running from the crime scene, so I followed him, and I think the person who knocked me down was following him, too.

KAVANAUGH: Well, none of the witnesses mentioned a boy.

WILL: I don't know. Something about him.... It was like.... He wasn't just scared. It was like he was in the grip of something.

KAVANAUGH: Right. So we have eyewitnesses, a suspect with priors, but you, you like a 10-year-old kid as the shooter?

WILL: -No.

KAVANAUGH: -Is that right?

WILL: I’m just saying, if you find the kid, then you'll know how those three men died tonight.

KAVANAUGH: -Go home, Zimmerman.

WILL: -Why don't you want to hear this?

KAVANAUGH: Because this is... Because this is exactly the same kind of B.S. that got you bounced from the agency. Now, I were you, I would just back the hell off.

[Will walks away.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY - HOSPITAL - HALLWAY'''

[Around the corner Magnus is standing in the hallway, leaning against the wall. She follows Will as he leaves.]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - HOSPITAL - EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE - STREET - NIGHT'''

[Will is walking down street holding a paper on his head to protect from the rain. Magnus catches up to walk almost beside him.]

MAGNUS: The detective is right, by the way.

[Will keeps walking.]

WILL: Excuse me?

MAGNUS: He can't use anything you gave him.

WILL: -Do I know you?

[Magnus slows to a stop.]

MAGNUS: -How’s your head?

[Will stops abruptly and turns to look at Magnus.]

WILL: Wait.... -You ran me over.

MAGNUS: -You got in the way.

WILL: -Of what?

MAGNUS: -My pursuit of the boy. The police have the wrong man. The evidence will bear it out if they don't suppress it for a quick conviction. But the boy is indeed real, and he needs our help.

WILL: Who are you?

MAGNUS: Let’s just say I’m someone who's chosen to embrace the full spectrum of our reality. There are things in this city -- in this world -- that no one wants to admit are real.

WILL: Okay, you're creeping me out now.

[Will turns to walk away.]

MAGNUS: Dr. Zimmerman,

[Will stops walking and turns back, startled that Magnus knows his name.]

MAGNUS: have you ever asked yourself why you lost your job at the agency?

WILL: That’s impressive. -What did you do, Google me?

MAGNUS: -Your theories were controversial. You were headstrong. Your so-called failures were really theirs. They failed to keep up with your insights --

WILL: Lady, I’m getting soaked here. What do you want?

MAGNUS: You, Dr. Zimmerman. As I see it, you have two choices. You can go back to a life where you're unheard and unappreciated, or... ...you can squarely face the truth you've been seeking since you were a child. We both know you caught a glimpse of that truth tonight. Don’t turn away.

WILL: Who are you?

[Magnus smiles slightly and hands Will a business card. Camera focuses on card, which reads:]

MAGNUS: I have a proposal. All I ask is for a little of your time.

WILL: Thanks, but.... If you're looking for resumes, why don't you try Monster.com? I already have a job.

[Will walks away and Magnus watches him go, still smiling.]

MAGNUS: Hmm....

'''INT. - SUBWAY - TUNNEL'''

[ Ominous music plays ]

[Ashley is walking cautiously down the tracks with her gun and flashlight in her hands.]

[ Train approaches ]

[A train comes and she pushes up against the wall to avoid it. She gets down and walks down tracks again as soon as the train is gone.]

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY - WILL'S APARTMENT BUILDING - NIGHT'''

[It is still raining hard.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY - WILL'S APARTMENT - LIVING AREA'''

[Will enters the apartment and throws his keys on counter. He takes off his jacket and places it on the furniture. He grabs a sweat shirt and dries his hair. He walks into the kitchen and grabs a beer out of the refrigerator. A woman approaches behind him.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY - WILL'S APARTMENT - KITCHEN'''

WILL: [ Startled ]

WILL: -God, don't do that.

MEG: -You know I still have a key.

WILL: Yeah, and you know how I love these surprise visits. What are you doing here, Meg?

MEG: I heard a couple cops got killed at the precinct tonight. You okay?

WILL: The usual. Eating badly, sleeping worse.

WILL: [ Pops beer can open ]

WILL: You?

MEG: Just, you know.... Wanted to see if you were all right. And get the rest of my stuff.

[Will walks away into the bedroom. Meg follows him and continues to pack her things.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY - WILL'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM'''

WILL: Is that everything?

MEG: If you find my hair straightener, you can bring it by the ICU.

WILL: Hair straightener. Got it. It’s kind of like returning a high school ring or something.

MEG: And the last two years of our lives come down to a punch line.

WILL: That wasn't.... Look, let's not do this, okay? I can't go 10 rounds tonight. I just don't have it in me.

MEG: They still riding you at work?

WILL: Nothing I can't handle.

MEG: Don’t take this the wrong way, Will, but you invite the ridicule.

WILL: -Did you get the same invitation?

MEG: -That’s not fair.

WILL: Come on, Meg, you always thought I was a wackjob, too.

MEG: Look, whatever it is that finally helps you sleep at night... ...I hope you find it. Good-bye, Will.

WILL: -Meg....

[Meg leaves and Will falls back onto the bed, closes his eyes.]

WILL: [ Sighs heavily ]

'''INT. - OLD CITY - WILL'S APARTMENT - BATHROOM'''

[There is the sound of a shower running.]

[Will walks into frame and pulls his shirt off over his head]

WILL: [ Wincing ]

[Will steps up to the mirror and examines the bruises on his shoulder. He pulls the business card from Magnus out of the pocket of his jeans and looks at is.]

[ Music intensifies ]

[He flips the card over to look at the phone number on the back.]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - WILL'S APARTMENT BUILDING - STREET - NIGHT'''

[A car pulls up in front of where Will is waiting on the sidewalk. Will gets in the back of the car and sits next to Magnus.]

MAGNUS: Good evening.

WILL: Hi.

[Will sees an abnormal face of the driver in the rear-view-mirror, but can't see it clearly. It is Bigfoot.]

MAGNUS: So what made you decide to call?

WILL: You said you were pursuing the boy.

MAGNUS: -Indeed.

WILL: -Why?

MAGNUS: I suspect you know why.

WILL: Uh, no. Honestly, I don't.

MAGNUS: Ah! Well, then, this will be a very illuminating evening.

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - NIGHT'''

[The car pulls up to gate in front of a large older building. The driver keys a code and the gate opens. The car pulls inside and the gate is heard closing behind it.]

DRUITT: [ Loud flash ]

[An orange flash is seen against the wall of the Sanctuary and Druitt walks by and up to keypad. He laughs and walks toward gate, disappearing in a flash.]

DRUITT: [ Loud flash ]

DRUITT: [ Otherworldly chatter ]

DRUITT: [ Loud flash ]

[Druitt reappears and is thrown backwards, sliding across the ground on impact.]

DRUITT: [ Coughing ]

DRUITT: [ Laughs ]

[He sits up.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTURY - FOYER'''

[Will is following Magnus across the foyer.]

MAGNUS: Would you like a cup of tea, Dr. Zimmerman? Or perhaps something stronger?

WILL: Uh, no. No, thanks. I’m good.

MAGNUS: You no doubt have questions about this place.

WILL: Just one. How come there's no organ music?

MAGNUS: I’m glad to see you maintain a healthy sense of humor.

[Magnus is smiling as she sets down her hat and begins to take off her raincoat.]

WILL: Yeah, well, it's invaluable in police work. Nothing brightens up a murder scene like the right zinger.

MAGNUS: Levity helps keep far more insidious things at bay. The boy you saw. He’s very special, or so I was led to believe by people I’ve come to rely on for such information.

WILL: -Did he kill those men?

MAGNUS: -Yes and no. Not the boy per se.

[Magnus begins walking down a hallway. Will follows.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - GROUND FLOOR - EAST CORRIDOR'''

WILL: If the boy did do it, and you have knowledge either way, I need to know.

MAGNUS: And if the answers I provide pose even greater questions?

WILL: -I’m willing to take that chance.

MAGNUS: -Are you certain about that?

WILL: You know what? Next time that you just want some company, don't give your card out to strangers on the street.

MAGNUS: By the time the night is out, I expect to have the boy in my custody. Until then, I hope you'll understand, but I’m reluctant to speculate on his guilt or innocence.

WILL: But you're saying that you can find him?

MAGNUS: I believe so, and when I do, I could use your help.

WILL: Really? For what? You call this place a sanctuary. For whom?

MAGNUS: Or "what".

WILL: Ah, you know what? This was a really bad idea. I’m very sorry to have wasted your time, and I’m even sorrier that you've wasted mine.

[Will turns and walks away but turns back when Magnus begins to speak.]

MAGNUS: Your instincts told you that the boy was anything but normal. Otherwise, you wouldn't be here. Inside these walls are beings that make his qualities pale by comparison. "Sanctuary for All." is not an empty motto.

'''INT. - OLD CITY - SUBWAY - TUNNEL'''

[Two police officers walk along checking the subway tunnel.]

FIRST OFFICER: Damn sector gives me the willies, man.

SECOND OFFICER: No one likes working under Old City. Place is toxic.

FIRST OFFICER: Rent’s cheap, though. Hold it.

[First Officer sees Alexei crouched on top of an electrical box.]

FIRST OFFICER: What the hell you doing down here, kid? Look, wherever you ran from, this place is worse, okay? So let's go.

[Alexei shakes his head no.]

FIRST OFFICER: -Wasn't a request, kid.

ASHLEY: -Wouldn't do that if I were you.

[Ashley is standing behind them. As they turn, she kicks the first officer and hits the second one.]

ASHLEY: [ Grunts and gasps ]

[She knocks them both out. When she turns back, Alexei is gone.]

ASHLEY: Peachy.

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - NIGHT'''

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - ELEVATOR - DESCENDING'''

[Magnus and Will are in a freight elevator.]

WILL: So you're a doctor of what, exactly?

MAGNUS: The specific discipline depends entirely on the patient.

WILL: Do you have anything for chronic insomnia?

MAGNUS: Fair warning, Dr. Zimmerman. You’re about to leave the world you know behind.

[The elevator stops and Magnus exits.]

WILL: I’ll take that as a no.

[Will remains standing in the elevator. Magnus turns back to him]

MAGNUS: This way.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - CORRIDOR'''

[Will catches up to where Magnus is waiting, then they continue walking.]

MAGNUS: I specialize mainly in Cryptozoology and Xenobiology. Teratology, too, when the need arises.

WILL: "Teratology"? What the hell is that?

[Magnus and Will are walking side by side. Magnus stops and a strange animal noise is heard and Will turns back to look at her with a shocked look.]

MAGNUS: Welcome to the Sanctuary.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MAIN LAB'''

[A multilevel room is revealed with many rooms and monitors that can be lowered from high above.]

[ Music plays that conveys wonder and amazement ]

[Will moves forward]

[ Growling and shrieking echo all around ]

[He stops and looks around the room. Magnus walks up to him.]

MAGNUS: Please.

[Magnus motions him to follow. She leads him to a large window. The room behind the window is filled with water and a being swims toward the window.]

WILL: A mermaid? -You've gotta be kidding me.

MAGNUS: -Teratology, from the Greek "teratos", meaning "deformity". "Hideous creature". "Unknown being".

WILL: How is this even possible?

[They move to the next window where a lizard-man takes shelter behind some large rocks and a tree.]

LIZARD MAN: [ Hissing ]

MAGNUS: He’s a little frightened of strangers.

WILL: He’s frightened? What the hell is that?

MAGNUS: His classification is of less importance than the simple reality of his existence. I discovered him after his natural habitat was destroyed by a South American mining operation. Sadly, he may be the last of his species.

WILL: Oh, my God!

[Will moves to the next window. It’s dark inside the enclosure. Suddenly fire streams toward window.]

WILL: Whoa!

[Will jumps back as Magnus catches his elbow briefly and then steps forward toward the enclosure.]

MAGNUS: [to creature] Come, now, don't be shy.

MAGNUS: Elemental powers can be very difficult to control, but we have been making progress.

[A face in seen just as the fire dissipates]

MAGNUS: The purpose of this Sanctuary is to find and help the unfortunate creatures of this world. Some need saving. Others can't be allowed to roam free. Case in point.

TWO-FACED GUY: [Font Face] New guy! New guy! Welcome!

[Two-Faced Guy flips around to show his other side.]

TWO-FACED GUY: [Back Face] Watch your back!

MAGNUS: [to Two Faced Guy] Stop it, both of you!

MAGNUS: I apologize. They’re incorrigible. Nature is nothing if not diverse.

[Will and Magnus continue walking past windows each with more abnormals.]

MAGNUS: The patients on this level are kept in cells mainly for their own well-being. For others it's a refuge of last resort.

WILL: What, you mean some come here, what, voluntarily?

WILL: -Does that mean that others are...?

[A fairy like creature distracts Will as it flies overhead.]

MAGNUS: -Running free? Absolutely. This isn't a zoo and it's certainly not a prison.

WILL: Yeah, but some of these things, they look dangerous as hell.

MAGNUS: We have a dual obligation. To study the miraculous and to protect against the perilous.

WILL: Yeah, but.... The dangerous ones. What’s the point of even keeping them?

MAGNUS: Every creature expands our knowledge. We learn from the deadly as well as the benign.

WILL: How many more are there?

MAGNUS: Hmm.... Many.

[Magnus turns and walks away.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY'''

[Magnus and Will enter a living area.]

WILL: So I’m guessing few people have seen what I’ve just seen.

MAGNUS: Very few.

WILL: How do you keep a secret this big?

MAGNUS: Very carefully. The survival of my patients depends on it. Please.

[Magnus motions for Will to sit. As Will walks to a couch, another door opens and Bigfoot enters carrying a tea service tray. Will starts badly when he sees Bigfoot.]

WILL: Whoa!

MAGNUS: It’s all right. It’s all right.

BIGFOOT: [ Grunts ]

MAGNUS: He's just as unnerved by you.

[Bigfoot moves into the room and sets the serving tray down on the table.]

MAGNUS: He’s been relatively isolated since I first treated him.

[Bigfoot serves Magnus a cup of tea]

MAGNUS: Thank you.

[Bigfoot offers a cup of tea to Will.]

WILL: I, uh.... No.

[Bigfoot shrugs and walks away.]

WILL: [ Breathing hard ]

[Bigfoot reaches the door to leave the room, nodding to Magnus as he closes the door behind him.]

WILL: That thing is your patient?

MAGNUS: Former patient, actually. After I removed more than a few bullets from him, he refused to leave. So I gave him a position on my staff. I’m not sure he'd appreciate you calling him a "thing".

WILL: [ Sighs ]

WILL: Why me?

MAGNUS: Because, Dr. Zimmerman, I believe there's a vital role for you to play here.

WILL: By helping you capture monsters?

MAGNUS: We prefer to call them "abnormals". The most important thing is that my patients have a place where they can feel safe. Where we can help them, learn from them.

WILL: My head's kind of doing the backstroke. Are you offering me a job here?

MAGNUS: I’m offering you a chance to explore a world that you've been trying to understand on your own, with very little success.

WILL: [ Chuckles ruefully ]

MAGNUS: You find my offer amusing?

WILL: -No, it's not that. It’s just --

MAGNUS: -You’re afraid.

WILL: You work with monsters.

MAGNUS: I work with sentient beings, each worthy of the same respect that humans, even animals, receive automatically. These creatures are the key to the evolution of our race, past and future, and yet we revile them, destroy them. And worst of all, pretend they don't even exist. But they are out there, Dr. Zimmerman. Lost, like the child you saw tonight. Misunderstood, hunted. And they need our help. Your help.

WILL: I still don't understand why you would come to me.

MAGNUS: Because I need someone who can see beyond the surface, see the world as it really is.

WILL: I, I profile criminals, not monsters.

MAGNUS: [ Laughs ]

MAGNUS: You can't see the irony in that statement?

WILL: You know what I mean.

MAGNUS: You are a student of the human animal. You see things, you read things in behavior, that I believe cut across the variations of outward form. Where others see stubbornness and failure, I see great potential. Good doctors come and go, but the great ones have always seen beyond the boundaries of science, beyond the known. The great ones dare to believe in the unbelievable.

[ Cell phone rings ]

[A buzzing is heard and Magnus gets up]

WILL: [ Sighs ]

[Magnus walks over to desk where she picks up a cell phone. She received a text from Ashley which reads:]

MAGNUS: We’ve found our boy.

'''INT. - SUBWAY - TUNNEL'''

[The police that Ashley roughed up are being treated by EMTs.]

[ Police radio chatter ]

[Magnus and Will enter and observe the scene from a distance.]

WILL: What happened to those guys? The boy again?

MAGNUS: Seeing as they're alive, I doubt it. I have my theories.

[Magnus moves off and Will follows. They enter and another area.]

'''INT. - SUBWAY - LINE 4 - TUNNEL 5'''

WILL: What I still don't understand is, who tipped you off that the boy was down here?

ASHLEY: I did. I’ve been tracking the little dweeb all night.

WILL: -Who the hell are you?

ASHLEY: -Who the hell are you?

MAGNUS: -You said you had him.

ASHLEY: -I did, until the circus arrived.

MAGNUS: Still, roughing up two policemen.

ASHLEY: They were going to get themselves killed.

[Will hears a noise coming from a large crate.]

WILL: Uh, guys?

[Both women pull out guns and Will walks up to crate. Alexei is hiding inside. Will stands in front of the crate.]

WILL: It’s okay.

APPENDAGE: [ Squelching ]

[The snake-like appendage darts toward Will.]

ASHLEY: [ Gasps ]

[Ashley tackles Will to the ground, rolling and comes up taking aim at the boy.]

MAGNUS: Don’t! We need him alive!

[Magnus walks in front of crate.]

MAGNUS: [to Alexei] We want to help you.

[Magnus lowers her gun and Ashley comes over with her gun still drawn to stand next to Magnus.]

MAGNUS: Do you understand me? We’re not going to hurt you, I promise.

[The boy comes out of crate and stands before them. The appendage is still waving about dangerously.]

MAGNUS: That’s it.

[The appendage strikes out to bite Ashley in the shoulder.]

ASHLEY: [ Shouts ]

WILL: Hey, hey, hey! Over here. Over here. Yeah, that's it. That’s it. Nice and easy.

[Will draws the boys attention away from Magnus and Ashley.]

WILL: [to Magnus and Ashley] Any time.

MAGNUS: [ Shoots dart ]

[Alexei collapses.]

WILL: [to Ashley] You okay?

ASHLEY: Yeah, I’m fine.

MAGNUS: This chaos was completely avoidable.

ASHLEY: These tunnels reek and I need a bath. -I don't need a lecture.

WILL: -Seriously, who are you?

MAGNUS: Dr. Zimmerman, this is Ashley. My daughter.

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - NEW CITY - VIEW FROM OLD CITY - NIGHT'''

ASHLEY: [voice-over] Ugh. I get it, all right?

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - INFIRMARY'''

[Magnus is stitching up Ashley’s shoulder while Will holds an ice pack to his head.]

ASHLEY: Ow! Mom, take it easy.

MAGNUS: All I’m saying is that we could have better coordinated our efforts.

ASHLEY: Again, we got the ghoul, okay? Take a pill.

MAGNUS: I apologize for Ashley’s unruly behavior, Dr. Zimmerman. What she lacks in refinement, I assure you she makes up for in her field skills.

WILL: -Really?

ASHLEY: -Somebody saved your life tonight. -Oh, wait! That was me.

MAGNUS: -Hold still.

WILL: So I take it you guys, uh, do this a lot?

ASHLEY: Oh, this is nothing.

ASHLEY: Hey, Mom, do you remember the summer I turned 18?

ASHLEY: We did an entire den of werewolves. You know, as in bag and capture? Sedate and catalogue? It wasn't just me. Mom was there, too. And a few nervous locals. One who seriously looked like Adrien Brody.

MAGNUS: Ashley....

ASHLEY: Mom, you thought he was hot, too.

MAGNUS: Dr. Zimmerman is our guest. Please bear that in mind as you blather away.

ASHLEY: Anyway, we were low on silver tips, full moon's on the rise --

WILL: You’re making this up.

ASHLEY: -You got the tour, right?

WILL: -Yeah, but....

MAGNUS: There we are, darling. Good as new.

ASHLEY: Thank you. Hate to bleed and run, but I got to be on the Eastside in 20.

MAGNUS: For what reason?

ASHLEY: Sylvio has some fabulous new product for me. Top of the line Kevlar, prototype hollow-points, digital fuses....

MAGNUS: Actually, I’d prefer it if you stayed in this evening.

ASHLEY: What do you mean? Why?

MAGNUS: There’s been some fluctuations in the EM shield. I’m sure it's nothing, but just to be on the safe side.

ASHLEY: But this won't take an hour. And I promise I’ll grind him down on the price. We buy in bulk, we save a ton.

MAGNUS: We’re Sylvio's best customers. His amazing deals aren't going anywhere, believe me. It’s been a long night, Ashley. Please.

ASHLEY: Mom, come on, I’m just --

[Magnus gives Ashley a look of rapidly diminishing patience.]

ASHLEY: Okay, Facebook it is.

ASHLEY: [to Will] Nice to meet you. Uh, keep the ice going.

[Ashley leaves the room.]

WILL: So she's your daughter? What, did you have her when you were, like, 12?

MAGNUS: Very flattering.

WILL: Adopted?

MAGNUS: The details are unimportant. Ashley is my flesh and blood and she plays a vital role in my work.

WILL: She bags them, you tag them.

MAGNUS: Something like that, but I find it's what happens afterwards that matters the most.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - OBSERVATION DECK'''

[Alexei is strapped to a chair, but the appendage is still waving about. Magnus and Will are in another room above looking at the boy through an observation window.]

WILL: What is that?

MAGNUS: Massive genetic mutation, creating a symbiotic appendage.

WILL: Well, whatever it is, it helped him clear 20 feet across an alley earlier tonight.

MAGNUS: Probably its most benign use. Such imperfect children are often adopted by well-meaning immigrant families. Some are blind. Others have deformities, mental illness. I’m sure he seemed perfectly normal in his photograph, if they even saw one.

WILL: What do you intend to do with him?

MAGNUS: I’ll determine his physiological treatment. But we have no hope of truly helping him until we gain his trust.

WILL: Wait.... Is this why....?

WILL: [ Laughs ]

WILL: No. There's nothing in my training that even begins to apply to a patient like this.

MAGNUS: Your training can't help you here as much as your intuition can.

WILL: This is insane. I can't do this.

MAGNUS: What’s more terrifying to you, Dr. Zimmerman? That frightened, confused boy down there, or the possibility that you lack the courage to help him? Tell me, what do you see when you look at him?

WILL: [ Sighs ]

WILL: Body language is... ...agitated. Though he's given us no trouble since he woke up. In fact, the only hostile thing in that room is that... ...thing.

MAGNUS: Then see beyond it. See the boy. If you can do that, then you can help him. If not, then so be it. I’ll simply admit that I was wrong about you.

[Will turns to look down at Alexei.]

MAGNUS: I’ll leave it to you.

[Will gives Magnus an irritated but acquiescing look, then exits. Magnus watches him go with a tentative smile.]

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