Fata Morgana/Transcript

Teaser Sequence
'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - SCOTLAND ISLAND - CLIFFS - NIGHT - DARK STORMY'''

'''EXT. - SCOTLAND ISLAND - GRAVEYARD - NIGHT - DARK STORMY'''

[Will and Magnus crouched down, Magnus holding a gun]

WILL: I said, are you sure this is it?

MAGNUS: Keep your voice down! We're trying to remain undetected. That does require a modicum of silence.

WILL: Modicum. Right. Why are we hiding? We're on an island in the middle of nowhere. And it's a crypt, not The Pentagon.

MAGNUS: A crypt potentially containing an elixir capable of prolonging life for centuries. Such secrets are rarely left unguarded.

WILL: -Yeah, but why can't we just --

MAGNUS: -Look.

[Magnus hands Will a spyglass. Will looks toward the crypt and see creatures guarding it.]

MAGNUS: Keepers of the dead. Best to be avoided if at all possible.

WILL: Right.

[Magnus and Ashley exchange hand signals]

WILL: I got "I'm going in" and "go around", but what was that wiggly one you did?

MAGNUS: Either we work together or we die. Let's go.

WILL: Okay.

[Magnus, Will and Ashley head towards the crypt]

[ Celtic music plays ]

[ Thunder strikes ]

MAGNUS: Take the other side. Draw them away if you can.

WILL: -You're kidding, right?

MAGNUS: -Go quickly, before they --

[The keepers attack]

KEEPERS: [ Snarling ]

MAGNUS: [ Gunfire ]

KEEPER: [ Screaming ]

MAGNUS: Ashley?

ASHLEY: [ Gasps and grunts ]

ASHLEY: [ Gunfire ]

[Ashley fights and shoots a group of keepers then runs towards Magnus who is shooting keepers]

MAGNUS: [ Gunfire ]

MAGNUS: [ Gunfire ]

ASHLEY: Okay, I know all this was not on the brochure!

MAGNUS: This is why we don't work with Sylvio. His intel is hopeless! Ashley!

KEEPER: [ Groans ]

[ Gunfire ]

MAGNUS: [to Will] Go to the crypt! Go!

[Will goes to the crypt, while Magnus and Ashley continue fighting]

[ Gunfire ]

ASHLEY: Mom!

[ Gunfire ]

'''INT. - CRYPT'''

[Will enters the crypt]

[ Shots fired outside ]

[He takes out a flashlight and turns it on to look around the room]

[ Celtic music plays ]

[He stands on a central emblem between three stone coffins]

[ Ground rumbles ]

[ Liquid flows ]

[ Coffin lids scrape open ]

'''EXT. - SCOTLAND ISLAND - OUTSIDE CRYPT ENTRANCE - NIGHT - DARK STORMY'''

MAGNUS: I'm going in!

[Magnus goes into crypt, leaving Ashley behind to hold off the remaining keepers.]

[ Gunfire ]

'''INT. - CRYPT'''

MAGNUS: Will!

WILL: This might be my first crypt, but aren't they supposed to hold dead people?

[ Celtic music plays ]

[Three young women are uncovered in the stone coffins]

Title Sequence
[ "Sanctuary" theme plays ]

Act I
"FATA MORGANA"

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

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - ASHLEY’S BEDROOM'''

MAGNUS: Are you sure about this? I mean, I could go with you, or maybe you could take --

ASHLEY: Take the Big Guy? Mom, come on, it's just a clean-up job, not a major operation. I'll be fine on my own.

MAGNUS: A humanoid chameleon living under the city is hardly a clean-up job. -It's more of a --

ASHLEY: -Problem. Yeah. Our kind of problem. One we should have taken care of before we went to Scotland. I can handle it. You got your hands full here.

MAGNUS: Do you have everything you need?

ASHLEY: Uh, yeah. Henry wants me to field-test some new stuff. And, uh, hey, if the gear fails, I'll just use the patented Magnus charm.

[ Cocks shotgun ]

MAGNUS: Right. Well, I just wanted to connect. You know, we rarely get the chance.

ASHLEY: Awe, Mom.... Alrighty, then. One nasty chameleon subterranean menace going down.

MAGNUS: -Ashley?

ASHLEY: -Yeah?

MAGNUS: Be careful.

ASHLEY: Always, Mom.

[Ashley gives Helen a kiss on the cheek and moves to leave the room.]

ASHLEY: See 'ya.

[The bedroom door is heard being closed.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MEDICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH LAB'''

[The three women from the crypt are laying on beds. Magnus is tending to them.]

WILL: Three not-so-dead women found in coffins. Just another day at the office.

MAGNUS: All three are comatose. Fortunately, brain functions and vital organs seem to be intact.

WILL: -So they're normal?

MAGNUS: -Near as I can tell. The scans aren't detecting any physical anomalies, but they can only tell us so much. I'm administering a time-released stimulant. It should bring them back to consciousness slowly, with as little physical trauma as possible.

WILL: What about emotional trauma?

MAGNUS: That's more your department, I should think. Until they awaken, we have to rely on more traditional forensic methods.

[Magnus moves to a bed with one of the keepers of the dead on it.]

MAGNUS: Now, this fellow....

WILL: Fond memories.

MAGNUS: These creatures detected our presence early and possessed unnatural speed and strength.

WILL: Definitely not normal.

MAGNUS: Not as you would define it, no. I was about to gather some fluid samples. Care to assist?

WILL: Uh, I'd love to, but.... I'd better get back to my office and get the whole head-shrinking operation up and running.

MAGNUS: As you wish.

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

[ Music intensifies ]

DANU: No!

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - HALLWAY'''

[Will runs down hall.]

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

[Will enters the room.]

WILL: Hi.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MEDICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH LAB'''

[Magnus is examining the keeper's body. in the background is a live feed of the Infirmary where she can listen and watch Will interact with the Morrigan.]

WILL: [on screen] ''It's nice to see you're finally awake. I'm Dr. Zimmerman. Will.''

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

WILL: Can you understand anything I'm saying? Hey, it's okay. It's okay. You're okay. You're in a safe place.

[Will reaches out to comfort her and she grabs him and pulls in into an embrace.]

DANU: [ Breathing heavily, sobbing ]

WILL: Okay, okay. You're in a safe place. Just relax.

[She releases Will.]

DANU: I... ...am Danu.

WILL: So you can talk.

DANU: My sisters, Tatha and Caird.... Are they....?

WILL: They're fine. Your sisters are fine. You just woke up first. You're in a medical facility. We brought you here after we found you in a... ...dark place. Do you have any idea how you ended up there?

DANU: creatures.... They came to our village. They weren't human.

WILL: Yeah, sounds familiar.

DANU: They took us with them, and then... ...I woke up here.

WILL: Your village.... Is there anyone there? Your friends or family that we could contact? -Let them know you're all right?

DANU: -I'm sorry, I just.... I can't remember.

WILL: Well, it’s okay. You just take your time.

DANU: This place.... It's like... ...nothing I've ever seen before. There's.... There's light, but I see no candles. There's warmth, but there's no fire, no sunlight.

WILL: Danu, before you and your sisters were taken, how much do you remember?

DANU: At last mass, we were mourning the loss of our priest to the miasmas.

WILL: The miasmas?

DANU: It's a sickness that has cursed many villages surrounding us in recent months. There is no cure.

WILL: So you remember the miasmas. Anything else?

DANU: Why can't I remember?

WILL: Just give it time.

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - DAY?'''

MAGNUS: [voice-over] These creatures exhibit a terrifying propensity for violence.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MEDICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH LAB'''

[Magnus is doing an autopsy on the keeper. Will wakes in during her dictation.]

MAGNUS: Physiology appears human in base form, though significant anomalies to the face and torso indicate the possibility of mutation at a base genetic level.

WILL: Ugh. Okay, you need to.... You need to put a sock on the door or something before you do that.

MAGNUS: He's breathtaking, isn't he?

WILL: Yeah, that's one way of putting it.

MAGNUS: How are our guests doing?

WILL: Confused. At least the one who's awake is. She mentioned a disease that was killing people in her village, called the "miasmas", which translates from the Greek meaning "poisoned air".

MAGNUS: Plague, actually.

WILL: The Bubonic plague, specifically. However, the last reported serious outbreak was in Scotland in... ...800 A.D.

MAGNUS: Meaning?

WILL: She's crazy.

MAGNUS: Is that your professional opinion?

WILL: Look I know there's a lot of things that are outside the realm of our knowledge, blah blah blah. But logically, if she were from 800 A.D., she wouldn't speak English the way we do. I'm guessing that linguistics and grammar have evolved somewhat since then.

MAGNUS: -Some would say "devolved".

WILL: -Whatever. The point is that we wouldn't understand her. Which makes her a very sweet, very delusional woman.

MAGNUS: Possibly.

WILL: If you have a theory, please, share it with the class.

MAGNUS: The liquid we found the three of them in bears similar chemical properties to suspended animation formulae used by southern voodoo cults.

WILL: The human body cannot survive intact for 1,200 years. I don't care what kind of magic bath products you use.

MAGNUS: And I agree.

MAGNUS: So, these women are either far more than they appear, or, to use your incredibly clever vernacular....

WILL: Crazy.

MAGNUS: The question we should be asking...

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

[The other two sisters wake up and all three of them reach out to join hands]

MAGNUS: [voice-over] ''...is why the keepers were so anxious to stop us from getting into that crypt. What is it about these women that they don't want us to know?''

[ Celtic music plays ]

[The sisters are all wake now and they hold hands causing vibrations in nearby glasses.]

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - SCOTLAND ISLAND - NIGHT - DARK STORMY'''

'''INT. - CRYPT'''

MAN: [over radio] We've got evidence of two women and a man out here, and a hell of a lot of 45 mm cartridges.

TEAM LEADER: [on radio] Round up the keepers. Mobilize alpha team for a priority one retrieval. Whoever took our property is going to pay.

Act II
'''EXT. - OLD CITY - CAVE TUNNEL UNDER CITY'''

[ Cocks shotgun ]

[Ashley is hunting the humanoid chameleon. It knocks her to the ground.]

ASHLEY: [ Screams out ]

[ Gunfire ]

[Ashley stands back up]

[ Gunfire ]

[The chameleon avoids her gun fire and knocks Ashley down.]

ASHLEY: [ Screams ]

[She gets back up]

[It jumps down behind her and hits her, causing her to discharge her weapon.]

CHAMELEON: [ Screech ]

[ Gunfire ]

ASHLEY: [ Screams ]

[The creature pins her down.]

CHAMELEON: [ Snarls ]

[Ashley uses a taser-like device on the creature.]

ASHLEY: Piece of cake.

ASHLEY: [ Gasps ]

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

CAIRD: [voice-over] Why is nothing familiar to us? I see myself in the mirror, and

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - WILL’S OFFICE'''

CAIRD: I recognize my face. I know Tatha and Danu, but the person I thought I was.... You're telling me there is no village. No sickness. The little I can remember is false. How can we all not feel completely lost?

TATHA: Danu has told us that you insist there were no magicks involved. That what we suffer is simply a malady.

WILL: It's more of an emotional shield. We found you in a crypt surrounded by monsters. It's normal for the human psyche to put itself in a safe mode.

DANU: We want to accept your diagnosis, doctor. And we are grateful for all that you've done. It's just --

WILL: You're still not buying it. The clinical term is schizoaffective disorder. It's a delusional state stemming from acute post-traumatic stress.

TATHA: But we are all three suffering from the same disorder. How is that possible?

WILL: Delusional behavior occurring virally in groups is rare, but it's not undocumented, particularly amongst siblings. Look, let me put it this way. There is no logical or physical way that your memories can be real. And the sooner you accept that, the sooner we can continue to make progress.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MEDICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH LAB'''

[Magnus is working on keeper as Bigfoot enters with tray of tea and food.]

MAGNUS: Excellent timing. I'm starved.

BIGFOOT: -They are beautiful.

MAGNUS: -They truly are. I've never seen anything like them.

BIGFOOT: They are frightened.

[Bigfoot was talking about the women on the monitor; Magnus just realizes.]

MAGNUS: Oh, yes. Well, quite confusing, I'd imagine. Waking up here, no memories. Believing you're from the Middle Ages.

BIGFOOT: Are they?

MAGNUS: Well, there's the rub. I can't quite rule the possibility out. When Will first entered the crypt, he said he set off some sort of mechanism that drained the coffins of a green-hued liquid, which, thankfully, I was able to preserve.

BIGFOOT: You think this kept them alive?

MAGNUS: I don't know for certain, but it does contain several key elements that could induce a form of cryogenic stasis in humans.

BIGFOOT: If they are not abnormals --

MAGNUS: I know. Why guard them so ferociously?

WILL: [voice-over] I want you to concentrate on the sound of my voice.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - WILL’S OFFICE'''

WILL: I'm gonna count backwards from five, four, three, two, one.

WILL: [ Voice echoes ] Danu, can you hear me?

DANU: Yes.

WILL: I want you to go back to the last thing you remember before you woke up here.

MEMORY FLASH

[Danu sees a keeper]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - WILL’S OFFICE'''

DANU: The creatures.

MEMORY FLASH

TATHA: [voice-over] They're too strong.

'''INT. - WILL’S OFFICE'''

TATHA: We can't escape.

MEMORY FLASH

DANU: [voice-over] Why are they doing this?

BLEND OF MEMORY FLASH AND REALITY

DANU: We've done nothing wrong!

MEMORY FLASH

DANU: They're making us drink something.

CUT TO BLACK

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - WILL’S OFFICE'''

DANU: Darkness.

WILL: I want you to go back further. Find a memory of something that happened before the creatures took you.

BLEND OF MEMORY FLASH AND REALITY

DANU: Moonlight.

MEMORY

TATHA: [voice-over] ''I'm in a field. It's cold.''

CAIRD: I can sense the dead.

DANU: Their souls extinguished.

BLEND OF MEMORY FLASH AND REALITY

CAIRD: Only we remain.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MEDICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH LAB'''

MAGNUS: [voice-over] What do you make of these?

[Magnus hands Bigfoot the rings she collected]

MAGNUS: I found them on the right-hand index finger of each of the three women.

BIGFOOT: Have you searched the database?

MAGNUS: Not yet. It's on my "to do" list. But such distinctive markings generally indicate a connection to a larger collective or group.

BIGFOOT: If they belong to a society of some sort....

MAGNUS: Then someone will definitely have noticed that they're missing.

'''EXT. - OUTSIDE OLD CITY - HIGHWAY - TRANSPORT TRUCK - INSIDE CAB'''

[A box truck is traveling down the highway.]

'''EXT. - OUTSIDE OLD CITY - HIGHWAY - DRIVER PERSPECTIVE - LOOKING AT LEFT SIDE MIRROR AND CITY IN DISTANCE'''

DRIVER: [voice-over] Are they pissed at being locked up, or are we getting close?

'''EXT. - OUTSIDE OLD CITY - HIGHWAY - TRANSPORT TRUCK - INSIDE CAB'''

[ Banging ]

TEAM LEADER: Oh, they're here all right. We're bringing them home.

'''EXT. - OUTSIDE OLD CITY - HIGHWAY - VIEW OF TRUCK HEADING TOWARDS OLD CITY'''

Act III
'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - NIGHT - RAINING'''

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - HALLWAY - AT ELEVATOR'''

WILL: [on cellphone] Am I happy? Well.... I'd definitely say that I'm more stimulated here than in my old job.

MEG: [over cellphone] Wherever "here" is.

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

MEG: [on cellphone] You won't even tell me where you're working.

WILL: [over over cellphone] ''I told you, the people who run this clinic are totally into privacy. I'm bound by all these confidentiality agreements they made me sign.''

MEG: [on cellphone] Well, at least tell me the kind of work you're doing. I mean, is it more forensics? Or clinical? Or research-based?

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - HALLWAY - AT ELEVATOR'''

WILL: [on cellphone] Uh, it's, uh.... You know, it's a little bit of everything,

[elevator opens and Will walks in]

WILL: [on cellphone] um, really....

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - ELEVATOR - STATIONARY'''

WILL: [on cellphone] -You know, cutting-edge stuff.

TWO FACED GUY: -Hold that elevator!

[Two Faced Guy enters the elevator, slightly out of breath from running.]

TWO FACED GUY: [Front Face] What's up, new guy?

[Two Faced Guy turns around to face the closed elevator doors.]

TWO FACED GUY: [Back Face] I want to eat your face.

MEG: [over cellphone] ''What? Who's that?''

ELEVATOR DESCENDS

WILL: [on cellphone] Uh. It's a patient.

TWO FACED GUY: [Back Face] [ Growls ]

WILL: Patients.

MEG: [over cellphone] No, this is great, Will.

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

MEG: [on cellphone] I mean, I don't know where you're working, or what kind of work you're doing, aside from "everything". You're never at your apartment. It's like you just dropped off the map.

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

WILL: [on cellphone] Well, I'm just putting in a lot of hours at the clinic, trying to get up to speed. You know how it is.

TWO FACED GUY: [Back Face] [ Snarls ]

WILL: [on cellphone] Anyway, I just.... I wanted to call and make sure you're okay.

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

MEG: [on cellphone] Well, whatever it is you are doing, you sound good.

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

WILL: [on cellphone] Well, thanks, I mean, it's no picnic, believe me. But, you know, half the time I wonder if I made the right decision, but I am sleeping better.

TWO FACED GUY: [Back Face] [ Snarls ]

WILL: [on cellphone] Ironically.

MEG: [over cellphone] Will?

Will: [on cellphone] Yeah?

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

MEG: [on cellphone] You're seeing someone, aren't you?

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

WILL: [on cellphone] What? No, Meg, come on.

MEG: [over cellphone] ''Forget it. It's none of my business.''

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

MEG: [on cellphone] Look, I appreciate the call. Uh, good luck with your new

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

MEG: [over cellphone] job.

WILL: [on cellphone] No, hey, wait.

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

[Meg closes her cellphone to end the call.]

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

Will: Crap.

TWO FACED GUY: [Front Face] Ooh.... Women. Can't live with 'em....

TWO FACED GUY: [Back Face] But you can eat them.

TWO FACED GUY: [ Laughing ]

'''EXT. - NEW CITY - HIGH RISE BUILDING - ROOF - NIGHT - WINDY'''

[Ashley is sitting on the ledge of a tall building in the middle of wrapping a bandage on her leg.]

[ Cell phone ringing ]

[Ashley stops what she's doing to answer her cell phone.]

ASHLEY: [on cellphone] All good, Mom. The city is now minus one ugly, poodle-eating chameleon guy.

MAGNUS: [over cellphone] Are you hurt?

ASHLEY: [on cellphone] [Ashley puts down her leg] No, not a scratch.

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

[Magnus knowingly rolls her eyes with a slight smile]

MAGNUS: [on cellphone] I'll redo your bandages when you get home. But before you do, I need you to look into something for me.

'''EXT. - NEW CITY - HIGH RISE BUILDING - ROOF - NIGHT - WINDY'''

MAGNUS: [over cellphone] We found these rings on the three women from the crypt.

[Ashley receives the picture Magnus sent to her cellphone.]

ASHLEY: [on cellphone] Pretty.

MAGNUS: [over cellphone] I've traced it back to an ancient cult known as Cabalis Nocturnum,

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

MAGNUS: [on cellphone] a secret society founded in roughly 700 A.D. I'm still collating data, but from what I can tell, they were collectors of ancient beings of power.

ASHLEY: [over cellphone] Well, they had crappy taste in bling, that's for sure.

MAGNUS: [on cellphone] I have reason to believe that this Cabal might (may) still be operating, and I need to know how big a threat they could pose.

'''EXT. - NEW CITY - HIGH RISE BUILDING - ROOF - NIGHT - WINDY'''

MAGNUS: [over cellphone] See what Squid has to say about the markings, then I want you home.

ASHLEY: [on cellphone] You got a bad feeling about this?

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

MAGNUS: [on cellphone] Off the charts.

'''EXT. - NEW CITY - HIGH RISE BUILDING - ROOF - NIGHT - WINDY'''

ASHLEY: [moves and grabs her jacket] Okay, I'm on it. Love you.

MAGNUS: [over cellphone] Love you, too.

[Ashley ends the call and moves off the ledge]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - HALLWAY - AT WINDOW - LOOKING AT NEW CITY'''

WILL: Hey. What's the matter? You can't sleep?

DANU: Dr. Zimmerman. I know Dr. Magnus asked we stay in our quarters, but the views from your windows.... They are so captivating. I could not resist.

WILL: What do you feel when you look out there?

DANU: I am... ...curious. And afraid.

WILL: Afraid of what?

DANU: When I sleep at night, all I see are dead faces... ...haunting me. Asking me why. You want us to remember who we are. Well, perhaps there is a good reason that we forgot.

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

WILL: [ Knocking ]

WILL: Hey. I saw your light was on. You mind if I --

MAGNUS: No, of course. You're up late.

WILL: So are you. You keeping watch over the ranch?

MAGNUS: I rarely sleep unless my patients do, too. How is Danu?

WILL: She's feeling a lot of irrational fear, low self-esteem, raw emotion. I've seen it before in kidnapping victims held for long periods of time. They tend to forget they have value and just start seeing themselves as property.

MAGNUS: That assessment may be far more accurate than you realize.

WILL: How do you mean?

MAGNUS: Have you ever heard of The Morrígan?

WILL: The Morrígan? No. But, then again, I haven't been able to memorize that monster manual you gave me yet.

MAGNUS: They're part of an ancient legend dating back to medieval times -- three women with supernatural powers whose sole purpose was to destroy men.

WILL: So I see we're back to the 1,200-year-old bath products theory.

MAGNUS: The Morrígan first appeared during the reign of King Arthur. Now, according to myth, when The Morrígan appeared on the battlefield, Arthur's enemies simply began dropping dead. Their souls drained of life. Entire armies were wiped out en masse.

WILL: Do you honestly believe that they're witches? From the Middle Ages?

MAGNUS: What history would have defined as a witch could have simply been someone with abnormal powers.

WILL: Yeah, but they don't have any powers. You said so yourself when you checked them out.

MAGNUS: None that we've yet detected.

[Magnus picks up a gold ring.]

MAGNUS: Each of them was wearing one of these.

[Will takes the ring.]

MAGNUS: Now, this is the mark of an ancient Cabal of collectors who sought and exploited abnormals for their own personal gain... ...and apparently guarded their possessions fiercely.

WILL: So, why would this Cabal hold the sisters prisoner if they don't have any powers?

MAGNUS: Another reason why I'm not sleeping.

MORRIGAN MEMORY FLASH

[ Man screams ]

[a medieval soldier grips his head and yells in pain]

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

[ Gasping ]

CAIRD: They're not nightmares.

MEMORY FLASH

CAIRD: [voice-over] That field.... All the dead....

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

[The sisters get out of bed]

TATHA: We were actually there that night.

DANU: It's more than that. We were the reason.

[ Celtic music intensifies ]

REALITY BLENDS WITH MEMORY

[The sisters walk together]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - WILL'S OFFICE'''

[As Will is working, the mug on his desk starts to vibrate, catching his attention]

[ Glass rattling ]

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

[ Screeching ]

WILL: Easy, Steve. Easy.

[The sisters form a circle and are elevated in the section of the Sanctuary housing the abnormals]

Act IV
'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAIN LAB'''

WILL: Ladies.... I'm pretty sure we have rules about... ...floating and stuff.

[ Electricity zapping ]

[A computer sparks electricity on the desk next to Will.]

WILL: Oh, oh. What say you just come down and we talk about this?

[ Crashing ]

[Electrical sparks start blasting from equipment]

[ Groans ]

[Will is knocked to the ground.]

WILL: Crap.

MAGNUS: [ Zap ]

[The sisters fall from floating above.]

[ Sisters gasping ]

MAGNUS: That's quite enough of that.

WILL: I had everything under control.

[Will passes out]

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

HENRY: [voice-over] You know how when stuff blows up and I say "man, this is going to cost you",

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MEDICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH LAB'''

HENRY: and you say, "Henry, stop being so dramatic"?

MAGNUS: Henry....

HENRY: -This is going to cost you.

MAGNUS: -What was affected?

HENRY: Well, the central lab, mostly. Diagnostics, MRI systems are gonzo. Oh, and I think our Internet is down.

MAGNUS: What about security protocols?

HENRY: Well, redundancies kicked in, so nothing mean and ugly got free, which is good, but our perimeter alarm systems are totally fried, which is bad.

MAGNUS: Focus on external defenses. Leave the lab for later.

HENRY: Why, are we expecting more trouble?

[Magnus gives him an incredulous look]

HENRY: Yeah, no, that was a stupid question. I'm outside.

WILL: Witches from the Middle Ages. Okay, I'm almost there, but assuming their physical forms could somehow be preserved.... Again, how is it possible that they can speak like us?

MAGNUS: I'm assuming that each of them is a teleaesthetic, enabling them to quickly learn our vernacular of English.

WILL: Psychic powers, mind reading. Well, now we know what this Cabal wanted them for.

MAGNUS: Yeah, for all the good it's done us.

[Magnus picks up Will's injured left hand to examine it.]

WILL: -Ow.

MAGNUS: -Hold still.

WILL: Hey, you didn't know what they could do.

MAGNUS: I should have, the moment I connected them with the Cabal. Performed more invasive scans, psychotropic drug therapy --

WILL: You're running a medical facility, not Guantanamo Bay. Cut yourself some slack.

MAGNUS: You don't understand. Assuming the Cabal are after them -- and we'd be fools not to -- The amount of kinetic energy that they released could hardly go unnoticed. We're all in imminent danger. They cannot remain here.

WILL: And what does that mean?

MAGNUS: It means that if the legend of The Morrígan is even slightly true, they could conceivably wipe out hundreds, even thousands of lives, given the chance.

WILL: We're not talking about a bunch of velociraptors here. Before their memories came back, they were calm, rational women. And even when they did let loose with their powers, they didn't kill me.

[Magnus eyes him]

WILL: They just... ...melted my brain a little bit.

MAGNUS: And destroyed half my facility.

WILL: Well, they've been held prisoner for hundreds of years. They had a right to be pissed. It doesn't mean we can't reason with them.

MAGNUS: All three will remain under sedation, at least for the time being.

WILL: And how long is that? Forever? How does that make us any different than the Cabal who imprisoned them in the first place?

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - ISOLATION AREA'''

OUTSIDE CELL

[All 3 of the sisters are each standing and leaning against vertical metal boards in their own isolation cell. Their heads are resting in a device.]

DANU: Dr. Magnus was right. We should never have been woken up.

INSIDE CELL

WILL: [outside cell] You can't stay asleep forever, Danu. You deserve to be free.

DANU: Our purpose is not to be free. Our purpose is to bring death to the enemies of the Cabal.

WILL: [outside cell] And you think we're the enemy?

DANU: You took us from our home, away from our protectors.

WILL: [outside cell] You were held prisoner in a crypt. What kind of a home is that?

DANU: If our masters deem it so, then it is so.

WILL: [outside cell] No. That's what they want you to think. They want you to believe that they're your protectors, but they're not. They're using your powers for their own good.

DANU: They gave us life, they gave us our powers.

WILL: [outside cell] Who says you weren't born with these gifts, that this Cabal simply found you and forced you to kill for them?

OUTSIDE CELL

WILL: You asked me how you could all suffer from the same disorder. This dissociation between what's real and imagined.

INSIDE CELL

WILL: [outside cell] It's because somebody planted those thoughts in your heads. And the sooner you realize those thoughts aren't real, then you'll remember who you truly are.

DANU: A thousand men....

WILL: [outside cell] Danu?

DANU: A thousand men marched on Badon Hill that morning.

REALITY FADES INTO MEMORY

DANU: All were dead before nightfall,

MEMORY

DANU: [voice-over] ''all without the touch of either sword or spear. And now that we are free, more will die.''

CUT TO REALITY

INSIDE CELL

DANU: That is our purpose, Will.

WILL: [outside cell] Until now, because you didn't think you had a choice. But you do.

DANU: How can we ever be free after all that we've done?

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY - DEAD BRIDGE - NIGHT'''

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - DEAD BRIDGE - NIGHT - WINDY'''

[Ashley rides up on her motorcycle to end of Dead Bridge and meets with an abnormal.]

[ Brakes screech ]

ASHLEY: Squid!

SQUID: Did you bring them?

ASHLEY: Yep. Yummy snacks. Get 'em while they're... ...alive.

SQUID: Ugh. It's about time.

[Squid reaches for the bag she's holding]

SQUID: -All right.

ASHLEY: -Whoa, whoa, whoa. You said you have information on the Cabal for me.

SQUID: Well.... You and your mother.... You really don't like to attract normal, run-of-the-mill enemies, do you? Now, searching the Cabal really stirred up the people in my network, got them buzzing like insects.

ASHLEY: Dude, most of the people in your network are insects.

SQUID: -That's real nice, Ash.

ASHLEY: -What did you find out?

SQUID: That they've been playing the same capture and study game for a hell of a lot more years than your mother and you.

ASHLEY: You'd be surprised. Go on.

SQUID: Intel has it their mandate --

ASHLEY: Was to capture creatures with strange powers, I know. We got three of their assets on ice. What are they up to now?

SQUID: Everything.

ASHLEY: Come again?

SQUID: Well, the Cabal supposedly died out in the 19th century, but they didn't. They just went underground. They started infiltrating businesses, medical and scientific research companies, banks, biotech firms, uh, military think tanks -- All under their control.

ASHLEY: Holy crap.

SQUID: Yeah, I mean, these guys are one James Bond film away from global domination.

ASHLEY: -So stealing their property --

SQUID: -No, no, no. Would not go over well. Word has it they're on the move with, uh, upright bloodhounds with big teeth and claws.

ASHLEY: Keepers. How many?

SQUID: Uh, enough to create a real mess. I mean, whatever it is you took from them, they're coming to take it back.

[Squid references to the bag of live food Ashley brought for him.]

SQUID: You mind?

[Ashley hands over the paper bag.]

ASHLEY: No, no. Bon appetit. Go ahead. Go crazy, go nuts.

SQUID: Oh, thank you.

[Squid picks up a pinch of food to eat.]

SQUID: Mm.

'''EXT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - OUTSIDE GROUNDS - PERIMETER FENCE - NIGHT'''

[Henry is outside by the perimeter fence and sees keepers scaling the Old City Sanctuary wall.]

HENRY: Well, that is not good.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - HALLWAY'''

MAGNUS: As long as they're conscious, they are a threat. As long as they're here, they are a threat.

WILL: Danu's psychological state is so fragile right now, any more trauma, any more amnesia, she may never be this self-aware again. I can get through to her. I just, I need more time.

MAGNUS: Time is not something we have in abundance, Will.

WILL: Listen to me, listen to me. She has been brainwashed to think this Cabal is somehow all-powerful.

[ Phone rings ]

WILL: I mean, come on!

[Magnus answers her cell phone]

MAGNUS: [on cellphone] Ashley.

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - DEAD BRIDGE - NIGHT - WINDY'''

ASHLEY: [on cellphone] We've definitely got trouble incoming. I'll be home as soon as I can....

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - HALLWAY'''

ASHLEY: [over cellphone] ...but this is a much bigger problem --

[ Crashing, gunfire ]

[Keepers break through the window in the hallway behind Magnus. Magnus shoots them.]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - DEAD BRIDGE - NIGHT - WINDY'''

[Ashley hears the noise over the phone]

ASHLEY: [on cellphone] Mom?

[Ashley looks at her cellphone to see if the call is still active.]

ASHLEY: [on cellphone] Mom!

[Ashley ends the call]

ASHLEY: Dammit.

[Ashley puts her cellphone away, puts her helmet on, then climbs on her bike, starting the engine.]

Act V
'''EXT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - INSIDE GROUNDS - NIGHT - RAINING'''

[Keepers invade the Sanctuary property]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - OUTSIDE GROUNDS - PERIMETER FENCE - NIGHT - RAINING'''

[Henry watches keepers storming the Sanctuary from outside.]

HENRY: [on walkie] Come in, Magnus.

'''EXT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - INSIDE GROUNDS - NIGHT - RAINING'''

[More keepers invade the Sanctuary property]

HENRY: [voice-over] [on walkie] So, um, nasty creatures with bad dental work have reached the outer perimeters. I'd recommend a Level-5 internal lockdown.

'''EXT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - OUTSIDE GROUNDS - PERIMETER FENCE - NIGHT - RAINING'''

[Henry hunkers down]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - HALLWAY'''

[Magnus and Will are running down hallway with the keepers not far behind.]

WILL: Magnus...

[Magnus activates security measure to bring security doors down, locking off sections of the Sanctuary.]

WILL: That works.

MAGNUS: We need to get The Morrígan out of here immediately.

WILL: -Agreed. Any ideas?

MAGNUS: -Near the SHU. There's an escape tunnel with an exit leading to the river.

[ Loud thump ]

MAGNUS: I have a safe house just outside the city.

[Magnus hands him a device]

MAGNUS: There's a map programmed into this. Take this.

[Magnus hands him a semiautomatic pistol. Will hits elevator button.]

WILL: -What are you going to do?

MAGNUS: -You wanted time. I'm going to buy you some.

[Elevator dings, Magnus goes down the hall. Will enters elevator.]

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

[Magnus encounters a keeper and stabs it with an item she picked up off of the nearby table. Another keeper rushes towards her.]

BIGFOOT: [ Growls ]

[Bigfoot arrives and joins in the fight, knocking a keeper out of a window]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - GROUND LEVEL - COURTYARD'''

[ Glass shatters ]

KEEPER: [ Screaming ]

[A keeper breaks through a upstairs windows and fall to the ground below.]

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

MAGNUS: Where the hell have you been?

BIGFOOT: -We need weapons.

MAGNUS: -We need Ashley.

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - STREET - NIGHT - RAINING - ASHLEY ON MOTORCYCLE'''

[ Engine revving ]

[Ashley shifts gears on her bike, puts her visor down, and dramatically increases her speed as she races home]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - FOYER'''

[ Shots fired ]

[Magnus and Bigfoot keep fighting the keepers, leading them away.]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - FRONT GATE - STREET - NIGHT - RAINING'''

[Ashley arrives on her motorcycle, tries to enter through the gate, but the electronic lock denies her as the entire facility is in lock down mode. She puts up her visor as she looks around.]

ASHLEY: Crap.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - ISOLATION AREA'''

INSIDE CELL

[ System powering down ]

OUTSIDE CELL

WILL: [ Beeping ]

WILL: Danu, we're getting you outta here.

[Will walks into cell]

DANU: [inside cell] They have come for us.

INSIDE CELL

WILL: But that doesn't mean you have to go with them.

DANU: They'll never stop looking for us. We must go with them.

WILL: Do you really believe that you deserve to live in a crypt? Because if you do, I won't stop you.

DANU: You would free us?

WILL: Yes. But we have to go right now.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - 1ST SUBFLOOR - AT FOYER STAIRS'''

[ Shot fired, creature grunts ]

MAGNUS: I want you to stay and defend the habitats at all costs. If we fall, initiate Level-9 lockdown protocol and seal yourself inside.

BIGFOOT: [ Grunts ]

[Bigfoot moves to protest.]

MAGNUS: Please. Do as I say.

[Magnus and Bigfoot split up. Magnus proceeds further into the area while Bigfoot runs back up the stairs.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - RIVER GATE ENTRANCE - POOL'''

[ Shots fired ]

[ Creatures groaning ]

[Shots are fired from underwater, Ashley rises from the water guns in both hands.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - CATACOMBS - HALLWAY'''

[The sisters are running down a down hallway with Will.]

TATHA: Where are we going?

WILL: Away from here.

[They stop at a door and Will busts it open as keepers arrive]]

DANU: -Will....

WILL: -Go, go, go! Take this.

[Will hands her the device Magnus gave him earlier]

Will: It's a map. Follow the purple line.

DANU: -Will, I --

WILL: -Go!

[Will shuts the door behind them, then runs forward and pulls casks down from where they were stacked against the wall to try to create an obstacle in the hallway]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - RIVER GATE ENTRANCE - HALLWAY OUTSIDE POOL'''

[Ashley runs down the hallway shooting keepers as she talks into the headset she's wearing.]

ASHLEY: [sing-song on comms] Mom, I'm home!

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

MAGNUS: [on walkie] Good. Grab what weapons you can and meet us in the catacombs. Will's headed to the river gate with The Morrígan. The keepers are following. We'll make our stand there.

MAGNUS: [on walkie to Henry] -Henry?

HENRY: [over walkie] -Hello?

MAGNUS: [on walkie] You heard the plan?

'''EXT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - OUTSIDE GROUNDS - PERIMETER FENCE - NIGHT - LIGHTLY RAINING'''

HENRY: [on walkie] Weapons, catacombs, check. I'll see you in five.

KEEPERS: [ Snarling ]

[Henry’s LRAD misfires as he tries to shoot keepers that were running by and he is captured by the Cabal.]

HENRY: Damn it.

MAN: Drop it.

[Henry drop the LRAD and stands up]

HENRY: Aw, come on.

MAN: Keep them coming.

[Henry disarms himself]

HENRY: [holding a pair of brass knuckles] Um, these aren't mine.

MAN: Just put 'em on the ground.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - CATACOMBS - STAIRS'''

[ Gunfire ]

ASHLEY: [ Grunts and groans ]

[Ashley fights off keepers]

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

[ Gunfire ]

[Magnus shoots and fights off keepers]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - CATACOMBS - HALLWAY'''

[Ashley meets up with Will and fights more keepers.]

ASHLEY: -Shoot 'em!

WILL: -I can't!

[Ashley fights the keepers hand to hand and then grabs Will’s arm with the gun and fires his gun at remaining keepers.]

[ Gunfire ]

ASHLEY: [ Breathing heavily ]

WILL: Well.... That never gets old.

ASHLEY: You left the safety on.

WILL: Yeah (You know), I'm gonna play to my strengths. You.... You shoot people.

ASHLEY: Okay. Follow me.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - CATACOMBS - LARGE STORAGE AREA'''

[Magnus runs into the middle of the storage room]

[Ashley and Will meet up with Magnus in the catacombs.]

ASHLEY: Mom! Are you okay?

MAGNUS: I'm fine.

MAGNUS: [to Will] Did you get them out?

WILL: I think so. If they can read Google maps, they should be well on their way.

MAGNUS: Where the hell is Henry?

HENRY: [voice-over] Here.

[Henry is entering with the Cabal.]

MAGNUS: This is a private medical facility. You are trespassing on my property.

TEAM LEADER: Trespassing? You have stolen what is ours. The Morrígan belong to us. Hand them over now or we tear this place apart.

MAGNUS: I don't know what you're talking about.

TEAM LEADER: My keepers are keyed to find them, no matter where they go.

MAGNUS: Your keepers are dead all over my house. Do you have any more?

TEAM LEADER: Last chance. No more games.

MAGNUS: Ashley...

ASHLEY: It'll get messy, but just say the word.

TEAM LEADER: Take their weapons.

[The Cabal are threw to the ground by invisible force.]

[ Men grunting ]

[Danu, Caird, and Tatha enter.]

DANU: Stop. There will be no more killing. We will go quietly. But we ask that you leave these people unharmed.

TEAM LEADER: You don't make demands. You do as we say.

DANU: They did not take us out of greed, but out of charity. We ask you leave them unharmed.

MAGNUS: It seems that a taste of freedom has changed their demeanor.

TEAM LEADER: We take back what's ours, you and I have no problem.

MAGNUS: These women are under my protection. They're not leaving with you or anyone else, for that matter.

TEAM LEADER: Then we have a problem.

WILL: Danu. Please, stay with us. We can protect all of you.

DANU: If we stay, none of you will ever know peace.

CAIRD: You have shown us a path, a truth we have never seen before.

TATHA: And we are grateful for all that you have done.

WILL: No. No, you can't go, not now.

DANU: Our freedom must be earned. In our own way. We know who we are now.

[The Morrigan leave followed by all by all Cabal agents except the Team Leader]

TEAM LEADER: [to alpha team] Put them in separate trucks.

TEAM LEADER: [to Magnus] I'd be careful what you do next. The people I work for aren't the forgiving type.

MAGNUS: Neither am I. Tell them this is far from over. Now, get off my property.

TEAM LEADER: [ Chuckles ]

[The Team Leader turns and walks away.]

TEAM LEADER: [ Continues chuckling ]

WILL: -You think we've lost them?

MAGNUS: -You tell me.

WILL: I think I needed more time.

MAGNUS: I think you've done more good than you realize. We gave them the choice to be free. What they do next is up to them.

End Credits
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