Webisode 5/Transcript

Teaser Sequence
FLASHBACK

'''INT. - LONDON SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - NIGHT'''

[Scene opens on a long hallway with lightning and thunder outside.]

[Camera moves backwards to reveal a young girl crouching down listening to an argument.]

[Pan to the left reveals three men in a study room.]

DOCTOR 1: Madness. There's no other word for it. And it will be your undoing.

DOCTOR 2: You must understand, Gregory, the board has been patient with you, but their generosity has limits.

GREGORY: As does their imagination! Can you not fathom the secrets we are on the verge of unlocking?

DOCTOR 1: By accepting your hysterical and outlandish case studies as fact? You presume too much, Gregory. I believe we're done here.

DOCTOR 2: [sighs]

[The men begin to leave.]

DOCTOR 2: Try to see the larger implications, Gregory.

GREGORY: I am, sir. The question is, are you?

DOCTOR 2: You're a talented doctor, Gregory. It would be a tragedy if you lost your license to practice.

[The two gentlemen leave down the hallway.]

DOCTOR 2: [to Helen] Miss Magnus.

[Helen gets up and goes to her father.]

GREGORY: I'm sorry you had to hear that.

YOUNG HELEN: I don't understand. Why are they always so angry at you?

GREGORY: They're not angry, sweetheart. They're afraid.

YOUNG HELEN: Of what?

GREGORY: Oh, of being wrong, mainly. -Just put it out of your mind.

YOUNG HELEN: -How can you say that? -They mean to end your career.

GREGORY: -Helen.... -Let it go.

YOUNG HELEN:-Please, father. What have you done to make them so afraid of you?

GREGORY: [sighs]

YOUNG HELEN: Tell me.

GREGORY: I can't.

[Helen's father moves back into the study and closes the double doors.]

[Helen is left despondent in the hallway as lightning flashes and thunder cracks.]

END FLASHBACK

'''EXT. - ISLAND - NIGHT'''

'''Oilean of Arracht, North Sea one hundred miles off the coast of Scotland'''

[Cut to a dark windy night in a graveyard with lightning flashing.]

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.

[Magnus and Will are down on the ground with Magnus looking through a small telescope at something in the distance.]

WILL: Modicum. Right.

WILL: 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. [Hands Will the spyglass.]

[Will sighs and looks at a nearby cave, spotting some cloaked and hooded creatures]

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

WILL: Right.

[Magnus looks across the way to an impatient looking Ashley.]

[A short but emphatic hand signal conversation ensues.]

[this is an interpretation of the hand signals.]

ASHLEY: I'm going (straight) in.

MAGNUS: Hold. You. Go around. Then in.

ASHLEY: I'm going (straight) in.

MAGNUS: We (need to) work together. (That's final)

[End interpretation.]

[Ashley sighs and goes around to the right.]

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

MAGNUS: "I'm cutting off your allowance." Let's go.

[Magnus leaves to the left and Will follows her.]

[Cut to Ashley moving quickly but stealthily through the graveyard.]

[Cut back to Magnus and Will mirroring Ashley's actions on the other side.]

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

WILL: -You're kidding, right?

MAGNUS: -Go quickly, before they --

[Will is jumped by one of the keepers, more follow behind.]

[Magnus shoots several keepers.]

MAGNUS: Ashley?

[Ashley runs in shooting but is grabbed by a keeper.]

[Ashley flashes back to being held by Druitt.]

DRUITT'S VOICE: My daughter.

[After freezing while she had the flashback, Ashley starts kicking butt on 4 keepers.]

[When she has downed all 4 of them she draws two pistols and commences to kill them all.]

'''EXT. - OUSIDE CRYPT'''

[Meanwhile Magnus shoots the keeper off of Will.]

ASHLEY: Get down!

[Magnus, Will and Ashley join up outside of the crypt as they are attacked on all sides by keepers. Lots of gunshots ensue.]

ASHLEY: I know this was not on the brochure!

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

[Ashley moves to her mother's side and all three pistols are used to clear the way to the crypt.]

MAGNUS: Go to the crypt! Go!

[Will runs inside as Ashley guards their rear.]

ASHLEY: Mom!

[Magnus turns and again 3 pistols deliver their deadly load.]

'''INT. - CRYPT'''

[Will enters the crypt and finds three stone coffins radiating out from a stone circle.]

[Will checks out the coffins and steps onto the center of the stone circle which fills the pattern with a green liquid.]

[The coffin lids slide open.]

'''EXT. - OUTSIDE CRYPT'''

[Meanwhile Magnus and Ashley are still fending off the attacking keepers.]

MAGNUS: I'm going in!

[Ashley continues shooting two handed while Magnus runs to the crypt.]

'''INT. - CRYPT'''

MAGNUS: Doctor!

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

[Overhead view of three young women inside the stone coffins.]

Title Sequence
[Cut to Sanctuary opening title sequence.]

Part II, Act I
Sanctuary The Lost Webisodes part 2

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

[Will is in the large Sanctuary elevator descending to the lower levels.]

WILL: Yes, yes, I realize he's left me five messages. That's why I'm returning his call. Okay, okay. When do you expect him back in the office? No, no, no, don't page him. I'll.... I'll call him back then. Okay, thank you.

[The elevator stops and Will gets out.]

WILL: -Hey.

ASHLEY: -Hi.

WILL: -So, that was some mission, huh?

ASHLEY: -Ghouls, crypt. -Standard fare.

WILL: -Uh, new guy. Still not sleeping. No such thing as standard fare.

ASHLEY: Great.

WILL: So, I was just wondering, um, how you doing? Since....

ASHLEY: Since I learned my dad was a time-travelling nutjob?

WILL: I was going to say "troubled soul", but....

ASHLEY: Peachy. Thanks for asking.

WILL: Hey, uh.... You know, that's some pretty serious information to be carrying around. If you ever want to just, you know, sit down and talk and kind of let it out, I'm here.

ASHLEY: Here's some advice about me. I'm not big on "sharing". So just stick to helping the freaks. That's why you're here. Ciao.

WILL: See you.

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

[Will walks into a large room where Magnus has the three women lying on gurneys with drips attached there is also a fourth body covered up.]

WILL: The 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. Now, this fellow.

WILL: Fond memories.

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

WILL: -Definitely not normal.

[Magnus works at removing the huge bone skull helmet the creature is wearing.]

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.

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

[Cut to Ashley coming around a corner of a building in a dark and badly lit area.]

[She stops and swings around as if she heard something then continues on.]

[Ashley turns around quickly and draws a gun that powers up with a high sounding whine and shoots at a creature high above her.]

[The gun doesn't work and the creature jumps her.]

ASHLEY: For crying out loud! Henry! Steve, get off.

STEVE: -You okay, Ash?

ASHLEY: -You need a mint. Henry!

HENRY: -I know, I know, I know, I know.

ASHLEY: -It didn't work.

HENRY: -Which is why we have dry runs.

ASHLEY: -I could have died.

HENRY: From him? Come on. He's a puppy dog.

STEVE: [Snorts]

HENRY: May I?

[Ashley hands Henry the weapon and he makes some adjustments to it.]

HENRY: Full charge.... Minimum level....

[He then fires it at a building and knocks some of the wall down as rubble.]

HENRY: There you go. A calibration issue. These Long-Range Acoustic Devices get a bit wonky when you jostle them, so....

ASHLEY: Henry, I do a lot of jostling when I work.

HENRY: So choose a different a different weapon. I got a case of new tech nines in the truck. They've still got that new gun smell and everything.

STEVE: [Pointing at the damage to the building] That was minimum?

ASHLEY: I want my usual gear ready for Friday, including the LRADs. Calibrated to handle jostling.

HENRY: Okay, well, the regular stuff is no problem, but the sonics, you're dreaming. Besides, these are only good if you're going after -- No, no, no, no, no. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. You're not thinking of trying to kill what I think you're thinking of trying to kill.

ASHLEY: Just make it happen, Henry.

HENRY: Ash, that is a completely unsanctioned --

ASHLEY: Friday.

HENRY: I'm going to tell your mother!

STEVE: Suck up.

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

[Cut to the Sanctuary Infirmary and the three unconscious women.]

[One begins to wake up and sits up screaming.]

DANU: No!

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

[Cut to Will in his new Sanctuary Office and he is on the phone.]

WILL: No, no, I'm not avoiding the question, sir. I just.... You know, I think I need to some time to, um, travel, and meet some new people, and, you know, see things that I haven't...

[Book falls]

WILL: ...seen before. Uh, yes, sir. Yes. So if you could just process -- Thank you. Thank you. And --

[Dial tone]

WILL: So much for the letter of recommendation.

BIGFOOT: -You're needed in the infirmary.

WILL: -Okay, new rule. Don't do that.

BIGFOOT: [Chuckles]

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

[Cut to the infirmary and Will enters, he is on the monitors that Magnus has on while she is working on the dead creature.]

WILL: Hi.

WILL: ''It's nice to see you're finally awake. I'm Dr. Zimmerman. Will. Are you....? Are you hungry? What's your name?''

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

[The woman grabs Will and holds onto him as if for comfort, or is it?]

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

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 alright?

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 is 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: I'm not certain. I.... 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.

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

[Cut to Ashley's room, she is packing for a trip with lots of weapons.]

MAGNUS: I understand you have quite the weekend planned.

ASHLEY: Thank you, Henry.

MAGNUS: He called out of concern for your well-being, something you seem determined to sacrifice.

ASHLEY: You mean I'm going to get myself killed. God, why can't you talk like a normal person?

MAGNUS: Ashley, I realize there are things that need to be discussed between us --

ASHLEY: Sure, Mom. Let's bake treats and bond and do each other's hair -- Right after I go kill a bunch of ghouls for sport.

MAGNUS: Those creatures are on the contraband list for a reason. There are specific rules governing their capture.

ASHLEY: Well, a lot of things changed since good old dad showed up.

MAGNUS: That changes nothing. -I had no reason --

ASHLEY: -When he had me prisoner.... Mom, I froze on that island. Okay? I hesitated. Do you realize how major a problem that is? For both of us.

MAGNUS: And you think that by going off on some insane hunt you'll suddenly overcome your fears? -Ashley --

ASHLEY: -Mom, if I can't do that... ...I'm not worth a damn to anybody, am I?

MAGNUS: Please don't do this.

'''EXT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - NIGHT - RAIN'''

[An external door opens at the back of Sanctuary and a motorcycle roars out.]

[Magnus's voice is heard as we get a close up of Ashley on the bike.]

MAGNUS: [voiceover] These creatures exhibit a terrifying propensity for violence. Any future encounters with them must be undertaken with extreme caution.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - DISSECTION ROOM'''

[Cut to Magnus in a lab dissecting the creature.]

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 that we do. I'm guessing that linguistics and grammar have evolved somewhat since then.

MAGNUS: -Some would say "de-evolved".

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 laughs]

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. 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...

[Cut to the infirmary as Magnus's voice continues.]

MAGNUS: ''...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?''

[All three women are awake now and they all join hands.]

[A nearby tray of equipment begins to shake and rattle.]

End Credits
[Cut to Sanctuary end title card.] /Credits