Predator of Evil
By Mark Nieves

Act Two


EXT. SALEM 1995- A ROAD OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS- NIGHT.

Vicky, Margie, and their friends
NICK, JEFF, LUKE, and T.K. are walking down the dark road at night as they just came from a Mariah Carey concert.

VICKY

                         I for one, just can�t believe you won
                         those tickets Margie.

MARGIE

                         When I say something Vicky, it usually
                         comes true.

VICKY

                         But the odds of winning tickets to go
                         see Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden
                         were almost impossible.

MARGIE

                         Think of it as our last summer together
                         as �The Clique�.

NICK

                         What do you mean?

MARGIE

                         Nick!, you and Luke are going to New
                         York State University, Jeff�s father
                         got that executives job in Maine. That
                         just leaves me, T.K., and Vicky left
                         in Salem.

NICK

                         Please. We�ll be back for the holidays
                         and the summers.

JEFF

                         And I�ll be here for Christmas, winter
                         break and the summer too.

LUKE

                         Plus, we�ll be hornier than ever.

MARGIE

                         But it won�t be the same.

VICKY

                         Yeah. We were like the ultimate group
                         in town. Me, the head cheer leader,
                         Margie, the pretty class president, T.K.,
                         the prankster, Jeff, the football star,
                         Nick, the preppy boy, and Luke the rock
                         star. How will we ever get over this?

NICK

                         What ever happens, we�ll always be friends.
                         That will never change.

T.K.

                         Unless we all die tonight.

VICKY

                         What?

T.K.

                         Don�t tell me you�ve never heard of
                         the legend?


JEFF

                         What legend?

T.K.

                         The legend of Salem.

MARGIE

                         Oh God, here comes another T.K. prank.

T.K.

                         No. No, this isn�t a prank. Just as
                         we were coming into Salem our car
                         broke down.

NICK

                         Yeah, �cause we ran out of gas.

T.K.

                         No. Because the dark spirits that
                         haunt Salem prey on youths coming
                         into the town �cause they want
                         blood sacrifices.

VICKY
(jokingly)

                         And why do these spirits want us or
                         how can they get us, for that matter?

T.K.

                         Every monster that comes to Salem,
                         comes because they�re drawn to the
                         dark atmosphere that these spirits
                         created. If a monster kills a human
                         on Salem�s ground, weather they know
                         it or not, they contribute to the dark
                         force and the spirits contribute it
                         to Satan.


VICKY

                          And how did these spirits get here?

T.K.

                          Through the will of Betty Parris and
                         
her cousin Abigail.

MARGIE

                          And they would be?

T.K.

                          The Salem Witches.

The thunder crackles across the sky as the setting�

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INT. REVEREND PARRIS- LIVING ROOM

As
REVEREND SAMMUEL PARRIS smokes a pipe near the fireplace reading a book, he hears pounding on his door. He opens his door to find a crowd of people with torches.


REVEREND

                          What in God�s name is going on here?!

MOB LEADER

                          Reverend, we have reason to believe
                         
that your daughter and niece have
                         
been behaving strangely because
                         
they�ve been influenced!

REVEREND

                          Influenced by what?

MOB LEADER

                          The children under your care have
                         
contorted, ranted of things that
                         
make no sense, and exhibited signs
                         
of anxiety for no apparent reasons.
                         
These may the signs from the effects
                         
of alchemy.

REVEREND

                          Alchemy?!

MOB LEADER
(nodding his head)

                          Witchcraft.

The crowd begins to shout.

REVEREND

                          Nonsense. This is a house of the
                         
Lord. How can my own daughter and
                         
niece be witches?

MOB LEADER

                          No one is saying that. We have
                         
reason to believe that the influence
                         
upon them is connected to witchcraft.

REVEREND

                          I have complete faith in our savior
                         
for the healing of my niece and
                         
daughter from the awful ordeal they
                         
have suffered. Isaiah 53:5 states,
                         
�And by his wounds we are all healed.�
                         
I have prayed for them and commenced
                         
them into the hands of the father.



MOB LEADER

                          I�m not disputing that reverend. But
                         
there is more to this accusation. When
                         
ever there has been a sitting your
                         
daughter and niece were absent from
                         
every scene when each person in this
                         
town has been accounted for at least
                         
twice. Which gives reason to believe
                         
that they might be acting upon this
                         
dark influence. If you don�t believe
                         
us then let us come in your house and
                         
you can see for yourself!

REVEREND

                          No. I will not let you disturb the peace
                         
in my home.

MOB LEADER

                          If you won�t let us in, we'll force
                         
ourselves in!

The mob shouts as they force their way in. They all run upstairs and burst into the girl�s bedroom.

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INT. ABIGAIL AND BETTY�S ROOM

As the mob broke down the door, a wave of strong wind circles the room blowing the mob torches out, taking the fire-thunder out of the girls, knocks the candles down as it goes out the window, and Abigail falls on the floor.


ABIGAIL

                          Ow! That hurt.

The reverend comes into the room.


MOB LEADER

                          You see!, there is your proof!

REVEREND

                           Girls?, what�s the meaning of this?

BETTY

                          It�s nothing Dad. Really.

MOB LEADER

                          As we came in they stopped the spell.

REVEREND
(hesitantly)

                          This is nonsense. I saw no witchcraft
                         
in process.

MOB LEADER

                          You didn't come in here in time!

REVEREND

                          They may have been fooling around with
                         
a love spell or something harmless but
                         
their not witches!

MOB LEADER

                          Let a doctor examine them to see if
                         
we're right!

REVEREND

                          Fine!

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INT. DOCTORS HOSPICE- LATE NIGHT.

The doctor examines the girls.

REVEREND

                         Well doctor?, what's the prognoses?

DOCTOR

                          I'm sorry reverend. Your daughter and
                         
niece are bewitched.

The crowd starts to murmur.

REVEREND

                          Are you sure about this doctor?

DOCTOR

                          Yes. I�ve ran every medical exam that�s
                         
known to us and I couldn�t find anything
                         physically wrong with them.

The reverend walks over to the girls.

REVEREND

                          Girls, what do you have to tell me?

BETTY

                          I don�t know what�s wrong with us Dad.
                         
I don�t know why we�re acting--

The Reverend slaps Betty hard across the face.

REVEREND

                          Don�t lie to me! There�s no explanation
                         
for what you two are doing! Now tell me,
                         
what is the meaning of this?

BETTY
(sobbing)

                          I-- I don�t know. We just felt it--

Betty continues to cry so the Reverend walks over to Abigail.

REVEREND

                          Abigail, what�s the meaning of this?

ABIGAIL
(voice cracking)

                            I don�t know.

REVEREND

                          Abigail listen to me. If you don�t tell
                         
me how or who got you girls under this
                         
evil disgraceful influence, they will
                         
take you into custody. You will be
                         
sentenced to death and will be burned at
                         
the stake. Now you and I both know that
                         
we don�t want that to happen. I don�t
                         
want to loose the two of you. Please...
                         
help me.

ABIGAIL

                          It-- it was Tituba.

REVEREND

                          Tituba? What does she have to do
                         
with all this?

ABIGAIL

                          She told us all these stories about
                         
voodoo and magic and how we can get
                         
whatever our hearts desire if we had
                         
an authority in conjuring. So we took
                         
it up. We didn�t see a big harm in
                         
doing so. All we did was tell each
                         
other�s fortune and a vision quest.

DOCTOR

                           Who�s Tituba?

REVEREND

                          A house slave I brought from Barbados.
                         
Did you girls have any idea what you
                         
were doing tonight?

ABIGAIL

                          Yes. It--it was a um--a passive spell
                         
for us to receive powers of--of visions,
                         
communication with animals, an--and beauty.

REVEREND

                          What kind of passive spell allows you
                         
  to sacrifice an animal upon a demonic alter?!

ABIGAIL

                          I don�t know. I--I guess maybe it was an
                         
influence. But-- I don�t know.

DOCTOR

                          Reverend Parris, if I may suggest a course
                         
of action.

REVEREND

                          You may.

DOCTOR

                          Perhaps we can get all the answers we need
                         
from the source of the influence over your
                         
daughter and niece.

REVEREND

                          Yes. That just might work. (turns to Abigail)
                         
Tell me, was Tituba the only one
                         
instructing you in these disgraceful
                         
practices or were their others like
                         
I am guessing?

ABIGAIL

                          Well--I--I--um, if I remember correctly,
                         
there was more than one instructor.
                         
There were three. A coven. And it was
                         
them who taught us.

MOB LEADER

                          Who are these three women?

ABIGAIL

                          In addition to Tituba there is Sarah
                         
Good and Sara Osburn.

DOCTOR

                          I know them both. Sarah Osburn has
                         
a house in the woods next to the
                         
town boarder and Sarah Good is
                         
just a beggar.

REVEREND

                          Where are they now?

MOB LEADER

                          Oddly enough all three cannot be
                         
found at the moment.

BETTY

                          The woods!

REVEREND

                          What?

BETTY

                          The woods. Next to her house is where
                         
she will hold her witch services. If
                         
they�re all missing then that�s where
                         
they are.

MOB LEADER

                          I know of only one way to find out!



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EXT. THE WOODS- JUST OUTSIDE OF SALEM TOWN- THUNDER FRONT.

Three women, one white woman dressed as a pilgrim,
SARAH OSBURN, another white woman whose all dirty with her hair messed up and wearing old black clothing, SARAH GOOD, and one black woman dressed in what looks like brown rags and a head band, and 3 elbow bands, TITUBA, hold hands forming a triangle around a camp fire and chanting.

AD LIB
(chanting)

                         We invoke the presence of the arch
                         demon of darkness, the brutal master
                         of pain, torture, and evil demonic
                         malice. Bringer of the dark higherarchy
                         we invite you into our circle, Boracus
                         hell�s general, give us this miracle.

The fire turns white and starts to glow. It burst up into a pillar of white energy and Boracus materializes in the pillar. The pillar dims away and Boracus looks at the three woman who slowly step back out of shock and fear.

BORACUS

                         Your afraid of me, that�s good. You
                         felt my presence in this town tonight
                         and you summoned me into your circle
                         that shows your powers to be strong.
                         And I sense that you�re willing to bow
                         down to me and surrender your souls,
                         that�s smart. Now what is it you want?!

OSBURN

                         I am Sarah Osburn the founder of this
                         coven. I have trained other girls in
                         this village to follow the way of magic.     
                         The voodoo triumvirate is in Salem tonight.           
                         With the help of our chanting, Salem
                         started to become a mystical barrier.
                         With the help of the girls chanting, the
                         voodoo triumvirate was able to engulf
                         Salem which intern disabled the Predator�s
                         powers which intern greatly increased
                         yours. So you hold up your end of the
                         bargain per the agreement.

Boracus quickly grabs Sarah Osburn�s neck with a snarl and tightens his grip as she slowly chokes.

BORACUS

                         I made no such agreement with you,
                         witch! If you want to be my servants, 
                         you need to dedicate and contribute
                         all to me. Even your spit! I came
                         because you invoked me. You want me.
                         To join me I need your souls. Once I
                         have your life force to empower me,
                         then, I will reward you. But not before!!

Boracus pushes Sarah Osburn back but Sarah Good catches her.

TITUBA

                         Master!

Boracus looks at the black woman with a snarl and she staggers back.

TITUBA

                         I am Tituba from Barbados. I have
                         instructed these women in the ways
                         of black magic. I had a vision of
                         your plan to increase your powers
                         and I sought to help you so that
                         we may be agents in your dark conquest.

GOOD

                         Yes. If you permit us to join with
                         you, people will finally have to
                         take us seriously. I am Sarah Good.
                         You have no idea what it is to be a
                         woman in a mans world. We are treated
                         like property, slaves. A council of men
                         governed even the Predator. If you
                         accept us, we will use the powers
                         you give us to greatly develop our
                         skills and become your trinity
                         ultimate warriors.

BORACUS

                         What you ask of me is fair. Give to
                         get back. Very interesting. I will
                         grant your request but before all
                         else, I must have your souls. Give
                         them to me, and you will know power
                         like no other in this world has
                         ever known before.

The three women form a circle around Boracus and start to chant.

AD LIB

                         As might brings power, and lust
                         brings heat, we commence our souls
                         to your hands indeed. May the force
                         of our life bring your powers up to
                         be, dark destructive and powerful
                         for all eternity.

A big spark of light forms in the middle of their chest and rises out their bodies and into Boracus� hand. Boracus uses his powers to home in all the way up the road and see�s a huge mob with torches being lead to their position.

BORACUS
(smirking)

                         It�s been a pleasure doing business
                         with you, ladies.

Boracus then disappears in a huge glowing energy pillar of white fire. A couple of seconds later, the lynch mob came shouting angrily.

MOB LEADER

                         By the order of the Salem courts you
                         ladies are under arrest.

OSBURN

                         On what grounds?!

MOB LEADER

                         For the unholy practices of witchcraft.

GOOD

                         You haven�t the proof that we�ve been
                         practicing witchcraft. We wouldn�t
                         dare disgrace this humble Christian
                         town by performing such acts.

REVEREND

                         You are wrong! Because my own daughters
                         were caught doing a spell and they
                         blamed this influence on you!


TITUBA

                         Master, we would not dare--

Parris rushes to Tituba and slaps her so hard in her face that she falls down.

REVEREND

                         Don�t you dare speak any words to me!
                         I gave you a home and a way out from
                         the poverty stricken conditions you
                         were in! I treated you way beyond
                         the way any regular slave would be
                         treated. I gave you respect and
                         regarded you as a fellow human being
                         and not a piece of my property. And
                         how do you repay me, by contaminating
                         my family with dark magic?!!

TITUBA
(sobbing)

                         Master, I--

MOB LEADER

                         Silence! You will be charged with
                         treason under the laws of the Holy
                         Bible and the town charters! If I were
                         you, I�d make my peace with the Holy
                         one. Take them away!

The lynch mob shouts as they grab the three witches and force them down the road. Sarah Good looks at Betty and Abigail who have guilty expressions on their face.

GOOD

                         They lie!, the two girls lie!

The Lynch mob shouts louder as they push the ladies away even harder.

GOOD

                         They lie! We may have open the
                         door but they had to walk through!
                         Don�t you see! They knew what they
                         were doing! They willingly
                         participated in dark mystical acts!
                         Take them too! TAKE THEM TOO!!!

T.K. (o.s.)

                         From that moment on, demonic activity
                         spawned out of control in Salem. The
                         three women were put to trial pending
                         the dark acts of witchcraft. At the
                         conclusion of those trials, they were
                         burned at the stake. More and more
                         studying witches and warlocks came out
                         to practice their powers. The town
                         became filled with high amounts of
                         unsolved mysteries of natural human
                         malice and supernatural paranormal
                         phenomena's influenced by dark
                         sortileges that attract these evils
                         like a moth to a flame. Today, Salem
                         is in the grasps of the forces of darkness.
                         A strong hold of evil where fear,
                         tournament, and death has become a way
                         of life that hasn't changed for over 300
                         years.(actual images shown)

A close-up of one of the burning witches is shown and she screams in agony as her flesh melts off. The thunder crackles as the setting�

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EXT. CITY LIMIT ROAD- THE GROUP TALKING

JEFF

                         Right. So it was the Salem Witches
                         that started all this?

T.K.

                         Yes. This is the road leading to the
                         house of their coven. There they
                         practiced their craft with three witch
                         elders to guide them. And they became
                         very skilled in magic. In fact, there
                         it is up ahead.

They all see an old abandoned half burned down house up the road. As they walk up to the house, thunder starts to thrash across the sky.

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INT. INSIDE THE MOONLIT HOUSE- GROUP WALKING UP THE STAIRS.


All of them coming in through the doors and going straight up the stairs.

T.K.

                         Legend has it the girls thoroughly
                         prepared for an initiation ritual
                         in one of the upper rooms to welcome
                         the power of the dark spirits into
                         their bodies and to surround Salem
                         with their evil.

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INT. THE PREPARATION ROOM- THE GROUP COMING IN.

As the thunder thrashes again, they all look around the room with caution.


T.K.

                         Here�s the spot where they chanted
                         numerous incantations to prepare
                         their minds and bodies for the
                         initiation.

The spot looks like it was struck by lightning because it�s a burned circle. T.K. then starts to roll his eyes to the back of his sockets.

T.K.

                         Oh spirits of evil!, do not take
                         our life�s blood! Instead, take
                         our souls and commence them into
                         your hands! So that we may serve
                         you instead of embracing death.
                         It has begun!!

Luke turns around with red eyes and fangs.

LUKE

                         RAHHHHH!

AD LIB #1

                         AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

AD LIB#2

                         Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

VICKY

                         How could you scare us like that?!!

NICK

                         They got you guys pretty good. Ha, Ha.

LUKE

                         Oh please. You were screaming louder
                         than the girls.

NICK

                         Only to play along.

T.K.

                         Right.

VICKY

                         I can�t believe you guys could make
                         something like that up!

T.K.

                         We didn�t make it up. It�s a real legend.

LUKE

                         But how many would believe a
                         stupid legend like that. Ha, ha, ha!

As the thunder thrashes, a light blue demon (identical to the one in the park) appears in back of Luke growling. It plows its nails through his back so that they come out through his chest. The demon picks Luke up as blood runs down his body while he�s screaming and it cuts his head off. The group screams in fear as they watch. They all run out the room.

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INT. THE FRONT HALL

They rush down the stairs to the front door but they�re locked in. They all take through separate ways in the house. Jeff goes through a door at the side of the staircase.

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INT. A STUDY


As he enters the study, he runs to the door at the opposite side of the room, he stumbles over boxes and old paintings. As he opens the door, the demon is on the other side. Jeff screams as he stumbles back and falls to the floor. He gets up, and runs out the study.

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INT. THE FRONT HALL


He quickly runs up the stairs to another bedroom.

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INT. THE OTHER BEDROOM


He quickly locks the door and pushes the old bed in front of it to barricade the door. He hears the floorboards aching outside then sees that someone is trying to force their way in. Jeff staggers back in fright and bumps into the demon that is in back of him. He screams as the demon scratches the side of his face. The demon then rips out Jeff�s throat and throws him out the window.

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INT. OUTSIDE THE BEDROOM DOOR


Nick is in front of it hearing the window break. He races down the stairs and into the kitchen.

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INT. THE KITCHEN

He nervously breaks the door down and runs outside.


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EXT. THE BACKYARD


As he turns the corner, he see�s Jeff�s body with the throat ripped out. Nick starts to scream. As he runs back around the corner of the house, he bumps into the demon. The demon grabs Nick by his shirt as he screams struggling to get free. The demon stick�s it�s fingers in Jeff�s eyes, puts its hand in his mouth, and rips off his jaw. The demon disappears.

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EXT. THE FRONTYARD


Vicky and Margie climb out the front window and quickly run off the property as they cry. As they get on the road, they scream as they bump into T.K.


VICKY
(sobbing)

                         T.K.!, you made it!

They all hug.

VICKY
(voice cracking)

                         Quick, we have to go to the police!

T.K.

                         Are you crazy?!

VICKY

                         What?



T.K.

                         If we go to the police, they�ll
                         haul our Asses to jail.

MARGIE
(voice cracking)

                         What do you mean?!

T.K.

                         Think about it Margie. If we go
                         to the police telling them a monster
                         killed our friends, they�ll hold
                         us responsible and take us to jail.

VICKY

                         Are you saying we�re just gonna
                         leave them there?!

T.K.

                         They�re already dead.

VICKY

                         Wait a minute. These are our best
                         friends! They could still be alive!

MARGIE

                         We can tell the police everything
                         that happened and they�ll investigate.

T.K.

                         And what happens when they don�t find
                         evidence that it was a monster, huh?!
                         They�ll start suspecting us! Then
                         their families will blame us!

VICKY

                         There�s no way we could have done the
                         damage that monster has done even if
                         we did kill them and the police will
                         determine that!

T.K.

                         Or they�ll determine we were practicing
                         black magic and charge us with violating
                         human right charters!


MARGIE

                         T.K., it�s not too late. We can go
                         to the police! They�ll believe us.

T.K.

                         Look!, we can stand here and wait
                         for the monster to come and kill us,
                         or we can get our asses out
                         of here and never talk about this
                         again. But either way, this discussion
                         ends now!

T.K. runs down the road.

MARGIE

                         Maybe he�s right.
      

VICKY

                         What?!



MARGIE

                         They�ll never believe that a monster
                         attacked us. And if monsters are real
                         and people have died because of them,
                         there has never been any evidence or
                         the world would have known about them
                         by now.

VICKY

                         Margie--

MARGIE

                         Let�s just go. We never came here. Nick,
                         Jeff, and Luke got lost on the way and
                         we couldn�t find them.

VICKY

                         But you know that�s not what--

MARGIE

                         It�s either that, or tell the truth and
                         let them takes us to a mental institution.
                         I don�t know about you, but that�s not
                         how I want to spend the rest of my young
                         life.

Margie runs down the road as Vicky takes one more shocking look at the house and runs down the road. As the lightning thrashes, Marcus is looking at them run down the road then see�s a little boy in black pajama�s with yellow stars on it, singing.

CHILD

                         Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I
                         wonder                          where you are. Darkness has
                         consumed your light. Like the devil
                         in disguise. Twinkle, twinkle, little
                         star, hell is going to erupt.

Marcus looks at the boy in confusion.

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MATH CLASS- THIRD PERIOD.

Marcus immediately wakes up at his desk with a confused expression on his face. The students are talking amongst themselves. There�s an insult contest going on in the back.

BACK STUDENT #1

                         Shut yo yellow teeth up! They
                         need to drown that fat motha� of
                         yours for taking the plates of those
                         hungry little kids! Lord knows she
                         eats enough for shamoo!

BACK STUDENT #2

                         My fat motha?! What about yours?!
                         She comin' to the wedding
                         singing like she Kelly Price! Ain�t nobody
                         ask her to sing! She sounded like a fat
                         mess! And yo mama ain�t have no business
                         being anything else but fat!

THE WHOLE BACK

                         Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Two guys and two girls come into the classroom with the hall pass and puts it next to the teacher whose just sitting their reading a book.

GUY #1

                         Sorry we took so long in the bathroom.
                         We had an unexpected delay.

GIRL #1

                         But it�s no big. We eventually came.

As they go to their seats the guys throw out condoms in the wastebasket. And in the front, a group of students are having a rap contest as they make their beats by banging on the table.

FRONT STUDENT #1

                         Fuelin� up my drive, smokin� the nick
                         to buy me some time, keepin� it high
                         and live all night, any Rican girl
                         spotted so fine.

FRONT STUDENT #2

                          Blazin� does the trick, oh mami try papi,
                          make you scream, oh mami you poppin�,
                          we consented all naked, girl praise it,
                          everything we wanted, we blazed it.

FRONT STUDENT #3

                         Drive by with a diamond bracelet, no
                         need to deal with a chicken head,
                         no need to be shy, we can do it high,
                         just remember to be out, by five.

WHOLE FRONT ROW

                         Ohhhhhhhhh!, iiiiiight!!

The teacher finishes writing on the board �Homework- Fundamental Math Book PG 73 1-20�. The bell rings and students yell out �fight�, �Let�s get to that fight�. Marcus pulls over a near by student.


MARCUS

                         What fight are they talking about?

STUDENT

                         Well, didn�t you here? Some jerk
                         helped a student in the front of
                         the school this morning fight off
                         a gang. So the gang is gonna jump
                         that student in the locker room.

Marcus rushes out of the class and into the hallway.

CUT TO:


INT. LOCKER ROOM- RAFAEL FIGHTING.

Rafael takes on 5 guys from this morning. The locker room is filled with boys cheering.

Rafael dunks from a swing by the first guy. He punches him in the stomach, backhands his face and cross punches him knocking him out. Rafael jabs the next guy with his left and forward punches him with the right. The guy throws 2 punches but Rafael grabs both his wrists, knee�s him in the groin, give him a butt, spins around and back hands him across the face.

Marcus enters the locker room and makes it to the front of the crowd. The next guy grabs Rafael from behind. Another guy draws a dagger. Marcus grabs his wrist, twist it, and pulls him toward the ground making him hit his head on the locker and passing out. Mateo grabs Marcus from behind. Marcus elbows him in the stomach, and flips him over by his hand.

Rafael manages to push the guy off him. Rafael elbows then backhands him with the same arm, and jabs him with his right. School security comes in and takes away Rafael and the other guys.


CUT TO:


EXT. OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

Security puts Mateo into a cop car. The rest of security holds back the crowd of students that follow. Marcus barely makes it past security unnoticed. He goes to the cop car.


MARCUS

                         You gave me your word.

MATEO

                         I didn�t give you shit! And who
                         are you anyway?! Rafael�s protector?!

MARCUS

                         I protect any good person there is
                         from people like you.

MATEO

                         Well, now I�m gonna tell my superior
                         about you and you gonna get pulled
                         into this. Ain�t nobody had beef
                         with you. You suddenly come out of
                         nowhere with this super hero act and
                         expect things to go your way?! Well
                         not here.


MARCUS

                         Why has Rafael been targeted by your
                         gang? What threat could he possibly
                         be to you?


MATEO

                         I don�t gotta say shit to you. I�m the
                         right hand man to this gang. Your gonna
                         wish that you�d didn�t butt in once the
                         leader is done with you. You may have
                         been able to flip me over but angel dust
                         won�t save you from him.

MARCUS

                         I�d expect nothing less from the leader
                         of the Out-Law Crennumb.

Marcus begins to walk away and he turns back to Mateo. Mateo has a shocked expression oh his face.

MARCUS

                         Oh and Mateo, give Getto my regards.

Security then comes with the other boys from the fight.

GUARD

                         Hey?! What is this?! This
                         ain�t no time to be socializing
                         with your friends! You better get
                         on up outta here you!!

The guard pushes Marcus away.

CUT TO:


INT. DETENTION CENTER- 4TH PERIOD.


Marcus goes to the detention center where Rafael is being kept.

GUARD

                         Hold it, you can�t come in here
                         without a detention slip.

MARCUS

                         I came to give my friend the work
                         he missed during 4th period. The
                         teacher told me that it would be
                         okay as long as it was about
                         his schoolwork.

The guard gives Marcus the go ahead to come in and Marcus sits at a table far from the exit with Rafael.

MARCUS

                         Is there something wrong?

RAFAEL

                         Yeah, there is. Look Marcus, it�s
                         not that I�m not grateful for all
                         your help but... it�s just made
                         things worse with you being there.

MARCUS

                         I know. But I also know that there�s
                         something more to these attacks than
                         what you�re telling me. I know that
                         you feel embarrassed with me coming
                         to your rescue and I know you that
                         it�s only gonna make the gang try
                         again to do you in and I�m sorry. For
                         all of it. But, and I speak this from
                         experience, when gangs see that someone
                         is protecting their target, they would
                         try to take out the protector first.
                         Instead, they went after you two more
                         times. Why? Why are the Out-Law Crennumb
                         so shook by you?

RAFAEL

                         How did you know that it�s the Crennumb
                         who�s after me?


MARCUS

                         Because I know the way they work.
                         That and their leader is my brother
                         in law.

RAFAEL

                         Brother in law? Boy you really must
                         have gotten around in your day. I
                         don�t know Marcus.

MARCUS

                         Rafael, I am asking you to trust me.
                         Look, I can help. I can�t tell you
                         how or why but I can help.

RAFAEL

                         Damn. Do you usually mess around with
                         dangerous things that have nothing to
                         do with you?

MARCUS

                         It�s a hobby of mine. Now tell me. Tell
                         me why Getto is after you.

RAFAEL

                         Getto�s motives toward me are few
                         but important. At least to him.
                         There�s a gang who�s in conflict
                         with the Crennumb. The Crennumb
                         are known to smuggle drugs, weapons,
                         even new technology. This rival gang
                         has someone on the inside. Someone
                         whose relaying all Getto�s information
                         so that they can stop the Crennumb.
                         It�s an all female gang. And even
                         though they do their share of drug
                         and weapons selling, they know that
                         if Getto keeps having this lucky
                         streak with these new black market
                         investors, he would have control of
                         the entire market.

MARCUS

                         And who�s this rival gang?

RAFAEL

                         They�re called the Silver Ravens.
                         Marcus�s eyes widened.

RAFAEL

                         You know of them?

MARCUS

                         I know their leader Crystal.

RAFAEL

                         Crystal isn�t the leader anymore. She
                         died a year ago in a shoot out with
                         the Crennumb and her sister took over.

MARCUS

                         Her sister Marisol?

RAFAEL

                         You know Marisol?!

MARCUS

                         I know of her. I saw her once when
                         she was 11 years old.

RAFAEL

                         Well, now she�s 16. And has lived up
                         to her sisters reputation.

MARCUS

                         Okay. But where do you fit into
                         all of this?

RAFAEL

                         Marisol is my girlfriend.

MARCUS

                         Oh shit.

RAFAEL

                         Yeah. Getto thinks that if he can
                         get to me he can get to her.

MARCUS

                         But that isn�t his style. If the
                         Silver Ravens are as threatening
                         to Getto as they sound, he would�ve
                         dealt directly with them. Why is he
                         targeting you?

RAFAEL

                         Marisol is in hiding. Nobody can find
                         her. So Getto springs these attacks
                         on me so--

MARCUS

                         He can flush her out.

RAFAEL

                         Hence his motives. Either he flushes
                         her out with my beating maybe death,
                         or he figures I�ll break under the
                         pain and give him the information
                         he needs.

MARCUS

                         I have to say that Getto has gotten
                         very cleaver at this game.

RAFAEL

                         I would have to agree.

MARCUS

                         But still, he could never be more
                         cleaver than me. And he could never
                         be so cleaver as to not slip up or
                         have any flaws. That comes only when
                         you immerse yourself in the game for
                         a long while. He hasn�t been in the
                         game that long.

RAFAEL

                         How do you know?

MARCUS

                         Because I taught him everything he
                         knows. How long do you have to be here?

RAFAEL

                         Until lunch. The principal knows that
                         I didn�t start it and doesn�t see any
                         reason to suspend me since I was
                         defending myself against five guys.

MARCUS

                         Okay. I have to get going anyhow. I
                         will handle Getto for you. In the
                         meantime, be like Marisol and stay
                         out of sight.

As Marcus gets up, Rafael grabs his wrist.

RAFAEL

                         I don�t think you should keep doing
                         this Marcus. It�ll only make things worse.

MARCUS

                         Mateo told me before they took him
                         away, that I was already dragged into
                         it. So now it�s my fight as much as it
                         is yours. I don�t want you to get into
                         a confrontation with Getto. You have
                         very good hand skills but it would take
                         alot more than hand skills to win in a
                         fight with Getto. It takes complete
                         attention.

RAFAEL

                         I can do that.

MARCUS

                         It also takes quick calculating to
                         anticipate what his next moves are
                         gonna be.

RAFAEL

                         I can try to pull that off too.

MARCUS

                         You also gotta� be strapped with weapons
                         so you can always reach for one and if
                         the opportunity arises when the only
                         course of action is to kill him you have
                         to do it with no hesitations or thoughts.

RAFAEL

                         I could do that if I have to.

MARCUS

                         And you have to not care, if you live
                         or die.

Rafael stays with a serious face as Marcus begins to walk out.

CUT TO:


INT. SOUTH SALEM- CLOCK TOWER.


Boracus the arch demon is directing his minions. This time, Boracus has on black boots, black leather pants, and a black leather vest with metal decorations on it.

BORACUS

                         Well, did you bring me more vassals?

DEMON

                         No master. They got away.

BORACUS

                         You fools!! How could you let this
                         happen?!

DEMON

                         We were stopped last night. By
                         someone most likely to be the
                         Predator.

BORACUS

                         Marcus! It's been too long. He must
                         have killed the ones on the hunt so we
                         can�t find him. We must not let him
                         meddle in our plans.

DEMON

                         I will never let that happen master.
                         I'll die first.

BORACUS

                         If you let him stop you again, you
                         will die. But, at my hand.

DEMON

                         I haven�t any way to stop him. He
                         fights very well.

BORACUS

                         It's been along time since I encountered
                         the Predator. But this time, I won�t be
                         defeated so easily. Even the most
                         powerful opponent has a weakness, and
                         I know Marcus'.

DEMON

                         And what weakness is that, Master?

BORACUS

                         You'll see. Call the others. I have a
                         little job for you. Ha, ha, ha, ha,
                         ha, ha, ha.

CUT TO:


INT. HIDEOUT OF THE OUTLAW CRENNUMB- EARLY AFTERNOON


We now see the much talked about
GETTO, having 'fun' with two beautiful women.

Mateo rushes into the room without knocking and almost in sequence, Getto picks up a thirty-two caliber and shoots a bullet at Mateo that almost hits him in the left cheek.

GETTO
(without stopping)

                         I thought I told you that I was
                         gonna be busy for the next couple
                         of hours!

MATEO

                         My bad. But there were complications.
                         School Security caught us and--

GETTO

                         Are you tellin� me that you was
                         handled by some dumb ass
                         school security guard?!

MATEO

                         Hello no! It was because of Rafael�s
                         new bodyguard that I got son�d!

GETTO

                         A bodyguard? You gonna have to
                         do better than that.

MATEO

                         Even if the bodyguard is Marcus?!

ANGLE: GETTO�S EYES WIDENING

Getto immediately stopped what he was doing.

GETTO
(addressing the girls)

                         Go! Get outta here, be out!!

Getto puts on a black robe and walks up to Mateo.

GETTO
(angry tone)

                          Where did you here that name?

MATEO

                         Why? Who is this guy suppose to--

GETTO

                         Answer the question!!!

MATEO

                         He�s just someone who moved into town.
                         He screwed up our first and second wave
                         on Rafael and then flipped me over
                         from trying to kill him. And then he
                         said he knew you! Who is this guy
                         suppose to be?!

GETTO

                         Marcus. That bastard was my mentor. He
                         taught me everything I know. He created
                         the Crennumb. But when he killed my
                         sister he became my enemy, I took
                         half of the army with me in the hope
                         that one-day we�ll meet again and I�ll
                         be able to avenge her.

MATEO

                         But why has he taken a sudden interest
                         in Rafael?

GETTO

                         Marcus always had a soft spot of compa-
                         ssion in his heart for nerdy wimpy
                         punks who couldn�t defend themselves. It
                         was that nobility that kept him from
                         being the biggest gangster the world has
                         ever seen.(smiles sinisterly) But this
                         can all work to our advantage. With Marcus
                         in the picture Marisol just might feel
                         secure enough to come out into the open. I
                         think it�s time that we paid a visit to our
                         old friend Marcus.

MATEO

                         Why? So he can wipe the floor with us again?

Getto grabs Mateo by his neck.

GETTO

                         Are you telling me that Marcus Peron will
                         be able to pull one over on me?!

MATEO
(straining)

                         I didn�t mean to speak out of line!

GETTO

                         So when we see him are we gonna make him
                         pay for crossing our paths?!

MATEO
(straining)

                         Severely.

GETTO
(throwing him back)

                         I�m glad we agree. See to it. Get the men
                         ready to face him after school. It�s on.


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