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MAX
(softly)
I'd love to get you alone.
JETT
That would be difficult--under the circumstances.
MAX
Would you have said yes?
JETT
(tiny smile)
I wanted to say yes last night.
Max groans and once more kisses her passionately. Rob enters the gym. He sees them and stops.
ROB
Oh, please--
Max slowly pulls away from Jett. They smile at one another. Max turns and glares at Rob. They release one another.
MAX
Problem?
ROB
(approaches)
No, no problem at all. We're trapped here by a vampire, and you two are
becoming a little too familiar.
(pause)
And what�s with this vampire crap?
JETT
They claimed to have seen it.
ROB
Probably all drunk at the time. I'd like to talk to that Collin guy, but the others
always seem to keep him from speaking.
MAX
Where is he now?
ROB
At the bar, getting plastered.
INT. LOUNGE
Max sits alongside Collin and keeps him from drinking. Rob and Jett keep the others occupied.
MAX
What aren't you telling us?
COLLIN
(half drunk)
The others don't want me talking about it.
MAX
About what?
COLLIN
(stares)
About how the others died. Horrible--horrible. Tore their throats right out.
Blood everywhere. Horrible.
MAX
Why were you and the others down in the cargo area? Did you follow him?
COLLIN
We followed the blood--
(whispers)
They're down there.
MAX
Who?
COLLIN
All the dead people. He collected them. We saw the bodies. By the time we
realized what we were hunting, he had us trapped.
(pause)
I was the only one who escaped.
(reveals a cross)
I found this. It kept him away from me. Stake through the heart. That's the
only way to kill a vampire--and sunlight. Cutting off their head seems to help.
I've seen all the movies.
MAX
Me too. But in most movies, vampires can break through glass--even the thick stuff.
COLLIN
Maybe, but this one isn't like those. I think he's injured. He seems pretty weak
and almost slow. He has these really nasty claws. That's how he was able to get
the slip on us. He slashed several as they came at him. It wasn't pretty, I'll tell you.
He's pretty gruesome looking to start. Almost like a homeless vampire. Long
matted hair, tattered clothing--no facial hair though, but very dirty looking. Old
blood, I think.
(eyes him)
You aren't actually thinking about going out there, are you? The cargo area is very
big with winding aisles everywhere. I was lucky to find my way out.
