Being Human 2

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Being Human

by

Sasha Nhara

EARLY PRODUCTION DRAFT


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February 12,2012

FADE IN:

EXT. UNIVERSITY CAMPUS - DAY

People moving aroundGoing for lecturesSocialisingLaughing and Horseplay.

Day to day life on campus.

GRACE (V.O.)

Life is a gift. Its funny how we only ever notice the pleasures of the

small things, the feel of sunlight on your skin, The coldness of rain,

Hugs, Kisses, the taste of food; only when we cant have them anymore.

INT. HOSTEL. CORRIDOR.

GRACE is arguing with CALEB. Her face is serious. He looks a little

confused. Hes laughing.

GRACE

Caleb, Im not trying to get out of this relationship but we cant see

each other anymore.

CALEB

And thats the best excuse you could come up with? Im a vampire. Really?

Caleb laughs . Turns away from Grace.

GRACE

Caleb? CalebPleaseI love you but

Bites he lip.

CALEB

(Still turned away from GRACE) heh heh hehbut youre a Vampire right and

Im my lifes in danger(laughs and walks away without looking at her)

He Mutters something as he walks awayVampire? Thats the best one Ive ever heard


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LONG SHOT over CALEBS shoulder. ZOOM IN on GRACE. Theres a look of extreme

sadness on her faceA trickle of blood runs from her lip down her chin.

EXT. COLLEGE CAMPUS. DAY

CALEB is with a bunch of his friends. Theyre talking and Laughing.

Nothings seems out of the Ordinary.

MYSTERIOUS POV

From BEHIND. As if he's being watched by someone else.

CALEB spins, looks back AT us. Nothing.

INT. APARTMENT - DAY

AKKAD dressed in Black, stands at GRACEs desk.A pile of textbooks lie

open. Grace stands by the Window looking out over the bustling campus.

SUPERIMPOSSE : TWO MONTHS AGO

AKKAD

(He has an accent you cant place. Almost a Mixture of Mediterranean and

British and something OLDERAncient even)

I dont understand how you do this

Motions at the books and the room in general.

Its one thing to want to be like them but to(scoffs) act at studying?

This a new low for even one such as you

GRACE

COLDLY and SADDLY.

Are you sure its FAITH? I mean, you could be wrong AKKAD

AKKAD

Now FACING GRACE.Raises a QUIZZICAL Eyebrow

Have I ever been wrong? In the Three Hundred years weve known each other

have I ever made a Mistake?

HE pauses for a second thinking.


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Shes coming for you Grace. She wants her sister back GRACE.There are only

two of you leftShe misses youNeeds youYou dont want another London all

over againThat boy didnt deserve to die and you know it

GRACE

TURNS to FACE AKKAD

I know AKKAD. I knowDont you think..(Pauses) It eats me everydayWe

arent having another LONDONis there a way to stop her..

AKKAD

Smiles.

I guessed youd ask thatand yes there is onethingA spellsomething even

Older than even mebut

GRACE

But what?

Akkad

Itll probably kill you as wellyou two are linked by your soulsor

(Smirks) lack thereof

I dont know if youll live through it

GRACE

I dont careI dont care any more

DISSOLVE

GRACE (V.O)

EXT. AGING APARTMENT BUILDING

SUPERIMPOSE: TODAY

EXT. STEPS BY THE ENTERANCE TO THE APARTMENT

FAITH, a Beautiful Twenty-something leans against the wall. Shes staring

at CALEB. Smiles and waves at Him. CALEB walking with his friends motions

at himself. She nods and calls him over.


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INT. APARTMENT BUILDING - FOYER

Doors open, flood the musty darkness with a brief relief

of sunlight. A MAN -- whose face we don't see -- steps

inside, his trench coat hanging like the folded wings of

a raven.

He pauses, pulls an ORNATE LIGHTER and lights acigarette. Takes a puff and pushes on inside.

INT. NARROW STAIRCASE HALL WALL

Lined with tenants trying to get a glimpse of the

unexplainable.

The Stranger pushes through. Suspicious faces step out

of his path. The ones that don't he pushes aside -- even

the gangbangers.The man has no patience for politeness, no time for tact,

no fear of anything.

This man is JOHN CONSTANTINE.

He arrives at his destination, barges into --

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INT. APARTMENT 7B

One scan of the situation is all it takes. The bed --

the child -- the panicked priest -- who rushes to John.

HENNESSEY

(whispering)

Thank God you're here...

John shoots him a disgusted look. Hennessey gives him a

wide berth.

John walks past the panic-stricken MOTHER without a

glance, sets his cigarette on the nightstand, the glowing

tip drooped over the edge. He puts a gloved hand to the

child's face and it burns on contact. His demeanor

instantly changes as he leans right next to the ear of

the little girl and whispers --

JOHN

This is Constantine. John

Constantine, asshole.The girl JOLTS, bandages on her arms cut into her skin.

Eyes snap open -- glare right through him.


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JOHN

How ya doing?

JEANIE

Vamos juntos a matarla.

John whips out a key chain crammed with medallions.

JOHN

Let's see who we got here...

He holds them up so they cast shadows across Jeanie's

face. He flips through each of these sculptured SAINTS

until the child suddenly reacts to one -- tries to look

away.

John stares at the Saint responsible, seems genuinely

puzzled. He turns to the Mother -- very serious.

JOHN

I need a mirror. Now.

Shaken, the Mother produces a small compact. John pushes

it away, turns to the doorway crowd.

JOHN

A large mirror. At least --

(sizes up the child)

-- three feet high.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

The hallway crowd discusses possibilities.

JOHN

MOVE.

Tenants run to retrieve a mirror. Hennessey looksworried.


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John grabs the bed -- shoves Hennessey aside as he swings

the bed around, legs gouging hardwood all the way. Faces

it toward the window.

INTERCUT - APARTMENT 5G BELOW

Several of the MEN from the hallway crowd storm through

an OLD WOMAN'S stuffy apartment, locate a huge iron-

framed mirror and rip it and half the plaster from the

wall.

JOHN

centers on a drapery ROPE, pulls hard. Drapery HOOKS

EXPLODE off the curtain rod as he swings open the window,

looks down into the alley where that yellow taxi is

parked.

JOHN

Chaz?

CHAZ (20s) looks up from his cab. Cool. Frustrated.

You just know he'd love to be up there, not down here.

JOHN

Move the car.

CHAZ

Why?


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