The Watcher: 1.1 Destiny's Path: Act III
by gumboy
ACT III

INT. DARK ALLEY - MOMENTS LATER

OFFICER VAMP
Don't worry little girl. This won't hurt... well... Actually it'll hurt a lot.

The other two vamps cackle. LIV whimpers.

OFFICER VAMP
The say that the blood of a slayer is supposed to taste better than others. Let's find out shall we?

The Officer vamp bears his fangs and growls. Liv pulls out her mace container and sprays him in the face

OFFICER VAMP
Glargh!!

The officer vamp flails for a second or two, but then suddenly stands up straight laughing. The other two vamps join in. The officer wipes the mace spray onto his finger and then licks it.

OFFICER VAMP
Mmm... tasty. Little bit like tabasco.

The other vamps laugh to see such sport.

OFFICER VAMP
She's got spunk. I love that in my prey.

The vampires laugh until two wooden quarrels pierce their chests. They have just enough time to give a look of "Oh shit" before they burst into dust.

EXT. ENTRANCE INTO THE ALLEY

Xander drops two small handheld crossbows and pulls out two wooden stakes and enters the alley.

XANDER
Okay, who else wants to be onion soup mix?

OFFICER VAMP
Ooooo.. The big bad man.

Xander steps forward.

XANDER
(Trying to be a bad ass)
Care to dance?

OFFICER VAMP
Sure!

The officer vamp proceeds to beat the living crap out of Xander. Liv is plastered against the wall in terror. Xander tosses one of his stakes to her.

LIV
What the hell do you want me to do with that?!

XANDER
(Getting his face punched in)
Kill him!

LIV
Are you crazy?!!

The vamp starts beating Xander's head against the wall... Once...

XANDER
Olivia!

Twice...

XANDER
(weakly)
Run! Get Away!

Thrice...

And Xander's down for the count. The vamp turns, smiles and starts walking towards Liv. Snarling.

He gets closer and closer. Liv is coming apart. Just as the vamp is about to take a bite, she snaps.

She stamps on the arch of his foot, smashes the heel of her hand into his eye, knees him in the groin, grabs his arm and flips him out of the alley... (a good ten feet) into the daylight.

The vampire bursts into flame and dissolves away.

Liv stands in the alley, looks at Xander, looks at the piles of the dust, looks at the entrance of the alley.... and faints.

Fade to Black

Female Voice
Hello? You waking up there?

INT. BLURRY ROOM - XANDER'S POV

NURSE
Mr. Harris? Come on Mr. Harris, let's see you wake up.

INT. SACRED HEART HOSPITAL - EXAMINATION ROOM

An attractive Nurse is shining a light in Xander's eye. His other eye is covered with an eye patch again. Xander is now pretty bruised up and in a standard hospital gown.

NURSE
That's a good boy. Let's see, pupil is reactive. I'd check out the other eye, but... well you haven't got one.

Xander groans and sits up on the bed.

NURSE
Easy does it Sparky. You just got the stuffin' knocked out of you.

XANDER
The girl...

NURSE
She's fine. Nothing a little juice box filled with anti-anxiety medicine can't cure.

XANDER
(relieved)
She's okay?

NURSE
She's fine. You on the other hand...

XANDER
(smiles)
I've had worse.

NURSE
Hmm. So what happened to you Mr. Harris?

XANDER
(Thinking quickly)
Ah... I got mugged.

NURSE
Really?

XANDER
Yep.

Nurse pulls out a wallet and shows it to Xander.

NURSE
There's three hundred in cash in here and a bunch of platinum credit cards. I don't think they were after your money.

Xander takes the wallet from her and starts to panic...

The Nurse straps on a blood pressure cuff on his arm and checks his blood pressure.

NURSE
According to the little girl these guys had both facial deformities and a set a teeth longer than my arm.

XANDER
Probably overreacting.

The Nurse pulls off the cuff.

NURSE
Maybe. All I know is that in the last few weeks I've seen an increase in throat lacerations that would make your hair stand on end. In the last two weeks we've had the blood bank robbed six times. I've seen people scared of of their minds talking about mutants walking the street drinking human blood. Most people would say that these people are crazy or stoned to the gills. I'm not most people. Most people aren't likely to bet either, but I'm betting your a betting kind of guy. Am I right?

Xander has no clue where this is going and doesn't respond. The Nurse sticks a thermometer in his mouth.

NURSE
Do you believe in Vampires?

Xander's eye almost pops out of his head. He reaches for the thermometer.

NURSE
Leave it in. Just nod yes or no.

Xander nods.

NURSE
I bet those people who "mugged" you weren't human at all but were vampires, wouldn't you Mr. Harris?

Xander nods again, amazed at the woman's clarity of thought. The thermometer beeps and the Nurse takes it out of his mouth. She smiles.

NURSE
I've got just one question for you, Mr. Harris.

Xander smiles back. The Nurse's smile quickly evaporates.

NURSE
(Angry)
What the hell were you doing chasing my daughter into an alley full of vampires?

INT. CU - NURSE'S NAME TAG

It reads "Lucy Fontaine, RN".

XANDER
Oh Crap.


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