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Leona slaps Sam across the face so hard that Sam is knocked backwards. Sam looks up and holds the side of her face. Sam’s features return to normal.
SAM Ow! Thanks a lot!
Lenoa rushes forward and hugs Sam.
LEONA Oh, thank goodness! I thought I lost you.
SAM I can kill it Leona.
Leona pulls back.
LEONA K-k-kill it? How?
SAM In a very ancient way, with a sacrifice.
LEONA But why, Sam? It’s so powerful and it can do so much for the world, why would you want to kill it?
SAM Because I have to, Leona. It has to end.
EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE ENTRY – USA – DAY
The Group looks at Piscivorus with a mixture of anger and incredulity. Piscivorous backs onto the bridge.
PISCIVORUS I had to! It wasss necessssary.
GROUP He’s killed her…Rudra will be angry…He must pay…Kill him!
The Group rushes forward. Piscivorus tries to hide under the cover of his arms.
PISCIVORUS No! Please! It wasss…
And the river begins to boil. It hisses and spits up fountains of steam. The group stops amazed by the display.
EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE ENTRY – CANADA – DAY
A loud steam fountain distracts Leona.
LEONA What’s happening out there? It looks volcanic.
SAM It’s time. I have to go.
Sam steps onto the bridge. Leona grabs her arm.
LEONA It’s too dangerous! One of those steam jets could…
SAM Sometimes you just have to make the dangerous choice, Leona.
And she yanks her arm away and steps further out onto the bridge. Steamy mist wafts over the bridge behind her.
LEONA Sam, wait!
SAM It’s time to end it!
LEONA Why, Sam, why does it have to end?
SAM It isss our dessstiny fearful one.
And Sam disappears into the mist.
LEONA God Dammit!
She makes a grimace then looks up into the sky as she crosses herself.
With a frown, she hobbles into the mist after Sam.
EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE ENTRY – USA – DAY
The Group watches the steamy river show in awe. Piscivorus seizes the opportunity.
PISCIVORUS Ssshiva knowsss! Ssshiva knows it was necessary!
The crowd backs away from his words. Behind him the bridge disappears under a cloud of steamy mist.
PISCIVORUS Ssshiva is coming and I will be honoured as the Bringer!
He runs into the mist.
RAINBOW BRIDGE – DAY
The mist is thick. Leona squints to see just a few inches in front of her. She holds her shotgun tightly across her chest.
LEONA Sam?
She listens.
She jumps at a splashing sound that comes from over the edge of the bridge. She moves to the rail and peers over. She sees nothing but the blankness of mist.
Another splash, she backs away.
LEONA Sam?
More splashes, big ones. She moves further away from the rail.
LEONA Sam! Answer me!
Quiet, then.
SAM (O.S.) Is she there?
LEONA Sam?
She tears off toward the sound of Sam’s voice into the mist. Blankness.
PISCIVORUS (O.S.) She is.
SAM (O.S.) Then do what must be done. May the one to whom we have pledged all devotion forgive me for my presumptions.
The blankness clears. Piscivorus stands behind Sam.
PISCIVORUS That fate lies yet before you.
SAM Then you must send me.
Piscivorus raises a pistol aimed directly at the back of Sam’s head. His finger pulls the trigger but before he can fire, he is knocked backwards by a shotgun blast.
Leona holds the smoking gun.
Sam glances back at the twitching bleeding body of Piscivorus with sorrow, then at with anger and disappointment at Leona.
SAM You’ve ruined it!
Leona backs away from Sam’s voice.
LEONA I don’t understand.
SAM Ruined it all, you fearful little ssschoolgirl.
LEONA I saved you, Sam.
SAM You ssshould of let usss go. Ssshoot usss now!
Leona’s gun shakes in her hand. Tears flow down her face.
LEONA I can’t .
Then the real Sam stands before her. The real Sam is full of compassion. SAM Shoot me, Leona. The next cycle must begin.
LEONA I can’t!
She drops to her knees, her gun falls to the ground. She holds Sam around the waist and sobs against Sam’s hip.
Leona looks into Sam’s eyes. She stops pleading and gets slowly to her feet, struggling with her bad leg. She stands eye to eye with Sam and in a flash slaps Sam across the face.
Sam’s head snaps to the side and back, as in one motion. Her eyes focus, as she looks into Leona’s. Tears form and slide down her cheek. She takes a deep breath.
SAM Leona, you may not understand what I’m going to tell you, but I’m asking you to trust me…have faith…it is important, because without you, I can’t do what I know I have to do. Can you promise me that?
LEONA I promise Sam…I’ll do whatever you tell me to do.
SAM The dark force is warring over me. It doesn’t want me to stop this destruction. You’ve seen me act strange, right?
LEONA Yes…
SAM I need you to keep an eye on me and bring me out of it when it tries to take over. Don’t hesitate Leona, just slap me and bring me back. Ok?
LEONA Ok Sam, you got it!
SAM We’ve got to get moving now though. Time is running out.
Sam puts her arm around Leona’s waist and together they make their way across the bridge. Thick mist curls around them as they go.
EXT. NIAGARA FALLS – USA
They reach the other side of the bridge and as they look down into the water, strange bodies are bobbing, caught in a powerful, swirling motion. Their faces are struck with horror, evident in their open eyes.
Sam and Leona stop in their tracks, mouths open, they look at each other and back to the bodies. Whatever they are, they are not a threat to them…they are dead. Sam and Leona continue south from Rainbow Bridge, towards the falls.
NIAGARA FALLS – MAID OF THE MIST PARK – EVENING
A fire blazes as the sun slips from the western skyline. Leona sits with her back against a park bench. Her leg is wrapped in Sam’s red bandana. Sam reads from the Book of Mysteries that is open in her lap. She stops and looks at Leona.
LEONA Is that the book you got in Sedona?
SAM Yes. It’s called the Book of Mysteries. It comes from ancient writings that have been handed down over centuries and centuries of time. It’s full of mystical and enlightening remedies. It refers to this time we are in.
LEONA You said you knew how to bring an end to all of this. Is there really a way we can make this happen?
SAM There is Leona…but I doubt myself too much. That has been my private fear. I’ve seen miraculous things in my life time. Things that don’t make sense to most people…at least in any common, normal way.
Sam looks over at Leona and shifts the angle of her body so she’s facing her directly.
SAM I have second guessed myself so much…you know? When I was in Sedona, I was given a mission. It didn’t make sense to me then, because none of this destruction had happened yet…it was prophetic in nature. But even so…I wasn’t sure I could do it…I didn’t even know if I wanted to. Not until now…after all we’ve been through.
Leona has her prayer beads in her hands. Her fingers rub over them softly…her face is thoughtful, almost serene.
LEONA I know what you mean, I think. I’ve lived in fear most of my life. I’ve never fit in anywhere. I was barely on the fringes of high school society…an outcast I guess. The miss fit.
Leona runs her fingers through her hair as she looks at Sam. Their eyes meet. Leona hesitates…then speaks.
LEONA There was this girl in high school. I always admired her…I wished I could be like her. She was the most popular girl in school. Everyone thought she was cool. I was fascinated with her really…but she didn’t even know I existed.
Sam draws closer to Leona, crossing her legs Indian style next to her.
SAM Tell me more, I’m listening.
LEONA I would imagine being in their circle (sarcastic laugh), you know, the “it girls” circle? Then, years later, she comes into the library looking for a book and she asks me to help her. She mentions we both went to the same school. I couldn’t believe she recognized me. Then she asks me if I knew her name. I’d waited an eternity to say her name out loud. Faith…that was her name.
Leona pauses…looks into the flames as they dance towards the night.
LEONA I realized it wasn’t her friendship I needed…wanted. It was more like what her name meant to me. Faith to believe I could be someone. Now she’s gone with all the rest and I’m still here…and I don’t know why. All I have from my past are these beads…my mom’s…they mean everything to me.
Leona holds the beads up. Sam leans forward, taking hold of Leona’s beads. She places them over Leona’s head and smiles. The beads hang close to Leona’s heart and the cross on the end reflects the warm light of the fire.
SAM Leona, you are here for a reason. We both are. It’s up to us to set things right…and we will. You have to believe that you are someone special…you and your faith.
LEONA Do you really think so? I think my faith is small. I don’t know…I want to believe…I really do. Maybe if I choose to set it free…
Sam kisses Leona’s cheek.
SAM All you have to do is believe Leona…anything is possible.
Both sit for a long minute in silence. Sam opens her book and begins to read.
SAM In the days that are blackest, the powers of darkness will war against the spirit of goodness. The dominant, the humble…the cursed, the blessed…the destroyer, the creator…the darkest evil, the most loving light in the world…the spirit of prosperity, health and life. That which wars with itself. It will be an end to life as we know it, but do not fear the darkness in that day, for as in all things, there is always a way to escape the destruction in order to bring about new life. The past will be no more.
EXT. NIAGARA FALLS – MAID OF THE MIST PARK – NIGHT - LATER
Sam sits with Leona’s head in her lap, her eyes are closed. Sam runs her fingers through Leona’s hair as she stares into the fire. The fire crackles, sending sparks towering into the night.
SAM (Whispers to herself) Take away my fear, give me strength...help me believe.
Sam’s eyes close as she joins Leona in sleep.
SAM’S DREAM – NIAGARA FALLS - NIGHT
Sam stands on a high cliff over the falls; her long hair blows back in a turbulent wind as if trying to escape. A demon beast, Blasphemer, stands close, its face only inches from hers. She is naked in the moonlight and the fowl breath of the creature blasts against her skin…scorching her.
BLASPHEMER You dare to believe that you can do something to stop the nature of things to come! Man is evil…an imbecile, corrupt in all his ways and deserves to die. (wicked laugh) He alone has carried the virus for thousands of years. You are weak Samantha and you live your life in fear…you think no one knows…but I know!
The demon beast’s face is contorted; his mouth salivates, dripping long, slobbery, yellow blobs that sway in the strong wind, then drop to the ground. His eyes shine with fire.
Sam’s eyes blink as she tries to fight back tears. She focuses, keeping her eyes on the demon.
BLASPHEMER Man chose this destruction. My kind didn’t even have to lift a finger to help him. He accepted his fate…turning into my kind easily. We fed the unwise, stupid men with the dogs of the disease. They thought they were the lucky ones.
His evil, claw-like hands are deviously spread open in front of her.
SAM You think you can stop me…make me afraid with your words…but they can do me no harm. You will not win this fight, Blasphemer!
Sam brings her hands up swiftly as she opens her mouth to scream.
SAM GO TO HELL!
Sam charges forward. She uses all her strength to push the beast backwards. He moves off balance as he falls backward into blackness, his haunting, mocking laugh vibrates into the night.
NIAGARA FALLS – MAID OF THE MIST PARK – EARLY MORNING
The fire is almost gone and soft light is washing over the Park.
LEONA Sam! SAM! WAKE UP!
Sam’s arms flail in the air. Her eyes open in a start. She looks around her, tossing from right to left. Her hands run down her body in a panicked fashion. She looks at Leona and her eyes focus on her.
Leona’s face is wet with tears. Her eyes are wide as her hands dig into Sam’s arms.
LEONA Are you ok Sam? I was afraid…afraid that they got to you…that I had failed your one request.
Leona lowers her head, sobbing. Sam reaches out and pulls Leona to her in a tight embrace. She rocks her back and forth.
SAM You did fine, Leona. Really! I was dreaming…it was just a horrible dream…but it means the time is drawing close Leona. When the sun sets tonight, the moon will be full and we have to be ready. Ok?
Sam draws in breath and lets out a heavy sigh and releases her. Leona nods her head, says nothing.
Sam gets up to stir the remaining ashes of the fire, then walks over to a pile of logs stacked close by. She reaches down, grabs a log as her eyes move to the right. There on the ground is a big blob of glowing yellow goo. Sam’s hand flies over her mouth, her eyes go wide. She turns and hurries back to the fire.
Sam moves around the camp, pacing, but says nothing. Leona watches, the creases in her forehead deepen. Neither says a word. Finally, Sam speaks.
SAM You stay here. I’m going to walk into town and see if I can find us something to eat. I’m starved…how about you?
LEONA I could eat a horse right now. I’ll be fine…just don’t be gone long. Ok?
SAM Don’t worry…I’ll be back soon.
EXT. NIAGARA FALLS – MAID OF THE MIST PARK – MID MORNING
Sam walks toward Leona from the direction of town. She sets her pack on the bench next to Leona and pulls a couple bottles of water from her pack, along with some jerky, crackers and cheese. She hands some to Leona.
LEONA Thanks! How was town…anything…anyone else around?
SAM No. No one…nothing. Weird though…I saw more of those trucks with dead dogs in them like the ones we saw on our way here. I told you the beast in my dream mentioned them. It gave me an eerie feeling.
Changing her expression, Sam smiles at Leona, who looks up at her as she tears off a hunk of jerky and begins to chew.
SAM Hey! I got us a treat…it’s a surprise. How’s your leg doing?
LEONA It’s much better…stiff, but not as painful. I got up and went to the bathroom when you were gone. Thanks for cleaning it up Sam. What kind of surprise did you find?
SAM Close your eyes.
Sam reaches into the pack and pulls out a can of peaches and some plastic spoons.
SAM Okay…open your eyes.
Leona’s face lights up.
LEONA Oh my God Sam! That’s just peachy!
Sam looks at Leona and laughs out loud.
SAM After these peaches we have to get down to business and devise our plan for tonight.
Both women dive into the can of peaches with happy smiles on their faces.
EXT. NIAGARA FALLS – PROSPECT POINT – LATE AFTERNOON
Leona bends down to pick up a rock about eight or ten inches in diameter. She walks with a slight limp in her gait.
Sam is some distance away. She picks up a rock and adds it to the pile in her arms. She drops them to the ground and then places them in a specific order. She builds an altar on the overlook of the Falls. The water roars, spraying up into the sky in its reverse flow. The spray in the air has both women drenched, but the afternoon sun is warm and it’s the closest thing to a bath they have had in days.
Leona drops four rocks next to Sam as Sam looks up at her.
SAM (Hollering) We’re almost done. I know we’ve been at this for hours but we need just a few more and we should be set.
Leona nods and turns to gather more rocks. Sam does the same.
SAM (hollering) We’re done! Let’s get a little rest back over by those trees. It’s quieter there and we can go over the plan.
Sam takes a minute to look at the altar. It is five feet high with a fire pit in its center. Smooth flat rocks line its rim. She looks at her wrist watch…it’s three o’clock.
LEONA (hollering) I’m for resting! You sure this is going to work?
SAM (hollering) I hope so…it has to. I don’t see any other way.
EXT. NIAGARA FALLS – PROSPECT POINT – ALTAR - NIGHT
Leona and Sam stand at the rock altar as the flames begin to rise…higher and higher. The fire is hot as they both remove all their clothing and throw them into the fire. They stand naked in the night. The full moon is high in the sky.
Sam holds the Book of Mysteries and Leona holds her prayer beads in her hand. Sam studies Leona’s face.
SAM Are you ready?
LEONA Yes…to the end.
Sam brings her index finger up and wags it back and forth in front of Leona’s face.
SAM Not to the end Leona…to the beginning!
Sam looks to the moon and raises her hands to the crystal clear, illuminated night.
SAM (loudly, with authority) We call on the wisdom of the ages. The God of goodness, of life and health, of fall and winter, of spring and summer. We are all that are left. We stand here humble, strong, to bring about change, and new life. We believe in the God of the Universe…leaving all things behind for the sake of the future. Shiva, gather your strength and except our offerings. SHIVA RISE UP IN ALL YOUR GLORY AND TAKE BACK WHAT IS YOURS!
The earth rumbles and shakes as the sparks fly up. Yellow eyes surround the camp and the huge beastly shadows pace around them hissing.
Leona looks anxiously to Sam. The worry in her eyes, swim in tears.
SAM Don’t be afraid Leona…they can’t enter our circle. The fate of all and the life we knew are in the hands of the two warring brothers. The son’s of Shiva represent the God’s duality.
SAM (Her voice stronger) We call upon the son that is goodness and the son that is filled with evil, to finish their fight. Let their fate declare the fate of the universe.
Above the flames, an image appears. Two men war with swords of flame and light.
WOLF is clothed in fur, his long beard flowing. He is huge.
PISCIVORUS is leaner, muscled, wearing only leather pants and boots. He moves swiftly, as he circles Wolf.
There is loud clashing. Metal against metal, the two men move in an age old battle. Their fight has Sam and Leona mesmerized.
Leona and Sam feel the heated breath of the demon Blasphemers. They hiss louder, scratching and stabbing at the ground around them. The earth rumbles, quakes in answer to their turmoil.
After long minutes of fighting, Wolf is knocked to the ground as Piscivorus stands over his brother, taunting him.
PISCIVORUS You are weak brother for all your size. Is that the best you can do?
A wicked laugh, hollow and eerie shatters the night.
WOLF You celebrate early brother. The fight is not yet finished.
Piscivorus raises his blade, bringing it down towards Wolf with all his might. Wolf rolls onto his knees and swings his blade over his head and down…sure and strong, it slices off Piscivorus’ head.
With the stroke of the blade, the demon Blasphemers hiss and scream an agonizing death scream, disappear. Blood runs down the altar from the vision in front of Sam and Leona.
SAM Shiva you have your sacrifice! We cast all that we have to the flames in celebration of this victory!
Sam moves to the fire and puts the Book of Mysteries into the flames. Leona rubs her beads for the last time. She tosses the beads into the fire and stares as her beads disappear in the flames.
LEONA (whispering to herself) I choose to give all that I have to you God. To the new beginning…I believe!
A roar fills the air. It is so loud, the earth trembles. Leona and Sam stare as the waters in the Fall form a Vortex funnel. Stronger and stronger, the funnel sucks up the water from the falls and the river bed below. A deafening roar now, thunder begins to roll through the clear night sky. Lightning strikes the ground around Sam and Leona.
Sam grabs Leona’s hand. Above the fire a scene of Shiva appears, rising high upon a mountain. A sinuous cloud of bluish arms silhouetted through the mist. Shiva, his male side hard and pulsating, her female side rhythmic waves, rise higher within the Vortex funnel, until Shiva sits atop the powerful funnel at the base of its mountain peak.
It is veiled as a moonlit bride in satiny white on one side, and as a black fiery male presence on the other. The lover of life and creation reaches to embrace her groom of destruction and change. Shiva envelopes him and he glows with liquid silver light.
SHIVA You have done well servants. It is time. Come to the throne!
SAM (Very Loud) It’s now or never Leona! We have to do it now!
Leona looks into Sam’s eyes and squeezes her hand.
LEONA (Very Loud) I am ready!
Sam and Leona begin to run toward the Falls. Lightning strikes a clear path to the cliff above the falls. As they stand on the edge of the cliff they see the center of the Vortex funnel, Shiva now inside, glorious.
EXT. SHIVA THRONE – NIGHT
With their hands together, they jump toward Shiva, feet first…their hair flies freely above their heads, their naked bodies elongated, slender by the movement. As they enter the center they reach the calm in the eye of the Vortex. Shiva’s many arms reach out, plucking them gently from the air. They are set before the throne.
The funnel Vortex rises, closing around them. It disappears into the heavens, taking them with it. Long minutes later…a sudden calm…silence, as the funnel stops and begins to spin in reverse.
EXT. PROSPECT POINT - SUNRISE
As the sun creeps shyly into the Eastern sky, it bathes the Point with soft golden light woven with hues of pink, purple and orange. The waters of the fall again flow in their natural path.
EXT. NIAGARA FALLS
SUPER – YEARS LATER
Move past green trees, budding flowers and blue water rushing to white foam at the falls.
CHRISTOPHER LEE (V.O.) In the days, months and years that followed that fateful night…all those that were of a good spirit and a faithful heart…those that were called to this special place in the days of destruction…they were the ones released from their wretched sleep…to live again.
A butterfly bounces from bush to tree, to a rock, where it stops to rest with fluttering wings. In the air we hear the laughter of children as they run through a field chasing butterflies.
CHRISTOPHER LEE (V.O) Their bonds broken, they awoke to the dawning of a new day…a new life…a new beginning. The earth now fertile, the air pure, the water clean.
Flying swiftly over fields of vegetables stretched out, nearing harvest. A mountain peak stands majestic in the distance. Come to a stop. The sun throws golden light on its silver peaks.
CHRISTOPHER LEE (V.O.) Those that were released from their sleep would tell the story of the dark time to their children…passing it down through the ages…in hopes that it would never be forgotten…that it would never again be relived.
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