106.

190       CONTINUED

Jesse, who stares enraptured, drawing toward the stage unconsciously, managing to maneuver closer and closer to...

Lestat, who commands the place with his ECHOING VOICE.

Jesse keeps moving forward, squeezing through bodies and finds herself...

Right under Lestat, who holds the place in the palm of his hand.

Lestat's dark soul seems ready to burst as he moves his voice into an even higher unworldly octave, and then...

191       LESTAT'S POV

The vampires move through the crowd,

Goth girls in the front row, weeping...

Maudy, James, Louisa and Alex off in the clouds, playing the best music of their lives.

The place has gone wild, living off its energy now, as waves of sound bounce through the valley and up into the night sky.

192       BACK TO SCENE

LESTAT
You want more?!

The crowd screams...

CROWD
Yes!

LESTAT
This one's for those who've come
for me!

All yell that they have, but the covens know it's for them.

Lestat launches the band into a new number that makes the previous song seem like a lullaby. He eyes the coven-assassins here and there and sings straight to them.

His lyrics challenging the assassins, flaunting them with satire.

(CONTINUED)

107.

192       CONTINUED

The covens need no more encouragement as they begin to move through the crowd toward the stage.

We RISE UP OVER the crowd to see a dozen assassins snaking at preternatural speed, unseen to all except us in our inhuman vantage.

CUT TO:

193       INT. BACKSTAGE (TENT CITY) - NIGHT

Marius spies the covens slipping through the crowd at a strange velocity. Sizing the danger, he looks to Lestat to warn him, but...

194       BACK TO STAGE

Lestat knows well enough as the assassins move in.

The assassins approach closer -- Lestat assaults with relentless lyrics...

Reaching the stage, they are suddenly on it -- roadies run in and are immediately cast aside by inhuman powers.

We SPEED INTO VAMPIRE TIME as...

The assassins draw knives and lunge.

Lestat does an acrobatic leap, dodging the knives. He rips the microphone from the stand and holds it up just in time...

... as an assassin is impaled. the assassin squirms and convulses...

The crowd goes insane...

Lestat snarls at the audience as if this really were part of the performance...

The assassins attack again...

Marius, despite himself, flies over equipment and roadies up into the air, and...

195       ON STAGE

He lands square in the middle of the fray...

BACK TO MORTAL TIME

(CONTINUED)

108.

195       CONTINUED:

The crowd cheers at the sudden appearance of the figure on stage, loving the show.

The band keeps playing.

Marius slices two of the assassins with a knife.

Lestat is struck down, his singing stopped.

CUT TO:

196       ANCIENT VAMPIRES

watch from their rocks.

PANDORA
There are too many of them!

Armand holds Pandora's arm firmly, enjoying the show.

ARMAND
Good...!

197       BACK TO STAGE

Assassins corner Lestat and Marius -- blades reflecting the spotlight. Lestat raises his arms for the crowd.

MARIUS
Enjoying yourself?

LESTAT
Absolutely.

The crowd jeers now.

Lestat looks to Maudy and the band.

LESTAT
Get out of here!

The band scamper off stage as the assassins fly past...

Jesse looks up at Lestat on stage. She joins the screaming crowds.

JESSE
Lestat!

She is pulled around by a dark figure -- it is one of the Punk Vampires from the bar. He recognizes her, smiles. He holds her, is about to bite...

(CONTINUED)

109.

197       CONTINUED

Suddenly, Mael is beside her. He wraps his arms around her... WHOOSH.

198       JESSE'S POV

Travelling through the crowd with Mael at VAMPIRE SPEED. The sea of painted faces SLOW DOWN.

199       JESSE

held tight in Mael's arms, stares wide-eyed...

200      BACK TO STAGE

The killer vampires make their final move, when...

One after the other they spontaneously combust, body after body turning hot-white to black ash and drift up into the air like strange supernatural kites.

Maudy, Alex, Louisa and James down their instruments and run -- the REVERB from their GUITARS WHISTLES into a DEAFENING PITCH.

The crowd hollers and screams, not quite believing what they saw or how it was done when...

Down in the throng, vampires also begin to combust -- hot flashes of white exploding throughout the crowd, turning into black paper dolls -- wafting up over the valley -- crumbling into fluttering puffs of soot.

Panic takes over the mass of people, running in all directions, trying to escape this mysterious fate.

201       LESTAT

stands in wonder as Marius stares up high into the darkness.

MARIUS
(soft, to himself)
Akasha.

The valley fills with burning "kites" floating like black ghosts.

Khayman, Pandora and Armand are now moving through the crowd, looking up at the sky.

KHAYMAN
She is here...

110.

202       INT. BACKSTAGE (TENT CITY) - MEANWHILE

Roger is trying to manage the building chaos backstage as the FIRE MARSHALL and several firemen follow after him.

FIRE MARSHALL
You don't have a permit for any of
these stunts!

ROGER
I told you I don't know anything
about it!

A WALKIE-TALKIE distracts the Fire Marshall long enough to allow Roger to run.

ROGER
Last time I work for a bloody
vampire...

Looking up at the sky, he stares in awe...

There is a low powerful RUMBLE...

Dark storm clouds boil and tumble above the stage...

The mortal crowd looks around, distracted from their panic, as they sense something truly awesome...

203       LESTAT

senses it too. He looks up, not knowing from which direction the attack will come...

The STAGE starts to SHUDDER and SHAKE violently...

Marius moves back towards Lestat...

MARIUS
Lestat!

the WOODEN PLATFORM beneath Lestat begins to BUCKLE under his feet. Fragments of WOOD EXPLODE upwards around Lestat. Marius loses his balance and staggers backwards...

Akasha rises up through the stage. Beautiful and terrifying. Her green eyes glow as she smiles at Lestat.

Lestat is dumbstruck. Suddenly, a great force throws him towards her. He stares as he finds himself in Akasha's arms. she smiles and raises her face to the sky...

The crowd stare in awe...

(CONTINUED)

111.

203       CONTINUED:

Roger... the Fire Marshall... the band... everyone is frozen...

Even the Ancient Ones are stunned to see their Queen come to life...

KHAYMAN
Come!

Khayman speeds through the crowd, with Pandora and Armand behind... but they are too late.

Akasha and Lestat shoot up into the air... SCAFFOLDS COLLAPSE in an EXPLOSION of ELECTRICAL SPARKS...

The Ancient Ones stop and stare up into the sky as...

Akasha and Lestat vanish.

204       EXT. SKY - EVENING

In a blur, Lestat is whisked up into the dark clouds.

BLACKNESS.

205       EXT. HOLLYWOOD SIGN

Lestat opens his eyes and finds himself at the base of the enormous letters.

Lestat whirls around to suddenly see behind him...

Akasha in an extravagant Egyptian robe, its sheer cloth of gold draping her godly form.

Lestat is awestruck. Akasha come to life...

LESTAT
Akasha...

Akasha still says nothing -- she advances with a luscious, curling smile.

AKASHA
Why so surprised, my love? You
called, and I have come.

Lestat is awestruck. There is such an unearthly power in Akasha's voice. Everything seems to HUM and VIBRATE with her every breath. Akasha approaches...

(CONTINUED)

112.

205       CONTINUED:

AKASHA
Never fear me, Lestat. Your
wishes have all come true.

LESTAT
My wishes...?

AKASHA
You have yearned for a companion
to share eternity. You have cried
out to the world. I have answered
your call.

Akasha spreads her arms. Lestat is seized by an unseen force and thrown into Akasha's arms. She smiles as he gasps for air.

AKASHA
You think that little mortal girl
can satisfy you. I know you,
Lestat. I know that you crave to
have the world at your feet. Now,
I have come to give it to you.

Akasha bites her own lip.

Blood trickles slightly across her chin.

Lestat stares at the blood, yearns towards it, as the PULSE of her BLOOD INCREASES...

Akasha rises above him and...

Hovers over Lestat, letting a single drop of blood...

Spills into his mouth.

Lestat levitates above the ground to meet her as...

Akasha hovers higher drawing him into the sky until...

Their mouths finally meet and her blood flows freely into him.

Flashes of brilliant light strobe over them as Lestat sucks. There's a powerful RUSH of WIND that engulfs them as they spin together, detached from time and space.

206        FLASH CUTS

The Great SPHINX CRUMBLING, Pyramids, stars streaking across the sky, all INTERCUT WITH Akasha's golden skin, her body taut and arching.

(CONTINUED)

113.

206       CONTINUED:

Lestat falls back in ecstasy. He shakes out his body and lets out a howl of pleasure -- feels his arms, his chest, his groin as Akasha's blood courses through his veins.

Akasha watches and waits. Finally Lestat grins boyishly through bloody teeth and wipes his lips with the back of his hand.

LESTAT
Can we try that again?

Akasha smiles in that strange statue-like way then throws back her head and opens her mouth with a deafening howl of laughter. The GROUND RUMBLES and her laughter multiplies as it REVERBERATES LOUDER and LOUDER.

Lestat grimaces and has to cover his ears it's so painful. He steps up and puts a finger to her lips.

LESTAT
Give me the world.

Akasha's mouth spreads into a smile and she yanks him up into the air and off...

... into the night.

207       INT. MAHARET DESERT MANSION - GARDEN

Jesse wanders through the moonlit garden. Something looks different - there are forms -- statues in the shadows. Jesse's eyes widen in terror as the statues come to life: Armand, Pandora, Khayman

ARMAND
Why is this mortal here?

MAEL
I was instructed to bring her.

Marius moves out from a wall -- as if he were completely camouflaged.

MARIUS
By whom? Why have we been
summoned here?

Pandora is beside Jesse, touching her curls...

PANDORA
She is Lestat's plaything. She
might be of use.

(CONTINUED)

114.

207       CONTINUED:

Jesse looks around, eyes agog, surrounded.

MAHARET (O.S.)
Leave her alone, Pandora.

Jesse spins to see Maharet beside her. Pandora gives a sulky hiss and slips backwards.

MAHARET
I have tried to keep you from
this.

She puts her arm around Jesse.

ARMAND
And what is she to you?

MAHARET
She is of my blood.

The other Ancients look confused. Only Khayman remains frozen, inscrutable.

MAHARET
My mortal blood.

MARIUS
How is this possible?

208       INT. MAHARET DESERT MANSION - GRANDE HALL - NIGHT

Jesse watches from a distance as Maharet, Khayman, Pandora, Armand, Mael and the Druid and Marius are gathered before Maharet's "Great Family Tree."

MAHARET
... since my sister's death, I
have watched, I have guided and
cared for my human family,
generations beyond memory...

CAMERA SWEEPS OVER the endless lines, the rows of names that stretch down the stone wall -- ACROSS the floor, filling room after room.

They all stare, moved...

PANDORA
... But this cannot be...

ARMAND
It is... beyond words...

(CONTINUED)

115.

208       CONTINUED:

MARIUS
Yes.

Marius turns back to Maharet, points.

MARIUS
This...! This is why we must
fight Akasha. For the sake of
your Great Family.

MAHARET
For the sake of all mortals. She
must be stopped, or the mortal
world will end.

The Ancients fall silent as the significance of this sinks in.

MARIUS
But how? How can we stop her?

PANDORA
It's impossible.

MAHARET
There might be a way. Khayman...

KHAYMAN
When she opens herself to give her
blood, she is vulnerable.

MARIUS
(realizing)
As we all are... but still, she is
so powerful...

MAHARET
Not so much more powerful than
Khayman or myself. We have her
blood in our veins.

ARMAND
You think you can destroy her?

MAHARET
We all hear her because we are all
connected. If we combine our
efforts, it might be enough.

MARIUS
Then so be it.

(CONTINUED)

116.

208       CONTINUED:    (2)

ARMAND
If we destroy her, if we can
destroy her, we will all die.

MARIUS
We have no choice.

ARMAND
And if it doesn't work?

MARIUS
Then we shall die anyway.

Marius looks around, determined, challenging each of the immortals. One at a time, they nod, understanding the sacrifice they will have to make.

PANDORA
And what of the brat prince?

MAHARET
Lestat has joined with Akasha as
we speak.

Marius lowers his head, knowing Maharet is right.

MARIUS
Yes...

JESSE
What are you saying?

They turn to Jesse, as if they had forgotten she could speak.

JESSE
You're going to kill him.

MAHARET
Lestat is lost to us now.

PANDORA
Listen to your Auntie. These
mixed marriages never work.

Pandora chuckles until Maharet stops her with her coldest glare.

ARMAND
This is a stupid waste of time.

Maharet turns on Armand and Pandora -- there's a deep RUMBLE. They back away.

(CONTINUED)

117.

208       CONTINUED:    (3)

MAHARET
Show respect, little ones.
(to Jesse)
Jesse, if you wish to remain with
me now, you must not speak.

Jesse bows her head.

MAHARET
If Lestat has joined with her,
then there is no hope.

CUT TO:

209       LESTAT

Beaming with a possessed look, his eyes brimming with visions.

Lestat opens his eyes and sees an island approaching. In the distance lights sparkle as an enormous plantation villa is revealed, nestled into the far shore.

CUT TO:

210       EXT. AKASHA'S PLANTATION VILLA - NIGHT

Lestat and Akasha stand on a cliff-top. WIND RIPS through the trees. The steps leading back to the house are lined with torches. Everywhere, there are torches, and a million candles light the vast house.

Lestat and Akasha glide past the forest of exotic flowers... past the fountains and statues -- up the steps to the open French doors. Long white curtains billow in the sea wind.

LESTAT
Where are we?

AKASHA
We are home.

LESTAT
You live here?

AKASHA
We live everywhere and anywhere we
choose. The world is our garden.

118.

211       INT. AKASHA'S PLANTATION VILLA - NIGHT

Lestat steps in through billowing curtains, stops...

There are three West Indian girls, young voluptuous, beautiful, dressed in simple working clothes and traditional head-wraps. They stare at Lestat, nervous, yet fascinated. They move towards him.

Lestat finds himself surrounded by hands, touching him, reaching beneath his shirt, pulling his clothes from his body. Lestat swoons, closes his eyes, smiles.

LESTAT
So warm...

Sniffs their skin...

LESTAT
... their blood...

AKASHA
... yes...

LESTAT
... they're mortal...

AKASHA
... of course. They serve the
living Goddess, and her consort...
they find you beautiful, Lestat.
You are a God in their eyes.

DISSOLVE TO:

212       SERIES OF SHOTS

... golden dark hands pull clothes away from Lestat's white skin...

... breasts strain through white linen as they press themselves closer to him...

... the surface of water, scented with red rose petals. Lestat's white skin breaks the surface.

... Lestat is lowered into the bath, his skin alive with the dancing candles reflected in the water...

... the water laps gently -- strange sighs of pleasure as girls' hands caress Lestat's torso...

... their hands reach down lower and lower through the water...

(CONTINUED)

119.

212      CONTINUED:

... Lestat's eyes remain closed but his mouth opens...

Now it's Akasha kissing him. Lestat responds, but his eyes sneak a peak...

Akasha smiles -- takes his head in her hands -- she kisses him, pushes him back -- he tries to resist -- he can't, startled by her strength...

Akasha kisses his neck... his chest... bites...

Lestat arches in ecstasy...

Akasha rises up from his breast, blood on her lips, smiles, goes back down and drinks.

DISSOLVE TO:

213       AKASHA AND LESTAT

now moved to the bed, surrounded by the fine nets...

... kissing, probing each other's bodies floating above the bed...

Akasha rolls him over -- smiles down at him -- a fang exposed... She draws her wrist across her mouth...

... a globule of blood smacks Lestat's open lips...

214       FLASH

A thousand images in a second.

Lestat jolted as if by a million volts.

... blood smears their bodies -- they bathe in it.

215       CLOSE ON LESTAT

the most lascivious smile spreading over his face, even as the waves of pleasure still coarse through him, causing his mouth to twitch and tremble. He closes his eyes...

FADE TO BLACK.

FADE IN:

216       LESTAT

opens his eyes.

(CONTINUED)

120.

216       CONTINUED:

He sits up alone in the canopied bed, disorientated. Akasha is nowhere to be seen. He looks around and gasps...

... the servant girls' bodies, now grey with death, lie decorated around the edge of the bath...

... the roses are now black and the water is coloured a rich deep red...

217       INT. PLANTATION HOUSE - HALLWAY

Lestat steps into the hallway, which is now sprinkled with dead bodies -- both servants formally dressed, and guests in white tropical evening dress...

218       INT. PLANTATION HOUSE - DINING HALL - CONTINUOUS ACTION

The candles have all melted, forming pools that spread across the lace cloth. Food sits uneaten on plates. Thirty dead bodies sitting around the table, some slumped onto their food, some freezing sitting up in death...

Lestat moves through the room -- a feeling of dread spreading... we FOLLOW as he MOVES INTO the...

219       EXT. PLANTATION HOUSE - GARDEN - CONTINUOUS ACTION

--- out the French windows onto the lawn which is now a field of dead bodies, mostly servants and villagers...

220       EXT. BEACH - CONTINUOUS ACTION - NIGHT

Bodies move as the surf carries them forward and backwards like driftwood.

Lestat's feet step down the wooden stairs through more bodies, and onto the sand...

We TILT UP to reveal the beach covered with dead bodies as far as the eye can see...

AKASHA
Behold our Kingdom.

Lestat looks up to see Akasha standing on the cliff above him.

LESTAT
Why?

(CONTINUED)

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