Fray : Fan-fiction continuation
By: Pr3mier

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Usual disclaimers. Except for the original characters, those are mine.

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EXT. DARK ALLEY - NIGHT

A woman is running through the alley, screaming for help and suddenly she hits what seems like a wall to her but in reality is a body, the dead kind.

DISTRESSED WOMAN
What the?

The woman looks up to see a young blue eyed man dressed in black with blue highlighted spiky hair, blood dripping from his lips and a decapitated head of another woman in his hand. His name is CYPHER.

DISTRESSED WOMAN (CONT'D)
Oh my god...

CYPHER reveals his demon visage to show his vampiric nature to the woman and immediately snaps her neck and tosses the body up against the alley wall. He then looks upon her dead body with a grin.

CYPHER
The name's Cypher, but I do get mistaken for God occasionally, it happens.

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INT. HARTH'S UNDERGROUND LAIR

Harth is giving a speech to a group of minions when Cypher enters the lair.

HARTH
Where have you been?

CYPHER
Got hungry. What I miss?

HARTH
The dozen officers that came down on me a little while after you delivered Melaka to that room, with holes in her neck no less.

CYPHER
All dead?

HARTH
Mostly, but that is beside the point. I told you specifically not to bite Melaka!

CYPHER
Oh come on. I got the drop on your little sister so easily, she never saw me coming, I figured I would get a taste to see what the big deal is about slayers anyway.

Harth walks up and punches Cypher in the face, dropping him in the process.

HARTH
Remember your place, child! I tell you not to bite you don't bite! Understood!?

Cypher stands up again rubbing his jaw.

CYPHER
I got it.

HARTH
Good. Now, I have something for you to do.

CYPHER
I'm all ears.

CUT TO:

INT. MELAKA'S APARTMENT

Melaka finishes putting away the chest back in the closet.

ERIN
So how did you find out about all this?

MELAKA
Remember those watchers that I told you about?

ERIN
Yeah, you told me they were crazy.

MELAKA
They are, but I met one that isn't so much.

ERIN
How do you know?

MELAKA
He hasn't lit himself on fire yet.

ERIN
Cute.

MELAKA
Anyway, one night I was clearing out a house full of vampires and I guess I got a little overconfident and ended up being surrounded. Honestly I thought they would get me but then all of sudden a couple fireballs came and dusted them all.

ERIN
Fireballs, right.

MELAKA
I'm serious!

ERIN
Fireballs?

MELAKA
FIREBALLS! Anyway, that's when he appeared from the doorway.

ERIN
The crazy watcher.

MELAKA
Right. I mean no not crazy, but yes the watcher. He said that I was sloppy with my technique and that I should learn how to dress.

ERIN
Well...

MELAKA
Shut up. Anyway, he told me that I can't win alone and that I would need help and that's when he told me about an Urn that could bring people back.

ERIN
If he already told you that the Urn could resurrect people why did you bother to use me as bait for Harth?

MELAKA
Like you said before, watchers are crazy. I didn't know if he was telling the truth.

ERIN
Terrific. Then how did you know Harth would know what the Urn was?

MELAKA
The watcher said he read in a book that a powerful witch once used the urn to revive a slayer. Since Harth has all the slayer info in his head I figured I would get the information from him, work didn't it.

ERIN
Could have gotten me killed.

MELAKA
"Could" but you're not.

ERIN
So where did you find the Urn?

MELAKA
Well...

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INT. ABANDONED HOUSE - NIGHT - FLASHBACK

The Watcher is concealed in darkness while talking with Melaka.

THE WATCHER
Supposedly you can find the Urn deep underground where "The Earth will thrash and mark the appearance of the Urn at the columns."

MELAKA
Columns?

THE WATCHER
Sound familiar?

MELAKA
Yeah, there is some ancient house underground that has columns, couple hours away.

THE WATCHER
Then I suggest you get to it.

MELAKA
Why are you telling me this?

THE WATCHER
I told you before, you need help. This is your first step to get some. Here, you're going to need this after you retrieve the Urn.

The Watcher tosses a bag at Melaka's feet.

MELAKA
What's in this?

THE WATCHER
The things you need to properly perform the resurrection ritual.

Melaka opens the bag and views the contents. An ancient black leather duster, and a book. Melaka opens the book and skims over some lines.

MELAKA
I can't use anything of this, I don't have any magic.

THE WATCHER
I'm sure you will figure it out.

MELAKA
Me? You're the one that can shoot out fireballs and dust vampires! Why can't you do this?

THE WATCHER
Not powerful enough.

MELAKA
Well I'm not.

THE WATCHER
You will figure it out.

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INT. MELAKA'S APARTMENT - PRESENT

MELAKA
Then he just left.

ERIN
What happened with the Urn?

MELAKA
I'm getting to that!

CUT TO:

INT. OPERA HOUSE - FLASHBACK

Melaka is creeping around the old Opera House in search of the Urn of Osiris, or atleast that's what the book she read said.

MELAKA
Who the hell is Osiris anyway.

Melaka continues to talk to herself while making her way over to the main floor where she then notices an ancient rotting piece of wood that is form of a cross.

MELAKA (CONT'D)
Religion is definitely not my thing.

When Melaka looks up she sees an illuminated pedestal with an Urn sitting perfectly on it. This is when she senses a vampire on the premises.

MELAKA (CONT'D)
Knew it was too easy.

Cypher appears before Melaka, inbetween her and the Urn of Osiris.

CYPHER
So you're it?

MELAKA
It as in?

CYPHER
Her. The powerful "slayer." You don't look like much.

MELAKA
I could say the same for you blueberry.

CYPHER
Have you ever seen a blueberry, Versi trash?

MELAKA
Oh, I'm hurt. A vampire from the uppers of Haddyn talking down to someone from the lowers, never heard that before.

CYPHER
Never spent so much time in the lowers to begin with, the smell can get to you after a while.

MELAKA
Why are we having small talk and not battling to the death yet?

CYPHER
Well, if you do want to fight...

Cypher lunges in after Melaka and throws a left hook that catches Melaka square on the jaw which make her fall hard to the ground.

CYPHER (CONT'D)
I could always use a warm up.

Melaka flips back onto her feet and throws a few body punches, a kick to the face and then leg sweeps him to bring him down the floor. She climbs on top of him with her Scythe in hand drives the stake part down towards his chest but Cypher catches it at the last moment with his hands.

CYPHER (CONT'D)
Not bad. I haven't been in this much peril since, well since yesterday.

MELAKA
Would you just shut up and dust.

CYPHER
Not yet, got things to do.

MELAKA
The hell you do.

Melaka begins to get the upper-hand on Cypher and the stake begins to stab at Cypher's chest.

CYPHER
Met any watchers lately, Melaka Fray.

Melaka freezes for a moment, which was more than enough for Cypher to rip away Melaka's scythe and punch her right in the jaw, again. Cypher jumps back up with the Scythe in hand and looks down upon Melaka.

CYPHER (CONT'D)
You better have what it takes to win.

Cypher tosses back the Scythe to Melaka and walks away from her, towards the Urn.

MELAKA
What is this?

CYPHER
A test, for the most part.

MELAKA
A test?

CYPHER
Watcher stuff. Not like I give a shit though, just playing my part.

MELAKA
So that watcher was crazy!

CYPHER
Yeah. Well no, not in the lighting himself on fire crazy.

Melaka laughs. Cypher then glares at her.

CYPHER (CONT'D)
Crazy as in making a vampire help a slayer, its disgusting really.

MELAKA
How is he making you help me exactly? And how does helping me involve punching me in the face!

CYPHER
It doesn't, but your face was right there, I couldn't resist.

MELAKA
Shut up. Answer my question.

CYPHER
You listen here slayer, I don't answer to you. I could careless about you. If I have to run around and help your sorry ass because I have no other choice, then so be it. Rest assure, I ain't doing this because your hot.

MELAKA
You think I'm hot?

Cypher rolls his eyes.

CYPHER
Women...

Cypher grabs the Urn of Osiris and tosses it to Melaka.

CYPHER (CONT'D)
Advantages of being a rich man in the uppers, you tend to pick up rare artifacts.

MELAKA
This is yours?

CYPHER
Was. Now it's yours.

Cypher begins to walk away.

MELAKA
Wait.

CYPHER
What is it woman?

MELAKA
My brother, he turned you didn't he?

CYPHER
Yeah, what of it?

MELAKA
I'm sorry.

CYPHER
Sorry? For what? This is the best thing that ever happened to me.

MELAKA
What?

CYPHER
No longer tied down by the chains of mortality. Can do whatever you want whenever you want too. Take what you want, have what you want. End lives at a whim, even create lives. To become a vampire is to become a God. Its a beautiful thing. If I could, I would turn myself everyday of the week and twice on Sunday.

Melaka soaks in the information. Cypher begins to move away again while Melaka stares at the Urn of Osiris in her hand.

MELAKA
Wait.

CYPHER
What is it now!?

MELAKA
The Watcher, is this Urn what he says it is?

CYPHER
Maybe.

MELAKA
I have to make sure.

CYPHER
Got something in mind?

MELAKA
I have to see my brother.

CYPHER
That's rich. You would never get close enough. Hell, the only way you could get close enough to him to even have a conversation is if I dragged your carcass to him and even then I couldn't just go out and grab you.

Melaka thinks for a moment.

MELAKA
Why not?

CYPHER
Orders.

MELAKA
Watcher?

CYPHER
What? NO. Your brother, sire's orders. No one can make a run at you but him.

MELAKA
What if I went after him on some kind of vengeance gig?

CYPHER
Depends. If he really felt in danger he would ask me to take care of it.

MELAKA
Then we can set it up like you beat me in a fight and brought me to him.

CYPHER
I can beat you in a fight. But yes we could do that. But why you're going through all this trouble to get confirmation about the Urn beats the hell out of me.

MELAKA
I don't trust people like that.

CYPHER
And yet you are trusting me not to kill you when we set your brother up, why is that?

MELAKA
I don't trust you.

CYPHER
So what do you call it then?

MELAKA
A thing.

CYPHER
A thing?

MELAKA
Yes, a thing.

CYPHER
You couldn't find the words could you.

MELAKA
Pretty much.

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INT. MELAKA'S APARTMENT - PRESENT

ERIN
And when you got back that's when you came to me to use me as bait.

MELAKA
Yep.

ERIN
So now that you have the Urn and confirmed its the real deal, that duster and the steps to do this whole ritual thing...

MELAKA
Still just need the magic.

All of the sudden Melaka's front door flies across the room and reveals Cypher at her doorway, demon visage and all.

CYPHER
You gonna invite me in or what?