CHAPTER THREE – SAVE THE UNIVERSE
FADE IN
INT. MAGIC SCHOOL – ASSEMBLY ROOM
Wyatt offers his hand to Xia Tian who stands on the front. He steps out and offers his hand and they shake.
WYATT: Let me introduce us. I'm Wyatt; Wyatt Halliwell, leader of the Kanashda Clan. This is Chris, my brother, and this is my cousin, Henry.
XIA TIAN: Nice to meet you. My name is Xia Tian (English).
Xia Tian seems bothered by something, probably by his poor English. Wyatt gives a smile.
WYATT: And you are?
Xia Tian opens his mouth, but no words come out of it. Knowing that he is not good at English, Xiu approaches to take over the conversation.
XIU: I'm Xiu: leader of the band Dong Cheng Wei. This is Xia Tian, and they are Han, Lan Ling Wang and Jiu Wu, our Meng Zhu (English).
At the same time, Ya Se Wang approaches to introduce his team.
YA SE: I'm Wang Ya Se. These are my friends; Da Dong, Xiao Yu and Ji An (English).
CHRIS: (sarcastically) Nice.
Henry takes a deep breath and steps out to further the conversation.
HENRY: Okay. Now that we've done the introduction part, I was thinking if we could just cut to the chase and let you tell us what you're doing here?
XIAO YU: Sure (English).
JIU WU: No problem (English).
Silence falls; Wyatt shows them to the sofas and chairs and everyone heads for the seats. Once all the guests have seated, the family also go to find their own seats – Wyatt sits next to Xia Tian and Da Dong, Chris takes a chair from behind, and Henry sits next to Han at the sofa. While he looks at her, he looks attracted to her somehow.
HENRY: Hi.
Han returns with a smile of her own.
HAN: Hi (English).
XIU: We are from another dimension, called the Iron Dimension (English).
CHRIS. Excuse me: Another dimension?
This time, Ya Se explains to them and draws their attention.
YA SE: Yes. And we are from the Gold Dimension (English).
He points to Da Dong, Xiao Yu and Ji An. Chris looks in confusion.
CHRIS: Okay…
HENRY: So what are you doing here? Is there anything wrong in this dimension?
XIA TIAN: We're not so sure. We came to save it, but when we entered, there was not much evil in here (English).
Wyatt is confused by that sentence.
WYATT: What do you mean?
YA SE: Aside from our dimensions and yours, there are also nine others. We thought that aside from our respective dimensions, the rest have conquered by their respective forces of darkness (English).
HENRY: What? That's ridiculous. Who gave you this information?
He turns to look at the looking ashamed Xiu, who is the one who gave them the information in the first place. Then Chris draws their attention with his curiosity.
CHRIS: So what dimension are we in right now?
XIU: The Charm Dimension. Although I wonder how I couldn't have sensed that this dimension was at peace (English).
JI AN: It's because of the clouding. This dimension must have been clouded by the evil energy of the other dimensions that we couldn't sense that it wasn't overruled by evil until we got here (English).
In all the discussion, Xiao Yu has a thought of his own.
XIAO YU: Or maybe this place is simply safer than the others (English).
Henry and Chris look at each other in confusion. But Wyatt gets the point.
WYATT: The evil energy that spreads throughout the dimensions, it clouds the whole universe that some of them can't be sensed. And the fact that there are still many evils in this dimension that we haven't encountered yet.
YA SE: Which means this dimension only remains safe at the moment, but if good doesn't win, then evil forces may conquer (English).
HENRY: Hey, we won't let that happen.
He is clearly a little upset by that last sentence. Chris, finally taking the matter seriously, asks them a question:
CHRIS: Wait, you said that you are traveling through the universe to save worlds. So how many worlds have you encountered to make you think that this one is safer?
Lan Ling Wang answers the questions for his counterpart; this marks the first time he speaks since they walked into the room.
LAN LING WANG: We've encountered five dimensions, and managed to save them all (English).
HENRY: Which means there are only four dimensions left to save.
They all turn their attentions to him.
HENRY: I've reading about the twelve dimensions' existence lately. So if you're from the Iron Dimension (points to Xia Tian, Xiu and Lan Ling Wang) and you're from the Gold Dimension (points to Da Dong, Ya Se and Xiao Yu), and we're in the Charm Dimension, and add the fact that you've saved five dimensions, then there are only four dimensions that haven't been saved yet.
Xia Tian, Xiu, Ya Se, Xiao Yu, Ji An, Lan Ling Wang and Jiu Wu nod in agreement to his calculations and smile lightly. Wyatt and Chris look impressed. The silent moment takes place again.
Suddenly a brunette female student enters: there is unease on her face.
STUDENT: Mr. Halliwell! There's something you need to see.
INT. MAGIC SCHOOL – OFFICE
The student enters the office followed by Wyatt, Chris, Henry, Da Dong, Ya Se, Xiao Yu, Ji An, Xia Tian, Lan Ling Wang, Jiu Wu, Xiu and Han. She shows them the mirror that is not reflecting the image of the room, but showing a black matter.
XIA TIAN: What is that (Chinese)?
XIU: It doesn't look good (English).
HENRY: I take your word for that.
WYATT: What is that?
STUDENT: I don't know. It started like this a while ago.
XIA TIAN: I can sense evil energy (Chinese).
CHRIS: Mind to tell us what he means?
He points to Xia Tian.
JIU WU: (explains) He is sensing evil energy coming from that mirror (English).
WYATT: Me too. It's intruding the mirrors. But it hasn't been able to enter this one… yet, probably because it's protected with our magic here.
Xia Tian approaches to Wyatt's side. Together, they look into the mirror and then slowly place their hands on it. They concentrate on their powers; both hands begin to glow in blue (Wyatt's power color) and green (Xia Tian's power color). Suddenly the black matter turns into a swirling vortex and starts to absorb their powers. The boys yell in pain as their powers get sucked away. Everyone then goes to help pull them away from the mirror, but they can't pull their hands off of it.
CHRIS: We can't pull them out like this. We gotta do something!
XIU: Like what (English)?
Chris struggles to think in the moment.
CHRIS: Let's try to attack the mirror with our powers! Then it might lose its grip on them.
Xiu, Lan Ling Wang, Han and Henry nod in agreement and back away while the others still: Xiu is the first to attack.
XIU: Qong Gu Ya Long Shou (縱鶴擒龍手)! Wulabaha!
A big hand made of energy flies toward the mirror: then Chris adds his telekinetic power to the attack. Then, Han, Da Dong, Xiao Yu, Ya Se, Lan Ling Wang, Ji An and Jiu Wu get ready to attack.
HAN: Flam Thunder (伏擂姆殤德)! Wulabaha!
Thunder-like energy beams fly out of Han's drumsticks, along with the others' energy beams and Ji An combines his axe along with it. The amount of the combined attacks cause Xia Tian and Wyatt to bounce back away from the mirror and it shatters into pieces. Xia Tian and Wyatt breathe deeply as they recover from the power drain.
HENRY: Are you guys alright?
They both nod; a sign that they are okay, but just barely.
CHRIS: What was that?
WYATT: That was a mysterious vortex that absorbs outside energy.
HENRY: Like what? Like the Hollow?
Wyatt responds with a shake.
WYATT: No, the Hollow doesn't absorb powers through mirrors, it absorbs directly through living creatures. That was something else: Something outside of this world.
XIA TIAN: Something from the realm of darkness (English).
Wyatt looks at him.
INT. MAGIC SCHOOL – ASSEMBLY ROOM
Everyone has gathered in the center of the assembly room in the middle of the discussion about the mysterious entity. Pieces of the mirror are set on the table.
CHRIS: Wait, you mean there are dimensions that evil resides in?
XIU: Yes. But it can't go to other dimensions on its own. It needs access or borrow energy from the outside world (English).
WYATT: So you mean someone or something gave access to it somehow? How did that happen?
HENRY: I can try and figure it out.
With that, he picks up a piece of the shattered mirror. Then he stiffens. The camera zooms in at a high speed into Henry's head and flashes.
SWITCH INTO:
HENRY'S PREMONITION – BLACK ROOM
The premonition shows Xia Tian casting the accompanying spell and teleports away with the others. A few seconds later, the dimensional portal opens by itself and an evil entity of energy comes out and then heads to the exit.
SWITCH INTO:
HENRY'S PREMONITION – UNKNOWN ALLEY
A woman, a witch, is walking nearby and putting on her make-up when the energy comes out of the door and enters her body before she can notice anything approach her. With the energy in her body, she just stares into the air; then her entire body shakes, more rapidly and violently by the second as it drains off her energy, her powers.
Suddenly, the woman falls to the floor and loses consciousness. With her powers completely drained, the energy comes out and enters that the mirror she was using to put on her make-up.
SWITCH INTO:
Another young woman is touching the mirror when she has her powers drained. The scene disappears in a flash.
SWITCH INTO:
A businessman has his powers drained while touching the mirror in the elevator. Then flashes.
SWITCH INTO:
Wyatt and Xia Tian have their powers drained by the same energy in the mirror. The premonition ends with a flash.
BACK TO…
INT. MAGIC SCHOOL – ASSEMBLY ROOM – SAME TIME
Henry's eyes open. Everybody just looks at him in expectation.
WYATT: You saw something?
HENRY: Yeah, I saw that energy coming out of some kind of portal right after Xia Tian and you guys left, and then it entered a woman's body and drained her powers and then entered the mirror that she was holding. Then it fed off other witches' powers that looked into a mirror.
JIU WU: It fed off other people's powers through mirrors (English)?
He nods.
HENRY: I think it might've gotten access to the portal after Xia Tian cast his spell. It must've somehow gained power while it was nearby the portal on the other side.
HAN: Then how do we drive it away (English)?
XIU: It must be expelled from this dimension (English).
HENRY: But we don't know any way to expel it. It was powerful enough to drain Wyatt and Xia Tian's powers without them being able to break free.
He has a hard time pronouncing the Chinese names, but he tries really hard.) Everyone just stares or thinks; the situation seems pretty hopeless. Suddenly, they sense something.
WYATT: Someone's here.
JIU WU: Someone very powerful (English).
HENRY: What? Where?
XIU: Right outside of the room (English).
VOICE: W-y-a-t-t! H-e-l-p! (off-screen)
HENRY: What is that?
The assembly room doors suddenly open as result of a low voltage blast of energy. Outside there are two students coming in to the room… slowly (under the influence of the slow motion spell). From behind them stands a Chinese young man in red outfits (his outfit resembles a Japanese man) – it's Gui Feng. Xia Tian recognizes him immediately and stands up. Henry, Wyatt and Chris just look at him curiously.
XIA TIAN: Big brother (Chinese).
GUI FENG: Xia Tian (Chinese).
Xia Tian approaches and they hug. The three of them then stare in wonder.
CHRIS: Who is he?
Han smiles.
HAN: That is Xia Tian's brother (English).
XIA TIAN: What are you doing here (Chinese)?
GUI FENG: I came here to give you assistance.
Gui Feng steps away from his brother, and then closes his eyes and concentrates, and then transforms back into a normal looking young man in a sleeveless white sweater, and blue and white T-shirt and dark blue pants. He turns to the others and greets:
XIA YU: Nice to meet you. I'm Xia Yu, Xia Tian's older brother (English).
The three Halliwells get the impression that his English is as good as Xiu's, and Ya Se's and Xiao Yu's.
WYATT: Hi, I'm Wyatt.
CHRIS: Chris.
HENRY: Henry. (changes subject) You can transform into a Japanese-looking warrior?
XIA YU: Yes, I can turn into Gui Feng, my evil half (English).
WYATT: Gui Feng?
XIU: The Ghostly Phoenix in translation (English).
XIA TIAN: What are you doing here (Chinese)?
XIA YU: I had the feeling that something happened to you a while ago. Or at least Gui Feng did. Then he contacted me and told me to come and help you (Chinese).
XIA TIAN: Gui Feng (Chinese)?
He nods. The three continue to stare, but don't understand a single word that comes out of the two of them.
CHRIS: Okay, translation please?
YA SE: He says he felt something happening to Xia Tian and then Gui Feng told him to come here and help us. I think he must've felt the event of his brother's powers being drained (English).
XIA YU: He said you need all the help you can get, so I came here and tracked you with Accompany (Chinese).
XIA TIAN: Yeah, we do need all the help that we can get (Chinese).
Da Dong nods in agreement, followed by Ya Se, Xiao Yu, Jiu Wu, Lan Ling Wang, Han and Xiu. Chris and Henry just stare at them again.
CHRIS: Do you have any idea what they're talking about?
Henry shakes his head and responds.
HENRY: Not a clue.
But Wyatt smiles and explains:
WYATT: I do.
The other two turn to him.
WYATT: You got something we may need?
Xia Yu smiles.
XIA YU: Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be here (English).
FADE OUT
END OF CHAPTER THREE