Firebite (2021) s01e07 Episode Script

1 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
This is a shit party.
Who are you, then, babysitter? Can we get some snacks at least, bro? I'm starvin'! Sixpack, maybe.
Neeks, what do you want, bub? Pony? You want that pony? Pony for Neeks.
Sixpack, bag of chips for me.
[SIGHS.]
Don't think I'd hesitate cutting your fuckin' tongue.
That's not very nice.
[CHAINS CLINK.]
Ah, here we go.
Which one of you is good cop, then? Not you.
[MATTHEW.]
Are you ready to talk? Little itch.
Little itch here, bro.
Give us [TYSON GROANS.]
[TYSON PANTS.]
[TYSON.]
Oh, fair enough.
I deserved that.
- I hit on your girlfriend.
- [THWACK!.]
[MATTHEW.]
Why are you working with Eleona? [TYSON GROANS.]
Not the face - Not the face! - [THWACK!.]
[TYSON COUGHS.]
[MATTHEW.]
What did she promise you? Come on, Tyson! Pick up, pick up! [DOG BARKS IN THE DISTANCE.]
[AUNTY MARIA.]
Wait! You can't leave! We can protect you.
Protect us from whatever those things are?! I don't think so.
We're out.
Tessa, get in the car.
- Sorry, Aunty.
- [ENGINE STARTS.]
Smokey, what are you doing? Well, your man Tyson don't give a shit about us.
I'm goin' down there.
I'll do it myself.
Do you even know how to use any of this stuff? Well, at least I'm tryin' to do something.
- [OBJECT CLUNKS.]
- Nah.
Stay out of it.
[GRUNTS.]
Kitty, you got two seconds to get out of this car, girl.
You don't want to go where I'm goin'.
I ain't muckin' around.
Good.
Go on, then! [ENGINE STARTS.]
[PUTS VEHICLE IN GEAR.]
[KIDS CHATTER.]
[DOG BARKS IN THE DISTANCE.]
Let me out! Let me out! Let me out! [MOTOR POWERS DOWN.]
[GASPS.]
[FLIES BUZZ.]
[WHISPERS.]
No.
[BABY'S CRIES ECHO.]
[ELEONA.]
No.
Oh, no! No! [CHAINS CLINK.]
Please, no! [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
No! No! No! No! No! No! [WAILS.]
No! [SPITS.]
Ahhh.
[PANTS.]
Is that all you got, bro? [PANTS.]
[KING.]
And I thought all the blood hunters were dead.
Tell me about you.
I'm the blackfella who's gonna kill you.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
You monsters took my mum.
We did.
And she's one of the tasty ones.
Isn't she, Scarlett? Stop! Stop it.
This is my fault.
Made a deal with Eleona.
She promised we'd get my mum if we helped kill you.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[KING.]
Bring them out! [LOCK OPENS.]
- [CHAINS CLINK.]
- It's Josiah.
Please let me go.
[ROCK MUSIC.]
And I know you've been sober for years, but after all this, if you want to drink, it's on me.
I'm not here to drink.
[UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC.]
[GLASSES CLINK.]
Come to see a man who knows how to get things.
What kind of things? Yeah, what kind of things? Dynamite.
I wanna go mining.
There's other places in town that sell that.
Yeah, but I want it now.
No paperwork.
Special price for that service.
["SEX GOGGLES" BY MUZZLE PLAYS FAINTLY.]
[ROUGH OPAL CLATTERS.]
Right this way.
I am what you think I am I am what you think I am I am what you think I am I am what you think I am [SWITCH CLICKS.]
[KEYS JANGLE.]
[PADLOCK RATTLES.]
[SPUD.]
My great-grandad broke ground here in 1923.
Then realised he'd make more money selling alcohol to the miners than getting dirty himself.
Dug these tunnels to run the grog.
Hey, you seen Tyson? No.
He hasn't been here in days.
This will make it go boom.
I'll be the judge of that.
My uncle was a miner.
[SPUD SIGHS.]
[KITTY.]
Looks pretty sweaty to me.
Wouldn't blow up an anthill.
- Are you calling me a liar? - No.
I'm calling you a racist.
Think you can rip us off 'cause we're black? Kitty! No, Smokey.
Spud here's taking you for a ride.
Who do you think built these tunnels? Not your family.
Blackfellas did it in chains while your family got rich.
I don't need this.
Have your shitty dynamite back, then.
[SMOKEY.]
I should have done this on my own! Get out of here.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC.]
Smokey! [SMOKEY.]
Nah.
You're playin' games.
Listen, there's a blood bag down there.
Something's not right.
- I don't wanna hear it! - Fine! Go, then! [SIGHS.]
Sorry, Tyson.
[GLASS SMASHES.]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! [PANTS.]
Where's Tyson and Shanika? How should I know? You sure? Sure you don't know about things that go bite in the night? What are you talkin' about? I seen that blood bag out the back, Tyson's car outside.
He went down one of your tunnels, didn't he? [SIGHS.]
Are you trading with the vampires? Hey! I didn't say get up.
I'll take ya.
You wanna find loverboy or what? Oh.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
OK.
Yep.
[SPUD SIGHS.]
[SIGHS DEEPLY.]
So they went down here? [LOCK RATTLES.]
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN.]
Give me that.
[KITTY SCREAMS.]
Spud! [DOOR SLAMS SHUT.]
Spud! [LOCKS CLICK SHUT.]
Shithead! [LOCK CLICKS.]
[HISSES.]
[SIGHS.]
- [CHAINS CLINK.]
- [FLAMES CRACKLE.]
[VAMPIRES SNARL.]
[GROANS, THEN PANTS.]
Brother, we'd really love to stay, but I'm missin' the game.
[VAMPIRE SNARLS CROAKILY.]
- [THUMP!.]
- [VAMPIRES SCREECH.]
[TYSON'S BODY THUDS.]
[VAMPIRES SNARL.]
Fuck off! [PANTS.]
[SNARLS.]
[SCREECHES.]
Hello, handsome.
You come to take these chains off? Eh? Hey, 'Purple Rain', I'm here.
Here you go.
Come on.
Let's dance.
[GASPS.]
I made you.
[ELEONA SOBS QUIETLY.]
And without me, you're nothing.
Say it.
Say it.
[ELEONA SOBS.]
Say it! [ELEONA GROANS.]
I am nothing! No.
You're not.
[ELEONA SOBS.]
Kneel.
[ELEONA GROANS.]
Come on.
Show me that face.
I wanna see it.
We both know who you really are.
Show it to me! No, I won't.
Don't you be lookin' at her.
Hey! Hey! [GROANS.]
[GROANS.]
[TYSON.]
No! You prick! [GRUNTS.]
[GRUNTS AND CHOKES.]
Show me the monster inside.
[GRUNTS.]
Oh, it's just there, isn't it? Yeah, you feel it.
[GROANS.]
Do I rip this girl's throat out? [CHAINS CLINK.]
Tell me, do you remember the taste of your daughter? - [BABY'S CRY ECHOES.]
- [KING GNARLS.]
[GRUNTS.]
[PANTS, THEN SCREAMS.]
You must remember her screams? [SCREAMS SHRILLY.]
[SOBS.]
That face you saw right before she died.
[CRIES.]
No! - Show me that face! - [BABY SCREAMS.]
No! [CONTINUES SHOUTING.]
- There it is.
- [ELEONA SOBS.]
You made me this! [SCREAMS.]
[VAMPIRES SNARL.]
Yeah! Go on! Give it to him! [EXCITING ROCK MUSIC.]
[NECK CRACKS.]
[GRUNTS.]
Ahh, it's good to see you again.
The real you.
["CONTROL" BY AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS PLAYS.]
I like control Hey, you mob get a room! I like control [GRUNTS.]
[GROANS.]
I'm in control I like control I'm obsessed It's the reason I exist I like control, I'm obsessed [GRUNTS.]
It's the reason I exist [VAMPIRES SNARL.]
Yeah! Don't even think about it.
Brother, if I were you, I'd turn into a little bat, piss off up that hole there.
I'm no monster! [GRUNTS.]
I'm not nothing! [GROANS.]
[VAMPIRES SNARL.]
I like control, I'm obsessed It's the reason I exist Yeah! I'm fucking free! [MUSIC STOPS.]
- [BLOOD GURGLES.]
- [KING GASPS.]
[CHOKES.]
[VAMPIRES SNARL AND SCREAM.]
[CHOKES.]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[KING.]
Ohhh.
[EXHALES.]
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
[INHALES DEEPLY, THEN EXHALES.]
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
[EXHALES.]
- [VAMPIRE SNARLS.]
- [KITTY.]
Oh, shit! [FIRES, THEN SCREAMS.]
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
I guess it's this way.
[KIDS CHATTER.]
Hey, knock it off, you little buggers.
[KIDS LAUGH.]
Hector, I know you know a lot more than you're lettin' on.
The vampire lair, tell me where it is.
Don't know.
I wanna blow the bastards up! [FLIES BUZZ.]
[VEHICLE ENGINE STARTS.]
Dad! Dad! What's goin' on? Where's he goin' with that truck? [CHAINS CLINK.]
I'd say run, brother.
She got some serious anger issues.
[TYSON.]
Your new boss, she's crazy! Don't say I didn't warn ya! Gee, I think you're wrong about me.
If I really was the monster, you'd be dead right now.
[DOOR SQUEAKS SHUT.]
Are we gonna die? What? No! No, I'm not gonna die.
No, I can't die.
What would happen to my car? [PULLS CHAINS.]
You know what? After this, we're goin' for a holiday up north.
On the coast.
Sick of the bloody desert.
And we're goin' fishin'.
I hate fishing.
Well, you're gonna like fishin'.
I'm gonna make like fishin'.
What kind of fish? Yeah, you're right.
I hate fishin' too.
[SHANIKA.]
I think I got something.
Tyson! [TYSON.]
He did a slack job.
Hey, hang on.
[GRUNTS.]
[GRUNTS.]
Hang on! Tyson, I'm free! Come on! - [TYSON GRUNTS, THEN GROANS.]
- [SHANIKA.]
Yes! [SHANIKA AND TYSON GROAN.]
- [TYSON GROANS.]
- [SHANIKA.]
Reach! - [TYSON GROANS.]
- Tyson [GRUNTS.]
Come on, Neeks, reach! [GROANS.]
I'm trying! [TYSON GROANS.]
[SHANIKA GROANS.]
[GROANS.]
Ugh! Ow! [GROANS.]
Tyson! [GROANS, THEN PANTS.]
Mum! What are you doing just sitting there, watching us?! You're not even tied up! Come help us! Come on, now.
Focus.
We can do this.
Come on.
[SHANIKA GROANS.]
["ODE TO WOMAN" BY GOLDMINDS PLAYS.]
[TYSON AND SHANIKA GROAN.]
I am a woman of my own destiny I am a woman of my own liberties Mum Mum? - I am woman who is - [SHANIKA.]
Yes, Mum! - Bound in bright light - You're doing it! - Come on, Rona.
- [SHANIKA.]
Come on! You heard me! Mum! And I'll crawl on my hands and my knees if I need [SHANIKA.]
No, no, no, no, Mum! Don't stop! - Come on, Rona.
- You're strong.
Come on, Mum.
[TYSON.]
That's it, Rona.
[SHANIKA.]
Yes! - That's it, Rona.
Come on! - [SHANIKA.]
Keep goin'.
- [SHANIKA.]
You're almost here.
- Come on, Rona, let it go! [TYSON.]
That's it.
I never doubted you for a second.
Come on, Cathy Freeman! Go for gold! Yes! [SHANIKA.]
Come on, Mum.
You're almost here.
[TYSON.]
That's it.
That's it.
I always believed in you, Rona.
Come on! - Yes, Mum! - [TYSON.]
Come on! [SHANIKA.]
Come on, Mum! Just unscrew that clip.
[TYSON GRUNTS.]
Come on! [GROANS.]
Come on, Rona.
You got it! [TYSON GROANS.]
[TYSON.]
That's it! I'll help you slide them off.
[TYSON GROANS.]
[TYSON.]
That's it! That's it! - [CHAINS CLINK.]
- [TYSON GRUNTS.]
Mum! You did it! [TYSON WHOOPS.]
Yes! [TYSON.]
Yes, Rona! [PANTS.]
[FLUORESCENT LIGHTS BUZZ.]
[EXCITING ROCK MUSIC.]
[SMOKEY CHUCKLES.]
[GRUNTS.]
[VAMPIRE SNARLS.]
[VAMPIRE SCREAMS.]
Ugh! Let's get Mum! Smokey! Get out of here, Maria.
What the hell are you doing? You want to end this or not?! Tyson and Shanika are down there.
Stay there! Don't come any closer.
[VAMPIRE SNARLS.]
[SHANIKA.]
Here, here! - [TYSON SHOUTS.]
- [VAMPIRE GROANS.]
[SMOKEY.]
You should have told us! You're right.
We screwed up.
I screwed up.
- [TIMER BEEPS.]
- [AUNTY MARIA.]
No more lies.
We come clean with everyone.
We tell them what they really are - vampires.
- [VAMPIRE SNARLS.]
- [TYSON.]
Here! - [SHANIKA GRUNTS.]
- Here! - [GUNSHOT.]
- [VAMPIRE SCREAMS.]
[SHANIKA GRUNTS.]
[TYSON.]
Kitty! What the hell are you doin' here? Lookin' for you mob.
Ever told you I love you, Kitty cat? Yeah, whatever, dickhead.
Let's go.
Yeah.
[TYSON GROANS.]
[TIMER BEEPS.]
- Smokey, don't do it! - Run! [VAMPIRES SNARL.]
[TIMER BEEPS.]
[TIMER BEEPS RAPIDLY.]
- [EXPLOSION.]
- [SCREAMING.]
[VAMPIRES SNARL.]
[VAMPIRES SCREAM.]
[KITTY COUGHS.]
[KITTY COUGHS.]
Ah, shit.
[KITTY COUGHS.]
[PANTS.]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC.]
[BIRD CAWS.]
We gotta go back.
Nah, we can't go back.
- [TYSON GRUNTS.]
- [KITTY COUGHS.]
[TYSON PANTS.]
[GRUNTS.]
Here! I've got somethin' here! [TYSON GRUNTS.]
[ROCKS SCRAPE AND TUMBLE.]
[TYSON GRUNTS.]
Kitty, get in there.
Dig from the other side.
[GROANS.]
[PANTS.]
Here! Hang on, Mum.
You ready? I don't think she has much strength.
Hey, you be her strength.
Come on, now.
[GROANS.]
[KITTY COUGHS.]
[SHANIKA AND TYSON GROAN.]
[PANTS.]
- [TYSON.]
There.
You got her? - [KITTY.]
Yeah.
Yep! [TYSON.]
All right.
- [VAMPIRES SNARL.]
- OK.
[GROANS.]
- Suckers.
- [VAMPIRES SNARL.]
Grab your mum, grab Kitty, get safe, OK? I'll hold 'em here.
I'm not leavin' here without you.
Hey, you listen to me.
[PANTS.]
You're a fuckin' warrior.
[TYSON GROANS.]
[SOIL SLIDES.]
[TYSON GROANS.]
Ahhh! You know what? It's been a really long day.
So I'm gonna let you off with a warning.
- [TYSON PANTS.]
- [VAMPIRES SNARL AND SCREECH.]
Nah? [GRUNTS.]
[TYSON GRUNTS REPEATEDLY.]
That's your second warning.
- [TYSON SHOUTS.]
- [VAMPIRE SNARLS.]
- [VAMPIRE SCREAMS.]
- [TYSON GRUNTS.]
That's your third and final [THWACK!.]
[GRUNTS.]
- [VAMPIRES SNARL.]
- [TYSON SCREAMS.]
[TYSON SCREAMS.]
- [VAMPIRES SNARL.]
- [TYSON SHOUTS.]
- Tyson! - [KITTY.]
Come on! We gotta run! Your mum! [TYSON SCREAMS IN AGONY.]
[KITTY.]
Hurry! We gotta go! [TYSON GROANS.]
[TYSON PANTS.]
It's the last warning.
I can save you.
No [FLESH SQUELCHES.]
No! [GROANS AND CHOKES.]
[KITTY.]
Come on, Shanika.
They'll be coming for us too! Come on! [TYSON CHOKES.]
[KITTY.]
Shanika, we have to go now! [GASPS.]
[PANTS.]
[WIND WHISTLES.]
[KITTY COUGHS.]
[KITTY COUGHS.]
[KITTY GROANS.]
[AUNTY MARIA.]
Shanika? Kitty? [KITTY.]
Water! Where's Tyson? He's behind you there, right? No.
That barmaid bit him.
A firebite? [COUGHS.]
Right.
We gotta her to hospital and get out of the sun.
Take her.
You're not comin'? [TYSON.]
You know what to do with a firebite? You don't ask any questions.
You don't muck around.
Stake straight through the heart.
Even if it's me, bub.
All right? Hurts like hell.
Your blood's boilin', you're lost forever.
So you don't hesitate.
Take the truck back to the community.
I'll meet you mob there.
Shanika, you've been through a lot.
Why don't you just sit? I can't.
You can.
I can't! Tyson's family.
I can't hesitate.
He taught me that.
Well, let us help you do it.
No! He wants me to.
If that explosion didn't happen we all would have made it to the surface.
What? Shanika the explosion You drive.
[CAR DOOR SHUTS.]
[AUNTY MARIA.]
Shanika! - [SMOKEY GROANS.]
What the - [KITTY.]
What the hell?! You did this! - [MARIA.]
Put the gun down now.
- We were almost out.
- I didn't know.
- What? You didn't know it'd blow us all up, including your brother? I just had to do something.
They attacked the community.
I had to.
Get Mum to the hospital.
[KITTY.]
Where are you goin'? [DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[TYSON.]
I'm serious.
Are you hearin' this? Hero's life, Neeks.
You gotta make those tough decisions.
You get me? Kill a firebite fast.
I got it.
Elvis.
[PLASTIC SHEET CRINKLES.]
[WOMAN LAUGHS.]
[WOMAN LAUGHS.]
[WOMAN LAUGHS.]
[WOMAN LAUGHS.]
[LAUGHS.]
[SNARLS.]
[LAUGHS.]
Stop laughing! [LAUGHS.]
Where are they?! [LAUGHS.]
Answer me! Where'd they go?! [FIRES GUN.]
[FLESH SQUELCHES.]
[GRUNTS.]
[FLESH SQUELCHES.]
[PANTS.]
[FLESH SQUELCHES.]
[DISTANT THUDDING.]
Tyson! Tyson, I'm comin' for you! [FLIES BUZZ.]
[BREATHES RAGGEDLY.]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[GROANS.]
[HYPERVENTILATES.]