Blade II

EXT. COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK - NIGHT

PULL BACK from a neon red cross ablaze in the cold December

night to REVEAL an inner-city, store-front clinic. Trash and

leaves blow over wet, snowy pavement.

ANGLE ON a PALE FIGURE standing across the street. He looks

feverish and strung-out, in serious need of a fix. This is

JARED NOMAK, 20s. He starts towards the clinic.

INT. COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK - ENTRANCE - NIGHT

Potential DONORS sit in a waiting area, filling out forms,

leafing through informational material. A sign in the window

reads:
"Se habla Espanol". Others read: "YOU ARE MAKING A

DIFFERENCE", "GIVE LIFE", and "BECOME A PLATELET DONOR". We

overhear a bored-looking EMPLOYEE behind the information desk

quizzing someone over the phone:

EMPLOYEE:

Have you recently visited a tropical

country? Uh-huh? In the past twelve

months have you gotten a tattoo, non

sterile acupuncture, or undergone any

ear, skin or body piercing?

We MOVE PAST the employee to Nomak, waiting.

NURSE (O.S.)

Jared Nomak?

Nomak looks up. We get a better look at his face now - he

has a thin scar running from his lower lip down his chin. A

childhood accident, perhaps. A NURSE smiles and motions for

him to join her. She's carrying a clipboard.

NURSE (CONT'D)

Hi. We're ready for you now.

INT. COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK - HALLWAY - NIGHT

Nomak follows the Nurse into a dimly-lit hallway. We track

their progress in a convex safety mirror suspended from the

hallway ceiling as they pass all manner of medical supplies --

centrifuges, an apheresis device, etc.

NURSE:

(referring to her clipboard)

I see from your questionnaire that you

don't have any immediate next of kin?

NOMAK:

Not that I'm in contact with.

NURSE:

Nobody to call in case of an emergency?

NOMAK:

No --

(apprehensive)

Does that mean I can't be a donor?

NURSE:

It depends. We came up with some

unusual results on your blood test.

Nomak follows the Nurse to a steel door were TWO SECURITY

GUARDS await them. Both look bored, paying little attention

to the monitor which offers a view of the examining room

beyond. There is also a small window with safety glass.

GUARD #1 opens the door, following Nomak and the Nurse

inside. GUARD #2 remains behind, manning the hallway.

INT. COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK - EXAMINING ROOM - NIGHT

The Nurse ushers Nomak into the room, indicating he should

sit in a kind of reclining dental chair with arm and

headrests. Nomak notices a security camera mounted above.

NOMAK:

(anxious)

How unusual?

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