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(Later that night, we see Rain as she sleeps alongside Howie, clutching the pillow to her. She begins to toss and turn restlessly and a dream begins…)

(We see the strange area she has appeared in, hovering over her is a pale pink sky and she is standing on a carpet of green that seems to stretch far across the land. Out of the distance we see Gabrielle walking towards her)

Gabrielle: (in an echoed tone) What are you doing here? How did you get here?

Rain: Gabrielle?

Gabrielle: (changes swiftly into her warrior form) GO AWAY!

Rain: Gabrielle… where are you? How can we find you?

Gabrielle: (holds up the sword) I said GO AWAY!

Rain: (stumbles back nearly falling until she catches her balance) Nick is worried about you and so are we. We don’t understand any of this, Gabrielle we just… miss you.

Gabrielle: (reveals tears and brings a hand up to wipe them away) You have to go and never come back you understand?

Rain: I can’t just walk away from a friend.

Gabrielle: (shakes her head and walks towards her) Will you run away?

Rain: (shakes her head) No…

(Gabrielle plunges the sword into Rain’s stomach and she squints her eyes closed. She lets out a cry and feels herself floating down to the ground… DREAM ENDS: Rain awakens gasping and dragging in breaths; beside her Howie bolts up, looking terrified)

Howie: (stares wide eyed at Rain) What happened?

Rain: (visibly shaking) No… no…

Howie: (catches Rain to scan her face concerned) What? What’s wrong?

Rain: (clutches her stomach) I think I had a nightmare.

Howie: (blows out a held breath) Oh…

Rain: I saw Gabrielle and she was warning me to stay away and not come for her. When I refused she… (terrified eyes land on Howie) Will you check my stomach? I’m scared to look down.

Howie: (narrows his eyes) Why?

Rain: Gabrielle’s sword…

Howie: (checks out Rain’s stomach by placing a hand on it) Feels fine.

Rain: I don’t know what to make of a dream like that. I never have dreams like that.

Howie: You’re worried about Gabrielle. Something like that would have to be normal. (pulls his hand to him and there is blood along his hand, warm and red. He gasps fearfully and rubs his hand against the blanket) Oh my god…

Rain: What?

Howie: (looks at his hand again, but there isn’t even a trace of blood on it) Nothing… (confused) Looks like nothing.

Rain: Are you sure?

Howie: (softly) Just lay back and get some decent sleep, Rain.

Rain: (lowers onto the pillows) Yeah…

Howie: (pulls the blanket over Rain) We’ll figure this all out, we have no choice.

(All we hear is Rain’s moan that proves she’s nearly asleep)

Rain: (moans) We have to, to save Gabrielle…

(Rain falls asleep, but Howie can’t help, but want to take it up with Nick, so he slips out of bed to leave the suite and walk quietly, but quickly to Nick’s)

Howie: (knocks on the door) Nick?

Nick: (from inside in a muffled and sleep ridden voice) Go away I don’t want any.

Howie: Come on Nick, you’ve got to open the door and let me in. This is really important.

(Inside, Nick rolls over in his bed to check the time. It is 2:00 am. He groans and pulls himself out of bed, grabbing a robe to wrap around himself)

Nick: (grumbling) This better be important.

(Nick pulls the door open and nearly sways into Howie. He forces his eyes open)

Nick: Okay, what?

Howie: Rain had a dream.

Nick: (yawns and leans against the doorframe) Uh huh, so. This means WHAT to me.

Howie: (pushes Nick inside the room and closes the door, in a whisper) It was a dream about Gabrielle.

Nick: (jolts awake) What?

Howie: According to Rain… (sits on the end of Nick’s bed) Gabrielle was warning her to stay away. I think Gabrielle used her sword on Rain at the end for refusing to stay away.

Nick: (shakes his head) I don’t know, man. There’s no specifics, here.

Howie: (stands up to grab Nick’s arm) That’s why you’re going to talk to her. Maybe you can get more than I got.

Nick: (shrugs) I hope so. (pulls back) just a sec. (quickly pulls on pants and a t-shirt) Okay, man lets go.

(Howie and Nick walk to the door and pull it open only to be intercepted by Rain. She has her eyes on the two of them seductively)

Howie: (cooes) Sleepwalking, sweetie?

Rain: (glances to Nick) You can’t save her.

Nick: (narrows his eyes on Rain) What are you talking about?

Rain: YOU CAN’T SAVE HER!

(Howie grabs her before she topples and holds her close against him in protection)

Howie: Whoa. Take it easy, Rain. We can’t give up like that, okay? Everything takes time.

Nick: We’ll save her, I promise.

(Rain busts out of Howie’s grip to thrust a hard kick into Nick’s chest. He falls hard against the floor, gasping in pain)

Rain: (stands over Nick yelling) NO! NO!

Howie: (tries to capture Rain) Hey what’s gotten into you?

(Rain suddenly gasps and in moments she morphs into Gabrielle)

Howie: (stares in awe) What the hell…

(Gabrielle thrusts him into the wall and stalks to Nick leaning next to him)

Gabrielle: (presses her hand to the chest of his shirt, searching for his amulet) Where is it? You have it here somewhere I know you do. ( She sneaks her fingers under his collar and Nick’s eyes fly open. Immediately, he grabs her hand)

Nick: (gazing) What ya looking for?

Gabrielle: (eyes glow, voice deepens) Where is it!

Nick: Oh… I know what you want and I just have one thing to say, nuh and uh. (smiles and pushes Gabrielle back) Now tell us where you are?

Gabrielle: (laughs sardonically) Tell me where the amulet is first.

Nick: Uh… no.

Gabrielle: (attempts to kick Nick and he catches her foot) Do you think I won’t kill you to get what I want?

Nick: (challenges) You won’t.

Gabrielle: (drags her sword out to hold against his neck) Sure about that?

Nick: Okay, maybe you will.

(Nick jumps up and reaches forward to grip the handle of the sword. During his attempt, Gabrielle flips Nick over her shoulder and thrusts the sword in the direction of his heart. He gasps and looks up at her)

Gabrielle: Now give me the amulet!

Nick: (gasps) No…

Gabrielle: Fine. (gets ready to plunge the sword into Nick’s heart, when Howie comes up behind her, in his warrior form. He grabs Gabrielle to fling her hard against the door of his hotel)

Howie: (groans and runs to help Nick up) Come on, man.

Nick: (out of breath) I’m okay…

Howie: Yeah right.

(AJ enters the scene, coming out of his suite. Before he can reach the guys to ask his questions about the noise, Gabrielle grabs him from behind. She is holding a hand up against his neck)

Gabrielle: (husky) Give up the amulet.

AJ: What?

Gabrielle: DO IT!

(AJ reaches down to grab his amulet just as we see Howie and Nick turn around to notice the new conflict facing them all. AJ rubs the amulet and before Gabrielle can make any more demands he morphs and breaks away to yank her up against him)

AJ: (gritty) There, there now. No need for violence is there? (AJ pulls out a lazerblaster to hold against Gabrielle’s stomach)

Nick: (protesting) AJ don’t!

AJ : (to Nick) Hey! This is the bad guy!

Gabrielle: (growls) You’d be nothing without that little GIFT of yours, you know. And I would kill you the moment you lost it.

AJ: Yeah well it’s too bad I have it, isn’t it?

(Gabrielle laughs slightly and vanishes out of sight. The “boys” look around with confusion and awe on their faces. The scene ends)