CHAPTER 1 – PART A
"THE NIGHT KARMA OPENED ITS EYES"
[SCENE 1: MARTYALOK – LOWER METROPOLIS – NIGHT]
[WIDE SHOT]
A sprawling Indian megacity stitched together by eras.
Ancient temple spires choke between glass skyscrapers.
Neon advertisements flicker over cracked Sanskrit inscriptions.
Broken idols lie half-buried in concrete, their eyes gouged out by time.
Rain pours relentlessly.
Not cleansing.
Not holy.
Punishing.
[CAMERA: SLOW PAN DOWN]
The streets are empty.
Too empty.
A single streetlamp buzzes, its light shaking as if afraid of what it illuminates.
[SCENE 2: ALLEYWAY – CONTINUOUS]
FOOTSTEPS.
Bare feet slap against soaked stone.
[TRACKING SHOT]
ARYA VAIRAJ (16) runs.
School uniform torn.
Skin pale.
Blood leaking from his left forearm.
His breathing is controlled.
Measured.
Not panic.
ARYA (V.O.)
If I stop running,
someone else stops breathing.
Behind him—
A sound that does not belong in the human world.
Wet.
Layered.
Like flesh folding over itself.
[SCENE 3: RAKTA PRESENCE MANIFESTATION]
[CAMERA: LOW ANGLE]
A shadow drags itself along the alley walls.
It has too many joints.
Too many fingers.
Human faces stitched across its torso—frozen in terror.
This is a **RAKTA ENTITY**.
Born from corrupted karma.
From despair left unresolved.
The air vibrates.
Not sound.
Pressure.
RAKTA ENTITY (DISTORTED)
Warm…
Your soul is warm…
Arya turns sharply.
He cuts left.
[SCENE 4: INTERSECTION – NIGHT]
The alley opens into a wider street.
Arya skids, nearly falls—
A VOICE cuts through the rain.
RUDRAN (O.S.)
DOWN!
Arya drops without hesitation.
A CLAW tears through the space where his head was.
BRICKS EXPLODE.
SPARKS FLY.
[CAMERA: REVEAL]
RUDRAN VEIL (19) lands between Arya and the entity.
Tall.
Broad.
Hair tied back loosely.
A heavy iron spear rests across his shoulder.
A grin spreads across his face.
RUDRAN
Man, you kids run like Narak's on your heels.
ARYA
(breathless, smiling)
Guess I missed my turn in Swarg.
Rudran laughs.
The Rakta Entity recoils slightly.
[SCENE 5: BACKUP ARRIVAL]
Two figures descend from above.
[FAST CUT]
IRA SAEKAR (17) flips down from a fire escape.
Short hair plastered to her face.
Eyes sharp.
A blade etched with glowing Sanskrit hums in her grip.
IRA
Status?
RUDRAN
Hungry. Ugly. Persistent.
IRA clicks her tongue.
NYRA KESH (18) appears silently behind them.
Masked.
Emotionless.
Rakta talismans orbit her wrists like restrained spirits.
NYRA
Karmic density is spiking.
The entity twitches.
It smiles wider.
RAKTA ENTITY
More… witnesses…
[SCENE 6: RAKTA SURGE]
The streetlights burst simultaneously.
Darkness swallows the road.
A red-black aura erupts from the entity.
The ground cracks.
NYRA
Rakta Overflow.
It's entering Adharma state.
IRA
Of course it is.
She steps forward.
IRA
Arya, get behind us.
Arya hesitates.
He looks at the entity.
It looks back.
RAKTA ENTITY
You feel it too.
The pull.
ARYA
(quietly)
I do.
IRA turns sharply.
IRA
What?
ARYA steps forward instead of back.
RUDRAN
Kid—
ARYA
I'll distract it.
IRA
That's not—
ARYA
Please.
Something in his voice stops them.
Not fear.
Resolve.
[SCENE 7: ARYA STEPS FORWARD]
Rain falls heavier.
Arya stands ten steps away from the Rakta Entity.
Unarmed.
The entity tilts its head.
RAKTA ENTITY
Why don't you run?
ARYA
Because you're following me.
RAKTA ENTITY
Yes.
ARYA
Then if I keep you here,
they don't die.
The entity freezes.
Its many eyes narrow.
RAKTA ENTITY
You don't hate me?
ARYA
(shakes head)
I don't know you.
The entity SCREAMS.
Not rage.
Pain.
[SCENE 8: ATTACK INITIATION]
The Rakta Entity lunges.
Arya does not dodge.
IRA
ARYA!
[FLASH]
A red barrier snaps into place.
NYRA
Kshetra Raksha!
The barrier shatters instantly.
RUDRAN
Damn it—
Rudran slams his spear into the ground.
RUDRAN
Rakta Vidya:
Nyaya Bandhan!
Chains of glowing crimson erupt upward, binding the entity mid-lunge.
It shrieks.
IRA moves.
[SCENE 9: TEAM ATTACK]
IRA
Adharma-Kala:
Mrityu Sparsh!
Her blade flashes.
She slices through the entity's shoulder.
Black ichor sprays.
The entity convulses.
NYRA
Sealing in progress.
She raises both hands.
NYRA
Rakta Sutra:
Atma Granthi!
Symbols wrap around the entity's core.
It starts collapsing inward.
ARYA watches.
Silent.
Focused.
[SCENE 10: ENTITY'S LAST WORDS]
The entity's faces twist toward Arya.
RAKTA ENTITY
You will break first.
ARYA
Maybe.
A soft smile.
ARYA
But not tonight.
IRA finishes it.
The core shatters.
Ash dissolves into rain.
[SCENE 11: AFTERMATH]
Silence returns.
Rain normalizes.
Arya drops to his knees.
IRA rushes to him.
IRA
Are you insane?!
ARYA
(smiling weakly)
Probably.
RUDRAN laughs loudly.
RUDRAN
Kid's got guts.
He coughs blood.
NYRA stares at Arya.
NYRA
You didn't hesitate.
ARYA
I never do.
That should worry them.
It doesn't.
[SCENE 12: AUTHORITY ARRIVAL]
Blue-white light descends.
DEVADATTA RAO steps forward.
Tall.
Cold.
Eyes like judgment.
DEVADATTA
Area secured.
He looks at Arya.
DEVADATTA
You attract Rakta.
ARYA
I'm sorry.
DEVADATTA
You should be.
Devadatta turns away.
[SCENE 13: ENDING BEAT]
The group walks off together.
Rudran jokes.
Ira listens.
Nyra watches.
Arya lags behind.
He looks up at the sky.
ARYA (V.O.)
Just endure a little longer.
Something unseen coils around his heart.
ARYA (V.O.)
Mother… I'm coming.
CUT TO BLACK.
CHAPTER 1 – PART B
"WHEN MERCY FAILS FIRST"
[SCENE 14: LOWER METROPOLIS – SIDE STREET – LATE NIGHT]
[WIDE SHOT]
Rain-soaked streets stretch outward.
Emergency sirens echo in the distance.
Fires burn unchecked where streetlights once stood.
The city exhales fear.
[CAMERA: FOLLOW SHOT]
ARYA, IRA, RUDRAN, and NYRA walk together.
Their silhouettes move through drifting smoke.
RUDRAN
(grinning)
See? Another peaceful patrol.
IRA
Peaceful doesn't usually involve organs on walls.
RUDRAN
Depends on perspective.
Arya forces a small laugh.
NYRA watches him.
Not smiling.
[SCENE 15: SUDDEN SCREAM]
A SCREAM cuts through the night.
Female.
Close.
IRA
That was nearby.
DEVADATTA (O.S.)
Move.
Devadatta Rao appears ahead, already walking toward the sound.
DEVADATTA
Civilian distress.
Possible Rakta outbreak.
RUDRAN
Again?
NYRA
Rakta density hasn't stabilized.
Arya's hand tightens unconsciously.
ARYA (V.O.)
It's still here.
[SCENE 16: APARTMENT COMPLEX – COURTYARD]
[CAMERA: WIDE]
A residential complex.
Families huddle together.
Children cry.
Blood stains the stairwell.
A MAN kneels in the center of the courtyard.
Mid-thirties.
Office clothes.
Hands shaking.
Something crawls under his skin.
IRA
Possession.
NYRA
No.
Incubation.
The man SCREAMS.
His spine bends backward unnaturally.
DEVADATTA
Containment protocol.
IRA steps forward.
IRA
Sir, listen to me—
We can—
The man's eyes roll back.
BLACK VEINS explode across his face.
RAKTA ENERGY bursts outward.
CIVILIANS scream and scatter.
[SCENE 17: BIRTH OF A RAKTA SPAWN]
The man's chest RIPS OPEN.
Something pulls itself out.
Smaller than the last entity.
Faster.
Sharper.
Its limbs are childlike.
Its mouth too
CHAPTER 1 – PART C
"THE SIN THAT DOES NOT SCREAM"
[SCENE 26: TEMPORARY FIELD BASE – ABANDONED TEMPLE – NIGHT]
[WIDE SHOT]
An ancient temple sits hollowed out between collapsed buildings.
Its sanctum is broken.
Its idols are headless.
Ash marks the floor where prayers once lived.
Portable floodlights hum softly.
This is where survivors wait.
This is where the dead are counted.
[SCENE 27: INTERIOR – MEDICAL CORNER]
Arya sits on a stone step.
A medic wraps his shoulder.
Blood seeps through the cloth anyway.
MEDIC
You should rest.
ARYA
Later.
The medic hesitates, then leaves.
Arya stares at his hands.
They're shaking.
Not from pain.
[SCENE 28: IRA AND RUDRAN]
Nearby—
Rudran leans against a pillar, helmet off.
His usual grin is gone.
IRA sits beside him, knees pulled in.
IRA
That woman…
RUDRAN
Yeah.
IRA
If we were faster—
RUDRAN
We weren't.
Silence.
RUDRAN
That's the job.
IRA
I hate that answer.
Rudran doesn't argue.
[SCENE 29: NYRA OBSERVES]
Nyra stands alone.
Her talismans are still.
She watches Arya.
Not openly.
Carefully.
NYRA (V.O.)
Rakta reacts to fear.
To hatred.
To desire.
She narrows her eyes.
NYRA (V.O.)
So why did it obey him?
[SCENE 30: DEVADATTA'S REPORT]
Devadatta Rao stands near a portable console.
Holographic scripts scroll—Sanskrit over modern code.
DEVADATTA
Rakta outbreak classified as localized collapse.
OFFICER (O.S.)
Casualties?
DEVADATTA
Two confirmed civilians.
One incubator.
One Rakta Spawn.
A pause.
DEVADATTA
And one anomaly.
He glances toward Arya.
[SCENE 31: ARYA ALONE]
Arya rises quietly.
He walks deeper into the temple ruins.
[CAMERA: FOLLOW FROM BEHIND]
Broken murals line the walls.
Scenes of Swarg.
Scenes of Narak.
Painted souls burning.
Painted gods watching.
ARYA stops before a cracked mural of Narak.
Chains.
Fire.
Screaming mouths.
ARYA (V.O.)
They say bad people go here.
His reflection stares back from the broken glass embedded in the wall.
ARYA (V.O.)
But what about people who choose wrong…
for the right reason?
[SCENE 32: MEMORY BLEED]
The air shifts.
Sound dulls.
A MEMORY intrudes.
Not a flashback.
A pressure.
A woman's voice.
DEVI AMRITA (V.O.)
Arya…
His breath catches.
ARYA
(whisper)
Mother…?
The temple lights flicker.
For a second—
just a second—
The mural bleeds light.
Golden.
Warm.
Wrong.
ARYA (V.O.)
You're still there.
[SCENE 33: FIRST INNER SIN]
Arya presses his palm against the mural.
His blood smears across Narak's painted fire.
ARYA (V.O.)
If saving you means going here…
His jaw tightens.
ARYA (V.O.)
Then I'll walk in willingly.
The mural cracks further.
NYRA (O.S.)
Step away from that.
Arya turns.
Nyra stands behind him.
NYRA
That wall is unstable.
ARYA
So is everything else.
NYRA studies his face.
NYRA
You didn't panic tonight.
ARYA
Someone had to stay calm.
NYRA
That's not what I meant.
A beat.
NYRA
You accepted the deaths.
ARYA
No.
Soft correction.
ARYA
I counted them.
Nyra's eyes harden.
NYRA
That's worse.
[SCENE 34: UNSEEN OBSERVER]
[ROOFTOP – FAR ABOVE]
Ishvara Kael watches the temple.
His eyes glow faintly.
ISHVARA
He heard her already.
A SHADOWED FIGURE beside him shifts.
SHADOW
Too early?
ISHVARA
No.
A smile.
ISHVARA
Perfect timing.
[SCENE 35: TEAM REGROUP]
Back inside—
Devadatta addresses the group.
DEVADATTA
This incident is sealed.
IRA
Sealed?
DEVADATTA
Buried under procedure.
Like all failures.
RUDRAN
That's comforting.
DEVADATTA
Get used to discomfort.
He looks at Arya again.
DEVADATTA
You will be monitored.
ARYA
I understand.
DEVADATTA
Do you?
ARYA
Yes.
He means it.
[SCENE 36: FINAL IMAGE]
The group exits the temple.
Dawn threatens the horizon.
The city is quiet.
Too quiet.
Arya walks last.
He looks back once.
At the Narak mural.
At the blood on his hand.
ARYA (V.O.)
Wait for me.
He steps into the light.
Behind him—
The mural's cracks glow faintly gold.
CUT TO BLACK.
END OF CHAPTER 1.