Injustice Gods Aong Us: Year 3- Rose (Transcript)

N.B: This script has been directly taken from the comic so contains spoilers to the story. It also contains a few examples of middling to strong language.

SCENE #1: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
 
JOHN CONSTANTINE STANDS IN THE POURING RAIN, HIS HEAD BOWED AND A CIGARETTE HANGING FROM HIS MOUTH, WHICH IS SMOKING LIGHTLY. HE IS WEARING A LONG BROWN TRENCH COAT, BLACK NECK TIE, WHITE FORMAL SHIRT AND BLACK TROUSERS.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
I called in a lot of favors. I put all sorts of wards on this place. It was about as protected as a house could get. No one magical could even see this place if they looked at it. But there was one thing I hadn’t planned for.
CONSTANTINE IS LOOKING AT A PARTLY RUINED BUILDING, WHICH HAD BEEN CRUSHED BY A DEAD GREEN LANTERN, WHO IS LYING ON TOP OF THE RUBBLE.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
I hadn’t planned for a giant friggin’ alien to fall out of the sky.
CONSTANTINE LOOKS AT HIM ANGRILY.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
Ugly here was a Green Lantern. Alien space police.
CONSTANTINE FLICKS THE FINISHED CIGARETTE AT THE CORPSE, WHICH BOUNCED OFF HIS HEAD.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
Yes. Really.
 
SCENE #2: FLASHBACK TO THE GREEN LANTERN WAR: THE SKY
 
THE FINAL DAY OF THE WAR. SUPERMAN (A MEMBER OF THE SINESTRO CORPS) IS FIGHTING AGAINST GANTHET, TRYING TO HIT HIM WITH HEAT VISION. YELLOW AND GREEN EXPLOSIONS ARE ERUPTING BEHIND THEM AND BODIES ARE DROPPING OUT OF ORBIT.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
There was a war.

SCENE #3: FLASHBACK TO THE GREEN LANTERN WAR: UNKNOWN LOCATION
 
PEOPLE ARE WATCHING IN FEAR AND SHOCK WITH SOME COVERING THEIR MOUTHS. THEY ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF A LARGE STONE HORSE MONUMENT.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
And, like all wars fought by powerful, arrogant mother-lovers who can’t see past their own pathetic self-interest...
THERE IS A MASSIVE EXPLOSION, WHICH VAPORIZES SOME OF THE PEOPLE. OTHER PEOPLE ARE KNOCKED DOWN BY RUBBLE. THE HORSE IS CRUMBLING DOWN AROUND THEM.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
A whole lot of innocent people died for no damn reason.
 
SCENE #4: FLASHBACK TO THE GREEN LANTERN WAR: UNKNOWN LOCATION
 
CITIES ARE ON FIRE AND FLAMING DEBRIS IS STRIKING THE CITY. AMONGST THEM, GREEN BALLS OF LIGHT HURTLE DOWN AS WELL, ONE SMASHING THROUGH A SKYSCRAPER.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
These things started falling out of the sky. Took out buildings, whole neighborhoods...
 
SCENE #5: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
A BLOOD STAINED HAND IS POKING FROM BENEATH THE RUBBLE.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
And two people who lived here. But they weren’t the only people who lived here.
A GIRL PUSHES HER WAY FROM BEHIND A PANEL OF RUBBLE, HER FACE BRUISED. SHE IS WEARING A OF NAVY SHORTS, PURPLE JUMPER WITH A WHITE V-NECK T-SHIRT VISIBLE BENEATH AND TRAINERS.
ROSE:
John...
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
Her name is Rose.
ROSE:
Mummy and Steven went into the kitchen... they were getting my chips.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
Her last name is Porter but that’s not... that was her mum’s name. She has another.
JOHN KNEELS DOWN OFFERING HER HIS HAND.
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
Yeah. Yeah, I’m sorry, love.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
Her other name is cursed.
ROSE AND CONSTANTINE’S HANDS MEET.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
Her true name is Rose Constantine.
HER THROWS HER ARMS AROUND HIM.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
She’s my daughter. I’ve been almost no part of her life, so far. Partly by choice but, also, partly to protect her. If her identity were known, with the enemies I have, her life would be over. She would be killed in seconds... or worse. And now, she’s exposed.
JOHN’S EYES OPEN AND HE GLANCES AROUND, SUSPICIOUS BY A TINGLING FEELING AND A PRESENCE OF SOMEONE BEING THERE.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
I can feel a... presence. Something is watching. Something knows she exists. Something bloody powerful. Everything I did to protect her identity has just been undone.
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
Here? What’s this?
CONSTANTINE REACHES FOR HER EAR, PULLING HIS HAND BACK TO REVEAL A SHINY POUND COIN. HE SMILES AT THE SURPRISED LOOK ON HER FACE.
ROSE:
How did you do that?
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
Simple, love... magic.
 
SCENE #6: THE TOWER OF FATE
 
STONES ARE FLOATING IN THE SWIRLING PURPLE VORTEX WITH FORKS OF WHITE LIGHTNING CRASHING AROUND THE ANCIENT BRICK WORK.
 
SCENE #7: INSIDE THE TOWER OF FATE
 
DR. FATE LOOKS ALERT.
DR. FATE:
Zatanna! Something is coming.
ZATANNA LOOKS STUNNED AND DR. FATE’S EYES NARROW BEHIND THE HELMET OF FATE. THEY STARE AT THE DOOR.
ZATANNA:
Impossible! We’re outside time and space. Nothing can reach us here.
DR. FATE:
Nothing has before. Be ready... it’s here.
DR. FATE’S HANDS GLOW ELECTRIC BLUE AND MYSTICAL SYMBOLS CIRCLE HIS GAUNTLETS. HIS CAPE FLAPS IN A SILENT WIND.
THE SYMBOLS DIE DOWN AS THEY HERE A KNOCK ON THE DOOR. ZATANNA MOVES TOWARDS THE DOOR AS THEIR IS ANOTHER KNOCK. ZATANNA LOOKS SUSPICIOUS. THERE ARE TWO MORE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR.
DR. FATE RECREATES THE ENERGY BEAM. ZATANNA REACHES FOR THE DOOR AS THERE IS A FIFTH KNOCK. SHE OPENS THE DOOR AND IS SHOCKED AT WHO IS THERE. CONSTANTINE AND ROSE ARE STANDING ON THIN AIR. HE SMILES AT HER.
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
‘Allo, Z!
ZATANNA:
John...?
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
Let us in, will yeh? It’s a bit chilly in oblivion.
 
SCENE #8: INSIDE THE TOWER OF FATE
 
ROSE IS CURLED UP IN AN ARMCHAIR IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE. THE WALL IS DECORATED WITH MYSTICAL AND DARK ARTIFACTS.
ZATANNA:
Your daughter?
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
Yeah. I was surprised as you when I found out. I wish I could say it’s a long story but the truth is I don’t actually remember much of it. I need you to watch her for a bit, ey? Keep her safe.
ZATANNA:
Why? Where are you going?
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
Our plan needs to change. I need answers. Something magical was watching us in Liverpool. Something big and scary.
DR. FATE:
Yes. Something has shifted. I can feel it even inside these walls.
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
Any idea what it is?
DR. FATE:
I know not. But I fear a great malevolence has risen to aid Superman.
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
For the three of us to be clueless on this, it has to be something pretty powerful. There’s a couple of gods and a spirit of vengeance that fit the bill. I want to know what this is before we go any further.
DR. FATE:
You should know, John Constantine, I sense we are on the path of much pain and suffering.
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
Well, you should know that vague, ominous sentences that include no actual solid information make you sound like a tosser no matter how shiny your helmet is.
TURNS TO ZATANNA.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (CONT’D)
Z. I need you to send me to someone.
ZATANNA:
Who?
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
You know who.
ZATANNA PUTS HER HAND ON HER HIPS.
ZATANNA:
He’s hiding, after everything that’s happened...
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
He can’t hide in the shadows forever.
ZATANNA:
He doesn’t like you.
JOHN SMILES AT HER.
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
Of course he doesn’t. He can see straight through me. It’s what he does. But we need him, Z. I promise I’ll try not to piss him off too much.
CONSTANTINE LOOKS BACK AT ROSE, WHO HAD FALLEN ASLEEP WHERE SHE LAY.
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (CONT’D)
I need her to be safe. For that to happen, I need to know what we’re dealing with. Please, Z...
 
SCENE #9: UNKNOWN LOCATION
 
JOHN CONSTANTINE: (V.O.)
I need you to send me to the greatest detective in the world.
JOHN MATERIALIZES IN THE MIDDLE OF A MESSY ROOM, WHERE BOOKS HAVE BEEN PILED HIGH. A VOICE, DETECTIVE CHIMP, COMES FROM THE CORNER OF THE ROOM.
DETECTIVE CHIMP:
You always magically appear in rooms unannounced?
CONSTANTINE LIGHTS A CIGARETTE WITHOUT LOOKING UP.
JOHN CONSTANTINE:
You don’t seem surprised to see me.
DETECTIVE CHIMP:
I’m rarely surprised. Now... What the fuck do you want, Constantine?
DETECTIVE CHIMP IS SITTING ON AN OLD AND BADLY WORN SOFA. A LARGE TOWER OF PIZZA BOXES ARE BALANCING. IN ONE OF HIS HANDS HE IS HOLDING A PINT MUG OF BEER. A SLICE OF PIZZA IS STUCK TO THE LID OF A BOX CLOSEST TO HIM. HE IS WEARING A TRENCH COAT, SIMILAR TO JOHN’S AND A SHERLOCK HOLMES STYLED HAT.