GIRL ON FIRE (FINAL DRAFT)

Vanessa, a socially awkward teen with cardia-telekinesis, the ability to hear and control heartbeats comes to New York to possibly find her biological father. She thinks he might be able to shed some light on her powers. She believes Maxwell to be her biological father from a picture of him holding her as a baby. Maxwell Is a washed up ex marine suffering from ptsd due to a repressed memory. Vanessa after a night of singing accidentally runs into Maxwell stumbling out of a bar. There is an instant connection as she is able to use her powers to stop Maxwell from having a heart attack. She follows him to his apartment where she explains that he might be her biological father. Meanwhile Maxwell's brother Kelvin and his Boss Silas, an underground arms dealer are looking for the Queen of hearts, the girl with the power to hear and control heartbeats. Maxwell has already kidnapped three girls he thought one of them were the Queen of hearts, however they are not. They saw Maxwell’s face and Silas does not want to let them go yet as they could lead police back to him. Kelvin in an interesting conversation with Vanessa. That same day he brings up the idea of Vanessa working for Silas, which Maxwell meets with disapproval. Not liking Maxwell’s tone , Kelvin threatens him with a knife to his neck. Worried for Maxwell, Vanessa stops Kelvin's heart instantly, long enough to make him drop the knife. That is proof enough for Kelvin. Now he has to find a way to get her to Silas.Kelvin devises a plan to get Vanessa in front of Silas, so he can prove that she is the Queen of hearts. His plan involves using Roger, a boy whom Vanessa has a crush on. Meanwhile Maxwell takes a liking to Vanessa as the daughter he never had, buys her clothes and a cellular phone, and he gets her a job working at the local coffee shop. That is where Kelvin's plan takes place, Roger who takes Vanessa on a date, lures her to Silas shop where Silas puts her to the test, as she passes with flying colors. After learning that Silas killed her mother, and that Silas and she have the same father, she refuses to align with Silas, who knows her weakness. He causes her to lose her powers then beats her senselessly. She escapes into Maxwell's arms only to get caught again as Maxwell is arrested for the kidnapping of the three missing girls. In prison Maxwell comes to the realization that Senator Terrence abused him as a child which caused his downward spiral. Bailed out by his therapist, he first sets to get Vanessa back. Maxwell in a showdown with Silas and his goons, is shot in the back, causing a fire so strong in Vanessa that she regains her powers, tenfold, with more clarity, that she helps Maxwell sustain his life and takes down the bad guys.. Silas has been taken down. The next day, Maxwell goes to the Senators house to tell him that he remembers what happens. He convinces him to confess as Vanessa secretly records the confession. Two down, but Kelvin, who has been M.I.A, is still lurking. Maxwell finds Kelvin In his apartment, setting the stage for the long awaited showdown, brother vs brother.