Shade - The Living Shadow

Shade#258 (S12): Prices

CUT TO: SHADOWLAND'S PASSAGEWAY

EXT. SHADOWLAND'S PASSAGEWAY - NIGHT

WHILE SHADE DRIFTS THROUGH THE SHADOWLAND'S PASSAGEWAY A VOICE BEGINS TO SPEAK TO HIM WHICH KEEPS HIM CONSCIOUS.

[Silt]

(Telepathically)

Demise convokes your name but you do not answer. You fear the truth. You fear true armistice. It is your time, Shade. Or perhaps it's not too late. Escape, there is still time to put this all behind you. But it comes with a price. Your soul, your dignity, your being. What are you willing to lose for peace? For validation? For hope? Whatever it is, you won't find it here.

SHADE FALLS OUT OF A PORTAL THAT OPENS IN THE AIR OF THE SHADOWLANDS AND AS HE FALLS DOWN OUT OF THE AIR HE SLAMS ONTO THE SIDE OF OBADIAH'S SHACK AND FALLS TO THE GROUND. OBADIAH RUNS OUT TO SHADE'S SIDE JUST AS HE LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS.

[Obadiah]

(Faintly)

Stay with me! Dray!!

CUT TO: RIVER MARKET DISTRICT

EXT. RIVER MARKET PAVILION - NIGHT

POLICE PRESENT AFTER SHADE ESCAPING THROUGH THE PORTAL TURN THEIR GUNS ON NOMAN WHO DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.

[Police Officer#1]

You're under arrest! Put your hands behind your back and—!

[Noman]

Is all of this really necessary?

[Police Officer#1]

I wasn't asking to have a conversation with you. I told you to put your hands behind your back and surrender.

[Noman]

I'm afraid that's just not possible. I won't be able to stay here much longer, I used up too much energy. I'll need some time to recharge and then you'll see me again. As a matter of fact, do me a solid and let Commissioner Elder that I would like to have a mandatory sanctioned meeting with him when I gather back my strength. He'll want to hear what I have to say.

NOMAN TURNS AROUND AND TAKING ONE STEP HE DISAPPEARS. THE POLICE OFFICERS LOOK AT EACH OTHER NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO.

[Police Officer#2]

Is he really gone?

[Police Officer#3]

It looks like it.

THE POLICE OFFICERS PUT THEIR GUNS AWAY AND TURN TO LOOK AT THE CROWD WHO ALL ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME PROCESSING WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS WELL.

EXT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT

TORIA HEARS SOME COMMOTION GOING ON OUTSIDE AND WALKS OUT OF HER OFFICE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. SEEING PEOPLE IN FRONT OF A TV, TORIA CATCHES A BROADCAST THAT DEPICTS THE EVENTS AS THEY UNFOLDED AT THE RIVER MARKET AND UPON SEEING SHADE SEEMINGLY LOSE THE FIGHT, A FEELING OF SHOCK FALLS OVER HER.

[Toria]

(To herself)

No... it can't—.

TORIA GOES BACK TO HER OFFICE TO HAVE A MOMENT TO HERSELF.

CUT TO: MIDTOWN DISTRICT

EXT. ANTOINETTE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

ANTOINETTE GETS A NOTIFICATION ON HER PHONE THAT ALERTS HER ABOUT THE NEWS. AS ANTOINETTE OPENS THE NOTIFICATION TO SEE THE FIGHT BETWEEN SHADE AND NOMAN AS IT'S COMING TO A CLOSE AND SHADE SEEMINGLY LOSING. NOT BEING ABLE TO FORM WORDS ANTOINETTE SITS IN SILENCE AND TOSSES HER PHONE AWAY.