Shade - The Living Shadow

Shade#273 (S13): Paid in blood

CUT TO: DOWNTOWN DISTRICT

EXT. DONUT ACHE - NIGHT

SHADE ARRIVES ON THE ROOF OF THE DONUT ACHE FINDING TOMI AND AMERETH.

[Shade]

Hello.

[Tomi]

Hey.

[Shade]

Is this your sister?

[Tomi]

No, this is my mother.

[Amereth]

You flatter me.

[Shade]

It's what people like most about me.

[Tomi]

Is that true?

[Shade]

No. Anyway, the plan is still pretty much the same as what we discussed before. The only thing we need to do now is to find out where the witch's hideout is.

[Amereth]

I can shed some light on the subject.

[Shade]

Awesome.

[Amereth]

It's the Castle on Stagecoach, that's where she's hiding.

[Shade]

Then that's where we're going.

SHADE OPENS A PORTAL, THE TRIO WALKS THROUGH IT THEN THE PORTAL CLOSES.

CUT TO: SOUTHWEST ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT

EXT. CASTLE ON STAGECOACH - NIGHT

THE TRIO WALKS OUT OF THE PORTAL ARRIVING IN FRONT OF THE CASTLE DRAWBRIDGE.

[Shade]

I've always ridden past this place but never got the chance to see what it looked like. Guess now I'll get my chance.

AMERETH PATS SHADE ON THE SHOULDER.

[Amereth]

Tomi told me everything. The plan you devised, how you helped her fend off her attacker. Thank you for helping us.

[Shade]

Ah, it was nothing. We, uh... better get moving.

[Tomi]

Yeah, we're coming to get you, dad.

[Shade]

(Thinking)

The witch has her father? What's going on here?

THE TRIO STARTS ONTO THE CASTLE GROUNDS. WHILE WALKING ALONG A PATHWAY, THERE SEEMS TO BE RUSTLING IN THE WOODS AROUND THE PATHWAY.

[Amereth]

(Whispering)

We're being watched.

[Shade]

(Whispering)

Yeah, I can catch glimpses of them.

[Tomi]

(Whispering)

You can?

[Shade]

(Whispering)

Yeah, I can see in the dark as if it were daylight. It doesn't look like they're moving in to attack, it just looks like they're keeping an eye on us.

[Tomi]