CUT TO: MIDTOWN DISTRICT
EXT. MIDTOWN - NIGHT
SHADE PATROLS AROUND MIDTOWN AND NEARLY MISSES A BUILDING THAT HE'S JUMPING TOWARD. SHADE CLIMBS ONTO THE ROOF, SITS DOWN, AND TAKES A DEEP BREATH.
[Shade]
(Thinking)
How in the world am I this tired this early? I haven't even been that busy over the last couple of days and it feels like I ran a marathon.
SHADE HEARS THE SOUND OF GUNSHOTS, GOES TO WHERE HE HEARD THE COMMOTION, AND FINDS THAT SOME OF THE KNOX HENCHMEN ARE SHOOTING WHILE FLEEING FROM A MALL. SHADE LEAPS INTO ACTION, STOPPING THEM FROM ESCAPING BY KNOCKING OVER THEIR VEHICLE, AND STANDS NEXT TO THE CAR SEEMINGLY OUT OF BREATH.
[Shade]
Alright... you guys can come out and give up now.
KNOX HENCHMAN#1 STICKS A SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN OUT OF THE CAR AND SHOOTS AT SHADE. SHADE STRAFES TO THE LEFT TO AVOID THE ATTACK, KICKS THE SHOTGUN OUT OF KNOX HENCHMAN#1'S HAND, AND EVADES BULLETS AS THE REST OF THE KNOX HENCHMEN BEGIN SHOOTING AT HIM. SHADE SINKS ONTO THE GROUND, GETS UNDERNEATH THE CAR, AND THROWS THE CAR UP INTO THE AIR AS HE JUMPS UP FROM THE GROUND. SHADE USES A CHAIN TO GET INSIDE OF THE CAR, KNOCKS OUT EACH OF THE KNOX HENCHMEN, ASSIGNS A SHADOW CLONE TO GET THEM OUT OF THE CAR, AND CATCHES THE CAR BEFORE IT PLUMMETS BACK TO THE GROUND. A WOMAN APPROACHES THE CAR A FEW SECONDS LATER AND SHADE GENTLEY SITS THE CAR DOWN.
[Shade]
Is this your car?
[Woman]
Yeah, they tried to steal it! You've got to help my boyfriend though! He got shot multiple times. I don't think an ambulance is going to make it in time!
[Shade]
Don't worry, I'll get him to the hospital.
SHADE RUSHES OVER TO THE MAN THAT WAS SHOT, OPENS A PORTAL, AND RUSHES THE MAN INTO AN EMERGENCY ROOM.
[Shade]
Excuse me, do you have any available beds?
A NURSE RUSHES OVER TO SHADE WITH A STRETCHER.
[Nurse#1]
What happened?
[Shade]
He was shot multiple times. That's about all I know.
SHADE SITS THE MAN DOWN ON THE STRETCHER, LOOKS BACK THROUGH THE PORTAL, AND SIGNALS FOR THE WOMAN. THE WOMAN WALKS THROUGH THE PORTAL INTO THE HOSPITAL.
[Shade]
Tell them what happened, I'm sure they'll need to know medical questions.
[Woman]
Thank you.
SHADE WALKS BACK THROUGH THE PORTAL INTO THE PARKING LOT, APPROACHES THE KNOX HENCHMEN, AND TIES ALL BUT ONE TO A LIGHT POLE. SHADE WAKES UP THE KNOX HENCHMAN BY SHAKING HIM.
[Shade]
Wakey, wakey!
[Knox Henchman#2]
Ugh, what do you want?
[Shade]
Who do you work for?
[Knox Henchman#2]
I'm not gonna tell you anything.
SHADE GLARES AT KNOX HENCHMAN#2.
[Shade]
Listen, we can play this song and dance if you want to, I just want you to know that it's going to be at my tempo. Now, who do you work for?
YOU ARE READING
Shade - The Living Shadow
FantasyAfter being the superhero known as Shade for nearly a year, Dray faces one of the biggest dilemmas yet. The terrorist known The Dragoon has just set off the New Madrid fault line causing chaos and destruction in an attempt to cleanse the city of Bed...
