Shade - The Living Shadow

Shade#200 (S9): Quake

CUT TO: NORTHERN ARKANSAS, THE DRAGOON'S BASE

EXT. THE DRAGOON'S - NIGHT

PRYTANIA FINDS VIOLA WHO STANDS IN AN OPEN AREA.

[Prytania]

It's funny, I thought that you would have tried another coward's approach.

[Viola]

I was simply more prepared than you were.

[Prytania]

If you were really prepared then you would have been able to land that attack with the RPG. I hope you're ready because this time, I'm not going to take it easy on you.

[Viola]

You talk big, but I wonder if you can back it up.

VIOLA HITS THE GROUND SENDING SHOCKWAVES PRYTANIA'S WAY. PRYTANIA JUMPS INTO THE AIR AND BEGIN TO USE THE SURROUNDING AREA AS IF IT WERE GYMNASTICS EQUIPMENT. PRYTANIA JUMPS OFF OF A RAIL AND FLIES PAST VIOLA KICKING HER IN THE FACE. VIOLA RECOVERS QUICKLY AND HITS PRYTANIA WITH AN OVERHEAD. PRYTANIA STOPS VIOLA FROM A JAB ATTACK TO THE STOMACH, GRABS HER ARM AND JUMPS OVER VIOLA SO THAT HE GETS HER IN A HOLD. PRYTANIA THEN FLIPS VIOLA OVER ONTO THE FLOOR AND JUMPS UP AS VIOLA TRIES TO SEND A SHOCKWAVE HER WAY. PRYTANIA TRIES TO KICK VIOLA WHILE SHE IS IN THE AIR AND VIOLA CATCHES HER LEG. VIOLA SPINS PRYTANIA AROUND AND THROWS HER BACK THROUGH THE AIR. PRYTANIA TUMBLES ACROSS THE GROUND AND QUICKLY JUMPS TO HER FEET. VIOLA RUNS OVER TO WHERE PRYTANIA IS AND SKIRTS THE GROUND WITH HER GUANLETS. VIOLA THEN THROWS DEBRIS AT PRYTANIA CAUSING HER TO COVER HER FACE. VIOLA THEN TRIES TO PUNCH PRYTANIA BUT PRYTANIA CATCHES HER FIST.

[Prytania]

You're going to have to do better than that!

PRYTANIA PULLS VIOLA AND SLAMS HER INTO A WALL BEHIND THEM. PRYTANIA LANDS ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF VIOLA, KICKS HER IN THE STOMACH AND THEN PUNCHES HER IN THE JAW KNOCKING HER OUT. VIOLA SPINS AROUND AND FALLS TO THE GROUND. AFTER THAT SOME WEN MAR GRUNTS COMING THAT WAY FIND PRYTANIA.

[Wen Mar Grunt#1]

She's the bimbo that's with Shade!

[Prytania]

Excuse me?

[Wen Mar Grunt#2]

Kill her!

ALL OF THE WEN MAR GRUNTS START ATTACKING PRYTANIA AND SHE BEGINS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THEM.

CUT TO: THE DRAGOON'S BASE

INT. FACTORY BOWELS- NIGHT

SHADE BLOCKS AN ATTACK FROM THE DRAGOON AND IS HIT OVER THE BACK BY SHELLSHOCK. SHADE THEN TURNS ANGRILY AND PUNCHES SHELLSHOCK IN THE FACE. SHELLSHOCK FLIES BACK THREW THE AIR AND SLAMS INTO A PILLAR. THE DRAGOON RUNS AT SHADE AND TRIES TO STAB HIM BUT SHADE BLOCKS THE ATTACK, UPPERCUTS THE DRAGOON AND KICKS ONE OF HIS LEGS OUT FROM UNDER HIM. SHADE THEN GRABS THE DRAGOON AND THROWS HIM INTO THE GROUND. SHADE THEN STARTS TO STRIKE THE DRAGOON WITH HIS TOMAHAWK BUT STOPS AT THE LAST SECOND.

[The Dragoon]

Weak!

THE DRAGOON GRABS SHADE AND TRIES TO HEADBUTT HIM BUT SHADE GRABS HIS HEAD AND SLAMS IT BACK DOWN INTO THE GROUND. SHADE HEARS SHELLSHOCK RUNNING UP BEHIND HIM AND JUMPS OUT OF THE WAY AS SHELLSHOCK TRIES TO HIT HIM WITH HIS STAFF. SHELLSHOCK THEN CONTINUES TO ATTACK SHADE AND SHADE BLOCKS AND TRIES TO COUNTER WITH HIS TOMAHAWK. AFTER A FEW BOUTS AND SHADE GETTING HIT IN THE FACE SHADE TAKES A COUPLE OF STEPS BACK TO REGROUP.

[Shade]

(Thinking)

If there's one thing he's got on me, it's distance. I need to even the playing field and then take him down.