CUT TO: DOWNTOWN
EXT. DOWNTOWN- NIGHT
SHADE CHASES PACHYRHICAS THROUGH THE CITY. GETTING ONTO THE STREETS, SHADE COMES CLOSE TO ALMOST GRABBING HER BUT PACHYRHICAS TURNS AND SPITS POISON OUT OF HER MOUTH. SHADE JUST BARELY DODGES THE ATTACK AND IT LANDS ON THE DRESS OF A WOMAN WHO'S OUT PARTYING WITH SOME FRIENDS. PACHYRHICAS TAKES OFF AND SHADE STARTS AFTER HER WHEN HE'S GRABBED BY THE GIRL'S BOYFRIEND WHO PUTS HIM INTO A HEADLOCK.
[Girl]
Do you know how much this dress costs?
[Shade]
Lady, I don't know and I don't want to know.
[Boyfriend]
This all your fault freak! I worked a lot of overtime to afford that dress! I hope the hero's life treats your pockets right because I'm gonna need $450!
[Shade]
You have got to be kidding me!
SHADE BREAKS FREE OF THE BOYFRIEND AND HEADBUTTS HIM IN THE NOSE. THE BOYFRIEND TRIES SWING AND PUNCH SHADE BUT SHADE DUCKS AND DELIVERS A RIGHT CROSS THAT KNOCKS HIM OUT. PEOPLE AROUND SHADE MAKE A FUSS AND THE GIRL WHO'S DRESS GOT MESSED UP IS ONE OF THE LOUDEST.
[Girl]
You're gonna pay for that and my dress.
[Shade]
Just take it to the cleaners or some shit!
SHADE LOOKS BACK TO SEE PACHYRHICAS PLAYFULLY ROUNDING THE CORNER AND HE TAKES OFF AFTER HER AGAIN. SHADE ROUNDS THE CORNER AND LOOKS BUT CAN'T FIND ANY SIGN OF PACHYRHICAS. SHADE THEN NOTICES SOMETHING BEING THROWN AT HIM AND DODGES THE KNIFE JUST BEFORE IT REACHES HIM. THE KNIFE PLUNGES INTO THE GROUND AND SHADE LOOKS UP TO SEE PACHYRHICAS ONTO OF A MUSEUM. PACHYRHICAS BECKONS SHADE WITH HER INDEX FINGER AND STARTS INSIDE OF THE MUSEUM. SHADE PICKS UP THE KNIFE SEEING HOW ARCHAIC IT LOOKS AND PUTS IT AWAY IN A MAKESHIFT BACKPACK. SHADE THEN STARTS INSIDE OF THE MUSEUM. ONCE INSIDE SHADE LOOKS AROUND AND DOESN'T SEE PACHYRHICAS ANYWHERE.
[Shade]
(Thinking)
Great, now we're playing hide and seek.
STICKING CLOSE TO THE WALLS AND LOOKING AROUND, SHADE STILL FINDS NO SIGN OF PACHYRHICAS. AFTER A FEW MINUTES SHADE NOTICES THAT SOMETHING IS BEHIND HIM AND UPON TURNING AROUND SHADE SEES THAT PACHYRHICAS IS IN THE SCAFFOLDING IN HER LAMIA FORM.
[Shade]
What the hell?
SHADE ATTEMPTS TO EVADE PACHYRHICAS AS SHE JUMPS DOWN ONTO HIM BUT IS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE TWO TUMBLE ACROSS THE GROUND FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND THEN SHADE THROWS PACHYRHICAS OFF OF HIMSELF. PACHYRHICAS RECOVERS QUICKLY AND SLAPS SHADE WITH HER TAIL AS HE BEGINS TO STAND TO HIS FEET. PACHYRHICAS THEN PUNCHES SHADE TWICE BEFORE GRABBING HIM AND THROWING HIM INTO A WALL. SHADE STUNNED BY THE LAST ATTACK LOOKS UP AT PACHYRHICAS AND SEES THAT SHE IS ABOUT TO PRAY HIM WITH VENOM. SHADE SINKS ONTO THE WALL BEFORE THIS CAN HAPPEN AND PACHYRHICAS ATTEMPTS TO PUNCH SHADE BUT FINDS THAT SHE CAN'T. SHADE GETS INTO THE SCAFFOLDING BEFORE SQUATTING TO CATCH HIS BREATH.
[Pachyrhicas]
Let me know if this is all a little bit too overwhelming. I want this to at least be a little bit of a challenge.
[Shade]
Didn't they kill you in Clash of the Titans?
[Pachyrhicas]
That's Medusa.
[Shade]
I know. It was supposed to be a joke. Thank God I'm not dealing with that!
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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...
