Shade - The Living Shadow

Shade#261 (S12): Contempt

CUT TO: MOVIE TAVERN

EXT. MOVIE TAVERN PARKING LOT - NIGHT

CILLIAN LAWLOR WALKS OUT OF THE MOVIE THEATER WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND STARTS BACK TO THEIR CAR.

[Cillian Lawlor]

So, love, how did you like the movie?

[Girlfriend]

It was amazing. The twists are always the best thing about mystery movies. Who would have thought that everyone on the plane was in on it?

[Cillian Lawlor]

I thought that it was a little cheesy. If they wanted him dead they could have found a way to do it before they got on the flight. And the detective was a tabby! He could have launched his career to a new level but he just had to let them get away with it. I hate endings like that.

[Girlfriend]

Well, I liked it.

[Cillian Lawlor]

Well, then I guess that means that I got my money's worth.

[Girfriend]

Thanks, hun.

AS CILLIAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND GET INTO THEIR CAR SUDDENLY A SPOTLIGHT IS FLASHED ON THEM.

[Cillain Lawlor]

Who the hell?

AS LAWLOR LOOKS THROUGH THE BLINDING LIGHT HE FINDS THAT IT'S EMMINATING FROM A TRUCK. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SPEED TOWARDS CILLIAN'S CAR.

[Cillain Lawlor]

Brace yourself!

THE TRUCK RAMS INTO CILLIAN'S CAR AND THEN SHOVING IT A FEW FEET BACK ACROSS THE PARKING LOT. A GROUP OF MADCAP GRUNTS ALL GET OUT OF THE TRUCK, RUSH TO CILLIAN'S CAR DRAG HIM OUT AND BEGIN BEATING HIM. SHADE WHO'S ARRIVING AT THE MOVIE THEATRE SEES THIS HAPPENING AND IMMEDIATELY SPRINGS INTO ACTION.

[Shade]

You better not be dead Lawlor!

SHADE RUNS ACROSS THE PARKING LOT, JUMPS OVER LAWLOR'S CAR, AND USES HIS MOMENTUM TO KICK THE FIRST MADCAP GRUNT THAT HE MEETS IN THE FACE SENDING HIM FLYING BACK THROUGH THE AIR. SHADE QUICKLY MOVES ONTO HIS NEXT TARGET PUNCHING THE MADCAP GRUNT IN THE FACE, THEN IN THE CHEST AND UPPERCUTTING HIM BACK THROUGH THE AIR. SHADE RUSHES DOWN ANOTHER MADCAP GRUNT WHO ATTEMPTS TO KICK HIM. SHADE CATCHES THE MADCAP GRUNT'S LEG AND BREAKS THE ONE THAT HE IS STANDING ON AT THE KNEE BY  KICKING IT. SHADE THEN KNEES THE MADCAP GRUNT IN THE FACE AND LEAVES HIM SPRAWLED OUT ON THE CONCRETE. SHADE BLOCKS ATTACK FROM TWO MADCAP GRUNTS WHO TRY AND TAKE HIM BY SUPRISE. SHADE UPPERCUTS THE MADCAP GRUNT ON HIS LEFT AND KICKS THE MADCAP GRUNT ON HIS RIGHT IN THE LEG. SHADE THEN GRABS THE MADCAP GRUNT ON HIS LEFT AND THROWS HIM AT THE MADCAP GRUNT ON HIS RIGHT SENDING BOTH OF THEM TO THE GROUND. SHADE DODGES A COUPLE OF ATTACKS FROM THE MADCAP GRUNT THAT ATTACKS HIM NEXT AND KICKS HIM CHEST. THE MADCAP GRUNT FLIES THROUGH THE AIR, HITS A LIGHT POLE THEN FALLS TO THE GROUND. MORE MADCAP GRUNTS ARRIVE ARRIVE IN A VAN AND IMMEDIATELY POUR OUT OF IT ATTEMPTING TO FIGHT SHADE.

[Madcap Grunt#1]

You're as good as dead Shade!

SHADE LOOKS TO LAWLOR AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WHO IS HELPING HIM TO HIS FEET.

[Shade]

Get him out of here! I'll hold them off.

[Cillian Lawlor]

Thanks, Shade, I guess you can say that I owe you one.

[Girlfriend]

Thank you!