CUT TO: BLÜDHAVEN
EXT. ALLEY - NIGHT
SHADE WALKS OUT OF A PORTAL AND INTO AN ALLEY. LOOKING AROUND HE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE HIS SURROUNDINGS AND SCALES A BUILDING BESIDE HIM TO THE ROOF. WHILE PERCHING ON THE A ROOF, SHADE SCOPES OUT THE AREA.
[Shade]
(Thinking)
Where exactly am I? I don't recognize anything here.
SHADE HEARS THE SOUND OF A WOMAN SCREAMING, JUMPS TO ANOTHER BUILDING, AND LOOKS INTO THE ALLEY WHERE THE WOMAN IS BEING HELD AT GUNPOINT.
[Thief#1]
Shut the hell up and just give me the purse!
[Woman#1]
No!
SHADE SCALES DOWN THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, STANDS UP BEHIND THEIF#1 AND SNATCHES HIS GUN AWAY. THEIF#1 LOOKS AT SHADE WITH A SHOCKED EXPRESSION, SHADE DESTROYS THE GUN AND FLICKS THEIF#1 IN THE FOREHEAD KNOCKING HIM OUT. SHADE THEN TAKES THE PURSE FROM THEIF#1 AND HANDS IT BACK TO THE WOMAN.
[Shade]
There you go. You alright?
WOMAN#1 TURNS AND RUNS OUT OF THE ALLEY.
[Woman#1]
Help! A monster!
SHADE DEVELOPS A DISMAYED EXPRESSION.
[Shade]
(Thinking)
That was rude. She didn't even say thank you.
SHADE TIES UP THEIF#1, SCALES TO THE ROOF OF A BUILDING, AND LOOKS AROUND.
[Shade]
(Thinking)
I guess I better get some answers.
CUT TO: BLÜDHAVEN
EXT. STREET - NIGHT
SOLOMON GRUNDY BURSTS OUT OF A BANK HOLDING A BOX AND BEGINS TO FLEE WHEN A WINGDING STRIKES THE GROUND IN FRONT OF HIM. SOLOMON GRUNDY LOOKS UP TOWARD THE ROOFTOPS SEEING NIGHTWING AND ROBIN.
[Robin]
What's Solomon Grundy stealing from a bank for?
[Nightwing]
Maybe he had an account before he died.
[Robin]
I doubt that. We better stop him.
NIGHTWING AND ROBIN JUMP DOWN TO THE STREET, NIGHTWING TAKES OUT HIS ESCRIMA STICKS WHILE ROBIN TAKES OUT HIS BO STAFF. SOLOMON GRUNDY THROWS A CAR AT THE DUO AND THEY JUMP OVER THE CAR TO AVOID IT. NIGHTWING SLIDES IN CLOSE HITTING GRUNDY IN THE KNEE CAUSING HIM TO KNEEL WHILE ROBIN HITS GRUNDY IN THE FACE WITH HIS BO STAFF.
[Nightwing]
What's in the box, Grundy?
[Solomon Grundy]
Leave me alone!
[Robin]
Sorry, can't do that!
SOLOMON GRUNDY GRABS ROBIN'S BO STAFF AND THROWS ROBIN ACROSS THE STREET INTO A CAR. NIGHTWING UPPERCUTS SOLOMON GRUNDY WITH HIS ESCRIMA STICKS AND GRUNDY QUICKLY RETALIATES BY KICKING NIGHTWING BACK ACROSS THE STREET. SOLOMON GRUNDY BEGINS TO FLEE AGAIN BUT ROBIN JUMPS IN FRONT OF HIM.
[Robin]
Hey, where are you going? The party's just getting started?
SOLOMON GRUNDY SWINGS AT ROBIN MULTIPLE TIMES AND MISSES ALL OF HIS ATTACKS. IN A SWIFT CONTINUOUS MOTION, ROBIN HITS SOLOMON GRUNDY WITH HIS BO STAFF IN HIS ARM, CHEST, AND FACE. NIGHTWING ATTEMPTS TO AMBUSH SOLOMON GRUNDY FROM BEHIND BUT GRUNDY NOTICES HIM, GRABS ONE OF HIS LEGS, AND SWINGS NIGHTWING AROUND HITTING ROBIN. NIGHTWING AND ROBIN TUMBLE BACK ACROSS THE GROUND, LOOK UP INTO THE AIR WITH SHOCKED EXPRESSIONS AS THEY SEE A TRUCK ABOUT TO LAND ON THEM.
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Shade in Blüdhaven
AdventureShade, cursed by a wizard while fighting alongside the Leviathans, finds himself thrust into the city of Blüdhaven where he aids Nightwing and Robin to spoil the machinations of Black Mask who is attempting to take over Blüdhaven.
