CUT TO: DOWNTOWN DISTRICT
EXT. DOWNTOWN - AFTERNOON
SHADE IS SLAMMED THROWN INTO THE SIDE OF A BUILDING BY A B.O.X. ROBOT. AS SHADE STANDS TO HIS FEET HE HOLDS HIS SIDE, THE B.O.X. ROBOT AND A CITY WATCH HERO ARE READY TO MOVE ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAIN.
[Unknown City Watch Hero]
Vigilante, this is your last chance to surrender before you are made to surrender with hostile force. Don't make this any harder than it has to be.
CUT TO: THREE DAYS EARLIER; SOUTH DISTRICT
EXT. INTERSTATE PARK - AFTERNOON
A COUPLE OF COPS TAKE COVER BEHIND THEIR POLICE CRUISER AS THUGS SHOOT AT THEM WITH HIGH-CALIBER WEAPONS.
[Cop#1]
They've got us pinned down. The best we can do is hope that reinforcements get here soon.
[Thug#1]
You pigs better get the $%^& outta here!
[Thug#2]
You're already about to get it bad enough as it is.
ONE OF POLICE OFFICER#6 PEEKS OUT FROM BEHIND COVER, FIRES A SHOT, HITS ONE OF THE THUGS, AND IS SHOT IN THE PROCESS. POLICE OFFICER#6 FALLS BACK ON THE GROUND AND POLICE OFFICER#7 PULLS HIM TO SAFETY.
[Police Officer#7]
Officer down!
[Police Officer#4]
Help him! We can't do anything until we get these guys dealt with.
SHADE ARRIVING AT THE GUNFIGHT SCALES THE GROUND TO GET BEHIND THE THUGS' LINE OF DEFENCE.
[Thug#1]
Whatever the %^*& happens we don't let these mother%^&$ers leave with that tape!
[Shade]
(Thinking)
Tape? I guess I better figure out just what the hell is going on.
SHADE STANDS UP BEHIND ONE OF THE THUGS AND TAPS HIM ON THE SHOULDER.
[Shade]
Hey!
THE THUG STARTLED JUMPS BACK AND ALL THE THUGS TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO SHADE.
[Thug#2]
Where the $%^& did he come from?
[Thug#5]
Who gives a $%^*? Shoot his ass!
[Shade]
Now, you could do that or you could tell me what the tape is about and where you got those guns.
[Thug#4]
We don't have to tell you shit! You're just as bad as they are if not worse!
[Thug#3]
Wait, pump the breaks. What if he's able to get the tape to someone who can do something about it?
[Thug#4]
He ain't gonna do that shit! For as long as he's been running around putting niggas in jail. Shoot his bitch ass and let's get back to work.
[Shade]
(Thinking)
I've got at least one guy who's willing to talk to me. The rest not so much but if I press him here, he'll get caught up in the crossfire. So, there's only one logical thing to do in a situation like this.
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Shade: The Wonder Year
AdventureGiven the wild ride that can be described as Bedrock Dray (Shade) has seen a lot. He's fought gangs, villains, monsters, secret organizations, and even demons. Aspiring to do the right thing in spite of the circumstances on one hand he's as good as...
