ACT TWO
INT. FISH CANNERY—NIGHT—A SHORT WHILE LATER
HAK FOO—is wrapped in a comical number of BANDAGES, QUIVERING with
enraged embarrassment as he insists:
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HAK FOO
I am TELLING you: it was the SHADOWKHAN
who did this to me!
VALMONT—looks on as FINN and CHOW smirk at Foo.
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FINN
Chan kicked OUR butts, too.
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CHOW
Yeah, you don’t hear US lying about
it.
VALMONT—scowls, his eyes GLOWING RED.
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SHENDU
Need I remind you: the Shadowkhan do
ONLY what I command. Come, minions.
..
With that, Shendu spreads his arms with flourish as if to summon the
Shadowkhan. But nothing happens. He looks from side to side, dis-
concerted, and then tries his gesture again.
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SHENDU (CONT)
Minions?
Valmont waits for a beat... but nothing happens.
THE ENFORCERS—mug in shock.
VALMONT—the red eyes fade off revealing a SMIRKING
Valmont:
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VALMONT
It would seem you have lost
your touch, Shendu.
The eyes GO RED again, and SHENDU rails at the Enforcers.
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SHENDU
I have NOT lost my touch! Chan
is OBVIOUSLY using the POWER of
my ARCHIVE against me!
CLOSE—On Valmont’s RED GLOWING EYES, smoldering with rage.
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SHENDU (CONT)
So I don’t care HOW you do it, but
GET! MY! BOOK!
THE ENFORCERS—nod and raise eyebrows as their collective mental
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