156
CHOW
The BOOK!!
ON THE TUNNEL—Jackie and Uncle emerge from the tunnel and take in
shock as they see...
157
JACKIE
Jade.. .?!
At the center of the ATTACKING SHADOWKHAN—JADE stands with her arms
outstretched, clearly controlling them like a puppeteer. <GHOSTLY
WIND> blows through her hair (think Firestarter) and her skin has
turned even MORE PALE.
CLOSER—stunned JACKIE rushes into frame and GRABS Jade, once again
snapping her out of her trance.
158 A/158B
JACKIE / JADE
JADE!! / <huh?>
FOUR-WAY SPLIT-SCREEN—The SHADOWKHAN suddenly PAUSE in mid-attack,
allowing the four Enforcers to SCRAMBLE o.s.
159 A/159B
FINN / RATSO
RUN!!
ANGLE—As the frightened thugs PILE into their SEDAN and
away in b.g., a stern Jackie grills Jade.
160
JACKIE
JADE?! What in the WORLD is going—
But as he starts to lecture, the menacing Shadowkhan close in around
him. Jade holds up a hand, and the ninjas stop.
161
JADE
It’s okay... he’s one of us.
Jackie looks at the Shadowkhan around him in apprehension, then
exchanges a worried glance with a VERY SHOCKED Uncle.
INT. FISH CANNERY—NIGHT—SHORT WHILE LATER
CLOSE—Valmont widens his GLOWING RED EYES in surprise as the TAT-
TERED ENFORCERS rail at him for a change.
162
CHOW
You want the book?! GET IT YOURSELF!!
163
RATSO
No WAY are we fightin’ those NINJAS
again!!
164
FINN
Yeah, how could you lose the SHADOWKHAN—
to a LITTLE GIRL?!!
The Script 227