ACT THREE
INT. UNCLE’S SHOP—NIGHT—CONT.
REESTABLISH—As the Shadowkhan close in around them, panicked Jackie
makes a last ditch effort to control Jade.
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JACKIE
Jade!
OTS HEROES—BLACK-GARBED, BLUE-SKINNED SHADOWQUEEN JADE backs away,
flanked by several SHADOWKHAN GUARDS.
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JADE (UNEARTHLY FX)
<T’ch!> YOU’RE not giving me orders
anymore!
With a HAND MOTION from Jade, the Shadowkhan UNFURL their “batwing”
CAPES and close in around her.
CROSS-CUT—with Jackie, Uncle and Tohru’s REACTIONS as...
... Jade and the Shadowkhan disappear into the shadows!
ON JADE’S ANTIQUE CHAIR “THRONE”—TWO SHADOWKHAN grab the chair,
throw down SMOKEBOMBS, and disappear with it.
INT. UNCLE’S SHOP—LIBRARY—CONT.
ON THE ARCHIVE—Jackie, Uncle, and Tohru watch through the doorway
as a SHADOWKHAN grabs the book and disappears.
INT. UNCLE’S SHOP—CONT.
JACKIE—galvanizes, quickly pours the POTION into a GLASS VIAL.
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JACKIE
I must find her!
WIDE—Jackie dashes out the front door, urgent and worried.
INT. SECTION 13—MAIN AREA—MOMENTS LATER
EST. the vast interior of the top-secret underground agency.
CAPTAIN BLACK—reviews data on COMPUTER SCREENS with a few of his
AGENTS when suddenly... PULL BACK FAST TO OTS JADE as <STING!> she
STARTLES Black and the agents.
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BLACK
Run a background check and— <Whoa!>
Jade, you—
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