The Script 257JADE—The blue not quite fully drained from her face, strains to call
a final order.
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JADE (SEMI-UNEARTHLY FX)
No, destroy... THE BOOK!
THE SHADOWKHAN—INSTANTLY HALT again.
BEFORE SHENDU/VALMONT—can react...
... a single SHADOWKHAN leaps onto the WALL beside him and throws
a SMOKEBOMB at the ARCHIVE. The ominous book
FLAMES and vanishes!
Valmont takes at his hands in horror...
247
SHENDU
NOOOOO—<AAK!>
... but when he looks up...
... sees JACKIE performing a flying KICK AT CAMERA...
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SHENDU
<oof!>
... into Valmont’s MIDRIFF, sending him reeling backwards into the
AUTOMATIC EXIT, which closes behind him and
EXT. ALLEY NEAR SECTION 13—NIGHT, CONT.
ON PHONE BOOTH—Valmont gets spit out of the booth...
ANGLE—... and STUMBLES to the ground. His eyes STOP glowing and
he yells at himself.
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VALMONT
<Oof!> You could have AT LEAST let me
grab the talismans!
INT. SECTION 13—MAIN AREA—CONT.
ANGLE—Jade fully returns to NORMAL as all the SHADOWKHAN disappear
with
... the ENORMOUS SHADOWKHAN, who plods into frame and reveals himself
to be TOHRU, as Uncle steps out of a nearby hiding place, carrying
his POTION POT.
250
UNCLE
Very important rule of magic: always
make extra... just in case.
JADE—looks around, dazed, as her family gathers around.
251
JADE
something bad.