Shade - Agent Of Spite

CUT TO: DOWNTOWN DISTRICT

EXT. ROOFTOP - NIGHT

SHADE AND THE UNKNOWN WOMAN FALL OUT OF A PORTAL WHILE STILL IN THE AIR. SHADE LANDS FIRST THEN CATCHES THE UNKNOWN WOMAN.

[Unknown Woman]

Never. Do that. Again.

[Shade]

What? It's kinda like a roller coaster.

[Unknown Woman]

Please put me down.

SHADE PUTS THE UNKNOWN WOMAN DOWN ON THE ROOFTOP AND SHE STRAIGHTENS HER CLOTHES.

[Shade]

So, what exactly is going on here?

[Unknown Woman]

My name is Courtney Cooke. I'm an auditor and I found something that I shouldn't have which is why those guys were after me. An old man from around South End runs a tire shop, his granddaughter noticed that a group of different regulars had been watching her more closely. When she brought it up they realized that even more than some of their oldest customers these guys had been even more frequent. The tire shop owner sent his granddaughter out of town for a while and called me. I learned that extra money had been showing up on the books where it shouldn't have and as I was leaving one day, one of the regulars saw me with my briefcase and asked about the man's granddaughter.

[Shade]

And they started following you.

[Courtney Cooke]

Yeah. They shot at the old man's house probably to intimidate him. I have family in this area and was on my way to visit them but they must have realized what my car looked like.

[Shade]

Any reason why you don't want to go to the cops?

[Courtney Cooke]

In this city? You're crazier than you look.

[Shade]

Not a bad point. So this money laundering scheme, have you seen anything else like it?

[Courtney Cooke]

Yeah, in a couple of other businesses. However, everyone's too afraid to say anything about it around here.

[Shade]

That's understandable too.

[Courtney Cooke]

So, is there anything that you think you can do?

[Shade]

I'll need more information. Can you give me a list of all the businesses where you've seen this happen?

SHADE HANDS HIS BURNER PHONE WITH THE NOTES APP OPEN, COURTNEY JOTS DOWN ALL OF THE BUSINESSES SHE CAN THEN HANDS THE PHONE BACK TO SHADE.

[Courtney Cooke]

That's every place I can think of.

[Shade]

Thanks.

COURTNEY COOKE SIGHS IN FRUSTRATION.

[Shade]

What is it?

[Courtney Cooke]

It looks like no matter what I can't keep the police out of this. They'll be able to tie my car back to me. You wouldn't happen to know anyone that I could trust on the force would you?