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BILLY
        "Hey...wait...what's goin.."

Billy reaches for her.  Kat unblocks the bedroom door and tears
out of the room.

Kat nearly falls down the stairs...

She rips the chain off the door, pulls it open, coming face to
face with a white, ghostly mask.
A massive SCREAM erupts from her gut as...

to find Dewey-Deputy Riley, holding it.  Red lights flash, sirens
BLAST vas car after car surrounds the house.

Kat falls into the safety of Dewey's arms.

The yard is a whirlwind of activity.  An ambulance, squad cars,
cops everywhere...
            
   BILLY
"  I didn't do anything! Kat..where's kat?
  Ask her, she'll tell ya..."

Dewey holds a car door open as Sheriff Burke steps out.

    DEWEY
   " We got him, Sheriff. Billy Loomis."

    SHERIFF BURKE
    "Hank Loomis' kid? Aw..Jesus..."

        DEWEY
        "He's Sidney boyfriend"

They approach Billy as he's being placed in a squad car.

       BILLY
        "Sheriff...I didn't do it...please, call
        my Dad..please..."

The squad car disappears with Billy as another car comes to a stop
in front of the house. 

Tatum and sidney get out, of the car happy to see Kat but makes a fake face of worry

Back to the Sheriff and Dewey as they storm across the yard.

        DEWEY
       " I was first to respond."

        SHERIFF BURKE
        "What were you doing out here?"

         DEWEY
        "Drive by patrol."

        SHERIFF BURKE
       " How is she?"

         DEWEY
        "She's tough.:

                SHERIFF BURKE
       " Have to be. The shit she's gone through today"

Across the yard sits Kat, in the back of an ambulance as
PARAMEDICS check her out.

Sheriff Burke and Riley approach.

        SHERIFF BURKE
        "We're seeing a lot of you today."

She tries to smile but fails.

                DEWEY
   " You gonna be able to come down to the
     station and talk to us a bit?"

        KAT
        "yeah..."

                TATUM
        "What happened? Oh God..."

Tatum rushes to her, grabbing her waist and sideny rushes behind her

SIDNEY
"Kat oh my God are you okay?"

KAT
"Sidney I'm so sorry Billy was there and..!"

SIDNEY
"it's okay kat I understand."

Tatum and Sidney both are holding Kat Tatum holding her waist and Sidney holding her hand

( take note both Sidney and Tatum are taller then her sorry short readers😭)

                DEWEY
        "What are you both doing here?"

                TATUM
        "Oh, God, Kat, I'm sorry I was late."

                DEWEY
"You can't be here, Tatum and sidney. This is an
  official crime scene."

                SIDNEY
"You dont know anything Dewey so shut up will ya?"

Dewey was surprised but Sidney just wanted to get close to Kat so did Tatum

        KAT
       " It's okay. She was supposed to pick me
        up."

                TATUM
        "She's staying
        with us."

                DEWEY
       " Does mom know?"

                TATUM
        "Yes, you doofus."

Two news vans come driving up the street.

                SHERIFF BURKE
        "The vultures are coming. Let's get you
        out of here."

A big, white news van comes to a stop in front of the house.  The
side door slides open and Gale Weathers hops out just in time to
see Kat being escorted to a squad car.

                GALE
       " I'll be damned."

Jumping from the driver's seat is KENNY, Gale's cameraman and
flunky.  An earnest young chap on the chubby side.

                KENNY
        "What? What?"

                GALE
        "Jesus! The camera-hurry!"

But it's too late.  Kat is as good as gone.  Gale sees Tatum and Sidney
moving quickly to her car.

                GALE
        "Excuse me?"

Tatum looks up to see Gale Weathers rushing her.

                GALE
        "Was that Katana Valentine they took away?"

                TATUM
        "I don't know"

Tatum didn't want to talk to her at all she just wanted Kat

SIDNEY
"I don't know either so stop asking about her"

Tatum and sidney hop in tatums car, ignoring her.

                GALE
        "What happened to her?"

                TATUM
        "I'm not talking to you."

Sidney just stayed silent

Tatum's car peels out as Kenny comes running up with his camera.

                KENNY
        "Where'd she go?"

Gale spins around, flashing her pearly whites.

                GALE
       " Look, Kenny, I know you're about fifty
        pounds overweight but when I say hurry
        please interpret that as...MOVE YOUR
        FAT TUB OF LARD ASS NOW!"

Gale moves back to the van leaving Kenny miffed.

A small town station.  The bull pen is a little square room with
four desks and tonight--it's hopping.  Cops everywhere.

Kat sits at a desk drinking a cup of water.  She wears the
Sheriff's jacket over her shoulders.  Dewey approaches.

                KAT
        "Did you reach my parents"

                DEWEY
        "You're sure their in indiana?"

                KAT
        "At the hotel."

                DEWEY
        "there not registered. Could they have gone
        to another hotel?"

                KAT
       " I don't know. I guess."

                DEWEY
        "We'll find them, kat, Don't worry."

Kat stares blankly, numb.

Billy sits opposite Sheriff Burke.  Next to Billy, sits his

father, HANK LOOMIS, an older version of Billy.

                SHERIFF BURKE
       " What are you doing with a cellular
        telephone, son?"

                MR. LOOMIS
       " It's my phone. He was just playing
        around with it."

                SHERIFF BURKE
       " You got some ideas of playing around, boy."

                BILLY
      "  I didn't call anyone with it. I just
        took it for fun."

                MR. LOOMIS
        "Everybody's got one now. Why don't you
        check the phone bill for chrissakes.
        Call my carrier--AirFone Comp. They'll
        have records of every number dialed."

                SHERIFF BURKE
        "Thank you, Hank. We're on it. What were
        you doing out at kat's tonight?"

                BILLY
        "I just wanted to see her, that's all."

                SHERIFF BURKE
        You rode your bike out there?

                BILLY
        "Yes, sir."

                SHERIFF BURKE
        "Did you ride past Casey Becker's house?"

                BILLY
       " No, I didn't. I didn't kill anyone,
        Sheriff."

                SHERIFF BURKE
        "We're gonna have to keep you, Billy. The
        governor's got SBI, FBI, and god knows
        who else on their way down here."

                BILLY
       " This is crazy. I didn't do it."

Sheriff Burke eyes him up and down, very carefully.

Tatum has joined Sidney and kat  The sheriff's door opens and Billy is
led out by a coupla UNIFORMS.  Burke and Dewey appear in the door
watching Tatum comfort kat so did sidney.

                DEWEY
        "That ghost mask is sold at both Kroger's
        and WalMart. Neither of which keep
        purchase records."

                SHERIFF BURKE
        "What about the cellular phone bill?"

                DEWEY
       " They're pulling Loomis' account. But
        it'll be morning before we see something.
        You think he did it?"

                SHERIFF BURKE
      "  Twenty years ago I woulda said not a
        chance. But these kids today...damn if I
        know."

                TATUM
        "Hey...Dewey. Can we go now?"

                DEWEY
       " Hold up a sec..."

                SHERIFF BURKE
       " She staying with you?:

                DEWEY
        "We haven't located her parents yet."

Tatum getting annoyed is staring to get to her
She just wants to have more fun and she is getting angry her grip on kat tightens around her waist kat groaned a little because of the pain Sidney turned to Tatum and Eyed her Tatum just stuck out her tounge,childy

Tatum then looked down at Kat, kat was just standing still zoning out.

Tatum got annoyed

                TATUM
       " Goddammit, Dewey!"

Dewey turns to her, his face red.

                DEWEY
       " What did Mama tell you? When I wear this
        badge you treat me like a man of the law."

                TATUM
        "I'm sorry, Deputy Dewey-boy but we're

        ready to go."

                SHERIFF BURKE
       " Use the back way. Avoid the circus."

The door opens and Sidney, Tatum, Dewey, Kat, and a coupla OFFICERS
exit avoiding the horde of REPORTERS that can be seen around the
corner waiting anxiously at the front entrance.

                DEWEY
        "I'll get the car. Wait here."

Dewey takes off.  From the darkness of the alley, Gale Weathers
appears with Kenny and his camera.  They've been waiting.

                GALE
       " Hello kat"

kat spins around to see Gale, standing, smiling at her.
Kat body tightens she looks up and sees Sidney her hands around her waist tightly like she is getting protected

                GALE
       " Some night. Are you alright?"

Gale looks up at sidney

Their eyes meet in cold familiar stare.  Sidney says nothing.
She's visibly shaking.

                GALE
        "What happened?"
Gale says looking down at Kat now

                TATUM
        S"he's not answering any questions. Just
        leave us alone, okay?"

                SIDNEY
       " It's okay, Tatum. She's just doing her
        job. Right, GALE?"

                GALE
        "Yes, that's right."

Dewey, in a squad car, turns into the alley and pulls up.  The
other news people have wisened up.  They begin to flock the alley.

                SIDNEY
        "How's the book?" Sidney then hands kat to Tatum, Kat then moves her face into tatums chest Tatum looked down to see Kat trembling
Tatum just smiled she finally had kat to herself for a few moments Tatum loves the way kat looked when she trembled she just wanted to-

                GALE
       " It'll be out later this year."

Sidney tries to contain herself..squeezing a clenched fist.

                SIDNEY
       " I'll look for it."

                GALE
       " I'll send you a copy."

In a blurred, unexpected instant, Sidney brings her fist forward,
SMASHING it hard into Gale Weathers's face.  The impact sends Gale
reeling backwards, knocking into Kenny as they both tumble to the
pavement.

ON SIDNEY...breathing deep, a sense of satisfaction on her face.

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