Menace
by DarkJade
Part I
Part II
PART III – ASSASSIN
THE FAR DESERT NEER-EN
Jon-Bar, and the young girl known only as ‘Menace’, make their way towards the Vilo Oasis, and at last water and shade.
As the hot Neer-En sun beats down upon them, Jon-Bar is sweating profusely…
But as he looks over at the girl, he notes that she is not sweating at all
Nor does she appear to be tired
What is this girl he thinks to himself
Suddenly, six riders can be seen up ahead, heading towards them
Jon-Bar begins waving his arms about, in order to get their attention, though they head directly towards them
“HERE! HELP US!” he bellows
“Marauders…” suddenly speaks the girl, which causes Jon-Bar to stop waving his arms
“Not possible… Not this close to the King’s road,” speaks Jon-Bar
But they are indeed marauders
VILO OASIS
MARAUDER CAMP
TWENTY FIVE MINUTES LATER
Jon-Bar is hanging by his feet from a palm tree some 80 feet from the marauder’s campfire
“I should never have spoke of their horses beauty…” speaks Jon-Bar in distress
Meanwhile, below him, hands still chained, sitting leaned up against the same tree, is the girl
“I found it quite clever,” she speaks
“Twas a feeble attempt of boot kissing… I am a bumbling fool… What was I thinking by defending you to the rest of the King’s Guard anyway, especially after what you’ve done… I could have been home by a fire, with my boots outside my door by now…” spoke Jon-Bar in self pity
The girl begins to tear up again
Jon-Bar takes notice, “Oh, no, I’m sorry Menace…” he speaks whilst still swinging from his feet
“I must have been a monster…” she states, emotions filling her voice
Suddenly she stands, “I will have them kill me straight away,” she says as she starts to make her way towards the marauder campfire
“NO! STOP!” says Jon-Bar in a loud enough whisper that she might here him, but they would not
With this she stops, and turns back towards him hanging there,”Menace? That’s my name?” she asks
“Well, no, I mean, maybe…” he replies
She then continues towards the campfire.
“NO, GIRL, STOP!” he tries once more, but it’s too late
“Ha! What have we here,” speaks one of the very drunk marauders as she enters the fire light
A blank look in her dark green eyes
“Come for an early death?” speaks another, stepping up behind her, grabbing her, and holding up a very large, curved, sharp knife to her throat
“NO!” speaks the leader suddenly.
“Swanterras will kill us if he finds out we’ve slayed such a prize as this one… She will fetch us a great bounty for her beauty, and rare dark green eyes,” he speaks
Her eyes look almost black at this point
“Very well,” speaks the marauder with the knife, and so he releases her
“I am bad… You must kill me before…” she speaks, but is interrupted
“MENACE!” Jon-Bar can be heard yelling
“Menace?” speaks the leader
FIVE MINUTES LATER
Menace is at the tree trying to cut down Jon-Bar, as in the distance the marauders can be seen riding off
“So they ride off when they hear my name…” she speaks with great sadness
WHAM! makes the sound of Jon-Bar as he falls onto the ground
The girl then takes his hands into hers, “You must tell me what it is that I’ve done Jon-Bar…” she emplores
Jon-Bar starts to shake his head, “Girl, I just can’t–” he starts to say when…
FOONK! an arrow strikes his chest
“JON-BAR! NO!” she yells, but it’s too late…
Jon-Bar is dead
From the shadows an assassin in all white, with a white hood suddenly appears, holding a bow in his hands, which he places on his back
“Time to leave…” he speaks in a hushed voice
She stands, “You’re going to have to kill me.”
With this he takes out a blow dart, and shoots her as he approaches
“UMPH!” is the only sound she makes as she begins to fall unconscious, but not before he can catch her, and throw her over his shoulder
FADE TO BLACK
DarkJade-
PICTURE CREDIT – White Assassin
Movie Scenes That Capture The Essence Of What I’m Shooting For With “White Jade”The First Scene Comes From “Blade Runner”
In This Next Scene From “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, The Tension Between Him And Her, And General Vibe Is One I’d Like With Naoko And Detective Ben Wayne
Next, The Tension And Mastery Of This “Dragon” Scene, Is One I’d Like In The Fights Scenes In “White Jade”, More Specifically The Scenes With Naoko
This Next Scene From “Collateral” Is The Kind Of ‘Club Vibe’ I’d Like For The Club Scene With Naoko In “White Jade”
And Here Are Some Scenes That Give The ‘Samurai’ Vibe I’d Like In The Samurai Scenes In “White Jade”
What I Want For People To Feel At The End Of This Story Is Hope
The Written Word 
