The Darkness of Humanity
[Deep night - Shadow standing on high cliff, moonlight casting his silhouette. Lunara visible far below at forest edge, fear in her posture]
SHADOW (thinking): She wants to enter the human world... but fear has trapped her.
[Behind Shadow - RAGECLAW emerges from shadows with three elite wolves: BLOODFANG, IRONCLAW, and NIGHTSHADE]
RAGECLAW: "Alpha, are you really going after that foolish girl?"
[Shadow turns, eyes blazing with anger, advancing toward Rageclaw]
SHADOW: "Looks like you don't value your life... having the courage to stand near Shadow."
[Rageclaw backing up slightly]
RAGECLAW: "Right now our Alpha is in love with a wolf, I've never seen this before."
[Shadow's cold stare]SHADOW: "I'm not going after anyone. I'm repaying a debt."
[Rageclaw challenging]RAGECLAW: "Whose debt? That deer's? We are wolves, Shadow. We are hunters. Our job is to kill, not to save."
[Close-up of Shadow's eyes - red, not from anger... from pain]
SHADOW: "When hunters killed my mother, no one came. I was alone. Perhaps this is the right moment for revenge."
[Bloodfang steps forward]BLOODFANG: "If you're going, then we're coming too. The pack stays together."
[Shadow nods grimly]SHADOW: "Fine. If you have a death wish, come along."
SFX:WHOOOOSH (wind sound)
🏘️: THE VILLAGE THRESHOLD
[Dawn breaking - Shadow and pack reaching village outskirts. Lunara sees them, shocked]
LUNARA: "You... you all...here?"
[Shadow, rude tone]SHADOW: "Shut up. We didn't come to help you. Just to see where your Death Bodies falls."
[Lunara smiles knowingly]LUNARA (thinking): I understand...
[Wide shot - Village gates with HUGE BANNERS]
BANNER TEXT: "⚠️ DEMON WOLF ALERT - SHOOT ON SIGHT - ₹50 LAKH REWARD ⚠️"
IRONCLAW: "This is a suicide mission."
[Shadow's cold response]SHADOW: "Then go back. I didn't force anyone."
SFX:silence
[None of them move]
[Old broken house basement - dark, cold. The wolves hiding inside]
[Nightshade covering nose]NIGHTSHADE: "Where is this stench coming from?"
[Shadow's gaze moves across basement - corner reveals DEER SKELETON surrounded by dried blood]
BLOODFANG: "This one... got caught in a trap. And here... alone... died suffering."
[Lunara approaches skeleton, bows head in respect]
LUNARA (silent): "Perhaps this was someone's mother. Or someone's child."
[Shadow stares at skeleton, silent]
[Above - FOOTSTEPS. Hunters passing by the house]
SFX:THUD THUD THUD
[Hunters' conversation - visible through cracks]
HUNTER 1: "We need to find that Demon Wolf. Boss said - 50 lakhs. Alive 20 lakhs, dead."
[Another hunter]HUNTER 2: "He's so vicious that if we see him, shoot immediately. No questions."]
[Shadow's body tensing, teeth clenching]SHADOW: "For money... only for money..."
RAGECLAW: "Shadow... control yourself."
[Flashback Memory - young Shadow's mother] MOTHER'S VOICE: "Run, Shadow! Run!"
[Flashback - GUNSHOT]
SFX:DHISHOOM!
[Flashback - mother falling]MOTHER: "Shhhadowwww..."
[Present - Shadow closes eyes in pain]SHADOW: "I... I didn't run. I was afraid."
[Night falls - pitch black. Shadow gathering his pack]
[Shadow addressing group]SHADOW: "Lunara, you'll stay here. We'll go inside. Find Nixara. If we find her, we extract quietly. If not... we still come back. No fighting."
[Rageclaw questions] RAGECLAW: "And if we get caught?"
[Shadow takes deep breath]SHADOW: "Then... I'll cover you. You all run."
[Lunara protests]LUNARA: "I'm coming too."
[Shadow firm]SHADOW: "No. You stay here."
[Lunara angry]LUNARA: "She's MY daughter! What right do you have to stop me?"
[Shadow looks into her eyes]SHADOW: "She's your daughter, that's why I'm saying this. If you die, what happens to Nixara? I can take the risk alone. You can't."
[Lunara's anger fades, speechless]
[The wolves moving through village - shadows against shadows]
SFX:silent movement
[Village - lights everywhere, but deep shadows remain]
[They spot large warehouse - animal screams coming from inside]
SFX:distant animal cries
[Shadow signals with gesture] SHADOW (gesture): "There."
[Five wolves moving along wall toward warehouse]
[Inside warehouse - rows of CAGES. Various animals - deer, foxes, bears, and a small wolf cub cage]
[But the cub is NOT Nixara]
[Bloodfang whispers]BLOODFANG: "Shadow... many children here. But not Nixara."
[Shadow checking every cage frantically]
[Suddenly - BLOODFANG'S PAW steps on something]
SFX:KHATAK!
[Trap activates - steel blades SHOOT OUT]
SFX:DHISHHH!
[Blades pierce Bloodfang's leg]BLOODFANG: "AAAAHHHHH!"
[His scream echoes through village]
[Alarm triggers]
SFX:WEEN WEEN WEEN!
[Hunters running toward warehouse, guns ready]
[Shadow shouting]SHADOW: "RUN! EVERYONE RUN!"
[Shadow trying to free Bloodfang from trap - too tight]
[Hunter aiming]HUNTER 1: "DEMON WOLF! THERE! SHOOT!"
[Bullets flying]
SFX:TAK TAK TAK TAK!
[Shadow grabs Bloodfang with teeth, PULLS hard]
SFX:RIIIIIP
[Trap breaks - Bloodfang's leg badly wounded, bleeding]
[Rageclaw and Ironclaw providing cover - pouncing on hunters]
[But hunters are many, with SILVER BULLETS]
[Silver bullet hits Ironclaw's shoulder]
IRONCLAW: "AHHHH!"
[Nightshade attacks hunter - tears throat]
SFX:blood spray
[More hunters arriving]
[Shadow sees - LUNARA also arrived, fighting a hunter]
[Shadow furious]
SHADOW: "LUNARA! I TOLD YOU NO!"
[Hunter throws STEEL NET over Lunara - net has spikes]
SFX:WHOOSH - CLANG
[Lunara falls, net tightening around her]
[Hunter Boss laughing]
HUNTER BOSS: "Got her! We'll catch this one alive and sell her to the boss. She'll fetch good price too."
[Boss aims gun at Lunara's head]
[Shadow watching - something inside him BREAKS]
[Flashback - mother's voice]MOTHER: "Run, Shadow!"
[Present - Shadow's eyes turn RED & Don't run Shadow this time..]
[Black smoke emanating from Shadow's body - pure RAGE, not magic]
[Hunter Boss shocked]
HUNTER BOSS: "What... what is that?"
[Shadow releases massive ROAR]
SHADOW: "AAAAAOOOOOOOO!"
SFX:earth-shaking howl
[Shadow POUNCES]
[First hunter - Shadow's claws tear through chest]
SFX:SLASH
[Hunter's chest ripped open - he falls]
[Second hunter fires gun]
SFX:BANG
[Shadow DODGES mid-air, grabs hunter's neck with teeth]
[One violent jerk - throat torn]
SFX:SNAP
[Third hunter shoots silver arrow - hits Shadow's shoulder]
[But Shadow DOESN'T STOP]
[Shadow pulls arrow out with teeth, SPITS it]
[Attacks third hunter's face - claws rake across eyes]
SFX:SHRRRIP
[Fourth hunter...]
[Fifth hunter...]
[One by one... all fall]
[Warehouse now silent - only blood and bodies remain]
[Shadow standing in center, covered head to toe in blood. Heavy breathing. Eyes still red]
[Rageclaw approaching carefully, fearful]RAGECLAW: "Shadow... are... are you okay?"
[Shadow says nothing - walks to Lunara, cuts net with claws]
[Lunara emerges, staring at Shadow - mixture of fear and respect]
[Lunara silent]
LUNARA (thinking): You... you did this for me...
[Shadow, exhausted voice]
SHADOW: "Quiet. Just... be quiet."
[They search every corner of warehouse]
[Still no Nixara]
[Ironclaw spots DYING HUNTER lying in his own blood]
[Shadow approaches, places paw on hunter's chest]
[Shadow roaring]
SHADOW: "Where is the small wolf? SPEAK!"
[Hunter, weak voice]
HUNTER: "W-which wolf?"
[Shadow pressing harder]
SHADOW: "The child! Caught three days ago! TELL ME!"
[Hunter laughing while coughing blood]
HUNTER: "O-ohhh... that one? Sh-she was... loaded onto cargo ship yesterday... Singapore..."
[Shadow's heart sinks]
SHADOW: "What?"
[Hunter dying, still laughing]
HUNTER: "B-boss said... a rich collector... will pay ₹2 crores... for that child... for his zoo... hehe... you all... you're just... th-things... o-objects..."
[Hunter dies]
SFX:final breath
[Shadow stands silent for moment]
[Shadow speaks softly]
SHADOW: "They don't kill to eat. They kill for sport, for gold. To them, we are just objects."
[Lunara collapses, sobbing violently]
[Lunara crying]
LUNARA: "My child... my Nixara... she... she must be alone... scared... NIXARAAAA!"
[Her scream echoes through the night]
SFX:echo... echo...
[Shadow approaches, places paw on her head]
[Shadow, firm voice]
SHADOW: "She's still alive. If she's alive, we can save her."
[Lunara, through tears]
LUNARA: "H-how? She's... across the ocean... Singapore..."
[Shadow looks into her eyes - his eyes still red, but now with DETERMINATION]
SHADOW: "Then we cross the ocean."
[Lunara shocked]
LUNARA: "What?"
[Shadow continues]
SHADOW: "Listen. If humans can cross oceans for their money... why can't we for our family?"
[Rageclaw steps forward]
RAGECLAW: "Shadow... this is impossible. We're jungle animals. We can't go that far..."
[Shadow ROARS]
SHADOW: "THEN IT'S TIME TO LEAVE THE JUNGLE! We... we're not just hunters. We... we know how to live. How to love. And how to fight for our own."
[Shadow turns to Lunara]
SHADOW: "I won't run away again. This time... this time I'm with you. Until Nixara is back in your arms."
[Lunara's eyes fill with tears again - but hopeful tears]
[Shadow extends his paw forward. Lunara does the same]
[Lunara, crying]
RAGECLAW: "The pack stays together. We're coming too."
BLOODFANG: "Even if we must die."
IRONCLAW: "Whether Singapore or anywhere else."
NIGHTSHADE: "We're with you, Alpha."
[Shadow looks up at sky - moonlight, black night]
[Shadow, softly]
SHADOW: "The world of humans... we're coming. And this time... we won't fear you."
[Far away... Singapore luxury zoo - sterile, cold]
[Small WOLF CUB sitting alone, crying. Steel walls surround her]
[She's remembering her mother]
NIXARA: "Mumma... where are you... save me..."
[Outside - RICH COLLECTOR talking to guards]
[Collector's order]
COLLECTOR: "Keep this wolf cub well-maintained. She's very rare. If she dies... you all die too."
[Split panel - Nixara crying on one side, Shadow's determined face on other]
TITLE CARD:
Will Shadow and Lunara reach Singapore?
Will they save Nixara?
And... will they return alive?
THE HUNT BEGINS... 🐺🌊
END OF CHAPTER 2