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MALLICK:

How are you, Lindsay?

Lindsay remains dazed, searching for an answer to such a

simple question.

MALLICK:

Anything I can get you?

Eventually Lindsay answers.

LINDSAY:

No, thank you.

MALLICK:

Up to answering a couple of

questions?

LINDSAY:

I’m still trying to get my head

round what happened.

MALLICK:

Of course. But no one seems to know

what you were up to out there ...

LINDSAY:

I’m not sure I do either.

Tension simmers below the surface -- Mallick doesn’t trust

her.

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MALLICK:

Wallis and Butler are dead. The

other two, they’re still trying to

save. Who are they?

LINDSAY:

I’m not clear yet on whether it’s

something I should be divulging.

MALLICK:

I’m your boss!

But she doesn’t answer and he knows why.

MALLICK:

I got your messages. Instead of

dropping me in it, if you’d given

me a minute to get back to you -

LINDSAY:

I gave you more than a minute. I

gave you twenty.

Glaring animosity, Mallick turns on his heel and exits.

Lindsay starts to tune back in to the sounds of the Emergency

Dept.

E.D. DOCTOR (O.S.)

(Remotely.)

BP unreadable, losing output.

Lindsay follows the voice, coming out of her cubicle, edging

towards a Resuscitation area. Various uniformed police hang

around nearby and in her line of sight.

LINDSAY’S POV:

Through slits in curtains/between partitions, she sees a

small medical team round one badly burned body (the Witness),

being ventilated, with tubes going in, and decent

haemodynamics on the monitor; round the next trolley, another

team make vain efforts to save the life of the other severely

burned patient (Akers).

Akers’ monitor flat-lines; an alarm kicks in.

E.D. DOCTOR

Everyone okay if we let her go?

The doctors all nod solemnly, knowing it’s a losing battle.

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Lindsay’s eyes fill up; she’s anguished beyond belief.

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122 EXT. LONG LANE. LATER THAT NIGHT.

The area is now a crime scene, sealed off by barriers,

attended by police and a fire engine. Akers’ vehicle is burntout with two bodies inside, Lindsay’s car is still up against

a tree.

Officers crawl over the scene, taking pictures, directingevidence gathering. Others huddle to discuss the operation,

among them Mallick.

JO DWYER (30s, civilian) comes out of Mallick’s huddle and

leaves the scene behind, coming to a cluster of TV newsvehicles.

JO:

Evidence recovery’s ongoing, so,

guys, please respect the limits ofthe cordon at all times. Our

forensic scene investigators havework lights. Talk to me if you needany lighting changes for yourshots. Also some of the guys arehappy to restage any action if youmiss it first time round. Our

Critical Incident Response is ledby Chief Superintendent RayMallick, and I’m pushing foravailability on camera.

The TV news crews don’t need asking twice. There’s a race forthem to get into the best positions and set up theirequipment.

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123 EXT. LONG LANE. MOMENTS LATER.

A liveried squad car pulls up.

DEPUTY CHIEF CONSTABLE DRYDEN gets out.

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