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phone, checking it, but looks round sharply when one of the hangars on the rail falls to the
floor. Sherlock ducks down. The Opera Singer walks toward the rail and Sherlock crouches even
lower but she continues on and leaves the stage. Sherlock looks down and sees a bag on the
floor near his feet. Flipping it open, he finds several spray cans inside. He picks up one of them
and sees that it is labelled “Michigan.” A yellow band is across the bottom of the can denoting
the colour of the paint.)
SHERLOCK (softly, in a sing-song voice): Found you.
(Standing up, he pushes through the clothes on the rail and walks over to the mirrors on the
dressing table, shaking up the can as he goes. He bends down and sprays a single almost-
horizontal yellow line across one of the mirrors. As he looks at it, the warrior’s costume behind
him starts to move. Frowning, he turns around and realises that the costume is no longer on a
stand and now has a man inside it. The man charges forward, lashing out at him repeatedly
with a large knife. Sherlock ducks backwards to avoid the blows as the warrior presses forward.
Outside, John and Sarah are still watching the acrobat. On the other side of the circle, the
closed curtains on the stage begin to billow in one particular place. John frowns at the curtains
for a moment but is then distracted back to the acrobat.
On the stage, Sherlock uses the can he’s holding as a bit of a weapon, using it to block a blow
from the warrior, ducking below the next swing of the man’s knife, then clouting the can across
the man’s elbow. The warrior responds by kicking him hard in the stomach.
Outside, the acrobat does a dramatic roll down the bands. The audience applauds. Unnoticed,
the curtains billow even more.
The warrior grabs Sherlock by the throat but drops his knife in the process. Sherlock lashes the
man’s hand away from the neck and then sprays the can directly into his masked face before
bundling into him and shoving him away firmly. The warrior falls onto his back but uses his
momentum to raise his legs and then roll forward and flip to his feet again. He takes a flying
leap at Sherlock, spinning as he goes and his feet hit him in the chest. Sherlock is propelled
backwards through the curtains, straight over the edge of the stage and onto the floor a few
feet below. Crashing onto his back, he struggles to get upright again but is too winded and can’t
move much as the warrior comes flying out of the curtains and onto the floor in front of him.
John is on the move straightaway, running towards the warrior as he raises a knife and
prepares to plunge it downwards. John charges straight into him, pushing him back against the
edge of the stage but the warrior lashes out with one foot, sending John stumbling across the
room.
Nearby, as the audience flees, the acrobat takes off his mask, takes one look at the fight and
decides he wants no part of it, running off. Only one person is heading towards the fight and
that’s Sarah, who has pulled the large arrow from the painted board and comes charging across
the hall while John is still stumbling across the floor trying to catch his balance and the warrior
heads towards Sherlock who is still lying on the floor winded – and the warrior now has a wide-
bladed sword in one hand. As he raises the sword above his head, his concentration focussed on
delivering the killing blow to the man at his feet, Sarah races across the floor and slams one
end of the arrow over the top of the warrior’s head. He cries out in pain and before he can react
or retaliate she swings the arrow sideways and smashes it across his ribs. She instantly delivers
a second blow to the same area and he falls to the ground, grunting and almost unconscious.
As Sarah straightens up, breathless, Sherlock finally gets off his lazy arse sits up and leans
forward to the warrior’s right foot, pulling off his shoe to reveal a Tong tattoo on his heel. John
has finally managed to turn around, though he’s almost doubled over in pain and is still trying
to catch his breath. As Sherlock scrambles to his feet John grabs Sarah’s hand and starts to pull
her towards the exit.)
JOHN (almost voicelessly): Come on.
(Sherlock races off ahead of them.)
SHERLOCK: Come on! Let’s go!

NEW SCOTLAND YARD. D.I. Dimmock storms into the office, followed by the boys and a rather
bewildered Sarah. Dimmock is clearly not in a good mood.
DIMMOCK: I sent a couple of cars. The old hall is totally deserted.
SHERLOCK: Look, I saw the mark at the circus – that tattoo that we saw on the two bodies: the
mark of the Tong.
(Dimmock has reached his desk and has turned to face the others.)
JOHN: Lukis and Van Coon were part of a-a smuggling operation. Now, one of them stole
something when they were in China; something valuable.
SHERLOCK: These circus performers were gang members sent here to get it back.

Transcripts by Ariane DeVere (arianedevere@livejournal.com)