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Where are you?

Haha.

I'm not ready for you.

The grandson of Kwai Chang Kane walks out of the past.

But I want to fight.

So did your great -grandfather when he was your age.

He teaches his son wisdom at a Shaolin temple.

An evil force destroyed that temple. Father and son each believed the other

perished. Fifteen years later, they were reunited.

Now Cain faced new challenges.

And his son grew up.

Look, I'm not my father. I don't do kung fu. I'm a cop. That's who I am. That's

what I do.

I am Kane.

I will help you.

You are trouble, Kwai Ching Kane.

Yes.

The repairs on the quarters of the Kung Fu Academy

are finished now.

You can return anytime you wish.

Do you really wish to share your space with an old man?

I am quiet, but quite slovenly.

I will not be there unless you can help me. You are Shaolin.

There is no task you can undertake for which you need my counsel.

I am to fight a Chiwu master.

They are fear.

Phantoms.

Of the mind.

Demons of the soul.

Yes.

But this one is real.

I have seen him.

In a dream?

In a revelation.

A warning.

Why must you fight this devil?

There is a man.

I do not know him.

But I have been summoned.

To be his protector.

If you cannot help me, then I am alone.

How many death threats have you received, Everett? How many do I need

get police protection? I'm papering the bathroom now.

Have you ever received death threats before?

Only from the New York Times book critic.

That's enough, ladies and gentlemen. Mr. Cooper has no comment. No, no, no. Yes,

yes, I do. Yes, I do. I'm being stalked. I'm a target. Here.

Look at the cover of the book. Shadow Assassin.

It ain't about enchilada recipes.

It's about death.

Wait a minute, everybody.

I'm sorry. It's not you that I'm mad at.

Well, anyway, what are you doing today after reporting?

Just trying to beg for a date.

What are you making this for?

Publicity stunt.

Yeah, but what if it isn't? He winds up face down in an alley.

We're going to look very bad on the front page. No, no, no. I think that's

coming right around the corner of me.

There's a book signing over at Fairmont Street this afternoon.

You're going to check it out.

For what? Ninjas hiding behind the shelves? Phantoms creeping out of the

shadows? One never knows.

You just make an appearance.

You reassure our illustrious author that you represent the city spot.

I'm giving you a new partner, by the way.

I just transferred over from the 6 -6.

Tough, sassy material.

I think you'll find a way to handle him.

Detective Blakemore, we would all like to welcome you to the 101.

Well, all together, or can I thank you one by one?

Be careful, sir. Don't let the smart mouth and the curves fool you. Inside,

she's straight as an arrow.

Damn it, Kane.

You get better looking every time I see you. Think it the truth.

Oh, and that ingenuous modesty can melt a girl's heart every time. Well, it

never worked for yours.

Well, that's because mine's made of tempered steel.

I've decided I'm going to donate mine to Gillette when I die.

Well, obviously, you two don't need any introductions.

I'll just go on with it.

Fight some crime.

Catch you later.

Yeah.

So, what happened to the 66?

Basically, I got tired of hauling in drugs, scumming it out on the streets

in five minutes.

I know how you feel.

It's good to see you again.

Yeah, you too.

Well, Kira, do I detect a crack in the facade?

Don't tell anyone, but I'm still working on the I may be a woman, but I'm one

hell of a tough cop routine.

So, uh, what makes you think it's gonna be any better here at the 101?

I don't know. You got Chinatown, you got Park, all the pot dogs, and you got

Holt's Couture Shopping. Hey, I'm glad you're looking for culture, partner,

because we got one chic assignment.

Book signing.

Make sure your gun's loaded.

This could be very, very dangerous.

I enjoyed your book.

It was stimulating and informative and provocative.

It was just a dust jam.

It kept me awake all night.

Well, Hartburn and every Cooper novel will do it to you every time. It was a

pleasure. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Good charming. Keep it charming. You're doing my best.

Well, you look good. The horse must agree with you. Why don't we use you for

the material trappings, you know? The Mercedes, the house, the lawnmower, the

children.

Give me a good advance on the Shadow Assassin sequel, will you? I'll do what

can. I'll do what I can.

No worries. I just want to get out of here when I can. I gotta... I'm truly...

Truly what?

Divine.

Yes, you certainly are.

Have you read my book?

How do you sleep at night?

Naked. With the window open.

One sheet.

That's not exactly what I meant.

You see, the book is provocative.

No one wants to believe that shadows have form and that phantoms kill.

Perhaps I shouldn't sleep alone?

Well, can I get back to the sleeping alone thing?

Oh, Mr. Cooper.

I'm Detective Kane of Detective Blakemore. Great, great, great. Finally,

someone's listening.

I want to get you my schedule for the rest of the week.

Do you trade off?

Who gets nights?

We draw straws, and a loser takes nights.

Mr. Cooper, just here to check out the party for you.

And if you have one of these threatening letters that you've received, I'd like

to run it through forensic.

I tore them up.

What?

What, I might get a slow moment, read them again, brighten my day? Everett.

Excuse me, Everett, let me introduce you to Kerry Butler with our New York

publishing house. Now, how would you like to have a book launching on Fifth

Avenue? Are you kidding? I'm a New York boy.

Come here.

Hey, don't go too far. We're like glue, right?

Right?

Am I right?

Glue. Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah.

Everett, Kerry Butler.

Brooklyn! The next death threat is going to come from me.

Champagne? Champagne?

One time, this little Puerto Rican kid was running down the street and he went,

Mira, don't touch my ball! And eight car alarms went off.

Well, you had to be there. Yeah, you know why they never could bomb New York?

Because anything shiny, before it hit the ground, it would be dripping.

Is it something I've been told? I'm not sure.

Whoa,

whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Exotic. Where do you think I found him? Huh? The

China Boat restaurant serving dim sum?

This is the world's leading authority on Shaolin teachings. Over 6 ,000 hours of

intensive training.

A man who can kill you with his thoughts?

I don't know. I don't believe in that kind of logic.

When did you get a father?

Long story.

Excuse me. Lehi, what's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost.

No, not a ghost.

Here. I gotta get some air.

Are you all right? Yeah, I'm okay. Don't worry.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

uh oh

That's good.

Yes.

But not good enough.

I have no wallet.

Please.

I wish you no malice.

You have no place to go?

Sure. I got my pick of any street I want.

Oh, yes.

That is where I've seen you.

On the street in Chinatown.

Not just there.

I live in very good neighborhoods.

Just give me a cardboard box and a candle and I'll be happy.

I have a studio.

I could offer you shelter.

I know the name of that tune.

Rent's real cheap, but it comes out of my body.

No.

No rent.

Merely shelter.

Ariel. It's a nickname, like the character in The Tempest. You know?

Good old Will Shakespeare.

I'm a spirit.

I move in and out of shadows.

I'm magic.

As we all are.

Well, from the moment I'm going to call it a homicidal, I guess it's because of

that.

Take a look at this thing on his forehead.

Tell me what you make of that.

Some kind of religious cult?

Daughters of Satan, the followers of Rameses or something?

Yeah, it could be.

I don't know who ever did this.

Wanted to know who it was or at least what he represents.

I've seen this before.

Where? When?

I don't know.

When I was a kid or something.

Give me that. Sure. What does it stand for?

Pestilence. Leg.

Harrison!

What's going on? What are you, selling tickets?

Everybody's coming down here to view the body one by one. Get them out!

It's a gentle person I've never known.

What happened to him?

It's just a mug.

What's that on his forehead?

That. It's right there. What's that?

It's the mark of a shadow assassin.

Right? Am I right?

It's the book.

Anybody connected with the book is going to die.

So maybe now you'll believe me.

You have a new friend?

Yes.

You have cake?

Or you a wallet?

Hey, I must be better known than I thought.

I know you too.

You're the ancient.

Your building was torched.

Anyway, I don't steal no more.

Yes, you do.

You steal for the others.

You bring them food, you give them clothes.

Now you must do something for yourself.

So must you, Kuai -Cheng -Keng.

I will teach you all that I know, all that I can to prepare

you for this fight.

But it may not be enough.

It is enough that you offer, my friend.

Hey, what are you doing here?

Glue.

I'm sticking to you like glue.

I'm in your hip pocket.

I'm being stalked, you're being stalked.

It's a buddy thing.

Well, you're going to have to make a statement at the precinct.

I've made hundreds of statements. No one's listening.

I'll talk while you drive.

You're in charge of the case, right?

Right? Am I right?

Right.

All your senses, all your instincts, forget them.

You must learn them as new.

Behind you, Kwai Chung -ki.

You must know what is shadow and what is

substance.

All things seem to be shadow.

Yes. You must sense the shape behind it.

The Chiru Master is never where you expect him.

He is smoke.

He is...

Allusion.

Listen, I think it's great that you come and visit your father, but aren't we

talking about life and death here?

My life, my death.

He may be able to help us.

He?

Who?

Gandhi?

He's the only person I can imagine that could live here.

Weird father.

You have had a bad dream?

No.

Something was here.

In the room with me.

A shadow moved.

In your imagination.

No. No.

I saw it.

It was the dragon's head.

Teeth. Beard.

Hey, listen.

You're the cop.

You're investigating a murder. How you do it is your business. I'm just tagging

along because I'm scared.

Talking to your father is going to help. I'm with you.

Where do we look?

We started one out of Chinatown. Keep asking till we find him.

Grab your father. He looks a little oriental. Oh, very helpful.

Oh, my God.

Do you see him?

Where'd you get this coat?

I didn't steal it. He gave it to me.

The priest.

Because I ain't got no coat, not one without holes that a rat can climb in.

Put the gun away.

It frightened me.

How do you know him?

I live with him.

Oh. Run that by me again?

I have no place to go. He took me in.

So where is he now? He took off with some old guy. Really old. Like he came

of some tomb.

He was teaching him how to fight?

The ancient was going to teach my father how to fight?

He's your father?

Wow.

That's cool.

Where is he?

He said I could meet him at a cafe, the Golden Dragon.

I was on my way there when he grabbed me.

When did you start picking up waifs?

Oh, she had nowhere to go. I know, I know. I am Kane.

Come to Chinatown, I will help you.

Listen, this is Everett Cooper, the author.

Hey, how you doing?

I can't.

Or both of us.

I'm investigating a homicide.

Mr. Cooper's researcher.

He worked on this book.

It's supposed to reveal secrets about shadow assassins and forbidden cults.

But like Solomon Rushdie's Satanic Verses, I think he may have offended the

wrong people.

Yes.

He has.

Legends, you know.

Throw in a few facts, thread in some romance, a little gratuitous sex and

violence, and boom, you're on the New York Times bestseller list.

Who knows where myth ends and reality begins, right?

I think the killer's a little more than myth.

This mark was found on my victim's forehead.

Your murderer is Chiru.

I want someone who can kill somebody with their thought.

Nobody can do that. Not even a Shaolin priest.

Shibu is not Shaolin.

It is a separate sect, a renegade order,

which we speak of only in a whisper.

So there's no defense against the Abbasid?

If you fight him, you die?

So, I am in danger, right?

Anyone who has any contact whatsoever with this book is

in danger.

Okay, so this is some wacko posing as Everett's shadow assassin.

I'll give me something to work with.

I'm taking you home, Everett.

Don't worry. There'll be another police officer there to take my place when I

leave.

Can I stay with you?

I would just feel safer with you.

You must go with my son for now.

But I will be close to you.

Come on, Everett.

Everett.

Hey.

Are you okay?

The waif, uh... She said the ancient was teaching you how to fight. What's that

about?

Survival.

I don't understand you.

I'm working on it, but... I guess I got a lot to learn, huh?

Well, I don't remember what real beauty looks like anymore. It's certainly not

out on the streets.

Sure it is.

Sure it is. That's what my father would say.

It is there to be discovered. One must simply look.

How is the reunion going?

It's hard to say.

He lives in another world.

A world that I was a part of at one time, but I've become a stranger to.

I thought I had my foot in the door again, but... But you were wrong.

I just can't find... I can't find the right words to say to him.

Like, this afternoon, he was aloof, distant. Like, there was something...

something on his mind that he just couldn't talk about.

Peter, I mean, we all go through that. You know that.

No, but this was important.

I could feel that this was important.

But he just won't give me anything. He won't reach out.

Well, then maybe you'll have to do the reaching out.

You know something?

You having a father again has made quite a change in you.

Hmm?

How you doing?

Hope I'm not disturbing dinner.

Now, you're finished.

I'm supposed to get round -the -clock protection.

Guy leaves it thick, they send Doogie Howser to relieve him.

This kid isn't even shaving yet.

Anyway, overheard you guys making a date in the alleyway.

Nice place.

It's good.

So, any real leads on the killer yet?

Dinner was great, and the company was even better. Thanks.

I get a feel like a creep sending you home.

Not if you send me to your home.

Hey, I'll stay in the kitchen. I don't have

to worry about a shadow of a chance when I'll die right here in an alley.

Now, if we can just move that energy into a new direction.

Call it in, please.

Can I have your handcuffs?

Yes, ma 'am.

I'm

going

to go get Peter, all right?

Yeah, 33.

Officer needs assistance in the alleyway south end of Magnolia.

Peter. It's a man.

Yeah, King.

No!

Your enemy will be all around you.

But this only one is real.

Know him, feel him, and find him.

Better.

If that had been Chiru... I'd

be dead.

I'll see you later.

How was it? Cops funeral, huh?

more poignant because it's a woman who died in the light of duty.

Every cop there stands and looks down on the grave and sees himself being alone

in that cup.

That's why I didn't go.

I buried my father like that.

How's Peter taking it?

About as badly as I've ever seen him taking it.

Nikki, what do you got in the autopsy?

Poison.

Poison? That's right. In both bodies? What kind of poison?

Very exotic and traceable. Well, never mind how exotic and virtually

it is. It's a root herb.

Derived from a root herb?

Okay, Nikki, Nikki, thank you. You're the greatest.

I was waiting for you.

I know.

But I have not come for you.

As the author Everett Cooper, he is the one I seek.

He meant you no harm.

He betrayed the secrets.

The secrets he learned.

He did not believe in them.

He will now.

Do not interfere.

There is no reason for you to die.

There is always...

A reason to die.

Your grandfather wore his bleeding heart on his shirt sleeve.

This is another era.

How many more die?

It will end with the author.

Bring him to me.

There's an abandoned steel mill on the lake.

I will have it prepared.

Midnight tonight.

Then leave.

I cannot do that.

Even though you are a holy man, I bear you no malice.

But if you stand in my way, I will kill you.

Right. Cops.

Can't trust them.

Took away my protection this morning.

So I came here.

I didn't know what else to do.

If you had not found me, I would have found you.

We must face our destinies together.

Tonight.

Couldn't I just go to Pittsburgh?

You have come to talk to me of poison.

Yes.

How did you know that?

You must warn your father.

I swore to him I would not reveal his secret, but I cannot let him

die.

What are you talking about?

That he rule, master.

Your father engages with him in...

Mortal combat.

Tonight.

Where's Everett?

Waiting for me.

No.

He's waiting for us.

The ancient told me what's going on.

You're not going after a serial killer by yourself.

He is.

Chiru.

Uses poison.

That's how he killed his victims.

Or is that how all Chirus kill their victims?

The method of death is not important.

Chiru uses deception to confuse and disorient.

Well, maybe a bullet will stop him.

No, I must go alone.

Can't let that happen.

Tell me where and when.

No matter what happens, you're the hero of my next book.

I am honored.

Wait here.

Hey, tell me what my father's got.

There is nothing that you can do, nothing more I can do.

He must face his destiny.

I haven't waited 15 years to find my father and lose him again.

If he's going to die, then I'm going to go too.

And the shadow assassin can kill me.

Now you tell me where he is.

You have brought the author?

Yes.

But you may not have him. Are you his champion?

I am.

Then you must die also.

I'm right here in front of you.

Over here. Over here.

Try again.

Try again.

Here's my shot. Here's my shot. Here's my shot.

Awareness. Awareness.

Awareness.

Behind you.

Behind you.

You okay?

Where is he? He's gone!

The man who saved me is a very special human being.

Uh... Kwai Chang Kane, if you're watching...

Shadow Assassin sequel is about you.

You're probably not watching, and you don't watch the stuff.

You're probably home making a flute.

Anyway, that's it.

You're going to be the subject of his next book?

Perhaps.

You know, you defeated a man last night, not a phantom.

He was a killer.

Died by his own hand.

He just crawled off to die.

But we'll find him.

You must remember that legends begin with truth.

Well, the ancients said that if you defeated Shuru, you'd become a master.

that true?

Well, he's very old.

I'm ready for my lesson.

He's going to teach me Kung Fu.

Hey.

You know, Pop, maybe... Dad.

Maybe I'm ready for some lessons.

When you are.

I will return.