-Handymen: Hello, citizens of Autodale.
This public service announcement is following...
ludicrous concerns and whisperings we've been hearing of late.
Silly claims of monsters, of...
unsightly and loathsome things living within our city.
There are no monsters here, citizens.
Not in Autodale.
The Great Walls of Autodale are as impenetrable as the very Handymen who stand upon them.
Nothing gets in, nothing gets out.
Remember, citizens:
Autodale is our home. Autodale is protected.
And Autodale...
...is safe.
[Girl giggles]
[Metal clanging softly]
[Freak growls quietly]
[Girl gasps]
[Freak growls inquisitively]
[Metal clanging]
[Girl gasps]
[Metal clanging]
[Metal clanging loudly]
[Girl gasps]
[Thump]
[Thunder clapping]
-Handymen: Greetings, Friendly Shadow!
-Do try to stay out of trouble this time.
-FS: Save it.
Let me in.
-Handymen: Saving it.
-Talkative as ever, Shadow.
-Letting you in.
-FS: Hive?
What do we know?
-Hive: Not a lot.
Screaming was heard; a man.
Two Handymen were attracted to the scene and, as you can see,
all three were obliterated.
It would seem we have another breach.
-FS: So another Freak got in?
-Hive: It would seem so. Whatever it was,
it tore through a fighting-fit young man and two fully functional Handymen -
- the latter of which the Mayor was 𝘯𝘰𝘵 very pleased to hear.
Pillars of protection, and all that...
we can't have them be seen in pieces, can we?
-FS: The victim,
is... this his home?
-Hive: Yes.
He belongs to a family of five.
His wife and his two sons hid in the house during the ruckus, and they're waiting for you inside.
The couple's third child, though - their daughter - she was in the thick of it.
And she's missing.
-FS: She doesn't...
Draw it like a monster.
-Hive: Her parents, though...
oh, my.
[Clock ticking]
-Mother: Oh, please forgive them.
I was scared of you too when I was a kid.
In all the comic books and films, I mean.
You're not so scary in person.
You look different without the coat.
-FS: Right.
Ma'am...
can you tell me... anything about what happened?
What did you see?
-Mother: Nothing.
I took the boys and we ran.
We hid in the house.
-Okay.
-𝘔𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵...
...thinks he saw it.
He only caught a glimpse of the thing.
And I-I 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 it's silly, but...
This.
It looked like this.
-Hive: Oh, my...
At least the Handymen put up 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 fight.
Shadow...
we know very little about these creatures.
Even with one so wounded...
do be careful.
-FS: Hive, there's a little girl down there, I think we should-
-Hive: Oh...
Bless your little heart.
Please do not let your tabloid heroics dilute your purpose, Shadow.
The child is dead. You're here to- -FS: Hive.
-This 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 one of your cartoons, Shadow. There aren't always happy endings.
The girl is not your priority. What we need from you is that beast.
Whatever is left of it, that is.
-FS: Right.
If your daughter's alive, I 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 bring her back.
She'll be joining her brothers, and we'll keep them safe.
But...
not you.
After what happened here...
You're going to be taken away. And you're-
-Mother: I know.
My daughter's... been taken.
And my husband's dead, I-...
I...
...failed.
-Um...
I'm sorry.
-Mother: Just...
Promise me my daughter will be okay.
-FS: ...If your daughter's alive, I'll-
-Mother: No.
Promise me she'll be okay 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 you save her.
Promise me she'll be joining her brothers, and not me.
Please.
-I promise.
-You're a lot less scary without the coat.
[Light thunderstorm]
[Gun crackling]
[Small thump]
[Small thump] [Dripping, creaking]
[Footsteps]
[Footsteps] [Gun buzzing]
[Fluid dripping]
[Freak inhales]
[Freak inhales] [Gun crackling, buzzing]
-Hive: Leave it, Shadow.
The creature is of more use to us alive.
[Gun crackles]
Find the girl.
[Freak inhales, growls]
Oh, my...
[Shadow gasps]
-Shadow...
-FS: I know.
How... long... has she been down here, Hive?
-Hive: It couldn't have been more than an hour.
-FS: It... looks like she's been here for weeks.
-Hive:That doesn't make any sense.
-FS: Hey. It's okay.
Now, I... I promised a real respectable lady upstairs
that I'd bring you back in one piece.
So... come on.
-Hive: Shadow, we have a problem! The drawings on the wall, left side, there.
[Gun crackling, buzzing]
[Freak growls curiously]
[Freak growls curiously] [Gun crackling]
[Girl gasps]
[Shadow grunts] [Freak roars]
[Crashing, tumbling, Shadow groans]
[Freak roars]
[Arm clatters]
[Shadow grunts]
[Sparking noises]
[Freak roars]
[Girl gasps]
[Sparking noises]
[Sparking noises, gun crackling and banging]
[Gun banging]
[Gun banging] [Freak screams]
[Gun banging, Freak whimpers]
[Gun whirring loudly]
[Gun whirring loudly] [Freak roars]
[Gun banging]
[Gun banging] [Freak falls over]
[Gun banging]
[Freak whimpers, snorts]
[Freak whimpers]
[Sparking noises, footsteps]
[Freak snorts]
[Gun bangs]
[Girl gasps]
[Freak growls, gun buzzing]
[Freak hisses, groans]
-FS: The girl's not the artist, Hive.
She's only been here an hour.
This is his room.
These are his drawings.
-Hive: Fascinating.
There is far more to these creatures than we thought.
-FS: The kids have been meeting up for weeks.
Playing together...
drawing pictures...
until their parents found out.
-Hive: To see the world through this monster's eyes...
A rather warped perception of reality,
don't you think?
[Shadow groans, quiet electric sparks]
-FS: What will happen to the kid?
-Hive: Oh, everything. Experiments, tests...
we know very little about these creatures. To have one so-
-FS: The girl.
-Hive: Shadow.
She has a widowed mother, she belongs to a now broken family -
- Not to mention being affiliated with gruesome monsters -
𝘈𝘯𝘥 is likely traumatised beyond all future societal function!
There are no fosters for this one, Shadow.
She will not be joining her brothers, if that's what you're asking.
I'm sorry, but you're going to have to break your promise.
-FS: Right.
[Television clicks, whirrs]
-TV: Get ready, citizens of Autodale,
for our Shady Protector is at it again.
You've heard the whisperings, and you've spread your concerns,
so Autodale welcomes you now
to the Friendly Shadow's latest adventure
in this morning's brand-new animated special,
"The Friendly Shadow versus the Sewer Beast!" Stay tuned!
Or alternatively, tune in tonight
to Autodale's number one radio theater drama serial,
"The Friendly Shadow Adventures!"
In which our Shady Protector will be ridding our precious city
of the gruesome monsters that have been
plaguing your worries.
But wait! What is this? Your children are busy at the moment
and the theater drama extends past their bedtime?
No worries!
Pick up the latest issue of Autodale's number one comic book series:
"Our Shady Protector! No. 244"!
A poor family in ruins!
A little girl, kidnapped!
And a terrible monster, on the prowl...
How will our Friendly Shadow save the day?
Tune in to the radio theater drama,
the animated cartoon special,
or pick up the latest comic book issue, to find out...
And always remember, citizens,
in the famous words of our Shady Protector himself,
Autodale is our home. Autodale is protected.
And Autodale... is safe.
-He's a puppet.
A puppet we control.
A puppet we control. (A puppet we control.)
And he disobeyed us today.
And he disobeyed us today. (And he disobeyed us today.)
He was following orders. The wrong orders.
(The wrong orders.) The orders of the girl's mother.
Perhaps a simple rewiring will-
-YEs, (tWISt his morality,)
TWIST his morALity. We hAVE to remove ALL.
(We have to remove ALL.)
-We removed too much of his humanity,
he might as well be another Handyman.
(Too much of his humanity.)
It completely defeats his purpose.
-hA-Ha
-hA-Ha-ha-HA
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-hA-Ha-ha-HA-Ha-ha-HA-hA
-hA-Ha-ha-HA-Ha-ha-HA-hA-Ha-HA
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-hA-Ha-ha-HA-Ha-ha-HA-hA-Ha-HA-hA-ha-Ha-hA- (gasp)-
-hA-Ha-ha-HA-Ha-ha-HA-hA-Ha-HA-hA-ha-Ha-hA- (gasp)- (Aw!)
-hA-Ha-ha-HA-Ha-ha-HA-hA-Ha-HA-hA-ha-Ha-hA- (gasp)- (Aw!) Humanity!
-hA-Ha-ha-HA-Ha-ha-HA-hA-Ha-HA-hA-ha-Ha-hA- (gasp)- (Aw!) Humanity! (HUMANITY!)
-hA-Ha-ha-HA-Ha-ha-HA-hA-Ha-HA-hA-ha-Ha-hA- (gasp)- (Aw!) Humanity! (HUMANITY!) (hA-HA-Ha)
(hA-HA-Ha) What little humanity he has left, he's ruining
with scotch and cigars!
(Ha-ha-hA)
(Ha-ha-hA-HA-Ha)
(Ha-ha-hA-HA-Ha-ha-hA)
Maybe that's just it.
(He fundamentally doesn't believe in our ways all that much.)
-You think he's trying to ruin what little he's allowed to have?
-You think he's trying to ruin what little he's allowed to have? (Allowed to have?)
-Rather pathetic, really.
-It was mere empathy for the pleas of the mother.
Her dying wish at that.
Nothing we could do.
Nothing we could do. (MORE!)
-He's still a tad human, though.
-He's still a tad human, though. -Isn't that the point?
-He's still a tad human, though. -Isn't that the point? -No, we have to CHANGE him!
-He's still a tad human, though. -Isn't that the point? -No, we have to CHANGE him! (Change him!)
-He's still a tad human, though. -Isn't that the point? -No, we have to CHANGE him! (Change him!) (I say we give him the coat!)
-If we can change him without changing
-If we can change him without changing (change him)
-If we can change him without changing (change him) -(More!)
-If we can change him without changing (change him) -(More!) -(give)
-If we can change him without changing (change him) -(More!) -(give) (Give)
-If we can change him without changing (change him) -(More!) -(give) (Give) GIVE HIM THE COAT!
-If we can change him without changing (change him) -(More!) -(give) (Give) GIVE HIM THE COAT! -YES!
-If we can change him without changing (change him) -(More!) -(give) (Give) GIVE HIM THE COAT! -YES! -Give him the COAT.
-If we can change him without changing (change him) -(More!) -(give) (Give) GIVE HIM THE COAT! -YES! -Give him the COAT. (The coat!)
-THE COAT! THE COAT!
-THE COAT! THE COAT! -YES, THE COAT!
-THE COAT! THE COAT! -YES, THE COAT! (THE COAT!)
-THE COAT! THE COAT! -YES, THE COAT! (THE COAT!) -GIVE HIM THE COAT!
(THE COAT! THE COAT!)
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