Script

Opening Scene : *Main character exits the car and walks into the building/house of the crime scene*

(Main character walks proposed route through the crime scene until he locates the man he is looking for, mid conversation with a CSI specialist)

Jack Walker: I want you to see if there are any witnesses in the area- ask next door and across the street.

CSI Specialist: Yes Sir.

(Jack Walker turns around and notices Alex Cross; they begin in conversation)

Jack Walker: *Brief pause* You must be Cross.

Alex Cross: You would be too, Sir. Just call me Alex.

(They shake hands)

Jack Walker: Alright, I'm Jack by the way. Well, this isn't the nicest case to start with, I'm afraid- or so I've been told. (The detectives begin walking through the scene) This all started with an anonymous call this morning; the call was made from a phone box so unfortunately we can't trace the caller.

(The detectives come across a set of windows along the building frame, none of which are broken- everything is clean and tidy)

Alex Cross: Hmm, no broken windows, no mess; awfully clean.

Jack Walker: Yeah, strange. The method of murder seems more radical than the method of entry. You don't seem much like a rookie to me.

Alex Cross: I think one thing you learn from this job is the wonders of perception.

Jack Walker: Quite so.

(The two detectives begin to walk over to the dead body)

Alex Cross: Damn, they don't tell you about the smell.

John Walker: Don't worry, it grows on you. Hmm, it should have been a clean kill but this is peculiar; such a violent method but then the body was placed so neatly.

Alex Cross: Wait...What's that?

(Detective Cross pulls a piece of paper, which is covered in blood, out of the victim's hand and hands it to Walker; he begins to read the note)

Alex Cross: Well..What is it?

Jack Walker: I have no idea...It's jumbled. Letters and numbers, symbols too. But it doesn't look like any code I've seen before.

(Jack Walker puts the note into an evidence bag held by a CSI Specialist)

Jack Walker: *heavily exhales* This is looking like it's gonna be a long one.


(The scene continues with a time lapse of the crime scene being investigated)

Alex Cross: (Narration) And that's how it started; putting a young detective like me on that case was a big mistake. It just made no sense. Nothing this killer ever did made sense. This case was just the first of many; every week we'd just see more and more bloodshed, with a new note each time, and each time just a mess of letters and numbers. We interviewed suspects left, right, and centre, but none of them fit. This case didn't work with police guidelines, and so, we weren't going to either...