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(There has been a murder in a BUSY STREET. The victim has been stabbed 88 times and shot 83 times. Gordon and Bullock are investigating.)
Gordon: Can't believe nobody saw anything!
Bullock: Jim, haven't you learned nothing yet? Nobody ever sees nothing in Gotham...unless you use STRONG ARM tactics.
Gordon: Strong arm tactics, huh.
Bullock: Yeah, that's right, strong arm tactics.
Gordon: What does that mean?
Bullock: THIS.
(Bullock grabs a random passerby without warning and BREAKS HIS ARM.)
Passerby: Oww, my arm, it's broken!
Bullock: Shut up, punk! You must have seen something when this guy got rubbed out. Spill it!
Passerby: Aaaaah, I'm in incredible pain...I didn't see nothing because I was looking up some dame's skirt at the time, but I did look up at that officer there and the man in it was looking down at the street so he must know who the killer is, okay? Please, don't hurt me anymore! I need to go to the hospital!
Bullock: Run along before I book ya for WHINING.
(He kicks the passerby away.)
Gordon: How did you know that guy was dodgy?
Bullock: He was wearing his pants too low!
Gordon: You can't just beat people up because their pants are too low.
Bullock: They should pull the up then!
Gordon: Let's go see if the person in that office saw anything.
(They go to the office and knock on the door. A man with WHITE HAIR answers. He's got a stethoscope around his neck so he's obviously a doctor.)
Man: Hello? My name is Doctor. Doctor FREEZE.
Gordon: Okay? We didn't actually ask...
Man: Well, please, come in. You'll catch your death of COLD out in that CHILLY hallway.
(Gordon and Bullock shrug and go in. There is lots of random science type stuff lying around the office.)
Bullock: So you're a scientist doctor, huh?
Freeze: Science is all I care about. That, and my wife. Only she can thaw my FROSTY scientific heart. If anything ever happened to her...
Gordon: Uhh, okay? Anyway, did you see what happened down on the street there?
Freeze: Dreadful business, that. What kind of COLD HEARTED man could kill some like that? They'd have to be ICE COLD. The only way I'd ever do something like that is if someone hurt my dear wife. I'd stab anyone to death who hurt her! Stab them, but NOT shoot them.
(Bullock whispers to Gordon.)
Bullock(whispering): This guy can't be the killer, the victim was stabbed AND shot.
Gordon: But did you see who DID kill the vic?
Freeze: Vic? That's my name! Victor I.C. Freeze! My dear wife often teases me...
Gordon: DID YOU SEE ANYTHING OR NOT.
Freeze: Oh, I saw a man with low-hanging pants running away from the scene. He had a gun in one hand and a knife in the other and he was smiling. The kind of smile one can only have when they've just stabbed and shot someone to death. I've never smiled like that, because nobody's ever tried to come between me and my dear wife. But if they did, I imagine I would shatter them like ICE shattering when someone shatters ICE.
Gordon: Thanks for your help!
(They leave.)
Bullock: Damn it, we had that low-hanging pants thug but he got away the thug!
Gordon: We can catch up to him at the hospital.
Bullock: Good thinking! You're pretty smart, you know!
(CUT TO the hospital where Leslie Thompkins now works as a medical doctor for plot reasons. She is speaking to a patient who we can't see.)
Leslie: Yes, how can I help you, sir?
(TWIST! It's low-hanging pants man! He's just happened to run into Gordon's girlfriend at the hospital!)
Low-hanging pants man: I've broke my arm!
Leslie: Can I have your name?
Low-hanging pants man: It's Joe. JOE CHILL.
Leslie: I'm not sure why you shouted that.
TO BE CONTINUED
Gordon: Can't believe nobody saw anything!
Bullock: Jim, haven't you learned nothing yet? Nobody ever sees nothing in Gotham...unless you use STRONG ARM tactics.
Gordon: Strong arm tactics, huh.
Bullock: Yeah, that's right, strong arm tactics.
Gordon: What does that mean?
Bullock: THIS.
(Bullock grabs a random passerby without warning and BREAKS HIS ARM.)
Passerby: Oww, my arm, it's broken!
Bullock: Shut up, punk! You must have seen something when this guy got rubbed out. Spill it!
Passerby: Aaaaah, I'm in incredible pain...I didn't see nothing because I was looking up some dame's skirt at the time, but I did look up at that officer there and the man in it was looking down at the street so he must know who the killer is, okay? Please, don't hurt me anymore! I need to go to the hospital!
Bullock: Run along before I book ya for WHINING.
(He kicks the passerby away.)
Gordon: How did you know that guy was dodgy?
Bullock: He was wearing his pants too low!
Gordon: You can't just beat people up because their pants are too low.
Bullock: They should pull the up then!
Gordon: Let's go see if the person in that office saw anything.
(They go to the office and knock on the door. A man with WHITE HAIR answers. He's got a stethoscope around his neck so he's obviously a doctor.)
Man: Hello? My name is Doctor. Doctor FREEZE.
Gordon: Okay? We didn't actually ask...
Man: Well, please, come in. You'll catch your death of COLD out in that CHILLY hallway.
(Gordon and Bullock shrug and go in. There is lots of random science type stuff lying around the office.)
Bullock: So you're a scientist doctor, huh?
Freeze: Science is all I care about. That, and my wife. Only she can thaw my FROSTY scientific heart. If anything ever happened to her...
Gordon: Uhh, okay? Anyway, did you see what happened down on the street there?
Freeze: Dreadful business, that. What kind of COLD HEARTED man could kill some like that? They'd have to be ICE COLD. The only way I'd ever do something like that is if someone hurt my dear wife. I'd stab anyone to death who hurt her! Stab them, but NOT shoot them.
(Bullock whispers to Gordon.)
Bullock(whispering): This guy can't be the killer, the victim was stabbed AND shot.
Gordon: But did you see who DID kill the vic?
Freeze: Vic? That's my name! Victor I.C. Freeze! My dear wife often teases me...
Gordon: DID YOU SEE ANYTHING OR NOT.
Freeze: Oh, I saw a man with low-hanging pants running away from the scene. He had a gun in one hand and a knife in the other and he was smiling. The kind of smile one can only have when they've just stabbed and shot someone to death. I've never smiled like that, because nobody's ever tried to come between me and my dear wife. But if they did, I imagine I would shatter them like ICE shattering when someone shatters ICE.
Gordon: Thanks for your help!
(They leave.)
Bullock: Damn it, we had that low-hanging pants thug but he got away the thug!
Gordon: We can catch up to him at the hospital.
Bullock: Good thinking! You're pretty smart, you know!
(CUT TO the hospital where Leslie Thompkins now works as a medical doctor for plot reasons. She is speaking to a patient who we can't see.)
Leslie: Yes, how can I help you, sir?
(TWIST! It's low-hanging pants man! He's just happened to run into Gordon's girlfriend at the hospital!)
Low-hanging pants man: I've broke my arm!
Leslie: Can I have your name?
Low-hanging pants man: It's Joe. JOE CHILL.
Leslie: I'm not sure why you shouted that.
TO BE CONTINUED