LUTHER by NEIL CROSS Episode 1
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To reach it, he must cross an ANCIENT METAL WALKWAY. - Which spans a CIRCULAR BLACK CHASM - WHICH DIVES TO INFINITY. A BLACK HOLE. He turns from its evil maw. No way. He can’t. He can’t do that. Breathing heavily, casting round, looking for a way out - he HEARS NOISES IN THE SILENCE. Coming closer. Ever closer. The ECHOES OF IMPENDING NEMESIS. A long, UNBEARABLE MOMENT Until - Below, a SHABBY FIGURE appears. Implacable. Eyes that burn with lunacy and murder. Incredible as it seems - this is DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR JOHN LUTHER. He reaches the foot of the ladder. He advances on Madsen. Who sprints across THE WALKWAY - He’s halfway across when SOMETHING FALLS - minor part of the superstructure - a sheared bolt, maybe. It plunges, reverberating, into darkness. Madsen ignores it. Reaches the DOOR on the other side. It’s metal. Riveted. Solid. LOCKED. He casts around. Finds an IRON BAR. Levers at the door. Frantic, desperate. But it’s not opening. No way. He turns. Sees Luther. At the top of the ladder now. Advancing. Pausing at the edge of the walkway. A moment of eye contact. Madsen gives up on the door. It’s not going to open. He’s TRAPPED.
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