Scene Nineteen: Daily Record Newspaper Office
Editor Ellis:
What did you find out about the chap who was killed in the Magnusson garden?
Reporter Winfield:
Not much, they won’t release any info. Johnson was there and says the guy was shot!
Editor Ellis:
That means this Magnusson person has a gun!
Reporter Winfield:
But how could he see the guy in the hedge, he would need a rifle with night sight and everything that goes with it.
Editor Ellis:
He must have them. The word is they are bringing in the Army!
Reporter Winfield:
The whole thing is utterly fantastic. Newspaper people from all over the world are coming here. It’s going to be bigger than the Iranian Embassy siege.
Editor Ellis:
Much bigger, at least they got into that place. Tim, I want you to take Aston, Scott, Henry and Jacobs. Set up a shift system, get as near to the house as you can.
Reporter Winfield:
What about the danger from Magnusson?
Editor Ellis:
If he can hit a person behind a hedge in full darkness then he can distinguish between soldiers and reporters. We can’t rely on the cameras so all we can do is actually see what is happening. Ashton and Scott are artists, yes, so they can draw the scenes.
Reporter Winfield:
That’s another thing how in hell can a house affect our cameras?
A worker comes to the door and says, funny things are happening at the Magnusson house, Chief, a dog and two cats have been burned to a crisp and also birds are falling from the sky on fire when they fly over it, but no one has any photos.
Editor Ellis:
Tim, get over there with your team. Hurry!