(Establishing Shot – American Embassy building. PANTHER SYD sneaks past a confection cart. She takes a small cupcake with a wrapper. She balances it on her nose.)
PANTHER SYD: Heh. Heh. Heh.
(PANTHER SYD tosses the cupcake into the air and devours it in one gulp.)
PANTHER SYD: (cough, thinks) I....swallowed...the...wrapper.
(Beat)
PANTHER SYD: (thinks) Well, at least it was a QUALITY wrapper...s'pose if you're gonna swallow it, it might as well taste good...
MAN: (OC) I swear, that boy will be dead by the time the week's over!
(PANTHER SYD raises her head, realizing that she shoud definitely listen just in case she can help the boy)
DEMENTOR: (OC) He'd better be. If he DOES die, S060787 will be blamed! Do you know what that means?!
MAN: (OC) ...S060787 will not be happy?
DEMENTOR: (OC) No, you fool! S060787 will be DESTROYED!
MAN: (OC) Uh...why?
DEMENTOR: (OC) It's simple really...you see, if she's destroyed, we won't have to worry about anyone protecting JESSICA...
MAN: (OC) Oh...I gotcha...
DEMENTOR: (OC) Remember, she's a panther with orange paws and a red collar. She shouldn't be that hard to spot...In an Embassy, she'll stick out like a sore thumb.
(Later, SYD is calling DES over the Sydstem)
SYD: DEMENTOR's here...
DES: (OC) What?! SYD, you have GOT to get out of there, NOW!
SYD: No, DES, I'm staying. I need to save this boy.
DES: (OC) What boy?
SYD: Well...I don't exactly know.
DES: (OC) SYD, you need to get out of there! You could be killed!
SYD: I want to do my job, DES.
DES: (OC) And that's just fine, SYD, but COME ON! You're risking your life!
SYD: I'm gonna get to the bottom of this, DES.
(SYD hangs up)
SYD: No idea how, but I will.