Panel One

At the police precinct the following morning: BETH is at her desk.  Detective Sergeant DAVE LeMire comes up to her; he is holding a file folder.  BETH is somewhat nervous: she is “the new kid” around here, she is the first female detective, and she thinks she is in trouble.

1.   DAVE:                                     Hey, McNulty, did you run a background check on a Scott Harkness?

2.   BETH:                                     Uh...yeah...I...thought he might have something to do with the Weston kid’s death.

Panel Two

DAVE tosses the folder onto BETH’s desk.

3.   BETH:                                     It was just a hunch--

4.   DAVE:                                     Well it was a good one.  Mr. Harkness and two of his friends came in last night and confessed.

Panel Three

Confused and surprised, BETH picks up the folder.

5.   BETH:                                     My god--Mike was right...and I didn’t believe him.

6.   DAVE:                                     Mike?

7.   BETH:                                     The attending physician.  It was his hunch, not mine.

Panel Four

BETH starts to read the file.

8.   DAVE:                                     Maybe you should trust your friend’s instincts a little more.

9.   BETH:                                     You’re probably right about--

Panel Five

BETH spots something in the file that disturbs her deeply.  DAVE thinks it’s nothing.

10.  BETH:                                     Wait a minute.  It says here that they claimed some *monster* attacked them?

11.  DAVE:                                     So?  They were half drunk when they came in, probably looking to cop a plea, too.

Panel Six

Close on BETH: As she reads the file, she becomes even more disturbed.

12.  BETH (thought):                       “...like a cross between a person and some animal...Yeah, like the wolfman or something...”

13.  BETH (thought):                       I’ve heard this story before....