Larissa Tracy is a detective. She's at the bar with Terra, the Bartender. Larissa asks for another glass of whiskey, the real stuff from Earth Two, not the stuff they've been distilling. Terra gives it to her, but the glass is dirty. Larissa complains and asks for a clean glass. Terra is a hybrid alien human, and Larissa notes how Terra is an outcast, and the bar is in the slummy part of the neighborhood. Times are hard for people like them, where drugs, sex, and violence run rampant, and honest people like Terra are caught in the mix. Still, it shouldn't be too hard to get some clean glasses around here.
Isabel, a hard ass/kind hearted police chief, enters and chastises with "How did I know I'd find you here? You call yourself a cop!? You're just another washed up drunk". Larissa laments to her that she couldn't take the loss of her former partner (played by the Beatrice in a brief flashback). Isabel goes from hardass to nice, saying "What happened to you? You used to be the best: the pride of the ISSPD. Look, take a week off. Pull yourself together, and we'll get you some easy patrol shifts."
Elaine wheels a wheelchaired Olga in. Elaine is Larissa's new rookie partner. Elaine shows Olga, saying that Olga was found lying on the ground after an armed robbery, shot in the head (and that's why she has that brain monitor) and bleeding out when the paramedics got to her. Olga is permanently in a near comatose state. One of the robbers was also found dead at the scene. The case was never solved. One day, Olga slipped out of her coma briefly and said "Larissa", so Elaine found Larissa and told her about it. Elaine and Larissa get in an argument. Larissa says she doesn't work on stupid cases where a half-brained victim mutters a name that might not have been her. After all, Larissa was a pretty common name. She was just a regular John Doe. Olga suddenly sheds a tear, and says the word "Gildahhh". Larissa instantly knows who Olga's talking about, and starts walking out the bar. Elaine wants to join Larissa, but at first Larissa dismisses her. Larissa thinks to herself that Elaine is actually just too wet behind the ears, and Elaine has a heart of gold. Elaine is kindly wheeling Olga out of the bar. Larissa lies and tells Elaine to meet up with her later, but doesn't actually call Elaine.
Larissa heads out to find her informant, Zoe, the junkie. Zoe says "she don't know no nothin'", and Larissa beats Zoe for information. Zoe is unable to feel pain because she's so high. Larissa takes Zoe's stash and starts injecting more into Zoe, threatening to give her an overdose to kill her. Zoe gets scared and finally talks, claiming that she overheard a few guys were setting up Olga so she wouldn't talk. Olga was a part of the syndicate, and for some reason she wanted out. Larissa heads to the hospital where she meets with Olga's doctor, played by Veronica.
Veronica is Larissa's friend, and tells Larissa about what happened to Olga and the suspects that fled the scene. Veronica says a lot, too much in fact. Veronica then shoots Larissa with a painful drug that makes Larissa go limp into the same coma that Olga was going through. Veronica takes out a sawblade and tells Larissa that unlike Olga, she can't let Larissa live. Veronica then tells Larissa where Gilda's been (since Larissa is going to die anyway, and I'm facepalming myself while I write this).
Suddenly, Elaine comes bursting in, and a struggle ensues. During the struggle, Larissa is able to shoot herself up with the painnumbing drugs that Zoe had, counteracting the effects of the coma syringe. Elaine's heart gets ripped open by Veronica. Larissa gets up and shoots Veronica dead. When Larissa asks "Why!?", Elaine responds "You think I wouldn't know you'd ditch me?...I'm getting better at this... right, Tracy? How am I doin, Tracy?"
Larissa responds before Elaine dies, "You're not a rookie anymore, kiddo... You're a real ISSPD Detective. I owe you one. You hear me? I'll get you a drink when..." Larissa doesn't finish her sentence when she sees that Elaine's dead.
Back at the department, Isabel, the police chief, chews her out. "You go guns-a-blazin in a hospital?! And you let your partner die!? The media will eat this up real good, don't you worry! If you knew Veronica was a suspect you shoulda called for backup from your partner, instead of thinking that your dick is so big that you can just walk over the entire force! I tried to help you Larissa. Now why don't you tell me what the fuck in Hell's basket happened in there!?"
Larissa- "You should've never assigned Elaine to me. She can't even hold a gun straight and now she's dead!"
Isabel- "Oh I'M to blame!? Excuse me Ms. HardBoiled, I'm not the one found on the scene high on painkillers with ten rounds plugged into the hospital walls, rearranging the flower arrangement of all the get-well-soon bouquets! You wanna be a Lonewolf? Granted. You're outta here, Larissa. You're through. Give me your badge, and get the fuck out of my office!" (best cliche, police chief takes away the badge)
Larissa slams the badge on the desk and walks away. Larissa goes and uses her last lead from Veronica and heads to the secret hideout. She finds Gilda (played by Stella) in a secret gentleman's bar. Gilda is on drugs. Larissa shoots her gun into the ceiling and proceeds to get Gilda out. She's stopped by the Captain (ringleader) and Beatrice (bodyguard). Larissa recognizes her former partner Beatrice, asking how she's alive. The Captain says that Beatrice works for her, as does every girl. He spills out his evil plan, that he's managed to cultivate the alien virus into a drug that makes the women work for him. Olga found a way out, but she's been silenced. The Captain calls for Gilda back, and Gilda breaks free from Larissa and runs back into his arms.
Captain- I've built a wonderful harem enterprise, while you've lost everything! Beatrice, be a good dear and inject her with the good stuff! She looks a little manly, but there's lots of customers that are into that sorta
thing anyways.
Beatrice walks up to Larissa with her gun up, and instead of injecting Larissa, she breaks free from the drug momentarily and hands her the gun. Larissa tries to shoot the Captain, but the Captain uses Gilda as a shield, so Larissa stops firing. The Captain misses Larissa as she ducks behind cover. Larissa calls for Beatrice to move to cover, but Beatrice is unable to control herself. She mutters "...I was undercover the whole time...", and then is shot dead by the Captain. In a fit of rage, Larissa emerges from cover, and kills the Captain. Larissa runs over to the Captain's body and finds that in his dying breath he managed to shoot Gilda in the head as well. As the camera closes in on Larissa's reaction to all the death and her focused breathing in slow motion, we hear police sirens in the background fade in as the screen fades to black.
Isabel takes press conferences about the heroes that cracked the drug prostitution case. Larissa shrugs off her new title as a hero and ends the story at the bar. "Where's that one green bartender?", she asks as she walks up to the new bartender played by Carmen98.
Carmen- "Sold bar. Skipped town. New owner."
Larissa- "Well then, I'll have a whiskey. And gimme a clean glass this time".
Larissa- "It's the end of a dark night. Lots of people dead. Innocent or guilty, it didn't matter much to the end of a smoking barrel. In the end, I'm always the last woman standing. It never changes for me. But even if things don't change for me, other people -can- change. Their lives can improve. Wherever the hell that green alien bartender is, this drink is to her. Salude."
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