Runaway
46 & 2 Issue 10:
By
Zachary Smith
PAGE 1. PANEL 1.
Chino
is looking out the window a car, he is on the freeway. The panel should start outside the car, he is
looking outside at the things passing him by.
Chino: “Am I ever going to see them again?”
PAGE 1. PANEL 2.
Joshua has the window rolled down so that he can smoke. Chino
looks at him, waiting for a response to this question.
Joshua: “…I don’t
know. When you first showed me that you
could do those…things...I thought it was a miracle. But then my natural paranoia took over. What if they come get him? Is he a target now? Will they ever stop? I know it’s not fair, what I’m asking you to
do, but I think it’s for the best right now.”
Chino: “At least I get to say a proper goodbye to
some people.”
PAGE 1. PANEL 3.
Myung is asleep in the back of the car. Chino
is looking at her from the front seat.
Joshua is flicking the cigarette out of the window.
Joshua: “It’s not all
bad mate, it’s not like I’m having you live in the woods with nothing to
survive on. You’ll be in San Francisco.”
Chino: “Tt…I hate it there, and you know it. Ever since that comic convention you took all
of us too, I can’t stand that city.
Thankfully the guys lent me plenty of stuff to read so I won’t have to
interact with the general public.”
PAGE 1. PANEL 4.
He is rolling it up.
Joshua: “Ahh, quit
your whining. You just need to see the
nice parts.”
Chino: “I’m not whining, I’m just…worried. I don’t think I’ve ever been so alone. I’m scared, alone, and in a new place, how
should I feel?”
Joshua: “Aye, I guess
I understand how yer feeling. But you’re
alive mate.”
PAGE 1. PANEL 5.
The car on the road.
They are passing a mileage sign that says 110 miles to San
Francisco, San
Jose 101, and Oakland
91.
Joshua: “Let me tell
you about the dead man that you’re going to live with.”
PAGE 2. PANEL 1.
Joshua is walking out of one of the entrances to San Francisco International Airport. He is younger, a little older than the flash
back from Dublin,
only about three years. Jeans, white
shirt, Pea Coat, Sunglasses, and a cigarette.
He has a black back pack. His
hair is a little wilder. He is hailing
an airport taxi.
Caption: “San Francisco. 1998.”
Joshua Caption: “I
once had this job, and it sent me a lot of places…”
PAGE 2. PANEL 2.
Joshua is getting out of the cab at a small hotel in the
middle of S. Francisco.
Joshua Caption: “I
was tasked to do something that I didn’t really agree with. But I was looking to get out of Dublin, and this was
enough money to get me out forever.”
Chino
Caption: “This is why you knew how to
threaten and torture those guys.”
Joshua Caption: “Call
it what it is boy: S.A.S. Scary gentlemen we can be. I had been discharged a few months earlier
and was looking for a new line of work when this former banker offered me a
sweet deal.”
PAGE 2. PANEL 2.
Joshua is talking to a man in a Irish style pub in S
Francisco. The man has on an Irish style
hat and vest. Joshua is handing him
money under a pack of cigarettes.
Joshua caption: “I
wasn’t the best man you ever met, not back then. I was scummy, and violent. Always down for a row until one night when a
man showed me a different future.”
Chino
caption: “Who?”
Joshua: “I don’t
know. Prolly of got myself killed before now if it
wasn’t for him.”
PAGE 2. PANEL 3.
Joshua is back in his hotel room, he is pulling a gun out
the back of his jeans.
Joshua caption:
“Anyway, I was determined to get out Dublin, and if some poor sod had to bite it,
well, then let it be. Like I said, not
so good back then.”
PAGE 2. PANEL 4.
Joshua stands outside of the San Francisco Chronicle
building. Smoking, watching people exit
the building. It is day time. A man has walked out last, hitting a person
with the door as he exits. He has a
Mohawk/a buzz cut, sleek eye glasses, and some visible wrist and hand
tattoos. He carries a brown
laptop/messenger bag. This is Scorpio
Israeli, then known as Warren Frost, ten years ago.
Joshua: “I was
looking for my target, and then he walked out right in front of me. Which of course he would, because he had no
idea I was looking for him.”
PAGE 2. PANEL 5.
Joshua starts to trail the man. A dog whines and gets out of the way of
Scorpio.
Joshua: “Though I
felt alone, and scared, much like you do now, I knew that I had to get the job
done because that would be the only way that I could change my life. How stupid I was to think that violence was
the only way to cause change.”
PAGE 3. PANEL 1.
Joshua tails Scorpio to a bar. He pauses as Scorpio enters the bar. Scorpio puts out two cigarettes.
Joshua caption: “To
be honest, I’d never just killed somebody before. Not without provocation. I’ve been shot at and then shot back, but never
just walked up to someone and pulled a trigger.
It’s a world of difference, I don’t care how hardened you are.”
PAGE 3. PANEL 2.
Joshua enters the pub, Scorpio can be seen, jacket off,
sleeves rolled up, a large scorpion visible on his right arm. He is talking to a plain clothes
detective. We can tell because of the
appearance of a hip holster with a gun.
The detective wears all black, has close cropped hair, like a George
Clooney haircut, this is Holden Sullivan.
Joshua: “Now was the
time to see whether or not I could just be a bastard and kill this guy who
never did anything to me.”
PAGE 3. PANEL 3.
Scorpio is talking, there is a tape recorder on the bar
table between him and the detective.
There is one set of almost empty pint glasses on their
table.
Scorpio: “Come on
Holden, nothing else? Really?”
Holden: “We’ve got a
guy we like, but its not sticking, so nothing else right now.”
Scorpio: “Lisa
Valdez’s family needs something, lets put something into the column that looks
remotely like hope in this fucked up scenario.”
Holden: “Wish I
could.”
Scorpio: “Fuck. My round.”
PAGE 3. PANEL 4.
There are now 4 empty pint glasses, and one in each of their
hands. Joshua still watches, only one
empty glass on his table.
Scorpio: “So you’re
half a Mic, you’ll like this. This buddy
of mine over in Dublin
is sending me all this info on the Celtic Tiger. Seems a lot of shit investments are already
happening over there and it doesn’t look like anybody is saying anything.”
Holden: “But you’re
going to, aren’t you?”
Scorpio: “Does the
pope fuck little boys? I just hope he
gets back to me soon, I sent him an email and I haven’t heard anything back
from him in a few days.”
PAGE 3. PANEL 5.
Joshua looks at his watch, it is 1:30 in the morning. Holden has left. Scorpio is yelling pronouncements from the
bar top. The bartender is tugging on his
pant leg.
Scorpio: “I’m going
to impregnate you with my brilliance, that’s how amazing my brain is. I emit sperm level thoughts women folk,
beware.”
Bartender: “Okay Clark
Kent,
time to go. You know the rules, on top
of the bar means…”
Scorpio: “…out of the
bar. I know plebian. I was just warning the women that they might
miss their periods after hearing all of my thoughts on Coke vs. New Coke.”
PAGE 4. PANEL 1.
Scorpio shuffles out of the bar, lighting a cigarette as he
gets the door open.
Scorpio: “Fucking
door, when did you get so heavy.”
PAGE 4. PANEL 2.
Joshua is coming out of the door now. He is looking at Scorpio as he leaves.
Joshua caption: “The time
was now or never. He was going to be
walking home alone, I had the right tool for the job. Time to put an end to him.”
PAGE 4. PANEL 3.
Scorpio has a bunch of teenagers, 14, 15 years old, boys and
girls, black, white, Asian, Mexican.
Joshua hangs back.
Black kid: “It’s Warren.”
White kid: “Hey, hey,
Mr. Frost, can we have some cash again, please.”
Scorpio: “Fuck
off. Get a job.”
PAGE 4. PANEL 4.
The kids look at the ground disheartened. Above them there is cash falling from the
sky. The Mexican kid looks up,
pointing.
Scorpio (off panel):
“Miserable bastards, think I’m made of money. Just cause you’re a prostitute doesn’t mean I
feel sorry for you. No sir. Bastards.”
PAGE 4. PANEL 5.
The kids are grabbing the money from the sky, we see Scorpio
walking away in the distance, hands stuck in his pocket, hunched over, smoke
emitting from him.
Asian kid: “THANK YOU
MR. FROST.”
Scorpio: “I MEAN IT,
GET A FUCKING JOB.”
Joshua caption: “Some
forget about the wee people on the bottom.
When you start to lose touch with those people, how long is it before
you begin to think of them as nothing more than an inconvenience? Something to be…”
PAGE 5. PANEL 1.
Scorpio stops outside of his building. He has dropped his keys.
Joshua caption: “…rid
of.”
Scorpio: “Fucking
little pieces of shit, need to put thumb print I.D. on all the doors, catch up
with the end of the 20th century, you fuck heads.”
PAGE 5. PANEL 2.
Joshua begins to move forward, gun out in the right hand. He has gloves on each hand, he is pulling a
ski mask over his head with his left hand.
Joshua caption: “Jerusalem was just an
inconvenience. Some git banker in Ireland was
doing some dubious business, but only a couple guys were picking up on it. This was ten years ago, and you see the state
Ireland
is in now. Had anybody listened to these
guys, then maybe shite would’ve changed.
But…”
Scorpio: “Or
recognize cell phone patterns already you lazy fucks. Eye scan, or voice recognition. Lazy assholes, need to catch up with the
Japanese.”
PAGE 5. PANEL 3.
Joshua is right over Scorpio, Scorpio is still bent
over. The gun is right behind Scorpio. We see the silhouette of a man inside of Jerusalem’s building, but
we don’t see who it is.
Joshua caption: “One
reporter had already been sorted, and I...I was about to finish the job.”
Scorpio: “It’s the
future, where’s my fucking—“
PAGE 5. PANEL 4.
Scorpio has spun around and hit Joshua in the face with his
messenger bag, the gun fires. Joshua is
being knocked over.
Scorpio: “—jetpack.”
Joshua caption: “I
was a fucking prat.”
PAGE 5. PANEL 5.
Scorpio is running away into the alleyway next to the
apartment building.
Joshua is recovering, getting up from the ground. Gun at his side.
Joshua caption: “One
gunshot off that shoulda been it. But
now this was going to be a lot more difficult than I thought. Couldn’t risk another shot.”
PAGE 6. PANEL 1.
Joshua has come into the alley. He is looking all around him, trying to see
into the dark alleyway, there is nothing that can be seen.
Joshua: “Fucker was
crafty. Didn’t make a sound. Waited for me to come to him. Knew he just had to wait me out. If I was going to shoot wildly, I would have
done it when he was running. He knew I
needed…
PAGE 6. PANEL 2.
Joshua has continued further into the alleyway, we see
Scorpio hiding out above him on a fire escape.
Joshua caption:
“...to be close.”
Joshua: “I suppose
it’s too late to say that I come in peace.”
PAGE 6. PANEL 3.
Scorpio dangles his book bag above Joshua waiting for the
perfect moment to drop it on him.
Joshua tries to search for Scorpio, still just looking
around.
Joshua: “Who dares
win…Yeah right. I bollixed it up good.”
PAGE 6. PANEL 4.
Scorpio has dropped the bag, we see it falling.
PAGE 6. PANEL 5.
Joshua gets hit on the back of the head/neck, he cries out
in pain.
Joshua: “AHHH”
PAGE 6. PANEL 6.
Scorpio has jumped down, Joshua is on the ground.
PAGE 7. PANEL 1.
Scorpio kicks Joshua’s gun away.
Joshua caption:
“Proper fucked.”
PAGE 7. PANEL 2.
Scorpio stands over Joshua, we are looking up at Scorpio,
and all we see is his glasses reflected, and his body is a black outline, we
can’t see anything. Big panel. Should take up most of the page.
Scorpio: “Fucking Paddy. What did I do to you? I always said I would never kill again, but…”
PAGE 7. PANEL 3.
Joshua has a knife pointed at Scorpio’s groin. Tight shot of this, nothing else on the panel
but these things.
Scorpio: “…balls.”
PAGE 7. PANEL 4.
Scorpio backs away from Joshua, who is looking around for
his gun.
PAGE 7. PANEL 5.
Joshua is picking up his gun, while holding his knife to
Scorpio’s groin.
Scorpio: “So, are you
going to gelt me or is this some proposition, because for one time only I’d be
interested to…”
Joshua: “Shuttup.”
PAGE 8. SPLASH PAGE.
Joshua has pointed the gun at Scorpio’s chest, we’re seeing
it from Scorpio’s perspective.
Scorpio: “So what’s
this for? Actually from the accent I can
tell. Did you kill my friend too?”
Joshua: “I’m pretty
sure he’s no more, but it wasn’t me.”
Scorpio: “You’re such
an upstanding citizen.”
Joshua: “Like you,
right mate?”
Scorpio: “I’m no
angel, in fact, I’m a nasty piece of work chief, ask anyone.”
Joshua: “Go on, yer
just making this easier for me. Gotta
say, you’re a lot tougher than I’d thought you’d be. Was picturing a gimp like, no muscles and no
balls, didna think ye’d be so dodgy.”
Scorpio: “Pen’s
mightier than the sword and all that, so to wield such a mighty weapon I’ve got
to be a total bad ass. Which to wield a
gun you just need to be…”
PAGE 9. SPLASH PAGE.
Now we see Scorpio from Joshua’s perspective.
Scorpio: “a total
ass.”
Joshua: “Big words.”
Scorpio: “I can say
whatever words I want. You’re going to
kill me aren’t you? It’s not like what
I’m going to say is going to change that.
I mean, it’s not like I could convince you that I’m just a man doing a
job. Telling the truth that everyone
deserves to hear.”
Joshua: “Touching.”
Scorpio: “Or that
you’re just a piece of muscle, a tool of no more use than a hammer, doing what
you’re told like the good soldier boy.
Wouldn’t know how to wipe your ass if they hadn’t taught you how.”
Joshua: “Now you’re
making me…”
Scorpio: “Mad? Then fucking shoot me, you coward. Shit, you got the gun, it’s not like this was
a fair fight to begin with. Fucking do
it. It’s better than just standing here
all night insulting you.”
PAGE 9. INSET PANEL.
The gun flashes.
PAGE 10. PANEL 1.
Scorpio is falling to the ground. The gun is smoking, Joshua looks as Scorpio
falls.
Joshua: “Better?”
PAGE 10. PANEL 2.
From Joshua’s perspective, he is lighting a cigarette, and
all we see is his face, he has removed the ski mask.
Scorpio (off panel):
“MOTHERFUCKER! WHAT THE HELL?!”
PAGE 10. PANEL 3.
Scorpio lies on the ground holding his left thigh, blood
pours out.
Joshua: “That razzer--
Scorpio: “The fuck is
that?”
Joshua: “--Cop you
were talking to tonight, is he friendly?”
Scorpio: “Enough so that I could get him to kick your head
in.”
Joshua: “Possibly,
but I’ve a different plan.”
PAGE 10. PANEL 4.
Joshua pulls out a piece of cloth, and hands it to Scorpio.
Joshua: “Tie it up
tight, we’re goina ta need to be gone from here, and soon, and we need no blood
trailing behind us.”
Joshua: “Call him
once you’ve tidied up.”
Scorpio: “I hate
you.”
PAGE 10. PANEL 5.
Joshua is lifting Scorpio up, and helping him hobble away.
Joshua: “You wouldn’t
be the first, and doubtful that you’ll be the last.”
PAGE 11. PANEL 1.
Chino
and Joshua are peeing on the side of the road.
Chino: “I thought you said you killed him?”
Joshua: “I did, I
just haven’t gotten there yet.”
PAGE 11. PANEL 2.
Joshua smokes a cigarette by a window in his hotel room. Scorpio is on the phone.
Simple hotel room, one bed, TV and TV stand, night stand,
and curtains over the window, a door separating the room from the bathroom.
Scorpio: “I know its
late but I need you here now. He said to
not tell anybody, and we need you to take point on the call. Yes that was me, or actually him. No, not at my place, we’re at his hotel. Layne Hotel, yeah, in the Loin. Room 23.
Okay, thanks, bye.”
PAGE 11. PANEL 3.
Scorpio slams the phone down, Joshua is looking at him.
Scorpio: “There, you
happy?”
Joshua: “For somebody
that could be dead, you sure seem bitter.”
Scorpio: “Fuck you,
this doesn’t feel much better.”
Joshua: “Then you’re
going to hate the next part.”
PAGE 11. PANEL 4.
Joshua flicks the cigarette out of the window. Scorpio looks at him, indignantly.
Scorpio: “What’s the
next part?”
Joshua: “In my plan
you can’t go to a hospital. So I’m going
to have to clean and sterilize the wound.
Do yourself a favor and grab the Jameson’s bottle from under the nightstand.”
PAGE 11. PANEL 5.
Hotel bathroom, tub, shower curtain, toilet, and sink.
Joshua has removed his shirt, we can see traces of gunshot
and knife wounds, and is working on Scorpio’s leg as Scorpio sits in the
bathtub. Scorpio has tattoos all over
his body, random tribal, words, slogans, and others that I will give a detailed
description of in his character bio. He
has a needle, thread, disinfectant alcohol, gauze, and rap. Scorpio is pounding back the Jameson’s.
Joshua: “Ya big baby,
it’s not that bad. Look at some of these
scars and I’ll tell ya bad.”
Scorpio: “WEHHH AHHH
YUUUU HHH BAA AAA.”
Joshua: “The fuck.”
PAGE 11. PANEL 6.
Scorpio has removed the whiskey from his mouth, I would love
for it to look Misato Katsuragi after she just downed a beer.
Scorpio: “Well aren’t
you the bad ass.”
Joshua: “Give me some
of that.”
PAGE 12. PANEL 1.
Scorpio holds the Jameson’s bottle to his body, with a sad
kitten face.
Scorpio: “NO! This sweet nectar of life is the only thing
keeping me sane and you alive, and the walls from falling in on me.”
PAGE 12. PANEL 2.
Scorpio now has an angry look upon his face pointing at
Joshua.
Scorpio: “Did you
hear him my green goddess, he’s trying to steal, you. Oh, what’s that? Yes he is a big piece of shit for shooting
your lover in the leg. Did you hear
that, the bottle has spoken.”
Joshua: “Piss off.”
PAGE 12. PANEL 3.
Joshua pulls a flask from his jacket.
Scorpio: “Did you
take some of her sweet nectar?! I’ll
kill you!”
Joshua: “Like to see
you stand up.”
PAGE 12. PANEL 4.
Scorpio takes the one leg up stance on the bathtub, his good
leg is straight, the injured leg is the one bracing against the bathtub.
Sound FX: Knock
Knock.
Scorpio: “Give me my
pants so that I might smite thee.”
Joshua: “Just a tic,
your man is here.”
PAGE 13. PANEL 1.
Holden stands in the doorway, that Joshua has just opened to
him. He looks at Joshua with his shirt
off and Scorpio naked in the bathtub, still in the Captain Morgan one leg up
pose.
Holden: “Sorry to
interrupt.”
Joshua: “Aye, I guess
it does look like I’m enjoying San
Francisco and wee bit much.”
Scorpio: “Oh thank
god you’re here, he was trying to take my sweetness away from me.”
PAGE 13. PANEL 2.
Holden stands near the bed, Joshua is smoking near the
window again, and Scorpio is still holding tight to the Jameson’s bottle.
Holden: “Explain.”
Joshua: “I was sent
to slot the git, but I decided against it.”
Holden: “Why?”
Joshua: “Better
angels of my nature, or he pissed me off with something that he said, that was
true.”
Holden: “Continue.”
PAGE 13. PANEL 3.
Joshua looks at Scorpio, Holden is now lighting a cigarette.
Joshua: “Take point
on the case. The bullet can’t be traced,
and it has his blood on it, which I’m assuming from some of the stuff he’s
said, you have his D.N.A. on file.”
Holden: “True.”
Joshua: “Declare ‘im
dead. Unsolvable case, I go free, he
lives, and you…”
Holden: “Get a case
that doesn’t go black. What’s in it for
me?”
Joshua: “Helping out
a mate? I won’t be the last. I send the report to my employer and it all
goes away, plus I could give ya a little incentive.”
PAGE 13. PANEL 4.
Holden walks up to Joshua, staring him down. Holden is taller than Joshua.
Holden: “Trying to
bribe me?”
Joshua: “Tryin’ ta
help ya and the git, and if ya make out a little on the way out, why not?”
Holden: “Frost, this
guy legit?”
PAGE 13. PANEL 5.
Scorpio has pulled his pants on, and is just buttoning up
his shirt.
Scorpio: “The asshole
patched me up good. Hasn’t tried to harm
since.”
Joshua: “Knew you
could be serious when ya needed ta be.”
Scorpio: “Yeah…”
PAGE 14. PANEL 1.
Scorpio hits Joshua on the jaw.
Scorpio: “…very.”
PAGE 14. PANEL 2.
Joshua checks his jaw.
Holden looks at Scorpio.
Holden: “Do you want
to do this? First off, its illegal…”
Scorpio: “Which means
dick all to me.”
Holden: “Fine, I
think I can get this through. But what
are you going to do now? You can’t go
back to work, all you’re property becomes forfeit.”
PAGE 14. PANEL 3.
Scorpio lights a cigarette.
Joshua puts his shirt back on.
Scorpio: “I figure we
can find a way to get that shit back, and there’s something that I’ve been
wanting to do for a longtime now that I couldn’t do at the old job.”
Holden: “What’s
that?”
Scorpio: “Tell the
truth.”
PAGE 14. PANEL 4.
Scorpio and Holden are walking out of the door.
Holden: “What do you
want to do with him?”
Scorpio: “Leave
him. But one thing paddy: I DON’T EVER WANT TO SEE YOUR POTATO EATING,
GUINESS DRINKING, UGLY DOG FUCKING ASS AROUND ME, EVER AGAIN.”
Joshua (caption):
“An’ I haven’t seen him since that night. The next word I get is a magazine dropped on
my door a few years later.”
PAGE 15. PANEL 1.
Joshua holds the magazine in his hand.
Magazine cover for TRYSTEROS, it’s a picture of Joshua
coming up on Scorpio from behind with his gun and ski mask on. Title of the article reads:
“FAMOUS JOURNALIST MURDERED FOR IRELAND?”
PAGE 15. PANEL 2.
Joshua looks up, there is a car idling, the driver is
looking at him, the window on the car is starting to come down, and we see the
silhouette of Holden, but he isn’t clear yet.
Joshua has become the Reverend that we know at this point, and is coming
out of the Church.
PAGE 15. PANEL 3.
Holden’s appearance is now completely clear in the car
window. He is making the finger gun hand
gesture at Joshua, and is smiling.
Joshua (caption):
“They had me if they wanted too, but nothing came of it. Each month I got a new magazine, and would
see the copper drive away. He had
transferred to Blackfield, I don’t think for me, but it didn’t hurt to keep an
eye on the man who had tried to kill his friend.
PAGE 15. PANEL 4.
Chino
looks at Joshua as he drives.
Chino: “All those old TRYSTEROS back issues that
Frankie has, are those yours?”
Joshua: “Aye, the old
ones. He loved it so much he got himself
a subscription, and couple of you boys too as well.”
Chino: “Yea.
Wow, this is so crazy.”
Joshua: “What will be
crazy is if I don’t get shot when we find him.”
PAGE 15. PANEL 5.
Exterior of the car, driving on the 880 towards
Oakland/Berkeley.
Chino: “How are you going to find him?”
Joshua: “I still have
my own contacts.”
PAGE 16. PANEL 1.
The car pulls up, beside an apartment complex near the Berkeley College.
Joshua: “Here we are.”
Chino: “Myung, wake up.”
Myung: “I’m up.”
PAGE 16. PANEL 2.
There is a security camera, that is filming them as they
walk up stairs, stone stair sets. There
are some trees and plants. Myung has a
purse.
Joshua: “Smart lad,
he’s gotten even more paranoid.”
PAGE 16. PANEL 3.
They are at the door and Joshua is turning around to talk to
Chino and
Myung. As he is doing this the door is
opening.
Joshua: “Now Myung,
this guy might be happy to see me so be prepared.”
PAGE 16. PANEL 4.
Scorpio has exploded from the door way, he is holding a gun,
.45 beretta. Joshua snaps his fingers.
Scorpio: “I knew’d be
coming for me. Holden called me to let
me know there’s some freaky shit going on in Blackfield and you left, heading
north.”
Joshua: “Aye son,
some weird shit has definitely been goin’ down.”
PAGE 16. PANEL 5.
Myung is behind Joshua with another gun, pointed right at
Scorpio, whose gun is pointed at Joshua.
Joshua: “This is
Myung. She’ll blow yer head off if you
don’t put that thing down.”
Myung: “I will.”
Scorpio: “God I hate
you.”
Joshua: “We can
discuss that some more, once we go inside.”
PAGE 17. PANEL 1.
Scorpio places the gun down on a table near the door,
Joshua, Chino,
and Myung, putting the gun back in her purse, follow in behind him. Around his place we will see a lot of books,
newspapers, magazines, a couch, a coffee table with a laptop, coffee mug,
bottle of whiskey, and an ashtray. A
desk to write from, with desktop computer, printer, scanner, webcam, mic, and speakers.
Scorpio: “So how’d
you decide you were going to ruin my life this time?”
Joshua: “Looks like
you’re doing pretty well for yourself, Warren.”
Scorpio: “That’s a
dead man, you’re talking to Scorpio Israeli.”
Joshua: “Cute.”
PAGE 17. PANEL 2.
Scorpio has sat down on the couch, he is touching his
laptop, to turn it on. He looks over Chino and Myung as he
does this.
Scorpio: “Love
children?”
Myung: “Wrong
ethnicity, don’t you think?”
Scorpio: “Thought
maybe you’d be Scotch-Korean, like Cho Chang from Harry Potter.”
Chino: “You like Harry Potter?”
PAGE 17. PANEL 3.
Everyone looks at Chino.
Chino: “Sorry, wrong time.”
Joshua: “Mr. Scorpio
Israeli, I’d like you to meet Mr. Fei Fong Lee…”
Scorpio: “Hey kid.”
Joshua: “…your new
roommate.”
PAGE 17. PANEL 4.
Scorpio has gotten out of his seat in a fit, angry at this
news.
Scorpio: “No fucking
way Connor. I’ve kept my precious seed
from spilling into many, and I do mean many, women so that I didn’t have to
take care of some kid, and now you’re going to force one on me. Fucking crazy is what you are. Get out.”
Joshua: “I’ll owe
you.”
PAGE 17. PANEL 5.
Scorpio is holding the door open for them to leave.
Scorpio: “I don’t
care what you have to offer…”
Joshua: “Anything! I
am forever in your debt. My life is
yours.”
PAGE 17. PANEL 6.
Scorpio has closed the door.
Scorpio: “Sit
down. Not you Connor, go make us some
coffee, man servant.”
PAGE 18. PANEL 1.
Joshua gives everyone a cup of coffee, except Myung, who is
having tea. Scorpio sits on the couch,
Myung next to him. Chino is on the ground, sitting crossed
legged next to the coffee table.
Joshua: “Right clever
of you to hit me with that bag of yours. Never saw it coming.”
Scorpio: “I didn’t
either. I had an uneasy feeling all day,
but nothing solid. There was…”
PAGE 18. PANEL 2.
Flashback to
Scorpio is looking down at his keys, the silhouette of the
man is making a pointing sign, with his left hand to indicate to Scorpio to
turn around.
Scorpio: “…a man.”
PAGE 18. PANEL 3.
Scorpio looks up to see the man pointing, while still
appearing to be looking for his keys.
The man is now in focus, and we see that it is the man in the white
suit, the same one who visited Joshua three years earlier.
Scorpio: “I happen to
look up for a split second and he was pointing to you, and I had no idea. I went back to looking for my keys and happen
to see your shoes.”
PAGE 18. PANEL 4.
Joshua is standing next to Chino.
Joshau: “Son of a
bitch. Lucky he was there.”
Scorpio: “You’re
telling me.”
PAGE 18. PANEL 5.
Chino
looks at Joshua.
Chino: “Because of him you were interrupted and you
guys got to take of that thing. Maybe he
just gave you the time to reflect on what you were doing?”
Joshua: “Maybe, or he
was some silly prat who liked to watch.”
Scorpio: “Wouldn’t be
the only one in this town.”
Scorpio: “Now tell me
Mr. Lee, why am I going to let you stay here?”
Joshua: “Thought you
might ask that, show him Fei.”
PAGE 19. PANEL 1.
Chino
looks at Scorpio, intensely.
Scorpio: “You going
to crap your pants kid?”
Chino: “No.
That was the man that you killed who did that right before you shot him
in the head.”
PAGE 19. PANEL 2.
Scorpio has dropped his coffee cup, it is breaking on the
floor.
PAGE 19. PANEL 3.
Scorpio looks at Joshua.
Scorpio: “You told
him. You had some of your intelligence
buddy’s dig up some dirt on me, and now you’re using it to black mail me.”
Joshua: “Nothing of
the sort. Tell him something else Fei.”
Chino: “You masturbate nightly to Goth Fetish Porn.”
PAGE 19. PANEL 4.
Myung is laughing.
Scorpio looks alarmed.
Scorpio: “You hacked
my computer, hard to do, but not impossible.”
Joshua: “Give him the
hat trick.”
Chino: “You’ve hated dogs ever since the age of
five, when you were horribly crushed by the fact that they killed your pet cat,
Mr. Plickens.”
PAGE 19. PANEL 5.
Scorpio has walked over to the door, he has opened it, he
has lit a cigarette.
Scorpio: “Fuck,
boy. You’re one of them. That article I published…”
Chino: “About the disappearing psychics?”
Scorpio: “My
god. I’ve met one before, but I’m still
shocked you exist”
Joshua: “Them, and
other things.”
PAGE 20. PANEL 1.
Narcissca has slammed open the door to his house, it is
dark.
Narcissca:
“SERVANTS!”
PAGE 20. PANEL 2.
The lights have come on, there is blood all over the
walls. Standing there without blood on
him is Blicero.
Joshua (caption):
“Things out to get him.”
Blicero: “I am very
disappointed Narcissca. I put a lot of
faith into, your work, and your abilities.
All have failed.”
Narcissca: “Sir, one
more chance, please.”
PAGE 20. PANEL 3.
Blicero has begun to unzip his pants.
Blicero: “Don’t worry. You will make this up to me. You will be my new Gottfried.”
Narcissca: “Who…”
PAGE 20. PANEL 4.
We see Narcissca, frightened. We see the back of Blicero. One hand is behind his back, the other is in
front, holding his penis, but we cannot see it.
Blicero: “Down, on
your knees. Be prepared for me to enter
you, from which ever end I choose.”
Narcissca: “...”
PAGE 20. PANEL 5.
Narcissca is down on all fours, we still still see Blicero
from behind, but he is stepping towards him.
Blicero: “Its good to
have you back. Take it in, all of it.”
PAGE 20. PANEL 6.
Blicero smiles, tight close up of his face.
Blicero: “One more
rocket explosion, all building towards the final…”
PAGE 20. PANEL 7.
All white panel, except for a pair of glowing red eyes.
Blicero: “White
death.”
