What do you believe
in?
Symbols
46 & 2 Issue 21:
By
Zachary Smith
NOTE:
In this issue they
are going to see the midnight premiere of the Dark Knight. I’m trying to do my best to not involve any
copyright infringing material.
NOTE:
Specific to this second
issue of this arc I want to use bat symbols throughout the story; hidden ones,
maybe layer objects in the scene to make the symbol, like J.H. Williams III
does in his art.
PAGE 1. PANEL 2.
HOLDEN IS TALKING ON THE PHONE AS HE RUNS INTO THE DARK
HOUSE. WE SEE THE LIGHT OUTSIDE, BUT
DARK SURROUNDING EVERYTHING.
HOLDEN (ON THE PHONE):
Get here as quick as you can Preacher, ‘cause shit has hit
the fan. Stay out of the garage. Bring the girl.
PAGE 1. PANEL 2.
THE SCENE ON THE LAWN IS THE SAME AS THE END OF THE LAST
ISSUE, BUT THERE ARE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES:
1) THE WOMAN SEEMS TO BE GETTING BETTER, CHINO HOLDS HER AS HE SITS UP. 2) SCORPIO IS
WAITING BY THE DOOR, STARING IN. 3) WE SEE THE GARAGE DOOR IS OPEN, BUT NO HOLDEN
AROUND BECAUSE HE HAS ALREADY RUN INSIDE.
MOM: Don’t…hurt…her.
SCORPIO: It’s not her
I’m worried about. What do you think we
should do?
PAGE 1. PANEL 3.
CHINO
HAS ALREADY LET THE WOMAN BACK DOWN ON
THE GROUND AND IS STARING OVER SHO.
PAGE 1. PANEL 4.
SHO IS STILL UNCONCIOUS, BLEEDING MORE THAN HE WAS AT THE
END OF THE PREVIOUS ISSUE.
PAGE 1. PANEL 5.
SMALL PANEL OF CHINO’S
HAND TIGHTENING.
NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 1. PANEL 6.
CHINO
IS ALSO ENTERING INTO THE HOUSE, BUT IS BREAKING DOWN SOME OF THE WALL WITH HIS
FISTS AS HE GOES IN, LETTING MORE LIGHT INTO THE HOUSE, MAYBE LAYER THIS WITH A
BAT SYMBOL.
CHINO: We?
Nothing. I’m going in.
PAGE 2. PANEL 1.
HOLDEN IS CREEPING AROUND THE HOUSE, BEING CAUTIOUS AS HE
CAN BE. NO DIALOGUE. HE IS IN A HALLWAY, WITH A MIRROR, AND A
STAIRCASE NEARBY.
PAGE 2. PANEL 2.
HE FIRES THE GUN, WE DO NOT SEE AT WHAT. NO DIALOGUE.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
I thought you weren’t supposed to use guns.
PAGE 2. PANEL 3.
A BROKEN MIRROR IS THERE, SHATTERED BY THE GUN SHOT. HOLDEN SEES HIMSELF FRACTURED.
HOLDEN: Thinking of
someone else.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
A man walks into a bar with the corpse of young girl.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
The bartender says, ‘They’ll kill you if they see that.”
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
And the man says, ‘Don’t worry, I’m as dead on the
inside as much as she is on the out.”
PAGE 2. PANEL 4.
THE SHAPE OF A MUTILATED LITTLE GIRL HAS APPEARED IN THE
MIRROR IN FRONT OF HOLDEN. HER
DISFIGUREMENT COMES FROM A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT.
BLONDE GIRL: The
bartender says, ‘If she’s not twenty one, then get the fuck out.”
HOLDEN: Liza…?
LIZA (FROM THE MIRROR):
Daddy? It hurts daddy. All broken on the inside.
PAGE 2. PANEL 5.
HOLDEN HAS COLLAPSED TO HIS KNEES IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR,
HOLDING OUT HIS HAND. THE GIRL IS
EXTENDING HER HAND AS WELL.
HOLDEN: I tried to
find them baby. Nothing. No one saw the car.
PAGE 2. PANEL 6.
THE BLONDE GIRL STANDS OVER HOLDEN WITH A CROWBAR AND A
SMILE, ABOUT READY TO STRIKE.
THEIR DIALOGUE (LIZA AND THE BLONDE GIRL) WILL BE JOINED
INTO ONE BUBBLE.
LIZA: It’s okay
daddy.
DIALOGUE CONT.
BLONDE GIRL: It’s
okay daddy.
PAGE 2. PANEL 7.
SMALL INSET PANEL OF THE CROWBAR DESCENDING, BUT NOT YET
HITTING HOLDEN.
PAGE 3. PANEL 1.
SCORPIO IS OUTSIDE WITH SHO AND THE WOMAN. SHE’S LAYING THERE, HOLDING THE WIG, AS WELL
AS TH TAPE SHE WAS RESTRICTED WITH.
SCORPIO IS DRAGGING THE WOMAN CLOSER TO SHO.
MOM: My girl. My baby girl.
SCORPIO: Shut the
fuck up! Your girl is fine. But one of the most brilliant minds on
the planet is going to be fucking crippled now, if he even lives through
this.
MOM: No, she—
PAGE 3. PANEL 2.
SCOPRIO IS ANGRY, IN THE WOMAN’S FACE, POINTING AT SHO.
SCORPIO: --Rigged the
door. Whoever went through that door
next was getting put
down. It was almost another a friend
of mine.
PAGE 3. PANEL 3.
SCORPIO IS PUTTING HIS VEST UNDER SHO’S HEAD.
SCORPIO: Can’t move
him. Spinal injuries are tricky.
MOM: I’m sorry…
SCORPIO: No, I’m the
one being shitty. That’s your kid in
there, no matter how fucked
in the head she may be, you care
about her. Just like that boy. Oh god, the
boy!
MOM: Boy?
PAGE 3. PANEL 4.
SCORPIO IS PULLING THE DEAD BOY DOWN FROM THE GARAGE
RAFTERS.
SCORPIO: Hell. Chino,
please be okay.
PAGE 3. PANEL 5.
SCORPIO IS CRADLING THE BOY, LOOKING TOWARDS THE GARAGE
DOOR.
SCORPIO: Don’t become
that thing. Be better, you have to be.
PAGE 4. PANEL 1.
CHINO
WALKS PAST THE BROKEN MIRROR, HE IS IN ID MODE, LOOKING TO DESTROY
SOMETHING. HE IS OBLIVIOUS TO THE
MIRROR.
CHINO: Come out!
I know you’re here.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
Not even admiring my work.
Always so oblivious as
to what is right in front of you.
PAGE 4. PANEL 2.
CHINO
HOLDS HIS HAND AGAINST HIS HEAD.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
Let’s see what’s in your head. A
little girl too. Oh, but
this one was a bit older, and you were the one that—
CHINO: Shut up!
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
Just like the detective. I
thought you weren’t so easily
broken.
PAGE 4. PANEL 3.
CHINO
BREAKS A PIECE OF A WALL DOWN.
CHINO: I’m already broken.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
Hmmm…like me. I sensed you the
other night. You
tried to stave off the inevitable, but you are
succumbing too.
PAGE 4. PANEL 4.
THE ROOM IS EMPTY THAT CHINO
HAS BROKEN INTO.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
So violent, darling. You really
need to learn to control
that anger. All those physical
outburst are going to get
you
into trouble. Oh wait--
CHINO: SHUT UP!
Quit hiding and come on out bitch.
I’m going to fuck your world
up.
PAGE 4. PANEL 5.
CHINO
TURNS AROUND.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
Friend find, look behind.
PAGE 4. PANEL 6.
THE BLONDE GIRL HITS CHINO. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 5. SPLASH PAGE.
CHINO
GOES FLYING AND STRIKES THE WALL OF THE OTHER ROOM THAT HE BROKE INTO. HER HAND IS STILL IN MOTION FROM SWINGING.
BLONDE GIRL: You
know, those physical urges are quite fun.
PAGE 6. PANEL 1.
CHINO
HAS GOTTEN UP AND IS DUSTING HIMSELF OFF.
CHINO: There we go bitch, that’s what I needed. Now I’m really angry, get…
PAGE 6. PANEL 2.
CHINO
IS LOOKING OVER TO WHERE SHE WAS AND SHE’S GONE.
CHINO: …over here.
PAGE 6. PANEL 3.
CHINO
WALKS OUT OF THE HOLE THAT WAS MADE WHEN HE BROKE INTO THIS ROOM.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
You’re really fascinating, you know that. You’re just
as
broken as me, but you won’t admit it.
CHINO: We’re nothing but broken here girl. But the difference is I don’t give a
fuck.
The
other one is always out here moaning and crying, but I think we’re just fine.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
I like you so much, darling.
PAGE 6. PANEL 4.
CHINO
WALKS UP A STAIRCASE.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
Good, you’re making it to the next level. The detective
gave out too soon. No fun at all. Crying about his
little girl. Do you ever cry
about yours?
CHINO: You know what? No. I
don’t. Like I said though, the pussy
does nothing but
cry.
PAGE 6. PANEL 5.
CHINO
REACHES THE TOP OF THE STAIRCASE.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL): You hate that incarnation. I like that.
I’m one for not
being the same person over and over again. Gets
boring.
CHINO: Usually I’m not out for this long, so let’s
see what shit we can get into in this
fun
house of yours.
PAGE 7. PANEL 1.
A CAR HAULS ASS AROUND THE CORNER OF THE STREET. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 7. PANEL 2.
VIEW OF JOSHUS SHIFTING GEARS. SCARLETT IS LOOKING AT HIM.
SCARLETT: What will
we do when we get there? I’ve haven’t
heard from Chino
or Sho.
JOSHUA: No clue. Really.
All I got from the call was that it’s all shite. Chino
hasn’t contacted anybody here?
PAGE 7. PANEL 3.
CHI AND MALA ARE IN THE BACK. FOCUS ON THEM.
CHI: I was with you,
so you know.
MALA: I was with red
here, showing her our shitty mall, and if she’s got nothing neither do I.
PAGE 7. PANEL 4.
JOSHUA PULLS UP TO THE DRIVEWAY. THE SCENE IS A MESS ON THE LAWN, WITH SHO
STILL BLEEDING OUT. THE MOTHER STILL
TRYING TO RECUPERATE.
JOSHUA: The detective
wasn’t kidding. Good thing’s he’s got
his boys on hold so we can deal with this.
CHI: Did he do the
same thing for Myung’s house?
JOSHUA: After Israeli
called him. Speaking of which, I don’
see the arsehole. Ah,
bollocks.
PAGE 7. PANEL 5.
JOSHUA, CHI, MALAWALK UP TO THE SCENE IN THE GARAGE. SCORPIO IS HUDDLED UP BY THE GARAGE WALL,
WHILE THE BOY IS COVERED IN A SHEET.
JOSHUA: The missing
lad?
SCORPIO: Yeah. Too late for him. Holden and Chino are in this fucked up playhouse.
CHI: It’s just like
The Killing…
SCARLETT (OFF PANEL): GUYS!
DIALOGUE CONT.
JOSHUA: Not now.
PAGE 8. PANEL 1
SCARLETT IS HOLDING SHO AS THE GROUP RUNS UP. THE MOTHER WATCHES THEM ALL.
SCARLETT: I think…his vertebrate are shattered. I don’t know if I can help him by
myself, it would take all of us.
MOM: The other boy,
the one who helped me, is inside. The
other man made him help
me, he
wanted to help your friend, but…
JOSHUA: No. He made the right choice. Sho has more of a chance to live on his own
than
you do.
PAGE 8. PANEL 2.
CHI IS BEHIND JOSHUA, WITH MALA, WHO IS PUNCHING HER OPEN
PALM.
CHI: What now?
JOSHUA: We go in, we
help our boy. Just like we always do.
MALA: Yeah!
SCARLETT (OFF PANEL):
NO!
PAGE 8. PANEL 3.
SCARLETT IS STANDING.
SCARLETT: This is
about us, so one of us should deal with this.
JOSHUA: Lass, don’t
be arrogant. This is horrible, and we
don’t want anyone else to
get
hurt. This girl is…well, she’s mad.
SCARLETT: I’ve seen
madness and purpose combined. So much so
that it’s willing to
burn the whole world. A little
clown doesn’t scare me.
CHI: It should.
PAGE 8. PANEL 4.
CHI IS TALKING TO SCARLETT.
CHI: This isn’t just
some random bit of schizophrenia or personality disorder. This is
unbridled
chaos you’re looking at. Enough madness
to drive the best man insane.
SCARLETT: But not all
men, right? I see him, in your
head. Your using him like a
symbol or totem to keep the bad out.
He can survive it, can’t he?
PAGE 8. PANEL 5.
CHI LOOKS AWAY.
CHI: Yeah…
SCARLETT: Don’t be
embarrassed. It’s working. You have hope, you’re scared, but
you know it’s going to get handled, just like he would know.
MALA: Who?
JOSHUA: One of their
dodgie arseholes in tights, but if it works, who gives a fuck.
PAGE 8. PANEL 6.
SCARLETT AND CHI WALK TOWARD THE HOUSE.
SCARLETT: Will you
join me?
CHI: …yes. I don’t want to get in the way though, Chino said…
SCARLETT: Chino says stupid things
sometimes, not knowing that having you around
is
a benefit, not a hinderance.
MALA: We staying out?
PAGE 8. PANEL 7.
JOSHUA IS COCKING A GUN.
JOSHUA: We’re making
sure nothing gets out.
PAGE 9. PANEL 1.
SCARLETT AND CHI WALK INTO THROUGH THE BAT SYMBOL IN THE
DOORWAY.
SCARLETT: You think
you’re weak, but you’re not. Don’t let
what Chino said
affect
you.
CHI: Sorry, it’s weird
to hear your best friend doubt you. I’ve
had few friends in my
life, and I
hold those ones that I have close. It
hurt a little to her him talk that way.
PAGE 9. PANEL 2.
SCARLETT LOOKS AT THE RIGGED GUN THAT SHOT SHO.
SCARLETT: I’ve never
had friends. They keep us apart
mostly. Every once in awhile
we’ll see each other at trainings.
The worst thing is knowing we can
communicate, but they made dampeners and hybrid soldiers to keep that
from happening.
PAGE 9. PANEL 3.
CHI WALKS BEHIND SCARLETT, NEAR THE BROKEN MIRROR.
CHI: I’m sorry. That sounds awful.
SCARLETT: It is
isolating, more so than you would believe.
In a way though, I can’t
miss something I’ve never had.
CHI: That makes
sense, in a zen sort of way.
PAGE 9. PANEL 4.
SCARLETT BENDS DOWN TO EXAMINE THE MIRROR.
SCARLETT: She got
Detective Sullivan here. I can see the
trauma residue from this
mirror that she used.
CHI: That’s really
cool that you guys can do all this ‘mind’ stuff.
SCARLETT: It is
unique, that is without question. But
you have power too. This power
of belief in you is strong. Tell
me more about this man.
PAGE 9. PANEL 5.
CHI AND SCARLETT ASCEND THE STAIRS.
CHI: …about dedication.
But I also like that he needs help, and the symbol is what
draws them
all together. It gives them all power,
like belief and conviction to stand
up against
the darkness, that he is all too familiar with.
DIALOGUE CONT.
SCARLETT: Wait.
PAGE 9. PANEL 6.
CHINO
IS ON HIS KNEES. HE LOOKS AT THEM,
FERAL, RED EYES.
SCARLETT: Run.
CHI: But…
SCARLETT: RUN!
PAGE 10. PANEL 1.
CHINO
IS RUNNING FULL TILT AT SCARLETT. SHE
STANDS THERE, WAITING. CHI HAS RUN PAST
THIS SCENE AND IS HEADED INTO ANOTHER HALLWAY.
NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 10. PANEL 2.
CHINO
THROWS HIS FIST, THE PUNCH HAS NOT LANDED YET.
NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 10. PANEL 3.
CHINO
HITS AN INVISIBLE, OR SEEMS TO. THIS IS
SCARLETT’S USE OF THEIR TELEKINESIS POWERS.
SCARLETT: It’s okay Chino. Just let go of it. Whatever she put inside you is not
strong enough to beat you.
CHINO: The pussy left.
PAGE 10. PANEL 4.
SCARLETT LOOKS WORRIED NOW.
CHINO IS
STILL TRYING TO PUNCH THROUGH.
SCARLETT: You won’t
get through.
CHINO: No?
Okay.
PAGE 10. PANEL 5.
CHINO
RIPS THE FLOORING FROM THE GROUND. NO
DIALOGUE.
PAGE 10. PANEL 6.
SCARLETT LOSES HER BALANCE AND IS FLUNG BACK. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 11. PANEL 1.
CHINO
IS HOLDING SCARLETT BY THE THROAT, SHE IS IN PAIN. CHINO
IS SMILING.
CHINO: Thought I was the other one, didn’t you? The one who tries to live by the
rules, who pussies out and cries whenever
he doesn’t live up to them.
SCARLETT: HKKUUAAA
PAGE 11. PANEL 2.
CHINO
THROWS HER AGAINST THE WALL.
CHINO: I don’t feel bad about any of this. The harlequin pointed out something very
simple me:
Why am I living by his rules, that are based on theirs, when they
don’t
even pretend to follow them.
PAGE 11. PANEL 3.
CHINO
IS CROUCHING BY HER. SHE IS TRYING TO
GET UP.
CHINO: Imagine if we just did whatever we wanted, we
would be so much better off.
No pretense of law or civility. Just eat, take, fuck whatever I want. Life would
be so much simple.
PAGE 11. PANEL 4.
SCARLETT IS PUSHING HERSELF UP FROM THE FLOOR.
CHINO: No, no.
There you go again, trying to be a hero.
Just let it be. Don’t try to
save
them because that what you ‘should’ do.
PAGE 11. PANEL 5.
CHINO
IS STOMPING DOWN ON SCARLETT.
CHINO: Just relax.
Take it easy.
PAGE 12. PANEL 1.
CHI IS WALKING DOWN A HALLWAY.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
Not a Chinaman’s chance of getting out of this one.
The red head just got stomped, did you feel it?
CHI: You don’t
frighten me.
PAGE 12. PANEL 2.
CHI OPENS A DOOR.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE ROOM.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I hope you fuck
better than
you lie. Then again, your
jerk-off fantasy likes her
own kind, doesn’t she?
PAGE 12. PANEL 3.
CHI CONTINUES TO WALKING, HE SEES A LUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE HALLWAY.
CHI: Bet you wouldn’t
talk to her like that if she was here.
She’d kick your ass.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
Hmmm. You’d like that. Watching us tangle, get you
all hot and bothered. Get that
rice noodle you got all
rigid.
PAGE 12. PANEL 4.
CHI HAS TURNED THE LUMP OVER TO FIND THAT IT IS DETECTIVE
HOLDEN SULLIVAN, FACE PAINTED WITH A SMILE, UNCONSCIOUS. WHILE HE IS DOING THIS, A SHADOW HAS PASSED
BEHIND HIM, LANDING ONTO THE FLOOR.
CHI: We’ll never find
out if you’re always hiding.
PAGE 12. PANEL 5.
THE BLONDE GIRL IS RIGHT IN CHI’S EAR, HE LOOKS UP, SHOCKED
AND SCARED.
BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL): Boo.
PAGE 13. PANEL 1.
SHO’S EYES BURST OPEN ON THE LAWN. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 13. PANEL 2.
JOSHUA IS STANDING GUARD BY THE DOOR, WITH MALA. HE HAS HIS GUN READY, MALA HAS HER FISTS
WRAPPED. SCORPIO IS JUST SMOKING OUTSIDE
OF THE GARAGE. THE MOTHER SITS OVER SHO.
SHO: Help.
SCORPIO: Oh shit.
PAGE 13. PANEL 3.
JOSHUA, MALA, AND SCORPIO ARE ALL GATHER AROUND SHO.
SCORPIO: I can take
you to a hospital right now.
SHO: Not before you
get in there and help them. Scarlett’s
mind, its pleading. She can’t
get through
to Chino. They are in trouble.
JOSHUA: We can do
that. Take my car, Jerusalem.
Mala and I can handle this.
MOM: Save my girl.
JOSHUA: Take her with
you. Get the rest of those wounds
checked out.
PAGE 13. PANEL 4.
THE CAR IS PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY AS JOSHUA AND MALA
ENTER THE HOUSE.
JOSHUA: He comes at
you, hit him. Hard. Believe me, I love the boy but I won’t
hesitate to shoot.
MALA: Don’t kill him.
JOSHUA: Not aiming
to.
MALA: And the girl?
PAGE 13. PANEL 5.
JOSHUA AND MALA ENTER THE HOUSE.
MALA: Rev…?
PAGE 14. PANEL 1.
THE BLONDE GIRL HAS CHI AND HOLDEN IN HER ROOM. THE ROOM IS NOW TRANSFORMED, GROTESQUE
LOOKING, DIRTY AND DINGY, BLOOD SEEMINGLY ON THE WALLS. THE MIRROR IS BROKEN, BUT THE PICTURE OF HER
BROTHER, BY THE DOOR, IS STILL THERE.
SHE IS RAGING ABOUT THE ROOM.
BLONDE GIRL:
Break! God damn it, why can’t I
get in there.
PAGE 14. PANEL 2.
FOCUS ON CHI. HIS
EYES ARE CLOSED, HE IS CONCENTRATING.
HOLDEN IS PASSED OUT NEXT TO HIM.
BLONDE GIRL: How are
you the hard one? The cop who couldn’t
solve his daughter’s
murder, easy. The boy with the
different people inside, complete joy
to fracture further. How the fuck
are you holding out on me? Look at
me.
PAGE 14. PANEL 3.
SHE HAS HIS FACE TURNED TOWARDS HER, AND HIS EYES ARE WIDE
OPEN. HE IS CLEARLY SCARED.
BLONDE GIRL: LOOK.
AT. ME! Tell me, is it the little symbol
in your head, huh?
Is that what is keeping you on the up and up. It can’t last forever.
With all the horrors I’ve shown you, it’ll break.
CHI: HMMF…
BLONDE GIRL: Not it
wants to talk.
PAGE 14. PANEL 4.
SHE LETS GO OF HIS FACE, WHERE HER HAND WAS IS RED, AND
THERE IS A LITTLE BLOOD BY HIS MOUTH.
CHI: If…if you are
trying to show me how awful people are, you’re going to have to try
a lot
harder. My dad’s a cop, and I’ve spent
most of my youth listening to the shit
he deals
with on the job.
BLONDE GIRL: Tough
boy. But you know what may break you
down? You’re little
Sappho is coming up. How about I
break her.
PAGE 14. PANEL 5.
A BODY IS THROW INTO THE ROOM. CHI AND THE BLONDE GIRL TURN TO SEE IT.
DIALOGUE CONT.
CHINO: I wish he’s just give in, but Mala getting all
fucked up?
PAGE 14. PANEL 6.
CHINO
IS STANDING IN THE DOORWAY, SMOKING. WE
SEE THAT THE BODY IS SCARLETT, KNOCKED OUT.
CHINO: Yeah, that ought to do the trick.
PAGE 15. PANEL 1.
JOSHUA COMES UP THE STAIRS FIRST, PISTOL IN HAND. MALA FOLLOWS CAUTIOUSLY BEHIND.
JOSHUA: Stay
behind. I don’t like you being unarmed,
but I know you can hold your
own
if it comes to fists.
MALA: I’ll be
fine.
THE BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
Not for long duck dong. Get them.
PAGE 15. PANEL 2.
CHINO
RUSHES OUT OF THE DARK HALLWAY. MALA
PUSHES JOSHUA OUT OF THE WAY AS HE FIRES THE GUN.
CHINO: Nice shot.
PAGE 15. PANEL 3.
CHINO
GOES FULL SWING AT MALA, WHO DUCKS UNDER HIM.
NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 15. PANEL 4.
CHINO
HAS TURNED AROUND, MALA IS UPPERCUTTING HIM.
MALA: Thanks.
PAGE 15. PANEL 5.
CHINO
IS FLAT ON HIS ASS. THE REVEREND JUST
WATCHES, AND WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH UNTIL THE FIGHT IS OVER.
MALA: All that brute
strength, and you have no idea how to use it.
Get up.
CHINO: I’m going to drop you, bitch.
MALA: You’re banter
is just as bad as your fighting, so not likely.
PAGE 15. PANEL 6.
CHINO
IS SWINGING AGAIN, MALA SIDE STEPS IT.
NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE 16. PANEL 1.
MALA HITS CHINO
WITH A STRAIGHT RIGHT, KNOCKING HIM BACK.
MALA: All that
smoking and laziness sure aren’t paying off right now, huh?
PAGE 16. PANEL 2.
CHINO
HOLDS HIS HEAD, WHIL MALA WORKS HIS BODY.
MALA: Super strength
doesn’t do shit for stamina or durability.
PAGE 16. PANEL 3.
CHINO
GRABS MALA BY THE THROAT.
CHINO: Talk your shit now.
MALA: I’m like
Terminator X.
PAGE 16. PANEL 4.
MALA HITS CHINO
WITH ANOTHER RIGHT UPPERCUT, SENDING HIM DOWN.
MALA: I talk with my
hands.
JOSHUA: That’s my
girl. Should of put you in the
Olympics.
MALA: Think we can
leave him here?
JOSHUA: He’s out.
PAGE 16. PANEL 5.
JOSHUA AND MALA ARE JUST OUTSIDE THE OPEN DOORWAY OF THE
ROOM WHERE THE BLONDE GIRL IS. JOSHUA
HAS HIS GUN DRAWN.
THE BLONDE GIRL (OFF PANEL):
The muffer and the murderer are here.
PAGE 17. PANEL 1.
THE BLONDE GIRL HAS A KNIFE IN HER RIGHT HAND AT CHI’S
THROAT, SHE IS CROUCHING BEHIND HIM, WITH HER FREE LEFT HAND PULLING HIS HEAD
BACK. HIS HANDS ARE TIED UP. SCARLETT IS STILL PASSED OUT ON THE FLOOR TO
THE RIGHT OF THE BLONDE GIRL. HOLDEN IS
PASSED OUT TO THE LEFT.
THE BLONDE GIRL: You
beat the thug? No surprise, not much
brains going on up
there. I need someone a little
more intellectually stimulating.
Speaking of stimulating, those get me all fired up.
PAGE 17. PANEL 2.
JOSHUA’S GUN GOES FLYING OUT OF HIS HAND, INTO THE BLONDE
GIRL’S LEFT HAND.
JOSHUA: The fuck!?
THE BLONDE GIRL:
Thanks for complying. Now, let’s
get down to the game.
PAGE 17. PANEL 3.
THE BLONDE GIRL STILL HAS THE KNIFE ON CHI, AND THE GUN IS
BEING TWIRLED IN HER HAND.
THE BLONDE GIRL: Two
weapons. I can kill two people here
before either of you
could stop me. Right hand is designated to this little prick
who
just
won’t break. But the left hand? Who gets the magic bullet?
PAGE 17. PANEL 4.
THE BLONDE GIRL POINTS THE GUN AT HOLDEN
THE BLONDE GIRL: Kill
the cop and you will have the police after you like a Mic on
beer. You’ll have to uproot again
and establish yourself
somewhere else preacher man.
PAGE 17. PANEL 5.
THE BLONDE GIRL HAS HER THE GUN ON SCARLETT NOW.
THE BLONDE GIRL: Or
do I kill the ginger? The one the
scissor sister is so fond of
now. Not been getting lucky at
the gay bars?
PAGE 17. PANEL 6.
THE BLONDE GIRL TRAINS THE GUN ON CHI’S HEAD.
THE BLONDE GIRL: Or
do I just kill him twice? See if
something comes flying out of
there. Something that he’s
holding onto so preciously.
DIALOGUE CONT.
CHI: Do it.
PAGE 18. PANEL 1.
CHI CONTINUES TO TALK, WHILE THE BLONDE GIRL SMIRKS.
CHI: Do it. Nothing you’re saying or doing is new. It’s the same idea, over and over
again. Nothing is accomplished or achieved, and
you’ll be just as dissatisfied after
you do it,
and there is the biggest joke. You can
never make yourself happy.
PAGE 18. PANEL 2.
CHI BEGINS TO LAUGH.
THE BLONDE GIRL IS GETTING ANGRY.
CHI: You can cripple
and kill all you like, it’s all you do, but we’ll still be here.
An ideal, a
symbol to live up to.
PAGE 18. PANEL 3.
THE BLONDE GIRL TURNS HIM AROUND, SHE HAS DROPPED THE KNIFE
AND GUN. SCARLETT IS GETTING UP, WITHOUT
THE BLONDE GIRL’S NOTICE.
THE BLONDE GIRL: Don’t, don’t you dare laugh at me. Always laughing, my skin,
being
gay. Not his fault, I hate you. He deserved to live. Fuck
all of you.
CHI: I’m sorry.
PAGE 18. PANEL 4.
CHI HEAD-BUTTS THE GIRL.
MALA DASHES IN WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
CHI: We’re more than
our pain.
PAGE 18. PANEL 5.
THE BLONDE GIRL IS REELING BACKWARDS AS MALA LANDS A HARD
LEFT HOOK.
CHI: We’ve all got
shit to deal with. Doesn’t mean we
should go around killing
each other.
PAGE 18. PANEL 6.
SCARLETT IS UP, SHE CATCHES THE GIRL AS SHE FALLS
BACK FROM MALA’S PUNCH.
SCARLETT: Leave her
with me. I’m going to attempt to remove
the toxin.
PAGE 19. PANEL 1.
JOSHUA IS LUGGING HOLDEN OUT, WHILE CHI AND MALA HELP CHINO OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.
CHI: What do you
think she is doing up there?
MALA: I don’t want…
PAGE 19. PANEL 2.
SCARLETT HAS HER HANDS AROUND THE GIRLS HEAD.
MALA (CAPTION): “…to
know.”
SCARLETT: There is a
place you can go, where you will be useful.
You won’t be out
of place, and you’ll meet other people, like yourself and your
brother.
PAGE 19. PANEL 3.
SCARLETT HEALS THE WOUND ON THE BLONDE GIRL’S FOREHEAD,
WHILE WHISPERING IN HER EAR.
SCARLETT: A band aid
for the wound. Only temporary. When you hear the word, this
will be removed.
SCARLETT: UNINTELLIGABLE DIALOGUE.
PAGE 19. PANEL 4.
SCARLETT WALKS OUT OF THE HOUSE.
CHI: The girl?
SCARLETT: I knew you
were lying…she’s dead. I couldn’t stop
the toxin. In her
madness and grief she killed herself.
JOSHUA: I didn’t
hear…
SCARLETT: Stabbed
herself. I wouldn’t presume to save her
if that’s not what she
wanted. We should leave.
PAGE 19. PANEL 5.
EVERYONE PILES INTO THE CAR.
CHINO
LOOKS AWAY FROM EVERYONE. HOLDEN IS
STILL PASSED OUT.
CHI: Did…did we
win?
CHINO: …
DIALOGUE CONT.
JOSHUA: No one
wins. One side just loses more slowly.
PAGE 20. PANEL 1.
A CAR DRIVES THROUGH THE DESERT. MILITARY JEEPS CHASE AFTER IT.
CAPTION: ONE NIGHT
LATER.
PAGE 20. PANEL 2.
A JEEP CUTS OFF THE CAR.
THE CAR BRAKES ABRUPTLY. NO
DIALOGUE.
PAGE 20. PANEL 3.
SOLDIERS ARE SURROUNDING THE CAR, RIFLES POINTED AT THE CAR.
COMMANDING OFFICER IS BARKING ORDERS TO THE CAR. THE CAR DOOR IS OPENING.
C.O.: GET DOWN. HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD. I SAID—
PAGE 20. PANEL 4.
THIS IS THE BLONDE GIRL, BUT THE AUDIENCE DOES NOT KNOW THIS
YET. SHE STANDS, RED HOODIE SWEAT SHIRT,
BLACK SHIRT, HANDS LIFTED IN THE AIR. THE
RIFLES OF THE SOLDIERS ARE BEING BENT AND DISTORTED INTO DIFFERENT SHAPES.
THE BLONDE GIRL: And
I say…
PAGE 20. PANEL 5.
THE BLONDE GIRL NOW HAS REMOVED HER HOODIE, FACE IS ALL
WHITE, WITH DARK BLACK MASCARA ON, AND BRIGHT RED LIPSTICK. HER BLONDE HAIR IS IN PIGTAILS THAT POINT UP,
LIKE HARLEY’S JESTER HAT.
THE BLONDE GIRL: …Take
me to your leader.
THE END
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