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Some of us, though, are able to manage by othermeans.

Page 3 Piledriver and Icicle. 5 panels.

Panel 1 A tight shot of a female hand grabbing a beer bottleout of a six-pack on the floor beside a bed. Thecarpet is old and dirty. The bed is a frame, a

box-spring, and a mattress.

Panel 2 Close on the woman twisting off the bottle cap. Wecan't really see her face, but we can see that she issitting up in the bed and wearing parts of asuper-suit which seems like a white and cool-bluescuba suit.

Panel 3 Slightly wider shot, we can see more of the woman andof the room. She has raised the bottle, but insteadof sipping it, she is looking off toward the windowin the room. She is an attractive white woman withshort blonde hair and intricate neck tattoos snaking

up behind her ear. This is ICICLE She seems mildlyirritated. We can't see the window that she islooking toward, but we can see that she is in theattic apartment of an old house.

Panel 4 Wider shot including the woman in the bed and thewindow that she is looking toward. It is a squarewindow at the end of what must be a large gable. Itis the only source of light in the room. There is aslender, but muscular, man sitting on the arm of achair and looking down out the window. He is wearingan open hoodie with no shirt under it. He has some

simple tribal-style tattoos on his chest. This isPILEDRIVER.

ICICLEWho are you so mad at?

PILEDRIVERNo one.

ICICLEThat's productive.

Panel 5 Tight shot on PILEDRIVER looking back at ICICLE. Heis angry and maybe slightly confused.

PILEDRIVERYou telling me you're not mad?

Page 4 Mad about you. 5 panels.

Panel 1 He walks toward her and she sits up on the bed.Throughout this scene we can see that she is chillingher drink with frost coming from her fingers.

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drew you in to begin with. That's not part of thelife, that's part of you.

Panel 2 PILEDRIVER pausing in thought.

Panel 3 Now he is speaking.

PILEDRIVERThen that's why I'm mad.

Panel 4 Large shot of PILEDRIVER. His head is up, defiant andproud. But he is cut across with heavy shadows.

PILEDRIVEROnce I discovered I had these abilities, I couldn'tsee the sense in following other people's rules.Laws written by the powerless few to control thepowerless masses.....what do they have to do withme? Nothing!

PILEDRIVER

I never did any of this for the money or the power.I did it to be free from those rules.

PILEDRIVERBut I'm not free. I'm trapped now, in this cycle,worse than if I never had powers at all.

ICICLESo what do you want?

Panel 5 Tight shot on his face cut apart by harsh shadow.

PILEDRIVERI want to get out.

Page 6 Coil and Shannon at home. 6 panels.

Panel 1 Large shot of a wooden front staircase in a large oldhome. It is in decent shape. Neither gleaming norbroken down. COIL is small in the shot ascending thestairs.

Caption These are my facts.....

Panel 2 Flashback shot of COIL sucker-punching SWITCHBOARD.

Caption Bad guy. Good guy. Bad guy again.

Panel 3 A cramped and wood-paneled hallway in a very largeold home. It has been converted into individualapartments. COIL stands at one of the doors.

Caption I'm laying low and doing nothing because my lastjob went south and took my reputation with it.

Panel 4 Tight shot on COIL'S hand reaching for the door knob.Some of the wires which are wrapped around his

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fingers are snaking out toward the key hole.

Panel 5 Shot from inside the room. The wooden door is openingjust an inch or two.

Caption Crux, the blood-drinking psycho who was callingshots on that job....

SOUND EFFECTC-click

Panel 6 Still inside the room, the door is open more and COILis tightly framed by the door and the frame. SHANNONspeaks from off panel.

Caption He thought he was a rock star.

SHANNONCoil Good, I'm glad you caught me.

Page 7 Creeps. 5 panels.

Panel 1 Wide shot showing the room, SHANNON, and COIL closingthe door behind him. The room is small and decoratedwith ornate, non-teen, goth stuff. SHANNON is shapelyand pale skinned. She wears a black tank top, trackpants, and has her thickly braided hair pulled backwith a small scarf tied around her head. We saw herand this room at the end of issue eleven.

Caption Little Shannon was his groupie.

SHANNON

I'm leaving for work in a few minutes. And I wantedto talk to you.

Panel 2 A big shot of SHANNON.

Caption I'm holed up at her place while we wait for him toresurface.

SHANNONThe past few nights there's been this guy cominginto the club. He's a real creep.

Panel 3 As COIL casually takes his jacket off, SHANNON puts a

few water bottles into a gym bag.

Caption What I know, and she doesn't, is that Crux isdead.

COILIn your line of work, Shannon, avoiding creepsmaybe isn't the best career move.

SHANNONThis guy's different. There's something wrong with

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his eyes. When he looks at me it's like he's justgoing through the motions and acting human....

Panel 4 COIL smirking slightly. Possibly keep SHANNON in thisshot.

Caption A rockstar who couldn't stand the spotlight.

COILOk, so.....

Panel 5 COIL cracking a cruel smile.

COILIs there some reason you're telling me this?

Page 8 Forget it. 6 panels.

Panel 1 SHANNON is barely suppressing rage and hatred.

Caption She hates it when I won't play her little games.

Panel 2 Very tight shot on his cruel smile.

Panel 3 She steels herself and turns back to the task ofzipping her bag. COIL just watches her.

SHANNONNo, just forget it. I thought you might know him.That's all. He's one of you.

COILYeah? What's his name?

SHANNONHe never said, but I heard people calling him RedDevil. You know him?

Panel 4 COIL thinking about what she has said.

COILNo. But I've heard of him. Heard he's a psycho.

SHANNONYeah, that's him. The guy's scary.

Panel 5 COIL, once again with a mean smile.

Caption She can't win....

COILI thought you liked scary guys.

Panel 6 SHANNON turning to walk toward the door.

Caption So she tries to change the game.

SHANNON

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You know what, just forget I said anything.

SHANNONI'm stopping at Mason's on the way home, do youwant me to pick something up for you?

Page 9 What does she think? 5 panels.

Panel 1Large panel. COIL is grabbing SHANNON'S arm andturning her toward him. This is sudden, jarring,action after so much stillness. He is angry and sheis shocked.

COILWhat?

Panel 2 COIL holding SHANNON roughly by the arms, he isleaning menacingly into her face and she is twistingher face away from him with a look of petulantdefiance.

Caption She thinks I'm stupid. Thinks I don't know whatshe's doing.

SHANNONIt's not a hard question. Do you want me to bringyou some food?

Panel 3 COIL has let go of her arms and she presses againstthe wall, away from him, toward the door. He has amean sneer as he talks and is still invading herspace.

COILDo what the hell you want.

Panel 4 Shot from out in the hall SHANNON is coming out ofthe door. She looks terrified. COIL glowers behindher, he is full of hate.

Panel 5 COIL standing alone in the apartment as the doorslams. He is tense and angry.

Caption Ok, bitch, you wanna play? Let'splay.

Page 10 Coil takes the bait. 6 panels.

Panel 1 A cross section of action at a typical, divey, stripclub. Strategically avoiding anything too nude.Neither high-end nor scummy. More like a place wherepeople go to be anonymous.

Panel 2 Tight shot on RED DEVIL'S creepy, dead, eyes.

Panel 3 SHANNON working the stage in vaguely gothicstripper-wear.

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Slightly wider shot of RED DEVIL. We can see that heis at a tiny round table in the club and looking up(we assume at the stage) with his cold eyes.

Panel 5 SHANNON and two other girls are walking the floor,weaving among tables and smiling at the guests. ButSHANNON'S posture and expression show that she uneasywith what she sees just off panel.

Panel 6 This is what she sees, a shot of RED DEVIL looking upat her and using two fingers to slide a single dollarbill across the table toward her. She is off panel.

Page 11 Coil in the club. 6 panels.

Panel 1 DEVIL and SHANNON in the same shot. He is withdrawinghis hand from the bill. There is another girl behindSHANNON who is smiling and encouraging SHANNON to dothe same. If possible, we see a large dark shapelooming behind RED DEVIL.

Panel 2 Low shot of RED DEVIL looking back up over hisshoulder at COIL who is standing there bumpingDEVIL'S shoulder to get his attention.

COILI said, "this seat taken?"

Panel 3 COIL sits. The two men are sizing eachother up.

RED DEVILNah. It's all yours.

COILThanks. I know you?

Panel 4 SHANNON is standing there stunned, afraid of what isabout to happen. The girl who had been helping her isspeaking sternly into SHANNON'S ear.

OTHER GIRLTake your break. Right now. Then get it togetherand get back out here in fifteen minutes.

Panel 5 The two men talking in the foreground. SHANNON is inthe background heading for the stage door and lookingback at them nervously.

Panel 6 SHANNON watches them, either through a small windowor a crack in the door. She is back stage and theyare still talking.

Page 12 Outta here. 6 panels.

Panel 1 COIL and RED DEVIL still talking. COIL is lookingserious and gesturing toward the entrance with histhumb. A "get out of here" gesture.

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SHANNON is worried and coming out of the door to theback stage area from which she had been watching thishappen.

Panel 3 DEVIL already weaving his way toward the door, andCOIL standing to follow him.

Panel 4 SHANNON catches up to COIL and grabs his shoulder.

SHANNONWait. What did he say about me? Where are yougoing?

Panel 5 COIL is smirking at her and pointing back toward thestage.

COILThis isn't about you. We were talking business.Like 'mind your own' and 'let me handle mine'.

Panel 6 He continues toward the door. SHANNON stands there a

bit stunned. The other girl glares at her icily.

Page 13 Talking shop. 5 panels.

Panel 1 Large panel setting the scene. COIL and RED DEVILwalk through the strip club parking lot. It is alarge gravel lot about half full with cars and trucksin random spaces.

COILOk, so what exactly are we talking about here.

RED DEVILAll I know is that it's old and the people who haveit really want to keep it. And some connected guywould've paid a lot to get it.

COILSo what went wrong?

Panel 2 RED DEVIL talking.

RED DEVILSomebody got itchy and they moved the whole set up.The plan is still good, we just don't know where itis.

Panel 3 COIL thinking hard and cocking his head as he asks aquestion.

COILIf it's really the big deal you said it is, I canfind it. You think you can get your crew backtogether?

Panel 4 The two of them talking.

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RED DEVILSure, but they don't know you so they won't trustyou.

COILA gang of thieves that'll only work with peoplethey can trust? See how long that lasts. You justremind them that you can buy a lot more with money

than you can with trust.

RED DEVILYeah. ok.

Panel 5 Just COIL talking.

COILAnd tell them we'll need to be ready to move fast.

COILNow, walk me through it, top to bottom.

Page 14 The job. 5 panels.

Panel 1 The following scenes will be a complicated montageconsisting of three different time frames. Firstthere is RED DEVIL'S narration (nar), which ishappening as he and COIL walk along seedy streets.Then there will be the flash to the original meetingwhere the gang got together (meet). In these, all thecharacters will be in costume and sitting around atable in a typical "back room" setting. Then therewill be shots of RED DEVIL attempting to re-recruitthem (re). These will be in various settings. The

first small panel is just RED DEVIL talking as theywalk.

RED DEVIL(nar)

Black Flag got the tip somehow, and he's the onethat came up with the plan. It's basically...

Panel 2 Now in a flash to the initial meet-up. This is a shotprimarily of BLACK FLAG. He is sitting at the head ofa table in some small back room. He is a young blackman in a black hoodie. Over that he has a a black

tactical vest with many pouches. He has a blackbandana around his neck.

BLACK FLAG(meet)

It's essentially a smash and grab. But because ofthe serious case involved, we need a serious smash.

BLACK FLAG(meet)

The artifact is stored in a mobile safe-room with

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five foot thick composite security walls.

Panel 3 Slightly wider shot, we can see some of the folks wewill meet over the next few pages, but they arecurrently mostly in shadow or obscured.

BLACK FLAG(meet)

There are plenty of ways to blast through eventhat. But the objective here is twenty thousandyears old and requires a little more finesse.

Panel 4 RED DEVIL and BLACK FLAG in street clothes, talkingin what seems to be the stock room of a book store.This is the re-recruiting scene.

BLACK FLAG(re)

Can you vouch for this guy?

RED DEVIL(re)

Could you really vouch for any of us?

BLACK FLAG(re)

Good point.

Panel 5 Narration scene with COIL and RED DEVIL still walkingthe streets at night.

RED DEVIL(nar)

So he brought in a Pakistani grease-man called....

Page 15 The Cut. 6 panels.

Panel 1 In that back-room again. Now we are looking at THECUT. A tall, thin, Pakistani man dressed mostly inhip-hop style. Through all of his scenes, he seems tonot really care what is going on around him.

THE CUT(meet)

I'm called The Cut, 'cuz I can get in'nere, yeah,

and ou' again jus' as quick. But I won' be able tograb anyting while I'm inside.

Panel 2 BLACK FLAG and THE CUT, who are seated next to eachother, talking.

BLACK FLAG(meet)

Not a problem. All you need to do is drop off thistrigger device inside the room.

THE CUT

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Then neither am I.

Page 16 A plan comes together. 5 panels.

Panel 1 COIL and RED DEVIL still near the bridge. RED DEVILis gesturing with his hands, trying to indicate thatthe bombs are inside.

RED DEVIL(nar)

The bombs are controlled by the trigger. Thetrigger is in the safe-room. To turn off thetrigger, they'll have to open the door. All that'sleft is to grab the thing and go

COIL(nar)

Wheel-man?

RED DEVIL(nar)

We got a guy, Piledriver....

Panel 2 At the back room meeting. PILEDRIVER in costume.

PILEDRIVER(meet)

I can tunnel us all out of there. No problem.

Panel 3 Shot of PILEDRIVER and RED DEVIL in street clothes,talking on the back porch of weather-beaten woodenhouse.

PILEDRIVER(re)

The answer is 'no'. I can't.

RED DEVIL(re)

That's not cool. Coil's gonna want to talk to you.

PILEDRIVER(re)

Fine. But tell him to be quick. I have other stuffto do.

Panel 4 Just a few minutes after panel 3, COIL, RED DEVIL,PILEDRIVER, and ICICLE stand around in the livingroom of a small apartment inside the house. The bedroom from page 3 is connected to this room and mightbe visible in some shots. COIL is the focus of thewhole room.

COILSo, what's the problem here?

PILEDRIVER

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I told Red Devil here, I'm done.

Panel 5 Mostly focused on COIL and PILEDRIVER.

COILYou know the plan. We need you in there.

PILEDRIVER

Yeah? And who are you? I don't remember you when wewere setting this up.

Page 17 The band. 5 panels.

Panel 1 Mostly COIL and PILEDRIVER again.

COILI'm the guy that's getting the band back together.

PILEDRIVERThen I'm the guy's moved on with his life.

Panel 2 COIL looking around, indicating the meagersurroundings. Smirking.

COILYeah. Looks like it.

PILEDRIVERScrew you, man. You don't know me.

COILIt's been a few days since the job up-ended, right?So whatta you been doing? Sending out applications?

Working on your resume? Monster dot com?

Panel 3 ICICLE stepping toward PILEDRIVER.

ICICLEIgnore him he's a jerk.

PILEDRIVERBut he's right. What am I going to do?

ICICLEYou said you wanted to get out. If that's what you

want, then that's what you should do.

Panel 4 PILEDRIVER and ICICLE.

PILEDRIVERI do want to get away, but I need enough money tomake a solid start. This job could do that.

PILEDRIVERDo you think this will actually work?

ICICLE

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Yes. I do.

Panel 5 PILEDRIVER is talking to COIL. So is Icicle, but sheis looking mean.

PILEDRIVEROk, I'm in, but so is Icicle.

COILFine. But cut comes out of yours.

Page 18 Kinetic in the city. 3 panels.

Panel 1 A panel taking up most of the page. This image is theopposite of the issue thus far. It is bright,dynamic, and full of motion. This is KINETIC lookinglike he is having a great time. SWITCHBOARD'S wordballoons float tagless. They are coming fromKINETIC'S small head-set.

Caption The next day.

Caption His name is Kinetic.

SWITCHBOARDKinetic?

KINETICI'm here. I was just heading out.

Panel 2 Small shot of SWITCHBOARD in her bunker. She is litby all the monitors. Now KINETIC'S word balloonsfloat without tags.

SWITCHBOARDGood. There's a nut causing trouble in your area.You mind checking it out?

KINETICNo problem.

Panel 3 Small shot of KINETIC bouncing away over low rooftops.

Caption His facts are that he has powers and he likes touse them.

SWITCHBOARDHead over to Washington Street and you should beable to see it.

Page 19 Red Devil in action. 4 panels.

Panel 1 Large shot of RED DEVIL with his back to the reader.He is trashing a sub shop. KINETIC is coming to restin the street behind him. RED DEVIL generates anenergy aura around him that looks like red fire. The

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more intense it gets, the more invisible his actualbody becomes. In this panel, he appears as a skeletoncovered in red-opaque flesh, covered in red fire. Hewears biker boots, black leather pants, and some kindof vest.

Caption He's so desperate for the love and respect ofstrangers that he's willing to throw his life away

to get it.

KINETICOk, pal, that's enough.

Panel 2 Tight shot on RED DEVIL turning to face KINETIC.

RED DEVILKinetic?

Panel 3 RED DEVIL runs past KINETIC. as he runs, his flamesget a little bigger and his core is slightly lessvisible.

Caption The story that he tells himself is that he'sfighting the good fight.

KINETICHow did you know that?

RED DEVILTime to go.

Panel 4 RED DEVIL dives into the air. He is now a completelyinvisible shape licked by red flames. KINETIC is

following him.

Page 20 Kinetic Vs Devil. 5 panels.

Panel 1 KINETIC tackles RED DEVIL into a sidewalk cafe,tipping tables and startling patrons.

Panel 2 Close on RED DEVIL and KINETIC as they tumble. REDDEVIL is wound up to punch KINETIC hard.

Panel 3 Very similar shot, but now several metal wires areholding back RED DEVIL'S arm. He is looking at themin surprise.

Panel 4 Large panel of COIL in his full COIL gear, pullingRED DEVIL off of KINETIC.

Panel 5 Big shot of the three of them flexing at each other.

Caption But there is no good fight.

RED DEVILYou!

KINETIC

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Coil. What are you doing here?

COILNot now.

Page 21 Doing here. 5 panels.

Panel 1 COIL swings at RED DEVIL, who is leaping into the airand turning mostly invisible, though he still exudesred flame.

Panel 2 KINETIC energy punches COIL into a wall.

Caption And that is a fact that Kinetic is having a reallyhard time accepting.

Panel 3 KINETIC over COIL. COIL is pointing up in the air.

KINETICWhat are you doing here?

COILHe's getting away.

KINETICI'll deal with him later. Why are you here.

Panel 4 Close on COIL.

COILI need to talk to you.

Panel 5 KINETIC closing in on him aggressively.

KINETICYou've said enough.

KINETICGet on your feet, we're finishing this right now.

Page 22 Listen. 1 panel.

Panel 1 Full page shot. COIL is pushing back against thewall, he has one hand out defensively. KINETIC isover him, still aggressive. His face is just turningsurprised.

COILWait. I need your help. You don't have to trust me,just listen.

COILThere is an ancient artifact of incredible powerbeing held in a secure location right now.

COILA gang of villains is planning to steal it right

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now.

COILThey can't be allowed to get their hands on it, andonly you can stop them.

Caption Continued next issue.

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