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RAPID CITY #26

BY JOSH [email protected]

Page 1 Icicle goes shopping. 6 panels

Panel 1 Tight close up on the inside of a grocery store'sbeer cooler. Very clear in the shot is a case ofbottles labeled as "Ice Brewed"

Panel 2 Wider shot of a young woman lifting that case fromthe cooler into her shopping cart. the cart has a fewother basic supplies. The woman is ICICLE in hercivilian clothes.

Panel 3 Icicle pushing her cart down the hardware aisle.Focus on the rack of hanging hammers she is passing.Notably, the claw hammers.

Panel 4 Icicle piling her purchases on the checkout counter.

Her purchases include a plastic "handle" of cheapvodka. The CLERK is a man in his 40s.

CLERKAfternoon, Ma'am. I don't recall seeing you herebefore. Are you new in town?

ICICLESort of. My family used to come out here when Iwas little. I'm staying at our cabin on the lake.

CLERK

Make sure you've got some firewood out there.Radio says the mercury's gonna drop.

Panel 5 Icicle looking out the window as she talks.

ICICLEI don't mind the cold.

NARRATIONCoil thinks I'm dead.

Panel 6 Icicle loading her one bag of groceries into hersmall SUV.

Caption 30 miles outside Rapid City.

NARRATIONSo I let him.

NARRATIONNo sense rushing now.

Page 2 Splash page. 1 panel

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Full page shot of Icicle stepping out of her SUV ather lot on the lake. There is the small trailer thatwe had seen in a previous issue. It is dusk andeverything is gray and bleak. A few flakes of snoware blowing in from the slate colored lake.

NARRATIONAnd don't they say that cold....

NARRATIONis the best way to serve revenge?

Page 3 Coil goes to town. 6 panels

Panel 1 Establishing shot of large, very industrial, city.More smoke stacks than sky scrapers.

Caption Far away.

Panel 2 COIL and CRIMSON GHOST on a broken down streetoutside a bar which looks like it may or may not be

in business. Clearly not actively attractingcustomers.

Panel 3 Shot from behind Coil and Crimson Ghost as they enterthe bar. There is not much inside. There is aBARTENDER leaning on an elbow behind the bar readinga fat paperback book. He is a haggard looking whiteguy in his mid fifties

Panel 4 Reverse shot from behind the bartender who is stillnot looking up at them.

CRIMSON GHOSTuh, hey.

Panel 5 Coil talking while the bartender still reads.

COILWe're here to....

BARTENDERThere's only one reason for you to be here.

Panel 6 Now he looks up.

BARTENDERAnd I think we all know what that is.

Page 4 Walk this way. 5 panels

Panel 1 The bartender gesturing them toward a door behind thebar.

COILThen let's get on with it.


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BARTENDERRight through here.

Panel 2 The passageway that the door leads to is unexpectedlysteep and dark. It looks more home in the catacombsunder a castle than behind a bar. This shot is fromseveral feet down the passage looking up at Coil andCrimson Ghost as they enter. The bartender is behind

them, blending with the shadows of the door frame.

CRIMSON GHOSTThis isn't a normal doorway.

Panel 3 Similar shot, but now the door behind them hasclosed. Crimson Ghost is looking back at the doorsuspiciously. The only source of light is the thin,ghostly flames now licking up off of Crimson Ghosts'shead, neck, and hands. Coil is continuing boldly intothe darkness.

Panel 4 Coil's hand grasping a heavy door handle. We can seethis because the door is already opening and light iscoming in through the crack.

Panel 5 Coil and Ghost with the door now open. They areblasted by bright light coming in. They are lookingoff-panel to the right, which has them effectivelygawking at the next page.

Page 5 Welcome to my parlor. 2 panels

Panel 1 Huge panel, most of the page. Coil and ghost havestepped into a luxurious ballroom that has been left

to decay and crumble for 25years. Tall windows havebeen blacked out, but there are spots of lightbreaking through. This is clearly not beneath the barfrom page 3. The floor has been cleared of debris andexpensive rugs have been rolled out. KING SHARD sitsin a large chair, with several attendants around him.They are right below a huge, ornate, chandelier.Among the attendants are a cocktail waitress, a guywith some figures on a tablet computer, and two superVILLAINS. Also in the room are a few couches withdudes sitting around, and a large table area wherepeople seem to be sorting suit cases. There are a few

luxury cars parked at one end of the room.

KING SHARDCome on in, gentlemen. Welcome. You need anything?Food? Drink?

Panel 2 Panel across the bottom of the page. Coil and Ghostmove closer to shard. Coil and Shard are sizing eachother up, Crimson Ghost speaks directly to thewaitress.

COIL


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No thanks.

CRIMSON GHOSTI'll take a scotch.

KING SHARDWell, look at you. "Coil", huh? I remember whenyou were called "Hot Wire".

Page 6 The old days. 6 panels

Panel 1 Coil smiling cockily, and Shard gesturing toward hisgrand surroundings.

COILAnd I remember when it was just "Shard", not "KingShard".

KING SHARDI've moved up. That's obvious. What concerns meright now is what you've been up to since I sawyou last.

COILDoesn't matter. What should be...

Panel 2 Shard leaning forward and speaking slightly angrily.This is no longer a cordial conversation.

KING SHARDBut it does matter. To me, it does. See, I recallworking Hot Wire, a small time up-and-comer out onthe West Coast.

Panel 3 Shard relaxing a bit and gesturing like he is tellinga really great story.

KING SHARDAnd then one day he just vanishes. Gone.

KING SHARDLittle while later, another small timer pops up inRapid City. Only, this guy's on the other side.Calls himself "Coil" and he's one of the goodguys. He's working with the MRA.

Panel 4 Shot of Coil and Crimson Ghost. The waitress ishanding Ghost his scotch. Shard's word balloons comefrom off panel.

KING SHARDAnd then I hear that Coil is in town, here, and hewants to talk to me. What does he want? Who is heworking for?

Panel 5 Shard leaning forward menacingly, the villain besidehim is smiling and making a joke.


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VILLAINLooks like he's wearin' a wire.

KING SHARDSo, before we can get to the business at hand, andwhatever it is you've brought in that package, Ineed to know....

Panel 6 Tight shot on Shard, smiling menacingly

KING SHARDCoil, just what have you been doing?

Page 7 The Playback. 5 panels

Panel 1 Grainy security camera footage of Coil from the heistat the end of issue 23. He is dropping and steppingaway from the unconscious KINETIC. We are seeing ascreen image, but not the whole screen, we are tighton one section of the screen.

Caption Rapid City

Panel 2 Looking at the same screen, but pulled back slightly.Coil has stepped away from Kinetic and is movingquickly toward one of the scientists. The wires onhis forearms are thickening around his fists.

Panel 3 Pulling back, still looking at the monitor, we seesome of the edge of the screen it is on. Coilpunching the terrified scientist and knocking him tothe ground.

SOUND EFFECT`whmm

Panel 4 Tight shot on HARTBORN watching the video. He is litby it and stone-faced. Sound effects are coming fromoff camera. So is the word balloon.

SOUND EFFECTwhun whunch whuch krhuch

ANDREWHartborn? Why a re we watching this?

Panel 5 Pull back to reveal the room. It is a smallconference room in the MRA offices in Rapid City. Thelights are low, but not off, and ANDREW and Hartbornare watching the security footage on a large screenmonitor attached to a laptop. Hartborn is stillstaring at the screen and Andrew is looking at himnervously.

ANDREWThe analysts have already been over the wholescene. We've got the facts.


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HARTBORNBut something still doesn't fit. This guy, Coil,why's he do this?

ANDREWHe's a bad guy. This is what bad guys do.

HARTBORN

What they do, sure, but this isn't how they do it.

Page 8 What they do. 4 panels

Panel 1 Hartborn leaning toward the screen and pointing atsomething. We do not need to see what it is.

HARTBORNSee, the rest of the gang, they're happy to getaway with the loot. But Coil stays behind.

ANDREWHe covers the getaway and gets rid of thewitnesses.

Panel 2 Shot of Hartborn mulling it over.

HARTBORNNo. No, the getaway was clean. They've been in thewind.

HARTBORNThen he kills the guards and the techs but doesn'teven bother with the cameras or the data storage?And, he leaves Kinetic alive? No, there's

something else going on here.

Panel 3 Wider shot of Hartborn and Andrew talking to eachother.

ANDREWLet it go, man. This isn't ours to worry aboutanymore. This is a national security problem now.

HARTBORNBut it happened here in Rapid City, and it isn'tdone, and it isn't going away just because a file

got moved from one desk to another.

Panel 4 Another shot of the monitor. The image is Coil, withhis fists bloody, walking toward an exit (or just offcamera). Reflected on the screen, we seen Hartbornstaring right at it.

HARTBORNDon't matter who's assigned to clean up this mess.Until we understand this man, and what he did,this is going to be our problem to solve.


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Hitting the bottle. 6 panels

Panel 1 Icicle sitting at the small kitchen table in hertrailer/cabin. It is the kind that is attached rightto the wall. In front of her on the table is achild's drinking cup that has been knocked over. Shehas one hand resting casually on the bottle of vodkashe purchased on page 1. She has consumed about 1/3

of it.She is glowering sullenly.

NARRATIONI'm dead now.

Panel 2 Icicle is now walking toward the door of the cabin.She is holding the bottle clumsily by the neck. Inthe cabin we can see stuff for kids. A child'sfishing pole, some small boots, etc. Not tooin-your-face, but this place is clearly used by afamily. She is wearing jeans and a t-shirt.

NARRATIONI crawled out of my grave. But that's ok, therewasn't going to be any funeral.

NARRATIONNo one would go. No one misses me.

Panel 3 Wide shot of Icicle stepping out the trailer door. Itis night. The grass is tall and dried, the trees arebare, and it is dark. The place is bleak and coldlooking. She is small in this shot, but if possible,we can see that she is chugging the bottle.

NARRATIONNo one even knows I'm dead. They never knew I wasalive.

Panel 4 Close on Icicle. Spiky ice gauntlets grow up herhands and forearms. She is dropping the bottle.

NARRATIONPiledriver was the only person who ever noticedme.

Panel 5 On her knees no, she scratches desperately at the

dry, hard, dirt with her ice claws.

NARRATIONThe only person who ever loved me.

Panel 6 Icicle collapsing in the dirt. The bottle she droppedis near her. It is lying with the neck pointingslightly up. The contents are still mostly intact.

NARRATIONWhen Coil killed Piledriver, he killed me too.


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NARRATIONSo why am I still alive?

Page 10 Sharing pain. 6 panels

Panel 1 Wide shot from close to Icicle's POV. We are lookingout over the lake. It is wide and dark and ominous.

NARRATIONI could die tonight. Die for real.

Panel 2 Icicle walking toward the water, bottle in hand.

NARRATIONLet it end.

Panel 3 Wading into the dark water and taking a big drinkfrom the bottle

NARRATIONLet all the pain just float away. Float away.

Panel 4 Now she is out up to her waist. The water is verystill.

NARRATIONNo one will know.

Panel 5 Slightly deeper, she takes another drink.

Panel 6 Looking straight at Icicle who is looking straight atus. The wide, flat, dark water makes her look small.

NARRATIONAnd Coil will never know.

Page 11 Rebirth. 5 panels

Panel 1 The plastic bottle floating in the dark water.

Panel 2 Icicle with her head slumped forward.

NARRATIONBut he has to.

Panel 3 Icicle starting to walk again. This panel is too

close top see it, but she is moving toward shore.There is a thin trail of ice crystals forming in herwake.

NARRATIONHe has to know this loss.

Panel 4 Larger panel, she is clearly moving through moreshallow water now.

NARRATIONHe has to know this pain.


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Largest panel of Icicle emerging from the still waterin the moonlight.

NARRATIONHe has to know first hand.

NARRATIONI have to show him what it feels like to die.

Page 12 Room service. 5 panels

Panel 1 Close on Coil's hands being washed in a very nice,antique looking, hotel sink. Sound effects comingfrom off panel.

SOUND EFFECTnkk nkk

Panel 2 Coil stepping out of the hotel bathroom. To his leftis Crimson Ghost sitting in a chair and watching TV,to his right is the door to the hallway. Coil has his

sleeves rolled up. He is looking at Crimson Ghost,frustrated.

COILAre you deaf?

SOUND EFFECTnok nok

Panel 3 Coil opening the door, two men are in the hall,framed by the doorway. They are CHARGE and HECTOR.Hector is short and very muscular. He is a Latino man

with close-cropped, military-looking, hair. He wearsa mock turtleneck and khakis. Charge is taller, andalso quite muscular. He is a white guy with blue eyesand freckles. He wears a backwards baseball cap, awhite button-up open at the collar, and a light bluesport coat. He's got his hands in the pockets of hisjeans. Hector stands in front of him, rigidly atattention.

CHARGEC'mon. It's time to go.

COILWho are you?

HECTORHe's ready to see you.

Panel 4 Tight on Hector.

HECTORDownstairs. Street clothes.

Panel 5 A shot as large and wide as the page will allow. A


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bar in the lobby of the hotel. It is classy and darkand full of dark wood. A place that looked exactlythe same 80 years ago. King Shard sits at the head ofa table near the back of the room. He is in his 50sand has a very carefully manicured appearance. Hewears a well tailored gray suit, diamond earrings,and several rings with diamonds in them. He betraysno emotion on his face and he is gesturing for

someone off panel to come and join him.

Page 13 The sit-down. 6 panels

Panel 1 Coil walking through the bar. Just behind him isCrimson Ghost. Both are in street clothes. Flankingthem are Charge and Hector. Dramatic entrance.

Panel 2 The men taking their seats. Crimson Ghost takes theseat at Shard's left. Charge is in the next seat overand they are mean-mugging each other. Coil sits atShard's right, with Hector next to him.

KING SHARDGentlemen.

KING SHARDCoil, I've given some thought to your proposal.

COILAnd?

KING SHARDAnd let's talk.

Panel 3 Looking across the table at Shard who is holdingcourt. Everyone is paying close attention.

KING SHARDRapid City is.... well, it's a bit of anon-entity. It blips on the radar now and again,but for the most part, the Big Three don't evenacknowledge it anymore.

KING SHARDWhat kind of man makes a play for a territory noone wants? A fool. It looks like posturing.

Weakness. A bad play.

Panel 4 Tighter on Shard.

KING SHARDOn the other hand, what kind of man seizes anopportunity that others were too blind to see? Avisionary. A bold strategist.

KING SHARDWhat kind of man do you see in front of you?


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Coil and Shard talking.

COILA busy man.

COILI don't think you'd be here talking to us unlessthere was something to talk about.

KING SHARDThe crown you brought me is impressive. It showspotential. In you, and in Rapid City.

Panel 6 Coil and Shard looking serious.

COILYou know me. You know I get the work done.

KING SHARDThere's no question about that. You understand,though, that I take a risk extending myself likethis. Is Rapid City worth that risk?

Page 14 The Risk. 6 panels

Panel 1 Shot of Coil.

COILThat's why you put that risk on me. Either Iproduce and make it worth your while...

Panel 2 Shard smiling with menace and charm.

KING SHARDOr you don't.

KING SHARDSo long as we're clear on that, we can move ahead.A move like this must be floated past the otherkings when we meet next. Of course, I'll require acertain....

Panel 3 Coil and Shard looking hard at one another.

KING SHARD

buy in.

COILThe crown.

KING SHARDThe crown was a gift.

Panel 4 Shot of Coil just staring back at King Shard.

Panel 5 Shard smiling.


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KING SHARDBut it should be enough to grease the gears.

Panel 6 Shard leaning back and addressing the table.

KING SHARDNow, let's talk specifics.

KING SHARDCharge, get us some drinks, would you?

KING SHARDCoil, tell me how things work in Rapid City.

Page 15 Claw Hammer returns. 6 panels

Panel 1 Close on a heavy looking pad lock on a heavy lookingdoor. There is a very large hand holding the lock.

Caption Rapid City

Panel 2 Very similar shot, but now the hand has snapped thelock off with one quick yank.

Panel 3 Wider shot showing a bit more of the setting. It is asteel storage building in the corner of an industrialspace. There are cracked lots and high fences allaround. In this shot, we are inside the storagebuilding looking out as a huge man opens the slidingdoor. Past him we can get some hint of thesurroundings. But, it is night and lit only by a fewstreet lights and the inside is completely black.Sound effects come from all over. The man is CLAW

HAMMER, but we can't really see that clearly yet.

SOUND EFFECTRoo-ooo-oo

SOUND EFFECTHruuh Hruh rrrrr hruh

SOUND EFFECTRrrrr

Panel 4 Inside the building. A close shot on Claw Hammer'shand as he runs it along the front of dog cages. Wewill see as the scene unfolds that this storagebuilding houses dogs. One wall is lined with 14 largedog crates, 7 across and 2 deep. These are all fullof dogs that are some mix of pit bull, rottweiler,and boxer. They are sniffing, barking, and licking ashe passes.

CLAW HAMMERMissy? Cap? Where are ya?

CLAW HAMMER


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Missy!

Panel 5 Claw Hammer holding open the door to one of the lowercages as a huge brown and black pit bull leaps on himaffectionately, licking and wiggling. Claw Hammer issmiling.

CLAW HAMMER

Ok. Ok, girl. Ok. Take it easy. Ok.

Panel 6 Close on someone who has stepped into the opendoorway. From Claw Hammer's POV, all we can see isthat the man is tall and skinny and is pointing abright light straight at us. This is FLYNN.

FLYNNHey! What in Sam Hill is goin' on in here?

FLYNNOh. It's you, Claw Hammer.

Page 16 Sam Hill. 6 panels

Panel 1 Shot of Claw Hammer on the floor in the flashlightbeam. He is teasing Missy and not looking at Flynn.

CLAW HAMMERI just came to see my dogs, Flynn.

FLYNNOh, sure. I thought you were....

CLAW HAMMER

HEY!

Panel 2 Claw Hammer is suddenly slamming Flynn against thewall. Claw Hammer is huge and angry and Flynn isterrified.

CLAW HAMMERWhat happened to my dog?

FLYNNYou were-

CLAW HAMMERWhat did you do?

FLYNNI didn't know when you were coming back.

Panel 3 Close shot on Missy, she is looking up at thecommotion. She is no longer happy. No quite baringher teeth, but she knows her master is upset. Herright eye has been scratched out. Claw Hammer'sballoon comes from off panel.


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CLAW HAMMERSo you fight my dogs?

Panel 4 Claw Hammer looming over Flynn who is still scared.

FLYNNLook, four dogs that size, they eat a lot. Themoney you left ran out.

FLYNNAnd we heard you might not be back.

FLYNNWhat was I supposed to do?

Panel 5 Tight on the two of them. Claw Hammer is now holdingFlynn's head. Claw Hammer is full of rage and Flynn'seyes are bulging. Flynn's balloons are strained andweak.

CLAW HAMMERI oughtta rip your damn eyes out.

FLYNNShe.....she won.

Panel 6 Close on Flynn still talking with the giant handsgripping his head.

FLYNNShe's a natural. She owns the ring like a Gracie.

Page 17 Compromise. 6 panels

Panel 1 Claw Hammer opening another cage. He has opened twomore, so that now all four of his dogs are excitedlyromping for his attention.

CLAW HAMMERYou fought all four of them? Even Capone?

FLYNNThey're champions, man.

Panel 2 Claw Hammer down on one knee. With both hands he is

affectionately roughing up his dogs. But he isn'tlooking at them, he is staring at Flynn. Missy isalso staring at Flynn.

CLAW HAMMERYou won with my dogs. Seems like you owe me somemoney.

CLAW HAMMERRight?

FLYNN


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Right. Of course. I just don't have.... I don'thave it on me.

Panel 3 Tight on Missy as Claw Hammer holds her head andscruffs her ears with his thumbs.

CLAW HAMMERJust hold onto it.

Panel 4 Claw Hammer still down on the ground with his fourdogs. They are all jostling around him and he has onein a big hug. Claw Hammer is looking up at Flynn.

CLAW HAMMERYou may'a heard, things didn't go so good on thisjob I had. So I gotta hide out for a while.

CLAW HAMMERThe money they won, that'll cover food and foodand proper boarding for a month, right?

FLYNNSure.

CLAW HAMMERAnd toys? Treats and stuff?

Panel 5 Claw Hammer standing up, one dog stands up with hisfront feet on Claw Hammer's leg. Claw Hammer has hishand on this dog's head.

CLAW HAMMERI gotta go. I was just checkin' in.

CLAW HAMMERHey, any of these "champs" get hurt....

Panel 6 Claw Hammer leading one of the dogs back into itscage.

CLAW HAMMERAnd I'll tear your arms off.

CLAW HAMMERJust keep that in mind.

Page 18 Around town. 6 panels

Panel 1 A spectral Crimson Ghost floating over the city.

Caption Rapid City.

Panel 2 In a winding brick alley way, Crimson Ghost istalking to 3 RED ALERTs.

CRIMSON GHOSTHear him out. What's it gonna hurt?


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Wide shot showing Crimson Ghost addressingHERATATTACK and LIZARD MAN in what seems to be anabandoned school supply closet/dump.

HEARTATTACKWhy should we trust you?

CRIMSON GHOST

Trust me? Why should you trust anyone?

CRIMSON GHOSTDude just wants to talk to you....

Panel 4 In civilian clothes, Crimson Ghost enters a verydive-y looking biker bar.

Panel 5 Crimson Ghost floating below the rusty iron undersideof a large bridge. He is looking up at a woman in ahigh-tech gas mask who is crouching among thegirders.

CRIMSON GHOSTCoil wants to talk to you.

Panel 6 Crimson Ghost passing through the wall into the opentop floor of an unused factory space. Coil is in thecenter of the room near a single desk and a fewchairs. Out the windows we can see that it is dark.Most of the rest of the building is empty.

CRIMSON GHOSTI couldn't find everyone on your list.

COILThat's fine. We'll talk to whoever shows up andlet them spread the word for us.

Page 19 Meetings. 6 panels

Panel 1 Small establishing shot outside an unused factorybuilding. Clearly day.

Panel 2 Shot from just behind Coil. He is sitting at the deskfrom the previous page. In one chair across from himis Lizard Man. Floating over the desk is HeartAttack,

he is pointing at Coil.

HEARTATTACKNo one trusts you. We remember to well when youwere on the other side.

COILThen don't trust me. Trust the results.

LIZARD MANResults of what? You barely even have a power.


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Lizard Man leaning forward and waving his fingersmockingly.

LIZARD MANIf I say "no", what are you going to do? Scratchat me with your little wires?

Panel 4 Lizard Man standing now,leaning over the desk and

pointing a threatening finger at Coil. Coil's postureis calm and accepting.

LIZARD MANThat's nothing to me when I'm armored up. That'swhy this is a stupid plan, because everyone knowsyou're a punk.

COILMy plan is solid.

COIL

It's solid because it doesn't rely completely onone guy at the top being being able to muscleeveryone else into place.

Panel 5 Coil now standing and speaking to Lizard Man. Thedesk is between them, and HeartAttack is floatingover the desk.

COILIt'll work because structure means more money andless risk for everyone involved.

HEARTATTACKWhat is the structure?

COILBut you have to want it. I can't force you.

Panel 6 Coil smiling politely and gesturing Lizard Man towardthe door.

LIZARD MANYer damn right.

COIL

You will have to wait outside, though, while I goover the details with HeartAttack.

LIZARD MANYou stayin'?

Page 20 If you go, it will be double. 6 panels

Panel 1 Slightly wider show than on the previous page. We cansee that Charge and Hector have been flanking Coilthis whole time. They are stepping forward as Coilgestures toward Lizard Man. We don't see Charge,


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Hector, or Lizard Man for the rest of the page.

HEARTATTACKHearing the man out.

COILHector, Charge, will you see Lizard Man out?

CHARGESure.

Panel 2 Very tight on HeartAttack reacting with shock andalarm. Something horrible is happening off in thedirection where Lizard Man had been.

SOUND EFFECTRRRUUAUUUAUAUUUA

Panel 3 Shot of Coil in profile, he is leaning in close tolook at HeartAttack. Coil is pointing one indexfinger back at himself and yelling. The entirebackground is some long, noisy, sound effect. Itlooks like there could possibly be a freight trainblasting past.

COILHere. Look right here.

SOUND EFFECTRUUAUAAAUAUUUUUA

COILLook at me.

Panel 4 Coil leaning over the desk with a cruel smile. Soundscome from off panel.

COILThere's nothing to look at over there. We all makechoices. He left, you stayed.

SOUND EFFECTCr-raach-k THUD

LIZARD MAN

No! I'm not...

SOUND EFFECTBRRUUAAUAUUA

COILHe was your partner? Your friend? Fine, but allthat ended when he stood up from this table.

Panel 5 Shot from roughly where the badness is happening.HeartAttack has turned to watch. Coil is standingbehind him. Proud and cruel.


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COILGo ahead and look now.

COILSee? Just some poor bastard who made the wrongdecision. He's no one to you now.

Panel 6 Tight on HeartAttack and on Coil who has leaned in

very close to him. Coil is grinning cruelly.HeartAttack is still looking at what is happening,but now he looks angry.

COILRight?

Page 21 Icicle plots. 6 panels

Panel 1 Afternoon at the lake. Icicle is walking toward hertruck and looking down at the round indentation inthe dirt where she and Piledriver had burrowed in aprevious issue.

NARRATIONIn a crew, a real crew, you've got each other'sbacks no matter what. But Coil's not real, henever was.

Panel 2 Icicle jabbing her key into the ignition of hertruck.

NARRATIONHe doesn't know anything about loyalty becausehe's a backstabber.

Panel 3 Shot from behind the back seats of her truck. She islooking back over her right shoulder as she reversesout of the lot. She is literally watching her ownback, as well as noticing all the empty seats.

NARRATIONHe doesn't have any loyalty himself, so he doesn'tthink anyone else does.

Panel 4 Icicle pulling out from a dirt side-road onto a wide,paved, 4-lane freeway.

NARRATIONCoil can't understand riding out for your boys. Hedoesn't know what's going to happen when word hitsthe streets about what he did....

to me and Claw Hammer, and Black Flag, and TheCut...

Panel 5 Icicle looking grimly down the road.

NARRATION


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And Piledriver.

Panel 6 Her truck passing under an overhead sign which reads"RAPID CITY 25 MILES"

NARRATIONThat's one more thing I'm going to show him,

How deep loyalty runs in Rapid City.

Page 22 Coil reveals himself. 1 panel

Panel 1 Full page image. A worm's eye view. In the extremeforeground is the broken body of Lizard Man. Not ahuge amount of blood, but certainly a lot of brokenbones. He is messed up. Looming over him are Hectorand Charge, they look proud. Behind them are Coil andHeartAttack. Coil looks proud.

COILYou really made the right choice, HeartAttack.

COILYou just got in on the ground floor or the RapidCity arm of The Syndicate.

Caption Continued next month.

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