Rapid City #31

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RAPID CITY #31By Josh Dahl

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Page 1 Where are they now. 5 panels.

Panel 1 This page is all cinematic, wide-screen, shots. Noneof them are very complete, each showing just aportion of the action.

This first panel shows the scene in down-town RapidCity from far above. A nearly invisible Crimson Ghostis floating in the foreground looking down. From thisheight, we only get a general sense that he iswatching some commotion. He is speaking into a cellphone.

CRIMSON GHOSTI can't tell from here, but it looks like they'reall headed up Arnold Ave.

CRIMSON GHOSTUh... toward the river.

Panel 2 People on the street turning to flee the chaos, someof them pointing back at it. Some are just gawking.It isn't really panic. No terror. We can't see theactual chaos, it is off panel, but we can seeBattery, he is standing on top of a car. The jet packthat he had been wearing is now divided into twopieces that he is holding up and using asmega-phones.

BATTERY(amplified)

...potentially dangerous situation. Please movequickly, and calmly, away from the sound of myvoice.

Panel 3 Monkey clinging to some unlikely perch and speakinginto his headset. He is looking off panel at somechaos with a worried look.

MONKEY

Switchboard, it looks like it's your guy, Templar.But...uh... he's losing it down here.

Panel 4 Icicle ducking low behind a car as Templar smashesinto the other side of it. We can see very little ofhim, just hints. Her ice armor is all spiky forcombat, but she is hiding.

SOUND EFFECTCRAAASSHHH

Panel 5 Hector is in the foreground on a motorcycle. He is

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shouting into a mouthpiece. Behind him, and abovetraffic, Stretcher is using his stretching arms toswing down the street. Monster is bounding besideStretcher with his Kinetic energy shields.

HECTORCrimson Ghost, talk to me. We're about two blocksaway and I need to know what I'm walking into.

Page 2 Two page spread. 2 panels

Panel 1 Across the top 1/3 of pages 2 and 3. Templar battlingFlamethrower. He is swinging his spectral shieldtoward her and it is bashing her back. She has hugeflame arms blocking his blow. She is still gettingknocked back. Knuckle Duster is close by, awaitingher shot.

Panel 2 Across the bottom 2/3 of pages 2 and 3. Stepping into punch Templar really hard in the chest. It isclear that this is a huge, powerful, punch. There areaction lines and shock waves. Templar is taking astep back, but still has solid footing.

Page 3 Rest of the spread.

Panel 1 The panels from page 2 continue across page 3.

Page 4 Battle rages. 7 panels.

Panel 1 Icicle standing up straight near that wrecked car.She is watching the fight between Templar,Flamethrower, and Knuckle Duster move away from her.

She is just watching casually, maybe her head cockedcuriously. Hector is calling in through her earpiece.

HECTOR(through ear piece)

Icicle. Are you still on site?

Panel 2 Close on Icicle as she talks. Hector is still comingthrough the earpiece.

HECTOR(through earpiece)

I need intel and Crimson Ghost is useless. What'shappening?

ICICLENothing. Nothing that concerns us. The big guyfrom the subway is fighting some superheroes.

ICICLENot our problem.

Panel 3 Hector letting the motorcycle spill behind him as hesteps off of it and proceeds on foot. He is barking


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into his headset. Cars are stopped ahead of him andhe can't get through.

HECTORI'm not asking you your opinion. I'm telling youyour job. What do you see? Who is he fighting?

ICICLE

(through headset)Fine.

Panel 4 Icicle starting to jog/hustle down the sidewalk,craning her neck to get a look at the action offcamera.

ICICLEOk, I recognize Flamethrower and Battery. He'sdoing crowd control. There's that kung-fu kid andsome black girl.

Panel 5Knuckle Duster taking a hard punch from Templar sheis rocking back.

ICICLE(voice over)

She looks serious. Going toe to toe with the bigguy.

Panel 6 Hector, Stretcher, and Monster walking up over aparked car. Hector is speaking into his earpiece.

STRETCHERThere she is.

HECTORI can see you, Icicle. We're on the other side ofthe street, about a block behind you.

HECTORHead over and regroup.

Panel 7 Wide shot of the battle as it moves down the street.It is primarily Flamethrower and Knuckle Dusterfighting Templar.

Page 5 On the scene. 5 panels.

Panel 1 Hector addressing his guys as he walks down from thecar, they all follow him, watching him. He is staringahead at the off-panel fight.

HECTOROk, stay sharp. We are in the middle of adeveloping situation. You are all here because youowe Coil money from this morning's screw-up.

HECTOR


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Our current objective is to influence thissituation so that the results are...

Panel 2 Icicle staring with hatred. Hector's words come fromoff panel.

HECTORbeneficial to Coil and his goals, beneficial to a

degree equaling or exceeding what you owe.

Panel 3 Now in flashback, A badly beaten Icicle stares withthe same seething hatred.

Panel 4 Claw Hammer leaning down and speaking sternly. Iciclelooking up him with mean spite.

CLAW HAMMERNo. It's over right now. Put all of that nonsenseout of your head or you're...

ICICLE

Nonsense? You know what he did to me. You knowbetter than anyone what he did.

CLAW HAMMERI do, but that doesn't change what's gonna happennext. You're gonna get up, get yourself together,and then you're going to go back to work.

Panel 5 Close on icicle looking shocked and hurt.

ICICLEBack to work? What the hell are you talking about?

Page 6 Work. 7 panels.

Panel 1 From roughly Icicle's POV, looking up at Claw Hammer.

CLAW HAMMERWork. Unless you have some day job I don't knowabout, you steal for a living.

CLAW HAMMERTomorrow's your first day back at work and Coil'syour new boss, or...

ICICLEAre you out of your mind?

Panel 2 Close on Claw Hammer raising his voice, not quiteyelling.

CLAW HAMMEROr, you die.

CLAW HAMMERRight now. Right here in this room.


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Close on Icicle. Sitting up more, through the pain.She is looking stern.

ICICLEThat's how it is?

Panel 4 Claw Hammer turning away. Icicle is shakily gettingto her feet behind him.

CLAW HAMMERThis isn't how I want it, Ice. But, yeah, that'show it is. I don't have any options here. Either Ibring you back to work or I...

ICICLEOk, then.

Panel 5 Similar panel, but now he has turned back to face herand she has her fists raised.

CLAW HAMMERIce, you can't fight me. You can barely stand.

ICICLEThen it'll be easy for you. Come on.

CLAW HAMMERDon't do this.

Panel 6 Close on her face looking mean. Her raised fists havetiny, weak, ice spikes on them.

ICICLE

You're doing this. Not me.

Panel 7 Shot as tight as possible showing her attacking in arage.

Page 7 Fight. 6 panels.

Panel 1 She is swinging a spiky fist into face/neck area, heis wincing slightly. It does no damage to him.

Panel 2 He is slamming her into a wall, the drywall dentsslightly around her. He is commanding her sternly.

CLAW HAMMERYou don't hit me.

Panel 3 He casually tosses her against the opposite wall.

CLAW HAMMERCome on. Stop fighting me.

Panel 4 She staggers toward him, her face contorted in rage.

Panel 5 He grabs her, his hand completely covering her neck,


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and slams her to the ground.

CLAW HAMMERThat's it. You're done.

Panel 6 Close on her face looking up at him from the floor,his huge fist still closed around her neck.

ICICLEkeh... Is... is this what you want?

ICICLEYou wanna kill me? So do it. Just kill me.

Page 8 In the game. 6 panels.

Panel 1 Icicle back on the street being blasted by a flameblast from Flamethrower. Her flames are moretelekinetic than actual flame. Icicle is not reallyresisting, she is just being knocked back.

Caption just kill me.

Panel 2 Chaos. The battle is raging. The most important thinghere is Hector and Monkey nimbly dodging each other'sattacks. Also, in the foreground, Icicle's spikearmor grows out from under the flame assault. Then,if there is room: Monster attacking Knuckle Duster,Crimson Ghost passing intangibly through Battery,Stretcher squirming around Templar. This stuff goeson in any background where they will fit.

HECTOR

Icicle! Take her out!

Panel 3 Tight on Icicle, with her ice-spike armor, pushingback against Flamethrower's flame blast.

Panel 4 Much wider shot, showing Flamethrower and Icicle inthis fire and ice stalemate, but from further back.Icicle is pushing a column of ice spike towardFlamethrower who has lifter herself about 7 feet offthe ground and is pushing back with her flames.

FLAMETHROWER

Why are you here? This has nothing to do with you?

ICICLEYou wanna know why I'm here?

Panel 5 Icicle has split her ice column in two. One hugepiece is on each hand. This spreads Flamethrower'sflame grip and draws the two women closer.Flamethrower is falling toward Icicle, Icicle issneering up at her.

ICICLE


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For this.

Panel 6 Icicle punching Flamethrower hard in the stomach.

ICICLEThis is what I do.

Page 9 The fog of war. 5 panels.

Panel 1 From behind Templar, looking over his shoulder. He iswatching Icicle slam Flamethrower to the ground.Flamethrower is shooting up a flame-blast pastIcicle. It looks violent and mean.

Panel 2 Patrons at a near-by store crowd the front window andwatch the action with shock and fear on their faces.

Panel 3 Close on Crimson Ghost, with his skull flaming,screaming in the face of Battery as they both plummettoward the ground.

Panel 4 Tight on Templar's face. A stunned look is startingto settle in.

TEMPLARWhy is this happening?

TEMPLARWhat have I--

Panel 5 Wider shot of Knuckle Duster punching Templar acrossthe face. He is rolling back hard with the blow.

Page 10A way out. 7 panels.

Panel 1 Templar moving away from Knuckle Duster and towardthe store front where people are watching. Nearby,Icicle and Flamethrower are pushing each other away.

TEMPLARI shouldn't be doing this.

Panel 2 Icicle ignoring Flamethrower and just standing therewatching Templar stalk past. Behind her, Flamethroweris flaming up and calling out to others off panel.

FLAMETHROWERBattery. Monkey. Over here.

TEMPLARI should have never let this happen.

TEMPLARHave to get out of here.

Panel 3 Tight on Icicle just watching him.

Panel 4 Big shot of the people in the window. Their shock and


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horror has rapidly increased. They are recoiling awayfrom the center part of the window. Reflected in thatcenter part of the window, we can see that Templar isleaping right toward it.

Panel 5 The window gawkers block their faces with their armsand they cry out. Templar is crashing through thecenter pane and past into the shelves. He is little

more than a motion blur in this panel.

Panel 6 Out on the street, the various heroes and villainsall take notice of what has happened and begin tomove toward the store.

HECTORSpread out. Be ready.

KNUCKLE DUSTERGet in there.

Panel 7 The front of the store. A few customers are runningout the door. Flamethrower, Monster, and KnuckleDuster are converging on the shattered front window.All of this is in stark shadow as a sudden, huge,bright light is blasting out of the store. Standingpassively in the foreground is Icicle.

Page 11 Revelations. 7 panels.

Panel 1 Store patrons moving quickly and frightenedly throughthe front door. There is chaos in the store as thegood guys and bad guys battle inside.

Panel 2 Icicle Standing with her arms slightly spread as herice armor crumbles off of her. She is left standingthere in tight, but acceptable, civilian clothes.

Panel 3 Close shot on the old hippie from the previous issuecoming out of the door, he is looking nervously backinto the store.

Panel 4 Icicle with a sneaky smile.

Panel 5 Flashback to issue #30. Icicle, iced-up grabbing andicing the old hippie's wrist. He looks scared.

Panel 6 Still in flashback, The old hippie's light oftransformation blinding Icicle. The same kind oflight that just blasted out of the store.

Panel 7 No longer in flashback. Icicle, stepping away fromher crumbled and melting ice armor starts to followthe old hippie. He is still looking nervously back atthe store and she is looking at him and smiling thesame sneaky smile.

Page 12 Hippie at large. 6 panels.


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The Old Hippie is walking the sidewalk away from thecommotion. In the deep foreground there is a neonsign for a dive bar. Past that, in the middle groundof the shot, we see the Old Hippie. He is looking atthe bar sign. Far behind him we might see a smallIcicle following him.

Panel 2 The Old Hippie entering the bar. Shot from inside the

dim barroom. The Hippie is caught in stark shadow ashe enters from broad daylight.

Panel 3 The Old Hippie mounting a stool at a very typicallooking hole-in-the-wall bar. The young bartender islooking at him, but the Hippie is not meeting hisgaze.

BARTENDERWhat can I get ya?

OLD HIPPIEI'll have a bloody mary.

BARTENDERRight away.

Panel 4 The Old Hippie taking a big drink from a non-celerybloody mary.

Panel 5 The Old Hippie slumping down and staring at his glasson the bar.

OLD HIPPIEOh, what have I done?

Panel 6 Wider shot showing the Hippie in the same posture,but looking over in surprise at Icicle who is nowstanding next to him at the bar. She is actingcasual.

ICICLEThat's funny...

ICICLEBartender. Whiskey.

ICICLE...I was just about to ask you the exact samequestion.

Page 13 Bar talk. 7 panels.

Panel 1 Icicle actually looking at the Hippie. The old hippielooking away with scorn.

ICICLEJust what did you do?


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OLD HIPPIEI didn't do anything.

Panel 2 Icicle leaning closer and sneering, but talkingquietly. The hippie is recoiling slightly from her.

ICICLEOld man, I was on the train this morning and I saw

you.

ICICLEAnd I saw you again just a few minutes ago.

OLD HIPPIEAre you following me?

Panel 3 Similar postures, but now the Hippie is snapping backat her.

ICICLENot just me. You saw for yourself. Lots of peopleare after you now.

OLD HIPPIEI don't have anything to do with all of thatfighting. I left all of that behind. I don't knowwho any of those people are.

Panel 4 The Hippie suddenly scrutinizing Icicle.

OLD HIPPIEAre you one of them?

Panel 5 Icicle smiling slyly as she reaches for the whiskeythat the bartender has put in front of her.

Panel 6 The Old Hippie, he is shocked and angry at therevelation.

OLD HIPPIEThe girl with the ice.

OLD HIPPIEIt was you. You did all of this.

Panel 7 Icicle raising her glass dismissively. The Hippieleaning toward her and speaking with quiet anger.

ICICLEI did? All I did was rob you. Everything else,that's all on you. Wrecking that building,fighting those heroes, that has nothing to do withme.

OLD HIPPIEThings were going ok for me. I didn't want that tohappen. Why did you have to do that?


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Digging deeper. 7 panels.

Panel 1 Icicle glaring at him.

ICICLEThat's what your little tantrum was all about?Things didn't go your way? You went from a weakold man to some kind of god... You got to fight

your way out, not just cry like some weak...

Panel 2 Very tight shot of Icicle looking at the two icecubes in her whiskey glass.

ICICLEYou should be thanking me.

Panel 3 Wider shot. Hippie is raising his voice. Icicle isbarking back. The bartender is taking a step towardthem.

OLD HIPPIE

You have no idea what you've done.

ICICLEBull! I saw you before you changed. You were weakand scared.

BARTENDERHey. What's up? Is there a problem over here?

Panel 4 Icicle and the Hippie looking at each other, both arecalm but angry.

ICICLENo. We're just talking. Sorry, we'll keep it down.

Panel 5 Similar to panel 4, but now even closer.

ICICLEAs I was saying, I saw how you were acting. youwere scared. But once you became...

OLD HIPPIETemplar.

ICICLEOnce you became Templar, you handled us. Noproblem. So why were you afraid?

ICICLEYou're afraid right now, aren't you? Of what? Me?

Panel 6 The Hippie looking resolutely at his beer. Iciclebeside him, critical.

OLD HIPPIEI'm not afraid of you. You can do what you're


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going to do. I won't stop you.

ICICLEBut you could if you wanted. Couldn't you?

ICICLEThen it's not me you're afraid of, is it? And itwasn't us this morning.

OLD HIPPIENo.

Panel 7 Icicle softening slightly with the surprise of herrealization.

ICICLEIt's him, isn't it.

ICICLEYou're afraid of Templar. Why?

Page 15 The power of evil. 6 panels.

Panel 1 Small panel of the Hippie thinking about what he isabout to say. His brow is furrowed.

OLD HIPPIEYou want to know why I'm afraid of becomingTemplar?

Panel 2 Very big panel of the Old Hippie talking. He has onehand on his beer and is turning slightly towardIcicle. He looks less tense. He is unburdening, so he

has the floor.

OLD HIPPIEBecause the power is evil. And it makes you evil.Before I knew what it was, when I was young, Itried to use it to do good. I was a hero. I wasTemplar.

OLD HIPPIEBut the power was turning me. It was using mycourage, my arrogance, to push me. Every time Icame to one of those lines, the power would show

me a reason to cross it.

OLD HIPPIEAnd I did. I crossed line after line until...

OLD HIPPIEI couldn't control it anymore, so I just put itaway. For thirty years I've lived with that insideme.

OLD HIPPIE


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It's been hell.

Panel 3 Closer on him just talking. He is looking off in tothe distance now.

OLD HIPPIEAt first I just wouldn't change. If I never becameTemplar, what could it do? But that wasn't enough.

I could feel it in there, hiding in every darkpart of my mind.

OLD HIPPIEEvery thought, every impulse, was suspect. I'd seea pretty girl and want to talk to her, and thenI'd doubt myself.

Panel 4 Shot of Icicle from the Hippie's POV. She has losther confrontational posture and has been drawn in byhis story.

OLD HIPPIEIs that really what I want to do? Is it really me,or is it that dark power looking for a foot-hold.

Panel 5 Both of them. Him talking, her listening.

OLD HIPPIENo feeling is pure. I found that out. I wasterrified of my every thought. I tried prayer. Itried meditation. I tried drugs. I got close a fewtimes. Close to being at peace.

OLD HIPPIE

But I never made it. I couldn't let go of my fear.Instead, I just stopped. I stopped feeling. Istopped thinking.

ICICLEYou can't do that. You can't just not feel.

Panel 6 Closer on the two of them.

OLD HIPPIEBut I did. After a while, it was easy.

ICICLEHow?

Page 16 The motions. 7 panels.

Panel 1 The Old Hippie looking hard at Icicle, who isoff-panel. He is squinting at her, trying to figureout why she is asking.

OLD HIPPIEIt's not so hard.


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Shot of Icicle's finger pointing down at her emptyglass and the bartender's hand holding a bottle overit. The Hippie's voice comes from off panel.

OLD HIPPIEI just shut down. Whatever took the leastthought...

Panel 3 Tight shot on another whiskey bottle. Similar, butmuch more empty. And instead of having the usual barpour spout, this one is pressed to a pair of femalelips.

Caption ....that's what I'd do.

Panel 4 Pull back wider to see Icicle dressed differently,still with some patches of ice armor. She has a pairof black eyes. She has just finished the bottle ofwhiskey from the previous panel and is letting itdrop from her hand. She is in someone's fairly niceapartment leaning on the back of a couch. Around her,a few other villains are relaxing. IncludingStretcher, Heartattack, Super Sabre, and VX.

Caption I would do what people told me to do, or whateverI was just supposed to do.

Panel 5 Icicle kneeling in the foreground. She is iced-up foraction. She has a look of revulsion on her face. Shehas one arm down, going off panel. The other israised into a spiky fist. There is some blood on thespikes. It is about to smash down on whatever herother fist is currently smashing. In the background,

Hector and Monster are watching her. Hector looksimpressed.

Caption People like it when you don't think, when you justgo with the flow.

Panel 6 Icicle using her ice powers to put up a large icewall while other villains, Stretcher, Claw Hammer,Needle, and Crimson Ghost run away.

Caption They tell you what to do and then they leave youalone.

Panel 7 Icicle, looking worn-out and bleary-eyed, lightlyiced-up, standing in a doorway in an old house. It ispoorly lit in the room ahead of her. In theforeground we see the shadowy shape of a large,muscular, man.

Caption You stop caring and it gets even easier.

Page 17 The Fog. 7 panels.

Panel 1 Icicle just after her beating at the hands of Coil


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and Charge. She has bandages on her face, her ribs,and her hands. She is In a fetal position on a grimycot in some back room clutching a thin sheet like asecurity blanket.

Caption Days and weeks, months, would go by...

Panel 2 Icicle, now with her face healed, wearing civilian

clothes and sitting alone at a McDonald's. She istaking a bite of a cheeseburger and has one crumpledup wrapper, and a cup of soda, on the table in frontof her.

Caption ...and I wouldn't even notice.

Panel 3 Icicle lightly iced up. She is standing in the sameroom where she was beaten down previously. Hector ishanding her a small stack of cash.

Caption I'd step out into the snow and figure it must bewinter.

Panel 4 Coil standing in the foreground, he seems to betalking to someone off panel. About ten feet behindhim, Icicle is staring hatred at him.

Caption I knew that the darkness was still in there...

Panel 5 Pull back slightly from the previous panel. We cansee that Coil is talking to Charge and Crimson Ghost,and that Icicle is standing with a small group ofother bad guys, including Calculus, who are occupiedwith studying blueprints or something on a table.

Icicle's body posture has turned away, but she isstill throwing a glance back toward Coil.

Caption ...but I could feel it going deeper and deeper.

Panel 6 As small a panel as possible showing Icicle andPiledriver embracing in darkness (underground) lit bythe glow of her ice armor.

Panel 7 Back at the bar, The Old Hippie is addressing his nowempty beer bottle.

OLD HIPPIE

For years it went deeper. Until you this morning.

OLD HIPPIEYou know, I haven't had a beer in more than twentyyears.

Page 18 Awake. 6 panels.

Panel 1 Hippie still addressing the bottle. Past him, we cansee Icicle. She is staring at him intently.

OLD HIPPIE


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In my head I know why it had to be done. I knowthis was the right choice...

OLD HIPPIEBut I just feel like I have been asleep all theseyears.

Panel 2 Icicle badly beaten and laying unconscious on an

industrial looking couch. Claw Hammer's large handreaching in and prodding her shoulder. He ballooncomes from off panel.

CLAW HAMMERCome on. Wake up.

Panel 3 Tight on Icicle's swollen eyes popping open.

Panel 4 Pull back to see more of the room. It is some longunused side office with nothing but the simple,blocky, couch and a few bottles of water. Icicle issitting half way up, startled. Claw Hammer isstanding over her.

ICICLEWhere's Coil?

CLAW HAMMERHe's gone. You lost.

ICICLEWhat happened? Where is he?

Panel 5 Him standing over her and talking down at her. She

talks as she gently prods her injured abdomen.

CLAW HAMMERYou're not listening. I said "you lost". He beatyou. That's all over now.

ICICLEOver? No. It's over when he's dead.

Panel 6 Claw Hammer leaning down and speaking sternly. Iciclelooking up him with mean spite.

CLAW HAMMERNo. It's over right now. Put all of that nonsenseout of your head or you die. Right now. Right herein this room.

Page 19 Worth your life. 4 panels.

Panel 1 Close shot on Icicle's face. Maybe she's talking tothe Hippie, but maybe she isn't.

ICICLEBut was it worth it? Was it worth it to give up


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everything?

Panel 2 Large shot of the Old Hippie sagging on his stool ashe tells his story.

OLD HIPPIELooking back now... I did it. I held back thatdark force for 30 years.

OLD HIPPIEI sacrificed my whole life to keep that monster incheck. With my will power, I held it back. Whoelse could do that? The original Templars hadspells and magic armor...

OLD HIPPIEAnd look what happened to them! They couldn't dowhat I did. I kept that evil from coming in to theworld. I did that. No one else.

Panel 3Tighter shot on his face as he looks up with a littlebit of pride.

OLD HIPPIEBecause of me, nothing happened. Nothing at all.

Panel 4 Icicle and Hippie sizing each other up.

ICICLEYou didn't answer my question.

Page 20 Switchboard. 6 panels.

Panel 1 Wide shot of the area where the big fighting wasgoing on earlier. There is some caution tape aroundbroken windows and stuff like that, but it haslargely returned to normal. Monkey is in theforeground pausing on a thin building ledge. He istalking into a small headset. Switchboard's voicecomes through the headset.

MONKEY... was looking ok. Battery got the trafficsignals working again. You know, he's prettysmart, even wh--

SWITCHBOARDNo sign of Templar?

Panel 2 In Switchboard's bunker. She is lit by monitor's andspeaking in to a headset. Monkey's voice comes fromspeakers.

MONKEYNah. I guess he didn't want any help after all,Switchboard.


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SWITCHBOARDWhere did he go?

Panel 3 Monkey scampering up the wall of a tall building.

MONKEYSomewhere. I don't know. In all the chaos he just-poof- gone.

SWITCHBOARDMonkey, do you mind hanging around down there fora while, to see if he comes back?

MONKEYI'm actually on my way East Hall. And Switch, heseemed pretty capable, maybe it's best to leavethe guy alone.

Panel 4 Back in Switchboard's bunker. The main focus if thisshot is the iron bar the she uses to focus herpowers. She is holding it as she talks.Her whole faceneed not be in the shot.

SWITCHBOARDWell, that's the thing. I found out more about hishistory. He was a hero back in the day, butsomething about his power was affecting his mind.

Panel 5 Close on her mouth as she talks.

SWITCHBOARDHe didn't retire from the hero life, Monkey.

SWITCHBOARDThe other heroes had to join forces and shut himdown. It took all they had.

Panel 6 Monkey, now high up on the building looking out overthe city. Her voice comes through his headset.

SWITCHBOARDAnd now he's back, but we don't know what sidehe's on.

Page 21 Ants and Heels. 5 panels.

Panel 1 Coil and Hector sitting around in Coil's "office".They are both relaxed.

HECTORCoil, you've seen The Wild Bunch?

COILOf course.

HECTORThe scene with the ants and the scorpion is real.


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I've seen it happen, and the ants always win.

COILThey've got numbers.

Panel 2 Hector leaning forward to speak more seriously.

HECTOR

Numbers and organization. They have a unifiedstrategy that uses their smaller size to anadvantage. They win.

Panel 3 Closer on Hector and more serious.

HECTORBut you switch that scorpion for boot heel, andthat advantage disappears.

Panel 4 The two of them talking. Coil leaning forward now,curious about Hector's serious posture.

COILWhat are we talking about here, Hector?

HECTORThe Syndicate in Rapid City. Our advantage untilnow has been our organization and our strategy.

HECTORBut this guy we fought today, he seemed like hecould be a boot heel.

Panel 5 Charge opening the office door and stepping in. Coil

and Hector looking at each other with mild alarm.

CHARGECoil, Icicle's here to talk to you.

COILWhat does she want?

Page 22 Introducing. 1 panels.

Panel 1 Full page shot. Charge stepping aside as Templarwalks through the door. Icicle is stepping through

behind him. Her balloon is at the bottom of the page.

ICICLEWhat I owe for this morning... this squares it.

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