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PAGE 1 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.25Please respect copyright.PENANAjayIyn8kfT
CUT TO: RED SEA COVE25Please respect copyright.PENANAPYmDUTjFcQ
EXT. XESYN'S COVE - NIGHT
THE O.S.O. WARSHIP ARRIVES OUTSIDE ON THE PERIMETER OF A COVE AND SETS ANCHOR.
Panel 2.
INSIDE THE BRIDGE, THE O.S.O. COMMANDER LOOKS AT A RADAR INDICATING WHERE THE XESYN SAPPHIRE'S ENERGIES ARE EMANATING.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA6MZUgGukkp
There's no doubt about it, he's inside that cove.
DETECTIVE HASSAN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAC6uLT9sGIb
Which means that he'll have the element of surprise.
DETECTIVE HASSAN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAt0BUwohZlt
We need to strip the sapphire away from his possession and destroy him. If he's gone the sapphire is just another artifact that we'll have to lock away.
Panel 3.
O.S.O. COMMANDER GLANCES AT TO̅MI AND LYME.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAoDBsfrk4Kv
To̅mi, Agent Lyme; you are in charge of the retrieval of the sapphire. I would very much like to have the sapphire returned intact but if there is no other choice, you destroy it.
LYME: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAEHdtQ9I4jZ
Understood.
Panel 4.
TO̅MI RAISES HER HAND WITH AN AWKWARD EXPRESSION.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAk7oeTGXbMi
Hey, I just want to throw something out there if I may.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANATyYTMuMg4R
What is it?
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAdLrY1EUSeB
Well, I was thinking and, you know, since Lyme has a code name I kinda wanted to use mine. I don't use it as much as I should but back home people call me Plasmasonic.
Panel 5.
3/4TH PANEL OF THE O.S.O. COMMANDER WITH A EXPLANITORY EXPRESSION.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAkqoq2ZbI3X
I don't see any problem with it, Plasmasonic. Now are there any more questions, concerns, or complaints?
Panel 6.
PERSPECTIVE FROM THE O.S.O. COMMANDER'S PERSPECTIVE. ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM LOOK AT THE O.S.O. COMMANDER WITH CONFIDENT EXPRESSION.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA3FDfQjr4PB
Alright then, let's get this thing done.
PAGE 2 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
PLASMASONIC, DETECTIVES HASSAN, DETECTIVE HADID, LYME, AND THE REST OF THE TASK FORCE EMBARK ON THE COVE RIDING BOATS.
Panel 2.
PLASMASONIC TALKS WITH JAADEN OVER HER PRIVATE COMMS.
JAADEN: (TRANSMISSION BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAgtweg0rtzq
I didn't know you were a superhero.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAItnkpQtirl
It's nothing official really.
JAADEN: (TRANSMISSION BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAEj5ZEJIeoF
If we make it out of this, I have so many questions for you.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAph7e4oHmJL
I'll answer as many as I can. Also, there aren't any ifs. No matter what, we're going to get through this.
Panel 3.
BRINE BEASTS AND UNDEAD PIRATES BEGIN TO APPEAR AS THE GROUP ENTERS THE MOUTH OF THE COVE.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAPuNUvNqSuZ
There's the welcoming committee. Lyme, Plasmasonic, go on ahead! No matter what, you need to stop Lalh.
LYME: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA7tZvWRNIb0
Understood.
Panel 4.
LYME AND PLASMASONIC BEGIN FIGHTING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE BRINE BEASTS LEADING FURTHER INTO THE CAVE.
Panel 5.
THE O.S.O. COMMANDER, O.S.O. AGENTS, AND THE DETECTIVES BEGIN TO HOLD A LINE PREVENTING THE BRINE BEASTS FROM FOLLOWING PLASMASONIC AND LYME.
Panel 6.
PLASMASONIC AND LYME REACH THE INNER PART OF THE COVE WHERE CAPTAIN LALH KNEELS IN FRONT OF AN ALTER CHANTING AN UNKNOWN LANGUAGE.
PAGE 3 (SEVEN PANELS)
Panel 1.
LYME TAPS PLASMASONIC ON THE SHOULDER. PLASMASONIC LOOKS AT LYME WITH A CURIOUS EXPRESSION.
Panel 2.
BOTTOM-UP PANEL OF LYME POINTING AT A GIANT STALACTITE.
Panel 3.
PLASMASONIC GIVES LYME THE THUMBS UP WITH A CONFIDENT EXPRESSION.
Panel 4.
LYME STRETCHES UP TO THE CEILING OF THE COVE WHILE PLASMASONIC CLOAKS HERSELF.
PLASMASONIC: (WHISPERING BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAagDrw6i70s
Rallsesdailr.
Panel 5.
PLASMASONIC WHILE CLOAKED BEGINS TO APPROACH CAPTAIN LALH WHILE HE CHANTS AT THE ALTER.
Panel 6.
PLASMASONIC IS AS INTENTIONAL AS SHE CAN BE WITH HER MOVEMENTS TRYING NOT TO ALERT CAPTAIN LALH OF HER PRESENCE.
Panel 7.
CAPTAIN LALH, HOWEVER, SENSES PLASMASONIC AND STOPS CHANTING.
PAGE 4 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.
CAPTAIN LALH TURNS AROUND GLANCING AT THE SEEMINGLY EMPTY SPACE BEHIND HIM. CAPTAIN LALH HAS A SCRUTANIZING EXPRESSION AS HE KNOWS THAT PLASMASONIC IS THERE.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAv1AvfOr6p0
If your little trick didn't work the last time, what made you think it would work this time? I don't have to see you to know that you're there.
Panel 2.
PLASMASONIC STAYS STILL WHILE CAPTAIN LALH SCANS THE AREA.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAeCp0ddG7Fd
Will you not face me, girl? Do you believe that hiding will aid your endeavors? You cannot stop what is coming. Xesyn will be summoned here and enact her will upon the world. It has been destined forever, there's nothing you can do to change it. Eventually, she will arrive here and there will be nothing anyone can do to stop it. You must allow it now, like death in sleep.
Panel 3.
CAPTAIN LALH SCANS THE ROOM LOOKING FOR WHERE HE BELIEVES PLASMASONIC TO BE.
Panel 4.
A ROCK THAT FALLS FROM THE CEILING OF THE COVE ALERTS CAPTAIN LALH.
Panel 5.
CAPTAIN LALH STRAFES TO THE AREA WHERE HE BELIEVES PLASMASONIC TO BE, SWINGING HIS SWORD, AND FINDS HIS EFFORTS TO BE FRUITLESS.
PAGE 5 (FOUR PANELS)
Panel 1.
CAPTAIN LALH BELLOWS INTO THE AIR WITH AN ENRAGED EXPRESSION AS HE FINDS HE'S NOT LANDED HIS ATTACK.
Panel 2.
PLASMASONIC FLIES TOWARD THE ALTER CAPTAIN LALH GLARES IN HER DIRECTION WITH A FURIOUS EXPRESSION.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAlerzghepss
Miserable wretch!
Panel 3.
PLASMASONIC GRABS THE SAPPHIRE ATTEMPTING TO SNATCH IT FROM THE ALTER BUT IS SHOCKED WITH ENERGY.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAQKU79ZkGTI
You dare to interfere with my plans? There is no way that you can win.
Panel 4.
PLASMASONIC LOOKS AT THE ALTER WITH A PAINED AND PUZZLED EXPRESSION.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA6DEpGn3Nla
Ugh... who said that?
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANALgnV5Ww9eJ
I did—the one who wades through the chaotic seas. I sense the fear in your soul. The unknown unnerves you. However, your fear is what gives you purpose.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAKipqloojmk
What could you possibly know about me?
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAiHj3ekkBbN
What is there truly worth knowing about you corporeal beings? It is your fate to lose to me. You will lose yourself in the abyss that I reside in. Your entire being realizes that any other action would be infinitesimal, that is why you have fear. Fear of the inevitable.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAJFy6PJaRrJ
Really, and what god need be summoned?
PAGE 6 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
SPLASH PANEL, OVER THE SHOULDER, ESTABLISHING SHOT OF PLASMASONIC LOOKING UP AT AN ASTRAL PROJECTION OF XESYN. XESYN IS A CECAELIA THAT STANDS AT 165 FT. TALL AND WIELDS A TRIDENT.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAPm4uQTE8l4
You have the illusion of purpose and it is what drives you to defiance. This meaning that your search for will be lost to time but an instance in service to me is all the purpose you need. That is what Lalh realized I gave him my sapphire all those years ago. Now submit or die!
Panel 2.
AN ENERGY IS PROJECTED FROM THE SAPPHIRE HITTING PLASMASONIC IN THE STOMACH.
Panel 3.
THE ATTACK SENDS PLASMASONIC CAREENING BACKWARD THROUGH THE AIR AND SHE TUMBLES ACROSS THE SANDY GROUND AFTER LANDING ON IT.
Panel 4.
NOW VISIBLE PLASMASONIC STRUGGLES TO HER FEET AND IS STRUCK WITH A SENSE OF DREAD.
Panel 5.
CAPTAIN LALH STRAFES IN FRONT OF PLASMASONIC READY TO ATTACK WITH HIS SWORDS.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANACsT7tTmpD7
You saw her, didn't you? Then you know how pointless it all is. The only path left is the path she and her ilk lay out for us.
Panel 6.
PLASMASONIC DODGES CAPTAIN LALH'S ATTACK.
PAGE 7 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.
PLASMASONIC GLARES AT CAPTAIN LALH WITH AN ANGRY EXPRESSION. CAPTAIN LALH POINTS ONE OF HIS SWORDS AT PLASMASONIC.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANASLUy5Kd8vi
It is if you're willing to be their pawn!
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAqQYj2xjeoG
You waste your final breaths attempting to quell your fear and delude yourself. As foolish as it is futile! Oblivion is yearning for her chance to molest this world!
Panel 2.
LYME THROWS THE STALACTITE AT CAPTAIN LALH STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST.
Panel 3.
THE STALACTITE CARRIES CAPTAIN LALH BACK THROUGH THE AIR AND PINS HIM TO A WALL IN THE COVE.
Panel 4.
LYME APPROACHES PLASMASONIC WHO HAS A PANICKED EXPRESSION.
LYME: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAKQZvdGer6W
Hey, what's the matter with you?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA2Nh6gMi01v
I—! I... saw Xesyn. I don't know how we can beat something like that. If she gets here—! There's no way we'll be able to stop her!
LYME: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAjHwnOdCWDs
Yeah, well, she's not here yet! What do you say we try and keep it that way?
Panel 5.
CAPTAIN LALH USES HIS SWORDS TO SLICE THROUGH THE STALACTITE DESTROYING IT TO FREE HIMSELF.
PAGE 8 (THREE PANELS)
Panel 1.
LYME SHAKES PLASMASONIC ATTEMPTING TO SNAP HER OUT OF HER FRIGHTENED STATE.
LYME: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAuMzUavGrgk
Hey, Plasmasonic, I need you here with me! He's getting back up and we're the last line of defense. Do you want to see the space monster manifested in our world?
Panel 2.
OVER THE SHOULDER OF PLASMASONIC GLARING AT CAPTAIN LALH.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA6gbp4pxSds
...No, I don't. I won't let something so sinister slither its way into our world!
Panel 3.
PLASMASONIC SUMMONS HER LANTERN SHIELD AND LYME DEVELOPS A SHOCKED EXPRESSION.
LYME: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANARxucJcja16
Whoa, you had that the whole time? ...Why didn't you use it against me?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAIJvca8VrkX
It's my most powerful trump card, yet its usage is limited. If I ever need to use it, I need to be certain that there are no other choices... then again, this guy has ticked me off, so I suppose now is as good a moment as any.
PAGE 9 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
CAPTAIN LALH GLARES AT PLASMASONIC WITH A DISGUSTED EXPRESSION.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAGoyW8C7VSv
You saw Xesyn, girl and yet you continue to defy her will?
Panel 2.
PLASMASONIC POINTS AT CAPTAIN LALH WITH A DIRECT EXPRESSION.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANArDGleQh5vl
Unlike you, I give myself purpose. I won't ever allow such a dependent being to devise a destiny for me.
Panel 3.
CAPTAIN LALH GLARES AT PLASMASONIC WITH SKEPTICAL EXPRESSION.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAdNFtuKfi7T
Is that the best solution you have? Nothing but consoling falsehoods. I suppose it's easier to fill the ether with utterances than accept reality!
Panel 4.
TRANSITIONAL PANEL OF CAPTAIN LALH TELEPORTING FIVE TIMES AROUND THE BATTLE AREA.
Panel 5.
AFTER THE FIFTH TIME TELEPORTING, LALH ATTEMPTS TO SLASH LYME FROM BEHIND.
Panel 6.
LYME DODGES THE ATTACK AND PLASMASONIC PIVOTS ATTEMPTING TO SLASH LALH WITH THE BLADE OF HER LANTERN SHIELD.
PAGE 10 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.
CAPTAIN LALH BLOCKS PLASMASONIC'S LANTERN SHIELD BLADE WITH HIS SWORDS.
Panel 2.
PLASMASONIC PUNCHES CAPTAIN LALH IN THE FACE WITH HER LEFT HAND.
Panel 3.
CAPTAIN LALH STUMBLES BACK ACROSS THE GROUND AND PLASMASONIC AIMS AT LALH WITH HER FREE HAND.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAfBa29mBDNy
Lairhdlailr!
Panel 4.
PLASMASONIC SHOOTS LIGHTNING AT CAPTAIN LALH AND CAPTAIN LALH BLOCKS THE ATTACK WITH HIS SWORDS.
Panel 5.
CAPTAIN LALH REDIRECTS THE LIGHTNING ATTACK BACK AT PLASMASONIC.
PAGE 11 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
PLASMASONIC BLOCKS THE LIGHTNING WITH HER LANTERN SHIELD.
Panel 2.
PLASMASONIC SWINGS HER BLADE AT LALH AS HE BEGINS ANOTHER ASSAULT.
Panel 3.
CAPTAIN LALH ENGAGES PLASMASONIC WITH A FLURRY OF ATTACKS WHICH SHE DEFENDS AGAINST.
Panel 4.
PLASMASONIC BASHES CAPTAIN LALH IN THE FACE WITH HER LANTERN SHIELD PUSHING HIM BACK ACROSS THE GROUND.
Panel 5.
LYME STRETCHES HER ARM PAST CAPTAIN LALH PUNCHING HIM IN THE FACE.
LYME: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAED6Nubr0gz
It's payback time!
Panel 6.
A SMALL PANEL SHOWS LYME'S HAND GRABBING ONTO A STALAGMITE.
PAGE 12 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
LYME RETRACTS THE REST OF HER BODY ACROSS THE ROOM HITTING CAPTAIN LALH IN THE CHEST AS SHE DOES SO.
Panel 2.
LYME BOUNCES OFF THE STALAGMITE AND BEGINS TO RAM INTO CAPTAIN LALH WHO IS PREPARED TO SLASH HER.
Panel 3.
LYME SPLITS HERSELF INTO TWO SEPARATE BODIES AND LANDS ON BOTH SIDES OF CAPTAIN LALH.
Panel 4.
THE TWO LYMES BOTH TAKE TURNS ATTACKING CAPTAIN LALH.
Panel 5.
CAPTAIN LALH ROTATES USING A SPINNING HELICOPTER ARM ATTACK AND HE TRIES TO SLASH BOTH OF THE LYMES HOWEVER LYME NO. 1 JUMPS INTO THE AIR AND LYME NO. 2 LIMBO DODGES.
Panel 6.
BOTH OF THE LYMES FUSE IN FRONT OF CAPTAIN LALH.
PAGE 13 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
LYME PERFORMS A SPIN DASH THAT CARRIES CAPTAIN LALH INTO THE CEILING COVE.
Panel 2.
LYME BOUNCES BACK TO WHERE PLASMASONIC IS WHILE CAPTAIN LALH FALLS TO THE GROUND.
LYME: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANANAInHrYmzN
He's got to be feeling that! Get the sapphire while he's down!
Panel 3.
PLASMASONIC RUSHES OVER TO THE SAPPHIRE AND ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE THE SAPPHIRE USING HER LANTERN SHIELD GAUNTLET. HOWEVER, THE ENERGY FROM THE SAPPHIRE BEGINS TO SHOCK HER.
LYME: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAvD9wwtaZtO
Don't give up!
Panel 4.
LYME LOOKS BACK OVER HER SHOULDER AS CAPTAIN LALH BELLOWS OUT A FURIOUS RAGE AS HE STANDS TO HIS FEET.
Panel 5.
CAPTAIN LALH TELEPORTS BESIDE PLASMASONIC AND LYME RAISING HIS SWORD FOR AN ATTACK.
Panel 6.
LYME ENLARGES HER HAND AND PUSHES CAPTAIN LALH BACK SMASHING HIM INTO A WALL.
LYME: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAwhx6ZpYFJR
Get lost, gruesome!
PAGE 14 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.
PLASMASONIC CONTINUES TO TRY AND PULL FREE THE SAPPHIRE FROM ITS RESTING PLACE BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BUDGE.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAWWjXoNRTYI
You again? I displayed before you the infinite cosmos and yet you defy!
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA0gYOaipqVe
I will never yield! The meaning I have will be derived from how I choose to make it so.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAabheAL1Tjg
End this ceaseless struggle and all will be well.
Panel 2.
LYME AND CAPTAIN LALH ATTACK EACH OTHER AT THE SAME TIME. LYME IS CUT ON THE ARM AS CAPTAIN LALH SLASHES AT HER. LYME KICKS CAPTAIN LALH IN THE CHEST.
Panel 3.
CAPTAIN LALH STABS HIS SWORDS IN THE GROUND TO SLOW HIMSELF DOWN.
Panel 4.
CAPTAIN LALH SWIPES UPWARD AND PROJECTS A DISFIGURED SKULL-LIKE PROJECTILE AT LYME.
Panel 5.
LYME IS STRUCK BY THE DISFIGURED SKULL-LIKE PROJECTILE ATTACK AND CARRIED BACK INTO A WALL.
PAGE 15 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
CAPTAIN LALH TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO PLASMASONIC WHO IS STILL TRYING TO REMOVE THE SAPPHIRE FROM THE ALTER.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA8jTa3Ei8CD
You're not going to win, girl. I told you that before! If you give up now, you'll suffer a fast death!
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANACQIhen79mS
I refuse to yield to someone who threw his free will away for power.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAm4LoOVr0UR
All of this is meaningless! I realized that from the day Xesyn approached me. I saw how vast the cosmos was and how I'd never get to truly conquer it. My life, my existence was but a drop in a never-ending void. All that matters now is ending this cruel joke and ending it on our terms. Quickly and without trouble!
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAumoxehzc3N
Speak for yourself!
Panel 2.
CAPTAIN LALH DARTS AT PLASMASONIC, HOWEVER, LYME GRABS CAPTAIN LALH BY HIS SHOULDER.
Panel 3.
LYME SLAMS CAPTAIN LALH FACE DOWN INTO THE GROUND.
Panel 4.
CAPTAIN LALH PROJECTS ANOTHER DISFIGURED SKULL-LIKE PROJECTILE AT LYME.
Panel 5.
LYME DODGES THE ATTACK AND CAPTAIN LALH TELEPORTS IN FRONT OF HER.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAUeYw2mIgPt
This is the end!
Panel 6.
CAPTAIN LALH STABS LYME IN THE STOMACH AND THE CHEST WITH HIS SWORDS.
PAGE 16 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.
PLASMASONIC LOOKS BACK OVER HER SHOULDER WITH A WORRIED EXPRESSION AS CAPTAIN LALH KICKS LYME TO THE GROUND.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANACE0yojmtX6
Lyme!
Panel 2.
O.S.O. REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE, AND OPEN FIRE ON CAPTAIN LALH. CAPTAIN LALH IS RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.
Panel 3.
CAPTAIN LALH FIRES MULTIPLE DISFIGURED SKULL-LIKE PROJECTILES AT THE REINFORCEMENTS HITTING THEM AND THEIR BOATS.
Panel 4.
JAADEN WHO IS ON A BOAT WITH THE DETECTIVES LOOKS AT PLASMASONIC WITH A WORRIED EXPRESSION.
DETECTIVE HADID: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAFfwFjhU64A
Things are getting crazy! How is Lalh giving us this much trouble?
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAVUYnPNwOSn
To̅mi'll stop him! I know she can.
Panel 5.
PLASMASONIC STRAINS AS SHE TUGS ON THE SAPPHIRE AND NEARLY GETS THE SAPPHIRE OUT OF ITS RESTING PLACE. ENERGY FROM THE SAPPHIRE ATTEMPTS TO KEEP IT TETHERED TO THE ALTER.
PAGE 17 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
PLASMASONIC GLANCES TO HER LEFT WITH A SHOCKED EXPRESSION AS CAPTAIN LALH TELEPORTS BESIDE HER.
Panel 2.
CAPTAIN LALH ATTEMPTS TO STAB PLASMASONIC HOWEVER SHE LETS GO OF THE SAPPHIRE AND BLOCKS USING HER LANTERN SHIELD.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7y5vrDxU3
You will interfere no longer!
Panel 3.
CAPTAIN LALH KICKS OFF THE WALL PUSHING PLASMASONIC BACK ACROSS THE GROUND.
Panel 4.
CAPTAIN LALH BREAKS PLASMASONIC'S GUARD WITH HIS RIGHT SWORD AND ATTEMPTS TO STAB HER WITH HIS LEFT SWORD.
Panel 5.
PLASMASONIC SIDESTEPS AVOIDING THE STABBING ATTACK FROM CAPTAIN LALH.
Panel 6.
PLASMASONIC USES THE BLADE OF HER LANTERN SHIELD TO STAB CAPTAIN LALH IN THE CHIN AND THROUGH HIS HEAD.
PAGE 18 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.
PLASMASONIC RIPS HER BLADE FROM CAPTAIN LALH'S HEAD AND HE BEGINS TO STAGGER BACKWARDS.
Panel 2.
ENERGY FROM THE SAPPHIRE SURGES INTO CAPTAIN LALH AND BEGINS TO IMBUE HIM WITH POWER.
Panel 3.
WITH A FURIOUS EXPRESSION CAPTAIN LALH PROJECTS MULTIPLE DISFIGURED SKULL-LIKE PROJECTILES AT PLASMASONIC WHICH SHE MUST BLOCK.
Panel 4.
AS THE DISFIGURED SKULL-LIKE ATTACKS CLASH WITH PLASMASONIC'S LANTERN SHIELD THEY EXPLODE.
Panel 5.
THE EXPLOSION FLINGS PLASMASONIC BACK THROUGH THE AIR, SHE CRASHES THROUGH A PILLAR AND HITS A STACK IN THE COVE.
PAGE 19 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.
JAADEN EXAMINES THE SITUATION WITH HORROR AS PLASMASONIC FALLS INTO THE UNDERGROUND LAKE IN THE COVE.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANANo8pG8vaVQ
To̅mi!!!
Panel 2.
JAADEN JUMPS INTO THE LAKE WITH A DETERMINED EXPRESSION WHILE DETECTIVE HADID REACHES OUT TO TRY AND STOP JAADEN WITH A SHOCKED EXPRESSION.
DETECTIVE HADID: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAR8RUQOqduI
Kid, what are you doing?! It's too dangerous!
Panel 3.
JAADEN SWIMS TO WHERE PLASMASONIC IS AND GRABS HER.
Panel 4.
JAADEN HAVING SWAM ONTO A SHORE-LIKE AREA FINDS THAT PLASMASONIC HAS BEEN BADLY INJURED. PLASMASONIC BLEEDS FROM A GASH IN HER FOREHEAD AND IS UNCONSCIOUS.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAbGUXua5BHY
To̅mi?! To̅mi, you've got to wake up!
Panel 5.
OVER-THE-SHOULDER PANEL SHOWS JAADEN OBSERVING THE O.S.O. AGENTS AS THEY ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE WITH CAPTAIN LALH BUT HE OVERPOWERS THEM.
PAGE 20 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.
TOP-DOWN, OVER-THE-SHOULDER PANEL OF JAADEN LOOKING DOWN AT PLASMASONIC AS SHE COUGHS AND OPENS HER EYES.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAek1EFWFDPi
...Jaaden?
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAmJ94QwCyAZ
You're hurt bad, To̅mi.
Panel 2.
PLASMASONIC LOOKS AWAY WITH A DISAPPOINTED AND UNCOMFORTABLE EXPRESSION.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)
...I know.
Panel 3.
OVER-THE-SHOULDER SHOT FROM PLASMASONIC'S POV. JAADEN CONSOLES PLASMASONIC WITH A CONCERNED EXPRESSION.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)
Look, I know you didn't want it to come to this but if this isn't an emergency I don't know what is.
Panel 4.
JAADEN HELPS PLASMASONIC SIT UP.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)
Are you afraid that you'll kill me?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)
No... it's just... it's like biting your nails or smoking. I swear it off and it always seems like I might be past it but it comes back around.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)
I can't watch you get beaten like this, To̅mi. I also don't have any other way to help you. I know you're a belle of continence but this one time you have to relent. There's too much at stake for you not to.
Panel 5.
PLASMASONIC SIGHS RELENTINGLY WITH A DEFEATED EXPRESSION.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)
...You're going to feel a slight pricking.
PAGE 21 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.
PLASMASONIC GENTLY CRADLES JAADEN'S HEAD, BITES HER ON THE NECK, AND DRAINS SOME OF HER BLOOD.
Panel 2.
PLASMASONIC'S WOUNDS BEGIN TO HEAL AND HER PUPILS TURN RED.
Panel 3.
PLASMASONIC FLIES JAADEN TO SOME MEDICS AND HANDS HER OVER TO THEM.
O.S.O. MEDIC NO. 1: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAD8rHYsBVP2
We've got her, don't worry.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAL7U0j157I7
Thank you.
Panel 4.
PLASMASONIC GLARES AT CAPTAIN LALH WITH A FURIOUS EXPRESSION.
Panel 5.
CAPTAIN LALH FEELS PLASMASONIC'S GAZE UPON HIM AND IS ANGERED BY THE UNEASINESS IT CAUSES.
CAPTAIN LALH: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA3fzK9LdaYo
What?!
PAGE 22 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.
CAPTAIN LALH LOOKS BEHIND HIM WITH A SURPRISED EXPRESSION AS PLASMASONIC IS FLYING TOWARD HIM.
Panel 2.
PLASMASONIC PUNCHES CAPTAIN LALH IN THE JAW KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.
Panel 3.
CAPTAIN LALH TELEPORTS BEHIND PLASMASONIC AND TRIES TO STAB HER.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAj0KOEX3NDW
Rafarrailr!
Panel 4.
AS CAPTAIN LALH'S SWORD CLASHES WITH THE BARRIER THAT PLASMASONIC GENERATES, THE FORCE OF STRIKING THE BARRIER CAUSES HIM TO RECOIL.
Panel 5.
PLASMASONIC PIVOTS AND CUTS OFF ONE OF CAPTAIN LALH'S ARMS USING THE BLADE OF HER LANTERN SHIELD.
CAPTAIN LALH: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA30iQcRllk0
Argh!
PAGE 23 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
CAPTAIN LALH LOOKS AT PLASMASONIC WITH AN ANGRY AND STUNNED EXPRESSION.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAmCAZpu2Ic3
How? Where did this strength come from? You weren't this strong before!
Panel 2.
PLASMASONIC LOOKS AT CAPTAIN LALH WITH AN EXPRESSION FULL OF DISDAIN.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAApzAeu8BJs
I relented to an action I have come to disgust for more power, compromising my morals. This vacation was intended to be a celebration of a friend's good tidings. Instead, I've had to deal with the machinations of a waterlogged, water rat. However, it'll be over very soon then I can get back to what matters.
Panel 3.
CAPTAIN LALH TELEPORTS BACK A FEW FEET AND PROJECTS MULTIPLE DISFIGURED SKULL-LIKE PROJECTILES AT PLASMASONIC.
Panel 4.
PLASMASONIC CHARGES ENERGY INTO HER LANTERN SHIELD AS SHE LIFTS IT INTO THE AIR.
Panel 5.
PLASMASONIC PROJECTS AN ENERGY WAVE AT CAPTAIN LALH'S ATTACK IMMEDIATELY OVERWHELMING IT.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA45ESa0Qf0U
Merais Frerhailr!
Panel 6.
THE ENERGY WAVE THEN CUTS CAPTAIN LALH IN HALF AND BOTH HALVES OF HIM FALL ON THE GROUND.
PAGE 24 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
PLASMASONIC FLIES TO THE MAKESHIFT ALTER, GRABS THE SAPPHIRE, AND SUCCESSFULLY BEGINS TO PULL IT FROM ITS STATIONARY POSITION.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAIAGyVnnMW8
No, you cannot defy me!
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAWL8iljqV8G
Watch me!
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAZhMokQycGZ
Nooooooo!
Panel 2.
PLASMASONIC REMOVES THE SAPPHIRE FROM THE ALTAR AND ALL OF THE BRINE ALONGSIDE THE UNDEAD BARBARY PIRATES BEGIN TO DIE.
Panel 3.
PLASMASONIC BEGINS TO WALK OVER TO WHERE LYME IS WHEN HER ANKLE IS GRABBED BY LALH WHO IS HOLDING ON WITH THE LAST OF HIS ENERGY.
CAPTAIN LALH: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAybvd4xwoSO
You must destroy the sapphire! Don't entrust it to the wills of men.
Panel 4.
WITHOUT ANOTHER WORD LALH DIES AND HIS BODY WITHERS AWAY INTO DUST.
Panel 5.
THE O.S.O. COMMANDER ALONGSIDE A COUPLE OF MEDICS ARRIVE BY LYME'S SIDE.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANADEbJbJZiPF
Agent Lyme? Medics, hurry with the stasis field!
Panel 6.
THE MEDICS PREPARE A STASIS FIELD AND THE O.S.O. COMMANDER KNEELS BESIDE LYME.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANADRLVE5ATn6
Agent Lyme, can you hear me?
LYME: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANApMUfe6lM58
Urgk... did we win?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANANGNP73lOAn
Yeah, Plasmasonic pulled it off. Everything is going to be okay.
LYME: (WEAK BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAtXQG8i4uHo
Hooray!
PAGE 25 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.
THE MEDICS HELP LYME INTO THE STASIS FIELD AND FLY BACK TO THE BATTLE BOAT.
Panel 2.
THE O.S.O. COMMANDER APPROACHES PLASMASONIC AS SHE IS LOOKING AT THE SAPPHIRE WITH DISDAIN.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAjrTVXvl5oB
Congratulations on your victory, Plasmasonic.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA94C5A6re6i
Thanks.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAAoktE3gmbw
Are you okay?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAfqgRBAV6fQ
Yeah, I'm fine.
Panel 3.
PLASMASONIC LOOKS AT THE SAPPHIRE DISDAINFULLY. O.S.O. COMMANDER LOOKS AT PLASMASONIC WITH A CONCERNED EXPRESSION.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAbQ1C62Ecfp
Do you want to know what Lalh said to me before he died?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA770d94ZbCA
What?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAZcZZSSIejY
Despite what he did, the person he was and the person he was intent on being; he told me to destroy the sapphire. Maybe he felt regretful or maybe he figured that since he couldn't have it, no one should. Either way, it's been more trouble than it's worth.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAhjIWCkdWJ0
...So, what will you do?
Panel 4.
PLASMASONIC GLANCES AT THE O.S.O. COMMANDER WITH A DISCOURAGED EXPRESSION.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAZzyykrILaz
It's not up to me to decide, if it was I'd just give it to you and be done with it. I had to compromise what I've been working really hard at to get this. I know Jaaden won't think it was a big deal but I hate what I had to resort to to win. For any of this to have meant anything, I need you to do right by Jaaden.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAU0I69fisCX
What would you have me do?
Panel 5.
PLASMASONIC GLANCES AT THE O.S.O. COMMANDER WITH A DIRECT EXPRESSION. THE O.S.O. COMMANDER UNDERSTANDING NODS TO PLASMASONIC.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAcN1kLCBu27
Buy the sapphire from her like the museum was going to. Even put on an act in the local news cycle to make it more legitimate.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAKXSyKjD0X1
Fine, you have my word. We'll talk to her when she wakes up. I suppose it's the least I could do.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAQVinrYvr1k
Thank you.
PAGE 26 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.25Please respect copyright.PENANAptkOf0YDGC
CUT TO: LATER; EL GOUNA, EGYPT25Please respect copyright.PENANAwjkQV4ueN5
INT. O.S.O. HEAD QUARTERS - LATE AFTERNOON
JAADEN, TO̅MI, THE DETECTIVES, THE O.S.O. COMMANDER, AND AN O.S.O. LAWYER SIT AT A TABLE TOGETHER.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA74NPOTi7YF
So, you guys want to buy the Xesyn Sapphire from me?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAV01PzweWmG
Yes, we believe that it would be under safer conditions with us so we must implore you to—!
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAExgnCHwsxI
You don't have to give me the hard pitch. Where do I sign?
Panel 2.
THE O.S.O. LOOKS AT JAADEN WITH A PUZZLED EXPRESSION. JAADEN SHRUGS HER SHOULDERS WITH A SHUNNING EXPRESSION.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAeTPGyryowG
I thought you had more of a connection to it. Wasn't that why you wanted to hold onto it? This thing has brought way more drama than I was looking for. You guys are saying you're going to pay me to take it, right? Where do I sign?
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAG46Ajir2ss
More along the lines that it was a lottery ticket that I hadn't gotten to cash yet.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAZcvOn3mWRC
We'll have to draw up a contract. It was an easier transition than I thought it would be. From there we'll be in touch.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANALgbmriSRcI
Thanks. I don't want to deal with a deity-possessed sapphire for any longer than I have to.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAql4N9YxKGQ
You should thank, To̅mi. She advocated on your behalf for your good fortune.
Panel 3.
JAADEN HUGS TO̅MI WITH AN OVERJOYED EXPRESSION. TO̅MI HAS A BASHFUL EXPRESSION.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANATEqJCWFrOo
I know I can always count on To̅mi!
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAzcdt6vsfYX
No problem, Jaaden.
Panel 4.
VERTICAL PANEL SHOWING DETECTIVE HADID HOLDING HIS STOMACH AS IT GROWLS.
DETECTIVE HADID: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAH6WzK8wSX4
Ugh, I'm so hungry. In all the excitement I forgot to even get a snack or two. Does anyone know a good place to eat?
Panel 5.
TO̅MI AND JAADEN GLANCE AT EACH OTHER WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA7xqcegQ5OZ
I think we know just the place.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANADf6S7BWFuY
Yeah, we do.
PAGE 27 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.25Please respect copyright.PENANAt5JZvpZJHu
CUT TO: EL GOUNA, EGYPT25Please respect copyright.PENANAV3eesEOpSk
EXT. NOHA'S FOOD STAND - LATE AFTERNOON
NOHA REACHES OUT TO A COUPLE WHO ARE WALKING BY.
NOHA: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAxbK3FQIKEN
Excuse me, would I be able to interest you in—!
MAN NO. 1: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAXbpi7JugfB
No, sorry. We already ate.
WOMAN NO. 1: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAwqpTb3yhPv
Your food does look tasty though.
Panel 2.
NOHA FORCES A SMILE AND WAVES AT THE COUPLE AS THEY CONTINUE TO WALK AWAY.
NOHA: (ARABIC BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA5HugliYjNo
Oh. Thank you anyway.
Panel 3.
WHEN THE COUPLE IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY, NOHA SIGHS IN FRUSTRATION.
NOHA: (WHISPERING BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAZJjWtkLNdC
Ugh, business was so slow today. I guess there are just some days you have to count as a loss.
TO̅MI: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON) Hey, Noha!
Panel 4.
NOHA LOOKS TO HER LEFT DOWN THE STREET TO SEE TO̅MI AND JAADEN RUSHING TOWARD THE FOOD STAND.
NOHA: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANApt8Y9sKPfB
Oh, Jaaden, To̅mi what a pleasant surprise.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA3CLKIfKLF4
We're just glad you're still open. How much longer are you going to work?
NOHA: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAxnAucoGagm
I'm not sure. Today has been slow.
Panel 5.
JAADEN AND TO̅MI LOOK AT EACH OTHER WITH CHEEKY EXPRESSIONS. NOHA HAS A DITHERING EXPRESSION AS SHE'S UNSURE OF FUTURE EVENTS.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAxCorEQj8Cv
Well, I hope you don't mind but we have a little proposition for you.
NOHA: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAmpDfoF7yGw
I'm not sure if I should be worried or not.
PAGE 28 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.25Please respect copyright.PENANAjNadKPE8Mr
CUT TO: EL GOUNA, EGYPT25Please respect copyright.PENANASZMqgpz4Sh
INT. OUTDOOR PLAZA - EARLY NIGHT
THE DETECTIVES, THE E.N.P., THE O.S.O. COMMANDER, LYME, AND SOME MORE OF THE O.S.O. AGENTS ALL PACK OUT AN OUTDOOR PLAZA WAITING FOR THEIR ORDERS FROM NOHA.
NOHA: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA6jp3d5zAVI
Excuse me, number 87, your food is ready.
Panel 2.
DETECTIVE HADID APPROACHES NOHA'S FOOD STAND WITH AN EXPRESSION OF ANTICIPATION.
DETECTIVE HADID: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAIYgXeOrLiy
Hello, there. I've heard so many incredible things about your cooking.
NOHA: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAy3nHZQ0jMj
I hope I can live up to the legend.
Panel 3.
DETECTIVE HADID TAKES A BITE OF HIS FOOD.
Panel 4.
DETECTIVE HADID GLANCES AT NOHA WITH AN INFATUATED EXPRESSION.
DETECTIVE HADID: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAGdU9UU5F5m
This is some of the best Makarōna Beshamel I've ever had. I haven't tasted something this good since my mother cooked it!
Panel 5.
NOHA SMILES AT DETECTIVE HADID WITH AN APPRECIATIVE EXPRESSION.
NOHA: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAEHB55B7395
Thank you, I'm really glad that you liked it.
DETECTIVE HADID: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAAPXmgAypJS
Like? No, this is the start of something beautiful. You've got yourself a lifelong customer.
NOHA: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA927Afm8c8t
Thank you!
PAGE 29 (TWO PANELS)
Panel 1.
NOHA WIPES HER FOREHEAD WITH A TOWEL AND GLANCES AT JAADEN AND TO̅MI WHO RETURN WITH SOME DIRTY PLATES.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAvsd1sTPd2A
I figured you'd be happy to know that I've been getting nothing but positive responses. You're a hit.
NOHA: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAxMMYvCRm2k
Yes, thanks to you two.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAsd5STnFVZA
Hey, I'm just trying to live up to my promise.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAbmdrAd2ICS
I hope this makes up for the slow day.
NOHA: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAUlSLTpL8Ko
I know every day won't be like this—!
Panel 2.
NOHA HUGS JAADEN AND TO̅MI WITH A CHEERFUL EXPRESSION.
NOHA: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAbVbQPoQMnG
So, thanks for giving me the best day I've had in a long time.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANApicAIROimq
You're welcome.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANACMr6q9jE8j
Glad we could help.
PAGE 30 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.25Please respect copyright.PENANA0XXX1mCsYe
CUT TO: THE NEXT DAY; EL GOUNA, EGYPT25Please respect copyright.PENANA7Rt5C4GD3i
INT. AIRPORT - LATE MORNING
JAADEN AND TO̅MI SIT AT AN AIRPORT TERMINAL SEATING AREA.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAnyOXetnH3k
I'm sorry that we couldn't have done more fun activities.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANApWmQnriiPS
That's okay. It's just the way these things go sometimes. I'm sure next time, there won't be as many zombie pirates and sea monsters trying to kill us.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAaAhkT3aBIF
Yeah, that would make things a lot more pleasurable.
Panel 2.
JAADEN LEANS IN CLOSE TO TO̅MI TO WHISPER TO HER WITH A HUFFY EXPRESSION. TO̅MI SCRATCHES HER HEAD WITH AN AWKWARD EXPRESSION.
JAADEN: (WHSPERING BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANADyXwz72MMl
Hey, when exactly were you going to tell me that you were a superhero?
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAhDBzUdBO93
It's not like I was keeping it from you, it just never came up.
Panel 3.
BOTH JAADEN AND TO̅MI MAKE PONDERING EXPRESSIONS.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAk0L6pC5qW0
You know something weird? I wonder what happened to Sarkis. In all the confusion, she just slipped away.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAgBnvQo81Cl
It's probably safe to say that she wasn't really a museum curator after all. What a bunch of effort to go through to try and snag a piece of jewelry.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAxHC0PkGF2k
Boy, I guess it's a good thing the O.S.O. showed up when they did. As much grief as they caused, at least they agreed to pay me.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAaxjFPG14TN
And since they have a base in this location, they can still keep the sapphire in the museum to keep up appearances.
Panel 4.
FROM ACROSS THE AIRPORT, SHAFIRA SARKIS GLANCES AT JAADEN AND TO̅MI AS SHE BOARDS A PLANE.
JAADEN: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANATCfnt19wA8
I wonder where Shafira is now.
TO̅MI: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANA9auwtj9zSQ
She's probably on her way to her next con job.
JAADEN: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAUeP8uhSU6W
I wonder if she was even related to Yasmeen at all. I guess there's no way to know everything.
Panel 5.
THERE IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TO̅MI'S FLIGHT. JAADEN AND TO̅MI HUG EACH OTHER.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAHCK8rKmVLG
Dang, I wish that you could stay longer. Maybe I'll come visit you in a couple of months.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAx2fWcG5hic
I would love nothing more and if there are any more signs of monsters don't hesitate to give me a call, 'kay?
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAfZtNxlzJOd
Absolutely.
Panel 6.
TO̅MI AND JAADEN WAVE GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER AS TO̅MI BEGINS TO BOARD HER FLIGHT.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAwJBeJRqV9A
I'll be back as soon as I can!
JAADEN: (BALLOON)25Please respect copyright.PENANAUzN4QTdRmS
Looking forward to it!25Please respect copyright.PENANAvJOOousTNf