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PAGE 1 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhCF019y8m
CUT TO: RED SEA COVE230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQWfgpr2A4
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytoaZBC8fW
There's no doubt about it, he's inside that cove.
DETECTIVE HASSAN: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXuwlbUoZC
Which means that he'll have the element of surprise.
DETECTIVE HASSAN: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdhTI7Skpv
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjIADEvC1T
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMlq1OX5QW
Understood.
Panel 4.
TO̅MI RAISES HER HAND WITH AN AWKWARD EXPRESSION.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwVAZANpzr
Hey, I just want to throw something out there if I may.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1doFsaSOak
What is it?
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxerLqyZuSh
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTSsW9Uo9P
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBmwm0zFzY
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2PTr4yjss
I didn't know you were a superhero.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGlpXr5nAu
It's nothing official really.
JAADEN: (TRANSMISSION BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHD5PRWBldW
If we make it out of this, I have so many questions for you.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qmRhzy06s
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62bafbve2O
There's the welcoming committee. Lyme, Plasmasonic, go on ahead! No matter what, you need to stop Lalh.
LYME: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsvuB75rkt
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjE24tEF9d
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLOlfl8mtG
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMQQSNTOdt
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt949Tc9vku
Miserable wretch!
Panel 3.
PLASMASONIC GRABS THE SAPPHIRE ATTEMPTING TO SNATCH IT FROM THE ALTER BUT IS SHOCKED WITH ENERGY.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKc2aZ8Ar3p
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9PJI3QBcR
Ugh... who said that?
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjfKmCrGKL
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOGcCLvCmH
What could you possibly know about me?
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFS4jSZbydK
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IdGnUnNWN
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSSSRV4HQh
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzJdtVHyxg
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngWRXXbStN
It is if you're willing to be their pawn!
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKttNEg92U
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TOgtIg8vN
Hey, what's the matter with you?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMW4fEdn2Z
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPrYCsKjAW
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjC5wuTsTqx
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvmSZkVEPX
...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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxF5h8jNeD0
Whoa, you had that the whole time? ...Why didn't you use it against me?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnL3zggPiL
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ycPBhlTav
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNawCGnXj51
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSCWaQydTq
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2dxccNRW4
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQCu2dsSi0
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOmY5WmzfO
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFShMa2LMh
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWQKFoXaMd
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYilmLUHx8
You again? I displayed before you the infinite cosmos and yet you defy!
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7q5PyinveY
I will never yield! The meaning I have will be derived from how I choose to make it so.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2r5jVXLBJE
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LbIWuxtbZ
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IrBYxFEFV
I refuse to yield to someone who threw his free will away for power.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6CcG3v6eV
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHvu7p0cKi
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXCfT0dd2l
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCw6ee1i2m
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLiWJDtIut
Things are getting crazy! How is Lalh giving us this much trouble?
JAADEN: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXhxZIcWKN
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYpvnu6ogM
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6HX4IZ3jx
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxcOKCR1YA
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWkwBKdgid
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkHbwEjrYi
...Jaaden?
JAADEN: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQy41iwWwyw
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTcAa0cnCg
We've got her, don't worry.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rB2ZyfLtQ
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AdWSak9I7
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmlClm8clC
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ProdQg0ny
Argh!
PAGE 23 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
CAPTAIN LALH LOOKS AT PLASMASONIC WITH AN ANGRY AND STUNNED EXPRESSION.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3weQXmqQwV
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uJjrDdchS
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEodKCfk5J
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbD5y8MaSj3
No, you cannot defy me!
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1D8du9qnM
Watch me!
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSECh69yvh
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPbAR4UeVE
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFEZ4fXkPZ
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Jq4bWCeh9
Agent Lyme, can you hear me?
LYME: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYriZJAsHK
Urgk... did we win?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDSpexjfEF
Yeah, Plasmasonic pulled it off. Everything is going to be okay.
LYME: (WEAK BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KUj3e7PEo
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyY1HmLPS5
Congratulations on your victory, Plasmasonic.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCl7H7e1MU
Thanks.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdX3Zxlt9yj
Are you okay?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMU1nkbRwl
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpgp3uFvEF
Do you want to know what Lalh said to me before he died?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRlenkcDfS
What?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iTDwPyZei
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwx0NaBcK5w
...So, what will you do?
Panel 4.
PLASMASONIC GLANCES AT THE O.S.O. COMMANDER WITH A DISCOURAGED EXPRESSION.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsg0d7uDFy3
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLK3Rmp5OjE
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXyyMO34MS
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelYC66xNGf
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PcpJ3Bk6d
Thank you.
PAGE 26 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrkaGExorO
CUT TO: LATER; EL GOUNA, EGYPT230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoLgTefMHL
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGiS0caiAo
So, you guys want to buy the Xesyn Sapphire from me?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvY7UHrk9ib
Yes, we believe that it would be under safer conditions with us so we must implore you to—!
JAADEN: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPoV0ltVfx
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEPfm4rUC3
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPt9cJ8s9U8
More along the lines that it was a lottery ticket that I hadn't gotten to cash yet.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDdyRMZOq0
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7PYM6WCEg
Thanks. I don't want to deal with a deity-possessed sapphire for any longer than I have to.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEAMsphRrK
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnsMAH28nr
I know I can always count on To̅mi!
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKRxYL9WDd
No problem, Jaaden.
Panel 4.
VERTICAL PANEL SHOWING DETECTIVE HADID HOLDING HIS STOMACH AS IT GROWLS.
DETECTIVE HADID: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLj4qBUQqD
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTdqmQ9JPy
I think we know just the place.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRm3RIQSxp
Yeah, we do.
PAGE 27 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcP3elZDRj
CUT TO: EL GOUNA, EGYPT230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoh4eNUqe0
EXT. NOHA'S FOOD STAND - LATE AFTERNOON
NOHA REACHES OUT TO A COUPLE WHO ARE WALKING BY.
NOHA: (ARABIC BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jrL6iI2Ti
Excuse me, would I be able to interest you in—!
MAN NO. 1: (ARABIC BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk87nrdvZOt
No, sorry. We already ate.
WOMAN NO. 1: (ARABIC BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gFtytVt5p
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrdG0ODiTu
Oh. Thank you anyway.
Panel 3.
WHEN THE COUPLE IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY, NOHA SIGHS IN FRUSTRATION.
NOHA: (WHISPERING BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FPgKDnV2C
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA27DbUvtrv
Oh, Jaaden, To̅mi what a pleasant surprise.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgs6a2fIXg
We're just glad you're still open. How much longer are you going to work?
NOHA: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRCSuCiP7N
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWBx21meK8
Well, I hope you don't mind but we have a little proposition for you.
NOHA: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VzdQ9xd4v
I'm not sure if I should be worried or not.
PAGE 28 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAPKPwNGZS
CUT TO: EL GOUNA, EGYPT230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0qdUuUl63
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50RkJdXiZK
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGerRNayVX8
Hello, there. I've heard so many incredible things about your cooking.
NOHA: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAyd5eKxwu
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bBwJ67f4j
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZaBJhhV76
Thank you, I'm really glad that you liked it.
DETECTIVE HADID: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyyeNVoQR3
Like? No, this is the start of something beautiful. You've got yourself a lifelong customer.
NOHA: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLXdw9P3rL
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopEJ2BTK2T
I figured you'd be happy to know that I've been getting nothing but positive responses. You're a hit.
NOHA: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4xNuxZdNC
Yes, thanks to you two.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVVIk0bWUr
Hey, I'm just trying to live up to my promise.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkX0XmjFP8c
I hope this makes up for the slow day.
NOHA: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zW6hSvy6V
I know every day won't be like this—!
Panel 2.
NOHA HUGS JAADEN AND TO̅MI WITH A CHEERFUL EXPRESSION.
NOHA: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfFLQNdYbf
So, thanks for giving me the best day I've had in a long time.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9DR1zCdGc
You're welcome.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLFjbdBDHd
Glad we could help.
PAGE 30 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiQtAWhfrH
CUT TO: THE NEXT DAY; EL GOUNA, EGYPT230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcis9mBS9k
INT. AIRPORT - LATE MORNING
JAADEN AND TO̅MI SIT AT AN AIRPORT TERMINAL SEATING AREA.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVl2cgiePja
I'm sorry that we couldn't have done more fun activities.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyq8ce1QYo
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZt4KSL9DFS
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeYz5n2eT0
Hey, when exactly were you going to tell me that you were a superhero?
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhreCCshPc0
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA38joRYxvn
You know something weird? I wonder what happened to Sarkis. In all the confusion, she just slipped away.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIk1KXzvBZI
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZalqzzxjCt
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckncaydgla
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlOcFe8Wn0
I wonder where Shafira is now.
TO̅MI: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtEWJIn3oV
She's probably on her way to her next con job.
JAADEN: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULTYPubb1W
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QBLcaQ92l
Dang, I wish that you could stay longer. Maybe I'll come visit you in a couple of months.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZAZCGymxP
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)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZB9c0yN3Jm
Absolutely.
Panel 6.
TO̅MI AND JAADEN WAVE GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER AS TO̅MI BEGINS TO BOARD HER FLIGHT.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg796VHOXJp
I'll be back as soon as I can!
JAADEN: (BALLOON)230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlffEmHrA4a
Looking forward to it!230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsFO3nVMus
