PAGE 1 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmx0s13Hcox
CUT TO: RED SEA COVE23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGNKRZK6M7
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9kXNPV40s
There's no doubt about it, he's inside that cove.
DETECTIVE HASSAN: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqpBCkZR9G
Which means that he'll have the element of surprise.
DETECTIVE HASSAN: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeE6rTIJx9m
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuiXGWZZHH
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5VHCpwNeV
Understood.
Panel 4.
TO̅MI RAISES HER HAND WITH AN AWKWARD EXPRESSION.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KRxkKueBn
Hey, I just want to throw something out there if I may.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhI4CXMm9Ec
What is it?
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJvGDw4eH9
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXdAUHg0sg
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNrEhmCvib
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxhd5O7NDJ
I didn't know you were a superhero.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSBj2Ea7VL
It's nothing official really.
JAADEN: (TRANSMISSION BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJL1CRTFHF
If we make it out of this, I have so many questions for you.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHSQEOCfMY
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGsgGYcQl8
There's the welcoming committee. Lyme, Plasmasonic, go on ahead! No matter what, you need to stop Lalh.
LYME: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yanf8eazn
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wqCGC9K03
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0fboWrb7H
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uEtpE0D2q
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41w16OASOO
Miserable wretch!
Panel 3.
PLASMASONIC GRABS THE SAPPHIRE ATTEMPTING TO SNATCH IT FROM THE ALTER BUT IS SHOCKED WITH ENERGY.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoPJx3AoQ3
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqelOJhbZTD
Ugh... who said that?
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5CkwFkRLU
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhWxVULSmE
What could you possibly know about me?
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaXzvMr9AE
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFfFycSAt2
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehl3SOPMaJ
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyzC3aXu3a
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnfMpR25Xv
It is if you're willing to be their pawn!
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmZLXLdeZp
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMmXhxBQdQ
Hey, what's the matter with you?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Nuid9iI2u
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUQdnNHvLe
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVL6KIWbEFK
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pu12ksPfs
...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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkdDwetIrF
Whoa, you had that the whole time? ...Why didn't you use it against me?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVODt4zS4gk
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjojRyqfQlZ
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmi1Imjr9X
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENSBrT78wU
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiiYx6xWdS
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8eApWG1bz
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoZ7rcxsEp
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdgaKd2DmU
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LqgLLIY1t
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3UA3tPvLl
You again? I displayed before you the infinite cosmos and yet you defy!
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PQFsy9W5G
I will never yield! The meaning I have will be derived from how I choose to make it so.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCrkgVCouz
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRATaJGd7At
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpenuUZCKN
I refuse to yield to someone who threw his free will away for power.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXcmHfib6c
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3axhxKvMS
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9USC0qAo2A
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFBRZtoOhW
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYr0BJZN8J
Things are getting crazy! How is Lalh giving us this much trouble?
JAADEN: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3HNf727fz
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCRaAS5Z4d
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkphF7NOfq
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYIzJQXZFE
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxBBF1n2zK
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphRDbSFxmS
...Jaaden?
JAADEN: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7MeYDY4LZ
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZ8sallsBq
We've got her, don't worry.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvKNqbBxnC
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3NlehPtVa
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCjp7j08gZ
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHRP5NDp7G
Argh!
PAGE 23 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
CAPTAIN LALH LOOKS AT PLASMASONIC WITH AN ANGRY AND STUNNED EXPRESSION.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDq6bYZrvwu
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgT8dr0ZRw
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53ngjNJgqn
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9S6kzCLr4
No, you cannot defy me!
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34YwH1ikWT
Watch me!
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAOmewrs9M
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJGCU3JjLp
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeR2moObpR
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTovSsvmR2
Agent Lyme, can you hear me?
LYME: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5T7boak2p
Urgk... did we win?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmDjL4r0w8
Yeah, Plasmasonic pulled it off. Everything is going to be okay.
LYME: (WEAK BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqcffbopyX
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBFFlzqiOu
Congratulations on your victory, Plasmasonic.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BxoLMES0i
Thanks.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwjaPRY4VV
Are you okay?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovMSabp3H0
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQNBRR8d4k
Do you want to know what Lalh said to me before he died?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXB64qcqvTE
What?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nuutCI435
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVuDHiIeXK
...So, what will you do?
Panel 4.
PLASMASONIC GLANCES AT THE O.S.O. COMMANDER WITH A DISCOURAGED EXPRESSION.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wshtNuwIo
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiIeY5WRin
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVJak93Xal
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvZgfxTVg5
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclyD18Pkhw
Thank you.
PAGE 26 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBED8Owy3T
CUT TO: LATER; EL GOUNA, EGYPT23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxiMbMjiL9
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UsFR3m3Ct
So, you guys want to buy the Xesyn Sapphire from me?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFsorAeZTE
Yes, we believe that it would be under safer conditions with us so we must implore you to—!
JAADEN: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPc0jUrIyqH
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRKzMVULhe
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aYR6ypzXA
More along the lines that it was a lottery ticket that I hadn't gotten to cash yet.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaLWoZbQYL
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B506q1Cpj
Thanks. I don't want to deal with a deity-possessed sapphire for any longer than I have to.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXA6GUXxusq
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJFKtTb4ol
I know I can always count on To̅mi!
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpn2oZ0Inzk
No problem, Jaaden.
Panel 4.
VERTICAL PANEL SHOWING DETECTIVE HADID HOLDING HIS STOMACH AS IT GROWLS.
DETECTIVE HADID: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lUoRg6puB
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRFoTSjUPk
I think we know just the place.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6OdcEAyU3
Yeah, we do.
PAGE 27 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYryMtc1PF
CUT TO: EL GOUNA, EGYPT23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GbeVtediX
EXT. NOHA'S FOOD STAND - LATE AFTERNOON
NOHA REACHES OUT TO A COUPLE WHO ARE WALKING BY.
NOHA: (ARABIC BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91wc7TK0lG
Excuse me, would I be able to interest you in—!
MAN NO. 1: (ARABIC BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaGAzJTBnb
No, sorry. We already ate.
WOMAN NO. 1: (ARABIC BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4y48GfTje
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeAel4wLfn
Oh. Thank you anyway.
Panel 3.
WHEN THE COUPLE IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY, NOHA SIGHS IN FRUSTRATION.
NOHA: (WHISPERING BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIQ7BS7IHq
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyaDVsj5xZ
Oh, Jaaden, To̅mi what a pleasant surprise.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJV6pdFqOPU
We're just glad you're still open. How much longer are you going to work?
NOHA: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNNpAmsuvN
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIYmJLVxVz
Well, I hope you don't mind but we have a little proposition for you.
NOHA: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmBwccBIIq
I'm not sure if I should be worried or not.
PAGE 28 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9m5na0oV6
CUT TO: EL GOUNA, EGYPT23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgZCnMfPWy
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMxrroOdVl
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAoo38k8gN
Hello, there. I've heard so many incredible things about your cooking.
NOHA: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitaZ1Ax1bE
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfh2qOE6qY
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNeMmtrk7m
Thank you, I'm really glad that you liked it.
DETECTIVE HADID: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccYEWHYLQp
Like? No, this is the start of something beautiful. You've got yourself a lifelong customer.
NOHA: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjEBh1Zcxa
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBp4CBbcOb
I figured you'd be happy to know that I've been getting nothing but positive responses. You're a hit.
NOHA: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbLbQOO2TQ
Yes, thanks to you two.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBSYVP2Cci
Hey, I'm just trying to live up to my promise.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZVGwlG0Rv
I hope this makes up for the slow day.
NOHA: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkeWLLMRww
I know every day won't be like this—!
Panel 2.
NOHA HUGS JAADEN AND TO̅MI WITH A CHEERFUL EXPRESSION.
NOHA: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRtvjmuXUi
So, thanks for giving me the best day I've had in a long time.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8wnGkOIR3
You're welcome.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3Vj8msBqX
Glad we could help.
PAGE 30 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIX2QwMRQni
CUT TO: THE NEXT DAY; EL GOUNA, EGYPT23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedjquJUNPI
INT. AIRPORT - LATE MORNING
JAADEN AND TO̅MI SIT AT AN AIRPORT TERMINAL SEATING AREA.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtNQNZjO57
I'm sorry that we couldn't have done more fun activities.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovxqaQXUbK
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6gMrRC6sT
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJIbZmy3cb
Hey, when exactly were you going to tell me that you were a superhero?
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKZAosvdeS
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vX71qoo5L
You know something weird? I wonder what happened to Sarkis. In all the confusion, she just slipped away.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lcKCQXQaN
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3OzmjmVqy
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqgPfeISrL
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOUPaEoe81
I wonder where Shafira is now.
TO̅MI: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdEkua6VBg
She's probably on her way to her next con job.
JAADEN: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsG40UtPdXp
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjapBUJqd7
Dang, I wish that you could stay longer. Maybe I'll come visit you in a couple of months.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtMdF23yO4
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)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1QM4i47eV
Absolutely.
Panel 6.
TO̅MI AND JAADEN WAVE GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER AS TO̅MI BEGINS TO BOARD HER FLIGHT.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsldDu2E5N
I'll be back as soon as I can!
JAADEN: (BALLOON)23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyiSTA9ayA
Looking forward to it!23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9tAuJjdzC
and then Add to home screen.