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PAGE 1 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GElXuaQj4
CUT TO: RED SEA COVE153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSmpIUh9C2
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEkXXf6OHY
There's no doubt about it, he's inside that cove.
DETECTIVE HASSAN: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6UzHL7yQZ
Which means that he'll have the element of surprise.
DETECTIVE HASSAN: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdwUtLnkyO
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlofpEmtDGS
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKg8aC0SudT
Understood.
Panel 4.
TO̅MI RAISES HER HAND WITH AN AWKWARD EXPRESSION.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuyuLN9rwS
Hey, I just want to throw something out there if I may.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbPYp0E6rj
What is it?
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqBqjrKRmG
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVqSB1N9qO
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20x2WGAUYD
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRYt7lKucC
I didn't know you were a superhero.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KhsOe9JPj
It's nothing official really.
JAADEN: (TRANSMISSION BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIz2yrwkZ1T
If we make it out of this, I have so many questions for you.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrGLTxGjRJ
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3ZUfJt5ry
There's the welcoming committee. Lyme, Plasmasonic, go on ahead! No matter what, you need to stop Lalh.
LYME: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtJmrcp9E1
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PWyawXCvH
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSNlalnPGK
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXNiYGDsq2
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wqx7x72yW
Miserable wretch!
Panel 3.
PLASMASONIC GRABS THE SAPPHIRE ATTEMPTING TO SNATCH IT FROM THE ALTER BUT IS SHOCKED WITH ENERGY.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPM6F33SqIq
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xVTqOQXXQ
Ugh... who said that?
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrKLEulFTR
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMh4cLoAnZ0
What could you possibly know about me?
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjK8ttxCQe
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPskK1EiB0V
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvd14FYKK46
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNGf04LuTk
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vrrHaVRZR
It is if you're willing to be their pawn!
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEoBPGEWpI
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjjCnhsZAg
Hey, what's the matter with you?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxJoxIwNfL
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlq88J9zcOp
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9TvmmCTJn
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0zLAoyW1Z
...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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPXqDpw4GB
Whoa, you had that the whole time? ...Why didn't you use it against me?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdijueJ4j7
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkn5oEfiqH
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtbGwjcKSx
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVyOjRt5pW
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXW7BoFeSrH
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmDuh5FJUj
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ721fmqDCwt
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4xzMTQKhz
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ej5W6NHFx
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXd2VzGoCz
You again? I displayed before you the infinite cosmos and yet you defy!
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvj4V59YLe2
I will never yield! The meaning I have will be derived from how I choose to make it so.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMNQjnWuC9
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgdpKX3OZl
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOT93ytPvh
I refuse to yield to someone who threw his free will away for power.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91h3jzqVTl
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr75SCjOuU
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6OGLLpKFp
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVpSRVsCDh
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X0iQ4YHGE
Things are getting crazy! How is Lalh giving us this much trouble?
JAADEN: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVUmY6pGzg
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3L3sicguLe
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgH4yEhESaF
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfwVgD2pGN
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdW5uqlv9EH
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PnY7Ytu2U
...Jaaden?
JAADEN: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstNb6HTbrc
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJ0mpyjtuL
We've got her, don't worry.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNHnFWR4gc
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeiQfc7c6h
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYY9Z6Oxh5
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPZb7RVD1C
Argh!
PAGE 23 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
CAPTAIN LALH LOOKS AT PLASMASONIC WITH AN ANGRY AND STUNNED EXPRESSION.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyJ2EMgSDN
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbFsGWDROv
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeUYbWTN4X
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyd2liy6kC
No, you cannot defy me!
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqIvyuMIYe
Watch me!
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WdCZUdgSA
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoyTs8d5Ca
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3Jjjmtk4w
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7lHAqxBcE
Agent Lyme, can you hear me?
LYME: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyVC6OYhiH
Urgk... did we win?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JcCqH8Qw8
Yeah, Plasmasonic pulled it off. Everything is going to be okay.
LYME: (WEAK BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPf8IT61MU
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2VUn1Tody
Congratulations on your victory, Plasmasonic.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrH94dNG9lm
Thanks.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwsGycR8uv
Are you okay?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FbYJLLXoL
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOG7kYw7rp
Do you want to know what Lalh said to me before he died?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDGaPWkorE
What?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvJJlyIXoE
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaCmggWNAx
...So, what will you do?
Panel 4.
PLASMASONIC GLANCES AT THE O.S.O. COMMANDER WITH A DISCOURAGED EXPRESSION.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkETzJH7pJ
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBbazvBf9t
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgbrCEzxuj
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2vASufPoU
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhuJwNveqr
Thank you.
PAGE 26 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAAH5Dfc4A
CUT TO: LATER; EL GOUNA, EGYPT153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KwKocOFiL
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanjnk4a3eG
So, you guys want to buy the Xesyn Sapphire from me?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2ZpS0Ds0K
Yes, we believe that it would be under safer conditions with us so we must implore you to—!
JAADEN: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBeCcSG8Kz
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrCt7RahTy
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5NFuKFWRC
More along the lines that it was a lottery ticket that I hadn't gotten to cash yet.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNEzBzj19S
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFAQwjl3eJ
Thanks. I don't want to deal with a deity-possessed sapphire for any longer than I have to.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapTAZLHZFu
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEBIHGPedk
I know I can always count on To̅mi!
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWdcnkFYbh
No problem, Jaaden.
Panel 4.
VERTICAL PANEL SHOWING DETECTIVE HADID HOLDING HIS STOMACH AS IT GROWLS.
DETECTIVE HADID: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AnLhGvI5T
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCx6UnuPDwF
I think we know just the place.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qpf9z5uJE
Yeah, we do.
PAGE 27 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7hqaOIm3N
CUT TO: EL GOUNA, EGYPT153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7WC1mQzf2
EXT. NOHA'S FOOD STAND - LATE AFTERNOON
NOHA REACHES OUT TO A COUPLE WHO ARE WALKING BY.
NOHA: (ARABIC BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcmHC0f8zM
Excuse me, would I be able to interest you in—!
MAN NO. 1: (ARABIC BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxw5iL3F0Y
No, sorry. We already ate.
WOMAN NO. 1: (ARABIC BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkTZJI3Jjg
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1a6XfDA8Yv
Oh. Thank you anyway.
Panel 3.
WHEN THE COUPLE IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY, NOHA SIGHS IN FRUSTRATION.
NOHA: (WHISPERING BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HqUGmSSFA
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzsCuYNHhh
Oh, Jaaden, To̅mi what a pleasant surprise.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHyi0kKdi5
We're just glad you're still open. How much longer are you going to work?
NOHA: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgt2v2MpQf
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnDcuyIjkA
Well, I hope you don't mind but we have a little proposition for you.
NOHA: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhLhbnPo1C
I'm not sure if I should be worried or not.
PAGE 28 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhhq6OeJan
CUT TO: EL GOUNA, EGYPT153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oGgWQZ1lC
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZpCjWb6Tr
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90TJbPke0Q
Hello, there. I've heard so many incredible things about your cooking.
NOHA: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUY0VaXkGN
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCHMxJsRmz
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPBsxXwGi0
Thank you, I'm really glad that you liked it.
DETECTIVE HADID: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhSQux49zo
Like? No, this is the start of something beautiful. You've got yourself a lifelong customer.
NOHA: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI93T714gE7
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l93d7Rykk
I figured you'd be happy to know that I've been getting nothing but positive responses. You're a hit.
NOHA: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1go7e7C5oB
Yes, thanks to you two.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiiytvFJDB
Hey, I'm just trying to live up to my promise.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVA2b0UyWz
I hope this makes up for the slow day.
NOHA: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJwSfpGeBm
I know every day won't be like this—!
Panel 2.
NOHA HUGS JAADEN AND TO̅MI WITH A CHEERFUL EXPRESSION.
NOHA: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBzYN5FJzR
So, thanks for giving me the best day I've had in a long time.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNYXlvfZqj
You're welcome.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpg4f0FFN84
Glad we could help.
PAGE 30 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuTHEhFrED
CUT TO: THE NEXT DAY; EL GOUNA, EGYPT153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXNoDJ3tRT
INT. AIRPORT - LATE MORNING
JAADEN AND TO̅MI SIT AT AN AIRPORT TERMINAL SEATING AREA.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQDKqY6bGG
I'm sorry that we couldn't have done more fun activities.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8M4fwCFVh9
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0AyiTWwvl
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuweQkAQeP
Hey, when exactly were you going to tell me that you were a superhero?
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ442un4g7d1
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqctYZp7lKT
You know something weird? I wonder what happened to Sarkis. In all the confusion, she just slipped away.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzKp4hm3Ar
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekCyT7D2SR
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOukSItAG2
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7j1afKGeT
I wonder where Shafira is now.
TO̅MI: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RxDfHVBpr
She's probably on her way to her next con job.
JAADEN: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2YYnJt4Bw
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEGW29M14f
Dang, I wish that you could stay longer. Maybe I'll come visit you in a couple of months.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbi32CKF3oE
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)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQm5ta1UWCF
Absolutely.
Panel 6.
TO̅MI AND JAADEN WAVE GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER AS TO̅MI BEGINS TO BOARD HER FLIGHT.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCS8B5hPw9
I'll be back as soon as I can!
JAADEN: (BALLOON)153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPrBWyQiSD
Looking forward to it!153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6m0yZLvTG
