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PAGE 1 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPf7H0y6im2
CUT TO: RED SEA COVE209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvOlXhZzoa
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRx8B3eAuSN
There's no doubt about it, he's inside that cove.
DETECTIVE HASSAN: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnAWsGr3Vt
Which means that he'll have the element of surprise.
DETECTIVE HASSAN: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPmTdHK804
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPwIyAHWur
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCxMTQugrQ
Understood.
Panel 4.
TO̅MI RAISES HER HAND WITH AN AWKWARD EXPRESSION.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYva03lun3
Hey, I just want to throw something out there if I may.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0XD1sbN4E
What is it?
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLo6gIOECzL
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTqH5Rnj8j
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NoIvaMULE
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBh9ZEIBg3f
I didn't know you were a superhero.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxLkagRm7T
It's nothing official really.
JAADEN: (TRANSMISSION BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XH4fszyMR
If we make it out of this, I have so many questions for you.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYI6M48pjf
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CMQ7oP4md
There's the welcoming committee. Lyme, Plasmasonic, go on ahead! No matter what, you need to stop Lalh.
LYME: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuCvR04myZ
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOrLqqkYn9
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjLanEnUgL
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSy5WtIhlo
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqV7jdO4CQ
Miserable wretch!
Panel 3.
PLASMASONIC GRABS THE SAPPHIRE ATTEMPTING TO SNATCH IT FROM THE ALTER BUT IS SHOCKED WITH ENERGY.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDjJY48j30
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNMC1CyqXT
Ugh... who said that?
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgzKW4Uq2R
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsx0olmGZqW
What could you possibly know about me?
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnTPKHQSLg
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3AmHEzzCh
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURpgdwC521
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNOjRamiMu
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanAK7Cgba8
It is if you're willing to be their pawn!
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYn2NB6cAOa
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jFp4LX1b6
Hey, what's the matter with you?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIfL16cdbV
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqA2lK7HBz
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzr9ADor8y2
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡta14bmeSLa
...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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKCDBwQbcG
Whoa, you had that the whole time? ...Why didn't you use it against me?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjgtmUY8kh
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndXdVqLcVE
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHQyuHCQwk
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmO7NsIjXUj
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03lPk7emui
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2s4YxBF0zK
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwmHY3W0F8
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloOR2mpsII
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRphwv5c3Nk
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmseNxh85Qm
You again? I displayed before you the infinite cosmos and yet you defy!
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VHJoyUn9W
I will never yield! The meaning I have will be derived from how I choose to make it so.
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRTAP1ArId
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qwchUWqHu
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dkgiLuvmY
I refuse to yield to someone who threw his free will away for power.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8DMr0ltm0
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eCxPp2ofX
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIZl1xxVke
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHIM9K14xC
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNik7DRUbG
Things are getting crazy! How is Lalh giving us this much trouble?
JAADEN: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZsQ5kpuHV
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhmE7oCHt2
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9i50Jf1Bz
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjW4MWFggJy
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4LjzEy9ov
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzqT1bxTDV
...Jaaden?
JAADEN: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHEJ9jwlkk
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN0v5lt9Xa
We've got her, don't worry.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UqTSEcP5W
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUjJfvXk65
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8yEJTDAAJ
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rbil4cK4W
Argh!
PAGE 23 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.
CAPTAIN LALH LOOKS AT PLASMASONIC WITH AN ANGRY AND STUNNED EXPRESSION.
CAPTAIN LALH: (ARABIC BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUtEdnlLRC
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fKWEUlHb1
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJMMAjkpI4
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjm5uwMBG4
No, you cannot defy me!
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDbxoYGiep
Watch me!
XESYN: (TELEPATHIC BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8aoDnXwQ7
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMswYonojE
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbbkX9HKLM
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37EessYRWz
Agent Lyme, can you hear me?
LYME: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnFSTsb0bR
Urgk... did we win?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnIp1PBPPn
Yeah, Plasmasonic pulled it off. Everything is going to be okay.
LYME: (WEAK BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67yVa1PApq
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYj2hC00i6
Congratulations on your victory, Plasmasonic.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQb6hig1zP
Thanks.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfw4mImUGEv
Are you okay?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXqkGu6sEp
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OZz99wb5E
Do you want to know what Lalh said to me before he died?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLEfDI0v2N
What?
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdxDVstSTC
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡariCECc6zU
...So, what will you do?
Panel 4.
PLASMASONIC GLANCES AT THE O.S.O. COMMANDER WITH A DISCOURAGED EXPRESSION.
PLASMASONIC: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4x4zTcXSmz
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeExyuSb6CE
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSdCK5bgPX
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIEExEeviE
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWYvSpmG2a
Thank you.
PAGE 26 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUq4Rtjgor
CUT TO: LATER; EL GOUNA, EGYPT209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUQW37fpDW
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtG3Ju0QVU
So, you guys want to buy the Xesyn Sapphire from me?
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZbEnszByN
Yes, we believe that it would be under safer conditions with us so we must implore you to—!
JAADEN: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5RYuky9sD
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEVFRwHyZu
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MuWeeBPLw
More along the lines that it was a lottery ticket that I hadn't gotten to cash yet.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVljrFuHPx
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpA5k1nEYc5
Thanks. I don't want to deal with a deity-possessed sapphire for any longer than I have to.
O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTE7dlUuGr
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4GStUZNkg
I know I can always count on To̅mi!
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YSgUtwlKA
No problem, Jaaden.
Panel 4.
VERTICAL PANEL SHOWING DETECTIVE HADID HOLDING HIS STOMACH AS IT GROWLS.
DETECTIVE HADID: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6xrCHfUVh
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWP5kYNRRZz
I think we know just the place.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkPH1GNCXN
Yeah, we do.
PAGE 27 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdL6v7LCOS
CUT TO: EL GOUNA, EGYPT209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcgHHemFZL
EXT. NOHA'S FOOD STAND - LATE AFTERNOON
NOHA REACHES OUT TO A COUPLE WHO ARE WALKING BY.
NOHA: (ARABIC BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjz6gXghXF
Excuse me, would I be able to interest you in—!
MAN NO. 1: (ARABIC BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkTYc1brku
No, sorry. We already ate.
WOMAN NO. 1: (ARABIC BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxTAr3mOJC
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KVExKjYas
Oh. Thank you anyway.
Panel 3.
WHEN THE COUPLE IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY, NOHA SIGHS IN FRUSTRATION.
NOHA: (WHISPERING BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWShPGegPQ4
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aFisGyRHR
Oh, Jaaden, To̅mi what a pleasant surprise.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsFjxoZ2Vq
We're just glad you're still open. How much longer are you going to work?
NOHA: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyFvE87nTf
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaS096no7a
Well, I hope you don't mind but we have a little proposition for you.
NOHA: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsmYNlEToz
I'm not sure if I should be worried or not.
PAGE 28 (FIVE PANELS)
Panel 1.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91GfmB2uo7
CUT TO: EL GOUNA, EGYPT209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8oIpvzXSv
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMK2RwJgsC
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhT5vWM3PvU
Hello, there. I've heard so many incredible things about your cooking.
NOHA: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnltf1d8LY
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaGVZNB4MB
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCx57EfHfT
Thank you, I'm really glad that you liked it.
DETECTIVE HADID: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDwt3mLyee
Like? No, this is the start of something beautiful. You've got yourself a lifelong customer.
NOHA: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXRfc5RyHJ
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHO1UXZwF0
I figured you'd be happy to know that I've been getting nothing but positive responses. You're a hit.
NOHA: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMQSANkUs4
Yes, thanks to you two.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDlCgrDvMf
Hey, I'm just trying to live up to my promise.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaH5i6AFNKc
I hope this makes up for the slow day.
NOHA: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRsDpZij9B
I know every day won't be like this—!
Panel 2.
NOHA HUGS JAADEN AND TO̅MI WITH A CHEERFUL EXPRESSION.
NOHA: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymWwSns1Qt
So, thanks for giving me the best day I've had in a long time.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUAZI7C8MD
You're welcome.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4YNp5il52
Glad we could help.
PAGE 30 (SIX PANELS)
Panel 1.209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8yxZOaoUt
CUT TO: THE NEXT DAY; EL GOUNA, EGYPT209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5d35BUPLG
INT. AIRPORT - LATE MORNING
JAADEN AND TO̅MI SIT AT AN AIRPORT TERMINAL SEATING AREA.
JAADEN: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKc71Hz6EF
I'm sorry that we couldn't have done more fun activities.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bEw7OPcxH
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LA2ppenuc
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapSzbBFRgN
Hey, when exactly were you going to tell me that you were a superhero?
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxhQyxEv92
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjrQMmFk6A
You know something weird? I wonder what happened to Sarkis. In all the confusion, she just slipped away.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7Jb0yHw4g
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdqBxCS7H3
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOUWCmvV9Y
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8fSTQbkiI
I wonder where Shafira is now.
TO̅MI: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaM9K1pVXFY
She's probably on her way to her next con job.
JAADEN: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3OGcdJqVK
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzihQrSzGQ
Dang, I wish that you could stay longer. Maybe I'll come visit you in a couple of months.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzG9qSXTBej
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)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVGnxfKDvN
Absolutely.
Panel 6.
TO̅MI AND JAADEN WAVE GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER AS TO̅MI BEGINS TO BOARD HER FLIGHT.
TO̅MI: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcCxE59jkS
I'll be back as soon as I can!
JAADEN: (BALLOON)209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhO3lqWbZb3
Looking forward to it!209Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1s6jwMp7kI
