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RAPID CITY #34by Josh Dahl

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Page 1 The six-panel Coil. 6 panels

All of these panels stretch horizontally across

the page.Panel 1 A younger COIL in a more traditional supervillain

costume. He is fleeing a bank robbery or something asa few other villains behind him get caught in anenergy blast.

Caption Years ago.

Panel 2 Coil as we know him now getting smashed in the faceby SWITCHBOARD, as seen in issue #15. He is notlooking good.

Caption Months ago

Panel 3 Coil presenting the stolen crown to KING SHARD asseen in issue #26

Caption Weeks ago

Panel 4 Coil smiling smugly as a villainess in a gas mask(VX) dumps out a sack of cash on the table in frontof him.

Caption Days ago

Panel 5 Coil slicing ICICLE's arm off. As seen in issue #32

Caption Hours ago

Panel 6 Coil on the floor with HECTOR over him. Coil istalking to King Shard on a mobile device. As seen inissue #33.

Caption Minutes ago

Page 2 The plan. 6 panels

Panel 1 Hector and Coil stand face to face after theirconversation in the previous issue.

HECTOROk, Before we go any further, what do we know?Facts.

COILI tore Icicle's right arm off. When she went afterit, she got hit by a car. At that point it was toopublic and we got out of there.

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Shot of MIRA VEGA in her civilian clothes at thereception desk of an emergency room in an olderlooking hospital. For the rest of this sequence,Hector and Coil's dialogue will be in captions.

HECTORWell, it's gone public now. You want to try to putthe lid back on...

MIRA VEGAI hope you can help me, they told me that my... mywife's been in an accident...

Panel 3 Very similar to panel 2, but this one is CALCULUS inhis civilian clothes. He is talking to the receptionperson at a more modern looking hospital.

HECTOR...Or you wanna try to game it out.

CALCULUS...and that she lost her arm. I have to see her.Is she here?

Panel 4 The nurse from panel 3 in the foreground talking intoa phone and looking at Calculus. Calculus is in thebackground on his phone.

COILGame it out?

HECTORTurn a liability into an asset.

CALCULUSShe's here. She's at Bronson Hospital.

Panel 5 CRIMSON GHOST hovering above Coil's hide out in anindustrial park. He is watching CHARGE's pick-uptruck and a large box truck pull out of one of thegarages on the front of the building. Also flyingnear by are SKYLINE and SUPER SABRE. Two RED ALERTMOTOS race along side the small convoy.

COILExposure can't be an asset.

Panel 6 Inside the cargo area of the box truck, wall to wallbad guys. VX, CATALYST, SLATE, TRAUMA, STRETCHER,CLAW HAMMER, MONSTER, and CHAINS.

HECTORAnything that you control can be used to youradvantage. Right now, this exposure is not in yourcontrol. You can either minimize the damage itcauses...


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HECTOR...or you can take control.

Page 3 The assault on Bronson. 6 panels

Panel 1 Wide shot of the emergency room reception area ofBronson Hospital. In the background, we can seeCharge's truck already crashed through a section of

the glass wall. In the foreground, Hector is crashingthe box truck he is driving through the glass slidingdoors. There are not many people around, but thosethat are, are scattering.

Panel 2 Hector stepping from the driver's seat of the truck.He moves with power and confidence like an elitecommando, which he is. With two fingers, he isactivating his ear-piece.

HECTOREverybody listen up. This situation is live. Wehave time for action, not discussion. Keep yourmics off unless you have something to report.

Panel 3 ARACHNOID and HEARTATTACK coming through a thirdfloor window into a hospital room. The occupant isscrambling from his/her bed in terror.For the rest of this page, Hector's speech will becoming from the ear-pieces of the characters in thepanel.

HECTORKeep any police response confused and off balance.Move quickly and spread out. If you see one of ourown, move to another area. If you see somethingthat can be broken, break it.

Panel 4 In a stairwell, looking down the stairs. VXacrobatically vaults up using the handrails, she isfollowed by Slate. Behind them is Catalyst, he isspraying a thin spray on the stairs behind them.

HECTOROur primary here is Icicle. If you see her, breaksilence and call out your location.

HECTORThen do your best to kill her.

Panel 5 Super Sabre, Skyline, and Crimson Ghost landing onthe heli-pad on the hospital roof.

HECTORThere will likely be three to five armored federalagents here to take our primary into custody.These men are highly-trained and equipped tohandle super-human threats.


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HECTORDo not underestimate them.

Panel 6 Coil and Charge moving through those large hospitaldoors into an inner part of the building. Charge ismoving a woman out of the way by shoving her headagainst the wall. Coil is touching his ear-piece.

COILThis is Coil. Do everything the way Hector toldyou. Remember , there are bonuses for stand-outbehavior today and a bounty on Miss Icicle's head.

Page 4 Icicle responds. 6 panels

Panel 1 Close on the wheels of Icicle's wheelchair rolling.

Panel 2 As seen in issue #33, a group is escorting Icicledown a hallway in the hospital. An armored securityagent, GUARD 1, is leading, followed by ANDREW whohas a small pistol drawn, behind him is Icicle in awheelchair and missing her right arm. HARTBORN ispushing her. The GUARD CAPTAIN is last. A voice comesover the PA.

PAAttention, all staff. Code Orange: ER and firstfloor. Repeat. Code Orange: ER and first floor.

GUARD 1Code Orange. That's a serious disturbance.

ANDREWMust be those crashes we heard.

Panel 3 Tighter shot on Icicle, Hartborn, and Captain. Icicleis looking up, worried. Hartborn is looking straightahead. The Captain is speaking into a radio on thewrist of his armor.

ICICLEIs that about me?

HARTBORNDoesn't matter. They'll have you out of here in

just a few minutes.

GUARD CAPTAINBravo One and Two, get down there. Get intel andassist as needed.

Panel 4 Tight on Icicle and Hartborn. She is bordering onpanic.

ICICLEWhat's happening? Where are we going?


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HARTBORNYou're being arrested. That's all you need toknow. These men are taking you into federalcustody.

ICICLEBut you said...

Panel 5 Close on Hartborn looking serious, maybe holding backanger.

HARTBORNI made a mistake. That's all done. The only thingto do now is get you out of here. Quickly andsafely.

Panel 6 Wide shot of Chains wrecking a nurse's station onsome other floor of the hospital. There is a thindoctor nearby, shielding himself with his clipboard.There is a nurse in scrubs facing Chains in a

kick-boxing stance.Page 5 Battle rages. 5 panels

Panel 1 Close shot on the nurse's fist smashing into Chains'sface.

Panel 2 Chains, unimpressed, winding up to smash the nurse.

CHAINSOh, that's abou-

Panel 3 Large panel of a guard that we have not yet seen, one

of the BRAVOs, kidney-punching Chains from behind.His punch-activated taser is causing Chains toconvulse in pain.

BRAVO 1There ya go.

Panel 4 Chains slumping to the ground, the nurse surprised,and Bravo 1 is talking into his wrist radio.

NURSEUmm. Thank you.

BRAVO 1Sir. Bravo One. From the look of things up here,this place is crawling with bogies.

Panel 5 The guard Captain with the others. He is speakinginto his radio.

GUARD CAPTAINBravos, stop as many as you can and coordinate thelocals as they arrive.


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Refusing the call. 5 panels

Panel 1 Tight shot on Icicle's bare feet as she puts themdown on the ground.

Panel 2 Large panel of Icicle trying to stand up out of thechair. She is lifting herself with her left arm. But,as Hartborn is still pushing forward, she is more

collapsing forward than standing.Panel 3 Icicle with no free arm to catch herself is slamming

hard to the ground.

Panel 4 Tight on the Captain.

GUARD CAPTAINGet her up. Get moving!

Panel 5 Tight on Icicle, unable to lift herself, sneeringweakly from the floor.

ICICLENo. Leave me here.

Page 7 Should I Stay or Should I Go? 6 panels

Panel 1 Low shot from roughly Icicle's point of view, verycrowded with Andrew, Hartborn, and the Captainleaning over her. The Captain is raising his voice.

ANDREWMove. Come on.

GUARD CAPTAINGet her up. Now.

Panel 2 The other guard attempting to pick up Icicle andIcicle struggling against him.

ICICLENo. I'm not running away. Don't touch me.

ICICLEThis is my fight.

Panel 3 The Captain hoisting her by her stump and snarling inher face.

GUARD CAPTAINThat is not your choice to make, Icicle. You lostthe right choose when you participated in theslaughter of federal agents.

ICICLEI didn't-

GUARD CAPTAIN


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Sargent, if she can't walk, carry her.

Panel 4 The guard supporting under her arms to help her walk.She is accepting this help but leering at him.

ICICLEThey're all here for me. You know that. Just leaveme and it won't be your problem anymore.

Panel 5 The guard turning to talk to Icicle, their heads arepretty close. He is smiling slightly with pride.

GUARD 1It's already my problem, Ma'am, this is my job.

GUARD 1So I can tell you, you're going to make it out ofthis building unharmed, you're going to standbefore a judge, and god-willing you're going torot in prison.

Panel 6 Icicle, still supported by the guard, looking over athim. She is trying to figure him out and trying towalk at the same time.

Page 8 First attack. 6 panels

Panel 1 Wide shot from behind the group. In the foreground, adoctor is emerging from a room. The Captain isturning to look at the Doctor. In the background, theother guard is pushing open the door to thestairwell.

DOCTORHey. What's going on here? There are sick people-

GUARD CAPTAINStay in your room. You'll be safest there.

HARTBORNThe stairs?

GUARD 1Our transport is at the loading dock on the secondfloor.

Panel 2 View from the stairwell, looking up at the guardopening the door. Icicle is leaning on the door frameas he does. The guard looks shocked. In theforeground, Slate and Trauma are on the stairs.

SLATEIt's them! Call it in!

Panel 3 Similar to panel 1, but closer on the door to thestairs. Slate and the guard are tumbling violentlyout into the hall. Icicle is stumbling backward into


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the hall. Trauma is in the doorway, looking atIcicle.

HARTBORNOh!

GUARD CAPTAINSargent! Your neuro-taser!

Panel 4 Slate and the guard grappling on the ground. He ispunching her rocky hide with his neuro-tasers. TheGuard Captain is over them, punching Slate's headwith his own taser.

GUARD 1They're not working!

GUARD CAPTAINYes they are, keep at it.

SLATENnrrr.

Panel 5 Shot of Icicle slumping against the wall. Cracks runthrough the plaster of the wall where Slate hit thedoor frame. There are snakes and long-legged spiderscrawling on Icicle, moving toward her mouth. She issupporting herself with her left arm and trying invain to swat away the creatures with her stump.

ICICLEAaaaah! No!

Panel 6 Icicle in the foreground, tormented. The main focusof the panel is behind her. Trauma is standing therewith one power-glowing hand extended toward Icicle.The other is touching her ear-piece.

TRAUMAThis is Trauma and Slate. We've got her on thethird floor.

TRAUMANo hurry though, we should have this wrapped up-

Page 9 Andrew at bat. 6 panels

Panel 1 Close on Trauma as a bullet tears through the back ofher head.

SOUND EFFECTBLAM

Panel 2 Icicle watching in shocked relief as the creatureswhich had been tormenting her disintegrate.

Panel 3 Andrew with a smoking gun, still in the firing


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stance. Hartborn is looking at him, surprised.

ANDREWCome on, guys. Keep your head in the game.

Panel 4 Slate, while being restrained and shocked by theguards, lunges weakly toward her dead friend.

SLATENo!

GUARD CAPTAINStay down.

Panel 5 Close on Slate's face. We can see she is gettingpunched in the back of the head by one of the guards.

SLATETrau--

Panel 6 Close on Icicle using the wall to right herself, andlooking down at the dead trauma.

ICICLEShe's dead. You killed her.

Page 10 On the move. 6 panels

Panel 1 The group moving into the stairwell. The guard withIcicle is still taking point. Then Hartborn andAndrew, then the Captain.

GUARD 1

Come on. Keep moving.GUARD CAPTAIN

You heard that one call in our location. Whoeverwas on the other end knows exactly where we are.

GUARD CAPTAINHartborn, how many do you think we're dealing withhere?

HARTBORNHard to say. Those weren't his regulars. I don't

think they were even from Rapid City.Panel 2 Tight shot on Icicle turning to look back at

Hartborn.

ICICLEThey weren't. I didn't know them at all.

Panel 3 Everyone looking up at a wall mounted speaker.

PAAttention super-villains. In case you were not


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listening, Icicle has been spotted on the thirdfloor...

Panel 4 In the wrecked reception area, Calculus is sitting onthe reception desk and speaking casually into aphone. There is a dead person behind him. His wordsare echoing on the loud speakers.

CALCULUS... please go there and kill her.

PA... please go there and kill her.

Panel 5 In Switchboard's bunker. We see Switch sitting in herchair, around her, various monitors are playingsecurity camera footage of the hospital.

SWITCHBOARDEveryone. Hey, everyone! There is somethingseriously bad happening at Bronson Hospital.

SWITCHBOARDYou all need to get down there. Now.

Panel 6 Charge doing his stampede attack to the other Bravoguard and destroying a section of the cafeteria inthe process.

Page 11 Home stretch. 9 panels

Panel 1 The crew moves along a utility hallway behind acafeteria. Keep this panel small. Perhaps a very thinpanel across the top with just silhouettes and adoor.

ICICLEI can walk now. Let me do it.

GUARD 1Don't try anything.

ICICLELike what? I can't even ice-up.

GUARD CAPTAINDoesn't matter. That door is the loading dock.

Panel 2 Shot from behind the guard as he opens the door. Wecan clearly see a large, high-tech, armored vehicleon the far side of a fairly large truck dock/dumpsterarea.

GUARD 1Looks clear. Keep your eyes open and let's move.

Panel 3 The crew moving out on to the platform outside the


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door. The first guard and Icicle are on the smallflight of stairs to the left of the door. Andrew andHartborn are behind them. The Captain is on theplatform but looking back through the door.

Panel 4 Inset over panel three. A very small panel showingwhat is going on above this scene. And empty sky,with a tiny streak which we might recognize as a

glowing woman.Panel 5 The whole crew moving across the empty lot. Icicle is

walking on her own. The two armored guards are verycautiously looking watching the surroundings.

Panel 6 Inset over panel 5. Slightly larger than the previousinset. The glowing woman is diving almost directlytoward the reader.

Panel 7 From behind the crew as they look at the armoredvehicle. The Captain is speaking into his wristradio. The guard is touching buttons on his wrist.Icicle is looking up.

Panel 8 Looking straight at the crew. Everyone is movingconfidently toward the vehicle, except Icicle who isturning away and using her left arm to push Andrewback.

Panel 9 Inset panel over panel 8, now taking up almost 50% ofthe panel space. Now we can clearly see the glowingwoman, Skyline, now so close that she is almostbursting the borders of her panel.

Page 12 Boom. 4 panelsPanel 1 Giant panel. 2/3 of the page. A streak of energy,

Skyline, is striking the armored vehicle and blowingit to pieces. She is going through it in a 'J' downin through the top and then blasting out anothersection of the top. So, we can actually get a look ather. It is pretty solid, so it doesn't completelytear apart, but the body is bent, all of the doors,windows, hatches, and wheels are blasted of. We seethe shapes of our crew shielding themselves from theblast. Icicle and Andrew get the best cover.

Panel 2 Wide reaction shot of of everyone looking in shockand dismay, lit by off-panel flames. The Captain islooking up.

GUARD CAPTAINWe've got to move.

Panel 3 The Captain hustling the crew into motion. The guardrushes Icicle. Andrew looks up fearfully.

GUARD CAPTAIN


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Whatever that was could be lining up another shotright now. We need cover.

GUARD 1Move!

Panel 4 Small panel showing the crew making it to one of theother loading docks that empty into this area.

Page 13 New plan. 5 panels

Panel 1 Elsewhere in the hospital. A typical scene of a womangiving birth. Atypically, Claw Hammer is standing inthe entryway looking menacing. Everyone but the maindoctor and the pregnant woman is turning to face ClawHammer in surprise and alarm. A male nurse speaks toClaw Hammer.

NURSESir, this is a delivery room. You can't be inhere.

Panel 2 Back to Icicle and the others. The door they choseleads to an area designated for non-urgentdeliveries. All around them are various palates,shelves, and supplies (though those things aren'ttoo visible in this panel. In this panel we seeIcicle looking back past her escorts at the door theyjust came through. The door is only open a crack.

Panel 3 At the front of the hospital, Flamethrower arrives.She is using one giant flame hand to cushion herdescent, and the other to hold Sidekick, who isanxious to get into it. They are right in front of ahuge sign reading "EMERGENCY".

FLAMETHROWERCan we really be the first ones here?

SIDEKICKI think so, we were pretty close.

Panel 4 Icicle and company in a large, neat, room surroundedby shelves and boxes and stuff. The Captain is givingorders to the guard. Icicle is looking at her

remaining hand. Hartborn and Andrew are listening tothe Captain.

GUARD CAPTAINOk, local law-enforcement and our own back up willbe here soon. For now, we find a defensibleposition, away from potential civilian casualties,and we hold it as long as we can.

HARTBORNCaptain, this is a hospital. I know you can hearwhat's going on up there, and I know you're


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getting reports from your men on the other floors.

HARTBORNReports, I might add, that you are suddenlychoosing to not share with the rest of us.

Panel 5 Hartborn and the Captain in each other's faces.

GUARD CAPTAINAre you making a point, or just taking some notes,Inspector?

HARTBORNThere are people in danger, Captain, and you'replan is to hide.

GUARD CAPTAINAll due respect, when I need to know how to coddlecriminals and file reports I'll ask your advice.But as long as our asses are in an escalated

situation, I think I'll continue to rely on myyears of training and experience.

GUARD CAPTAINOn the other hand...

Page 14 Advice. 6 panels

Panel 1 Larger panel of the Captain speaking aggressively inHartborn's face.

GUARD CAPTAIN... you ignored me when I told you the prisonershould have been moved before she woke up. Thatlittle chat you had up there is what let thissituation get out of control.

Panel 2 Icicle in the foreground, still looking at her hand.She has formed some small ice ridges along theknuckles. In the backgrounds, the argument continues.

GUARD CAPTAINSo, if you... you, Agent Hartborn... feel likeignoring me again and heading up there to addressthis situation head-on...

Panel 3 Hartborn and the Captain still staring one anotherdown. The other guard has approached the Captain. Heis reading data from his forearm display.

GUARD CAPTAINI'm not stopping you.

GUARD 1Sir. I've got the map here. We're not far from theincinerator room. It's got limited access pointsand thick, concrete, walls.


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GUARD CAPTAINIs that our best option, Sargent?

GUARD 1Looks that way to me, sir.

Panel 4 Coil standing over Trauma's dead body. Charge is withhim. Near them, Slate is getting back to her feet.

Still wobbly. The Captain's speech is In a captionbox.

GUARD CAPTAINOk. We're moving. Lead the way, Sargent.

COILWhat the hell happened here?

SLATEYour half-ass plan just got my friend killed.

COILYou didn't think they'd defend themselves? Whichway did they go.

Panel 5 Slate talking to Coil, Coil is turned slightly awayand talking into his head-set.

SLATEI don't know. Only saw them going to the stairs.

COILOk, everyone, they're not on the second flooranymore. Spread out.

Panel 6 In the wide entry-way stairs, Monkey andKnuckleDuster are facing off against Arachnoid andtwo Red Alert Motos.

Page 15 Goes down. 6 panels

Panel 1 Icicle and company entering a freight elevator. TheCaptain is reaching up to pull the doors closed.

ICICLEI don't like this. it feels like we're trapped.

GUARD CAPTAINWe are trapped. And no one asked you.

Panel 2 Andrew and the guard standing near the door and thecontrol panel as the doors slam shut.

ANDREWShe makes a good point. Is a big noisy elevatorthe best way to travel?

GUARD 1


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It's one of the only ways in or out. This was, wecontrol that entrance.

GUARD 1Plus, if someone does try to get in this way,we'll all be able to see and hear them coming.

Panel 3 Inside the freight elevator, Icicle turns to talk to

Hartborn.ICICLE

Mr. Hartborn.

Panel 4 Hartborn and Icicle looking at each other.

ICICLEWhat's going on up there isn't your fault. It'sCoil's fault, and you were trying to stop him.

HARTBORNThat's kind of you to say, but it's not as simpleas that.

Panel 5 Everyone stabilizing themselves as the elevator comesto rest. The guard is starting to open the doors.

GUARD 1Last stop. Everybody out.

Panel 6 An energy streak, Monster, blasting through thenarrow opening. The guard at the door shieldingIcicle with his body.

ICICLEMonster!

Page 16 Last stand. 6 panels

Panel 1 Pretty large panel. Monster streaking into the largeelevator, ricocheting off a wall and launching towardIcicle. Andrew has drawn his pistol and is firing atMonster. The guard has a gun in his gauntlets and heis also firing at Monster. The bullets are bouncingoff of Monster's kinetic energy field.

ICICLEYou can't hit him when he's blasting.

Panel 2 The Guard Captain tackling Monster into the wall. Inthe foreground, the Guard pulls Icicle out of theelevator.

GUARD CAPTAINGo.

GUARD 1Come on!


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Inside the elevator, Monster is doing a powered-uppunch to the chest of the guard Captain. He isrocked, but standing his ground. With one hand, he isgrasping the strap which pulls down the upper portionof the door. Through the door, we can see Hartborn,The Guard, Andrew, and Icicle in the hall outside theelevator.

MONSTERGet out of the way, Cop.

Panel 4 The Guard leading the others away from the elevator.Icicle is looking back at the elevator doors, She hasgrown thin coating of ice on her hand. Hartborn andAndrew are behind them. Sound effects of guysslamming around are coming from the elevator.

GUARD 1This way.

ICICLEWhat about your boss?

HARTBORNHe's got those taser things. He'll be fine.

GUARD 1Maybe. Taking down that stone woman drained ourbatteries. I don't know how many charges he's gotleft.

Panel 5 Close on Hartborn. He is pulling his pistol out.

HARTBORNYou're kidding me. Ok.

Panel 6 Hartborn stalking down toward the closed elevatorwith gun in hand. Thuds, slams, and other fightsounds are coming from within.

HARTBORNY'all go ahead and find cover. I'll be alongshortly.

Page 17 Cap no more. 7 panels

Panel 1 Pretty close shot of Hartborn at the elevator door.He is starting to open the door with one hand andleaning to look through the small crack that isopening. The door is open a tiny crack and Hartbornis peeking through.

SOUND EFFECTslam slam slam slam slam

HARTBORNOh, lord.


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What Hartborn sees. Through the small opening in theelevator door, we see Monster crouched over theCaptain's limp body. He is holding the Captain's headand slamming it repeatedly into the floor.

Panel 3 Very tight shot on Hartborn aiming his pistol throughthe opening in the door.

Panel 4 Monster contorting in pain as a bullet tears throughhis spine about 3 inches above his pelvis.

SOUND EFFECTBLAM

Panel 5 Outside the hospital. Cops and other support vehiclesare all over, handling various crises. Through thechaos walks Claw Hammer with his hands slightlyraised in a non-threatening way. Some cops have gunspointed at him.

COPHold it. Right there.

CLAW HAMMERNo. I'm done here, so I'm leaving. You can't stopme. And, trust me, you've got much worse things todeal with.

Panel 6 Battery spraying water on a fire in a hospital room,he is looking at a hand-held monitor whereSwitchboard is talking to him.

SWITCHBOARDBattery, I need you to help me get the word towhatever other heroes are on-scene.

SWITCHBOARDI've picked up some more of their head-setchatter. Their target is in the east wing, thirdfloor.

Panel 7 Back in the elevator, Hartborn has his gun pointed atMonster. Monster is laying on the ground bleeding.Monster is touching his earpiece.

HARTBORNNow, say that we're on the fourth floor.

MONSTERYo... they're going... I lost 'em. They're goingup to the fourth floor.

Page 18 Let me go. 8 panels

Panel 1 Stretcher looting a cabinet full of pharmaceuticals.

Panel 2 The guard, Andrew, and Icicle standing at the


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entrance to the incinerator room. They are lookingback toward the elevator. The guard is talking to hisradio.

GUARD 1Captain?

GUARD 1

Come in, Sir.Panel 3 Flamethrower lunging out a hospital window at Crimson

Ghost who is high in the air, slipping just beyondher reach.

Panel 4 The Guard bringing Icicle and Andrew into theincinerator room. It is a large cement room withseveral large incinerators. Sound effects coming fromabove.

ANDREWSo, what now? We just wait here?

GUARD 1We secure the prisoner and wait for evacuation,yes.

SOUND EFFECTbuuum

Panel 5 Similar to panel 4, but the overhead lights haveflickered out. The three are looking up toward thesound.

Panel 6 Similar to panel 5, but now the lights are back on.

ANDREWWhat was that?

ICICLEIt's someone coming for me. How can I be worththis much trouble?

Panel 7 Close on Icicle.

ICICLE

You should have just let them have me.Panel 8 Sidekick in a hospital room, surrounded by flames,

and getting sprayed with a flaming liquid byCatalyst.

Page 19 Gets worse. 9 panels

Panel 1 Coil smashing a wire-weighted fist into a tiled wall,crashing tiles.

Panel 2 Coil standing next to the wall he punched, in a


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hospital men's room with Charge and Hector.

COILShe's gone, right? She's just gone?

HECTORWe can't say for sure. We don't have any clearinformation. A lot of our people aren't even

looking anymore.Panel 3 Close on Coil. Charge speaks from off panel.

COILSo that's it. We brought in everyone we've got andwe couldn't kill one damn girl.

CHARGEI think she's in the wind, boss. Maybe it's timewe...

Panel 4 Tight shot on Andrew. Charge's words are in a captionbox.

CHARGE...cut our losses.

ANDREWThat's just not going to happen.

Panel 5 Andrew talking to Icicle.

ANDREWThis isn't collateral damage, this is a full-onattack on a hospital.

ANDREWIt's like I told you before, Coil's evil.

Panel 6 Shot of Andrew.

ANDREWI've never been very good at telling right fromwrong. But if that evil bastard wants you dead...

Panel 7 Shot of Icicle listening as Andrew talks from off

panel.ANDREW

...then I know keeping you alive must be the rightthing.

Panel 8 Coil talking to Charge.

COILCharge, you ever use your tremor powers to bringdown a building?


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Charge looking cocky.

CHARGEPiece of cake. Just have to find the foundation.

Page 20 Follow the arm. 10 panels

Panel 1 Hector and Coil hiding around a corner from some

police.COIL

When this whole place starts coming down, I'm justgoing. You hear me?

HECTORThat's the plan.

Panel 2 Charge rushing down a metal staircase.

Panel 3 Icicle, Andrew, and the Guard in the incineratorroom. The guard is pointing them toward one of thelarge incinerators. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wo-JI2_htds/TRCEGVgyuwI/AAAAAAAAADs/0-LDIthSdWA/s1600/incinerator_1.jpg

GUARD 1We'll have good cover behind this incinerator.

Panel 4 Icicle walking past the incinerator and pauses nextto the large loading door.

ICICLEIncinerator? But they had all of those dumpsters

upstairs, what do they need incinerators for?Panel 5 Charge emerging from the stairwell on the basement

level. He is checking out the walls

Panel 6 Icicle holding up her stump in front of theincinerator.

ICICLEThat's what they did with my arm, isn't it?

Panel 7 Icicle, Andrew, and the guard all tense up as thewhole room around them rattles.

ANDREWWhat is that?

GUARD 1Nothing good.

Panel 8 The guard talking.

GUARD 1Nothing upstairs should be shaking the floor down


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here.

GUARD 1We might not be safe here anymore.

Panel 9 The guard moving toward the door.

GUARD 1

Stay here, but be ready to move when I say move.Panel 10 Charge's shock-blast knocking the guard back into the

incinerator room.

Page 21 Killing zone. 11 panels

Panel 1 Charge swaggering into the doorway.

CHARGEIcicle, there you are. Isn't that funny how it'salways the last place you look.

Panel 2 The guard almost on his feet, another shock waverattling him.

Panel 3 Icicle hiding and watching from behind some piping.We can see more ice growing on her hand.

Panel 4 Close on the guard, struggling to stand.

Panel 5 Close on Andrew's gun firing.

Panel 6 Charge turning angrily as a bullet bounces off thewall behind him.

CHARGEYa missed.

Panel 7 Andrew, rocked by a charge blast, fires wildly intothe air.

Panel 8 Tight on Charge blasting again.

Panel 9 Very tight on Icicle looking determined.

Panel 10 Tight on Andrew head as he is being shaken, his eyesrolling back in his head.

Panel 11 Very tight on Charge suddenly looking dumb-struck.

CHARGESee, this's why you never le--

Page 22 This is the end. 5 panels

Panel 1 Very large panel showing Icicle standing behindCharge. On her hand is an long, thin, ice-blade whichshe has punched through the base of his skull and outhis forehead. She shows rage and exhaustion. Blood


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spills from his mouth and nose. His eyes are rollingover to white. His hands are arms are clenching up.

Panel 2 Shot of the floor as she takes a step and lets Chargeslide from her blade. Her words come from off panel.

ICICLEBastard.

Panel 3 Icicle kneeling down beside Andrew, who is limp andbleeding from his mouth, nose, and ears.

ICICLEShouldn't have done that.

Panel 4 Small panel of the guard trying to get to his feet.He is talking into his wrist radio.

GUARD 1Roger that. The Captain and the Deltas aren'tresponding, but I have the prisoner in custody inthe incinerator room.

Panel 5 Sliver of a panel showing Icicle standing behind theguard. We see his face, unaware that she is behindhim. And her looking down at him, sadly resolute. Heice spike has now become a blunt club, with Charge'sblood still on it. She is winding up that club handto hit the guard.

Page 23 Troops. 5 panels

Panel 1 Low angle shot looking up a squad of 5 troopers in

armor similar to that worn by the guard. The havejust entered the incinerator room and aresurveying/securing it in a military way. One of themis kneeling near The Guard. One is clearly the teamleader.

MEDICHe's breathing, Sir, but he's unconscious.Possible concussion. The other two are dead.

TEAM LEADERAnd the prisoner?

Panel 2 From near the medic, looking at the team leader.Behind him is the large incinerator with it's doorslightly ajar.

TROOPERNo sign of her, Sir.

TEAM LEADERAlright. Secure this room, lock it down.

Panel 3 Similar to panel 2, but this one is closer on the


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incinerator, especially the open door, and the large,chambered, body of the thing. The troopers speakingdo not need to be completely on panel.

TEAM LEADERI want two-man teams doing a room-by-room of thisentire level.

Panel 4 Focus on the large exhaust pipes coming out the topof the incinerator.

TEAM LEADERThen we make our way up level by level.

Panel 5 Shot of the team leader walking out to theincinerator room, but the real focus is on thatincinerator exhaust pipe bending to go through thewall.

TEAM LEADERWe have to start securing safe-zones, there are alot of sick and injured people up there.

Page 24 Escape. 1 panel

Panel 1 Full page panel of Icicle in the hospital parkinglot. There are sick and injured people all aroundher. There are various medical workers, emergencyworkers, and volunteers attending to them. Iciclealone is neither seeking nor providing help. She iswalking with purpose away from the hospital. We cansee a few incinerator stacks on the hospital behindher. She is covered in soot and has some small icecrystals forming on her hand.

Caption Continued next issue.

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