Rapid City #2

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Brian at work.

Panel 1 In a post industrial-revolution factory space whichhas been made over into hip offices. There are workstations, but not cubicles. Brian's work space doesnot face a window, but others do. Everyone is talkingat the same time, reading from the same basic script.

This is the tech support department for a growingsoftware company. We will see his messenger bag onthe back of his chair. It should be in every panelpossible.

BACKGROUNDGlobal App, this is Martina. How can I assist you?- We are aware of that particular bug and we havebeen - your account has not yet been activated.Would you like me - Of course, can you tell mewhat browser you are using? - As an "EnterpriseClass" client, you have unlimited access -

Panel 2 Close enough on Brian that he is the main focus ofthe panel. He is seated and speaking into a head set,at the same time he mousing around on his computer.

KINETICThank you very much, Ma'am. If you have anyfurther questions, please do not hesitate tocontact us again.... Oh, well, thank you. That isvery kind of you..

Panel 3 We can see over his shoulder what he is looking at onhis computer. It is the wikipedia entry for "kinetic

energy".

KINETICMe? My name is (pause) Brian. Oh, of course.Transferring you to my supervisor now. Have agreat day.

Panel 4 Brian is leaning back from his work area and speakingloudly to his supervisor who has a large desk at theback of the room.

KINETIC

Amanda, I'm putting a call through to you. It'sthe guy from Extensive Marketing. He wants to tellyou what a good job I've been doing.

AMANDAOk, I've got it.

Panel 5 Brian taking off his head-set and standing up. Hecontinues to talk to Amanda despite the fact that sheis on a call. It is unclear whether Amanda is talkingto him or to the call.

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KINETICHey, my queue is empty so I am clocking out. I'lllog back in from home at 7.

AMANDAMm-hmm....oh, well that is what we love to hear,thank you.

Panel 6 Looking from very close to Amanda, we see her givinghim a thumbs-up (or possibly "ok") as he heads towardthe door with his bag.

Pulled in several directions.

Panel 1 Brian out on the city street in the thin mid-daycrowd. The sun is bright and the buildings gleam. Itis a great day. Brian is the clear center of theshot, but we also see a lot of the city.

Panel 2 Brian looking up at the sky and the city and smiling.He is pulling his bag around to the front with his

left hand and patting the contents with his right.

Panel 3 He has his messenger bag pulled to the front, he isopening it and looking in smiling, we can see hispower gauntlets in there.

Panel 4 Zoom in a bit tighter on the bag, we see past thegauntlets to his phone, there is a light flashing onit.

Panel 5 disappointed, he is closing the bag and removing justthe phone. Total change in posture. Now he is slumped

and mopey.

Panel 6 Brian is walking down the street, now seen a bit morefrom above. No awesome city scape anymore, just thedull street. He is opening/dialing the phone.

PHONE VOICEDialing: Voicemail

Panel 7 He has the phone to his ear. He continues walkingdown the street.

PHONE VOICEYou have 5 new messages. First new message. "HiBrian, it's Annemarie. I didn't remember if youhad plans tonight or if you were going to..."

Page 3 Splash page.

Panel 1 A shot very similar to the first panel of theprevious page, emphasis on the big, beautiful, openpotential of the city scape. At the center of it,seeming small and powerless, is Brian. He is lookingupward, disappointed. His hands, and the phone, are

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at his sides. We see some sound lines coming out ofthe phone. If it makes the dramatic point better, hecould be stepping onto a bus and looking up all thathe is leaving behind.

Page 4 Meanwhile, Enter: The Guardian

Panel 1 Daryl is a young looking, middle-aged black man. He

is dressed business casual, a bit more warmly thanthe people around him. He wears a light sweater. Heis standing in line at a busy Starbuck's type place.The other people in line are all folks who got out ofwork early or did not work at all that day. So theyare pretty happy. They all chat with each other, oron the phone, or listen to ipods, or happily ponderthe menu. Daryl does none of these things, he juststares straight ahead. Out the window behind him, wejust barely glimpse Brian walking away.

BACKGROUND

General chatter.

Panel 2 He is now at the counter, still staring blankly, butnow it is up at the menu board.

BARISTAHi. Can I take your order?

DARYLUhhh.

BARISTA?

Panel 3 Smaller panel than the previous two (which gave asense of place and fellow coffee drinkers. This onejust has Daryl and the barista.) He looks at her asthough he has just now realized where he is.

DARYLOh. Oh yes.

Panel 4 Similar enough to the previous panel that we candetect a change in his expression. He is pleased, nothappy, with the regular familiarity of ordering

coffee.

DARYLOf course. I'll have a large house blend. Creamand sugar. And a...

BARISTAYes?

Panel 5 He is staring blankly again as he answers her.

DARYL

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Uh...Nothing, just the coffee.

Panel 6 Daryl walking with his coffee over to the condimenttable to get a lid. He is stone-faced again. Behindhim, the barista looks at him curiously.

Panel 7 Daryl is in the parking lot, looking exactly as hedid inside.

Panel 8 A shot looking at Daryl from the side. He is sittingin his car (late model gray sedan)looking upwards.The door is still open and his left foot is still onthe ground. He seems to be just looking off intospace, but he is actually looking at the sun visor.

DARYLHoney...Oh Honey, I don't know if I can keep doingthis. I can't see the point.

Page 5 Maxwell gets lunch

Panel 1 POV shot from someone entering a burger and pizzatype of bar in the early afternoon. We see what isjust inside the door. A video game, some low tables,a few thirsty patrons, a waitress too young to workin such a place, and a bar to the right.

WAITRESSAnywhere you'd like.

Panel 2 Our "cameraman" has moved almost all the way past thetables, toward the booth seating which lines the backwall. Though he is moving close to the left hand

wall, he is looking slightly to the right at the pooltables which are past the bar. There is a skinny olddude smoking and shooting pool.

Panel 3 Now our guy has moved to the booths. There is a rowof them lining the left hand wall, and an island rowof them mirroring that row. The island is threebooths deep. Our POV guy is standing right next tothe first island booth and looking at it. There is afamily with two kids eating some pizza there. We cansee behind them that the second booth is empty. Wecannot see the third booth.

Panel 4 Very similar to the previous panel, but now at thesecond, empty, booth. We can now see a shadowy figuresitting in that last booth.

Panel 5 Another similar panel, but now we are over the finalpanel, the shadowy figure is Maxwell Murder, bundledup in a big hoodie. He is looking up at our ViewPoint guy.

MAXWELL MURDERYou're late. I'm starving.

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Looking from Max's POV up at the guy who walked in.He is a white guy in his early 40s. He is fit andwears an expensive T-shirt, like Simon Cowell.

ANDREWI had to make sure you really were alone. Youcould have ordered without me.

Page 6 Max and Andrew catch up.

Panel 1 Andrew slides into the seat across from Max.

MAXWELL MURDERSeemed rude. Looks like you been taking care ofyourself.

ANDREWThanks. Wish I could say the same for you. Youlook like you've been doing time. I thought youretired somewhere.

Panel 2 Shot of Max straight on. Andrew is right, he does notlook good.

MAXWELL MURDERTime's time, man. Doesn't matter where....

Panel 3 Low shot looking at both of them as Andrewimpatiently cuts Max off.

ANDREWYeah, yeah, what's this all about? What do youwant?

MAXWELL MURDERYou called me, bro.

ANDREWYou suddenly started calling lots of people that Ihad taken off the board specifically to avoidsituations like this one. Call me crazy, I tookthat to mean you were reaching out.

Panel 4 Shot mostly of Max. He is looking suddenlyintrospective.

MAXWELL MURDERThat's why no one was getting back to me? Causeyou "took them off the table"?

ANDREWWhat do you want, Max?

Panel 5 The two men looking over at the waitress who hasstepped up and interrupted them. Neither one issurprised by her.

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WAITRESSGreat, your friend's here. You guys know what youwant?

ANDREWYou have Bell's in the bottle? I'll take one ofthose.

MAXWELL MURDERLemme get a cheese burger, basket of seasonedfries, and a....a Bell's.

Panel 6 As the waitress walks away, the two men just eyeballeach other.

WAITRESSI'll put this in for you and have those drinksback in a minute.

Panel 7 Similar panel of them eyeballing each other. Butturning slightly to focus more on Max, who is stillsilent.

ANDREWWhat do you want, Max?

Page 7 Max gets a job.

Panel 1 Max, stone faced, is thinking over his answer.

Panel 2 Similar shot, but is more relaxed and he is talking.

MAXWELL MURDER

I'm outta money. I need work.

Panel 3 Shot of both of them.

ANDREWWell, that's awfully convenient, isn't it?

MAXWELL MURDERNot for me it isn't. What the hell are you talkingabout?

Panel 4 Looking back toward Andrew.

ANDREWSomething's come up. As luck would have it, Imight have something for you right now. How sooncan you get to work?

MAXWELL MURDERYou pick up the next round, Andy, and I'll cleanout the bar as soon as I finish my fries.

Panel 5 Looking over Max's shoulder at Andrew. The waitressis walking up with the beers in the background

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ANDREWI doubt that'll be necessary.

Panel 6 The waitress is there with the drinks. Andrew looksat Max, Max looks at the waitress.

ANDREWLook, I'm gonna run a check on you, then make sure

this thing is still on. Then, you good?

MAXWELL MURDERThanks, Sweetie.....

Panel 7 The waitress is walking away and Max is lifting thebottle to his lips.

MAXWELL MURDERYou know I'm always good.

Panel 8 De-stablishing shot of The Corner Bar

Page 8 Meets with Justin.

Panel 1 Brian at Justin's lab. There is a lot of energygenerating and testing equipment around. The place isvery tidy and there is no wasted space. Justin isstanding at some kind of wave display unit, checkingsomething. He looks up to see Brian coming in.

KINETIC(on the phone)

..no, I'm just arriving at Justin's place justnow. I have a thing or two to do, but then I was

hoping I could swing by your place.

JUSTINHey, Brian.

Panel 2 Brian quickly covers the phone.

KINETICWhat's up, man?

Panel 3 Brian sets down his bag and continues his phoneconversation.

KINETICI have to log in tonight and cover Martina'sshift, but I was hoping I could do that at yourplace....maybe have dinner while I field chats?Ok. Well, certainly by 7, I'll let you know.

Panel 4 Close on Brian's face

KINETICOk...ok, I'll see you then. Bye.

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Brian is putting his phone away and grabbing a chairnear Justin.

JUSTINYou got my message?

KINETICYeah, what's going on?

Page 9 Talks with Justin

Panel 1 Justin is standing up and gesturing for Brian tofollow him. He is pointing toward a bunch ofequipment. It looks more MIT than Baxter Building.There are big bundles of cables running from it up tothe ceiling. He indicates the display monitor. Brianlooks uncomfortable at the thought of anotherobligation. There is equipment everywhere, so this iseasy to do.

JUSTINI was gonna ask you if you could help me test outsome of these field generators. Similar to what wedid last time, but now I want to have you adjustthe wave forms on the fly.

KINETICRight now?

JUSTINEverything is set up, so I'm good to go wheneveryou are.

Panel 2 Shot of Kinetic, this is clearly weighing heavily onhim.

KINETICOk, is it...can we do it tomorrow?

Panel 3 Justin is disappointed, but lets Kinetic off thehook. Kinetic is relieved.

JUSTINSure. No problem, Brian.

KINETICOh, that reminds me. I think I settled on asuperhero name. Monkey helped me figure it outlast night. You ready?

Panel 4 Brian makes the marquis swoop in the air with hishands, Justin smiles, amused.

KINETIC....Kinetic!

JUSTIN

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Hmm...Makes sense.

Panel 5 Now they are happily bantering as bit. Joking andtalking.

KINETICMakes sense? That's all you've got to say aboutit?

JUSTINWell, it makes sense. It does. That is no smallthing. A lot of these names people have don't makesense at all. Like 'Sidekick'. He's no one'ssidekick, so how much sense does that make?

KINETICHe explained it to me once, it makes sense.

Page 10 Tells Sidekick about the name.

Panel 1 Sidekick is sitting on a couch with no legs (the

couch, THE COUCH has no legs) looking up at Kineticwho is standing proudly in front of him with hishands making an air-marquis. Sidekick is smiling, heis impressed. Kind of a big shot. The punk rockdisarray of Sidekick's place is a distinct counterpoint to scientific clutter of Justin's place.

SIDEKICKNice.

Panel 2 Just a shot of them talking.

KINETICOk, but do you know what it means?

SIDEKICKSure, that's a brand of moped from India. It'salso called a "Hero Majestic Panther". Maybe youcould work that in there too.

KINETICMaybe not right away. You know, keep it simple.

Panel 3 Sidekick is now standing up and starting to walk

through his place. It is a small studio spaceattached to the warehouse where Kinetic andFlamethrower were practicing last issue.

SIDEKICKIt's a science word, right? Means, like, motionenergy? Right?

KINETICRight. Like my powers. Kinetic energy.

SIDEKICK

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That makes sense. I like it when names make sense.

Panel 4 They walk through the kitchen area. Sidekick hasopened the junk drawer.

KINETICIs Flamethrower around? I wanted to tell her, too.

SIDEKICKShe'll be back in a few. I was just gonna go onRat Patrol if you wanna hang out and wait.

Panel 5 Shot of Kinetic, looking confused.

KINETICRat Patrol?

Panel 6 Sidekick holding up a big slingshot that he has takenout of the junk drawer and smiling.

Page 11 Rat Patrol.

Panel 1 They are walking through the warehouse now. It is ahuge space that is shared by several smallerfactory/workshop spaces that line it. There is just abunch of random stuff out in it. As hot from wayback, showing how big the space is.

SIDEKICKMy thing is: I hate rats.

Panel 2 A medium distance shot, showing their whole forms asthey walk. Sidekick is loading some ammo.

KINETICSo you just walk around shooting them?

SIDEKICKMore fun than a video game. Real targets.

KINETICIsn't it hard to hit them with that?

Panel 3 Closer shot looking mostly at Sidekick. He has hisleft arm holding the handle and extended toward someheaps of card-board and old catalogs. He has therubber pulled half back.

SIDEKICKHarder thing is finding 'em. Sometimes I walk thewhole floor two or three times and don't see athing. But I figure that just means it's working.

Panel 4 Now the main figure in the shot is Kinetic, he iswatching Sidekick intently.

KINETIC

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That thing is really strong enough to kill a rat?

SIDEKICKHell yeah it is. But I'm not trying to kill them.I just wanna hit 'em and piss 'em off?

Panel 5 Shot of Kinetic. He is surprised and not sure how totake that. Is it a joke?

KINETICWhat? Why?

SIDEKICKBecause, like I said....

Page 12 Rat Patrol

Panel 1 Sidekick lets one "shot" fly

SIDEKICKI hate rats.

Panel 2 Shot from behind a stack of cardboard looking backtoward Side and Kinetic. We can see the rat that hewas shooting at ducking behind this stack. Sidekickis loading another shot and watching closely.

SIDEKICKMissed him!Damn.

Panel 3 A big shot showing the two of them walking and lotsof the stuff around them.

SIDEKICKThey seem to love all this stuff in here. But Ifigure they're no idiots. If I hit them and pissthem off, maybe they'll like it less here. Maybethere's some other warehouse where there ISN'T aguy shooting at them.

KINETICDoes it work?

SIDEKICKI don't know. I can't tell them apart.

Panel 4 Rat's eye view, peeking out from some hidey-hole asthe two walk past.

SIDEKICKCould be I'm shooting at the same 3 or 4 ratsevery day and they don't mind it at all...

Panel 5 A view from right behind Sidekick's head, down his"scope" as he scans for rats.

SIDEKICK

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or maybe they do and they really are too stupid toleave....

Panel 6 Sidekick stops looking for rats and looks right atKinetic. Still plenty of warehouse in the shot aroundthem. Maybe some hidden rats.

SIDEKICK

or maybe the guy at the other warehouse has a gun.

KINETICSo, if it's not doing anything, why do it?

Panel 7 Close enough to see just the two of them talking.Sidekick is smiling a bit smugly. He knows what's up.He is holding up the sling shot.

SIDEKICKLike I say. I hate rats. So I can either sit inthere and hate rats or come out here and hate ratswith a sling-shot.

Page 13 Daryl gets the point.

Panel 1 We see Daryl again. He is driving in the city, in aslightly more suburban area. Similar shot to himleaving the coffee shop. It is just him at the wheellooking straight ahead. Blank, vaguely miserable lookon his face.

Panel 2 Another similar shot, showing lots of background. Nodense traffic, but some cars. Storefronts and housesline the streets.

Panel 3 Another similar shot, now more from the side, as hiseyes move up top look at the back of the sun visoragain.

Panel 4 Looking over his shoulder now, we can see what he hasbeen looking at. It is a picture of him with abeautiful young woman. They are smiling and lookcompletely in love. We can also see the road in frontof him and that there are some cars stopped ahead.

Panel 5 Close on the brake light of the car in front of him.

SOUND EFFECTEEUUURRRRRRRRTT

Panel 6 Daryl's eyes wide, kinda copying the shot of thebrake lights.

Page 14 The crash

Panel 1 Daryl's hand moving fast on the steering wheel. Notmuch in the shot, maybe at a chaotic angle.

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SOUND EFFECTSKRREEEEEE

Panel 2 An airbag is hitting Daryl in the face. All we reallysee in the airbag. More chaos.

Panel 3 Daryl getting out of the car. We mostly see that heis looking at the tree that he hit. But maybe just a

glimpse of what else was happening. Two cars havecrashed in a tricky intersection...where there issome kind of split or something, causing cars to comein unexpectedly. The car in front of him, that hitthe breaks, is just sitting there, unaffected. If itcan be shown, Daryl's right wrist is broken.

DARYLOwww. Dammit. ow.

Panel 4 He is pressing the broken wrist to his chest while hesits down on the sidewalk. His left hand is reachingdown for support as he sits.

DARYLoh...a..how did I break my wrist?

Panel 5 Close on his fingertips touching the sidewalk.

Panel 6 Very similar shot, but now a wave travels through thecement of the sidewalk. More like as muscle flexingthan a water ripple. Or...just however this can beshown. He is "connecting" to the stone in the cement.

Panel 7 Daryl is totally shocked by this new event. Close on

his face as he rocks his head back in shock, but notpain. His eyes are wide...possibly white. Below him,we can see his hand still on the ground, but now withstone/cement flowing up onto it like liquid.

DARYLNnnnnnnnn.

Page 15 RE-BIRTH

Panel 1 Daryl is still on the sidewalk beside his crashedcar. Our angle is pretty close so that we can't seemuch more than just him. He is still very surprisedby what is going on. He is watching as the liquidcement flows up is right arm in front of his eyes,toward his broken wrist. The liquid is also formingsymmetrical lines and swirls on his face.

Panel 2 Just Daryl as he stares at his wrist. The cement hasnow covered his hand, but left his fingers bare.

SOUND EFFECTckllrrrr-t-t

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Similar shot, him looking at the right hand, now witha cement glove on it. He has turned his wrist andsplayed his fingers, testing the range of motion, andhis face shows wonder and delight, though it is nowlargely covered by some kind of liquid cement facemask. In appearance, it is more like tribal tattooingthan and kind of functional thing.

Panel 4 Seen from over near the main crash, we see Darylstand up from behind his car. The liquid cement nowcovers him like ceremonial armor. It has flowed inand around his regular work clothes. In some placescovering them and in other places letting them stickout. He is more lifted by the armor than standingunder his own power....there is no hint of injury. Ifany expression can be made out on his face, it ismild surprise.

Panel 5 Now we see what he sees, the two cars crashed intoeach other. A large SUV has T-boned a smaller car.

The SUV has destroyed the passenger side of the carand rolled it half onto its side. That is how theysit now. The SUV barely damaged and the car stuckunder it.

Panel 6 Shot of Daryl's face as he starts to move toward theaccident, his eyes glow.

Panel 7 Very similar to panel 5, but now it is from theconcrete's point of view. The actual shapes of thecars and things are visible only where they contactthe ground. Around each contact point, we see circlesof concrete radiating out. These circles are biggerdepending on the weight of the object making them.The people standing nearby would have very smallcircles around them, and just a slight indication ofthe shape of the shoes and legs, while the wholeweight of the car is resting on its side so it wouldhave a very large ring with a more solid indicationof the shape of the car. Same for the one wheel ofthe SUV that is touching the ground. Maybe this canbe shown in negative or some other visual effect.

Page 16 Into action

Panel 1 Daryl walking over to the wreck is a verynon-superhero posture. He is concerned and justwalking. There are a few people around, unsure how tohelp, the people from the car that was in front ofDaryl are out, one is on the phone and sees Daryl,the other one is trying to approach the car, butcan't figure out how to get in there.

Panel 2 Closer to the wreck, he analyzes the situation. Wesee it partially normally with his concrete visionover-laid. He is approaching the spot where the two

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vehicles are all wrecked into each other.

GUY ON PHONEWhat are you doing?

Panel 3 Daryl has his hands on the vehicles, where he canlift them apart. There are engine liquids all overand the SUV engine is burning. Daryl is looking back

at the guy who spoke to him.

DARYLSomeone's in there. I'm....

Panel 4 Big shot of him lifting the front end of the SUV offof the car. Metal begins to coat him, replacing theconcrete. Important to note here that it is notactually metal FROM the car, but rather Daryl's auracopying the properties of the metal. Same thing itdid with the concrete.

DARYL..Helping!

Panel 5 Still holding up the front end of the SUV, he walksit backward away from the car, it is very awkward tobalance it, as he is more beside it than in front ofit. Now his upper parts are mostly metal armor whilehis lowers are mostly concrete. The car behind himrocks of balance.

DARYLNnnnrrr.

Panel 6 Shot from inside the SUV, looking out through acracked windshield. The car has rocked toward Daryland is smacking him against the front grill of thetruck he just rescued.

DARYLAaah!

Page 17 Actual rescue

Panel 1 Daryl's view of the hood he is smashed onto. Somesmoke and fire are creeping from under it.

DARYLOh no. The car.

Panel 2 Pulling back a little to a view from over Daryl'shead, he is pushing on the hood of the SUV tostraighten himself up, and the hood is crumpling likea newspaper, his arms and torso are almost completelycovered in the metallic field/liquid.

BACKGROUNDDid you see what happened? Are you hurt?

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BACKGROUNDYeah. I'm fine. They....he got blindsided.

Panel 3 Daryl has manged to get himself unpinned by pushingthe two vehicles apart. We can see him fully, andsome paramedics behind him.

PARAMEDIC

Is that? Did he do this?

GUY ON PHONENo, he showed up just before you did.

Panel 4 Two paramedics, Daryl, and the Phone Guy all lookingat each other.

GUY ON PHONEHe said he was trying to help.

DARYLPlease. I can help. Just tell me what to do.

Page 18 Kinetic again.

Panel 1 A big panel. Hanging out at Sidekick's place, still.They are in the parking lot area drinking sodas andlistening to a CD player. Kinetic is standing up,while Sidekick is seated in a folding lawn chair.

KINETICAlright, I've gotta go. I have to log back in towork before 7.

SIDEKICKBummer.

KINETICIt's alright, I just feel like I never have timeto actually do anything.

Panel 2 Shot of Sidekick sipping from a glass soda bottle,slumped in his lawn chair.

Panel 3 A low angle shot looking up at Sidekick as he pointsto the rooftop with his soda bottle.

SIDEKICKIt's quicker if you take the high road.

Panel 4 Kinetic is looking up where Sidekick was pointing,and taking his gauntlets out of his bag.

KINETICLooks like I'm gonna have to.

SIDEKICKOh, that reminds me. There's a thing tomorrow

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night, if you're free.

Panel 5 Gauntlets clicked on and powered up.

KINETICI'm never free. What is it? Like, a party?

Panel 6 Sidekick standing up.

SIDEKICKBasically, yeah. You'll like it. Gimme a call ifyou decide you wanna go.

KINETICAlright, sure. But....

Panel 7 Far away shot looking down on that part of the city.You can see Kinetic's energy streak moving across therooftops.

KINETIC

(voiceover caption)don't wait for me.

Page 19 A job?

Panel 1 In the technology and gadgets aisle of an Office Maxstyle store. A pretty wide shot showing Max andAndrew meeting and talking. Andrew is handing Max asmall hand-held device. It is like a military issuei-phone. It doesn't need to be super clear in thefirst shot what it is.

ANDREWThat's a digital surveillance device. Our fieldpeople use them. Everything you need to know isalready loaded up. It'll also...

MAXWELL MURDERThis is what you do now?

Panel 2 Closer on Max as he inspects the device and smirksback at Andrew.

ANDREW

I told you, I'm legit.

MAXWELL MURDERYeah. Some legit".

Panel 3 Shot of the device in Max's hand. We can see tattooson his fingers.

ANDREWPay attention. All the information you need is inthere, including her cell number and a GPS system.This isn't strictly legal but.....

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Medium shot of the two of them, Max is enjoyinghimself just a bit because he sense that Andrew is abit uncomfortable. A sales guy is walking up behindAndrew.

MAXWELL MURDERThought you were legit, bro.

ANDREWShut up. If her phone is on, you can use that totrack her.

MAXWELL MURDERWell that sure is cool. Any special instructions?

Panel 5 Sales guy is close to them, he is looking curiouslyat the device Max is holding. Max is not hiding it atall.

SALES GUY

Can I, uh, help you guys find anything?

ANDREWJust leave us alone.

MAXWELL MURDERYeah, you got these in purple?

Panel 6 Andrew is holding up a hand, rudely dismissing thesales guy, but still talking to Max.

ANDREWNo. Just normal stuff. No "message" or anything.

Read the files and pay attention. This is from myoffice so...you know.

Panel 7 Max smiling smugly as her tucks the device into hishoodie pocket.

MAXWELL MURDERDude. I can handle a superhero.

Page 20 At the cemetery.

Panel 1 Daryl stands over his wife's grave. It is night time

now. Divide this speech up however it works well.Nothing too melodramatic with the posing or paneldesign. Just a guy talking to a grave. The last shotshould be of him looking glum. It will be mirrored byKinetic sat the top of the next page.

DARYLI used it today. There was a car crash and Ihelped people. I knocked our bumper up pretty bad,but I really did help people. I don't know ifthat's what I'm supposed to do....if that's what

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you want me to do. I know it was the right thingto do, but I just can't feel it.

DARYLIf people knew what I know now - what you left mewith - the power, all these lives, these secrets,Atlantis, magic, alien gods hiding the earth....It would change everything. History, religion,

science...all of it turned over all at once.Nations would go to war, people would die.... Iknow all of it like I saw it first hand....

DARYLand to me, it doesn't make one bit of difference.Because without you, all of it....ALL OFIT....seems so pointless. I just need to know whatyou want me to do.

Page 21 Annemarie's place for dinner

Panel 1In Annemarie's kitchen. They are eating a pasta/saladtype of dinner. Brian is logged on and has his laptopopen on the dinner table. He is eating and ignoringthe computer and the girlfriend.

Panel 2 Similar panel, but Annemarie has stopped eating andis just looking at Brian who does not notice she hasstopped.

ANNEMARIEBrian, what's going on with you.

KINETIC

Nothing.

Panel 3 Shot of just her. She has put her fork completelydown and is looking at Brian with concern.

ANNEMARIEHoney, you've barely said a word since we satdown, and that thing hasn't beeped once, so I knowit's not work. What's wrong?

KINETICI just told you what's wrong. Nothing.

Panel 4 Shot of Brian answering her. He is frustrated, butnot with her.

KINETICNothing is going on with me, that's my problem.

Panel 5 He is standing up and pacing in frustration. In thisshot, we can see his gauntlets in his bag goingunused.

KINETIC

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I want to do this super hero thing. It's all Iwant, but....but I can't.

Page 22 Kinetic's lament.

Panel 1 A big panel of him still pacing in frustration.

KINETICLook at me, look at this right now. I can't eveneat dinner with my girlfriend because I have to belogged in at work in case a server crashes. THAT'sthe emergency I'm waiting for. I don't have enoughtime for one life, how am I going to have two?

Panel 2 Annemarie crosses over to him and touches his arm ina comforting way. He does not want to be comfortedand is turning slightly away from her.

ANNEMARIEIt'll happen, you've got a name now. Just keep atit. Keep on doing what you're doing.

KINETICBut that's just it. I'm not DOING anything. All Iever do is everything else. I know what to do, Iknow how to do it......I just can't figure out howto get it done. How does anyone do this?

Panel 3 Melodramatic panel, Kinetic taking up most of it, inthe foreground looking down and mopey, she is behindhim, trying to help.

ANNEMARIE

Awww, Honey....

KINETICI never have enough time. I have to work, I spendtime with you, I try to practice and train, andthere are all the little details. Justin asked mehelp him with some lab thing. I don't know.

Panel 4 Now he looks back toward her with a bitter smile.

KINETICYou know what Sidekick wants me to do? There's a

party tomorrow night, one of his superheroparties.

Panel 5 He is now complaining directly to Annemarie

KINETICIt is so, so, frustrating to me. These guys, theyhave that life handed to them and all they canthink to do with it is get together and drink.

ANNEMARIEIf they were assholes like that, you know Sidekick

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wouldn't be friends with them.

Panel 6 He has calmed down now and she takes control of theconversation.

KINETICYou're right.

ANNEMARIEYou know who'll understand all this stress you aregoing through? These guys at Sidekick's party.

Panel 7 Now she is smiling and going off on her own thing. Heis a little confused and concerned by where she isgoing.

ANNEMARIEThey all must have these problems, and theseparties are how they blow off steam. We should go.

KINETICHoney, I don't know.

Page 23 It's time to party.

Panel 1 A power panel for Annemarie, she has seized onto anidea.She should seem dynamic compared to Kinetic'smopiness.

ANNEMARIEAre you serious about this? About this hero life?Then this is your 'in'. Meet these people, talk tothem, learn how they did it. You should do this.

Do you have to work tomorrow night?

KINETICuh...no.

Panel 2 She is thrilled by her new plan. She is smiling andpointing at him for emphasis. Her enthusiasm iscatchy, but does not QUITE have Kinetic yet.

ANNEMARIEThen we're going. Quit moping.

Panel 3 She is already on her way out of the kitchen.

KINETICI have to help Justin with some lab stuff tomorrownight.

ANNEMARIEShut up. We're going. Now I have to find somethingto wear. What do girlfriends wear to these things?

Panel 4 Big shot of Kinetic, takes up the rest of the page,him standing alone in the kitchen wondering what has

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just happened.

KINETICUh....I don't know.

Page 24 Max kills hourglass

Panel 1 Max tracks Hourglass with the surveillance device.Max on the street in a rough part of town. He is justwalking, he holds the device in his right hand. Wecan see the flame and bullet tattoos he has on hishands. He mutters to himself.

MAXWELL MURDERIf this thing is working right....

Panel 2 Shot of the screen of the device in his hand. It isshowing a map with a large, transparent, dot in themiddle of it. It covers a block or two. The large dotis labeled "Target Location" The header on the screenreads. "tracking PASSIVE signal". There is a smaller

dot withing the larger one, it is labeled "Currentlocation"

MAXWELL MURDERI'm getting close.

Panel 3 Now the device reads "Target phone ENGAGED. Lockingon ACTIVE signal."

MAXWELL MURDERShe's close.

Panel 4 Max running, but holding up the device so that he canlook at it.

Panel 5 Small close-up of the screen. It shows two similarsmall dots on the map. One is labeled "Target. Signalengaged" and the other is labeled "Currentlocation.The dots are kinda close.

Panel 6 Max running, dodging past some large garbage, amattress or something.

Panel 7 Small shot of the device screen again. Now the twodots are right around a corner from each other. Thetarget dot is a few yards down an alley, and Max's isabout to round the corner into that alley.

Panel 8 Medium shot of Max rounding the corner in to thealley. He is looking right at us like we are standingwhere the target dot is. He holds the device in hisleft hand while raising his right, the flame andbullet tattoos are glowing.

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Extreme close up on Hourglass's mouth and her phone.All we can really see of her are her lips. Mac is inthe background, but she cannot see him as he isdirectly to her right about 20 feet away in the mouthof the alley. He is pointing a magically glowing handat her. She is holding the phone with her right hand.

HOURGLASS

....and thanks for the invite, I guess I'll seeyou there. Bye.

Panel 2 Very similar shot, we can still see almost nothing ofHourglass, he face is no longer in the shot, instead,her left hand is pressing the hang-up button. Max isstill visible behind her, one hand aims flaming tatsat her, while the other still holds the device.

Panel 3 Close up on Max's device, the screen reads "Signalended"

Panel 4 Shot looking straight at Max down the "barrel" of hisfinger/gun. He is smiling with deeply psychoticself-satisfaction. There is a flaming bullet ofmagical energy flying right at the reader's left eye.

MAXWELL MURDERBang.

Panel 5 Extreme close on Hourglass's mouth open in surprise.

HOURGLASS......

Panel 6 Shot of her shadow on the alley wall, her body isrocking back as though shot in the head.

Panel 7 Small black panel.

Panel 8 Shot of Max's face, his head is back and he issmiling cockily at his work. His neck tat reading"MURDER" can clearly be read.

Panel 9 Shot from on the ground, looking back toward Max frombetween Hourglass's feet. The feet, pointing up,frame the image of Max turning to leave the way hecame in.

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