Issue 9
Aurora is in chains. There is a caption of sound going through the top of the panel. Her eyes are closed tight. The circle is lit with candles.
Caption: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Panel 2
There is a silhouette of a woman’s legs in front of her.
Voice: You know I drew the circle and marked it. I learned it from a necromancer in Peru. You can get out of it, if you think really really hard. You need to concentrate. Michael needs you.
Panel 3
Aurora’s face is shocked, there are tears in her eyes.
Voice: I know….hard to trust me, but you need to try and get out…it’s why I asked that they bring you. To get help….
Panel 4
The legs are now in the other direction to walk away.
Voice: Remember, I made it hard, but not impossible, you need to try……
Page 2
Panel 1
Rachel and Aiden are asleep in bed.
Panel 2
Evelyn is asleep in one bed, there is a smaller twin bed with Tiff sleeping in the other.
Panel 3
Janet Ling is asleep in a small bed.
Panel 4
Debbie Keller is asleep in a penthouse style bedroom.
Panel 5
Harold Keller is asleep in a similar room.
Panel 6
Richard Keller is in his bedroom, there is a man in his bed, they are making out.
Page 7
Paul and Annie and Jeffery are in one room. There is a board game in progress. They are dressed in pjs and look as though they have been up for a while.
Paul: So did you find out why James wanted to talk to you?
Jeffery: No…..he was supposed to be back an hour ago, I’m getting worried…
Annie: Don’t be. He has armed guards around him and I gave him my communicator to contact if he is trouble, I’m glad Keller cancelled the press conference for tonight. I have been trying to rack my brain for ways to begin looking for Michael and Aurora.
Page 8
Jeffery, Annie, and Paul are looking up surprised.
Sound Caption: beepbeepbeepbeepbeep
Annie: That’s the proximity alarm, let’s go.
Page 3
The page Is divided into two vertical panels.
Left Panel
Annie, Paul, and Jeffery are in the elevator area. All look shocked.
Annie:Wow…
Paul: Well…..
Jeffery: Um, James….
Right Panel
James is there with armed escort. He has a shoulder bag in one hand in his arms is a 5 year old girl. She looks similar to James, only her eyes are coal black. She is wearing Mr. Happy Can Pjs and looks very sleepy. She is holding a Mr. Happy Can stuffed figure.
James: Remember when I said there was something I needed to tell you, Jeffery…..
Page 4
Panel 1
Michael is being thrown to the ground. Aurora is struggling against her bonds.
Voice: We’ll be back in 15 minutes…..
Panel 2
Michael is looking at Aurora. His face is swollen and puffy, his throat has been slashed. Aurora looks horrified.
Michael: “rora….I…can’t…..you need to get out of here, before they…..
Panel 3
Aurora is shaking her head.
Panel 4
Michael: That….wierd circle…..you can’t…..talk..maybe I can…
Panel 5
Michael is wincing in pain.
Panel 6
Michael is clutching his throat.
Michael:…..The dampner…it hurts….
Panel 7
Psy-Anyde and Fruit-Fly are walking back.
Michael is shaking his head.
Michael:n-no……..
Panel 8
Michael is being dragged away. Psy-Anyde is looking back at Aurora.
Michael: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Page 5
The page is a coloring book that has a picture of the team in cartoon form. There is messy crayon coloring over the pictures. The bottom of the page has crayon scribbles that form the caption.
Caption: Cabin Fever: The Cabal part 2 by Jessie Robles.
So Far: After the kidnapping of Chris, the team met up at the police station where Michael was being detained as the prime suspect. During the questioning Hightower, Nancy Boy, Slither, Fruit Fly, and Gunsmyth attacked kidnapping both Aurora and Michael. Mayor Ryan was injured during the melee. After a briefing session, it was determined that the team and close friends would be bunking at the Ax tower.
James: Laura! Come get breakfast.
Page 6
It is the meeting room, it is littered with metal buffet trays. James, Jeffery, Laura, Annie, Paul, Deborah, Harold, Rachel, Evelyn, and Tiff are eating.
Evelyn: I hope you don’t mind, Harold, but if we are going to stay here, I thought having breakfast delivered wouldn’t be out of the question. Although most of my accounts are frozen I have a little hidden away.
Harold: No, not at all, as long as we are out of here for my eleven o’ clock meeting. So, Sgt. Ling are we to assume that we can conduct business as usual?Janet: Yes, although the curfew will still be in effect, and those of us in this room, with the exception of the caterer will remain here until the Parahuman….
Annie: So what we can’t leave?
Panel 2
Janet is looking at Annie.
Janet: I didn’t say you couldn’t leave, but in by dark fall. According to my sources the mayor is about to enforce a curfew, well he got that concussion, but the announcement is coming. We are just trying to keep you safe, Annie….
Panel 3
Evelyn, Aiden, Jeffery, and Annie are standing together.
Annie: What? Keeping us safe? They had the element of surprise, we know that someone is after us now, and we’re prepared.
Aiden: And we should be looking for Aurora and Michael.
Panel 4
Laura is looking at James.
Laura: Daddy, who is ‘ro-ra?
Page 7
Panel 1
Jeffery is looking away.
Panel 2
Richard is wheeling in the board room with a floating wheelchair, there are lights blinking all over, he is smiling broadly.
Richard: Good morning everyone! How are our lovely parahuman squatters, this morning?
Panel 3
James is whispering to Jeffery.
James: Are you going to talk to me, Jeff? Look, I meant to tell you, but didn’t know how.
Panel 4
Jeffery is whispering back.
Jeffery: Look, It’s a bit much, I mean I love kids, but I don’t even know what we are yet and ….
Panel 5
Richard is smirking and looking up from his breakfast. Rachel is looking at Richard’s wheelchair in the background.
Richard: Wow, Jeffery, you didn’t tell me you had a boyfriend. If you did, I wouldn’t have been so “welcoming” the other night.
Panel 6
The entire table, with the exception of Laura and Aurora, are looking at Jeffery, who is looking embarrassed.
Jeffery: uh….
Panel 7
Richard is smirking. Rachel is still looking at his chair.
Richard: O, I’m sorry, was that supposed to be a secret?Panel 8
Richard is looking at Rachel.
Richard: What the hell are you doing back there?
Page 8
Panel 1
Rachel is looking at the chair.
Rachel: It’s this chair. It’s awfully crappy. I mean, it floats, and that’s cute, but what are you using as a power source? Because you weigh what, like one ninety, two hundred pounds, right? So that means it needs to recharge at least every hour or so. Why don’t you use a self charging unit that had a low wattage output? I mean it looks like you rigged a car battery back there, assuming that you did this, which I hope not, I mean, your rich and this chair looks like a total piece.
Panel 2
Richard is whirling in the chair. He has anger on his face.
Richard: You brainless bimbo! What do you now about….
Panel 3
There is a monkey on Richard’s face.
Aiden: Don’t talk to the lady like that, jerkface….
Panel 4
Rachel is looking Richard with an evil grin on her face. Aiden is now on her shoulder, still in monkey form.
Rachel: Hello, I’m Rachel. I’m an engineering student with a background in mechanics, thermodynamics, physics, advanced propulsion systems, and o yeah, cheerleading. Yes, I was one of the multitudes of girls who ignored you to the point that men were your only option. That person you just ridiculed is one of my friends. You’re the boss’s son and o so proud of your accomplishments with bad electrical wiring and floating chairs. I think my friend trumps you.
Panel 5
Laura looks panicked.
Laura: Daddy…I hafta go!
Panel 6
James is carrying her out of the room.
Panel 7
Everyone on the room looks uncomfortable.
Panel 8
There is a flashing light on the ceiling.
Evelyn is the only one not looking up.
Evelyn: O good, there is the alarm, just the thing to break up this tense little scene.
Page 9
Janet is standing now.
Janet: You are staying put! James and I will leave and find out what the situation is and…
Annie: No.
Janet: No?
Annie: No, look we aren’t going to stay in the building, not when there’s trouble around. You said business as usual.
Panel 2
Janet is giving Annie a stern look.
Janet: This could be a trap to draw the rest of you in….
Annie: I don’t doubt that, but we don’t have any other leads to go off of. Team….
Panel 3
There is a flash of light.
Panel 4
Annie, Evelyn, Aiden and Jeffery are now in costume.
Annie: We are going to take the armed escort, but look; I have to find Michael and Aurora. You do what you gotta do and we are going to do what we gotta do.
Panel 5
Aiden is kissing Rachel.
Aiden: Baby, stay here and be safe, I know you don’t like this but…
Panel 6
Rachel is giving him a sideways grin.
Rachel: I know this is what you do. Go, play hero…I’ll stay here at the tower.
Page 10
Splash page.
Janet is standing up besides the door. She is flashing her badge.
Janet: I may not have the raw fire power to stop you, but I have this. Your team operates using a licence that I have the authority to remove. Don’t make me take legal action. Look this is for your own good.
Page 11
Jeffery is sitting on the room of the tower. Annie and Paul are walking up behind him.
Annie: Jeffery….
Jeffery: I don’t want to talk right now. I am uber embarrassed.
Annie: What about James….?Panel 2
Jeffery is looking at her.
Jeffery: Well…he never mentioned that he was a father or told me anything personal about him. I don’t think it’s going to work.
Paul: Why? Look, man, stuff like this happens, but c’mon when did you really have time for conversation? You were working together, and then this happened. It’s not like you guys had opportunity.
Annie: I hope you don’t mind, I told him a little of what was going on.
Panel 3
Jeffery looks annoyed. Paul and Annie at looking at him.
Jeffery: Look, I slept with another man, I’m worried about two of my friends and can’t leave this stupid building, and the guy that I like, really like, thinks I’m horrible. He didn’t say anything before he left, he asked Aiden and Rachel to watch Laura. Wait a sec…Laura…
Panel 4
Annie is smiling.
Annie: She’s with Aiden, he is giving her actual pony rides in the sparring room. Look, I’m worried about Michael and Aurora too, and we are working on a plan right now. We will get them back, and make whoever took them sorry their mothers were born.
Page 11
Richard is in his workshop. He has goggles on and is looking at a mannequin. The mannequin has a black pair of tights with lights blinking all over. Rachel is in the corridor.
Rachel: Knock, Knock.
Richard: Go away.
Panel 2
Rachel is walking in to the room.
Rachel: Look I think we got off on the wrong foot. Hi, I’m Rachel, I’m engaged to Switch and …
Richard: Don’t care, busy.
Panel 3
Rachel is looking down, a slight smile on her face. Richard is still unmoved.
Rachel: OK…let’s try this another way. Those electrodes are wired wrong and the chassis that you installed are way too big. By the way….
Richard: And what do you know about…
Panel 4
Rachel is smiling at him.
Rachel: Because, I’m like you and the others. I keep it a secret because I don’t want this life or to exploit it. I…I analyze things, I just….know things. If I read something, my brain just absorbs it and then I know it. I mean really know it. I read a cook book on a trip and now I can make four star meals, I read a book on knitting and I made a yarn halter-top and miniskirt. I read a book on thermodynamics and electrical systems and guess what…..
Richard: You became an annoying smart ass….
Panel 5
Rachel is still smiling.
Rachel: I studied you and your designs. You’re building a battle suit because you think they will accept you on the team. You have other ones that you probably discarded because you felt they were flawed. You probably needed some actual time put in. You’re telemechanic powers won’t work if you don’t actually touch the machines and circuitry…
Panel 6
Rachel is smirking at him. Richard has the beginnings of a smile on his face.
Rachel: Is that a smile? Come on, I’ll help you with your suit, and then you can help me with something….
Page 12
Jeffery is going into the practice room. Aiden is in gorilla form with Laura holding on to his fur. He is leaping around the room.
Laura: Go faster!!!!
Aiden: O, Honey, I don’t think I can….
Panel 2
Jeffery is moving one of his fingers a little faster.
Panel 3
Aiden and Laura are now moving a blurring speeds. Aiden looks worried, Laura is laughing.
Laura: YES! GO! GO!
Panel 4
Jeffery is sitting on the floor of the practice room, smiling at them.
Aiden: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Page 13
Panel 1
Annie is on the roof of the building. Paul is sitting on the edge.
Paul: Annie….look, you have got to stop beating yourself up about this. We will get them back…
Annie: We? No, you’re staying here.
Paul: Look, I can do this…..
Panel 2
Annie is looking at him.
Annie: No, after what happened with Michael and Aurora, no can’t have you being hurt or kidnapped either. Too much crap has happened on my watch and I can’t have it happen to you, look we’ve gotten real close, real quick. I’ve gotten attached.
Panel 3
Paul is embracing her. She is looking away.
Paul: Annie, I’m a big boy, you don’t have to worry about me…I mean I am perfectly able to take care of myself. I’m not a machine, but….
Panel 4
Annie is looking at him.
Annie: What did you just say?Paul: I’m not a machine…what, you have a wild look on your face…..
Panel 5
She is running off. Paul is still standing ther.
Annie: I have a plan, look stay put.
Panel 6
Paul is standing there, looking at her.
Paul: Hmph. Women……
Page 14
Aurora is chained. She is still in the circle. Michael is lying outside the circle, his hands tied behind his back. He appears to be sleeping.
Aurora (in thought balloon): I have to do something. I’ve seen this magical configuration before. The salt silences me, the candles censor me, no magic. I can’t talk, these chains restrict movement. What did she mean I can do this?
Panel 2
The panel is of her eyes. She is squinting.
Aurora: Come on….think, think….
Panel 3
Chris is walking into the room.
Chris: Look, it’s the little mage….Did I ever tell you that I saw you on television that you were my favorite one? Yes, the little witch who could have ended all the drama with a spell and didn’t do crap about it. Yes, you were my favorite. I was told not to use my new powers near you. I don’t know why….Just know this. Once I figure out a way, I’m going to hurt you as I am hurting Michael. Then once I kill him, I’m going to kill you.
Panel 4
Chris is walking away. Aurora’s hand is flipping him he bird.
Chris: Ta!
Panel 5
Aurora is thinking again in the same position.
Aurora: Can’t use powers around me…….can’t enter the circle….ok, let’s think about this….there are no elements to draw from…I must be underground, no fresh air, there is a dirt smell…can’t use powers….his powers are the elements! That’s why he can’t use them; I would have raw fuel for a spell. Teleportation requires blood or speech. This isn’t easy…..wait a second….
Panel 6
Aurora’s eyes are now squinting.
Aurora: I hope I can do this…….
Page 15
Rachel is now in the conference room with Richard. They are both covered in oil and hair is mussed. Annie, Deborah, Evelyn, and Aiden are in the room.
Rachel: Ok, guys, this is what we discovered. The “flash” that Richard uses to get your costumes on can be used as a tracker. So theoretically, we can track it to find Michael. We are hoping that Chris and Aurora are with him. Now, as this has become a legal issue, we cannot proceed with this until Janet and James give us the OK, and in light of the recent abductions…..
Panel 2
Evelyn is squinting her eyes at her.
Evelyn: We are waiting? I don’t think so, these people’s lives are in danger. We have a duty to jump in and save them, after all isn’t that why we are getting a paycheck?
Aiden: I agree. Rachel, honey, this is Michael, Chris, and Aurora, we have to do something….
Richard: No, you need both of us to activate the flash, and we are not going to until we get that authorization.
Panel 3
Jeffery is walking in, holding Laura.
Jeffery: Richard, you know Aiden is right. Just…
Richard: NO! We can’t go in there without a plan, and as well as we could lose our license and
Jeffery: A license?! I knew you were greedy and a grade-A ass
Panel 4
Annie is standing besides Jeffery.
Annie: No. Look everyone, we can’t go into this blind. I think we should plan this out, I don’t want to have anyone else hurt.
Panel 5
Evelyn is standing up, looking angry. Aiden is besides her.
Evelyn: What? You’re siding with them!? I thought you wanted to keep us all safe, make sure no one was hurt on your watch. I think it was all talk. To think, I actually thought your speech was sincere.
Aiden : Rachel, really? You’re not going to do this?
Panel 6
Rachel is now standing with Annie, and Richard is with them.
Rachel: No, come up with a plan, get the permission, we do it. Not until.
Richard: Yeah, listen to the cheerleader.
Annie: Look guys, I know you’re not happy with this….
Page 16
It is a splash page of Evelyn, Jeffery with Laura, and Aiden walking out of the boardroom.
Evelyn: Yeah, how about you make us happy and leave, convict.
Page 17
Annie is looking stunned. Richard and Rachel are looking at her. Deborah is speaking.
Rachel: Annie, I don’t think that they meant that, they are just upset.
Richard: That was harsh, like something I would say.
Deborah: Look, I think we should continue to operate as normal and make plans for rescue, but we can’t let them go out of here. Call it a feeling, but I think that those three will try to get the “flash” to work or leave and draw them out.
Panel 2
Rachel is pulling her hair away from her face.
Rachel: I think your right, I still have some work to do with Richard in his lab, on an alternate project, but the “flash” can only be activated by both of us verbally, and we did that just in case something like this happened.
Richard: Let’s get to it then, damn drama queens….
Panel 3
Deborah has her hand on Annie’s shoulder.
Deborah: Annie, are you ok? I know that you actually want to do more for them, and what Jocelyn said is grating, but we need to think about this, really think. Don’t let what they said influence you.
Annie: What if I haven’t done enough? I let Michael and Aurora get taken, now this. To top it off, we have to have guests here because they aren’t safe. I just feel trapped.
Panel 4
Deborah is looking at her, she seems to be studying her.
Deborah: Annie, let me tell you a story. I am the forgotten one around here. I’m the middle child, my older sister disappearing long ago, and my brother demanding attention from my father. I am always forced to make unpopular choices, I get moved into the position of being the unpopular one. I….always get told what you just did. It’s not easy, but it will eat at you. Just let it go. What we are doing right.
Page 18
Michael is looking at Aurora. He is still bloody and swollen.
Michael:..’Rora….are you….OK? What…are you doing…?
Panel 2
Aurora is shaking her head. She is pulling her wrist through the manacles; it is cutting through her wrists.
Panel 3
Michael is attempting to get up.
Michael: D-Don’t do that…..You’re hurting yourself……Let me…..
Panel 4
Aurora is looking at him, shaking her head. She is tugging even harder on the chains.
Page 19
Michael is crawling towards the circle.
Michael: D…Don’t. We’ll get out of here…..S-Stop……
Panel 2
Michael is in the background, he looks shocked. In the foreground, there are drops of blood on the ground.
Panel 3
He is still looking at the growning puddle. In the background are two slit eyes.
Michael: Y-you’re going to die…..S..Stop!Panel 4
Slyther is pulling Michael away. He is smiling.
Slyther: Ssssstay away from her….You don’t want to get near that sssssircle, it’ssss cursssssed.
Michael: Aurora………
Page 20
Slyther is looking behind him. Gavin, Chris, and Psy-Anyde are running towards.
Slyther: The witch is doing ssssssomething….
Psy-Anyde: She is trying to escape!
Chris: I’ll stop her!Panel 2
Chris is hand is becoming ice.
Chris: I told you, I’d get..urk!
Panel 3
Psy-Anyde is yelling at him.
Psy-Anyde: NO! If you do anything to that circle, especially with your powers, you cause whatever she is doing to back fire.
Panel 4
Aurora is writing a spell in blood in the circle. There is light coming from the center of the puddle.
Aurora: There! I can speak again! Michael! JLYeoosvuseie!
Panel 5
Michael’s wounds are now healing themselves.
Gavin: STOP HER! You have mental powers!
Panel 6
Gavin is kicking one of the candles as a flash of light comes out of the circle.
Page 21
It is a 3 panel spread. The panels are logn running left to riht.
Panel 1
Chris is now freed from the freeze. Gavin is lifting Michael by the throat. Psy-Anyde is yelling at Gavin.
Psy-Anyde: We lost her! I was going to mentally freeze her, you dumbass!
Off Panel Voice: No matter, I will just have to send you to kill her.
Panel 2
Same as above, only now there is a star pattern coming out from the darkness.
Psy-Anyde: Kill them? I thought you only wanted me to assemble the correct team?Off Panel Voice: Problem? If you have a problem, I’m sure I can fix it…..
Psy-Aynde:N…No.
Panel 3
There is a woman standing through the darkness. She has a star pattern in her hair and eyes, as well as her costume, which is similar to Captain Regal’s.
Lady Regal: There has been a change in plans. I think we need to accelerate things. Get me more of them. I want to drop their bodies from the sky on to the doorstep of their building. It’s time to kill.
Panel 22
2 mini panels against a splash page.
Panel 1(mini)
There is a flash of light.
Panel 2(mini)
Aurora has appeared and looks very weak. She is falling backwards.
Aurora: It would have to be…..
Panel 3
She is in a large field. There are remnants of a trailer home that appears to be burned. Aurora has passed out.
End Issue.
Aurora is in chains. There is a caption of sound going through the top of the panel. Her eyes are closed tight. The circle is lit with candles.
Caption: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Panel 2
There is a silhouette of a woman’s legs in front of her.
Voice: You know I drew the circle and marked it. I learned it from a necromancer in Peru. You can get out of it, if you think really really hard. You need to concentrate. Michael needs you.
Panel 3
Aurora’s face is shocked, there are tears in her eyes.
Voice: I know….hard to trust me, but you need to try and get out…it’s why I asked that they bring you. To get help….
Panel 4
The legs are now in the other direction to walk away.
Voice: Remember, I made it hard, but not impossible, you need to try……
Page 2
Panel 1
Rachel and Aiden are asleep in bed.
Panel 2
Evelyn is asleep in one bed, there is a smaller twin bed with Tiff sleeping in the other.
Panel 3
Janet Ling is asleep in a small bed.
Panel 4
Debbie Keller is asleep in a penthouse style bedroom.
Panel 5
Harold Keller is asleep in a similar room.
Panel 6
Richard Keller is in his bedroom, there is a man in his bed, they are making out.
Page 7
Paul and Annie and Jeffery are in one room. There is a board game in progress. They are dressed in pjs and look as though they have been up for a while.
Paul: So did you find out why James wanted to talk to you?
Jeffery: No…..he was supposed to be back an hour ago, I’m getting worried…
Annie: Don’t be. He has armed guards around him and I gave him my communicator to contact if he is trouble, I’m glad Keller cancelled the press conference for tonight. I have been trying to rack my brain for ways to begin looking for Michael and Aurora.
Page 8
Jeffery, Annie, and Paul are looking up surprised.
Sound Caption: beepbeepbeepbeepbeep
Annie: That’s the proximity alarm, let’s go.
Page 3
The page Is divided into two vertical panels.
Left Panel
Annie, Paul, and Jeffery are in the elevator area. All look shocked.
Annie:Wow…
Paul: Well…..
Jeffery: Um, James….
Right Panel
James is there with armed escort. He has a shoulder bag in one hand in his arms is a 5 year old girl. She looks similar to James, only her eyes are coal black. She is wearing Mr. Happy Can Pjs and looks very sleepy. She is holding a Mr. Happy Can stuffed figure.
James: Remember when I said there was something I needed to tell you, Jeffery…..
Page 4
Panel 1
Michael is being thrown to the ground. Aurora is struggling against her bonds.
Voice: We’ll be back in 15 minutes…..
Panel 2
Michael is looking at Aurora. His face is swollen and puffy, his throat has been slashed. Aurora looks horrified.
Michael: “rora….I…can’t…..you need to get out of here, before they…..
Panel 3
Aurora is shaking her head.
Panel 4
Michael: That….wierd circle…..you can’t…..talk..maybe I can…
Panel 5
Michael is wincing in pain.
Panel 6
Michael is clutching his throat.
Michael:…..The dampner…it hurts….
Panel 7
Psy-Anyde and Fruit-Fly are walking back.
Michael is shaking his head.
Michael:n-no……..
Panel 8
Michael is being dragged away. Psy-Anyde is looking back at Aurora.
Michael: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Page 5
The page is a coloring book that has a picture of the team in cartoon form. There is messy crayon coloring over the pictures. The bottom of the page has crayon scribbles that form the caption.
Caption: Cabin Fever: The Cabal part 2 by Jessie Robles.
So Far: After the kidnapping of Chris, the team met up at the police station where Michael was being detained as the prime suspect. During the questioning Hightower, Nancy Boy, Slither, Fruit Fly, and Gunsmyth attacked kidnapping both Aurora and Michael. Mayor Ryan was injured during the melee. After a briefing session, it was determined that the team and close friends would be bunking at the Ax tower.
James: Laura! Come get breakfast.
Page 6
It is the meeting room, it is littered with metal buffet trays. James, Jeffery, Laura, Annie, Paul, Deborah, Harold, Rachel, Evelyn, and Tiff are eating.
Evelyn: I hope you don’t mind, Harold, but if we are going to stay here, I thought having breakfast delivered wouldn’t be out of the question. Although most of my accounts are frozen I have a little hidden away.
Harold: No, not at all, as long as we are out of here for my eleven o’ clock meeting. So, Sgt. Ling are we to assume that we can conduct business as usual?Janet: Yes, although the curfew will still be in effect, and those of us in this room, with the exception of the caterer will remain here until the Parahuman….
Annie: So what we can’t leave?
Panel 2
Janet is looking at Annie.
Janet: I didn’t say you couldn’t leave, but in by dark fall. According to my sources the mayor is about to enforce a curfew, well he got that concussion, but the announcement is coming. We are just trying to keep you safe, Annie….
Panel 3
Evelyn, Aiden, Jeffery, and Annie are standing together.
Annie: What? Keeping us safe? They had the element of surprise, we know that someone is after us now, and we’re prepared.
Aiden: And we should be looking for Aurora and Michael.
Panel 4
Laura is looking at James.
Laura: Daddy, who is ‘ro-ra?
Page 7
Panel 1
Jeffery is looking away.
Panel 2
Richard is wheeling in the board room with a floating wheelchair, there are lights blinking all over, he is smiling broadly.
Richard: Good morning everyone! How are our lovely parahuman squatters, this morning?
Panel 3
James is whispering to Jeffery.
James: Are you going to talk to me, Jeff? Look, I meant to tell you, but didn’t know how.
Panel 4
Jeffery is whispering back.
Jeffery: Look, It’s a bit much, I mean I love kids, but I don’t even know what we are yet and ….
Panel 5
Richard is smirking and looking up from his breakfast. Rachel is looking at Richard’s wheelchair in the background.
Richard: Wow, Jeffery, you didn’t tell me you had a boyfriend. If you did, I wouldn’t have been so “welcoming” the other night.
Panel 6
The entire table, with the exception of Laura and Aurora, are looking at Jeffery, who is looking embarrassed.
Jeffery: uh….
Panel 7
Richard is smirking. Rachel is still looking at his chair.
Richard: O, I’m sorry, was that supposed to be a secret?Panel 8
Richard is looking at Rachel.
Richard: What the hell are you doing back there?
Page 8
Panel 1
Rachel is looking at the chair.
Rachel: It’s this chair. It’s awfully crappy. I mean, it floats, and that’s cute, but what are you using as a power source? Because you weigh what, like one ninety, two hundred pounds, right? So that means it needs to recharge at least every hour or so. Why don’t you use a self charging unit that had a low wattage output? I mean it looks like you rigged a car battery back there, assuming that you did this, which I hope not, I mean, your rich and this chair looks like a total piece.
Panel 2
Richard is whirling in the chair. He has anger on his face.
Richard: You brainless bimbo! What do you now about….
Panel 3
There is a monkey on Richard’s face.
Aiden: Don’t talk to the lady like that, jerkface….
Panel 4
Rachel is looking Richard with an evil grin on her face. Aiden is now on her shoulder, still in monkey form.
Rachel: Hello, I’m Rachel. I’m an engineering student with a background in mechanics, thermodynamics, physics, advanced propulsion systems, and o yeah, cheerleading. Yes, I was one of the multitudes of girls who ignored you to the point that men were your only option. That person you just ridiculed is one of my friends. You’re the boss’s son and o so proud of your accomplishments with bad electrical wiring and floating chairs. I think my friend trumps you.
Panel 5
Laura looks panicked.
Laura: Daddy…I hafta go!
Panel 6
James is carrying her out of the room.
Panel 7
Everyone on the room looks uncomfortable.
Panel 8
There is a flashing light on the ceiling.
Evelyn is the only one not looking up.
Evelyn: O good, there is the alarm, just the thing to break up this tense little scene.
Page 9
Janet is standing now.
Janet: You are staying put! James and I will leave and find out what the situation is and…
Annie: No.
Janet: No?
Annie: No, look we aren’t going to stay in the building, not when there’s trouble around. You said business as usual.
Panel 2
Janet is giving Annie a stern look.
Janet: This could be a trap to draw the rest of you in….
Annie: I don’t doubt that, but we don’t have any other leads to go off of. Team….
Panel 3
There is a flash of light.
Panel 4
Annie, Evelyn, Aiden and Jeffery are now in costume.
Annie: We are going to take the armed escort, but look; I have to find Michael and Aurora. You do what you gotta do and we are going to do what we gotta do.
Panel 5
Aiden is kissing Rachel.
Aiden: Baby, stay here and be safe, I know you don’t like this but…
Panel 6
Rachel is giving him a sideways grin.
Rachel: I know this is what you do. Go, play hero…I’ll stay here at the tower.
Page 10
Splash page.
Janet is standing up besides the door. She is flashing her badge.
Janet: I may not have the raw fire power to stop you, but I have this. Your team operates using a licence that I have the authority to remove. Don’t make me take legal action. Look this is for your own good.
Page 11
Jeffery is sitting on the room of the tower. Annie and Paul are walking up behind him.
Annie: Jeffery….
Jeffery: I don’t want to talk right now. I am uber embarrassed.
Annie: What about James….?Panel 2
Jeffery is looking at her.
Jeffery: Well…he never mentioned that he was a father or told me anything personal about him. I don’t think it’s going to work.
Paul: Why? Look, man, stuff like this happens, but c’mon when did you really have time for conversation? You were working together, and then this happened. It’s not like you guys had opportunity.
Annie: I hope you don’t mind, I told him a little of what was going on.
Panel 3
Jeffery looks annoyed. Paul and Annie at looking at him.
Jeffery: Look, I slept with another man, I’m worried about two of my friends and can’t leave this stupid building, and the guy that I like, really like, thinks I’m horrible. He didn’t say anything before he left, he asked Aiden and Rachel to watch Laura. Wait a sec…Laura…
Panel 4
Annie is smiling.
Annie: She’s with Aiden, he is giving her actual pony rides in the sparring room. Look, I’m worried about Michael and Aurora too, and we are working on a plan right now. We will get them back, and make whoever took them sorry their mothers were born.
Page 11
Richard is in his workshop. He has goggles on and is looking at a mannequin. The mannequin has a black pair of tights with lights blinking all over. Rachel is in the corridor.
Rachel: Knock, Knock.
Richard: Go away.
Panel 2
Rachel is walking in to the room.
Rachel: Look I think we got off on the wrong foot. Hi, I’m Rachel, I’m engaged to Switch and …
Richard: Don’t care, busy.
Panel 3
Rachel is looking down, a slight smile on her face. Richard is still unmoved.
Rachel: OK…let’s try this another way. Those electrodes are wired wrong and the chassis that you installed are way too big. By the way….
Richard: And what do you know about…
Panel 4
Rachel is smiling at him.
Rachel: Because, I’m like you and the others. I keep it a secret because I don’t want this life or to exploit it. I…I analyze things, I just….know things. If I read something, my brain just absorbs it and then I know it. I mean really know it. I read a cook book on a trip and now I can make four star meals, I read a book on knitting and I made a yarn halter-top and miniskirt. I read a book on thermodynamics and electrical systems and guess what…..
Richard: You became an annoying smart ass….
Panel 5
Rachel is still smiling.
Rachel: I studied you and your designs. You’re building a battle suit because you think they will accept you on the team. You have other ones that you probably discarded because you felt they were flawed. You probably needed some actual time put in. You’re telemechanic powers won’t work if you don’t actually touch the machines and circuitry…
Panel 6
Rachel is smirking at him. Richard has the beginnings of a smile on his face.
Rachel: Is that a smile? Come on, I’ll help you with your suit, and then you can help me with something….
Page 12
Jeffery is going into the practice room. Aiden is in gorilla form with Laura holding on to his fur. He is leaping around the room.
Laura: Go faster!!!!
Aiden: O, Honey, I don’t think I can….
Panel 2
Jeffery is moving one of his fingers a little faster.
Panel 3
Aiden and Laura are now moving a blurring speeds. Aiden looks worried, Laura is laughing.
Laura: YES! GO! GO!
Panel 4
Jeffery is sitting on the floor of the practice room, smiling at them.
Aiden: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Page 13
Panel 1
Annie is on the roof of the building. Paul is sitting on the edge.
Paul: Annie….look, you have got to stop beating yourself up about this. We will get them back…
Annie: We? No, you’re staying here.
Paul: Look, I can do this…..
Panel 2
Annie is looking at him.
Annie: No, after what happened with Michael and Aurora, no can’t have you being hurt or kidnapped either. Too much crap has happened on my watch and I can’t have it happen to you, look we’ve gotten real close, real quick. I’ve gotten attached.
Panel 3
Paul is embracing her. She is looking away.
Paul: Annie, I’m a big boy, you don’t have to worry about me…I mean I am perfectly able to take care of myself. I’m not a machine, but….
Panel 4
Annie is looking at him.
Annie: What did you just say?Paul: I’m not a machine…what, you have a wild look on your face…..
Panel 5
She is running off. Paul is still standing ther.
Annie: I have a plan, look stay put.
Panel 6
Paul is standing there, looking at her.
Paul: Hmph. Women……
Page 14
Aurora is chained. She is still in the circle. Michael is lying outside the circle, his hands tied behind his back. He appears to be sleeping.
Aurora (in thought balloon): I have to do something. I’ve seen this magical configuration before. The salt silences me, the candles censor me, no magic. I can’t talk, these chains restrict movement. What did she mean I can do this?
Panel 2
The panel is of her eyes. She is squinting.
Aurora: Come on….think, think….
Panel 3
Chris is walking into the room.
Chris: Look, it’s the little mage….Did I ever tell you that I saw you on television that you were my favorite one? Yes, the little witch who could have ended all the drama with a spell and didn’t do crap about it. Yes, you were my favorite. I was told not to use my new powers near you. I don’t know why….Just know this. Once I figure out a way, I’m going to hurt you as I am hurting Michael. Then once I kill him, I’m going to kill you.
Panel 4
Chris is walking away. Aurora’s hand is flipping him he bird.
Chris: Ta!
Panel 5
Aurora is thinking again in the same position.
Aurora: Can’t use powers around me…….can’t enter the circle….ok, let’s think about this….there are no elements to draw from…I must be underground, no fresh air, there is a dirt smell…can’t use powers….his powers are the elements! That’s why he can’t use them; I would have raw fuel for a spell. Teleportation requires blood or speech. This isn’t easy…..wait a second….
Panel 6
Aurora’s eyes are now squinting.
Aurora: I hope I can do this…….
Page 15
Rachel is now in the conference room with Richard. They are both covered in oil and hair is mussed. Annie, Deborah, Evelyn, and Aiden are in the room.
Rachel: Ok, guys, this is what we discovered. The “flash” that Richard uses to get your costumes on can be used as a tracker. So theoretically, we can track it to find Michael. We are hoping that Chris and Aurora are with him. Now, as this has become a legal issue, we cannot proceed with this until Janet and James give us the OK, and in light of the recent abductions…..
Panel 2
Evelyn is squinting her eyes at her.
Evelyn: We are waiting? I don’t think so, these people’s lives are in danger. We have a duty to jump in and save them, after all isn’t that why we are getting a paycheck?
Aiden: I agree. Rachel, honey, this is Michael, Chris, and Aurora, we have to do something….
Richard: No, you need both of us to activate the flash, and we are not going to until we get that authorization.
Panel 3
Jeffery is walking in, holding Laura.
Jeffery: Richard, you know Aiden is right. Just…
Richard: NO! We can’t go in there without a plan, and as well as we could lose our license and
Jeffery: A license?! I knew you were greedy and a grade-A ass
Panel 4
Annie is standing besides Jeffery.
Annie: No. Look everyone, we can’t go into this blind. I think we should plan this out, I don’t want to have anyone else hurt.
Panel 5
Evelyn is standing up, looking angry. Aiden is besides her.
Evelyn: What? You’re siding with them!? I thought you wanted to keep us all safe, make sure no one was hurt on your watch. I think it was all talk. To think, I actually thought your speech was sincere.
Aiden : Rachel, really? You’re not going to do this?
Panel 6
Rachel is now standing with Annie, and Richard is with them.
Rachel: No, come up with a plan, get the permission, we do it. Not until.
Richard: Yeah, listen to the cheerleader.
Annie: Look guys, I know you’re not happy with this….
Page 16
It is a splash page of Evelyn, Jeffery with Laura, and Aiden walking out of the boardroom.
Evelyn: Yeah, how about you make us happy and leave, convict.
Page 17
Annie is looking stunned. Richard and Rachel are looking at her. Deborah is speaking.
Rachel: Annie, I don’t think that they meant that, they are just upset.
Richard: That was harsh, like something I would say.
Deborah: Look, I think we should continue to operate as normal and make plans for rescue, but we can’t let them go out of here. Call it a feeling, but I think that those three will try to get the “flash” to work or leave and draw them out.
Panel 2
Rachel is pulling her hair away from her face.
Rachel: I think your right, I still have some work to do with Richard in his lab, on an alternate project, but the “flash” can only be activated by both of us verbally, and we did that just in case something like this happened.
Richard: Let’s get to it then, damn drama queens….
Panel 3
Deborah has her hand on Annie’s shoulder.
Deborah: Annie, are you ok? I know that you actually want to do more for them, and what Jocelyn said is grating, but we need to think about this, really think. Don’t let what they said influence you.
Annie: What if I haven’t done enough? I let Michael and Aurora get taken, now this. To top it off, we have to have guests here because they aren’t safe. I just feel trapped.
Panel 4
Deborah is looking at her, she seems to be studying her.
Deborah: Annie, let me tell you a story. I am the forgotten one around here. I’m the middle child, my older sister disappearing long ago, and my brother demanding attention from my father. I am always forced to make unpopular choices, I get moved into the position of being the unpopular one. I….always get told what you just did. It’s not easy, but it will eat at you. Just let it go. What we are doing right.
Page 18
Michael is looking at Aurora. He is still bloody and swollen.
Michael:..’Rora….are you….OK? What…are you doing…?
Panel 2
Aurora is shaking her head. She is pulling her wrist through the manacles; it is cutting through her wrists.
Panel 3
Michael is attempting to get up.
Michael: D-Don’t do that…..You’re hurting yourself……Let me…..
Panel 4
Aurora is looking at him, shaking her head. She is tugging even harder on the chains.
Page 19
Michael is crawling towards the circle.
Michael: D…Don’t. We’ll get out of here…..S-Stop……
Panel 2
Michael is in the background, he looks shocked. In the foreground, there are drops of blood on the ground.
Panel 3
He is still looking at the growning puddle. In the background are two slit eyes.
Michael: Y-you’re going to die…..S..Stop!Panel 4
Slyther is pulling Michael away. He is smiling.
Slyther: Ssssstay away from her….You don’t want to get near that sssssircle, it’ssss cursssssed.
Michael: Aurora………
Page 20
Slyther is looking behind him. Gavin, Chris, and Psy-Anyde are running towards.
Slyther: The witch is doing ssssssomething….
Psy-Anyde: She is trying to escape!
Chris: I’ll stop her!Panel 2
Chris is hand is becoming ice.
Chris: I told you, I’d get..urk!
Panel 3
Psy-Anyde is yelling at him.
Psy-Anyde: NO! If you do anything to that circle, especially with your powers, you cause whatever she is doing to back fire.
Panel 4
Aurora is writing a spell in blood in the circle. There is light coming from the center of the puddle.
Aurora: There! I can speak again! Michael! JLYeoosvuseie!
Panel 5
Michael’s wounds are now healing themselves.
Gavin: STOP HER! You have mental powers!
Panel 6
Gavin is kicking one of the candles as a flash of light comes out of the circle.
Page 21
It is a 3 panel spread. The panels are logn running left to riht.
Panel 1
Chris is now freed from the freeze. Gavin is lifting Michael by the throat. Psy-Anyde is yelling at Gavin.
Psy-Anyde: We lost her! I was going to mentally freeze her, you dumbass!
Off Panel Voice: No matter, I will just have to send you to kill her.
Panel 2
Same as above, only now there is a star pattern coming out from the darkness.
Psy-Anyde: Kill them? I thought you only wanted me to assemble the correct team?Off Panel Voice: Problem? If you have a problem, I’m sure I can fix it…..
Psy-Aynde:N…No.
Panel 3
There is a woman standing through the darkness. She has a star pattern in her hair and eyes, as well as her costume, which is similar to Captain Regal’s.
Lady Regal: There has been a change in plans. I think we need to accelerate things. Get me more of them. I want to drop their bodies from the sky on to the doorstep of their building. It’s time to kill.
Panel 22
2 mini panels against a splash page.
Panel 1(mini)
There is a flash of light.
Panel 2(mini)
Aurora has appeared and looks very weak. She is falling backwards.
Aurora: It would have to be…..
Panel 3
She is in a large field. There are remnants of a trailer home that appears to be burned. Aurora has passed out.
End Issue.
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