PAGE ONE (8 panels)
Panel
1. The view is from KYLE’S
perspective. He is in DILBANE JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL. He is approaching the
gymnasium. His vision is a little blurry
around the edges. You can’t see any of
KYLE’S body.
1 KYLE
(narration box, different from the later narration box, this is a present tense
thought box of the non-cybernetic version of the character)
I HAVE TO SEE HER.
I’M… PRETTY SURE…
Panel 2.
KYLE is looking down. His hands are
covered in blood.
1 KYLE
(narration box) I’M
PRETTY SURE I’M GOING TO DIE.
Panel
3. The panel is black, like KYLE went
blind. NO DIALOGUE.
Panel
4. KYLE’S sight is back, but it’s a
little blurrier. He is really close to
the push bars on the gym’s doors. He is
reaching for the door with his blood covered hand.
1 KYLE (narration box) I’M STARTING TO FEEL SLEEPY…
I… DAMN IT. COME ON, KYLE. I JUST NEED TO SEE HER… BEFORE I GO…
Panel 5. KYLE is looking at his feet. There’s blood all over the floor, running
down his legs
and pooling around his shoes.
1 KYLE (narration box) IS ALL OF THAT ME? HOLY SHIT…
Panel 6. KYLE is pushing the door
open. The girls’ gym class is in session. There’s the
teacher and about a dozen girls
playing basketball. IRENE is in the
middle of the group on
defense. They are where DJHS gym clothes (will include
visual reference). NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 7. Everyone looks at KYLE
(aka the reader). They look shocked and
unsure of what to
do. KYLE’S vision is getting blurrier still,
mostly around the edges of the panel.
1 KYLE (narration box) I MADE IT… I CAN’T BELIEVE…
IT…
Panel 8. The panel is twisted on its side. KYLE is falling, so the view should reflect
that. He
is in mid fall, his legs have
given up and his body has fully gone into shock from blood loss.
1 KYLE (narration box) SHIT…
PAGE TWO (4 panels)
Panel 1. The panel is black
again. No Dialogue.
Panel 2. KYLE’S vision is back,
but only the center is clear, everything else is indecipherable.
He sees IRENE holding him up and
crying. She is hysterical. Her face looks like she is scared,
worried and panicked beyond most
people typically get. One of her best friends is bleeding to
death in her arms at the age of
13. Tears are streaming down her
face. There are people in the
blurry haze standing and watching
the scene.
1 KYLE (narration box) I CAN’T HEAR HER. I CAN BARELY SEE. I WISH
SHE LOOKED HAPPIER… BUT… I’M
STILL GLAD.
Panel 3. IRENE’S turning her head away while still
holding KYLE while he looks up at her.
She is closing her eyes
tight. She is hyperventilating from the
stress.
1 KYLE I... NEEDED TO SEE YOU. I WANTED TO BE WITH
YOU WHEN THE END CAME.
Panel
4. The panel goes black one final
time. KYLE has now died. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE THREE (1 panel)
TITLE PAGE: The BulletProof Ghost: The
Trials of Cybernetic Prototype 005
Side Note: The Narration boxes look
different from this point in the story.
This portion is being told by KYLE in the future.
Panel 1. CYBERNETIC PROTOTYPE 005 has
SYNTHETIC PROTOTYPE 003'S(SYNTH 3) wrist blade an inch from his helmet as if
dodging the strike. The panel is tight
on PROTOTYPE 005’s upper body. His armor
is slightly scratched and scorched.
1 KYLE (narration box, past tense, telling the story from
the future)
I
KNEW I COULD TAKE HIM. I TOOK THE FIRST
TWO SYNTHS OUT LIKE THEY WERE NOTHING.
PAGE FOUR (4 panels)
Panel 1. PROTOTYPE FIVE is using his
boosters to hover above the ground while gliding backwards (he’s leaning
backwards). One leg is raised with one of his knees bent. The Boosters and
stabilizers on his body/armor are shining blue light. The environment is like a forest with trees
sparsely spaced out, but the walls are silver metal with some foliage/moss grow
up from the bottom. There is medium height grass covering the ground with
sections dug out or burnt due to the current fighting.
1 KYLE (narration box.) MY
KINETIC BOOSTERS HAVE COME IN HANDY IN THESE FIGHTS. MY MOVEMENTS ARE FLUID WHILE HOVERING.
Panel 2. PROTOTYPE FIVE is flying
toward the panel/reader in a tight shot that shows the SYNTH 3 in pursuit. FIVE is still facing the SYNTH meaning his
back is facing the panel..
1 KYLE (narration box) AS
WELL AS FLYING. SPEEDS APPROACHING AND ABOVE
SOUND. SO SAYS...
Panel 3. WILLIAM is standing with his
arms crossed watching the battle from far away.
1 KYLE (narration box) WILLIAM. MY SO CALLED CREATOR. I KNOW BETTER NOW. I KNOW WHAT KIND OF PERSON HE IS NOW, BUT
THEN I ONLY SUSPECTED.
Panel 4. SYNTH 3 is striking at PROTOTYPE FIVE with
its wrist blade. FIVE is blocking the
strike with his wrist blade.
1 KYLE (narration box) MY
REFLEXES WERE FAST, BUT I WAS BEING WORN DOWN.
I FOUGHT TWO PREVIOUS SYNTHETIC PROTOTYPES FOR WILLIAM'S 'TESTS'. THIS ONE WAS GAINING GROUND DUE TO MY
INJURIES.
PAGE FIVE (6 panels)
Panel 1. PROTOTYPE FIVE'S chest section has a break
(damage) in his armor. A wound can be
seen through the armor. It is bleeding.
1 KYLE (narration box) THE
NANITES, MICROSCOPIC MACHINES, IN MY BLOOD STREAM WERE RECONSTRUCTING MY BODY
AS I WAS INJURED. THOUGH THEY DRAW OFF
MY POWER SOURCE, THE MORE I FIGHT AND BECOME INJURED, THE SLOWER THE NANITES
WORK AS MY SOURCE IS DRAINED.
Panel 2. Same angle, but the wound is
partially healed.
1 KYLE (narration box) THE
SOURCE IS RENEWABLE, BUT ONLY IF I CAN REST.
ONCE IGNITED, MY SOURCE LASTS FOREVER.
Panel 3. This panel is a side view of
the two fighting; still in the strength contest of wrist blades.
1 KYLE (narration box) IT
KNEW I WAS WEAK. IT KNEW IF IT COULD
BREAK THE BLOCK AND THROW ME TO THE GROUND; THE FIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN
DONE. I WOULD THEN BE KILLED. IF I WERE STUPID ENOUGH TO HAVE KEPT FIGHTING
HIM.
Panel 4. Close up on PROTOTYPE FIVE
blocking the strike still.
1 KYLE (narration box) I'M NOT…
Panel 5. FIVE'S energy blaster pops
out of the side of his forearm. Blue
light can be seen from the inside of the barrel.
1 KYLE (narration box) ...STUPID.
Panel 6. The SYNTH'S head is taken off
of its body by the kinetic blast. The
blue blast has already carried the ripped off head about ten feet into the air
in an arcing path. FIVE looks a little
off balance due to the blast (like he’s being pushed back). NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE SIX (5 panels)
Panel 1. FIVE is walking away with the
smoking, falling, headless body of SYNTH THREE in the background. The headless body to leaning to the side as
it falls.
1 FIVE: HOW’S THAT?
Panel 2. WILLIAM is standing with his
hands behind his back walking toward FIVE.
1 WILLIAM: EXCEPTIONAL. BETTER THAN THE OTHERS.
Panel 3. Close-up on WILLIAM’S black
eyes.
1 WILLIAM: THE OTHERS FAILED.
Panel 4. WILLIAM is turned toward a
door in the background. FIVE is walking
next to him.
1 WILLIAM: ONE
MORE TEST AND THEN YOUR REAL TRAINING WILL BEGIN.
Panel 5. Close-up on FIVE’S
helmet.
1 FIVE: SO
YOU’VE TOLD ME WHAT I CAN DO AND HOW I GOT THIS WAY, BUT WHAT’S YOUR STORY? WHERE DID YOU GET THIS TECHNOLOGY? I MEAN I’M SIXTEEN, I THINK, AND I LOOK 25
UNDER THIS ARMOR. I AGED 12 YEARS IN 3
YEARS… WHERE AM I… HOW DID YOU DO THIS TO ME?
PAGE SEVEN (3 panels)
Panel 1. Side view of William with
FIVE next to him. WILLIAM towers over
FIVE at about 7 feet tall.
1 WILLIAM: MY
PEOPLE LIVED ON AN ISLAND CONTINENT SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO. OUR TECHNOLOGY WAS MORE ADVANCED THAN YOUR
PEOPLE’S TECHNOLOGY AT THIS MOMENT, A THOUSAND YEARS AGO. I’VE USED THIS TECHNOLOGY TO STAY YOUNG. THE SAME NANITES THAT HEAL YOUR WOUNDS AND
KEEP YOUR SYNTHETIC SYSTEMS IN SYNCH WITH YOUR ORGANIC ARE THE SAME ONES IN MY
BLOODSTREAM. I USED A DIFFERENT STRAIN
OF NANITES TO AGE YOU TO YOUR PHYSICAL PRIME IN A YEAR’S TIME. THERE WERE OTHER PROCEDURES THAT I USED TO
BRING YOU BACK TO LIFE AND TURN YOU INTO MY FIFTH CYBERNETIC PROTOTYPE… WE
DON’T HAVE TIME FOR ME TO GO INTO DETAIL, BUT THAT’S WHERE YOUR 3 YEARS WENT.
2 FIVE: THEN
WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE OF THIS CIVILIZATION?
I WASN’T GREAT AT HISTORY, BUT I THINK I WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT.
Panel 2. The two are walking down the
hall to another room. The hall is silver metal and very bland. The angle of the
panel is from the front with both characters in frame.
1 WILLIAM: WE
WERE ISOLATIONISTS. WE WERE AFRAID OF
THE PRIMITIVE OUTERWORLD. THE CONTINENT
IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WAS A FOURTH OF THE SIZE OF AUSTRALIA.
Panel 3. Close-up on WILLIAM.
1 WILLIAM: A
VIRUS SWEPT THROUGH MY HOME. IT KILLED
MOST OF THE POPULATION WHILST I WORKED ON A CURE. BY THE TIME I CAME OUT OF MY LAB ALL WERE
DEAD OR TO FAR ALONG TO SAVE. I WAS
SAVED BY STAYING IN MY LAB FOR WEEKS ON END.
PAGE EIGHT (2 panels)
Panel 1. A view of Biodisia can be
seen from above in a flashback like panel.
The island has some sparsely spaced towns here and there. The structures look ancient in design, but
with futuristic materials. Further definition needed.
1 FIVE: WHERE IS THE ISLAND
NOW?
2 WILLIAM: I
DISINTEGRATED IT SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO WITH A STRAIN OF NANITES. I SIMULTANEOUSLY WORKED ON A MOBILE
ARTIFICIAL ISLAND COMPLEX IN THE ANTARCTIC WHERE WE ARE NOW. I BUILT A HOVER
TRANSPORT TO GO IN BETWEEN THE TWO LOCATIONS.
Panel 2. Biodisia is about half the size it was,
having been slowly pulled apart by the nanites.
This process took decades, so the island should have the lower half
missing, but looking like it’s a gradual process.
1 WILLIAM: I
USED THE LAST BATCH OF NANITES TO DISINTEGRATE WHERE MY HOUSE WAS AS I LEFT FOR
MY NEW HOME. A MASKING DEVICE KEEPS ME
HIDDEN FROM PRYING EYES AND THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE ISLAND COMES IN HANDY AS
WELL. ALL EVIDENCE IS EITHER PULLED
APART AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL OR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
PAGE NINE (4 panels)
Panel 1. FIVE and WILLIAM are walking
through the doors into the new room. The
view is from the side facing FIVE. NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 2. FOUR in the middle of the
room with WILLIAM and FIVE approaching him.
The view is from above. FOUR’S
kinetic panels are not lit up yet. The
room has a glacier-esque environment in the same vein as the forest environment
of the other room. The bottom is covered
in ice, but the walls are metal with ice climbing its way up about five feet.
1 WILLIAM: THIS IS YOUR FINAL TEST.
2 FIVE: ANOTHER
SYNTH? WHAT IS THIS THE FOURTH ONE?
Panel 3. Close-up on FOUR’S helmet. His eye lenses are lit up.
1 WILLIAM: PROTOTYPE
004. KILL CYBERNETIC PROTOTYPE 005.
Panel 4. FOUR’S stabilizers and
boosters are lit up blue as he rushes forward, flying just above the
ground. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE TEN (4 panels)
Panel 1. The view is from above. WILLIAM is walking backward to avoid getting
caught in the middle. FIVE is on guard
with his wrist blade extended.
1 KYLE (narration box) I
HAD A LITTLE REST AT THIS POINT, BUT I WAS STILL AT BIT OF A DISADVANTAGE. NOT TO MENTION THE MORE SEVERE DAMAGE TO MY
SYNTHETIC SYSTEMS HAD TO BE REPAIRED MANUALLY.
Panel 2. FOUR’S wrist blades are
extended at this point and swiping at FIVE with his left hand. FIVE is dodging backward to avoid the attack.
1 KYLE (narration box) I
BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT THIS SYNTH WAS SMARTER THAN THE OTHERS. HE HAD NO PATTERN TO HIS ATTACKS AND
MOVEMENT.
Panel 3. FIVE is punching FOUR with his right hand
(organic) in the chest. FOUR is falling
back with the blow. NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 4. FIVE is flying up into the
air with his boosters and stabilizers lit up. FIVE has his energy blaster
raised up and is aiming it at FOUR.
1 KYLE(narration box) I
NEEDED TO GAIN AN ADVANTAGE AND QUICK.
TAKING TO THE AIR SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME.
PAGE ELEVEN (3 panels)
Panel 1. FIVE is firing a blue kinetic
blast (which looks like ball of blue light, think photon torpedoes in Star
Trek); the view is from the side with the light illuminating things around
FIVE.
1 KYLE (narration box) KINETIC BLAST.
Panel 2. FOUR is dodging the blast
with the blast sparking up the floor as it hits.
1 KYLE (narration box) I MISSED. OF COURSE.
Panel 3. FIVE is blocking a swipe FOUR
had made at his head with his own wrist blade.
Sparks fly as the two blades meet, but not from the metal. The two
blades are surrounded in a kinetic field (kinetic energy is the energy of
motion, so a force is emanated out from the blades when they are lit up
blue). The two are suspended in mid air.
NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE TWELVE (5 panels)
Panel 1. Close-up on FIVE’s right hand
grabbing FOUR’s left hand.
1 KYLE (narration box) I WASN’T GIVING UP.
Panel 2. FIVE pulls FOUR into to head
butt his helmet. This dents both helmets
and cracks FOUR’S left eye piece. NO DIALOGUE
Panel 3. FIVE turns off his boosters
and is below FOUR. The view is from the
side. FIVE is aiming his energy
blaster. NO DIALOGUE
Panel 4. FOUR has both of his hands held up. Two energy blasters have popped up out of the
top of his wrists. They are both firing red
energy blasts.
1 KYLE (narration box) HEAT
BLASTS. THEY TAKE A BIT OF TIME TO
CHARGE UP, BUT IF I GAVE IT LONG ENOUGH…
IT’LL BUILD UP ENOUGH POWER TO MELT A HOLE RIGHT THROUGH ME.
Panel 5. FIVE is
taking a heat blast in the shoulder, while dodging the other one. The section
that’s hit is melted somewhat, like the blast heated up the
surface, but couldn’t pierce all of the
way through.
1 KYLE WHOA! I NEED TO END THIS…
PAGE THIRTEEN (2 panels)
Panel 1. The angle is so KYLE’S blaster
is facing into the panel. Orange light
is coming out of the blaster. FIVE is
using his right arm to stabilize his blasting arm.
1 KYLE (narration box) I
WAS GOING TO DESTROY IT. I WOULDN’T LET
IT KILL ME AFTER I WAS BROUGHT BACK. I
WASN’T GOING TO DIE AGAIN.
Panel 2. The view is from behind
FOUR. FOUR is crossing his arms to block
the blast he couldn’t avoid. An orange
energy explosion is pushing him back with FIVE still aiming at him in the
background. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE FOURTEEN (2 panels)
Panel 1. FIVE is on the ground now
looking up at the damaged FOUR. FOUR is
in the distance, but is smoking from the previous attack. FOUR’S armor is damaged. The stabilizer panels on his left shoulder
and right arm are cracked, but still glowing and at least partially
operational. FOUR is on one knee as he
lands.
1 KYLE (narration box) I
KNEW THAT THESE LOW LEVEL EXPLOSIVE BLASTS WEREN’T GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE.
Panel 2. FOUR lands on his feet. The view is from the front with a closer look
at the damage he took from the explosive blast.
There are some scorched sections and dents on top of the cracked panels
and eye lens.
1 KYLE (narration box) ALL OR NOTHING.
PAGE FIFTEEN (2 panels)
Panel 1. Close-up on FIVE’S blaster
with an orange glow coming out of it If
you haven’t noticed each type of energy blast has a unique color. NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 2. FIVE and FOUR are running at each other. The view is from the side. FIVE has his bladed hand up in the defense
position. FOUR’S hands are behind him as
he sprints. FOUR’S wrist blades are
fully extended.
1 KYLE(narration box) I
KNEW THAT THIS WAS RECKLESS. THAT I
SHOULD HAVE TRIED TO KEEP MY DISTANCE, BUT I NEEDED FOUR TO NOT BE EXPECTING MY
NEXT MOVE. KEEP HIM GUESSING.
PAGE SIXTEEN (3 panels)
Panel 1. FOUR is throwing an overhead
downward arching roundhouse while FIVE ducks it. NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 2. FIVE is kicking FOUR’S ankles out from under
him. NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 3. FOUR brings his wrist blades
down to the ground to try to impale FIVE.
FOUR’S right wrist blade punctures FIVE’S left shoulder. Blood is coming out of the wound. The right hand (KYLE’S left) is being held at
the wrist to keep the blade from stabbing FIVE’S face as well. There is a scratch down the front of the mask
ending at the tip of the blade. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE SEVENTEEN (2 panels)
Panel 1. The view is from the side. The situation is the same as before, except
that FIVE’S other hand has his wrist blade retracted and the blaster
extended. The energy blaster is pointed
at FOUR’S stomach
1 KYLE (narration box) HE
NEEDED TO THINK HE WAS WINNING. THAT HE
WAS GOING TO KILL ME WITHOUT A DOUBT.
Panel 2. The same view, but an explosion is in between
the two, separating them.
1 KYLE (narration box) I WAS HOPING IT WOULDN’T
KILL BOTH OF US.
PAGE EIGHTEEN (3 panels)
Panel 1. FIVE is on his back smoking,
but sitting up slightly. Ice chunks are
falling all around and the ground is melted and cracked around FIVE. NO
DIALOGUE.
Panel 2. FOUR lands in the background
on his back. FIVE is still in the foreground turning his head in FOUR’S
direction. Ice chunks are still falling.
NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 3. FIVE is getting up. He is on one knee and is using his fist to
prop himself up. Some of the mesh from
his right arm has become disconnected from the armor and is hanging
freely. This exposes portions of his
organic arm. FIVE’S right eye lens is
cracked as well as some of his stabilizer circles/panels. His is scorched and looks to have trouble
forcing himself to his feet.
1 KYLE (narration box) I
HADN’T BUILT UP THE EXPLOSIVE BLAST LONG ENOUGH TO FINISH THE JOB. IF I HAD, WE’D BOTH BE DEAD. IT CONNECTED WITH THE IMPACT POINT AND
THEREFORE, TOOK MORE DAMAGE.
PAGE NINETEEN (2 panels)
Panel 1. Same view as the previous
panel, but FIVE is on his feet walking toward FOUR’S body. FIVE’S wrist blade
is not extended. What can be seen of
FOUR is far worse than FIVE’S damage.
None of his kinetic panels are lit up, most are cracked. Parts of his armor are littered around his
body. None of his skin is exposed to
keep the surprise of the last panel. NO
DIALOGUE.
Panel 2. FIVE has his wrist blade
extended. The panel shows the front of
FIVE’S armor from the waist up. FIVE’S
left arm is bent so the wrist blade is in view.
1 KYLE (narration box) THAT’S
WHEN I NOTICED IT. THAT’S WHEN I NOTICED
ITS EYE LENS WAS SHATTERED IN THE BLAST.
PAGE TWENTY (1 panel)
Panel 1. Close-up on FOUR’S mask. A human eye could be seen through the lens
looking at FIVE.
1 KYLE (narration box) THERE
WAS A MAN INSIDE THERE. HE WASN’T A
SYNTHETIC PROTOTYPE. HE WAS LIKE ME.
End of Issue
PAGE ONE (8 panels)
Panel
1. The view is from KYLE’S
perspective. He is in DILBANE JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL. He is approaching the
gymnasium. His vision is a little blurry
around the edges. You can’t see any of
KYLE’S body.
1 KYLE
(narration box, different from the later narration box, this is a present tense
thought box of the non-cybernetic version of the character)
I HAVE TO SEE HER.
I’M… PRETTY SURE…
Panel 2.
KYLE is looking down. His hands are
covered in blood.
1 KYLE
(narration box) I’M
PRETTY SURE I’M GOING TO DIE.
Panel
3. The panel is black, like KYLE went
blind. NO DIALOGUE.
Panel
4. KYLE’S sight is back, but it’s a
little blurrier. He is really close to
the push bars on the gym’s doors. He is
reaching for the door with his blood covered hand.
1 KYLE (narration box) I’M STARTING TO FEEL SLEEPY…
I… DAMN IT. COME ON, KYLE. I JUST NEED TO SEE HER… BEFORE I GO…
Panel 5. KYLE is looking at his feet. There’s blood all over the floor, running
down his legs
and pooling around his shoes.
1 KYLE (narration box) IS ALL OF THAT ME? HOLY SHIT…
Panel 6. KYLE is pushing the door
open. The girls’ gym class is in session. There’s the
teacher and about a dozen girls
playing basketball. IRENE is in the
middle of the group on
defense. They are where DJHS gym clothes (will include
visual reference). NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 7. Everyone looks at KYLE
(aka the reader). They look shocked and
unsure of what to
do. KYLE’S vision is getting blurrier still,
mostly around the edges of the panel.
1 KYLE (narration box) I MADE IT… I CAN’T BELIEVE…
IT…
Panel 8. The panel is twisted on its side. KYLE is falling, so the view should reflect
that. He
is in mid fall, his legs have
given up and his body has fully gone into shock from blood loss.
1 KYLE (narration box) SHIT…
PAGE TWO (4 panels)
Panel 1. The panel is black
again. No Dialogue.
Panel 2. KYLE’S vision is back,
but only the center is clear, everything else is indecipherable.
He sees IRENE holding him up and
crying. She is hysterical. Her face looks like she is scared,
worried and panicked beyond most
people typically get. One of her best friends is bleeding to
death in her arms at the age of
13. Tears are streaming down her
face. There are people in the
blurry haze standing and watching
the scene.
1 KYLE (narration box) I CAN’T HEAR HER. I CAN BARELY SEE. I WISH
SHE LOOKED HAPPIER… BUT… I’M
STILL GLAD.
Panel 3. IRENE’S turning her head away while still
holding KYLE while he looks up at her.
She is closing her eyes
tight. She is hyperventilating from the
stress.
1 KYLE I... NEEDED TO SEE YOU. I WANTED TO BE WITH
YOU WHEN THE END CAME.
Panel
4. The panel goes black one final
time. KYLE has now died. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE THREE (1 panel)
TITLE PAGE: The BulletProof Ghost: The
Trials of Cybernetic Prototype 005
Side Note: The Narration boxes look
different from this point in the story.
This portion is being told by KYLE in the future.
Panel 1. CYBERNETIC PROTOTYPE 005 has
SYNTHETIC PROTOTYPE 003'S(SYNTH 3) wrist blade an inch from his helmet as if
dodging the strike. The panel is tight
on PROTOTYPE 005’s upper body. His armor
is slightly scratched and scorched.
1 KYLE (narration box, past tense, telling the story from
the future)
I
KNEW I COULD TAKE HIM. I TOOK THE FIRST
TWO SYNTHS OUT LIKE THEY WERE NOTHING.
PAGE FOUR (4 panels)
Panel 1. PROTOTYPE FIVE is using his
boosters to hover above the ground while gliding backwards (he’s leaning
backwards). One leg is raised with one of his knees bent. The Boosters and
stabilizers on his body/armor are shining blue light. The environment is like a forest with trees
sparsely spaced out, but the walls are silver metal with some foliage/moss grow
up from the bottom. There is medium height grass covering the ground with
sections dug out or burnt due to the current fighting.
1 KYLE (narration box.) MY
KINETIC BOOSTERS HAVE COME IN HANDY IN THESE FIGHTS. MY MOVEMENTS ARE FLUID WHILE HOVERING.
Panel 2. PROTOTYPE FIVE is flying
toward the panel/reader in a tight shot that shows the SYNTH 3 in pursuit. FIVE is still facing the SYNTH meaning his
back is facing the panel..
1 KYLE (narration box) AS
WELL AS FLYING. SPEEDS APPROACHING AND ABOVE
SOUND. SO SAYS...
Panel 3. WILLIAM is standing with his
arms crossed watching the battle from far away.
1 KYLE (narration box) WILLIAM. MY SO CALLED CREATOR. I KNOW BETTER NOW. I KNOW WHAT KIND OF PERSON HE IS NOW, BUT
THEN I ONLY SUSPECTED.
Panel 4. SYNTH 3 is striking at PROTOTYPE FIVE with
its wrist blade. FIVE is blocking the
strike with his wrist blade.
1 KYLE (narration box) MY
REFLEXES WERE FAST, BUT I WAS BEING WORN DOWN.
I FOUGHT TWO PREVIOUS SYNTHETIC PROTOTYPES FOR WILLIAM'S 'TESTS'. THIS ONE WAS GAINING GROUND DUE TO MY
INJURIES.
PAGE FIVE (6 panels)
Panel 1. PROTOTYPE FIVE'S chest section has a break
(damage) in his armor. A wound can be
seen through the armor. It is bleeding.
1 KYLE (narration box) THE
NANITES, MICROSCOPIC MACHINES, IN MY BLOOD STREAM WERE RECONSTRUCTING MY BODY
AS I WAS INJURED. THOUGH THEY DRAW OFF
MY POWER SOURCE, THE MORE I FIGHT AND BECOME INJURED, THE SLOWER THE NANITES
WORK AS MY SOURCE IS DRAINED.
Panel 2. Same angle, but the wound is
partially healed.
1 KYLE (narration box) THE
SOURCE IS RENEWABLE, BUT ONLY IF I CAN REST.
ONCE IGNITED, MY SOURCE LASTS FOREVER.
Panel 3. This panel is a side view of
the two fighting; still in the strength contest of wrist blades.
1 KYLE (narration box) IT
KNEW I WAS WEAK. IT KNEW IF IT COULD
BREAK THE BLOCK AND THROW ME TO THE GROUND; THE FIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN
DONE. I WOULD THEN BE KILLED. IF I WERE STUPID ENOUGH TO HAVE KEPT FIGHTING
HIM.
Panel 4. Close up on PROTOTYPE FIVE
blocking the strike still.
1 KYLE (narration box) I'M NOT…
Panel 5. FIVE'S energy blaster pops
out of the side of his forearm. Blue
light can be seen from the inside of the barrel.
1 KYLE (narration box) ...STUPID.
Panel 6. The SYNTH'S head is taken off
of its body by the kinetic blast. The
blue blast has already carried the ripped off head about ten feet into the air
in an arcing path. FIVE looks a little
off balance due to the blast (like he’s being pushed back). NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE SIX (5 panels)
Panel 1. FIVE is walking away with the
smoking, falling, headless body of SYNTH THREE in the background. The headless body to leaning to the side as
it falls.
1 FIVE: HOW’S THAT?
Panel 2. WILLIAM is standing with his
hands behind his back walking toward FIVE.
1 WILLIAM: EXCEPTIONAL. BETTER THAN THE OTHERS.
Panel 3. Close-up on WILLIAM’S black
eyes.
1 WILLIAM: THE OTHERS FAILED.
Panel 4. WILLIAM is turned toward a
door in the background. FIVE is walking
next to him.
1 WILLIAM: ONE
MORE TEST AND THEN YOUR REAL TRAINING WILL BEGIN.
Panel 5. Close-up on FIVE’S
helmet.
1 FIVE: SO
YOU’VE TOLD ME WHAT I CAN DO AND HOW I GOT THIS WAY, BUT WHAT’S YOUR STORY? WHERE DID YOU GET THIS TECHNOLOGY? I MEAN I’M SIXTEEN, I THINK, AND I LOOK 25
UNDER THIS ARMOR. I AGED 12 YEARS IN 3
YEARS… WHERE AM I… HOW DID YOU DO THIS TO ME?
PAGE SEVEN (3 panels)
Panel 1. Side view of William with
FIVE next to him. WILLIAM towers over
FIVE at about 7 feet tall.
1 WILLIAM: MY
PEOPLE LIVED ON AN ISLAND CONTINENT SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO. OUR TECHNOLOGY WAS MORE ADVANCED THAN YOUR
PEOPLE’S TECHNOLOGY AT THIS MOMENT, A THOUSAND YEARS AGO. I’VE USED THIS TECHNOLOGY TO STAY YOUNG. THE SAME NANITES THAT HEAL YOUR WOUNDS AND
KEEP YOUR SYNTHETIC SYSTEMS IN SYNCH WITH YOUR ORGANIC ARE THE SAME ONES IN MY
BLOODSTREAM. I USED A DIFFERENT STRAIN
OF NANITES TO AGE YOU TO YOUR PHYSICAL PRIME IN A YEAR’S TIME. THERE WERE OTHER PROCEDURES THAT I USED TO
BRING YOU BACK TO LIFE AND TURN YOU INTO MY FIFTH CYBERNETIC PROTOTYPE… WE
DON’T HAVE TIME FOR ME TO GO INTO DETAIL, BUT THAT’S WHERE YOUR 3 YEARS WENT.
2 FIVE: THEN
WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE OF THIS CIVILIZATION?
I WASN’T GREAT AT HISTORY, BUT I THINK I WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT.
Panel 2. The two are walking down the
hall to another room. The hall is silver metal and very bland. The angle of the
panel is from the front with both characters in frame.
1 WILLIAM: WE
WERE ISOLATIONISTS. WE WERE AFRAID OF
THE PRIMITIVE OUTERWORLD. THE CONTINENT
IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WAS A FOURTH OF THE SIZE OF AUSTRALIA.
Panel 3. Close-up on WILLIAM.
1 WILLIAM: A
VIRUS SWEPT THROUGH MY HOME. IT KILLED
MOST OF THE POPULATION WHILST I WORKED ON A CURE. BY THE TIME I CAME OUT OF MY LAB ALL WERE
DEAD OR TO FAR ALONG TO SAVE. I WAS
SAVED BY STAYING IN MY LAB FOR WEEKS ON END.
PAGE EIGHT (2 panels)
Panel 1. A view of Biodisia can be
seen from above in a flashback like panel.
The island has some sparsely spaced towns here and there. The structures look ancient in design, but
with futuristic materials. Further definition needed.
1 FIVE: WHERE IS THE ISLAND
NOW?
2 WILLIAM: I
DISINTEGRATED IT SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO WITH A STRAIN OF NANITES. I SIMULTANEOUSLY WORKED ON A MOBILE
ARTIFICIAL ISLAND COMPLEX IN THE ANTARCTIC WHERE WE ARE NOW. I BUILT A HOVER
TRANSPORT TO GO IN BETWEEN THE TWO LOCATIONS.
Panel 2. Biodisia is about half the size it was,
having been slowly pulled apart by the nanites.
This process took decades, so the island should have the lower half
missing, but looking like it’s a gradual process.
1 WILLIAM: I
USED THE LAST BATCH OF NANITES TO DISINTEGRATE WHERE MY HOUSE WAS AS I LEFT FOR
MY NEW HOME. A MASKING DEVICE KEEPS ME
HIDDEN FROM PRYING EYES AND THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE ISLAND COMES IN HANDY AS
WELL. ALL EVIDENCE IS EITHER PULLED
APART AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL OR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
PAGE NINE (4 panels)
Panel 1. FIVE and WILLIAM are walking
through the doors into the new room. The
view is from the side facing FIVE. NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 2. FOUR in the middle of the
room with WILLIAM and FIVE approaching him.
The view is from above. FOUR’S
kinetic panels are not lit up yet. The
room has a glacier-esque environment in the same vein as the forest environment
of the other room. The bottom is covered
in ice, but the walls are metal with ice climbing its way up about five feet.
1 WILLIAM: THIS IS YOUR FINAL TEST.
2 FIVE: ANOTHER
SYNTH? WHAT IS THIS THE FOURTH ONE?
Panel 3. Close-up on FOUR’S helmet. His eye lenses are lit up.
1 WILLIAM: PROTOTYPE
004. KILL CYBERNETIC PROTOTYPE 005.
Panel 4. FOUR’S stabilizers and
boosters are lit up blue as he rushes forward, flying just above the
ground. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE TEN (4 panels)
Panel 1. The view is from above. WILLIAM is walking backward to avoid getting
caught in the middle. FIVE is on guard
with his wrist blade extended.
1 KYLE (narration box) I
HAD A LITTLE REST AT THIS POINT, BUT I WAS STILL AT BIT OF A DISADVANTAGE. NOT TO MENTION THE MORE SEVERE DAMAGE TO MY
SYNTHETIC SYSTEMS HAD TO BE REPAIRED MANUALLY.
Panel 2. FOUR’S wrist blades are
extended at this point and swiping at FIVE with his left hand. FIVE is dodging backward to avoid the attack.
1 KYLE (narration box) I
BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT THIS SYNTH WAS SMARTER THAN THE OTHERS. HE HAD NO PATTERN TO HIS ATTACKS AND
MOVEMENT.
Panel 3. FIVE is punching FOUR with his right hand
(organic) in the chest. FOUR is falling
back with the blow. NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 4. FIVE is flying up into the
air with his boosters and stabilizers lit up. FIVE has his energy blaster
raised up and is aiming it at FOUR.
1 KYLE(narration box) I
NEEDED TO GAIN AN ADVANTAGE AND QUICK.
TAKING TO THE AIR SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME.
PAGE ELEVEN (3 panels)
Panel 1. FIVE is firing a blue kinetic
blast (which looks like ball of blue light, think photon torpedoes in Star
Trek); the view is from the side with the light illuminating things around
FIVE.
1 KYLE (narration box) KINETIC BLAST.
Panel 2. FOUR is dodging the blast
with the blast sparking up the floor as it hits.
1 KYLE (narration box) I MISSED. OF COURSE.
Panel 3. FIVE is blocking a swipe FOUR
had made at his head with his own wrist blade.
Sparks fly as the two blades meet, but not from the metal. The two
blades are surrounded in a kinetic field (kinetic energy is the energy of
motion, so a force is emanated out from the blades when they are lit up
blue). The two are suspended in mid air.
NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE TWELVE (5 panels)
Panel 1. Close-up on FIVE’s right hand
grabbing FOUR’s left hand.
1 KYLE (narration box) I WASN’T GIVING UP.
Panel 2. FIVE pulls FOUR into to head
butt his helmet. This dents both helmets
and cracks FOUR’S left eye piece. NO DIALOGUE
Panel 3. FIVE turns off his boosters
and is below FOUR. The view is from the
side. FIVE is aiming his energy
blaster. NO DIALOGUE
Panel 4. FOUR has both of his hands held up. Two energy blasters have popped up out of the
top of his wrists. They are both firing red
energy blasts.
1 KYLE (narration box) HEAT
BLASTS. THEY TAKE A BIT OF TIME TO
CHARGE UP, BUT IF I GAVE IT LONG ENOUGH…
IT’LL BUILD UP ENOUGH POWER TO MELT A HOLE RIGHT THROUGH ME.
Panel 5. FIVE is
taking a heat blast in the shoulder, while dodging the other one. The section
that’s hit is melted somewhat, like the blast heated up the
surface, but couldn’t pierce all of the
way through.
1 KYLE WHOA! I NEED TO END THIS…
PAGE THIRTEEN (2 panels)
Panel 1. The angle is so KYLE’S blaster
is facing into the panel. Orange light
is coming out of the blaster. FIVE is
using his right arm to stabilize his blasting arm.
1 KYLE (narration box) I
WAS GOING TO DESTROY IT. I WOULDN’T LET
IT KILL ME AFTER I WAS BROUGHT BACK. I
WASN’T GOING TO DIE AGAIN.
Panel 2. The view is from behind
FOUR. FOUR is crossing his arms to block
the blast he couldn’t avoid. An orange
energy explosion is pushing him back with FIVE still aiming at him in the
background. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE FOURTEEN (2 panels)
Panel 1. FIVE is on the ground now
looking up at the damaged FOUR. FOUR is
in the distance, but is smoking from the previous attack. FOUR’S armor is damaged. The stabilizer panels on his left shoulder
and right arm are cracked, but still glowing and at least partially
operational. FOUR is on one knee as he
lands.
1 KYLE (narration box) I
KNEW THAT THESE LOW LEVEL EXPLOSIVE BLASTS WEREN’T GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE.
Panel 2. FOUR lands on his feet. The view is from the front with a closer look
at the damage he took from the explosive blast.
There are some scorched sections and dents on top of the cracked panels
and eye lens.
1 KYLE (narration box) ALL OR NOTHING.
PAGE FIFTEEN (2 panels)
Panel 1. Close-up on FIVE’S blaster
with an orange glow coming out of it If
you haven’t noticed each type of energy blast has a unique color. NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 2. FIVE and FOUR are running at each other. The view is from the side. FIVE has his bladed hand up in the defense
position. FOUR’S hands are behind him as
he sprints. FOUR’S wrist blades are
fully extended.
1 KYLE(narration box) I
KNEW THAT THIS WAS RECKLESS. THAT I
SHOULD HAVE TRIED TO KEEP MY DISTANCE, BUT I NEEDED FOUR TO NOT BE EXPECTING MY
NEXT MOVE. KEEP HIM GUESSING.
PAGE SIXTEEN (3 panels)
Panel 1. FOUR is throwing an overhead
downward arching roundhouse while FIVE ducks it. NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 2. FIVE is kicking FOUR’S ankles out from under
him. NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 3. FOUR brings his wrist blades
down to the ground to try to impale FIVE.
FOUR’S right wrist blade punctures FIVE’S left shoulder. Blood is coming out of the wound. The right hand (KYLE’S left) is being held at
the wrist to keep the blade from stabbing FIVE’S face as well. There is a scratch down the front of the mask
ending at the tip of the blade. NO DIALOGUE.
PAGE SEVENTEEN (2 panels)
Panel 1. The view is from the side. The situation is the same as before, except
that FIVE’S other hand has his wrist blade retracted and the blaster
extended. The energy blaster is pointed
at FOUR’S stomach
1 KYLE (narration box) HE
NEEDED TO THINK HE WAS WINNING. THAT HE
WAS GOING TO KILL ME WITHOUT A DOUBT.
Panel 2. The same view, but an explosion is in between
the two, separating them.
1 KYLE (narration box) I WAS HOPING IT WOULDN’T
KILL BOTH OF US.
PAGE EIGHTEEN (3 panels)
Panel 1. FIVE is on his back smoking,
but sitting up slightly. Ice chunks are
falling all around and the ground is melted and cracked around FIVE. NO
DIALOGUE.
Panel 2. FOUR lands in the background
on his back. FIVE is still in the foreground turning his head in FOUR’S
direction. Ice chunks are still falling.
NO DIALOGUE.
Panel 3. FIVE is getting up. He is on one knee and is using his fist to
prop himself up. Some of the mesh from
his right arm has become disconnected from the armor and is hanging
freely. This exposes portions of his
organic arm. FIVE’S right eye lens is
cracked as well as some of his stabilizer circles/panels. His is scorched and looks to have trouble
forcing himself to his feet.
1 KYLE (narration box) I
HADN’T BUILT UP THE EXPLOSIVE BLAST LONG ENOUGH TO FINISH THE JOB. IF I HAD, WE’D BOTH BE DEAD. IT CONNECTED WITH THE IMPACT POINT AND
THEREFORE, TOOK MORE DAMAGE.
PAGE NINETEEN (2 panels)
Panel 1. Same view as the previous
panel, but FIVE is on his feet walking toward FOUR’S body. FIVE’S wrist blade
is not extended. What can be seen of
FOUR is far worse than FIVE’S damage.
None of his kinetic panels are lit up, most are cracked. Parts of his armor are littered around his
body. None of his skin is exposed to
keep the surprise of the last panel. NO
DIALOGUE.
Panel 2. FIVE has his wrist blade
extended. The panel shows the front of
FIVE’S armor from the waist up. FIVE’S
left arm is bent so the wrist blade is in view.
1 KYLE (narration box) THAT’S
WHEN I NOTICED IT. THAT’S WHEN I NOTICED
ITS EYE LENS WAS SHATTERED IN THE BLAST.
PAGE TWENTY (1 panel)
Panel 1. Close-up on FOUR’S mask. A human eye could be seen through the lens
looking at FIVE.
1 KYLE (narration box) THERE
WAS A MAN INSIDE THERE. HE WASN’T A
SYNTHETIC PROTOTYPE. HE WAS LIKE ME.
End of Issue
