Original Linear Issue #6

PAGE ONE (five panels)

Panel 1. KYLE is sitting on KEVIN’S roof.  He is in full armor, helmet and everything.  He is leaning on one bent knee.  The other leg is bent out straight.  The area around him is really dark due to him expanding his masking device to conceal his presence.

1 KYLE (narration box)                                 I ARRIVED HERE FOUR HOURS AGO.  I… I DIDN’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING.  I NEEDED TO REFLECT ON EVERYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED.

Panel 2.  The color of the panel has a blue overlay, like in the previous flashbacks.  KYLE is being stabbed in his child form.  Possible usage of murder in Issue 2.

1 KYLE(narration box)                                  MY MURDER.

Panel 3.  Blue.  KYLE is training against the Synths and FOUR in a dual gradient.

1 KYLE(narration box)                                  MY RESURRECTION.

Panel 4.  Blue.  KYLE killing NICK and the others.

1 KYLE (narration box)                                 MY FAILURE.

Panel 5.  Close up on KYLE’S helmet.

1 KYLE (narration box)                                 MY DECEPTION.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE TWO (six panels)

Panel 1.  Close up on KYLE’S face, no helmet.  KYLE is lying on his back on KEVIN’S couch.  Though this is technically a flashback.  This is something that hasn’t been seen yet, so there shouldn’t be a blue filter or anything.

FOUR HOURS AGO

1 KYLE(narration box)                                  FOUR LAID EVERYTHING OUT TO KEVIN, AL, AND IRENE.  MY DEATH.  WILLIAM.  EVERYTHING.  I TOLD HIM TO.

Panel 2.  KEVIN is sitting on the chair across from the couch.  His head is in his hands. 

1 KEVIN:                                                       SO… THIS GUY SAID HE WAS FROM A HUMAN SOCIETY MORE ADVANCED THAN US NOW… A THOUSAND YEARS AGO.  THEY WERE WIPED OUT BY A VIRUS?

2 FOUR:                                                         THAT WAS HIS ORIGINAL EXPLANATION. 

3 KYLE:                                                         HE WAS LYING?

Panel 3.  KYLE is looking at FOUR.

1 KYLE:                                                         WHAT’S THE REAL STORY?  WHY WERE WE TORN APART AND PUT BACK TOGETHER IN THIS TWISTED FORM OF METAL AND FLESH?  WHY AM I A FREAK?

2 IRENE:                                                        KYLE…

 

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Panel 4.  FOUR is standing up and walking around.  Everyone in the room is looking at him.

1 FOUR:                                                         WILLIAM WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT HIS REAL NAME.  HIS REAL NAME IS KINTAXIN.  KINTAXIN WAS A PART OF AN ADVANCED SECTION OF THE HUMAN RACE.  THAT MUCH WAS TRUE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE THREE (one panel)

Panel 1.  A montage of Biodisians killing each other, a bomb going off, an island, and KINTAXIN’S reptilian face is split down the middle with his human face.

1 FOUR:                                                         HE CALLED THEM BIODISIANS.  BEFORE KINTAXIN WAS BORN OVER EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A WAR.  THEY LIVED ON AN ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.  THEY WERE ISOLATIONISTS AND HAD NO INTEREST IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD.  THEY STAYED ON THEIR ISLAND, BUT A REBEL GROUP WANTED TO LEAVE THE ISLAND. THEY WERE DENIED THE TRANSPORTATION BY THE GOVERNING FORCES OF THE ISLAND.

THIS ESCALATED INTO A CIVIL WAR.  THE REBEL GROUP SET OF A ‘BIO-BOMB’ OF SOME SORT.  THIS DESTROYED HALF THE ISLAND AND KILLED THREE FOURTHS OF THE POPULATION.  KINTAXIN THINKS THAT THEY STOLE THE WEAPON AND DIDN’T KNOW THE DESTRUCTIVE CAPACITY OF IT.

THIS BOMB MADE ALL OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIODISE STERILE.  USING GENETIC MANIPULATION AND USING ANIMAL DNA, SPECIFICALLY REPTILIAN DNA, THEY BOOSTED THE REGENERATION RATE THAT CERTAIN REPTILIANS AND CERTAIN INVERTEBRATES HAVE TO RESTORE THEIR REPRODUCTIVE CAPACITY.  THIS GAVE THEM A REPTILIAN-LIKE APPEARANCE.  WILLIAM’S NORMAL FORM IS A HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION THAT SURROUNDS HIS BODY.

KINTAXIN WAS BORN AFTER THIS.  ONLY FIFTY BIODISIANS WERE ALIVE IN HIS LIFETIME.  AGAINST KINTAXIN’S WILL THE ELDERS OF BIODISE DECIDED TO UNITE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD AROUND THE YEAR 1443.  THEY BROUGHT REPRESENTATIVES FROM MANY COUNTRIES TO THE ISLAND.  USING THE HOLOGRAMS TO MASK THEIR APPEARANCE, THEY BROUGHT ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE TO THE ISLAND.

UPON SEEING THE TRUE FORMS OF THE BIODISIANS, THE REPRESENTATIVES BECAME AFRAID OF THEM. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE FOUR (three panels)

Panel 1.  Close up on KYLE.

1 KYLE:                                                         THEY KILLED KINTAXIN’S PEOPLE.

Panel 2. Close up on FOUR’S face. 

1 FOUR:                                                         THEY WERE AFRAID.  THEY CALLED THE BIODISIANS DEMONS.  THERE WERE NO MORE WEAPONS DUE TO THEM BEING OUTLAWED AFTER THE BIO-BOMB INCIDENT.  KINTAXIN ARRIVED AS THE LAST TWO BIODISIANS WERE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES.  KINTAXIN HAD SECRETLY MADE A RIFLE VERSION OF OUR ENERGY BLASTERS. 

2 KYLE:                                                         THAT’S IT THEN.  THAT EXPLAINS IT.  HE WANTED US TO AVENGE HIS PEOPLE.  TO ENSLAVE OR DESTROY THE REST OF HUMANITY.

Panel 3. KINTAXIN is sitting at his computer station.  He is in his reptilian form.  His head is  slumped down nearly on the console.  He looks sad and lost.

FOUR (narration box)                                    KINTAXIN KILLED ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES AND DESTROYED THEIR SHIP.

KINTAXIN:                                                   I’M SORRY INJAH.  I COULDN’T AVENGE THEM.  I FAILED.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE FIVE (two panels)

Panel 1. KYLE is sitting up on the couch now.  His head is in his hands now. 

1 KYLE:                                                         THIS… I CAN’T EVEN BELIEVE HE EXPECTED US TO WAGE WAR ON THE WHOLE WORLD.

2 FOUR:                                                         IF ONE OF US LED AN ARMY OF SYNTHETIC PROTOTYPES.  THAT COULD BE A SIMPLE MATTER.  THE SYNTHS AREN’T PARTICULARLY SMART.

3 KYLE:                                                         THAT’S WHY HE NEEDED US. 

Panel 2. FOUR looks into the panel looking very serious.    

1 FOUR:                                                         THERE’S MORE.

Panel 3. FOUR is standing looking straight at KYLE.

1 FOUR:                                                         I KNOW THAT WHEN YOUR KILLERS CORNERED YOU THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO REVEAL THEIR DRUG ADDICTION TO MAYOR VYLE.  IT WAS KINTAXIN. HE HAD A SYNTH PUT A NOTE IN THEIR LOCKER TO INSTIGATE AN INCIDENT. 

Panel 4.  KYLE is looking into the panel, close up, infuriated.

1 KYLE:                                                         HE GOT ME KILLED.  WILLIAM.  GODDAMN IT.  GODDAMN HIM! WHY DID HE CHOOSE ME?  WHY?

Panel 5. FOUR is looking down at KYLE.

2 FOUR:                                                         KINTAXIN HAS A SLIGHT TELEPATHIC ABILITY.  HE CAN SENSE INTENSE EMOTIONS. THE DAY THAT YOU WERE BEATEN UP OUTSIDE OF THE GROCERY STORE HE NOTICED YOUR ANGER.  HE BECAME INTRIGUED.  WE HAVE SAFE GUARDS AGAINST THAT IN OUR CURRENT FORMS, EVEN UNDER EMOTIONAL STRESS; THOUGH I WOULD ASK YOUR FRIENDS TO KEEP THEIR EMOTIONS IN CHECK TO KEEP KINTAXIN FROM NOTICING THEM. 

Panel 6. KYLE is reaching for his helmet.

1 FOUR:                                                         I’M GOING TO MASK MY PRESENCE AND SEE IF THE POLICE AND OTHER INVESTIGATORS ARE EVEN COMING CLOSE TO DECIPHERING WHAT HAPPENED.

2 KYLE:                                                         I’LL STAY HERE I SUPPOSE.  IF THAT’S OK?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE SIX (four panels)

Panel 1. KYLE has his helmet on now.  KYLE is standing up and looking at KEVIN.

1 KEVIN:                                                       OF COURSE.  THAT’S FINE… MORE THAN FINE.  WHAT IF THE POLICE SHOW UP OR SOMETHING.  I MEAN THEY COULDN’T POSSIBLY KNOW, BUT…

2 KYLE:                                                         THEY WON’T SEE ME. DON’T WORRY.

Panel 2. KYLE is walking towards the spare bedroom.  NO DIALOGUE.

Panel 3.  KEVIN is looking at FOUR.  KEVIN is standing up.  AL and IRENE are still sitting.

1 KEVIN:                                                       IS HE GOING TO BE OK?  I KNOW THAT’S A STUPID QUESTION, BUT…

2 FOUR:                                                         I DON’T KNOW.  EXCUSE ME.  I’LL BE BACK IN APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS.

Panel 4.  FOUR is gone.  IRENE is looking at AL.  AL looks exhausted and in pain.

1 IRENE:                                                        AFTER ALL THAT’S HAPPENED I FORGOT TO ASK YOU IF YOU’RE ALRIGHT.

2 AL:                                                               I THINK TWO OF MY RIBS ARE CRACKED.  I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT FIRST AID TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.  GOING TO THE HOSPITAL WOULD ONLY DRAW ATTENTION TO US.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE SEVEN (five panels)

Panel 1.  KYLE is sitting on the roof as in the beginning of the issue.

1 Narration box:                                              NOW.

2 KYLE (Narration box)                                NOW WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?

Panel 2.  IRENE is climbing out of the window near KYLE.  She is looking around in confusion.

1 IRENE:                                                        ARE… ARE YOU OUT HERE?

2 KYLE:                                                         JUST MOVE TO YOUR LEFT A COUPLE OF STEPS.

Panel 3.  IRENE looks surprised as she walks into the masking field.  Everything around her goes darker and KYLE is sitting on the roof in front of her.  The masking field has about a ten foot diameter.

1 IRENE:                                                        OH… IT’S DARK IN HERE.  IS IT HARD FOR YOU TO MAKE US INVISIBLE?

2 KYLE:                                                         AS LONG AS WERE NOT MOVING AROUND A LOT.  THE ADJUSTMENTS EAT UP A LOT OF POWER.  THAT’S WHY IT’S HARD TO FIGHT WHILE MASKED.  MAPPING A LINEAR PATH LIKE FLYING IS SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.

Panel 4.  IRENE is sitting next to the full armored KYLE.  She is looking down at her feet.

1 IRENE:                                                        YOU’VE BEEN OUT HERE FOR A WHILE.

2 KYLE:                                                         I’VE BEEN THINKING.  ABOUT EVERYTHING.

Panel 5. IRENE is looking over at KYLE now in the same pose.  The panel is tight on IRENE with KYLE not in view.

1 IRENE:                                                        ARE YOU… OKAY?  I KNOW THAT’S KINDA STUPID TO ASK.  I MEAN…

 

 

PAGE EIGHT (three panels)

Panel  1. KYLE is still sitting and looking forward in his helmet.  He is looking into the panel view.

1 KYLE:                                                         I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

2 IRENE:                                                        YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.  I MEAN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF YOU ONLY HAD FOUR TO TALK TO.  HE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE A GREAT CONVERSATIONALIST.

Panel 2.  KYLE is looking over to IRENE.  Both of them are sitting and are in panel view.

1 KYLE:                                                         HIS EMOTIONS ARE SUPPRESSED AND HIS MEMORIES ARE LIMITED TO HIS EXPERIENCES AT KINTAXIN’S BASE.  IT’S NOT HIS FAULT. HE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND.

2 IRENE:                                                        I DO.  JUST TAKE THAT MASK OFF… TALK TO ME.  YOU NEED TO TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT ALL OF THIS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE NINE (two panels)

Panel 1.  Close up on KYLE’S helmet.  Only one eye lens is in view.

1 KYLE:                                                         HOW I FEEL?

Panel 4. IRENE looks saddened and surprised.  Mid-body panel view.  She is still sitting.

1 IRENE:                                                        YEAH… YOU NEED TO JUST TELL ME HOW…

2 KYLE:                                                         SHUT UP.

Panel 2. KYLE is standing up now looking off into the distance.  IRENE is still sitting.  She looks unsure what to do.

1 KYLE:                                                         YOU’VE ALWAYS DONE THIS.  YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED AND WHAT I’M FEELING.  I’M NOT WHO I USED TO BE.  I DON’T NEED ANYTHING. I DON’T NEED YOU.  LEAVE ME ALONE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE TEN (six panels)

Panel 1. KYLE’S masking device has retracted to only cover his body.  IRENE is sitting alone on the roof now. Her head is buried in her knees.  The view is from relatively far away.  NO DIALOGUE.

Panel 2.  FOUR is walking through the doorway in the living room.  KEVIN is looking up from the couch.  AL is sitting on the adjacent chair.  AL has his coat off and looks to be doing a little better.

1 KEVIN:                                                       SO WHAT’S GOING ON AT THE SCHOOL.

2 FOUR:                                                         CHAOS.  THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS HAVE ARRIVED.  THEY HAVE NO RELATIVE CLUE WHAT HAPPENED.  I DOUBT THEY’LL EVER PUT IT TOGETHER IN ALL HONESTY.  THEY ARE CALLING IN A SPECIALIST THAT WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW.  I DO NOT KNOW WHAT SPECIALITY COULD PREPARE A PERSON FOR THE SCENE IN THE SCHOOL, LET ALONE DECIPHER EVEN PART OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

Panel 3.  IRENE is walking down the stairs.  She is looking at FOUR.

1 IRENE:                                                        KYLE IS GONE.  HE LEFT.

2 FOUR:                                                         YES.  HE IS GONE.  HE HAS A TRACKING DEVICE THAT KINTAXIN INSTALLED.  I DIDN’T HAVE A CHANCE TO DEACTIVATE IT, THOUGH I ALTERED THE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT KINTAXIN FROM TRACKING US.  CHANGING THE FREQUENCY IN A WIRELESS MANNER WAS LESS DIFFICULT THAN PHYSICALLY REMOVING IT, WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY TO DEACTIVATE…

2 IRENE:                                                        FOUR…

3 FOUR:                                                         SORRY.

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Panel 4. IRENE is grabbing car keys off the counter near her.

1 IRENE:                                                        WHERE IS HE?

1 FOUR:                                                         IN AN AREA ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO METERS EAST OF HERE.  I COULD GIVE YOU EXACT COORDINATES IF YOU LIKE.

2 IRENE:                                                        I KNOW WHERE HE IS. 

Panel 5. IRENE is out of the room.  FOUR is looking at AL.

1 FOUR:                                                         WHERE IS PROTOTYPE FIVE?

2 AL:                                                               KYLE?

3 FOUR:                                                         YES.

4 AL:                                                               I THINK THAT’S NEAR HIS MOM’S OLD HOUSE.  ISN’T IT?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE ELEVEN (four panels)

Panel 1. IRENE is parking her car on the side of the street near KYLE’S former home.

IRENE (narration box)                                   I’M NOT LETTING HIM DO THIS TO HIMSELF.  HE’S NOT GETTING OUT OF TALKING TO ME THAT EASILY.

Panel 2. IRENE is standing with her hands on her hips.  The view is a mid range/upper body shot.  She looks worried, but trying to be forceful at the same time.  KYLE’S presence is masked and cannot be seen in panel when he speaks.

1 IRENE:                                                        I KNOW YOU’RE HERE.  YOU CAN TALK TO ME OR I’LL JUST TALK TO MYSELF ALL NIGHT.

2 KYLE:                                                         DON’T MOVE.

Panel 3. IRENE has disappeared from where she had been before.  NO DIALOGUE. 

Panel 4. KYLE and IRENE have appeared on top of a building’s roof across the street.  The building looks to be empty; more than likely a closed business.  KYLE is a step away from IRENE.  She is looking around as if she is a little confused.

1 IRENE:                                                        HOLY CRAP…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE TWELVE (five panels)

Panel 1. KYLE walking around IRENE while looking in her direction.  He is still in full armor.

1 KYLE:                                                         WHERE’S MOM?

2 IRENE:                                                        AFTER YOU... DIED.  SHE WAS CRUSHED.  SHE LOST HER JOB.  SHE GOT ADDICTED ON HARD DRUGS FOR A WHILE.  SHE’S DOING BETTER NOW.  SHE JUST NEEDS TO GET BACK ON HER FEET.

Panel 2. KYLE is staring off into the distance, in the opposite direction of IRENE.  The view is still far away.

1 IRENE:                                                        THERE’S OTHER BAD STUFF GOING ON SINCE YOU LEFT.  MY DAD IS PAYING PROTECTION MONEY TO SOME THUGS, FOR HIS STORE.  CRIME HAS GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL.  THE COPS WON’T DO ANYTHING, I’M NOT SURE WHY.  I DIDN’T WANT TO LOAD YOU DOWN WITH ALL OF THIS.

2 KYLE:                                                         I NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS. I…

Panel 3.  KYLE is looking at IRENE.  The view is of a mid body shot. 

1 KYLE:                                                         I’M SORRY.  I…

Panel 4. KYLE falls to one knee.  He is reaching to his helmet.  IRENE is rushing to his side.

1 IRENE:                                                        KYLE!

Panel 5. KYLE’S helmet is on the ground.  NO DIALOGUE.

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE THIRTEEN (three panels)

Panel 1.  KYLE is closing his eyes on one knee.  Tears are coming out of his eyes.  He looks like he’s trying not to cry.  IRENE is on her knee.  She has one hand on his shoulder.

1 KYLE:                                                         I KILLED THEM.  I COULDN’T STOP… I WANTED TO… I.  I’M SORRY I SAID I DIDN’T NEED YOU.  I CAN’T DEAL WITH THIS.  I CAN’T BREATHE.

2 IRENE:                                                        KYLE…

Panel 2. The view is a close up on KYLE.  His stare is intense.  He is angry and sad.

1 KYLE:                                                         I DIDN’T WANT YOU TO SEE ME LIKE THIS.  I LET EVERYTHING FALL APART.  THE TOWN IS A MESS, I MADE MY MOM INTO A JUNKIE, I KILLED FOUR, MAYBE FIVE PEOPLE TODAY, AND ABOVE ALL OF THAT,  I TOOK IT OUT ON YOU.

Panel 3.  IRENE and KYLE are standing up now.  KYLE is turning to the side.  He is trying to get a hold of himself.

1 IRENE:                                                        KYLE.  LOOK AT ME. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE FOURTEEN (two panels)

Panel 1. IRENE is turning KYLE’S head toward her.  He is six inches or so taller than she is.  She is tearing up a bit now too.

1 IRENE:                                                        NONE OF THAT.  NONE OF IT IS YOUR FAULT.  YOU ARE HURTING AND THAT’S NATURAL.  NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH. 

Panel 2. IRENE is holding KYLE’S hand now.  She is trying to comfort him.  The view is from the side.

1 IRENE:                                                        YOU ARE FREE OF THAT MANIAC NOW.  YOU CAN’T HAVE A NORMAL LIFE, BUT YOUR FRIENDS ARE HERE.  YOU WILL NEVER BE ALONE. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE FIFTEEN (two panels)

Panel 1. KYLE is looking at Irene.  They are no longer touching.  The view is from the side.  KYLE looks to be slightly more calm.

KYLE:                                                            I’M A FREAK.  I NEVER EVEN GOT TO GROW UP.

Panel 2.  IRENE is walking towards KYLE.  NO DIALOGUE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE SIXTEEN (one panel)

Panel 1. IRENE is holding KYLE around the neck.  KYLE is hugging IRENE.  He is in full armor except for his helmet being off.  He is this death machine that could destroy armies, but he is bending down hugging this girl; completely dependent on her at this moment.  NO DIALOGUE.