HDC as Superheroes: The story.

[massacre man]

As we commence, I'll set this up.

MAIN CHARACTERS
Renegade aka Vallen Abraxas (Created by __V__}
Momus aka David Artaud (Created by The Return)
Blur aka Wayne Lucas (Created by Massacre Man)
Volpone aka Eric Westward (Created by Doc Faustus)
Red Dynamo aka James Macky (Created by Scouse Mac)

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS
Eidolon aka Gabriel Fret (Created by Ferretchucker)
Jade aka Moira O' Reilly (Created by MissMacabre)
Fera aka Amanda Blank (Created by ChronoGrl)
Brix (Created by Bwind22)
The Dier aka Rikki Lee (Created by The Flayed One)
Baren (Created by Freak)
Noir aka Una Night (Created by Papillon Noir)
Sean Kerr (Created by Despare)
Zombie Man aka Jason Romero (Created by Roshiq)
Gore The Red aka Rob Kokkivoc (Created by Gorephobia)
Haystack aka Charles Robert Redcock (Created by Milktoaste)
AL aka Alan Leczuz (Created by Ferretchucker)
Screech aka Abram Montez (Created by Living Dead Dude)
Rosie The Riveter aka Rosie O'Shea (Created by Doc Faustus)
the Dregs aka Walter Jones (Created by Doc Faustus)
Roland Kassir (Created by Massacre Man)
The Shadow aka Dante Dyson (Created by Dante'sInferno)

If I happened to miss anybody by mistake then let me know. The first installment will be coming soon, it takes place after the Red Dyanmo preview (http://www.horror.com/forum/showpost.php?p=796818&postcount=99) and will be introducing Renegade and Blur, and the return of the Red Dynamo.

[bwind22]

Any chance you could put next to each character in parentheses the screenname of their creator?

[massacre man]

Any chance you could put next to each character in parentheses the screenname of their creator?

Sure thing, sir. I'll get right on it.

[Papillon Noir]

It's Una Night, not Knight. ;)

Glad to see this starting up Massacre Man. :)

[massacre man]

It's Una Night, not Knight. ;)

What the fuck are you talking about? ...;)

[Zero]

what about PRIM8??

[bloody_ribcut]

...or "mr. godfrey jims" aka "Mannaquin".

[massacre man]

what about PRIM8??

I actually have a place for him. ;)

[Zero]

rock!!!!!!!!

[Papillon Noir]

What the fuck are you talking about? ...;)

It's okay, we both know the truth. ;)

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 1

FADE IN:

INT. BLAKE CITY, CERBERUS COMICS - NIGHT

An empty comic book store, the only inhabitant, WAYNE LUCAS, sits behind the counter with a bored expression on his face. He is wearing blue jeans, a red T-shirt. A stack of comic books rest by his elbow, one open in front of him. But this doesn't have his attention, the television does. He's watching the news, speaking of the power outage in Twilight City.

REPORTER (On Television)
The power remains out throughout all of Twilight City, despite the best efforts of the electrical companies. How long will this city be left in the dark?

Wayne watches this and vanishes from behind the counter.

EXT. BLAKE CITY, CERBERUS COMICS - NIGHT

The door to Cerberus Comics slams shut as if somebody had just left but nobody is in sight, the sign in the door has been switched to "CLOSED"

EXT. TWILIGHT CITY, SHOPPING DISTRICT - NIGHT

The city is still cloaked in darkness, with only the light from the full moon to guide it's citizens who have chosen to remain outside. The shopping district, however, is empty. Until several small headlights shine into the store windows. Three men on motorcycles illuminate the insides of the stores with glass in front. They get off of their motorcycles when a familiar face emerges from an alleyway.

RED DYNAMO
Here we are, a city with no police, no alarms, no defense whatsoever! The night is ours, gentlemen!

Red Dynamo picks up one of his swords and chucks it through the window of one of the shops and the bikers run in through the broken window. Macky waits on the street.

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, SHOPPING DISTRICT, SPORTING GOODS STORE - NIGHT

The three bikers scatter through the store, collecting every possible weapon. Bats, Guns, Bows, you name it. One of them is standing at the ammunition when he is pulled into the shadows and emerges with a large slice through his neck. He drops dead. The figure that pulled him in isn't visible. In another part of the store, a second biker is carrying a large amount of baseball bats when he is snatched into the shadows and drops dead from having the back of his head smashed in with one of the bats. The last biker is walking toward the front of the store, in the light of the motorcycle. He walks toward freedom when he's tackled to the ground. We finally get to see who has been doing this, a handsome, dark-skinned man in black leather pants with a black t-shirt and black trenchcoat. A pair of black goggles cover his eyes. His neck and wrists are badly scarred. He has two .45 holsters underneath his forearms. He is holding a bow and arrow, this is RENEGADE.

RENEGADE
You know turning the lights out was a bad idea, right?

BIKER
Let me go!

RENEGADE
Alright. Fair enough.

Renegade stands up, allowing the biker to think he's free. As he's about to get up Renegade STOMPS on his RIBS, smashing them. He pulls back the arrow at point-blank range in front of the biker's face and let's go. The arrow stands straight up and the biker stops moving. The Red Dynamo has seen all of this. Renegade begins to walk toward him. Red Dynamo brings down a bolt of lightning to strike Renegade, but he vanishes into the shadows before being struck. Unsure of a strategy, Red Dynamo turns himself into pure electrical energy and goes into a street light. It shines brightly. Renegade pulls out one of his .45s and shoots the light. The electrical energy runs across the ground toward another light when it vanishes. Several feet to the left Wayne Lucas is holding Red Dynamo up by the shoulders. Wayne notices Renegade emerging from the shadows as if her were part of them.

RENEGADE
That was impressive. Now take him out.

BLUR
Take him out?

RENEGADE
Prevent him from doing this again. Kill him. You'll be doing the city a favor.

BLUR
I can't kill him. I'm going to turn him in to the authorities.

RENEGADE
He killed all of them.

BLUR
Two wrongs don't make a right.

RENEGADE
But justice makes for a better world.

BLUR
That isn't justice.

Red Dynamo manages to slip loose, only to be grabbed by Blur again. Blur then speeds off holding him. He's taking him back to Blake City to jail him there. He makes it to-


INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM - NIGHT

Blur knocks Red Dynamo out and turns him in. They welcome the Dynamo as if he was a regular there. He is placed in a rubber padded room where everyone is kept safe from him. And he's kept safe from Renegade.

EXT. BLAKE CITY INSANDE ASYLUM - NIGHT

Blur exits the asylum and speeds off. Renegade emerges from shadows and looks the building up and down. He turns and walks away from the asylum.

FADE OUT.

[_____V_____]

But justice makes for a better world.

Nice start.

[Doc Faustus]

Excellent start.

[roshiq]

Quite intriguing!:cool:

[The_Return]

Man, that is a badass opening.

Can't wait to see what Momus is up to...

[ferretchucker]

Thoroughly enjoying it so far. I can see this being very fun to keep up with.

[The Flayed One]

Excellent introduction. I hope you don't have too much trouble with Dier. After reading the rest of the characters, he's kind of a Vertigo boy floating about in a Marvel universe.

[GorePhobia]

Awesome stuff so far, MM. I am glad you actually decided to write this. Can't wait to see what you do with the Gore The Red character.

[Doc Faustus]

Excellent introduction. I hope you don't have too much trouble with Dier. After reading the rest of the characters, he's kind of a Vertigo boy floating about in a Marvel universe.

Deadman's been used with great efficacy in the DCU, though.

[massacre man]

Thank you, everyone. The next piece will be posted later tonight or tomorrow afternoon. It will introduce Eric Westward aka Volpone!

[Doc Faustus]

Cool. I'm excited to see what you'll do with the character.

[Papillon Noir]

Great start, Massacre Man! Can't wait to see what you do with my character (and everyone else's too ;) )!

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 2

FADE IN

INT. TWLIGHT CITY, WESTWARD PENTHOUSE - NIGHT

The lights still off around the city, a shaggy-haired man in a maroon suit holding a flashlight wanders blindly through his penthouse. He is leaving a large amount of monitors attached to a control panel shut off by the storm, a metallic fox mask resting on it. This is ERIC WESTWARD, he uses the flashlight to guide him to the door that leads to-

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, WESTWARD PENTHOUSE, BASEMENT - NIGHT

Eric attempts to turn on the generator but it won't start. He gets aggravated.

ERIC
Work!

The generator kicks in and begins to work. He smiles to himself, accomplished. Eric returns upstairs.

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, WESTWARD PENTHOUSE - NIGHT

Eric sits at his control panel, all of the 15 monitors have what appear to be eye-level security camera footage. Eric sets the fox mask back in the drawer by the table, next to the flashlight. One of the "security cameras" in the monitors begins to move as if it's walking. Eric is focused on that screen. He has a night-vision view of the street. The view wanders to an alley.

CUT TO

EXT. TWILIGHT CITY ALLEY - NIGHT

Two large trucks are parked next to each other. Four thugs gather around a man on his knees, bleeding from the nose, both eyes blackened.

THUG #1
You know that because of you Roland had to call in one of his favors to stay out of prison, right?

MAN
I'm sorry! The cops offered me immunity if I talked!

THUG #2
Look what this immunity got ya! Get me a gun outta the truck.

MAN
Please!

THUG #3
Which gun?

THUG #2
Surprise me.

Thug #3 walks back to the truck and puts his hand on the handle of the door when he hears a gunshot then the sound of water quickly freezing over. He looks down and sees his hand frozen to the handle of the door. He shouts when quickly running into the alley is the "security camera" A robotic man, very well-disguised as a human with a revolver in hand. Dressed in a red cloak and cavalier clothing topped off with a red fox mask and a swashbuckler hat. In it's other hand is a hook that it shoots like a grappling hook into a part of the wall ahead of it. The wire retracts a bit allowing the "Volpone" robot to swing through the air over the trucks and land in the pile. It manages to fight them all off and tie every thug's hands behind their backs, The robot leaves them as they are.

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, WESTWARD PENTHOUSE - NIGHT

Eric leans back in his chair with another accomplished smile on his face.

EXT. TWILIGHT CITY, WESTWARD POST - DAY

The next morning, everything seems to be back to normal. The rain has stopped. Though everything around the city is still wet. We see the building for the WESTWARD POST a large building, the headquarters for a nationally-distributed newspaper.

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, WESTWARD POST, MAIN LOBBY - DAY

Eric is walking to the elevator, in a black suit. With him is Eli Downey, a member of the board and the company's second-in-command, behind Eric. Downey seems to be angry.

ELI
(Infuriated)
Do you really think this is good for us?

ERIC
(Calm)
If I didn't think it was good for us do you think I would have done it?

ELI
This is ridiculous! Downsizing the sports section to expand the arts section! Giving free adspace to charities! What's next?

ERIC
Next? Maybe firing everyone who keeps questioning me.

Eric grins at Eli and steps into the elevator. Eli looks horrified, his jaw hangs open. Eric laughs.

ERIC
Just kidding, Downey. If I got rid of you who would I have to make that face?

ELI
Your father wouldn't approve of any of this.

Eric reaches out to shake Eli's hand. Eli grabs it.

ERIC
Hi. My name is Eric Westward and, despite popular belief, I'm not my goddamn father.

Eric lets go of Eli's hand and waves. The doors close.

INT. TWLIGHT CITY, WESTWARD POST, TOP FLOOR - DAY

Eric gets out of the elevator at the top floor, a large, place decorated with several framed covers of the newspapers he's published. There's a door at the end leading to Eric's office, in front of the door is the desk of Eric's secretary. She's a cute girl, not overly sexy, but attractive in a modest, more innocent way. He walks to her desk. Her eyes are glued to her computer screen.

ERIC
Morning, Sydney.

Sydney quickly looks up.

SYDNEY
Good morning, Mr. Westward. I didn't hear you come in.

Eric is much more hesitant with his words than he was with Mr. Downey.

ERIC
I uh... noticed.

SYDNEY
Did you notice?

ERIC
Notice what?

SYDNEY
Oh! Probably not, I'm behind my desk. Don't I feel dumb.

Sydney stands up from her chair and walks out, showing Eric her high-heeled shoes.

SYDNEY
I'm wearing the shoes you got me!

ERIC
Oh! Di... Did you like them?

SYDNEY
Yes. Thank you.

ERIC
Glad you like them. You look great in them.

Sydney makes eye contact with Eric. Like she's waiting for him to say something more.

ERIC
So, is there anything on my schedule for today?

Sydney breaks the eye contact and with a dissatisfied expression opens a planner on her desk.

SYDNEY
Um. Nothing until four.

ERIC
What's at four?

SYDNEY
You have an appointment to meet with a Gabriel Fret.

ERIC
Who is that?

SYDNEY
I'm not sure. Maybe just another charity looking for adspace.

ERIC
Right. Well, I'll be in my office.

SYDNEY
I'll be here.

Eric walks to the door of his office and opens the door. He walks inside, then leans back out.

ERIC
Hey, Sydney.

SYDNEY
Yeah?

ERIC
I wanted to ask... Are you... You know what? Nevermind.

Eric returns to his office.



FADE OUT.

[Doc Faustus]

Cool! Great work. Just the sort of mannerism I was thinking of. Not Tony Starkish at all.

[ferretchucker]

ERIC
What's at four?

SYDNEY
You have an appointment to meet with a Gabriel Fret.

ERIC
Who is that?

SYDNEY
I'm not sure. Maybe just another charity looking for adspace.



Yet another very good piece. I especially enjoyed this little exchange :p:D and am looking forward to where it will lead.

[massacre man]

Yet another very good piece. I especially enjoyed this little exchange :p:D and am looking forward to where it will lead.

Oh, wow! I just noticed that's your character's name as well! Boy, is my face red! ;)

Next part will come soon, I have school all week and prom is Saturday.So next piece either Friday night or Sunday. Sit tight, folks!

[Freak]

This is looking to be really great.Can't wait to see what happens with my guy.Just hope you dont kill him off to fast.

[bwind22]

Very nice MM. You're off to a great start.

[roshiq]

pretty nice going, MM!

[Living Dead Dude]

AWESOME! I can't wait until Screech comes in.

[ferretchucker]

Oh, wow! I just noticed that's your character's name as well! Boy, is my face red! ;)

Next part will come soon, I have school all week and prom is Saturday.So next piece either Friday night or Sunday. Sit tight, folks!

Ha, ha. Very funny! :p:rolleyes:

Enjoy your prom tonight!

[Doc Faustus]

Hope your prom goes great.

[massacre man]

Sorry I missed posting yesterday, I didn't sleep Saturday night so I spent Sunday catching up. This is a short one, but it introduced the main antagonist.

CHAPTER 3

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE - DAY

A small room in a small building. The only decoration is a diploma with a frame cracked down the middle. Two chairs sit in the center. In the chair with it's back to the door is DAVID ARTAUD, a tortured-looking soul trying to distract from the seemingly-permanent frown and rings under his eyes with a clean-shaven face, well-kept hair, a dress shirt and dress pants. In the other chair, DR. KELLER, chewing on his pen, his black slicked-back hair reaches the collar of his shirt. Dr. Keller takes his pen out of his mouth, it's covered in dents from his teeth, the two men begin to speak very softly.

DR. KELLER
So, David. Tell me why you decided to come back to see me. Last we spoke you told me that the only thing I was good for was making your wallet lighter.

ARTAUD
Well, I've been blacking out lately.

DR. KELLER
Are you sure this is a problem you should be taking up with me and not a physician?

ARTAUD
I've seen one already and they couldn't find any physical reasoning behind it.

DR. KELLER
I see. Has there been any extra pressure in your life lately?

ARTAUD
Nothing that wasn't caused by the blackouts.

DR. KELLER
Right. What do you feel before you black out?

ARTAUD
I feel kind of lightheaded. Then my condition gets worse.

DR. KELLER
The voices?

ARTAUD
Yes. The voices, instead of the thoughts about death and suffering are replaced with voices urging me to bring death and suffering-

Dr. Keller places the pen back into his mouth.

ARTAUD (CONT'D)
And it's just one voice.

Dr. Keller leaves the pen in his mouth as he speaks.

DR. KELLER
And what did you say this voice's name was?

ARTAUD
His name his Momus.

DR. KELLER
Right, Momus. Now, David, would you mind if i asked a question?

ARTAUD
No, go ahead.

DR. KELLER
Would you mind if I published an article about your condition?

ARTAUD
What? Yes, I mind.

DR. KELLER
Your name would be anonymous and I'd be willing to give you a portion of the pay.

Artaud looks into space and starts to blink

DR. KELLER
David, are you okay?

CUT TO:

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, DAVID ARTAUD'S APARTMENT - DAY

David's apartment isn't very large, but it isn't cramped either. It's perfect for a single man. He's asleep in his bed, he rolls over and opens his eyes and looks at the blinking digital clock, which he hasn't reset since the power outage. He walks into the kitchen to look at the clock on the wall.

ARTAUD
Four? Already?

David turns and runs to a computer desk and boots up. Next to the mouse rests Dr. Keller's teeth-mark covered pen.

[The_Return]

Well done man...brief as it is, he's perfect so far. Pumped to see how he fits in to the story!

[Doc Faustus]

Good work. By the way, Return, cool use of the Greek god of shame. Pretty obscure deity.

[The_Return]

By the way, Return, cool use of the Greek god of shame. Pretty obscure deity.

Haha, thanks. Always been a fan of the Greek pantheon, and I though he fit what I was trying to go for with the character.

[Doc Faustus]

I find it amazing that the Greeks even had a god of shame.

[Papillon Noir]

I find it amazing that the Greeks even had a god of shame.

I thought he was the god of mockery and writers?

[Doc Faustus]

Mockery through blame or censure. I've also heard shame.

[ferretchucker]

A very good addition to the piece. I liked the subtlety of it, just simply showing his pen.

[Living Dead Dude]

Its awesome so far! I sooooooo can't wait until Screech comes in! :D

[massacre man]

As a person or two may have noticed I included Roderick Usher in a small part even though he never submitted a character. I'm going to try that with Kemal this time. Another quickie.

CHAPTER 4

FADE IN:

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASLYUM, JAMES MACKY'S CELL - DAY

James Macky awakes in his cell, dazed. He's clearly been drugged. His clothes have been replaced by a white t-shirt and white sweatpants. He stands and weakly walks toward the door that is completely covered in rubber. There is a knock from the outside followed by a deep voice.

KEMAL (O.S.)
(laughs)
You up, Dynamo?

MACKY
Is that you, Kemal?

KEMAL (O.S.)
Yep. You know what that means, right?

MACKY
Lunch.

KEMAL (O.S.
You've been out longer than you thought. It's dinner time.

A small plastic tube feeds out of the wall and pours in a gas that puts Macky right to sleep. He hits the rubber floor of his cell. The tube goes back into the wall. Kemal opens the door and enters. He's a large, intimidating black man. He's holding a dinner tray and wearing a gas mask. He places it by Macky's face and walks out.

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, HALLWAY - DAY

Kemal pushes forward a rack, two trays sit atop it. He stops outside of the next cell, removes his gas mask and bangs on the door.

KEMAL
It's 4:30. Supper time, Mr. Romero!


INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, JASON ROMERO'S CELL - DAY

Sitting in the corner of the room is what looks to be a corpse. But it lifts it's head, this is Jason Romero, the ZOMBIE MAN. His hair is in tufts, long and thin. His eyes are the shame shade of yellow that his teeth are. His skin is browned, dried, and cracked. The lower-right bit of his jaw is missing, as he turns his head his tongue swings out of the opening. The door opens and Kemal walks in. Jason leaps forward. Pulled back by a chain attached to the wall. Kemal laughs at him.

KEMAL
You never learn do you.

Saliva begins to pour out of the opening of Romero's mouth. He speaks, his voice slurred.

ROMERO
I've been thinking about this since I got here.

KEMAL
What's that? The apple cobbler?

ROMERO
The second your flesh touches my tongue.

KEMAL
Well, the apple cobbler's close enough.

Kemal exits the cell.

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, HALLWAY - DAY

Kemal pushes the cart to the last cell, it seems less secure than the rest. It's clearly a trusted resident's cell. Kemal opens the door and steps back. He looks in at a dead body of an inmate. He quickly grabs his walkie-talkie.

KEMAL (into walkie talkie)
We need help, Mr. Lee is-

Kemal stops moving, drops to his knees. Then becomes alert again, he looks around, his body now seems strange to him. He gets worried.

KEMAL
No, no, no.

He grabs his name-tag and reads it.

KEMAL
No! It was supposed to be an inmate!

[massacre man]

Hm. I'm gonna give this a selfish little bump.

[Freak]

Great so far Mass.

Out of curiosity when does my guy get introduced?

[massacre man]

I can't give an exact chapter he'll be introduced but he's getting at least one chapter devoted to him and he plays a crucial part toward the end.

[roshiq]

Wow! it's a pleasure to see Romero'r first appearance!:)

[The Flayed One]

A very nice introduction for Lee. I'm having fun reading this.

[ferretchucker]

As usual, very good, MM.

[Living Dead Dude]

sweetness!
love it. :cool:

[ferretchucker]

Any chance of another chapter? I need my fix!

[missmacabre]

Any chance of another chapter? I need my fix!

I can hook you up with Marvel Civil War, Planet Hulk and WWHulk, plus the comic reader for the computer if you want.;)

[massacre man]

Any chance of another chapter? I need my fix!

Yes. Just had a busy weekend. I'm going to write it shortly.

[Haunted]

How about Haunted/Rose McGowan?

[massacre man]

My apologies for the delay, before I posted up the last chapter a storm knocked my power out and I've had final exams all week. It will be up soon. Sorry again.

[ferretchucker]

Take your time. I know how annoying these things can sometimes be when you want to write but you have other responsibilities.

[massacre man]

Well, that's it. Done with high school. I have a Christian Bale day planned. "The Machinist," "American Psycho," "Harsh Times," and "Rescue Dawn" all ready to be watched for the first time, so here's the chapter before I set sail.

CHAPTER 5

EXT. BLAKE CITY, WAYNE LUCAS'S APARTMENT - DAY

We enter the home of Wayne Lucas a.k.a Blur, a modestly-sized apartment decorated in movie posters and images of comic book characters. He has a couch and a nice-sized television and a shelf with a large DVD collection next to it. There's nobody inside, until the door opens and Wayne enters in a blue T-shirt and denim shorts holding a newspaper and a sub sandwich wrapped in paper. He sets them both down and walks to his DVD collection, he pulls out a copy of "Die Hard" and puts it in. He grabs the sandwich and sits down. He gets a single bite before there's a knock at his door, he sets the sandwich down and walks to the door, it BURSTS OPEN.

Renegade was on the other end, he grabs Wayne's wrists and takes him to the ground, the angry expression on his face turns to confusion when he realizes he isn't holding Wayne. He quickly stands up and draws one of his .45s. He starts to walk around the apartment looking for him when a blue Blur suddenly speeds by and throws him against the wall. Renegade regains himself and the blue Blur nears him again, he's prepared this time. He fires a shot, it hits Wayne in the shoulder, he stumbles to the floor.

Renegade nears Wayne again, grabs his arm and flips him over, he vanishes into a blue blur again, it spins around Renegade leaving him tied up. Another punch sends him flying into the wall again, he bounces off of the wall and onto the floor, Wayne gets over top of him.

WAYNE
What are you doing!?

RENEGADE
You let the maniac live!

WAYNE
He deserves a second chance, he can reform. He can become a good person.

RENEGADE
And how many people have to die while he's "reforming?"

WAYNE
How many people did you kill to catch him?

RENEGADE
They were all just as deserving to have their throats slit as he is and you are!

WAYNE
Why do you think I deserve a slit throat?

RENEGADE
You're the reason he's going to kill again. You're the reason I have to get him tonight and leave Twilight City unprotected.

WAYNE
I'm the reason he's going to get better.

RENEGADE
You're too trusting. You trust criminals to reform and you trust me to not-

BANG! A shotgun blast through his chest throws Wayne into the air, he hits the ground. We reveal that Renegade had managed to free himself from the lower half of the ropes and get his shotgun. Renegade stands up and looks at Wayne's body, the shot went all the way through and out the other side. He's still breathing faintly, Renegade leaves him to suffer.

Close-up of the shoulder on which Wayne was shot, we reveal that the wound has already healed.

EXT. WAYNE LUCAS'S APARTMENT - DAY

A woman, about Wayne's age, cute, wearing a green skirt, a white button-up shirt, and stockings walks barefoot toward his apartment. She notices the door shattered and peaks in.

WOMAN
Oh my God, Wayne!

You can sense a hint of Irish in her voice, this is Moira O' Reilly, she runs in and grabs his shoulders, the wound has already begun to heal. The rib cage and internal organs have formed back, only the flesh remains. Moira drags him out of plain view.

INT. WAYNE LUCAS'S APARTMENT, BEDROOM - AN HOUR LATER

Wayne's passed out on his bed. Moira is sitting next to him waiting for him to wake up. The wound is healed, only small scars leave a sign that there was ever a wound. His eyes open, he sits up in a daze, wondering where he is. He gathers in his surroundings and looks at Moira.

MOIRA
Are you okay?

WAYNE
Now. Where is he?

MOIRA
The one who shot you? I don't know, he was gone when I got here.

WAYNE
We have to find him.

MOIRA
Why?

WAYNE
He's going to break into the Asylum and kill The Red Dynamo tonight. And who knows, when he gets in there with the other criminals, Zombie Man, Baren, he might just go on a killing spree. Orderlies, therapists, the whole building. I think I'm going to have to give up the patrol for tonight to find him. Do you think you can watch Blake City alone tonight?

MOIRA
Yeah, I'm new to all of this, but I think I can handle it.

WAYNE
Good, I'm sure you'll do just fine.

[Zero]

great dramatic development and tension - can't wait to see the payoff!

[missmacabre]

Oooh exciting. Good job MM, and have fun with your Bale marathon.

[ferretchucker]

Sounds like a fun movie night. And congrats on finishing school, dude.

As for the story: WOW! You're doing really well so far, can't fault it. And with all of the characters you were given with all of the different powers nand backstories. Man, you got a tough job, but I'm confident in your ability to handle it!

[The_Return]

Ooo, nice to see a bit of plot starting to develop. This is looking intense man, I can't wait to read more!

[Living Dead Dude]

that is just unbelievable! its awesome!

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 6

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, WESTWARD POST, ERIC'S OFFICE - DAY

Eric sits in his office, covered in red decorative wallpaper and pirate-themed merchandise, paintings and photos of ships, a black flag with a skull and crossbone design. He's reclining in his swivel chair wearing a swashbuckler's hat and looking at scans of the day's paper on his computer. He looks at the time, it reads "4:16." Eric reaches for the intercom to contact Sydney, his finger stops just before it pushes the button. He stands up, walks to the door and opens it. He looks at her for a moment before speaking.

ERIC
Sydney.

Sydney turns to him.

SYDNEY
Yes, Mr. Westward?

ERIC
Any word from my 4 'o clock?

SYDNEY
No, sir. Would you like me to call him to reschedule?

ERIC
Yes, please-

Eric breathes in heavily.

ERIC (cont'd.)
Say, since I'm not doing anything and I know that means you aren't doing anything. What say we go out and grab a bite, coffee maybe?

Sydney smiles brightly.

SYDNEY
Sure! I'd love to! Just let me call Ms. Fret and we can go.

ERIC
I think Gabriel is a boy's name.

SYDNEY
Oh. Aren't I embarrassed!

ERIC
Not like he can hear you, right?

Sydney looks in Eric's book of appointments.

SYDNEY
I'm not finding a phone number or any information other than his name.

Erick walks over to Sydney and looks at the books.

ERIC
Did you put this appointment down?

SYDNEY
I didn't. I would have gotten his information.

ERIC
Must be Eli or another one of those Assholes then. Alright. Let me shut off my computer and we can-

Eric spots what seems to be a shadow in the corner of his eye, it's going into his office. It completely snatches all of his attention.

SYDNEY
Are you OK?

Eric snaps back to attention.

ERIC
Yeah, I'll be back in a few.

Eric slowly walks back to his office, he walks in and spots a slightly shorter-than-average man sitting in a chair by his desk, nude. This is GABRIEL FRET.

ERIC
Um. Are you looking for your parents?

GABRIEL
I'm twenty.

He has an English accent.

ERIC
Oh, then it's not weird that you're naked.

GABRIEL
I'm Gabriel Fret. Your four 'o clock.

ERIC
Right. I notice your accent and I'm curious. Is this the natural dress code for business meetings in...

GABRIEL
No, I just don't have clothes that can shift into a spectral state with me.

ERIC
... Me neither.

GABRIEL
Can I tell you a story? About why I'm sitting in front of you like this?

ERIC
Yeah, give me a minute, please. Just sit tight and make yourself at home. Just leave me at least one disinfectant wipe for the chair.

Eric gets up and goes to the door.

ERIC
Sydney.

Sydney excitedly turns to him.

ERIC
I'm going to take a bit longer than thought. I have something I forgot about that I have to catch up on. Just give me a bit, OK?

SYDNEY
Oh, sure. That's OK.

ERIC
Great. See you in a few!

Eric closes the door, Sydney looks down at her desk disappointed. Eric sits back down.

ERIC
Alright, question first. Who did you make your appointment with? Who set you up for this? Was it Eli?

GABRIEL
No, I scheduled the appointment myself. I've been here since last night. I thought you could help me, Volpone.

Surprised, Eric raises an eyebrow.

ERIC
What are you talking about?

GABRIEL
I followed one of your robots. I know that they're yours.

Eric is speechless.

GABRIEL
Don't worry, I don't want to tell anyone. I want you to help me.

ERIC
Blackmail?

GABRIEL
No, I want to help people and since you know how to design all of these robots and gadgets you might be able to assist me in that.

ERIC
What do you mean help people?

GABRIEL
Well, I became this way-

Gabriel VANISHES, leaving only a translucent shadow, he then changes back.

GABRIEL (cont'd.)
On a trip to Greece, I bungee jumped into a cave and the cord snapped. I wounded my head at the bottom of the cavern. I became covered in black scabs and when they chipped off I could switch between this and the spectral state.

ERIC
I see...

GABRIEL
I was using it for... certain things. When I noticed a girl being mugged, I tried to help but I was just too scared to return to normal and do anything.

ERIC
And you want what from me?

GABRIEL
A weapon and clothes that will change with me so I don't always have to strip down before.

ERIC
Right. I guess I could try. But no guarantees. So is the secret of Volpone safe with you?

GABRIEL
Sure. Sure.

ERIC
But let me ask, why weren't you on time for the meeting if you were in the building?

GABRIEL
I was watching your secretary. She's quite the looker if I do say so myself.

ERIC
(beat)
Thanks. As you know, I've got an appointment to keep.

GABRIEL
I don't know that.

ERIC
You were right there listening.

GABRIEL
I can't hear when I'm in that state. The air around me doesn't vibrate, so I can't hear or speak. But light effects me, I can still see.

ERIC
Oh. Well, I've a lunch date with my secretary so come back another time and we can work on getting you your gear, OK? I can work on the clothes but we'll see soon enough whether or not I trust you enough to give you a weapon.

GABRIEL
Great, thank you very much. You can trust me.

ERIC
We'll see.

GABRIEL
Thanks for your time.

ERIC
Thanks for yours.

Gabriel returns to a spectral state and Eric watches the shadow leave his office. He shuts off his computer and walks out to Sydney.

ERIC
Let's go.

[Papillon Noir]

Great episode, MM! Can't wait for another. :)

[ferretchucker]

Very Nice. I very much enjoyed the "He can't hear you" line!

You got the character perfect! Looking forward to the next part, my friend!

[massacre man]

Thanks for the kind words and

...BUMP! :D

[Doc Faustus]

Good work. You've kept up strong characterization for everyone.

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 7

FADE IN:

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, DAVID ARTAUD'S APARTMENT - DAY

David sits in his computer chair hunched over with his right arm across his knees supporting his face and in his left hand is his telephone.

ARTAUD
(In phone)
Hey, it's David. I've been-
(beat)
David Artaud and I've been trying to reach your office all day but I guess you're closed by now. I wanted to get you in person, but I guess I can leave a message. I slept through our appointment and I'd like to reschedule. I understand that i wasted your time and am more than willing to pay for both appointments. Please return my call I'll be here. Waiting. Thank you.

David hangs up his phone and places it on the desk, he sits back and spots Dr. Keller's pen. He picks it up and examines it with a puzzled look.

CUT TO:

EXT. TWILIGHT CITY, PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE - DAY

David pokes around the outside of the office trying to peak into the windows, the blinds cover them all. He walks to the front door, turns the knob, it's unlocked. David closes his eyes and takes a deep breath before walking inside.

ARTAUD
Dr. Keller? Dr. Keller?

David opens the door to Dr. Keller's office, it's empty. He turns and walks toward the doorway. On the back of the front door there is a sticky note. It reads "OFFICE CLOSET, DAVID." He crumbles it up and puts it in his pocket. David's eyes have begun to get red and tear up as he walks toward the closet. Before opening it he turns around and leaves.

CUT TO:

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM - DAY

David walks in looking extremely desperate. He finds a trashcan and drops the piece of paper into it. He looks around until he spots an orderly. He nervously wipes the sweat from his forehead and tears from his eyes and approaches him.

ORDERLY
Can I help you?

ARTAUD
Yes. What do i have to do-
(beat)
I'd like to check myself in.

FADE OUT.

[Zero]

more - more - more!!! we are impatient monkeys and want more of this great story!!

[scouse mac]

more - more - more!!! we are impatient monkeys and want more of this great story!!


Totally agree.


Whatever it is you are doing, stop. This is your one and only priority now, we want more.
;)

[roshiq]

things are getting pretty intense...nice going, MM. :)

[The_Return]

Nice! I was wondering how Artaud would fit in to the plot - glad to see he's found his way to the asylum.

I'll second everyone else though: more!

[ferretchucker]

Love it. You have a very good skill of building things up in a gradual but still gripping way.

[Papillon Noir]

I agree with what everyone else is saying: MORE! WE WANT MORE! This is your life for the rest of the summer. :p

Seriously, you are doing a good job, but you're making snails look fast at this pace. :D

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 8

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, RECREATION ROOM - DAY

The recreation room, a place for the non-violent residents to spend their days. The walls are a calm sky blue. There are finger-painting supplies and puzzles to occupy the inmates. A TV is sat in front of several chairs, a few people in inmate clothing are in a few front row seats, two guards are sitting next to each other in the back. On the TV is an old cartoon that looks to be from the '80s, it features a police commissioner speaking to a giant red gorilla in a green cape and face-mask. The title of the show is "PRIME8"

PRIME8 (On TV)
What is it, Commissioner?

COMMISSIONER (On TV)
It's Screech! He's escaped from Bananaville Asylum! He's used his Shockwave Clap to break into the First Bank of Kong and has taken everyone hostage!

PRIME8 (On TV)
Great Mighty Joe Young's Ghost! I'm on it!

The two guards in the back have their arms crossed, one laughs at the absurdity of the program while the other raises his eyebrow and looks to the other.

GUARD #1
They're trying to cure the people here, right? How do they expect to subjecting them to this shit?

David Artaud enters the room, now dressed like the other inmates. He looks around and sees that there is nothing to be used as a weapon. He sighs in relief and spots the TV. He sits in front of it.

PRIME8 (On TV)
His darkness shields are blocking my punches!

SCREECH (On TV)
Muahahaha! I will soon have all of the town's money and I can fund the release of my Gargoyle!

PRIME8 (On TV)
You care about something... You are human...

David gets up and walks away, he is stopped by an older inmate, he has a long beard and short hair. He goes by the name, Boon.

BOON
Howdy. They call me Boon.

ARTAUD
Oh, hello. I'm David.

BOON
How'd ya end up in here?

ARTAUD
I checked myself in.

BOON
What'd ya do that for, stupid?

ARTAUD
I was having blackouts for non-physical issues. I had to get a job working on my computer at home since I felt travelig wasn't safe. In fact, the only times I left were to visit my psychiatrist. What about you?

BOON
They said I wasn't right in the head.

ARTAUD
I figured that much, what specif-

Boon walks away. David watches him walk away, he sits on one of the chairs bolted to the floor at the puzzle table. He reaches for a puzzle box and blacks out again.

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, ARTAUD'S ROOM - NIGHT

David wakes up in the bed of his room, it's very small, containing only a bed, a desk, a light in the ceiling, and a window. The light is turned off and the room is illuminated only by the light from the hallway shining through his door and the moonlight shining through his window. David walks toward the desk and finds files on all of the violent residents scattered on it. They have small red stains on them. David looks at his hands, there are small bits of red paint on his fingertips. He notices a large folded piece of paper with the files, he opens it and it reads "I'VE GOT A PLAN!"

David stares at the paper in shock but is pulled back into reality by the hallway light going out and a loud crash outside of his room.

[ferretchucker]

Ooooh, intriguing. And I especially liked the Cartoon. A very nice touch, I could almost hear the cheesy voices and see the faded colours.

[Zero]

a cartoon - hmmmph

[massacre man]

a cartoon - hmmmph

If it helps the WB has picked up the adaptation rights for a live action film set to be released in 2011.

[Zero]

seriously - good job MM

[massacre man]

Ron Perlman has been cast as PRIME8!

[ferretchucker]

Ron Perlman has been cast as PRIME8!

About time that guy played an ape. Sure as hell looks like one.

[Zero]

hey - i find that insulting - i htink i should be played by johnny depp!

[massacre man]

hey - i find that insulting - i htink i should be played by johnny depp!

Johnny Depp has signed on to play the Commissioner. And a certain Mr. Gottfried is in negotiations for Screech.

[Zero]

couldn't i at least get russel crowe?

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 9

EXT. BLAKE CITY ROOFTOP - NIGHT

A rooftop of a lone, abandoned building in Blake City, attached to the side looking over the street is a billboard for "Jade Brew," it features a drawing of a girl dressed in green shorts, a green shirt that shows off a bit of her stomach, and green knee-high boots. She has two mugs in each hand, overflowing with a green beer. On the ledge next to the billboard a four-leaf clover-shaped grapple grips on, soon after Moira climbs over dressed as the girl on the billboard.

She sits on the ledge looking down to the street, few cars are out. The occasional vehicle honks at the billboard. Moira stands and walks across the thin ledge. Looking down at the cars while walking instead of straight ahead, she isn't scared. Suddenly a figure dressed similar to Renegade, but white instead of black appears behind her and grabs her shoulder. She leaps away in fright, falling off of the ledge onto the rooftop. The man in white jumps down, his face is now visible and he raises his goggles. It's Wayne. He laughs.

WAYNE
I thought you had luck on your side. Why did you fall?

MOIRA
Well I didn't fall off the other end, luck enough. Why are you dressed like that?

WAYNE
He dresses in black and hides in the shadows. If I'm moving fast enough I should blend in with the sterile white hallways. The hall lights are on all night.

Moira runs her hand up the sleeve.

MOIRA
I like it. Shouldn't you be at the asylum?

Wayne grins.

WAYNE
I wanted to show off the new threads.

MOIRA
No, you wanted to check up on me.

WAYNE
Ya saw right through me!

MOIRA
When are you going to stop treating me like a sidekick?

WAYNE
When you stop wearing sidekick shorts.

Moira glares at Wayne

WAYNE
Moira, I'm kidding, come here.

Wayne holds his arms out. Moira leans in and he gives her a hug.

MOIRA
How's your chest?

WAYNE
A little sore. But I'll be fine. I'm going to go now, good luck tonight. If you need help Gore The Red is back in town.

MOIRA
Alright. Thanks. Bye Wayne.

WAYNE
We'll talk more about this sidekick thing tomorrow, alright?

MOIRA
OK.

Wayne vanishes. Moira is still in a hugging stance when he leaves, she stumbles forward and catches herself. She looks at the ledge, takes a few steps back and runs for the ledge, she leaps when she gets to it and lands on it perfectly with her arms spread out, looking down on the city. Moira then leans forward and falls off. Her eyes close as she drops and the wind blows against her face. Nearing the bottom, she pulls out her grapple, latches onto the side of the building and lowers herself safely.

EXT. BLAKE CITY STREETS, SIDEWALK - NIGHT

Three men on the sidewalk are walking together when they spot Moira. Their faces light up.

MAN #1
It's Jade!

MAN #2
Can we get a picture?

MOIRA
Sure!

One of the men pulls out his cell phone and each guy takes an individual with Moira smiling.

MAN #2
Hey, thanks a lot.

MOIRA
Have a good night.

The men walk away, Moira rolls her eyes.

[ferretchucker]

MOIRA
How's your chest?

WAYNE
Not as good as yours...


Fixed it. :p



Nah, it was a very good piece. I'm impressed, and I like the idea of Wayne having different costumes to suit the environment. Reminds me of Nite Owl II.

[The_Return]

Hah, I like the interplay between these two - works well.

Another great update!

[missmacabre]

I like the whole Superheroes as celebs bit. Makes me think people are gonna turn on them though. That always happens right after people start trusting their superheroes.

[massacre man]

I like the whole Superheroes as celebs bit. Makes me think people are gonna turn on them though. That always happens right after people start trusting their superheroes.

Oh, I'll never tell whether or not you're right!

...Until I post the chapter, then it'll be pretty clear I bet.

[Papillon Noir]

Nice entry, MM! :) You need to write more often, though! ;)

[massacre man]

Nice entry, MM! :) You need to write more often, though! ;)

I'm trying, this Summer has been... eventful, to say the least.

[Living Dead Dude]

Haven't been on in a while, but I'm here.
RocksSoFar. :D

Living Dead Dude.

[massacre man]

Hey, folks. Sorry for the lack of updates. My mother's recent obsession with online poker is making harder to post updates. I'll try and have the new piece up tonight. Wish me luck!

[ferretchucker]

Good Luck! :D:D

[pinkfloyd45769]

This really is neat sweetie;)

[massacre man]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Gore The Red.

Note: Takes place before the Brix and Roland Kassir preview.

CHAPTER 10

FADE IN:

EXT. BLAKE CITY, THE JADE PUB - NIGHT

A large pub, featuring another image of Jade on the sign. The parking lot is nearly full. The windows are stained green.

INT. BLAKE CITY, THE JADE PUB - NIGHT

Drunken customers fill the place wall to wall. Irish music plays over everyone's conversations. At the bar sits a large, muscular man with red hair, bits of his black hooded-sweatshirt are torn around the sleeves. He's got a half-empty mug of green beer clenched in his fist. This is RON KOKKIVOC, aka GORE THE RED.

A bartender leans in to his face and gets his attention

BARTENDER
Excuse me, you're Ron, correct?

RON
Yeah. What's it to ya?

BARTENDER
You were requested in the back room, sir.

RON
By who?

BARTENDER
Ms. Jade.

RON
Oh. Where is this room?

BARTENDER
Right behind the bar, sir. If you just go around-

Ron climbs over the bar and walks to the door.

BARTENDER
Or that.

INT. BLAKE CITY, JADE'S PUB, BACK ROOM - NIGHT

Moira sits on a couch, still in costume, holding an empty bottle of Jade Brew. She places it among several other empty bottles on the table. Ron walks in and smiles at her.

RON
How do you get in without getting noticed.

MOIRA
Window.

RON
That's a shame, you own this place and you have to sneak in through the window.

MOIRA
I was kidding. There's a back door...

RON
Nevermind then. How have you been?

MOIRA
Fine. What are you doing back in town?

RON
Decided I would see what you and Blur have been keeping yourselves busy with these days. Thought I'd bust up a few baddies with you for old time's sake. Where is the quick little fella anyway?

MOIRA
The asylum.

RON
I knew it!

MOIRA
No, somebody is trying to break in and kill the Red Dynamo.

RON
Oh. What did ol' Macky do?

Moira shrugs.

MOIRA
So, Wayne left the city to me tonight. Unless you would like to join me.

RON
You're such a flirt.

Moira's face turns red. Ron laughs.

RON
I'm just kidding. I know you're Wayne's girl.

MOIRA
What, no I'm not. We're just-

Ron interrupts.

RON
Whatever. I'd love to go out for a night on the town with you.

EXT. BLAKE CITY, TOWNHOUSES - NIGHT

One of the worst places in Blake City, a neighborhood full of connected townhouses. Nothing is well kept, the state of the lawns and exteriors of the homes are ignored. A large van parks outside of one of the houses. A man runs inside of the house. Moira and Ron sneak up to the van, they open up the back. Several large bricks of cocaine wrapped in tape populate the back of the van.

MOIRA
Just as I thought!

RON
Lucky guess...

Ron looks at Moira waiting for a laugh. He eventually gets it.

RON
How would you like to execute this?

MOIRA
I have an idea.

MOMENTS LATER:

Moira and Ron are nowhere to be seen. The man with the van walks outside and around to the back of the van. He opens it up and starts grabbing the bricks. After he removes a few of them he sees Moira sitting in the back with a bright smile. She points her grapple at him and extends it, it hits him in the face and knocks him out.

The door to the house breaks in half and another man bursts through it. Ron steps out over top of him. He's still awake. Moira gets out and runs over to them.

RON (to man)
Who told you to sell this stuff.

MAN
I don't know! I was just buying some!

RON
Just?

Ron punches the man and knocks him out. Moira runs over to the man she knocked out and shakes him back awake.

MOIRA
Hey!

DEALER
What did you do to me, bitch?

MOIRA
I knocked you out. Who gave you all of this.

DEALER
Fuck off.

MOIRA
Do you know my friend? They call him Gore The Red.

DEALER
I said "Fuck off."

Ron stands over him.

RON
Hey. I'm Gore The Red!

MOIRA
Now, if you don't tell us who you got all of this from my friend is going to have to force it out of you.

DEALER
It was Roland Kassir. OK? Let me go now.

EXT. BLAKE CITY POLICE DEPT. - NIGHT

The dealer and his customer stand with their hands behind their back tied to a light post. The van full of drugs next to them.

INT. ROLAND KASSIR'S MANSION - NIGHT

Several men stand guarding the home. Guns ready. The door is punched in and Moira runs inside. The guards open fire. She manages to duck and dodge every bullet. She trips one guard and the gun manages to shoot out another's knee. she charges at one and punches him in the face. He drops his gun she grabs it by the barrel and tosses it at the last standing guard, knocking him out. Ron enters after the gunfire stops.

INT. ROLAND KASSIR'S MANSION, ROLAND'S OFFICE - NIGHT

Moira opens the door and Roland opens fire. He stops when Moira goes out of sight. Ron steps in and Roland shoots again, hitting Ron in the arm. Ron angrily glares at Roland. He runs at him full-force and kicks his desk which slides backward and knocks him out of his window. Moira jumps onto the table and uses her grapple to pull him back up. Roland's head is badly scarred. Police sirens can be heard in the distance.

MOIRA
I think we should go...

FADE OUT.

[ferretchucker]

Very Good Mr. Man! Took me a while to read (but I like that) and I can see some good fleshing out appearing. Expecially loved the green "Jade Brew"! :D

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 11

EXT. TWILIGHT CITY, WESTWARD POST, EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT - NIGHT

Eric walks Sydney to her car. He clearly still feels nervous from the small shake in his step and heavy breathing. Sydney seems to be nervous too, keeping her head down. They get to her car.

ERIC
Here we are.

SYDNEY
Thank you, Mr. Westward.

Sydney opens the door to her car.

SYDNEY
I'll see you tomorrow.

Eric grins.

ERIC
First thing in the morning!

The grin fades as Sydney gets in the car and he rolls his eyes at what he'd just said. He grabs the door and stops her from closing it.

ERIC
Wait, did you enjoy the uh... The lunch?

SYDNEY
Yes, sir, it was delicious.

ERIC
I meant... Did you like going to lunch with me?

SYDNEY
Yes, sir. I had a wonderful time.

ERIC
You don't have to keep calling me "sir," office hours over. You don't even have to call me that during office hours. My first name would suffice. How about we do it again tomorrow? If you don't have any plans.

SYDNEY
I never have any plans, Eric. It's a date.

ERIC
A date? A date.

Eric smiles. Sydney smiles back.

SYDNEY
Goodnight.

ERIC
Goodnight.

Eric waves, Sydney waves back through the window. After she drives off Eric stands watching the car. He puts his hands on his hips and points his head in the air and laughs to himself, a hug gust of wind knocks him off balance, he catches himself. Wayne is standing directly in front of him.

ERIC
Nice getup, Lucas.

WAYNE
I have a quick question.

ERIC
Everything is always so quick with you. Sometimes I think you don't want to spend any time with me.

WAYNE
Cute. I want to ask about a... Well, I guess you could call him a Vigilante. Wears black, sticks to the shadows, carries a lot of knives in guns.

ERIC
Wayne, that's pretty much the entire lower-class population of Twilight City.

WAYNE
This one killed a couple thugs doing a break-in with James Macky.

ERIC
No way, somebody killed The Red Dynamo?

WAYNE
Not yet, at least. He's breaking into the Asylum tonight to finish him. I'd like to know what I'll be dealing with.

ERIC
I don't know anything. But of course, you're Blur, when have you ever known what you were dealing with?

WAYNE
Thanks for your time.

ERIC
Oh, you've got to run now?

Wayne makes his exit so quickly it's as if he'd vanished. Eric laughs to himself.

ERIC
Oh, Wayne. Always in such a hurry! I like him better when he's not chasing bad people.

Eric walks to his car.

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, BASEMENT - NIGHT

A dark, leaky basement. the only things in there are pipes, spare mattresses, boxes of deceased resident's possessions, and a small window letting moonlight in. Huddled in the corner is Kemal, the orderly. He has his head buried in his hands.

KEMAL
He was innocent! I doomed an innocent man! I forced his soul out.

Wayne appears next to him kneeling down.

WAYNE
Kemal, what are you doing down here?

KEMAL
He's gone. Kemal's gone.

WAYNE
What happened to you?

KEMAL
I'm not Kemal! I killed him! I didn't mean to. It was supposed to be an inmate! I'm sorry! I killed him!

WAYNE
Kemal, I don't know what's gotten into you. But I'm going to get you help. it's safer if you stay down here for now though. After I take care of this I'll be back. I promise. I'll get you help for whatever's gone wrong.

Wayne vanishes again. Kemal sits up and looks for him, his head returns to his hands shortly after.

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE - NIGHT

A psychiatrist for the asylum wanders around his office, looking for all of his missing files.

PSYCHIATRIST
Where did they ge-

Renegade emerges from the shadows and grabs his neck. He puts a finger over his mouth and puts him into a sleeper hold. The psychiatrist passes out quietly and Renegade drops him on the floor. He steps over to fusebox on the wall and opens it.

EXT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, HALLWAY - NIGHT

The hallway containing all of the most dangerous patients. All of the lights go out. The manual locks on the doors are the only things keeping the prisoner's indoors. The door to the psychiatrist's office sits at the end of the hallway. It slides open and Renegade steps out, holding a 9mm in his hand.

[Doc Faustus]

Good cliffhanger.

[roshiq]

Just carry on..MM.:)

[The_Return]

I'm with Doc on this one...hell of a way to end a chapter.

[_____V_____]

(deep baritone of an 80s radio announcer at the end of a radio serial episode)

Will he? Wont he?
Will someone stop Renegade? Or will he be successful in his vigilante endeavour?


...questions, to which we will find the answers...



...NEXT WEEK!



Seriously though, kickass chapter. Waiting for the next one eagerly.

[massacre man]

(deep baritone of an 80s radio announcer at the end of a radio serial episode)

Will he? Wont he?
Will someone stop Renegade? Or will he be successful in his vigilante endeavour?


...questions, to which we will find the answers...



...NEXT WEEK!


I read that allowed in the voice. Ha.

[ferretchucker]

Love it as usual. I thought the dialog in the first scene between Eric and Sydney was very well done.


And I remember the character who's inside Kemal's head, I just can't remember who's he is and what his name is. It's the one who's power is pretty much a curse, isn't it?

[Papillon Noir]

Great job, MM!

So when do we see Una Night/Noir? ;)

[Doc Faustus]

Bump, cause it deserves it.

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 12

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, HALLWAY - NIGHT

Renegade makes his way down the hall his eyes glued to the names on the doors, he doesn't know Red Dynamo's name. He looks off-screen toward the opposite end of the hallway from where he entered. He shouts in the darkness.

RENEGADE
White isn't a good idea in the dark.

The white figure he's yelling at can be seen in the distance, it quickly turns back around the corner after he yells at it. Renegade raises his 9mm and progresses toward the corner in pursuit when the white figure turns the corner again at great speed and SLAMS into Renegade, he and Wayne break through the door of the psychiatrist's office on the other end of the hall.

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE - NIGHT

Renegade stands with his gun, the little light in the room prevents him from spotting Wayne at the speed he's moving.

WAYNE
I know you're quite fond of hiding in the shadows. So I equipped my goggles with night vision.

Renegade fires blindly and misses every time, Wayne continues to punch him at his fastest. Renegade grabs his arm and throws him to the ground.

CUT TO:

EXT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM MINIMUM SECURITY HALL - NIGHT

All of the personnel have responded to the commotion from the hallway Renegade and Wayne are fighting in, other than one guard left to watch over the minimum security hall. He has his flashlight out looking down the hall, extremely nervous that something he is in no way prepared to deal with will appear at the end. Pan to Artaud's cell, the eye slot slowly pulls closed then the door begins beats over and over with a wailing scream from Artaud.

ARTAUD
Help me! There's somebody in here! Oh my God, help me!

The guard hesitates but inches toward the door and slips his key in, he takes a long swallow before turning the key. When the door opens he is tackled to the ground by Artaud, but his eyes now look empty. We finally get to witness the darker side of David Artaud, this is MOMUS!

He grabs the guards head and slams it into the floor hard enough to put him into a daze, but not enough to knock him out. Momus continues speaking to him.

MOMUS
Don't worry. Don't worry. I'm sure that the company's life insurance plan will more than take care of your kids-

Momus grabs the guard's face and looks into his eyes, almost as if he's studying them.

MOMUS
Both of 'em.

The guard is speechless.

MOMUS
Oh, I know you!

Momus punches the guard in the skull until it's shattered inside of his head like broken glass in a sack. Two of the fingers on his right hand are clearly broken. He grabs the keys to the cells and returns to his, he closes the door behind him.



CUT TO:

EXT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM - NIGHT

Eric Westward's car arrives outside of the asylum. He gets out dressed exactly as one of his robots. He looks up at the windows and takes a deep breath, he uses his talent to restore all of the lights. He runs toward the building.

CUT TO:

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE - NIGHT

The lights return, Renegade looks up, when he looks down he's only holding Wayne's coat by the sleeve, he runs at Renegade again from the opposite end of the hallway. This time he smashes him through the wall. Wayne stops, Renegade falls to the ground outside. Unconscious. Wayne puts his coat back on and jumps out to him. Before he can even land he is punched and sent crashing back into the building.

Renegade jumps back in and pulls out a knife and presses it against Wayne's throat when a flying red capsule hits him in the chest and bursts into flames. Volpone stands outside of the Psychiatrist's office holding a specially-made gun. He opens the gun and puts in a blue capsule, he hits the flaming Renegade and though the fire is extinguished, his chest, arms and stomach are surrounded in ice.

Wayne delivers one last blow, which knocks him out cold. (No pun intended)

WAYNE
Thank you, Volpone.

Volpone nods.

VOLPONE
Did he get The Red Dynamo?

WAYNE
Thankfully, no.

Wayne punches and shatters the ice and removes all of his weapons. He takes the jacket and checks all of the pockets, he removes the boots and the goggles. He's only got his T-Shirt and pants left. Wayne cuffs his hands behind his back.

WAYNE (to Volpone)
Did you want to give me a hand?

VOLPONE (to Wayne)
Sure. No problem.

Wayne and Volpone pick him up by his arms and drag him down the hallway. Wayne's other arm is filled with Renegade's possessions.

EXT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM - NIGHT

The police have already arrived outside and Renegade and his possessions are handed over. Wayne grabs Volpone and they both quickly vanish. Renegade starts to fade back into consciousness as he's put in the back of the car.

Wayne takes Volpone back to his car.

WAYNE
Why did you come?

VOLPONE
Let's just say a hunch.

WAYNE
No, really. What told you to come.

VOLPONE
I wanted to see you get your ass handed to you. And I hadn't had a chance to test out my capsule gun in person, well, ON persons. I can make you one-

WAYNE
Don't need it.

VOLPONE (Cont'd.)
You wouldn't have to pay me anything.

Wayne smiles.

WAYNE
Go home, Eric.

VOLPONE
Just trying to share my gift!

Wayne vanishes.

VOLPONE (To self)
Why does he always leave me in a parking lot?

CUT TO:

INT. POLICE CAR, NIGHT

Renegade is now fully conscious in the back of the car. He moves his arms a bit and covered up by the sound of the police radio, Renegade breaks the chain to his handcuffs.

[Doc Faustus]

It's cool watching you develop the relationship between characters. Nice job.

[massacre man]

It's cool watching you develop the relationship between characters. Nice job.

Well, then. Plenty more characters to come!

[_____V_____]

Very nice.
I loved how the action suddenly just burst out from nowhere in the middle of the narrative.
You have pretty much nailed the attitude and personality of my character too.
Keep going, Mass. I am eager to see this develop.

[The_Return]

Oh man...best installment yet. Intense!

[ferretchucker]

Incredible! Loved reading it and like Doc said, the characters are being developed brilliantly.

[pinkfloyd45769]

a w e s o m e:D

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 13

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, WESTWARD POST, ERIC'S OFFICE - DAY

Eric sits at his desk, clearly tired from the previous night. He begins to doze off in his chair when the door slides open and Sydney pokes her head in.

SYDNEY
Eric, Mr. Downey's here to see you.

ERIC
of all the luck! And i was having such a great morning!

Eric grins at Sydney, pausing for laughter, she sends a smile back his way.

SYDNEY
Should I send him in?

ERIC
I guess, I mean, if you want. If you don't you wouldn't get in trouble or anything.

Eli Downey bursts in, holding a video tape.

ELI
You won't believe what we got our hands on!

ERIC
You're right, I don't believe you, in fact, you shouldn't even waste time trying to convince me!

Sydney laughs at the door, Eli looks at her, she silences herself and backs away, closing the door as she exits.

ELI
It's security footage from the break-in at the Blake City Asylum!

Eric suddenly seems shocked, he glares at the tape, then back at Eli.

ERIC
Wh- What exactly is it proof of?

ELI
The supernatural!

ERIC (bewildered)
Supernatural?

MOMENTS LATER:

A TV and VCR have been wheeled into Eric's office, he and Eli watch the footage, it's just footage of an empty hallway. When suddenly Wayne in his white costume suddenly appears in-frame then vanishes in one split second. Eli smiles at this while Eli points repeatedly at the screen.

ELI
Did you see it?

ERIC
No, what are you talking about.

ELI
A ghost! The asylum is haunted! Yesterday some inmate died and drove one of the orderlies insane. He's hiding somewhere in the building. I'll bet you this is the ghost of that inmate!

ERIC
Or a certain someone forgot to take their medication this morning?

ELI
We have to run this!

ERIC
We're not going to run a story about a ghost in an insane asylum. That's a terrible idea.

ELI
Why is it a terrible idea?

ERIC
Well, for one, it's ridiculous. Two, it's stupid. Three, it would make the ghost nuts swarm to the asylum like flies to, well, you in your sleep.

ELI
Why would that be our problem?

ERIC
Because I don't want to be responsible for dozens of camera-toting crazies mingling with a bunch of knife-toting crazies. Now get out of my office and leave the tape.

Eli, speechless, leaves the office. Eric reaches into his pocket and pulls out his phone. He dials a number and as soon as he puts it to his ear he begins talking.

ERIC (into phone)
Wayne. You'll never guess what was just shown to me! Get over here.

MOMENTS LATER:

Sydney lets Wayne in, Wayne's wearing a suit and tie. Sydney returns to her desk.

ERIC
Why the suit?

WAYNE
I didn't want to look suspicious or anything.

ERIC
Suspicious of what? Your income?

WAYNE
No. I just thought it would look strange, somebody not dressed like a tool coming into your office.

ERIC
Oh, you're clever, Mr. Lucas.

WAYNE
Guess I've spent too much time with you, Mr. Westward. So what am I looking at?

Eric sets up the VCR. Wayne crosses his arms, waiting.

WAYNE
You can just tell me.

ERIC
If I could I would have.

Eric starts the video, he and Wayne sit on the desk and watch the video.

WAYNE
After all of the news vans rushing to crime scenes and amateurs with camcorders a mounted security camera finally captured The Blur.

ERIC
Not according to the people who have seen it. Your choice of wardrobe has lead them to believe that you're a ghost.

WAYNE
Well, I did have a hole blown in my chest yesterday. It's possible.

ERIC
You did?

Eli bursts in, out of breath from running to Eric's office. He completely ignores Wayne.

ELI
I got another Asylum story!

ERIC
Tupac works in the kitchen!?

WAYNE
Does Bigfoot empty the bedpans?

Eli gives Wayne an "I just met you and I already hate you" look. Then proceeds to tell Eric the story.

ELI
No, the guy they caught last night, the one that broke in, he knocked out the cops and stole the squad car.-

Eric and Wayne both freeze up.

ELI (Cont'd.)
They found the cops hand cuffed around a tree this morning. Both of their noses were broken. The car was abandoned in a field about a mile up the road.

ERIC
... Run it...

Eli leaves, Eric and Wayne exchange a look of terror.

[_____V_____]

No, the guy they caught last night, the one that broke in, he knocked out the cops and stole the squad car.-

They found the cops hand cuffed around a tree this morning. Both of their noses were broken. The car was abandoned in a field about a mile up the road.

And do you know who he is talking about? :cool:

Kickass chapter, Mass. Keep going, bud!

[ferretchucker]

Wow. That was crap!


:p

For a second there you thought I meant it.

Brilliant as always. First thread I check (when you get around to posting in it)

[massacre man]

Wow. That was crap!


:p

For a second there you thought I meant it.

Brilliant as always. First thread I check (when you get around to posting in it)

Phew! Thankfully I finished reading while I was tying the noose!

[scouse mac]

Its coming along really well, MM. Enjoying this alot.


I reckon Red Dynamo could have Renegade though, he'd just electrocute the MoFo and use his charred remains as a bbq

[Dante'sInferno]

Getting better and better MM! :D

[_____V_____]

I reckon Red Dynamo could have Renegade though, he'd just electrocute the MoFo and use his charred remains as a bbq

Oh yeah? Before that he d get his ass kicked so hard he d be shitting snow for the rest of his life! :p

btw, welcome back. Good to see you around. :)

[scouse mac]

Oh yeah? Before that he d get his ass kicked so hard he d be shitting snow for the rest of his life! :p


Thats alright, RD likes the cold!


btw, welcome back. Good to see you around. :)


Cheers mate. I deliberately took a break which was slightly longer than I intended. Time flies driving trains there and back again.

[Living Dead Dude]

doing good, doing good.
;)

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 14

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, LOBBY - DAY

Two men in suits, one holding a clipboard and the other with his hands on his hips, clearly worried. The one with his hands on his hips looks at the receptionist behind the front desk.

MAN #1
Could you please excuse yourself for a moment?

She nods and walks away. The man turns to the other.

MAN #1
So, is anybody missing?

MAN #2
An inmate, named David Artaud. And Kemal.

MAN #1
Kemal's missing?

MAN #2
Yes, sir. We've looked for him but to no avail.

MAN #1
Are you sure that's all that's missing? You called every employee and checked all of our residents, right?

MAN #2
Everywhere except you know where.

MAN #1
Why didn't you look there? That's where everything happened!

MAN #2
If you want to go down there and get a vine shoved down your throat or cooked alive and eaten, be my guest. I don't get paid nearly enough to go down there.

MAN #1
Fine.

Man #1 reaches for a cell phone on his head and beeps a guard who soon arrives. The two walk down to the cells.

INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, HALLWAY - DAY

The Man and The Guard stand in front of one the doors in the hallway.

MAN #1
I mean, I took over this place with good intentions. Look what it gets me!

GUARD
Which one is this?

MAN #1
Oh, Baren. "The stealer of superpowers". Responsible for the deaths of Senator David. He also has a reputation as a hero killer. Took the lives of The Green Gardener and The Aquatic Allies

GUARD
I've never heard of them, of course I've head of Senator David. But the other two I mean.

MAN #1
The Green Gardener, Bradley Green, could use plants to his advantage. He was a botanist and some sort of reactions. Typical hero shit. He got strangled after Baren took his powers and strangled him with his own vine. The Aquatic Allies, Gary and Allen West, two kids, 12 at most. They were in a shipwreck and miraculously they could breathe underwater and swim at breakneck speed. Baren took their superpowers and drowned them where the ship went down a couple years before.

GUARD
How did he end up here if he's such a badass?

MAN #1
Gore The Red got a help call from The Aquatic Allies. He punched him in the back of the head and got Blur to bring him in before he could wake up.

The guard slides the key into the lock, he's missing.

MAN #1
...Fuck. Check the other two! Check the other two!

The guard opens the door to discover that Zombie Man is also gone.

MAN #1
Let's get this over with, let's confirm the Red Dynamo is gone.

The guard puts the key into James Macky's door, when BOOM the metal door is thrown forward and pins the guard to the wall. James is leaning against it sending a current through it that fries the guard alive. Man #1 tries to run.

RED DYNAMO
Don't you run, Warden!

Red Dynamo leans off of the door it falls over, the guard's charred corpse is stuck to the wall.


INT. BLAKE CITY INSANE ASYLUM, LOBBY - DAY

The Warden runs toward the front door when suddenly the casing for the fluorescent lighting bursts and Red Dynamo emerges from the light tubs. He grabs the Warden by the throat from behind and forces his sword through his spine and into out of his chest. He pulls it out and lets the Warden drop. He turns to the Receptionist and smiles.

RED DYNAMO
Don't worry, I don't have a problem with you. Just the ones trying to keep me in here. You, Kemal, the inmates, you're all safe. Could you do me a favor?

The Receptionist stares at him, paralyzed by the fear.

RECEPTIONIST
W... What?

RED DYNAMO
Hit the alarm under your desk. I know it's right there. Just hit it, so all of the guards will come out here and i don't have to look for them? And tell him to get out from under your desk.

The man who was holding the clipboard crawls out from underneath the desk, Red Dynamo tosses his sword through his face, he walks over and pulls his sword free. The alarm begins to go off. Red Dynamo looks at the Receptionist.

RED DYNAMO
Thanks, Dollface. Your blouse is cute.

Three guards suddenly tackle Red Dynamo to the ground. He sends a jolt of electricity straight to their hearts. Red Dynamo stands up

RED DYNAMO
One more...

A guard rushes out and James punches him in the stomach with enough shock to burn a hole into it. organs and stomach acids drip out and he hits the ground.

RED DYNAMO
They still only keep five guards on staff, right?

The Receptionist nods.

RECEPTIONIST
Yeah.

RED DYNAMO
Great, thanks. If you weren't so frightened by the death think I think you'd have made a great "Pink Dynamo" you're helpful and gorgeous.

The Receptionist nods, Red Dynamo jumps over the front desk. The Receptionist backs away, Red Dynamo grabs her and kisses her, the static makes her hair start to stand up a bit. He pulls back.

RED DYNAMO
Might still work. Tell the cops Red Dynamo did this.

James zips out the door. The Receptionist goes to wipe her lip but shocks her hand at first. She pushes her hair back down and sits in her chair, completely horrified and disoriented.

[scouse mac]

Quality, MM.


Good to see Red Dynamo getting back in the action.

[Doc Faustus]

Good job. It's nice spending time with the villains.

[ferretchucker]

Brilliant as usual!

[Papillon Noir]

Nice entry, MM :)

[Living Dead Dude]

damn. this is great.

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 15

INT. WEST COUNTY, REDCOCK FAMILY FARM, HOUSE - DAY

The Redcock house is an average two-story house, the exterior could use some fresh paint, other than that it's a pretty normal place. But on the inside, the sole resident of the house, CHARLES ROBERT REDCOCK sleeps at the kitchen table with his head in his arms. A motorcycle's motor can be heard outside, getting closer to the house. The newspaper sits in front of him, three empty beer bottles rest on top of it to keep the rotating fan from blowing it away. A shadow is suddenly cast over him, a knock comes from the screen door. He lifts his head. His long, scraggly hair and beard obscure most of his face. His brown jumpsuit is covered in black stains and one red one across his chest. He walks to the door, BRIX steps inside. He's much taller than Charles.

CHARLES
Hey, Brix. Long time no see. How's the flamethrower treatin' ya?

Brix notices the beer bottles

BRIX
You're still drinking?

CHARLES
Yeah, I only drink when I'm not working. But you're the only person who hires me. I guess I should figure out a way to advertise. You think they would give bus bench space to a guy who makes weapons?

BRIX
I have a new-

Brix notices the red stain on Charles' jumpsuit.

BRIX
What's that?

CHARLES
Some kids a few farms over had a party, apparently they didn't appreciate ol' Haystack trying to have a good time. Luckily I had my toolbelt, lost one of my wrenches running from the parents though. Anyway, you have a new what?

BRIX
You ever consider trying your hand in vehicles?

CHARLES
Tried it, perfected it. I have a button under the steering wheel of my truck that can fire a bullet out of the exhaust pipe. I don't think I'd ever need it but it starts some great conversations.

BRIX
I want a van.

CHARLES
No problem. I still have an old junker I could fix up from my Deadhead years. What kind of toppings do ya want?

BRIX
I want it to be bulletproof, with tinted windows and plenty of space for my chopper and my weapons.

CHARLES
Invincible with room for toys. Got it.

BRIX
Good, I'll pay you when it's done.

Brix turns to walk out.

CHARLES
Give me a few days.

BRIX
Of course.

Brix continues walking.

CHARLES
Oh, by the way-

Brix turns around.

CHARLES (Cont'd.)
Do you want me to paint it? I mean, green isn't that scary and "Shaggin' Wagon" written on the side probably isn't intimidating either.

BRIX
Paint it.

CHARLES
Great, thanks for your continued business.

Brix walks out the door and hops onto motorcycle and speeds off of the Redcock Family Farm. Charles walks downstairs into the basement and opens up a closet in the far end of the room. He walks down to-

INT. WEST COUNTY, REDCOCK FAMILY FARM, WORKSHOP - DAY

A huge workshop, the tables are littered in metal pieces and tools, a ramp leads up to an empty aircraft hanger on the property to allow the entry and exit of vehicles. The van is already in the workshop, bright green, the windows have Grateful Dead stickers on the back and just as he said, "Shaggin' Wagon" is written on the side.

CHARLES
Goodbye Shaggin' Wagon. Hello Meat Train.

[ferretchucker]

Hahaha, love the setting of the scene. I can picture it perfectly. And Charles is cool, I wanna see more of him!

[massacre man]

A very short one.

CHAPTER 16

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, DAVID ARTAUD'S APARTMENT - DAY

David is on the couch with his eyes closed, unconscious. Baren, tall, bald, cold and emotionless sits near him. Zombie Man is chained in the kitchen. Baren watches the television, another episode of PRIM8. Zombie Man continues to tug at the chains, saliva has formed a puddle around him. David opens his eyes and wakes up in a panic, after spotting Baren he cowers at the end of the couch.

BAREN
So you were being truthful.

David gets up to run to the door located in the kitchen when Zombie Man leaps forward at the doorway into the kitchen. David stumbles back.

ARTAUD
What are you doing here? Why am I home?

BAREN
You said you wouldn't be yourself when you awoke. You asked us to keep you from leaving. I may not be a caring man, but I'm an honorable one. The fulfillment of my wish to once again be free is well worth the exchange for the fulfillment of your wishes.

ARTAUD
Good, now that you've passed. Allow me to leave.

ZOMBIE MAN
You said that if you got away... I may as well eat your flesh... I hope to...

BAREN
You told us how you would prove to us that you were again Momus.

ARTAUD
Momus?

BAREN
You know that you're a very interesting case.

David begins to scream for somebody to help him. Baren stands and puts his finger to his mouth.

ZOMBIE MAN
You'll wake... the dead! That isn't... even... planned until... later.

BAREN
Don't bother to try and shout for help, I've already taken the liberties of disposing of your neighbors, just as Momus instructed.

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, DAVID ARTAUD'S APARTMENT, HALLWAY - DAY

Thick branches have formed in front of David's door, vines climb the walls of the hallway, each and every other door in the hallway has been smashed open and all of the people inside every room viciously slaughtered.

[The_Return]

A very short one.

Short but sweet, my friend.

[ferretchucker]

Ah, the delights of a split personality.

[Freak]

Very nice MM.Glad to finally see Baren tearing it up.Hope we see some more carnage from him soon.

[massacre man]

Very nice MM.Glad to finally see Baren tearing it up.Hope we see some more carnage from him soon.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh you will!

[Doc Faustus]

This is getting really good.

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 17

FLASHBACK:
INT. EMPTY WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Light from the moon shines in the lone window located at the top of warehouse bordering the ceiling, it's no more than 6 inches long. The warehouse is basically empty, save a few crates set out next to each other and two men. The one with medium-length hair combed over and a button-up shirt with dress pants is TOBIAS MORGAN The other man has short hair and a mustache and a suit that all appear very similar to Vincent Price's popular look. He seems a bit nervous about the meeting, his name is JASON ROMERO.

TOBIAS
We've gotten what you've asked. Are you sure that's all you need to make this work?

JASON
No, sir. All the requirements are meant.

TOBIAS
We'll unlock the door once it's done.

JASON
Can you please tell me who this is meant to be used on?

TOBIAS
That isn't any business of yours. Your business is the assembly of our weapon. Nothing further.

Tobias starts for the door but then turns back to Jason.

TOBIAS
Oh, and we actually own this warehouse, it has several purposes other than this. If we find any evidence of you snooping around ANYWHERE but here we'll toss you on the pile.

JASON
Pile?

Tobias exits and slams the door behind him, Jason hears the sound of the door locking echoing through the warehouse.

DAYS LATER:

Jason has put together a shell to contain some type of chemical weapon, he mixes several chemicals together and puts them into a sealed-off tube. He picks up a pair of tongs when he is startled by a LOUD scream behind the metal door of a freezer Jason was too scared to venture into. He drops the canister onto the floor. The fumes rise up and dance into his nose, first making him lightheaded then rendering him unconscious, the freezer-person's screams echo.

MOMENTS LATER:

Jason arises, his eyes have turned yellow, his skin has begun to turn a brownish-green. He stands, holding a shard of the broken canister, with every movement his bones crack. He looks at his skin and screams out, his screams are met with the screams of the freezer-person. He inches toward the freezer and pulls the door open.

The freezer person is a man with a gunshot wound in his stomach. He doesn't look at Jason just keeps his toward the floor. He starts to crawl out.

FREEZER MAN
Please, please don't keep me here.

JASON
So... hungry.

FREEZER MAN
Please, let me go. I'm dying.

JASON
I'm-

Jason looks at his skin once again.

JASON (Cont'd.)
-Dead

The Freezer Man for the first time removes his hand from the gun wound, Jason's nostrils catch the scent, he quickly flips the freezer man and sits on his knees. Jason uses the canister to slice the bullet wound into a large piece of human fillet and he starts to chew on it. He looks behind him into the freezer and discovers the "pile" Tobias had referred to. A pile of bodies sits in the freezer. A wound has opened on Jason's cheek from his mouth's movement. He wipes it with his finger and stands, putting his hand on the Freezer Man when he stands. As he walks toward the pile licking his lips the Freezer Man stands behind him, a mindless zombie.

MOMENTS LATER:

EXT. EMPTY WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Two grunt men arrive to check up on Jason, they move toward the door when they are swarmed by cops and cuffed. One of the cops checks the van.

OFFICER
Morgan isn't here. Repeat, Morgan isn't here.

The police kick in the door to the warehouse only to find a seven-strong group of mindless zombies under Jason's control. They rush out and the cops shoot at them. Jason emerges, after several cops are killed by the other zombies one manages to shoot Jason's jaw off. He drops to the ground and all of the other zombies follow his lead. His power over the zombies have been lost and they return to their corpse-state.

[Living Dead Dude]

this sh*t's gettin better!
excited about when I enter!

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 18

INT. BLAKE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY - DAY

An extremely attractive blond woman in a brown tweed suit, Una Night, makes her way through the aisles of first of three floors in the library. She thumbs through a few books and pulls out a book on gem stones, she puts that on top of a book about mummification already in her hand. She smiles, satisfied with her find. She takes it to a table and sits down and quickly opens it. A familiar face, Moira's, stands next to her.

MOIRA
May I ask why you haven't put the returns back?

UNA
Because it's your turn.

MOIRA
It's not even my job, it's yours.

UNA
I'll get them next time. I'm busy now.

MOIRA
No, you'll do it now. I have the power to fire you and I will if I feel it necessary.

Moira snatches up the books and closes them when Wayne jogs in, slow for him.

WAYNE
Moira, i need to talk to you.

MOIRA
Alright, just let me put these back.

Moira glares at Una and the two walk back toward the bookshelves, Una runs her hand along Wayne's leg as he passes in order to spite Moira. Wayne and Moira walk into the aisle from which Una got the gem book.

MOIRA
What is it Wayne?

WAYNE
Can we go somewhere that doesn't have people in it?

MOIRA
Yeah, sure.

INT. BLAKE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY, STORAGE ROOM - DAY

The room where all of the books not on display are stored. Extra copies of books and old obscure titles that carried no interest. Moira and Wayne walk inside.

MOIRA
Alright, what is it?

WAYNE
I was with Eric today-

MOIRA
How is Eric?

WAYNE
He's fine, just listen. The psycho we caught last night, he escaped.

MOIRA
Oh, God...

WAYNE
Not the worst of it.

MOIRA
What's the worst of it?

WAYNE
Well, Red Dynamo, Baren, and Zombie Man are all missing from the asylum.

Moira is speechless.

WAYNE
Exactly, I'm going to be searching all day, once you get off I'm gonna have to ask you to suit up too.

MOIRA
Yeah, sure. Whatever you need.

WAYNE
Great, thanks. I'm going to get back to it.

MOIRA
Wait, wait right here.

WAYNE
Why?

MOIRA
I'm going to take off now.

Moira walks out and Wayne waits for her, he picks up a book and starts to read it, the door opens.

UNA
Hey.

WAYNE
Hi. You aren't supposed to be back here.

UNA
It's OK, I work here.

WAYNE
I don't, so I'll show myself the ex-

Una stands in front of Wayne.

UNA
So, how do you know the leprechaun?

WAYNE
Don't talk about Moira like that.

UNA
Well, how do you know Moira?

WAYNE
We've known each other forever.

UNA
How long is forever?

WAYNE
Since middle school.

UNA
Have you two ever?

WAYNE
That isn't your busness.

UNA
That's a no. How do you put up with that? Her dragging you along all that time.

WAYNE
It isn't that way at all. We're friends.

UNA
Yeah, tell yourself that. But a better soultion would be to get back at her. Don't you think?

Wayne smiles.

WAYNE
Yeah, get back at her? How do you suggest we do that?

UNA
You know.

WAYNE
Alright, close your eyes and pucker up.

Una closes her eyes and puckers up. The door opens behind her she looks back to see Moira standing at the door, when she looks back to her front Wayne is long gone.

[Doc Faustus]

Hot librarians on opposite sides of the law? Too sexy for words. Shine on, you crazy diamond!

[ferretchucker]

Meow! Very good read. I like to think I was sitting in that library, invisbly reading a book.

[massacre man]

Meow! Very good read. I like to think I was sitting in that library, invisbly reading a book.

If this was a movie I would have left a book sitting open on a table, does it mean you're there or does it mean somebody lost interest in their book!? Or maybe both!

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 19

EXT. FOREST - DAY

A quiet forest, tranquil, a squirrel scurries into view with an acorn. He quickly runs at the sound of footsteps. Three men cross the screen, carrying a body wrapped in a carpet. One is a handsome man, barely putting any effort into carrying the body, this is Glenn. The shorter in the middle putting all of his effort into it is wearing a hooded sweater over his suit, this is Chuck Day. In the rear holding up the feet is a well-dressed gentleman with slicked-back hair and a nice suit, his name is Robby Mac.

They reach a hole that's already been dug before their arrival. They drop the body in the hole.

GLENN
So, Chuck. Why exactly did you tell Roland you needed three guys for this?

CHUCK
I don't know, I just thought since we haven't seen each other in a while I'd get this little thing together. Thought we could hang out.

GLENN
That is literally the dumbest idea I've ever heard.

CHUCK
What do you mean? I mean, we can dump a guy in a hole, fill the hole up, I got some beers in a hollow tree a couple feet away. Just thought we could have a good time.

GLENN
If you wanted to hang out why didn't you just call us and ask? Don't bring 3 people out for a one man job. I had shit to do, Chuck.

CHUCK
Well, sooory, Glenn!

ROBBY
I didn't have anything to do, I kind of liked the idea. It's what we always talked about in high school. Getting jobs where we would together.

CHUCK
Thank you, Robby.

GLENN
This isn't Little Caesar's, Robby. This is very important life or death shit and I don't think we should be goofing off while we're on the job.

ROBBY
Life or death? It's not like we snuff people out for Roland, Glenn. We just dump the shitbags and clean his gutters and shit.

CHUCK
See, Glenn. Just relax and have a beer. I'll go get them out of the hollow tree and we'll bury this sucker, it'll be greaaaaat.

Chuck starts to walk away. He can be seen in the background trying to recall which tree he put the beer in.

ROBBY
Why are you giving Chuck such a hard time?

GLENN
I'm sorry I'm taking my job seriously.

ROBBY
Why do you think this job-

CHUCK (shouting from background)
I had the wrong tree! It's the one over here!

ROBBY (Cont'd.)
Why do you think this job is something important? It's just grunt work for a couple bucks and some nice suits.

A black blur quickly jumps into frame, picks up the shovel and buries it into Glenn's chest, he drops to the ground, dead. Robby turns to run but Renegade grabs him by the shoulder and turns him around before punching him full-force, he smashes into a tree, the sound of his bones cracking echoes through the woods. Chuck comes running back holding the six-pack. He stops in his tracks when he sees Renegade standing by Glenn's body. Renegade draws a 9mm from his coat and blasts a bullet right at Chuck. In a panic he puts the six-pack in front of his face, the bullet flies directly through it, getting him exactly between the eyes. The cans spray beer all over the body.

Renegade approaches Robby, who is moaning quietly. He has a large open wound on his forehead, his legs are mangled and his left eye is swollen. Renegade stands over him then crouches in front of him.

RENEGADE
What's your name?

ROBBY
Robby... Robby Mac.

RENEGADE
I don't recognize your name. You must be low rank. Who were the other two?

ROBBY
Chuck Day and Glenn Howard.

RENEGADE
All three of you are low ranks. Must not be somebody with a lot of friends you were burying.

ROBBY
It wasn't. Just a guy who took out a loan he couldn't pay back. He didn't live with anybody. He didn't work. He was a druggy.

RENEGADE
A druggy? Then he deserved it.

ROBBY
Yeah! Yeah! He deserved it, so you'll let me go?

RENEGADE
Why would I let you go?

ROBBY
Because, all I was doing was dumping a druggy! I didn't even kill him.

RENEGADE
Still, with mob affiliations how could I let you go?

ROBBY
Because you can't kill me, that's worse than what I did. Why should you get away with it if you're going to kill me.

RENEGADE
Because I am justice.

Renegade kicks Robby in the face, splattering his brains, skull, and blood over the back of tree. He grabs Robby's shoulder and drags him to the hole and throws him in with the body of the druggy. He throws the bodies of Chuck and Glenn on top.

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 20

FLASHBACK:

INT. MILITARY OFFICE - DAY

1940s: Walt Jones, early 20s, a muscular man with a pair of glasses sits at a desk with his legs crossed. A military officer sits in front of him.

MILITARY OFFICER
Listen, Mr. Jones.

WALT
Please call me Walt.

MILITARY OFFICER
Walt, I'm afraid we can't let you go into battle.

Walt, clearly crushed takes his glasses off and sets them in his lap before responding.

WALT
Why... Why can't you?

MILITARY OFFICER
I'm sorry but your asthma makes you too big of a risk.

INT. GARAGE - DAY

Walt's locked himself in the garage, his mother is on the other side trying to talk to him.

MRS. JONES
Walt, Honey! Please come out. Can't we just talk about this?

Walter turns on his radio and leans on the wall, slowly sliding to the floor. He catches the end of a song as the announcer returns to the air.

RADIO ANNOUNCER
We hope you all enjoyed that song! In the news today, the Grey Goon, the last of America's Superheroes has been sent to war! Our likelihood of victory has increased greatly!

Walt stands up and shuts off the radio, he has an idea.

CUT TO:

INT. GARAGE - NIGHT

Much later, Walt has crafted a black one-piece suit and a matching mask for his face. He's wearing a pair of work boots. He has fashioned his glasses with a goggle strap to keep them on his head. He walks out to-

EXT. JONES HOUSEHOLD - NIGHT

All of the lights in the house are off, Walt walks to the back of the house and stands on the patio he leans down and flips a switch on both boots. The bottoms blast out attached to springs and shoot him several feet into the air. He lands and smiles.

CUT TO:

INT. BLACK CITY, BANK - DAY

The bank contains no more people than the tellers and a security guard. When the door swings open and Walt bursts in. He immediately elbows the guard in the face, knocking him to the ground unconscious. He spring jumps forward.

WALT
With all of America's superheroes out of the picture, this makes way for the rise of The Dregs! Unless you want to see what I can really do I suggest you empty the safes.

The tellers rush to the safe to hand over the money. When a hand taps Walter's shoulder.

ROISE (O.S.)
Hey, bub.

Walt turns and BAM! a punch to the chest sends him flying, crashing through a wall into the pottery store next door. Rosie, a woman with muscular arms, blue jeans, a blue-button up shirt, and a red bandanna around here black hair is the owner of the fist. She sees his broken glasses lying at her feet. She rushes to Walt.

ROSIE
The superhero's absence from the good ol' U. S. of A means no more than the rise of the Superheroine!

Rosie realizes that Walt has no superpowers, and is simply a man in a costume.

CUT TO:

INT. BLAKE CITY, PRISON HOSPITAL - DAY

Several of Walt's body parts are wrapped in casts as he sits in the bed. Rosie steps in in street clothes. She sits by his bed. Neither of them say a word.

Until...

WALT
You punch hard...

ROSIE
Yeah, that's my thing. I didn't think you were... normal. I'm sorry I used so much force, but you were asking for it.

WALT
I understand.

ROSIE
Are you going to straighten up once you get out of here?

WALT
It depends.

ROSIE
Depends? I don't want to have to put you in here again.

WALT
I'll retire from crime if you promise me one thing.

ROSIE
What is it?

WALT
Promise me.

ROSIE
Not until you tell me what I'm promising.

WALT
I want you to go on a date with me.

ROSIE
A date? No.

WALT
Just get a burger with me when I get out of here.

ROSIE
I'll think about it.

Rosie gets up and walks out.

CUT TO:

EXT. BLAKE CITY, PRISON - DAY

Years Later: Walt is finally released from the prison, he exits the gate and walks towards a cab waiting for him when he hears a whistle, he turns to see Rosie leaning on her car waiting for him.

END FLASHBACK:

INT. BLAKE CITY, ROSIE'S PLACE - DAY

Rosie's Place, a quiet bar owned by Rosie and Walt. Moira and Wayne enter the bar. Rosie begins to glow upon spotting Moira.

ROSIE
Moira! How are you?

MOIRA
I'm just fine, Rosie. And Walt?

ROSIE
Oh, he's fine, still couldn't take care of himself for his life, though!

Moira and Rosie laughs, as does Walt behind the bar.

WALT (Joking)
Well, if I didn't act helpless what reason would you have to stick around?

The three share enough laugh, Rosie looks at Wayne.

ROSIE
So, who is your friend here?

MOIRA
This is Wayne, he's the one the papes call "Blur."

Wayne extends his hand to Rosie.

WAYNE
Nice to meet you, Mrs. Jones.

ROSIE
Oh, I didn't take old Walt's name. It's still Mrs. O' Shea.

Rosie grabs onto Wayne's hand and shakes it.

WAYNE
I'm sorry, very nice to meet you, Mrs. O' Shea.

ROSIE
Very nice to meet you, Wayne.

Wayne walks over and shakes Walt's hand.

MOIRA
Wayne had something he wanted to ask of you.

ROSIE
What is it, sweety?

WAYNE
Well, there's a lot of... well...

WALT
The shit hit the fan? We've been watching the news. What do you want from us?

WAYNE
We wanted to get as many heroes as we could together to figure out a way to prevent any further damage and casualties and were wondering if we could use your place for the meetings.

ROSIE
Why here?

WAYNE
Because I thought this would be a place of confidence where we could trust everybody and everybody could trust us. Everybody knows the story of Rosie the Riveter and The Dregs. But nobody knows that they still live in Blake City and own a bar.

WALT
I think the kid had a good idea, what do you think, Rosie?

ROSIE
Well, I think it's a good idea but any damage, you're paying for it.

WAYNE
I promise you will be compensated for any damages caused by my actions, one of my partners is very rich and will compensate you fully.

WALT
I like your friend already.

[massacre man]

I'm a whore, so bump.

[ferretchucker]

Just read the last two episodes and as usual superb. Loved the flashback to The Dregs and Rosie!

[Doc Faustus]

I like how you're transitioning from grim to light and hopeful here. You've been balancing the tone really well.

[massacre man]

Sorry for the lack of updates. But my computer strongly disagrees with me and freezes whenever I try to post something long. So bare with me please.

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 21

INT. DAVID ARTAUD'S APARTMENT - DAY

Baren is still staring into the TV, paying no mind to the program, but the vines he formed on the window behind it. Zombie Man is chewing on a body tangled in vines in front of him. Artaud sits on the edge of the couch traumatized by the sight in front of him, he eases his hand into the cushion of the couch, he pulls out the key for Zombie Man's chains.

MOMUS
It's time, my friend.

EXT. FOREST - DAY

In the woods, where Red Dynamo has chosen to hide out and plan his next action. He happens across the 4 bodies in the hole, 3 of which are courtesy of Renegade. He kneels down to examine the hole when the leaves behind him start to rustle and crunch at an extremely fast rate, Red Dynamo leaps to his feet where he's met by Renegade. He uses one of his swords to block Renegade's knife.

RED DYNAMO
You know, I do like that knife.

Static begins to form at Dynamo's knee and hands, the knife is pulled to his leg by a magnet he made of his leg. He swings the sword at Renegade again, he stops it with his hand and squeezes tight enough for blood to drip out. He squeezes tighter and tighter until the sword breaks in half. Renegade pins The Red Dynamo to the ground. Suddenly the trees around him start to shift and bend and branches reach down for Renegade. They pull him up but he manages to get another knife and slice through them. When he gets away Red Dynamo is gone.

Renegade looks around, he grudgingly vanishes into the shadows of the trees. The forest sits, silent. A tree cracks open and Red Dynamo falls out, he shakingly stands to his feet. He turns toward the sound of footsteps approaching and chains dragging. Momus, Baren, and Zombie Man watch him.

MOMUS
Hello, Macky.

RED DYNAMO
Who are you?

MOMUS
Well, I go by Momus. These two are your future coworkers.

RED DYNAMO
Coworkers?

MOMUS
We saved you, James. You owe us this. If you aren't interested, Baren here could take your abilities and we could leave you for dead like the police did your old man. It's just much better to have more henchmen in my arsenal in case I have to get rid of one.

RED DYNAMO
What do you want me to do?

MOMUS
I want to get rid of a few of the overpowered good samaritans to make way for my own "artistic interpretation" of the world. You'll simply be one of the paints on my pallet.

RED DYNAMO
Killing Blur and his little fucking lucky charm is on my To-Do list. But I'm not doing it for you.

MOMUS
Fair enough, James. Baren, take his powers.

The branches near him again, Red Dynamo uses his remaining sword to slash through the oncoming branches and leaves the area. Momus looks to the bodies.

MOMUS
Well, this trip won't have been for nothing.

He picks up the broken sword and grabs Zombie Man's chains and pulls him to the body hole. He stabs Zombie Man and holds the bloody sword over the hole. The 4 bodies begin to move.

[massacre man]

CHAPTER 22

INT. APARTMENT BUILDING, HALLWAY - DAY

Wayne and Rob are inside of Artaud's apartment building, Wayne has a saw in hand and Rob has nothing. The vines on the wall have only grown.

ROB
How long do you think it's been like this?

WAYNE
A few hours.

Rob shouts

ROB
Is anybody in here still alive?

A few screams ring through the place.

WAYNE
I'll take upstairs and you take this floor?

ROB
Sure. I can live with that.

Wayne vanishes, Rob starts to tear at the branches blocking the door, ripping them fairly easily. He kicks in the door and finds a man with branches growing beneath his skin and other branches poking out from his skin. Rob shouts for Wayne who quickly appears next to him. He's completely speechless watching the man. Suddenly Gabriel bursts into the room.

GABRIEL
You have to get out of here!

Wayne quickly rushes behind him and puts him in a headlock.

WAYNE
Who are you?

GABRIEL
I'm a good guy! I'm a good guy! I know Eric, Volpone. I know him. You can trust me. But they're all coming back.

WAYNE
Who?

GABRIEL
Baren, Zombie Man, and Momus.

Wayne lets Gabriel go.

WAYNE
What about Red Dynamo?

GABRIEL
He isn't with them.

WAYNE
Who is Momus?

GABRIEL
Their leader.

WAYNE
How do you know this?

GABRIEL
I've been following them, and following you.

WAYNE
Me?

GABRIEL
Yeah, I just want to help, I wanted to help, see how I could assist in your plan, tell you theirs.

ROB
Do you trust this guy?

WAYNE
Yeah, I think so. You promise I can trust you?

GABRIEL
Promise, swear, yes, I promise.

WAYNE
What's their plan?

GABRIEL
They never mentioned it near me. I can't hear when...

WAYNE
Oh... You're the one Eric was talking about. The invisible boy?

GABRIEL
Yeah... But I don't like that name.

The footsteps can be heard through the apartment, along with Zombie Man's chains. Gabriel quickly disappears. Wayne and Rob prepare to fight, when the 4 zombies stumble into the room. Zombie Man right behind.

ZOMBIE MAN
I thought I smelled flllllesh! Let us eaaaaat.

Zombie Man and the 4 zombies pounce toward them when a voice interrupts them.

MOMUS
Stop!

Momus steps in.

MOMUS
Blur and Gore The Red in my apartment building! How exciting! I'm a very busy person so I hope you don't mind my visit being short, but I have wonderful plans for the two of you. Speak to Baren about it.

Momus walks out, the zombies follow. Baren comes in to take the powers away from both Wayne and Rob when Rob quickly snatches up a table and hits Baren in the head with it, knocking him out.

ROB
That was easy... And now...

The zombies swarm in, the two fight them off rather effectively until they manage to overpower Rob and swarm on him, chewing at him. Wayne uses his saw to slice his arm open, the scent of the blood attracts the zombies. He runs just fast enough to avoid getting caught but slow enough to keep them behind him.

EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING- DAY

He gets outside and as fast as he can he weaves through all of them punching as he passes, they all fall to the ground. Wayne stops, his arm already healed, and for the first time, out of breath. The zombies begin to push themselves back to their feet.

WAYNE
No!

Wayne gets ready to go back for them when CRASH! through the wall comes the super-powerful zombified version of Gore The Red.

[Living Dead Dude]

srry. I haven't been on in a while, so don;'t think I quit.

[Doc Faustus]

Good work on this one as always.

[Living Dead Dude]

oh hell yah! :D
this is awesome.

[Living Dead Dude]

when your done is there a way you can post all chapters together in one thread?

[ferretchucker]

when your done is there a way you can post all chapters together in one thread?

A very good Mod usually does that for us.

[Living Dead Dude]

epicness. :):):)

[_____V_____]

Interlude - Renegade: The Beginning


CHAPTER #

INT. TWILIGHT CITY, UNKNOWN LOCATION.

Vallen looks across at the timers of the bombs in front of him, laid down in a neat line across the table. A mangy mongrel slowly walks over and sits beside him, looking above with expectant eyes.

VALLEN
Hungry, fella?

Vallen takes a small Clark bar out of his jacket's inner pockets and peels the wrapper off, before breaking it into two and extending a piece to the dog. The dog sniffs it once, then gently pries it out of Vallen's hand and chews on it slowly.

VALLEN
That will have to do for now. You will get your food when I do the shopping at midnight.

He slowly walks over and sinks into the small couch beside the table, thoughtful. A large shadow falls across him and he looks to his right. A hawk has perched itself on the ventilator across the room, letting out a small squawk.

VALLEN
Just now. Anything else?

The hawk makes a series of incoherent squawking noises, then tilts its head to the left. Vallen's look shifts from the hawk to the ceiling, deep in thought.

VALLEN
Hmm. It's going to be a long night again...

He closes his eyes with a small sigh. His mind begins to drift back into his past.


(HAZY IMAGES AND VOICES ROLL - ZOOM INTO A FACE)


TODD
Hey chap! Looking great today as usual...

VALLEN (smiling)
I always look good when I am out of uniform. What's new?

TODD (with a laugh)
Have a great Fourth, man. I'll be around to pick you up next week.



(HAZY IMAGES AND VOICES AGAIN - ZOOM INTO A CAFE)

Mikey's Cafe.

Some patrons can be seen having coffee and discussing in low voices. Vallen walks in.

MIKEY (with a beaming smile)
Hey yo Vallen my man! It's good to see you.

VALLEN (smiles back)
So what's up, Mikey? That smells really good.

MIKEY
Brewing some of my special homemade coffee. Come up and sit and I'll get you a mug.

VALLEN
Thanks, buddy. Can't wait till I get home. Some other time perhaps.

MIKEY
Come on! You can always spare a moment for this old man.

VALLEN (laughs slowly)
You ain't old. Okay, I'll have some.

MIKEY (grinning and turning around towards the kitchen)
Hey Marge! Vallen's come home. Get us some coffee will ya?

Vallen sits on one of the propped-up stools and places his bag on the floor. Just then, a huge roar breaks the silence and a bunch of bikers zoom across the cafe on their bikes, yelling and blowing long whistles.

VALLEN
That was loud.

MIKEY (looking back from the road)
Damn filthy asswipes! Things have become worse since they joined the neighborhood.

Vallen looks at Mikey questioningly. Marge walks in and places two hot mugfuls of coffee between the two men.

MARGE
So nice to see you, Vallen.

MIKEY
They call themselves the Voodoo Skulls. (scoffs) Hah...stupid name! But they aint. Especially their leader, Luca. He's one of the biggest assholes you ll ever meet. If I were you, I would stay away from them. Each one of those filthy scumbags should be shot.

VALLEN (picking up a coffee mug and sipping slowly)
And nobody called the police?

MIKEY (rolling eyes and picking the other mug)
Gimme a break! You think they don't have connections? Luca himself supplies the best opium to them. Police! Indeed...

Mikey's voice trails away. The patrons start whispering again. After a few moments, Vallen rises and reaches for his wallet.

MIKEY
This one's on the house, buddy. I'll charge you next time.

VALLEN (smiles)
Better make that a double then.

Both men laugh, and Vallen picks up his bag. He waves to Mikey once and walks out.



Hope Mass sees this and decides to come back soon to pick it up from here. I hope I did his story's flow enough justice with my limited skills.

[massacre man]

Thanks a lot, V. Damn fine job. I'm sorry I still haven't been around. The mortgage company has kept quiet about our house since January (until yesterday when they finally gave us a 30-day notice to get the fuck out), so we've avoided turning the internet back on. My friend let me borrow his laptop so I can finish up a script for a comedy we're making, so I have internet for now but not enough time to update the story. Once we find a new place and get settled in I promise I'll be back to finish the story.