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.