PAGE TEN (Six Panels)
PANEL 1
Beautiful California sunshine comes streaming into the stylized kitchen of the Wing Residence. An ‘island’ holding all the pertinent kitchen appliances (as well as a telephone w/ answering machine) rests in the center of the room. The sink is overflowing with dirty dishes and empty food containers/pizza boxes sit on the stovetop.
CAPTION: THREE WEEKS LATER
SFX: BRRING!
PANEL 2
Closer on the telephone/answering machine combo.
ANSWERING MACHINE: (No Tail) HELLO, YOU HAVE REACHED COLLEEN WING OF THE REDWING GROUP. ALLISON AND I AREN’T…
PANEL 3
Even closer on the phone. An unlit ‘New Message’ indicator can now be clearly visible.
CAGE1: (No Tail/Filtered) MORNING LADIES. IT’S CAGE. MISTY, PICK UP.
CAGE2: (No Tail/Filtered) WOMAN, I KNOW YOU’RE SITTING ON THAT COUCH SCREENING ME.
PANEL 4
Again, closer on the answering machine, focusing on the ‘new message’ indicator.
CAGE: (No Tail/Filtered) ALRIGHT, I HAVE A LAYOVER TOMORROW AT LAX AND, MISTY, WE NEED TO TALK.
PANEL 5
Right on the unlit indicator.
CAGE1: (No Tail/Filtered) MEET ME AT THAT SPACESHIP THING AT ONE.
CAGE2: (No Tail/Filtered) AND DON’T FLAKE OUT ON ME, GIRL. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
PANEL 6
Same as Panel 5 with the indicator light on.
NO DIALOGUE
PAGE ELEVEN (Five Panels)
PANEL 1
Establishing shot of the landmark LAX Theme Building, located in the middle of Los Angeles International Airport. The Encounter restaurant is located in the main “spaceship-like” portion of the building.
CAGE: (No Tail) THIRTY MINUTES LATE, KNIGHT.
PANEL 2
Inside the restaurant, LUKE CAGE sits at a window table over looking the airport. A sleeveless shirt displays his massive arms. Misty stands awkwardly behind the empty chair across from Cage. Wearing a large, button-down shirt and jeans, Misty’s clothes hang very loosely on her diminished frame. Her right sleeve appears empty as expected. Sitting on top of the table is a cardboard legal document box.
MISTY: YOU’RE IN LA NOW. THAT’S CONSIDERED EARLY.
PANEL 3
Close-up of the displeased Luke Cage.
CAGE: MY FLIGHT LEAVES IN FORTY MINUTES AND WE HAVE A LOT TO GO OVER.
PANEL 4
Close-up of the equally displeased Misty Knight.
MISTY1: WELL, CAGE, IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO. OH YEAH, YOUR GODDAUGHTER AND I ARE DOING FINE. NOT GREAT, BUT FINE.
MISTY2: AND WHATEVER IS IN THAT BOX WON’T MAKE IT BETTER.
PANEL 5
Pull back to reveal Misty sitting at the table with Cage as he motions towards his cardboard box.
CAGE: AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IS IN THE BOX?
PAGE TWELVE (Seven Panels)
PANEL 1
Close on Misty. It is becoming obvious how weak and tired her condition has left her.
MISTY1: SOMETHING I DO NOT WANT.
MISTY2: THE FILE ON RED’S MURDER.
PANEL 2
Close on Cage. His expression reads the seriousness of his information.
CAGE1: NO, THIS CASE HAS THE INFO ON VICTIMS ONE AND TWO.
CAGE2: THREE THROUGH SEVEN ARE BEING SENT TO THE HOUSE.
PANEL 3
Full shot of the restaurant and all of beautiful & self-involved LA people surrounding Cage & Misty.
MISTY: WING WAS SEVEN?
CAGE1: NO, SHE WAS THE SIXTH VICTIM.
CAGE2: THERE WAS ANOTHER MURDER MONDAY.
PANEL 4
Full shot of the restaurant from the opposite side.
MISTY1: THIS WAS A SERIAL KILLER.
CAGE: NO, KILLERS.
MISTY2: I CAN’T DO THIS, CAGE.
PANEL 5
Close on Cage. He’s strictly business, but there is that air of sympathy. He really would rather not be putting all this on the weakened Misty Knight.
CAGE1: THERE ARE TWO OF THEM, KNIGHT.
CAGE2: ONE SEEMS TO HAVE THE SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE.
PANEL 6
Repeat of Panel 5.
CAGE1: THEY’RE TARGETING FEMALES THAT AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER COMMITTED A HEROIC ACT. OR IN SOME CASES, ACTS.
CAGE2: YOU COULD BE NEXT.
PANEL 7
Repeat of Panel 5 & 6.
NO DIALOGUE
PAGE THIRTEEN (Five Panels)
PANEL 1
Misty and Luke still at their table.
MISTY1: WELL, THEY WOULD BE DOING ME A FAVOR.
CAGE: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT YOU ANYMORE. THERE’S ALLISON NOW.
MISTY2: FOR HOW LONG? I’VE GOT MAYBE TWELVE, EIGHTEEN MONTHS.
PANEL 2
Close on Misty.
MISTY1: AND A LOT OF GOOD I’M DOING HER. BEEN OUT HERE FOR THREE WEEKS AND HAD EXACTLY FOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GIRL.
MISTY2: I LOOK AT HER AND ALL I SEE IS THE REASON I’M DYING FOR A DRINK.
PANEL 3
Repeat of Panel 1.
CAGE1: HOW LONG YOU BEEN DRY?
MISTY1: THREE WEEKS.
CAGE2: THAT’S GO-
MISTY2: (Overlapping Cage) DAYS. THREE DAYS.
PANEL 4
Cage is opening the lid of his legal document box and taking out a smaller flat box (about four inches square and one inch tall. Misty looks on tentatively.
NO DIALOGUE
PANEL 5
Cage slides the small box across the table towards Misty. She is extremely hesitant.
MISTY: WHAT’S THIS?
PAGE FOURTEEN (Four Panels)
PANEL 1
Cage and Misty still at the table. She opens the box to reveal a hi-tech metallic ring the width of Misty’s bicep.
CAGE1: A GIFT FROM REED.
MISTY: RICHARDS?
CAGE2: HOW MANY GUYS YOU KNOW NAMED REED?
PANEL 2
Misty takes the ring out of its receptacle and holds it for a closer examination.
MISTY: WHAT’S IT SUPPOSED TO DO?
CAGE: (No Tail) CURE CANCER.
PANEL 3
Close on Cage realizing he may have over-stepped himself.
CAGE1: SORRY, BAD JOKE.
CAGE2: TURN IT ON AND FIND OUT.
PANEL 4
Pull back to show both of them as Misty “turns on” the device, resulting in a translucent blue feminine arm expanding from it. A look of total surprise registers on Misty’s face.
NO DIALOGUE
PAGE FIFTEEN (Six Panels)
PANEL 1
A strong, lean feminine arm outstretched and holding a perfectly forged katana blade.
NO DIALOGUE
PANEL 2
Pull back to reveal Allison holding the Japanese blade. Standing in the workout area of the Wing residence, Allison is in the middle of her practice session, dressed in only the finest of fitness fashion.
NO DIALOGUE
PANEL 3
Three superimposed images of Allison show her performing a deadly, yet graceful killing blow with her sword.
MISTY: (No Tail) YOU GOT HER MOVES, LADY.
PANEL 4
Allison continues with her expert moves, as Misty is known shown looking on in the background. Misty is clad in the same clothing as her lunch with Cage. Her arm is still missing.
ALLISON1: SHE NEVER WANTED TO TRAIN ME.
ALLISON2: YOU MADE HER.
PANEL 5
Close on Misty, awkward.
MISTY1: TOO MANY ENEMIES WITH LONG MEMORIES.
MISTY2: YOUR MOM WANTED TO PROTECT YOU FROM VIOLENCE, BUT YOU NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT YOURSELF.
PANEL 6
Same as Panel 4, but with a new position for Allison.
ALLISON: WORST PART IS THAT I’LL NEVER KNOW IF I COULD HAVE TAKEN HER.
PAGE SIXTEEN (Six Panels)
PANEL 1
From the outside of the glass house, looking in on our two ladies in the workout area. Allison has not stopped her practice in the slightest.
MISTY: WE ALWAYS LIVE IN THE SHADOW OF OUR PARENTS.
ALLISON: FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW BOTH OF YOUR PARENTS.
PANEL 2
Close on Allison, not breaking from her movements in the slightest.
ALLISON: OF COURSE, YOU MIGHT KNOW WHO BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE.
PANEL 3
Misty takes an uncertain step towards the practicing Allison.
MISTY: ALLISON, YOUR MOTHER NEV--
ALLISON1: (Overlapping Misty) SOME BOXES CAME FOR YOU TODAY.
ALLISON2: FROM DANNY.
PANEL 4
Over Misty’s shoulder, looking at Allison gracefully cut the air with her blade.
MISTY: DANNY RAND?
ALLISON: HOW MANY GROWN MEN NAMED DANNY DO YOU KNOW?
PANEL 5
Close on Allison finishing her sequence perfectly.
ALLISON: COLLEEN TOLD ME THAT IF I EVER BEAT HER IN COMBAT, SHE WOULD TELL ME WHO MY FATHER WAS.
PANEL 6
Again over Misty’s shoulder looking at a now stationary Allison. Behind Allison is a transparent, ghost image of Danny Rand, clad in his Iron Fist costume sans mask.
ALLISON: SO, I GUESS IF YOU DON’T KNOW, WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE BRAVE SPERM PROVIDER TO STEP FORWARD.
PAGE SEVENTEEN (Six Panel Grid)
PANEL 1
Close up on the partial address information of the shipping boxes from Danny Rand. The return address reads “DANIEL RAND, 10 E. 40th STREET, NEW YORK, NY.” The ‘send to ‘ address is partially obscured and only Misty’s first name is visible.
CAPTION: I WASN’T LYING TO ALLISON.
PANEL 2
Misty, back at the “scene of the crime”, is sitting Indian style on the floor of the living room. She has opened up all the boxes and has spread the contents around her on the floor. The stacks of paperwork are arranger in circular rows. A yellow pad and pen rest in her lap.
CAPTION: COLLEEN NEVER TOLD ME WHO THE FATHER WAS.
PANEL 3
Close on the yellow legal pad that Misty is holding. At the top of the sheet is the word ‘VICTIMS’ in large bold letters, underlined twice. The numbers 1 through 7 go down the left side of the yellow page.
CAPTION: OF COURSE, IF DANNY WAS THE FATHER, IT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY COLLEEN NEVER TOLD ME.
PANEL 4
Pull back to show Misty sorting through one of the various stacks of documents.
CAPTION: THE THOUGHT OF MY BEST FRIEND SLEEPING WITH, WELL, THE ONLY MAN I EVER LOVED IS TOO MUCH.
PANEL 5
Close on a newspaper headline reading “SOCIAL WORKER FOUND SLAIN”.
CAPTION: NEVER THOUGHT DANNY WAS CAPABLE OF SUCH A THING.
PANEL 6
Back on the yellow legal pad from Panel 3. All Seven “VICTIM” spots are now filled it just as Misty is finishing writing in the seventh name. The list reads as follows: “VICTIMS, 1. AMY ELDEREDGE – 33 –SOCIAL WORKER, 2. BEATRICE EMERY – 28 – PARAMEDIC, 3. IVY PETERS – 67 – PHILANTHROPIST, 4. VALERIE MARTIN – 42 – RETIRED VIGILANTE, 5. MARLA SINGER – 35 – POLICE DETECTIVE, 6. ‘RED’, 7. CAROL FREELING – 13 – TELEPATH”.
CAPTION: THEN AGAIN, MEN ALWAYS SURPRISE ME AT WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF.
PAGE EIGHTEEN (Five Panels)
PANEL 1
Close-up of another newspaper headline. This one reads “BODY OF MISSING GIRL FOUND” with a subtitle stating that the “THIRTEEN YEAR OLD SUSPECTED TO BE MUTANT”.
NO DIALOGUE
PANEL 2
Pull back to reveal that single newspaper clipping is part of a massive wall of clippings and pictures, documenting the acts of the deranged killer as well as displaying pictures of super-heroines that present as possible targets. (Because that’s just what serial killers do.)
NO DIALOGUE
PANEL 3
A hand clad in a tight golden glove (not the boxing kind) pins a photograph onto the already cluttered wall. The photo is of Misty & Cage at the Encounter restaurant from Pages 11-14, taken from outside the restaurant with a telephoto lens.
NO DIALOGUE
PANEL 4
Flip perspective to show the owner of the gloved hand pinning the photograph to the wall. Shown only from the chest to the knees is a physically fit male clad in Jean Grey’s old Phoenix costume. No bare skin indicating race can be seen, but his torso and package definitely indicates his gender.
NO DIALOGUE
PANEL 5
Now from behind the cross-dressing villain, again showing only his mid-section. By his body stance and hand placement, one could assume that he is in the process of gratifying himself.
NO DIALOGUE
PAGE NINETEEN (Four Panels)
PANEL 1
The morning sun comes seeping into the living room at the Wing residence to reveal Misty asleep on the floor amid an expansive sea of paperwork and evidence.
NO DIALOGUE
PANEL 2
Dressed in her cotton pajamas, Allison tentatively steps into the living room/research area. She appears slightly groggy as she tries to avoid waking the sleeping Misty.
NO DIALOGUE
PANEL 3
The recently awakened Allison has reached the outskirts of the paper explosion and is reading a piece of evidence culled from the floor.
ALLISON: (Small Type) WHAT THE~
PANEL 4
Allison gets down on her hand & knees and begins to feverishly scour through the various documents.
NO DIALOGUE
PAGE TWENTY (Seven Panels)
PANEL 1
Close on the sleeping Misty’s face as a slight trickle of drool descends from her mouth to the paper beneath her.
NO DIALOGUE
PANEL 2
Repeat Panel 1 with the addition of Allison’s feminine hand trying to gently take the paper from beneath Misty’s head.
NO DIALOGUE
PANEL 3
Continuing the progression of panels as Allison’s hand pulls the paper free causing Misty to stubbornly awaken from her world of slumber.
MISTY: (Small Type) WHAT THE?
PANEL 4
Pull back to reveal both Allison and the waking Misty still in the living room. Allison has obviously been busy. The previously unorganized documents are now placed in seven neat columns that descend like cards in a solitaire game.
MISTY: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
ALLISON: GETTING THIS ORGANIZED. THERE’S FRESH COFFEE IF YOU WANT IT.
PANEL 5
Misty has made her way up to a standing position. A look of sadness reaches her face.
MISTY: ALLISON, I WANT YOU TO STOP.
PANEL 6
Look over Misty’s shoulder at the slightly bewildered Allison. She can’t understand why Misty would want her to stop.
ALLISON: STOP?
MISTY: YES, JUST PRETEND YOU NEVER SAW ANY OF THIS.
PANEL 7
Now over Allison’s shoulder as the tired & disheveled Misty tries to offer up the closest thing she has to compassion.
MISTY1: I DON’T WANT YOU INVOLVED IN THIS.
MISTY2: YOUR MOM WOULDN’T WANT IT EITHER.
PAGE TWENTY-ONE (Five Panels)
PANEL 1
From behind Allison at waist level, her hands are at her sides balled up into taught fists, shaking slightly under the pressure. Misty is in the background, slightly out of focus.
ALLISON: NO.
PANEL 2
Wide shot of the room showing Allison and Misty’s standoff. Allison is standing right next to one of the house’s now infamous glass exterior walls.
MISTY1: WHAT?
ALLISON1: YOU HEARD ME. I SAID ‘NO’.
ALLISON2: I WILL NOT BE PUSHED ASIDE LIKE A LITTLE CHILD.
MISTY2: ALLY-
PANEL 3
Close on Misty’s face as the anger begins to show on her face.
ALLISON1: (No Tail) DON’T ‘ALLY’ ME.
ALLISON2: (No Tail) JUST NOD YOUR HEAD COMPLACENTLY AND ACCEPT MY HELP.
PANEL 4
In an utter display of rage and hostility, Allison slams her right fist into the glass wall, cracking the glass causing slight blue-tinted sparks to appear.
MISTY: (No Tail) BUT—
ALLISON: (Screaming) NOOOO!
PANEL 5
Repeat of Panel 3 with Misty’s look of burgeoning anger replaced with one of shock and awe.
ALLISON1: (No Tail) I AM NOT GOING TO --
ALLISON2: (No Tail – Small Text) WELL, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT.
PAGE TWENTY-TWO (Splash Page)
PANEL 1
Allison in classic super-heroine pose. Her hands are balled tightly as her right fist is engulfed in translucent blue flame.
ALLISON: GUESS WE NOW KNOW WHO MY DADDY IS.
END ISSUE ONE
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