Notes:
- (#) equals panel number
- Fan Fiction . net sucks for indents and formatting. Dialogue bolded, SFX in italics
- I cheat a little. More indirect, descriptive language used than appropriate. Panel description lacking or incorrect. Plus, it's a 25 pager. Busts the 22 (or 24) page allowable limit.
- No, I am not fixing this any more, aside from mild grammatical errors. This script was me taking a break from writing original fiction and goofing off way too much when I should have been doing something more productive.
-This is my Halloween 2007 gift to you Runaways/Marvel Zombies fans. Enjoy!
PAGE 1 - 5 PANELS
EXT. NEW YORK CITYSCAPE
(1) Spider-Man, on the back of a brunette woman, is chomping
on her shoulder.
(2) Cloak and Dagger are gnawing on a heavyset man. Dagger
is digging into the man's midsection, while Cloak is pulling
pieces of brain from the man's cracked open skull.
(3) Iron Fist literally has an arm on each hand, biting into
one of them like a drumstick.
(4) Victor, looking out of the page. Victor is wearing a
red track jacket, beanie, and shorts - reference his first
appearance in Runaways 2 #1
VICTOR
Dios Mio . . .
(5) Molly, also looking out of the page. Molly is wearing a
black Hello Kitty cap, yellow vest, white shirt, and khaki
Capris.
MOLLY
Oh my God. Vic . . .
PAGE 2 - SPLASH PAGE
From a distance, Victor and Molly are on top of a building,
overlooking the zombie carnage. The main object of the page
should be all the eating scenes between Spider-Man, Cloak
and Dagger, and Iron Fist incorporated into one.
MOLLY
. . . what's happening?
PAGE 3 - 5 PANELS
(1) Victor grabs Molly's arm, but Molly is resisting,
pulling back.
VICTOR
I don't know, but I don't want to
stick around to be a part of
it. Let's go.
MOLLY
But what about everyone else? K,
Nico, Chase 'n Gert are still down
there and -
(2) Victor glaring right at Molly
VICTOR
Molly, it's too late for them
now. They're - they've turned.
MOLLY
But you don't know that! How can
you be sure they're ghouls -
zombies - whatever?
VICTOR
Trust me, I'm sure.
(3) EXT. ALLEYWAY.
Flashback panel. Gert, Chase, Karolina, and Nico are
snarling at Victor, who is backing away from them, hands in
the air.
Gert has on a purple shirt and olive skirt. There's a piece
of her right shoulder missing, which is drenched in
blood. Her mouth is covered in blood
Nico is wearing a black goth dress. Part of her hair is
ripped out, and there's a small hole on her stomach where
part of her intestines are hanging out. Her mouth, like
Gert's is bloodied.
Chase is wearing a red bandana, green sleeveless shirt, and
jeans. He remains relatively unspoiled.
Karolina is bathed in rainbow light. However,
emphasize the zombie factor - colors should be pale, faded,
sickly. Her left hip has been chewed off.
Behind the four Runaway zombies is the carcass of Old Lace.
VICTOR
C'mon, guys, don't do this! I'm
not even a full human, I'm a
cyborg, remember?
NICO
You look like meat to me.
CHASE
Who's up for some Mexican?
KAROLINA
(small font - whispering)
Dude, not cool.
CHASE
Oh come on, how is that not PC?
KAROLINA
It just isn't. It's racist and you
shouldn't -
(4) Victor shoots a bolt of lightning
VICTOR
Naaahh!
(5) Bolt of lightning hits the left side of Karolina's
jaw. Bits and pieces of it should be flying off.
SFX
KRAK!
KAROLINA
Aaagh!
PAGE 4 - 3 PANELS
(1) EXT - ROOFTOP
Back to Victor and Molly.
VICTOR
Thank god you stayed at Father
Latham's, or I wouldn't have found
you.
MOLLY
But . . . if the entire world's
getting eaten, where can we
hide? Where are we going? How are
we even getting out of here?
(2)
VICTOR
The Leapfrog. That's our ticket
out of here, assuming the others
haven't taken it already.
MOLLY
But that's like, an infinity
billion blocks away!
VICTOR
Six, actually, and we can make it.
Look, we can hide in the Hostel
back in LA, or some other hideout
the Pride used to use. Maybe your
'rents have something we can use to
say alive. But at this point, we
just keep moving.
PATRIOT(O.P)
Good advice.
(3) Remaining zombified members of the young Avengers -
Patriot, Stature, and Hawkeye - are facing them, glaring
menacingly. Go crazy on what they have (and what they don't
have, I'll leave this to your imagination).
PATRIOT
For your sakes, you both better
take it. Because man, are we
hungry.
PAGE 5 - 4 PANELS
(1) EXT. STREET SIDE.
Nico chomping on a human bicep.
(2) Chase ripping out an intestine from a man's gut with his
teeth.
(3) Karolina scooping up chunks of muscle into her throat.
(4) Gert, mid-chew on a piece of lung, stops and looks up.
GERT
Wait, waitaminute . . . .
PAGE 6 - SINGLE PAGE SPLASH PANEL
(1) Four of the runaways - Nico, Gert, Chase, and Karolina -
are hunched close together, with a disarray of blood and
human carcasses surrounding them. It is apparent they've
been feasting on these bodies.
GERT
. . . we're going about this the
wrong way.
PAGE 7 - 4 PANELS
(1) Chase, looking at Gert
CHASE
Gert, we've been eating people like
a Chinese buffet for the past hour.
This entire thing is wrong,
period.
(2) Nico and Gert. Nico looks at her bloodied hands.
NICO
God, I feel sick.
GERT
(mouth full)
Mmmf . . . gee, ya think?
NICO
God, does anyone else feel guilty
about this? K, you're chomping
like crazy, and you're a
vegetarian!
(3) Gert and Karolina. Karolina looks up, her jaw hanging
down. The left side of her jaw is broken.
KAROLINA
Can' hh- hhh- hel' my -
GERT
Look, it's pretty obvious we're not
going to stop anytime soon but
seriously? Following Colonel
Flagpole and the rest of the Moulin
Rouge is not going to help
us. They're going to get first
dibs on everything, and we'll be
stuck with the leftovers every
time.
(4) Chase, standing next to Nico and Karolina.
CHASE
We wouldn't be in this situation if
we didn't follow Karolina's
suggestion to come to this stupid
town to help Cloak clear his name.
KAROLINA
Dauwn't tesh meh, Chaysh.
NICO
Gert's right. We can't tag along
with the super-tools if we're going
to get our share of the feed. What
we need to do is go at it solo.
CHASE
But where are we going to go? The
entire East coast is toast. And
anything past the
Mississippi? Forget it. Hate to
say it, but the Avengers actually
know what they're doing. They're
going to know where all the good
eats are at on this planet.
PAGE 8 - 4 PANELS
(1) Tight on Nico.
NICO
Not all of them.
(2) Pull back to show Karolina looking at Nico, eyes
widening.
KAROLINA
Yorr nawt thinkun awbou' -
(3) Chase, Gert, and Nico.
CHASE
Yeah, I think she is . . .
GERT
And why not? Nobody else knows
they exist or how to get to them.
NICO
Guys, I think it's time to visit
our parents' old bosses again . . .
(4) All four looking at the camera. See Runaways Issue
p., Panel . Spoof that panel.
NICO
. . . I think it's dinner time with
the Gibborim.
PAGE 9 - 5 PANELS
(1) EXT - MAIN STREET FEEDING INTO AN ALLEYWAY
Molly, with a steel beam, swings at Patriot, sending him
flying to Stature's face.
SFX
THWACK!
STATURE
Unf!
(2) Victor sends Hawkeye back with an electricity bolt.
VICTOR
Almost there! Molly, quick, get in
the 'frog, I'll hold them back!
(3) Stature, on the ground from getting smacked by Patriot,
gets up while Patriot is on his feet.
PATRIOT
Damn it, Hawkeye, cut them
off! Use an explosive arrow to
block their path!
(4) Hawkeye fires an arrow from her bow
HAWKEYE
Two brains a la carte, coming right
up.
SFX
THWUP
(5) Arrow flying through the air, hits a side of a building,
explodes. Rubble and debris can be seen flying from the
explosion.
SFX
BWOOOM
PAGE 10 - 5 PANELS
(1) Victor generates more lightning from his hands,
enveloping two garbage dumpsters nearby.
VICTOR
Crap!
(2) Dumpsters flatten, form up between the alleyway walls
(3) Rubble hits the top of the metal panel, and Victor is
running underneath it.
MOLLY
Victor!
VICTOR
Go! Just go!
(4) Hawkeye frustrated, grits her teeth.
HAWKEYE
Damn it, slippery bastard! Why
don't you just let us -
(5) Hawkeye is suddenly blasted with a stream of red fire
NICO (O.P)
(Black word balloon)
Back off!
PAGE 11 - 5 PANELS
(1) Nico, Chase, Gert, and Karolina approaching the Young
Avengers.
NICO
They're ours.
PATRIOT
Screw that, we found them
first. Finder's keepers, witch.
(2) Chase, chest puffed out, staring down Patriot.
CHASE
Listen, Sideshow Mel, they rolled
with our crew, and they are - were,
our friends. Therefore they're our
meat.
PATRIOT
Says who?
CHASE
Says me. Now back off with that
shield of yours before I shove it
next to that stick that's riding
your butt.
(3) Tight on Karolina.
KAROLINA
Gh-guh-guhs, can' we jus' shar'?
(4) Wide on Stature and Hawkeye on the left side, Gert on
the right side.
STATURE
Um, what?
HAWKEYE
One and a half servings of human is
not going to cut it between the
seven of us.
GERT
Exactly, so you guys should take my
boyfriend's suggestion and mosey on
out of here.
STATURE
You mean that Paul Walker wannabe
staring down the next super-soldier
like an idiot?
(5) A light blast from Karolina hits Stature's head.
SFX
FWOOSH
STATURE
Uhn!
NICO (O.P)
Can it, Paris Hilton.
PAGE 12 - 4 PANELS
(1) Wide action panel. Hawkeye jump kicks Nico's midsection
SFX
WHUMP
Patriot uppercuts Chase. Karolina start zapping Stature.
SFX
THWAK
Karolina starts blasting Stature.
(2) Close on Gert, skeptically looking at the scene, out the
page.
GERT
Aaaand cue stupidity.
SFX
(Small, bold text at first)
-FSSSSSSHHHHH-
(3) Same shot. Gert's eyeballs shift up, curious about the
sound.
GERT
Huh?
SFX
(Larger, bolder text)
-SSSHHHHHHH -
(4) Gert looks up at the sky, and sees the Leapfrog rising
above the alleyway, wobbling back and forth
SFX
-SSSSSHHHOOOOOOOM!
PAGE 13 - 4 PANELS
(1) Gert turns back to the battle scene and points at the
Leapfrog.
GERT
Guys, guys! They're getting away!
(2) Patriot stops pounding Chase in mid-swing
PATRIOT
Damn it, see what you holes
did? Avengers, assemble!
(3) Stature, Hawkeye, and Patriot start towards the
Leapfrog, swaying back and forth while shooting laser beams
randomly. Other side of the panel, Karolina is about to
follow, when Chase stops her, popping his head in place.
CHASE
Forget it, we're not going to catch
them.
SFX
KRK
GERT
Besides, we know where they're
going anyway.
(4) Karolina stops in mid-flight
KAROLINA
Huh?
GERT
If they're smart, they'll probably
hide it out at the Hostel and can
themselves up. They might even try
something stupid to fix this
problem. Either way, we know where
they are. We can pick them off for
snacks later.
PAGE 14 - 3 PANELS
(1)
NICO
But that still leaves the question
of how we're going to get back
home, seeing as that Vic stole our
ride.
CHASE
Not to worry.
(2)
CHASE
Our folks left a spare ride here in
New York.
KAROLINA
Bu- Haw dou yu -
CHASE
I've been looking up on some stuff
that my mom and dad were doing back
in the old Pride days. They left a
waystation or workshop or something
here in this city.
NICO
So, where is this ride that you
speak of?
(3) Chase points to the same tower as the one in Whedon's
Runaways (Series 2) Issue 25.
PAGE 15 - 4 PANELS
(1) INT - UNDERGROUND TEMPLE
Victor and Molly are at an underground temple, similar to
the one during the final acts of Runaways series 1. Victor
is leading the way through the catacombs.
CAPTION
Half a day later -
MOLLY
Victor, why are we here and not
back at the Hostel?
VICTOR
If the rest the guys are following
after us, that would be the first
place they'd go. Even if we set up
the Hostel's defenses up in full
force, they'd eventually find a way
in, and we'd be easy pickings.
MOLLY
But this place is creepy! It's
like one of those temples our
parents used to do their sacrifices
in -
(2) The two enter a chamber with a circle of fire in the
middle. On the other end of the chamber is a red portal,
and standing in front of the portal are none other than
three giants of the Gibborim.
MOLLY
Whuh, what is going on?
(3) Victor ashamedly looks down at the ground.
VICTOR
I'm sorry, Molly.
(4) Molly is suddenly levitated by white light, and is
lifted off the ground.
MOLLY
Nah! Stop it!
PAGE 16 - 6 PANELS
(1) Molly, surrounded by white light, is sprawled out on the
center of the circle of fire. Erenim, one of the three
giants, looks down at his prey.
ERENIM
Victor Mancha took the liberty of
contacting us while you were asleep
during your trip.
(2) Tight on Molly, shocked, shouts angrily.
MOLLY
WHAT? Victor, you stupidhead, why
would you do that?!!
(3) Tight on Victor, still looking at the ground in shame.
VICTOR
I . . . I . . .
(4) Two-shot on Repherti amd Nepheri, the other Gibborim
Giants.
REFERTI
Realizing that the world has
effectively come to an end, he was
smart enough to realize that we
were the only salvation in
restoring life to this sickened
planet.
NEPHERI
When you spoiled brats abruptly
interrupted our Pride's Rite of
Thunder and had them fail for the
last time, we did not have the
strength to restore this
Earth. But we did have enough
strength to "wipe the slate clean"
and destroy life on this planet if
we had to. That one soul you
denied us that night would have
given us enough to start a small
haven. It wouldn't have been
enough at the time.
ERENIM
But now that this Earth is rapidly
dying, that option is increasingly
more viable, if desperate.
(5) Close on Victor, who is holding a curved blade in his
hands.
REFERTI (O.P.)
Victor knew this, and in an act of
heroism - or maybe desperation - he
chose us, the only option left to
save this planet.
(6) Tight on Victor.
NEPHERI (O.P)
For a price.
PAGE 17 - 5 PANELS
(1) Shot of Nepheri, looking down at Victor
NEPHERI
"The needs of the many outweigh the
needs of the few." Isn't that
right? Now be a hero and finish
the rite.
(2) Molly, firmly locked down in the circle of fire, turns
to Victor, tears rolling down the sides of her eyes
MOLLY
Victor . . . please . . .
(3) Shot of the curved dagger in Victor's hand
(4) Pull out to Victor, looking at the ground, ashamed at
what he is apparently about to do.
(5) Largest panel on the page, wide shot of Victor, looking
up, facing the Gibborim.
VICTOR
No.
PAGE 18 - 8 PANELS
(1) Erenim, and Repherti protest at Victor's decision.
ERENIM
Don't be a fool, boy!
REFERTI
Do it or you'll doom us all!
(2) Victor, looking up at Nepheri, snarls back.
VICTOR
It's not worth it. Salvation at
the cost of innocence.
(3) Nepheri interrupts
NEPHERI
If you fail us now, you seal the
fate of this planet. Finish the
sacrifice or -
A sound effect interrupts Nepheri's objections.
SFX
FWASH
(4) Erenim looks to the source of the sound.
(5) Referti looks as well.
(6) Nepheri, looking, surprised.
(7) Molly, looking with fear.
(8) Victor, looking with dread.
PAGE 19 - 4 PANELS
(1) Largest panel on the page. Zombie Nico, Chase, Gert,
and Karolina are standing in front of a blue portal, even
bloodier and more bodily damaged than ever. Nico is in the
lead, holding her Staff of One. Chase is to Nico's right,
donning his new pair of metal gloves similar to his
fistigons in Runaways Season 1. Gert is standing by his
side. Karolina is hovering above Nico's left.
Nico's head is missing more chunks of hair and skull. The
gaping hole in her stomach is larger than ever.
Gert's bottom lip is torn off and her right arm is barely
hanging on her shoulder.
Chase is relatively intact, surprisingly.
Karolina's left side of her hip is still chewed off, and her
jaw is in worse disrepair, the left side of her jaw cracked
off and barely hanging on.
And they all are hungry.
NICO
We're ba-ack!
CHASE
With laser fists!
GERT
And clever quips!
KAROLINA
An' - haak -
(2) Chase turns to Gert
CHASE
Man, for once in my life my
parents were useful. They had
everything in their
digs! Teleporter, weapons - Man,
these laser fists are freakin'
awesome!
GERT
And talk about timing. That pit
stop in Texas put us perfectly on
time. Great idea, for the pit stop
dear.
(3) Nico, pointing her staff at their future prey
NICO
Guys, less conversation . . .
(4) The four charge at their fresh meals
NICO
. . . more mastication.
PAGE 20 - 5 PANELS
(1) The Gibborim shoot streams of fire at the teenage
zombies, the red portal behind them visible. Nico barks
orders.
NICO
K, lay on some cover fire and
distract them! Chase, go for their
feet and wound them so they can't
move! Gert, come with me and help
me figure out how to close off
their portal out of here! And for
Christ's sake, don't bite them
until we're ready to eat them, or
they'll turn and taste terrible!
(2) Nepheri blasts a stream of fire
NEPHERI
No!
(3) The stream of fire grazes Gert's jacket. The jacket
catches fire
(4) Gert, on fire, is frantically running around.
GERT
Guys, fire! I'm on fire!
(5) Nico responds back, irritated
NICO
Oh damn it, just drop and roll,
it's not like you feel it anyway.
Gert protests.
GERT
Being scorched to ash doesn't help
me eat, idiot!
PAGE 21 - 8 PANELS
(1) Wide panel Karolina blasts Erenim in the eye. while
Chase laser blasts Erenim on the leg. Nepheri is hobbling
towards the portal, while Nico shoots a beam of light at
Referti's head.
(2) Close shot of Victor. He is on his knees, the dagger
dropped to the ground, his hands hanging helplessly on his
side.
(3) Nico, pointing her staff at the red portal, shoots a
black beam of energy. The red portal looks like it is
shrinking.
(4) Nepheri looks at Nico, this time with a look overwhelmed
with fear.
(5) Close shot of Molly's face, who is closing her eyes as
tight as she can.
(6) Shot of Victor, over his right shoulder. Background is
black, but a hand appears to be reaching towards him.
(7) Same shot. The hand rests on Victor's right shoulder.
GERT
(face covered in shadow)
Hey, Vic.
(8) Same shot.
VICTOR
Just do it already.
PAGE 22 - 8 PANELS
(1) thru (3) Successive panels, set of greyed teeth opening
and closing, as if biting and chomping through blood and
flesh.
(4) thru (7) Successive panels below (1) thru (3), Molly
twisting and turning her head, eyes shut tight, trying not
to look at the carnage surrounding her. On panel (7) she
half-opens her right eye . . .
(8) Large panel, should take up bottom half the page (other
half taken by the other panels). Wide shot, the entire
runaways gang is zombified and staring at Molly. Behind
them, the three Gibborim giants are down. One is nearly
eaten to bone, the other is half eaten. The third is not
dead, but squirming on the ground.
NICO
Hey, Molly.
PAGE 23 - 5 PANELS
(1) Molly, mouth wide open, screams.
MOLLY
AAAIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
(2) Chase attempts to calm her down
CHASE
Whoa, hey, Molnerdo, relax,
chill. We're not going to eat you,
completely.
(3) Back to Molly.
MOLLY
Whuh - Huh? Why?
(4)
CHASE
Listen, as hungry as we are, we
just can't bear to eat you.
NICO
I mean, we can, it's just that we
won't like it very much.
GERT
Point is, we can't take it
being undead Romero extras
without you.
(5)
GERT
After all we've been through
together, the only thing we've
really got, cliche' aside, is each
other. We're the only family we've
got.
KAROLINA
An' we wan' 'ou by o'r syde. Our -
-huk-
PAGE 24 - 5 PANELS
(1) Molly, eyes looking down. Sadness sweeps her
expression.
(2) Same shot.
MOLLY
(small text)
But . . I don't wanna be a zombie.
(3) Same shot
MOLLY
I miss my mom. I miss my dad. And
between a brainless poophead the rest of my
life and maybe seeing mommy and
daddy again . . . I'd rather be
eaten.
(4) Shot of Molly looking at the rest of the gang, as if
staring straight at them.
MOLLY
But do what you want with me. I'm
gonna be dead anyway.
(5) Direct shot of the other Runaways, from left to right -
Victor, Gert, Chase, Nico, and Karolina. A look of remorse
is on their faces.
PAGE 25 - 3 PANELS
(1) Wide shot of Runaways, this time from overhead, angled
behind them so they seem to surround Molly. More shadow and
black should surround the five runaways.
(2) Pull out wider from previous panel.
(3) Completely black panel. Also serves as the title panel.
CAPTION
THE END
LOGO
Runaway Zombies
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