Page 38, Panel 1
A LONG, SLIGHTLY TALL PANEL ON THE TOP TIER. WE'RE LOOKING UP AT THE DEVILLE MANSION AT THE END OF THE LONG DRIVEWAY BEYOND THE MAIN GATE. IT'S AN OLD, THREE-STORY VICTORIAN MANSION, PROBABLY BUILT DURING THE LATE 1800'S. AGAIN, NO CLICHE'S LIKE "IT'S A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT." THE SKY IS CLEAR, THE STARS ARE BEAUTIFUL. WE CAN SEE A LIGHT ON IN THE WINDOW OF THE DINING ROOM ON THE MAIN FLOOR AND THE SILHOUETTES OF HARLAND AND HELENA ARE SITTING AT THE TABLE. THERE IS ALSO A LIGHT ON IN ONE OF THE UPPER WINDOWS, WHICH IS THE GIRLS' ROOM. WE CAN SEE THE FRONT END OF A LIMOUSIN PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY NEXT TO THE FOUNTAIN IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
No dialogue
Page 38, Panel 2
ANOTHER LARGE PANEL TAKING UP THE REST OF THE PAGE. NOW WE'RE IN THE GIRLS' BEDROOM AND BOTH THE GIRLS ARE IN THEIR NIGHTCLOTHES. ANNABELLE IS SITTING AT HER TOILETTE (AN OLD-FASHIONED TABLE WITH A LARGE MIRROR THAT WOMEN USE TO PUT ON MAKE-UP), PREPARING FOR BED. SHE'S LET HER HAIR OUT OF ITS CURLS AND IS BRUSHING IT OUT SO IT WON'T SNARL DURING THE NIGHT. HER BRUSH IS SILVER, WITH ELABORATE PATTERNS OF VINES AND IVY LEAVES ON IT. ON THE DRESSER ARE VARIOUS PERFUMES, SKIN CARE PRODUCTS AND THE LIKE, ALONG WITH A PICTURE OF DONNY AND HER HAIR BOWS. HER DRESS IS LAYING ACROSS THE BACK OF A CHAIR BESIDE HER. JANETTE IS SITTING ON HER BED WITH THE COVERS UP OVER HER LOWER BODY, A PILLOW BETWEEN HER AND THE WALL SHE'S RESTING HER BACK ON. SHE'S READING "THE WITCHES" BY ROALD DAHL AND SHE HASN'T YET LET HER HAIR DOWN. AT THE SIDE OF THE ROOM IS A SMALL BOOK SHELF WITH LOTS OF BOOKS AND MAYBE A FEW DOLLS SITTING ON TOP OF IT. BOTH THE BEDS LOOK COMFORTABLE, BUT NOT TOO OUTLANDISHLY FANCY AND ANNABELLE'S IS VERY CAREFULLY MADE.
Annabelle: No dialogue, but draw some little musical notes in her dialogue box to show she's humming to herself.
Page 38, Panel 3
THIS PANEL OVERLAYS PANEL 2 IN WHICHEVER ONE OF THE BOTTOM CORNERS DOES NOT HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT IN IT. WE SEE ANNABELLE'S HAND PUTTING THE BRUSH DOWN ON THE DESK NEXT TO THE PICTURE OF DONNY AND HER HAIR BOWS. IT'S KIND OF A GOOFY PICTURE OF DONNY. THEY CAUGHT HIM BY SURPRISE WHEN THEY TOOK THE PICTURE, SO HE HAS AN AWKWARD SMILE.
Annabelle: (Still some musical notes).
Page 39, Panel 1
PULL BACK A BIT TO A SIDE-SHOT OF ANNABELLE. SHE'S PUTTING SOME LOTION ON HER HANDS. PLAY UP ON ANNABELLE'S EXAGGERATED SENSE OF HER OWN NOBILITY WITH HER POSTURE. SHE'S DAINTY, DELICATE AND HER EXPRESSION IS SO PLEASANT THAT YOU'D NEVER GUESS SHE'D BURN YOU TO A CRISP JUST FOR PRONOUNCING HER NAME WRONG.
Annabelle: I think I'll have Donny invite me out to a movie tomorrow.
Janette (off): I thought you said mortal movies were boring.
Annabelle: Well, if I get bored, I'm sure I'll find a way to liven things up.
Page 39, Panel 2
PULL AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE SO THAT WE CAN SEE JANETTE IN THE BACKGROUND READING HER BOOK. ANNABELLE IS RUBBING JUST THE TINIEST BIT OF LOTION ONTO HER CHEEKS.
Annabelle: Would you like to come with us?
Janette: Not really.
Annabelle: Oh, come on. It will be fun.
Page 39, Panel 3
CLOSE IN ON JANETTE, SHE'S LOOKED UP FROM HER BOOK. SHE'S GLARING COLDLY AT ANNABELLE (OFF) AND A LITTLE STORM CLOUD IS BREWING OVER HER HEAD.
Annabelle (off): You could invite that little ape-man from the shoe store and we'll call it a double-date.
Page 39, Panel 4
SAME SORT OF SHOT. JANETTE TURNS BACK TO HER BOOK. SHE STILL HAS AN IRRITATED EXPRESSION ON HER FACE.
Janette: Hmmf.
Page 39, Panel 5
WE'VE GONE BACK TO ANNABELLE. SHE'S TURNED HER HEAD TO LOOK AT HER COUSIN. SHE LOOKS A LITTLE SURPRISED.
Annabelle: Oh, you're not still upset that I told Aunt Helena and Mr. Macbeth about him, are you?
Janette: I'm not upset because you told them about him.
Page 39, Panel 6
BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE SO THAT WE CAN SEE JANETTE AGAIN. SHE'S PUTTING THE BOOKMARK INTO HER BOOK. HER HEAD IS TURNED DOWN AND WE CAN'T SEE HER EYES FOR THE SHADOW OF HER HAIR.
Janette: I'm upset because you brought him up by saying I'd met the man of my dreams!
Page 40, Panel 1
ANNABELLE IS SHRUGGING OFF HER COUSIN'S COMPLAINTS. JANETTE IS PULLING BACK THE SHEETS OF HER BED AND SLIDING OUT.
Annabelle: It was only a joke, Janette.
Janette: It's not funny.
Page 40, Panel 2
JANETTE IS GOING TO THE WINDOW. THERE IS A CHEST OF DRAWERS WITH A LAMP ON IT JUST UNDERNEATH THE WINDOW.
Janette: There was something very wrong with that guy, Annabelle.
Page 40, Panel 3
A SHOT OF ANNABELLE AS SHE'S SLIDING HER CHAIR BACK AND STARTING TO RISE. SHE'S WEARING ANOTHER HAUGHTY EXPRESSION, SMILING MISCHIEVOUSLY, WITH ONE FINGER PRESSED TO HER LIPS. HER SHOULDERS ARE TREMBLING A BIT WITH LAUGHTER.
Annabelle: You mean apart from mushy brains and a hunched back?
Page 40, Panel 3
A VIEW FROM OUTSIDE ON THE ROOF JUST ABOVE THE GIRLS' ROOM, LOOKING DOWN OVER THE EDGE. THE WINDOW IS BEING OPENED.
Janette (off, the dialogue box is coming from the open window): You really didn't notice anything, did you?
Page 40, Panel 4
LOOKING IN THE WINDOW JANETTE IS RESTING ON HER ARMS, LEANING ON THE CHEST OF DRAWERS LOOKING OUT AT THE STARS. ANNABELLE IS AT HER BED, GLANCING SHARPLY AT HER COUSIN, CLEARLY ANNOYED BY JANETTE'S REMARKS.
Annabelle: And what is that supposed to mean?
Janette: I don't know . . .
There was just something about him.
Page 40, Panel 5
BACK OUTSIDE THE HOUSE LIKE IN PANEL THREE, BUT NOW WE'RE MOVING DOWN TOWARD THE WINDOW. USE SOME ACTION LINES TO SHOW THE SPEED OF MOVEMENT.
SFX: WHOOOSH!
Page 40, Panel 6
OVERLAID ON PANEL 5 IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, WE SEE EDDY'S HAND GRABBING HOLD OF THE TOP OF THE WINDOW FRAME.
SFX: Catch! (If you can think of a better way to show the sound of a metal-gloved hand grabbing hold of the window, more power to you).
Page 41, Panel 1
THIS FRAME TAKES UP THE WHOLE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE AND IS A LITTLE WIDER THAN THE OTHERS. OBLIQUE TO THE RIGHT, WE CAN SEE EDDY SWINGING IN THROUGH THE WINDOW STRIKING JANETTE IN THE CHEST WITH BOTH FEET. JANETTE IS BEING THROWN BACK BY THE FORCE OF THE BLOW, KNOCKING THE LAMP OFF AS SHE FALLS. ANNABELLE IS JUMPING BACK, STARTLED BY THE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED SIGHT.
Eddy: WOO-HA!
Annabelle: !!
Janette: Oof!
Page 41, Panel 2
A TALL PANEL TAKING UP THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TOP AND MIDDLE TIERS. FROM BEHIND, LOOKING STRAIGHT AT EDDY, WE SEE JANETTE HIT THE FLOOR HARD. THE LAMP ALSO HITS THE GROUND AND SHATTERS. EDDY IS CROUCHED IN FRONT OF THE CHEST OF DRAWERS, HAVING JUST LANDED HIMSELF.
Title (at the very top): Chapter three
Eddy: Hi, girls.
SFX (just above the braking lamp in jagged letters): Crash!
Page 41, Panel 3
CLOSE UP ON EDDY. HE'S GRINNING EVILLY, TURNING HIS CHIN SLIGHTLY UPWARD AND TO THE SIDE, GLARING DOWN AT JANETTE FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYES. HIS HANDS ARE HELD JUST BELOW HIS CHIN, WITH THE SPIKED FINGERS OUTSPREAD. USE ACTION LINES OR SOMETHING TO SHOW THAT HE'S WIGGLING THEM.
Eddy: Did you miss me?
Title (at the bottom): Attack!
Page 42, Panel 1
OKAY, CLOSE-UP OF JANETTE AS SHE'S RISING UP TO SITTING POSITION. SHE'S LOOKING UP IN ALARM, RECOGNIZING THE PERSON WHO'S JUST COME IN THE WINDOW.
Janette: You?!
Page 42, Panel 2
PULL BACK SO THAT WE CAN SEE EDDY AND ANNABELLE. EDDY'S STILL GRINNING AND NOW HE'S LICKING ONE OF THE CLAWS OF HIS GAUNTLET. ANNABELLE IS NOW RECOGNIZING EDDY, TOO, BUT SEEING HER COUSIN ATTACKED, HER FIRST REACTION IS ANGER AND WE CAN SEE THAT BUILDING.
Eddy: Me! Good ol' Eddy.
Janette: What are you doing here?
Eddy: Well . . .
Page 42, Panel 3
ANOTHER SHOT OF EDDY'S FACE, FROM THE SIDE. WE CAN SEE ANNABELLE IN THE BACKGROUND, HER ANGER HAS REACHED BOILING POINT.
Eddy: . . . I've come all this way to take your lives.
Page 42, Panel 4
CLOSE-UP ON ANNABELLE. THE RAGE ON HER FACE IS CLEAR AND SHE'S HOLDING UP A CLENCHED FIST, WHICH IS BEGINNING TO GLOW WITH THE ENERGY OF A SPELL.
Annabelle: How dare you?!
Page 42, Panel 5
MOVE AROUND SO THAT WE CAN SEE BOTH ANNABELLE AND EDDY. EDDY IS LOOKING OVER TOWARD HER, HIS EYES ARE MEDIUM-WIDE OPEN AND HIS MOUTH IS A LITTLE, ROUND O-SHAPE. ANNABELLE IS TAKING A STEP TOWARD HIM.
Annabelle: How dare you attack my cousin!
Page 42, Panel 6
NOW FROM BEHIND ANNABELLE. SHE IS CASTING OUT HER HAND AND THROWING HER SPELL AT HIM, THE ENERGY LEAPING FROM HER HAND TOWARD EDDY. EDDY HAS THROWN OUT HIS HANDS DEFENSIVELY. HIS LOWER JAW IS HANGING OPEN AND HIS EYES HAVE ROLLED BACK IN HIS HEAD. THE AIR IN FRONT OF HIM IS RIPPLING WHERE THE ENERGY OF ANNABELLE'S SPELL SHOULD BE STRIKING HIM AND BY THE WAY HIS BODY IS CONTORTING - CURVING INTO AN S-SHAPE AND HIS FEET PRESSING TOGETHER - IT LOOKS LIKE HER SPELL MIGHT BE WORKING.
Annabelle: Insolent worm!
Eddy (exploding dialogue): EEEEEEYAAAAAAA!!
Page 43, Panel 1
CLOSE UP ON EDDY. THE SPELL FIZZLES OUT WITH NO EFFECT. EDDY IS LEANING ON ONE HAND FOR SUPPORT AND A LOCK OF HAIR HAS FALLEN OUT OF PLACE OVER ONE EYE, LITTLE WISPS OF SMOKE RISING FROM HIS BODY. HE'S STILL GRINNING, EYES WIDE AND INSANE.
No dialogue.
Page 43, Panel 2
OVERLAID ON THE BOTTOM OF PANEL 1. EDDY IS GRINDING HIS TEETH. HIS LOWER JAW IS JUST A LITTLE OFF TO THE LEFT. BE VERY DETAILED WITH THE TEETH AND HAVE ONE OR TWO OF THEM CROOKED AND EXAGGERATE THE INCISORS AGAIN.
Eddy: Gyeheheh!
SFX (draw a little squiggly line connecting the teeth to the SFX): Grit
Page 43, Panel 3
SPLIT THE PANEL WITH A JAGGED DIAGONAL LINE. ON ONE SIDE, SHOW A CLOSE UP OF ANNABELLE AND ON THE OTHER, ONE OF JANETTE, BOTH SHOCKED.
Janette: It didn't work!
Annabelle: Impossible!
Page 43, Panel 4
MEDIUM-CLOSE UP OF EDDY'S FACE. HE'S STILL SMOKING A BIT, BUT HE'S ALSO STILL GRINNING.
Eddy: Mean girl . . .
Page 43, Panel 5
WE'RE LOOKING AT EDDY AND ANNABELLE FROM BEHIND. EDDY CLEARS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM IN A SINGLE LEAP. ANNABELLE IS FREAKED OUT BY HIS SPEED AND TRIES TO BACK AWAY. JANETTE IS ONLY JUST GETTING TO HER FEET, THROWING OUT ONE HAND.
Janette: Look out!
Eddy: YOU DIE FIRST!
Page 43, Panel 6
ANNABELLE TRIES TO DODGE AS EDDY SWIPES AT ANNABELLE WITH HIS CLAWED GAUNTLET, BUT STUMBLES ON HER OWN FEET. EDDY'S CLAWS ONLY GRAZE THE SIDE OF HER FACE, MARKING HER. A SMALL STREAM OF BLOOD IS FLYING FROM THE CUT ALONG THE SAME ARC AS EDDY'S HAND.
SFX (following the arc of Eddy's swing): Swissssh!
Annabelle: Gah!
Page 44, Panel 1
CLOSE UP OF ANNABELLE AS SHE STRIKES AGAINST THE WALL.
SFX: Thud!
Page 44, Panel 2
SAME SHOT, BUT NOW EDDY'S HAND IS COMING INTO THE FRAME AND GRABBING HER HEAD AND PRESSING IT AGAINST THE WALL. HIS HAND IS COVERING ONE EYE.
Annabelle: Aah!
Page 44, Panel 3
WE'RE LOOKING AT EDDY FROM ANNABELLE'S POV. ONE HAND IS GOING TOWARD US AND OFF THE PANEL, THE OTHER IS DRAWN BACK WITH THE CLAWS POINTED TOWARD US AND HE'S LOOKING DIRECTLY AT US.
Eddy: Heh!
Eddy: Tell Satan I said, "Hello."
Page 44, Panel 4
LOOKING OVER EDDY'S SHOULDER (WHICH HE IS ALSO DOING), WE SEE HELENA BURST IN THROUGH THE DOOR, WITH HARLAN CLOSE BEHIND HER. BOTH LOOK ANGRY AND READY FOR A BATTLE.
Helena: What the devil is going on in here!?
Page 44, Panel 5
EDDY THROWS ANNABELLE CASUALLY ACROSS THE ROOM INTO HER TOILETTE, BREAKING THE MIRROR AND KNOCKING OVER EVERYTHING ON IT. HE IS FOCUSED ON THE INTERLOPERS. HELENA WATCHES ANNABELLE'S FLIGHT ACROSS THE ROOM WITH HORROR.
SFX (jagged text in exploding dialogue box): CRASH!!
Page 44, Panel 6
OVERLAID ON PANEL 5 AT THE BOTTOM CORNER BENEATH THE TOILETTE. ANNABELLE IS HITTING THE FLOOR AMIDST SHARDS OF GLASS. HER BRUSH LANDS NEXT TO HER.
SFX (next to Anabelle): Thud!
SFX (next to the brush): Tink
Page 45, Panel 1
LONG THIN PANEL SHOWING EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM. EDDY IS LEAPING TOWARD HELENA, CLAWS READY TO SLASH HER TO BITS. HELENA IS GATHERING MAGIC IN HER HANDS AND ELECTRICITY CRACKLES IN BETWEEN HER FINGERS. HARLAN IS COMING INTO THE ROOM TRYING TO PUT HIMSELF BETWEEN EDDY AND THE GIRLS.
SFX (jaggedly curving around Helena's hands): gzzzsh
Page 45, Panel 2
ANOTHER LONG PANEL. HELENA UNLEASHES A BOLT OF LIGHTNING AT EDDY. THE LIGHTNING BOLT STRIKES SOME SORT OF INVISIBLE BARRIER AROUND HIM AND ARCS AWAY IN SEVERAL SMALLER BOLTS THAT BLACKEN THE WALL BEHIND HIM. EDDY IS BENT OVER BACKWARD IN THE AIR, HIS FACE TWISTED WITH AGONY.
Eddy: AAAHHH!!
SFX (lightning bolt): BLAAAAST!
SFX (where lightning strikes wall, squiggly text): zzzzz
page 45, panel 3
EDDY FLIPS BACKWARD TO LAND ON HIS FEET. ALTHOUGH HE'S STILL GRINNING, HE'S ALSO FROTHING AT THE MOUTH AND HIS EYES ARE BLOODSHOT. HE LOOKS COMPLETELY DISHEVELED NOW, HIS UNIFORM IS A LITTLE TATTERED AND HANGING A BIT ASKEW, HIS HAIR ALL OUT OF PLACE AND HE'S TREMBLING.
Eddy: That won't work.
Page 45, Panel 4
SHOT OF HELENA, SHE'S TAKEN A SURPRISED STEP BACK, TURNED SLIGHTLY SIDEWAY AND HAS THROWN UP ONE ARM PROTECTIVELY ACROSS HER BODY. SHE'S SHOCKED AND SCARED.
Helena: Wha!?
Page 45, Panel 5
HELENA'S POV, WE SEE EDDY LEAPING STRAIGHT AT US HIS MOUTH OPENED SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN LOOKS NATURAL, HIS CLAWED HANDS RAISED OVER HIS HEAD, TRAILS OF FOAMY SALIVA STREAMING FROM HIS FACE.
Eddy: RAAAH!
Page 46, Panel 1
ON THIS PAGE, FIVE PANELS. TWO SMALL ONES ON THE TOP, ONE LARGE ONE TAKING UP SPACE ON THE MIDDLE AND BOTTOM TIERS AND A FOURTH, TALL FRAME TAKING UP THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE, WITH A SMALLER ONE OVERLAID ON ITS UPPER LEFT CORNER.
FOR PANEL 1, HARLAN HAS STEPPED BETWEEN EDDY AND HELENA AND DRIVES HIS KNEE UP INTO EDDY'S GUT, STOPPING HIM MID-FLIGHT. SALIVA IS FLYING OFF OF EDDY'S FACE AGAIN AND HIS TONGUE IS STICKING OUT OF HIS MOUTH, HIS EYES BULGING WIDE. HARLAN'S PISSED.
Eddy: Ulgh!
Page 46, Panel 2
WE'RE LOOKING AT HARLAN DIRECTLY. HE'S STILL PISSED AND HE'S HOLDING UP HIS FISTS LIKE A BOXER.
Harlan: Alright, so magic doesn't work on you.
Harlan: But I don't need magic to kick your freaky little . . .
Page 46, Panel 3
THIS IS THE LARGE PANEL AT THE BOTTOM. VIEWED FROM THE SIDE, HARLAN IS STANDING THERE LIKE HE'S STILL READY TO PLAY PINATA WITH EDDY'S HEAD, BUT SUDDENLY HE'S LOOKING DOWN IN SURPRISE. WE SEE THREE IMAGES OF EDDY CONNECTED BY ACTION LINES TO SHOW HIS MOVEMENT. THE FIRST IMAGE OF EDDY IS DIVING BETWEEN HARLAN'S LEGS, THE SECOND SHOWS HIM LEAPING UP AND TWIRLING LIKE AN ACROBAT. THE THIRD, EDDY IS ABOVE HARLAN, FLIPPING OVER WITH HIS LEGS SPREAD OUT AND COMING DOWN ON THE MAN.
Harlan: What!?
Page 46, Panel 4
THE SMALL PANEL OVERLAID ON PANEL 5. WE CAN SEE AN ABOVE SHOT OF HARLAN'S HEAD AS EDDY WRAPS HIS LEGS AROUND THE MAN'S NECK.
No dialogue.
Page 46, Panel 5
OKAY, THE BIG TALL PANEL. VIEWED OBLIQUE FROM ABOVE, EDDY, WITH HIS LEGS WRAPPED AROUND HARLAN'S NECK IS TEARING INTO HARLAN'S FACE WITH HIS CLAWED GAUNTLETS, HIS ARMS NOTHING MORE THAN A BLUR OF MOVEMENT. HARLAN'S FACE IS MOSTLY COVERED BY THE BLUR OF SLASHING HANDS, BUT BLOOD IS SPLATTERING OUT FROM IT WILDLY. HARLAN'S HANDS ARE CLASPED AROUND EDDY'S LEGS, TRYING TO PULL THEM APART.
Eddy: GYAHAHAHAHA!
Harlan: Aah!
Page 47, Panel 1
OKAY, CLOSE UP ON ANNABELLE, LOOKING UP AT HER FROM BELOW. THE BLOOD FROM HER CUT IS SMEARED ON HER CHEEK AND SHE'S LOOKING AT HER HAND IN RAGE.
Annabelle: You scarred my face.
Annabelle: You scarred my face!
Page 47, Panel 2
WE SEE ANNABELLE'S HAND CLOSING ON HER BRUSH.
Annabelle: How dare you!
Page 47, Panel 3
ANNABELLE THROWS THE BRUSH WITH ALL HER MIGHT, STRIKING EDDY SQUARE IN THE FACE. EDDY IS JOLTED BACKWARD, TEETH CLENCHED, HIS LEGS LOOSENING AROUND HARLAN'S NECK AS HE STARTS TO FALL.
SFX: Wack!
Page 47, Panel 4
HARLAN GRABS EDDY'S LEGS AS HE'S FALLING OFF HIS BODY . . .
No dialogue.
Page 47, Panel 5
. . . TWIRLS EDDY AROUND IN THE AIR AND THROWS HIM ACROSS THE ROOM. USE ACTION LINES TO SHOW THE ARC OF THE SWING. JANETTE AND HELENA ARE BOTH DUCKING UNDER THE SWING.
Page 47, Panel 6
EDDY CRASHES HEAD FIRST INTO THE WALL.
SFX: Crack!
Page 47, Panel 7
EDDY HITS THE GROUND. DROOL SPLATTERS ON THE FLOOR FROM HIS MOUTH AND HIS EYES ARE ROLLING UPWARD AS THE EYELIDS START TO CLOSE.
No dialogue.
Page 48, Panel 1
WE SEE THE GIRLS AND THEIR AUNT. ANNABELLE IS STILL ANGRY, BUT SHE ALSO LOOKS SATISFIED. JANETTE LOOKS UNSURE AND HELENA IS RISING AND STARTING TO MOVE TOWARD HARLAN (OFF) LOOKING CONCERNED.
Janette: Is he dead?
Helena: Harlan!
Page 48, Panel 2
SIDE-VIEW, CLOSE IN ON BOTH HARLAN AND HELENA. HARLAN'S FACE IS DRIPPING WITH BLOOD, BUT HE'S COVERING MOST OF THE WOUNDS WITH ONE HAND. HELENA HAS A CONCERNED EXPRESSION AS SHE REACHES OUT WITH A HAND GLOWING WITH WHITE LIGHT TOWARD HER LOVER'S FACE.
Helena: Harlan, are you okay?
Harlan: Freak gouged my eyes. I'm blind.
Helena: Here, let me heal you.
Page 48, Panel 3
HELENA PRESSES HER HAND TO HARLAN'S FACE AND THE WOUNDS BEGIN TO CLOSE. JANETTE IS COMING TOWARD THEM, CONJURING A ROLL OF PAPER TOWELS TO WIPE UP THE BLOOD. HARLAN IS WINCING AT HELENA'S TOUCH.
Harlan: ahh . . .
Helena: Hold still, honey.
Harlan: Somebody . . .
Somebody get some rope and bind him up tight. He won't be out long.
Page 48, Panel 4
ANNABELLE HAS CONJURED SOME ROPE AND IS TYING UP EDDY'S ARMS AND LEGS. EDDY'S EYES ARE CLOSED AND HIS MOUTH HANGS OPEN A BIT, DROOLING SOME. HELENA IS WIPING HARLAN'S FACE WITH A PAPER TOWEL AND TAKING ANOTHER ONE THAT JANETTE IS HANDING TO HER.
Harlan: Thanks, Helena.
(small text) Oooh!
Eddy (squiggly letters): nnng . . .
Page 48, Panel 5
HARLAN IS WIPING HIS OWN FACE NOW. MOST OF THE BLOOD IS WIPED UP AND THE WOUNDS ARE HEALED. HE DOESN'T LOOK VERY HAPPY ABOUT THE WHOLE THING. HE'S STANDING OVER THE UNCONSCIOUS EDDY, NOW BOUND AT THE WRISTS AND ANKLES. HELENA HAS MOVED OVER TO ANNABELLE AND IS EXAMINING THE CUT ON HER CHEEK. JANETTE IS STANDING JUST BEHIND HARLAN, LOOKING AT EDDY.
Harlan: Alright, somebody wake 'im up. It's time for answers.
Page 49, Panel 1
SOMEBODY, EITHER ANNABELLE OR HELENA, IS HOLDING A BOTTLE OF SMELLING SALTS UNDER EDDY'S NOSE.
No dialogue.
Page 49, Panel 2
EDDY JERKS, HIS LEGS AND HEAD LIFTING OFF THE GROUND ALMOST COMICALLY AS HE TRIES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE BOTTLE, HIS CHEEKS PUFFED OUT, EYES WIDE.
Eddy: Hullp!
Page 49, Panel 3
CLOSE IN ON EDDY. HE'S LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM, DISORIENTED. WE CAN SEE THE SHADOWS OF THE DEVILLE FAMILY FALLING ON HIM.
No dialogue.
Page 49, Panel 4
SAME SHOT, EDDY LOOKS UP AT THE FAMILY. HE STILL HASN'T COME FULLY TO HIS SENSES, BUT IT'S STARTING TO DAWN ON HIM THAT SOMETHING'S WRONG.
No dialogue.
Page 49, Panel 5
EDDY'S POV. WE'RE LOOKING UP AT THE DEVILLE FAMILY CIRCLING AROUND US. HELENA LOOKS READY TO REND HIM LIMB FROM LIMB. JANETTE IS A LITTLE CONCERNED, BUT HER ANGER OVERRIDES IT. ANNABELLE IS SMILING COLDLY, WITH ONE FINGER PRESSED TO HER CHIN, APPRAISING HIM LIKE A SCULPTOR APPRAISES A BLOCK OF STONE. HARLAN HAS A BITTER SMILE ON HIS FACE AND HE'S CRACKING HIS KNUCKLES.
Harlan: And now . . .
Harlan: You're going to tell us everything we want to know.
SFX: Crack!
Page 50, Panel 1
SAME SHOT AS PAGE 49, PANEL 2, BUT NOW EDDY IS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED AND THE HORROR SHOWS ON HIS FACE.
No dialogue.
Page 50, Panel 2
CLOSE-UP ON EDDY'S FACE. STILL HORRIFIED, TEARS ARE BUILDING IN THE CORNERS OF HIS EYES.
Eddy: Sob!
Page 50, Panel 3
PULL BACK TO THE SAME DISTANCE AS PANEL 1. EDDY'S TURNED HIS HEAD AWAY. HIS EYES ARE CLOSED AND TEARS ARE STREAMING FROM THEM. HIS MOUTH IS OPEN IN A LONG, FRIGHTENED WAIL.
Eddy (have the letters wave their way across the top of the panel): Waaaaaaaa!
Page 50, Panel 4
PULL BACK FURTHER SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE WHOLE GROUP CIRCLED AROUND EDDY. WHOEVER'S FACE WE CAN SEE IS SURPRISED AND WE CAN TELL BY THEIR POSTURE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS THE SAME REACTION. THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY EXPECTED.
Eddy (again, waving across the top of the panel): Waaaaaaa! Sob!
Eddy: Please Sob! Momma! Please, no!
Page 50, Panel 5
NOW WE'RE LOOKING JUST AT THE FAMILY. THEY'RE ALL CONFUSED. JANETTE ALSO LOOKS LIKE SHE ALMOST WANTS TO FEEL PITY, EXCEPT THAT SHE STILL REMEMBERS THE BRUTAL ATTACK. ANNABELLE IS TURNED SLIGHTLY, LEANING AWAY FROM HIM, PRESSING A HAND TO HER CHIN.
Harlan: What the hell?
Eddy (off): Please! Please don't kill me!
Sob! Sob!
Eddy (off): Don't kill me!
Page 51, Panel 1
HELENA LEANS DOWN TOWARD EDDY, WHO IS TRYING TO RECOIL AWAY FROM HER, HIS EYES WIDE WITH TERROR, BUT SHE'S CAUGHT HIS HAIR AND IS HOLDING HIM TIGHT. SHE'S STILL ANGRY, BUT NOW THERE'S A NOTE OF IRONIC AMUSEMENT ON HER FACE. SHE SMILES SLIGHTLY.
Helena: Don't kill you?
Oh, but my dear little monster, isn't that exactly what you were trying to do to us?
Eddy: NO! No, it wasn't me!
Page 51, Panel 2
CLOSE IN ON EDDY AGAIN, HE'S STRUGGLING TO GET OUT OF HELENA'S GRIP, BUT BOUND AS HE IS, HE CAN'T ESCAPE. TEARS ARE STILL STREAMING OUT OF HIS EYES.
Eddy: It was him. He was the one who tried to kill you. I didn't want to, but . . .
Eddy: He made me do it. He always makes me do it. I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry. I didn't want to do it.
Page 51, Panel 3
WE'RE LOOKING AT ANNABELLE AND JANETTE, WITH HARLAN IN THE BACKGROUND. ANNABELLE HAS AN IRRITATED EXPRESSION, WHILE JANETTE'S HAS TURNED TO OUTRIGHT PITY - EVEN AFTER WHAT JUST HAPPENED, SHE CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL SORRY FOR HIM. HARLAN IS RAISING ONE EYEBROW IN DISBELIEF.
Annabelle: What are you playing at, worm?
Harlan: I don't think he's playing.
Page 51, Panel 4
WE'RE LOOKING AT HELENA FROM THE SIDE AS SHE'S STILL LOOKING DOWN AT EDDY. HELENA LOOKS INTRIGUED MORE THAN ANGRY NOW, THOUGH SHE'S STILL NOT PLEASED. SHE'S RELEASED HIS HAIR, THOUGH.
Helena: I don't think he is either.
Helena: I think it's real.
Eddy: Sob!
Page 51, Panel 5
WE'RE LOOKING UP AT HELENA FROM EDDY'S POV. SHE'S LOOKING DOWN AT US WITH AN AMUSED, YET CYNICAL SMILE.
Helena: Genuine dissociative identity disorder.
Helena: Multiple personality syndrom.
Page 51, Panel 6
NOW IT'S HELENA'S POV OF EDDY. EDDY LOOKS BACK UP, HIS EYES RED FROM CRYING, TEARS STILL FORMING LITTLE STREAMS DOWN HIS FACE. HIS EXPRESSION IS COMPLETELY HOPELESS.
Helena: One part of him is a killer.
The other part is a child.
Helena: I never thought I'd actually see it.
Page 51, Panel 7
STILL HELENA'S POV. EDDY HAS TURNED HIS HEAD AWAY FROM HER, HIS EYES ARE CLOSED.
Eddy: You are going to kill me, aren't you?
Helena (off): I should.
Page 52, Panel 1
HARLAN HAS STEPPED BEHIND HELENA AND JANETTE HAS MOVED CLOSER TO EDDY AND IS LOOKING DOWN AT HIM. HELENA IS LOOKING AT HARLAN OVER HER SHOULDER AND IS PULLING A CIGARETTE BOX OUT OF THE FRONT POCKET ON HER JACKET.
Janette: But . . .
Harlan: Honey, look at him.
He's a kid.
Page 52, Panel 2
MOVE THE VIEW AROUND SO THAT WE'RE LOOKING DOWN AT THEM. HELENA IS CASUALLY LIGHTING UP THE CIGARETTE. JANETTE HAS KNEELED DOWN BESIDE EDDY AND IS STARTING TO WIPE US HIS TEARS WITH A HANDKERCHIEF.
Helena: He's also a murderer.
Harlan: Look, Helena. It was one thing to fight him while he was attacking us, but this . . .
This would be killing him in cold-blood. I don't feel up for that.
Helena: Would you rather wait for his other personality to resurface.
Page 52, Panel 3
CLOSE UP OF HARLAN'S FACE, PAINED WITH INDECISION.
Helena (dialogue box comes from panel 2): Do you want to risk our safety by letting him loose to come back later?
Harlan: . . .
Well, no, but . . .
Page 52, Panel 4
WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM FROM ABOVE AGAIN. EDDY IS THRASHING ABOUT VIOLENTLY, HIS EXPRESSION DESPERATE. JANETTE HAS LEAPT BACK AWAY FROM HIM, STARTLED. ANNABELLE IS AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM, HER BACK TURNED TO THE WHOLE SCENE, BUT THE OTHERS ARE WATCHING EDDY STRUGGLE.
Eddy: It's not fair! It's not fair!
Eddy: It wasn't my fault! He made me do it! I didn't want to.
Page 52, Panel 5
CLOSE UP ON EDDY'S FACE AS HE'S LAYING HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND, DESPERATION IS GIVING WAY TO RESIGNATION.
Eddy: It wasn't my fault. It wasn't.
Eddy: Please, don't kill me . . .
Page 52, Panel 6
CLOSE UP ON HELENA'S FACE. SHE'S FROWNING, HER BROW IS FURROWED. SHE DOESN'T LIKE THE DECISION SHE'S HAVING TO MAKE.
Helena: . . .
Page 53, Panel 1
SAME SHOT AS PANEL 5 OF THE LAST PAGE. EDDY LOOKS SURPRISED, BUT HE DOESN'T DARE HOPE FOR ANYTHING YET.
Helena (off): I won't kill you.
Page 53, Panel 2
WE'RE LOOKING UP AT HELENA. JANETTE IS BESIDE HER AND HARLAN STILL BEHIND. WE CAN SEE THE BACK OF EDDY'S HEAD. JANETTE LOOKS RELIEVED AND HARLAN IS A LITTLE CONFUSED AND CONCERNED.
Helena: We'll take him to Avalon.
Harlan: The school?
Helena: It used to be the palace of the fairy court before they abandoned this plane. The dungeons in the lower levels are still there.
They can hold him there.
Page 53, Panel 3
VIEW OF HELENA FROM THE SIDE. HARLAN HAS MOVED UP BESIDE HER AND SHE'S LOOKING AT HIM, SLIGHTLY AMUSED, ONE EYEBROW UPRAISED WITH A SMALL SMILE.
Harlan: Why?
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we're not killing him . . .
Harlan: but why are we taking him there?
Page 53, Panel 4
A CLOSER SIDE-SHOT OF HELENA SO THAT ALL WE SEE IS HER FACIAL PROFILE. SHE'S TAKEN THE CIGARETTE OUT OF HER MOUTH AND IS BLOWING A CLOUD OF SMOKE. HER EYES ARE TURNED DOWN TOWARD EDDY.
Helena: Because I'm interested in that null-magic field his body seems to generate.
Helena: I want to know how he does it.
No, I think we need to know.
Page 53, Panel 5
EDDY'S POV AGAIN, LOOKING UP AT HELENA, WHO IS HOLDING THE CIGARETTE IN HER LEFT HAND AND LOOKING AT EDDY THOUGHTFULLY. JANETTE IS LOOKING UP AT HER AUNT AND ANNABELLE IS JUST BARELY STEPPING INTO THE FRAME. SHE, TOO, LOOKS INTRIGUED BY THE IDEA. HARLAN'S HEAD IS TURNED TOWARD EDDY, BUT HE'S STILL GLANCING AT HELENA FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYES.
Helena: It could be important.
Harlan: If you say so.
Page 54, Panel 1
ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING DOWN AT EDDY. HE'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE HE'S CALMING DOWN, LIKE HE THINKS HE MAY JUST GET OUT OF THIS ALIVE.
Eddy: Then . . .
Eddy: You aren't going to kill me?
Page 54, Panel 2
STILL LOOKING AT EDDY, HE'S A LITTLE MORE HOPEFUL.
Helena (off): No. We won't kill you . . .
Page 54, Panel 3
STILL LOOKING AT EDDY. THE LITTLE SPARK OF HOPE IN HIS EYES EXTINGUISHES AS HE REALIZES WHAT HELENA HAS JUST SAID.
Helena (off): but before long, you may wish that we had.
Eddy: Oh . . .
Page 54, Panel 4
PULL BACK SO THAT WE CAN SEE ALL OF THEM FROM ABOVE, LOOKING DOWN AT EDDY. EDDY HAS LET HIS HEAD FALL TO THE FLOOR AND ALTHOUGH HIS EYES ARE OPEN, HE ISN'T SEEING ANYTHING.
Eddy: I see . . .
Page 54, Panel 5
WE'RE OUTSIDE LOOKING UP AT THE WAXING HALF MOON AND THE STARS.
No dialogue.
Page 55, Panel 1
STILL OUTSIDE, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A SMALL MOTEL SOMEWHERE. THERE'S A LIGHT ON IN ONE OF THE WINDOWS.
No dialogue.
Page 55, Panel 2
NOW WE'RE INSIDE THAT ROOM. BLACK IS SITTING IN A CHAIR NEXT TO THE END TABLE BY THE BED, READING THE BIBLE, BUT HE DOESN'T LOOK HAPPY. HE'S NOT WEARING THE OUTER SHIRT OF HIS UNIFORM. THERE IS A PHONE ON THE DESK ALONG WITH THE LAMP THAT HE'S READING BY. ON A TABLE AT TH E OTHER END OF THE ROOM, THERE IS AN TERRARIUM WITH A FROG IN IT AND SEVERAL CRICKETS CRAWLING AROUND. WHETHER THIS IS A FRIEND OF HIS FROM EARLIER, OR IF BEING ONE MADE HIM DEVELOP AN ATTACHMENT FOR THE CRITTERS, I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY LETTING THE AUDIENCE DECIDE.
Black: Hmph.
Black: King James, you bastard.
Page 55, Panel 3
BLACK HAS OPENED THE DRAWER AND IS PUTTING THE BIBLE AWAY.
Black: What have you done to the Lord's word?
Page 55, Panel 4
BLACK IS TAKING OFF HIS PANTS SO THAT ALL HE'S WEARING IS HIS UNDERGARMENTS. HE'S ALSO LOOKING OVER AT THE TERRARIUM.
Frog: Ribbit.
Black: Hmm?
Page 55, Panel 5
CLOSE IN ON THE FROG. IT LOOKS BLISSFULLY UNAWARE OF BLACK'S PROBLEMS, COMPLETELY CONTENT WITH IT'S LOT IN LIFE.
Black (off): You're way of life was so much easier.
Frog: Ribbit.
Black (off): Not that I'd want it back.
That would be spitting on God's gifts to me, but . . .
Page 55, Panel 6
BACK TO BLACK. HE'S SITTING ON THE BED STARING AT THE TERRARIUM. HE'S GOT AN IRONIC SORT OF SMILE ON HIS FACE.
Black: I could almost envy you.
Black: Except for food and predators, you haven't a care in the world.
Page 56, Panel 1
CLOSE IN ON BLACK'S FACE. RIGHT NOW, HE'S TORN BETWEEN HIS DISTRUST OF DR. WHITE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY HE FEELS FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE WHITE LIONS. TRY TO SHOW THAT IN HIS EXPRESSION.
Black: You can't even contemplate the moral dilemmas I'm dealing with right now.
Page 56, Panel 2
ANOTHER SHOT OF THE FROG. IT'S CATCHING A CRICKET WITH IT'S TONGUE.
No dialogue.
Page 56, panel 3
BLACK IS SLIDING INTO BED AND PULLING THE SHEETS UP OVER HIM WHILE REACHING FOR THE LAMP ON THE DESK BESIDE HIM.
Black: Goodnight, little one.
Frog: Ribbit.
Page 56, Panel 4
A BLACK PANEL.
SFX: click
Page 56, Panel 5
SAME.
SFX (big, jumbled letters): RIIIIIIIINNNNG!
Page 56, Panel 6
BLACK IS SITTING UP IN BED, PRESSING THE LIGHT SWITCH WITH ONE OF THOSE "IT FIGURES" EXPRESSIONS ON HIS FACE. THE PHONE IS RINGING OFF IT'S HOOK.
Black: groan
SFX (phone, same kind of lettering): RIIIIIIINNNNG!
Page 57, Panel 1
BLACK IS PUTTING THE PHONE TO HIS EAR. HIS EXPRESSION IS CONFUSED AT THE TORRENT OF SPEECH SPEWING OUT OF THE OTHER END.
Black: Hello?
Phone: Deacon! There's trouble. Get down here, quick!
Black: Wait, slow down. Dan, Dan Palmer? Is that you?
What's happened?
Phone: It's Eddy! They got him!
Page 57, Panel 2
SAME SORT OF SHOT. BLACK IS HORRIFIED.
Phone: He's been captured!
Black: What!? How!?
Phone: I don't know, it all happened so fast and all we've got is audio.
Page 57, Panel 3
PULL BACK A BIT. HORROR IS GIVING WAY TO SHOCK AS BLACK REALIZES THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT'S HAPPENED.
Phone: What should we do?
Black: Alright, stay calm. I'll be right there.
Phone: Okay.
Page 57, Panel 4
WE'RE LOOKING UP AT BLACK FROM BELOW AS HE HANGS UP THE PHONE. HE STILL LOOKS SHOCKED AND ALSO A LITTLE ANGRY WITH HIMSELF.
Black: Damn it.
I never should have let them send him alone.
Black: Damn you, Dr. White.
Page 57, Panel 5
BLACK, NOW WITH HIS PANT'S ON AND PULLING ON HIS SHIRT, IS MOVING TOWARD THE DOOR. SHOCK HAS GIVEN WAY TO FULL ANGER.
No dialogue.
Page 57, Panel 6
SHOT OF BLACK'S HAND REACHING FOR THE LIGHT SWITCH NEXT TO THE DOORWAY.
Black: Well, at least the wicked aren't getting any rest, either.
Page 57, Panel 7
A BLACK PANEL.
SFX: Click
Below Panel 7
Caption: To be continued.