Page 1
Panel 1:We open looking at a tall building in New york when the sun is setting
Speedball: hey my name is Robbie Baldwin but when I'm in uniform you can call me SPEEDBALL.
Panel 2: inside of the building looking over a crowd
Speedball: No not down there up here.
Panel 3: moves up to the rafters to see Speedball
Speedball: yeah not where I thought I would be for my first fashion show. Thought I would be the one taking the runway. Why I'm actually here is I'm protecting someone from some bad people.
Page 2
Panel 1: same place
Speedball: Am I even sure they will show up? I mean there's tons of people here, some with cameras. {sighs} they attacked me at my work for no reason they won't here.
Panel 2 : we look over Speedball's shoulder viewing him looking at a redhead taking the catwalk
Speedball: There she is, Angelica Jones, more beautiful in real life than her picture gives her credit.
Panel 3 : same place this time looks behind and we see something moved in the corner
Speedball: I guess now (something moves behind him) wuh what was that.
Panel 4: Speedball gets launched from the rafters
Panel 5: Speedball crash on a food table
SpeedBall: Hate it when I'm right.
Page 3
Panel 1 : A giant shadow mass lands in front of Angelica
Firestar: Ahhhhhhhhhhh!
Panel 2: the black mass is about to grab Angelica when Speedball bounces back and hits the shadow mass with a corkscrew uppercut
Panel 3: Speedball landes in front of Angelica
Angelica: Who?!...What!?
Speedball: Look I'm a friend and I know you have powers and I would appreciate if you helped me out and used them right now.
Panel 4: Speedball jumps into battle while Angelica looks nervous
Panel 5: close up on Anglica
Firestar: But there's people watching.
Page 4
Panel 1: the shadow mass holds SpeedBall upside down by the feet
Panel 2: Angelica comes in throwing fireballs
Panel 3: shadow mass tries to block fire
The shadow: Mission has been compromised I'm moving.
Panel 4: shadow mass throws down Speedball
Panel 5: breaks down a wall and flees
Page 5
Panel 1: SpeedBall looks through the smashed hole in the wall with Angelica walking up behind him
Panel 2: Angelica punches SpeedBall on the shoulder
SpeedBall: ooowwwww
Firestar: Start explaining, what was that?!
Panel 3: the two standing next to each other
SpeedBall: I will for sure but it will be easier after we ask whatever that was some questions, and I could use your help a little more
Panel 4: just Angelica
Firestar: …(groans) let me change into something more comfortable.
Page 6
Panel 1: Change to a different part of New york with Mania web-swinging over traffic
Mania: Most people think flying or superspeed would be a cool way to get around...
Panel 2: Mania now web-swinging over some buildings
Mania: to me there is nothing better than some good old web-swinging it's completely underrated and it beats taking the subways.
Panel 3: Mania crouching on a corner of a building
Mania: still can't make patrol any less of a drag, 5 days without anything less than a stolen purse.
Panel 4: sees a red beam shoot up a few buildings up
Mania: Now that's something
Panel 5: Mania arrives at the scene of the battle where she sees Darkhawk battling who she will soon know as passion
Mania: dark and tall looks like he could use some help and luckily I have been looking for a fight.
Page 7
Panel 1: passion has Darkhawk on the ground by his leg with her whip shocking him
Passion: time to fry this bird.
Panel 2: web is shot off
Panel 3: web traps passion to a TV dish Darkhawk looks up to see Mania
Darkhawk: who?
Mania: your welcome.
Panel 4: Darkhawk gets up and brushes himself off
Darkhawk: Your welcome? I had her!
Mania: If you call on your back about to get knocked out you had her,sure you had her
Panel 5: They start arguing
Darkhawk: Okay first what's your name?
Mania: MANIA.
Darkhawk: DARKHAWK nice to meet you second when you save someone….
Page 8
Panel 1: moves over Passion
Passion: You're Mania? Good you're on our list too we'll be getting two for one.
Panel 2: moves back to Mania and Darkhawk
Mania: We'll?
Panel 3: A boomerang flies through the air
Panel 4: lands in between Darkhawk and Mania and electricity shoots from it
Page 9
Panel 1: Man walks up and pulls his boomerang from the ground
Panel 2: the man walks over to Passion
Panel 3: starts cutting down Passion
Passion: Took you awhile Impulse.
Pane 4: Impulse walks over to Mania and Darkhawk
Impulse: Just grab them, the boss is going to love this. These two are high on his list.
Speedball: you know I would love to meet this boss you speak of
Panel 5: Firestar and Speedball jump into action
Page 9
Panel 1: Firestar creates a wall of fire that divides passion and impulse from Darkhawk
Panel 2: Passion and impulse stand there trying to block the flames
Impulse: {grunts} there is way too many heroes, grab the girl were leaving
Panel 3: starts hitting buttons on his wrist
Panel 4: then Passion and Impulse teleport away
Speedball: Noooooooo
Panel 5: Firestar goes over to Darkhawk, and helps him up
Firestar: hey you there, (waving her hand in front of darkhawk's face) you alright
Darkhawk: uhhhhhh…..yeah thanks for asking beautiful
Speedball: I've seen you your Darkhawk, right?
Page 10
Panel 1: them standing together
Darkhawk: glad my rep precedes me, you guys are?
Speedball: I'm Speedball that's Firestar
Firestar: (under her breath) Firestar?
Panel 2: same thing
Darkhawk: Now that that's out of the way. you guys know what that was about!?
Firestar: No, but he does and I think this is a perfect time for him to share
Speedball: ah, fine Alright.
Panel 3: outside shot of a building with the words future tech
Speedball: It happened a few weeks ago I was at work, I'm a intern at Hammond Research Lab.
Panel 4: Robbie at his desk
Speedball: it was an ordinary day until 2 supers came crashing in
Page 11
Panel 1: changes into speedball jumping into action ready to fight
Speedball: I wasted no time and heroically jumped into battle.
Panel 2: Speedball hiding looking afraid
Speedball: I'd like to say that it was a close fight and I was able to send them in retreat, but I actually got my ass kicked and had to hide
Panel 3: Speedball still hiding holding a key card
Speedball: wasn't all for nothing, during the rumble I was able to swipe a keycard from one of them
Panel 4: Speedball in front of a computer
Speedball: It had the name gene tech on it. I did some research and found myself in some of their more secure files. In doing so I found a file titled: Project New Warriors
Panel 5: shot of the computer
Speedball: It was a list of superpowered teens the three of us were on it.
Panel 6: flashback to Speedball in the rafters again
Speedball: I saw you on the list Firestar and learned that you had a fashion show near me so I decided to stake it out.
Page 12
Panel 1: back to the present still standing together
Speedball: I still don't know why they're taking kids, but I think we should find out.
Firestar: of course especially since we seem to be the only ones who know about it.
Panel 2: still standing together
Darkhawk: You know where they're being held?
Speedball: Uh...nooo
Darkhawk: So you decided to launch this whole crusade and you don't even know where they are?
Panel 3: group stands looking annoyed and Speedball looks embarrassed
Dagger: I do
Panel 4: Dagger standing there
Panel 5: back to the group
Darkhawk: I'm starting to get sick of asking this question, but who are you?
Page 13
Panel 1: Dagger walking up to them
Dagger: I'm Dagger and it seems we have problems with the same group of metas.
Firestar: How do you know where the base is?
Panel 2: flashback Dagger running while Cloak fights off two metas
Dagger: A week ago me and my friend were attacked my friend was able to buy me sometime
to escape in doing so he got himself caught.
Panel 3: See Dagger looking at the base from a distance
Dagger: We have a sort of connection where I can sense where he his, and it lead me to a lab on Sayville Long Island.
Panel 4: back to the present
Dagger: And I have been trying to find some people to help ever since.
Darkhawk: Are we just going to believe this.
Speedball: it's the best and only lead we have, let's bounce.
Panel 5: Darkhawk starting to walk away
Darkhawk: Well you guys have fun with that best of luck to you.
Dagger: Wait you're not coming?
Panel 6: Darkhawk stops to respond
Darkhawk: Look I have a mom, a single mom who also takes care of my two little brothers. I can't go off to some evil fortress to not come back and have God knows what happens to me, she can't have another thing to worry about.
Page 14
Panel 1: They start arguing
Firestar: Darkhawk, I can understand why you don't want to go, but you don't think those missing kids miss their parents or that their parents aren't worried about them.
Speedball: I'm sorry I don't get it, when you put on that suit and decided to fight crime you signed a pact to put people's need before your own to help because that's what it comes down to when being a hero, protecting those who can't protect themselves. If it isn't to do that then why are u here.
Panel 2: Darkhawk shrugs
Darkhawk: Fine I guess I do owe that Mania chick.
Dagger: Good then you can give me a ride
Panel 3: see them arrive at the base
Narrator: Our young heroes finally arrive at the genentech base where the weight of what they're about to do sinks in and worry soon follows but they tread forward
Firestar: See anyway inside.
Speedball: Their that back door those guards just went through.
Panel 4: Speedball is messing around with the door well the others wait
Speedball: It's locked of course.
Panel 5: Darkhawk ready to shoot down the door
Darkhawk: Nothing a little ion blast can't fix.
Panel 6: Speedball stopping Darkhawk from shooting down the door.
Speedball: Well alerting maybe half the base if we're lucky. Just calm down guns a blazing.
Panel 7: Rest are thinking while firestar looks at the lock
Dagger: Didn't you say you had a keycard.
Speedball: yup, buuuut I don't have it with me.
Firestar: Don't worry I got this.
Page 15
Panel 1: Firestar puts her hand on the lock and using her powers short circuits it
Panel 2: They go inside
Speedball: How did you know you could do that?
Firestar: I have broken a few phones doing that.
Panel 3: The Group walking down a hallway
Speedball: So you know where your friend and the other are being held.
Dagger: yeah I can sense him he's far but i don't know where the others are being held if you want that we should go to the control room.
Panel 4: they go into a hallway, all of a sudden metal slabs fall in front and behind them trapping them in
Panel 5: A screen pops out
Harmon Furmintz: I appreciate you four for coming it makes your capture so much easier.
Speedball: Hey your Harmon Furmintz founder of Genentech, so if anybody can tell us what's going on it's you.
Panel 6: look at the screen to see Harmon Furmintz a old many with grey hair and a bald spot
Harmon Furmintz: well you will never be leaving here so why not , see like most people I believe our next generation is different and special but not for the same reasons as much we pretend that me know a lot about the mutant gene and meta physiology we really don't.
Panel 7: different Angle of the screen
Harmon Furmintz: So Genentech has decided to solve this problem and to some degree we have with some testing and experiments on some youths we gathered.
Speedball: you mean tortured and dissection!
Harmon Furmintz: quiet, please don't you know it rude to interrupt. Kids today where was I ahhhh yes on some youths we have gathered and you have to look no further for the fruit's of our labor than…
Page 16
Panel 1: image appears on the screen of six people
Harmon Furmintz: THE PSIONEX the way of the future these are the next wave of metahumans and I'm sure you have met a few by now.
Panel 2: picture of Mathemanic a blonde man wearing a brown jacket, red shirt, and jeans
Harmon Furmintz: MATHEMANIC is to be considered a genius and now with our help he his to be considered in simple terms a math telepath were still figuring it all out.
Panel 3: shows picture of coronary made all out of crystals only wearing green shorts
Harmon Furmintz: CORONARY use to be a medical student he now has the powers of bio metabolic in easier terms he can control a certain parts of a person.
Panel 4: Shows picture of Passion beautiful dark hair girl
Harmon Furmintz: PASSION was once a um…. A exotic dancer she can how do I say this she can um.. Stimulate the pleasure centers of an individual and then transfer that into a variety of psionic weapons.
Panel 5: picture of Asylum made all out of shadows has giant golden necklace where her neck and shoulders would be and a golden mask where her face would be
Harmon Furmintz: ASYLUM is a former mental patient by engulfing a person in her mist the person is shown a disconcerting inner lie or truth. She can also use launch part of herself as a projectile.
Panel 6: shows picture of of Impulse costume mainly colored blue with his boots and gloves being grey and cover with spikes along with a grey mask
Harmon Furmintz: Saving the craziest for last IMPULSE once was a gang member and a violent one compared to his cohortes now he can act on his aggressive with the speed of thought.
Page 17
Panel 1: back to Harmon Furmintz on the screen, doors open
Harmon Furmintz: Now that you been filled in it's time to get you to your new residence.
Panel 2: the door in front of them opens behind it is the Psionexs
Panel 3: New Warriors start backing up
Firestar: What do think is the best move here?
Speedball: I think the best move here is...
Panel 4: close up on Speedball yelling
Speedball: SCATTER!
Panel 5: them all running
Panel 6: Impulse and Mathemanic up close
Mathemanic: They're running?
Asylum: Like it will make a difference.
Impulse: Let them makes things more interesting.
Page 18
Panel 1: Firestar flying across a corridor with Coronary following
Location eastside sector of the genetech lab
Coronary: You know you're only delaying the inevitable.
Firestar: That's a matter of perspective.
Panel 2: basically same scene
Coronary: No need to give such a cold shoulder, you're lucky I'm the least psychotic out of them.
Firestar: That doesn't sound as confronting as you thought it would.
Panel 3: Firestar turns and readies a fireball
Panel 4: Coronary moves his hand to the left
Panel 5: Firestar hand moves to the left and the fireball goes off course
Page 19
Panel 1: Firestar tries it again
Panel 2: Coronary moves his hand up
Panel 3: Firestar's hand moves and the fireball hits the ceiling
Panel 4: Firestar looks startled
Panel 5: moves over to Darkhawk in a dark space can only see his visor and gem glowing
Darkhawk: I think I've lost her… better have.
Panel 6: kicks down a panel in the ceiling
Panel 7: jumps down looks around
Page 20
Panel 1: Darkhawk begins walking the other way
Doctor: please someone get her sedated this is a process hard enough without her struggling!
Panel 2: Darkhawk moves towards the voice and looks through observation window
Panel 3: Darkhawk sees mania strapped to a table with some scientist at control table a few feet back
Panel 4: scientists at the table
Scientist: I'm quite excited for this, Dr. Lys
: I as well it seems the host is covered in a alien life form which should lead to new uncharacterised discovers which will be easier when we remove it from the girl.
Panel 5: a evil looking tools moves towards mania
Panel 6: Darkhawk shoots down the window with some of the wall
Panel 7: Darkhawk flies in gets in front of Mania and breaks the machine that was carrying the tools
Page 21
Panel 1: Darkhawk starts ripping off mania's restraints
Mania: What are you doing here?
Darkhawk: Making us even.
Panel 2: security agent comes up behind him
Panel 3: Mania moves Darkhawk out of the way webs the guard and yanks the guard's face into the table Mania was on
Panel 4: Mania gives Darkhawk a look
Panel 5: Darkhawk becomes visibly frustrated
Panel 6: Darkhawk gives up looking very defeated
Page 22
Panel 1: They leave through the hole Darkhawk made
Mania: Don't worry that one's free of charge.
Darkhawk: whatever, come on sure the others will be needing our help.
Mania: What others?
Panel 2: Impulse and Passion stands over Speedball as Passion chokes him with the whip
Panel 3: Close up on Passion and Impulse
Impulse: Love it when they struggle it's very stimulating.
Passion: Hm good to know.
Panel 4: Darkhawk tackles Impulse
Darkhawk: That's super gross you guys have issues.
Panel 5: Darkhawk on top of Impulse punching him Mania fighting passion in the background
Panel 6: Darkhawk gets shot in the back by a shadow blast
Panel 7: Asylum appears trying wrapping her shadow tentacles around Darkhawk trying to pull him in Darkhawk in the air trying to fight her off
Asylum: Thought you could get rid of me.
Darkhawk: Was hoping too yeah.
Page 23
Panel 1: Impulse sees a prone Speedball just getting back up
Panel 2: Impulse leaps at Speedball but Speedball activates his kinetic field and Impulse bounces off him
Panel 3: Darkhawk and Speedball battling close to each other Darkhawk still fighting off Asylum
Darkhawk: Keep your tentacles to yourself sir.
Asylum: I'm a woman!
Darkhawk: Sorry it's hard to tell when you're a shadow mass thing.
Speedball: Dude did you just assume her gender.
Darkhawk: Don't even.
Panel 3: over to Mania and Passion fighting
Panel 4: Mania takes a swipe at passion but she sides steps
Panel 5: Passion gets her whip around Mania and yanks her down
Panel 6: and starts electrocuting mania
Panel 7: Passion gets face to face with Mania
Passion: Your feisty one (deeply exhales) I like that.
Mania: Sorry not me thing.
Page 24
Panel 1: Mania grabs Passions head with her feet and flips her
Panel 2: Passion starts getting up
Passion: Just tried to play nice and you had to do something like that. Now your in trouble.
Panel 3: get a wide shot of the battle well you see a shoulder of someone walking up
Panel 4: you see it's Mathemanic
Impulse: Hey nerd able to get the blonde.
Panel 5: Mathemanic falls over to reveal dagger behind him and a bunch of daggers in his back
Dagger: Not quite, but I was able to find my friend.
Panel 6: Cloak appears next to Impulse and Speedball. Impulse has Speedball pinned to a wall with his arms in a x trying to slice Speedball's throat
Panel 7: Cloak back fists Impulse
Page 25
Panel 1: Speedball launches off the wall
Panel 2: A staggered Impulse sees Speedball coming
Panel 3: Speedball double knees Impulse in the face and drives him into a wall
Panel 4: Dagger runs to Passion
Panel 5: puts a two daggers in Passion's back while doing a flip over her
Panel 6: Mania pulls on the whipp pulling Passion towards her
Panel 7: and mania knees her in the face
Page 25
Panel 1: Darkhawk almost fully absorbs by Asylum
Asylum: Ready to have your brain folded inside out.
Darkhawk: Not really any help (grunts) coming for (grunts) me.
Panel 2: Cloak appears and pulls Darkhawk out
Panel 3: Asylum turns around surprised
Panel 4: Mania flying kicks Asylum in the face
Panel 5: Asylum's mask flys off her face causing her to dissipates. The mask bounce once off the ground and stops
Panel 6: they stand around mania as she ties the Psionics together with Asylum's mask
Speedball: So this is your friend huh.
Dagger: Ah yes guys this is cloak.
Panel 7: dagger hugs cloak
Cloak: grunts and nods his head
Dagger: He's not much of a talker.
Page 27
Panel 1: they start hearing a bunch of footsteps coming towards them
Darkhawk: Anyone hear that rumbling.
Mania: Sounds like footsteps a lot of them.
Dagger: Armed guards?
Panel 2: Darkhawk and Dagger looking down the hall
Darkhawk: Were about to see.
Panel 3: they see all the kidnapped kids running down the hall some carrying parts of Coronary
Panel 4: Coronary head being carried
Coronary: Hey careful come on that's part of my body. you I saw what you just did with my arm.
Panel 5: They watch as the crowd of kids run past
Dagger: I guess we found the kids you were after speed or more they found us.
Speedball: Yeah, but who let them out.
Panel 6: they see Firestar flying over the crowd to them
Mania: Answered.
Darkhawk: Hey hot stuff glad to see your still burning.
Firestar: Tougher than I look.
Panel 7: Alarm starts going off
Alarm: Power overload please find your nearest exit before self destruction.
Speedball: Now why's that going off?!
Dagger: May because set it to.
Page 28
Panel 1: they start looking a bit concerned
Firestar: Come on we got to find a exit!
Dagger: We already have one.
Panel 2: cloak covers everyone in his cloak
Panel 3: and they disappear
Panel 4: outward shot of the base
Panel 5: the Lab explodes
Panel 6: and they reappear
Panel 7: some look at the base explode others still reeling from the teleporting experience
Speedball: That's how you end things on a explosive note.
Mania: Ha funny.
Page 29
Panel 1: Darkhawk starts leaving
Darkhawk: Think S.H.I.E.L.D can clean up the rest of this mess see you guys in the next team-up.
Panel 2: everyone starts walking away but Speedball stays back
Speedball: Whoa we're just going back are separate ways just like that.
Darkhawk: Yeah I don't know what else you thought would happen.
Panel 3: Speedball talking to all of them
Speedball: Guys look around you look what we did here today. The Avengers couldn't have done this, the Avengers wouldn't even have know about this. Cause they think they're too big for this stuff we… we have are eras to the ground we know what happens in those streets and the crimes that are seemingly forgotten about. So why don't we do something about it?
Panel 4: Speedball still talking
Speedball: I'm going to assume something here so feel free to correct me, but i'm going to say none of us have done anything truly important with our powers. Together I think we can change that we can do something more than one of us can do alone. What you say?
Panel 5: the rest looking weary
Panel 6: firestar and speedball smiling at each other
Firestar: I'm in.
Speedball: Thanks Angelica.
Firestar: It's Firestar.
Panel 7: Dagger and cloak
Cloak: grunts crosses his arms and looks over his shoulder
Dagger: he's not much of a joiner, but if I'm in so is he so were in.
Page 29
Panel 1: Darkhawk shrugs
Darkhawk: Solo act has gotten pretty stale I'll join.
Panel 2: everyone looks at Mania
Panel 3: Mania throws her hands up
Mania: Hell I'm in.
Panel 4: Speedball jumps and throws his hand in the air
Speedball: Yes!
Darkhawk: That immediately made me regret this.
Panel 5 : Mania looks at and points at everybody
Mania: So what do we call this new club?
Panel 6: Darkhawk points up like he has a idea Dagger next to him
Darkhawk: Darkhawk and friends.
Dagger: Feel like we don't even have to comment on that.
Panel 7: Firestar looking slightly embarrassed
Firestar: I've had the name New Warriors Project stuck in my head since you mentioned it and it seems like this is why.
Page 30
Panel 1: Speedball snaps his finger
Speedball: The New Warriors! That's it end of discussion.
Panel 2: Speedball puts his hand in the middle
Speedball: From now on...
Mania: No we're not doing that
Speedball: Come on guys it's a classic
Darkhawk: One time.
Panel 3: All of them put their hands in the middle
Speedball: From now on together we form the New Warriors.