ISSUE SYNOPSIS
Sierra's origin's
revealed as she meets Shawn Collins and S-409 face-to-face.
ITEMS THAT NEED DESIGNING
SHAWN'S OFFICE: This should look very big. Giant computer screens, a desk, and lots of decorations of the weird sort. We should be able to see, like, a skeletonized mermaid, a photo of Shawn with JFK, crap like that. Just put anything you can possibly think of that sounds neet in there.
SIERRA'S CELL: Should be like a basic jail cell. Should be dirty. Dark. Empty. Sierra should be on a bed matress with no sheets when she wakes up. There should be a toilet and sink, probably. The hall next to it is narrow and dark as well. The cell is closed off by metal bars.
MATT'S BOAT AND THE DOCK: Glock, since you're drawing this and (from the sounds of it) live in a city with boats and docks, I'll just trust you can handle this. But if not, reference Perfect Storm, there's isn't too bad.
CHARACTERS TO DESIGN
THE MOTHMAN: Well, there is no difinitive way for him to be drawn, so I'll simply give you several pics to reference for ideas.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0962653438.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://www.parascope.com/en/cryptozoo/predators02.jpg
And then, if you want info on him, go here:
http://www.parascope.com/en/cryptozoo/predators02.htm
SIERRA stands in front of SHAWN and S-409 in the same room she entered in the last page of issue #4. And, yes, the line is the exact same as it was in the end of #4, I did that on purpose, so don't yell at me!
SHAWN
We've been expecting you.
TITLE/CREDITS
Real Answers
Written by Nate Raymond (Nate1234)
Drawn by Amber Shelton ({dixey}), Glockgal, Clare Mulroy
(Tigrr Wildcat), and Marie Yuen
Created by Nate Raymond and Tracie Mauk
(Katroz)
PAGE 2, 3 PANELS
PANEL 1
SIERRA looks shocked to have found SHAWN and S-409, but
SHAWN looks almost ruthless as he teases her about his knowledge of her as S-409
follows him closely.
SHAWN
Oh, don't look so surprised, SIERRA. After the theater incident and
you running into S-409 here and Mary Campbell...
PANEL 2
SHAWN pulls out a cigarrette.
SHAWN
... you should have known something was up.
SIERRA
What is this place?
PANEL 3
SHAWN lights a cigarrette with his back facing SIERRA.
SHAWN
That involves a long story...
PAGE 3, SPLASH PAGE
A montage of scenes of SHAWN and company. A young SHAWN in Roswell, New Mexico looking at a crashed UFO (1947). SHAWN cradling a baby S-409 (1984). SHAWN and some MIB chasing after the Mothman in a black car.
SHAWN
In 1947, a spacecraft crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. I had only
recently joined the FBI and, as I was at the scene at the time, I was
ammediately reassigned to head a new program. During the past decades we've
covered-up for various paranormal events, like that Mothman mess.
PAGE 4, 4 PANELS
PANEL 1
SHAWN turns suddenly to SIERRA.
SHAWN
But when you were born... we shifted our focus.
SIERRA
Uh... why?
PANEL 2
SHAWN puffs smoke into SIERRA's face.
SHAWN
Because, my dear, you have no human father.
PANEL 3
SHAWN moves some more.
SHAWN
When Ms. Campbell first discovered she was pregnant, she reported
it as a virgin birth as she claimed she had been visited by angels a previous
night and had never had sexual relations.
PANEL 4
SHAWN puts out his cigarrette.
SHAWN
Of course, this was wrong. The "angel" was an alien.
PAGE 5, 5 PANELS
PANEL 1
Interlude. MATT is on the docks getting off his commercial
fishing boat. EMILY can be seen walking up to him as MATT is talking to other
fishers.
MATT
God, what a terrible take.
FISHER
No kidding.
MATT
Oh well, I've gotta go, see ya in a week.
PANEL 2
MATT starts walking, but EMILY approaches him.
EMILY
Heya, sexy, what's up?
MATT
Um, not much. Came up with squat today.
PANEL 3
EMILY strokes MATT'S loose hair out of his face.
EMILY
Oh, that's too bad. Well, to make up for it, why don't you let me
give you a treat.
PANEL 4
MATT pushes her hand away.
MATT
That's kind of you, but I'm with SIERRA now, okay?
EMILY
Oh, well, I'm with someone now too. But he's out of town now too...
like your SIERRA.
PANEL 5
MATT yells in her face.
MATT
Listen, I'm sick of this! Yes, you're pretty. Yes, I once liked you.
But I love SIERRA and you need to leave me alone!
PAGE 6, 5 PANELS
PANEL 1
Well, now that we're done with that EMILY crap, it's time
to get back to the main story. SIERRA puts her hands to her head as she reads
SHAWN's mind.
PANEL 2
SIERRA looks very scared now as she picks up a stray
thought of SHAWN's.
SIERRA
Wait... oh my god, you can't do that to me... I will not let you
lock me up like those creatures downstairs.
SHAWN
You're a threat to security. You've discovered this place. If you
were anyone else I'd kill you myself right now. But you're too
important.
PANEL 3
SIERRA puts a hand to the security belt that came with the
suit. There's a gun on the side.
SIERRA
Well I won't let you.
PANEL 4
S-409 jumps on SIERRA.
PANEL 5
SIERRA looks amused at S-409 as SIERRA sees a sword
hanging on SHAWN's wall.
SIERRA
Oh, come now, we just did this.
PAGE 7, 5 PANELS
PANEL 1
SHAWN pulls a hypedermic needle out of his coat pocket.
PANEL 2
SHAWN thrusts the needle into SIERRA's arm.
PANEL 3 & 4
SIERRA'S point of view. SHAWN looks at SIERRA as
SIERRA'S vision blurs.
SHAWN
Sorry child, but this is for the nation's own good.
PANEL 5
Blackness.
PAGE 8, 6 PANELS
PANEL 1
SIERRA awakens in a jail cell, still in her guard suit but
now without any weaponry.
PANEL 2
SIERRA looks concerned.
PANEL 3
SIERRA realizes the answer to the problem. SIERRA puts her
hands to her head.
PANEL 4
Close-up of the bars.
PANEL 5
The bars bend.
PANEL 6
SIERRA steps out of the cell.
PAGE 9, 5 PANELS
PANEL 1
SIERRA walks down the hall. Suddenly, someone off panel
yells at her.
GUARD (O.P.)
Freeze!
PANEL 2
SIERRA smiles as a guard points his gun at her.
SIERRA
Don't mess with me right now.
PANEL 3
The guard is pulled up to the ceiling.
SIERRA
I've almost been killed three times this month...
PANEL 4
The guard's gun flies out of his hand into SIERRA's.
SIERRA
... I've discovered I'm not really human...
PANEL 5
SIERRA walks down the hall loaded as the guard lies on the
ceiling.
SIERRA
... and my dad is dead. Please. Now's not a good time.
PAGE 10, 3 PANELS
PANEL 1
SIERRA thrusts SHAWN'S door open with her mind, gun poised
to shoot anyone. SIERRA is totally pissed.
PANEL 2
SHAWN and S-409 look at SIERRA, shocked.
PANEL 3
SIERRA pulls the trigger.
PAGE 11, SPLASH PAGE
The bullets hit S-409.
PAGE 12, 5 PANELS
PANEL 1
SIERRA smiles.
SHAWN
I'll let you know that S-409 cost us $40,000,000 to create.
SIERRA
What a waste. Now I have some questions for you.
PANEL 2
SHAWN smiles.
SHAWN
Fine. But first, I warn you, that gun will most likely blow-up in
about five seconds.
PANEL 3
A panel of SIERRA's now-very-wide eyes.
PANEL 4
She throws the gun into the air.
PANEL 5
The gun explodes as SIERRA jumps away.
PAGE 13, 4 PANELS
PANEL 1
SHAWN laughs as SIERRA dusts herself off.
SHAWN
Like that? It's of my own design, it's a great way to rid
yourselves of untrustworthy agents.
PANEL 2
SHAWN pulls out a gun a points it at SIERRA.
SHAWN
Well, time for you to go.
PANEL 3
Shot of SIERRA's eyes pissed.
SIERRA
No...
PANEL 4
Another shot, very similar, but now SIERRA's eyes are
blank (a la issue #1)
SIERRA
... you go.
PAGE 14, SPLASH PAGE
SIERRA shoots out a psi-bolt at SHAWN, but this time she's on the ground unlike issue #1. Let's also see the background and do it at a side perspective as SHAWN flies backword through the air.
PAGE 15, 4 PANELS
PANEL 1
SIERRA looks at SHAWN's dead body lying on the ground.
SIERRA
Good. Time to go home.
PANEL 2
SIERRA exits the room from the other side of the room as
we get a good look at SHAWN's dead body.
PANEL 3
Panel that looks the same as the last but with no one in
the room.
PANEL 4
A foot appears next to SHAWN's body.
PAGE 16, 4 PANELS
PANEL 1
The real SHAWN COLLINS stands above his clone's dead body.
The real S-409 can be seen in the background.
SHAWN'S LOG ENTRY
August 7, 2000 - Today I dealt with the SIERRA problem.
She thinks I and S-409 are dead. Ah, the wonders of cloning.
PANEL 2
SHAWN looks out his window to see SIERRA run off.
SHAWN'S LOG ENTRY
She won't tell anyone. Afterall, then she'd have to
mention her abilities. The public would harm her more than I would.
PANEL 3
S-409 sniffs her dead clone's body.
SHAWN'S LOG ENTRY
But I know soon enough we'll run into each other again.
We have to.
PANEL 4
SHAWN pets the living S-409 while she stares at the dead
body and he looks onward.
SHAWN'S LOG ENTRY
There's still so much for us still to do.
CAPTION
The End... for now.