PREVIOUSLY: Marvel Knights #3 - (Script)
"Valley Forge" - Rated M
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Page 1
1/ Back view of Ghost Rider, standing, watching as the symbiotes surround the van, and Punisher.
CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: Everything burns.
CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: More than usual.
2/ Ghost Rider’s face.
CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: My soul has claws sunk inside, holding on for dear life.
CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: A terrified spirit of vengeance. Spooked into feasting on other souls to survive.
CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: So weak. So frail. So…hungry.
3/ Punisher looking off in the distance, away from the symbiotes.
CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: It’s nothin’ personal.
CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: I can’t control it.
CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: Not anymore.
CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: And now it’ll control any strength it can, sink its claws into any soul or souls.
4/ Punisher backing up, leaning forward slightly. Carnage, Scream, Anti-Venom, Hybrid, all surround him, standing at 10 feet away. Their faces a mass of tendrils, all looking the same.
CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: Use it to weaken the main meal so the feeding can go easier.
Page 2
1/ Punisher brandishing a single combat knife.
PUNISHER: Bring it.
2/ Back view of Punisher. The symbiotes slowly surround him.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Valley Forge, Valley Forge.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: I remember the napalm.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Everyone dead but me and Goodwin.
3/ Punisher’s skull.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: The feeling of dread embraces me. Like an old friend.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: The Rider’s lost it. Making some kind of mental aura of dread.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Like Scarecrow did with fear.
4/ A rooftop overlooking the event.
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: She only pushed us out of the way.
5/ Moon Knight Grant’s arm, aiming down.
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: She was too busy to kill us. Didn’t want to waste any strength.
6/ Ghost Rider looking up, toward the rooftop.
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: Easy enough to see why, now that we know her prey.
Page 3
1/ Deadpool getting up, far behind Ghost Rider.
DEADPOOL: Ngh…
DEADPOOL: What the…
2/ Ghost Rider looking at the symbiotes.
3/ An explosion where the symbiotes were, a large cloud of smoke forming.
SFX: BOOM
4/ Ghost Rider looking over at the rooftop. Chains firing out of his mouth.
GHOST RIDER: GO AWAY
Page 4
1/ Moon Knight Grant jumping down off of the building, not using his cape to glide, just doing a jump, avoiding chains that impale the ledge where he was.
SFX: BSSHKT
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: Playing fair isn’t my thing.
2/ Punisher jamming his knife into Cletus’s exposed chest. Anti-Venom isn’t affected by the explosion, but the smoke around the area has him disoriented a bit.
SFX: CHK
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Every chance to hurt has to be taken.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Any other option isn’t viable.
CARNAGE: SIN SIN SIN SIN SIN
3/ Punisher’s hand reaching for a strapped pistol.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Knife gone. Act of desperation. The dread messing with my head. Gun would’ve been a better first choice.
4/ Scream, her symbiote half freaking out, running at Punisher.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Don’t ever take chances.
Page 5
1/ Scream backing away as Punisher shoots her three times in her exposed abdomen.
SFX: BLAM BLAM BLAM
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Never stop.
SCREAM: SINNER
2/ Moon Knight Lockley sneaking up from behind Hybrid with crescent darts in his hands.
MOON KNIGHT LOCKLEY: Need help?!
PUNISHER: All you got.
3/ Hybrid arching his back in pain as Moon Knight Lockley jams a few crescent darts in his back, the healing properties already working.
SFX: SSSSSSS
HYBRID: SIIINNNNNNNN
4/ Punisher looking over at Moon Knight Lockley. The smoke is starting to fade.
PUNISHER: You’re not the real one, different voice.
PUNISHER: You ever worked on a team?
MOON KNIGHT LOCKLEY: I’m on one, my partner--
PUNISHER: I’m commanding officer, they’re after me. Keep using those things.
5/ Carnage tackling down Punisher.
CARNAGE: HOLD STILL FOR THE RECKONING
PUNISHER: NOW!
Page 6
1/ Moon Knight Grant crouched down on the ground where he landed, a small impact crater visible.
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: Bless Khonshu for my inheritance.
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: Khonshu be praised for my heavy carbonadium suit.
2/ Moon Knight Grant taking out his axe.
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: Khonshu is vengeance for the Anti-Venom samples we acquired, applied to my axe.
3/ Moon Knight Grant striking his axe into Carnage’s back while he’s on top of Punisher, his tendrils wrapped around Punisher’s head. The effect shows, the symbiote sizzling away.
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: AND KHONSHU, LET THIS BLOW BRING THE MOST PAIN POSSIBLE!
SFX: GHHSHH
CARNAGE: GRAARR
SFX: SSSSSS
4/ Ghost Rider starting to walk toward the fight.
GHOST RIDER: DO NOT INTERFERE
5/ A torrent of water smashing into Ghost Rider from behind.
SFX: FFFFWWWSSSHHHH
Page 7
1/ Deadpool holding his katana over a broken fire hydrant, aiming the water.
DEADPOOL: Sorry broski, but interfere’s my middle name!
DEADPOOL: (Along with Danger, Roger Smith, and Rambo).
2/ Ghost Rider turning toward Deadpool.
GHOST RIDER: Wade Wilson.
3/ Deadpool’s eyes, squinting.
DEADPOOL: That’s Wade-Danger-Roger-Smith-Rambo-Wilson, to you, sir.
DEADPOOL: Also, I’ve been thinking of changing my last name to Reynolds.
4/ Ghost Rider facing Deadpool, Deadpool’s stopped aiming the water at Ghost Rider.
DEADPOOL: Too obvious?
5/ Ghost Rider’s eyesockets.
DEADPOOL: (And the awkward silence ensues.)
Page 8
1/ The water from the fire hydrant turns into molten tar, Deadpool looks at it and backs away.
DEADPOOL: HOLY OLD TESTAMENT, BATMAN!
2/ Ghost Rider facing Deadpool. The fire hydrant is gushing molten tar.
DEADPOOL: Okay, you proved your point. You’re scary. We get it.
DEADPOOL: You want me to call your agent and see if I can’t get you to replace Mr. Cage? Because I’m pretty sure the real deal would do better than Mr. Con Air.
3/ A massive wall of fire coming from Ghost Rider’s mouth engulfs Deadpool.
SFX: FRRWWWWOOOSSSHHHH
Page 9
1/ Punisher with Moon Knight Grant’s axe, in the middle of swinging it at Scream’s midsection.
SCREAM: AGGHHSINNNER!!
PUNISHER: Moon Knights, you with me?
2/ Moon Knight Lockley and Moon Knight Grant throwing crescent darts at the other symbiotes, Moon Knight Lockley is avoiding a sneak punch by Anti-Venom by dodging his fist.
MOON KNIGHT LOCKLEY: NGH--
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: We’re fine!
3/ Punisher’s face.
KHONSHU: Frank.
KHONSHU: Stop, for just a moment.
KHONSHU: Let’s talk.
Page 10
1/ Scream looking at Punisher, claws bared as she heals. Khonshu’s eyes are visible behind Punisher.
KHONSHU: You’re fighting monsters that can take a knife wound and laugh at it.
KHONSHU: Creatures who laugh at bullets.
2/ Scream is glaring at Punisher. Time appears to have slowed.
KHONSHU: Beasts, who know exactly how to end you.
3/ Punisher’s skull.
KHONSHU: You know you’d be able to beat them if that was all.
KHONSHU: You would prevail in the end.
4/ Punisher’s eyes.
KHONSHU: But they’re powered by the Ghost Rider.
Page 11
1/ Punisher’s skull.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Who the hell are you?
KHONSHU: I am Khonshu. God of vengeance and the Moon.
KHONSHU: I am the God of Moon Knight.
KHONSHU: He is my avatar.
2/ Khonshu in full form, leaning on Punisher’s shoulder, time is frozen.
KHONSHU: None of that matters now, Frank.
3/ Punisher’s skull. Khonshu’s talons are reaching for it.
KHONSHU: You will die today.
KHONSHU: You will finally become your symbol.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Not today.
KHONSHU: Yes.
Page 12
1/ Punisher facing an all black environment, alone in a spotlight of white light with Khonshu. Khonshu is leaning on Punisher still.
KHONSHU: Zarathos has possessed all those in the area with a symbiote, or traces of it.
KHONSHU: There were more than just these, Frank. There were several more.
2/ Punisher looking toward the black.
KHONSHU: But Zarathos could only take over this many at a time.
KHONSHU: It’s so weak, Frank. And yet so strong.
3/ Punisher is watching himself set up a picnic with Maria. The black has turned into a memory.
KHONSHU: You are perfect sin.
KHONSHU: You are what it needs to regain full power.
4/ Punisher watching Frank Jr. and Lisa find the body tied to the tree.
KHONSHU: You may have had trauma from the war, but you were still a father of two, and a husband. Until that was taken.
Page 13
1/ The black becomes red, splattered with blood.
KHONSHU: But we know this.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Showing me all of this for a reason.
2/ Khonshu now standing tall behind Punisher.
KHONSHU: To remind you what you signed up for at Valley Forge.
KHONSHU: You may not remember, but a deal was made.
KHONSHU: Your war will end when your body is ravaged to the point that you cannot continue.
3/ Punisher moving, turning around to face him.
PUNISHER: Your point?
KHONSHU: Today you can’t die.
4/ Punisher’s skull.
KHONSHU: Underboss, Big Boss, the rest.
KHONSHU: There’s too much left for you.
Page 14
1/ Punisher facing Khonshu.
PUNISHER: So I’ll die today, leave all that behind.
PUNISHER: Why do you care?
KHONSHU: Because you’re a valuable asset. You do what you do every day, with no feelings whatsoever about it.
2/ Same shot.
KHONSHU: Here’s the deal.
KHONSHU: I can give Zarathos what he wants in your place. Instead of swallowing you whole and sending you to the pit, he’ll take in a mass of negative energy from those I’ve dealt with and punished, along with a tiny fraction of your soul.
KHONSHU: As opposed to the whole thing.
3/ Same shot.
PUNISHER: And I live through today.
KHONSHU: Yes.
PUNISHER: Catch.
KHONSHU: You have to become my avatar for a short time in the near future.
KHONSHU: I’ll soon be fighting a war. And I need the best soldier around.
PUNISHER: …
4/ Khonshu’s eyes.
KHONSHU: Remember. If you don’t accept the deal… you won’t be able to fight another day.
5/ Punisher’s eyes.
PUNISHER: …
PUNISHER: Tell me what to do.
Page 15
1/ Deadpool’s charred body, his suit in tatters, sprawled out in front of Ghost Rider.
DEADPOOL: And there came a-ghk- day…
DEADPOOL: When… ghk a few b-list vig-chk-ilantes came together…
DEADPOOL: Earth’s grittiest heroes…
2/ Punisher in the crowded fight, his arms raised over his head.
PUNISHER: I surrender.
3/ Ghost Rider turning around to see the crowd of symbiotes stepping aside.
GHOST RIDER: Perfect sin…
4/ Punisher walking out from the crowd, his hands still over his head.
GHOST RIDER: Come to me.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: For the mission.
Page 16
1/ Punisher standing in front of Ghost Rider.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: For the mission.
2/ Ghost Rider walking close to Punisher.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: For the mission.
3/ Ghost Rider’s mouth starting to open, directly in front of Punisher’s face.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Maria…
4/ Punisher, Khonshu’s hands are on his shoulders.
KHONSHU: Relax.
Page 17
1/ A circle of hellfire surrounds Punisher and Ghost Rider.
2/ Punisher looks down at the ground around them.
3/ A tornado of hellfire surrounds the two, burning upward.
Page 18
1/ Punisher’s skull symbol.
2/ Ghost Rider’s eyesockets, glowing red.
3/ Ghost Rider pulling his head back from Punisher, a vortex of red swirling energy coming out of Punisher’s face, Ghost Rider’s sucking it p.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Valley Forge, Valley Forge.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Goodwin is impaled by a bayonet.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Fire’s coming down all around me.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: The enemy attacks from out the fire.
4/ Ghost Rider and Punisher, standing in the middle of hell.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: I kill every single one of them.
GHOST RIDER: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5/ Overhead view of the hellfire tornado. The symbiotes are watching, still possessed. The Moon Knights are standing still but far away. Deadpool is healing but having trouble standing.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: The first day of the mission follows, on repeat.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: My family screams.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: I am in Valley Forge, Central Park, and Hell.
Page 19
1/ The hellfire tornado dying down, turning into a blue flame.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Valley Forge. Central Park. Hell.
2/ The hellfire tornado gone. Punisher and Ghost Rider standing there.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: They’re the same place.
3/ Ghost Rider standing there. Punisher fallen to a sitting position.
PUNISHER: Ghh…
GHOST RIDER: …I…
4/ Ghost Rider transforming into Johnny Blaze, and stepping back.
JOHNNY: …
JOHNNY: Thanks.
5/ Punisher looking up.
JOHNNY: How did you… how did you keep your sou-
PUNISHER: Go.
Page 20
1/ The symbiotes each step back from each other, their faces in the process of turning back to normal.
CARNAGE: S-SUH--
ANTI-VENOM: SI-
SCREAM: S….
HYBRID: N…
2/ Blaze taking a step back from Punisher.
JOHNNY: …Fine.
JOHNNY: Seeya, Frank.
PUNISHER: 20 minutes.
JOHNNY: What?
PUNISHER: 20 minutes to get across state lines. Or I end you.
PUNISHER: You can manage.
3/ Blaze running from Punisher as Punisher starts to stand, turning around to see the symbiotes.
Page 21
1/ Carnage looks around the group. Anti-Venom is looking at Scream and vice-versa, Hybrid is stepping back from the group.
CARNAGE: The f**k happened?
ANTI-VENOM: Ngh… last thing I rememb-
ANTI-VENOM: CARNAGE!?
2/ Carnage’s hand turning into an axe.
CARNAGE: The one and only
CARNAGE: And you are?
3/ Scream smirking.
SCREAM: SMALL TEXT: Idiots.
4/ Anti-Venom and Carnage glaring at each other.
ANTI-VENOM: You really don’t remember my voice, do you? You VILE, SICK little MONSTER.
CARNAGE: Can’t say I do
CARNAGE: Guess I got better things to remember
CARNAGE: Like the hundreds’a ways I know to kill
5/ Anti-Venom’s suit showing Eddie’s face.
EDDIE: It’s ME, Cletus.
Page 22
1/ Scream webslinging off.
2/ Carnage’s shocked reaction.
CARNAGE: BROCK!?
CARNAGE: YOU SPLIT UP WITH VENOM!?
3/ Anti-Venom looking behind Carnage to see Scream.
ANTI-VENOM: Yes and I--
ANTI-VENOM: JENNA!!
4/ Anti-Venom (his face covered again) knocking Carnage out of the way, his touch sizzling Carnage’s symbiote partially.
SFX: SSS
CARNAGE: GYAGGH
ANTI-VENOM: I WON’T LET YOU GET AWAY AGAIN!!
5/ Anti-Venom webslinging up, firing a web upward and firing some down at Carnage.
ANTI-VENOM: JENNA!!!
Page 23
1/ Carnage covered in Anti-Venom’s webbing, the symbiote diluted mostly.
CARNAGE: Dammit…
CARNAGE: Brock…
2/ The Moon Knights standing over Carnage.
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: Stay down.
MOON KNIGHT LOCKLEY: So we can punish you.
3/ Hybrid looking toward Punisher.
CAPTION: SCOTT: Whatever just happened…
CAPTION: TYLER: We might be in deep sh*t.
4/ Deadpool walking up behind Punisher, his costume scorched.
DEADPOOL: Leave him Punny. He’s my bud.
PUNISHER: I should end all of you.
Page 24
1/ The Moon Knights looking over at Punisher. Khonshu standing behind them.
PUNISHER: …
2/ Deadpool running over toward Hybrid.
PUNISHER: You’re all scum.
3/ Punisher walking away from the group.
PUNISHER: Next time I see any of you, you’re dead.
4/ The Moon Knights looking behind them, at Khonshu.
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: Do you think…
MOON KNIGHT LOCKLEY: Did you…?
5/ Khonshu’s eyes.
KHONSHU: He would surely kill you both.
KHONSHU: I can’t have that. So he had to leave once the crisis was over, as part of our agreement.
Page 25
1/ Moon Knight Grant looking over toward where Deadpool and Hybrid were.
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: What do you think he spared us fo--
2/ Moon Knight Lockley taking up Grant’s axe.
MOON KNIGHT LOCKLEY: Nevermind them.
3/ Moon Knight Lockley holding the axe over his head, looking down at the seemingly defenseless Carnage.
MOON KNIGHT LOCKLEY: We have a service to perform.
4/ Lockley’s axe’s head. The crescent symbol flashes in a glint of reflected light.
Page 26
1/ Deadpool and Hybrid inside of a parking lot.
DEADPOOL: We. Are. Awesome. Sprinters.
2/ Hybrid looking over at Deadpool.
DEADPOOL: I mean, seriously, we totally ninja’d our way out of that!
HYBRID: Hey… did you, uh, see what happened, by chance?
3/ Deadpool leaning back against a wall.
DEADPOOL: Nah. I was knocked out. And then I woke up, and I got set on fire.
DEADPOOL: Sh*t was so cash.
4/ Hybrid leaning on the wall next to him.
HYBRID: So…
DEADPOOL: You don’t have a pad of your own, do you?
5/ Hybrid’s eyes, wide.
HYBRID: Uh…
HYBRID: Actually, no. I don’t.
Page 27
1/ Deadpool shaking his head.
DEADPOOL: Dude, dude, dude.
DEADPOOL: Not cool.
2/ Hybrid looking over at Deadpool.
HYBRID: Uh…
DEADPOOL: You are SOOOO coming over to my place.
3/ Deadpool walking out of the lot, Hybrid following him.
DEADPOOL: C’mon!
HYBRID: Wow, man, um-
DEADPOOL: No thanks are necessary.
WEASEL: WHERE THE F**K ARE YOU!?
Page 28
1/ Deadpool kicking open the door to his apartment.
DEADPOOL: Relax, Weas! I’m a-okay and standing right here!
DEADPOOL: You can stop crying into that signed poster I gave you and gimme a hug now!
2/ Weasel looking unamused and sitting in the living room.
WEASEL: You went out of transmission for a while. I was kinda worried that some thug took you out and I was next.
3/ Deadpool walking in.
DEADPOOL: I know, I know. You wept for thought of my ass in danger. It’s understandable.
4/ Deadpool looking back at the door.
DEADPOOL: Um… yello?
DEADPOOL: You can come in.
5/ Weasel changing the channel on the TV.
WEASEL: That better not be another Vietnamese prost--
Page 29
1/ Weasel looking over to see Hybrid standing next to Deadpool, Deadpool with his arm around him.
DEADPOOL: New bud, Weasel.
DEADPOOL: Weasel, new bud. He calls himself “The Hybrid”. It’s his codename. Like how I’m Deadpool, and you’re T2roll_ex_69 on X-box live.
DEADPOOL: Or like how your mother calls me Fred when she and I commit the horizontal monster mash.
HYBRID: PFFFT
2/ Weasel looking at Hybrid.
HYBRID: HAHAHAAHA!!
DEADPOOL: (He digs my jokes, too.)
WEASEL: SMALL TEXT: Wade, you vain son of a b*tch.
3/ Same shot.
WEASEL: Nice to meet you.
HYBRID: Ahh… you too, Weas.
4/ Deadpool sitting on the couch next to Weasel’s chair.
DEADPOOL: And let the lounging begin…
5/ Weasel looking over at Deadpool.
WEASEL: No, tell me what hap--
DEADPOOL: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
WEASEL: …
6/ Hybrid looking over.
HYBRID: He’s just saying the letter “Z” over and over.
WEASEL: I know. This is how he pretends to be asleep.
HYBRID: …Subtle.
WEASEL: You have no idea.
Page 30
1/ Weasel looking over at Hybrid, who’s jumping up.
WEASEL: So, what exactly happened?
2/ Hybrid sitting on the ceiling.
HYBRID: Well, we were just minding our own business, when we heard screaming. And then--
3/ Deadpool fake-sleeping.
DEADPOOL: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
5/ Weasel looking at Hybrid.
CAPTION: ONE EXPLANATION LATER
WEASEL: Wow.
HYBRID: It was a long day.
Page 31
1/ Weasel kicking back.
WEASEL: Well, Wade knows a few guys who can help you with getting a cheap apartment.
WEASEL: So you can crash here for a few days if you like.
2/ Hybrid’s happy reaction.
HYBRID: Really? Thanks!
3/ Weasel picking up the remote.
WEASEL: Don’t mention it.
WEASEL: Now, whatcha wanna watch?
4/ Pan out from Deadpool’s apartment, to show the entire complex.
HYBRID: Used to just watch the news, mostly.
WEASEL: Oh, man. We are gonna have an adventure.
Page 32
1/ Moon Knight Grant and Moon Knight Lockley walking away from Cletus’s mutilated body. The webbing is mixed up with bits of symbiote and flesh.
2/ Moon Knight Grant enters their inner sanctum firs, followed by Lockley.
MOON KNIGHT GRANT: Praise to Khonshu, for the deed is done.
MOON KNIGHT LOCKLEY: Praise to Khonshu.
3/ Khonshu looking over the two of them worshipping his statue.
KHONSHU: My warrior priests. You have done well.
KHONSHU: Today was a test. A test of your skills overall, against the supernatural elements.
KHONSHU: You have done well.
Page 33
1/ Cletus’s body is gone.
2/ There’s a blood trail from the webbing, leading up to a wall.
3/ Overhead of the rooftop. “CARNAGE RULES” is written in blood.
CAPTION: CARNAGE: If anyone knows how ta not die
CAPTION: CARNAGE: How ta manipulate blood
CAPTION: CARNAGE: How ta fool idiotic nuts
CAPTION: CARNAGE: It’s me.
Page 34
1/ Punisher walking into a dark storage facility.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Underboss storage, room number 5.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Lucky to have found it. Just by chance.
2/ A large garage door shutting behind Punisher, lights turn on in the room. Punisher is surrounded by weapons, wall to wall.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Deal with the devil went smooth.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Fixed things.
3/ Punisher sitting on a folding chair, looking around.
4/ Punisher looking up. Khonshu is standing in front of him.
Page 35
1/ Khonshu standing in front of Punisher.
KHONSHU: You did good, Frank.
KHONSHU: Continue your mission in peace.
2/ Khonshu leaning in close to Punisher’s face.
KHONSHU: I won’t bother you until I need you.
KHONSHU: A deal’s a deal, right?
3/ Punisher’s face.
PUNISHER: Yeah.
PUNISHER: Deal’s a deal.
4/ Khonshu’s eyes.
CAPTION: PUNISHER: Valley Forge, Valley Forge.
THE END
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