PREVIOUSLY: Toxin/Malice: Wrath #3 - (Script)
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Page 1
1.1
Close up on Malice, tearing an Iron Wraith literally in half from the head down.
CAPTION: GINA: Patrick.
1.2
Toxin looking over toward Gina, as he’s kicking into an Iron Wraith.
CAPTION: GINA: Patrick, his face.
1.3
Lasher-Wraith whips strike Malice down.
CAPTION: GINA: Can’t get it out.
CAPTION: PATRICK: Gina, are you--
Page 2
2.1
Malice dodging a Phage-Wraith’s blades.
CAPTION: GINA: FINE, PATRICK. The fight isn’t a problem.
2.2
Malice punching an Iron Wraith down.
CAPTION: GINA: It’s guiding me.
CAPTION: TOXIN: It’s hard. Two people at once.
CAPTION: GINA: I know. But thanks.
2.3
Toxin and Malice, back to back. Agony-Wraiths surround them.
CAPTION: PATRICK: Wait, you were-
CAPTION: TOXIN: You think she got this good at fighting overnight, smartypants?
CAPTION: GINA: Can’t get his face out of my head. Lil’ Eddie’s face.
Page 3
3.1
Toxin and Malice jumping in opposite directions as the Agony-Wraiths open fire, missing and hitting each other instead.
SFX: BRAKA BRAKA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA
CAPTION: GINA: Oh God, Pat…
CAPTION: PATRICK: Gina, it’s in my head too.
3.2
Toxin and Malice sticking to the ceiling of the room, looking over at each other.
CAPTION: PATRICK: But now isn’t the time. We have to--
CAPTION: GINA: I know. But—but I have this FEELING.
3.3
Malice jumping down to avoid a Riot-Wraith smashing into where she was clinging.
CAPTION: GINA: Pat, this might be the end.
CAPTION: PATRICK: Don’t think like that!
3.4
The intercom.
INTERCOM: Heya Mrs. Mulligan. This is an associate of the Underboss.
Page 4
4.1
Toxin glaring at the intercom.
INTERCOM: DEAD BABIES.
4.2
Malice tackled by a Riot-Wraith.
INTERCOM: Sorry, I was being blunt. But, your baby’s dead, right?
4.3
Toxin falling down toward Malice, who’s surrounded by the Iron Wraiths.
TOXIN: GINA!
INTERCOM: Do you think you’ll survive? Or will we pick you apart and melt your flesh, like your dead baby?
Page 5
5.1
Slaughter is sitting on Underboss’s desk with a leg crossed, talking into a microphone.
SLAUGHTER: What was that dead child’s name…
SLAUGHTER: Marc? Jake? Steven?
5.2
Underboss is fully visible for the first time, standing behind his desk, watching Slaughter go.
He’s wearing a brown business suit and a fedora, and brown gloves. He has a blank slate for a face.
SLAUGHTER: Bruce? Tommy?
5.3
Toxin tearing through an Iron Wraith that’s gotten in his way. Malice is still swarmed and not visible.
INTERCOM: Frank?
INTERCOM: Stevie?
5.4
Toxin knocking the Iron Wraith aside, his eyes wide.
INTERCOM: Oh, that’s right.
INTERCOM: It was Eddie.
5.5
Toxin’s eyes wide.
INTERCOM: LITTLE.
INTERCOM: DEAD.
INTERCOM: EDDIE.
Page 6
6.1 Splash Page
Malice is roaring, ripping through who knows how many Iron Wraiths.
Her symbiote is sending out tendrils everywhere, spiked and bladed in various ways.
Pure anger.
MALICE: RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Page 7
7.1
Slaughter looks over at Underboss.
SLAUGHTER: Oops.
7.2
Toxin staring toward Malice. He’s surrounded by broken Iron Wraiths. There are none left standing.
Malice is bulked up considerably, and her tendrils are slashing at the air around her, but slowly receding.
CAPTION: GINA: HURT.
CAPTION: GINA: HURT.
CAPTION: GINA: BABY. MY BABY.
CAPTION: GINA: KILLED. DEAD.
7.3
Toxin back to his “calm” state, reaching his hand out.
TOXIN: Gina… it’s over…
7.4
Malice glaring toward Toxin.
MALICE: OUR BABY. THEY LAUGHED AT HIM. THEY WERE MOCKING US.
7.5
Toxin walking toward Malice.
TOXIN: We know.
MALICE: WHY… WHY CAN’T WE STOP SEEING IT?!
TOXIN: Gina. We know.
Page 8
8.1
Malice’s tendrils are receded. She’s standing there, surrounded by the destruction.
Toxin is walking toward her.
CAPTION: TOXIN: Stop her…
CAPTION: TOXIN: The hurt. In her head. Makes me queasy, Patrick.
CAPTION: PATRICK: I know it does. It hurts me too. But in a different way.
CAPTION: GINA: …
8.2
Toxin is a foot away from Malice.
TOXIN: Because it hurts so much to see her like this.
TOXIN: But we feel it, too. We feel it together.
TOXIN: But it hurts more to see it.
8.3
Toxin and Malice holding each other close.
MALICE: Won’t get out…
MALICE: Can’t…stop seeing it…
TOXIN: We know.
8.4
The intercom.
INTERCOM: Oh, that’s precious.
8.5
The left and right of the room are starting to open like the entrance to the room did.
Page 9
9.1 Splash Page
Toxin and Malice see the walls that are gone, revealing a much larger storage area, full of Iron Wraiths.
INTERCOM: Control, if you would be so kind?
Page 10
10.1
LMD Control drops from a hole in the ceiling.
LMD CONTROL: Affirmative.
10.2
Toxin and Malice, standing next to each other now, looking at LMD Control.
TOXIN: “Control”?
10.3
The red button hanging from the ceiling is visible behind Toxin. It’s lowered back down in the past few seconds.
10.4
The intercom.
INTERCOM: Can you get past them, Control?
10.5
Control’s blank face.
LMD CONTROL: Easily.
Page 11
11.1
LMD Control jumping over Toxin and Malice.
TOXIN: WHOA-
11.2
Malice jumping up to LMD Control.
MALICE: NO!
11.3
LMD Control clotheslined by Malice in mid-air.
MALICE: NO MORE!
SFX: WHAM
11.4
LMD Control smashing into the ground in front of Toxin.
Toxin has grown back his mouth and is blocking the way toward the button.
TOXIN: Nice work!
11.5
Malice crouched on the floor behind LMD Control.
MALICE: Thanks.
Page 12
12.1
LMD Control standing up.
LMD CONTROL: Won’t stop me.
12.2
Malice slicing LMD Control’s head off with her arm as a blade.
SFX: SHRKK
MALICE: Shut up!
12.3
The intercom.
INTERCOM: Control?
INTERCOM: CONTROL!?
12.4
Toxin smirking at the intercom.
TOXIN: Take a message?
INTERCOM: F**K!
12.5
Underboss glaring at Slaughter.
UNDERBOSS: Self-destruct “STORAGE”. Control is lost, our only way of accessing the tech.
UNDERBOSS: They don’t care about us, Punisher does. They just want their precious baby’s death not to go unavenged.
UNDERBOSS: So give them what they want. We don’t NEED Iron Wraiths in the first place. Plasma Pistols are enough.
12.6
Slaughter pulling a small remote from a pouch.
SLAUGHTER: Damn shame.
SLAUGHTER: Wasn’t Control’s backup disc just a day away from completion?
UNDERBOSS: Yes, dammit.
Page 13
13.1
Toxin and Malice looking at each other, surprised.
TOXIN: Did he just say…
MALICE: We have to MOVE!
13.2
Malice jumping at the red button, which has sneakily risen a few feet, headed for the ceiling.
MALICE: OH NO YOU DON’T!
CAPTION: GINA: This makes those feelings seem real. That feeling of the END.
CAPTION: PATRICK: Gina-you’ve got it! We’re going to MAKE IT!
13.3
Malice pressing down the button while hanging.
MALICE: UH—UH—ACTIVATE!
INTERCOM: “STORAGE” WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN T-MINUS, FIVE…
13.4
Toxin shouting up at the ceiling, while Malice hangs from the wire.
TOXIN: It’s VOICE CONTROLLED?
MALICE: EDUCATED GUESS!
TOXIN: F**K!
CAPTION: TOXIN: Pat… I don’t want to die…
CAPTION: TOXIN: I’m scared…
13.5
Malice looking down at the button.
MALICE: UM-UH--
INTERCOM: FOUR…
MALICE: ENGAGE!?
CAPTION: TOXIN: I—I—do people cry now? They want their MOMMY right now.
CAPTION: TOXIN: I don’t have a mommy, Pat.
CAPTION: PATRICK: We’re getting out, I PROMISE you!
Page 14
14.1
Toxin looking at the ceiling.
TOXIN: C-CEILING!
TOXIN: ENGAGE?!
INTERCOM: THREE…
14.2
The ceiling starts to open, just as it did in the prologue.
TOXIN: DID IT!
INTERCOM: TWO…
CAPTION: TOXIN: MOVE! MOVE MOVE MOVE!
14.3
Toxin and Malice slinging up toward the ceiling.
INTERCOM: ONE.
Page 15
15.1
Toxin and Malice tossed out of the ceiling, a large explosion following them.
SFX: FRRROOOOWWWWSHHHHH
CAPTION: PATRICK: MADE IT!
CAPTION: GINA: Barely.
15.2
Toxin and Malice slamming into the ground, where they started. The ceiling they escaped through was only a few feet away.
TOXIN: NGH
MALICE: Hrhh
15.3
Toxin looking over at Malice.
Note: the sky has dark clouds from this point on.
TOXIN: Hey, are you…
MALICE: Fine, fine.
Page 16
16.1
Toxin inside Punisher’s armory, leaning against a wall and talking to him.
CAPTION: SEVERAL MINUTES LATER
TOXIN: And they’ve also got a self-destruct feature. It might have been either the facility, or the ‘bots. We didn’t have time to be sure.
16.2
Toxin looking at Punisher’s armory.
TOXIN: They’re probably still checking to see if we got killed in the blast.
TOXIN: The other room, “EXECUTIVE”, is probably untouched.
16.3
Punisher and Toxin’s eyes meet.
TOXIN: …
TOXIN: Good luck with this, Castle. You’re gonna NEED it.
PUNISHER: Appreciated.
PUNISHER: You’ve got ten seconds to clear out now.
16.4
Toxin slinging away from Punisher’s armory.
Page 17
17.1
Gina is sitting on a rooftop, alone.
CAPTION: GINA: I’m sorry for how I acted.
17.2
Patrick landing next to her.
PATRICK: It’s no big deal. We were both freaked out.
17.3
Gina patting the spot next to her.
GINA: Thanks.
GINA: C’mere.
17.4
Patrick sitting next to her.
PATRICK: Told you.
GINA: Hm?
Page 18
18.1
A back view of Pat and Gina, kissing.
It’s started to snow.
18.2
They both pull back.
PATRICK: Told you it wouldn’t be the last time. Earlier.
GINA: I love you.
18.3
The area behind Patrick and Gina is empty.
SFX: SNKT
CAPTION: TOXIN: Patrick, did you hear--
Page 19
19.1
X-Phage is fully visible, rushing at Patrick and Gina. His blades are out.
CAPTION: TOXIN: PATRICK!
19.2
Patrick looks at Gina.
PATRICK: MOVE!
19.3
Patrick is half-Toxin, and he’s shoved Gina out of the way successfully.
X-Phage is right behind him, blades raised.
19.4
Gina falls off the roof, Malice covering her.
GINA: PAT!!!
Page 20
20.1 Splash Page
X-Phage has decapitated Toxin.
X-PHAGE: One down.
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