PREVIOUSLY: Ghost Rider: Evil's Many Faces #1 - (Script)

"WATCHINGYOU" - RATED T+

Page 1

1/ Plague Doctor’s face under Ghost Rider’s boot.

PLAGUE DOCTOR: Cthulhu r'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!!!!
GHOST RIDER: I’ve heard that somewhere before…

2/ Ghost Rider looking up. The sky around the town is glowing dark green, but there’s an “eye of the storm” in the middle where the sky is normal (indicating that the town is trapped).

GHOST RIDER: The hell?
PLAGUE DOCTOR: It’s starting.

3/ Ghost Rider looking down.

PLAGUE DOCTOR: My works come to fruition, and all that remains is the heavy labor of finishing off the food, once they fall over ill…

4/ Plague Doctor.

PLAGUE DOCTOR: You’re all trapped here now, Zarathos. Not even you can break the seal. The Old One himself powers it…

5/ Ghost Rider’s eyesockets.

GHOST RIDER: I’m sick of your bullsh*t.
SFX: FRWWOOOM

Page 2

1/ Ghost Rider walking away from Plague Doctor, who is now in a living funeral pyre, squirming slightly as he burns.

2/ Ghost Rider stepping toward his motorcycle.

3/ The motorcycle bursts into flames, transforming into a hellcycle as Ghost Rider is standing right next to it.

SFX: VRRRRMMMMM

4/ Ghost Rider riding past the bar.

CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: First thing’s first.

Page 3

1/ Isaac’s neighbor walking out of the front door slowly, as if possessed.

CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: Ignore that idiot’s ramblin’s and break the seal. Chances are I’ll manage and he’s just a liar.
CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: They’re all liars.
ISAAC: H-hey!

2/ Isaac’s neighbor standing outside of the house.

NEIGHBOR: Take me…

3/ Slenderman walking toward Isaac’s neighbor, his arms wide open.

CAPTION: YOUR OPERATOR WILL CONNECT YOU SHORTLY

4/ Isaac’s face as he looks out from the doorway.

ISAAC: AAH!!

5/ Slenderman hugging Isaac’s neighbor.

6/ Isaac’s face as he looks away.

Page 4

1/ Slenderman standing alone. There’s an Operator Symbol on the ground, where Isaac’s neighbor was standing. The symbol is made out of ashes.

2/ Isaac backing up from the door, panicking visibly. Anything electronic with a monitor is on and showing an Operator Symbol.

CAPTION: SMILE FOR THE CAMERA
CAPTION: SMILE FOR THE CAMERA
ISAAC: H-H-Uh-h-
CAPTION: ISAAC: These aren’t real. Can’t be real. They’re all stories. Stories I’ve gotten on my email.
CAPTION: SMILE FOR THE CAMERA

3/ The doorway from Isaac’s perspective. Slenderman is still standing there.

CAPTION: SMILE
CAPTION: ISAAC: The Slenderman who abducts children and drives young adults insane.

4/ The doorway from Isaac’s perspective. The Rake has dropped down from the roof and is now crouched there. Slenderman is no longer in the background.

CAPTION: ISAAC, SMILE FOR THE CAMERA
CAPTION: ISAAC: The Rake who just plain murders people.
CAPTION: ISAAC: Can’t be can’t be can’t be can’t be real.

5/ The Rake’s eyes.

CAPTION: ISAAC: OH GOD I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE
CAPTION: ISAAC: THE PILLS WON’T DO ANYTHING THIS IS REAL

Page 5

1/ Isaac running through his house, toward the back. The Rake is jumping after him, claws raised.

THE RAKE: SSSHHKKKREEEEE!!!!!!

2/ Isaac falls on his stomach, The Rake is right behind him, raising his claws.

3/ Isaac manages to sprawl out of that position just in time to avoid The Rake’s claws.

THE RAKE: HSSSSS!!!

4/ Isaac fumbling with the back door.

ISAAC: AA-AA--!!!

5/ Isaac running out of the back of his house, again just missing The Rake’s claws, which slash through the doorway like paper.

SFX: SHRK
THE RAKE: SSSSHHHKRRREEE!!!!

Page 6

1/ Ghost Rider riding through a section of the town.

SFX: VRRRRRMMMMM

2/ Ghost Rider looking over from the handlebars.

GHOST RIDER: He wasn’t lyin’ about the sick part…

3/ Various people of the town are falling over, or doubling over, coughing and vomiting.

4/ Ghost Rider focusing on moving forward again, revving up the hellcycle.

Page 7

1/ Ghost Rider looking up ahead to see Isaac’s house and the forests beyond.

2/ Ghost Rider speeding up in that direction.

SFX: VRRRMMMMMMM

3/ Isaac running as fast as he can.

ISAAC: AH-AH—AH--
ISAAC: S-SOMEONE

4/ The Rake’s eyes.

ISAAC: P-LE-PLEA

5/ Ghost Rider’s eyesockets.

CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: The burning hate opens up inside again.
CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: That urge to just scorch anything made of sin.

6/ The Rake’s eyes. There’s a glint of bright orange.

CAPTION: GHOST RIDER: What the hell. I can spare a minute.
THE RAKE: HSSSSREEEE!!!!

Page 8

1/ Splash Page/ Ghost Rider running over The Rake with his hellcycle.

SFX: VRRRAAASSSSHHH
THE RAKE: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
GHOST RIDER: RAHH!!

Page 9

1/ Isaac on his hands and knees, looking toward a large yellow glow.

ISAAC: W-
ISAAC: Oh god…

2/ Ghost Rider sitting on his hellcycle, which is literally parked on top of The Rake. Ghost Rider’s boot is stomped down on The Rake’s head, keeping his face firmly planted into the ground.

GHOST RIDER: No, thank YOU.

3/ Isaac starting to stand up.

ISAAC: U—Uh, sorry. I--

4/ Ghost Rider looking down.

GHOST RIDER: Save it. Jokin’.
GHOST RIDER: I don’t give a f**k about praise anyway.

5/ Ghost Rider looking up.

GHOST RIDER: Friend of yours?

Page 10

1/ Isaac.

ISAAC: N-no.
ISAAC: Tried to kill me…

2/ Isaac looking down.

ISAAC: I never even got to tell him about his brother…

3/ Isaac looking up.

ISAAC: Um..

4/ Ghost Rider.

GHOST RIDER: I’m not one of these things.

5/ Isaac.

ISAAC: Good.

Page 11

1/ Ghost Rider looking down at The Rake.

GHOST RIDER: Glad that you’re not questionin’ what I am. Makes things a lot less annoying.

2/ Same shot.

ISAAC: You’re Ghost Rider, you fight demons and other sinners.
GHOST RIDER: Googled me. Finally, they get their sh*t right.

3/ Ghost Rider looking toward Isaac.

GHOST RIDER: The whole town’s starting to get sick.
GHOST RIDER: We’re locked in some kinda barrier.

4/ Isaac looking up at the green sky.

ISAAC: Holy sh*t…

Page 12

1/ Isaac looking at Ghost Rider.

ISAAC: There was one other thing like that.

2/ The forest.

3/ Isaac.

ISAAC: It killed a friend of mine.

4/ The Rake, squirming.

THE RAKE: MFFFFFRRRRRR

5/ Ghost Rider, surprised that The Rake is struggling.

GHOST RIDER: Strong little f**k.
GHOST RIDER: I love watchin’ ‘em suffer.

Page 13

1/ The forest.

2/ Isaac’s eyes.

ISAAC: He’sComing.

3/ Ghost Rider looking up.

GHOST RIDER: What?

4/ Isaac’s mouth.

ISAAC: HE’SCOMINGFORYOU

5/ The forest.

Page 14

1/ Black. Operator Symbol.

2/ The forest.

3/ Isaac standing perfectly straight and perfectly still.

ISAAC: LOVELYRIDER
ISAAC: SMILEFORTHECAMERA

4/ Ghost Rider looking around.

GHOST RIDER: Possessions, possessions…

5/ Isaac’s eyes.

ISAAC: JOHNNYBLAZE
ISAAC: OLDONECOMES
ISAAC: NOTHINGCANSTOPIT

Page 15

1/ The Rake throws Ghost Rider and his hellcycle off of him in an absolutely insane feat of strength.

THE RAKE: GRAWWWRR!!!
GHOST RIDER: YAAGHH!!

2/ Isaac’s pupils.

3/ Black. Operator Symbol.

4/ Isaac’s pupils, Operator Symbols in each.

5/ The Rake snarling, running at Ghost Rider. Ghost Rider and his bike are separate, so it’s just a regular motorcycle right now.

THE RAKE: GRAWWWWRRR!!!!!

Page 16

1/ Ghost Rider’s mouth firing out a single chain spike.


2/ The Rake in mid-air, impaled through the chest by the chain spike.

SFX: GSHHH

3/ The Rake fallen, eyes bleeding.

THE RAKE: GRGGG…KILL…KILL…
THE RAKE: OLD ONE… MUST KILL FOR…

Page 17

1/ Isaac with his arms wide open. As if expecting a hug.

ISAAC: THERAKEWILLNOTDIE

2/ The forest.

3/ The Rake getting up, ripping the spike out of his chest and healing.

THE RAKE: Hrrr…

4/ Ghost Rider getting up.

GHOST RIDER: You gotta be sh*ttin’ me…

Page 18

1/ A lone figure standing in front of the large, dark green glowing pond, shadowed.

ISAAC: YOUWILLSOONMEET
ISAAC: THEANGEL

2/ Ghost Rider holding his hand out, looking at his wrist.

GHOST RIDER: Yeah yeah.

3/ A chain link popping out of Ghost Rider’s sleeve.

4/ Ghost Rider’s hand grabbing the link and yanking. The chain starts to glow, molten.

5/ Isaac’s eyes. Operator Symbols.

ISAAC: DOUBT?

Page 19 And Page 20

1/ Double Spread/ Ghost Rider holding a full molten chain that circles around him several times with one hand, looking toward The Rake.

GHOST RIDER: You’re goddamn right.

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TO BE CONTINUED: Ghost Rider: Evil's Many Faces #3 - (Script)

I OWN: ISAAC EBERTH, NIGHTINGALE

I DON'T OWN: SLENDERMAN, THE RAKE, PLAGUE DOCTOR, CTHULHU