Rated M

Page 1

1/ A dark alleyway. Jean Paul, Rob, and Marlene are walking through. Marlene is behind Jean Paul, and Rob is behind Marlene.

MARLENE: I was sure I saw him here once.
JEAN PAUL: Outside of the café?

2/ Profile view of Marlene.

MARLENE: Yeah. He was here.

3/ Side view of all three.

ROB: Are you alright, Jean Paul? Are they working well?
JEAN PAUL: The prosthetics are working fine.
MARLENE: I’m sorry, your crutches, I was so wrapped up in all this mess…we shouldn’t even be out here. God I’m sorry. I just--
JEAN PAUL: Hush.

4/ Same shot, Jean Paul is looking back at her.

JEAN PAUL: Relax. It’s alright. I can walk just fine for now. It gets to be a pain only later, only after an hour or so, then I will need the crutches again.

Page 2

1/ The three of them in front of a ladder that goes up the side of a two story building. Jean Paul leads, Marlene climbs after with one hand, using her arm as leverage to move her hand up to grab the next part of the ladder, and Rob is under her.

JEAN PAUL: Marlene, can you manage climbing that with a cast?
MARLENE: Mhm.

2/ Side view of the three climbing up the ladder.

JEAN PAUL: It was on this rooftop, oui?
MARLENE: I swear it was.

3/ Flashback to “The Red Moon” ending, Marlene looking up toward a building.

MARLENE: I saw something duck.

4/ Front view of Jean Paul reaching the top, climbing up.

NO DIALOGUE

5/ Back view of Jean Paul helping Marlene up.

JEAN PAUL: Easy does it.

Page 3

1/ Overhead view of the rooftop. White Cat slams into it, right in front of Marlene and the bunch.

SFX: WHAM
MARLENE: AH!!

2/ Close up on White Cat sitting up, scratching her head. Most of her mask is tearing apart, a snout is obviously growing underneath. White fur is ripping out of multiple seams on her body. Her head is turned around to the side, unnaturally.

WHITE CAT: Snapped neck
WHITE CAT: Seven lives

3/ White Cat snapping her own head back into the proper position, but looking behind her. Marlene, Jean Paul, and Rob watch in horror behind her.

SFX: CRKKK
WHITE CAT: Friends of Moon Knight? You SMELL familiar. Like him.

4/ Close up on Marlene.

MARLENE: You’ve seen him?!

5/ White Cat’s getting up, behind her Moon Knight is climbing up the roof.

WHITE CAT: Hah…
WHITE CAT: Funny you mention that…

Page 4

1/ Close up on Moon Knight’s hand taking out a crescent dart, bloody and obviously used.

MOON KNIGHT: GET OUT OF HERE!!

2/ Moon Knight tackling White Cat, driving the crescent dart into her neck as hard as he can.

SFX: GSHKT
MOON KNIGHT: GET OUT, IDIOTS!!
WHITE CAT: GRAWRR!!!

3/ Marlene. Jean Paul is trying to move her, but she won’t budge. She’s got a stern look. She’s a brick wall, not going anywhere.

JEAN PAUL: MARLENE! MARLENE!
MARLENE: You…
CAPTION(Moon Knight): Between the spitting snarls of this corpse with fur, I see her face.

4/ Close up on Marlene’s hand reaching into her pocket.

MARLENE: You.
CAPTION(Moon Knight): The mystery. The key to solving what’s happened. That woman.
CAPTION(Moon Knight): I feel so happy. So happy that she’s here. Nothing could possibly be better.

Page 5

1/Splash Page/ Marlene holding a pistol with one hand and firing at Moon Knight and White Cat. White Cat has, fortunately enough, flipped over, and is taking the brunt of the gunshots into her chest. Moon Knight is behind her, using her as a giant furry meat shield.

SFX: BLAM BLAM BLAM
MARLENE: YOU SON OF A B*TCH!!!!
WHITE CAT: GRAWWGH!!
CAPTION(Moon Knight): And then the mental image starts to melt, burning along with my former home. Ripping itself apart like how I ripped apart this damn suit in my memories.

Page 6

1/ Back view of Marlene firing. White Cat is bleeding in several spots, snarling and writhing in pain as three bullets slam into her chest. Moon Knight is still using her as a shield.

SFX: BLAM BLAM BLAM
MARLENE: THE FIRST TIME I SEE YOU IN WEEKS--
MARLENE: AND YOU TELL ME TO GO!?
MARLENE: CALL ME AN IDIOT?!
CAPTION(Moon Knight): The picture of her face scrunches up with hate.

2/ Side view of the rooftop. Marlene is still holding the pistol up, but she’s run out of ammo. White Cat is falling over forwards, Moon Knight is standing still.

SFX: CLIK
MARLENE: Goddammit…. Marc Spector…

3/ Marlene looking down at the gun, lowering her arm.

MARLENE: You sick freak….
MOON KNIGHT: Who’s that?

4/ Marlene looking up, she’s got a blank face of disbelief.

MARLENE: …
MARLENE: What?

5/ Moon Knight, covered in White Cat’s fur and blood.

MOON KNIGHT: Who’s Marc Spector?

6/ Khonshu’s face.

NO DIALOGUE

Page 7

1/ White Cat’s head. The mask is ripped apart entirely now, her snout growing larger. She’s becoming a werewolf monster, more visibly now. Bits of the suit on her chest are tearing down. (No fan-service. Just fur.)

BASTET: Rise. Six lives.

2/ Marlene standing there. Jean Paul and Rob at her side.

MARLENE: You don’t know?
MARLENE: HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW?!

3/ Side view. White Cat is slashing her claws up Moon Knight’s chest. Not a lethal blow by any means, but there’s definitely blood busting out.

SFX: SKKRRRRSHH
MOON KNIGHT: GRAGGHH!!
WHITE CAT: SHOT SIX TIMES
WHITE CAT: GOT SIX LIVES!!

Page 8

1/ Overhead view of Moon Knight backing up from White Cat, holding his chest which is bleeding.

MOON KNIGHT: DAMMIT!
MARLENE(OP): HOW DO YOU NOT REMEMBER?!

2/ Moon Knight slamming his fist into White Cat’s chest. His spiked knuckles making a bloody impact.

SFX: BSHKT
WHITE CAT: GRAWWR!!

3/ Marlene with her hand at her side, still holding the gun. Jean Paul is at her side.

MARLENE: How…
JEAN PAUL: Marlene, you were going to--
MARLENE: Only if he tried to kill us.
JEAN PAUL: But you shot at him.
MARLENE: He used her as a shield.

4/ Rob at their side, looking shocked at the scene.

ROB: Should we help him!?
MARLENE: He’s fought worse.
JEAN PAUL: I’ve seen it. Past the wars as well, nothing shocks me anymore.
ROB: We need to MOVE, then!

5/ Moon Knight giving White Cat a right cross to the jaw.

SFX: WHAK
SFX: KRISSHKT

6/ Jean Paul looking Marlene in the face.

JEAN PAUL: Did you know he would?
MARLENE: ...
MARLENE: Rob’s right. We need to get out of here.

7/ Rob shoving Marlene and Jean Paul out of the way. He gets out of the way with them. They’re avoiding Moon Knight, who was just tossed their direction from OP. Moon Knight is falling back fast, he’ll fall over the edge.

ROB: MOVE!!
MARLENE: NGH!

Page 9

1/ Underfoot view from the alley below. Moon Knight falling. Khonshu and Bastet hover overhead.

KHONSHU: Why?
BASTET: What?

2/ Moon Knight violently slamming into the ground. But he’ll live.

SFX: WHAM
MOON KNIGHT: URGH!!

3/ Khonshu looking at Bastet.

KHONSHU: Why transform her into a werewolf?
KHONSHU: Why not a cat?

4/ Bastet hissing at Khonshu.

BASTET: Because your avatar hates werewolves the most.

Page 10

1/ Moon Knight slowly getting up, leaning on the wall next to him.

MOON KNIGHT: Grgh…
KHONSHU: Bastet, did I ever tell you that you’re the reason I hate cats?

2/ Moon Knight looking up and OP. His eyes wide.

BASTET: Now isn’t the time for romance.

3/ Underfoot view of White Cat leaping down from the rooftop, toward Moon Knight.

WHITE CAT: HSSSRAWWRR!!!
BASTET: Now is the time for BLOOD.

Page 11

1/ Moon Knight tumbling out of White Cat’s landing, avoiding her claws.

SFX: WHUMP
MOON KNIGHT: GAH!!
WHITE CAT: HRRRAWRR!

2/ Side view of the two facing each other.

WHITE CAT: You HATE werewolves huh?
MOON KNIGHT: More than anything.

3/ Moon Knight slamming his fist into White Cat’s face. Blood spurting out.

SFX: WHAM
SFX: GSHHKT
MOON KNIGHT: How did YOU know?!

4/ White Cat stumbling back, her tongue licking her nose and lapping up some blood.

WHITE CAT: Bastet told me…
WHITE CAT: They hurt you in the dream…

5/ Moon Knight’s face.

MOON KNIGHT: What dream?

Page 12

1/ Khonshu glaring at Bastet. Bastet’s eyes are glowing a bright red.

BASTET: THE DREAM.

2/ Moon Knight looking up toward the red glow.

MOON KNIGHT: The—the dream--

3/ Everything has a red tint. Close up on the grave of Carlson Knowles. Undisturbed.

BASTET: The dream of the RED MOON.

4/ Pan out to show Moon Knight being struck down by an invisible force.

MOON KNIGHT: That night in the graveyard…
MOON KNIGHT: There wasn’t a wolf?

5/ The same view, except now it’s visible that KHONSHU is the one striking Moon Knight down.

MOON KNIGHT: Oh, God…

6/ Moon Knight’s face in reality, no red tint. His eyes wide.

MOON KNIGHT: Yo-you….

Page 13

1/ Khonshu.

KHONSHU: To make you strong.

2/ Profile view of Moon Knight looking up.

MOON KNIGHT: Oh my God…

3/ Red tint again. The outside of Moon Knight’s mansion, which is burning. The finale of “Red Moon”. Moon Knight is watching, crying out with his hand held out as Bushman shoots Marlene in the head. Bushman and Marlene aren’t visibly real though, they’re glowing red constructs.

MOON KNIGHT: Who was she?

4/ Bastet glaring down, her eyes glowing out over the panel. After this panel, her eyes will be back to normal.

BASTET: Marlene Alraune.


5/ Moon Knight looking up.

BASTET: Your wife.

6/ Close up on the red tint dream again, the false-Marlene’s head as she’s shot. Her eyes frozen in terror like in The Red Moon.

NO DIALOGUE

7/ Pan up in the red tint dream, Bushman standing over Marlene. Marlene is still an obviously fake construct. But Bushman’s new form is more “real”. Bushman’s face is gone, only muscle tissue remains. This is Moon Knight realizing that Bushman might as well have been Khonshu. Khonshu mainly took the form of Bushman without a face during “The Bottom”.

NO DIALOGUE

Page 14

1/ The Bushman without a face has morphed into Khonshu in his current appearance. Khonshu holding the gun with his talons.

MOON KNIGHT: My God…

2/ Marlene close up, her eyes frozen in terror.

NO DIALOGUE

3/ Marlene’s face bursts off, Khonshu’s beak ripping through her flesh.

MOON KNIGHT: My… God…

4/ Pan out. Khonshu with the gun in Bushman’s place. Khonshu in Marlene’s place.

NO DIALOGUE

5/ Close up on the dead body of SCARECROW outside of Moon Knight’s mansion. Khonshu’s beak ripping through the mask.

NO DIALOGUE

6/ Black Spectre standing triumphant with an army of werewolf monsters behind him, the Red Moon shining overhead. Black Spectre’s head isn’t there, though. It’s Khonshu’s head. The same goes for the werewolves.

MOON KNIGHT: You were my God…
MOON KNIGHT: And you did that to me…

Page 15

1/ Moon Knight looking up toward Khonshu. White Cat is standing there in the alley, not moving on Bastet’s watch.

MOON KNIGHT: I REMEMBER EVERYTHING!!!!

2/ Overhead view of Khonshu looking down. Marlene, Jean Paul, and Rob looking over the rooftop.

MOON KNIGHT: YOU DID THIS TO ME!!!!!

3/ Underfoot view of Marlene looking over the rooftop ledge. She looks concerned, but still angry.

MARLENE: Marc…
MARLENE: Who are you talking to?

Page 16

1/ Moon Knight pointing up, looking toward us (OP at Marlene).

MOON KNIGHT: Marlene… I remember everything!
MOON KNIGHT: I’m SORRY!

2/ Red tint dream. Marlene has her arm in Marc’s grip, the first flashback to how his controlling abuse started. Marc’s eyes are glowing red. She’s throwing a punch at him, but he’s caught it with his other hand.

NO DIALOGUE

3/ The same shot, but Marc is snapping her arm back. Which explains why she has the cast.

MOON KNIGHT: It wasn’t ME.

4/ Side view of Moon Knight. Back to reality.

MOON KNIGHT: SHOW YOURSELF, KHONSHU! Or I’ll STOP FIGHTING AND DIE!
MOON KNIGHT: JUST TO TAKE YOU WITH ME!

Page 17

1/ Bastet looking toward Khonshu.

KHONSHU: ….

2/ Marlene, Jean Paul, and Rob looking up and OP at Khonshu.

MARLENE: …

3/ Back view of Marlene, Jean Paul, and Rob. Khonshu hovers above, Bastet is still invisible.

KHONSHU: You, woman. You who weakened my avatar.
MARLENE: It was you.
KHONSHU: To prepare him for Bastet.

4/ Bastet looking down at White Cat.

BASTET: Now, his faith is shattered. His friends are aware.
BASTET: Finish the job. So the moon will be MINE.
WHITE CAT: HSSSSRRR…

Page 18

1/ White Cat tackling Moon Knight.

WHITE CAT: HEY BOY
WHITE CAT: DON’T FORGET ABOUT MEEE!!

2/ Moon Knight slamming down onto his back. White Cat snarling in his face.

MOON KNIGHT: GRAWGH!!

3/ The same shot, but Moon Knight is headbutting into White Cat’s snout.

SFX: WHAM
WHITE CAT: HGNN!!

Page 19

1/ Moon Knight uppercutting White Cat by the lower jaw.

SFX: WHAM
WHITE CAT: GRHAWRR!!

2/ Moon Knight looking over as White Cat slams into the wall.

MOON KNIGHT: I’m sorry.

3/ Side view of White Cat rushing at Moon Knight, and Moon Knight posed ready to fight.

Page 20

1/ Splash Page/ Red tint dream again. Marc shooting himself in the head during the finale of Red Moon. Khonshu under him, taking Marlene’s place.

CAPTION(Moon Knight): I’ll NEVER value anything over you again.
CAPTION(Moon Knight): I’m sorry.

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PREVIOUSLY: Moon Knight: Shadowmoon - #1 (Script)

TO BE CONTINUED: Moon Knight: Shadowmoon - #3 (FINALE, Script)

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I DON'T OWN ANY MARVEL CHARACTER USED HERE, I DID CREATE WHITE CAT AND BASTET