PREVIOUSLY: Moon Knight: Cult Of Khonshu #5 - (Script)

"Anubis" - Rated M

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Page 1

1.1 Splash Page

Ra brutally punching Moon Knight in the face, throwing him back.

MOON KNIGHT: GYAGH

Page 2

2.1

Khonshu hovering overhead, watching Moon Knight fly back.

KHONSHU: And this is the tough one.

2.2

Steven and Jake Moon Knight looking at Khonshu.

JAKE MOON KNIGHT: He doesn’t have an avatar?

KHONSHU: He IS his avatar.

KHONSHU: Always the egocentric.

2.3

Ra, shouting at Khonshu.

RA: SILENCE!

Page 3

3.1

Khonshu looking down at Jake Moon Knight.

KHONSHU: Oh, that’s how we’re going to play it?

3.2

Khonshu’s eyes.

3.3

Jake Moon Knight’s fists start to glow red.

3.4

Ra rushing at Steven Moon Knight with unbelievable speed.

RA: HYYAAAA

Page 4

4.1

Steven Moon Knight uppercut by Ra, sent flying into the air.

STEVEN MOON KNIGHT: GGHHHAA

RA: HAH!

4.2

Khonshu leaning over Jake Moon Knight’s shoulder, looking down at his fists.

KHONSHU: You were always destined for this, m’boy…

4.3

Jake Moon Knight looking down at his fists in awe.

JAKE MOON KNIGHT: I…

KHONSHU: This will be, without a doubt, the hardest thing you’ve ever done.

4.4

Ra’s eyes, glaring.

KHONSHU: Harder than watching your own mother die in front of you.

4.5

Jake Moon Knight’s eyes, glaring.

JAKE MOON KNIGHT: No…

JAKE MOON KNIGHT: Khonshu, my lord.

JAKE MOON KNIGHT: I’m afraid you’re mistaken.

JAKE MOON KNIGHT: Compared to that night…

Page 5

5.1 Splash Page

Jake Moon Knight running at Ra, fists at the ready.

JAKE MOON KNIGHT: THIS WILL BE EASY!

Page 6

6.1

Jake’s mother, holding her own throat, dying.

6.2

Jake Moon Knight brutally punching Ra in the jaw.

6.3

Jake standing over his mother.

6.4

Ra wiping his mouth, glaring at Jake Moon Knight.

RA: H…how are you this…powerful?

6.5

Khonshu, smirking.

KHONSHU: You haven’t figured it out yet?

Page 7

7.1

Khonshu, outright smiling, overjoyed.

KHONSHU: All of my avatars have nothing to live for but VENGEANCE!

7.2

Ra, who actually looks shaken. He’s looking up at Thoth, who is hovering above Khonshu, writing down what he sees.

RA: Th…Thoth? Thoth, is that you?

RA: B-but… but that’s impossible!

RA: …Oh my….

RA: I… I understand what you’ve done now…

RA: YOU B@STARD!!!

RA: EVEN—EVEN BY MY STANDARDS…

7.3

Khonshu smirking.

RA: YOU COMPLETE B@STARD!

KHONSHU: Jake. My son. My warrior priest.

KHONSHU: The time to strike is now.

Page 8

8.1

Jake Moon Knight uppercutting Ra.

8.2

Steven Moon Knight on both knees, looking up at Jake Moon Knight.

STEVEN MOON KNIGHT: Get him…

8.3

Moon Knight walking toward the scene cautiously, watching Jake Moon Knight lay into Ra.

Page 9

9.1

Punisher-MK leaning against a wall, looking down at himself as if in shock.

CAPTION: ELEVEN HOURS AGO

PUNISHER: What the hell…

9.2

Punisher-MK looking toward Khonshu, who’s standing where the evaporating remains of Geb-Nut are.

KHONSHU: Did you like it?

9.3

Punisher-MK.

PUNISHER: It was…

9.4

Khonshu.

KHONSHU: Hard to put into words.

Page 10

10.1

Punisher-MK with the cowl lowered, reaching for the mask.

10.2

Punisher-MK ripping off the mask.

10.3

Punisher-MK stomping on the mask with his foot.

PUNISHER: It was a lot like you.

Page 11

11.1

Punisher tearing off the cowl and cape with one hand.

PUNISHER: Like your voice.

11.2

Khonshu and Punisher staring down.

PUNISHER: In my head.

KHONSHU: And so what if it was?

11.3

Punisher glaring.

11.4

Khonshu glaring.

Page 12

12.1

Khonshu.

KHONSHU: Did you know that I used to have a wife?

12.2

Punisher.

PUNISHER: Small world.

PUNISHER: So did I.

12.3

Khonshu.

KHONSHU: Her name was Bastet.

KHONSHU: She was a beautiful cat lady Goddess.

12.4

Punisher.

12.5

Khonshu.

KHONSHU: Oh, I know.

KHONSHU: A cat and a bird. What were we thinking?

KHONSHU: But it was love at first sight… when the Moon was born, and the shadows came to life, and the light came to life… and then the other Gods were born as well.

Page 13

13.1

Ra grabbing Jake Moon Knight’s wrist and throwing him down.

CAPTION: NOW

13.2

Khonshu with Punisher.

KHONSHU: She was the Goddess of the Moon, of course.

KHONSHU: But she had a few other titles… and one of them is a favorite of mine.

13.3

Punisher.

KHONSHU: War.

13.4

Punisher’s skull symbol.

KHONSHU: Bastet was the Goddess of war.

Page 14

14.1

Khonshu looking at Punisher.

KHONSHU: War makes us all do crazy things, doesn’t it?

14.2

Punisher.

KHONSHU: Doesn’t it, Captain Castle?

PUNISHER: Your voice…

14.3

Khonshu.

PUNISHER: Goodwin’s voice.

KHONSHU: I almost chose him over you.

KHONSHU: I really did.

KHONSHU: But you killed him.

14.4

Jake Moon Knight flipping Ra over.

Page 15

15.1

Khonshu.

KHONSHU: Marc Spector, my avatar, killed Bastet.

15.2

Khonshu.

KHONSHU: Here’s something I didn’t tell you earlier…

KHONSHU: Whenever an avatar kills a God, that God’s power transfers to the avatar’s God.

15.3

Khonshu.

KHONSHU: It sounds complicated, I know.

15.4

Khonshu.

KHONSHU: But, Frank…

KHONSHU: My dear, dear Captain Castle…

Page 16

16.1

Jake Moon Knight on top of Ra, strangling him with one hand. The other fist is pulled back, ready to strike.

JAKE MOON KNIGHT: YOU KILLED MY MOTHER…

RA: GHK

16.2

Punisher.

KHONSHU: You became the God of war.

16.3

Khonshu.

KHONSHU: For just a moment.

KHONSHU: Because I allowed it.

16.4

Punisher and Khonshu, staring each other down.

KHONSHU: And even though I know you’ll refuse me now…

KHONSHU: One day, you will be my avatar.

KHONSHU: My avatar God of war.

PUNISHER: So, Gods can be avatars.

KHONSHU: If that avatar God serves a higher God, yes… an Omega-God if you like.

KHONSHU: An Omega-God would have to have slain several other Gods, and have multiple, multiple, MULTIPLE avatars…

KHONSHU: I like it.

16.5

Khonshu.

KHONSHU: Very soon, Frank… I will be an Omega-God.

Page 17

17.1 Splash Page

Jake Moon Knight smashing his fist through Ra’s face.

JAKE MOON KNIGHT: THIS IS MY VENGEANCE!

Page 18

18.1

Jake Moon Knight standing over Ra’s evaporating corpse.

18.2

Khonshu smiling.

18.3

Moon Knight walking past Jake Moon Knight.

MOON KNIGHT: One down…

Page 19 And Page 20

Page 19/20 Splash Page

Anubis sitting in the Tomb of Khonshu on his throne, waiting.

MOON KNIGHT: One more to go.

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