PANEL 1

FLYBOY

THAT FOR SOMETHING THIS IMPORTANT, I CAN’T JUST DO WHATEVER I FEEL LIKE!

PANEL 2

TEEN SPOOKY

NOT WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE, MITCH. WHAT YOU FEEL IS RIGHT.

(cont)

JUST LIKE YOU DID WITH KYLE AND PAUL. YOU GOT THEM INVOLVED, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS RISKY. EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE KIDS. EVEN THOUGH I WAS PRACTICALLY SCREAMING MY HEAD OFF ABOUT IT THE WHOLE TIME.

(cont)

YOU DID THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE SURE IN YOUR HEART THAT GETTING THEM INVOLVED WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

PANEL 3

FLYBOY

WELL, OF COURSE, IT WOULD FEEL RIGHT TO SAVE EVERYONE! YOU ALREADY KNOW THERE’S THIS HUGE PART INSIDE ME THAT’S SCREAMING THAT MESSAGE INTO MY BRAIN EVERY SINGLE SECOND!

(cont)

IT’S TELLING ME TO DO ANYTHING, MAKE ANY SACRIFICE, TO SAVE YOU! TO LET YOU KEEP YOUR MEMORIES.

PANEL 4

FLYBOY

THAT SOMEHOW I’LL JUST “FIGURE OUT” A WAY TO PREVENT THE APOCALYPSE FROM HAPPENING IN MY TIME. AND THAT IF I JUST TRY HARD ENOUGH, I COULD EVEN PREVENT-!

PANEL 5

FLYBOY

(smaller type)

OTHER PEOPLE I REALLY CARE ABOUT FROM GETTING HURT, TOO.

PANEL 1

FLYBOY

I’D WANT TO, SPOOKY. REALLY I WOULD.

TEEN SPOOKY

THEN YOU CAN!

PANEL 2

FLYBOY

BUT IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT ME OR EVEN US, IS IT?

(cont)

IF I REALLY AM GOING TO GET THAT CHOICE — WHICH YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW FOR SURE I’M GOING TO GET! — WHAT I DECIDE WOULD AFFECT BILLIONS OF LIVES.

TEEN SPOOKY

THAT’S TRUE.

PANEL 3

FLYBOY

I MEAN, IN MY TIME, WE JUST NARROWLY AVOIDED A LITERAL APOCALYPSE! IF THE OTHER PLAYERS INVOLVED CHANGED — IF YOU CHANGED…

TEEN SPOOKY

THEN IT MIGHT STILL ALL WORK OUT OK.

PANEL 4

TEEN SPOOKY

MITCH, JUST LIKE YOU, I WANT TO SAVE THE WORLD. AND I WOULD DO WHATEVER YOU TOLD ME TO DO TO PREVENT ANYTHING BAD FROM HAPPENING.

(cont)

AND WITH THAT “APOCALYPSE,” AMANDA AND I WOULD HAVE WHAT? FIVE YEARS TO PREPARE? MORE? AND WITH KYLE AND PAUL’S HELP ON TOP OF THAT?

(cont)

WE’RE HEROES! JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING CHANGES, THAT DOESN’T MEAN IT HAS TO END BADLY. OR EVEN THAT IT’S LIKELY!

PANEL 5

FLYBOY

I SAID IT BEFORE — THERE’S STILL NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WON’T ALL GO HORRIBLY, HORRIBLY WRONG.

TEEN SPOOKY

NO. THERE’S NOT.

(cont)

SO WHAT IS YOUR HEART TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS?

PANEL 1

FLYBOY

SPOOKY, I KNOW YOU THINK FUTURE-YOU IS SOME KIND OF MONSTER-

TEEN SPOOKY

I DON’T THINK HE’S A MONSTER, MITCH. I THINK HE’S SOMEONE I COULD REALISTICALLY TURN INTO.

PANEL 2

TEEN SPOOKY

I DON’T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THERE’S REAL DARKNESS INSIDE ME.

(cont)

MAYBE IT CAME FROM BEING IN HELL FOR A YEAR, MAYBE IT COMES FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE, BUT THERE’S AN ANGRY PART OF ME. AN AVENGING PART OF ME.

(cont)

AND BECAUSE MY POWERS ARE SO STRONG, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO HURT PEOPLE, TO KILL PEOPLE, TO KEEP GOING AND NOT STOP UNTIL I HAD DESTROYED ALL THE EVIL I SEE IN THE WORLD, I CHOOSE TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THAT DARKNESS EVERY DAY.

(cont)

I CHOOSE TO VALUE ALL LIFE ON EARTH, NO MATTER WHAT.

(cont)

PANEL 3

TEEN SPOOKY

AND IF I WAS WILLING TO END SIRCEA’S LIFE, SIMPLY BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE DESERVED IT — IF I HAD DECIDED IT WAS OK TO BE HER JUDGE, JURY, AND EXECUTIONER — THAT MEANS…

(cont)

IT MEANS SOME VERY BAD MONSTERS FROM A VERY BAD PLACE WERE RIGHT ABOUT ME AND WHAT I REALLY AM. IT MEANS THE DARKNESS WON.

PANEL 4

FLYBOY

SPOOKY…

TEEN SPOOKY

I KNOW YOU THINK WHAT FUTURE-ME SAID WAS JUST A ONE-TIME THING. AND I’M TELLING YOU IT WOULDN’T BE. IT COULDN’T BE.

PANEL 5

TEEN SPOOKY

I CAN’T LOSE ANY MORE OF MYSELF. I NEED THESE MEMORIES TO STAY WHO I AM. I NEED TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE MY OWN FATE.

(cont)

SO, THIS IS MY BIG QUESTION: IF YOU GET THE CHANCE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE, WILL YOU KEEP YOUR PROMISE?

(cont)

WILL YOU FIGHT FOR ME?

(cont)

WILL YOU LET ME REMEMBER, SO I CAN STAY.. ME?

PANEL 2

TEEN SPOOKY

I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT. ORIGINAL-YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT IN THIS TIME — 10, 11 YEARS OLD?

(cont)

ARE YOU REALLY ONE HUNDRED PERCENT SURE THAT ABANDONED TRAIN YARD DIDN’T SOMEHOW GET BUSTED UP IN YOUR TIMELINE? CAN YOU SAY FOR CERTAIN THERE WASN’T A BATTLE WITH MAGIC USERS AND DEMONS AND MOBSTERS THAT NEVER GOT REPORTED AND YOU JUST DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT?

PANEL 3

TEEN SPOOKY

ALL YOU KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS THAT I DON’T REMEMBER IT. AND IF NO ONE REMEMBERS, WOULD YOUR FUTURE REALLY NEED TO BE ANY DIFFERENT?

FLYBOY

SO, ARE YOU SAYING… IT’S OK IF YOU LOSE YOUR MEMORIES?

PANEL 4

TEEN SPOOKY

NO! IT WOULD WRECK ME.

(cont)

IT WOULD BE AWFUL AND WRONG. FOR LOTS OF REASONS.

PANEL 5

TEEN SPOOKY

BUT THE BIGGEST REASON IS WHAT YOU OVERHEARD ME SAY JUST BEFORE YOU GOT HERE. THAT I WAS WILLING TO USE MY POWERS TO KILL PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF JUST SAVE THEM.

(cont)

WITH OLD MAGIC, TIME TRAVEL IS ALMOST ALWAYS ABOUT GETTING THE CHANCE TO CHANGE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED — AND MY HEART TELLS ME THAT YOU WERE SENT BACK HERE TO FIX THAT.

(cont)

MITCH, I THINK YOU WERE SENT HERE TO KEEP ME FROM BECOMING A KILLER.

PANEL 1

TEEN SPOOKY

OH, IT ALL MATTERS! WE NEED TO WIN TOMORROW. WE NEED TO STOP DOMANOTH. WE NEED TO SAVE DANIELA. AND WE NEED TO GET THE ARTIFACT.

(cont)

AND THEN I’LL NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE IT TO SEND YOU HOME AND RESCUE YOUR BUDDY, CORY, BEFORE THE TIME SICKNESS OR WHATEVER IT IS GETS TO BE TOO MUCH.

(cont)

WE DON’T DO EVEN ONE OF THOSE THINGS, ESPECIALLY THAT FIRST ONE, AND IT’LL BE BAD. VERY BAD.

PANEL 2

TEEN SPOOKY

BUT I’M BEGINNING TO THINK THIS ARTIFACT IS STILL CONNECTED TO YOU, LIKE YOU’RE THE FOCUS OF ITS ENCHANTMENT. BUT MAYBE, SOMEHOW, IN A BROKEN WAY.

(cont)

I THINK THAT’S WHY YOUR “TIME SICKNESS” SEEMS TO REACT TO OTHER MAGIC SO… EXPLOSIVELY. AND PROBABLY WHY IT’S MAKING YOU SO SICK.

(cont)

AND SINCE ANCIENT ARTIFACTS FOLLOW OLD RULES, IF ITS SPELL IS STILL ACTIVE, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WHEN WE DO WIN AND I USE IT TO GET YOU HOME, YOU’LL PROBABLY HAVE A CHOICE WHETHER WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAS REAL FOR EVERYONE — OR JUST FOR YOU.

PANEL 3

FLYBOY

YOU THINK I’LL GET TO SAY “NO HARM, NO FOUL” AND POOF, EVERYTHING WILL GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS? LIKE I’D NEVER BEEN HERE AT ALL?

(cont)

JUST LIKE THAT?

TEEN SPOOKY

NOT EXACTLY LIKE THAT. MAGIC DOES HAVE CONSEQUENCES. ITS RULES ARE JUST BASED ON STORY AND MYTH. HOW THE MIND WORKS INSTEAD OF SCIENCE.

(cont)

I DON’T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT CHOICE WOULD PLAY OUT, BUT IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO MAKE LOGICAL SENSE TO YOU WHY YOUR FUTURE WOULDN’T CHANGE.

PANEL 4

FLYBOY

WELL, THEN THERE’S JUST NO WAY!

(cont)

I MEAN, YOU AND AMANDA AREN’T SUPPOSED TO MEET KYLE AND PAUL FOR YEARS.

(cont)

YESTERDAY, WE SAVED THE MOST DANGEROUS MOBSTER ON THE WEST COAST, ALONG WITH HIS KID, FROM EVIL WIZARDS WHICH JUST MADE YOU HIS FAVORITE PERSON.

(cont)

TODAY WE RIPPED APART A WHOLE TRAIN YARD IN A MAJOR CITY. AND NOW ACTUAL BUILDINGSIZED DEMONS ARE BEING SUMMONED TO EARTH!

(cont)

THERE’S NO WAY I COULD EVER BELIEVE THAT WOULDN’T HAVE SOME CONSEQUENCES!

PANEL 5

TEEN SPOOKY

THERE WOULD BE ONE WAY.

FLYBOY

HOW?!

PANEL 6

TEEN SPOOKY

IF EVERYONE’S MEMORY HERE WAS ERASED.

(cont)

INCLUDING MINE.

PANEL 3

TEEN SPOOKY

MITCH, I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO UNDO EVERY CHANGE YOU’VE MADE WHILE YOU WERE HERE.

(cont)

I THINK YOU’LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK HOME, AS IF NONE OF THIS EVER HAPPENED.

PANEL 4

FLYBOY

WHAT?!

PANEL 5

TEEN SPOOKY

YOU SAID YOU DIDN’T THINK YOU’D BE ABLE TO GO BACK HOME. THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE A HOME FOR YOU TO GO BACK TO.

(cont)

I DON’T THINK THAT’S TRUE. IF YOU WANT, I THINK YOU’LL BE ABLE TO HIT THE RESET BUTTON. AND YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT.

PANEL 6

FLYBOY

I… DON’T SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, SPOOKY.

(cont)

I’VE CHANGED SO MUCH! AND EVEN SMALL CHANGES WOULD HAVE HUGE RAMIFICATIONS. IT’S CALLED THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT-

TEEN SPOOKY

I KNOW IT DOESN’T MAKE LOGICAL SENSE. BUT YOU GOT TO THE PAST BY MAGIC. AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE TYPICAL RULES DON’T APPLY.

FLYBOY

SO… WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? THAT NOTHING WE DO HERE MATTERS?!

PANEL 1

FLYBOY

THAT I STILL WANT TO PROTECT YOU FROM LOSING YOUR MEMORIES. THAT I’D DO PRACTICALLY ANYTHING TO SAVE YOU FROM THAT HAPPENING.

PANEL 2

FLYBOY

AND WITH ALL THE CHANGES I’VE MADE HERE, AT THIS POINT, I PROBABLY HAVE!

(cont)

WHATEVER YOUR FUTURE USED TO BE, IT’S NOT GOING TO LOOK ANYTHING LIKE IT USED TO.

TEEN SPOOKY

Hm.

PANEL 3

TEEN SPOOKY

I THINK YOU KNOW THIS, BUT FOR ME, LISTENING TO YOUR HEART IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN LISTENING TO YOUR HEAD.

(cont)

YOUR MIND CAN COME UP WITH LOTS OF REASONS TO DO STUFF, EVEN BAD STUFF, BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO YOUR HEART? THAT “DRIVE” INSIDE BOTH OF US WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT? THEN YOU’LL ALWAYS KNOW THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

PANEL 4

FLYBOY

I KNOW YOU THINK THAT.

(cont)

SPOOKY, YOU ARE, LIKE, ALL HEART! IT’S PART OF WHAT MAKES YOU A GREAT HERO. IN ANY TIME.

PANEL 5

FLYBOY

AND, TO BE HONEST, IT’S A BIG PART OF WHAT MAKES ME LIKE YOU SO MUCH.

PANEL 1

TEEN SPOOKY

DO YOU REMEMBER PROMISING ME THAT YOU WOULDN’T LET MY MEMORIES GET TAKEN AWAY? NOT IF IT WASN’T MY CHOICE?

PANEL 2

FLYBOY

YEAH. I DO

TEEN SPOOKY

DID YOU REALLY MEAN IT?

PANEL 3

FLYBOY

OF COURSE! I COULD SEE HOW SCARED YOU WERE. AND HURT. AND I JUST…

(cont)

I JUST COULDN’T LET THAT HAPPEN TO YOU.

TEEN SPOOKY

EVEN IF IT MEANT BREAKING THE TIMELINE.

PANEL 4

FLYBOY

WELL… I WAS SURE SOMEHOW WE’D FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.

TEEN SPOOKY

RIGHT.

(cont)

SEEING HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO YOU TO KEEP YOUR FUTURE FROM CHANGING, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT PROMISE CAME FROM YOUR HEART, NOT YOUR HEAD.

PANEL 5

FLYBOY

I GUESS THAT’S TRUE.

TEEN SPOOKY

AND WHAT IS YOUR HEART TELLING YOU NOW?

PANEL 3

FLYBOY

BEAUTIFUL NIGHT.

TEEN SPOOKY

YEAH.

PANEL 4

TEEN SPOOKY

I STILL HAVE US ALL MAGICALLY HIDDEN. WE SHOULD BE GOOD EVEN AWAY FROM THE PROTECTION OF THE BUILDING.

(cont)

YOU UP FOR DOING A LITTLE FLYING?

FLYBOY

ALWAYS!

PANEL 1

TEEN SPOOKY

THIS IS WHAT I WANT.

(cont)

IT’S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT.

PANEL 2

FLYBOY (SMALL TYPE)

DO YOU THINK WE’RE BEING TOO NOISY?

(cont)

THAT DOOR IS THICK, AND THEY WERE PRETTY ZONKED. I DON’T THINK THEY CAN HEAR US.

TEEN SPOOKY

I THINK… I THINK IF WE’RE GOING TO DO STUFF AGAIN, EVEN IF IT’S JUST FOR TONIGHT, WE NEED TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS. WHAT WE BOTH NEED HERE.

(cont)

THAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE. ABOUT EVERYTHING.

PANEL 3

FLYBOY

SPOOKY, I’M SORRY IF I MADE YOU FEEL LIKE I JUST WANTED A ONE-OFF THING AFTER WHAT WE DID. I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE LEFT, BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANT.

PANEL 4

TEEN SPOOKY

THAT ISN’T HOW YOU MADE ME FEEL, MITCH.

(cont)

AT LEAST, THAT WASN’T THE ONLY THING YOU MADE ME FEEL.

PANEL 6

TEEN SPOOKY

LET’S GET SOME FRESH AIR.