A) CAPTION: DA VINCI FOUR MISSION: DAY 3.

 

PANEL 1:

A) DEACON: YOU COULD SET ANOTHER BOOBY TRAP. YOU COULD INJURE YOURSELF. YOU COULD ATTEMPT TO RADIO OUT FOR HELP.

PANEL 2:

B) JEFF: HOW LONG BEFORE YOUR PEOPLE COME?

PANEL 3:

C) DEACON: IF THEY FOLLOW PROTOCOL, FIFTEEN WEEKS, THREE DAYS, FIVE HOURS.

D) JEFF: AND WHEN THEY GET HERE, I’M DEAD, RIGHT?

E) DEACON: OUR ORDERS WERE TO KILL EVERYONE ON DA VINCI FOUR.

PANEL 4:

F) JEFF: YOU REALIZE THEY NEVER EVEN TOLD ME WHAT THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT CORPORATE.

G) JEFF: YOUR STUPID SECRETS DIED WITH EVERYONE ELSE.

PANEL 5:

H) DEACON: THE INFORMATION IS VERY COMPROMISING. IT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT SHAREHOLDER VALUE.

I) JEFF: I’M TELLING YOU I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING!

J) DEACON: PERHAPS THEY’LL BELIEVE YOU.

PANEL 6:

K) JEFF: BUT YOU’RE JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS.

L) DEACON: YES.

PANEL 7:

M) DEACON: BUT… I BELIEVE YOU ARE TELLING ME THE TRUTH.

PANEL 1:

A) DEACON: I’M DESIGNED TO EXPERIENCE THE FULL RANGE OF HUMAN EMOTIONS AND SENSATIONS.

PANEL 2

B) DEACON: I MIGHT NOT EXPERIENCE THEM THE SAME WAY YOU DO, BUT THEY’RE JUST AS REAL TO ME.

PANEL 3:

C) DEACON: THERE’S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PATTERN OF HAIR HERE.

PANEL 4:

D) DEACON: (OFF-PANEL) SYMMETRICAL, BALANCED…

PANEL 5:

E) JEFF: LOOK… DEACON… IT’S NOT LIKE I’VE GOTTEN A LOT OF ACTION…

F) JEFF: YOU KNOW, LIKE, EVER…

 

PANEL 1:

A) CAPTION: “THE TEAM CAME NINE DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.”

PANEL 2:

B) CAPTION: “THIS ACTUALLY WAS A BIT OF GOOD LUCK AS WE HAD RUN OUT OF EDIBLE RATIONS FOUR DAYS PRIOR.”

PANEL 3:

C) CAPTION: “DESPITE MY EARLIER MISGIVINGS, IT WAS MY HOPE I COULD EXPLAIN TO THE OPERATIVES THAT JEFF PRESENTED NO DANGER TO THE CORPORATION.”

PANEL 4:

D) CAPTION: “OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, THAT THEY SHOULD CONFER WITH HIGHER CORPORATE FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.”

PANEL 5:

E) CAPTION: “THEY IGNORED ME.”

PANEL 6:

F) CAPTION: “ONCE THEY HAD ESTABLISHED THAT JEFF WAS THE LAST REMAINING COLONIST, THEY IMMEDIATELY TRAINED THEIR AUTOMATIC RIFLES ON JEFF’S HEAD AND MID-SECTION.”

PANEL 1:

A) MAVEN: THE ONLY REASON I’M ALLOWING THIS AT ALL IS BECAUSE I HAVE MADE CERTAIN THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY FOR YOU TO DO THAT.

B) DEACON: AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, DOCTOR — YOU HAVE DONE YOUR JOB… QUITE WELL.

PANEL 4:

D) MAVEN: IT’S DIFFERENT, ISN’T IT?

E) MAVEN: SEEING HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE DA VINCI FOUR…

PANEL 5:

F) JEFF: DEACON?

PANEL 1:

A) KYLE: GET OFF ME!

 

PANEL 2:

 

B) ANNIHILATOR: OH, FOR PETE’S SAKE…

PANEL 6:

A) Huh.

PANEL 1:

A) ANNIHILATOR: THIS IS AN INVITATION, NOT A KIDNAPPING!

B) ANNIHILATOR: YOU SAY NO, I’LL LEAVE YOU ALONE AND NEVER BOTHER YOU AGAIN.

PANEL 2:

C) KYLE: UH, HUH. WEREN’T YOU THE ONE WHO TOLD ME NOT TO TRUST YOUR BARGAINS?

D) ANNIHILATOR: HA! I SUPPOSE I DID!

PANEL 3:

D) ANNIHILATOR: BUT BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU, IF YOUR HEART’S NOT IN IT, IT WOULDN’T BE ANY FUN FOR ME EITHER.

E) ANNIHILATOR: SO… WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE TAKEN OUT TO A NICE RESTAURANT BY A HANDSOME GENTLEMAN?

PANEL 4:

F) ANNIHILATOR: OR WOULD YOU PREFER TO CONTINUE LOOKING FOR ROMANCE IN BACK ALLEYS?

PANEL 5:

G) KYLE: JEEZ… WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY…

PANEL 6:

H) KYLE: LOOK, I DON’T EVEN KNOW YOUR REAL NAME.

PANEL 1:

A) HUNTER: HEY, I THOUGHT YOU SAID THE DAMPENER WOULD NULLIFY ALL SUPER POWERS.

B) KILLER: IT SHOULD!

PANEL 2:

C) KILLER: WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU, LITTLE MAN? WHY ARE YOU IMMUNE?

PANEL 3:

D) KYLE: AHHH…

E) KILLER: YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO ANSWER US, BOY.

F) KILLER: MAYBE YOU HAVEN’T HEARD OF OUR REPUTATION, BUT WE AREN’T EXACTLY KNOWN FOR OUR RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE.

G) HUNTER: THAT’S RIGHT. ANY MORE SURPRISES AND YOU’LL BE NOTHING MORE THAN AN INVISIBLE SPLAT ON THE WALL.

PANEL 4:

I) HUNTER: WHICH I BET WOULD BE A REAL BITCH TO CLEAN…

PANEL 5:

J) ANNIHILATOR: GOD, YOU ARE INDEED FOOLS.

K) ANNIHILATOR: YOU HONESTLY THINK YOU’VE WON BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE POWERS?

PANEL 4:

A) ANNIHILATOR: DEAR LORD! EVEN I FELT THAT SHOCK WAVE!

B) ANNIHILATOR: KYLE? ARE YOU OK?!