THIS STUFF IS MADE BY EUGENE BALDOVINO.

PAGE ONE (three panels)

Panel One

Establishing shot of a nightclub area of San Francisco with party goers in the background. There are plenty of neon lights. Our hero, NATHAN SANDERS, a high school student, walks across the street as he looks down at his watch. In his other hand, he holds a small cardboard box that's the size of a bowling ball.

1 NATHAN:
CRAP, I ONLY HAVE FIFTEEN MINUTES. I
WAS LATE LAST TIME AND THEY
WOULDN'T LET ME IN.

Panel Two

Close up on the headlights of a car.

Panel Three

Dramatic shot of the car smashing into Nathan. While in mid-air, party goers in the background look on in horror, but a few have the audacity to laugh.

2 ANNOYING PARTY GOER:
WOAH, THAT FOOL GOT LAUNCED INTO
THE AIR!

3 TITLE:
"THE PAIN KILLER: A SPECIAL GIFT"

4 CREDITS

PAGE TWO (eight panels)

Panel One

Nathan's body dives into the ground. THUD! He drops his cardboard box.

Panel Two

Nathan struggles to get up and reaches for his cardboard box.

1 NATHAN:
OOH, THAT WAS A DOOZY.

Panel Three

The car door swings open. A sexy woman emerges with a glowing sword. Her name is
THE SEDUCTION.

Panel Four

Nathan painfully holds his cardboard box.

2 NATHAN: (angrily)
OH CRAP, NOT HER. WHY DOES SHE
ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE THOSE
DRAMATIC ENTRANCES?

Panel Five

The Seduction walks past the annoying party goer and slices him. Energy flows into her body.

Panel Six

Other party goers scramble away and scream.

Panel Seven

The Seduction points her glowing sword at Nathan.

3 THE SEDUCTION:
NATHAN, WHY ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?
YOUR LIFE IS FALSE. IT WAS NEVER
MEANT TO BE. WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME
THAT RING AND IN EXCHANGE I'LL GIVE
YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE NEVER
FELT? I'LL PLEASURE YOU FOR THE LAST
FEW MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE.

4 NATHAN:
WHATEVER, LADY. I DON'T HAVE TIME
FOR THIS CRAP.

Panel Eight

The seduction slashes down on Nathan's neck. THWACK. He drops his cardboard box.

5 THE SEDUCTION:
FINE! THAT RING OF YOURS MAY
PROTECT YOU, BUT I CAN SLOWLY DRAIN
YOUR ENERGY WITH MY SWORD UNTIL
YOU DRIFT INTO ETERNAL SLEEP.

PAGE THREE (four panels)

Panel One

The Seduction swings her glowing sword like a baseball bat and smashes it into Nathan's chest causing him to lose his cardboard box again and be thrown back into a pile of garbage.

Panel Two

The Seduction stands over Nathan's cardboard box.

1 THE SEDUCTION:
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

2 NATHAN: (out of breath)
LEAVE THAT ALONE, SEDUCTION. IT'S
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

Panel Three

Nathan leaps into the air like a mad dog holding a brick in his hand that he picked up in the pile of garbage.

Panel Four

The seduction jumps to the side and Nathan hits the ground recovering his cardboard box.

PAGE FOUR (five panels)

Panel One

The Seduction strikes down her glowing sword onto Nathan's back which forces him to drop his brick, but he still manages to still hold onto his cardboard box.

1 THE SEDUCTION:
YOU'RE FEELING WEAKER, AREN'T YOU?
HA HAA HAA!

Panel Two

Nathan turns around and throws a punch, but The Seduction ducks.

Panel Three

Close up of The Seduction as she grabs Nathan's punching hand that has his ring.

2 THE SEDUCTION: (off panel)
YOUR PAIN KILLER IS MINE.

Panel Four

Nathan twists around and is able to generate enough momentum to hurl

The Seduction over his back before she could steal his ring.

3 NATHAN:
YOU'RE A PAIN IN THE NECK.

Panel Five

Nathan runs away as The Seductress recovers in the background.

PAGE FIVE (six panels)

Panel One

Nathan reaches the side of a road, which sits at the edge of a very high cliff.

1 NATHAN:
CRAP! ONLY EIGHT MINUTES LEFT...
AND I FREAKIN' HATE HEIGHTS.

Panel Two

Aerial view of Nathan as he leaps off the cliff, below is a small hospital.

Panel Three

In mid-fall, Nathan looks very inexperienced. His arms and legs flail around desperately.

Panel Four

Nathan smashes into the concrete like a fool as he protects his cardboard box from being damaged.

Panel Five

Nathan brings himself to stand with his wobbling legs.

2 NATHAN:
EVEN THOUGH THAT DOESN'T HURT, I
DON'T KNOW WHY IT GIVES ME SUCH
A RUSH.

Panel Six

He looks at his watch.

3 NATHAN:
OH NO, ONLY FIVE MINUTES LEFT!

PAGE SIX (six panels)

Panel One

As Nathan walks toward the foreground, The Seduction can be seen in the background making her way down the cliff.

Panel Two

We jump to a medium shot of The Seduction making her way down the cliff.

1 THE SEDUCTION:
TEENAGERS THESE DAYS...

Panel Three

Establishing shot of the hospital building.

Panel Four

Shot of Nathan's silhouette in the background and a young girl's face, ERICA, in the foreground. Nathan hides the cardboard box behind his back.

2 NATHAN:
ERICA!

Panel Five

Wide shot reveals Erica is in a wheelchair.

3 ERICA:
NATHAN! OOH, YOU ALWAYS DRIVE ME
CRAZY ... WHAT TOOK SO LONG? I
THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO STAND
ME UP LIKE LAST TIME. THE VISITOR
HOURS ARE ALMOST OVER.

4 NATHAN:
HEY ... SORRY ... UHM ... I RAN INTO SOME
PROBLEMS ON THE WAY HERE.

Panel Six

Nathan reveals his cardboard box.

PAGE SEVEN (seven panels)

Panel One

Nathan sits besides Erica who is bound by a wheelchair. She opens the cardboard box.

1 ERICA:
WOW! IT'S A LITTLE TEDDY BEAR. OH, I
CAN'T STAND YOU SOMETIMES ...
YOU'RE ... YOU'RE JUST THE BEST.

2 NATHAN:
YEAH, I FIGURED LITTLE GIRLS LIKED
THIS KIND OF CRAP.

Panel Two

Nathan leans over and hugs Erica in her wheelchair.

3 ERICA:
I KNOW YOU DIDN'T MEAN THAT. WE

HAVE TO WORK ON YOUR MANNERS.
MMMM. YOUR BODY IS SO WARM.

4 NATHAN:
MY BODY ... I CAN'T FEEL A THING. BEING
INVINCIBLE IS A CURSE.

Panel Three

Erica and Nathan sit side by side.

5 ERICA:
I GUESS THAT MEANS WE HAVE
SOMETHING IN COMMON, I CAN'T FEEL
MY LEGS.

6 NATHAN: (furiously)
I'LL RIP THE ARMS OFF OF
POWER COLLECTOR. WHAT HE DID TO
YOU WAS...

Panel Four

In the hospital's hallway, The Seduction stabs a security guard with her glowing sword and takes his soul.

Panel Five

Erica and Nathan continue to talk.

7 ERICA:
...STOP IT! DON'T TALK ABOUT HIM RIGHT
NOW.

8 NATHAN:
SORRY ... WELL, IT IS LATE, VISITOR
HOURS ARE UP AND I GOT CLASS
TOMORROW. SO, I'LL CHECK UP ON
YOU NEXT TIME.

Panel Six

Close up on Erica hugging her little teddy bear.

9 ERICA:
OKAY, I GUESS YOU HAVE TO GO. WELL,
BYE ... AND THANKS FOR THIS CUTE BEAR!

Panel Seven

As Nathan leaves and waves to Erica, The Seduction wrapped in a lab coat, secretly looks on.

PAGE EIGHT (four panels)

Panel One

The Seduction, wrapped in a lab coat, towers over Erica in her wheelchair.

1 ERICA:
HEY, I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU BEFORE.

2 THE SEDUCTION:
OH, YOU CAN SAY ... THAT I'M A FRIEND
OF NATHAN. I SAW HIM LEAVE YOUR
ROOM BEFORE I COULD CATCH UP AND
TALK TO HIM. TELL ME, HOW DO YOU
KNOW HIM?

Panel Two

The Seduction has her back to us so that we can see her gripping her glowing sword. They continue their conversation.

3 ERICA:
OH, IT'S TOO BAD YOU MISSED HIM. HE'S
SUCH A GREAT GUY. NATHAN DOESN'T
KNOW IT ... BUT I'M GOING TO MARRY
HIM ONE DAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO
LIVE ON A TROPICAL ISLAND WITH
DOLPHINS. AND ... AND WE'LL BE IN LOVE
FOREVER!

Panel Three

The Seduction laughs at Erica.

4 THE SEDUCTION:
HA HAA HAAA! OH, I WAS NAIVE LIKE
YOU ONCE. HA. LITTLE CHILD, YOUR
INNOCENCE BROUGHT BACK SOME OLD
MEMORIES TO ME, BUT LET ME TELL YOU
THIS, NOTHING LASTS FOREVER.

Panel Four

The Seduction humbly leaves Erica who has a puzzled look on her face.

5 THE SEDUCTION:
I'LL BE BACK ANOTHER DAY ... WHEN
NATHAN IS AROUND. IN THE MEANTIME,
MAKE SURE YOU ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE
NOW.

6 CAP:
THE END.

COPYRIGHT March 14, 2000 ROBOTICSKILL
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