Secret Avengers sample page 19

Secret Avengers sample page 19

PAGE NINETEEN

Pic 1
The car whips around a corner, behind cover, keeps going...
BEAST THERE IS SOMETHING I CAN DO.
BEAST IT IS, IN FACT, HORRIBLY EASY.
ROGERS WHAT?

Pic 2
On BEAST, looking sick at heart.
BEAST I CAN TURN THIS CAR INTO A FISSILE BOMB. A NASTY ONE.
ROGERS YOU MEAN LIKE A DIRTY BOMB?
BEAST I MEAN LIKE AN ENHANCED RADIATION TACTICAL DEVICE. LIKE A SMALL, LOW-RENT NEUTRON BOMB.

Pic 3
ANOTHER HELICOPTER becomes visible, travelling down towards them.
BEAST I CAN'T BLOW UP THE ENTIRE CITY TO GET ALL THE TIME PLATFORM STRUTS.
BEAST BUT I CAN MAKE AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE THAT SHOULD FRY IT. AND A BURST OF RADIATION THAT'LL INSTANTLY KILL EVERYONE DOWN HERE, GOD HELP ME.
BEAST INCLUDING US.

Pic 4
Everyone ducks as a hail of fire from the chopper behind them rakes over their heads.
ROGERS WHAT IF WE COULD GET BACK TO OUR ENTRANCE POINT?
BEAST THE “SKY” ABOVE THIS CITY IS AT LEAST THREE FEET OF DENSE METALS. AND THERE'S A MILE OF DIRT BETWEEN THIS SPOT AND CINCINATTI.
BEAST IF WE CAN MAKE IT BACK TO OUR EXIT, THEN...

Pic 5
On ROGERS: decision made.
ROGERS ...THEN THE MECHANICAL SYSTEM WILL STILL WORK AFTER THE BOMB GOES OFF BECAUSE IT'S NOT ELECTRONIC.
ROGERS MOON KNIGHT. YOUR TRUNCHEON.

Pic 6
Rogers, MK's truncheon in hand, whirls around and fires its grapple behind and above them --
(no dialogue)