Plasmasonic#5: Venturesome voyage

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PAGE 1 (SIX PANELS)

Panel 1.
CUT TO: EL GOUNA, EGYPT
EXT. SECRET MILITARY BASE - NIGHT

TO̅MI WAKES UP ON THE GROUND.

TO̅MI: (THINKING BALLOON)
I... failed. Lalh's gone, who knows what he's planning to do with the sapphire.

Panel 2.

TO̅MI NOTICES THAT AGENTS ARE APPROACHING HER.

TO̅MI: (THINKING BALLOON)
To make matters worse, I'm in enemy territory—!

TO̅MI: (THINKING BALLOON)
And I have no idea how I'm going to get out of here.

Panel 4.

TO̅MI ATTEMPTS TO STAND QUICKLY HOWEVER HER STAB WOUND IS AGITATED.

TO̅MI: (BALLOON)
Argh!

UNKNOWN COMMANDER: (OFF-PANEL BALLOON)
I wouldn't advise you to try and move around in your condition.

Panel 5.

TO̅MI GLANCES AT THE UNKNOWN COMMANDER WHO HAS A PISTOL TRAINED ON HER.

UNKNOWN COMMANDER: (BALLOON)
Especially because I'm going to make it incredibly hard for you to leave.

Panel 6.

TO̅MI GLARES AT THE COMMANDER WITH AN ANGRY EXPRESSION.

PAGE 2 (SIX PANELS)

Panel 1.

SIDE PANEL OF TO̅MI FACING THE UNKNOWN COMMANDER. TO̅MI IS ON HER FEET STANDING CONFIDENTY. THE COMMANDER LOOKS NEARLY AS CONFIDENT AS SHE DOES.

UNKNOWN COMMANDER: (BALLOON)
How did you find this place?

TO̅MI: (BALLOON)
I tracked you. How else?

UNKNOWN COMMANDER: (BALLOON)
You must be quite the formidable tracker. Not even the local authorities have found this place.

TO̅MI: (BALLOON)
They will when I relay the information to them.

UNKNOWN COMMANDER: (BALLOON)
That won't happen, I assure you. As of now, you're officially a prisoner of the O.S.O.

Panel 2.

FRONT FACING PANEL OF TO̅MI WITH A CONFUSED EXPRESSION.

TO̅MI: (BALLOON)
The what now?

Panel 3.

FRONT FACING PANEL OF THE O.S.O. COMMANDER WITH AN EXASPERATED EXPRESSION.

O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)
Occultural Surveillance Organization.

Panel 4.

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT FROM THE O.S.O. COMMANDER'S PERSPECTIVE LOOKING AT TO̅MI. TO̅MI HAS AN IRRITATED EXPRESSION.

TO̅MI: (BALLOON)
Your machismo scare tactics don't impress me. All of this might have been avoided if you had just been clear about your goals from the outset.

Panel 5.

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT FROM TO̅MI'S PERSPECTIVE LOOKING AT THE O.S.O. COMMANDER. THE O.S.O. COMMANDER HAS A RESENTFUL EXPRESSION.

O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)
There is no need for me to explain myself. I only report to my superiors.

TO̅MI: (BALLOON)
Well now, you'll have to explain yourself to the folks whose safety you jeopardized with your cryptic crapola.

Panel 6.

THE O.S.O. COMMANDER GESTURES HIS PISTOL AT TO̅MI.

O.S.O. COMMANDER: (BALLOON)
This isn't for show, young lady. I could be foul but I'm trying to give you a chance.

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