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Okay...I will admit there are some things I didn't really get to within the previous thingies. After reading do you think I should just write another part that just sort of wraps everything up or is it fine as it is? I do plan on making some shorter comics about some of the points I wanted to get to as well. Just rake through and tell me what you think.
Thank you taking for this long journey with me.
Desert Grey 12
Merriam Hayden
WANDERER’S CAMP, EVENING
Kathy is sitting with Janet and Kwame as they eat, Kwame yawns
“You should be sleeping right now.” Janet puts an arm around Kwame
“Can’t. Too much to do.”
“You can’t even form full sentences.”
“I’ll sleep in a vehicle. Besides Kathy probably won’t be able to sleep. Will you?”
Kathy looks at them and then looks into the fire “This will be the first I return to Namubla in a very long time. I’m…”
Kwame wakes up a little and Janet leans forward
“I want to confront Eric. I want to confront him on everything he’s ever done to me, to the Desert Dwellers, and to the citizens of the Zanbari City State.”
Janet frowns “I don’t think that’ll do much good.”
“Maybe not, but it’s something I need to do for myself.” Kathy looks determined
Faizah walks up to them “You’ll get to do that soon. Pack up Kwame. You and I are going to stir up trouble in Nambula’s Third Sector. Janet and Kathy go to the truck Essien fixed up. The Healers are going to roll out last.”
“Okay.”
Folks are packing up, Torrid helps take down tents, various folk start putting on stolen E.G. uniforms while Andrew broods, Elijah helps the Healers gather people and packing equipment, Michael is helping move the water jugs with John meanwhile Angie approaches Kathy
“Hey, Kathy…I know we haven’t known each very long or anything, but…I really really like you! So don’t get hurt while you’re off on your harrowing adventure. Okay?”
Kathy smiles at Angie “Everything will be fine, Angie. I promise.”
Angie smiles back at her, takes her hand and kisses her palm before running off, Kathy blushes before Janet calls her to the E.G. Truck
THERE IS MUCH DRIVING ACROSS THE DESERT BACK TOWARD NAMBULA TO BE HAD, Healers Truck splits off from the truck group and heads to Delvco (Angie watches from the back of the truck)
Kwame is having trouble getting to sleep as Faizah drives, she splits off leading the Wanderer Trucks toward Nambula leaving the E.G. truck
Janet is driving the E.G. truck wearing a black and white uniform jacket, Kathy is sitting next to her, the radio goes off
“Truck 142. Come in, Truck 142. What is your status?”
Janet answers in her best gruff voice “Truck 142, here. We have located Kathy Vedichello and now have her in our possession.”
There’s no answer for a beat and Kathy looks up at Janet nervously
“Truck 142, proceed to the Inner City immediately. We will open Gate 6. Over.”
“Understood.” Janet puts down the radio talker bit “Gate 6? There are only 5 Gates in the Outer Wall.”
“On the opposite side of the Train Station is a secret Gate that the E.G. uses.”
“How do you know these things? I wouldn’t imagine that the Head of State would talk to you about government secrets.”
“I’m much more perceptive than he realized. I overheard things when he talks to someone named Hyde on the phone when I was younger. My freedom to move about my own home wasn’t as restricted when I was smaller.” Kathy looks out the window
MEANWHILE WITH THE WANDERERS, they roll up upon the damaged Outer Wall of Nambula, where B.G. are patrolling, one looks up and see’s robots being thrown out of the trucks, EXPLOSIONS IN THE THIRD SECTOR
INNER CITY
Hyde watches through his monitors as some newly awakened E.G. clones are fighting Annie, he clicks on some buttons and various E.G. groups within Nambula start heading toward the Third Sector
During the fight Annie pulls down hard on a cable and it unplugs from the machine Hyde is attached to and he comes clattering to the ground, Annie turns around
Hyde struggles to sit up “Whatever that was…plug it back in!”
Annie uses it to electrocute the E.G. she was finding
“Please! Plug it back in!”
“You’re dependent on that machine aren’t you? You literally cannot survive without it.”
“No. I think you pulled a power cable. My mechanical inner workings need electricity.”
“How about we make a deal? I’ll plug you back in if you reveal to the International Council that you exist and what the State has been secretly doing for all these years.”
Hyde smirks “You’d really think I’d sell out my master just so you can go back to yours?”
“You say that like yours has anything to offer. At least the Norsch Kingdom Royal family let’s me keep my legs.”Annie looks at the cable she’s holding “I wonder how long you’ll last without this.”
Hyde bites his lip
THE SKY IS STARTING TO BECOME LIGHTER, BUT IT’S CLOUDY
Janet puts on the E.G. helmet as they pull up to Gate 6, Kathy takes a deep breath, they drive through without much trouble
The Inner City looks barren and Kathy looks confused by this, they pull up to the Government manner
Some E.G.’s start walking up to the truck, Andrew leaps out and starts hacking away at bastards with his sword, the others pile out with guns and grenades, Kathy and Janet run up the stairs to go inside and Janet throws off her helmet and jacket
MEANWHILE IN ERIC’S OFFICE, Eric is pacing back and forth, the door opens and Kathy goes inside
Eric looks like a hot mess, but he smiles at seeing Kathy, “Kathy? My beautiful sister-“
Kathy reveals she’s modified her hand into a laser blaster “Do not come near me! And don’t even think you’re ever going to touch me again!”
“Silly girl, put that away. You’ll hurt yourself.” Eric steps closer
Kathy shoots him in the leg right near his groin “The only getting hurt is you! Now be quiet because I have some things to say.”
Janet is standing at the door with her gun at the ready
“All my life you’ve done nothing but control me. You decided how I was supposed to look, what I was to do, who I was to spend time with, you even used me for your own…disgusting…” Kathy starts crying, but she steels herself “But no more! As of this moment I’m going to be free of you.”
Eric’s eyes darken and lunges for her, she raises her arm but he grabs her mechanical arm and takes it off, Kathy is pushed to the ground and she rolls away from Eric trying to beat her with her own arm “You ungrateful bitch!”
Janet busts up in that scene and beats him in the face with her gun, grabs him by his hair and bashes him against his desk, as the IC all start to appear for the morning meeting Janet shoots Eric in the head, she looks up at the IC in horror then grabs Kathy who has grabbed her arm and runs out of the room
Everyone just sort of looks on at this madness
One of the Norsch Princes speaks up “Well, it seems the show ended before we could see it.”
Ganju president flips off Eric’s corpse “Humph! Good riddance to the bastard.”
“It seems that we should start discussing the territorial split of the Zanbari City State between us.”
Norsch King speaks “We still need proof of illegal doings for-“
Suddenly the screens fill up with files of pictures and documents detailing cloning shenanigans
“Ah. Shall we send in our aide?”
MEANWHILE WITH HYDE, Annie has a hand on the plug as Hyde sends the files to the International Council
“There. It’s done. Happy?”
“No quite.” Annie kisses him, he tries to push her away but falls asleep “I hadn’t given you a good night kiss.”
Annie jumps down and starts heading toward the exit
MEANWHILE IN THE HALL, Janet and Kathy stop so that Kathy can give Janet a hug
“Sorry if I ruined your big moment.” Janet rubs Kathy’s hair
“No. It doesn’t matter that it wasn’t me. He needed to be destroyed by someone.” Kathy squeezes Janet tighter
“At any rate we need to get out of here.”
Annie exits out the secret passage “Oh hello Ms. Vedichello.”
“Ms. Velvet?”
“Cottener actually. Annie Cottener.” Annie kneels down to kiss Kathy’s hand “It’s good to see you like this. You look so healthy compared to when we first met.”
Janet blinks “Wait, who is this?”
“All you need to know is that my employer sent me to destroy the Head of State. Though you seem to have saved me the trouble of doing it myself. I owe for that.” Annie looks down the hall “There are some Elite Guard vehicles in a garage down the hall to your right. I’d take advantage of that if I were you.”
Annie walks away and Janet takes Kathy’s hand
MEANWHILE ANGIE IS SETTING UP SOME RADIO EQUIPMENT WITH TORRID
“Are you sure this is a good idea?”
“People need to hear the good news don’t they? Besides this kind of thing runs in your blood.”
Angie grins and light comes on, Torrid signals for Angie to start talking
“Hello everyone! Welcome to the rebirth of Free Zanbari Radio! We’ve got a lot of exciting news today like the Head of State being dead! We’ve also been told that the International Council is sending people in helicopters down to help people. Please don’t resist them as they try to help. Unless they’re doing bad things to do then scream for help until someone does! And if they don’t, know that you have friends at Free Zanbari Radio.”
As Angie is talking images of the I.C. troops coming in to quell the fighting and break into the secret lab, Janet grabbed a motorcycle and Kathy is holding on to her, Healers are doing their thing, Michael looks up at the sky and his pupils dilate
“It’s also been really cloudy today and someone told me that maybe it’s because it’ll-“
THUNDER CRACK, DOWNPOUR
“Rain…”
End Part 12
Thank you taking for this long journey with me.
Desert Grey 12
Merriam Hayden
WANDERER’S CAMP, EVENING
Kathy is sitting with Janet and Kwame as they eat, Kwame yawns
“You should be sleeping right now.” Janet puts an arm around Kwame
“Can’t. Too much to do.”
“You can’t even form full sentences.”
“I’ll sleep in a vehicle. Besides Kathy probably won’t be able to sleep. Will you?”
Kathy looks at them and then looks into the fire “This will be the first I return to Namubla in a very long time. I’m…”
Kwame wakes up a little and Janet leans forward
“I want to confront Eric. I want to confront him on everything he’s ever done to me, to the Desert Dwellers, and to the citizens of the Zanbari City State.”
Janet frowns “I don’t think that’ll do much good.”
“Maybe not, but it’s something I need to do for myself.” Kathy looks determined
Faizah walks up to them “You’ll get to do that soon. Pack up Kwame. You and I are going to stir up trouble in Nambula’s Third Sector. Janet and Kathy go to the truck Essien fixed up. The Healers are going to roll out last.”
“Okay.”
Folks are packing up, Torrid helps take down tents, various folk start putting on stolen E.G. uniforms while Andrew broods, Elijah helps the Healers gather people and packing equipment, Michael is helping move the water jugs with John meanwhile Angie approaches Kathy
“Hey, Kathy…I know we haven’t known each very long or anything, but…I really really like you! So don’t get hurt while you’re off on your harrowing adventure. Okay?”
Kathy smiles at Angie “Everything will be fine, Angie. I promise.”
Angie smiles back at her, takes her hand and kisses her palm before running off, Kathy blushes before Janet calls her to the E.G. Truck
THERE IS MUCH DRIVING ACROSS THE DESERT BACK TOWARD NAMBULA TO BE HAD, Healers Truck splits off from the truck group and heads to Delvco (Angie watches from the back of the truck)
Kwame is having trouble getting to sleep as Faizah drives, she splits off leading the Wanderer Trucks toward Nambula leaving the E.G. truck
Janet is driving the E.G. truck wearing a black and white uniform jacket, Kathy is sitting next to her, the radio goes off
“Truck 142. Come in, Truck 142. What is your status?”
Janet answers in her best gruff voice “Truck 142, here. We have located Kathy Vedichello and now have her in our possession.”
There’s no answer for a beat and Kathy looks up at Janet nervously
“Truck 142, proceed to the Inner City immediately. We will open Gate 6. Over.”
“Understood.” Janet puts down the radio talker bit “Gate 6? There are only 5 Gates in the Outer Wall.”
“On the opposite side of the Train Station is a secret Gate that the E.G. uses.”
“How do you know these things? I wouldn’t imagine that the Head of State would talk to you about government secrets.”
“I’m much more perceptive than he realized. I overheard things when he talks to someone named Hyde on the phone when I was younger. My freedom to move about my own home wasn’t as restricted when I was smaller.” Kathy looks out the window
MEANWHILE WITH THE WANDERERS, they roll up upon the damaged Outer Wall of Nambula, where B.G. are patrolling, one looks up and see’s robots being thrown out of the trucks, EXPLOSIONS IN THE THIRD SECTOR
INNER CITY
Hyde watches through his monitors as some newly awakened E.G. clones are fighting Annie, he clicks on some buttons and various E.G. groups within Nambula start heading toward the Third Sector
During the fight Annie pulls down hard on a cable and it unplugs from the machine Hyde is attached to and he comes clattering to the ground, Annie turns around
Hyde struggles to sit up “Whatever that was…plug it back in!”
Annie uses it to electrocute the E.G. she was finding
“Please! Plug it back in!”
“You’re dependent on that machine aren’t you? You literally cannot survive without it.”
“No. I think you pulled a power cable. My mechanical inner workings need electricity.”
“How about we make a deal? I’ll plug you back in if you reveal to the International Council that you exist and what the State has been secretly doing for all these years.”
Hyde smirks “You’d really think I’d sell out my master just so you can go back to yours?”
“You say that like yours has anything to offer. At least the Norsch Kingdom Royal family let’s me keep my legs.”Annie looks at the cable she’s holding “I wonder how long you’ll last without this.”
Hyde bites his lip
THE SKY IS STARTING TO BECOME LIGHTER, BUT IT’S CLOUDY
Janet puts on the E.G. helmet as they pull up to Gate 6, Kathy takes a deep breath, they drive through without much trouble
The Inner City looks barren and Kathy looks confused by this, they pull up to the Government manner
Some E.G.’s start walking up to the truck, Andrew leaps out and starts hacking away at bastards with his sword, the others pile out with guns and grenades, Kathy and Janet run up the stairs to go inside and Janet throws off her helmet and jacket
MEANWHILE IN ERIC’S OFFICE, Eric is pacing back and forth, the door opens and Kathy goes inside
Eric looks like a hot mess, but he smiles at seeing Kathy, “Kathy? My beautiful sister-“
Kathy reveals she’s modified her hand into a laser blaster “Do not come near me! And don’t even think you’re ever going to touch me again!”
“Silly girl, put that away. You’ll hurt yourself.” Eric steps closer
Kathy shoots him in the leg right near his groin “The only getting hurt is you! Now be quiet because I have some things to say.”
Janet is standing at the door with her gun at the ready
“All my life you’ve done nothing but control me. You decided how I was supposed to look, what I was to do, who I was to spend time with, you even used me for your own…disgusting…” Kathy starts crying, but she steels herself “But no more! As of this moment I’m going to be free of you.”
Eric’s eyes darken and lunges for her, she raises her arm but he grabs her mechanical arm and takes it off, Kathy is pushed to the ground and she rolls away from Eric trying to beat her with her own arm “You ungrateful bitch!”
Janet busts up in that scene and beats him in the face with her gun, grabs him by his hair and bashes him against his desk, as the IC all start to appear for the morning meeting Janet shoots Eric in the head, she looks up at the IC in horror then grabs Kathy who has grabbed her arm and runs out of the room
Everyone just sort of looks on at this madness
One of the Norsch Princes speaks up “Well, it seems the show ended before we could see it.”
Ganju president flips off Eric’s corpse “Humph! Good riddance to the bastard.”
“It seems that we should start discussing the territorial split of the Zanbari City State between us.”
Norsch King speaks “We still need proof of illegal doings for-“
Suddenly the screens fill up with files of pictures and documents detailing cloning shenanigans
“Ah. Shall we send in our aide?”
MEANWHILE WITH HYDE, Annie has a hand on the plug as Hyde sends the files to the International Council
“There. It’s done. Happy?”
“No quite.” Annie kisses him, he tries to push her away but falls asleep “I hadn’t given you a good night kiss.”
Annie jumps down and starts heading toward the exit
MEANWHILE IN THE HALL, Janet and Kathy stop so that Kathy can give Janet a hug
“Sorry if I ruined your big moment.” Janet rubs Kathy’s hair
“No. It doesn’t matter that it wasn’t me. He needed to be destroyed by someone.” Kathy squeezes Janet tighter
“At any rate we need to get out of here.”
Annie exits out the secret passage “Oh hello Ms. Vedichello.”
“Ms. Velvet?”
“Cottener actually. Annie Cottener.” Annie kneels down to kiss Kathy’s hand “It’s good to see you like this. You look so healthy compared to when we first met.”
Janet blinks “Wait, who is this?”
“All you need to know is that my employer sent me to destroy the Head of State. Though you seem to have saved me the trouble of doing it myself. I owe for that.” Annie looks down the hall “There are some Elite Guard vehicles in a garage down the hall to your right. I’d take advantage of that if I were you.”
Annie walks away and Janet takes Kathy’s hand
MEANWHILE ANGIE IS SETTING UP SOME RADIO EQUIPMENT WITH TORRID
“Are you sure this is a good idea?”
“People need to hear the good news don’t they? Besides this kind of thing runs in your blood.”
Angie grins and light comes on, Torrid signals for Angie to start talking
“Hello everyone! Welcome to the rebirth of Free Zanbari Radio! We’ve got a lot of exciting news today like the Head of State being dead! We’ve also been told that the International Council is sending people in helicopters down to help people. Please don’t resist them as they try to help. Unless they’re doing bad things to do then scream for help until someone does! And if they don’t, know that you have friends at Free Zanbari Radio.”
As Angie is talking images of the I.C. troops coming in to quell the fighting and break into the secret lab, Janet grabbed a motorcycle and Kathy is holding on to her, Healers are doing their thing, Michael looks up at the sky and his pupils dilate
“It’s also been really cloudy today and someone told me that maybe it’s because it’ll-“
THUNDER CRACK, DOWNPOUR
“Rain…”
End Part 12