Time Lady of L.A. #12: Intro Page

Intro Page, 3 Panels- S.S. Martha Jones Panel 1: Cut to a shot of the command center to the S.S. Martha Jones located somewhere in deep space. A complicated control panel that operates the ship and the communication area can be seen in the background, along with a screen showing where the ship is in the vast cosmos located on the right side of the panel view. There's also a window on the left side showing stars and a section of an orange-yellow tinted planet near the ship. Seated in the proverbial captain's chair in the center of the shot is Deeliah, passed out with her head and her time travelig amulet gazing up to the sky. A bottle of booze slipping out of her hand and landing on the hard tile floor. As this goes on, the door is opened and we see her partner Montoya standing in the doorway. MONTOYA [to Deeliah]: Dee? Dee, are you up? We have the royal Torahss at-- Panel 2: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. As Deeliah snores loudly, we see Montoya walking in from the doorway, taking a curved rightward trajectory throught the communication area toward the command chair. For the first time, we can see her ensemble which is a mix of elegant and workman-like that befits her personality. Her eyes split between her partner and the reader respectively, displaying a sigh and a look of love. MONTOYA [chuckling]: I told her the Engelie would mess her up! Panel 3: Close-up on Montoya a few beats later. She stops a couple of steps away from the chair and fully addresses the audience with calm. A grin placed on her face as she speaks. A small section of the ship is still visible in the background, along with a portion of the chair and Deeliah on the left side of the panel view. MONTOYA [to the reader; Bubble 1]: Sorry about all this folks. We were on a small moon near Helio celebrating the Gaolif and...well, my dear Lo knows how to party with the best of them. Except when it comes to the Crystalika; few stomachs on the planet can handle that! MONTOYA [Cont.; Bubble 2]: Anyway, thanks to this, I think we can skip the usual extensive summary of what happened in favor of a smaller, more simpler set of bullet points. Giana and Amanda traveled back, along with their cute robot cat Feli9, to 1985 Cairo, Egypt to purchase a Christmas gift for her mother- an special Ankh bracelet from her youth. But things quickly turned south for our heroines, saved from certain arrest by a young woman named Mona (who may or may not be Giana's actual mother) and the people of the Free Tahrir movement. MONTOYA [Cont.; Bubble 3]: They got a quick history lesson between Free Tahrir and the group currently controlling the puppet strings at this time i the nation, the Eyes of Mubarak. Though obviously our two young heroines were more concerned with getting some sleep and heading home to their time, while making sure no one knows they're actually from the future. A reasonable belief, rooted in logic... MONTOYA [Cont.; Bubble 4]: Unfortunately, bombs aren't really logical. Not to mention the healing power Giana apparently has(Writer's Notes: Ooops, forgot to turn off the Spoiler Blocker!). Anyway, let's get back to where we left off last time and the big bombshell that was dropped in its wake.