Time Lady of L.A. #14: Pages 13-14

Page 13, 7 Panels- Sherif Basha/Cairo West Air Base, 1981 Cairo Egypt Panel 1: Cut to a shot from the other side of the crosswalk, moments after the action of the last panel of the previous page. Mona is closer to the foreground of the shot, charging in full stride with the sword unsheathed from its holster (though its energy aura around it has not been activated yet). Giana and Amanda, meanwhile, are three steps behind her trying to catch up, sidestepping past other pedestrians in front of them. Feli9 also is following this path, quickly running near Giana's feet. GIANA [yelling, to Mona]: Mona...MONA! Panel 2: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. A couple of seconds later, we see Mona be the first of the three to reach the other side of the crosswalk. Giana is a few feet behind her on the other half of the crosswalk with her robotic compatriot nearby. Amanda can be seen over the right of the panel view, not that far behind the semi-titular heroine. FELI9 [in robotic voice]: Temporal doorway detected 6 miles from our current position. AMANDA [pleasantly surprised]: Really? Nice... Panel 3: We move to a slight close-up on Amanda's face a split second later. The pleasant surprise that was somewhat visible on her face in the previous panel is now in full display here as she approaches the end of the crosswalk alongside her friend, Feli9 and the girl from the past. AMANDA [Cont.]: Yay angry outbursts! Panel 4: Same layout in terms of the character layout thta we saw in the previous panel, albeit with a different character's face that is visible here: a young Pilot Officer in the Egyptian Air Force. The uniform only barely visible around the bottom of the panel view. The background around them has switched to an interior with the same black tiled ceiling set-up indicative of a hallway, and the sound of footsteps hitting the floor off-panel. CAPTION: Cairo West Air Base, 30 minutes before Giana & Amanda's arrival into 1981 Panel 5-7: A three-part set of panels centered around the same hallway, which shows the rest of the section of the Cairo West Air Base that we're in at this particular moment. Each one connects to the same setting as the Pilot whose Air Force uniform is now in view as he runs, showing a mixture of doors and photographs hanging on the wall. At the left of the panel view, in Panel 7, we see the Pilot reach the end of his run near a three-quarters-closed door to an office. Page 14, 6 Panels- Air Chief Marshal's Office, Cairo West Air Base- 1981 Cairo Egypt Panel 1: Cut to a shot from the inside of the doorway looking on as the Pilot Officer reaches their destination. He's a little out of breath at this point. His uniform in full display in the center of the panel view, along with the firearm holstered to the left of him. The right side of his body leaning slightly against the railing of the doorway as he speaks. PILOT OFFICER [translated from Egyptian Arabic; to Air Chief Marshal]: Air Chief Marshal...sir... Panel 2: Cut to the front of the desk a split second later. We see the Air Chief Marshal, a short rugged looking man named Aamir, going over a stack of papers a couple of inches thick with great focus. The background behind him is littered with photographs of him from his younger years as well as artwork and a degree from Cairo University. AIR CHIEF MARSHAL [translated from Egyptian Arabic, distracted]: Yes? What is it, Officer? Panel 3: Same setting/layout as the page's first panel. The Pilot Officer has leaned back off the railing, and takes a single step forward inside the office. As was the case in that first panel, both edges of the panel show a little piece of the wallpaper and a coatrack inside the Air Force officer's office as he speaks. PILOT OFFICER [nervously, to Air Chief Marshal]: I...Well, th--there's someone on-base who wishes to speak with Vice President Mubarrak. Panel 4: Same setting/layout that we saw in Panel 2. The statement from the young Pilot Officer does nothing to stir any semblance of interest from the seasoned military man. His focus still placed squarely on the official base documents in front of him, moving from one page to another as he speaks. AIR CHIEF MARSHAL [dismissive]: Why in God's name would he want to do that? If they want to speak to the Vice President, they can get in touch with his secretary and make an appointment like everyone else. And if he doesn't like that, I'll be more than happy to chuck him back to wherever he came from. Panel 5: We cut back to the Pilot Officer in the same setting and layout that we saw in the first and third panels of the page. He timidly interjects in the command from his superior officer, rushing through the words in order to get them out. There's a little more of the other parts of the nicely furnished office, including a bookcase on the left of the panel view, that are seen on both sides of the panel view. You can also see a lighting fixture hanging up around the top area, glaring a bit of light downward. PILOT OFFICER [increasingly nervous]: Um, sir...I'm not sure that's a good idea. AIR CHIEF MARSHAL [a little more incensed; Off-Panel]: And why's that? PILOT OFFICER [Bubble 2]: Because...(throat clear) He didn't actually come in a car. Or any other type of automobile. AIR CHIEF MARSHAL [Off-Panel, Bubble 2]: Then where the hell did he come from?! Panel 6: Close-up on the Pilot Officer's face a couple of seconds later. He's stopped his forward movement in the middle ground area between the door (which is visible partially in the background over the young man's shoulder) and the Air Chief Marshal's desk (which is off-panel at this point). PILOT OFFICER [Cont., to Air Chief Marshal]: He came from...a portal.