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The Boo-Ya! #4: Pages 7-8

Page 7, 4 Panels- Plane/ Milan, Italy Panel 1-4: A four-part set of panels that centered on the same type of shot of the person's face seated onboard the plane as they speak. We start in Panel 1 with Private Althea Simms, a wiry soldier dressed in the same type of armored get-up that the Captain is wearing with the screen pulled up to the top of her helmet. Her face looking like a mix of Viola Davis and a young Nichelle Nichols. In Panel 2, it moves to Lieutenant Linda Cortes, a bulkier soldier with thicker biceps and a face similar to that of Linda Hamilton. She is also dressed in the standard uniform of the C.A.T. Her screen pulled down like the Captain's, which is the same with the remaining pair of soldiers that are featured- Private First Class Cassie "Red" Moore (Panel 3, with a face that looks much like Carrie Fisher) and Private Ryan Flynn (the token male, Panel 4). CAPTION [next to her, Panel 1]: Private Althea Simms [34] Belgian, black, good with a sword Pun-Master extraordinaire. PRIVATE SIMMS [quick nod, to the Captain; Panel 1]: Always, Cap'n! CAPTION [next to her, Panel 2]: Lieutenant Linda Cortes [33] Spaniard with fists like granite PFC Moore's partner whose father is an actual ogre...don't ask! LIEUTENANT CORTES [wide smile; Panel 2]: Bring 'em on! I haven't been to Italy in years. LIEUTENANT CORTES [Cont., to PFC Moore; Panel 2, Bubble 2]: I think that was also the first time we met, wasn't it honey? CAPTION [next to her, Panel 3]: PFC Cassie "Red" Moore [29] Scottish sweetheart with a bit of a temper Escape artist/Munitions expert (perfect fit for Lt. Cortes) PFC MOORE [confident and loving, to Lt. Cortes; Panel 3]: Oh yeah! I was on holiday in Sicily when I saw you in the market. That auburn hair, your gorgeous blue eyes...I was hooked! CAPTION [next to her, Panel 4]: Private Ryan Flynn [19] Tech expert and diplomat on the team Also the "Token Male," which if it offends you...Google "Token Female" and get pissed off by that. PRIVATE FLYNN [with great gusto, screaming over top of her; Panel 4]: FUCKKK YEAHHH!! CAPTAIN MATTHEWS [Off-Panel, to Private Flynn; Panel 4]: Flynn! Page 8, 7 Panels- Plane, Milan Italy Panel 1: Cut to a shot of the good Captain a few beats after the action of the last panel of the previous page. She's glaring in the direction of the young Private sitting more than a half-dozen steps away from her, visible partially to the right of the panel view shirking away from his superior slightly out of fearful respect. You can see in the background between the two of them Lt. Cortes (flipping her screen down from the top of her helmet) and PFC Moore looking on as she speaks. CAPTAIN MATTHEWS [Cont.]: What the hell did I tell you about interrupting women? PRIVATE FLYNN [defeatingly, to Captain Matthews]: "Don't do it unless I have a death wish..." I know, Captain. I'm sorry! Panel 2: We move to a close-up of the Private's face. He looks up in the direction of his superior officer. His eyes and body language shifting toward a more apologetic and conciliatory tone. There's even a little flicker of a grin that comes across the left side of his face as he speaks. PRIVATE FLYNN [Cont.]: You--You know how excitable I get before a mission! Panel 3: Cut to PFC Moore next to him a second later. She looks over in the Private's direction. A smile and a glint of playful snark can be seen through her words as she speaks. The plane continuing the back half of its landing procedure at the same moment. PFC MOORE [chuckling, to Private Flynn]: I remember you blowing out everyone's eardrums--and nearly the mission--back in Balsas thanks to that "excitability." Panel 4-5: We go back to Private Flynn in a similar setting and layout that we saw in Panel 2. He looks back toward PFC in a more defensive tone, firing back over the details of the Balsas mission as he remembers them. As this goes on, in Panel 5, the setting around him starts to shake violently in concert with the large plane they're all riding in finally touching down at the airport. PRIVATE FLYNN [defensively, to PFC Moore; Panel 4]: That wasn't excitability, Red! I saw one of those creepy Wandering spiders on my console. PRIVATE FLYNN [Cont., scared; Panel 4, Bubble 2]: I can't help if it creeped me the hell out! PRIVATE SIMMS [playful interjection, Off-Panel; Panel 4]: Or made you scream like a-- SOUND EFFECT [Off-Panel, Panel 5]: BOOMM... Panel 6-7: A two-part set of panels centered on a wider shot of the ship, taking in the full team prepping themselves for the full stop of the plane that takes place in Panel 7. The only one standing is Capt. Matthews who stands in the middle of her team, tightly gripping the handle of what appears to be her weapon and holding a somewhat stable position on her feet. It's at Panel 7 that we start to see the other members of the Team start to unbuckle from their seats as she speaks. PILOT [from the speakers, Panel 7]: Sorry about the shaky landing, folks. But we have arrived in sunny Milan. It's 1445 and about 46 degrees. Happy hunting everyone... CAPTAIN MATTHEWS [grins, to herself; Panel 7]: Sounds like perfect football weather! CAPTAIN MATTHEWS [to the Team; Panel 7, Bubble 2]: Alright everyone, when we get outside--make sure your screens are set to NV.

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