The Boo-Ya! #5: Pages 17-18

Page 17, 5 Panels- "Goldmember," Moltrasio Italy Panel 1: Same setting/layout as the last panel of the previous page. A split second later, her train of thought is interrupted by a loud crackly bang that comes from the bottom left corner of the panel view. The Private's body immediately tenses up, ready for battle. Her gun swinging back into a firing formation at the same time, aimed at the direction of the sound. Panel 2: Cut to a shot of Nessa and PFC Moore a few beats later. She's now broken free from her energy chains, stretching her arms out to her side to form a line. You can see the discharge ripple out in a wave, knocking PFC Moore off her feet toward the metal railing of the yacht behind her. NESSA [excited growl]: GYAAAHHH! PFC MOORE [surprised]: The hell?! Panel 3: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. A couple of moments later, Cassie starts to come back to her feet. Her hand pressing against the metal bar to get back to a standing position. She watches as the Andalean looks up toward the sky with a relieved look on her face. PFC MOORE [Cont. to Nessa, groaning]: That's...impossible! NESSA [wide grin]: Says many a pleased lover. Now... Panel 4-5: Same setting/layout as the previous panel, in Panel 4. A split second later, Nessa finally notices the barrel of sushi sitting out of view off-panel. In Panel 5, she leaps out of view toward it after noticing another beam of energy descend on her position from Private Simms' Big Pun. The explosion behind her destroying more of the yacht and sending it skyward as well as PFC Moore overboard. NESSA [all business, Panel 4]: That's... SOUND EFFECT [in the explosion, Panel 5]: FWOOM! NESSA [Cont., Panel 5]: My flarking... Page 18, 6 Panels- "Goldmember," Moltrasio Italy Panel 1-2: A two-part set of panels that center around Nessa running in the direction of the barrel, ducking past the massive explosions emanating from the blasts of the Big Pun raining down from above. Each one she moves past without impact. In the next panel, we see more of the barrel appear in view from the right of the panel view as she comes to a sliding stop in front of it. You can see another blast behind her straightening the Andalean's posture at the same moment. NESSA [pissed growl, Panel 1]: SUSHI! Panel 3: A split second later, we see Nessa looking down into the barrel for a moment as the setting earns a brief reprieve from the blast. You can see, as this all goes, that the yacht is beginning to sink into the sea due to the force of these laser blasts. Though she doesn't notice all this going on at that moment. NESSA [echoing from within the barrel]: You meatbags better not have touched a single crumin in here, or I swear I'll pound your... Panel 4: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. Suddenly, an explosion engulfs the area, causing Nessa to run away while grabbing the barrel with her left hand. You can see from the nature of the blast that it's coming from the bottom up, which also denotes where it came from. There's also the faint sign of a dark beam shooting out from the center of the blast. Panel 5: Cut to Captain Matthews standing near the middle of the walk bridge leading out to the pier. She looks up skyward i the direction of Private Simms with a disconcerting look on her face. The Madam can be seen a few steps behind her, still unconscious and ensnared by the energy chains. CAPTAIN MATTHEWS [to Private Simms]: Simms! Get that gaudy-ass boomstick in check and let's go. Transport's coming in 10. PRIVATE SIMMS [through the comm, to Captain Matthews]: Aye Cap'n, but...that wasn't me. Panel 6: Back to a shot of Private Simms in the sky in the same area above the ship that she's been in for the past few pages. She looks over and follows the contrail of white smoke moving away from the scene. You can see the rear of what appears to be an escape ship moving out toward the horizon as she speaks. PRIVATE SIMMS [Cont., correcting]: It came from the same place I found that power flux. It looks like an escape craft of some kind. CAPTAIN MATTHEWS [through her comm]: The fourth alien? PRIVATE SIMMS [Bubble 2]: I suspect so, ma'am.