Title: The Mighty Champion #03
Description: With powers come what?
True Believer - July 2, 2004 05:01 AM (GMT)
Character, related characters , story and basically anything in this comic © Fabiano Cruz 2003, All Rights Reserved. "Champion" created by Fabiano Cruz.
"With Great powers comes what?"
Written by Fabiano Cruz
ANY GIVEN STREET AT SUNNY VALLEY DAY.
SUNDAY 08:32AM.
THE IMAGE IS FROZEN.
We’re at a residential neighborhood of SUNNY VALLEY. As far as the eye can see are invariant houses with a cute garden in front of it on both sides of the street.
CHAMPION (voice over the image): “That’s it! I’m quitting this job!”
THE IMAGE IS NORMAL AGAIN.
MR. SMITH walks out of his BLUE HOUSE in his (painfully short) BLUE ROBE. He yawns and the pick up his PAPER that was near his PORCH.
MR. SMITH (intrigued): “What the crap?!”
MR. SMITH approaches his CAR (A beautiful blue BMW Z8).
MR. SMITH (placing his face really near the car): “Oh my god! What the crap is this?!”
There’s a tiny scratch on the car. It’s not much, really.
MR. SMITH (mad): “I knew it! I shouldn’t have let Timmy borrow the Car! (pause) Oh but he’s going to pay! Oh yes he will!”
SOMETHING, really far away in the sky is approaching us, MR SMITH doesn’t notice. He’s staring at the car.
MR. SMITH: “Thank God, It’s not too big! I wouldn’t know what to do if something would happen to my car...”
Out of the blue CHAMPION falls on top of the car smashing it. The beautiful blue BMW Z8 is a wrecked beyond recognition. MR SMITH is gaped.
CHAMPION: “I'm so going to kill that Mother Fucke--”
CHAMPION is hit a heat blast and the impact throws MR SMITH a few yards away.
THE IMAGE FREEZES WITH MR SMITH IN THE AIR.
CHAMPION (voice over the image): “See what I’m sayin’?”
INSERT OF A MATH TEST WITH A “D+”. OF DAKOTA SUMMERS AND LANCE WILSON.
CHAMPION: “Until like two weeks ago surviving High school was my main concern. (pause) It’s freaky how things can change in a second.”
INSERT THE BRINGER, THE PERNICIOUS DESTROYER AND THE D-MON.
CHAMPION: “Now I’m just SURVIVING is on the top of my list!”
THE IMAGE IS MOVING AGAIN.
CHAMPION gets up.
The BMW Z8 was completely destroyed. There’s a large blaze on the ground. CHAMP’S uniform is pretty burned too.
CHAMPION (staring at his clothes): “Thank God, I don’t have to pay for a Taylor...”
CHAMPION is hit again by the Heat Blast. THE IMAGE FREEZES AGAIN.
CHAMPION: “I’m starting to think that maybe I’m the wrong guy for the job! I should quit, yeah. It would be for the best!”
True Believer - July 2, 2004 05:02 AM (GMT)
HOSPITAL NIGHT
FRIDAY 11:56PM.
ADAM is astonished. MARLA POTTER stands next to them in the empty Waiting Room of the ER.
MARLA: “Hal is in a Coma, Adam. He was hurt by a super villain or something...”
ADAM: “But h-he’ll be okay, right?”
MARLA: “We don’t know yet Adam.”
SILENCE.
ADAM: “C-can I see him?”
MARLA: “Not right now, He’s under surgery. Adam I think you’ll better go ho--”
ADAM: “NO! (pause) I wanna stay.”
CUT TO:
ADAM is seated in one of the chairs staring at nowhere. There’s a couple near him.
CUT TO:
ADAM is still seated on the chair. The couple is no longer there.
CUT TO:
SATURDAY 08:01AM.
ADAM is in the very same position he was before. MARLA and JOEL are seated next to him.
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A DOCTOR enters in the living room. MARLA and JOEL get up. The DOCTOR approaches them.
MARLA: “So?”
DOCTOR (concerned): “He still in a coma but he’s stable now.”
ADAM: “When will he wake up?”
DOCTOR: “We don’t know yet, hopefully soon. (pause) The longer he stays in a coma the smaller are the possibilities of him waking up...”
ADAM presses his hands against his head.
JOEL: “Do you know if my son had any brain damage, Doc?”
SILENCE.
DOCTOR: “We don’t yet, but...”
ADAM: “But what?”
DOCTOR: “Hal had a major injure on his spine. The fifith and the sixth vertebrae were crushed when the monster fell over him.”
ADAM: “What are you saying?”
DOCTOR: “Hal is paralyzed. (pause, SILENCE) The chances of him walk again are really small.”
SILENCE. ADAM, JOEL and MARLA are stunned. SILENCE. The DOCTOR puts his hand on JOEL’S SHOULDER.
DOCTOR: “I’m sorry.”
SILENCE. ADAM sits down. SILENCE. MARLA starts to cry really hard.
MARLA: “Oh god! No! My baby! My baby!”
JOEL (hugging her, trying to be strong): “It’s okay, honey! You’ll see. Everything will be fine (failing) E-Everything will be fine...”
True Believer - July 2, 2004 05:03 AM (GMT)
GERI’S BAR NIGHT
FRIDAY 02:56AM.
HERBERT DONNER is seated at the counter in this dirty, poor lighted, dreadful, did I said Dirty? Well dirty bar. He finishes his whisky. The Bartender (that looks more like a thug out of some Batman Cartoon) stands in a darkened spot behind the counter.
HERBERT (drunk, to the bartender): “Hey. Whisky. Straight. Double.”
BARTENDER: “Money first, Chester!”
HERBERT (drunk, mad): “Herbert! The Name is Herbert!”
BARTENDER: “Does it look like I care, (pause) Chester?”
HERBERT (drunk): “I’m not going to ask it again! Whisky. Straight. Double.”
BARTENDER: “Money. First. Chester.”
HERBERT: “That’s it!”
HERBERT, clumsy, tries to pass to the other side of the counter. He manages to but ends up falling on his ass.
BARTENDER (grabbing CHES-- I mean HERBERT’S SHOULDER): “GET OUT OF HERE, NUMSKULL!”
HERBERT (drunk): “Just after I get my shot...”
BARTENDER: “GET OUT OF HERE NOW OR ELSE...”
HERBERT (drunk + confident = Bad Idea): “Or else what?”
OUTSIDE GERI’S BAR NIGHT
HERBERT is outside the GERI’S BAR. Drunk he tries to opens the door of his YELLOW VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT 1983.
HERBET is really bruised and has blood all over his shirt.
HERBERT opens the car, walks in.
HERBERT (screaming): “You only beaten me ‘cause I was drunk, bastard! If I was sober you’d see... Just wait up! I’m gonna come back and...”
HERBERT notices that the BARTENDER is standing outside the BAR.
HERBERT: “Oh Jesus!”
The CAR, quickly, moves away from the GERI’S BAR.
HERBERT: “Yeah Screw you, bastar--”
The CAR dies about twenty yards away from the BAR.
HERBERT: “Oh hell!”
INSIDE HERBERT’S CAR NIGHT
HERBERT is driving around.
Inside his car we see a bunch of boxes filled with clothes and dentist stuff.
SILENCE.
HERBERT turns on the radio. Is playin’ “All by Myself” from Sheryl Crow. HERBERT starts to cry, really hard.
Then he stops. Wipes the tears from his face.
SILENCE.
HERBERT: “Well, At least now my life can only get better!”
The CAR stops.
HERBERT realizes that it’s out of gas.
HERBERT: “Oh man!”
STREET/NIGHT
HERBERT is outside his car.
HERBERT (to himself): “I hate this world. It sucks. If I could I would change it and make it better... to me of course. If only I could...”
A meteor hits HERBERT’S car exploding. The guy was in the middle of the explosion. We can only see smoke and fire.
True Believer - July 2, 2004 05:03 AM (GMT)
IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL DAY
SATURDAY 2:15PM.
All the BODY GUARDS are unconscious THE RULER is holding MAYOR KEVIN HAYDEN in a ARMLOCK.
THE RULER (talking to a CAMERA): “I want one million dollars and five tanks! No, I mean I want Five million dollars and one tank! (thinks) Well, forget the tank. I want a Stealth Plane!”
MAYOR HAYDEN (scared): “Oh God! How did I get into this?!”
IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL DAY
SATURDAY 2:10PM.
MAYOR KEVIN HAYDEN is talking to the press in front of the CITY HALL. He’s well guarded about FIVE MUSCULAR BODY GUARDS are standing near him.
MAYOR HAYDEN: “...and Tombstone will be the safest prison in the north hemisph--”
THE RULER lands really fast behind the BODY GUARDS.
Before the first can even turn around he throws the poor man on the other side of the street.
The BODY GUARDS, really well trained, draw their GUNS.
THE RULER generates a Heat Wave making the GUNS unbelievably hot.
The BODY GUARDS drop their weapons.
HOSPITAL/WAITING ROOM-DAY
SATURDAY 2:03PM.
ADAM is talking on a PAYPHONE.
ADAM: “No, mom. I don’t know yet! (pause) Well see. (pause)K, bye.”
ADAM hangs up the PHONE and returns to his chair.
SILENCE.
He presses his hands against his face, crushed.
RAIN: “So what happened?”
ADAM looks up and sees RAIN HUDSON (she has a broken arm).
ADAM (stares at RAIN, confused): “Hey...I know you, right?”
RAIN: “Yeah. Chemistry.”
ADAM: “What?”
RAIN (seating next to ADAM): “We take Chemistry together.”
ADAM: “Oh yeah. Rain, right?”
RAIN: “Yeah. So what happened?”
ADAM takes a deep breath.
ADAM: “My best friend. He got hurt.”
SILENCE.
RAIN: “I’m sorry.”
ADAM: “What about you?”
RAIN: “Casey Hayden. Fast Car. Red Light. Crash, Bang.”
ADAM: “Oh, I’m so sorry.”
RAIN: “Don’t worry about it.”
ADAM: “So, are you going to sue him or something?”
RAIN chuckles.
RAIN: “What are you kidding?! Sue the Mayor’s son? Not gonna happen. My family can’t afford a good lawyer anyway.”
SILENCE. ADAM feels like bashing CASEY’S head. Now he has the means to do it. But something inside him tells him otherwise. Having a conscience licks balls.
ADAM: “You should talk to my mother. She’s a good lawyer mayb--”
RAIN: “Don’t bother, man. What’s the point? Doesn’t matter if the best lawyer in town decides to take my case for free, if Casey’s father has the judges on his pocket...”
SILENCE. RAIN gets up.
RAIN: “Thanks anyway. You’re a good guy, Adam.”
RAIN leaves.
SILENCE.
A NURSE enters in the WAITING ROOM.
NURSE: “OHMYGOD! Look what’s happening at the City Hall!!”
The NURSE changes the channel on a TV in the WAITING ROOM.
(IN THE TV)
MAYOR KEVIN HAYDEN is talking to the press in front of the CITY HALL. He’s well guarded about FIVE MUSCULAR BODY GUARDS are standing near him.
MAYOR HAYDEN: “...and Tombstone will be the safest prison in the north hemisph--”
THE RULER lands really fast behind the BODY GUARDS.
(BACK TO THE WAITING ROOM)
ADAM is no longer at the WAITING ROOM.
True Believer - July 2, 2004 05:04 AM (GMT)
IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL DAY
SATURDAY 2:15PM
All the BODY GUARDS are unconscious THE RULER is holding MAYOR KEVIN HAYDEN in a ARMLOCK.
THE RULER (talking to a CAMERA): “I want one million dollars and five tanks! No, I mean I want Five million dollars and one tank! (thinks) Well, forget the tank. I want a Stealth Plane!”
MAYOR HAYDEN (scared): “Oh God! How did I get into this?!”
Suddenly a something past by them really fast and when it leaves THE RULER is no longer there (All that we saw a Black and Green Blur).
SKY DAY
CHAMPION, flying, is grabbing THE RULER’S neck. Beneath them, really far away, we see SUNNY VALLEY.
CHAMPION: “You know, I’m no expert in law, but I can’t be legal what you were doing back there.”
THE RULER (sad): “You’re right! It was not! I’m sorry I didn’t know what I was doing. I’ll surrender!”
CHAMPION (surprised): “That Easy?! Cool! (thinks) Wait, are serious?!”
THE RULER: “OF COURSE NOT!”
CHAMPION (disappointed): “Well...could happen! (pause) So who are you anyway?”
THE RULER: “I am (LOUD) THE RULER!”
CHAMPION: “crap, man! Say it, don’t spray it!!”
THE RULER: “You asked, Chump!”
CHAMPION (mad): “Hey! I don’t like people messing with my name!”
THE RULER: “Yeah what you going to do?!”
CHAMPION let go of THE RULER that starts to fall.
THE RULER: “OHMYGOD!”
CHAMPION: “Yeah, bitch! Don’t mess with the Chump! I mean Champ!”
THE RULER (screaming, desperately): “IDONTWANNADIE! OHGOD! IDONTWANNADIE! OHGOD! IDONTWANNADIE! (THE RULER stops screaming) Wait, I can fly!”
THE RULER stops in the air.
CHAMPION (watching): “Not good!”
THE RULER charges and then hits CHAMPION with a heat blast.
CHAMPION: “AWWW! You’re going to pay!”
CHUMP, er, I mean, CHAMP blasts THE RULER with his GREEN ENERGY.
THE RULER falls in the middle of the GENERAL PETER HAYDEN PARK.
People scared starts to run away.
THE RULER: “That hurts!”
CHAMPION surprises the villains hitting him with a STEEL SLEDGE HAMMER (That breaks in the process).
THE RULER falls on the ground, stunned.
CHAMPION: “Had enough?”
THE RULER (in pain): “Just about.”
CHAMPION: “I knew it! You’re so MY BITCH! Say my name! Say my name!!”
THE RULER charges and hit CHAMP with a HEAT BLAST.
CHAMP is thrown against a tree.
THE RULER (Painfully standing up): “You’ve won this Battle, Chump! But not the war! You shall regret the day you interfere with, na na na naaa, THE RULER!”
THE RULER flies away.
CHAMPION (on the floor): “Gee, I have to get a more decent rogue gallery!”
True Believer - July 2, 2004 05:04 AM (GMT)
ADAM’S HOUSE/BEDROOM-NIGHT
SATURDAY 7:45PM.
ADAM (he has bruises from the earlier fight) is laying on the BED staring at the ceiling.
The TWO LEAD BOXES* are near a wall.
*CHECK “TMC” #1 & #2.
ADAM (Voice Over the Image): “I don’t know the first thing about being a hero! This HAS to be a MISTAKE!”
THE BRINGER: “Don’t be so hard on yourself, kid!”
ADAM jumps on the bed.
ADAM (scared): “Dude, don’t you know how to knock!”
THE BRINGER (lighting a cigarette): “Yeah, but it’s so funny to see you getting all scared!”
ADAM: “Haha! Very funny. (pause) What is it this time?”
THE BRINGER smokes the cigarette.
THE BRINGER: “Nothing much. (pause) Just thought you need to talk.”
ADAM: “I don’t.”
THE BRINGER: “You’re sure?”
ADAM: “Yeah!”
SILENCE.
THE BRINGER: “Want a cigarette kid?”
ADAM: “What?! Cigarette? I’m underage, you know?”
THE BRINGER: “What’s the problem?”
True Believer - July 2, 2004 05:05 AM (GMT)
ADAM: “Well, I don’t know but I’m guessing that my mom wouldn’t appreciate if she would walk into my room and find me smoking a cigarette while chatting with a GROWN MAN!”
THE BRINGER: “What would they do? Arrest me?! I’m dead for Christ’s sake.”
ADAM: “Oh, I didn’t know that. Sorry.”
THE BRINGER: “Don’t be. This wasn’t even my body. I just borrowed.”
ADAM: “Why didn’t you chose like a Hot Chick instead of this one?”
THE BRINGER: “Would it make a difference?”
ADAM: “Well, for one I might listen to what you say.”
THE BRINGER: “Haha! Very funny. (pause) So, are you sure you don’t want to talk about it?”
SILENCE.
ADAM thinks.
ADAM: “Why me? I mean. I’m sure there’s a bunch of people that are a lot better than me.”
THE BRINGER: “My bosses work through mysterious ways!”
SILENCE.
ADAM: “That’s it?”
THE BRINGER: “Yeah.”
ADAM: “Well, ain’t that about a bitch?!”
THE BRINGER: “What”
ADAM: “You didn’t answer my question!”
THE BRINGER: “I know.”
ADAM: “Why all of you mentors-type have to be so damn cryptic? Why can’t you just give a direct answer to a direct question?!”
THE BRINGER: “‘Cause that would be no fun!”
SILENCE.
ADAM: “I hate you, dude!”
HOSPITAL-NIGHT
SATURDAY 7:45PM.
MARLA and JOEL are watching their son in the silent HOSPITAL’S BEDROOM.
RAIN’S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM-NIGHT
RAIN is walking towards the Kitchen. That seems like a major effort to her right now.
ARCADE-NIGHT
CASEY, BRANDI, LANCE and KELLY are near a PINBALL MACHINE in the crowded ARCADE.
CASEY (still with the broken jaw): “No...way...My...dad...has...my... (stops, rests) back...”
LANCE: “I hear ya, man! crap that hippie bitch! So what is the light was red?! I still think she was WRONG!”
True Believer - July 2, 2004 05:05 AM (GMT)
INT ADAM’S HOUSE/KITCHEN DAY
SUNDAY 08:26AM.
ADAM is alone in the kitchen. He’s eating cerials.
SILENCE.
Everyone else in the house is asleep. As should everybody at SUNDAY 08:26AM.
SILENCE.
ADAM finishes him breakfast.
ADAM’S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM DAY
ADAM enters in the living room seats on the COUCH that is in front of a BIG SCREEN TV. ADAM picks the remote and turns on the TV.
HEATHER BARTON (IN THE TV): “...and the villain known as The RULER is robbing his THIRD bank today. So far there was no casualties!”
ADAM: “Do heroes work on Sundays too?”
ADAM concentrates and the GREEN LUSTER surrounds his body turning his CLOTHES into the COSTUME. CHAMPION is still seated on the couch. Lazily, he stands up opens the window and leaves in high speed. We only see the GREEN and BLACK BLUR.
FRONT OF SUNNY VALLEY’S FIRST BANK DAY.
SUNDAY 08:28PM
THE RULER is walking out, through a whole in the wall, carrying a few bags of money.
The Police is already at the scene. A SWAT TEAM arrives there.
POLICE OFFICER: “Weird-looking-fellow, cease your criminal activities or we’ll have to open fire!”
THE RULER (fearless): “Your bullets shall not harm, na na na naaa, THE RULER!”
The POLICEMEN open fire. The Bullets doesn’t seem to have any effect on THE RULER.
THE RULER: “Okay, you asked for it!”
THE RULER charges then he hits the POLICEMEN, but in the process all the money he was carrying is burned.
THE RULER: “My money! My precious money!”
CHAMPION: “Dude, you’re even more pathetic than the Red Dragon!” Imbecile
THE RULER: “I believe his name was The Pernicious Destroyer!”
CHAMPION: “Does it look like I care?”
INSERT OF THE GERI’S BAR.
BARTENDER: “Does it look like I care, Chester?”
THE RULER is incredibly mad. He CHARGES and then hits CHAMP with a MIGHTY Heat wave.
CHAMP is thrown away in the air.
ANY GIVEN STREET AT SUNNY VALLEY DAY.
SUNDAY 08:33AM.
SOMETHING, really far away in the sky is approaching us, MR SMITH doesn’t notice. He’s staring at the car.
MR. SMITH: “Thank God, It’s not too big! I wouldn’t know what to do if something would happen to my car...”
Out of the blue CHAMPION falls on top of the car smashing it. The beautiful blue BMW Z8 is a wrecked beyond recognition. MR SMITH is gaped.
CHAMPION: “CHAMPION (voice over the image): “That’s it! I’m quitting this job!”
HOSPITAL – DAY
SUNDAY 08:33AM.
A doctor is checking RAIN’S X-RAY while she waits worried.
ANY GIVEN STREET AT SUNNY VALLEY DAY.
THE RULER lands in front of CHAMPION just to be blasted by the GREEN ENERGY. THE RULER is thrown a few yards back.
CHAMPION runs in superspeed towards THE RULER and hit him tem times in a row leaving the villain stunned.
THE RULER (weakened): “I’m...going...to...”
CHAMPION hits THE RULER with a jab making the villain fall unconscious on the street.
THE IMAGE FREEZES.
CHAMPION (voice over image): “That’s about everything I know about being a hero. Kicking evil doers’ asses. Don’t get me wrong it’s fun and all but it feels like...I don’t know and I don’t care. The next time The Bringer appears, I’m telling him that I’m done. Not matter what are the consequences...”
THE IMAGE IS NORMAL AGAIN.
We see some POLICE CARS entering in the street.
TOMBSTONE DAY
WEDNESDAY 3:18PM.
A GUARD (Wearing stylish BODY ARMOR and a MACE) locks THE RULERS CELL.
GUARD: “...those are the prisons rules, freak! My rules are: You get out of line, you’re dead Meat!”
THE RULER sits down (he’s wearing two high tech bracelets).
THE RULER (sad, to himself): “I just wanted to have a cool life...”
HOSPITAL-WAITING ROOM/DAY
SUNDAY 08:59AM.
ADAM enters in the WAITING ROOM. MARLA is there awaiting for him.
ADAM: “How is him?”
MARLA (smiling): “He woke up!”
ADAM starts to jump and celebrate in awe.
ADAM: “I knew it! Hal wouldn’t die on me! YEAH!”
MARLA just observes the boy.
ADAM: “So can I see him?”
MARLA: “Not right now. He’s asleep.”
ADAM: “Ok. Ok. So, did he...”
MARLA: “He’s fine, Adam. He recognized us all. He asked about you?”
ADAM: “He did?! God, this is such a relief. The past two days were like...”
MARLA: “Two weeks?”
ADAM: “Yeah. (pause) I have to go call my mom and give her the good news!”
MARLA: “Oh, Adam, don’t bother your mom. It’s so ear--”
ADAM: “It’s not a problem. She would kill me if I didn’t.”
MARLA (smiles): “Ok.”
ADAM turns and heads for the PAYPHONE. He picks a few coins in his pocket.
RAIN approaches ADAM.
ADAM: “Hey, Rain. What’s up?”
RAIN: “Not good.”
ADAM (concerned): “Why? What happened?”
RAIN looks at her arm.
RAIN: “My bone was pretty messed up. I’m gonna have to go into surgery.”
ADAM: “I’m so sorry, Rain.”
RAIN (chuckles nervously): “That’s not even the bad news. (pause) The operation is really expensive... My mom and I can’t afford it...”
ADAM stares at nowhere for a second.
INSIDE CASEY HAYDEN’S ROOM-DAY
SUNDAY 09:13AM.
CASEY is asleep. Someone slaps him in the face. He wakes up and sees CHAMPION standing next to his bed.
CASEY (mad): “What...the...crap?”
CHAMPION scowls and then grabs CASEY’S BROKEN JAW.
CHAMPION: “You’ll better listen to me now! You hurt someone now you’ll better take responsibility for it!”
CASEY: “MMMFTH!”
CHAMPION: “Your father will pay for the girl’s whole treatment, you got that? Your father will even pay for a plastic surgery to remove the scar from the operation! Got that?”
CASEY, scared, nods positively.
CHAMPION: “You’ll better not try to fool me!”
CHAMP presses the jaw even harder as he says that.
CASEY (a tear starts falling from his eyes): “MMGGHXT!”
CHAMP let go of him and the leaves through the open window.
SKY DAY
CHAMPION is flying smoothly. He seems more confident.
CHAMPION (voice over image): “Gee, I feel just like any character in the end of some random movie of the week. Maybe being a hero is not just fighting villains... Man, I think everything will be so much easier from now own...”
HOSPITAL-DAY
SUNDAY 09:13AM.
HAL is on his bed watching TV.
HEATHER BARTON (ON THE TV): “...and one more time our Champion saved the day as he stop The Ruler from...”
The TV shows an image of CHAMPION.
HAL, clearly upset, stares at the TV.
HAL: “You’re dead, Chump! You’re so dead!”
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