– "Blood and Silence"
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Panel 1
Scene: Dark city streets. Echo drives like a bat outta hell, following the sounds of chaos.
SFX: SCREEEECH!! (sharp turn)
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Panel 2
Scene: Echo stops the car near an abandoned warehouse. Gunfire echoes down the street.
SFX: BANG! BANG! RATATAT!!
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Panel 3
Scene: Echo crouches behind a dumpster, eyes locked on the warehouse.
Rena (thought bubble):
Follow the noise. Follow the blood.
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Panel 4
Scene: She moves silently, creeping closer like a ghost in the night.
SFX: TAP TAP TAP (soft footsteps)
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Panel 5
Scene: Through a broken window, Echo sees Joile pinned down, trading shots with armed dealers.
Joile (shouting):
Cover me!!
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Panel 6
Scene: Echo grips her axe tightly, her breathing calm.
Rena (thought bubble, dark smile):
Time to paint this place red.
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Panel 7
Scene: She bursts through a side entrance, axe swinging wide.
SFX: WHOOSH!
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Panel 8
Scene: Echo slashes the first criminal across the chest; he drops instantly.
SFX: THUD!
Criminal 1 (shocked, dying gasp):
W-what the—!?
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Panel 9
Scene: She dodges bullets like a blur, moves faster than they can aim.
SFX: PEW! PEW! (missed shots)
Narration:
Fast as lightning. Silent as death.
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Panel 10
Scene: She swings the axe, slicing another drug dealer across the throat.
SFX: SLASH!!
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Panel 11
Scene: Echo wipes out the last two criminals before they can even scream.
SFX: CRACK! (breaking neck)
SFX: THUNK! (axe hitting chest)
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Panel 12
Scene: All enemies dead. Echo breathes out calmly. No blood on her. No trace left behind.
Narration:
No fingerprints. No footprints. No evidence.
Just whispers.
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