UN Special Ops:  Giant Monster Division

By Casey Brockelman

(c) 2003 Casey Brockelman

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Panel 1: We are on a moderately maintained two lane highway in the middle of fairly flat grasslands, with occasional patches of forest around.  Riding on the highway are two people on beefed up motorcycles.  The cycles are futuristic looking, and fast, and armed with weaponry.  Some missiles stand at the ready near the foot pedals, and there are energy based weapons mounted on the front.  The riders are wearing a sleek armor with matching helmets.  Rider one is OFFICER WOZINSKI.  A woman.  Buxom and slim.  The helmet on her head makes it hard to make out her face, but what can be exposed reveals a very attractive female face.  Rider 2 is OFFICER McCRAIG.  A man.  Handsome and in good shape. Wozinski on her bike in the foreground seems preoccupied.  McCraig, in the background is looking at Wozinski with concern. We can see that there is a headset with a mic for communication in the helmets.

CAPTION:                                             BELIZE.

McCRAIG                                             WAKE UP, WOZINSKI, THE TARGET'S IN RANGE!

Panel 2:  Close on Wozinski's head.  She's looking forward with a sneery smirk. 

WOZINSKI:                                          I SEE 'IM. LOOKS LIKE A PUSHOVER TO ME.

WOZINSKI:                                          CAPTAIN.  WE'VE MET THE TARGET.  THE AIR TEAM CAN BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY.

Panel 3:  A futuristic helicopter thing, only without actual rotor blades is hovering in the sky.  It also has several missiles and weapons on it.  On the tail wing is a big blue UN.

BALLOON 1(SPEECH):                       THANK YOU, MS. WOZINSKI.  DON'T GET TOO CLOSE, AND REMEMBER YOUR BRIEFING.

BALLOON 2(BROADCAST):            WE'RE ON IT, SIR.

Panel 4:Large panel.  Inside of the hover ship looking from the back to the front. CAPTAIN MFUNE.  a dark black man wearing a black suit and tie and a communication headset is in a seat just behind the pilot area that is surrounded by small TV screens with a control station nearby.  There is only one pilot seat, and it is set up like a sports car seat, two joystick controls comfortably arranged where the pilot's hands rest.  In the foreground are three soldiers.  Wearing black jumpsuits with lots of pockets and snaps on them.  Belts with pouches and holders for interesting things attached to them, including a pistol holster with a spacey looking pistol in it.  Also wearing helmets that provide protection all over the head, except the face, with .    The soldiers are OFFICER IWAI, a medium framed Japanese man.  In good shape, he carries a fairly large ghostbustersie backpack with attached rifle length firing mechanism.  OFFICER GABRIL is a large framed Latino man.  While in good shape, there is a hint of a bit of a spare tire under the uniform.  Gabril  also has a back pack, but it looks more conventional.  Gabril has a wild looking automatic rifle.  OFFICER STEVENS is a Caucasian woman in good shape with a medic's cross on her helmet and shoulders.  She also has a variation of a backpack with a medic cross on it.  The three soldiers are preparing themselves for action. 

MFUNE:                                                MR. CHANCE, GET US INTO POSITION.

MFUNE:                                                IWAI, GABRIL, AND STEVENS.  GET READY TO JUMP ON MY MARK.

Panel 5:  View from about fifteen feet under the hover ship.  Iwai, Gabril and Stevens are jumping from a bay door at the back of the hovercraft.  No parachutes.

BALLOON FROM

HOVERSHIP:                                        NOW!

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Panel 1:  The pilot, CHASE, is looking over his shoulder.  He's a small framed black man in his twenties.

CHASE:                                                 CAPTAIN MFUNE.  IV'E GOT THE DIRECTOR ON LINE ONE.

MFUNE:                                                THANK YOU MR. CHASE.  PUT IT THROUGH.

Panel 2 :  Small panel, possibly inset on panel 3.  One of the small screens is lighting up with a face of a well groomed politician with a million dollar smile.  This is director Price.  Captain Mfune is looking at him with respect.

PRICE(BROADCAST):                       CAPTAIN MFUNE.  I HEAR YOU'VE GOT A LIVE ONE.  WHAT'S THE SKINNY?

Panel 3:  Larger panel.  Finally seeing what the target is.  It is a gigantic naked man, only at closer look, he is more of a reptilian monster.  An idea on how large the creature is:  A six foot tall man to him is like an inch tall man to us.  This is XIUHTECUHTLI, and he is an old Aztec god.  He's not wearing clothes, but his head has an odd crest upon it resembling  the headwear of the Aztecs.  Refer here http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/tm/Media/fig15z.jpg  for an image idea.  This is an interpretation of the beast in sculpture, and possibly a bad one, so the sky's the limit on how he actually looks.  We're going for something very alien.  He's naked, but let's use creative ways to cover the junk, eh?

MFUNE:                                                GOOD AFTERNOON, DIRECTOR PRICE.  WE'VE ACTUALLY JUST ENGAGED LORD XIUHTECUHTLI.   HE WAS THE AZTEC GOD OF FIRE.  HE'S RESURFASED AND HAS BEEN ATTACKING VILLAGES IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA.

Panel 4:  A ground shot looking up.  In the foreground, the two motorcyclists, Wozinski and McCraig are buzzing around the feet of the giant monster.  He is blasting the ground near them with beams of fire from his eyes.  In the sky above the monster we can see the hover ship, and maybe, but maybe not the three soldiers.  Though we might try, even if they are little dots.

BALLOON1(BROADCAST):             GOD OF FIRE?  SO DOES HE HAVE FIRE BREATH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

BALLOON2:                                         ACTUALLY, DIRECTOR, HE USES HIS EYES.  AND HE'S GIVING OUR DECOYS ON THE GROUND QUITE A SHOW.

Panel 5:  Wozinski is riding a wheele just out of shot of a fireball hitting the ground behind her.  McCraig is a safe distance looking at Woz with worry.

MCCRAIG:                                            JESUS, WOZ, YOU'RE  CUTTING IT AWFULLY CLOSE!

WOZINSKI:                                          THE AIR TEAM IS ABOUT TO LAND.  I WANT TO MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T NOTICE THEM.

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Panel 1:  Back to the air team:  Iwai, Gabril and Stevens seem to be in free fall very close to the monster's back.  They all have some kind of wavy field around them.

STEVENS:                                             HERE WE GO, BOYS!  REPULSOR FIELDS ON! 

GABRIL:                                                PREPARE FOR CONTACT!

Panel 2:  Close in on the air team's feet.  They are all about to land on the monster's skin.  All of the boots have large, razor sharp talons coming from them.  Iwai's feet in the foreground are just employing the talons.

SFX:                                                       K-CHAK!

Panel 3:  The members of the air team are landing on the back of the monster just at the shoulder blade.  Their talons all sink in to the skin, and they have cords with a large version of a triple hook at the end of it attached to their belts for stabilization.  Gabril already has his hook sunk in the skin of the monster, Stevens is just stabbing hers in, and Iwai is getting ready to hook his in.

SEVENS:                                                GOT IT!

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                NICE LANDING, AIR TEAM!  WHAT ARE HIS VITALS, PLEASE, MS. STEVENS?

Panel 4:  hanging freely from her grappling hook and talons, Stevens is consulting a device the size of a play station two against the skin of the beast.  A screen on the device is showing some kind of gobbledygook sci-fi readings.

STEVENS:                                             HE'S BIOORGANIC, CAPTAIN.  WARM BLOODED.  CHECKING SKIN THICKNESS NOW.  WOW.  NEARLY THREE METERS, AND WITH A DENSITY OF 13 GPM.  THAT'S A BIT HARDER THAN LEAD.  THERE IS A CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, CAPTAIN.

Panel 5:  Cut to Gabril hanging not so confidently from his rope and talons.  He is looking to Iwai as he speaks.

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                SO WE'RE GOING FOR THE SPINAL CORD.  GABRIL, CAN WE GET THROUGH THE SKIN? 

GABRIL:                                                IWAI'S PARTICLE BEAM CAN BE INTENSIFIED TO PROBABLY MAKE A NICE CLEAN HOLE TO THE SPINE.

Panel 6:  Back to Mfune in the hover ship.  He is speaking to the screen where Director Price is on his board of screens.  The rest of the screens have first person views for each person on the team.  I know it's like Aliens, but it's cool, damn it!

MFUNE:                                                DIRECTOR PRICE, IT'S BEEN SO GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU, BUT I MUST LET YOU GO.

PRICE(BROADCAST):                       I UNDERSTAND CAPTAIN.  GOLF FRIDAY?

MFUNE:                                                ABSOLUTELY.  OUT.

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Panel 1:  Back to Stevens.  She is still looking at the same device.  She has a look on her face of mild shock.

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                STEVENS, CAN YOU GET A BONE DENSITY READING?

SEVENS:                                                ALMOST THERE.   WOAH!  THE NUMBERS ARE OFF SCALE!  I DON'T THINK WE CAME EQUIPED TO GET THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

Panel 2:  Down on the ground with McCraig.  He is dodging a fireball.  Wozinski is zooming past it care free.

MCCRAIG:                                            CAPTAIN?  WE ARE ABOUT TEN MINUTES AWAY FROM BELMOPAN.  THIS GUY WILL UNLOAD ALL KINDS OF HELL IF WE CAN'T STOP HIM!

Panel 3:  Looking at Stevens again.  She's putting the device from earlier into a pouch at her belt.  Her eyebrows are furrowed in thought.

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                I'D LIKE SOME SUGGESTIONS, STEVENS!  WON'T THE VERTEBRAE  BE THINNER?

SEVENS:                                                WITH THIS DENSITY, IT WON'T MATTER.  WAIT...   CARTELEGE.  THE CARTELEGE BETWEEN THE VERTEBRAE WILL BE SOFTER.  BUT STILL NOT ENOUGH FOR THE PARTICLE BEAM.

Panel 4:  Looking at Gabril.  He's climbing up the skin with his talons and grappling hook to get closer to the base of the neck.

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                MR. GABRIL?  WHAT DO WE NEED?

GABRIL:                                                AN EXPLOSION.  THE CORES FROM OUR PHASE ACCELLERATORS OUGHT TO MAKE THE KILL.  I'D NEED A HOLE ABOUT SIXTEEN CENTIMETERS WIDE.

Panel 5:  Looking at Stevens as she climbs up the skin to the base of the neck. 

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                MS. STEVENS, PLEASE MARK A SPOT AT THE BASE OF THE NECK FOR MR. IWAI WHERE YOU ARE CERTAIN THERE WILL BE CARTELIGE.

Panel 6:  Looking at Iwai.  He is already at the base of the skin.  He has his pistol out and is pulling what looks like a long, thin battery out of the base of the grip-about where a clip would be on a semi-automatic pistol.

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                MR. IWAI.  MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO YOUR PARTICLE RIFLE.  YOU AND MS. STEVENS PULL THE CORES FROM YOUR PHASACS AND GIVE THEM TO MR. GABRIL.

Panel 7:  Stevens and Gabril have climbed up to where Iwai is.  Iwai is handing Gabril the battery from his pistol.  Stevens has hers out to give to Gabril.

STEVENS:                                             ONE THING, CAPTAIN.  A HOLE THAT BIG--THIS GUY'S GOING TO FEEL IT!

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                THEN, MR. GABRIL WILL HAVE TO HAVE HIS LITTLE BOMB READY FAST.  MARK YOUR SPOT, MS. STEVENS, AND CLEAR AWAY FROM THE TARGET.

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Panel 1:  Looking At Gabril.  He is welding three of the pistol batteries together side to side, making a triangle with a small hand held welding tool that is strapped to his belt.

GABRIL:                                                CAPTAIN, I'LL NEED A SHAFT OF SOME SORT TO GET THE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEEP ENOUGH TO REACH THE SPINAL COLUMN.  I WILL HAVE TO USE THE BATTERY CASING FROM MY SUIT.  BUT IT'LL KILL MY SUIT'S POWER.

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                NO.  YOU WILL NEED YOUR SUIT'S ENERGY TO USE YOUR REPULSOR FIELD TO GET AWAY.

Panel 2:  Close in on Gabril's face.  A serious look on his face.

GABRIL:                                                I CAN USE MY CLIMBING TALONS TO CLIMB DOWN ENOUGH.  AND JUST RIDE HIM DOWN WHEN HE'S DEAD.

Panel 3:  Close on Wozinski's face.  Also serious.

WOZ:                                                     FIVE MINUTES, CAPTAIN!

Panel 4:  Close on Mfune at his station.  Deep in thought.

MFUNE:                                                ...

Panel 5:  Gabril is reaching around to the top of his backpack.

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                MR. GABRIL, YOU HAVE THE GO AHEAD. 

GABRIL:                                                THANK YOU CAPTAIN.  PULLING BATTERIES NOW.  COMMUNICATION END ON MARK....

Panel 6:  Gabril is pulling a thin shaft from his backpack.  There are a couple more sticking up from the backpack in the same spot.

GABRIL:                                                MARK.

Panel 7:  Stevens is up with Iwai pointing to a spot on the back of the monster's neck.  The vertebrae will be slightly visible, and she will be pointing just below one.

STEVENS:                                             THIS IS THE SPOT, IWAI!  MAKE IT A NICE STRAIGHT HOLE, AND DO IT FAST!

IWAI:                                                     THANKS, STEVENS, NOW GET OUT OF HERE!

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Panel 1:Down on the ground, McCraig and Wozinski are still circling around just in front of the monster.  The figure of Stevens can be seen jumping from the back of the neck, arms out as if to fly.

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                MS. WOJOWSKI, MR. McCRAIG.  PREPARE TO USE FORCE IN ORDER TO DISTRACT THE TARGET FROM MR. IWAI'S POSITION.

WOZINSKI:                                          GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!

Panel 2:  Back to Iwai and Gabril.  Iwai is at a point where he is clawed in with his talons and grappling hook  comfortably holding the particle weapon to aim it at the point he was shown.  Gabril is using his welder to make a fairly long spear.  The battery casings from his backpack welded together with the triangle of cores from the pistols at one end.

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                GO, MR, IWAI!

IWAI:                                                     GABRIL'S STILL WORKING ON THE BOMB, CAPTAIN!

Panel 3:  Looking at Gabril still welding on his spear.

GABRIL:                                                HOLD ON IWAI.  I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE WELDS WILL HOLD.  ONCE YOU START CUTTING, I WILL ACTIVATE THE CORES TO OVERLOAD.  YOU'LL HAVE ABOUT TWENTY SECONDS TO GET THROUGH.

Panel 4:  Iwai pulling some lever on his particle weapon now ready to begin firing.

IWAI:                                                     I'LL GET THROUGH IN TEN!  READY?

Panel 5:  Gabril is pressing down on the three batteries, and they are lighting up.

GABRIL:                                                TWENTY SECONDS FROM...NOW!

SFX:                                                       mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Panel 6:  Iwai is opening up with the particle weapon.  A wild beam is coming from it hitting the skin with devastating results.

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Panel 1:  From the ground, the monster is leaning his head back in pain.  Wozinski and McCraig are zooming toward him.

MCCRAIG:                                            OH, MAN, HE DIDN'T LIKE THAT!  COME ON WOZ.  I EVER TELL YOU MY UNCLE FRED'S REMEDY FOR HEADACHE?

WOZINSKI:                                          NO.  WHAT WAS IT?

Panel 2:  McCraig is firing two missiles from the front of his cycle.  They are flying straight for the monster.

MCCRAIG:                                            HE'D STOMP ON MY FOOT!

Panel 3:  The missiles are hitting the monster in the foot with a fair explosion.

SFX:                                                       SBLAMM!

Panel 4:  The monster is lifting his foot a bit and shooting his eye beams at the ground again.  The beams are heading straight for Wojowski.

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                GOOD SHOW, MR. McCRAIG! 

MCCRAIG:                                            THANKS, CAP!  WOZ! NO!  LOOK OUT!

Panel 5: The fire beams are hitting just next to Wozinski's motorcycle.  She is losing control and flying off of it.  McCraig is speeding right for her.

MCCRAIG:                                            WOZ!

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Panel 1:  Wozinski is flying through the air.  Flames are beginning to engulf her.  McCraig is only feet away from her reaching his hand out for hers

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Panel 2:  A panel of only flames.

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Panel 3:  McCraig's bike zooming out of the fireball.  He has caught Wozinski somewhat awkwardly, but is steering straight with his other hand.

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                MR. MCCREE!  MS. WOZINSKI!  REPORT!

MCCRAIG:                                            WE'RE OKAY.  WOZ IS OUT COLD.  I'LL HAVE TO CLEAR OUT!

Panel 4:  Looking face on at Iwai as he continues to blast the hole into the skin of the monster.  Bits of flesh and blood are splattering up and hitting him.  Gabril is nearby finishing the welding of his makeshift spear.

TAILLESS(BROADCAST):                MR. IWAI.  REPORT.

IWAI:                                                     I'M TO THE CARTELIGE NOW.  I WILL STAY HERE AND TRY TO DEFEND GABRIL.

Panel 5:  Gabril is leaning up and cutting Iwai's grappling hook rope with his welder and pushing him off the monster.  Iwai is flailing his arms as he is pushed.

GABRIL:                                                THANKS, KID, BUT NO THANKS. GET CLEAR. 

IWAI:                                                     ???

Panel 6:  Iwai is activating his repulsor field and gliding away with an angry look on his face.

IWAI:                                                     DAMN IT, GABRIL!

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Panel 1:  Looking face-on at the monster as he is noticing the pain in his neck and reaching his hand around to the back of his neck.

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Panel 2:  Gabril is being grabbed up by the monster's giant thumb and forefinger.  He is wincing in pain.

GABRIL:                                                GYAHHH!

Panel 3:  Close on Gabril upside down being pulled off of the skin of the monster.  He is still holding his spear, and the end where the batteries are is starting to glow.  Gabril still in pain.  He is looking to the back of the neck with determination.

GABRIL:                                                NGH!  NGH!

Panel 4:  Small panel showing the hole in the back of the monster's neck.  Bloody and gaping.

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Panel 5:  Gabril, being pulled away throws the spear directly to the hole in the back of the monster's neck.

GABRIL:                                                FROM HELL'S HEART, YOU BIG BASTARD!!!

Panel 6:  The spear is hitting the hole in  the monster's neck dead on.

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Panel 1:  The monster has pulled Gabril around to look at him face to face.  The monster's face full of rage.

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Panel 2:  Side view of the monster's head as the bomb is exploding in the back of the his  neck.  Big nasty bloody explosion.  The monster's head is recoiling from the blast.  If Gabril is in the shot, he is still being held.

SFX:                                                       POOM!

Panel 3:  The monster is falling down face first onto the ground.  Gabril still in his hand.

Panel 4:  Back at Mfune's hover ship.  He is directing the pilot to fly to the ground.  In the windshield of the craft we can see the target hitting the ground stirring up a cloud of dust.

MFUNE:                                                MR. CHASE, SET US DOWN NEAR THE TARGET.

Panel 5: At the giant hand of the monster, Gabril is laying on the ground motionless.  Iwai, Stevens, McCraig, Wozinski and Mfune are all approaching him looking worried.

STEVENS:                                             GABRIL!  ARE YOU OKAY?  SAY SOMETHING!

IWAI:                                                     GABRIL. YOU GOT 'IM OLD MAN.  YOU GOT 'IM GOOD!

MFUNE:                                                MR. GABRIL, ARE YOU FIT ENOUGH TO WALK?

GABRIL(WEAK):                                NO.

Panel 6:  Close-up of Gabril's face.  His eyes are full of tears, and he is in great pain.

GABRIL(weak):                                    I THINK HE CRUSHED MY LEFT NUT..

Panel 7:  Final panel showing the reactions of Gabril's teammates.  They are as follows:  Stevens has a look of concern as a doctor.  Mfune remains stoic.  Wozinski making a "how childish" face.  McCraig is fighting a smile.  Iwai is laughing.

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