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Sadly to say, this was my very first draft of the plot outline done on a computer. It's a little messy, and kinda wordy. It can also be hard to follow because of some of the notes placed inside, but those aren't too frequent. Hopefully, it will help you all read into my work, and see the progression I'm going through in writing this.
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My "hero" is a lower middle class guy living in a bad neighborhood. He and his g.f. had some problems and split up. They were in the process of rediscovering their love and working things out. He notices that there are a lot of corrupt cops and bad types in his neighborhood. One night, he goes to a bar in midtown, where a local purse snatcher gives him shit. He gives the guy shit back, and the guy back off.
The guy later jumps him with some friends. He is badly wounded, and wanders through the streets. He comes on a group of trendy yupsters who refuse to aid him and look at him, assuming he's a homeless vagrant. Finally, he gets to a hopsital. The cops are not helpful, and do not even pull out their notepads totake his report.
The day he is released from the hospital, he goes home only to find out his g.f. was raped and beaten the night before. He rushes to the hospital she's in, where she promptly dies from her injuries. the cops, again, offer little hope. The description of her assailant matches the description of the pursesnatcher who beat up my "hero."
At the funeral, none of their "friends" even make a showing, although a good number of them "text" my "hero" on his cell phone with brief, glib condolences and lame excuses. He begins to lose it.
His g.f is given a tiny almost unnoticeable blurb in one local paper on the third page of the Metro section.
My "hero" goes out and purchases something that will serve as a makeshift weapon. He tracks the purse snatcher down, only to discover that this man who lives on robbing others lives in an area of Sac near Midtown called the Fab 40s, which is a wealthy, quiet, prestigious area. He kills the pursesnatcher, leaving a calling card that I haev yet to decide upon (although I have a few ideas).
Because of the location, the media and cops start paying attention. In a news story, neighbors say what a good guy the victim was. The cops call it "the start of something bad."
My "hero", with a gun he found on the body of the pursesnatcher, begins to think about how he can really make a difference. He decides to target a pusher a good distance from his home to befuddle the cops, b/c serial killers tend to make their first kill near where they live.
He hits a drug dealer and four of his goons, although he only leaves his calling card on the dealer. The media makes no mention of the violence whatsoever.
Now he begins to wonder why he should go after only the most obvious and sleazy of criminals. He gains a moral purpose, and targets a rapist, murdering him just before he commits the act and leaving a calling card. The media pays close attention to this because it's obvious he is a serial killing vigilante.
The police set up an ambush, feeding the media stories of a serial rapist and his preferred target area, parking structures near malls. The "hero" waits in ambush. He attacks one cop as he is "raping" a "victim." The "victim" pulls a tazer and yells, "Freeze! Sac PD!"
The "hero" stops attacking the "rapist" and starts to run. He is hit by the tazer and drops. The "Rapist," a corrupt cop working for the cartel who supplies the dealer he had killed. The "rapist" walks up to the thriving "hero," drawing his gun and aiming for the head. He says, "This is for [insert dealer's name]."
The "victim," who is not a corrupt cop, knocks the "rapist" out and makes him miss his shot, only grazing the "hero's" arm deeply. The "victim" waits until the 'hero" is revived, then talks to him, telling him she is starting to notice the corruption, and offers him aid. She gives him a card and he bolts.
Now wounded and hunted, the "hero" breaks into someone's house. Here he meets a woman, and takes her "hostage." They begin to chat about who he is when she comes to realize that he's not such a bad guy. Here he makes another ally.
He explains his story.
In actuality, I'm going to begin the book with him breaking into the house. then do the stuff I just told you in flashback, and the move forward. In my formatting, I'm actually going to have newspaper articles I'm going to write which will serve as the occasionl segway.
At this point, a psycho who has been following the story and obsessing over it comes to think he's my "hero's" soul mate, and begins to commit copycat crimes. I will refer to him in this synopsis as copycat.
The order goes like this:
The copycat begins killing, looking to act much like the "hero." At first, eh sticks to the same targets as the "hero" has. Then they meet while going after the same serial rapist. They work together to take him out and agree to let one another do their own thing. They have a kinship at this point.
Copycat begins to lose it, and confronts the "hero" about him being weak and having too narrow a view of what is and is not worthy of death. He has begun to kill innocents. In one case, he kills a rapist, but only after watching the rapist rape his victim. He then kills the victim for being unclean.
The cops and media believe there is still only one killer. The police are after the "hero" and he is getting even worse press for the heinous crimes commited by the copycat. The "hero" begins to hunt the copycat, knowing that he has gone too far.
He manages to track down the copycat, and a struggle ensues. The criminal the copycat had been targeting tries to take them out, which allows the copycat to escape. The copycat begins to hunt the "hero," as well.
The copycat begins to target the "hero's" ally from the home invasion, viewing her as the source of the 'hero's" weakness. The copycat eventually hijacks a bus the ally is riding on. The ally and the "hero" have grown closer over shared meals and are beginning to fall for one another.
The media and the FBI jump on the story, thinking the "hero" is responsible. The "hero" manages to get onto the bus before the FBI show up. The copycat has loaded it with explosives, and pulls into a remote truck stop gas station. The FBI and media swarm.
The FBI send in a negotiator, while the "hero" tries to negotiate with the copycat. The media begins trying to negotiate for exclusive rights to the story. They begin to realize there were two killers.
A sniper shot from a corrupt Agent causes a struggle between "hero" and copycat. Hostages flee while "hero" keeps copycat from blowing bus. The negotiator tries to get on board, but the "hero" knocks him uot and throws him clear. The copycat gets a chance to blwo the bus b/c of the negotiator distracting the "hero."
Both are killed, but no hostages are harmed and the negotiator has only minor injuries. The media calls "hero" a hero.
Fin.