Mare: Kindred of the Coldest Step Written and Created by Vember Judgement Chapter 4: Finale ------------- Pg1 Panel 1: A grand opening shot of Bianca attempting to stand, the entire front of her body covered and dripping with her own blood. She clutches her stomach with her arms. Panel 2: A shot of Bianca picking up the shears that was flung to the wall by Mee in the last issue. She is shivering, slowly losing her strength. Panel 3: A shot of Bianca wearily heading towards the toybox. Pg2 Panel 1: A frontal shot of Bianca sitting on the toybox, holding out the shears in front of her. Bianca: Daniel...Daniel, can you hear me? Panel 2: A quick shot of Bianca's face, as the glow covering the shears engulfs her face. Bianca: Daniel... Panel 3: A profile shot of Daniel's faded spirit suddenly appearing in front of Bianca. A huge chain is wrapped around his body. Daniel: (WB1) You! Bianca: (WB2) I'm dying Daniel...So I wanna make peace...between us...okay? Daniel: (WB3) You want what!? Look at what you let them do to me! (WB4) First you kill me, then because of you I'm trapped in those shears! How much more are you going to do to me!? Panel 4: A shot of Bianca sitting on the toybox, holding her hand over the stomach wound with her free hand. Daniel towers over her, looking surprised, eyes wide open. Bianca: (WB1) Daniel, listen...Voices...Told me to kill you...The voices were mares...(WB2) That mare you're with is manipulating you...(WB3) Making you kill when I know you don't really want to...We're both in...the same boat... Daniel: (WB4) Filthy liar! When I get free, I'm gonna- Pg3 Panel 1: A shot of Daniel's face getting close to Bianca's. Daniel: Wait a minute...Something inside me is saying that you're not lying...I can feel it....But if you're telling the truth...then- Panel 2: A shot of Daniel screaming, looking upward. Daniel: All those women I killed! All the anger that mare made me think about all these years! All for nothing! Panel 3: A facial shot of Bianca reaching out for Daniel with her bloody free hand. She's trying to smile. Daniel looks really pissed off. Daniel: (WB1) I can't believe all the evil I did...And all because I thought you killed me... Bianca: (WB2) You didn't know...You're just a victim of that mare like me, and Princess, and that girl the mare used to shoot me... Daniel: (WB3) I have to get revenge for all of us....But how- Panel 4: A shot of Bianca and Daniel reacting to the shears, as a ghostly face suddenly appears from it. Patsy: (WB1) If you truly wish to avenge yourself and everyone you murdered under the influence of that mare, you must possess her body...(WB2) Doing so will make her flesh solid and then she can be killed... Panel 5: A shot of Bianca putting the shears up to Daniel, as the ghostly image begins to dissipate. Bianca: (WB1) What...? Who? Daniel: (WB2) That's one of the people I killed...Her name's Patsy... Bianca: (WB3) ...Princess's mother. Pg4 Panel 1: A shot of the shears glowing very brightly in Bianca's hand, Patsy's ghost face is fading away. Patsy: You're free to do as you will, boy...Make right was has been wronged,  save my son and his friends...If you don't stop that mare and git rid of the evil inside, you'll suffer the wrath of Hell... Panel 2: A shot of the chains surrounding Daniel disappearing. He stands there bewildered. Daniel: ... Panel 3: A shot of Daniel's ghosts hands holding onto Bianca's cheeks. Bianca's eyes are half closed. She's barely holding herself up, shivering from weakness. Daniel: (WB1) Where's the mare!? Bianca: (WB2) She...They're all...in the basement...Gonna...kill...them...all... Daniel: (WB3) I'll save them...and get our revenge! Panel 4: A shot of Daniel phasing into the floor, half his body already through. He has a sad look on his face. Daniel: I'll make it right, Bianca...Then after I avenge us, maybe we can have the peace we deserve... Pg5 Panel 1: A half page shot of Bianca falling backward, about to die. Her eyes are closed as she drops the shears. Bianca: Not...your fault...Daniel...Not your... Panel 2: A dramatic half page shot of Bianca sprawled on top of the toybox, dead. Her back arches over the top of the box, as her hands touch the floor. Very sad panel. Pg6 Panel 1: An angled full bodied side shot of everyone in the basement. The mare hunters are lined up in front of a wall, with little Jenny pointing her gun in their direction. Back in her normal guise is Mee, who is leaning her back against Jenny's, looking at the floor. Mee: (WB1) Yeah, it all started right here...Too bad the hole is gone...(WB2) Never thought it'd ever go this far... Princess: What are you talking about? Panel 2: A sudden action shot of Princess reacting fearfully, as a bullets hits the wall next to him. Panel 3: A shot of Jenny continuing to point the gun forward, it's nozzle smoking. She looks really angry. Mee floats up behind her, holding Jenny's shoulders. Mee: (WB1) What, you think this is all a coincidence? This situation didn't just all happen you know. It was one great beautiful plan you squares almost ruined! Jenny: (WB2) <Don't move, cousin...> Panel 4: A full bodied shot of Mee crouched on the ground, rubbing it while     smiling. Mee: (WB1) So many years ago was when I found the two little ones in the hole that used to be here. So sad, so prone...I thought it would be great to see just how much further I could make them suffer! (WB2) So I started to talk to the little girl, making her believe she was hearing voices inside her head. It was so easy to do! Pg7 Panel 1: A profile shot of the three mare hunters staring at the wall with their hands in the air. Each one of them have a pissed-off look on their faces. Jenny stand's right behind them, the gun pointed in their direction. Mee: (WB1) After I had her kill Daniel, I waited a few years for his spirit to mature and then manipulated him into doing so much evil! (WB2) I made him believe that each and every human female he raped and killed was the girl who took his life! Panel 2: A half bodied frontal shot of Mee holding her arms out to illustrate her point. What she doesn't know is Daniel is floating down from the ceiling behind her. Mee: (WB1) With all the pure hatred growing inside his spirit, I had a source of energy greater than anything I could feed off your dreams! (WB2) Soon, after all that energy hits it's peak, I'll be able to- Panel 3: An action shot of Daniel grabbing Mee from behind, wrapping his arm around her throat. Daniel: (WB1) You monstrous bitch! Mee: (WB2) ! Panel 4: A quick shot of Jenny's face, as the aura over her face is fading. Her eyes are wide in shock. Jenny: Wh...What the Hell's go'n on? Panel 5: A shot of the mare hunters turned away from the wall they were facing. Princess snatches the gun from Jenny's hands. Richie: (WB1) Bianca somehow did it! She told him the truth and let him out of the shears! Donna: (WB2) Kinda close though don't you think!? Princess: (WB3) I'll take that! Jenny: (WB4) ? Pg8 Panel 1: Full bodied profile shot of Princess in front of Mee and Daniel, pointing at them with the gun excitedly. Mee struggles her best, but to no avail. Princess: (WB1) Possess her! Take her body so we can kill her and end this! Daniel: (WB2) Yeah! Panel 2: A shot of Richie and Donna pointing their guns, Richie holding his own and the one he snatched from Jenny. Jenny huddles close to Donna, rubbing her eyes. Donna looks sort of happy pointing her gun 'Gangsta style'. Donna: (WB1) Time ta off this bitch getto style! Richie: (WB2) I hear that! Jenny: (WB3) My head hurts... Panel 3: A shot of Daniel phasing his head into the back of Mee's, who's smiling sickly. A light flashes from his entering her body. Daniel: (WB1) You lied to me...You lied... Mee: (WB2) Hehehe... Panel 4: A sudden shot of Mee's body glowing brightly, as Daniel completely phases into Mee. Panel 5: A shot of Princess shielding his eyes from the bright light. Princess: (WB1) Remember what that mare journal says! (WB2) Wait 'till Daniel takes over her body, and when she stops glowing she'll be solid. Shoot her dead the second it happens! Pg9 Panel 1: An angled full bodied profile shot of Spirit Bianca floating down the kitchen stairwell, the shears hovering in back of her. Bianca: ... Panel 2: Frontal shot of Bianca standing in the kitchen, noticing her father has awoken in his chair, struggling to free himself in the left foreground. Olando: Bianca! Bianca, help your papi! Bianca, where are you!? Panel 3: A shot of Bianca's face close to Olando's, who doesn't see her there. Olando: (WB1) Damn it...I swear, I'm gonna kill those sick bastards...(WB2) Taking away my mami...(WB3) The only person who can make me feel good... Bianca: (WB3) That's all I ever was to you, huh? Your little pleasure doll? Panel 4: A shot of the bottle of alcohol on the table hovering a few inches off it. Olando see this with shock. Olando: What the f- Pg10 Panel 1: A shot of alcohol splashing Olando in the face. Olando: !? Panel 2: A sudden shot of the lighter Princess used to light Bianca's cigarette earlier hovering right in Olando's face, one of his eyes closed in pain (From the alcohol). Olando: The Hell's going on!? Panel 3: A shot from Olando's perspective, as he can see a light blurry image of Bianca in front of him. She is holding the lighter to the extreme foreground, the shears floating to her left. Bianca: None of this would have happened if it wasn't for you, papi. All of this started with what you did to me... Panel 4: A side shot of Olando backing his head up, as the lighter is lit. Bianca: You should have let me die the way I wanted. You'd still be alive. Olando: No! Pg11 A grand slash page. Olando's face lighting on fire in the background, as Bianca is in the foreground floating away sadly. Olando is jerking his head back in terrible pain. Pg12 Panel 1: A shot of the mare hunters covering their eyes from the light coming off of Mee. In the foreground is Princess, backing up. Donna: (WB1) How long is she gonna shine like that!? Princess: (WB2) The journal said that it was only supposed to last a few seconds! I don't know what's going on! Panel 2: A quick shot of Mee's hand held forward, as a red glow emanates from the palm. Panel 3: A quick shot of a small red aura surrounding Princess's throat. Princess: ! Panel 4: A shot of the mare hunters reacting, as Princess suddenly floats in the air, being held up by the aura around his throat. Princess: (WB1) Gack! Richie: (WB2) Princess! Donna: (WB3) !? Jenny: (WB4) !? Panel 5: A sudden shot of the rest of the mare hunters grabbing at their throats, red mists around them. Pg13 Panel 1: A shot of Mee's Thorn wings growing out of her back. Mee: It's nice to see, despite your best efforts- Panel 2: A grand full bodied shot of the new 'Fallen Angel' Mee inside the dissipating light, smiling and grasping one of her thorn wings happily. Mee: -that my plans have finally come to fruition! Panel 3: A floor-to-ceiling behind the back shot of Mee looking up at the mare hunters, who are being strangled. Princess: (WB1) ...W...What- Mee: (WB2) Oh? Want to know what's going on, do you? (WB3) I knew sooner or later Daniel would find out the truth...(WB4) Find out from some mare hunter that he could possess my body and get me killed... Pg14 Panel 1: A facial shot of Mee, rubbing a finger into her left cheek, 'Cutesy' style. Mee: (WB1) While I don't know how you all got the knowledge to become hunters, I'm very glad it turned out this way! (WB2) Thanks to you, I've now evolved! Panel 2: A frontal shot of Mee clutching her fists in front of her and striking a powerful pose, her red aura flashing wildly. Mee: (WB1) By Daniel attempting to possess me, I've absorbed all the power and hate I've been so kind to give him these last few years! (WB2) Because of that power, my essence has grown so much stronger! (WB3) Now that I'm beyond anything mare or otherwise, I can play with you humans any which way I want! Panel 3: A shot of Bianca standing in the basement doorway, looking surprised at what is transpiring. The shears float by her waist. Bianca: NO! Panel 4: A shot of Mee turning to look at Bianca off panel, the mare hunters strangling in the background. Mee: (WB1) My dear little girl, how you look so pretty as a ghost! (WB2) But don't be saddened by your new situation, you won't be haunting this place alone for very long! Bianca: (WB3) You monster! Pg15 Panel 1: A profile shot of Little Daniel's ghost arms reaching out of Mee's back. She looks surprised. Daniel: (WB1) Bianca...Help me...   Mee: (WB2) What!? Panel 2: An action shot of Bianca suddenly grabbing his hands, as Mee screams out in pain. Mee: No, don't take him out! I haven't absorbed his power completely! Panel 3: A shot of the mare hunters falling to the ground. Panel 4: A shot of Little Ghost Daniel leaving Mee's body and into Bianca's arms. Mee reacts angrily at this, looking over her shoulder at them. Daniel: (WB1) You...saved me...Bianca... Mee: (WB2) You little bastard, stay inside me! Stay inside me! Panel 5: A quick facial shot of Mee looking forward, her eyes bulging in fear. Mee: GASP! Pg16 Panel 1: A shot of Donna, Richie and Princess pointing their guns at Mee. Princess is already on his feet, Jenny holding his left hand with both of her own next to him. Donna and Richie is on their knees, holding their guns 'Gangsta' style. Donna: (WB1) Yeah bitch, wut now! Richie: (WB2) Time ta feel it. Panel 2: A gruesome action shot of Mee getting riddled with bullets, backing away from the mare hunters. Black blood spits out from her gunshot wounds. Panel 3: A frontal shot of Mee leaning against the wall behind her, as several mares pass through it, looking on angrily. Blood is all over her. The mare hunters are closing in on her. Panel 4: A profile shot of Mee grasping at her chest, as her fellow mares claw at her body. Mee: (WB1) Oh yeah, you all feel so swell, right!? The big bad hunters got their first kill...Ooooooo! (WB2) There are millions of my brothers and sisters out there in the cold shadows, and soon they'll be evolving just as I did! (WB3) You hunters gonna try and kill all of us!? Panel 5: A quick shot of Jenny snatching back the gun from Princess's hands. She is teary eyed. Pg17 Panel 1: An action shot of Jenny shooting a bullet right into Mee's forehead. Panel 2: A frontal shot of Jenny walking backward, holding the gun close to her chest while crying, as the Mare Hunters, Bianca and Daniel looking on angrily. Jenny: (WB1) You killed my daddy...You ruined my life and everybody else’s here...(WB2) If we have to kill every one of you to stop this from ever happen'n again, then you damn well better believe we will... Panel 3: A shot of Mee grabbing at her forehead, her body glowing brightly. Mee: (WB1) Darn, this really hurts...Don't...know where I'm going...But if it's Hell, I'll see you there, squares... Panel 4: A shot Mee's body disintegrating in a flash of light, Pg18 Panel 1: A full bodied shot of everyone in the basement. Richie is tending to Jenny, who is on her knees crying. Donna is letting the clip from her gun fall to the ground. Princess is facing Bianca and Daniel, holding the shears in his hands. Princess: (WB1) You guys did it...You stopped the mare...you saved us all... Bianca: (WB2) I...guess...I guess we did. Richie: (WB3) Shhh...It's okay, don't cry...It's all over, you know what I'm say'n? Jenny: (WB4) Daddy... Donna: (WB5) Damn that felt good...Gotta do that a few more times... Panel 2: A shot of Princess looking at Daniel in Bianca's arms. Daniel: (WB1) I'm sorry...for killing your- Princess: (WB2) You were under the influence of that mare, you didn't have control over what you were doing...(WB3) With this all over, your souls can be at rest and you'll be able to go to the other side now. Panel 3: A quick shot of smoke pouring through the top of the basement entrance. Princess (Off Panel): Smoke? Panel 4: A full bodied shot of everyone standing in the livingroom, noticing the fire screaming out of the kitchen door. It's setting the carpet on fire. Donna: (WB1) Aw come on, shit! Now we gonna lose this house too!? Princess: (WB2) Grab what you can from the house! The fire's too big to put out! Pg19 Panel 1: A quick shot of Princess grabbing the Mare Journal, placing the gun in his left pant pocket at the same time. Panel 2: A quick shot of Donna and Richie grabbing two large duffel bags from a closet. Panel 3: A quick cinematic shot of Princess opening the front door, letting everyone out. Panel 4: A grand cinematic behind the back shot of the mare hunters looking at the house, as Bianca and Daniel stay on the porch, looking at them. Fire rages behind them.   Donna: How'd the kitchen get set on fire? Panel 5: A shot of Bianca looking away, not noticing Daniel's beginning to evaporate in her arms. Bianca: (WB1) When I became a ghost, I went to the kitchen and burned my papi...burned him for all the pain he caused... Daniel: (WB2) I hear music... Princess (Off Panel): (WB3) You what!? Pg20 Panel 1: A shot of Princess looking on in shock, thumping the journal. Princess: (WB1) You don't know what you've done! (WB2) I read in the journal that ghosts can't kill a living being of their own free will! (WB3) For some reason it prevents them from ever going to the other side! Panel 2: A shot of Bianca backing away from Princess shocked, as Daniel's spirit is floating away from her arms. Princess: (WB1) The journal says you'll be trapped here on the living plane forever! Bianca: (WB2) What!? No! Panel 3: A shot of Bianca looking up at Daniel, who is disappearing into the air, looking happy. Bianca: (WB1) Don't go! Take me with you! Please take me with you... Panel 4: A cinematic overhead shot of Bianca looking up at Daniel disappearing. Ghostly tears fall down her face. Daniel: (WB1) I hear the angels singing! Can't you hear them, Bianca!? Bianca: (WB2) I can hear them, Daniel...but I only hear them crying... Pg21 Panel 1: A shot of Princess looking sad, his eyes tearing as he pushes Jenny away gently. Behind him, the other mare hunters have similar expressions. Princess: Donna...Get the car...we gotta go. Panel 2: A shot of Bianca kneeling on the porch floor, the fire raging behind her. She is slamming a fist against the floor. Bianca: (WB1) I'm not a bad girl! I was just getting papi back for all the evil he did to me! (WB2) I wanna go to Heaven! I wanna go to Heaven! Panel 3: A cinematic side shot of Princess holding out the shears and journal to Bianca, as she is sprawled on the floor, crying. Princess: (WB1) Listen...I don't know why you have to stay on earth now, and frankly it isn't fair...But you're going to have to cope with it. Otherwise, the mares will take advantage of you...That's why you have two choices... Bianca: (WB3) ... Panel 4: A shot of Princess placing the shears in Bianca's face. She looks at it sad and defeated. Princess: (WB1) You could either haunt this town and eventually become mare bait, or you can come with us. (WB2) You can live in the shear's hollows with the other ghosts that give it power...Help us hunt mares. Maybe down the line, I can find a way to help you leave this world... Panel 5: A shot of Bianca touching the shears while closing her eyes, a large blue glow flashing at the touch. Princess: ...So what's it going to be? Bianca: ... Panel 6: A quick, sudden flash, as Bianca is sucked into the mare shears. Pg22 Panel 1: A profile shot of Bianca laying on a gray grassy mound. She is sleeping. Panel 2: A shot of Bianca waking up, rubbing her ghost eyes. Panel 3: A grand shot of Bianca laying on the ground in the gray scenery of the Shear Hollows, as many ghosts surround her. The closest one is Patsy. Pg23 Panel 1: A shot of Bianca sitting up at staring at Patsy, who stands there with open arms. Patsy: (WB1) Welcome to the Shear Hollows, child. This is the place all the ghosts who empower the shears live. (WB2) While it's not Heaven, you'll find it's love here. Bianca: (WB2) You... Panel 2: A shot of Bianca crying, as Patsy is kneeling, putting her arms around her. Bianca: (WB1) I just wanted to get him back... Patsy: (WB2) Shhh...Don't cry child, that's all in the past. (WB3) The world is full of evil and unfortunately people like us has to pay for it... Panel 3: A grand shot of Patsy holding Bianca close while looking up at the gray sky, as all the other ghosts gather around them. Patsy: (WB1) But don't worry...My boy and all the other hunters in the world will usher in the future...(WB2) A future where the world's gonna know about them Mares...Then the suffering they're putting on humanity's shoulders will end for good. Pg24 Panel 1: A grand shot of everyone inside the 'Chariot'. In the front drivers side seat is Donna, holding onto the wheel, looking really blown. Next to her in the passenger side is Jenny, looking blank, dried tears and runny mascara dirtying her face. In the back seat is Princess and Richie, huddled close. Princess has his arms around Richie, who leans his head against his chest. Panel 2: A shot of Donna resting her arms on the steering wheel. Donna: I guess we on the run now. Police will be comb'n the town once they discover the bodies inside the house and at Hiung's. Wit us gone, you know what they gonna think... Panel 3: A shot of Princess rubbing his throat angrily. Princess: After the police gather all the evidence, they're gonna point finger us as the ones behind the mayhem. No way we can prove we didn’t. Panel 4: A frontal shot of Jenny sitting back in her seat, crying. Jenny: … Panel 5: A shot of Richie smiling sadly, his head low. Richie: (WB1) 'Pyromaniac Rapist Serial Killer Kidnappers on the Run!' (WB2) Betcha that will be the news headlines, yo... Pg26 Panel 1: A shot of Donna looking back from behind her seat. Donna: We got mad cash and pills inside the bags we took from the house. Where we gonna go now? Panel 2: A shot of Richie lifting his head. Richie: (WB1) Lets go hang with Uncle Jaime in NYC...He can hook us up with a place...(WB2) Maybe even help us set up shop after this shit blows over... Panel 3: A shot of Princess resting his head back, looking up at the ceiling. Princess: Well then...I guess that's where we're going... Panel 4: A side shot of Jenny looking at the fire through the window. She has stopped crying, though her eyes are still teary. She has her right hand on the window. Jenny: (WB1) So many of them out there now...looking right at us. (WB2) They're everywhere... Pg27 A cinematic final full page shot of the 'Chariot' pulling away from the house, as it is almost engulfed in flames. Watching them leave is seemingly hundreds of mares, in different forms and sizes, most looking their way. --- End of Kindred of the Coldest Step Epilogue... Pg28 (Epilogue takes place in the back yard behind the burning Valen's house.) Panel 1: A cinematic angled ground to head shot of Olando's ghost kneeling on the ground. He stares at his ghosts hands, bewildered. The house behind him is roaring in flames. Mare (Off Panel): So much pain you are in...I can give you great power, if you wish to possess it. Panel 2: A profile shot of Olando looking over at a mean-looking Ogre mare, who stands a few feet from him. Mare: (WB1) I can help you get revenge for what they did to you... (WB2) You'd like that, wouldn't you? Olando: (WB3) Revenge... Panel 3: A shot of Khail's right hand, clenched at his side. Khail: (WB1) It amazes me just how fast mares work... (WB2) He's barely been fresh from the body and you already want to play with him... Panel 4: A shot of the mare looking over his shoulder. Mare: (WB1) YOU!!! (WB2) You helped them didn't you!? (WB3) That would have be the only way they would have known to kill our sister! Pg29 Panel 1: A shot of the mare floating forward, his claws reaching for the kill. Mare: Damn you, you walking corpse!!! Panel 2: A profile shot of Khail's left palm, as a ghostly hand projects out of the palm. Khail: Damn me? Your kind have already done that… Panel 3: A shot of the ghost hand grasping onto the mare's throat. Khail: (WB1) You took those lost children too lightly... (WB2) Just as you all did with me so many years ago when I learned about your creed... Panel 4: An extreme behind the back shot of Khail holding up the mare, his throat braking under the vice-like grasp of the ghost hand. Khail: (WB1) Those children will be the last members of my new army. Along with the other chosen, the future of mares will finally see it's end... Pg30 Panel 1: A shot of the mare hitting the ground dead, in front of Khail's feet. Khail: (WB1) Go to Hell, with all your departed brothers and sisters. (WB2) I don't forgive your sins... Panel 2: A shot of Olando getting up from the ground, looking over at Khail leave. Half of Khail's face is in the extreme left foreground, looking over his shoulder at Olando. Khail is glowing purple energy. Olando: (WB1) Who...are you...What are you? Khail: (WB2) You'll be entering the Gates of Hell soon enough...The other damned will tell you there. Panel 3: A profile shot of Khail's face, a stone determined look on it. Khail: It's finally arrived...So many years, so many hardships and yet it has finally come to pass... Panel 4: A shot of Khail's Mare Shears strapped to his leather belt. Khail: (WB1) Heh...I can taste all your the fears, your anxieties... (WB2) It's nice to feel such sensations from you, knowing you mares are not accustomed to it. Panel 5: A shot of Khail's priest collar. Khail: I now have the power to end your reign over humanity, dream eaters... Pg31 A grand final full bodied frontal shot of Khail walking forward, the fire gutting the house completely through. There are several mares around him, looking mighty scared. Khail has his head up high, surrounded by a freaky amount of purple aura energy, feeding off the mares around him. Khail: ...And soon enough will that power engulf you all. End of Mare