I Am The Night (Scene 14)

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(The next day, we open up again to JIAB and his cronies all around a table. He approaches them, his hunched appearance horrifying to those who have only heard of him, but never witnessed him in person. His intimidating figure cuts a scary pose, as he walks towards his seat, consumed in his own wellbeing, he gets his powder box out and starts dabbing his face very gently with the powder that keeps it moisturised. He slowly puts it back in the box, dabbing his hands and lower arms methodically, everyone just watching on waiting for him to say something. His curly, bleached long hair is stringy and out of control; parts of his fringe are meeting his left eye, other parts tucked around his ear, the one he has anyway. In a pleasantly lit up room, where a deserted kitchen is in the background, giving off the impression of an old cafeteria, he decides to notice everyone. He smiles sadistically and sits on the end of the table, scratches from pupils of the old deserted and dilapidated school. He places one hand on the table, sitting on it facing his cronies and business partners on the other end.)2

JIAB: I remember, many years ago, when I was just like you lot, how hard it was to climb the ladder and get the respect I needed to earn. (He looks at them all.) Sometimes I wonder if it’s been all too easy this second time around. How right I was huh?3

Assosiate#1: Are you talking about that novelty act?4

JIAB: He needs to be stopped people. (Starts playing with one of his fingerless gloves)5

Assosiate#1: He’s wiping us off the map with the judiciary system. All the judges are going clean after what happened to ‘Fat Friedrich.’ How do you suggest we stop him Jack?6

JIAB: (Wipes the remnants of his nose with the palm of his hand, some powder like dust springs into the air, JIAB turns his attention to the question finally.) We find this Green thing that’s destroying our plans, putting our guys away and I slit his throat. We kill him and then we have no more opposition. The police (He smiles sadistically) aren’t even in the equation. We own half of them. (Scoffs at the worries)7

Associate#2: Kryzios won’t let you get away with it all ya’ know.8

JIAB: Kryzios? Accumulation! Accumulation! I’ll show the world my vision. Let’s introduce some panic. I guarantee when the shit hits the fan and it all starts to fly, when people have no one to blame, watch the body bags start to pile up. (He starts laughing to himself.) It’s all gonna’ be fun from here!9

(As the screen turns to a dockyard that JIAB has obviously taken over as he aggressively expanded his power throughout the city, illegal immigrants who work for one of his partners have started to unload huge brown crates of something from a speedboat, trading with the Vietnamese drug dealers some of the product that has been made in the warehouses. This is a regular pastime in Metropolis; drugs are sold cheap with almost every single type full of poisonous chemicals that will kill the taker within months, or weeks. The streets are flooded with the stuff and half of the dealers are the very people who should be trying to prevent it from ever going near them. We watch the end of the trade between the two parties beneath a bridge near the dockyards, watching car-pods go by and people walk on, not even contemplating to report what’s going on. The sky is a burgundy red, the sunset going down very slowly and the red glow infecting everywhere in the city, making it look bright and young, rather than the decrepit mega-city of humanity that it really is.10

A couple of days after he busted a big gang and persuaded Kryzios to become an ally and a judge to become a man of law again; Jilly wakes John up. He’d left his door open to his apartment and it’s been left untidy and messy for the last week or so, his escapades during the day and night are proving to be taking a small toll on him. He’s half naked, the covers twisted around his legs, the pillows have gone flying, somewhere on the floor, amongst all the old newspapers and glasses left on the floor. She walks over to the curtains near his bedroom and opens them, the sun flashing in and he stirs, wriggling about aggressively, trying to avoid his eyes contacting the sun. She gets down on one knee and starts collecting all the rubbish around his bed, stuffing them in a black bin bag, held by a robot cleaner called ‘K-Clean’, a medium sized robot which can speak but most of the time chooses not to. It hovers about to travel and doesn’t have an ‘on’ or ‘off’ switch, once its activated it stays like that unless you order a elimination service from the company, who basically kill it off. She smiles and hands him a glass of vitamin shake. Her hair is wavy today, blonde highlights at the fringe and through to the back of her hair. Diamond earrings and a necklace made out of sea-shells and such. A red low cut top, with a black skirt, black tights on underneath.)11

Jilly: Did you not realise Mr Creed that you were supposed to have gone to one of you final exams? 12

John: Hmmm? (Wiping the dribble off his face, battering his eyelids)13

Jilly: (Muttering to herself.) Sooo unattractive. 14

John: I had an exam today? (Looks at his digital watch.) What day is it anyway?15

Jilly: Wednesday. You had the History paper.16

John: I’ll get dressed in a minute and go up there, tell them why I didn’t attend.17

Jilly: Yeah, I’m sure saying something along the lines of ‘I fell asleep after a late night of partying, I’ve done no revision and I’m late for my exam, can I still do it?’ I suppose that will really make you popular. They’re running out of patience with you John. (She hands him the glass, he slurps from it and as he sits up, out of the covers and looks around, downs the drink as well and some of it dribbles down his chin.) I see you’ve also lost the ability to drink like a human being as well.18

John: God, you’ve got a moaning head on haven’t you? (He ruffles his hair for a minute.) Whats that? (He points at ‘K-Clean’ in a caveman sort of way.) What is it doing with my rubbish? (He looks around his apartment and realises that she’s cleaning the place.)19

Jilly: That’s ‘K-Clean’, it’s a housekeeping robot, just does the basics like cleaning up and stuff.20

John: I suppose the name gives it away. So what shall I do then?21

Jilly: Don’t worry about the final exam. I’ve phoned them up and got them to move it next week…22

John: You’re an angel Jilly. What would I do without you? (He cups her cheeks with both hands and he starts thinking about kissing her, but soon that thought vanishes when sje wriggles out of his grasp and starts telling him off.)23

Jilly: You wouldn’t go far that’s for sure. Lock your door as well next time you decide to go out and spend your sister’s money John. (He looks shocked at what she’s saying.) What’s got into you lately John? If one minute you’re a total recluse then the next you’re being a total playboy frittering money away for the wrong reasons.24

John: Right, stop there Jilly. (He gets up and stands in front of her, in his tight white boxers.) firstly, you have the wrong idea about me, secondly it’s none of your business what I do with the money she left me or what I do with the payouts I’m getting. So don’t start trying to mother me or tell me what to do Jilly because I’m telling you now, it’s not going to happen. (He speaks to her really firmly.)25

Jilly: I didn’t come here for an argument. I just came to see how you were that’s all. I feel like we’ve grown apart that’s all. (She looks down a little and he holds her chin up with his thumb gently pushing her lips towards his. She gets onto her tiptoes, urging him to carry on. She pushes against him at the same time as he pushes her backwards against a door. They knock the switch for the garage which is downstairs, below the apartment and he can hear the door next to the bathroom start to slide open.) What’s that? (She says as she tries to kiss a distracted John’s chin.)26

John: (Forces her away a little, making her content with holding his hand.) You want to know what I’ve been spending my money on Jilly?27

Jilly: Well is it in the garage? Is it a car? (She shrugs, not sure where this is all going.) I wasn’t that bothered, I was just making a point.28

John: Come on. (He drags her by the hand towards the door near the bathroom and they walk down the dark, steep stairs. As the camera opens up again in the garage, we see him turn the switch on for all the lights and we watch in amazement as one by one the lights go on but we also see all his gear that he uses as Green Lightning. The missiles, all colour coded and all in order are hung on the wall, with sharp metal grapplers holding them in place, thousands of the missiles stretch across two-thirds of the garage walls. Next we see the hoverboard, with its strap attached to it as well. Three sabres all lined up, all in their boxed form on a table. Four pairs of gloves. The face of Jilly is one of jaw dropping.)29

This is where all the money is going. 30

Jilly: What…wha…I don’t understand John. (She looks around the place in marvel; she notices that Kelly’s car is actually still in the garage. An expression of sadness scrawls over her face as she looks at John, who doesn’t understand her reaction and what she once saw, this innocence and maturity in a young adult, she now see’s violence and darkness.) What is all this John? Why?31

John: (Still standing at the bottom of the stairs, observing Jilly look around the garage.) This is what I am Jilly. 32

Jilly: (Turning around to him.) All I see is violence… 33

John: No Jilly, (He goes towards Jilly, his hand going between her hair, he looks at her and tries to convince her.) what you see here… that’s just a small part of me. Who you’re talking to now; is me. (Jilly gets a newspaper she had picked up earlier and put in her handbag and pushes it in his face. Along the front page and most of the first ten pages it shows stories and witness accounts about Green Lightning.) Green Lightning is a different part of me Jilly…34

Jilly: You’ve been blessed with special powers John. I hoped you would have used them for good. 35

John: I am! (Pleading) I’m not a vigilante; I just want to confront this powder wearing murdering scumbag who killed my sister.36

Jilly: You are a vigilante John. Even the newspapers are saying so. The public are as scared of you as I am right now.37

John: I don’t care about them! 38

Jilly: (Angrily) well you should! I don’t like what you’ve become. If you were thinking I would be impressed or something then you’re so wrong! Yeah this city needs cleaning up but it doesn’t need someone who has an angry, violent, persona to do it! (She moves away from him, disgusted.)39

John: This part of me doesn’t consume me Jilly. It doesn’t make me any different to who you know right now. 40

Jilly: It actually really does! The John I knew didn’t have a missile collection that would have made the third world war seem insignificant…41

John: You don’t understand. My sister died. I’m over grieving, but I have to move on. The only way to move on is to sweep away all the filth that was connected to her death. Afterwards, I’m done. This (Points at all the weaponry) will all be gone when I’ve finished my work.42

Jilly: No it won’t John. You’ll become consumed. You’ll end up just like all the other guys driven by the same thing. (She walks off, goes upstairs and out of the apartment. He looks on, doesn’t bother saying anything more to her and wishes she could understand. But she doesn’t.43

*Barbastella 02:48 – 04:45, Zimmer and Newton Howard*44

We move to later on that night. On top of the Apple-Dear building, where it overlooks the central building, the darkness of the night overwhelms the people who live in them. Nick Kryzios is there at the rooftop, having a cigar and drinking some more wine like he did the previous time he met Green Lightning. The neon lights of the city stretch to endless limits, further than the eyes can possibly see. A calm expression on his face denies us of the reality that he is concerned about many things, all putting small strains on him which will eventually build up.)45

Green Lightning: You gotta’ stop drinking that stuff Captain. 46

Captain Kryzios: (Smirking to himself he turns around and is greeted by the luminous sight of Green Lightning.) Jesus, health warnings from you buddy? 47

Green Lightning: I’m a man of many contradictions. 48

Captain Kryzios: So what do we call you then? (Puffing on his cigar in his left hand)49

Green Lightning: I’m Green Lightning.50

Captain Kryzios: You could have introduced yourself a lot earlier you know?51

Green Lightning: I know. Thought the news coverage was good though.52

Captain Kryzios: Been getting pressured by the judiciary board and the politicians to find and arrest you... some are saying that you’re an extreme vigilante, as much danger to the new world as Jack-in-a-box. Some are saying that you used violence against anyone and everyone that got in your way. What’re you gonna’ say about that?53

Green Lightning (Standing on the ledge, looking at Kryzios and the skyscrapers behind him, observing the world moving on while he stands still.): It means my methods are working. 54

Captain Kryzios: I’d advise you to calm down a bit though…the gangs will retaliate. They aren’t quite sure who to fight though. Jack-in-a-box has acquired a huge slice of power in the last two months and then there’s you, invading the Chief Justice’s home, beating him to a pulp, wiping out an entire mob and frightening a judge half to death while nuking the bar he was in…55

Green Lightning: I’ll only calm down when Jack-in-a-box has gone down. I’ll walk away after that. 56

Captain Kryzios: I think you’re maybe a bit… (Turns around as he was walking about talking to Green Lightning and finds that’s he’s gone, vanished into thin air. 57

The next time we see Green Lightning, the camera watches him on a street that that breaks off into another, it’s a representation of what he’s feeling now, justice or bloody revenge. As he looks on, we watch three people, all Jack-in-a-box’s cronies start running into a dark alley with suitcases full of money that they’ve stolen from the department store called ‘For him And Her.’ They scarper down the alleyway, laughing to each other about how easy it was and how they could get away with doing this all the time, when suddenly, two of them are taken out in the shadows by a long flick-out baton. They both go down like a sack of potatoes, both out for the count. The third one is clearly frightened now, instead of feeling victorious. He gets his gun out and as Green Lightning goes down to swoop on him, he fires three shots off wildly. Taken down and beaten with several elbows to the face, the man is terrified, his gun across the alleyway now. His forehead cracked open and his mouth with broken teeth seeping through along with the blood, he gasps for air until Green Lightning wraps his hand around his throat and kneels beside him.)58

Green Lightning: You work for him? (He shakes the thugs head repeatedly.)59

Thug#1: Yeah! (Trying to recover his senses, Green Lightning puts another beating into him, several times his fist goes flying into the head of the thug, who remains helpless and then yelps out what he knows.) He… he… he’s gonna’ be at some sort of ball thing for all the guys that run the city. (Green Lightning looks at him with an icy stare.) It’s something like the Zoo Ball Auction or something! I don’t know anymore, just stop hitting me! 60

(He starts sobbing and Green Lightning lets go, turns around and vanishes. He now knows it was all a set up, he knows that he fell for Jack-in-a-box’s little distraction and that precious time has been lost. He must get to the Auction Ball and kill Jack-in-a-box, Jilly is there as well! What if she gets killed or something? All these images float in his head, as he races off on his trusty hoverboard through the city, the screaming noise from his jet propulsions can be heard from miles and miles around the place, people looking out of windows and cheering him on, the very people sick and tired of society and believes it needs a clean up the only way; the violent way.)61

JIAB (Voiceover): I have the power. I own everything; judges, the police, the gangs, politicians, the dealers, the banks... I’ve infiltrated every level of society in this rotten carcass of a city and I’m gonna’ burn this palace of filth down. It’s all going down. 62

(As the voiceover continues, we witness JIAB’s thugs start taking over the auditorium, the open-air theatre stadium where it’s all happening. We see his men dressed up as police, we see his men running through the corridors, dispatching with anyone that gets in their way. Security cameras cut out; the mains supply it’s connected to has been specifically targeted. Vans parking into the car parking area of the auditorium, then as the doors are let out, about ten of his thugs jump onto the ground, all armed and all mean looking. We watch from the bottom floor, as the lift goes up on its wires and levers that someone is in there that means some sort of importance to us.63

Everyone except Green Lightning is unaware of what’s happening. The screen then splits in two, one half showing the rapid and aggressive takeover of the auditorium by JIAB and his army of criminals, the other showing Green Lightning travel at break-neck speed to reach the place on time and stop JIAB carrying out whatever it is he’s planning. We would focus primarily on the attempted heist and hostage situation that’s going on. 64

As the auction starts, with people bidding ridiculous amounts of money, all of high society waltzing and laughing, drinking the best champagne in the world, flirting and making deals on anything and everything, we watch the lift entrance eagerly. Everyone in the audience will know who’s in there by now. The lift makes a loud noise to announce its arrived at the floor of its destination and as Captain Kryzios looks around to see where it’s coming from, a small choke grenade rolls out, black and yellow in colour. Smoke starts puffing out of it and as people start choking and running away, his thugs burst in, including the ones dressed up as policemen, they all start shouting and shooting into the air as people choke on the fumes and stumble about.)65

JIAB: And tonight’s winner of the booby prize is all of you! (Pushes an antique vase on the floor and watches it smash before he carries on limping towards the centre of the huge open-air ball. People are pushed away by his cronies; JIAB holds his knife casually as he keeps moving towards the centre of the ball.) Now then everyone lets all hope the new kid on the block comes along very quickly… ha ha! 66

(Captain Kryzios looks around and see’s no one putting themselves forward to speak to Jack-in-a-box and looking at Jilly, who looks terribly uncomfortable and quite timid, he decides to pluck up some courage.)67

Captain Kryzios: Why don’t we negotiate? (He shouts out at the top of his voice. Gasps and sighs ring around the arena as the thugs look at Jack-in-a-box for clarity and an answer.)68

JIAB: Negot-iate? (Mockingly choking on the words, he whips out his knife and limps towards the area of people where it was said. His hunched stance, wobbles a little just like him when he limps along.) Negotiate? (Pursed lips and a sarcastic expression on his face) What is there to negotiate? 69

(The path to Captain Kryzios is cleared by thugs; he stands tall, not letting on his fright or fear of JIAB. In his black tuxedo with the Captain rank slides on the arms, a red bowtie and a blazer jacket with coat-tails hanging. In the background we can see his thugs clearing the tables of anything valuable, gold being taken, antiques being smashed; people have their jewellery and watches yanked off them.)70

Well, if it isn’t Nick Kryzios, Captain of the MCPD and a rising star of the stupid, shitty, rotten (He starts spitting the words out, emphasising the mouth deformation he has, spitting and dribbling out of the corner of his mouth, his blackened lips accentuate this) fucking dog-house of a city. You wanna’ negotiate right? 71

Captain Kryzios: I don’t see why not.72

JIAB: (Stands right before him, a smaller man by about four inches, he looks up and starts laughing to himself, silently, we can see his shoulders lift up and down as he keeps laughing. A scream in the background can be heard, we don’t know who it is though.) I’m sorry, I don’t quite catch that. I’m a bit deaf ya’ know? (Rubs the ear that’s closed up and a small little bobble on his face, he stands on his tip-toes a little and randomly walks back and smashes five wine glasses off a waiters silver tray. The waiter stumbles back and is then checked into place by a thug, who roughly butts him in the face with his weapon. JIAB walks forward a little, having made Kryzios jump a little and everyone else.) Still not scared? (He asks with all seriousness on his face and leaning into Kryzios.)73

Captain Kryzios: Never… (JIAB stays silent for a moment, looks around and as he takes a 360 degrees turnaround he grabs Kryzios by the throat and holds his knife to his mouth.)74

JIAB: You wanna’ play hard man with me do ya’? Well come on then? (He drags Kryzios by the shoulder and throws him on the floor in the centre of the ball/arena.) So then people! It comes to this! (He kicks Kryzios in the face, the crowd look astonished.) 75

So we all have to depend on a vigilante to rescue us do we? Tell me (Kicks Kryzios again) what’s the point of the MCPD?76

Who here knows the bogie boy huh? (Kicks Kryzios in the gut this time, Nick Kryzios rolls away in pain.) WELL COME ON! (Kicks him again in the gut, making Kryzios gasp for air and shield his ribcage desperately.) COME ON! (He shouts angrily.) 77

I’ll settle for anyone… (He says rather creepily.)78

Jilly: I do! (She says stepping forward. Two thugs walk towards her.)79

JIAB: Oh hello! (He limps towards her, Kryzios is left on the floor and given another boot or two by the thugs dressed up, ironically as policemen.) You must be his dame or something yeah?80

Jilly: No.81

JIAB: Why not? (He stops just short of her, his knife close to him now.) ‘Heroes’ always get the dames don’t they pretty woman?82

Jilly: I’m no dame mister. (She says angrily. JIAB is initially shocked that someone who is shaking and looking terrified has said that to him. He gives a ‘what the fuck did you just say to me’ look, shakes his head as if to imagine he didn’t just hear that and then pushes her to the floor. He walks towards her, kicks her handbag away and then grabs her by the arm, leaving imprints in it, pulling her up to face him.)83

JIAB: I dare you to be a cocky bitch again. I really dare you dame. I really do. (Holds the knife to her throat.) So where is he huh?84

(JIAB starts walking around in a big circle, his hands behind his back, flittering madly, his twitch in his eye is going berserk. Jilly feels encircled by Lions, ready to pounce and kill her immediately.) 85

This isn’t Spartacus ya’ know woman. You pretending to be just like him gets you just where it got the good Captain. So tell me now!86

Jilly: (Satisfaction on her face.) You’ll have to make an appointment asshole.87

(He limps towards Jilly really fast and launches towards her, his knife held up towards her. She slaps him, he stumbles back and smiles with a huge grin on his face. Wiping the weeping blood coming out of the scar near his lips with a handkerchief he advances a little more.) You just slapped my scab off… a feisty one aren’t you? (He signals for her to be held by the thugs as he gets a can of petrol off another and starts pouring it all over her wildly, the diesel splashing across her and onto the floor, where he makes a small trail leading up to him. Around fifty people are then randomly rounded up and they too are splashed in something flammable of some sort. They start screaming and some of the women start quivering, smelling and having this horrible liquid put on them.)88

This is where the fun really begins… (Then, we hear the screaming noise of something familiar. JIAB looks up in the sky, over his shoulder and grins manically.) He’s here… (Turns around and confronted by Green Lightning standing in between him and Jilly.)89

Thug#1: What shall we do boss? (All the thugs start looking up in the sky, but can’t see him.)90

JIAB: (Clicks his fingers and points at another group of people.) Let’s see what he’ll do when I light you up real good and burn your skin off yeah? (He Leers towards Jilly who steps back a little, drenched in a flammable liquid. JIAB gets his trusty old lighter out and flicks a flame.) Don’t forget your sun cream…91

Green Lightning: Ok then. (Kicks JIAB in the groin area, which makes him bend over in absolute agony, then the lighter that JIAB had taken out is smashed out of his hand by Green Lightning. JIAB falls back onto the floor, his eyes wide in pain and shock.92

The lighter goes spinning near to a table leg on the opposite side of the ball. Green Lightning is attacked by four thugs. He takes a defensive stance, Jilly behind him. Screaming and general mass panic takes hold of the masses and the few that are brave enough to fight the other thugs are soon overpowered and then either shot or beaten half to death. One thug swings for Green Lightning, who ducks, trips the thug over and as he does so, gives him a huge uppercut to send him sprawling onto the floor. Another two charge him and as he flicks his four foot baton out he holds it horizontally. They grab hold of it to take it off him but to their surprise and complete bafflement, he lets them, then flips over still holding it and yanks it back towards him, taking them out as they flip over and underneath it, smashing their heads. 93

Jack-in-a-box starts crawling towards the lighter that he lost, towards the table leg and whilst he does that Green Lightning advances towards two other thugs who both start spraying machine gun fire at him. He jumps out of the way, diving to the left and knocking chairs and tables flying as he gets some cover behind a corner. He looks up at a chandelier and throws a greenish, yellow fireball at it, burning the wire that connects it to a metal stand that holds other chandeliers as well. The golden chandelier, worth thousands of credits comes smashing down on the two thugs who get crushed underneath it. Jack-in-a-box gets hold of the lighter, while Nick Kryzios shoots a thug in the chest and hides behind a pushed-over table.94

Green Lightning looks around for JIAB and finds him directly to his centre, standing up with a lighter in his hand.)95

JIAB: Hey girl (Jilly looks around at him.) You need to darken up a bit. (He throws the lighter onto the floor and immediately a small spark turns into a huge flame as it travels towards her, eating up the trail of flammable liquid as it races towards her. Green Lightning pushes her through a huge window, carrying himself forward too as she just avoids being burnt to death. The shards scatter, as they land on a balcony. Flowers in their way, she looks up at him lovingly, she goes to touch his cheek but he gets up and races into the top floor auditorium again.) 96

Oh, try saving this lot ok? (He shrugs his shoulders looking for an explanation as he calmly drops the lighter and to Green Lightning’s horror, it flickers into a human fireball as forty odd people are set alight and the screaming, the violence of the burning, the people running about to try and save themselves somehow. We watch one woman throw herself out of a window to her death, rather than die of burns. Nick Kryzios looks on in horror, his mouth open, aghast.)97

JIAB: HA HA HA HA! (He cackles triumphantly, his laugh like a jackal. The camera and Green Lightning turn around and we see he has Jilly, who is limp and badly bruised from her rescue by GL. JIAB has dragged her by the hair and near the edge of a balcony. Green Lightning storms over, filled with so much anger and hate for JIAB he will destroy him if he has to.) One more (He notes at Green Lightning coming too close) she goes over the top. HE HE HEEEE! You see Green boy, never mess with a man two strawberries short of a cheesecake!98

Green Lightning: You wouldn’t dare… I’ll kill you… (Tries to compose himself)99

JIAB: I wouldn’t dare what? (Says animated like) Wouldn’t dare do this? (He stabs Jilly in the fleshy bit underneath her ribcage, twists the knife really quickly and then pushes her body over the balcony. Green Lightning pushes him out of the way, diving over the balcony.) That’s right… you go and stop her redecorating the pavement… (He starts laughing to himself a little, walking away clapping to himself as he makes his escape.100

The lights of all the floors of the surrounding buildings flash past him as he dives, headfirst, his left hand outstretched to grab Jilly, who is fast tumbling downwards towards a grisly end. As it gets nearer, he starts picking up some more pace as gravity brings them down more aggressively. Within seconds of her falling and him jumping over the balcony to try and save her, his hand touches the tip of her foot a little before he makes an attempt to grab it. He fails so uses his other hand as well and with both grabs her legs and then quickly jolts her upwards towards him so he can hold her limp arms. The ground fast approaching, he starts firing long amounts of radioactive energy into the ground below, breaking the pavements and people scattering about. Sirens flashing can be seen from about three blocks away, where an army of police pods are racing towards the scene. As he keeps the energy beam flow going, their joint descent becomes slower until they touch the ground. She lies in his arms, her head tilting backwards.)101

Green Lightning: Stay calm Jilly. Don’t move… (He tries to reassure her as he nudges a button on his belt which calls his hoverboard over to his position. The hoverboard races over in about five seconds flat and as the police pods just arrive he races past on it with Jilly in his arms dying a slow death. ) 102

VOICEOVER: Please Jilly, stay with me. Stay alive… come on…103

(The scene opens up again as Green Lightning, still carving through traffic looks into her eyes, which are slowly starting to shut, her grip is lessening and as they stop momentarily just beside the still-destroyed bank that Kelly was killed in, he gets off the hoverboard, she still lays in his arms. 104

*Macrotus 00:00 – 02:05, Zimmer/Newton Howard*105

He looks into her face, then travels down her beautiful dress and watches the full extent of her injury. The amount of blood she’s lost means it’s too late no matter what. No matter how fast his board was or anything, a solemn look comes across his face as she starts turning very pale, her lips start to very slowly turn the colour blue and the blood which was trickling out of her mouth, just like her grip, holding him for dear life has lessened, begun to stop. Her hair starts waving about in the wind.)106

Jilly: I didn’t… know I could find you so beautiful, the way you are now (She looks up at him touching his face, her palm running from his forehead down to his nose, feeling his eyelids, to his cheeks and those lips she has always wanted to kiss. Her fingers linger there for a few seconds.) 107

Green Lightning: I’m so sorry Jilly. (He cradles her in his arms as she looks at her hand and notices the burn marks on her palm and fingertips.)108

Jilly: I’m sorry for what I said… (Sighs and looks down at her wound, looks towards him and then she passes away.)109

Green Lightning: I love you Jilly. (Starts crying a little, tears in his eyes forming as she takes her last gasp of air and then it’s all over. He places her body on the pavement, outside the bank which is being slowly reconstructed. He looks at her crumpled body and his head bows down, he hears nothing, his eyes close, he can see nothing, he feels nothing no more. The darkness that engulfs him now, two loved ones lost to the same man. Forty or more people he failed to save. His fists start clenching, he keeps his head bowed. He collapses finally from emotion, steam coming from his body as he aches in pain and distress. His head arches back and in the middle of the night all people can hear miles and miles around is the desperate cry, the cry that someone makes when their loved one dies in front of them. The screen turns to black and goes.)110