Chapter 15 | Page 9b: Away mission

Cassie Cruz’s company is tasked with protecting the city while Justice Ltd is on an interplanetary mission.

Today, we look in on that mission…

Transcript

Panel 1:

Narration: "Meanwhile, near a different planet...”

A spaceship is flying in space. Inside, Amazing Amazon says, “This is it, team... we’re almost there..."

Captain Heroic adds, "Play Elastic Man’s distress call."

Panel 2:

A garbled distress call plays with sound effects. Elastic Man is speaking in the message: "I... I gave them everything I had, but those... SHRRXXX PSCHH SKRRXXX…and just kept coming!"

Panel 3:

Wingman, operating a control console, says, "That was three days ago." Amazing Amazon responds, "We’ve completely lost contact since we received that message."

Panel 4:

Wingman says, "He was supposed to be on a routine diplomatic mission. What could have happened?!"

Panel 5:

Phenomenal Lass adds, "Whatever it is... it has Elastic Man up against the wall..."

The panel shows Elastic Man in distress, being thrown against a wall. He says, "Please... I can't take much more..."

Panel 6:

Elastic Man, slightly hunched over and grinning, says, "Well... maybe a little more..."

Parting shot

Getting there was half the fun, but getting home drove me half mad!

- Brad Guigar

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