Cosmic AXL#26: Sunlight

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CUT TO: MALL

EXT. MALL- NIGHT

COSMIC IS PUNCHED BACK THROUGH THE AIR BY SPUTNIK AND SLAMS INTO A WALL. AS SPUTNIK FLIES AT COSMIC AGAIN COSMIC GRABS A FLAG POLE OUT OF THE WALL AND USES IT TO HIT SPUTNIK BACK THROUGH THE AIR. COSMIC THEN FLIES OVER TO WHERE SPUTNIK IS, DODGES A COUPLE OF PUNCHES FROM HER AND WRAPS HER ARMS UP IN THE FLAG POLE. COSMIC THEN SHOOTS HER WITH AN ENERGY BLAST AND SHE SMASHES INTO THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE MALL. COSMIC THEN FLOAT DOWN TO WHERE SHE IS.

[Cosmic]

The mall is my favorite hangout spot and you're making a mess. How about you just give up and I won't have to hurt you anymore.

SUDDENLY SUZZY BEGINS TO FIGHT SPUTNIK FOR CONTROL AND WINS FOR A FEW SECONDS.

[Suzzy]

Please, you have to help me! The amulet, she made me swallow it! It's how she's contr-

SPUTNIK BEGINS TO STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL AGAIN AND DOES SO.

[Cosmic]

Hey, are you still there? Can you hear me?

[Sputnik]

Loud and clear!

[Cosmic]

Oh, come on!

SPUTNIK GRABS A TABLE AND THROWS IT AT COSMIC. COSMIC BLAST THE TABLE AND DEBRIS GETS IN HIS FIELD OF VISION. SPUTNIK THEN HITS COSMIC OVER THE HEAD, GRABS HIM AND THROWS HIM UP TOWARDS THE GLASS CEILING. COSMIC SMASHES THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING AND OUTSIDE WITH SPUTNIK FOLLOWING. WHEN ARRIVING OUTSIDE THE SHINE OF THE FULL MOON POWERS SPUTNIK UP TO FULL POWER AND SHE BREAKS THE FLAG POLE THAT IS AROUND HER WRISTS.

[Sputnik]

That's what I'm talking about! With this power, I'll finish you and then I'll take over this stinking city.

SPUTNIK FIES OVER TO WHERE COSMIC IS AND PUNCHES 4 TIMES. SHE THEN HITS HIM WITH AN ENERGY BOLT THAT SENDS HIM SLAMMING ONTO THE ROOF OF THE MALL. COSMIC GETS OUT OF THE WAY AS SPUTNIK TRIES TO SLAM ONTO HIM WHILE HE IS ON THE ROOF. HE THEN RAPID FIRES ENERGY BLASTS AND SPUTNIK FLIES AROUND IN THE AIR DODGING THE ATTACKS. COSMIC THEN CHARGES UP AN ENERGY BLAST AND JUST AS HE IS ABOUT TO FIRE IT, SPUTNiK FLIES DOWN TO WHERE HE IS AND DIRECTS HIS HANDS TO THE MALL. COSMIC THEN STOPS BEFORE FIRING THE BLAST AND SPUTNIK PUNCHES HIM IN THE FACE. COSMIC FLIES BACK THROUGH THE AIR INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE MALL. SOME COPS GO TO COSMIC'S SIDE AND HELP HIM UP.

[Cop#1]

What's going on? Are you gonna be able to stop her?

[Cosmic]

I don't know.

ONE OF THE COPS THEN LOOKS AND SEES SPUTNIK COMING THEIR WAY. SHE THEN POINTS HER GUN AT HER.

[Cop#2]

She's coming!

COSMIC STANDS NEXT TO THE COP AND LOWERS HER GUN.

[Cop#2]

Wha-?

[Cosmic]

I don't know how much she can take and there's something controlling her.

COSMIC STARTS AT SPUTNIK AND THE TWO COLLIDE IN THE AIR. THE TWO THEN BEGIN TO THROW PUNCHES AT EACH OTHER. COSMIC BLOCKS TWO ATTACKS FROM SPUTNIK AND THEN KNEES HER IN THE STOMACH. HE THEN PUNCHES HER IN THE BACK AND SHE FALLS DOWN OUT OF THE AIR. LANDING ON THE GROUND ON HER FEET, SPUTNIK THEN JUMPS BACK INTO THE AIR AND UPPERCUTS COSMIC. COSMIC RECOVERS IN THE AIR AND BEGINS TO SHOOT ENERGY BOLTS AT SPUTNIK TO KEEP HER AT BAY.

[Cosmic]

(Thinking)

From what that Professor said, she's getting power from the moon. So I need to get her to some place where the moon isn't present. Maybe then she'll lose power and then I can stop her.

COSMIC FIRES ONE LAST BOLT THEN CHARGES UP SOME ENERGY. COSMIC THEN FLIES AT SPUTNIK AND SPEARS HER IN THE AIR. COSMIC THEN CONTINUES TO FLY AWAY WITH HER.

[Cop#1]

Where the heck is he going?

COSMIC CONTINUES TO FLY WITH SPUTNIK UNTIL HE GETS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. IN AN AFRICAN SAVANNA, COSMIC THROWS SPUTNIK TO THE GROUND AND SHE TUMBLES A COUPLE OF FEET BACK. SPUTNIK STANDS UP AND WHEN SHE REALIZES WHER COSMIC HAS DOWN SHE GROWLS AT HIM.

[Cosmic]

That's right! I know your secret!

[Sputnik]

You think this changes anything? I'll still beat you!

SPUTNIK FLIES AT COSMIC AND THROWS A COUPLE OF PUNCHES. COSMIC DODGES THEM ALL AND THEN HITS HER IN THE STOMACH. SPUTNIK SLUMPS OVER THEN JUMPS INTO THE AIR TRYING TO FLY AWAY. COSMIC HOWEVER FLIES BEHIND HER AND KICKS HER BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND.

[Cosmic]

We're finishing this!

[Sputnik]

This isn't fair!

SPUTNIK SHOOTS ENERGY BLASTS AT COSMIC AND HE PUTS UP AN ENERGY FIELD TO BLOCK THE ATTACKS. SPUTNIK THEN FLIES AT THE ENERGY FIELD AND PUNCHES HER WAY THROUGH IT. SPUTNIK THEN GRABS COSMIC, PULLS HIM FORWARD, AND THEN CLOTHESLINES HIM. SPUTNIK THEN GRABS COSMIC AND THROWS HIM AT A TREE. SHE THEN TRIES TO PUNCH COSMIC BUT HE DODGES THE ATTACK. SPUTNIK THEN GOES ON A BARRAGE OF ATTACKS AND SEEMS TO GET SLOWER AND LESS COORDINATED WITH EVERY SWING.

[Cosmic]

(Thinking)

It's working! At the rate things are going she'll lose power and I'll be able to take her out no problem.

AFTER A COUPLE MORE SWINGS SPUTNIK THEN CHARGES UP HER ENERGY AND THEN RELEASES IT UP INTO THE SURROUNDING AREA. THIS ATTACK PUSHES COSMIC AS WELL AS EARTH AND TREES BACK THROUGH THE AIR. COSMIC RECOVERS STOPPING HIMSELF IN THE AIR AND THEN SEES SPUTNIK FLYING OFF. COSMIC THEN STARTS AFTER HER.

[Cosmic]

Oh no, you don't!

COSMIC FLIES AFTER SPUTNIK AND CHASES HER DOWN FAIRLY EASILY. HE THEN TACKLES HER TO THE GROUND AND THE TWO TUMBLE FOR A COUPLE OF FEET. SPUTNIK GETS UP FIRST AND STARTS TO ATTACK COSMIC. COSMIC DODGES A COUPLE OF KICKS FROM SPUTNIK WHILE HE IS STILL ON THE GROUND AND SPUTNIK SPUTNIK PICKS UP A BIG ROCK. SHE THEN TRIES TO SMASH COSMIC WITH IT BUT HE SHOOTS IT WITH AN ENERGY BEAM AND SOME DEBRIS GETS INTO SPUTNIK'S EYES. SHE GROANS IN IRRITATION AND COSMIC PUNCHES HER IN THE STOMACH WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO MAKE HER THROW UP. SHE THEN THROWS UP THE AMULET AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS TO KEEP HERSELF FROM DOING SO. AND BEGINS TO LOSE CONTROL OVER ASHLEY.

[Sputnik]

No! You can't do this to me!

ASHLEY AND SPUTNIK BEGIN TO FIGHT FOR CONTROL.

[Ashley]

Get the amulet. Don't let me get it again!

[Sputnik]

Give it to me!

SPUTNIK LUNGES AT THE AMULET AND COSMIC GETS TO IT BEFORE SHE CAN. SPUTNIK THEN GATHERS UP THE LAST OF THE ENERGY THAT SHE HAS STORED UP AND STARTS TO FIRE AT COSMIC BUT COSMIC RUSHES OVER TO HER AND POINTS HER HAND AT THE GROUND. THE BLAST SENDS SPUTNIK BACK FLYING THROUGH THE AIR AND SHE LANDS ON THE GROUND A FEW FEET BACK. SPUTNIK PASSES OUT AFTER A FEW SECONDS AND COSMIC PICKS UP THE AMULET.

[Cosmic]

Ew. I wish I had some kind of baggie to put this in.

COSMIC THEN WALKS OVER TO ASHLEY, PICKS HER UP AND STARTS BACK TO AMERICA.

CUT TO: ANDROMEDA II

EXT. PEACE'S JAIL CELL- NIGHT

APOCALYPSE WALKS INTO PEACE'S CELL AND STANDS OVER HER WHILE SHE IS CHAINED UP TO THE WALL. PEACE NOTICES HIM AND THEN LOOKS AWAY. AFTER A FEW SECONDS SHE LOOKS BACK UP AT HIM AND SEES THAT HE IS SMILING.

[Peace]

I guess it's okay to say that you're enjoying this.

[Apocalyspe]

Oh, very much so. You thought that you could just up and leave me and everything that you've helped build.

[Peace]

I-

[Apocalyspe]

Yes, you did. You helped to create all of this. You're not getting out of your involvement in that. But that's not what this is about. This is about what happened on that planet that you were on. I believe that you have something to tell me about what went on there. You will tell me.

[Peace]

That's right. I crash landed on Earth and there happened to be a boy in the area that came to investigate. That boy touched my power crystal and he inherited power from it.

[Apocalyspe]

That's not possible. There's no way that a mere human could do that. The crystal would destroy him.

[Peace]

Well, it can't be impossible since the boy wasn't brought back and they were instructed to.

[Apocalyspe]

Fine. So on this Earth, the boy still remains?

[Peace]

Yes, either that or he is trying to find a way to get to me. But I don't think that he's that stupid.

[Apocalyspe]

Shame. If he had I wouldn't have to go all the way there to get him.

[Peace]

What?

[Apocalyspe]

The boy wields my power which means that he works for me.

[Peace]

Your power? You happened across the crystals by happenstance. You can't do this!

[Apocalyspe]

Don't forget who you're talking to. I am a living god, I am the one who will inherit all of being. The purpose for why I want what I want is because it is mine already. Others just don't know it yet. But they will. And who better to wield the authority other than myself?

[Peace]

No, you can't! He doesn't deserve this! His planet doesn't! Don't you have enough here already?

APOCALYPSE KNEELS DOWN BESIDE PEACE AND HOLDS HER CHIN IN HIS HAND.

[Apocalyspe]

If you taught me anything it's that you don't truly have anything until you break it in. I thought that you were with me a hundred percent and you betrayed me.

[Peace]

And I'd do it again. People don't deserve this!

[Apocalyspe]

Sure they do. And it's because I say so. And it's also why I must break you.

APOCALYPSE WALKS OVER TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE CELL AND OPENS UP THE DOOR. A MAN THEN WALKS IN WITH A HELMET AND HANDS IT TO APOCALYPSE.  THE MAN THEN LEAVES AND APOCALYPSE WALKS OVER TO WHERE PEACE IS.

[Peace]

You don't have to do this! Just don't take my will away from me.

[Apocalyspe]

Oh, we must not be on the same page. If I remember correctly, it was your will that took you away from me in the first place. And that is what started all of this in the first place. I wish that I could believe that I could trust you but I know I can't.

[Peace]

Please.

[Apocalyspe]

And that is why I see now that it is better to break you than for you to go off the reservoir again. I just can't have any challengers to my rule and authority.

APOCALYPSE PUTS THE HELMET ON PEACE AND SHE STRUGGLES.

[Peace]

No!

[Apocalyspe]

Relax, this won't hurt any more than you make it.

APOCALYPSE FLIPS A SWITCH ON PEACE BEGINS TO FIGHT THE ELECTRONIC PULSES OF THE HELMET.

[Apocalyspe]

Now, repeat after me. I will obey.

[Peace]

Ne- never!

APOCALYPSE SIGHS.

[Apocalypse]

Shock control level one. Command, I will obey, confirm.

[Helmet]

Confirmed.

[Apocalypse]

Say it. I will obey.

[Peace]

N- no!

THE HELMET SHOCKS PEACE. APOCALYPSE CONTINUES TO TRY AND REPROGRAM PEACE.

CUT TO: EARTH

EXT. CIA BASE- NIGHT

ASHLEY LAYS ASLEEP IN A HOLDING CELL AND COSMIC LOOKS AT THE SITUATION WITH DISGUST. AGENT MILES THEN COMES OVER TO WHERE HE IS.

[Agent Miles ]

What're you doing?

[Cosmic]

Why did we put her in a cell?

[Agent Miles]

Come on, kid.

[Cosmic]

Look, I know I was the one fighting her but she's not a threat anymore. The necklace was the thing that was making her act all wonky.

[Agent Miles]

Look, I get it. We all do, but we're not holding her here forever, we just want to ask her some questions and she goes back on her merry way.

[Cosmic]

And what about Kattell? I can't just break my promise to her either.

[Agent Miles]

We're trying to work things out with her, the language barrier is making that kind of difficult. But we're trying. And she was a killer. But enough about that. The director wants to see you.

COSMIC GOES WITH AGENT MILES TO DIRECTOR MYER'S OFFICE.

[Director Myers]

Good, you're here. Let's begin. Further north of the state we think that we have gained knowledge of Clest activity. I want you to go up and scout it out.

[Cosmic]

I see they're not wasting any time.

[Director Miles]

Which is why we can't either. Did you hear anything about an explosion a while back? It was in a remote location, some wooded area.

COSMIC THINKS FOR A SECOND AND THEN REMEMBERS WHAT DIRECTOR MYERS IS TALKING ABOUT.

[Cosmic]

(Thinking)

Wait a sec, I can't tell him about that. Tek and that alien CIA wanted to keep things under wraps. And telling Myer just might complicate things further. I think it might be better just to play dumb for now.

(Speaking)

Nothing like that really crossed my radar. What about it?

[Director Myers]

We think that it might have been a nest of some kind. The most peculiar thing is though that something blew it to smithereens. I don't know what or why but that's not really all that important. What's important is recognizing what a nest looks like so we can stop them before they have a chance to make them and get them off of our planet.

[Cosmic]

Right.

[Agent Miles]

And as you also know. They're trying to combine human DNA their own. They think that they're DNA is superior and they want to try and reshape everything in their perfect little image. I know you heal fast but that transformation isn't curable from what we've seen. I'm just saying if you can keep anyone else from going through what my team went through and don't get infected yourself.

[Cosmic]

You don't have to worry about that. Among other things, I'm a human bug zapper. I'll make sure that they're dealt with.

[Director Myers]

I've sent the coordinates to your phone. You follow them to the letter and it should get you to where you need to go. If you do find something, don't hesitate to get to work.

[Cosmic]

Roger.

COSMIC LEAVES THE CIA BUILDING AND STARTS TO THE COORDINATES IN HIS PHONE.

CUT TO: ANDROMEDA II

EXT. PLANET- LATE AFTERNOON

DEVASTATION AND STRIFE LAY WASTE TO SOME REBELS WHO TRYING TO REVOLT AND DEVASTATION LAUGHS WITH GLEE AS HE BLASTS THEM.

[Devestation]

Oh man! This is what I love about this gig! It's too easy.

[Strife]

You don't say.

[Devestation]

I don't know why anyone would ever give something like this up. Look at them running and hiding like cowards. They thought that we wouldn't punish them for their arrogance. Thinking that for a second they could ever be on our level.

[Strife]

And what level is that? A big man baby that's too proud to admit that he's just whipped beyond all hope of acting like the god he says he is.

[Devestation]

What are you talking about?

[Strife]

Don't act like you don't know. Apocalypse put everything on hold to go and get Peace and he didn't even do it himself. He's infatuated with her. If not for her beauty then for her ability to possibly be the beauty that he wants.

[Devestation]

That doesn't make any sense. If he wanted to bed her he would have already. And she and I are to be wed.

[Strife]

Oh yeah, that's right. I-

SUDDENLY STRIFE IS SHOT IN THE FACE BY AND ENERGY BEAM AND FALLS OVER ON THE GROUND. DEVASTATION THEN LOOKS AT THE REBEL WHO DID IT AND SHOOTS AN ENERGY BOLT THAT INCINERATES HIM. AS STRIFE IS STANDING UP DEVASTATION TURNS BACK TOWARD STRIFE.

[Devestation]

What were you saying?

SUDDENLY DEVASTATION IS SHOT ABOVE THE HAND THAT HIS GAUNTLET IS ON BY STRIFE. IN SHOCK INITIALLY, HE THEN LOOKS AT STRIFE WHO KICKS HIM BACK THROUGH THE AIR. STRIFE SLAMS INTO THE SIDE OF ROCK FACE AND FALLS TO THE GROUND. AS HE STARTS TO GET UP, STRIFE WALKS OVER TO WHERE HE IS AND POINTS HIS FINGER AT HIS CHEST.

[Devestation]

Why?

[Strife]

Before I was so rudely interrupted. I was saying that I hated that. You and all the others, you forget that Apocalypse was just like us before any of this started. He was a regular person who got power and he indulged in it. He was a child before that and he's a child now. And you guys are some of the worst of all. I feel like you would let him bed you if he asked.

[Devestation]

That's not-

[Strife]

No, it's true. And I am sick of it. We are in need of new leadership. And that leadership comes by way of me.

[Devestation]

And just what would you do that would be so different?

[Strife]

First off I wouldn't spend time chasing after one girl. There are tons of women and he could have had plenty but he just had to have Peace. And secondly, I would change the way things worked forever.

[Devestation]

What are you talking about?

[Strife]

Conflict is the way by which beings experience change. For the better or for the worst. If someone is oppressing you, you fight for your freedom. You fight for love, you fight for currency, you fight for self-worth. In all of these things, there is but one constant. Fighting. And that what I want. It's what I love. It shows you who people really are and what they want. What they are willing to fight and die for. And we've seen that Apocalypse isn't a fighter. He's lazy and immature. He doesn't want to fight for anything and he wants everything handed to him. He's no leader. But I will change all of that. And anyone who stands in my way will pay the price.

[Devestation]

Wait, I could be by your side. Together we could-

[Strife]

Not going to happen.

STRIFE KILLS DEVASTATION AND WALKS OVER TO HIS ARM. HE THEN TAKES THE POWER CRYSTAL OUT OF THE GAUNTLET, PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET, AND BEGINS TO FIGHT MORE OF THE REBELS.

CUT TO: EARTH

EXT. TOWN- NIGHT

COSMIC ARRIVE IN THE TOWN THAT THE COORDINATES HAVE LED HIM TO AND STOPS ON A BUILDING. COSMIC LOOKS AROUND ON THE BUILDING THAT HE IS ON FOR ANY ACTIVITY WHEN SUDDENLY A CLEST ALIEN LANDS BEHIND HIM. HAVING SYTH LIKE CLAWS IT TRIES TO SWIPE AT COSMIC BUT A BULLET TO THE HEAD STOPS IT. COSMIC THEN LOOKS AROUND TO SEE WHERE THE BULLET CAME FROM AND SEES TEK ON ANOTHER BUILDING. HE THEN FLIES OVER TO WHERE TEK IS AND STANDS NEXT TO HIM.

[Cosmic]

Thanks for the assist.

[Tek]

You need to be more careful.

[Cosmic]

I am willing to assume that you are here for the same reason that I am?

[Tek]

I have a man on the inside. I haven't heard from him in a while. I came to investigate.

[Cosmic]

Then maybe a little team up is in order. If there's another nest we can destroy it.

[Tek]

Not this time. We'll have to be more careful this is a highly populated area. Too many could be caught in the cross fire.

[Cosmic]

Well I know that.

TEK LOOKS THROUGH HIS SCOPE AND GETS A BEAT ON THE ENTRANCE.

[Tek]

I see where we need to go. Follow me.

TEK PUTS AWAY HIS SNIPER RIFLE AND BEGINS TO PARKOUR ACROSS THE ROOFS.

[Cosmic]

You know how to parkour? When did you learn to parkour?

COSMIC AND TEK CONTINUE ON TO THE CLEST TERRITORY.

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