ISSUE 2, PAGE 9

PANEL 1

INT - HOTEL HALLWAY. Nick, with one hand still on the door knob, is pounding on the door with his other fist.

Shawn's ice bucket lies discarded on the hallway floor, ice spilled out of it. The door at the end of the hallway is closing behind Shawn.

NICK: DEANO! DEANO OPEN THE DOOR!

PANEL 2

INT - HOTEL ROOM. The room is dark, save for the swatch of light coming from the bathroom). The broken window and the curtain billowing in the wind let the moonlight in, which lights up the shards of glass jutting from the window frame. A few larger pieces of glass on the floor catch the moonlight and reflect it back. The attacker, grinning and halfway to becoming grotesque again, has his arms spread. He's standing perpendicular to the window and the room's door, facing Deano, who stands between the two beds. He's blocking Deano from either exit.

SFX (from the other side of the door): BANGBANGBANGBANGBANG

PANEL 3

INT - HOTEL HALLWAY. Nick's sneakered foot is connecting with the door.

SFX: THUD

PANEL 4

INT - HOTEL ROOM. As Deano ducks and makes a run for the door, the attacker catches him by a fistful of the back of his shirt.

NICK (from the other side of the door): DEANO! WHAT'S GOING ON?!

PANEL 5

As Deano tries to hurl himself toward the door, the attacker, fully grotesque now, brings him down with his arms around his thighs. In this frame, they're both falling to the floor together. DEANO's arms are outstretched, reaching for the door that's still five or six feet beyond his reach.

DEANO: NIIIIICK!

PANEL 6

The attacker has climbed up Deano and has the heel of his hand between Deano's shoulder blades, firmly holding him down. His wide-stretched jaws and sharp teeth loom. The attacker is salivating copiously.

Deano is still reaching toward the door.

DEANO (small): RUN....